Chapter 8 Awarding Merit; Xu Lingzhao, who saved him, was awarded merit for…

Over the weekend, Xu Lingzhao prepared to attend a banquet hosted by Huo Qingshan with her roommates. She wore a simple black combat outfit and tied her long golden hair into a high ponytail. When she walked out of the room, the living room was empty. She glanced at the time on her personal terminal; it was still early.

Just then, the communicator rang: "Chu Jingze: I'm here to pick you up."

"Okay, thank you." Xu Lingzhao replied briefly. She then saw a small red dot appear in her inbox: "Results of the investigation into the Zerg invasion and misconduct during the entrance examination."

After Xu Lingzhao clicked to read, she saw the rebels. She had heard of them before, and the wormhole forest incident was also the work of the rebels. She was being targeted by the rebels so early. She pinched the bridge of her nose. If it weren't for her strong abilities and "her" protecting her, she probably would have died long ago.

After they all came out, Xu Lingzhao was surprised to find that they had all worn light makeup to varying degrees. Lu Qianxue, with her long, straight black hair, said, "That's called taking it seriously!"

After they left the dormitory, Chu Jing was waiting downstairs. He opened the passenger door as she walked over. Xu Lingzhao heard Lu Qianxue cover her mouth and laugh: "I saw you hugging him in the cave, and it was a princess carry!"

"Wow, that's awesome!" Pei Zhenwei and He Zaining exclaimed in unison after overhearing this.

"That's Xu Lingzhao for you, always having affairs with everyone~" Ling Qianzhu teased, patting Xu Lingzhao on the shoulder.

"Fine, you're pretending to be asleep." Xu Lingzhao pushed Lu Qianxue's head away with her fingers, then walked to the passenger seat and sat down. Xu Lingzhao touched the back of her neck; the patch on her glands was an enhanced version of the suppression patch that she had bought at great expense.

We arrived at the Huo family mansion.

As soon as Xu Lingzhao opened the car door, she saw Huo Qi standing there. He walked up to her and said, "You're here." Xu Lingzhao nodded. She looked at the building in front of her: it was impressive, but there were many luxury cars parked in front of it. This... was a bit too big.

The banquet hadn't even started yet, but the further Xu Lingzhao walked in, the more he realized how grand it was. Many people were dressed in suits and ties, and Lu Qianxue, He Zaining, and Pei Zhenwei, in particular, kept greeting different people along the way: "Uncle Mo."

Aunt Cheng

Uncle Jin

"Are you visiting relatives?" Xu Lingzhao asked curiously. "I feel like the few of us dressed in combat uniforms look out of place, like bodyguards."

"The strongest bodyguard on Earth," Ling Qianzhu said.

A short while later, a servant came to Xu Lingzhao and said that the Huo family head invited her to the study. After saying goodbye to her roommate, she went to the study. When the door opened, there was an old man over fifty years old wearing a Zhongshan suit. He had a kind but dignified smile on his face.

"Commander Huo."

"Please sit down."

Xu Lingzhao followed Commander Huo to the award stage. After exchanging a few pleasantries, Commander Huo got down to business and, in full view of everyone, awarded Xu Lingzhao a silver medal representing second-class military merit and the rank of second lieutenant. Xu Lingzhao thus became the youngest second lieutenant in the Federation.

A round of enthusiastic applause erupted, and Xu Lingzhao's story quickly made headlines on StarNet.

She came down from the awards stage but couldn't find Ling Qianzhu and the others, so she took a piece of cake and walked to the lawn in the backyard. She was still not used to this scene. Footsteps sounded behind her. Xu Lingzhao turned around and saw Mo Zhiyan. He was dressed in a suit and tie and looked like a different person. He gave her a big smile.

This was the first time Xu Lingzhao had ever seen him with two adorable canine teeth. She was about to ask him why he was here, but then she thought it made sense: "How come I've never seen you in Sandhurst?"

"I have some personal matters to attend to at home, so I'll go to school next week."

"Oh." Xu Lingzhao nodded. It had been a long time since they had met, and the reunion felt strange and unsettling. She was about to say that she would go back to the front hall, but her keen hearing picked up some unusual sounds.

She dumped the cake into the trash can, took the empty plate, and walked through a neatly trimmed flowerbed. Chu Jingze was standing in front of the fountain, seemingly lost in thought, when a thunder beast suddenly leaped into the air, preparing to attack him. Her pupils constricted, and a golden barrier rose around Chu Jingze. She quickly stepped forward and pulled him into her arms. The thunder beast missed its target and roared. She then accurately smashed the plate in her hand at him. Xu Lingzhao immediately shouted, and those who heard the commotion rushed over, also startled by the sudden appearance of the thunder beast. Everyone frantically grabbed their weapons to attack it.

But it seemed to have locked onto Chu Jingze. Xu Lingzhao quickly grabbed a pulse rifle from a guard. As it pounced again, Xu Lingzhao raised the gun and aimed it at it. The laser shot out and cut the thunder beast in half. She threw down the rifle and looked at Chu Jingze in her arms. His eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of mist.

Xu Lingzhao's first reaction was: mind control! She picked up Chu Jingze and, guided by a servant, led him to an empty room. She stared at Chu Jingze, and her golden spiritual power entered his sea of ​​consciousness through his eyes. There was a black mist swirling around it. Xu Lingzhao gathered more spiritual power to surround the black mist and found many black mists within his sea of ​​consciousness. Xu Lingzhao frowned. Wasn't it supposed to be that the mental pollution had been removed?

Xu Lingzhao held his breath and focused intently on clearing Chu Jingze's mental sea. After a long while, Chu Jingze's eyes became clear. He looked at Xu Lingzhao, his eyes filled with confusion: "How did I get... here?"

"You've forgotten?" Xu Lingzhao asked, looking at his bewildered expression. "Don't you remember what just happened?"

He shook his head, his pale face replaced by a blush. Xu Lingzhao then realized that his hands had been holding her shoulders the whole time, and the distance between them was so close that they could see each other's eyelashes. She immediately let go of him: "The situation was urgent just now, so..."

"It's okay..." Chu Jing bit his lip lightly, lowered his head, and his eyes flickered slightly. It had felt quite... comfortable when she cleansed his mental pollution.

The strange atmosphere was broken only by a knock on the door. Commander Huo had come specifically to check on Chu Jingze. After learning that he was alright, he patted Xu Lingzhao on the shoulder and said, "Not bad," before leaving.

Xu Lingzhao felt that everything that happened today was going smoothly, as if there was an invisible hand pushing her forward. She found Lu Qianxue and the others, who were already having a blast and had passed out on the sofa. Helpless, Xu Lingzhao could only borrow Chu Jingze's car to take them home.

Chu Jing, sitting in the passenger seat, looked at Xu Lingzhao who was driving and asked, "Why... did you save me?"

"Hmm? I can't just let you die in front of me, can I?" Xu Lingzhao replied as he drove. The car fell silent, with only the breathing of the four drunk people in the back seat.

Xu Lingzhao parked the car in front of Chu Jingze's villa. She got out of the car and opened the door for him: "I'll return the car to you tomorrow."

"good."

Xu Lingzhao turned around and found a person standing at the door who looked somewhat like Chu Jingze. Could he be his brother? Xu Lingzhao didn't pay much attention to it and said goodbye to Chu Jingze before driving away.

Life returned to normal, and Xu Lingzhao spent her days either in class or on her way to class. Ever since she went to the holographic mecha training room, she had fallen in love with mechas. She saw a mecha on the StarNet that cost 15 million, and Xu Lingzhao decided to save up to buy it.

Although the mission issued by the military region comes with a stipend, it's too little. Xu Lingzhao, who was thinking, was interrupted by Lu Qianxue: "There's a competition at school next month, it's on Desert Star, and all freshmen have to participate."

"This is so exciting." He Zaining said while chewing on a lollipop, twisting Pei Zhenwei's arms behind her back.

"And if you win, the reward is a mech worth 20 million!" Ling Qianzhu said, looking at the light screen.

Upon hearing this, Xu Lingzhao's eyes were only on the 20 million and the mecha. She immediately decided that she must win the crown so that she wouldn't have to secretly compete in the underground tournament!

As soon as the five of them entered the campus cafeteria, they bumped into Chu Jingze and Huo Qi. Xu Lingzhao tentatively asked, "Together?" So the eight of them sat at a round table and ordered food on the screen of the ordering robot. Ling Qianzhu sat to Xu Lingzhao's left and Chu Jingze sat to his right.

After ordering, during a casual chat, a food delivery robot brought over eight mini ice cream cakes. Xu Lingzhao was somewhat surprised: "Do we have any mini cakes?"

"No." Lu Qianxue said in confusion, until her communicator rang, then she said with a cheeky smile, "It was ordered by a female Omega for Zhaozhao, and she ordered it for us as well."

"Wow, why is no one giving me a ride!" He Zaining angrily took a sip of water and looked at Xu Lingzhao jealously: "How many times has this happened?"

"That's easy. First, you need to have a model-like face, then you need to be incredibly strong, and finally, you need to respect Omegas!" Ling Qianzhu said slowly while cracking sunflower seeds. "Moreover, I think our Xu Lingzhao is a mature woman. She doesn't mess around with AO relationships and doesn't bully the weak. If I were an Omega, I would like her too."

"Stop being so sarcastic." Xu Lingzhao laughed and threw a peanut at Ling Qianzhu: "You were calling me a female mink yesterday."

"Do many Omegas give you gifts?" Chu Jingze turned to look at Xu Lingzhao, who coughed lightly: "Yes, but they usually end up in their stomachs."

Chu Jingze didn't speak again, but Huo Qi kept talking to Xu Lingzhao. Xu Lingzhao keenly noticed Chu Jingze's slightly pouting lips. After they finished eating, as they walked out together, she gently tugged at Chu Jingze's sleeve and leaned down to whisper in her ear, "Are you jealous?"

She quickly slipped a small flower she had knitted into Chu Jingze's hand and then left with her roommates.

Since Xu Lingzhao became a second lieutenant, she went to the military region to receive missions almost every weekend. The planetary soldiers in the military region discovered that the casualty rate was greatly reduced when they went on missions with Xu Lingzhao, so every time she came, they rushed to join her team. This time, after receiving her mission in the military region hall, Xu Lingzhao was looking down at the mission carefully when she accidentally bumped into someone. She looked up and saw that it was the Omega she had met in front of Chu Jingze's villa that day.

A note from the author:

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Still four hours