Chapter 50 The Innocent Fool

Autumn is here.

When the first fallen leaves drifted into the window sill, Lin Xiaodong found that Gu Xi spent more time with him at home.

Except for the instructions on some critical events, he basically doesn't go out very much now, and he rarely handles work at home. It seems that he has left everything to his subordinates.

However, the clinical trials of the institute have been delayed. Because of the interruption of the live broadcast, the brain worm crisis, which had been temporarily relieved, made a comeback again. The parliament could not be opened normally, the social order was crumbling, and people's resentment was increasing day by day.

Regime change is nothing new, and it doesn't matter who is on stage.

The point is that this crisis is not a problem that can be solved by war.

"If this goes on, humanity will perish sooner or later."

Finally one day, even Xu Feng, who had been following Gu Xi, couldn't help but sigh.

Although he was soon forced to shut his mouth obediently by the man's eye-knife, Lin Xiaodong knew that the current situation was already very bad.

He couldn't wait any longer.

And just this evening, a message came from a villa on the outskirts of the capital-

The former queen of the empire has died.

The funeral was arranged in the early morning three days later. Since the queen did not do anything harmful before her death, she was devout and kind to others, so Gu Xi had always arranged the best living treatment and medical conditions for her in the last years of her life. .

Queen Naihe insisted on refusing treatment. She said that she was very tired and just wanted a good night's sleep and did not want to be disturbed by anyone.

When a person has a firm will to die, no amount of advanced technology can save her life from the god of death.

She suffered for so many years in the backyard of the deep palace, until her relatives and friends died one after another, until her father and son turned against each other, and the empire collapsed, and finally this autumn, she got her wish for permanent peace.

On the day of the funeral, Lin Xiaodong also followed.

After more than half a year, he finally saw Lu Xing again.

The young man was sitting in a wheelchair, his lips were pale and dry, his body was weak, and even the wheelchair needed someone to push him forward.

"I don't understand," Lin Xiaodong said to the system, "from the first time I saw this guy, I thought he was going to die, how come it's been so long, those healthy nobles are pretty much the same. Now, how can he still survive? Is it really a disaster for thousands of years?"

System: "Don't forget, Lu Xing used the research institute under his name to make a deal with Gu Xi at the beginning. The research level of this research institute exceeds that of the military for at least 20 years, and it will certainly not be difficult to help him continue his life. ." Although the moral level is also far below the standard of normal people.

Lin Xiaodong snorted: "It's cheaper for him."

I don't know if Lu Xing would remember that there was once a new mermaid who loved him wholeheartedly, but now he is completely disheartened and sleeps underground forever?

...probably not.

They brought two bunches of white chrysanthemums, and after bowing their heads in silence, they gently placed them in front of the queen's tombstone.

The atmosphere was very depressing. In addition to the big bosses of the military, there were also some destitute nobles who came to attend the funeral and glared at them from the outside of the crowd.

Gu Xi didn't want Lin Xiaodong to stay at the funeral for a long time. After bowing, he was about to take him home, but suddenly, a sloppy man with disheveled hair squeezed in outside the crowd. In front of the aircraft, when no one could react, he grabbed the tail fin of the little mermaid--

"I don't want to die, please sing another song! Help us..."

He seemed to have lost his sanity. He cried and begged for a while, and cursed incessantly for a while. His words were so unpleasant that everyone present couldn't help but turn their heads, feeling unbearable.

"Where is the lunatic?" Gu Xi forced the frightened little mermaid into his arms, covered his ears with big hands, and shouted with a livid face, "Where did the security go? How did he put it in!"

Hearing the movement, the security guards arrived in a hurry.

This time it was the funeral of the former queen of the empire. I thought that no one would deliberately make trouble, so the security force was not so strong, but I didn't expect such a mistake. Although the person in charge repeatedly apologized to Gu Xi and the others, the man had a cold face from beginning to end, hugged the little mermaid directly into the aircraft, and left the scene without saying a word.

Lu Lu, who was present at the same time, frowned fiercely, she stared at Lu Xing who was sitting beside her: "Did you arrange this person!?"

As the president of the council, she was of course one of the people who knew Gu Xi's plan. Although it was difficult, she acquiesced in allowing Gu Xi to spend the last time with the little mermaid. But she didn't expect that Lu Xing was so despicable that he had to calculate even this!

"If I said no, would you believe it?" Lu Xing asked without answering.

Lu Lu didn't speak, just stared at him suspiciously.

Lu Xing sighed and said with a smile: "Forget it, anyway, even if I deny it, you won't believe it. Sister, I really don't like Gu Xi, and I hope he will die sooner so that Xiaodong won't be delayed, but it's not too bad. It's so narrow-minded."

He really did not deliberately arrange the so-called "actors".

It only takes a little bit of wind to the outside world and a few security arrangements. Those victims will naturally come to the door. The young man smiled and thought. Couldn't even investigate him.

The autumn wind was bleak, and Lu Xing's eyes were covered with white cloth. Although he received the news of the queen's death immediately, he could not see the white tombstone in the distance, nor the last face of his mother.

But at the moment, he was still in a strangely happy mood, and Lu Lu, who was standing beside him, even heard the young man tap the handrail slowly with the knuckles of his fingers, humming softly.

"Mad," she whispered, trying to keep her expression from appearing strange in front of everyone, "Can you really not feel what is called a normal human emotion? Have you never known what empathy is and what it is? sad?"

The singing stopped.

"Sadness, empathy?" Lu Xing seemed to have really thought about it, "I have experienced the former, as for the latter... You can see from the man just now, why should I feel the same way as a group of mentally ill people?"

Moreover, after experiencing today's incident, the little mermaid will no longer easily give others their own kindness.

For some people, Lu Xing thought, sympathy is not worth it.

--This, of course, also includes himself.

*

"You seem to be very tired recently." On the aircraft, the little mermaid reached out and gently smoothed Gu Xi's frown, "Don't be angry, I have nothing to do."

"It's not because of this..." Gu Xi sighed deeply.

Holding the little mermaid's white wrist, he lowered his head and was silent for a long time.

If the problem of brain worms is not solved one day, the situation like this will only intensify, but no matter what, Gu Xi will never let Lin Xiaodong become that victim.

Although he is a marshal, in order to protect the little mermaid under his wings, the pressure a man bears is absolutely unimaginable. Even if he is dedicated to the people, he will inevitably be criticized behind his back, even resentful.

Gu Xi never took these to heart.

But when those people finally couldn't help bypassing him and pointed their finger at Lin Xiaodong, Gu Xi really couldn't bear it anymore.

"Actually, I'm much better now," the little mermaid said softly, leaning on his shoulder, "let me sing, I saw a lot of kids playing next to the statue in Central Park today, watching them , I always think of myself as a child."

Gu Xi hugged his waist uncontrollably.

"Every time I encounter this kind of thing, I thought you would hate humans for it," he said sternly, "Why do you never complain?"

"Because of you."

The little mermaid raised her head and looked at him with bright eyes.

"I like you, as well as Sister Lulu, Adjutant Xu, the Empress, they are all good people," he shook his tail fin and said seriously with his fingers, "Your job is not to make people live better. So of course I want to help you, like the uncle just now is a little bit of moral kidnapping, but he can actually understand it."

Gu Xi smiled bitterly and whispered: "You always understand them, so who will understand you?"

"Huh?" Lin Xiaodong couldn't hear clearly, "What did you say?"

"......nothing."

The man shook his head, and stopped talking about this topic, but inserted his five fingers into the little mermaid's smooth hair, and gently combed him.

Now, 70% of his body has been covered by insect beetles. When going out, he must be fully armed, from turtleneck sweaters to long trench coats to black leather gloves, not even one except Lin Xiaodong. Anyone who gets close, otherwise someone will find clues if they don't check.

Feeling the relaxing pleasure/sensation brought by the finger pads running across the scalp, the little mermaid narrowed his eyes in enjoyment. But in this quiet atmosphere, he suddenly heard Gu Xi ask: "If... I mean, if you and Xu Feng Lulu are allowed to live together, what do you think?"

"What?" Lin Xiaodong opened his eyes keenly, straightened up and looked at him, "Are you going? Where are you going?"

"A business trip to an alien galaxy." Gu Xi said vaguely, but in fact they both knew the reason behind it, "I don't worry about you being at home alone, it just so happens that their child is one year old, so I'm just asking for your opinion. ."

The little mermaid stared at him for a long time, until Gu Xi couldn't help but look away, then he nodded lightly and agreed.

As if he didn't notice anything, he said obediently, "I'm fine. Come back early, I'll wait for you at home."

Saying that, he also raised his little thumb and shook it at Gu Xi: "Don't forget, you promised me, don't lie."

"......Um."

Gu Xi lowered his eyes, pressed the back of the little mermaid's head, and gently covered the two soft thin lips.

The man's voice seemed to melt between his lips and teeth.

In the seemingly ordinary kiss, there is a trace of lingering and tenderness that goes to the end.

"Do not lie to you."

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Thanks to the little angel who irrigated the nutrient solution: 0005 bottles;

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