Rong Duo swears that she really didn't mean it, but after Luo Ran came out of the office, Rong Duo couldn't help but glance at him.
The corners of Luo Ran's mouth and lips were torn, and the blush on her cheeks had not completely dissipated.
Ow.
Rong Duo quickly lowered his head and covered his face shyly.
Of course, Rong Duo thought very simply, the admiral must have kissed too hard!
Luo Ran strode to the bathroom to rinse his mouth, and then washed his face with clean water, not only to clean, but also to make himself more energy and focus, after all, today's workload is heavy.
call…
Luo Ran held the glazed sink in her hand and adjusted her breathing.
Lucas is also the person he likes. He is his alpha. He also spent a lot of effort to calm himself down and didn't continue to mess with Lucas.
The throat that had just been drained by the fluid seemed to be still a little hot, and the heat spread to the cheeks, neck, and limbs again.
Luo Ran turned on the faucet again and washed her face.
Luo Ran stood aside for quite a while.
He is now beginning to understand his parents and brother's concerns.
Indeed, there was no expectation in the past, just ordinary bosses and subordinates, Luo Ran will set a degree for himself.
He will not think too much, nor will he be attached to it.
But now...
How could it be like Lucas said, not to miss.
Luo Ran was just sitting on Lucas's lap, and was about to say, "Otherwise, don't go", and immediately felt annoyed and guilty after realizing this thought.
What he should do is to lighten the burden on Lucas, take care of the company and logistics for him, so that he has no worries, rather than become a burden to him.
Luo Ran took a deep breath, wiped her face, and tidied up her collar before going out.
…
The next morning, Luo Ran once again watched Lucas' tall figure get on the aircraft.
Lucas has been gone for four days. Except for the previous call before the battle, Lucas has no contact in the past four days. It is really difficult to think about the war.
In the past few days, the government's investigation has also made great progress.
His Royal Highness Zhou Mingyu, the eldest prince of the empire, had indeed embezzled funds from the military base of Abhara.
This time, Zhou Mingyu's image has completely collapsed.
Zhou Mingyu is delaying the trial time, but so far there is no other action except this, and Luo Ran is temporarily unable to figure out what the other party wants to do.
Luo Ran got the court to sign this day to confirm and guarantee the testimony of the military department.
When Luo Ran went, she met Zhou Mingkai. Zhou Mingkai was standing outside, leaning against the wall and looking very depressed.
Like a lost dog.
This is natural. First, the eldest brother that I admired suddenly became associated with these very bad things. Second, Lu Bei also resigned.
"His Royal Highness." Luo Ran stepped forward to say hello, "Why are you here?"
"Ah... I came to Lubei, and he accompanies Yuan Han to sign." Zhou Mingkai scratched the back of his head and said, "Isn't this, care about the former subordinates!"
"Yeah." Luo Ran nodded.
"But Secretary Luo, you..." Zhou Mingkai said, "You look so unhappy."
"Ah...?" Luo Ran said, "No."
"Yes." Zhou Mingkai grinned and said, "Are you thinking of the admiral?"
"How come, it's not the first time that the admiral has gone on an expedition." Luo Ran smiled and changed the subject: "His Royal Highness seems to be even more unhappy."
"Bah, I didn't." Zhou Mingkai opened his mouth and smiled: "No one cares about me when Lu Bei is gone, I'm so happy, haha."
Luo Ran: "..."
Luo Ran patted Zhou Mingkai on the shoulder.
Zhou Mingkai looked at Luo Ran and his reassuring gestures, then paused and praised.
"Woooooo..." Zhou Mingkai half squatted down, hugged his head and said, "I made an appointment with him before to go to the moon to participate in the Union Games, how has it become like this now? But he's avoiding me now."
"Who can think of my big brother... ah, I don't know if it's true, it's annoying."
Zhou Mingkai has been holding it back these days, but now he is comforted by Shang Luo Ran's warm voice, so he can't hold back the wailing. The scene of a tall alpha shouting with red eyes is very hot.
Luo Ran felt distressed and funny, crouched down and patted Zhou Mingkai on the shoulder.
"What kind of human suffering is this!" Zhou Mingkai exclaimed.
Luo Ran said with relief: "It's alright, there will be more after the games. You can talk to Mr. Lu again when this turmoil is over."
"No more." Zhou Mingkai said pitifully: "The sports meeting is held every five years. He doesn't talk to me anymore. Five years from now, I don't know if he will recognize me."
Luo Ran coaxed for a long time, and after returning home, she couldn't help but turned on the mirror function of the terminal and looked at her face.
Is it really bad...
Loran paused for a while, then took out the terminal and clicked Lucas' name.
- How is the general
Luo Ran finished typing a line and immediately deleted it.
Sitting at his desk, Luo Ran suddenly remembered what Zhou Mingkai said about the league games.
Every five years, the last time happened to be his second year as Lucas' secretary, but...
Luo Ran suddenly discovered a very terrifying thing, why did he have no impression
Logically speaking, the league games are a very big event, for example, there are advertisements everywhere.
Luo Ran frowned slightly and clicked on the terminal's historical usage record.
Luo Ran waited for the system to turn on its own for a long time, and finally launched the activity report from five years ago.
Luo Ran looked down slowly, and then systematically recorded his work records from January to March, but in April...
Blank.
Blank until December.
In January of the following year, the terminal resumed operation.
what happened
Luo Ran tried to use the front and back contact, but found that he had indeed lost the memory of these nine months, and the memory of the front and back was not clear.
Luo Ran frowned slightly.
This kind of feeling makes him very bad. He has lost too many memories, such as before being adopted, and this inexplicable nine months.
He was working as a secretary for Lucas at the moment, so Lorran decided to look for clues from Lucas.
Luo Ran sent a call request to Lu Cheng.
"Secretary Luo?" Lu Cheng's tough voice came from the other end of the phone.
"I want to ask you something."
"OK!"
Luo Ran said: "Do you remember what the general was doing five years ago, the year of the Union Games?"
"… "
There was a sudden silence on the other end of the terminal.
Luo Ran felt even more strange, but he couldn't see Lu Cheng's expression at the moment, so he couldn't judge what was going on.
Luo Ran asked again: "Adjutant Lu? Do you remember?"
"Ah, this, I don't remember."
Luo Ran frowned slightly.
After a moment, Luo Ran said, "Adjutant Lu, is there anything I can't know?"
"No! Absolutely not! It's just..." Lu Cheng looked very uncomfortable, so he could only say: "So, when the Admiral returns, will you personally ask me how you are?"
"… "
"It's really not a secret, but... ah, just, I don't know if I can tell!"
"… "
Luo Ran didn't embarrass Lu Cheng, and said with a smile, "It's okay, I understand."
Luo Ran hung up the phone, thinking that he would ask Lucas when the time came to see what he said.
Actually... he wasn't completely unimpressed.
Luo Ran thought hard while flipping through the terminal to see the front and back records, and remembered some intermittent pictures. He vaguely remembered that there were many wisteria flowers and a lovely little cabin.
Wisteria flower…
Luo Ran frowned slightly, and subconsciously glanced at the wisteria flowers by the window in the office.
Luo Ran held his chin, slightly absent-minded.
In two days it will be New Year's Eve.
After the Chinese New Year, Luo Ran went home to eat with her family.
It's snowing in the capital now too, but the snow in the capital generally doesn't last long.
Approaching zero, the countdown projection began to play in the central square of the Empire.
Thirty minutes left.
Luo Ran was holding the terminal, sitting on the reclining chair on the balcony at home, wearing thick clothes and watching the night sky.
The originally monotonous night sky is now slowly falling snow, and a thin layer of snow has accumulated on the ground and on the railings of the balcony.
He didn't bother Lucas, but still took the terminal.
"Ran Ran, you..." Wang Zitong glanced at Luo Ran, then stepped forward and rubbed Luo Ran's shoulders: "This general is also... This is not long after we were together..."
"Mom, it's okay." Luo Ran held up the terminal to show Wang Zitong, "I'm watching a video for entertainment."
"Well." Wang Zitong glanced at Luo Ran and said, "Go to bed earlier."
"it is good."
Several relatives came to the house, and Wang Zitong went downstairs to play cards with them.
Luo Ran was a little embarrassed.
Could it be that... he really acted lost and cared
But he didn't do it on purpose, and if he didn't care, his body and pheromones might not be able to accept it for a while.
Lucas gave him a temporary marker, they made a spiritual connection, and Lucas also used his pheromones to give him an antidote for his mental problems.
And since the temporary mark, they have been together, and the pheromones have always been intimately fused together.
Luo Ran thought, fortunately, there is no official mark yet, and even more life-long mark, otherwise his body may be more uncomfortable.
Luo Ran watched the video for a moment, and there were only ten minutes left before the countdown.
Luo Ran exited the video and looked at the night sky quietly.
Ten minutes later, the night sky will be covered with gorgeous fireworks, and it will be beautiful all the time.
With only five minutes left, Luo Ran's terminal rang.
Luo Ran was taken aback, and opened.
— Lucas
A smile appeared on Luo Ran's face, and she accepted.
"Ran Ran." Lucas said in a low voice, "What are you doing?"
Luo Ran chuckled, "Wait for the countdown to the fireworks."
The other side was silent for a while, and said, "Open the video."
Luo Ran paused, then followed suit.
Luo Ran saw Lucas on the small screen.
Lucas seems to have just come down from the battlefield not long ago.
"Sorry." Lucas said, "I originally promised to accompany you for the New Year."
"It's alright, I'll adjust the camera after the fireworks, and we can watch the fireworks together." Luo Ran's eyes were full of smiles, "There are only three minutes left."
"it is good."
Lucas seems to be a little tired, and he has never been able to speak, so the two of them didn't speak, just quietly accompanied each other.
Lucas changed his clothes in the battleship room and washed his face quickly.
"Ten! Nine! Eight!"
The countdown started in the square, and the broadcasts placed everywhere were playing in real time.
"Seven! Six!"
…
"three two!"
"one!!"
The fireworks took off, and everything was dimmed for a while.
Luo Ran looked at the fireworks and said, "Happy New Year."
"Happy New Year." Lucaston paused, then suddenly said, "Luo Ran, I love you."
Lucas said this in a very gentle tone, it was hard to imagine him having such a gentle tone.
This is also the first time that Lucas has said something that he considers "nauseous".
Luo Ran stared blankly at the terminal and sat on the spot.
Lucas was also a little embarrassed after speaking, scratched the back of his head and said, "Hey, that's it anyway, what time do you go to bed."
"I... wait a while." Luo Ran's cheeks were slightly red, and she squeezed the terminal tightly, and finally gave up.
"Admiral, I miss you very much."
Now it was Lucas' turn to be stunned.
"I'm sorry." Luo Ran lowered her eyes and smiled, "But I will do everything well."
"I..." Lucas said hoarsely, "I will also fight well and bring victory to the empire and you!"
"it is good."
The fireworks continued, but Lucas fell asleep within a short while after lying down. It was obvious that he was really tired. Before he could say good night, he held the terminal and fell asleep.
Loran paused, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and turned off the call.
For a moment, Luo Ran bowed her head and gently kissed the terminal screen.
…
— xxxx —
The next day, Luo Ran received a reply from Secretary Kliman.
The secretary said that Kleiman would not be back anytime soon, that he was completely addicted and fell in love with climbing.
It is said that an avalanche occurred a few days ago in the snow mountain where Kleiman is located, which changed the geology, so Kleiman, a mountaineering enthusiast, was even more excited to explore.
That's why Kleiman meant that he asked Luo Ran to find it himself if he had anything to do. After all, if Luo Ran was going, there was no need to climb the mountain, and the aircraft could go up.
But in fact, he already knew the answer to the question Luo Ran wanted to ask, so he was not in a hurry.
Until the dispatch team brought him a new report.
"Cyril seems to be very nervous about His Highness Keliman's invitation to go to the Snow Mountain." The captain frowned, "The reason is unknown, but they are very concerned and even tried to investigate and detect us."
However, Lucas' investigation team has always been the elite of the empire. They were soldiers. No one could detect them, and they were counter-investigated by them.
The investigation team has been paying special attention to Zhou Mingyu and Sirier recently, so they will know immediately if there is any trouble.
Luo Ran frowned slightly.
Is there any mystery
Luo Ran asked, "Where is the snow mountain where Keliman is located?"
"In the western part of the border between Luobing and the Empire, it is relatively remote. The temperature there is extremely low, even colder than Luobing. It is covered with thick ice and snow all year round, and the terrain is steep. Recently, due to geological changes, there have been frequent avalanches. "
"Did anything happen before then?"
"The location of the snow mountain is special, and each terrain has different advantages for the military. Therefore, there have been many battles, whether it is Falling Ice and the Empire, or the Empire and Xingkou."
Luo Ran nodded, then frowned for a moment and said, "Does His Highness Keliman really like mountain climbing?"
"I don't know, at least he wasn't that keen before, but after the avalanche he became addicted to hiking."
However, if it is said to be on foot, the person is a prince after all, and there are still countless aircraft following him, which can temporarily take people away before the avalanche occurs.
"I'll go take a look." Luo Ran said, "Left tomorrow."
"Yes!" the captain reminded: "Please be sure to bring enough people to ensure safety."
"Well." Luo Ran intends to take Lu Cheng and his team directly.
Otherwise, Lucas would have to think far away on the battlefield, and he would directly take the team away, even if there was a small army on the opposite side.
…
The snow-capped mountains are located at the very edge of the planet, and it is indeed extremely cold.
The aircraft landed on a flat on the mountainside, where Kleiman and his escort camp were located.
Luo Ran was wearing two layers of thick clothes, and when he got off the aircraft, he still felt a cold wind pouring into his nose and nose, reaching his lungs.
Hiss, it's really cold,
"Secretary Luo is here!" Kleiman stepped forward and smiled: "Oh, it's really urgent. I'm very curious about what urgent matter can make you come in person."
Kleiman, with brown hair, looked at the scumbag.
Luo Ran just smiled.
Kleiman looked around and said with a smile, "Let's talk in the tent?"
Kleiman and Luo Ran walked into the tent alone. Kleiman asked people to guard it to ensure that there was no one else around before saying, "Secretary Luo, I have something to tell you."
"You said." Luo Ran sat down and said, "Is it something more sensitive?"
Kleiman sat down in front of Luo Ran and whispered, "Secretary Luo, do you know why I suddenly want to climb the mountain?"
"Um?"
"I came here to find something, but after I found it... I think things are more complicated." Kleiman's voice trembled a little, "I can't sleep at all these few nights."
"Speak slowly, it's fine." Luo Ran said warmly, "If necessary, I will keep it a secret."
"Just, when Admiral Alton was fighting Xingkou, another logistics team that Cyril was in was attacked by falling ice, and I was in the battleship at the time. Later I saw that Cyril kept coming back afterward. I was looking for something, and I was nervous and scared, and I lied to him that I found what he wanted."
Kleiman scratched the back of his head and said: "I just wanted to extort a sum of money and scare the high officials of the empire. I didn't expect that I would encounter an assassination. After escaping a few times, I honestly confessed that I just wanted to blackmail. , but is still being monitored.”
Luo Ran frowned slightly, "Are you still being watched?"
"Yeah! I have been assassinated several times since I came to Snow Mountain. I can't bear it anymore. I want to get rid of this curse, so I came back to find it."
"I didn't expect that because the avalanche changed the geology, I really found the remnants of the battlefield that were buried in the past."
"At once… "
Kleiman took out a personal walkie-talkie from his close pocket and handed it to Lorraine.
The walkie-talkie looked like it was a long time ago. It was dilapidated, with a lot of old and hard-to-remove ice and snow stuck on it. It felt a little cold to hold.
"There are still conversation records in it." Kleiman tilted his head and said, "I thought about it and thought it was the most appropriate thing to tell the admiral, but, that, I don't dare, so... I'm sorry to bother you."
Luo Ran turned on the walkie-talkie and played the conversation record.
“Zizzi…”
"Hello, hello."
Luo Ran was a little surprised.
It was Cyril's voice.
"Target heading north, coordinates y8e6..."
"Repeat. Target heading north, coordinates y8e6..."
“Zizzi…”
After hearing it clearly, at that moment, Luo Ran's blood coagulated.