AGTCTCC Chapter 18
by VolareChapter 18: Chu Qi, You’re Not in My Plans…
Xiang Li paused, but quickly regained his composure. He slowly turned his head towards the direction of the voice, not refuting, but not admitting either.
Xiang Li blinked his eyes, which were a little dry from being open for too long, and clenched his fingers.
“Back to the dormitory.”
He really couldn’t see, at least not now. He couldn’t sense the existence of his eyes, as if his brain had blocked his vision.
After clearly realizing this, he deliberately avoided Chu Qi, not knowing how long it would take to recover.
Dormitory.
Xiang Li sat on the bed, with Ke Man sitting across from him on a chair, and Ke Shi Zhuo standing beside him, still not understanding what was happening.
“When did you lose your sight?”
Xiang Li thought for two seconds.
“Last night.”
Ke Shi Zhuo: “?”
What can’t he see? What can’t he see?
Ke Man: “Because of the Polluted Entity?”
“No.” Xiang Li denied, somewhat reluctant to answer, but seeing Ke Man’s “If you don’t tell me, I’ll tell Colonel Chu” stance, he made up a lie.
“Inherited disease.”
Ke Man frowned tightly. He stared at Xiang Li’s empty, lifeless eyes, which looked cold.
If you didn’t look closely, you might mistake that for impatience. He exhaled softly.
“Why didn’t you tell us?”
Xiang Li tilted his head, genuinely not understanding: “Why should I tell you?”
Ke Shi Zhuo: “…”
Could you two at least tell me what’s going on first?
Ke Man’s voice held some disbelief: “Aren’t we friends?”
The clueless Ke Shi Zhuo understood this sentence and turned to look at Xiang Li, echoing Ke Man’s words: “Yeah, yeah!”
Xiang Li was a little confused.
He couldn’t see their expressions, only judge from their voices. Their expressions were probably not good at the moment, especially Ke Man’s.
He had always been a gentle and sarcastic person, and this was the first time Xiang Li had heard him speak in such an angry tone, leaving him speechless for a moment.
Xiang Li: “It’ll recover in a while, and I don’t want Chu Qi to know either.”
“Then you’re just going to pretend like this tonight? I can see it, do you think Colonel Chu won’t?”
Ke Man suppressed the fire in his heart, but his mood clearly eased a bit after hearing “he doesn’t plan to tell Colonel Chu either.” He analyzed seriously.
Xiang Li considered this question. Chu Qi might not really notice. He just needed to act unhappy and avoid looking at Chu Qi, who probably wouldn’t say anything.
This idea was slapped in the face that evening.
“What’s wrong with your eyes?”
On the sofa, Chu Qi sat across from Xiang Li, leaning closer to examine Xiang Li’s eyes carefully. His brow was furrowed tightly, and his expression held a moment of nervousness. He asked.
Xiang Li’s dark eyes stared at the officer, not answering his question directly. He asked, “Is this what you wanted to talk to me about?”
At this moment, Xiang Li lacked his usual playful smile. His eyes were lowered, and his aura was very cold, not blinking.
Even knowing that those eyes couldn’t see, it gave people the feeling of being seen through.
Chu Qi said to himself: “Are you going to explain it to me, or am I going to have Lin Wu come and tell me?”
Xiang Li curled his lips, and the atmosphere that was almost freezing softened for a moment, but the words he spoke seemed to be a desperate act.
“Didn’t the Spiritual Form tell you everything?”
The Spiritual Form he was talking about was that silver-white ball. Chu Qi sighed lightly. When Xiang Li was slammed into the tree and his silver-white Spiritual Power manifested, he knew Xiang Li would ask him.
“You know Yan Zhou Ping, don’t you?”
Xiang Li curled his lips, exposing Chu Qi’s private actions.
Xiang Li propped his chin with one hand, looking leisurely: “Commander Chu, are you investigating me?”
On the surface, he looked amused, but in reality, Xiang Li was wondering.
No matter what, Chu Qi shouldn’t directly ask him. Did something happen in between that he didn’t know about, even making Chu Qi feel like he could ask him about this?
Xiang Li was thinking about whether he had overlooked anything in the past few days, but he would never have imagined that Chu Qi was just concerned due to a few words from Lin Wu.
But even if he knew, he probably wouldn’t believe it.
Chu Qi suddenly felt that Xiang Li hadn’t done any real harm to the Empire, so it was better to have an open and honest conversation.
“I know him, so what?”
Seeing Chu Qi not speaking for a long time, Xiang Li couldn’t see Chu Qi’s expression, but he could guess that Chu Qi must be looking at him at the moment.
Thinking this way, Xiang Li felt a little uncomfortable and broke the silence first.
“Do you know that Yan Zhou Ping is probably already three hundred and fifty years old?”
“I know.” Xiang Li said bluntly, as if afraid that Chu Qi hadn’t heard clearly, repeating it on purpose.
“I also know that he’s over six hundred years old, Commander Chu.”
Xiang Li said directly. At this moment, Yan Zhou Ping, who was at home, sneezed and then cursed Xiang Li skillfully.
He was sure that Xiang Li was talking about him behind his back.
“How old are you?” Chu Qi suddenly asked.
“…”
Xiang Li felt a faint light in front of him, his vision was recovering. At this moment, his whole body suddenly relaxed, and he leaned back on the sofa.
His empty eyes looked at the ceiling, his vulnerable neck was unreservedly exposed to the air, and his protruding Adam’s apple rolled up and down.
Once.
Twice.
…
“Commander Chu, have you thought about what the consequences would be if you asked me directly?” His voice was a little dry, asking drily.
Chu Qi: “I have.”
Chu Qi lowered his eyes, and after a long while, he raised them and said seriously.
“But I think it will be a good result.”
Perhaps not what he thought, but he hoped it would be a good result. Chu Qi thought.
Chu Qi said this on the surface, but the knuckles of his hands crossed on his knees were clenched tightly, hinting that he was just pretending to be relaxed.
Xiang Li chuckled lightly.
“Chu Qi, you’re not in my plan.”
Xiang Li waited for his vision to recover. After he said that sentence, the atmosphere between the two became a bit strange.
Chu Qi’s eyes darkened: “What’s your plan?”
“Guess?”
After speaking, Xiang Li felt that his eyes had fully recovered. At the moment of recovery, he sat up straight.
He took out a gray box from his pocket and handed it to Chu Qi, his eyes filled with a shallow smile.
Xiang Li: “Colonel Chu, you can go on missions in three months. When is your next mission?”
A bad feeling rose in Chu Qi’s heart. Sure enough, in the next second, a black mist rose from Xiang Li’s feet, gradually engulfing his entire figure.
Xiang Li’s smiling voice came: “If Commander Chu performs well, we’ll meet again. At that time, I’ll tell you the answer to this question.”
When the mist completely dissipated, the person had disappeared, leaving only the gray box on the table.
Chu Qi stared at the box, his eyes narrowed slightly. Recalling the scene just now, he felt increasingly familiar.
…
Knock knock knock!
Yan Zhou Ping opened the door with an impatient face. Before he even saw who it was, he rolled his eyes. The only person who would dare to knock on the door like this without setting off the alarm system was Xiang Li.
Yan Zhou Ping looked annoyed: “What are you doing here?”
“I’m on vacation!”
Xiang Li grinned and squeezed past Yan Zhou Ping, entering the house. He poured himself a glass of water as if he were at home, dying of thirst.
“You’re on vacation, so you’re not clinging to Chu Qi and came to find me?” Yan Zhou Ping remained suspicious.
“Oh, he found out that you’re six hundred years old, so he came to ask me directly. I couldn’t keep pretending, so I just revealed everything.”
“Revealed everything?!” Yan Zhou Ping reached out and snatched the glass from Xiang Li’s hand, questioning: “What did you reveal?”
Xiang Li roughly explained what had happened, and then looked at Yan Zhou Ping, whose features were almost wrinkled together, with an expression of “You’ve been exposed, and now I have to clean up the mess.”
Yan Zhou Ping sighed. He knew this would happen.
He turned to go into the house.
Seeing this, Xiang Li said: “Where are you going?”
Yan Zhou Ping didn’t turn his head: “Packing my luggage, finding a new home.”
“No need.” Xiang Li stopped him, shaking the communicator he hadn’t taken off yet.
“I plan to change my plan and add Chu Qi.”
His expression was intriguing, and Yan Zhou Ping didn’t know if he was serious or joking.
Yan Zhou Ping asked: “Isn’t Chu Qi always in your plan?”
“Two plans.”
Xiang Li said lightly, glossing over the fact, and didn’t mention what the other plan was. Yan Zhou Ping’s expression darkened after thinking about it slightly.
Yan Zhou Ping asked: “You didn’t intend to use Chu Qi as a stepping stone from the beginning, did you, Xiang Li?”
“Is there a difference?” He asked in return. Xiang Li had gotten used to acting obedient these past few months, and Yan Zhou Ping was about to forget that he wasn’t actually a nineteen-year-old kid.
Yan Zhou Ping sighed and reasoned patiently: “Now that he’s found out, shouldn’t we move and avoid being caught?”
Xiang Li: “Old Yan, relax. Do you think Chu Qi just found out about you?”
After hearing this, Yan Zhou Ping took two deep breaths and rolled his eyes at Xiang Li.
“Xiang Li, you better know what we’re doing. Tonight, Chu Qi has not only left your plan.” Yan Zhou Ping reminded.
“I know.”
Early the next morning.
Xiang Li was sitting on the sofa early in the morning. The dense black Spiritual Power in the living room was almost drowning the entire house. Yan Zhou Ping, who opened the bedroom door, looked even darker than Xiang Li’s Spiritual Power.
Yan Zhou Ping shouted: “Xiang Li!”
A gap slowly opened in the pile of black.
“Hmm?” Xiang Li’s head peeked out from inside.
“What are you doing? Are you trying to destroy this house?” Yan Zhou Ping could hardly believe his eyes.
Xiang Li waved his hand, and the black Spiritual Power cleared a path for Yan Zhou Ping, raising the thing in his hand to show him.
“What is that?” He frowned.
“Chu Qi’s Spiritual Form.”
“…”
Yan Zhou Ping felt like he was about to explode again. He convinced himself that he was hallucinating because he woke up too early, and his head was throbbing.
He really wanted to ask why Chu Qi’s Spiritual Form was here, but he felt that what he should be focusing on at the moment was what the person holding the enemy’s Spiritual Form was doing!
Xiang Li took back his Spiritual Power, and the Spiritual Form in his hand was completely exposed to Yan Zhou Ping. At this moment, Yan Zhou Ping felt throbbing in his temples.
“…”
A silver-white ball was lying quietly in Xiang Li’s palm, with black eyes painted on it, staring at Yan Zhou Ping, seemingly full of confusion.
“I infused it with my Spiritual Power so that Chu Qi won’t notice Little Black’s actions on our side. We’ll send it back later.”
Yan Zhou Ping: “…”
“So you can’t just send it back directly?”
Xiang Li frowned, covering Little Black with his other hand, covering it tightly, and looked at Yan Zhou Ping with a disapproving expression, as if he was saying, “How can you say you want to send it away in front of a child?” with a shameless expression.
Yan Zhou Ping: “Can you not be so childish when you’re over six hundred years old?”
Xiang Li stuffed Little Black into Yan Zhou Ping’s arms. He didn’t get angry at being called old. After losing Little Black, he put his hands in his pockets, and the Spiritual Power that hadn’t been collected ran out from behind him.
“I’m going to the lab to take a look.” He said.
Yan Zhou Ping: “Now?”
Xiang Li said expressionlessly: “I came to the Main Star for the antidote in the lab. Leaving Chu Qi doesn’t mean my plan stops.”
On the other side, Chu Qi looked at the box Xiang Li had left behind last night, his expression a bit solemn.
The surface of the box was very smooth, and inside was a photo.
The people in the photo couldn’t see their faces clearly, but you could tell there were two people, one big and one small.