StarCraft: Everyone wants the Queen

Chapter 49 The most familiar stranger

In the end, she still did not choose to leave.

Ge Yuan was puzzled, but respected her choice.

In fact, Shen Qingqing was still somewhat reluctant when the two of them returned.

But she saw two people.

It was these two people who made her determined not to bring danger to others.

Those are Vina and Fourteen.

They were also on Nikolai, but they had a small stall there.

Judging from their clothing, it's easy to see that Vina and Fourteen have integrated into their new environment and seem to be doing quite well.

Vina was still the same as always, insisting on haggling with customers. Fourteen, dressed in local folk costume, stood in front of Vina to prevent anyone from bumping into her.

Although she tried her best to pull her hat brim down to cover her face, Fourteen still recognized her.

He smiled at her.

Fourteen noticed the tall female beside her, so she did not make any rash moves.

Instead, he approached Ge Yuan while she was shopping.

Just as Fourteen's hand, holding a curved knife, was about to touch the back of Ge Yuan's neck, Shen Qingqing shook her head.

Although he didn't understand, Fourteen forced himself to stop.

He stared at her as she shook her head at him.

Fourteen read from her lips what she meant: “Don’t worry about me, you all go quickly.”

Therefore, it is only natural that Fourteen believed that the female beside Shen Qingqing had kidnapped her.

Fourteen remained in the same spot until they left, ignoring even when someone bumped into him.

Vina pulled him aside and lectured him, "Don't you know it's dangerous to stand in the road? What if someone bumps into you! Do you even know that...?"

However, Fourteen remained silent.

Vina noticed his unusual behavior and waved her hand in front of his eyes.

"Are you alright, Fourteen?"

"Stop waving," Fourteen said, taking down the little hand that had been waving in front of her. "There aren't many things being sold tonight, so it'll probably take a while before you can buy a ticket for an interstellar flight."

The mention of interstellar travel tickets immediately deflated Vina's spirits. "At this rate, who knows how long it will take to find Qingqing..."

"almost."

Fourteen lowered his voice and pulled Vina aside to whisper something.

"Really?! You saw her!" Vina excitedly picked up Fourteen and exclaimed happily, "Then let's go find her quickly!"

"Don't panic, I saw a female..."

……

Before leaving, she slipped the cat's eye stone and the other cards containing her earnings from part-time jobs into Fourteen's hands amidst the chaos.

Turning back one last time, she shouted, "I'm fine, don't worry about me!"

Just then, Ge Yuan told her to speak louder, and Shen Qingqing took the opportunity to shout it out.

Fourteen stopped in her tracks, clutching the gift she had given her tightly in her hand.

He knew that Qingqing's words were meant for him.

He stood there straight, gazing at her departing figure.

"Don't worry, I will definitely help you."

Finally, Shen Qingqing read his meaning from his lips.

After Shen Qingqing and the others left, Shisi and Vina packed up their stall, claimed they were going out for a trip, and left with their bags.

……

Under the guise of a business trip, Ge Yuan extorted money from Celit, and once again, expensive cosmetics were piled up next to the lab table.

"Ge Yuan, is this really a good thing for us to do..." Shen Qingqing said, looking at the cosmetics that she could hardly put down.

"Won't Count Selit be angry?"

"No, no," Ge Yuan said confidently, adding that she wouldn't miss out on such a good deal. "Selite is busy with his lab report right now; he doesn't have time for these little things."

"Besides, this is just a small amount of money for him; what we spent isn't even a fraction of what's in his account."

Ge Yuan didn't forget Shen Qingqing either, picking out a few from a pile of colorful bags. "Here, these are yours. I'm embarrassed to say this because you're usually so plain. The fabric of these clothes is alright, not too flashy. Judging by your taste, they should be acceptable."

"Thank you."

"Tsk, here we go again. With our relationship, do we need all this formality?"

Fortunately, after returning, Ge Yuan submitted an application to the higher-ups, and Shen Qingqing was given a single room.

“Although the facilities aren’t complete, its advantage lies in its seclusion,” Ge Yuan said.

"Besides, I kicked down the bed in the lab, so I had no choice but to do this. Otherwise, I'm afraid Hongwen will turn the lab upside down in the future."

As Shen Qingqing lay in bed, aimlessly opening her personal computer to search for planets that might be suitable for human habitation, two figures stealthily boarded the already activated spaceship through its windows.

The howling wind screamed in her ears, and Vina's blonde hair flew wildly in the wind. She had to pull her hand away the hair that was blocking her eyes.

"Fourteen! Can you get up there?"

"A little, barely..."

As the spaceship started up, Fourteen Adventurers grabbed a protrusion with one hand at the last moment and held onto Vina tightly with the other.

They had heard that a spaceship was about to launch when they set off, and since the pairing of tall and short females was quite conspicuous, it wasn't difficult to find out about it.

They didn't stop along the way and managed to catch the last moment before the spaceship started.

Fourteen and Vina were suspended outside the spaceship, swaying back and forth as the vibrations emitted by the ion collider were activated.

I almost lost my grip and fell.

If they were to fall at this moment, a drop of several hundred meters would be enough to shatter them to pieces.

Fortunately, there was a small, floor-to-ceiling window-like area in a corner at the rear of the spaceship, which was a rare flat spot to land on.

Moreover, due to the special shape of the spacecraft, the tail section, located at the rear, will not vibrate due to air resonance.

It slowly moved closer to the tail jet engine, during which time the heavy dew at night caused it to slip and form small water droplets on the outside.

Staggering two steps and nearly slipping, Vina reacted quickly and pulled the exhausted Fourteen back.

Two insects huddled together for warmth.

The faint orange light filtering through the curtains from the other side of the glass illuminated the contours of their faces.

“…Fourteen.” Vina suddenly spoke, sitting there, and then suddenly hugged Fourteen.

She hugged him tightly, as if she wanted to hold him in her arms, crush him, and melt him into her bones, never to be separated again.

"Waaaaah... If you're gone, what will I do? What will I do? I don't want you to leave..."

Vina sobbed as she poured out her resentment.

"You promised me you'd come with me, to other planets... I, we'll stay with Qingqing... We'll be together forever!"

You can't lie!

Fourteen was stunned; he hadn't expected Vina to think that way.

Looking at Vina's profile as she held him, Fourteen's gaze softened.

He gently patted her sobbing back, his voice unconsciously softening, "It's alright, Vina, I won't break my promise to you."

The soft light outside the window gradually shrank in the night until it became a star that appeared and disappeared in the hazy darkness.