The Overworked Beta and the Paranoid Alpha 64

Chapter 64: Zero Trust Value

Unexpectedly, Romeo seemed to have sensed it. Before Wen En could ask, he threw out a sentence, “I’m going to take a shower too.”

Then, like Wen En, he took a set of clean, new clothes provided by I.F.A.D. from the wardrobe, and a bath towel, and slipped into the bathroom like a mouse, closing the door.

Wen En: “…Didn’t you just take a shower?”

To be precise, it was a bath, and Romeo had taken it with Wen En. Although he had made an excuse to leave halfway through, otherwise Wen En would have pressed him for all sorts of things about Claire.

“I like to take two showers in a row. Is there a problem?” Romeo said.

“Alright, whatever,” Wen En shrugged.

The second shower, Romeo took a very long time, at least an hour and a half. Heavens, he was really something. Wen En was truly impressed by Romeo’s means of avoidance and procrastination.

Until the domestic robot of the residential area knocked on the door of the double room and politely asked if they needed laundry service.

“Are you done washing?” Wen En knocked on the bathroom door and said, “The domestic robot is here to collect the dirty clothes. Hand your dirty clothes out to me.”

The moment he finished speaking, after a while, Romeo finally opened the door.

He had already changed into clean clothes, his hair was half-dried with a bath towel, and neatly combed into a side-swept style.

Romeo: “Hi.”

Wen En: “…” Why am I getting goosebumps?

Wen En pointed to the domestic robot that was greeting them outside the door, “Take your laundry over yourself.”

Romeo: “Oh, oh.”

After sending off the domestic robot, Romeo leaned against the door frame, striking a pose similar to a romantic movie’s male lead, and said, “Baby, what should we do next?”

Wen En frowned, “Don’t call me baby. That nickname is so damn disgusting.”

“Then darling?”

Wen En’s expression twisted, looking at Romeo with a “Are you serious?” expression.

“Alright,” Romeo said. “Do you want to eat? Or have you and Della eaten already?”

“No, we just had coffee and red tea, and talked about some things.”

Wen En said, “Talked about some things about Claire.”

The name Claire was even emphasized by Wen En’s tone.

He really doesn’t want to give up on asking about Claire. Romeo still had a smile on his face, but he was screaming wildly in his heart. Heavens, please, Wen En, don’t be so persistent.

“You can just ask Claire directly,” Romeo said. “She might be moved by you and treat you as a free psychologist, pouring out her painful past to you.”

“First, she’s not here,” Wen En said. “Second, that’s Della’s job. Remember, Claire is under Della’s watch, and you’re under mine. I don’t want to overstep my authority.”

“Third, and most importantly, I know how you see this matter from your perspective.”

“Me?” Romeo pointed at his own face and asked in surprise.

“You, of course it’s you,” Wen En reached out and brushed away a strand of half-dry hair on Romeo’s forehead. “Your thoughts are very important to my work report, so I hope you can tell me everything without reservation.”

“For your work report? Wen En, am I just a part of your work to you?” Romeo grabbed Wen En’s wrist and stared into his eyes, as if trying to see a hint of genuine emotion in those dark amber eyes.

“If you want me to tell the truth, that’s fine, but you have to be honest with me too,” Romeo’s blue eyes were shrouded in a complex emotion.

“Alright,” Wen En said. “What do you want to know?”

“I want to know, what were you doing eight years ago?” Romeo said.

Wen En was silent. In fact, he didn’t have many memories of eight years ago. He only vaguely remembered that he had participated in a classified mission and had been seriously injured. He had even suffered from amnesia as a side effect during his treatment. But this was a classified mission, so there was no need to tell Romeo, right?

So, Wen En said vaguely, “I was serving in the army. Is there a problem?”

“The Interstellar Empire Army gives every soldier a two-week welfare annual leave, doesn’t it?” Romeo said a little eagerly. “Do you remember where you spent your annual leave eight years ago?”

Of course, Wen En knew where he had spent his annual leave. Every year, Wen En would go home to be with his parents and sister. But this involved his family, and Romeo was just a temporary partner—although there was indeed some ambiguous relationship between them.

But so what? Wen En still knew what was more important. An agent was like this, never letting emotions get in the way.

Therefore, Wen En said, “Of course, I went to Planet I73 for my annual leave.”

Planet I73 was the empire’s most famous resort. 97% of the planet was ocean, and the remaining 3% of the land was a tropical island with beautiful white sandy beaches. At night, the sky was filled with pink and purple nebulae, attracting many astronomy enthusiasts and tourists.

But Romeo knew that it was impossible for Wen En to be on vacation there.

“You’re lying, Wen En,” Romeo said.

“Ah, I’ve been found out,” Wen En said with a blank expression.

“Perhaps you don’t think I’m a trustworthy person, but I can understand, Wen En. I’ve done too many things that have betrayed your trust,” Romeo said. “Not to mention you, I don’t trust myself either.”

Good, he’s quite self-aware, Wen En thought.

“It’s just that I want you to understand that I’ve known you for longer than you’ve known me,” Romeo said. “I know you better than you think.”

“Huh?” Wen En didn’t understand. Is he talking in his sleep?

“And also, I fell in love with you a long time ago.”

With that, the kiss that tasted of a lemon-coconut cocktail once again sealed Wen En’s lips.

What the hell, is it happening again?

“Wait!” Wen En shouted. “Didn’t we already… in the bathroom just now?” Wen En’s thoughts returned to the narrow bathroom at Xiaoli’s house. Wen En suddenly thought of something and said in shock, “You’re not in your susceptible period, are you?”

But Wen En touched Romeo’s forehead and carefully observed his other body parts. He didn’t see any symptoms of a susceptible period on Romeo.

Except for a certain erect place.

Wen En stared at little Romeo, his face a little subtle. To be honest, this thing was quite active. “I’ll go get you a suppressant,” Wen En said with a blank expression.

“Are you kidding me, Wen En?” Romeo said. “I’m not in my susceptible period. You know, I can get horny for you in any state.”

Wen En: …

Really, I’ve had enough. Wen En felt that he had been patient enough with Romeo.

Wen En sneered, “Oh? Is that so?”

“Come a little closer. I’ll tell you a secret,” Wen En beckoned with his finger and said.

Romeo didn’t move. He looked at Wen En’s eyes and knew that nothing good would come of going over.

“A secret about eight years ago,” Wen En said. “I’ve remembered some things.”

“Really?” Romeo’s eyes instantly lit up.

“Of course,” Wen En smiled slightly.

Intuition told Romeo that things were not as simple as he had imagined, but even if there was only a one percent chance, Romeo wanted to try.

Just because he couldn’t refuse Wen En.

Romeo looked into Wen En’s eyes and kissed him again. But just as his nose touched Wen En’s nose, and there was only a finger’s distance between them, Romeo heard Wen En say, “Please calm down!”

The next moment, a stone-hard fist smashed into Romeo’s face.

Romeo opened his eyes.

It was late at night, time to sleep. He was lying in bed.

He touched his eye socket. In the afternoon, he had been punched by Wen En, and his eye socket had visibly swollen from red to purple and swollen. Fortunately, Wen En had felt bad and had used a portable treatment device to treat him. His eye socket quickly subsided, but Romeo still felt a little pain in his bones.

Of course, this was not the main reason why Romeo had woken up.

Romeo looked at the other bed next to him. That was Wen En’s bed.

Wen En was lying in bed. At this time, he was not asleep, but was looking at his communicator with sleepy eyes. The communicator was set to the lowest brightness, but in the completely dark room, it still looked a little dazzling.

Feeling someone looking over, Wen En looked up and looked at Romeo’s side. “Did I wake you?” Wen En’s voice was still sleepy. “Sorry.”

“You didn’t wake me,” Romeo said.

“Alright, I have to go out,” Wen En got out of bed lightly. “You continue to rest.”

With that, Wen En went to the bathroom. Wen En’s movements in the night were very light, so light that there was almost no sound, like a black panther crawling in the night. When he came out, he was already ready to go.

“Where are you going?” Romeo asked.

“It’s a secret,” Wen En smiled and said.

“I won’t lock the door. Anyway, you’ll unlock it if I do,” Wen En said. “So, please be more self-aware. This is also to protect your life. If you accidentally enter some confidential place, you might die.”

“Of course I know,” Romeo remembered the evil infrared laser gun in the archive room. That thing was really scary.

“It’s good that you know,” Wen En glanced at Romeo. In terms of causing trouble, Wen En’s trust value for Romeo was zero. He remembered RV’s instructions and sighed in his heart.

Forget it, Wen En had done his best. If Romeo accidentally smashed this damn headquarters, then so be it. Wen En really didn’t have that much energy to protect confidential mission information and keep an eye on Romeo at the same time.

Wen En complained in his heart: RV should really give him a raise, a bonus, and an extra annual leave.