Time flies, and three weeks have passed in a blink of an eye.

During this period, there were no more twists and turns and accidents. Huo Chengyuan's situation went smoothly. He finally found the special instrument for identification, and obtained the sliced tissue of the corpse in the Moston City tragedy from the research institute..Because Huo Chengyuan is currently restricted from leaving the country and unable to leave the imperial capital, he entrusted this matter to a confidant, who secretly went to the Noah Empire with the things, and asked the old researcher to issue the appraisal result.

As the time for the court-martial court draws near, discussions about the tragedy in Moston City have become hot again on the Internet. As for the flower viewing incident before, it has been lost in the endless stream of news on StarNet because it did not detonate the follow-up wave of public opinion.news and hotspots.However, the flower viewing incident has restored Huo Chengyuan's image a lot, so when the Moston City incident was brought up again, although there were still signs of smearing by the navy, there were many more rational voices, and more and more people disagreed.Stand in line no longer brainlessly, waiting wholeheartedly for the outcome of the trial.

The countdown to the trial date has begun, and the atmosphere in the Duke's Mansion is becoming increasingly tense—everyone here knows that the weight and significance of this trial is of no small importance. Huo Mingxi is particularly nervous, and even began to suffer from insomnia.Came to the restaurant for breakfast with dark circles under my eyes.

Ye Bai was also very nervous. In fact, Huo Chengyuan would inform him of the progress of various preparations every day. He was the only person in the Duke's mansion who knew how many chips and trump cards Huo Chengyuan held in his hand, but Ye Bai would still feel uneasy.

It feels like I am about to take a crucial exam. Even though I have reviewed it for a long time in advance and made enough preparations, I still have no confidence in my heart.

This afternoon, when Ye Bai took a nap, he saw a sticky note at the end of the flower basket bed, with Huo Chengyuan's handwriting on it.

——"I'll wait for you in the study"

Eh?Ye Bai blinked.

Is this what Huo Chengyuan meant by asking him to go to the study to find him?

Ye Bai went to the Glass Castle to change into a small set of clothes, then left the bedroom and flew all the way to the door of the study on the second floor.

The door of the study room was closed tightly, but the small door only for the little Flower Immortal was opened. Ye Bai flew through the small door into the study room, and saw Huo Chengyuan sitting behind the desk with the optical brain turned on in front of him.He seemed to be having a video conversation with someone, and when he saw Ye Bai coming in, he immediately told the person over there.

"Well, here it comes."

Huo Chengyuan stretched out his hand to Little Flower Immortal, Ye Bai immediately flew into his palm, and then looked at the optical brain screen.

Sitting on the other side of the screen was a handsome young man with brown hair and golden eyes, handsome and profound features, and an inherent arrogance and coldness between his brows. When Ye Bai looked at him, the other man also raised his eyebrows, glanced at him a few times.

"Let me introduce you." Huo Chengyuan smiled and said to Ye Bai, "This is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Noah Empire, Lu Xingshi."

Ye Bai suddenly realized: So this is His Royal Highness the crown prince who can read minds, the number one hero who helped the protagonist turn the tables!Hey, as expected of the protagonist's camp, this appearance is an important role at first glance.

Ye Bai then felt a little rejoicing: Fortunately, this is only a remote video, if he met face to face and his secret was "read" by the other party, then the scene would be very embarrassing.

Huo Chengyuan touched the little Flower Immortal in his palm, and introduced to Lu Xingshi: "This is..."

"No need to introduce." The man on the screen interrupted him unceremoniously, and snorted, "I hear you say it eight hundred times a day, how can I still not know who it is?You’re so pretty, beware of others putting you in a sack.”

Ye Bai didn't quite understand, he looked at Huo Chengyuan, who smiled and patted his head.

"Don't mind, some people can't eat grapes and say grapes are sour, and they are very envious."

"Get lost." Lu Xingshi glared at him, "What's wrong with me, I'm fine as I am now, I'll only feel annoyed if there are many people around me."

Like Lu Xingshi, Huo Chengyuan used to be a celibate adherent, but now he doesn't think so anymore.Huo Chengyuan jokingly said: "Multiple 'people' will annoy you. Wouldn't it be a perfect solution to replace them with non-human dark creatures? We are the country with the most intelligent dark creatures in the entire interstellar. If you are interested, I willI can help you find it."

"Okay." Lu Xingshi put on a fake smile and said, "Look for more, it's best to use a starship, I'll hit as many as you want, it's just right for a sandbag to exercise your muscles and bones."

Ye Bai: "..."

This man looked cold and indifferent, but he was so violent!

Huo Chengyuan chatted and laughed with this friend, and then hung up the communication.

Ye Bai was stunned for a moment: "Is this - the end?"

Huo Chengyuan specially called himself to the study room, and even started a video communication with Lu Xingshi. Ye Bai thought that he had something important to communicate with Lu Xingshi.

"Well, I just want you two to meet and get to know each other first." Huo Chengyuan turned off the screen of the optical brain, "It's also to prepare for the future."

"In the future?" Ye Bai keenly captured the key word, "What in the future—?"

Huo Chengyuan put the little Flower Immortal in his palm on the pen holder on the desk. He looked at the innocent little Flower Immortal, fell silent for a moment, and then spoke.

"If I fail the trial 'later'."

Ye Bai's heart trembled, and he immediately retorted reflexively: "You won't lose - you won't."

He had said this to Huo Chengyuan many times, and the other party would respond with a smile every time, but this time the man just looked at him without blinking, with a solemn expression that Ye Bai had never seen before.

"Yes, it's that appraisal evidence—is there something wrong?" Ye Bai asked fearfully.

Probably because he found that he was too serious to scare Xiao Huaxian, Huo Chengyuan eased his expression a little: "No. My preparations are basically fine, but I just learned this morning that one of the judges in the military court this time is Qiu Chengstudent, the other was airborne and seems to have a royal background."

Ye Bai's eyes widened suddenly. He had already read the entire chapter of the court trial. He knew that there would be three judges in the trial, but the book did not mention the specific circumstances of the judges. It turned out that two of the three judges were judges.problematic??

No wonder Huo Chengyuan lost so quickly in the original book. It seems that this is not only a matter of evidence, but also has a lot to do with the judgment tendency and subjective position of the judge.

"You don't have to worry too much." Huo Chengyuan comforted the little Flower Immortal in turn, "This trial is open to the public, and the whole process will be broadcast live. Under the watchful eyes of the public, they dare not be too blatantly biased in judgment, but we must do it for the ultimatePrepare for the bad possibility.”

Ye Bai was silent for a while, then said slowly, "Your plan—is to entrust me to—Lu Xingshi?"

Huo Chengyuan nodded: "Yes."

In addition to his friend Lu Xingshi, Huo Chengyuan also considered whether to send Little Ye to Prince Highness, because Highness once said - "If one day, you want to abandon it, or have the intention to kill it, I hope you canTransfer it to me, and we will treat it well." Now, it seems that half of this sentence has been fulfilled, at least the "intention to kill" coincides with Qiu Chenglai's situation in which he urged himself to kill the little Flower Immortal, but I did not choose that path.

However, after repeated consideration, Huo Chengyuan still gave up the idea of entrusting Little Ye to Prince Highness - compared to the less familiar half-blood prince, he would prefer to choose the relatively well-known Lu Xingshi.

"I don't agree." Ye Bai raised his head and protested loudly, "I want—follow you! Even if you lose the trial—and get locked up—I can—sneak to find you!"

"Little Ye." Huo Chengyuan slightly emphasized his tone, "I'm telling you this very seriously."

"I'm also—very serious!" Ye Bai flew into the air, rushed over to hug Huo Chengyuan's hand, and refused to leave, "I want to follow you—you can't drive me away—!"

In order to protect himself, Huo Chengyuan refused to cooperate with Qiu Cheng, which caused him to lose the best chance to win the trial. Under such circumstances, Ye Bai couldn't just walk away by himself and let Huo Chengyuan suffer in prison alone.

What Huo Chengyuan will go through after the trial fails is clearly written in the book in his mind. Ye Bai feels that if he is with Huo Chengyuan, at least he can play the role of cheating finger and help him avoid some traps and troubles, so heIf you want to stay, he won't go!

"I in the parallel world - also follow you." Ye Bai said.

"you are lying."

"real!"

Huo Chengyuan sighed softly, and stroked the little Flower Immortal who hugged him tightly and didn't let go of his fingers: "If that 'I' really thinks about you, he won't let you follow me."

Ye Bai stopped talking, but his hand holding Huo Chengyuan became tighter.

"I said, this is just a plan, a plan to deal with the worst possibility." Huo Chengyuan comforted softly, "It may not happen, or in other words, the possibility of it happening is very small, but we needFacing this possibility, escaping is just deceiving yourself. Although Lu Xingshi looks a little cold, he is actually a good person. Not only you, Xi Xi, I will also entrust him. You two can be together and wait for my return in the Noah Empire.”

He saw Little Flower Immortal's petite body undulate a few times, and when the other party raised his head again, his voice was already a little choked up.

"Must—is that so?"

Huo Chengyuan emphasized patiently: "This is just the smallest possibility."

"Yes, this is just... woo, the smallest possibility." Crystal tears flashed in Little Flower Immortal's clear eyes, and it sobbed, "It's the smallest... possibility, definitely not... wooUgh, it's definitely not going to happen."

Little Flower Immortal's tears made Huo Chengyuan's heart prickly, but he didn't dare to show negative emotions, and continued to gently guide the other party: "Then what is the biggest possibility?"

most likely...

They once discussed this issue. Since Ye Bai confessed that he has the ability to "see parallel worlds", Huo Chengyuan no longer hides anything from him. He has also discussed with Ye Bai carefully about his future plans.If the outcome of the trial is not met, future events will no longer be able to refer to the "parallel world", but they will need to go out of their own way.

"The biggest possibility is that you won." Ye Bai wiped the corners of his eyes vigorously, and looked at Huo Chengyuan with red eyes, "Then we will leave the imperial capital - away from the center of the vortex where the internal fighting is the most intense - and wait for thisThe situation on the side is clear—come back.”

"Yes, this is the greatest possibility, and it is only one step away from becoming a reality." Huo Chengyuan hugged his little lover, kissed the last teardrop on its face, "We will all be fine, I will take you away from hereto see the bigger world.”

Ye Bai didn't say anything else, just kept nodding with red eyes, nodding desperately.

A few days later, the day of the military court finally arrived.

*****

On the morning of the court day, Huo Chengyuan followed the time of his biological clock and woke up in bed on time.

He opened his eyes and habitually looked at the small blue flower basket above his head, and found that the little Flower Immortal had already woken up. It had even changed into its little clothes and was sitting upright on the small bed of the flower basket. When it noticed Huo Chengyuan's gaze, the other party immediatelyLooking over, he gave him a bright smile.

"Good morning, Ayuan~"

"Good morning, Little Ye."

The same greeting as ever, the same morning as ever.

Get out of bed, wash, and change clothes.

Today Huo Chengyuan was going to the military court for trial as a major general of the army, so he put on the military uniform he hadn't worn for a long time.

This is the first time Ye Bai sees Huo Chengyuan in military uniform. The straight uniform makes his figure more powerful and straight, and his temperament is quite different from usual, more heroic. Ye Bai couldn't take his eyes off him, and gave him a thumbs up.

"Ayuan, you are so handsome—!"

They went downstairs to the dining room together, and Huo Mingxi was already waiting at the dining table. None of them mentioned the court hearing a few hours later, but just like every morning they had spent together, they happily and harmoniously finished breakfast together.

At this time, there is still half an hour before going out. In order to ease the tension, Ye Bai invited Huo Chengyuan and Huo Mingxi to play in his toy world for a while. He could see that Huo Mingxi had begun to be absent-minded. Huo Chengyuan was in a good state.A small castle was piled up on the "toy beach", when Huo Chengyuan was about to decorate the castle with small shells, Ye Bai stopped him.

"Come back in the afternoon—to decorate." The little Flower Immortal pressed his hand and said seriously.

Huo Chengyuan froze for a moment, then nodded vigorously.

"it is good."

Yes, they can come back.

Go out together, come back together, no one will be missing.

*****

When the star shuttle drove Huo Chengyuan and the others to the location of the military court, there was already a sea of people.

Gathered here are not only people who are concerned about the case, but also some media who have not obtained permission. Although the trial will be broadcast live, they cannot stop their desire to witness what will happen to Huo Chengyuan with their own eyes—whether it isWalk out safe and sound after being acquitted, or escorted out in handcuffs in embarrassment?This is undoubtedly the biggest suspense today.

Huo Chengyuan and the others took a special passage and quickly entered the building without being affected by the crowd gathered outside.The team of lawyers hired by Huo Chengyuan had arrived first, Huo Chengyuan went to meet them, and Huo Mingxi led Ye Bai to another passage.

They registered their identities at the security checkpoint, showed their witness passes, and then entered the hearing area.

There are already many people sitting in the hearing seats. There are media personnel who have been granted access, family members of the victims in Moston City, and observers from the military department and the inspection office.Ye Bai saw Qiu Cheng here. He was sitting in the first row of the hearing booth. He looked solemn and majestic and looked like a marshal. He seemed to be aware of the gaze from here.Make eye contact.

Huo Mingxi knew Marshal Qiu Cheng, and knew that his brother had a bad relationship with him, so he pretended not to see him, and turned his face away.

Qiu Cheng didn't pay attention to the little girl from the Huo family either. What he cared about and worried about was the little Flower Immortal sitting on the girl's shoulder.At the moment when Qiu Cheng's gaze was fixed on, Ye Bai felt a chill for no reason, but he quickly calmed down and stared back unceremoniously.

One person and one Flower Immortal stared at each other for a few seconds, Qiu Cheng was the first to look away—it was a bit stupid to compete with a small Flower Immortal, but he really couldn't swallow the anger, he still doesn't understand why Huo Chengyuan's brain is convulsed, If you insist on maintaining such a wild species, your perfect plan will be ruined.

But this revenge can be avenged today, and when Huo Chengyuan loses the trial and becomes a prisoner, he will understand what it means to be too late for remorse, and feel the pain.

Thinking of that wonderful scene, Qiu Cheng finally felt better. He sat up straight and continued to wait for the hearing.

Not long after, the door at the back of the hearing area was closed, and the side door at the right front of the trial hall opened, and the interrogated entered. Huo Chengyuan walked in the front, and he sat in his exclusive trial seat. The lawyer and others also sat in the defense seat.

The prosecutors in this case were representatives of the military department and the procuratorate. They had already taken their positions. Not long after, the side door in front of the trial hall opened again, and three judges entered.

Ye Bai immediately opened his eyes to look, because Huo Chengyuan showed him the photos, Ye Bai quickly recognized: the slightly younger judge No. 1 was Qiu Cheng's student, and the fatter judge No. 2It is suspected that he has a royal background, and the oldest judge No. 3 is the only normal judge who has no stance.

Fortunately, Judge No. 3 took the "presiding judge" seat, and No. 1 and No. 2 were just jury judges. They took their seats in turn. With the knock of the gavel, the scene suddenly fell silent.

"The trial begins now." The presiding judge said succinctly.