Chapter 60 [VIP]
The school had produced a few notable figures, and although it was a negative development, it didn't dampen the students' enthusiasm for gossip. Negative news always spreads faster than positive news, and in just one morning, almost the entire school knew about those Alphas.
Pei Xingzhi, wanting to add fuel to the fire, deliberately opened the school's forum to take a look.
This forum isn't like other university forums, which are mostly used for posting trivial matters between students or as a confession wall. The Alliance University forum has expanded beyond the university level, becoming more like a public posting platform. Several mainstream media outlets and official accounts are present on the forum.
The topic of "Alpha rape by the Alliance University" has already occupied several of the largest sections of the forum and is still spreading rapidly.
"You did this?" Pei Xingzhi showed Xie Nanyi his phone. Xie Nanyi looked at the trending topic, pondered for a few seconds, and then shook her head.
"no."
Having received a negative answer, Pei Xingzhi bit his nails and liked several popular posts, a sudden, inexplicable sense of tension welling up inside him.
Pei Xingzhi had classes in the afternoon. He originally planned to have lunch in his dormitory before leaving, but for some reason, the sight of Xie Nanyi's face reminded him of what happened in the morning. In the end, he ran to Chu Ling's dormitory as if he were escaping.
He had originally planned to use a conciliatory approach to Xie Nanyi and gradually win him over, but now it seems he was overthinking it. Not only did he fail to become Xie Nanyi's accomplice, he almost got himself involved.
Alpha is really too dangerous.
He and Xie Nanyi were a fake couple forced together by Ke Yin, and they didn't have any real feelings for each other. Why should they pretend to be a loving couple against their will?
Chu Ling's roommate wasn't there, so when Pei Xingzhi suddenly came up, he didn't think much of it and just assumed that Wu Yun wanted to come up for lunch. After all, he had experienced Pei Xingzhi's cooking skills firsthand; the unidentified objects he made couldn't even be called "food."
Chu Ling complained a few times, stuffed the dark cloud, which had turned into a big fat pig, into his arms, and then went to prepare lunch.
Although Chu Ling didn't have classes in the afternoon, he accompanied Pei Xingzhi to the classroom at his request. His classes were the last two periods, and most of the people on the way were just finishing their classes and heading back to their dormitories, walking in the opposite direction from them.
Pei Xingzhi and Chu Ling walked along the road, brushing past other people. Almost everyone who passed by them was talking about those Alphas.
These Alphas had been running rampant in the medical school for over a semester. Apart from those who didn't socialize much, most students in the college had heard of these Alphas and knew a little about them.
Of course, none of the things they "heard" about were positive. The passersby were increasingly detailed, and several Omegas even talked about how they dominated their high schools.
Pei Xingzhi wasn't interested in this topic; he already knew enough about the Alphas' misdeeds. While Pei Xingzhi didn't care, Chu Ling listened with great interest, even pulling Pei Xingzhi back to slow down so he could listen a little longer.
Pei Xingzhi looked at him with confusion, never expecting that someone who usually wore the words "don't talk to me" on his face would gossip about such things.
He took out his phone and checked the time; there were still more than ten minutes until class started. The teacher loved to take attendance in this class, and with class time fast approaching, he instinctively tried to pull Chu Ling to the classroom, but he couldn't budge her no matter how hard he tried.
He turned his head in confusion, but Chu Ling was looking at two Alphas passing by in the corridor not far away with a strange expression. Pei Xingzhi followed his gaze and saw that the two Alphas were walking very fast, and Pei Xingzhi only had time to catch a glimpse of their figures.
A very ordinary Alpha, with an ordinary appearance, average height, and ordinary clothing. They are the kind of people who would be hard to spot if their pheromones were covered and they were thrown into a crowd.
"Hey—" Pei Xingzhi waved his hand in front of Chu Ling. "What are you looking at? Hurry up and let's go, I'm doomed if this teacher catches me."
"Pei Xingzhi." Chu Ling was brought back to her senses by his movement, and suddenly turned around to stare at his face, a smile that Pei Xingzhi couldn't decipher. "Do you want to hear something interesting?"
"What are you listening to?" Pei Xingzhi didn't understand what he was saying. Chu Ling was always like this, doing things in a strange and eccentric way.
However, having spent so much time with Chu Ling, he had long since grown accustomed to his eccentric behavior. If it weren't strange, he wouldn't be Chu Ling.
"It's probably related to the news this morning." Chu Ling kept them in suspense, then grabbed Pei Xingzhi and headed in the direction where the two Alphas had disappeared.
"What's the harm in just saying it outright?" His evasiveness only piqued Pei Xingzhi's curiosity. Anyway, eavesdropping wouldn't take more than a few minutes, and he could go to class afterward.
Just as the two reached the end of the corridor, the voices of the two Alphas came from somewhere.
Did you see that news today?
"I saw it... Don't tell anyone yet. My contact with him is all private. Nobody knows they have a relationship with us..."
"Is this the problem? Do you know how much people online have taken what these Alphas did?"
"I know, that's why I told you not to tell anyone yet..."
"What's so interesting about this?" Hearing this familiar topic, Pei Xingzhi glanced at him with a pout. Was he really going to sneak him over like a thief just for something like this?
Seeing the displeasure on his face as he looked at her, Chu Ling didn't offer any explanation. The two Alphas, probably feeling that their position was too conspicuous, exchanged a glance and then walked to a corner.
Chu Ling walked to the pillar on the side and stood there, smiling as she asked him to come closer.
Although Pei Xingzhi was unhappy, he still moved over as he was told.
The two were hidden by the plants in the corridor. Although the two Alphas couldn't see them, the two of them could see the two Alphas through the gaps in the plants. Pei Xingzhi didn't recognize them, but judging from the armbands on their arms, they were probably in the same field as Chu Ling.
The two Alphas stood against the wall on the side of the teaching building. One of them held a cigarette in his hand, while the other Alpha stood to the side angrily, talking to the smoking Alpha. As he spoke, his emotions became more and more agitated, and he even kicked the wall.
Alpha's attack power was not to be underestimated; the plaster on the wall near his shoe fell off in a rustling sound, and a small bald patch of the wall was quickly left.
The two of them leaned against a pillar in the corridor, quite a distance from the two Alphas. Pei Xingzhi couldn't hear what they were talking about, and he wanted to move forward a little to hear better, but Chu Ling raised her hand to stop him.
Pei Xingzhi looked at him in confusion. Chu Ling stretched out his hand in front of him, and something resembling a bee lay in his palm.
“Use this.” Chu Ling released the “bee” in her hand and winked at him playfully. Pei Xingzhi met his gaze but, unusually, did not respond.
Chu Ling had already anticipated that these two Alphas would appear here, since they even brought something like this.
The "bee" flew to the vicinity of the two Alphas, and Chu Ling took out his phone and opened an app, from which the voices of the two Alphas could be heard.
"I already told you that your approach won't work at all. After all, he's just a Beta. Why are you so afraid of him? Even if Xie Nanyi protects him, would he really go against so many Alphas for the sake of a Beta?"
“You don’t understand, Pei Xingzhi is not an ordinary Beta… Never mind, don’t make a move against him yet, it won’t do you any harm to bear it.”
"You've tolerated him so many times, and you're still going to keep tolerating him? Why didn't you just resolve it sooner? Now look what's happened! Don't tell me you think their problems have nothing to do with Pei Xingzhi. What a coincidence! They just caused trouble for Pei Xingzhi, and then they got into trouble and got fired..."
Pei Xingzhi had been eavesdropping with the intention of watching a show, but unexpectedly, he heard his own name mentioned by the two men.
Having become the butt of the gossip himself, Pei Xingzhi glanced innocently at Chu Ling, pointed to himself, and then helplessly shrugged.
"What does this have to do with me? I don't even know them."
"Shh, keep listening." Chu Ling gestured for him to be quiet, and Pei Xingzhi could only puff out his cheeks and continue eavesdropping helplessly.
"Didn't you have that Li something record a video last time? Hurry up and use it, or do you want Xie Nanyi to completely get together with Pei Xingzhi?" The Alpha who was kicking the wall moved his foot off the wall, walked up and grabbed the smoking Alpha by the collar and roared at him.
"This isn't as simple as you think..." Alpha, smoking, pried his hand away, his tone slightly grave. "Tsk, fine, I'll give you the video, you figure it out yourself."
"Wouldn't it have been better to do this earlier?"
After listening to the two Alphas's rambling conversation, Pei Xingzhi only heard his and Xie Nanyi's names and some video from them, but he couldn't grasp any other key points.
His mind kept replaying the conversation between the two, and he followed Chu Ling to the classroom absentmindedly.
When the two arrived at the classroom door, Pei Xingzhi pulled Chu Ling away from pushing the door open, leading her directly to the stairwell.
He closed the door at the top of the stairs, leaned against it, crossed his arms, and directly voiced his question.
"What do you mean by making me listen to this?"
Chu Ling never did anything meaningless. He had let these two Alphas overhear their conversation so he would know how their plans were related to him. Instead of guessing wildly, it was much clearer and more practical to ask Chu Ling directly.
"It's basically... you know that there have been people at school using your reputation to promote Beta equality? These Alphas are opponents of Beta equality. They oppose Betas enjoying the same rights as Alphas, and as the one who stood up for them, you naturally became their primary target." Chu Ling didn't beat around the bush and gave Pei Xingzhi the answer directly.
"Beta equality?" Pei Xingzhi raised an eyebrow. Although he knew that someone had been secretly using him to stir up trouble, he was unaware that such an organization existed. "Are you a member of this organization?"
"no."
"Then why..."
"Because I'm also a Beta."
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