The next evening, eight o'clock.
Chu Yang asked Pei Ji to meet him at the top of the Starry Sky Tower.
The Star Tower is the navigation tower, controlling tens of thousands of routes of all sizes in the Ikaros Empire.
The ten-meter-high obsidian energy crystal is like a star, always emitting pure light, and it never goes out even when the empire is in the most dangerous time.
This is Chu Yang's favorite place.
When he was a teenager, Shen Lu often brought him here to overlook the entire Messiah.
Chen Lu was very quiet. He was not like the other people in the imperial court who talked about economics, politics, and personal connections all the time.
He only likes to record with a pen, whether it is painting or writing. He would stay in the Star Tower for a whole day just to complete a painting of the Messiah.
Unfortunately, all his paintings have been destroyed, and Chu Yang can no longer remember his appearance.
When Pei Ji arrived at the Star Tower, the fireworks show had already begun.
Flowers of all sizes bloom on the sea level, like a gorgeous dream.
"Do you need to introduce yourself?" Chu Yang slowly turned around at the edge of the platform.
The servant handed the poured wine to Pei Ji.
Pei Ji took it and took a look.
Ska, a popular wine in the Western Planet, is made from the heart of the agave plant and is drunk with salt and lemon. I heard that some ska wines are brewed with butterfly larvae that parasitize on agave plants.
A very rare wine.
Pei Ji didn't drink. He just swirled his glass and said to Chu Yang, "There's no need for introductions. Everyone in the empire knows you. What do you want from me?"
Even when facing a superior like Chu Yang, Pei Ji still exudes a sharpness, like a beast ready to pounce.
Fierce in appearance, determined in heart.
Chu Yang understood why Lu Sirang had harmed so many soldiers but was only obsessed with Pei Ji.
If it were him, after taming such a beast, he would not be interested in other creatures.
Chu Yang said, "Yesterday, when I had a detailed conversation with the princess, I learned some things about you and Shen Que... To be honest, An was my student, and I'm very sorry that she would end up like this."
Pei Ji sneered: "Are you feeling sorry for me?"
Chu Yang said: "I understand you very well."
"Understand?" Pei Ji stared at Chu Yang's profile.
The brilliant fireworks reflected on his face, flickering.
Chu Yang: "I once chased after someone just like you, accompanying him, helping him, and standing by him when everyone else spurned him. I thought that this way I would be the only one in his eyes, but the truth is, I was just one of his options."
“Not even the first one.”
Chu Yang lowered his eyes and looked at the lights under his feet.
Almost all of Chu Yang's memories of Chen Lu were erased by the Sea of Life, but the only thing he remembered was the reluctance and overwhelming hatred he felt when he announced that he would hand over power to Carolina.
Why her?
How am I inferior to her?
[I am the minister chosen by the old emperor himself for you.]
[When everyone despised you, I was the one who tolerated you. When you were in danger, I was the one who supported the empire for you, the incompetent one!]
[But in the end, in your eyes, I am not even as good as a Beta who is at the bottom of the class! ]
"Relationships between people should be equal. Those who betray others need to pay a higher price."
There was suppressed anger beneath Chu Yang's calm voice.
Holding the wine glass, he walked slowly from the edge of the platform towards Pei Ji, each step causing a distant echo.
"Don't you think so? General Pei."
"Who is inferior to whom? Why can others easily steal the fruits of our hard work?"
Pei Ji's eyes were deep.
He looked at Chu Yang standing beside him and said slowly, "Sir, I don't know what you've been through, but can I take your words as meaning that you want to help me?"
Chu Yang smiled and said, "You can understand it that way."
The light of the energy crystal shone from behind the two of them, and Pei Ji's face was hidden in the shadows. "How do you want to help me?"
Chu Yang: "That depends on what you want."
Pei Ji blurted out: "I want Shen Que."
He tilted his head slightly, revealing a quarter of his face, facing Chu Yang.
"A year ago, in order to get him, I used some not-so-legal means to get a match quota, but I accidentally left a small tail."
"This little tail is now in the hands of your student. Because of this, she attacked my people. It's also because of this that I can't have an equal dialogue with her."
"Now, she seems to be planning to make my little tail public. It won't be long before my divorce lawsuit will be brought to court. What do you think I should do?"
Chu Yang's brows relaxed slightly.
——This is the scandal about Pei Ji in Lu Ya’s hands.
Chu Yang said: "There are many ways. The key is how you want to get Chen Que. Do you want a legitimate marriage or just him as a person?"
Pei Ji's eyes showed a coldness, "It doesn't matter."
He cast his gaze towards the fireworks in the distance. White smoke remained on the sea level, with strange shapes, like the skeleton of all the beautiful memories.
"The sparrow I have worked so hard to raise should return to my cage, no matter what form it takes."
Chu Yang smiled slightly: "That's easy."
He reached out and patted Pei Ji: "In tomorrow's league, according to the ranking, you will be grouped with Shen Que. I don't need you to do too much, just help me contain him. I know you have the ability to do it."
"I'll prepare a beautiful cage for you and give you plenty of time. As long as you have the ability to catch him, you don't have to worry about anything else."
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