Hearing Louis's words, Chi Zhao was stunned for a moment. He then pointed at himself, "I am a traitor. Since the time you brought me back to the main star, I was already on the rebel's side. Even my marriage to you was done with the intention to steal intel more easily."
In order to blacken himself, Chi Zhao had carried all the blame, but Louis had no intention to change his mind. He just stiffly smiled, "I know you don't like me and I also know you were controlled by Morris."
Chi Zhao was stunned.
Louis smiled with so much difficulty, it even looked a little heartbreaking, "I also know that you didn't actually betray the Empire and have never provided them with any useful information. I know everything so there's no need to continue lying. I won't believe your lies and I won't leave you. Making you like me is something I have no power over but making me stop loving you and leaving you here alone is something you have no power over."
Louis slowly approached Chi Zhao and pulled him into his embrace. With their bodies tightly pressed together, their hearts collided, and their skins touched. Chi Zhao's forehead was pressed against Louis's neck and he could feel very clearly the blood pounding through his blood vessels.
Chi Zhao remained there for a few seconds in shock. He really didn't expect Louis to have already found out about it and, from the looks of it, he seemed to have known about it for a while now. In other words, the plot had collapsed since a long time ago and this world was once again a complete failure.
Another failure. Chi Zhao felt that he should be frustrated enough to beat his chest but he in fact didn't react at all and was more worried about getting Louis out of this place.
After a short moment of shock, Chi Zhao desperately tried to push Louis out, but his physique was only C grade. Let alone pushing Louis, he couldn't even make Louis move a little. Chi Zhao was extremely frustrated, "If you know then why aren't you leaving?! That's right, I don't like you. You annoy me. You're annoying to death. I don't even want to die together with you! Do you hear that? I don't want to die with you so get out. Get out!"
Louis only replied with an okay. He held Chi Zhao even more tightly and slowly closed his eyes.
Everything was recorded by the camera. As the soldiers quickly retreated, the aide watched them retreat while also watching this scene through his smart brain. He saw Shao Ze'an desperately make Louis leave and he could also see the half of his face that wasn't covered by Louis's figure filled with anxiousness and despair. The aide quickly rubbed his face.
Dammit. Sooner or later, he will kill all those rebels!
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Louis just wouldn't leave. Chi Zhao's voice slowly changed, and he began to cry out desperately. He shouted and choked on his words, his voice sounding like it was almost about to be torn apart, "Leave! I'm begging you, just leave! You will live well without me. You like me now, but you can like another person in the future! You shouldn't die here; your end shouldn't be here!"
Louis was the protagonist and his future was bright. He would meet his true love and he would live a life filled with respect and honour. He was still young, only in his thirties. He shouldn't die here!
Chi Zhao's face was covered in tears. It was too cruel. It was too cruel making him watch Louis's life counting down right in front of him. Every second he wasted, Louis's life shortens a little and all this happened because of him.
Hearing the person in his arms wailing and sobbing, Louis's heart felt like it was scrunched up into a ball. It took him several long seconds for him to endure through this pain.
He held Chi Zhao's head with one hand and his voice was so small, it was almost a whisper, "But my end is you."
Chi Zhao's cries and struggles hit the pause button. Louis gently rubbed the back of his neck and continued, "Only with you by my side will I be able to find my future, my life and my end. Only when you are by my side will I find live a meaningful life. The West surname represents glory and honour, but the name Louis is the real me."
"Just for these few minutes, let me stay by your side as Louis, as your husband, okay?"
Three minutes had passed and almost everyone had retreated. Only a few people remaining were still desperately rushing back. Charles had ordered the warship to start up and the aide stood at the door, waiting for the remaining soldiers to board.
Hearing Louis's words, the originally busy warship suddenly turned silent. The aide endured through his inner grief and moved to turn off the live broadcast.
Right now, he cannot be emotionally disturbed. His task was to escort everyone out of this place and then later kill those damned rebels.
Chi Zhao was still struggling but he no longer struggled as hard as he did when he first started. His fists were like they were hitting cotton and he had cried until his voice was hoarse. There wasn't much strength left in him, "No! I don't want it, I don't want it....."
Louis felt pain in his heart. He quietly sighed and wanted to let Chi Zhao go to say something to him face to face but when he made the move to release him, Chi Zhao conversely tightened his arms around him. He gripped him so tightly, it was as if he wanted to sink himself into Louis, "I don't want it! I don't want to see you die in front of me. You can't do this to me. I'm not afraid of death, I'm really not afraid, but I'm afraid of you dying. You can't do this to me. This is the second time….."
The second time for him to watch the person he loves slowly stop breathing. Those eyes would no longer be bright, and the body would gradually stiffen and turn cold. The feeling of never seeing his lover again was more painful than death.
The system was originally watching on sorrowfully when suddenly, its database started to shake violently. The system ran back in panic only to see that it looked like a tornado had just passed through and everything was a mess. The small box containing the filtered emotions that should have been hidden deep inside the database was almost about to break open. The system was taken aback. It hurried over and quickly covered tens of millions of junk files over it before the box could finally be controlled.
Once that was done, the system wiped its non-existent forehead.
Too scary. How emotionally stimulated must the host be right now? It seems like the death of his lover from the last world had cast a large psychological shadow on him. Fortunately, it was one step ahead and had filtered the emotions out in advance or something may have gone terribly wrong.
...But now there was another problem aside from filtering and it was a problem that couldn't be fixed.
The system felt very down. It silently burrowed itself into the deepest part of Chi Zhao's mind. Right now, Chi Zhao was too emotionally stimulated so it shouldn't go out there or the patches used to for last years update may be rendered useless.
...…
Chi Zhao had said that it was the second time, but Louis didn't think too deeply about it. Even if he did, he would just think that he was referring to the time they first met. After all, at that time he was only half a step away from death.
Louis's movements paused for a moment, but he still forcibly pulled Chi Zhao away. Chi Zhao raised his head and looked up at him with a pair of red-rimmed and teary eyes. Louis gently wiped away the tears at the corner of his eyes with his thumb.
The look in Louis's eyes at this moment was as if he was looking at the most precious and fragile crystal doll in the world. His actions were extremely careful and tremendously gentle.
Chi Zhao stood in place. When Louis touched his eyelashes, he subconsciously closed his eyes and when he opened his eyes again, he saw the corner of Louis's lips curve up slightly.
They stared at each other like this for a second before Louis bowed his head and gently kissed Chi Zhao. Once done, he straightened up and coaxed him, "Don't cry."
There are some things that should be said or there may no longer be a chance to say it in the future. After some thought, Louis spoke up again, "I love you."
Since the beginning of this world, Chi Zhao had always felt that his emotions were a little weak. No matter what the situation was, he couldn't be very excited, and this continued until just now. In an instant, it was as if something he had lost had come back.
He was stunned. He then said in a crying voice, "I...I seem to love you too."
As for why he used the words 'seem to', it was because Chi Zhao also wasn't sure. The feeling in his heart tells him, yes, he also loves Louis but the reason in his brain tells him, no, he doesn't love him.
Chi Zhao didn't understand what was going on. While he was still in a state of confusion, Louis was stunned for a second.
He then laughed happily. A series of magnetic and sexy laughs rang in Chi Zhao's ears. Louis lowered his head and planted a kiss between Chi Zhao's brows.
He expressed almost gratefully, "Thank you. Just that sentence alone is enough."
The warship had started up. The aide glanced at the situation using the scanner, the two of them were still down there, but he couldn't do much about it anymore. The aide quickly boarded the warship and moved to the control room.
As soon as he entered, he heard Edmund's hoarse cries, "Fuck! This is too damn touching! I will definitely avenge the Admiral and his wife!!!"
...…
"System, how much time do we have left?"
[Less than two minutes. Host, you....]
As for what the system wanted to say, Chi Zhao didn't know because it fell silent halfway through. Chi Zhao had already accepted the fact that Louis will not leave. No matter what he says, he wouldn't leave.
This time, Chi Zhao took the initiative to hug Louis. He buried his head in his arms wordlessly and just used his actions to convey his meaning to the other party.
Louis's expression turned bright. Like this, they held each other, waiting patiently for their end.
The warship had lifted off. On this warship that carried many tough and burly men, most of them were tearing up. Even Charles who has never been all that emotional didn't look too great.
Everyone made the resolution to not let the rebels off. They were determined not to forget today's hatred.
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[Fifteen seconds left.]
When the system quietly reminded him, Chi Zhao's body stiffened. Louis seemed to have felt this as he lowered his head to kiss Chi Zhao's hair before closing his eyes.
"West, move aside!"
The moment they were waiting for didn't come and instead it was Shao Zelin's voice which sounded first. Louis frowned subconsciously but at the same time, out of trust for Shao Zelin, his body moved before his brain could think. He quickly turned around, revealing Chi Zhao who was in his arms. Shao Zelin on the other end was holding a crossbow-style weapon. He shot something out from it from a distance of a dozen or so metres away and it was only after it plunged into his skin did Chi Zhao realise that it was a needle.
Seeing that it hit the target, Shao Zelin breathed a sigh of relief. He then picked up the director who only managed to get a few seconds of rest and hurried over to Chi Zhao's side.
Director: "I can go by myself! Lieutenant General Shao, you can stop carrying me!"
Whatever. If we waited for you to run over by yourself, it would be a few seconds of delay. Shao Zelin silently complained inside but he didn't reveal anything on his face. He took out everything he had picked up from Morris's laboratory and ordered his brother, "Lie on your side. This may hurt a little but bear with it."
Chi Zhao: "???"
He still didn't understand what was going on. Seeing that he wasn't moving, Shao Zelin immediately pushed him over. Louis was startled by this. He quickly caught Chi Zhao who was about to fall and gently laid him on his side.
The director took out the tools and began to operate on him without anaesthesia.
He made a small cut with a knife. Seeing that Chi Zhao didn't cry out in pain, the director couldn't help but smile, "You're good, little brat. As expected of someone who resisted the rebel's control."
Both the system and Chi Zhao were taken aback. Knowing that Chi Zhao would be suspected if he kept silent, the system quickly removed the pain shield.
Chi Zhao: "Ah ow ow ow ow ow! What are you doing!"
Director & Shao Zelin & Louis: "..."
Seems like it wasn't that it didn't hurt, it just took him some time to react.
"The injection you got just now was a stopper. It can stop the synthetic reaction of the explosive. Right now, we're going to do a small operation to drain out that liquid explosive. After we get out later, you will have to go through a bigger operation which may leave you bedridden for about a year and a half. Bear with it—- Forget it, one of you knock him out. Right now, he definitely won't be able to bear with the pain."
Upon hearing this, Shao Zelin immediately squatted down and knocked the back of Chi Zhao's head with his hand, rendering him unconscious. Louis didn't even have the time to react.
After standing up again and seeing Louis's astonished look, Shao Zelin coldly nodded, "No need for thanks."
Louis: "..." Who wants to thank you!