Abstinence Admiral Don't Bite, the Softer Mermaid Top Thug

Chapter 24 Holding Hands
As soon as Marshal Lu heard the news, he rushed to the base and convened an emergency meeting with General Qin to re-discuss and adjust the direction of the search for Lu Lianbai's spirit body.

"Also, who leaked the news of Lian Bai's missing spirit?"

Speaking of this, Marshal Lu's tone turned cold and stern, "If I hadn't had someone contact the Star News Bureau in time, the news would have already spread to the capital planet by now."

"We've already got people investigating, including the specific cause of the jump ship accident. The base has already interrogated all personnel who came into contact with or near the jump ship."

"Your Excellency the President takes this incident very seriously and a result must be reached as soon as possible."

Just as the meeting was about to end, Chen Yan came over to report that General Lu had woken up.

Marshal Lu immediately stood up upon hearing this and asked General Qin to stay to handle the follow-up matters. He asked Chen Yan to lead the way to the medical department.

On the way across the densely packed suspended ladder bridge, Marshal Lu didn't forget to ask, "How's the situation, Madam?"

Chen Yan: "As soon as I discovered the news leak, I contacted the housekeeper to ensure that the news of the admiral's accident would not be passed on to the Marshal's wife for the time being. However... at most, the Marshal's wife can only be kept in the dark for two days."

"Two days will be fine. When Lian Bai is in better condition, I'll talk to her in person."

As they were talking, they arrived at the S-level healing room where Lu Lianbai was.

Gu Jiazhen had come over at some point and was now standing guard outside the secret door of the healing room. Seeing Marshal Lu coming over, she stepped forward with red eyes and said worriedly, "Marshal, I heard that Lian Bai..."

Marshal Lu told her not to worry too much. Thinking that Lu Lianbai had just woken up, he asked Chen Yan to open the secret door and took Gu Jiazhen in to visit him.

Lu Lianbai had indeed woken up and was leaning back on the bed. A few strands of hair, which usually remained neatly buttoned up with the brim of his military cap, were hanging down under his eyes. He lowered his head slightly and unconsciously stroked the hem of his shirt, which was misaligned due to the wrong buttons.

Hearing the sound of the secret door opening, Lu Lianbai raised his eyes. His cold gaze, like the robot that grew up with him in his childhood, passed over the last person who walked in, but his irises did not detect the person he wanted to see.

"Lian Bai, you finally woke up. I've been guarding you in the healing room. How do you feel now? Is there anything that's still uncomfortable..."

Lu Lianbai interrupted her, "Where's Jing Weimian?"

Gu Jiazhen's expression froze slightly. "What...Lian Bai, did you misunderstand something?"

"I smell like her all over me."

Lu Lianbai reminded calmly, his pale, slender knuckles flattening the torn hem of his clothes, as if to express something invisibly.

Marshal Lu frowned when he heard this. "What nonsense are you talking about? That was Doctor Jing treating the radiation wound on your body..."

Before he could finish his words, Chen Yan, who was waiting behind him, coughed and whispered, "Marshal, Doctor Jing said that the admiral has lost his spiritual body. Even if he wakes up, he won't be able to stay fully lucid. He will remain in a chaotic state of continuous high fever, so he may talk nonsense..."

Marshal Lu muttered, "That's too outrageous... It's as if Doctor Jing did something to him..."

Normally, he was as unapproachable as an iceberg, and now that he had lost his spiritual body, he was even more cold and distant than a bionic man.

Marshal Lu waved his hand, fearing that Lu Lianbai would suddenly say something to make Gu Jiazhen sad, so he asked Lu Lianbai to have a good rest first, and he took Gu Jiazhen out first.

After the door was closed again, Lu Lianbai lay back on the bed and closed his eyes quietly for a moment. He still felt the scorching temperature in his breath, and his skin and bones seemed to be burning.

Not long after, Lu Lianbai got out of bed, put on his military jacket neatly, straightened the hem of his slightly wrinkled dark trousers, and walked out of the ward in a straight and upright manner.

He walked along the long metal corridor, following the faint sweet fragrance that lingered in the air. Finally, he paused slightly and walked through the curved glass door on the right side of the corridor.

In the middle of the four clean white bulkheads, on the shore of the artificial lake with gurgling water, Jing Weimian, dressed in a white therapist's uniform, was leaning against the washbasin, washing his hands carefully.

Lu Lianbai stopped behind her, staring at the pair of slender white hands that were splashed with cold water in the washbasin, and spoke in a hoarse voice.

"Where have you been."

The sound of flowing water stopped abruptly.

Jing Weimian turned around and saw Lu Lianbai, and he was inexplicably furious: "Why did you run out here when you couldn't just stay in the ward?"

I even had the nerve to ask her where she had been.

Although treatment and purification were not a problem for her, Lu Lianbai had been holding her hand tightly, and his body temperature was extremely hot. Jing Weimian was a cold-zone animal after all. How could she not be burned after being pressed against his scorching body for so long...

So, while Lu Lianbai was rubbing her hand and fell asleep, she came to the artificial lake to rinse with cold water and smooth out the scales under the skin of her palm that were raised and aggrieved by the burns.

As a result, not long after he left, Lu Lianbai came back again.

Because his body was still heating up, Lu Lianbai's eyes, which used to be covered with a layer of frost, were now covered with a light mist. He didn't say a word when he heard Jing Weiman's words. He just stood there like a piece of ice, looking into her eyes in silence.

Jing Weimian: ...I give in.

She had no choice but to withdraw her hand angrily, "I'll take you back."

She turned around and took a few steps. When she didn't hear any footsteps following her, she frowned and turned back to find Lu Lianbai still standing there without moving. She gritted her teeth and asked, "What's wrong now?"

Lu Lianbai's deep eyes slowly moved to her soft, slender hand covered with water droplets. He stared at each finger carefully for a moment, and finally said, "Don't you want to hold hands?"

Jing Weimian said unhappily, "Are you leaving or not? Don't you know that you can't stay outside for too long now that you don't have a spiritual body?"

Lu Lianbai still stubbornly and coldly asked: "Hold hands."

Having lost his spiritual body, Lu Lianbai continued to have a high fever all over his body. At this time, his cold and ascetic face was flushed abnormally, as if he needed to hold her hand to relieve the fever.

"..."

Five seconds later.

Jing Weimian walked back with a cold face and grabbed his burning wrist, "Can we leave now?"

If it weren't for the fact that the scale core was still on his body.

And she really hasn't figured out yet how she voluntarily gave the scale core to Lu Lianbai. In short, before that, she must not let anything unexpected happen to Lu Lianbai again.

Lu Lianbai successfully held the warm, cool and smooth hand, and his expression finally calmed down a little.

Only then did he finally condescend to move his long legs and go back with Jing Weimian.

(End of this chapter)