I Like You

Inside the Dawn No. 3 dark alloy transport plane, Jiang Ming and Qi Lin whispered to each other, deepening their bond.

After Qi Lin's explanation, Jiang Ming roughly understood what had happened last night. He also asked Qi Lin about Sun Wukong, wanting to prepare for any eventuality. In his previous life, the Super God Academy animation had been revised again and again, and Sun Wukong's emergence differed across versions in his memories. He wanted to know exactly which version this was.

For Jiang Ming, becoming stronger was about protecting the people around him. As for the country, that came only after he had the ability to protect those close to him. If he could not even protect his family, how could he talk about protecting the country? Without a home, where could there be a nation? Jiang Ming would help the country when it was within his power, but he was only one person. No matter how strong he became, he was still just one person. No civilization became powerful through one person alone.

And Qi Lin was one of those close to him, one of his own family. After being transported here for so long, Jiang Ming had only raised his relationship with Qi Lin beyond friendship, but not yet to lovers.

They were about to undergo another round of training, and this trip would take quite some time. They said that in Xianxia World, a single period of cultivation in seclusion could last decades or even centuries. With Jiang Ming suffering from post-transmigration side effects, shouldn't he hurry up and win Qi Lin over? Time waited for no one! It would be best to make their relationship official soon and put an end to that whole... thing.

"Please confirm your landing coordinates. We will soon arrive at the Giant Gorge."

The broadcast rang out, informing everyone that they were about to reach the Giant Gorge aircraft carrier. A new phase was about to begin.

"The Giant Gorge? An aircraft carrier?" Hearing that, Ge Xiaolun suddenly asked Zhao Xin. As someone as much of a loser as Ge Xiaolun, he had never seen anything grand before. He had only seen aircraft carriers on television, and excitement immediately surged through him.

"Alright, we'll soon arrive at the Giant Gorge. Today's training objective is—midair gear-up and an accurate landing on the deck." Leina, dressed in a leather jacket and short skirt, suddenly rose to her feet, showing off her absurdly long legs as she announced the day's training objective. Just as Ge Xiaolun had expected, it was the advanced version of high-altitude parachuting—high-altitude gear-up.

"Among you, the only ones who can fly are Qiang Wei, Jiang Ming, and Sun... Sun Wukong."

The moment Leina finished speaking, Sun Wukong's puzzled voice suddenly rang out. He seemed dissatisfied with Leina, an alien, issuing orders. In his eyes, since when could an alien command Old Sun?

Sun Wukong said, "Who's this female bodhisattva?"

"Do I need to repeat myself? I am your goddess and captain—Leina." Leina sat down again. Apparently noticing Sun Wukong's displeasure, she raised her head and emphatically stressed her identity.

"I have no captain, and even less of a goddess. There is only Buddha in my heart." Sun Wukong placed his right hand over his chest and spoke again after hearing Leina's words.

Leina tilted her head at Sun Wukong. "And then?"

"Tch. Then I'll put up with it and won't lower myself to your level." Sun Wukong clicked his tongue and turned away, refusing to look at Leina.

"You don't have to call me your goddess, but you have to acknowledge me as your captain." The moment Leina said this, Qi Lin, Qiang Wei, and the others all looked at her, seemingly surprised by her words.

Having spent so much time with her, they knew Leina was actually rather chuunibyou and cared greatly about her identity as a goddess. They had never expected her to say something so team-minded this time.

"I am willing to become a soldier of the Super Soldier Company, but an alien cannot be my captain." Sure enough, Sun Wukong still could not let go of Leina's identity as an alien, especially as someone from Liesun Star. He felt even more strongly that a Liesun Star native had no right to command him.

"Your superiors told me about it. You are... the Victorious Fighting Buddha, and I won't hold it against you..."

"I'm an alien, a Liesun Star native. I don't hide it in the slightest. If I said I loved your Earth, you probably wouldn't believe me either..."

Leina spoke righteously about her identity, open, forthright, and honest. Jiang Ming felt that, at this moment, Leina's presence was overwhelming and her charm off the charts! Qiang Wei, Qi Lin, and the others also saw a side of Leina unlike usual, utterly incomparable to the chuunibyou goddess they knew before.

Before Leina could finish, the transport plane's broadcast rang out again, informing everyone that they had arrived at their destination.

"Super Soldier Company, prepare yourselves. Prepare to board the Giant Gorge. The cabin doors will open shortly."

"On your feet. Prepare for aerial descent." After saying that, Leina immediately stood and moved to the cabin door, ready to descend onto the Giant Gorge.

Hearing this, Jiang Ming suddenly had an idea. He tilted his head toward Qi Lin and asked, "Want to experience what it feels like to walk among the clouds?"

The interest on Qi Lin's pretty face immediately showed that she was quite intrigued by the idea of walking among the clouds.

"Wouldn't that be inappropriate? This is training."

Seeing Qi Lin say this, Jiang Ming replied, "It's fine. Leina won't mind, as long as you agree. Besides, it's been a long time since we properly spent time together and looked at this world..."

The moment Jiang Ming finished speaking, before Qi Lin could react, he blurted out the words he had hidden in his heart for so long.

"After we drive back the Taotie, I'll take you across the Three Mountains and Five Peaks, across great mountains and rivers. We'll see all the world's wonders and the marvels of the universe, and become an immortal couple. How about it..."

Jiang Ming gazed at Qi Lin in a daze and spoke the feelings he had kept inside for so long. His handsome face seemed to be filled with nothing but sincerity.

"Jiang Ming... you..." Qi Lin was stunned by Jiang Ming's words. She understood what he meant, and a blush instantly appeared on her face. Jiang Ming's masculine scent drifted toward her with his words. For the first time, the usually bold Qi Lin felt shy. So embarrassed that she could not help lowering her head, she seemed utterly at a loss.

She did not know how to answer, and for a moment, the two fell silent.

In truth, they had spent so long together, from childhood to adulthood, from strangers to people with nothing they could not say to each other, from ordinary coworkers to comrades who now shared life and death as Earth's guardians fighting against the invasion.

If Qi Lin's father had been here, he might have said, "Isn't it only natural for you two to be together? You're inseparable every day, and the only thing left is sleeping together. Besides, I want to hold a grandson sooner. Haven't you seen Old Deng next door already holding his grandson? He keeps strolling around in front of me every day."

Jiang Ming had long since been approved as a son-in-law by Qi Lin's father, especially after that time he saved the beauty in distress. Whether it was his character, knowledge, or ability, Qi Lin's father was very satisfied with him, especially since Jiang Ming was the descendant of an old friend.

"I..." Qi Lin stammered for a long time before finally saying softly,

"...You're not sincere at all. You haven't prepared anything."

Qi Lin had plenty to criticize about Jiang Ming's confession. He had prepared nothing; it was all far too casual.

Jiang Ming still heard Qi Lin's soft murmur. If his cultivation had not already reached an extremely high realm, allowing not even a blade of grass or tree within his surroundings to escape his eyes and ears, he would not have heard it. But this only made Jiang Ming even more awkward. After all, this confession had indeed been rushed, and he truly had nothing prepared. At that thought, cold sweat began to pour down his back.

While Jiang Ming's inner thoughts ran wild and he wondered whether he should go to the Zhu Xian World, steal Qing Long's Universe Azure Light Ring, and give it to Qi Lin as a token of love, Leina's voice suddenly came from nearby. To Jiang Ming at this moment, Leina was simply too much of a mood-killer and utterly incapable of reading the room.

"Jiang Ming, Qi Lin, what are you doing? Hurry up and descend."

Hearing that, Jiang Ming immediately shouted at Leina, "Leina, you... no wonder you're a single goddess!"

As soon as he said that,

before Leina could react, Jiang Ming walked straight to Qi Lin, took her hand, and vanished from where they stood in an instant. This scene completely stunned Leina, and naturally Qi Lin as well. Qi Lin was left wide-eyed, though the blush on her face was like the rosy clouds of a setting sun.

"Jiang Ming, Qi Lin... you..." Leina pointed at the two as they flew away for a long time. In the end, she flicked her hand and leaped toward the Giant Gorge.

Is anyone even reading this? Sigh!