Duan Hengye thought that when he spoke to Meng Jinhuai just now, he was very serious. But after seeing the other party's reaction, he had the illusion that Meng Jinhuai was teasing the child now. But even though he thought so in his heart, Duan Hengye, who had been admitting that he was wrong, still swallowed what he wanted to say.
Forget it, let's talk about it another day.
After seeing Duan Hengye's current appearance, Meng Jinhuai smiled and shook his head and said, "Okay, let's go back to the starship to rest for a while, and we will return when the weather conditions are good."
Although the starship was fully capable of withstanding the biggest storm on the flying star, according to the rules of interstellar navigation, they still needed to continue to wait on this planet.
After speaking, Meng Jinhuai first turned around and walked forward. Looking at his back, Duan Hengye suddenly had a strange thought in his heart - does Meng Jinhuai really want to divorce him now
However, at the same time that this thought appeared, a word flashed in Duan Hengye's mind - that was "Zuo".
Duan Hengye, who was walking towards the starship, never thought that one day he would use the word "zuo" to describe himself. Involuntarily, some goose bumps appeared on Professor Duan's arm. He threw away the strange thoughts just now and hurriedly followed behind Meng Jinhuai again.
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The people of Emperor Ye Tian had always had 100% trust in Duan Hengye, but after the news of the successful first test flight of the mecha "Nan Zhu" came out, the empire was still lively for a while.
This news finally dilutes the panic caused by the An Luo attack. For a time, the entire empire was full of discussions related to this new mecha.
And in this same atmosphere, although the investigation of the An Luo incident was still going on, the students could finally leave Duguangxing.
In the interstellar era, each planet's speed and revolution period are different. So there are as many different "years" as there are habitable planets now. In fact, when Duan Hengye first entered this book, he discovered that in this world, the "anniversary" commemorative festivals are all calculated according to the natural year of the capital star of the country where they are located. The festivals formulated with reference to the astronomical calendar are almost completely absent.
Although Duan Hengye is not a person who likes to be lively, nor is he keen on various anniversaries and holidays. But after learning that the concept of "New Year" does not exist in this world, Duan Hengye was a little disappointed.
But despite this, there is still a very important grand festival in Interstellar, regardless of nationality and country - that is "Interstellar Day". This festival mainly celebrates the era of interstellar discovery, which is long gone. During the festival, the entire interstellar will enter a state of public holiday.
In the seven days before and after Interstellar Day, not only schools and companies began to take vacations, but even research institutes entered vacation mode. Although everyone usually lives on the planet where the research institute is located, just like Duan Hengye's own ID is marked with "Nan Zhuxing", the staff of the research institute also come from different planets in the empire.
After the holiday starts, except for the staff on duty, everyone else will leave the institute and go to their original homes.
Due to the lack of deep understanding of the local customs and customs after crossing over, the entire research institute began to be busy because of it. Duan Hengye finally reacted, and he ushered in the biggest festival in the universe.
Due to its special nature, the Ministry of the Army will not have holidays like other institutions. But with the approach of Interstellar Day, the festive atmosphere here has gradually become stronger.
For example, the Marshal's Mansion residential area, which is dominated by beige tones, has also become very fancy overnight. Because "Interstellar Day" commemorates the era of interstellar discovery, star elements are also filled with this entire festival.
After getting up, Duan Hengye originally wanted to go to the study to continue working. But as soon as he opened the door, he found that the entire corridor was covered with fine silver diamonds.
It was only now that Duan Hengye knew that the ceiling of the corridor of the Marshal's Mansion could also be adjusted. Duan Hengye slowly closed the bedroom door, then turned around and looked up at the ceiling.
At this time, the ceiling was blue in different shades, and even a little purple was mixed in, just like the sky at the junction of day and night. Under the blue-purple ceiling, there are countless fine diamonds that are trembling slightly.
Duan Hengye found that these silver diamonds suspended in the air would move with the airflow, just like duckweed on water. Involuntarily, Duan Hengye even slowed down the rhythm of his breathing, so as not to disturb the "stars" in the corridor.
But perhaps because of standing here for a long time, there were still fine diamonds slowly falling down from the corridor, and then lay on top of Duan Hengye's soft hair and thick eyelashes.
When Meng Jinhuai came, he saw such a scene.
Duan Hengye was wearing a gray sweater and was looking up at the interstellar sun decoration on the corridor. A fine silver diamond fell from the top of the head, and then fell on Duan Hengye's face. As the well-known "Flower of the High Ridge" in the interstellar, Duan Hengye's usual temperament is a little cold. But now he was as if the ice had turned into fine snow again, soft and outrageous.
Meng Jinhuai didn't want to disturb Duan Hengye, but Duan Hengye's perception of the surrounding environment was too obvious. Almost as soon as Meng Jinhuai appeared at the end of the corridor, he turned around.
"Good morning." Duan Hengye said.
Meng Jinhuai rarely wore a military uniform this morning. Against the background of stars and snow, both he and the coffee-colored sweater on his body made Duan Hengye feel warm. After hearing Duan Hengye's words, Meng Jinhuai also said to him, "Good morning." Then he walked to Duan Hengye's side.
After seeing Meng Jinhuai's appearance, Duan Hengye originally wanted to ask him why he didn't go to the military headquarters today, if he was also on vacation. Before he could say the words, Duan Hengye suddenly thought that "Interstellar Day-related activities" was written on his schedule today. In this way, this event should be with Meng Jinhuai.
Sure enough, Meng Jinhuai said to Duan Hengye after he came over, "It will be an interstellar day event, which may take up your morning. Are you busy today?"
In the past few days, there were only a few small experiments left in the test flight. Generally speaking, the entire research institute was in a relatively leisurely state, and Duan Hengye was the same. After hearing Meng Jinhuai's words, Duan Hengye shook his head and said, "I'm not busy." Then he asked, "Where are you going to participate in the event now?"
Meng Jinhuai shook his head and said, "Just here, just take a photo."
After hearing Meng Jinhuai's words, Duan Hengye finally remembered. Every interstellar day, the upper echelons of the empire would photograph something like the "New Year's Illustrated" of the Earth Age, and attach their own blessings. On Interstellar Day last year, the original owner took a photo with Meng Jinhuai. It turns out that this is the Interstellar Day event that Meng Jinhuai said...
The living area of the Marshal's Mansion is huge, and the two of them walked downstairs as they spoke. No one lives here, and Duan Hengye hasn't even been here a few times. And when he got to this floor, he discovered that for this Interstellar Day event, even this place where no one would normally come has been redecorated.
Duan Hengye remembered that the original owner and Meng Jinhuai took the photo at the entrance of the banquet hall of the Marshal's Mansion last year. And this year, it looks like... it seems to be shooting inside the residential area.
Sure enough, just after Duan Hengye and Meng Jinhuai went downstairs, several staff members walked towards them. Because he often participated in banquets and other public events after entering "Dumping the Stars", Duan Hengye was already very familiar with these styling staff.
After they came, they greeted the two of them first, and then Duan Hengye was taken to a locker room on this floor.
After entering the door, Duan Hengye saw an off-white shirt hanging alone in the center of the locker room. Nan Zhuxing's staff has always been very professional, but after Duan Hengye saw this shirt, he couldn't help but turn around and glanced back to confirm with them, "...this dress?"
Seeing Duan Hengye asking, a very familiar staff member nodded and said, "Yes, Professor Duan, you just need to change this shirt today." Although there are many well-designed trousers in the wardrobe, but Duan Hengye accepted his incompetence a little, so he still wore a pair of ordinary black trousers when he went out this morning.
But the trousers aren't the point, the point is the shirt - it's so different from last year's outfit.
During the shooting last year, the original owner wore a very formal suit. The temperature of Nan Zhuxing was not high, but he was sweating a little during the shooting. This year, the most formal suit disappeared, and an off-white shirt was hung here alone.
Especially after approaching, Duan Hengye also saw that this shirt should be made of satin.
Although he had doubts about clothes in his heart, Duan Hengye never cared much about what to wear. So when he looked at the staff again with doubtful eyes, and got a positive nod from the other party, Duan Hengye went into the interior of the lounge and changed his clothes.
After wearing it, Duan Hengye found that the tailoring of this shirt was very retro. In his view, the clothes are very similar to the retro attire of a certain era in the western countries of the earth. However, compared to the portraits left over at that time, it can be a little more concise.
After Duan Hengye changed his clothes, the robot took out another box. After opening the lid, Duan Hengye found that there was a silver brooch with some long fringes lying quietly in the box. Compared with the previous gems, this brooch is really simple and elegant.
Because the costumes for today's shooting were too simple, after the staff finished arranging Duan Hengye's hairstyle, he walked out of the room.
As soon as Duan Hengye went out, he saw that Meng Jinhuai was standing in the corridor earlier than himself.
Just like he no longer wears formal clothes, Meng Jinhuai today is not wearing a black military uniform like last year. As a military marshal, Meng Jinhuai always combs his hair neatly behind his head and exposes his forehead whenever he appears in public.
But today is different. His hairstyle is very natural, and his forehead is partially covered by bangs. Coupled with the light gray cotton shirt he was wearing, Duan Hengye was unable to connect Meng Jinhuai with the former military marshal.
After seeing Meng Jinhuai, Duan Hengye couldn't help but froze for a moment. It was not until Meng Jinhuai came to him that he finally realized that he had to go to work.
Now Duan Hengye has gradually adapted to his status as a "public figure". In the past year or so, he has also participated in many activities and has become a frequent visitor to the media. However, unlike those live news shootings, today was the first time Duan Hengye went to take pictures.
The pictures that will be released on Interstellar Day are still photos, so the overall shooting process is not much different from the Earth era. Now the entire floor has been plunged into silver and white, but within a few minutes, the tips of Duan Hengye and Meng Jinhuai's hair and eyelashes were covered with fine diamonds just like before...
Although the overall shooting process is similar to that of Earth, because the shooting equipment is more advanced and no lighting is required, the entire shooting took only ten minutes to end. Different from the embarrassing picture Duan Hengye imagined, the whole process was very natural. But despite this, Duan Hengye couldn't help breathing a sigh of relief after hearing the staff say the shooting was over.
Then Duan Hengye, who found out that there were fine diamonds falling off his shoulders during the shooting, finally couldn't help being curious. He stretched out his hand and rubbed off the fine diamonds accumulated in the folds of his shirt's shoulders, and then rubbed it with his fingers.
What is this thing? After Duan Hengye felt the cold touch between his fingers, he searched for the answer in the original owner's memory. But it is a pity that the original owner has never had an interstellar day since the experimental accident when he was a child. So from his memory, Duan Hengye naturally couldn't find the answer Duan Hengye wanted.
Meng Jinhuai seemed to see what Duan Hengye was thinking, he stretched out his hand and slowly grabbed it from the air, then walked to Duan Hengye's side and said, "This is a kind of metal, which is different from some of the air in the air. After the substance reacts, it will automatically float to the top."
Hearing Meng Jinhuai's words, the surrounding staff who hadn't left for a while couldn't help being a little surprised, and then glanced here. After all, the decoration of this kind of fine metal diamonds is very common in the interstellar space. It is no exaggeration to say that they asked the answer from their parents as early as when they were in elementary school.
Unexpectedly, Professor Duan, who seems to be omnipotent and omnipotent, does not know this metal
Duan Hengye also saw the surprised expression of the staff, and then he immediately reacted, as if he had accidentally exposed the fact that he had no common sense...
"Is that so?" He gently loosened his fingers, and then saw that the silver-white fine diamonds had indeed floated to the place close to the roof again. Even though Duan Hengye told himself in his heart that he couldn't do anything that he didn't know by looking at it. But just as the fine drill floated upwards, he couldn't help but reveal a bit of surprise in his eyes.
Meng Jinhuai, who was standing aside, remembered something.
When Duan Hengye's parents died outside the experiment, he was just a child. Now that so many years have passed, Duan Hengye may have long forgotten the lively atmosphere of "Interstellar Day".
So Meng Jinhuai, who originally wanted to ask Duan Hengye if he was going to work next, suddenly changed his mind. He walked over to Duan Hengye and asked, "Can you lend me the afternoon?"
"Huh?" After hearing Meng Jinhuai's question, Duan Hengye didn't understand what it meant to lend him time. However, Duan Hengye's work these days was relatively easy, so after hearing Meng Jinhuai's question, although he didn't know what the Marshal was going to do, he still nodded at the other party, and then said, "... Afternoon? ?good."
It was probably because the serious image of the marshal was too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so in Duan Hengye's expectation, Meng Jinhuai might use the afternoon to communicate with himself about the design of the new top-level mecha. It is also possible that something went wrong in the investigation of the An Luo incident, so you should consult with yourself about the situation at that time.
After the two boarded the hoverboard, Meng Jinhuai handed Duan Hengye a black coat, followed by a peaked cap of the same color. After seeing these things, Duan Hengye finally felt that something seemed a little wrong.
He put on his coat and asked, "Where are we going now?"
After hearing Duan Hengye's words, Meng Jinhuai glanced at the outline of the city that was gradually emerging not far from the suspension window, and then said to Duan Hengye very calmly, "It's a holiday."
went to the festival. These three words are really very simple, but when they came out of Meng Jinhuai's mouth, Duan Hengye had an extremely unreal feeling.
As a well-known workaholic in Interstellar, Meng Jinhuai actually said to himself that he would borrow an afternoon from himself for the festival
Although Duan Hengye really wanted to ask Meng Jinhuai if he was joking, or if he was dreaming now. But reason still told Duan Hengye to take those questions back. He glanced at Meng Jinhuai and asked, "Then, is it just the two of us?"
"That's right." Meng Jinhuai looked right.
Wait... After seeing Meng Jinhuai's performance, Duan Hengye realized that he had asked the wrong question. He didn't want to hear whether Meng Jinhuai was the only two of them to celebrate the festival, but wanted to ask if there were any security personnel accompanying him.
"What about security?" he finally added.
In fact, if it was put in the past, Duan Hengye would never have thought of any security issues. But who said that in just a few months, he has experienced two consecutive attacks, so now the security issue has become a very concerned thing for Duan Hengye.
Although Duan Hengye understood that no one should know about this event on a whim in advance, but the person beside him was Meng Jinhuai. The marshal has a special status, and he must pay more attention to safety than himself.
After hearing Duan Hengye's words, Meng Jinhuai smiled at him very relaxedly and casually, and then said, "Don't worry, we are now in Nanzhuxing."
After finishing speaking, the levitator slowly approached a huge silver building with more than 300 floors, and then passed through the door of the indoor parking lot at the middle of the building.
The moment he entered the door, Meng Jinhuai said to Duan Hengye, "This is the largest city in Nanzhuxing, and it is also a planet directly under the military." As soon as his voice fell, the hoverer stopped steadily. position. Then the hatch door opened, and Meng Jinhuai also put on his hat and walked off.
Looking at Duan Hengye who was still holding the hat in his hand, Meng Jinhuai said to him half-jokingly, "Don't you wear a hat? Nan Zhuxing's security is no problem, but if you go out without a hat, It's still dangerous."
After listening to Meng Jinhuai's words, Duan Hengye finally put on a peaked cap and walked down from the silver suspension just like him. In front of the levitator is an elevator-like device that allows you to walk inside the building.
After accepting that he was going to appear in public with Meng Jinhuai, Duan Hengye finally asked a question he should have asked earlier. As he followed Meng Jinhuai to the "elevator", he asked, "What are we going to do after a while?"
Probably because what has been exposed can no longer be exposed, Duan Hengye also does not want to hide the fact that he lacks common sense in front of Meng Jinhuai. As a newcomer in the interstellar era, he really doesn't know how to celebrate the interstellar day in this era.
Sure enough, Meng Jinhuai was not surprised at all after hearing Duan Hengye's question.
"Many planets will hold carnivals during this holiday, but due to the special nature of Nanzhuxing, similar carnivals will not be held here. But compared to usual, when it comes to Interstellar Day, the mall will still be more than usual. It's a lot more lively." Meng Jinhuai introduced.
Just as he was talking, the log-colored door in front of him opened, and an extremely loud voice came through Duan Hengye's ear. After taking a look, he found that he was already standing in the shopping mall at this time.
Although Duan Hengye in the previous life was an otaku, because he liked to watch movies, he still went to shopping malls and other places more often. Perhaps it has something to do with the setting of the novel. Although this huge building looks very technological from the outside, the inside is not much different from the shopping mall in the earth period.
Duan Hengye kept pressing down on the brim of his hat. Although the environment was very noisy, his mood inexplicably cheered up along with the crowd.
At this moment, Meng Jinhuai directly pulled Duan Hengye's hand up, and then he leaned closer and said, "Let's go, let's go to the movies."
In fact, Duan Hengye was already used to holding hands with Meng Jinhuai from time to time, but when he thought that this was a shopping mall, he was still reflexively nervous. However, after seeing from the corner of his eye that the people around him were not paying attention to him at all, Duan Hengye realized that he was in the interstellar era now, and they would not be scrutinized by others when they held hands in the mall like Earth.
"Okay." In the crowded crowd during the holidays, Duan Hengye gently shook Meng Jinhuai back, his tone rose with a faint smile that could not be ignored.