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Arc 2 – Slag that Interstellar Admiral
Chapter 48

Louis was contained in a small room less than twenty square metres in size by the people from the military. Sitting on the edge of the bed with his legs spread open and arms resting on his knees, his entire figure was slumped.

This was the scene Shao Zelin came upon when he entered. He paused for a moment before pulling up a chair and sitting down opposite Louis.

In just two days, Louis’s chin now had a stubble. He slowly raised his eyes and when he saw that the person who entered was Shao Zelin, there was a faint reaction in his eyes.

“I heard His Majesty just came by.”

Louis straightened up and said indifferently, “Cursed me out a little and then left.”

Their Emperor had a bad temper since a young age. Now that he was in his middle ages, his temper got worse by the day. Shao Zelin looked around. This was an ordinary detention room. Although it was small, it was well equipped.

“Xiao An is still at my place. When can you get out?”

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From the time Shao Zelin entered, Louis hadn’t shown any changes in emotions but when he heard those words, he glanced over with eyes that seemed several degrees sharper than before, “…….You knew that Xiao An went home?”

The two were clearly relatives but their attitudes to each other made it hard for others to tell. Shao Zelin’s face was even calmer than Louis’s. He nodded, “I know. I just came from my place.”

Louis’s body suddenly stiffened. He looked at Shao Zelin with pursed lips and for a moment a lot of thoughts crossed through his mind. Shao Zelin continued, “Don’t worry, he doesn’t know that you’re here and he also doesn’t know that you went to Scarlett Star. He still thinks you’re in the Death Galaxy.”

After hearing this, Louis still didn’t relax. He continued to stare fixatedly at Shao Zelin.

Those lines of his just now revealed a lot of things. Shao Zelin knew that he had lied to Shao Ze’an but he didn’t expose him and instead helped him conceal it. He also said earlier that he came straight from his place, so it meant that he was home last night. Why?

Louis looked at Shao Zelin with eyes filled with vigilance and distrust. It couldn’t be helped. He had just found out that his lover had been held hostage by the rebels for several months, so he was still in a state of wariness. Who knew if there was someone around him who worked for the rebels? Whilst Shao Ze’an may be forced, it may not necessarily be the case for others.

Shao Zelin knew what he was thinking. He fell silent for a moment and then proceeded to change the subject, “Why did your spiritual power go berserk at Scarlett Star?”

Louis half closed his eyes. When he was about to use the excuse he had prepared in advance, Shao Zelin’s voice sounded again, “Was it because of Xiao An?”

Louis looked at Shao Zelin. The two stared at each other like this for a long time before Louis stiffly looked away and let out a strange and bitter sounding laugh. After laughing, he said in a low at muted voice, “So you know about it too.”

For the past one night and two days, Louis hadn’t closed his eyes to rest at all. Of course, something like this was nothing for his physique but even he can feel tired. While being escorted back to the main star, he was locked in a small room similar to the one. Since he had nothing to do, he had more time to think.

‘So you know about it too’. Louis didn’t try to hide it and admitted directly.

Shao Zelin was quiet for a few seconds. He then spoke up again, “It wasn’t voluntary. Everything he did wasn’t out of his own will. My brother….although he isn’t a good person, he also isn’t a bad person.”

There was no filter in Shao Zelin’s eyes. Everything he said was as it is. Although when facing his parents he reassured them that Louis is Shao Ze’an’s husband and would definitely not hurt him, it was just an excuse to comfort his parents. Facing Louis now, Shao Zelin wasn’t actually all that confident.

Hearing Shao Zelin’s words, Louis furrowed his brows. He understood what Shao Zelin was trying to say. He was helping speak for Shao Ze’an, hoping that he could arouse Louis’s sympathy and make him take into consideration their past feelings.

“He is my legal partner; I care and love him more than anyone else. You don’t need to tell me this because the only thing I will do is to protect him.” He paused and said like he was making a promise, “I will never hurt him.”

After hearing these words, Shao Zelin didn’t reveal a touched expression. He instead looked at Louis strangely, “You already know that Xiao An is being held hostage so you should also know that he doesn’t really want to marry you and is just following directions. Once Xiao An is rescued, your marriage…….will be annulled.”

Without needing Shao Zelin to say it, Louis had already thought of this.

How happy he was when he just learned that Shao Ze’an liked him was how miserable he was now. It turned out that all along, it was just himself being led around by the nose. No wonder Shao Ze’an stiffened when he first touched him. In his eyes, he was probably more terrifying than a water demon.

After being rescued, the first thing he probably would do is to divorce him. After all, this was a forced marriage. As he lived with him each day, he had probably been living a life on the edge. What could’ve been on his mind as he laid in the same bed as him every night?

Did he feel despaired, constantly praying with all his might for someone to come and save him from such a terrifying situation?

Was he willing to pay any price as long as he can leave the rebels and leave his side?

Many emotions were suppressed inside him. Louis closed his eyes. He felt like he was about to explode; he couldn’t breathe and couldn’t make a sound.

Shao Ze’an didn’t like him and he may possibly hate him very much.

That line was like a red-hot soldering iron, searing into his heart. The heart is the softest part of the human body and at the same time it is also the weakest part. As this searing hot pain spread through his entire body, Louis lowered his eyes and didn’t speak.

Shao Zelin was also very silent but there was a time limit for visits, so he had to quickly finish asking.

“You and Xiao An have been together the longest. Can you think of anyone around him who may be monitoring his actions?”

Louis looked over and subconsciously frowned, “No one.”

Shao Zelin was stunned. Louis moved his hand and pointed to his head, “No one is watching him. They’re watching him through his mind.”

With the current level of technology available, Shao Zelin understood instantly. His expression turned serious, “You mean an eavesdropping device?”

Louis spoke slowly and quietly, “When we first found him in the Death Galaxy, we encountered Morris, but he escaped. Later we searched Morris’s laboratory and found some destroyed equipment including a machine no one knew what it was used for. It was sent to the Royal Research Academy to be investigated when we returned but so far there have been no results.”

Louis paused for a second and continued, “Xiao An said he was in the same room as Morris and he was lying on a metal bed with nothing around him. Thinking back now, he was probably already being watched at that time and what he said was probably a lie. He should’ve seen the true appearance of that machine and knew that he had been implanted with something. That machine was probably used to do that.”

Shao Zelin’s voice became lower, “When we first returned, we did a full-body examination for Xiao An. Everything that could be checked was checked but it wasn’t found……”

An eavesdropping device was more troublesome than a human. If it was a human, they could just catch them and kill them but for an eavesdropping device, there was a possibility that the person implanting it may have also left some other time bombs along with it. Perhaps even Shao Ze’an doesn’t know what’s in his body.

Shao Zelin clenched his fist tightly. Because he had used too much force, cutting the blood supply, his fingers quickly turned cold. He clenched his fist and forced himself to relax before looking again at Louis, “What do you plan to do next?”

Louis replied plainly, “Take him to be examined.”

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“No!” Shao Zelin didn’t even need to think, “Rough examination didn’t find it so doing a deeper examination is too dangerous. What if there are sensors installed to that device? And how are you going to take him to be examined? If he is being monitored, they can hear what is going on. As soon as Xiao An knows, those rebels will know too!”

Louis looked at Shao Zelin with cold eyes, “Do you think I haven’t considered that? But we can only figure out where the device is by doing an examination. Only after figuring it out can we figure out how to take it out. The longer that thing stays in his body, the more dangerous it is. You should also be aware of this.”

Shao Zelin didn’t want to take such a big risk, but he also understood that Louis was right. The room fell silent for a while. After an unknown period of time, Shao Zelin stood back up. The visitation time was almost over.

“Right now, only you, me and my parents know about this. The three of us will continue as usual and prevent Xiao An from noticing anything strange. What about you?”

Louis closed his eyes again and replied in a low voice, “Me too.”

Shao Zelin seemed to want to say something else, but after some thought he decided against it.

Louis clearly still had feelings for his brother, and those feelings were very deep, so he didn’t give up on him despite knowing that his brother didn’t like him. Just now, Shao Zelin wanted to remind him to get out of this one-sided relationship as soon as possible but he found that he couldn’t say it.

It didn’t matter if you called him selfish or malicious, but the truth was that the more Louis likes his brother, the safer Shao Ze’an is. One is a colleague who is no more than an acquaintance and the other his is blood-related younger brother. The choice wasn’t difficult to make.

Walking out of the temporary detention room, Shao Zelin took a deep breath and slowly let it all out.

——— Sorry.

……….

The aide visited the Shao residence and told Chi Zhao that Louis would be back tonight. As soon as Chi Zhao heard this, he immediately went back to his room to pack in preparation to leave with the aide.

At the door, Mister Shao looked hesitantly at Chi Zhao while not daring to make it look too obvious. He quickly told his youngest son to take care and hurried back in, fearing that he would be seen through.

Chi Zhao blinked a few times, confused. He then looked at the aide, “Let’s go. Did your mission go smoothly this time?”

Louis had ordered the aide that no matter what he was asked, the aide was not allowed to answer or reveal the slightest of information. After some silence, the aide said vaguely, “When the admiral returns, you can ask him yourself.”

Chi Zhao glanced at him strangely but didn’t make it difficult for him, “Okay.”

The aide breathed a sigh of relief. Look at this, his family’s madam isn’t as wilful or as difficult as it is rumoured and is actually very easy going.

Unbeknownst to him, Chi Zhao only did this because he knew of the aide’s original outcome and pitied him. If it was put into novel terms, this aide was basically a steppingstone for the main protagonists road to success. He not only died tragically; he was tortured tragically before that. It really was too pitiful.

As Chi Zhao thought this, the system didn’t know how to respond.

【………Host, don’t you think that compared to the aide, you’re the most pitiful and tragic cannon fodder? The aide was tortured for only one month, but you were tortured for four years. What’s worse, the aide was regarded as a martyr after his death while you didn’t leave behind a single strand of hair when you died. Even if you did, you would be spat on every day.】

Chi Zhao: “…..” True that.

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Oh man, Louis is so heartbroken 💔