PROLOGUE

After presenting as a Beta, Wen Qi mustered the courage to give a love letter to his childhood friend and long-time crush, Ji Yaoming, at the library entrance.

But Ji Yaoming mercilessly tore the letter in two right before his eyes, furrowed his brow, tossed it into the trash, and coldly brushed past him, saying:

“How disgusting.”

As one of the few S-class Alphas in the Alliance, Ji Yaoming was exceptionally admitted to the Shooting and Combat Department of Haleite Interstellar University at seventeen. He then successfully joined the Alliance’s First Deployment Unit and became deputy captain in just three years.

Almost no one could connect such a dazzling Alpha with an ordinary Beta like himself, even though they had known each other since childhood.

Even Ji Yaoming himself didn’t want to acknowledge it.

He saw Wen Qi as a stain, something to be avoided.

Seven years later, Wen Qi, now missing an arm, moved into the Logistics Department of the Alliance Headquarters and became a mechanic.

Of course, Wen Qi didn’t consider himself that noble—he was just someone who repaired weapons.

He was content because working at headquarters had one advantage: on occasion, if he was lucky, he could catch a glimpse of Ji Yaoming, who was now the captain of the First Unit and the chief executive of the eight major war zones.

Even though that man loathed him to the core, Wen Qi couldn’t help but remain drawn to him whenever he had the chance to see him.

But beyond that, he no longer harbored those youthful fantasies. He clearly understood that a heaven-sent prodigy and an ordinary person like him were ultimately destined for different paths.

Yet fate loves to play jokes. To improve combat efficiency, the Logistics Department underwent a major reform, requiring each unit to be assigned two or three mechanics for accompaniment.

As luck would have it.

Wen Qi opened his personal notification:

“Dear Mechanic Wen Qi, affiliated with Group A of the Headquarters Repair Department, you are hereby specially assigned to the First Unit for duty.”

Wen Qi: “…”

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Ji Yaoming had been rather troubled lately.

He frowned at the love letter on his desk, painstakingly taped back together. Its youthful words clearly expressed Wen Qi’s feelings for him back then…

But recently, Wen Qi had actually started avoiding him?!

This included, but wasn’t limited to: locking himself in his bedroom without a word when Ji Yaoming came home; eating in silence and hurriedly leaving after cleaning up; and even when delivering weapons for repair, only nodding and saying, “Ah, Captain Ji is here…”

Finally, one day, fueled by alcohol, Ji Yaoming pinned Wen Qi beneath him:

“Wen Qi, do you like me?”

The man beneath him froze, then laughed. “I did… before.”

“What do you mean?”

“Now, I only admire you. Also,” he actually pushed Ji Yaoming away, saying, “please have some self-respect. My family is already arranging a blind date for me.”

“…”

Ji Yaoming felt like he’d been sucker-punched.

The person he’d restrained himself from making a move on for all these years…

Was he really about to be snatched away by someone else?

[Bonus Scene]

Someone was secretly watching him. Ji Yaoming curled his lips. “Just say it.”

“Uh… it’s nothing,” Wen Qi was a bit muddled from drinking. “It’s just… they say that Lieutenant Colonel Ji, you… um… are you really… impotent?”

Ji Yaoming found this shy version rather novel. His tone was breezy. “Have you tried?”

Wen Qi: “…”

Alright, he was actually kind of curious to find out.

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