In the early morning, Jun Ye was packing his luggage preparing to leave.
Today was this body’s 25th birthday, as well as the second marked day of the plot.
Fei Xiu was on a business trip to the neighboring planet. Although five years had passed peacefully, this special day still made Jun Ye somewhat uneasy.
So, Jun Ye declined the proposal for Fei Xiu to come back and celebrate his birthday, deciding to go there by himself.
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Carrying his hovering suitcase downstairs, as he walked towards the front door of the villa, Jun Ye glanced inadvertently at the paradise bird in the backyard. Suddenly, his body froze in place.
In the backyard, a gardener wearing only a single garment and with messy hair sat on a wicker chair, looking completely lost and confused.
More importantly, the gardener at this moment gave him the feeling that he… was his partner.
After a difficult moment of tearing his gaze away, Jun Ye opened the terminal, accessed the contact list, and pressed the call button for the first terminal number.
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Ring… Ring… Ring…
“Sorry, the user you are trying to reach is currently unavailable. Please try again later.”
Out of service area?
Jun Ye turned his head to look at the person sitting in the yard, who still hadn’t noticed him.
Fei Xiu was just on a business trip to the neighboring planet. In this interstellar age with full network coverage, where else could be out of service?
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To verify his suspicions, Jun Ye dialed Fei Xiu’s terminal number. Since they shared their marital information, Jun Ye quickly found a recent flight record in Fei Xiu’s itinerary.
Flight A520, departed from the neighboring planet Alpha at one o’clock this morning, arriving at the Alliance’s main star at eleven thirty in the morning…
Obviously, his refusal didn’t work, Fei Xiu still boarded the spaceship.
Ding.
—You have a new message.
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[Interstellar Aviation] On October 25th, 2218 at 6 am, Flight A520 lost contact due to an unknown storm…
Jun Ye: “…”
And it happened to be on a day when an accident was bound to occur.
Looking at the information on the terminal and then at the person sitting blankly in the yard, Jun Ye was already eighty percent sure of his guess.
But… did the other party still have memories in their current state?
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On this chilly morning before the sun had risen, the other party was sitting in the yard wearing only a single garment, and their lips showed an abnormal pale purple color.
Jun Ye sighed inwardly, letting the levitating suitcase stay where it was, he walked to the coat rack and took Fei Xiu’s coat, then turned and walked towards the yard.
As the coat with Omega pheromones fell on him, the “gardener,” or rather Fei Xiu, subconsciously raised his head.
When he saw the person in front of him, his expression momentarily blanked, and amidst the confusion, there was also a tense anticipation as he held his breath.
Seeing the reaction of the other party, Jun Ye’s assurance of the other party having previous memories increased to ninety percent.
The sudden change in his own partner caught Jun Ye off guard. Even though he had experienced multiple worlds, he still had some difficulty adjusting for a moment, and the atmosphere became somewhat tense.
Jun Ye distractedly recalled the name of the gardener, which he had investigated five years ago — Lai Xiu1The character used in his name resemble the characters of a plant, which is quite interesting since he’s supposed to be a gardener. The Xiu is the same as Fei Xiu’s character.
Why didn’t he think that this person might also be his partner when he was busy mocking every task object with such a name back then? Was it because Fei Xiu was lying beside him at the time?
According to the plot, “Fei Xiu” should have become the gardener “Lai Xiu” five years ago, only because of him or some other reason was changed.
Five years of peace and quiet also made Jun Ye relax, forgetting how melodramatic this plot originally was.
Now… it’s just a different way of continuing the melodrama.
Jun Ye thought a lot in silence, while Fei Xiu’s heart was held high in the air, unable to settle for a long time.
Seeing his partner being anxious and pretending to be calm, Jun Ye’s fingertips itched.
He wanted… to rub him.
If the previous gardener was someone Jun Ye wouldn’t spare a second glance in a crowd, the current one now had a significantly increased presence, with every change in expression capable of stirring him.
Jun Ye sighed inwardly and softened his voice unconsciously when he spoke, “Whatever happened, you should go back and put on some clothes first, and then… freshen up.”
Considering that the living supplies in the room were originally used by the previous gardener, Jun Ye paused for a moment and added, “I have something to attend to today, so I’ll give you… um, half a day off. You can spend the rest of the time trimming the paradise birds.”
Rather than letting the other ponder endlessly, it was better to give him something to do.
Worried that this Fei Xiu-like gardener wouldn’t know how to handle it, Jun Ye casually gave some instructions on how to trim, hoping that the “gardener” wouldn’t prune all the leaves bare before he returned.
Having said all that needed to be said, Jun Ye watched the person with no hint of color in their face and couldn’t help but feel uneasy.
With a gentle sigh, he said, “Come, I’ll walk you back.”
The Omega extended his hand, and Fei Xiu stood up instinctively.
Looking at the Omega’s arm that had just been held, then at the Omega calmly adjusting his windbreaker collar for him, Fei Xiu’s eyes flickered with surprise.
Wasn’t this gesture too intimate?
He should only be a stranger to the Omega now.
No, wait. Five years ago, the Omega had shown an unusual interest in this gardener…
Fei Xiu lowered his gaze and bit his lip, refusing to believe that his partner had any affair with another Alpha.
They left the door wide open.
Jun Ye glanced around the room. The bedding was all over the place, the gardener’s uniform lying on the floor, seemingly trampled…
It was obvious that Fei Xiu had been at a loss when he found himself in this new body this morning.
Leaving an agitated and confused person like this seemed a bit heartless, but Jun Ye also noticed the changing expressions on the other’s face.
He had touched on his partner’s jealousy, but Jun Ye laughed helplessly and decided to leave the choice to Fei Xiu himself.
Things had come to this point, and whether or not to continue living with me, and how to live, were all up to you.
Fei Xiu clearly didn’t grasp Jun Ye’s surrender. When Jun Ye left, Fei Xiu’s suspicious gaze fell on the gardener’s room.
If his Omega had an affair with this guy, there should be some evidence left behind, right?
Looking for evidence of his Omega’s infidelity with a wild Alpha was not something to be excited about.
Fei Xiu frowned and searched the gardener’s room meticulously, not seeing anything resembling his Omega, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.
This gardener was clearly a straight guy. There were several sets of female Omega magazines hidden in the room.
Fei Xiu scoffed disdainfully as he picked up the magazine he found under the pillow. His Omega was not the delicate type, so the gardener was being sensible.
No, wait. That gardener didn’t like his Omega’s type… So, was his Omega infatuated with him?
This was even more unacceptable to Fei Xiu than the idea of them having an affair. His Omega was so outstanding, how could he possibly fancy someone who couldn’t appreciate him?!
Fei Xiu turned on his heel and walked into the bathroom, looking at the weary Alpha with a messy hairstyle in the mirror, finding it hard to believe that his Omega would be so shortsighted.
Jun Ye was flying to the headquarters of the Interstellar Aviation.
Although he could confirm that his partner was safe, with no soul lost or data erased, he couldn’t just ignore what had happened to his original body.
After learning about the situation at the headquarters, Jun Ye realized that A520 was a private spacecraft newly purchased by Fei Xiu. Just by looking at the number, he could guess what the other intended to use it for.
Star Aviation has been specializing in spacecraft for nearly a millennium, and this private spacecraft was also produced and sold by them.
Unlucky yet fortunate, at that time there was only one living person on the spacecraft apart from various artificial intelligence service personnel…
This kind of timing and accident, no matter how you look at it, seems to be deliberately orchestrated by the plot.
Listening to the reassurances and comforting words from the head of Star Aviation, when only reassurance was left, Jun Ye opened his terminal and sent messages to both parties’ relatives and friends, as well as to Fei Xiu’s secretary.
After Jun Ye left, the person in charge wiped the virtual sweat from his forehead.
His husband had an accident, but this Omega gentleman didn’t have any reaction at all? It made him feel awkward to keep consoling him continuously.
The spacecraft hadn’t been found yet, and both sets of parents were on a vacation planet for rehabilitation, so it would be at least another day before they could return to the main planet.
Thinking about the person at home, Jun Ye first returned to the villa in his flying vehicle.
Although he said he would let his partner decide how to proceed, he also hadn’t said that he wouldn’t fight for himself a little.
Entering the courtyard, the flying vehicle slowed down and landed on the stone pavement.
Hmm, the paradise bird wasn’t damaged, and Fei Xiu looked much better now, but his hair was all messy and his clothes were covered in various dirt and leaves.
Jun Ye glanced suspiciously at the black mud handprint obviously applied by himself on Fei Xiu’s back, not quite understanding what the other was doing.
The Omega’s gaze fell on him through the window, and Fei Xiu inexplicably felt a little guilty.
Self-explanation: A gardener should look dirty, right? What’s the point of having a clean gardener that tempts other people’s Omegas?
Jun Ye approached and saw that Fei Xiu had actually pruned the paradise bird quite well, knowing that the other had never been near this flower before.
Tsk tsk, complaining while being upright.
“Have you had dinner?” Jun Ye turned to ask Fei Xiu, and seeing the other’s momentary confusion, continued, “Shall we go wash up and eat together?”
Fei Xiu looked down at his hands covered in mud and leaves, wondering how he had managed to make the gardener look so terrible, yet the Omega didn’t show any sign of disgust.
He didn’t want the gardener to dine with his Omega, but today was his Omega’s birthday, and he had already exhausted himself to celebrate it. He couldn’t afford to miss this birthday banquet.
The temptation of the Omega’s birthday banquet was too great, and Fei Xiu couldn’t resist. He turned back to his room, washed off the deliberately applied mud and leaves, and then hastily ordered a suit to be delivered by interstellar express.
When Fei Xiu finished bathing and changed into his clothes and came out of the bathroom, he saw the Omega sitting on his bed, flipping through the magazine he had tossed aside on the pillow.
Fei Xiu’s heart skipped a beat, thinking it was not good.
What the actual heck color me surprised lmao I would’ve never thought this would happen after we got introduced to the gardener beforehand!!!