With his foot on the accelerator, Qin Chu showed no intention of slowing down as he approached his destination.
When he reached the bottom of the tower, he suddenly tumbled off the shuttle.
The shuttle suddenly lightened and plunged forward, plunging the hatch of the small horizontal aircraft into the ground.
A distorted "Holy crap!" followed immediately.
Qin Chu was startled by the sound. He popped out from his hiding place and nodded, only to see Kamin squeeze out from the gap and shout, "Murder! This thing almost pierced me!"
Then, the shouting Kaming and the shuttle were kicked to the ground, and another person came out of the hatch, bending over.
The man grabbed a handful of his disheveled hair, ignored the shuttle on the ground, and instead looked past the aircraft with keen eyes toward the location where Qin Chu was hiding.
Qin Chu was stunned, and his whole head popped out.
Levi looked at the dirty-looking boy and raised an eyebrow: "You know him?"
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The young man peeking out from the corner didn't look familiar.
He had an ordinary appearance and ordinary clothes, and he carried a special smell of this planet—the pungent odor of burning low-quality energy.
Levy had never been to this planet before, and he was certain that he did not recognize the person in front of him.
But the young man's eyes clearly didn't look like that.
Qin Chu was somewhat surprised to run into Levi here.
The capital star and the garbage star are almost diagonally opposite each other on the entire empire's map, so the distance between them is not short.
Long-distance interstellar travel was not easy during this period.
There was another person on the red aircraft, the old butler of Roy Palace.
The old butler dutifully stepped out of the spaceship, intending to drape a cloak over Levi's shoulders, but was overwhelmed by the foul air of the garbage planet and had no choice but to retreat back into the spaceship.
Seeing that there was no one else around, Qin Chu came out from his hiding place.
He approached Levi and the others, frowning as he asked, "What are you doing here?"
His tone was far too familiar.
Upon hearing this, Kamin couldn't help but flatter Levi in his ear: "Captain, you really have friends all over the world. You can even run into acquaintances on this godforsaken planet."
Levi glanced at Camin, then looked at the unfamiliar young man in front of him, and said, "I don't know him."
Kaming paused, then turned to look at the young man: "Kid, we're not your targets, don't act like we're old friends."
Qin Chu raised one eyebrow.
Camin was very familiar with the customs on the garbage planet and thought he was in trouble, so he approached Qin Chu with even more arrogance.
He pointed at Levy: "Do you know who our boss is? You lowly fry could be crushed with a single finger!"
Kaming was saying tough things to bolster his courage.
Levi tilted his head and looked at the unfamiliar young man for a while, then a smile slowly appeared in his blue eyes. He bent down and rummaged around inside the aircraft for a while.
"Get the hell out of here! Don't wait until my boss gets angry..."
Camin was halfway through his harsh words when he suddenly saw Levi take out a black robe and abruptly drape it over the young man in front of him, even pulling up the hood.
Kaming's harsh words caught in his throat.
At first glance, he seemed like nothing special, just a quiet, unassuming native of the planet.
But now, as soon as he put on the black robe, that mysterious and dangerous aura suddenly emerged.
Kamin's mind automatically conjured up the tragic experiences of being cornered and beaten up on the space station and having his spacecraft robbed.
His legs went weak, and he turned to Levi, trembling, and asked, "Boss, didn't you say you didn't know him?"
“Now we know each other.” Levi didn’t give him a look, but instead reached out and pulled the hood down again, revealing the young man’s calm and unwavering eyes.
"..." Kaming climbed into the aircraft.
Only Qin Chu and Levi remained outside.
Qin Chu was not feeling well.
He had gotten used to meeting Levi while wearing a hood.
A black robe covered him, so his gaze could only slowly sweep out from the bottom edge and gently land on Levi's chin.
That way, he wouldn't suddenly meet Levy's somewhat unfamiliar gaze.
He raised his hand and put his hat back on.
"Tsk, why are you wearing it? Covering yourself up so tightly so no one can see?" Levi said.
Qin Chu ignored him and asked, "What are you doing here?"
Levy pulled off his hat, a hint of a smile in his eyes: "Someone finally asked me for payment, how could I refuse? Isn't this the place to see that Qin Chu?"
Qin Chu remained silent for a while, without saying anything.
In the virtual world, Levy called his name countless times.
Using various tones—provocative, ingratiating, aggrieved, intimate…
Even in his most embarrassing moments, this person would lean close to his ear with unavoidable hot breath and call out the name "Qin Chu" over and over again.
But it has never been like this before.
"That guy named Qin Chu."
A typical way to address a stranger.
Qin Chu felt somewhat uncomfortable listening to this.
But it wasn't the kind of anger that makes you want to punch someone; rather, it was a kind of stifling feeling of helplessness, mixed with some inexplicable heartache.
I just don't know whether I feel sorry for myself or for Levi.
Levy's feelings were exactly the opposite of Qin Chu's.
When he first set foot on this planet, he was slightly displeased, but now he is genuinely happy.
He even looked around the planet like a tourist, observing the gray smog and dilapidated buildings, and said to Qin Chu with interest, "Your home is here? The scenery is quite nice."
"...Go see an ophthalmologist when you have time." Qin Chu didn't know how he could say such a thing against his conscience.
Levi was rebuffed, but he just lowered his head and smiled, his gaze still fixed on Qin Chu.
After watching for a while, he said again, "I'm very surprised."
"What's so surprising?" Qin Chu asked.
"I'm surprised you're actually human."
"..." Qin Chu was silent for two seconds, then raised an eyebrow at him, "Are you insulting me?"
As he said this, his sidelong glance carried a hint of anger.
It wasn't anger, but something more intimate.
Levi had never seen or understood this before, but his heart skipped a beat when he saw that look in Levi's eyes. Then, his heart felt like it was being brushed by the soft leaves of a vine, an unbearable itch.
His fingers twitched unconsciously, as if trying to grasp something.
But that alluring look vanished in an instant.
Upon meeting Levi's slightly surprised gaze, Qin Chu quickly looked away.
"Ahem." Levi raised his hand and rubbed the tip of his nose, then continued the previous topic, "You appear and disappear so suddenly, at first I thought you were artificial intelligence."
Qin Chu scoffed but didn't say anything.
Levi glanced at him again and said, "You're quite good-looking. Why use someone else's body? Is it because Roy Palace is on the Imperial Star and it's inconvenient to go there?"
Upon hearing this, Qin Chu was taken aback.
He ignored what followed, went straight to the point, turned to look at Levi with a furrowed brow, and pointed to his own face: "You think it looks good?"
“Yes.” Levy nodded.
Actually, her looks aren't particularly outstanding, but her charm is just too captivating.
He thought he was being sincere, but the young man stared at him for two seconds, then turned and left, radiating a chilling aura that seemed to say, "Don't touch me, or I'll twist your dog's head off."
Qin Chu held back for a while, suppressing the anger that was rising within him.
If he were genuinely angry every time, he would have died countless times by now while telling Levy stories.
Qin Chu still remembered the purpose of his visit and looked up at the tall tower in front of him.
Levi, left behind, didn't understand why the man had suddenly gotten angry. He slowly retreated to the side of the aircraft, knocked on the window on Camin's side, and asked, "If someone asks you if you're good-looking, and you say you are, is there anything wrong with that answer?"
"Huh?" Kamin was stunned for a moment before realizing that this was an emotional counseling session.
He clicked his tongue twice inwardly, then sighed smugly at Levi: "Boss, I didn't expect you to be so knowledgeable, yet you have to ask me for help with something so simple?"
Levi didn't speak, but just stared at him with his blue eyes.
Kaming immediately backed down and started offering advice: "Just praising him won't work! Besides, if he's not good-looking, he might think you're mocking him! And you have to be specific in your praise, like saying he has a beautiful smile."
“He doesn’t smile,” Levy said.
Kamin: "..."
But Levy believed he had the answer, so he walked over to Qin Chu with seemingly leisurely but actually somewhat urgent steps.
He circled the tower for a while, and even pretended to press on it.
Then, as he pressed, his hand touched Qin Chu's.
Qin Chu glanced at him, withdrew his hand, and changed direction.
Levi coughed lightly again and followed closely behind Qin Chu.
To make up for his earlier slip of the tongue, he casually said, "Actually... well, it's not that good-looking, but you..."
Before he could finish speaking, Qin Chu's anger, which he had just suppressed, flared up again. He glanced at him sideways and said in an icy tone, "Are you sick?"