When they were holding hands, Qin Chu didn't feel anything, but now that they were apart, he felt like the temperature of his two hands was different.
His body temperature was low, and Levi was like a furnace, so the heat was now being transferred to his hands.
When Qin Chu returned with the tableware, Levi asked him in a low voice, "Have you got an idea yet?"
"I don't like being passive." Qin Chu frowned. "It's really bothering me to have it staring at me like that. How does the mainframe usually learn about the movements of the small world? Is it possible that nothing can be hidden from it?"
“You’ve come to the right person this time. I’ve been bothered by it before, so I have a lot of experience with it,” Levy said.
Qin Chu looked up, waiting for him to continue, but Levi did not.
The two stared at each other across the dining table, and the atmosphere fell silent again.
Qin Chu was very familiar with this atmosphere. He subconsciously glanced at Levi's lips, his expression indescribable: "Don't you get tired of using the same move so many times?"
“Not at all.” Levi shook his head. “You can think of the previous ones as fake, only this one is real. And this time it’s different, it’s version 2.0. I don’t need you to kiss me, I just need to let you kiss me.”
His unreasonable words almost made Qin Chu laugh in anger.
However, Levy didn't dwell on it this time. He quickly continued, "The mainframe itself is an artificial intelligence. In the real world, it can freely move around in places with a network, but in the virtual world, it carries a huge data flow and cannot completely enter the small world."
That's pretty much what Noah said.
Levy added, "But it can send messengers into the virtual world. I've encountered them a few times before, and even killed a few to study them. These messengers' purpose is to collect information for the mastermind, but they cannot share information with each other; they need to be relayed."
"How do we determine what constitutes a normal data entity and what constitutes a messenger from the mastermind?" Qin Chu asked.
“Everything unusual or out of place around you,” Levy said.
Knowing this alone is not enough. Qin Chu wants more than just to know the mainframe's surveillance methods; he wants to drag out this thing hiding behind the scenes.
"Alright, that's all. I'm here to collect my payment."
Levi bent down over the dining table and kissed Qin Chu's earlobe in full view of everyone.
The touch was light, just a light touch between the lips.
But the effect was remarkable; Qin Chu felt a tickling sensation creep up from his earlobe.
Qin Chu frowned, about to tell him to be serious, when he heard a very low voice in his ear: "What do you think the mainframe's reaction will be when it finds out about our relationship?"
Levi quickly withdrew and winked at Qin Chu almost imperceptibly.
This sounded like a joke, but Qin Chu keenly recalled the words on the announcement he had just seen.
Memorial services for martyrs are limited to family members only.
During this period, he was almost inseparable from Levy.
Thinking back, it seems that the last time they broke into the archives, they didn't need both of them, but they still habitually went together.
It's hard to say that the "limited" wording in the announcement has nothing to do with Levy.
The two quickly ate dinner.
As they left the restaurant, Levi extended his hand to Qin Chu again.
"...Still holding it?" Qin Chu asked.
“Come on,” Levy insisted.
Qin Chu reluctantly extended his hand.
After walking for a while, Qin Chu felt Levi write a word in his palm.
Qin Chu: "..."
Qin Chu replied in kind: "Is this the kind of communication we need?"
“Critical information should still be kept confidential, just in case,” Levy wrote.
"Is what you said really useful?" Qin Chu asked skeptically.
Levy smiled and wrote, "Give it a try, what if it makes you gibberish?"
"How do we try it?" Qin Chu asked.
Levy added, "First, let's confirm the good relationship, then give each other a kiss."
"..." Qin Chu squinted at him, feeling that this sentence didn't need to be written out at all, because Levy was putting it into practice all the time.
Levy laughed too, and this time he said directly, "Don't look at me like that. The more we can't do something, the more we want to do it. Ever since you said we can't do anything, these are the things that have been on my mind."
“…This has nothing to do with what I’m saying,” Qin Chu said. “I’ve never seen you have anything else on your mind before.”
With this plan in place, Levy openly and brazenly made his way there every day, as if he were trying to meet his KPIs.
Qin Chu struggled to finish his draft in this atmosphere, repeatedly suspecting that the guy's suggestion was just for fun.
On the last day before the deadline, Qin Chu finally submitted the artwork.
After submitting the manuscript, Qin Chu walked over to Levi and patted him on the shoulder: "Alright, go to the wedding."
The formal wedding is tomorrow; tonight is just a get-together for these peers to have some fun.
Levi had just been kicked by Qin Chu for causing trouble, and was feeling rather listless. Hearing this, he didn't perk up much and said in a drawn-out tone, "Okay~ let's go attend someone else's~ wedding."
The two went back to their dormitories to change their clothes.
Levi arrived early at the Omega dormitory to wait for Qin Chu.
I still can't muster any enthusiasm.
What's fun about other people's weddings?
Levy was consumed with jealousy.
Among this group of AOs, he and Qin Chu were the first to meet and had a "friendship" spanning several worlds, but in the end, it was someone else who got married first?
Levy was very dissatisfied.
This dissatisfaction intensified after seeing Qin Chu emerge from the dormitory.
Qin Chu was not wearing a uniform.
He was wearing only a simple white shirt, with the top button fastened, but the collar was not as high as his uniform jacket, revealing his delicate Adam's apple and slender neck almost completely.
The shirt hem was tucked into high-waisted black trousers, and she wore a pair of matching high-top military boots, making her legs look dazzlingly long.
He emerged from the Omega dormitory dressed in such a simple and sharp outfit that he attracted almost everyone's attention.
"Let's go," Qin Chu said as he walked over.
Levi stared at him, her tone aggrieved: "Why are you dressed like this?"
Qin Chu was completely bewildered: "What should I wear? You want me to attend someone's wedding in a uniform?"
That's definitely not going to work.
Rationally, Levy knew everything, but he was still unhappy.
After glancing at Qin Chu's fair neck again, Levi said in a gloomy tone, "I have never hated a human as much as I do now."
"What?" This question came out of nowhere, and Qin Chu didn't understand it at all.
Levy said, "It's that thing living in your head, I want to kill it."
Author's Note:
The painter, still not fully awake, wondered: What did I do wrong?
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Levy: We have so many "friendships" across the world, how come we're not married yet?
First, reflect on how this kind of friendship was created...
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So much to do during the Lunar New Year! Writing has been a struggle, but this world should be finished in two more chapters.
Chapter 107, Fifth Story (26)
Levy spoke from the heart, and Qin Chu actually...somewhat agreed?
He wasn't as obsessive as Levy during his vulnerable period; he just felt it was a bit inconvenient and hoped Noah wouldn't choose a similar data body next time.
The wedding banquet was held a little further away from the base, and Qin Chu asked Levi to bring the motorcycle over.
Levi did indeed buy the motorcycle, but Qin Chu ruthlessly stopped him when he was about to burn it.
"Get down." Qin Chu took the helmet from Levi and patted Levi on the shoulder.
Unexpectedly, the moment his fingers touched Levi's back, the man jumped as if he were on fire, and accidentally put his hand on the horn.
This was quite a commotion. Qin Chu looked at him, puzzled, and asked, "What are you doing?"
"I was about to ask you what you were doing!" Levi glared at him. "Why did you suddenly touch me for no reason?"
"...I call this touching you?" Qin Chu looked at the spot he had just touched, confirming that it was only his shoulder and not some part that couldn't be touched.
“You can’t touch an alpha during their vulnerable period,” Levi muttered.
Qin Chu thought to himself that this inhibitor was a waste of his time. He then reached out and poked Levi, "Now, please move to the back, you alpha who's in a vulnerable period. I'm afraid you'll jump up and throw me out while you're driving."
Levi didn't refuse, but he didn't get up either. He just moved back a little and pointed to the empty seat in front of him: "Come on, let's go."
Qin Chu glanced at him, then strode into the car.
He had just sat down when he felt a slight weight on his waist. Looking down, he saw an arm loosely wrapping around him from behind, the hand casually resting on his leg.
Qin Chu's muscles tensed involuntarily. After thinking about this person's habits, he still said, "Behave yourself."
Levitto responded with a drawn-out voice.
Qin Chu tossed a helmet over, started the car, and drove out of the base.
Once the motorcycle was on the road, he belatedly realized that he didn't know where the wedding was, so he turned back and asked Levy, "Could you adjust the route for me?"
Levi pushed up the windshield and was about to take out his personal computer to operate it when he was stunned when his gaze swept over the back of Qin Chu's collar.
After a long silence, Qin Chu urged again, "I'm asking you."
His response was a curse from Levy.