Dawn Sleep

As soon as these words came out, Xie Yinxing's pretty face immediately wrinkled.

She twisted her skirt with her hands, stared at Garcia and Jiang Jianming reluctantly, and said sullenly: "... Anyway, it's mine now, give it back to me!"

"It's yours now, what about before?" Jiang Jianming took a bite of the apple Garcia just handed over, and asked lightly.

Although it is not a rare variety like 'Irene Agate', apples are a delicious fruit.

Xie Yinxing raised his eyebrows and snorted: "You don't know! That guy can't even open a bottle cap, and he can only scare people with a gun. I think it's a waste to put it in the hands of that kind of garbage, so I took it here."

Jiang Jianming couldn't help laughing, and returned the apple to the original owner, and took the gun from Garcia.

He fiddled with it briefly. Although the model was small and looked like a toy, it was indeed a real thing, with everything from insurance to trigger to magazine.

When contacting Xie Yinxing, he quickly guessed the general cause and effect... This gun should be a custom-made product for some noble child, maybe the original owner is a playboy who got the weapon to show off or even bully other children.Xie Yinxing couldn't get used to it, so he took it easy.

Garcia is not very interested in Xie Yinxing, or there are not many things in the world that can arouse this person's interest.

He held onto Jiang Jianming and didn't want to let go. He first confirmed that he was not injured or sick, and then began to ask if there was anything unusual at the banquet.

Jiang Jianming couldn't help but whispered: "I'm fine, but this is inside the house. How did you come in? Didn't anyone see you?"

"No, the monitoring is broken." Garcia gestured to the apple in his hand, "...do you still want to eat it?"

"Don't eat, it's up to you." Jiang Jianming rubbed Garcia perfunctorily, and then pondered what to do with Xie Yinxing in front of him.

Logically speaking, he should have confiscated the gun, or handed it to Mrs. Donna, but...

Jiang Jianming hesitated in a rare way. He thought of the current situation of the empire's undercurrents, and he didn't know what it would be like in a few years.

This girl is like her father, bold and clever, maybe it's not a heinous thing to have a weapon for self-defense.

Eight or nine years old... When I was my age, I seemed to be following my adoptive father to touch mechas.A child belonging to a noble family like Audley should be earlier.

It's just that they are all guided by someone.Xie Yinxing's mother obviously would not approve of her daughter going the same way as her husband.

Jiang Jianming thought for a few seconds, walked up to Xie Yinxing and squatted down, his eyes were level with her: "Xingxing, what do you want to do with this gun?"

Xie Yinxing blinked and said, "Be a weapon."

"What do you use weapons for?" Jiang Jianming continued to ask, "Weapons are props for hurting or even killing people. This is not a good thing."

"Oh..." Xie Yinxing thought for a while, then slowly frowned.

Garcia didn't speak, he stood beside Jiang Jianming and continued to eat the apple he brought, staring at the two with interest.

"But, what if there's a big bad guy?"

Xie Yinxing suddenly raised two small hands, bent his fingers, and threw himself in front of Jiang Jianming with wide eyes, acting like a monster, "Wow!"

Garcia quickly stretched out his hand and pulled Jiang Jianming back. The little girl rushed to nothing and made a face at Garcia angrily.

"The bad guys are coming to hurt the good guys, so someone needs to shoot the bad guys - that's what dad is like, and I want to be a hero like dad!"

She was still young, so she was obviously not intimidated by the almost identical appearance of Garcia and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. She just thought it was Jiang Jianming's friend with a bad personality.

In the peaceful night, Jiang Jianming smiled softly.

He put his palm on top of the little girl's head, but looked at the sky, and said slowly: "But... if this is a world without bad people, and no one needs to shoot, wouldn't it be better?"

"what……"

Xie Yinxing's eyes flickered, and he opened his mouth thoughtfully.

After a while, she nodded: "It makes sense."

"We need to shoot, which means that there is an enemy in front of us, and it means that our country, our relatives and friends are or will be hurt by the enemy. This is a very sad thing."

Jiang Jianming said, wrapped Xie Yinxing's little hand with his own hands, led her to raise the gun, and pulled down the safety.

"So don't shoot for fun, don't shoot to be a hero."

His voice fell into the girl's ears in a low voice, "When you raise the gun, you will be very sad. When you pull the trigger, you will be in pain... Endure the pain and remain strong."

boom!

Jiang Jianming pressed Xie Yinxing's finger and pulled the trigger, and the bullet shot out, breaking a snow-covered branch not far away, causing it to fall to the ground with a snap.

Xie Yinxing was stunned, and after a few seconds, he said softly: "Wow...you, you are so amazing."

Jiang Jianming sighed softly in his heart.

The moment he pulled the trigger, his pain was...

I actually had to teach such a young girl how to use a weapon.

Xie Yinxing put on the insurance in a dignified manner, and hid the small pistol.Jiang Jianming looked at the time: "It's getting late, children shouldn't run around at night, go find your mother."

Xie Yinxing pulled Jiang Jianming's clothes reluctantly: "Big brother, where do you live? Can I play with you often in the future? I haven't heard you tell the story about Dad and Yin Beidou."

"Do you have a wrist phone?"

Jiang Jianming asked Xie Yinxing, and the little girl nodded.

"My name is Jiang Jianming," Jiang Jianming exchanged contact information with her, touched her head, "call me anytime."

"Is it really possible?" Xie Yinxing's face lit up immediately, and she happily took off the bracelet hanging on her wrist. The chain was made of pearls, and the pendant in the middle was inlaid with a ruby ​​the size of a fingernail.

She put the bracelet on Jiang Jianming's wrist, and said with a smile, "For you, Brother Jiang."

Jiang Jianming was taken aback for a moment, and said with a smile that he could not accept such an expensive gift.

But Xie Yinxing insisted, and Jiang Jianming finally accepted it, thinking that it would be a big deal to buy something for the girl and Mrs. Donna next time.

"..."

Garcia stood beside him with arms crossed, frowning coldly and looking away.

He thought to himself: Why does Jiang Jianming always gather a bunch of other humans around him, and then he pats and coaxes them.

It can be as long as a few days or as short as a few minutes, no matter how stubborn human beings are, he will tame them perfectly.

So... Is he also one of the humans he tamed?

Garcia shook his head secretly: No, maybe this is a normal phenomenon, and a creature like myself that has no relatives or friends is an anomaly.

"Your Highness...Your Highness?"

When he recovered, Jiang Jianming called him from the side.

The pair of black eyes of the handsome disabled human being bent up, and he waved to him: "Let's go, we should go back."

……

Late at night, the snow outside has almost stopped.The two left Lauren's house in hiding, Garcia put on the mask, and Jiang Jianming rented an aircraft on the side of the road and drove back.

When he returned to the officer's dormitory in Jinrilun, Jiang Jianming looked up at the night sky again, letting go of his thoughts.

Another day of nothing, only a growing sense of uneasiness in my heart.

Tomorrow is the last day before the New Year's Eve. The emperor will go on a tour, and the people of Aslan Star City will gather to celebrate.

But the batch of dangerous true crystal mines is still nowhere to be seen.

There is no other way.The military has been on high-intensity vigilance these days, but after all, the enemy is in the dark, and even if something happens, they can only react accordingly.

Jiang Jianming even wanted to pray that this batch of true crystal ore had been used to make new crystal mechanical weapons, folding mechs, or energy tablets.

No matter what is known is good, at least it is "known", and the known is not as terrible as the unknown.

After thinking about it, he had already reached his door.Garcia stopped suddenly, and grabbed Jiang Jianming's wrist without looking.

"Bracelet," he said coldly with sideways eyes, "take it off and give it to me."

Jiang Jianming: "Your Highness?"

Garcia said patiently: "You said that nothing unusual happened at the banquet, and Lauren didn't attack you either."

Jiang Jianming: "Yes."

Garcia: "So now, you're back with all your beard and tail, and the only change is an extra bracelet." He paused deliberately, "Should I not care?"

Jiang Jianming lost his voice.

Garcia pushed him irritably, and pressed him against the corner: "You are not in the right state, can't you think of this? What's wrong with you?"

Jiang Jianming pursed his lips and told Garcia about Xie Yuduo.He whispered again: "Sorry, there are too many things, my mind may be a little confused...Thanks for your presence."

The news from Xie Yuduo was so shocking that Garcia didn't speak for a long time after hearing it.

After a moment of silence, he involuntarily pulled Jiang Jianming's wrist, removed the chain, and put it in his arms.

"I'll keep it first, and I'll return it to you if there's no problem."

Garcia dragged Jiang Jianming into the house, grabbed another washed apple and stuffed it into his arms, "Don't think too much. You're overthinking like this...you're prone to illness and death."

the same moment.

Inside the mansion of the Sector family, the windows were darkened and the lights were turned off.

Xie Yinxing just got out of the shower and rolled onto his bed.The girl was lying on her bed, her two little feet dangling, she was holding the wrist phone, with a look of joy on her face.

"Oh...it's great that Xing Xing and brother chat so happily, haha."

Prime Minister Lauren's voice with a gentle smile came from the opposite side of the wrist phone.

"En!" Xie Yinxing nodded vigorously, "Brother Jiang is really very good, just as His Excellency Lauren said."

Lauren said: "Yes, that brother, like your father, is a hero who fought for the empire. Did Xingxing give the gift to brother?"

"Yes!" Xie Yinxing replied cheerfully, "Thank you, Your Excellency Lauren, for helping me prepare the gift!"

At this time, there were footsteps outside the door. The girl looked back and stuck out her tongue: "Ah, mom is here. Good night, Lauren, see you next time."

After saying goodnight to each other, Xie Yinxing cut off the communication.At the same time, the door opened, and the glamorous Mrs. Sect... Donna walked in.

Donna glanced at her daughter on the bed: "Emilia, are you chatting with Lord Lauren again?"

"En." Xie Yinxing turned over and threw herself on her mother's shoulder.

But soon she "woke up", puffed her cheeks in feigned anger and said, "No, it's not Emilia, it's the stars!"

"Xing Xing...is that the name your father gave you?"

Donna sighed sadly.She hugged her daughter, patted Xie Yinxing's cheek and sat on the side of the bed, and said quietly: "If your father is willing to be like Lord Lauren..."

Donna raised her face and stared at the group photo placed by Xie Yinxing's bed in rapt attention.In the photo, Xie Yuduo hugged the infant Xie Yinxing with one arm, and held her with the other.

...That was an old group photo from several years ago. After so many years, Xie Yuduo didn't even have the time to take another group photo with the grown-up Xie Yinxing when he returned to the empire.

Donna leaned against the head of the bed, looked at the group photo for a long time, and murmured: "A man who doesn't even care about his own family, a man who can't even grow up with his daughter, what kind of hero is he?"

"But..." Xie Yinxing lay in Donna's arms and said, "Father is just father, different from Mr. Lauren."

The girl grabbed her mother's finger and said seriously: "Although Lord Laurent is also very gentle and has always been very kind to mother and Xingxing, Xingxing doesn't want his father to become Lord Laurent. In that case, the original father will disappear. "

Donna was startled, and after a while, she slowly smiled.There was some bitterness in the smile, and some more complicated and indescribable emotions: "...Xing Xing is right."

"This year's New Year's Day, we will not go to Lord Lauren's house, nor will we go to other Lord's houses."

Donna turned off the bedroom light for her daughter.In the dark, she closed her eyes and kissed Xie Yinxing's forehead: "Let's live with Mom and Xingxing alone."

The author has something to say: His Royal Highness Garcia, an excellent creature that neither eating apples nor being jealous will affect its keen ability to protect food (especially Jiang Jiang).