In the next second after being scooped into the cockpit, sure enough, Jiang Jianming met Garcia’s handsome but cold face.
“…tsk.”
Garcia tilted his head and leered at Jiang Jianming, casually holding a portable tranquilizer aerosol spray in his palm, “Come here, Your Excellency the Crown Princess.”
As he spoke, he was about to stuff the aerosol spray into Jiang Jianming’s mouth with one hand, but the latter quickly turned his face to the side. “I’ve already taken a tranquilizer!”
“Oh,” Garcia paused, threw the aerosol spray in his hand casually, and leaned back on the backrest with a cold expression, “You were really affected by the crystal bone.”
Jiang Jianming: “…..”
What is it called, a wise man thinks a thousand times, but he will make a mistake! (TL: no matter how smart a person is, he will make some mistakes in many considerations)
He swindled other people outside every day, yet unexpectedly today, he capsized in front of his Little Highness!
Garcia controlled Slash Comet to lift off into the sky, and he turned off the screen, to not see the people around and the people surrounding His Excellency Laurent, pointing fingers at the mecha.
But Jiang Jianming actually didn’t care about that at all. He was exhausted from the star city mecha battle just now. At this time, he shrank directly in the driver’s seat next to Garcia, closing his eyes and was about to go to sleep.
Garcia squinted at him, “Look at this embarrassing appearance. Stayed up late again to track down evidence, drove a mecha to personally arrest the enemy again, tossing about and working hard like this, do you feel good at the moment?”
“The good reputation was taken by others, the traitor died and the clues were interrupted, only got a hand kiss, and the Snow Dove is damaged and needs money to be repaired. Going back, will there be another illness again?”
…It seems that since the breakup a few days ago, His Royal Highness has become enthusiastic about mocking him.
Jiang Jianming felt a bit funny and helpless, he then reached out to touch Garcia.
The latter couldn’t bear it anymore, pulled off his white gloves, and said angrily in a hoarse voice, “Wearing gloves every day, when I return to Silver Big Dipper, you’d die on a roadside without anyone knowing you needed tranquilizer.”
Jiang Jianming just smiled and didn’t speak. He thought to himself that Garcia must be reluctant to leave him, but seeing the Little Highness so angry was really cute. He didn’t provoke him, and just quietly admired Garcia’s ‘lethal baring fangs and brandishing claws’ there.
About three minutes later, Garcia managed to restrain his emotions anyway, then said with a sullen face, “Look at what I am doing, didn’t you want to sleep just now?”
Jiang Jianming: “Don’t want to sleep.”
Garcia placed the crumpled white gloves on Jiang Jianming’s face, covering his eyes, “Sleep.”
Jiang Jianming gradually began to feel that Garcia seemed to know his physical condition better than himself.
Duke’s death not only severed an important thread, but also seemed to have severed the strings that had been constantly tense in his spirit.
Jiang Jianming fell asleep on the mecha. Returning to the room, he was put on the bed by Garcia, and continued to sleep with the quilt in his arms.
He felt increasingly uncomfortable when being unconscious, his body felt heavy and was scalding, his headache was splitting, and he couldn’t even breathe. Jiang Jianming vaguely knew that he really had a fever again, but he couldn’t open his eyes to wake up.
It snowed lightly in the evening, and Garcia helped him up and put on thick clothes for him.
Jiang Jianming hooked his fingers on the other’s cuff, even though he was burning to the point where he had no strength left, and his whole body was trembling unconsciously.
He couldn’t even lift his eyelids, and only rubbed against Garcia’s neck by feeling, then said breathlessly, “Go…go where?”
Garcia: “What did you say?”
Jiang Jianming gasped for breath with his eyes closed, and whispered, “I have medicine, don’t take me to the hospital……won’t go.”
Garcia ignored him and wrapped a thick scarf around his pale neck, but Jiang Jianming suddenly struggled, “No, I…won’t go…”
Garcia’s eyebrows twitched, and he patiently whispered, “Even if the hospital knows that you are a non crystal race, they won’t be too idle either to disclose it to the military. What are you worried about?”
Jiang Jianming suddenly looked up at him weakly, his expression became extremely sad.
He obviously didn’t cry. But on this night, those eyes seemed to have been wet after a rain, and then slightly slackened again, even more deadly than tears.
Garcia didn’t move, his eyes were too dark to see the bottom.
After a while, he held Jiang Jianming in his arms and looked out of the window…..Snowflakes were falling outside into the dimly lit streets and alleys.
After a long time, Jiang Jianming said softly, “Won’t go.”
Garcia sighed, “Got it, won’t go.”
With the scarf still wrapped around, Garcia held Jiang Jianming and went out in the night, finding an empty space nearby to deploy Snow Dove.
…Who would have thought that there would be an A-level mecha deployed not to fight against the enemy, but to only stuff a person in the treatment cabin inside?
For Jiang Jianming, the subsequent memory was intermittent. He seemed to wake up many times that night, but every time he opened his eyes, Garcia was by his side, silently accompanying him.
There was only one scene that left a deep impression on him: when the snow outside was getting heavier, he seemed to see Garcia resting his hands on the glass hatch of the treatment cabin, with the mechanical structure of the mecha Snow Dove and the flashing small lights behind. All of this brewed a kind of inorganic refreshing atmosphere.
The prince’s eyes looked down from a height, seemingly talking to him and seemingly talking to himself, his voice was so low that it was hard to hear.
“Supposing I…..what are you going to do alone…”
“…You are like this…..he’s also willing…”
In the middle of the night, Jiang Jianming’s body temperature dropped a little, he woke up with his eyes open, and said in a weak voice that he was thirsty.
Garcia helped him up and fed him water, halfway through the feeding, he suddenly moved the cup away, and asked in a deep voice, “Who am I?”
“……”
Jiang Jianming’s mind was drowsy and he looked at him blankly.
It didn’t take long for Garcia’s perseverance to be defeated, and handed the cup to his pale lips again, “… Forget it, drink water.”
After Jiang Jianming drank the glass of water, he regained consciousness a lot. At least he realized that Garcia, sitting next to him, staying up late and working hard was not good, thus he tugged on His Highness’s cuff, “You, sleep with me.”
Garcia frowned, “Why are you so clingy when you’re sick?”
But he still hugged the feverish disabled human being in his arms, and laid down together in the treatment cabin.
Jiang Jianming closed his eyes in peace. Garcia brushed his sweaty black hair behind his ears, and not knowing what emotions filled him, he pressed his lips to his, gently stroked his cheeks and the bridge of his nose.
Jiang Jianming felt a little itchy, he moved subconsciously, buried his face in Garcia’s shoulder, hid, and denied this man’s random intimate actions.
So who the hell is sticking to people ah…
Before falling asleep again, Jiang Jianming vaguely heard Garcia say something in his ear.
He said in a hoarse voice…..When he gets better, he will tell himself a secret.
****
The snow did not stop until the next morning, and the sky was also cloudy.
When Garcia woke up, there was no one in his arms. He was really taken aback, and when he got up, his forehead lightly bumped against the hatch.
“…..” Garcia climbed up with an ugly face, and heard the voice of conversation coming from ahead.
Zheng Yue: “Little Excellency, so you, you sent someone to follow Duke?”
“No.” Jiang Jianming was wearing a coat and sitting in the driver’s seat of Snow Dove, and there was the communication with Zheng Yue on the screen.
He had recovered very well, and when talking with a smile, it didn’t seem like someone who was sick last night. “Didn’t I say so, when there is no evidence, it is inconvenient to do anything.”
Zheng Yue: “Then how do you know that he conspired with the Eldest Young Master Brandon—”
“Deceive him.” Jiang Jianming lazily stretched his waist, “The little follower who has done bad things for the master’s family will of course be frightened and report to the master’s family immediately when they see the superiors sending someone to take on the responsibility. It’s a very simple reason.”
He drooped down his still pale cheeks, and said quietly, “It’s a pity, it’s no use saying these things now, the person has been confirmed dead. This clue won’t dig out anything anymore.”
Garcia frowned and thought to himself: What kind of constitution is this? Easily catch fever, but can get out of bed to deal with affairs in the morning after burning overnight?
He didn’t walk over, just listened to Jiang Jianming and Zheng Yue talking.
“Ah, that’s right, because we couldn’t reach you yesterday, Lieutenant General Luther has already sent troops to take control of the Brandon family’s mansion.”
Zheng Yue rubbed his nose, and shrugged, “But…..the result was very unsatisfactory, and nothing was found. The patriarch of the Brandon family even cried and said that the Golden Sun Wheel has slandered him, making the Lieutenant General so angry.”
Jiang Jianming said helplessly, “Of course nothing would be found. Haven’t you been investigating this matter some time ago? Under the current situation, no fool would dare to pile up the real crystal ores in his own house.”
“Not only that…..Actually, I have some doubts. There may be someone behind Brandon. Five foldable mechas and not handicrafts that ordinary nobles can obtain, and the very secretly done infiltration into the inside of the Golden Sun Wheel that no one was not aware of at all was also very suspicious.”
Zheng Yue was surprised. “You mean, there is a bigger mastermind behind it?”
“Just a suspicion, it’s hard to say.” Jiang Jianming shook his head, that’s why he wanted to start with Staff Officer Duke to find some clues.
The hidden danger of the crystal chaos in the Far Interstellar Space left him with lingering fears. He thought that even if he couldn’t dig out the deepest hidden culprit immediately, at least he had to recover the real crystal ores. But now it’s like a bomb hidden in the dark, not even knowing when and where it would detonate.
Jiang Jianming sighed secretly, said a few more casual words then cut off the communication with Zheng Yue. But he was thinking in his heart: That Excellency Laurent appeared too timely.
At that time, he could clearly feel that Duke’s attitude had loosened somewhat, but in the blink of an eye, the mecha crashed and the person died on the spot……
All of a sudden, a palm stretched out from behind and landed on top of his head.
“…Ah.” Jiang Jianming raised his eyes leisurely.
He saw Garcia poking out his face quietly from his side face, “Is the chat over?”
Jiang Jianming couldn’t help but laugh, “Good morning, Your Highness, why did you sleep with your hair in such a mess again, it’s all tangled together.”
After saying that, Jiang Jianming naturally stretched out his hand and pressed Garcia’s shoulder, making the man bend down, then stretched out his hand and smoothened the curly hair that jumped in front of him disobediently.
Garcia wanted to make a few more sarcastic remarks to this unconscious sick person, yet unexpectedly, the mutiny of his hair made him lose all momentum. In the end, he just slapped Jiang Jianming’s hand off, and said with a livid face, “…Go and do it again.”
It seemed that the snow outside would not stop for a while. They took back Snow Dove and walked back slowly side by side.
“The day after tomorrow is…..New Year’s Eve.” Just as he was about to enter the door, Jiang Jianming turned his head and glanced at the passers-by on the street.
“The New Year’s Eve in Aslan Star City is always very lively, I want to spend it with you.”
Garcia looked at him and said indifferently, “It seems that you only have three days to find this batch of real crystal ores.”
Jiang Jianming smiled. “You can help me too.”
“Won’t help, you solve it yourself.” Garcia said, “If you solve it, there will be a reward, and I will take you to a place.”
As he spoke, he pushed open the door, and suddenly discovered that on the military communication device placed at the entrance, there was a message displayed.
Jiang Jianming originally thought that it would be Old Marshal Chen or Lieutenant General Luther who would inquire about the details of the scene hereafter. He opened it while bending over to change his shoes, but didn’t expect the message to jump out unexpectedly.
The sender was actually Gerhard Laurent, the Prime Minister who sent people to kill Staff Officer Duke yesterday.
The content was not an important official business either, but a personal message.
The message first expressed condolences to His Royal Highness Ryann and the widow of the crown prince in a polite tone, expressed his condolences for yesterday’s phenomenon in the star city, and third, expressing infinite admiration for the crown princess’s choice to join the Golden Sun Wheel as a non crystal race.
All in all, two-thirds of the message was filled with voluptuous and useless politeness. Jiang Jianming read these paragraphs at a glance, took off his coat and stuffed it into Garcia’s arms.
It was not until the last few paragraphs of the letter that His Excellency Laurent wrote in a tactful tone that the current situation in the empire was grim and was approaching a critical turning point, which made him toss and turn, feeling deeply that his ability and insight were shallow.
As for His Excellency the Crown Princess, a non crystal race born as a commoner, at the same time was also a top student at the Kaios Military Academy, and was highly appreciated by the Crown Prince and the Commander-in-Chief, he wished to speak with the Crown Princess in order to clear up the fog.
Finally, an invitation letter for a banquet was attached, linking to the above text, the intention was obvious.
Garcia, who came to read together, commented before Jiang Jianming, “This person has a problem.”
Jiang Jianming turned back. “Why do you say so?”
“Yesterday’s turmoil in the star city, when it broke out, I went over right away.”
Garcia shook the coat that Jiang Jianming took off, shook off the snow particles down, and hung it aside.
“Originally wanting to go around to the front and attack with you, but soon realized that both your speed was too fast, and the direction of travel was chaotic, there’s also a possibility to change lanes every second, and wouldn’t be able to stop”
“Slash Comet is already the fastest A-level mecha, if I wouldn’t be able to stop, it is also impossible for a private mecha master of a noble family to stop.”
Garcia said lightly, but a chill rippled past his emerald eyes, “Not to mention finding a good cover and laying an ambush there in advance.”
Jiang Jianming was startled, and suddenly he understood the profound meaning implied in His Royal Highness’ words:
In such a fast pursuit air battle, it is impossible for Laurent to predict that Staff Officer Duke staff will pass by the Gemini Building, unless——
Unless he knew in advance, that Staff Officer Duke will drive the mecha in this direction after defecting.
Jiang Jianming grabbed Garcia’s arm, he didn’t know whether to laugh and cry, “Why didn’t you tell me earlier!”
Garcia looked at him without speaking.
Only then did Jiang Jianming belatedly remember that he was still lying in someone’s arms with a fever last night.
He immediately felt guilty, and quickly took off the snow-soaked scarf and woolen hat, stuffed them into the hands of His Royal Highness, turned around and fled.
