TLCBITAR Chapter 245

Chapter 245: Is This a Dream?!

The magnificent banquet hall was still bustling with activity, glasses clinking, with only a small number of people noticing Su Wanxing’s gloomy expression, their puzzled gazes following his movements.

“Not bad acting, you almost had me believing it,” Zhou Zhou said, his upturned mouth turning down, the mockery in his eyes making Su Wanxing’s expression even uglier.

“Same to you,” Su Wanxing replied, his peripheral vision catching the gradually quieting guests. He lifted his foot to walk out of the villa, pausing slightly as he passed Zhou Zhou, lowering his voice to say, “Can’t you just disappear? Do you have to interfere between me and the General?”

Zhou Zhou chuckled, his gaze turning cold, “Don’t talk like you and Pei Yanlie have something going on. He doesn’t even bother to give you a second glance. You’re really going to great lengths, using such disgusting methods to make me leave. Without Pei Yanlie’s consent, you’ve privately violated his right to publicity, which is explicitly prohibited by federal law. I seem to remember that carries a three-year prison sentence?”

Su Wanxing’s face twisted for a moment, his cheeks tightening as his sore spot was hit, habitually biting his tongue repeatedly until he tasted blood. Only then did he take a deep breath, his expression returning to normal, “The General will understand me. My relationship with him is closer and more solid than you can imagine.”

As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of soldiers in gray military uniforms appeared in the front yard of the villa, their straight posture and serious faces exuding fortitude and integrity.

The leading soldier looked familiar, his features somewhat resembling Hu Wenxu’s. Zhou Zhou’s eyes lit up, “Uncle Lin.”

Lin Cheng nodded, his gaze shifting to Su Wanxing, “Based on evidence provided by informants, Su Wanxing is suspected of violating Article 126 of the Federal Law, illegal transactions and infringing on the publicity rights of other personnel. Please come with us.”

Lin Cheng was Hu Wenxu’s uncle and also Pei Yanlie’s subordinate.

Heavy footsteps gradually approached, Su Wanxing’s whole body stiffening, feeling a chill down his back. He turned his head to look at the men in suits behind him, his lips trembling as he whispered, “General.”

The coldness and indifference in Pei Yanlie’s eyes instantly pierced Su Wanxing’s heart, his muddled mind suddenly clearing, “You’re going to arrest me?”

Pei Yanlie walked straight past him, coming to Zhou Zhou’s side and gently ruffling his hair, “I was just about to catch you and bring you back. You didn’t run?”

Zhou Zhou pulled his hand down, secretly scratching Pei Yanlie’s palm with his fingers, and said softly, “What, am I such an unreasonable person?”

Pei Yanlie’s lips curved up, the doting in his eyes stunning the onlookers.

Between the two of them, they could only see each other, no longer able to accommodate a third person.

From beginning to end, Pei Yanlie’s gaze never fell on him. Su Wanxing closed his eyes, and when his wrists were handcuffed, he opened them, “Brother Pei, are you really so heartless as to send me to prison?”

Perhaps his voice was too sorrowful, Pei Yanlie finally cast his gaze on him, his cold voice devoid of emotion, “In the face of the law, everyone is equal.”

“Why did you save me in the first place? You should have just let me die,” Su Wanxing lowered his head, muttering something softly.

“A’Ning.” An old man in an automatic wheelchair appeared in the banquet hall, his face, carved by the years, full of vicissitudes.

Su Wanxing turned his head to look at Grandpa Su, the resentment in his eyes almost solidifying.

If it hadn’t been for his grandfather’s doting, he wouldn’t have become what he was now.

Su Wanxing found an excuse for his failure, Su Old Man had treated him better than his own parents all these years. Whatever he wanted, Grandpa Su agreed to immediately. He wanted to join the Federal Army, wanted to stay by the General’s side, and Grandpa Su pulled strings and did everything he could to make his wish come true.

He thought that being near the water would get him the moon first, but the bright moon was high above, unwilling to shed even a little light on him.

He fell into the abyss, his eyes filled with darkness, unable to find a way out.

“Brother Pei, why can’t it be me?” Su Wanxing raised his moist eyes, looking at the stern-faced man with a numb expression.

Pei Yanlie took Zhou Zhou’s warm hand and led him out of the villa.

“Don’t go… don’t leave!” Su Wanxing suddenly struggled violently, his eyes widening, the veins on his forehead prominent. He bit down on something hidden in his mouth, the burning sensation spreading rapidly from his throat to his whole body. He pulled open the buttons of his shirt uncomfortably, his breathing heavy and rapid, “No one is allowed to leave. If I can’t have it, then let’s all be destroyed!”

“Withdraw! Retreat quickly!”

Someone shouted loudly, the guests in the banquet hall panicking and running to the back door of the villa.

A dazzling light erupted from Su Wanxing’s body. Zhou Zhou was pressed tightly into Pei Yanlie’s arms, his whole body lifted into the air. The huge noise caused him to lose his hearing temporarily, his ears ringing.

Dizziness accompanied by intense anxiety swept over him. Zhou Zhou tightly clasped the waist of the person holding him, flickering blurry lights within his sight.

“Pei Yanlie…”

He murmured weakly, his consciousness gradually fading.

…

“Tap, tap, tap.”

A rhythmic sound rang in his ears. Zhou Zhou laboriously opened his eyelids, his eyes reflecting green, vibrant grass. A red beetle opened its wings and flew onto Zhou Zhou’s nose with a “snap.”

Zhou Zhou’s pupils moved toward the middle, staring unblinkingly at the beetle, carefully raising his hand, gradually reaching towards it.

The beetle slowly moved its furry feet, not noticing the enemy’s approach until it was pinched by two fingers, then it struggled violently.

“What the hell is this?” Zhou Zhou got up, frowning as he examined the bug that was struggling and then pretending to be dead. Then, he raised his head and scanned the surrounding environment.

Waist-high weeds blocked his view. He tensed up and stood up. In the distance, mist was floating, and lush forests could be vaguely seen.

“Damn, am I dreaming!”

He was clearly in the front yard of the villa before he fainted, so what was going on? Where was this?

He was sure that Main Star did not have such lush places, except for distant interstellar planets.

He reached out and forcefully pinched the back of his hand, the sharp pain making him gasp.

Damn it, it wasn’t a dream.

“Pei Yanlie!” He turned around in place, completely panicked.

“Awoo~”

Responding to him was a sinister, sharp roar, clearly not human.

Zhou Zhou’s heart turned cold. He quickly lowered his head to turn on his optic computer, but the optic computer showed that the signal was lost and unable to connect to the server.

He cursed under his breath, thinking of the real-time locator built into the optic computer, a glimmer of hope flashing in his eyes.

“Location failed. The location is not within the Federal registration range. Please re-locate.”

The cold mechanical voice made Zhou Zhou’s face turn pale. What the hell did Su Wanxing use to bring him to this place!

“Squeak, squeak.” A rustling sound came from deep in the weeds. Zhou Zhou stared intently at the swaying weeds, his Adam’s apple bobbing with difficulty.

A basketball-sized, round creature darted out of the bushes, its snow-white long fur instantly bristling when it saw Zhou Zhou, even its tail stiffly erect.

“Holy shit, what the hell is that!” Zhou Zhou was also startled by it. After all, he had never seen such a strange-looking creature in his life.

Its eyes were thin and narrow, its ears were in the shape of inverted triangles, its sharp fangs were entangled with a blood-red long tongue, its two forelimbs were short and wide, its hind limbs were twice as large as its forelimbs, and its sharp claws were tightly grasping the weeds on the ground.

“Squeak, squeak!” It continued to make sharp calls. After Zhou Zhou raised his hand, it jumped up in place, quickly burrowing into the bushes.

“Screaming Rat, according to the remote detector, only appears in the Tenghu area. It is timid and afraid of all non-conspecific organisms.” The optic computer encyclopedia identified its name.

Zhou Zhou stared intently at the words “Tenghu,” taking a deep breath.

Tenghu was too far away from Main Star. He had only heard of it in black hole science videos. Tenghu was the closest planet to the black hole. No human had ever set foot on this planet.

It was said that this planet had a climate and water source suitable for human survival. The resources that were scarce for Main Star were countless on Tenghu Planet.

It wasn’t that humans didn’t want to come in. After all, everyone wanted to develop the resources here.

The atmosphere of Tenghu Planet was extremely difficult to penetrate. Even the newly invented light and shadow shuttle could not enter this planet wrapped in “copper walls and iron walls.”

Zhou Zhou was silent for a while, plopping down in the weeds, purely because his legs were weak.

“Damn it, I never thought that one day, I would become the first wild man on Tenghu Planet. Pei Yanlie, even God is stopping us from being together. How is it so difficult to have a relationship with you?”

Zhou Zhou lay down, his eyes vacant, staring at the clear blue sky as if washed by water, a bitter smile on his lips.