After Rebirth, Married to a Deadly Enemy - Chapter 47

Bai Xiangxing was awakened by hunger. When he got up, he was ravenous, but despite his bedraggled appearance, he decided to take a shower first. After showering, he looked at the bruises on his face in the mirror and suddenly remembered the ointment that Shi Zhen had sent him before going to bed.

 

He stepped out of the bathroom, retrieved the ointment from the bedside table, smiled, and went back to the mirror to apply it to himself again. After finishing, Bai Xiangxing went to the drying machine to retrieve the clothes he had put in before going to bed, tidied up, and then planned to go out to find some food.

 

As he opened the door, Bai Xiangxing was about to ask someone where to eat when he heard someone call him from behind, “You’re awake.”

 

Bai Xiangxing was stunned and turned to see Shi Zhen standing against the wall at the door of his room. “What are you doing here?”

 

“Liang Chen and the others have gone to eat. I came to call you,” Shi Zhen said, looking at the bruises on Bai Xiangxing’s face. His expression paused for a moment. “Are you hungry?”

 

“Yes, I was awakened by hunger,” Bai Xiangxing nodded hurriedly.

 

“Then let’s go.” Shi Zhen’s eyes flashed with a hint of a smile as he turned and led the way.

 

Bai Xiangxing caught up in a few steps. “Did you just wake up too?”

 

“A little earlier than you,” Shi Zhen replied vaguely.

 

“I wonder if the food in the interstellar escort is any good.”

 

“It’s not bad.”

 

“How do you know?” Bai Xiangxing was curious.

 

“I’ve eaten there a few times before.”

 

As they spoke, the two arrived at the cafeteria. There weren’t many people in the cafeteria, but the members of the Flame Team stood out, dressed in combat uniforms, and Wang Ping was among them.

 

Liang Chen was sitting facing the entrance of the cafeteria. When he saw the two of them come in, he waved happily and called out, “Captian, Xing Shao, over here, over here.”

 

Shi Zhen frowned slightly, not wanting to go over, but Bai Xiangxing had already walked over with a smile, so he had no choice but to follow.

 

As they approached, Liang Chen asked, “Why did you two just come? We’ve been eating for an hour.”

 

Bai Xiangxing was stunned and instinctively turned to look at Shi Zhen, thinking of his earlier answer that he had woken up a little earlier than himself.

 

For some reason, Shi Zhen suddenly felt guilty and looked away towards the direction of the kitchen. “I’ll see what’s available to eat.”

 

With that, he strode away.

 

“Xing Shao, your injury looks worse than it did before,” Bai Xiangxing’s skin was fair, so bruises were particularly noticeable. Sleeping for a while hadn’t improved it, but instead made it worse.

 

“It’s normal, it’ll be better tomorrow,” Bai Xiangxing said casually.

 

“Is this the first time Xing Shao has seen us in battle?” Liu Qing asked.

 

“Yeah,” Bai Xiangxing nodded.

 

“How was it?” Liu Qing asked, looking at him expectantly, as did the others in the Flame Team.

 

“You truly deserve to be the elite force of the Storm Legion. You were amazing in battle,” Bai Xiangxing praised generously.

 

“Hehehe~”

 

Clearly, when asking that question just now, it was a plea for praise, but when praise was given, it made one feel embarrassed instead.

 

“Where does this count as an ace military force? If it weren’t for the insufficient firepower of our warship, I could have taken them down single-handedly,” Wang Ping said indignantly. He was also from the Storm Legion, and while it was one thing for Bai Xiangxing to praise them, using the term “ace force” to describe them, former members of the Storm Legion like Wang Ping felt uncomfortable with it.

 

“Don’t boast, or you’ll die,” everyone retorted in unison.

 

At this moment, Shi Zhen came over with two trays of food, placing one in front of Bai Xiangxing and the other next to Bai Xiangxing before sitting down himself.

 

“Thank you.”

 

“You’re welcome.”

 

Liang Chen watched them both being polite to each other and chuckled. “Xing Shao, do you know how we rushed over?”

 

“How did you rush over?” Bai Xiangxing was curious about this matter.

 

“At the time, we had just finished our mission and were about to return to the capital star when General Shi suddenly contacted us, saying that you had been abducted by space pirates.”

 

Bai Xiangxing was stunned. The fact that his abduction had been reported to General Shi, instead of Shi Zhen, surprised him. Bai Xiangxing felt honored, but before he could dwell on it, Liang Chen continued, “When the captain heard that you had been abducted, his face, oh, it was blacker than the black hole of the universe. He immediately asked for the specific coordinates, and we completed the space jump in three minutes.”

 

“Space jump?! You came here by space jump?” Bai Xiangxing was stunned. The technology for space jumps had always been controlled by the Alliance, and only the military currently used it. Bai Xiangxing didn’t know the specific standards for its use, but it must be a very urgent situation to use it.

 

“Did the military approve your use of the space jump? Will it get you into trouble?” Bai Xiangxing asked.

 

The members of the Flame Team were all taken aback by his words. Apparently, they hadn’t expected Bai Xiangxing to be concerned about them after learning that they had used a space jump. Most of them, except for a few who had had contact with Bai Xiangxing before, were meeting him for the first time. This rescue mission was for the sake of Shi Zhen and General Shi’s face, so even if Bai Xiangxing didn’t express any gratitude to them, they wouldn’t mind. But to receive feedback would make them even happier.

 

“No, my dad’s got it covered if anything happens,” Shi Zhen replied.

 

Everyone: With the expression you had just now, he wouldn’t dare not give it to you.

 

“Then…”

 

“No, he’s a general, and he has the authority to use space jumps,” Shi Zhen interrupted, “He didn’t ask.”

 

“Oh,” Bai Xiangxing nodded. After a moment of thought, he added, “Then thank him for me.”

 

Shi Zhen glanced at him and said, “We’ll go see him at the base during the New Year.”

 

“Then I’ll thank him in person at that time,” Bai Xiangxing said without hesitation.

 

Shi Zhen’s lips curled slightly, and he nodded lightly.

 

Wait a minute, did he just voluntarily ask to go to the base to visit his parents with Shi Zhen?

 

Bai Xiangxing was annoyed to the point of stomping his foot. Shi Zhen’s statement just now, “we,” must have referred to him and Shi Ning. What was wrong with him? Why did he suddenly say such a thing? Oh, he’s done for. It’s so embarrassing to be the only outsider among their team members.

 

Bai Xiangxing sneakily glanced at Shi Zhen, and seeing that his expression hadn’t changed much, he thought that the other party probably didn’t think much about it. He breathed a sigh of relief. 

 

“By the way, Xing Shao, I heard from Wang Ping that you came out this time to negotiate business. What kind of business are you going to negotiate?” Liang Chen asked curiously.

 

When it came to doing business, Liang Chen admired Bai Xiangxing tremendously. In just a few months, he had turned a nearly bankrupt Xinshi into what it was now. Not only did everyone get a raise, but the staff had also expanded by nearly twice the original size, and they even managed to regain the military orders they had lost seven or eight years ago. Most importantly, they were willing to spend six billion to buy weapons and warships for the security team. That was six billion! Even their regular forces, the ace teams of the Storm Legion, didn’t have that much military budget.

 

It was said that the security team members each had fourth-level battle armor, which they didn’t have. Liang Chen had already decided that he would settle for such treatment after he retired.

 

“Just a small business deal,” Bai Xiangxing glanced at Shi Zhen and shook his head without going into detail.

 

“Xing Shao, be modest. You’re personally negotiating it, so it can’t be a small deal,” Liang Chen didn’t believe him.

 

Neither did the others.

 

When Shi Zhen was about to speak up to stop them, Wang Ping raised his hand and said, “I know, I know, Boss Bai is going to buy a planet.”

 

“Buy a planet? That’s a big move!”

 

“Just a small asteroid,” there were billions of planets in space, not every one of them was suitable for habitation or valuable. Therefore, buying and selling small asteroids in the alliance was not uncommon, and the price was not necessarily very high for each one.

 

“But it’s not just any small asteroid,” Bai Xiangxing tried to downplay the matter of buying the asteroid, but Wang Ping, the driver, knew too much and couldn’t keep his mouth shut, “It’s Star System Scorpio, No. 119.”

 

As soon as Wang Ping finished speaking, Shi Zhen froze and turned to look at Bai Xiangxing.

 

Bai Xiangxing’s face felt hot, and he lowered his head to eat his food, pretending not to have heard.

 

Wang Ping was an employee of the Xinshi, so naturally, he knew about the small asteroid that had once supported the Xinshi by Bai Xiangxing’s efforts. However, most members of the Flame Team didn’t know that their captain had such a small asteroid under his name, except for Liang Chen, who had gone to the Bai family with Shi Zhen to pick up Bai Xiangxing.

 

“It’s a betrothal gift!” Liang Chen also had a good memory and immediately recalled.

 

“What betrothal gift?!” The Flame Team members asked in succession.

 

“It’s the betrothal gift our boss used when he proposed,” Liang Chen exclaimed, “You all know, at that time, the Xinshi was already preparing for bankruptcy, so where would they get the money? The captain thought long and hard, and the only thing of value under his name was the small asteroid, so he used it as a betrothal gift.”

 

“Oh~” more than a dozen people, all Alphas, were gossiping even more than Omegas.

 

Shi Zhen knew that Bai Xiangxing was thin-skinned and wanted to stop them, but when he caught a glimpse of Bai Xiangxing’s ears, which were almost dripping blood from being so red, he inexplicably didn’t stop them at the first opportunity.

 

“Eat well.” Counting silently in his mind for three seconds, Shi Zhen finally spoke up.

 

Under the captain’s authority, the Flame Team members dared not make a fuss anymore.

 

Bai Xiangxing breathed a sigh of relief and glanced down, only to find that in just a moment, his plate had been cleaned unknowingly.

 

“Do you want more?” Shi Zhen noticed his empty plate.

 

“No… no need, I’m full,” Bai Xiangxing didn’t have a big appetite, and he had eaten hastily earlier, so he didn’t pay attention to the embarrassment and now felt a bit choked up.

 

Shi Zhen nodded without continuing to ask and bowed his head to continue eating.

 

The Flame Team members dared not openly make fun under the captain’s authority, but their eyesight was still good, and they communicated with each other through their eyes. If it weren’t for the fact that Bai Xiangxing was present, it would have been better to text each other. 

 

Oh my goodness, who has ever seen the captain being so gentle?

 

It’s different when it comes to the wife. He helps with the food and asks if she’s full as soon as she’s done.

 

Who says our captain can’t coax an Omega? That’s a rumor. Whoever says that, I’ll fight him.

 

The Flame Team felt that they were already quite restrained, but with those teasing looks, Bai Xiangxing felt uncomfortable all over. He wanted to leave, but these people had just saved him. It seemed inappropriate to leave immediately, even though he felt awkward.

 

“Um… do you guys want anything?” Bai Xiangxing began to change the subject.

 

“Ah?” Everyone was puzzled.

 

“Thanks to your help this time, I’d like to give you something as a token of appreciation,” Bai Xiangxing was considerate. He was afraid that the Flame Team members might have difficulty assessing the value directly, so he gave them a benchmark, “If you don’t have anything specific in mind, how about a set of fourth-level battle armor for each person?”

 

“Snap.”

 

“Crash.”

 

“Thud thud.”

 

The sound of bowls dropping, chopsticks falling, and even some people losing their balance and falling… A series of items falling to the ground sounded in the cafeteria. These soldiers, who remained unfazed in the baptism of war, were stunned at this moment.

 

What’s going on?

 

Fourth-level battle armor?

 

One set for each person?

 

How much would that cost?

 

Even if bought wholesale, it would cost at least seventy million star coins.

 

That’s 0.7 billion!

 

OMG!!!

 

The calmest were Shi Zhen and Wang Ping. Shi Zhen was accustomed to Bai Xiangxing’s extravagance. After all, someone who would spend fifty thousand star coins on a pair of pants wouldn’t find it strange to give out battle armor. Plus, it was only fourth-level, while his was seventh-level.

 

As for Wang Ping, since he had gone to the bank with Bai Xiangxing, his horizons had expanded, and nothing below twelve billion could shock him. If Bai Xiangxing wanted to give it, then so be it. Anyway, when they ran out of money, Boss Bai would take him to the bank to withdraw.

 

“If you want anything else, it’s fine too. When we return to the capital star, Liang Chen, you can summarize it and give it to me. I’ll instruct someone to purchase it,” Bai Xiangxing ordered when they remained silent.

 

“No no no, we’ll buy the battle armor ourselves,” Guan Rongfei blurted out.

 

“Yeah yeah yeah,” the others chimed in. This battle armor was for them to wear, so naturally, they should buy and try it themselves for the best fit.

 

“Alright, then I’ll give the money to your captain later, and let him take you to buy it,” Bai Xiangxing chuckled.

 

The group was once again puzzled. How did it turn into the captain taking them to buy it? They didn’t say they were going to accept it. This was fourth-level battle armor, a total of 0.7 billion. How did it develop into them seeming to agree to accept it?

 

Everyone began to recall, then looked at Guan Rongfei in unison: It’s all your fault, why are you so shameless? You even dare to ask for 0.7 billion.

 

Guan Rongfei looked innocent: I just said that battle armor should be bought by ourselves, didn’t I?

 

“Alright, I’ll take them to buy it later,” Shi Zhen spoke up at this point.

 

With Shi Zhen’s words, the conflicted emotions of the Flame Team dissipated. If Bai Xiangxing bought it for them, they would feel awkward because they felt that what they had done didn’t deserve such a heavy gift, so they would feel pressured to accept it. But if Shi Zhen said he would buy it, it was different. Shi Zhen was their captain and the future leader of the Storm Legion. What he gave was equivalent to what the army gave.