After Chi Zhao left, Leo's earlier pitiful, weak and helpless appearance was gone. He raised his eyes and gave the vice-chairman a look of warning. He looked like a beast whose territory had just been trespassed.
As a dark sentinel, the meaning of Leo's behaviour was self-evident. The vice-chairman wasn't surprised that there were others wanting to compete with him. He just couldn't stand the fact that his competitor was a scheming bitch.
.....
"Chairman, you shouldn't be so shameless."
The vice-chairman smiled as he said this and the python beside him straightened its upper body. Its look was the opposite of the smile on his face and it clearly showed a desire to eat Leo up.
The black wolf who had appeared at some unknown point in time was similarly looking at the other party with killing intent. Its body was lowered against the ground, its muscles were tense, and its fangs were also exposed. It looked like it would rush over and bite the vice-chairman's neck any moment.
Fortunately, these two were dark sentinels and almost no one else could see their spiritual bodies. If others saw these two big shots competing over an unknown guide like this, the government would lose face and even worse, the international influence of the country would fall dramatically.
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"What use is having face in front of my wife?" Leo said those words lightly. Under the dumbfounded gaze of the vice-chairman, he added, "Ferdinand, I know your IQ is not high so I won't take to heart your actions just now but I hope you can stay away from my wife in the future. If I see you standing on the same land as him again, I will make you turn from the youngest vice-chairman into the fastest resigning vice-chairman."
Leo's threat was nothing in the eyes of the vice-chairman. They had known each other for over ten years but the relationship between them had not been very good. He disliked Leo's cold and indifferent personality while Leo disliked his frivolousness. In short, both didn't like the sight of each other.
The vice-chairman's attention was still on the previous statement, "Your wife? Aren't you single?"
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Hearing this question, Leo's originally restrained mood turned sour, "I already said five years ago. I'm not single, I have a partner."
Leo didn't say anything after that, but the vice-chairman already understood what he was implying.
He said it was five years...
But who knew if that was the truth?! Everyone had thought that he made it up in order to be able to show his face in front of the others.
If it was just Leo's words, the vice-chairman might've still not believed it, but he had also seen just now that Noah's attitude towards himself and Leo was completely different. His tone towards Leo revealed that the two seemed to have known each other for a long time and Leo had also just now showed up with a child.
If Noah was Leo's wife then was that child...
Fuck.
After all these years, he had finally come across a guide who suited him in all aspects, and he was also very interested in him. How was it that in less than three minutes, he had become someone else's?
The vice-chairman wanted to ask more questions, but Leo had run out of patience. He had come here today because he heard that the government wanted Chi Zhao to undergo a test. Now that Chi Zhao was gone, he no longer had a reason to stay.
The current Chi Zhao felt that it was a mistake to have returned here. He should've stayed on that remote planet and remained on vacation until the day he died.
Look, ever since his return, has anything gone well for him?
First, there was the terrorist attack. After that, half his cover was seen through by the protagonist and now the other half was also exposed in front of a character who wasn't important enough to appear in the plot line.
If the two had the chance to communicate and put the two halves together….
Then wouldn't he be completely exposed?!
Chi Zhao was extremely troubled, but the system was very calm. The closer it was to the game, the more stable its mentality. It was as if it was very open-minded and able to let things go without much trouble.
Worrying was useless. It was better to counter each attack as they come. If he was exposed, there were also other countermeasures he could take. Firstly, he needed to find a way to deal with the government.
Chi Zhao held no expectations over the vice-chairman keeping it a secret; he would most definitely report that he was the high-level guide. Chi Zhao had mentally prepared himself to be called over by the government but even now, no one came.
Not to mention government officials, even the vice-chairman himself didn't come.
Everything was too quiet.
Chi Zhao found it strange. Another few days passed and when he saw a certain chairman appear outside his door uninvited, he could basically guess what happened.
The chairman had come to visit using the reason that he was close to Joey, but that reason was too easily seen through. What kind of person would visit someone else's place just because they're close to a four-year-old child? Wouldn't only a perverted stalker do that?
And although he said that he was close to Joey, it didn't take long for Joey to be cleverly sent away by the chairman using a mini robot that couldn't easily be found in the market.
Joey wasn't tall and what he liked to do the most was to sit on the floor reading a book or playing games. He laid on the white carpet next to the floor-to-ceiling windows, happily playing with the robot while the black wolf slowly followed behind him. Seeing that he wasn't planning on moving around, it obediently laid down and rested its furry head on its crossed paws while its fluffy tail behind him slowly swayed side to side.
It had to be said that this scene was a very loving scene.
That was on the premise that you overlooked the fact that Chi Zhao's circumstances were almost completely exposed.
Chi Zhao sighed. He placed his last hope on the fact that Leo still didn't know that Joey was his son. Right now, he had very few cards left. If he couldn't even keep this one....
It was too despairing. Chi Zhao refused to think about that possibility.
...…
"What kind of person was your husband?
That sudden question pulled Chi Zhao back from his thoughts. He paused and replied, "Handsome and passionate. Filled with justice and care and enthusiasm for everything."
Leo silently applied those words onto himself and realised that he met the first adjective, handsome.
If not for his investigations the past seven days revealing that Chi Zhao had never had too much contact with any single males in those past few years, Leo would have crushed the cup in his hand.
Having not found anyone for five years and suddenly returning with a child who looked like his own son, he should be crazily happy, but the other party pretended not to know him and even tried to create a distance between the two. Leo didn't understand the reason for this nor was he willing to accept it.
The ecstasy after recovering something that was lost was almost gone now and the current Leo only wanted to know what he should do to tie this person to his side so that he could no longer escape.
The sentinel's instincts were always roaring inside him, urging him to possess and control him but Leo didn't want a partner who hated him. What he wanted was a partner who loved him wholeheartedly.
He wanted reciprocated love.
Therefore, he couldn't follow his instincts. He had to follow his heart.
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He had been taking drugs for four years now and he could feel the effects of those drugs becoming less and less effective. Sooner or later, those drugs would no longer be useful and by that time, it would be his death. In the original plot, Leo had been taking medicine, but he only took a few pills whenever he felt uncomfortable. The current Leo however had been taking it everyday and would consciously look for ways to extend and preserve his life.
It was because he was no longer someone who had nothing like how he was in the original plot. He still had to find someone, and he wanted to live a normal life, so he wanted to be healthy.
It was just that, every time he faced Chi Zhao, Leo couldn't control his emotions. He looked normal externally but inside his heart was constantly in turmoil. He couldn't help but want to destroy. He could only suppress those tyrannical and terrible thoughts inside him with a lot of effort.
Leo didn't understand what was wrong with him. When he later found a doctor online and talked to him anonymously about his symptoms, the other party had reassured him that it was a normal reaction.
When he heard this result, Leo was stunned for a long time. He then couldn't help but laugh.
Ferdinand was right. He really was shameless.
Although they had only met once, Leo was certain that the other party was his other half, but in fact, Leo didn't know Chi Zhao at all. He didn't know what kind of person he was so Leo didn't dare take things too lightly. However, since showing weakness was the instinct of every sentinel, it should also be a guide's instinct to care for the weakened sentinel.
Thinking this, Leo closed his eyes and frowned unnaturally.
Chi Zhao immediately noted this. He didn't ask but his gaze stayed on Leo's face for a long time. Leo smiled, looking a little forced.
"It's nothing. It's just here....It's not very comfortable."
He pointed to his head. Chi Zhao thought about Leo's current situation and was a little uncertain, "Haven't you been taking medicine all this time?"
With drugs, a dark sentinel could continue living a normal live for about five to seven years. The efficacy of it however varies from person to person. In short, it should still be effective for at least five years and that was also the reason why Chi Zhao was able to leave with confidence. As it hadn't been five years yet, why was he feeling uncomfortable already?
When he saw Chi Zhao's expression, Leo knew that he had taken the right approach. He secretly hooked up the corners of his lips and lowly explained, "The medicine has very little effect on me. I have suffered from too many injuries before and normal drugs no longer work for me."
Chi Zhao had seen the state of Leo's spiritual mind. At that time, it had taken him a long time to soothe it out. It was indeed just as he had said, he had sustained too many injuries in the past and his current situation didn't look good.
Chi Zhao's expression changed. He hadn't thought about that and had thought that Leo would be able to control his condition well with medicine. As it turned out, it wasn't possible?
Leo picked up the cup and took a sip while he secretly observed Chi Zhao's current expression.
In fact, Chi Zhao didn't really need to insist that he was Noah. Firstly, his spiritual power and spiritual body had changed and secondly, when facing Leo, he would always reveal a bit of his true emotions. It wasn't known whether it was done deliberately or unintentionally.
When facing others, he wasn't like that.
Realising this, Leo's mood suddenly improved. He placed down the cup and lightly sighed, "If my lover is willing to return, that would be great."
Chi Zhao choked on his water. He did his best to keep himself calm and then looked at the culprit who made him choke. The other party was looking at him with a slightly worried look.
Chi Zhao: "…..You have a lover?"
Leo nodded and revealed a happy smile, "Yes, we have been together for several years now. He is the cutest guide I have ever met. I fell in love at first sight and it was the same for him too."
Chi Zhao: "...….." You are too shameless.
Chi Zhao's expression was becoming more and more complicated. Leo on the other hand was still talking to himself, as if he didn't see Chi Zhao's expression just now, "But…..there was a small problem between us and he no longer wants to return. From what I have heard from you, it seems that you and your husband have a very good relationship. Can you tell me how you did it?"
Leo looked at him quietly, the gaze in his eyes filled with sincerity.
Chi Zhao calmly drank some water and replied, "It's very simple."
"When he died, our relationship became better. You can also give dying a try. Once dead, your lover will be like me, forever unable to forget about you."
Leo: "...."