Anticipation mixed with fear.
But in the end, Levy still walked up to Qin Chu.
"You're here?" Qin Chu heard the voice, stood up, and turned to look.
Levy saw him stand up and paused again.
Why are you standing up?
Can you not be so serious?
He became even more nervous.
His mind raced, but Levy managed to utter only one word: "Mmm."
Qin Chu glanced at him, then turned his gaze elsewhere.
Although he was the one who made the appointment, that doesn't mean he wasn't nervous.
Qin Chu hadn't expected Levi to actually wait three days.
These past few days, he's been constantly afraid that Levi will suddenly appear and anxiously ask him what he wants to say, so he's been very cautious every night when he goes back to his room.
Bringing Levi over wasn't a spur-of-the-moment decision, but for Qin Chu, it was the boldest and most novel one he'd ever made. He didn't even know if what he was about to say was right, or if he'd fully thought it through.
Everything seems a bit uncertain; the only certainty is the feeling of wanting to express it.
Seeing Qin Chu staring silently into the distance, Levi's heart was pounding with anxiety.
Finally, he couldn't help himself and opened his mouth to urge, "Didn't you say you had something to say to me?"
"Mm." Qin Chu nodded.
He took a deep breath almost imperceptibly, then turned to look at Levi and said earnestly, "I've thought about our situation a lot these past few days. Levi, I want to apologize to you..."
Feel sorry?
Levy was stunned as the screen was filled with the word "sorry".
By the time he came to his senses, Qin Chu had already been pinned firmly to the grass.
The person being held down was also a little confused.
Qin Chu even forgot his subconscious struggle, sinking into the lush lawn, staring blankly at Levi and asking, "What are you doing?"
"What the hell are you doing!" Levi's eyes were red. "Apologize for what? You waited three days and you're apologizing to me? I don't accept it, I don't accept it, I don't accept it! Take back what you said!"
Qin Chu paused for two seconds, then understood.
He was both angry and amused. He raised his leg to kick him, but then he felt that it wouldn't be right to go through all that trouble to lure him out only to kick him, so he barely managed to hold back.
"Let go of me, you fucking idiot!" Qin Chu struggled, "I haven't finished speaking yet!"
"Don't say it, you're not allowed to say it!" Levi pressed him down firmly.
"Fine, I won't say anything. Levi, you'll regret this!" Qin Chu almost laughed in anger. He had carefully prepared for so many days, but he never expected to be greeted with such a start.
Levi paused, his initial surge of anger subsiding slightly.
He stared at Qin Chu for a while, and then realized that he might have misunderstood something.
Gradually loosening his grip, Levi withdrew, raised his hand to touch the tip of his nose: "Ahem, well, go ahead and say it."
Qin Chu gave a cool snort and sat up.
When Levi pounced, he didn't hold back at all, and the two of them rolled around in the grass, covered in grass and mud, looking utterly disheveled.
Qin Chu looked at the terrible state of his body and was furious.
Seeing that Qin Chu was about to speak, Levi became a little nervous and quickly threatened, "Think carefully before you speak, and don't say anything you shouldn't."
"..." Qin Chu wanted to kick him to death.
He cleared his throat, ready to speak again, but before he could finish, Levi abruptly stopped: "Wait a minute!"
"What the hell are you doing?" Qin Chu finally snapped.
Levi firmly reached out, unfastened the communicator on Qin Chu's wrist, turned it off, and threw it forcefully into a pile of hay nearby before turning to look at Qin Chu: "Alright, now talk."
Qin Chu looked at him, wanting to burst out laughing.
One second, two seconds passed...
Seeing that the man was staring at him without saying a word, Levi became impatient: "Say what you have to say!"
Qin Chu's expression was somewhat complicated: "Wait, I forgot."
"..." Levi considered whether he should put on a show of pounding his chest and stamping his feet on the spot.
"Who the hell told you to interrupt!" Qin Chu angrily yanked a handful of grass.
The two looked at each other, and then, without one of them starting to laugh, they both burst into laughter.
Like two kindergarten children who had fought and then made up.
"Want to say more?" Levi asked softly after laughing.
"Speak," Qin Chu said, somewhat annoyed.
Of course I have to say it, after all, I've been preparing for so long.
Levi fell silent and looked intently at Qin Chu.
Skipping over his earlier apology, Qin Chu thought for a moment and said, "Actually, at first I didn't think I had done anything wrong, even though... I always excluded you from my life and work."
“Burke reminded me, and you said it yourself, that I’ve been too polite to you. But I still don’t understand. I feel that protecting you is my duty, and that I don’t need to involve you in things I can do myself. Although I myself… can’t help but pay attention to you and think about things related to you.”
“I don’t know how others do things in this regard, nor do I know why I do it this way, until that day in the Marshal’s office, when I heard what you said.”
Qin Chu lowered her eyes slightly, her dark eyelashes trembling twice: "You're right, it's just that I'm unwilling to admit it."
“I don’t want to admit that I need you, so I don’t want you to be involved in my tasks. I’d rather make things difficult for myself and do these things well by myself, not only because I’m worried about you getting hurt, but also because I don’t want to admit that I’ve become someone who needs to rely on others.”
“Do you understand?” Qin Chu looked up at Levi. “It’s like… once you admit it, it’s like you have a weakness, like you suddenly realize that you are incomplete.”
Levi nodded; his situation was actually quite similar to Qin Chu's. In their past lives, in order to survive and to become invincible, they could only force themselves to abandon their expectations of others and tell themselves that they didn't need them.
"But I must admit it. I don't know when it started, but I have indeed begun to need your presence. It's not necessarily that you have to be by my side, but I need to know that you are living a safe and happy life in this world. It seems that only when I'm sure of this can I feel at ease to do my own thing." Qin Chu paused before continuing.
"So... even though I knew it was dangerous not to be back in my own body, I still went to Roy Palace to find you; even though I knew I should focus on my mission, I still found it hard to concentrate when I couldn't contact you."
Levi looked at Qin Chu, his heart pounding.
In fact, he was the same as Qin Chu, but Levi chose a completely opposite method. Yu Xi desperately clung to Qin Chu's side to confirm Qin Chu's existence.
They are all timid people, so timid that they dare not think about the word "loss," so timid that they dare not admit it, or even dare not possess it.
"So I want to apologize to you. Because I didn't realize these things, because I didn't want to admit them, because I was unwilling to admit them, I subconsciously pushed you away and excluded you from my life and work. Being treated like this might be... very painful for you."
Qin Chu's heart softened a little: "Of course, I also want to thank you. Thank you for not leaving me even though I was rejected and treated coldly."
"I almost couldn't make it." Levi blinked.
Seeing Qin Chu's somewhat stunned expression, he smiled and leaned in to kiss Qin Chu's eyes: "I was just kidding. I don't have many good points, but once I've got my hands on something I like, I won't let go. Even if you don't want to, I'll still pursue you until the end of time."
It would be a lie to say he wasn't tired and frustrated. Levi never expected to persevere, but for some reason, even though he had no memory of it, he just didn't want to let go.
Qin Chu stood up.
The sky was already bright, and the rising sun cast a dazzling golden light behind him, bathing the lush grass around him in a warm golden glow.
Qin Chu extended his hand to Levy, a slight smile playing on his lips: "Now, I would like to invite Mr. Levy to spend all the time from now on with me, to be a part of each other's lives. Mr. Levy, would you be willing?"
"It's my pleasure." Levi took Qin Chu's hand, sprang up from the ground, and hugged him tightly. "Now, you can't shake me off at all. Just wait to be stuck to me for the rest of your life!"
The two set off before dawn, and by the time they returned, breakfast was almost over.
Qin Chu and Le Wei returned with their hair covered in grass, and as expected, they were surrounded by onlookers.
Burke happened to walk out of the restaurant and looked at the two with confused expressions: "Are you two on a date? It looks like you've had a huge battle in the wild?"
Qin Chu remained silent, her face expressionless.
Even if you gave him eight heads, he still wouldn't have imagined that this confession would turn into such a mess.
Putting aside the near-brawl in the grass, after saying everything that needed to be said, Qin Chu only remembered that Levi had thrown away his communicator and turned it off when it was time to return to the base.
So the two of them buried their heads and bent over, searching in the grass for a long time.
All I can say is...
Everything that's planned always seems to have a little unexpected twist when Levi comes along.
"Holy crap, that rumor is actually true?" The military personnel's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
"This...it's done?" The pirate crew wasn't much better off.
They knew that Qin Chu had made an appointment with Levi, and they wanted to go and secretly observe, but the key was that they didn't have the guts.
I never imagined that these two seemingly opposite people would actually end up together.
Several space pirates had previously discussed this and all felt that not only would these two not end up together, but in the end, the most likely scenario would be that they would become mortal enemies who couldn't stand each other.
So they packed their bags every day, waiting for Levy's order to run away.
Just as Qin Chu was about to go back to his room to change his clothes, Levi leaned over and whispered something to him.
General Qin, with his icy demeanor, raised an eyebrow and lifted his leg, encased in his military boots. Levi immediately stepped back, his smile unwavering despite the imminent beating.
Camin was amazed by the scene.
He was deeply moved, never expecting to see Levi fall in love in his lifetime.
Hmm... I just wonder if their boss still remembers that mysterious man in black robes.
Thinking of Levi's gloomy look because he couldn't find the man in black, and then looking at him grinning smugly in front of Qin Chu, Camin hissed.
Their boss is such a scumbag.
"Alright, it's time to head to the training grounds," Camin reminded him.
The brothers sighed and slowly walked over, only the big, bald guy remained standing there, looking thoughtful.
"What are you thinking about, Baldy?" Camin went over and patted the bald man's arm.
He wanted to pat him on the shoulder, but he wasn't tall enough.
The bald man stroked his chin, deep in thought: "Actually, I've wanted to bring this up for a while now. But I wasn't familiar with the people in the military before, so I didn't dare to speak up."