Chapter 62
Chapter 62: Little Brat’s Dad, You Could Match Little Cub’s Mom With Your Big Nephew
Chong Ming really had not expected that she wanted his blood, so he asked: “Schoolmate Jiang Tea Tea, can I know what you want my blood for?”
Jiang Tea Tea met his golden eyes. She could not beat him, could not kill him, and felt both stifled and unwilling. She spat out one word, annoyed: “Drink!”
Chong Ming gave a soft oh, tilted his head and thought for a moment, then said: “Dragon blood… does not seem like it would taste very good.”
Jiang Tea Tea rolled her eyes at him and said: “I’m the one drinking, not you. What do you care if it tastes good or not? Just give me a straight answer: are you giving it or not, are you letting us go or not? If you don’t give it and don’t let us go, I’ll treat everything you just said as fart.”
Chong Ming started rolling up his sleeve as he said: “Your cup only holds 500 ml. Is that enough? Do you need a bigger one?”
[There is such a good deal?]
Jiang Tea Tea did not know what “being polite” was. She flipped her hand, took out an even bigger cup, and held it up in front of Chong Ming: “Here, fill it up, thanks!”
Chong Ming was speechless and said: “You really are not polite at all. From 500 ml to 1500 ml.”
Jiang Tea Tea chuckled, her eyes curving, her change of face faster than turning a page: “This is the biggest cup in my space knob storage device. If you think it is still too small, help me fill this 500 ml one too, thanks.”
Chong Ming finished rolling up his left sleeve. His right index finger turned into a sharp dragon claw. He slashed across his left wrist, and golden blood flowed into the cup in Jiang Tea Tea’s hand, shining brilliantly.
Sui Xuan Chu stared, full of question marks: [Was he the one who was sick, or were those two sick? One asked for blood, and one really gave it. One said she wanted to drink it, and he actually believed her. Is that guy really not afraid that she will use his blood to do something bad?]
Jiang Tea Tea stared at Chong Ming’s bleeding wrist. [If I could beat him, I would definitely knock him out. While he is young and strong, I would keep him locked up and drink fresh blood straight from him every day.]
[When he gets old, when his blood is no longer fresh and there is not that much left, I would kill him, shave off all the mane on his body, dig a big pit, coil him in the pit, and let my roots grow into his flesh and blood to suck up this fertilizer.]
Once the 1500 ml cup of dragon blood was filled, Ai the deputy officer picked up the healing spray he had long prepared and sprayed it on his own commander in chief’s wrist.
In an instant, the wound on Chong Ming’s wrist disappeared.
If not for that big cup of blood in Jiang Tea Tea’s hand, she would have thought he had never let out any blood.
Chong Ming saw Jiang Tea Tea still staring straight at his wrist, so he asked: “Schoolmate Jiang Tea Tea, why are you looking at me? The blood is already in your hands. Drink.”
Jiang Tea Tea held the steaming cup of dragon blood and came back to herself as she said: “I’m afraid if I drink it in front of you, I’ll scare you.”
Chong Ming’s thin lips curved slightly as he said: “It’s fine. I can handle being scared.”
[Trying to goad me? Does he think that I’m not really going to drink his blood?]
Jiang Tea Tea shrugged and said: “If you are not afraid, then I’ll drink it right in front of you.”
The golden, dazzling blood did not only look good, it also smelled fragrant.
Jiang Tea Tea raised the cup to her mouth and started to drink.
After all, dragon blood was a Pure Yang thing, a great tonic. As soon as it went down her throat into her stomach, she felt a stream of heat rush straight to her lower belly. Her whole body warmed up, and she finally felt full.
When she finished the whole cup of dragon blood, Jiang Tea Tea, for the first time in nearly ten days, felt her stomach stretched and filled. Even the vague hidden injury from when Chong Ming had kicked her stomach no longer hurt, and her spiritual power showed a sign of rising.
Sui Xuan Chu asked in shock: “Roommate, y-you really drank it? Do you feel anything? For example, like your whole body is on fire?”
Jiang Tea Tea burped at him, then slipped the cup back into her space knob storage device and said: “It tastes pretty good, but the amount is a bit small. I don’t feel anything else.”
Sui Xuan Chu turned his head to look at Chong Ming, his eyes asking silently: [She drank it and nothing happened. Is that for real?]
Chong Ming swept him with a glance from the corner of his eye, then said to Jiang Tea Tea: “Schoolmate Jiang Tea Tea, you wanted my blood and I gave it. You drank it. Next, you know what you have to do. I don’t need to remind you, right?”
After eating and drinking her fill, Jiang Tea Tea’s mood improved. Her whole demon self no longer felt itchy or restless. She said: “Isn’t it just going to catch one insectoid race great imperial prince? That’s not a big deal. Sui Xuan Chu, let’s go.”
Chong Ming glanced at Da Ma Zi.
Da Ma Zi stepped forward to lead them and said: “Two schoolmates, come with me. We will take a small ship over.”
Jiang Tea Tea grabbed Sui Xuan Chu and strode out, full of fierce energy and lofty ambition, like she was on her way to overturn the entire insectoid race.
After they left the command room, Chong Ming gave orders to the Space Bureau that guarded the insectoid race star system, the remote fleets, and the persons in charge of all the armories.
After that, he called the insectoid race great imperial prince Aceras on a video channel.
Aceras seemed to be waiting right in front of his light-brain wrist terminal. The call had only rang once when it was picked up. He said: “Old friend, I knew you would call me. I have been waiting for you.”
Chong Ming looked at Aceras on the holo projection screen of the light-brain wrist terminal and said: “Is that so? Then it was not in vain that I prepared a gift for you.”
Aceras pretended to be surprised as he said: “Old friend, you even prepared a gift for me. You are too polite.”
Chong Ming replied: “I should. After all, we have not seen each other for a long time. Your subordinate came into my house, and you have come to my doorstep. If I don’t prepare a little gift and do my duty as host, it will not look good when the other star nations hear about it.”
Aceras laughed and said: “Old friend, since you put it that way, I really am very much looking forward to your gift.”
Chong Ming smiled back and said: “You look forward to it, and I do too. I already had someone send it over. You should have people ready to receive it.”
“Make sure you do not waste my carefully chosen gift. Otherwise I will get angry, and it would not be good if I gave you a full, no-difference bombardment.”
Aceras acted as if he was very close to him and said: “Old friend, listen to what you are saying. Since you picked a gift for me, I will of course go receive it in person to show that I value it, and I will not waste your choice.”
Chong Ming nodded and said: “All right. I am sending them over from my side. See you in a bit.”
Aceras answered: “See you in a bit.”
The light-brain wrist terminal went dark.
The smile vanished from Aceras’s face, and a cruel light flashed in his eyes as he shouted: “Come. Go see what that dog Chong Ming sent me as a gift and bring it here.”
Aceras’s personal guard answered: “Yes, Your Highness the great imperial prince!”
The holographic screen in front of Chong Ming turned into the real-time surveillance system feed of Jiang Tea Tea and Sui Xuan Chu. Beside them was the image of Aceras’s main warship.
Ai the deputy officer asked in worry: “Commander in Chief, little Your Highness has not yet reached adulthood and is going over to the insectoid race great imperial prince’s side. What if…”
Chong Ming’s golden eyes were sharp and icy as he said: “He is not a little brat who has not yet broken his shell. He is the crown prince of the Empire. He was born to see wind, see rain, see blood, and see corpses.”
“If he does nothing and sees nothing, and we raise him in a greenhouse so that he becomes a little loach, a soft earthworm, can he hold up the Zhenlin Empire?”
Ai the deputy officer quickly said: “Sorry, Commander in Chief. This subordinate was overthinking it.”
Chong Ming looked at him and said: “I know. Little Your Highness is not yet an adult and still has to drink milk a few times every month. If he were born in another dragon clan or another race, with double Level S lightning element affinity, he would be held in their palms and cherished.”
“Sadly, he was born in the royal household. He is destined not to be held in anyone’s palm. What awaits him are all kinds of government affairs, all kinds of training, and all kinds of lessons in the art of judging people.”
“Jiang Tea Tea, in all aspects among those of the same age, can be considered a top-tier, outstanding existence. She is one year older than him. I let them go on missions together and spend time together, to add more of the feelings between classmates and the meaning of friends. If she can sit in the position of Commander in Chief of the Three Armies in the future, she can assist him better and guard the Empire.”
Ai the deputy officer’s mind suddenly lit up, and he blurted out: “Commander in Chief, little Your Highness and schoolmate Jiang Tea Tea are similar in age and get along well. You can totally match them and let them become partners!”