Jiang Ping went straight back to his office in the command building and sat down. Although Betty didn't know what was going on with the other party, she followed in and stood aside.

Jiang Ping glanced at her and ordered: "Betty, I need a detailed information about the MX112 planet, including various planetary data, geographical topography, geological deposits, development and evolution, etc., the more detailed the better, if there are relevant research articles, it is better." ”

Betty thought that the other party had called her to come, something important, but after listening to him, she was relieved. It was just a small matter, and she was happy to serve something that didn't involve a power struggle, so much so that she was caught between the other party and Temur.

At that moment, she agreed, and she was about to turn around and go out to deal with the matter that Jiang Ping had confessed.

Jiang Ping stopped her again at this time and said, "By the way, also, you go and help me call Sergeant Cathy, and say that I have something to talk to her." ”

Looking for Cathy?

Betty's face flashed with a strange color, but she didn't say anything, answered, and saw that the other party didn't have any more instructions, so she went out and left.

When Betty arrived, Cathy and two other assistants were busy in front of some huge astrometer instruments, doing the day's routine measurement and recording of the void and stars.

"Sergeant Cathy, busy!" Betty stepped forward and greeted the other with a smile.

Cathy was looking down and fiddling with a star measuring instrument, when she heard Betty's voice, she looked up, saw Betty smiled and said, "Betty, morning, what's the matter?" ”

She knew that if there was not something, the other party should not come to her at this time.

Betty got straight to the point and said, "Cathy, Second Lieutenant Jiang is looking for you, please go to him!" ”

"Second Lieutenant Jiang looking for me?" Cathy looked puzzled, looked at Betty and asked, "Betty, do you know that Second Lieutenant Daojiang is looking for me because of something?" ”

Betty shook her head and said, "Second Lieutenant Jiang didn't say it. ”

He added another sentence as he spoke. "It shouldn't be a big deal." Second Lieutenant Jiang had just returned from a patrol outside. ”

Cathy said with a hint of sarcasm, "I heard about it." The second lieutenant has been gone for several days. ”

In the past few days, Jiang Ping's "disappearance" has also been discussed from time to time at the base, and in the hearts of the soldiers at the base, there is another comment on this new commander, that is, he is idle and does not do his job.

Betty didn't pick up the other party's stubble, after all, she didn't want to talk about her top boss behind her back. Argumentative pointers.

After a pause, Cathy said again: "Okay, Betty, I'll go later, just in time to report to Second Lieutenant Jiang." ”

After Jiang Ping took office, she never took the initiative to report to work. She didn't think it was good, so she took this opportunity to make up for it.

Now that Temur is in power at the base, she knows very well about the matter of fighting openly and secretly with this second lieutenant Jiang, but she is not ready to wade into this troubled water, neither will she offend Temur for Jiang Ping, nor will she offend Jiang Ping for Temur, and she will not be offended. Maintain the independence of the work of the station. It's the principle that she upholds, Cathy.

Judging by some of the things that have been heard, of course. In this battle between the two sides, she was not optimistic about the second lieutenant Jiang who was about to be elevated.

But in any case, the other party is still the nominal base commander, and if he finds himself, he still has to give this face.

After finishing the work in hand, Cathy took a few working documents from the star measurement station, walked over to the command building, entered the building, and went straight to the door of the commander's office on the top floor.

She thought Betty would be there, but she didn't see the other party's shadow. Maybe the other party is at Sergeant Temur's place now?

Cathy didn't know why she had such a thought in her heart, shook her head, stepped forward and knocked softly on the door.

"Come in!"

With a soft cry from the owner inside, Cathy pushed the door open and walked in.

Jiang Ping was sitting on the big leather chair behind the desk at the moment, waiting for Cathy's arrival, when he saw her walk in, with a few smiles on his face, he got up from his seat and greeted her.

"Sir!" Cathy stepped forward and gave a formal military salute.

"Sergeant Cathy, please be seated! What do you like to drink, coffee, tea, or something else? Jiang Ping let the other party sit down on a set of sofas in the room, and then asked.

Cathy could see that this Second Lieutenant Jiang's attitude was not bad, and it stands to reason that the other party was her own commander, so there was no need to be so polite.

However, if you are courteous to others, you must ask for something, and Cathy still has a little vigilance in her heart. Although the other party is polite, she will not give up her principles because of this, if the other party wants to win her over and deal with Temur, it can only disappoint the other party.

"Just some coffee, Chief Xie Lu." Cathy said.

Jiang Ping made the other party a cup of hot coffee, and then sat down on the sofa on the other side.

He came to the other party this time, naturally with his purpose. The station is responsible for interstellar observation of the surrounding star fields, which is continuous every day for many years. In the long-term observation, you may be able to find something abnormal and provide yourself with some clues to answer the question of the abnormal radiation intensity of life energy in the surrounding airspace.

But it's not good for him to ask directly, so as not to arouse any suspicion on the other side.

"Sergeant Cathy, how is the work of the Star Survey Station lately, and is it going well? If there are any difficulties or requirements, you can tell me, and if you can solve the problems, I, the commander, will definitely not refuse! Jiang Ping said with an oath.

Hearing the other party's all-encompassing words, Cathy almost couldn't help but burst out laughing, and secretly said in her heart: Doesn't he know that he has now been overtaken by Temur and has become a de facto puppet? What problems can he help the station solve? Even if the Star Observatory really had any needs and difficulties, she thought it would be more practical to go to Temur than to find the other party, the commander of the light pole.

Although she secretly slandered herself in her heart, of course she would not say it, raised her eyebrows slightly, and said: "Thank you for your concern, the star measuring station is working normally now, if there are any difficulties or needs in the future, I will definitely come to the chief, and I hope the chief will not be annoyed at that time." ”

Jiang Ping waved his hand and said, "Of course." If you have any needs or requirements, although you say that the work of Star Survey is very important, the base will definitely do its best to support you. ”

Listening to the other party's non-stop blank checks, Cathy was even more vigilant in her heart, afraid that the other party would say the next moment to win herself over and deal with Temur, she didn't want to get caught up in the fight between the two.

She picked up the document in her hand and began to report to the other party the work of the recent star measurement station.

What she reported was some daily trivial work, and it did not involve any major events, and she kept saying a large number of paragraphs of various observations about the void and stars, and these data were piled up, which was undoubtedly very boring, and if you listened to it for a long time, I was afraid that it would make people sleepy.

She originally thought that the other party would be very impatient to listen, but she found that the other party seemed to listen very seriously, and sometimes when she heard something unclear or a term she didn't understand, she would interrupt herself and ask carefully.

Seeing the other party's situation of "humbly asking for advice and not being ashamed to ask", Cathy was even more suspicious in her heart, she didn't believe that the other party really listened to her report, and the other party is now putting on such an open listening and interested posture, is it that she is deliberately selling for herself, just to win herself over? If that's the case, it's really hard enough for the other party......

However, he is destined to disappoint the other party, and it is impossible for him to get involved in the fight between the other party and Temur.

Cathy thought to herself.

Originally, she intended to shorten the content of the report as much as possible, but now seeing that the other party "attaches importance to concern" so much, her occupational disease can't help but commit, and she begins to talk at length.

This led to the fact that the report that she had planned for more than ten minutes at most and would end in more than twenty minutes actually took more than an hour!

Finally, when she finished reporting the work in her hand and looking at the past time, Cathy came back to her senses in horror, smiled apologetically at Jiang Ping opposite, and said apologetically: "Sir, I said too much, did I delay you too much?" ”

Jiang Ping waved his hand, signaling that the other party didn't have to mind, and said: "No, Sergeant Cathy, what you said is very good, even if I, a person who didn't know much about star survey work before, but after your story, I am now suddenly open, understand many things that I didn't understand before, and have a deeper understanding of the content and importance of star survey work." ”

Cathy listened, no matter whether what the other party said was true or not, she suddenly felt a sense of gratitude and a sense of meeting a confidant.

After a pause, Jiang Ping began to turn the topic to the real purpose of his finding the other party today, and asked casually: "Sergeant Cathy, you have been serving in the base for a short time, right?" ”

Cathy replied, "Yes, Cathy has been here for eight years. ”

Jiang Ping nodded and said, "So, Sergeant Cathy, in the eight Chinese New Year's Eve of round-the-clock observation, have you ever noticed some unusual anomalies or abnormal star phases in the surrounding airspace?" ”

Cathy was stunned for a moment, and said, "Unusual anomalies, abnormal astrology?" Sir, I don't know what you're talking about, but you know that the universe is still very mysterious to human beings, there are many mysteries to solve, and there are abnormal situations, but they can also be regarded as ordinary cases. ”

"Yes!" Jiang Ping glanced at the other party deeply and said, "Sergeant Cathy, an abnormal situation is an abnormal situation, and we must pay enough attention to each abnormality." If you think about it, there may have been some strange and unusual astral phenomena, but you have forgotten or ignored the past. Such as comet transits, meteor showers, nova explosions, auroras, abnormal planetary orbits, etc. (To be continued.) )