Chapter 36: The Marshal Has Finally Managed to Get a Meal

"You say my brother, will he still bring my Boxed Meal back for me?"

Song Qingyan looked blankly and expectantly toward He Shan, who was sitting by the table, attempting to get some kind of affirmative answer.

The only response she got was He Shan's helpless shrug.

"What do you think?"

Song Qingyan was truly about to cry.

Such fragrant food, and she hadn't even tasted a single bite!

Sob, sob, sob, sob...

What does it mean to be unable to cry despite being heartbroken!

It's exactly what she is like right now!

He Shan silently sat a bit to the side, moving over half of her seat, and pushed the lunch box toward her direction.

"Eat, I saved half for you."

"Sob, sob, sob... sister, you are really too good!"

On the other side, Song Jinyan, having taken the Boxed Meal, sped all the way and came directly to the research lab.

The director of the research lab did not expect that Major General Song would come.

And was in such a hurry, too.

"Does Major General Song have some urgent matter?"

Song Jinyan nodded, responding to his greeting, his expression carrying a hint of seriousness, "Let's go inside to talk."

Seeing this look on him, the director of the Research Department knew the matter must be very serious and immediately led him toward the office inside.

"Director Gu, take a look at this."

Song Jinyan got straight to the point, taking the Boxed Meal out directly and placing it in front of him.

In an instant, that aroma of the food occupied the entire office, making everyone who smelled it swallow their saliva involuntarily.

"This is?"

The chopsticks held between his fingers poked at the dishes a few times, pointing at the cauliflower, "This, it is very similar to something in a file I once saw, so I want Director Gu to check what this thing is."

Casting aside that tempting fragrance, Director Gu finally had the mind to carefully observe the things inside.

He didn't know until he looked, and he was startled once he did.

This, this, this, why does it look so much like a plant?

"I will immediately arrange to analyze the structure of this thing!"

The matter was of great importance, and he couldn't wait to take people to the laboratory...

Interstellar Command 6th Division

Ever since Qin Xiulin returned, he had been setting out to investigate the incident of his ambush this time.

Those people who ambushed him, and the forces behind them.

And also, that woman.

That woman who looked frail and weak, yet revealed something unusual everywhere.

Memories of that night flashed through his mind inexplicably.

The pitch-black sky was covered with stars, making everything before his eyes appear even more gloomy, with only that touch of white in front of him.

Like top-quality mutton-fat jade.

Delicate, warm, and soft.

Sinking into the sea of desire with her...

Qin Xiulin rubbed his somewhat sore brows; everything in the office was affected by the Mental Power he radiated, floating in mid-air.

Following the retraction of his Mental Power, a series of clattering sounds of things falling to the ground echoed all around.

Was he crazy?

That woman was clearly there with a purpose.

They had also long since drawn a clear line between them because of those one hundred thousand credits.

Could it be that the experience of the first time is so hard to forget?

*Knock, knock, knock—*

The knocking sound that happened to ring out outside the door interrupted his deep thoughts, and his expression returned to indifference once again.

"Come in."

His Deputy Adjutant Zhou, followed by Song Jinyan, walked in together.

However, the expressions of the two were somewhat serious and faintly carried some excitement.

"What did you find?"

Zhou Rui's eyes were bright; someone who was always steady when working by his side rarely showed his emotions so openly.

"Marshal, it's good news! Great news!" Zhou Rui looked at Song Jinyan, who was a step behind, and said, "You tell him!"

"Yes!"

Giving a military salute, Song Jinyan suppressed the excitement in his heart and handed the box in his hands over with both hands.

Before it was even opened, relying on his keen sense of smell, he had already smelled an unusual fragrance the moment he took it out.

Getting closer, it was even more fragrant.

"Marshal, please look!"

After speaking, he sent a report he had just obtained to his Light Brain.

"This is the ingredient report that this subordinate had the research personnel analyze; these are all made from plants!"

"Truly?"

Qin Xiulin did not intend to wait for his answer and impatiently opened the report.

The more he read, the more joyful the expression on his face became; the gloom that had been lingering in his heart no longer mattered.

Plants really still exist!

The withered plant specimen he had picked up earlier was indeed from recent times!

But soon, he furrowed those thick brows of his again.

It was just that this person was too excessive, actually turning such precious food into a meal just like that!

It was simply audacious!

"Where was this obtained from?"

Song Jinyan's initial excitement and agitation gradually faded, and he became a bit calmer.

"It is my dereliction of duty; it was brought by a friend of my younger sister who came to visit the house. I sensed something was wrong and sent it for testing immediately, so I have not yet begun to investigate the source."

His dark, deep eyes stared fixedly at the Boxed Meal in front of him, lost in thought.

For a time, none of the people in the office spoke, and even the sound of their breathing became much lighter.

Only the faint sound of fingertips tapping on the tabletop remained.

"Go investigate. Zhou Rui, you two are responsible; do not alert the enemy!"

After a long while, he finally spoke, and Zhou Rui and Song Jinyan answered in unison, "Yes."

Once both of them had retreated and only Qin Xiulin was left alone, his hand uncontrollably picked up the pair of chopsticks placed on the box.

Although a portion of the food had been removed from the Boxed Meal for testing, there was still plenty left.

At this moment, it was tempting the person in front of it, making his mouth water.

It was as if it were saying, "Eat me, come on and eat me!"

Looking at it like this, and thinking back to the conclusion in the report that it was edible, he did not wrong himself either.

He picked up the chopsticks and began to taste it.

The extraordinary texture between his lips and teeth, and the aroma that was taken into his mouth, made his mood become even better.

Especially those dishes; the texture of each one was different, a sense of satisfaction he had never tasted before.

The person behind the scenes likely had more than one type of plant in their hands, and furthermore, they had a large quantity of plants.

Thinking of this, he became even more curious about what exactly this person behind the scenes wanted to obtain.

It's just that...

When he took a bite of the cauliflower, he was still conquered by the tender stems with their slightly refreshing texture.

It was this taste; it inexplicably made him feel somewhat familiar, as if he had smelled it somewhere before.

Where on earth could it be?

Ruan Mian, who had just sent away her two free laborers, only then saw the message Lu Yi had sent her.

【Ruan Mian: Yes, the owner of that box-making shop raised the price on the spot and wanted to blackmail me, but fortunately I had help from a benefactor and found a new partner, so everything is going quite smoothly. How about you? How have you been at school lately?】

Ruan Mian only knew that he had gone to study; studying was a good thing, and he should have Mental Power. As long as he had Mental Power, he could have a place to go.

That was still better than her, having been abandoned like this.

Although she was doing quite well now, that was also because of her own ability.

The Lu Yi who was being worried about was not doing very well at this moment...