Chapter 22 Marriage 2
Chen Ke saw Ye Heng's arrival and heard the words "Who is he?"
He looked at Ye Heng's face, which was rarely inquiring, and couldn't help but laugh. His tone was as matter-of-fact as if 'you don't know': "You don't know him?"
Ye Heng's brows furrowed instantly, and a hint of confusion flashed in his dark green eyes: "I should know him?"
He searched his memory bank quickly. There were only a few guides he knew on the Central Star. He went through them in his mind but had no impression of them.
Why would an unknown guide arouse his attention? Does Ye Heng have the potential to be a scumbag?
"Lin Yao!" Chen Ke didn't keep the secret any longer and completed the decisive kill with just two casual words.
The air seemed to freeze.
For the first time, Ye Heng's usually expressionless face showed visible cracks. His jawline was slightly tense, his fingertips unconsciously pinched into his palms, and even his breathing paused for a beat.
The ones who reacted even more dramatically than him were the members of the Red Shadow Legion's personal guards who followed behind him. These sentinels were usually well-trained and could remain calm even in the face of disaster.
At this moment, they all turned their heads in unison, their necks almost twisted into knots, and stared intently outside the hall.
Unfortunately, there was only the color of the setting sun outside the door, and the guide had long disappeared.
"He knows?" Ye Heng's voice was a little tense, and he couldn't explain why he asked this.
It was obvious that he didn't care about that person at first, but now because of a touch of white, he actually wanted to find out the truth. The word "scum" kept repeating in Ye Heng's mind.
Chen Ke nodded and tapped his fingertips on the laptop: "I know. I just told him you were coming a minute before you came in."
The implication is that people are avoiding it on purpose.
Ye Heng was silent. He wanted to stop there, but his dark green eyes had their own consciousness and scanned the hall quickly.
From the reception desk to the bulletin board, even the water dispenser in the corner was not spared, as if he was conducting a carpet search, trying to find something.
"There." Chen Ke saw through his thoughts and raised his hand to point to the photo column of the guide staff.
It was a light screen embedded in the wall, projecting the ID photos of all the guides on duty.
Ye Heng looked in the direction of his finger almost instinctively. There were countless photos on the screen. Finally, in a corner, Ye Heng found what he was looking for.
Lin Yao was wearing the uniform of the White Pagoda. He had a pair of bright and clear peach blossom eyes; because of his smile, they looked like crescent moons. His straight nose bridge added a bit of heroism, and his slightly upturned mouth corners...
With the guidance of the guide's gentle temperament, it feels like a spring breeze on your face.
The dim light from the light screen reflected on the team members' faces. The sentries who had been holding back and not daring to speak just now could no longer hold back.
Ye Mang was the first to utter a low cry. He rubbed his eyes, fearing that he had seen it wrongly:
"Oh my god, this person is so good-looking! His eyes are like crescent moons when he smiles. He's much more pleasing to the eye than those virtual idols on Star Online!"
Xu Li, who was standing beside him, nudged him with his elbow, but his tone was also full of approval: "That's right, I think she is countless times prettier than that eldest daughter of the De Lin family."
The last time he followed Ye Heng to attend the royal banquet, he had the honor of meeting De Linwei. The calculation in her eyes was almost overflowing. How could he be as comfortable as this person?
"Shh..." Zhao Kun in the team quickly signaled them to keep their voices down. He glanced at Ye Heng secretly, and when he saw that the marshal didn't turn around, he lowered his voice and said, "Are you guys dissatisfied with the training?"
"What are you afraid of? We are telling the truth." Ye Mang stiffened his neck and glanced at the photo column again.
"Look at his demeanor, gentle and refreshing. He doesn't look like the 'waste' the rumors say. He's a guide in the White Tower, so he must be capable, right? Didn't they say he's recovered?"
Xu Li touched his chin and nodded. "You're right. He seems to have been employed for almost a month. Didn't the sentries in our army also apply for him to be their supervisor?"
Lin Yue, who was at the very edge of the team, came over, his eyes wide. "I know that. Zhao Yu and Peng Yue from Team Three applied for his coaching. I heard that it was his first time giving out numbers, and they snatched them up!"
"Wow! How was the counseling result?" Ye Mang asked curiously. This was the first time that the Marshal's partner was counseling someone, and this gimmick really aroused his curiosity.
Lin Yue shook his head: "I didn't ask!"
Ye Mang rolled his eyes: "Hey! What use do I have for you!"
"I'm busy fighting the Zerg! Besides, Zhao Yu and Peng Yue and I are just acquaintances! We're not serious friends!" Lin Yue explained.
"Oh! That's enough! Just ask later!" Seeing that they were about to quarrel, Zhao Kun hurried to mediate.
"But seriously, if the Marshal really gets married to this girl, it would be much more reliable than the one with Delinwei. At least she looks pleasing to the eye, right?"
As soon as these words were spoken, several team members shut up tacitly and glanced in the direction of Ye Heng.
Ye Heng, who was still standing, seemed not to be listening, but he heard every word of the team members' discussion.
Ye Heng pursed his lips tightly, his thin lips stretched into a straight line, and complex emotions surged in his dark green eyes.
"Shut up, everyone." Ye Heng's voice suddenly rang out, carrying his usual authority. "If you say one more word, you'll have to spend three more hours training tonight."
The team members fell silent instantly, straightened their backs, and pretended that nothing had happened. Ye Mang secretly winked at Xu Li.
Ye Heng ignored the movement behind him and his gaze fell back on the photo. Lin Yao's smile flickered on the screen.
He raised his hand and pressed his brow, trying to suppress his chaotic thoughts. Regardless of whether the rumors were true or not, regardless of what the team members said, this person... seemed different from what he imagined.
However, Ye Heng still chose to be true to his heart. He had Mu Mu, the person he had finally coaxed back.
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"Mumu, I'm online!" As soon as he entered the channel, Lei Ya's loud voice blasted through the headphones.
Lin Yao just came online today, and didn’t expect Lei Ya to be there too.
The voice came at him like a small cannonball. He quickly turned down the volume and looked at the virtual image with a hedgehog head on the screen, and couldn't help but smile.
"Are you on vacation?" Lin Yao had just sent the message when Lei Ya's voice came again, saying that they hadn't formed a team for a long time and asked them to come to the gathering place quickly.
Lin Yao shook his head and clicked on the coordinates to teleport.
As soon as he was teleported to the assembly point, Lin Yao saw the hedgehog-headed virtual image squatting on the ground and drawing circles, with the energy wings behind it drooping limply, like a big rooster drenched by rain.
"What's going on?" Lin Yao approached, and even Aji and Su Ling looked worried.
Lei Ya raised his head suddenly, and his avatar's eyebrows wrinkled into pimples:
"Old K, his old injury has relapsed!" He pointed to the gray avatar in the team list.
"He just sent me a message saying his mental power fluctuation value exceeded the limit and he was ordered by his family to log off and recuperate. He can't come tonight."
Lin Yao then noticed that in the original list of the three-person team, Old K's position was indeed empty. He first asked Su Ling how Old K was doing and whether he had taken any medicine or sought treatment from a guide.
Su Ling, who was always quick and decisive, hesitated for a long time before saying, "Probably!"
The word "probably" really surprised Lin Yao. He looked at Su Ling and found it hard to believe that this female warrior in front of him, who always said what she meant, actually gave an ambiguous answer.
The two men's eyes met, and then Su Ling turned his head away and said nothing more to Lin Yao.
The atmosphere suddenly became awkward. Aji pushed his glasses and said to Lei Ya, "It's okay. At worst, we'll just go through random matching."
"There are too many pitfalls in random matches!" Lei Ya also took over the topic, wailing, and his avatar scratched his hair.
"We want to rush the team version of the Zerg Hive tonight, but without reliable teammates, it's impossible..."
The Zerg Tide Nest Learning was originally a single-player project, but after Lin Yao used 'Shadow' to kill crazy people in the Zerg Tide Nest Learning area, it boosted the enthusiasm of the players.
Everyone went to the real simulated battlefield to explore, but what was the result?
The passion is there, but the strength cannot keep up. The Zerg on the periphery alone wiped out 90% of the players.
Later, the players collectively sent emails to the training ground officials, suggesting that this module be optimized.
The official is also very efficient. Taking advantage of the popularity of Shadow, they directly expanded the single-player version of Zerg Hive into a team module!
Not only can you team up, but you can also adjust the difficulty! Choose from the novice-friendly Chrysalis level to the maddening Brood level that will drive professional players crazy.
He was about to say something when the private message notification on his computer lit up. It was Su Ye.
When Lin Yao just came online, Su Ye's avatar was dark, which was beyond Lin Yao's expectation. Usually, Su Ye was there when he was online.
Lin Yao thought that it was not a problem to wait for him once. Just as he was looking for a place to wait for Su Ye, he happened to meet Lei Ya, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, so Lin Yao sent a message to Su Ye.
Now Su Ye should have seen the message he left for him, so he sent a reply.
Lin Yao was just about to open it to see what the reply was.
Lei Ya came over suddenly, "Hey? Who is this?" His nose was almost touching the light screen, his eyes were wide open, staring at the dark portrait.
"Him!?" Lin Yao was stunned, his fingertips shrinking subconsciously, "A teammate I picked up on the road!"
"How dare you team up with just anyone and add them as your friend?!" Lei Ya suddenly raised his voice and jumped twice in excitement.
"Mumu, have you gone crazy from playing games? There are so many bad guys on this Star Network! Look at his black avatar, you don't know where he came from, he only scams soft-hearted players like you!"
As he spoke, he reached out and poked the dark portrait on the screen, and a tone of disappointment came over:
"A friend of mine was scammed by a beautiful player! She said she'd form a team to complete quests, but she didn't do the quests and kept pestering my friend for limited-edition skins and energy weapons.
My silly friend spent three months of living expenses to buy her a full set of equipment, and what happened? After buying her the last Flowing Light Dagger, she immediately logged off and blocked me without even saying 'bye!'"
Lin Yao felt something was wrong when he heard this. He gently tapped Lei Ya's shoulder and said, "This friend of yours, isn't it you?"
Lin Yao's question made Su Ling and Aji, who were standing beside them, laugh. "It's him!" Aji answered bluntly.
Su Ling didn't say anything, but her eyes were full of ridicule!
"What are you talking about!" Lei Ya's fur stood up instantly, and he waved his arms around like a cat whose tail was stepped on.
"Am I the kind of person who would be seduced by beauty? I was... I was being righteous! I was helping a friend test the security of his account!"
The more he spoke, the lower his voice became, but the virtual image's ears turned red and he almost buried his head in his arms in embarrassment.
"I kindly reminded you to be careful, but you tried to tear down my stage, didn't you?" Lei Ya said to Lin Yao angrily.
Lin Yao laughed out loud at his amusement and took a half step back to avoid his waving virtual fist: "Okay, okay, I was wrong. Go on, I'm listening carefully."
Lei Ya then snorted twice, stood still with his arms folded, and said in a serious tone:
"Those high-end scammers are really good. They'll first play a few dungeons with you to build your goodwill, and then once you've treated them like a brother, they'll start looking for excuses to borrow your account and equipment.
I tell you, you have to be on guard against others, especially on this internet. Who knows if it’s a human or a ghost behind the screen?
As soon as he finished speaking, the private message icon on the edge of the screen suddenly dinged again. This time it was a projection communication, as if silently protesting against this inexplicable accusation.
Lei Ya's scolding came to an abrupt end.
He suddenly paused, a few seconds later: "This perseverance..."
He stared at the portrait for three seconds, then suddenly changed the subject 180 degrees. He reached out and patted Lin Yao's shoulder, his tone filled with a hint of uncontrollable curiosity:
"Drive quickly, let's see what he says."
Lin Yao looked at his face, which switched from an anti-fraud pioneer to a curious baby in a second, and shook his head helplessly.
He couldn't help but complain: "Leiya, where are your principles? Didn't you just say that you should be on guard against others?"
Lei Ya chuckled and scratched his head:
"Principles... sometimes they have to give way to curiosity! Besides, I'm just someone you met on the road! What's there to be afraid of?"
Lin Yao felt helpless after hearing what he said. He lightly lowered his fingertips and answered the projector communication.
The moment the projection interface popped up, a figure dressed in ordinary basic training clothes appeared in front of them, no different from the novice players seen everywhere in the training ground.
His figure was tall and straight, and his face was still blurry. Only a pair of dark green eyes with a cold light could be seen. It was Su Ye.
Su Ye's voice came through the projection, still as cold as that day. His dark green eyes swept across Lin Yao and Lei Ya, finally landing on Lin Yao. "Where are you?"
After seeing Su Ye, Lei Ya was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked Su Ye to share the information panel. After seeing that the spiritual body column was "python", Lei Ya laughed out loud. The candidate for the team has arrived.
His previous vigilance suddenly disappeared, and instead he felt a bit enthusiastic:
"Hey, buddies! We're all Mumu's friends, come and fight the Insect Tide Nest with us!"
He patted his chest, his hedgehog hair trembling, "Don't worry, I'm here to make sure you pass!"
Lin Yao wanted to say something but stopped himself. Lei Ya was really a social bull. Then Su Ling and Aji also came over. After learning about Su Ye's information, they also agreed.
Lin Yao was completely speechless. Oh well! He had been thinking about how to introduce Su Ye to them, but now there was no need for that!
Lin Yao sent the assembly coordinates to Su Ye, and then entered the waiting moment.
As soon as Su Ye's footsteps sounded at the assembly point, Su Ling's originally lazy standing posture suddenly changed, and then her high ponytail left a trail of afterimage in the air.
Her face suddenly changed and she just said, "I have something to do."
The whole person turned into a string of light particles and disappeared from the spot with a "swish". Even the falcon didn't have time to retract it. It just dissipated abruptly in the air.
Aji was stunned for two seconds. He looked at the direction where Su Ling disappeared, and without saying a word, he also turned into a particle of light and disappeared. The fiery red fox swayed in place, and then disappeared.
The entire assembly area fell silent in an instant, leaving only the light from the lamps casting mottled shadows on the ground.
Lin Yao's eyes were filled with confusion. How could these two people, who had just been discussing tactics, just leave without even a proper explanation?
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"What happened?"
A sound like a cold spring suddenly rang in my ears, breaking the strange silence.
Lin Yao turned his head and saw Su Ye looking at him. Complex emotions rolled in his dark green eyes, but his tone carried a hint of imperceptible flattery.
Lin Yao shook his head to indicate that he was not sure. "Maybe he encountered an urgent matter in real life. This kind of situation is also common on the Star Internet." He said this, but he was very confused in his heart.
His eyes involuntarily turned to Lei Ya.
“They…” Lei Ya finally came back to his senses, scratched his hedgehog head, and glanced at Su Ye, “It’s Old K!”
"Old K?" Lin Yao asked back.
Lei Ya scratched his head and spoke briefly, which was equivalent to answering the topic that Aji had previously diverted.
Old K was a sentry who retired from the battlefield. Because of his disability, he did not marry the guide, and then adopted two orphans.
His mental fluctuations have always been bad. Because he has to support his family, he takes on a lot of work. Su Ling and Aji and the others all know this, so they will take extra care of Lao K.
He had taken a job a while ago, which increased his mental fluctuations. Everyone had advised him to apply for counseling, but the free treatment at the White Tower was fully booked; and private guides were expensive, so he had been putting it off.
I didn't team up with Lin Yao during this period. One reason was that Lin Yao changed his online time, and the other was that Su Ling and the others wanted Lao K to have a good rest.
After more than half a month of rest, Lao K said that his fluctuation value has stabilized. Lei Ya happened to be on vacation, and all good things came together, so he said that he would make an appointment to go online in the evening to give Lin Yao a surprise!
Who would have thought that at the last moment, Old K's two children were worried about him and sent a message to Su Ling using Old K's light brain, saying that Old K was actually not stable at all.
So Su Ling went straight to Old K's house, held him down and prevented him from going to the training ground. Su Ling probably did that because there was some change in Old K's condition.
This was also what they had agreed upon. If anything happened to Old K, Su Ling would go offline directly. Since Su Ling was at Old K's house, she would be the first to know.
"Didn't you take the medicine?" Lin Yao asked Lei Ya.
"The soothing medicine is no longer useful to him!" Before Lei Ya could answer Lin Yao's words, Su Ye interrupted. In order to soothe the sentry's mental fluctuations, in addition to guidance and counseling, there is also drug treatment.
I guess Mr. K’s fluctuation value is very high, otherwise the medicine would be of some use!
After hearing Su Ye's words, Lei Ya was stunned for a moment, then nodded, with a hint of helplessness in his tone:
"It's really useless. That's an old injury he carried on the battlefield. Back then, he was struck by Zerg sonic waves on the battlefield, and his mental barrier cracked. In the past, medicine could only temporarily suppress it, but now that the value has increased, medicine is useless."
He moved aside to make room for Lin Yao and Su Ye, and continued:
"Old K is a stubborn guy, always saying he can handle it. One of his two kids just started military school, and the other is still in elementary school. Tuition and living expenses, how much does it cost? He's been at the training ground day and night, taking on team missions and running alongside them. It'd be strange if his volatility didn't skyrocket."
Lin Yao's fingertips circled around Shasha's aerial vines: "Didn't Su Ling and the others try to persuade them?"
"I tried to persuade him. Last month, Aji even offered him his counseling spot, but he threw it back." Lei Ya paused and added, "He feels that owing someone a favor is more painful than carrying the pain."
Lin Yao was silent. Such a sentinel, retreating from the battlefield, with wounds all over his body and a pride that refused to bow his head, would rather bear it on his own than accept help like alms.
Lei Ya scratched his head and sighed, "Actually, we all know that he's just afraid of spending money. The fee for a private guide is enough for him to pay for half a year's tuition for his two children, and his fluctuation value can't wait for the free spot in the White Tower..."
"How much?" Lin Yao asked.
"Yesterday's test was 73."
Su Ye frowned, his voice as heavy as if a stone was pressing down on him, "If we delay any longer, the mental barrier may be completely broken."
The number 73 was like a needle, piercing Lin Yao's heart.
"Which legion did Old K retire from?" Su Ye asked Lei Ya. The sentinels on the interstellar battlefield all belonged to the ten major legions. Logically, wounded soldiers like Old K should be protected by the legion.
Speaking of this Lei Ya, he sighed even more, saying that if it was Old K, he would have met the wrong team: "Remember the battle to recapture Gamma Star five years ago?"
When Lin Yao and Su Ye heard about the battle to recapture Gamma Star, they looked at each other and nodded. This battle was not unfamiliar to both of them. Lin Yao had played a simulated copy in the training ground, and Su Ye had experienced it personally.
Lin Yao had an idea. Could it be that Old K was a retired member of the Red Shadow Legion?
Lei Ya went on to say that when Ye Heng led Chi Ying to recapture Gamma Star, the battle was very fierce, and even a simulation copy was opened in the national training ground, but the people had many criticisms about this battle.
Because at that time, the Red Shadow Legion rushed to Gamma Star to fight this war after three jumps from the expedition battlefield of the Sphenoid Nebula 200 light years away.
"Red Shadow was still engaged in an unfinished battle on Sphenoid Bone, but Marshal Ye Heng personally brought his personal guards and Red Shadow's Third Squad to Gamma Star to fight this war! Old K was injured while participating in this war!"
"I used to like Marshal Ye very much. I thought such a young and capable sentinel was my idol, but..."
When Lei Ya said this, his tone was full of indignation for Lao K.
"But after you met Lao K, you felt that your idol had collapsed? He abandoned these wounded soldiers who were difficult to treat?" Lin Yao took over his words, which were agreed by Lei Ya.
But Su Ye on the side disagreed! He was Ye Heng himself! And he didn't think that such a situation would occur in Chi Ying under his rule.
Now that he has fallen in love with Mumu, he can’t let Mumu misunderstand him!
Before Su Ye could express something cryptically, Lin Yao spoke:
"Perhaps there is some hidden secret here. I don't think Red Shadow is the kind of army that would do something like this!"
Lin Yao's words were not without basis, because Zhao Feng, the D-rank sentry, was just an ordinary soldier of Chi Ying.
According to Li Xue, Major General Lu Chen attached great importance to his counseling and treatment, and even Marshal Ye Heng knew about his condition.
So Lin Yao felt that Chi Ying would not abandon the wounded.
"Mumu, do you know Ye Heng?"
Facing Lei Ya's question, Lin Yao shook his head: "I don't know him, but he and his army would never do such a thing!"
"Mumu is right!" Su Ye agreed immediately before Lin Yaoyin finished speaking. Although he didn't know why Mumu thought so, it didn't prevent him from seeing the scene he wanted to see.
The guide he cared about did not listen to one side of the story, which made Ye Heng very happy and even more excited!
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