Chapter 23
Shen Shuyu looked back in confusion and saw Chi Yanxun looking at him with a poor expression.
No, what illness is Chi Yanxun suffering from early in the morning? Today’s plot hasn’t started yet, what is he here for? Looking for trouble?
I insulted Shen Xili at his banquet that night. Because adults were present, he couldn’t say much. Now that we’re at school, he must want to settle the score.
Chi Yanxun met Shen Shuyu’s eyes. Seeing his slightly dazed expression, he couldn’t help but freeze for a moment. Honestly speaking, Shen Shuyu was good-looking, especially his eyes. The Shen family all had long, narrow phoenix eyes, but he happened to have a pair of round apricot eyes. At this moment, widened slightly due to shock and confusion, they looked quite cute.
Like a panicked fawn.
Shen Shuyu reacted first. He asked, “What are you doing?”
Chi Yanxun snapped back to reality. He let go of Shen Shuyu’s backpack, looked away first, then looked back. Shen Shuyu looked at him in confusion. “Something up?”
Usually, if Shen Shuyu saw him, he would want to stick to him immediately. Chi Yanxun wasn’t used to him acting normal like this today.
He coughed lightly and said, “Just asking if you’re better.”
So he wasn’t looking for trouble. As long as it wasn’t trouble. Outside of the plot, he really wasn’t willing to run into either the Protagonist Gong or Shou, especially Chi Yanxun!
Shen Shuyu said, “My brother took me to the hospital. I’m fine.”
He thought for a moment. ” Is that person okay?”
Who is that person?
Chi Yanxun didn’t react immediately. Then he saw Shen Shuyu fish an envelope out of his backpack and toss it to him.
Chi Yanxun caught it subconsciously. He felt it—it seemed to be… money?
Shen Shuyu raised his chin, speaking arrogantly, “My brother said one shouldn’t be ungrateful. Help me give this money to him. Consider it compensation for his clothes.”
Chi Yanxun was speechless. How could he have thought Shen Shuyu had become normal just now? This annoying stench hadn’t changed one bit.
Holding the envelope, he said, “Why don’t you give it yourself? You still owe him a thank you.”
Shen Shuyu scoffed lightly. “Are you mistaken? Asking me to say thanks? It’s good enough I didn’t blame him for arriving so late. With that speed, he wants to be in the Reserve Department? I was about to die; any later and he could have just collected my corpse.”
“…You are simply unreasonable.” Chi Yanxun had come to ask about Shen Shuyu’s condition purely because of a strict order from his family. Now it seemed he might as well have taken the punishment. Since he was already punished for two days, an extra hour or two didn’t matter.
After saying that, he turned and walked away. Shen Shuyu stood in place and shouted, “Brother Yanxun, I didn’t mean that…”
Chi Yanxun walked even faster.
Watching him go far away, Shen Shuyu hummed and continued to trot toward the Mecha Department, not forgetting to ask Xiao 1 in his mind: [How was that? Maintained the persona, right?]
Xiao 1 said: [Yes! Super mean!]
After speaking, it set off a pollution-free electronic firework show in Shen Shuyu’s brain to express affirmation.
Smiling, Shen Shuyu ran to the Mecha Department in a relaxed mood.
Quite a few people had arrived. Shen Shuyu walked to the classroom for today’s class. usually, Feng Xing would save him a good seat, but Feng Xing hadn’t arrived yet today.
He looked around and picked a seat by the window.
To get a good grade, he had studied at home all day yesterday. Shen Yisi said that when he went back on weekends, he would hire a teacher to tutor him separately for half a day.
Shen Shuyu put his things away. Just as he took out his books, he saw Wen Jiafei walk in from the front door. He wasn’t wearing a school uniform today, but a simple T-shirt and a pair of jeans washed slightly white.
He paused at the podium for a few seconds, seemingly looking for a place to sit. When glancing at the window seats, his eyes met Shen Shuyu’s for a second.
Eventually, he chose a seat by the window in the last row.
It was Shen Shuyu’s first time seeing Wen Jiafei in his own clothes. usually, he wore the school uniform, and the few times he saw him outside, he was wearing work uniforms.
Looking at him like this, it was quite refreshing. As expected of the late-game big villain, with looks like that, he looked good in anything.
However, he had seen Wen Jiafei enter the water at the fountain pool during Chi Yanxun’s birthday party. Having been at home for the past two days, although he had Wen Jiafei’s Terminal contact, actively sending a message to ask about this wasn’t the original host’s style.
He thought about it, then packed up the bag he had just set down, followed to the last row, and sat next to Wen Jiafei.
Wen Jiafei gave him a cold glance, ignored him, and just took out his textbook, preparing to preview the lesson.
Shen Shuyu asked bluntly, “What were you doing at Chi Yanxun’s banquet on Friday?”
“Part-time job,” Wen Jiafei said coldly.
Shen Shuyu pouted. This Wen Jiafei was really indifferent. At any rate, they could be considered to be getting along peacefully for now, right? But he always spoke one sentence for every question asked, sounding perfunctory.
Shen Shuyu said, “I saw you when I fell into the pool.”
Wen Jiafei continued turning the pages of his book calmly. “Mn, passed by.”
It was indeed a coincidence. He was just passing by, but unexpectedly saw the scene of Shen Shuyu being chased by an Alpha.
He should have walked away immediately. As a part-timer, “don’t meddle in others’ business”—these words were carved into his bones.
Shen Shuyu said, “I saw it. You got into the pool. Did you want to save me too? Why?”
“Interstellar Law, page 1095, last line: Protecting Omegas is the common responsibility of every Alpha and Beta citizen.” Wen Jiafei turned another page, still coldly oblivious to danger.
Shen Shuyu was choked by the response. So there’s actually a law like this?
This Omega identity really had the highest status in the universe.
He had nothing left to ask. He had wanted to use this opportunity to probe and see if there was a change in the other’s attitude toward him.
Now it seemed the road to saving his life was heavy and long.
Shen Shuyu muttered a sentence and took out his book as well, lowering his head to review.
What the two didn’t know was that while they were looking down and previewing, the classmates in the room were secretly looking at them.
The first class today was a Mecha public lecture. Most students were gathered in the lecture hall. Watching Shen Shuyu and Wen Jiafei sitting together very peacefully and reading books together, they looked at each other in dismay.
What is going on?
Doesn’t Shen Shuyu equally hate all Alphas except Chi Yanxun?
Isn’t Wen Jiafei always a loner with no friends?
The most, most bizarre thing is! Shen Shuyu is perennially last in the Mecha Department. usually, his books are only useful for folding paper airplanes to throw away.
It was Monday, and everyone felt like they had gotten up too fast and were hallucinating. After all, they actually saw Shen Shuyu starting to study seriously!
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