Chapter 50： black oneself

Aunt's hysterical cries stopped, and there were several sounds of the old grandmother's loving persuasion in the room. Under the persuasion of the old grandmother, the quarrel between the aunt and cousin Connor's mother and son ended temporarily, but the dull atmosphere Filled with contradictions in the house, about marriage, about the future, about free love and genetic adaptation... It does not disappear when the quarrel is over.

The ordinary mother-son quarrel is the epitome of the conflict in the empire. If the balance is broken, it cannot be solved by a simple quarrel.

Outside the house, Ryan and Auston have branched the moon roses in the planting cabin, planted them in the hole dug in advance, poured the root water and nutrient solution, and Auston took care to wipe off the leaves. , mud spots, dust on the petals. Transplanted from the planting cabin to the ground, after branching, pruning and other steps, the lunar roses, which were originally delicate and sturdy, looked a little wilted, and Auston looked at them with some concern, lest these Ryans from B612 The flowers he risked to pick from the abyss cracks in Moon Bay would be hurt by his own rude behavior, and he would not forgive himself if the flowers died.

"Don't worry, plants are always like this when they are transplanted, it's good to adapt." Ryan chased away Dafu who was trying to pounce on Auston's feet and said comfortably, "The moonlight rose has a tenacious vitality, it is not in a greenhouse. The flowers are the tenacious plants that used to grow on the edge of the cracks in the abyss. They can thrive without sunlight and rain, and now the conditions are so good, there is no reason for them to grow badly."

What he didn't tell Auston was that he constantly adjusted the environment in the planting cabin to see if the moon rose was suitable. The result was very good. This plant is even better than desert cactus, snow mountain primrose and other special plants in bitter cold places. Tenacious, low temperature of minus 30 degrees, high temperature of 30 degrees above zero, snowstorms, etc. will not reduce its brilliance and beauty, and they grow "handy" in a smooth environment.

The double-petaled moon rose has a beautiful shape, and it can add a cash crop to the planting star when it grows more in the future.

Dafu, who was driven away, split his mouth and showed a small **** to Ryan, so angry, Ryan wouldn't let himself get close to his master.

"Let's go to the ranch." Ryan decided to distract Auston. "Trust me, I promise, when we get back, all the moonlight roses that we plant will survive."

"I believe in you, but I don't believe in my own skills." Auston smiled helplessly, "This is my first time planting flowers, and there are a lot of things I can't do well."

"You act carefully and cherish very much." Ryan was a little jealous, "better than me."

Auston smiled, "The first time you try, you must be careful."

Ryan turned his head and looked in the other direction, "When we first started, you said soldier, complete the mission as soon as possible..."

With Ryan's words, Auston's face gradually turned red, and he said at a loss: "That was the first time we met, I'm not familiar with you yet, I just saw a shy young man who thought you were indifferent to the world. , if I don’t order you, it will be dawdling.” Afterwards, it turned out that the two people were very nervous at the first experience, and the effect was not very good, so that the second time Auston was still a little resistant in his heart, he would not tell Ryan about this. of.

The old young man with a lot of years is still shy and gentle in nature. He wanted to make fun of Auston, but instead he made fun of himself. The scene was a little quiet for a while, and the emotion called shyness flowed. On the side, Daifuku, who had been chasing his tail for a while, looked at the two masters crookedly, and he wanted to jump on Auston's lap again. After glancing at Ryan, Daifuku stepped out his claws lightly, and tentatively moved towards Auston. Ston took two steps, unstopped, and rolled his eyes with delight.

Then, he jumped up and jumped forward, landing on Auston's leg. The man stood up and hugged Auston's leg with his front paws, his fluffy little face rubbed against it, his mouth whispered uttered a contented whimper.

After planting flowers, Ryan took Auston to the ranch. He drove a small open-air flying device. The speed was not fast. While admiring the scenery, he could fully enjoy the feeling of the breeze blowing across his face. Entering the nasal cavity is different from being vigilant when exploring unknown asteroids, lest there be deadly toxins in the smell. In the E69 asteroid, you don’t need to worry so much, just relax and experience it.

At the current speed, the flight equipment arrived at the pasture after 20 minutes of flight. The vast green pasture was littered with cows and sheep. The brown puppies with short legs and no tail were lying in the den not far from the cows and sheep. From time to time on the grass, they raised their heads to watch the cows and sheep alertly. If any of them walked around disobediently, they would bark twice. Corgi is an expert in grazing. From time to time, the cows are led to milking, and the semi-automated milking method reduces working hours. Ryan pulled Auston to experience the feeling of a hand-milking cow. When Auston's hand touched the swollen part of the cow, the cow mooed and lifted its hind hooves, almost knocking its body over. The battle-hardened general was frightened.

The black and white cow innocently blinked its **** eyes, "Moo~"

There is a good-natured laugh from the surrounding work.

At noon, I had lunch with the workers in the pasture. The lambs that were killed were made by the women's skillful hands to make delicious mutton. No special seasoning was needed. The sheep raised here only had a faint fishy smell. Top it with fine bamboo salt or chili noodles ground with peanuts and sesame seeds, and it tastes great.

Auston liked it very much, and what he liked even more was that the workers did not care about his identity at all, chatted and laughed with him, and teased him and Ryan kindly, which made him feel very comfortable.

After dinner, Ryan and Auston slept on the high haystacks, with their arms behind their heads, lying on their backs watching fluffy white clouds slowly drifting overhead in the clear blue sky. The sound of the wind blowing through the blades of grass, the laziness of cows and sheep, and the laughter of workers from a distance can be heard in my ears.

Auston closed his eyes, "I feel that the whole person is relaxed. I spent most of my time at Gamma Base during the vacation after the cruise, and the rest of the time will return to the capital star to deal with some family chores. Like right now, all work is left behind."

He felt a light kiss fall on his cheek, and he is now used to Ryan's small movements from time to time, so he won't feel overwhelmed by it, "Ryan."

"Um?"

Auston curled the corners of his mouth and said with a smile: "If I hadn't met you, my life would still be monotonous. I've shouldered the burden of the entire family since I was 21 years old, and I've never spent time on my children's private affairs. , I turned 30 when I was busy. I went to the adaptation registration center to register in the reminder received by the personal terminal. I thought I could wait for the adaptation object soon, but unknowingly, eleven years have passed. I am an empire so far. So far, the person who has waited the longest for the result of the fit."

The efficiency of the imperial government is not very good, but it does not take eleven years to wait for the adaptation result, and ordinary people can know the result in three years at most. For Auston's matter, relevant experts have also done research, but they can only conclude that his genes are relatively special, and it is difficult to find suitable objects.

"And then I met me." Ryan lay on his side and looked at Auston's profile, recalling: "The first time I saw you, the day when the results came out from time to time, was when I saw you in person. First The second time was when you were awarded the rank of major general, I remember that there were more than 30 people in the same group who were awarded the rank, only you, I saw it at first sight."

Those black eyes are very beautiful. Auston inherits the family characteristics, but it is completely different from the one Ryan knew. He feels that Auston's eyes are like a deep universe, with a dazzling galaxy hidden in them. High-spirited energy, probably before he became Ryan, he watched such a scene for a long time, and when he saw such eyes again, he was full of goodwill.

"It's been a long time, and that was a month before I went to register." Auston has forgotten how he felt when he stood in the auditorium with a group of people older than himself to accept the military rank, nor did he remember What kind of mood is he about to accept the adaptation, he suddenly realizes that before meeting Ryan, his life is black and white and without ups and downs, the emotional fluctuations are suppressed by him to a minimum, and he just wants to move forward and shoulder the burden of the family , The responsibility of the legion continues to move forward.

He opened his eyes, turned to face Ryan, his eyes fell into a pair of focused gentle eyes, Auston said with a smile: "Ryan, I have said this many times, but I still want to say, thank you."

Leaning forward, he liked the constant forward movement, and took the initiative to kiss Ryan's lips, and kept deepening the kiss. Ryan held Auston's waist and let Auston kiss himself clumsily but seriously...

Beneath the haystack, the little white beast walked irritably along the edge, raising its head from time to time and making an angry whimper, "Woooooo!!!" The immature claws clawed at the haystack, the front claws climbed up hard, the hind legs kept kicking, and the best result was 30 centimeters off the ground.

"Ooooooooo~" If there was a hahaha laughter, Daifuku would definitely raise his head and laugh.

slap-

Extremely happy and sad, Dafu fell to the ground, it shook its head and got up, puffing out its face unwillingly. There were birds flying in the sky, and the chirping of Qingyue reached the ground. Dafu raised his head and watched the birds fly away without blinking. The wings on his side swung up and down unconsciously...

"Wow?"

Dafu felt that he had become lighter, and it looked down at himself suspiciously, and found that the four small claws had left the ground. Daifuku, who had taken off for the first time, was suddenly stunned, panicking in his mind, and he slammed on the ground again. This time, Daifuku did not stand up immediately, but thought about the beast life in the posture of falling down—I Who am I, where am I from, where am I going?

On the high haystack, the kiss ended, Ryan and Auston hugged each other lazily and didn't want to move. Suddenly, they heard the sound of wings flapping, and Ryan opened his eyes and saw a touch of white.

Ryan: "..."

All will fly, which proves that the development is very good, the calcium tablets are not fed in vain, and they will continue in the future.

Ryan raised his hand and patted Auston's shoulder, motioning him to look up, "I don't think it knows how to go down."

"Ooooooooo..." Dafuku learned to fly high and felt great at first. He struggled to flap his wings and flew upwards, and flew to the top of the haystack that was "unreachable" for him at first, and then he saw his master. , so excited. After the excitement, it found out, how to control the wings to fly into the owner's arms? Extending its claws, it looked at its owner with wet eyes, it was calling for help.

Auston sat up, opened his arms and said to Daifuku, "Come, control your wings and fly towards me."

Dafu was very frightened. It glanced at the feet, and the frequency of flapping its wings was messy in an instant—so high, so scary, it would scare a griffin to death—it was so frightened that it closed its eyes tightly.

Ryan couldn't help laughing, "I'm afraid of heights."

"Woohoo!" He hummed, hating Ryan.

The body's instinct allowed Dafu to regain his balance, but he still didn't know how to fly to the owner's side, instead it flew one meter higher.

"Dafu is not afraid, look at me and come to me." Auston's voice was gentle.

Daifuku nervously cradled his front claws and kicked his hind legs twice in the air, like a doll who learned to swim for the first time and became a toad in the pool. to the top of the haystack.

"call--"

Dafu sighed in a humane way, relaxed himself and landed again, but this time it was not the ground, but the warm embrace of the master. It squinted its eyes and said in a milky voice, "Ow~"

Auston smiled and gave Dafu smooth hair, "It's amazing, Dafu is a big kid, and he can fly."

"Ooooooooo!" After receiving the compliment, Dafu puffed out his chest and was very happy.

When they were enjoying their afternoon leisure in the ranch, at their home next to the sea of ​​love/love, Aunt Peggy hid in the room and cried for a long time, her eyes were swollen to walnuts, but the tears couldn't stop. Their sisters are all soft and docile in character. The sister who is favored by her husband sheds tears and is wiped away. She can only hide in the room and cry silently. For the sake of her son, she endured the beatings and scolding of her husband, and looked at her husband's face carefully, for fear that the child would not have a mother after birth; for the sake of her son, she worked hard to please her husband so that the child could have a complete home; for the sake of her son, she She didn't stop studying and taught her grammar lessons herself; for her son, she meticulously cleaned the child's house and ensured a clean and hygienic environment... Did she do everything wrong?

Connor said: Mom, I want to be free.

Peggy looked at the wall blankly with tears in her eyes. Did all her hard work for so many years go wrong? She just didn't want Connor to be old but without a partner or home. He could participate in genetic adaptation by injecting φ3 element synthetic medicine. It would be nice to be like Ryan.

Why Connor laughed miserably and still insisted that he wanted to be free.

What is freedom?

Aunt Peggy didn't understand.

Tuk Tuk.

The door was knocked twice, and immediately pushed open. Mom Paley walked in, sat next to her sister, and hugged her from behind like she did when she was a child.

"Paley, did I do something wrong?"

Paley sighed, "Sister, everything you did just touched yourself, the child won't appreciate it?"

Peggy didn't understand, and asked suspiciously, "What?"

"I told you that a child is an independent individual after birth, they have their own thoughts and freedom, their own privacy and space, you don't always control his thoughts, flip his things, or even plan his life. "My sister really cares about Connor too much, and the way of caring is even a little morbid. Paley has seen and persuaded him a few times, but he has never listened to it. "Sister, you will push Connor farther and farther."

Peggy was stunned, a deep fear emerged from the bottom of her heart, and Connor's gloomy eyes appeared in front of her eyes. She clenched her hands suddenly, "No, no, don't do this."

"Then respect the children's choices and don't control him." Paley hugged his slightly trembling sister, "Connor is a good boy, single for a lifetime, and our family is still here. And who can tell in the future, Maybe he will meet someone who can make him change his mind."

Human thoughts and emotions are complex and changeable, and it is impossible to explain clearly, but Ryan is sure that animals are absolutely one-strand through to the end. Because of the quarrel between Aunt Peggy and cousin Connor, there was a brief silence in the house. Everyone chose to use silence to protect the fragile nerves of their relatives. It was fine the next day. After a night, Aunt probably figured it out and stopped interfering. Connor's choice, and Connor smiled heartlessly, as if he didn't take it to heart at all.

Ryan's plan to take Auston to visit Planting Star was temporarily shelved because his cousin Connor invited Auston to discuss the follow-up progress of "Song of the Beacon". Discuss to clear your mind.

Ryan didn't get involved, he grabbed Daifuku and went to the gym.

"Damn, eating is good for your health." Ryan shook the calcium tablet in front of Dafu.

"Ooooooooooooo!" Dafu resisted, wanting to bite Ryan very much to let him know that his teeth are not decorations. But where Dafuku was Ryan's opponent, his mouth was pinched open, and a one-centimeter long white long pill was stuffed into his mouth. Ryan squeezed Daifuku's mouth tightly with one hand to prevent it from spitting out, and the other hand ran down Daifuku's throat to help swallow. After feeling the thud, Ryan let go of Dafu.

Dafu ran away like a cat being chased by a dog, hunching his back and baring his teeth at Ryan. Cunning flashed in the bright eyes of the little beast, its throat rolled twice, it opened its mouth, and a pill was spit out.

"Hahaha..." Dafu gasped, as if laughing.

Ryan: "..." This little thing is spoiled and is not afraid of himself anymore.

Raising the corner of his mouth with a silent smile, Ryan looked at Dafu gently. The little beast's keen intuition told Dafu that the current Ryan was very dangerous. It remembered the scene of being tossed by Ryan, and took a step back timidly. Under Lane's gaze, Daifuku let out a coquettish soft cry. This move was useful to Auston, but Lane's "hard heart" was completely useless. Dafu cried out in grievance, lowered his head and took the initiative to eat the calcium tablet, swallowed it hard, and opened his mouth to show Ryan, wagging his tail in a pleasing manner.

Ryan smiled, "Smart little guy, as long as you make him happy, I'll take care of you, but you have to be obedient, you know?"

The griffin has a high IQ. As an atavistic griffin, Dafu did not inherit the mighty and extraordinary appearance of its parents, but its IQ is very superior. It is like a naughty child who silently observes human beings and constantly learns to imitate. It knows the best in this family. Who is at risk knows who is the kindest, so subconsciously stay away and close.

After a while of Daifuku, Ryan's personal terminal rang, and the book he ordered had been delivered from Newnes to the space station outside E69, and he was ready to pick it up. There was nothing to do anyway, so Ryan spoke to the employee who was in charge of sending and receiving the courier, and drove the starship to get the courier outside.

Now the speed of interstellar express is very fast, the planets around Newnes can be delivered the next day, and if it is further away the next day, the goods delivered from the first star will reach any corner of the storm star field in no more than 15 days, relying on modern With the development of science and technology and the development of warehousing and logistics, the speed of freight is far different from that of hundreds of years ago. The artificial intelligence operates the interstellar spacecraft to perform high-frequency transitions, without considering the strong discomfort caused by the bumps in the transition.

The E69 has a great location, flying around the first star Newnes, and everything you buy is delivered the next day. The vegetables and fruits of Lane's family are also transported to Newnes through logistics, sent to supermarkets, and entered into thousands of households.

There is a space station outside the planting star that revolves around the asteroid. Take the bus to get off here, and deliver goods from here for transit. When Ryan drove the little starship to the space station, he had already seen that the platform was full of packages, including his, his family, and many employees. All of them were transported into the little starship and returned. Ryan handed over the other packages to the space station. After I got the person in charge, I went upstairs with the book I ordered and went directly to my cousin's room.

The biggest feature of my cousin's room is that there are many books, many keyboards, and maps of various periods. Maybe this is the room of intellectuals?

Auston and Connor, who were having a heated discussion, turned to look at Ryan who walked in at the same time. Ryan turned his head sideways and said, "Connor has worked hard to write a book. I will send you some books as reference materials."

"What book?" Connor asked in confusion.

Ryan put down the box, opened the seal and said, "Didn't you say that the emperor's people are a little bit untenable? I just thought that you didn't know enough about it, so I bought some books. Look..."

After the box was completely opened, the covers of the books inside were revealed: "The Great Emperor and His Adjutant's Two or Three Things", "Those Who Chased the Great Emperor in Those Years", "The Love Letter from My Childhood - Lisa's Autobiography", "The Great Emperor's Lifetime Unmarried Secret" ", "The emperor doesn't get married, it's all for him"...

Also, Ryan took off this layer and showed Connor and Auston the following: "Tyrant - The Great Emperor's Life in Military Forces", "Warning, this man is dangerous, stay away as soon as possible", " There is an art - on how the great emperor cruelly dissects the Zerg", "cruel man, dangerous emperor"...

Ryan continued to take out books one by one with bright eyes, and went further and further on the road of Black Emperor. His black methods are naive and tedious, and thanks to the summaries of his predecessors, he was able to bring out these essences and share them with Auston.

The last few books are extraordinarily explosive, full of **** tastes, the titles are explicit and provocative, and the cover pictures are extremely extravagant, which reminds people of **** nights, ambiguous screams, and images of overlapping bodies... indescribable Two or three things about the great emperor~

Ryan: "..." I was embarrassed to see it.

"Ryan!" Connor yelled.

Ryan: "It's good, everyone has positive and negative sides, you can look at these materials, don't waste them when you buy them." Facing Auston's disapproving gaze, Ryan bit his head and finished.

Auston: "Lane, these are all fabricated by later generations, wantonly fabricated for the sake of attracting people's attention, and none of them can be believed. The emperor is a stalwart man with awe-inspiring justice and a strong chest. These unsightly books actually set off the emperor's reputation even more. With an indomitable image, the world cannot slander a great man."

Ryan: "..." Ah, my feet hurt.

This kind of thing like shooting himself in the foot, Ryan has done it more than once in his life. Anyway, his mental quality is strong enough, and if he fails, he will continue. Only this time, he was so frustrated, and he couldn't help but want to laugh.

Unable to shake Qin Feng Anderson's image in Auston's mind, Ryan could only watch him and his cousin Connor in-depth discussing everything about the emperor. The discussion lasted for three days, and he often closed the door to discuss, even letting himself take a look. Will not work. Sitting on the window sill boredly, Ryan waited for his lover to come back and "Ling Xing Xing Xing" himself. There were familiar footsteps that were deliberately lightened behind him. Ryan didn't turn around, but after a while, he felt a body close to him. Dun hugged him from behind.

Arms wrapped around Ryan's waist, and a clenched fist appeared in front of Ryan. In Ryan's eyes, the fist opened, and there was an ordinary ring in his palm.

The inside of the ring is engraved with a proverb that has been widely circulated in the red coral star field - where there is home, there is love; where there is love, there is you.

"Connor suggested that I carve some patterns on it. He said that roses symbolize sincere and unchanging love, and red roses are eternal love. There are roses on the badge of the Golden Crusade, which can be engraved to show solemnity." Ston wouldn't let Ryan turn around, he was afraid that he would not be able to speak properly under Ryan's gaze, and his nervousness was no less than following Ryan home to see his parents, "But I thought about it, any decoration on the carvings can't express my feelings. Love, and my craftsmanship is terrible... The inside of the ring is the most widely circulated proverb in the Red Coral star field, and it's what my mother used to say. go home'."

The ring will inadvertently flow through a black halo under the light of the halo, which is mithril. It took Auston a lot of trouble to get a small piece of mithril in a short period of time, and he built it himself without the knowledge of Ryan.

Ryan looked at Auston's fingers. It was no wonder that he kept his hands hidden and kept from seeing them these days. There were some small wounds on his slender fingers. The melting point of mithril was similar to that of gold, but it was very difficult to shape. After being quenched at low temperature, it can be successfully shaped in ice water within 30 seconds, which requires extremely high skills.

Holding Auston's hand distressedly, Ryan wanted to turn around and hug Auston, but Auston just wouldn't let him turn around, listening to Auston continue: "Emotionally, I'm clumsy and don't know how to express it. In addition to work, you are accommodating me when you do other things, and you have taken good care of me in life, but I don't know how to give back to you. Let me share the family affairs in the future. Ryan, I love you. "

"Auston, I love you too." Ryan's heart was as bright as the sunset in the sky, the smile on his face was exaggerated, and the corners of his mouth were grinning to the back of his ears.

Auston: "Sorry for treating you like that when we first met."

"My skills were not good at that time, and it hurt you." Ryan admitted his shortcomings frankly, and worked hard to make up for it in the future. "I will keep improving."

Auston paused for a second or two, and told Ryan what he had been thinking about for a long time in his heart, "Ryan, you are not my reproductive tool. I said that to you when I first met, sorry."

Ryan: "You spoke to me coldly at that time, which was actually very cute."

Auston blushed, put his head on Ryan's back and said, "Our children should be born in love, and I am willing to have children for you."

Borrowing to discuss the emperor's affairs with Connor, Auston made a mithril ring for Ryan. It was not good-looking. The handwriting engraved on the inside of the ring was even crooked, but he wrote it down by himself. Ryan liked it very much. , When eating or talking with his family, he would raise his hand inadvertently, just to let everyone see that he has a ring, his behavior is childish, and he smiles like a fool, only he thinks he behaves very naturally , In the eyes of others, it is like a child holding a lollipop for praise.

Every time he did this, Auston was restless because of his shyness and nervousness. In the laughter of his elders, he simply didn't know how to place his hands and feet.

This weird atmosphere didn't last long, as Ryan started his plan to play the entire Planting Star.

Starting from the nearest equator, they went to snorkel in the shallow sea to see corals and fish, and went to the deep sea to see deep-sea fish raised in enclosures; all the way north, they went to the apple orchard to pick fruit. Ryan showed off his superior climbing ability. Slipped up the tree and picked a red apple for Auston; went to the deep forest in the mountains, picked mushrooms, quarried stone ears, and cut wild honey. Ryan also took Auston to the place where he discovered the original, the one who looked at him. Nothing special but a cave facing a sea of ​​flowers... They make love on the seaside at night, under the stars; on the grassland, hug deeply in the morning sun; in the desert Gobi, kiss under the poplar trees with each other...

In the blink of an eye, it had been a week since they returned to Planting Star, and on this day, they welcomed a new guest.