Chapter 34 – Let’s Hold Hands!
For the next few days, Gu Zhuoran’s emotions remained unstable.
Like a startled small animal, he had to stick to Shen Yan every day to feel at ease.
his spirit became very sensitive; as long as Shen Yan’s expression was slightly off, the child would immediately enter a gloomy, self-isolated state, squatting in the room alone and scratching the wall.
This left Shen Yan living in trepidation every day, regretting that sentence of his to death.
Gu Zhuoran’s appearance was clearly one of being triggered, somewhat returning to the state of his worst period during childhood.
It had already been four or five years; Shen Yan really hadn’t expected one sentence from him to have such an effect.
With his mother—who specialized in nursing—not around, Shen Yan didn’t know what to do either.
In the early morning, when the two were heading out.
Just as Shen Yan locked the door, Gu Zhuoran reached out from behind and grabbed Shen Yan’s clothes, as if afraid of being left behind yet worried Shen Yan would refuse. He looked cautious and meticulous, making one’s heart ache.
Shen Yan looked at the fellow who was pinching his clothes with his thumb and forefinger, feeling helpless to the extreme.
“Let go. You’re not a child anymore,” Shen Yan said softly.
Gu Zhuoran, behind him, gripped even tighter.
“You fellow…” Shen Yan rubbed his forehead helplessly, knowing he couldn’t flatly refuse.
In the end, he could only let out a deep sigh and stretch out his hand toward Gu Zhuoran.
“Here!” Shen Yan raised his chin to signal.
“?” Gu Zhuoran looked at that hand, not knowing what to do for a moment.
“When you were thirteen, it was fine for you to pull my clothes when we went out. But you’re an adult now; what does pulling clothes look like? Let’s hold hands!” Shen Yan said.
“Hold hands?” Gu Zhuoran was stunned by this surprise.
Holding hands… was naturally much better than pulling Shen Yan’s clothes.
But was it really okay?
Gu Zhuoran had many worries in his heart, but in the end, they were no match for the temptation of that hand.
The moment Shen Yan finished speaking, Gu Zhuoran gripped his hand tightly.
That special warm tactile sensation of skin touching skin made them both stunned by coincidence.
Gu Zhuoran was very forceful at first, turning Shen Yan’s hand white, before slowly relaxing the strength.
Shen Yan gripped back forcefully, his ear tips turning a bit red as he said, “Cough… let’s, let’s go.”
Inexplicably, Shen Yan felt a surge of warmth and numbness coming from his hand, and even his fingertips trembled slightly.
It was clearly just a hand-holding action; why would his heartbeat accelerate slightly?
Shen Yan used his other hand to press on his heart; it didn’t feel like his imagination—his heartbeat really had accelerated.
Besides this, a hint of pheromone scent coming from Gu Zhuoran also made him stunned for a moment.
“Did you release pheromones?” Shen Yan asked, puzzled.
“No.” Gu Zhuoran looked blank. He indeed hadn’t released pheromones; he was controlling them very well now.
Normally, Alphas and Omegas could control their own pheromone release.
But Fate Partners were an exception; the sensation between them would be more sensitive.
In reality, Shen Yan’s clean, cold woody scent was also gently lingering around him at this time.
Gu Zhuoran’s gaze darkened slightly, feeling joyous over this unexpected small piece of happiness.
The two walked into the school hand-in-hand, attracting many gazes along the way.
However, when the uninformed crowd saw this scene, the direction of their guesses was a bit bizarre.
“Heavens, that’s the Class Monitor, right… Has he caught the School Bully Gu who skipped class!”
“Isn’t that obvious? Don’t you see the Class Monitor is holding him in his hand.”
“Class Monitor Shen looks so serious; School Bully Gu is definitely going to be punished this time.”
“Why do I feel like School Bully Gu has a face full of ‘small happiness’?”
“What’s happy about being caught red-handed…”
For a time, the gazes everyone looked at them with were full of curiosity and sympathy.
So even the School Bully Gu had a day like this.
Author’s Note: The next update is after midnight. Stroke, stroke. You’ll be able to see it when you wake up tomorrow! Good night everyone!! ●ω●
Lifting a claw to beg for bookmarks and support! Thank you to the cute babies who truly love Miao Miao; your support is the motivation for Miao Miao to work hard!
Translator’s Note:
- Fate Partners (命運伴侶): Two people whose pheromones are perfectly compatible.
- Caught red-handed (抓包): To be caught doing something wrong. The misunderstanding from the classmates is hilarious! They think Shen Yan is dragging a delinquent to the office, while Gu Zhuoran is just living his best “hand-holding” life. Pure bliss!
Chapter 35 – The Silver-Haired Kid
The silhouette of Shen Yan leading Gu Zhuoran into the school was reflected from afar on a window of the top floor of the teaching building.
A tall, sturdy man standing inside the window looked expressionlessly at the two youths below.
“Which one is Gu Zhuoran?” the tall, sturdy man asked the D9 District principal beside him.
The principal peeked down. “The silver-haired one.”
“Hmm… he doesn’t look particularly strong.” The tall, sturdy man sat back on the sofa with a look of slight disappointment.
The D9 District principal handed a file to the other party. “This is his information.”
The tall, sturdy man nodded and took it, lightly flipping through a few pages. His brows gradually knit together. “The grades are very unsatisfactory.”
The D9 District principal also nodded with a face of difficulty. “Indeed. He skipped many theory classes, rarely turned in homework, and is even half-hearted in practical combat classes.”
“Someone like this isn’t worth giving a special exception for the Tongkao qualification. He’s better suited for living in the Lower City,” the tall, sturdy man said.
“Examiner Tie Xian, but he indeed achieved an A-rank in the punch-force physical exam,” the D9 District principal fought hard for him.
“If it weren’t for that, I wouldn’t have personally come to confirm his qualification. Do you think I have a lot of free time?” Tie Xian gave a hum of a laugh.
If it weren’t for the fact that this student named Gu Zhuoran’s grades were too freakish, he wouldn’t have personally come to verify.
Aside from an A-rank in the punch-force test, everything else was blank.
This kind of freakish file was something seen once in a hundred years. Who would treat the Tongkao test results as a joke!
The D9 District principal smiled gently. “His strength is still guaranteed; it’s just that his personal behavioral habits need standardization.”
Tongkao Examiner Tie Xian looked at the principal quietly and put away the file.
When the principal was seeing Tie Xian out, they happened to run into Shen Yan and Gu Zhuoran in the hallway.
As Tie Xian brushed past the two of them, he deliberately released some pheromones to test them.
The moment his pheromones flickered, Gu Zhuoran’s own pheromones instantly surged like a tide.
Gu Zhuoran, who was originally being led by Shen Yan, suddenly flipped his wrist and dragged Shen Yan behind him, wrapping him from head to toe in his own pheromones, completely blocking Tie Xian’s pheromones.
The speed of the reaction, the strength, and the technique were all very precise, making Tie Xian’s eyes light up.
Just as Tie Xian was in a great mood, he saw the silver-haired youth before him staring at him dead-on with a pair of icy, frost-blue eyes. It seemed that if he made any more movements, this kid would definitely pounce.
Tie Xian, who was a top-tier Alpha himself, was encountering such a fellow who didn’t fear death for the first time.
Moreover, looking at the situation before him, the other party wasn’t suppressed by his pheromones in the slightest.
Good kid, this brat… is definitely a top-tier Alpha.
Tie Xian looked at this incredibly handsome and peerless silver-haired kid in surprise.
“The D9 District hasn’t had a top-tier Alpha in many years.” Tie Xian retracted his pheromones and looked back at the principal. No wonder he had fought so hard for this student earlier.
A top-tier Alpha was a talent that was highly likely to enter the management or officer levels once they entered the Upper City.
The appearance of one top-tier Alpha was worth a hundred ordinary Alphas.
If ordinary Alphas were soldiers, then top-tier Alphas were destined to be leaders.
As long as one such Alpha from the D9 District squeezed into a high-level position, newcomers from the D9 District would have someone to rely on in the future.
Tie Xian himself was from the D2 District and understood very well this kind of interest-transfer relationship between the Upper and Lower Cities.
“Tch, D9 District… is quite interesting.” After Tie Xian finished speaking, he took another look at Gu Zhuoran and then turned to leave.
From beginning to end, he didn’t look at the tea-haired youth protected behind Gu Zhuoran.
Shen Yan, however, noticed the pattern on the cuff of his dark green uniform as he left.
It was a silver, encircling dragon-shaped decoration.
Author’s Note: ( ) Are there any little night-owl cuties? Mwah, caught you!! Good night now!
Translator’s Note:
- Tie Xian (鐵弦): The name of the examiner.
- Tongkao (統考): The Unified Examination.
- Top-tier Alpha (頂級Alpha): The highest class of Alpha.
- Outer Expeditionary Corps (外派軍團): An elite military group. Gu Zhuoran’s “Alpha protectiveness” is off the charts! He didn’t even let the examiner’s pheromones touch Shen Yan. And Tie Xian is impressed. D9 finally has a heavy hitter!
Chapter 36 – The School Bully at the Tail End
The dragon-shaped decoration—that was the emblem of the Outer Expeditionary Corps!
He had a deep impression of this special decoration.
Because his father was once an outstanding Alpha warrior in the Upper City.
His uniform had been embroidered with this unique, domineering, and exquisite dragon decoration.
This was the symbol of an elite member of the Outer Expeditionary Corps.
But his father’s dragon decoration was pure white, whereas this person’s was silver.
This difference made Shen Yan realize that the person might be an officer.
Shen Yan gripped Gu Zhuoran’s hand with slight tension, attracting his attention.
“What’s wrong?” Gu Zhuoran looked at Shen Yan nervously, fearing the attack just now had injured him.
But in reality, Shen Yan’s strength wasn’t weak, and with Gu Zhuoran’s excellent protection, he didn’t have a single injury.
Shen Yan was just startled by what he saw.
“He might be from the Outer Expeditionary Corps,” Shen Yan said in a low voice.
Gu Zhuoran was stunned upon hearing this, and his expression immediately became solemn.
On the eve of the release of the Tongkao list, it was too abnormal for someone from the Outer Expeditionary Corps of the Upper City to come to the D9 District.
Soon, the list of those who had obtained the Tongkao qualification for this year was announced.
Among the hundred districts of the Lower City, the number of spots for the Tongkao for each district school wasn’t limited; it was determined based on physical exam results.
Like the D1 District, which was powerful, often the entire school could obtain the qualification.
But for weak districts like D9, usually only the top hundred had a chance to enter the Tongkao.
Shen Yan and Gu Zhuoran headed toward the announcement area with grave expressions, seeing from afar a group of students chattering and arguing there.
Shen Yan was very confident in his own results; what he worried about was Gu Zhuoran.
Gu Zhuoran, following beside him, was hesitant and fearful of proceeding.
“What are you dawdling for!” Shen Yan said urgently, dragging Gu Zhuoran forward.
“No, it’s the same to look after there are fewer people…” Gu Zhuoran said unwillingly.
But how could Shen Yan listen to him? He directly pushed the person into the crowd and squeezed to the front of the list.
The first name on the red-background, black-text list was Shen Yan’s.
This list was sorted according to physical exam scores; the further up the name, the better the scores and the higher the quality.
Shen Yan’s position was beyond doubt, but the School Bully Gu’s ranking left everyone speechless.
Gu Zhuoran was actually the very last person on the entire list.
A school bully had actually brought up the tail end of the train.
Everyone looked at Gu Zhuoran secretly with curious and shocked gazes.
Although Gu Zhuoran himself didn’t care much about these gazes, Shen Yan felt uncomfortable looking at them.
“How did it happen? You only got one A?” Shen Yan asked, puzzled. He knew the minimum qualification for the Tongkao was getting one A.
“There was no other way. It was already late when I went, and there was only time to test one item,” Gu Zhuoran explained helplessly.
“Hmph, stupid to death. If it weren’t for this one item, you definitely wouldn’t even have the qualification,” Shen Yan said crossly.
“Mn,” Gu Zhuoran said awkwardly.
As the two were speaking, the class’s health monitor ran over. “Class Monitor, the teacher wants you to go over. He said it’s to arrange matters for the Tongkao.”
As the Class Monitor, Shen Yan naturally couldn’t shirk his responsibility. He nodded and left with the health monitor.
However, as he left, he gave Gu Zhuoran an instruction.
“You go home first. I expect I’ll be back a bit late.”
Gu Zhuoran was unwilling. “I can wait for you.”
“Instead of waiting here, why don’t you go get dinner ready for me, so we don’t starve when we get home.”
Although Shen Yan said this, Gu Zhuoran still waited for him for a good while.
However, as the sky darkened, the market would close after a certain time, and they wouldn’t be able to buy anything.
Torn between choices, Gu Zhuoran could only do as Shen Yan said and go back first to buy groceries and cook.
But he never imagined that after he left… something happened to Shen Yan.
Author’s Note: I’m back~~ Ow ow, updating right after pouncing through the door~ Wishing everyone happy weekend reading. There will be two more chapters after midnight~ Everyone is welcome to support Miao Miao; your support is the greatest motivation for Miao Miao to move forward~ Love you all~
Translator’s Note:
- Outer Expeditionary Corps (外派軍團): The elite military of the Upper City.
- Tongkao (統考): The exam that lets people from the Lower City move to the Upper City.
- Bringing up the tail end (吊尾車): A slang for being last. Shen Yan is #1 and Gu Zhuoran is dead last! The “power couple” of D9 is quite the contrast. But wait, Shen Yan is in trouble?! Gu Zhuoran, drop those groceries and run!
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