When the war ended, it was already early morning in the hemisphere where Duan Hengye was. Although the battle situation was very clear, Duan Hengye did not return to the lounge in order to prevent another unexpected situation at night. He originally wanted to lie down on the table and rest for a while, but as soon as he lay down, sleepiness hit his face.
Duan Hengye's work and rest has been very irregular recently, and even the biological clock that he has always been proud of has lost its function. Perhaps it was because a big stone fell in his heart, until eleven o'clock the next morning, Duan Hengye still did not wake up.
He slept soundly in the office, but he worried other colleagues outside.
As the dean of the Mecha Research Institute, in addition to his own research work, Duan Hengye has to deal with a lot of other affairs every day. Generally speaking, any messages sent to him will be slowly received by eight or nine in the morning. But today until eleven o'clock, there was no news from Duan Hengye.
It wasn't just the research institute that didn't receive a reply. After the victory of the war last night, Nan Zhuxing also sent a message to Duan Hengye. This news is not special, it just informs the battle situation and routinely informs about the next itinerary. But the strange thing is that Nan Zhuxing did not receive Duan Hengye's confirmation message after the news was sent out for a long time.
If you put it on others, this matter is really nothing, but you must know that Duan Hengye has always been a very serious and punctual person. After waiting for a while, Duan Hengye's assistant finally sent an application to Su Mingge.
Although they were all sent by the military to Duan Hengye's side, the Mecha Research Institute was of a very special nature. If there was no emergency, no one would be able to enter without the invitation of the dean.
So after a few hours of waiting, Duan Hengye's assistant sent an application and asked Su Mingge to help them confirm whether Duan Hengye was still in the research institute.
The door of Duan Hengye's office is also controlled by the light-brain program. Recently, Ye Tian's situation is special, and Duan Hengye has also changed the authority to open the door. Therefore, as long as it is during working hours, Su Mingge can also enter directly.
Although he didn't say it, Su Mingge was also vaguely worried about Duan Hengye. Not long after receiving the application from the military department, he walked to the door of the other party's office.
Su Mingge first sent a message to the other party's light brain. Seeing that there was still no response, he performed iris recognition directly from the outside, and then opened the door of the office.
The scene in front of me is both expected and unexpected.
The dean's office is very large, and there is no decoration as a whole. It is a piece of silver and white that belongs to the metal. As soon as Su Mingge entered the door, he saw Duan Hengye wearing a gray sweater lying quietly on the silver-white table not far away.
Involuntarily, Su Mingge slowed down. He slowly walked to Duan Hengye's side, and as the distance gradually got closer, Su Mingge saw that Duan Hengye's two hands were neatly stacked together, and the half of his face that was pressing his hands on the side had vaguely grown. red seal.
At this time, he didn't look like the dean of Ye Tian Empire Mecha Research Institute, but like a student who accidentally napped in class.
The sense of alienation in the sleeping Duan Hengye almost disappeared, and there was a sense of vulnerability. This is really very different from the impression he usually gives people, and it even gives the impression that he is a lot younger.
Somehow, after seeing Dean Duan's sleeping face, Su Mingge suddenly felt a little uncomfortable...
He didn't wake Duan Hengye, but turned around and slowed down again and walked out. After the silver-white door of the office was closed again, Su Mingge, who was standing outside the door, sent a message to Duan Hengye's assistant - he fell asleep on the table.
This news was spread to Duan Hengye's assistant along the star network, and without a few seconds of pause, it appeared again on the light brain of Lord Marshal.
After seeing it, Meng Jinhuai silently exited the LDK-300 system, and then leaned on the mecha's leather driver's seat to quietly stare at the galaxy in front of him.
After the war at night ended, the Li Sheng Alliance's combat power was greatly depleted. After only half a day of repairs, the Ye Tian Empire launched a counterattack against it.
The result of the war is obvious, the Li Sheng Alliance officially announced its surrender, and also lost a large habitable planet.
When this lost planet still belonged to the Yetian Empire, it was the center of the empire's important technology industry. So when the news came back to Ye Tian, Ye Tian was extremely excited.
As usual, Nanzhuxing will hold an event one day later to welcome the victorious marshal. Of course, Duan Hengye, who is the marshal's spouse, will also return to Nanzhuxing to make a special trip to participate in this event.
After the war, the atmosphere of the entire empire became extremely cheerful and relaxed, and also because Duan Hengye had been working together for a long time, Duan Hengye also gave the institute a short vacation.
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It was less than an hour before the Marshal and his party returned to Nanzhuxing, and all the guests who participated in the welcome event had already arrived at the banquet hall of the Marshal's Mansion. Because of the special nature of today's event, reporters were also allowed to shoot indoors as an exception.
There are many celebrities who come to participate in the military activities, although not as much as the royal banquet, each with a noble title. But when it comes to social influence and real power, this side wins a lot.
But no matter how many celebrities are present, before Meng Jinhuai arrives, there is only one protagonist here.
Duan Hengye was wearing a black velvet suit today, his slightly long hair was neatly combed behind his head, with only a few strands hanging lightly on his forehead. His overall look today is very retro, with a slightly pale complexion, it really looks like a little "vampire".
Of course, there is no vampire in the world of "Dumping the Stars", but this does not prevent people from thinking that he is good-looking.
From the moment Duan Hengye appeared in the banquet hall, the cameras of various cameras silently turned to him. At this time, although many people in the hall wanted to chat with him, but due to Professor Duan's powerful aura, no one came after hesitating for a while.
"Professor Duan, the Marshal's starship has arrived in the star field of Nanzhuxing, and it is expected to arrive at the military headquarters ahead of schedule." At this moment, Duan Hengye's assistant came over and whispered in his ear.
After hearing the other party's words, Duan Hengye nodded slowly, then turned around and walked towards a starship dock near the banquet hall under the guidance of the assistant.
There are a large number of people participating in the event today. In order to prevent chaos due to loss of order, the guests will arrive in batches. After Duan Hengye left, the military staff began to guide other guests and reporters to the dock.
Compared with the sense of design and beauty, the military building is more about the pursuit of practicality. The landing pad of the starship that Duan Hengye went to was actually on the roof of another building. After waiting for the suspension device, Duan Hengye felt a cold wind blowing towards him.
Although the four seasons of Nanzhuxing are not very obvious, it is still the time when the temperature of this planet is the lowest in the year. This cold wind blew on his face, in addition to the cold, there was a tingling feeling. Although the velvet clothes on Duan Hengye's body were quite thick, after standing outside for a meeting, he felt that it still did not block the wind very much.
Involuntarily, Duan Hengye took a breath.
Although the temperature is low today, the weather is very sunny, especially the sky is blue with only a few white clouds slowly drifting on it, very similar to the scene in the early autumn of the earth.
The starship is running very fast. Although nothing can be seen in the sky now, the assistant around him is already reminding him that the Marshal's team will arrive in one minute.
Not long after the assistant finished speaking, a huge black shadow suddenly appeared in the sky. Although Duan Hengye had taken that military starship many times, he had never seen it from this angle. It was from this perspective that Duan Hengye finally realized the shock and fear brought about by absolute force.
Following the starship, countless more mechas appeared in the sky. These are all mechas participating in this battle. When they are densely arranged in the sky, it really looks like the scene in the Earth Age disaster film.
A few seconds later, the starship first landed at the farthest point of the tarmac. Immediately after it, the mechas also fell down smoothly. All this happened within a minute, and just when everyone thought it was about to end, a familiar silver-white mecha suddenly appeared above the sky.
Meng Jinhuai did not take the starship!
Everyone present was excited.
Anyone who is familiar with Meng Jinhuai knows that after every war, he will return to Nanzhuxing on a starship, and he has never piloted a mecha by himself. And this time, this legendary mecha that I have seen countless times on Interstellar News finally appeared in front of everyone.
The main model of the Yetian Empire military mecha is "Dongcha", which is a medium-sized mecha. Generally speaking, the larger the mecha, the more difficult it is to control, and it is also less common. Although everyone has seen Meng Jinhuai's mecha countless times on the news, after it landed steadily on the ground, people had a more intuitive feeling of its strength.
The Dongcha, which was already huge in the impression, only reached the middle of the silver-white mecha!
The landing of the mecha is more dexterous than that of the starship. Meng Jinhuai gently parked the mecha directly in front of the landing pad. Everyone present had to raise their heads if they wanted to see what it looked like.
Although he has seen its model countless times, this is the first time Duan Hengye has seen this legendary mecha with his own eyes. He couldn't help but raised his head and looked up, and at this moment, the cabin door of the mecha suddenly opened, and a familiar figure in a black military uniform appeared in front of Duan Hengye.
Meng Jinhuai stepped down from the mecha, he stood at the mecha's feet and smiled at Duan Hengye.
"A-Heng." Lord Marshal called softly.
Then, before Duan Hengye could respond, Meng Jinhuai walked over quickly and hugged him tightly.
Duan Hengye had never hugged anyone like this before, and the other party had a lot of strength, as if he wanted to embed himself in his arms. Obviously not a person who is used to physical contact, but after hesitating for a while, Duan Hengye's hand that was hanging by his side slowly moved up, he hugged Meng Jinhuai awkwardly, paused and then gently Patted each other on the back.
When Duan Hengye heard this, Meng Jinhuai, who was hugging him, suddenly smiled again. The warm air stroked his neck, itching.
"I'm back." Meng Jinhuai said softly.
"Ok… "
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This hug was faithfully recorded by the media cameras who came to participate in the event, and then spread throughout the interstellar space in a very short period of time.
Some media who like to gossip call it the "Embrace of the Century", and countless people have played this tens of seconds of footage over and over again.
Of course, after playing more, we also found some other highlights.
For example, when Duan Hengye and Meng Jinhuai were hugging, the door of the starship behind him opened, and Admirals Yu Xinlan and Dongfang Hewen walked out, and then stood not far behind Meng Jinhuai.
After seeing the scene of two people embracing, the married and one-daughter Admiral Dongfang cast his gentle gaze not far away—presumably, that should be where his spouse and daughter were. And another admiral was heartbroken... According to the report of the audience who can read lip language, she first "tsk", and then silently complained, "It's so sour."
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After the banquet officially started, the guests who came to attend found that although it was not long after the last celebration, the atmosphere between Marshal and Professor Duan had obviously changed.
Although they were still the same as before, they stood side by side and chatted after a long time. But in the eyes of others, the two seemed to be in a barrier, separating themselves and the entire banquet hall into two parts.
Since this feeling was born, some people who originally wanted to come over to toast the Marshal have silently retreated.
But that doesn't mean no one really bothers them.
At this moment, Duan Hengye suddenly heard footsteps coming from diagonally behind. He couldn't help turning to look at the sound, and then he saw a little girl in a red dress running towards him excitedly.
It was Dongfang You—the little girl I saw at the banquet last time.
This little girl was originally a person who did not recognize birth. After the last time, she directly classified Duan Hengye into the ranks of "her own". After entering the banquet hall, she saw Duan Hengye standing beside Meng Jinhuai, then she broke free from the arms of her father, Admiral Dongfang, whom she hadn't seen in a long time, and ran towards Duan Hengye.
Many people present had some impressions of how Duan Hengye waved to Dongfang You last time, so when the little girl ran towards him, everyone began to pay attention to this side silently.
When Dongfang You immediately ran to Duan Hengye's side, he discovered something unexpected - Duan Hengye, who had always been indifferent, actually squatted down slowly, and then opened his arms to the other side.
In fact, Duan Hengye didn't intend to hug Dongfang You, but based on his judgment, if he didn't pick up the other party, the little girl would definitely fall to the ground. Sure enough, after receiving the other party, Duan Hengye, who was squatting on the ground, couldn't help but leaned back and almost sat on the ground.
Seeing this, Meng Jinhuai, who was standing on the side, also lowered his head and smiled at the two of them. He didn't know how warm this unintentional act was in the eyes of others.
Duan Hengye, who was squatting on the ground, patted Dongfang You on the back lightly, and then slowly stood up. However, the little girl didn't feel that she almost knocked someone over. She pulled Duan Hengye's clothes, then raised her head and said excitedly, "Professor Duan, I miss you so much~"
After hearing this, Meng Jinhuai was also interested. He bent down slightly and asked, "Oh, what about me?"
It is no exaggeration to say that Meng Jinhuai really grew up watching the little girl in front of him. Although he was a serious military marshal in front of most people, Meng Jinhuai always calmed down a little after meeting the only daughter of this confidant's subordinate - especially now that Duan Hengye was also here.
Hearing Meng Jinhuai's question, the little girl smiled a little embarrassedly and then said, "I miss the marshal too! I watched the video on Xing.com, it's super handsome~ When I grow up, I will also learn how to use armor, and then act as a A person like Sister Xinlan!"
Duan Hengye was amused by her words, and then the Marshal saw his spouse lowered his head in a rare manner and asked, "Why not like Admiral Dongfang?"
Duan Hengye was teasing the child. Meng Jinhuai wouldn't find it strange if this behavior was on anyone present, but... The person who said this was Duan Hengye. Unable to help, the Marshal's look at Duan Hengye suddenly became a little complicated.
It is gentle, but also seems to have a touch of unexplainable sadness.
But Duan Hengye, who had his back turned to him, didn't notice this. The little girl pouted and said to Duan Hengye, "No, my father has short hair and is not pretty. Sister Yu Xinlan is pretty~"
Just as several people were talking, Yu Xinlan also walked nearby. She has a very bright personality and has always gotten along well with the oriental girl. So after hearing what the other party said, Yu Xinlan, who was standing behind Meng Jinhuai, smiled and made a "come here" gesture to Dongfang You.
Meng Jinhuai also saw Yu Xinlan, then walked over and touched the top of Dongfang You's head lightly and said, "Go to Yu Xinlan first."
"Ah~" The little girl was really reluctant to bear Duan Hengye, but she was still a little afraid of the elder Meng Jinhuai. So after hesitating for a while, Dongfang You reluctantly let go of Duan Hengye's clothes.
The accident happened at this time.
The moment Dongfang You let go, Duan Hengye suddenly felt a tingling pain in his chest. It was like being cut open by someone with a sharp blade, and even breathing became a problem in an instant.
The banquet hall was originally very noisy, but when the pain hit, there was also a buzzing sound in Duan Hengye's ear. In an instant, all the music and noise in the hall left him.
This feeling was too familiar. Almost as soon as the pain in his chest hit, Duan Hengye realized that he was poisoned again—in Nan Zhuxing's military banquet hall, in front of hundreds of people.
According to LDK-300, the cloned drug will be delivered in two days. I didn't expect that the time of the poisoning this time was in time for the delivery of the drug.
Duan Hengye couldn't help but cursed in his heart, and then worked very hard to stabilize his body. At this moment, he was not actually afraid of the pain when the poison erupted, but was afraid of exposing his embarrassed side to the entire interstellar.
"Professor Duan, Professor Duan?" Duan Hengye lowered his head, Dongfang You noticed his suddenly pale face, and then called out nervously.
Meng Jinhuai, who was standing beside Duan Hengye, also noticed his abnormality. The Marshal immediately stretched out his arm and took Duan Hengye into his arms, and then called the other party's name very nervously.
Although his back was facing Duan Hengye, after seeing Meng Jinhuai's actions, Yu Xinlan who was not far away also walked over quickly. She didn't figure out what was going on, but she still spliced her intuition and quickly took Dongfang You aside.
"Sister Xinlan, Professor Duan looks so scared... Is he sick?" The child was suddenly frightened by Duan Hengye's appearance.
Yu Xinlan glanced at Duan Hengye, and finally realized what happened to the other party. She patted Dongfang You on the back and comforted: "It's okay, the Marshal will take care of him."
I don't know if it was because of a second attack or because I didn't have painkillers with me. Duan Hengye always felt that the pain this time was more intense and unbearable than the last time. When Meng Jinhuai reached out and hugged him, Duan Hengye couldn't help shaking and bumping his teeth. He slowly stretched out his hand and tightly grasped the other's hand on his shoulder, and then after a long period of steady breathing, he said tremblingly: "Take... I leave... "
Even Duan Hengye felt like his tongue was about to tie in a knot when he spoke, and he didn't know if Meng Jinhuai heard it clearly. It's just that he really didn't have the strength to open his mouth twice, and now the pain has spread to Duan Hengye's legs. His knees softened, and he almost fell to his knees on the ground.
"Don't be afraid." Duan Hengye heard these two words in a trance. Due to the confusion in his thinking, he couldn't tell for a while whether the voice came from the people around him or an hallucination he had produced.
Despite this, Duan Hengye still insisted, "En." for a moment.
Then, at the moment when Duan Hengye was about to fall, he suddenly felt that his perspective had changed. It turned out that at this moment, the Marshal suddenly bent down and picked him up.
Finally, Duan Hengye's hand fell gently because it lost its support. Little did he know how many people present was frightened by the appearance of this wrist falling weakly. The hall was silent, and all the sounds stopped.
Under the gaze of countless eyes, Meng Jinhuai carried Duan Hengye and walked quickly through the entire hall, then disappeared into the depths of the banquet hall.