Chapter 387 – ABO: The Heaven-Sent Sweetheart – The Little Miracle Doctor Reappears (11)
The pursuers chased relentlessly, but they still couldn’t catch up with Jacob’s speed. Only when Jacob and the others boarded the spaceship did the inspectors finally arrive, sighing as they watched the ship take off.
“They got away…” The deputy captain of the inspection team stomped his foot in anger. Not only had they lost so many personnel, but their captain was also severely injured. How were they supposed to maintain the team’s reputation after this?
The higher-ups in the inspection corps, as expected from subordinates of the Supreme Marshal of the Interstellar Alliance, cared greatly about their dignity—and about their lives.
Not long after, news arrived that Sam, the senior deputy inspector who had secretly gone down to the small planet, had been captured by Jacob. The deputy captain, who hadn’t even returned to the office yet, was so frightened he almost wet himself.
It was over. It was completely over. Failing to catch their target could still be excused by saying Jacob was cunning—but the capture of a senior deputy inspector? That was entirely their failure. If the Supreme Marshal learned they couldn’t maintain public security, things would become very, very bad.
The spaceship took off, and since the people behind them couldn’t track their route, no one followed.
Bai Tang finally let out a breath of relief. They had finally shaken off those people—no more running for their lives. Interstellar travel was already exhausting, and traveling nonstop pushed his stamina to its limit.
“Tang Tang, are you feeling better?” Jacob was most worried about Bai Tang’s body. Omegas were naturally fragile—could he really handle all this running around with him?
“I’m fine… just tired. I want to sleep.” Bai Tang rubbed his eyes. After getting motion-sick earlier, he felt even sleepier.
“Alright. Let’s sleep.” Jacob handed control of the ship to Warren, then brought Bai Tang to a guest room. He prepared warm water and gently wiped the boy’s body before holding him close and coaxing him to sleep.
Only after Bai Tang’s breathing settled into a steady rhythm did Jacob quietly leave the room.
Sam lay on the floor like a dead pig, tossed aside without care.
His hands and feet were tied, and as Jacob walked by, Sam kept shrinking backward. He was terrified—this man was a monster, a devil.
Sam had once been one of the Supreme Marshal’s deputy generals. Jacob did not walk away; instead, he crouched down in front of Sam and pulled out the cloth stuffed in his mouth. A charming smile appeared on Jacob’s face—but in Sam’s eyes, it was the smile of a demon.
“Uncle Sam, long time no see. Don’t you remember me?”
The sudden polite tone stunned Sam. It sounded familiar… he seemed to have heard it somewhere before.
Jacob wasn’t in a hurry. He had waited more than ten years; a few minutes meant nothing.
Sam thought and thought. When he saw the small mole behind Jacob’s ear, the face of the man before him finally overlapped with the smile of a child from ten years ago.
His eyes widened in terror. “Y-You… it’s you…”
Jacob’s expression didn’t change. “Yes, it’s me, Uncle Sam.”
“You—you… aren’t you…” Dead? That explosion… it was impossible for anyone to survive. Impossible!
Jacob’s smile vanished. He grabbed Sam’s jaw viciously and snarled, “Back then, the Supreme Marshal was truly impressive—needing a nobody like me to save him. He stepped onto the Marshal’s throne soaked in his own son’s blood. Such brilliance… truly unmatched.”
Sam had once been Jacob’s father’s deputy general. Because they were familiar, Sam easily tricked young Jacob into leaving the base. It was only after arriving that Jacob realized he had been used as bait. You can’t catch a wolf without sacrificing a lamb—the Supreme Marshal had mastered this tactic to perfection. Every time Jacob remembered it, he could only applaud him in bitter mockery.
“I—I was only following orders! It wasn’t my decision, it wasn’t my idea…” Sam begged repeatedly, terrified Jacob would discover he had been the one who suggested the plan to the Marshal back then. Now that he was in Jacob’s hands, if Jacob found out, he would be done for.
“Uncle Sam, you look pathetic when you beg.” Jacob exerted force and dislocated Sam’s jaw. Sam’s mouth hung open, drool spilling out, making him look even more disgusting.
The more Jacob thought about it, the angrier he became. If not for Sam, his mother would never have been forced down that path.
Just as he tightened his grip around Sam’s throat, a soft, sweet voice sounded beside his ear.
“Abu~”
Jacob instinctively released his hand. He turned around immediately, using his body to block Sam from view. He didn’t want Tang Tang to see this cruel side of him.
“Tang Tang, why are you awake?” Jacob stepped forward, pulling the boy—and the squirrel plushie in his arms—into his embrace.
“You weren’t there… I couldn’t sleep~” Bai Tang murmured. He had gotten used to sleeping while being held by Jacob. With Jacob gone, he truly couldn’t rest.
“Alright, I’ll stay with you.” Jacob’s voice softened instantly, gentle and tender—as if the ruthless man who had almost taken a life moments earlier wasn’t him.
Luckily, Bai Tang appeared in time, indirectly saving Sam’s life.
Otherwise, Jacob’s plan would have needed to change again. His original intention was to keep Sam alive and fabricate the appearance that Sam had defected to his side—using that to deceive the Supreme Marshal and the Imperial General.
He knew them both too well. If they thought their own subordinate had joined a third faction, they would immediately grow suspicious.
The spaceship landed on Pirate Star, and the unfamiliar newcomers put everyone at the port on high alert.
When the pirates saw that the person coming down the ramp was Jacob, they erupted into cheers, dropping whatever they were holding and rushing forward.
“Jacob! Jacob!”
“Boss is back!”
“Boss is back!!”
“Hurry, go tell everyone—!”
The enthusiastic alphas shoved Warren all the way to the back. In an instant, the pirates surrounded Jacob and Bai Tang from all sides. If Jacob hadn’t been holding Bai Tang tightly in his arms, Bai Tang would probably have ended up like Warren—squeezed into some corner and left who-knows-where.
“Everyone, back up.” At Jacob’s command, everyone immediately stepped back a few paces. A circular space with a two-meter radius opened up around Jacob.
Bai Tang greedily inhaled the fresh air—he really did prefer nature and quiet environments.
Jacob cared for Bai Tang attentively, taking his hand and giving it two light kisses. Bai Tang responded with a shy smile, and with that smile, it felt as though spring had bloomed all at once.
Only then did the pirates notice the beta boy standing beside their boss—and how close the two were.
Boss has a beta!
Boss’s iron tree has finally blossomed!!!
Everyone stared in astonishment, not daring to breathe loudly for fear of startling the clean and delicate-looking boy. If their boss’s future spouse ran away because of them, they could never afford the consequences.
Two small dogs jumped off the spaceship and rushed straight to Bai Tang’s feet.
Held by Jacob’s hand, Bai Tang introduced himself gracefully, “Hello, I’m Bai Tang.”
“From now on, Tang Tang is your Madam. His status is second only to mine.” Jacob added this immediately after Bai Tang’s introduction, establishing his status before anyone could even question it.
Jacob narrowed his eyes and swept his gaze across everyone present. The terrifying pressure that came with it rolled across the crowd, making it hard for them to breathe.
If he ever found out someone bullied Tang Tang, he would make sure they wouldn’t live to regret it.
Jacob had always been kind to his subordinates—rarely punishing anyone, let alone suppressing them with sheer aura. It was clear he truly cared about this beta boy.
“Don’t scare them,” Bai Tang whispered.
In the storybook plot he had read, these subordinates were actually quite good people and loyal to the protagonist. Bai Tang had always been generous to ‘his own people.’
Using his backpack as cover, he took out a handful of recovery potions from his space pouch. These had been mission rewards from before, but since he was always eager to see his lover as quickly as possible, he often tossed rewards into his pouch without checking them.
Recovery potions were incredibly valuable in this world. For alphas, their effect was comparable to the most powerful tonic pills—no side effects, and they could restore a person to peak condition almost instantly. They existed in this world, but were extremely difficult to make and extremely rare.
Bai Tang brought out an entire folding-space box full of them—one for each person, no one left out. Even Warren, who had only recently joined Jacob’s crew, received one.
Warren stared blankly at the pale lavender potion in his hand, utterly stunned.
He had served the Alliance, working himself to exhaustion for nothing more than his monthly salary, with not a single extra benefit. Yet after following Jacob—a notorious pirate—he finally understood what true unity and brotherhood felt like.
Bai Tang handed out the potions one by one. Everyone who received one thanked him sincerely. As the boy walked past them at close range, they caught the strong alpha scent all over him. Instinctively, they lifted their heads and shot Jacob several discreet glances.
Did he really have to be that fierce?
The little cutie was a beta—no matter what, he couldn’t be marked like an omega. For a beta to carry an alpha’s scent… just how much must Bai Tang have endured?
The pirates silently scolded Jacob with their eyes. Doesn’t he know how to cherish someone so precious? No wonder no beta or omega ever agreed to follow him before. Now that he finally has such a cute partner, he should be protecting him like a treasure! If the boy runs away, see how you cry later.
They conveniently forgot that it was their boss who didn’t want a partner before—not that he was disliked.
Bai Tang’s generosity and kindness instantly increased everyone’s affection for him. Such precious potions, given away so freely, and one for each person—it was a huge gesture. Only someone who truly saw them as his own would share like this; no one would waste such treasures on strangers.
This small planet had originally been uninhabited. After Jacob discovered it, he formed a crew, took control of the place, and turned it into their main base.
Now that they had returned, they could finally relax.
The crewmate for whom they had stolen the blue gem had survived thanks to Jacob’s order to bring the gem back immediately. They had exchanged it for medicine from a black-market merchant, saving the man’s life. However, his legs were left with a permanent injury. He could still run and jump, but not too fast—and his gait was uneven, limping with every step.
Jacob looked at Sou and patted his shoulder.
“There’s always hope as long as you’re alive.”
He didn’t want to see his brother fall into despair.
But Sou was a sensitive man. Before Jacob even returned, he had already fallen into inferiority. He forced a smile and said, “I hope so.”
Yet in his heart, he thought: How could a cripple like me stay on Pirate Star and continue following Jacob? I’m just dragging the boss down…
Bai Tang, who had been watching quietly from the side, finally spoke.
“Fixing it isn’t that hard~”
The boy’s soft, sweet voice instantly lit hope in everyone present—especially in Sou.
Sou asked excitedly, “W-What did you say? I can still recover?”
It wasn’t that he didn’t want to believe it, but even advanced medical technology couldn’t heal his leg. Now someone was saying they could—of course he felt both excitement and doubt.
“If you trust me, I can try,” Bai Tang said, looking at Jacob with full confidence in his expression.