Part 4
The four moved quickly and went out for another emergency drill.
According to the instructors: as military students, they would inevitably head to the battlefield. In the future, they wouldn’t know what kind of difficult battles they would face. These two consecutive surprises were common occurrences; there might even be situations where it lasted for half a month.
They had to maintain their vigilance at all times.
After the high-intensity training ended, morning training proceeded as usual.
The four checked their schedules. Today’s classes were relatively friendly.
Morning classes were full, but there was only one class in the afternoon. After that, they could pack up and go home.
Theoretically, not just them, but because of the two consecutive early morning drills, other students should be quite exhausted as well. Yet, everyone looked full of life.
A joyful atmosphere enveloped the entire academy.
One student said, “I heard His Highness Elvis will also attend the mixer!”
“Senior Wei Yuanqing will be there too!”
“And our School Beauty! From the past until now, she’s never attended a mixer, but this time she’s coming too!”
The students were extremely excited.
Perhaps influenced by the atmosphere, Yu Feiwen and the others’ moods lifted significantly as well.
Finally, the afternoon class ended.
The students hurried back to the dorm, grabbed their things, and ran toward the exit of Fense Academy.
Yun Yingzhi didn’t have much to take. He left the academy with his three roommates.
The hovercar parking area near the entrance was filled with expensive vehicles.
Yun Yingzhi bid farewell to his roommates, promising to see them at the mixer tomorrow night, and boarded the Yun family’s hovercar.
It took about half an hour to get from Fense Academy to the General’s Manor.
Yun Yingzhi sat in the backseat and fell asleep almost instantly.
Half an hour later, he was woken by the driver. He rubbed his sleepy eyes and entered the Yun residence.
The butler and the servants respectfully greeted him: “Young Master.”
Yun Yingzhi nodded to everyone and headed straight for his room on the third floor.
He hadn’t been back in a month, but the room was very tidy. The window was open, and a soft breeze blew in.
Yun Yingzhi planned to close the window and sleep.
Walking to the window, his hand gripping the handle suddenly paused. Looking out, he saw two people.
It was Huai Boshe and Yun Yingyao.
Yun Yingzhi’s eyelids jumped, and his brow furrowed imperceptibly.
There is a saying that you care deeply about someone, but they don’t care about you at all. That feeling…
Was very subtle.
Yun Yingzhi saw Huai Boshe gently cupping Yun Yingyao’s cheeks with both hands.
The distance between them was extremely close, as if they might kiss the next moment—or perhaps they were just talking intimately.
Yun Yingzhi took a deep breath, closed the window, drew the curtains, and lay on the bed.
His brain was exhausted, yet he couldn’t sleep at all. His mind was filled with Huai Boshe and Yun Yingyao.
To stop wasting time on Huai Boshe’s affairs, Yun Yingzhi forced himself to think about Source Weapon manufacturing. For example, how could he make the Zerg Legions kill each other?
As he pondered, time flew by. In a flash, it was time for dinner.
A knock came at the door. Through the wood, a maid said, “Young Master, dinner is ready.”
Yun Yingzhi opened his eyes drolly. He had been a big eater since he was little; no matter how tired he was, he had to eat his three meals properly.
When he was a child, other kids could only eat half a bowl of rice, but he could finish three whole bowls alone. At that time, Yun Yinghui would hug him and say, “Our Zhizhi is truly a little piggy.”
What made Yun Yingzhi sigh in relief was that he wasn’t a piggy; he was a bunny—the kind that didn’t get fat and had excellent digestion.
He got out of bed and walked out of the room.
General Yun and Madame Yun were both very busy; Yun Yingzhi rarely saw them.
Especially now, General Yun was stationed at a border planet, and Madame Yun traveled frequently, only returning for short periods each year.
The maid informed Yun Yingzhi that Madame Yun had not returned. In the entire manor, there were currently only two masters: himself and Yun Yingyao.
Yun Yingzhi’s steps paused. In other words, if he went to the dining room now, he would run into Yun Yingyao.
His relationship with her wasn’t bad, but it had never been good either.
He envied Madame Yun’s doting on Yun Yingyao, and she likewise envied Yun Yinghui’s doting on him.
In this regard, the two were on equal footing.
Yun Yingzhi continued toward the dining room.
As expected, Yun Yingyao was already seated and waiting.
She looked at Yun Yingzhi and nodded, which served as a greeting.
Yun Yingzhi nodded back.
The siblings ate in silence. Not a single word was spoken throughout the meal.
This was actually their daily mode of interaction.
After a thought, Yun Yingzhi spoke: “Yao Yao.”
Yun Yingyao looked at him, her eyes cool.
Yun Yingzhi said, “Huai Boshe is not a good person!”
Yun Yingyao’s brow furrowed slightly. After a pause, she said, “Hmm. We grew up together.”
Her “Hmm” sounded very meaningful.
Yun Yingzhi insisted, “Huai Boshe is a piece of work.”
Yun Yingyao: “Are you speaking ill of him to me?”
Yun Yingzhi: “He…”
He wanted to say how bad Huai Boshe was, but he didn’t want her to know about his past with the man. For a moment, he didn’t know what to say.
Yun Yingyao sighed softly and added, “Yingzhi, one should not speak while dining nor talk while resting.”
Yun Yingzhi felt a lump in his chest, nearly inflating into a little pufferfish from anger.
Yun Yingyao put down her chopsticks, stood up, and left the dining room.
Yun Yingzhi hurriedly finished two more bowls of rice. Walking out of the room, he asked, “Butler Zhang, where is Yingyao?”
Butler Zhang replied with a smile, “She should have gone to the training room to digest her meal.”
Yun Yingzhi blinked and looked toward the training room. Yun Yingyao had been very self-disciplined since she was little. After eating, she would walk to digest and then do extra training.
Yun Yingzhi patted his stomach. Likely due to being full, he was extremely sleepy.
He decided to get some sleep first.
Returning to his room, his mind was exhausted. He was just about to fall asleep.
But the moment he lay down, his head was filled with the matter between Huai Boshe and Yun Yingyao, as well as her line about “silence during meals and rest.”
Yun Yingzhi: “…” He was… he was so angry!
He tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep. Turning his grief into power, and to keep himself from getting angrier, his brain began designing Source Weapon blueprints.
Thinking it over, he opened his personal terminal.
This time, he was thinking about the weapon he wanted to give Yun Yinghui.
For him now, he could manufacture Level 6 weapons quite well; generally, the chance of failure wasn’t high.
The problem now was how to allow warriors with various elemental affinities to more effectively trigger restricted space-type abilities without alignment.
Engraving patterns began to take shape in his mind.
Bit by bit, Yun Yingzhi recorded his ideas.
Suddenly, another knock came. The familiar voice returned: “Young Master, breakfast is ready.”
Yun Yingzhi: “…”
He froze and checked the time. It was…
8:00 AM.
In other words, from last night until now, he hadn’t slept for a single second?
He had pulled another all-nighter?
No wonder he was so sleepy.
Yun Yingzhi’s eyelids jumped. He patted his stomach and felt very hungry.
He thought: Luckily it’s the holiday, otherwise this would be too pathetic.
After breakfast, he could sleep until he woke up naturally and then attend the mixer in the evening.
Yun Yingzhi stood up and went to the bathroom to wash up. He saw himself in the mirror; because he hadn’t slept well for days, he looked exceptionally tired.
He felt he might actually fall asleep while eating.
He went downstairs and entered the dining room.
Yun Yingyao was already waiting there.
After the two greeted each other with a nod again, they began to eat.
Silence during meals and rest, Yun Yingzhi thought.
He tried to hold it in, but he couldn’t. He spoke: “Yao Yao.”
Yun Yingyao: “…Hmm?”
Yun Yingzhi: “Are you attending the mixer tonight?”
Yun Yingyao’s movements paused. She looked at him, her cool gaze instantly becoming extremely sharp. She said, “You’ve never attended before.”
Yun Yingzhi was momentarily speechless. No, he just asked if she was attending, right?
Yun Yingyao added, “Are you going?” Her gaze was full of aggression.
Yun Yingzhi’s eyelids jumped. For some reason, he didn’t quite dare to say he was going. After a thought, he said, “…Silence during meals and rest.”
Yun Yingyao: “…”
She gave him a deep look, put down her chopsticks, and walked out of the room.
Yun Yingzhi pursed his lips, subtly sensing that she was unhappy.
He thought about it and continued eating.
Then, Yun Yingzhi noticed that the bowl Yun Yingyao had used had developed cracks. Following that…
It shattered into dust, inch by inch.
What a grip.
Yun Yingzhi: “…”
He blinked his dark eyes, thought for a moment, and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
His sister was a little bit scary. But that didn’t stop him from eating.
Once he was full, he stared at the bowl in his own hand. After a moment’s thought, he squeezed hard.
The bowl in his hand…
Shattered into dust, inch by inch.
Yun Yingzhi: “…”
He felt he was also quite impressive.
Translator’s Note:
A few notes for this chapter:
- “Shi bu yan, qin bu yu” (食不言寢不語): This is a classic Confucian idiom. It literally means “Don’t talk while eating, don’t talk while sleeping.” It’s used here by Yun Yingyao to shut down the conversation, showing her strict and disciplined personality.
- “Are you worthy?” (我們配嗎?): This is a common internet slang/meme in China (Wo men pei ma?). It’s a self-deprecating way of saying one isn’t good enough for something. The roommates are so traumatized by their losses that they feel they don’t even deserve sleep.
- “Male Mother” vs. Protective Brother: We see more of the sibling dynamics here. Yun Yinghui is basically the only person Zhizhi can cry to, and his “theory” (talking sense) is definitely just a code for “violence.”
- Bowl Shattering: This shows the physical power disparity even between siblings. The General’s Manor kids are all built different!
See you in the next one!
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