Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Tang Bai was busy with his work at the Weapons Research Institute. He left early and came back late every day. When he got home, he and Xie Ruheng lied on the same bed while working with a straight face. Several times, Xie Ruheng saw Tang Bai’s little head nodding and his eyes close as he fell asleep while sitting.
Xie Ruheng covered Tang Bai with a thin blanket, raised the temperature of the indoor air conditioner, and then gently pressed Tang Bai’s head on his shoulder.
The house was very quiet. This was the wedding room for just the two of them. Tang Bai said that he wanted to keep a cat or a dog, but he was worried that the two of them were too busy and would not have the time or energy to take care of pets.
Xie Ruheng had more free time than Tang Bai, but in half a year Xie Ruheng would graduate from the Federal Military Academy and lead his own team to station at the border. By that time, he would also have no time to care about his family.
There would eventually be a war between the Empire and the Federation, and no one could determine the specific time when the war would break out. Even if Magic Silver predicted the time when the war would start in the future, there had been many deviations between real life and the plot in the book, and the war may be advanced or postponed.
The little head on his shoulders did not feel heavy, but instead felt warm, like a small heater pressed against his body.
Xie Ruheng looked at Tang Bai’s pure and peaceful sleeping face. There were tiny down hair on his rosy face, and his curled eyelashes cast a small shadow under his eyes. Even after four years together, he could still be attracted by Tang Bai’s sleeping face. And a desire for protection suddenly aroused in him.
He’s so cute, I want to kiss the tip of his nose or bite his earlobe.
Whenever Xie Ruheng did this, Tang Bai would complain in a voice like melting candy: “Are you a dog?”
Xie Ruheng gently took off Tang Bai’s optical brain ring and plugged in the optical brain for charging. His hands were very beautiful, with a faint pink color at the joints, like pink-white begonia flowers. When God created these hands, he not only gave them the ability to make weapons, but also gave them an appearance like a work of art.
There were many people on the Star Network who were Tang Bai’s hand fans. When Tang Bai recorded a weapon manufacturing explanation video, although those fans could not understand anything, they would moan at the scene of Tang Bai’s slender white hands intertwining with cold and sharp metal.
But only he could touch these hands.
Xie Ruheng wrapped Tang Bai’s little hand with his palm and held it for a while. Xie Ruheng then turned on his optical brain and checked if there was any problem with the security system at home. He also looked at tomorrow’s weather forecast and finished handling various trivial matters. At this time, Xie Ruheng felt the little head on his shoulder move.
“Huh?” Tang Bai opened his eyes in a daze and looked at Xie Ruheng in the halo, struggling with his half-finished work, “…Why did I fall asleep again?”
“Have you been feeling well lately? Are you too tired?” Xie Ruheng pinched Tang Bai’s rosy cheeks, “Look at you, you are…” He originally wanted to say that Tang Bai had lost weight due to fatigue, but Tang Bai seemed to be a little plumper recently. It felt even more comfortable to hold.
“You don’t even know how to take good care of yourself.” Xie Ruheng changed his words very naturally.
Tang Bai took a long breath, held Xie Ruheng’s arm and rubbed himself in Xie Ruheng’s arms. He then muttered: “No way, I have taken good care of myself. I have eaten well and slept well during this period.”
“It’s pretty good.”
“You know? Today I was eating in the cafeteria of our weapons research institute. There was an alpha sitting at the same table as me. He didn’t even eat as much as I did, and everyone was stunned.”
“I feel very hungry lately. People say that spring makes you tired and autumn makes you sleepy. The weather now is very suitable for sleeping. I feel sleepy after eating and the sun is shining warmly.”
“I slept for two hours at noon yesterday. Then I went to bed at eleven last night, got up at eight in the morning, and I slept eleven hours a day! You definitely don’t sleep as much as me!” Tang Bai’s proud expression suddenly froze in mid-sentence.
Wait, is there anything to be proud of?!
If you eat more and sleep more, won’t you get fatter?
“No, no, I’m going to start exercising from tomorrow. I don’t want eight-pack abs, but I also can’t have a small belly!” After Tang Bai finished his plan with passion and pride, a wave of sleepiness came over him, and he yawned again, moisture wetting his eyelashes. Tang Bai suddenly lost his energy like an eggplant beaten by frost. He then poked Xie Ruheng’s arm and said softly: “Brother Xie, I don’t want to move by myself now. You carry me to the bathroom~”
As Xie Ruheng carried Tang Bai to the bathroom, Tang Bai hummed: “On such a beautiful night, if I could…”
“It would be great if I could have a barbecue.” Xie Ruheng added the second half of Tang Bai’s sentence.
Tang Bai gave Xie Ruheng a thumbs up sheepishly.
“Don’t order takeout today, okay? I’ll cook it for you.” Xie Ruheng coaxed: “You have been eating barbecue for two days in a row. The barbecue is a bit cold when it comes in. We cook it ourselves and we will not let it get cold.”
Tang Bai blinked innocently. He didn’t know why he just wanted to eat takeout barbecue. Although he knew it was very greasy, he just wanted to eat it.
“One last day?” Tang Bai looked at Xie Ruheng pitifully, and kissed Xie Ruheng’s chin under Xie Ruheng’s forced and cold gaze.
Xie Ruheng said helplessly: “The last day.”
“Yeah! I’ll give up late-night snacks and go for a run tomorrow!” Tang Bai instantly opened his light brain and ordered dishes in high spirits, “I’ll definitely have two portions of cauliflower, stinky tofu, baby cabbage, and potatoes, Mushrooms… The vegetarian dishes are almost ordered, let me see the meat dishes…”
When he soaked in the bathtub, Tang Bai could not stop swallowing his saliva. Maybe the bubble massage in the bathtub was too much. So, because of the comfort, Tang Bai felt tired and felt dizzy, wanting to fall asleep.
The water vapor was steaming, and the long eyelashes were filled with mist. Tang Bai’s eyelids were so heavy that he couldn’t open them. He wanted to sleep again.
It was the temptation of late-night snacks that supported Tang Bai to get up. When he came out of the bathroom with a fragrant smell and saw the barbecue on the table, Tang Bai, who was feeling dizzy, was instantly full of energy. He happily picked up his spicy barbecue skewers and ate them until his mouth was full of oil and his happiness was boundless.
Seeing Tang Bai’s performance, Xie Ruheng thought about the possibility of putting a skewer of barbecue next to Tang Bai’s nose to wake Tang Bai up tomorrow.
“Hush~ hiss~~” Tang Bai took a few mouthfuls and tears came out all of a sudden. Not only were his eyes red, but the tip of his nose was also stained with blush. He didn’t even have time to say how spicy it was, as he immediately picked up the milk next to him and took a big sip.
Xie Ruheng was worried that Tang Bai would get angry if he ate this way, so he decided to make some pear soup or honeysuckle tea for Tang Bai to drink at work tomorrow morning.
“Eat slowly, don’t choke.” Xie Ruheng helped Tang Bai add a glass of milk, “Why do you suddenly like spicy food so much recently?”
It was strange to say that Tang Bai didn’t eat spicy food very much before, but recently he ordered kebabs that were spicy, and he even had to bring hot sauce with him when he ate in the cafeteria, and even the snacks were replaced with various spicy sticks.
Tang Bai licked his red lips, “Suddenly I wanted to eat. Everything else tasted tasteless to my mouth.”
The barbecue aroused Tang Bai’s spirit. Tang Bai was eating the skewers while working, waiting for them to finish. After today’s mission, his full stomach was almost digested. Tang Bai took another pack of spicy strips and ate them while reading the information on the aid recipients of the Omega Youth Education Program Star Fire.
The children who could be selected all had their own pitiable qualities. Tang Bai didn’t know why he was feeling particularly sentimental today.
Fingers as white as an onion tube grasped a spicy stick, and his thick eyelashes drooped, showing a little water color. He bit the spicy stick with his teeth, and tears fell from his eyes. Tang Bai then choked and said: “Everyone is working so hard, ugh, they are all working hard to change their own destiny at all costs…”
Xie Ruheng’s eyes widened, watching Tang Bai cry until he couldn’t breathe and still insisting on chewing spicy strips. For a moment, he didn’t know that he was going on, so he was confused whether to use the tissue to wipe Tang Bai’s tears or wipe his mouth.
So Xie Ruheng, who was already a mature adult, took out two tissues, held Tang Bai in his arms, wiped his tears with one hand, wiped the corner of his mouth with the other, and asked softly: “What’s wrong? Isn’t it a good thing that everyone is working hard?”
Tang Bai’s expression dimmed and he said in a trembling voice: “I…I don’t have the ability to help everyone. The Star Fire Project can only help some children. There are more people in the corners that I can’t see who are suffering, but I can’t do anything…”
“Have you forgotten your original intention of naming this plan ‘Star Fire’?”
Tang Bai raised his face, with crisscrossed tears on his snow-white face. His nose and eyes were both red, and he looked at Xie Ruheng aggrievedly and blankly.
“Only a little light cannot illuminate the darkness of this world. More people are needed to illuminate the darkness of this world. Even if everyone is just an insignificant spark, one day, a spark will start a prairie fire.”
Xie Ruheng held up Tang Bai and kissed his forehead gently, “You have let the spark pass. You have done a great job. It will get better and better in the future. We must work together.”
The lights of the master bedroom had been turned off, leaving only a few night lights around the bedside emitting bright light, which shone brightly in their eyes as they looked at each other.
The amber eyes were as clear as a young man’s, with the brightness after the rain and the sky clearing up. Tang Bai burst into tears and then smiled. He stretched out his arms to wrap his arms around Xie Ruheng’s thin and strong waist, and buried his little face in Xie Ruheng’s arms, like a bird rubbing around like a kitten.
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