Chapter 67
Two hours later, Jiang Yun was still conscious.
The person beside him was breathing steadily and evenly, but Jiang Yun still couldn't fall asleep.
Afterwards, Lu Huai fell asleep, but he was awake. This was the first time.
Apart from staring at Lu Huai, he didn't know what to do.
He couldn't help but feel curious. What did Lu Huai do beside him after he fell asleep?
Will Lu Huai keep looking at him like he is doing now?
Jiang Yun felt a slight vibration from the communicator in his palm, and his body suddenly stiffened.
He took one last look at his husband, and after making sure he was still soundly asleep, he gently lifted the quilt, got out of bed and walked out of the bedroom.
The closed bedroom door blocked the flickering light of the communicator, and Jiang Yun entered the permission key calmly and smoothly as usual.
Confidential: S++, highest level
Source: Agatha May, Director of Intelligence
[The lights in the President's office were on all night. Joe Hurd called Smollett Lu at 8:00 this morning.]
Jiang Yun's eyelashes drooped gently like folded wings.
The briefer the intelligence from the Intelligence Bureau, the more serious the matter.
His mentor, the elder who guided him to become a diplomat, finally made the final move after a night of hesitation.
There was a three-hour time difference between Belloc and the Alliance capital. It was eight o'clock this morning in the Alliance, five minutes ago.
Jiang Yun slid his fingertips, and the previous piece of information from Osvid came into view again.
[The fleet unexpectedly encountered a dimensional fold, resulting in an irresistible teleportation. Estimated arrival time is 24 hours later than expected, with a margin of error of one hour.]
At this time, exactly twenty-three hours had passed since Osvid sent this information.
Osvid may arrive at Belloc at any time, and the Austrian side may take action at any time.
He had to buy Osvid more time.
Jiang Yun looked towards the bedroom, his eyes lingered on the door hesitantly for a second, then were forced to move away quickly.
He felt very fortunate that he did not refuse his husband's request for sex tonight.
Otherwise, what if... I don’t know when the next time will be.
Jiang Yun walked in the opposite direction of the bedroom, which was a safe room with high-level anti-theft measures.
But the reason why the [Queen] was kept in this suite was not because of this safe room, but because he and Lu Huai lived here.
Now, Lu Huai also fell asleep.
Jiang Yun used his fingerprints and retina to quietly unlock all the anti-theft devices.
[The Queen] was sleeping within his reach, like a newborn baby, so defenseless.
He had supreme command authority over Operation Echo, and no one could stop him from going anywhere or doing anything.
Jiang Yun put the experimental cabin into the suitcase he had prepared in advance, left the safe room, and left the suite.
He never turned around, not even once looking at his beloved husband.
All the personnel involved in Operation Echo lived on the same floor of the hotel. On his way to the elevator, he passed many people's rooms.
President Fu, who single-handedly drove the rapid development of the alliance's scientific community;
Dr. Lin, who will soon become the Minister of Energy, has a baby due soon;
Zhong Man, the assistant who had been with him the longest. In his plan, Zhong Man would be trained by him to become the Minister of Foreign Affairs after him and Yi Laizhe;
Cheng Chi, who has just graduated but is growing rapidly;
Gu Xingzhou, who has never dated an Omega and has not yet been promoted to colonel...
Before Colonel Lu died in the line of duty, could he have also thought about the possible bright futures of those sixteen officers, just like he was doing now?
Jiang Yun carried his suitcase and took the elevator to the parking lot.
It takes twenty minutes to drive from the hotel to the port, and he still has the last twenty minutes.
The weather report shows that it is snowing in the capital of the Union right now.
At this time in the Jiang family's main residence, the twins should be having breakfast with their parents.
Lu Chao would drink a glass of hot milk, and Jiang Mu would drink a glass of iced fruit and vegetable juice.
After breakfast, the two brothers would put on cloaks over their school uniforms and go to school holding umbrellas.
Jiang Yun held the communicator tightly in his hand.
He only needs to move his fingers to hear the twins' voices and see their faces...
A piece of information from Osvid suddenly interrupted:
[Foreign Minister Jiang, the CY6 battleship will enter the attack range of the planet Belloc in twenty-five minutes.]
[Please hold on for another 25 minutes]
Jiang Yun glanced at the rearview mirror, which seemed to be empty. But he knew that his every move must be under the surveillance of the Austrian side.
He and the [Queen] are the targets of Olin and the Presidential Palace. As long as he leaves the hotel, others will not be in too much danger.
...It’s better not to contact the children. This shouldn’t be a separation of life and death.
Even for the sake of his children and parents, he couldn't let anything happen to himself.
He couldn't let anything happen to himself and Lu Huai at the same time.
The special car arrived at Belloc Port exactly as expected.
Jiang Yun obtained permission to pass through the port on the grounds that "he had forgotten important documents on the Conqueror" and successfully boarded the empty special ship.
He brought the [Queen] straight to the cockpit.
The lights were not turned on, and the only light sources in the cockpit were the sporadic indicator lights on the control panel.
This metal behemoth, like the Queen, is in a dormant state.
Jiang Yun walked to the control panel and looked down at the densely packed cursors, instruments and buttons.
The China Foreign Affairs University did not teach Jiang Yun how to fly a spacecraft, but her husband had taught her some basic spacecraft knowledge.
Among the rows of buttons, Jiang Yun quickly found his target.
He pressed a button, and a panoramic projection of the Conqueror appeared before his eyes.
Jiang Yun's pupils shrank slightly.
The projection could show the location of life forms inside and outside the spacecraft. He saw two red dots representing humans in the Conqueror.
One of them was stationary in the cockpit, and the other was moving rapidly towards the cockpit.
Besides him, there was another person in the spaceship.
Jiang Yun stared at the moving red dot, watching it pass the identity verification without any hindrance, walk out of the elevator, open the cockpit door, and then...
"Why aren't you sleeping beside me so late?" a familiar voice sounded behind Jiang Yun, even with a teasing smile, "What are you hanging around outside for?"
Jiang Yun took a deep breath very slowly and couldn't help but smile softly.
Well, how could a mere small piece of sleep-aiding vitamins really bring down Colonel Lu?
Jiang Yun slowly turned around and looked at the person who came through the shadows.
The light from the control panel blurred Alpha's outline, but made his eyes appear deeper and sharper, staring intently and forcefully into Jiang Yun's heart.
When he spoke again, the Alpha's fake smile disappeared unexpectedly.
"Move everyone away from you and bring the Queen to the spaceship alone." Lu Huai walked towards Jiang Yun step by step, the distance between them being continuously compressed by him until their shadows completely overlapped. "What do you want to do, huh?"
Jiang Yun didn't want to meet Lu Huai's gaze. He silently lowered his eyes, silently hiding his chaotic thoughts.
Lu Huai stood in front of Jiang Yun, the undercurrent in his eyes on the verge of losing control: "Do you want to do something stupid like I did seventeen years ago?"
After a moment of silence, Jiang Yun raised his eyes, his gaze still calm and steady, like two unshakable mountains.
"You're overthinking it." He said calmly, "I have two children, I can't let anything happen to me."
"But you can't let anything happen to your subordinates, and you can't let anything happen to us at the same time." Lu Huai looked at Jiang Yun steadily and asked, "Right?"
Jiang Yun did not directly answer Lu Huai's question, but simply said: "Osvid's fleet will be here soon. I only need to delay for another five minutes... no, three minutes, and the crisis will be resolved."
Lu Huai asked again: "What if you can't delay it?"
Jiang Yun glared at Lu Huai, as if condemning her husband's bad mouth.
"If you can't hold on any longer, I'll surrender. What else can I do?" Jiang Yun sneered and said, "As long as I admit defeat, Qiao Hurd won't really kill me. I will probably be charged with some trumped-up crime by the Presidential Office, deprived of my political rights and imprisoned for life. When that happens, Colonel Lu, don't forget to bring the children to visit me in the Alliance Prison."
Lu Huai smiled: "Will Foreign Minister Jiang admit defeat? I don't think so."
Lu Huai took the last step forward, shortening the distance between him and Jiang Yun to the point where he could feel each other's breathing.
He raised his hand and gently stroked Jiang Yun's cheek.
This extremely beautiful face was flushed two hours ago, showing an expression of being about to cry, but now there is only the indifference after calm thinking and weighing the pros and cons.
Lu Huai's fingertips followed Jiang Yun's outline all the way down, stroking his glands with bite marks, feeling his beating pulse and the slightly rolling Adam's apple.
From his sunken collarbone to his inward-tightened sides.
"Hmm? Found it." Lu Huai took out a unique pistol from Jiang Yun's waist.
There is no bullet in the gun, it will not cause harm to humans, but it can bring a powerful energy wave at the moment of firing.
Lu Huai held the muzzle of the gun and lightly touched Jiang Yun's face with the handle of the gun: "Baby, what is this?"
Jiang Yun said calmly, "Since you've already guessed it, please don't ask me any more questions."
Lu Huai's gaze deeply traced Jiang Yun's eyebrows and eyes.
...It's so beautiful.
As long as Jiang Yun said a word, countless people were willing to do it for him, and some were even willing to die for Jiang Yun.
But Jiang Yun still chose to do it himself without any hesitation.
"Don't you think I should be the one to do this?" Lu Huai said, "After all, I'm the one who's most familiar with it."
Jiang Yun's eyes suddenly darkened, and he said without hesitation: "I don't think so. If your mental strength can withstand its energy, then naturally I can too."
"I know you can, but there's no need." Lu Huai put away the oppressive feeling he unconsciously exuded, and his voice became gentle. "Go back to sleep first, and let me handle this, okay?"
Jiang Yun looked at Lu Huai coldly, and said in a loud voice, word by word: "Lu Huai, if you want to leave me alone again today, even if you come back safely, I will never forgive you in this life."
Lu Huai was suddenly stunned.
Before Lu Huai could react, Jiang Yun continued, "I won't kiss you again, I won't act coquettishly towards you, I won't say a word to you again—I mean what I say."
Lu Huai's always calm face was so flustered that it looked like cracked ice, and even his breathing stopped for a moment.
Jiang Yun raised his chin slightly: "You can try."
Lu Huai was silent for a long time, and finally he could only let out a helpless, defeated sigh: "How can you be so threatening, Jiang Yun, does your Foreign Affairs College offer relevant courses?"
"My threat itself is insignificant. I just caught your sore spot." Jiang Yun glanced at the holographic projection and said, "But you, too, are not a crow's mouth that always comes true."
One, two, three... In just a few seconds, countless red dots appeared in the holographic projection.
They entered the Conqueror in neat and orderly rows and were heading towards the cockpit at full speed.
Jiang Yun glanced at the communicator.
He had not received the latest intelligence, and it was not Osvid who came.
He and Lu Huai's luck tonight was indeed a bit bad.
Jiang Yun extended his hand towards Lu Huai: "Gun."
Lu Huai glanced at the briefcase on the console and raised his eyebrows. "Are you so confident in your marksmanship?"
"Of course." Jiang Yun said, "Didn't you teach me?"
Lu Huai smiled contentedly.
He placed the gun in Jiang Yun's palm and lowered his head to kiss Jiang Yun's fingertips: "Well, I remember, on our third date."
The cockpit door was forced open, and Olin's fully armed troops filed in, their guns pointed at Jiang Yun and Lu Huai. Every pull of the trigger was enough to bring fatal damage.
The leader was a general of Orin and Markarth representing Johed.
The party they were confronting was just a couple who had just crawled out of bed.
Marcus had a complicated expression, as if he had been forced to this point. "Foreign Minister Jiang, now that things have come to this, please give up resistance. As long as you hand over the [Queen], we can ensure..."
Jiang Yun raised his hand expressionlessly.
No nonsense, no hesitation, decisive and resolute.
Marcus had no time to see Jiang Yun's movements clearly.
Bang--
The suitcase exploded, and a blue light as powerful as the sun enveloped the entire Belloc Port.
A huge energy field exploded in an instant, and the air hummed in the silence.
The space collapsed rapidly, and a huge amount of information flooded into everyone's brain like a flood.
Vision, hearing, and touch were deprived in an instant.
Before falling into darkness and silence, Jiang Yun heard Lu Huai's voice in his ear.
"The anchor of the code is your pheromone."
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