Chapter 396: Coldness Underneath His Disguise (1/2)
Chapter 396: Coldness Underneath His Disguise
Translator: EndlessFantasy TranslationEditor: EndlessFantasy Translation
”Who's in there?” Ren Zeri asked in a low voice.
”What are you talking about?” Wei You spoke with forced calmness, but was betrayed by the panic shown in her eyes.
Ren Zeri forced his way through the door. He heard it clearly, the sound of another person's breathing in the cabin. As an elite of the Renlo Tribe's younger generation, he was confident of his hearing.
He saw no one else in the cabin, but Wei You's panicked expression told him that there must be something amiss.
He stood at ready and focused on listening. Immediately, he heard a soft sound of breathing from underneath the bed.
”Humph!” He exclaimed coldly. To think that someone else would dare to aim for his target! He felt a rising anger in him. Ren Zeri's interest in Wei You was not announced in public, but mostly everyone on the starship knew about it. That was why no one dared to make their advances on Wei You.
How dare he!
”Don't hide now! Come out!” Ren Zeri said to the person underneath the bed. His expression was grim, and his eyes were now chilling instead of mesmerizing.
How dare you! Ren Zeri felt his fury rising even more. What angered him most was the fact that Wei You had chosen to protect this man. He had always treated her well, but she never cared for him, and now she was protecting another man! How could he not see red?
No reply came from underneath the bed.
Ren Zeri ridiculed him further, ”What's the matter? Getting cowardly are you? I'd like to see how it is who'd dare to steal my woman!”
Wei You, who was panicking as she watched from the side, now blushed at his words and cried, ”Please mind your words!”
Ren Zeri ignored her protest and fixed his eyes at the bed.
There was still no response from underneath the bed.
Ren Zeri could stand no longer and bent down to look underneath.
A man, as expected! Ren Zeri nearly went berserk. Wei You had hidden a man in her cabin! The sight pained him deeply. Reality had delivered a huge blow to Ren Zeri's ego. That was why he did not notice that the man was actually unconscious.
Ren Zeri dragged Ye Chong carelessly out from underneath the bed.
”What are you doing?” Seeing Ren Zeri's rough treatment of her patient, Wei You could not help but protest loudly.
Ren Zeri noticed then that the man was not actually a crew member, and he was in an unconscious state.
”Huh?” He gasped, and asked lowly, ”Who is this?”
”I don't know.” Wei You hated Ren Zeri a lot, but considering he was Captain, she still answered truthfully.
”You don't know?” Ren Zeri returned the question mockingly. ”Then why are you hiding him under your bed?”
Wei You did not know herself. ”I don't know how he got onto the ship. He's caught a cold, and is currently unconscious.”
”Haha! Knocked out because of a cold?” Ren Zeri was first stunned by her words, then laughed at them. ”Why are you hiding a useless weakling like him under your bed like he's someone precious?” Inhabitants of the free space zone were all strong and healthy, and would never catch a cold like that.
Wei You agreed with his assessment of the man's weak condition, but Ren Zeri's words grated on her still, and she humphed coldly and looked away.
Ren Zeri continued mocking, ”What a piece of trash. Without your help, how could he have boarded this ship? I didn't think that our respectable medical officer, Wei You, would fall in love with such a useless man! Tsk tsk, what a surprise!”
Ren Zeri's degrading words about her patient and his assumption of her patient's relationship with her angered Wei You. ”Please mind your manners. My taste in men is none of your business.”
Wei You feel threatened by her Captain's craziness. She decided then that upon completing their current mission, she would make a formal request to leave this ship.
Ren Zeri laughed as he anger peaked. ”Haha, none of my business, none of my business indeed!” He stopped laughing abruptly and switched into a nastier tone as he said, ”My dear medical officer, don't tell me you've forgotten that anyone who did not board this ship by proper procedure can be killed outright by crew member! And you, hehe, have hidden away an illegal stowaway, and assisted a terrorist in boarding this ship. Oh, right, this useless trash can't be considered a terrorist.”
”You …” Wei You's face paled. She would never be able to clear her name. The consequences of the charges against her were severe. Once Ren Zeri reported this to the ones upstairs, she would face a terrible fate.
”Well?” Ren Zeri raised his brows and walked to Wei You. He lifted her beautiful but unnaturally pale face and said, ”Am I right? It's not just you, but your parents and your siblings will all be involved. They will face strict interrogations, and have a bleak future ahead of them. They will never rise in their ranks again. They will be treated with disgust and ridicule by the masses. All of this, just because of you, my beautiful medical officer!”