Chapter 134: “Our child would look a lot like you, right?”
After a day of rest and reorganization, the students of Class S arrived at the Eastern War Zone unbeknownst to anyone.
The mechs equipped this time were the military’s most advanced.
They were armed with heavy thermal weapons as well as cold weapons.
Shen Zhuo was unmatched in mech operation; his talent was likely inherited from Shen Xuyin.
With varying emotions, the group went full speed toward the rising land.
Traveling there took nearly twenty hours, even with the transport plane flying day and night.
Du Feng was deducing strategies and coordinating the overall situation at the command center.
Given the communication blackout in the local Eastern District, Chu Baixian made the temporary decisions.
The dual-commander scenario was often used in large-scale wars to ensure no strategic failures occurred.
However, since they weren’t going into battle this time, the entire team was much more relaxed.
Everyone debugged their mechs. Unlike super-mechs like the Oracle, which could be stored using special mechanisms, ordinary mechs could only be stored externally.
They would head to the Bug Mother the next day at 4:00 AM. It was currently 9:00 PM, so there was some time to rest.
After linking his mech, Shen Zhuo returned to the temporary rest room in the Eastern Border Command Center.
Just after washing up, he received a video call from Du Feng.
“Are you scared?”
On the screen, Du Feng was no longer wearing the uniform of the Military Commander-in-Chief.
An imperial formal suit accentuated his majesty and magnificence.
Especially the way he was smiling now.
It was foul play—completely irresistible.
Shen Zhuo’s hair was still damp, sticking wetly to his cheeks. His eyes were still reddish from getting water in them while washing his hair.
Wearing the loose pajamas he had brought, hugging his knees and curling up in the chair, he looked incredibly obedient and soft.
Fortunately, the heating in the room was sufficient, so he didn’t feel cold.
The boy propped his chin on the table, moving the phone further away.
From the reflection in the man’s eyes, he could see that Du Feng had maximized his video feed.
Du Feng’s face didn’t move an inch, but his fingers were constantly swiping the small window belonging to himself.
He probably wanted to close his own window.
Such a small action wasn’t very visible in the video.
If it weren’t for the reflection in his eyes at night, Shen Zhuo might have missed this adorable side of Du Feng.
“What are you laughing at?”
Du Feng stopped his fingers, turned his head, and sent a complaint to the communication software’s customer service: “Add a feature to close one’s own window during video chat.”
It was even under his real name.
Shen Zhuo finally couldn’t help laughing out loud. “I think you’re cute.”
Du Feng paused. “What?”
Shen Zhuo tilted his head and answered Du Feng’s first question: “Not scared.”
Du Feng curved the corners of his mouth at him.
Even though pheromones couldn’t be felt through the screen to comfort the other, Du Feng still did it subconsciously.
“I can coax you to sleep tonight,” the Alpha said.
Shen Zhuo shifted his posture, leaning back into the seat.
This was a room specially prepared for him.
Even the simplest room for the Queen would have a soft large bed and a soft, velvet chair.
Leaning back in the chair, Shen Zhuo felt himself sink in a little.
He raised his eyebrows in feigned confusion. “How will you coax me to sleep?”
Du Feng opened a book near his hand.
He held up the cover for Shen Zhuo to see.
It was a fairy tale book.
On the cover were a little white rabbit and a princess.
“I want to read it to you. Would you like that?”
The Alpha’s eyes were curved with joy, making Shen Zhuo feel a tickle in his heart—it was incredibly soothing.
For a moment, he felt he should be pinching the man’s face right now, instead of facing a cold screen here.
But Shen Zhuo quickly dismissed the thought.
State affairs were more important.
After hearing Du Feng’s words, Shen Zhuo suddenly felt sleepy.
It seemed that by Du Feng’s side, he could let go of all his worries.
“Okay, then I’ll go to bed.” Shen Zhuo’s fingers felt a bit hot. Just as he was about to take the phone and leave, he was suddenly called back.
“Wait a moment.”
Shen Zhuo stopped and looked around, finding nothing unusual.
He looked at Du Feng. “What’s wrong?”
On the screen, Du Feng pointed to his hair, his expression looking angry.
But his brows were just furrowed; even the doting look in his eyes hadn’t changed.
“Go dry your hair. Are you this casual when I’m not by your side? What if you catch a cold?”
The Alpha’s voice was accusatory, yet didn’t sound like blame.
It was mostly worry.
Shen Zhuo rubbed his hair; it wasn’t dripping anymore.
It was just a little damp.
He hadn’t intended to blow-dry it.
But if it could make his Alpha feel more at ease while they were apart, he was willing to do it.
So Shen Zhuo took the phone into the bathroom, pressed the mute button, and prepared to turn on the hair dryer.
On the screen, Du Feng turned the volume to the max but heard nothing, then suddenly noticed a mute symbol appear at the bottom of the screen.
“Turn on the sound. I want to hear the noise from your side. I don’t mind the noise.”
Looking into the man’s deep eyes across from him.
He didn’t know why, but Shen Zhuo’s nose started to sting again.
He heard Jiang Yuening say that being too happy makes one cry.
Shen Zhuo hadn’t believed it at first.
But being with Du Feng…
In every beautiful moment, every warm moment, it was accompanied by an impulse to cry.
It was a feeling originating from the depths of his heart.
Like being tickled by a soft feather—leaving an itch that he didn’t need to scratch, only feeling a scorching comfort.
More than once, Shen Zhuo recalled his first encounter with Du Feng in his childhood.
If he could have known the future when he was small, he should have been with him the first time he met Du Feng.
Even if he didn’t know love or regret back then.
He should have gone to the Alpha’s side earlier, just a little earlier.
Shen Zhuo unmuted the call.
The whirring sound of the hair dryer brought a trace of life to the empty, silent Royal Palace.
Shen Zhuo couldn’t help but start fantasizing late at night.
“Say, if we have a baby, will you be like this even when you’re busy with work?”
Shen Zhuo’s way of drying his hair was casual too, rubbing and scrunching his hair until it was a messy bird’s nest.
“When we have a baby, let him dry your hair for you.”
“What kind of talk is that?” Shen Zhuo glared at him. “Are babies just for ordering around?”
After saying that, the boy paused and tilted his head to think. “Wait… that doesn’t seem like a bad idea?”
Du Feng said solemnly, “At one year old, he can dress and feed himself. At three, he should start learning to cook. At five, he can go out and earn money himself.”
“Pfft…” Shen Zhuo laughed out loud, giving him no face. “Who was it that told me they hoped that if we had a child, it would be because we loved him?”
“Yes, love him.”
Du Feng relaxed his spine, slowly leaning back against the chair. “But with me, you will always rank first.”
Du Feng’s sweet words were always so moving.
To say he wasn’t touched would be a lie.
Shen Zhuo’s eyes rimmed with heat. He turned off the hair dryer and walked back to the bed with his phone.
He plugged the phone in to charge, placed it to the side, covered himself with the quilt, and revealed only a pair of eyes.
“You’re coaxing me to sleep, right?”
“Yes,” Du Feng opened the fairy tale book and flipped through the table of contents. “What story do you want to hear?”
Shen Zhuo closed his eyes. Tears he couldn’t hold back fell into the pillow before Du Feng could notice.
The boy hooked the corner of his mouth. “I want to hear a story with a perfect ending.”
Du Feng flipped to a story with a very sweet ending where everyone was happy, held up the book, and started reading from the first sentence.
“Once upon a time…”
The man’s voice was deep and slow, like an ancient tome narrating with rich depth, giving the fairy tale a dreamlike and splendid color.
Shen Zhuo seemed truly tired; he fell asleep very quickly.
Du Feng gradually lowered his voice.
Little by little, he stopped.
He stared unblinkingly at the small half of the boy’s face revealed on the screen, deep love surging in his eyes.
Finally, the man kissed the screen gently.
A soft voice, containing a smile, sounded in the room:
“If we have a child… he would look a lot like you, right?”
“I will love him, but I love you more.”
The next day at 3:30 AM, the alarm rang on time.
Shen Zhuo immediately rolled out of bed, washed up, and went downstairs to assemble.
When he arrived, Ai Li and Fu Qishang were chatting.
Or rather, Ai Li was looking at Fu Qishang’s phone.
“What’s wrong? Did something happen right before we leave?” Shen Zhuo stepped forward and asked.
Fu Qishang closed his eyes and sighed, looking like he didn’t want to say anything.
Ai Li’s eyebrow twitched twice. A second before he wanted to smash the phone, he remembered it wasn’t his.
“Here, take it back. I’m definitely beating him up when we get back.”
Shen Zhuo moved his fingertips, and Ai Li handed him the phone.
On the screen was a chat window; the name bar read Liang Yeta.
They were all messages sent by Liang Yeta. At first glance, they seemed quite sincere.
…But.
[I’m not trying to pester you; I’m just saying what’s in my heart.]
[You two aren’t suitable.]
[I don’t know if you heard me that day, but I’ll tell you again: I won’t let you get married.]
[Engagement is impossible too.]
[I won’t pester you, but I will definitely…]
Shen Zhuo snapped the phone screen off.
Great, just great.
Chu Baixian said so many words, and you summed it up into this piece of dog shit.
Shen Zhuo pinched the bridge of his nose and looked at Ai Li:
“I think scolding him back then was the right call.”
Ai Li was patting his chest, trying to calm himself down. “Omegas need to protect their breast health too. Less anger, care for health, woo-sah—”
Not far from the group, Chu Baixian clapped his hands, followed by the other students.
“Let’s go.”
Shen Zhuo really didn’t want Chu Baixian to know what Liang Yeta’s “sincerity” actually looked like.
After everyone boarded their mechs, Chu Baixian took the lead. Shen Zhuo and Feng Muya were side-by-side in the second position, while Fu Qishang and three other S3s brought up the rear.
The mechs arranged for this mission had flight capabilities.
This was also the first time all the students truly saw a battlefield.
It was exactly as imagined—
Corpses.
Corpses everywhere.
There were Zerg, and there were humans.
There were mech wreckage and fragments of military uniforms.
But all the same: rivers of blood, bones scattering the ground.
People were cleaning up the battlefield and sending the dead soldiers back to the Empire.
The air was condensed with the smell of blood that even mechs couldn’t block out. The atmosphere began to grow heavy.
It was oppressively suffocating.
Chu Baixian spoke through the general channel: “An insect tide just ended the day before yesterday. That is why we must act so quickly.”
“The Zerg reproduce and evolve too fast. If we don’t eliminate the Bug Mother’s main body, the Empire, and even humanity, will be annihilated by the Zerg.”
Usually happy-go-lucky, once Chu Baixian became serious, he had an indescribable majesty and presence.
Two hours later, everyone saw the towering, colossal thing, like a high mountain.
Like a mass of squirming meat.
Transparent slime covered its exterior, emitting sticky sounds—whether from digestion or something else was unclear.
All the students fell silent, looking in shock at the creature before them that completely exceeded imagination and induced extreme fear.
After Du Feng finally declared the plan over the channel, everyone stepped into the signal-jammed zone.
Before the general channel cut out, everyone heard Chu Baixian’s last words.
“Stay safe. Let’s go home together.”
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