◇ Chapter 43 Discipline
Time flies. While waiting for the coming-of-age ceremony, there is a long blank period in the plot. Lin You just eats and sleeps, builds relationships with Admiral Hoyle, and then goes online to play matches every day.
He made rapid progress, never missed a shot, and his shooting skills were incredibly accurate. He reached a high level in just a few days. The name "A Grapefruit Man" also spread quietly and became the subject of discussion among many people in the forum. Many people asked overtly or covertly, asking which army this new expert belonged to.
66's non-existent hair is about to fall out.
Lin You was having fun playing the game, but once his identity was exposed, they would have no need to follow the following plot lines, and his entire character would collapse completely - imagine a spoiled and willful male insect who thrives in the military simulation system and is ruthless and always shoots people in the head, what the hell is this character?
For this reason, 66 triple-encrypted Lin You's identity and guarded it strictly. With the support of top technology at the high-dimensional level, not to mention these soldiers, even if General Hoyle came to investigate, he would not be able to find any clues.
But Lin You played so many times and never matched with Lan again.
The major general of the Third Army is very busy with his duties. He doesn't often appear in matches, but his prestige is very high. Lin You occasionally chats with other teammates and mentions Lann. Everyone shows admiration on their faces, but after the admiration, there are voices of regret.
They shook their heads and sighed, "Major General Lan, it's such a pity."
"He is accused of harming a male insect, a serious crime. If the Third Prince does not agree to marry him before the Judgment Day, his spiritual sea will be destroyed and he will be exiled."
At that time, Lin You was waiting for the match result. His teammate pushed him and said, "Do you think the Third Prince will give in?"
Lin You was vague: "Maybe."
No one paid attention to his answer. Sighs were heard one after another. Someone sighed and said, "Even if I marry the Third Prince, it may not be a good ending."
"Even if you get immunity, the Liam family will not give up. The major general is destined to be deprived of his military power and trapped in the back room of the Third Prince. If you are lucky, you will be favored by the Third Prince and spend the rest of your life raising a husband and children."
Someone else interrupted: "What if you're unlucky?"
"Hey, if you're unlucky, you'll be tied up in the basement and molested every day. If the Third Prince is happy, he'll give you some pheromones. If he's not happy, he'll just hang you up and you'll either die or go crazy."
Even with amnesty, after the day of judgment, Lann is not a natural person in the legal sense. He is still guilty. As a plaything in the hands of the Third Prince, he is worse than the lowest slave. The Zerg have seen a lot of such things.
Lin You didn't say anything.
Lan in the novel encountered the second situation.
It's just that he is much more resilient than others imagined. He would rather endure the excruciating pain and inject inferior potions, completely leave the main star, and die on the expedition battlefield.
Someone else sighed, "To be honest, I found it very strange that Major General Lan chose to pursue His Majesty the Third Prince. From what I know about him, he would rather die with pride than be willing to bow down and be inferior to others."
This statement was immediately agreed by everyone in the audience.
"That's right."
"I also thought that the major general would commit suicide directly."
“…”
The echoes came one after another.
Lin You's brows twitched slightly.
The novel is a newspaper article, which focuses entirely on describing the tragic experience of the protagonist, how he fell from a favored child of heaven to a poor man, and how his proud character was broken, but it completely ignores the background and does not explain the protagonist's motives.
Lin You held his chin up and thought: "66, it's a bit weird."
Given Lan En's insightfulness in the novel and the Third Prince's attitude towards him in the early stages, it was not difficult for Lan En to guess what he would encounter after marriage. Since he was not afraid of pain or death, why didn't he just go to the battlefield and be buried in a foreign land rather than suffer torture and humiliation in vain?
Now that he's here, if the original plot isn't changed much, will Lan... also die?
Lin You's chest skipped a beat.
He lowered his eyes and said, "Mark it. I'll go back and read the original text again."
66: "The 168th note has been added for you."
All the annotations were added in the past two days, and Lin You has almost torn the original text apart.
The coming-of-age ceremony is the key plot of the novel, with long passages of dialogue, as well as descriptions of tone and facial expressions. Lin You's acting is terrible, so he could only take notes in different categories and figure them out one by one. By the time he had grasped all the key points, it was almost time for the banquet to begin.
This day was the last rest day of the year. The sun was shining brightly in the capital. Cargo ships brought in truckloads of champagne, roses, and lilies from the plantation system to decorate the royal courtyard.
Guests came in one after another, and Admiral Hoyle entertained them one by one.
Lin You changed into a pure white tuxedo and sat at the main table of the banquet. Beside him were the eldest prince and the second prince of the empire. Both of them were background characters in the novel. The eldest prince had an old grudge with the Colette family of Lann, but there was nothing else worth noting.
Lin You held the noble manners he had just learned and greeted the guests one by one with dignity. He saw Lan En from afar. The silver-haired major general was wearing a military uniform, and the wide cloth outlined the shape of his waist. He smiled at Lin You, bowed, and mouthed: "Happy coming of age, my highness."
Lan En's eyes are very beautiful. When he looks at you intently, it seems as if you are the only one in the world worthy of his attention. His peach blossom eyes are full of affection. Lin You lowered his eyes uncomfortably, and when he looked up again, Lan En had already sat down at the side table.
In such an occasion, he was not qualified to sit at the same table with the imperial prince.
When everyone was present, Lin You tensed up and recited two polite words. His expression was wooden, as if he was dreaming back to a university speech. After he finally finished his lines, he sat down on his own.
In addition to eating, the more important thing about royal banquets is socializing. The nobles gathered in the garden in twos and threes, chatting and joking with each other.
Lan took a sip of red wine and sat alone in the corner.
Naturally, no nobles would come to chat with him.
His identity is sensitive now. After the day of judgment, no matter what the attitude of the Third Prince is, Major General Iris will be deprived of his military power and fall into the dust. He will either be executed and exiled, or kept in the back room, and his family will also belong to the Third Prince. In the eyes of other nobles, Lan En is no different from a dead man.
There is no need for the dead to communicate.
Lan En was enjoying his leisure time, his eyes fixed on Lin You from afar.
The honorable Third Prince was extremely well behaved beside Admiral Hoyle. He was surrounded by a group of senior military and political officials, all of whom were old friends of Admiral Hoyle and the backbone of each legion.
Lan En had no expression on his face. He looked at it calmly for a while, but out of the corner of his eye he saw a lame male insect striding towards him. He paused for a moment and sighed, "He finally found me."
When he sat down, he deliberately chose a secluded corner.
The man came limping, with five or six strong young female insects following him. He kicked over the table and chair in front of Lan En and asked in surprise: "Lan En? How dare you come here?"
It was White Liam.
Lan En didn't want to come, but he was pursuing Lin You now, and since Lin You had spoken, he had to come.
He stood up, put the glass aside, and saluted, "Your Excellency."
Liam still had a bandage on one of his hands, and he seemed to have just recovered from a serious illness. He looked at Lan En critically, from head to toe, and sneered, "I haven't seen you for many years. Major General Iris is still as beautiful as usual. No wonder she dared to cling to the Third Prince after just hurting me."
Lann sighed: "Whether you believe it or not, that matter has nothing to do with me."
White Liam just sneered: "You have no say in this matter."
At this point, there is no second suspect. Regardless of whether it was Lane who did it, the Liam family must get an explanation.
White looked at Lann. Major General Iris was very handsome and he really liked him. If Lann had not immediately broken off the engagement and found Lin You, he would have trapped her in the back room in the name of her fiancé, torturing her and venting his anger to avenge his hatred.
The beauty he had just got flew away just like that, and White became even more angry. His blatant gaze swept over Lann's body, as if he was considering where to start.
However, when his eyes passed over the collar and saw the faint red marks, White was stunned, and suddenly he became furious and kicked the table away. "Okay, Lan, when we got engaged, I invited you to bed, but you were so chaste that you were reluctant and said you had to save it for after marriage. I thought the female insects of your Colette family were well-educated and had high moral character, but I heard that you couldn't wait to climb into the bed of the Third Prince after just two days with him?"
Rejecting White and actively pursuing Lin You was like stepping on White's face.
“…”
The Colette family has a good reputation in the capital, not only because of their wealth, but also because of their strict family education. Lan En has always abided by etiquette and maintained his status, except for the time when he seduced Lin You.
Only that time, he had no choice.
Lane said nothing.
There is a reason for what happened, and he can't deny it.
White Liam sneered, "How despicable! Her fiancé is unconscious, but she turns around and climbs into the Third Prince's bed. I should notify all newspapers in the capital tomorrow and ask them to take out the front page headlines and record this: our Lann Colette - the only son of the Colette family, Major General Iris of the Third Army, what a filthy thing he is."
Family and military colleagues are Lan's death thieves. Liam stared at him, but Lan looked normal. His eyes were empty and fell into the distance. His soul seemed to be separated from his body. White didn't see the reaction he wanted, so he narrowed his eyes: "No words? Why, you don't agree?"
"No." Lan En lowered his eyes and actually smiled: "You are right."
"What am I teaching you?" White Liam's eyes were filled with more viciousness. He lifted the wine glass on the table, and the glass fell to the ground, breaking into pieces. He reached out and grabbed Lan's tie, forcing him to raise his neck, raising his arm as if to slap him: "Do you really think that I dare not touch you just because you follow the Third Prince? Then you can guess, if I really discipline you for the Third Prince, how will he react?"
“…”
Lann thought calmly: "Maybe there won't be any reaction."
The male insects were absurd, and there were many who exchanged female servants and female kings. Sometimes they played too hard and hurt or rubbed each other, but they just apologized. Although the Third Prince spoke sweetly to him for two days, he was reluctant to even promise marriage after the night. Lan En thought that in Lin You's eyes, he was probably just a pretty thing that was pleasing to the eye.
The Liam family is powerful, and White is the only male son, so there are many benefits in winning him over. As for the "nice stuff" of the family that has already been obtained and can only be offered as a desperation, it is not a precious thing, so just teach him a lesson.
But as he thought about it, a slight bitterness rose in Lan's chest. He curled his fingers slightly, then let go unnaturally. A kind of uncontrollable pain spread throughout his body with the blood, turning into bitter pain.
...a little uncomfortable.
This feeling was a little strange, just like when the pheromones were not satisfied before. Lan En was stunned and suppressed the strange feeling. He smiled bitterly in his heart: "It's just two days of kindness, but I really had expectations that I shouldn't have."
In front of him, White had already raised his arm high, making a slapping gesture.
The strong wind brushed across my cheek, and my palm was close at hand.
Lan sighed and closed his eyes.
He had no way of avoiding this criticism.
Morally, he is the primary suspect for Liam's injury. There is no reason for him to hide when the victim comes knocking on his door. Legally, he is a female insect and Liam is a male insect. If the male insect wants to attack, the female insect cannot fight back.
Lan En thought indifferently - he just hoped that the slap was lighter. He didn't have much time, and he had to keep this face to show his courtesy in front of Lin You. If blood splattered, it would ruin the Third Prince's appetite and cause more trouble in his marriage, which would be very bad.
The next second, something flew over and hit White's hand, slamming it open. White was not paying attention, staggered two steps, and looked up in surprise and doubt.
Lann paused at the same time and looked up.
Lin You was standing upstairs at some point. He had a dignified face, and was wearing an elaborate suit. His hair was combed meticulously. He was holding a cake in his hand, tossing it up and down, and watching the hustle and bustle in the courtyard with interest.
The system poked him: "Host, you have a good aim."
A pastry was thrown from the second floor and hit the back of my hand.
Lin You sighed and said, "Nonsense, I threw so many grenades into the holographic system for a reason."
He strolled down from upstairs with an elegant step and a very upright manner. Standing next to White, who was staggering, the only male insect in the Liam family looked like an impolite brute.
Lan En was stunned for a moment, then he smiled and bowed: "Good afternoon, Your Highness."
Lin You ignored him and just looked at White: "Why are you here?"
White smiled and said, "Oh, I think Major General Lane really doesn't know how to behave. I want to discipline him for you."
66 reminded: "Host, your lines."
It thoughtfully displays the content on the screen, with the line: "Discipline? Okay, then you discipline me."
In the original text, the Third Prince couldn't stand Lann, especially when Lann hurt male insects. He was happy to see White discipline him. Later, he became interested and even joined in, turning a good banquet into an restricted one. The next morning, the news that Major General Iris had one female servant and two males also occupied the headlines of major sections. There was no shortage of specific details in it, which could be seen that White had deliberately leaked them. Passers-by talked about it with relish and had a great time.
Overnight, the Colette family lost its reputation and Major General Iris became a laughing stock.
"Discipline? Sure." Lin You stood between the two of them with his arms folded, "Then you discipline him."
He spoke in a nonchalant tone, as if he was just discussing unimportant people.
Behind him, Lan's pupils shrank and his body suddenly tensed up. After a moment, he relaxed as if in self-abandonment. His lips moved slightly and he tasted a little blood on the tip of his tongue.
He stared at Lin You's handsome profile, and the bitterness in his heart grew stronger.
——Giving him such a gentle spring breeze, but saying words so naturally that were enough to send him to hell.
But the next second, Lin You kicked the leg of the table, and the table fell to the ground with a loud bang. White was also knocked to the ground. The third prince looked down at him with a face full of hostility.
"Discipline? I want to see how you want to discipline me!"
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It's hard to catch fish, there is another chapter in the evening~
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