Chapter 191
Chapter 191: You and your partner, rubbing it in my face, do you think I won’t have someone assassinate you?
Jiang Tea Tea saw how crisp and decisive Atuya was, humble and sincere. She raised her brows slightly and asked: “You love him a lot?”
Atuya froze for a moment, then answered firmly: “Yes. He is my fiancé now, and my future primary husband. I love him very much. I want to be with him for my whole life. I want him to be happy.”
As a demon, Jiang Tea Tea liked this kind of openness. She asked: “You love him very much. Does he love you? Does he know you came to beg me?”
Atuya’s eyes tightened and her gaze dimmed: “He loves me, but not as much as I love him. He does not know I came to beg you. He wants me to catch you and take you to the Insectoid Race so he can use you.”
Jiang Tea Tea let out a soft laugh: “Aren’t you afraid I will tell Aceras everything you just said to me and stir up trouble between you two?”
Atuya spoke with confidence: “You won’t, Miss Jiang Tea Tea.”
Jiang Tea Tea asked back: “Why not?”
Atuya replied: “You pure Humans have an old saying, that sincerity defeats everything. And I also know very well that when Commander in Chief Chong Ming let you come down here, it was impossible he would let you have only your seven schoolmates by your side.”
“In the places I cannot see, there are countless pairs of eyes on you, countless hands protecting you.”
“As long as His Highness Aceras and I make a move on you, countless people will jump out to stop us and hunt us down.”
“Knowing this result and still charging in anyway is not my way of doing things.”
“So I am asking you, please help me.”
Jiang Tea Tea smiled brightly and said: “You really are quite sincere.”
Atuya answered even more politely: “Thank you. As long as you help my fiancé, His Highness Aceras, calm his supernatural abilities and sort out his Spiritual Sea, you can name any condition.”
“As long as it is within my power, I will do my best to help you achieve it. I definitely will not let you down.”
Chong Ming appeared silently beside Zhong Li He, reached out to take one spicy fried bug from his hand, and reminded him: “Atuya has a speech shielding device on her. Even if you crane your neck as long as you can, you still can’t hear what they are saying.”
Zhong Li He got startled. His hand shook, and half of the spicy fried bugs wrapped in green leaves fell out. He twisted his head and snarled: “Do you want to die? When did you get here?”
Chong Ming tossed the spicy fried bug into his mouth. After chewing and swallowing, he said with a bit of dislike: “Too numbing, not spicy enough. Next time, buy from another shop, thanks.”
Zhong Li He quickly folded the green leaves in his hand, wrapping the spicy fried bugs tightly: “I bought this for myself. I like it, it makes me happy. What does it have to do with you? If you want to eat, go buy your own.”
Chong Ming took out a handkerchief to wipe his hands, gave him a calm glance, and said: “I am not Bird-kind or Beastman. I don’t eat bugs. I only took a bite because you were smacking your lips and it looked good, so I got curious.”
Zhong Li He snorted: “Why don’t you just say you were craving it?”
Chong Ming’s lips curved in a faint smile: “I already have a partner. Even if I am craving something, I am not craving the bugs in your hand. I am craving my partner.”
Zhong Li He felt like he had been stabbed straight in the chest. His heart squeezed and his breath caught. He was speechless, glaring at him, wishing he could chop him into pieces.
Kong Que silently took the spicy fried bugs from his own Executive Commander’s hand and replaced them with a chilled mint drink, so he could cool down and calm his anger.
Jiang Tea Tea looked at Atuya and said: “You are sincere and open. Compared to the other Bugs I have seen, you are much cuter. But I cannot agree to your request.”
Atuya’s voice tightened: “Can I know why you won’t agree?”
Jiang Tea Tea answered: “First, it has not been long since I awakened my supernatural abilities, not even a year. Second, I am still in the learning stage. Third, for me to give healing to anyone from the Nation, I need Commander in Chief Chong Ming’s approval.”
“In other words, if you can persuade Commander in Chief Chong Ming and have him give me the order, I will go heal your fiancé, His Highness Aceras.”
“Mm, and not only will I heal him, I can also make sure his supernatural abilities rise by one level. If we are lucky, going up two levels is not a problem either. The premise is that Commander in Chief Chong Ming gives me the order.”
Atuya looked at her, trying to find any sign of a lie on her delicate, palm-sized face, but she could not see anything.
She thought for a moment, then took a step back and said: “Alright, thank you. I will go talk to Commander in Chief Chong Ming.”
Jiang Tea Tea nodded: “You are welcome.”
Atuya said politely: “Sorry to bother you. Goodbye.”
Jiang Tea Tea waved at her: “Goodbye.”
Atuya gave her a deep look, then turned and left.
Huang Da Zhuang and the others only saw their heartthrob idol standing beside the Western Kingdom’s Executive Commander after Atuya left. Excited, he said: “Look, look, my heartthrob idol is here. Oh my god, oh my god, I’m not dreaming, right?”
“You are not dreaming, and I’m not dreaming either. Our heartthrob idol really came, and he is even wearing everyday clothes.”
“Sob sob, no matter what he wears, when he stands next to the Western Kingdom’s Executive Commander, he still has the stronger presence. He is still the most handsome and the coolest.”
“As expected of my heartthrob idol. No matter who he stands with, in looks and aura he totally crushes the other person.”
“Before, I even thought Executive Commander Zhong Li He was very handsome and cool. But after comparing the two, he is not as handsome as our Commander in Chief at all.”
Earlier, Zhong Li He could not hear Jiang Tea Tea and Atuya’s conversation, because Atuya had used a speech shielding device.
But Jiang Tea Tea’s seven schoolmates did not use a speech shielding device. Everything they said about him being ugly and his aura not being strong enough went straight into his ears.
He was unhappy and displeased. He could not lay hands on children, but he could yell at Chong Ming: “That Chong guy, that little friend from your side was speaking ill of me. My body and mind have suffered trauma, you have to make it up to me. Let that 3 Level S variant plant-type ability healer of yours, Jiang Tea Tea, calm the agitation of my supernatural abilities and comb through my spiritual power.”
“She just happens to be right here. Since we bumped into each other today, today is the best day. Let her sort it out for me today.”
The first time he saw the pure Human female with ID number 59311, he already felt she was special. Sure enough, she exceeded his expectations. She was the only 3 Level S variant plant-type ability healer in the whole Interstellar Space.
Because he got to see her here thanks to Atuya, how was that not a kind of luck? He had to seize this stroke of luck and squeeze Chong Ming hard.
Chong Ming moved two steps to the side, putting some distance between them. He looked him up and down and clicked his tongue: “Executive Commander Zhong, you are not only ugly, you also think too highly of yourself.”
Zhong Li He was so angry he took a big gulp of the chilled mint drink in his hand, forcing down his rolling anger: “I may be ugly, but you don’t look that good either. But, that Chong guy, that Jiang Tea Tea from your side fits my taste.”
“Before, at the space Weapons Expo, the first time I saw her, even though I did not know what she looked like, I already wanted to poach her. This time…”
Before he could finish, Chong Ming took a few steps forward, ignoring what he was saying, and waved toward Jiang Tea Tea and Sui Xuan Chu and the others.
After Atuya left, Jiang Tea Tea turned around and saw Chong Ming. She was a little surprised. Hadn’t he said he was not coming? [Did he suddenly show up to bring her blood to drink and meat to gnaw on again?]
Sui Xuan Chu and the others waited for Jiang Tea Tea, then went over together to stand in front of Chong Ming. They snapped a salute to him: “Commander in Chief.”
Chong Ming asked: “You have worked hard. Have you finished shopping?”
All eight of them replied in unison: “Reporting to Commander in Chief, we are done shopping.”
Chong Ming hummed an answer: “If you’re done, then go back.”
“Yes, Commander in Chief!”
After answering, the eight of them took two steps back, turned around, and left.
Because of their speed-type abilities, they disappeared into the crowd in the blink of an eye.
Zhong Li He’s eyes were almost popping out: “Wait, my darling Commander in Chief Chong Ming, my lord, what kind of shameful dirty thing am I that I can’t even be allowed to meet your healer Jiang Tea Tea?”
Chong Ming gave him a sideways look: “It’s not that. Mainly, they only get to come out once every ten days, unlike you and me who came out by slacking off.”
Zhong Li He pointed at himself: “I am slacking off? Who told you I am slacking off?”
Chong Ming cleared his throat lightly: “I am slacking off, you are not slacking off.”
Zhong Li He rolled his eyes: “That’s more like it. Right, didn’t you say you couldn’t come? So why did you come?”
Chong Ming replied: “I had something to do.”
Zhong Li He let out an “oh-ho”: “Are you worried that Atuya and Aceras will snatch away your 3 Level S healer, or worried that I will abduct her?”
Chong Ming shook his head: “Neither.”
Zhong Li He asked curiously: “Neither? Then what is it?”
Chong Ming said: “I’m afraid if I say it, you will not be happy.”
Zhong Li He said irritably: “It’s not like there are only a few things you do that make me unhappy.”
Chong Ming thought about it: “True.”
Zhong Li He scratched at his heart in curiosity: “Stop going around in circles. Why exactly did you come?”
Chong Ming replied: “Because I missed my partner.”
Zhong Li He could not hold back from swearing: “Damn, I really went out of my way to ask.”
Chong Ming shrugged: “I reminded you because I was afraid you’d get unhappy, but you didn’t believe me and forced me to say it.”
“As the Executive Commander of a whole country, every important decision in the Western Kingdom has to be signed off by you. If you curse like this and it gets posted on StarNet, your image as an Executive Commander…”
Zhong Li He shoved the chilled mint drink into Kong Que’s hand and rolled up his sleeves: “Come on, let’s fight.”
Chong Ming stabbed him in the heart a second time by showing off in his face: “No, maybe next time. I’m going to see my partner. See you.”
Zhong Li He, not acting like an Executive Commander of a whole country at all, jumped up and down at Chong Ming’s departing back: “That Chong guy, so what if you have a partner, is that so great? Look at how smug you are, your tail is raised all the way to the sky.”
“I’m telling you, I’ve set my sights on stealing 59311 away. I will think of every way to bring her back to the Western Kingdom. Just you wait.”
Without turning his head, Chong Ming raised his hand and waved at him, as if saying that he would wait.
Zhong Li He’s sapphire-blue eyes seemed to breathe fire. He said to Kong Que: “Kong Que, go. Tonight, go assassinate him for me.”
Kong Que drank a sip of mint water through the straw that Zhong Li He had just used on the chilled mint drink, and spoke unhurriedly: “Executive Commander, my lord, you cannot beat Commander in Chief Chong Ming, and I cannot beat you. You are asking me to go assassinate him?”
“Great. People who know will know that you told me to go assassinate him. People who don’t will think you don’t like me and want to borrow Commander in Chief Chong Ming’s hand to kill me!”