Chapter 34
Wen Su held his phone in one hand, staring at the “Friends’ Moments” toggle button on the social app, hesitating.
Usually, his colleagues often gathered together to gossip about what so-and-so posted yesterday, how many comments they got, and how it was a pity that another so-and-so didn’t even like the post.
In the past, he just let these things go in one ear and out the other, completely failing to understand the magic of “Moments.” At the same time, he understood that his lack of understanding didn’t change the fact that most people understood and liked it very much, even using it every day, all the time.
He Yuan loved life so much; he definitely used it too.
Opening it, he would surely be able to see He Yuan’s current status.
But did this count as compromise and escape?
It was something he used to disdain, and simply because he didn’t dare to see the real He Yuan, he had to settle for the next best thing.
Was the current him already this weak?
After struggling for a long time, he finally couldn’t withstand the whirlwind-like longing. He temporarily admitted his weakness, took a deep breath, and tapped with his fingertip. “Moments” opened, and the world instantly became rich and colorful.
He saw the morning meeting thoughts posted by his superior, the lunch posted by his subordinate, the selfie of Song Pei wearing sunglasses, and…
His chest vibrated violently.
His super-healthy body experienced tangible arrhythmia at this moment.
It was He Yuan.
It really was He Yuan.
He posted a photo, and he was actually running on a track!
His fluffy hair flew up, his cheeks were red and puffed out, his eyes were closed, and every cell in his body was exerting force.
…Even exerting force to run was so cute.
Wen Su used two fingers to enlarge the photo, dragging it back and forth to observe every detail. It was just a pity that no matter how advanced technology was, or how realistic the texture, ultimately there was no touch, no temperature, no way to reach the satisfaction of the heart directly.
Exiting the full image, the matching text above read: [Commemorating the first race! (Peace sign)]
The peace sign emoji was exactly the same as the hand-drawn pattern at the signature of the letters he used to write to him.
Too cute.
Wen Su smiled.
For the first time in over half a month, he smiled inadvertently and from the bottom of his heart.
His finger slid down automatically, arriving at the comments section—
Song Pei: [So you like this one the best.]
He Yuan: [Yes! Thank you, General Sir! General Sir’s photography skills are super amazing!]
Song Pei: [You flatter me. It is you who are cute and pretty; you look good no matter how you’re photographed.]
He Yuan: [General Sir is the one flattering me! And the most important thing about this photo isn’t being pretty or good-looking, it’s that it looks like I’m running super fast!]
Song Pei: [Hahaha, flattery failed.]
He Yuan: [(Peace sign) (Smile) (Embarrassed laugh) Still want to thank General Sir.]
Wen Su: ?
Wen Su: ???
Wen Su: ??????
Wen Su: ?????????
He flipped the phone over and back, clicked on He Yuan’s photo, exited, clicked again, refreshed the page, refreshed again, exited “Moments,” and entered again.
The dialogue in the comments section remained unchanged.
He was now covered in question marks; his head was about to explode from being squeezed by question marks.
He Yuan and Song Pei, Song Pei and He Yuan…
When did they add each other’s contact information, and become so familiar?!
Chatting back and forth, calling him “General Sir” continuously, saying things like “cute and pretty,” “super amazing, you flatter me.” The most critical point was, He Yuan’s photo was actually taken by Song Pei?!
Judging by the meaning, he took quite a few.
Wen Su threw the phone, pacing in the room in a rage. He picked up the phone again and called Song Pei through gritted teeth.
“What exactly are you doing?”
The call connected, and he questioned impatiently and very unhappily.
Song Pei paused as if it were natural: “What are you referring to?”
“Don’t play dumb.”
Song Pei paused.
Song Pei was Song Pei after all. Once he figured it out, he laughed easily and said: “You found out? How did you find out? Oh… opened the door to a new world. Little student He Yuan is really amazing, changing you again and again…”
“Shut up.”
“Don’t be angry.” Song Pei grinned, then stopped laughing, his voice turning cold as he asked back, “But, do you have the right to be angry?”
Wen Su was silent.
Clenching the phone tightly, he suppressed his emotions that were on the edge and asked: “What exactly do you want to do?”
“And you? What exactly do you want to do? Wen Su, neither of us can control others, we can only control ourselves.”
Wen Su was silent again.
He knew Song Pei wasn’t a bad person and never had bad intentions.
“There are still many photos. Wen Su, do you want to contact little student He Yuan to have him send them to you personally, or do you want me to send them to you?”
Wen Su: …
“Think about it. I have things to do, hanging up.”
Song Pei kept interrupting, and without waiting for Wen Su to reply, he ended the call decisively.
He had just left Star Source University. Sitting in a private sky-rail car at this moment, his expression was a bit heavy.
Wen Su’s state was worse than he imagined. He had already given hints, he just didn’t know if Wen Su could comprehend them.
The reason he only dropped hints and didn’t spell it out was, firstly, considering Wen Su’s personality, and secondly, in matters of feelings, every node and every track must be pushed and stepped on by the parties involved personally to usher in a truly mature result. No one could interfere.
From this day on, Wen Su added a routine daily task.
The first thing upon opening his eyes was to see if He Yuan had posted a Moment. The last thing before closing his eyes was to see if He Yuan had posted a Moment. Whenever he was free in between, he had to see if He Yuan had posted a Moment.
If work was busy and he wasn’t free for a long time, he would be anxious and irritable: Maybe He Yuan has already posted many Moments, but I couldn’t see them immediately. Angry! Annoying work! Why do generals have so many things to do? Why hasn’t the Star Source Alliance exploded yet!
And when work finally ended, and the Star Source Alliance failed to explode as wished, Wen Su took out his phone expressionlessly, but frantically inside, no different from an internet-addicted teenager whose parental controls were suddenly lifted.
Just.
Pity.
In the past four hours, He Yuan didn’t post any Moments.
Why didn’t he post?
He loved life so much, shouldn’t he post about everything?
It was simply unimaginable how happy he would be if He Yuan posted about everything.
…Maybe there would also be sorrow and bitterness.
But posting was better than not posting.
So when exactly would he post?
He looked at the old Moments over and over again until he could recite them backward. The new Moment was still nowhere to be found.
If this continued, his body, which had never been injured, would probably have its record broken by tenosynovitis first.
Who could have thought that the first injury of a top-tier general would be tenosynovitis?
10:00 AM on a weekday. Prime time. Most students were in class, so He Yuan, the suspended student, appeared very idle.
Of course, he wouldn’t let himself truly be idle. He hugged a book and went to the lakeside.
The scenery there was good, and the weather was good today. Reading books would definitely be an enjoyment!
…Mm? Someone arrived first?
He Yuan tiptoed and craned his neck to look.
Quite a lot of people, all standing, and forming a circle?
Seemed not quite normal.
He Yuan became cautious, held his breath, cat-walked closer, stopped behind a tree, and pricked up his ears to listen—
“…You are simply a bunch of lunatics!”
“Oh my, how does the little O accuse the victim? It was clearly you who sat in the seat we occupied…”
“Public benches by the lake, occupied seat?! Just putting a few books there makes it yours?! Put a few more books, do you want the entire Star Source Alliance to be yours?! Calling you lunatics is a compliment, get out of the way quickly!”
“Eh? Why does this little O speak so unpleasantly? Occupied the seat and not only didn’t apologize but also pushed your luck. Then don’t blame us for being impolite.”
“What do you want to do?!”
Several tall people approached the short one. The short one retreated hurriedly, but there were many people on the opposite side, and there was no way to escape.
Not good.
Righteous indignation exploded in He Yuan’s heart. Clenching his fist, he rushed out.
“What are you going to do!”
Glaring furiously.
That circle of people looked over unexpectedly. Eyes met. The surrounded short person froze, and He Yuan also froze—
It was actually Young Master Chu!
Young Master Chu was also a student of Star Source University?
Mm, not important. What was important was that he had already seen injustice on the road and drawn his sword to help; he couldn’t give up halfway!
He Yuan glared even more furiously.
“I heard it all. You are unreasonable and bullying people with your power. It’s excessive! You lost your own face, lost the school’s face, and are still triumphant! You…”
“Who are you?!” one person asked in confusion.
“You don’t need to know who I am! Anyone couldn’t stand your vile conduct! Is the strength Alphas pride themselves on just this kind of strength used to bully Omegas?”
Another person sneered: “You’re an Omega too, right? What if we are just unreasonable today, just bullying with power, and deal with you together? You can’t even protect yourself, yet you want to protect others?”
“Who says I can’t protect myself and others?” He Yuan wasn’t afraid at all. He took a step back with one foot, posing as if ready to launch. “We two might not beat you, but I can go right now and make your evil deeds public! The school has rules, the country has laws. If you do bad things, you will definitely be punished! I run very fast, guaranteed you can’t catch up! Try if you don’t believe it!”
His sudden arrival disrupted the rhythm. Now everyone was a bit dumbfounded.
After a stalemate for a moment, the person on the opposite side who spoke last suddenly waved his hand to his companions and said: “Forget it, pretty boring. Let’s go.”
“Ah? Just, just leaving like this?” A companion was surprised.
That person seemed to be the leader. He said nothing more, took the books placed on the bench, and left first. The few companions looked at each other and had to follow resentfully.
He Yuan breathed a huge sigh of relief.
He smiled at Young Master Chu, then the smile paused.
Mm, Young Master Chu still had that stinky face, looking down from above and putting no one in his eyes.
But since things had come to this, he had to say something.
“Didn’t expect it to be you, Young Master Chu.” He tried to wave his hand in a friendly manner. “It’s fine now, are you okay?”
Young Master Chu looked at him for a moment, and instead of answering, asked: “Why are you here?”
“I am a student here. Young Master Chu…”
“Me too.” After speaking, he turned his body sideways. “D-don’t expect me to thank you.”
He Yuan: ?
Young Master Chu was tsundere; he felt it last time. observing carefully now, Young Master Chu was indeed… blushing a little and dodging his eyes.
So he smiled and waved his hand: “It doesn’t matter. Doing good deeds wasn’t for others’ thanks originally. It’s just that if others thanked, one would be happier!”
Young Master Chu snorted: “I don’t mean that. I mean, if you knew it was me earlier, you probably wouldn’t have helped, right?”
“No way!” He Yuan refuted super decisively. “One thing is one thing. Even if I knew it was Young Master Chu earlier, I would have helped! I mean it, even if you don’t believe it, it’s true.”
The two fell silent.
Staring at each other for a moment, Young Master Chu said again: “Those people were indeed annoying, but one sentence wasn’t wrong. You overestimate yourself too much. In the future, before wanting to help people, weigh how much you actually weigh. Don’t blindly play the hero. The consequences are serious.”
The same words, but as long as one experienced it with heart, one could feel the unique kindness belonging to a tsundere.
“I know. Next time I will figure it out properly. Thank you for your concern, Young Master Chu!”
Straightforwardness counters being prickly.
Young Master Chu’s face inevitably became redder. He looked away and stammered: “Don’t flatter yourself, who, who is concerned about you…”
He Yuan scratched his head and smiled: “By the way, Young Master Chu, why didn’t you reveal your identity just now? As long as you said it, they guaranteed wouldn’t dare to bully you again.”
“First, they aren’t worthy. Second, there was nothing to say originally.” Young Master Chu raised his eyebrows disdainfully. “And don’t always call me ‘Young Master Chu’, ‘Young Master Chu’. It’s not like I don’t have a name.”
Come ask me quickly.
It was almost a hint.
He Yuan immediately said very tactfully: “Then may I ask for your great name!”
“Chu Xi. The Xi in baixi (white/fair).”
“Oh…” He Yuan had a look of memorizing it. “When I first heard it, I thought it was the Xi in chenxi (morning sun).”
“Why?” Chu Xi finally revealed a natural expression of doubt.
“Because Young Master Chu… oh no, because Chu Xi, you look as dazzling as the sun. No matter where you go, you make people unable to move their eyes away!”
Chu Xi: !
His face was redder than ever before.
From childhood to adulthood, he had heard countless praises, but rarely sincere ones. This seemed to be the first time…
“I, I won’t talk to you anymore. I have things to do. Le-leaving.”
He turned around, walked a few steps very awkwardly, then turned back.
Asked even more awkwardly: “I forgot, you… what’s your name again?”
“He Yuan! The He in jihe (geometry), the Yuan in yaoyuan (distant)!”
“Your name is rather ordinary.”
“Mm, it is quite ordinary.” He Yuan lowered his eyes. Although still smiling, it was obviously a bit forced. “Because I am an orphan, destined to be abandoned. The name… thinking about it, naturally wouldn’t be given with care.”
Chu Xi: !!!
It’s over.
Can’t sleep tonight. Surely as soon as he closed his eyes, he would think of He Yuan’s current look of forcing a smile, and then repeatedly regret and repeatedly beat himself up over why he said such words. Why, why!
Just like that night of the military banquet.
Regretted so much he wished he could be remade.
It was all because of this He Yuan!
Could he be incompatible with him?
Couldn’t stay a moment longer.
Chu Xi turned around and continued to walk away awkwardly.
Bad at socializing, cared about face, but actually not a bad person; on the contrary, harbored kindness.
The Tulip Admiral was right before; Young Master Chu and General Wen Su were quite alike.
He was best at dealing with this type of person!
Pity…
Sigh.
Thinking of General Wen Su, his heart was still filled with regret. But generally speaking, an unexpected good thing happened today, worth recording!
Swish—
Wen Su didn’t know how many times he had refreshed the Moments. Finally, like finding no treasure after years of searching in an endless, treacherous deep forest, just when he started doubting if the treasure really existed and the thought of giving up emerged, the Goddess of Luck finally gave the highest commendation to his perseverance. A big gold mine dazzling enough to blind eyes appeared.
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