A few days later, the Military General Hospital.

"When you first woke up, you cried for me."

Jiang Jianming was stuffed with a soft pillow behind him, half leaning on the bed in the treatment cabin, his expression was full of blankness: "...what?"

And His Royal Highness Lai An moved a chair and sat beside him, holding half a bowl of rice porridge, carefully blowing it cold and feeding it into his mouth.

"I said, when you woke up for the first time, you cried for me."

——At the same time, he plausibly recalled the scene on the starship to him.

Obviously, combining the two actions of "you are crying" and "you are looking for me" into "you are crying for me" will cause a huge error in expression, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't care.

Jiang Jianming opened his eyes slightly, and vetoed it flatly: "What? I can't!"

Lai An: "Really, why did I lie to you? I came here to ask you why you were crying, and you said you missed me."

Jiang Jianming: "Impossible...I don't remember."

Lai An: "It's just that you don't remember."

Just as Jiang Jianming was about to defend himself, he opened his mouth and was fed another spoonful of porridge.

He is very weak now, and he is dizzy and nauseated by the overdose of drugs. He threw up whatever he ate two days ago, so he can only soak in the medical solution drowsily.It wasn't until this morning that condition improved a bit, and could barely swallow some light food.

Because of this, Lai An didn't dare to feed him too much porridge, and put it down after feeding him half a bowl.

"You're still angry with me," he said blankly, "I've been coaxing you, but you just don't respond to me."

Jiang Jianming: "...you can't just talk nonsense just because I don't remember well."

He frowned and complained, and Lai An lowered his head and smiled, shaking his head, "I won't bully you anymore."

In the past few days at the Military General Hospital, time slowed down uncommonly.

The reason why Jiang Jianming resisted the hospital a few times before was simply because he didn't want to expose his chronic crystal disorder.Now he knows what he should know and what he should not know, and he has no reason to refuse to be hospitalized.

After all, in his current state, he really couldn't do anything other than lie on the bed.

And His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's crystal bone wasted too much, and logically, he should be hospitalized for observation, but this one came to his side every day to rely on him.

Jiang Jianming couldn't laugh or cry, so he had to quietly tell the doctor to put all the medicines that should be used in his ward, and he will figure out a way.

I don't know who is staring at who is receiving treatment, probably they are feeding each other again.

After a little stability, the emperor and the leader came to see them again.

"Your Excellency, since when did you not remember clearly?"

The leader asked: "At the end of the Battle of Lan Xi Shi, you commanded the fleet to force the Crystal Cult out of the empire. Do you remember what happened at that time?"

"Very vague, almost no impression now."

Jiang Jianming said something in a low voice, then frowned, and turned to look aside——

Lai An and Lin Song were staring at each other coldly, the two didn't know what was going on, especially recently.

Jiang Jianming: "Your Highness, I haven't told you about this yet. How could you directly take the command of General Celine and give it to me? Did you not know what state I was in at that time?"

Lai An glanced at him: "You told me you were sober."

Jiang Jianming: "..."

You can believe what I say!?

Lai An saw Jiang Jianming's indescribable expression, and added: "You look very sober, and when you were talking about tactics with me, you were so sober that I couldn't believe it."

Jiang Jianming said angrily: "What sobriety... I almost lost consciousness in the second half of the fight."

"impossible."

Lai An put it categorically: "You are obviously very superior."

"Up...up?"

Jiang Jianming was at a loss, what was the description above!

His Royal Highness raised his eyebrows: "I originally put you in the treatment cabin, but I couldn't hold you back if you insisted on going to the command seat in the middle of the fight."

Jiang Jianming: "...?"

The leader and the emperor looked at each other quietly, probably knowing what was going on.

Jiang Jianming was still in the dark, arguing with Lai An for a long time, talking until he lost his strength, closed his eyes and leaned back dizzily.

...This time, his body is really bad.

But Jiang Jianming himself doesn't feel regretful, originally he was suffering from chronic crystal disorder, his life is getting worse day by day, and his physique will become weaker and weaker.

After another year or two, he would not even have the capital to go crazy, maybe he didn't even have the physical strength to control the mecha.Instead of letting the fire of life wear out slowly, it is better to burn yourself happily now.

Of course, there are always people who will not allow him to seek death like this.

With a soft sound, the built-in infusion needle in the treatment cabin popped out and pierced into the patient's slender arm.

Lai An withdrew his hand to press the button, and said to the emperor and the leader in a nonchalant manner: "Come back, he is going to sleep."

"Please stay, Your Majesty." Jiang Jianming was still trying to get down to something serious, "About the matter of Crystal Cult, I still..."

Lin Song couldn't stand it anymore, he patted Jiang Jianming's back with a sullen face, and said, "Let's talk when you recover, or our little Highness will bite someone."

Lai An immediately brought him some water, and Jiang Jianming drank a couple of sips from His Highness's hand, then closed his eyes and slowed down his cough, and said in a hoarse voice, "Listen to Your Majesty. Then I'll write a report and hand it directly to the military headquartersBar."

He turned his head and thought for a while, then said: "However, there may be something important, please listen to me."

"I saw the archbishop of Crystal Cult there, named Gaius; the one who attacked me at that time was another bishop, I had seen him in the Splendid Cathedral, named Su."

Jiang Jianming said seriously: "But Lauren was the only one who escorted me to see His Highness. I heard His Highness talk about what happened in the past two days. It seems that the Archbishop and the Bishop of Destruction did not appear later. I am a little worried."

Lin Song nodded: "Understood, I will tell the military department to pay more attention to the movements of the distant interstellar."

...far interstellar.

The word tugged at the heartstrings again.

After the emperor and the leader left, Jiang Jianming pinched Lai An's fingers casually in a daze, and after a long time he said to himself: "I don't know where Major General Xie is now."

The policy finalized at the military meeting at that time was to let Xie Yuduo's expeditionary fleet not rush in deep after arriving at the crystal nest, and lead the army to withdraw.

Counting the days, it was almost time for a communication to arrive.

Lai An sighed softly, "Don't worry, I have some news for you... rest."

The crown prince leaned over, carefully pulled Jiang Jianming's shoulder, and kissed the corner of his eye.

The movement was very light, which made the latter laugh and talk itchy.

...

After the smoke cleared, the long winter was finally blown away by the warm wind.

As the fine spring rain falls, the ice melts and the snow melts, and the warblers fly and the grass grows.

In fact, this period of time is quite dangerous for Major General Xie—of course, the Major General himself who is far away in the starship does not know it.

But in the public opinion of some of the empire's subjects and generals, Donna Sektor's obedience to Lauren's coercion to blow up the energy station of the high-dimensional blockade almost became a target for attacking the major general himself.

That is to say, Xie Yuduo is usually high-profile, young and talkative, and there are too many people who can't understand him.The empire has always been very stuck on the crime of treason, and there are even charges of consecutive sittings.Old Marshal Chen tried his best to protect his favorite general, so he was finally able to get him out of this mess.

And Donna Sect's end was undoubtedly tragic.Although he was partially exonerated, he was still sentenced to ten years in prison.And this sentence will be the separation of mother and daughter after ten years.

When Jiang Jianming's physical condition was barely able to go out, he would occasionally look out the window thoughtfully.

One day when it was raining lightly, he took advantage of His Highness to go to the palace to do some business, asked the hospital for an electronic wheelchair, took an umbrella, and went out alone.

Jiang Jianming went to Seeket's house to visit the girl who was left behind.

Xie Yinxing's grandfather... the old Patriarch Sect suffered a huge blow, as if he had aged a lot in just a few dozen days.

He led Jiang Jianming outside Xie Yinxing's room, and sighed sadly: "Since her mother was taken away, little Amelia has locked herself in the house for a week."

Jiang Jianming pushed open the door, and the light from outside shone into the room.

I saw the girl hugging her knees, huddling herself in a dark corner of the bedroom, with messy hair, like an abandoned broken doll.

"Mom is not a bad person." Xie Yinxing raised her red eyes, her voice was hoarse, "Mom did something wrong to protect Xing Xing."

"It's all about Xing Xing, it's Xing Xing... Treating bad people as good people, why should you take my mother away, you should take me away."

Jiang Jianming didn't speak, just hugged the girl into his arms.

"Don't, don't," Xie Yinxing shrank back, choked up and shouted, "I...I know! I know that my brother was killed by the enemy to save Xing Xing...Why do you still come to see me!?"

Jiang Jianming half-kneeled on the floor, pulling her forcefully to prevent her from running away.

He knew that the girl was very sensible, since she knew she was injured, she wouldn't struggle too much.

"Xing Xing," he said, "Xing Xing, don't listen to me. Let me ask you... Where's your little gun?"

The girl raised her head in a daze, she lowered her head and muttered twice, sniffling and muttering: "I don't know, maybe...lost...lost."

"Your mother will be back."

Jiang Jianming rubbed her messy hair, and said calmly, "Mrs. Donna's situation is special. She was coerced, and she tried to resist in the middle. Normally, the sentence should be reduced."

"It doesn't matter if it's five years, eight years, or even ten years, your mother will always come back to you."

He stretched out his hands again and straightened the girl's rolled neckline, "The important thing is, when the time comes, what kind of world do you want mother to see, what kind of Xing Xing look like?"

"Ten years from now, will there still be bad people around us?"

"If there are bad people who want to force my mother to do bad things, can Xing Xing protect her ten years later?"

Xie Yinxing was stunned for a moment.Jiang Jianming said lightly: "And me, I was injured, and I am a disabled person, my body will be much worse than before."

"Your marksmanship is very good, and you are a new human. If you want to join the army in the future, can you come and be my bodyguard to protect me?"

Before parting, Jiang Jianming gave her a pen in his pocket.

That is actually a tactical pen used by the Jinrilun army, not a new crystal weapon, just a gadget.What is rare is the military emblem engraved with the golden sun wheel, the color is gold and copper, and it looks very handsome.

"Think about it." He smiled.

When we went back, it rained again, and it was so cold that Jiang Jianming couldn't stop shivering, and he almost couldn't even sit in a wheelchair.

He knew that he probably wouldn't live long enough for Xie Yinxing to grow up.

only hope……

Ten years later, there should be no bad people around children.

The wish is silent, only Chunyu is still beating a sad ditty on the windows of Wanwan's house.

Even though the flames of war were extinguished, the wounds caused by the flames of war could not be washed away for a long time.

On this day, when Diana came to visit, she was wearing a black dress with a layer of black veil covering her face. It was a classical mourning dress, which subtly blended with the quiet and bright atmosphere of the hospital.

Walking into the ward, she took off her veil.The exposed eye sockets were red and swollen, and his face was pale, as if he had suffered a serious illness. His complexion was worse than that of Jiang Jianming, who almost lost his life.

She came very suddenly and did not inform in advance, Jiang Jianming was totally unprepared.At this time, he beckoned her to sit down in surprise, and was about to get up and get out of bed.

"Jiang, don't get up." Diana stepped forward quickly, holding Jiang Jianming's wrist with both hands, telling him to lie down, and whispered softly, "I heard that you are seriously injured... I'm sorry I only came to see you today.are you better?"

She seemed to have matured a lot all of a sudden. In the past, this young lady would only hide behind her brother's back and cry, and rarely spoke in such a calm manner.

Jiang Jianming could see her depression.

Diana hardly dared to look herself in the eye and just kept talking.

She said that Audrey's cryo-sleep operation had almost succeeded, and she would soon be sent to the Black Shark base.It was originally a cutting-edge technology, so it was more at ease at the base.

She said that her brother's two concealments are now fully exposed, gender and race... mainly the latter, which has aroused considerable public opinion in the outside world.

She didn't dare to face it, she only knew that the quarrel was crazy, and unbearable remarks were flying all over the sky.

She also said that she couldn't support the Lance family.I heard that in a few days, people from the Glorious Dominion will come and negotiate with the empire to take over this ancestral property.

Originally, after both parents died, it was the young Audrey who maintained control of the family with her talent and perseverance all these years.

Now that this pillar collapsed, the tall building suddenly collapsed.In the future, the Lance family will no longer be Lance's family.

Diana breathed a sigh of relief after saying this, with a peaceful smile hanging from the corners of her eyes.

She stared at Jiang Jianming, bit her lower lip, clutched her dress with her fingers, and said softly after a few seconds: "So...that's how it is, it should be useless for me to stay in the family, so..."

"You should have guessed it too," she nodded, "Yes, I have decided to enter the Black Shark Base. I came here today to tell you..."

Before the farewell could be said, tears suddenly fell from Diana's eyes and slid down her cheeks.

Jiang Jianming was taken aback.

"Yes, I'm sorry..." Diana suddenly panicked, she kept wiping her tears with her hands, but the tears couldn't stop, "I...I can't cry, I can't cry...but, I...I'm sorry,Sorry……"

Jiang Jianming sighed softly, took a tissue from the side and gave it to her, "There's nothing you can't cry, everyone can cry."

Diana sniffled, her soft body trembling.

Jiang Jianming stretched out his arms to signal to her, and Diana threw herself into his arms just like before.

Gradually, she began to sob softly, and the weeping gradually became louder, and finally turned into wailing loudly.

"I have no brother..."

She tightly grasped Jiang Jianming's shoulders with her hands, gasped for breath with her mouth open, and cried out in despair, "Jiang, I don't have a brother anymore...I don't have a home anymore...I'm alone!!"

This time, Jiang Jianming had no consolation.Sometimes reassurance is necessary and sometimes superfluous.

He let Diana cry in his arms for a long, long time, until the girl calmed down by herself, shamelessly hid in the bathroom, hiccupped and washed her face.

"That, Jiang, this..."

When Diana came out slowly, she took out something from her bag and said with red eyes, "I don't want to be taken away by the people of the Dominion, if you can use it..."

It was a pair of crossed hilts.

They have no blades, only hilts.

"This is brother's crystal bone weapon, a pair of knight swords, named 'Moon God's Blood'."

Diana whispered, "Of course, it was definitely not made by my brother. Don't be angry, it is... something passed down from the family."

"I don't know swordsmanship, and I don't dare to fight. If my brother is still alive, I will definitely choose to give them to you. You can take them."

"Don't," Jiang Jianming smiled helplessly and shook his head, "If you give me this thing, I will only hand it over to the empire."

Diana slumped her shoulders in frustration, hugging the pair of sword hilts, "But..."

"No but. Since it is important to Audrey, of course it should be held by her sister."

Jiang Jianming lightly patted the back of Diana's hand, "Besides, why did you choose to freeze Audrey? Didn't you just expect her to wake up?"

"What if she recovers in the future, opens her eyes, and finds that her sword has been given away by her own sister, and is so angry that it freezes back to ice?"

Diana laughed through her tears, and pretended to be angry: "No way, my brother never treated you as an outsider."

Afterwards, Jiang Jianming dragged her to read the information about crystal particles for a while, until His Royal Highness Lai An came in and ordered him to take medicine and rest, then he stopped.

"Then... before I leave," Diana whispered as she walked out of the ward, holding the door frame, "Can Jiang come and see me off?"

Jiang Jianming nodded with a smile: "It's an honor."

...

While resting in bed, Jiang Jianming wrote an article about the Crystal Cult and the crystal particle race.

I re-investigated some supporting materials myself, carefully selected words, revised them repeatedly, and finally wrote a report of eight or nine thousand words and submitted it.

He didn't know how much truth the high-level empire had grasped, and perhaps the hard work he had expended was not worth mentioning in the eyes of some people.But at least that's his attitude.

As the crown prince, Lai An is of course busy after such turmoil just happened.

He didn't even stay in the hospital for a long time, and went back and forth between the palace and the military headquarters every now and then.

But the crown prince would go back to the hospital every night to spend the night with Jiang Jianming, and he didn't bother him, just sat by the lamp and watched him type and write.

Only when the time was up or when he was showing signs of fatigue would he be violently arrested and put into the treatment cabin to sleep.

"...Speaking of it." The night outside the window was like veil, Jiang Jianming stopped typing on the virtual keyboard, and suddenly looked at the crystal bone ring on his ring finger.

"This thing is quite evil. After releasing the crystal bone, it will automatically run to my ring finger."

He asked Lai An curiously, his eyebrows turned sideways were extremely gentle under the lamp: "How did you do it?"

Lai An just brought him hot milk and put it in his hand, and snorted angrily: "You ask me who I ask."

But suddenly he took out a string of special material chains from his jacket pocket, which was the same as the one Jiang Jianming used to string rings before.

"Hooked off your necklace before."

Lai An took Jiang Jianming's palm and placed the chain gently in his palm, "Here, I don't owe you anything."

"Thank you." Jiang Jianming was a little surprised. He was thinking about getting another chain to string the rings together.

He tightened his fingers, thought for a while, and suddenly asked: "Your Highness, did anyone see it at that time?"

Lai An knew what Jiang Jianming was asking. He was asking if the forbidden crystal bone ring had been seen by the imperial soldiers.He immediately replied, "No."

Jiang Jianming said displeasedly: "...Your Highness."

Lai An: "I said no, but I didn't. I didn't have it before, and I won't have it in the future."

Jiang Jianming closed his eyes and sighed. He turned off the virtual screen, drank hot milk, and reached out to turn off the bedside lamp.

In the darkness, Lai An's arms came up.Immediately afterwards, he was kissed lingeringly on the lips, which was a reassuring temperature.

...

On the day Diana returned to Alien Omega with the base leader, Jiang Jianming and Lai An went to send it off.

Diana no longer wore black dresses and black veils.

She changed into the white research uniform of a Black Shark base member.

What was even more unexpected was that she had cut her hair, which was the same short hair as Audrey.

It's just that Audrey's temperament is neutral and elegant. No matter men's or women's clothing, short hair will look heroic.

And Diana was born cute and lovely, but now she has a lifeless expression, so she looks a bit nondescript with this hairstyle.

It looked like a beautiful and delicate doll that had been cut bald by a scissor.

But her mental state seemed to be better, and she told Jiang Jianming that she could always look for her if needed in the future.

The aircraft stopped right behind the two of them, and they were going to board the base's starship.The leader of the base put his hands on his chest and bowed slightly: "Your Excellency, we are leaving. Please take care of yourself."

Diana followed behind the leader and said, "Jiang, take care."

The leader turned to the Crown Prince again: "Your Highness, please take good care of your Excellency."

Lai An: "You don't need to tell me."

They turned around, boarded the craft, and closed the door.Jiang Jianming watched the aircraft take off into the sky, gradually shrinking in the blue sky.

That's it.The next time we meet again, don't know when, where, and what kind of situation it will be.

Lai An also looked up at the aircraft, held his hand, and asked casually, "Do you feel better these two days, what do you want to eat at noon?"

"Hmm..." Jiang Jianming said casually, "It's fine, you can go back and peel the apples for me."

"..." Lai An said coldly, "Do you think I like peeling apples?"

Jiang Jianming: "No."

Lai An: "Your tone is too perfunctory, like throwing a bone to a dog and expecting it to play alone all day."

On the branches by the roadside, several new flowers bloomed.The petals of light pink hang from the rain last night, and when the east wind blows, they are glistening.