at the same time.

Navigator space station.

Liu Peiqiang was lying on the single bed, quietly in a daze.

Only when the sun's rays from the aviation window 700 million kilometers away crossed his face again did he reveal a smile.

He sat up from the bed, his shaved beard and clean haircut made him look particularly energetic.

He picked up a marker and drew a circle on the glass of the hatch window facing Jupiter.

After putting on the simultaneous interpretation headphones, when he turned around and prepared to get out of bed, Makarov reached out and handed over a glass bottle.

"Happy retirement, buddy! Hehehehe~"

Makarov's awkward Chinese pronunciation made Liu Peiqiang smile slightly.

Reaching out to take the bottle, he opened the bottle curiously and smelled it.

The pungent smell of alcohol rushed straight into his nose, causing Liu Peiqiang to shake his head and said with a smile.

"I'm retiring soon, and I don't want to lose my insurance in my later years. But if you give it to me, I will accept it and give it to my son when the time comes. It will be treated as a gift~"

Makarov next to him heard Liu Peiqiang's words and couldn't help but say.

"If Gagarin's generation knew that you had brought back the vodka he had worked so hard to bring from Blue Star, I think he would fight you tooth and nail!"

Makarov is a native of White Bear Country, and he speaks fluent White Mandarin. However, under the simultaneous interpretation headphones, he was translated in real time into the Chinese he is familiar with. Even the tone and accent did not change, as if he was Makarov.

Love learned Chinese generally.

And similarly, in Makarov's ears, Liu Peiqiang just spoke fluent Bai Mao Mandarin. The two of them spoke different languages, but they could communicate without any hindrance.

"And, your son, to be honest, I really envy you. Not only can you retire safely, but your genius son is highly respected by scientists in our White Bear Country. Look!"

Makarov pointed at the Youlong series Fuxi armor hanging on the wall.

"Did you hear that this series of armors was a birthday gift he gave you?"

"Thanks to you, now that we have these Dragon Warrior armors, we can go out to do maintenance work. It's like an outing."

As he spoke, Makarov bumped into Liu Peiqiang, who was getting dressed, and continued speaking to Liu Peiqiang in Chinese with an erratic accent.

"Is this what you Chinese say, a tiger father has no dog son?"

Liu Peiqiang put the bottle of vodka into the cabinet.

In fact, he accepted the bottle of wine because he knew that if the wine was returned, Makarov, an alcoholic, would definitely not be able to help but secretly take a few sips while working. For his safety and the safety of the space station, he planned to accept a bottle of wine.

A bottle is a bottle.

Hearing Makarov praise Liu Qi, he smiled heartily, turned around and punched Makarov, and then said.

"Then just wait until you retire in three years and go get one yourself!"

"Oh, no, Qiang! You know me, the only thing I can live with for the rest of my life is whiskey! Oh~ praise the whiskey!

"

Makarov issued a single declaration.

Indeed, for this drunkard, whiskey is his wife, and this sentence is correct.

Liu Peiqiang shook his head, too lazy to talk about this drunkard, and turned around to go out.

"Are we going to enter the orbit of Jupiter today?"

"Yes, we have made preparation requirements for the No. 3 emergency plan."

"I always feel uneasy"

"There is no way. We have to use Jupiter's gravity to accelerate the blue star out of the solar system. We must take this risk."

"Qiang, don't worry, God will bless us"

"In our place, we have to pray to the Bodhisattva"

"Humph, it's the same anyway. Once you pass this hurdle, you can retire safely."

"Stop! Don't set a flag on me, just let me go!"

"Hmm hum hum~"

This is Makarov's cheerful laughter.

After arriving at his post, the engineer who replaced him was waiting here.

"Morning!"

After Liu Peiqiang said hello to him, he inserted his ID badge into the punch hole of his post.

"Ding~ Check in successfully"

Then, he took the new engineer and Makarov to start daily inspections.

During the inspection, he carefully explained the key points of the inspection work to the new engineer.

In fact, this engineer has been working on the space station for five or six years, and he generally understands these things. However, the handover procedure still needs to be completed normally.

"This is the last item of the daily routine inspection. I have also told you some important parameters of concern. Are there any questions?"

When Liu Peiqiang returned to his post again, it was already two hours later.

"there is none left"

Chen Wei nodded and said that he had memorized everything.

"Then let's make a handover."

Liu Peiqiang smiled.

In the past ten years, although his contact with his family has become less and less, he feels much happier than he did in the first two years.

After opening up the knot with his family, he has endless motivation every day on the space station, just to retire early and go back to see his family.

not to mention.

Liu Peiqiang saw the dragon armor passing by outside the hatch window.

Just like Liu Qi said, he has always been by my side.

After taking a final look at the ID tag, Liu Peiqiang locked it in the card swiping area, operated the system, and turned on the permission transfer.

"The handover process for Liu Peiqiang's departure is in progress. Please verify the identity of the person changing the post..."

Liu Peiqiang took out his identity card and gave up his position.

Chen Wei didn't need him to remind him, he just stepped forward and put his ID card in the card swiping area.

"Confirmation of identity of changing personnel, Lieutenant Chen Wei, hello, please confirm whether the handover procedure for leaving the post is normal?"

"yes"

"Please make sure you are familiar with the job functions?"

"Sure"

"Is there a formal job handover?"

"yes!"

"The changing of the guard procedure is starting...Hello, Lieutenant Chen Wei, your position information has been updated, please leave the post for the final handover!"

After the job change process was completed, Chen Wei withdrew his ID card and nodded to Liu Peiqiang.

Seeing that the changing of the guard process was over, Liu Peiqiang felt as if a certain burden he had been carrying on his back suddenly disappeared, and a relaxed and happy feeling spread throughout his body.

He stepped forward again and locked in his identity. This time he didn't need to confirm it. The final resignation procedures were already being carried out automatically.

"The handover procedure for Liu Peiqiang's departure has been completed!"

"Lieutenant Colonel Liu Peiqiang"

"As of today, you have been dormant for a total of twelve years and three days, and you have been on duty for a total of five years and fourteen days. Thank you for your hard work over the past seventeen years."

"Congratulations, you can leave your post and go home tomorrow."

After hearing these last words, Liu Peiqiang took a deep breath.

Seventeen years, two years of surface training and simulation, and fifteen years of working in space. In order to protect the blue planet in front of me, I persisted for seventeen years!

Now, I can finally retire...

As Liu Peiqiang's handover was completed, surrounding colleagues and staff passing by gave him applause.

Everyone had a blessing smile on their faces.

Liu Peiqiang turned around, stopped his posture, and gave a military salute to the people around him in response.

"Brother, we will meet in Blue Star three years later. Go back and spend time with your son. After all these years we have only been able to have video calls, it's time for a hug!"

Liu Peiqiang's face was full of emotion. Looking at the colleague who had been getting along day and night for nearly ten years, he felt a sense of reluctance in his heart. The expression he showed was naturally extremely complicated.

Relaxation, anticipation, reluctance, sentimentality.
To be continued...