Chapter 44 reports on who the real innocent rabbit is. ...
Shi Wei carried her ugly doll and snacks to find Leo to play with.
Having not seen her for several days, Leo was so excited he was practically bursting with joy, wagging his tail as he pounced on her.
The trainer immediately stopped Leo. Shi Wei took out all sorts of strange and unusual snacks from her bag and handed them to the trainer, asking him to have them tested first.
Leo watched the bag of food disappear into the distance, then nudged her with his head.
"Alright, alright, it's all for you. They'll take it to be tested and disinfected so you can eat it—I've also prepared other gifts for you!" Shi Wei conjured up the doll that "looks a lot like" His Majesty from behind her back like a magician.
A hint of confusion appeared in the black wolf's icy blue pupils as it stared at the strange object in her hand. It sniffed it but found no taste. Seeing her offer it to its mouth, it tentatively took a bite.
"Ah, it's not food, it's a toy, a toy for you!" Shi Wei struggled to pull the doll out of Leo's mouth; the ugly "Your Majesty's" blue-black hair was covered in drool.
The trainer stared at the doll for a while, then asked, "Is this... made in imitation of a wild man?"
But why are the eyes blue?
Shi Wei: At least it looks like a human.
“This was made according to His Majesty’s appearance,” Shi Wei said confidently. The other person glanced at her silently and dared not speak.
Fortunately, Leo was very understanding and didn't mind that it was a second-hand gift at all. He carried the ugly doll around and played with Shi Wei.
The weather is lovely today, and the other animals are strolling around. The trainer remarked, "Many of these animals have been living here since birth. Leo is their leader and their master. They've never seen the outside world before. I wonder if they'll be sad."
Shi Wei found it a little funny: "What's so sad about a world you've never seen before? Just like us humans, a long, long time ago, we lived on a small blue planet. We felt very lucky to have ventured into space. Back then, people only thought that the land beneath their feet was the most beautiful place."
"You're absolutely right. Leo has been on the battlefield and seen the vast universe. Staying here and enjoying life should be quite pleasant for him."
The trainer touched Leo's thigh, only to be nipped and knocked down by Leo. Although they were both Alphas, His Majesty could easily subdue Leo, petting him like a puppy. The trainer could only struggle to keep his balance to avoid being tackled to the ground by Leo.
"Of course, Leo is so smart, of course he'd be happier with any kind of life—Ouch! Don't bite!" Perhaps the toy was so ugly that even animals couldn't stand it, because after playing with it for a while, Leo started tearing at it with its teeth. Its canines were about the same size as the little toy's head, and Shiwei couldn't stop it at all.
Fortunately, the materials used were of the highest quality. The giant wolf bit it a few times but couldn't bite through it. It then tried to tear it even harder. Shi Wei tried to dissuade it but to no avail, so she could only let Leo use this mini "Your Majesty" as a chew toy.
Anyway, His Majesty doesn't like it either.
Moreover, seeing Leo mistreating it like this, Shi Wei actually felt a kind of vengeful joy: Hmph, if you think it's ugly, then feed it to the dog!
Two days later, when His Majesty went to bed, he didn't see the ugly doll and asked about it.
While leisurely playing games on the bed, Shi Wei lazily said, "Didn't you think it was ugly? I gave it to Leo, and he likes it quite a bit."
"Give this to Leo?" His Majesty was clearly annoyed. His short, wet, dark blue hair was still dripping with water, and the automatic hair dryer hovered around him, completely oblivious to his movements—
Shi Wei was picked up and placed in his arms, her personal computer was taken away, and the game interface disappeared.
"How can you just give away something that was given to me?"
"Didn't you say you didn't like it?" Shi Wei even showed him a picture of Leo holding a plush toy, and seeing the man frown, she was secretly delighted.
"Who said I don't like it?"
Shi Wei looked puzzled: "Didn't you say it was ugly? Why are you making me redo it?"
"And what about the one that's been redone?" Sklag II gently touched her collarbone, feeling that she had really changed a lot. She was getting bolder and bolder, and she would even tease him in this way.
"I didn't." Shi Wei said matter-of-factly, swatting his hand away and saying seriously, "I have a medical check-up tomorrow, not tonight!"
"Who said I wanted to *you*?" The man said this, but his hands didn't mean anything by it; he touched and pinched as he pleased.
Shi Wei was panting from his rubbing. She used her knee to push his arm away and said irritably, "I want to sleep!"
"Fine." The man pinched her butt, his grumbling having nowhere to go, and snorted, "I'll deal with you tomorrow night. Keep making that doll. Spend two hours every day researching it and report your progress every two days."
His businesslike tone shocked Shi Wei: "It's just a doll, why don't you have them make one for you? They can make any kind you want."
“It’s different.” King Sklag II remained serious. “Leo has it, and I want it too.”
Shi Wei took a few deep breaths, lifted the covers and crawled inside. She shouldn't have wasted her time playing with those pillows.
Progress updates every two days, right? Anyway, she can take her time to study it. Imperial government procedures are inherently slow; it would take at least half a year to finalize a blueprint.
With this in mind, Shi Wei opened the computer—created a new .asd file—renamed it—created a new layer—renamed it.
Okay, research complete for today.
Time passed quickly, and the sweltering heat of July heralded the arrival of summer.
Although there was a temperature control system inside the palace, there wasn't one outside, so Shiwei became less inclined to go out. She spent her days looking at archives, taking videos, and drawing blueprints, leading a fulfilling life.
July 3rd is Manla Human Rights Day. Shi Wei woke up very early; no one disturbed her last night, and she slept soundly.
Shi Wei opened his personal computer, and Similan's arrangements were already in place. The top trending topic was "Andromeda's deputy governor suspected of human trafficking, large number of Beta remains found in port containers," causing an uproar.
Andromeda is located on the edge of the Empire and is one of the important foreign trade star chains in the northern region. Manra's logistics to the two major star systems all pass through here.
In other words, although it's in a remote area, it's very lucrative.
Therefore, the position of governor of Andromeda has always been a lucrative one, and has been controlled by the great nobles for decades. In fact, this unknown deputy governor is in charge of the environmental protection department and has no direct connection with this incident. He was just deliberately brought up as a feint.
Chiang Kai-shek's reaction was quick too. Shi Wei did a quick search and found that public opinion had been steered toward the governor's private life.
According to a highly popular leak, this deputy executive officer, although a female Alpha, has a chaotic private life, maintains ambiguous relationships with many Betas, and her fiancé is a young male Omega who has not yet graduated.
Gossips even listed all her exes, highlighting a married female Beta leader who greatly appreciated her and promoted her, and even posted a photo of the two of them having dinner together.
Whether in ancient bisexual societies or in today's ABO societies, the chaotic private lives of those in positions of power always attract more attention, and public opinion is quickly swayed.
Soon, the mastermind behind the scenes released a large number of online trolls: "Everyone" was speculating whether this female Alpha was trying to persecute the Beta because she was heartbroken.
It was well-reasoned, logically consistent, and had a large number of "people" who agreed with it—making even Shi Wei, a person with a passable IQ and a normal thought process, doubt her own ideas.
But real people have intelligence, and there will still be some so-called "nitpickers" who will jump out to refute: "Please! She has no authority over port transportation at all. How could a deputy who studies planetary pollution every day have such great power to buy and sell people!"
Why are the media outlets in the north all silent? Why are they all obediently reposting content from the southern media? Is it because the powerful officials in charge are from the north?
...
Similan was certainly not a fool to let the other side whitewash their actions. Soon, a detailed list of transactions was released: the Betas being sold were strictly divided into different classes. Those who could only do manual labor were called "pigs," while the young, healthy, and fertile ones were called "lambs." The highly educated "lambs" also had a special code name—"milk sheep."
A series of disgusting yet stark statistics revealed that no one would have imagined that containers originally meant for animals were actually filled with humans.
Or rather, they cannot be called human beings—they are "commodity people" who have been classified as the lowest of the nine classes.
Even worse, these gangs would also travel to some garbage planets to buy Omegas born to impoverished families and sell them at high prices to armed groups.
The Chaotic Starfield contains the most and most complex trading points, and is circled in red.
The mercenaries were immediately condemned by the Universal Human Rights Organization. This was not Similan's intention; he was just taking a jab at the mercenaries. For the sake of the Empire's reputation, it was better to find someone to share the blame.
With thorough preparation and conclusive evidence, the Andromeda ruler was quickly placed under investigation.
The governor's youngest son and Jiang Chuge, the heir of the Jiang family, a powerful noble family in the empire, were classmates and had a very close relationship.
A series of photos quickly circulated online, and public opinion was very unfavorable to the Chiang family.
Worse still, in one of the photos, Jiang Chuge and a Beta appeared to be arguing, both with injuries on their faces, and the Beta's body was found inside the container that was recently seized.
And he didn't die during transport; he was already dead before he was loaded onto the truck.
Once the incident was reported, the Chiang family quickly realized that the exposure of this incident was a deliberate attempt to target the Chiang family, specifically the heir.
There's no need to investigate the mastermind behind this, because Prince Similan made no attempt to conceal it.
Enraged, Jiang Chuge was immediately locked up in the Jiang family's old house by Xiruier, who strictly forbade him from leaving.
"Why did he suddenly fall ill?!" The young nobleman, already suffering a bad year and having just been severely reprimanded by his uncle, gritted his teeth in anger. He was truly wronged!
"That kid harassed our male classmates in public. So what if I hit him? There were so many people there, and the school didn't punish me. What did I do wrong?" Jiang Chuge was being held down in a chair by two tall Alpha guards, struggling and cursing Similan.
“You’re not wrong!” Jiang Guyuan was also a bit of a headache: “But his crime doesn’t warrant death, do you understand? Even if he were to be executed, it would be the state that would do it! I know someone is trying to curry favor with you and deliberately killed him, but now these two things are linked together, and—”
"And what?" Jiang Chuge's face turned pale with anger.
What other trouble could possibly happen?
Jiang Guyuan glanced at the personal terminal, then turned the screen to him. After a long few minutes, Jiang Chuge froze, slowly raising his trembling hand—
Is this true?
He could angrily proclaim his innocence and that the dead Beta deserved his fate. But his people could not.
The Chiang family is indeed closely connected to this matter. Although they are not directly involved, they have always had financial dealings with each other.
The young man was utterly devastated. His values made it impossible for him to accept this: buying and selling people, treating his fellow human beings like livestock, even powerless Omegas.
His people were doing these things, and even his father did.
They treat their fellow human beings as commodities to be sold for money.
"What should we do?" He wasn't a naive child; now he had no choice but to face reality.
What's worse is what my uncle said next: "I suspect that Prince Similan already knew about this, and that's why he's so openly targeting you—"
"There must be someone instigating this behind the scenes."
Jiang Chuge looked at her uncle blankly.
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The author's note: Why do I feel that the hot-blooded young noblemen are even more foolish, more like little white rabbits?
Packing is so tiring...
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