Chapter 44

On Omega's day off, Ed took advantage of the warm morning light to sit in front of the window in a rare quiet moment, his slender fingertips tapping the book on his knees from time to time.

The cuffs of his shirt were pulled up, revealing a slender and clean wrist. Ed lowered his eyes in thought, but never showed any intention of opening the gold-stamped cover in his hand.

The shadows of the lawn and fountain swayed in the sunlight, the sky darkened slightly, and the young man with light silver hair raised his eyes as if aware of something.

With its whale-like appearance and short, comical mechanical wings, the airship facility originally added by the general still floats quietly above the garden. Although it occasionally blocks the light in the courtyard, it actually does not bring any substantial impact to the Omegas, and is even loved for its honest and interesting appearance.

Of course, this assumes that the Omegas have never known the functions of this airship - in addition to all-round monitoring of the living area, it can also lock onto the target in a short period of time when it detects a suspicious target, and issue an alarm and launch a milder ground attack than ordinary aerial thermal weapons.

Ed had no idea why the general suddenly added this weapon to the nursing home. He lowered his eyes and calculated, and noticed that the day the airship took off in the courtyard coincided with the day Shi Yu moved into the dormitory.

...So, it's to protect against the Alphas who are connected to her.

Although the Omega Nursing Home is nominally listed as a closed protection area by law, it is not surprising that the Alphas who are overwhelmed by hormones will do anything.

Thinking of this, the boy pursed his pale lips, and the beautiful emerald color in his eyes dimmed slightly. But in the blink of an eye, a familiar voice came over, and Ed's thoughts stopped here.

"Ed!"

Following the girl's anxious and reckless shout, Shi Yu pushed open the unlocked door with a "bang" and hurriedly ran in with two steps -

At the window, Ed turned his gaze and quietly met Shigure's.

"Ed, teacher..."

Meeting those frosty green eyes, Shi Yu froze for a moment, and her voice inevitably weakened. She took two small steps back, then slowly and carefully raised the tablet in front of her.

"There was no sound last night...it was clearly connected."

Shi Yu pinched the edge of the screen and complained to Ed in a muffled voice, with a hint of grievance in his voice.

She added: "There has been no movement over there. I have said a lot...but, but..."

Ed certainly knew she had said a lot.

In fact, Ed thought calmly - he had never seen this Omega so happy and constantly bringing up topics in front of him, and she didn't care about talking to herself. She looked like she had completely forgotten that no one on the other side of the tablet responded to her. She was the only one talking from beginning to end.

The Omega looked at him with moist eyes, raising and lowering the tablet in her hand. Ed's extremely cold gaze made her feel a little uneasy, and she suddenly didn't know what to do.

Shi Yu thought Ed would find her troublesome, but Ed's expression remained unchanged. Finally, he said, "Give it to me. I'll check it out."

Shi Yu: “!”

She smiled and almost pounced towards Ed. The boy's thin shoulders stiffened slightly, and he reflexively leaned back, but then paused. His cold skin warmed up slightly, and for a moment he had the illusion that Shigure would pounce on him and hug him.

"Thanks, Ed!"

However, this clumsy Omega who didn't understand the situation just stopped less than half a meter away from him to thank him, and then handed him the tablet with an expectant look. The device even contained the contact information of another Alpha.

Ed: “…”

He took the tablet indifferently.

While Shi Yu was still thinking about how to repay Teacher Ed, Ed's voice sounded faintly: "It's not the problem with this tablet."

Shigure: “Huh…?”

The hands were beautifully shaped, with distinct joints and a fragile light pink color on the nails - these hands, which belonged to a teenager and seemed more suitable for jumping on the piano keys, smoothly and flexibly disassembled Shi Yu's tablet. This contrast made Shi Yu a little stunned and secretly envious at the same time.

After taking a look inside the machine, Ed said without even frowning, "It must be a problem over there. The military academy prohibits private external communication. Even if there is a program to prevent signal blocking, it can only guarantee that our signal is fine. It may not be possible to connect over there every time."

Shi Yu groaned, scratched the hair on his cheek, and revealed a distressed expression: "Then if I try every night, will there be a chance to connect... Oh, right, can the other party hear my voice?"

"It would be nice if I could hear a little bit..." she whispered hopefully. "It's the same over there. Even if the signal is bad, a few words coming through would be good."

Ed didn't say anything.

He lowered his eyes, and with his cold fingertips he restored the icy machine to its original state step by step, and then he threw the tablet back to Shi Yu.

The Omega took it and hugged it tightly. Before leaving, she added softly, "I will use my tablet in moderation! It will definitely not interfere with my studies."

Ed still ignored her.

After Shi Yu left, the only sound in the room was the gentle breeze blowing from the garden. Ed turned his gaze out the window and looked indifferently at the flowerbed under the shade of the tree.

A faint electric sound came from his ears. He paused, then gently pressed his earlobes, which were slightly covered by his silver hair, and closed his eyes.

——The next day, Shi Yu was obviously distracted while doing homework in Ed's room. She kept paying attention to the time and finally received a double homework gift package from Ed.

——On the third day, Shi Yu was late, and Ed made her face the wall for half an hour before allowing her to attend class.

On the fourth day, Monday morning, Su Su stared at Shi Yu's empty seat in silence for a moment. Then she turned to Ed, who was reading a book beside her, and asked, "Did she...get up late today?"

Ed's fingertips were pale as they pressed against the pages of the book. He didn't look up, but just said "hmm" in an extremely cold tone.

"Well, then can't you just call Shi Yu?" Su Su looked at him puzzled and depressed. "She's a neighbor after all. What if she gets sick? After all, that child should have a very punctual schedule."

Ed lowered his eyes slightly, his delicate red eyes outlined by his long eyelashes, creating a light shadow. He said, "No."

The young man's voice was clear and slightly hoarse, but because of his lukewarm and slow tone, it seemed a little gloomy. He turned a page of the book and said, "She was reading on the tablet until midnight and overslept."

Su Su: "...? Ah, is that so."

I had originally thought that this stubborn and withdrawn Ed was neglecting Shi Yu, but I didn't expect that he didn't ask her to come to class out of consideration for her. Or was it because of this reason? How should I put it... since when did their relationship become so good?

Su Su glanced at Ed and thought to herself in surprise.

…

"I'm back."

Hearing the voice, Loren's fingertips paused for a moment - unless necessary, the Alpha girl who had been silent most of the time recently, always with a tired and indifferent look on her face while doing her own things rarely spoke on her own initiative. He was almost accustomed to her silence.

Loren thought for a moment, then he pushed up his glasses and replied calmly, "Okay, what's his reaction?"

Xia Feng shook his head: "I can't tell."

The slender and tall Alpha stepped in, picked up the kettle on the table and took a big gulp of drink. Loren's black eyes under the lenses glanced at Xia Feng, and then he continued to make the parts in his hands.

After the call last night, her mental state was indeed much better, Loren thought.

Xia Feng's abnormalities had appeared early on. Ever since the end of training and her physical exams, her mental energy had become utterly scattered, restless, and unsettled. Sometimes she seemed completely lacking in motivation during training—and sometimes, too much so, her attacks were so brutal that the instructors had to reprimand her.

Excessive sweating forced her to take a shower at least twice a day. As soon as she returned to the dormitory, Xia Feng's hair and skin would always be wet with water droplets. When the discomfort became unbearable, she would still go to the bathhouse even late at night.

…At the beginning, Shigure entered estrus in Xiafeng's arms.

It was a well-known fact that the alpha's pheromones could affect and harm the omega. Conversely, Loren thought and noted, the pheromone imprint left by the omega on the alpha seemed just as ruthless as the alpha's, and even lasted longer.

"We still have training in the afternoon." Xia Feng finished drinking his water, glanced at the parts in Loren's hand, and suddenly reminded him, "Remember to rest."

Loren: "...Thank you, I'll be there in a moment."

They do need a break.

Even for an Alpha with excellent physical fitness, not sleeping all night will affect the training efficiency of the next day. Although he waited for a whole night and the other party only said the word "Wayne", it was indeed "her" voice.

Just a short and gentle syllable was enough for Xia Feng to adjust to his depressed state, and it was also enough for him to determine the source of the other party's signal.

Loren had long anticipated that the only person Shigure really wanted to see was Wayne. Or rather, it was because he knew this result that he promised the golden-haired Alpha that he would pass the contact card to Wayne later.

However, due to some tacit selfish motives between him and his companions, the time for the contact card to reach the young master was postponed by one day.

The young man, with a profound and rational appearance, calmly observed the broken pieces of iron and wires in his hand for a while. After making sure that there was nothing wrong, he pushed up the slightly reflective lens and put them all away without saying a word.

The author has something to say:

Loren, who consciously puts herself in the position of a concubine~~

The next chapter is about the young couple making a phone call hehehe, Ed is about to explode for the second time hehehe, but it’s not okay to be too rough with the girl! Damn it!

I was thinking about adding Wayne's plot from the next chapter to this one, but after thinking about it, I decided not to. It's too rushed.

It seems that there are only a few chapters left in the nursing home chapter! The older virgin adoptive father, Rayne, is online soon, Ed 88, the next one is even better.

(I have the N2 exam next week, I will try to write more before the exam.)