This battle against the pirates was almost a foregone conclusion, resulting in a victory. After a day and a night, the army finally captured all the pirates, leaving them no chance to resist and completely defeating them.
The Ancheng army suffered minimal losses, and there were not many injured personnel. Thanks to the comprehensive deployment and effective command, they achieved an overwhelmingly dominant victory.
After the victory, in order to avoid more trouble, the warship started to head back to Ancheng without stopping.
There was a celebration on the warship, and the soldiers cheered enthusiastically, enjoying the joy of victory to their heart’s content. There was constant laughter.
Because of this great victory, Lu Yang, who rarely allowed the soldiers to relax, permitted them to not strictly adhere to the rules. The soldiers, having received the order, happily shouted, and the sounds in the warship rose and fell, not quieting down for half a day.
Lu Yang held Ruan Mian’s hand, stood in the corner, and looked at everyone quietly, with a smile on his face. Although they had worked hard for a few days and did not have a good rest, both of them were in good spirits.
This was the result of their fighting their own battles side by side. They were happy and satisfied.
Shen Cheng and Wang Dali stood nearby, both witnessing a military victory for the first time. They were somewhat new and excited by the experience. Although they didn’t personally go to the battlefield, their participation left them feeling passionate and unable to hide their excitement.
Several soldiers were so happy that they ran around like they had endless energy.
Wang Dali watched the celebrating soldiers and couldn’t help but nudge Shen Cheng’s arm, lowering his voice, “Do they seem a bit lacking in intelligence to you?”
Shen Cheng rubbed his chin for a moment, then turned to him and said, “You don’t seem particularly intelligent yourself.”
Wang Dali: “…” I don’t want to talk anymore.
Lu Yang looked at Wang Dali, who was speechless, and couldn’t help but smile and walked back with Ruan Mian.
Ruan Mian followed him away from the revelry crowd and walked into the quiet corridor. Ruan Mian looked up at his calm face and couldn’t help asking curiously: “Baby Lu, aren’t you excited?”
The soldiers were celebrating, but Lu Yang showed neither excessive joy nor excitement of victory, as if it was just an ordinary thing that happened and that there was no need for any emotional reaction.
Lu Yang raised an eyebrow slightly and said nonchalantly, “It’s alright. After all, beating them was a foregone conclusion and didn’t take much effort. There’s nothing to be excited about.”
Ruan Mian listened to his familiar proud tone and couldn’t help but purse his lips and smile, “Baby Lu, don’t be arrogant, be serious.”
After Lu Yang grew up and matured, although he was not as wanton as before, he still couldn’t help showing his arrogance in front of Ruan Mian, and he was very unscrupulous when he was an Omega.
Although Lu Yang spoke nonchalantly, Ruan Mian knew that defeating the pirates had been his long-term plan. This battle seemed ordinary, but in reality, it was something he had prepared for a long time. Everything was in place, allowing him to achieve victory in one fell swoop. This was the result of four years of accumulated effort and definitely not an effortless feat.
Lu Yang always did more and said less. He looked cynical and didn’t seem to work hard. In fact, he knew what he was doing. He took every step steadily and worked hard to accumulate experience, and only then would he achieve good results.
These pirates were not only the enemies of the empire but also the ones who hurt Lu Zhengwei and almost caused him to lose his life. They were Lu Yang’s biggest enemies.
Ruan Mian knew that Lu Yang had always wanted revenge, which was one of the reasons why he chose to join the army. He wanted to personally eliminate the pirates and catch the people who hurt his father.
If it weren’t for these pirates, maybe they wouldn’t be what they are today, and the Lu family might be different.
Although the outcome now seems good, if there hadn’t been pirates back then, they might not have had to separate for four years. If there hadn’t been pirates, Lu Zhengwei wouldn’t have been left with so much pain and injury.
Although Lu Yang has not mentioned revenge in these years, Ruan Mian knows that he has always kept revenge in his heart and never forgotten it. He has been moving towards this goal and working hard silently, which gives him the motivation to persevere.
Ruan Mian chose to come to Ancheng just to accompany Lu Yang to work hard. The Lu family has done him a favor, and he also wants to do his part for this matter.
He knew how important it was to Lu Yang to eradicate the pirates, so he wanted to share the burden with him. Even if he couldn’t be on the front line, he wanted to protect Lu Yang from behind. What made him feel relieved was that Lu Yang was safe and unharmed.
Now that Lu Yang has personally avenged himself and wiped out all the pirates, Ruan Mian feels that he can’t help but be excited. Now seeing his nonchalant attitude, he can’t help but feel a little strange.
Lu Yang smiled when he heard Ruan Mian’s words, “The proper answer is that I love peace. I will be happy and excited only when there is no war.”
Ruan Mian knew he was teasing him, and couldn’t help but smile, holding his hand and shaking it gently, “Then what is the improper answer?”
Lu Yang licked his lower lip and smiled, “The improper answer… is that I am actually very happy now. When I think of those pirates being beaten to a pulp and having nowhere to escape, I am very happy, exhilarated.”
The pirates almost killed his father and almost destroyed his family, so he naturally hated the pirates in his heart.
He worked hard for four years and was away from Ruan Mian for four years. In these four years, he suffered countless hardships with sweat and blood, and only then did he have everything he has today.
Today, he finally avenged his great enmity, and naturally, he felt exhilarated. This had been his wish for four years. Since becoming a major general, there hadn’t been a single day when he didn’t want to eradicate the pirates. He had been actively preparing, quietly waiting for an opportunity to wipe out the pirates completely. Today, he finally achieved it, so he felt both joyful and relieved.
He was unwilling to show this happiness to others, because no one understood what this victory meant to him; only Ruan Mian understood.
Even though he had never told Ruan Mian about his hatred in his heart, nor did he tell Ruan Mian about his plan, he knew that Ruan Mian understood why he worked so hard and why he left in the first place and would know what today’s victory meant to him.
Ruan Mian couldn’t help showing an expression of ‘I knew it’ when he heard his words and smiled and said: “Baby Lu, why don’t you celebrate with everyone?”
Lu Yang curved his lips and glanced at him faintly, “Tutu, this is the first time we faced the pirates together and the first time we fought on the same warship, so I just want to celebrate with you.”
Ruan Mian’s cheeks flushed; he actually just wanted to celebrate with Lu Yang and share the joy of victory together.
Lu Yang turned his head to look at him and smiled: “Tutu, I performed so well; shouldn’t I be rewarded?”
Ruan Mian nodded vigorously, his eyes clear and bright, and couldn’t help showing an expression of ‘my baby is the best’.
Lu Yang was absolutely indispensable to the successful elimination of the pirates this time, and he deserved the best reward.
Lu Yang saw his proud look, couldn’t help but smile, and lowered his voice and said: “Tutu, I meant that you give me the reward.”
Ruan Mian was stunned for a moment. After thinking for a while, he took out a candy from his pocket, put it in Lu Yang’s palm, and said cheerfully: “I don’t have anything else on me, so I’ll reward you with candy.”
Lu Yang curved his lips, unwrapped the candy wrapper, put the candy in his mouth, and after chewing it for a few times, he pretended to frown and said: “It doesn’t seem sweet enough.”
Ruan Mian looked at the candy wrapper in surprise and said strangely: “I’ve eaten this candy before; I remember it was quite sweet.”
Lu Yang shook his head, “I don’t think it’s sweet enough, not as sweet as cotton candy.”
Ruan Mian smiled, thinking that Baby Lu wanted to eat cotton candy. Baby Lu worked so hard to command the battle, so of course he had to spoil him, and so he agreed without thinking.
“We’re on the warship right now, so I can’t buy cotton candy. When the warship arrives in Ancheng, I’ll buy you some immediately.”
Lu Yang curled his lips and looked at him with bright eyes, “Tutu, have you forgotten that there’s cotton candy here?”
Ruan Mian blinked his eyes in confusion and asked in surprise, “Where are they?”
Warships are used for combat. They only store food for soldiers, no snacks, and no cotton candy. The foods available are only those that can fill the stomach.
Lu Yang put his arms around his waist and pushed him against the wall behind him. He looked at him with bright eyes and whispered, “Isn’t there a fragrant and sweet cotton candy here? This baby wants to taste how sweet this cotton candy is. Don’t you agree?”
He lowered his head and approached Ruan Mian, his eyes fell on Ruan Mian’s lips, and his eyes were burning.
After Ruan Mian realized that he was the cotton candy that Lu Yang wanted to eat, the tip of his ears couldn’t help but get hot.
Lu Yang didn’t give him time to think; his scorching lips pressed against his, moving passionately.
Ruan Mian forgot to close his eyes and slightly raised his gaze to look at Lu Yang, who was so close. He realized that Lu Yang was really tall. With Lu Yang cornering him like this, he could completely envelop him in his arms. If someone walked by from behind, they definitely wouldn’t see him being embraced by Lu Yang.
Lu Yang’s eyebrows and eyes have changed over the years, and they’re still delicate and beautiful. His eyes are narrower and longer than when he was a child, and his nose is more upright. His beautiful lips are so soft to touch, with a hint of sweetness, like they were coated in honey, sweetening one’s heart all the way through.
Ruan Mian unconsciously closed his eyes gently, opened his red lips slightly, and hugged Lu Yang to deepen the kiss.
In the quiet corridor, they kissed each other deeply. This was their reward for victory and the sweetest gift they could give each other.
From time to time, the cheers of the soldiers came from afar; some were cheerful, some were excited, and some were happy… No one knew that their Major General and sister-in-law, in this deserted corner, hugged each other without distinction and gave each other the sweetest kiss.
After an unknown amount of time, Lu Yang slightly moved away from Ruan Mian’s lips, pressed against Ruan Mian’s forehead, and smiled softly, “Cotton candy is so sweet.”
Ruan Mian blushed and leaned against his chest, not speaking for a long time. He felt a bit embarrassed, thinking that he couldn’t always be teased by Lu Yang and blush. He should take the same spirit he had when learning to swear, apply what he learned, and try to tease back.
He made up his mind, cleared his throat, and imulated Lu Yang’s tone just now: “Ice cream is also sweet.”
He was telling the truth. Ice cream was indeed sweet, especially Baby Lu’s ice cream. Although it looked cold at ordinary times, it was sweeter than his favorite candy after melting.
Lu Yang couldn’t help but smile when he heard his words. Not only did he not blush, but he smiled very brightly, with a faint light of excitement in his eyes, even more excited than when he won the victory just now.
“Since you like it, you should try it more. The ice cream is willing to be tasted by you.”
After he finished speaking, his sweet and soft lips pressed against Ruan Mian’s lips again, as if to let Ruan Mian taste how sweet the ice cream was. He gently touched, then left, and just as Ruan Mian breathed a sigh of relief, he kissed him again, like a dragonfly skimming the water.
Repeatedly, never tired of it.
Ruan Mian felt the touch on his lips again and again and couldn’t help but be stunned, “???”
Why did Baby Lu’s reaction differ from what he thought?
Lu Yang looked at Ruan Mian, who was stunned, with a gentle smile in his eyes. Finally, he stopped teasing him, reached out, and hugged him in his arms and kissed him gently.
Cotton candy is so sweet, you definitely want to keep eating it, just like a little rabbit—once you catch it, you can’t let it go.
