Old couple reborn daily [Interstellar]

Many years ago, when Xia Qiaoan was really a teenager, he once uttered nonsense, thinking that all objects that spend a lot of time dressing up are faulty, and firmly asserted that this is an inefficient waste of time.Because young master Xia undoubtedly has a superior appearance, and simple grooming can make people look radiant. When he said this, he seemed quite ignorant of the distress of ordinary people.

But it doesn't matter if Xia Qiaoan is accused of standing and talking without back pain, he will firmly believe that he will never waste time on dressing up in his life.

Facts have proved that words cannot be too full, and intelligent life will inevitably pay the price for the arrogance of youth.

Xia Qiaoan, who grew up later, received the task of "acting as a representative and communicating with other races" from time to time. As a representative of his own family, it is natural to take care of his image before attending important occasions. He not only overturned the oath he made when he was young and ignorant, He also became one of the recorders of the "longest modeling time", and once suspected that this was the retribution of lack of empathy back then.

"You are more patient than I imagined." It was Gray who spoke. He also got up early today and was leaning on another swivel chair very close to Xia Qiaoan, with a sincere expression of admiration on his face. "I actually asked them to make several sets of plans, from the shortest package to the longest. I also vaccinated them and asked to start directly from the core, so that if you start to get impatient, we can always The end does not affect the overall shape."

As a result, none of the multiple backup plans the employees worked so hard to produce worked.

It is said that Young Master Xia, who openly published the "dressing waste theory", has shown and maintained a high degree of cooperation and patience since he stepped into this studio, not to mention the repeated matching and changing of clothes, the bow tie and belt tried by Xia Qiaoan, etc. Accessories have been piled up on the side cart into a hill.

As the legal owner of the studio, Gray felt a little suffocated looking at this huge task of fitting.

This is a modeling studio located on the upper floors of a building in the central business district. It occupies half a floor of the building. It is actually one with the Star Media Studio, which occupies the other half floor. On the surface, they are two independent companies. , are all under the name of Gray, and are one of the important inheritances left to him by his male father.

The last long video post on Xia Qiaoan's vindication on the public Internet was sent from the studio next door.

"The last time I made such a fuss was to meet my match." Gray weighed the weight of the accessories cart, shook his head and continued to sigh.

Xia Qiaoan finally finished her haircut here, so she no longer has to worry about eating her hair when she opens her mouth.

"That's actually pretty much the same." He said, finally being able to speak back, "I'm here to officially announce the matching partner."

Hearing the sound, Gray straightened his body leaning on the back of the chair, and subconsciously called up the screen first and then confirmed today's task flow: "I thought our core goal today is to disclose that you have overcome the evolutionary lag, and show your evolution to the public for the first time. image, and fight back against the new round of negative/negative/rumours that have arisen before?”

"It's not a conflict."

With Gray's suspicious expression on his face, Xia Qiaoan confirmed to the make-up artist at the side that he could move freely now, and then stretched out on the seat, and the hem of the shirt that hadn't been carefully tied followed his movements He moved up inch by inch, revealing a little tight muscle line. When he retracted his arm, he pulled down the hem casually, and then continued: "When I release the new image, I will officially announce the match partner. I am not going to participate in the second match. The more The sooner you announce it, the less trouble you have... What do you think?"

Gray's eyes still stayed at the position where he had just glanced at the abdominal muscles, and he really felt a little unbalanced - obviously everyone went through the third stage of evolution the same way, why some insects are still flat after evolution, except for growing taller There are no additional changes other than stretching, and after some worms evolve, they don't need to exercise more, and they have perfect abs directly?

It can be seen that evolution is also a matter of probability like a lottery.

Gray Xiao, whose belly was still soft after evolution, touched his belly frantically, and moved his eyes away before Xia Qiaoan suspected that he was actually not straight.

Then he noticed another important message in young master Xia's words.

"Are you going to announce today that you won't participate in the second match?" Gray's voice rose sharply, almost sounding like a scream.

Xia Qiaoan took out the terminal before the makeup artist asked him to keep still again, and sent a greeting message to the female who should have finished the morning training. He almost stepped on Gray's "scream" and pressed the send button to confirm. After sending successfully, there was a "huh".

This response was several degrees softer than his previous tone. He didn't notice it, but the people around him felt the change clearly.

Gray also saw that Xia Qiaoan's expression had softened since he saw the background of the terminal screen. He himself still didn't notice anything, he just looked at the chat box on the screen twice, guessing that Li would at least have a lunch break before he could touch the terminal, so he casually Press the screen off again.

"Oh." Xia Qiaoan suddenly sighed inexplicably.

Ge Ruicai managed to pull himself out of the shock that he was serious about disclosing the non-secondary match, and couldn't sit still anymore. He was standing and instructing the staff on the side to urgently add a backup plan. When he heard him sigh, his nerves called work tensed up. , Subconsciously thought that this heavyweight client and collaborator had changed again, and asked: "Is there anything else you want to add to the public? Or do you think there is something wrong with the previous plan and need to be changed?"

"No, don't be nervous." Xia Qiaoan waved her hand and sighed again, "I just suddenly found it a bit regretful, I couldn't see his first expression after seeing the news."

Who is this "he" obviously does not need to explain further.

Grayton felt that he was being swept away by some invisible aura. He and the staff member who was holding the recording data board looked at each other for a few seconds, reached an agreement silently, pretended nothing happened, and continued to discuss the previous topic.

In fact, after careful calculation, this is not the first time Xia Qiaoan has disclosed that he will not participate in the second match.

After all, Chong Sheng has ushered in the second round, and he was suddenly reborn in a daze. In his previous life, Xia Qiaoan and Lu were married for six years. During these six years, he had already announced that he would withdraw from the matching system once, and his user port would be closed from now on. Matches against any new objects are no longer accepted.

But the time to make a decision at that time was much earlier than it is now.

A real marriage is not a sudden rush of emotions, passion, and two words of love under the attraction of hormones can really determine who is in this life. Ordinary couples still need a relatively long time to get in touch. Young Master Xia and the detention center came from The starting point of the law is different. If Xia Qiaoan has been unable to break through the evolutionary lag, and spent most of his life as a male with a superior family background but a "disabled" appearance, then just looking at the "hard conditions" of the two worms at the time, they would not match.

But Xia Qiaoan suddenly became too outstanding after breakthrough evolution.

The "disabled" who could not even achieve the third stage of evolution returned to the position of upstart. After evolution, the more superior appearance and wealth are enough to attract competition. The instinct to pursue better and stronger is almost engraved in the genes of every intelligent race. , on the premise that there is no emotional basis, females are more willing to match with those with superior conditions.

Even though Lil worked hard enough and continued to advance steadily, he was still not fast enough to keep pace with Xia Qiao Abi, who was going high like a nuclear propeller.

At that time, Xia Qiaoan received several meeting invitations brought back by Xia Qiaobei himself, all from the same level as Commander Xia, and the other party judged that his match partner was the inaugural military department, and he might prefer the military. She is a female type, so she took the initiative to show her favor, thinking that she is a better partner option among the same type, and I hope Xia Qiaoan will consider it.

Xia Qiaoan was not the kind of worm who grew up on other planets that advocated marriage equality, was influenced by the concept of "one-to-one" marriage since childhood, and returned to her mother planet after she became an adult.He is undoubtedly an "indigenous person" born and raised on Zerg Planet, and he has lived in the central area with the most concentrated resources since he was a child, and he is also an object at the upper level of the class pyramid in the central city.

Perhaps his parents were one-on-one marriage partners, and his male fathers never showed any repression or disparagement of female fathers in them, but he still grew up in an environment where one-to-many marriage relationships were very common. , and live in a circle where patriarchal males take their pleasures for granted.

So, if you want to ask Xia Qiaoan whether he has been determined to choose a one-on-one marriage from the very beginning, and whether he has never wavered, he must answer frankly: no, no.

He had doubted himself for a long time.

Is my love for Lil a real love or a sense of responsibility based on companionship? Can I still cherish him as much as I do today after many years?If there is a day in the future when the relationship fades, will I regret that I cut off other choices today?And if I really regret it irresponsibly in the future, will I shirk my responsibility and blame the law?

Xia Qiaoan spent some time thinking about these kinds of issues.

When he finally made a decision, he thought he was well thought out and was a partner who would seriously consider the future, but he found out later that he had actually accidentally put Lil in an awkward situation for a long time inside.

The female is good at patience, rarely complains, and rarely makes requests. He waits for a verdict with an almost resigned attitude, and quietly prepares for an extra member in the family or himself being replaced.

Ritsu only did not prepare for the fact that he would become the only one.

"How did you grow up such an idiot who just takes what you give?" Xia Qiaoan was furious when he found out the problem. He should have vented his anger on himself. He hasn't been honed to be so sophisticated in the later stage, he is actually a little guilty and a little distressed, but he opened his mouth and spit fire first, "Can't you even ask me on the sidelines, or try to fight for yourself?!"

Obviously he was the first to have no confidence in himself, Xia Qiaoan finished "angry female insects do not fight", and then folded his arms again: "Do you have no confidence in me at all, or you don't like me very much, so it's okay to give it to other insects?" Doesn't matter?"

These words are obviously very heartbreaking, and the most obvious proof is that Lu Wei's whole body trembled slightly, breaking through his outer shell like a hammer swung by language, and knocking into the inside at once.

His usually upright shoulders slumped a little, as if he could not bear the invisible weight, and the muscles of his arms and waist and abdomen tensed at the same time, as if he was fighting against an invisible force.

After Xia Qiaoan said that sentence, she also vaguely felt that it was a bit too much, but she couldn't think of a remedy for a while, so she could only look at Li in silence.

The female lowered her head to avoid staring at him. After a while, Xia Qiaoan stretched out her hand forward as if begging for peace, first on the female's shoulder, and when she saw that the other party did not resist, she slid to her neck, trying to hold up Lu's face.

"I shouldn't have said that." Xia Qiaoan said in a low voice while exerting force on her fingers, "At least raise your head first, look..." Look at me.

Young Master Xia didn't finish the rest of the sentence, and the last few words were silently drowned in his throat.

Because he saw Ritsu's eyes were red.

In Xia Qiaoan's impression, military females are almost like a species whose lacrimal glands have been removed after intensive training. The females from the military academy he is most familiar with and have been with the longest are his female father, and the second is his female brother Xia Qiaobei. He has never seen the memory of these two females crying, and their most obvious expression of pain is nothing more than tightening their lips, bowing their heads in silence, or giving themselves a training menu to vent their emotions In the training room.

So he was terrified by Ritsu's red eyes.

It wasn't until a little wetness fell into Xia Qiaoan's palm unexpectedly that he was scalded by it as a conditioned reflex and wanted to take it away. At that moment, he finally broke away from the state of staring blankly, and realized that he was letting go of the female. Immediately put the handle back on at a faster speed.

"Don't don't cry!"

This is probably the first time in Xia Qiaoan's life that he stuttered in panic. He carefully held Lu's face, as if the skin of a female insect had suddenly turned into thin and fragile porcelain, so he could only touch her with a softer force. Carefully wipe away the meandering water trace with your thumb: "It's my fault, I was wrong, I was wrong, don't cry."

His apology was also incoherent, almost a sentence of apology popped out of his mind, and he said it before he had time to check whether it was applicable.

Fortunately, Li didn't care whether the male's apology was considered or not. He froze for a long time, his muscles were still tense, as if he was trying to force back the tears with his own strength, but what was the self-control he was usually proud of tonight? Out of control, he finally obeyed his heart after being stiff for a long time, tilting his head and rubbing his face more into the palm of the male insect.

"...I like you." Lily said in a hoarse voice after suppressing her emotions.

The moment he spoke softly, he closed his eyes, and finally let go of the hand that had been clenched into a fist by his side for a long time. He raised his hand at a speed that was ready to be rejected at any time, and slowly covered Xia Qiaoan's support. The back of the hand on his cheek.

In Xia Qiaoan's palm, there was still moisture and heat from Lil's tears. He moved his fingers instinctively when another wave of body temperature was superimposed on the back of his hand. This movement looked like a stop signal to the female insect, allowing Lil to touch his. After hesitating for a few seconds, he quickly stopped moving again, touched the female's cheek encouragingly, and waited until Lil actually took his hand.

"I know you like me, so I was talking nonsense just now, it's my fault, I'm not good."

Xia Qiaoan will now realize that he is saying the same few sentences over and over again, but his usual fairly rich vocabulary seems to be offline from his brain at this moment, and he only wants to get these few most commonly used and unmodified sentences Apologize for the language, otherwise you have to be silent and at a loss.

"I like you." Li repeated it again, as if his vocabulary had temporarily gone offline from his brain, but since females don't usually talk much, repeating words is more like a normal operation for him.

But Xia Qiaoan realized what Li was emphasizing, and he also suddenly understood that it was his own sentence "or he doesn't like me very much" that made the female more sad.

Females who are used to patience are not used to expressing their feelings, but not expressing it does not mean that the feelings are not deep, and it is likely to be the exact opposite of what he said, dislike will not make the worm retreat enough to be able to make any arrangements The point of obedience.

I like to make the other party unconditionally obedient.

And the sentence "I like you" is already the highest defense that Law can make for himself.

"I know you like me." Xia Qiaoan also said the same thing again and again, and suddenly felt that he and Lu were like two repeaters standing in the corridor on the second floor of their house.

Before this one-sided quarrel, they had been standing in the hallway for some time before they were supposed to go back to the upstairs room together.

Xia Qiaoan tried to take a step closer to Lv, and pulled the female into her arms with her free arm. Lv didn't know whether it was because she stood tensely for too long before or was distracted, so she took a crooked step forward along the path of the force. , almost bumped into Xia Qiaoan's body.

Xia Qiaoan didn't mind the collision. Anyway, he had a smooth breakthrough and evolution, and he was considered to be physically strong, but Lu seemed to be taken aback by the force rebounding back to himself. He immediately wanted to lift the face buried in the palm of the hero, and pull the distance away Confirm the status of the male worm.

But Xia Qiaoan caught him before the worm in his arms slipped away: "It's okay, if I can be knocked out in one fell swoop, I would be ashamed of my comprehensive data sheet after evolution... So come back, I haven't run anywhere yet."

Law stopped moving again.

The moist feeling in Xia Qiaoan's palm slowly dried up, and soon only a slightly sticky warmth was left. Liben is the type who doesn't cry often, and the short-term loss of control was quickly controlled after his emotions stabilized. He will only be left with eye sockets. It was still red, and the tip of the nose on Xia Qiaoan's shoulder might also be red, but the male worm couldn't see it.

Even if Lil shed only the first drop of tears tonight, it would be enough to cause a storm in Xia Qiaoan's place.

"I promise I won't do such bastard things that question your feelings again, okay?" Xia Qiaoan also put down the hand that was holding Lil's face, and wrapped her arms around him tightly, "Actually, it's me who treats me I don’t have confidence, I shouldn’t pass the responsibility on to you.”

Lil tilted his head on his shoulder, and he could feel warm breath on the side of his neck.

"You're fine." Lu seemed to be searching for words after searching his brain for a while before answering. His voice was a little ashamed because he couldn't think of any good words after searching his brains. In order to make up for the lack of vocabulary , he offered the most sincere and trustworthy voice he could, and told his hero earnestly, "I think you deserve any choice."

"—I chose to close my user port in the matching system and not participate in the second match. I am sure this is a choice made after careful consideration."

Pulling the timeline back from the slightly distant past to the present, Li finally ended his morning training. As Xia Qiaoan expected, he didn't touch his terminal again until lunch break. When the text message was sent some time ago, he suddenly found that he heard Xia Qiaoan's voice in the hall of the military canteen.

He also said something that he would never forget in two lifetimes.

"Is it because I'm so tired that I have auditory hallucinations? Why did I hear Young Master Xia's voice?" The other members of Group C who came to the restaurant together were by Li's side. They were "targeted and strengthened" in the morning because the body fat rate continued to rise and was finally exposed. Ye Zheng collapsed on Lul's shoulders, and his captain dragged him to the cafeteria. He also heard Xia Qiao'an's voice in the cafeteria hall, and his first reaction was to ask a question, and a fish straightened Conglü's shoulders.

But he looked around like Lu and other team members, but he didn't find Xia Qiaoan's figure, but attracted the attention of several nearby tables.

"...Why are you still so calm?"

After looking at the worm on the nearest table inexplicably for a while, the other party couldn't hold back, got up and came over to ask.

At the same time, there is a voice in the background saying: "Excuse me, have you submitted an application for closure to the main system, or should you make it public first and submit the application later? Have you discussed with family members before making this decision?" Have you discussed it and got their unanimous approval? And more importantly, has your current match already known about this matter in advance?"

"What?" Law could only ask dully.

Almost stepping on his "what" ending sound, Xia Qiaoan's voice rang out again with a little smile: "I think he knows now that I decided to announce this matter today."

Lil blinked, and saw a dazed self in the unabashedly envious eyes of his colleagues in front of him.

Lan, who was standing on the other side of him, pulled his arm violently: "It's a live broadcast! Young Master Xia is doing a public live broadcast on the whole network!"

That's why Lil saw that most of the worms in the restaurant were either holding the terminal, or turned on a floating screen that was enough for three or five worms to watch together.

Xia Qiaoan, who is glamorous from head to toe, and even his hair is impeccable, is being presented on screens, large or small. He looks like he has no dead ends, and a casual smile at the camera can attract several people. In a breathless voice, the other questioning voice that Lv heard just now came from the host sitting next to him.

The host obviously grasped the key point in what Young Master Xia said just now, and was asking: "So you mean that your match just didn't know that you were going to make it public today, but he already knew in advance that you would choose this way, is that so?"

Xia Qiaoan's smile turned into a three-point intriguing smile: "To be precise, I think he should have known it in advance."

Moderator: "What do you think?"

"Yes." Young Master Xia, who was full of charm today, slightly tilted his head, and suddenly he turned to look at the camera again. The floating camera automatically focused, and with the support of high-definition peripherals, he could even see the light and shadow flowing in his iris clearly.

He smiled brightly like this, and the camera took a close-up at the right time, Xia Qiaoan seemed to meet Lu's eyes across a distance of several districts.

"After all, you should know that I like you too."

He said so.