Pinnacle Armor

"What did you just say?" Looking at Salfi, and then at the woman smiling at him, Xin Xunyang frowned unabashedly in disgust.

"This is the knight sent by General Xin Guoli to assist in this escort mission, Ashley Eller. In the next two months, she will act with you." Salfi repeated himself without any pressure What was said before.

Then the master and apprentice ignored Ashley who was sitting next to them, and went to the corner to discuss together.

Xin Xunyang stared at Salfi with dissatisfaction and said, "What's the matter? You know the purpose of the old man sending this woman, and you still agree?"

Sarfi spread her hands innocently, "No way, she has a valid reason on the table. If I still work alone like before, of course I can refuse directly, but now that I have been included, it is inevitable that there are some things that need to be compromised. Otherwise, people like Moore will be very verbose. Besides, since Xin Guoli sent someone here, isn’t it up to you to accept it or not? If you are not willing, can she force you?”

Seeing that Xin Xunyang was still brooding, Salfi patted him on the shoulder comfortingly, and assured him: "Don't worry, I will try to send you a few more young and strong men, maybe the girls will fall in love with them in the end." One, is he not interested in you?"

Listening to Salfi's words, Xin Xunyang couldn't help but imagine the scene of himself taking a beautiful woman and a group of handsome men, escorting the hostages like a model catwalk, and then being directly blasted into flying ash by the enemy's artillery - all he thought was What a bad idea? !

"If you don't have any other objections, you should start early. If you move faster, you may not have to endure for two months." Salfi smiled with an expression of waiting for a good show.

Turning to Ashley with a gloomy expression, Xin Xunyang said in a businesslike manner: "Gather directly at the tarmac in an hour, and bring your own mecha and maintenance personnel."

"Understood." The slender blonde beauty stood up slowly and gave a standard military salute.

At least at this stage, it seems that the other party has not reached the point where I can't bear it at all. Presumably the old man also knows that with his temper, it is absolutely impossible to let some women who don't distinguish between public and private stay!

No longer looking at Ashley, who would become the source of his troubles in the future, Xin Xunyang strode out.

An hour later, the soldier who escorted the hostages met with the hostages on the tarmac on time.Since the terms of the exchange were negotiated in advance, the hostages knew very well that they were "going home" this time, so they cooperated with the military's arrangement very well. Shackles locked.

However, this is just the appearance.The hostages who were escorted this time were all equipped with some kind of microchip before they set off. Once they showed any bad behavior or tried to escape, the soldiers only needed to press the switch, and the microchip would directly turn off the hostages. Those who didn't cooperate were blown to pieces, even with the most advanced therapeutic equipment, they couldn't be saved.

In the same way, if encountering an irresistible external attack, the soldiers will also press the detonation switch at a critical moment.

With these hundreds of lives as bargaining chips, the escort mission this time is actually not very difficult, which is why Xin Guoli dared to take this opportunity to forcefully arrange a "blind date" for Xin Xunyang.

I personally saw that all the affairs were handled along the normal track. After Xin Xunyang announced his departure, he ran directly to the hostage living area to "inspect the situation" as soon as he got on the transport ship. Ashley, who was trying to keep up, was rudely told by him. Sent to take care of the diplomats in charge of the hostage transfer this time.

Watching Xin Xunyang walk away again without looking back, Ashley, who had behaved well before, showed a smile of interest on his face.

******

Not knowing what happened to the elite group, Lu Xingxi began to organize the things of the two of them after Xin Xunyang left, and he didn't stop until he was sure that all the things that should be packed had been packed and it would be no problem to move at any time.

There are still many things that need to be dealt with at the research institute, but Lu Xingxi suddenly feels a little empty.

There is one thing that he hasn't told Xin Xunyang yet.In fact, after the two years when they separated and almost never saw each other again, now every time he separates from Xin Xunyang, he feels a little uneasy.

This feeling of uneasiness has no basis, and what must be said is more like the shadow left over from the things that happened in the past.As long as he was separated from Xin Xunyang for a long time, he couldn't help but wonder if the other party would encounter life-threatening danger in a place he couldn't see.Lu Xingxi understands that the reason for his uneasiness is entirely a psychological problem, but he currently has no good way to regulate his emotions - just suppressing and not letting Xin Xunyang see it is not easy.

"It can't go on like this..." Looking at the silver ring on his ring finger, Lu Xingxi sighed.

Judging from the current situation of the alliance, the time he will be separated from Xin Xunyang will only increase, not decrease, before the border with the Federation is redrawn.Can't Xin Xunyang stop doing things every time he leaves?

Lu Xingxi doesn't like the state where he is so easily influenced by the outside world.

Feeling that it was useless to stay in the room and think wildly, thinking about what Xin Xunyang said before leaving, Lu Xingxi decided to go to Azalea to relax.

As a result, he just walked out of the room when he saw someone walking around in the corridor outside his room door.

"Ah!" Xin Yichu yelled in fright when Lu Xingxi suddenly appeared. After realizing it, he scratched his head in embarrassment, "Brother Lu..."

"What's the matter?" Although they lived in Xin's house for a while, except for the day when they first arrived here, Lu Xingxi and Xin Yichu basically had no contact with each other.

This may be just a coincidence, but it may also be Mrs. Xin's arrangement.

Lu Xingxi has no interest in delving into it.But now that Xin Yichu came running around outside his room, apparently he has something to say, right?

Xin Yichu looked at Lu Xingxi nervously and said, "I, I heard that Brother Lu, you have joined the research institute and directly manage the tenth district?"

Lu Xingxi nodded affirmatively, and then waited for the other party to continue talking.

"Uh, what I want to say next may make you feel shameless, Brother Lu...Well, can I join your team?" After gritting her teeth, Xin Yichu stammered for a while, and then said it in one breath with determination. speak your own mind.

After Xin Yichu finished speaking, the corridor became extremely quiet.

Lu Xingxi looked at Xin Yichu silently.He could feel that what Xin Yichu said just now was quite serious, even with a hint of begging.He didn't doubt the other party's sincerity, but... to join his team?Why did Xin Yichu want to join his team?Lu Xingxi couldn't understand this.

Although Xin Yichu didn't have the talent to become a knight, Xin Guoli still dotes on his youngest son very much.If Xin Yichu told him that he wanted to join the research institute, Xin Guoli would definitely use his own power to arrange everything for him instead of letting Xin Yichu come and tell Lu Xingxi himself.

Lu Xingxi even suspected that Xin Guoli didn't know that Xin Yichu had such a plan at all - if he knew, he would definitely stop his youngest son, even if he was killed, it would be impossible for him to get in touch with him, right?

Interpreting Lu Xingxi's silence as a refusal, Xin Yichu lowered his head a little uncomfortably, and murmured: "I know that I am not only not suitable to be a knight, but also a technician... I can only understand the most basic mech manufacturing theory, and even I can’t even make the most basic little robot independently, but I still want to participate in the mecha production. Brother Lu, didn’t you praise my blueprints last time? There are people who are in charge of exterior design, do you think I can... can I be an exterior designer?"

Lu Xingxi was not the first person to praise Xin Yichu's pictures for being good, but among all the people who praised him, he was the one who commented most objectively.It was precisely because of his unbiased comments that Xin Yichu came up with the idea of ​​becoming a mecha exterior designer.Therefore, even though he knew that neither his father nor his mother wanted to have too much contact with each other, Xin Yichu still mustered up the courage to approach Lu Xingxi.

For no reason, he felt that Lu Xingxi should be able to understand the goal he was pursuing.

Seeing the young man in front of him lower his head, but not shrinking back and expressing his thoughts clearly, Lu Xingxi vaguely recalled the scene in his previous life when he stood in front of Master Gu Jingan and explained his ideals.Although Xin Yichu is not very similar to him, but they still don't want to give up the pursuit of their dreams when they know they lack talent, but they are common.

Lu Xingxi finally said, "I won't take special care of you just because you are Xin Xunyang's younger brother, is that okay?"

Is this agreed?

Xin Yichu raised his head in surprise, with a bright smile on his face, "No problem!"

"Okay." Nodding, Lu Xingxi said, "Now I have something to go out, if you are free, would you like to go out with me? On the way, we can discuss what you can do after joining my team. "

"I'm free! Wait for me, I'll tell Hank!" After speaking, fearing that Lu Xingxi would regret it, Xin Yichu rushed downstairs, and his voice calling for Hank resounded throughout the house.

This pure vitality made Lu Xingxi laugh involuntarily.

******

After going out with Xin Yichu, Lu Xingxi regretted it after only 10 minutes of walking.

He really didn't realize before that Xin Xunyang's younger brother was actually a chatterbox. Could it be that the atmosphere in the Xin family was too oppressive, so they didn't give Xin Yichu a chance to show off?

Answering Xin Yichu's weird questions one after another, when his attention began to turn to how Lu Xingxi and Xin Xunyang get along with each other, Lu Xingxi finally couldn't stand it anymore.In order to prevent Xin Yichu from naturally asking questions that he didn't know how to answer, Lu Xingxi simply told Xin Yichu about the armor-making experience he had summed up.

In the past, Mrs. Xin hired many first-class technicians to teach Xin Yichu, but those people were all born with talents in this field. Their teaching methods did not have much practical significance for students like Xin Yichu who lacked talent.But Lu Xingxi is different, he has experienced the pain of not having mental strength and no systematic education, the learning method he summed up is precisely the most suitable for Xin Yichu.

After a while, Xin Yichu forgot to inquire about gossip and devoted himself to theoretical study.

When the two walked downstairs to Azalea's apartment, Xin Yichu still had an unsatisfactory expression on his face.

"Brother Lu, what are we doing here?" Walking into the elevator, Xin Yichu asked suddenly.

"Visit a friend of mine. He is a knight and a technician. Maybe he can help you broaden your thinking." Lu Xingxi easily ran out of the bait.

Then Xin Yichu decisively took the bait.

After saying hello to Azalea and entrusting a certain naughty child to his care, Lu Xingxi found the awkward Gray under Azalea's bed.

The Winged Cats, which were already about the size of a large dog, huddled under the bed, leaving only Lu Xingxi's fluffy back that looked like a round cushion.Hearing Lu Xingxi call it, Gray shook his pointed ears, but he didn't turn his head.

Is my master being despised?

Dumbly looking at Gray's expression of "I'm very annoying, I don't bother to talk to you", Lu Xingxi stretched out his hand and rubbed the other's long hair.

"Isn't this here to see you?"

Gray flicked his tail in disapproval.

"There are too many strangers in the Xin family, and we don't plan to live there for too long, so it's inconvenient to pick you up." Continuing to follow the other party's hair, Lu Xingxi explained, "I'm looking for a house these two days, I will bring you back when the decoration of the new residence is completed. At that time, we can be together every day like we did when we were in Sizik. So, bear with it, Aisa should be easy to get along with, right?"

Gray raised his head, and looked at Lu Xingxi with watery eyes for confirmation, as if he wanted to see if he was coaxing him.

"It won't be too long, half a month at most, I promise." Lu Xingxi said solemnly.

He came in to look for someone but heard Lu Xingxi explaining the situation to Yimao with a correct attitude and making a guarantee, Azalea held back the laughter so much that he almost broke his stomach, and finally couldn't help but interjected: "Lu, aren't you? How serious is it to explain to a winged cat, can it understand? Like this kind of awkward little guy, just drag it out from under the bed and give it a hug, look at me!" He said, With both arms around Gray, he dragged his buttocks out like a caterpillar.

"Meow!" Gray, who was forcibly pulled out and despised for a moment for his IQ, was dragged out from under the bed, and flashed his claws at Azalea in anger.

A few minutes later, Azalea's corpse with a dozen scratches on his face was lying on the ground, tears streaming down his face.

After carefully bypassing the winged cat that was rubbing against Lu Xingxi's lap like a good baby after venting his emotions, Xin Yichu asked, "Brother Lu, is it true that you said you were going to move away?"

"Ah."

"Is it because of Dad's attitude?" Xin Yichu had personally seen how much Xin Guoli objected to Xin Xunyang being with Lu Xingxi.

"It's also to avoid irritating him too much. After all, he is your father and he is also old." Lu Xingxi paused, "However, even if we move out and you want to come and play, I will still welcome you."

Xin Yichu smiled, "That's good, I'm just worried that you will leave me as a younger brother if you move away! Well, it's better to move away, or maybe one day Dad will send some stripped beauties to attack the second night at night." Bro." Totally unaware of how damaging the words he said with an innocent face, Xin Yichu finished talking to himself, and nodded in agreement.

"..."

Didn't notice that Lu Xingxi and Azalea were both stunned, Xin Yichu continued: "I heard yesterday that Dad specially sent a very good female knight to carry out the mission with the second brother...uh." Finally realized Realizing that he accidentally missed something, Xin Yichu suddenly covered his mouth and looked at Lu Xingxi.

The latter raised his head slowly, Gray lying on his lap retracted his paws, shaking silently.