The wide flight deck of the interstellar mothership was covered with huge isolating glass. The soldiers with solemn faces stood straight. In front of them were Yuan Yunqing and Yu Chen following behind him.
After not seeing each other for a few years, Yuan Yunqing hasn't changed much. His tight black military uniform outlines his slender waist, his knee-high boots wrap around his calves, and the golden chain on his shoulder makes a crisp sound when he walks.
Yu Chen has changed a lot in the past six years. The adult Alpha is already a head taller than Yuan Yunqing. He has completely lost the childishness of his youth. His sharp brows reveal his edge. Standing behind Yuan Yunqing, he is like a dormant lion, which makes people fear him.
[Brother~] Shi Nian suddenly stuck to the glass, moved her round body, and tried to get closer to them. [Brother, look at me~]
Xulin also scrambled to his side, "Stop shouting! They can't hear you. Besides, we're dozens of meters away from them. They'll see us as a small stain and won't pay any attention to us."
The light on the little ball of light dimmed a lot, and Shi Nian's voice became much lower, and the whole ball was listless: [Then? What should I do? ]
The large light ball struggled to stretch out a small finger and pointed at a starship. [Those on board are all refugees. The Empire will definitely take care of them. We can sneak in with them.]
Shi Nian's eyes lit up again, [Okay!]
Yu Chen and Yuan Yunqing had no time to pay attention to the unknown objects stuck on the glass barrier, because two half-old old men were arguing and fighting in front of them. The old men had gray hair, but they were very aggressive and refused to give in when they started fighting.
The old man in the blue military uniform spoke in a deep voice, his fingers almost touching the face of the old man in the gray uniform, and he scolded with a red face: "Those refugees are clearly going to your country, why are they rushing to our border?!"
The old man in the gray military uniform slapped his fingers away, puffing his beard and glaring, "Nonsense! Their destination is clearly your place, they just came to visit us!"
"You are unreasonable!"
"You old man, your eyes are blurry!"
Seeing the two men about to fight again, Yuan Yunqing rubbed his brows with a headache and waved his hand, "Go and pull them apart."
Yu Chen sighed, "How old are you..."
He stepped forward and pulled the scuffling old men apart, easily pulling them apart one by one, then stood between them with a faint smile on his face. "Two Marshals, calm down. If you keep arguing, our Marshal will get angry too."
The old men were amazed that Yu Chen had strength that was not inferior to theirs at such a young age. They were even more wary of Yuan Yunqing and spoke to him in a much more polite tone.
The gray uniform smiled apologetically, "Marshal Yuan, I'm sorry for making you laugh."
The blue uniform glared at him angrily and apologized to Yuan Yunqing, "We had a conflict. Let's fight somewhere else."
Yuan Yunqing: "...What exactly is going on?"
In addition to the empire, there are many small countries in the universe. According to the current understanding, the current war between the two countries is due to a large number of homeless refugees.
The refugees came from a planet destroyed by an asteroid. They boarded starships and came to nearby countries to seek asylum.
But there are too many of them, most of them are old, weak and sick. The small country itself has weak economic strength, so it is naturally unwilling to accept such a large burden and has to drive them to the borders of other countries.
While listening to both sides blaming each other, Yu Chen looked up as if he had sensed something, but there was nothing on the transparent glass.
After hearing this, Yuan Yunqing's brows darkened. After hesitating for a few seconds, he offered a solution, "Let these refugees leave with us and return to the empire."
There are many habitable planets in the empire, but most people choose to go to the vicinity of the first galaxy, and the planets around the seventh galaxy have almost become uninhabited and deserted.
But at least it can provide a place for those refugees to stay.
When the two marshals heard the decision, they smiled brightly, shook hands and made peace, then happily took their people back.
Yu Chen went to check on the refugees and confirmed that there were no random people there. He came back and told Yuan Yunqing, "How shameless! They actually thought of using a military starship to transport refugees to a hostile country."
Now that the marshal has left, he naturally took the starship carrying the refugees away, and those refugees also got off the starship and boarded the Empire's starship.
Yu Chen put his hand on Yuan Yunqing's shoulder in displeasure, "I suspect they are just acting, deliberately doing this in front of us."
Yuan Yunqing glanced at his hands. He was not surprised by his disrespectful behavior. "Even if he did it on purpose, so what? There has to be a solution for those refugees."
After saying that, he turned and returned to the main control room.
Yu Chen shrugged and followed his footsteps. "Ah, that batch of refugees was also quite miserable. There were quite a few children in their teens among them, about the same age as our little Rose..."
Yuan Yunqing corrected him, "Shi Nian was indeed only ten years old before he left for study abroad, but he should be almost seventeen now. You, as a big brother, shouldn't even know your little brother's actual age."
Yu Chen was in a daze for a moment. The fact that Shi Nian was already seventeen years old and about to become an adult seemed to hit him like a hammer, making him feel unreal. "So he is this old now... I remember he was born not long ago..."
Yuan Yunqing: “…”
…
Millions of refugees were crowded in the docking port. They were ragged and skinny, with numbness in their eyes after experiencing hardships. Only when they looked at the Imperial starship did they reveal a glimmer of light.
The imperial soldiers organized them in an orderly manner and sent them to various starships.
Xulin deliberately made his clothes dirty and wiped dust on his face, looking dusty and dusty. He blended harmoniously among the refugees. Shi Nian hid in his clothes, occasionally popping out half of his round body to look outside.
Shi Nian and his team were heading to the starship, and he anxiously bumped Xu Lin's arm, "We need to go to the interstellar mothership to find my brothers. We can't go here."
Soon it was Xulin's turn to board the starship. Xulin deliberately slowed down his pace, and the soldiers guarding both sides of the starship urged Xulin to hurry up with their eyes.
Xu Lin lowered his voice and said to Shi Nian, "I can't leave. If they think I'm behaving strangely, it will be troublesome. Now I can only get on this ship."
Shi Nian was extremely anxious and made a decision in a few seconds. "Then? I'll go find my brother. When I find him, I'll come find you."
Xu Lin had high hopes for Shi Nian, "As soon as possible, otherwise I will go to the Seventh Galaxy to farm."
Shi Nian jumped off Xu Lin with a heavy responsibility on his shoulders. His elastic body bounced twice on the ground. He quickly dodged the big foot that was about to step on him, and rolled towards the interstellar mothership with his round body.
The interstellar mothership is equipped with various commanders, is heavily guarded, and is tightly surrounded by an energy shield.
Shi Nian bumped into the energy shield without noticing and was dizzy for a while. He left before the guards noticed the noise and came over.
Shi Nian hid in the corner, looked around, and found a discarded cloak on the ground. He jumped up and stretched out his chubby hands to grab the cloak, then hid aside.
After a while, an Omega boy with red lips and white teeth appeared in a tattered cloak. His fair face and slightly long black hair were like an ink painting on white paper, and the bold and colorful strokes were unforgettable.
Shi Nian's round eyes became more like Shi Yiyu as he grew older, but the slightly upturned corners of his eyes did not have Shi Yiyu's sharp aura, making people think that he was a good boy at first glance.
The tattered cloak covered a large part of his body. His clean face and long white legs looked particularly out of place with the cloak, as if he was a young master in distress.
Shi Nian once again came to the entrance of the interstellar mothership. The guards there were stunned when they saw him, raised their weapons and pointed them at him, "You are going to other starships. Please leave immediately."
Shi Nian didn't move, but stood on tiptoe to look into the passage. "Sorry, but my brother is here. I'm here to look for him."
"Your brother?" The guard looked at him suspiciously. This Omega looked like a refugee in every way except for his delicate face. He asked jokingly, "Is your brother a refugee too?"
Shi Nian couldn't tell that he was teasing her, so she shook her head obediently, "No, he's now... he's a major general now."
Shi Yiyu mentioned to him in a recent phone call that Yu Chen had been promoted to the rank of major general.
Guard: “What’s your name?”
"Yu Chen."
The guard's wavering heart suddenly became firm upon hearing this name. He shook his head with a smile, "Little guy, just give up those little thoughts. I've never heard of Major General Yu having any younger brothers. Don't even think you can climb up the ladder by climbing up to him."
"We all know that Major General Yu likes Marshal Yuan, and you have no chance."
He looked at Shi Nian as if he were looking at a misguided teenager, "Go back obediently. Since you're young, I'll pretend I didn't see you and let you go this time."
Shi Nian was stunned for a long time, then belatedly understood what the guard meant and explained anxiously, "I really am his biological brother, born from the same father. You misunderstood."
The guard remained unmoved. "Alright, alright, but you need to understand that our Major General Yu is a mixed-blood. You look... so pure, you don't look like him."
Shi Nian was about to collapse. "So? Is it just because he is like a father and I am like a dad? Ah, we really are brothers!"
The guard didn't know whether to allow it or not, but his eyes clearly said: Go ahead and make it up, I will just watch you quietly.
Shi Nian: "..."
The guards refused to let him in, so Shi Nian began to think of other ways. He pretended to give up and turned away, staring at the ground. After a few steps, he suddenly turned around and shouted, "Look! It's Yu Chen!"
The guard stared at him without even turning his head, letting out an ambiguous sneer: "...Ha!"
Shi Nian felt deeply insulted, her brows were tightly furrowed, her rosy lips were pressed into a straight line, and she looked like a puffed-up pufferfish.
The guard looked away lightly, pretending nothing had happened.
Shi Nian sat down on the steps angrily, turned on his smart brain and tried to contact Yu Chen, but his smart brain was affected when passing by the black hole and was almost unusable.
The earrings can only be used for one-way communication with Shi Yiyu, and he can't use it to call Yu Chen.
Shi Nian lowered her head in frustration, her curled eyelashes drooping. She looked towards the boarding gate. There were fewer and fewer people there. Once everyone was on the starship, the main force would also leave.
In order to avoid being left in this marginal galaxy, Shi Nian had no choice but to get up and walk towards other starships.
Suddenly, a familiar voice sounded from behind, and Shi Nian's eyes were instantly filled with tears.
"Is there anything unusual here?"
Yu Chen asked the guard, his blue eyes filled with anxiety and his brows were furrowed. He felt uneasy and kept thinking of Shi Nian's figure in his mind. He always felt that Shi Nian was nearby.
But this feeling came for no reason. Yu Chen knew that Shi Nian should follow Xu Lin to study between the first and fifth galaxies, but he still couldn't help but come out to take a look.
"Nothing unusual. Oh, by the way... Major General Yu, there was a refugee just now..." The guard was about to tell him about Shi Nian's situation, but Shi Nian ran over and hugged Yu Chen, "Uh... that's him."
Shi Nian hugged Yu Chen tightly, like a kitten that had been wandering for a long time and finally found its home. Her clear voice was tinged with tears, "Brother... I finally found you... woo woo woo..."
Yu Chen's breath caught in his throat. Looking at Shi Nian, who had grown into a young boy, his heart couldn't help but beat faster. His hand trembled as he stroked Shi Nian's face, "Little Rose...you've grown up."
Shi Nian's eyes moistened and she blinked, "Brother, I'm seventeen years old."
Yu Chen suddenly hugged Shi Nian tightly, his big hands covering the back of his head, and couldn't help but accuse him, "Why haven't you spoken to me for so long? I can't contact you either. Do you know how worried I am?!"
Shi Nian pouted in grievance, hugged his neck, and subconsciously acted like a spoiled child to someone close to her, "My AI is broken..."
"Brother, do you have any clothes here?" Shi Nian raised her little head and tugged at her tattered cloak. "I don't have any clothes to wear. I'm a little cold..."
Yu Chen looked down and saw that he was only wearing a tattered cloak with nothing underneath. His expression changed instantly. He looked at the guard warily, took off his military jacket and put it on Shi Nian, then put his arm around his shoulders and led him inside.
The guard was shocked. Looking at the backs of Yu Chen and Shi Nian, he scratched his head and said, "So they are really brothers..."
But this? It's too far away.
How come one became a major general and the other became a refugee?
The guard couldn't figure it out.
The interior space of the interstellar mothership is very large, with several starships parked on the deck. Officers without military ranks walked hurriedly and stopped to give a standard military salute when passing by Yu Chen.
Shi Nian, who was following Yu Chen and wearing his military uniform, naturally attracted a lot of attention. Almost everyone who passed by Yu Chen looked at Shi Nian more or less.
Shi Nian wrapped her coat tightly and hid behind Yu Chen.
Each officer had a one-bedroom apartment on the interstellar mothership. Yu Chen took Shi Nian directly back to his quarters, stuffed him with a set of his own pajamas, and looked at the tattered cloak with disdain. "Go take a shower first and throw this away."
He handed Shi Nian a set of pajamas. "This one is mine. I washed it recently. It might be a little big. Wear it for now. I'll buy you new ones when we get back to the First Galaxy."
Shi Nian looked at the light grey pajamas but didn't reach out to take them. "I don't want to wear yours. Can I wear Brother Yuan's? He smells so nice."
Yu Chen's face darkened, and he stuffed the pajamas directly into Shi Nian's arms, "Where can I get you his clothes? Don't be so picky, or you won't even have this to wear."
Shi Nian sighed regretfully and reluctantly carried her clothes to take a shower, "Okay."
While Shi Nian was taking a shower, Yu Chen had been waiting for him in the living room, preparing things he would need for the next few days. Suddenly, a call came in. It was a colleague he knew, who insisted that he go to the command room right away.
Before leaving, Yu Chen knocked on the bathroom door and told Shi Nian, "Little Rose, I have something to go out for. You stay here and don't run around."
Shi Nian was washing the bubbles off her body in the bathtub. She replied "OK" when she heard that. The sound of Yu Chen's footsteps was getting farther and farther away, but Shi Nian continued to wash herself.
Although he was in the light ball form most of the time, Shi Nian still felt disgusted with not having taken a shower for so long and felt that he was about to stink, so he enjoyed the shower this time.
White mist rose in the bathroom. Shi Nian hummed a tune and happily enjoyed the hot bath.
On the other side, Yuan Yunqing was urged by Lieutenant General Yu to walk towards Yu Chen's room. He looked helpless and said, "I really don't have the habit of prying into the privacy of my subordinates."
General Yu was a middle-aged Alpha. His face immediately turned stern upon hearing this. "Marshal, the news that Major General Yu brought back an Omega has spread throughout the military. Aren't you worried?!"
Yuan Yunqing felt puzzled and asked, "Why should I be anxious?"
"Major General Yu, how could he take you seriously when he did this?" Lieutenant General Yu was filled with anger. "How dare he bring an Omega back to his room in public? I heard from others that the Omega was so exquisite and good-looking, and yet, his clothes were disheveled!"
Lieutenant General Yu blushed, "Jian, I'm so embarrassed!"
After hearing this, Yuan Yunqing had nothing to understand. Yu Chen brought an Omega back to the room. They were all adults, so they knew exactly what this meant.
Yuan Yunqing ignored the strange feeling in his heart and said calmly, "Yu Chen is young. An Alpha of his age will naturally like a beautiful Omega. It's no big deal. Maybe they are in love with each other..."
"Impossible!" Lieutenant General Yu said firmly, "Major General Yu definitely wouldn't like anyone else. He's clearly always liked..."
He paused, glanced at Yuan Yunqing imperceptibly, and muttered softly, "Anyway, Yu Chen and that Omega definitely don't like each other."
Yuan Yunqing turned around and wanted to leave, but Lieutenant General Yu held him tightly and insisted that he go with him to see the Omega that Yu Chen brought back.
Lieutenant General Yu was an old subordinate who had always followed Yuan Yunqing. Yuan Yunqing treated him with more respect as an elder, and coupled with some unknown psychological factors, Yuan Yunqing reluctantly followed him to Yu Cheng's room.
Yuan Yunqing had the highest authority on the interstellar mothership, so it was easy for him to enter Yu Chen's room. He stood uncomfortably at the door for a long time, and was soon pulled in by Lieutenant General Yu.
Shi Nian had just finished taking a shower and put on his pajamas, but Yu Chen's pajamas were too big for him, so Shi Nian had to roll up his trouser legs and sleeves.
After he pushed open the bathroom door, he happened to meet the eyes of Yuan Yunqing and Lieutenant General Yu who were standing at the door.
The Omega, who had just washed, had a faint pink tint on his fair body, and his jet-black hair stuck to his face, creating a huge color impact. There was a hint of confusion in his eyes, as if he was frightened by the sudden appearance of a stranger.
Lieutenant General Yu immediately looked away in panic. The old man blushed and kept muttering, "Don't look at anything indecent... Don't look at anything indecent."
Then he suddenly realized something, looked up at Shi Nian's pajamas, and pointed at him in surprise, "You, you, you..."
Shi Nian was indeed frightened by them, but he quickly recognized Yuan Yunqing and immediately laughed. He pounced on him like a happy kitten and hugged his waist, "Brother Yuan!"
Yuan Yunqing stared at him blankly, surprised and said, "Niannian, why are you here?"
Shi Nian tilted her head, looking at him in confusion, "Huh? Who else could it be but me?"
Yuan Yunqing looked away awkwardly. "Um...that's not what I meant. By the way, why are you here? Didn't you go on a study tour with your teacher?"
Shi Nian was now 1.7 meters tall, a bit shorter than Yuan Yunqing, so she could easily hug him. "Alas... Teacher and I were both lost. If we hadn't met you this time, we don't know how long it would take for the starship to return to Plant."
Yuan Yunqing frowned, "Where is your original starship?"
Shi Nian lowered her head, "No more..."
Yuan Yunqing thought he had encountered some accident. She wanted to comfort him but didn't know how, so she could only touch his head awkwardly.
Shi Nian suddenly remembered something and grabbed Yuan Yunqing's hand, asking expectantly, "By the way, Brother Yuan, do you have any extra clothes? Can you lend them to me?"
He shook his sleeves, which were good for singing opera, and complained, "My brother's clothes are too big, and they don't smell as good as yours."
Yuan Yunqing: “…”
He automatically ignored the second half of the sentence and nodded, "Okay, come with me."
Shi Nian happily hugged him and kissed him, insisting on sticking to Yuan Yunqing as if he had no bones. Yuan Yunqing was used to his intimacy and did not refuse. The two Omegas left in a close relationship.
The remaining Lieutenant General Yu was completely confused. He remembered that they were originally here to catch an adulterer, so how could this be the result?
Also, why does it feel like the relationship between Marshal Yuan and this Omega of unknown origin is even closer...
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