Chapter 64:
The alien cubs were still too young. The knowledge they had was all from the already-formed worldview of the adult world, instilled in them either inadvertently or by force.
But because they were still too young, it was also very simple to correct them.
Just tell them who was good to them, and that the real bad guys should be the ones who had caused them real harm.
“The Marshal invests a large amount of funds into the alien rescue station every year, including the research and development of gene-suppressing drugs at the treatment center. In recent years, the rampant Zerg have gradually disappeared, and the Empire’s territory has also expanded to a certain extent. When it’s time to recuperate, the military’s main combat has become to annihilate the star pirates.”
It took Deng Xi some time to fully understand. He nodded his head slowly.
“Although the Marshal has rarely appeared in the public eye in these two years, he is the Marshal after all. He is busy with state affairs and naturally has no time to deal with these small matters. Dr. Li also told us not to bother.” She looked at the clueless golden-haired youth and gave him some time to react. “My surname is Zhang.”
Deng Xi remembered her. She was the sister who had stayed behind to look after the little raccoon yesterday afternoon. Just now, he and Bunny had asked this young lady to help them explain clearly to these cubs and had provided a large amount of information.
The little merman obediently called out, “Sister Zhang.”
Dr. Zhang coughed uncomfortably and looked at the somewhat nervous cubs in the room. “The Marshal rarely sets foot in the rescue station.”
He should also care, right?
Dr. Zhang: “Thank you for giving them a chance to apologize.” She hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice, “I have an impertinent request. I took the liberty of filming you singing yesterday.”
“Can I save it and let Xiaoye and the others listen to it when they are sick?”
Deng Xi’s eyelids curved. “Of course!”
Dr. Zhang thought of something and moved her lips. “Including other aliens who will get sick?”
Deng Xi did not think much of it. “Mmm-hmm!”
Dr. Zhang still sighed. Forget it.
She lowered her head and sent a message on her comm. But as the message was sent faster and faster, her face became uglier and uglier.
Because he had been walking for too long, Deng Xi’s legs were tired again. He was taken to the sofa to rest. The merman’s sixth sense made him quickly notice Dr. Zhang’s conflicting emotions.
Just as he was about to ask, his peripheral vision caught a glimpse of a familiar black and gold corner of clothing. Deng Xi’s eyes lit up, and he looked up.
But then he suddenly remembered something and slightly turned his head. His hanging golden hair covered the side of his ear.
Si Jisheng keenly noticed Deng Xi’s slightly evasive action. His movements paused for a moment, then he walked forward freely. His aura was as cold as usual, and his black and gold military uniform had a fierce aura that kept strangers at a distance.
Dr. Zhang tactfully left.
Not only did she not dare to get close, but the cubs in the room also only dared to secretly peek from the door frame. Some of the cubs were so scared that their beast ears even popped out.
The reason why they had used a note instead of a verbal thank you and apology was also because they were too afraid of the Marshal himself.
Looking at the big brother who was not afraid at all, Bunny and Xiaoye and the others couldn’t help but feel some admiration in their hearts.
Deng Xi moved his bottom and made a space.
Si Jisheng did not sit down. “Those snacks and toys, I don’t need them. You can give them back.”
Deng Xi “hmm”-ed.
Si Jisheng: “I’ve received the notes.”
Deng Xi “hmm”-ed.
Si Jisheng extended his hand.
Deng Xi hesitated for a moment before he slowly placed his hand on the little mute’s forearm, propped up his somewhat weak legs, and stood up.
When he was leaving, Si Jisheng glanced at the inside of the room.
The peeking cubs instantly retreated. Because they had retreated too hastily, some had even tripped and subconsciously let out the cries of various small animals.
It was a mess.
Deng Xi couldn’t help but let out a light laugh.
So stupid.
A faint smile appeared in Si Jisheng’s eyes. He supported Deng Xi and left the rescue station, walking onto the special channel that connected the treatment center to the military and political building.
When Deng Xi did not speak, the space between the two of them became exceptionally silent. After a long time, a sudden sentence sounded, “Did the conch shell fall?”
The little mute had discovered it.
Deng Xi suddenly clenched his palm. The conch shell earring was hot from the warmth of his hand, and his fingertips were white from the force, gripping the cold and hard military uniform under his hand.
Before there was any other reaction, the golden hair that was covering his ear was lifted by someone, and his small earlobe was touched by a mechanical finger.
Seeing Deng Xi silently lower his head, Si Jisheng comforted him again, “It’s your first time wearing it yourself. It’s normal to make a mistake.”
“I’ll go and find it.”
“No need.” Deng Xi turned his head sideways, avoiding the little mute’s fingertips.
He was intentionally creating a distance.
Because Deng Xi seemed to have finally realized that he and the little mute seemed to be a little too intimate.
When they were in the ocean, they had never been like this, being able to hug each other for a long time so easily.
“No.”
He didn’t know why he felt so guilty and at a loss. It was clearly just a misunderstanding, and it would be fine if he just explained it clearly.
Deng Xi took a deep breath. “It didn’t fall.” He pursed his lips, hiding the sadness in his eyes, and said with an unhappy expression, “It’s very uncomfortable to wear. It’s a bit heavy.”
“Can I…” he said with difficulty, “wear it when I need to record in the future?”
Si Jisheng was slightly silent. “Alright.” He extended his hand, preparing to take off the golden conch shell earring on his ear. The moment he touched it, he was stopped by the little merman’s anxious hand. “You can’t take it off.”
It was clearly Deng Xi who had said he didn’t want to wear it, and now it was also him who wouldn’t allow Si Jisheng to take it off. Deng Xi also felt that he was being very bossy, but he couldn’t help but say, “Little Mute can’t take it off.”
Deng Xi found many reasons. “What if Little Mute suddenly gets sick and can’t find the little conch shell? What if he can’t hear the song, and I’m not there? What should we do?” He was incoherent. Finally, he turned his head away. “Anyway, you just can’t take it off.”
Si Jisheng was quiet for a moment, as if he were listening to something.
Because of the touch, the conch shell automatically played.
“We’re not together.”
“This is not a love token either.”
“It’s just a gift I chose casually.”
“Doesn’t big brother like the other big brother?”
What he wanted to hear came to an abrupt end.
After a long while, Si Jisheng finally asked in a low voice, “Why don’t you use your comm to record it? The earring can’t save many recordings.”
It was a very normal question.
But Deng Xi heard the underlying meaning. He was suddenly a little wronged. “I haven’t learned yet.”
Actually, he had learned. Bunny had taught Deng Xi how to record it with his comm and then send it to others to listen to.
But Deng Xi just liked to record it with the little conch shell.
Deng Xi knew what the little mute would say next. He would definitely say that he would teach him how to record.
What entered his ears was a long silence, and then a low, hoarse voice sighed and agreed, “Alright, I won’t take it off.”
·
Before going home at night, Deng Xi was given a task by Dr. Li. He held a heavy briefcase and placed it on the flying chair, crookedly.
It had been a long time since the last treatment. Dr. Li did not describe the Marshal’s condition in too much detail. “This is the Marshal’s gene-suppressing drug.”
It was specially made for the Marshal’s vast mental sea. One dose could be equivalent to several of Bunny’s.
“You have to watch it carefully. You can only give the Marshal one dose a month.” Since Deng Xi had agreed to join the Marshal’s treatment plan, although it was only a backup, Dr. Li would no longer help the Marshal hide it from Deng Xi. There were some things that Deng Xi had to know.
“The Marshal didn’t care about that monitoring system before.”
Deng Xi raised his hand to interrupt. “What’s a monitoring system?”
Dr. Li explained, “The Marshal’s illness is because there’s a problem with his genes. His body is filled with a large number of violent factors, and they will also affect his mental sea. When he gets sick, once the mental sea’s energy index exceeds the threshold, the monitoring system will detect that the Marshal is sick again.”
Deng Xi was a little confused. “What will happen after it’s detected?”
Dr. Li paused for a moment. “Nothing will happen, but it will make the royal family, that is, the Empire, lose more and more trust in the military and the Marshal, and in the end, they will be completely stripped of their political rights.”
It was obvious that the Marshal did not care about the position he was in.
“In order to be able to fight normally, the number of gene-suppressing drugs that the Marshal used before seriously exceeded the limit. The monitoring system would issue dozens of warnings a year.”
“Because the gene-suppressing drug, in another sense, its effect is to stimulate the violent factors in advance to achieve a suppressive effect on the future.”
Deng Xi nodded his head, indicating that he understood. “Then my task is to watch this big box!”
“That’s right.” Dr. Li: “And use your song to soothe the Marshal after his Jiaoren transformation. But if it’s ineffective, I hope you can ensure your own personal safety.”
Deng Xi lowered his eyelids and replied guiltily.
He would not abandon the sick little mute and run away.
Dr. Li looked at the Marshal, who had come to the lounge to pick Deng Xi up after finishing his schedule for the day. She gestured at the briefcase on the flying chair, letting the Marshal notice.
She then glanced at Deng Xi, who had awkwardly turned his head away as soon as the Marshal had arrived.
The new treatment plan she had urgently formulated should be more effective than the few films she had sent over before, right? Dr. Li thought of how she had specially gone to learn about the ancient Eastern Jiaoren.
The Jiaoren species was actually a very sexually active race.
Whether it was for reproduction or to vent their desires.
But an animal’s method of courtship was much bolder and more direct than a human’s.
Bird species would display their gorgeous feathers. Large beasts would give up their prey. And it was not out of the question that some would release their pheromones and engage in various acts of touching.
How would a fierce and bloody Jiaoren court?
Dr. Li’s research ideas for this new topic were stirring restlessly.
After the flying ship started.
Deng Xi, who was sitting in the flying chair, was holding the briefcase tightly. Because it was too heavy, his legs were pressed with red marks.
When Si Jisheng wanted to take it away, he would be pushed away by the fierce little merman, as if he were protecting his food.
Deng Xi had already thought it through.
He would hide this box in his shell bed, cover it with seaweed, and no one would know except him.
Si Jisheng had no choice but to let Deng Xi be. He lowered his eyes and checked the surveillance footage of the manor displayed on his comm.
Because the shielding mode was on, only Si Jisheng could see the content of the blue screen.
In Deng Xi’s eyes, it was the little mute pointing at something in the void.
The flying ship did not stop on the lawn of the manor as usual. Instead, it hovered above the manor, gradually lowering. The next second, the entire flying ship instantly became transparent.
If it weren’t for the fact that the furniture in the flying ship was still there, Deng Xi would have even thought that he was flying in the air. He widened his eyes in fear and looked down from the flying chair.
Si Jisheng walked to his side and said in a low voice, “Don’t be afraid. It’s very safe.”
Deng Xi nervously grabbed the corner of the little mute’s clothes.
In his bewildered line of sight, the withered garden in the manor changed into countless varieties of flowers in just a dozen or so seconds.
Blue roses swaying in the wind, flawless white roses, blue-green gentians mixed with baby’s breath, sunflowers that always faced the sun… every one of them was from the top of the popular flower list in recent years.
The search box of the comm even had the words “anniversary,” “gift,” and “beautiful flower species” left in it.
Because the situation was urgent, he could only do a virtual projection. It wasn’t very creative, and it wasn’t even real.
The fingertips wrapped in the mechanical gloves tightened slightly, and even became stiff. Si Jisheng’s voice was still deep, and a hint of unfamiliarity could be clearly heard. “Perhaps, we can treat today as… our first anniversary of planting flowers together?”
The excuse was so clumsy that he had treated the first day as an anniversary.
But at least the seeds were bought.
It would soon be able to bloom and bear fruit. Whether it was inside the new home or outside, it would be decorated to Deng Xi’s liking.
“Can you not take off the earring?”
