Chapter 79
Shen Yisi looked at Shen Shuyu and raised an eyebrow slightly. He opened his mouth, but surprisingly, Shen Shuyu understood the look in his eyes and quickly said, “Don’t get any wild ideas!”
He said indignantly, “Why do you always think I’ve taken a fancy to someone!”
Shen Yisi shrugged lightly. “He’s not bad, but as an SS-rank Alpha, his performance in the survival battle wasn’t particularly dazzling. There’s still a lot of room for improvement.”
“That’s it?” Shen Shuyu asked in confusion.
That was all?
Was Shen Xili’s face completely ineffective?
No suspicion at all?
Shen Yisi smiled. “Otherwise, why don’t you tell me?”
Shen Shuyu said, “I just feel that he and you, Brother—”
His words came to an abrupt halt as the System shrieked a warning in his brain.
His heart began to constrict, and his face instantly turned pale.
It had been so long since he was warned that he had almost forgotten: this matter could not be spoken of.
Shen Yisi noticed something was wrong and put an arm around his shoulders. “What’s wrong, Little Yu?”
Shen Shuyu took a moment to recover, waiting until the feeling faded slightly. He shook his head. “Nothing, just felt a bit of a cramp in my leg.”
“Cramp?” Shen Yisi looked doubtfully at his hand clutching his chest. Shen Shuyu also glanced down, then silently bent over to place his hand on his calf, giving Shen Yisi two awkward chuckles (“Hehe”).
Shen Yisi saw clearly and understood clearly, but he didn’t say much. He simply reached out, lifted that leg, and placed his warm palm on the calf, gently massaging it a few times through the thin fabric.
Shen Shuyu felt strange. Even though they were brothers, Shen Yisi was a bit too doting. He couldn’t help but shrink his leg back, but Shen Yisi held onto it. Looking up at Shen Shuyu, he asked, “Is it better now?”
“Much better, much better.” Shen Shuyu took the opportunity to retract his leg. “Thanks, Brother. You’re so good to me.”
Shen Yisi sighed. “You, ah, never let anyone stop worrying.”
Shen Shuyu laughed twice. “I’m hungry, Brother. Let’s eat.”
He had smelled the aroma of food as soon as he returned, and his stomach had been growling for a long time.
Shen Yisi nodded. He stood up and walked to the dining table with Shen Shuyu.
This meal lasted quite a while. Shen Yisi asked many questions about Shen Shuyu’s time in the survival battle. It was rare for the two brothers to sit so leisurely at the dining table chatting.
Shen Shuyu returned to his bedroom, took a quick shower, and lay down on his soft bed.
The System popped up at this moment, speaking gloomily: [Master, you almost disrupted the order of this world just now.]
[Sorry, okay? We were just chatting and I got carried away. It won’t happen again.] Shen Shuyu brushed it off without much emotion.
Only then did Xiao Yi become happy again. [Master, this kind of mistake really can’t happen again! Otherwise, if you can’t complete the mission, we’ll have to go do missions in other worlds!]
Shen Shuyu gave two perfunctory “En” sounds. He asked, [What if the characters awaken on their own?]
The System flickered twice, not quite understanding Shen Shuyu’s meaning.
Shen Shuyu thought for a moment and rephrased his question. [What you mentioned before, that thing called ‘plots outside the plot,’ what does that mean? It was too chaotic at the time, tell me in detail again.]
[Master, I don’t know what you are talking about. Please speak in more detail so Xiao Yi can answer you.]
Shen Shuyu froze for a moment, then asked in confusion, [It’s what you told me before? You don’t remember?]
[Master, Xiao Yi didn’t say anything~ Is Master remembering wrong?] The System asked very sincerely.
Shen Shuyu pursed his lips. What was going on?
It seemed this ‘plot outside the plot’ could only be explored by himself.
Seeing Shen Shuyu stop talking, the System happily went into dormancy.
Shen Shuyu, however, began to toss and turn. Plots outside the plot—what kind of route was this exactly?
Originally, he wasn’t this confused, but the System’s evasion made him suspicious. What kind of thing could make the System play dumb?
But Shen Shuyu vaguely felt it likely had to do with the awakening he mentioned. The System had also said during the survival battle that when Shen Xili said “my sexual orientation is normal,” the world’s energy field fluctuated.
It seemed the key still lay with Shen Xili or other characters?
But the difficulty was truly immense. No wonder the System said it was better to honestly follow the plotline.
Speaking of the plotline, after the awards ceremony tomorrow, his major plot points were coming. Fighting Shen Xili above, kicking Wen Jiafei below—it was practically going to be a daily occurrence.
Shen Shuyu rolled over. He still had to think of a way, especially regarding the plot with Wen Jiafei. How could he complete the plot without harming their precarious friendship?
He pulled the blanket over his head, nestling his whole body inside, and finally fell into a heavy-hearted sleep.
Early the next morning, Shen Shuyu was woken up by his messaging terminal. He picked it up groggily and saw a long string of messages from Lin Xuyi, telling him to come to the dorms to watch the PK matches together, as the results would be out today.
Having been woken up, Shen Shuyu lost his sleepiness. He climbed out of bed and checked the time. It wasn’t even eight o’clock yet, but by the time he dawdled his way to the dorms, it should be about right.
Lin Xuyi kept rushing him, forcing him to pick up the pace.
When he went out, Shen Yisi had already left for who knows how long. Shen Shuyu took a breath, didn’t ask the driver to take him, and went out alone.
When he arrived at the dorm, he didn’t have a key, so he knocked. The one who came to open the door was Wen Jiafei.
Wen Jiafei wore a white T-shirt, standing inside, looking down at him with slightly lowered eyes, as if looking at some small creature.
Shen Shuyu blew a rogue whistle at him, raised an eyebrow, and asked, “Never seen a handsome Omega?”
Wen Jiafei withdrew his gaze expressionlessly, moved aside, and let him in. However, just as he stepped inside, he heard a roar from not far away.
“Shen Shuyu! You stand right there!”
Shen Shuyu leaned back slightly, sticking his head out to look towards the source of the sound. Puce Planet’s Bai Wei was walking over furiously.
Shen Shuyu turned around, intending to wait for Bai Wei to arrive, but was grabbed by the back of his collar by Wen Jiafei. Before he could react, he was hauled backward a few steps, and then with a bang, the door closed.
Shen Shuyu’s eyes widened. “Is that… really polite?”
Wen Jiafei released his hand, glanced at him, seeming to say: Since when did you ever have politeness?
Shen Shuyu felt Wen Jiafei’s gaze was cursing him quite filthily. How was he impolite? While waiting for the traffic light just now, he even helped a child cross the road!
Wen Jiafei walked inside. Shen Xili was also sitting on the sofa at this time. Seeing Shen Shuyu, he smiled and said, “Shuyu, good morning.”
…Since when were they so familiar?
Shen Shuyu pouted. “En.”
Wen Jiafei also sat down. Breakfast was laid out on the coffee table. He sat down and asked, “Where are Xuyi and Brother Mingyue?”
“They…” Just as Shen Xili was about to speak, Lin Xuyi came out of the room.
He greeted them with sleepy eyes: “Morning, Little Young Master.”
Shen Shuyu couldn’t help rolling his eyes. “You called me over first thing in the morning, and it turns out you weren’t even up yourself?”
No wonder when he messaged Lin Xuyi later, he didn’t reply. He thought he was busy, but unexpectedly…
Lin Xuyi yawned and sat down, plonking his butt right next to Shen Shuyu. He said, “Isn’t your house far away?”
He casually picked up a cup of coffee, gulped it down in one breath like water, and exhaled. “Refreshing.”
Shen Shuyu wanted to move away in disgust, but remembering Shen Xili was on the other side, he held back. He said, “Can we go back to when we first met?”
Lin Xuyi looked at him in confusion. Shen Shuyu said coldly, “When we two weren’t familiar.”
Lin Xuyi draped a long arm around his shoulders. “Come on, Young Master. It’s fine to fool outsiders with that talk, but don’t let our brotherhood vanish into thin air. I’ll really be sad.”
Shen Shuyu never expected Lin Xuyi’s personality to be like this once they got familiar. It was simply like he had changed into a different person.
Sitting on the other side, Shen Xili’s gaze fell on the hand resting on Shen Shuyu’s shoulder. He could tell Lin Xuyi really liked Shen Shuyu as a friend, but AO (Alpha/Omega) shouldn’t be so physically intimate.
Shen Xili lifted Lin Xuyi’s hand and tossed it off. Lin Xuyi put on a wounded expression. “I’m really going to cry.”
“Cry then, cry then. Crying isn’t a crime.” Shen Shuyu offered a perfunctory comfort, and Lin Xuyi recovered instantly.
He said, “It’s about to start. I’m actually excited. Little Young Master, who do you think will win?”
“Does it need saying?” Shen Shuyu said, “Of course it’s us.”
Lin Xuyi nodded. “Great minds think alike.”
“But, what’s up with Bai Wei?” Shen Shuyu asked puzzledly. “He looked pretty angry. I haven’t provoked him these past few days, have I?”
From that shout just now, he felt like every corner of the contestant building could hear it.
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