Above the Galaxy
Chapter 114 - 86, I’m a bit scared to sleep alone!_2

Chapter 114: Chapter 86, I’m a bit scared to sleep alone!_2

"Xing Lan, still too much of a gentleman, lacking the audacity to kick over the chessboard and flip the table...."

"..."

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Phoenix drove the car, while Tang Fei still sat in the passenger seat.

The car activated its intelligent driving system, so Phoenix didn’t need to do much.

Therefore, she tilted her body slightly, propped her cheek with one hand, and stared unwaveringly at the close Tang Fei with her bright eyes as clear as spring water.

Tang Fei felt somewhat embarrassed by her gaze and said, "Why are you always staring at me like that?"

"Are you afraid?" Phoenix asked.

"What do you want to do to me?" Tang Fei asked nervously.

Phoenix gave him a glance and said, "Ever since you’ve come to New Star, you’ve been hiding your abilities... why aren’t you hiding them today?"

Tang Fei sighed softly and replied, "I’d like to hide, but I’ve found it’s not possible. Shen Boyu is too formidable. In front of him, I feel completely exposed. Since that’s the case, it’s better to be open. Being secretive might just make him suspicious, thinking we have ulterior motives."

Phoenix then pursed her lips and smiled, saying, "Shen Boyu is the smartest person in the world. Even my dad says he is the Interstellar Silver Fox. Trying to gain an advantage over him is harder than reaching the heavens."

"However, he did suffer a loss at your hands. When he heard you say we came to make peace and hoped he would call Shen Qingping back, he was probably thinking about whether to toss you into the sea to feed the sharks."

"If it were me, I would do just that," Tang Fei said without hesitation.

"To be honest, I could imagine him dealing with the matter swiftly and decisively, but I didn’t expect him to be cold-hearted enough to send his own direct descendant to Ghost Mountain... When I heard him say that, I was at a loss for words for a long time. I didn’t even know how to respond; it was as if we forced him to do it."

"That’s why there need to be rule-breakers like me," Tang Fei said. "Otherwise, he would take control, and the entire pace of the negotiations would be led by him."

Tang Fei patted the Luminous Pearl box in his lap and added, "And we would never have gotten this compensation."

"Yes," Phoenix said as she looked at Tang Fei. "When I saw the two of you locking horns, I suddenly had a feeling."

"What feeling?"

"I think you’re both the same kind of person."

"How is that possible? He is the Shen Family Master, and I’m a refugee from the Old Land. Can we be the same kind of person?"

"Don’t sell yourself short. Give it time, and who knows, you might shine as one of the brightest figures in this Star Sky, just like him."

"I hope that day will come," Tang Fei said with a smile.

Yet inside, he somewhat doubted it, feeling it was an impossibility.

The Shen Family had stood for hundreds of years without falling, the number one noble house of the Empire.

He was merely a commoner, with only Little Fatty as a brother. Although he had the strong support of Phoenix, it was hard to tell if it was a blessing or a curse.

While enjoying the various conveniences of the Princess’s support, he was also facing some unforeseen dangers.

The recent meddling of Shen Qingping was clear evidence of that.

If one day he accidentally angered the hawkish person from the palace, he feared he would not even be able to save his own life.

Therefore, caution, caution, and more caution.

Strength, strength, and more strength...

The car passed through the bamboo forest, heading towards the steel bridge that spanned over the sea.

Within the bamboo forest, a young man with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, dressed in a White Robe, stood on the bamboo tips, watching the black car grow more and more distant, until it crossed the bridge and merged with the sky.

The man had no flying gear on his feet and simply perched on the tips of the bamboo leaves. A gust of wind came, and his body swayed along with the bamboo stalk.

Like a banished immortal descending to the mortal world.

Phoenix parked the car at Tang Fei’s small courtyard entrance and said, "You’ve been tired all day, go back and rest well, you still have to attend the assessment at the Mechanical Department tomorrow morning."

"Aren’t you coming up?" Tang Fei asked.

"It’s so late, what would I be going up for?"

"Little Fatty won’t be home tonight..." Tang Fei said with a shy face, "I’m a little scared to sleep alone..."

Phoenix’s lips curled slightly, she exhaled noisily,

"Scram!"

"You’re not loyal," Tang Fei complained, "When we were on the Old Land, I always slept with you."

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Phoenix drove back to the Phoenix Palace, still feeling a tightness in her chest.

This hooligan, idiot, bastard guy, he actually wanted me to stay and sleep with him.

I didn’t even bring a change of clothes, how could I possibly do something like that with you?

He didn’t consider the feelings of a girl at all.

Phoenix tossed her car to the palace guards and headed straight for the Sun Palace, where her father lived. Chen Fenglei called to say that her father was still waiting for her to come home for dinner.

When Phoenix pushed the door open, Zhong Daolong was in his pajamas, reading a document. He smiled when he saw Phoenix, "I have been waiting just for you, if you’d been any later, you could have starved me."

Phoenix quickly took the document from his hand and said, "If you’re hungry, just eat, why do you have to wait for me... you know, I don’t eat much, I’m full after just a few bites."

"It doesn’t matter how much or what you eat, the most important thing is sitting together with my precious daughter for a meal," Zhong Daolong said cheerfully, "You look so tired, you must have had a tough day?"

"Not really, I just came back from outside, I haven’t even had a chance to wash my face before coming to have dinner with Dad," Phoenix replied with a smile.

Zhong Daolong then glanced at Chen Fenglei and said, "Serve the dishes, get Phoenix a basin of water so she can wash her face. She looks like a dirty little cat, no telling what she was off doing."

"I went to seek an explanation with authority," Phoenix said, feigning anger.

"Oh? Who dares to offend our Little Princess?" Zhong Daolong took his seat at the dining table first and looked at Phoenix.

"Shen Qingping," Phoenix said.

"Oh, isn’t that the Shen Family’s kid? How did he offend you?"

"I had two friends come to New Star, and since I invited them over, I have to help them settle in, right? I nagged Shang Xiulin for several days, and it was difficult to make that old stubborn man speak up, but he finally agreed to give them a chance to take the entrance exam for the First Military Academy..."

"Just as they were being assessed, that idiot Shen Qingping jumped out to ruin my efforts... Almost wasted all my hard work these past few days."

"So that’s what happened," Zhong Daolong nodded and looked at Phoenix affectionately, "These past few days, Dean Shang has been coming to me to complain, saying that you’ve been following him around, almost affecting his normal work and life... How is it now? Is everything settled?"

"He has the nerve to complain? If he had just agreed directly, wouldn’t that have settled it? Such a big Dean, and he has to make trouble over such a small matter." Phoenix said indignantly, "I was thinking, if it didn’t work out, I would have asked Dad for help... My words don’t carry weight, but he definitely wouldn’t dare refuse your greeting."

"I wouldn’t dare make decisions for Dean Shang so casually; that old man is really stubborn, he could even yell at Dad when he gets angry."

"Really? I didn’t expect Dean Shang to be so principled, just like Wei Zheng in the ancient books."

"If he’s Wei Zheng, then who’s your father?"

"Of course, the unparalleled Emperor Tang Taizong," Phoenix said with a smile.

"Ha ha ha, I don’t have such grand ambitions; I just hope that everyone is safe and sound, and that the common people can live a good life, that’s enough."

"That’s why I say, Dad is a good Emperor," Phoenix complimented.

"You, always flattering me, picking the nicest words to say to me," Zhong Daolong gestured for the servants to pour some red wine into Phoenix’s cup and said, "I’m happy today, you should drink with me."

"Alright. If Dad’s happy, I’m happy too."

Zhong Daolong raised his glass to clink with Phoenix’s and said aloud, "I have such a precious daughter, and I’ll let you do whatever makes you happy..."

"However, recently, you’ve been hanging around with those two boys from the Old Land, and it seems like you might not be paying enough attention to your image. If there’s a scandal about you and that boy, where will your father find someone to plead your case?"

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Phoenix’s gaze grew sharp.

Her father’s concern about a scandal between her and Tang Fei meant that the rumor had reached him.

He knew about it, and that’s why he called her in to give her a few pointers.