At this moment, the fireworks exploded with a bang, and there were waves of cheers below.

On the observation deck, Jiang Jianming opened his eyes wide.

With the dazzling light from the fireworks, he saw Lai An's burning eyes.

He tried to force a smile, but couldn't.

He only whispered: "Did your Highness drink too much?"

Lai An tightened her fingers on the railing, and said in a low voice, "I did drink."

The long and curly eyelashes flickered for a moment, then lifted again, "But that's to say these words to you, Jiang, I'm sober."

"Would you like to be my lover?"

Jiang Jianming's heart suddenly ached.He lowered his head and panted lightly, feeling as if he had been stabbed, what gushed out was not blood, but endless sorrow.

But my little Highness, he thought dazedly, my career is running out, and you...

Jiang Jianming pursed his lips and swallowed the words that he almost said.

He reached out and stroked Lai An's long curly hair that was blown messily by the wind.

"Your Highness, your understanding of this world has just begun. It's unfair to you to talk about love now."

Lai An squeezed his fingers hard: "I don't understand."

Jiang Jianming looked at the starry sky in the distance, "I mean, Your Highness still has a long way to go. You will meet many, many people, and then you will discover how vast this world is."

He could only hint tactfully in this way, if he just said that he would not live long, the person in front of him would definitely explode.

But these words cut his throat like a blade for him, smearing him with pain that he shouldn't have tasted.

"There will be someone who is better than me, someone who is more suitable than me, and someone who will accompany you longer than me. Your Highness, you deserve better."

Jiang Jianming gently held Lai An's hand back.

Very warm, His Highness's temperature is much warmer than his.

This also means that when they hold hands in the cold winter, it will always be Lai An who gets iced.

It would be great if it was the season of warm spring and flowers blooming. Jiang Jianming looked at Lai An's eyebrows and couldn't help being in a daze for a moment. If they met in spring...

"Please wait patiently. Perhaps in the new year's day, decades later, His Highness will hold his partner's hand, remembering that one night many years ago, a handicapped human being said these words to you."

"At that time, you will miss me, but you will no longer love me."

"Perhaps?" Lai An frowned.

"As long as you promise now, there will never be a possibility."

Jiang Jianming was silent.

The young monarch seemed a little urgent, he took a step forward and clasped the handicapped man's shoulder, "I know what you're worried about, don't think about it, you don't have to think about those messy things."

"I accept unfairness."

"I bear all the consequences."

"I will clear all obstacles."

"I just want to love you now," Lai An hugged Jiang Jianming's thin back, his Adam's apple rolled, and said hoarsely, "I want...to kiss you."

He lowered his head, touched the man in his arms with his forehead, entangled like a little beast, his eyes were moist and bright, "Is it okay?"

"..."

Jiang Jianming opened his mouth to speak, but couldn't - Lai An's thumb suddenly pressed his lips.

"do not."

Maybe he realized something from the expression of the disabled man, Lai An refused to listen to that answer, he said in a low voice: "Don't say it now."

... Jiang Jianming closed his eyes, feeling the skin of his thumb lingering on his lips.

There was a deep and depressing voice next to his ears, and the boy's breath was heavier and faster than before, faintly brushing against his eyelids.

"It's still a few months until my coming-of-age day. Just to let you know in advance, you don't have to answer now."

"We're going to fight Wall in the next battle, so the timing is just right."

Lai An rubbed the tip of Jiang Jianming's nose again, and his magma-like desire was restrained deep in the words, "After the triumph, I will tell you again, and then you will answer."

After finishing speaking, the young man reluctantly withdrew and retreated.The cold wind of the winter night blew away the temperature between the two.

Jiang Jianming shivered.

There was a bit of confusion and fear in his heart.

This is completely different from what he envisioned back then.

When Lai An kissed him for the first time, although he was scared out of his wits, he really felt that it was a brat.

Although he has the evil power to slaughter hundreds of people in an instant, his heart is straightforward and pure.It's so deceiving and frightening.

Later Lai An told him that his childhood was spent in the Gray Owl Laboratory and the palace of Eternal Paradise.

Jiang Jianming immediately understood that it was not a place for people to stay.

So he used to think that as long as two or three years passed, he would lose interest in himself if he put the cub by his side and raised him properly.

Now that a few years have passed, Lai An has indeed matured a lot, from a little monster to a decent young monarch.

But their relationship is getting closer day by day, and Lai An has never shown such strong attachment and longing for the second person.

Jiang Jianming started to get scared, he was afraid that His Highness really loved him.

He was afraid that there would be such a New Year's Eve decades later, when Lai An was no longer an innocent little monster, but a man who had gone through many vicissitudes.

Men still love him.

At that time, the east wind was blowing into the law, and there was a lot of singing and dancing.

The man passed through the lights, looking for and pushing away the celebrating crowd, he was looking for himself, he wanted to say that he loves you again, he wanted to act coquettishly and ask for a light kiss.

Or just intertwining fingers, rubbing ears and temples together, secretly enjoying half a moment of time between each other's brows and eyes.

But he is dead.

Many years ago, when men were teenagers.

Time waits for no one, and the celebration of victory on the Blue Mother Planet only lasted for one night.By the time Area A was once again illuminated by the sun, the army had regrouped.

Since the uprising on the blue mother planet has been carried out in a secret state, and the riot happened too fast, the opponent surrendered before it developed into a starship battle.The empire hadn't realized that something had happened to the blue mother planet, and it was this lack of information that was robbed.

"After all, the blue mother planet lacks resources and cannot be used as a base for an uprising. Coupled with the large number of civilians, once the interstellar war starts, it is easy to be tied up."

Jiang Jianming moved his finger and made a red mark on the three-dimensional star map, "We want to take Wall."

Wall Star City is located in the sub-galaxy of the empire, and it is rich in resources. Next to it is Eden Star City, which is known as the "big granary".The cosmic environment is difficult to attack and easy to defend. The only problem is the frequent intrusion of alien creatures, which is why it has always been called the giant wall of the border.

"Hiss, how dare you say..."

Lin Song crossed his legs and stared at the star map with a sad face, "Dawn, this place is not easy to fight."

"So this time is our only chance. The rebel army can only hope to compete with the empire if they stabilize their footsteps in Wall Star City."

Jiang Jianming quickly glanced at Lai An beside him from the corner of his eye, "This is also what His Highness means."

Tang Ren scratched his head in embarrassment: "However, Your Highness, none of us have any serious experience in commanding starship wars. If we go directly to attack the Great Star City, who will lead the troops?"

"I."

"I."

Lai An and Jiang Jianming spoke in unison.

"..."

In an instant, no one in the conference room dared to speak.

"..." The corners of Lai An's lips were tense, and she pressed her fingers on her forehead, obviously a little frightened.

A few seconds later, he closed his eyes and took a breath, barely put on a majestic air: "Aslan, you don't want to go this time, and stay on Blue Mother Planet for us."

Jiang Jianming's expression turned cold: "If the Wall Star City can be taken down, it will be the base camp of the rebel army in the future. What am I doing in Blue Mother Planet?"

Lai An laughed back angrily: "Do you have points? Your body can't go to the front line. Wall is full of alien creatures. You are going to die!"

"Your Highness, I don't lack the awareness of the shroud in horse leather."

"you!"

"Hey don't don't..."

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Lin Song quickly bit the bullet and tried to persuade him, "Dawn, listen to me, communication projection is so convenient now, you can also command the fleet from the rear. You stay on the Blue Mother Planet to recuperate and wait for a day or two."In 2009, Wall's situation stabilized and alien creatures were expelled, we will come to pick you up again."

But she also knew that it was a lie.

The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and interstellar communication is easily disconnected or eavesdropped.It is possible to provide some strategic suggestions from the rear, but in actual battles, it is absolutely impossible to always wait for instructions from someone who is not on the scene.

The blue mother star does not have great strategic significance.Jiang Jianming's stay here is to help the rebels guard their birthplace and human home planet, that's all.

What Lin Song knew, it was even more impossible for Jiang Jianming not to know.

He took a deep look at Lai An, remained silent for a moment, and did not persist.

"I obey His Highness' orders," he said.

Lai An's face immediately became ugly, gloomy as if he was about to bite him.

But Jiang Jianming didn't give His Royal Highness a chance to bite.

He got up and left.

In the evening of this day, the starship broke through the dusk and lifted off into the sky.

Jiang Jianming was sitting on the steps of his small ward. Seth hadn't seen him for many days, and kept barking, pulling his knees, sticking out his tongue and wagging his tail.

"Good dog."

Jiang Jianming bent down, buried his face in Seth's soft fur, and thought to himself: It seems that the farthest he can go is here.

But maybe it's a good thing, after this separation, Lai An's affection for him will naturally fade away.

Maybe the next time we meet, the "more suitable person" will appear next to His Highness.

Or maybe there will be no next meeting, and he will die quietly in this star city, leaving the urn to the triumphant army.Lai An may be sad, but who in this world has to suffer once or twice?

As he thought about it, he gradually felt sleepy.He also couldn't bring himself to go back to the house. Anyway, no one was watching him now, so Jiang Jianming simply nestled on the rocking chair outside the small courtyard and closed his eyes.

He thought he would sleep through the night like this.

So when Jiang Jianming was woken up late at night by the sound of dogs barking and loud rumbling noises, he felt a splitting headache and couldn't react to what happened.

Interlaced with Seth's excited "Wow, woof, woof", a familiar voice came from high above——

"—Aslan!"

"!?"

Jiang Jianming wondered if he hadn't woken up. The large white light from above his head made people unable to open their eyes.He managed to see through the cracks in his fingers, and almost didn't have a sudden cardiac arrest——

Kill him, that's the light of the mecha searchlight!

In mid-air, the cockpit of the mech opened.Standing against the wind, Lai An shouted at him solemnly: "Do you really want to go?"

"—Your Highness!?"

Jiang Jianming couldn't catch his breath, and wished he could faint on the spot.

He staggered to his feet, and shouted back at the top of his voice, "You...you are crazy, what about the starship, what about the others, you turned back halfway by yourself!?"

Lai An: "Do you really want to go?"

Jiang Jianming's eyes suddenly went dark, and he felt the blood vessels in his brain throbbing. If Lai An was in front of him now, he would probably really slap or kick him.

"Then do you know that you are already the leader of the rebel army and the monarch of hundreds of millions of people! If something happens, what do you ask others to do!?"

He raised his angry eyes suddenly, his breath trembling, "You are... reckless! I taught you to be so willful all these years!?"

"I'm not willful, I just changed my mind. I want you to be the commander of the rebel army."

Lai An was expressionless, and the crystal bone manipulated the mech to descend slowly, "Commander calm down first, before you get too angry and get sick."

"You're just...cough cough cough...!"

"Look, I just said that."

Without any resistance, he was carried horizontally by Lai An into the cockpit of the mecha, and then stuffed into the treatment cabin.

His Highness was probably also afraid that he would really piss off the remnant humans, so he began to give in without a few words, promising that he would catch up with the large army and the journey would be safe, so what if he calculated the data and then came back.

Jiang Jianming wanted to swear, but a shot of anesthesia came in, and he immediately became paralyzed, unable to speak.

Lai An closed the lid with ease: "It's about to jump, sleep for a while. Seth, I'll ask someone to take it, don't worry."

...

When he woke up from a drowsy sleep, the mecha had already completed the leap, and was chasing the main force for the last distance along the route.

Jiang Jianming sat in the driver's seat, looking at the universe outside the alloy glass, Xinghan was empty and quiet.

Ryan squeezed his fingers, and said in a posture of "I broke the jar, do you still dare to jump into the mecha?" He said that he had announced to the entire rebel army that Dawn Aslan was the commander of the entire army.

Jiang Jianming said lightly: "I am a human with residual crystals."

Lai An: "You have my crystal bone."

"It's yours, how can I count it as mine?"

Jiang Jianming was annoyed and funny, "Your Highness is not trying to curry favor with me and ask me to agree to that matter?"

...Anyway, if you don't come back this time, that matter will definitely be useless.

Lai An's eyes flickered to hide the words in his heart, and he cleared his throat: "What are you thinking, this is a business matter, that is a private matter."

"Whether you agree or not, you are meant to stay by my side. To be a lover is just to have more rights on that basis, such as kiss..."

"Okay!" Jiang Jianming interrupted quickly, "I'll talk about that later."

Lai An covered Jiang Jianming's face with his palm, "Then I won't talk, you sleep."

After a while, he whispered again: "I heard that Wall is rich in mechas. After the rebels occupy Wall, I will find someone to build a mecha and give it to you."

"We will equip it with two cockpits. The first cockpit is for you, and the interior is made like a treatment cabin. I can lock you in...the second cockpit is for me..."

The tiny mecha flies in the vast universe.

In the silence, the heartbeats of the two echo each other.

"Aslan?...Ginger?"

"have you slept."

Waiting for the breath beside her to become longer, Lai An gently raised her palm.

His eyes were complicated and affectionate, staring at the pale young man who was asleep, he seemed to want to say something, but he still couldn't say anything.

He straightened Jiang Jianming's broken hair on his forehead, pulled out the well-shaped corners of his eyes, and suddenly paused.

Lai An was silent for a long time.

He tapped lightly with his fingertips.

The water stains from the ends of the young man's eyes were wiped away.