nebula story

"This apartment is surrounded by professional secret posts of the military, and the monitoring and tracking have all been in place a few hours ago." Nan Zhuo said sentence by sentence.

Picking up a small bag that had already been placed on the coffee table, he took out something from it, looked at Chesu with a sorry look in his eyes: "From now on, I must wear this for you, this is me and the military." When fighting for this plan, promised to do it."

Sweeping his eyes towards the electronic device as small as a mung bean, Chesu twitched his mouth: "Built-in pulse tracker?"

"Yes." Nanzhuo didn't hide it, staring at Chesu with bright eyes, "Do you agree to wear it?"

Tilting his head, Chesu thought for a while: "If I don't agree, will you force me to put it on?"

Nan Zhuo was startled, and smiled bitterly in a low voice: "I won't force you. But please... promise."

Staring at him, Chesu smiled slightly, stretched out his slender arms, and placed them in front of Nan Zhuo.

With a sigh of relief, Nan Zhuo picked up the small chip, supported Chesu's forearm, carefully found a place with the fewest blood vessels, and pressed the auxiliary locator of the pulse tracker. The chip has penetrated deep into the skin, and slight blood oozes out.

Gently picked up the alcohol cotton ball prepared in the bag, Nan Zhuo silently wiped away the little blood, without asking stupid words like "does it hurt?"

Chesu watched his actions quietly, and vaguely guessed something in his heart.It seems that this is a small benefit that Nan Zhuo won for him, and it is much better than wearing heavy shackles.

"I know you are very smart, and it is easy to get rid of it." Nan Zhuo urged earnestly, "But this is a very precise tracker. After adapting to the subcutaneous temperature, once the surrounding temperature changes, it will immediately trigger a remote monitoring alarm. , don't try to make trouble, okay?"

Chesu nodded and smiled: "If it leaves my body, within ten seconds, there will be a bunch of people breaking in from outside the door, right?"

"Exactly."

"So, can you tell me what exactly you are going to do?" Chesu asked softly, expressing her confusion, "Don't tell me, you didn't report that matter to your superiors."

Nan Zhuo stared fixedly at the intelligent young man in front of him, feeling sour in his heart.

Gently raising his hand to rub Chesu's hair, he smiled with difficulty: "Chesu, I was given a week's leave by the superior."

Without interrupting him, Chesu raised a delicate brow and looked at him.

"A friend came from afar. As your former friend, I really want to show a little bit of the landlord's friendship. Would you like to honor me and give me this opportunity to take you to the federal capital of Gotha Star and take a tour around?" Nan Zhuo Looking at him tenderly, with sincere pleas and expectations in his eyes, "This is my hometown. It is beautiful."

After a moment of silence, Chesu whispered, "But this is not my home."

The speed of speech became a little irritable, and Nan Zhuo said patiently: "If I could take you away ten years ago, then you would grow up here. Your hometown is still a foreign country, and it was just a matter of thought! Don't you want to take a look at it at all?" it?"

Sighing slightly, Chesu looked straight at Nanzhuo: "And then? After I have visited here, next, shall I visit your federal prison?"

He shook his head, looked at Nan Zhuo's expectant face, his tone was calm, but his words were sharp: "Why don't you be more direct, Major Nan Zhuo. Even if you take off your military uniform and put on civilian clothes, will your identity change? "

Nan Zhuo's eyes were still shining stubbornly.Staring at Chesu closely, he said word by word: "Okay, I'll point directly. I applied to the high-level military for this week to persuade you to surrender. That's right——that's what you heard, persuade you to surrender, and recruit peace." , Surrender, whatever word you like to hear, this is what I want to do!"

Although he vaguely guessed, Nanzhuo's overly direct and blatant statement still made Chesu smile bitterly.Silently shrinking his body into the sofa, he found a comfortable corner to lean against, almost looking at Nan Zhuo in front of him with eyes full of curiosity and puzzlement.

"Do you really think that you can persuade me to surrender by showing me your Gotha Star?" He asked confusedly.

"If you don't try something, how will you know the result?" Nan Zhuo insisted stubbornly, "Chesu, give me a chance. The military is willing to take the risk to give me this chance. Are you unwilling to give it?" "

Staring quietly at Nan Zhuo's pure amber eyes, Chesu seemed to see his own small reflection in them.

"Okay." He nodded, and lowered his long eyelashes, covering his clear eyes, making Nanzhuo unable to see clearly for a while.

Although a little frustrated, Nan Zhuo soon became happy and stood up. He ran into the nearby kitchen, reached out to open the refrigerator, and almost dazzled his eyes: a refrigerator full of fresh vegetables and quick-frozen food!On the kitchen counter, a whole set of brand-new kitchen knives and exquisite tableware was quietly put aside, with all the labels removed.

That lunatic in the original Bihai of the Military Intelligence Bureau, although the group of people under him are hideous and annoying, they are really unambiguous in their actions!From the moment General Xie Zhan decided to implement this capitulation plan, in just a few hours, their cooperation has been carried out precisely and forcefully, to such an extent.

Turning his head and beckoning to Chesu, he smiled and asked, "Come on, let's see what you want to eat?"

After hesitating for a moment, Chesu walked over.Looking carefully at Nan Zhuo's refrigerator, he was a little bit unconvinced and said: "You know how to cook?"

Scratching his head, Nan Zhuo laughed happily, and said honestly: "Actually, I don't know how to do it. But you are so ingenious, you must know how to do it?" Rubbing his palms, he looked at Chesu expectantly, "You I'll be a good helper if you come to do it."

Staring fixedly at him, Chesum rummaged through the refrigerator for a while without making a sound, and took out a pile of food.The ingredients were not much different from those on the planet Rensselaer, but several kinds of vegetables seemed to be slightly larger than the ones he had seen before. I don't know if it was because of the nourishment of the water and soil, or because the varieties were inherently different.

Quickly and courteously took it, Nan Zhuo rushed to clean it with a smile.Chesu looked at the bandage on his neck, and asked lightly, "Is your body okay? You lost so much blood."

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter." Nan Zhuo said quickly, his neck was a little stiff after all, "How about you? How about the injury on your shoulder?"

With a slight smile, Chesu also replied: "It's much better, the heat gun, the wound is not big."

Both of them stopped talking, and began to prepare a simple dinner in tacit cooperation.Chesu found a few eggs, and quickly beat them into a uniform egg liquid in a bowl. Nanzhuo also quickly chopped up the spare vegetables and beef. On the induction cooker, the temperature rose slowly, and the clear vegetable oil in the pot began to emerge. Light white smoke rises.

With a sound of "Zi La", Chesu skillfully poured several kinds of ingredients into the pot, and stir-fried them methodically.Nan Zhuo stared intently at the side, and asked, "You used to be in the manor, did you still want to learn cooking?"

"No need." Chesu responded briefly, "I just need to be in charge of the young master's daily life."

"Ah, that's why you like to study cooking?" Nan Zhuo was a little curious.

Chesu frowned: "I don't like it! There is no way to learn these things. I followed the young master to the Royal Academy of Engineering to study with him. There are not so many people waiting for him in the manor, so I started to learn everything. Do." Thinking of the short time at the Royal Academy of Engineering, he shook his head, "Master Andy is a bit tricky and doesn't like eating outside food."

"If you were in our federation, you would be able to go to university by yourself without serving anyone." Nan Zhuo blurted out.

Glancing at him lightly, Chesu smiled: "Has the persuasion to capitulate already started?"

His face flushed, Nan Zhuo shook his head vigorously in embarrassment: "I, I'm just telling the truth."

"Okay, you shook your head so hard that the bandage around your neck almost fell off." A smile appeared on the corner of Chesu's mouth, facing the western sunlight coming in from the west of the kitchen, it looked very pretty.

Nan Zhuo only glanced at his smile, but suddenly felt a pain in his heart.

Why, it seems that the more innocent and gentle Chesu seems, the more his heart sinks?

...This week is really enough to persuade him, let this seemingly weak boy accept his persuasion, and spit out what the federal military is bound to get?

Yes, it is imperative.If he can't get rid of Chesu's defenses smoothly, what is waiting for him... Wei Wei shivered. Although standing in front of the high-temperature induction cooker, Nan Zhuo felt a little cold on his body.

Until the simple meal was finally served on the table, the atmosphere in the apartment was a bit dull.Chesu, who had taken off the heavy shackles, silently held the food with his free hand and put it into his mouth mouthful.

Nan Zhuo on the other side also didn't take the initiative to say anything.Chesu's cooking skills are really good, and Nan Zhuo didn't know whether it was because he didn't know how to eat, or because he was distracted, and fell into silence as he slowly tasted the delicious home-cooked dishes.

It seemed that the oppressive air was too suffocating. After an unknown amount of time, Chesu finally whispered in the unbearable silence while lowering his head to pick up the food: "Are you really...that person?"

His body shook slightly, Nan Zhuo suddenly raised his head and looked at Chesu.This was the first time Chesu asked about that matter, and his heart suddenly jumped wildly.

"Yes, yes!" He said in a hurry, his voice was a little hoarse, "Remember? You hugged my leg and hid behind me, trying to avoid that red soldering iron... You called me big Brother, you keep asking me for help!"

Chesu stopped the spoon in his hand, raised his eyes and looked at him quietly, as if he wanted to find some shadows in his vague memory from that sunny and handsome face.At this moment, his eyes were a little gentle, a little puzzled, and a little curious.

After a while, he finally smiled, his shy smile was like dew in the morning: "Well, it's you..."

For a moment, Nan Zhuo seemed to see some kind of earnest hope, and his eyes became hot.Chesu remembered him and admitted him!

"I also remember, you still held me on your shoulders at that time." Chesu smiled, and flashes of light flashed in his mind, as warm as the sound of a piano on a string, "I thought you were so tall at that time, but now it seems that you are no more than me Just a little bit taller."

Looking at Chesu cautiously, Nan Zhuo was in a daze.

Yes, in the blink of an eye, a full ten years have passed.The figure of the boy in front of him is just beginning to grow, but his eyebrows and expression are still the same as that of the little child many years ago, with a pure and shy meaning.If there is any change, it may be... the innocence and cuteness when I was a child has become the clear and pleasant one now.

His gaze fell on his shoulder, and Nan Zhuo's thoughts darkened.The temperature inside the ship is constant. In order to facilitate bandaging and changing dressings, the soldiers of the Federation replaced Chesu's dirty Imperial Mech control suit that he had worn for several months with a simple white T-shirt. , under the wide neckline, a little shoulder and collarbone are exposed.

Snow-white gauze was wrapped around half of the shoulder, and the pierced brand on Chesu's shoulder was covered under it.

"These years, have you been... well?" Nan Zhuo asked calmly.

"Very good. I talked about it on Nansu Star, didn't I?" Chesu's voice was no longer as indifferent as before, "Daddy and I have been working as servants in a manor, and the young master has treated me well. Selected to be the mechanic of His Royal Highness——"Pause for a while, he said sincerely," Actually, most of the time, I feel very happy."

"Happy?" Nan Zhuo smiled bitterly.

"Yes." Chesu's voice was gentle, "My father loves me very much, and most people in the manor are very kind to me. Even the two princes are very good people... The most important thing is me. Always be able to do what I love."

Staring at him quietly, Nan Zhuo nodded.

"I see," he said.

Yes, the young man in front of him may have a lot in his mind, but in his heart, there are very few things he really wants.

Looking at the injury on Chesu's shoulder, he asked in a low voice, "Does it still hurt?"

Showing his fine white teeth, Chesu shook his head and smiled: "It's really much better." Looking at Nan Zhuo, he tilted his head, "I blew myself up with you in my arms, and I almost cut your throat a few days ago, even in Nan Zhuo Su Xing once saved your life twice, which just happened to offset it."

After thinking about it, he added another sentence: "Counting in the friendship when I was a child, speaking of it, I owe you some."

"There is no algorithm like yours." Nan Zhuo smiled wryly, "You dragged me to blew up, it was just life and death on the battlefield. As for you cutting my throat, it was just for self-protection."

"Yeah, it's all unavoidable." Chesu glanced at the pulse transmitter deeply implanted on his forearm, and his voice was soft and clear, "So even if something happens in the future, I won't hate you."

With a tremor in his heart, Nan Zhuo's body stiffened.

"Chesu..." he said with difficulty, and finally decided to ask, "You're not that stupid, are you?"

"What?" Chesu looked at him with clear eyes.

"You won't be so stupid as to use your own life to serve your royal family or empire, will you?" Nan Zhuo stared at him firmly.

Seemingly surprised, Chesu frowned: "You Federation people will kill me?"

"of course not!"

"Then what are you worried about? Are you worried that I really committed suicide?" Chesu looked at him a little funny, "Don't worry, I won't take the initiative to die. What do those royal families and nobles have to do with me? Do you want to serve them with your life?"

Squinting his eyes, as if looking at the beautiful exotic sky in the distance through the thick apartment walls, he murmured to himself: "How wonderful it is to be alive, there are so many people who are kind to me, and there are so many interesting things to do. ...I can't bear to die."

Staring at Chesu, Nan Zhuo breathed a sigh of relief.It sounds like Chesu's loyalty to those royal families has not reached the point of foolish loyalty.

The city center of Aisibo, the federal capital of Gotha Star, is full of tall buildings.Beside a group of towering and majestic high-rise buildings, there is a small building complex with a very low floor height and a bright and lovely style.

Standing outside the snow-white kindergarten railing, the two men looked inside quietly.On the green grass, a group of children were running happily, and a young preschool teacher smiled and led them to play games.Under the bright morning sun, the children's little faces seemed to be covered with a layer of soft pale gold on their fine down.

"This is the largest public kindergarten in this district, see? There is a park that can accommodate hundreds of children. Families with the lowest wages can also send their children here. The cost is extremely low, because the federal government There will be budget subsidies."

Chesu listened silently.

Nanzhuo didn't mean to communicate with him, Nanzhuo said to himself: "There are several public kindergartens in every administrative district. In fact, all education is basically free until the university. It can guarantee that every child can receive an equal education."

Looking at a tree-lined avenue not far away, Nan Zhuo stretched out his hand and pointed: "That's the primary school district in this district. Several schools are concentrated here. Do you want to go and have a look?"

After quietly staring there for a while, Chesu shook his head: "No need."

The sunlight gradually moved to the top of the head and became blazing. Nanzhuo looked around, took Chesu's hand, and came to the park in the middle of the street not far away, and sat on the iron bench under the shade of a cool tree.

"Although I didn't go to school when I was young, I always went to school with the young master." Chesu squinted his eyes and looked at the quiet park in the middle of the street. "Master Andy is listening in the classroom, and I will wait outside. I Seeing that they could go to school, I was very envious, so I often eavesdropped outside the classroom. Once... I was seen by some young masters from noble families, and they teased me."

Nan Zhuo listened quietly, raised his thick eyebrows lightly: "Just teasing?"

"Ah... They were teasing at the beginning, but then they crushed my mech toy, and I rushed over to grab it desperately, and I got beaten because I angered them." Chesu bit her lip.

Stupid... Do you want to fight with others because of a toy?Nan Zhuo cursed in his heart, by the way, when he was on Nansu Star, didn't he fight him desperately just for a bottle of water!

Thinking of the scene when they fought for a bottle of water on that strange and desolate planet a few months ago, Nan Zhuo was a little dazed.

But a few months ago, it seemed like a long time ago.

"Although Master Andy arrived in time and got into a fight with them angrily, after I got home, I still cried secretly." Chesu said shyly, with a slightly embarrassed expression on his face like a child, "No I know why, that time I cried so hard that my eyes were swollen from crying... Maybe it's because they crushed my old mech toy."

"Children, you cry like this when a toy is broken." Nan Zhuo squinted at him, and there appeared in front of him the image of a smaller Chesu holding a mecha toy and crying loudly.

Well, it must be pitiful and cute. ...He was thinking wildly, and there was an old image in his mind that overlapped with that trumpet Chesu.

"My father found out, he coaxed me for a long time but failed to coax me well, so he felt very guilty." Chesu smiled, "He often told me later that if I grew up in the Federation, I wouldn't be so sad."

Nan Zhuo frowned even more tightly: "Your father? How could he say such things?"

Ordinarily, a pariah of an empire would always have such strange and outrageous thoughts, right?

"However, what your father said is indeed true." Nan Zhuo looked at him seriously, "If he agreed to leave the empire ten years ago, the life of you father and son would never have been so difficult. Let alone going to school, you may even Become the best high-achieving student in the Federation."

"You don't need to go to the Federation." Chesu stared with a smile, a little bit proud and proud, "I also took the third place in the national high school entrance examination."

With a cry of "wow", Nan Zhuo scratched his scalp vigorously: "How is that possible! Why did you take the imperial entrance examination? Don't the untouchables have no chance to receive education?"

"Because the young master happened to be ill, my father encouraged me to take the exam." Chesu said.

"Your father is really strange." Nan Zhuo frowned.Things that are obviously not beneficial, and even bring huge risks, but why do you encourage your son to do such things?

The surrounding bright light penetrated through the leaves and branches, casting mottled shadows on the faces of the two people, making them extremely quiet.Away from the bloody winds and severed limbs and broken arms on the front line of Fisher Star, the streets and alleys in the rear have an illusion of tranquility and peace.

The surroundings also look leisurely and peaceful, if you deliberately ignore the optical sights that flicker in the sun in the distance, and the elite eyes hidden behind the dense tree shadows.

The shadow of the tree is quiet, but the murderous intent is terrifying!

"Did you get the third place in the entire empire by relying on the things you learned by yourself?" Nan Zhuo muttered.

"Well, my father found a lot of books for me, and I can learn whatever I want according to my interests. He knows a lot of things, and he can teach me everything!"

Frowning slightly, Nan Zhuo was even more surprised, and the vague and weird feeling in his heart became stronger.

In his mind, he couldn't remember the appearance of that man ten years ago at all. He only remembered that the middle-aged man resolutely rejected the opportunity to leave the empire with his son.That should be the most common and ignorant pariah of the empire, but why in Chesu's mouth, that man... seems to know a lot, and even has the ability to personally teach his son extremely comprehensive knowledge?

"A few streets away is the State Library, don't you want to go and have a look?" Nan Zhuo smiled and stood up, "It's too early to go home now, it's quiet in the library, you can sleep if you want."

His eyes lit up, and Chesu stood up quickly: "Okay, okay, let's go and have a look!"...

Standing in the free and open electronic reading room on the third floor of the State Library, Nan Zhuo couldn't help feeling a little regretful.Although he thought that Chesu might be interested in this place, but...he forgot that the handcuffs of the two of them are still handcuffed together!

Although in that small apartment, he and Chesu were not tied together for eating and sleeping, but when they went out, neither he nor Yuan Bihai's subordinates dared to let Chesu regain his freedom.Before going out, he had re-cuffed himself and Chesu with special electromagnetic shackles in accordance with the strict requirements of MI[-]. Now... with a wry smile, he looked at Chesu who was staring at the screen attentively. He straightened his back, helplessly Enduring boredom.

Wearing special glasses, Chesu browsed the vast catalog of books displayed on the light screen with piercing eyes.Pages of electronic files slid across the screen like flowing water, Nan Zhuo couldn't help but widen his eyes!

Is he eating books?On average, dozens of pages will be browsed in one minute, some are detailed content, some are rough table of contents, electronic drawings, astrophysics, a brief history of mechs, and Renssel’s interstellar map!

Curiously, he opened Rensell's map. Chesu's eyes were shining, and with a light touch of his fingertips, the map turned into a satellite top view of the criss-crossing streets of Aisibo.

With slightly stagnant eyes, Nan Zhuo glanced at him.A map of Edsburgh?

Before his faint suspicion took shape, Chesu just stared at the map for a few seconds, and with a light swipe of his finger, he turned the page and looked elsewhere.