“Yo…”
Cecil smiled angrily, raising his eyebrows, and said, “Here comes another bouquet of roses.”
Cecil emphasized on the word “again.”
Zhou Mian: “…” Zhou Mian glanced at Cecil and stepped forward to pick up the roses.
“Give it to me.” Cecil sneered.
Zhou Mian was worried that Cecil would be angrier when he saw it up close, so he subconsciously hid the roses behind him.
Cecil’s pupils shook, an incredulous look appearing on his face.
This guilty look……
Cecil only felt that his anger was ignited with a “bang”.
“Who sent it?” Cecil usually laughed when he got angry, and the brighter he laughed, the angrier he was.
“Chi Ying?”
Zhou Mian sighed and said, “I don’t know his purpose in sending me flowers.”
“You don’t know? You don’t know.” Cecil stepped forward and grabbed the bouquet of flowers, pinched Zhou Mian’s nose punitively and said, “Come in with me.”
Cecil pulled Zhou Mian into the room of the plant factory, sat down, and prepared to talk about this in detail.
Zhou Mian: “…” Zhou Mian said helplessly: “What are you going to do again.”
“I want to ask you something.”
Cecil said seriously: “You said that your memory began in the city of Sunset on the Barren Star, right?”
“Hmm.” Zhou Mian frowned slightly, and his eyes were a little evasive.
“Have you forgotten everything you have experienced before?”
Zhou Min paused, not knowing what to say.
‘In fact, I still remember a little bit, the big brother, the small room and the piano’… And after talking to the old man of the Dark Phoenix, Zhou Mian was able to confirm that he was in the federal Dark Phoenix Base before, but he didn’t know why he was sent to the Glacier system later on.
At that time, there were no interconnecting bridges between the glacier system and the Federation, instead there was a hot meteorite space that ordinary people could not pass through.
“Forget it. Not to mention before…” Cecil knew about Zhou Mian’s situation, and he remembered Zhou Mian’s missing memory clearly.
“Let’s talk about later, after you came to the Barren Star… what did you do?”
Facing this conversation that was starting to feel almost like an interrogation, Zhou Mian replied cautiously: “I lived in Nippori City for a while… At that time, I was injured, and the people of the city took care of me, and I grew up eating proper meals, all thanks to them.”
“How did you get to the Zhou family later?”
“Later… The pirates destroyed Sunset City, and I was adopted by the Zhou family.”
“Then how did Chi Ying get entangled with you?”
“Where are we entangled?” Zhou Mian couldn’t help making a crying laughing face: “I don’t know why he sent me flowers.””
Cecil frowned slightly.
Flawless.
But, the man’s mouth is a deceitful ghost, his family’s Zhou Mian must not have told him the truth.
Cecile frowned and looked at Zhou Mian.
“Mian Mian……”
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“……hmm?”
“Pa’r bxjs.”
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Itbe Zljc rfca Jfmli ab atf ujaf, jcv rjk Jfmli revvfcis rabq lc ogbca bo atf vbbg yfobgf ifjnlcu.
Itbe Zljc rjlv rerqlmlberis: “Qtja’r kgbcu?”
Cecil turned around and reached out to take Zhou Mian into his arms.
Zhou Mian was stunned.
Cecil hugged the person tightly and whispered: “Mianmian, I am your support.”
Zhou Mian looked up at Cecil.
Cecil smiled, rubbed Zhou Mian’s head and left.
Zhou Mian looked at Cecil’s departing back, and his heart moved slightly.
In the following days, the Hong Luoluo incident continued to ferment, and almost everyone knew about it, and the voices of opposition became louder and louder, but there were even more people who supported it.
The topic of supporting Zhou Mian was lively, waiting for more explanations from the officials.
Cecil began to prepare and plan his and Zhou Mian’s frontier trip.
The day after it was made public, Gu Xingzhi’s military report arrived, saying that another soldier in the frontier had been poisoned by the Zerg during an operation, and asked Zhou Mian to send the antidote.
After thinking about it for a while, Cecil simply planned to let Zhou Mian go to Gu Xingzhi’s military camp with him, and then broadcast Zhou Mian’s treatment of the Zerg-poisoned patient live on the spot, so that the people could see how Hong Luoluo healed the wound.
In the end, it is just a matter of sprinkling ground Hong Luo Luo powder on the wound, which is not much of a secret.
The day before departure, Zhou Mian was sorting out his luggage in the plant factory, and Xiao Le stood aside and watched Zhou Mian sullenly.
“Xiao Le, be good, you must listen to Brother Ellen these days, okay?”
Xiao Le didn’t say a word.
“Brother will be back soon, really.” Zhou Mian smiled and rubbed the back of Xiaole’s head and said, “Pull the hook.”
Xiao Le paused and stretched out his little finger to hook Zhou Mian’s outstretched little finger.
“Promise, Xiao Le is obedient and doesn’t cry, and his brother will be back soon.”
“Oh…”
Zhou Mian was very glad from the bottom of his heart that he brought Xiaole out. Now Xiaole is not as afraid of the world as before, which is a good thing.
Maybe soon, they will be able to send Xiao Le to school and he can go to class like other children.
“Didi Didi——”
Zhou Mian was packing up when he heard the alarm of the plant factory go off.
But it’s only a first-level alert, indicating that it’s not an enemy invasion.
Zhou Mian patted Xiaole and said, “You wait for your brother here, brother will go out to see what’s going on.”
After Zhou Mian came to the main hall, he saw the researchers standing aside with some anxiety.
“What’s the matter?”
One of the researchers said: “Outside… there are people making trouble outside.”
Zhou Mian frowned slightly.
“Yes… it’s some people who don’t know the truth who are demonstrating. “Another researcher said: “The guards of the plant factory are stopping them, it’s okay.””
Cecile originally had placed a lot of guards and arranged them into small patrols around the plant factory, but since the last kidnapping, the plant factory’s defense system has been further strengthened.
“Well, don’t panic, they can’t get in.”Zhou Mian waved his hand, motioning everyone to resume work and said, “Let me go out and have a look.”
Zhou Mian pushed open the gate and saw people outside the fence, holding signs and banners shouting.
“Refuse Hong luo luo! Refuse drugs!
“Reject Hong luoluo as a drug!”
The shouts shook the sky, and those individuals rushed forward with red faces, as if they wanted to raze the plant factory to the ground. The guards and the 12th army stood in a row in front of the fence to stop the agitated people.
“Zhou Mian is out…!” Someone shouted this, and then the crowd reacted even more fiercely.
“Zhou Mian, go to hell!”
“Zhou Mian is the leader of the cult! He will lead the Federation to destruction!”
Zhou Mian shook his head.
Although there was little opposition, there still existed some.
And these people in front of them … Even the words of death have been spoken, which shows how resistant they were to this new drug.
Zhou Mian stood on the side platform and shouted, “Quiet! Listen to me.”
The people were stunned.
Zhou Mian said word by word: “Please calm down and wait patiently for the follow-up. Don’t be preconceived, let alone criticize with a smattering of knowledge.”
“Cecil and I are about to go to the frontier, and I hope you will be satisfied by then.”
“Why should we believe you!You are an outsider!”
“He is the leader of the cult!Spreading the poison of Hongluo Luo!Want us all to take these fatal drugs!”
However, chickens talk like ducks and play the piano to cows.
Zhou Mian felt unable to communicate with them.
Perhaps Zhou Mian’s appearance stimulated everyone, and the demonstrators became even more excited, and even threw things at Zhou Mian, such as bags, belts, stones, and so on.
These things naturally could not hurt Zhou Mian. There were guards controlling the field, and Zhou Mian flashed past casually, while the 12th Army immediately moved.
Originally, it was just a blockade, but at this moment the 12th Army lined up one after another to press people back and forcibly send them to the Federal Public Security Bureau.
“I’m sorry for causing trouble to the admiral.”
After taking everyone away, one of the captains came to Zhou Mian and bowed deeply.
“It’s okay.”
Zhou Mian shook his head and said, “It must be done.”
The factory resumed operations, and Zhou Mian also went back to his office to finish his work.
Before he managed to finish reading two pages, the door was pushed open with a “bang”.
Cecil stood panting by the door. Since the last meal delivery incident, Cecil has quietly obtained a pass from Ellen.
It’s also sad to think about it. The dignified admiral to obtain an entry pass to the scientific research department managed by his own people, had to blackmail others.
“I heard that someone came to the plant factory to make trouble?!”
Cecile said with a fierce expression: “Did they hit you with something?”
“Quick!Let me see if there are any injuries.”
Cecil directly rushed forward to pull Zhou Mian up and said, “I’ll take a look.”
“No, no…” Zhou Mian hurriedly pushed the person away.
Cecil pulled up Zhou Mian’s sleeves and trouser legs, and checked them a few times before he was relieved.
It’s not that he is so greasy, but after Zhou Min was kidnapped and seriously injured before, Cecil became a frightened bird.
“I’m really fine, how can I be so delicate. ” Zhou Mian didn’t know whether to laugh or cry: “We used to play against each other on the battlefield, and we played so much that we almost blew up B6. Have you forgotten?”
Cecil was taken aback.
Zhou Mian reminded: “In the first year of our war, you and I used to fight one-on-one on B6. Later, when we were halfway through the fight, the battle was suspended because the Zerg suddenly attacked the bridge.”
“I remember.” Cecil sat down on the side and said with a smile: “At that time, I wanted to sneak attack you with my men, but when I was halfway through the fight with you, because of the sudden Zerg attack, we cooperated once.”
Both of them felt a little emotional when they thought of the past.
“By the way, I also want to tell you one thing. After today’s demonstration, you can’t live in the plant factory anymore.” Cecil hooked his legs and crossed his arms: “For the safety of you and Xiaole, you must move back to the admiral’s mansion. This time those demonstrators are making trouble outside. What if they make trouble inside next time? What if they bring any weapons?”
Zhou Mian said silently in his heart, isn’t the plant factory surrounded by your army layer by layer…?
Cecil saw Zhou Mian’s careful thinking and said, “Don’t say that there are guards in the plant factory. No matter how good the guards are here, this is no admiral’s mansion. All in all, there is no need to discuss anything any further.”
“Okay…”
Zhou Mian said in his heart, then go back, anyways, I’ll leave for the frontier tomorrow.
And what Cecil thought was that he had finally successfully brought the person back.
Now I am happy, very happy.
This emotion continued into the night, until Zhou Mian walked into the guest room with his luggage and locked the door with a “click”.
Cecil: “…”
It hurts now, it hurts very much.
But Cecil is not going to pick the lock or break in, in short, it’s good that he’s back.
Cecil looked at the closed room and sighed helplessly and went upstairs to the study.
In the past few days, because of the plant factory, Cecil has been so busy that he can hardly keep his feet on the ground. He has to obtain the consent of all parties, arrange his own itinerary, and make sure that the live broadcast is okay… There are too many things, and he didn’t plan to go to bed early.
“Knock knock……”
Cecil was sitting at his desk reading official documents but heard the door of the room being knocked on, the sound was very subtle.
“Who?”
“Uncle……”
Cecil was taken aback.
Xiao Le’s little figure appeared at the doorway, as he carefully pushed open the door.
“What’s the matter?” Cecil put down his pen and said, “Why are you still up? Is your brother asleep?”
Xiao Le slept with Zhou Mian in the botanical factory before and continued to do so after returning to the admiral’s mansion.
“No.” Xiao Le lowered his head and said, “I can’t sleep…”
“What about your brother?”
“He…he had a nightmare.” Xiao Le panicked a little, looked up at Cecil with eyes that held a cry for help, and said, “For several days, it’s been like this…”
Cecile was taken aback.
I can’t stand those people anymore =.= And poor baby! Don’t worry, everything will be alright!
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Thanks for the chapter
I absolutely adore Xiao Le, poor baby ❤
Thank you for the chapter <3333
I’m glad to see Xiao Le improved ❤️
Still curious what ZM’s connection is to Chi Ying.. 🤔
Thanks for the chapter 💞
huhuhuuhu my poor Mian Mian had to suffer all these criticism… QAQ
Nawwww, Xiao Le has made so much progress. I’m so proud of him.