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"So, believe me, we will still do it this time."

"……Um."

After listening to Chen Qi's words, Jessica nodded lightly after a long time. Chen Qi smiled slightly, handed something in his pocket to Jessica, and said:

"This is the communicator I prepared earlier. I will use a special code to pass the news here to you. There may be some time interval in between, but it won't be too far off."

"Once I have figured out everything here, it will be the best time for us to join forces with the Emperor of Ursus and kill Makarov together."

"...Well, I believe you."

Jessica nodded lightly when she heard that. Then, just when Chen Qi thought everything was explained clearly, Jessica suddenly did something that he didn't expect.

Along with a faint warm feeling coming from his cheek, mixed with a trace of cigarette smell left in Jessica's mouth due to long-term smoking, Chen Qi heard Jessica's faint whisper in his ears:

"I'll wait for the day you come back and save me from the darkness."

"Worry."

The next moment, I felt a gust of wind sweeping past, and Jessica's figure disappeared into the endless darkness, and no trace of her could be found.

However, Chen Qi was still feeling the remaining warmth on his cheek. After a long while, he murmured to himself with a bitter smile:

"Really... How many girls have I flirted with without being noticed? This is a serious sin..."

Chapter 178: The realm of acting is to act in your true colors

However, the small meeting with Jessica last night was just a brief moment for Chen Qi, but the kiss Jessica left on Chen Qi's cheek at that time made Chen Qi a little uneasy.

In fact, Chen Qi himself was somewhat aware of the feelings of many people in Noah's team and some of the operators of Rhodes Island towards him. However, due to his identity, responsibilities and other reasons, Chen Qi was unable to make the choice he is now. Therefore, there are indeed many feelings that have been delayed by him.

Not to mention Skadi and Lappland, even for Ifrit, the person he chose at the beginning, he didn't have much time to care for her. Thinking about it now, Chen Qi felt not only guilty but also helpless.

However, what Chen Qi really didn’t expect was that Sister Jessica… was actually the same.

To be honest, Chen Qixin knew that many people had some kind of feelings for him. He knew about Skadi, Lapland, Gavial (future), Huang (future), and even W, he had some guesses about it.

But Sister Jessica…it’s not that Chen Qi hadn’t guessed about it, but he really didn’t think in that direction.

At the beginning, Chen Qi invited Jessica to join Rhodes Island more than once and officially become an operator of Rhodes Island. At that time, Rhodes Island will conduct a complete examination of her mental condition and formulate a treatment plan based on her situation without having to continue to act according to the wishes of Black Steel International.

Black Steel International has always been unwilling to let Jessica go to Rhodes Island for mental rehabilitation treatment. They need Jessica's abilities. They don't want the timid cat-headed girl from the past. They need an "instructor" who can train them to become nearly perfect mercenaries.

If Chen Qi's Rhodes Island wants to provide Jessica with mental rehabilitation treatment, it will not be possible to bypass the opinions of Black Steel International. On the other hand, Jessica herself is also very resistant to mental rehabilitation treatment.

"I still have unfinished things to do, and I need to concentrate highly until the last moment." - This is what Jessica told Chen Qi at the time, and she righteously rejected the mental rehabilitation treatment that Chen Qi prepared for her for the last time.

After that, Chen Qi never forced Jessica to undergo any rehabilitation treatment again.

It was thought that if this continued, within a year, Jessica's nerves would completely break down due to the high concentration. However, this was not the case. Jessica had always accompanied Chen Qi to complete the most arduous tasks and the most difficult infiltrations time and time again - for Chen Qi's plans, she fulfilled her duties perfectly time and time again.

Jessica is Chen Qi's indispensable comrade-in-arms. The tacit understanding between the two is different from Skadi, who is almost inseparable from Chen Qi. Jessica always appears in front of him when Chen Qi needs her most.

Thinking about it this way...it seems that the relationship between Chen Qi and Jessica is not that simple and cannot be described as a simple love between a man and a woman.

The two of them have a relationship where they trust each other and are reluctant to part with each other.

"I guess I'm sorry for her..."

Chen Qi muttered to himself, facing the extremely unfamiliar ceiling of the Ursus Palace in front of him. After a long time, he murmured softly:

"Really... Have I apologized to too many people in my life?"

"Is it my conscience that's causing me to do this, or... am I really not doing well enough?"

Such questions could not help but emerge in Chen Qi's mind. He had spent nearly half of his life trying to save everything, but in the end, it seemed that many things did not have a beginning and an end.

Is it really because he didn't do well enough? Or... is it really because he has too many concerns?

Chen Qi didn’t understand, or rather, he couldn’t quite figure it out.

With such confusion and puzzlement, Chen Qi slowly fell asleep. He didn't feel very tired, but just felt that sleep could make him forget these confusions temporarily.

In his sleep, Chen Qi seemed to hear faintly bursts of familiar voices coming to his ears. However, with everything in front of him blurry, he could only see a few slim figures.

In the dream, something was looming, but what followed was a scene that made Chen Qi feel distracted...

……

"Chen Qi? Chen Qi? Wake up!"

“…Wu?”

However, no one knew how long it had been, until Chen Qi heard several extremely abrupt sounds in his ears, Chen Qi slowly woke up from his sleep and slightly opened his eyes.

However, the next moment, when he saw Lin Dong in front of him wearing red cotton socks, and Zao Lu who had taken off her heavy clothes and revealed her slender figure to the fullest, Chen Qi's eyes became blurred for a moment.

"…I guess I haven't woken up yet? Why am I still dreaming?"

"You're awake, my great leader." Lin Dong rolled his eyes upon hearing this, and said helplessly to Chen Qi: "How can there be an attendant who sleeps longer than the emperor? You are so prominent that I didn't even see you at the morning court today."

"Mr. Chen Qi, you just said that you dreamed about me and Lin Dong?" However, Zao Lu's focus was obviously different from Lin Dong's. She only saw this former noble girl smiling at Chen Qi who had just woken up and asked:

"Tell me what you dreamed about. You dreamed about both me and Winter. Was it about you?"

"…We'll talk about this later."

After Chen Qi felt himself waking up from the dream, he gradually regained his sanity. He ignored Zao Lu's obvious rhetoric and quickly stood up from the bed.

However, the moment he stood up, the slightly strange feeling coming from his lower body made Chen Qi's face stiffen unconsciously.

To be honest, Chen Qi had rarely dreamed in his life. Ever since he came to Rhodes Island from Aunt Tallulah, he had forgotten how long it had been since he had dreamed. He always fell asleep as soon as he touched the pillow, and his tired mind made him rarely dream. He gradually forgot this feeling.

But last night's dream... really made Chen Qi feel a little embarrassed. Even though the figures of every beautiful woman in the dream were blurry, Chen Qi knew who the people in the dream were just by feeling.

They laughed, teased, and flirted in his ears, madly provoking his desire nerves, and the fact proved that "they" were indeed successful. Chen Qi did things in his dream that he would never dare to imagine in his life, repeating almost beast-like instinctive desires until the two girls woke him up just now.

The embarrassing thing was that the moment Chen Qi woke up, the dream quickly disappeared from his memory, and Chen Qi couldn't remember whether he had dreamed of figures like Lin Dong or Zao Lu.

No, no, no, it's impossible... People like Skadi and Ifrit are easy to deal with. He definitely doesn't have any improper thoughts about General Dong. He can't be sure about it, but General Dong, he wouldn't dare to do it even if you had ten times the courage of Chen Qi.

"What do you want to talk to me about?" Chen Qi suppressed his embarrassment and asked Zao Lu and Lin Dong in front of him:

"Does the Emperor want to talk to me about something? Or are you in some trouble?"

"——It's a bit troublesome indeed."

However, Chen Qi's attempt to change the subject was very successful, or perhaps General Dong was easy to fool. After a moment of seriousness, Lin Dong said to Chen Qi:

"After the morning court session ended today, Zaolu and I were visited by the reformists and aristocrats. They wanted to recruit us to their camp."

"The Emperor seemed to have mentioned something about us and the Second Princess during the morning court today." Zao Lu, who was standing by, also put away her smile and added to Chen Qi something that Lin Dong had not said just now:

"It seems that he is creating a feeling that we get along well with the Second Princess, so that our position becomes conspicuous. Both Winter and I have been approached by the nobles and the reformists."

"Both Lin Dong and I have temporarily declined their invitation."

"Well done." Chen Qi nodded upon hearing this, and said to Lin Dong and Zao Lu, "It's a good thing to refuse now, otherwise it will easily arouse their suspicion."

"However, the emperor did a good job. This will increase the attention you receive in the palace. However, this attention will only be a little bit, and it will be as politicians, not enemies."

"Then we still need one last thing."

Chen Qi smiled slightly when he heard this, looked at Zaolu and Lindong in front of him, and said to the two girls with a smile: "Next, we should join forces to sing a good show together."

"Good show? I can't act." Lin Dong was a little confused when he heard this, but the next moment, Chen Qi touched her little bear head. After being slapped away by General Dong in shame and anger, Chen Qi smiled and said:

"When acting, just treat yourself as the protagonist of the play."

"Ladies, you don't need any acting skills. Just act as yourself."

Chapter 179: In the drama, who are the actors? Who are the spectators?

"boom--!"

Suddenly, a loud noise broke out in the bedroom of the second princess in the imperial palace. The servants and maids passing by were frightened by the sudden noise. Those who should retreat did so, while those who should draw their swords and step forward did so.

And the next moment, a sound that could almost penetrate the eardrum came from the second princess's bedroom.

"Natalia (Zaolu's real name)! I'm going to say this today! Don't hang out with those lackeys of the aristocracy! Be careful with your eyes!"

The voice was indeed full of energy. Although this word is a bit delicate when applied to a woman's voice, at this moment, it seemed that apart from full of energy, there was no other way to describe this thunderous roar.

There was no concealment of disgust and anger, and what he said was a very sensitive topic in the palace, even in the second princess's bedroom. For a moment, the servants didn't know what to do.

"What should I do?"

"What else can we do? Go and protect Her Royal Highness the Princess!" A captain of the attendants kicked the attendant who asked the question, and then immediately rushed over with a team of people.

"Go and call His Majesty! Tell him that there is a commotion in the princess' bedroom! And bring a team of attendants with you! I'm afraid we can't protect this place!"

"Yes!" The servant immediately ran down. Obviously, they were all very panicked by such a thing, but as servants, all they could do was to be loyal and do their duty.

As the servants slowly stepped in, the quarreling sounds in the bedroom became clearer and clearer.

"Sonya (Winter's real name)! Don't go too far!"

What followed was a long-suppressed angry voice of resistance. The female voice seemed softer in comparison, but the anger hidden in the words was just as undisguised.

"I told you! I have never colluded with those nobles! I know I was once a poor noble! But I have never concealed it from you!"

"Besides, Sonya! What qualifications do you have to reprimand me?! Aren't you also arm-in-arm with those Reform Party members?!"

"Bullshit!" Winter's angry voice came again, but this time, in addition to anger, there seemed to be something more in her anger. She shouted: "When did I collude with the Reform Party?!"

“Wuuuuuuuu… calm down a little…”

"Your Highness!"

At this moment, the team of attendants finally arrived here. They looked at the princess' bedroom which was in a mess because of the quarrel between the two girls, and they couldn't help but feel a little frightened. Several of them stepped forward to protect the second princess and brought her down.

"Your Highness! You're frightened!" The captain of the attendants heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that the Second Princess was fine. He immediately shouted to the people around him, "What are you standing there for? Take them down!"

"No!" At this moment, the princess immediately shouted, causing the group of servants who were drawing their swords and rushing forward to stop and look at her blankly.

"They are all my friends! They just had an argument! Don't hurt them!"

"This..." The attendants looked at each other in bewilderment when they heard this. They retracted their hands that were about to draw their swords. Listening to the shouting, cursing and smashing sounds coming from the bedroom, they didn't know what to do for a moment.

This is a situation where we can neither retreat nor advance. What should we do?

"Your Majesty is here!"

"Anna?! Is Anna okay?!"

Fortunately, the rescuer finally showed up. The Emperor of Ursus was seen walking towards the palace at a brisk pace, accompanied by many captains of the attendants. Looking at the princess who had been rescued by the attendants, the Emperor was obviously relieved.

What is inconspicuous is that Chen Qi is following behind the emperor at this moment.

"Father, I'm fine."

"That's good, that's good." The emperor breathed a sigh of relief, with a look of deep love for his daughter. Then he heard the noise, frowned slightly, and said to the person next to him: "What are you still standing there for? Go and get him!"

"But... Your Majesty, His Highness told us not to take action." The servants responded with difficulty. They also wanted to go up and capture the two women, but in the end they were powerless.

"Are we going to let them make trouble in Anna's bedroom?!" The emperor raised his brows coldly, and after looking around, he finally locked his eyes on Chen Qi.

"You! Go in and take them away!"

"……Yes."

Upon hearing this, Chen Qi deliberately made a bitter face, and then broke into the bedroom without saying a word. Afterwards, a more violent noise was heard, and the next moment, there was finally a moment of calm.

Not long after, Chen Qi finally appeared, and on his two sides, Lin Dong and Zao Lu were picked up by him respectively. The two girls were still glaring at each other angrily.

"Kneel down." Chen Qi whispered to the two women beside him. The two women seemed to come back to their senses and knelt down towards the emperor.

"How dare you make trouble in my daughter's bedroom? You are so bold!" The emperor was also indignant and shouted to the people around him:

"Someone! Cut off the tongues of these two women!"

When the emperor said this, the servants beside him were startled and immediately stepped forward to draw their swords.

"Father, please forgive them!" At this moment, the princess beside him pulled the emperor's sleeve and said to him, "They just had a dispute and had no intention of hurting me. They are all my good friends and people who helped me in the past. Don't do this..."

"Woo..."

As expected, the princess's plea made the emperor hesitate for a moment. After a moment of hesitation, he waved his hand and said to everyone:

"In consideration of your meritorious service that day, I will forgive your fault this time, but you will still be punished."