Stardust Remembrance

Chapter 36: This Is Me (5)

Loran returned to the Institute listlessly.

As soon as she entered the office, she saw Zi Yan sitting at her workstation, divining with tarot cards.

Loran said coldly, "Why are you here? I have to work, please leave if you have nothing to do!"

Zi Yan blinked her peach blossom eyes and asked with a smile, "Where did you go just now?"

"Do I need to tell you where I went?"

"I divined your emotional fortune for you." Zi Yan flipped over a tarot card, "Justice reversed, advising you to return from your lost ways and not to make repeated mistakes."

Luo Lan sneered coldly, "Do you want to take another crystal ball to help me predict the future?"

Zi Yan looked at Loran meaningfully, "Princess, you're harboring many little secrets." He continued to flip through the tarot cards. "The Priestess is in reverse position, if you are bent on having your way, I'm afraid you'll only cause disaster."

Loran burst out, "Purple Banquet, what do you mean?"

"I want to crush that man, easy as pie, but don't worry, I'm not interested." Zi Yan looked at a tarot card that had just been turned over in her hand and said indifferently, "The Wheel of Fortune is in reverse, he will have constant woes, so why should I bother?"

"You're talking nonsense!"

The corners of Zi Yan's mouth laughed as she sneered, "Your marriage with Chen Sha is a marriage of interests between the Al Empire and the Odin Federation, what is that man? In front of the interests of the two-star nations, does Your Highness think that man has the guts to bear the reverse position of the wheel of fate?"

Loran said without a pout or a hint of condescension, "His name is Qian Xu, he is a citizen of the Odin Federation just like you, he once fought for the Odin Federation in blood, and even though he is suffering from a disease right now, he is still dedicated to his duties. His courage and perseverance are no less than yours and Tatsusa's!"

Purple Feast stared at Loran, and for a moment, he was unexpectedly gagged and speechless. Treating the rich and the poor, the noble and the lowly, and the sick and the healthy as equals was easy to say, but there were not many who could do it. He remembered what Loran had said, "Fifty paces are the same as a hundred paces", and she had never felt that Qian Xu was inferior to them from the bottom of her heart, just like she had never felt that the fae was inferior to other humans.

Zi Yan snapped her gaze away and lowered her head, waving her hand as the tarot cards on the table disappeared. "About twenty to thirty thousand years ago, humans discovered a small planet full of water, on which lived a rare creature with a beautiful shape and a simple mind, very much like the mermaids of old legends. Humans all over the stars went crazy for this rare creature, and countless people went to capture them, but within a thousand years, the creature became extinct."

"What are you trying to say?"

"Your genes are rare and important to the Odin Federation, but humans have not had a good tradition of rare things since the beginning of time. Rare minerals get mined out of existence, and rare species get imprisoned in captivity."

"You're threatening me?"

Violet Feast smiled and stood up, ready to leave, "I just hope you don't do anything self-destructive. Remember, countless men in the Odin Federation would like to take your eggs by force and breed offspring for themselves."

"You bastard!" Loran casually grabbed an object in his hand and slammed it at Purple Feast.

A purple tarot card blocked in front of Violet Feast, and what looked like a tiny piece of it knocked down what Loran had thrown.

The tarot card flew in front of Loran's neck, one end c****d upwards against Loran's throat, like a sharp knife, emitting a bone-crushing chill, forcing Loran to half-tilt his head.

Violet Feast lowered her head, absently dusting nonexistent ash from her clothes. "Stop insulting jerks! Believe me, you haven't learned half of my jerk tactics."

He colored like a spring dawn and smiled like a summer flower, winked at Loran, and left.

The tarot card was still against Loraine's throat, and Loraine didn't dare to move until he disappeared, and then the tarot card flew out of the office with a whoosh.

Loraine's hands and feet were cold, covering her neck, standing dumbfounded.

She was very confused, could it be that she could only rely on her false princess identity to live with deception? Could it be that all these years of her efforts had no meaning?

She opened her address book and looked at Qian Xu's contact number.

Usually, when she was at a loss, she would always contact Qian Xu for the first time, as long as she heard his calm and gentle voice, it didn't seem to be a big deal, but now Qian Xu was also at a loss, right?

She stirred up his peaceful life, and put him in the whirlpool, is it right or wrong?

Loran picks up the 3-D picture frame on the table and looks at the sunrise picture she took after climbing to the summit of Mt. Iral - the sun rising from the snow-capped mountains at her feet, its light spilling over the rolling majestic mountains.

Qian Xu's words echoed in her ears: "This is the most wonderful and tempting part of climbing, just like life, there is never a plan, there are always unexpected changes. Changes don't just mean difficulties, they also mean different scenery. It is because of these changes on the climbing path that one is always in awe of life and looking forward to the next moment."

Loran's heart gradually calmed down.

With her understanding of Qian Xu, he was by no means a person who was afraid of anything, and apart from his illness, his greater concern should be her.

However, what exactly would happen in the future was anyone's guess, and one should never stand still because of fear.

It was dangerous outside the cage, but was it safe inside?

Fear that outside the cage you will be displaced, hurt, have a deadly storm, meet a natural enemy that will devour you, so gather your wings and live comfortably in the cage.

But, in the final analysis, there is no free lunch in heaven.

The comfort of the cage is not for nothing, you have to give up the freedom to fly, you have to watch your words, you have to be good, you have to worry about the owner of the cage turning his back on you, and you have to worry about the cage breaking in the event of an accident.

Inside the cage, outside the cage, it's all survival, and it's all dangerous.

It's hard to say which survival is better and which danger is more likely to happen.

However, outside the cage itself can fight, sway, and decide the outcome, but inside the cage can only look at people's faces, at the mercy of others.

The beeping sound suddenly rang, and the incoming message showed Feng Lin, Loran pressed to connect.

Wearing white overalls, Feng Lin appeared in front of her and asked with a serious expression, "I received your leave request, why do you suddenly need to take six months off? Where are you going?"

"Cinnabar and I have something to do, we have to make a trip to the Great Twin Planet."

Feng Lin was relieved, "Just now, Zi Yan came to me and asked me to keep an eye on you and ...... alas, it's good that you and Tatsuha are together anyway."

Luo Lan asked softly, "You're my best friend, if I divorce Tatsuza, will you support me?"

"Because you're also my best friend, I firmly do not support you divorcing Tatsuha." Feng Lin smiles reluctantly and says softly, "Don't be wishy-washy, take advantage of this outing to get along with Chen Sha. In the future, you'll realize that in a lifespan of a few hundred years, many things will pass with time."

"Really? If a lot of things will pass with time, why do you always become extra sharp when talking to Officer Zuo Qiu?"

Feng Lin's face instantly changed, glaring at Loran in annoyance.

"I was wrong." Loran was busy raising his fist and smashing his head in repentance.

Feng Lin cut off the video message without a word.

Luo Lan sighed, the chicken soup Feng Lin made couldn't even cure herself. She hadn't even mentioned Chu Mo, she just mentioned Zuo Qubai and Feng Lin got angry.

Luo Lan sends a message to Chen Sha, "Feng Lin approved my vacation." Regardless of whether it was Qian Xu's illness or the danger in Zi Yan's mouth, it was never wrong to raise your physical fitness to level A.

Tatsuya replied, "I have a little business to take care of, so I'll leave tomorrow."

Luo Lan sends another message to Qian Xu, "Flowers don't stop blooming today just because they wither tomorrow. Don't reject today's me because you're worried about tomorrow's me."

Until the next day, when Luo Lan boarded the airship, Qian Xu did not reply.