Chapter 169: An Old Friend (2/2)

Ye Chong flinched as he ceased his movement, ”Mu, what’s wrong? Did anything happen?” Mu had been monitoring the whole craft soundlessly over the course, none of the corners was missed under his mechanical eyes.

”Look. I had sent it to the processor,” answered Mu.

Ye Chong shifted his sight back onto the processor, the illustrated data was replaced by a group of hologram features, playing a tape, which Mu also recorded every word uttered by the people in the feature.

”Eh? What?” Even Ye Chong the calmest guy in the galaxy could not help but to nearly shriek. He swallowed his shriek and smiled slightly, ”I really did not expect him to be here. This is really unbelievable…” His thoughts wandered off with sentiments.

”Mathematically, yes. The probability is indeed extremely small,” added Mu.

Settled his thoughts, Ye Chong spoke on, ”Looks like they would come for us.” Ye Chong was excited to be facing some sandbags soon.

”Chances are high,” affirmed Mu, as he elaborated, ”I did not block their access to your forged profile on the ship. They could arrive at this room effortlessly.” Every passenger on the intergalactic cruise would be handed with profiles of every other passengers and Ye Chong was an ”addition” to the database by Mu when he sneaked in.

Thup.

As expected, Ye Chong heard the knocks coming at the door not too long after.

Tick.

Ye Chong gave a gentle tap on the processor’s interface. The door was opened in a hush.

A group of fearsome-looking men in black suits fled into Ye Chong’s room and had occupied all the potential advantageous location. The suited men stood still and no sound was heard from them. Same goes with Ye Chong, solemnly he stood there in calmness, the men were disregarded like the chilly air surrounding them.

Cough.

A moment later, a light cough came from the outside. A man taking his time made his entry to the room.

”So you were…” The man in the middle of the crowd lifted his head, with his eyes shining… glaring?

Ye Chong’s expression remained unchanged, his eyes were conveying a certain degree of gleefulness.

Cough!

The head in the middle reacted quickly, as he cleared his throat again, turned to his men, ”Well, head out you all. Guard for me. I have some business to discuss with this mister in front.”

?

”Master.” His men were in overwhelming bewilderment, aren’t we supposed to come and mess with this dude? Why out of the sudden master changed his mind? We get out? Then what about our master’s safety? The men were well-aware the fact that their master was utterly harmless. Upon the command, his men looked lost.

”Ahem!” The head acted displeasedly, ”I said, get out! Just get out already! I don’t have time to do all the mumbo-jumbo to cast you all out.”

”Yes sir!” The men hurriedly exited Ye Chong’s room upon the reinforced command from their leader. Tick! The door closed in a hush after their leaving. They were astonished and almost had the urge to bang the door open again. ”Shhh!” The leader of the underlings had his ear stuck on the door… There was no noise or whatsoever… It seemed fine. The leader shrugged, along with the other men, as they continued waiting by the door in wonders.

”Master!” Right after the door was shut, the head of those men approached Ye Chong femininely, ”It was you! It really is you! Gosh, I did not expect to see you here! Like really I did not…,” in thrill, he spoke confusingly.

It was whom Ye Chong had met before. Yes, Bai Linan.

Ye Chong took a glance over Bai Linan. The suit was a perfect fit on him, though he was still willow as before, the suit made him looked like a skeleton with a head popped out of the collar. His face was rosier however, obviously he had a much better life than before.

Meeting an old friend was also a thrill to Ye Chong too. They lost each other after the visit at the Black Coves. Too many incidents had happened after that. It felt like a travel across the dimension to Ye Chong out of the blue.

Bai Linan was stimulated to see Ye Chong, as he was the first one who truly cared about him. He actually had the intention to follow Ye Chong for the rest of his life, but he lost him on the Black Coves. He thought Ye Chong was a gone-case considering how Ye Chong was a hot-headed man. It was very likely to see him getting into a fight with one of the residents there, which caused his remorse for the following time of wondering why in the world he suggested to separate in the first place. If it was not for his brilliant idea, Master Ye Chong would have been there.

But they met again.

”Master… My Lord…,” Bai Linan was choked with tears.

Ye Chong’s expression remained calm, though it was causing a fissure in his mind.