“Commander Song, I miss you. How about you?”
“Commander Gu, I miss you.”
After sending these two messages, Xu Lian began discussing plans with Lin Zhaocai.
Meanwhile, Song Jinze was staring blankly at the first message.
Gu Ying was also staring at the second, lost in thought.
Although both were shocked, the moods of the two Supreme Commanders couldn’t have been more different.
Song Jinze nearly fainted from anger.
Oh, Rolling Wealth, you think I don’t know what you’re really like?
Saying she missed him while holding several men in her arms…
You actually dare to bait me? You must be crazy.
He immediately sent her a reply—
Song Jinze: 「I miss you too.」
He wanted to see what Rolling Wealth was truly up to.
On the other side, Gu Ying furrowed his brow.
He didn’t understand what Xu Lian’s message meant.
Hadn’t she already betrayed him?
Could it be…
There’s something hidden here?
He tried to reply:
Gu Ying: 「How have you been recently? Are you okay?」
Xu Lian stared at the screen and chuckled softly.
These two men… shameless, utterly shameless.
Especially the one surnamed Song.
“I miss you”…
Like hell he misses me! He just wants to kill me! He wants my life!
Lin Zhaocai glanced at the messages and, with a look of disdain, muttered: “Two idiots.”
Earlier, Xu Lian had recounted everything that had happened over the past few days to him, from beginning to end—including the matter of the sheepskin scroll.
At first, Lin Zhaocai had been skeptical, but once Xu Lian unlocked the documents she had sent previously, his worldview collapsed completely.
He never imagined such things could actually happen, but more importantly, Xu Lian was now in danger from two powerful pursuers.
Lin Zhaocai naturally didn’t hesitate to side with her.
He hated Gu Ying, and he also loathed Song Jinze.
Thus, Lin Zhaocai and Xu Lian became life-and-death allies.
The most shocking development had just occurred—
Mu Hua suddenly sent Lin Zhaocai several confidential messages. The content revealed that Gu Ying planned to ambush Song Jinze near the S-777 Wormhole, aiming to eliminate him entirely and seal the Wormhole, and the operation was scheduled… for tonight.
Xu Lian couldn’t understand why that fool Gu Ying suddenly wanted to risk such a move. He had no chance at all against Song Jinze.
Mu Hua soon provided the explanation:
Mu Hua: 「Song Jinze hasn’t responded at all. We suspect he may already be in danger, or in a weakened state. Now is the perfect opportunity to wipe him out.」
Mu Hua: 「The harder you try, the luckier you get. You win if you dare to fight.」
Xu Lian, who hadn’t replied to a message, went: “….”
Xu Lian, who had once endured Mu Hua’s motivational speeches, thought: “….”
Lin Zhaocai, whose intelligence about the Sirius Organization’s secrets had already been compromised, muttered: “….”
The two of them simultaneously cursed Gu Ying and Mu Hua: “Idiots.”
Crazy, damn it.
Xu Lian could barely stand it.
It was ridiculous.
Honestly, that fool Gu Ying was far less clever than White Chess and Black Chess. He was like playing with a schoolchild.
“But there’s a question,” Lin Zhaocai muttered, scratching his head. “Why did Gu Ying suddenly insist that I infiltrate the military base on Dog Star? What’s so special about that place?”
Xu Lian was equally puzzled. “Dog Star… is it some important coordinate?”
Gu Ying suddenly valuing this planet so highly was suspicious.
But neither could untangle the web of motives.
Xu Lian: “I have a bold guess.”
Lin Zhaocai: “Go ahead.”
Xu Lian: “Maybe he went to consult some divination… like, he saw that destiny was missing Dog, so he decided to temporarily take control of this planet to change fate.”
“…”
Silence.
Lin Zhaocai: “Honestly… that’s just like something he’d do.”
After discussing several possibilities, they concluded—Gu Ying’s sudden focus on Dog Star was purely the result of his small brain acting up.
For now, they set the question aside.
Xu Lian stared at the “I miss you too” message and first replied to Song Jinze—
Xu Lian: 「What do you mean by that?」
On the other end, Song Jinze snorted coldly.
This woman actually knows how to play reverse flirtation.
Clearly well-practiced; she must chat with people a lot.
He replied—
Song Jinze: 「I miss you everywhere. I want to see you.」
Song Jinze: 「What are you doing? Who are you with?」
Xu Lian gritted her teeth.
See me, heh. More like he wants to see my corpse.
He already knows where I am, and still asks? Just fishing for information.
To avoid suspicion, she answered honestly: 「At home, with a friend.」
Song Jinze replied quickly: 「Both of your homes? Boyfriend?」
Xu Lian: “…?”
What the hell is he asking? Why suddenly bring up boyfriend?
She replied:
Xu Lian: 「His place. Just an ordinary friend. Not close.」
She didn’t want Lin Zhaocai exposed to Song Jinze, as it could endanger him.
But what had happened couldn’t be undone. Since Song Jinze now knew of Lin Zhaocai, she had to immediately clear his involvement.
Lin Zhaocai’s identity was sensitive; it must not attract attention.
Unexpectedly, Song Jinze asked: 「Not close? Is that so?」
Song Jinze: 「How not close? Less than me and you?」
Xu Lian froze.
Song Jinze’s tone was clearly accusatory.
Did he know something?
No way, Lin Zhaocai hadn’t even infiltrated him as a spy yet—how could Song Jinze suspect him?
She panicked and immediately clarified:
Xu Lian: 「Just online friends. First time meeting. Really not close.」
Song Jinze’s face darkened as he stared at her messages.
Online friends? Friends she went to bed with?
First time meeting? First meeting and already going to a hotel?
Really not close? Not close enough to spend a full 78 minutes at someone’s place and not leave?
Nice going, Rolling Wealth. You look so innocent, but secretly…
Daring enough to flirt with me and say you missed me. Who are you trying to fool?
Fraud.
Song Jinze: 「You said you missed me. Why didn’t you come to me?」
Song Jinze: 「You delayed replying to my message by 6 hours and 37 minutes. What were you busy with?」
Xu Lian’s pupils widened. She hadn’t expected Song Jinze to be so petty.
She quickly found an excuse: 「Sorry, I was just sleeping.」
Song Jinze: 「…」
Song Jinze: 「…」
Song Jinze: 「Sleeping… is that so?」
Xu Lian: 「Mm-hmm.」
Song Jinze: 「Good. Did you sleep well?」
Xu Lian: 「Not bad, thanks for asking.」
Song Jinze: 「I wasn’t asking.」
Xu Lian: 「Oh… okay.」
Song Jinze: 「…」
Song Jinze: 「What does ‘oh okay’ mean?」
Xu Lian: 「It means I don’t care whether you were asking or not.」
Tch.
Don’t care…
Someone was getting annoyed.
Saying “I miss you” one moment, “don’t care” the next—pretending or playing hard to get?
Thinking they were clever… treating her like a fool.
Song Jinze: 「You don’t actually miss me. You’re lying to me.」
Xu Lian: 「I am definitely not lying. I’m thinking about you all the time. May the heavens strike me down if I lie.」
Song Jinze, I really want to kill you. How could I not think about you?
You are constantly on my mind. Just keep your little smugness to yourself.
The two of them were trapped in a high-information gap, exchanging veiled, misleading messages across servers.
But the next message from Song Jinze nearly made Xu Lian fall out of her chair—
Song Jinze: 「So… do you want to consider sleeping with me?」