Chapter 146: Zongfang

He worried about how she would survive in this cruel world.

He worried about how she would view him one day if she found out his father had a hand in these crimes.

He worried that if their children grew up with the ambition to become heroes of the Federation, how would he explain to them not to become accomplices to evil?

Zongfang hugged Qiao Suisui tightly, his mood complex, his thoughts in turmoil.

An abrupt male voice interrupted them: "That's enough, you've already been hugging for 12 seconds."

Ka'er stood behind the two, as if allergic to this romantic scene. He said with an unhappy face: "Are you real or fake this time?"

Zongfang ignored him directly, only looking down at Qiao Suisui, raising his hand to tuck the stray hair blown by the wind behind her ear.

Ka'er, being ignored, raised an eyebrow: "Looks like it's real this time."

Zongfang held Qiao Suisui's hand, fingers interlaced, and said: "Come with me to a safe place first; the nights on the Southern Battlefield are not safe."

Qiao Suisui nodded and said: "Ka'er is injured. Do you have a medical kit there?"

Zongfang lowered his eyelashes, paused for a few seconds, suppressed the jealousy in his heart, and then looked up to scan Ka'er coldly from head to toe before saying: "I do."

The three arrived at a floating shelter. The exterior of this building looked no different from a cliff, but inside, it was a different world. It could float freely in interstellar space, and the interior was equivalent to a temporary residence, with sleep pods and dining facilities.

"You can observe the situation from all directions here; the view is excellent, and it's easy to advance or retreat," Zongfang explained to Qiao Suisui.

She looked around, asking many questions like a curious baby, and Zongfang answered them all with a smile. The two looked like a young couple who had just moved into a new home, checking out the place.

Meanwhile, Ka'er looked like a real estate agent who couldn't make a commission, arms crossed, following behind with an unhappy face. It was clearly a movie for three, yet he couldn't have a name.

"Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?" Zongfang carried her to the sleep pod and checked her carefully from head to toe. He frowned immediately when he saw the abrasions on her arms and knees. "When did you get these?"

Qiao Suisui didn't know exactly how she got them either, and simply told Zongfang about Kui Shou and their time together over the past few days. "He blew up the underground experimental base. I guess I got them when Ka'er and I escaped. It doesn't matter; they've already scabbed over."

Zongfang's hand supported the back of her knee. On her fair, jade-like calves were scratches and bruises of various sizes. Although the abrasions on her knees had scabbed, the wound area was not small, and it was clear they hadn't been treated in time and were already slightly inflamed. Zongfang gritted his teeth, wanting to resurrect Kui Shou and kill him a thousand more times.

Her skin was naturally delicate. In the past, he had always controlled his strength when touching her, not to mention that he never gave her the chance to bump or scrape herself in daily life. Thinking of how much suffering the person he pampered so carefully had endured on this trip, Zongfang felt his chest almost exploding.

"You brought her here?" Zongfang looked at Ka'er.

Ka'er, suddenly being cued, was disinfecting the wound on his back alone. After hearing Zongfang's words, he looked around and then pointed at himself: "You can see me?"

Zongfang was extremely impatient but endured it, not wanting to show it in front of Qiao Suisui. He said: "Do you know her wound is inflamed?"

Ka'er was startled and looked at Qiao Suisui's knee. Losing the mood to tease, he frowned: "It wasn't this serious yesterday."

Qiao Suisui hurriedly said: "It's not Ka'er's fault. He applied medicine for me every day, but the wound was really too itchy, and I... I kept wanting to scratch it." Speaking to the end, she saw Zongfang's expression and her voice grew smaller and smaller.

Zongfang didn't say anything, re-treating all the wounds on her body and feeding her two small pills.

"What are these?" "To speed up healing. The other is to supplement the nutrients humans need. Have you not been eating well these past few days?"

Qiao Suisui held the cup with both hands and nodded obediently.

It wasn't just that she hadn't been eating well; she hadn't been eating at all.

They had come to the Southern Battlefield, so what kind of food could there be? Even if there were conditions, she never asked to eat, relying entirely on nutrient solution to hang on.

It was precisely because Zongfang knew her temper that he was worried beyond measure. Qiaoqiao looked delicate, but in reality, she wasn't delicate at all. No matter the environment, she would never complain. The Southern Battlefield was harsh; he couldn't even imagine how she had managed to persist.

"You really..." He gritted his teeth in anger, wanting to scold her, but not a single word could come out when the words reached his lips. Instead, his heart was filled with the dense joy of having her back.

If she hadn't been so brave to come here, he wouldn't be able to see her at all right now.

Zongfang stretched out his arms to embrace her, his movements gentle and cautious, as if she were a rare treasure in his arms.

"Qiaoqiao, can you take away my talent?"

Qiao Suisui was startled and asked: "Why bring this up suddenly? You need the self-healing talent more than I do, and it's not something you can just take..." Her voice was as thin as a mosquito's, and her face heated up at the thought of the way to take the talent.

"I'm not at ease with you like this. Every day I'm here, I worry about whether you'll get hurt. I tell myself every time that at least you're safe in the Huangting, but you're so bold, actually daring to come here." Zongfang spoke faster and faster, angry, anxious, and helpless.

"I know, don't be angry."

Zongfang sighed, supporting his body on both sides of her, pressing his forehead against hers, and closed his eyes helplessly: "What am I angry about? Is it useful for me to be angry? You have the biggest ideas."

The Southern Battlefield was sparsely populated, and there was a lot of time every day. Zongfang spent most of his time thinking about her, and the rest of the time reviewing their interactions. After so many previous arguments, plus Sikesaisi's enlightenment, Zongfang now knew very clearly that if he wanted to completely win her heart, he could only follow her lead. The more he tried to control her in the name of love, the further she would move away from him.

Zongfang gently lifted her chin, the distance between them so close that they could feel the heat of each other's breath.

"It was all my fault before. Can you give me another chance?"

Qiao Suisui's breathing became a bit chaotic. She instinctively wanted to dodge backward, but stopped halfway. This time, Zongfang didn't chase her, but waited quietly for her answer.

Ka'er looked at the state of the two, feeling restless, and went out with a cigarette in his mouth. He had seen it clearly a long time ago: as long as this man was by her side, there was no room for anyone else. Sui Sui might not have realized it herself, but when she stood with him, there was an invisible magnetic field that others couldn't insert themselves into.

A cigarette was finished in a few puffs, but the irritability in his heart wouldn't stop. Ka'er simply took off his top, jumped off the floating shelter, and went for a run to cool off.

Inside the shelter, Zongfang waited for a long time without getting her answer, and the emotions surging in his eyes turned dark.

The man used his sturdy and powerful thighs to open her knees, which had been closed, squeezing his waist between her legs, one arm supporting the wall behind her, his voice low and sexy.

"Qiaoqiao, I miss you so much."

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