StarCraft: Everyone wants the Queen

Chapter 199 Your beauty is the only way to bribe.

“But this lovely lady,” Katherine pulled out a chair for her at the table and asked very subtly and politely, “what brings you to Castor?”

Upon hearing this, Shen Qingqing glanced up at him, then sat down, paying no attention to him whatsoever.

"No, I just had nothing to do."

"Well, it seems that Miss doesn't want to have a long talk with me."

The elegantly dressed man opposite him sighed and rubbed his forehead in exasperation. "I thought Miss had come here because she needed something, but it seems I was overthinking it."

Before Shen Qingqing could breathe a sigh of relief, the man opposite her spoke again, "But why does Miss have my terminal?"

Shen Qingqing glanced at the silver bracelet in his hand.

Wasn't that something Ge Yuan found for her on the black market?

It turned out to be his stuff.

"Does the young lady's refusal to answer mean she's admitting to possessing military secrets?"

Katherine wouldn't let it go.

He was determined to find out who this young lady was.

The data obtained from the Federation shows that this person does not exist at all, and there is absolutely no information about her in the upper star system.

However, the relationship between the lower star system and them has always been strained, so it cannot be ruled out that she smuggled herself in from the lower star system.

When did people with such strong mental abilities appear in the next galaxy?

I remember the last time I heard of someone possessing such mental power was a few Zerg.

But...

Katherine glanced at the young lady sitting in front of him. Although she wasn't the most beautiful he had ever seen, she was still the pure and lovely type.

They definitely don't look like the Zerg, with their ferocious appearance.

Therefore, he immediately removed Shen Qingqing from the Zerg list.

"You mean that's a military secret?" Shen Qingqing pointed to the bracelet on his hand. "I thought it was something important. It can't be anything important if it's on the black market, can it?"

She was implying that Katherine hadn't taken good care of her belongings and instead allowed them to end up on the black market.

When she and Ge Yuan saw the terminal on the black market, it was already covered in a layer of dust.

It is evident that the terminal has been lost for a considerable period of time.

The fact that it took so long to find it shows that Katherine didn't really care about this so-called military secret.

Since they don't seem to care much, it's probably just some cheap imitations.

"The real classified documents were transferred and deleted long ago when the terminal was lost, am I right, Katherine?"

Katherine was taken aback. She had thought that she would be fooled and put at a disadvantage, but she did not expect that she would see through her so quickly.

“As expected, lovely ladies are all very intelligent,” Katherine raised her glass to toast her. “Your insight has truly impressed me. This glass is for you.”

After saying that, he drank the red wine in his glass in one gulp.

Shen Qingqing watched him uncork the red wine, and since it was just the two of them, it wasn't realistic to drug him or anything like that, so she raised her glass to him in return.

The rosy wine slid across her pink lips and into her warm mouth, giving her beautiful face a blush.

Shen Qingqing was still glad that she hadn't taken off her disguise mask, otherwise he probably would have recognized her identity the moment he saw her.

A little wine is pleasant, but too much wine is harmful to health.

Katherine watched Shen Qingqing holding cutlery with great interest.

Her eating posture and subtle mannerisms reveal that she received excellent etiquette training and possesses very standard royal manners.

Although their interests differ slightly, the demeanor revealed in one's every gesture cannot be cultivated overnight.

That is why Katherine decided to focus her attention on the members of the lost interstellar royal family.

Once the atmosphere had eased, she tried asking, "I don't even know what Miss's name is. Would you do me the honor of telling me?"

Shen Qingqing made up a name on the spot, "Irina".

As for why this name was chosen, it's simply because it's easy to pronounce.

“Irina, what a nice name,” Katherine praised without any politeness. “But Miss Irina, we’ve known each other for so long, are you still unwilling to take off your mask?”

"If you are unwilling to show your true self, it's really hard for me to suspect that you're hiding something."

Katherine was simply unable to resist beauty, but he wasn't stupid.

I could tell from the first glance that she was wearing a disguise mask.

However, it's just that it hasn't been exposed yet.

Since he's already put it so bluntly, I can't keep pretending anymore.

So Shen Qingqing simply and decisively removed the mask from her face.

A delicate, fair-skinned, and beautiful face appeared before Katherine.

Just as he had imagined, she was beautiful, the kind of beauty that didn't contain any chemical additives. Katherine admitted that he had seen many beauties, whether they were hot, delicate, or alluring, none of them were as beautiful as the girl in front of him.

Perhaps it wasn't beauty, but a maternal instinct emanating from within.

He couldn't explain it in detail, but he felt that Irina was no ordinary girl the moment he saw her.

Based on past experience, if this woman's face is fake, then it's likely that her name, Irina, is also fake.

“Miss,” Katherine called out, “According to the Federation Interstellar Act, no matter where you obtained this terminal, failing to hand it over to the Federation Center immediately constitutes disobeying the Federation.”

"but……"

Katherine paused for a moment, then walked straight to Shen Qingqing's side and took off her white gloves in his shocked gaze.

Then she took a white rose from the vase, placed it in front of her chest, knelt down on one knee, and her dark eyes were full of tender affection.

"Your beauty is the only way to bribe me."

Before Shen Qingqing could react, he took it upon himself to grab one of her hands and press his forehead against the back of her hand.

“From this day forward, I, Katherine, will not accept any form of bribery other than your beauty.”

Shen Qingqing looked at Katherine somewhat at a loss. Was this person someone who used his face as a pass?

Isn't this a bit too hasty?

Despite thinking this way, Shen Qingqing knew that this was undoubtedly a good thing for her.

Why not achieve the greatest bribe with the least cost?

“Katherine,” Shen Qingqing pulled her hand back, “So, does that mean the adults aren’t going to hold me responsible?”

“Not bad,” Katherine felt the warm little hand leave her palm, and for some reason, she felt a little empty inside. “I told you, Miss, that your beauty is the only way to bribe me, so…”

Katherine paused for a moment, then looked up at Shen Qingqing.

She solemnly declared, word by word, "Katherine is willing to do anything for you except for matters of principle."

"I swear by my rank of general."

"So what else do you want besides beauty?" Shen Qingqing knew, of course, that he would never help her unconditionally.

So she went along with his words, "But I don't think you would help me unconditionally, just because of your beauty? Although the latter is more likely, don't you think that reason is a bit absurd, Admiral Katherine?"

“Although it sounds incredible, I believe that Miss Irina’s strength alone is more than enough to roam the galaxy.” Kayson, still kneeling on one knee, looked up at her with bright eyes.

"I'll do anything you ask as long as you stay by my side."