Chapter 35: Two Childish Idiots (Third Update)
Shen Zejue piloted the aircraft, speeding through the aerial corridors.
Sitting in the co-pilot’s seat, Shen Lin looked outside curiously.
Crisscrossing tunnels that looked like glass connected the iron cities divided into different directions, and aircraft of various shapes sped through them.
Reaching a crossroad, a robot directing traffic stood on the platform. Its iris automatically recorded every aircraft that drove past, and data rolled rapidly in its blue pupils.
Rows of aircraft were ordered into their respective directions.
Suddenly, an aircraft ignored the directions and forced its way through the passage.
Above the open top of the aircraft, a transparent protective shield opened.
The arrogant cheers of several young men and women could be heard.
The blue light in the robot’s eyes disappeared, and warning red lights flashed frequently.
The back of the robot opened, and several mechanical insects flew out, quickly chasing the aircraft that had flown far away.
The boys and girls looked excited as they raced against the mechanical insects.
They bumped into a few aircraft along the way, drawing one wave of curses after another.
However, most aircraft would silently move out of the way.
The reason was simple—not only was the material and shape of this aircraft top-notch, its design was also completely different from the aircraft next to it. Not to mention its smooth and exquisite lines and the complex and beautiful carving of the hull number pattern.
That pattern was clearly the emblem of some family power.
Usually, the person flying this kind of aircraft was either a powerful figure or a young master backed by the nobility.
Whether it was the aircraft or the person, they were beings the common people couldn’t afford to provoke.
The turbines at the tail of the aircraft boomed, and blue flares traced out airwaves.
It flipped twice in mid-air, leaving a few energy rings before leaving.
Shen Lin watched the aircraft across from them arrogantly force one aircraft after another to stop.
The next second, that beautiful aircraft had already passed through one flight corridor after another, crashing straight toward the aircraft piloted by Shen Zejue.
Shen Lin’s eyes widened.
Is the world outside always this stimulating?
Seeing that the two aircraft were about to collide, Shen Zejue suddenly accelerated.
The direction of the aircraft’s straight flight changed abruptly, its nose carving an upward arc as it reached the upper corridor and merged into the flight torrent.
The two aircraft narrowly grazed each other.
The matter should have ended there.
Who would have thought the other party seemed to have taken it personally against Shen Zejue? Ignoring the mechanical insects chasing them, they turned around and crashed straight back.
“Tch!”
Shen Zejue suddenly let out an ambiguous snort, and his well-defined fingers slid across the virtual screen, leaving afterimages.
“Bingbing, hold on tight. Brother is going to take you on a wild ride.”
Shen Lin silently grabbed the cushion beneath his butt, his gaze fixed on the light screen popping out from the cabin, which clearly captured the image of the aircraft chasing them from behind.
The other aircraft was painted entirely in crimson, with bionic feathered wing flaps on both sides, a smooth body, and a booming turbine energy rotation.
Shen Zejue accelerated, and the other party also followed suit.
The two aircraft began a mode of frantic racing on the aerial corridor, chasing each other and refusing to yield.
Every time they passed a platform node, they attracted a group of robotic insects.
More than a dozen robotic insects were already following behind the two aircraft.
The mechanical insects merged and reorganized, forming a giant mechanical insect, its abdomen opening to reveal dense fine holes.
A massive mechanical voice echoed in mid-air.
[Aircraft A388, A600, according to Rule 283 of the Federation Flight Management Office, you have seriously affected the traffic of this district. You are ordered to stop immediately, or we will implement arrest procedures…]
[Aircraft A388, A600…]
“After paying the fine, register here and you can leave.”
Inside the Flight Management Office.
A group of young men and women were all dejected, with faces covered in bruises.
Just now, after the cars stopped, they were given a sound thrashing by Shen Zejue. Even the security guards from the Flight Management Office who intercepted them couldn’t pull them apart.
Shen Zejue likewise had a bruise on his face. Holding the cub in one arm, he took the aircraft keys handed over by the management office staff and strode away.
“Shen Zejue, stop right there!”
A person chased from behind—crew-cut, red hair, fierce-looking, with one blackened eye.
It was from Shen Zejue’s beating.
Of course, Shen Zejue didn’t get off scot-free; he had taken a punch to the face.
The more Shen Lin looked at the person coming, the more familiar he seemed. He patted Shen Zejue’s shoulder with his chubby hand. “Him~”
“Bingbing, do you want to go to the amusement park or the Gourmet Center Plaza?”
Shen Zejue acted as if he couldn’t see the person chasing behind him, only focusing on asking the cub if there was anywhere he wanted to go.
Just as Shen Lin was thinking about where to go first, the person behind had already caught up.
“Hey! Shen Zejue, didn’t you hear me calling you? Are you deaf?”
“Are we that close? If you call me, do I have to listen to you? Please move aside; I have things to do and no time to chat with you.”
Tarriel directly blocked Shen Zejue’s path, his expression arrogant. “The road isn’t owned by your family. If you tell me to move, I have to move? I refuse.”
“Childish!”
Shen Zejue rolled his eyes and bumped Tarriel aside as he walked past.
In the past, he wouldn’t just use his mouth but would also use his hands.
He would have given Tarriel a couple of punches regardless.
But not now.
He didn’t want to leave a bad impression on the little chubby cub.
What if the cub refused to play with him in the future?
Shen Lin retracted his gaze, finally making a decision on the question he had considered for a long time.
He wanted to go to the Gourmet Center Plaza.
Compared to playing, food was more attractive to the little cub.
Fortunately, the Gourmet Plaza was only a few steps away, so Shen Zejue planned to walk directly there.
The Gourmet Center Plaza was like a small city upon entry—a scenic view at every step, with a dazzling array of delicious food that was full of color, aroma, and taste.
Smiling stall owners stood in front of their stalls, soliciting customers.
Of course, some stall owners weren’t physically present but were represented by holographic images, while the real owners sat at the cash register waiting to collect money.
The air was filled with the smell of food.
Shen Lin’s small nose twitched, and he felt like his eyes weren’t enough to take it all in.
His appearance successfully made Shen Zejue laugh.
Shen Zejue paid the Star Coins, took a box of rainbow-colored mochi balls from the shop owner, skewered one, and handed it to the cub.
Shen Lin first gave it a sniff, then opened his mouth wide and took a big bite.
The texture was sticky and soft, and the taste was sweet.
With just one bite, Shen Lin fell in love.
Shen Zejue looked down at the cub’s sparkling eyes and knew he liked it. He bought from every shop they passed, and before long, his hands were full of food.
He took the cub into a high-end restaurant in the plaza’s complex building, where they could look down and see the entire Gourmet Center Plaza.
The waiter brought out various small desserts one by one.
Shen Zejue picked up a bowl of milky-white soup and stirred it with a spoon. He reached out to feel the temperature and, once it wasn’t hot anymore, scooped a spoonful and brought it to the cub’s lips.
Shen Lin turned nothing away, opening his small mouth wide and swallowing it in one gulp.
The rare fruit burst open, and a very, very sweet flavor spread through his mouth.
The cub chewed and chewed…
OwO
Delicious!
Shen Lin swallowed the food in his mouth, obediently opened his mouth, and waited for Shen Zejue’s feeding.
It was rare to see the cub being so obedient in front of him; Shen Zejue finally experienced the joy of raising a cub.
Especially his brother—adorable, with a good head on his shoulders.
A hundred times cuter than the “little devil” in his younger brother’s house!
San-gege felt that he would go to school tomorrow and show off his angelic brother to his classmates.
Hehe-hehe~
He’d make them die of envy.
Seeing Shen Zejue let out a silly laugh, Shen Lin silently moved a bit further away from him, fearing he would be infected by the silliness and have his IQ lowered.
But he couldn’t bear to leave the delicious food, so after hesitating for a moment, Shen Lin still decided to finish the remaining food first.
The two brothers—one feeding, the other eating.
The food on the table was mostly finished.
Shen Zejue went to the front desk to pay the bill. The bunny-eared cashier girl smiled politely and said, “That gentleman has already paid.”
Shen Zejue’s Star Brain on his wrist had already popped up the payment page. Hearing the cashier’s words, his hand paused, and he looked up in the direction the cashier pointed.
Tarriel was sitting in a booth, holding a drink and taking small sips.
When Shen Zejue’s gaze landed on him, he also revealed a provocative look.
The bruise on Tarriel’s eye was gone; he must have used a medical spray to remove it.
Right now, his face still looked fierce, but his features were delicate—short-cropped hair, long eyelashes, narrow eyes, and especially the bead on his lip—round and giving one an urge to reach out and touch it.
The collection of facial features actually neutralized the fierceness on his face.
Shen Zejue’s expression was impatient.
He strode over to Tarriel and asked with anger in his voice, “What exactly do you want? If you want to fight, wait until tomorrow; I’m busy today.”
“I’m not doing anything. I just think your brother looks pleasing to the eye and wanted to pay for him. Why, is that against the law?”
Shen Lin was working hard to suck on the strawberry-flavored beast milk in his hand and looked up in confusion.
The little cub blinked his confused, large, watery eyes. His mouth was still ringed with a milk mustache, which gave Tarriel a “strike” of cuteness.
He couldn’t resist reaching out and pinching the cub’s chubby cheek.
The feel was just as good as he remembered.
“Give me your Star Network account.”
Tarriel didn’t know why, but he gave it anyway.
When the sound of an account transfer rang, Tarriel laughed angrily. “Do you think I’m short of this little bit of money?”
“And do you think I am?” Shen Zejue countered.
Tarriel said, “I enjoy spending money on the little brat. It makes me happy. Is it any of your business?”
Shen Zejue: “I am his brother.”
Tarriel: “So what if you’re his brother?”
Shen Zejue repeated the same infuriating phrase: “I am his brother.”
The smugness almost overflowed the screen.
Tarriel: “…”
His mother tongue was silence.
Shen Zejue’s actions seemed to have completely enraged Tarriel. No matter where the two brothers went, he followed.
Following that, for anything the cub even glanced at, Tarriel would beat Shen Zejue by one step in paying.
This time Tarriel had grown smart; he refused any transfers from Shen Zejue and even directly deleted him.
When Shen Zejue sent a message, he found a red exclamation mark popping up on the screen.
[Kind Reminder: You are not his/her friend. Please add the other party as a friend.]
Shen Zejue: “…”
Shen Zejue gnashed his teeth.
In the eyes of the two, there was no heartache over the money—only victory or defeat!
Shen Lin: “…”
Covers face.
He really didn’t want to be with them; he felt like his IQ had dropped several levels.
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