Gu Zhilin felt a wave of dizziness wash over him. He never imagined that after more than a thousand years, he would still be witnessing fan culture.
The other party kept calling him General Gu, which made Gu Zhilin even more embarrassed.
"I've only passed the assessment, my rank hasn't been assigned yet, don't call me that," he replied to Zhong Qing.
Zhong Qing was even more excited when she received the reply.
He shouted loudly to his comrades beside him, "Did you hear that? General Gu answered me. Did you hear that?"
Seeing this, Gu Zhilin knew that nothing he said would make a difference.
He could only urge everyone to leave quickly, as he felt really embarrassed by the current situation.
Because General Zhu needs to go back and apply for Gu Zhilin's military rank classification.
Let Gu Zhilin and the others go back to their dormitories to rest first.
"You'd better stay in your dorm until your rank is finalized. Don't come out. The entire military region is full of your admirers right now." General Zhu glanced disdainfully at the crowd following in the distance.
Then he said to Lu Jin'an, "This popularity has surpassed yours."
Lu Jin'an laughed upon hearing this: "That's normal. Getting an S-rank on the first assessment, who wouldn't admire that? I admire it too."
Gu Zhilin was taken aback by his words and his face instantly turned red to the roots of his ears.
Zhu Jiangshuai rolled his eyes: "What's the use of just admiring someone? Winning them over is the real deal."
After saying that, he left immediately.
Gu Zhilin, who was already blushing, was completely stunned. He really didn't understand why... why even General Zhu was...
"He...he..." I was so shocked by Gu Zhilin that I stammered.
"Ignore him, he just wants to provoke me." Lu Jin'an pulled Gu Zhilin and headed towards the dormitory.
Jiang Jiyang and the others followed behind, though they didn't mock him overtly.
But with Gu Zhilin's excellent hearing, he still heard them calling Lu Jin'an a coward.
Not wanting to be teased anymore, Gu Zhilin quickened his pace and headed towards the dormitory.
He and Lu Jin'an walked faster and arrived at the dormitory building first.
But I never expected to see Shang Shixu here again.
Lu Jin'an frowned upon seeing Shang Shixu, shielded Gu Zhilin behind her, and watched Shang Shixu warily.
If Shang Shixu had seen Lu Jin'an's attitude before, he would have been upset and couldn't help but make a few sarcastic remarks to Gu Zhilin.
But this time, he acted as if he hadn't seen Lu Jin'an's movements, and walked towards Gu Zhilin: "Congratulations, S-rank. You truly live up to your reputation!"
Gu Zhilin was stunned for a moment, then realized that the other party was genuinely congratulating him.
So he nodded and said, "Thank you."
"I'm here to apologize to you. I was overconfident before, thinking that I was no worse than you, and even far more experienced than you." Shang Shixu continued with his head down, "What I did to you before was just my petty thinking. Please forgive me."
Gu Zhilin was surprised that this person would apologize so sincerely, compared to the awkwardness last time.
This time, however, his sincerity and humility were clearly palpable.
"It's alright, you didn't actually do anything wrong, you just raised your reasonable doubts." Gu Zhilin said somewhat embarrassedly.
But Shang Shixu shook his head: "No, it's because I'm jealous of you that I suspect you."
"It was because I was jealous of you that I gave Cheng Yi the opportunity to get close to me. That's why Cheng Yi found the chance to take over my driving yesterday and tried... tried to run you over."
I am truly sorry about this matter.
If he had been more alert, if he hadn't harbored resentment or complained about Gu Zhilin when facing the Martians.
That's why I was momentarily distracted and lost focus, giving Cheng Yi an opportunity to take advantage of the situation. So how could my warship possibly collide with Gu Zhilin and Lu Jin'an's warship?
Gu Zhilin shook his head: "In the end, you are also a victim, and didn't we just happen to catch him, the biggest mole, yesterday?"
Knowing that the other person was trying to comfort him, Shang Shixu smiled self-deprecatingly: "Thank you for not holding a grudge and being willing to comfort me."
"I'm serious. How are you doing right now? After all, you've been with Cheng Yi for quite a while..."
Upon hearing this, Shang Shixu frowned, as if he had something to say but didn't know how to say it.
Just then, Jiang Jiyang, Zeng Yan, and Su Cheng arrived.
Upon seeing Shang Shixu, Jiang Jiyang said bluntly, "What? You're jealous now that our little Gu has achieved an S-level in the assessment? Too bad you'll never catch up to him in this lifetime."
Shang Shixu was a very proud person, and upon hearing this, he was speechless. He could only bow to Gu Zhilin and say, "I still have to apologize to you. I'm sorry."
After saying that, he turned to leave.
"Wait." Seeing that Shang Shixu was about to leave, Gu Zhilin stopped him, "Did you have something to say just now?"
"If you find anything wrong, you can tell me."
Shang Shixu stopped walking and turned back to look at Gu Zhilin.
Then she returned to Gu Zhilin and said, "I don't know how to say it, and I don't know if it's because I was too jealous before that I developed a demon in my heart."
Gu Zhilin frowned upon hearing this: "What exactly happened?"
"I fell asleep last night," Shang Shixu said softly.
Jiang Jiyang had always looked down on Shang Shixu's previous behavior, and when he heard this guy finally manage to squeeze out this sentence, he was instantly amused and annoyed: "What? So what if you're asleep!"
Gu Zhilin frowned and interrupted Jiang Jiyang: "Let him finish speaking."
“Last night I fell asleep, and in my dream there was someone... he was teaching me how to deal with you.” Shang Shixu’s voice grew softer and softer as he spoke, as if he felt ashamed: “I really know my problem now. I never thought of taking revenge on you. I don’t know why I had such a dream. I rarely dream.”
Upon hearing Shang Shixu's explanation, Gu Zhilin suddenly grabbed Shang Shixu's wrist and placed two fingers on Shang Shixu's pulse.
Shang Shixu was arrested, but he didn't resist, although he didn't know what Gu Zhilin was doing.
But she didn't refuse his advances.
“You weren’t dreaming last night; your brain was invaded,” Gu Zhilin explained in a way that modern people could understand.
"Brain hacked?" Shang Shixu looked at Gu Zhilin in shock.
“Cheng Yi must have poisoned you. The person on Mars couldn’t contact Cheng Yi, so he must have been trying to speed things up and possess you, but you have my talisman protecting you and preventing him from succeeding.”
"So I'll just hack into your brain to learn about the current situation on Earth and lure you into fighting me."
"It's a good thing you told me, otherwise... if you have too many of these 'dreams,' even if you don't get possessed, you'll still be controlled by the other party."
Upon hearing Gu Zhilin's words, Shang Shixu felt a sudden pang of panic.
"So... I almost died, right?"
Gu Zhilin sighed: "They won't die, but they'll be controlled and won't do anything against their will."
"I'd rather die." Shang Shixu's eyes were bloodshot.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com