In the dead of night, Li Boan and Aaliya sat side by side under the stars.
It's really rare to get along quietly like this.
The worrying things in the past are gone, and Aaliya talks more.
"Brother, do you know what constellation that is?" Aaliya asked, pointing to the sea of artificial stars in the sky.
The dazzling sea of stars is carved on the sky curtain. At night, as long as it is sunny, everyone can see them when they raise their head.
Li Boan's brain is still recovering, so he really can't remember it for a while.
"I... seem to remember... but I just can't name it... emmm... let me think... is it some kind of bird?"
Aaliyah smiled and said: "It's the constellation Emperor Owl, the constellation closest to the Throne. I heard that there may be our compatriots there."
Li Bo'an didn't believe it when he heard this: "Really or not? Then why don't they come to visit us?"
Aaliya smiled even more happily: "You think we are neighbors. It's just a few steps away. Although the constellation of the Emperor is the closest to me, the star closest to us in the constellation of the Emperor is actually more than five million light years away."
Well, think about it, how far out of reach it is."
Li Bo'an suddenly lay down after hearing this. He looked at the starry sky in trance and said, "Yes...more than five million light years...an unreachable distance."
Aaliya heard the depression in Li Boan's tone, so she also lay down next to Li Boan.
"Brother... you tell me, why does the supreme law always prohibit the research and development of any space navigation? When we got here thousands of years ago, didn't we use the Quantum Voyager-class mothership? The starry sky is so beautiful... why don't I go?
What do you think?" Aaliyah's questions began to escalate.
Li Boan also had this kind of thinking when he was very young.
It's a pity that no one would listen authentically at that time, let alone give him an answer.
It wasn't until Li Boan joined the Homecoming Plan that he finally learned the truth.
"Do you know the laws of the dark forest?" Li Bo'an asked.
Aaliya frowned. She turned sideways and propped her head up on her hands to look at Li Boan and said, "I know, but it's just space navigation. It's not that exaggerated, right?"
Li Bo'an smiled slightly: "I think so too... Although the Dark Forest Law sounds very reasonable, it always gives people a sense of self-defeat... I have never experienced it, so I am afraid of being like this... Hey... maybe
It's just us common people who are ignorant and fearless..."
Aaliya also laughed after hearing Li Boan's words, but her smile was a faint bitter smile.
Because Aaliya knew what Lin Sen, Lin Yan and the others were doing... She had asked Lin Yan similar questions, but the answer Lin Yan gave was even more cruel than this.
Human beings "trap themselves" not because of cowardice, nor because they have understood the laws of the dark forest...but...because this starry sky no longer belongs to humans.
Aaliya didn't tell Li Bo'an these words because she couldn't understand the deep meaning. But when she got the answer, what Aaliya saw in Lin Yan's eyes was a void of confusion.
"Okay, the topic seems to be heavy again. Hey... I really want to go back to my childhood!" Aaliya lay back on the lawn again, closing her eyes and sighing deeply.
"When I was a child? Haha... Yes... I think I was very comfortable when I was a child, but I didn't expect that when I grew up, I almost lost the strength to laugh." Li Bo'an also sighed.
Aaliya burst into laughter: "Brother, were you the king of children when you were a child?"
"King of children?"
"He's the naughty one among the kids?!"
Li Bo'an recalled it for a moment, then shook his head: "No, I was actually quite well-behaved when I was a child."
"Huh??!? Real or fake?"
"Of course it's true. He's very good now, okay?" Li Bo'an said and frowned. It always felt weird. Maybe the word "good" was a bit inappropriate for him now.
Aaliya also noticed it. She laughed, and then restlessly placed her little hand on Li Bo'an's mouth: "Why didn't I see it? Well? Do you want me to verify it?"
As he spoke, the little hand began to move downward.
Li Bo'an, who knew Aaliya's temper well, even though he was currently brain-damaged, still naturally grabbed the little hand, and when Aaliya pouted, he kissed her forehead gently.
"Be good~"
Aaliya gave up then, and then she looked at the starry sky and remembered her childhood.
"In the past, when my brothers and sisters were around, the whole family didn't have any expectations for me, and I was very happy. At that time, I ran to Sister Yan's house all day long, and often stayed there for several months, or even half a year. Then
At that time, I felt that Sister Yan, Brother Sen and Xueer were my relatives... But now... my brothers and sisters are gone... my father has also been missing for many years... only the entire Lu Steven family is left.
I am on my own..." Aaliya recalled the past, but as she spoke, the short-term beauty disappeared, and what was left was helplessness and bitterness.
"After the destruction of Cerberus... even Sister Yan and Brother Sen have basically lost contact... Brother... tell me... what are we insisting on? Or... what are I insisting on?"
Li Boan listened carefully, but he was not brought into it, and he could not feel Aaliya's distress at all.
Because Li Boan has been alone since he was very young.
Family...family affection has always been strange to him.
To this day, Li Boan, who chooses to escape when faced with feelings, has Aaliya as his nominal sister, and he still does the same.
So after a long time, Li Boan could only tell the answer in his heart.
"Maybe it takes more courage to live than to die. We all have the kind of temperament that refuses to admit defeat, so... we can't give up just yet."
Li Boan's answer had a mediocre effect on Aaliyah.
In fact, Aaliyah doesn't need an answer. There is another reason why she is so persistent.
She said it just to vent her inner emotions... and after venting, she understood everything.
The two lay on the lawn and stopped talking.
After a long time, Aaliya asked again: "Brother, if you really find the mastermind behind it, will you kill him?"
There was no answer, Li Boan closed his eyes, as if he was asleep.
"Brother?" Aaliya sat up and looked at Li Bo'an, who was breathing very calmly. She slowly withdrew her gaze, and then started the sleep mode.
In the blink of an eye, the lawn was covered by a curtain structure.
Aaliya kissed Li Boan gently on the lips and then left quietly.
But as soon as she left, Li Boan opened his eyes...
He wasn't asleep... He also heard Aaliya's question clearly, but Li Bo'an didn't give the answer so neatly.
Because in Li Boan's heart, the revenge drama of finding out the mastermind and killing him is too trivial in the face of the problems he has to face... It is related to the rebellion five years ago... Li Boan knows that the truth he is about to face is worse than him
It's much more complicated than imagined.
In the past five years, Li Boan has changed a lot.
From a killing machine at the beginning, to a decadent drunkard later, to losing many partners and being interviewed alone by the highest arbitration executive.
Only now did Li Boan know exactly what he wanted to do.
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On December 7, 114, Alub, covered with heavy snow, was about to usher in the Winter Veil Festival.
Li Boan, who had been drinking too much that day, was stuffed into the trunk as soon as he woke up. When he sat down in a daze, he had already arrived at an antique bamboo house.
The owner of the bamboo house was sitting less than two meters away from Li Boan.
The word "national beauty and heavenly fragrance" is already a bit vulgar to describe her, because the moment Li Boan saw her, he began to wonder if he was dead...
Otherwise...how could there be such a beautiful person in the world???
The charm between his frown and his smile was so mesmerizing... Even Li Bo'an, who was filled with resentment and decadence, almost lost his mind.
Fortunately, when the woman saw Li Boan waking up, she picked up the white fox mask lying nearby and put it on.
With this mask, Li Boan finally regained his breath, and then he couldn't help but sigh at the wonders of the world. He never thought that he, who had experienced so much cruelty, would one day be easily defeated by the beauty of a woman.
"Are you Li Bo'an?" The woman's voice was also covered with a layer of mask and unreal, but it was still clear and ethereal, and sounded very pleasant to the ear.
Li Boan nodded, and then asked: "Where is this? Who are you?"
The woman replied: "This is the upper level of Arno's Heart. My... name is Dongfang Ruo."
The upper level of Arno's Heart?!!!!!Dongfang Ruo!!!??
Although I have never met him, Dongfang Ruo who often hears his name?!
Li Boan was shocked... He quickly sat upright and hurriedly arranged his hair.
But that hair hasn't been washed for a long time, and even after tinkering with it several times, it's still like a chicken coop.
Dongfang Ruo smiled: "Don't be so restrained, there is no one else here."
Li Bo'an felt a little relieved after hearing this, but he was still very embarrassed. He looked around and confirmed that he was behind the third queen, and took a serious look at Dongfang Ruo.
Dongfang Ruo is also looking at him, looking at every detail of him.
From the moment this man woke up, to how he stabilized his mind, and how he observed Dongfang Ruo's actions after being surprised to learn his identity, and his keen insight into the environment, Dongfang Ruo nodded secretly.
This person is indeed what she is looking for, and indeed, as Sister Yan said... he is a talent that can be created.
"Do you know what I asked you to do today? If you guess correctly, all the things you did in violation of the regulations last month will be written off." Dongfang Ruo also likes to sell off, but her tone is much more playful.
Li Bo'an was startled when he heard this, and then asked back: "Can you give me some tips?"
Dongfang Ruo nodded and pushed a cup of flower tea in front of Li Boan.
Li Bo'an lowered his head and saw that this cup was very delicate. Although the shape was simple, the details and curvature gave people a very special sense of beauty.
But in comparison, the tea in the cup looks a little too ordinary.
Slightly turbid, the flower is not of the highest quality. The incomplete petals seem to have been soaked many times. The flickering fluorescence is no longer so charming, leaving only a weak, gossamer-like trembling.
Li Boan frowned as he watched.
Because he couldn't see what this hint was related to... so it was impossible to guess what this cup of tea meant...