Chapter 119
The safety device landed in an area near the edge of the planet Nicol. After walking for a long time, they finally walked out of this desolate wilderness and saw the nearby sandy town.
It had been drizzling, the dense rain soaking the hair and flowing down the clothes and skin that stuck to her body. The fibers in the clothes became wet, sticky and heavy because they had absorbed so much moisture. In the second half of the search for the hotel, Shi Yu felt drowsy and began to feel hot, and his shoulders trembled uncontrollably.
Before entering the town, Xiu took off his coat and wrapped Shi Yu tightly from head to upper body, suppressing the strawberry scent that was spreading silently.
The moment he put her down, the girl instinctively sought heat and wanted to rub against him stickyly. Xiu didn't find it troublesome, so after wrapping her up, he directly carried her up, with her abdomen pressed against his arm. The touch felt like a ball of scattered cotton, and her slender legs swayed in the air.
There was only one hotel in the town, with a shabby wooden door and cracked, damp floors. As soon as he entered, he smelled an inexplicable stench. But there was nothing to complain about at the moment. Xiu calmly paid for a room - there was only one, and then carried the delicate troublemaker on his shoulders upstairs.
The boss and the few other customers in the store all cast curious glances at him, all of them Betas, but Xiu ignored them.
He kept a calm expression as he searched for the room, unlocked the door, and walked in. As soon as he entered the room, the black-haired and brown-eyed Alpha seemed to have reached his limit of endurance. His knees softened and he half-knelt on the ground.
Raindrops trickled down his hair, his resolute jaw, and the hem of his shirt, dripping onto the floor. Cold sweat washed away, and red drops of water gathered into a pool. Xiu frowned, took a deep breath, and then stood up again, propping himself up on his knees and placing Shi Yu on the edge of the bed.
Their landing was not smooth.
The self-destruct program was activated too quickly. He had to take his people away from the center of the explosion before the spacecraft exploded. At that time, the air was nearly 8,000 meters above the ground. Just in case, he chose to set off early.
However, an accident happened. When the altitude dropped to two thousand meters, the protective device was broken by the spacecraft debris falling from high altitude. The resistance that could originally carry five people was reduced to barely carrying two people. Xiu estimated and found that it might not be possible to land safely.
He pulled out a small parachute from his seat and jumped first.
The emergency landing equipment used by spacecraft is usually inspected and maintained regularly by dedicated personnel, but this group of human traffickers doing illegal work obviously did not have such a strong sense of safety. The spare parachute rope was aging and one-third of it broke in the last few hundred meters. Before reaching the ground, they only had time to adjust their posture and cover their entire body with "hardening".
The result was bearable. I had a broken shin, some minor injuries to the back of my thigh as it hit gravel, and some minor problems with my ribs and ankle.
This was not a big deal for Xiu, the problem was that the troublesome Omega still needed someone to take care of her. He dragged his body through the wilderness for a long time, and then carried her on his back for several hours before sending her to the hotel.
Shi Yu was obviously unaware of Xiu's efforts. She lay on the only bed in the store, taking a nap with her eyes closed like a spread-out cat pancake. Xiu pushed her impatiently with his arm, motioning her to give up her seat. Shi Yu hummed twice without any conscience, looking reluctant.
Xiu paused, expressionlessly covering her forehead with his hand. The high fever spread to his palm. He grabbed her shoulders and pulled her up, then gave her another injection in the back of her neck.
Shi Yu whimpered and cried out in pain, but her neck was pinched, and she couldn't move. She flapped her legs and kicked him. With new injuries still to come, Xiu gritted his teeth, his face not looking good.
It wasn't completely dark yet, and the rain dripped down the eaves and hit the windows, turning the glass into a foggy mess. They hadn't cleaned themselves, and the wet stains of rain and blood soaked the sheets.
After the injection, the girl tried to retreat to the corner but was grabbed by Xiu. He frowned and checked her condition over and over like an inexperienced researcher. He lifted her arm by pinching it, then lifted her waist and turned her over. The smell emanating from the glands had become weak. No matter how inexperienced Xiu was, he almost realized that the drug she had been injected with was probably to enhance the pleasure of the buyers. Those people were planning to abduct her, and since they wanted to sell her for money, they would not harm her body.
The medicine he brought back from his last trip to the ship wasn't really any medicine. He lowered his head and tore off the label, Xiu sneered, and as expected, he saw the words "short-acting inhibitor" on the second label.
There were still three injections of the inhibitor. Xiu let go of Shi Yu, took off her wet clothes, and lay down beside her, resting his head on his arms and closing his eyes.
...couldn't fall asleep.
"If you touch me again," Xiu said coldly, his eyelids fluttering slightly, "I will have to fulfill what I just said?"
After groping for a long time but failing to find the quilt, Shi Yu was stunned when he touched the abdominal muscles of the person next to him.
The next moment, she let out a short scream and was picked up by the waist. Even though she grabbed the bed sheet, she could not resist the Alpha's strength. At first, Shiyu was still able to struggle desperately, but as the raindrops grew heavier, the chaotic sounds covered up the movements in the room.
After a long time, two faint, low and soft moans drifted through the open window and into the rain outside.
The rain continued until evening.
The completely wet bed sheet was simply torn off, leaving only a thin blanket and mattress. Shi Yu wrapped himself in the only quilt into a white and plump cocoon, his cheeks slightly red as he slept, and his breathing was steady and long.
Xiu opened his eyes. This patient, whose condition was relatively more serious, seemed to be in an excited state and had no intention of resting. He lowered his head to look at the girl sleeping for a while. He stretched out his hands to touch her hair and face as if he had nothing to do. He didn't care when Shi Yu pushed his hands away in a daze. After all, the quilt was not an insurmountable obstacle.
Shi Yu snorted slightly through his nose. Perhaps it was because he was patient enough and didn't use much strength. After trembling, he straightened his waist comfortably.
The continuous white noise makes people feel relaxed and calm.
She slept for a long time and had some wonderful and soothing dreams.
When the sun rose, her vision was blurry and she was still pondering dully why she dreamed of Wayne, Noah, and, uh, Xiu as well… Why did she dream of going on an outing with them?
Did she really want to go on an outing? But she had already walked for a long time in the wild yesterday.
She fumbled for her skirt and put it on, then stepped over the tall and large bed beside her and got off the bed. As she brushed her teeth with puffy cheeks, she looked at herself in the mirror dazedly, as if she was recovering lost memories bit by bit, and slowly, slowly opened her eyes.
"build!"
Shi Yu rushed out of the door in horror. Xiu had already woken up, but was still taking a nap with his arms resting on his head. Hearing the sound, he opened his brown eyes and glanced at the hesitant Shi Yu.
"You...me."
Shi Yu's eyes filled with tears. She felt like a scumbag who had betrayed his girlfriend, filled with guilt and remorse. As for why it wasn't grievance, it was because her fragmented memories vaguely showed that she was the one who took the initiative...
No wonder I dreamed about Wayne, Noah, and Xiu last night, because all three of them...
"Why don't you..."
"Why?" Xiu looked away, gazing at the ceiling in boredom. "Did anything else happen between us?"
Yes, yes!
Tears were still welling up in Shi Yu's eyes, but she immediately realized that she and Xiu had not had any substantial relationship. It was just the passionate period, so it would be okay to use some relief measures!
"But how could you use that...!" Shi Yu comforted himself for a long time, but still couldn't hold back his shame and anger.
"Then what do you want me to use?" The young man chuckled without any fluctuation. "My legs are broken, shouldn't you be thankful for that?"
Shi Yu felt that he was being teased, but staring at Xiu's sour face which was no different from usual, he thought it was an illusion.
"I won't do such a boring thing... Never mind." Shi Yu felt awkward for a moment, took out the toiletries from the bathroom, and handed them to him reluctantly, "Brush your teeth, brush your teeth, hurry up!"
Xiu looked at her expressionlessly, reached out to take it, rinsed his mouth with water, and slowly started to use the toothbrush.
The room fell into a brief silence. Shi Yu sat on the edge of the bed with his eyes lowered. Only then did he calm down and began to recall what happened yesterday.
"……sorry."
After a few seconds of silence, she apologized in a low voice.
Shi Yu had nothing to say about York and Ivan. If Xiu hadn't been there, where would she have been knocked unconscious and sent to, and how would she have been treated? Shi Yu felt scared just thinking about it.
Xiu had clearly told her about the risks, but she didn't listen to his warnings at all. In the second before she fell into a coma, Shi Yu's heart was full of regret and fear, so much so that when she woke up briefly in the wilderness and realized that she was not captured by Xiu and was still free, even in such a bad situation, she still felt happy and fortunate.
But in fact, it was she who caused this result... Xiu didn't have to take care of these things, and he wouldn't have been injured so badly.
Xiu didn't respond.
After cleaning his mouth, he raised his chin. Shi Yu took it with his head down, and heard him say calmly, "There won't be a next time. It's a lesson at least."
Shi Yu felt lost, like a ashamed sunflower unable to raise its head.
After packing up, she rubbed her stomach. Xiu raised his eyelids, accurately understanding her body language: "Are you hungry?"
Shi Yu gave an obedient “hmm.”
Xiu was half leaning on the bed with his chest exposed. He bent his fingers and tapped the side of the bed in thought: "Go downstairs and buy some food. I still have some cash on me, so you don't have to bring me food."
"Fill your stomach and ask the boss if he has a terminal or something you can borrow. You can pay for it, but don't ask for money right away."
"I see. Do you want to contact Noah?" Shi Yu asked, then said disapprovingly, "You're injured. How can you not eat?"
Xiu: "No appetite."
After trying to dissuade her in vain, Shi Yu hesitated for a moment, then followed Xiu's instructions to pick up the blood-stained pants on the ground and took out all the cash from his pockets. After discovering that this was all she had left, she searched again in confusion to confirm that there was no money left in his pockets.
Shi Yu finally understood why Lai Xiu only asked him to go eat.
She left her tablet in the hovercraft and didn't take it with her. Xiu's terminal was probably searched when she got on board. In the interstellar age, few people carry cash with them, so Xiu was lucky to have some spare cash.
...which means they have no money now.
If Noah didn't come to pick them up within a day, she and Xiu might even risk sleeping on the street tonight.
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