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Arc 2 – Slag that Interstellar Admiral
Chapter 49

The aide sent Chi Zhao home and left. Carrying his small baggage, Chi Zhao slowly walked in. He planned to put his belongings away first before going back downstairs to wait for Louis’s return.

The system had always felt that Chi Zhao was overinvested in playing the role of the wife. Just as it wanted to remind Chi Zhao about this, it’s sensor went off.

【Host, Louis has already returned.】

Chi Zhao’s act of closing the door paused. He looked around in search for Louis and finally saw him standing by the tall floor to ceiling window. At this moment, Louis had also just turned around and was quietly watching him. His gaze was calm but complicated, carrying emotions that Chi Zhao couldn’t quite understand.

Chi Zhao casually threw his belongings aside and unconsciously relaxed his expression, “So quick. Didn’t you say that you will be back in two hours?”

It was originally going to be two hours but the dark atmosphere around Admiral West was so severe, even the prosecutor felt pressured and didn’t dare be in the same room as him. As a result, the original lengthy procedures were streamlined and shortened from the original four hours to one hour. There was also another process which involved Louis standing in front of the national emblem and swearing that it wouldn’t happen again, but Louis didn’t give it a single glance and left as soon as the final judgement was passed.

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The officers wanted to stop him, but they valued their lives more.

 ……….

Louis’s large hand brushed through his hair and gradually moved down. His actions were very slow and very gentle making Chi Zhao feel like he was being carefully cherished by this person before him. He liked this feeling very much and gently nuzzled his cheek against Louis’s palm.

The emotion in Louis’s eyes immediately turned deeper. This young man’s expression was too warm and gentle, and he didn’t want to scare him, so he lowered his eyes and quickly concealed it.

Louis had returned an hour ago. He opened his mouth and only spoke after a few seconds of delay, “……Missed me?”

It was only when he said this that he realised that his voice was hoarse. He couldn’t help frowning. Chi Zhao naturally heard it as well and looked at him with some concern. Louis smiled gently back, “I hurried back and didn’t get much sleep, so my voice is like this. Don’t worry, I’m fine.”

Chi Zhao’s expression relaxed. After a pause, he nodded and answered Louis’s previous question, “Missed you.”

This was the truth. Shao Ze’an’s body was naturally cold and he would typically have cold hands and feet. Louis and he are two extremes and Louis’s body temperature was usually several degrees higher than his. When they held each other, he was like a self-heating stove and he didn’t have to worry about being cold at night.

The past two nights without this heater called Louis felt strange. He really missed that feeling of warmth.

【Hah, weak earthlings.】

Chi Zhao: “………..”

If it was the usual, Louis would’ve already smiled happily in response. On the outside, Louis was a cold and serious soldier but when facing Chi Zhao, all his emotions would be revealed on his face and it was very easy to understand. Today however, upon hearing what he said, Louis just faintly raised the corners of his lips and didn’t say anything else.

Chi Zhao couldn’t help but tilt his head. He felt that Louis was acting different from usual and his hand too, why was it always touching the spot behind his ear?

That part of Chi Zhao was a little sensitive. He wanted to move away but he felt that it may hurt Louis’s feelings so he bore with it and didn’t move.

【Bullshit. Rubbish host, I knew you’re at it again. Speak. Did you fall for the protagonist again?!】

Chi Zhao: “……..”

He gritted his teeth and warned the system, “Stop peeping into my thoughts. If you continue, I’ll going to watch a horror film.”

The system was very confused. How are those two things related?

Chi Zhao sneered, “I am most afraid of horror films. When I am scared, I can do 30 backflips in a row.”

System: “……….”

The system lives in Chi Zhao’s mind and normally nothing happens but if Chi Zhao was overstimulated, it would suffer along with it. That feeling would be like when a human falls out from a plane.

The system silently shut up. Chi Zhao looked at Louis, “Did something happen during the mission?”

Louis’s expression clearly indicated that something was going on and Chi Zhao’s first thought was that the outcome probably wasn’t good. But seeing that Louis didn’t appeared injured, Chi Zhao breathed a sigh of relief.

Louis nodded and went with the flow, “It didn’t go well. I’m a little tired. I want to go rest for a while.”

Chi Zhao hummed in understanding, but his gaze still lingered on Louis’s face. His expression didn’t look too good. Looks like there really was a problem.

Chi Zhao’s heart softened. He spread open his arms and hugged him. Not long after his soft and thin body was pressed against him, Chi Zhao tiptoed and planted a kiss on Louis’s chin. He whispered, “Go ahead. I’ll call you when dinner is ready.”

………..

Such dedication to acting out his role?

Louis pursed his lips and didn’t speak. He turned and went upstairs.

Watching his lonely leaving figure, Chi Zhao sighed internally, “It’s not easy being a soldier’s wife, I have to constantly worry about my husband’s mental condition. When I get home, I should send my cousin who is a wife of a soldier a large basket of fruit to show my condolences.”

【Why not money? Don’t you humans like money the most?】

After a moment of silence, Chi Zhao replied, “……Because I’m poor.”

Louis was in a poor mood. Chi Zhao pondered for a while and decided to go to the kitchen to make something to comfort Louis’s soft and fragile heart. Chi Zhao didn’t ask much but he felt that one of Louis’s comrades may have lost their lives and that was why Louis had such a sad and bitter expression.

You should know that Louis is a man who can fight one against a hundred and wouldn’t feel sad even when he is about to die. The threats against the Empire have been around for a while so Louis wouldn’t suddenly be upset because of them. The only possible reason was that one of his good friends had suddenly left him.

The battlefield is ruthless, and weapons have no eyes. Chi Zhao’s hand holding the kitchen knife paused and he silently sighed.

The death of a comrade can stimulate him like this. If he were to witness his aide’s death, he would directly fall into depression.

“System, it doesn’t matter if the plot point isn’t completed, right? It’s just a small plot point anyway.”

After a long silence, he heard a cold and dull grunt.

Chi Zhao: “……….”

It was better not to ask. If he continued asking, he was basically sprinkling salt onto the system’s battered little heart.

In fact, Chi Zhao didn’t know how to cook, and he had only learnt a few simple dishes from Li Yihan when he had nothing to do in the last world. After arriving to this world, many of those ingredients have become extinct so he could only replace it with other ingredients instead.

After some pondering, he picked out a few ingredients which looked more normal and tried to fry them together. When he plated it up, it looked pretty good.

Chi Zhao picked up a fork and brought a small piece to his mouth. His expression instantly turned very colourful.

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【Hah.】

Hearing the snort in his mind, Chi Zhao’s face turned dark, “Did you just laugh at me?”

【No? Why would you think that? That really hurts my feelings you know? Host, you can’t just overlook my mental condition just because I am a system. Although I have no heart, no lungs, no blood and no flesh, but I am also a good system with feelings and emotions. I can get hurt too.】

……….

Alright.

After being circumvented by the system, Chi Zhao actually felt a little guilty. He silently placed down his fork and turned towards his second dish. The first was a stir-fry and the second one was a stew which should almost be done now. Chi Zhao picked up a ladle and gave it a taste.

This time Chi Zhao’s expression was worse than Louis’s.

……

【Haha.】

Chi Zhao: “You ARE laughing at me!”

System: “……….” In fact, it had tried its best to hold it in, but it couldn’t. Seeing its host suffering, it couldn’t help but feel a little happy.

Chi Zhao stood quietly in front of the stove with an ugly expression and seemed rather unhappy. Louis didn’t expect the young man to cook himself. After all, he was a young master born with a silver spoon in his mouth. The past Louis also didn’t know how to cook. After joining the military, he had to learn some skills in order to survive in those extremely harsh conditions.

Louis may be a military genius but in terms of cooking, the food was only barely edible. Watching Chi Zhao standing there, he naturally took for granted that this was Chi Zhao’s first time cooking. Unless you are naturally talented, it was normal to fail the first time. In this way, it explained why the young man looked so unhappy. He must be feeling very depressed.

When no one was watching, this young man would reveal his true emotions and reactions. Louis watched his back thoughtfully and seemed to have reached a decision inside.

Because he wasn’t from this world, Chi Zhao’s vigilance was very pitifully low. If he went out, it would be slightly higher but when facing his family and Louis, Chi Zhao wasn’t vigilant at all.

And so, he had no idea that Louis had been watching him from behind all this time. It wasn’t until Louis pushed open the door that he realised, and he was a little flustered to have been found out.

Louis walked over and smiled at him, “Did you make it for me?”

Chi Zhao closely checked his expression and asked tentatively, “Are you feeling better?”

“Yeah, much better.”

The young man’s concern was like a deadly drug, making him addicted and unconsciously sink in. Louis lowered his head slightly and planted a light kiss between Chi Zhao’s brows while the latter motionlessly stood there accepting the kiss as he held a ladle. After he moved away, he looked aside uncomfortably, “It’s not for you, I was just playing around. Dinner will be sent over soon. You can go out and wait.”

With that, Chi Zhao picked up the plate of stir-fry and got ready to toss it out.

Tasted very bad. If you gave something like this to someone who is in a poor mood, even if you don’t have depression, this dish would make you have it.

……….

Seeing that he was about to pour out the food, Louis quickly grabbed it. His hands were quick and none of it spilled despite this. Knowing that the young man was only saying this because he had failed, he rubbed Chi Zhao’s head, “I want to eat what you made.”

Nowadays, people would still have a kitchen at home but there are very few people who use it, so cooking has now become an art itself. After all, nutrient solutions are everywhere, and it is much cheaper than fresh ingredients.

Even if the rich can afford fresh ingredients, they would not make it themselves. They had specialised smart cooking companies who would deliver the meals at fixed times. Being able to order anything they wanted; it was very convenient. Louis also has this so although there was a kitchen at home, it was basically not used except when coming to get fruits and drinks.

Seeing that he really wanted to eat it, Chi Zhao looked at him helplessly, “It tastes really bad.”

As he said this, Louis had already taken a bite. There were no changes to his expression, as if he was eating the usual food.

In fact, Chi Zhao’s cooking wasn’t that bad. He had a good grasp of the ingredients and heat, but the combination of the ingredients wasn’t ideal. Although it could be eaten, don’t expect the taste to be anywhere close to good. Regardless of the last world or this world, Chi Zhao had been eating top-class food, so he naturally didn’t like the two dishes he made.

But for Louis, in order to maintain his strength and increase his chances of survival, he had eaten even the most unpalatable of foods. To him, these two dishes weren’t hard at all to stomach.

Seeing him take a few bites without any changes to his expression, Chi Zhao started to suspect his own taste buds. He sat next to Louis and looked suspiciously at the dishes before looking at Louis, “Just give it a taste. There’s still dinner later.”

After a while, Chi Zhao reached out to grab his tableware, “You really plan to finish it! I didn’t make it well this time, it will be better next time. Don’t worry, you won’t hurt my feelings. You can stop eating now.”

Louis smoothly avoided his hands. He looked at Chi Zhao, “Is this your first time cooking?”

It was for the original owner but it wasn’t for him. Chi Zhao hesitantly nodded.

Seeing him nodding, Louis continued to calmly pick up the food. He calmly continued, “This is your first time making it so no matter what you say, I have to finish it.”

Chi Zhao wondered, “Why?” It wasn’t like he wouldn’t make it again. Did he really have to do this?

“Because,” Louis picked up a glass of water and calmly took a sip, “all your first times are mine.”

Chi Zhao: “……..”

System: Amazing.

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