Chapter 31
Lu Huai deliberately made a circle and parked the car at the planned retreat point not far from the shantytown.
After dark, a large number of miners will rush from the mining area into the shantytown. The scene is crowded and chaotic. It is undoubtedly the best time for them to blend in.
With half an hour left until dark, the amber sunset cast a mead-like glow on the skyline.
The cold wind was like a weary traveler finally finding a respite after countless thrilling adventures. Snowflakes fell straight down, silently covering the tracks left by the wheels.
The off-road vehicle stopped on the snow as soft as a carpet. It was so quiet all around that even the sound of the wind disappeared.
Jiang Yun and Lu Huai sat side by side in the car, without any technology or communication signals. Apart from face-to-face conversation, they seemed to have nothing else to do.
Jiang Yun didn't like this sudden leisure, which made him feel a little insecure for some reason.
"It's rare to have some free time." Lu Huai leaned forward slightly, leaning on the steering wheel. This position allowed him to see Jiang Yun's face better. "You want..."
Before Lu Huai could finish, Jiang Yun said, "I want to talk to Colonel Lu about children."
Lu Huai paused, feeling somewhat helpless: "Okay, okay, let's talk."
It would be nice to talk about the kids. He really liked Jiang Mu, and he had countless questions about him that he wanted to know the answers to.
He felt a little regretful for not seeing Lu Chao today, but he felt that he had already had a preliminary understanding of his youngest son.
Lu Huai took out Lu Chao's math test paper and said with a smile, "Baby, do you want to start talking to me about this?"
Jiang Yun took a look at the test paper and immediately looked away.
No matter how many times he saw this kind of thing, ripples would inevitably appear in his heart.
"It's too late for this," Jiang Yun said, "We should start talking from the beginning."
"How early?" Lu Huai said with a smile, "Do we have to start from when you conceived them?"
Jiang Yun: “…”
"Then when was it?" Lu Huai seemed genuinely curious, his deep eyes filled with the tides of the past. "Calculating the time, it should have been during our honeymoon—on Planet Hobson?"
Jiang Yun looked at Lu Huai, not quite understanding why the color of memories in those eyes was so strong and distant.
For Lu Huai, the honeymoon on Planet Hobson was just a month ago.
Why is it that when he, like himself, is immersed in the past, it feels like he is recalling a long-gone dream?
But Lu Huai was not wrong, it was indeed on the planet Hobson.
Modern medicine can pinpoint the date of conception. On the day she discovered she was pregnant, Jiang Yun knew the children were born on the day Colonel Lu accompanied him on a Ferris wheel and carousel ride.
But he didn't know which time it was.
Lu Huai could just guess the answer randomly. There was always a one in five chance of guessing the correct answer.
"It doesn't have to be that early." Jiang Yun pulled out a folder titled "Twins" from his brain computer. "Colonel Lu can start with the first photo of them after they were born."
Dynamic photos were neatly projected onto the car window, and the photos of the twins before they were one month old alone filled up an entire page.
Lu Huai couldn't help but wonder if Jiang Yun had prepared all this a long time ago and had been waiting for the right opportunity to show it to him.
Since they came out of Jiang Yun's belly, the twins have laughed, cried, and made noises, but they have never been ugly. Even when they were just born, they were two beautiful children with clear white skin and very obvious double eyelids.
Jiang Yun thought Lu Huai would show a gentle and relieved smile to the photo, just like the smile he had when he held the children in his arms.
Lu Huai did smile. But after only looking at a few photos, he raised his hand and manipulated the virtual cursor to return the folder to the previous interface.
"Why are there only pictures of the twins? Aren't there any pictures of you holding them? I'd rather see more of you."
As Lu Huai spoke, a folder titled "Checklist" suddenly appeared before his eyes.
Jiang Yun's thoughts were stuck for a moment, and before he could react, Lu Huai had already clicked on the first document in the "Checklist" -
Name of the examinee: Jiang Yun
Identification code: 3476-3591-WFED
Gender: Male Omega
Age: 20
Marital status: Married
Related partner: Lu Huai, male Alpha, 24 years old
Address: No. 5, Qianshui Road
Test results: Confirmed pregnancy
Report generation coordinates: Alliance Capital Star, Shallow Water Medical Center
Report Generated: January 13, 327-NE, 11:23 PM
…
It was like a heavy object piercing through the chest and crushing the heart. The blood vessels suddenly tightened and breathing was almost physiologically dull and painful.
The smell of blood rushed into his rolling throat, and his fingers suddenly collapsed into the material of the steering wheel. Lu Huai opened his eyes in vain, but the numbers still became blurred in his vision.
January 13th - the day he "died in the line of duty".
His battleship was officially declared broken up at 9:30 pm on January 13.
Two hours later, Jiang Yun found out she was pregnant at the medical center on Qianshui Road.
Jiang Yun has always been in good health and had a full-body physical examination before getting married.
Why would such a young and healthy Omega, a good boy who goes to bed on time at 10 o'clock every night, appear at the medical center on Shallow Water Road at 11 o'clock in the evening, when the normal outpatient clinic had long been closed?
There was a constant pain in my chest, and my limbs were stiff and numb. It seemed that the only way to get some relief was to sit down against something and curl up tightly.
But even if there is relief, it is only temporary.
How could he let it go, how could he forget - his wife who had just graduated from school, his Omega who loved drinking milk and eating cakes, found out that she was pregnant in the hospital late at night, only two hours after learning that her new husband had died in the line of duty.
The medical record even records that it was the AI butler who called the medical center.
At 11:15 pm, Jiang Yun was the only one at No. 5 Qianshui Road.
Lu Huai believed that both his family and Jiang Yun's family must have wanted to accompany Jiang Yun on the night of January 13 seventeen years ago.
The only reason they were not there was because Jiang Yun didn't want them to stay.
Jiang Yun didn't want the company of his family that night.
Everyone was driven away by Jiang Yun.
So when the paramedics arrived and found Jiang Yun by the swimming pool, Jiang Yun was always...alone.
Jiang Yun at that time, the Jiang Yun who drove everyone away - stood by the swimming pool for who knows how long, until he fainted due to exhaustion, what on earth... did he want to do.
Does he want to accompany him?
The bloody wound tore wildly at Lu Huai's flesh, making him laugh.
Unable to suppress it, and having lost control, he could do nothing but allow the disease to carve its arrogant declaration into his heart:
I will live forever in your flesh and blood, and I will constantly pierce your heart until the moment it stops beating completely.
——You will suffer forever and ever.
"...How long will Colonel Lu continue to look at this checklist?"
Jiang Yun's calm voice echoed from inside the car. He stared stubbornly ahead, as if he was extremely interested in the snowy scene outside the car window and refused to take his eyes off it.
But in fact, he had long been tired of the snow on the Ice and Desolate Planet.
But he had to see something so that he wouldn't have to look at Lu Huai.
As long as he doesn't go to see Lu Huai, he is safe now.
The Alpha next to him was silent for a long time, so long that Jiang Yun's eyes had become out of focus.
The scene before him seemed to be covered with a layer of mist, gradually becoming blurred, and he could not even see the crystals on the car window.
Jiang Yun felt like he was crying again.
But when he raised his hands to cover his face, he felt nothing.
Yes, he has improved compared to last time.
But why didn't Lu Huai react?
There were no hugs or kisses, no wit or humor, and no warm, everyday topics.
Colonel Lu...why don't you do these anymore?
Why don't you come to comfort me?
Are you completely out of control like I was last time?
"That's why I said I don't want to talk about 'us' and 'seventeen years' with Colonel Lu." Jiang Yun looked at his dry palms and said softly, "I said, talking about those things will only make us both lose control and sad. Before we completely move on, before we completely let go, it's best for us to just talk about official business and our children... Why doesn't Colonel Lu believe me?"
Jiang Yun sighed and slowly closed his palms.
He thought he should take a look at Lu Huai, and it would be best if he could tell Lu Huai the method of relieving pain that he had figured out over the years.
Lu Huai must get out of his emotions as soon as possible, as there are still many things waiting for them to do.
Their identities, their responsibilities, and their children do not allow them to lose control for too long.
But just when he made up his mind to turn his head, a wet hand suddenly covered his eyes.
"Don't look at me." Lu Huai said hoarsely, "...Please."
Jiang Yun sat in the passenger seat in a daze. His eyelashes brushed against Lu Huai's palm, confirming once again that the strange touch was not an illusion.
Lu Huai's palms were wet.
So strange, is Lu Huai crying?
But why would Lu Huai cry?
Lu Huailian acted so calm and composed when they met again after a long separation, so why did she cry after seeing his checklist?
Obviously, it was just a checklist.
"Please don't be like this, Colonel Lu," Jiang Yun said in the darkness. He didn't know how to comfort the sad Alpha. Colonel Lu had never given him the chance to learn. He could only tentatively raise the corners of his mouth, trying to look prettier. "I... I'm more used to you being so relaxed."
If you lose control too, I really don’t know what to do.
An unknown amount of time had passed, so long that his eyes had completely adapted to the darkness, Jiang Yun finally heard Lu Huai's voice again.
"...Then tell me about the origins of the children's names." Lu Huai asked, "Why did you give them these two names?"
"Lu Chao was named by the Marshal, and Jiang Mu was named by my mother," Jiang Yun replied woodenly. "I've always felt very sorry about this. But at that time, I really didn't feel like naming children."
"Um... Is Grandfather in good health?"
"I'm sorry, the Marshal isn't feeling well. Once our duties on Ice Desolate Planet are over, come home with me to visit him."
"Okay, when this is all over, let's go home together..."
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