“Stop beating around the bush,” Fu Yafang said coldly. “Since you know who I am, why are you just standing there?”
The two women’s hands were secretly vying for dominance beneath their white coats.
One face was cold and fierce, the other amiable.
Hui Ye Ai Li smiled and said, “I guess your mission is to get close to Lai Jiong · Fa Nan, right? Just like me.”
“What?” Fu Yafang was a little surprised.
Wasn’t this woman in front of her a secret research personnel under Lai Jiong · Fa Nan? What was there to get close to?
“You don’t need to question this, you just need to know that we are on the same side now. I won’t hurt you.” Ai Li smiled and slowly released her hand.
“The situation has just stabilized, and the Black Star Empire also needs some time to recuperate. Of course…” Ai Li linked her arm with Fu Yafang’s, and the two walked towards the door.
“Now is also a time of surging undercurrents.”
“What we need to do is remain silent for now and wait for the opportune moment.”
…
“Huh?” Li Fang woke up groggily from his sleep, suddenly jolted awake, and scrambled under the bed!
“Holy shit! It’s an earthquake, holy shit! Liu Feng, wake up!!”
As Li Fang yelled with his head in his hands, he saw a pair of familiar feet standing at the head of his bed in the darkness.
And his bed was shaking uncontrollably!!
Immediately after, Liu Feng’s mumbling voice came:
“Press the pulse frequency vibration button, immediately pull back the control lever 30 degrees, push the throttle lever to 17%, call up the vertical leap dive action program, stabilize the control stick, and pull back the throttle lever to achieve inertial side shift…”
Li Fang climbed out from under the bed, puzzled.
He watched Liu Feng gripping the head of his bed with both hands and shaking it vigorously.
Li Fang raised his hand and waved it in front of Liu Feng’s eyes. Finding that Liu Feng had no reaction, he finally breathed a long sigh of relief.
“He’s gone mad… Liu Feng has gone mad… still practicing mech movements in his sleep.”
As he spoke, Li Fang scratched his stomach and lay down on Liu Feng’s bed.
The next morning, as Liu Feng got up yawning, he saw Li Fang sitting by the bed, staring at him with his eyes wide and dark circles under them.
“What the hell are you doing? Trying to scare me to death! Hey?” Liu Feng scratched the back of his head and asked, “Why am I in your bed?”
Li Fang, abandoning his usual long-windedness, immediately locked Liu Feng’s arm around his neck and pinned him to the bed, roaring, “How dare you ask me that! Last night, you tossed and turned me from one bed to another! Can’t you let anyone sleep?!”
After a tussle, the two grown men finally separated.
Liu Feng smiled sheepishly, “Brother, I’m sorry to have put you through so much trouble. I promise I won’t do it tonight! Hmm!”
“There won’t be a tonight. Can I switch dorms?” Li Fang, still angry, paced out of the room.
“Strange.” Liu Feng scratched his head. “What’s wrong with Li Fang? He’s usually so carefree, why is he so serious today?”
After washing up, Liu Feng walked towards the familiar training ground.
While Gu Ya was away, Liu Feng had spent all his time in the cockpit. He had only returned to the dormitory yesterday because he was too tired.
Recalling the recent mech action sequence, Liu Feng strolled down the avenue lined with falling leaves.
The thick leaves crunched under his feet, making a "rustling" sound that felt very comfortable to Liu Feng.
Suddenly, a sense of melancholy overtook his good mood.
“It was autumn when Yafang left, wasn’t it?”
Along the entire street, apart from Liu Feng and the fallen leaves, there was nothing else.
Just like his heart at this moment, it was as empty as this leaf-strewn street.
“Why didn’t Yafang come back to Xian Xia with me… Has she changed her mind?”
Liu Feng punched himself hard in the head and said fiercely, “How could that be? Yafang and I made a promise! I’ll wait for her to come back!”
“If I can’t wait for her, I’ll go find her!”
“If… she really changed her mind…”
Just then, two familiar figures appeared at the end of the road, walking quickly towards them one after the other.
“Stop following me!” Tao Na yelled in disgust.
Li Fang was not far behind Tao Na, chasing after her with small steps, and shouting, “Tao Na, Na Na, wait for me.”
“The latest movie release, the sequel to ‘The Ultimate Mech Shadow,’ starring your favorite actor Wang Panpan! I bought two tickets. Let’s go watch it together!”
“Get lost, okay!” Tao Na just kept her head down and walked forward quickly, not even noticing Liu Feng standing by the roadside.
Li Fang was about to chase her when Liu Feng grabbed him.
“Brother, give it up. Can’t you see Tao Na doesn’t like you at all?” Liu Feng advised kindly.
Li Fang shook off Liu Feng’s hand and said, “What do you know!”
“Don’t you know?” Liu Feng shouted. “At least she has to have some good feelings for you for there to be any possibility, right?”
“Hey! Stop chasing! Licking until the end gets you nothing!”
Li Fang jogged a few steps ahead and looked at Tao Na’s receding back, his head drooping in disappointment.
No wonder Li Fang had been acting so strangely lately and being so serious; he had someone he liked.
Liu Feng walked up and patted Li Fang’s shoulder, comforting him, “Look at you, you’re such a good guy, but you have to walk with a pigeon-toed, splayed-out gait.”
“Chest up!”
Liu Feng’s shout did not cheer Li Fang up; instead, his mood became even lower.
Liu Feng, annoyed, kicked Li Fang in the butt and roared, “Do you know why Tao Na doesn’t like you?”
“Why?” Li Fang asked with a hint of grievance.
“Go back and look in the mirror! Look at yourself! You walk like you have rickets, you stand like a ripe sorghum stalk with your back hunched, and you’re always so slovenly!”
“How many days has it been since you washed your clothes? The smell of your feet when I returned to the dorm could make people cry from suffocation!”
“You don’t even make a good impression on others, and you still dream of them liking you! Are you dreaming?”
“And you call yourself a traditional martial arts mech master, you’re really embarrassing us guys!”
Li Fang asked with a bitter look, “Then what should I do?”
Liu Feng saw the movie ticket in his hand and a flash of inspiration struck him. “It stars Wang Panpan, right? He’s my brother, I’ll have him teach you.”
“Holy shit? Wang Panpan is a big star!” Li Fang’s eyes widened in disbelief. “That’s great, my friend, you’re not even drafting when you brag now!”
“You son of a…” Liu Feng didn’t waste any more words with him and directly raised his hand to call Wang Panpan.
When Wang Panpan’s imposing face appeared in the holographic projection, Li Fang stumbled back two steps in fright.
After seeing clearly, Li Fang looked at Liu Feng with an expression of deep respect.
Liu Feng briefly explained the situation.
Wang Panpan suddenly burst into laughter and said loudly, “No problem, my friend! I happen to be on vacation. Have him come find me! In a week, I guarantee he’ll be reborn! Hahaha!”
“Did you hear that?” Liu Feng hung up the call, patted Li Fang’s shoulder, and said, “A man should attract women with his charm, not by licking!”
After sending Li Fang off, Liu Feng let out a long sigh. “Alright, back to training.”
Just then, his wristband buzzed again.
“Damn it, you don’t answer my calls, but now you come looking for me.” Liu Feng stared at Zeng Lang’s name in the communication request and said indignantly.
“What’s up?!”
Zeng Lang looked haggard and said, “Long time no see, Feng.”
“Scram! You’re giving me goosebumps with all that mushy talk, just say what you want!”
“I don’t have long to live…”
An hour later, Liu Feng knocked on Zeng Lang’s door, and Wei Ping greeted him with tear-filled eyes.
When Liu Feng saw Zeng Lang in the bedroom, he was half-lying on the luxurious bed, gasping for breath as he looked at Liu Feng.
“Brother? What’s going on?” Liu Feng asked urgently.
Zeng Lang handed Liu Feng a medical report from his bedside and said weakly, “Terminal illness… Aletheia syndrome… Heh.”
“Are you sure it’s not a misdiagnosis?” Liu Feng sighed in disbelief, but when he saw the stamp from Wu He City’s best private hospital, his heart sank halfway.
Zeng Lang sighed and fell silent.
“You! Wait a moment! Wait!” Liu Feng suddenly shouted.
Then, he lowered his head, closed his eyes, and desperately tried to recall something in his mind.
Before Gu Ya left, he had lent his abilities to Liu Feng. In the [Star Structure Blueprint], Liu Feng had seen a peculiar chemical equation.
According to Gu Ya’s pet, it was a future medicine to treat Aletheia syndrome.
As the paper and pen Liu Feng requested were handed to him, he crookedly wrote down the chemical formula from his memory.
After carefully confirming it several times, Liu Feng nodded solemnly and said, “Have your people research this equation quickly. This is the medicine left by Gu Ya to treat Aletheia syndrome. I heard it’s future technology.”
“It’s too late, the doctor said I only have six months left…” Zeng Lang whispered in despair.
Liu Feng roared, “It’s not too late! Wei Ping, what are you still standing there for? Hurry up and send people to research it!”
Wei Ping quickly took the paper and pen and rushed out of the room.
“You hang in there! I’m telling you! Brother!” Liu Feng grabbed Zeng Lang’s hand. “Everything will get better! With me by your side, you need to cheer up!!”
Time ticked by, second by second.
Two hours later, the anxiously waiting crowd finally received a response from the biological and pharmaceutical research department of the Gu Lang Group.
The head of research shouted excitedly, “We have simulated the efficacy of this drug on the computer, and it is completely effective!!”
“In three months, no! We can fully research and mass-produce it in two months! We have solved a disease problem that has plagued humanity for hundreds of years!”
Everyone’s worried hearts finally settled.
Liu Feng scratched his head and smiled foolishly, “Why didn’t Gu Ya bring out such good stuff earlier?”
“Liu Feng.” The weak Zeng Lang showed a long-lost cheerful smile, tears in his eyes, and said, “I…”
“Alright, alright! Why are you crying, big man!” Liu Feng squeezed Zeng Lang’s hand. “When Gu Ya comes back, we brothers will have a good get-together! We’ll drink the best wine from your house and finish it all!”
“Okay! Hahaha!”