Chapter 54： low alcohol intoxication

The rooms on the cruise ship are divided into five grades, first-class, first-class, second-class, third-class and standard rooms. Standard rooms are similar to ordinary hotel rooms. They have two beds and separate bathrooms. Lane sits when he is on the civil aviation ship. After living in a standard room, I lived with a man who took off his shoes, ripped off his socks, and exposed his strong beriberi... After living for so long, Ryan couldn't help but want to beat someone for the first time. It was the time when he returned to the Gamma military base after his vacation to report on the Xingtian Ship. He bought a ticket late and could only buy a standard room. Living with others was really not a pleasant experience.

The environment of the first-class cabin is naturally not comparable to that of the standard room. There is a fresh fragrance of forest trees in the corridor, delicate flowers and trees are placed against the walls, and the curtains are gently drawn on both sides of the clean and bright windows. The drapery flows as smooth as water. Outside the window is the vast and mysterious universe. No matter where you go, there is the most beautiful universe scenery.

Lane and Auston's room is A16, and when they are about to arrive under the guidance of the waiter, there is a shout, "Lane."

The voice was very familiar, Ryan frowned slightly, and turned to see that it was indeed Graydon Stark, who had met in the Great Wall Star Territory Qinglong First Star. At Qinglong First Star, the four of them visited most of the Qin Feng Anderson Museum. When they left, they exchanged names. The man with brown hair was her husband Graydon Stark, and his wife was called Herman Farrell. When we met, Herman had a swaddle in Herman's arms, and inside the swaddle was a fat and cute little doll.

The powerful genes of the Stark family have been passed down from generation to generation, and one or two can be seen from the child who has just turned a month, and he will definitely be a fat boy, youth, middle-aged in the future...

"Haha, I didn't expect to see you here." Graydon waved to Ryan and Auston from a distance, trotted closer and said happily, "You are traveling... well, I'm talking nonsense. , The Shakespeare cruise ship must be a tourist. Come, come, I will introduce you to the new member of our family. "

Graydon turned around, and Herman Farrell, who looked very much like him, came over with the child in his arms, and greeted Ryan and Auston with a smile, "Hello, we meet again. We said no more when we last saw each other. For a few months, our family has been traveling with three people, and now it is! Graydon and I's baby, the name will be picked up when we go back, and now the baby, the baby, is screaming."

The baby who was just a month old in the swaddle looked like a dumpling. It weighed at least 12 or 13 pounds in his arms, but it was much larger than a child of the same age. I can't tell who he looks like, but he looks cute with his eyes closed and sleeping soundly.

"I can hold..." Auston shook his head and took it back as soon as he said it, "I've never held a child before."

"Hug, our baby is very good, everyone has the first time, how will you know if you don't try, don't rush or you will be yourself." Herman took a few steps closer to Auston, motioning him to take the child , "I'll give you a hug and get pregnant."

After a little hesitation, Auston stretched out his hand and took the baby from Herman's hand. The baby weighing more than ten pounds was still a baby, soft and fragrant. Auston didn't know how to position his arms at all. , I was afraid of hurting the child. Seeing the baby's pink mouth squirming, his heart skipped a beat, because he was afraid that his stiff movements would make the little guy feel uncomfortable.

"Your posture is still pretty standard, it's better if your body is softer." Herman corrected Auston's movements and shook his sore and tired arms, grinning in disgust at the sweet burden, "Baby too It's heavy, and I can't stand it if I hold my arm for a while."

Graydon immediately rubbed his arms and kneaded hands for his lover, "Give it to me when you're tired."

Herman glared at Graydon angrily, "Then you let the nanny robot bring it."

Graydon snorted, raised his hand and swore, "It won't be like this next time."

Auston, who was holding the baby, opened his mouth several times to ask Herman to take the baby, but Herman and Graydon were so focused on talking that they almost forgot that they had a baby in someone else's hands. For the first time, he felt what it means to cry. No tears. Looking at Ryan for help, Ryan adored and helped, "I have never held a child before." Never, not once.

He stretched out his hand to support the child's head, so that Auston didn't have to worry so much when he held it.

Auston pursed his lips and chuckled, "It turns out that there are some that you can't."

"I don't know a lot," Ryan said. He leaned into Auston's ear and whispered, "I won't have children, but I'll definitely learn how to."

A shy look of anticipation flashed across Auston's face, "Yeah."

Herman and Graydon finally thought that they had a son. Graydon hurriedly took the child from Auston's arms. .

As the first star of a star field, Newnes has the best fetal rearing base in the entire Stormwind star field, and Starkov chose to go there to give birth to his children. After a citizen becomes pregnant, they must register with the local government’s livelihood department, and they can choose where the fetus will be conceived. The government has subsidies, reimbursement of round-trip expenses, normal accommodation and food consumption during the period, etc. In order to encourage fertility, the imperial government is also worried.

Anyway, all expenses are reimbursed by the government, and many couples will choose the first star with the best conditions. Stark and the others are no exception. They are waiting for the birth of the child at the breeding base. After the birth, they learn how to raise the child under the guidance of the doctors and nurses at the base. After the child is full moon, after confirming that all physiological indexes are normal, they can go home. .

"Our home is in Bayland. The middle stop of this trip is there. The cruise ship is slow and the environment is good. We will take this to go home and travel by the way. We live on the A17, how about you?" Graydon asked.

"We're A16s, by coincidence," Lane said.

"Haha, that's great. It's right next door. We'll do some activities together. It's fun to play with people we know."

Lane and Auston readily agreed.

After walking a few more rooms, he arrived at A16. He was temporarily separated from Stark, who was going to move forward. Ryan opened the door with his personal terminal. The door was just pushed open a crack, and the impatient Daifuku fluttered. Wings rushed in first, and after a while, a surprised "Ow" came, with doubts and surprises in the voice. Ryan and Auston looked at each other, walked in, and were stunned by the sight of rose petals. The floor, sofa, and bed were sprinkled with romantic red roses as far as the eye could see.

The waiter who came in with them bowed and said with a smile: "Welcome you two to stay in the romantic house, I am your room service Martin, guests can come to me if they need anything, and I am always on call. I wish you two A wonderful trip!"

"Thank you." Ryan glanced around. There were so many rose petals that he almost couldn't move his feet. "Can the petals be cleaned up?"

"Sir, only some of the petals in the room are real, and most of them are made with the latest holographic projection technology. Just turn it off." Martin explained the use method in detail, "Do you have any other instructions, sir?"

Ryan, "No need, thank you."

"Sir, you can find me anytime you need, and you can click on the personal terminal and I'll be there." Every muscle on Martin's face moved in an almost perfect arc, and the smile he showed was definitely comfortable and satisfying, but The smile does not reach the bottom of the eyes, to put it bluntly, it is just a mask at work.

Auston's eyes flickered, and he turned his head to look out the window. He was too familiar with such a smile. Before meeting Ryan, he smiled like this in almost all public places, and it was very tiring to keep smiling.

"Okay, we'll call you if you need anything." Ryan let Martin go after he finished speaking. After the room service left, he didn't turn off the holographic projection immediately, but changed the playback mode, making it almost impossible for the naked eye to distinguish the true from the false. The petals float up, forming the effect of falling flowers, and the fallen flowers are colorful.

Holding Auston from behind, the two enjoyed a romantic atmosphere in the sea of ​​flowers. Daifuku in front of them blinked curiously at the flowers, and occasionally stretched out his claws to grab twice, but the target he was looking at was often Failing, it retracted its paws and licked it suspiciously, as if wondering why these flowers couldn't be touched.

There are very few real petals in the whole room. A wreath on the bed and sporadic petals on the sofa are very easy to take care of. Just start the cleaning robot in the room. I didn't care about this for the time being. After turning off the holographic projection, Ryan and Auston stood in front of the window and stood side by side. As they watched, a frigate drove past and flew to the designated flight location diagonally above, which proved that everyone Already aboard, the Shakespeare can set sail.

They will arrive at the first stop, Red Star, after a night, and enjoy the scenery there. Before arriving, they had to spend one night, one morning and two meals. Ryan had read the introduction of the Shakespeare, and learned that the cruise ship has three restaurants, and the group of the reported group will go to any restaurant to eat.

At mealtime, the door of A16 was knocked open, and the chubby Starkoff appeared at the door. The child was handed over to the babysitter robot to take care of, and he did not take it with him when he was eating.

"Hey, we're going to eat." Graydon and his lover Herman showed enthusiastic smiles. They changed their clothes, white T-shirts, flower pants, and large flower coats, as if they were going to the tropical beach to watch the sea.

In contrast, Ryan and Auston have not changed at all, wearing casual clothes in white and black, looking more like people sitting in a cafe to spend their leisure time.

"Wait a moment." Ryan, who opened the door, said, turned around, and came back within a minute, "Pour some dry food for Daifuku." Touch your own food and would rather starve than eat.

Lane took the door with his backhand, and a group of four went to the ship's restaurant. There are already a lot of people sitting in the restaurant. In the buffet mode, you can choose the food at will, as well as the meals made by the chef on the spot, such as steak fried on iron plate, roast chicken turning on the charcoal fire, and fish dyed in the color of sauce in the stew pot. , All kinds of drinks that are being prepared... Soon after sitting down at the table, a waiter came to serve and asked what to eat, and they could bring it.

"We do it ourselves," Lane said.

Waiter, "Okay sir. If you need anything, please let me know."

Ryan nodded and looked at Starkoff, "How about you?"

"Let's sit down for a while, and we'll talk about it later."

"Okay." Ryan stood up and went with Auston to get the food. There are not many people who take the food in person like them. Most people enjoy the meticulous service of the waiter, and a few bad people even direct the waiter to go to the easternmost fruit area to get the most red fruit and go to the most red one. The main food area on the west side took the softest bread and laughed when the waiter was sweating profusely.

Auston frowned slightly, disliking this kind of behavior of not treating others as human beings, but the social atmosphere was such that people with money, power and status could easily send employees, belittle ordinary people, and describe the era of the Great Emperor. The relevant history of the people has been very far away. At that time, under the emperor's strategy of governing the country, the social atmosphere was clean, positive, equal and friendly, and now... it has to be said that it is a historical regression.

He sighed indistinctly, "The capital star is even more serious." It was the political and cultural center of the empire, with countless powerful people and even more serious hierarchies.

Ryan's eyes dimmed, "When I was in college, because I came from a remote star region and was the son of a farmer, I was often bullied." This is still the case in the ivory tower, not to mention the outside world, the whole country is full of power Monopoly, resource inclination, and continuous efforts to advance are very slow, and only by relying on the powerful can we exert our talents.

In his political career, Qin Feng has constantly broken the stereotype of class and weakened the influence of power on politics. When he died, he made some achievements. If he did not die and continued to implement policies with tough methods, he might have been completely successful. Hundreds of years have passed, and some of the results achieved have been in vain. The upper echelons of the empire shouted "freedom, equality, and friendliness" proposed by Qin Feng Anderson, and the comparison with the actual situation must be said to be a huge irony.

Auston shook his head helplessly, "Now, only the situation in the army is slightly better."

"Sir, you have finished drinking the ice orange snow." The bartender's voice came.

Lane and Auston looked at them at the same time. The two glasses of wine were ready. The concentrated syrup made of freshly squeezed orange juice on the upper layer gradually merged with the clear wine on the lower layer, and the crushed ice on the bottom caused the surface of the glass to condense. Layers of light mist, hands feel a touch of cool. A piece of emerald green lemon leaf is adorned on the mouth of the glass, which makes the overall appearance of the wine very high. Auston asked for two glasses when others ordered it. The bartender said that the ice wine is a low-alcohol wine, and if you drink too much, it will be bad. not drunk.

"It's not good to drink on an empty stomach." Ryan saw mushroom pasta, beef and tomato sauce noodles being made not far away, patted Auston's hand, and said, "I'll go get some noodles, I'll be there soon. "

Allston nodded, and he sat at the bar guarding their two glasses of wine.

Without Ryan by his side, the surrounding environment became dull and tasteless. Auston stared at the ice orange ice drink with some boredom. The beautiful sweet orange seemed to attract people. He took the cup and sipped it lightly. He took a sip. The first thing he took in was the sweet and greasy juice of the concentrated juice. He frowned. He didn't like it so sweet, but he ordered it all. Adhering to the principle of not wasting it, he continued to drink it, and the taste became clearer and clearer. Sweet, the part of the ice and snow wine is refreshing like mint, and the aftertaste is a little spicy after drinking it.

Before he knew it, Auston drank a glass of wine.

"Sir, do you think the ice orange ice drink tastes good?" The bartender approached, and he got a commission for every glass of wine sold.

"It tastes good, it's rich in layers," says Allston.

"Ice wine can be used as the base wine to make several kinds of fruity cocktails. Would you like to try it, sir?" The bartender smiled ingratiatingly. The red cocktail, "That's an ice berry ice drink, and the taste is a little different. Would you like a drink, sir?"

Strawberry-flavored cocktails?

Auston was a little moved, he nodded, "Have a drink."

The bartender responded briskly, took out five or six fresh strawberries from the refrigerator, cut one into small pieces for use, and beat the rest into fruit pulp, and filtered out the pomace to obtain a thick juice. Ice and snow wine is used as the base wine, and two or three other wines are added to mix together to present a rich and varied taste. Finally, put strawberry fruit in the wine, cover the surface with strawberry concentrated juice, and decorate with a mint leaf. , a cup of romantic ice berry ice drink appeared in front of Auston.

"Thank you."

This time, Auston did not finish drinking it quickly, but tasted it slowly to experience the layering in the cocktail. It was rich, sweet, and refreshing with a slightly spicy aftertaste. After the aftertaste, a faint fruity aroma would remain in the mouth.

The bartender blinked and said mysteriously: "It is said that kissing someone after drinking this series of cocktails is a different experience."

Auston glanced at the bartender, his face was expressionless, and the aura of staying in a high position for a long time was not restrained, and it was awe-inspiring. The bartender subconsciously felt a chill on his back, a strong sense of fear was brewing in his mind, his face changed suddenly, and he didn't dare to say a word.

Allston drank the remaining drink in the glass and said coldly, "One more glass."

The bartender chick nodded as if pecking at the rice, and when he lowered his head to open the refrigerator, he found that the guest didn't say which one he wanted. What flavor do you want?"

"Orange." Auston cherished his words like gold.

"Hey." The bartender hurriedly buried his head, pretending to be very busy and stopped talking. He quickly finished the iced orange ice drink requested by the customer and sent it to the customer respectfully. Speaking of which, when he doesn't exist, it's really terrible that this guest doesn't smile.

When Ryan came back with the hot mushroom bolognese and fried rice with diced meat, he saw Auston sitting at the bar with a blank expression, staring blankly at the two glasses of wine. He pulled up a high chair and sat down, and asked softly, "Are you hungry?"

The expressionless Auston turned his head to look at Ryan, with grievances in his black eyes, "You have been gone for a long time."

"Sorry for keeping you waiting." Ryan held Auston's hand and found that his palm was a little hot, "Drinking on an empty stomach?"

"No!" Auston's eyes floated, like a child who didn't admit what he had done, the adult asked and subconsciously denied it.

Ryan couldn't help laughing, looked at the bartender who was burying his head and pretended to be busy, and asked in a low voice, "How many?"

The bartender felt a numbness on the top of his head. He knew in his heart that this question was rushing towards him. He raised his head cautiously and saw a pair of intimidating eyes. Two cups." He hurriedly added, "This gentleman's third cup is on the table."

"Um."

Ryan retracted his gaze and looked at Auston, whose eyes were dull and expressionless, feeling helpless, Auston didn't know how to drink. The two have been together for so long, and most of the time they have lived on the Xingtian Ship. Drinking is not allowed on the ship, unless it is some fruit wine with almost no degree, and they must be checked before they can be brought on the ship. Bringing alcoholic beverages on board without permission will be severely punished. After returning to Planting Star, he drank one or two times of wine, and he brewed his own wine with a low degree of concentration. Auston was restrained and self-disciplined, and he only took one or two sips. He had never seen Auston drunk.

Ryan picked up the wine glass and took a sigh of relief, his eyebrows moved slightly, "This is not ice wine!" Ice wine is the most common drink in Stormwind. It is brewed from a flower on the ice field, with a unique flavor, and is often used to blend with other wines... He ignored it, why didn't he think that cocktails were blended wines.

The bartender in the bar heard that Ryan's voice was wrong, and immediately squatted down in fear, holding his head and muttering, "The guest is spared, the guest is spared... This is a low-alcohol cocktail..."

Ryan: "...Don't be afraid, I don't mean to embarrass you." He had already drank the wine and determined that it was a low-alcohol alcohol, but Auston's drinking capacity was really poor.

"Oh." The bartender breathed a sigh of relief, but he no longer dared to stand here to serve Auston and Ryan. He would rather be seen by the foreman than be absent from work.

Auston was drunk, his head was a little empty, and everything came as he wished. He actually doesn't like to laugh. For a long time, he has always had a smile that is not from the heart, which made him resist from the corners of his mouth. Now he clearly understands that he is no longer alone. He has Ryan, a family of planting stars, and more importantly, Ryan tolerates his willfulness.

so tired.

He didn't want to wear a stylized smile mask.

He wants to be capricious, he doesn't want to laugh anymore.

"Auston, if you drink on an empty stomach, your stomach will feel uncomfortable." Ryan brought the lighter-flavored fried rice with minced meat to Auston, held a spoon and handed it to Auston's hand and said softly, "We Get some food to fill your stomach."

Auston frowned, turned his head away, and told Ryan with action that he didn't want to eat.

"I don't want to eat, how about some noodles?"

Auston frowned slightly, turned his head to look at Ryan, with grievances in his eyes, as if he was saying not to eat.

Ryan held Auston's hand and never let go. Such Auston made him feel a little distressed that he wanted to tease him. He restrained his thoughts and asked softly, "What does Auston want to eat, let's get it. ."

Auston tilted his head and thought for a while, then said hesitantly, "Let's eat then."

Ryan almost couldn't help laughing, put his fist to his mouth and coughed twice before saying, "Okay."

"I don't want to stay here." Auston frowned in disgust, hated the noisy voices here, hated some people's ugly faces, hated... I don't know what to hate, in short, he wanted to leave.

Ryan depends on him, go back to the room and ask room service Martin to bring the food. Open the personal terminal and send a voice message to Graydon, telling the other party to go back first.

To go to the restaurant exit, you have to pass through a small stage. Young people playing musical instruments on the stage are engaged in the performance. One of the violinists is probably on the stage for the first time. When the tune was set, the harsh sound like a sawing saw suddenly sounded, causing dissatisfaction among many people.