T4 Suzaku-class Medium Star Cruiser - Bridge
Zhao Chen carried Su Lan, who was sitting on his shoulders, into the room, and this sight immediately attracted a lot of attention.
"Haven't you carried enough yet? Where are your hands?" Zhao Wan'er walked over and glared at Zhao Chen.
Xue Xiaoxiao looked at Su Lan excitedly: "Senior!"
Hearing Zhao Wan'er say that, Su Lan finally came to her senses. She was still sitting on Zhao Chen's shoulders, and her face turned so red that it looked like it could bleed.
Taking into account the relationship between Zhao Wan'er, Xue Xiaoxiao, and Su Lan, Zhao Chen specially arranged for the two to be on his flagship before the operation began.
Under Zhao Wan'er's unfriendly gaze, Zhao Chen put Su Lan down.
Lilith, the secretary, was standing nearby, thoughtfully removing the individual exoskeleton armor from Zhao Chen's body.
crunch crunch
Zhao Chen, dressed in a black combat bodysuit, stepped out of the individual exoskeleton armor.
Glug~
Someone swallowed hard.
Many of the female soldiers on the bridge stared wide-eyed at the commander's tight-fitting bodysuit and his shapely abdomen.
Several of the female bridge crew members felt a heat in their noses, then covered their noses with a chuckle, looking as if they were completely satisfied with their lives.
Lilith noticed these gazes and thoughtfully draped the military overcoat she had prepared over the commander, which eased the intense stares of the female soldiers on the bridge.
"Senior, are you alright?" Zhao Wan'er asked with concern.
"It's okay, I'm fine." Su Lan looked at her two good friends, feeling very touched.
But soon she looked at Zhao Chen with concern: "But you kidnapped me in front of the Third Prince like this."
If the Third Prince and his faction of princes find out, they will definitely not let you off the hook!
"You should let me go back and explain..."
"What's there to explain! Are you expecting us to just stand by and watch you marry someone you don't like?"
I know Qin Hu. He says he fell in love with you at first sight, but he's actually had countless other women!
"They're just using you as a tool for a political marriage!" Zhao Wan'er said angrily, hands on her hips.
“But...you and your brother...will be implicated by me,” Su Lan said worriedly.
Zhao Chen sat on the floating captain's chair and chuckled: "Whether or not it will implicate us, is it too late to regret it now?"
The scene of me rescuing you just now will probably be known throughout the entire Star Glory Empire within a day.
Even if I return you to the Third Prince now, do you think he will believe that you and I are innocent?
It's like I take you into an interstellar hotel in front of your fiancé, then turn around and send you back, and tell him I didn't do anything.
Your fiancée, I'm giving her back to you.
I think if Qin Hu were in that situation, he'd probably want to kill me even more than he does right now.
Su Lan was taken aback; it seemed that this was indeed the case.
For Qin Hu, this was nothing short of a series of humiliations and a desecration of his corpse.
"Now... what... what do we do..." Su Lan was at a loss.
Zhao Wan'er held Su Lan's hand: "Senior, you don't need to worry about these things."
Now that my brother is here, you just need to trust him.
Right, bro?
Zhao Wan'er looked at Zhao Chen.
This girl.
Now he's thinking about himself. When he was carrying Su Lan earlier, he was afraid he'd have to carry her for even a little longer.
Zhao Chen smiled and pointed at Su Lan: "Anyway, if you feel bad about it..."
Just pretend you've really been kidnapped by me.
"You are now my 'hostage', Zhao Chen's person."
Su Lan was taken aback, her cheeks flushing slightly.
"Wan'er, take your senior sister down to rest."
"I still have some things to take care of here," Zhao Chen instructed.
"Okay." Zhao Wan'er and Xue Xiaoxiao accompanied Su Lan to rest.
Zhao Chen looked at Lilith beside him: "How's the situation now?"
"Neither the Su family nor the Third Prince's fleet has made a move."
However, our T3 Silver Rat-class light interstellar stealth reconnaissance ship infiltrated the enemy's communication system and learned that the other side had begun to dispatch several Imperial fleets within the Zisu Starfield toward this place.
"The fastest it will take is two hours to arrive, and the slowest will take five hours to get there," Lilith replied.
"It seems that this Third Prince truly hates me."
However, he remained quite calm and even endured humiliation.
Since they're not stopping us now, there's no need for us to waste any more time here.
Relay my order: prepare to return to base.
As long as their interstellar warships don't attack us, we don't need to worry about them.
But if they dare to fire at us, we will retaliate immediately.
As for those interstellar warships blocking our path, the T3 Triceratops-class interstellar heavy assault frigates can easily crush them.
"No need to report!" Zhao Chen said casually, placing his finger on his chin.
"yes."
"Right, don't waste that T3 Dragon Crocodile-class medium interstellar battleship either, isn't it supposed to be part of Su Lan's dowry?"
"Then let's take them back with us."
"yes."
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Sujiaxinggang
"Report, the JF-17 fleet has begun its return voyage!" reported a member of the Su family.
"Is there any movement from the Third Prince's fleet?" Governor Su asked.
The Su family descendant replied, "The Third Prince instructed us to find a way to intercept the Xiaolong fleet and wait for the arrival of other Imperial fleets."
"Intercept? Heh heh heh, why doesn't he use his own interstellar warships to block them?" Governor Su sneered. How could he not know what the Third Prince was up to?
You should know that Zhao Chen is the kind of guy who would actually use a starship to ram another ship.
"Pass on my order: the Su family fleet can simply follow along, it's just for show."
"Anyway, we're not the ones who suffer this time," Governor Su said calmly.
“But...we won’t be able to explain this to the Third Prince later,” the eldest son of the Su family stepped forward and asked.
"Explain? Explain what?" Governor Su said casually, "What is the purpose of the Third Prince marrying Su Lan?"
It's just a marriage alliance with our Su family, a way for the Second Prince to gain leverage in controlling the empire after his future ascension to the throne.
So, who else is this marriage alliance different from?
"As long as this girl's surname is Su, then she will be betrothed to our Su family."
The Su family members around immediately understood what their patriarch meant.
Many people's eyes lit up immediately, thinking that this gave their daughters a chance.
Thinking about it this way, it doesn't seem like Zhao Chen's attempt to steal the bride is such a bad thing after all.
"Wait... what is the JF-17 fleet trying to do?!"
"It seems they want to take the T3 Dragon Crocodile-class medium starship with them!"
At this moment, the Su family discovered that the T3 Dragon Crocodile-class medium interstellar battleship, which was originally part of Su Lan's dowry, had actually sailed away with the Xiaolong fleet.
Alright.
The third prince lost a fiancée.
The Su family lost a T3 Dragon Crocodile-class medium interstellar battleship.
