Translator: Moonlit
Editor: Aiya-ge
Weiss, baffled, was found by the Dream Team. He watched the imminent battle, bewildered. He listened as Ji Yu, who was next to him, breathed a sigh of relief and said, “The leader has been dealt with by ZouXing; they found the list on the top floor.”
What, what’s going on?
Isn’t something a bit off here?
Isn’t this too hasty?
Without any undercover agents, without any casualties, he didn’t even get his hands dirty with the enemy, and now they were telling him that everything was already over?!
He repeatedly confirmed with the members of the Dream Team three times and then checked the dead enemies around him, sending a message to Colonel Raymond in a daze.
Meanwhile, Li ZouXing continued to communicate with his teammates using his mental abilities, saying, “You guys wait there, we’ll be down in a moment…”
Before he could finish his sentence, a pair of hands were already around his waist, and someone had leaned against his back.
He paused for a moment, “I’ll be going down with Gu WenCheng.”
“Then hurry up,” Xi Nan thought they were going to find a private place for some intimacy, “These lovebirds, seriously.”
However, Ling Nian frowned, picking up on the detail of Li ZouXing mentioning “Gu WenCheng” by full name.
Noticing this detail were Ji Yu and Si Wo Lin, too. “Are they having a fight?”
How could that be?
Are they capable of having a fight?
…
Top floor.
Everyone unrelated had been dispersed, leaving only two people here.
Gu WenCheng clung tightly to Li ZouXing, his head resting on his chest. His cold demeanor had turned into a flood of sorrow, bitterness, and helplessness. After Li ZouXing said those words about trust, he wanted to rush forward and hug him, bury his head in his neck, and become like a child. Only by rubbing against him could he calm the storm in his heart.
Li ZouXing looked down at his hand and said, “Let go.”
Walter: “…”
He didn’t let go; instead, he held even tighter.
In the room, Li ZouXing flicked his finger, and the bodies inside dropped dead. The leader of Chongye, who was sitting in a chair, looked bewildered and, caught off guard, died at the hands of Li ZouXing, a newcomer to the team that no one had heard of.
They stood at the doorway, with bodies in front of them and bloodstains in the corridor behind. It wasn’t a suitable place for a discussion.
But Walter didn’t dare to let go of him.
He could maintain a semblance of composure when not hugging him, but once he embraced him, he became a scared little child, afraid of this and that.
His emotions were transmitted from the point of contact to Li ZouXing. Li ZouXing threw the gun he was holding on the ground. This action made Walter’s heart tighten. When his boyfriend, who had been smiling all along, suddenly turned serious, it was scarier than anything else.
“I can explain,” he said in a hoarse voice.
Li ZouXing remained expressionless but didn’t try to remove Walter’s hand. “What do you mean by ‘Walter’s going to die’?”
Walter hadn’t expected the first question to be about this. “I…”
“How do you plan to ‘die’?” Li ZouXing turned his head slightly, and with half-lidded eyes, he locked eyes with Walter, looking remarkably calm. “So, Gu WenCheng, you’ve decided to bear it all by yourself. You’d rather let your other identity ‘die’ than tell your boyfriend, is that it?”
That’s how Li ZouXing saw it. This guy was willing to risk denying his past rather than straightforwardly tell him, “Oh, I am Walter.”
His tone was calm and composed, but it hit like a heavy hammer, striking at Walter’s body, causing every organ to ache and produce intense pain.
“…”
Walter felt like his whole body was in pain. His lips moved weakly as he said, “You can’t accept it.”
Li ZouXing wouldn’t be able to accept that he was Walter.
He couldn’t bear to lose Li ZouXing’s affection.
After saying these words, Walter noticed that blood had actually stained Li ZouXing’s body. He stared at the bloodstain and shamefully felt a perverse sense of satisfaction.
“How do you know I can’t accept it?” Li ZouXing spoke slowly, his temples throbbing. “Huh? Gu WenCheng, do you know what I’m thinking? You assume I can’t accept it, so you’re willing to bury your past for me. Are you that humble?!”
As he spoke, he was almost yelling, and his neck veins bulged, giving him a frightening expression.
Walter’s mind went blank, but before his body could react, he blurted out, “I can do anything for you.”
This sentence completely ignited Li ZouXing’s anger, but within that anger, there were other complex and inexpressible emotions. His breathing grew heavier, and with the sound of each breath,Walter understood his meaning.
His heart swelled instantly, and Walter started to breathe through his mouth. The expanding emotions fermented in his chest. He warned Li ZouXing in return, “Don’t be so good to me.”
Who was being good to whom, anyway?
Li ZouXing’s muscles tensed, but he couldn’t bring himself to punch the person in front of him. “Be my hero, Gu WenCheng. Who told you to sacrifice so much for me? Have you ever asked for my opinion?”
He abruptly turned around, forcefully pulling Walter’s hand away and retrieving a transparent, colorless vial from his pocket, raising it in front of both of them.
“NK-03?” Li ZouXing slightly bent forward, locking eyes with him, his eyes burning with intensity, piercing through the heart. “For me?”
The scorching fire in his eyes left Walter speechless. He clenched his fists, realizing that the words he had prepared in advance were now hard to utter.
How selfish could Gu WenCheng be?
He would rather destroy a groundbreaking drug like NK-03, which was a milestone for the entire interstellar community, than let anyone else in the world use it. But now, his silence gave Li ZouXing a definite answer.
It was for him, including Nan, which he had stolen in Shexing.
“Benefits for me, consequences for you,” Li ZouXing said, each word making him feel the veins on his forehead pulsating. “Gu WenCheng, how come I didn’t know you were this selfless? You damn well want me not to be too good to you?”
The blood from the white mask smeared Li ZouXing’s face, making Walter appear somewhat pitiful. Regardless of the turmoil in his heart, all of his expressions were hidden behind the mask. Li ZouXing could only lock eyes with him. After a while, this guy unexpectedly said, “Don’t get too close to me; I’m dirty.”
Li ZouXing couldn’t help but laugh.
He’s really a typical straight guy.
When conflicts arise, not a word from him.
Li ZouXing took a few steps back, giving one more deep look at Walter. Walter touched his mask, his eyes concealing a thousand words.
“See you later,” Li ZouXing said. “Let’s give each other some time to cool off.”
“I also hope we won’t hear any news of Walter and Chongye dying together today.”
He turned and walked away, his figure carried by the wind, each step a picture of what Walter liked so much, trampling directly on his heart.
Nord, who had been hiding in a corner, watched him leave with wide eyes. Then he cautiously approached Walter, who was not far away, and hesitated, “My Lord…”
Walter lowered his head.
After a long while, he suddenly laughed, the laughter growing louder and louder until it echoed throughout the corridor.
Nord shivered, feeling a creepy sensation that sent goosebumps all over him.
“Did you hear that?” Walter looked at the floor as if he was looking at his lover, his gaze softening into warm water. He murmured to himself, “He doesn’t care that I’m Walter; he cares that I am willing to take risks.”
The corners of his lips grew wider, his mood soaring, but the lingering bitterness at the tip of his nose remained.
No one had ever been this good to him before.
Because he was angry from giving too much, how could ZouXing break the rules like this?
…
First floor.
Li ZouXing rushed to his teammates in a thunderous manner. Along the way, he used his mental powers to turn into ropes, tying up all the star thieves from Chongye that he could see. He dragged a pile of people and handed them over to Weiss.
This scene was quite spectacular and startled the people on the first floor.
“…” Weiss twitched at the corner of his eye, looking at these star thieves who were treated like rags. He didn’t know what expression to make. “Thanks for your hard work.”
“The list,” Li ZouXing threw a document from his pocket to him. “Weiss, come and see if the dead person is the leader of Chongye.”
He played a video, and both his teammates and Weiss leaned in to watch.
The middle-aged man who had been killed so unexpectedly and was lying on the back of a chair in disbelief, looked as if he couldn’t believe his eyes.
Weiss’s pupils contracted, and he was even more incredulous than the dead body in the video. “How could he be on Tona Star?”
“He’s not?” Li ZouXing frowned, irritated.
Weiss choked for a moment. “…He is.”
Because he was, that’s why Weiss was so surprised.
As the leader of Chongye, how could this guy be here?! Was this place’s experiment so important that even their leader had to come and oversee it?!
Dazed and dreamlike, it felt too damn smooth, didn’t it?!
Weiss truly began to suspect that this was just a beautiful dream he had conjured up.
Knowing that it was their leader, Li ZouXing’s expression slightly relaxed. After turning off his light brain, he stared directly at Weiss, who felt a bit uneasy under his gaze. “What’s wrong?” Li ZouXing asked in a deep voice.
“Oh, right,” Weiss finally remembered the matter. After recording the documents on his light brain and sending them to headquarters, he hurriedly headed to the top floor.
Once he had left, Li ZouXing sat down on the floor. His teammates exchanged glances and joined him, sitting beside him.
The question came straightforwardly, “Did you have a fight with WenCheng?”
“Where did WenCheng go? He’s not hiding somewhere crying, is he?”
People were like this; after a fight, they would inevitably feel guilty. They would repeatedly reflect on the words spoken during the argument and couldn’t help but wonder if something they said had gone too far or hurt the other person. They would worry if the other person was feeling upset or hurt.
The teammates spoke softly, saying many things. Suddenly, Li ZouXing stood up and looked behind him, seeing a figure standing not far away.
Tall and slender, it was the love-struck fool who didn’t take himself seriously and was willing to do foolish things for him.
It was indeed Walter.
Li ZouXing’s teammates didn’t know that Walter was the same person as Gu WenCheng. Their nerves tensed up at this moment, and they faced Walter with caution, surrounding Li ZouXing in the middle.
They hadn’t forgotten how much Walter had done to Li ZouXing. His appearance here was probably for the sake of Li ZouXing.
“You have some credit for the battle here, Walter,” Ling Nian was the first to speak. He had mixed feelings upon hearing that the people from Chongye were killed by Walter. They had seen Walter too many times. “Why did you get involved?”
“Because this concerns me,” unusually, Walter actually answered him. “No matter what… most importantly, my beloved boy is here. How can I not come to help him?”
Li ZouXing’s teammates subconsciously looked at Li ZouXing and then their faces darkened. What did he mean by “beloved boy”!
Beloved!
Boy!
Damn it! Was Walter planning to break through Gu WenCheng’s defenses? Or was it because of a fight between Gu WenCheng and Li ZouXing?
“Who is your beloved boy?” Xi Nan’s voice was rough and blunt, holding the first line of defense in defending their brother’s relationship. “There’s no beloved boy here!”
“Get lost! Li ZouXing’s lover could never be you.”
Li ZouXing had a strange expression on his face.
They were in a state of bemusement, having to hold back their emotions desperately.
Gu WenCheng felt a warm current in his heart but said, “You’ve really guessed it right. How did you know it was ZouXing?”
Sure enough!
The group of people was infuriated.
This perverted older guy was actually showing interest in ZouXing!
Considering his age, these were all cases of an older man with a younger lover. Plus, Walter never took off his mask. How ugly could he possibly be?
Couldn’t this older guy do something more appropriate for his age?
Walter’s actions were seen as provocation in the eyes of the Dream Team.
They didn’t know that this was just someone’s bad habit flaring up, and they had temporarily rewritten their own script.
Si Wo Lin had a stern face. “ZouXing has a lover now. Mr. Walter should understand when to back off.”
“I don’t understand,” Walter took a step forward, slowly approaching them. “My boy belongs to me, who else can he belong to?”
Shameless!
The young men were twisted with anger.
Afraid that he might take advantage of Li ZouXing, the entire Dream Team pushed him back, saying as they pushed, “We won’t let you touch him!”
“This old guy really dares to think. Just because you want ZouXing, does that mean you can just have him?”
“WenCheng, come quick!”
The entire Dream Team was nervous, but amidst their nervousness, there was also a hint of excitement. How to describe this feeling?
It was like being in a cheesy drama, watching their comrade being forcibly taken by a famous interstellar pirate. They were on the side of justice, protecting their comrade to ensure he could be with his lover.
Li ZouXing watched as they were about to start a fight, a sense of helplessness evident on his face.
Xi Nan hurriedly comforted him, “ZouXing, hang in there. Just pretend you don’t know that a perverted old guy has a crush on you…”
Although being liked by a perverted old guy was indeed somewhat…
Li ZouXing replied, “…You—” Listen to me.
His teammates showed sympathy, firmly protecting him behind them. “With us here, leave it to us!”
“Walter,” Ji Yu’s gaze was unwavering, “We won’t let you succeed!”
“Even if you defeat us,” Si Wo Lin fiercely defended the official couple, cleverly leaving himself some room to be proven wrong, “even if you take possession of ZouXing’s body, you won’t get his heart.”
They were filled with fighting spirit, more determined and imposing than when they were training under Raymond.
For the sake of Li ZouXing’s purity and for the love between WenCheng and ZouXing.
Charge!
Author’s note:
Chongye Leader: ??? Such a small role?
Teammates are fighting against Walter to protect the love between WenCheng and ZouXing. Hahaha.
