Chapter 22
At this moment, my heart seemed to have stopped beating.
It is not an illusion in a dream, nor an echo in a last word.
There won't be any more mistakes...right?
The voice was close at hand, within his reach.
He seemed to be able to see already.
He saw the young man's outline blurred in the shadows where light and darkness met, still retaining the appearance in his memory.
She was tall and slender, with a restrained and neat curve of the waistline, and her straight legs were ostentatiously tucked into combat boots.
It’s Lu Huai, Colonel Lu.
It's his Alpha.
Really...really, really, I won't go wrong again.
--Is it right?
If he only took one more step forward, he would be able to touch that body with body temperature and his favorite smell, just like he did every day in the first two months of his marriage.
But maybe it was because he had walked in the snow for too long, or maybe it was because he had forgotten how to breathe.
Jiang Yun completely lost control of his body.
No matter how much he wanted it, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't seem to take the final step that stood between him and him.
And the young man in the shadow was standing there motionless just like him.
No urgency, no loss of control, no tears.
Not even calling his name once.
Only a pair of eyes, whose edge had faded and whose brilliance was no longer there, looked at him quietly.
Jiang Yun looked at those eyes and suddenly felt confused.
Colonel Lu, didn’t you just wake up from your sleep?
Aren't your marksmanship, your skills, and your thinking still as perfect as before?
But your eyes...why are they no longer as bright and shining as before?
Are you, like me, also having your youth ruthlessly taken away by seventeen years?
It was unknown how long it had been, so long that their black hair and shoulders were covered with snowflakes, but it also seemed like only a few breaths of time before Lu Huai's voice rang out again in the shadows.
"I..." Lu Huai paused after only one word, as if he had to make some preparations before continuing. But when he spoke again, his tone was still smooth and calm: "I already know that you are not remarried yet, but I still have two questions for you, is that okay?"
Jiang Yun vaguely heard himself say "OK", but felt that he should have just nodded.
Then, he heard Lu Huai ask him: "Excuse me, do you have a boyfriend now?"
The snowflakes seemed to freeze in the air for a second, like a heartbeat in its hovering state.
Jiang Yun said softly: "No."
Lu Huai was silent for a long time before asking the second question: "Excuse me, do you have an Alpha that you like now?"
Jiang Yun didn't know how to answer this question.
The Alpha he likes...does he have one?
"Yes, Jiang Yun?" Lu Huai asked again, "Are you in love with other Alphas now?"
These two almost identical questions seem to become less difficult to answer with the addition of the word "other".
"...No." Jiang Yun said.
The wind and snow blew through his cloak, like a sigh of relief.
"Then, can I make a judgment?" Lu Huai said, his combat boots crushing the snow as he finally took the final step between them. "I still have the qualifications now."
……qualifications?
Jiang Yun thought a little slowly, what qualifications is Lu Huai talking about?
However, before Jiang Yun could think clearly, his wrist was grabbed.
An irresistible force pulled him forward unexpectedly.
Take action immediately after confirmation, just like Colonel Lu when he is performing a mission.
There was no nonsense, and not a trace of hesitation.
Jiang Yun didn't have time to say a word, nor did he have time to take a closer look at the face he hadn't seen for many years.
He was held in Lu Huai's arms.
A distant yet familiar aura enveloped him completely. But it had been so long since he had been hugged like this that he had forgotten how to adjust to Colonel Lu's height.
Fortunately, Lu Huai still remembered how to adapt to his height.
Lu Huai leaned down, rested his chin on his shoulder, and fixed his left hand on the back of his head as if he was afraid that he would dodge.
Jiang Yun could vaguely feel a thin ring on the ring finger of his left hand, and the raised arc was so familiar.
"Have you grown taller?" Lu Huai touched his hair and said, "You...you really have grown up."
I have indeed grown a little taller.
Jiang Yun remembered very clearly that when he was held by Colonel Lu, the tip of his nose was just below Colonel Lu's shoulder.
It's right at the shoulder now.
But whether in the past or now, as long as he breathed a little harder, he could smell the unique scent of Colonel Lu.
In the past, Colonel Lu would hug him like this every time he returned from a mission. And he would always let his Alpha hold him obediently, and in his arms, he would tell him the most important things that happened during their time apart.
——Except the last time.
The last time, Colonel Lu did not come back to hug him, and he did not tell Colonel Lu.
After the two "no", Jiang Yun suddenly knew that he should take the initiative to say something to Lu Huai.
Of course it was that one thing, the most important one, the one he hadn't had time to say out loud many years ago due to some strange coincidence.
"Colonel Lu," Jiang Yun whispered in Lu Huai's arms, those words that came seventeen years late: "I... I'm pregnant."
The hand in his hair trembled suddenly.
"At that time, I was pregnant. It was twins, and I gave birth to them." Jiang Yun continued, his hands trembling just like Lu Huai's, but his voice remained calm as usual when stating facts: "I gave birth to two very cute children for us - you should know this, right? Puppet told you that I didn't remarry, did he tell you that too?"
"……Um."
"You saw them, right?" Jiang Yun couldn't help but look forward to it. "You must have seen those two kids in the sniper scope."
Jiang Yun couldn't see Lu Huai's expression, nor could he guess what the always at ease colonel was feeling now.
He could only hear Lu Huai's voice, which was slightly distorted despite his efforts, ringing in his ears: "No."
Jiang Yun was stunned.
No? How could there be no?
The twins were standing not far from him at the time. Lu Huai would definitely be able to see them if he paid a little attention to the people around him.
Jiang Yun didn't want to think too much and immediately said, "It's okay, I can show you their images."
He wanted to free his hands to grab his communicator, but Lu Huai was too strong and he couldn't move at all.
Jiang Yun had no choice but to raise his hand to push Lu Huai's chest, and his movements were even filled with anxious urging: "Please let me go first, Colonel Lu."
Lu Huai asked him in a low voice: "Why?"
Yes, why.
Why are you in such a hurry to show Lu Huai the twins at this time? There will obviously be another chance in the future, right?
because--
"Can't you see, Colonel Lu? If we don't look after the child, if we don't talk about the child, the situation will... get out of control." Jiang Yun lowered his eyes, trying his best to maintain the final composure that Foreign Minister Jiang should have: "And I... dare not lose control."
Jiang Yun felt that the strength of the hug finally weakened a little, and he was finally able to reach for his communicator.
Jiang Yun breathed a sigh of relief. But just as he retreated a little in Lu Huai's arms, he was pulled back again.
This time, Lu Huai held his cheeks with both hands.
"Don't you dare? Then I'll accompany you."
After Lu Huai finished speaking, he lowered his head and kissed him on the lips.
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