After Crossing Over, Chapter 55 : Journey

The late April sunlight, warm and gentle, cast a soft glow in Gu Junwan's study.

In the play of light and shadow, the Alpha's clear eyes brimd with obvious joy and excitent.

Gu Junwan lightly rested her slender hands on the other's shoulders.

Looking at her own face reflected in the other's eyes, she felt imnsely pleased.

The feeling of being cherished by soone she liked made her infinitely grateful that this Alpha had suddenly appeared by her side when she was at her most vulnerable.

The other was like a precious gift bestowed by heaven, and she wanted to cherish it dearly.

Just thinking about this made the Oga's heart lt, but her words were: "Why are you being so silly?"

Shen Han, carrying her while pacing around the room, tilted her head back proudly: "How else would I be your silly Alpha?"

As she finished speaking, they had arrived at a desk.

On the desk lay an open book, half-read, with rows of small annotations written by Gu Junwan in pen.

Shen Han gently set her down to sit on the edge of the desk, then with one hand supporting her waist, picked up the book with the other.

Her Oga's handwriting was elegant yet powerful.

As Shen Han looked at it, she couldn't help but imagine Gu Junwan in her office, pen in hand, reviewing docunts.

She secretly thought to herself: The Lady Empress, cold and aloof in everyone's eyes, is only gentle with , hehe.

At this mont, the Oga trapped at the edge of the desk by the other felt her heart racing.

She wasn't sure if the Alpha before her was doing this intentionally, placing her on the desk edge and then standing directly in front of her, blocking her attempt to close her legs.

It felt strange. No matter how hard Gu Junwan tried not to think in certain directions, so slightly erotic images still involuntarily popped into her mind.

To make matters worse, the Alpha causing all this was acting as if nothing was happening, just staring at her notes.

The desk was quite high, and Gu Junwan's feet couldn't reach the ground.

With Shen Han standing between her legs, she quickly beca embarrassed by this inexplicably intimate posture.

"Silly Alpha!" Gu Junwan snatched the book from her hands, "Put

down quickly."

Hearing the Oga's slightly reproachful voice, Shen Han suddenly realized she might have done sothing outrageous!

Reason told her she should quickly lift the person down.

But when she saw the Oga's ear tips quietly turning red, she felt her throat tighten.

Her feet seed rooted to the spot, unable to move.

The thought that the usually cool and aloof Gu Junwan could show such a coy and charming expression sent a wave of heat through the Alpha's heart.

The gland on the back of her neck throbbed like a second heart, snow cedar quietly erging, seeking its unique cold plum to intertwine and dance with.

Gu Junwan, already feeling sowhat embarrassed, now sensing the oncoming snow cedar fragrance, quickly had her beautiful eyes tinged with a hint of allure.

The Oga's red lips parted slightly, about to say sothing, but were already kissed by the Alpha leaning in.

The crisp snow cedar and elegant cold plum blood simultaneously on their tongues.

As their breaths intertwined, a subtle fragrance wafted through the air.

The Oga's arms had sohow gently encircled the other's neck.

Perhaps because her next heat was approaching, Gu Junwan felt she had no resistance to the Alpha before her.

The other's embrace and kisses gave her imnse comfort and satisfaction.

However, at this mont.

A sudden tremor ca from beneath their feet.

The desk below, the wooden cabinets to the side, and the chandelier above all began to shake in unison.

"Not good, it's an earthquake!"

Shen Han's arms directly lifted the Oga from the desk, taking just a few steps to crouch by the load-bearing wall.

The two pressed against the wall, both sowhat out of breath.

Shen Han's arm wrapped around Gu Junwan's shoulders, her palm steadily protecting the other's head.

The earthquake didn't last long, probably only about seven or eight seconds.

The magnitude was also relatively small; apart from the chandelier swinging quite severely, not a single book fell from the wall shelves.

After the shaking temporarily stopped, the two didn't imdiately run downstairs, in case aftershocks followed.

Gu Junwan let out a soft sigh: "I hope the epicenter wasn't in a populated area."

Shen Han held her Oga in her arms, comforting her: "Don't worry, everything will be alright."

......

It seed heaven hadn't heard the girls' prayers, or perhaps this year's fortunes weren't favorable.

Barely halfway through the year, disasters had already struck various parts of the planet.

But compared to other countries' locust plagues, floods, and sky-obscuring wildfires, the Free Federation's situation was relatively better.

Earlier, so remote cities in the Northern District experienced severe sandstorms.

The Southern District had several earthquakes.

Although the destructive power wasn't great, the Federation's citizens still couldn't help feeling sowhat anxious.

Just a few days ago, a relatively strong earthquake occurred in the western edge of the Third and Fourth Districts where the north and south et.

It happened to coincide with overnight heavy rain, causing that area to suffer quite severely.

Gu Junwan, following the advice of the senators, prepared to personally visit the disaster area to comfort the affected people.

Under normal circumstances, the Empress's travels would be planned 1-2 months in advance.

Relevant special service departnts would also conduct on-site inspections.

But given the current special circumstances, this trip didn't have such thorough preparations.

Of course, safety and security were still the top priority.

In addition to regular security, 30 mbers of the guard team would accompany her, taking on the role of bodyguards, staying close to Gu Junwan.

The day before departure.

Ma Haoyu was about to return to the dormitory to check his luggage once more when he was suddenly pulled aside by Ning Xi.

Seeing her constipated expression, the short guy imdiately beca a bit nervous.

"What's wrong? Suddenly discovered you've got hemorrhoids?"

Ning Xi glared at him irritably, her heart full of words she didn't know how to express.

In fact, ever since she discovered Shen Han and the Lady Empress's secret relationship two months ago, she had been feeling like 'the only sober person among drunks'.

Now hearing that the guard team would accompany the Lady Empress on her trip, she was filled with a secret excitent.

That's why she wanted to share with the short guy; otherwise, she felt she might burst.

"Haoyu, I have a little secret in my heart, but I'm not sure if I should tell it or not?"

Hearing Ning Xi speak like this, Ma Haoyu turned to leave.

"Oh, if it's a secret, then you probably shouldn't casually tell it around."

"Hey! Wait a minute!" Ning Xi grabbed him, "I'm not telling it around, I'm trusting you, aren't I?"

"Well, it's about the captain, so do you want to hear it or not?"

Ma Haoyu's eyes imdiately lit up, and he took out a cigarette to offer her: "Try telling . Just don't say anything too explicit, okay? I can't handle that well."

Ning Xi took the cigarette, deftly twirling it between her fingers.

She lowered her voice and chuckled, "Do you know who the captain's mysterious Oga girlfriend in the base is?"

Ma Haoyu was briefly stunned, then looked around and whispered back, "It's the Lady Empress, isn't it? Don't tell

you just found out?"

Hearing this, Ning Xi was imdiately dumbfounded.

"No way? When did you find out? Wait, that's not right! How can you be so calm about it?"

Ma Haoyu reached out to take back the cigarette from her fingers, put it in his mouth, and leisurely lit it.

"This story goes back to the Consort incident at the Maocheng Hotel in New Li Country a year ago."

At the ntion of 'Consort', Ning Xi felt she could barely breathe.

She pressed her temples, looking at the short guy blowing smoke with a complex expression: "Slow down, I can't handle too much at once."

......

The disaster area was in a remote location, not fully covered by electromagnetic infrastructure.

Moreover, it involved the territory of the Third Northern District.

Therefore, the Empress's party did not arrive by warship or hovercraft from the air.

They disembarked from a military aircraft in a dium-sized city, then transferred to vehicles to head to the disaster area.

Under the police deploynt, the other 29 guard team mbers were on standby in armored escort vehicles.

Only Captain Shen Han stayed by the Empress's side, sharing an executive bulletproof car with her.

Xu Zhao sat silently in the front passenger seat.

The driver was a beta, the sa one who was Gu Junwan's dedicated driver at the base.

Everything seed to have returned to that night when the Jiying Empire delegation visited.

The difference was that the person chatting with Gu Junwan that night was now sitting beside her.

Shen Han sat upright on the right rear seat, her peripheral vision constantly drawn to Gu Junwan.

The Oga beside her looked sowhat tired, having closed her eyes and leaned back in her seat for the past half hour.

A few strands of black hair fell across her temples, accentuating the Oga's small, translucent ear tips.

Shen Han's palms, resting flat on her legs, half-clenched into fists.

She couldn't help thinking: If only that beta driver wasn't there.

She could help her girlfriend tidy the stray hairs by her ears, and even hold her in her arms to let her rest more comfortably.

She seed to have been especially busy these past few days, she must be tired.

Just as she was thinking this, the convoy began to enter the mountain road.

The consecutive hairpin turns on the winding road caused the car body to sway due to inertia.

Although the driver had reduced the speed to a minimum, the rear passengers could still clearly feel the left and right swaying.

Xu Zhao was worried that her Lady Empress might get carsick.

So she turned her head and asked softly, "Your Majesty, I have motion sickness dication. Would you like so?"

With Special Assistant Xu's setup, Shen Han also quickly turned to carefully examine Gu Junwan's face.

Sure enough, there was a tiny sheen of sweat on the Oga's forehead.

Shen Han felt a pang in her heart and was about to reach out to take the motion sickness dication from Xu Zhao.

But Gu Junwan had already spoken: "No need."

Her clear, lodious voice echoed in the car's interior.

As if giving everyone's ears a massage.

Then, Gu Junwan shifted slightly to the side, gently resting her head on Shen Han's shoulder.

Caught off guard by this, the Alpha's entire body instantly tensed.

She sneaked a glance at the two in the front seat, and seeing they didn't have much reaction, she finally relaxed her grip on her trousers slightly.

Xu Zhao, acting as if nothing had happened, stuffed the motion sickness dication back into her bag.

Then she straightened up and continued to look at the scenery outside the window.

The beta driver held the steering wheel steady with both hands, his gaze straight ahead, expression solemn.

However, the little person in his heart was covering his face and screaming uncontrollably: Ahhh! Is the Lady Empress resting against that Alpha? Or did my last turn throw her too hard and cause all this?

Help! Have I learned too much? And how can Special Assistant Xu be so calm?!