Chapter 112: I Want To Do As I Please (14)
Perhaps because Xie Liaoyi had awakened and a weight had been lifted from her heart, Jiang Zhiyan slept until noon. When she opened her eyes, Yu Qici wasn’t there.
Jiang Zhiyan rubbed her temples, casually put on some loungewear, and after washing up, went downstairs, hearing sounds coming from the kitchen.
“Are you cooking?” Jiang Zhiyan followed the sound and walked over.
“Making amends.”
Jiang Zhiyan snorted: “So, if you weren’t making amends, you wouldn’t have made me lunch?”
“Of course not.” Yu Qici had the robot bring the prepared dishes to the table and went to Jiang Zhiyan’s side, trying to appease her.
“Are you deliberately wiping grease on my hair?” Jiang Zhiyan raised an eyebrow.
Yu Qici looked at Jiang Zhiyan. So that was why Jiang Zhiyan had been relatively agreeable last night, because she was sleepy? Now that she was well-rested, she was back to her prickly self.
“Explain yourself. Who are you working for? What are you plotting against me?” Jiang Zhiyan sat down, pulling out a chair.
Yu Qici blinked: “It wasn’t really plotting, I was just curious about what you were doing… I started suspecting you at the banquet.”
“Why?” Jiang Zhiyan didn’t understand, she hadn’t done anything at the time.
“A gut feeling. I saw you at the school gate.” Yu Qici pointed to her head. “Subconsciously. See, I really, truly care about you.”
“Hmph, I’ll believe you for now, even though I know you’re probably just trying to appease me,” Jiang Zhiyan snorted. “Are you really not working with anyone else?”
“It’s just you, always and forever,” Yu Qici said with a smile, looking at Jiang Zhiyan, her expression becoming more serious. “Yu Qici really isn’t part of any organization, and I don’t know if it’s because of my influence, but this character doesn’t have a strong sense of loyalty to the alliance, so you don’t have to worry, and with your strict surveillance, she really hasn’t sent out any information.”
Jiang Zhiyan nodded: “Do you know?”
“Hm?”
“This is the fifth world I’ve experienced, and you’re the first one to distinguish yourself from the character,” Jiang Zhiyan snorted. “Because you hurt me the most.”
Yu Qici: …
She had originally wanted to divert Jiang Zhiyan’s attention by talking about serious matters, but unexpectedly, it didn’t work.
“How many people within the Stargazers know your identity?” Yu Qici asked, patting Jiang Zhiyan’s hand and winking at her, but Jiang Zhiyan covered her eyes and pushed her back.
“Basically all the high-ranking members,” Jiang Zhiyan replied.
Yu Qici frowned: “Then you might already be a target, there are also alliance spies within the Stargazers.”
“I know, they should be dead already,” Jiang Zhiyan said calmly, picking up some food.
“That’s good,” Yu Qici smiled. “You wouldn’t make such an oversight anyway.”
Jiang Zhiyan glanced at her: “So, if I wouldn’t make such an oversight, you weren’t going to ask?”
“I would still ask, after all, asking means I care about you,” Yu Qici looked at Jiang Zhiyan, she felt her survival instincts reaching their peak.
It used to be Jiang Zhiyan who coaxed her, how the tables had turned.
“What are you thinking about?” Jiang Zhiyan asked.
“Thinking about you, about the past.”
“You don’t like the current me, you like the past me?” Jiang Zhiyan raised an eyebrow, her tone indifferent.
Yu Qici went to Jiang Zhiyan’s side, held her arm, and softened her voice: “I really know I was wrong, please forgive me.”
“Help me build the mech this afternoon,” Jiang Zhiyan said.
“What do you mean ‘help’? Your matters are my matters, I would have helped even if you didn’t ask,” Yu Qici kissed Jiang Zhiyan’s arm. “You’re scaring me, acting like this.”
“Hmph.”
“Are you still going to work?” Jiang Zhiyan asked.
Yu Qici thought for a few seconds and glanced at Jiang Zhiyan.
“Go if you want to.”
“I’ll finish this stage of my work and then I won’t go anymore, it’s uncomfortable leaving things half-finished, speaking of which, how’s the situation over there?”
“Dozens of students died, but your lab is fine, so are you leaving this afternoon?”
“No, I’ll work with you this afternoon, now that I’ve regained my memories, I basically know how to solve it…” Yu Qici paused, then continued, “Then I won’t go, I’ll handle it here, you can just send the results to my mentor.”
“Okay,” Jiang Zhiyan said, satisfied.
After lunch, Jiang Zhiyan took Yu Qici to the underground base. Yu Qici looked at the scene in front of her in shock: “How did you manage to build this here without anyone noticing?”
“You should ask the author that question, it was already here when I arrived,” Jiang Zhiyan said. “Part of the basic setting.”
Yu Qici chuckled softly, took Jiang Zhiyan’s hand, and followed behind her. There were all sorts of strange things here, many of them clearly created by Jiang Zhiyan, no wonder she hadn’t been seen for a while, Yu Qici suspected Jiang Zhiyan also worked here secretly while she was asleep.
The System was a bit speechless: “I thought you two would go on a date after she woke up.”
“We’ve been together for so many years, there’s no need at a critical juncture like this,” Jiang Zhiyan said. “Let’s try to finish this within a month.”
“Ah…” the System sighed.
Yu Qici opened Jiang Zhiyan’s mech design and was surprised: “I remember your previous mech designs were either meant to kill the opponent or get yourself killed, why are you being so conservative this time?”
“Because I’m taking you with me this time, not just myself.”
“I can also pilot a mech after I awaken,” Yu Qici looked at Jiang Zhiyan. “Do we have enough materials? We can fight our way out together.”
“No way, you two aren’t planning to dismantle it and start over, are you? I’ve already completed forty percent!” the System shrieked. “Although I’m an AI, I also feel pain!”
No worker liked redoing half-finished work, especially with a tighter deadline.
It would be fine if Jiang Zhiyan installed more manipulator arms for it to control, but there were only four, it couldn’t make bricks without straw, it couldn’t speed up even if it wanted to.
Jiang Zhiyan held her head and frowned.
“What’s wrong? Is your System screaming?” Yu Qici asked with a smile, looking at Jiang Zhiyan’s expression.
Jiang Zhiyan twitched the corner of her mouth, a bit exasperated: “I gave it too much work, it doesn’t want to dismantle the mech.”
“Why dismantle it? We can build two,” Yu Qici said.
The System breathed a sigh of relief, although there was more work, at least it didn’t have to dismantle what it had already built.
“Use the same design, just change the color, matching couple mechs,” Yu Qici said, looking at Jiang Zhiyan with a smile.
“Your Omega physique might affect you.”
“It’s fine, it’s not a big problem, I just want matching mechs with you,” Yu Qici said, wrapping her arms around Jiang Zhiyan’s waist and kissing her chin.
Working with your wife made work much more enjoyable.
Because there weren’t many manipulator arms, Jiang Zhiyan and Yu Qici were responsible for assembling the smaller parts.
Yu Qici also found time to submit her report.
People from the Jiang family came every day, begging her to go back and help, their attitude becoming more and more humble each day, but they didn’t even get to see Jiang Zhiyan. If it weren’t for the lights in the house being on every day, they would have thought she had moved out.
Jiang Chen was sentenced to exile on a desolate planet, but he was killed by his “enemies” before reaching it, crying out his innocence until his death.
Jiang Zhiyan didn’t care about any of this.
The Stargazers launched their attack a week earlier than expected. Because it was a surprise attack, the alliance’s standing army was unprepared and suffered heavy losses.
Even while out shopping, Jiang Zhiyan and Yu Qici could sense the tense atmosphere, although people were still talking and laughing, the moment someone mentioned space pirates, the faces of those around them would instantly darken.
After all, the space pirates had only been harassing them before, this time they were directly waging war and trying to occupy territory. The prices of daily necessities soared, and Jiang Zhiyan also bought quite a bit.
The two sat in an ice cream shop, each ordering a five-scoop ice cream.
“What do you think will happen?” Yu Qici asked.
Jiang Zhiyan rested her chin on her hand: “It’s unlikely that that Ji something will save the day. Since the Stargazers dared to launch an attack, they must have made thorough preparations. Their attack was swift and decisive, and they accurately predicted the alliance’s actions three times in a row, they must have high-ranking officials within the alliance leaking information, and I think they probably have more tricks up their sleeves.”
“What nonsense are you talking about!” The male Alpha sitting at the next table jumped up excitedly. “Nonsense, fearmongering!”
Jiang Zhiyan: ?
“Heh, two Omegas discussing such things! What do you know about the arrangements at the front lines? Heh.” He couldn’t tell Jiang Zhiyan’s background and simply judged them to be Omegas based on their appearance, his condescending tone very unpleasant.
Jiang Zhiyan looked at him expressionlessly.
“Ha, if it weren’t for the Alphas fighting on the front lines, would you be able to sit here and enjoy your ice cream?” he continued to mock. “Just a bunch of useless Omegas, what good are you!”
Most of the people in the shop were Omegas, and they looked over with displeasure. Jiang Zhiyan couldn’t understand this person’s logic.
“First, Alphas only make up fifteen percent of the front lines, seventy-five percent are Betas, and ten percent are Omegas, it’s not just Alphas fighting.”
“Second, are you one of the Alphas fighting on the front lines? Then why are you sitting here? If you’re not, then what does it have to do with you?”
“Third.” Jiang Zhiyan stood up, picked up a fork from the table, pressed it against his chin, and pierced his bone. He screamed in pain and tried to fight back, but she kicked him to the ground. “Be polite when speaking in public.”
The onlookers stared with wide eyes. The shop owner looked over from behind the counter, many with amused expressions, clearly pleased.
Jiang Zhiyan released her grip and looked towards a corner of the shop: “Since you want to ask me to go back, show some sincerity and send him to the front lines.”
He looked at Jiang Zhiyan in terror, realizing after a second that she was talking about him, he covered his bleeding chin: “No, please… I have a one hundred and sixty-year-old mother at home, I can’t go to the front lines!”
He was quickly dragged out by two people, the other two dealt with the surveillance footage and appeased the other customers, preventing the news from spreading, judging by their practiced movements, they had done this many times before.
Jiang Zhiyan looked at the ice cream in her other hand and frowned: “So annoying, missed a spot.”
“I’ll buy you another one, what flavor do you want? The same as before?” Yu Qici asked, handing her two wet wipes.
“Okay.” Jiang Zhiyan tossed her ice cream into the trash can and sat down, waiting for Yu Qici to bring her a new one, and in the meantime, stole a scoop from Yu Qici’s ice cream.
“Host, are you going back to the Jiang family?” the System asked curiously.
“Of course not, their sincerity isn’t enough.”
System: …
Yu Qici returned with a new ice cream, looked at her own ice cream, which was missing a scoop, and glanced at Jiang Zhiyan, who smiled innocently.
“I only ate it because it was melting,” Jiang Zhiyan said. “Then you can have a scoop of mine.”
“No need, this is enough, I’m full.”
The other customers, looking at the two resuming their date, suddenly felt their reaction was unnecessary, that Alpha had only briefly disrupted the atmosphere, and it quickly returned to normal, quiet conversations filling the shop again.
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