White01's research speed accelerated, and the Bai's Research Institute also followed suit. Situ had not left the institute for more than half a month, and Bai Li also slept in the institute for two nights.

It was not until Lao Zheng called the institute and scolded him that Bai Li was sent to the military hospital for a reexamination of his left leg.

More than half a year after the operation, Bai Li's leg recovered well. He still felt a little uncomfortable when walking fast, but there was basically no difference when walking slowly.

"How do you feel about the newly opened repair fluid? Did you continue the massage?" After reading the inspection report in his hand, Lao Zheng nodded with satisfaction and asked, "You didn't increase your exercise volume without permission, did you?"

"I'm in the research institute every day, so how can I have time to increase my exercise volume?" Bai Li rubbed his face. He didn't rest much in the past few days. Although he was not allowed to go to the simulator, he could still watch the battle video and give feedback with other drivers. "The repair fluid is okay, the taste is average."

Lao Zheng was about to spray him with a repair fluid. He paid attention to the taste. His eyes swept across Bai Li's face and saw the faint dark blue under his eyes. He couldn't help but say, "You haven't slept well recently?"

"Not bad." Bai Li moved his lips and squeezed out two words.

It can't be said that he slept well or not, he just couldn't sleep.

From the beginning of the war to now, Bai Li's condition has also undergone a change, from nightmares to insomnia.

He woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't fall asleep. He stared at the ceiling in a daze. At this time, he didn't feel like doing anything else to kill time. Just looking at the star network made him feel anxious. He simply devoted himself to research and development with Situ.

The earlier white01 was put into use, the earlier the pressure on manpower would be relieved, which would give some breathing space to the warriors who had been at the forefront for more than half a year.

"Not getting enough rest will affect your body's recovery. You need to relax." Old Zheng didn't take Bai Li's perfunctory words seriously. He sighed and said, "If it really doesn't work... why don't you ask the military? You can sleep well if you feel at ease."

As the elite, the First and Second Corps have been transferred to the most intensive artillery fire for a long time, which also means that Bai Li and Lu Zhao have been disconnected for several months.

"How can such a thing be disclosed casually," Bai Li said helplessly, "At this critical moment, let the military worry less."

There was a noisy voice outside the door. Bai Li turned around and saw a few nurses running past the door.

"They are probably transferred to help," Lao Zheng explained with a slightly worried look, "A group of wounded have been evacuated recently. In addition to injuries, infections and diseases, a considerable number of them are weak due to excessive driving of mechas. In addition to basic treatment, I can only hope that they can have a good rest during these few days of adjustment in the rear."

After saying this, he realized that it was not appropriate to say this in front of Bai Li, and hurriedly comforted: "But there are also excellent doctors in the front. Regular checkups and timely rest and adjustment should not be a big problem."

"I know," Bai Li smiled, "I have been to the front line."

Lao Zheng wanted to say something else but felt that saying too much would affect his mood, so he had to give a few more instructions and prescribe new medicine for Bai Li.

The atmosphere in the military hospital was very tense. The smell of disinfectant, which was stronger than usual, irritated Bai Li's nerves. On the way to get the floating car, he occasionally saw people in military uniforms walking hurriedly, and he couldn't help but take a few more glances. He

got on the floating car without looking at them all the way. When he drove out of the military hospital, he remembered that Situ and others had forced him to take a day off, so he could only turn back to the apartment on the way to the institute.

As soon as he opened the door of the apartment, the robot butler came over to help him change shoes and clothes. Bai Li turned on all the lights in the room, took a shower and changed into home clothes, then he opened a bottle of drink and sat on the sofa to massage his left leg.

The personal terminal was connected to the apartment system and was reporting the latest news.

"It is understood that the marginal satellite planet has entered the cold winter season, and the bad weather has affected..." The personal terminal broadcast the heavy content in a gentle voice.

Bad weather means inconvenience in movement. Many soldiers who have just retreated from the front for recuperation are unable to adapt to the local environment and fall ill.

In addition to the main planet, hospitals on various satellite planets with good medical conditions are also accepting retired patients and injured personnel for temporary recuperation, as well as a large number of residents from marginal satellite planets.

Bai Li hasn't seen Jiang Hao for a while, and he is probably busy with these things, not to mention Chen Nan in the logistics department, who is busy and exhausted.

But it is better to be busy than to be idle at this time. When you are busy, at least you feel that you are contributing, and you have no time to think too much, and you don't have time to fall into anxiety, unlike Bai Li who is restless.

After taking the medicine, he finally felt a little sleepy, but he was very clear-headed. Bai Li casually pulled over a blanket and a pillow and closed his eyes.

During this period of time, he basically slept on the sofa when he went home. The narrow space made him feel a little more at ease.

He said he slept, but it seemed that he just closed his eyes and was in a daze. His thoughts drifted, sometimes he was thinking about white01's research and development progress today, and sometimes he drifted back to the military hospital.

In his shallow sleep, Bai Li dreamed of people running back and forth in the military hospital. The corridor was long and twisted. Several people in white coats were shouting anxiously, pushing a bloody person and rushing towards him quickly.

He couldn't hear the shouting of the people around him in the dream. He could only see the bloody person being pushed in front of him, and he reached out and wiped the other person's face.

The dirt and blood on his face were wiped off, revealing Lu Zhao's half-closed eyes and slightly open lips.

Bai Li heard a "click" sound, which was the sound of his bones breaking. He felt his left leg breaking inch by inch, spreading to his whole body, like a building block castle that collapsed after the central piece was pulled out. Without Lu Zhao, he collapsed instantly.

The collapse was silent.

The feeling of weightlessness made Bai Li kick his legs in his dream and woke up suddenly.

The lights in the room were turned off after the robot butler sensed that the owner had fallen asleep. Bai Li gasped in the dark and broke out in a cold sweat.

He covered his eyes and slowed down for a while before picking up the personal terminal to check the time. It was a

little after eleven o'clock in the evening, and he had only slept for three hours. But the dream still remained in his memory, making these three hours seem like three hundred hours of falling into the abyss of pain.

"I am too naive," Bai Li muttered, wrapped in a blanket. "Am I a bit useless?"

Of course, there was no answer to the question. He turned over on the sofa and closed his eyes, ready to deceive his brain and pretend that he had rested all night.

A "beep" sound came from the quiet darkness.

It took Bai Li's brain half a second to react to the sound. He closed his eyes and did not move, and then he heard the door of the apartment being opened.

He thought he was still in a dream.

Then he smelled a familiar scent, and almost at the moment he smelled it, Bai Li felt that oxygen was injected into his skinny skin. His body bounced up from the sofa, sat up straight and looked towards the door.

The person who was bending down to change shoes at the entrance could only be seen as an outline in the darkness. He was startled by Bai Li's movement and dropped the luggage in his hand.

The two looked at each other in the dark for a while, and the figure spoke first.

"Bai Li," the voice was a little hoarse, "Why are you sleeping on the sofa?"

The voice seemed to be a rope hanging from the abyss. Bai Li walked over in the darkness on the floor without wearing shoes. The smell of grass became clearer as he got closer.

The figure said again: "Your legs..."

Before he finished speaking, Bai Li's hand had already touched his cheek, and then moved up. His thumb rubbed the familiar and soft end of the eye, and groped out a warm outline in the dimness.

Lu Zhao heard Bai Li sighing in relief and whispering, "Lu Zhao."

This shout had a greater impact than Lu Zhao had imagined. Even though he had simulated it countless times in his dreams and fantasies, when Bai Li's voice finally rang after many days, even just two words were enough to make him fall into this entanglement.

"I just dreamed of you," Bai Li said again, "I'm really afraid that when I turn on the light, you will be the same as in my dream." He was also

afraid that when he turned on the light, he would find that this was indeed another dream in his light sleep.

Lu Zhao didn't quite understand what Bai Li was saying, but he was still overwhelmed by Bai Li's confusion in the dark.

He wanted to say something. All the beginnings he had thought of since he arrived at the main star melted into soft sand in the dark night. He frantically picked up words from the sand, trying to find a few words from his poor vocabulary to put together so that he could occasionally comfort people like Bai Li.

But in the end, he could only clumsily reach out to Bai Li, hug him and say, "I miss you."

Even if he saw you, he still missed you.

No matter what time it was, Bai Li felt that Lu Zhao was straightforward and left no way for him to escape.

The emotions accumulated in his heart during this time had already turned into alcohol that could be ignited at any time. Lu Zhao's four words were like a spark, causing all the emotions in Bai Li's body to explode and shattering his rationality.

The next kiss was a little more forceful. Bai Li demanded wantonly between the touch of lips and teeth, a little bit rude, and received an equally strong response from Lu Zhao. Rather

than a response, it was more like an announcement of his return, squeezing out the false illusion in Bai Li's dream.

The kiss in the dark was reckless, and the two staggered back into the house. No one wanted to let go and turned on the light first. Their hands were used to touch each other's waist and back, and their lips were used to confirm each other's thoughts.

His brain was unable to think, his breathing was rapid, and he felt as if he was really dreaming. It was also a good dream to meet again in the warm night. If it was really a dream, then we would all stay in this dream together.

I don't know who stumbled first, and the other fell down with him, and both of them fell to the ground.

Bai Li was lying underneath, and Lu Zhao pressed him down, then quickly stood up and reached out to touch his left leg.

"I didn't press it," Bai Li reached out and grabbed his collar, pulling him so that he could only press on him, looking at him very closely, "Are you injured?"

While speaking, his other hand was still groping the other's body, looking for a place to bandage.

The light from the main star outside the floor-to-ceiling window seeped into the room, condensing into a small spot of light in Lu Zhao's eyes.

Lu Zhao shook his head, and kept looking at Bai Li. The fierceness in his eyes from the battlefield had not faded, and Bai Li was the object of his battle at the moment.

This look made Bai Li very satisfied and hooked his nerves.

The lips and teeth that had just separated for a short time were entangled again, and the smell of grass became stronger and stronger. Bai Li's fingers could not help but touch Lu Zhao's glands. The mark he left there had disappeared, but when touched by Bai Li, Lu Zhao's body would still tremble with excitement.

This had nothing to do with pheromones, it was simply that they had become addicted to touching each other.

The bodies demanded everything from each other, and the reason had long been messed up.

When Bai Li felt that his breathing began to resume, he heard the fat man's intolerable scream in his ears: "How can you go home without taking a shower!"

This shrill voice with a pinched throat scared the two people on the ground and they all looked at the robot butler who rolled over.

"Change clothes!" The fat man used his fat body to hit Lu Zhao's arm that was leaning on the ground, "Take a shower!"

His tone was like "I have tolerated you for a long time."

Bai Li raised his head and shouted: "Go play somewhere else!"

The fat man was so angry that he screamed, and Lu Zhao could only send him away with a command to delay for a while.

The two maintained their posture for a long time without moving. Bai Li finally couldn't help laughing, and Lu Zhao laughed too. This laugh lost that fierceness, and he relaxed his body and lay on Bai Li's chest.

After turning on the light, Bai Li finally saw Lu Zhao's face clearly.

He was a little thinner, but his complexion was okay, though he looked a little tired from walking.

He didn't look bloody as in his dream, and Bai Li felt relieved. He rubbed Lu Zhao's hair, which he had cut much shorter for convenience.

"I thought you wouldn't be able to come back this year," Bai Li touched Lu Zhao's arm again, "Are you also returning to the rear to rest? Are you injured? Or are you tired of driving?"

Lu Zhao let him touch him all over his body, shook his head slightly and said, "It's winter on the marginal satellite planet, and it has a greater impact on the Zerg. Han Miao and I can take turns to rest for a few days. I'll go back first..." He paused, "to get through the estrus period."

Bai Li was stunned for a moment, then he realized that the strong pheromone smell of Lu Zhao just now was not just because of excitement.

"Big impact?" Bai Li suddenly became nervous. "Uncomfortable?"

In fact, Lu Zhao's estrus period is usually very stable. With the help of inhibitors, there is basically no big impact except that some pheromones will be leaked when driving the mecha for a long time, but he likes Bai Li like this.

"It's just that considering the long driving time and the winter, the base wants me to slow down to avoid accidents." Major General Lu answered honestly, "Han Miao's susceptible period is coming soon."

Bai Li was relieved a little, but then felt uncomfortable again.

Lu Zhao's situation is special and it is not suitable for him to be injected with a large amount of inhibitors. The base probably took this into consideration and gave him a few days to rest because they were afraid that something might go wrong when he was tired from overdriving. Otherwise, they would definitely not transfer such an elite like Lu Zhao down.

"Are you tired?" Bai Li asked, "I'll make some food. You can eat after taking a shower?"

"I drank nutrient solution on the way here," Lu Zhao shook his head, sat up and touched Bai Li's left leg, "What's wrong? Does it still hurt?"

Bai Li: "It's fine. I can walk, jump and run, but I can't drive the mecha yet. Lao Zheng said I have to wait a little longer."

Not being able to open it means that it will still hurt when under pressure, Lu Zhao pursed his lips and didn't say anything.

The shorts Bai Li wore exposed the scar on his left leg. In addition to the centipede scar that spread to the thigh at the beginning, there was also a scar that was cut during the recruitment competition. Now there is another post-operative scar. The color is different from the surrounding ones and it looks a bit scary.

Lu Zhao has imagined what Bai Li's left leg looks like countless times when he missed Bai Li. Even though he has prepared himself mentally, he still can't stand it when he suddenly sees it.

His hand followed the new scar and touched it up, past the knee, and didn't enter the wide trouser leg of the shorts, and didn't touch the end.

Bai Li held his hand, and said helplessly with red ears: "If you touch it again, something bad will happen."

Lu Zhao realized what he meant, and the reluctance in his heart was immediately washed away. He said "Oh",

but his hand did not intend to stop. Bai Li pressed him with such force that it was like playing, and it collapsed after a touch. It was not right to continue pressing, and it seemed a little itchy to stop.

He could only subconsciously get closer to Lu Zhao, closer and closer.

In the heated atmosphere, a furious shout suddenly rang out: "Wash! Change clothes!"

The two of them jumped up from the ground immediately.

"Wash!" Bai Li was so angry that his heart hurt, "It's not over yet!"

The fat man screamed and argued with Bai Li. Lu Zhao laughed and sighed, and had to hurry to the bathroom first.

It was already one o'clock in the morning when Lu Zhao finished packing.

Bai Li was still uneasy and lifted up Lu Zhao's clothes to check.

He was indeed a little thinner, and there were bruises on his shoulders, arms and chest from the fight, which had not yet faded.

"We encountered the remnants of the Zerg when we went out to search in the mecha." Lu Zhao didn't care much and said lightly.

Bai Li didn't know what to say, and rubbed his fingers on the bruises on his chest: "Check it again later."

In fact, everything that needed to be checked had been checked, but Lu Zhao didn't object, nodded and climbed onto the bed.

"How many days off?" Bai Li pulled open the thin blanket and tried to wrap up his body, which was still hot from the shower. "How come you've lost so much weight? I remember that the base has a special canteen in addition to nutrient solution."

"Five days." Lu Zhao tried to crawl over Bai Li and get to the inner side. "It's not tasty."

Bai Li knew that he was saying that the food in the canteen didn't taste good to Lu Zhao's taste, and he wanted to laugh.

The bedroom had a night light on. Under the warm orange light, Lu Zhao saw the dark blue under his eyes. He stopped halfway, half-knelt on the bed, straddled Bai Li, lowered his head and moved closer to touch his eye sockets: "Didn't you sleep well?"

Then he remembered how Bai Li was lying on the sofa when he first entered the house, and Major General Lu frowned immediately.

"It's just that I sleep lightly and wake up easily." Bai Li smiled while leaning on the soft pillow, "But it doesn't affect my handsomeness at all."

Lu Zhao was very clear about Bai Li's sleep quality. This person couldn't sleep well when he had too many things on his mind. It used to be because of nightmares, but now it's probably because of anxiety and worry.

He touched Bai Li's lower eye sockets, wanting to reassure him, but he didn't know how to say it.

Bai Li smelled the familiar smell of grass, half-closed his eyes and stood up, rubbing his head against Lu Zhao's neck, feeling that his nerves had become noodles, and he was so relaxed.

"I miss you too," Bai Li said, "especially."

Lu Zhao was rubbed and didn't have any temper at all. He felt warm from head to toe and smiled slightly, "Yeah." But he didn't let the topic

change. "Why sleep on the sofa?" Bai Li raised his head a little helplessly, moved his lips to find an excuse, and was glanced at by Lu Zhao's "Don't lie to me" look, so he could only say: "I will miss you more if I sleep on the bed."

Unlike Lu Zhao, Bai Li was not good at hitting straight balls, and he felt his ears burning after he finished speaking.

Major General Lu got an answer that made him feel softer, but after feeling soft, he felt a little sad. He pinched Bai Li's ear and said: "Li Li..."

He didn't know what to say, so he was interrupted by Bai Li.

"When I can't sleep, I feel anxious when I lie in bed. I haven't felt this way for a long time," Bai Li leaned back on the pillow, holding Lu Zhao's hand and said, "Then I figured it out. It's not that I haven't felt this way for a long time, but that I haven't felt this way since we got together." It was

the first time Lu Zhao heard him say this, and he held Bai Li's hands in reverse, a little tightly.

"You said I was amazing before, but in fact you're more amazing," Bai Li smiled, "I feel at ease when you're around, I can't live without you."

Lu Zhao's eyes sparkled, and his lips moved, but he couldn't make a single sound.

"During this time, I admitted one thing. I admitted that I was a weak person," Bai Li said, he spread Lu Zhao's hand and pressed it against his chest, "You're protecting me."

Tolerating him, accepting him, allowing Bai Li to be an ordinary person, and offering everything to Bai Li who had nothing.

During this period, Bai Li once again realized that he was filled by Lu Zhao. Lu Zhao made him step on the ground and truly began to live. Lu Zhao protected him.

Bai Li was a lucky man who was favored by Lu Zhao.

Lu Zhao's internal organs curled up little by little, and then stretched out. He couldn't tell what it felt like, but he felt that Bai Li seemed to be drilling into his soul every day.

Bai Li actually wanted to say more, but Lu Zhao didn't let him continue.

When the kiss fell, pheromones spread quickly, and the heat of estrus rose quickly, and Bai Li was also affected.

The contact after many days made people more indulged. The vision was blurred under the stimulation. Lu Zhao felt as if he was pushed into a soft abyss. While he was rising and falling, he felt Bai Li gently turning him over, and his gland was kissed by the other's lips.

Bai Li controlled the strength and was about to leave a mark, but Lu Zhao grabbed his hair and forced him to press on the other's neck.

Lu Zhao's voice was hoarse: "Bai Li."

He didn't say anything, but Bai Li responded. He tried to suppress the possessiveness clamoring in his blood vessels: "Have you thought about it... Maybe you will no longer be free, and you will not belong to yourself."

Lu Zhao's head buried in the pillow tilted slightly, revealing his watery eyes, and nodded gently.

"Come, mark me." He said the same words as when they marked each other for the first time. His voice was hoarse but unwavering, and even a little gentle. "Forever."

Bai Li felt that he could drown in Lu Zhao's words, bleeding and crying.

"The eagle is in the sky, and people are chasing the eagle," Bai Li leaned against him and whispered, "So you have always been the one guiding me."

Lu Zhao couldn't see Bai Li's expression clearly, so he could only touch Bai Li's hair with his hands.

He heard Bai Li's trembling voice.

"You have to know, Lu Zhao," Bai Li said, "that I surrender to you."

The gland was bitten, and the pheromone injection brought dizziness and pain, but the knot in the body pushed people to an unspeakable peak.

The five fingers of Lu Zhao's hand holding Bai Li's arm turned white. He couldn't hear what he said, but he could vaguely feel that Bai Li was holding him tightly.

They seemed to be able to hear each other's heartbeats in their ears, almost melting together.

This permanent mark was formed in the warm night, plain, without any waves.

Nothing happened, safe.