Chapter 69 Don't Leave Me

Complementary yet similar, fierce yet loving.

Xie Xingchen thought to himself, "Is this a targeted invitation?"

Is he confessing his feelings to me?

But looking at Lin Yao's serious expression, and his apparent deep thought, it didn't seem like it.

Even the most subtle hints and attempts to lure people in don't seem like it.

Even though it might have been just a casual remark, my heart was racing because of his seemingly insignificant comment. How pathetic.

Xie Xingchen thought for a moment, carefully considering his words, and said meaningfully, "So I'm your ideal type?"

Lin Yao snapped out of his daze, the light in his pupils refocusing: "You? My ideal type? How could that be? What are you daydreaming about?"

How dare this guy be so narcissistic as to take it personally?

“Isn’t that right? The feeling you’re describing sounds a lot like me.” Xie Xingchen stared at him for a few seconds before pointing it out directly.

Hearing this possibility from him just now felt like walking in the desert for a very long time, and then like receiving a timely rain.

Lin Yao has never been loved since childhood and doesn't know what love is. From discovery to confirmation, it will be a very slow process, and Xie Xingchen has long been mentally prepared.

The process wasn't difficult. Compared to yesterday's fruitless longing, every time Lin Yao opened up a little more for him, he felt a sense of reward and joy.

Lin Yao simply couldn't imagine the possibility of him dating Xie Xingchen, finding it utterly absurd: "I think you're still asleep."

He paused, then raised his hand to rub his temples: "Or maybe I'm not fully awake."

Otherwise, how could such an absurd conversation have arisen?

The control panel behind me suddenly started flashing continuously and emitting a series of alarms.

[Note: Flight path has deviated]

**Caution: Power Overload**

[Attention, attention! The descent speed has exceeded the preset value. Please check immediately.]

The aircraft seemed to be caught in a strange magnetic field, rotating and diving at a distorted angle.

A frantic voice came through the communicator: "Xie Xingchen, what's going on your end?"

Duan Zheng cursed, "Damn it, they said this piece of junk had a chance of falling, and it actually did? What the hell is this lousy quality?!"

"Brother Yao, Brother Yao, can you hear me?" He Li called out anxiously.

"What are you standing there for? Do it manually!" Lin Yao reached out and pushed Xie Xingchen off him, only to see that Xie Xingchen's forehead was suddenly covered in a layer of cold sweat, his lips were taut, his whole body was stiff, and he was completely devoid of his previous ease. His fingers were gripping the sides of his seat, and his fingertips were white from the force.

The spacecraft veered off course and plummeted like a meteor.

Xie Xingchen had mentioned his fear of heights before.

Because the plane almost crashed during its first test flight, it was afraid to fly there. Originally, it planned to go to National Chengchi University and had no intention of coming to Chongqing.

At the time, he downplayed it, saying he had overcome it, and didn't take it seriously. Now it seems that he only overcame the psychological barrier with strong willpower during regular flights, not that his condition was completely cured.

"Wait a moment, two seconds," Xie Xingchen said in a low voice.

He closed his eyes, trying to erase the scene of his first failed test flight from his mind, but he kept reliving the moment the aircraft crashed and sparks flew everywhere, and the moment he escaped, with an explosion behind him.

"You rest here, I'll take care of things." Lin Yao wiped the sweat from Xie Xingchen's forehead, deftly unbuckled his seatbelt, turned over and helped Xie Xingchen into the passenger seat, then sat back down at the control panel.

Looking back at the driving record, Xie Xingchen's settings were perfectly correct, so what was the problem?

The aircraft was shaking so violently that it was almost impossible to keep stable. Lin Yao gripped the control stick and pulled upwards, trying his best to get rid of the inexplicable gravity, but it was extremely difficult.

"Director Huo, the gravity in this star field is changing; we've probably been caught in it." Lin Yao said calmly, trying his best to stop the spinning spacecraft from flipping. "The situation isn't looking good."

Be prepared for an emergency landing.

Lin Yao looked at the numbers on the control panel and said in a low voice, "If we keep going like this, the windshield will shatter, and we'll both be finished."

Xie Xingchen turned to look at him, and seeing how calmly he operated despite the chaos, his anxiety subsided.

"Then I'll leave my life in your hands," he laughed. "But it doesn't matter if I die."

Last time, Lin Yao held a gun and said he was going to shoot me, asking if I would have any regrets.

At the time, I was thinking, of course it's a pity, a pity that we didn't become lovers instead of mortal enemies.

But at this moment, if they were to perish together in the universe, he actually found it quite romantic.

Clearly, the person next to him was allergic to romance. Lin Yao said coldly, "I'm here, I won't die."

After saying that, he added in a cold tone, "If you say such discouraging things again, I'll really beat you up."

As he said this, he had already struggled to drive the little wrecked car out of that out-of-control star field. However, due to continuous flips and loss of control, the two wings had already fallen off, and the windshield was in danger of breaking.

An unfamiliar number came in on the communicator's channel. Lin Yao answered, "Hello."

"I am Xie Hengzhi. Dean Huo said your aircraft malfunctioned. Were you piloting it?" he asked calmly.

"Yes, it's my turn now." Lin Yao clicked on the best landing point on the screen. A dense array of planets, large and small, flashed on the map, making it impossible to determine the exact location.

Xie Hengzhi sent a star system coordinate to the instrument: "Go to Rose Star, it's the closest to your current location. I'll find someone to rescue you as soon as possible."

He paused, his tone revealing a hint of fatherly affection, yet still firm: "Xingchen is afraid of heights, but I believe in your skills to make a safe emergency landing. I need you to bring him back safely."

Lin Yao turned to look at Xie Xingchen sitting next to him. Xie Xingchen's eyes were closed and his breathing was rapid. He looked to be in very poor condition.

He ignored the commanding tone and said calmly, "I know, I won't die."

After hanging up, Lin Yao sped off towards the marked planet at an uncontrolled speed.

As they approached Rose Star from the Milky Way, the gravity became immense, like a dragging force that squeezed their internal organs together, causing even Lin Yao to feel uncomfortable.

"Waaaaah, Yao-ge... Yao... are you all alright..."

"Lin Yao...how...is he...?"

"Can't you hear me? Please answer..."

The calls from teammates in the channel were no longer audible, the communicator began to produce static, and the spacecraft was crashing towards the surface of Rose Star at an alarming speed.

Lin Yao held his breath and kept telling himself, "It's okay, I can do it."

If they simply increase their speed to maximum and avoid the blue sea area on the map, they can make an emergency landing on the magenta land.

Xie Xingchen suppressed his pounding heart, looked at the dashboard, and made a decision: "Second gear on the left, first gear on the right, tilt 27 degrees, land."

Lin Yao glanced at him sideways before looking away: "Received."

A deafening roar shattered the clouds from among the countless stars, and the sky began to fall, fall, fall rapidly.

Xie Xingchen raised his hand to cover his face. His ears were stinging, his vision was blurry, and his heart was pierced as if a thousand steel needles were sticking into it.

Lin Yao's arm gripping the control stick bulged with prominent veins. The shattered aircraft skidded across the blue sea at an angle, the damp sea breeze swirling into the cabin through the broken windshield. During the rapid glide, it crashed into the pink sand beach with a loud bang.

Collision, explosion, sudden braking, rollover.

As Lin Yao was thrown from the cockpit and flipped out of the plane, he quickly unbuckled Xie Xingchen's seatbelt, but the aircraft's sliding door was locked and could not be opened.

The nose of the aircraft crashed into the ground, shattering a huge gap. The dashboard hissed and crackled, and it was about to catch fire.

"Get out." Lin Yao grabbed Xie Xingchen, ignoring the bleeding from the wound on his arm, and pulled him tightly around the waist, using the force of the impact to roll out.

The cabin suddenly caught fire the moment the plane landed safely.

Lin Yao raised his hand and covered Xie Xingchen's eyes, just as he had covered his own fear last time.

"It's alright, he's still alive," he whispered, only then realizing his voice was trembling.

But Xie Xingchen did not respond.

Blood was seeping from his forehead, probably from the impact of the fall.

Lin Yao carried him away from a safe distance where an explosion might occur before laying him flat on the ground. His eyes were closed, his body was convulsing, and he was so stiff that he seemed unable to hear himself speak, as if he had suddenly fainted.

"Xie Xingchen, Xie Xingchen, can you hear me?" He knelt on the ground, his hands clasped together, trying to revive his heart and lungs.

No response.

Lin Yao panicked for the first time, pressing down frantically, hating himself for not having more medical knowledge and knowing nothing else besides this.

"You dare to just die like that and see what happens?"

"I will haunt you even as a ghost."

"Are you mute and can't speak?"

Lin Yao pressed the button and cursed, hoping to get a reply, but there was none.

He lowered his eyes and breathed heavily, pressing his chin with his fingers to force his lips open. He took a deep breath, leaned down, and passed the air to her.

Once, once, and again, never give up.

"Xie Xingchen, I'm always the one who gets left behind. You can't leave me behind again." He whispered, his lips close to the other's. "You can't."

Suddenly, a strong grip tightened on the back of my head, and my lips were forcefully kissed, leaving me completely taken aback.

Xie Xingchen ran his blood-stained fingers through his soft hair and gently rubbed it.

"I won't lose you. With you here, you won't die."