Jiang Jianming thought for a second and opened the cockpit.

It's not because he's really so obedient and obedient, and of course it's not because he's fascinated by the face of this "dead husband"——

Mainly because of his understanding of Lai An, if he doesn't open it now, he will definitely use the crystal bone to smash the cockpit open in the next moment, and he will not realize that there is anything wrong with doing so.

Now let's assume that Garcia is Lai An himself, then he must not take such a risk.

So Jiang Jianming poked his head out from the cockpit and asked sincerely, "Are you okay?"

"Gun." Garcia glanced at him, reached out to him, hooked his index finger lightly, "take out that pistol."

Jiang Jianming's eyes darkened, knowing that the Wings of Venus had been recognized.

He didn't move.

Sensing his resistance, Garcia raised an eyebrow.

Then the next moment, a red gold flashed in the corner of Jiang Jianming's eyes, and the holster on his waist was empty.

The condensed crystal bone was more dexterous than a whip, and the pistol was picked out by hooking the trigger directly!

The silver-gray Wings of Venus twirled in mid-air and fell obediently into Garcia's palm.

Jiang Jianming: "..."

He knows it!This man has such a temper!

Garcia fiddled with the Wings of Venus in his hand twice, then glanced at the mecha snow dove, "Both the mecha and the pistol have been modified, did you do it yourself?"

Jiang Jianming sighed softly, and said dumbfoundedly: "Your Highness, we are actually in a time trial..."

The meaning is very clear, can you stop rushing to fight with me in this race against time, and then start talking to me again.

Unexpectedly, Garcia snorted lightly.He held the Wing of Venus in his left hand, and took out something leisurely with his right hand.

A brass-colored bullet casing.

The bullet case was held between two slender fingers by the prince, and it dangled in front of Jiang Jianming.

Jiang Jianming choked for a moment.

His eyes became helpless, and he said softly, "Why do you still keep it?"

Of course he remembered that he shot Garcia's crystal bone in Beta Alien, but he never expected that the dignified prince would be interested in picking up the empty shell casings and keeping them in his pocket for several days.

How much to hate this...

The problem is that he didn't use the new crystal weapon bullets at all at that time. You obviously don't feel any pain, so you don't need it??

"Assaulting the crown prince is a capital offense." The prince restrained his expression and raised his eyebrows expressionlessly.

"However, you made meritorious deeds in the second fortress, and your merits and demerits offset."

Garcia paused, and raised his ice-like emerald eyes, "I don't need to pursue this bullet, and the gun will be returned to you. Tell me... who are you, and who gave you this pistol?".”

"The Wings of Venus is a new crystal tool exclusively for the royal family. What is your relationship with the royal family?"

Jiang Jianming pursed his lips.

It seems to be exposed.

In fact, he knew that he couldn't hide it for too long. Leaving aside the particularity of his mecha guns, the relationship between Lai An and him back then was not kept too deep, even Tang Zhen knew about it.

Regardless of Garcia's background, since he is the second prince of the empire on the surface, there is no reason not to know that his "brother" has a lover.

Sure enough, Garcia's expression fluctuated slightly after he finished the question.

He seemed to have thought of something, and looked at Jiang Jianming again unexpectedly: "Could it be that you are..."

...Forget it, there is no other way.At least he was enrolled in Yinbeidou's military status, and his goal has been achieved.

Jiang Jianming pondered: In this case, it seems that it would be nice to be the first to be exposed by the person in front of him.

So the black-haired young man laughed frankly, and admitted in a gentle voice: "Well, it's just what you guessed."

At the same time, His Royal Highness Garcia also expressed his conjecture in a deep voice——

"His Majesty's newly adopted son, came to Yinbeidou to gain qualifications before becoming the crown prince?"

"...?"

Jiang Jianming's frank smile froze.

etc.

Something is wrong with you.

——Isn’t that Prince Chu yourself??

Jiang Jianming collapsed and asked, "...why?"

Garcia frowned: "No?"

Jiang Jianming was so unbelievable that he almost tapped his temple and blurted out "Is there something wrong with you?"

But the next moment, a clear understanding rose in his heart, and he actually subtly understood Garcia's thoughts.

Because...he recalled that the founding monarch Kaios the Great and the current Empress Lin Song are actually monarchs and ministers and adoptive fathers and daughters, and they have no real blood relationship.

And Lai An inherited the surname of Kaios, he is the child of the emperor and the empress Dowager Sylph, the true blood of the emperor.

It is said that His Royal Highness Lai An was born in the flames of war. The baby's body was exposed to the turbulent flow of excessively dense crystal particles and almost died. It was forced to be frozen in an emergency. Decades later, it was rescued by today's cutting-edge medical technology.At that time, he was established as the crown prince by the queen.

It stands to reason that the throne should return to the hands of the Kaios lineage from then on.

But...the current empress, Her Majesty Lin Song, is a tough character. Back then, he single-handedly drove the lava Space Pirates thousands of remnants across five galaxies, and finally succeeded in stabbing the laser spear into the long throat of the Space Pirates at that time.give up.

His Highness Lai An was loved by His Majesty the Emperor before his death, but after His Highness died, the Emperor's attitude towards the new crown prince has always been ambiguous.

If Garcia knows something inside and is sure that he will not be made the heir apparent...

It just so happened that when Lai An's three-year mourning period was over, a young man holding the wings of Venus appeared.

This matter is really a bit subtle.

And if you really think about it this way.

Then his behavior of rushing forward when he saw Garcia similar to Lai An in front of the second fortress, can be interpreted as "the newly established candidate for the crown prince was shocked when he saw the old crown prince, worried that his status would not be guaranteed.Step forward to confirm."

Thinking about it this way is amazing, it seems that it does make sense logically!

Jiang Jianming didn't speak for a long time, Garcia took another deep look at him, and said coldly, "Don't worry, I'm not interested in that seat."

"As for what you mentioned that day... Brother Lean Keos, I'm not him."

Jiang Jianming's heart skipped a beat, and suddenly a strong wind blew through the dense forest, chilling him to the bone.

He raised his head, his black hair was disheveled by the wind: "What did you say?"

Garcia: "...Don't pretend, I know what you're thinking. You're not alone, many people think I'm Lai An back from the dead, or..."

He paused in a low voice, then shook his head: "...But, no matter what anyone thinks, I am not Lean Keos."

As he spoke, he glanced at the two mechas, and Ji Dian still stuck the snow dove on the tree trunk.

Garcia signaled with his eyes: "You should also be aware... As far as you know, that elegant and decent prince would not do such a thing."

Jiang Jianming nodded calmly: "Indeed."

But he said in his heart: - nonsense.

When His Royal Highness Lai An sneaked out from the palace late at night to find me and knocked on the window of the military academy dormitory and said "open the door", even the tone of voice and demeanor were exactly the same as yours.

He was secretly amused: he actually said that the prince is "elegant and decent", which shows that His Highness Garcia absolutely doesn't understand Lai An.

It is more likely that he has never seen the real person of his so-called Royal Brother Lai An.

Thinking of it this way, Jiang Jianming felt relieved all of a sudden, as if some guesses that had been circling in his mind for several days had received extremely solid evidence.

He quietly thought: It's okay, the little highness lost his memory and denied him, it's better than really dead.

A living person wrapped in a lot of mysteries appeared in front of him and made him burnt out, it was better than a dead body appeared in front of him and made him completely give up.

A silver light flashed in front of his eyes, and Garcia threw the Wings of Venus into his arms.

Jiang Jianming came back to his senses and caught it with both hands.The prince turned to Ji Dian and waved his finger lightly: "Let's go."

Jiang Jianming: "Are you just here to confirm this pistol?"

Garcia didn't look back: "I also confirm you."

Jiang Jianming looked at him with dim eyes, and suddenly an unspeakable emotion grew in his heart like crazy weeds.

He didn't want to see this person turn and leave, so he said, "Your Highness, do you know how long you have delayed me... As I said, we are in a time trial."

Garcia stopped and pondered for a second.

After a second, he made a judgment: "That's a trivial matter."

"It's not a trivial matter." Jiang Jianming stood up suddenly from the cockpit. He got up too quickly, and his chest felt uncomfortable.

But he didn't care, but caught up with the first two steps and grabbed Garcia's wrist, "So you should make up for my..."

— Chi.

Jiang Jianming's fingers hurt.

He was stunned to see red-gold crystals protruding from Garcia's wrist, jamming his fingers.

The crystal bone was quickly withdrawn, Garcia glanced back at him, and explained quietly: "It wasn't intentional."

Jiang Jianming lowered his eyes, and slowly withdrew his hand: "No... I was abrupt. High-level crystal bones will have instinctive defense, I know."

He does know.

It's just that Lai An never defended him before, and he would never release an offensive crystal bone in front of him, so he forgot it for a while.

Garcia: "What else?"

Jiang Jianming managed to regain his composure, swallowed back the words he wanted to keep, and said in a hoarse voice: "Since the merits and demerits are offset, you should return the evidence...that bullet."

Garcia paused for a moment, then took out the shell casing.

Maybe it's because the bullet casing is too small, and the wind is blowing here again, and it's easy to miss if you throw it again... His Royal Highness came back in person.

"Hand out," Garcia said.

Jiang Jianming stretched out his right hand, palm flat.

Garcia lowered his eyes, pinched the empty shell, and put it in Jiang Jianming's palm.

The brass-colored shell rolled a bit, and the edge reflected the sunlight, which was very dazzling.

Jiang Jianming was dazzled by the light.

Those symptoms persisted. He found it difficult to breathe and his heart beat wildly.

He thought sadly and blankly: But now the little highness won't let him touch it.

Pressing hard on his chest with five fingers, Jiang Jianming slightly frowned his slender eyebrows, and a look of pain flashed past.

Garcia looked up at him suddenly: "You...?"

Jiang Jianming supported the mecha, panted and said, "Cough... sorry. I'm not in good health today."

He returned to Xuejiu's cockpit, took a while, and nodded to Garcia as a signal: "Your Highness, please go back."

Garcia couldn't help but take another look at that pale face.

He also turned around and stepped into the cockpit of Jidian.

A few seconds later, the shock was lifted into the air.

The mecha quickly disappeared at the edge of the stratus clouds.

Jiang Jianming kept looking up until the blue-black mecha could no longer be seen, and he was still watching.

Look at this vast and endless blue sky, this is the blue sky of alien stars.

Suddenly, he remembered something, hurriedly took off his gloves, and held the bullet casing in his hand again.

But there was no body temperature left by Garcia, the bullet was as cold as his own skin.

The climate of Alien Alpha is extremely cold, and the temperature of human beings dissipates too quickly.

Jiang Jianming looked at the brass-colored bullet case in a daze.

His pupils are dark and silent, like a universe where the stars no longer twinkle.

It has been three years, since the news of His Royal Highness Laian's death has spread throughout the empire, since he decided to join Yin Beidou after graduation...

In the more than a thousand days and nights he spent, this was the only thing left.

He has dedicated the rest of his life to this.

But now, Jiang Jianming suddenly realized that he seemed to be such an empty shell too.

The outside can still reflect the light, and the shell seems to be still very hard; but the inside has been completely burned and cooled to a damaged state.

he already……

A notification sound came from inside the mecha.

This is the timing preset by Jiang Jianming, which means that the time for the time trial is approaching.

In the end, he only got five pieces of true crystal ore. This result is destined to be at the bottom, maybe it will be the bottom one.

That bet, of course, was lost.

Jiang Jianming pursed his lips suddenly, his eyes were as cold as a layer of frost, he clenched his teeth, panting lightly and urgently.

It shouldn't have been like this, he had planned so securely and perfectly.

It's like... Just like he planned his own life after his adoptive father left.

It is a great honor to be admitted to the Keos Military Academy, and you should embark on a broad road in your future life.After graduating, he can go to teach, or find a clerical job in a state government agency, and the salary is quite good.

Star City of Aslan is not like StarCraft. In most cases, disabled humans will not be discriminated against, but will be taken care of. What's more, there have been more and more affirmative action movements for the two races in recent years.

Given his background as a Keos Military Academy graduate, many people will respectfully call him "Mr. Jiang" or even "His Excellency Jiang" in the future.

He can really raise a dog, have a little girl in his arms, and move to the Glorious Dominion for the elderly after saving enough money, as he said to Old Marshal Chen.

Maybe you can find an ordinary but down-to-earth lover, and that person will treat him very well.

but.

But his little Highness... always appears like this without warning, and then leaves incomparably cleanly, like a gust of unruly golden wind blowing past, leaving him with everything disrupted, standing alonemessy.

...

The snow dove cut into flying form flew out of the deep area, and Jiang Jianming went to find his shocking machine.

Layers of vegetation were left behind, and the field of vision alternated between light and dark, until the snow dove walked out of the dense forest, and it suddenly became clear——

Jiang Jianming suddenly stopped the mecha!

He stared in astonishment at the sight before him.

It was red in front of my eyes, and countless red caterpillars died here, as if several nests of snakes had been lured here and then slaughtered.

The shade of the trees above fell mottled, and every dead snake was pierced through the head by a red-gold true crystal, fatal in one blow.

At the end of the overlapping snake corpses, his M-Jidian 18 was parked.

Jiang Jianming remembered Garcia's affirmative tone.

"That's a small thing."

Small things that can be easily resolved for you.

His Royal Highness is too considerate, the snake corpse has been irradiated with curing rays, and pieces of true crystal ore are condensed on the snake corpse.

Under the sun, a dazzling red sea and white waves are formed.

Jiang Jianming stood there in a daze, surrounded by white waves, and the fluctuations of crystal particles were rippling back and forth like water waves.

A few seconds later, as if he couldn't bear the scene in front of him, he closed his eyes suddenly, and couldn't help coughing lowly.

He was wrong.

That person obviously...

Every time go, it's not clean at all.

In his right hand, he gripped the empty bullet more and more tightly, almost burning in his palm.

After a long time, Jiang Jianming raised his hand, but his upper body hunched down——

He bowed and put his clenched right hand on his lips.Her black hair fell down, covering her pale cheeks.

This is a forbearing deep kiss.

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Shanglian: The crown prince is elegant and decent

The second line: The princess is mediocre

Horizontal batch: nonsense

Little Theater. Later

Later, a lazy afternoon in Bai Emerald Palace.Commander Jiang asked His Majesty the Emperor: You said you came to confirm me... what did you confirm?

The emperor recalled for a second, and said in a deep voice: Make sure you don't eat people.

Commander:?