Chapter 24Â
Before the class had even ended, almost every department knew that Shen Shuyu had turned over a new leaf.
As the youngest son of the Shen family and an Omega, Shen Shuyu was already well-known. In his first month of enrollment, the Shen Group had donated a library and five new mechas to the Mecha Department in his name. Coupled with his fanatical pursuit of Chi Yanxun, students from every departmentânot just Mechaâknew of him.
Even the teachers had heard the rumors.
It was just that due to his status, no one dared to speak openly. But today, everyone was frantically refreshing the campus forum for news.
With all this refreshing, old posts were bumped up to the top.
After a reminder from the System, Shen Shuyu naturally knew what these people were doing. He was also curious about what exactly the original host had done in the past!
Since he couldn’t discuss anything useful with Wen Jiafei anyway, as soon as class ended, he calmly picked up his bag and left the lecture hall. He headed to the secluded spot he had found previously, tossed his bag aside, sat on the long bench, and opened the campus forum on his phone.
It was fine if he didn’t look, but one look gave him a fright.
Good heavens, the homepage was practically flooded with posts about him. The occasional post that wasn’t directly named after him carried Chi Yanxunâs name, which meant it was likely related to him as well.
Just how crazy was the original host before…?
Shen Shuyu didn’t even dare to imagine.
He browsed through them in chronological order. After reading them, he felt his temples throbbing.
Xiao 1 asked in his mind: ăMaster~ Why have you stopped talking?ă
Shen Shuyu felt a headache coming on. He said: ăLet me have some peace.ă
He had expected the original host to be a troublemaker, but he hadn’t expected him to be this much of a troublemaker. This included, but was not limited to, sending 999 red roses to the Reserve Department and high-profilely making the florist read out his love confession card, as well as driving a dozen sports cars to pick up Chi Yanxun after school. Of course, Chi Yanxun had avoided all of this with immense disgust.
After calming down for a while, Shen Shuyu asked: ăWhy did the original host like Chi Yanxun so much?ă
It was simply love to the point of madness. He suspected that if Chi Yanxun said he liked the moon in the sky, the original host would try his best to pluck it down.
Xiao 1 flickered twice: ăIn the text, only one sentence was mentioned: “Chi Yanxun helped him once when they were children, driving away the hooligans who were bullying him.”ă
Understood. The classic trope of a hero saving the beauty.
Shen Shuyu felt depressed. He braced his hands on the bench behind him, tilting his head back to look at the sky. There was still some time before the next class started. Since the forum posts were being bumped so fiercely right now, he estimated he would be scrutinized by everyoneâs gaze if he went back now. He might as well stay here until class was about to begin.
Besides, this place was very quiet; very few people came here. having made up his mind, he pushed his schoolbag to the other side and lay down, crossing his legs. Feeling the sunlight was a bit too bright, he fished a random test paper out of his bag and draped it over his face.
Shen Shuyu told the System to wake him when it was almost time for class. Having woken up early for Monday classes, he was still a bit sleepy.
Xiao 1 flickered twice and went into standby mode.
Shen Shuyu mentally calculated the upcoming plot. Not long after, he heard footsteps. Shen Shuyu lifted a corner of the paper covering his face and glanced toward the sound, unexpectedly seeing Shen Xili approaching.
Shen Shuyu dropped the paper back down and continued to zone out with his legs crossed.
What was the next important plot point again?
Oh, right. In November, when the weather gets colder, the interstellar academies will hold a Survival Competition. As a cannon fodder, in this competition…
“Shen Shuyu.”
Shen Shuyuâs train of thought was broken. Mn? So he wasn’t just passing by? Shen Xili came to find me.
However, he didn’t really want to remove the paper from his face. He didn’t particularly want to see Shen Xili because he felt quite guilty toward him. That scene on Friday was completely forced overtime work for the plot. The guy had saved him, yet before he could even change out of his wet clothes, Shen Shuyu had driven him away with “unreasonable tantrums.”
There was no helping it. It wasn’t his intention, but as a malicious cannon fodder villain, he couldn’t exactly thank him amicably and tell him to go change, could he? Especially since Shen Yisi was on his way at that time…
Just as he was pondering, the test paper on his face was suddenly removed. He subconsciously opened his eyes, only to be met directly by the dazzling sunlight. His eyes stung, and he reflexively closed them again, raising a hand to shield his eyes before barely managing to open his left eye a slit.
Shen Xili stood beside him wearing the school uniform. At this moment, he was looking down at the test paper he had removed from Shen Shuyu’s face. It was one the original host had taken previously, and two digits were glaringly written on it: 13.
Shen Shuyu sat up and looked up at him.
Shen Xili happened to be standing in the light. After Shen Shuyu sat up, the two were very close. The words were on the tip of Shen Shuyu’s tongue, but when he saw that face, he couldn’t help but freeze for a moment.
Shen Xili was truly beautiful. Despite being an Alpha, this face was prettier than an Omegaâs. Especially those eyesâthey were peach blossom eyes, just like Shen Yisiâs, but his gave off a more exquisite feeling.
Shen Shuyu had been here for so long, but he had actually only seen his parents in photos. Their mother was a top-tier Omega, a gentle beauty, and Father Shen naturally wasn’t bad either.
Shen Yisi resembled Father Shen, while Shen Xili looked like a perfect blend of the parents’ best features.
Shen Shuyu blinked. Looking at it this way, both children resembled the parents, yet he didn’t look like them at all. Did they never suspect anything?
“Shen Shuyu.”
Shen Xili called him again.
Shen Shuyuâs expression relaxed. “Mn? What?”
His gaze was still fixed straight on Shen Xiliâs face, looking as if he hadn’t reacted yet.
Shen Xili raised an eyebrow slightly. He let Shen Shuyu stare, simply taking the envelope from the morning out of his bag.
He bent down slightly and placed the envelope together with the test paper on the bench. “I didn’t touch the money inside.”
Only then did Shen Shuyu look down at the envelope; the seal hadn’t even been opened.
He looked up again. “This is compensation for your clothes. My brother said that proper etiquette must be observed.”
Actually, Shen Yisi didn’t know about this at all. For a small matter of gratitude like this, the Chi family, as the hosts, would naturally have handled it.
But Shen Shuyuâs conscience really couldn’t take it, and besides, in the early stages, Shen Xili was quite poor.
Hearing his words, Shen Xili couldn’t help raising an eyebrow lightly. “You listen to your brother that much?”
He still remembered Shen Shuyu calling him a vixen. Receiving this ‘apology gift’ today was honestly a surprise at first, but then he thought, what kind of trick is this Little Young Master playing now?
Furthermore, protecting people was the duty of the Reserve Department. Since he intended to become a Grand General in the future, hesitation was not an option. That was why, the moment he saw Shen Shuyu fall into the water, he had jumped in immediately.
Shen Shuyu gave an ‘Mn’. “My brother is the most amazing person. Although I don’t like you, since my brother said so, I’ll thank you then.”
Shen Xili stared at him for a few seconds. Logically speaking, someone talking to him like this would be very, very rude. But although Shen Shuyu acted disgusted, Shen Xili didn’t feel any sincerity in it.
Instead, it seemed more like he was just being stubborn.
Shen Shuyu didn’t understand why the Protagonist Shou was staring at him like that. He swallowed his saliva. Crap, he isn’t so angry from embarrassment that he wants to silence me, is he?!
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