C39 – Misunderstandings are resolved

Back in Ji Canghai’s room, Xiao Yu looked at the innocent Ji Canghai; it was hard for him to get angry at that face.

He slightly tilted his head, not looking at Ji Canghai. “Tell me the truth; did you break the water pipe in Xiao Yang’s room?”

Ji Canghai froze at his words: “Why do you ask? Do you suspect that I did it?”

“When the water pipe broke, everyone was at the training ground; only Dr. Wu was in the infirmary, and you were in your room.” Xiao Yu was a little nervous; he wasn’t very good at confronting people, and he preferred solving problems with his fists rather than talking.

Ji Canghai frowned slightly, then sat down along the sofa and said, “So?”

Xiao Yu remained standing. “Your airship is so advanced, so the material of the water pipes should be quite good, so it won’t break suddenly. When I asked Xue Qingping if there was any possibility that it was man-made, his response was obviously evasive, so I thought that he might have discovered something and wasn’t in a position to say so. You had the time to sabotage the water mains and also had enough motive.”

“Motive?” Ji Canghai interrupted his words, the corner of his mouth slightly curved into a smile. “Then say it; what is my motive?”

“I ……” Xiao Yu was speechless; how could he say it out loud?

Ji Canghai probably heard his embarrassment and didn’t make things difficult for him. “I admit that I want to live with you; you’re my boyfriend. What’s the point of living at someone else’s place instead of mine? Xiao Yu, I know that you’re not used to suddenly being away from the Desolate Star, but you should trust me; I will help you adapt to your current life as soon as possible.”

Xiao Yu saw Ji Canghai reaching out to him, wanting to lead him to sit beside him.

He hesitated for a moment, but still held Ji Canghai’s hand, but didn’t sit beside him as he wished. “Those are different things; Xiao Yang really loves those figurines of his; even if it’s just for the sake of living with me, you shouldn’t have destroyed Xiao Yang’s beloved figurines.”

 

Ji Canghai pulled Xiao Yu closer to him with force. Xiao Yu was momentarily distracted and was pulled into Ji Canghai’s arms. He ended up sitting on Ji Canghai’s lap.

 

He wanted to get up, but Ji Canghai wrapped his arm around his waist, and his low voice rang out, “In your eyes, am I a leader who is willing to harm his subordinates in order to achieve his goal?”

Wasn’t it like that?

Xiao Yu didn’t forget the book’s description of Ji Canghai, calling him unscrupulous was being kind. The book also said that Ji Canghai ki*lled innocents indiscriminately, and in order to seize the ruling power of the planet, he used hundreds of millions of innocent people as a bargaining chip and threatened that if the Federation didn’t let go of their power, he would destroy the entire planet.

 

Although he didn’t think Ji Canghai would do such a thing, the contents of the book more or less formed a verbal cue for him, and he wouldn’t feel surprised if Ji Canghai did any bad thing after that.

The result of this was that, as soon as the water pipe rupture accident occurred, Xiao Yu suspected Ji Canghai.

 

Xiao Yu’s silence made Ji Canghai laugh in anger. He didn’t know how he had given Xiao Yu such an impression. Thinking carefully about the process of his acquaintance with Xiao Yu, could it be because he once said that he treated his subordinates indifferently?

Indifference wasn’t coldness; he wasn’t so ruthless as to treat his subordinates harshly.

“I want to know, what exactly did I do to give you such an illusion?” Ji Canghai tightened his embrace so that Xiao Yu was closer to him.

“First, let me down.” Xiao Yu was a little embarrassed.

In this current posture, it was difficult for him to pull up his aura and firmly confront Ji Canghai.

Ji Canghai let go of him, and Xiao Yu immediately took two steps back. “You can speak, but don’t touch or move!”

Ji Canghai laughed lightly. “You’re my boyfriend; why can’t I move?”

“I’m being serious; don’t be so playful.” Xiao Yu had to remind himself of Ji Canghai’s background in order to barely break free from the other party’s charm.

Ji Canghai raised his hands in surrender and said, “Alright, alright, then may I ask Mr. Xiao, what are you trying to say? Even if you want to convict me, you must have evidence. Casually suspecting someone without evidence can constitute slander in human society.”

Xiao Yu looked at him dumbfounded. “What happens if it’s slander?”

“How about, if slander is established, I will punish you by making you obediently sleep with me?” Ji Canghai flirted.

Xiao Yu: “I don’t believe it, so you don’t admit that you destroyed the water pipes?”

Ji Canghai: “It’s not something I did, so I won’t admit it.”

Just at this time, the door of the room was knocked on. Xiao Yu opened the door and saw the drenched Xue Qingping. “Do you need my help?”

Xue Qingping shook his head as he held a part in his hand. “I found this in the water pipe.”

Xiao Yu looked at the part and felt that it looked a bit familiar.

Ji Canghai had gotten behind him at an unknown time and naturally put a hand over his shoulder. “What is it?”

Xue Qingping quickly responded, “It’s a level seven mecha part, but it failed to be made. However, it used grade seven material, which is harder and sharper than the material of the water pipe, and under the impact of the water flow, it was only a matter of time before it damaged the water pipe. I asked Xiao Yang; he did want to put mecha parts on his figurines, and there were some failures that he threw down the drain.”

Ji Canghai: “Why weren’t the failed products recycled?”

Xue Qingping said in amusement, “He said that those grade 7 materials were all ones that he had taken from everyone; he was certain that if he recycled them, he would get taught a lesson. He also begged me not to tell Liu Yilian on account of the fact that all of his figurines are broken.”

But he didn’t expect Old Xue to tell Ji Canghai directly.

“He’s just relying on the fact that the others favor him too much, so he dared to slip away so many mecha materials.” Halfway through his words, Ji Canghai’s tone suddenly changed: “Xiao Yu, how do you think I should punish him?”

Xiao Yu was still troubled by the fact that he had wrongly blamed Ji Canghai, and when he suddenly heard Ji Canghai ask him, he said without even thinking, “Seeing as it’s his first time making a mistake, or rather, an unintentional mistake, let’s spare him.”

 

These words were clearly pleading for Yang Yongning, but in reality, he was also speaking for himself. He eagerly looked at Ji Canghai, hoping that the other wouldn’t remember his petty mistakes. Otherwise, according to the original story, with Ji Canghai’s vengeful personality, he may not have a good ending.

 

“Then I’ll listen to you.” Ji Canghai was unexpectedly easy to convince.

After sending Xue Qingping away, Xiao Yu sat beside Ji Canghai and hesitantly asked, “Can I go see Xiao Yang? Aren’t all his figurines broken? I want to help him try to fix them.”

Ji Canghai was slightly confused: “Why are you so attached to him?”

“He’s young, isn’t he, and don’t the others take care of him too?” Xiao Yu said.

 

Ji Canghai, however, expose his deceit with a single sentence: “Do you feel ashamed and don’t know how to face me?”

Xiao Yu: “……”

“Okay, it’s not like I’m angry.” Ji Canghai played with Xiao Yu’s hand and said, “You misunderstood me, but it’s just because the time we’ve spent together is too short. There will be plenty of time for you to slowly get to know me in the coming days. Also, I hope that your understanding of me is based on your inner opinion, not on what people say. Other people’s evaluations of me can only be used for reference; you have to trust your own eyes.”

For a moment, Xiao Yu was about to think that Ji Canghai knew that he had read the original novel.

But after careful thought, he understood why Ji Canghai would say these things to him. He had previously said that he was going to go and stay at Yang Yongning’s place for a while, giving the reason that he wanted to think about whether they were suitable for each other.

Ji Canghai probably knew that he had a bad reputation in the outside world, which was why he told him to trust his feelings.

“You can go if you want to; I’ll be here, waiting for you to come back.” Ji Canghai smiled faintly.

It was really hard for Xiao Yu to reject Ji Canghai when he was like this, and after assuring him that he would definitely come back, he walked away.

Yang Yongning’s plumbing had already been repaired, and when Xiao Yu came over, only the servants were left to clean the room.

Yang Yongning had packed all the damaged figurines into a box, and when he saw Xiao Yu coming, he waved at him with red eyes.

Xiao Yu asked him what happened to the mecha parts, and he instantly blushed. “Old Xue told you everything?”

Xiao Yu nodded slightly.

Yang Yongning had no choice but to confess to Xiao Yu that he had always wanted figurines with mecha parts, but mecha materials were an important resource and basically wouldn’t be wasted on such toys.

“I happen to be studying mecha manufacturing; since the figurines can’t be repaired with the same materials anymore, how about we just install them with new mecha parts as they were originally? Although it definitely won’t be restored as it was, at least they’ll still be the original version.” Xiao Yu understood the mind of a figurine collector like Yang Yongning: these figurines, even if he bought them again, couldn’t be the original ones that he loved the most. That was why he wanted to help Xiao Yang repair them.

Yang Yongning’s eyes widened in disbelief. “It can be done like that?”

“We can try?” Xiao Yu was going to learn mecha manufacturing anyway, so it was just the right time to use it for practice: “Find a way to get some level one materials; don’t take the level seven ones; throwing them into the drain can burst the water pipes.” The first-grade mecha materials wouldn’t have this issue; even if the assembly failed, it would be easy to destroy the body.

Yang Yongning scratched his head in embarrassment. He only wanted to give the figurines the best mecha parts; how could he have known that high-grade mecha parts would burst water pipes? “No problem, I have plenty of Grade 1 mecha materials; they’re all scraps that people don’t need.”

“Then it’s settled; see if you can find the photos of the figurines, and we’ll repair them according to their previous appearance.” Xiao Yu said.

Yang Yongning then opened the light device he was carrying and said, “I have all the photos; I’ll send them to you.”

Xiao Yu watched as he skillfully operated the light device. The so-called light device was a small orb-like thing; it could store massive amounts of data; almost everyone had one. The light device was as ubiquitous to humans in the future world as mobile phones were in the beginning, and even more popular. Schools would assign homework through the light device, and people could also log onto the Star Network through the light device and browse vast amounts of information on it.

“I don’t have a light device yet.” Xiao Yu was worried.

He didn’t know whether Ji Canghai deliberately didn’t mention this matter or if he had forgotten that he didn’t have a light device of his own until now. On top of that, his identity was also a problem; if he reported his identity information according to the formal procedures, his identity as a mermaid Omega couldn’t be hidden at all. So he could only rely on Ji Canghai to help him get a fake identity; otherwise, it would be hard to get around.

It seemed that he wouldn’t be able to leave for a while.

 

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