Abstinence Admiral Don't Bite, the Softer Mermaid Top Thug

Chapter 194 Indifference
Lu Lianbai saw Platinum off at the Star Port.

On the train back to First Street with Jing Xiaoyu, the little guy sat quietly beside me, head down, sorting out his spoils of the day.

Most of the items were prizes that Jing Xiaoyu won at the amusement park through children's games.

Lu Lianbai noticed that Jing Xiaoyu had deliberately placed one of the small pink and white boxes separately in the middle compartment of her schoolbag.

Seeing the little one struggling to stuff it in, Lu Lianbai helped pull the interlayer open a little and then asked, "Baby, what's this?"

Jing Xiaoyu put her little finger to her lips, made a "shh" gesture, and said mysteriously in a low, childish voice:
"A gift for my mother."

Lu Lianbai chuckled, "You've already prepared a gift before we've even met?"

"The picture book says that mothers are very happy to receive gifts from their babies!"

Seeing Jing Xiaoyu's hopeful expression, Lu Lianbai's smile deepened. He gently patted the little one's head and said:

"Soon. Baby, just wait a little longer. When the time is right, Daddy will take you to give Mommy a gift."

"Uh-huh!"

Jing Xiaoyu firmly believed that his mother would like the gift he gave her, and he even dreamed about how happy he would be to see his mother at night.

After the rest day, Lu Lianbai's application for a private rest room was also finalized.

He strictly followed the regulations of the medical department, repeatedly reminded Jing Xiaoyu of the precautions, and took him to a private rest room.

After putting on his white coat, he said to Jing Xiaoyu, who was sitting obediently at the small table taking apart and playing with her toy warship model:
"Baby, Daddy's going to work now. If you need anything, just call Daddy using the communication bracelet on your wrist. Daddy will come over to have lunch with you then."

Jing Xiaoyu had heard similar things the whole way. He waved his little hand helplessly and said, "I know, Daddy, I won't run away."

Only then did Lu Lianbai finally feel a little relieved and leave.

The morning passed without any major incidents in the medical department. Lu Lianbai continued to treat patients in the advanced healing room as usual.

Around noon, we suddenly received a message from the base's Level 1 training ground that some members of the A-sector fleet were experiencing mental abnormalities during their exercises.

Upon receiving the order, Lu Lianbai immediately went there with his assistant.

"Dr. Lu, over here!"

From afar, Chen Yan spotted Lu Lianbai's familiar figure and quickly led him to the temporary treatment room.

Lu Lianbai stayed in the consultation room for almost an hour before coming out.

He had just given his assistant some instructions when he turned around and saw Jing Weimian coming from the fleet training ground.

Lu Lianbai tightened his grip on the blue notebook in his hand and instinctively stepped forward.

But Jing Weimian led his men through the corridor without looking to the side, and did not look in his direction.

Did they not find him?
Having previously treated Jing Weimian, Lu Lianbai could clearly sense that Jing Weimian's mental frequency and level of pleasure were not high.

What's wrong with my wife?
Are you in a bad mood?

Lu Lianbai was worried about Jing Weimian. After having lunch with the baby in the rest room, he took advantage of the time before the lunch break was over and went to the base's command building.

Before he arrived, he secretly peeled a scale from between his webbed feet, tempered it into a blue bead the size of a pendant, and infused it with his mermaid healing energy.

It ensures that once your wife wears it, whenever her mental state becomes depressed or low-frequency, the bead will quickly capture the listlessness and deviant tendencies in her mental state and promptly release healing energy.

Coincidentally, Lu Lianbai had just arrived at the central hall of the command building when he ran into Chen Yan, who was coming out of the elevator and about to go out to run errands.

Upon learning that Lu Lianbai had come to see General Jing, Chen Yan did not lead him directly to General Jing's office as before, but instead gave him an apologetic smile:
"I'm sorry, Dr. Lu, the General is very busy today and I'm afraid he won't have time to see you."

Lu Lianbai remained calm and patiently asked, "When will the General be available? I won't waste too much of your time." "This..."

Chen Yan looked at him with a troubled expression, thinking that Dr. Lu probably really had something important to say to the general, which was why he had made a special trip over here.

After hesitating for a moment, he finally changed his words and said to him, "Okay, I'll ask the general again."

Lu Lianbai nodded: "Thank you for your help, Vice General Chen."

Chen Yan walked to the side, pressed the earpiece to transfer the call to the top-floor office, and reported the relevant situation to his superior on the other end of the line.

After a while, he glanced at the time on his wristband, hung up the phone, and walked over to Lu Lianbai.

"Dr. Lu, I'll take you up now, but the General has a very important cross-star meeting later, and he's only given you five minutes."

Lu Lianbai: "I understand."

Five minutes... is enough.

Upon arriving at the top-floor office, Chen Yan did not go inside but waited outside.

Lu Lianbai walked in and saw Jing Weimian sitting at her desk handling business, her eyes focused intently on the strategic information on the screen.

Seeing this, Lu Lianbai didn't exchange any further pleasantries.

He took the box out of the inner pocket of his white coat and stated his purpose directly:

"This pendant has a healing effect; I thought if the general is in a bad mood, he could wear it—"

Jing Weimian interrupted him, not even sparing a glance at the so-called gift in his hand:
"You came all this way just to bring me this?"

"Yes."

"Thank you for your kindness, Dr. Lu, but you should take the things back with you."

Jing Weimian's tone was indifferent and emotionless, and she didn't even lift her eyelids once from beginning to end.

Lu Lianbai's fingers, gripping the small box, stiffened slightly. He maintained his posture of handing over the gift, adjusting his expression, trying to say something more, "General—"

"If Dr. Lu has nothing else, you can leave now."

Jing Weimian did not give him another chance to speak.

Chen Yan was waiting outside the office when he saw Dr. Lu come out in less than five minutes, and he was quite surprised: "Dr. Lu, have you finished talking with the general?"

Lu Lianbai did not give a clear answer, but simply thanked Chen Yan and returned to his post in the medical department.

To avoid causing the baby to worry and feel anxious, and to prevent the baby from becoming anxious and uncertain with him, Lu Lianbai did not tell the baby about Jing Weimian's change in attitude towards him today.

Back at home, everything was normal, and the baby didn't notice anything unusual about their emotions.

The next day, Lu Lianbai took his baby to work at the medical department as usual.

After settling the baby in the rest room, he returned to the treatment area and received instructions from the vice president that there was news about the experimental subject who had escaped earlier.

The meeting will be held in the base's conference hall this afternoon.

Lu Lianbai, as the main healer who had come into contact with the source of pollution from the injured, was also on the list of attendees.

If Lu Lianbai could still convince himself yesterday that Jing Weimian was just too busy with work to pay attention to him, then he was wrong.

But what happened next, the unexpected event at today's meeting, caused Lu Lianbai's heart to plummet once again, inexplicably and utterly—