Chapter 45
Shen Shiqian roughly knew why Feng Ran was so fixated on Li Er, because he had also attended the princess's coming-of-age ceremony in his previous life. In fact, the military personnel arrived relatively late to avoid suspicion, and they would basically only show up briefly in the latter half of the event before finding an opportunity to leave. They were not particularly enthusiastic about the banquet.
Shen Shiqian went with Li Er. Not long after entering the palace, they heard a commotion by the pond. He was somewhat dismissive of the drowning incident. Even noble families had different ranks, and some young masters and ladies were raised to be arrogant and domineering. The one with the lowest status in the circle could only play along for their amusement. He was used to such things and was not too worried.
Because the garden's pond was converted from the original fountain pool, it is very shallow, only reaching up to an adult male's chest at most. A drunk man once accidentally fell in, stayed in it for half the night, and then climbed out on his own after sobering up. This shows that it is actually very difficult for a person to drown.
But without a word, Lear went over there and rescued the girl. Although he had a cold and refined face, he was actually a busybody. At that time, Shen Shiqian was not familiar with Feng Ran and found it hard to connect the girl he had met once in the equipment room with the sickly little Lady Slyka. He also did not know that she would later become a notorious criminal in the interstellar space and a hero who saved the empire.
Now, seeing Feng Ran fawning over Li Er, it would be a lie to say he wasn't annoyed. It was just that because of his meddling, Feng Ran had been saved, which was a fact, and he could only patiently and calmly accept it.
He could accept it, but Zuo Ling seemed to have some difficulty. He looked like he was about to break apart, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Shen Shiqian was as if his face was full of misery.
Sure enough, the entertainment industry is a mess.
He awkwardly tried to smooth things over for his boss: "Miss, isn't there any for me?"
Feng Ran took the capsule cup and handed the tote bag to him. Zuo Ling took out the last bag of cookies from inside and happily presented it to Shen Shiqian.
Hey, childish.
Because Li Er and Shen Shiqian needed to discuss work, Zuo Ling temporarily took Feng Ran to wander around other parts of the military region. However, Feng Ran was lazy and didn't want to go too far, so he decided to go to the training ground to watch the soldiers fight.
Those who are passionate about fighting are actually Alphas. Although it is always said that Alphas are rare and have the smallest population, even if they only make up 2%, there are still 40 million people. The Empire's fixed conscription number has never exceeded 10 million. A-level and S-level Alphas are not common, but B-level and C-level Alphas are plentiful in the military.
The soldiers quickly noticed the arrival of a beautiful young lady in the stands. The faint scent of low-level Alpha pheromones wafted over, a mixed and pungent smell. There were countless women trying to climb the social ladder by marrying into the arms of a noblewoman.
Of course, it cannot be ruled out that Alphas might use pheromones to suppress each other in their fierce battles, but because their levels are not much different, the effect seems minimal, since fighting focuses more on strength and skill.
Because in her previous life, Luo Le resolutely changed his college application to go to medical school, Feng Ran was actually very confused. She finally understood that Luo Le loved her, but because of this love, he gave up too many things, so she had the idea of going to the Capital Military Academy in his place.
The entrance exam for the military academy has two more combat performance courses than the college entrance exam. One of them is to eliminate ten people through a fighting competition. For someone like Feng Ran who has little foundation and limited strength, it is actually very difficult. Apart from secretly using pheromones to suppress the opponent, he can only grit his teeth and persevere.
Feng Ran watched somewhat absentmindedly, recalling how she had finally been admitted to a military academy in her past life, but due to Feng Linye's interference, she couldn't go to the combat department and was instead assigned to the mechanical department. How much hardship she had endured back then! If she were to choose again now, she might just kill anyone she didn't like because she was in a bad mood.
Feng Ran had limited tolerance for the cheap perfume-scented pheromones of low-level Alphas, and she got up and left after sitting in the stands for a short while. Compared to these things, she was more interested in poaching Chen Shiqian's girlfriend.
When they returned to Shen Shiqian's office, Li Er had already left. Feng Ran took a biscuit and fed it to Shen Shiqian, carefully observing his expression: "Is it good?"
Shen Shiqian didn't hesitate to speak up at this moment: "Of course, the sweetness is just right, the texture is just right, and the aroma of butter is rich. It's delicious."
Feng Ran picked up another piece and put it in his mouth. He thought it tasted like a dry, ordinary biscuit. No matter how similar it was, it could not replicate the taste in his memory. No matter how much he longed for it, he could never go back to the past.
Shen Shiqian was busy with work and had only taken a short break when someone came in to say that there were important documents that needed to be sent urgently. The person was a man with a decent appearance, but he exuded a casual and roguish air. Feng Ran recognized him, but couldn't remember his name.
He was the second one to appear after Feng Ran sold the first spy the Empire sent to her to Chairman Kobana. Perhaps Feng Ran wouldn't mind playing with him, and might even kindly send him to keep another colleague company. However, she wasn't in Laplace at the time. The Empire actually sent hundreds of spies around the universe purely by chance, and this one was just the unluckiest to run into her on Azure Star.
That was her second year wandering alone in the stars. Even though Basil secretly sent her medicine and new medical equipment every quarter through Star Eyes, she didn't dare to contact Basil.
During the period when Feng Ran was most seriously ill, it was also the period when Luo Le was most seriously ill. This was because Luo Le's pheromones could have a certain calming and healing effect on Feng Ran. He had been extracting his own pheromones for experiments and medicine, which caused him to suffer great losses. He even took the pheromone nutritional supplements used for Omega marking and conception as medicine. Because of the drug experiments, his face was often abnormally red.
At that time, Feng Ran felt no guilt; she only felt pain. Just as the sickly Feng Ran could only seek comfort from Basil, Basil, due to pheromone deficiency and drug reactions, was in a state of heightened sensitivity. He craved Feng Ran again and again, but because they were both Alphas and he lacked pheromones, he could not mark her. The bloody bite marks were like a strict torture of love. She lost consciousness in the last round of torture and woke up to find her connection with the world deliberately severed.
Separation was the best choice for both of them, and Feng Ran naturally knew this. However, there were times when she missed him terribly. Two years later, she set foot on the Azure Star that Basil had prepared for her for the first time, just wanting to see what the future Basil had prepared for her was like, but she was followed and defiled by the people of the Empire.
This was the first time Feng Ran had been enraged since being wanted by the Empire. She hadn't been this angry even at the technology exhibition. She had broken ties with the Empire once again, and she had posted military secrets everywhere like snowflakes. For the first time, they felt fear and panic. During that time, all the spies and undercover agents went on strike and resigned.
The person in front of him was someone Feng Ran originally intended to dismember and throw into the energy power furnace as fuel, but he cunningly escaped.
But not this time.
Feng Ran sat on the sofa, poured herself a glass of red wine ginger tea and drank it. She slowly withdrew the mental energy she used for perception, rubbed her slightly tinnitus ears in the silence, and then suddenly released it.
Mental pressure is more terrifying than pheromone suppression because it is one of the basic logical components of pheromone suppression, and the suppression it brings is incomparable to that of pheromones of the same level.
Benok suddenly felt a suffocating pressure, as if a thousand-pound weight had crashed down on him in an instant. He couldn't even stand up and was forced to the ground. The electronic tablet of the document that needed to be signed was knocked away and chipped at one corner. He managed to utter, "Marshal... Marshal..."
Following his gaze, Feng Ran curiously looked at Shen Shiqian's reaction. Shen Shiqian sat calmly and unmoved. His 3S-level mental strength was well-deserved. Under such terrifying pressure, he was still able to use his mental strength to protect himself. If she could find a way to take over his mental strength, would she not be in so much pain?
Zuo Ling was closest to Feng Ran and was hit the hardest by the sudden outburst of anger. He was forced to kneel on the ground in a disheveled state, looking at Miss Feng Ran, whom he was protecting, in shock. Unfortunately, because the sofa blocked his view, Miss Feng Ran did not notice him at all.
Shen Shiqian looked at Feng Ran with a headache, seemingly calling her name, but Feng Ran couldn't hear him. Her mind was filled with a sharp, tingling pain, but her nerves were unusually excited. She squeezed the cup containing the drink until it was deformed, and the liquid spilled out little by little.
Shen Shiqian walked towards her, his steps steady. Feng Ran also stood up, but she was dizzy and fell back onto the sofa. Almost all the ginger tea was spilled, landing on her white clothes like brownish-red bloodstains.
Shen Shiqian held her hand with concern, as if he was saying something, but there were too many words for Feng Ran to understand. She smiled brightly, her eyes were exceptionally bright, as if the hatred that had been troubling her for a long time was finally about to be avenged. It wasn't until Shen Shiqian reached out and touched the metal piece behind her ear that Feng Ran realized what was happening, her expression suddenly changed and she pushed him away.
What are you doing!
As the pressure of the mental force dissipated, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but Feng Ran glared fiercely at Shen Shiqian, his eyes filled with only cold vigilance.
Shen Shiqian opened his hand, revealing a pool of red blood in his palm. Feng Ran then touched her ear and discovered that it was bleeding, but she couldn't feel any pain. The nerve pain in her mind seemed to be detached from her own body. She could still sit here steadily and think rationally. However, after glancing at the bloodstain on her hand, she thought with some desolation, "Now I'm really completely deaf."
What bad luck.
After she had squandered her mental energy, she had nothing left but sharp, burning pain. She was too lazy to waste any more energy trying to use her mental energy to perceive things. Once the tinnitus subsided, the world was completely silenced.
But for some reason, she didn't feel the deep-seated aversion and fear of helplessness she had felt as a child, and accepting this fact didn't seem as difficult as she had imagined.
The pain of being torn apart was stitched back into Feng Ran's consciousness. She was in so much pain that she couldn't open her eyes. She didn't know if she was sweating or crying. She just touched her injured ear and smiled dazedly.
"It hurts so much, I think I can't hear anymore."
"Shen Shiqian, please save me!"
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