Chapter 115
The public discussion about Enigma has lasted for a long time. Compared to the concerns of a few stubborn people, most of the discussion is out of curiosity. Unfortunately, after the coming-of-age ceremony, Fengran disappeared without a trace. He didn't go out or go online, and he was silent as if he had vanished into thin air. It wasn't until all the information that could be found was dug up that everyone reluctantly turned the page on the matter.
Feng Ran stayed home to research Xiao Jiu's breeding and reproduction, and spent her free time reading books and doing exercises to prepare for the upcoming college entrance exams. Of course, Shen Shiqian also disappeared along with her.
Logically speaking, everyone should have opinions about Shen Shiqian, a marshal, taking leave every few days and not going to work. However, His Majesty Geno took the lead in taking leave, and Sherry completely ignored him, treating him like half of Feng Ran. It is not incomprehensible that he works from home when there is no war. The council is too busy to take care of itself, so how could it dare to impeach him?
The netizens most likely to voice their dissatisfaction were immediately rebuffed by military personnel: "Have you no conscience? Haven't you ever worked a day in your lives? Don't you even understand the principle of not working overtime when the boss isn't around? The marshal is on accumulated leave, don't you understand? If you're so capable, come serve in the military and see if you can still say such sarcastic things!"
Similar jokes about the military have always existed. After all, although Shen Shiqian has a very noble face, he has always become a marshal by means of decisive and efficient methods. In particular, the personal guards of the Third Army Corps who have followed him from the beginning have suffered greatly because he leads everyone to train in extreme environments on the battlefield. The intensity in the military is only more intense in normal times.
As his position rose step by step, the style of other generals and colonels' online comments gradually changed from "I found a good prospect among the new recruits today, not bad," "So-and-so came to visit today, and the food prepared by the accompanying chef was really delicious," and "My mech is all serviced, I feel like I can kill another hundred aliens," to "Holy crap, that close-quarters training was so damn bad, my hand cramped up, ouch ouch ouch," "Those bastards from the Third Corps, weren't they supposed to be simulating training? They're really ruthless," and "What does running thirty laps in the morning mean? Please, Marshal, can you treat us like human beings?"
I truly admire them, and I'm also truly afraid of them.
Whether it's genuine or not is hard to say, but even if it is fake, they will do everything in their power to make it real.
In any case, once Shen Shiqian starts to slack off, his vacations are like a bottomless pit. In comparison, his talk of being conscientious and dutiful is just a lie to deceive the royal family.
But it's hard to say. After all, two or three months have passed, and Shen Shiqian has gradually developed some pregnancy symptoms. Although they shouldn't be considered serious, it's annoying that he's so sleepy and keeps Feng Ran from getting up early. You know, a pregnant man's body temperature is like a small furnace, and Feng Ran is woken up by him every night because of the heat, but she can't complain.
Their wedding date is set for early July after the college entrance exams. According to Xing Tong's calculations, Shen Shiqian, being a muscular Alpha, will probably not show until around 23 weeks, but since they are twins, there is a possibility that it could be earlier.
But he chose the wedding date, so even if Feng Ran sees through it, he won't care.
Because Shen Shiqian gets tired easily, Feng Ran modified some of Xiao Lan's functions, finally turning it from a short and chubby creature into a centaur with a toolbox on its rear. It followed Shen Shiqian around every day, observing that when he was tired, it would make a bed on the spot so that Shen Shiqian could take a nap wherever he wanted.
At first, Shen Shiqian disliked his old butler because of his new appearance, until Feng Ran added some of his own pheromones to his bed. Shen Shiqian, who already slept early and woke up late, can now take three more naps during the day.
Meanwhile, Little Pink has been promoted to head chef of the family. Perhaps because it has been "possessed" by Xing Tong so many times, it has slowly found a way to connect with the main system. Then, it sends reports to Xing Tong's database every day to request an increase in its intelligence coefficient. After the increase, it discusses with Xing Tong about installing a sensor that simulates taste. Its cooking skills have soared to the level of Chef Yi Lin.
Fengran spends most of his time in the aquarium laboratory, confirming which of Xiao Jiu's eight wives is pregnant and removing their visual glands. After they lay their eggs, he transfers them to another tank for artificial incubation. After all, ordinary octopuses will not raise their eggs after their visual glands are removed, and it is even less likely that Xiao Jiu will do so. It has no concept of chastity. If one wife is sexually indifferent to it, it will simply switch to another wife.
However, unlike ordinary octopuses, Xiao Jiu is a mutated Kraken, and reproduction consumes a lot of its energy. One sperm package injected into a female is enough for it to violently devour all the small fish and shrimp in the tank. Then, Feng Ran has to take it out and put it in a nutrient solution to replenish its energy. The nutrient solution specially made with Kraken crystal cores can help Xiao Jiu quickly recover its energy in a short period of time.
Feng Ran hadn't studied the sperm packets it threw, but according to Xing Tong's observation, Xiao Jiu's reproductive ability was actually very low, to the point that its first wife was too disgusted with the number of eggs in the packets and refused to lay eggs for a long time. If there had been a second male, it could have waited indefinitely.
The nine fish eggs were hanging precariously in the cave, and the water flow could easily carry them all away without even needing to be rinsed. As a result, when Feng Ran fished them out and removed their optic nerves, they were calm and somewhat resigned to their fate.
The fish eggs require an astonishing amount of nutrition and energy, perhaps inherited from their voracious father. In any case, the number of eggs in the tank has slowly accumulated to thirty, but there is still no sign of them hatching.
So Feng Ran handed over the observation and recording work to Xing Tong, becoming a hands-off manager, and then it was time to prepare for the entrance exam.
Although the exam arrangements for academic subjects were all the same, Kempion had more than seventy test centers. Xing Tong went to great lengths to arrange for Feng Ran and Aphrodite to take the exam at the same test center, with the exam rooms separated by one or two buildings.
As an Enigma member, Fengran naturally attracted a lot of attention. He had just finished one exam in the morning when a lot of people came to support him at the entrance of the exam center in the afternoon. Marshal himself and his land-based ship were forced to squeeze to the other side of the road. If it weren't for the robot and Xisen stopping him, he would have rushed to the front of the crowd himself.
The academic subjects weren't difficult for Feng Ran and Luo Le, who were first and second in their grade, respectively. They were always the first to hand in their papers in the exam room, and then they would wait for Afu by the flower bed in the green belt. Luo Le would eagerly ask Feng Ran to compare answers.
Feng Ran: "Aren't you afraid of getting attacked by other test takers for discussing these things so soon after you come out?"
Basil thought about it and agreed. After all, when he was talking to Afu that morning, Afu grabbed Basil's tie and tried to strangle him. So he changed the subject: "So, after the exam, do you want to go somewhere to celebrate?"
Feng Ran fiddled with his hair for a while and then said, "Hmm, let's go to the amusement park."
"Let's go to Jincheng!"
Afu suddenly appeared and excitedly made the suggestion.
Basil clicked his tongue in amazement: "You write pretty fast, aren't you? Are you that confident about this subject?"
Afu's expression froze. She took Feng Ran's arm, pretended not to hear, and gently turned to ask, "Ranran, is it just the two of us going to celebrate? Jincheng Amusement Park was just expanded last year and has many different themed areas. I heard that the guest performances invited for the parade are also better than those in other amusement parks."
Feng Ran was very easy to talk to: "Okay."
Basil was speechless at her childishness: "Tch, so petty. I'll buy my own ticket."
As expected, there were reporters at the entrance of the exam site. Feng Ran answered a few questions casually, chatted with the fans who came to support him for a while, and then the three of them parted ways.
There are also children in the military who need to take exams, so there are quite a few land-based vehicles on the road. In fact, young master Basil even had his father buy one to pick him up and drop him off, just to show off his status.
The police officers in charge of directing traffic were exhausted, as if they were commanding a fleet to sail past.
Shen Shiqian: "Ranran, how did the exam go?"
He lay on the makeshift bed, covered with a blue and white patterned plush quilt. According to Xiao Lan, the marshal had morning sickness today and couldn't eat anything all day. He could only wrap himself in the Wind-Burning pheromone while drinking some glucose water.
Feng Ran sat down next to him, pinched his cheek and carefully observed him to make sure he hadn't lost weight before continuing, "It's pretty good, isn't it? The content seems quite simple, so I'm not too worried about my academic grades. It all depends on how the extra subjects go the day after tomorrow."
Shen Shiqian: "Are you confident?"
Feng Ran smiled brightly: "I'm confident I can bring down your top grades that you maintained when you entered the university."
Shen Shiqian: "That's impressive."
Xisen, who was temporarily acting as the driver, felt the surge of Enigma pheromones and had a feeling that there was a fight behind him. He wanted to remind Fengran to be careful, but then he remembered that the child was healthier than Shen Shiqian in the check-up he had just had that day, so he decided to just take the child back and get away as soon as possible.
The third day was the extra subject exam. Having finished the exam a day early, Afu picked up her account as "Puff" again and started to run wild online.
There were many candid photos of Feng Ran during her exams on the fan forum. She followed the sweet moments summarized by the CP fans for a while before picking up a pen and drawing a picture in a good mood, which she then casually sent to the small group.
It's no wonder she likes to overthink things. After all, as Feng Ran's only reliable Omega friend, and also a friend of many independent and opinionated Omegas, Feng Ran has been asking Afu about Omega's pregnancy from time to time ever since Shen Shiqian became pregnant.
If it weren't for everyone being busy preparing for exams after the coming-of-age ceremony, she wouldn't have had many opportunities to see Shen Shiqian, otherwise she would have stared at his belly until it was pierced.
The small group consists of other artists and writers who are close to Afu. They usually discuss whether to create a joint project. After being introduced by someone, Ms. Ginger, who had originally quit the internet, was also in the group. She was the first to chime in after seeing the doodle picture posted by Afu.
[Ginger: Holy crap, boss, this is so fragrant! It's divine! Is it okay to eat this good right after exams?]
[Pineapple: It maintains a plump appearance, but to be fair, it smells really good. The cream puff's muscular physique looks like it was honed after having sex with three hundred men.]
[Cream Puff: Ahhhhh, no way!!!]
[Ningning: Looking closer, isn't that our Marshal? Puff, have you been sneaking off to eat something good again?]
[Pineapple: Sigh, I also want to be best friends with Miss Fengran.]
[K-chan: Wow, this watermelon really looks like a watermelon, and this steamed bun really looks like a steamed bun! So when will it be born?]
[Ningning: ? Regarding the question of whether it's a real or fake birth, I thought it was Puff's old fork-shaped pastry, since the "Star and Moon" side story also depicted childbirth, so could it really mean that?]
[Ginger: But considering the time frame, it shouldn't be that big.]
[Pineapple: But judging by the timeline, the Marshal hasn't shown up for two months.]
[K-chan: The entrance exam is here, but I haven't gotten off the bus yet.]
There was a brief silence in the group chat, then messages popped up rapidly and flooded the screen.
[Everyone: !!!]
[Ningning: Oh ho, so I got to eat the real thing!!]
[Pineapple: Puff, I want to be your best friend forever!!!]
[Ginger: This is too strong! I'm joining the ranks of the more authoritative Granny!!!]
[K-chan: Document initiation!]
[Ningning: The drawing board is activated!]
[Pineapple: The Party is launched!]
[Ginger: Can the Summer Exhibition come soon? I really want to buy all the authors' books! Urgent!!]
Looking at the excited group, Afu's unrestrained excitement instantly cooled: Damn it, we're exposed.
She could only do her best to save it.
[Puff: Shh! Shh! Premarital pregnancy is unacceptable!]
[Pineapple: You're not into this? I remember you used to really like the shotgun wedding theme.]
[Ningning: Don't worry, we're very tight-lipped!]
In fact, while these people are tight-lipped, they're not so tight-lipped when it comes to writing. Shengjiang even stayed up all night producing 12 pages of illustrations, and on the third day, he retrieved his previously deleted account. He tagged the official Xia Mo Zhan account and started urging them to submit their work. The 12 illustrations were just a preview; the book was even titled "Shh! Premarital Pregnancy is Unacceptable!"
Afu: Utterly finished!
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