Chapter 43: Trample the Scumbag! Du Xun Commands Majestic Protection for His Wife!
This was the first time Shen Zhuo saw Du Xun angry.
The supreme commander who had experienced countless storms, his eyes were like a deep, bottomless abyss.
Calm and unperturbed, yet exuding an almost pathological chill.
As if he would tear apart the person in front of him the next second.
The S5 pheromones could effectively control the targeted release.
Only Feng Ming was bearing the torture of those top-tier pheromones.
The pain was so excruciating that his face was drained of color, and he slowly knelt down.
He didn’t know why the cold-hearted Du Xun would come to the aid of an omega.
“Du Xun… Commander…”
Feng Ming tightly covered his gland, his body almost collapsing to the ground, blood seeping from his seven orifices.
“Aren’t you afraid… His Majesty… will blame you…”
But Du Xun was staring straight at Shen Zhuo.
“Did he hurt you?”
Shen Zhuo lifted his foot and stepped on Feng Ming’s wrist, grinding it mercilessly.
Not until the sound of bones cracking was heard did he slowly retract his foot.
“He doesn’t have that capability.”
The young man savored the excruciating yet silent agony on the Second Prince’s face, but his words were directed at Du Xun:
“He said that if I want to marry him, he can even make me on par with Xun Qing, becoming the future Queen.”
Du Xun’s gaze from above was ice-cold:
“A country only needs one Queen.”
“You… what relationship…” Feng Ming, shaking like a sieve and covered in cold sweat, gripped his broken wrist.
“You… what relationship…”
“Looks like you’re not as stupid as I thought, Mr. Trash Bin.”
Ai Li smiled and stepped forward, also kicking him.
“Sorry, I’m not afraid of you either, and besides, Shen Zhuo Zhuo is – ”
“Let’s go, Ai Li,” Shen Zhuo interrupted him. “No need to explain to him.”
Ai Li raised his eyebrows, getting up and draping an arm over Shen Zhuo’s shoulder:
“You’re definitely treating me today, I haven’t swindled you in a while.”
Du Xun, walking behind the two, glanced back at the fallen Feng Ming: “Give my greetings to the Queen.”
“You…” Feng Ming bared his teeth and lifted his head.
Finally, for the first time.
He saw those gray-blue eyes that were like gems.
“You…” Feng Ming, already out of breath, “your… eyes…”
By now, he had completely stopped, his face filled with disbelief:
“You… you are…!”
But before he could say the next words, Du Xun had already turned and left.
The matters on the northern battlefield had not been completely resolved.
While presiding over the entrance examination, Du Xun was also busy deploying strategies.
According to General Shen’s information, a new form of insect race had appeared on the northern battlefield.
They had evolved, shedding all their carapaces and insect parts.
And they had intelligence.
Just like real humans.
Therefore, they were named the Insectoid Humanoids.
Humans fighting against beings that looked like humans.
The slaughter was akin to killing one’s own kind, not an easy thing to accept.
As Shen Zhuo left, he received a message from Du Xun apologizing.
[I need to go to the northern battlefield tonight to handle the last matters, and may not be back until a few days later.]
[Sorry, can’t have dinner with you tonight.]
[The teacher and teacher’s wife aren’t home, where do you want to stay during the holiday after tomorrow?]
[The house has already been prepared.]
Originally just inquiring, but the last sentence made the intention too obvious.
How so lacking in candor.
Shen Zhuo’s mood brightened, and the corners of his lips curved unconsciously:
[If there’s no quarrel, I won’t be returning to the maternal home for now.]
The other side quickly replied, as if guaranteeing:
[There won’t be any quarrels.]
“Hey, are you still listening to me?” Ai Li frowned, arms crossed:
“That expression, you’re not…”
[*kissing emoji*]
Ai Li: “…”
Damn!
Saw the filthy thing again!
“Oh right,” Ai Li said, “the Palace Dance Festival in three days, your uncle should have received the invitation too, right?”
Shen Zhuo had received the message from Shen Yuyin this morning, saying that if he and Jiang Yuening couldn’t make it, Shen Zhuo should attend in their place.
He nodded.
“To commemorate the former Queen Mingya, His Majesty really goes all out, holding a dance festival every year.”
Ai Li rubbed his face and sighed:
“At least the one-month break before school starts is coming, after tomorrow I’ll go back and sleep to my heart’s content, otherwise by the time school starts I might not have any handsome alphas hitting on me.”
Shen Zhuo suddenly remembered something:
“Didn’t you say you were going to meet the stinky tofu after the exam?”
Ai Li hissed: “Ah, seems like there was something like that.”
Shen Zhuo asked: “What if he’s really handsome?”
Ai Li stroked his chin: “He can’t be more handsome than the commander, right?”
He had finally managed to find out the name of that alpha.
Ji Weishi.
Salted lemon pheromones, an S3 alpha.
Completely, perfectly, his ideal type.
Shen Zhuo: “…”
What if that’s the case?
Shen Zhuo was actually a little curious.
He really wanted to see the expressions on both their faces when they met.
Maybe he should sneak and follow them then?
On the last night of the Ares Military Academy entrance examination, Shen Zhuo slept very early.
So much so that all the major news headlines were about him, but he didn’t see them at all.
At 6 o’clock the next morning, he saw that Ai Li was already sitting on the bed fiddling with his phone.
“You woke up so early?”
Ai Li grinned, his eyes bloodshot, but his gaze was filled with excitement: “No, I didn’t sleep.”
“Yesterday’s headlines were all about you, the entire public opinion has shifted, do you want to see how pathetic those people are groveling at you?”
Ai Li, with dark circles under his eyes, boasted proudly:
“I spent a night scolding all those people who criticized you before.”
Shen Zhuo’s lips moved, but he swallowed the words back.
Ai Li has always been like this since he was little.
He never cared much about external comments, at most just replying a sentence or two when he got angry.
But Ai Li was different.
He wouldn’t sleep until he had scolded those people to tears and begged for mercy.
“Ah, here someone says you’re relying on your face to get by, and they say the same about me. Hey, if you say that about me, I won’t be sleepy anymore.”
Ai Li stared at his phone and resumed his passionate counterattack.
While Shen Zhuo was washing up, he took a look at Quanzhi.
Yesterday, his remarks had reached over a million reposts.
The comment section was almost unrecognizable, with those who had previously spoken ill of him either humbly apologizing or disappearing completely.
【 I’m crying to death! He’s speaking up for all weak omegas! Yes! Omegas don’t have to rely on alphas!】
【I’m Bianzhai: What a great face, young master Shen, remember to close the toilet seat at night, I won’t take the common path (sinister crawling)】
【May Xuanxue bless my gacha pulls: S5 omegas really exist?? This is not just impressive, this is already godly!】
【You are my god: As expected of General Shen and Colonel Jiang’s child, these two were already S-rank, this is a prodigy born!】
【Little Tong needs to lose weight: Honestly, I apologize for my previous ignorance, a sincere apology!】
【Low-rank so what: It seems I’ve caught a glimpse of the future of omegas, we can break free from alphas, truly thank you】
There were all kinds of comments.
There were also many asking to “give him a chance”.
And the dynamic he had posted of him and Du Xun eating together also had speculations galore in the comments.
Some said it was actually a fellow examinee, some said it might be Ai Li.
Perhaps the outcome he had anticipated long ago made Shen Zhuo uninterested.
He also scrolled through Xun Qing’s related dynamics.
The response was average.
A1 omega and S5 omega, incomparable.
After browsing for a while, Shen Zhuo saw a page gradually being pushed to the top of Quanzhi’s headlines.
It was the chatlog screenshot that said he was selling himself.
He saw that someone had clarified the matter regarding that chatlog screenshot, basically restoring the information.
There was nothing indecent happening.
It only showed a young, naive omega, loving so humbly and deeply.
The comment section had completely flipped.
The original instigator was pushed to the forefront of public criticism.
It was a strange account.
Dug up and identified by the public.
The IP address came from within the palace of the Second Prince.
At exactly 8 a.m.
A huge holographic screen was erected in the center of the Ares Military Academy campus.
Displaying the rankings of the non-eliminated candidates after the exam.
Shen Zhuo stood in the crowd, and everyone automatically gave him space.
“Hello, Shen Zhuo, I’m the son of the chairman of Nannian Pharmaceutical Group, can I invite you to dinner?”
“Hey, can’t you tell who arrived first? Uh… I want to be your friend, can we exchange contact information?”
“What are you alphas thinking? Brother, look at me!”
“Are you Ai Li? I really liked your performance in long-range shooting! I heard you also ranked first in the written exam!”
“These two are so awesome, sniff sniff!”
Since childhood, aside from the Imperial Etiquette Academy, the Shen family’s training ground, and the normal aristocratic school, Shen Zhuo did not participate in any social occasions.
One was because Shen Yuyin wanted to protect him, and the other was because he simply disliked it himself.
It was only after his previous life’s marriage that he slowly became familiar with the surface of cup-exchanging and toasting, while actually harboring ulterior motives.
But Ai Li had been accompanying Father Ai to various decadent venues since he was young, like a seasoned veteran in the social arena.
If the battlefield was Shen Zhuo’s home turf, then the social scene definitely belonged to Ai Li.
Faced with the crowd coming forward to make overtures, Ai Li responded one by one in front of Shen Zhuo.
Until almost no one came to disturb them anymore, Ai Li was exhausted and stuck out his tongue.
He took out a candy and stuffed it into his mouth.
“So troublesome,” he said unhappily, biting the milk candy with force:
“If it weren’t for my old man telling me to get along well with them, I’d definitely be like you and not care about anyone.”
Shen Zhuo glanced casually at the crowd around.
In another group, he saw the smiling Xun Qing.
The moment that person noticed his gaze, it was like a flash of cold light.
Beside him, Feng Ming’s expression was complex, but he was still forcing a nonchalant appearance.
They occasionally exchanged smiles, looking very sweet.
Around them, about half the people were following the royal family, while the other half were preparing to join.
Shen Zhuo shifted his gaze to the electronic screen in front of him.
“The list is out.”
