Bai Li finally had a sound and peaceful sleep, and when he woke up it was already noon the next day.

He hugged Lu Zhao before he even opened his eyes, and put his hand on Lu Zhao's cheek to confirm that the mark he made yesterday had no effect.

Lu Zhao was still sleeping, and his mind was relaxed. After a crazy night, Major General Lu's good habit of waking up on time was rarely broken, and Bai Li's actions did not wake him up.

The smell of pheromones tempted Bai Li to get closer, and after marking, he seemed to have no resistance to Lu Zhao's scent.

Even when he was asleep, the smell of grass could tell him of Lu Zhao's existence, and this alone could drive away the chaotic dreams.

Bai Li was originally sensitive and easily uneasy. She could bear it by herself a few years ago. After being with Lu Zhao, the focus of her life was stabilized by Major General Lu. Bai Li began to become balanced and no longer seemed to be floating.

But if a person has never been stable, he can always endure the bumps. As soon as Lu Zhao's hand that was used to stabilize Bai Li was pulled away, Bai Li found that he could no longer accept the feeling of imbalance.

Compared with the permanent mark, this feeling of dependence is more deadly. The spirit is captured before the body, and it betrays itself from the inside out.

Perhaps because of this, Bai Li is more addicted to Lu Zhao's pheromones and buries her head in Lu Zhao's neck.

Lu Zhao's hair was cut much shorter, and the hard black ends made people feel itchy when they rubbed against his hair. Bai Li didn't want to get up at all, and his lips touched all the places he could touch.

Lu Zhao, who was in his sleep, vaguely knew that Master Bai was flirting with him again, and laughed vaguely.

Bai Li's ears were reddened by his laughter, and he felt ashamed of being caught doing something naughty, and tightened his arms in anger.

Lu Zhao didn't care, and patted Bai Li's arm in a half-asleep state, and said with his eyes closed and sleepy: "Li Li."

What a huge arrow that pierced Bai Li's heart.

Bai Li surrendered instantly after being attacked by Lu Zhao while he was confused.

"I'm done." Bai Li was clearly aware of a problem, "I'm trapped."

Lu Zhao didn't hear his mumbling clearly, and turned his head to ask lazily: "What?"

"I just felt vaguely that there was a collar around my neck, and there was a rope." Bai Li said in a very low voice.

His brain, which had just woken up, was still a little slow to react. Lu Zhao closed his eyes and thought for a while before realizing that Master Bai had positioned him as a puppy with a collar. He couldn't help but touch Bai Li's neck with a smile.

Bai Li didn't let him touch him, but put his hand into the other's hand: "Here."

Lu Zhao pinched Bai Li's hand and opened his eyes slightly puzzled.

"I'll give you the other end of the rope." Bai Li said.

Lu Zhao held Bai Li's hand tightly, raised his head and kissed Bai Li's lips.

There were marks left by Bai Li on his glands, but in his hand was the rope that controlled everything of Bai Li.

Even though it was lunchtime, neither of them wanted to get up and lay lazily on the bed.

Bai Li's personal terminal rang a few times, prompting that there were incoming text messages. The research and development work of white01 was very tight, and there were some things that had to be reported to Bai Li frequently. He reluctantly touched his personal terminal and turned it on.

"Too lazy to move," Bai Li hummed as he clicked on the virtual screen, "Work has invaded my life."

Lu Zhao also sat up, amused by Bai Li's tone.

It was a warm season on the main star, and Lu Zhao was a little sweaty at the moment. After being marked, Bai Li was like a piece of taffy, sticking to Lu Zhao and refusing to move.

Alpha's body temperature was already high, and Lu Zhao didn't want to push him away, so he just let her clasp him for a long time, and both of them were hot enough.

"The people in charge of the white01 project are participating in the research and development at the Imperial Research Institute," Bai Li leaned on the pillow and began to process the information at hand, while telling Lu Zhao about the recent trivialities of the main star, "Lin Xu asked us to speed up the research and development, I think there may be a shortage of people."

Lu Zhao put on his home clothes, crossed his legs and sat lazily beside him, listening: "There is a shortage of people, the battle line is longer than expected, but there are only a few who can drive the mecha after all, and we have to consider the rotation problem after tired driving."

"You spend most of the day on the mecha." Bai Li replied a text message and looked up at Lu Zhao.

"Almost," Lu Zhao was also quite honest, "The temporary base I'm at has just been set up, and there's some pressure."

Bai Li said distressedly: "You need to replenish yourself. What do you want to eat?" Before Lu Zhao could speak, he said, "You need to eat meat and some nutritious food. Do you want some soup? Oh, yes, and take some nutrient solution with you when you leave. It's a new product just released by the research institute."

In fact, the military has always provided the latest nutrient solution and various repair and health care products, but Lu Zhao still nodded a few times and said, "More meat and vegetables." "Okay

," Bai Li smiled, "I promise to complete the mission."

As he was speaking, a new text message came into the personal terminal.

Bai Li took a look and frowned slightly.

"What's wrong?" Lu Zhao noticed the change in his mood and asked.

Bai Li turned off the virtual screen and rubbed his face: "Nothing, do you want to wash up? Or lie down for a while?"

"Talk about it." Lu Zhao didn't let him change the subject. He just leaned forward and touched Bai Li's neck, and his fingers swept over the other's glands, "I want to listen."

This is a very intimate posture. With the mark, the two of them can carry out pheromone caressing with just any contact.

Bai Li didn't know what was wrong with him. After being marked, it seemed that he, the alpha, was the most affected. After Lu Zhao touched his gland, his body relaxed. He sighed and said, "You finally got a rest. I don't want to say anything else."

"Nothing," Lu Zhao said, "I just wanted to hear it."

Bai Li shook his head helplessly: "Just now, the housekeeper of the old house sent me a text message. Bai Ying is leaving."

"Leaving?" Lu Zhao was stunned. He hadn't heard this name for a while. The impression of Bai Ying in his mind was still when she was beaten black and blue by Tang Xiao. "Where are you going?"

"Leaving the main planet, I didn't ask where they were going." Bai Li said, "I just heard about the news at the old house."

Lu Zhao was a little surprised and asked, "Can she go far? Without Tang Xiao?"

The repeated permanent markings have made Bai Ying addicted to Tang Xiao's pheromones, and it has always been difficult to get rid of the control of her body.

"That old bastard was sent to the satellite planet a long time ago, and it is estimated that he will never be able to leave in this lifetime," Bai Li laughed coldly, and then his expression became more complicated, and he paused and said, "She no longer needs Tang Xiao's pheromones, she cut off the glands."

Now even Lu Zhao was a little speechless.

Removing the glands means that they are no longer affected by pheromones, and have a physique similar to that of beta. Although they can still feel the pressure brought by pheromones, at least the traces left by the permanent mark are completely removed.

However, the price is also very high. Lu Zhao has heard of some people who have had their glands removed due to illness or other reasons. Whether they are A or O, they have left a lot of sequelae in their bodies. They are more likely to get sick, their resistance is weakened, and they need to take conditioning drugs for a long time. They are also more likely to have other complications when they are old, and most of them are not considered long-lived.

"She didn't discuss it with anyone. When I found out about it, it had been over a week since the operation," Bai Li whispered. "I originally thought that just removing the mark would be enough, but the doctor said that her glands had been injected with a lot of pheromones many times, so they were very fragile. Considering her age, she couldn't stand deep marking."

Lu Zhao came back to his senses from his shock, and his mood was quite complicated: "She decided on her own?"

"Right," Bai Li leaned on the pillow, looking at the ceiling above his head, and said, "After all, I'm the only family member who can notify the matter, but she didn't tell me."

He has always been a little confused about his feelings towards Bai Ying, and it's still the same now.

But when he first heard that Bai Ying had her glands removed, Bai Li felt like he was hit hard.

He had hoped that Bai Ying could get out of the quagmire, and indeed he had used all the methods he could to pull her out. Therefore, he was very disappointed with Bai Ying after getting no response.

"I thought she would get out one day," Bai Li murmured, "but I didn't expect it would be at such a price."

Lu Zhao didn't know how to respond. He really wanted to tell Bai Li that the pain and torture of so many years could not be easily overcome by paying a price. Perhaps for Bai Ying, the pain of gland removal would be lighter.

"She chose it herself," Lu Zhao spread out Bai Li's clenched fist and said calmly, "At least she can make her own choice now."

The words were said calmly, but they smoothed out the thorn in Bai Li's heart during this period.

He said "hmm" and said nothing more.

When Lu Zhao was wondering if he should say something else, he was thrown onto the bed by Bai Li.

Bai Li pressed on him, holding his waist with both hands, and rubbed his face against Lu Zhao's chest several times before muttering, "I love you so much."

It was itchy, and Lu Zhao wanted to laugh, but the smile became soft after being soaked by these words: "I know."

"I love you more than yesterday." Bai Li said, "It will be the same tomorrow."

Lu Zhao's heart was filled with a swell of possessiveness, and his hand groped from the back of Bai Li's neck to his back, wanting to rub this person into a part of himself, so that he could take him anywhere.

But the madness in his heart became gentle again when his hand touched his skin, and Lu Zhao closed his eyes.

"I know," he said, "me too."

Whenever he thought that this love was enough, he would open his eyes the next day and find that he could love the other person even more.

Bai Li had never thought that he was a person who could have such a huge affection.

He had never thought that he could make a person have endless affection.

Lunch was delayed until the afternoon because of this procrastination. Lu Zhao was in estrus and tended to be sloppy when he relaxed. He was a little lazy from head to toe. Bai Li was even more arrogant and lazy. They finally walked into the kitchen when they were both very hungry.

There were not many dishes at home, so they asked the robot from the supermarket to bring up fresh ingredients.

Considering that two adults were so hungry that they could only eat three bowls of rice, which was too much for long and detailed cooking, Bai Li quickly fried a few dishes.

Major General Lu was suppressed by the two reasons of "driving fatigue" and "estrus", and could not enter the kitchen to help, so he could only serve two bowls of rice to the table.

"When is Bai Ying leaving?" Lu Zhao asked.

"In these few days," Bai Li said as he served the dishes, "by private airship."

Lu Zhao helped put the dishes on the table, and watched Bai Li shake off the water droplets on his hands and sit down, and then asked again: "Are you going to see her off?" Bai

Li's movements froze for a moment, and after a while he said: "I don't know."

Bai Li always seemed to have no idea about Bai Ying.

Maybe it was because of the great disappointment, so he had no energy for anything that happened afterwards, and didn't know how to deal with it.

"You don't want to see her?" Lu Zhao pulled out a chair and sat down. He smelled the fragrance of the food and felt his stomach growling with hunger. "You haven't contacted each other since then?"

It has been more than half a year since Lu Zhao left, and Bai Li has met Bai Ying.

"I have seen her a few times. She found some medicines that are beneficial to recovery for me," Bai Li said lightly, "most of them were sent to the institute or hospital. She didn't show up. I caught her peeping at the door a few times."

The word "caught" was used quite vividly. Lu Zhao smiled, feeling a little helpless in his heart.

Bai Li's leg injury has been a problem for many years. He has tried all the medicines and methods that can be taken, and he has also practiced most of the things that Bai Ying sent.

Bai Ying knew this, but she couldn't think of anything more she could do.

Bai Ying had already missed the time when Bai Li needed her the most, and what was left was only the crack that could not be repaired.

But at least she learned not to let the crack continue to expand.

"I don't know if I want to see her," Bai Li picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks for Lu Zhao, poured the drink, and then frowned and said, "I don't think we have anything to say."

Lu Zhao was speechless and took two mouthfuls of rice in silence.

His feelings for Bai Ying were very indifferent, but he attached great importance to Bai Li's feelings, and as a bystander, he could see things more clearly than Bai Li himself.

If he really didn't want to see her, Bai Li probably wouldn't have to be so entangled.

"Go and see her off," Lu Zhao said, "You don't have to talk."

Bai Li glanced at him, said nothing, picked up a piece of vegetable leaf and ate it bit by bit with a crunch.

"Okay," Bai Li said, and then clarified, "But I wasn't hesitating just now. A tough guy like me won't hesitate."

Lu Zhao hummed, "Fierce A." "

...Major General Lu, could you," Bai Li's upright back shrunk a lot, "stop praising me in a mocking tone?"

"Oh." Lu Zhao nodded, and then said seriously, "The food is delicious."

Bai Li was surprised by these three simple words, coupled with Lu Zhao's sincere expression, he couldn't help laughing out loud: "What else do you want to eat? I learned how to make desserts on Star Network, do you want to try it?"

Lu Zhao is not picky about food, but Bai Li can still see some preferences. Lu Zhao likes both the sugar porridge and the knife-shaped candies he had eaten in the military hospital before. Perhaps it is because he rarely had the opportunity to eat this kind of sweets when he was young, and he still has no resistance to sugar in adulthood.

"I want to eat it." Major General Lu nodded honestly.

The two of them finished the hot meal bit by bit while chatting. After cleaning up, Bai Li stood back in the kitchen, preparing some desserts as snacks for later.

"I failed several times I tried before," Bai Li said in advance, "Xianhua, don't hold your hopes too high."

Lu Zhao said, "It will taste good."

He is quite confident in Bai Li's cooking skills.

The sound of Bai Li preparing ingredients could be heard in the kitchen. Lu Zhao took out two bottles of restorative nutrient solution from the constant temperature cabinet and looked over in the direction of the sound.

Bai Li was busy with his back to him. His back was different from what was rumored by the outside world, and it didn't look like he was wearing a competition uniform when he walked off the stage.

His hands, which had operated mechas for many years, were groping their way through, but now he was carefully measuring the amount of seasoning.

Unlike the carefreeness when cooking, Master Bai's movements when making desserts revealed his lack of expertise, and he really had just learned it not long ago.

"I can't catch up this year, wait until next year for your birthday," Bai Li said with his back to him, "you should be able to eat Bai's special cake."

Lu Zhao stood there and felt that he was standing at the center of his life.

No matter how hard life gets in the future, he will never leave this apartment and this person.

"Well," Lu Zhao said, "It's good to be home."

Bai Li turned around and looked at him: "Welcome home."

The news that Lu Zhao came back to the main planet to rest soon spread among his friends. The research institute also specially gave Bai Li a short vacation. Except for things that must be handled by Bai Li, they tried not to disturb him as much as possible.

Considering that Lu Zhao really needs to relax and rest, the bathtub at home that has not been used for a long time was used. He took a bath with medicine that is beneficial to repairing the body. Excluding some unspeakable nonsense, the effect of the bath is still quite good.

After marking, the omega's estrus period is much more stable, and it is easier for Lu Zhao to control it. However, it is too easy to relax in front of Bai Li, and Bai Li himself is fascinated and addicted to the smell of Lu Zhao's pheromones. The self-control of the two adults has become insignificant.

Bai Ying left the main star in the afternoon three days later, and Bai Li decided to go and see her.

Originally, he only planned to drive over and send her off, but before he left, Lu Zhao also got dressed and wanted to go with him.

"I'll be fine after the first two days of my estrus," Lu Zhao said as he put on his shoes, "Let's go together."

Although Bai Li knew that Lu Zhao's mental strength was amazingly strong and his estrus was indeed stable, he was still worried: "I think you should stay at home..." "

It's marked, it's okay." Lu Zhao stood up, "It's been a long time since we went out together."

Bai Li leaned against the wall to relax for a long time before he came back to his senses from Lu Zhao's straight ball and reluctantly agreed.

Bai Ying took a private airship, and the take-off pier was also Tang's private small pier.

We drove along the elevated road and arrived just as Shiraisha was getting off the suspension car.

After not seeing her for a while, Shiraisha's appearance hadn't changed much. She was wearing a light pink dress, delicate high heels, her hair was tied up high, and she looked pretty good.

Bai Li didn't get out of the car right away. He sat in the driver's seat and watched for a while before Lu Zhao patted him on the shoulder.

"I used to think she was weak, and she looks like that now," Bai Li whispered, "and it doesn't seem to match the choice she made."

Lu Zhao also looked at her for a while and said calmly, "Not all courage needs a tough shell."

The private dock was not very big, and there were not many people. Bai Ying saw them as soon as the two got off the floating car. After a brief surprise, she was a little dizzy with joy and couldn't help but jogging: "Why are you here!"

Bai Li still didn't know how to get along with Bai Ying normally, so he just said lightly: "I heard that you were leaving the main star, so I came to see you off."

"Thank you," Bai Ying was very happy and greeted Lu Zhao, "Major General Lu, you've worked hard, is everything okay?"

Lu Zhao nodded and thanked him, "I'll come back to rest for a few days, and I'll leave soon."

"Is that so." Bai Ying was a little worried.

"Where's the luggage?" Bai Li asked.

"It's already been sent to the ship," Bai Ying smiled, "There's not much to take, and some things can be bought there."

Bai Li didn't know what to say, and paused for a few seconds without saying anything else.

Lu Zhao saw his dilemma but didn't point it out. He just asked, "Where are you going?"

"Besides the current war, there are other reasons. I don't plan to go too far for the time being," Bai Ying looked a little embarrassed. She said the first half of the sentence very quickly, and then said happily, "There is a school on a satellite planet that I'm very interested in. I want to try to get in and continue my studies, because I learned about some medical equipment some time ago and I want to learn more about it."

She then reported the name of a school.

Bai Li had some impression of this school. It was not far from the satellite planet where Tang Kaiyuan was sent, and it wouldn't take too long to get back to the main planet.

This time, Bai Ying chose a place that was very close to the two children, but kept a certain distance, and established her own goals.

She didn't want to give up the person she cared about, but she also felt that she couldn't rely on others to grow, so she made this choice at a distance that she could catch up in time.

After these words were spoken, the three of them had nothing more to say and stood in silence for a while. The robot on the airship reminded that it was almost time to take off.

"Then I'll get on the boat first," Bai Ying said a little awkwardly, "I..."

Bai Li looked at her appearance and her hair tied up high.

This was a rare time since Bai Li could remember that she did not cover her neck and did not avoid any questions.

"Removing the gland will affect the body," Bai Li said, "Keep warm and don't get sick."

Bai Ying was stunned for a long time before she said "Oh", turned her face away and wiped her eyes quickly.

Being able to say these words was already the limit of Bai Li. He pretended not to see Bai Ying's loss of composure and prepared to leave.

"I was actually very scared before the surgery." Bai Ying suddenly said.

Bai Li stopped and looked at her in silence.

"I'm afraid of regrets in the future, and I'm also afraid of illness and weakness," Shiraisha said frankly, "I'm a very weak person, and I don't really have much courage, but rather than being afraid, I don't want to be disappointed in myself anymore."

This was the first time that Shiraisha didn't act pretentiously in front of Bai Li, and she had gradually learned to face herself.

Even though she felt that she was not that great.

Bai Li's lips moved, and before he spoke, Shiraisha hurriedly said, "I just wanted to talk to you, nothing else. I just..." It was just that after so many years, she found that there was no one around her to talk to.

"I think that when a person makes a choice even though he knows he is afraid and that he may regret it in the future," Bai Li finally spoke in a calm tone, just stating his own opinion, "this is also a kind of courage."

Shiraisha's hands and feet finally felt warm again, and she felt like someone had wound up a spring, and now she could jump up and down.

"Thank you," Shiraisha smiled brilliantly, with a slight blush on her face, "I'm very happy."

There was no haze in this smile.

The spaceship was about to take off, and Shiraisha said again: "You should also take care of your health! If there is anything I can help with, let me know, okay?" Then he looked at Lu Zhao and said with a little worry, "Be careful in front."

The robot urged a few more times, and Shiraisha waved goodbye and walked towards the spaceship.

Her hair was tied into a beautiful bun and fixed behind her head, revealing the ugly scar on the back of her neck after the operation. She wore the necklace with silver cherry blossoms that Bai Li gave her.

Bai Ying wore the necklace, walked up to the spaceship with her head held high, and left the main planet.

"Let's go home." Lu Zhao held Bai Li's hand.

Bai Li watched the airship go away and smiled, "Think about what to eat for dinner on the way back."

Two days later, Lu Zhao's short vacation ended. Bai Li drove him to the army to gather, and watched him get on the army's military suspension vehicle and drove to the dock that non-military personnel could not enter and left.

Lu Zhao did not return for the New Year that year. After the winter of the marginal satellite ended, the Zerg became more and more crazy and the war spread.

The only thing that accompanied Bai Li during the New Year was a text message from Lu Zhao, "Be safe."

Bai Li had one more handmade mecha model on the cabinet at home, which was the second mecha that Lu Zhao had driven.

Half a year later, the first physical mecha of the white01 model was successfully developed. Zhou Linshan, who had already entered the Third Army, served as the driver and successfully tested it. The second successor made the decision and the white01 model began to be put into large-scale production.

In July of the same year, Lu Zhao, Han Miao and others stayed on the T990 satellite star and encountered a Zerg raid. They fought desperately and finally repelled it, defending the satellite base and ensuring the stability and safety of the next supply line.

The victory of the battle with fewer troops over more was inspiring. The Empire awarded the Golden Kali Medal to the officers and soldiers who made contributions in this battle.

Lu Zhao got his fourth Golden Kali.