Back in the game centre, Louis stood outside watching Chi Zhao play. He subconsciously stopped to fix up his dark expression before entering with his usual gentle and well-mannered appearance.
Sensing someone approaching, Chi Zhao took off his helmet, "You're back. How was your talk with the owner?"
Louis smiled, "Not bad. The old man is busy, so I didn't stay for long."
Chi Zhao nodded seemingly in understanding. He didn't expect the owner here to be so old that he could be called old man by Louis. He must be at least a hundred years old.
Chi Zhao was only casually commenting this and didn't give it much thought. Louis walked to the side of a machine and sat on it but didn't move to turn it on. Instead, he turned his body away and contacted his aide through his smart brain.
When he received news that the aide had already installed the invisible surveillance systems, Louis was finally able to relax and turn his attention to the game machine in front of him.
...…
This morning, Admiral West and Lieutenant General Shao joined forces to submit an application to the Armament Department requesting to use one of the most advanced equipment in the military today —— Invisible surveillance. This surveillance was created to deal with a neighbouring galaxy whose spiritual powers are very high. Although their biological physique was weak, in contrast, everyone there had a spiritual power above A. In order to defeat them, the Royal Research Academy had spent a lot of blood, sweat and tears.
Three years ago, Louis led his troops there to regain imperial territory which were occupied by them and along the way he also signed a trade agreement and peace treaty. The treaty was impartial and beneficial for both galaxies so it should bring both galaxies decades of peace. As such, this equipment probably wouldn't be used for a while.
The reason for borrowing was written on the application form but the reason was perfunctory. The non-commissioned officer at the Armament Department was silent for a moment. Forget it. In any case, it would just left there in the warehouse and won't be of much use anyway.
After getting the invisible surveillance, the aide immediately drove the hover car back to Louis's residence at the highest speed possible. The installation of it took a very long time.
The last step was to apply a signal point in the centre. Once done, the aide took out a circular remote and turned it on. In an instant, the entire house was covered by a layer of silver-white light which disappeared again a second later.
Installation was complete.
The aide was very satisfied. Although Louis didn't tell him why he had to install such a high-level system in his own home, he had been working under Louis for many years and knew that he should just trust his admiral unconditionally. After all, his admiral has never disappointed him.
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Back home, Louis entered first and then turned slightly to watch Chi Zhao also walk in. He was a little nervous inside and was afraid that this invisible surveillance system would be useless for Chi Zhao. After all, no one knew how high his spiritual power was. If he found out, Louis didn't know how to he should explain himself.
Chi Zhao walked in very naturally. He stopped before Louis and tilted his head, "What are you doing standing there?"
Louis faintly curled his lips up, "Waiting for you."
It was another quiet night. The two kissed in bed with reluctance to part. Following the normal order of things, the next step should be taken but the young man in his arms suddenly tilted his head back, looking like he wanted out.
His refusal was very euphemistic, but no matter how euphemistic it was, it was a refusal. Louis's actions stopped. He opened his eyes which still carried strong lust and they stared at each other like this for several long seconds. Louis then pursed his lips and obediently got up, "I'm going to take a shower."
Once Louis left, Chi Zhao pulled up the quilt to hide half his face, leaving only a pair of clear eyes exposed.
He watched the bathroom door close.
After another half an hour, the bathroom door opened, and Louis came back out. Chi Zhao at this time already had his eyes closed and his sleeping posture was very peaceful and well-behaved. Louis walked over to his side and looked at him silently for a while before going back to his side of the bed. As usual, he planted a soft kiss on Chi Zhao's hair and laid down. The robot butler sensed its owner's routine actions having been completed and proceeded to turn off the lights in the room.
...…
In fact, Chi Zhao wasn't asleep. He had a been listening carefully and heard Louis come out and approach him to give him a goodnight kiss, but he didn't move.
Once the room was completely dark, Chi Zhao silently opened his eyes. A cool chill could be felt from behind him. Louis had taken a very long cold shower earlier.
Chi Zhao couldn't no longer tell how many times this has happened. It would happen almost every day. As long as he shows signs of rejection, Louis would not continue. It wasn't that he didn't want to; Chi Zhao could tell from his eyes obvious reluctance.
Men are animals that think with their lower bodies and holding back was very uncomfortable. Chi Zhao knew this very well and felt puzzled.
Did he like me that much?
Liking him so much that if he didn't want him to touch him, he can accept it without a complaint?
To be honest, Chi Zhao had never thought much about Louis's feelings for him because Louis's love came too quickly. Perhaps others may believe in love at first sight, but Chi Zhao didn't. He thinks that all love at first sight can be boiled down to two words —– Superficial attraction. Something like love at first sight can only apply to handsome men and beautiful women. If someone falls in love at first sight with an ugly monster, then Chi Zhao might try to believe it.
With this kind of thinking, Chi Zhao had always believed that Louis was only fond of the original owner's appearance. What's more, when Chi Zhao first came, he had saved Louis's life. His life-saving grace and combined with the buff from his appearance, that was the reason for Louis liking him until now.
Although liking him because of his appearance and out of gratitude was still liking, it didn't have an emotional foundation so it wouldn't last very long.
Chi Zhao had always thought this but now, he started to question it.
Perhaps Louis was different and has an M tendency so the more you made him hold back, the more he liked it?
The system quietly sighed.
[Host, you really deserve the pig trotter nickname.]
Chi Zhao: "...…"
The next day, Louis went to work as usual. Vacation in this world was very long, lasting for three whole months, and Chi Zhao would usually stay at home when there are no tasks. A little more than an hour after Louis left, Chi Zhao who was bored out of his mind familiarly entered Louis's study.
Although it was called a study, there are in fact no books here. Even paper was scarce. Chi Zhao wandered aimlessly for a while and even he didn't know what he wanted to do here. He wandered over to a wall and stopped before it.
This wall was Louis's meritorious service wall which displayed various trophies and medals Louis had received. Chi Zhao picked up a golden medal and examined it for a while before putting it back and looking at something else.
It was a photo. During this interstellar age, in addition to still photos, there were also moving ones. This one was a moving one. The Louis in the photo was still very young and seemed to be in his early twenties. He revealed to the camera a confident smile as he held up a mecha competition trophy he had just won.
Chi Zhao looked at the Louis in the photo and sighed again.
Louis is so handsome in military uniform.
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Although the system didn't say anything, Chi Zhao could sense its warnings in his mind. Chi Zhao fell silent for a moment and said in a small voice in his mind, "I didn't...."
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[Do you know what it means if you fail this world again?]
"...….It means my chance to return is smaller."
[Host, to me, if you fail, I just can't get a reward and will at most need to suffer a little longer. When the time comes, I will change to a new host and continue completing missions with them, but you are different. If you fail and don't complete the plot point, it's over.]
The system's words were stern. Chi Zhao pursed his lips, "Yes, I understand."
After the exchange with the system, Chi Zhao raised his eyes and chanted to himself internally: I want to be resurrected, go home, so I have to complete the task, complete the plot point. This time, no matter what it is, nothing will stop me.
After repeating this over and over again, Chi Zhao's expression slowly changed. Chi Zhao's expression earlier was docile and well-behaved but now, there was no trace of warmth in his eyes. That indifferent appearance would surprise anyone who saw him.
Looking at the photo of Louis, Chi Zhao looked like he was just looking at a stone. He quickly blinked a few times and then turned to leave the room.
Sitting in his office, Louis took in the changes to Shao Ze'an's expressions.
It was then followed by chuckles which carried a hint of complicated emotions.
He could never guess how Shao Ze'an felt about him.
In the past, he felt that Shao Ze'an might be afraid of him. In such an environment, it was normal to be afraid. Or perhaps, Shao Ze'an hated him. After all, in some senses he was also someone responsible for Shao Ze'an's predicament. Or...…he may also like him back, because sometimes, he would reveal such dependent sides to him.
But now, Louis realised that all of the above were wrong.
Just as he thought, Shao Ze'an would only reveal his truest emotions when he is alone. The scene just now revealed what he was like after he had removed all his disguises. As he looked at the photos, there weren't any emotions in his eyes. What did this mean?
It meant that he wasn't afraid of him, nor does he hate him or even like him. He.....had just never thought much of him at all.
Being in love was fake, happiness was fake and even his occasional reliance and dependence on him was fake.
So once he was free from the rebels control, would he leave?
Louis stared unblinkingly at the monitoring screen. After a long time, he couldn't help but reach out and gently touch the Shao Ze'an in there. The young man had returned to the bedroom. He didn't sleep well last night and wanted to catch up on some sleep. He pried away the quilt, laid down, closed his eyes and no longer moved.
Louis slowly withdrew his hand, his arms falling naturally by his sides. He had originally been trying to suppress his spiritual powers from going berserk again but after seeing such a peaceful scene, it somehow calmed back down.
—— It's okay. I won't give you a chance to leave.
Life-saving grace is as weighty as a mountain. If you don't want me to return the favour, that's fine, I can agree to that.
But the condition is that you pay back me what you owe me, slowly, for the rest of your life.