Chapter 214: Isn't it good to have fun? Commander Bai has time to fall in love while working...
The consequences of eating too much cream are immediate.
The next day, Bai Ling didn't dare wear a vest, so he found a thick shirt with many buttons and put it on. But the fabric was a bit rough, and his chest was swollen again, and it rubbed against his chest and hurt so much when he walked.
Old pervert...!
Didn’t you drink milk as a child? You’re so addicted to it.
Looking back, in the middle of the night, after one can of cream was finished, I refilled it with another, and the common food sold in the supermarket became a delicious side dish.
The mermaid pretended to feel regretful, but it was a pity that they were not mammals. After being bitten on the wrist by the embarrassed Bai Ling, he slowly licked it clean and left gracefully:
"Cream cherry, very chewy, thank you for the treat, baby."
When you are full and satisfied, you are called "baby".
Bai Ling wanted to complain, it was such a big fuss to take a flight just for a midnight snack. But if we change our way of thinking, a man sends a gift of cannon from a thousand miles away, the gift is small but the sentiment is great, so why should we say that to him?
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could feel happy too?
So after taking a shower, we squeezed back into the camp bed, turned on a small lamp, and kissed and chatted again after a long time.
We chatted about all sorts of things, until our throats became dry, and our tongues became sore from the kiss, so we were forced to go down and drink two glasses of water. Finally, I was so sleepy that I went to the toilet in a daze. I dozed off while sitting on the toilet and didn’t want to get up. I could only shout a few words in a half-awake state, “Yuchen, Yuchen… come and pick me up…”
The mermaid came over upon hearing the sound, gently picked him up, and hugged him in her arms.
I fell asleep before I even made it back to the bedroom.
The mermaid moved very quietly, turned off the lights, and sat in the darkness, staring at him quietly. He vaguely felt the gaze, but did not become alert. He just turned over, closed his eyes and grabbed the mermaid's hand by feeling.
Cold.
He also forgot that the other party was a monster, and thought of himself as a fluffy bird, so he subconsciously moved over to warm it.
In the silence of the air, the breathing of the cold-blooded animals gradually became heavier. After a long moment, the other half of the bed gently placed weight on him, and the mermaid gathered him into her arms, holding him carefully.
That gesture was strange.
The movements are restrained and cherished.
It was as if it knew that if it went any further, it would use all its strength to squeeze this lovely, sweet baby into its ribs and become one with him.
Bai Ling thought, it’s not impossible.
Anyway, it is it that sustains my life.
When I woke up the next day, Yu Chen was still there. Bai Ling asked him if he wanted to go back, and he said he would stay for a day or two first.
Bai Ling thought that was a good idea, it was a good opportunity to take some time to talk about the thread end. He had to figure out what had happened to this guy's body. Because no matter whether the outcome is good or bad, he must be prepared.
When he was about to go out after dinner, he saw the mermaid taking out the books from the luggage and putting them on the table.
This is Yu Chen’s habit. He must bring three books when traveling long distances. When his eyes are tired of reading, he pinches his nose bridge and goes to sleep.
Bai Ling passed by the table, picked up a book, tucked it under his arm, and took it away openly. This book, "A Collection of Waterfowl Fairy Tales", is good. He loved reading it when he was a child. It contains many stories about jellyfish beheadings, which he can read to Stinky Chicken later.
"Wait," Yu Chen called him and took out a gold-inlaid blue bookmark from another book. "Take the bookmark."
Bai Ling took the bookmark and looked at it curiously, knowing that this thing was probably an antique from some unknown century and was worth more than a library. But regardless of the price, he quite likes this pretty little thing, and it's nice to put it in a storybook and play with it.
"I thought you were shouting at me because I didn't want to borrow the book." He said with a smile.
Yu Chen raised his eyes to look at him and smiled: "Actually, I hope you come to borrow books, because if you borrow and return them, we can see each other more often."
This may seem a little strange when applied to other couples, after all, these two aspects are indispensable when they are together day and night.
But for them, it's genuine and heartfelt.
Yu Chen was stunned when he saw the bird, emotions surging in his gray eyes. The bird turned its head away and said "Oh" lightly, "You like me so much."
“Yes,” the mermaid said without disguising it.
Bai Ling raised one eyebrow slightly, revealing the high brow bone of an eagle. He was as nimble as a bird. He went up to the mermaid and held her hand. Then he put the mermaid's hand and the fairy tale book under his arm and led the old woman out. "What are you waiting for? Let's go and fall in love."
Yu Chen smiled: "Commander Bai, do you still have time for romance when you're at work?"
Bai Ling snorted: "I'm pressed for time and have a heavy workload, but I still have time to kiss you during the elevator ride."
If being apart from each other is force majeure, then cherishing the present should be the eternal theme.
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The westerly wind was strong and the sky was dark. Before noon, towering and terrifying cumulonimbus clouds were piled up menacingly beyond the horizon. Yuhong looked out and felt that everything outside the window had lost its color.
It looks like a heavy rain is approaching.
"The weather this week hasn't been very good. I heard from the weather station that there might be a tornado tomorrow, and it could be as high as a fifty-story building!"
This exaggerated and familiar tone... Yuhong turned around and saw the red-billed blue magpie smiling at her.
The blue magpie offered his hand: "Hello, I'm from Corvidae. My parents are engineers in the fortress so I followed them. You can call me Bluebird."
Yu Hong said softly: "I know your name is Blue Bird."
Lan Que was happy: "Do you know me?"
Yu Hong: "You have a loud voice, the whole cafeteria can hear it."
Lan Que just thought he was praising himself.
It’s not easy. I finally made friends of the same age in this place full of soldiers.
Lan Que is only sixteen years old and entered the first year of high school last September. However, before his high school life had fully begun, the war broke out and he had to give up his studies and move behind the front line with his parents.
Because his father and mother were both corvids, good at building, and studied civil engineering, he followed the advice of his relatives and directly enlisted in the army.
After all, these days, the pay for civil engineering jobs is worse than that for dogs, so it is better to take the opportunity to make some money and earn a good future for the children - this is what Lan Que's parents planned.
Moreover, they only need to build the air fortress and do not need to face the artillery fire directly, so it is very safe overall.
Although some people may say that it is irresponsible for parents to bring their underage children to the army.
But the blue magpie didn't care. He felt that he was old enough and if he hadn't differentiated, he should have started laying eggs.
And who says there are no minors in the military?
That’s the red kestrel that always lies in front of the French window in the cafeteria.
The blue magpie watched from the shadows, wanting to make friends with the little raptor. He felt that the other person must be younger than he looked, otherwise why would he have lost all his teeth.
It must be because he ate too much sugar and is still changing his teeth.
"I saw you always staying here and looking outside, so I thought you were the android washing dishes in the cafeteria kitchen." Lan Que circled around Yu Hong, "But my mom said that androids are not allowed to be underage models, because adults will use them to do bad things."
Yu Hong's back stiffened involuntarily, and she slowly lowered her head. "I have something else to do. Bye."
Lan Que: "I know you are going to see Commander Bai."
Yuhong paused.
Blue Magpie ran around to him and begged in a low voice, "Can I go with you? Please, I won't cause any trouble. I'll treat you to beef stew tonight."
Yu Hong whispered: "I have no teeth, I can't chew the beef."
The blue magpie volunteered: "I'll tear it into small pieces and feed it to you!"
Yu Hong was stunned for a moment, the corners of her mouth slowly rose a little, and she wanted to raise her arms to flap her wings, but she forced herself to hold back. He nodded shyly: "Okay then."
The psychologist also said that she hopes he can make more friends.
If you stay in a closed environment for a long time, you will lose your perception of the world. Got to get out there and reconnect with other people.
Although Yuhong doesn’t know what the use of this connection is for the time being, it always helps to listen to advice.
"Let's go this way!" Lan Que grabbed his hand and took him through the cafeteria quickly. He ran, turned his head and narrowed his eyes. "I know a way to get from Area A to Area B very quickly!"
I ran through the corridor and passed by a bionic man who was staggeringly carrying a large bucket of soup. The hot steam from the egg drop soup hit my face, making me take a deep breath.
There is a small door at the end that is closed, but don't worry about it. Just push it open. The milky white light flows onto your eyelids, and it is so bright in an instant that it feels like you are in another world.
It's a cloud.
It’s so big and fat, like a puppy squeezed in the crack of the door, a cloud that you can touch with your hand.
"I'm giving you a safety rope. Make sure you tie it tightly and don't fall down... I know you can fly, but your feathers will get wet by the clouds." The blue magpie threw a rope over with ease.
It turned out that this was a construction site. There were dense scaffoldings one meter in front of them, and the sky was ten thousand meters under their feet. In the past, magpies, gray magpies, crows and blue magpies, the famous masters of bird nest making, chatted and gossiped here, easily completing tasks in the air that seemed to violate Newtonian mechanics.
Yu Hong said sincerely: "Your claws are really skillful."
"Haha, thank you for the compliment." Lan Que moved him flexibly, jumping down along an S-line, pushing left and right. The actual performance was that Que Que was going to jump a hundred floors.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he shouted to Yu Hong: "Look over there, that's our fortress!"
Yuhong looked in the direction of his finger and saw a huge cloud slowly moving to the left, just like an open sesame door, and a city in the sky gradually appeared before her eyes.
Actually, calling it a city is really an exaggeration. In fact, it looked messy, like a pile of semi-finished products made of clothes drying racks, broken iron wires, dog hair and cotton from the windshield of an electric car, and finally rolled into an irregularly shaped ball - even stranger than the food ball that General Sava vomited out after eating a chicken.
They had just come down from Area A, which was higher and the air was thinner, so it was completely enclosed. There is a space elevator that goes directly to the airport outside the atmosphere, connecting to the medium-sized command mothership stationed at the airport.
Yuhong often stays in Area A, and through the limited windows, he cannot see the shape of the fortress in Area B connected below.
I didn't expect it to grow into this... prickly appearance.
Yu Hong opened her eyes wide in surprise: "I thought it would be made very beautiful."
Lan Que explained: "This is an aerial defense structure. The first thing to consider is its function, and the second is its load capacity. It is definitely not going to be very beautiful."
Yu Hong gestured awkwardly: "Well... I mean, the kind with a smooth shell that looks indestructible."
Lan Que stroked his chin and said, "Indeed, it is generally like that, but my mother said that this was actually Commander Bai's special request."
Commander Bai particularly emphasized that their fortifications had to be rough.
Rough, but solid.
This time, Bai Ling found a large group of architects to build the fortress. This group of people was just like the legendary dwarf masters. They were good at adapting to local conditions in various environments and building platforms in the sky with scrap materials.
Bai Ling came from the revolutionary army and was used to fighting poor battles. Even if he became rich overnight, he would never waste money lavishly. So even though he seems to be aggressive in buying weapons and fleets, he is actually the most frugal person in private.
The same goes for the aerial fortress that will be used in the main battle this time.
If the imperial military were to follow their nature, they would definitely ask the central government for a special approval of 50 billion yuan and invest all of it in it. It would be best if it was built to be round and smooth, with strong power, so that it could fly everywhere and the enemy could not hit it at all.
Bai Ling can actually do the same. But after thinking about it, he felt it was unnecessary.
To put it bluntly, a fortress is a disposable tool. Such a large and obvious landmark building is very likely to be attacked, and blindly pursuing solidity would seem cowardly and a waste of time.
His logic is very simple: the fortress will inevitably be attacked by the enemy, so our goal is definitely not "not to be hit", but "no one will die after being hit, and new parts can be replaced as soon as possible."
The latter goal is much more realistic than the former and is much easier to implement.
"But Commander Bai only gave us a general idea. The actual details still need to be completed by our Ya Ya Gang." Lan Que puffed out his chest proudly.
"The Ya Ya Gang?" Yu Hong blinked.
"Yes, we have gangs in various places, in the residential area, on the transformer boxes, on the branches beside the highway~" Lan Que hummed an ancient and distant tune, "We are united and friendly, we help each other, black cars pull white shit, white cars pull black shit..."
"Your song... is quite classical..."
"Right, my uncle taught me that," Lan Que recalled. "By the way, let me tell you, my uncle also knows Commander Bai. He is Gray Magpie. He and their boss even had a fight with Commander Bai!"
After the last jump, they landed on the platform. Before the two boys had taken two steps, Lan Que's eyes lit up, and he waved his hand and shouted to the front: "Hey, uncle!"
Gray Magpie turned around and saw his nephew, and deliberately put on a stern face, "Climbing the scaffolding again, be careful or I'll tell your mom and ask her to pull your feather tube."
Lan Que ran over to him with a smile and said, "Uncle, I know you have a sharp tongue but a soft heart. You won't do that."
The gray magpie rubbed the blue feathers on his nephew's head twice, glanced at the red-feathered eagle standing awkwardly next to him, thought for a while, and guessed who Yuhong was.
"It just so happens that both of you are fine, so come and help me open the gate."
They were already inside the fortress. Yuhong raised her head and looked 360 degrees as she walked, her neck almost turning like an owl.
My God, they seemed to be in a huge bird's nest. There was no decoration at all inside, only the most primitive and simple steel pipes and racks. The floor is spliced with various huge clips on it, just like Lego blocks, which can be broken into pieces and then put back together with other pieces.
A westerly wind blew, bringing with it a damp and somewhat musty smell, and the entire fortress swayed from side to side with the wind, like God's pendulum.
Although they were walking on flat ground, they were sometimes going up and sometimes going down due to the change in wind direction, which was more exciting than the pendulum in an amusement park.
But Gray Magpie remained calm: "Don't worry, this material is very strong. Commander Bai took it from the enemy ship he seized."
When he reached the gate, Gray Magpie put his hands in front of him and looked into the distance, then quickened his pace, "Hurry up, they're coming!"
Of course, those who came were not enemy troops, but their scouts.
Outside the platform, in front, in the deeper and thicker clouds, a soft chirping sound came from the thin rain mist. Yuhong moved closer and looked with eagle's eyes. It was a group of small black dots working busily.
The black spots get bigger, wider, and rounder.
Finally it flew closer, its black feathers sparkling because they were slightly wet. With one final beautiful sideways turn, the claws hooked onto the hook on the wall that had been prepared long ago.
Ah, that's a flock of Arctic terns.
Yu Hong's pupils shrank slightly.
The Arctic tern is known as the "bird without feet that cannot land". They migrate back and forth between the Arctic and Antarctic, the longest migration distance of all animals. An Arctic tern can fly 1.5 million miles in its lifetime, the equivalent of three round trips between the Earth and the Moon.
It is with such small, paper-thin wings that he can tear through the wind and rain, becoming the most outstanding, most endurable, and most extensive flying radius scout in this army.
The gray magpie greets the terns:
"Good afternoon, have you eaten?"
"I ate it, I packed it up and ate it while flying. Luckily, I was skilled enough and the noodle soup didn't spill."
"Really? The weather is so bad today. It's raining all over me."
"By the way, let's take a quick look. Is the allowance being paid today?"
"Let me see... it's been sent! It's on time." The terns swayed their bodies excitedly, and when they saw the amount of the allowance, all their fatigue disappeared. It turns out that the best rejuvenation medicine for workers is the receipt of overtime pay.
Gray Magpie raised his arms and said proudly, "Of course it's fast. You haven't been to Wild Star, so you don't know that our town may look small, but it actually supports the strongest accounting team on the surface of the empire."
If an army wants to operate efficiently and effectively, it certainly cannot do without a large audit team that operates 24 hours a day.
After all, the soldiers and generals are charging on the front line, and it would be outrageous if they were owed rations and allowances. If wages are in arrears, subordinates will not be motivated.
This is true at any time.
So during this period, Bai Ling also issued orders to set up the audit team. As for employees... there are plenty of them! And they were the best batch in the empire—the accountants rescued from the Subsidiary Star Prison.
He was previously jailed for taking the blame for his boss, but now he’s out of jail for doing accounting for the military. Everyone was considered to have successfully cleaned up their debts, and of course they took out their registered accounting notebooks and made sure that the money was paid on time.
At this time, heavy rain came, falling through the gaps in the huge steel frame of the "bird's nest" and dripping onto Yuhong's eyelids. He blinked and looked into the distance, and saw a new team attacking.
This army, like this patchwork fortress, is strange in shape, leaky in many places, and is made up of people from all walks of life and from all corners of the country. It looks rough, but it is actually solid.
Because there is a person who makes everyone do their own job. In his plan, every insignificant person has irreplaceable importance.
"Commander Bai, good afternoon!"
They turned around and saluted in unison.
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