About ten minutes after Lu Zhao left, Bai Li finally got up from the sofa. The robot butler dragged his round body to bring him a pair of slippers, but he didn't wear them and walked on the floor to the kitchen.
The water on his body had dried up by now, and the robot butler could finally take a break and didn't need to follow Bai Li to mop the floor.
Bai Li opened the thermostat and took out a dose of repairing nutrient solution.
He has been taking the repairing nutrient solution every day since he injured his leg. In the first few years, because of the pain in his legs all day, Bai Li also had to drink the nutrient solution with analgesic effect.
In the past few years, Bai Li's speed of replacing repairing nutrient solution can be said to be the fastest among the people in the Empire. He almost always keeps an eye on the nutrient solution development laboratories throughout the Empire. Once a new product is developed, he will buy it immediately to try.
Unfortunately, these products have no significant effect on his injuries. Every time the hope for the effect of the new product is over, Bai Li has to bear another round of frustration and despair.
According to the setting of the novel, the "Earth" of Bai Li's previous life has become the distant history of this life. After experiencing a devastating interstellar war, the Earth has disappeared in the vast universe. The current human beings in the Empire can only be regarded as the descendants of the inhabitants of the Earth.
In order to adapt to the universe and war, the original inhabitants of the earth have been developing technology while also gradually evolving themselves. Their bodies have become stronger, and they have differentiated into three genders, alpha, omega, and beta, in addition to men and women, in order to reproduce strong offspring. Even their lifespans have been extended, and they have finally gained a foothold in the universe and become today's empire.
In today's empire, the average lifespan of humans has reached 150 to 200 years. With today's technological means, humans can enjoy a long life.
But for Bai Li, from the day his leg became disabled, it meant that he had to drag this sick leg and soak it in various nutrient solutions, enduring the endless overlap of hope and disappointment, and live for another hundred years. Whenever he
thought of this, Bai Li felt his heart tighten, and every minute and every second was particularly tormenting.
Bai Li's mind wandered for a short while before he was brought back to his senses by the notification sound of his personal terminal. He answered the call and a man's image was projected in the air by his personal terminal.
"Happy wedding!" the man shouted excitedly, and fireworks started to be set off around the image. Two naked children with wings flew out and blew trumpets, pulling out a banner with the words "Congratulations, boss. Congratulations, boss. I wish you a perfect shot."
Bai Li looked at the man with his own unique smile and squeezed the nutrient solution in his hand with a "click".
The colorful flowers and willows on the image disappeared instantly. The man carefully observed Bai Li's face and then spread his hands: "Boss, I sincerely congratulate you." The man
looked around while speaking, trying to find some clues within the limited field of vision of his terminal.
"Take a break, the person is gone." Bai Li knocked the bottle of nutrition on the table.
The other party immediately showed a disappointed expression in the ding-ding sound made by Bai Li, and even couldn't help shouting: "You were dumped the day after your marriage! This will definitely become the biggest gossip in the empire this year!"
"Although I don't think it's necessary to explain my private life to you, I'll explain it for the sake of my reputation and that of Major General Lu Zhao," Bai Li was patient enough not to turn off the personal terminal on the spot. "Lu Zhao went to the army, and I wasn't dumped or beaten. I know you guys privately bet a lot of money on whether I would be beaten at my wedding night."
The man was a little embarrassed to be exposed, and coughed twice to cover up. After two seconds, he shouted unwillingly: "I can't help it, that's Lu Zhao!"
Although the words were incoherent, Bai Li could understand what he meant.
That was the imperial eagle soaring in the sky, a figure admired by many people, but he didn't expect to hit the concrete of the Bai family overnight.
Bai Li thought that he had not visited the Imperial Forum today, and he did not know how Huo Cun explained to the reporters who were blocking the wedding venue yesterday that he and Lu Zhao did not show up, and he did not know how big a topic wave would be raised in the entertainment section of the Imperial Forum after the reporters reported it.
Since Bai Li retired from the military, he has not been at the forefront of entertainment gossip reports for a long time. Thanks to Lu Zhao, he has once again indulged in the addiction of appearing on the entertainment headlines many times as if he was a young and wild boy.
Seeing that Bai Li didn't say anything, the man slowed down his voice and consoled him, "But you don't have to mind it too much. Major General Lu Zhao is a famous figure in the military. He is at the age of shining and making great contributions. Don't be unbalanced. It won't be too late for him to go out and work for two years before returning to the family. After all, he is an omega. After all, he can't stay in the First Legion until he is retired and then go home to have children like an alpha
, right?" Bai Li came back to his senses from the secret joy of recalling his youth when he was in the limelight. He glanced at the other party with a smile, "Situ, since you are studying mecha research, then study mecha well. Don't stand here all day long, staring at my omega to see when he will go home and have children."
Situ, who had finally managed to say a few words of comfort, was almost scolded. He walked over: "Your omega? Ah? Your omega! He is the omega of the entire empire, but you have legally owned him! Be careful when you go out, I feel you will be slapped with a brick."
Bai Li was very satisfied with the four words "legally owned", he brushed back the scattered hair in front of his forehead: "I will enjoy the pleasure of becoming the public enemy." With
his arrogant attitude, Situ was so angry that he hammered the table several times: "I was worried that you would be hit hard by your marriage, so I came to comfort you early in the morning, but I didn't expect that you, a beast, have been secretly happy, shameless, disgusting, ugh."
Bai Li covered his chest: "If you are more jealous, I feel very good now."
Situ: "..." I said you are not a human being, and you really barked like a dog, right?
Situ had long understood that Bai Li was not a human being. He and Bai Li have known each other for a long time. They were classmates at the Imperial Military Academy, but Bai Li studied actual combat and mecha operation, while Situ studied mecha development and optical computer intelligence.
Since their student days, Situ felt that Bai Li was not a human being, but now he doesn't even want to pretend to be a human being.
"You are really good. I thought you were scolded like a dog on Starnet and it was quite pitiful. I didn't expect that I misunderstood," Situ said with emotion, "You are a real dog, you don't need to be scolded at all."
Bai Li raised his eyebrows and smiled at him. His facial features still showed his usual smug look, as if he was not affected at all by the overwhelming insults on Starnet.
Situ admired Bai Li. He was also an alpha, and he had some thoughts about omegas like Lu Zhao. But if it were him, he would not be willing to marry Lu Zhao. The psychological pressure was too great and he could not bear it.
"It seems that you are very satisfied with this marriage," Situ smacked his lips. "Many couples matched by optical computers cannot get along at first. I don't think you have this worry. Your satisfaction with Lu Zhao is not ordinary. You are satisfied with him." Satisfied to the extreme.
Bai Li drank the bottle of repairing nutrient solution that had been opened in one breath. He thought that if Situ knew the true situation of his marriage with Lu Zhao, he would jump three feet high in shock.
If Situ knew that he and Lu Zhao had never smelled each other's pheromones, he would have to spend the next hundred years in Situ's laughter.
These thoughts flashed through Bai Li's mind. After swallowing the nutrient solution, Bai Li smiled and replied, "Lu Zhao is very good."
This made Situ lose all his temper. He opened his mouth and closed it, closed it and opened it again, wanting to say something but stopping, stopping and wanting to say something. After holding it in for a long time, he finally said, "You must be obsessed with Lu Zhao." I don't know how many omegas and betas who have a crush on you will be heartbroken.
Bai Li did not deny it, but changed the subject: "You contacted me so early in the morning just to ask about my married life?"
"Also to tell you, I adjusted the data some time ago, and changed the connection mode, and it has been put into operation in the simulated warehouse," Situ stopped his teasing tone, "How about it, are you free today? Come to the research institute to try the simulated warehouse?"
Bai Li nodded, and chatted with Situ for a few more words before hanging up the call.
After graduating from the Imperial Military Academy, Bai Li entered the military, and Situ entered the Imperial Research Institute to continue the research and development of mechas. Because they had a good relationship when they were in school, the two still kept in touch.
A few years later, due to differences in ideas, Situ and the senior management of the institute had a disagreement and were suppressed from their retirement position. In anger, he resigned from the institute and worked in several private institutes. It was not until Bai Li offered to sponsor him after he retired from the army due to a leg injury that he opened his own company and established his own institute.
Bai Li has been pouring money into Situ's research and development business over the years, and it is natural for Situ to call Bai Li boss.
The round robot butler circled around Bai Li's feet for several times, and Bai Li remembered that he was still holding an empty bottle of nutrient in his hand.
He raised his hand and wanted to throw away the garbage as usual, but he retracted his hand halfway and placed the empty bottle on the robot hand extended by the robot butler, imitating Lu Zhao's way.
Bai Li patted the robot butler's round head and said, "Say 'You're so nice' for me to hear."
The robot butler said coquettishly, "Oh, bad guy~" and went away.
Bai Li went to change his clothes, cursing and muttering as he changed, "What? I'm not worthy of being a good person since the day of the engagement, right?"
From the forum to his personal blog, Lu Zhao married Bai Li, and Bai Li became a public enemy.
Flowers are stuffed into concrete. Does concrete want to be a piece of concrete?
The suspended sports car that Bai Li often drove was still parked at the place where the wedding was held yesterday. He operated the personal terminal to enter the personal transportation system, and let the system on the sports car turn on the self-driving mode to return to the residence. He then dispatched another relatively low-key suspended car from the garage.
When he sat in the driver's seat of the suspended car, the system automatically connected to the Empire News Network and began to broadcast today's news.
Lu Zhao's name rang again, appearing together with Bai Li's name. This marriage that shocked most of the military and aristocratic circles was a foregone conclusion. The announcer of the Empire News was reading a congratulatory speech full of ornate words.
Bai Li remembered the back of Lu Zhao standing in front of the French window in the early morning. The morning light stained his outline, and the heart of the Empire was at his feet.
Bai Li recalled that moment and felt that it was not wrong for Situ to insist that he was obsessed with Lu Zhao.
After all, there would be no one who was not obsessed with the Imperial Eagle spreading its wings in the morning light.
Bai Li raised his hand and cut off the broadcast that was reporting on his and Lu Zhao's marriage, switched to the entertainment section of the Imperial Forum, and clicked on the intelligent voice reading.
The artificial voice began to read the posts one by one in an overly artificial voice, and the first one was: "Damn Bai Li! My legs hurt on the wedding night--"
Bai Li was driving while being amused by the sound of the artificial voice and the content of the reading.
Although he was in a bad mood, he immediately felt better when he heard that someone was in a worse mood than him.
Lu Zhao walked out of the physical training room. After the exercise, his body was in a comfortable state. He pushed back his sweat-soaked hair and walked to the washroom prepared for the officers, preparing to quickly clean himself before going to the mecha simulation room for the next stage of training.
Huo Cun finished the physical training before Lu Zhao, and was leaning on a chair outside the washroom and talking to several officers. As soon as Lu Zhao walked over, the officers immediately looked at him.
"What are you doing here if you don't want to wash?" Lu Zhao was a little scared by being looked at, so he had to speak up.
"I have washed it." The person who answered was Han Miao, who was at the same level as Lu Zhao and was also a major general. They usually had a good relationship. "Well, it's been such a long time since we last met. How are you?"
Lu Zhao was not just nervous, but his hair stood on end on the spot: "I was in the mecha simulator with you just the day before yesterday."
Han Miao didn't remember: "Huh? Really?"
The officer next to him reminded him: "Yes, we fought three games and you almost lost your head."
Han Miao slapped his thigh: "Hey, then my head would be lost every day, how can I remember it when you say that."
Lu Zhao and others: "..." You are really amazing.
"Didn't you get married to that Bai something? It feels like I haven't seen you for three hundred years." Han Miao seemed very sincere.
Huo Cun: "Three autumns means three years, not three hundred years."
Han Miao looked at him and said, "You're the only one who knows arithmetic? Okay, tomorrow you go teach the new recruits, and start from one by one."
Huo Cun: "..."
Han Miao and several military officers were talking about this and that, and Lu Zhao felt more and more uncomfortable. He had not washed his sweaty body after exercise, and was held back from leaving. He frowned and said, "If you have something to say, just say it."
Han Miao immediately said, "Did that Bai something do anything to you?"
"Bai Li." Lu Zhao corrected. Although he and Bai Li didn't have much of a couple's relationship, they got along well. He subconsciously said, "He's fine. Why do you ask that?"
The other officers looked at each other. Finally, Han Miao, who had the best relationship with Lu Zhao, spoke on behalf of everyone: "He's fine? I heard that you took him to the hospital overnight because his legs hurt. The reporters reported it. Now the Imperial Forum is having a blast."
Lu Zhao was stunned for a moment, and remembered what Bai Li said to Huo Cun yesterday. He looked at Huo Cun. This grandson was really stupid. He said whatever Bai Li asked him to say. No wonder Bai Li almost got him out of the top 200 in the simulation. Huo
Cun was also very embarrassed at this moment. He looked up and down, but he didn't look at Lu Zhao.
Han Miao added: "I heard that Bai Li's leg injury was too serious and it affected him a lot. It was said that he was not good in that aspect."
"What?" Lu Zhao didn't respond, and then Huo Cun made a face to remind him that he suddenly realized something. A feeling called "this is really fucking embarrassing" swept through Lu Zhao's mind, but Lu Zhao was born with few expressions, and he managed to stabilize the situation and coughed, "Who said this nonsense?"
"Really?" another officer asked.
Lu Zhao was the first time in his life that someone cared about his sex life, and he felt that his language ability was so poor. He could only mechanically repeat: "He's fine." He
also casually perfunctorily made some jokes that only married people would make, and Lu Zhao almost ran all the way to the bathroom.
The officers' washroom was spacious and divided into several compartments. When Lu Zhao stood on the quick-cleaning station, he still didn't understand how the gang could have connected Bai Li's leg injury to that aspect.
People really can't have a loophole, otherwise everyone will use you as a sieve.
After Lu Zhao washed and changed into his training clothes, he walked out. The group of officers outside just now had all dispersed, leaving only Huo Cun and Han Miao sitting there chatting idly.
"Did he really not do anything to you?" Han Miao asked as soon as he saw Lu Zhao coming out. Now that there was no one around, he spoke without reservation. "I heard that those noble alphas look down on people. If he dares to force himself on you, you should beat him to death."
Lu Zhao did not know whether to laugh or cry: "He is a good person, really."
Huo Cun also said: "Major General Han Miao, don't look at Bai Li as a slacker, he actually respects Major General Lu Zhao. I think he is better than some alphas in the military." He is a beta, and his view on alphas is not as gender-based as that of omegas. He looks down on some alphas in the military. They are not as powerful as Lu Zhao, but they have quite bad tempers.
After hearing Lu Zhao's repeated affirmation, Han Miao was relieved, but also a little embarrassed: "They are the ones who are talking nonsense, so I am a little worried."
Then he stood up and followed Lu Zhao and Huo Cun to the mecha simulation warehouse training ground.
Lu Zhao thought of the rumors on the imperial forum, and he didn't expect that even the army was like this. He couldn't help asking: "Nonsense?"
Han Miao had been with him for a long time, and he was used to his way of speaking occasionally saying one or two words: "Well, they say all kinds of things. Some say you and some say him. Uh, don't take it to heart, they are just bored."
He wanted to say a few more words, but when the words came to his lips, he felt that it was inappropriate, so Han Miao swallowed them.
Lu Zhao was silent.
As he is an omega, he has heard a lot of gossip over the years and is not bothered by it. He originally thought that the gossip was just that level, but he did not expect that after getting married, the gossip would be raised to a higher level.
Han Miao added, "I was worried at first, and I didn't know what kind of turtle the optical computer had assigned to you, but seeing that you came to the army today, I was relieved. Bai Li has been good to you."
Lu Zhao didn't understand: "What do you mean?"
"You don't know, many omegas can't get up the next day after being marked. The alpha bites the gland too deeply in that state and injects too much pheromone at once. The weak omega can't get used to it at all and will be dizzy for at least one or two days." Han Miao explained. He was very familiar with Lu Zhao and was beaten every day during training. Therefore, he didn't regard Lu Zhao as an O. He said bluntly, "I almost couldn't control myself at the time, and bit Chen Nan's gland quite deeply."
Chen Nan is Han Miao's legal partner and one of the few omegas in the military, but he is in the logistics department.
It's not that there are no omegas in the military, but most of them are not allowed to do heavy physical work, especially operating mechas, not to mention fighting with the team. It's rare to find an omega as strong as Lu Zhao who can make the army surrender and drive a mecha.
Huo Cun, who was following the two major generals, interrupted: "So cruel? When A bit O, didn't he consider O's body?"
Han Miao waved his hand: "Who could have resisted at that time? They were all like crazy. It's not impossible to stay awake, but the alpha has to restrain himself, which is very uncomfortable. Those A who have no feelings for their omegas can't resist it. They only care about their own pleasure and don't care about the next day. Anyway, it's better if the omega can't work, so they can have children at home in peace."
Lu Zhao said: "I remember that Chen Nan reported to the logistics department the day after you got married."
"Can we be the same as you? Chen Nan and I grew up together, how could we bear to see him suffer." Han Miao sighed, "I know how much he likes his job, of course it's impossible to stop him from continuing. In fact, how many alphas don't care that their omegas hang out with a bunch of A's every day? But I believe in him and am willing to support him. Look at Chen Nan, he's so happy every day, that's enough."
Huo Cun followed with a sigh, not remembering that he was still a bachelor, and acted like he was very experienced.
Hanging out in a place like the military every day, you have to understand even if you don't understand.
Han Miao added, "You came to the group the next day, wouldn't the alphas be so curious? They all thought that Bai Li was not good enough, so the pheromones were not enough. I was also asked this question at that time, and I was so angry that I almost beat those people who asked me to vomit blood. Fortunately, I was not demoted."
Lu Zhao thought of Bai Li. He couldn't tell Han Miao that he and Bai Li were innocent. Not to mention the biting gland, even the communication signal was just added last night.
Bai Li had no objection to Lu Zhao continuing to work. This was decided by the two before marriage, but Lu Zhao didn't expect that he would be criticized together with himself.
Lu Zhao didn't expect that it was because he was so focused on training. Bai Li grew up in the aristocratic circle, so he must know everything about this, but he didn't say it. Lu Zhao didn't know what he was thinking, but he felt a little uncomfortable.
He was so distracted that he didn't hear Han Miao calling him from behind. He walked to the door of the first training room he was familiar with and pushed it open.
There were more than a dozen recruits in neat military uniforms standing in the door, turning their heads to look at him.
The officer who was speaking looked up and saw that it was Lu Zhao. He quickly ran over and saluted: "Major General Lu Zhao, the first training room will be used for new recruits today. The news has been conveyed to the officers' personal terminals through the corps communication system."
Lu Zhao looked at the information on his personal terminal, then turned to look at Huo Cun again.
Huo Cun slapped his head and said, "Fuck, I forgot! The message was sent yesterday. They must have thought that you, Major General, could not come to the corps today, so they missed you."
Han Miao had just called Lu Zhao to tell him not to go in, but he didn't stop him. "It's okay, the second training room is available."
The eyes of the recruits in the first training room became particularly hot after hearing the four words "Major General Lu Zhao". They looked at Lu Zhao from head to toe with a mixture of curiosity and disdain. Lu
Zhao himself did not take these looks seriously at all. He nodded to the officer and retreated.
The moment the door of the training room was closed, the discussion inside "boomed".
"It's really Major General Lu Zhao. He actually reported to the army the next day. It seems that what was said on the forum is true. That alpha who lives off his wife--"
Even through the door, the voice can still be heard clearly.
Han Miao and Huo Cun were a little embarrassed and could only walk to the second training room with their heads down.
Lu Zhao walked slowly and did not follow Han Miao and Huo Cun into the second training room. He turned a corner and sat down in the rest area at the corner of the corridor, and opened the Empire Forum on his personal terminal.
Bai Li drove his hovercraft and parked it downstairs of the apartment building. His personal terminal was broadcasting a simulated battle match in the main star zone. The battle was in full swing.
He was in a good mood, humming a random tune as he came out of the driver's seat, turned around and picked up a large bag of tomatoes from the back seat, picked up a large white radish, and happily kicked the car door with one foot. When he turned around, he bumped into Lu Zhao, and was so scared that he almost jumped up, cursing.
Lu Zhao had just come out of the garage, and before he had taken two steps, he saw Bai Li bending over to get something from the back seat. When Lu Zhao saw him, he thought of the discussion about his legs on the imperial forum, and
he felt bad. Then he saw Bai Li standing on one leg with the leg that was said to be disabled, and kicked the car door with the other leg. Lu Zhao looked at Bai Li's left leg that was said to be disabled, and was puzzled.
"Xianhua, why are you back so early?" Bai Li was also puzzled. "I thought you had been staying at the military corps for the past few days."
Lu Zhao then saw that Bai Li was holding a big bag in his arms and a big radish covered in mud in one hand. The bad feeling in his heart disappeared immediately, and he only looked at the big radish. The mud on it had stained Bai Li's dark gray casual suit.
Lu Zhao looked at the radish and was quite puzzled: "Radish?" It was too big, wasn't it?
"I picked them from the vegetable garden of my friend's research institute," Bai Li didn't react yet, and continued, "They are grown in soil, and they are tastier than those sold in supermarkets and vegetable markets."
Lu Zhao looked at Bai Li, and Bai Li looked at Lu Zhao.
After a few seconds, Bai Li tentatively said, "How about... have a couple of bites?"
Lu Zhao's expression was serious, and he tentatively answered, "Just... chew it directly?"
Bai Li: "?"
Lu Zhao: "?"