Chapter 87: “Are you his lover?”
“I also promise you, no matter what happens, I will come back to you safely.”
“I will keep my promise, so you can’t break yours either, Du Xun.”
The omega extended his pinky finger, staring into the man’s eyes.
“Let’s pinky promise.”
Du Xun looked at the tip of Shen Zhuo’s finger.
It was already white from being clenched so tightly.
The alpha’s throat felt dry as he raised his hand and hooked his pinky around Shen Zhuo’s.
Shen Zhuo didn’t know.
Just because of this one sentence.
Du Xun changed his mind.
He reserved a place for “Du Xun” in the future.
And planted a belief to “return to Shen Zhuo’s side.”
——
Every day, Shen Zhuo would make time to go to Jingyue to study.
Liang Yeta would also be prepared every day, narrating knowledge in the most concise language.
With the help of a business genius like Liang Yeta, Shen Zhuo gradually began to grasp some basic projects.
But the courses at Ares were equally intense.
When Shen Zhuo didn’t have time, Liang Yeta proactively suggested they could have lessons in the library.
Ares’ library was divided into quiet and non-quiet zones.
Low-volume conversations were allowed on the non-quiet floors.
When Liang Yeta wheeled himself in front of Shen Zhuo, it attracted quite a few glances.
Several sets of photos were quickly uploaded to the school forum.
They showed Shen Zhuo and Liang Yeta sitting face-to-face, talking softly.
Shen Zhuo was recording something in a notebook.
And Liang Yeta was also holding a pen, the other end pointing at Shen Zhuo’s notebook.
Clearly, there were no inappropriate actions.
Both were proper and distant.
However, the purplish-red sunset spilling onto the desk through the floor-to-ceiling glass windows.
Did indeed reveal a hint of the ambiguous atmosphere of first love on campus.
Shen Zhuo didn’t notice any school forum until he was packing up to leave, when he was blocked at his seat.
The person who came was Fu Qishang.
That head of golden hair was dazzling and flamboyant.
He opened his mouth with mockery, glancing at Liang Yeta: “Yo, is this… the second one?”
Shen Zhuo simply pretended not to hear, turning to Liang Yeta and saying:
“I’ll go to your company tomorrow.”
Liang Yeta gave Fu Qishang a faint look.
Then he responded to Shen Zhuo: “Okay, I’ll have someone pick you up after class?”
Shen Zhuo: “No need, I’ll go by myself.”
Fu Qishang crossed his arms, watching the two ignore him completely, the corner of his mouth twitching.
“Shen Zhuo, I came to notify you that for tomorrow’s monthly assessment, let’s have a fair competition.”
Shen Zhuo packed all his books into his bag and asked Liang Yeta:
“Shall I push you?”
Liang Yeta shook his head: “No need, I can do it myself.”
“Shen Zhuo, did you hear—”
Just as Fu Qishang started to speak, Liang Yeta wheeled himself in front of him, the wheel rolling over the omega’s instep.
Fu Qishang immediately stepped aside, his royal upbringing making him bite his lip to keep from crying out in public, but tears welled up in his eyes from the pain.
Liang Yeta looked up, apologizing nonchalantly: “Sorry.”
“You!” Fu Qishang glared at him, then suddenly straightened his gaze and looked Liang Yeta up and down:
“Are you his lover?”
Liang Yeta finally raised his head, his gaze meeting the omega’s eyes directly.
That face, sharp and angular from illness, looked exceptionally cold and severe against the sunset background.
Liang Yeta wasn’t bad-looking to begin with.
On the contrary, with the added maturity of his experiences, his cold face had the aura of a refined scoundrel.
“Please stop saying such things. Shen Zhuo and I are just partners, we have no other relationship.”
Fu Qishang opened his mouth, as if suddenly nailed to the spot by Liang Yeta’s gaze.
For the first time, Fu Qishang watched Liang Yeta and Shen Zhuo walk away.
But he didn’t say another word.
His heart seemed to be beating violently.
Just then, a few of Fu Qishang’s lackeys ran up fawningly:
“Young Master Fu, we’ve already prepared to damage Shen Zhuo’s gun during tomorrow’s shooting class. We’ll definitely make him look like a fool tomorrow!”
The lackey was smug, thinking he would receive Fu Qishang’s praise.
But the golden-haired omega looked at him coldly.
Raising his hand, he slapped the person directly.
Crisp and loud.
Causing the softly conversing library to fall silent instantly, everyone looking at Fu Qishang in horror.
“I’ve said many times, you are not allowed to use such dirty tricks.”
“Can’t you hear?”
Fu Qishang narrowed his eyes, gripping the person’s throat and pressing down continuously.
Until that alpha knelt on the ground, begging for mercy with a pained face: “Young Master Fu! Spare me! I won’t do it next time!”
“You do bad things using my name, thinking I really don’t know anything?”
He had known for a long time that the rumors spreading in the school forums about Fu Qishang using any means necessary to bully classmates.
Were deliberately spread by these people.
If he disliked someone, he would only confront them face-to-face, never being insidious behind their backs.
However, every time those lackeys bullied classmates, they would blame it on him.
Just because he was the son of a prince.
To borrow his authority, these people were truly childish to the extreme.
He had secretly dealt with a few and anonymously sent some money to those bullied classmates.
But people claiming to be his “lackeys” kept emerging endlessly.
He thought there would be some useful people eventually.
But unexpectedly, they were all idiots.
Fu Qishang bent down, approaching the lackey, warning word by word:
“Who do you think Shen Zhuo is? An ant you can manipulate at will?”
The lackey trembled, covered in cold sweat:
“No… no… no, no, Young Master Fu, we just can’t stand him…”
“Need you to stand him?”
The omega retorted sarcastically, “I will confront Shen Zhuo face-to-face, is it your turn to add unnecessary touches?”
“No… dare not Young Master Fu… spare us…”
Fu Qishang let go, took out a handkerchief from his pocket with disgust, and wiped the fingers that had just touched this alpha bit by bit.
After wiping, he threw the handkerchief directly onto the lackey’s face.
“I, Fu Qishang, won’t do those villainous things. Whether it’s Shen Zhuo or Ai Li, if you dare touch a finger of theirs privately—”
The omega lowered his gaze, his eyes sharp:
“You will die very ugly.”
“Yes… yes, Young Master Fu…” The lackey bowed and scraped, “We won’t ever again!”
Fu Qishang stepped on the person’s shoulder: “I don’t need lackeys.”
The omega kicked hard, sending the person sprawling on the ground.
“Forever, get out of my sight.”
Those people fled in panic.
Once out of Fu Qishang’s sight, their expressions changed immediately.
Thinking viciously, one spat on the ground.
“Pah, what a thing, given the chance I’ll definitely *kill you.”
“Exactly, pah!”
“Then how will we collect protection fees in the future? Fu Qishang’s identity is much more useful than rank.”
“Talk about it then, let’s go, let’s go drink!”
.
That night.
When knocking on Shen Zhuo’s dorm door, Fu Qishang was prepared to be taught a lesson by Du Xun.
In the education he received from childhood, besides the prince, there were only two people he had to respect.
One was the Queen, the other was the military Commander-in-Chief.
It was just that he never expected…
Shen Zhuo’s alpha would be Du Xun.
No, it wasn’t unexpected either.
When Shen Zhuo brought someone to class, he wondered why he found a celebrity as a lover; at least it had to be the Commander-in-Chief to be worthy of an S5 rank and family background.
But unexpectedly…
It actually came true.
Fu Qishang swallowed, preparing to knock.
He heard the conversation inside the room close to the door.
“Then I’ll go buy some, wait for me to come back.”
“Okay.”
Before Fu Qishang could react, the dorm door opened.
Fu Qishang met Du Xun’s gaze head-on.
“Du… Commander Du!”
Fu Qishang took a nearly imperceptible step back.
Shen Zhuo peeked out from beside Du Xun.
Seeing it was Fu Qishang, the boy raised his eyebrows in surprise:
“It’s you?”
Actually, from the first time Shen Zhuo saw Fu Qishang.
He knew those rumors in school were fake.
Fu Qishang purely belonged to the type of person who likes to take advantage verbally, would use pheromones to provoke, but wouldn’t really hurt people.
The first day Fu Qishang came to find Ai Li, the inner voice Shen Zhuo heard from Fu Qishang was like this:
When Fu Qishang hadn’t walked up to the two yet—
[Tsk, why so many people coming again, lackeys.]
When Fu Qishang saw Ai Li’s pale face—
[What’s Ai Li’s rank again? This concentration should be fine, right?]
[Cheh, why am I worried about this, should just release all provocative pheromones, make this person who insults the family name apologize properly!]
After he oppressed Fu Qishang—
[Fine, not chatting then not chatting, next time we meet I must scold you!]
[You two!]
Everything proved that Fu Qishang came to find Ai Li to talk at that time.
Really the kind of talk face-to-face.
At most adding some unpleasant sarcasm, there wouldn’t be a next step.
So when he met Fu Qishang again, he said those words to make him think carefully.
Fu Qishang was twisted by royal doctrines into what the royal family wanted.
Respecting only identity.
Lacking the ability to truly distinguish right from wrong himself.
Du Xun turned his head to look at Shen Zhuo, waiting for his decision.
Shen Zhuo touched the alpha with the back of his hand: “You go first.”
Wait until Du Xun disappeared at the end of the corridor, Shen Zhuo leaned against the door frame with his arms crossed, expression indifferent:
“What’s the matter.”
“Tomorrow’s monthly assessment, compete with me.”
Fu Qishang got straight to the point, knowing Shen Zhuo didn’t hear a word he said in the library.
Shen Zhuo tilted his head: “Why?”
Monthly assessment allows choosing opponents of different grades and ranks for PK, scored by five instructors.
Considering the basis for school-wide ranking.
“I thought about what you said last time.” Fu Qishang looked into Shen Zhuo’s eyes.
“I don’t agree with your statement.”
“Identity is the way to best embody glory.”
Shen Zhuo was noncommittal: “Since you’ve decided, why still compete?”
The boy’s brows and eyes were indifferent, a true coldness and perfunctoriness Fu Qishang had never seen.
Shen Zhuo indeed had no interest in identity.
It seemed this person could live prosperously even as a commoner.
“I’m not resigned.”
When Fu Qishang said this, he startled himself.
Fu Qishang considered his life always satisfactory.
Except for the rigid clan rules, everyone in the family loved him.
He could have everything he wanted.
Actually, there was nothing to be unresigned about.
He could be spoiled and willful, could be bossy, could speak rudely.
But.
But…
He couldn’t be not excellent.
Before Shen Zhuo came, he was the most excellent omega in Ares.
He wasn’t resigned to handing over the first place to someone else.
Of course, he also disdained acting behind people’s backs.
Everything should be laid out in the open, upright and honest.
If he must lose—
At least… at least be defeated by his own hands.
Shen Zhuo’s eyes shifted.
Straightening up, he began to look directly at Fu Qishang.
Fu Qishang started to change.
He thought he was adhering to the various royal regulations of the prince.
But he didn’t know himself that a seed of resistance was sprouting.
That seed represented sobriety and reflection.
“I have a request.” Shen Zhuo said.
Hearing him agree, Fu Qishang’s eyes lit up.
“Speak.”
…
When Du Xun came back, Shen Zhuo was preparing to close the door, and Fu Qishang had already left.
“What happened?”
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