Chapter 065. Ling Feng
Udir's trusted aide expertly gathered intelligence after receiving Udir's order. Within a short 3 hours of researching this person "Charley", all information on Charley was brought out— At 18-years-old he lost both of his birth parents, and then went to a medical school on Planet Oman. He attended a very ordinary medical school on Planet Oman. His performance was average. After graduation, he worked at a private hospital on Planet Oman for a few years. It wasn't too long before the hospital closed down due to ill-management. Charley soon after came to the Po Military Star alone and became a physician in the General Hospital of the Military District.
This resume does not seem to have anything questionable at all. It is nothing but the experience of an ordinary doctor. If you swapped it with someone else, it would also not be questioned if you investigated it here.
But Udir always feels it wasn't quite suitable.
He had a strange intuition. He felt that the man should not be called Charley, should not look like that, should not be so ordinary......
Looking at the details passed on by his trusted aide, Udir frowned slightly and replied: "Provide me with some more front-view photos of Charley."
The information was sent out, in addition to Charley's photo ID at the time of his graduation, others are some profile photos of him working and his life, often wearing surgical masks, making it hard to see his facial features clearly.
Udir sent out these messages, and it didn't take long for the other party to find a clear front-view photo of Dr. Charley.
—The man in the photo is completely ordinary. There was not a single distinguishing feature if he was mixed into a mass of people. A pair of jet-black eyes with a hint of a smile, the expression on his face is also relaxed and easygoing. At first glance, this is a kind of person with a very good temperament.
Udir however frowned.
These eyes......
Although he had a high fever yesterday, he clearly remembered that man's eyes.
That man had a pair of clear jet-black eyes, those beautiful eyeballs were just like the purest of gems. He even had an urge appear to reach out his hands to touch those eyes as they quietly gaze upon him.
Even though the man's eyes in the photo in front of his were also black, there wasn't any feeling of his heart being plucked like a bowstring.
The appearance of the two are actually completely similar, but the eyes have no resemblance at all...... It was those eyes that betrayed him.
Udir raised the corners of his mouth slightly and dialed the communicator of his trusted aide. He said in a low voice: "No need to check, he is not Charley at all."
Their temperaments are so different, but the information is not flawed. The only explanation is "impersonation."
That male doctor from yesterday clearly impersonated Charley to come hold a post at Po Military Star. There is simply no way to find out where the real Charley is now or who that man is. This handful of information is practically seamless, if it was not for Udir's indescribable feeling of familiarity with him, it would have been really difficult to unmask this false disguise.
Thinking back to that man's gaze, movements, and voice, that sort of strange familiarity once again was fostered at the bottom of his heart
—He must have seen him somewhere, he must be related to those lost memories.
Udir knit his brows and no longer hesitated, he silently memorized "Charley's" address on Po Military Star from the investigation in his heart.
***
The first day of training the Rose Legion ended pretty smoothly. Udir allowed the officers and soldiers to each to go back to rest and he also returned to the VIP suite of the Military District's Reception Area alone.
Just before the night was about to stain the sky, he called out his personal mech Silver Snow and flew directly out of the porthole on the roof.
The doubtful points in his heart grow greater and greater in number, making it so that he is eagerly thinking of going in person to see Charley's whole face.
As the moment comes when he arrives at Dr. Charley's rented residence, Udir lightly rang the doorbell and said with a refined and courteous smile: "Excuse me, may I ask if Dr. Charley is home?"
Ling Feng absolutely did not expect Udir to suddenly come right to his door.
The moment he saw Udir on the screen, his mind went blank, and he froze in place without the slightest clue as to what the right thing to do was.
Lin Yuan and Snow saw Ling Feng standing at the doorway with his whole body rigid and finally noticed something was wrong. When they looked at each other, Snow couldn't help but ask: "Dad, is someone looking for you outside?"
With this, Ling Feng's soul came back to his body, and he feigned a calm smile and said: "......my colleague is calling me about a small matter, you guys leave the room in advance."
He brought Lin Yuan and Snow to the study room, looked for two e-books to give to the two, and closed the door tightly in passing. He hurriedly tidied up the living room and once again put on that mask layer on, then turned to the entrance and glanced at the monitoring screen at the door—
Udir still stood outside, the expression on his face was very calm and unhurried, he was very patient.
He seemed to sense Ling Feng's approach, he smiled very gracefully towards the direction of the security camera and said, "I just heard the sound of your footsteps. The soundproofing quality of the apartment you rented is not very good...... Don't pretend that there is no one home. Quickly open up the door Charley."
The man's smiling eyes clearly had a hint of "reading the other party's mind and teasing".
Ling Feng could not help but stare blankly.
He really wants to pretend that there is no one at home, but he knows that he simply cannot hide from Udir like this.
Back then when he first met Udir, he was always so thick-faced and thinking up of every possible trick in the book to molest him. Ling Feng was so annoyed by this that he couldn't wait to wrap up that incomparably elegant and graceful man with a nasty heart and throw him out, but Udir consciously entirely ignored any excuses and bothered Ling Feng. It seemed as if Udir was also fond of Ling Feng's exceedingly both embarrassed and helpless facial expressions.
Seeing the man's familiar handsome face only separated by the screen, Ling Feng found that he was actually still nervous.
After so many years, he originally thought he had long since forgotten those past memories, but the result was that he buried those memories as the most precious memories deep in the bottom of his heart. At this moment, with the appearance of Udir, those memories gradually poured out, his chest was heavy like it was weighed down by a boulder, and even simple breathes became extremely difficult.
There was still no response in the house. Udir very patiently pressed the doorbell. "Doctor Charley, please open the door. I have something I need you for."
Ling Feng finally braced himself and opened the door, saying with an undisturbed expression: "General, what are you looking for me for?"
The complexion of the man in front of him is somewhat unnaturally pale, his eyes are cold, and the implication of rejection is very obvious. Udir looked at him over carefully, and the urge to get close to him in sprung up at the bottom of his heart again.
This face was very similar to the "Doctor Charley" shown in the profile, but his clear eyes and the special temperament of his body are completely different from the man in the photo—obviously, he put on a falsified mask to conceal his identity.
Udir did not reveal anything, he just smiled and said: "I've come to specially express my thanks to you, are you not going to ask me to come in and take a seat?"
As he spoke, he held a box of beautifully wrapped pastries and a case of fruit in front of Ling Feng as if he was really just dropping in for a visit, "I heard that you just came to Po Military Star, I brought over some regional specialties for you to thank you for taking care of me the other day."
Ling Feng: "......"
Being watched by Udir's smiling gaze, Ling Feng felt his scalp go numb, and his tone was forced and stiff: "General, you are too polite, as a doctor, it is my duty to look after you. I still have something pressing, please......"
Ling Feng's notice to leave had not been finished yet but Udir bypassed him with a thick-face and entered the room,"'Please come in', right? Thank you."
Ling Feng: "......"
Udir who was not invited to enter was completely unaware of the trouble brought onto the other party. He sat down on the sofa very impolitely as if he owned the place. He gently set the gifts down on the table and looked up and down at the layout of the room. His eyes slightly paused at the tightly closed door to the study room for three seconds.
Ling Feng's back was immediately stretched taut.
In the study room, Lin Yuan and Snow are snuggly against the other side of the door eavesdropping.
Lin Yuan had been listening for a while and felt like the voice of the visitor was somewhat familiar. He couldn't help but say: "Why do I feel that the voice of that person is very much like...... Very much like General Udir of the Rose Legion?"
Snow's complexion slightly changed, "Are you sure?"
Lin Yuan scratched his head and said with uncertainty: "It should be just a bit similar? It is not very clear from listening across the door."
—How could General Udir of the Rose Legion come to Po Military Star? Even running over to Uncle's place in person?
However, thinking of the scene of Udir mentioning that necklace when he called himself over to be interrogated, Lin Yuan's heart is somewhat doubtful. Udir clearly knows of Ling Feng. Maybe it really is Udir who came over for a visit today.
Snow was silent for a moment, he no longer hesitated to walk over to the window and opened it, he turned back to Lin Yuan and said: "Let's go first."
Lin Yuan saw that he was going to jump out the window and suddenly widened his eyes in surprise, "......I still haven't had the time to ask about my Dad's situation, and we've just chatted about it halfway. Wouldn't it be bad to just leave immediately like this?"
Snow said with a serious facial expression: "We're leaving first, we'll talk about it another day. In any case, if that person who came to the door found us. We, instead, would lead to unnecessary troubles."
Lin Yuan gave it a thought too. Both of them are Omegas and they met privately with Ling Feng. It really would be very difficult to give a clear explanation if someone found out.
Going to the window, he saw Snow's limbs swiftly turning out of the window, Lin Yuan couldn't help lament from the bottom of his heart: This brother is really a little expert at jumping out of windows, he watched him leap out the window with his posture skilled beyond compare, this was obviously not his first time.
Snow waved down to Lin Yuan from the floor down, "Come down, I will catch you."
Lin Yuan smiled and said: "No need, I will come down myself."
Lin Yuan was also a naughty child in his childhood. He would be climbing trees and scaling walls. There was nothing not already done. When he was at home, he always turned somersaults on his bed. The body was all-around pliable and tough like an acrobat. Plus later on, he learned martial arts with Zhou Yi, the second floor of this tiny building was simply a piece of cake for him. Lin Yuan leaped out from the window and slid down two or three water pipes on the way down, and steadied his fall to the ground like a big monkey.
The two gave a quick look at each other and smiled at the same time.
The two Omegas flip out of windows so skillfully that if those Alphas knew, you could bet that they'd be alarmed into dropping their jaws.
Snow directly summoned Night Snow and said: "Night Snow, get us away fast."
"Yes, Master." Night Snow immediately followed it's master's orders, carrying the two brothers, it headed over to the school at a high-speed.
***
In the living room, Udir's eyes have been continuously locked onto the study room, Ling Feng's back is slightly stiff. Although it was only the slightest emotional change, it nevertheless did not escape Udir's eyes.
Udir stood up from the sofa and walked forward a few steps inside the room. He smiled and said, "Could I have a tour around your house? You live alone, but your house is surprisingly tidied up pretty nicely."
Ling Feng got up and wanted to stop him, but Udir walked at a fast pace to the tightly closed door of the study and lightly pushed the door open.
"......" In that split-second, Ling Feng's nearly stopped beating.
There was not one soul in sight in the study, the windows were open, and the night wind blew through the windows, blowing the beige sheer curtains, bringing a bit of a slight chill.
Udir faintly narrowed his eyes and went to the window and looked out. Night fully painted over the sky, and the saffron street lights were already all lit up. This neighborhood is relatively desolate, with sparse pedestrians on the road and it appeared extremely peaceful.
—Unfortunately, he doesn't know who was too careless when they jumped out of the window, but the sweat from their palms left behind a shallow palm print on the wall.
Udir looked at the palm print that was rapidly being blown dry from the wind. He couldn't help but smile. He turned back to Ling Feng and said: "The surroundings are pretty good, the air is also very good. Are you renting this apartment?"
Ling Feng's soul came back to his body, it made him a bit relieved to see no one in the study.
Throughout these years, Snow grew up all alone and he has learned to have an extremely high vigilance. He probably noticed that the person who arrived was abnormal. He immediately left with Xiao Yuan. Fortunately, this was not discovered by Udir. Otherwise, Ling Feng would not know how to explain it to him. After all, Snow's hair and eyes were just like him.
But, Ling Feng just breathed a sigh of relief and his soul gradually returned. Udir suddenly stepped forward and reached down and lightly kept his hand on his shoulder. He whispered: "Charley."
"......" Being in the position of a half-embrace like this made Ling Feng's scalp go numb. He wanted to struggle, but he was restrained even tighter.
Udir looked at the uneasy face of the man in front of him, his eyes gradually became softer, "You don't need to be nervous. I don't have any maliciousness towards you. I just think that we've met before. You always make me feel an unusual feeling of familiarity."
Ling Feng was met with the man's gentle smile, and his heart almost fell apart.
Udir's shamelessness, Ling Feng has experienced it countless times before. If there was someone he wanted to annoy, even if you took a gun to his head to make him get lost, it would also not be able to drive him away. The degree of this man's patience and shamelessness is the first or second-best in the entire Empire. Otherwise, it would have also been impossible to make his past self annoyed with his great passiveness and calmness.
Ever since the moment of the "dropping in to pay a visit" scene, Ling Feng got a terrible headache.
What the hell is he doing here after all?
Could he have really recognized himself? Didn't he completely lose his memories? How could he recognize him?
Feeling the tender gaze that man cast on his body, Ling Feng's thoughts suddenly went into a whirl, he hurried to remain calm and collected as he waved off his hand. He took a step back and said seriously: "General, you've made a mistake, I have never seen you before."
Udir looked at Ling Feng and was silent for a long time. He suddenly took off the necklace on his chest and said: "Have you ever seen this necklace?"
The transparent azure pendant is engraved with an exceedingly familiar name, the necklace has been kept in extremely good condition by the owner, and that name glows under the surface with a faint fluorescence.
Ling Feng looked at his own name, and his heart suddenly had a burst of stabbing pain.
Udir looked at him and asked softly: "Have you seen it?"
Ling Feng said: "I haven't."
Udir said in a soft voice: "Why are you avoiding my gaze? Are you lying?"
"......" Ling Feng turned to leave, but Udir abruptly grabbed his wrist. Udir earnestly stared into the man's eyes and said word by word: "You are definitely not Charley at all. You are Ling Feng, isn't that right?"
Ling Feng: "......"
Udir continued on: "Just now when you saw this necklace, the expression on your face was very unsightly. Is it you? Ling Feng?"
Ling Feng: "......"
Ling Feng stood there and did not know how to answer.
Udir's azure eyes are like sunny and clear skies after the rain, and being gently gazed at by such eyes made it feel as if the heart was being forcibly dragged out with two hands. He is involuntarily submerged into their endless abyss and is nearly drowned to death.
Being quietly watched, Ling Feng almost couldn't breathe.
Udir reached out and gently lifted up the man's lower jaw, while the other hand felt around the back of his earlobe.
Sure enough, the skin behind the earlobe had a slight protrusion. When forcibly picked at, the artificial skin was raised up. Udir grabbed the tip of the mask and seemingly did not want to hurt him. His movements were gentle as he slowly uncovered it.
The masked layer applied to his face was finally completely taken off, revealing the refined and purely handsome face.
The stretch of skin on his face was pale, his lips were rosy, the beautiful contours of his jaws and the elegant bridge of his nose made his whole face look very soft, simply like a whole new person from the ordinary appearance of the mask just now.
This is his original appearance, this is his proper temperament......
Udir extended his hands out and gently stroked the man's face, his skin feels delicate as he touches it, it makes one unable to help but want to ruthlessly place kisses down on it.
In that pair of dark eyes, they were now full of frenzied confusion, and the man in his arms also suddenly began struggling like a frightened animal.
"......let go of me!" Ling Feng wanted to shake off Udir's hand, but Udir suddenly pinched his chin hard and the other hand seized the opportunity to draw his pliable and strong waist towards himself.
"Ling Feng......" Udir looked deeply into his eyes and said firmly, "You are Ling Feng."
If it used to be just speculation and intuition before, then now, looking at the panic in his eyes and his nearly crumbling facial expression, Udir can already be positive—
He is Ling Feng, the vague shadow that he dreamed about time and time again in his dreams!
Looking at the pale face of the man in his embrace, Udir's heart felt like it was being tightly bound by a thin metal wire, that feeling of distress spread along his nerves, arteries, and veins throughout his limbs and hundreds of bones, the memories in the depths of his mind began to frantically pour out, he had a head-splitting headache. His eyes also received a wave of dizziness, his fingers were even slightly trembling.
When he mentioned this name, he was so distressed that he almost suffocated, not to mention finally seeing this man in person......
He could only rely on his instincts to hold that man in front of him, his arms were around very tight, almost joining these two beings to one another.
Although Udir does not remember the past between the two of them, he knows that the man in front of him is his most precious memory that he would rather die then he would want to forget. He is the person he most wants to have all his life and the person he most wants to protect. Ling Feng.
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Baba Ling Feng's sockpuppet has completely disappeared~~ Throw some flowers and celebrate!
(TN: Did anyone here order another cliff hanger? No one? Oh... Well I'll just leave this here anyways~)