◇ Chapter 42 Ceremony
Lan En lowered his eyes, his face looking a little ugly.
The judgment day is two months later, but the male insect says that he will marry her only then. If anything goes wrong in the meantime, the consequences will be difficult to predict.
But despite all the twists and turns in his mind, Lan En still showed a perfect smile. He continued to wrap Lin Youli's scarf with patience and meticulousness: "Then I will wait for your good news."
——He didn’t even ask Lin You for the reason.
Lin You touched his nose, a little afraid to look into those blue eyes. There were kiss marks under Lan En's raised collar, but he refused to promise the wedding, just like a fickle scumbag. However, the plot of the novel is here. The first half is about Lan En's attentiveness and the third prince hanging around in an unclear manner. In the middle, there are punishments such as kneeling, and it is not until the end of the wedding that the next chapter begins.
It’s a pity that Lin You couldn’t say it.
He said a mumbled goodbye to Lan and boarded the aircraft.
“…”
Lann gathered his coat, suppressed all his emotions under a gentle mask, said goodbye to the butler, and went to the major general's mansion.
During this time, he took out his light computer and canceled the mute function. The moment he canceled the function, countless messages came in, making a continuous ding-dong sound.
Devin alone sent him nearly fifty messages.
8:55: "Lane? Are you done?"
9:35: "Isn't it over yet? You're not going to kneel again, are you?"
10:17: "Did the Third Prince say anything? Did he agree to marry you?"
…
Just now: "Oh my god, I couldn't get through to you all night, what's going on? Are you still alive, Lan En? Did the Third Prince make you kneel all night?"
Lann said simply: "Alive."
Devin replied immediately: "Oh my god, what happened to you? What did the Third Prince do to you? Are you okay?"
Lan En paused as he was squeezing the light brain.
...What happened to him?
A soft futon, a decent hotpot, countless kisses and a good night's sleep.
The scent of citrus still lingered around him, making his body relax involuntarily. If the male insect had not finally given his promise, this would have been the most comfortable day Lan had had in years.
However, these are not something that can be told to outsiders. Lan En said vaguely: "It's okay, I'm fine. Are you there?"
"We just got to the vicinity of Area 23. I can see the cemetery."
"Well, I wish you a pleasant journey, and give my regards to my deceased friend."
At this point, the conversation seemed to be over. They went offline at the same time and immediately switched to the Third Army's independent satellite frequency band. The channel was triple-encrypted, and no one except Gao Yao of the Third Army could connect to it.
Devin: "I used the sacrifice as an excuse, I don't know if the old guys in the Second Army believed it or not. Damn it, my aircraft was targeted as soon as I passed the border of Area 23. The enemy followed very secretly and used stealth paint. My electromagnetic radar was completely ineffective."
The instruments he was equipped with were all the latest technology from the Empire. It was impossible for any black market pirate to block radar detection.
Lann: "Be careful. If they disguise themselves as space pirates and attack you, I will have no choice but to accept it."
Devin: "I have done the whole play. I just bought some wine. I will send a flying vehicle to pay tribute tomorrow and then fly over the cemetery. If I sense they are approaching, I will return immediately."
Lann nodded: "Notify me immediately if anything happens."
They logged off at the same time and switched back to the chat channel. Everything was calm and nothing happened.
The two chatted for a while as if nothing had happened. When Lann arrived at the Third Army office area and was about to log off, Devin asked again, "By the way, is Admiral Hoyle satisfied? Is your marriage finalized?"
Lann smiled bitterly: "No."
This matter still needs some work.
*
That morning, Lin You rushed to Admiral Hoyle's residence.
The prince's coming-of-age ceremony was a very important ceremony in the empire. Admiral Hoyle reviewed everything from the date selection to the seating arrangement. He handed the schedule to Lin You and asked, "Are you dissatisfied?"
Lin You lowered his eyes and saw a familiar name: White Liam.
Lane's ex-fiance.
In the early stage of the novel, White and Lin You took up the banner of abusing the protagonist.
The coming-of-age ceremony is also a very sad moment. In addition to the third prince, the other two princes, as well as Lann’s seriously injured ex-fiance, the only male son of the Liam family, White Liam, will all be present.
According to the novel's timeline, White had been recuperating at home, and this was his first appearance since his injury.
Although there is no hard evidence now, White has already regarded Lann as the culprit. Various rumors are spreading in the city, and the original owner has also heard them.
Of the two of them, White was the one harboring resentment, while Lin You coveted the wealth of the Colette family. On the other hand, although he was not familiar with White, he was extremely dissatisfied with Lan's actions of harming the male insects and wanted to make trouble. So, he used marriage to keep Lan hanging while condoning White's excessive actions.
If Lin You remembered correctly, there would be an extremely excessive humiliation at the coming-of-age ceremony, and the Third Prince would just watch from the sidelines and say nothing.
Lin You didn't like this type of novel. He couldn't bear to read the long passages of humiliating descriptions, so he just read them briefly and skipped over them. But now that the banquet was about to begin, he had to take out the novel and read it again.
Admiral Hoyle saw him looking at the invitation list for a long time without saying anything, so he asked, "Is there anyone you don't want to invite?"
Lin You shook his head: "No."
The plot requires that these people be present.
Admiral Hoyle nodded and asked, "What about the other arrangements? Are there any changes that need to be made?"
Lin You knew nothing about the Zerg aristocratic etiquette, so he just glanced at it and threw it aside, leaving it to the admiral to decide. He then wandered around the admiral's mansion, finding it quite curious.
Admiral Hoyle had made outstanding contributions and was one of the most famous Zerg generals of the time. His medals of honor filled an entire bedroom. Lin You looked at them one by one, sighing that the original owner's father was truly an extraordinary person. Finally, he stopped beside the egg-shaped instrument in the middle of the bedroom and tried to turn it on.
——He had seen this in the Third Army’s showroom. It was an instrument used for military simulation training.
Admiral Hoyle found that his son seemed to want to lie down, and he was quite troubled: "Youyou, what are you doing?"
Lin You looked up: "Can I try?"
Heard that the simulation instrument was very similar to the Terran shooting game, like a holographic version of 3A, and he wanted to try it out.
Hoyle: "...This is not for playing."
The military system was made very realistic, with one shot resulting in a bloody mess. He was afraid of scaring Lin You.
Lin You: "Just for a moment, okay?"
Admiral Hoyle is the only child of his. Although they are rarely together due to work, he is still the baby that has grown up in his arms. Now Lin You is sitting in front of the simulator, half lying on it to find a power source. His amber eyes look at him expectantly, and he asks for his consent in a soft voice, and asks earnestly: "Is it okay?"
“……”.
Admiral Hoyle said sternly, "Okay."
He adjusted the pain level to the lowest for Lin You and switched to practice mode. The military system was registered with real names, but Admiral Hoyle was one of the most important leaders in the military. He didn't care whether it was a real name or not. He used the administrator's authority to create a small account for Lin You and told him, "Play for a while and then come out. You'll feel dizzy if you play for too long."
Lin You randomly selected the initial data and then entered the system.
Admiral Hoyle was still nearby, so he didn't dare to play too hard and just tried out the gun, shooting at fixed targets. The firearms technology on Earth was incomparable to that of the interstellar era. Whether it was recoil, reloading methods, or other parameter indicators, there had been great progress in the interstellar era. A small pistol could produce effects similar to those of a sniper rifle.
Lin You chose a silver fully automatic pistol, with a relaxed and natural posture. He raised his hand, stretched his arm, aimed, and pulled the trigger.
Missed the target.
The feel of the gun is very important, and the guns in StarCraft do feel unfamiliar to Lin You.
However, missing the target instead aroused Lin You's competitive spirit. He has an extraordinary talent in this area, with extremely sharp dynamic vision and extraordinary reaction speed. Others rely on experience to aim, but Lin You relies on feeling. He can get the hang of general action games after the first play, and get the hang of the operations after the second play. He is familiar with them after the fifth play, and dares to play high-end games after the tenth play. Otherwise, he would not have been ranked among the top players in the national server of "Star Wars" after two months of live streaming.
Lin You took out the dozen guns in front of him one by one and tried the feel of them one by one. Within ten minutes, without any guidance, he was able to hit the seventh ring steadily when shooting at static targets.
The system clapped its hands: "The host has something."
Lin You: “No big deal.”
He was about to continue trying when Admiral Hoyle knocked on the hatch: "Youyou, are you dizzy?"
Many male insects will get dizzy from 3D vision.
Lin You still wanted to play, but the original owner was a weak prince who was arrogant, willful, and fainted at the sight of blood. He didn't dare to deviate too much from the original character, so he opened the hatch and climbed out, pretending to rub his forehead.
“I feel dizzy.”
Admiral Hoyle looked at him disapprovingly: "I told you that you are not suitable for this thing. Come out quickly. Lunch is ready."
Lin You climbed out of the cabin door, looked at him earnestly, and whispered: "Female father——"
Hoyle: “?”
He was alert: "What do you want to do?"
"I'm an adult, but you haven't given me a birthday present yet! I want a birthday present!"
"…What gift do you want?"
"I want this game cabin... no, this military training cabin."
“…”
Admiral Hoyle looked at him blankly.
Lin You looked back expectantly.
They looked at each other, the admiral remained wooden, Lin You continued to expect, and two seconds later, the admiral was defeated.
The highest leader of the military held his forehead with a headache and motioned to Lin You to do as he pleased. So Lin You ordered the waiter to drag the admiral's training cabin directly away to the prince's residence.
It was the middle of the day and he had no mood to take a nap, so he just lay down in the game cabin. 66 helped him bypass the admiral's account and registered a new one.
66: "What kind of initial model do you want?"
Lin You hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice: "Can I use my electronic wife?"
66: “…Okay.”
It imported data for Lin You, and soon, a tall, long-legged, silver-haired, blue-eyed beautiful woman appeared in the system. Lin You tried the feel of the character and named him "A Grapefruit Man" - this was his anchor name.
It took him less than thirty minutes to complete the default tutorial. He was itching to try out the live-action mode for a while, so he couldn't help but enter the matching hall. While he was waiting, the world channel kept refreshing and chats kept coming over.
In order to prevent retaliation, most of the matching modes are anonymous. Only a few generals are well-known because their personal styles are too prominent or their nicknames are too conspicuous. The one being discussed in the hall now is Major General Lann of the Third Army.
"Oh my god, what's wrong with Major General Lan? Who made him unhappy? He's like crazy today."
"The Major General is in a bad mood today. I'm scared when I see his cold face. I feel like he's going to put me in the courtroom and skin me alive in the next second."
"I started playing at noon and didn't log off until almost the end of the day. I guess I played at least 30 games."
"I was just shot in the head by the major general..."
66 followed Lin You. In the virtual system, it was simulated as a robot pendant. It poked Lin You: "Do you want to go match?"
In front of Lin You, Lan En was always gentle and polite, and he knew when to act, like a well-educated gentleman. But Lin You knew that was not the real Lan En. He gripped the silver-white pistol in his hand, eager to try.
The system's electronic voice exploded beside my ears, "You have been matched. The matching IDs of this group are: Pure White Iris, Iron Ambition... A Grapefruit-kun."
With Lin You's current qualifications, it was not his turn to be matched with Lan En, but Lan En had been killing for the whole afternoon and no one else dared to go on the field. It took a long time to get a group together, and then it was his turn.
This simulation system is a bit like a real-life CS, with automatic grouping and the one who survives to the end wins. The system simulates various extreme environments in the universe. This game is a primeval forest, with the gnarled branches of old trees blocking out the sky, and tree roots and various low shrubs entrenched on the ground, crisscrossing each other.
Lin You had played similar games before, but this was his first time in holographic mode. His stealth skills were average, his shooting skills were sometimes accurate and sometimes not, and he was unfamiliar with the rainforest environment. Just a few minutes into the game, he was caught by Lann.
The major general's azure eyes stared at him coldly, as cold as inorganic gems, with a terrifyingly indifferent expression. He raised his gun neatly, and his silver hair tied into a high ponytail drew a beautiful arc in the air. The black muzzle of the gun pointed directly at Lin You, and his knuckles under the leather gloves were slightly bent, and the pistol made a sound -
Bang.
Fire flashed from the gun barrel, and Lin You was offline.
66 Comments: "Host, your wife is quite fierce."
Lin You was interested: "It's true."
Lan En was gentle, respectful, modest and dignified in front of him, but he was like this in the military?
He went online again and applied for a match.
This time the map was an abandoned town by the sea. Due to the small number of matches, he was still grouped with Lan.
This time, Lin You had a stronger awareness of anti-reconnaissance and gradually got used to the movement of the holographic system. He persisted for a quarter of an hour and was blocked in a deserted alley again.
Lan stood on the abandoned bell tower, the muzzle of his gun pointed directly at the corner. The strong wind blew up his pure white windbreaker, and the epaulettes sparkled in the sun, reflecting a brilliant golden light.
He pulled the trigger.
A grapefruit man is offline.
Lin You: “I just don’t believe it…”
He matched again.
This time his operation was more skillful, with almost no missed shots. He persisted for more than twenty minutes. The system was alert in all directions and provided him with some assistance. One of his bullets even grazed Lan's cuff and broke off Lan's sapphire cufflinks.
But the magazine was exhausted and they were still stuck in the corner.
The trigger was pulled, and Yuzu-kun was offline again.
Lin You's competitive spirit was completely aroused. He was about to make another move when the butler knocked on the door and asked quietly, "Your Highness, dinner is ready. Do you want to enjoy it?"
It was still necessary to eat, so Lin You logged off and came out of the training cabin. He sat down at the dining table and was about to pick up the knife and fork when his light brain moved slightly.
Lan: "Good evening, my highness. Although only half a day has passed, I already miss you."
The accompanying picture is a bouquet of flowers, with roses and irises as the main flowers, surrounded by green snow willows and fresh lemon leaves.
Lin You put down his chopsticks and said in an ambiguous tone, "Oh?"
——Miss you? You just shot me in the head three times in the game.
Lane: "I have prepared a bouquet of irises for you, I hope you like it."
The flowers in the vase were beautifully spread out. The roses and irises were both expensive varieties not commonly seen on the planet. The petals were delicate and were airlifted from their place of origin that same day.
Lin You: "I like it, it's very beautiful. Did you prepare this?"
Male insects like soft colors. Many female insects will take home aesthetics courses, but this obviously does not include Lann, who just came out of the match two minutes ago. This flower arrangement is divided into many layers, high and low, and well matched. In addition to the main flowers, there are many small branches and leaves of supporting flowers. If such a complicated flower arrangement can be completed in two minutes, the flower mud will be sparked.
Lane avoided the subject, saying only, "I hope it brings you a moment of good humor."
Lin You could imagine the reserved tone of the silver-haired beauty even through the screen. He laughed dumbly and replied, "Of course, thank you."
Lann breathed a sigh of relief.
Although the Third Prince did not agree to the marriage immediately, his attitude was still gentle. She should have some feelings for him and would not be immediately bored with him after a night of love.
Lane responded politely and carefully: "Thank you, it's my pleasure."
He used more and more polite words, and Lin You could sense Lann's nervousness through the screen. The other party seemed to be uneasy about his rejection in the morning, so he was going crazy in the battle system while cautiously testing his attitude.
The conversation should have ended here, but Lin You thought for a moment and said a few more words to comfort her: "I will hold a coming-of-age ceremony soon and I will invite you. Remember to attend."
The other party quickly replied: "Of course."
It seems that the typing speed has increased.
“…”
Lan had no idea what he would face if the plot of the novel was followed. Major General Iris' dignity would be thrown to the ground and crushed into the soil like the bouquet of flowers trampled by Lin You.
Lin You sighed softly.
He opened the novel with a sad face, thinking, "I have to think about how to act again."
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