I Raised a Cub in the Military Academy Chapter 60.1

Chapter 60: Social Death part 1

Elvis said, “Zhizhi, it’s been a long time. I missed you.”

Yun Yingzhi’s eyelashes trembled slightly.

“I want to see you,” Elvis said bluntly.

Yun Yingzhi lowered his eyes, avoiding Elvis’s gaze, and remained silent.

Normally, in such a moment, one would politely respond with something similar, but Yun Yingzhi chose to respond with silence.

If it were anyone else, the livestream chat would surely have attacked them for being impolite. Yet, at this moment, eerily enough, no one attacked Yun Yingzhi.

Elvis continued, “During this past period, Shaluo Star has been in a state of internet blackout. The connection was only restored today.”

After a few seconds of silence, Yun Yingzhi spoke. “Your Highness, you don’t need to explain these things to me.” At this moment, he appeared completely emotionless.

Yun Yingzhi intended to cut straight to the chase and discuss the important matter—the source weapons.

However, before he could start, Elvis on the other end of the comms said, “Zhizhi, I really like the gift you sent me. I like it very much.”

Yun Yingzhi’s pupils dilated slightly. His previously averted gaze snapped back to Elvis, meeting his eyes.

Elvis, as well as the crowd lurking in the livestream, noticed it instantly.

After Elvis mentioned the “gift,” Yun Yingzhi’s entire face turned blood-red in an instant. He looked incredibly shy and bashful.

The audience was a bit surprised. When Prince Elvis said “I missed you,” Yun Yingzhi had seemed indifferent. Why did he turn completely red the moment a gift was mentioned?

[Wait—so what gift did Yun Yingzhi send the Prince?]

[Can you even receive gifts on Shaluo Star?]

[I don’t know about anything else, but didn’t the Prince just receive a complete set of source weapons from the Big Tough Guy today?]

When this line of text appeared in the chat, the entire livestream fell into a brief silence.

Then, a tidal wave of exclamation marks and question marks followed.

[!]

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[How is that possible? The creator of that epoch-making set of source weapons is the Big Tough Guy. What could that possibly have to do with the second son of the Admiral’s Manor?]

[Impossible!]

[Anyone could be the Big Tough Guy, except Yun Yingzhi. Do you guys know how weak his mental power level is?]

[Exactly! Forget his mental power; have you seen his combat video from the Fanse final exams? He only passed because others protected him. How could someone like him be the violent Big Tough Guy?]

[I think it’s just a pure coincidence. He probably sent the Prince a gift alongside the Big Tough Guy, right?]

In the midst of the screen-filling comments, Yun Yingzhi looked at Elvis with a serious expression and said, “Your Highness, I hope you don’t misunderstand.”

Elvis: “…What?”

Yun Yingzhi pursed his lips and continued, “That batch of source weapons I sent you wasn’t a gift. I’m just temporarily lending them to you. It wasn’t a gift.” He emphasized the word “gift” specifically.

Elvis: “…”

The livestream viewers: “…”

Inside and outside the livestream, time seemed to grind to a brief halt.

After an unknown number of seconds, someone finally posted a comment.

[Until this moment, I didn’t see a single similarity between the Red Peony Big Tough Guy and Yun Yingzhi. But now, I finally see it. A normal person facing the Crown Prince would use everything they have to curry favor. Meanwhile, Yun Yingzhi is just as stingy as the Big Tough Guy. Truly worthy of the man who fleeced the competition’s wool! This word ‘lend’ is so clever—it’s very Big Tough Guy.]

[So… are these two actually the same person?]

[Regardless, even if there are many coincidences, I still can’t reconcile Yun Yingzhi with the Big Tough Guy! Don’t you guys know? The second form of the Admiral’s second son is a tiny white rabbit!?]

[The baby milky rabbit?]

In the livestream:

Elvis met Yun Yingzhi’s gaze and said, “Zhizhi, I received the sentiment of your concern for me…”

Yun Yingzhi interrupted him. “Your Highness, don’t overthink it.”

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Yun Yingzhi didn’t want to have too much entanglement with Elvis.

His past with Huai Boshe was a result of youthful ignorance, and the two cubs were an accident.

The Star Glory Competition was still ongoing—he needed to earn money, continue his studies, and get revenge on the scumbag. He didn’t want to consider emotional matters for the time being.

His current life was already very busy, and he had no time for dating. Therefore, he didn’t want to give Prince Elvis too much hope.

Yun Yingzhi said, “Your Highness, I believe in your strength more than anyone else. You possess the strongest spatial power.”

[Okay, here’s the question: If Yun Yingzhi isn’t worried about the Prince, why would he send this set of weapons to him?]

[I think I know why.]

[Why?]

[Hypothetically, if Yun Yingzhi really is the Big Tough Guy, I think there’s only one reason he’d send the weapons to the Prince: to let the Prince know their value. After all, this set of weapons copied the Prince’s own ability. Compared to anyone else, the Prince should understand their value better than anyone, making it easier to set a price for the set.]

[The Prince wants to talk about love, but Yun Yingzhi only wants to talk about money.]

[I don’t know if it’s just my imagination, but suddenly I feel like the Prince is quite pitiful?]

Elvis said, “Zhizhi, I’m glad you recognize my strength.”

The corners of Yun Yingzhi’s mouth curved up into a smile, and he tried to steer the topic back to the source weapons again. “Your Highness, regarding this set of weapons…”

Elvis: “Zhizhi, I don’t want to talk about that with you right now.”

Yun Yingzhi: “…Huh?” But he only wanted to talk about money right now.

Elvis: “Not long ago, I heard about Admiral Yun’s statement.”

Yun Yingzhi’s eyelashes fluttered, and his eyes grew misty. Under the light, he gave off an extremely fragile feeling, like thin ice that would shatter at a touch.

No one knew that at this very moment, Yun Yingzhi’s mental state was beginning to collapse.

This was also the start of his “character persona” shattering.

Elvis: “Zhizhi, let me protect you.”

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Yun Yingzhi: “…”

Elvis: “Also, regarding the children the Star Network is talking about…” He wouldn’t let a single one of those rumor-mongers off.

Yun Yingzhi thought to himself: The Prince really does know about the children.

Due to anger, Yun Yingzhi’s body began to tremble slightly.

Upon hearing Elvis mention “Admiral Yun” and the “children,” Yun Yingzhi’s mental state rapidly shifted from “about to snap” to “completely snapped.”

Through the video projection, everyone noticed it immediately.

The previously gentle-looking Yun Yingzhi’s gaze toward Prince Elvis suddenly became sharp.

From this moment on, the persona Yun Yingzhi had maintained in the hearts of the Fanse Academy students began its path toward total annihilation.

Yun Yingzhi: “Shut up!”

Elvis: “…?”

The viewers watching the projection: “…?”

[How bold! Yun Yingzhi is actually using his beauty as a weapon to be so disrespectful to the Prince? But… he’s so good-looking, what else can be done? I bet even the Prince can only forgive him, right?]

Everyone’s spirits jolted, and they watched Yun Yingzhi on the other side of the projection with wide, eager eyes.

Although his appearance still felt fragile, at this moment, they strangely felt they could overlap this person with the Red Peony Big Tough Guy from the Star Glory Competition.

The corners of Yun Yingzhi’s eyes grew redder, and his ink-black pupils were filled with a storm of rage.

He thought to himself: It’s all Prince Elvis’s fault!

Prince Elvis was the source of everything terrible. It was because of Prince Elvis that he had mysteriously ended up pregnant.

It was why he was suffering through everything now.

It was why he was being attacked by the people on the Star Network.

And then there was Prince Elvis’s terrible personality.

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Every day, Prince Elvis was either thinking about fighting or actually fighting. He was naturally brutal, and then he went and dumped all the blame on him. It was too much.

And so…

In this state of mental breakdown, Yun Yingzhi switched from “normal mode”—where he simply wanted to calmly talk about money—to “mad output mode,” where he just wanted to attack.

It was in this mode that Yun Yingzhi went viral.

He went completely viral on the Star Network.

Simultaneously, whenever anyone mentioned him afterward, they would always say:

He possessed the Empire’s most brilliant talent for source weapon manufacturing. He possessed the Empire’s most beautiful face. And…

He was a true scumbag of the human world.

Yun Yingzhi’s chin tilted up slightly, revealing a perfect jawline under the sunlight. He said, “Your Highness, I hope you understand—and can comprehend—that I am very angry right now!”

Elvis: “…”

Yun Yingzhi: “That’s right! I was the one who slept with you!”

[Whoa!]

[So, if Yun Yingzhi is the Big Tough Guy, then the other father of the two cubs is the Prince?]

[What kind of massive scandal is this?]

[Wait—does Admiral Yun and his wife know about this? This morning, they disowned him because of the children, and now it’s revealed that the cubs belong to the Prince?]

Yun Yingzhi continued, “But I have no intention of being responsible for you!”

[…]

[What a legendary scumbag?]

Yun Yingzhi: “We are all adults, Your Highness. You didn’t think that just because I slept with you once, I’d have to take responsibility for you, did you? Impossible!”

Yun Yingzhi: “I won’t be responsible for you!”

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[So trashy!?]

Yun Yingzhi: “In the future, please don’t confess to me again. Especially not a public confession like before. I really hate it!”

[Wow?]

[He’s so trashy!?]

Yun Yingzhi: “Also, I think there is a serious problem with your personality!”

Thinking of the two “bear cubs” again, Yun Yingzhi’s voice trembled with rage. “Do you know how much His Majesty and the Empress have worried about you since you were little because of how you are?”

[Even so, I feel like Yun Yingzhi is hinting at something else?]

[Well, I think Yun Yingzhi is definitely taking his anger out on Prince Elvis. What do you guys think?]

[Think about how ‘bear-like’ the baby bunny and the little egg are. One is still nursing and the other hasn’t even hatched, yet they’ve already started fighting on a livestream. They must fight all the time. Yun Yingzhi is definitely dumping all that blame onto Prince Elvis.]

Just then, a rainbow-colored bullet comment flashed across the official Star Glory livestream.

Generally, only high-tier VIP users’ comments flashed in rainbow colors.

[On this matter, I believe I have the right to speak. I watched Elvis grow up. I can guarantee that Prince Elvis was extremely well-behaved from childhood to adulthood. He never made things difficult for the Emperor or Empress.]

Another rainbow comment flashed.

[I can also testify to that. At one point, the Empress was even worried that Prince Elvis might have autism.]

[I was Prince Elvis’s classmate. In my memory, he was truly aloof and cold. Forget fighting—he wouldn’t even say an extra word if he could help it.]

The chat immediately went wild.

[Holy crap, holy crap!]

[So… who do the two ‘bear cubs’ take after?]

[If we assume Prince Elvis and Yun Yingzhi are the parents, and the cubs’ ‘natural-born warplane’ personalities don’t come from the Prince, then they definitely must take after Yun Yingzhi, right?]

[So, am I currently watching a beauty livestreaming a blame-shifting session?]

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[I’ve learned something today. I didn’t know you could do it like that!]

[What leaves me even more speechless is that the beauty can so righteously believe that all the blame belongs to Prince Elvis!]

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