Chapter 495: A’Chu, Look at Me

Chapter 495 *A'Chu, Look at Me*

Song Chuyi took back what he’d said earlier about Lin Lang being calm.

Wanting to be his neighbor? Yeah… not exactly calm behavior.

Before Song Chuyi could reply, Gu Yongnian cut in firmly, "No."

"A'Chu’s place is a standalone villa."

"No neighbors around."

Even if there were, it’d be me, not Lin Lang.

Lin Lang brushed Gu Yongnian off, locking eyes with Song Chuyi.

"I’ll sleep on the floor if I have to."

Others didn’t know how far the Sacred Tree had come, but as the 'Main System,' he knew better than anyone.

Now, the Sacred Tree could either keep you up or knock you out.

Just a few words with him, and already he was fighting sleep.

A year ago? No way.

At this thought, Lin Lang’s breath hitched.

Song Chuyi coughed lightly. "Let’s slow down."

"Gu Yongnian said you wanted me back in the Federation?"

He voiced his own request.

"I’m not going back to the Federation anytime soon."

The moment he finished speaking, Lin Lang hurriedly corrected, "No, he got it wrong."

"We’d never pin you down somewhere."

"Back then, we just worried you wouldn’t adjust off-world."

"But now..."

He scanned the room—Mechanical Clan, insectoids (who should’ve been at each other’s throats), and First Legion soldiers still in uniform.

They were beaming, even their sleepless shadows had lightened.

This place had come alive. Lush green, a rarity anywhere else, was everywhere here.

A miracle they’d never even hoped for.

Yet for the Sacred Tree, this was simply ordinary.

How could they demand that the Sacred Tree confine itself to the Federation?

As the old saying goes, the moon does not chase after people—only by striving with all their might can they draw closer to its light.

They’d have to fight tooth and nail just to inch closer to him.

They don’t know suffering; just being under the moonlight is enough to satisfy them.

Just like now.

Lin Lang and Song Chuyi talked for quite some time, eventually deciding to leave the spot on the left for him.

After Song Chuyi agreed, Gu Yongnian beside him lowered his head and quietly took his hand.

It was as if he couldn’t hear what Lin Lang was saying, his mind completely filled with the fact that A'Chu had agreed to be Lin Lang’s neighbor.

He couldn’t help but think—why can't A'Chu be mine?

Why can’t he be mine alone?

Such selfish, greedy thoughts swirled in his mind before being pushed down hard.

Gu Yongnian gave a gentle squeeze to Song Chuyi’s hand and whispered, “A'Chu, look at me.”

Though Song Chuyi was speaking with Lin Lang, he was still keeping an eye on Gu Yongnian.

Hearing this, he immediately turned his head to look at him.

“What’s wrong?”

Gu Yongnian lifted his gaze, his eyes glimmering faintly, and shook his head.

“Nothing.”

He curled the corners of his lips into a faint smile.

“As long as A'Chu looks at me, that’s enough.”

He doesn’t ask for much—only occasionally do selfish desires bubble up.

Those small worlds he experienced with A'Chu have changed him.

Once, he and A'Chu were so intimate, so oblivious to others.

But now, A'Chu can’t always be looking at him.

He knows this well. He’s just… a little disappointed, that’s all.

Fortunately, it’s nothing serious—just an empty, itchy spot in his heart.

Like a wound about to heal, nearly mended, yet itching as new skin grows.

Gu Yongnian pushed down the storm in his heart and stayed by Song Chuyi’s side.

Not long after Lin Lang arrived, the Zerg Queen showed up too.

The moment she saw Song Chuyi, she came running over excited.

“Chu Chu! Can I live with you?”

After speaking, she immediately changed back to her true form.

Unlike her seductive human form and curvy body, the Zerg Queen’s true form was that of a mostly see-through crystal spider.

Even the tiny hairs on her body were a translucent glass-like color, shimmering in the sunlight.

She shrank to the size of a bottle cap. "Chuyi, I won't take up any space at all!"

Song Chuyi: "..."

"My right neighbor's spot is still empty. Why don't you stay there?"

The Zerg Queen jumped at the offer.

She knew very well that Gu Yongnian would never let her stay in Chuyi's home, which was why she'd made the outrageous request first. Then she took the next best thing—the right neighbor's spot.

Who said the Zerg only knew how to eat and eat? She outsmarted Lin Lang by miles, she thought smugly.

Happy with her new spot, the Zerg Queen soon fell asleep, lulled by Song Chuyi's psychic energy. It had been a long time since she last slept, and once she did, she didn't care about anything else. Her true form flopped down carelessly on the grass, snoring like a chainsaw.

Not far away, Song Chuyi turned his head slightly toward Gu Yongnian and chuckled.

"We're just waiting on the Mechanical Clan's leader and the Monster King, right?"

Gu Yongnian glanced at their still-intertwined hands and murmured in agreement.

Even if they came, nothing could tear them apart.