CHAPTER 80

"Hmm okay, I'll go wash up then." Ye Lianyin nodded, and took her clothes into the bathroom.

Seeing her go in, Qin Zhaoci hurried back to her room to wash up, then went downstairs quickly, prepared some fruits and nuts, and brought them to the attic.

When Ye Lianyin came out of the shower, Qin Zhaoci was wearing the same style of black pajamas, and was waiting for her at the stairs.

"You also bought the couple's style." Ye Lianyin looked down at her white pajamas and raised her eyebrows.

Qin Zhaoci pretended not to understand: "It just happens to be a set. Let's, let's go upstairs and look at the stars."

Qin Zhaoci dragged Ye Lianyin's arm and pulled her upstairs.

The attic is only about two meters high, and all the white tatami covers it. In the center, there is a small coffee table with fruit plates and nuts that Qin Zhaoci has just cut.

The three walls facing each other are all made with bookshelves against the wall, where agricultural books are placed.

Ye Lianyin took a brief look, and then sat down on the cushion beside the coffee table.

Qin Zhaoci pressed a switch on the wall, and Ye Lianyin heard the sound of the machine activating. The originally closed roof suddenly opened, revealing the bright starry sky through transparent glass.

"Wow, seeing it with my own eyes, it's much more beautiful than the pictures." Ye Lianyin leaned back on the tatami mat and gazed intently at the colorful stars scattered in the pitch black night sky.

"Yeah, it's beautiful. because of the thought that the starry sky of Pastoral planet is beautiful that I asked the real estate company to make a starry sky roof." 

Qin Zhaoci forked a piece of Hami melon with a fork and handed it to Ye Lianyin's mouth, naturally looking up at the sky.

Ye Lianyin opened her mouth and bit and chewed it, and the familiar juice instantly filled her entire mouth, She squinted with satisfaction and asked, "Can you plant Hami melon? How many do you plan to plant?"

"I can plant more. Hami melons have a short sowing and ripening period. Why? Do you really like them?" Qin Zhaoci followed, propping her head with her hand and tilted her head to look at Ye Lianyin.

Ye Lianyin nodded: "Yeah, I like this fruit, as well as watermelon, I also like it very much."

"Then what you like happens to be fruits that can be harvested quickly." Qin Zhaoci smiled and lay beside Ye Lianyin, "Don't worry, the fruits and vegetables at home will last longer in the future." 

"I will probably prioritize planting some fruits that can be harvested quickly for now, and sell some after harvesting to see how the results are."

"Mm, there will definitely be a lot of people buying them." Ye Lianyin nodded, "By then, there might not be enough to meet the demand."

"That can't be helped, I can't really produce so much for the time being." Qin Zhaoci shrugged, and then changed the topic, " I've been thinking about opening a store lately."

"Opening a store? What kind of store?" Ye Lianyin turned over and looked at Qin Zhaoci, a little curious.

"Well... a milk tea shop." Qin Zhaoci tilted her head, "I plan to rent a small shop next to the Imperial Academy, and then customize a few small robots. You can help me write the setup program when the time comes."

"Okay, but what do you mean by milk tea?" Ye Lianyin looked at Qin Zhaoci's words with some curiosity.

Qin Zhaoci smiled and shook her head: "It's a secret, I can't tell you for now, but when the store opens, you can be my first customer." 

"What, so mysterious." She curled her lips, "Then you have to prepare a cup of the best one for me."

"Okay, I'll make it for you myself." Qin Zhaoci curved her eyebrows and eyes, gently lifting her hand and helping Ye Lianyin gently remove a strand of hair from her face.

Ye Lianyin looked into Qin Zhaoci's gentle eyes, her heart skipped a few beats in an instant. After a moment of silence, she looked at Qin Zhaoci and asked curiously, "Qin Zhaoci, why are you so kind to me?"

Qin Zhaoci blinked: "Do you really need a reason when someone is kind to you? You are also very kind to me."

Ye Lianyin stared into her eyes for a few seconds, then slowly closed her eyes, and muffled: "Hm, what you said is quite right." 

Just like that, the two of them lay on the tatami mat, chatting, and both of them closed their eyes then fell asleep without knowing it.

As the night grew darker, the night slowly faded away. As the stars moved, a ray of sunlight shone through the clouds, slowly passing through the glass on the rooftop and shining on Qin Zhaoci's eyelashes.

The long eyelashes under the sun reflected the faint light, and a moment later, it slightly trembled twice. Qin Zhaoci slowly opened her eyes, and subconsciously wanted to raise her hand to block the sunlight.　

But she seemed to feel an obstruction in her right hand. She turned her head and found that Ye Lianyin had run into her arms at some point, with her hands on her waist and her head resting on her arms.

And her other hand was also wrapping around Ye Lianyin's waist, the posture between the two was very intimate.

Qin Zhaoci was slightly flustered by the scene in front of her, and her first reaction was to be afraid that Ye Lianyin would say that she had taken advantage of her when she woke up.

But looking at her peaceful sleeping face in front of her, she couldn't bear to pull her hand back to wake her up.

Just like that, Qin Zhaoci raised her left hand, looked at Ye Lianyin's eyelashes, and curiously touched and prodded them with her fingertips.

After touching it, Ye Lianyin did not wake up. Qin Zhaoci slowly moved down and lightly touched the tip of her nose. Finally, her finger slowly landed on her lips, followed by Qin Zhaoci's gaze.

After washing up last night, Ye Lianyin took off her light makeup.

The lips in front of her have a very natural pink color, which is a very standard M-shaped lip. They are three-dimensional and plump overall, with obvious lip peaks and beads, and the corners of her lips are slightly upturned, looking very kissable.

Thinking of the first kiss that passed without feeling anything last time, Qin Zhaoci blinked her eyes, slowly approached, and carefully pressed Ye Lianyin's lips.

After a brief taste, Qin Zhaoci slowly retreated with a hint of panic and licked her lips subconsciously.

At the tip of her tongue, she felt a faint sweetness, and she didn't know if it was the sweetness of last night's remaining Hami melon or Ye Lianyin's own sweetness.

Just as Qin Zhaoci was slowly feeling the kiss, Ye Lianyin's eyelashes trembled slightly, but quickly regained her composure.

After lying with Ye Lianyin for a while, Qin Zhaoci also found that it was getting late, so she carefully picked up the pillow next to her and put it on Ye Lianyin's head before slowly pulling out her arm, which had already become numb.　

The indoor temperature is constant, and Qin Zhaoci is not worried that Ye Lianyin will catch a cold. However, before leaving, she carefully raised the temperature two degrees and closed the open ceiling.

After the sound of Qin Zhaoci's footsteps gradually disappeared, Ye Lianyin, who was still "sleeping", quickly opened her eyes, sat up straight, raised her hand to lightly touch her lips, her eyes were full of joy.

If she was just a bit skeptical before, now she seems to be completely sure that Qin Zhaoci, this woman, seems to be in love with her as well.

.....

"You're awake." Ye Lianyin went to her room on the second floor to change her clothes and wash up before slowly going downstairs.

The kitchen in the living room is an open kitchen. When Ye Lianyin went downstairs, Qin Zhaoci saw her as soon as she looked up.

Thinking about the fact that she stole a kiss from Ye Lianyin this morning, Qin Zhaoci still felt a bit guilty at first glance at her.

After quickly looking away, Qin Zhaoci took the initiative to introduce: "I fried soft-boiled eggs, and I want to make beef noodles today, Would you like it spicy?"

"Beef noodles?" Ye Lianyin nodded as she had never tasted this before." Did you buy beef?"

"Ah, yes, I bought some when I came here." Qin Zhaoci thought that there are animals such as cows and sheep in this world, but they look a little different from the types on Earth.

The people in the Empire were basically ignorant of cooking, so the beef and mutton they made were not delicious. That's why, Qin Zhaoci is  not worried that Ye Lianyin will noticed she is not using beef from the Empire.

Ye Lianyin, who has never eaten it before, must try it, and nodded, "Mm, I want something spicy."

Twenty minutes later, Qin Zhaoci brought out the prepared beef noodles, her plating was also quite presentable, with the loose eggs placed squarely on the right side of the bowl, and a few small cabbages on the left side.　

"This cabbage is grown in the field of Pastoral planet's land, I have tried it, the flavor is really good." Qin Zhaoci handed the chopsticks to Ye Lianyin.　

Ye Lianyin took a bite of the cabbage first, then ate the noodles, and nodded, "Mmm, it's delicious. The cabbage is delicious, and the noodles are also delicious."

"Hehe, it's good that you like it." Qin Zhaoci bent her eyes, seeing Ye Lianyin eating so happily, her own mood brightened up a lot.

After breakfast, the housekeeping robot went to clean up the dishes. Ye Lianyin looked at the time, turned to look at Qin Zhaoci, and said hesitantly, "I'm leaving around two o'clock in the afternoon."

"Huh? So fast?" Qin Zhaoci said with some reluctance, "Can't you leave later?"

Ye Lianyin shook her head: "I came with the Ye family's spaceship. This time, the spaceship is delivering goods to various planets, and it should be almost finished by now. They will probably come to pick me up at two o'clock."

"Okay." Qin Zhaoci pursed her lips in frustration, "Then I'll prepare lunch for later, at least you'll leave after lunch."

"You don't have to do it this early," Ye Lianyin shook her head, "I just finished eating, just do it later, let's watch TV for now?"

"We should be able to search the TV station of the Empire here, right?"

"Hmm, it should be possible." Qin Zhaoci nodded and turned on the TV.

As soon as the TV was turned on, An Rixi's face appeared, dressed in a black ladies' suit, standing in front of the camera and smiling at the reporter.

Ye Lianyin subconsciously turned her head to look at Qin Zhaoci, Qin Zhaoci hurriedly shook her head and explained: "I haven't watched this TV until now, and I don't know how she appeared, look, this, this is financial news ."

Qin Zhaoci hurriedly pointed to the subtitles on the TV to explain.

Ye Lianyin naturally knew what was going on, and looked at the news on TV about An Rixi's joining An's Group, and frowned slightly: "Is she going to work for the An's Group?" 

Qin Zhaoci nodded: "Yeah, it seems so, I'm not quite sure."

"You're not sure? Aren't you familiar with her before?" Ye Lianyin glanced at her suspiciously. Last time, she even saw this An Rixi talking to her in a bar.

Qin Zhaoci quickly shook her head: "That was already in the past, I don't remember it for a long time, but I did meet her a few times, and she also tried to get close with me. Of course I refused directly, I used to be stupid, I am not now."

After listening to Qin Zhaoci's explanation, Ye Lianyin's expression softened a bit.

After a moment, Qin Zhaoci was a bit curious: "But why did she make such a big fuss about joining the An Group to work?"

"Because she entered the group as an Omega and held an important position, it's a big news for the Empire." Ye Lianyin said, her eyes filled with sarcasm as she had already seen this situation before.　

Looking at Ye Lianyin's expression, Qin Zhaoci suddenly realized that Omega seemed to have been deprived of many important rights in the Empire.　

Omega could not entrust the pheromone research institute to develop artificial pheromones to survive the estrus period, Omega don't have the right to decide what to do after pregnancy, and Omega's job search is often restricted because of their gender.

When a group is deprived of its social status in society, the words of their resistance is irrelevant.

 Qin Zhaoci vaguely felt that she should do something, because she didn't want Ye Lianyin, who was so capable and like a diamond, to be unable to do what she liked because of her unchangeable gender. She wanted her to have the right to decide her own life .

But what changes can she make? Qin Zhaoci has not found a direction yet.

.....

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Ye family's spaceship landed on Pastoral planet on time. Ye Lianyin hugged Qin Zhaoci lightly, waved her hand, and soon disappeared from Qin Zhaoci's sight.

Qin Zhaoci looked at the spaceship gradually disappearing into the sky, turned her head to look at the endless open space around her, gritted her teeth, and officially entered her work.

With the help of the robot, Qin Zhaoci's reclamation and planting speed is now a little bit faster. According to the soil environment and changes in temperature, Qin Zhaoci has removed a lot of fruits suitable for growing at this temperature from the space.

Looking at the cultivated land scattered around her small western-style house, Qin Zhaoci felt a sense of achievement.

But this is far from enough. Qin Zhaoci planned to find professional materials and send people to build greenhouses and control temperature and humidity artificially after returning to the Empire.

Qin Zhaoci also placed many small fish and shrimp in the scattered lakes of Pastoral planet, and set up programs to allow robots to regularly feed the fish.

She used materials from the space to build a small warehouse made of steel near the western-style house, where she placed fertilizers and fish food.

In addition, she also threw some grass seeds in an open field, wanting to see if a piece of grass would grow here after a while.

After completing these tasks, it has been half a month since Ye Lianyin left. During this period, Qin Zhaoci would make video calls to Ye Lianyin every day after finishing her busy schedule.

She also became more and more determined that her feelings for Ye Lianyin were not just a whim, but she liked it very much, to the extent that as long as she could see her every day, she would be satisfied.

"Tomorrow is the school celebration, can you come back?" Ye Lianyin looked at Qin Zhaoci with anticipation in her eyes.

Qin Zhaoci nodded: "I'll be back on time. I'll go directly to the auditorium to see your performance. Oh, by the way, do you need someone to do your styling? You'll perform tomorrow, right? So the styling must be done."

"Mm, that's true, can you give me the contact information of the stylist who did your styling last time, and I'll go to his place to do it." Ye Lianyin thought of Qin Zhaoci's appearance for the banquet last time.

Qin Zhaoci shook her head: "No need, I'll just call him directly and charge it to my account. I'll send you the address of the styling studio later, and you can go directly." 

"Okay, that's fine too." Ye Lianyin nodded, and did not refuse.

The next morning, Qin Zhaoci rode a motorcycle to inspect the area and found that the fruit trees transplanted from space were growing well. Only then did she confidently board the spaceship heading for the Empire.

After getting off the spaceship, she hurried into the car where Sun Sui came to pick her up, and went straight to Imperial Academy.

The Imperial Academy celebration party starts at 5 pm, and by the time Qin Zhaoci arrived at the Academy, it was already 4 pm.

When she was about to get off the car, Qin Zhaoci glanced at a storefront near the entrance of the Imperial Academy, and pointed out: "Secretary Sun, please help me buy that storefront, and then ask an interior designer to renovate it. I plan to open a store here."

"Open a store?" Sun Sui blinked and didn't know what Qin Zhaoci wanted to do again, but she still mentioned that she could do it as soon as possible. "How long will it take to get it done?"

"Within half a month." Qin Zhaoci blinked her eyes. "Give me the designer's contact information by then, and I'll dictate the design."

"Okay." Sun Sui nodded. After Qin Zhaoci got off the car, she quickly contacted the person in charge here to indicate her intention.

After getting off the car, Qin Zhaoci walked into the Imperial Academy and found that the Imperial Academy today is indeed much more lively than in the before.

On both sides of the main road are small stalls set up by students, selling some handicrafts, and some volunteers leading the community to introduce them.

There are also many flowers in the school, decorated with colorful light strips, which look much more lively than before.

Even after attending classes here for so long, Qin Zhaoci hadn't been to the school auditorium yet, so she immediately ask a volunteer for directions. After confirming the location, she walked to a surveillance blind spot, and after a moment, she came out with a large bouquet in her hand.

A light strip was also wrapped around the bouquet. Qin Zhaoci turned off the switch, holding a flower in her hand that others could not tell what kind, and quickly headed to the school auditorium.

By the time she walked into the auditorium, it was already crowded with people.

The first two rows were undoubtedly for the leaders of the Imperial Academy and members of the royal family.

Sitting in the third, fourth and fifth rows were the heads of the companies that cooperated with Imperial Academy. Qin Zhaoci took a few steps forward and saw several familiar figures sitting in the third row.

It was her two mothers, Qin Zhongying and Rao Antong, and Ye Lianyin's two mothers, Ye Yufeng and Song Xinchu. Beside the four of them, Ye Yici was sitting alone.

Seeing these familiar people, Qin Zhaoci stopped, hesitating whether she should go forward and sit down beside them.

"Qin Zhaoci, you're here too?" Suddenly, a person walked by Qin Zhaoci's side, "Oh, you're here to see Ye Lianyin's performance."

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