Chapter 493 Return

The engine roared, the locomotive turned a corner, drove onto the road, and headed for the passenger terminal at a fast speed.

The reporters watched the three locomotives disappear out of sight, and then dispersed as quickly as possible, returning to their respective rooms or the interview vehicle to contact their superiors.

Tang Fang didn't talk much, but he revealed a lot of information. He said that his speech on the sns TV station made some people unhappy. Who are some people? Definitely not the Liberal Party.

Researcher in a bad situation? Researcher doing what research? Biological battleship or anti-radiation drug? In a bad situation? Where is the threat coming from? "Venus Pharmaceuticals"? Or some other organization?

There is also that one-liner, which seems humorous, but the deep meaning is intriguing.

From a literal point of view, Captain Tang is a little upset, he wants to stab someone with a stick, but from a deeper point of view, this is nothing more than a signal that he has the ability to use strategy to defeat the enemy, and he is also capable of winning with military strategy .

Adam Oliver was the first big shot to be defeated by him, but he will definitely not be the last. Next time, Captain Tang may change his tricks and use force to crush him.

Some deep-minded political media reporters couldn't help shivering, and their hearts trembled.

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Tang Fang, Claire and others were not the only ones preparing to leave the "Sky Garden" and rush to the "Dilal" star system, but also the 220 Morris slaves, and some unemployed people from Monya and Sulu.

Due to the limited space on the Morning Star, it cannot accommodate too many passengers. A few days ago, the old Corey signed a long-term cooperation agreement with a transportation company. To transport the unemployed who are constantly gathering, as well as the minerals obtained from Earl "Arcassy" Marlowe.

The crew of the "Morning Star" is no more than 200 people, and the smallest space station that Tang Fang plans to build in "Dilal" is the same level as the "Sigma" shipyard of the Megal star system. Even with the pirates under Byron, it is not enough to support such a huge monster, and. Pirates are good at using guns and cannons, but they are laymen when it comes to production and management. Experienced workers like Garden Hall are the human resources he needs most now.

According to Tang Fang's plan, 220 Morris slaves, Garden and others took the ship of the passenger transport company to the "Dilal" star system, and the voyage was about one month, while the "Morning Star" only took half a month. , I have already dealt with those people in Sheridan and forced Bill Bohm to compromise.

Nehemiah was arranged by him to go with those people, waiting for the ships of the transport company to be ready.

He led Roy, Tang Lin and others to take the first step.

During this period, a very unexpected thing happened. He never thought that Charlotte Quinn would come to the pier to see him off. Tang Yun was very happy, and chatted with her for a long time like an oriole in estrus, until Tang Yun The captain's face gradually darkened, and finally he reluctantly bid farewell to the goddess, and left by shuttle.

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The "Morning Star" was still quietly moored at the p-22 battleship dock, and as a shuttle entered the berth, 20 minutes later, a jet of high-pressure gas was ejected from the hydraulic fixtures connected to the battleship. Disconnect from the connection point.

A set of auxiliary propellers of the "Morning Star" was ignited, and the warship slowly drove out of the berth, several kilometers away from the port. Turn the hull around, ignite the main engine, follow the guidance of the navigation mark, and accelerate all the way to the warp speed interception net.

The time of departure was different from the time of arrival. All departure procedures were transferred from the "Yagoda" government office to the customs and the garrison naval fleet within a few minutes of Captain Tang boarding the ship. The "Morning Star" did not delay a single minute. , then leave "Babylon" through the special exit of the warp interception net and enter the outer void.

Tang Fang was sitting on the captain's seat, holding in his hand the beautifully carved purple clay pot presented to him by Miss Charlotte before leaving. Inside was the Yuhua tea brewed by Claire herself.

He took two sips from the spout. Suddenly realized a problem, under the buttocks is the luxurious captain's seat. Wearing a neat military uniform exuding the fragrance of laundry detergent, he is a 24-year-old youth. Is it inappropriate to hold a purple clay pot the size of a pear in my hand? Charlotte...what the hell does she mean?

Only then did he realize that the girl sitting on the sofa behind the captain's seat had been covering her mouth and snickering, and the ship officer Yuffie in front also had a complicated expression, which meant that she wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, and she couldn't hold back when she didn't laugh. Panic.

He frowned and asked, "Am I funny now?"

Yuffie subconsciously nodded, but her pointed chin stopped halfway, and she shook her head rationally in denial.

Tang Fang looked back at Claire, only to find that the girl had already curled her lips, narrowed her eyes, and softened her body.

"What does Charlotte mean?"

Holding up the purple sand pot and looking at the rectangular energy-saving lamp on the ceiling, there is a well-known allusion on it --- green plum cooking wine on heroes, very elegant, full of humanistic care and artistic atmosphere.

At first he thought that Miss Galaxy Demon Fairy was following her own fancy, but now he doesn't think so.

Claire hugged her stomach and laughed from ear to ear, panting and said: "Aren't you always smart? Why can't you figure this out, she...she's calling you a little fox."

"..."

"..."

Tang Fang came to his senses all of a sudden, gritted his teeth and said, "You damn girl!"

Claire said, "If you want me, I'll give it to you."

Tang Fang was furious: "Hmm, what's the matter? Turn your elbows out?"

The girl smoothed the folds of the skirt of her clothes, and said, "Who told you to be so bad, you made a lot of people go around."

"I'm not being forced to help..."

When he said this, he frowned, and said in surprise: "You know what I have done, it's not surprising, how did she..."

He stopped midway again, his eyebrows raised like a sword. Charlotte's status in the Star Alliance is quite special. If she has an eyeliner in the Alliance Council, it's nothing to be surprised about.

"Captain, you have already left the 'Babylon' military buffer zone, please give your order." At this moment, Yuffie interrupted his thinking.

Tang Fang looked up at the star map hanging in mid-air above the combat command platform, and ordered: "Start the warp drive and target the 'Saam' space station."

"Start the warp engine, the curvature value is 6.5, and the target is set to 'Saam'. Countdown to ignition, 10, 9, 8..."

After a few breaths, the main thruster of "Morning Star" ejected a round of faint blue. The space around the hull distorted, accompanied by a stream of light. The hull turned into an afterimage, and disappeared in the void around "Babylon" in the blink of an eye.

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The end of the voyage of "Morning Star" is not the "Dilar" star system, but a large space station built in the deep space of the universe 5.6 light-years away from "Dilar".

"Saam" is not an official facility of the Star Alliance, nor is it the property of a military industrial enterprise, but a deep space space station invested and built by a prince of the United Kingdom of Turanx.

This kind of deep space space station is rare in the Star Alliance. It is generally a small and medium-sized space-based facility built by unscrupulous military enterprises, and it is used to roam the deep space of the universe for pirates, evil mercenary organizations, adventurers, A place where shady people and organizations, such as wanted criminals from the Star Alliance, provide various services.

Compared with the regular service space stations set up in the manned star system, this kind of deep space space station has more business opportunities. With more lucrative profits, higher hourly wages, and a certain number of private troops and space-based defense platforms, the safety factor is still relatively high.

But even with the many advantages above, few people are willing to come here to make a living. You must know that most of the guests who visit the space station are vicious pirates, and the living environment of the space station is not very good, with expensive prices and scarce resources. Even the sex like sweet pastry, the workers are all old and wan, who can't get along in the service space station, and come here to earn pensions.

"Saam" is different from ordinary deep space space stations. It is one of the few large deep space space stations in the Star Alliance. In addition to providing external repairs, supplies, accommodation, entertainment and other functions, the most important point is to provide various ships for the Turanx United Kingdom ships in the Star Alliance. Support, such as consultation, encrypted communication, escort, etc.

"Sa'am" is located at the middle point between the "Babylon" star system and the border of the United Kingdom of Turanx. When Tang Fang was still in "Archesy", Philips had already collected a lot of iridium-containing minerals and The raw materials needed to manufacture "Dimension Lock" outside cesium minerals.

Because they were afraid that someone with a heart would find out the relationship between the two parties, and there would be another incident of driving up the mine price. After some discussions, the two parties decided to split up. Philips led the caravan to wait in "Sa'am", waiting for Tang Fang to settle the affairs of "Babylon". Then go to the agreed place to meet up and collect that part of the supplies. By the way, let's discuss the issue of the third "smart chip" in the hands of the Duke of Congreve.

The above is the reason why Tang Fang did not directly order the "Morning Star" to go to the "Dilal" star system, but took the "Saam" space station.

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The voyage from the "Babylon" star system to the "Saam" space station is about 10 days. After the "Morning Star" entered the virtual space, Tang Fang stepped down from the captain's seat and told Claire to take care of her on the bridge. What's the matter? Contact him with any questions, walk out of the bridge, and come to the 2nd floor of the crew dormitory area.

Zhou Ai was still angry, from the arrival of the "Morning Star" to the departure of "Babylon", she kept herself bored on the ship for almost a month. Zhou Ai's heart knot, don't expect her to accept the relationship between the three, at least don't hide from him.

Standing at the door, he took a deep breath to calm down as much as possible, and pressed the doorbell.

A long time passed, when he thought that his efforts for the relationship between the two parties had failed again, a depressed voice came from the audio equipment next to the camera hole: "You... are back."

Tang Fang's heart trembled, a little grateful, but also a little nervous. He nodded and said, "Well, I'm back...I remember I haven't seen you for a long time, so I came to see you."

The relationship between people is sometimes very simple, and sometimes it is extremely complicated. Just like now, the two clearly have feelings for each other, but because of various entanglements, they seem a little estranged.

Zhou Ai was silent for a while, then said, "The door is unlocked."

Tang Fang didn't know what the girl was feeling when she said this. Anyway, the moment he pushed open the door, he felt a little sore in his heart, not for himself, but for her. That stubborn person would rather be wronged than hurt Ke Leia's silly girl.

The light in the room was sufficient, as bright as day, and there was an elegant fragrance in the air, which was a unique body fragrance produced by Zhou Ai's body after a mutation.

She sat on the bed, put her feet together, and looked at the pair of crystal clear sandals that shone like stars under the light of the room lamp, as exquisite as diamonds.

Today, she didn't wear a military uniform as usual, but a refreshing summer dress. Like a girl walking under the shadow of a banyan tree on a university campus, she has a sweet smell like a clear spring.

"Is the gift Tang Yun gave me nice?"

Tang Fang nodded: "Yes. It looks good." He walked to the sofa opposite the bed and sat down, calmly looking at that beautiful and refined face.

"I look good like this. Or do I look good in military uniform?"

He thought about it and said, "They all look good."

Zhou Ai smiled, very happily, like a rainbow flying up from the sky after the rain cleared, reflecting the world into seven colors.

She said, "Is that how you usually coax Claire?"

Tang Fang scratched his scalp, his face was a little red, for some reason, he hadn't seen him for a long time. When we met again, he was a little shy, which was quite different from his thick skin before.

Zhou Ai felt the same way, and said with a smile, "What's wrong with you today? It's a little different from before."

He thought about it for a moment, and felt that it was not that he was different from before, but that she was different from before, and it was difficult to adapt for a while.

"You...are you really Zhou Ai?"

The girl stared at him, then burst out laughing suddenly, and said, "I am not Zhou Ai, who is it? Could it be the new Miss Charlotte you met?"

"This girl, she doesn't have a gatekeeper in her mouth, so she can say everything."

Tang Fang muttered. Looking into her eyes, he said seriously: "Can I think you are jealous?"

Zhou Ai frowned. It would be a lie to say that he was not jealous. There were already two girls on the "Morning Star" who fell in love with him. Going to provoke other women like this makes her happy. Of course, I don't blame him for this matter, but this is not enough to offset the resentment in her heart, so she said coldly: "Hmph, I'm still so self-indulgent."

"Is there? No." He blinked and said with a smirk, "I remember a saying called 'a woman is the one who pleases herself'."

While speaking, he stared at the girl's legs unscrupulously. Like a hungry red-eyed wolf.

"Oh!" Zhou Ai sighed, with a helpless expression on his face. Said: "I know the purpose of your coming here. I have thought about that question carefully these days... I will not hide from you anymore. Because it is childish."

Tang Fang was stunned. She didn't expect her prepared speech to be in vain. She... She actually figured it out by herself.

But after thinking about it, she agreed to enter the room by herself when she was at the door just now, which in itself showed an attitude. Zhou Ai's character is far stronger and decisive than Claire's, so it is reasonable to be able to figure it out by herself.

After the girl finished saying that, she lowered her head, her fine eyebrows trembling slightly, she thought of one thing and decided that it would not be easy to avoid him anymore, but if the situation happened last time again, how should she face it?

Although she chose this road full of thorns, she should not complain or regret it, but the thorns on her feet really hurt.

Her sadness is like the tide under the moon, gradually covering the whole room, which makes people feel distressed and suffocated.

Tang Fang felt a little oppressed in his chest, but he didn't know what to do. He was not good at comforting women with promises, because he felt that it was hypocritical. What a man needs is "doing" rather than "talking". The big tree that shelters them from the wind and rain does not want to be a coquettish and cute husky.

He felt that it was disgusting, so he could only use the best and worst means to relieve the dullness in the room: "Please believe me, I really didn't come to this room because of this problem, to see the beautiful and lovely you... I just think that Tang Yun has been a bit lawless recently, and the person she fears the most is you, so I hope you can change rooms with Freya, and help me discipline that little girl who knows nothing about the sky and the earth."

"...Well, that's all."

Zhou Ai's slightly trembling eyebrows raised, and a red glow appeared in her black pearl-like eyes, which was the color of flames. She bent her right foot, and then stretched it out again. Because of the extremely fast speed, a crystal The sandal flew out horizontally, across the aisle, over the coffee table, and flew in front of Tang Fang, who held it in his palm.

"Tang Fang, you are shameless!"

Like a deaf man, he ignored Zhou Ai's angry gaze, got up from the sofa, walked slowly to her, held that white and flawless foot like a water lotus, and helped her put the crystal sandal back gently.

He said with a smile as if nothing had happened: "According to the custom in our hometown, when picking up the bride and going through the door, the groom must help the bride put on her shoes."

A rare trace of shyness appeared on Zhou Ai's face, the brows that were originally frowning were relaxed, and the anger in his eyes disappeared without a trace, and he said softly "um".

I don't know whether to agree to him to discipline Tang Yun, or to respond to the marriage customs he said at the end.

The sadness that originally permeated the entire room was replaced by a warm atmosphere, and the silver-white light shone on the faces of the two, like a blessing from a god.

Zhou Ai suddenly felt that he was so smart, it turned out that if someone really picks up a girl, he doesn't need to confess... Then he felt stupid, but why did he want to keep being so stupid, so stupid that the world will last forever, so stupid that the sea will dry up.

In the end, she looked down at the white shirt and plaid skirt on her body, wondering if she was affected by them, she was no longer the strong, iron-blooded girl, but had a sore nose, wishing she could throw herself into his arms and cry loudly one game.

Most of the time, the so-called women don't give in to men, but it's a lack of dependence, so they can only grit their teeth and hold on. If there is a thick figure behind her supporting the world, why pretend to be strong.

………(to be continued)

ps: Thanks to Mr. Baishan, who dreams of being a house, and the reward of Tianma Meteor Cannon.