Chapter 124 ABO Results Changed (2)
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Shi Ran almost suspected that he had heard it wrong.
How could the Empire's model Omega say such things to him?
He must have heard it wrong. It must be Zhu Qingchen's delaying tactic!
Shi Ran paused, then with a clang, he pushed the vase on the table to the ground.
Shen Xiuping understood him and knew that he would cry and make a fuss after he understood.
So he specially selected a few soldiers from the guard army to serve as bodyguards to watch over Shi Ran.
The flower stands and vases in the glass greenhouse are all made of wood and copper. They are not broken when dropped and can be smashed at will.
Shi Ran shouted, "I don't want to learn! I don't want to learn!"
Under Shi Ran's cover, Zhu Qingchen whispered, "If I hadn't said that just now, I wouldn't be able to stay. I'm here to help you, not to harm you."
Just as Shi Ran was about to shout "I don't believe it", Zhu Qingchen stretched out his finger and made a "hush" sound at him, and he subconsciously restrained his voice.
Shi Ran said in a low voice: "I don't believe it, you are lying to me, you want to stabilize me first and trick me into falling into a trap, I don't believe it."
Zhu Qingchen said seriously: "I know your parents, they are both good warriors, I am here to help you."
With a clang, Shi Ran fell heavily in front of Zhu Qingchen: "You are not allowed to mention my parents! If you want me to learn flower arrangement, just talk about flower arrangement, don't mention them!"
His parents are his bottom line, and he doesn't allow anyone to offend them.
"I'm sorry." Zhu Qingchen apologized to him earnestly, "But now, you can only trust me."
"I don't believe it! You're trying to trick me into learning flower arrangement. You're trying to get me used to these things!"
"The Shen family has already arranged for you to take a long-term leave of absence. You are not yet an adult. Without your guardian's permission, you cannot return to school or run away from home."
Shi Ran gritted his teeth and whispered, "Then I can call the police. The police can always..."
"They didn't lie. You are indeed not in good health due to differentiation and need to rest at home. The Shen family's family doctor, as well as the servants and bodyguards outside, can all prove that you are not in good condition."
"Then I..."
"The Shen family can't let you go back to school. If you cry now, what's the best result you can achieve? It's nothing more than changing your tutor. If you keep crying, Shen Xiuping will keep changing your tutor."
Zhu Qingchen looked at him steadily: "Even if you think I am lying to you, at least I am still willing to help you. If you change a few more people, maybe they won't even be willing to coax you."
Shi Ran was speechless, it seemed like this.
“You can trust me for now. In exchange, I won’t tell Shen Xiuping about our conversation today.”
"Also, I will keep all your books, and I will take photos of the pages and bring them to you tomorrow."
"In three days, I will take you out and let you operate a military mecha."
Upon hearing these words, Shi Ran suddenly raised his head, his eyes lighting up.
What Zhu Qingchen mentioned before were not difficult things, except the last one.
Shi Ran had only seen civilian mechas a few times at exhibitions, and he went up for a second before being pulled out by Shen Xiuping.
He had never even seen a military mecha, but Zhu Qingchen actually said that he could let him operate a military mecha!
Even though he was certain that Zhu Qingchen was lying, Shi Ran couldn't help but feel moved.
He tried to calm down and not let himself appear so excited: "You...how do I know if you are lying to me? How can you get in touch with military mechas?"
"I have my own way." Zhu Qingchen looked at him seriously. "It's only three days, why not give it a try? I dare say that there is no tutor in the world more suitable for you than me."
"good……"
Before Shi Ran’s brain could react, his mouth agreed.
Zhu Qingchen smiled and said, "Be good."
Shi Ran retracted all the thorns on his body, only his mouth remained hard, and he emphasized unnaturally: "I won't learn flower arrangement seriously, I can't learn it."
"But I will be a good teacher." Zhu Qingchen said calmly, "First, I will build up everything you have overthrown."
"Oh, okay."
Shi Ran stood up and obediently picked up all the flower stands and vases that he had knocked over, picked up the flowers scattered on the ground, and blew away the dust on the flowers.
Although he was angry and threw things, he didn't do anything to the flowers.
He knew in his heart that it had nothing to do with these flowers.
Zhu Qingchen picked out a copper long-necked vase and said, "In order to lower Shen Xiuping's vigilance, I suggest you be patient for a few days. A little impatience can ruin a big plan."
Shi Ran was not convinced, but he had to admit that everything he said was right!
Shi Ran packed up all the things, sat down obediently in front of him, carefully observed the vase in Zhu Qingchen's hand, then took out a similar one and placed it in front of himself.
Zhu Qingchen looked up and changed the vase for him: "I'm using this one."
Shi Ran took the vase and said, "Thank you."
Zhu Qingchen had only read a few books on flower arrangement in ancient times and knew a few mnemonics such as "light on top and heavy on bottom" and "scattered on top and gathered on bottom", so he was not considered an expert.
He didn't know how flower arrangement was done in this world, so he just did it casually.
Whatever looks good, do it.
Zhu Qingchen considered carefully and took out a white rose from the flower stand.
Shi Ran sat quietly in front of him, and imitated him, picking up a flower and putting it in the vase.
Zhu Qingchen smiled and said, "Flower arranging itself is a good thing. It's just that it seems out of place in the wartime and in the Shen family. Anyway, you have to act now, maybe you can try to appreciate these flowers?"
Shi Ran responded sullenly: "I know, but I can't help it, I..."
He just opened his mouth, but then he remembered that he and Zhu Qingchen had just met.
He shouldn't have confided something to Zhu Qingchen so quickly.
What if...what if he was bribed by Shen Xiuping?
Zhu Qingchen smiled and didn't mind.
He also didn't expect that he could completely gain Shi Ran's trust in just one day.
Zhu Qingchen reached out his hand and moved the flower branch in front of Shi Ran: "Like this."
Shi Ran responded sullenly: “Thank you.”
*
Zhu Qingchen stayed in the Shen family manor for the whole morning.
It was almost noon when the butler knocked on the door: "Mr. Zhu, Master Shi, lunch is ready."
"Wait a moment." Zhu Qingchen responded and asked Shi Ran in a low voice, "What book do you want to read tomorrow? Which pages? I'll take a picture for you to see."
"I..." Shi Ran didn't expect that Zhu Qingchen was actually serious.
Zhu Qingchen pushed the vase forward: "Don't you want to read? Then I will..."
Shi Ran said quickly: "I want to read the "Mecha Encyclopedia", Chapter 5 and Chapter 6!"
"Okay, I understand." Zhu Qingchen nodded, "Let's go and have dinner."
"yes."
Zhu Qingchen stood up and Shi Ran followed him.
When Zhu Qingchen pushed the door open and walked out, Shi Ran said softly, "Thank you, teacher."
He still didn't want to learn flower arrangement, but he acknowledged Zhu Qingchen as his teacher.
"You're welcome." Zhu Qingchen pushed open the glass door and said to the butler, "Please send the book box and flower arrangement artwork on the table to my car. I want to take them away."
"OK."
Shi Ran's eyes lit up and he couldn't help but look back at the results of his busy morning work.
Could he have made a work of art? The teacher even took his work away...
The next second, Zhu Qingchen said calmly: "As for the artificial weed, send it to your Master Shi's room and let him take a look at it and reflect on it."
Shi Ran choked: "..."
He...he couldn't have done it that badly, right?
He followed the teacher step by step!
When he turned around, Zhu Qingchen had already walked away.
Shi Ran quickly chased after him: "Teacher, I feel like what I did is pretty much the same as yours."
Zhu Qingchen tilted his head and looked at him seriously: "Say it again?"
"Almost... almost?"
“It’s too different!”
The two men talked as they walked up the stairs and into the restaurant.
Shen's parents went out for a trip - probably because they couldn't accept Shi Ran's differentiation into Beta for a while, but Shen Xiuping insisted on marrying him, so they simply hid away.
Shen Xiuping had to work at the military headquarters and eat lunch in the work cafeteria instead of going home.
In the huge restaurant, Zhu Qingchen and Shi Ran were the only two people dining.
Zhu Qingchen unfolded a pure white napkin, placed it under the plate, and pretended to teach Shi Ran table manners.
Shi Ran also followed and learned quietly.
After all, if you drop the flowers on the ground, you can pick them up and continue using them.
If food is dropped on the ground, there is no way to pick it up and eat it, so we should not waste food.
The housekeeper and the servants stood nearby.
After teaching for a while, Zhu Qingchen seemed to be angry. He put down the tableware and patted the back of Shi Ran's hand: "Look at what you have done."
Shi Ran looked aggrieved: "Isn't this the same as what the teacher did?"
"What's the same? What's the same about your little chicken claw?"
"I'm not a chicken claw! You..."
Seeing that Zhu Qingchen and Shi Ran were about to quarrel, the housekeeper hurried forward to persuade them to stop fighting.
"Mr. Zhu..."
Zhu Qingchen turned around and said, "None of you are allowed to beg for mercy. Get out!"
"Yes." The butler led everyone out of the restaurant nervously and closed the door.
Shi Ran raised his head and looked at Zhu Qingchen fearlessly.
How about that? How else are you going to deal with me?
The next second, Zhu Qingchen picked up the chopsticks again, picked up a piece of beef cubes and stuffed it into his mouth, and called Shi Ran: "Let's eat."
Shi Ran was stunned for a moment.
Seeing him in a daze, Zhu Qingchen deliberately asked, "With so many people watching, can you eat?"
Shi Ran shook his head.
"So I sent them out." Zhu Qingchen said seriously, "You have to get used to it. Learning to act in your home can avoid a lot of trouble."
"Yeah." Shi Ran nodded, not quite understanding.
Zhu Qingchen picked up another piece of beef cubes: "This is delicious, eat more."
"good."
Zhu Qingchen swallowed the food in his mouth, raised his voice slightly, and suddenly said: "I must break your chicken claw today!"
Shi Ran was startled by him and the food on his chopsticks fell into the bowl.
Zhu Qingchen ate while "teaching" him a lesson, and it did not affect his performance at all.
Shi Ran looked at him and pursed his lips.
At once……
It seems that the Imperial Rose is not at all what it is advertised to be.
*
After lunch and sitting for a while, Zhu Qingchen prepared to go back.
Before leaving, Zhu Qingchen warned him: "Don't become too docile all of a sudden. If you need to make a fuss, you should make a fuss. It won't arouse suspicion."
"Okay." Shi Ran nodded, "I'll remember that."
Even if Zhu Qingchen didn't say it, he would continue to resist.
He saw the teacher off to the car and watched it drive away.
Shi Ran returned to the room only after the car was completely out of sight.
His desk was empty, all the books about mechas were cleared out, with only the vase of flowers he had arranged this morning placed on it.
Shi Ran closed the door and sat at the desk, not knowing what to do.
He didn't know whether he should believe Zhu Qingchen.
After all, Zhu Qingchen had a good reputation and was invited by Shen Xiuping.
But what Zhu Qingchen said was right. Apart from him, there was no one else he could trust.
Shen's parents don't trust him. Shen Xiuping is their biological son. No matter what happens, they will always side with Shen Xiuping.
Shen Xiuping didn't believe it either. Even if he differentiated into Beta, Shen Xiuping had no intention of letting him go.
He had no choice but to trust Zhu Qingchen temporarily. Of course, there was also himself.
Shi Ran took out a pen and paper and wrote and drew on the paper based on his memory.
He drew the mecha parts diagrams by hand and wrote down the mecha operating instructions from memory.
Although he had not touched a mecha many times, he knew the contents of the book by heart, and those words and pictures were like imprinted in his mind.
He closed his eyes, imagined himself sitting in the cockpit, putting on his helmet, and moving the joystick.
Shi Ran would sometimes pick up a pen to scribble, sometimes close his eyes to imagine, immersed in his own world, and unknowingly forget about time.
It was not until the evening that Shen Xiuping returned home from get off work.
As soon as Shen Xiuping returned home, he walked towards Shi Ran's room, with the housekeeper following him.
Chen Xiuping asked, "How was Xiaoran's class today?"
The housekeeper replied, "Master Shi was not very cooperative at first, but later Mr. Zhu talked to him and he reluctantly started to learn. But he was still holding back and was not very serious, so the things he made were..."
"It's OK as long as he has studied." Shen Xiuping paused, then asked, "When did Teacher Zhu leave?"
"They left after lunch," the housekeeper replied. "Master Shi refused to learn, so it was good enough that Mr. Zhu could teach him for the whole morning. The two of them started arguing in the morning, and they were still arguing when they were teaching table manners at noon. Mr. Zhu also refused to allow anyone to go in and plead for mercy. When Mr. Zhu left, he was still sullen and angry."
Chen Xiuping laughed and said casually: "Prepare some gifts and send them to Mr. Zhu. Tell him that Xiao Ran was ignorant and I will apologize to him on his behalf. Please ask him to come back to class tomorrow."
"yes."
Shen Xiuping didn't care.
Zhu Qingchen's temper was almost better.
It just so happened that Zhu Qingchen played the good guy and he played the bad guy.
When Shi Ran was scolded by Zhu Qingchen, he came to comfort him. It won’t be long before Xiao Ran will understand who is the one he can rely on for the rest of his life.
Everything is under control.
Thinking of this, Shen Xiuping walked to Shi Ran's door and knocked on it: "Xiao Ran."
He knocked on the door twice and pushed it open without waiting for Shi Ran to respond.
At this time, Shi Ran was opening the drawer, trying to hide the paper and pen.
Shen Xiuping said: “No need to hide, brother knows what it is.”
He walked forward and took the paper from Shi Ran's hand.
Shi Ran wanted to snatch the things back, but Shen Xiuping just took a look, sighed, shook his head, and put the things back on the table. Shen Xiuping said calmly: "Xiao Ran, it's not that I always want to discourage you, it's that you are really not suitable for doing these things. The things you draw are full of loopholes."
Shi Ran asked doubtfully: "Where is the hole in my drawing?"
Shen Xiuping did not answer his question directly. He turned around, took the cake from the housekeeper, and put it on the desk: "You have worked hard studying with Teacher Zhu today. I brought you a strawberry cake. Have some. You loved this when you were a child."
"I don't want to eat cake." Shi Ran looked at him seriously, "You said I was wrong, I want to know where I was wrong."
Shen Xiuping still didn't answer, but opened the cake and said gently: "Come and eat the cake, brother bought it specially for you."
Shi Ran was a little anxious because of him, but he still refused to give up: "No, I was wrong, why don't you explain it clearly? Or can't you say it?"
Shen Xiuping looked at him gently, sighed helplessly, “No, Xiao Ran is right, eat it quickly, I bought it especially for you.”
The housekeeper also frowned and said, "Master Shi, stop making trouble."
Shi Ran suddenly became excited: "When did I make a scene? He said I was wrong, I just asked him to tell me what I did wrong, how could I make a scene? He said I was wrong, I asked him where I was wrong, what was wrong? Why did you say I was making a scene?"
Shen Xiuping just looked at him so gently, with his face full of expressions like "You didn't make a fuss", "Come and eat cake", and "Brother won't bother with you".
Shi Ran felt like he had punched cotton. He felt extremely powerless. In the end, he could only reach out to push them away, expressing his resistance with his actions: "Get out! All of you, get out!"
With a "bang", Shi Ran closed the door.
Shi Ran turned around and saw the cake on the table.
He immediately rushed forward, picked up the cake, opened the door, and returned the things to Shen Xiuping.
"Xiao Ran?"
"Go away!"
Shi Ran slammed the door with a bang and sat back at his desk. He wanted to continue what he was doing, but found that he couldn't read a single word.
The four words "full of loopholes" echoed in his ears. When he looked at it again now, he always felt that every word on the paper was wrong.
Why is it like this every time?
He was obviously in a good mood, so why did Shen Xiuping set him off immediately after he showed up and said a few words?
Is it really him who is making trouble?
Shi Ran grabbed a handful of hair and slammed the table hard.
*
On the other side, Zhu Qingchen returned home, changed into pajamas, and snuggled in bed for a nap.
He refused to get up even after waking up. He wrapped himself in a quilt and casually flipped through the book that he had "confiscated" from Shi Ran.
He turned the book to the fifth and sixth chapters that Shi Ran mentioned, took a picture of them with the communicator, and planned to bring them to Shi Ran tomorrow.
The system asked: "Why did you only stay for half a day today and then leave? Why didn't you spend more time with the students?"
Zhu Qingchen took photos seriously: "On the first day of class, I pretended not to like him, but stayed at his house for the whole day. Isn't that a bit contradictory?"
"But you two haven't even added your contact information. It seems like he doesn't trust you very much."
"When he trusts me completely, he will ask to add me as his contact. If I add it now, he won't look for me even if he has something to do."
"Yeah, that makes sense."
"Besides, Shi Ran is like a blank sheet of paper. Everything is written on his face, and others can see it at a glance." Zhu Qingchen propped up his head, "If he trusts me today and stands on the same front with me, he will be exposed immediately when Shen Xiuping returns home tonight."
Zhu Qingchen thought thoughtfully: "So, before he completely trusts me, I have to teach him how to act in the Shen family to prevent him from being exposed."
"Your acting skills today were pretty good." The system said, "Next time I'll arrange for you to go into the entertainment industry and be a teacher to actors. You'll be a cross-industry teacher. That's awesome."
“…”
Zhu Qingchen picked up his communication device again and continued taking pictures.
He casually asked, "Which characters in the original book are against the protagonist?"
"You're looking for the big villain?"
"Um."
"Let me search."
After a while, the system said, "Hmm... there are a little too many candidates who meet the requirements."
"For example?"
"The forces in this world are complicated. There are Zerg outside, rebels inside, and an imperial marshal who is high above. All three forces are possible."
"Hmm..." Zhu Qingchen thought for a moment, "How about I log in to my Star Network account and post a message saying 'I killed pigs in my previous life'? I'll offer a reward of 100 star coins and see who can answer it."
system:?
"You are the Imperial Rose! Many people follow your StarNet account!"
"I know." Zhu Qingchen said confidently, "It's because so many people are paying attention to it that the chances of it being seen by the villain are high. If no one was paying attention to me, I wouldn't post it."
"Please pay attention to your image! Image!" "I don't need this kind of thing. I won't have it later anyway."
The system objected strongly, and Zhu Qingchen took pictures while pulling against it.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door and the butler's voice: "Sir, the marshal sent someone to deliver the invitation to the dinner the day after tomorrow."
"What?" Zhu Qingchen quickly got up from the bed, grabbed a coat and put it on, then lifted the quilt to cover the messy bed.
The butler explained outside the door: "The Marshal led the Guards to defeat the Zerg a while ago. There will be a celebration banquet the day after tomorrow. Have you forgotten, sir?"
"No, I didn't forget." Zhu Qingchen flew to the door, opened it, and took the invitation from the butler. "Thank you."
"You're welcome." The housekeeper said, "The Shen family also sent a gift, saying that they hope you will continue to teach Master Shi tomorrow."
"Okay, I got it. Just put it in the living room. I'll go down and take a look later."
"Yes." The butler bowed politely, then turned and went downstairs.
Zhu Qingchen lowered his head to look at the invitation.
The invitation card had a white background with gold edges, and a thorny rose was outlined on the cover with a gold pen.
Zhu Qingchen casually opened it and took a look, his expression dull: "..."
The system came over: "Let me see, let me see... uh..."
The system was also sluggish.
This time, the invitation was the same as the last time, in that all the words that were sealed were covered up.
The only difference is——
Last time I used black ink, this time I used gold ink!
The system choked: "Chenchen, do you think he has a problem with his brain?"
Zhu Qingchen nodded: "Yes."
Very good, naive Imperial Marshal, the smart Zhu Qingqing has seen through your true identity!
Zhu Qingchen closed the door and fell back onto the soft spring bed.
"Dear Imperial Rose——"
"The most majestic goshawk on the grassland has returned victoriously. We sincerely invite Imperial Rose to attend the celebration banquet at the Imperial Banquet Hall on May 1 (Sunday) of the star calendar."
"The whole empire is united in friendship and creating a better future! We look forward to your arrival!"
"——Marshal, Gu Yan."
From the wording and tone, it's obvious that the villain himself wrote it, without having someone else write it for him.
"Uh..." Zhu Qingchen felt numb all over and raised his hand silently, "Okay, Marshal, cheers to our friendship."!
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