Chapter 45 Heartbeat

◎Unaware◎

nothing.

A word to comfort others by suppressing all the pressure and negative emotions that one carries, a perfunctory and polite answer, a lie that is commonplace in daily life.

The meaning behind Luo Wusheng's words here is the first one. He wanted to suppress the hidden clues beneath the calm sea surface that he accidentally saw by himself. However, when he met Shi Hanqiao's eyes, he couldn't say anything.

She was obviously not someone who cared about other people's lives, and any casual question between friends seemed immature and nervous.

He couldn't help but think that perhaps this was one of the few times she cared about others.

Luo Wusheng didn't want to let her down. If he did, he might never have such an opportunity again.

"I'm so tired." The words came out without thinking.

Woman A did not respond. Her eyes turned back to the screen, her fingertips constantly tapping something.

The young man felt somewhat discouraged. Was her concern merely a superficial courtesy? Indeed, whether it was the careless Alpha or the even more assertive Shi Hanqiao, neither of them would be so seriously and clumsily concerned about others. His previous impression must have been an illusion.

"Want to lean on me?"

"?"

Luo Wusheng turned around in shock. Girl A, who preferred to occupy spacious spaces, moved closer and patted his left shoulder.

The large robot that was originally busy in the kitchen area also moved over at this time with two glasses of orange juice. Shi Hanqiao picked up one and handed it over.

He drank the rich and sweet hand-squeezed orange juice in a daze. The sweetness was far beyond his normal intake, but he still finished the whole glass.

Seeing that he still had a dazed look on his face after drinking the orange juice, Shi Hanqiao 'considerately' took the cup from his hand and then pressed his head onto his shoulder.

"Rest until dinner time, I'll call you."

?

It's not an illusion!

Luo Wusheng leaned on the shoulder of girl A. To be honest, his cheek was a little uncomfortable because of the bones pressing against it through the thin bathrobe.

But he did feel the clumsy comfort from Shi Hanqiao. From his vast memory, he pulled out a fragment of an entry that had once been on the hot search on Star Network: #How to comfort a tired friend#. It listed a series of comforting methods, such as hugging, shopping, watching movies, drinking milk tea, eating sweets, letting friends lean on you to rest, etc.

At that time, there was a problem in the cooperation between Josephine and Luo Wuming. He had done a search, but it had no effect at all. Since then, he no longer believed in the advice of Star Network.

At this moment, Luo Wusheng's unbelievable suggestions were filling the screen no more than half a meter away from him. These were the results obtained by Shi Hanqiao after an urgent search.

Hugging and shopping are both out of her question, and she knows what movies to watch, so the only options are milk tea and sweets. She immediately ordered the kitchen robot to make two glasses of orange juice. As for why not milk tea, it's because it takes longer to make than orange juice.

Shi Hanqiao couldn't describe the magical and strange feeling of having someone lean on her shoulder. The only thing she knew for sure was that she didn't mind that the person leaning on her shoulder was Luo Wusheng. If it was anyone else, she probably wouldn't even glance at him.

When it was time for dinner, Luo Wusheng was flattered to accept the sweet and sour pork tenderloin that Shi Hanqiao had given him. After dinner, he also accepted a bursting cake, two egg tarts, and three snow meringues...

By the end of the meal, he felt that he had consumed more sugar than he had in a whole year. He was so full that he couldn't eat any more, so he refused her unusual concern.

"Are you feeling better now?"

In the early stages, Shi Hanqiao was just learning to be a friend, and his behavior was formulaic. However, when he saw Luo Wusheng's smile after being fed, he found it quite interesting and continued to feed him.

It is said on the Internet that sweets can make people secrete dopamine, making people happy and relieving fatigue. It seems to be true!

"Okay, much better."

He picked up the tea and took a big sip, and the sweet feeling in his mouth finally dissipated.

For the first time, Luo Wusheng experienced the feeling of Ulysses eating the food cooked by Josephine. It was really a sweet burden.

After dinner, the two sat in the viewing area and looked at the darkness outside the window. The ship sailing at high speed could not see the brilliant starry sky. Only professional space photographers could capture the fleeting beautiful pictures. Inside the cabin, all they could see was darkness.

Sitting opposite each other, each handling their own affairs, they felt like an old married couple.

Luo Wusheng dealt with the accumulated industrial documents in the afternoon, so he had time to deal with his reports on the Capital Star Intelligence Network in the evening and understand the movements of various forces.

He removed the StarNet shield, and suddenly, a blank cylinder like a thermometer on the right side of the screen flashed red, and the red color climbed straight up from the bottom to the top, which meant that the discussion volume of the keywords he had set in advance on the StarNet had soared.

He had set up the 'Demon Lord' before, so he could notify the Demon Lord at the first time. He added Shi Hanqiao's name in the afternoon, but he always blocked the Star Network information when handling work. If there was an emergency, someone would report to him directly via video.

Luo Wusheng immediately opened Star Network. The hot search list was almost entirely occupied by topics related to the joint military training of the four schools, with only a few entertainment-related topics.

The top three topics were all occupied by Shi Hanqiao, and none of them were positive topics.

#Why did Shi Hanqiao enter the Sphinx? #Explosion

#Shi Hanqiao's privilege as an Alpha#

#Shi Hanqiao's mental strength and physical condition are both useless#hot

The third-ranked entry is not well-known to everyone, but it is public information. Most netizens who pay attention to the joint military training know about this matter. It is not considered to be explosive news.

But when you look at the first two entries together, even without clicking on the specific content, you can tell that a deep mark has already appeared between Luo Wusheng's eyebrows.

The reason why Alpha occupies the top position in the ABO gender structure society is that even the worst and weakest Alpha has stronger mental and physical strength than most Betas, let alone Omega. They have no say in the military because no Omega can go to the battlefield alone, and there is no Omega who can make both Alpha and Beta obey.

Alphas can choose any of the four major military academies as long as they pass the graduation exam. This rule was set by an Alpha emperor many years ago. At that time, the royal family was not the Russell family, but the Holochim family.

Originally it was the royal family and the five major families, but seventy years ago the royal family with the surname Holochim was destroyed, the Russell family came to power, and at the same time lost its military power.

There are many factors that make this rule tacitly followed by everyone. First, the combined number of Alphas and Omegas only accounts for 20% of the total population, and the weakest Alpha is stronger than more than 80% of Betas.

In other words, based on this ratio of graduates each year, even the weakest Alpha meets the standards of the four major military academies.

When this regulation meets normal standards, no one will object.

But Shi Hanqiao's physique and mental strength are both C-level, and he is known as a waste. Not to mention his actual combat ability, just looking at his C-level physique and mental strength, he is not even as good as many Omegas with weak physiques.

Now there are many excellent Betas emerging, and they are no longer satisfied with the set of standards set by the Alphas to give priority to A.

Once there is any unfairness, they will make a big fuss and focus everyone's attention on Shi Hanqiao.

"Can I get into Sphinx with a C in both mental strength and physical fitness? I have a B in both mental strength and physical fitness, but I didn't even get through the interviews for the four schools. Just because Shi Hanqiao is an Alpha, she can go to one of the four schools. How ironic!"

"I understand! It's really ironic. My mental strength and physical fitness are A-level and B-level respectively. Last year, I met an Alpha of the same level as me, but the school only had one spot left, so I failed."

[So @Sphinx Military Academy, you guys would rather have a useless double C Alpha than a higher-level B and him? ]

There are endless words like this, but some people also raise objections.

[Apart from anything else, Shi Hanqiao's physique is definitely more than C-level. Considering how she braved the heavy rain to rush on her way and was able to pull Luo Wusheng up from the cliff with one hand, she must be at least A-level or above.]

Her whip is seriously awesome! I even timed it. She killed five people in three seconds, four of them within a second. Ulysses took two seconds, but was still killed instantly.

[I don't think Shi Hanqiao is a waste.]

Faced with the data in black and white, the performance during military training became pale and powerless, and more and more questioning voices flooded into the official blog of the Sphinx Military Academy.

Luo Wusheng didn't hate these people's questioning and demands for explanations. They were indeed fighting for their own interests, but he didn't like Shi Hanqiao being attacked by others.

However, for a moment, he didn't know how to help her. It was just like the incident two years ago that caused a stir throughout the galaxy. Even though the Bai family tried to expend manpower and resources to suppress the news of the "waste brand," they still couldn't resist the curious public.

The method used to deal with Huo Ran can be used, but the prerequisite is that Shi Hanqiao must come out to prove that his physical fitness and mental strength are more than C level.

There was no evidence, but he had a strong feeling that Shi Hanqiao was the Demon Lord, and the Demon Lord's mental strength was at least 2S or above. Judging from the state shown by Female A during military training, her physical fitness was at least S-level or even 2S or above.

Luo Wusheng was a little at a loss for a moment. He was attracted by Shi Hanqiao as a person. As for her physique, mental strength level, or even whether she had pheromone deficiency, he had never cared about it from the beginning.

He had formed a superficial and incomplete impression of her during the graduation exam and Edith's birthday party, but he was truly attracted to her when they met for the third time, on the starship where the Sphinx was picking up students. He already knew who Luo Wei, whom she had exposed, really worked for.

That was also the first time he owed someone a favor.

The young man opposite her wore a worried look again. Shi Hanqiao wasn't good at comforting others. She felt like she had already comforted him that afternoon and didn't want to do it too often. But then she saw that the space between his eyebrows was almost furrowed into a ravine, and his phoenix eyes, which had once been full of light, were now dim.

She sighed helplessly and asked three questions in quick succession as if completing a task: "What's wrong with you? You look unhappy? Do you want a midnight snack?"

Hearing the word "eat", Luo Wusheng shook his head reflexively, and then asked worriedly: "Have you seen the comments on Starnet that are unfavorable to you?"

It's better to open up than to block. Simply suppressing the news would only arouse people's rebellious psychology, causing them to focus their attention on Shi Hanqiao. However, she was not someone who would prove her innocence. Now it could be said that without her cooperation, it would be difficult to reverse the trend. Luo Wusheng was at a loss for a moment.

She had known about what happened on Starnet for a long time, but she didn't expect the young man to bring this up suddenly.

"So, you're unhappy because they questioned me?"

"No." Luo Wusheng was a serious person. "It doesn't matter whether they question you or not. I think you might not care either, but I don't like them scolding you."

"But I don't care whether they scold me or not."

The words that came out of Shi Hanqiao's mouth made the other person's already dull eyes even darker. For the first time, she realized that words could hurt others, just like Luo Wei had said before.

【Words hurt the hearts of those who care about you.】

"But I care." Luo Wusheng said in a firm voice.

Looking into the pair of phoenix eyes that lit up again when she spoke, Shi Hanqiao's left chest accelerated, and she herself didn't even notice it.

Luo Wusheng sniffed and found a faint scent of lily of the valley floating in the air.

【Author’s words】

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