The officers who were preparing to "sell out" Qin Chu were somewhat bewildered and could only explain: "Even if it wasn't him, there's no other suitable person in the cabinet who could come. We're not sure who the traitor is right now, and only His Highness the Crown Prince, who was asleep at the time, can be ruled out as a suspect."
"Never mind." Qin Chu waved his hand and said nothing.
Burke sensed something was wrong and asked Qin Chu after the others left, "What's wrong? You used to be so eager to go to Roy's Palace, why are you avoiding him now?"
Qin Chu paused, then sighed, "These things have nothing to do with him; he doesn't need to get involved."
Upon hearing this, Burke understood what he meant, shook his head and smiled: "They're obviously a young couple who aren't very familiar with each other yet. My wife and I, as an old married couple, don't care about these 'yours' and 'mine' things."
Qin Chu glanced at him but didn't say anything.
Levi disembarked from the aircraft, his expression not looking good.
He reached up and tugged at his collar, feeling the stuffy air. Then it dawned on him that the beast tide was approaching.
As Levi walked toward the training base, he looked up and saw a person getting off a military aircraft in front of him—it was Qin Chu.
He wasn't wearing his white service uniform, but rather a gray combat uniform.
The military's combat uniforms were one-piece suits, with a palm-width leather belt around the waist and a rifle butt.
The belt cinched around Qin Chu's waist was so tight that it completely obscured its intended purpose; at first glance, one could only think, "Damn, his waist is so thin, and his legs are so damn long."
Although the scenes were not similar, Levi suddenly remembered the scene he saw in the bathroom when he helped Qin Chu carry a bath towel.
Camin was puzzled to see Leviton standing still, but as he approached, he heard Leviton mutter something under his breath.
"W-What's going on?" Kamin asked, confused.
As Levy walked forward, he said sourly, "Who designed these uniforms for the military? Wearing these, who would want to fight them? A new strategy of subduing the enemy without fighting?"
Camin followed Levy's gaze and, a few seconds later, understood.
“Is it possible… that it’s not a problem with the clothes, but with the person? For example, look at that guy.” Camin pointed to Burke next to Qin Chu.
Author's Note:
Burke: ...Are you being polite?
Chapter 142 Politeness
After waiting two seconds without receiving a response from Levy, Camin looked up and realized that Levy had already walked towards General Qin, who had "subdued the enemy without fighting."
It seems they didn't hear him at all.
Burke, however, sensed that someone was talking badly about him, looked over from a distance, and even gave Cumming the middle finger.
Kamin and he exchanged insults using body language before Kamin walked toward Levy.
The training base was bustling with activity.
Two rows of mental training equipment were set up in the field. The members of the special team were either inside the equipment or sweating on the training field, their hard work was visible to the naked eye.
This was originally a very common scene in the military, and the team members were already used to it.
But now, a faint resentment was rising up, heading straight for the darkest corner of the base.
Suddenly, a parasol appeared in that corner.
Under the umbrella was a deck chair and a small table with iced drinks. Someone was lying casually on the deck chair with a straw in their mouth.
This guy doesn't look like he's here to supervise the construction; he looks more like he's on vacation.
Seeing this kind of training scene would make anyone furious.
Levi stayed on the training field in such an annoying manner, "disrupting morale." After two days, even the cafeteria ladies had some complaints about him, but Qin Chu hadn't reacted much.
"Boss, the chilled watermelon juice is here!" Camin brought over a glass of watermelon juice, and Levi reached out to take it and took a sip.
The resentment on the training field suddenly intensified.
Without the ecological meteorological system, the weather on the capital planet is truly unbearable.
Levy didn't mean to be so flamboyant; he was just feeling unwell lately.
Camin glanced furtively at Levi, wiped the sweat from his brow, and suggested, "Boss, it's so hot, why stay outside? Wouldn't it be better to come inside and enjoy the air conditioning?"
Before he could finish speaking, Camin saw Levi lift his eyelids and glance at him.
Kaming was startled.
Because at this moment, Levi's iris had changed from ice blue to a very light blue. It was no secret that their boss's eye color would change with his mood.
However, there are usually only two reasons that can make Levy's eyes change color: either anger or excitement.
Neither of these emotions is particularly friendly to those around them.
Just as he was wondering where he had said something wrong and was about to make an excuse to leave, Camin noticed that Levy's gaze had already shifted and was now fixed on a certain direction.
Kamin looked in that direction and, sure enough, saw the Qin general who had "subdued the enemy without fighting."
Kaming understood immediately.
Of course, he couldn't go back inside. There was still a chance to see General Qin outside, but there was absolutely no chance inside the room.
Their leader was clearly very interested in this General Qin, but since arriving at the base, he hadn't been able to get a proper meeting with him. For example, even now, when they did manage to meet, General Qin had already avoided them under various pretexts such as meetings and training by the time Levi caught up with him.
Levy was rejected several times in a row. At first, Camin was very uneasy, fearing that their boss might get upset and start a fight with the military.
But for some reason, even though he was clearly in a bad mood, Levy just held back.
It's not that there was absolutely no reaction...
Camin glanced at Levi, then at Qin Chu not far away, and whistled inwardly.
That gaze was practically glued to her, blatantly excessive.
It looks like a wolf that has been starving in the wilderness for a long time.
Any man would know what that gaze meant, yet this person made no attempt to hide it.
Levi didn't cling to Qin Chu, nor did he make any unnecessary movements. However, whenever Qin Chu was around, he would always cast that tangible gaze into his light blue eyes.
It's too obvious.
Over the course of two consecutive days, not only Kamin, but almost everyone in the training ground noticed it.
After Qin Chu finished signing, the commander of the Second Legion coughed lightly and reminded him, "Sir, isn't it a bit inappropriate for His Highness the Crown Prince to just stand here waiting?"
Qin Chu paused.
Even bystanders could see it, and Qin Chu, who was the first to bear the brunt, was no exception.
He took a deep breath, suppressing the urge to turn and look, his voice tinged with helplessness: "Ignore him."
With that, he tossed the pen in his hand to the legion commander and stepped inside.
The legion commander looked down and realized that the pen's casing had been dented.
The high-ranking military officers who had attended the trial knew about the "several days" relationship between Qin Chu and Levi, so although they found the two of them really interesting, they were not particularly surprised by Levi's performance.
But the ordinary team members in the training camp are different.
The look in their eyes as they looked at Levy had shifted from intense resentment to admiration and sympathy.
They were filled with admiration that someone dared to look at General Qin like that.
In recent years, Qin Chu's sharpness has become increasingly pronounced. Although his appearance and physique are attractive enough, most people are intimidated by his icy aura when they see him.
Let alone having any thoughts, I don't even dare to look at it for a second.
Even if they do, it's just something they talk about online.
So from this perspective, His Highness the Crown Prince is truly courageous.
As for sympathy, well, that's for sure...
"I bet," a team member said to the person next to him while training on the gravity field, "that His Highness the Crown Prince won't be here until tomorrow..."
As he spoke, he made a swishing motion across his neck with his arm, and even made an onomatopoeic sound.
The person next to him glanced at Levi and sneered, "Tomorrow? I bet tonight, our empire will be without a crown prince."
"What are you chatting about? Make another sound and you'll get double the training!" The squad leader kicked each of them.
Although he verbally expressed his disapproval, the squad leader actually agreed with what the two said.
He has seen examples of this.
When Qin Chu first graduated from military academy, he would train new recruits as instructors. The squad leader happened to be a soldier Qin Chu had trained back then.
At that time, Qin Chu was still a bit naive. There was a troublemaker in the group who flirted with Qin Chu because of his appearance when they met for the first time, and even stepped forward to confess his feelings, half-jokingly.
Unfortunately, while his confession was quite dashing, the way he was kicked to the ground by Qin Chu was also quite dashing.
Later, he heard that this person had been taken to the training ground by Qin Chu, and that night he ran out of the training ground crying.
The squad leader glanced at Levi again.
I think this person's fate might not be much better than that of that troublemaker back then.
Perhaps Levy's attitude was too hateful.
Suddenly, everyone in the base was hoping that he would get beaten up by Qin Chu as soon as possible.
But no matter how much he looked around, even though the Crown Prince's gaze was becoming increasingly intense, General Qin, who was usually short-tempered, seemed to have been transported to another world and didn't react at all.
So, so we just let His Highness the Crown Prince look at us like that?
The next day, Levy sat in a different spot.
His recliner was moved to the entrance of the conference room, which was right in Qin Chu's path.
Because this prince has not yet been beaten.
Everyone in the special team was extremely upset and anxiously awaited his encounter with Qin Chu every day.
Seeing Qin Chu heading towards the conference area, they quickly nudged each other to inform everyone, then skipped training and craned their necks to look in that direction.
"Look, we finally met them!"
"Beat this bastard to death!"
Qin Chu paused when he saw Levi.