Saving the overbearing CEO

Chapter 160: Second World: Don't Screw With The Marshal

While the Marshal was trending on Valim Network for none military reasons he was strolling towards the secure conference room for a meeting with his generals. He was so immersed in his own little world that he didn't notice the gazes directed at him by his subordinates. The military personnel were taken aback by the the Marshal's outfit. First of all this was the first time they had seen him dressed casually and top it all off, the words written on his t-shirt were shocking enough to vaniquish one's soul. This caused a stir in the entire base reducing productivity as that t-shirt was too distractive.

Qie Ranzhe was obviously blind to all this so he didn't notice their exaggerated reaction that is until he entered the secure conference room. Stunned, Machu spit out a mouthful of water in his mouth splashing everywhere in a perfect spit-take asking "What the hell are you wearing?" with a haunted expression.

Qie Ranzhe glared at him without saying a word making the man nervous as he cleaned up the mess with some napkins. He had spent enough time with Qie Ranzhe to know how much of a neat freak he was hence his quick response so as not to offend the Marshal any further.

"You can't blame me for this when you are parading the entire base wearing that," said Machu wiping away the water droplets.

As the alarm rang six screens simultaneously lit up as six generals made their appearance for the weekly report but didn't expect to see such a skin crawling scene. All of them tried to maintain a straight face but it looked so unnatural.

General three: What the fuck is he wearing

This was the message sent to the other generals after he created a new encrypted chat group without the Marshal in it.

General six: He looks so cute. XieXie's Private Property hahaha. I am going to make my girlfriend wear something like that.

General one: I think he knocked his head on something. Either that or his gone mad.

General four: Not mad. He's a love sick puppy. What kind of love portion did Zhao Xieshu use? I want some of that.

General one: I suggest you watch your words otherwise we might get caught again.

General three: I made sure he isn't in it this time. Did you see his post this morning? He is a whipped boyfriend hahaha.

General five: More like henpecked and all it took was the Marshal getting laid. That hickey on Xieshu was definitely our Marshal's doing.

General six: Are you kidding? Does he even know how sex works. Look at him, his too staid.

Just as the sixth General sent her message the entire screen went blank with an error message flashing on their group chat.

Error 572: this chat group has been suspended.

Generals, "...."

"Fuck! We are dead," mumbled the third General averting his gaze.

After the last incident, the Marshal had Weasel plant a bug in the system that whatever group chat they create encrypted or not Qie Ranzhe would have access to it. He stopped Machu who was presenting some boring statistics and said, "Whipped boyfriend, love sick and doesn't know how sex works?" in a gentle yet oppressive tone that sent chills down their spines. Judging from his dark soulless eyes the impending punishment could only be severe. Machu secretely lit candles for the generals who were now praying for mercy but what happened next came as a surprise.

"For your own information I know how sex works. My father explained everything to me two days ago plus I did some research before hand. And what's wrong with being a whipped or henpecked boyfriend? Is it necessarily a bad thing," said Qie Ranzhe his tone defensive and panicked. These six people plus Machu could count as his trusted confidants that he could confide in as they had gone through thick and thin together but this was the first time he ever divulged personal details to them.

The six people struggled to restrain themselves snickering while trying to keep a straight face. In the end, it was Machu who couldn't hold back bursting in laughter while saying, "Pfft...you asked the retired Marshal for hahahahaha sex advice? I am sorry, am so sorry Ran-ge....hahahaha, don't be mad its just too fuckin funny," leading to the other generals laughing themselves to tears.

Qie Ranzhe's face darkened, these seven people had to be punished as they were getting too comfortable around him. He wasn't going to let them off easy. Their communicators suddenly flashed notifications at the same time with the exact same message except for Machu.

UPSF Weapon Division: Macha upgrade cancelled

"AAAAHHHH! Marshal that's a bit excessive," said the sixth General with a wan expression. Qie Ranzhe was gifted advanced Mecha plans by Zhao Xieshu which he decided to apply on the generals' mecha including his own which was a confidential project that even the emperor himself didn't know about. It was a need to know basis kind of project.

"Still talking?" he asked in a menacing voice.

UPSF Weapon Division: TX32 advanced pistol delivery delayed.

The entire room fell silent their hearts hurting but couldn't voice out their grievances as Machu carried on with his presentation. After the meeting ended, Qie Ranzhe head straight for the base hangar handing over Zhao Xieshu's communicator to Machu.

"I am going to the auction house over at planet Tristan. Give this to Xieshu and don't tell him where I am going," he said intending to surprise Zhao Xieshu with a unique wedding ring custom designed for him but the precious gem was on a trading planet known as Tristan a few light years away.

Machu understood what he meant but his mind was little preoccupied wondering why he wasn't punished when he obviously incited others to laugh. He could say he was the group leader. Qie Ranzhe could clearly read Machu's expression and said, "Your punishment is special. Check UPSF official website and you will understand," before entering his warship. It was only after the Marshal had departed that he left for his office but people kept on giving him funny looks along the way. Some group of girls were openly giggling with one of them saying, "Great dancing skills Admiral."

It was only then that he quickened his steps reaching his office in a flash before opening the official website in haste. To his dismay, Qie Ranzhe had posted a video of him doing the chicken dance while drunk on his birthday and now everyone in the entire base had seen it. All because he poked fun at the Marshal. He should have known Qie Ranzhe was indeed too petty.

***

A few streets over in the royal palace Emperor Zhao was busy counting his loses. Seventy percent of his secret bases in several planets had been bombed by some unknown persons greatly reducing his private army's strength. This put him in desperate position. He had to gain control of the entire UPSF fleet as quickly as possible as he couldn't shake the feeling that someone was plotting aganist him. Whoever it was wouldn't be able to achieve their goal with the UPSF fleet backing him up but to achieve this he had to get rid of the Marshal.

"What is your plan of action?" he asked the mysterious cloaked man who had been silently watching him in the shadows.

"The Marshal just left Valim for the planet Tristan. When he passes the zerg territory I will intercept him and use the EMP device. The zerg will do the rest. A lot of zerg died in the Marshal's hands so naturally they won't let him walk off that planet alive," said the cloaked man hoping to get Zhao Xieshu to his side once he eliminates the Marshal.

"Good. Once your plan succeeds I will have Zhao Xieshu married off to some peasant family. I will also convince the council to transfer UPSF fleet's command to me and lead them to destroy the entire zerg race to avenge the Marshal earning me the generals' trust," said Emperor Zhao commending himself for a flawless plan.