Chapter 192
Chapter 192: Flirt Away, You’re the One Who’ll Suffer
Zhong Li He heard this, reached out and poked Kong Que’s forehead: “Kong Que, I’m finding that lately you are more and more on outsiders’ side, and you love going against me.”
He went on: “What, you go out once and your wings get hard? You dare shout at me now, flapping your wings at me?”
Kong Que grabbed the finger poking his forehead, his mood steady as he spoke like a model officer to his Executive Commander: “Executive Commander, sir, even if you lent me ten extra guts, I still wouldn’t dare flap my wings at you.”
He added: “It’s just that you asked me to go assassinate Commander in Chief Chong Ming. That is really forcing me too much. Besides, Commander in Chief Chong Ming came here to see his partner, to see his partner.”
He repeated those last few words on purpose, reminding his own Executive Commander.
Zhong Li He’s sapphire blue eyes blinked. He suddenly jerked back the finger Kong Que was holding and slapped his hand down hard on Kong Que’s arm: “Oh my, he really is my nemesis. I got so mad I went stupid.”
“Kong Que, good thing I have you by my side. Good thing you reminded me, or I wouldn’t even know that Chong Ming’s partner and youngling are right here on Ri Pan Star.”
“Wow, the most dangerous place really is the safest place. I wanted to meet his partner and youngling, and I never thought his partner and youngling would be moving around right under my nose. He really has some skill.”
His slaps on Kong Que’s arm sounded sharp and loud. Luckily Kong Que’s body was well trained and packed with muscle. Otherwise he really might not have been able to take that beating.
Zhong Li He finally stopped slapping his arm, rubbed his hands together, and said: “Kong Que, you don’t have to go assassinate him anymore. I’ll go. I’m going right now.”
Kong Que saw him lift his foot to leave and quickly pinched the back of his neck, dragging him back: “Executive Commander, sir, he came to see his partner and to see his youngling. Why are you trying to get involved?”
“You can’t beat him in a fight, and you can’t win in a war of words. Don’t go over there and end up getting roasted by him again until you’re jumping up and down. Come with me. I saw a place selling bamboo rice. It’s really packed full, just how you like it. Let’s go buy some.”
Zhong Li He struggled: “I don’t like bamboo rice. I don’t like anything that chewy. I only like boiling all kinds of bugs and eating them, or deep frying all kinds of bugs and eating them.”
“If you want to go, go by yourself. Don’t drag me along.”
Kong Que was very forceful: “No, you like it.”
“No, I don’t like it, you’re the one who likes it.” Zhong Li He was furious, but his feet didn’t stop. He still followed along behind him.
Kong Que followed his words with a smile: “Yes, yes, yes, I’m the one who likes it. I’m begging the Executive Commander, sir, to come with me, is that okay?”
“No, no, no, let go, let go.” Zhong Li He said “no” with his mouth, but his body honestly followed him straight into Specialty Street.
Chong Ming, bringing Ai, his deputy officer, and the other business staff, did not go directly to the encampment lodging to find Jiang Tea Tea. Instead, he wandered through Snack Street and Specialty Street, acting like an ordinary tourist.
But he was not an ordinary tourist. He was the Commander in Chief of the Empire’s Three Armies, one of only two adult big golden dragons in the whole star system.
His long golden hair hung down to his waist, his beautiful big dragon horns curved above his head, his face was sharp, serious, and handsome, and his golden eyes were bright and majestic.
With that powerful aura around him, the moment he stepped onto the street with his people, he instantly stirred up all the tourists. They lifted their light-brain wrist terminals to film him, called his name, greeted him, and shouted their love to him.
He waved back at them, smiled at them, asked them how the service on Ri Pan Star was, and even treated tourists to food and drinks.
After going through two Snack Streets and Specialty Streets, he headed to the space weapons expo area. His friendly and easygoing manner instantly blew up StarNet.
“Ran into Commander in Chief Chong Ming by chance. He is so handsome. He’s so handsome my legs went weak. I wanted to throw myself at his feet and lick his paws.”
“Ahhh, my husband already looks so outrageously handsome on the news and on StarNet, it makes gods and people angry. I didn’t think that seeing him up close today, all that dumb news and dumb StarNet didn’t even capture a fraction of his good looks and majesty, his seriousness and dominance.”
“Oh my god, oh my god, he is really so handsome, so handsome. Those bright golden dragon horns are longer than my palm and fingers. That flowing layered hair reflects golden light in the sun. It almost blinded my dog eyes.”
“Yes, yes, yes. I weigh two hundred pounds in human form, and when I saw him so close today, I almost couldn’t hold back. I wanted to ask him if we could loosen up this whole gender thing a bit, if we could skip the official title of partner.”
“Upstairs, I think you are really starving. Skip the official title? My husband already has a partner and a youngling. Don’t you dare mess around.”
“Hahaha, Commander in Chief Chong Ming has more dream males than dream females. In the whole M31 Star System, no matter if they’re male or female, old or young, fifty percent of people want to marry him.”
“So I’m really curious what his partner is like, that they can tame him. I really want to know exactly where I lost.”
“Chong Ming’s fanboys and fangirls, don’t just stare at him. Take a look at the Western Kingdom’s Executive Commander Zhong Li He too. He’s also on Snack Street and on Specialty Street. How can you all not see him?”
“I didn’t see him, but I saw their Lieutenant General Kong Que. Look at how he’s picking bamboo rice. It’s like he’s looking at his lover. So affectionate.”
“Yes, yes, hurry, look at the picture. He’s there picking bamboo rice, and Executive Commander Zhong Li He is standing beside him drinking a chilled mint drink. Putting them side by side, suddenly Lieutenant General Kong Que looks even more like the Executive Commander, sir.”
“Hahaha, so it’s not just me. You all think so too. I’ve always been secretly shipping them.”
“Come on, come on, it’s better to share the fun than enjoy it alone. Let’s all ship them together, all hype them together, all shout together: be together, be together.”
“I’m not shipping, I’m not shipping Lieutenant General Kong Que with the Executive Commander, sir. I used to ship the Executive Commander, sir, with Commander in Chief Chong Ming.”
“They’re the same age, both are the nation’s top leaders, and their supernatural ability levels are about the same. One is cold, hard, and sharply handsome. The other is handsome in a way that is hard to tell male from female, with a hint of feminine beauty. When they stand together in their own nation’s uniforms, by the Beast God above, it is super eye candy.”
Jiang Tea Tea and her group of eight went back to their lodging encampment. All eight of them shared one dorm room, where they ate, drank, and played. No one knew who opened StarNet first.
They watched the lively StarNet, where people were shipping CPs more and more wildly, more and more excited, and they joined in the fun and went online too.
Jiang Tea Tea’s online account was verified as a Level S variant plant-type ability healing master. She gave likes to all those wicked CP posts.
The moment she hit like, her tens of thousands of fans, like Ye Lang howling at the moon on a full moon night, raised a long howl and started reposting and commenting in all kinds of ways.
By late afternoon, at dusk, everyone from encampment 59, three to five hundred people, were all called onto the warship Chong Ming rode. After they went aboard, they were taken in groups into the training grounds on the ship to train.
Sui Xuan Chu, Huang Da Zhuang, and the other seven people were taken into the strictest training ground and drilled until they almost died.
Jiang Tea Tea was taken into the ship’s command cabin. She saw Chong Ming sitting in the command chair, and beside him the cracked table and the bucket filled with mud.
The sight of that bucket of mud made her instantly angry. She had stayed in that bucket, and almost got cut in half at the waist by it.
Chong Ming followed her gaze: “Do you like this bucket?”
Jiang Tea Tea pulled her eyes back: “I don’t like it. I just feel like it has been sitting here for a long time, right?”
Chong Ming tilted his head and thought for a bit: “It’s been more than half a year.”
Jiang Tea Tea asked: “So what are you trying to grow out of it?”
The corner of Chong Ming’s mouth lifted: “It’s not what I’m trying to grow. I’m waiting to see what it will grow.”
Jiang Tea Tea let out an “oh”: “Fine. So why did you call me over?”
Chong Ming stood up and patted the command chair: “Come sit.”
Jiang Tea Tea let out a little “ah”: “Me, sit in your spot, for what?”
Chong Ming replied: “To fight a Virtual Command Battle.”
Jiang Tea Tea frowned: “An assessment?”
Chong Ming nodded: “Yes. You’ve studied in the Command Faculty for so long. I need to test you myself.”
Jiang Tea Tea curled her lip, walked over, and sat in his command chair.
Chong Ming walked around behind her, picked up the holographic helmet, and put it on her head.
The moment the helmet went on, Jiang Tea Tea heard the Monitoring System’s voice sound in her ear: “Welcome, Field Commander Jiang, to Simulation Battlefield 001. Simulation Battlefield 001 lasts a total of ninety minutes. The first twenty minutes are an aberrant beast invasion. The second twenty minutes are clearing out traitors.”
“The next twenty minutes are an invasion by the merfolk race. The last thirty minutes are an invasion by the insectoid race. Field Commander Jiang, would you like to issue commands directly, or check your troop strength and weapons first?”
Jiang Tea Tea answered: “Check troop strength and weapons first.”
The Monitoring System responded: “Understood, Field Commander Jiang. We will teleport you to inspect your troops and weapons.”
The holographic image in front of Jiang Tea Tea suddenly shifted, and she arrived somewhere else.
With the holographic helmet on in the simulated battlefield, everything felt so real it was like she was actually there. It did not feel like holography at all.
Chong Ming sat down beside her, turned sideways, and looked at her. With the helmet on, he couldn’t see her head or face, only the part below her neck.
His eyes fell on her belly. Her belly was very flat, so flat it didn’t look like she had been pregnant with a youngling for seven and a half months.
Suddenly, the clothes over Jiang Tea Tea’s lower belly bulged outward. Chong Ming’s golden eyes instantly darkened, and he stared fixedly at that bulge. He could see that patch of fabric moving in uneven waves.
It was like the youngling in her belly was rolling around, pushing against her stomach, moving and playing.
Chong Ming curled his fingers into a tight fist. Only then did he stop himself from covering her belly with his hand and touching the youngling.
Time passed little by little. The staff members in the command cabin were each busy at their own work. Only Chong Ming had nothing to do.
What he didn’t expect was that Jiang Tea Tea finished the entire ninety minute Simulation Battlefield 001 scenario in just thirty minutes, with zero battle damage and no casualties.
When Chong Ming checked, he saw that Jiang Tea Tea hadn’t followed the usual rules at all. When the aberrant beasts invaded, she drew the aberrant beasts separately toward the merfolk race’s encampment and the insectoid race’s encampment, penned them in, and let them fight each other.
When they were almost done killing each other, she used indiscriminate firepower saturation, bombarding them with cannons for more than ten minutes. After settling them, she closed the doors and cleaned up the traitors. All the steps together took thirty minutes.
“Not bad. Really not bad.” Chong Ming didn’t hold back his praise: “So unexpected it’s good. I’ll give you a double S rank score.”
Jiang Tea Tea threw the holographic helmet onto the table: “I think I did great too. Next time we can make it harder.”
Chong Ming stood up: “Good. I’ll take you to eat.”
Jiang Tea Tea said: “Pack it up for me. I’ll bring it back to the encampment and eat with Sui Xuan Chu, Huang Da Zhuang, Cheng Lin Yue, and the others.”
Chong Ming’s throat worked. He bent down so his face was close to hers: “When I say I’ll take you to eat, I mean I’ll let you bite my neck, chew my meat, and drink my blood. What, do you want me to pack myself up and send me back for you all to eat together?”