The thought of Qi Xuan rushing in and seeing him die like this made Qin Chu feel a strange sense of shame.
He wiped his fingers clean and opened the door.
The person waiting outside heard the sound, turned around, looked at him, and laughed: "Tsk, why are you so slow? I almost couldn't resist going in to find you."
Upon hearing those irritating words, Qin Chu felt a headache coming on and walked towards the conference room without even glancing at him.
Qi Xuan hovered at a distance, gazing at Qin Chu's tall and straight back, a meaningful smile playing on his lips.
After waiting a few more days, at Qin Chu's request, Noah finally came up with a legitimate reason—to visit relatives abroad.
He also manipulated the data to keep Qi Xuan occupied with other matters and prevent him from getting away for the time being.
Inside a private airport lounge, a one-sided "life-or-death" farewell is unfolding.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, President Qi completely abandoned all pretense of shame, pressing his entire body against Qin Chu's back: "Are you really leaving? In such a hurry? Wait for me, I'll go with you..."
Qin Chu: "Let go."
This guy was a little taller than him, and now he was hugging him from behind and wouldn't let go, like a giant dumpling wrapped around him. Qin Chu was extremely uncomfortable with this kind of contact, and tried to lift him up, but unfortunately he couldn't.
"Let me hug you for a while..." Qi Xuan persisted, his warm breath brushing against Qin Chu's ear, making him involuntarily turn his head away.
General Qin really wanted to give General Qi an over-the-shoulder throw.
But thinking that he would soon be leaving in a "plane crash," he forced himself to stay calm. After a moment's thought, he patiently replied, "My family member is sick, and I have to go."
The person behind him immediately asked, "When will you be back?"
Qin Chu opened his mouth to answer, but suddenly stopped.
It was like when a boy asked him when his birthday was at a crossroads in an old alley. He didn't answer, because all answers were meaningless, and the scene even seemed somewhat ridiculous.
"All right."
Not wanting to put him in a difficult position, the plaster behind him spoke up in a muffled voice, "Then I'll come find you after I've finished dealing with things. Remember to send me your location after you get off the plane."
Qin Chu turned and glanced at him.
The man looked like a dejected, droopy dog, as if he were about to be abandoned by his owner, gazing at him pitifully.
The plane was ready. Qin Chu nodded casually and walked towards the parking area with his luggage.
He had only taken a couple of steps when suddenly a pair of arms reached out from behind and pulled him tightly into an embrace. A very low sigh echoed in Qin Chu's ear: "Are you sure you want to leave? Wouldn't it be better to stay with me...?"
Unlike the previous somewhat unreasonable requests, this sentence sounded more like a heavy sigh. The weight at the end seemed to have been steeped in a long period of time, carrying a hint of faint regret.
Qin Chu stopped in his tracks and looked back again. The person behind him was still staring at him like a large, furry dog. Qin Chu didn't know what Lu Wan's identity meant to Qi Xuan, but he felt that this time it had gone a bit too far.
Next time, he should remember to remind Noah not to choose a data entity that has too deep an entanglement with other data entities.
Looking at the man behind him, Qin Chu hesitated for a moment, then raised his hand and ruffled Qi Xuan's hair like he was petting a dog.
Qi Xuan was clearly not expected to do this, and stood there stunned for a while as he fluttered around, the smile on his face fading slightly.
"I'm leaving." Qin Chu said these three words and turned to walk towards the tarmac.
The person standing behind him, with disheveled hair, watched him walk away step by step, and after a long while, he lowered his head and chuckled. In the laughter, he muttered, "This is what you got yourself into trouble with..."
After the turbulence of takeoff subsided, Qin Chu sat in a separate seat, watching the scenery change outside the window.
The figures on the ground gradually shrank, becoming a moving black dot, and then even the black dot gradually blurred. As the aircraft rose higher, only a vast expanse of green remained on the ground.
If you wait a little longer, all you'll see will be layers upon layers of clouds.
The private jet cabin was quiet; not all three flight attendants had arrived. Just before boarding, Qin Chu refused the butler's accompaniment, leaving only the two pilots in the cockpit.
As the plane took off, Noah's voice echoed in Qin Chu's mind: "Preparing to disembark. The aircraft's flight data is being fine-tuned. The fine-tuning has begun and is expected to be completed in ten minutes."
Qin Chu responded and then added, "Be careful not to affect the flight paths of other aircraft."
"receive."
Ten minutes later, the private plane will be destroyed due to an accident, and Lu Wan's data entity will also die in this world along with Qin Chu's departure.
After thinking for a while, Qin Chu found the emergency kit, took out two emergency survival devices, and walked towards the cockpit.
Noah is currently unable to determine whether the data body possesses human consciousness, and it is also unclear what impact the death of the data body would have on the human attached to it.
In the previous world, the hunters slaughtered all the data entities in the small world, directly causing the world to collapse. Qin Chu asked Noah to collect data on the state of humans in the real world after the deaths of a large number of data entities, but the cabinet has not yet had time to provide specific data.
In this situation, Qin Chu would try to avoid the unnatural deaths of some data entities, so he planned to persuade the two captains to abandon the plane and escape in advance.
Qin Chu opened the partition door leading to the cockpit, glanced at the situation inside, and frowned slightly.
There was no one in the passenger seat.
He looked at the driver in the driver's seat and asked, "Where's the other one? In the restroom?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Chu's breath hitched slightly.
He looked at the person sitting with their back to him, staring at that familiar back of the head, his eyes terrifyingly serious.
The next second, the "driver" turned around.
He had a pair of beautiful and alluring peach blossom eyes, always with a faint smile in them. His black hair was slightly disheveled, as if he had just been given a good beating, and the hideous scar on his left cheek was so familiar that it was glaringly obvious.
The driver spoke up:
"Aren't you surprised?"
As he spoke, he took off his headset, leaned back in his chair, and winked at Qin Chu: "What, are you especially touched to see me come to see you off?"
surprise?
move?
Qin Chu was successfully startled.
The countdown to Noah's departure from the world was still ringing in his ears when Qin Chu reached out and grabbed Qi Xuan by the collar, pulling him up from his seat.
"Are you sick? Who let you come here?"
With less than ten minutes to go, the plane crashed, and his mission target in this world was still on board. If Qi Xuan died with him, the mission in this world would be completely wasted.
Qin Chu was so angry he felt like his heart was about to burst, but he couldn't care less about arguing with Qi Xuan right now. He didn't even have the energy to explain. He directly commanded Noah in his mind: "Pause the separation from the world and bring the plane's operational data back!"
Noah hadn't expected Qi Xuan to pull this stunt, and was so startled that an electronic voice popped out: "No, cannot pause. Initial data has been altered. The plane will crash in eight minutes."
Qin Chu gritted his teeth and cursed under his breath. He quickly put the emergency survival device on Qi Xuan, but someone grabbed his wrist.
Qin Chu's eyes were sharp, he was so anxious he felt like his lungs were about to explode, but the person in front of him still had a faint smile on his face, and a pair of peach blossom eyes, shimmering with water, were staring at him without blinking: "What's the rush, darling?"
"Shut up." Qin Chu broke free from his wrist and took a deep breath. "Don't ask questions, just listen to me, pack your things and get ready to jump."
He was about to continue helping Qi Xuan get dressed when he was suddenly grabbed and pressed against the small window.
Outside the window, the snow-white clouds drifted silently, without the slightest movement. Separated by a layer of transparent glass, they seemed to float in mid-air, detached from the world.
Qi Xuan looked at the young man with jet-black hair and sharp eyes in front of him, a smile spreading across his face, revealing a sharp canine tooth on one side. He leaned close to Qin Chu's ear: "I told you not to rush..."
Are you fucking sick?
Qin Chu was furious and immediately threw a punch.
Qi Xuan easily dodged by tilting his head, and once again firmly gripped Qin Chu's wrist, his thumb even lingeringly caressing the inside of Qin Chu's pale wrist a couple of times.
Without a care in his heart, Qi Xuan chuckled twice and said, "Shh, take a look at the gift I prepared for you first."
Qin Chu was taken aback and subconsciously looked in the direction Qi Xuan was pointing.
In an inconspicuous corner beneath the control panel, a black box lay quietly, with a bright red indicator light flashing regularly on it.
Above the indicator light is a display screen, on which numbers representing the time are flashing rapidly.
It's a bomb.
Remaining time: 01:56:07
Qin Chu's eyes narrowed, and his previous anger quickly faded, leaving only a chilling calm.
"Noah, try adjusting the bomb data."
After speaking, he looked at the man holding him tightly in front of him, his icy black eyes meeting Qi Xuan's smiling eyes.
The smile in the man's eyes deepened.
"Don't look at me like that. So, do you like this gift?" He hugged Qin Chu very affectionately, his nose brushing against the ends of her dark hair. He buried his face in the crook of Qin Chu's neck and then whispered a name, "My dear... deskmate?"
The warm breath touched Qin Chu's skin, but it made Qin Chu's pupils shrink sharply.
The clouds outside the window continued to drift silently, without a trace of wind. A beam of golden sunlight shone through, illuminating the clouds and the glass, bathing them in a pale golden glow.
The cockpit was quiet and still, with the control panel occasionally emitting a prompt tone, and faint announcements coming from the headset lying on the seat.
The data on the black box was still jumping rapidly, creating a chilling melody.
00:40:00
00:39:59
...
In this chilling silence, Qin Chu's eyes were terrifyingly dark, and his lips were pressed tightly together: "It's you?"
The man holding him laughed again, loosening his grip and becoming as gentle as the most perfect lover. He took Qin Chu's hand and placed it on his left cheek, on the uneven scar.
"What's wrong? Don't you like this address?" The fingers that were pressed against his cheek were moved to the corner of his lips, and the man revealed sharp canines, biting hard on Qin Chu's knuckles. "Then... perhaps I should call you... Your Highness?"
Qin Chu's breath hitched again, and the masseter muscles on his cheeks bulged slightly.
Sure enough, his guess was right; it was that bastard.
The countdown is still ticking.
00:20:15
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00:14:10
...
"Why are you following me? When did you decide to?" Qin Chu's voice was calm, but it carried a hint of gritted teeth.
Hearing Qin Chu's tone, the man was clearly happy.
He didn't answer, but simply moved closer to Qin Chu again.