Chapter 105 Question
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On the return starship.
"Don't you have anything you want to tell me?"
Luo Wusheng sat astride woman A, refusing to snuggle up to her as usual. He stared at her straight, trying to find out her true emotions from her face.
"You are angry, why?"
Shi Hanqiao put his arm around the young man's waist and pulled him into his arms, but was stopped.
The young man put his hands on Woman A's shoulders to create distance between them.
"Shouldn't I be angry? Even though Claude is my uncle, there's no family relationship between us."
Thinking of what just happened, he couldn't help but get angry: "We just registered our marriage a few days ago? What kind of gift did he give me? How is this any different from trying to persuade someone to divorce?!"
Shi Hanqiao's brows were slightly furrowed as if he was puzzled.
As usual, she patted his lower back soothingly.
The young man calmed down after her comfort. He had finally established a legal relationship with woman A.
But even so, he still didn't feel at ease.
Woman A once said that she would always be by his side.
Although she never said it directly, as the spiritual connection between them deepened, he could feel that she might not be able to leave.
This information should have pleased him.
But in fact it doesn't.
Instead, he became even more anxious and worried.
I used to be in a state of pursuit, and because I didn’t get it, I was not afraid of losing it.
Now he neither really gets it nor is he afraid of losing it.
"What does this have to do with him?"
Shi Hanqiao understood the young man's anger but couldn't empathize with him. "Marriage is a matter of mutual consent. It's between the two of us and has nothing to do with anyone else."
"This matter won't change because of other people's wishes." She changed the subject, "Unless you want to end this relationship."
The arm around the young man's waist tensed imperceptibly.
The young man immediately denied it: "No!"
He is greedy and only wants more.
"Then why get angry about what others say or do."
Although the angry phoenix eyes were lively and clear, Shi Hanqiao did not like this emotion appearing in the young man's eyes.
She preferred the look in her phoenix eyes that showed a smile out of happiness.
"Actually, I think there's nothing wrong with what Claude said."
Woman A, mindful of the young man's emotions, hesitated in her voice.
He stared at her with his phoenix eyes. In his field of vision, girl A was looking back at him. The tenderness in her eyes was impossible for him to ignore.
The young man took a deep breath and remained calm: "You say."
“Things happen unexpectedly, so be prepared.”
Shi Hanqiao did not sense any malice in Claude. Although what he said was unpleasant, he was considering the young man from his perspective.
"In the markings of Alpha and Omega, the latter is always weaker. There can be no exceptions."
Woman A squeezed the young man's hand, saying, "Your mother is a living example of this. Have you forgotten?"
"Whether it's the inhibitors used on permanently marked Omegas or the surgery to remove the permanent Omega mark, the essence is to alleviate or eliminate the situation where the Alpha and Omega marks are weaker than the latter."
"Putting aside subjective feelings, objectively speaking, Claude's gift was given with your consideration."
It was difficult to accept Claude's behavior emotionally, but after calming down, Luo Wusheng thought about what Claude said from an objective and rational perspective.
The implicit words and gifts were not blessings for the two of them to get married, but blessings for the young man personally and consideration for his future.
"What do you mean?"
The young man's voice trembled slightly, as if he had glimpsed a larger and more obscure secret through the exposed corner of the iceberg.
"The previous generation, namely Claude and Tan'an, the former was originally trained according to the standards of the family heir, but his parents were partial, so they let the latter inherit the position of head of the family."
Shi Hanqiao had seen many brothers fall out over the positions of "Sect Leader" and "Alliance Leader". "I was surprised that Claude didn't directly turn against Tan An."
It was unexpected, but not surprising.
"If you put it that way, it's certainly different from many cases of sibling violence, but it's not surprising."
Luo Wusheng had no memory of getting along with his grandparents, but from the conversations of the Russell family members, he was able to know their personalities and their different attitudes towards the two children.
He analyzed, "They trained Claude with the primary purpose of instilling family responsibility and protecting his family. Decades of inertia prevented him from killing Tan'an simply for the position of patriarch. He left the Russell family, likely because he was deeply hurt by his parents' partiality."
Woman A asked, "Since you're already so hurt, why bother accepting the Russell family's invitation to return to the palace for a holiday dinner? You should keep your distance, ignore them, and break up completely."
Yes? Why?
"You mean, he and—"
The young man had guessed it when Woman A mentioned his mother, but it was still difficult to say it out loud.
“How could it be?!”
His voice was filled with disbelief, but his brows were furrowed, and it was obvious that he found it hard to believe.
"Since he accepted the Russell family's invitation, there must be a reason. For something, or for someone, he was willing to return to the palace he had decided to leave."
She had suspected this as early as the first time the young man mentioned Claude to her.
Woman A noticed his emotions and said slowly, "Later, although your cooperation with Shi Qi was ostensibly inherited from Luo Ningyou's relationship, the suspicious thing is that Claude was once a general of the Ninth Army."
"His low profile over the past decade or so can only be considered speculation, with no evidence to support a final conclusion."
"However, his attitude towards you today almost confirms the final guess."
Shi Hanqiao lowered his eyes, "Do you still remember the order in which Luo Ningyou was ranked before his death?"
She chose to love herself first, followed by her child Luo Wusheng, and third...
No matter who this third person is, it can't be Tan An.
"I'm a bit of a mess."
The young man's tense body relaxed. He rationally felt that what Woman A said was right, but it was difficult for him to accept it emotionally.
It took him a long time to calm down.
The details in his memory that he had overlooked emerged one by one.
Luo Ningyou always seemed to be able to break free from the vortex of collapse for a few days, and she would participate in the Russell family dinner in good condition.
Luo Wusheng thought that she just didn't want to admit defeat and didn't want to look like a loser in front of the Russell family.
But she no longer cared about Tan An, and did not care about her image in Tan An's eyes, so there was no need for her to care about her image in the eyes of other tribesmen.
But if you change your mindset, she is meeting someone in her best condition.
That explains it.
"This is really—"
Luo Wusheng found it difficult to describe his feelings. He was eating melons and ended up eating his deceased mother.
“—It’s hard to accept.”
Shi Hanqiao asked him, "Why is it so hard to accept?"
"I don't know, maybe it's because the rumors are true."
When he was a child, there were rumors in the palace that Luo Ningyou had an affair with someone else. He never believed those rumors, but now he was told that those rumors were true.
For a moment he felt like he had made a mistake.
Woman A paused and asked, "Are you angry that Tan'an and Leia are together?"
"No." The young man frowned, not knowing why she mentioned these two annoying people.
She continued to ask: "What's the reason?"
"I hate him." He also knew what a bad guy Tan An was.
He wouldn't get angry at who Tan An was with, and it didn't affect his hatred.
"First, your feelings toward him are negative—hateful. Given his behavior, you have no moral expectations of him. So, even if he were to do something truly outrageous, you wouldn't be surprised. Similarly, if he did something kind, you might be surprised, but it wouldn't change your opinion of him. You'd still hate him."
"But Luo Ningyou is different. Your feelings towards her are positive. Your moral standards for her will inevitably become higher, and she herself is a positive and hardworking person. Therefore, when you hear negative news about her, you will instinctively resist it."
"It seems so." Luo Wusheng nodded. After hearing what Girl A said, he did think so.
But I still felt something was strange. Before I could figure out why, I saw girl A chuckle and shake her head.
"That's true, but not entirely."
Shi Hanqiao's hand touched the left side of the young man's neck, where the gland is located.
"The root cause is that Tan An is an Alpha, and Luo Ningyou is an Omega."
The pupils of his phoenix eyes suddenly shrank, and the face of woman A continued to grow until it occupied his entire field of vision.
"Moral standards should be consistent, but compared to Beta and Omega, Alpha is the strongest. Therefore, Alphas predominate among the powerful in the capital planet, including the military. Furthermore, Alphas and Beta only make up 20% of the population, but they hold 80% of the power, and Alphas are the majority."
"Thus, all resources are implicitly tilted towards the Alpha group, while the moral standards for Alphas are also implicitly lowered. This makes Alphas more 'free,' more influential, and more secure in their position."
Luo Wusheng lowered his eyes and murmured, "Is this the difference between an Alpha and an Omega?"
"This isn't an Alpha vs. Omega issue."
The young man looked up and said hurriedly, "But you just said that the root cause is that Tan'an is an Alpha and my mother is an Omega."
"It's class interests."
Everything in this world is not necessarily new.
"Alphas are inherently stronger than Betas and Omegas. In the early days of interstellar space, when many Zerg and other ferocious beasts posed a threat to humanity, the Alphas' power became a barrier against danger, and also the basis for their influence among humans."
"While the Zerg still pose a threat, it seems they only reappeared seventy years ago. This means that for a considerable period of time, including the present, humanity enjoyed relative peace, with steady progress in science, technology, economy, and culture.
The strengths of Beta and Omega were also discovered. The former are imaginative and creative, capable of innovating and developing in various fields, while the latter generally possess higher and more stable mental strength, making them capable of achieving success in many fields.
"However, the right to speak still lies in the hands of the most powerful Alphas."
"It seems like the issue is the conflict between Alpha, Beta and Omega."
“But in reality, it’s not that simple.”
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