Chapter 48
Jiang Yun looked down at Lu Huai.
Look at his upturned mouth corners, his straight nose bridge, and his bold eyebrows.
Look at the epaulettes, the leather of the boots, and the waistline under the belt.
A week has passed since I parted with Lu Huai at the capital port.
Although we communicate every day, no matter how clear the holographic image is, it can't compare to seeing him in person.
Lu Huai tonight... is indeed very handsome.
Colonel Lu is indeed the most handsome in military uniform.
Jiang Yun thought about this and asked, "Why did you arrive early? Don't you have to take the children to school?"
Lu Huai raised his eyebrows, "Okay, okay, in such a good atmosphere, Foreign Minister Jiang is acting like an old couple again."
Lu Huai grabbed Jiang Yun's belt and pulled it gently.
Jiang Yun was caught off guard and was pulled forward a step by Lu Huai, closer to Lu Huai.
"Jiang Mu won't let me send them to school. That kid, like you, dislikes his lover's ugly face." Lu Huai said jokingly, "Thanks to you, the father and son, who are obsessed with looks, I have already thrown away his lover's face - from now on, I never want to use someone else's face again."
Jiang Yun used his eyes to depict Lu Huai's young and handsome face, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Then you can use your own."
"Well, I have to thank you for helping me restore my identity." Lu Huai tilted his head back and praised him with a smile, "Foreign Minister Jiang was so handsome and hot just now, I loved it so much."
Jiang Yun: “…”
This kind of praise was too simple and straightforward. If another Alpha had said this, Jiang Yun would have turned around and left.
But when Lu Huai said it, he actually felt a little... embarrassed.
"It's just a routine job. Colonel Lu, you're making a big fuss."
"Oh, are you telling me that you are always like this when you work?" Lu Huai thought thoughtfully, "Then I think I know where all my 'competitors' come from."
"You have a hell of a competitor... Speaking of which," Jiang Yun looked around and calmly changed the subject, "where did you put your android?"
He had originally planned to use a bionic man for real-time projection. Since Lu Huai had taken the bionic man's place on his own initiative, where did the bionic man go?
"I told him to go for a walk on the beach." Lu Huai suggested on a whim, "Do you want to go and take a look?"
Jiang Yun: "Hmm?"
What is Lu Huai up to?
Lu Huai stood up, took Jiang Yun's hand, and led him to the stairs behind the stage. "Let's go, let's go for a walk on the beach."
During the few days on Jinmastu Island, Jiang Yun often went to the beach, but always during the day.
Although everyone says that Diamond Silver Beach is most stunning at night, it would be a bit boring to go there alone.
The Diamond Silver Beach at night has a completely different feeling from that during the day.
The sea surface turned deep black, and the sound of the tide, sometimes far away and sometimes near, was like the rhythm of life.
The moonlight generously illuminates the beach under the feet of tourists. The clean and soft sand shines like broken diamonds, like a galaxy extending infinitely forward.
Only guests staying in the presidential suite are eligible to enter this private beach. It was almost dawn, and besides Jiang Yun and Lu Huai, there were two other "guests".
In other words, there is another pair of "guests".
They were a young couple leaning on each other.
Facing the ever-increasing tide, the two sat quietly on the beach, like a complete and inseparable moonlight reef.
The Alpha had one leg bent and the other casually stretched out on the beach. To make it more comfortable for the Omega to rest his head against him, he lowered his shoulders and kept his eyes downcast.
Even though the night and the moonlight were so beautiful, Alpha was unwilling to look up, wasting his sight on this beauty.
That’s probably because there is a more beautiful scenery in his arms that is worth his appreciation.
Lu Huai explained, "I thought it was pitiful for him to walk alone, so I asked Jiang Yun to accompany him."
Jiang Yun understood and said with a smile: "With such a thing happening so late at night, isn't Colonel Lu afraid of scaring the other guests to death?"
Lu Huai disagreed, "I don't care what others do, as long as I am happy."
Jiang Yun approached the two bionic men, his eyes darkening uncontrollably. "So this is what it was like when we were together back then."
"No, they are not our past." Lu Huai corrected him, "They are 21-year-old Jiang Yun and 25-year-old Lu Huai."
Jiang Yun was stunned.
"The data shows that at 21, you were 0.4 centimeters taller than you were at 20," Lu Huai said with a touch of emotion. "Your face hasn't changed much. If I must say, it seems to have become more beautiful. You completely shed your youthfulness at 28—and at 28, you were already a true beauty."
A familiar and subtle emotion surged into Jiang Yun's heart. The blank space in his heart called "regret" that had lasted for seventeen years began to stir and show its presence again.
"Colonel Lu, at twenty-five, seems much more mature and reserved than he did at twenty-four. Perhaps twenty-five is indeed a watershed for Alphas," Jiang Yun said slowly. "But I don't think he's truly become more reserved. I think he's just become more pretentious."
Lu Huai smiled, put his arm around Jiang Yun's shoulders, and brought Jiang Yun into his arms.
"You know me too well, baby. But can you please stop looking at him? There's nothing to see. Just look at me. Next year, I'll be like him."
Jiang Yun took a deep breath and whispered, "I just think that the picture of them together is... very beautiful."
"It's indeed beautiful." Lu Huai nodded, "But I still think the picture of us together right now is more beautiful."
Jiang Yun's heart suddenly skipped a beat, and he finally took his eyes off the bionic man.
He raised his eyes and looked at Lu Huai beside him.
The picture of us being together now?
Are you referring to 24-year-old Lu Huai and 37-year-old Jiang Yun?
But they are thirteen years apart.
Lu Huai hadn't changed at all. But he was no longer the warm and innocent Omega who was as fragrant and soft as a small cake.
He didn't even know what they were like together now.
"...Will it really look better?" Jiang Yun said uncertainly, "I don't know."
Lu Huai looked at him and smiled. "If you don't know, why don't you just trust my answer? I'm pretty smart, I shouldn't make a wrong judgment."
Jiang Yun was stunned.
Do you believe... Lu Huai's answer?
"Can you do it?" Lu Huai asked him, "Can you trust me, Jiang Yun?"
Yes, of course he can.
He believed in Colonel Lu for seventeen years.
For him, trusting Lu Huai was as natural and simple as breathing.
The emptiness in his heart seemed to be filled with a dazzling light that was domineering and powerful, and Jiang Yun couldn't help but chuckle.
Colonel Lu is really narcissistic enough that he doesn't forget to boast about his own intelligence at this time.
In the sea breeze, Jiang Yun nodded gently, "Okay, I believe you."
After getting Jiang Yun's answer, Lu Huai's eyes suddenly became brighter, as if they were another more fascinating deep sea hiding treasures.
"I have an idea. How about we keep these two androids on Jinmastu Island?" Lu Huai said, "Let them spend their vacation here forever, growing a year older every year. Next year, Jiang Yun will be twenty-two and Lu Huai twenty-six; the year after, Jiang Yun will be twenty-three and Lu Huai twenty-seven... until they both grow gray hair, or our family suddenly goes bankrupt and has no money to pay for their upkeep."
"...If you want to be sentimental, do it well. Don't just throw in some 'bankruptcy' all of a sudden, okay?" Speechless, Jiang Yun continued the topic of bankruptcy. "If he really goes bankrupt, Colonel Lu can just become a mercenary and support the three of us."
Lu Huai laughed, "Good idea, I like it."
Jiang Yun looked at the two illusory figures, his eyes gradually melting into the gentle sea breeze. "But, have you forgotten one thing? At the age of 21, I was pregnant for a long time."
How could Lu Huai forget?
He just felt that Jiang Yun would not want others to see her during pregnancy.
So, he had to pretend to have forgotten it, risking being told, "Colonel Lu doesn't even remember this, he must not love me anymore."
"Yeah, that reminds me." Lu Huai pretended to wake up from a dream. "I'm curious about what Foreign Minister Jiang's pregnancy is like. I'll go give his bionic man the pregnancy instructions right away."
Jiang Yun's expression changed slightly, "You are not allowed to go."
Lu Huai pretended not to hear Jiang Yun's order and walked straight towards the bionic man.
Jiang Yun had no choice but to follow.
Lu Huai's legs were longer than his, and his steps were bigger and faster. He had to speed up his pace, but he still couldn't catch up.
Jiang Yun was a little anxious. He grabbed Lu Huai's hand and said with emotion at the end of his voice: "Lu Huai!"
Lu Huai stopped and looked down at Jiang Yun who was holding his hand tightly. His smile grew wider. "Why don't you let me see it? I really want to see it."
Jiang Yun hesitated for a moment, sighed, and said, "Because my pregnancy...is not very good."
Lu Huai said without thinking: "How is that possible? You don't have ugly moments."
Jiang Yun shook his head and said, "During the third trimester, my belly was too big, much bigger than other Omegas. However, it wasn't because of my belly that I looked bad, it was because of my condition." Jiang Yun paused, "During those nine months, my condition wasn't very good."
His eyes were empty, his face was pale, and his lips were bloodless, no different from a walking corpse.
It was so ugly that he didn't even have a photo of it.
Lu Huai's heart suddenly moved.
This was the first time Jiang Yun took the initiative to mention the seventeen years they had been apart.
Jiang Yun was finally able to say these things bravely.
Lu Huai was about to speak to comfort Jiang Yun, but Jiang Yun comforted himself first: "Fortunately, all this is in the past - let it be in the past."
Jiang Yun took a deep breath, turned to face Lu Huai, and smiled slightly, "In the future, I hope you will give me more guidance, Lu Huai."
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