Chapter 751 - 770: Objects of Remembrance (Looking at Photos Together)
Chapter 751: Chapter 770: Objects of Remembrance (Looking at Photos Together)
The moment the call ended, the smile on Jiang Qiuqiu’s face vanished.
She had kept up a lively front during the conversation because she didn’t want Mo Si’s mood to worsen.
But—
His return was delayed.
Something that had remained unchanged for 20 years was suddenly different.
’Why can’t he come back?’ She opened the Star Network and began to search meticulously.
In all previous years, the troops stationed at the Pole would be withdrawn in rotations only because the insect tide had receded and the Insect Race had entered hibernation.
’So this year, the insect tide hasn’t receded? The Insect Race hasn’t gone into hibernation?’
A thousand thoughts raced through her mind, but being away from Mo Si, there was nothing she could do.
Her gaze distant, she opened her cloud storage and found a picture she had secretly saved.
It was from the New Year’s Eve of their first winter together. He had braved the snow to come to Starry Sky Wander, his hesitant, waiting face captured by the security camera at the entrance.
’He’s gotten thinner.’
-
Perhaps lovers were just that in sync. Mo Si was also looking at a photo.
He was looking at the one he took when he had turned back after their first parting.
A picture of Qiuqiu in her panda pajamas.
...
The ears that had drooped when the video call ended had, at some unknown point, perked up again.
His fingers gently caressed the protective sleeve over the photo as he sighed.
’When will I ever get to go back?’
-
After that day, Jiang Qiuqiu wasn’t in a good mood.
Worry always has a way of draining one’s energy.
However, she kept up with her training. After all, she wanted to become stronger.
Yet, on her single-minded path to becoming stronger, a rather romantic rumor suddenly went viral within the Federation University community.
[BREAKING: Heard the ace from both the Mecha Single Soldier System and the Healing System got together with the Mecha Department’s Chosen One.]
[???]
[WTF, when did this happen?]
[An insider says it was apparently the Chosen One from the Mecha Department, surname Huo, who confessed his feelings.]
The rumor even came with pictures.
There was the picture from that day’s livestream of Huo Jia showing up and ’longingly’ staring at Dorm 501.
There were also a few photos of Huo Jia and Jiang Qiuqiu together.
The photos showed no signs of being photoshopped. You could see her and Huo Jia walking together on a small path, both looking at each other, clearly in conversation.
There were also pictures of her and Huo Jia training in the training room.
And a few shots of Huo Jia waiting for her next to a recovery pod.
It was all quite thorough.
Some of the pictures even had captions, explaining how Huo Jia was usually an ’ice prince’—a lone wolf who didn’t like to talk to people.
So, a lot of people found it very cute.
[Wow! This actually looks a little sweet!]
[Geniuses like to hang out with other geniuses, hehe.]
[Why did I have to scroll past this, boohoo, so jealous!]
The general sentiment and comments were all positive, but Jiang Qiuqiu still felt offended.
’Who is the person who made this post?’
’Do they even know the truth? How could they just publish a post like that on social media?’
...
’That person’ already liked to search for her name through all sorts of weird channels.
’He’s all alone out there. He’d be furious if he saw this.’
So, Qiuqiu quickly logged into her own account. After verifying her name, she went directly to the post and left a one-sentence comment: [Student Huo Jia and I are just ordinary friends.]
She dealt a fatal blow to the crack shippers.
[Alright, the actual person showed up to deny the rumor. Closing this thread.]
[Aaaah, and here I thought it was sweet. Didn’t realize the post was fake.]
[I was just about to say it’s fake. As far as I know, the ’female lead’ has a boyfriend, you know...]
[OP, can you please check the facts before you post a bunch of photos and spin a story? Talking recklessly like this causes real problems for people.]
OP: [Just got back from class and saw all the replies... I’m so, so sorry. I’m really sorry for speaking without knowing the full story. My apologies to Student Jiang and to everyone. I’ll delete the original post right now!]