This Is My Planet - Chapter 110 - Chapter 110 – Cooperation
The conversation inside continued, with Gongsun Jiu saying, “I sensed that something was off about our opponents this time, there was a kind of reckless madness that surpassed the realm of normal life, it was like facing a lunatic. I initially thought there would be significant casualties, but at the last moment, that strange momentum from the other side dissipated, and their desperate fervor disappeared. And then you appeared… I have reason to suspect that you did something extra.”
At this point, Gongsun Jiu sighed, “Your credit is actually here, and that’s what I’m thanking you for… not revealing it in front of the soldiers isn’t to suppress your merits, but because I know you don’t want to reveal too much. And you’re not interested in merits, that’s why you’re so eager to give them away, right?”
Xia Guixuan smiled, “The deputy marshal sees very clearly.”
Gongsun Jiu said leisurely, “You might be of divine descent, humans can’t possibly have the kind of immortal cultivation you do.”
Xia Guixuan looked at him without saying anything.
Gongsun Jiu smiled, “No need to stare at me like that, we’ve cooperated with the divine descendants a lot in the star domain, this place isn’t Xiajing…”
Xia Guixuan said, “Since the deputy marshal is convinced that I’m of divine descent, don’t you want to ask me what I’m doing in human society? Instead, you have such an indifferent attitude, which is confusing.”
Gongsun Jiu replied even more indifferently, “As long as you want to continue staying in Great Xia, I won’t ask.”
Xia Guixuan was truly surprised this time, “Have you become too magnanimous?”
Outside, both heads were nodding, are you spoiling him too much?
Simply too sweet!
Yan Wuyue clenched her fists. With the deputy marshal’s recent strange behavior, the answer was about to be revealed!
But then Gongsun Jiu said, “I also want to collude with outsiders, is that not allowed?”
Yan Wuyue: “?”
Ling Moxue: “…”
Xia Guixuan squinted at Gongsun Jiu, and Gongsun Jiu’s expression became a bit chilly, “In the matter of assassinating me, you saved me, so at least it proves one thing – you’re not in league with the people who want to kill me. So if I want to deal with them, of course I can cooperate with you. Whatever you want to do, you can openly propose an exchange with me.”
Xia Guixuan finally smiled, “Is that the reason you invited me for a private chat?”
Gongsun Jiu said lightly, “Of course, you must know that there are two eavesdroppers outside, do you think we should let them continue listening?”
As he spoke, he casually pressed a button.
The door suddenly opened, and the two women fell in together, struggling to maintain a forty-five degree angle with powerful cultivation, then slowly straightened up like robots, their faces as red as Yan Wuyue’s hair.
Xia Guixuan sighed. Of course, he knew these two were outside, he just didn’t expect Gongsun Jiu to know how. Logically, he didn’t have that ability… Was it just deduction?
So, Yan Wuyue, why do you have to be so aggrieved as a subordinate? Ling Moxue, why can’t you be anything but the holy maiden in the Heavenly Dao Sect?
Gongsun Jiu’s rank corresponds to Shang Zhaoye’s. You two…
Forget it. It’s hard to say. They’re not like this outside. In the southwest war, Yan Wuyue was truly a commanding general, dominating the battlefield with unparalleled authority. But why did she become like this now…
Xia Guixuan refused to admit it was because of himself.
“Cough.” Faced with Gongsun Jiu’s ambiguous gaze, Ling Moxue, who ultimately didn’t have a superior-subordinate relationship, hardened herself and walked in directly: “Don’t slander me, okay? Who was eavesdropping on your conversation? You’re hiding in the room drinking beverages, and I’m supposed to be drinking with a bunch of burly soldiers? Gongsun Jiu, did you get something wrong about someone’s identity?”
Gongsun Jiu didn’t argue with her. He said calmly, “Please sit… Captain Xia mentioned to me earlier that in the matter of the assassination, Miss Ling should be thanked first, so in this matter… you can also be trusted. As for General Yan, she has always been my most trusted general. If even General Yan can’t listen in, then no one can.”
This made Ling Moxue’s complexion much better, and Yan Wuyue also breathed a sigh of relief. If they really wanted to argue about eavesdropping by subordinates on the deputy marshal’s secret discussions, there was no place to reason.
The deputy marshal was still a reasonable person… Looking back at the whole eavesdropping incident, their previous thoughts were completely wrong. It had nothing to do with whether someone was gay or not; this discussion was serious!
Yan Wuyue and Ling Moxue glanced at each other and felt like their brains were broken. They both calmed down a bit, walked over, and then naturally… sat on either side of Xia Guixuan.
Gongsun Jiu’s complexion turned a bit dark again, buried his head and drank his beverage without saying a word.
To be honest, Xia Guixuan couldn’t understand what Gongsun Jiu was thinking at all. It wasn’t about being gay, he was talking serious business, nor was it about having a secret crush on Yan Wuyue; he even refused to acknowledge Ling Moyue’s existence, showing no interest and even a hint of aversion.
But he always has a bad face at strange times, and his character, which is supposed to show no emotion, always breaks down in inexplicable ways.
Is it because rulers’ moods are difficult to predict?
Perhaps this explanation is slightly convincing.
Xia Guixuan didn’t bother to guess too much, it wasn’t really significant anyway. He understood Gongsun Jiu’s meaning, so he directly said, “If you want to deal with internal spies, I can help you. But I have a few conditions.”
“Naturally.” Gongsun Jiu said solemnly, “Please, go ahead.”
“I want everything to remain as it was in Great Xia, I really don’t want that credit. I’ll remain as a special operations consultant, I’m not in the mood for any other position. Besides dealing with the spies, don’t bother me with anything else.”
Gongsun Jiu smiled: “What else?”
“Give me the top-secret file from twenty-four years ago, detailing the rift between humans and the divine descendants. I know you have it.”
Gongsun Jiu’s smile faded, and he furrowed his brows tightly, pondering for a long time before saying, “That top-secret file does exist, but I haven’t seen it… If you want to see it, I can try to arrange it for you, but after you’ve seen it, please don’t leak it.”
Xia Guixuan stared at him, his gaze somewhat sharp.
He was usually easygoing, indifferent to whatever, but when it came to matters he valued, he inevitably had a sense of arrogance, an attitude of ‘I want you to do it, so you must do it’, without wanting to negotiate, make promises, or impose constraints.
But Gongsun Jiu certainly wouldn’t want him to spread the news everywhere, as this was a natural conflict.
Gongsun Jiu met his gaze calmly, without fear, “The reason why that top-secret file is classified is because if leaked, it would have very unpredictable consequences. I trust Captain Xia to be a reliable person, but I don’t trust whether the people you inform will also be reliable. If things go wrong, it could easily become a widely known secret, and then even I would not be able to escape blame.”
“Understood.” Xia Guixuan said calmly, “Since I want to know about this, it’s not just to keep it to myself. When I feel it’s necessary to tell someone else, I’ll naturally do so. Therefore, I can’t make such a promise to you. But I understand your concerns. Let’s compromise. If the people I inform leak it to others, then I’ll take responsibility for cleaning up the mess.”
Gongsun Jiu pondered for a moment, then nodded, “Agreed. As for how we cooperate later, I’ll have Wuyue inform you.”
Seeming to have finished speaking, they fell into silence together.
Ling Moxue said with a straight face, “What about me? Don’t you have anything to discuss with me?”
Gongsun Jiu smiled faintly, “I do, but I still want to communicate with your grandfather, not with Miss Ling. Because Miss Ling’s conditions may be a bit unreasonable, and I can’t afford them.”
Ling Moxue sneered, “I don’t even know what conditions I want, but you already know? To put it bluntly, you just look down on me, what’s with the act?”
Gongsun Jiu didn’t argue. He raised the drink in his hand with a slight smile, “Pot calling the kettle black… The fleet is about to reach the main star of Donglin. I’ll be stationed here for a while to handle casualty relief and repair defense works. You two can go back now…”
As he finished the last sentence, the warship trembled slightly, coincidentally entering the atmosphere of Donglin’s main star, the timing was as precise as if it were scanned by divine sense.
In fact, he was just too familiar with the time needed for the warship to arrive at Donglin’s main star.
Xia Guixuan had just clashed with him, but even now, he couldn’t help but admire him a bit.
After finishing the last sip of his drink, Gongsun Jiu sighed and said, “Do you need a transport ship to send you back?”
“No need.” Xia Guixuan casually drew open a strange door in the void, “Moxue and I will go back directly… Oh, by the way, you don’t necessarily need General Yan to lead the post-war work, right?”
Gongsun Jiu was stunned, “General Yan is in the special operations department, so she doesn’t need to be responsible for these things.”
“Then lend her to me.”
Yan Wuyue: “?”
Gongsun Jiu: “?”
“What’s with your expressions? I always feel like all of you have some problems in your heads. Even you, Gongsun Jiu, can’t you think of something normal?” Xia Guixuan said impatiently, “The underground ruins in the southwest defense zone have something I need, and General Yan is still in charge of the defense zone.”
You said something ambiguous, and you blame us for having problems with our brains?
Gongsun Jiu didn’t bother to argue with him. Instead, he sighed and waved his hand, “Go ahead.”
Xia Guixuan didn’t bother to be polite either. He entered the door with the two women, and the door shimmered for a moment before disappearing.
Gongsun Jiu watched the disappearing void with a self-deprecating smile, murmuring softly to himself, “Communicating with this identity will sooner or later lead to clashes… Offending you in the future is not impossible… Sometimes it’s more comfortable to live in a game… There’s no real danger, no need to argue with you.”