0p0 Chapter 821 The Dawn of the Dawn
Chapter 821 The Dawn of the Dawn
The sound of "clicking" keys came from the rest area. Xiao Jingan was looking at the tablet boredly, fiddling with a stress-relieving toy in his hand.
The night is still dark outside the window, and the dawn is still lurking below the horizon, reluctant to show up.
Lu Xi floated over like a wandering soul, then collapsed onto the sofa like a puddle of mud, letting out a long sigh.
"Huh—I'm finally done. I'm about to fall apart."
Although I don’t have any back pain, I always feel like a hollowed-out rag doll.
People really can't be idle for too long. I used to stay up late every day to watch TV series and read books without feeling tired, but now I work in the middle of the night and my eyelids start to droop.
She tilted her head and glanced at Xiao Jingan, only to see that he was still full of energy. She couldn't help but mutter sadly: "It's great to be young..."
Although the dark circles under his eyes were a bit darker than when they met first half of the night, as if he had been punched twice.
Xiao Jingan gently pushed the freshly brewed warm water over and couldn't help but chuckle when he heard it.
"Sister, you're joking. Aren't you still young? You'll always be eighteen years old." There was a hint of sarcasm in the gentle voice.
He remembered that in his own world, women of this age would have already married and raised children, but here, a girl of Lu Xi's age was still living a free and easy life.
It's strange to say that since the two worlds established contact, many modern concepts have quietly influenced them.
The most obvious thing is that the emperor's uncle, despite pressure from important ministers, resolutely revised the law - not only postponed the marriage age for women by a full five years, but also explicitly prohibited marriage between close relatives.
Thinking of the funny looks of those old ministers in the court, Xiao Jing'an's lips just raised a smile, but it quickly faded.
Some past events shrouded in dark clouds came to my mind like a tide - the eldest cousin who died young, the third cousin who died before she was one year old, the second sister-in-law who died twice after eight months of pregnancy, and the cousin who had a medicine bottle in her hand since she was a child and is still bedridden... Alas.
Lu Xi laughed out loud at Xiao Jingan's words. She closed her eyes and slumped over on the sofa, mumbling incoherently.
"That's right, you're absolutely right. I'm still young and will always be eighteen."
As long as you keep your mind young, wrinkles will never catch up with you.
"Okay," she struggled to sit up and rubbed her sleepy eyes. "It will be dawn in two or three hours. It's time to go upstairs and rest."
He yawned loudly and said, "Your room... Ali showed you around, didn't he?"
Xiao Jingan thought of the bedroom he saw a few hours ago. The layout was different from that of the palace, but it was inexplicably warm and comfortable.
"Yeah," his eyes curved gently, "I like it very much."
"I'm glad you like it." Lu Xi waved her hand lazily, "Let's go. If you don't sleep now, you'll have to practice cultivation again tonight."
The road leading to the second floor is now extremely busy. Lu Xi put on a business-like smile and nodded to the researchers who were in a hurry.
Because there are goods from the Orc Plane tonight, researchers from many departments have changed their shifts early and are waiting to receive the goods.
If it wasn't a necessary route, she really didn't want to cross this "area of burning gazes" - the gazes of those people in white coats could stare holes through her and the beautiful young man in ancient costume beside her.
"Hurry up, hurry up," she urged in a low voice, feeling that someone would rush over with a measuring instrument in hand at any second. "Don't meet their eyes."
Xiao Jingan was amused by her exaggerated expression and couldn't help but quicken his pace.