Arc 6
The Queen’s Male Pet (2)
After Ye Chen gave in, Lu Liang became well-behaved.
Ye Chen despaired for herself. She waved helplessly. “That’s it. Chase after Ming Hao.”
Everyone stepped back and went after Ming Hao. Only Lu Liang and Ye Chen were left in the room.
Lu Liang maintained the posture of kneeling on the ground, staring at Ye Chen with bright eyes. His sincere eyes were full of “Bixia, I am yours” and “Bixia, please come and spoil me.”
Ye Chen held back for a long time and finally said, “Get up. ”
Lu Liang got to his feet obediently. Ye Chen heaved a sigh, “Leave.”
“Bixia doesn’t want me?” Lu Liang showed an alarmed expression, Ye Chen closed her eyes, enduring not to look at him. “I don’t like you acting like this. You were originally trained as an assassin, weren’t you? Just continue your training, don’t bother me.”
“No, Bixia, you must be lying to me!”
Lu Liang rushed up and held Ye Chen’s hand, shocking Ye Chen dumb.
Was Lu Liang this courageous before? If she were the original owner, believe it or not, Lu Liang would already be a dead man now!
“Bixia, look,” Lu Liang stated seriously, “I have offended you, but you have not killed me. Doesn’t this mean Bixia dote on me?”
I dote on you…?
You call this doting?!
Ye Chen suddenly discovered that this Villain was too much for her to handle.
Ye Chen soothed her restless heart. She opened her eyes and examined Lu Liang carefully.
“Lu Liang,” She caressed his face, her eyes earnest, as if she were an honest monarch who could not be more upright, “I never thought about letting people like you and Ming Hao be my Male Pets.”
Lu Liang was taken aback. His eyes showed surprise, along with some trepidation.
Ye Chen could understand his thoughts. For Lu Liang, the Queen’s love was related to his fate. His life and death were in her hands. Ye Chen’s love was something he must get. Any dissatisfaction of hers may be the cause of his death.
Ye Chen felt sore in her heart. Realizing the Villain always threaded carefully for his life, she could speculate the hardships he endured for so many years.
She was reluctant to retract her hands, so she kept the indifferent look of a superior looking at the inferior. Her voice was flat, “You and Ming Hao are the pillars of this country. I hope you can learn, grow, and then serve the country. I don’t want you to limit to be a Male Pet.”
“You don’t have to be afraid of me, and you don’t have to disguise yourself in front of me. You tell me, from the bottom of your heart,” Ye Chen approached him as if casting some magic, “What do you want?”
Fate.
The idea flashed through Lu Liang’s mind.
He wanted Fate. He wanted to be able to control his own destiny. He wanted to be able to change his future through his own efforts, rather than being born to fulfill a role, to serve others, to be someone else’s cushion, to be destroyed for others.
But these ideas stayed in Lu Liang’s heart. He looked back into Ye Chen’s eyes with a calm gaze.
He removed all the disguises. The delicate affections that were deliberately pretended were lost. The man brought a kind of amazing beauty like fine jade.
Ye Chen noticed that, at this moment, there was only her in his eyes. She listened to him replying word-by-word, “Since Bixia became the master of Lu Liang, Lu Liang has sworn that in Lu Liang’s life, Bixia is Lu Liang’s God.”
“Whatever Bixia gives to me, I want it. Whatever Bixia wants from me, I give it.”
Hearing this, Ye Chen didn’t make a sound. Her heart was complicated.
It’s like this every time.
Every time, this person would say something like this to her. When she heard it, she would always feel happy and joyful. But, this time, she hoped that he could live a better life without saying such words.
For his good, he shouldn’t fall in love with someone who was doomed to leave.
Ye Chen slowly spoke, “Then, I hope you don’t think of me as your God.”
Lu Liang was stunned. Ye Chen put her finger on his forehead, “Lu Liang, I hope you can have your own life and dream. You deserve to have your own value, try to realize it and strive for it. I hope you can grow into a good man.”
“You should have your own dreams in this vast sea of stars. You should love your life and others. You should experience the joy of this world. Protect the weak and become a hero.”
Ye Chen’s voice softened in each word, looking at Lu Liang tenderly. She tried her best to be as indifferent as possible, but when describing Lu Liang’s future, she couldn’t control the love and admiration in her heart.
“Lu Liang,” she declared, “You’ll be a hero.”
Lu Liang was silent.
The other party’s affectionate and gentle eyes shook his mind.
He abruptly understood why he would fall in love with this woman in his past five lifetimes.
Even if he had no memories, even at different times and places, he would easily fall in love with her again.
Lu Liang shut his eyes, stabilizing his emotion. He wouldn’t repeat the same mistake.
He adjusted his state. His speech’s speed was unhurried. “Bixia seems to be very different from usual.”
“Because,” Ye Chen fished out the reason she prepared in mind. “I hope you can become my confidant.”
Lu Liang only looked at her, waiting for her to continue.
Within this close proximity, Ye Chen’s mind stuttered to work. So, she stood up and walked to one side. She sat down and spoke plainly. “Do you know how difficult it is for me to sit in this position?”
Lu Liang came to her side and respectfully poured her tea.
Ye Chen reviewed the situation of this body and analyzed it to Lu Liang. “I am the monarch of this country, but Prime Minister Ye Wen is the real controller of this country. He wants me to stay as a good puppet. He never wants me to be a good monarch.”
“My existence should be like that of a mascot, or a statue of God in a temple for everyone to worship. I don’t need to hold any power, as long as everyone believes that I have power, love my people, and give the people spiritual comfort, that’s enough.”
“I’m surrounded by his people.” Ye Chen glanced outside, “but I don’t want to live like this anymore.”
“So Bixia means,” Lu Liang pondered and speculated, “You choose your confidant in the guise of choosing a male pet?”
Ye Chen approved, “Yes. In fact, I fancy you and Ming Hao. I want to put Ming Hao beside me and let him be my escort in the name of a male pet and work for me. As for you, I will create a situation in which people think that we have discord. Then, you can take refuge in my enemy side and cultivate yourself, go to their army and start to climb up from there.”
“You will be an excellent officer with great power. Ming Hao will be an excellent guard and assassin.”
“Lu Liang,” Ye Chen stated seriously, “My expectations for you are much greater than Ming Hao. ”
Lu Liang let out a smile. He replied innocently, “But, I just want to stay by Bixia’s side.”
Like Ming Hao, stay by the Queen’s side and fascinate her to fall head over heels for him, let her make all exceptions for him. Then, secretly contact the hostile forces of the Queen and proceed with everything with the help of the Queen’s love. Attain the highest level and rise to the top in one step. In the end, even the throne would be handed to him who has a different surname from the royal family.
What is ‘doting’? That is.
What ‘let him be a spy and climb up to be an excellent officer’? It’s all deception to deceive others. He would be a fool to believe it.
Wanting to keep Ming Hao by her side, it was nothing more than because Ming Hao was the Male Lead of this world.
Wanting to cultivate him by the enemy’s side, it was nothing more than because he was the Villain in this world and needed to be reformed.
To put it mildly, the nature of her duties was no different from that of a prison guard.
He was momentarily moved by that sliver of gentleness. He was sober now.
However, somehow, there was a faint cry in his heart, protesting against him.
She is not like that.
She is an especially kind girl, not someone like that.
He raised his hand to hold Ye Chen’s hand. He conveyed earnestly, “Bixia, I sincerely hope to stay with you. I can do what Ming Hao can do. I also can do what Ming Hao can’t do.”
Ye Chen didn’t reply. Lu Liang knelt in front of her on one knee, holding her hand as if he was proposing. He softly spoke, “Please promise me, my Bixia.”
Ye Chen was hit hard by this.
38 held Ye Chen and encouraged, “Host. Hold on! We can pass this hurdle!”
“Pass… Can’t pass…….”
Ye Chen pinched her bloody nose in her mind. She lifted her head above, “I can even give him the entire galaxy now.”
38, “……”
Why did it have a host like this.
38 was disheartened.
Seeing Ye Chen not talking, Lu Liang pondered.
Why did Ye Chen refuse him? Because he occupied Ming Hao’s original position?
No, the original Queen chose Lu Liang and Ming Hao as male pets, so both he and Ming Hao frankly should be her male pets, but this Ye Chen insisted on Ming Hao alone.
So, it was not because he occupied Ming Hao’s place. It was because she deprived him of this place.
Why?
Lu Liang squinted his eyes, carefully figuring out Ye Chen’s intentions.
Does she want to completely cut off his wings?
If that’s the case……
“666, can I change my target?”
“What?”
666 blinked foolishly, “Host, what do you mean?”
“I think this person also has a system. She has a completely different objective from us. It’s too hard for me to capture her heart. So, if I change my target, the difficulty should be lower, right?”
“Yes…” 666 struggled, “But your path won’t be as smooth as this path. After all, as the queen, she has resources unmatched by others. Moreover, if she really has a system, there are extra points for capturing her. ”
“Extra points?”
Lu Liang curled up the corners of his mouth, “Then I want to ask, you said that my ultimate goal is to counterattack as Villain. How do you define this counterattack?”
“That is, to be someone like the Male Lead. With women, status, money, and admiration from thousands of people! In the case that the Male Lead becomes your follower, it will be perfect!”
“If I have women, money, status, and everyone’s admiration more than the Male Lead but I die early?”
“That… counts……” 666 answered with some guilt.
Lu Liang nodded, “I see.”
“Host,” 666 tremblingly asked, “What are you going to do?”
“Nothing,” Lu Liang smiled. “Just, love her with all my heart.”
666, “……”
That answer made 666 even more afraid
Lu Liang had a plan in mind. He lifted his head and looked at Ye Chen, “Bixia, you still prefer Ming Hao to stay by your side and I to go by the enemy’s side, don’t you?”
“Yes……”
Ye Chen didn’t dare to look Lu Liang in the eye.
Lu Liang nodded, with a look of “I understand.”
“Okay. I promise Bixia.”
“Whatever Bixia wishes me to do, I will do as Bixia wishes.”
Lu Liang bowed his head and kissed the back of Ye Chen’s hand. He stood up and bid a “good night” before turning to leave.
“Wait,” Ye Chen called him. “You can sleep here.”
Lu Liang was dazed, but then soon realized Ye Chen’s real meaning.
She created an image of an obscene and tyrannical monarch for Prime Minister Ye Wen. She had called the male pet in, so naturally, she would not let him out at night.
Lu Liang smiled, but his words were opposite from his smile, “Doesn’t Bixia want to create an illusion of discord with me so I can take refuge on the enemy’s side as a spy? Just say that I didn’t serve Bixia well, and order someone to cane me to death.”
“As long as the person who beat me uses a light strength and dumps me into the corpse pit outside the palace city, I can proceed from there myself.”
“No, that’s too cruel…”
“If the punishment is not cruel, how can it appear realistic? ”
Lu Liang hung the sword used for decoration on the wall on his waist. He angled his head to look at her, “Bixia has killed a lot of people over the years in order to cover up herself. Why won’t Bixia pretend to do so with Lu Liang?”
With his words, if Ye Chen was still reluctant to punish him, then that was either admitting that she likes him or giving her cover away.
Ye Chen felt that she had dug a big pit for herself. In fact, initially, she intended to send Lu Liang away after two random hits.
Based on Lu Liang’s ability, if he was not a male pet, he would rise to the top without hindrance.
His wings wouldn’t be broken off. He wouldn’t be tortured by Ye Chen nor would he lose his true nature. He wouldn’t end as a blackened Villain.
Leaving “Ye Chen,” Lu Liang would have a better future.
As a death guard[1] trained for “Ye Chen”, he would only experience numerous torture. He should thrive elsewhere.
Ye Chen hardened her heart and finally relented, “Fine!”
As soon as the voice fell, Lu Liang kissed her!
Ye Chen’s pupil dilated. Lu Liang held her face and his kiss was close to biting.
His eyes were obscure. Ye Chen closed her eyes and her body trembled.
She wanted to struggle, but he overpowered her. He turned over and pressed her on the bed, pulled down her clothes, and left mottled red spots on her neck.
Then he raised his head and smiled. He calmly reminded, “Bixia can ask someone to punish me. ”
Ye Chen panted and didn’t speak. Lu Liang traced his finger to her lower abdomen, “Or… does Bixia want to continue?” ”
“Someone!”
Ye Chen cried out. Lu Liang’s eyes became slightly cold. The guards rushed in. Lu Liang covered Ye Chen with a quilt and displayed a frightened expression. He knelt on the ground and spoke with a trembling voice, “Bixia…”
“Drag him out!”
The shame was clear in her voice, “Cane him to death!”
“Bixia!”
Lu Liang abruptly raised his head, clueless as to where he offended her. Ling Yu gave the guard a glance. The guard moved and dragged Lu Liang out. Lu Liang desperately begged for mercy. Ling Yu stepped forward and saw Ye Chen sitting behind the bed curtain.
Ling Yu rolled up the curtain carefully and asked softly, “Bixia, what happened?”
When Ye Chen faced him, Ling Yu saw Ye Chen holding on to the torn cloth of Lu Liang’s clothes, with a slight wound on her red lips. The blood beads on the wound looked like a red pomegranate stained with dew. People couldn’t help but want to kiss it and eat it up.
Ling Yu’s expression darkened. He maintained his smile, “Did he hurt Bixia?”
“Mn.” Ye Chen closed her eyes, appearing a little worn out. “Withdraw.”
“Chen obeys.”
Ling Yu withdrew in response.
The moment he left the room, Ling Yu’s countenance was bad. He strode straight to the cell where Lu Liang was being tied to a stool. Ling Yu came to Lu Liang and glared coldly at him.
“Where did you touch her?”
Lu Liang raised his head to meet his gaze. Ling Yu ruthlessly squeezed his chin. “I ask you, where did you touch her?!”
“Lord Chamberlain,” Lu Liang said with affirmation, “You have unscrupulous thoughts for Bixia.”
“It’s not an unscrupulous thought,“ Ling Yu scowled. “She is mine from the start.”
Lu Liang was silent. The thin blade fell between his fingers.
His?
Lu Liang sneers, who is he to dare say she is his?
With Lu Liang unresponsive, Ling Yu spun around and commanded, “Kill.”
Before the sound of the command died out, Lu Liang had cut off the rope with the thin blade of his fingertip. He rose to his feet and chopped off the throat of the person next to him. His next target was Ling Yu!
Ling Yu reflexively retreated but Lu Liang had caught him by the neck and slammed him against the wall. His voice was haunting, “Ye Chen is not yours, she is mine.”
Ling Yu gaped in horror. The cold blade slashed across his artery. The alarm blared through the whole palace within a second. Lu Liang smashed the window glass with a punch and leaped out.
As a first-class assassin, Lu Liang did this set of moves well, swift and ruthless.
Reaching the ground, he dashed into the forest.
666 noticed that Lu Liang was a bit wrong. After Lu Liang completely ran out of the forest, 666 warily poked, “Host? ”
Lu Liang didn’t reply. He put away all his weapons and stood beside a big tree. He took a deep breath. The fragile silence was destroyed when Lu Liang swung his feet hard on the big tree. After a few wild kicks at the tree, the dissatisfaction in his heart surged up and he cursed, “Fuck! ”
“Host…” 666 didn’t know whether to ask it or not, but in the end, still asked in a cautious manner, “You… Are you jealous?”
“Shut up.”
Lu Liang glared at her at once.
666 immediately reacted with a zipping motion on her mouth. Lu Liang vented for quite some time before he felt much more comfortable in his heart.
He unexpectedly felt that promising Ye Chen this plan was a mistake. With all sorts of evil-doers around her, how could he leave her alone?
But……
Lu Liang felt his way of thinking was strange. What did it have to do with him if there were all sorts of evil-doers around her?
He pursed his lips. He set back his weapons and resumed acting according to the plan.
Ye Chen was way too wary of him now. His constant presence would only further arouse her vigilance.
What he had to do now was to shape the image of a loyal dog in front of her. Ye Chen owed him so much. With what he understood about her, more or less, she would feel guilty. As long as he showed a litte affection and served her unswervingly, Ye Chen would undoubtedly soften up to him.
Money, status, women, and the admiration of thousands of people.
Only after he beat Ming Hao in these four aspects would he succeed in his counterattack.
So now all he had to do was to make money and gather power!
Lu Liang started to create a plan in his mind. Ye Chen’s biggest political enemy was Ye Wen, so he…would take refuge in Ye Wen’s side.
Lu Liang did exactly as he planned. He directly executed it and went to find a way to get close to Ye Wen.
While Lu Liang started his journey for money and power, Ye Chen was in a helpless situation.
She stood in the morgue, eyes darting at the five bodies lying in the morgue. She expressionlessly said, “Say, is this Lu Liang’s work?”
“Yes.”
“Counting the times before and after you went in, it was less than a minute. Yet, he is able to kill so many?”
“Yes…”
“What is your use!?”
Ye Chen roared and everyone bowed down. In her heart, Ye Chen gave Lu Liang a standing ovation.
As expected of her Villain. So awesome!
However……
Ye Chen really wished to arrest this man and scold him.
If you want to go, just go! Why kill so many people?! Yes, everyone in the world is in a precarious situation and in imminent danger of death, but can he not act like a professional killer?
“He is a professional killer.” 38 casually added, “Have you forgotten how he grew up?”
Ye Chen, “……”
She felt that she should stay with Lu Liang to educate him properly.
Stay with Lu Liang, maybe Lu Liang would fall in love with her and his life would turn into a tragedy.
But, if she didn’t stay with Lu Liang to educate him, how could she make a professional killer love the world…….
Sigh.
It’s quite difficult.
Ye Chen sighed again. She suddenly wanted to catch Lu Liang back and discuss with him whether he could change his career, such as… a priest?
Still, she couldn’t catch him back. A professional killer with escaping as his forte, how could she catch him back?
Lu Liang escaped.
Ming Hao escaped.
Ye Chen’s task was forcibly suspended.
She took up the Queen’s burden and began to approve documents and did official business day after day.
The main star of the Yadong Galaxy, or the planet equivalent to the capital, was Blue Star. Every fifth day at 9 AM, there would be a conference on the Blue Star. On that day, almost all officials above the municipal level would appear, discussing and voting on all proposals submitted on the first day.
Ye Chen observed those officials every day. Once there was a new face, Ye Chen would mull over whether this person was Lu Liang or not.
People in this era had unmatched plastic surgery skills. It would be hard to guarantee that Lu Liang didn’t make any changes to his face.
As a result, she observed for several months and found no sign of him at all. She also didn’t have any news on Ming Hao. Her task progress remained at 5% forever and it made Ye Chen frustrated.
Fortunately, 38 didn’t urge her. Anyway, after it had 5,000 points and much energy, it experienced the feeling of a poor farmer getting rich overnight. It deemed itself pretty rich.
After nearly a year of muddling, a group of rookies had been promoted. Lately, Ye Wen promoted a large number of officials. Ye Chen was not pleased with it, but she could only agree.
All in all, the current situation was not fit for her to compete with Ye Wen.
Ye Wen had three legions under him, and Ye Chen only had two. When it comes to fighting power, Ye Wen had an overwhelming advantage. The only thing Ye Chen had an advantage over was probably the orthodox bloodline of the royal family running in her veins.
For the Yadong Galaxy people, they always hold to their monarch as a belief. They believe that if a country had a strong monarch, its development speed would be much faster than that of any other political system. Therefore, once the monarch ascended to the throne, the people would unconditionally stand on the monarch’s side.
However, recently, Ye Wen attempted to get the people to accept the presidential system, which was obviously paving the way for his rebellion.
Ye Chen was pressured by Ye Wen in every step she took, but she was not flustered.
She had known that the Musen Galaxy would attack the other two galaxies in three years. She would take this opportunity to either strengthen herself or weaken Ye Wen. Now she just needed to maintain her position and curb Ye Wen’s rapid development.
Ye Chen was immersed in the political struggle and at the same time, apprehensively tried to get news about Lu Liang and Ming Hao. There happened to be a proposal for an inspection to 31 planets of the Yadong Galaxy. Ye Chen pondered about it and decided that she could use it as an opportunity to search for clues, thus, she approved it.
The queen traveled and prepared twenty-one spaceships vigorously. When Ye Chen got on the spaceship, the pilot came to greet her.
A spaceship typically readied three pilots in case of problems. Ye Chen noticed that one of the pilots was young, only around 17 or 18 years old. His eyes were beautiful as if the stars were shining inside of them. Ye Chen stared at the man in a daze. The person next to her immediately told her, “That’s the top student from the aviation college.”
“His name?”
“Shen Jingfeng.”
Ye Chen, “……”
Such a coincidence?
Ye Chen studied the man with suspicion. When she entered her bedroom, she ordered the person beside her, “Transfer the information of Shen Jingfeng to me.”
The other party curtsied. Within a while, Ye Chen scanned all the information about Shen Jingfeng from her device as she drank.
From his birth to his graduation, all his resumes were flawless. A person’s life trajectory was spotless. Even the girls he liked were recorded on it.
Ah…
Not Lu Liang.
Ye Chen realized this and let out a wry smile.
How could it be Lu Liang? He didn’t remember anything. He had no memories, so this Shen Jingfeng shouldn’t be his pseudonym, right?
It must be so. It’s just a coincidence.
Ye Chen sighed. She felt quite low.
She always remembers him and he always forgets her.
But when she thought about it again, he always fell in love with her and she always left him behind. For the Villain, it’s probably even sadder.
Ye Chen deemed that she couldn’t think more about this problem. She bathed and decided to go to sleep.
There was a distance of light-years between planets. Even in a world with technological advancements like this, it still took dozens of days for a planet to reach another planet. The lifespan of people in this world was also extended because of medical advancement. For a queen, a galaxy tour could take several years, fortunately, the lifespan of the queen was hundreds of years.
Therefore, in a queen’s life, such a massive inspection would be done several times.
It’s just that Ye Chen started so early, so it’s quite a rare occasion.
Halfway through her sleep at night, Ye Chen was awakened by 38.
“Host, get up! Quick! Look at the stars!”
Ye Chen was muddled from sleep. She dazedly looked at the ceiling.
“Host, come on! Get up! See the stars you’ve never seen on Earth!”
Ye Chen’s only wish now was to silence 38 to death. But, under the constant noises of 38, Ye Chen relented. She washed her face with cold water and strolled to the observation window of the spaceship in a trance.
The observation window was specially prepared for viewing the scenery. The semicircular window was made of glass. When Ye Chen reached the observation window, the spacecraft just passed by a planet. The planet was colorful and looked wonderful. Ye Chen was amazed by the scene.
“Host!” 38 bounced happily, “Seeing this scene for the first time, isn’t it beautiful!!”
Ye Chen was utterly captivated by the vastness of the universe and didn’t respond to 38.
She had seen the Milky Way and space countless times on TV, but there was an immeasurable gap between the camera and the human eye. The shock given by the real scene was by no means something that could be conveyed by a camera.
Ye Chen went to the edge and set her hands on the glass, attempting to get closer to the outside, like a child fascinated by the scene.
Faced with such a novel thing, she blankly stared at the sky. A voice came from behind her, “Want to go out and have a look?”
Ye Chen spun around in an instant.
It was Shen Jingfeng.
He was handsome.
The kind of sunny handsome that was the opposite of the Villain. This was not the style that Ye Chen preferred, but eh, for handsome guys, she had some preferences, but ultimately, she didn’t dislike someone handsome.
Ye Chen covered her loss of composure and gave a slight smile, hiding the appearance of a steamed stuffed bun just now. “You dare you to take me out?”
“Why won’t I dare?”
Shen Jingfeng came to her side and pressed the button next to her. A door opened slowly. Shen Jingfeng took out a cord from inside. There was a white round sticky plaster on the end of the cord. Shen Jingfeng went behind her and said with a smile, “Bixia, may I help you?”
Excitement bubbled in Ye Chen’s heart, but her expression remained lofty and cold. She nodded as if to encourage him.
Shen Jingfeng bowed his head and smiled, appearing to see through her meticulous thoughts. Ye Chen was a bit embarrassed. She always had a feeling that the person in front of her was familiar.
Shen Jingfeng pasted the round plaster on her back, and a layer of film instantly engulfed her body. Shen Jingfeng also pasted the round plaster on his back. Behind the round plaster was the retractable cord. Shen Jingfeng pulled the two cords a bit and opened the cabin’s door.
The cold air surged in. Ye Chen was faced with the vast universe and couldn’t push down the little fear that emerged.
Shen Jingfeng stood beside her and asked, “Bixia?”
Ye Chen shivered.
She wanted to step forward, but she had no courage to. When she was caught off guard, Shen Jingfeng tugged her out!
Ye Chen yelped and hugged him out of fright.
‘Shen Jingfeng’ burst out laughing. He hugged her with a gentle expression.
They were floating in the air. In weightlessness, Ye Chen had no sense of falling.
She closed her eyes tightly. Some time passed and she could hear a smile on Shen Jingfeng’s voice, “Bixia, are you still afraid? ”
Ye Chen was ashamed and slowly opened her eyes. She raised her head at the person in front of her. The familiarity was unsettling. Ye Chen pursed her lips and paddled to leave his grasp.
Shen Jingfeng let go of her and watched her toss in the air.
Ye Chen didn’t have any professional training, and she wandered around for a long time, getting farther and farther away from where she wanted to go. Ye Chen panicked. She looked at Shen Jingfeng, “Why can’t I move?”
“Bixia, just try more.”
“I really can’t move! I feel I’m getting farther and farther away from the spaceship!”
“Bixia, you can do it.”
Ye Chen became agitated. The cord was thin, and she couldn’t help but ask, “Will this cord break?”
“If something goes wrong, it will.”
Shen Jingfeng told the truth with curved lips. He appeared to be delighted.
Ye Chen totally panicked. She reminded Shen Jingfeng, “I seem to be farther and farther away from you now.”
Shen Jingfeng tilted his head, “What does it have to do with me?”
“Shen Jingfeng…” Ye Chen clenched the cord, she was shaking, “You quickly pull me back.”
Shen Jingfeng didn’t move, Ye Chen was about to cry. She sensed that she must be the most pathetic queen ever now. She shouted, “Hurry!”
“Alright,” Shen Jingfeng heaved a sigh. He rowed toward Ye Chen and held Ye Chen’s hand.
“Bixia, don’t worry.” He expressed solemnly, “Even if Bixia gets farther and farther away from me, I will always catch up with Bixia. For a long time, I have always been chasing after Bixia.”
This time, Ye Chen grasped Shen Jingfeng tightly and didn’t dare to release her grasp,
Her hands and feet were cold, but the other party was warm.
He guided her back.
Ye Chen’s eyelashes fanned down. With reason unknown to her, her heart beat a little faster than usual.
They returned to the cabin and Ye Chen kept silent. While Shen Jingfeng placed the equipment back, Ye Chen discreetly turned and left.
When Ye Chen left, Shen Jingfeng chuckled.
“Really, crossing the river and burning the bridge.”
And Ye Chen ran so fast because……
“I think this man has a problem, he absolutely has a problem!”
“Yes!” 38 agreed, “I think he was teasing you just now.”
“No doubt!”
One person and one system were silent.
“I think, I’ve been seduced.”
38, “No doubt.”
“Ah…!” Ye Chen let out a pained gasp as the spaceship shook abruptly with a loud “bang.”
Ye Chen was startled. She subconsciously grabbed the gun at the foot of the bed, and then hung both the laser sword and ordinary sword on her waist.
All of this happened in a flash.
Screams came from outside and a group of people barged in with anxiousness, “Bixia, we’ll protect you!”
Ye Chen hid in the cupboard and refused to respond.
The people began to search around.
The face of the people who barged in was anxious, but their eyes were cold, with a murderous intent that she was familiar with.
They’re not here to protect her.
Ye Chen bit her lips and clenched the gun. At this moment, one of them was fed up, “Damn it, stop searching! Just blow it all up! Retreat!”
Everyone prepared to leave and Ye Chen understood their plans.
The ship was evidently under their control. When they safely evacuated, they would directly blow up the ship.
Space warfare has always been a technological war. Generally, there was no need to collect corpses. If a spaceship was blown up, the chance of survival was basically equal to 0.
Ye Chen felt a chill in her heart. However, there were too many people outside. She couldn’t escape.
Just then, a person sneakily went inside.
His steps were light and agile. Ye Chen could determine that the person was surely not an ordinary soldier, but a specially trained assassin.
Ye Chen held her breath and gripped the gun.
The person paused and listened attentively, then walked straight in the direction of Ye Chen.
Ye Chen didn’t hesitate, she rolled over to get out and shot the person!
The other party moved faster, holding Ye Chen’s armed hand with one hand and pushing her against the wall with the other. He locked her body with his legs at the same time, completely subduing her in an instant.
Only then did she see clearly that it was Shen Jingfeng!
Ye Chen glared fiercely at him. Anyone who appeared in this situation was a suspicious person.
Shen Jingfeng noticed her vigilance. The discontent was clear on him. He whispered, “It’s me, Lu Liang!”
Ye Chen was astounded. She frowned, “Why did you mix up with them?”
“Let’s talk about it later, come with me.”
Ye Chen knew that the situation was not suitable and obediently followed Shen Jingfeng.
Lu Liang was very familiar with the spaceship and took her all the way to the place where the lifeboat was parked.
The place was occupied by a group of people. The two of them were in the dark, watching those people get on the lifeboat in groups.
The lifeboats were small ships with a capacity of only two people, but they were fast with high mobility. Because there was only one launch channel, those people kept looking at the time, obviously anxious.
There were fewer and fewer of them.
When there was only one lifeboat left, Lu Liang patted Ye Chen. Ye Chen understood and hoisted her gun, aiming at one person’s head.
Lu Liang rolled over and rushed directly towards the other,
With the sound of gunfire, the person slumped to the ground. At the same time, Lu Liang had reached the other person.
He was fast, too fast, even. The thin blade in his hand cut the man’s throat in a flash.
Ye Chen jumped down, and the two got on the lifeboat. Ye Chen then discerned a problem, “You can drive, right?”
Lu Liang pulled on the door, started the engine, and flew out with a bang!
The inertia made Ye Chen exclaim.
Lu Liang’s face was cold. His tone seeped with displeasure. “I can even drive a spaceship.”
Behind them, the spaceship exploded like fireworks.
If they were late even for a bit, they would be buried in the sea of fire.
Ye Chen’s eardrums ached from the sound. She didn’t hear Lu Liang’s words clearly. Her ears were buzzing. She was unsettled.
She wouldn’t be deaf, right?!!
So she started yelling, “I can’t hear you!”
“What did you say?!”
“What did you say just now?! Did you say something?”
Lu Liang replied to her with a few words, but she couldn’t hear them. She shouted louder and louder, almost shouting her throat dry. Those who didn’t know would have thought she lived in the mountains.
Lu Liang felt his head swimming from her yelling, and yelled back impatiently, “I said I like you, do you hear me?!”
Ye Chen was dazed on the spot. Lu Liang also realized what he had shouted and became silent. They gazed at each other in speechless despair. Ye Chen stammered, “Ye… Yes…”
Lu Liang, “……”
The author has something to say:
[Mini theater]
Ye Chen: “I… I heard you.”
Lu Liang: “Good ears.”
666: “This scheming girl…”
38: “It’s not called scheming, after all… Naivety is a fool’s blessing.”
Ye Chen: “You…are you telling the truth? ”
Lu Liang: “No.”
Ye Chen: “Oh.”
Lu Liang: “I should have shouted, ‘Ye Chen, I love you very much!’ instead”
I said it’s going to be sweet. Sweet! Why don’t you believe me!!!!
Footnotes
[1] 死士- sǐshì, lit. Dead soldier. A person trained as murder weapons from a young age with the highest belief of allegiance to their master and shouldn’t have any independent thoughts. Mainly engaged in assault and assassination missions. The death guard has the responsibility to protect their master. They should rather sacrifice themselves than let their master be injured. ↵
Ry’s Corner
Why so long.
Anw, I’m soft for Shen Jingfeng.
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The chatting guest on the seat went, so the book slept.
Ahh so cute!! I’m in love with this new twist of having the villain complete missions too. I’m just glad that both won’t have to suffer as much anymore! Thank you so much for the translations, Ry!!
Thank you for putting up with me ∠( ᐛ 」∠)＿
Aaackk Shen Jingfeng!!
Yep that’s it.
Thanks for the chapter!!!!❤❤❤
Shen Jingfeng (´ཀ`」 ∠)