Chapter 88 Base (2) Jinjiang exclusively authorized the first release, protecting the original...
If Lin hated him and treated him badly, Ling Xiao might not back down.
He was willing to take risks for Annie and to control his tendency to back down when faced with difficulties... He had been attached to her for too long, so long that it would be very painful to separate them.
It's like getting used to breathing, he's used to having the other person behind him. Her shade completely enveloped and wrapped the delicate vines, allowing the soft silk vines to climb up.
Let the hunters who deserve to accept the blood and danger become canaries and birds in cages. Pampered and almost delicately protected in a greenhouse.
But Lin did not show any disgust, and so far, he did not make things difficult for him.
This mermaid with obvious evolutionary characteristics seems to be her good wife. Lin would sit in on the logistics and research project scheduling.
He has no position, but everyone who comes and goes in the base respects him.
During the conversation, Lin mentioned another person. He told Ani, "Mo Wan is in the interrogation room. He doesn't know you're back today."
"Interrogation room..." Ani repeated. She slowly matched these three words with Xiao Mo's face. She was stunned for a moment, and then her eyes lit up. "So cool?"
"You taught him to be cold and indifferent." Lin held her hand and said, "The baby is fine. I have reported everything to him every time. Don't worry."
Baby……
Baby?
Ling Xiao's sight suddenly focused on Lin. His mind went through a chaotic and dizzying process, and then gradually came back to its senses. He pursed his lips, took a sip of the water, and put his fingers on the slightly warm wall of the cup, stiffly motionless.
So Lin also...
Wait, Miss Ani brought him back because...she discovered that his seed had been eaten by the egg, and he was gestating the egg.
Ling Xiao lowered his eyes and moistened his lips with water. His heart felt like it was being tightly grasped by a hand, making it feel sore, numb and swollen. He suddenly realized that apart from this, she had no reason to love him so much.
At the moment of confrontation in the bathroom, she was clearly angry.
His mind raced through every night at Crescent Academy. Ani always hugged him tightly and spoke to him softly and gently...her thoughtfulness was almost perfect.
Ling Xiao's fingers tightened and his eyelashes trembled rapidly. He covered up his flaws and acted as calm and quiet as possible. He didn't want to become rude because of his inferiority complex, and he didn't want to be unable to have a normal conversation with her other man.
Lin is so different from that succubus that competition and jealousy both make him feel miserable.
Ani chatted with the teacher about serious matters for a while. Ling Xiao, who was sitting on her left, just stayed there quietly, not saying a word and not disturbing the two of them.
"Let's set the meeting time... the day after tomorrow." Ani decided, "Song Shuang's messages have been bombarding me for a long time. Oh, give her some time to deal with it, otherwise she will definitely get mad at me - really, I'm a super good boss who gives her a lot of salary and bonuses."
"I won't participate." Lin said, "I've been suspended from work and can't go back to the institute. The researcher's apartment has been sealed off, so I have no choice but to live here with you."
"It only makes sense for you to live with me." Ani said halfway, leaning over and kissing his cheek, "Teacher is the most good-tempered and the cutest fish in the world."
"You're so wet, you're annoying." Lin complained softly, touching the wet marks on his face and said, "Do you need to take care of the plants too?"
Ani hugged his waist, using an intimate and comfortable hug to absorb the psychological energy brought by the other party and replied: "Teacher——"
Lin raised his hand and smoothed her hair, whispering, "Will it grow taller? It's already very big now."
"You don't like me getting big!"
"No." Lin closed his eyes, and the light pink on his ear bone spread a little. He said, "I... I like them all."
These were extremely difficult words for Lin to say. His confessions of love were all extremely subtle, and if it weren't for his actions day after day, it would be difficult for others to sense Lin's feelings for Ani from his words.
He was more than ten years older than Annie, which made him, as she used to be his teacher, feel ashamed to be overly intimate with her in words, as if he was seducing, tempting, and deceiving a passionate and young girl to become his lover.
Ani kissed him again frankly and passionately, causing his meticulous clothes to become wrinkled. She said, "Okay, I will grow up again... Well, I may even be taller."
She compared her height.
Lin looked at her with a smile, his blue eyes reflecting Ani's pink shadow. He turned to look at the silent Ling Xiao, and helplessly and without limit indulged him: "Okay, I will take good care of your plants."
He was probably talking about the flowers on the terrace.
It may also have other meanings.
That night, Ling Xiao registered for his identity within the base and had dinner with others at Ani's restaurant.
The completely unfamiliar environment... the extremely special situation made his stomach cramp and he couldn't eat.
There were other people at the dinner table, besides Lin, there was also a black-haired young man wearing a half-face mask. There was a lingering chill on his body. He wore a black leather strap around his neck to cover his Adam's apple. He was wearing a straight uniform, had a slender waist, and his long hair was tied up.
After being looked at several times, Ling Xiao realized that the black-haired young man was not wearing a mask on his face, but a Zerg mouthpart control device. He didn't sit down to eat, but just stayed beside Annie with his hand on the back of her chair.
His eyes rarely left Miss Annie, and when he occasionally glanced over, his eyes were moist and cold, like a stream of cool water penetrating into his bones.
Ani was distracted by important matters. She had just returned and there were too many things to do in the base. She couldn't even eat properly.
She used her little tentacles to point back and forth on the light screen, occasionally staring at the other half of the split screen. A hand next to her carefully selected the food, bent down, and fed her meticulously.
Bringing it to her mouth, Ani opened her mouth and ate it. She glanced at Xiao Mo and reacted: "Isn't it in good condition? When did you start wearing it?"
She raised her hand to take off the other party's controller, but her wrist was gently grasped by Mo Wan's slightly cool fingers. He took Ani's hand, lowered his head and pressed his cheek against the back of her hand, then lowered his eyelashes and shook his head.
There's no way he's going to be in good shape.
After all, you can watch the live broadcast at any time.
Ani looked at him for a long while and said, "Do you want to..."
Before she could say what it was, Mo Wan shook his head again. He put his slender fingers back into the gap between Annie's fingers, intertwined them, and gently overlapped them. He bent his fingers and wrote the Zerg language on Annie's palm:
"Don't chase me away."
"I'm not upset. I just miss you."
Ani stared at him for a while, and the small tentacle moved over from the light screen and slowly wrapped around Mo Wan's arm. Just as her mind was spinning with the tentacles, Lin suddenly coughed and said, "Eat seriously."
"……oh."
Ani blinked, came back to her senses, and reluctantly took the carrot juice handed to her by the teacher.
Mo Wan glanced at the glass in her hand, then turned to look at Lin. Whenever his eyes fell on other people, they would make people feel cold and creepy. But when communicating with Ani, she immediately regained her gentle and virtuous nature.
As for the point of “don’t be picky about food”, he didn’t mind Lin interrupting Lady Ani’s intimacy, but he minded the other person who appeared at the dinner table.
Even though Ling Xiao had been silent and reduced his presence to the extreme, it seemed as if he could find a gap to slip into at any time.
Mo Wan knew him.
The knuckles of his black velvet gloves caressed the chair behind Annie, and a thin gap of skin appeared between the gloves and the cuffs of his uniform, as pale as the frost on the glass window in late autumn.
Annie drank carrot juice while looking at the new content appearing on the light screen.
Behind her, Mo Wan said nothing but questioned Lin with her eyes. Her dark eyes, like black jade, fixed for a moment, probably asking, "What's wrong with him?"
The one he was referring to was Ling Xiao.
Lin shook his head slightly and looked at Ani - You have to ask the little ancestor, why do you ask me?
Mo Wan's eyebrows were slightly frowned. His face was very gentle and handsome, and his temperament was captivating. At this time, Ani turned her head and talked to him about the guard team. The black-haired young man's frowned brows immediately relaxed, and he lowered his body to listen silently and obediently.
Ling Xiao said too little.
After dinner, his room was arranged in the center of the base. The base's intelligent program matched him with a room with excellent lighting and auxiliary lights. The things inside were arranged delicately and carefully, with a very unified style, reflecting the luxurious and gorgeous aesthetic of the mermaids.
He felt sleepy early as usual, and fell asleep beside Annie not long after he started working with her. The household robot was covered with a thin blanket. She took a moment to glance over and saw its flexible tail hanging down to the ground, curled up under the blanket, and the back of its outstretched hand was dazzlingly white.
"Brother Lingxiao?" Ani called him in a low voice.
There was a faint, dull humming sound from under the blanket, probably because he didn't sleep well.
After sending the revised drawings to the subordinates of the church, Annie stood up and put on a crimson coat. She walked over and looked at Ling Xiao for a long time, then stretched out her hand and gently placed it on the back of his hand that was blocking his body, then closed it and gently stroked the position of the ovary of the Fuji clan.
Guoguo is as sleepy as he is. I wonder if it’s because of the self-pollination characteristics of the vine family. It likes quietness and is sleepy, but it grows very fast...
Annie had a pile of examination reports from her teacher. Apart from Lin himself, Annie knew Lin's physical condition best. Dr. Zhou also sent her the file of 013. The egg was strong and lively, with strong vitality. Not to mention abortion, Annie suspected that even if the gestational sac was cut off and thrown away, after hundreds or thousands of years of nurturing in the soil of a life planet... the cub might still be born.
This is how Annie herself “broke through the ground.”
However, just thinking about Ling Yi San's current situation, and the possibility that this bad dad with amnesia might abandon the child, her temples began to throb and her head felt hot.
Guoguo, however, has not undergone any systematic examination.
Ani caressed him for a while, then picked him up along with the blanket. The green branches and vines of the vine clan subconsciously entangled with him.
"I'll carry you back to your room to sleep." Annie said softly.
Ling Xiao looked no different from usual. He clung to her without any resistance and buried himself in her arms. The aura of Annie seemed to represent a strong sense of security. She herself was like a greenhouse that sheltered from the wind and rain.
Exclusive channel, no one else, and the journey is very short. She still had something to discuss with the teacher, so it was best to coax him to sleep. Ling Xiao was not energetic enough and his reaction was violent. Her gentle care instead aggravated his sensitivity and discomfort during pregnancy, making him very fragile.
Annie left a small bedside lamp on for him and gently reminded him about the smart programs and the chubby household robot in his room. The household robot in this room is called Qie Qie, and it looks very cute.
Ani's instructions will be repeated on the screen on its abdomen for confirmation. After she had adjusted it, she lowered her eyelashes and looked at Ling Xiao's face half-hidden on the edge of the soft blanket, wondering what he was thinking.
After a moment, Ani cupped his face a little and kissed his forehead: "Good boy, relax a little."
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The research project that Lin is in charge of has reached a critical part.
He has a lot of key information in his hands. The effect of the Type B drug developed by the Science and Technology Association this time has exceeded everyone's expectations, and he himself is the one who performed best in the drug experiment.
"But," Ani finished reading the new experimental records, raised her eyes, pursed her lips and stared at him for a long time, seriously, "You have to stop taking the medicine."
The windbreaker he was wearing was taken off to the side, and the white shirt outlined the slender and thin figure of the mermaid. Lin raised his hand to take off his data glasses, closed his eyes, rubbed his nose lightly with his fingers, and replied: "This won't work."
"Teacher," Ani looked at him and said, "You concealed something in the records you showed me."
She raised her hand to close the light screen and continued, "This project was upgraded from C-level to S-level by the Science Association. I admit that this is a breakthrough and very fruitful research, and it may even replace the gene evolution medicine... But other experimental subjects have strong side effects, and some have even fallen into a state of disorder. Why don't you react at all?"
The state of disorder is similar to the flesh-and-blood monster with many eyes in the circus, completely mutated, with reduced intelligence and difficult to communicate.
"I can't stop." Lin looked at her, "Ani, this is not something that can be discussed."
"She has already got the genes she likes and matches." Ani carefully read the teacher's pregnancy test report many times, "Now the important thing is that you don't have any accidents."
Lin was silent for a moment: "I can't leave Type B potion anymore."
"What—" Ani continued to ask, but before she finished her sentence, Lin loosened his tie and unbuttoned his shirt.
"Wait...wait a minute, right now..." Ani's voice faltered and she covered her eyes with her hands, "Didn't we just talk about business in the last sentence?"
Lin held her wrist, his cold breath fell on her temples, and he moved Ani's hand away.
The body in front of her was very familiar, with a thin layer of white flesh covering the bones, and more tiny scales emerging on the waist. They were silver-blue, sparkling, and as bright as gems, and they suddenly caught her eyes.
Annie was stunned for a moment, then reached out to touch the teacher's slightly cool skin. The scales felt extremely smooth to the touch, but this was not normal, as the mermaid only had scales at the end of its eyes, with only the fishtail appearing on its body.
"If I stop taking the medicine," Lin said, hesitating for a long time. After thinking for half a minute, he decided to confess, "I can hardly maintain my human form."
"...Ah?" Ani looked up at him, "Will it turn into...a small fish?"
"...What little fish?" Lin raised his hand and pinched her face hard. Annie's soft cheeks were pinched red. She opened her eyes wide, feeling very bad. When she glared at him, Lin let go, smiled as if he was coaxed, and said, "I can't show it to you."
"Why?" Ani wondered sincerely, "The teacher and I both have secrets, and you are not honest at all."
"You are honest and open-minded." Lin said, buttoning up his clothes, paused, and suddenly asked, "What is that?"
Ani followed his gaze.
A fluffy little bat lay beside the pocket of his clothes, with its ears erect, concentrating and studying diligently.
Moka…Ani pushed the plush ball back into her pocket and said righteously, “Communicator pendant.”
Lin: “I saw him move.”
"He didn't!" Ani said, "How could the pendant move? This is a gift from the government."
"Really?" Lin smiled, his tone light, peaceful and meaningful, "Then remember to throw him out and come back to me. And that guy who would use the camera to peek in the communicator, did you break up with him and part ways amicably, or did you become enemies who hated each other and didn't tell me."
Ani: “…”
She held it in for a long time and then said, "Teacher, you have become so vicious. I was the one who bullied you in the past."
"It's because you like to bully others and can't bear any injustice, so I couldn't do anything to you from the beginning." Lin sighed softly and said, "I even had to be the first to break up. You obviously don't like me, but you still act so affectionate... Hmm."
Ani hugged him and kissed the corner of his lips fiercely.
Lin stopped talking, his Adam's apple moved slightly, his eyes like the ocean reflected her face: "Playing tricks."
"I like you," she said.
Lin's eyes froze: "This sentence is even more shameless."
Annie smiled, gave another kiss, and then took out the bottle of genetic evolution potion. After receiving the official reward, she used a little and checked the contents of the potion.
The breath of the Creation Beast was very strong. He was still alive, but she felt that he was covered in wounds.
She stuffed the potion into the teacher's hand and said, "I can't influence your thoughts. You are harder to persuade than anyone else. ...When you are unable to make a decision and are in a very difficult situation, you can try this. The main ingredient comes from another cosmic star beast. His race is very special and is better at evolution than me."
"Space beast?" Lin repeated, subconsciously, "Will you be captured?... No wonder the institute has been unable to solve the problem of evolutionary potions. Does the alliance know how this came about?"
Ani relaxed her body and fell on the sofa. She looked at the ceiling light and said, "If I get caught, you must take good care of our child—Ah! Don't shake it."
Lin pulled her up and shook her. Annie did not struggle. Her body was soft and swayed like fluid. She wrapped her tentacles around his waist and hung on the teacher.
"The brains have been shaken evenly." Anila said in a long voice and made a wish to the lamp, "Mommy, please bless me and let me see the birth of the little jelly monster sooner, so that we old... uh, our mimic beast can have children. Such a powerful race must not be extinct in my hands."
"Why didn't you tell me this earlier?" Lin hugged her, frowning slightly, "You've revealed so much now, the entire Star Network knows you—"
"Yeah." Ani rested her chin on his shoulder and closed her eyes, "So it's hard to do anything to me."
Lin paused, feeling a little relieved, he exhaled and whispered, "I won't be a widow to you."
Ani suddenly opened her eyes.
"I will soon come to my senses," he said, "and go back to my own people. Mermaids are a non-intermarrying race. I have been confused long enough."
He spoke slowly and every word was clear. Ani felt that the worst fish in the world had said that on purpose. The scene suddenly emerged in her mind where the little jelly monster was taken back to the mermaid tribe, and then was bullied by other little fish and abused by his stepmother.
no!
How is this possible!
Ani tilted her head and bit his ear bone. The coral-like milky white ear bone trembled slightly. She said, "Don't worry, I won't let you go."
Lin: “…Is that what you said?”
"I'm not going to do anything." Ani regrouped and got up with renewed energy, "Let's continue talking about the negotiation with the Science Federation!"
On the day she returned, the branch institute made rapid progress in handling Lin's "suspension investigation".
The other party has received the notification that M357 has produced a planet lord. The institute immediately invited Lin to return to the project and ostensibly promoted his position, but then revealed its true purpose - to invite Ani to collaborate.
If we can't cooperate, things will be very difficult. The long-term investment cost on this planet makes the Association of Science unable to give up the branch institute, but because Annie and Zero One Three have an intricate and ambiguous relationship, they cannot be sure whether this star sea warrior who is very popular in the star network is hostile to them.
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