Ch54 - Let's meet up

Jian Mei was slightly doubtful of that. “Are you sure you’re okay?”

Lu Xingwang replied to him, “If my illness didn’t get better, why would I not continue to take the medicine then?”

“….,” Jian Mei was speechless.

That seemed reasonable.

Jian Mei tried to think with his pea sized brain, but he couldn’t think of any reason why Dazhuang-gewouldn’t continue to drink his medicine. After all, Dazhuang-gewasn’t the type of person who’d be afraid of difficulties.

“That’s great.” Jian Mei replied to him saying, “Congratulations! I’m going to do my best too.”

Lu Xingwang’s tone became a bit serious. “You’ll definitely get better.”

Although he wasn’t Jian Mei’s attending doctor, nor did he know what kind of disease Jian Mei had, but he said those words with such certainty, which gave Jian Mei a bit of confidence.

A slight smile appeared on Jian Mei’s face. “Mhm!”

“I may have to go out for a long trip, and the signal in that place may not be very good,

If you don’t reply in time these days, don’t worry. ”

Lu Xingwang had to leave soon, so he told Jian Mei, “I’ll have to go for a long trip. The signal there might not be good, so don’t worry if I don’t reply promptly in the next few days.”

Lu Xingwang had been on business trips before, but Jian Mei suddenly felt nervous which he never felt back then.

For some unknown reason, Jian Mei felt a bit worried. “Is everything okay?”

Lu Xingzao walked The palace was big, big like a man-eating beast, sometimes it can be frightening.

“Everything’s fine.” Lu Xingwang walked towards the window. The lights outside the palace were bright, but the sky was dark and foggy. The palace was massive as a man-eating beast, which could be frightening at some times.

Jian Mei said softly, “Then I’ll wait for you to come back.”

Lu Xingwang softly hummed in response. He didn’t know for how long he could still live. At this moment, he was wondering about what would happen if he couldn’t return from this trip. He wasn’t afraid of dying, but he naturally had weaknesses.

If he couldn’t come back, what would happen to Jian Mei?

Up until to this day, he hadn’t even told the other party his name.

Lu Xingwang called out the latter’s name. “Jian Mei.”

“Hmm? What’s wrong?” said Jian Mei softly.

“When I return, I want to tell you something.” Lu Xingwang leaned against the window. He knew how outrageous this decision of his was but he wouldn’t regret it.

“Do you want to hear it?” said Lu Xingwang.

Jian Mei didn’t even hesitate. “I want to.”

A glint of happiness appeared in Lu Xingwang’s eyes.

The third prince lived a serious and solemn life this entire time. At this moment, he felt a bit at ease. “Are you not going to ask me what it is about?”

“I want to know everything about you.” Jian Mei’s voice sounded quiet. In this silent and cold night, this voice brought warmth into his heart. “So, I don’t need to ask.”

Lu Xingwang looked down, hiding his own thoughts under his eyes. “Okay.”

They’d be departing for the expedition soon. Once the spaceship had set off on expedition, all communication and signal would be blocked. So, he and Jian Mei wouldn’t be able to talk to each other for a few days.

In the past, he was a loner and never cared about the other party. But at this moment and for the first time, he was a bit reluctant to hang up the phone.

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After the call ended, Jian Mei was thinking about the secret that Dazhuang-gewould tell him after coming back from his trip, which made him very happy.

Just then, the door of the ward was pushed open from the outside. With a slightly teasing tone, his mother asked him, “So happy? What happened?”

Jian Mei pursed his lips into a smile. He was a little embarrassed. “Nothing.”

Jian Mei sat up from the bed and looked at her in surprise. “Xiao Pang, why are you here?

“Isn’t it a holiday today?” Before Xiao Pang came to visit, he contacted Jian Mei’s parents. He only came when he knew that he could come to visit.

Xiao Pang said, “The final exam is in two weeks, so we came over and brought you some class notes or something. You can take a look at it when you’re free.”

Cai Zhenzhen looked at Xiao Pang in disgust. “His handwriting is so ugly, mostly in cursive. Just reading his notes is probably more difficult than studying Confucius and Mencius literature. You can just borrow mine to read.”

Xiao Pang disagreed. “My handwriting isn’t that ugly!”

Cai Zhenzhen just snorted softly and ignored his objection.

As he looked at his classmates surrounding him, Jian Mei felt very happy. When he was sick before, the house was always deserted.

At that time, he stayed in a single ward. He spent his time sitting on the bed, reading books and watching cartoons.

But most of the time, he was just in a daze.

Later on, the doctor thought that this wasn’t very good for the child’s development, so the doctor transferred Jian Mei to a standard ward.

He met some children there with the same disease as his and became friends with them. This made Jian Mei feel a little happy, but bad things happened one after another.

Some children died and some were discharged with the hospital, and Jian Mei lost contact with them.

He had to send them away and bid farewell to some people. He saw more sorrows than joys.

If he looked for the reason, it made him sad. But it was different now and it wasn’t the same as before.

Jian Mei opened the notebook and saw the beautiful handwriting inside. It was written meticulously and wasn’t just the regular class notes.

It was summarized and specially organized for the person who wasn’t present in the class. The subject topics were detailed and it was as if the person was afraid that he’d be bored when reading, so this person specially added some of their own rants and comments.

Jian Mei smiled faintly.

For some reason, Cai Zhenzhen felt nervous. But she still said haughtily, “What’s the matter? Does my handwriting look funny?”

Jian Mei shook his head lightly. “No.”

Cai Zhenzhen breathed a sigh of relief. She then folded her arms and snorted softly. “Of course, no one has ever called my handwriting ugly.”

Jian Mei raised his head to look at her. The figure of the young girl reflected in his eyes.

He held the notebook like a treasure and said softly, “Thank you, Zhenzhen. I’ll definitely read it, this is such a great help.”

With such sincere gratitude, the young girl’s ears turned red from the embarrassment.

Xiao Pang saw through everything and laughed. “Meimei, don’t just thank Zhenzhen. The class monitor also brought you some class notes. Isn’t that right, class monitor?”

Meng Ting had always been not good at grabbing the limelight. She was hesitant and didn’t know what to say. Now that she was called out, she hurriedly handed the class notes to Jian Mei.

She said, “This is it. The subject topics aren’t difficult, but they can be quite confusing. You can just read them once you’ve recovered from your illness. Don’t delay the treatment.”

Jian Mei was very grateful and sincerely thanked her. “Thank you, class monitor.”

Xiao Pang came over to him and said, “How are you going to thank us, Meimei?

Cai Zhenzhen glared at Xiao Pang. “He can thank us by saying thank you. What is it to you?”

“Ahh, that’s not good enough. I care a lot about Meimei,ah.”

Jian Mei said with a smile, “I’ll treat you guys to a meal once I get better.”

They still bickered about it before accepting it. They also talked about the recently opened restaurant near the school, they heard that the food there was quite good. They also talked about how they would spend their time during the upcoming winter vacation.

Jian Mei’s private ward was very lively. The smile on Jian Mei’s face never disappeared. At this moment, it was peaceful yet also lively, bustling with noise and excitement.

Everyone is here. No one has left yet.

Interstellar Space

When the warship entered Stan Star’s air space, the flow of time changed.

A few days had just passed in the warship, but due to the change of flow of time, a month had already passed on the planet.

They haven’t entered the combat range of the frontline soldiers at this moment.

Many soldiers would talk after training while some would think about their loved ones at home. Some people also missed the food in the cafeteria as drinking the tasteless nutrient solution was simply torturing them to death.

Lu Xingwang usually wouldn’t participate in this kind of small talk. Whenever this happened, he’d find a place to be alone. He’d open the interstellar network and start reading the warship mechs’ combat data to pass time.

Zuo Qingshan came over and said to him, “Two days ago, we met the opposite party and fought. The loss was minimal this time, but a few soldiers were sacrificed and died.”

In front of Lu Xingwang was a screen projection, full of magnified data.

Zuo Qingshan said to Lu Xingwang, “We’re about to enter the supply station, the signal and communication will be unblocked. You can go down if you need to contact someone and report that you’re safe.”

Lu Xingwang paused in his actions. He said, “Send the real-time battle report back to the control tower.”

“I’ll do this.” Zuo Qingshan reminded him, “I mean, contact someone personally. You know?”

Lu Xingwang threw him an indifferent glance.

Zuo Qingshan just made a face at him. He stood up and left. He said what he had to say but contacting the other person wasn’t his own business, it was all up to His Highness.

After Zuo Qingshan left, His Highness, who seemed nonchalant on the surface, halted in his movements.

After the signal was unblocked, Lu Xingwang opened his communication terminal and as expected, he received a lot of messages.

Although he told Jian Mei that he wouldn’t have a signal during his trip, Jian Mei still shared his everyday life without fail; he sent a lot of photos ho

He also said that his condition had improved a lot recently and could probably be discharged from the hospital.

Lu Xingwang read the messages one by one before sending a reply. He said “That’s good. Take care and cooperate with the treatment.”

As long as he didn’t drink the medicine, Jian Mei’s wouldn’t get worse, so he didn’t need to worry about that.

Shortly after he sent a reply, Jian Mei replied. The latter was slightly surprised. “You’re done with your business trip?” said Jian Mei.

Lu Xingwang replied, “No, I got some time to send a message.”

Jian Mei was a little disappointed. “Okay.”

Lu Xingwang could see that Jian Mei was disappointed, but he didn’t know what to say. In the end, he fell into silence for a moment.

Jian Mei asked him, “How long will it take before you come back?”

That was a good question, but Lu Xingwang didn’t know the answer to this question either.

He looked around him. Some soldiers were also contacting their family and the young ones were even crying because they missed their family.

Some people were sacrificed and died in the battles that occurred in the past few days. Their comrades dying gave them a wake up call, making them realize and directly face the cruelty of war.

Lu Xingwang stood up. He walked towards the window and looked outside. He lowered his voice and said, “I’m not quite sure.”

Jian Mei was confused. “Huh?”

“Then…then will you…,” Jian Mei continued hesitantly, “Will you not be able to contact me for a few days?”

Lu Xingwang hummed in response.

Jian Mei couldn’t show it, but he was feeling sad inside. He replied in a low voice, “Okay.”

Lu Xingwang also felt a bit sad because Jian Mei was sad.

After a long time, Jian Mei said softly, “Then, I’ll wait for you to come back.”

Those gentle words fell on someone’s heart, rippling waves in his heart.

Not far from him were the young soldiers who were expressing their deep concerns with their family.

Lu Xingwang looked out the window. He didn’t know how long he could still live.

In this silent night, as he listened to the voice from the other end of the call, some desire bloomed in his heart for some reason.

Ever since he was a child, he never had a strong desire for something. This was all because of his responsibilities; responsibilities of being an imperial prince, and responsibilities of being a son.

But this time, selfish desires arose from the bottom of his heart.

Lu Xingwang called out the latter’s name. “Jian Mei.”

Jian Mei hummed in response. “Hmm?”

“Wait for me to come back from this trip.” Lu Xingwang continued, “Let’s meet up.”

Time seemed to have stopped for a moment.

Jian Mei’s steady heartbeat suddenly started beating faster. He tried to calm down and said gingerly, “But we’re so far apart.”

Lu Xingwang, “Don’t worry about it, leave it to me.”

A smile unconsciously appeared on Jian Mei’s face. “For real?”

Lu Xingwang raised his eyebrow. “Do you not believe me?”

“I believe you.” Jian Mei replied with no hesitation. His voice unknowingly softened but he firmly said, “I’ll wait for you then.”

“Promise me then,” said Lu Xingwang.

Jian Mei was obviously very happy. He replied very sincerely, “I promise.”