Far Eastern Stars

As the distance gets closer, the line of sight becomes clearer and clearer. The county is indeed an island, not too big, with many trees and weeds growing.

"Even if there is no fresh water, you should be able to find wild fruits. If you're lucky, there might be limes."

Yi Na put down the binoculars and said, "Boss, how about resting on the island tonight?"

Ke Lei nodded, and Ares moored the boat on the shore, and tied it tightly with chains and ropes.

Everyone jumped ashore one by one and drifted on the sea for a long time. Even if their feet touched the hard ground at this time, they still felt a little shaky.

There was a lot of dry grass and branches on the island, and Natasha and Ina quickly started a fire.The men split up and went to the island with torches to find fresh water and fresh fruit.

The surroundings were very quiet, Liu Yunchen couldn't help wrapping his windbreaker tightly.

"Afraid?" Ke Lei walked beside him, "Don't worry, this island is very small, there will be no beasts."

"It's a bit cold." Liu Yunchen sneezed.

"Boss!" Ares shouted not far away, "We have found the water source."

Liu Yunchen was overjoyed, and pulled Ke Lei over to have a look.

A pool of spring water was rippling under the moonlight, and there were paw prints of small animals beside it, which looked like hares that came to drink.

"I'll get the bucket." Natasha turned back to the big boat.

"I'll help you!" Liu Yunchen also ran over, his back very cheerful.

"Little cutie full of energy." Ina teased, "Looks like a jumping bunny."

Curley shook his head with a smile, shook out a cigar from the cigarette case and lit it.

"Ah!" Liu Yunchen tripped over a tree stump, and if it wasn't for Natasha's side, he would have almost landed on his face.

"Don't worry." Natasha pulled him up. "We won't leave until dawn, so we can get water all night long."

Liu Yunchen patted the dirt on his body, then looked back at the tree stump, but felt something was wrong.

"What's wrong?" Seeing him standing still, Natasha wondered.

Liu Yunchen made a silent gesture to her, and carefully approached the tree stump with a torch.

Natasha frowned, obviously not understanding what he was trying to do.

Liu Yunchen almost held his breath - if he hadn't been dazzled just now, then this moss-covered stump seemed to have moved a bit just now, or it seemed to have grown a bit taller.

As if to confirm his doubts, the stump swayed slightly again.Natasha noticed something strange, and grabbed his wrist, preventing him from getting any closer.

"What is it?" Liu Yunchen asked quietly.

As soon as the words fell, a pair of eyes suddenly appeared on the cut stump, red eyes full of anger.

The hairs all over Liu Yunchen's body suddenly stood up.

"Damn it!" Natasha cursed viciously, "Go away! It's a turtle!

The ground under her feet began to tremble violently, and Natasha pulled Liu Yunchen and ran towards the shore: "We must untie the boat as quickly as possible, so as not to be overturned or taken into the bottom of the sea by it."

"But the generals are still in the woods!" Liu Yunchen said anxiously.

"Boss is not a child, he knows what to do." Natasha pulled out the dagger from her military boots and cut the rope fiercely.

A hoarse roar came from the ground, as if from hell.The tall trees were overturned by their roots, revealing the dark soil and the blue-yellow turtle-patterned carapace under the soil.If someone hovers in the sky in a helicopter at this time, they will find sharp turtle claws slowly growing around the island.

"What do you mean, this whole island is a big sleeping turtle?" Liu Yunchen pulled the rope with all his strength to prevent the boat from drifting away from the shore.

"Everyone on board!" Ke Lei on the other side also ordered loudly.

Ina and Natasha dexterously climbed onto the boat, and Ares wanted to come over to catch the rope, but the snake tortoise violently shook its body, shaking the mountain instantly.Liu Yunchen exclaimed, before he had time to react, he fell heavily into the sea.

"Chen!" Ke Lei yelled.

The salty seawater instantly filled his mouth, his legs were entangled by seaweed, Liu Yunchen pulled out the dagger from his waist with great effort, severed some seaweed, and swam to the sea surface holding his breath.

As soon as his head popped out, he was grabbed by the waist with one hand.

"General." Liu Yunchen was still in shock.

Natasha used all her strength to fix the sail, Yi Na threw down the rescue rope, and Ke Lei and Liu Yunchen pulled onto the big boat.

Ares swung his right hand and smashed the snake turtle's head with thunder and fury, and the sound of bones breaking could be heard under the muffled sound.

"Get on board!" Yi Na called him loudly.

Ares rushed to the shore.

During the short period of time when the snake turtle was in a coma, the sea surface temporarily returned to calm, and the ship quickly left the shore and sailed to the depths of the ocean.

"Hiss." Liu Yunchen was wearing thick pajamas, sitting on the bed and gasping for air.

"Don't be nervous, cutie." Ares helped him massage his shoulders, "Relax a little, relax a little."

Ke Lei poured powder on the bandage and helped him bandage his hands.In order to be able to fix the boat, Liu Yunchen's hands were almost worn off by the rough cables, and after being soaked in sea water, they looked bloody.

Liu Yunchen's face was pale - because whether it was the shocking experience just now, the effect of the hemostatic drug, or the temporary doctor's technique, it was all very frustrating.

"Snake tortoises are the dullest existence in the ocean, almost every one can sleep for hundreds of years." Ina said!

"And it looks like the one we met tonight is particularly long-lived."

Liu Yunchen still couldn't imagine what kind of creature could sleep for hundreds of years!

Let yourself grow flowers and trees, even rabbits and fresh water.

"Do you know what that stands for?" Ina asked.

Liu Yunchen thought for a while, then tentatively replied: "Does it mean it is really lazy?"

"Ahem." Ares choked on the hot water.

The corners of Ke Lei's lips twitched slightly.

"The snake turtle is a legendary creature, and it is not officially recognized, because basically no scientist has seen it, but we have seen it." Ming Chuan explained next to him, "This shows that we have traveled to an unknown area of ​​the ocean, that is, The edge of the fabled Sea of ​​Artis."

Liu Yunchen really became nervous.

"The next step is the process that really needs to be more vigilant." Ke Lei wrapped the bandage with adhesive tape, "But don't worry too much, your performance just now was very good."

"Thank you." Liu Yunchen glanced at his bear-like hands, and was a little worried about his daily life in the next few days.

"Let's all go back and rest." Ke Lei said, "At least there should be no danger tonight."

"Good night." Liu Yunchen leaned against the head of the bed, watching the others leave.

Ke Lei didn't intend to leave, and he didn't seem to be in a good mood, he was angry at the air.

Liu Yunchen comforted him and said: "My hand is fine." So there is no need to show this expression at all.

"It has nothing to do with your hands, cutie." Heka appeared in the cabin, wrapped in a transparent nightgown, giggling, with a cigarette between her fingers, "Your Excellency probably wanted to ask me why I didn't Appear?"

"Since the bond has been formed, your responsibility is to protect the master." Ke Lei looked at her.

"But everyone was there just now. I don't think the cutie will sink to the bottom of the sea or be swallowed by the giant turtle." Heka gracefully exhaled a smoke ring.

The tobacco smell from hundreds of years ago was so strong and pungent that Liu Yunchen was choked and coughed.

Ke Lei's eyes became more and more displeased.

Heka had no choice but to throw the cigarette into the barrier, and then sighed helplessly: "General Ke Lei, I think you are a little too nervous about this matter. Of course I will protect the safety of the little cutie, but the situation just now is indeed not dangerous , just a manic snake turtle."

"I'm really fine." Liu Yunchen defended in a low voice.

"Have a good rest." Heka sat on the edge of the bed and placed a kiss on his forehead, "I hope this can relieve your pain."

"Thank you." Liu Yunchen originally wanted to ask Xuetu, but when he saw Ke Lei's poker face, he wisely chose to shut up.

"If there is nothing else, then I should go back." Heka helped Liu Yunchen cover the quilt, "If you need someone to help you take a shower or change clothes tomorrow morning, you can come to me at any time."

"No need." Liu Yunchen said in embarrassment, "Good night, ma'am."

Heka giggled and disappeared into the barrier, leaving Liu Yunchen to keep looking at Ke Lei.

"Good night, General." After a long silence, Liu Yunchen finally couldn't help breaking the silence, and then he repeated again, "I'm really fine."

Corey turned and strode out of the cabin.

Liu Yunchen heaved a sigh of relief, and lay back on the soft pillows.Perhaps because of the medicine, the wound didn't hurt much, but it was a little hot.However, after experiencing the shock scene not long ago, he was exhausted, but fell asleep quickly, and didn't wake up until noon the next day.

As soon as he opened his eyes, what he saw was Ares' face full of enthusiasm and smiling, showing ten teeth.

……

Liu Yunchen closed his eyes calmly, planning to wake up again.

"Please, don't move while lying down." Ares told him with a serious face.

"Why?" Liu Yunchen asked inexplicably.

Ares has already rumbled out of the cabin, like a gust of wind.

In view of his strange style all the time, Liu Yunchen didn't intend to listen to this suggestion.He lay down for a while, and then struggled to get up from the bed, but stood in front of the washbasin with a bitter face.

"Oh! God, why did you get up?" Ares exclaimed in the corridor, and then looked at Ke Lei with a sad face, "I swear, Chen really just woke up."

"Good morning." Liu Yunchen greeted, and then added guiltily, "Or good afternoon."

"Can I go?" Ares asked.

Corey knocked him away with a snappy punch.

Ares burst into tears, feeling that he had been greatly hurt.

"What happened to him?" Liu Yunchen was still puzzled.

"I just told him to come and tell me as soon as you wake up." Corey twisted a towel and wiped his face.

"Oh." Liu Yunchen raised his head and closed his eyes, and said after a while, "I think Mrs. Heka was just joking last night. She doesn't really want to help me take a bath, so don't be so nervous."

Corey stuffed the toothbrush into his mouth.

Liu Yunchen was stabbed to the gums and almost shed tears.

He doesn't know if Ke Lei is the best general in the empire, but he must be the worst nurse in the empire—the kind that is complained by his employer every day.

Of course, the task of the nurse is not only to wash the patient's face, but also to eat three meals a day.

Curley put the sandwich to his mouth.

Liu Yunchen lowered his head and took a bite, dragging out a whole slice of ham and dripping sauce.

"Oh!" Ares couldn't bear to look directly, so he suggested from the bottom of his heart, "Boss, maybe you can try to give this job to Yi Na, or Natasha, or Mrs. Heka." Ms. Gao is also a lady and should be very good at taking care of others.

With a blank expression on his face, Ke Lei took the ham out of Liu Yunchen's mouth and said, "Eat slowly."

Liu Yunchen puffed out his cheeks and chewed desperately, as if he was a hamster.

Corey: "..."

"What should I do?" Ares surrounded Ming Chuan worriedly, "I think the cutie will have indigestion tonight. "

"Does your hand still hurt?" Ke Lei asked after breakfast.

Liu Yunchen shook his head and said, "The medicine is very effective."

"It's the best special drug in the army." Ke Lei brought the straw to his mouth, "It can help soldiers forget their pain during battle."

"Have you participated in many battles?" Liu Yunchen looked at him.

Ke Lei nodded and said: "Since graduating from the military academy, until now.

"When I was in the imperial capital, I also read many reports." Liu Yunchen shook his hand, but at that time he didn't think that one day I would have a relationship with the army.

"So?" Ke Lei smiled, "If you hadn't met me, if the Liuyun family hadn't encountered a financial crisis, what would you be doing now?"

"Continue to study finance at Imperial College of Technology." Liu Yunchen thought for a while, "Then after graduation, seek a small job, or open a bookstore by yourself."

"Sounds good." Ke Lei nodded, "If you really open a bookstore in the future, then I can threaten Thornton and ask him to hand over his first autobiography to you for exclusive sale."

Sounds like a good project to get rich.

In the principal's office of the military academy in the extreme northern snowfield, General Thornton sneezed solidly.

"Principal." Nan Ming knocked on the door, "A guest has arrived."

"Guest?" Thornton frowned slightly, and glanced at his project schedule, "I don't remember anyone ever making an appointment for a visit this afternoon."

"It's true that there is no appointment, but you probably have to see him." Nan Ming twisted the doorknob, leaned half his body in and said, "He's from the Liuyun family."

"Liuyunji?" Thornton stood up.

"No." Nan Ming shook his head, "It was Liuyun Zeyu who came in person."

……

Almost all gossip tabloid magazines have reported a piece of news, which is the irreconcilable conflict between General Thornton and the Liuyun family. As for the specific reasons, there is no consensus.

Some say it has something to do with wealth, some say it has something to do with beauties, some say it has something to do with power, and some say it has something to do with environmental protection—the Liuyun family wants to buy a snow field and build a castle to store the most precious snow crystals.However, after the government approved the land use application, this plan was inexplicably opposed by Thornton. He even dispatched an entire army to surround the snowfield.

The other party was someone that even the Imperial Army dared not easily provoke, and Liu Yunzeyu didn't want to take the initiative to cause trouble for himself, but as a capitalist, he certainly wouldn't be in a good mood to watch a large number of precious snow crystals melt. good.So after that, the relationship between the two sides began to become tense. The reporters of the gossip tabloids prayed almost every day, hoping that Liu Shi Zeyu would meet Thornton in public, which would cause conflicts, and it would be best to fight again— — News written like that will surely earn three times as much.

Or thirty times.

But unfortunately, this never happened.Thorton stayed in the Icefield Military Academy for most of the year, while the members of the Liuyun family would not leave the imperial capital for half a step, as if they were two eternal parallel lines, always walking on their own trajectories.

If it wasn't for Ke Lei, Thornton probably would never have wanted to see Liuyun Zeyu, Liuyunji, or anyone from Liuyun's family in this life.

An old man was sitting on the sofa in the reception room: he had a neat suit and neat white hair. Even though his face was a bit haggard, he didn't look embarrassed at all.

"Mr. Liuyun." Thorn pushed the door and walked in.

"Your Excellency, General." Liu Shi Zeyu stood up and shook hands with him, with a very humble attitude.

Neither of the two sides took the initiative to bring up the conflict a few years ago, but directly cut to the topic with a tacit understanding-about how to jointly deal with the next possible small moves of the military department, so as to ensure that the voyage of Ke Lei and Liu Yunchen will not encounter any excess trouble.