UGB Chapter 237 Pale Blue Figure
Chapter 237 Pale Blue Figure
Lin Qingxue looked up at him, opened her mouth as if to say something, then lowered her head again.
"Let's go now."
She grabbed Zhou Xiaoman's wrist and turned to squeeze out of the crowd.
Zhou Xiaoman was dragged a couple of steps, then turned back and shouted at Wang Sheng, "You wait!"
Wang Sheng frowned, but didn't take it seriously, and turned around to continue directing the flow of people.
On the other side, Song Chen had already figured out the next steps.
First, go to the garrison commander's office to get intelligence from Lu Zhengbei: a detailed map of the distribution of the level-two lairs, the coordination plan for the local garrison, the logistics supply lines, and then find a good guide. All of these need to be finalized before the battle begins.
Then, Han Duo was asked to make a trip to Nanjiang University to bring Lin Qingxue over.
It's only a few kilometers from her school to the garrison commander's residence; the spaceship takes five minutes to fly there.
Let's all eat some beast king meat together and exchange a few words.
The spaceship moved, crossed two streets, and landed on the helipad in the inner courtyard of the garrison commander's mansion.
Han Duo maneuvered the ship to a smooth landing, while the five-headed beast king was suspended in mid-air by psionic chains, its massive shadow enveloping the entire inner courtyard.
The hatch opened, and Song Chen jumped out.
Then he saw Lin Qingxue, who was standing on the passageway at the edge of the inner courtyard, with her back to him, pulling Zhou Xiaoman's wrist as she walked out.
Her light blue dress stood out against the backdrop of the garrison commander's mansion filled with gray and black military uniforms, but she walked quickly, her shoulders slightly hunched forward, as if she wanted to leave this place as soon as possible.
A young officer stood a few steps behind her, frowning as he watched the direction she had left.
Song Chen walked towards her, not fast, the plates of the Beiming Battle Armor making a slight metallic scraping sound with each step.
Zhou Xiaoman heard footsteps first. She turned around, then froze on the spot, her mouth agape.
She tugged hard at Lin Qingxue's wrist, her voice extremely low but each word sounding like it was being squeezed out from between her teeth: "Qingxue, turn around! Turn around now!"
Lin Qingxue was pulled to a stop and turned around.
Song Chen stood in front of her, looking at her light blue dress, at the lingering redness in her eyes, and at her fingers gripping Zhou Xiaoman's sleeve.
Then he said, "Qingxue, you look beautiful today."
Lin Qingxue was stunned. For some reason, tears streamed down her face.
Tears welled up in her eyes and streamed down her cheeks, one drop after another.
She didn't say anything, but her shoulders trembled slightly, and her hand, which was gripping Zhou Xiaoman's sleeve, slowly loosened.
Song Chen walked over and reached out to wipe away the tears on her face.
His movements were very gentle, but the more he wiped her tears, the more they flowed down, one side after the other.
He looked at her, completely bewildered as to why she was crying, and asked with genuine confusion, "Why are you crying?"
"I..." Lin Qingxue began, her voice trembling, but she couldn't finish the first word.
She lowered her head and wiped her eyes with her sleeve, leaving a small damp patch on the cuff of her light blue dress.
She wasn't a crybaby, but when he stood in front of her, wearing that dark armor, and said in the same tone he used after evening self-study in high school, "You look really beautiful today," she couldn't hold back.
When he was in the air, she felt like she didn't recognize him anymore.
But when he came down and stood in front of her, she felt as if she had always known him.
These two feelings collided, snapping the string that had been taut in her heart for months.
Then she cried.
Zhou Xiaoman stood to the side, watching Song Chen wipe Lin Qingxue's tears with his fingers, her mouth forming a perfect "O".
Then she slowly turned her head and looked at Wang Sheng, who was still standing by the passageway with an electronic tablet in his hand.
Her eyes were full of provocation, as if to say, "Let's see what you do now."
Wang Sheng was completely stunned. He watched Song Chen get off the spaceship, watched Song Chen walk straight to the girl he had chased away because he thought she was a fangirl, watched Song Chen wipe away her tears with his fingers, and watched the girl clutch Song Chen's sleeve and cry with her head down.
The electronic board in his hand fell to the ground, and the screen shattered.
At this moment, Lu Zhengbei strode out of the garrison commander's mansion.
He was in his office doing a final check of the intelligence data on the level-two nest when he heard the sound of the spaceship landing outside and ran out.
As soon as they came out, they saw Song Chen wiping Lin Qingxue's tears with his fingers, while Lin Qingxue lowered her head and her shoulders trembled slightly.
He recognized the girl; Song Chen had come to Nanjiang last time to see her.
He strode over to Song Chen, glanced at Lin Qingxue, then at Song Chen, and lowered his voice, though not completely, asked, "Councilor Song, what happened to make your girlfriend cry?"
Song Chen shook his head: "I don't know, I just arrived."
"Then you should coax her."
"I won't……"
"Would you like me to teach you?"
"It's not appropriate to teach this in front of Qingxue."
Song Chen looked into Lin Qingxue's eyes and wiped away the last tear from the corner of her eye: "Who offended you? Me, or someone else?"
Lin Qingxue shook her head and took a deep breath: "Nobody provoked me. I was just so happy to see you. Really, it felt like a dream to hear you talking from such a height."
Song Chen looked at her trying to force a smile, but he sensed something was off.
Wang Sheng stood three steps away, watching the scene unfold before him. Lu Zhengbei was standing next to the honorary councilor, helping to coax a female college student with a Qi and Blood level of seven.
The girl he had stopped twice and tried to shoo away, mistaking her for a fangirl, was now having tears wiped away by Song Chen with his thumb, the cuff of her light blue dress damp with tears.
His lips trembled several times before he finally managed to squeeze out a few words: "Member...member...I...I didn't know she was..."
"I really didn't know she was your girlfriend. I was only recently transferred to Nanjiang, and this is my first time on field duty."
"Her name wasn't on the visitor list. I thought she came here to see her idol..."
He stopped talking as soon as he mentioned the word "idol worship".
Because he saw Song Chen turn her head.
Song Chen's gaze fell on him, and Wang Sheng felt as if he were being stared at by a sixth-tier beast king. The back of his shirt was instantly soaked with cold sweat.
Song Chen didn't say anything, she just stared at him.
Then he seemed to understand something and looked away from Lin Qingxue.
Is this the reason for crying?
That's why when he walked past her, she first wanted to leave, and then she cried.
A faint trace of killing intent emanated from Song Chen, so precise that it was aimed solely at Wang Sheng.
Wang Sheng felt as if an invisible knife was pressed against his throat. His legs went weak, and he leaned back, his hands bracing against the stone pavement, his fingertips digging into the cracks in the stones.
He didn't scream, because the murderous aura suppressed his throat, preventing him from making a sound.
Song Chen looked at him coldly: "Did you bully Qingxue?"
"No...no..."
Wang Sheng wanted to explain, but under the suppression of the murderous aura, he couldn't utter a complete sentence.
Lu Zhengbei sighed and strode over to Song Chen. Instead of blocking the way, he stood to the side and said, "Councilor Song, today's matter should be a misunderstanding."
He glanced at Wang Sheng, who was sprawled on the ground.
"How about this? The Vanguard Battalion is short-handed, let him go to the front lines and contribute to humanity."
Song Chen looked at Lin Qingxue and saw that she was shaking her head rapidly, as if to say that it was indeed a misunderstanding.
He withdrew his gaze, and the murderous aura dissipated.
"Okay, then let's do it this way."
Upon hearing this, Lu Zhengbei waved to the two guards beside him.
The guards stepped forward, dragged Wang Sheng up from the ground, and left.