Picking Up An Alpha On Garbage Star - Chapter 49

It turns out that mature and intellectual big sisters are much more reliable than those who engrave humor into their souls. Xie Yu found that as Zhuge Yue said, as long as he stayed with Pei An, everything he did became meaningful.

 

“Alright, you need to rest now. Resting will help you better face tomorrow.” Xie Yu was reluctant to separate from Pei An. It was written in his alpha genes that he longed for his omega, making him want to stay with Pei An in the same space indefinitely.

 

Especially when this space belonged to Pei An’s room, where every corner bore traces of Pei An’s life.

 

But as a true gentleman alpha, he couldn’t just confirm their relationship with Pei An and then immediately intrude into his space without permission. That would be very impolite.

 

Even his father wouldn’t enter his dad’s study without permission, even though they had been married for decades.

 

His father once said that regardless of being in love or in marriage, alphas should respect their loved ones. An alpha controlled by so-called instincts was just a slightly smarter primate than other animals and couldn’t truly be called a person.

 

Xie Yu remembered his father’s words and followed through.

 

But kissing his lover before leaving wouldn’t be impolite.

 

Xie Yu kissed Pei An’s forehead, gently restrained, without any hint of desire.

 

“When we arrive at Locke Star, I’ll take you to fleece the capitalists,” Xie Yu arranged the pillows for Pei An and even touched the blanket to see if it was warm and comfortable enough.

 

Pei An smiled and agreed. After Xie Yu returned to his own room, out of sight, Pei An slipped into his blanket and stifled a laugh.

 

How did he manage to meet such a good person?

 

Xie Yu said to let Pei An rest, but in reality, he couldn’t sleep for long himself. Pei An only slept for less than five hours and got up, tidied the bed, washed his face, brushed his teeth, changed clothes, all within less than ten minutes.

 

And when Pei An opened the door, he saw Xie Yu holding a tray.

 

“I brought breakfast for you.” Xie Yu held the tray very carefully, as if it contained antiques instead of just a few buns and a cup of soy milk made from soybean powder. If it wasn’t for that, he might have thought Xie Yu was carrying an antique.

 

Pei An was surprised. “But what about you? Have you eaten already?” He pulled Xie Yu into the room as he spoke.

 

“I’ve eaten. I had breakfast in the restaurant,” Xie Yu sighed. “The restaurant on the Blaze is much livelier than the one on the Underworld.”

 

How could it not be lively? Pei An always treated his people well. Unless it was an emergency, he wouldn’t let everyone drink nutrient solutions. If he couldn’t even do this, why would everyone be willing to follow him? Just to drink nutrient solutions with him?

 

“Xie Yu, you’ve slept too little.” Pei An said seriously, temporarily putting aside Xie Yu’s inadequate rest time.

 

“Alpha’s energy is far better than beta and omega. Even if I don’t sleep for three days and nights, I can still sit and talk about the future with you,” Xie Yu assured, patting his chest. “Pei An, I’m not joking with my body.”

 

Xie Yu wasn’t lying. An alpha’s energy was indeed very vigorous. Someone like Xie Yu, who was a nimble little guy since childhood, jumping up and down at home, and later entered the military academy, where he had so much training every day, still couldn’t exhaust his energy. Even if he only slept for three or four hours, he would be just as spirited the next day, able to run from one end of the academy to the other.

 

To put it in the rough words of their military academy: these young alphas were full of energy and could go on for days and nights.

 

Pei An didn’t doubt the vigor of an alpha’s energy. It’s just that when it came to Xie Yu, he couldn’t help but worry. Besides, wasn’t his alpha himself his concern?

 

“How long until we reach Locke Star?” Pei An temporarily set aside Xie Yu’s lack of sleep.

 

“Another hour,” Xie Yu checked his smart brain. “But Locke Star is already waiting for our arrival.”

 

Xie Yu didn’t secretly send someone to capture Morton, but boldly led a team into Morton’s villa in Locke Star’s dark night, armed with real guns. They arrested Morton from his bed.

 

Of course, apart from Morton, who was ordered to be arrested and handcuffed, the chief of the customs office and the administrative officer of the Locke Star Administrative Office were also kept under surveillance by Xie Yu’s men.

 

Morton had smuggled for the interstellar pirates for years. To put it lightly, it was Morton’s personal problem. To put it seriously, how many people in Locke Star would need to be investigated?

 

The administrative officer of the Locke Star Administrative Office was named Mengsi, and the chief of the customs office was named Tren. Both were forced to wait for Xie Yu to arrive in the black night.

 

Pang Li led the people to Locke Star and kept the entire administrative office under close surveillance. Even the birds didn’t dare to fly around. Mengsi and Tren stood in the black night until dawn.

 

As for why they didn’t sit down?

 

Pang Li stood with the army, and the two suspects were still sitting? Isn’t this seeking death?

 

Xie Yu, unhurriedly, led the people to the administrative office after seeing Mengsi and Tren standing dumbfounded and weak-legged. He was dressed in military uniform, neat and strict, with every button fastened to the top and the brim of his military cap pressed down, making it impossible to see his gaze.

 

“Pang Li, what are you doing?” Xie Yu reprimanded half-heartedly. “These two are Mr. Mengsi, the administrative officer of the Locke Star Administrative Office, and Mr. Tren, the chief of the customs office, right? They are local officials, and you’re making them stand and wait like this?”

 

Pang Li saluted seriously. “Reporting to the commander! Mr. Mengsi and Mr. Tren were overjoyed to hear that the commander was coming and specially came to welcome you.”

 

Pei An clenched his fist to suppress the upward curve of his lips.

 

He hadn’t expected Pang Li, who was usually so serious, to be so humorous at this moment.

 

Just look at Mengsi and Tren’s pale faces and trembling legs. No one would believe that they came specifically to greet Xie Yu.

 

Xie Yu gave a meaningful smile in front of the helpless Mengsi and Tren. “Then let me first thank you both for your warm hospitality. I am truly touched!”

 

Mengsi: “…”

 

Tren: “…”

 

They dared not move, not at all.

 

“General Xie has come a long way and worked hard. Why don’t we go inside and talk first?” Mengsi trembled as he spoke to Xie Yu. He was afraid of Xie Yu, but he was really exhausted. They had been standing here for hours. The soldiers were staring at them like wolves, and their activity radius hadn’t exceeded three meters. They hadn’t even had a sip of water. They couldn’t hold on any longer.

 

Xie Yu was about to speak when Pei An suddenly spoke up. Although he was addressing Xie Yu, his voice was just loud enough for Mengsi and Tren to hear clearly.

 

“Commander, are these two alphas? They look so weak.”

 

Mengsi and Tren almost spewed out old blood.

 

No alpha could tolerate such words. If it were any other time, they would have taught such a disrespectful person a lesson. But at this moment, under countless gun barrels, well within shooting range, they didn’t dare to show any anger.

 

These were Xie Yu’s people. With the Third Regiment’s badge hanging around his neck, it seemed to say he was some kind of engineer.

 

This person must have a high status with Xie Yu. If they didn’t want to die, they absolutely couldn’t get angry.

 

Even if they were angry, they had to hold it in!

 

Xie Yu hadn’t expected Pei An to say something so outrageous, almost losing his composure. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and echoed Pei An’s words, “Yes, after all, they’re getting old.”

 

Considering the average life expectancy in the Rite Empire of over a hundred years, people like Mengsi and Tren, in their seventies or eighties, were still in their prime. Even if they wanted to have children, it wouldn’t be a problem.

 

Pei An and Xie Yu echoed each other, leaving Mengsi and Tren green-faced.

 

That was beautiful.

 

Seeing Mengsi and Tren’s greenish faces, Pei An felt so relieved.

 

These soldiers stood with heavy weapons, motionless, not even a drop of sweat dripping. How long had Mengsi stood until he couldn’t bear it?

 

A middle-aged alpha with such poor physical fitness must have been drained by wine and women.

 

As a star system with a police force, Locke Star had much better conditions than Morran Star, but still allowed interstellar pirates to take root under their noses, smuggling ships in and out. It was because people like them were too useless.

 

“I won’t go into the administrative office. The two of you will accompany me directly to the police station.”

 

After Pang Li arrested Morton, he was locked up in the police station. Locke Star’s police station didn’t have a chief, only a deputy chief. It was said that the chief had been in a coma after being injured and was still lying in the hospital, so the deputy chief, Linuel, came to receive them.

 

Linuel rarely dealt with Mengsi and Tren, but they knew each other. When Linuel went to the entrance of the police station to greet Xie Yu, she saw Mengsi and Tren following along with green faces and immediately had a guess.

 

Perhaps this was a good opportunity.

 

“General, Morton is being held in the prison cell, monitored comprehensively by soldiers under your command. There’s no possibility of escape. However, he seems unaware of why he was arrested.” Linuel didn’t understand why Morton was arrested either.

 

Naturally, Xie Yu wouldn’t explain to Linuel now. After the interrogation results came out, he would announce them to all the people of Locke Star. By then, everyone who needed to know would know.

 

“Bring Morton to the interrogation room later,” Xie Yu turned around. “Will you two also come in with me?”

 

Would Mengsi and Tren dare to refuse? Even if they didn’t want to, they could only obediently enter the interrogation room.

 

The interrogation room of the police station was much brighter and grander than the place Xie Yu used for interrogation. After Pei An entered, he couldn’t help but look around.

 

To put pressure on the suspects during interrogation, the interrogation room had no windows. No windows meant no natural light. The environment of the interrogation room was very dark, with only dim lights.

 

In the middle of the interrogation room was a table, with the interrogating police officer sitting on one side and the suspect sitting on the other, with a barrier in between to prevent the suspect from assaulting the officer.

 

“Mengsi, Tren, you will listen to the interrogation later,” Xie Yu decided in one sentence that the two of them would not leave the police station happily today.

 

“Linuel, please bring in two chairs, thank you.” Apart from the interrogation seats, there was no other place

 

Linuel glanced at Pei An and understood, then went to fetch chairs from the office. The seat cushions were leather, much more comfortable to sit on than the hard wooden chairs.

 

Some people just didn’t have a sense of urgency, like Mengsi. When Mengsi heard Xie Yu asking Linuel to fetch chairs, he thought Xie Yu had a change of heart and would finally let them sit. When Linuel brought the chairs in, Mengsi was about to reach out to take one when Xie Yu directly took the chair from in front of him, placed it aside, and even wiped away the nonexistent dust on it.

 

“Here, sit and watch,” Xie Yu patted the chair, indicating for Pei An to sit down.

 

Pei An didn’t feel embarrassed at all. If Xie Yu asked him to sit, he would sit. As he sat down, he provocatively glanced at Mengsi.

 

A presumptuous waste of an alpha.

 

Mengsi was at a loss for words, but he forced himself to speak up. “General Xie, as the administrative officer of the Locke Star Administrative Office, I’m only one rank lower than you. Isn’t this a bit excessive?”

 

Why should he have to stand when even someone of unknown status could sit?

 

Mengsi moved his sore feet and suppressed countless curses in his heart.

 

“Mr. Meng, I’ll remind you of two things,” Xie Yu raised his hand coldly, pointing his index finger. “First, in cases of equal rank, military ranks are half a level higher than other positions. Therefore, I’m one and a half ranks higher than you.”

 

“Second…” Xie Yu pointed to the interrogation position, “If it weren’t for my mercy, you’d be sitting there today!”

 

Tren couldn’t take it anymore. He asked, “General Xie, what exactly did Morton do? Why are you interrogating him in such a big way?”

 

They were both officials of the Empire, not interstellar pirates.

 

At this point, Morton was brought in. The police skillfully secured him to the interrogation seat and bound his hands.

 

“This man is charged with treason,” Xie Yu waved his hand, and Pang Li sat opposite Morton.

 

Tren looked at Morton in horror. He couldn’t believe Morton would dare to commit treason.

 

Morton didn’t know why he was arrested. Previously quiet, he now began to shout loudly when he saw Tren, “Director, save me! They arrested me for no reason!”

 

“Quiet!” Pang Li slammed the table suddenly, scaring Morton out of his wits.

 

In the documents copied by Pei An, there were records of every time Morton was contacted by interstellar pirates, as well as the dates the ships passed through customs. Most importantly, there was the money deposited into Morton’s account.

 

“Morton, take a look for yourself. Does this look familiar?” Pang Li placed the compiled list in front of Morton. “These are the records of every smuggling transaction you assisted with. Is anything missing?”

 

Tren’s vision blurred, Morton was actually doing illegal activities behind his back! Was he trying to kill him?

 

Morton couldn’t remember the specifics, but he remembered the amount of money he received for each transaction every year. This was indeed a list of smuggling transactions, without exception.

 

“So what if I helped with smuggling? At most, I’ll get a prison sentence!” Morton, who hadn’t realized the severity of the situation, stuck out his neck, turning red with anger.

 

“Idiot!” Tren’s head buzzed with anger. Morton was trying to kill him!

 

“A friendly reminder,” Xie Yu said, “The military doesn’t deal with ordinary cases.”

 

If Morton had just smuggled some scarce products, it would be the court’s job to handle him. But since Morton was dealing with interstellar pirates, the nature of the crime was different.

 

Pang Li explained, “Every smuggling transaction you’ve assisted with over the years has been with interstellar pirates. With your help, interstellar pirates successfully smuggled a large number of people and other goods. Therefore, you are… committing treason.”

 

Morton was stunned for a long time before he started shouting, “I didn’t know the people I was trading with were interstellar pirates! If I had known, I definitely wouldn’t have done business with them! There’s a reasonable explanation for this!”

 

Pei An sneered, “You should say that to the people who were smuggled by interstellar pirates, see if they’ll skin you alive.”

 

Tren couldn’t take it anymore. His eyes went blank, and he fell to the ground, terrified. Mengsi hurried over to support him. “Tren! Are you okay?”

 

Having been counterattacked by Pei An, Morton dared not shout again, but he kept muttering, “I didn’t mean to. You can’t kill me. At most… at most, I’ll give you all the money the interstellar pirates gave me. Please spare me, I beg you!”

 

Xie Yu said flatly, “Attempting to bribe, adding another charge.”

 

Pei An kindly calculated Morton’s account, “The first time you helped interstellar pirates smuggle, you received a payment of 890,000. Each subsequent payment was higher than the previous one, until the last one, when the interstellar pirates gave you a payment of 21,120,000. In total, you received payments totaling 1.64 billion.”

 

“This 1.64 billion, as illegal income, will be confiscated in full.”

 

In other words, this money has nothing to do with you, Morton.

 

“Why don’t you go after the interstellar pirates instead of taking it out on me? If you have the guts, go after the interstellar pirates! If there were no interstellar pirates, they wouldn’t have come to me!” Morton hadn’t been beaten to death over the years, mostly thanks to his good brother, Tren. Otherwise, with his mouth wide open like a tiger’s, he would have died long ago.

 

Xie Yu said, “No need to worry. The interstellar pirates who gave you the money were wiped out by us yesterday. Tens of thousands of interstellar pirates died very efficiently.”

 

Pei An stood up, walked to Xie Yu’s side, and echoed him, “It’s a coincidence that yesterday happened to be the time when the interstellar pirates were transporting goods. Since you didn’t wait for that ship yesterday, were you still thinking about making an extra 20 million?”

 

Morton suddenly looked up, wanting to stand up, but his hands and feet were bound, so he could only stare fiercely at Pei An.

 

Pei An said, “What’s the use of glaring at me? Does it make your eyeballs pop out?”

 

The soldiers behind Morton, hearing Morton daring to glare at Pei An, simultaneously pressed him back into his seat. Unable to move, Morton was in such pain that he felt like tearing himself apart.

 

See, everyone, what happens when you ask for trouble.

 

Because he really would get beaten up.

 

“Don’t you want to know what was transported on that ship yesterday?” Xie Yu’s voice was steady. “If it weren’t for what was found on the ship yesterday, we would have finished dealing with the interstellar pirates long ago.”

 

Mengsi was nearly scared to death. If Xie Yu personally came to Locke Star to clean up, it must be something catastrophic.

 

Tren, for fuck’s sake, wake up!

 

Morton followed up on Xie Yu’s words and asked, “What?”

 

“It was a biochemical weapon,” Xie Yu revealed the answer.

 

Mengsi’s legs went weak, and he knelt down, sweating profusely.

 

“W-what?” A biochemical weapon? How could that be possible? Xie Yu must be lying. It must be.

 

Morton comforted himself, but his terrified eyes betrayed his fear.

 

“Morton, the crime you’ve committed warrants death ten times over. With irrefutable evidence, you won’t escape death.” Pang Li handed the confession letter to Morton. “Sign it, and you’ll die more quickly.”

 

“No, I didn’t mean to! You can’t do this to me!” Morton refused to sign, struggling but being firmly held down by two soldiers, preventing him from causing trouble.

 

“If you don’t sign, I’ll make your crimes public, then take you to the streets to see how the people treat you.” A hint of cruelty appeared between Xie Yu’s eyebrows. “If you’re still shameless, I’ll have someone build a gallows on the spot and hang you.”

 

If it weren’t for the need to return to the Central Star smoothly later on, plus the need to extract some benefits from Mengsi and the others, he wouldn’t even need this step. He could just have Pang Li execute Morton with a gunshot, and that would be the end of it.

 

Hanging wasn’t a glorious way to die; it was a punishment from the ancient Earth era, quite common for dealing with pirates.

 

Either sign, die quickly, or don’t sign, be despised by the people, and die by hanging.

 

“You… spare my wife and children, they don’t know anything.” Morton lost all his fighting spirit.

 

Pei An turned his head aside, rolling his eyes. Someone like Morton wouldn’t realize his mistakes unless they were exposed. Even if they were, he’d still try to defend himself, only thinking about his wife and children at the end.

 

Since he remembered he had a wife and children, he shouldn’t have accepted that 890,000 in the first place.

 

Time flows forward, without a reset mechanism.

 

Anyone making decisions should think twice before acting, or else they might regret it in the future, and there’s no cure for regret.

 

Morton signed and stamped the document. Xie Yu scanned a copy of the confession, then kept the paper documents.

 

Mengsi crawled up awkwardly. “General Xie, will I end up like him?” He didn’t want to die!

 

Xie Yu smiled faintly and pointed at Mengsi’s chest. “That depends on whether you can withstand the investigation or not.”

 

Pei An spoke up at this point, “Once we’re done here, let’s head to the Industrial Star. The batch of biochemical weapons needs to be destroyed, and I don’t know if the factory owner will be willing to sell the factory to us, or if we can get a lower price.”

 

Mengsi immediately said, “Let me handle this matter! I guarantee it will be done properly, without any mistakes!”

 

This was a perfect opportunity to show he was a good person!

 

Xie Yu nodded. “Alright then, I’ll leave it to you.”

 

“The situation is urgent, so let’s move quickly.”