Chapter 180 Shocked Shen Qingzhu's pupils tremble

When Shen Qingzhu heard Duke Romanov say that he wanted to talk to her alone, he had already made many guesses -

For example, does he want to recruit me, a 3S-level Alpha?

For example, would the old duke suddenly produce evidence of his blood relationship with the Romanov family and ask him to "return to his roots"?

After all, this is the kind of plot that appears in movies, TV dramas and literary works.

But soon, Shen Qingzhu denied this speculation.

Because his fathers had already traced their origins when they were young.

Chen Xian is an S-class Omega, and he had no shortage of suitors since his split. Etel is a B-class Alpha, and even though the two grew up together in an orphanage and had a deep emotional foundation, there were still many people who tried every means to break them up.

The two orphans at the time had made many efforts, including searching for their parents.

But in the end, until Shen Qingzhu was born, Shen Xian and Etel still only had each other in their lives.

When Shen Qingzhu was a child, he also heard Shen Xian mention that they were probably the descendants of the "Expeditionary Force" who had died long ago.

Because the information of the "Expeditionary Force" is not open to ordinary citizens, Shen Xian and Etel have not been able to find anyone with a high genetic similarity to them in the Imperial Gene Bank.

However, Shen Xian and Etel did not have much obsession with this, because although there were some twists and turns in the middle, they finally managed to stay together and became partners. In the end, they even had a child, Shen Qingzhu. Their lives were already very fulfilling, so they later let go of the question of where they came from.

Because of this, Shen Qingzhu was very sure that he must have no blood relationship with the Romanov family, otherwise the old Duke would not have come to him now.

After successively denying the above two speculations, Shen Qingzhu was really a little confused about the purpose of Duke Romanov's visit.

Shen Qingzhu could see that although the old Duke came to the Academy Star in person and seemed to support the Duchess and Stephen, he didn't care much about these two people. He didn't even care much about the child in Xue Congjia's belly.

What's more subtle is that since Shen Qingzhu appeared, the old Duke has been observing and sizing him.

The look was so obscure and difficult to understand that even Shen Qingzhu, who was usually very insightful, still couldn't comprehend it.

Because of this, when Shen Qingzhu heard the old duke ask whether he was his father's biological son, he was surprised and a little confused.

At the same time, he felt somewhat unhappy, feeling that the old duke had offended Shen Xian.

"What else?" he asked back, frowning.

Is this person trying to say that he is not the fathers' child?

If this was true, Shen Qingzhu really doubted whether all members of the Romanov family had lost their brains. After all, the results of the genetic test were there - he was 100% the child of Shen Xian and Ether!

Duke Romanov didn't care about the anger in his eyes, and continued with a sharp gaze, "Tell me, was it Ether who gave birth to you?!"

Shen Qingzhu: ...

Shen Qingzhu:?

His anger was instantly replaced by doubt and confusion. When he saw the disbelief and shock in Shen Qingzhu's eyes as if he had seen a fool, the frown on the old duke's brow deepened. At the same time, he also understood that Shen Qingzhu didn't seem to know about this.

In that case, there was no need for him to continue questioning the young Alpha.

In an instant, Duke Romanov restrained his aggressive aura and gaze, straightened up, nodded slightly arrogantly, and then ignored Shen Qingzhu and left the clinic.

After the old duke left, Ji Mingxue immediately pushed the door open.

After seeing Shen Qingzhu in a trance, Ji Mingxue's heart tightened and he quickly asked him, "What happened?"

"Did he threaten you?!"

Shen Qingzhu came back to his senses and saw Ji Mingxue's anxious face. He smiled comfortingly, "No, I'm fine, don't worry."

"We'll talk about the details later."

Ji Mingxue also knew that there were many people and gossips in the hospital, so she immediately urged Shen Qingzhu to change clothes when she heard it.

After examining Xue Congjia, Shen Qingzhu's work for the morning came to an end.

After changing out of the dust-free suit, Shen Qingzhu quickly left the hospital with Ji Mingxue.

When walking out of the hospital gate, Shen Qingzhu saw that the Romanov family's bodyguards and several students from the First Military Academy were still guarding outside the hospital.

But as long as they don't disturb the staff and patients, the hospital has no reason to expel them.

After being pulled onto the back seat of the hovercraft by Ji Mingxue, Shen Qingzhu quickly turned on the automatic driving mode and one-way visual mode.

At the same time, Ji Mingxue had already thrown herself into his arms, hugging him tightly.

As he rubbed his teeth, he muttered unhappily, "The Romanovs are so annoying!"

Shen Qingzhu just chuckled, thinking that Ji Mingxue was extremely cute for complaining to him so openly.

The haze in my heart suddenly dissipated a lot.

Shen Qingzhu chuckled and agreed, "That's right, it's so annoying."

Ji Mingxue obviously hadn't finished scolding her yet. She sat up and said through gritted teeth, "Did you see that? That old duke! He didn't even look at me once today. He only spoke to you and Principal Xue Guanlan from beginning to end! How come he has never spoken to anyone other than Alpha in his life?!"

Shen Qingzhu also noticed this matter.

Although he had heard Ji Mingxue say that the Romanovs had a serious case of indirect cancer, at first, Shen Qingzhu thought he was talking about the Romanovs whose words could cause a spike in blood pressure, like the Duchess.

But later, Shen Qingzhu discovered that the old duke who had been watching from the sidelines was the most arrogant one in the Romanov family, because from beginning to end, the old duke had never spoken to anyone other than the Alpha gender.

Even Ji Mingxue, the crown prince of the empire, was completely ignored by the old duke just because he was an Omega.

Even towards the Duchess, with whom he had spent more than a hundred years, the old Duke never had a trace of tenderness in his eyes. His attitude towards the Duchess was so cold and tough that it was not like treating a partner at all. It was even worse than treating the Alpha butler.

At least when facing the butler, there was not such deep intimidation and contempt in the old duke's eyes.

When the Duchess was upset about Xue Congjia's matter, the old Duke seemed to be watching a clown and allowed the Duchess to fight for the Romanov family.

It is obvious that Duke Romanov is a total authoritarian, and an extreme one at that.

To him, perhaps only Alpha is noble in this world. As for Omega and Beta, they may be no different from garbage in his eyes.

In this case, "it's no wonder that the Romanovs would support the eldest prince."

No matter how mediocre or even morally deficient the Crown Prince is, for conservative nobles like the Duke of Romanov, his identity as an Alpha is bound to make them firmly support the Crown Prince.

At the same time, those people will strongly oppose and obstruct Ji Mingxue, an Omega, from taking the lead.

Ji Mingxue sneered and lay back in Shen Qingzhu's arms, sucking wildly on his neck while pinching Shen Qingzhu's fingers.

Ji Mingxue narrowed her eyes and asked, "Why do you think the Romanovs insisted that Xue Congjia give birth to this child?"

Shen Qingzhu thought for a moment, "If it was before today, I would have thought that they wanted to use this child to maintain their relationship with Principal Xue Guanlan."

This kind of thing is very common in the Leman Empire, especially in families with Omegas.

For many families, especially the nobility, Omega is just a bond between two families. Once the bond is formed, it doesn’t matter whether the Omega is alive or dead.

And if Omega can give birth to several children, and the children then differentiate into Alphas, this bond will become more solid.

Although Principal Xue Guanlan is an Alpha of civilian origin, she has successfully established a foothold in the military with her extraordinary personal abilities over the years. She has also been awarded the title of nobility and has been sitting firmly as the principal of the empire's first military academy for decades.

The First Military Academy is the top military academy in the empire and the cradle of top military talents that has produced the largest number of senior officers and outstanding generals in the history of the Leman Empire.

It is no exaggeration to say that most of the young generals who have emerged in the military in recent decades or even hold high positions today are students of President Xue Guanlan.

Principal Xue’s influence in the military can be described as “unfathomable”.

Because of this, Shen Qingzhu initially thought that the Romanov family would definitely not easily agree to Xue Congjia's divorce application.

Because that not only means the end of Xue Congjia and Stephen's marriage, but also means the decoupling of the Romanov family and Xue Guanlan's faction.

But it was obvious that the Romanov family did not seem to take Principal Xue that seriously.

This may be because the Romanov family, as an old aristocratic family, looked down on the Xue family. After all, the Duchess has never concealed her contempt for the Xue family.

But at the same time, Shen Qingzhu was indeed a little confused as to why the Romanov family insisted on keeping the baby in Xue Congjia's belly.

Judging from the current situation, because of Xue Congjia's incident, the Xue family is obviously very dissatisfied with the Romanov family, and they may even become enemies in the future. Even if the child is successfully bred and born and raised safely, it is unlikely that the Xue family will become friends with the Romanov family again because of him.

As one of the ten great families in the empire, Stephen Romanov would certainly be able to find another Omega partner quickly after his divorce. Even if he did not get married, there would certainly be many families or Omegas willing to give birth to children for him and the Romanov family.

Therefore, Shen Qingzhu really couldn’t understand why the Romanov family insisted on keeping Xue Congjia’s child?

Ji Mingxue actually knew the reason for this.

The corners of her lips suddenly raised high, and Ji Mingxue said slowly, "Because the Alphas of the Romanov family all have reproductive problems."

Shen Qingzhu:!

Seeing Shen Qingzhu's surprised expression, Ji Mingxue finally couldn't help it anymore and burst out laughing.

He pinched Shen Qingzhu's finger bones and said carefully, "In fact, several generations ago, the Alpha of the Romanov family had already shown signs of genetic degeneration."

"For example, the old duke we met today, although he and the duchess have 13 children, they had been married for nearly 50 years when the first child was born."

"The Romanovs are a thoroughly A-power family. If you want to compete for the position of head of the family, you must have at least one Alpha offspring. So back then, the old duke actually used a lot of high-tech technology to finally have his first child."

Shen Qingzhu frowned slightly, and could probably guess that the "high-tech" that Ji Mingxue mentioned was probably to first extract the reproductive cells of both parties of AO and cultivate them in vitro, and then wait for the combined reproductive cells to be formed and ensure that they can survive, and then transplant them back into the Duchess's body for gestation.

Otherwise, the Duchess would not have said before that she gave birth to 13 children herself.

Due to the special nature of the Omega reproductive cavity, extracting Omega's reproductive cells is actually a very difficult and painful task, because the Omega's reproductive cavity must be forcibly opened by external force.

But even so, this kind of pain is far from comparable to giving birth to a life with flesh and blood. Moreover, the Duchess probably gave birth naturally, which would have caused enormous physical and mental damage.

She experienced this kind of pain that penetrated deep into her bones and even her soul 13 more times.

No…13 is just the number of times she’s had successful deliveries.

The number of pregnancies she actually experienced was probably far more than 13.

Because when the Alpha that provides the genes has reproductive problems, the chance of fetal miscarriage during pregnancy becomes very high.

Shen Qingzhu thought of Xue Congjia and Stephen again.

When Shen Qingzhu read the information about the Romanov family before, she knew that Stephen Romanov had been very romantic over the years and had had relationships with many ABOs.

But till now, he has not had any illegitimate children born to him.

Not only Stephen, but in the generations before him, the Alphas of the Romanov family had never had illegitimate children.

Perhaps because of this, the Alphas of the Romanov family have a good reputation among many Omegas, because even if they have affairs outside, they never have illegitimate children to trouble their partners.

Now it seems that it was not the Alphas who wanted to do that on their own initiative, but their reproductive cells were indeed so bad that it was impossible to successfully conceive through natural combination.

This would explain why the Romanovs wanted to keep Xue Congjia's child.

Because this is the only child Stephen Romanoff successfully conceived through natural conception.

Apart from this child, who knows if Stephen will have the chance to have another child in his life?

This child's father is an S-level Omega.

In the eyes of many Alpha rights activists, natural conception and childbirth will greatly increase the chances of a child differentiating into a higher-level Alpha.

As for the Romanov family, there had not been an Alpha above level 2S for more than two hundred years before this.

It is well known that high-level Omegas are more likely to give birth to Alphas or Omegas with high genetic levels.

Because of the above reasons, it was naturally impossible for the Romanov family to let go of Xue Congjia's child.

Even if Xue Congjia is in danger of death because of this child, they must keep the child.

After figuring this out, Shen Qingzhu couldn't help but let out a deep sigh.

Hearing this, Ji Mingxue squinted her eyes and kissed his fingers, and then revealed a secret of the Romanov family to Shen Qingzhu, "In fact, the S-level Alpha of the previous generation of the Romanov family, the A-level Alpha old duke we met today, and the A-level Stephen, all forcibly improved their genetic levels."

Shen Qingzhu was slightly startled, but when she thought about the style of the Romanov family, it was not surprising.

As early as the ancient Earth era, the rich and powerful had tried every means to improve the genes of their offspring.

In the interstellar age when technology is more advanced, these people will naturally not give up this possibility.

However, privately modifying human genes is a serious crime against humanity in the Leman Empire, so except for treating genetic diseases in regular hospitals, very few people would be bold enough to improve the genetic level of themselves or their offspring through this means.

However, it is undeniable that a high-level Alpha or Omega has the potential to change the fate of an entire family.

For example, if Duke Romanov was not an A-level Alpha, he would probably not even be qualified to compete for the position of head of the family.

Because of this, it is not impossible that someone could modify genes through various means, or modify the results of gene level tests to achieve their goals.

However, "if Stephen Romanov's gene level was less than A, then Xue Congjia's process of getting pregnant with this child would have been even more difficult and painful."

The Romanov family concealed the situation of their Alpha from the outside world, and no one knows how many Omegas have been harmed over the years.

What's even more tragic is that the Duchess, who is also a victim and has obviously suffered inhuman torture, has now become an accomplice in killing young Omegas in the family.

When she heard that Xue Congjia wanted to divorce, she was the only one among the three members of the Romanov family who opposed it most strongly.

Shen Qingzhu was surprised by the hatred towards Xue Congjia who was finally able to escape from the sea of ​​suffering.

"What did Duke Romanov say to you alone?" After digesting for a long time, Shen Qingzhu suddenly heard Ji Mingxue ask him.

It just so happened that Shen Qingzhu also wanted to hear Ji Mingxue's thoughts, so he told Ji Mingxue what the old Duke had said.

Shen Qingzhu: "I don't really understand what he wants to express."

Ji Mingxue was obviously also shocked by what Duke Romanov said, but after hearing Shen Qingzhu's question, she said strangely, "I think I know what he is thinking."

Shen Qingzhu:?

Ji Mingxue lowered his head and fiddled with the computer, then sent a message to Shen Qingzhu.

Shen Qingzhu clicked on it and saw a few screenshots.

[Want to know why Shen Xian and Etel, an S-class Omega and a B-class Alpha, were able to give birth to Shen Qingzhu, a 3S-class Alpha? ]

【Because of gene mutation? 】

[Shen Qingzhu is not their biological child? ]

[Human experiment?]

[Neither.]

[According to reliable sources, when Chen Xian became pregnant, Etel did not go out to work for a whole year, and publicly stated that he had been at home accompanying and taking care of the pregnant Shen Xian.]

[But in fact, the one who gave birth to Shen Qingzhu was the Alpha Etel! ]

[At that time, Ethel had an artificial reproductive cavity implanted in his body. After Shen Xian became pregnant, the two secretly implanted the embryo into Ethel's reproductive cavity.]

[We all know that Alpha is naturally stronger than Omega! ]

[So Shen Qingzhu, who was personally nurtured by Alpha, will differentiate into a 3S-level Alpha when he grows up! ]

Shen Qingzhu's pupils trembled.

At the same time, Ji Mingxue also received a new message.

When Shen Qingzhu finally came to his senses, he discovered that Ji Mingxue's expression became increasingly strange.

Shen Qingzhu asked subconsciously, "What's wrong?"

Ji Mingxue frowned and said, "I just received news that Duke Romanov has someone contact Professor Li Jin."

Shen Qingzhu:?

Ji Mingxue: "He wants Professor Li Jin to perform an artificial reproductive cavity transplant on Stephen."

"Once the embryo in Xue Congjia's body is transplanted, it will be directly transplanted into Stephen's artificial reproductive cavity."

Shen Qingzhu: ...

Shen Qingzhu: ???