Across Deep Space: Four Men and a Play

In the afternoon, everyone thought Qi Yu, who hadn't slept all night, would go to sleep for a while, but unexpectedly, he sat on the terrace for several hours holding the painting he brought back.

Xia Jiumeng walked over with the fruit tea she had made for him.

"Qi Yu, don't you really need to get some sleep?"

"You don't look very well."

Xia Jiumeng put down the cup and wanted to touch his forehead to check if he was sick.

Qi Yu now has dark circles under his eyes and his face is a little pale, and his eyes are even dull. Could it be that he has had problems from staying up late?

And Qi Yu felt the sweet fragrance emanating from her body and the warm and soft touch on his eyelids when she approached him. His Adam's apple moved and he couldn't help but reach out and hold her in his arms.

"!!"

The sudden feeling of weightlessness startled Xia Jiumeng, and she reflexively wanted to push him away to steady herself.

Feeling her stiffness and resistance for no reason, he said softly with red eyes, "Let me hug you." There was a hint of fragility in his tone.

Hearing Qi Yu's hoarse voice with a hint of grievance, Xia Jiumeng relaxed her body.

Forget it, let him hug you.

Xia Jiumeng was held in his arms facing forward, so she couldn't see the painting, but she could guess that Qi Yu must have remembered something because of the painting.

She frowned and thought, that painting looks so familiar, where has she seen it before?

Suddenly, she remembered that the painting seemed to depict...the island above Lemuria before its destruction!

The place she often took her to during the Poseidon period!

So that's where it was. No wonder Qi Yu became like this because of this painting.

He must be very sad.

Xia Jiumeng placed her hand gently on his broad back, silently comforting him.

It took a long time for Qi Yu to return to normal, but he did not let go of the hand that was holding her. He just rested his chin slightly on her shoulder and spoke softly.

“That painting depicts my hometown.”

"But the island in the painting has disappeared."

His home was gone too.

Qi Yu's voice was low and a little sad.

Xia Jiumeng hugged him back distressedly, "Qi Yu, the island will appear again. Maybe it just ran away from home temporarily."

Qi Yu couldn't help laughing when he heard her clumsy words, and the sadness in his heart was dispelled by her.

"Really? Then I take it seriously."

"kindness."

Xia Jiumeng breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Qi Yu's mood had recovered a lot.

I thought to myself, even if I don’t have it, I will find it back for you.

"Qi Yu, it's getting late, why don't you go get some sleep?"

She said, looking at the dark circles under Qi Yu's eyes.

"But I can't sleep."

He really couldn't sleep.

As soon as he closed his eyes, he could see the bright red sea, the sorrowful cries of his people, and the indelible hatred.

So he often stayed up late to paint, because when painting he could temporarily put aside the hatred in his heart and gain a rare moment of quiet.

Xia Jiumeng took his hand and said, "Then I'll accompany you. I'll read a book next to you."

As he said that, he pushed Qi Yu onto the bed in the room and pulled a stool to sit beside the bed.

Looking at Xia Jiumeng's posture, Qi Yu knew that she would definitely watch him sleep. He felt a little helpless and a little... happy.

But after lying with his eyes closed for several minutes, he still didn't feel sleepy at all.

He could only turn sideways and look at the girl who was reading a book beside the bed.

"Modern technological development?"

"When did you start liking this kind of book?"

Qi Yu was a little curious. As far as he knew, she was not a good child who loved studying.

"Hmm, I'm suddenly interested in this. Are you still unable to sleep?"

"Well, my mind is a mess as soon as I close my eyes."

Xia Jiumeng frowned. Has he always been like this?

She wanted to ask something but stopped herself. After all, Xiaoyu didn't know that she knew everything. If she told him, he would definitely be scared.

Suddenly she stretched out her hand. "Why don't you hold my hand and try?"

She remembered that when she was little and couldn't sleep, Dabai would hold her tail to help her fall asleep.

Everyone has their own secrets. It doesn’t matter if Xiaoyu doesn’t want to say it now. She will wait for Xiaoyu to open up to her.

It was like they noticed something was different about her but didn't ask anything.

In fact, the seemingly innocent and cute Xiaoyu is not as simple as he said. He noticed her difference when they met last time and secretly activated the contract to test her.

She deliberately showed a different side of herself. She hoped that her memories with them would not be the 'her' on the game card before she traveled through time, but the real her now.

When she was playing the game, she couldn't understand why she was given the choice but then designed with such a weird personality, impulsive and brainless, and a little... ungrateful.

She was cursing while playing at that time. Although she knew that this kind of game was to show the cuteness of the heroine and the infinite tolerance of the hero, it was not so outrageous. So in many plots where she could make her own choices and decisions, she tried her best to save her image.

Obviously she is not that stupid.

But at least it's in the past. It's good not to have those card memories. She will have new memories with them that belong to them alone.

When Xia Jiumeng came to her senses, Qi Yu had fallen asleep without her knowing.

His slender and broad palm tightly grasped her hand, his handsome brows slightly frowned, as if he had had a very bad dream.

Xia Jiumeng put down the book in her other hand and touched his forehead.

"Go to sleep, everything will be fine when you wake up."

Xia Jiumeng sighed as she watched his face regain its calm. She knew why he couldn't sleep.

How can you sleep?

For the sake of his beloved, he chose to ignite the fire at the cost of his own sleep, but when he woke up again, his beloved had forgotten him, and the entire race was slaughtered and destroyed because of his willfulness.

The once bright and lively boy is now burdened with hatred and sin. How can he not be sad?

Even touching her became cautious.

But this is not your fault, it is the evil caused by human greed.

In her civilization, humans had done things far more horrible than they had done to the Lemurians.

They don't even let go of their own kind, let alone those who are different from them?

Xia Jiumeng remembered the story that the elder and the others told her before they disappeared.

Hundreds of millions of years ago when the Kester Galaxy was established, the status of women was not as noble as it is now. Women were not respected and protected, but were instead bullied and enslaved.

They cannot get real fairness in society. When the end of the world comes, they are the first to be abandoned. When there is a population shortage, they are the ones who are forced to contribute. When they refuse to resist, they are the ones who are covered with their mouths and taught a lesson.

Unfortunately, people don’t understand that the world is created under women’s skirts, and their vicious and deceitful behavior eventually brings about a huge backlash.

Women became the most advanced people with special abilities, and given the choice between special abilities and reproductive abilities, almost all women chose special abilities that made them powerful, and the centuries-long era of feminism began.

Men suffered all the pain that women once suffered, or even worse. Although it was overthrown, the population gap also made people realize the importance of women. They began to face up to and protect women's rights, and the turbulent era came to an end.

The reason why Kester still continues to allow polyandry for women is because when the fertility rate is extremely low, the only option is to add partners.

However, in this case, the women's willingness should be the main factor.

In the current Kester, any behavior that offends and hurts women will be punished most severely by the mastermind, especially women with a fertility rate above 50.

I don't know what the main brain will do after those guys caused her death.

Compared to the complex selfishness of humans, the mastermind only follows rules and laws and treats everyone equally.

After all, there have been cases in the history of the empire where royal family members harmed women and were directly abolished and executed by the mastermind.

Thinking of this, Xia Jiumeng planned to go back and take revenge on her and plot against her as soon as her strength was fully restored.

No one can escape!

But now...it's still early.

Xia Jiumeng couldn't help but smile bitterly. She was almost dying, so she should save her life first.

Putting her mind at ease, she continued reading.