Across Deep Space: Four Men and a Play

In the medical room, Xia Yizhuo gently placed his sister on the chair, then stood up to get the medicine box and wiped the wound on her wrist.

Looking at the conspicuous marks, his eyes were filled with heartache.

While carefully applying the medicine, he explained, "This is the fleet's special medicine. It works quickly and effectively, but it's a little painful. Just bear with it."

Xia Jiumeng couldn't help but curl her lips when she saw that his meticulous and careful appearance and his indifferent look just now were completely different.

You little guy, you have two faces.

Xia Jiumeng couldn't help but reach out and poke him.

"how?"

"It's nothing, I just want to see if you are real." Xia Jiumeng said in a low voice.

Xia Yizhou chuckled. "Why, you don't believe I'm back?"

"Then would you like me to introduce myself to you again?"

"Ms. Xia Jiumeng, I'm Xia Yizhuo, your dearest brother." He said while rubbing her head affectionately.

This familiar tone and eye contact made Xia Jiumeng realize that there would indeed be no second Xia Yizhuo in the world.

He let out a light breath, and the slightly uneasy and nervous feelings in his heart completely disappeared.

"I didn't like the fierce look on your face just now." She said with dissatisfaction, frowning.

For some reason, Xia Jiumeng subconsciously wanted to be more indulgent towards him.

"It's my fault. I won't do it again." Xia Yizhuo admitted his mistake after helping her wrap the bandage.

"Well, you questioned me just now, now it's my turn."

Xia Jiumeng reached out and pulled Xia Yizhuo to sit beside her, holding his wrist tightly to prevent him from escaping.

"Okay, you ask."

"Where have you been during the year you disappeared? Why didn't you contact me?"

Even just a message would be fine.

It seemed that all the little heartfelt feelings that she had been treating him as if he were dead were now gone.

"Why are you in the fleet?" Xia Jiumeng looked into his purple eyes and refused to let him escape. "Don't lie to me."

Xia Yizhou turned his eyes away and looked at the pitch-black night sky outside the window. "If I don't join the fleet, I will be 'abandoned'."

Xia Jiumeng frowned and said, "Abandoned?"

What does it mean?

Xia Yizhou: "This is the rule."

There aren't that many "kind-hearted people" in the world who save others without expecting anything in return. He naturally has to pay a price for those people who saved his life, and...he has to stay for his sister.

"The reason I didn't contact you is because I didn't want you to suffer the same pain twice."

If he couldn't survive, it would only add to his sister's pain if she knew about it.

It would be better if he didn't know. If he could come back alive, he would go find her.

“…”

Xia Jiumeng wanted to ask something but seeing that Xia Yizhuo didn't want to say more, she didn't ask any further.

Forget it, let’s wait until he wants to talk about it one day.

"What about grandma?" Xia Jiumeng wanted to know what happened to the kind old lady.

"I'm sorry, I didn't protect you." Xia Yizhuo's eyes dimmed instantly, and there was self-blame in his tone.

Xia Jiumeng didn't say anything. She couldn't describe how she felt when she heard the news that her grandmother might really be gone.

A bit stuffy.

In fact, to her who traveled through time, her grandmother's existence was like a paper NPC, and she didn't appear much.

But this body carries the real memories and emotions of being adopted when they were young. Although they are a little vague, it would be a lie to say that I am not sad when I think about the old lady who cared about them so much and is gone.

Xia Yizhou felt distressed when he saw his sister's sad face. He gently hugged her and said, "Okay, don't be sad. I think grandma would definitely want you to be happy if she knew."

"Yeah." She leaned against Xia Yizhuo's strength.

The dead are gone, and from now on Xia Yizhuo is her only relative. She must cherish and protect him!

After calming down, Xia Jiumeng asked again, "Brother, what exactly happened during the explosion? Why did the police and the association who went to investigate say..."

Xia Yizhou frowned slightly. "I don't know. That memory is very vague, just like a very vague dream."

"After I woke up, I guessed it might be related to the ether core."

Xia Jiumeng: "You really do know about the ether core."

"That's all I know." Xia Yizhuo stood up and put the medicine box back in its place.

"Speaking of which, what did you mean by looking for the dog?"

"Since when did you get a pet?"

Xia Jiumeng was instantly ashamed, "Uh, I didn't raise..."

"No?..." Xia Yizhuo was puzzled for a moment, then suddenly thought of something and laughed, then gently tapped her head.

"You actually said my brother is a dog, then what are you?"

Xia Jiumeng hummed and said, "Of course I am the master." Then could she be a dog?

And before that, I was just a little unhappy about the joke he made when he ran away.

I thought he had forgotten, but I didn't expect he still remembered.

Xia Yizhuo couldn't help but reach out and pinch his sister's soft little face.

"Master, do you know what you are saying?"

"What did you learn during my absence?"

"Stop pinching my face." Xia Jiumeng slapped his hand away in dissatisfaction.

"I want to pinch it." Xia Yizhuo changed to his other hand.

The two fought for a while, and in the end, Xia Yizhou gained a slight advantage by virtue of his height advantage.

"Okay, you must be tired after a long day. I'll take you to eat something."

Xia Yizhuo rubbed Xia Jiumeng's head and spoke gently, taking her hand and preparing to leave the medical room. However, before she could even move her feet, she heard a hurried knock on the door.

A male voice was also heard outside the door. It was the medical officer who was called by Xia Yizhuo to treat Qiao Zhen.

"Captain, the captain of Squadron 3 wants to speak with you. He wants to detain the traitor you captured..."

Xia Yizhou's expression instantly turned cold. "Oh, tell him to come talk to me after he replaces the ornament around his neck with a brain."

Upon hearing this, the medical officer could only go and pass on the message in dejected manner.

"Xia Yizhuo, you are so fierce now." Xia Jiumeng complained.

"Is this considered vicious?"

Although Xia Yizhuo is usually gentle and approachable, when he frowns, he gives people an inexplicable sense of oppression, which is quite scary.

As expected, none of these men are simple.

Even the brother who is considered an "amateur" with no mysterious identity is not a small character.

"I'm not mean to you."

"Your current identity is so real, you are living in the non-commissioned officers' dormitory now, right?"

"kindness."

"Then go back and pack up and move to my place. The dormitory conditions are not good. Besides, you can come and go more freely when I'm not at the headquarters." Xia Yizhuo said naturally.

Xia Jiumeng looked at him in surprise. He invited her home right after they met. Was it so direct?

But on second thought, they are brother and sister after all. It seems normal for the brother to feel sorry for his sister living in a poor environment and give up his own place to her.

He nodded immediately. "Okay, but if I was a 'spy' infiltrating the fleet just now and then and now I'm living with the captain, what will happen..."

"It affects your prestige~"

Xia Yizhou raised an eyebrow. "What? Have you developed feelings for your fleet roommate? Can't bear to leave?"

"Or do you really want me to put you in 'confinement' to prove your guilt?"

"Not really." She had nothing to be afraid of.

Even before, if it weren't for Xia Yizhuo's appearance and her "cooperation", no one in the entire fleet would have been able to catch her if she had left.

[So: Don't mind if there are oocs. I'll update tomorrow depending on the situation. I really haven't had a good rest these past two days, so don't worry, babies~

love you~

Typos or incoherence are due to recognition issues. I will correct them when I have time. Don't mind me. I also welcome your bug fixes and suggestions.]