NABC Chapter 394: I Came to Take You Back to the Empire
Chapter 394: I Came to Take You Back to the Empire
"What are you?" Su Heyuan picked up the Evil Beast again and shook it.The Evil Beast was extremely happy being shaken, it clapped its tiny paws and chuckled, "Fun, fun!"
That human really didn’t lie to it; there were fun things here!
It was worth turning back to its original form to bring people into this Star Domain!
Completely unaware that it had been deceived by Lu Zhiya, the Evil Beast was happily playing with Su Heyuan.
It really liked the feeling of swinging. When Su Heyuan didn’t swing it, it grabbed Su Heyuan’s fingers and swung itself back and forth.
Su Heyuan looked at this ugly little creature having so much fun, his face carrying rare traces of speechlessness.
He had never seen such an ugly yet joyful little creature.
No idea where Lu Shinian’s mother found this little monster-like creature.
Su Heyuan lazily yawned, out of boredom, he started playing with this little creature.
On the other side, Lu Zhiya arrived at the Heart Protection Hall.
The Heart Protection Hall was a side hall, usually a place filled with sundries.
This place was barren, devoid of even the slightest hint of disguised greenery.
The Star Network signal was blocked, entering here felt like stepping into a remote wasteland, unable to get out, with nothing to do, one could only wait for death in solitude and loneliness.
Someone had been exiled here before, and that person committed suicide after less than two years.
Lu Zhiya could hardly imagine how Qin Cheng, who had always been proud, managed to live here for so long.
She quickened her pace and as she reached the entrance, she saw a familiar figure.
Qin Cheng had his back to her, his figure thin, with his pants and sleeves rolled up, exposing flesh almost reduced to bone.
Just by looking at his back, it was filled with a sense of vicissitude and loneliness.
Lu Zhiya’s heart trembled slightly, just about to call him, she saw Qin Cheng swinging a hoe, digging into the ground while muttering, "Little lettuce baby, you must survive."
"Daddy loves you most."
Lu Zhiya: ???
This man, did he find another woman behind her back?
"Qin Cheng!" Lu Zhiya was rarely angry, quickly walking to Qin Cheng’s front, and before he could react, she pinned him to the wall. "Did you find another woman behind my back?"
"Who is she?"
"I’ll kill her."
The spite in her eyes surged, the face unscathed by time still identical in elegance as before, but the anger in her eyes was completely different from the memory.
Qin Cheng stared blankly at Lu Zhiya, almost unable to believe what he was seeing.
He was stunned for a long time before his voice trembled as he spoke, "Ya... Ya Ya?"
Lu Zhiya’s hands pressed on Qin Cheng’s shoulders, her fingertips taut, faintly pale, "Who is that woman?"
"What woman?" Qin Cheng asked stupidly.
"The woman you just called baby!" Lu Zhiya asked angrily.
She was already sure he was hers, how could he find another woman behind her back?
Qin Cheng thought for a long time before understanding what she meant.
"I was talking about the lettuce."
Qin Cheng pointed to the half-dug area, "I’m growing vegetables."
"Vegetables?" Lu Zhiya was also stunned. She looked back at the ground, frowning, "Why do you call vegetables baby? And call yourself daddy."
"I saw it on the Star Network," Qin Cheng explained.
Ever since Su Heyuan took power, he had pretty much retired from the position of "Your Majesty."
Bored, he began surfing the Star Network.
In the past, he was so busy that he hardly had time to look at the bizarre things on the Star Network, now that he was free, he naturally started getting obsessed with it.
And to be honest, even though they were both humans, the difference between people was just too great.
He never expected there to be a group of people happily growing vegetables at home, calling them baby and daddy all the time. Initially, he really disliked such people and stated he wanted to draw a clear limit with them.
Then, after arriving here, where even the Star Network couldn’t be used, only some seeds kept in the Space Button accompanied him.
So, he finally found it irresistible.
How could little lettuce not be a baby? It could bring green to this barren land!
As for being "daddy," he was just going along with the trend, accommodating a bit of his old wish to be seen as a daddy.
After listening to Qin Cheng’s explanation, Lu Zhiya’s gaze towards him became slightly more complex.
In just over ten years, Qin Cheng had transformed from the once overly proud Your Majesty to the rough fellow before her now with rolled-up pants and sleeves, swinging a hoe, calling things baby.
Lu Zhiya wasn’t even sure if this change was good or bad.
But at least, he didn’t have another woman.
She breathed a quiet sigh of relief in her heart.
Seeing her silence, Qin Cheng’s thin hand gripped her sleeve and asked, carrying a hint of cautiousness, "Are you real?"
Is she real? Really alive, truly came to him?
He almost couldn’t believe it.
Yet the warmth felt at his fingertips seemed to remind him that it was true; it was all real.
Ya Ya didn’t die, she’s still alive in this world, and even came to his side.
Lu Zhiya heard the caution in his tone and said, "I am real."
"I came from the Empire to find you."
Qin Cheng was slightly taken aback.
As the former Your Majesty, he knew some secrets.
Such as the existence of another human gathering outside the Federation, calling itself the "Empire."
But besides that, Qin Cheng knew little else.
He thought this secret would forever vanish from the Federation’s territory along with his departure; never expected that one day he’d hear the words "Empire" coming from Ya Ya’s mouth.
A thought fleetingly crossed Qin Cheng’s mind.
His grip on Lu Zhiya’s garments tightened slightly.
"Are you from the Empire?"
That moment, having been in a high position for long, Qin Cheng contemplated many things.
Such as whether her coming to the Federation meant something major happened with the Empire?
Resources, population...etc. In extremely dire circumstances, these would lead to plundering.
Conspiracy theories instinctively swirled in Qin Cheng’s mind; a residual side-effect from long-standing cognitive habits.
Lu Zhiya, also long accustomed to high status, seeing his expression knew what he was thinking.
She proactively explained, "I came to take you away."
"What happens to the Federation is irrelevant to me."
"Take me away?" Qin Cheng snapped back to reality, "Where to?"
"The Empire." Lu Zhiya pursed her lips, her eyes growing darker, "Han Jing’s second son taking your place is just right."
"That way you can leave with me."
As for the possibility of Qin Cheng being unwilling to leave with her, Lu Zhiya hadn’t even considered it.