The male worm wants to be a variety show

Qiao Ruiqing hastily interrupted A Nuo's words, and didn't talk to him much.On the one hand, there are too many bugs in this place, it is not suitable to reminisce about the past, on the other hand...

Let him escape for a while.

He and Arnold agreed to meet after the meeting.Arnold was only disappointed a little, and after getting this guarantee, he went back to the team wagging his non-existent tail.

"I'll show you around the camp when the time comes!" Arnold turned his head and narrowed his eyes with a smile.

Qiao Ruiqing saw some worms coming up and asked A Nuo in surprise if he knew him, but A Nuo pretended to be cold and said to his companion, "It's okay."

oops……

Hillier staggered from side to side laughing.

The swearing-in meeting was not canceled because of the accident of the two males, and the official even decided to use this event as a promotional material on stage.

This action of the orcs was a false alarm to the Zerg Empire, but it was a blatant provocation.The threatening video was publicly posted on the star network, and every female who watched it became angry.

Posting insults on the Internet is considered moderate, and there are not a few worms who rush out and drive their private worm airship to kill the orc planet directly.

Even if the situation of the two male worms is now safe, the condemnation on Xingwang has not subsided.Some blamed the guards for their negligence, and some cared about the current situation of the male, but these were not as powerful as anger.

Emotions are more contagious than viruses, especially intense and extreme emotions.The anger was passed on layer by layer, and gathered together to form a flaming wave——

[Who gave them the courage! 】

This is the best time to swear an oath, turn anger into strength, and avenge shame.

As soon as Arnold left, Sigmund knocked on the door where Qiao Ruiqing and Hillier were resting.

"How did such a thing happen—the two were not injured, right?" He said, "This is the empire's negligence, and I must apologize to you. Please rest assured that the criminals will be severely punished, and the empire will not tolerate such blatant insults." .”

Hillier became well behaved in front of Sigmund, and also officially expressed the meaning of "I'm fine, thank you for your concern" in a long series of words.Qiao Ruiqing followed suit.

Nothing to apologize for.The three insects present all knew that the matter had already happened and had been resolved.For a rational worm like Sigmund, the main purpose of this trip is to discuss how to make good use of it.

Sure enough, Sigmund then turned the topic to the serious business: "I think you two also know that the swearing-in meeting will be held as usual. The good men of the empire are full of anger and fighting spirit. If you can add another one at this juncture Put the fire on, and you won’t worry about morale when you start a war. There may be some changes in the speeches of the two of you because of this—are you still willing to participate?”

Both worms who were asked nodded in response.That can only be willing, Qiao Ruiqing slandered, at this time, it seems that refusing has no sense of national honor.

A new speech will be delivered shortly.It was rare for Sigmund not to chat, and he left in a hurry after a few words of comfort.

Seems to be really busy.

As soon as Sigmund left, Hillier immediately slumped back to the sofa as if his spine had been removed.He tore off the cover of the speech with exaggerated movements as if venting his anger, moved his hand and complained.

"I'm bored—I have to recite new ones again—I don't know what I hate most—recite these incomprehensible—stuff—are you!" After saying one sentence, he completely tore out the manuscript.

Hillier sneered loudly while reading the manuscript: "This edition is even more disgusting than the previous edition. 'Only by constantly fighting against the flood can we go upstream', 'We are a great Zerg that never stops, don't let Cowardice sullied our name'... Ah, the senate should change their copywriters."

Qiao Ruiqing also lowered his head to read his speech, and found that his own was not much different from Hillier's.

Strong inflammatory words made him feel uncomfortable.

But things have come to this, and he had no choice but to bite the bullet and go on stage.After finishing the previous process, it was Qiao Ruiqing's turn in a blink of an eye.

"A race that only knows how to protest has no bones..." Qiao Ruiqing was loyal to his position and tried his best to create a passionate feeling.It's a pity that I always feel that I have spoken dryly.

When he was giving a speech, a large group of military females stood neatly lined up under the stage, their fiery eyes focused on him, and Qiao Ruiqing almost felt the temperature.

A group of army is big and rough, and the chances of seeing male insects are not many, which is normal.

"I come from a remote, desolate star, and I have seen hunger and death. So I know that only if I am strong enough can I..." Qiao Ruiqing didn't like this line, and he really didn't care about it.

The more I thought about it, the more I felt that there was a particularly burning line of sight in the audience, even among a large group of military females with shining eyes.Qiao Ruiqing couldn't help looking in that direction from the corner of her eye.

Qiao Ruiqing accurately found the worm among the worms.He stood straight in the front row, with red hair and green eyes, and it was Arnold again.

Surprised, Qiao Ruiqing almost stuttered and forgot his words on the spot.The next time became very difficult, no matter where he went, Arnold's eyes followed him everywhere.

"Dear compatriots, I stand with you, and the empire stands with you!" Qiao Ruiqing hurriedly concluded, and returned to the rest area as if fleeing.He got a narrow look from Hillier.

"Hey, why don't you just accept him." Hillier whispered in Qiao Ruiqing's ear.

Qiao Ruiqing frowned and leaned against the wall without answering.After a while, he said quietly: "I hope it's just a misunderstanding..."

He was already trying his best to avoid eye contact with Arnold, but he didn't expect that the plan could not keep up with the changes.The host bug on the stage announced: "Next, the bugs who performed well in this operation will be commended." Arnold's name was on the long list.

Then, amidst the passionate background sound, Qiao Ruiqing watched A Nuo earnestly tugging the collar of his shirt several times and walked onto the stage, his frank and enthusiastic eyes sticking to him again.

The former human looked down at the small medal in his hand and fell into thought. It just so happened that he was Arnold's award presenter.

Whatever you are afraid of, Murphy's Law is true.Qiao Ruiqing really couldn't stand such dog-eyed bombardment, and couldn't help wondering, was Arnold so sticky before?

Or what wonderful mutation happened after the barracks?

No matter how much he doubted life, Qiao Ruiqing would not embarrass Arnold.So he had no choice but to stand in front of Arnold and put the medal on the latter's chest with his own hands.

Qiao Ruiqing read some formulas for the commended insects: "The empire is proud of you... I hope you will continue to work hard..."

Even though he repeatedly hinted that if he wanted to praise, he should praise it well, but Qiao Ruiqing couldn't help being distracted.

Qiao Ruiqing found that she couldn't completely ignore A Nuo no matter what - even if she had already decided in her heart to be a little cold.

He asked himself many times this week how he felt about Arnold.If you don't have feelings beyond friends, then don't give Arnold any hope.

But the speed in the middle is really difficult to grasp, because he absolutely cannot afford to lose this friend.

Because of his posture and height, Qiao Ruiqing had to stare at Arnold's chest muscles.In normal times, he might appreciate it jokingly, blowing two hooligan whistles in his heart.

but now……

People, once you deliberately tell yourself not to think about elephants, then elephants must appear in your mind.Zerg is of course no exception.

At the same time, Qiao Ruiqing also knew that Arnold's eyes had not left him during this period.If Chong's eyes were really warm, he must have been burnt out of a hole by now.

In such a stalemate, his palms will start to sweat.Qiao Rui is so sad, in his previous life he had always been straightforward in terms of relationships, and he had never experienced such a predicament.

They simply raised their heads and looked back at Arnold—they looked at each other, whoever was embarrassed first.

With this raised head, Qiao Ruiqing could finally take a good look at A Nuo who had been away for a long time.It was too hasty when they first met, and both worms described it as a mess; now Arnold probably made a special trip to change his clothes, wash his face, and tidy up his condition before accepting the award.

Compared with the last time we met, the young man has become more outstanding; perhaps because he has truly experienced the battlefield, Arnold's demeanor is steady and composed.

But that's without looking him in the eye.

Even though he was standing on the podium, A Nuo didn't smile, his eyes stuck to Qiao Ruiqing from time to time, and his miss was plainly written on his face.Although there was a lot of noise around, when Qiao Ruiqing and Anuo looked at each other, it felt like the world was no longer important.

To be expected, to be needed... oops, it's addictive.

After staring at a worm for a long time, he finally got Qiao Ruiqing's response. A Nuo breathed a sigh of relief, and his eyebrows stretched.But after getting what he wanted, he seemed to suddenly feel embarrassed, glanced left and right, finally blinked and looked away.

A strange blush appeared on his face.

Qiao Ruiqing won the one-sided war, but became more and more worried.A Nuo's performance is completely no different from that of a Huaichun boy - Hillier is really right.

The last bit of luck in his heart was also shattered, and he finally had to face up to the problem and began to think seriously about how to treat Arnold.

I was so absorbed in thinking that the award music was almost over, Qiao Ruiqing and A Nuo still stood there abruptly in a daze.It was Hillier who kindly poked in the back, and Qiao Ruiqing hurriedly stepped off the stage like a dream.

Fortunately, it is not a fool.

But backstage, Qiao Ruiqing had to face Hillier's gossip storm.

"No way, I have never seen such a tossing male and female." Hillier drank a piece of fresh milk to moisten his throat, and happily gnawed on the straw. Spicy. Why didn't you just accept him?"

Here it is again.Qiao Ruiqing had to explain again that Arnold was his important friend.

In this regard, Hillier's reaction was exaggerated: "What makes you think that there will be a friendship between male and female? What are you kidding, accept it if you like it, and ignore him if you don't feel it. Now it's not up and down, you Don't you think you're a little contrived, dear Qiao Ruiqing?"

... Contrived is contrived, if only everything were so simple.

Qiao Ruiqing was physically and mentally exhausted here, but Arnold was so excited that he was about to explode when he stepped off the stage.His comrades gathered around one after another, as if welcoming a triumphant hero: "Hiss——I saw it, His Excellency Qiao Ruiqing really saw you! Boy Arnold can do it, have you successfully seduced a male at a young age?"

Arnold's image in the barracks has always been that he doesn't talk too much, and only speaks of strength.Such a temperament can win him respect, and it may also cause him controversy.At least when he was first promoted to the Sharp Knife Company, Arnold was not very gregarious and was repeatedly excluded.

His brilliant performance in the male worm rescue operation made him stand out, and the obvious favor of His Excellency Qiao Ruiqing just now made him a winner of worm birth in the traditional sense.

But there were also discordant voices: "Didn't Your Excellency Qiao Ruiqing just glance at him! With his stern staring, there are nine out of ten that he is hated."

Arnold can't hear the words "being hated" the most now.

Joe didn't reply to last week's letter, and Arnold didn't sleep well for several nights in a panic.where is the problem?Is it the communication?Rupert is really hateful, he has already beaten him several times on the pretext of training.

Although Joe responded to him just now, it was not as natural as before.The more Anuo thought about it, the more uneasy he became, but he still had to pretend that everything was normal.

The female was still adding fuel to the flames: "Kids are crazy all day long, and I've been fucking mad at you for a long time. Tell yourself, how could there be a male who would fall in love with a shameless bug like you, ah?"

It just so happened that at this time a bug with no eyes came crashing into the door—it was a beating, of course.

The female worm with yin and yang is old and senior, and she often provokes troubles; most of the worms reluctantly let him have a point or two, and let him jump around.Arnold didn't even look at it, he turned around and punched him in the face.

The place was full of military females, most of whom were full of enthusiasm. At this time, it was no big deal for everyone to watch the excitement, and even applauded specially.

The swearing-in meeting was over there, and Qiao Ruiqing, who rushed over to fulfill the agreement, happened to run into chaos.what's the situation?In such a short time, why did Arnold fight with Bie Chong?

When the watching females saw Qiao Ruiqing approaching, they all fell silent and quietly made way for him.

Qiao Ruiqing felt for the first time what the legendary "Moses divides the sea".

One point was assigned to the middle of the sea, where Arnold and an unknown military female were located.It was only then that Qiao Ruiqing realized that it was really biased to say "fight".

The two worms who were fighting vigorously also realized that something was wrong, so they hurriedly separated and stood up separately, so as not to make the male worm feel uncomfortable.The provocative army female was panting and embarrassed, but she still lowered her voice and rubbed her fire as if triumphant: "Haha, I also let Your Excellency see you fighting in the street. I want to blow it, I want to blow it!"

It turned out to be an immoral thing to deliberately destroy insects and chances!The onlookers were filled with righteous indignation, and silently felt sorry for Arnold.

It's rare that your Excellency the male is so interested that you come to find it yourself!What a pity.

A Nuo's chest rose and fell violently, and he refused to ignore the provocation of the military female, and only carefully glanced at Qiao Ruiqing.Qiao Ruiqing saw him pursing his lips and raising his head, his body movements seemed to be winning, but his eyes wavered and dodged.

well.Qiao Ruiqing relented again.How could he look at the confident puppy with such an expression.

What estrangement, what cold treatment, all of a sudden thrown to the back of my mind.

So under the surprised eyes of the crowd, Qiao Ruiqing went straight to A Nuo, stretched out his right hand, palm facing up: "A Nuo, come here. Didn't you say you want to take me to the barracks?"

Then Arnold, who was watching listlessly on the spot, suddenly came to life.Qiao Ruiqing originally wanted to control his expression and give a soothing smile, but the scene made him smile and ran out by himself.

"Hiss—" the females gasped in unison, and the face of the provocative one turned pale.

When A Nuo walked towards Qiao Ruiqing, someone grabbed his arm and asked, "Hey, how did you do it?"

A Nuo shook off him, ignored him, and walked straight forward until he caught Qiao Ruiqing's palm.I felt my heart began to fill with fluttering happy air.

"Joe! Leave them alone," he said, his voice becoming louder than usual, "I have a surprise for you. Go now, okay?"

Qiao Ruiqing naturally agreed with a smile.He didn't forget to withdraw his hand from Arnold's palm, but his belief in cold treatment was no longer firm.

So cute Anon!

When Qiao Ruiqing pulled out his hand, he felt that A Nuo had put in a little effort as if he wanted to keep him, but he didn't show it on his face.Feeling Qiao Ruiqing's sizing up, A Nuo turned his head directly and asked, "It's a pity that the schedule is too rushed... Otherwise, I still want to take you to eat barbecue. Will you still be in the barracks at night?"

"I'm afraid not," Qiao Ruiqing expressed regret helplessly, "After the accident, the empire has been watching us even more closely, and we have to go back to the center at night. But it doesn't matter - the point is to be with you, not to play. .”

The more he talked, the more he couldn't restrain his good mood.

Walking forward side by side with Arnold is like going back in time.Only then did Qiao Ruiqing realize that the days with A Nuo were the happiest of his two lifetimes combined.

It has to be said that he likes this border military base very much.The dusty concrete road and the low-hanging dim street lights are a little farther away from the prosperous and luxurious life in the center, as if they are a little closer to the pure life in the barren star period.

Since Qiao Ruiqing came to the center, she has never stopped socializing, getting to know different bugs every day.Greetings, probing, and approaching with ulterior motives, not to mention that there are some Zergs with completely different views who want to establish relationships.

Criticize Sigmund by name.

It's really scary to think about it, Qiao Ruiqing's nearly a hundred years in Desolate Star has made him almost forget his life on Earth.At that time, it was probably the same as running around every day, doing things I didn't like, living hard but not knowing where I was going.

When did it start to change?Probably because I met Arnold, it is really very lucky to have a savage and courageous little wolf by my side.

Qiao Ruiqing's feelings for Arnold are very complicated, and family, friendship and love are not appropriate enough.He can't figure it out, and he doesn't want to change.

but now……

Fuck his cold treatment!Anyway, Arnold hasn't made a clear statement yet, so it doesn't count.It's good to delay for a while, Qiao Ruiqing just wants to seize the happiness in front of him.

A Nuo led Qiao Ruiqing around the winding corridor and came to a narrow iron gate. "This is our training room," Arnold introduced softly. "Mech warships are usually parked in it, and they can be used after registration and appointment."

A female worm came out of the door just after training, and when it met Qiao Ruiqing, the whole worm was stunned.Then he began to uselessly tried to wipe off the sweat stains on his body, and pulled A Nuo and whispered anxiously: "Brother, why are you so confused! It's full of sweat, cannon, how can you bring the male worm here...!"

Without waiting for A Nuo to answer, Qiao Ruiqing said first: "It's okay, I want to come." Then watching the worm stuttering and apologizing, A Nuo's dog's tail stood up majesticly again, feeling refreshed.

It's a good thing that the identity of the male can be used to support the puppy.

Pushing open the door, a gust of metal air-conditioning rushed in.The format mechas are arranged in different categories, and they look neat, but Qiao Ruiqing knows that all of them are killing/killing machines.He looked at A Nuo next to him with soft eyes, thinking that perhaps to a bug like A Nuo, these mechs are as kind as a part of the body.

Arnold led him to a tall mecha, and opened the hatch with two simple operations.

"Come on? I'll take you to fly." A Nuo turned back and smiled, jumped onto the mech in two or three steps, squatted down and handed Qiao Ruiqing his hand.

to fly!Qiao Ruiqing was really excited.He had been in the small airship driven by Arnold before, but the mecha was still fundamentally different from the airship.

Kira Yamato, attack! —Sorry, not Gundam.

Qiao Ruiqing packed up the soul of the second child, and jumped onto the mecha with the strength of Arnold.The interior space of this mecha is very spacious, and the spray paint is silver with a little red tone, making it not look as cold and hard as ordinary mechas.

Arnold explained in a low voice: "It... This is a large transport air combat mech, but we all call it Rose."

Rose.Such a name, coupled with Arnold's coy tone, seemed a little ambiguous for no reason.

Qiao Ruiqing woke up suddenly, and put some distance away from Anuo quietly.He was about to say something to adjust the atmosphere, but the stage attracted attention.

There is nothing to say about the console itself, anyway, no matter how sophisticated the design is, a layman like Qiao Ruiqing can't understand it.What really shocked him was the huge observation window in front of the console.

The observation window is long and high, almost filling the entire front of the mech, and you can have an ultra-wide field of vision while sitting in the driver's seat.The glass is wiped transparent, which shows how well the driver maintains it.

A Nuo really made a lot of preparations for this meeting, which made Qiao Ruiqing both moved and guilty.

"Sit down!" A Nuo pushed Qiao Ruiqing to the co-pilot's seat, and sat in the driver's seat by himself. "Ever since I came into contact with this mecha, I've been thinking about taking you for a ride every day."

Qiao Ruiqing watched Arnold's skillful operation, the mecha started slowly, passed through the long run-up passage, and entered space smoothly.

This is a world of difference from the last time he operated a dilapidated airship on Desolate Star.

When A Nuo was manipulating the mech, he concentrated on it and stopped chatting with Qiao Ruiqing.The dazzling data on the screen flashed quickly, and the cold light reflected on his face; Arnold handled everything with ease with his fingers flying.

During this period, the mecha was even slightly bumped.

handsome.Qiao Ruiqing had mixed feelings in her heart, Arnold was really... born to be in the army.Fortunately, I chose to let go at the beginning, and didn't let this new star be buried on a garbage star that didn't even have a name.

Soon the mecha entered the orbit normally.A Nuo's movements slowed down, and he said to Qiao Ruiqing leisurely: "It's almost there, Joe——close your eyes now, and I'll tell you to open them before you look!"

What is mysterious?Qiao Ruiqing still closed her eyes as she said.

When I closed my eyes, it seemed that only Arnold's voice was left in the world, but I felt a strange sense of security.Qiao Ruiqing heard Arnold's voice soft and slow: "Now we are passing the Kailan Nebula... If you open your eyes, you will see small bright spots, and there are wing-shaped light bands in the distance, as if angel wings are in the period of moulting —Hey, don’t open your eyes, you haven’t reached the place yet.”

Qiao Ruiqing couldn't help laughing.

He only listened to Arnold describing the beauty of the universe to him vividly and vividly all the way, but he didn't allow him to open his eyes to see for himself.

It made his heart itch.

Finally, when A Nuo said "here", Qiao Ruiqing couldn't wait to open his eyes.

Through the observation window, Qiao Ruiqing saw a magnificent galaxy.The eyes are full of magnificent colors, and the sky is full of flowing pink and purple orchids; the bright stars in the distance are circling in a ring shape, stretching out three or two long light bands.There are also stars spinning quietly and slowly nearby.

The stars are brilliant.Fantastic scene like in a dream.

Before he knew it, A Nuo had left the driver's seat and moved behind Qiao Ruiqing.He almost stuck to Qiao Ruiqing's ear and said, "Do you like it? I'm tired from training...or when I miss you too much, I'll come up on my machine armor and dream."

A Nuo smiled shyly again: "Wait a minute, the surprise is only half of it."

I don't know what he did, the lights in the mecha suddenly went dark, and even the silver bulkhead no longer reflected light.Qiao Ruiqing was wondering, but found that the entire mecha had become transparent just now.

Without the obstruction of the thick bulkhead, the shining stars and radiant nebulae in the universe seem to be within reach.Jory stretched out his hand in a daze, but unfortunately he could only touch the air.

Like being soaked.

They seem to be floating alone in the sky full of stars, and it seems that there is only each other left in the world.

A Nuo whispered behind him: "I've always been here, thinking...in the future. I may go to the battlefield and try my best to get promoted, but I'm not greedy. Some of my colleagues regard glory as life, and I just want to save enough money Go back and find you..."

"We'll all be rich then. You won't have to worry about food and clothing anymore. Maybe you'll open a tavern and I'll be your cook. I won't have to fight every day, and you won't have to run around..."

"Wonderland Nebula is a place suitable for dreaming... Hey, I just said that you must like it here. You really like it, don't you?"

Qiao Ruiqing sat in the brilliant galaxy, listening to his Arnold weave a dream for him.In A Nuo's dream, they will never be separated in the future, and he almost shed tears when he heard it.It's... damn romantic.

He's almost finished.All I could hear was the sound of the wind as if I was falling down.

But... no...

Arnold was close enough that Qiao Ruiqing could feel the hot air on his earlobe.Arno said, "Joe... I have something to tell you."