After being captured by the old enemy

The personal smart terminal made a few beeps, and jumped out of today's to-do list.

Mandatory reminder, crazy vibration, cannot be turned off.

Ji Xingjue raised his head from the messy quilt in a daze, raised his eyelids and glanced.

A few shocking lines of big blood-red characters appeared in front of my eyes:

Time: November 11, 3:[-] pm.

Location: The top garden of Tik Hotel.

Event: blind date.

His face was gloomy with the blood-red light, he stared blankly at the last two words for a while, then turned off the screen.

Ji Xingjue likes to solve problems without delay at once.

He spent several days in the laboratory in the dark and without sleep, and finally overcome the staged problems.

Since chairing the project, he's pretty much lived in the lab.

Glancing at today's to-do list again, Ji Xingjue paused with his fingertips, and muttered again, "Can't I choose to die?" He went into the bathroom to take a shower, and changed into his most expensive and only one. He put on a formal shirt, made a cup of coffee, walked out of the small room elegantly and leisurely, leaned against the wall, raised his cup to his colleagues with a smile: "Morning friends, don't today's data look more beautiful? "

Then I found that the atmosphere at the scene was a bit dead silent.

The eyes of every researcher looking over are full of despair.

The little fat man on the left muttered, "It's 04:30 in the afternoon."

Feeling the heavy atmosphere, Ji Xingjue closed the corner of his mouth slightly: "I have already solved the problem of C9's progress—could it be that the data was stolen?"

The little fat man shook his head.

Ji Xingjue thought: "The synchronization experiment at the experimental base failed?"

The little fat man sighed in pain.

Ji Xingjue looked out of the window in surprise: "The Alliance and the Star Thief teamed up to attack the imperial capital, and our empire has perished?"

The person who had been turning his back to him flung his slightly curly long hair coquettishly, turned around and raised his red lips: "I'm afraid it will be worse."

Ji Xingjue took a sip of coffee numbly, thinking what could happen?It's unlikely that those who support their research in the military will fall, and the project funds will be cut off.

That was really scary.

"You've been stuck in the lab lately, haven't you read the news yet?" Cicely understood Ji Xingjue's character, she nodded her head, and swept her slender fingers.

The personal terminal casts a holographic projection, which is a rebroadcast of the noon news of Empire One.

Ji Xingjue tightened his grip on the coffee cup as he was broadcasting various important military and political events in the empire, and his heart skipped a beat.

Isn't it, really down?

The host in the projection had a professional smile on his face, like a bionic robot, broadcasting in a straight voice:

"...Great victory on the front line! The commander-in-chief, Qi Qing, defeated the Star Bandits and the Alliance Legion one after another, and returned to the imperial capital Ankara on November 11rd in the star calendar. Ankara welcomed the heroes of the empire with the first snow of the year! This morning, Yu Majesty Commander Qi Qing has become the youngest marshal in the history of the empire under the award of honor!"

Ji Xingjue didn't listen to what was said later.

Hearing only the first half, the coffee cup in his hand became unsteady and smashed to pieces.

The coffee spilled all over the floor and stained his expensive and only shirt with a dark stain.

The intelligent cleaning robot dormant in the corner scanned his shirt, found that the material could not be processed, and gave up on him decisively.

The little fat man sighed again: "Now you understand the seriousness of the situation."

Ji Xingjue: "..."

Cicely rested her chin on her elbows, and said in a cool tone: "Qi Qing is the real leader of the military. Our project is fully funded by the military, and Qi Qing is responsible for the approval of the funds. You are the main person in charge of the project. It is your name that is reported, and after eighteen hours, you will go to his office with me to apply for project funding for the next year."

Ji Xingjue: "..."

Cicely: "Do you think that when you and Qi Qing are in the same space and breathe the same air, can the project funding for next year still be approved?"

The little fat man agreed deeply, but then he felt that he was not humane, so he hurriedly hit harder: "Ah, grandma, why do you only mention money? The most important thing right now should not be——Can Brother Ji live until next year?"

There is a newcomer in the lab who just came here. He is a hard-working type who doesn’t listen to anything outside the window. Looking at the atmosphere of facing an enemy, he simply suspects that they are not discussing the heroes of the empire, but a demon that hangs over the empire. , shivering and secretly poked Cicely on the back: "Professor Cicely, this, this is... what's going on? What's the situation between Professor Ji and Marshal Qi? Didn't Marshal Qi stay on the front line for seven years? Go back, and the professor..."

Cicely turned her head back with a smile: "Oh? You don't know, I didn't expect that the whole emperor didn't know about it."

The other party said nana: "I came to the imperial capital from the edge planet of the fourth galaxy."

"Then you are amazing!" Cicely gave a thumbs up, finished her praise sincerely, and gossiped in front of the Lord, "Qi Qing said so when she left the imperial capital Ankara seven years ago."

She cleared her throat: "'Ji Xingjue, when I come back alive, you will pay the price of being a betrayer'."

The newcomer's eyes widened in an instant, blankly surprised and puzzled, looking at Ji Xingjue with fear and hesitation.

Ji Xingjue pretended to think calmly for a moment, and then slowly said: "I will quit the project team immediately, and if I drive to the port before the traffic police brigade of the Imperial Capital catches me, if I take the nearest private starship to leave the Imperial Capital..."

"It will be easier for Qi Qing to solve you." Cicely said with sympathy, "Don't forget, space is his territory, and no one in the empire can screw that lunatic right now."

Ji Xingjue was silent for three seconds and retreated to his small room.

He knows better than anyone how domineering, mean, twisted, narrow-minded, and unreasonable Qi Qing is.

After all, he had grown up with this person until he was 17 years old - from a certain point of view, he knew him better than Qi Qing's parents.

After falling out, the two of them were studying on the same planet, but they never met again.

He also went to Qi Qing's house several times, but he never met Qi Qing every time.

He continued to study until he graduated. Qi Qing graduated from the military academy and joined the army. They looked at each other at a banquet. Glance at him.

After that, Qi Qing went to the front line and did not return to the imperial capital for seven consecutive years.

Ji Xingjue sat on the bed, turned on his personal terminal, and browsed all the news that he hadn't read for a few days.

The latest push is a photo of Qi Qing at the awarding ceremony. It is different from the thin body of a teenager in memory. Qi Qing is wearing the most formal and gorgeous uniform of the commander in the empire. She is tall and tall. Just a profile photo looks like a The sharpness is compelling.

Ji Xingjue clicked on the terminal again, entered the password of the photo album familiarly, and took a look at the previous photo of the two of them - he couldn't type it when he was a teenager, let alone now.

He flicked the screen and sighed: Pull the switch.

Will the funding for next year still be approved?

After half an hour of negativity, the terminal, which had no vision at all, started dripping again, reminding him to go on a blind date.

Ji Xingjue squeezed between his eyebrows: "No."

Personal terminal voice reminder: "If you don't go, your tutor will suffer from the 130th serious illness this year."

Ji Xingjue: "..."

He took off the coffee-stained shirt, put on a T-shirt casually, put on a thermostat jacket outside, and walked out the door with heavy steps.

A group of colleagues outside are discussing the feasibility of arresting him and giving him to Qi Qing to show his loyalty and at the same time set aside funds for the next year. Everyone will go to prison to rescue him again. It's okay to break an arm or a leg, as long as the head is still there , everyone who studies bionic technology, don't roll up your sleeves to install prosthetics too easily.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, everyone was startled and asked with concern: "Professor Ji, are you going out? Where are you going? What are you going to do? Are you coming back? When are you coming back?"

His face was full of worry that he would run away.

"..." Ji Xingjue thought to himself why I raised such a group of things, "Blind date."

Coldly throwing down two words, he opened the door and left.

Cicely froze for a moment, and shouted loudly: "Don't forget! Eighteen hours later, you have to go to Qi Qing's office with me to apply for next year's project funding!"

The little fat man's ears hurt from her loud voice, and he scratched his ears, only to realize later: "What did he just say?"

"Blind date." Cicely nodded heavily, "Blind date!"

"...At a time like this, there is still a blind date." The little fat man thought for a while, and then praised, "It seems that his mentality is very stable now."

Ji Xingjue left a bunch of unscrupulous colleagues behind him, went downstairs to find his private suspension car that was gathering dust, and drove it to the Tik Hotel.

It was not too early or too late when we arrived at the top garden, exactly six o'clock.

Although many people called him "low and shabby" openly and secretly, Ji Xingjue's temperament is actually quite elegant and calm, and his behavior has a pleasing sense of rhythm. , the uneasy expression faded away like a tide, bursting out with surprise and shyness: "Are you Professor Ji? Hello...you are very different from what I thought! I thought you who are called professors are all stepping into middle school. It's been a year."

Ji Xingjue nodded in agreement: "As far as some ancient people's old ideas are concerned, I am now about to enter middle age, and my mentality is even older."

Girl: "..."

You are good at talking.

Ji Xingjue sat across from him, grinned, and said skillfully, "I'll come first."

Girl: "?"

"Ji Xingjue, biological male, 28 years old biologically, still has foreign debts on his body, and his annual salary is not enough," Ji Xingjue looked into the other's eyes affectionately, "At present, there is another terrible enemy, who has returned When you arrive at the imperial capital, you may take my life at any time. Miss, are you willing to stay with me and fly away from the imperial capital in 10 minutes?"

10 minute later.

Ji Xingjue gracefully sent the girl into the suspension car on the side of the road, turned around and got into his small broken car.

The girl numbly opened her personal terminal and sent a sentence to the enthusiastic matchmaker:

Uncle, please don't introduce me to psychopaths.