Chapter 54 Forum

◎Aware?◎

During a lunch with Shi Hanqiao and Luo Wusheng, Luo Wei keenly noticed that the facts were different from what was said in the campus forum.

Ever since last weekend's mecha combat class, when Teacher Luo randomly selected Shi Hanqiao and Luo Wusheng to form a team to participate in this year's on-campus two-player mecha competition, the homepage of the on-campus forum has been filled with topics related to the two of them.

However, because the two have not appeared together in school since military training, most people speculate that they are just ordinary teammates.

[Please, they were randomly matched during military training, okay?]

[It's just like working in a group. Will you become good friends with your group members? Not necessarily.]

[They seem to work well together and might add each other as friends and connect on StarNet after the training.]

After the first week of the new semester, the popularity of the two on the campus forum diverged into two levels, with Shi Hanqiao's popularity plummeting and Luo Wusheng's popularity rising sharply.

The former hadn't done anything out of the ordinary or controversial, but the Alphas and Betas simply treated her with disdain and disdain. They believed that even though Shi Hanqiao's physique was above S-rank, her C-rated mental strength meant she was destined to be unable to control a mecha and had no future.

On the contrary, many Omegas often see female A reading books or making models in the library with great concentration, and when they sit next to her, they don't smell the aggressive pheromones of Alphas, so the Omegas' favorability towards her increases sharply.

People say they like a peaceful life, but their eyes are honestly focused on the gifted Luo Wusheng.

#Sphinx's first student that the teacher couldn't teach#

#Command history's future rising star#

#In just one week, he seized command of the Sphinx Camp, the No. 01 military combat system#

Posts like these exploded one after another, all because Luo Wusheng's excellent grades after entering the school caused everyone to discuss it. If the school's internal forum was not prohibited from posting to the external star network, Sphinx's only Omega commander would have been on the star network's hot search again.

The vast majority are non-military students who are extremely curious about military students, because military students are so busy that they have no free time at all and almost all of them are spent in the training hall.

They all met up on the campus forum when they had relatively free time, just like waves from different directions coming together, the waves stirred up by the impact went straight up to the sky, and the argument was so heated.

While Luo Wusheng's extraordinary excellence aroused envy and admiration, it also attracted more negative comments such as jealousy, resentment, and sour grapes.

[He's too strong. I don't mean anything else, I just don't like strong Omegas.]

His looks and figure are quite good for an Omega, but his personality is too cold. Of all the sneaky photos of him taken this week, not a single one shows him smiling.

[She's a beauty from a high school. Don't tell me you only looked at her photo. I'm in the same department as her and we have at least three or four classes together a day, and I've never seen her be nice to anyone.]

Last week, a senior Alpha from the combat department wanted to treat him to a meal, but he ignored her. Tsk tsk tsk.

[Honestly, no matter how strong he is, he is still an Omega. Omegas are only good-looking if they are well-behaved and cute.]

"I don't like him anyway. I think he's too pretentious. Why would an Omega compete with others in terms of strength? He'll be labeled by an Alpha in the future anyway."

This year, several of the freshmen in the mecha design department are very pretty and adorable Omegas, such as Luo Wei, Edith, and Magda.

[If only Luo Wusheng were half as gentle and well-behaved as those Omegas mentioned above.]

[No Alpha would like someone like him. No matter how strong he is, he is still destined to be alone.]

There were countless remarks like these. Luo Wusheng knew about them but never responded. He might have cared about them in the past, but now he was increasingly influenced by Shi Hanqiao and didn't take these people's remarks to heart at all.

Without a response from the real person, the more powerful the dancers and the more harsh the critics, the greater the gap in their hearts, and there is no shortage of malicious speculations. Some say that he is just pretending to be calm.

However, these malicious speculations turned into sour grapes after Luo Wusheng broke various records of the Sphinx Command System one after another.

The young man's indifference actually invisibly slapped the faces of those who made malicious speculations. When the news that he and Shi Hanqiao were assigned to participate in the double mecha competition together came out, people who were interested in watching the show flocked to the forum and started posting predictions.

Shi Hanqiao's mental strength is C-level, so she probably won't be able to pass the mecha combat course. Luo Wusheng and she might not even pass the first round.

[Have these two not been seen together since military training? Honestly, I suspect they knew each other before and are deliberately hyping up their relationship.]

[This must be intentional. They had a lot of CP fans during military training. I heard both of them have some connections. If this continues, it must be to pave the way for their future relationship.]

[+1 I also think that no matter how strong Luo Wusheng is, he is still an Omega]

How could an Omega possibly go to the battlefield? Which Alpha or Beta with slightly stronger strength would be willing to follow his orders?

[The person above pieced together the truth: these two must have known each other before military training. According to inside information, they are likely together.]

[It suddenly occurred to me, don't you think they're a good match? Trashy A and overbearing O. One can't find a cute and obedient Omega, and the other can't possibly find an Alpha interested in him. These two are a perfect match, aren't they?]

[From another perspective, they do seem quite compatible. (Unrelated image: yin-yang-qiqi-laugh.jpg)

[The two of them are almost identical, and there's some sort of agreement to hype up their relationship, but in the end, it's definitely just a facade.]

There are mostly malicious speculations on the forum, not many normal comments, and people who just want to have fun are just lurking and watching the show.

Luo Wei was also one of them, but he was not really a stranger. In order to complete his employer's task, he was working hard to make a strategy. At the same time, he followed Shi Hanqiao and watched for a week before taking the initiative to strike up a conversation.

He had originally believed what was said on the forum to be true, as the auras of these two people didn't seem ordinary. Furthermore, his long-term employer's mission to track Luo Wusheng easily cost over 100,000 Star Coins, while the employer in the Star Realm who wanted to embarrass Shi Hanqiao had also offered 30,000 Star Coins. So, what two ordinary people could have an enemy worth tens of thousands of Star Coins?

After browsing the forums and observing female A these days, Luo Wei's guess is that Shi Hanqiao and Luo Wusheng must be a family marriage in the novel. One is a playboy A, and the other is an ambitious O. The two of them hyped up their relationship during military training for the sake of marriage and benefits, but in fact their relationship is just average.

Therefore, his pretense of being a dandy was exposed by the playboys who frequented brothels.

Luo Wei, who had been imagining too much, felt something was wrong when he saw the two of them appear in the library together this morning. However, his employer had already sent a message to inquire about it, and he had not met Shi Hanqiao yet, so he could not complete his mission at all!

There was no choice but to go ahead with it.

Fortunately, Luo Wusheng left before he reached Woman A.

They didn't seem to be mortal enemies, but they couldn't be lovers either. Luo Wei comforted herself in her heart that he was not breaking up the couple, he was just getting closer to girl A.

If she fell in love with him, it was just wishful thinking on her part.

When he really sat opposite Girl A and was about to seduce her without making a sound, Luo Wei was still a little nervous. The main reason was that she had exposed him last time on the starship, which left a certain psychological trauma on him.

If his employer hadn't offered him so much, he wouldn't have wanted to go against the dude A.

Luo Wei pondered for a long time, glancing at the girl A opposite her from the corner of her eyes, but she had not raised her eyes at all since he sat down. She was either looking at the screen or fiddling with the model.

It was a model of an A-class mecha. He could roughly see that some modifications had been made to the joints, allowing for smoother operation, but he couldn't discern the purpose of the other changes.

Luo Wei slapped his face. He came to get Shi Hanqiao's attention, not to see her.

Even though he made a slight noise, the person on the other side continued to concentrate on the model without even raising his head, and his hands did not slow down at all.

Luo Wei felt a little blocked in his heart. Since he sat down, all the Alphas around him glanced at him vaguely, but Shi Hanqiao opposite him didn't even look at him, let alone look him in the eye, not even a side glance.

"Um... do you still remember me?"

He took a deep breath and mustered up the courage to strike up a conversation.

The woman A opposite acted as if she didn't hear anything until he reached out to touch her. Before he was about to touch her, Shi Hanqiao raised his head, his eyes as sharp as a blade, which made him tremble in his heart and he didn't dare to really touch her.

"What's up?"

There was no emotion in her deep voice, but the coldness of an Alpha towards an Omega was enough to draw dissatisfied glances from those around her.

"I want to treat you to a meal," Luo Wei pretended not to notice the concerned looks from the surrounding Alphas. She stared intently at the person opposite her, as if all her attention was on her. She whispered, "As an apology for last time."

Shi Hanqiao's good mood in recent days was broken by the news brought by Hunyuan Ling, but she didn't worry about it for long.

Before the truth of the matter was known, she was just a little unhappy, but this unhappiness was smoothed out by Luo Wusheng in the morning.

Overall, her mood is neither good nor bad.

Having long seen through Luo Wei's clumsy performance, she refused indifferently. If his name was not "luowei", she would not have bothered to reply that she already had an appointment with Luo Wusheng after he invited her many times.

Luo Wei's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that the information he collected was wrong?

Coupled with the repeated rejections from Girl A, he began to doubt his own charm. Was there something wrong with his outfit today? Was there dirt on his face or was his expression not right?

He got up and went to the bathroom to look in the mirror. After confirming that there was nothing wrong with his appearance, he washed his face, slightly wet the ends of his hair and his eyes, adding a hint of hazy desire to his purity.

He regained his confidence and when he turned back, he found that his position had been taken by someone else.

When I walked over, it turned out to be Luo Wusheng!

Shi Hanqiao wasn't just trying to get him to agree to an appointment! And Luo Wusheng was the one waiting for her?!

Luo Wei could already feel that the eyes of the people around him were pretending to casually glance at them, so he deliberately said something ambiguous to make Luo Wusheng misunderstand that he and Shi Hanqiao had already made an appointment.

Normally, Alphas wouldn't realize the ambiguity in his words, but Female A's serious rebuttal made his heart tighten, followed by Luo Wusheng's nonchalant invitation.

Luo Wei noticed something was wrong, but couldn't tell what exactly was wrong.

Thinking of his employer's 300,000 star coins, he gritted his teeth and accepted Luo Wusheng's invitation.

He went to the Hongmen Banquet with a fearless attitude, while the atmosphere on the other side was calm and harmonious.

'I don't like other people around when I eat.'

Shi Hanqiao frowned slightly and looked at the young man.

'This won't happen again.'

Luo Wusheng looked at her soothingly. He lowered his gaze and felt the continuous gazes on the three of them along the way.

He was a little faster and ahead of the other two.

The Hongmen Banquet did not harbor the hidden murderous intent that Luo Wei had imagined. He followed the two of them to a private restaurant outside the school. Sitting in the private room felt a sense of unreality. No one had any intention of targeting him along the way.

He remained silent throughout the meal.

At first it was because of embarrassment, and later because the food tasted really good. It was not until the end of lunch that he remembered his purpose.

Realizing that the atmosphere between the two was not as cold as described on the forum, Luo Wei at least had material to report to her employer after the meal, so she did not act so foolishly as to post it again.

When going out, Luo Wei tripped and fell on Shi Hanqiao. Female A took a step forward and looked back at Luo Wusheng who was standing behind her. He stepped forward and held the arm of the frightened Omega to help him stabilize his body.

"Um, thank you."

Luo Wei lowered his head to look at the ground. There was no threshold. He patted his frightened heart. Fortunately, he didn't fall down, otherwise it would be too embarrassing.

After leaving the private restaurant, Luo Wei left first. Shi Hanqiao and Luo Wusheng were originally scheduled to go back together in the afternoon. The former still had to adjust the model to record data, and the latter had to process information from various industry reports.

Luo Wusheng suddenly said, "I have something to go out for."

Shi Hanqiao nodded calmly: "Okay, then I'll go to the library."

Luo Wusheng specifically confirmed again: "Are we still training together tonight?"

The plan to train together in the evening had been decided long ago and had been confirmed at least three times today. Shi Hanqiao felt that it was mentioned a bit too often this time, but he only thought about it for a moment before putting it out of his mind and nodded in confirmation.

"Okay, see you tonight."

Luo Wusheng looked at Shi Hanqiao's free and easy back as he turned and left. The light in his phoenix eyes flickered like a candle.

On the other side, Luo Wei returned to the room to write down the details, preparing to report to her employer later.

His watch was ticking, and he opened it to see that it was an orientation mission.

He is not a well-known bounty hunter, so why would he be given a targeted mission?

Luo Wei was curious but also felt something was wrong, so she clicked on it and saw that it was indeed related to Shi Hanqiao and Luo Wusheng.

The other party was anonymous and he couldn't see any information, but the only thing he was sure of was that the other party had a grudge against Shi Hanqiao and Luo Wusheng.

It didn't matter if he released one sheep or two. Besides, this was a simple mission with a good reward for revenge, so Luo Wei, adhering to the mentality of "if you don't make money, you'll lose money", clicked to accept.

Immediately afterwards, 100,000 star coins arrived in the account.

He couldn't help but sigh, "How grand!"

He reported the recent progress to his employer truthfully and mentioned Shi Hanqiao's unpleasant attitude. The employer just asked him to continue and said nothing more.

After turning off the video, Luo Wei put this long-term task aside for the time being and began to write a new post using the pictures sent by her employer and the popular posts on the forum as materials.

At 1:30, the first draft was completed.

At exactly two o'clock, after being polished, a post with pictures and the truth set off the campus forum.

Shi Hanqiao didn't pay attention to the forum, but on the way out of the library, Luo Wei appeared again and waved the screen in front of her. She inevitably saw the speculation about her and Luo Wusheng's relationship on the campus forum that had fermented for an afternoon.

"I'm sorry. I just had dinner today and I was misunderstood." Luo Wei apologized, but still completed the last step according to the task and displayed the forum interface in front of Woman A. "Although someone has already posted the full picture and I have refuted the rumors, I still want to apologize to you in person."

On the forum homepage, the posts are ranked as follows:

1. #Waste Girl A and the freshman from the Mecha Design Department are together? #

2. #High Mountain Flower, Waste, Department Grass, Two O and One A in the Same Frame#

3. #Couples and singles eating together? #

......

8. #Refute the rumors, the truth you want to know#

9. #High Mountain Flower will never look down on Trash A#

10. #Luo Wusheng said he hated Shi Hanqiao#

Shi Hanqiao glanced at the interface unintentionally, his gaze paused at the last one, and then he clicked on all the posts from top to bottom.

Luo Wei looked around, but there was no one.

He deliberately chose someone to stop Shi Hanqiao when he passed by. People nowadays are really scary. He just wants to make some extra money, and he is not a histrionic personality who wants to be discussed on the forum.

After observing his surroundings, he turned around and found that Shi Hanqiao had disappeared.

Just leave like that?

Thinking that the mission had been completed, Luo Wei shrugged helplessly and went back with peace of mind, carrying the newly received 100,000 star coins.

On the way back to the dormitory, the content of the forum kept appearing in Shi Hanqiao's mind.

First of all, a picture caused a lot of discussion among netizens in the forum. This picture was a screenshot of Luo Wei rushing towards Shi Hanqiao at noon today.

In the picture, before girl A even takes a step forward to avoid, it feels like the Omega is about to throw himself into her arms.

This picture was used by people who hated Luo Wusheng to attack him, saying that even a useless Alpha would not like him, but would like the well-behaved and cute Luo Wei.

Luo Wusheng, who has countless fans and haters, became a target. Wherever he stood, people paid attention to him and commented on him.

Later, someone released the complete video before and after the picture, and the public opinion turned into Shi Hanqiao avoiding physical contact with other Omegas and then looking at Luo Wusheng affectionately.

The person who posted the video firmly believes that Shi and Luo are a couple, and pink bubbles are about to pop out when they look at each other.

Whether they were fans or haters, people who wanted to vent their bad moods or just watch the show for fun, they all gathered in the forum. Suddenly, the number of online users skyrocketed, many posts were pushed to the top, and countless people who just watched the show created new threads to discuss.

Among them, there was a post that firmly believed that Shi and Luo could not be together, and it was the last entry that Shi Hanqiao saw.

Among the many entries that were full of speculation, #Luo Wusheng personally said that he hated Shi Hanqiao# was the one that was proven to be true.

The poster was Luo Wusheng's classmate in elementary and junior high school. Although the relationship between them was that he knew Luo Wusheng but Luo Wusheng didn't know him,

But the videos he released were of Alpha confessing his love to Luo Wusheng during his elementary school and junior high school years.

Luo Wusheng in elementary school: "I hate Alphas."

Luo Wusheng in junior high school: "I don't like trash."

The two straightforward rejections laid the foundation for the entry #Luo Wusheng personally said he hated Shi Hanqiao#.

Ah, this...

That’s it???

【emmm......】

[This isn't how equivalent substitution is used.]

[You like eating chocolate, and there is a type of chocolate that looks like shit. You like eating chocolate that looks like shit. Is that okay?]

[The above post is too strong, but since the original poster can't provide any evidence and doesn't mention someone's name, it's best to delete the post.]

[This is not a personal statement. If you don't have any evidence, don't post eye-catching headlines.]

"Am I the only one who cares about how pitiful those two rejected Alphas are? Being rejected is bad enough, but now they're forced to socially die."

【The host should delete the post! 】

At dusk, a large number of posts in the forum were reported and deleted.

When Han Qiao returned to the dormitory and opened the forum again, he saw a series of punishments such as deletion of posts, as well as the implementation of measures such as real-name posting and speaking.

All topics related to her and Luo Wusheng were cleared.

She stared at the blank page silently for a while, and the icon in the lower right corner flashed, indicating that Luo Wusheng had sent a message.

"My work is done. Have you had dinner yet? Together? Let's go to training together tonight?"

Shi Hanqiao twirled her fingers and stared at the blank forum interface with cold eyes. The big words #Luo Wusheng said he hated Shi Hanqiao# were reflected in her pupils as if they were carved with a knife or an axe.

【Do not eat】

【Not going】

Looking at the two consecutive messages on the screen, Luo Wusheng was not in a bad mood. Instead, a smile appeared in his phoenix eyes.

After closing the chat interface with Shi Hanqiao, the young man straightened his expression and slowly cleared the traces of the bounty forum and campus forum.

By nine o'clock in the evening, he was already feeling noticeably hungry, so he ordered the robot to cook. When dinner was ready, he looked at the time.

After three hours of organizing her thoughts, it should be about time.

Luo Wusheng instructed the robot to serve the food and knocked on Shi Hanqiao's door.

【Author’s words】

Irresponsible Little Theater

Before awakening

Mou Sheng: It’s just a small test, not a sign of respect.

A certain Qiao: ...

After enlightenment

A certain Qiao: Was it wrong? Will you dare to do it again next time?

Mou Sheng: I was wrong. I won’t dare to do it again next time.

A certain Sheng looked up and waited for his relatives: But, can we do it again...

A certain Qiao bowed his head in resignation: ...