Chapter 111
On the third day, Neptune's journey also ended.
During the past few days on Monte and Neptune, Shi Yu couldn’t say that she had a bad time...it was just that there were too many unexpected situations, which made her a little tired.
"Oh, right."
As Yu Lai followed Shi Yu onto the spaceship, carrying a pile of luggage, she suddenly remembered something and called to her from behind, "Lord Noah asked me to tell you that the third location has been temporarily changed. The nobles we were supposed to visit have already visited the main house, so we don't have to go to the next location."
"Where are we going then?"
Shi Yu flipped through the travel brochure and felt a little regretful at first, but when he saw that the third planet was all sand and the average temperature was around 40 degrees, he silently began to feel lucky - that's great, fortunately he doesn't have to go!
Yu Lai thought about it awkwardly, and said uncertainly, "Maybe he's going back to the master's house? The master should still let Lord Noah receive the guests. I heard that several families signed a military talent transfer agreement together this time, so there seem to be a lot of people coming..."
Shigure nodded thoughtfully.
After getting on the spaceship, Shi Yu opened her tablet. She seldom replied to her friends' messages these days. It happened that Shi Ren took several travel photos outside, so she sent them one by one to add credibility to the fact that she had concealed her trial marriage and used the excuse of "going on a trip" so she could not contact them frequently.
The few people in the military academy usually responded very slowly, and because they were not allowed to bring any communication tools without permission, Simon could only occasionally borrow Loren's homemade terminal to call her. Shi Yu did not expect them to reply immediately, but unexpectedly, Xia Feng, who stayed in the family training all day, replied to her immediately.
Did you have fun?
[Happy!] Shi Yu typed back happily, and then asked, [You reply so quickly, Xia Feng. Haven't you been training lately?]
Xia Feng gave a bland reply: "I'm on a business trip."
Two seconds later, she added, "So does Wayne."
Wayne?
Shi Yu switched the chat page and found that Wayne had also replied to her.
[When will you be back?]
After this message, Wayne's message kept showing "input in progress." Feeling that the previous message was too blunt and monotonous, he reluctantly sent a second, dry message: "The day before yesterday, I made a few models of the same type you showed me last time. I'll send you a video when I get back."
[I want to see it!] Shi Yu replied with a sly smile, [I’ll post it now, what are you waiting for?]
Wayne's chat box was silent for a while.
Then a video really was sent over, which was more than ten minutes long. Shi Yu opened it and saw a young man with red hair and blue eyes sitting cross-legged on the ground, holding a mechanical part. He was only wearing a training vest and military pants, and his body was covered with strong and obvious muscles. He frowned and looked at the camera from time to time, as if to confirm whether it was focused.
Until Xia Feng's voice sounded from outside the camera, "What are you worried about? I've been watching."
"Stop talking nonsense," Wayne said indifferently, and began to assemble the model. Then he whispered, as if afraid of misunderstanding, "I didn't tell you, I'm trying to shut Xia Feng up."
Shi Yu held his cheek and started laughing again.
Wayne wasn't sure if Xia Feng's voice was recorded, so he explained it to her! She understood it in an instant, and secretly felt that Wayne was stupid and Xia Feng was pitiful.
Seeing Wayne again, Shi Yu felt inexplicably calm. She no longer thought about Noah, Phil, and the one-month trial marriage period. Only one thought remained in her mind -
I hope to see him and Wayne as soon as possible.
After being in a daze for a while, Shi Yu tapped the tablet lightly and sent his thoughts to the message seriously.
Wayne's message came through quickly. He wasn't good at expressing his emotions, nor was he good at using words. He just said awkwardly, "Come back soon."
[Me too. ]
…
The spaceship was indeed heading in the direction it came from, and it seemed that it was indeed heading back to Sturga.
Shi Yu was still sitting with Yulaniko, drowsily watching a show on her tablet. Noah called her out midway through. Shi Yu still had her eyes squinted, looking half asleep, when she heard Noah whisper in her ear, "...I hope you can come with me to the party tonight."
"Why?!" Shi Yu suddenly woke up, "Why should I go there? I don't want to!"
Noah reminded her with a smile, "Aren't we having a trial marriage? Shigure, most of the guests this time are from the younger generation. If you don't go, I'll be misunderstood as still single."
Shi Yu encouraged seriously, "Isn't this great? There are many people your age at this party, right? I hope you can find your own happiness."
Noah smiled at her gently and didn't respond.
Shi Yu's eyebrows twitched, his expression became increasingly tense, and he completely collapsed: "I really don't want to go... I've been very tired these past few days, can you let me rest for a while, okay?"
Shi Yu looked at him with sparkling eyes, trying to soften his heart by showing weakness. Unexpectedly, Noah covered her eyes with his hands and said with a smile: "Can you cheer up? Just think of it as a disguise for our relationship."
"You can always go back after the elders leave, Shigure."
...pretend relationship.
Hearing this, Shi Yu thought indignantly, he had done such a thing, why was he pretending nothing had happened?
But I can’t say it, I can’t mention it in front of him, because that would make it seem like I care a lot about it...!
Shi Yu bravely pushed Noah's hand away and said fiercely, "I'll only be here for a little while!"
Noah nodded and smiled, "Well, thank you."
It’s just a fake business, Shi Yu slapped her face and warned herself again in her heart that she would never fall into it——!
I'll be able to see Wayne in a month, just hold on!
Because the host family would hold a dinner party in the evening, Shi Yu was taken to wash and dress up as soon as he got on the spaceship. In about an hour, he transformed from a dusty state into the star of the party.
In the physical sense.
Shi Yu looked at her dress in the mirror. It was a long mermaid style, adorned with sparkling rhinestones from the chest to the hem. She couldn't help but hesitate: "...Hmm, it looks good, but isn't it a little too conspicuous?"
"You are the host's companion at the banquet, so of course you should be the center of attention."
Nicole gently pulled her to the dressing table and fixed her hair. "But don't be nervous. Master Noah will be with you. Just follow his arrangements."
It's so tiring, Shi Yu thought, and asked worriedly: "Then I don't need to talk, right? I don't know what to talk to them about..."
Nicole smiled and said, "Just introduce yourself."
Shi Yu was relieved.
The schedule was very tight, so after finishing her makeup, Shigure met with Noah and they went to the banquet hall together.
This dinner was even larger than the previous family dinner. The guests were not only family members, but also many management or heirs of other families. However, there were surprisingly few Alphas of Noah's age. Shi Yu guessed that the Alphas around nineteen or twenty years old were still struggling in military academies. Even if they were being trained as heirs, they would not be able to come to such occasions... ?
According to You Lai, the main purpose of this dinner was to celebrate the signing of the "Military Talent Delivery Regulations". From now on, the major families will have regulations for sending members to the military, and there will be mutual checks and balances to maintain the interests of all parties as much as possible.
Shi Yu didn't quite understand any of this, but she looked it up online and was surprised to find that this regulation was proposed after the general was cleared of suspicion of falsifying military quotas, with Sturga assisting... Eh?
Shi Yu was even more confused. Did the general reach some kind of agreement with them?
The banquet hadn't begun yet. While waiting, Shi Yu rested in the small lounge on the second floor while Noah went downstairs to greet the guests and explain the progress of the trials to the elders. The young man, dressed in a fine white suit and with his neatly groomed silver hair, looked gentle and reserved. Before leaving her and going downstairs, he carefully brought her a stack of fruit plates.
Shi Yu was not polite either. He sat by the window, eating fruit while observing the guests coming and going below. Just as Noah said, the guests were basically young Alphas, and many of them brought their Omega female companions. Perhaps it was because the signing of this regulation was closely related to these heirs who were still strong and powerful and would be the pillars of the family in the future. Despite their different interests and factions, they still suppressed their impulsive and irritable nature and chatted and laughed with the guests around them.
Shi Yu was dazzled by the Alphas in suits and ties. She looked around again, habitually looking for Xiu, just like a small animal observing whether there were any natural enemies around her - Shi Yu didn't see him, and she quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
After the banquet started, Noah came to pick her up. Because her skirt was dragging on the ground, it was very inconvenient for Shi Yu to go downstairs. It was only after Noah supported her and helped her lift the hem of her skirt that she was able to go downstairs safely.
An Alpha nearby seemed to have been waiting downstairs for a long time. Upon seeing them, he quickly came forward with a smile and said, "Master Noah, it's been a while since we last met. Who is this...?"
Shi Yu smiled politely and nodded to him, looking a little shy. Noah was holding her hand and said softly, "My fiancée."
Shigure:?!
Shi Yu's smile almost broke, and she suppressed her fear and secretly pinched the hand he was holding.
Noah's expression remained unchanged, and he remained gentle and easygoing.
"Oh! ... Very beautiful! You have a wonderful fiancée!"
The Alpha's eyes kept looking at her. Noah slightly turned sideways to block his gaze. The Alpha youth suddenly withdrew his gaze and started talking to Noah.
Young Alphas made up the majority of the people present. Shigure didn't know if it was her illusion, but she felt that someone was always looking at her, as if they were evaluating an item to see if it suited their taste. This made her feel uneasy and uneasy.
The fair and petite Omega has the soft facial features of an Oriental, and has a natural sense of shyness when he smiles, as if he has just reached adulthood. His temperament is still like a soft white rabbit, and he looks defenseless and unguarded.
If the Omega had not been accompanied by the young master of the host family, these Alphas who used wine glasses, laughter, and the postures of their companions to block the gaze of the girl would probably not have maintained the superficial etiquette here.
The same thing happened in the corner. The two Alphas were apparently discussing business cooperation. While toasting each other, they chuckled and hinted that the Omega lady had not been marked yet. They whispered that they didn't know how she would behave in private occasions. However, they were suddenly interrupted by a wine glass thrown from the side.
With a dull crack, one of the Alphas was pierced by shards of glass on the forehead, while another screamed and flew backwards. After kicking one away with an expressionless face, the boy's muscles under his suit clenched and tensed, and he pressed his leather shoes hard, pressing his palms tightly and crushing them back and forth.
The painful roar echoed throughout the banquet hall.
"Excuse me, who is this?"
When the incident occurred, Shigure was still being harassed by several Alphas beside Noah. She bit her lip and answered almost mechanically: "I am..."
Her words stopped abruptly, and the crowd became agitated. She looked towards the source of the commotion. The red-haired, blue-eyed boy untied his bow tie, impatiently threw his suit jacket to Xia Feng beside him, and looked at her deeply.
Across the crowd and the noise, Shigure and Wayne briefly locked eyes.
Her consciousness froze, and she instinctively completed the second half of the sentence: "Noah's... fiancée."
The crowd automatically made way for the two arrogant Alphas.
Wayne stopped looking at her and turned away.
The author has something to say:
Great! I finally wrote the plot I wanted to write the most!
There is no misunderstanding or entanglement. No matter what happens, Wayne will not blame his sister. Now he is just sad (?)
We're going to make peace soon, and I'll even kiss Wayne!
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