The rooms on the cruise ship are divided into five grades, first class, first class, second class, third class and standard rooms. Standard rooms are similar to ordinary hotel rooms, with two beds and independent bathrooms. I lived in a standard room and lived with a man who took off his shoes, pulled off his socks, and exposed a strong athlete's foot odor... For the first time after living for so long, Ryan couldn't help but want to hit someone. It was the time when he returned to the Gamma military base after his vacation and was about to report on the Xingtian ship. He bought the ticket late and could only buy a standard room. Living with other people was really not a pleasant experience.
Naturally, the environment of the first-class cabin is not comparable to that of the standard rooms. There is a fresh fragrance of forest trees in the corridor, delicate flowers and trees are placed against the walls, and the curtains are gently drawn on both sides of the clean and bright windows. Under the light, the texture of gauze The drapery is as smooth as water. Outside the window is the vast and mysterious universe, no matter where you go, you will have the most beautiful cosmic scenery.
Ryan and Auston's room is No. A16, and when they were about to arrive under the guidance of the waiter, there was a shout from behind, "Lane."
The voice was very familiar, Ryan frowned slightly, and turned around to look at Graydon Stark who had an intersection with Qinglong First Star in the Great Wall star field. On Qinglong First Star, the four of them visited most of the Qin Feng Anderson Museum, and exchanged names when they left. The brown-haired husband was Graydon Stark, and his wife was Herman Farland. When they met, Heman had a not-so-small swaddle in his arms, and inside the swaddle was a chubby and cute little doll.
The powerful genes of the Stark family are passed down from generation to generation. One can tell from the child who has just reached the full moon, and he will definitely be a white and fat boy, young man, middle-aged...
"Haha, I didn't expect to see you here." Graydon waved to Ryan and Oston from a long distance, trotted closer and said happily, "You guys are traveling... well, I'm talking nonsense , Those who ride the cruise ship Shakespeare must be traveling. Come, come, let me introduce you, a new member of our family."
Graydon turned around, and Herman Fran, who looked very similar to him, came with the child in his arms, and greeted Ryan and Auston with a smile, "Hello, we meet again. When we met last time, we said goodbye The three of us have been traveling for a few months, and that’s it now! My baby and Graydon’s name will be picked up when we go back, and now it’s baby, baby’s name.”
The baby who was just full moon in the swaddling womb looks like a dough ball, and weighs at least twelve or three catties when held in the arms, which is much bigger than a child of the same age. You can't tell who she looks like, but she looks cute with her eyes closed and sleeping soundly.
"I can hold..." Oston shook his head as soon as the words came out, then retracted, "I've never held a baby before."
"Hug, our baby is very good, everyone has their first time, how will you know if you don't try it, don't be in a hurry or you will be yourself." Herman walked a few steps closer to Auston, motioning for him to take the baby , "I'll give you a hug to get pregnant."
After a little hesitation, Auston stretched out his hand, and took the baby from Herman's hand. The baby weighing more than ten kilograms was still a small baby, soft and fragrant. Auston didn't know how to place the two arms at all. , for fear of hurting the child, his heart skipped a beat when he saw the baby's tender mouth squirm, for fear that his stiff movements would make the little one feel uncomfortable.
"Your posture is pretty standard, it's better if your body is softer." Herman corrected Oston's movements and shook his sore and tired arms, grinning in distaste for the sweet burden, "Baby is too It’s heavy, and it’s unbearable to hold it for a while with one arm.”
Graydon immediately went forward to rub his arms and hands for his lover, "Give it to me when you're tired."
Herman glared at Graydon angrily, "Then you let the nanny robot bring it."
Graydon sneered, raised his hand and swore, "It will definitely not be like this next time."
Oston, who was holding the baby, opened his mouth several times to ask Herman to take the baby, but Herman and Graydon were so focused on talking that they almost forgot that there was a baby in someone else's hands. For the first time, he felt what it means to cry no tears. Looking at Ryan for help, Ryan yearned for help, "I have never held a child." Never, not once.
He reached out to support the child's head, so that Auston would not have to worry so much when holding it.
Alston pursed his lips and chuckled, "It turns out that there are some of you who can't."
Ryan said: "I don't know a lot." He leaned into Auston's ear and whispered, "I won't have children, but I will definitely learn how to take care of them."
A look of shy anticipation quickly flashed across Auston's face, "Yes."
Herman and Graydon finally realized that they still have a son. Graydon hastily took the child from Auston's arms in embarrassment. The little guy flattened his mouth, as if aggrieved to accuse the two irresponsible fathers .
As the first star of a star field, Newnes has the best fetus raising base in the Storm Star Field, and Starkoff chose to go there to conceive his child. After a citizen is pregnant, he must register with the local government's livelihood department, and he can choose where the fetus is conceived. The government has subsidies, reimburses round-trip travel expenses, normal accommodation and food consumption during the period, and so on.
Anyway, all expenses are reimbursed by the government, so many couples will choose the first star with the best conditions. Stark and the others are no exception. They wait for their child to be born in the breeding base. After giving birth, they learn how to raise a child under the guidance of doctors and nurses at the base. After the child is full moon, they can go home after confirming that all physiological indexes are normal. up.
"Our home is in Bayland, which is the middle stop of this itinerary. The cruise ship is slow and the environment is good. We will take this to go home and travel along the way. We live on A17, how about you?" Graydon asked.
Ryan said, "Coincidentally, we are A16."
"Haha, that's great, it's right next door, if there's any event, let's do it together, it's fun to play with people you know."
Lane and Auston readily agreed.
After walking through a few more rooms, we arrived at A16, temporarily separated from Stark who was about to go on, Ryan opened the door with his personal terminal, the door had just been pushed open, and Dafu, who had already walked impatiently, thumped Wing rushed in first, and after a while, there was a surprised "Wow", with doubts and surprises in the voice. Ryan and Auston glanced at each other, then walked in, and were stunned by the rose petals everywhere. The ground, sofa, and bed were sprinkled with romantic red roses as far as they could see.
The waiter who came in with them bowed and saluted and said with a smile: "Welcome to the Romantic House. I am your room service Martin. Guests can find me if they need anything. I am always on call. I wish you all the best." A wonderful trip!"
"Thank you." Ryan glanced around. There were too many rose petals, and he almost couldn't get off his feet. "Can the petals be cleaned?"
"Sir, only some of the petals in the room are real, and most of them are made with the latest holographic projection technology, just turn them off." Martin explained how to use them in detail, "Do you have any instructions, sir?"
Ryan, "No, thank you."
"Sir, you can find me whenever you need it. Just click on the personal terminal and I will be there." Every muscle on Martin's face moved in an almost perfect arc, and the smile reflected definitely made people feel comfortable and satisfied, but The smile didn't reach his eyes, to put it bluntly, it was just a mask at work.
Auston's eyes flickered, and he turned his head to look out the window. He was so familiar with this kind of smile. Before he met Ryan, he smiled like this in almost all public places, and it was very tiring to keep smiling.
"Okay, we'll call you if you need anything." Ryan let Martin go after the room service left. He didn't turn off the holographic projection immediately after the room service left, but changed the playback mode so that the naked eyes could hardly tell the truth from the fake. The petals of the flowers float up, forming the effect of falling flowers, and the falling flowers are colorful.
Hugging Auston from behind, the two enjoyed a romantic atmosphere in the sea of flowers. Dafu in front of them blinked his eyes curiously at the flowers, and stretched out his paws to grab them from time to time, but the target he liked was always In vain, it retracted its paws in doubt and licked it, as if wondering why these flowers could not be touched.
There are very few real flower petals in the whole room. A garland on the bed and scattered petals on the sofa are very easy to take care of, just start the cleaning robot in the room. For the time being, I didn't care about this. After turning off the holographic projection, Ryan and Oston stood in front of the window, standing side by side. While they were watching, a frigate passed by and flew to the designated flight location diagonally above. This proves that everyone Already boarded, the Shakespeare is ready to sail.
They will arrive at the first port of call Red Star after one night to enjoy the scenery there. Before arriving, they had to spend one night, one morning, and two meals. Ryan read the introduction of the Shakespeare and learned that the cruise ship has three restaurants, and the group of any size reported can go to any restaurant for dinner.
At meal time, the door of A16 was knocked open, and the white and fat Starkoff appeared at the door. The child was handed over to the nanny robot to take care of him, and he didn't take it with him when he was eating.
"Hi, let's go to dinner." Graydon and his lover Herman showed enthusiastic smiles. They changed into white T-shirts, floral pants, and large floral jackets, as if they were going to a tropical beach to watch the sea.
In contrast, Ryan and Auston have not changed in any way, wearing casual clothes with white top and black bottom, they look more like people sitting in a cafe to spend their leisure time.
"Wait a little bit." Ryan who opened the door said, turned around, and came back within a minute, "Pour some dry food for Dafu." This thing can be done in the past, but I don't know why Dafu just doesn't like cold robots Touch your own food and would rather starve to death than eat.
Ryan closed the door with his backhand, and a group of four went to the restaurant on the ship. There are already many people sitting in the restaurant. The buffet mode allows you to choose food at will, and there are also meals made by the chef on the spot, such as steaks fried on the iron plate, roast chickens rotating on the charcoal fire, and fish in the stew pot with the color of the sauce. , All kinds of drinks that are freshly prepared... Shortly after sitting down at the table, the waiter came up to serve and asked what to eat, and they could bring it.
"We do it ourselves," Lane said.
Waiter, "Good sir. If you need anything, please ask."
Ryan nodded and looked at Starkoff, "What about you?"
"Let's sit down for a while and talk about it later."
"Okay." Ryan stood up, and Auston went to get food. There are not many people like them who take the food by themselves, most of them enjoy the meticulous service of the waiters, and a few bad people even direct the waiters around, go to the fruit area in the east to get the most popular fruits, go to the most The staple food area in the west takes the softest bread, and laughs when the waiter is sweating profusely.
Oston frowned slightly, and couldn't understand this kind of behavior of not treating others as human beings, but the social atmosphere is such that people with money, power and status can easily dispatch employees, belittle ordinary people, and describe The relevant history of this book is far away. At that time, under the great emperor's strategy of governing the country, the social atmosphere was clean, vigorous, positive, equal and friendly, but now... it has to be said that it is a retrogression of history.
He sighed insignificantly, "The situation in Capital Star is even more serious." That is the political and cultural center of the empire, with countless powerful and powerful people, and even more serious hierarchical divisions.
Ryan's eyes darkened, "When I was in college, I was often bullied because I came from a remote star field and was a farmer's son." This is the case in the ivory tower, let alone outside, the whole country is full of power Monopoly, resource inclination, continuous hard work and slow promotion, only with the backing of powerful people can they display their talents.
During his political career, Qin Feng continued to break down the solidification of classes and weaken the influence of power on politics. He had made some achievements at the time of his death. If he hadn't died and continued to implement policies with strong means, he might have succeeded completely. After hundreds of years, some of the results achieved have all been in vain. The upper echelon of the empire shouted "freedom, equality, and friendship" proposed by Qin Feng Anderson. It has to be said to be a huge irony when compared with the reality.
Auston shook his head helplessly, "Now, only the situation in the military is slightly better."
"Sir, your ice orange and snow drink is ready." The voice of the bartender came.
Ryan and Alston looked at the past at the same time. Two glasses of wine had been prepared. The concentrate made of the freshly squeezed orange juice on the upper layer gradually merged with the clear wine on the lower layer. There was a light layer of water mist, and the hands felt slightly cool. The mouth of the cup is decorated with a piece of emerald green lemon leaf, which makes the wine look very good overall. Oston ordered two glasses when he saw someone else ordered it. not drunk.
"It's not good to drink on an empty stomach." Seeing mushroom pasta, beef tomato sauce noodles, etc. not far away, Ryan patted Auston's hand and said, "I'll get some noodles, and I'll be here soon. "
Alston nodded, and he was sitting at the bar watching their two glasses of wine.
Without Ryan by his side, the surrounding environment became dull. Auston stared at the iced orange drink with some boredom. The beautiful sweet orange color seemed to be attractive. He was so excited that he picked up the cup and took a sip After taking a sip, the concentrated fruit juice he ate first had a sweet and greasy aroma. He frowned. He didn't like such a sweet one, but he ordered everything. He continued to drink with the principle of not wasting, and the taste became clearer and clearer afterward. Sweet, when it comes to the ice wine, it is as refreshing as mint, and the aftertaste is a little spicy after drinking.
Before he knew it, Alston drank a glass of wine.
"Sir, do you think the iced orange drink tastes good?" the bartender strikes up a conversation, and he gets a commission for every glass of wine sold.
"The flavors are good and the layers are rich," says Alston.
"Snow wine can be used as a base wine to make several delicious fruity cocktails. Would you like to try it, sir?" The bartender smiled flatteringly, and he pointed to a place not far away where someone was drinking a glass of wine. A red cocktail, "That's ice berry ice drink, with a slightly different taste, would you like a drink, sir?"
A strawberry-flavored cocktail
Auston was a little moved, he nodded, "Have a drink."
The bartender responded briskly, and took out five or six fresh and tender strawberries from the refrigerator, cut one into small pieces for later use, and made the rest into fruit pulp, filtered out the pomace to obtain thick juice. Ice wine is used as the base wine, and two or three other wines are added to mix together to present a rich and varied taste. Finally, strawberry fruit is put into the wine, covered with concentrated strawberry juice, and decorated with a mint leaf A glass of ice berry snow drink with a romantic color appeared in front of Oston.
"Thank you."
This time, Alston did not finish drinking it quickly, but tasted it slowly to appreciate the layers in the cocktail. The aftertaste is thick, sweet, refreshing and slightly spicy. After the aftertaste, a faint fruity aroma will remain in the mouth.
The bartender blinked and said mysteriously: "It is said that after drinking this series of cocktails, kissing someone is a different experience."
Auston glanced at the bartender, his face was expressionless, his aura of staying in a high position for a long time was unrestrained, and he was awe-inspiring. The bartender subconsciously felt a chill on his back, and a strong sense of fear was brewing in his mind, his face suddenly changed with fright, and he dared not say a word.
Alston drank the remaining drink in the glass and said in a cold voice, "One more glass."
The bartender nodded like a chick pecking at rice, and when he opened the refrigerator with his head down, he found that the customer didn't say which one he wanted. He took two deep breaths, and after some mental training, he bit the bullet and asked: "Guest, What flavor do you want?"
"Orange." Alston cherished words like gold.
"Hey." The bartender quickly buried his head, pretending that he was very busy and stopped talking, quickly finished the iced orange drink that the guest asked for, and respectfully delivered it to the guest. Let's talk again, when I don't exist, it's too scary for this guest not to smile.
When Ryan came back with hot noodles in mushroom sauce and fried rice with diced meat, he saw Oston sitting at the bar with a blank expression, staring at two glasses of wine in a daze. He pulled a high chair and sat down, and asked softly, "Are you hungry?"
Auston turned his head to look at Ryan with a blank expression, with grievances in his black eyes, "You have been away for a long time."
"Sorry for keeping you waiting." Ryan held Oston's hand and found that the palm was a little hot. "Drinking on an empty stomach?"
"No!" Alston's eyes wandered for a moment, like a child who refused to admit what he had done, and the adult subconsciously denied it when he asked.
Ryan couldn't help laughing, looked at the bartender who was pretending to be busy, and asked softly, "How many drinks?"
The bartender felt a numbness in the top of his head. He knew in his heart that this question was aimed at him. He raised his head cautiously and saw a pair of terrifying eyes. The flattering smile on his face froze. He replied dully: " Two cups." Hastily added, "The one on the table is this gentleman's third cup."
"Um."
Ryan withdrew his gaze and looked at Oston, whose eyes were a little dull and expressionless, feeling helpless, Oston didn't know how to drink. The two have been together for so long, and most of the time they live on the Xingtian ship. Drinking alcohol is not allowed on the ship, unless it is some fruit wine with almost no strength, and it has to be checked before it can be brought on the ship. Bringing alcoholic beverages on board without permission will be severely punished. After returning to Plantation Star, I had a drink or two, a very low-alcohol self-brewed wine. Auston was a man of restraint and self-discipline, just took a sip or two. I have never seen Auston drunk.
Ryan picked up the wine glass and took a breath, his eyebrows moved slightly, "This is not ice wine!" Ice wine is the most common drink in the Storm Star Region. Brewed from a flower on the ice field, it has a unique flavor and is often mixed with other wines... He ignored it, why didn't he think that the cocktail is a mixed wine.
The bartender at the bar heard that Ryan's voice was wrong, and immediately squatted down in fear, holding his head and muttering, "Please forgive me, please forgive me... This is a low-alcohol cocktail..."
Ryan: "... Don't be afraid, I don't mean to embarrass you." He has drank and confirmed that the wine is low-alcohol, but Oston's drinking capacity is really bad.
"Oh." The bartender breathed a sigh of relief, but he no longer dared to stand here to serve Alston and Ryan. He would rather be seen absent from work by the foreman.
Alston was drunk, his head was a little empty, and he did whatever he wanted. In fact, he doesn't like to laugh. For a long time, he has been wearing a smile that doesn't come from the heart, which makes him resist from the inside of his mouth. The tiredness in the bottom of his heart emerges, making him not want to move. Now he clearly understands that he is not alone, there is Ryan, the family of Planting Star, and more importantly, Ryan tolerates his waywardness.
so tired.
He didn't want to wear a stylized smiley mask stiffly.
He wants to be willful for a while, he doesn't want to laugh anymore.
"Oston, if you drink alcohol on an empty stomach, your stomach will feel uncomfortable." Ryan brought the lighter fried rice with diced meat to Oston, took the spoon and handed it to Oston's hand and said softly: "We Get some food to fill your stomach."
Alston frowned, turned his head away, and told Ryan with his actions that he didn't want to eat.
"If you don't want to eat, how about some noodles?"
Auston frowned slightly, turned his head to look at Ryan, with grievances in his eyes, as if saying no to eat.
Ryan never let go of Orston's hand. This kind of Orston made him feel so distressed that he wanted to tease him. Restraining his inner thoughts, he asked softly, "What does Orston want to eat? Let's get it." .”
Alston tilted his head and thought for a while, then said hesitantly, "Then let's eat."
Ryan almost couldn't help laughing, put his fist to his mouth and coughed twice before saying, "Okay."
"I don't want to stay here." Alston frowned in disgust. He hated the noisy voices here, hated some people's ugly faces, hated... don't know what he hated, anyway, he wanted to leave.
Ryan obeyed him, just go back to the room and ask the room service Martin to bring the food. He turned on his personal terminal and sent a voice message to Graydon, telling him to go back first.
To go to the exit of the restaurant, you have to pass a small stage. Young people playing musical instruments on the stage are engaged in the performance. One of the violinists is probably on the stage for the first time. The tune was changed, and the piercing sound like a saw saw suddenly sounded, which caused dissatisfaction among many people.