More than a decade later, the top leaders of all the major forces had been almost completely replaced, and the previous generation had almost all withdrawn from Plant, the power center, and traveled to various galaxies.
Shi Yiyu and Yu Luhan also gave their seats to Shi Nian and Yu Chen, packed up their things, and then happily returned to their long-lost world of two.
Yu Chen and Yuan Yunqing's children are both seventeen years old, and Yuan Yunqing did not resign early because of Yu Chen and Yuan Xingqi, and chose to stay in Plant.
Shi Nian officially became the master of the Apsu Tower. As for the military, since he had only been a student under Garnet for three years and then returned to Apsu wholeheartedly, Garnet's position as marshal was inherited by Azel.
That's why Yu Luhan gave the position to Yu Chen, and everything returned to its original state after being disrupted.
Azel serves as both the emperor and the military marshal, and the burden on him is extremely heavy. He is busy almost every day, and sometimes he is woken up by communications from various people at night.
It was another night. In the dark and quiet room, Shi Nian was wearing loose pajamas and nestled in Azel's arms, revealing a large area of kiss marks that had not yet faded. The blue and purple marks were all over her snow-white skin, which showed how intense the fight was.
Shi Nian had been so busy in recent days that she spent almost the entire day in the Tower of Apsu. She would fall asleep immediately upon returning, and her intimate time with Azel had been greatly reduced.
While half asleep, Shi Nian suddenly heard a subtle "ding" sound, and then the heat source beside him disappeared. He opened his eyes with great effort and saw Azel gently open the door to the terrace and walked out.
It was obvious without any guessing that someone was looking for him again. This had happened many nights before, but Shi Nian had been feeling particularly uncomfortable these past few days. He tossed and turned, unable to sleep, and simply stared at Azel on the terrace with his eyes open.
Fifteen seconds passed...
A minute passed...
One minute and thirty-two seconds...
Shi Nian counted the time, even though his eyelids were about to fall, he was extremely alert and kept his eye on Azel.
After Aizel finished speaking, Shi Nian groaned and lay on top of him, her voice sleepy and sticky, "Who is it again?"
"A finance minister from the royal family is here to inquire about the amount of money donated for this charity." Ezel spoke in a low voice, stroking Shi Nian's soft hair, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry I woke you up. Go back to sleep."
Shi Nian was so sleepy that he didn't actually hear the second half of Azel's words. After the familiar hyacinth pheromone returned to him, the uneasiness in his heart was mostly reduced, and he inexplicably felt a strange sense of satisfaction.
He clung tightly to Ezel's neck, sniffing the pheromones on his body, and within seconds he fell into a deeper sleep.
Azel looked at Shi Nian's peaceful sleeping face in the faint moonlight. The more he looked, the more he liked her. He never got tired of looking at her. He kissed Shi Nian's head and then hugged her and continued to sleep.
The next morning, the alarm clock rang. Shi Nian listened to the noisy sound and nudged herself into Azel's arms, whining.
Ezel reached out a hand to turn off the alarm on the bedside table, then lowered his eyes to look at Shi Nian, whose eyes were tightly closed, and whispered softly, "It's time to get up and go to work."
Shi Nian slowly opened his eyes, a thick layer of sleepiness lingering in his obsidian eyes. He only kept them open for a few seconds before closing them again, muttering, "I'm so sleepy..."
There was no other way, so Azel let Shi Nian fall asleep first, and he got out of bed to get dressed and wash up. After making breakfast, he came upstairs to wake him up and eat.
"How about wearing this sweater today?" Ezel took out a light blue sweater from the closet. "The weather is a little cooler today. It might be cold when we go out later."
Shi Nian was so sleepy that her consciousness was blurred. She opened her eyes a little to glance at her clothes, then closed them again and responded weakly, "Yeah, okay..."
Are you so sleepy? Ezel thought it was funny. They had been going to bed before ten o'clock these days, and it was almost nine o'clock now. Logically, they shouldn't be so sleepy.
As Azel thought about this, his eyes became a little solemn. It seemed that Shi Nian had slept too much in the past few days.
He took Shi Nian's clothes and pants and placed them beside the bed. He leaned over and touched Shi Nian's forehead with his, feeling his body temperature. "You don't have a fever... Little Rose, are you feeling unwell?"
Shi Nian still had her eyes closed, and her tone was long, "I'm not feeling uncomfortable, I just want to sleep."
Seeing how sleepy he was, Azel said with concern, "Then I'll go tell Yi Li and the others that you're not going and just rest at home for a day."
Regarding Shi Nian's sleepiness, Azel glanced at the yellowing leaves outside the window and attributed it to autumn fatigue.
It is normal to feel sleepy in spring, tired in autumn and weak in winter.
When Shi Nian heard that Aizel wanted to ask for leave for him, he immediately jumped up and tried to stop Aizel while putting on his clothes. "No, don't tell Yi Li and the others. I'm going to work."
Ezel was stunned: "...Don't sleep anymore?"
At this time, the thought was shaking like a rattle, "I'm not sleeping anymore, I'm very awake."
As he spoke, Shi Nian went to the bathroom and took a handful of cold water and splashed it on his face. The cold water barely dispelled some of his sleepiness, but it also made him shiver with cold.
Aizel looked at Shi Nian worriedly, "Are you sure you can do this? You really don't need to rest at home?"
Shi Nian shook her head. "No need to rest. I'm not sick."
Aizel pursed his lips, took Shi Nian's hand and went downstairs with him. "If you can't hold on any longer, contact me and I'll pick you up."
Shi Nian didn't think he needed to contact Azel because he was too sleepy, so she nodded perfunctorily. When she sat at the dining table to eat, Shi Nian felt that she had no appetite, so she drank some white porridge and put down her chopsticks.
Azel frowned as he looked at the barely stirred porridge and pushed the crispy fried dried fish toward him. "Eat a little more, or you'll be hungry."
These small fish were all processed very well, but when Shi Nian stared at the dried fish, he always felt that it exuded an extremely unpleasant fishy smell, which mixed with the greasy smell and rushed into his nose.
Almost instantly, a nauseous feeling came over him. Shi Nian's face turned pale, and he covered his mouth and retched twice, but nothing came out.
Azel's pupils shrank, and he quickly stood up and walked to Shi Nian's side, stroking his back with an anxious look on his face. "What's wrong? Where does it hurt? Tell me."
As he said that, he poured a cup of warm water and handed it to Shi Nian.
It took Shi Nian a long time to suppress the feeling of nausea. Her eyes were red and misty, and tears were hanging on her curled eyelashes.
He took a sip of water and became completely listless. He pushed the plate of fish away and said, "I said I didn't want to eat anymore, but you still forced me to eat. Now you know what happened."
Ezel lowered his head and kissed Shi Nian's face, his purple eyes filled with apology, "I'm sorry, it's my fault."
This time, Shi Nian was not so easy to talk to. The nausea made him extremely irritable. He didn't want to talk to Aizer either. He pushed him away and sat on the sofa in silence.
At the same time, he turned his head away, looking as if he didn't want to talk to Azel.
Shi Nian rarely gets so angry. Azel looked confused and at a loss. He looked at Shi Nian, slowed down his pace, walked over to him and sat down, trying to hold his hand.
"Hmph!" Shi Nian pulled her hand back and put it on her belly, refusing to hold his hand. "Go away! You're affecting the air flow around me."
Azel: “…”
What should I do about this?
"I was wrong." Azel looked at him weakly. Although Shi Nian had been clamoring to eat fish a few days ago, his taste had changed today. The change was indeed a bit fast, but it was his problem that he didn't notice the other person's change.
This also made Shi Nian feel uncomfortable.
Ezel felt guilty and tried to hug him. "I'll never eat fish again. I'll make whatever you want, okay? Let's go get some brown sugar rice cakes later."
He remembered that Shi Nian liked to eat this kind of sweet and sticky thing.
The image of the fried and crispy shell of the brown sugar rice cake appeared in Shi Nian's mind, and the suppressed nausea came back. He pushed Azel away and ran to the bathroom. He vomited several times and finally only spit out some sour water.
Aizel's heart suddenly stopped. He hurriedly squatted down beside Shi Nian and patted his back to make him feel better. The anxiety in his purple eyes was about to overflow. "Is your stomach upset? Let's go see a doctor. Why do you keep wanting to vomit?"
Shi Nian felt so uncomfortable that her eyes turned red. She still felt uncomfortable after vomiting. Coupled with the sleepiness that always followed her, Shi Nian couldn't help but burst into tears.
Tears fell drop by drop, Shi Nian choked and wiped her tears, blaming Azel, "I already told you I don't want to eat, but you still forced me to eat... Why are you so annoying? I don't want to go to work, I want to sleep... I'm so sleepy..."
"No, no, no, I won't force you to eat anymore, okay?" Aizel hugged Shi Nian distressedly, blaming himself to death. "I won't go to work today, okay? I'll stay home with you."
Shi Nian nestled her head against the side of Aizel's neck, wiping her tears with his collar, shaking her head with sobs, "No... If Yi Li and the others knew I didn't go to work because I slept in, they would definitely laugh at me."
"They must think I'm still an ignorant kid, and I can't do as well as my dad."
Ezel listened to this reason, feeling both amused and annoyed. He patted his back, emitting soothing pheromones, and said gently, "No, no one would think so. It's just a day off."
This time, Shi Nian was particularly persistent and refused to ask for leave, so Azel had no choice but to go along with him.
On the way to the Tower of Apsu, Azel planned to take Shi Nian to the hospital first, but Shi Nian didn't want to go.
Except for a little redness at the corners of Shi Nian's eyes, there was no sign that she had broken down and cried violently in the morning. Everything else was the same as usual.
He immediately rejected the option of going to the hospital, stating clearly, "I'm well now, and I don't need to go to the hospital."
The nausea miraculously disappeared, and Shi Nian felt fine now. He had never liked hospitals since he was a child, and he always adhered to the principle of going there as little as possible.
Ezel glanced at his flushed face, still a little worried. "Well, if you feel unwell again, you must tell me."
Shi Nian smiled and said, "Don't worry, I have a doctor here with me."
The most authoritative doctor in the empire was just downstairs from Shi Nian, so Azel felt relieved. After sending Shi Nian to the top floor, he went to Kudrian.
Whether researchers at the Apsu Tower choose to retire is up to them. Many people join Apsu because of their love for research and choose to devote their lives to research.
Therefore, some people jokingly say: The tower owner comes and goes, but the researcher remains forever.
I told him that Shi Nian vomited in the morning.
Kuderian vomited upon hearing this, his expression subtle. "Are there any other symptoms, such as drowsiness, loss of appetite, extreme dependence on your pheromones, sensitivity, irritability, or other such reactions?"
Ezel thought carefully and said, "Little Rose has been sleeping a lot lately. He doesn't like many of the things he used to like to eat anymore. He's been clinging to me... I think he does. But I accidentally made him cry this morning."
The more Kuderian listened, the stranger his expression became. Especially when he heard the last sentence, he blurted out without thinking, "How could you possibly make Xiao Xiaonian angry? What did you do?"
Aizel lowered his head in self-blame. "I made him fish this morning and then mentioned brown sugar rice cakes."
Kuderian: “…”
He silently put a check mark behind irritable mood.
After a moment, Kudrian looked up at Ezer and asked, "Do you take medicine before you completely mark each time?"
Shi Nian and Aizer did not plan to have children at this time, so Kudrian gave them medicine to prevent pregnancy. This medicine only needed to be used by one of them.
Aizel couldn't bear to let Shi Nian take the medicine, so he took it himself every time.
Realizing a possibility, Ezel's expression was blank. "I took it every time. I remember it clearly. There's no mistake. Could it be that the medicine is expired?"
Kuderian shook his head. "Impossible. Your medicine has at least five years of shelf life left."
Ezel's breathing was rapid, his hands on the table trembling slightly, and even his voice became much softer. "So, is Little Rose pregnant?"
Kuderian's expression was solemn, and he didn't give a definite answer. "It's not certain yet. I can only say that there is a possibility. But you have obviously taken the medicine..."
Logically speaking, you shouldn't be pregnant.
"I'll go find Xiaoshi Nian later and give him a checkup." Kudrian made the final decision. He glanced at Ezel and then focused his gaze on his AI. "You should go and do your work first. I'll keep you updated if there's any news."
In these few short minutes, Azel's intelligent computer rang at least a dozen times, and he hung up every time, but someone called again within a few seconds.
It was obvious that the people on his side were anxious and came to urge the boss to come. After Azel left, Kudrian got up and went to find Shi Nian to check on him.
On the top floor, as soon as Shi Nian arrived, he carefully looked at the military deployment around Plant and the situation of the jump points between major galaxies. After confirming that there were no abnormal situations, he began to work on the current project.
Currently, the Dyson sphere on the star closest to Plant needs to be recovered, but there are a few more giant meteorites on the original return path, so Shi Nian is mainly planning a new path.
But Lais and Daniel stood on Shi Nian's left and right, staring at Shi Nian with a somewhat baffling look in their eyes.
Ever since Shi Yiyu resigned, the two androids have stayed in the Apsu Tower. Shi Nian is playful on weekdays and will go out to play with Azel. During this time, Ke Leis and Daniel will be guarding the Apsu Tower.
Yi Li looked away from the screen and looked at the three of them. He couldn't help but ask, "But Lesdaniel, you two have been staring at Xiao Niannian like this for a few days. What are you doing?"
Ke Laisi stroked his chin with his hand, walked around Shi Nian, and then leaned forward to smell him. "Niannian, the fluctuations of your mental power seem to have changed."
Shi Nian was stunned for a moment, his eyes blank, but he himself didn't feel anything unusual. He looked down at himself and said, "Different, what's different?"
"It's just not the same as before."
Kelais was anxious, but he couldn't explain it for a long time. He pulled Daniel and said, "Tell me, has the mental fluctuation of Nian Nian changed?"
Daniel nodded, his eyes solemn, "It's indeed different. I think she's pregnant."
Shi Nian took a deep breath and was completely stunned.
Pregnant?
He's pregnant?!
How is that possible?!
Ke Laisi also looked dazed. He glanced at Shi Nian, then at his belly, and reached out to poke his lower abdomen. "Is there a baby here?"
Yi Li's reaction was even more intense, in disbelief. "You're pregnant? How old are you? You're still a baby!"
Shi Nian: "..."
Well... that's not the case. Shi Nian is aware of his age. He is already a standard adult.
Yi Li had watched with his own eyes how Shi Nian grew from a tiny baby to what he is now. He found it hard to accept that Shi Nian also had a child and was in a trance for a while.
Daniel dropped this bombshell, leaving everyone stunned. He remained calm and said leisurely, "Of course, I'm only judging based on the mental fluctuations of your father when he was pregnant with you and your brother. I could be wrong. Professional questions like this are best asked by a doctor."
Say? The doctor is here.
"Xiao Xiaonian, Ezel said, 'You vomited this morning. I'll take you for a checkup.'"
Kuderian said it very politely, but after he finished speaking, he saw Shi Nian and the other three looking at him in unison. He was stunned for a moment, and his habitually frowned eyebrows became even more furrowed, so tight that they could kill a fly. "What's wrong? Why are you looking at me?"
Shi Nian subconsciously glanced at her belly, then looked up at the doctor, suppressing the fear in her heart, "Am I pregnant?"
The doctor was surprised, "How did you know?"
Shi Nian's eyes instantly turned red. He and Azel had not planned to have children for a while, and the arrival of this child was a shock to Shi Nian.
At this emotionally sensitive moment, Shi Nian burst into tears and squatted on the ground, weeping unconsciously. "How could I be pregnant? Aizel clearly took the medicine every time. He lied to me? Wuwuwu, he actually dared to lie to me."
Yi Li was surprised, unable to believe that Azel could be such a person. "I feel like he's always been a reliable kid, much more mature than you. How could he actually lie to his own Alpha?"
Yi Li pulled him down unconsciously, and Shi Nian raised her watery eyes and looked at him resentfully.
"Don't worry, you two can't be sure of pregnancy before the test." Kuderian said in a steady tone, pulling Shi Nian up. "Go get the test first. You two young lovers can handle yourselves."
As an elder who had watched Shi Nian grow up, Kuderian also offered additional help, "But if you can't handle it, I can also help you call Shi Yiyu and Lao Yu back."
"No, don't tell them." Shi Nianxiang didn't want to be the first to refuse, but he paused again and changed his words, "Let's wait until the results are checked."
He is already an adult and shouldn't need his parents' help, but when Shi Nian thinks of Shi Yiyu and Yu Luhan, he will still subconsciously rely on them, especially when he encounters situations that he can't handle.
After the examination, the doctor took the report and looked at it. "It is indeed pregnancy. It is already four weeks."
Shi Nian couldn't help but sniff, and carefully placed her hand on her belly, not daring to touch it for a moment. "If I touch my belly now, will it hurt the baby?"
Kuderian choked and leaned back. "Don't you think your question is very stupid? I don't want to admit that I ever had the intention to train you."
Shi Nian pursed her lips, knowing that his question was a foolish one, and muttered, "It's my first pregnancy too, so it's normal to be nervous."
After a while, Azel, who got the news, came hurriedly. The golden chain on his shoulder made a crisp sound with his fast footsteps.
He walked up to Shi Nian, looked at him deeply, reached out and hugged the Omega in his arms, feeling his warm body temperature, with Shi Nian's Manta Rose pheromones lingering between his nostrils.
Ezel's rapidly beating heart slowly calmed down. He stroked Shi Nian's hair and looked at the doctor. "So, what exactly went wrong? How did Little Rose get pregnant?"
Before the doctor could say anything, Shi Nian angrily pushed Aizel away and demanded, "Did you not take the medicine at all? Are you lying to me?!"
Azel looked bewildered and reassured, "No, I would never lie to you. I'm sure I drank the medicine every time."
Shi Nian turned her head and asked, "Then? Why am I pregnant?"
From this perspective, it is indeed Azel's problem.
Looking at the quarreling couple, Kuderian twirled a pen in his hand and reminded them, "The child is already four weeks old. Think about that one time four weeks ago. Did you really take the medicine?"
Azel was stunned for a moment, racking his brains to recall. Not only him, but Shi Nian was also thinking about what happened four weeks ago.
As his memory slowly became clearer, Azel silently turned his gaze to Shi Nian. Shi Nian's eyes gradually became guilty, and he no longer blamed Azel. He smiled at him ingratiatingly.
After Yu Luhan left, he gave the key to the basement to Shi Nian. Shi Nian then discovered that there were a lot of wines stored in the basement, including the series of fine wines given to him by his uncle the emperor.
Yu Luhan specifically instructed Aizer to look after Shi Nian and not let him drink like crazy, but this was obviously a case of throwing meat at a dog.
After Shi Nian acted coquettishly and gave him kisses and hugs, Azel compromised without any bottom line.
Shi Nian not only liked to drink by himself, but also liked to drag Azel along, insisting that he drink with him. Half of the wine cellar was emptied, and Shi Nian was completely drunk.
Azel also drank quite a bit, and his mind wasn't quite sober, but he wasn't as drunk as Shi Nian. After getting drunk, Shi Nian became unusually clingy, clamoring for a kiss from him.
As they were kissing, something started to go wrong. Azel barely remembered that he should go take his medicine, but whenever he showed any sign of leaving, Shi Nian would start crying. After finally carrying him upstairs, Shi Nian would throw him onto the bed.
A series of scenes not suitable for children flashed through the minds of the two. If Shi Nian remembered correctly, they had a conversation.
"Little Rose, I haven't taken the medicine yet."
"What medicine are you drinking, Brother Azel? Let's have a baby."
When the memory came back, Shi Nian was too embarrassed to face Azel and the doctor who was watching the show. She covered her face silently, her earlobes flushed red. She thought to herself, "It's all her own fault."
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