Pei Ji: "Why? Why? Because you never ask..."
Don't ask me why I didn't tag you.
Coming from an Alpha, this is no different from sexual harassment.
But he really thought Shen Que didn't care.
Or rather.
He was afraid that Shen Que didn't care.
Until he figured out the artificial memory module.
Shen Que sighed: “Admiral…”
"Stop!"
Pei Ji interrupted him.
"I know what you're going to say. You're the one with the memory module. Are you protecting me by talking less to me? Oh my god, I'm really convinced. I don't even worry about my own affairs, so why are you worrying about me?"
There was a complicated look in Shen Que's eyes.
"I don't like memory modules, Admiral. Even if they are essential to the mission, they are an affront to human rights."
He frowned slightly.
"I won't ask questions if I can figure it out myself."
"Well, you are worthy of me, my dear First Commander."
Pei Ji was once again certain that he had no way to deal with Chen Que.
"Then tell me, what did you figure out? Why didn't I mark you?"
Shen Que closed his mouth, his fair cheeks flushed slightly, which was particularly obvious under the moonlight outside the cabin door.
"Do you have to say it?" He pursed his lips.
"You must tell me!" Pei Ji pointed at his neck and complained, "Look at how I bit you. Can you bear it? Huh?"
Shen Que turned his head, avoiding Pei Ji's sight, and looked out the window.
The white sand was as calm as the surface of the water, but his heartbeat began to quicken unconsciously.
Shen Que took a deep breath, trying to suppress his restless emotions.
"At first... I thought you might hate arranged marriages... or... hate me."
He spoke slowly, every word he uttered seemed to dance on the edge of a knife of shame, and the only exposed tip of his ear turned even redder.
"Later, after discovering that you had commissioned mercenaries to investigate me, I felt that you might be... wary of me, since Mother also tested me during our conversation. I guess..."
"I guess they think you are the Queen's man. That's right, Dad doesn't like Carolina very much, and he doesn't like you either." Pei Ji said bluntly.
Chen Que said "hmm" lightly, his voice lowered by several degrees.
He also knew that Pei Li and the Queen did not get along.
"But Mommy likes you."
Pei Ji sighed.
"Mom loves you so much that she wants to treat you as her own son..." He muttered, "You should have seen the way she looks at me and you. Alas, I am the one who was picked up."
Shen Que clasped his hands together. If Pei Ji had observed him carefully at this moment, he would have seen him rubbing his fingers and the backs of his hands nervously.
It was a subtle movement that indicated helplessness.
Shen Que grew up alone. He doesn't have any close friends or elders around him.
He is not good at dealing with older people who show him affection and concern.
He could only do everything Ai Fan asked him to do to repay her.
"Okay." Pei Ji brought the subject back to the topic. "Do you still think I'm on guard against you?"
"……No."
Shen Que pursed his lips.
"Well... well, humans are sentimental and emotional creatures, not just Omegas, but Alphas and Betas too."
"If you're wary of someone, something will definitely be revealed in your words and actions. Even if it's not revealed, it will make people feel... uncomfortable."
As a commander, Shen Que is particularly sensitive to this.
"If it's a mother, maybe she can hide herself in the conversation."
"But you..."
He glanced at Pei Ji meaningfully.
“It doesn’t look like an act.”
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