Chapter 25Â
Ah, no! He is the protagonist; he wouldn’t hurt an innocent Omega for no reason.
Shen Shuyu pursed his lips. “What are you staring at me for? Are you a psycho!”
Even after being cursed at, Shen Xili didn’t withdraw his gaze. He simply said, “So you want to thank me?”
Shen Shuyu said, “I don’t.”
Shen Xili crossed his arms. “Say thank you.”
Shen Shuyu thought Shen Xili must be crazy. What was he saying? At a time like this, shouldn’t he be leaving in anger, and then Chi Yanxun would ask him if there was any progress in their relationship?
Standing in front of him and making him say thank youâwhat did that mean? It was Monday; had studying driven him mad?
However, Shen Shuyu didn’t think too much about it. He said, “Are you ordering me?”
Although he actually really wanted to say thank you, the original host’s character persona didn’t allow it.
Shen Xili shook his head. “No.”
The two remained in a standoff like this until another person came looking for them.
“Shen Shuyu!”
Chi Yanxunâs furious voice roared at Shen Shuyu again. Shen Shuyu, who was in the middle of a confrontation with Shen Xili, hadn’t noticed him approaching and was startled by the roar, his body giving a slight tremble.
Seriously, does this Chi Yanxun walk without making a sound? He almost scared me into a heart attack!
But he only paused for a moment before his expression turned innocent. He watched Chi Yanxun walk up to him and looked at him with puppy-dog eyes. “Brother Yanxun.”
Chi Yanxun looked like he was about to explode. He reached out and pulled Shen Xili behind him, lowering his head slightly. His gaze scrutinized Shen Shuyu, seeming to want to bore a hole through him.
He truly often wondered what he had done to provoke this great deity. Before, it was just him suffering, but now Shen Shuyu was getting crazier and crazier, not even sparing the people around him! If he could do it all over again, he would definitely stay far, far away from Shen Shuyu the first time they met! The farther the better!
Shen Shuyu lowered his head like a child who had done something wrong. He said, “I didn’t do anything to him.”
His tone sounded wilted, quite pitiful.
Shen Xili stood behind Chi Yanxun, his gaze crossing over Chi’s shoulder to land on Shen Shuyu. At this moment, Shen Shuyu had his head buried low. He was wearing the summer school uniform, and because he was bending so low, his butterfly blades propped up the fabric slightly, looking as if real butterflies were about to emerge and fly away.
Shen Xili suddenly remembered the scent of pheromones he smelled that day when he pulled him from the water. The scent of rain-beaten camellias permeating the airâvery faint, like a feather gently brushing across the heart, very gentle.
In physiology class, the teacher had said that a person’s pheromones could give you the answer to whether they were good or not. It was just that the scent of pheromones was a very private thing, especially for Omegas; their pheromones would only be fully exposed during their heat.
Chi Yanxun hated this look of Shen Shuyu’s. Every time he was caught bullying someone, he would act aggrieved, as if he hadn’t done anything, when in reality, he was full of bad intentions.
Chi Yanxunâs face darkened, and he said, “Shen Shuyu, I will say this one last time. Don’t come to disturb my and my friend’s lives in the future. Even if your brother is Shen Yisi, at worst, we’ll all go down together.”
In this world, money and power were both important. The Shen family had a certain say in the business circle, but the Chi family wasn’t to be trifled with either. He had only been enduring out of respect for his parents, but his patience was about to reach its limit.
Shen Shuyu thought silently in his heart: I want to stay away too, but the System won’t allow it.
He bit his lower lip tightly and got down from the bench. Without saying a word, he picked up his schoolbag, looked at Chi Yanxun, and then at Shen Xili.
Looking as pitiful as could be.
Shen Xili watched him and, after thinking for a moment, couldn’t help but open his mouth: “I came to find…”
But Shen Shuyu had already walked far away hugging his schoolbag. Chi Yanxun took a deep breath to calm himself. He turned around and said, “Let’s go, back to training. If he looks for you again in the future, just ignore him.”
Shen Xili stopped talking and didn’t say anything more.
Shen Shuyu walked a few steps away. After confirming that the two wouldn’t suddenly pop up, his expression returned to normal.
But as he walked, he couldn’t help sighing. Being a villain is tiring; being a cannon fodder villain is even more tiring.
The only good thing right now was that the timeline he was currently in was glossed over in the author’s “time skip,” so he could act freely without being restricted by the plot.
However, why could the book use a time skip, but he had to count the days one by one? Couldn’t he just teleport to the plot involving him, go through the motions, and be done with it?
Ah… no, that won’t work.
I still need to build a good relationship with Wen Jiafei.
Shen Shuyu angrily cursed this sick plot. According to the timeline in the book, he still had to do the cannon fodder’s work for at least another year.
Cursing internally, Shen Shuyu arrived at the classroom.
It was the second class of the morning. Wen Jiafei had already found the window seat early. Feng Xing, having eaten the melon (gossip) in the morning, didn’t call out to Shen Shuyu when he saw him but lifted his chin, signaling Shen Shuyu to sit over by Wen Jiafei.
To build a good relationship with Wen Jiafei, he naturally had to interact with him more.
Moreover, although Wen Jiafei said that protecting Omegas was the responsibility of all Alphas and Betas, the fact that he didn’t come up and stomp on him but instead jumped into the water to save him meant his method was working!
As long as he persevered, they could eventually become good friends, thereby avoiding his ending of death.
Thinking of this, Shen Shuyu felt a bit better. He strode over, sat down, and didn’t forget to greet him: “Hi.”
Wen Jiafei ignored him.
Shen Shuyu pouted but didn’t forget to add, “Don’t forget, you have to tutor me today too.”
Only then did Wen Jiafei give an ‘Mn’.
At noon, the two went all the way back to Shen Shuyu’s house. Just as they opened the door, they heard slight noises coming from inside.
The two stood at the door and exchanged a glance. Wen Jiafei said concisely, “I’ll go in and check.”
Shen Shuyu wanted to say he would go check, but then remembered that as an Omega, he couldn’t fight, so he nodded. “Okay, be careful.”
He lowered his voice as he spoke.
Wen Jiafei glanced at him again, pushed the door open, grabbed a long umbrella hanging in the entryway, and walked in.
He naturally wasn’t afraid. Although his gland was disabled, dealing with ordinary people was easy. If it was an S-rank, it would be tricky, but fighting hard would always offer a way out.
Shen Shuyu stood in the entryway, watching Wen Jiafei walk toward the kitchen where the noise was coming from, holding the long-handled umbrella.
The person in the kitchen must have heard the door opening as well. Just as Wen Jiafei was about to reach the kitchen door, the person inside came out holding a dish.
His gaze landed on Wen Jiafei’s hand, then on the stunned Shen Shuyu behind him. He said gently, “Xiao Yu, aren’t you going to introduce us?”
Shen Shuyu snapped back to reality. Wait, why did Shen Yisi suddenly come here???
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