Chapter 109: Perhaps Brothers
“How hateful. So calculating.”
Shen Yu was about to explode with anger.
He paced in place in frustration, his knuckles white as he gripped his sword.
Qi Ye didn’t speak, but the aura surrounding him was cold to the extreme.
Inside the Alliance headquarters building, the person in charge had a respectful attitude:
“Originally, there was no precedent. However, Guide Chi Wan, you possess the highest level of administrative authority. So this… of yours…”
She looked at Chi Cheās flawless face as she continued:
“…Nanchong, as well as those outsiders you mentionedāwe can arrange accommodation for all of them.”
“However, since you and this Nanchong do not have a pet permit, we still need to go through a process.”
She spoke, her gaze moving between Chi Wan and Chi Che:
“How do you intend to prove that you and this Mr. Chi are in a master-pet relationship?”
Chi Wanās face froze.
This…
The relationship between master and pet was so undignified. How was she supposed to prove it here?
And there was someone watching.
Chi Che, however, directly unfastened a button, opening his collar slightly as he leaned close to Chi Wan:
“Don’t be shy. However you usually play with me, just do the same now.”
Chi Wanās brain stalled for a moment. Her gaze swept past his bent collar. Besides seeing a broad chest and prominent muscles, she also saw large patches of deep-colored wounds.
It seemed he really was injured. But why wasn’t he receiving treatment?
The person in chargeās face turned slightly red, and she immediately lowered her head:
“Ahem… Guide Chi Wan, Iāll handle the procedures for you and your Nanchong.”
With things on her mind, Chi Wan left Chi Che there to wait for the processing while she left from the other side to find Yun Qi.
She urgently wanted to find out if Chi Cheās background was as she had guessed.
The Sea God mark on her forehead flickered faintly. Under the power of the Sea God, she could quickly sense Yun Qiās location.
Following the guidance to the training building, she met Yun Qi walking toward her against the crowd before she even reached the building.
“Is something wrong?”
He had sensed her approach long ago.
Chi Wanās gaze flickered. Thinking of finding a secluded place to talk with him, she looked around:
“Let’s go over there.”
Yun Qi followed her gaze and simply nodded:
“Alright.”
As they walked side by side, he was the first to speak:
“Next time you want to find me, just summon me directly.”
She hadn’t summoned him for nearly ten days, and he was actually a bit unaccustomed to it.
Seeing that Chi Wan didn’t speak and just looked heavy with thought, Yun Qi looked at her closely:
“Is something the matter?”
“Although itās a bit presumptuous, I wanted to askāwhat did the regret your father mentioned at the end refer to?”
Not expecting Chi Wan to ask this, Yun Qiās gaze faltered.
He withdrew his gaze and told her the truth when he met those radiant eyes again:
“I don’t know the full details. I only heard from clan members that my mother left because of her weak health after giving birth to me. My father was depressed because of it.”
He spoke, his long lashes drooping slightly:
“Not long after, he met a human girl. That girl fell for him at first sight and accompanied him carefully, looking after him even when he was drunk all night.”
“But my father didn’t see his own heart clearly. Or perhaps he was unwilling to betray my late mother. He never truly accepted her.”
Chi Wanās heart tightened as she heard him continue:
“Later, the girl left. He realized his feelings after the fact, but he never found her again.”
Having said that, sensing her fluctuating emotions, he looked at her in confusion:
“Why would you ask me this?”
In the shadows, Chi Wanās face was covered in a cool tone. Her brand-new combat suit added a rare touch of pure beauty, like a thorny rose, breathtakingly beautiful.
Chi Wan was now even more certain of the guess in her heart. Could this blood-fusion really be dissolved?
She felt a hint of relief, an emotion that also reached Yun Qiās heart.
The corners of his mouth hooked up slightly.
This was the first time he had smiled since the Lost Sea.
The deep-seated pain in his heart seemed to have faded quite a bit with her few summons and the thoughts that strayed to prevent her from summoning him.
It allowed him to step out of the dampness bit by bit.
When Chi Wan looked up, she met Yun Qiās focused, qingming eyes. When she looked closely, she found it was just the same cold gaze as usual, as if the tenderness that had flashed by just now was an illusion.
But she also suddenly realized that Yun Qi and Chi Che really did have some similar qualities. Both were of the cold type, carrying the atmosphere of the collision between water and ice in the deep sea.
Except Yun Qi, perhaps due to the pure bloodline of the Sea God father and Sea God bride, had a pure and clean coldness around him, carrying the divinity of the Sea God.
Whereas Chi Cheās coldness was a more worldly laziness, hiding an unreadable depth beneath the noble aura nurtured by the Empire.
They might truly be half-brothers.
Chi Wan scratched her head at the thought:
“Thanks for telling me. I have some other things to do, so Iāll head off first.”
She needed to confirm it once more.
“Alright.”
Chi Wan ran off.
Yun Qi didn’t notice, but his gaze followed her for a long time this time.
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