Chapter 61
“A-choo!”
Ye Bai sneezed, looked up at the banquet scene, and did not find any allergens. Then he forgot about the sneeze and began to look for Woden everywhere.
This made everyone around him roll their eyes, but they were used to it.
Every time Ye Bai attended a banquet, he would look for Woden. Especially this time, the banquet invitation was sent to Ye Bai by Woden, which made Ye Bai even more obsessed.
But what was strange was that the eldest son of the Ye family who came to the banquet with Ye Bai, after greeting them, went to the small garden nearby for something, while the light computer in his hand continued to pop up messages for him.
"Alina, don't you know? Ye Wangxing's small company has made a lot of money recently. He is probably busy with the goods in his company now."
Martha, the friend who had stopped Alina at the party before, whispered to Alina.
Martha is one or two years older than the other young masters and young ladies present, and she is more stable, which is why the parents feel comfortable letting them play together.
Even though Martha sometimes steps out of line, she is always within the normal range.
Seeing Elina's surprised expression, Martha continued to whisper the gossip she had heard.
"He put those four people as models on the homepage of his official website and sold them directly from the factory. Small merchants also bought goods from him and added some accessories and packages. This week, the Internet was all about those plush tomatoes, wool blankets and the like."
Martha was a little helpless when she said this: "My boyfriend has been making a fuss all day, forcing me to wear the plush accessory he bought for me. He even booked a spaceship ticket to the golden planet. This wave of traffic really made Ye Wangxing earn a lot of money."
Elena then remembered that she had indeed seen those familiar little gifts on the Internet recently, but the prices following them were too cheap, so she didn't click on them. She didn't expect it to cause such a big fuss.
"Isn't he running a platform? Why is he selling things to gain traffic? Those four didn't make a scene? The whole internet is full of their model pictures..."
Elina whispered.
Martha leaned over to Elina's ear and said.
"There aren't many merchants on his platform, so he naturally has to get the traffic himself this time. If it weren't for the invitation from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince today, he probably wouldn't have come."
"The model picture was only up for one day. After everyone knew about it, Ye Wangxing deleted it. But I don't know what those four people were thinking. They weren't angry at all. On the contrary, it seemed like they had known about it for a long time since someone told them about it."
Martha said this with a slightly puzzled look on her face.
Elina also looked confused. She knew even less about what Martha didn't know.
Fortunately, they soon stopped caring about it. After all, it was Prince Woden's banquet, so they still had to show their attitude.
Even Elina just looked at Ye Bai with a look of disappointment when she saw his devoted look.
but……
Was Prince Woden a little absent-minded at the banquet today?
Elina thought as she looked at Prince Woden, who had not flirted with anyone today.
If it weren't for the fact that Prince Woden still treated Ye Bai with indifference, she would have thought that Prince Woden had finally found his conscience and was planning to treat Ye Bai well.
Prince Woden naturally did not have a change of heart. He even wondered if he was stupid enough to send the invitation letter to Ye Bai.
What's so strange about Ye Bai? Didn't he just rush over to him as soon as he waved his hand?
It turned out that he was overthinking. He was still affected by the recent undercurrents on the capital planet and thought that something was wrong with Ye Bai, just like those four.
Prince Woden refused Ye Bai's request to go out for a walk together and let the other party leave in disappointment.
At the same time, he was still thinking about what had happened during this period regarding Admiral Otas and the others.
In recent days, things have been very strange for both Admiral Otas and his uncle. Prince Woden doesn't believe a word of the rumors that their strange behavior during this period is because they are in love.
If the power held by those four were combined, it would be enough to shake the entire country, so Prince Woden has always been wary of those four, especially his uncle who is four years younger than him.
When he was in the military academy, he was able to tie the record of Admiral Otas. From childhood to adulthood, he has always been superior to the crown prince and is so outstanding that it is impossible to ignore him.
In the past few years, he knew to go on vacation to avoid suspicion, but this year, after he came back from traveling on other planets, I don’t know if his uncle’s ambition was aroused or he didn’t intend to hide his thoughts, he kept asking the Queen Mother to join the army.
The Queen Mother is still happy to pamper her younger brother and is now thinking of helping him select an army.
Thinking of this, Prince Woden picked up the wine glass in his hand and drank the liquor in it. Then he put the glass heavily back on the table.
He really didn't understand why the Queen Mother would trust her brother who was younger than her son so much. Wasn't the Queen Mother afraid that her uncle would really make a move on her throne?
There are other ministers, whether it is the Chancellor of Finance, Count Uno, or even the Marshal, they all have too much power. In the eyes of Prince Woden, this power is enough to threaten the safety of the royal family.
But his queen mother turned a blind eye to this and pretended to be deaf and dumb in order to maintain the prosperity of the entire galaxy.
She even suppressed his idea of inserting her own people around those people, and pulled him to her side to warn him.
'Don't treat everyone as a fool, Woden, you are still too young and immature.'
The Queen Mother's sharp gaze made Woden dare not look directly at her, so he had to bow his head and admit his mistake.
But only Worden knew how unwilling he was in his heart. What made him even more unwilling was that when he shared his ideas with his so-called brothers, only a few of them supported him.
In the end, only Ye Bai was willing to get some data for him from his father, the Minister of Finance, but it was just data. After all, Ye Bai himself did not have the brains to control power.
Can……
'Apart from his inability, he is the only one who trusts me completely.'
Worden thought, half drunk and half awake.
While Woden was drinking in silence because of his ambitions and the lack of support from those around him, Ye Bai was crying sadly in the small garden.
Beside him were Elena and the others.
Ye Bai was expressing his sadness and pain and how this time Warden had really gone too far.
And none of the people present, who were his friends, came forward to comfort him.
They ate and drank. Elina even used a small silver fork to pick up the heart-shaped fruit on the table and put it into her mouth, nodding at Martha beside her.
"Except for the fact that the shape is made from a mold, the fruit itself is quite delicious."
Martha curiously took another silver fork and poked a bite to try, her eyes immediately widened and she nodded.
"It does taste good, sour and sweet, more like strawberry but not that sour."
Being completely ignored, Ye Bai said: "...Woden is really going too far!"
His friends turned a blind eye to his complaints. In fact, they had tried to persuade him when they first arrived at the garden, but no one was a trash can and could endure listening to someone crying for more than half an hour.
They were even a little curious about how Ye Bai could cry for so long and still have tears in his eyes.
Elina saw that Ye Bai had finally stopped crying, so she put the silver fork in her hand back into the small plate and took a deep breath.
She was ready to tell Ye Bai everything from the matter of Woden to himself.
However, before Elena could finish her words, she heard a noise coming from the side.
Wait, it seems like it's not next to her, but behind her.
Elina looked at the wall of trees behind her, and the sounds in her ears gradually became clearer.
"——Otas! Stop it!"
Elena's eyes widened instantly, and the friends behind him turned their heads towards the tree wall. Even Ye Bai reached out and picked up the warm towel on the table, wiped his face, and stood up to try to hear more clearly.
"But I just wanted to show you the ring you gave me. I'm wearing it on my hand."
A very magnetic mature male voice came from behind the tree wall.
Everyone present instantly realized who the two people were behind the wall.
Now everyone began to worry, but they did not dare to move the tree wall. Any movement at this time might be discovered by Admiral Otas.
But they really wanted to see what was going on behind the wall of trees.
At this time, Martha, the calmest among them, made a surprising move.
——She stepped directly onto the chair in the pavilion and climbed up the tree wall.
"Don't worry, from their angle they can't see us behind this wall of trees. As long as we keep our noise down, it will be fine."
Martha said this in a very small voice, and although the friends present were a little shocked, their desire for gossip eventually overcame everything. They covered their mouths, stepped onto the chairs, and looked carefully at the two people behind the tree wall.
The two people sitting over there really didn't seem to notice them, or they didn't have time to notice them.
Thanks to the interstellar society's genetic adjustment technology, everyone's vision is 2.0 or even 3.0 on average, so they can clearly see the movements between the two people in the distance and hear clearly what they are saying.
The tall man next door and the young man in his arms were facing them sideways.
Admiral Otas was hugging the young man from behind and put his hand in front of him. The golden snake on his index finger was still shining, and the carved scales had lost their previous carving marks and became rounded instead.
You can tell at first glance that she has been touched many times.
"I have been carrying the gift you gave me with me."
Admiral Otas's voice was lazy, and the ending tone was deliberately prolonged, like a coquettish forest python.
This made the small group of people who were watching the show on the wall shudder.
But it is obvious that Ye Wangxing, who can get along with Admiral Otas and even give him gifts, is not an ordinary person.
The young man looked at the ring and his eyes softened as he whispered, "...I'm glad you like it."
This gentle voice made Admiral Otas' mood obviously better. He curled the corners of his mouth and put his head on the side of the young man's neck and spoke lazily.
"Yes, I wear it every day. Haven't you noticed that the snake scales on the ring have become brighter? After all, this is a unique ring designed by you, so I naturally like it very much."
Admiral Otas said with some pride, and raised his hand in front of the young man again, while his other hand clasped the young man's shoulder, as if wrapping him up completely.
"It's a pity that my ring is the cheapest one among the models in the picture."
Admiral Otas seemed to be just saying it casually, but it made the people sitting on the wall hold their breath.
They were afraid that he would discover something.
But then they began to laugh at themselves for worrying too much. After all, if Admiral Otas really found out that the people in the other three model photos on the official website had the same identity as himself, he would have rushed over and started beating them.
How could I sit here in such an ambiguous and warm manner with a young man like I am now?
However, Ye Bai was still a little worried. After all, he was his brother. Even if others were relieved, he was still worried.
Later, Ye Bai discovered that the reason why his elder brother could have four boyfriends was definitely not just because of good luck.
"Then I'll make you another necklace? Or a collar?"
The young man looked up at the man behind him who was suddenly stunned, and said with a smile with a beautiful arc on his lips.
"When I was making the ring, I was thinking about what kind of jewelry would suit you. The design draft is still in my laptop. But at that time..."
The young man didn't finish his words, and his eyes drooped as if he was a little depressed, but then he raised his eyes and spoke happily.
"But it's normal to give jewelry to friends now, right?"
"Mr. Otas, would you be willing to give me this honor?"
Ye Bai watched the blush struggling to emerge from Admiral Otas's wheat-colored face and sighed silently.
The next second, he watched the tall man suddenly bury his head in the young man's neck, as if he didn't want the young man to see his blushing face, and he clicked his tongue a few times.
His elder brother is indeed a man who has had 4 boyfriends.
——Whoever uses this method will be confused!
After hearing the young man's words, Admiral Otas's aura degenerated from that of an anaconda to that of a hognose snake, and he obediently let Ye Wangxing measure his neck circumference.
From time to time, he echoed the young man's mumblings.
"You've lost some weight. Have you been busy with your year-end report recently? Haven't you been eating well?"
The few people lying on the wall looked at the tall man, who was obviously bigger than the young man, and said as if he had suffered a grievance.
"The food in the military cafeteria is terrible, and there will be no food if you miss the meal time. And you can't order takeout there..."
The young man controlled the light brain and went around the man's neck and said, "Why can't you get rid of your picky eating problem? It was like that back then. I don't know how you grew so big..."
Elina looked at this heartwarming scene, her girlish mind frantically beating wildly, but...
When she thought about the young man who was caring about the man, and would also care about the other three people, Elina's heart died instantly.
But she had no way to solve this emotional problem, after all, the young man and these four men were ex-boyfriends.
This was what Ye Bai told them before.
It is normal for the young man to pay attention to them subconsciously as he still has feelings for them.
This is where the problem comes in.
——The four guys on the opposite sides also have some lingering feelings!
Ye Wangxing was just like the fisherman that day. As long as he put some bait on the hook, the four sharks would desperately take the bait.
Even Ye Wangxing's lingering feelings for these four fish seemed to be the same, after all, he had given them all gifts.
"I don't know who Ye Wangxing will choose in the end, but no matter who he chooses, the other three will go crazy..."
Elena thought anxiously, and even expanded from this direction to changes in the political situation of the empire.
After Elina finished thinking, she realized that this situation was not something she could solve, and she became calmer.
Even if the sky falls, there are still people taller to hold it up. Let's deal with it when things really get to that point.
However, Elena still felt a little disappointed. If these men could be a little more reserved and let one of them stand out, wouldn't all this trouble be avoided?
But when Elina looked up after thinking about it, she found that Admiral Otas had already left and walked towards the banquet. Only Ye Wangxing was still in the small garden, deleting and modifying something on the computer.
"This is……"
After Admiral Otas left, Elina finally dared to speak in a lower voice.
After all, the young man does not have the hearing that was trained on the battlefield like Admiral Otas.
However, when Elina cast her gaze on Admiral Otas, she happened to meet a pair of deep green eyes.
'Were you discovered?!'
But Admiral Otas just glanced at them and turned to walk towards the banquet, seemingly having no intention of pursuing the matter.
This made Elina and her other friends around her breathe a sigh of relief with pale faces, and they didn't let go of their worries until Admiral Otas finally stepped into the banquet hall.
But just as he felt relieved and looked towards Ye Wangxing, he heard an angry voice.
"Ye Wangxing! Who is he!"
The people on the wall suddenly opened their eyes wide and looked in the direction of Ye Wangxing, and the person who appeared made them gasp.
——The young man who was questioning Ye Wangxing with a flushed face had a pair of iconic glacier-like eyes.
Woc! Prince Janus!
The people on the wall suddenly thought: It’s all over, it’s all over.
Among them, Ye Bai even felt that his whole family would soon be regarded as a thorn in the side by His Majesty, and it was possible that they would be directly exiled to a remote planet or even imprisoned as criminals!
——There is no need to wait until Woden ascends the throne.
Ye Bai was turning around anxiously on the wall, while Ye Wangxing, who was being questioned by the young man at the bottom of the wall, seemed to be frightened when he saw Prince Janus.
"Janus? You are attending this party too?"
Ye Wangxing said this with a look of surprise, which made Prince Janus, who was coming to catch an adulterer, pause.
But he still said, "Of course I'm at this party. When that kid Warden sent me the invitation, he used me as a gimmick to attract people. Don't tell me you didn't know I would be here."
Prince Janus said with a flushed face, but his momentum was weakened a little because of Ye Wangxing's normal attitude.
"Ah? Is that so?" the young man asked in confusion.
He scratched his cheek a little embarrassedly.
"My brother asked me to come here this time. I have been busy with factory work these days and I didn't really look at the invitation carefully. I'm sorry, Janus."
The young man's sincere apology soothed some of Janus' anger, but the fact that the young man met with Otas still made him feel choked.
"Even if you're guilty of this, why did you talk to that guy Otas before? And why were you two so close to each other?"
The young man squinted his wolf-like eyes as he spoke, revealing his royal aura. The dangerous atmosphere in his voice made the people on the wall hold their breath again.
——However, the young man’s next words instantly turned the boy from the Polar Wolf King into a Husky.
"Janus, I'm so happy!"
The young man ignored the boy's aura and hugged him like a brother before letting him go. However, he looked at the boy in front of him with shining eyes and spoke.
"I thought you were angry about what happened before, because you haven't contacted me during this period."
The boy stood there in a daze, the anger on his expression had disappeared - replaced by a blush that gradually spread from both sides of his cheeks.
"Now it seems that you were just busy with your final exams and didn't throw away the wool blanket I knitted for you, right?"
The young man said with a warm smile.
"Yes... I'm just a little busy this week. Actually, I don't mind you using me as a model. I forgot to tell you last time. I'm sorry."
The boy stammered with a red face.
After the emotion subsided for a while, he finally remembered what he wanted to ask.
However, his momentum was waning and he no longer had the same momentum as before to question the young man. He just spoke with a little jealousy.
"But Wangxing, why are you hanging out with that guy Otas? That guy is definitely not a good person!"
The boy spoke seriously, but the young man did not say anything bad about Otas as the boy thought, he just asked in confusion.
"Really? But Lord Otas is actually a very nice person."
As he spoke, the young man happily showed the business cards of several contacts.
"You also know that I have been developing business in the southeast galaxy recently. It is too slow to have only one capital star. Admiral Otas happened to have business dealings with us because of the golden ring, so he helped me contact these officials."
The young man looked at the business cards of those contacts, all of which were officials from the southeast, and his expression suddenly became angry.
But he did not stubbornly tell the young man not to contact these people, as that was a boring thing that only children would do.
——He directly searched through his address book and pushed several of the contacts to the young man.
"Those officials are useful, but there are too few of them. He is from the military after all, and he doesn't have much contact with people from the Ministry of Commerce. He can't find the key points. I know a few people in the fields of sanitation, fire protection, and quality inspection. You can introduce them to your subordinates when the time comes."
The boy pretended not to care, but when he saw the young man's surprised look, the pride on his face was about to overflow.
The young man naturally said some words of thanks, chatted with the boy for a while, told him to eat well, and left the small garden only after the boy had lost weight.
The people lying on the wall looked at Prince Janus who was still swaying in the same place, and shook their heads in a tut-tut manner.
They were just so nervous that Prince Janus might find something wrong, but...
Ye Wangxing hugged her and didn't pursue the matter, and also passed on all his connections to Ye Wangxing.
Seeing that there was no excitement, Elena was afraid that if she stayed there for too long, something might happen, so she quickly took everyone else back to the banquet.
Ye Bai was originally immersed in gossip, but after returning to the banquet, he stuck to Woden like a magnet.
Elina was too lazy to care about him and was chatting with her friends while eating dessert. However, she casually glanced towards the swimming pool and saw a man who seemed to be Woden's male companion today pulling Ye Bai's hands, and the male companion was about to fall into the swimming pool.
Elina immediately rushed out from the sofa, and although her friends didn't understand what was happening, they also rushed in that direction.
However, Elena was so concerned that she only saw Ye Bai being pulled by the man's hands, and did not notice that Admiral Otas and Ye Wangxing were standing next to Ye Bai.
——Neither did he notice Prince Janus rushing in from the small garden to the door of the banquet hall.
"Bang--!"
“Crash!”
Alina looked into the pool in shock and confusion.
Ye Bai, who was standing there intact, and the male companion who had been thrown aside by Elena, were both shocked and blankly looking at the two men in the swimming pool.
One minute later.
Warden stared blankly at the two people by the swimming pool, his expression dazed.
Who can tell him why he just left for a while - and his uncle knocked Admiral Otas into the swimming pool?
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