Chapter 61
The three of them were already walking toward the Safe House. Chi Yanxun nodded. “I know you might be unwilling to say it due to certain reasons, but rest assured, I will get justice for you.”
This was the first time Shen Xili felt Chi Yanxun was a bit baffling. As a Double-S Alpha himself, why was he deemed ‘easy to bully’ by another Double-S Alpha?
He just entered training later than Chi Yanxun and the others, but successfully entering the Survival War already proved he wasn’t bad. Ordinary people would have to weigh their options before bullying him.
Although Shen Shuyu had a bit of a young master’s temper, his heart was good. In the first level, he got poisoned by ants due to lack of experience. When dueling the Black Wolf, Shen Shuyu didn’t run away by himself but came back to save him.
It was universally recognized in the Interstellar that Omegas couldn’t lift or carry, yet he gritted his teeth and carried him for a long way. Although his mouth was unforgiving, he never gave up on him.
After all the Alphas were drugged, he alone bravely and wisely went to get the antidote. He didn’t make a sound when injured. Also, during their escape, he clearly remembered being halfway there with him. He fainted due to snake venom, but in a daze, he felt someone carrying him.
It was Shen Shuyu.
His own knee hadn’t healed, yet he didn’t think of abandoning him by the roadside. Instead, he carried him into a cave.
When he and Chi Yanxun left the cave, he actually looked back. That cave was very hidden, with a pile of weeds at the entrance; ordinary people would find it hard to discover.
Although he didn’t understand why Shen Shuyu left suddenly, if one said Shen Shuyu bullied him, he couldn’t help asking: What kind of bullying is this?
They had been together closely for a few days. Except for his unforgiving mouth, the Young Master hadn’t dragged them down at other times. So he didn’t quite understand why Chi Yanxun suddenly said such hurtful words to an Omega.
Just because Shen Shuyu liked him?
Shen Xili pursed his lips. He said, “Although I don’t know why you feel this way, Captain, I haven’t been bullied by anyone. Also, although I am your team member, I am also an Alpha. If I were bullied, I would reclaim this humiliation myself.”
An Alpha sticking up for another Alpha—it sounded strange no matter how you heard it.
After speaking, Shen Xili strode to catch up, but after two steps, he thought of something. He stopped beside Chi Yanxun and said slowly in a voice only the two of them could hear, “You were really excessive just now. If you don’t like him, you can reject him cruelly. Instead of being like this—disliking him on the surface, but actually not making a determined rejection in your heart when he comes close.”
“Let’s go, Captain.”
After speaking, he really left this time.
Chi Yanxun stood in place as if struck by lightning. With a terrible expression, he digested what Shen Xili just said. Disliking on the surface? No determined rejection in the heart?
Joke! If he were really involved, he would know Shen Shuyu is basically a dog skin plaster that can’t be shaken off!
Chi Yanxun took a deep breath and followed to the Safe House with a gloomy face.
Reaching the Safe House, the later it got, the greater the stamina consumption, and the items inside the Safe House were better. Shen Shuyu sat on a stool watching the others surround the tablet, realizing only now that they could see the specific locations of their team members.
He Mingyue was still somewhat far from them but was moving in their direction. Chi Yanxun said, “Seems it will take some time for him to get here. Everyone rest first.”
Lin Xuyi exhaled. He walked briskly to the cleaning pod, muttering, “Been tired for ages.”
However, when He Mingyue arrived, they would have to wait for him to rest too. They probably wouldn’t leave the Safe House all morning today.
Shen Xili and Wen Jiafei also went to arrange the folding beds. Shen Xili glanced at Shen Shuyu, walked over, and asked, “is your leg better?”
Shen Shuyu looked down. “So-so.”
The next second, Shen Xili half-squatted down to roll up his pant leg.
Shen Shuyu subconsciously wanted to shrink back, but Shen Xili said, “Don’t move, let me take a look for you.”
Shen Shuyu felt weird inside but ultimately didn’t retract his leg.
The pant leg was rolled up. The knee had scabbed over, but the entire calf had many bruises, looking a bit scary.
Shen Shuyu said, “It’s fine. It’ll be all better in a while.”
Shen Xili lowered his pant leg for him and finally asked the question he had always wanted to ask: “Shen Shuyu, why are you hostile toward me?”
In his view, Shen Shuyu’s hostility toward him was unwarranted. Clearly, when they first met, he didn’t have much reaction to him, but the second time was like facing a formidable enemy.
He always felt there was something in between that he didn’t know. Maintaining the squatting posture, he looked up slightly. “Because of Chi Yanxun?”
Shen Shuyu’s brain short-circuited for a moment. Why is it getting more chaotic now? Is this something the Protagonist Shou should do and ask?
But he recovered quickly. “Looking like this, it’s hard not to make people dislike you.”
He didn’t answer the Protagonist Shou’s question directly, adopting a roundabout answer.
After all, the System was hibernating now; he had to handle many things himself.
Shen Xili said “Oh” and didn’t reply.
Shen Shuyu coughed lightly. “Stay away from me; I don’t really want to see you.”
Shen Xili chuckled lightly. He stood up but didn’t walk away. Instead, he stood in place. Shen Shuyu looked up. “You…”
He just uttered a syllable when he saw Shen Xili bend down. That beautifully aggressive face leaned close to his eyes.
Shen Shuyu swallowed the rest of his words, his eyes widening. Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit, what is he doing?!
Shen Xili seemed to smile again, then whispered in his ear, “I guess your dislike for me might be related to Chi Yanxun. But rest assured, I don’t know if his orientation is Omega or Alpha, but my orientation is normal. I only ever like O.”
Meaning, he wouldn’t develop feelings beyond teammates for Chi Yanxun.
After speaking, he straightened up quickly. His gaze landed on Shen Shuyu’s ear, which was visibly turning red to the naked eye.
Having delivered the message, he was in a good mood. Just as he prepared to see if the person in the cleaning pod had come out, he found Wen Jiafei staring at him constantly.
He smiled at Wen Jiafei, then continued to do his own thing.
Lin Xuyi noticed no one in the room was speaking. Looking up at Shen Shuyu sitting on the stool, he asked in confusion, “Young Master, why is your face so red?”
Shen Shuyu touched his face, daring not to look at Shen Xili at all, and said somewhat annoyedly, “What does it have to do with you!”
Lin Xuyi thought Shen Shuyu was unhappy after being pressured by Chi Yanxun’s pheromones. Not angry, he said, “Roll up your pant leg. I’ll apply some medicine for you; it’ll heal faster.”
“No need!” Shen Shuyu said quickly. “My self-healing ability is strong; it’s already healed!”
Lin Xuyi blinked. “Alright then, I’ll give you the medicine; apply it yourself. By the way, where is that half bottle of medicine I saved for you?”
That half bottle of medicine was given to a baffling Protagonist Shou long ago!
Shen Shuyu simply didn’t speak, playing deaf.
On the side, Shen Xili lowered his eyes, glancing at his well-bandaged forearm. That half bottle of medicine was used on him.
Everyone went into the cleaning pod to clean up one by one. Shen Shuyu even changed into clean clothes. After these days of high-intensity torment, he was wilted.
Lin Xuyi leaned over with a burst of praise. “Young Master looks like a Little Prince now.”
Shen Shuyu glanced at him and said numbly, “If you can’t compliment, you don’t have to compliment.”
These words gave him goosebumps!
Lin Xuyi laughed “haha” twice. He looked at Chi Yanxun sitting far away, leaned in, and whispered, “Young Master, I mean, the Captain should know he was wrong. Don’t lower yourself to his level. After all, we still have to aim for first place; we can’t have internal conflict, right?”
Shen Shuyu had actually calmed down on the road. Although still very angry, he had to prioritize the big picture. After all, he had to be eliminated by Planet Puce. Sitting here waiting for an unknown squad to eliminate him… when Little One woke from hibernation, it would probably cry a West Lake’s worth of water in his brain.
Fortunately, Lin Xuyi really knew how to read the room, frantically offering him an out. Luckily there was an out; otherwise, if he had to bow his head to Chi Yanxun like this, he was really afraid he couldn’t resist going up and punching him twice.
Sighing again, being cannon fodder really requires strong willpower!
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