Chapter 23
The moment their lips touched, Jiang Yun almost didn't realize it was a kiss.
He even felt unfamiliar with hugging Lu Huai, so how could he possibly remember how to kiss him?
I didn’t know where to put my hands, I didn’t know whether to open my lips, and I couldn’t even remember how to breathe.
How could this happen? How could this be more chaotic than our first kiss?
We've kissed so many times before.
Obviously, when Colonel Lu kissed him before, he... would never be so sad.
Jiang Yun was stiff. He felt Lu Huai was using the movements between his lips and teeth to teach him that he should open his lips when kissing.
But that’s all.
Lu Huai obviously didn't know how to kiss him as well as before, and Colonel Lu couldn't teach him anything else.
The kiss was devoid of desire, without any rules or skills, as if it was licking every rusty wound he had suffered over the past seventeen years.
But Colonel Lu, even you would have to cruelly tear off the old bandage covering the wound before applying the medicine.
My heart suddenly started to ache, and the emotions that I had tried so hard to suppress suddenly burst out without warning, taking away even the strength to support my legs.
He just knew... he just knew he was going to lose control.
His body slowly fell down, and Lu Huai did not support him. Instead, he knelt down with him in the snow in the shantytown.
In the dim alley late at night, the ground was cold and dirty. There were eight tragically dead bodies not far away, and a faint smell of blood could be smelled in the air.
——So embarrassing.
Colonel Lu, who is always at ease in the eyes of outsiders, and Foreign Minister Jiang, who is always calm in the face of emergencies, could actually make themselves so embarrassed at the same time.
It's totally wrong.
Jiang Yun was held in Lu Huai's arms again. He felt a strange touch on his face. He touched his cheek blankly - it was wet.
"I cried?" Jiang Yun looked at his palm in disbelief and murmured softly, "Colonel Lu, I cried."
"I know, I tasted it." Lu Huai said, "Why, can't you cry?"
Jiang Yun shook his head and blamed himself: "How could Foreign Minister Jiang cry?"
Lu Huai looked at him and said, "If Colonel Lu, the hero of the Alliance, can cry, why can't Foreign Minister Jiang cry?"
Jiang Yun looked back at Lu Huai's eyes, which were not wet, not even red, and said, "But Colonel Lu didn't cry at all."
"I usually cry alone." Lu Huai actually laughed at this moment. "Think about it, how could I cry in front of my Omega? That would be too uncool."
Even though Jiang Yun knew that Lu Huai said this only to comfort him, his self-control still collapsed under Lu Huai's deliberate indulgence.
Everything that had happened since Colonel Lu's absence attacked him simultaneously.
So many people, so many things.
The tears flowed more and more, gradually reaching the point of a torrent.
Total indulgence, completely out of control.
"Look, I told you this was going to get out of control. I told you, I warned you." Jiang Yun raised his hands to cover his face in vain, tears streaming down his face, unable to stop. He had long lost the ability to organize his words logically, yet his tone remained neutral. "Why did Colonel Lu do this? Why did Colonel Lu kiss me? I can't lose control. They won't let me lose control."
"'They'?" Lu Huai's voice grew noticeably colder. He grabbed Jiang Yun's wrists and, with barely any effort, removed his stubborn hands.
The still young and handsome Alpha held Jiang Yun's wrists with one hand, and lifted Jiang Yun's face with the other hand, forcing Jiang Yun to look at him: "Who doesn't allow you to lose control?"
Jiang Yun looked up blankly, recounting the sources of his stress over the years one by one, as childish as a child complaining to an adult: "The Presidential Palace, Congress, the Military, the Olin Cabinet, and the Royal Family..."
Faced with a number of crucial government agencies, Colonel Lu had only four simple words: "Get them out."
Jiang Yun opened his eyes wide in Lu Huai's palm, and the last two lines of tears slid silently down his cheeks.
Let them go?
This style is indeed very Colonel Lu.
Who else could say such a thing except Colonel Lu?
Colonel Lu...he's really back.
At this moment, Jiang Yun actually wanted to laugh.
But even the four words "break through tears into laughter" seem too inappropriate to describe Foreign Minister Jiang.
That's enough.
A brief moment of indulgence and loss of control is enough.
He couldn't allow himself to turn back into the Omega he was seventeen years ago who only knew how to wait obediently for Colonel Lu to take care of him just because Lu Huai returned.
"But I still have two underage children who also need a calm and composed father. Even for them, I can't lose control." Jiang Yun calmly calmed his mind and said, "Should we ask them to leave too?"
Lu Huai hesitated: "This..."
"What should the children do?" Jiang Yun asked expressionlessly, "Colonel Lu?"
Lu Huai's tone softened a lot: "Don't let them leave, let them take the car and leave first, okay?"
Jiang Yun: “…”
Jiang Yun and Lu Huai looked at each other for a long time, and suddenly said in a low voice: "I have a handkerchief in the pocket of my suit."
Lu Huai: "Hmm?"
Jiang Yun: “?”
Lu Huai: "Oh!"
Perhaps because he had only a few months of experience in getting along with Omegas, Colonel Lu, who was so smart, took him two seconds to react before taking out a clean handkerchief from Jiang Yun's pocket.
He held Jiang Yun's face in one hand and wiped Jiang Yun's tears with a handkerchief with the other.
This was not an easy task for Colonel Lu.
Jiang Yun's face was too small, and his delicate features had a broken and cold look due to the traces of tears. He had no idea where to start - just like on his wedding night.
Lu Huai observed the face he hadn't seen for a long time, and his eyes first fell on Jiang Yun's lips.
So let's start with the lips—just like he did on his wedding night.
Jiang Yun, who had calmed down, began to think about his and Lu Huai's current situation.
The Olin military should find this place soon. He must be found by the Olin military and must return to the Salvation to take control of the situation.
As for Lu Huai...how can he help Lu Huai return properly without harming his own interests?
Besides Lu Huai, he had many other things to consider.
Puppets, crystal cores, energy, negotiations, interests.
"Come to think of it, I still don't know how you managed to come back from the dead." Jiang Yun returned to his usual cold demeanor when he spoke again. "Colonel Lu, could you please explain the whole thing in detail..."
The handkerchief that suddenly covered him interrupted Jiang Yun's words.
Lu Huai acted as if he hadn't heard what he said before. He carefully wiped the remaining tears from the corners of his mouth and said with emotion: "I didn't expect that even though Jiang Yun has become the powerful Foreign Minister, the kiss is still sweet."
"It's not Jiangwaichang that's sweet, it's the mead that's sweet." In order to facilitate Lu Huai's movements, Jiang Yun endured and did not move. "Before meeting you, I drank mead."
"Hmm? It sounds great. I'll try it next time." Lu Huai seemed genuinely interested in the topic and asked, "Did you drink it in that central tavern?"
"Yes, that pub looks ordinary, but the food tastes surprisingly good."
"The tavern owner has suffered heavy losses because of us. Perhaps we should give him double compensation. What do you think, Minister Jiang?"
"I think it's a great idea."
After hearing what he said, Jiang Yun couldn't help but frown.
What is he saying.
He should continue to discuss business with Lu Huai.
Why did he inexplicably start chatting with Lu Huai about everyday topics like taverns and mead?
Jiang Yun was a little confused.
How could Foreign Minister Jiang, who always takes control of the conversation at the negotiation table, be led astray by Colonel Lu's few words?
"Please don't change the subject, Colonel Lu," Jiang Yun said. "You must be aware that the Austrian army could find us at any time. We don't have much time left."
Lu Huai looked at Jiang Yun and wanted to laugh: "You really turned your face against me once you calmed down."
Jiang Yun: “…”
"Well, although I personally don't want to talk about this at this time, it's my duty after all." Lu Huai sighed and said, "If you want to talk about official business, I do have a favor to ask of you."
Jiang Yun nodded: "Please speak."
"I want to sneak into the basement of the Olin Research Institute to retrieve something. But you should know that the security measures on the ground floor of the institute are the strictest on the entire Ice Wasteland Planet. Especially after Major Gu—the puppet—took me away from the basement, the Olin side upgraded their anti-theft system again. Now, if you want to enter the floors below the first floor of the institute, you must find a way to crack the Olin side's latest iris system 20.3."
"When I died, Austrian had just developed Iris System 3.0, which forced me to spend two all-nighters cramming all the progress Austrian had made in anti-theft systems over the past seventeen years. Unfortunately, although I found a way to crack it, I was missing a crucial component..."
Jiang Yun couldn't help but interrupt Lu Huai: "Are you saying that you spent two nights reading and found a way to crack Austria's latest anti-theft system?"
"Yeah, what's the problem?"
Jiang Yun was silent for a moment, then asked, "In the puppet's skill assessment, [Network Penetration] is considered proficient. What about yours?"
"It seems to be 'reached the limit'." Lu Huai was a little surprised. "Didn't you want to talk to me about serious matters? Why are you suddenly asking about this?"
Jiang Yun said coldly: "If Colonel Lu had chatted with me more at night before, I wouldn't be asking you these questions now."
Lu Huai: “?”
"There's one more thing," Jiang Yun said carefully, "I think it might be better to tell you in advance."
Lu Huai seemed a little nervous: "What's the matter?"
"It's our youngest son, he..." Jiang Yun paused, feeling a little embarrassed to speak, "He's a poor student."
Lu Huai breathed a sigh of relief: "I thought it was about you - wait, a poor student?"
"Yes, you heard it right." Jiang Yun finally said this without looking at Lu Huai's portrait, "We two gave birth to a poor student."
"How bad can he be?" Lu Huai frowned slightly, probably a little concerned about this matter. "Can't he always be in the top ten in the grade in every exam?"
Jiang Yun's eyes wandered: "...about the same."
Lu Huai asked: "What about the other child?"
Jiang Yun immediately turned his gaze away: "Ci Ci is first in the grade."
"Very good." Lu Huai was satisfied and temporarily put his main thoughts back on official business: "Anyway, I will tell you the model of the component later. This type of component can probably only be found in the Alliance's Advanced Academy of Sciences. If you want to obtain it, you must go through layers of approval from various departments. How long do you think it will take you to get it?"
Jiang Yun said without thinking: "Three days."
Three days is the time it takes for the capital planet to reach the Ice Wasteland Planet.
Lu Huai raised his eyebrows slightly: "Amazing."
"Finding the components isn't difficult, the hard part is getting them to you," Jiang Yun said. "As you can see, our personnel are all under Austrian surveillance. You and Puppet can't possibly plan another assassination in the tavern in three days to lure them away."
Lu Huai said, "You just need to show up at the research institute openly with the component in three days, and I will naturally find a way to take it from you."
Jiang Yun nodded: "Okay, I understand."
"That's great! I can finally work with Diplomat Jiang." Lu Huai smiled and stroked Jiang Yun's hair. "I've been looking forward to this for a long time—ever since I first saw you wearing the Foreign Affairs University uniform."
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