Chapter 34 The Innocent Fool

Lin Xiaodong suddenly remembered that the owner of the Rose Manor was also called this name.

"Tong, help me find out what this Noah is doing," he said with a frown, "I suspect he is... Tong?"

System: "Hahahahahaha."

Lin Xiaodong blinked his eyes slowly, he suspected that he might have been hallucinating: "No, what's wrong with you? Why did you laugh suddenly?"

System: "Just suddenly wanted to laugh, hahahaha... This code is really funny, quack quack."

Lin Xiaodong really couldn't understand where the laughter of advanced silicon-based life was.

He suspected that the system might have been infected with a virus, otherwise it would have been laughing like an epileptic seizure. He sighed and asked helplessly: "Have you found out what I asked you about before? Anyway, tell me the situation first and then laugh slowly."

The system laughed and cried: "Hahaha I'm sorry I'm a waste, I was actually scared by a human woo woo woo..."

Under its topsy-turvy narrative, Lin Xiaodong finally understood what was going on.

The system found Gu Xi in a closed room. When it saw that the man's state didn't seem right, it prepared to get closer to observe, but when Gu Xi raised his eyes, the system instantly retracted from thousands of light-years away. Back to Central Star. Later, the more the system thought about it, the more embarrassing it became. In order to divert its attention, it pulled out a funny code book from the database that was vigorously amused by other systems.

As a result, it became the above situation of crying and laughing.

Lin Xiaodong: "...No, how could Gu Xi find you?"

"In some worlds with a higher level of spiritual power, there are still people who can sense my spiritual tentacles," said the system without love, "It's just that Gu Xi has been with you all the time, I didn't expect him to be able to sense me. The presence."

While they were chatting, Lu Xing had already returned.

But the young man's expression seemed very solemn for some reason. He fixedly looked at Lin Xiaodong, and after a long while, he sighed: "Sorry, Xiaodong, news just came from my father, General Gu led the army on an expedition, brave and fearless, However, the female worm is too cunning, and the fleet under his command has now been... completely wiped out."

The action of the little mermaid turning over the book stopped.

He stared blankly at Lu Xing, his face slowly turning pale.

Lu Xing asked with concern: "Xiaodong, are you okay?"

The little mermaid pursed her lips and shook her head, as if she was not standing still, and the book "The Little Prince" in her hand was about to fall into the fountain. Lu Xing's pupils shrank, and at the last moment he rushed to the pool and rescued it.

interesting.

Lin Xiaodong thought thoughtfully, it seems that Lu Xing really treasured this book.

"You..." The young man's pale face was ferocious for a moment, but when he turned his head and saw the pitiful expression on the little mermaid's face, Lu Xing closed his eyes and showed a pitying expression again: "Please be sympathetic, Xiaodong."

"I, I don't believe it," the little mermaid cried, "you lied to me!"

"I also really hope this isn't true," Lu Xing said, "but you can search on the Star Online to see if I lied to you."

As he said that, he took the initiative to turn on the light brain. On the screen, all major websites have been swiped by this news. Since the royal family did not disclose the existence of brain worms to the public, the official banner of this expedition was to crusade the star thieves. The entire interstellar did not expect that the famous General Gu would be planted in a small crusade. The news came back to the central star , the entire star network is fried.

"Fake? I don't believe it!"

"That's Gu Xi, who came from a civilian background and became the youngest lieutenant general in the empire. How could he lose to the little star thief?"

"I also don't think it's possible to +1"

"However, I remember that not long ago, there was a problem with the flying ship in Admiral Gu's posture. He disappeared for a period of time. There are also many rumors on the Internet that he is dead."

"What's going on, this time and again..."

"The military department has long since died. In the past two years, several generals and officials were found to be corrupt/corrupt the army/payment, but they were all suppressed."

Someone in the comments is rhythmic, Lin Xiaodong thought calmly.

He didn't believe a word of what Lu Xing said. The reason why the situation took a turn for the worse in just half a day was that 80% of them, no, 90% of them might be because of him mixing the water. Lin Xiaodong felt that the Crown Prince must be playing a big game. Since he appeared in front of Gu Xi that evening, part of his plan should have already begun--

Otherwise, why did the nobles keep secret, and even refused to announce the existence of brain worms from beginning to end?

"I'm also very sorry about Lieutenant General Gu," Lu Xing said, standing behind him with a heavy voice, "But Xiaodong, people have to look forward. Although Lieutenant General died, the female worm has not been eliminated, you can rest assured. , I will definitely carry on his legacy and avenge the brothers of the First Army."

The little mermaid wiped away her tears and looked up at him: "Can I be of any help?"

Seeing that Lin Xiaodong had taken the bait, Lu Xing smiled with satisfaction. He stretched out his hand to the little mermaid: "Of course. Xiaodong, you may not know how much potential is hidden in your body. I have a professional research team, and they have long discovered that the mermaid's singing can effectively inhibit brain worms. Are you willing to cooperate with them to study the activities in the parasites?"

He lowered his voice and said in a persuasive manner: "I know, you don't like humans, but this is only for Gu Xi, to avenge the killing of your beloved enemies."

Hearing this, the little mermaid handed his hand to him without hesitation.

"I do," he said.

"Ding, Good Person Card Fragment +1."

"Sure enough," the goal was achieved, Lu Xing straightened up, and seemed to say to himself, "Mermaids have always been like this, stupid and naive."

"what?"

He came back to his senses, looked at Lin Xiaodong and smiled: "It's nothing. Let's go, I'll show you your new home in the future."

The young man took the little mermaid's hand and slowly led him to the castle built on the edge of the cliff. There were several crows chirping in the quiet and uninhabited forest, and the setting sun pulled the spire of the castle obliquely long, like a silent and cold prison.

Lin Xiaodong thought that he had already figured out who to see in this short biography.

There are too many mysteries in Lu Xing, his story must be very exciting.

*

This castle is huge.

Since it is located in the southeast of the Rose Manor, Lin Xiaodong decided to call it Rose Castle. The room Lu Xing arranged for him was in the attic at the top of the castle. Looking out from the narrow window, the whole manor was unobstructed, and even the briar roses crawling on the low fence around it could be seen clearly.

His daily life is to get up in the morning, draw blood, and cooperate with the research team to test the effects of mermaid singing on brain worms. After lunch, he can rest for a while, and then provide various experimental data in the afternoon. Occasionally at night, Lu Xing would come to the castle to see him, but recently the frequency of young people coming here has become less and less.

Although there is no obvious grounding, there are people around him all day long, called protection, but in fact monitoring.

This evening, Lu woke up again.

He looked a little windy and dusty. He hadn't seen him for a few days. His originally weak body seemed to have lost weight again. Lin Xiaodong looked down through the castle window and suspected that a gust of wind would blow him away.

He watched Lu Xing turn around in the labyrinth, as if he was looking for something, and his curiosity couldn't help being piqued.

What does Lu Xing want to do?

Finally, the young man came to a rose vine, carefully picked the best blooming rose, walked to the mermaid fountain, and put the rose gently on the palm of the statue.

He stood quietly in front of the fountain for a while, suddenly frowned, and looked in the direction of the castle with emotion.

But didn't find any difference.

Lin Xiaodong turned his back to the wall, and a researcher stood at the end of the corridor and greeted him, telling him to come over immediately. Noticing the suspicious look in the other party's eyes, the little mermaid gave him a simple smile, took a breath, and released the butterfly parked at her fingertips.

Seeing this, the researcher's expression gradually relaxed.

When Lu Xing walked into the castle, he happened to meet the scene where they were drawing blood for the little mermaid. In order to ensure the stability of blood sugar, Lin Xiaodong had not eaten for a day, and was so hungry that he had to be drawn for blood. Fortunately, the research team also knows what sustainable development is, and it is not much to smoke at a time, only about a hundred milliliters.

Lu Xing walked to the side and touched his hair: "Why is it all knotted?"

"It's boring to comb." The little mermaid replied dazedly.

The young man thought about it, asked the attendant to bring a comb, moved a chair and sat behind him: "I'll help you."

But his movements were a little stumbling and unskilled, and it hurt Lin Xiaodong's scalp several times. The little mermaid grinned for a while, and avoided his hand with an unhappy face, thinking that this technique is not as good as Gu Xi.

Seeing Lin Xiaodong's disgust, Lu Xing was taken aback for a moment, and then he put down his comb a little disappointed.

"I'm sorry," he said. "I haven't practiced for a long time, so I'm a little rusty."

Oh hoo.

Lin Xiaodong asked casually, "Then have you combed others before?"

"......Um."

"who is it?"

Lu Xing smiled, didn't answer, and changed the subject: "Are you hungry? Just in time, there is a banquet in the palace tonight, and I will take you to attend."

The researcher next to him hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness, he can't leave tonight, otherwise the team's research progress will be too late."

"Shut up," Lu Xing lifted his eyelids and looked at him coldly, "It's only for one night. After so many days, all the data that should be collected have been collected. You won't waste your time until you can't do anything without the experimental samples, right?"

"But......"

"Or," Lu Xing smiled slightly, "Do you have any opinion on my decision?"

Cold sweat instantly oozes out of the researcher's forehead: "No, I don't dare."

Seeing that there was no objection, Lu Xing lowered his head and personally helped Lin Xiaodong untie the tourniquet tied to his arm. When the little mermaid was dizzy due to low blood sugar, he supported him considerately, made him lean on him, and instructed the attendants. First get a piece of chocolate to cushion him.

Lin Xiaodong accepted his service very naturally, and asked the system, "Do you know what his practice is called?"

System: "Weasels give New Year's greetings to chickens?"

"No," Lin Xiaodong retorted it, "this is called a cat crying and a mouse fake mercy."

There are two reasons why he still stays in this castle. First, Lu Xing and him have not torn apart their face after all. At the moment when Gu Ximing is "dead", it is the safest place for him. One; second, if Lin Xiaodong needs to complete the task, he must thoroughly understand the past of this person.

After so many days of working so hard to pretend to be stupid and white sweet, and also donating so much precious mermaid blood, today finally let him wait for the opportunity.

He and Lu Xing got on the aircraft one after the other and drove down the mountain in the darkening night.

The light and shadow outside the window changed, Lu Xing propped his chin, looking at the dazzling interstellar city on both sides of the street, his eyes were fascinated.

Looking at the pale and thin profile of the young man, the little mermaid sitting beside him suddenly said, "You seem very lonely."

"Huh?" Lu Xing came back to his senses, he smiled and did not deny, "I was discovered by you."

"But you are the prince, why are you alone?"

"'Even where there are people, we are still alone'." Lu Xing slyly answered his question with a line from "The Little Prince", but the little mermaid was obviously not satisfied, he asked reluctantly : "Then you are so old, don't you have someone you like?"

This question made Lu Xing silent for a long time.

After an unknown amount of time, he sighed and finally revealed his heart to Lin Xiaodong for the first time: "Yes."

"I once...had someone I liked."

After a pause, he added softly:

"I like the kind that I like very much."

Lin Xiaodong was refreshed.

Just as he was about to continue his routine, the aircraft suddenly stopped in the air.

"Ouch!"

The little mermaid almost collided with the seat in front of her head, but was fortunately caught by the seat belt on her body. Lu Xing's body also swayed violently. He quickly grabbed the armrest in the aircraft and said sharply, "What's going on?"

The driver replied: "His Royal Highness, there is a mental illness lying on the road and committing suicide. This road is now subject to air traffic control, and it is estimated that it will not work for a while."

"Then change the path." Lu Xing frowned.

"However, the custom dress you ordered is at the end of the road..." The driver gave him a quick glance through the rearview mirror, his expression a little timid.

"Customized dress?" Before Lu Xing could speak, the little mermaid asked curiously, "Is it for me?"

Lu Xing nodded, and he sighed: "Forget it, let's wait. Tell the traffic police to come and deal with it, and solve the matter within half an hour."

"Actually, it doesn't have to be so troublesome," the little mermaid lowered her head and tugged at the corner of her clothes, "I think I'm pretty good in this outfit."

"It can be better." Lu Xing said without doubt.

He picked up a strand of the little mermaid's long hair, put it on his lips and kissed it gently, smiling, "Trust me."

"Tonight, I will definitely make you the most dazzling little prince in the audience."

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