Chapter 90
Don't listen.
Don't promise him anything.
Shi Yu quietly told himself this in his heart.
But she probably understood that Noah's proposal might be the only way to resolve everything recently. Shi Yu breathed slightly faster and fell into a long silence. As long as she thought of the general, Rain, Rona... or perhaps someone else who was implicated because of her, she could not calm down.
"You did those things..." Shi Yu bit her lip, "Why should I listen to you?"
"I'm sorry, but I have responsibilities and am not in a position to help you with this matter. But I promise that everything will be over in a while."
The boy's voice was slow and calm, as if it was imbued with a steady and gentle power, making people feel that the words coming out of his mouth were very credible.
"The premise is, do I have to agree to you...?" Shi Yu was a little nervous.
Noah paused and replied, "I don't mean to force you, Shigure."
"Just listen to my thoughts first, okay?"
This time, Shi Yu did not refuse him again.
Noah waited a moment before he mused, "You should have already learned about our matching data. The Marriage Law stipulates that we must enter a trial marriage. However, from the day I learned that you were my match, I knew that many things had happened between us. You might have resentment towards me, so this would be very difficult to implement."
Shi Yu tentatively agreed with what Noah said, and said "hmm" awkwardly, letting him continue.
"Sure enough, I later learned that you were unwilling to enter the trial marriage period. This was the worst possible news for my family, but it was different for me."
"I'm glad, Shigure, because I'm also unwilling to try marriage with you."
When Noah said this, he did not hesitate at all, and was calm as if he was stating a fact that had been hidden in his heart for a long time.
Shigure:?
Shi Yu was stunned, as if she was a little surprised that Noah would say that. She held the terminal and was speechless for a long time.
Noah anticipated her confusion, so he patiently explained, "For most Alphas, trial marriage is the first step to starting a family. Of course, I know you won't go that far with me. I'm just giving an example."
"Starting a family early means that Alphas will have significantly less time to work in order to care for their Omegas. They won't be able to respond to their superiors' orders as easily and promptly as single Alphas. This will greatly affect their future prospects. For us Alphas who have graduated from military academies, early marriage is not a good idea."
As if to give Shi Yu some time to react, he softened his tone and said gently, "I want to leave more opportunities for my future. So, Shi Yu, your goal is the same as mine."
"What I said during our first phone call seemed to have caused you a lot of trouble, but that was only because I had relatives listening in, and I had to show my obedience to my father's arrangements."
"We're on the same page, aren't we?"
Shigure: "...So, what was the suggestion you just made?"
Although Noah's gentle voice had once again eased her guard a little, she was still as sensitive as a clever rabbit. If he crossed the line and frightened her again, Noah thought with amusement that the girl would surely run away.
Noah coughed lightly, tried his best to suppress his laughter, and after a moment's pause, he said, "Pretend to enter a trial marriage period with me."
"During the trial marriage period, I promise not to do anything out of line with you. After two months, you can report your dissatisfaction with me to the marriage investigator, and we can end it peacefully. This way, you can fulfill your legal obligations without having to rely on the general to cover up, and I can also give an explanation to my family."
Shi Yu felt that his suggestion was not feasible at all.
First of all, regardless of whether Noah was lying to her again, she didn't know how to implement the idea of pretending to have a trial marriage with him. Mr. Rain wouldn't agree, and... even if it was just pretending, they would still have to live together, right?
He is an Alpha, and Shi Yu didn't dare to think whether he would take the opportunity to bully him again.
Shi Yu knew that she should have refused immediately, but Noah's last words made her concerned - the Protection Law gave Omegas a comfortable and affluent life, allowing them to grow up without worries about food and clothing, but on the other hand, the Marriage Law gave Omegas the obligation to match and trial marriage. If she dragged on and was unwilling to enter the trial marriage period, it could only be realized with the general's protection.
But to cause trouble to the general, to bring so much trouble...is this what she wants?
Shigure felt lost and confused.
Noah was silent for a moment, then said, "I said before that I didn't mean to force you. This is the truth, Shi Yu. If you don't want to accept it, these things will automatically calm down after a while."
"But, are you going to keep going like this?"
Is she going to keep going like this?
Shi Yu felt a tightness in her chest and the pressure on her shoulders increased sharply. Noah's words were like the last straw that broke the camel's back. She couldn't help but ask herself in her heart: Did she really want to continue to stubbornly insist on not matching and bring trouble to everyone?
To fulfill my Omega obligations... and have a trial marriage with Noah—
Shigure's mind was in a mess.
She murmured, "Let me think about it, I..."
"I understand," Noah chuckled, gently understanding her anxiety and distress. "It's normal that you need time. Maybe I should show my sincerity first."
"Y-what?"
"The trouble I've caused to the gentlemen around you these past few days was not my own fault. I feel guilty for not being able to resist the arrangements and pressures at home."
"Once this is over, I will personally come to your house to apologize, and..."
Shi Yu waited silently for him to continue. Noah thought for a moment and suddenly said, "What kind of gift would you like? Or do you have any wishes, Shi Yu?"
She didn't expect that the other party would ask this in the second half of the sentence. She was stunned and said "Huh?!" in confusion.
"As a thank you for helping me, I would like to compensate you as much as possible in terms of material things. What do you like or want? Please feel free to ask."
Shi Yucai didn't want to take his things, and said with a hint of disgust: "Forget it, I don't need anything."
"Then keep it for now." Noah didn't care about the emotion in her words. He smiled and said, "Maybe one day, you will need something, Shi Yu."
The call ended there.
Three days later, Noah didn't contact her again.
Shi Yu did not feel relaxed, but felt that the pressure on her was getting heavier day by day. Noah seemed to have given her enough time to think, but he firmly grasped the initiative. His tolerance towards her was more like a kind of certainty.
——Shigure had no other choice.
Once again, when Shi Yu woke up tiredly from her dream, the clock hand pointed to twelve o'clock midnight. She sat up and was dazed for a while, then put on her clothes and went downstairs to the hall.
There was no sign that the food on the table had been touched, and Rain had not returned yet.
She turned the light to energy-saving mode, leaned back on the sofa with her knees hugged, and dozed off in the dim light until she heard the sound of a lock being unlocked and footsteps coming from the entrance.
Shi Yu knew that her husband had returned, but she seemed to have lost all her energy and had no strength to get up and greet him.
The footsteps grew closer and closer until they stopped. The young man's deep voice was close at hand: "Shigure?"
Shi Yu's eyelashes trembled fragilely, but she continued breathing steadily with her eyes tightly closed.
These days, because Lei Yin often came home late due to work, they hardly communicated. Although they were together day and night, Shi Yu felt that his voice was from another world. She missed him so much that she almost wanted to cry. It felt like a piece of her heart had collapsed, and she felt a hard and solid pain.
...Mr. Rain, it’s because of her that he’s so busy, she thought.
Ever since Noah's unintentional words that day, Shi Yu seemed to have fallen into a vicious circle. She never blamed all the responsibility on "Stuerga" who forced her, but instead felt that it was her own fault.
If she hadn't been so willful and had followed the requirements of the marriage law from the beginning, none of this would have happened.
"Shi Yu, can you hear me?" The young man frowned and leaned forward, strictly controlling the distance required by the monitoring ring, and said to the girl: "Why are you sleeping here? Go sleep upstairs."
Shi Yu still didn't move.
Even if it was just a scolding, she wanted to hear Rain's voice more.
The clothes on her shoulders had slipped down to her thighs at some point. She noticed that her husband carefully took the clothes away, and then perhaps he was struggling on how to put the clothes on her without triggering the surveillance alarm. Shi Yu felt a little cold, but the coat was still not put back on her.
Finally, Lei Yin rubbed his brows, opened his coat, and put it on Shi Yu.
Like a sack, the coat wrapped Shi Yu tightly from head to toe.
Shi Yu: “…”
She shifted uncomfortably, then raised her arm to lift her coat a little. Her bright, moist eyes quietly looked at the tall, long-legged, and imposing officer in front of her: "Mr. Rain..."
"Awake?" Lei Yin stood up and said in a deep voice, "Don't stay here, go upstairs and rest."
"No," she said bluntly, in one of her rare moments of frankness. "I want to stay with you a little longer, sir."
“…”
"what happens?"
Those ice-blue eyes were slightly lowered, looking down at her, giving people the illusion of sharp scrutiny, but Shi Yu was not afraid at all - having been an instructor for many years, this was Mr. Rain's temperament.
"agree."
She said softly, then jumped off the sofa and hugged the officer's strong waist and abdomen, her movements no different from hugging the rabbit on her bed.
Ray's expression froze, his body slightly stiff. He raised his arms mid-air, as if trying to distance himself from the petite Omega in his arms. She was his adopted daughter, so such inappropriate contact shouldn't have occurred, especially since she wasn't yet...
——Shigure has reached adulthood.
The officer suddenly realized this fact when the girl snuggled firmly into his arms, and the delicate, soft and sweet touch pressed against his chest and abdomen under his shirt.
"It's nothing." Shi Yu smiled, "It's just that I haven't seen you for a long time, and I miss you very much."
"...It was my negligence," he replied dryly. His neatly gloved hands, with distinct and slender finger bones, ultimately did not exert any strength, but simply rested their hands on the girl's shoulders awkwardly. "When these few days are over, I'll take you there..."
"I don't mean to ask you for anything. Let's talk about those things after you finish your work, sir."
Shi Yu held back her tears and pretended to be relaxed as she said to him, "Just hug me like this for a while now. I'm already very satisfied, sir."
The call to the general didn't go through, but Rona's call was okay. Shi Yu took advantage of the fact that the other party was not very busy to call him, and talked about everything from his recent life to his ideals in life. Maybe it was because Rona had been working in a remote place for too long recently, and as soon as someone chatted with him, he seemed to turn on his hidden chatterbox nature, and he kept talking to Shi Yu about a lot of things.
Oh, it turns out Mr. Rona also has a headache with children, and he also has the problem of not wanting to work overtime...
Shi Yu felt as if he knew a little-known side of Mr. Rona, who was always conscientious and law-abiding, and couldn't help but want to laugh.
Another week passed, and Shigure called Noah.
"Tell me about your detailed plans." She breathed a sigh of relief, as if she had released all the sadness and depression of the past few days, and said seriously.
"I agree."
The author has something to say:
Noah seemed to be negotiating, but in fact he was putting pressure on his sister.
Good kids, don't learn this! Noah will also pay the price, such as his brothers robbing his house like crazy ()
Well, the next chapter should be about Wayne's date. The digger is coming back, and it's right before his trial marriage with Noah! Let's steal a house first!
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