Arc 2 Chapter 2.9 ( Intersellar Beast World )

The whole spaceport turned silent . Everyone held their breathe in case they would garner the attention of the about to burst man .

Lin Ming's brain is currently blank . She doesn't know how to answer this dangerous man . What should she do?

Zone noticed the female mouse's nervousness and immediately removed his expressionless expression.  A pair of fluffy white ears and a furry tail suddenly appeared on his body and blushed .

" I d-don't mean to scare you actually . "

Zone's tail swayed right and left as his triangular ears twitched . His current appearance made Lin Ming thinks that Zone was adorable and harmless .

Even the spectators were shocked by the quick change of atmosphere . Hu Jie on the other hand immediately raised his guard when he perceived the ambiguity between his woman and this stranger man .

Lin Ming tilted her head and stutterly stated her name . " I-i am Lin Ming . "

Lin Ming .

Zone smiled . " I'm Duan Li from Duan Family . Nice to mee you . "

" N-nice to meet you too . "

Seeing as there's no fight that is going to happen . The spectators went back to their own business and ignored the scenario they just witnessed .

Hu Jie can't take it anymore and pulled Lin Ming to his back . " Dude , i tell you ... Don't blatantly flirt with my girlfriend in front of me ."

Zone paused and suddenly smiled weirdly . " Really? Can you do anything about it? It's not that you can beat me right? "

Hu Jie clenched his fist . He is indeed weak and couldn't contend with a man like Duan Li who possessed monstrous strength despite the race's limitation . 

But he couldn't just let his girlfriend be taken away from him in front of his eyes can't he?

" Yes ... That's why I'm talking to you to make it clear that this girl is mine . "

Hu Jie saw Duan Li chuckling .

Zone calmed his frustration and stared serenely at Lin Ming . It seems that ... He couldn't do anything about his fate of not being able to fulfill his revenge towards Hu Jie .

If he hurts Hu Jie , Lin Ming will feel hurt too .

Ayah~ I'm really a good sociopath , I can't even bare to hurt my beloved child . Well ... It's not that I'm crazy mad avenger .

I could live peacefully without fulfilling the original's regret .

I can only wrong the original for now .

Gomen gomen . ( Sorry sorry )

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Doze jolted in surprise and immediately dashed towards Jiro .

[ Aaaah!!!! Aaaah !!!! Aaaah hahahaha . ]

Jiro still depressed looked up at the ghost floated over him like a ghost maniac . He slowly sat up and massaged his temple .

" What happened? "

Jiro's voice sounded hoarse and pitiful . But seeing the joyful expression on his partner's face . Jiro's gloomy heart lightened a little bit . Moreover , he's also curious about the reason why Doze is happy too suddenly. 

Doze calmed down and sat mid-air with an eager and excited expression painted on the surface of its boyish face .

[ The last side mission is now completed!!! We gathered enough fuel to hop over another world! ]

Jiro tilted his head . " I thought it would be the main mission . "

Jiro suddenly remembered his side mission to marry Duan Li . However ... He got rejected and he's too scared to face him this time .

Jiro summoned the interface and learned that the last mission was to stop Duan Li from getting revenge on the Hu Family . Although he did not do anything , the mission is still considered complete after Duan Li decided to not get his revenge .

The only side mission that is still on pending was to marry Duan Li . Remembering Duan Li's attitude towards him , Jiro couldn't help wanting to cry again.  He didn't know he has this kind of soft heart .

Jiro stood up and walked to the bathroom to wash up . Doze then pushed Jiro out of his prison and piloted the suspension car towards Duan Li's apartment . From today onward , starts the day of Jiro's official pursuit for Duan Li (Zone) .

Jiro wanted to go back to the palace but Doze didn't let the coward man and instead encouraged him to face the hurdle .

[ You can do it master , your future self will surely visit you in this timeline to punch you for being coward . ]

Jiro chuckled in amusement . " Is that even possible . "

[ We don't know~ the laws of time are mysterious after all . ]

Jiro hung his head down . In his past life , he really regretted denying his true feelings for Zone . He may look strong when it comes to the battlefield , he's actually coward in front of love .

No wonder he's asexual until he realized his feelings for Zone . He's actually just denying everything .

Just when did he fall inlove with Zone?

Jiro always thought Zone was the first to fall inlove . But he had this guts that he was actually the one who fell inlove with Zone earlier than Zone did .

A memory suddenly flashed within Jiro's mind . Jiro's face immediately reddened and covered his face . It seems that his thoughts towards Zone changed after he was molested by Zone .

The confession Zone spoke in his wet dream made Jiro's views slightly changed . He's just like a frog in a warm pot . Jiro may looked nonchalant outwardly , but his heart was already moved by Zone without realizing it .

[ We're here! ]

Jiro looked up and saw that the suspension car is already at the front of Duan Li's apartment . He immediately exited the car and stood in front of the gate .

Doze drove the car around to roam in the capital waiting for its master's business to finish before driving back there . But Doze has to entertain itself first .

Jiro seeing as Doze left him standing in front of Duan Li's apartment without his consent . He felt rage burning within his chest but he couldn't do anything about it .

He looked worriedly and hesitated to ring the bell . Zone stared at the silhouette downstairs from the second floor and watch Jiro's solo drama of hesitancy . Zone felt amused and decided to watch him more .

The man downstairs were fidgeting in anxiety , stepping back and fort . He remained in that state for a whole minute before Zone quickly lost interest and decided to open the gate for him .

Jiro stiffened when the gate suddenly opened on its own . A few seconds passed before he sighed in relief . It seems that Duan Li was aware of his presence outside the gate . Jiro started walking inside and opened the entrance to their door . Although the door was automatic and would immediately open as long as the owner allows . Jiro still subconsciously knocked out of habit from his past life .

Zone too didn't remember that the door was automatic so he climb down the stairs and opened the door .

" ... " Zone

" ... " Jiro

Silence evaded both of the men's sorrounding and it felt awkward for the both of them .

" How are you? "

Jiro's voice sounded first ending the silence in the area . The silver haired man smiled and opened the door wider . " Come in , oh ... I'm still kicking alive . "

Jiro's lips twitch and entered the apartment . Zone leads Jiro to the living room and made him sit down on the sofa .

" Do you want tea? " Asked Zone .

Jiro shook his head and said that he shouldn't bother serving him . However , Zone still insists on serving him and ended up giving him a can of beer .

Seeing the familiar style of the beer in Jiro's hands . Jiro couldn't help but reminisce the time he spent with Zone in his past life drinking beer leisurely . Jiro had a nostalgic expression painted on his face which was noticed by Zone .

Zone paused and stared at the handsome man sitting in front of him , focusing on a certain thing . Somehow , a feeling which he didn't realized sprouted within him . That he wanted the man to focus on him instead of a mere non living metal .

Zone bowed his head and opened a can of beer . The sound of it opening as the air got released and the eargasm sound of bubbles resonated in the silent room which brought back Jiro's attention to Duan Li .

" You're dazing around in front of me . " Zone slowly said .

Jiro scratches his cheeks while blushing . " I was reminiscing old memories . "

Zone paused and sipped on the can while he has his eyes still locked unto Jiro's body . Jiro subconsciously gulped and picked up a pillow cushion to cover his lower part . Zone doesn't know how seductive he looks with that subsconsious movement .

Such sex appeal challenged Jiro's mental power to resist temptation .

" Speaking of old memories ... What memory did you reminisced just now . "

Jiro chuckled awkwardly and didn't know how to respond to Duan Li's question . After all , Duan Li may find holes if he made up lies .

Zone noticed that Jiro doesn't have any intention of sharing his childhood memory . Seeing as he didn't get the response he wanted , Zone felt irritation within his head itching him to turn violent .

Jiro however was unable to see any changed on the surface of Zone's calm facade . He had long been unable to read Zone .

Jiro was about to tell Duan Li that he is going to court him . When a phone call interrupted his time with Duan Li . Hot air silently gushed out of his nostrils in silent anger and licked his lips to calm down .

Zone frowned and picked up the thin rectangular advanced phone and coldly answered the call .

" Yeah? "

A pitiful cry and small sobs resonated in the phone's speaker and entered Zone's ears . Zone inwardly rolled his eyes knowing that it was the cheater pet who dared to flirt with other man like a bit[beep] .

" H-hubby... Sob sob , why did you leave me at the spaceport? "

Shiela nervously bit her lips . She doesn't know why she couldn't contact her spare tires and they even cursed at her for being a bit[beep] making them to offend someone they couldn't handle .

Sheila was suspicious that Duan Li was involved with her current predicament but she dare not believe it . She and Duan Li are so good recently and she could see that Duan Li was crazily inlove with her .

How could Duan Li let Shiela , his girlfriend be hurt and wronged?

Shiela was so confused . In the spaceport , she obviously wanted to run to Duan Li but he ignored her instead .

And even asked someone else's name as if his girlfriend was not around . Shiela wanted to be angry but she couldn't get herself to shout at Zone . The terror that germinated within her heart when she collapsed on the floor just with Duan Li's little aura made her to fear Duan Li instead of feeling angry .

Zone who is wearing a cold expression suddenly smiled gently like a loving partner , yet his brows and hurt eyes made him look like a heartbroken second male lead .

" What did i do wrong , Shiela? I clearly love you and even care for you like a precious gem . "

" But why did you cheated on me? I caught you with several men in these last few days . Why do you have to be so uncontented with just me? "

" Am i not enough to satisfy your fantasy? "

A confused look appeared upon his face and there's hurt and disbelief mixed on it as if he couldn't believe Shiela really cheated on him . The whites on his eyes turned red as his eyes turned watery . The hurt look on his face intensified as his breathe silently turned rapid while trying his best to appear calm .

" I ... I didn't cheat on you Duan Li . " Shiela panicked and wanted to explain to Duan Li immediately but Zone didn't let her talk .

" Silence! I don't want to hear your nonsenses . We had once broke up for the same reason . I wouldn't let myself be fooled by you for a very long time while wearing multiple green hats unaware again . " Zone choked as his gentle yet pained voice cracked .

Tears flowed down his cheeks like an endless waterfall . Zone massaged his temple and punched the wall beside him .

" Shiela!!! I really love you! "

Zone sobbed and knelt down while crying . " But you broke my heart again ."

" I thought ... I thought i could finally marry you . But why do you have to do this to me? "

Zone wiped his eyes while his lips were taut stretched in stiffness . Even the bones on his throat could be seen through the skin by the tightness of his throat . He could barely breathe because of emotional pain .

It was unbearable .

The pain that Shiela inflicted .

It dealt a lot of damage on his heart . In this life , Shiela broke his heart twice .

" Duan Li ... " Shiela's heart beat turned rapid .

She suddenly felt a bad premonition coming .

" Let's break up . "

Crack ... Sheila could feel her heart breaking when she heard that familiar words again. But she never expected that it would be this painful in the second time . Shiela was stiff and her eyes are wide dumb in disbelief .

" D-Duan Li haha you couldn't be kidding me right? " Shiela tapped her feet on the ground in restlessness and bit her lips .

" ... " Zone

Zone chuckled faintly in tiredness . " Goodbye ... Let's never meet again . "

Zone hang up the phone while still kneeling . When silence evaded the whole living room , Zone could still not believe the drama he performed live . He even has audience watching him!

Zone weakly supported himself on the wall to stand up and turned around only to see a pair of golden eyes staring at him intensely .

The whites around Zone's red iris were still red making him to look more pitiful than a child who has his lollipop stolen .

" You're hurt because you really love her? " Jiro's magnetic voice resonated , his hot breathe brushing upon Zone's face making him to close his eyes in comfort .

Jiro raised his hand and caress his cheeks gently with his thumb while stroking the side of his neck with his forefinger and middle one .

As a feline creature , Zone subsconsiosly purred without realizing that his furry ears and tails actually made an appearance .

When Zone woke up from his trance , his eyes widened and looked at Jiro dumbfoundedly. He didn't expect himself to be this shameful when touched . Although he didn't blush in shame , it still hurt his pride as a man!

( Although he was once attracted to a man ... He is still a man . )

Before Zone could extend his claws , Jiro suddenly held his waist .

Zone's tail immediately stood up . Zone's eyes locked unto the bony and veiny large hands on his waist and slowly looks up at the tall man in front of him .

Jiro didn't let Zone push him and hugged Duan Li as he pushes Duan Li's face to his chest .

" I know you get hurt , vent your emotions by crying . I'll be here for you . "

Doze who was monitoring at the outside slapped its forehead . Embarrassed by its master's trashy acting skills .

Jiro blinked and wondered why Duan Li didn't push him away . He instead burried his face behavedly at his chest . Jiro was perplexed and was about to peel off Duan Li when Duan Li suddenly wrapped his arms around his neck yet still burried his face on his chest then slowly moved to his collar .

" Don't move . " Zone's hoarse voice whispered through Jiro's ears making him felt itchy .

Jiro obediently paused and he didn't know the turmoil within Zone's mind when he was embraced by Jiro .

The familiar embrace ... Zone finally remembered Jiro's familiar aura on this emperor's body . No wonder Zone felt like Long Langwei feels like someone he knew .

Is he really ... Jiro's reincarnation?