Chapter 9 Fairness and Responsibility
Faced with Beichen's uncompromising rejection, Duke Latia named Su was stunned.
She knew something about the strange identity of Susha Baiying. Some spies said that she had a close relationship with the quasi-chief Glenshe, and had been in and out of the Heyang Embassy. She seemed to be involved with the two princes of Heyang. Moreover, she seemed to have been present at the tragedy of the Jafa Divine Group at the Sazam Empire Embassy not long ago.
Furthermore, it was said that she was surrounded by someone who looked very similar to Darim, the former Governor of the Protoss Mines of the Heyang Kingdom. This made her background even more intriguing.
At first, he didn't think it was a big deal, but seeing her firm tone, Su confirmed his thoughts in his heart - this little girl in Tu Ling was not simple.
Therefore, although the pair of claws are indeed tempting, it is not necessary to tear each other apart for them and this girl with a deep and unfathomable backstory. What's more, it is impossible to collect all the precious weapons for oneself. This pair obviously looks like the type that has no intention of serving oneself even if they get them. In this case, why not take a step back quickly?
Compared to the weapon, she is more interested in the owner of the weapon now.
"It seems I was abrupt. I apologize for my rudeness."
"Eh? Ah... since you don't insist anymore, then it doesn't matter."
Obviously not expecting the other party to give up so easily, Beichen replied somewhat bewilderedly.
"But, Miss Ash, you are truly a man of great character. The war machines must be very happy to have a master like you. I must learn from you. But can I ask you something—"
Facing the Duke's polite smile, Beichen nodded cautiously.
"Please ask."
"...Why? You know I'm the Duke, yet you still risk offending me for your own weapon? Do you know that if you do this, you might end up losing both of them, and even the large batch of Yeyue seeds I was originally planning to trade to you."
"If that's really the case, then I will fight to the last drop of my blood to snatch them back from you."
There was no trace of retreat in Beichen's eyes. He and the Duke looked at each other, engaging in a silent contest with their eyes.
"I said, they are mine. Unless they are tired of me, I will never give up on them. There is no complicated reason. It's just because they are my partners, that's all."
"Hoohoo."
The Duke whistled in a somewhat discordant manner, as if he was cheering.
"Well, now that you've said it, I don't want to be the villain who breaks up a couple, so I can only reluctantly give up. Well, I should go to my own mine and have a look. Maybe there's something better than this hook claw born today."
She took a few steps back and waved to Beichen:
"Are you interested in coming along? Even though the deal couldn't be done, I still wouldn't mind giving you a few weapons just to make friends with you, a rookie."
"No, thank you for your kindness."
"How cautious. Well, see you later then."
Beichen laughed dryly and accepted the Duke's last flirtatious glance at her with some embarrassment. Only after watching her leave the alley did she let go of Heihuo and Sujie's hands and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Leave."
Heihuo laughed evilly and tilted his head to look at Beichen who looked relaxed.
"What? You were so arrogant just now, but now you're so weak? I thought you had suddenly transformed, but it turns out you were just acting?"
Su Jie also came up with a malicious look on his face: "That's right, what's with 'Black Disaster and Su Jie are mine'? It's as if there's so much passion between us... There's a price to pay for saying that! Hurry up and compensate us!"
"...Uh, I was just excited..."
"Are you just saying nonsense because you're excited? If you say we're yours, then do something concrete. Otherwise, we'll tell everyone you're just getting on the bus without a ticket!"
"And he's a heartless person who throws away everything after using it!"
"Wow wow wow, I was wrong—no, what on earth was I wrong about? I was just protecting you guys!"
"Whatever!" Black Fire said, grabbing Beichen's shoulders. "Don't think you can get away with this after saying such provocative words. At least give me and my brother a little bit of a sweet treat!"
"That's right! Since you don't decide, then we'll decide for ourselves, okay? Okay, let's have a sweet kiss!"
The twins exchanged glances in tacit understanding, straightened Beichen's head, and kissed her cheeks hard on the left and right. In an instant, Beichen blushed and her hair stood on end. She retreated in panic.
“What are you doing?!… This is… too much!!”
Her face flushed, and a hint of serious anger appeared between her brows:
"Even if you are twin brothers... this kind of behavior is..."
Seeing that Beichen was really angry, Heihuo felt a little strange. He walked up to her and pulled her clothes in confusion.
"What's wrong? You shouldn't be so angry about just a kiss, right?"
Beichen glared at Heihuo with such anger that he reflexively retracted his hand - it seemed that she had really made some progress in her momentum.
Seeing her like this, Su Jie felt a little uneasy.
"Hey, hey, could it be that you really have no interest in us at all? Have we been misunderstanding this whole time?"
“No, not really.”
Because the most sensitive topic was discussed so bluntly, Beichen immediately felt a little aggrieved.
"...It's my fault. ...I haven't made a choice yet, and yet I'm saying things like this... Have I become greedy without realizing it?"
Black Plague is confused:
"What are you talking about, little loach?"
"I, I mean... this..."
Beichen hesitated for a long time, but finally, under the questioning gaze of Gemini, he stomped his feet in desperation:
"I'm saying this: I'm such a jerk. I have feelings for both you and Xiang Ying, but not only did I not make a choice, I even said things like 'you're mine'... I made you misunderstand... It's my fault, I'm sorry!! I shouldn't have forced you to do this!"
This time Su Jie was also confused.
"Uh, I say, what's 'this way'?"
"It's like you're going to live in peace with me...that...date me?..." Beichen's face was already red when he said this, and he almost wanted to crawl into the ground. "This kind of thing...is too much. I didn't mean that. I'm sorry...so don't do this again in the future..."
Doesn't kissing both men at the same time mean that she consents to both men being intimate with her? What does this mean?
"etc!"
Black Huo raised his hand with cold sweat.
"Sorry, little loach, I don't understand at all. Why can't my brother and I date someone together? I'm completely confused. What does this mean?"
"That's not the question!" Su Jie also shouted in a confused voice, "By the way, what do you mean by 'choice'? Are you saying that out of the three of us and Xiang Ying, you only want one? That's not true, is it?"
"Eh? No, no? As weapons, of course you're all my partners, but as lovers... I don't deny that I kind of like all three of you, but which one should I choose... I'm sorry, please give me a little more time, okay? I... I'll seriously consider it!"
"Stop!"
Heihuo and Sujie made a stop gesture at the same time.
"So, why did you choose one?!"
"Brother, brother." Su Jie grabbed the raging Black Disaster and shook his head, twitching his lips. "Let's go back and talk about this. I just realized there seems to be a huge difference in our perspectives. Let's go back and ask Xifeng. He's been to both worlds and should know what's going on."
So the three confused guys returned to the dormitory in a strange atmosphere.
"...Let's not talk about why you want me to be your consultant for your personal emotional problems." Xifeng said, pinching his eyebrows in annoyance.
"Xiang Beichen is from Feinheim. Except for a few countries that recognize plural marriage, the rest of the people there adhere to monogamy. So if she falls in love with more than one person, she will of course subconsciously demand to make her own choice."
"What kind of weird rule is this?"
Heihuo and Sujie looked at each other strangely, their faces full of confusion. Seeing this, Beichen could only sigh helplessly.
"There is a country in Feinheim where a man is allowed to marry four wives."
"Oh, that's nothing. Since Feinheim also has such a country, what are you worried about?"
"Listen to me."
Beichen smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"When I was working, I met an international student from that country. While we were working together, I jokingly asked him if he must be secretly happy to be able to marry so many wives. To my surprise, he shook his head. He said that the law did allow a man to marry four wives, but it also required the husband to treat all four equally and not favor any one over the other. However, as long as we are human, we cannot achieve absolute fairness. Even if we enforce balance on the surface, there will still be bias in our hearts. Do you understand what I mean?"
"You're saying that if absolute fairness isn't possible, then having multiple spouses is disrespectful to them? And as long as we're human, absolute fairness isn't possible?"
Xiao Ping seemed to be very interested in what Beichen said and interrupted him while playing with his hair.
"Even if they did, that person would have to put all their energy into maintaining that balance, right? That would be exhausting. So, that international student friend finally told me that even if the law allowed it, he still planned to marry only one wife. First, he didn't want to waste his energy maintaining a balance, second, he couldn't be impartial, and third, the more he gained, the greater the responsibility."
"so what?"
Black Disaster asked back in a low voice with a cold face.
"You don't want to waste your energy maintaining a balance, you can't be impartial, and you don't want to shoulder such a heavy responsibility? Is it that you can't do it or that you don't want to do it?"
"I……"
Su Jie laughed mockingly.
"So who among us are you going to give up? Probably me and my brother, right? After all, Xiang Ying is the most important person in your heart."
"I don't know. ... I really don't know!"
Beichen pulled her hair and answered in confusion - even she was a little confused.
Logically speaking, she should have chosen Xiang Ying, but why did she feel so depressed when she heard Su Jie say she was ready to give up on them? Why did she get so angry when the Duke asked for the twins?
Could it be that I really──?
No, no.
Beichen shook her head vigorously, dismissing the idea. If she really did that, she would be surrounded by a beautiful couple, but who could share the pain that Gemini would have to endure? Hadn't she heard enough of those tragic stories of wives and concubines vying for favor? She couldn't let that happen to her!
Seeing Beichen's conflicted expression, Xifeng snorted with amusement.
"You keep saying you want to be king, but you can still whine about something like this for so long. That's all you have to say."
"But—this is still..."
"Beichen, it's okay."
Atlas flicked his tail and looked at her, nodding vigorously.
"I don't need Beichen to marry me, just me being his lover is enough."
“…”
That's not the problem, Atlas.
"Alright, alright." Ling Shuang finally came out to smooth things over. "Even if we want her to change her mind, it won't happen overnight, right? Don't push her too hard. It's already great that she's willing to admit that she likes you. Think about me, the one who got the hairpin!"
Heihuo and Sujie coughed guiltily.
"And shouldn't you be paying attention to more pressing issues right now?"
Gu Yinyue, who had been silent, suddenly spoke.
"Today is the night of the moonquake."
The room suddenly fell silent for a few seconds.
"It seems that it's impossible this time." Black Fire slumped down on the sofa with a pale face.
"We have such a miserable life, brother..." Su Jie patted Heihuo's shoulder and sighed resignedly.
"Hehehe, who told you to fall in love—" Longyun laughed strangely and pulled Naraka out, "Come on, we are free people, and the damn old man will definitely not stop us from having fun today!"
"I say, can you think of something other than sharpening the blade?"
Naraka kept complaining, but he was pulled away by Longyun without much resistance.
"Then I'm leaving. Beichen, come here and stay in my dormitory tonight. Don't go near this room."
Gu Yinyue said this with a protective look on his face as he pulled Beichen behind him.
"Wait!!" Black Disaster refused to give in. "We are in danger, yes, but if we let her sleep in your dorm, can you guarantee that you won't do anything?"
"I have no interest in premarital sex."
“…”
You monk! You must be a monk, right?—More than one person was complaining in their hearts.
In the end, Beichen was pulled away by Gu Yinyue - she really needed to think carefully about her chaotic emotional problems - so she hugged the big pillow on Gu Yinyue's bed and rolled around with a confused look on her face.
In the other room, Atlas, who was completely out of his mind, looked around curiously.
"You're all in heat, you pervert."
"We didn't laugh at you on the night of the Little Tail Star Disaster, did we?"
"?"
Atlas still tilted his head in confusion.
"Do you need a lust suppressant for the combat weapon? I have a formula to suppress the disorder of the star spirit power."
"Oh?" Su Jie looked up with interest. "...Then why don't you use it on yourself, Star Disaster Night."
"Because it has side effects on the body, using it in large quantities will make it difficult to [beep──]."
"Then why are you asking us? You are so vicious!"
"It's okay. If the genitals are damaged, just blast them with the Protoss Cannon and then regenerate them with the Protoss Ore Fluid."
Atlas said something horrifying and curious with an innocent look on his face, which instantly made the temperature in the room drop by several degrees.
Perhaps to get away from this terrible topic, Xifeng suddenly looked at Xiaoping.
"Why are you staying here too?"
"...Ah?" Xiao Ping probably didn't expect to be asked this question. The calmness on his face collapsed for a moment. "I'm not really interested in sharpening the blade. I'll talk about it after I find a woman I like..."
"Eh!?" Black Disaster immediately cried out as if he had discovered a new world. "So that means you're still a virgin?!"
"Wow - wow wow wow! She has such a charming face yet she is so innocent!" Su Jie also joined in the commotion, hoping to create chaos - veins on Xiao Ying's face immediately popped out.
"Strange." Xifeng frowned and looked at him. "If my information is correct, it's been seven or eight years since you were born, right? And you haven't had any of these experiences once? That's really rare."
Ka La!
A crack appeared on the corner of the table next to Xiao Ying.
"Frigidity? Impotence? Girlfriend is right-handed? Chunchun? Alpaca? Avatar?"
Atlas, clueless and reckless, continued to launch meaningless additional attacks with an expressionless face.
With a bang, Xiao Ying stood up with the whip in his hand. The poor new table was broken into two halves and fell to the ground.
"Fuck you, I'm just innocent, so what?!"
“…”
Everyone immediately shut up and shook their heads, using their eyes to express "not so, not so".
Just when the atmosphere was extremely awkward, the door suddenly opened.
Yagard walked in holding Xiangying's sword form. He looked around and didn't find Beichen. He frowned in confusion.
"Where's Miss Beichen? The task she asked me to do has yielded results, and I need to report back."
"She's next door."
Su Jie pointed towards the door, but his eyes remained on Xiang Ying in his arms.
"Xiang Ying..."
"My life is saved."
Yagad said solemnly, looking at the sword in his hand. However, just as Hei Huo and Su Jie showed joy on their faces, his next words sent them back into the icy cave.
"But there's still no sign of regaining consciousness—this is no different from being dead."
With these words, the relaxed atmosphere that had just warmed up in the room was immediately swept away.
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