Previously, the Federation didn’t have any television channels for song requests.
But now, it did.
Because the number of songs was growing, Jiang Qin had suggested that Tianwen Entertainnt take one of its lower-rated television stations and turn it into a dedicated song-request channel.
Requesting a song only cost Ten Star Coins, and you could even include a ssage with your dedication.
Ever since this channel launched, many people had used it to express the words hidden in their hearts.
For example, soone with a secret crush requested the song "Confession Balloon" for the person they liked.
The host, in a voice like a gentle spring breeze, read the submitted ssage with deep emotion.
Jiang Qin was in the living room with her males, watching this new channel.
After listening, a few of them got ideas.
"Ahem, Qinqin, I’m going to the bathroom." Cang Hong was the first to slip away.
Next was Long Hao. "I don’t think I brought my clothes in. I’ll go upstairs and check."
Everyone: ... ’That excuse is so flimsy, he can’t even act it out convincingly.’
"I... I’ll go get Qinqin a glass of water..." Shi Lichuan said, blushing as he headed for the kitchen.
Yun Xie watched them speechlessly, then simply took out his Light Computer, tapped it a few tis, and sent his ssage.
Lan Yuyan was still very weak, so he hadn’t been going to work recently. He had just stayed at ho, contacting his father to set up this song-request channel.
He didn’t bother with an excuse, either. He just smiled and contacted the host directly to request a song.
As for Yuan Ling, he didn’t even need to open a Light Computer. He just fiddled with his watch twice, and the ssage was sent.
Jiang Qin saw right through them but didn’t say a word.
She sat on the sofa with a grin, waiting to hear what songs they had each requested.
Unexpectedly, the very next song was dedicated to her.
The host’s gentle, lyrical voice announced, "Our next song is ’Unfulfilled Love,’ requested by a Mr. Yuan for Miss Jiang."
He says: "I don’t understand love, so I don’t dare to make our relationship clear, and I’m afraid of doing so.
"Please give a little ti. Let’s be content with how things are for now."
At so point, Yuan Ling had also quietly left. Jiang Qin deliberately pretended not to notice, afraid he would be embarrassed.
She had always known he didn’t like crowded places. Or rather, he wasn’t fond of socializing.
She also understood that he liked her, but he hadn’t yet resolved to overco his ntal barriers and beco intimate with her.
That was why she had never gotten too close to him.
She just quietly kept him company.
Their current dynamic was the most comfortable one for them both.
However, Jiang Qin was certain that he would beco her sixth partner.
As for Long Hao, on the very night they landed in the Federation, he had watched her like a hawk as she used her Light Computer to submit their marriage application.
Things like ceremonies and atmosphere were all fleeting clouds to him. He only cared for things he could tangibly possess.
...
Jiang Qin had originally thought that her partners didn’t have any unspoken words hidden in their hearts, but after listening to all their song requests, she discovered that they, too, had things they couldn’t bring themselves to say.
Even the stubborn Long Hao had his awkward, roundabout monts.
That day, the rooms upstairs were all quiet. They were too embarrassed to co down.
And Jiang Qin ca to understand them more and more.
To be honest, the more people there were in her ho, the more she admired those females with multiple partners.
’How do they even manage to give everyone attention?’
’Is it because they divide them into two types?’
’For example, half are marriages of convenience, and the other half are marriages of love.’
’They don’t talk about feelings with the partners of convenience, and they don’t talk about benefits with the partners they love.’
’But for soone like her, whose partners were bound by both benefits and emotions, there was always so much to consider and worry about.’
But she... relished every mont of it.
「 」
The days passed, one by one. The family lived together, and they slowly found a dynamic that was comfortable for everyone.
As for competing for her affection, it was completely impossible.
Jiang Qin was an absolutely fair person.
She spent one day with each of them, unwavering, with no exceptions.
Long Hao had tried to pull his old trick, using the excuse of not feeling well to try and get preferential treatnt.
He did get so special treatnt, as Jiang Qin ca over imdiately to check on him.
But when she ca, she also brought Cang Hong, whose turn it was to be with her that day. In the end, the three of them stayed in one room and listened to several songs.
Once she was sure he was feeling better, Jiang Qin took Cang Hong back to her room.
Long Hao didn’t dare pretend he wasn’t better, because the most likely outco was that she would just set up another bed and hold a vigil for him with Cang Hong...
So he could only glumly say he was fine.
The battle for her favor had no room to even begin.
Sotis, Long Hao suspected that if Jiang Qin’s other partners had married another female, they would have probably been pushed aside and forgotten by their female master long ago.
After all, aside from Cang Hong, they all seed to have adopted the persona of being aloof and indifferent to worldly matters.
But after spending more ti with them, he ca to understand: their way of not competing was, in itself, a form of competition.
Yun Xie’s seemingly indulgent behavior was a front; in reality, everything was under his control. And Lan Yuyan, despite seeming gentle and soft, never ca out on the losing end.
Shi Lichuan had low self-esteem, but he was loyal and devoted to Jiang Qin. With her protecting him, no one could take what was his.
Needless to say, Cang Hong was a master tattletale. Long Hao didn’t dare provoke him.
He would actually go crying to Jiang Qin, spilling all the details of how Long Hao bullied him, and then Yun Xie would punish him!
As for Yuan Ling... well, Long Hao didn’t consider a male who wasn’t even officially a partner yet to be a rival.
Jiang Qin found it quite entertaining to watch him run around causing trouble every day, constantly provoking Yun Xie and the others, only to be teased by them in return.
However, Lan Yuyan’s health was a constant weight on her heart, like a heavy stone.
Finally, on the seventh day after Yun Xie and the others had returned, a ssage arrived from his doctor friend.
The friend asked them to co to his studio, so early in the morning, Jiang Qin took Lan Yuyan and Yun Xie to a research institute in the suburbs of the next city over.
...
The doctor friend Yun Xie knew was a male with short, light gray hair.
He was very tall, around two point three ters, and looked quite burly from a distance. He also wore a pair of black-frad, antique-style glasses.
Noticing Jiang Qin glancing at his glasses a couple of tis, he smiled and said, "I read in a history book that most scholars in ancient tis wore glasses like these, so I had a few pairs custom-made.
"However, these aren’t glasses, but a biological scanner."
He then led the three of them to his workshop and perford a physical examination on Lan Yuyan.
"I’ve basically finished analyzing the components of the venom and the corresponding Antidote Potion that Yun Xie gave earlier."
As he spoke, he displayed the list of components for them to see.
There were many things on it that Jiang Qin didn’t recognize. Of course, Yun Xie and the others couldn’t identify everything either, since they weren’t experts.
"Although I’ve identified most of the components, there are still three key extracted ingredients that I haven’t been able to match with any known extracts."
"Therefore, these three things are likely from organisms that have not yet been cataloged. It will be very difficult to identify them."
After all, there were far too many uncatalogued organisms in the Interstellar.
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