Chapter 190 - Li Ling Is Too Cute!

Wang GuiYing chuckled as he joined everyone else as well. He lifted his right hand and held it over his left chest, "I don't know you, but based on how much I've seen, I can confidently say that you weren't a person I would normally hate. You were brave. Thank you." 

Zhou Xinyi also did the same action but he could not say anything decipherable. When he opened his mouth, the only thing everyone could hear was uncomfortable mechanical grunting sounds. 

"He said Thank you," Wang GuiYing translated and Zhou Xinyi nodded, confirming that Wang GuiYing's translation was on point. 

"Captain, you'll never be forgotten," The other soldiers also joined in and chimed. 

After a few more minutes, the intense fight had finally come to the last phase and was almost finished. 

All of the newly created ribots had been destroyed and most of the ribix had also been destroyed, leaving behind nothing more than ashes dancing with the wind.. 

One last ribix remained and with just a swing of her staff, even that ribix was turned into ashes by Leyah whose half body had already started to turn into nothing more than dust. 

Ding~

[Congratulations on completing your mission: Win the ribix war!] 

They finally heard the notification sound that they had been waiting for.

Leyah turned her head to look at them and although all they could see was a ribot standing in her place, somehow, behind that unmoving expressionless face of a ribot, they could still sense the warm smile of the girl. 

The Ribot god kept on staring at them and everyone was sure that it wasn't the 'god' that was staring at them, it was Leyah saying her last goodbyes. 

"You did good," Li Ling mouthed out and he could swear that he saw a delighted tear trail down her face. 

[You have cleared D-ranked level 607: Metropolis War!] 

Li Ling could finally sigh in relief as he didn't even bother waiting for all the rewards to be announced. He immediately took the headset off his head and helped Zhihao take his headset off as well. 

The staff that was waiting outside rushed in with their first aid equipment that was on standby. 

"Help me get him to my car." Li Ling spoke and when he saw no one moving as fast as he'd like them to, he shouted angrily, "Now!" 

One of the staff members took all the other equipment off of Zhihao's body while another staff member tried to check Zhihao's pulse before putting an oxygen mask around Zhihao's mouth and nose. 

"A-Zhi, can you hear me?" Li Ling asked, his voice shaking in fear. 

"He's alright, sir," A staff member tried to reassure Li Ling, "Just get him to the hospital as fast as possible." 

Li Ling nodded as he picked Zhihao up and carried him all the way to his car with a few staff members running around him in order to help him in any way they could. 

Li Ling had never been a person who enjoyed driving slow and with Zhihao having a medical emergency, there was an even lesser reason for him to drive slow. 

He sped by the other cars and within a few minutes, he was already at the hospital where Zhihao was rushed to the emergency room and Li Ling was forced to wait outside it. 

After an hour, his condition became stable and Zhihao gained consciousness. 

Li Ling who hadn't cried till now suddenly burst out into a mess of tears as he saw Zhihao opening his eyes and smiling as he saw him. 

"You idiot!" Li Ling cried out as he engulfed the man in a tight hug. 

Zhihao chuckled softly as he heard this, "I'm the one who almost died, why are you crying?" 

Li Ling clenched his fist and lightly hit Zhihao's chest as he scolded him, "I told you to take it easy, didn't I?!" 

Zhihao smiled as he nodded, "It's my fault. I'm sorry." 

"No, you're not," Li Ling hit him again, "You're not even pretending to regret it!" 

Zhihao chuckled as he once again nodded, "You're right again." 

Li Ling lifted his head and looked at Zhihao straight in the eyes as he asked, "When I said that you will never see me again if you do something dangerous, did you think I was joking?" 

Zhihao's muscles tensed up as he heard this. He opened his mouth to say something as a response but before the words could roll out of his tongue, he was forced to gulp them all back down when Li Ling continued scolding him. 

"Don't even think about giving the excuse that it's a game!" Li Ling sniffled back his tears and snot, "It's not just a game!" 

Zhihao pursed his lips as he heard this but said nothing to that. 

"I'll give you one more chance," Li Ling added, "And if you put yourself in danger ever again! You're really never gonna see me again! Never!" 

Zhihao chuckled softly as he nodded his head, "Got it." 

Li Ling frowned as he kept looking at Zhihao who, like every other patient in a hospital, looked sick and weak. 

"How can I go putting myself in danger when I have such a caring wife?" Zhihao pinched Li Ling's cheeks and teased him. 

Li Ling pushed his hand away, "Who the hell is your wife?! I'm your freaking husband!" 

Zhihao's eyes widened slightly as he heard this, "You're the dominating type, huh? Then do you want me to be the wife?" 

Li Ling frowned as he questioned, "Why the hell would you be the wife? If I wanted a wife, I would've married a woman!" 

Zhihao looked to be amused as he smirked, "But when did we get married?" 

Li Ling pursed his lips and turned his head away angrily, "Okay then! If you don't want to get married, then don't! I don't care!" 

Zhihao couldn't help but break out into a fit of laughter as he heard this. He clutched his abdomen as he exclaimed, "Ah! My stomach! How can you be so goddamn cute?! Ah!" 

Li Ling's eyes widened as he also moved forward to grab Zhihao's torso, "Are you okay? W-where does it hurt?"

Zhihao rubbed Li Ling's head as he commented, "It should be illegal to be this cute." 

Li Ling frowned as he hit Zhihao's stomach, "Since you're in the hospital, learn to act like a patient!" 

Zhihao smiled brightly in response. 

Since there wasn't anything majorly wrong with his health, the doctor allowed Zhihao to be released on the same day and he was more than happy to be escorted back home by Li Ling. 

He asked Li Ling to stay back but Li Ling shook his head and still went back saying that he had things to take care of. 

Zhihao clearly wanted to hold the man back but in the end, he still knew that work was important and simply let Li Ling go back on his own. 

When Zhihao's brother saw the two being so lovey-dovey towards each other, his face cringed up as he uncomfortably asked Zhihao, "Are you finally together or something?" 

Zhihao smiled warmly as he gestured for Huang Zhen to come over. 

The boy was a bit suspicious but in the end, he still ended up trusting Zhihao as he came over and let Zhihao smack his head. 

"Ow!" He exclaimed as he grabbed his head in a rather overexaggerating manner. 

"Don't make that face, it makes me want to hit you," Zhihao beamed, "And treat him with some respect. He's your brother-in-law." 

Huang Zhen looked to be a bit shocked as he frowned, "So you two already got married without our permission?" 

Zhihao smiled before smacking Huang Zhen's head for the second time, "Why would we need your permission?" 

"Not me! Not me!" Huang Zhen rubbed his head with a wronged expression, "I was talking about our parents!" 

Zhihao smiled as he smacked Huang Zhen's head for the third time, "Try being a little happy for your big bro, okay?" 

"Damn it! Stop hitting me! Where the hell is my nice brother?! Who are you? My brother never used to hit me like this!" Huang Zhen glared at Zhihao before taking out his phone and turning it on, "I'm calling mom!" 

Zhihao squinted at Huang Zhen's phone before gesturing for him to come over. 

Huang Zhen shook his head, "I'm not coming over again! You'll hit me!" 

Zhihao pursed his lips as he put his palm forward, "Give me your phone, idiot." 

Huang Zhen gulped and was reluctant, however, in the end, he still handed the phone over. 

Zhihao immediately switched the phone on and couldn't help but be a little shocked as he saw his brother's wallpaper, "Whoa~ Are you dating without my permission now?" 

Huang Zhen immediately snatched his phone back as he heard this question, "No!" 

Zhihao looked at his brother and smiled mischievously as he asked, "Wasn't that Li Ling's sister and you? Why do you have her in your wallpaper?" 

"First of all, I don't need your permission to date someone. Second of all, there are more people in that picture! And third of all, why the hell would I date that abusive cosplayer?!" 

Zhihao snickered as he heard this but said nothing more.