Chapter 20

Shi Yu suddenly panicked. She tried to ask Xia Feng in a low voice, "Could it be Xiu and Noah?" But Xia Feng glanced at her silently. Seeing the deep concentration in his eyes, Shi Yu didn't dare to speak anymore.

Shi Yu thought for a moment and picked up the tool kit that Loren had handed to her. Before leaving, Loren had patiently told her what was inside. In addition to bandages and some emergency hemostatic drugs, there was also Xia Feng's knife.

When Shi Yu carefully took out the knife from the leather sheath and handed it to Xia Feng, Xia Feng's cold and very coercive phoenix eyes seemed to finally move from the entrance to Shi Yu's face for a moment. She didn't say anything, but picked up her saber lightly and silently and turned it between her wrists. The leather on the outside fell to the ground, and the girl's thin waist and back under the tight lining immediately arched like a vigilant female leopard.

Shi Yu clutched the tool kit tightly in his hand, and secretly glanced at the bandage wrapped around Xia Feng's smooth and graceful shoulder line. He felt guilty and felt that this was the only thing he could do to help her...

But the fight between military school students - she thought a little confusedly, does it matter if she gets such a serious injury? Should she continue with this competition?

She didn't dare to ask this question now. When she heard footsteps that Shi Yu could also hear, she couldn't help but open her eyes wide and sit up straight with a tingling scalp.

"Why are you turning this way in a place like this?"

“…”

"Hey, wait!"

Xia Feng stood up the moment before they came in. She twirled her saber nimbly and cast a calm look at the two Alphas who followed the scent.

Amid the extremely exasperated voice of a certain young man, bits of rock fell from the hidden entrance. Shi Yu opened his mouth slightly in surprise, and the first thing he saw was the skinny trouser legs and the wide military boots that belonged to men's feet.

When Shi Yu really saw Simon's gray hair and a strange mask appear in front of him, he couldn't control his emotions and let out a slight "Ah!"

There was another silver-haired boy who followed Simon impatiently into the cave. He was shorter than Simon and came out with an irritated look on his face and stood aside. He saw at a glance the extremely weak look of his peer opposite him. On the ground, there was a little spy Beta sitting like a gift.

He urgently searched with his mental power and confirmed that there were no other Alphas at the moment. In an instant, the boy's purple eyes, similar to Noah's, lit up.

"Hey—" Yulai's tone was a little excited, and he nudged Simon's arm with his elbow. "There's no other Alpha's presence. You came here because you noticed there were points here, right? I misunderstood you. Shall we do it?"

Simon "..."

Yulai kept chattering, and Simon's sharp, dark golden eyes showed a slightly solidified coldness, and his whole body exuded a gloomy and low-pressure atmosphere of being disturbed.

Shi Yu shrank her head. For some reason, when Simon lowered his gray eyelashes like wings and looked at her, she turned her face away uncomfortably.

"Shigure."

Simon ignored Youlai's urging gaze and seemed to ignore Xia Feng's vigilant expression. He bent down slightly and suddenly stretched out a thin arm towards Shi Yu, as if calling a disobedient house cat.

Perhaps because she had always stuck to him before, Simon was particularly sensitive to Beta's shallow and almost odorless scent. When he passed by by chance, he smelled it and was led to this place.

But isn't this her purpose?

But seeing that Beta was now hiding, Simon paused, then let out a low, hoarse chuckle from his throat.

His pupils were slightly erected, and he kept his hand outstretched. He asked the quiet and withdrawn Shi Yu with a hint of sarcasm: "What? Aren't you coming over?"

Shi Yu: “?”

Shi Yu was a little confused by Simon's actions and affirmative questions, as if she should go over. Shi Yu looked at Simon with evasive eyes, then lowered her head and shook it slowly.

“No, no…” Shi Yu moved his lips and whispered, “I’ll stay here for a while, Simon! You…”

You guys go and do your work first—Shi Yu couldn't bring himself to say these words.

She suddenly remembered the day she parted with Wayne, when the shadow in the sky said, "Except teammates, everyone else is a hostile target." Combined with the words just now, which might have been said by Simon's companion, "There are points here" - Shi Yu had no doubt that Simon might have a fight with Xia Feng soon, and the winner would take Xia Feng's points.

But, how could Xia Feng defeat them now? Besides, Xia Feng was seriously injured, and she was a girl...!

Shi Yu felt that she should persuade Simon, but she had no way to deal with this group of military cadets who would fight at the slightest disagreement. Besides, it seemed like this was something they were used to, right?

A sense of powerlessness gradually welled up within Shigure, and she looked up at the slender Xia Feng with a sad look. The black-haired Alpha girl, tossing her saber up and down, quietly watched the exchange between Simon and Shigure. She knew her own physical condition well, and if she didn't need to act preemptively, it wouldn't be a bad idea to wait for a slight improvement.

However, when Shi Yu suddenly looked at him with sadness and a bit of determination, Xia Feng pursed his lips slightly in doubt, and two question marks seemed to appear in his dark eyes.

But the next moment, her eyes moved slightly, and she temporarily shifted her attention away from Shi Yu.

The girl Alpha, whose mental strength was above average, stopped fiddling with the saber out of boredom and frowned for a moment, as if because of something, but quickly relaxed again.

As expected, Xia Feng raised his saber and calmly cast his dark gaze behind Simon.

Yulai: “Huh?”

Thinking Xia Feng was looking at him, You Lai's face furrowed and he looked back with a warning.

“…”Xia Feng was too lazy to pay attention to him.

Shi Yu thought about it over and over again, but still didn't know how to tell Simon.

Xia Feng didn't seem to care about what happened next, but she couldn't bear to see her savior get hurt, so Shi Yu gritted her teeth and spoke tentatively, trembling: "Simon, can you go somewhere else first? I won't go with you for the time being..."

When she said this, Shi Yu seemed to have felt Simon's gloomy gaze looking at her, which made her body a little stiff, as if she was back to the scene of meeting Simon that day.

At first, I had a bad impression of Simon, right? He always looked at me with a judging look, and his actions showed no consideration for my feelings as a girl.

But because of my strange physical condition that day, I hugged him, and after that, I treated Simon as a friend.

The sudden realization of something unusual tangled up in Shiyu's mind, and she suddenly recalled the series of seemingly unnatural events that had occurred since she'd entered the military academy. However, before this information could coalesce into a single clue, Shiyu shuddered, instinctively clearing her mind.

——She couldn’t think about it anymore. She quietly pinched the hem of her skirt and told herself…her grandma was waiting for her at home.

If she didn't go with Simon, the worst that could happen was that she would be beaten along with Xia Feng. Shi Yu finally returned to the point and silently made a decision. She lowered her head and timidly repeated again, "I'm right here, Simon..."

Simon looked at her with a half-smile, his dark, frozen golden eyes slithering over Shi Yu like a venomous snake. Shi Yu shuddered, shrinking helplessly, and suddenly heard Simon's cold voice.

"sure."

The unexpected rejection made Simon narrow his golden eyes and told her in a gloomy voice, "...wait, don't regret it."

Shigure:?

In other words, I'm going to fight Xia Feng again later?!

Simon stood up and patted the slightly empty hem of his combat uniform. The sound of empty bottles colliding with each other was heard. Shi Yu was horrified and felt that he was about to raise his leg and walk towards her when she suddenly felt dizzy. She trembled and saw Xia Feng's figure flash by nimbly and agilely, and appeared behind Simon in an instant.

Simon had already anticipated that his severely injured peer would lose control and suddenly attack. He frowned, moved to avoid Xia Feng's downward blade, and snorted coldly: "After being injured, I thought you would be more cautious..."

"Simon!"

At the entrance, Youlai's sudden roar made Simon pause slightly. Then, a trace of anger suddenly appeared in the boy's golden eyes. He no longer had time to care about Xia Feng. He half-crouched down in an instant, and a cluster of fiery red flames passed by the place where Simon was originally standing, and the loud bang rang out throughout the cave.

“…Hey!”

Shi Yu was so frightened by the loud noise that she was almost stunned. Some gravel hit her head. The girl shrank her neck and hugged her head. At the same time, she noticed that Simon, who did not get up in time, was kicked to the ground by Xia Feng in the distance.

What's going on?

Shi Yu blinked, the sudden change made her vision a little dull. She quietly poked her head towards the entrance, only to find that the silver-haired boy who had been there before had a painful look on his face for some reason, and his feet floated off the ground.

Shi Yu took another closer look and realized that it was not the boy's voluntary action - someone lifted him up, and then, just when the boy with silver hair and purple eyes, who looked a bit like Noah, looked like he was about to suffocate, he was thrown to the ground by the person behind him like garbage.

Shi Yu was stunned. The dull sound of military boots stepped into his ears. He was wearing a slightly dirty black vest and his trousers also had many scratches and stains. The young Alpha clenched his five fingers, shook his arms with smooth and strong muscle lines, and walked in without any expression.

“…” Shi Yu opened his mouth wide and stared blankly at the boy opposite him.

Wayne's beautiful, upturned, slightly sinister blue eyes indifferently glanced at Xia Feng and the two Alphas on the ground. Xia Feng was panting slightly. Simon, who was firmly planted on the ground, saw Wayne coming in. She exchanged a glance with him calmly, then restrained her expression and looked at Shi Yu behind him with him.

Shi Yu was stunned for a long time. She wanted to stand up, but stumbled and failed.

"Wei, Wayne..." Shi Yu's eyes suddenly felt a little dry, and she stammered Wayne's name. Seeing the boy whom she hadn't seen for two days, and thinking of all the things she had experienced when he was away, Shi Yu felt a strange sense of sourness and pain in her heart.

Wayne walked towards her, and this time, Shi Yu no longer felt the sense of threat that had frightened her before.

She sniffed, a bit complaining, a bit like a spoiled child... She had never been so bold as to grumble to him like that: "Why are you here just now, Wayne..."

The author has something to say:

Wayne is back!!!

The favorability is almost up. After the prerequisites are completed, we will enter the third stage. Wuwu, everyone should work hard (?)

Last week a little cutie asked everyone how tall they were, so I secretly made a height chart!

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190+——Herbert: 197 Xiu: 193 Xiao: 190

180+——Wayne: 188 Loren: 184

170+——Simon: 179 Noah: 179 Xia Feng: 177 You Lai: 173

160+——Phil: 168

150+——Shigure: 158 (two centimeters higher than the original setting)

OTZ created this height table purely because the author himself likes people with different body shapes, so please don't make a fuss.