The welcome banquet that night went very smoothly, and the air was always filled with a lively and happy atmosphere.

The scientific researchers in the "Miluo Palace" space station do not have any legal holidays, and all kinds of entertainment activities cannot be compared with the current life of the earth, although the working environment, materials and equipment are first-class, but living for a long time will also make people feel physically and mentally exhausted.

The staff here have already experienced this, so in many cases, entertainment is more important than work, because if you don't have fun when you don't feel good, your spirit will fall into a vicious circle of depression and even collapse.

Although Hua Lian personally did not hesitate to be lively, the experience in the "Miluo Palace" also opened his always vigilant heart, which can be said to have entered a long-lost state of relaxation, at this time Hua Lian even began to thank Li Du for his arrangement, and this mission can be regarded as a rare interstellar trip.

After a few toasts and conversations, Hua Lian quietly withdrew from the crowd, her nature is thin and she is happy to drink with the people here, but this does not affect her reason, even in this space station far from the earth Hua Lian will not let down all her vigilance, she suddenly remembered Hugo's evaluation of it, only death will let herself rest completely.

Thinking of Hugo, the corners of Hua Lian's mouth unconsciously hooked a subtle smile.

"Stinky boy. ”

Then Hua Lian Xiumei couldn't help but frown slightly.

When he left the earth to have the last call with Hugo, he found that Hugo's state was slightly wrong, I don't know what happened to this kid, out of women's intuition, Hua Lian felt that things might not be good, but after thinking about it, Hugo has been learning and training in his hands for the past three years, even if he doesn't dare to say that he can be completely independent, but some things will not be bad in handling.

Maybe Hugo, a child who had always been free, suddenly lost his temper because he couldn't stand the school system, and he had already arranged for him to travel to the 23rd arrondissement to recuperate, which might make him feel better.

Hua Lian has always wanted to make herself optimistic, after all, now that she is in the "Miluo Palace" space station, even if she really wants to help Hugo, she can't help her, and she still wants to solve everything one by one after she returns to Earth.

He comforted himself like this in his heart, and at the same time, Hua Lian's mind couldn't help but recall the information he had read before.

The frequent attacks on students, and the unusual fight that Hugo had in which the student named Haruki fell from the roof of the building and escaped unscathed, and the final winner turned out to be Hugo. How to explain this...

"Captain, drinking here by yourself?"

Suddenly, a voice interrupted Hua Lian's thoughts, and Hua Lian turned her head to look, only to see that the person who had come was a researcher named West, who had been escorted by her.

West was the first man to wake up during the previous awakening process, and at this time he was no longer as embarrassed as before, although his face was still showing a pale that was not healthy, but his overall mental state was quite intact.

Vest was already five points drunk at the moment, but he still kept drinking a large glass of vodka in his hand.

Hua Lian had already read some relevant information about West, and knew that this person had no symptoms of alcoholism, but now looking at West like this, Hua Lian unconsciously suspected that the information she was reading had been tampered with.

West also noticed that Hua Lian's eyes were on the wine glass in his hand, and he had already guessed what Hua Lian was thinking, so he raised his glass with a smile and said, "This wine is nothing, I drink more than this when I am thirsty at night on weekdays." ”

Hua Lian smiled lightly and said, "Professor West is really massive. ”

West waved his hand and said: "The amount is barely called, a professor is really not counted, I think I should be the person with the lowest education here." ”

Hua Lian shook her head and said, "No." ”

West reacted immediately when he heard this, and the words he was about to laugh at himself suddenly became words attacking Hua Lian, and at that moment, the old man turned red, and hurriedly explained: "Captain, forgive me, I didn't mean that. I'm a little drunk tonight, that... I'll punish myself with a drink!"

With that, he raised his neck and drank most of the half glass of vodka in his hand.

He also understands West's life and education, West is an expert in anthropology, obtained a master's degree twenty years ago, and could have gone further, but West chose the work project of outdoor exploration and investigation, thus interrupting the improvement of his academic status, although he has published a lot of valuable academic papers in the past 20 years, but he has always been on the verge of not obtaining a better degree qualification, which makes Hua Lian also deeply surprised, in her opinion, West's move is extremely strange, whether it is lazy or indifferent to fame and fortune, it seems to be not close to it, but it is deliberately standing still, this kind of person is the first time Hua Lian has encountered it.

Although there are a large number of physicists, astronomers, scientific and technological engineers and other high-tech staff in the "Miluo Palace" space station, Hua Lian still can't think of any use for anthropologists in this space station.

Of course, the purpose of West's coming to the "Miro Palace" space station Hua Lian is not particularly curious, she knows that there are too many unknown secrets in this world, and there are definitely not a few secrets here, although both Hoover and Chengzi swear that the scientific research projects here are public, but Hua Lian is not naïve enough to fully believe it.

This is the most valuable space station for mankind, and its mission is to explore the truth, and in human society, only knowledge is the most valuable.

After Vest drank all the wine in one go, his face turned a little red, and then he not only smiled: "Happy." I really don't know if he drank this big glass of wine to make amends to Hua Lian or to relieve the alcohol addiction in his stomach.

Hua Lian smiled: "Sir doesn't have to worry about the slip of the tongue at that moment, Sir just didn't meet that standard in terms of degree, but he has completely reached it in terms of academic contributions." The fact that the government has tried its best to let you enter the 'Miro Palace' is the best proof of this. ”

Hua Lian's words were not flattery, she could clearly see that among the three newcomers she led this time, West was the leader of the team.

"Haha, Miss Hua is really exalting me too much. Although West said modestly, it could be seen from the smile on his face that he was very happy in his heart, and his title for Hua Lian changed from captain to Miss Hua.

Hua Lian also smiled faintly and said, "I'm a lot younger than you, you can call me a little pity." ”

For West, Hua Lian has a lot of respect in his heart, and Hua Lian's words made West very happy, and he didn't shirk it at the moment.

After chatting casually, West said to Hua Lian: "Xiao Lian, you escorted us here this time It was really hard all the way, how long are you going to rest and return to Earth?"

Hua Lian said: "There is still plenty of time, and my superiors have not assigned me other tasks in advance, but this is not a holiday trip after all, so I decided to repair here for two days before setting off to return to Earth." ”

West nodded, then tilted his head and said, "It's better to go back early, no matter how good it is here, it's always better to feel down-to-earth." ”

Hua Lian was so shrewd that he quickly heard something strange from West's words, and he smiled: "What's the matter? Sir has been here for less than twenty-four hours, and he is homesick?"

West didn't care about Hua Lian's little teasing, but after hearing the words, he snorted, and his eyes swept around, obviously to see if anyone noticed him here, but seeing that everyone else was drinking and drinking to the fullest, West didn't feel a little relaxed.

At the moment, West smiled: "As the saying goes, the golden nest and the silver nest are not as good as your own grass nest, although it is good here, it is always in the vast space, and it does not have to be the hometown of the earth." Besides, you are only here on a mission, and you belong to a passerby, and I have to work in this big box for five years. ”

Hua Lian was stunned when she heard this, although she knew that there must be a project that West wanted to study, but she didn't expect that West would need to work here for five years in one go, which was not a small number.

The "Miro Palace" project is extremely large, and the number of workers here is also very large, and for the aviation technology that has been very mature by human beings, the round-trip restrictions between the earth and the "Miro Palace" are not large, and the [Picasso] driven by Hua Lian only needs the blessing of two escort planes to return to the earth, and there is an average of one transport spaceship between the "Miro Palace" and the earth every month, if West wants to take a "hitchhiker", it is not difficult.

The reason why Vissett has been here for so long means that it must have a very important plan to complete, such as this kind of national scientific research project, when specifying the project completion plan, it will give as much time as possible, and the work expectations of the participants will be as short as possible. This means that Vester is nominally supposed to be in the "Palazzo Miro" for five years, but in reality he has to work here for much more than five years.

Now Hua Lian finally understands why West is dissatisfied, if he is allowed to stay here for five years, he will not be able to stand it, maybe cosmology experts such as Hoover and Chengzi will be more suitable for the working environment here, but for a person like West who has worked outdoors for twenty years, no matter how large the "Miro Palace" is, it is tantamount to a prison.

After West complained to Hua Lianxiao, he also woke up again, and unconsciously gave himself two slaps in the face.

Shicai himself can be regarded as quick to drink, but it really has no effect on Hua Lian to say these things, and if he is told by Hua Lian to someone who has a heart, I am afraid it will also affect his future work.

At that moment, West burped twice, and then smiled at Hua Lian quite embarrassedly: "Let Xiao Pian laugh, it seems that I really drank too much, I am a good person, but I love to nag as soon as the wine is up, if I say something that Xiao Pian doesn't like to hear, please forgive me." ”

Hua Lian smiled and said, "Everyone is happy today, and it doesn't hurt to drink two more cups." Speaking of which, I don't drink a single drop of alcohol on weekdays, but today I made an exception and drank a few glasses. Although his head was dizzy and chaotic, his heart was very happy. ”

West couldn't hear the meaning of Hua Lian's words, Hua Lian was telling West in disguise that he wouldn't tell his words, please rest assured.

West was pleased with this and admired Hua Lian at the same time, although the other party was young and a person from Rong, but his mind was delicate and his quick thinking was far beyond ordinary people, and he was definitely not a simple brute who would only bury his head and contribute. But after thinking about it, Hua Lian is so young and a woman, and she can do the position of captain at this time, so whether it is family background or personal ability, it will never be bad, and it is not easy to solve this small problem for herself?

Thinking of this, West felt a little ashamed, he had already passed the age of not being confused, and had spent most of his life, but he was not as good as a young girl in some experience reactions, and it seemed that his academic research life over the years had made his ability to communicate with others much worse.

However, these thoughts only flashed in Vest's mind, and after receiving Hua Lian's promise, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and he changed to a more comfortable sitting position and then said: "Xiao Lian, you have become a captain at a young age, and you have a bright future in the future. I wonder which unit you're working in?"

West is a relatively simple person, and he ignores his words and deeds while being excited, and there is nothing wrong with asking an ordinary soldier about his unit, but if the other party is on a special duty, then such an inquiry is tantamount to spying on military intelligence.

And Hua Lian is the executor of Tsukishima's secret mission to the "Miluo Palace", and her identity needs to be kept secret in a special way.

However, Hua Lian also knew that although the mission she carried out this time was confidential, it was nothing to the people here, and Hoover knew his identity if others didn't say it.

At the same time, she also saw that West was a little too simple, and his problem was not to deliberately spy on herself.

At that moment, Hua Lian smiled lightly and said, "I'm from the Holy Church. ”

"Oh, from the saint—" Before the last word could be uttered, West sat up straight, the wine in his head gone.

His eyes widened as he looked at Ward, who only smiled and nodded at the startled Westward.

After receiving Hua Lian's reaffirmation, West finally relieved from the shock, and then he couldn't help but nod his head again and again: "It's not simple, it's not simple. Sure enough, he is young and promising, young and promising. ”

Hua Lian smiled lightly and said: "I really don't dare to be young and promising, I can only say that I am very lucky." With that, Hua Lian turned her head to look at the vast universe outside through the huge floor-to-ceiling window not far away, and muttered, "Here, it's really nothing." ”