Chapter 28: I can’t bear it.

Zhuang Zhou curled up in the corner, not making a sound,

looking extremely pitiful. Gone was his previous smug and

pleased expression.

Wen XiaoYun was practically certain that if he asked right now:

Are you that God of Wealth?

Forget 5 seconds. Within 3 seconds, Zhou Zhou might

immediately perform what's called "dying on the spot".

Wen XiaoYun couldn’t even bear exposing him.

He felt a bit exasperated and also a bit amused. Clearly, he

should be the one feeling shocked here?

Wen XiaoYun called him: "Zhou Zhou."

Zhuang Zhou hung his head, refusing to look up or make a

sound.

Wen XiaoYun gave a soundless sigh, saying: "What I wanted to

say was, he's not your dad, so he must be your gege right?"

The dejected little head slowly raised up. Zhuang Zhou’s eyes

crossed with Wen XiaoYun.

That expression almost seemed to be saying: My gege? Are you

certain you won’t change your mind again?

Wen XiaoYun said completely seriously: “It must be Zhou Zhou’s

gege.”

Zhuang Zhou pressed his lips together, somewhat mistrustful of

Wen XiaoYun’s words now.

Wen XiaoYun picked up the Divine Image on his own and said

extremely seriously: “Just look at him. So young and handsome.

So good looking, just like Zhou Zhou. He must be very young in

age. Therefore, he can only be Zhou Zhou’s gege.”

Zhuang Zhou looked at the Divine image. Then he looked at Wen

XiaoYun. After a long while, he finally said slowly: “...... are you

serious?”

Wen XiaoYun asked back: “Do I look like I’m not serious?”

Zhuang Zhou: “.......”

Wen XiaoYun then asked: “Is this not your gege? Then I really

can’t figure out who this is.”

Zhuang Zhou: “........”

Zhuang Zhou stared at Wen XiaoYun and looked at him for quite

a while. Seeing him looking like he’s not joking at all, Zhuang

Zhou said slowly: “Then, you’re the one who said this.”

Wen XiaoYun: “Yes. I said this.”

Zhuang Zhou: “Oh.”

Wen XiaoYun didn’t say anything after this. Zhuang Zhou also

didn’t ask anything else.

They seemed to have subtly reached a silent agreement.

However, before sleeping at night, an issue appeared again.

The man who once repeatedly said: ‘Do you have to hug your

dad’s statue to sleep?’-- he's changed!

As Zhuang Zhou placed his Divine Image on the head of the bed

at a snail’s pace, Wen XiaoYun suddenly opened his mouth.

He said: “Zhou Zhou, why not just put the Divine Image in the

bed.”

Zhuang Zhou: “?”

Wen XiaoYun: “Letting you…… your gege sleep alone on the head

of the bed is not very good.”

Zhuang Zhou: “.......”

What’s not good about it? Hasn’t it been like this all along?

Wen XiaoYun: “Are you tired of holding it? Why don’t we switch

and I’ll hold it?”

Zhuang Zhou: “........”

Zhuang Zhou looked at Wen XiaoYun, in an extremely

complicated mood.

As Wen XiaoYun talked, he actively moved forward and hugged

the Divine image into his arms.

Zhaung Zhou’s Divine Image was very heavy, made from pure

gold. Despite being heavy however, Wen XiaoYun had good

physical strength. Zhuang Zhou himself also had divine powers.

Carrying it naturally didn’t feel like anything.

No wait, there’s still some kind of feeling.

Looking at his own Divine Image being held in Wen XiaoYun’s

arms, Zhuang Zhou’s face turned a bit red.

This feeling was just like when Wen XiaoYun held him previously.

Yet, it was also not the same.

When Wen XiaoYun held him previously, he wasn’t that small,

small enough to press firmly against Wen XiaoYun’s heart.

Zhuang Zhou moved forward with a flush, wanting to take the

Divine Image back: “Return it to me. I’ll do it myself!”

Wen XiaoYun didn’t fight with him. Instead he asked: “You really

don’t want to?”

Zhuang Zhou answered without thinking: “It’s not me!”

Wen XiaoYun followed along naturally: “That’s right. I’m not

asking you. I’m asking your gege.”

He lowered his head, like he was speaking to the Divine Image:

“Xiao-gege, do you really not want to?”

With an explosion, Zhuang Zhou’s face flushed red.

He snatched the divine image back and turned around, laying

with his back facing Wen XiaoYun. He said somewhat angrily:

“Time to sleep!”

Wen XiaoYun chucked, no longer teasing him. He said with a soft

voice: “Zhou Zhou, good night. Zhou Zhou’s gege, also

goodnight.”

Zhuang Zhou replied with a few short words: “Good night, good

night.”

He paused, adding: “The second one I’m saying for my gege.”

Wen XiaoYun almost laughed out loud, but he was worried about

the little friend’s thin skin. If he really did laugh out loud, he was

probably going to be chased out of the room. Thus, he

suppressed it and touched the little friend’s head, eyes full of

mirth. However, tonight was destined to be a sleepless night.

Suddenly discovering the little friend’s true identity, how can Wen

XiaoYun calm his heart down?

God. This was only a legend from the cultural history of Old

Earth.

Before humans left earth, they brought along their culture and

beliefs. On the galactic net, it was still possible to search for

these legends.

However, after humans migrated to the new planets, from start

to now, after such a long period of scientific and technological

advancements, they’ve pretty much forgotten all of the legends

about Gods.

Only the Empire’s historians would study these.

Yet the current reality told Wen XiaoYun, Zhou Zhou was actually

a God.

When he got angry, he could make all of the healing tanks on the

battleship stop working. He could make Cheng JinXue encounter

misfortunes after misfortunes.

He could build robots that do not emit any energy radiation at all,

and allow robots and humans to connect psychically, something

that countless master mecha creators still can’t do-- the

legendary stream-of-conscious mechas.

He can also heal psychic powers that've been contaminated by

energy radiation.

The more Wen XiaoYun thought about it, the more astonished he

became. Every single item in this list, even when shown

individually, would shock the entire universe.

Yet this kind of person was laying right next to him right now,

completely defenseless and so innocent.

Wen XiaoYun’s expression gradually became solemn and grave.

He needed to become stronger to be able to protect him properly.

He also needed to make Zhou Zhou stronger, so that even if he

remained innocent and pure in the future, he wouldn't be afraid

of being hurt by others.

Therefore, Wen XiaoYun spent this entire night researching

legends related to Gods on Old Earth.

He combed through all of the major and minor information on the

galactic net, and even used his own special authority to contact

and discuss at length with several professors that researched old

history. He learned that the more followers Zhou Zhou gained,

the stronger Zhou Zhou’s powers became. Also there was a lot of

information related to the Divine Image and gold effigies.

As soon as Wen XiaoYun woke up the second day, he dispatched

someone to create another separate body for Zhou Zhou. As for

this Divine Image, the real body……

Wen XiaoYun said seriously: “Zhou Zhou, your gege must be very

bored staying inside the room by himself. How about I bring him

around with me from now on.”

Zhuang Zhou: “????”

Zhuang Zhou: “Hold on, where are you bringing me…… my

gege?”

Wen XiaoYun: “Anywhere is fine. Anywhere is much better than

staying in the same room continuously.”

After knowing that this was Zhou Zhou’s true body, how can he

knowingly leave this Divine Image inside the room?

What if other people touched it?

Zhuang Zhou: “......it doesn’t matter. He’s pretty good by

himself.”

Wen XiaoYun: “I can’t bear watching him be lonely.”

Zhuang Zhou: “.......”

Wen XiaoYun rubbed him on the head: “Be good. Remember to

eat.”

Saying this, he carried the Divine Image and left.

As soon as he left, Zhuang Zhou laid back in the bed, looking

straight at the ceiling in utter despair.

“Wen XiaoYun…… how can he be like this!”

Not long afterwards, all of the crew of the 3rd Legion on

battleship Wyvern discovered that there was an addition of a 2

meters tall, gold statue inside the battleship.

The statue was carved in the appearance of a standard God of

Wealth.

No matter. Zhuang Zhou was the only god here.

When asked why this statue was built, the answer that the 3rd

Legion received was -- “Seeing you guys worship air everyday,

Zhou Zhou felt it must be very hard for you guys. Therefore, he

specifically asked the Admiral to create an honored image of the

God of Wealth so you guys can worship this gold effigy in the

future.”

All of the 3rd Legion felt both touched and emotional.

“QQQ, Madam is so thoughtful of us. Madam is so great!”

“Madam is so amazing. The Admiral does whatever he says! Who

would have thought, Admiral-daren is the whipped husband

type!”

“What’s wrong with the whipped husband type? This is called

spoiling the wife! The Admiral dotes on his wife so much, he must

be a very assertive man! Joining the 3rd legion was the correct

decision, no doubt!”

“Wait a second, how come you guys are all directly calling him

Madam here? The Admiral still hasn't gotten together with Mister

Zhuang yet, I think?”

“Not officially yes, but didn’t you see how much Admiral-daren

likes Zhou Zhou? Isn’t getting together an eventual thing?”

“What? They still haven’t gotten together? But they’re so sweet

together, how are they not dating?!”

However, no matter how fervently everyone discussed how sweet

their CP was, in reality, Wen XiaoYun and Zhuang Zhou still

haven’t gotten together yet.

As a matter of fact, just as everyone increased their expectation

for their favored CP and their public displays of affection, they

abruptly discovered that their Admiral-daren suddenly changed.

The Admiral-daren started to bring around a statue everywhere

he went, and it was the statue of the Madam’s father.

The direction of this situation changed so fast that everyone

became bewildered.

Even Cheng JinXue couldn’t resist cursing: “Boss, why the heck

are you carrying the statue of Zhou Zhou’s dad around?”

As he said this, he looked towards Zhuang Zhou at the same

time: “Zhou Zhou, aren’t you going to do anything about this?!”

Zhuang Zhou gave Wen XiaoYun a dark look.

He also wanted it back, but every time he went to take it back,

Wen XiaoYun would use all sorts of excuses and reasons to

muddle away.

Wen XiaoYun said with a calm expression: “This isn’t Zhou Zhou’s

father.”

Cheng JinXue was shocked: “Not Zhou Zhou’s father?”

Wen XiaoYun gave an ‘en’ as he looked at Zhuang Zhou. The little

friend met his gaze. Little face blushing, Zhuang Zhou guiltily

shifted his gaze.

Wen XiaoYun chuckled, his deep laugh carrying a sensual appeal

that created tingles: “It’s his gege.”

“Gege?!” Cheng JinXue was even more surprised: “Wasn’t it

supposed to be his dad?”

Anxiously waiting for confirmation from Zhuang Zhou, Cheng

JinXue asked swiftly: “Zhou Zhou, is this really your gege?”

Zhuang Zhou vaguely made a noise of acknowledgement.

Cheng JinXue: “How come you didn’t say anything before? We all

thought this was your dad this entire time!”

Wen XiaoYun: “It’s obvious to tell. The person in the statue is so

young, how can it be his father?”

Cheng JinXue: “????”

No way, boss. This is not what you said before!

Wen XiaoYun: “He’s so good looking.”

Zhuang Zhou blushed, remaining silent.

Wen XiaoYun: “With bright and lively eyes.”

Cheng JinXue: “???”

The little Wealth God: “....................”

Wen XiaoYun: “And a pure and kind hearted smile.”

Cheng JinXue: “???”

The little Wealth God: “....................”

Wen XiaoYun: “A lot of people must like him.”

“Wen XiaoYun!” The little Wealth God can’t stand hearing

anymore and yelled: “Don’t say anymore!”

Cheng JinXue shook off a full body of goosebumps: “Agreed. Give

us a break. Don’t say something so sappy!”

People who didn’t know the situation here might even believe that

Wen XiaoYun liked the statue itself!

“It’s not only sappy, it’s also……” Cheng JinXue wanted Zhuang

Zhou to complain with him. Looking back and seeing Zhaung

Zhou’s flushed, however, he was stunned briefly and then asked

suspiciously: “Zhou Zhou, why’s your face so red?!”

Zhuang Zhou gave Wen XiaoYun a secret glare.

Wen XiaoYun had a smile on his face, his handsome countenance

also looking softer and gentler.

Before Zhaung Zhou could answer, Ge LuEn’s voice traveled in

from outside. He came looking for Wen XiaoYun and from the

sound, it seemed pretty urgent.

Wen XiaoYun opened the control panel and allowed Ge LuEn

inside.

Seeing Zhuang Zhou and Cheng JinXue here as well, Ge LuEn

said: “Very good. You’re all here. Saved me time to find you guys

individually.”

Cheng JinXue asked: “Great master, what’s the matter?”

Ge LuEn opened his personal comm and clicked on someone’s

chat box. In the chat box, there was an image.

“Every year, our Empire conducts a big Mecha contest. Do you

guys remember this? The contest lasts about half a month from

start to finish. This year’s mecha contest began a few days ago.

Originally, I was invited to judge this contest.”

However, because great master Ge LuEn came to the trash planet

to find Zhuang Zhou, he recommended his head disciple, Han

QingXiao, to the contest committee.

Han QingXiao was one of the contest’s previous champions. In

addition, he had quite a reputation himself. Now with Ge LuEn’s

recommendation, the committee agreed wholeheartedly for Han

QingXiao to become a judge.

“Just now, my head disciple, QingXiao, sent me a blueprint for an

energy source installation system, saying that this was an

unexpected dark horse that appeared in the mecha contest. This

dark horse can create a system that completely blocks the

radiation from energy stones. QingXiao was very excited and sent

the blueprint to me. He said that he tested it already. After

installing an energy stone into this system, it really can block

energy radiation completely…… but the more I looked at it, the

more I felt something was fishy here. This energy source

installation system…… seems just like Xiao PoLan’s?”

During this time, other than repairing Wo Si, Ge LuEn also

studied Xiao PoLan a lot.

Good thing Xiao PoLan liked to pretend to be well behaved in

front of Zhuang Zhou. When Zhuang Zhou was present, it’d

obediently allow Ge LuEn to examine it. As soon as Zhuang Zhou

left, it’d immediately start acting like a grand lord.

Nevertheless, these intermittent sessions over the span of one

month was still enough time for Ge LuEn to examine most of Xiao

PoLan’s installed systems.

Therefore, when he saw the energy source installation system

that his disciple sent, he recognized it immediately. This was Xiao

PoLan’s energy source system.

To say it more precisely, it was an energy source installation

system that was exactly the same as Xiao PoLan’s system.

Zhuang Zhou leaned over to look: “Huh? This is the Xiao PoLan#1

that I created following Xiao PoLan’s design. It’s that robot that I

sold off.”

Ge LuEn: “Unsurprising. When I heard you say you sold a robot

before, I had a hunch.”

Cheng JinXue said: “So what you mean is, someone took the

robot that Zhou Zhou made and entered the mecha contest. Then

it became a dark horse, riding to victory from dust?”

Ge LuEn correctly: “It’s not taking the robot that Zhou Zhou

made. It’s dismantling the energy source installation system from

the robot and then placing it within a mecha.”

Cheng JinXue became furious: “Isn’t that the same thing! In any

case, Zhou Zhou was the one who made it!”

Wen XiaoYun asked Zhuang Zhou: “Your shop should still have

the receipt for the transaction right?”

“It should.” Zhuang Zhou opened the online shop that he hasn’t

entered for a long time to take a look. Then, he discovered a

whole bunch of messages sent by the buyer ‘Wild Mecha” after

receiving the item.

Wild Mecha: Boss, still here? Are you still selling this robot you

made? I want to order 10 more!

Wild Mecha: I will give you 1 million!

Wild Mecha: Boss? Hello?

Wild Mecha: Are you thinking that 1 million is too little? Fine! 10

million! 10 million galactic coins, will you make them?!

Wild Mecha: ??? Boss??

Wild Mecha: Still too little? 50 million galactic coins! Give me your

account number, I’ll transfer the money to you immediately! I’ll

even pay first!

Wild Mecha: Boss!! Do you agree or not? At least say something!

Let me tell you. 50 million galactic coins is already very much. In

any other place, it’s enough to order a customized high level

mecha!

Wild Mecha: How about this. Let’s collaborate. You make it, I’ll

help you sell it. I can sell it at an even higher price, 100 times

more than the few thousands you’re selling the robots right now.

Agree or not?

Wild Mecha: Don’t even think you have more connections than

me. If you had any connections, you wouldn’t have opened a

shop online. Let’s collaborate together, alright?

Wild Mecha: Fine. Just ignore me. You go give it a try. No matter.

Just take a look at what result you’ll get.

However, Zhuang Zhou never replied to any of this.

In the last month, he was busy learning how to make mechas. To

not interfere with his studies, he had blocked off all

advertisements and online messages. Because of this, he never

even saw any of these messages.

Perhaps because he never replied, in the end, this ‘Wild Mecha’

directly reported Zhuang Zhou’s online shop.

This report had a contesting period. As long as Zhuang Zhou

showed proof that he had been reported randomly, his shop

wouldn’t need to be closed.

But he didn’t even know about this thing. So don’t even mention

anything about filing for an appeal.

Because of this, after he finished reading the buyer’s messages

and entered his online shop, sure enough, the shop had already

been closed down.

Zhuang Zhou: “.......”

Cheng JinXue became furious: “Do you think it was this person

who took the energy source installation system and entered the

contest?! Fck! To even report you, how shameless!”

Ge LuEn was somewhat worried: “But what about the energy

source installation system? Can Zhou Zhou prove that he made

it?”

When Zhuang Zhou made Xiao PoLan#1, he just copied Xiao

PoLan. Thus, it should be said that this system was actually made

by Wen XiaoYun who put it together using some simple garbage

components.

So simple, anyone can make it.

“He can.” Wen XiaoYun said calmly: “The robot that Zhou Zhou

sold was delivered by my subordinate. I know who he is and can

contact him directly.”

This easily assembled system can really be built by anyone.

However, the only thing that couldn’t be replicated was the

method Zhuang Zhou used to block the energy radiation.

Hearing what Wen XiaoYun said, Ge LuEn said somewhat

surprised: “What you mean is…… you plan to return to the Capital

planet? But didn’t Grand Admiral Huo want you to……”

Now that Wen XiaoYun was contaminated from energy radiation,

his psychic level was declining.

His mecha, Wo Si, was also damaged.

There were really too many people within the military who

wanted to get their hands on the 3rd Legion. It was because of

this reason that Grand Admiral Huo wanted him to remain on the

garbage planet.

It wasn’t just to lie low from the limelight, but also to give Wen

XiaoYun enough time to prepare for the upcoming storm.

Returning now wasn't actually a good thing.

Wen XiaoYun didn’t answer. He only asked Zhuang Zhou: “Zhou

Zhou, do you want to go to the Capital Planet?”

Zhuang Zhou didn’t actually care that the robot he made was

entered into a contest by someone. What he was concerned with

was: “Are there a lot of people in the Capital Planet?”

Wen XiaoYun: “A lot. It has the most people in the entire

Empire.”

Zhuang Zhou’s eyes lit up.

All customers!

He said with restraint: “Then, then if you need to go, I’ll go

also…..”

It’s not cause he wanted to go himself, alright?!

Wen XiaoYun smiled and said: “Okay. I’ll take you.”

Turning around, he instructed Cheng JinXue: “Leave behind two

spaceships to continue mining. Tomorrow, we will set out and

return to the Capital Planet.”

Cheng JinXue naturally wanted to return to the Capitol Planet as

well, but he was somewhat uncertain: “Returning right away

tomorrow?”

Wen XiaoYun said: “Just in time to bring Zhou Zhou, en, and

Zhou Zhou’s gege to see just how the Capital Planet looks. Are

you looking forward to it?”

Eyes bright, Zhuang Zhou answered loudly: “Extremely!”

Wen XiaoYun asked: “And your gege?”

Blushing, Zhuang Zhou toned it down and said in a small voice:

“Also, also looking forward, probably……”

Wen XiaoYun: “Then I feel relieved.”

Cheng JinXue: “???”

The more Cheng JinXue listened, the more he couldn’t

understand.

He pulled Wen XiaoYun to the corner and asked through gritted

teeth: “Dear old Wen, what’s going on with you. Who do you care

about exactly? Why are you bringing up Zhou Zhou’s gege into

every sentence? Aren’t you afraid that Zhou Zhou would

misunderstand, you…… actually care about his gege instead?”

He said it very quietly, but Zhuang Zhou still heard it. He secretly

perked his ears up.

Taking a glance at Zhuang Zhou, Wen XiaoYun chuckled softly

and said: “I’m not afraid of him misunderstanding. I’m more

afraid of him not misunderstanding.”

If he didn’t misunderstand, how would he know that the like that

Wen XiaoYun felt towards him, wasn’t simply the usual kind of

like.

~~~~~~

The writer has something to say: PS--

Cheng JinXue: ……fck, clearly this guy is swinging between two

men. So why is he still giving off a feeling like he’s so

single-minded and devoted?

Ge LuEn: This interaction…… I learned something new again.