After Qi Yan fell asleep, Lu Fenghan stood by the bedroom window and contacted Vincent, only to find out that things were not as simple as the search and rescue personnel said.
"Commander, you've been missing for such a long time that I thought you didn't die under the muzzle of the rebels. Instead, you achieved the glorious pinnacle of the life of an interstellar pirate. I killed you!"
Vincent howled a few words, but then stopped talking nonsense and directly threw out the news.
"The incident of a civilian starship being hijacked by interstellar pirates and exploding in the warp tunnel has become a hot topic. To be honest, the pirates were illiterate and lacked professional skills. They didn't know that they couldn't easily open fire during war, but this became a key point for the peace faction to attack the war faction."
Lu Fenghan looked at the night outside the window, "The strength of the virtual interstellar pirates is sowing the seeds of fear in the hearts of the citizens of the alliance?"
"That's about it. The Star Internet is full of information about the strength of interstellar pirates. The attack on Fontaine 1 has been brought up again, and there are all kinds of old videos. In a word, interstellar pirates are like a guillotine hanging over everyone's head. If you are not careful, it will fall down and kill people."
Vincent said in a complicated tone, "You know, we are all sheep, happily eating grass on the grassland, and suddenly a leopard ran out and killed a few sheep. The remaining sheep were confused and scared. Didn't they say that there were no leopards 20 years ago? The question is, how many leopards are there now? Are they powerful? Have they evolved? The more unknown, the more fearful. "
Lu Fenghan: "Has anyone suggested that the expeditionary army stop fighting first, dispatch troops, and return to defend Leto?"
"Of course there is! There are more than just a few people who think that the rebels are so powerful, and they have been fighting for so many years without any results. It would be better to come back and fight the space pirates first, and then continue to fight the rebels. The Central Galaxy and Leto cannot be lost."
Vincent's words rolled around on his tongue for a while before he finally spoke out, "Many people have also suggested investigating the relevant report submitted by General Lu Jun, re-verifying the military merits, and giving the public an explanation for the comeback of interstellar pirates."
Lu Fenghan: "Didn't Lu Jun's sculpture in the Sky Diamond Plaza get pushed down by anyone?"
"No, no, that's not the case yet."
"Not yet, but soon?" Lu Fenghan narrowed his eyes slightly. "What are the chances that the peace faction will stage the hijacking of the starship by interstellar pirates?"
After a few seconds, Vincent replied, "180 percent. I am responsible for the data I infer."
He said it was 80% and was responsible for his own speculation, but Lu Fenghan understood Vincent - the implication was that it was 100%.
Lu Fenghan laughed instead of getting angry: "What a good trick. The front line has suffered consecutive defeats, and Leto has encountered interstellar pirates twice. The people of the alliance who have been comfortable for a long time may not be able to sleep well. Coupled with the propaganda of public opinion, everyone will become a frightened bird. When the last straw falls, Klimo will follow the public opinion and kick Nie Huaiting away easily."
"This is the drawback of the current high-intensity information flow. The alliance is too big, and no one will actually go to the front line for field investigation. If you talk too much, the fake will become real." Vincent was a little irritable. "General Nie's faction has been replaced by more than 30 important positions in the past month, almost one a day. Once a position is taken away, it can no longer be defended. I can imagine that Klimo must be laughing in his sleep now!"
Lu Fenghan borrowed Vincent's metaphor: "Do you think a leopard, which is deliberately placed among a flock of sheep and is unbridled, will want to be driven back again?"
"Of course not!"
Lu Fenghan sneered: "Everyone understands this principle."
After chatting for a while, Vincent asked, "Commander, when you return to the front, what will happen to your employer? By then, the people in Leto will be in a panic, and the safety factor will drop drastically."
Lu Fenghan turned to the bedroom door and didn't speak for a long time.
After a long while, he spoke: "He will not stay in Leto, someone will take him away."
Vincent was sitting in the intelligence department. He didn't know everything about what happened in the Qi family, but he knew the general idea: "Who will pick him up? The Qi family is unreliable. Is there anyone else on his mother's side? If not, can we take care of him?"
Lu Fenghan: "No, he should be from 'that side'."
Vincent was startled and even heard the sound of something falling to the ground: "Impossible! How old is he? Nineteen? He just came of age!"
But soon, Vincent came to his senses. "Is his mother a scientific researcher? A core member of 'that side'? If so, then it makes sense. If he was included in the protection list of 'that side' as a direct relative of a core member, his real personal information must be classified and cannot be easily found."
"This is just my personal inference." Lu Fenghan asked, "Where is the convenient place in Leto to do ore testing?"
"You brought back minerals from the deserted planet?" Vincent replied. "Of course Turan is the one who tests minerals! He is not undeservedly called the No. 1 loser in the alliance. The mineral testing equipment they have is of the ninth generation, right? There shouldn't be any higher in the whole of Leto. The one in our school seems to be of the sixth generation, so old and worn out that three screws fall off every time we turn it on."
Lu Fenghan asked, "Three generations apart?"
Vincent tried hard to preserve the dignity of his alma mater: "Commander, don't underestimate these three generations. One generation has eight million star coins, and three generations have twenty-four million star coins! My First Military Academy is frugal and has saved twenty million star coins!"
Lu Fenghan: "We have to face poverty."
Vincent sighed deeply, and then looked forward to it: "Commander, how about the ore? Is there any prospect of making a fortune?"
"It wasn't me who brought it back. It was Qi Yan." Lu Fenghan paused for a moment before continuing, "He said that if I could get 16 million star coins, he would give me 15 million."
After a long silence, Vincent whispered, "Is it great to have someone support me? Is it great to have someone give me money? Is it great to become rich overnight?"
It's just amazing.
Lu Fenghan was in a much better mood and ended the topic, "I'll go see if Qi Yan is asleep and if he kicked off the quilt. By the way, the war faction is progressing too smoothly. You should pay attention to see if there are other forces behind the scenes fanning the flames."
"Yes!" After agreeing, Vincent thought about it and felt something was wrong, "Wait for instructions, the bedroom is temperature controlled, what's the point of kicking the quilt—"
The communication was disconnected.
Lu Fenghan explained his behavior: Vincent was too noisy.
He went across and gently opened the door to Qi Yan's bedroom. The lights were off and he could hear her steady breathing.
Obviously fallen asleep.
Inexplicably, Lu Fenghan missed the time on the desolate planet, when Qi Yan was wrapped in his coat and resting his head on his thighs with great dependence, as if he would not be afraid anymore if he was close to him and leaned against him.
Little spoiled brat.
Lu Fenghan stood in the darkness, with his back against the wall, looking in the direction of the bed, and just stared like that for a long time.
On the day Qi Yan returned to school, Xia Zhiyang looked him up and down four or five times to make sure that he was fine. He also praised Lu Fenghan and said that he was a good bodyguard.
When Ye Pei and Mondrian arrived, Qi Yan looked at Ye Pei, who was crying, helplessly, and looked at Lu Fenghan for help.
Lu Fenghan thought to himself, wouldn't it be enough to just watch her finish crying
Fortunately, Ye Pei's tear glands were not well developed, so she stopped crying after two minutes. After asking about Qi Yan and Lu Fenghan's experiences, she thanked Lu Fenghan again: "If you hadn't reminded us to activate the escape pod before the explosion, we might have all died in the jump channel."
Lu Fenghan answered briefly: "It should be."
Ye Pei was disappointed again: "Last time, the Fontaine No. 1 was said to be a starship pirate that accidentally entered a deactivated jump channel. It was not bad that it was destroyed in a few shots. This time, they hijacked a starship in front of Leto! My parents are already getting nervous. They said that there are starship pirates everywhere. They asked me to travel less recently. I originally wanted to go to Woz Star to play with Platinum Blue in a few days."
Lu Fenghan reminded: "It is indeed not suitable to travel far recently. Just treat it as the active period of pirates."
Ye Pei couldn't help but believe what Lu Fenghan said: "Okay, then I won't run around anymore and make another appointment with Bo Lan."
Mondrian was the first to notice the ore that Lu Fenghan brought to the school: "What is this?"
Qi Yan: "I brought it back from the deserted planet where we landed. I think it should be very useful."
Ye Pei had also heard a lot about mining, and immediately said excitedly: "Let's go, let's go and identify it!"
In a short time, the number of people going to the mineral identification center increased from two to five.
This matter spread to Turan's intranet communication area, and someone poured cold water on it.
"—Do you really think that anyone can become rich overnight? Every year, countless people in the alliance apply for mineral appraisals, but I haven't seen many who can earn back the appraisal fees."
"—Isn't Qi Yan's last name Qi? Why is he so short of money? Is he imitating those interstellar wanderers and picking up rocks and daydreaming? Oh, that's right, his family doesn't seem to like him. His dad probably likes that stepson more."
"—From what I said before, is there a story behind it?"
When they arrived at the appraisal center, Qi Yan handed the ore to the teacher in charge of the appraisal and waited for the results.
After Ye Pei told him a lot of legendary stories about mining rare ores, Xia Zhiyang had already started to fantasize before the identification results came out: "Qi Yan, if this ore is very rare and the alliance rewards you with one million star coins, how would you spend it?"
Qi Yan didn't even think twice: "Give 900,000 to Lu Fenghan."
Xia Zhiyang was startled: "What if the reward is 10 million star coins?"
Qi Yan answered without hesitation: "Give another 90 million to Lu Fenghan."
Xia Zhiyang looked at Qi Yan, then at Lu Fenghan, and couldn't help but move closer to Qi Yan and whispered, "Qi Yan, if you feel threatened, just blink your left eye!"
After saying this, he still looked nervous.
After listening to the whole sentence, Lu Fenghan thought, do you think I'm deaf
But he lowered his head and smiled.
It’s no wonder that others suspected that Qi Yan was being threatened.
At this time, the teacher who did the appraisal came out and said, "The comparison results are out. This type of ore is a type that the alliance has not discovered, and its internal structure is very interesting."
Ye Pei said: "Teacher, what is interesting about it?"
She knows what these professional teachers have in common.
A teacher who studies minerals will think that a stone with an unusual color is "interesting", just like a teacher of botany will think that all flowers and plants are "interesting".
The appraisal teacher explained in more detail: "My preliminary judgment is that the internal structure should point to energy sources. Do you know the specific location of the planet where you found this ore?"
Lu Fenghan looked at Qi Yan, and Qi Yan nodded as expected, marking the three-dimensional star map that he had scanned on the small starship on his personal terminal.
Although they didn't get the results immediately, some people were not disappointed. They made an appointment with the appraiser and decided to come back next time.
After finishing work in the laboratory, it was already past nine o'clock when Qi Yan left school. When approaching the school gate, Lu Fenghan suddenly stopped, blocked Qi Yan behind him, and asked sternly: "Who?"
I didn’t expect that the person who came out would be Jiang Qi.
Compared to a month or two ago, he was obviously much thinner, his hair was a little gray, and he looked a little gloomy.
Lu Fenghan didn't move, still hiding Qi Yan behind him: "What's the matter?"
"Nothing, I just heard you were back, so I came to see you and say hello." Jiang Qi looked regretful, "Why didn't you die in the starship explosion?"
Lu Fenghan frowned.
Jiang Qi smiled again and said, "I just said the wrong thing, please don't blame me, brother."
"You are really nineteen, right? At this age, you still can't learn human language. It seems that the basic education you received in the Alliance over the years has not taught you the necessary skills to be a human being." Lu Fenghan raised his chin and kindly reminded, "If you really can't learn, don't force yourself."
The smile on Jiang Qi's face slowly disappeared, and he stared at the two of them hatefully.
Lu Fenghan was too lazy to pay attention to him and left with Qi Yan.
After getting in the car, seeing Qi Yan staring at him without blinking, Lu Fenghan raised his lip: "Why, what are you looking at?"
Qi Yan praised: "You are amazing."
Lu Fenghan thought, these four words are indeed beautiful.
"What's so great about it?"
"You are very good at swearing." Recalling the two times Lu Fenghan had cursed, Qi Yan concluded, "You are very good at swearing."
Lu Fenghan was helpless: "Who am I doing this for, huh?"
Qi Yan knew the answer to this question clearly. He thought about it and grabbed Lu Fenghan's hand.
Lu Fenghan was caught off guard and was caught red-handed.
Qi Yan clearly didn't use much effort, but he couldn't break free at all.
The nerves in the entire arm shut down and were unable to respond at all.
Soon, he was led and his fingertips touched Qi Yan's cheek.
Under the light, Qi Yan wondered why Lu Fenghan didn't move, and reminded him puzzledly: "I'll give you a pinch."