Chapter 77: The Great Law of Time
Those eyes, which were usually as sharp as an eagle, now seemed covered with a layer of mist, and the irises glowed dark green under the light of the corridor.
The corners of the eyes droop slightly, and the peaks of the eyebrows are softened a bit.
What surprised Lin Yao the most was that an obvious look of grievance appeared on his face, with the corners of his mouth slightly turned down, and he was aggrieved and stubborn and refused to say it out loud.
Lin Yao felt a little uncomfortable seeing him like this, so he walked over to verify the information and opened the door.
Ye Heng stood up and took the bags from his hands, then followed Lin Yao into the room.
The moment the door closed, Ye Heng seemed to open up and immediately began to report everything in detail:
"After you left, the officers held me aside for another forty minutes to discuss the deployment of military equipment.
Adjutant Zhang from the Quartermaster Department sneezed three times while reporting the supply list, and Staff Officer Li from the Operations Department blinked seventeen times per minute while speaking, five more times than in the last meeting.
After the meeting, I went to the mecha maintenance area and watched them replace the starship's energy conduit.
Maintenance team leader Lao Wang scratched the back of his head six times and said that it would take until next week to be fully debugged.
On the way back, I received a call from Cang Lie. He asked if I had coaxed you into submission. We talked for ten minutes.
He spoke steadily and clearly, describing every detail distinctly, as if he was reporting an extremely important combat report.
Lin Yao was stunned and was stunned for a long time before he found his voice:
"Are you... reporting to me?"
Ye Heng nodded solemnly, with a hint of anticipation in his dark green eyes, as if waiting for his approval: "Yeah."
The expression on Lin Yao's face instantly became complicated, and he looked at Ye Heng with a serious expression.
He rubbed his brows and asked helplessly, "Who did you learn this from?"
"Old Zhao from the Logistics Department and Xiao Wang from the Intelligence Department said that all married officers are like this. When they go out, they have to tell their families clearly where they are going and what they have seen. That way they appear to be taken seriously."
Ye Heng spoke confidently, having obviously done his homework. "They also said that the more detailed the better, it will make the other person feel safe."
Lin Yao was silent for a while, looking at the seriousness in Ye Heng's eyes, and suddenly didn't know what to say.
He sighed and gestured towards the sofa: "Sit down. You can report, but there's no need to be so detailed."
He paused, thinking of the string of outrageous details just now, and added, "Just keep it simple."
Lin Yao didn't want to know how many times the officers who were talking to Ye Heng blinked in a minute, nor did he want to know how many times the maintenance team leader scratched the back of his head.
The expression on Ye Heng's face froze for a moment, as if he was a little confused. A trace of bewilderment flashed in his dark green eyes, as if he didn't understand what he had done wrong.
But he still said "hmm" obediently, walked silently to the sofa and sat down, put his hands on his knees, and sat upright.
Lin Yao looked at him like this, and the helplessness in his heart was gradually replaced by tenderness.
He turned and walked towards the kitchen, preparing to sort out the ingredients Ye Heng had placed on the counter. When he reached the door, he stopped and turned back to ask:
"Have you eaten yet? If not, stay and eat with us. I bought some beef and plan to stew potatoes."
Ye Heng suddenly raised his head, his eyes lit up instantly, and the dark green color flashed excitedly under the light.
He nodded vigorously, his voice filled with uncontrollable joy: "Okay!"
He instantly became energetic, like a child who had received candy, and all the grievances and confusion just now disappeared.
Lin Yao laughed, turned and walked into the kitchen.
Ye Heng's brisk footsteps were heard behind him, and he also walked into the kitchen: "Is there anything I can do for you?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Shasha rolled up a bright red tomato, handed it to Ye Heng and shook it twice, as if assigning a task.
Lin Yao was washing beef at the sink. Hearing this, without even turning around, he said with a smile, "Take off Tomato's clothes."
Ye Heng was stunned for a moment, looked down at the round tomato in his hand, then looked up at Lin Yao's back.
A hint of doubt flashed in his dark green eyes. "Stripping clothes? Do you mean peeling skin?"
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By the time dinner was ready, it was completely dark.
The beef in the pot is stewed until it is soft and tasty. The purple potatoes have absorbed the soup and emit an attractive sweet fragrance. The stir-fried side dishes are green and refreshing.
The two of them sat at the dining table, the light reflected on the food and on each other's faces, it was warm and comfortable.
Ye Heng picked up the spoon, scooped a piece of beef into his mouth, and the rich aroma of meat instantly exploded in his mouth.
The sweetness of the potatoes and the sourness of the tomatoes perfectly balanced out the greasiness of the meat, and the taste was so delicious that it made his eyes light up.
He couldn't help but take another big bite of rice. After swallowing it all, he said: "It's delicious. This is the best meal I have ever had."
Lin Yao looked at him wolfing down his food, and a gentle smile appeared on the corner of his mouth:
"Eat slowly, no one is going to snatch it from you."
Ye Heng nodded seriously, his dark green eyes sparkling, his tone full of satisfaction:
"This is something we made together, and I'm going to savor it slowly."
Lin Yao smiled and picked up his chopsticks to start eating.
The two of them occasionally exchanged a few words, and most of the time they ate in silence, but there was an indescribable harmony in the air.
After finishing their meal, the two did not clear away the dishes immediately. Instead, they just sat at the dining table, enjoying this rare leisure time.
Lin Yao looked at the lights of the base outside the window and suddenly thought of Xu Nian in the supermarket, so he asked, "Do you know Xu Nian?"
Ye Heng was stunned for a moment, thought about it carefully, and shook his head:
"The name sounds familiar. I think I've heard it before, but I'm not sure. What's wrong?"
Lin Yao told about his previous encounter with Xu Nian at the store.
Ye Heng frowned upon hearing this and said thoughtfully, "Now that you mention it, I have some impression of it."
Ye Heng said that he had heard Ye Mang and others mention this before, that a military dependent accompanying the Fourth Army was pregnant and was still working in a shopping mall. He said that she seemed to be having a hard time.
It is probably the Xu Nian that Lin Yao mentioned.
The more Ye Heng talked, the more he thought of. He reminded Lin Yao that when interacting with Xu Nian, it was enough to just stop at the proper level. He could help with small matters if he could, but there was no need to become close friends with him.
"Is she a bad person?" Lin Yao paused as he peeled off the candy wrapper. What he held in his hand was the orange candy that Xu Nian had given him.
Ye Heng stood up and cleared the dishes on the table, his dark green eyes filled with caution: "It's not that I'm a bad person."
Lin Yao threw the candy into his mouth, and the sweet aroma of the orange spread on the tip of his tongue. He said with confusion in his tone:
"So what do you mean? I think she's doing well. She's helping her colleagues even when she's pregnant. How kind."
"Being overly enthusiastic is sometimes not necessarily a good thing." Ye Heng put the dishes into the sink.
"She likes to help from her own perspective, regardless of whether others need it or not."
Lin Yao raised his eyebrows: "How do you know?"
Ye Heng said that the chief of staff once complained to him that when Dr. Li's child in the Medical Department had a fever, Xu Nian insisted on sending the fever-reducing medicine for her own child to him, saying, "As a mother, I understand."
It turned out that Doctor Li's child was allergic to the medicine and he politely refused. However, Xu Nian was relentless and went around saying that his kindness had been wasted.
Doctor Li was subjected to so many rumors for no reason, and finally it reached the Chief of Staff, causing him a headache.
Ye Heng himself had also encountered this once. Last year, at a symposium for the families of al-Qaeda officers, he, as a marshal, had to be present and say a few words.
When the show was over, Xu Nian stopped him, put on a warm smile, and said mysteriously, "Marshal, I want to tell you something."
Ye Heng was a little confused at the time and didn't know what she was going to say, so he stopped.
Xu Nian looked around and said in a low voice:
"I know a girl who works in the base's communications department. She's beautiful and has a good personality. She also admires heroes like you.
You're not young anymore, you need someone who understands you and takes care of you, right? Can I help you connect with someone so we can meet?
Ye Heng was stunned after hearing this. He never thought that Xu Nian would tell him these things, and he was already engaged.
He had already opened his mouth to refuse, but Xu Nian continued:
"Don't be embarrassed, I'm doing this for your own good. I know that girl, she's definitely from a good family, and a perfect match for you.
I've already made an agreement with her to deliver a document to your office this weekend, and we can meet and talk then."
Ye Heng frowned and refused again in a serious tone: "Comrade Xu, I think I have made myself clear.
My personal life does not need interference from outsiders, and your unauthorized arrangements have exceeded the proper boundaries."
His voice was not loud, but it carried unquestionable majesty, and his dark green eyes were full of sharpness.
The smile on Xu Nian's face froze instantly. He shrank back in fear, stammering and unable to speak. In the end, he didn't bother to say anything else and turned around and ran away in a hurry.
Ye Heng looked at her back, his brows still furrowed.
He thought that after this incident, Xu Nian would learn his limits and the matter would end there.
As a result, at the weekend, he was in his office processing an urgent front-line war report when the guard suddenly knocked on the door and said with an embarrassed look:
"Marshal, there are two ladies downstairs looking for you. They say... they have an appointment with you."
Ye Heng was stunned for a moment, then realized what was going on and his face darkened.
He walked to the office window, lifted a corner of the heavy curtain and looked down, and sure enough, he saw two people standing downstairs.
One was Xu Nian, and the other was a young girl wearing a communications department uniform and holding a briefcase in her hand, looking around awkwardly.
"Drive them away." Ye Heng lowered the curtains, his tone as cold as ice.
"Yes!" The guard took the order and left.
Although the matter was handled quickly, it still caused some trouble.
There were many people in the base who were gossipy, so the news spread quickly and various versions of speculation emerged.
Ye Heng was very annoyed by this. In order to prevent future troubles and to prevent the girl from being unnecessary talked about because of this matter.
Because the girl later came to Ye Heng to apologize, saying that she shouldn't have disturbed him, but Xu Nian kept bothering her like this, so there was nothing he could do.
After Ye Heng learned about it, he immediately issued a transfer order, transferring the girl from the communications department out of the base communications department and transferring her back to the Central Star Chiying Military Headquarters.
"I didn't want to make a big deal out of it, but Xu Nian doesn't know how to behave." Ye Heng picked up the dishcloth to dry his hands, with a hint of helplessness in his tone.
Lin Yao was stunned when he heard this, and the orange candy in his mouth completely lost its sweetness.
He finally understood why Ye Heng said to keep his distance. Such enthusiasm was indeed hard to resist.
Afterwards, Lin Yao's thoughts went back to the time when he went to the mall. He suddenly remembered that Xu Nian knew that he was planning to make beef stew with potatoes and tomatoes, so he told him that there was some excellent beef brisket there.
Lin Yao said that he had already bought the marbled beef. Xu Nian immediately frowned and said with a hint of disapproval:
“I’m not saying anything bad about you, but this dish must be made with beef brisket, with alternating fat and lean parts, so that it will be fragrant and flavorful when stewed.
Marbled beef isn't suitable for cooking, but it's better for frying steak. It's a waste of good stuff."
Lin Yao smiled and gave a brief explanation.
In the end, Xu Nian still persuaded him, but Lin Yao thought that Shasha liked marbled beef, so he stubbornly rejected her kindness.
Seeing Lin Yao's firm attitude, the smile on Xu Nian's face faded and his expression looked a little strange. Lin Yao didn't think anything of it at the time.
Now coming to his senses, he looked at Ye Heng and smiled helplessly:
"Thinking about it now, her reaction at that time was indeed quite obvious."
Ye Heng put away the dishes and looked up at him:
"So, her enthusiasm is always accompanied by strong personal will. Once others don't follow her ideas, she will easily change her attitude."
Lin Yao nodded, and the orange candy in his mouth was chewed into pieces with a crunching sound.
The two of them tacitly skipped this topic. Seeing that Ye Heng was almost done washing the dishes, Lin Yao told him that he was going to take a shower.
Ye Heng said he understood while washing.
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The warm water poured over my body, washing away the fatigue of the day.
Lin Yao squeezed some shampoo into the foam and was massaging his scalp with his eyes closed when Ye Heng's voice came from the living room:
"Can I have some of the snacks you bought?"
"Okay." Lin Yao's voice mixed with the sound of water, carrying a hint of vague warmth.
Just as he finished speaking, he heard light footsteps coming from the living room, followed by the sound of a snack bag being picked up, and then the footsteps slowly approached and stopped outside the bathroom door.
Through the door, the rustling sound of Ye Heng rummaging through snacks could be clearly heard, and occasionally the sound of him picking up a bag of snacks to check could be heard.
Not long after, Ye Heng's voice sounded again, with a hint of curiosity:
"You bought lychee-flavored candy because you like the taste?"
Lin Yao was washing off the foam on his head. Upon hearing this, he turned his head towards the door and said "hmm".
Water dripped down the ends of her hair, splashing tiny drops of water on the tiles.
There was silence outside the door for a few seconds, probably because Ye Heng took a lychee candy. Then the sound of footsteps gradually faded away and returned to the living room.
The only sound in the bathroom was the rushing water. Lin Yao looked at his steamy self in the mirror and wondered what was wrong with Ye Heng.
Soon, when Lin Yao, covered in foam, ate half a candy, he knew the answer.
Sometimes having good physical strength is not a good thing!
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The daily life of the Red Shadow Base always unfolds with the regular sound of horns.
Lin Yao's life also returned to normal, and his military exploits on Mingsha Star earned him a promotion to major general.
So he showed up at the combat command center on time every day, attended the lengthy but crucial regular meetings, and followed Ye Heng to carry out missions.
The roar of mecha engines, the moving chess pieces on the tactical sandbox, and the encrypted radio waves from the intelligence department constitute the main melody of his life.
Ever since the sweet smell of lychee candy filled the bathroom that night, Ye Heng seemed to have found a new habitat and stayed at Lin Yao's place for three consecutive days.
It was originally a three-day holiday, but Lin Yao spent the whole time in bed.
On the morning of the fourth day, Lin Yao finally couldn't bear it anymore and kicked Ye Heng down, warning him that if he stayed here again tonight, he would let Sha Sha pick him up and throw him out.
I don’t know whether Ye Heng was really afraid of being picked up and thrown out, or whether it was really time to act, but Ye Heng obediently moved back to his own area A.
Two months passed in a flash. During this time, when Lin Yao and Ye Heng went out on a mission, they met their partners from the White Tiger Group again.
Cang Lie was not there this time, but Cangye came to carry out the mission instead. The good thing was that his girlfriend did not come with him.
Maybe he was really demoted, so he can't be with Cangye anymore!
When returning home after completing the mission, Ye Heng had to attend an online meeting.
Lin Yao talked about this matter with Zhao Kun and others while having dinner. He was still sighing. When he knew that it was Cangye who came to carry out the mission, he was very worried.
He was afraid that his girlfriend would do more harm than good.
Xu Li, who was sitting opposite him, finished a bowl of soup and said, "It's normal that she didn't come! She's pregnant and went back to Central Star to take care of the baby."
Lin Yao: “Ah!?”
"Yes! Major General Lin!" Ye Mang confirmed the news and continued:
"Your cousin is also pregnant, a month earlier than Cangye's girlfriend. It's a double blessing for the Cang family!"
Lin Yao: “Ah!!??”
Ye Mang looked at Lin Yao, who was so shocked that he was speechless, and couldn't help laughing:
"Major General Lin, your reaction is really too big, isn't it? You don't even know this news?"
Lin Yao shook his head woodenly. His mind was in a mess, as if countless question marks were circling around him.
Cangye’s girlfriend is pregnant, which he can understand, but how did Delinwei get pregnant?
If he remembered correctly, from Delinwei's wedding to now, Cangye has been either on Mingsha Star or on the western battlefield.
He asked, "How is Delinwei supposed to get pregnant? On her own? Or through the air?"
Lin Yao was curious. He loved eating melons so much, but he had never eaten any of the top melons.
He asked Ye Mang what was going on with De Linwei. Ye Mang and the others told him a mixture of true and false stories. Finally, Ye Mang asked Lin Yao to ask Ye Heng.
"The Marshal should know the inside story."
So they returned to the base, and after Ye Heng followed him back to 302 and the arrow was on the string, Lin Yao asked him about this matter.
Ye Heng, whose lifeblood was in Lin Yao's hand, panted and asked him, "So this is why you let me into 302?"
Lin Yao's fingertips brushed past him and he leaned close to his ear: "What else?"
You have to know that this guy is simply getting more and more unreasonable, again and again. If he didn't want to find out the gossip he wanted, there's no way he would let a wolf in.
Ye Heng was so angry that he laughed, then leaned forward and said, "Okay! I can tell you, but you have to exchange yourself for it."
Lin Yao agreed, and his curiosity was satisfied. In short, it was "test-tube baby".
"That's not right! Hasn't Cangye been away for the past few months? Whose test tube did Delinwei use?" Lin Yao was lost in thought again.
Ye Heng bit his neck and said in a muffled voice, "I'll save them all to prevent you from dying in battle outside and cutting off your bloodline."
He then went on to say, "I didn't, because I was so arrogant that I thought I couldn't die."
This sentence made Lin Yao laugh, "You are quite narcissistic!"
Ye Heng bit him harder, causing Lin Yao to complain, "Be gentle!"
"So, your curiosity is satisfied?"
Lin Yao replied with an "hmm", but when Ye Heng was about to attack him, he slipped aside with a "xiu".
Seeing Ye Heng's questioning expression, Lin Yao simply replied, "Men's words cannot be trusted, especially here."
As Lin Yao spoke, he pointed to the four-piece suit he had just changed into.
Ye Heng wasn't annoyed. He just supported himself with his hands and smiled. Then he whispered, "Run! Otherwise, if I catch you, you'll be in big trouble."
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