Chapter 7 Captain Heng, can you fix water pipes? ...

"Let's go." Yu Nianqing patted her pants and stood up.

The female Alpha who had been tilting her head and waiting for his answer stood up. "Really? Then do you want to pay a deposit first?"

"No, I'll pay in full when I arrive."

Forget it, let's just pay. He's in a very disadvantageous negotiating position.

"Okay, okay, come on, this way." The female Alpha enthusiastically jogged over to his side and pointed him out.

Parting the bushes, I looked at the old spaceship in front of me.

The lingering doubts in Yu Nianqing's heart completely disappeared.

After all, no pirate would use such a terrible spaceship.

"This spaceship looks old," he said tactfully.

"Don't you think this is retro? Young people these days like this kind of thing." Heng Xing glanced at the spaceship, nodded in agreement, but stubbornly imitated the black market uncle.

23-year-old Yu Nianqing remained silent: ...

"I'll take you to your room first, then I'll take the energy from those two spaceships." Heng Xing took out the spaceship key and pressed the button to open the door.

"Beep beep"

The gate remained completely still.

Hengxing: "It's a bit unresponsive."

Yu Nianqing: "Oh."

"Beep beep"

The gate remained unmoved.

The awkward thing is that mining stars are in a bad situation now.

"I am indeed not young anymore, hahaha."

In the silence, Hengxing gave the man beside her an awkward but polite smile.

Yu Nianqing watched her performance with a complicated expression. "Um, Miss, did you steal this spaceship?"

"Just call me Hengxing, no, it's a name passed down from my grandparents." Hengxing made it up.

After several unsuccessful attempts, he simply walked up and kicked it twice.

It's still not open.

"Hengxing, we..."

"Don't worry, I have another idea!" Hengxing interrupted him, took out a toolbox from the spatial vortex, and removed the spaceship's main door.

The door was placed on the ground, making a rattling sound.

Yu Nianqing glanced at her arm a few more times.

As expected of an Alpha, young in age but incredibly strong.

"Please come in, sir."

"Choose one of these three rooms," Heng Xing said generously, leading him to the guest room.

As soon as Yu Nianqing opened the first door, a pungent, sour smell hit him right in the face, causing him to cover his scarf and take two steps back.

Heng Xing quickly stepped forward to close the door, then turned and smiled, "Let's skip this one and look at the next one?"

She glanced at the bed briefly and saw several pairs of socks with white ankles and black soles scattered around.

One glance doesn't tell the whole story.

If I had known this would happen, I would have kicked Blackie and Beard a few more times when I sent them away.

Seeing the other person's eyes redden from the fumes, looking at her pitifully, she realized what was happening.

Hengxing finally felt a pang of conscience.

"Sir, don't worry, the next one will definitely not be like that..."

"Next one, I'll open it!"

Seeing her resolute determination, Yu Nianqing stared at her back in disbelief.

Don't you know your own spaceship?

Is this spaceship really not stolen?!

Heng Xing walked to the second guest room, took a deep breath, and quickly opened or closed it like a thief.

Haha, pretty much the same.

"Let's go to the next one, it'll definitely be fine there."

Yu Nianqing: ...I don't believe you for a second.

The next room was where Hengxing stayed when he first arrived; it was barely clean.

As a conditioned reflex ingrained by Omega over many years, Yu Nianqing looked up at the ceiling and the corner of the wall as soon as she entered the room.

The smoke detector was covered up, which gave him a great sense of security.

"Captain Heng, where do you live?"

"I'll sleep in the driver's seat." Hengxing felt a headache coming on just thinking about the two guest rooms next door.

She turned and left. "I'll go and retrieve the energy now. You get ready first. We'll leave in twenty minutes at most."

Yu Nianqing didn't rush to tidy up, but followed her out of the spaceship and stood by the now-demolished door, looking at her.

He was worried that Hengxing might have run away unexpectedly.

Her timing was accurate.

About fifteen minutes later, she came back carrying a large backpack with the Yu family logo on it.

"The energy source can't be put into the spatial button," Heng Xing explained, sensing his gaze.

Even after she explained, the man's gaze remained fixed on her.

She went to the power room to recharge, and the man followed behind her.

She returned to the spaceship entrance to repair the gate, and the man still followed behind her.

After she repaired the gate, she went to the cockpit to start the spaceship. Without turning around, she could tell he was behind her just by the sweet minty scent in the air—it was his perfume.

This reminded Hengxing of when she was in elementary school, she observed baby parrots that had just hatched from their eggs. The baby parrots mistook her for their mother and followed her closely.

But the man's clean and efficient killing of his companion just an hour ago was still fresh in his mind. He was clearly a ruthless character, not an Omega who would be as insecure and weak as a chick.

Did he also want to assassinate me?

Heng Xing hesitated, but his hands kept moving.

This spaceship is an old model from decades ago, and its piloting method is completely different from that of today. Even the piloting instructions on the official website have been deleted because they are outdated.

If we kill her, no one will be able to fly the spaceship.

Heng Xing felt relieved and saw from the metallic reflection that he was intently observing the control screen.

Is he interested in this spaceship?

She suddenly wanted to say something, if he still liked the spaceship when they arrived on Planet Yula.

I'm willing to sell it for a fair price of two million Star Coins, plus one-on-one driving skills instruction.

Star coins Star coins Star coins Star coins Star coins Star coins.

If only she had two million Star Coins.

If she had two million star coins, she could return to Koze much faster...

Why is everything inseparable from Star Coins!

In a daydream, the spaceship ascended into the sky, transformed into a shooting star, and disappeared into the horizon, leaving only a long trail behind it.

Watching the spaceship take off safely, Yu Nianqing felt relieved and prepared to go back to tidy up her room and get some more sleep. Turning her head, she found the female Alpha with her head down, seemingly lost in thought. Her bright face was now incredibly gloomy.

He secretly reached into his pocket and gripped the tranquilizer gun inside.

"Hengxing, are you alright?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the lights in the cockpit flickered twice and then went out, or rather, all the lights used for illumination in the entire spaceship went out.

The only source of light nearby was the blue-glowing driver's screen.

"I'm alright." Hengxing was startled awake by the flickering light.

In the darkness, Yu Nianqing retreated to the wall, the muzzle of the tranquilizer gun already pointed at her.

"It's nothing, it just tripped. I'll go fix it," Hengxing said, taking out a flashlight and toolbox and finding the control center in the corner.

With a gentle flick, the light returns.

After receiving her reply, Yu Nianqing put the gun away. Seeing that the light was fixed, she returned to the guest room to pack her things.

This Alpha named Hengxing seems to be in a mentally unstable state, and he's also driving what appears to be a stolen antique spaceship.

It seems I can't be without the tranquilizer gun for the next few days.

Hengxing was the only one left in the driver's cab.

After confirming the spaceship's trajectory again on the terminal, she took the sheets and mattresses she had scavenged from other spaceships out of her spatial storage and laid them on the ground, then placed the blankets and pillows on top of them.

I wanted to change into my pajamas but realized I hadn't bought any. After hesitating for a moment, I changed into a hospital gown from Chunquan Hospital and snuggled comfortably into bed.

Now that she thinks about it carefully, she herself finds the sudden gloom she just experienced somewhat frightening.

Why did I suddenly start getting so hung up on something?

I suddenly had an impulse to do something bloody.

That's strange.

She had never had such dark thoughts before; it was as if a darkness that could devour everything was eroding her mind.

She was thinking, staring at the ceiling, not sleepy at all.

She slept for a long time yesterday, so she probably won't be able to sleep for the next few days.

"Captain Heng, I'd like to ask how to adjust the heating in that room. No matter how I press the switch, it doesn't respond, but the screen is on. Is it broken?"

Yu Nianqing leaned in, looked around but couldn't see anyone, and then looked down to find that she had made a makeshift bed on the floor.

Um?

This sheet and pillow look somewhat familiar.

"It's probably broken. I'll go check it out." Hengxing crawled out of the warm bed without lingering.

"Did you buy your hospital gown?"

He followed Hengxing toward the room and happened to see the sign for the Ninth Sanatorium on the back of her shirt.

"No, it was sent to me by the clothing donation center," Heng Xing lied.

Aren't hospital gowns collected and destroyed after discharge?

Yu Nianqing suppressed her doubts.

Upon opening the door, Hengxing was speechless with astonishment at the spotless, reflective floor.

She thought the floor was supposed to be matte.

“I have obsessive-compulsive disorder related to cleanliness,” Yu Nianqing explained.

clear.

Most Omegas are very clean.

Including her father, Hengxing was often scolded when she was a child because she would come home from school covered in mud.

The heating vents are blocked and full of dust.

It seems that this room is basically unoccupied, and is only used by some victims to sleep for a short time.

Hengxing didn't turn on the heating yesterday.

Alphas are geniuses at resisting the cold.

Hengxing removed the outer cover and cleaned away the dust.

Yu Nianqing frowned and used a portable vacuum cleaner to suck up some of the dust that had escaped to the ground.

Hengxing thought casually, "His obsession with cleanliness is indeed quite severe."

so,

Can I hire him to clean the two rooms next door?

Forget it, where would I get spare money?

After cleaning, the outer cover was put back on, and the heating system finally started working normally.

"Good night." Heng Xing waved goodbye to him and walked towards the driver's seat.

After making the bed, he wanted to take a shower.

But he found that the bathroom walls were covered in dust. Although he was very tired, he still decided to clean the bathroom before taking a shower.

By the time I was finally able to take a shower, almost two hours had passed.

I can finally take a shower!

He took off his clothes, revealing his smooth and delicate skin, and looked up to feel the comforting flow of water.

Um?

Why is the water getting colder and colder?

Um?

Why is the water flow getting weaker and weaker?

Watching helplessly as the showerhead gradually dried up, he dried himself off, put on his clothes, and sat on the edge of the bed, feeling conflicted.

He hadn't finished showering yet, and the wind on the mining planet was so strong, it was all sand, he really couldn't bear not taking a shower.

But it's so late now, I wonder if Hengxing is asleep.

His fastidious self-discipline led him to decide to go and check, and if she wasn't asleep, he would have her come and fix it again.

If he sleeps with her, will he just put up with it?

No, if Hengxing falls asleep, he'll wipe his body with a wet wipe.

The cab lights were off, leaving only the blue light from the driver's screen.

He leaned in a second time and asked in a low voice, without much hope, "Captain Heng, are you asleep?"

"No, what's wrong?" Hengxing turned on the light and turned to look at him.

"Do you know how to fix a water pipe? It's not working," he asked.

Hengxing noticed that his shoulder-length hair was a little damp. "I'll go check on it."

The two walked easily to the bathroom in Yu Nianqing's room. As they went inside, Heng Xing was once again amazed by the clean walls and floors.

Holy crap!

This is what the bathroom used to look like?

What's going on?

"I don't know, is it blocked? Let's try."

Hengxing took out a wrench, intending to turn off the water valve, but the valve was old and in disrepair. He accidentally overtook it, and a torrent of dirty water slammed down from the showerhead, drenching Hengxing all over.

From Yu Nianqing's perspective, she could see her hospital gown clinging to her body, damp and revealing the beautiful, strong curves of her back and arms, exuding power.

Do you have a towel?

She spoke cautiously, sounding somewhat embarrassed, a stark contrast to her confident demand for 200,000 star coins that afternoon.

The contrast is quite striking.

Yu Nianqing watched as the fair skin on the back of her neck quickly turned red within half a minute, and couldn't help but laugh to herself.

How can there be such a thin-skinned Alpha in the world?

A note from the author:

Yu Nianqing's perspective:

A handsome female Alpha is online.

Hengxing's perspective:

Oh no, I'm out of pajamas again!

Oh my god, I completely forgot there was someone behind me!