Chapter 17 Unbearable...
After it was over, Lin Zhi waited for a long time and only walked out of the cockpit after confirming that Lu Yuan had really left.
To avoid any loopholes, he carefully avoided the crowd, returned to the aircraft and waited for the smell to dissipate before going out again.
After staying on the desolate planet for half a day, Lin Zhi had to rush back to the imperial city.
The next time we come to the desolate planet, the mechas will have been manufactured and the team will be rehearsing before departure.
What greeted Lin Zhi in the imperial city were endless official duties and social engagements.
“Click.”
The sound of chess pieces hitting the board was followed by a question.
"Is there something on your mind, Your Majesty?"
Lin Zhi came back to his senses and faced the Duke in front of him.
At this moment, he and the Duke were sitting in a small pavilion in the palace courtyard playing chess.
The servant filled their teacups.
The Duke smiled and said, "I imported this tea from Planet Six. Their planet is in decline, and most of the people there are ordinary people with little knowledge. They only know how to farm, but the tea they produce is indeed good."
Lin Zhi raised his eyebrows. "This has taken a lot of effort to import it across five planets. It must have taken the Duke a lot of thought, right?"
To put it nicely, it's a matter of thought, to put it bluntly, it's just a waste of money.
"That's all right," the Duke said proudly. "As long as it's worth it, it's all right. If Your Majesty likes it, then it's even more worth it."
"It's sweet and refreshing, and richer than the black tea I had last time." Lin Zhi took a sip and put down the ceramic teacup. "Not bad."
The Duke chuckled. "Any tea that Your Majesty can barely drink is considered good tea. I'll have someone send you a few packets later."
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pushed the black knight on the black and white squares, breaking into the area on Lin Zhi's chessboard.
Lin Zhi gently tapped the Queen's finger and made circles. After observing for a moment, he shook his head and said, "You are going to win."
"Your Majesty, I appreciate your concession." The Duke beamed. "But who knows until the very last moment? The game is not over yet."
But despite this, the Duke did not continue playing against Lin Zhi. In the past, Lin Zhi was the Crown Prince, and he was the Crown Prince's teacher. But now that the Crown Prince has ascended the throne, he, as a subject, should give up the game.
The Duke took the opportunity to pick up his teacup and changed the subject, saying, "Noel has also sent me a lot of reports, Your Majesty. The situation in the East District..."
He paused, then said cautiously, "I'm not very optimistic. NE mineral resources are scarcer than we imagined. And..."
Lin Zhi thought to himself, it’s right that there is a shortage, that’s why Noel was sent there because of the shortage.
He didn't show it on his face, pretending to be doubtful, and said in a lower tone, "And?"
The Duke continued, "Plus, there are often pirates in the East District! Your Majesty, do you think it's possible for the Alliance Army to send troops to garrison and expel these pirates?"
I see.
Lin Zhi raised his eyebrows. This was the purpose of the Duke's visit today - he wanted to ask for troops to support Noel's operations in the East District.
Lin Zhi pretended to be troubled, "Why don't you ask the Marshal yourself? You know, there's a deep rift between the Marshal and me."
——After all, who doesn’t know that he and Lu Yuan are enemies?
"This... it's impossible for me to ask for help." The Duke sighed, "Forget it, the others and I will borrow some private soldiers to hold the fort. The Earl has recruited quite a few people recently."
Lin Zhi nodded, "Thank you for your hard work."
After the Duke left, Lin Zhi held his chin, still pondering the chess game in front of him.
He waved to Adolf, the captain of the personal guards who had been standing behind him, and said, "Come and take a look."
Adolf was a burly, middle-aged Alpha with a stubbled beard. He scanned the situation with his hawk-like eyes and quickly concluded, "It looks like the Duke is about to win, but in reality, your Majesty's chess pieces have already surrounded the Duke's king. If the game continues, your Majesty's queen will bring victory within five rounds."
The one who gave up the chess piece was actually Lin Zhi.
"Look, even an amateur like you can see it, and the Duke boasts of being an expert in chess and is my teacher, but now he can't see it." Lin Zhi curled his lips and smiled, "He's old."
"Yes." Adolf lowered his eyes.
He had followed this Majesty for over ten years, watching him grow up. He had witnessed the shameful deeds that Lin Zhi and the Duke and other powerful people did together, and he had also helped Lin Zhi clean up the messes that those powerful people had made.
Now it seems that his Majesty has grown stronger and will take action to clean up these cancers and punish those powerful people who are just sitting in office and doing nothing.
Lin Zhi held his chin up, his tone slightly cold, "You see, when people get older, they tend to be eager for quick success. The Duke knew the East District was dangerous, but he still wanted to pour more manpower and resources into it. At this time, even if someone told him that the East District was a bottomless pit, he wouldn't believe it."
But no matter how hard they try, it's useless. The East District is now at best a dying candle in the wind.
The real lifeblood of the league lies in the newly opened Western Conference.
Adolf nodded in agreement, secretly admiring His Majesty's strategy.
Your Majesty does not need to take the initiative to do anything, the Duke will bring about his own destruction. By the time he reacts, most of the manpower and material resources have already been consumed by the East District.
Lin Zhi looked at Adolf and asked, "How's the task I asked you to do going?"
Adolf said, "We've already rescued the civilians who sued the Duke and had their land seized. But the Duke sent too many people to silence them. We could only rescue a couple, a teenager, and two children. We'll send them to the third planet for refuge in three days."
"By the way," Adolf added, "there's another little girl who's missing. We're trying to track her down."
Lin Zhi gently stroked the queen with his fingers, "It's already very good that we can save five out of twenty-nine people."
After all, Adolf and the others cannot reveal their identities.
Lin Zhi asked Adolf to do another thing.
One thing that puzzled Adolf was... secretly giving money to the army in the underground city?
"Your Majesty, my Imperial Army is small but elite, and the Allied Forces are not far behind. But why..." Adolf chose his words with some concern, "and still want to train another army whose obedience and loyalty are uncertain?"
Lin Zhi glanced at Adolf and just smiled meaningfully.
He did not answer Adolf's question, but only confirmed: "Has it been delivered?"
"……Um."
"That's good."
After finishing his official business and meeting the people he needed to meet, Lin Zhi did not delay and quickly returned to his room.
As soon as the door was closed, Lin Zhi felt a little weak. He took off his coat, leaving nothing but a shirt on, and then soaked himself in the bathtub.
The shirt he was wearing was obviously ill-fitting. The hem was past his knees, the sleeves were too long, and the collar was loose, revealing a part of his chest.
That's Lu Yuan's shirt.
What was hanging on Lin Zhi's chest was still Lu Yuan's thing.
After Lin Zhi returned to the Imperial City, he called in a trusted technician to examine the ring. After confirming that it was as Lu Yuan had said, he strung the ring together with a thin gold thread to form a necklace and hung it around his neck. The necklace was hidden under his clothes so no one could see it.
Lin Zhi sat in the bathtub, the water reaching his chest.
He hugged his knees to catch his breath.
——After the soothing, he seemed to become more and more dependent on Lu Yuan’s pheromones.
Nowadays, even clothes can’t seem to satisfy the aftereffects. Maybe it’s because I’m soothed by the pheromones, but the feeling of being physically close to each other is so good.
After the first marking, Lin Zhi's mind was full of Lu Yuan. Although it was still the same now, the picture was becoming more and more detailed, and the touch was becoming more and more real.
For example, the rough calluses on Lu Yuan's hands, the pungent and aggressive pheromones...
Damn it.
Lin Zhi just interrupted his own thoughts and forced himself not to think about it.
But even so, Lin Zhi still had a vague sense of crisis.
What will happen next time you mark it?
——Lu Yuan is really annoying.
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Lower Town.
The shadowy figure sat at the bar, swinging his legs and drinking orange juice. "Boss, who do you think Mr. X is? He's so mysterious."
The pub was closed today. There were only Heiye and Lu Yuan in the bar. Lu Yuan was lying on the sofa drinking.
Heiying thought it was cool to drink with the boss, but he was still a minor and Lu Yuan didn't let him drink, so he could only open a bottle of juice.
"Hmm?" Lu Yuan rested his arms on his back, crossed his legs, and asked, "Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"
"I received another donation from him yesterday." The shadow exclaimed, "It's a huge sum."
Lu Yuan has his own army in the underground city, but the relationship between the upper city and the lower city is so tense that it is not easy for Lu Yuan to develop his army.
Mecha maintenance, weapons procurement... all of these things require huge funds. Although Lu Yuan himself can afford it, it is undeniable that Mr. X's regular remittances over the years have saved them a lot of trouble.
Lu Yuan sneered, "You bastard, I haven't even laughed at you, a hacker, for not being able to find it, and now you're asking me."
The shadowy figure retorted, hands on his hips, "The other side's equipment is built on the strength of money, not my skill!"
"Either they are wealthy businessmen from other planets who are dissatisfied with the imperial city, or they are powerful people with broken brains, or they are our fans. You choose." Lu Yuan put down the bottle and opened the terminal.
The black shadow fell into deep thought, while Lu Yuan looked at the photos Luo Xing sent him.
Ever since Luo Xing returned to the imperial city, most of the photos he posted were of the sky, with colorful clouds and sunset glow.
Through this photo, Lu Yuan seemed to be able to imagine him standing under the sky.
Lu Yuan thought that it was probably because Tiankong was unable to track the location and determine the identity.
Maybe it was because he had been with Omega several times, Lu Yuan actually thought that the other party's mysterious and defensive look was quite cute.
It looks like a cat sniffing and testing something.
But this monotonous sky is indeed... too monotonous.
Apart from Omega's timed check-in indicating that he was still alive, Lu Yuan could not trace anything else.
Lu Yuan was a little impatient.
He discovered that photographs didn't seem to alleviate the aftereffects of Enigma.
Every night when he fell asleep, he would think of those soft white hands.
He wanted to pinch her hard, leaving her white hand with red marks.
He would also remember the Omega's rapid breathing and deliberately suppressed sobs in the dark wine cellar.
And the touch of the body.
The other person's waist is tight and slender, the cheeks and earlobes are soft, and the glands are even softer. When being touched, the whole body trembles, as if nervous and embarrassed, but because of the "mission" she cannot escape or dodge.
Lu Yuan used to think that Omegas were annoying, but he didn’t know that Omegas were like this.
I never expected that this Omega's behavior, way of speaking, and especially his stubborn look were so similar to the previous Lin Zhi...
That’s right, that’s Lin Zhi’s man.
Realizing this, Lu Yuan only felt more disgusted.
But the blood in his body couldn't stop boiling, making his breathing faster.
He took a deep breath and stood up, trying to calm himself.
The shadow was still thinking, "I have a feeling he must be a wealthy businessman. Maybe I should check the dark web on other planets..."
He said firmly: "It can't be the rich and powerful anyway. Those people are so annoying!"
Lu Yuan put on boxing gloves and raised his eyebrows, "Do you hate Lin Zhi too?"
"certainly!"
"I hate it too."
Reach a consensus.
“Ding Dong!”
At this moment, Lu Yuan's terminal also received today's photo check-in.
Lu Yuan clicked it and raised his eyebrows slightly.
Hmm? There are two clouds today.
“Tsk.”
The black shadow wanted to say something, but when he turned around, he saw Lu Yuan taking off his coat and striding away to the boxing ring.
Eh?
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