Lan Yu knitted for a while and found that Lu Rankong hadn't said anything. She looked up and glanced at him, and found that he was looking at her intently.
"Are you stupid again?" He took his feet out of his slippers and kicked the person sitting opposite him.
Lu Rankong came back to his senses from his trance, grabbed the rebellious foot, and held it on his leg.
"Nothing..." he said.
"What were you thinking about just now? You were in a daze..." Lan Yu asked.
Lu Rankong was silent for a moment, then said, "I think of my little playmate."
"Do you want to steal the wood carving?"
"Yes, he is just like you, and he is also very skillful with his hands."
Lan Yu asked as she knitted: "You haven't told me what happened to your little playmate yet."
The last time Lu Rankong talked about this, his face looked gloomy, so he didn't ask any further. Now that the topic came up again, he couldn't help but blurt out and ask.
Sure enough, when Lu Rankong heard this, his expression changed and he shut his mouth.
Lan Yu watched him while knitting, and became even more curious.
"He's dead..." Lu Rankong suddenly spoke.
Lan Yu was stunned and stopped what she was doing.
"He passed away on the same day as my mother." Lu Rankong said again.
It took Lan Yu several seconds to react. She didn't know what to say and just stared at him blankly.
Neither of them spoke. In the silence, a gust of wind blew, carrying the slogans of soldiers in the distance and the cries of seagulls on the sea.
After a while, Lan Yu moved her feet that were being held by Lu Rankong.
Lu Rankong lowered his eyes and stared at the ground. It was impossible to tell what he was thinking, and he didn't move.
Lan Yu used her toes to tickle the palm of his hand again.
One, two, three...
Lu Rankong finally revealed a faint smile and pinched the soles of his feet.
Lan Yu pulled her feet back, put the knitting needles back into the sewing basket, dragged the small stool under her, sat close to him, and then lay on his knees.
"What's wrong?" Lu Rankong asked softly.
Lan Yu didn't say anything, just kissed him on his knee.
"I'm fine. It's been so long." Lu Rankong continued.
Lan Yu kissed again.
Lu Rankong smiled, bent down and kissed the top of his head, and said, "Why don't you hurry up and knit that gun handle cover? We have to set off tomorrow."
Lan Yu didn't say anything either. She lay there for a while before getting up, bringing the sewing basket over, and leaning on Lu Rankong to start knitting.
Lan Yu worked quickly and finished knitting the two gun handle covers in the evening. She also crocheted two furry balls of yarn and hung them outside.
"The dark brown one is yours, and the light brown one is mine."
Seeing Lu Rankong holding the two knitted gun handle covers in his hands and looking at them lovingly, Lan Yu said to him.
Seeing that he was confused again, Lan Yu handed him the darker one and said, "This one is dark brown."
Lu Rankong took out the terminal and took a picture of the gun handle. He was not satisfied with the picture, so he put it back on the balcony, moved two pots of succulents next to it, exposed the hanging balls of thread, with the sea in the background, and continued taking pictures.
Seeing that he was taking pictures very enthusiastically, Lan Yu went to the refrigerator and took out a row of nutritional supplements, unscrewed the cap of one of the bottles, stuck out the tip of her tongue to taste it, and then frowned.
This is too hard to drink.
Except for soldiers, patients who cannot eat, and mountaineering enthusiasts, no one usually drinks nutritional supplements, so no one pays attention to the taste during delivery. The taste is very bland and has a slight fishy smell.
Lan Yu took a sip and felt like he was drinking chemical raw materials, but Lu Rankong had just told him that there was no food to eat on the planet Weiya. Firstly, it was inconvenient to carry, and secondly, a lot of energy was needed to maintain physical strength, so nutritional supplements were the best choice.
There is no choice but to drink this and see if the taste can be improved.
Lan Yu rummaged through the refrigerator and took out several bottles of concentrated fruit juice of different flavors. She then unscrewed the bottle of nutritional supplement and mixed the juice into it.
After mixing it, he tasted it and found it was much better this time. In order to make it easier to distinguish, he carefully affixed various small labels with comments on the nutrient bottles.
After everything was ready and he made sure there was nothing missing and it was already getting late, he took a shower and went to bed.
Lu Rankong had just laid down with his arms around her when Lan Yu cried out again.
"What's wrong?" Lu Rankong asked.
"We're going to wear those special cold weather clothes, right?"
"Yes, only cold-proof clothing can isolate the low temperature outside and keep the body temperature from losing." Lu Rankong said.
"What's inside? What are you wearing under your winter coat?"
Lu Rankong recalled blankly for a while, and said: "I haven't paid attention to this problem. I just wear my own clothes inside."
"Military uniform? T-shirt? Quilted jacket?"
Lu Rankong said, "Just... military uniform. A T-shirt is also fine. A cotton jacket is too bulky. Have you ever been on a mission in a very cold area? What did you wear underneath?"
Lan Yu said vaguely: "I didn't pay attention, and I can't remember it."
"Then wear whatever you want. I don't think anyone cares about that. As long as you have some warm clothing outside, it'll be fine."
"All right……"
After a while, Lan Yu suddenly sat up in the dark and said, "No, I have to prepare two sets of cold-resistant underwear."
After saying that, he turned on the bedside lamp, opened the terminal and started checking.
Lu Rankong also sat up and asked, "What are you looking at?"
"I want to place an order for two sets of cold-resistant underwear. What size do you want to wear... I want to see which size is suitable for you..."
Lu Rankong wiped his face and said, "I don't need it. It's too troublesome."
Lan Yu rolled her eyes at him and said, "That won't do. If you freeze to the point of getting arthritis or cold legs, you'll need me to take care of you when you're old, and always have to follow you around and push your wheelchair."
"Old? Old..." Lu Rankong was so excited by the words that they would still be together even when they were old that he said quickly, "Then place the order quickly, place the order."
After placing the order quickly, Lan Yu turned off the lights and lay down contentedly, saying, "There are automatic delivery services that are fast. Go downstairs and pick them up as soon as you get up tomorrow."
"Okay..." Lu Rankong hugged him in his arms and asked contentedly: "Now you can sleep peacefully, right?"
"Well, go to sleep."
"sleep……"
"Ah!" Lan Yu made another sound in the darkness.
Lu Rankong closed his eyes and asked, "Do you remember anything else to prepare?"
"Forget it, it's too much trouble. I'd better not bring it."
"What are you going to bring?"
"Actually, we can bring a small gas stove to heat up food. Forget it, we have fruit-flavored nutritional supplements. Besides, it's not good for so many soldiers to watch us eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks."
Lan Yu arched her back in Lu Rankong's arms, found a comfortable position, yawned and prepared to go to sleep.
He just closed his eyes and opened his mouth again and said: "Actually, I think we can still--"
Before she could finish her words, Lu Rankong blocked her mouth with his lips and tongue, and started sucking. Only when his eyes were hazy and his consciousness was blurred, and he had forgotten what he was going to say, did Lu Rankong let go of him and said, "If you speak again, I will use this method to shut you up."
"I didn't, I just--uh--"
"Okay, I won't talk anymore - um -"
Before dawn, Chen Yuqin's voice came from the corridor: "K, Rankong, Xiaozhu, get up, pack up and get ready to go."
The four of them washed up quickly. Lu Rankong even went downstairs to get the cold-proof underwear that had been delivered by the automatic delivery machine. He and Lan Yu put them on inside their field uniforms.
When they were going out, the two people opposite them also happened to go out. Chen Yutan saw Lu Rankong coming out of Lan Yu's room and showed a surprised expression. Only Lin Zhu lowered his head, covered his mouth with his hands, coughed twice, and pretended not to see it.
We got on the vehicle downstairs and soon arrived at the docking station. A huge starship was being warmed up, the hatch was wide open, and the soldiers were queuing up to go up.
"Hello, Colonel K." The mecha soldiers of the Second Battalion hadn't seen Lan Yu for a while and knew that he was out on a mission. Now that they saw him back, they all greeted him. Lan Yu nodded slightly in response.
"Dad, you're back." The guys from the third battalion called out to Lu Rankong with a grin.
Lu Rankong smiled and walked forward, kicked a few people, then retreated back to Lan Yu.
Soon everyone was on board the starship. Soldiers from the four battalions gathered in a large cabin, while Lan Yu and the other three went to the officers' lounge.
After a moment, the starship roared and slowly rose into the sky. After reaching a certain height, it accelerated and rushed into the vast space.
Because everyone had not had breakfast yet, after the starship smoothly entered the designated orbit, soldiers pushed dining wheels and took turns delivering food.
Lan Yu also got one, which was a fried egg, a large sandwich, and a glass of milk.
As soon as he picked up the cup of milk, Lu Rankong reached out and touched the wall of the cup, saying, "The milk is still a little hot, let it cool down before drinking."
Lan Yu was fed the milk to his mouth and then put it back. Lu Rankong took the plate in front of him, cut the thick and big sandwich into small pieces, and then picked up a piece with a fork and fed it to his mouth.
Lan Yu took a bite naturally, and looked at her terminal while chewing. Lu Rankong held his sandwich in his left hand and ate it in big mouthfuls, while he kept holding the fork in his right hand, waiting for Lan Yu to swallow the food in her mouth before feeding her again.
The atmosphere in the cabin became very strange. Chen Yuqin turned his head to look at the porthole while eating. Although it was pitch black outside, it seemed like he was looking at some interesting scenery. Lin Zhu lowered his head and took small sips of milk, occasionally stealing a glance at the two people opposite him, then quickly turning his eyes away.
After breakfast was over and the soldiers had taken away all the plates, the deputy captain's voice came over the intercom: "The starship is about to enter the first jump point. The hull will be bumpy. Everyone stay in your seats and don't move around."
All four of them left the officers' cabin to check on their soldiers, and only returned to the cabin when they saw that they were all staying at their positions obediently.
Lan Yu sat firmly and fastened her seat belt. A minute later, she felt the starship begin to shake and sway. He turned his head to look at the porthole. Outside were flowing lines and jumping spots of light. This was the starship undergoing a space jump.
"Although Weiya Star is very far away from us, there are several jump points built in the middle. It is actually faster than going to Quya Star. We will be there in a few hours." Lu Rankong saw that he was staring outside and thought he was impatient to sit there.
The turbulence lasted for about a minute before stopping. The lines and spots of light outside the porthole disappeared, and a magnificent and vast sea of stars appeared in the field of vision.
In the far distance there are colorful nebulae, dotted with stars of all sizes, so clear that they seem to be hanging by the window within reach.
Although it was not the first time that Lan Yu had seen such a scene, she was still deeply shocked.
"It looks very close, right? In fact, it no longer belongs to the Sasu galaxy. It is so far away that there is no interstellar channel to reach it." Lu Rankong followed his gaze and whispered in his ear.
Chen Yuqin and Lin Zhu sat opposite them, each with their heads down fiddling with the terminal. It was so quiet that not only was there no sound, but even their breathing seemed to have stopped.
The starship shuttled rapidly in space, and after passing two jump points, Lan Yu saw a gray-white planet, floating coldly in the darkness.
The deputy captain's voice appeared in the loudspeaker at the right time: "In ten minutes, our starship will land on the surface of Weiya. Everyone, be ready for landing."
The starship was moving forward at a very high speed. Lan Yu looked through the porthole and saw that the gray-white planet was rapidly enlarging. Soon, the bright and dark outlines of the surface could be seen.
"It looks like we can land head-on this time." Lu Rankong also leaned over to the window and looked out, saying, "The hurricane just passed, the weather is good."
Lin Zhu pulled the safety belt over and fastened it on himself, lowering his head and saying, "The last time Chen Yuqin and I came here to perform an inspection, there was a hurricane coming from the front. We could only land on the back, hurriedly collected a few samples and left, and Brother Chen was almost swept away by the wind."
Chen Yuqin said nothing, just smiled and touched his head, looking very embarrassed.
Lan Yu pulled Lu Rankong who was still looking outside and reminded him, "Sit still and don't move. We are about to land."
All four of them sat in their seats, fastened their seat belts, and waited for the starship to land. Lin Zhu was standing opposite Lan Yu, and kept looking at him.
Ever since boarding the starship, Lan Yu had noticed that Lin Zhu would always peek at him when no one was paying attention, and finally couldn't help asking, "Captain Lin, is there something dirty on my face?"
"Ah?" Lin Zhu was asked this out of the blue. He was stunned for a few seconds before he reacted. He quickly shook his head and said, "No, your face is clean."
"Then why do you keep looking at me?" Lan Yu asked with a half-smile.
Lin Zhu's baby face flushed red, and he stammered, "No, I didn't look at it. Oh, I looked at it for a while."
Lu Rankong turned his head and looked at him, his eyes like two sharp swords.
Lin Zhu stuttered even more, and finally managed to finish a sentence: "I, I just feel that Colonel K has become a little weird."
After saying that, he quickly added: "It's not weird, it's just, it's different from before, like a different person."
Lan Yu stared at him steadily, her eyes like two sharp swords.
"Well, I didn't know Colonel K before. I didn't expect him to be so easy-going. I didn't expect you to have such a good relationship with Colonel Lu." Under the stare of four swords, Lin Zhu finally expressed his thoughts completely and fluently, and he let out a long sigh of relief after he finished speaking.
Lan Yu remained silent, but Lu Rankong laughed, "So you guys all figured out that K and I were in love?"
"What? Talking, talking about love? I thought you were just having a good relationship, but it turns out you are in love?" This time, not only was Lin Zhu shocked, but even Chen Yutan looked up at the two of them.
"Can't you see it?" Lu Rankong asked.
"See, I can see it." Lin Zhu said dryly, "It's just a little hard to imagine."
Chen Yuqin nodded desperately in agreement.
The starship began to slow down and entered the atmosphere of Weiya. What appeared in Lan Yu's eyes was endless glaciers, and the whole world was white.
There was no wind or cloud at this moment, visibility was extremely high, and the weather was very good. The starship slowly descended and landed smoothly between several glaciers.
Lu Rankong picked up the intercom beside the hatch and said to the soldiers in the cabin, "We have landed. Everyone, put on your winter clothing and get ready to leave the ship. We are about to open the hatch. Check if you have put on your winter clothing. Don't freeze into a lump of ice when the hatch opens."
After that, he opened the secret cabinet beside him, took out a set of clothes and handed it to Lan Yu: "Put on your winter clothes."
The cold-proof suit was made of a special white material, similar to a space suit, and also had a round helmet. After everyone was dressed and checked, Lu Rankong put on the cold-proof backpack containing the woolen gun handle cover and nutrient supplements, and they went to the soldier cabin together.
The soldiers also put on their cold-proof clothing, and with the sound of air pressure being released, the hatch at the rear of the starship slowly opened.
The overwhelming cold wind brought snowflakes into the cabin, and the temperature dropped below zero in an instant. The remaining water in the cup, the half-eaten apple, as well as the ship's walls and seats began to freeze, making a slight popping sound.
Lu Rankong blocked Lan Yu behind him, and when the cold wind died down, he walked to the ship's door and shouted, "Get out of the cabin..."
The weapon conveyor belts on both sides began to rotate slowly, and the soldiers quickly took turns to leave the cabin. Each of them took an ion gun and an equipment bag, and then put a mecha ring on their wrists.
Lan Yu stayed behind, and after getting her equipment ready, she followed Lu Rankong and jumped down the high hatch.
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