Chapter 127 O House Rules
"If you want to go to Fugan District, why don't I go and explore the way first."
Under Huo Shizhen's cold gaze, Sikong Tan spoke slowly:
"It just so happens that I have a mission to go to Fugan District, so it wouldn't be a big deal if I could just ask around for you."
His so-called mission, of course, was to go find Ge Xihe.
Speaking of which, Xihe and Haitang seem to have some interactions and can be considered good friends.
So should I tell him that something might have happened to Ge Xihe?
This thought only flashed through Sikong Tan's mind for a moment before being rejected.
For the time being, even if I tell Lin Guantang, it will only make an innocent person anxious.
Of course, Sikong Tan also reminded Lin Guantang that the fact that he went to Fugan District should not be spread to others.
The reason is simple. If a photo is kept so carefully, it means that the person in the photo may have some shameful reasons. In this case, of course we have to secretly go to Fugan District to inquire about the news.
Lin Guantang deeply agrees with this.
Actually, there was no need to explain it specifically. Lin Guantang knew that the content of his mission involved confidential information and had never mentioned his name to anyone.
Lin Guantang also knew nothing about Ge Xihe's disappearance - as Ge Xihe's social signature said, Lin Guantang always thought that he really went back to his hometown for vacation and never thought that something had happened to him.
Therefore, after thinking about Sikong Tan's suggestion for a while, Lin Guantang agreed.
To be honest, Lin Guantang still had follow-up matters to attend to, and he didn't have enough time to immediately drop everything and run to Fugan District to look for an uncertain clue.
How should I put it, finding relatives is very important, but it is not everything in Lin Guantang’s life, nor is it the most important thing.
In comparison, abolishing all the rules of O Academy is the most important thing that should be addressed right now.
A fire and the broken human bodies exposed in the flames swept across the entire empire's online platform and spread everywhere before any inside information was revealed.
What's more, as the person involved, Gu Jiaying personally appeared on the screen to accuse everyone of what had happened to her.
In his story, the O Academy still follows the corrupt rule of distributing omega students like pets, and once students are marked by a wealthy family, they will have no room for refusal, just like a pet that has no choice but to be bought unless it dies.
He was one of them, and because he was a marked pet, he had to marry an old man whether he wanted to or not.
Not as a wife, but as an object to be manipulated by others, not even a pet.
After all, normal people buy pets because they truly love them. People like Dai Zhourong take a fancy to omegas like Gu Jiaying just to satisfy their own perverted and cruel devilish desires.
If it weren't for Gu Jiaying's wit and Lin Guantang's assistance, he would have become one of them, just like Dai Zhourong's previous wives and those disabled people locked in the secret room.
Gu Jiaying's heartfelt narration, coupled with bloody evidence, directly pushed Quan O Academy to the top of public opinion. It was truly the people of the empire who worked together to ask Quan O Academy for an explanation.
But within a day or two, the entire O Academy had been surrounded by layers of people, and no one could get in or out. If the entrance had not been under martial law long ago and the imperial capital had its own strict judicial procedures, the entire O Academy might have been completely captured.
After this incident, all the students in O College hid in the school and dared not go out. Students like Yuan Wenjun who were not in the college did not dare to go back to school. They could only anxiously refresh the O College forum and discuss with everyone what to do next.
Most of the students were on the verge of collapse, unable to believe that they had entered a devil's cave instead of a garden.
In recent years, O College has opened many new majors one after another, and it can be said that it has worked hard to wash off the label of bridal college. It has also started cooperation with the Central Military Academy. Although it is a trial course, at least the students of this college are well aware of it and have good expectations. They believe from the bottom of their hearts that O College will get better and better.
Therefore, the students all feel that the outside world has a deep misunderstanding of the entire O College. There are many students who speak up for O College, but the results are very limited. They are told by others that they are blinded or have been completely domesticated before speaking up for O College.
But today, a fire has completely exposed the veil of the entire O College, and made the students who spoke for the O College feel what it means to be completely backstabbed.
O Hospital is still the same O Hospital, even more decadent than at the beginning. The open courses are just decorations to make the pets happy physically and mentally.
If the wealthy and noble families exposed had high moral character, perhaps the exposure of this rule would not have led to such one-sided insults and opposition;
What was exposed was a devilish wealthy family who liked to dismember human bodies to satisfy their cruel fetish. How could this not make people terrified, insecure and furious?
O Hospital is even worse than the public imagines, which means that the public will not laugh at the deceived omegas, but will instead work together to target O Hospital itself.
Abolishing this rule is the most basic requirement.
There are also many people who have called for the closure of the college, but closing an college with a long history and involving many powerful people is quite controversial.
Faced with such a public opinion crisis, the college's first and foremost priority for maintaining stability is the college itself, but this rule directly persecutes all students. After it is exposed, who will listen to the college again?
The college wanted to close the forum, but it did not have the authority, so it was taken over by a higher-level system - that was He Xi who was introduced to O College.
The college also wants to say that this rule is fictitious, but the link is directly pinned to the top of the forum. By clicking on it, you can find your name and whether you have been tagged.
It was obvious that someone was secretly controlling everything, waiting patiently for the academy to come up with the next trick, and then continuing to crack it.
Therefore, the college did not dare to act rashly, fearing that the more it said and did, the more rotten things would be exposed.
He could only ask his superiors again and again how to explain himself, while facing the increasingly worse situation in despair.
Whether it was Huo Shizhen or Lin Guantang, the private chat interface was scrolling up and down almost non-stop, and someone was sending messages every second.
Because it was an obvious demonstration that the two of them were manipulating everything behind the scenes.
Some people have already guessed that since the introduction of the system's secrets into QuanO Academy, they have already begun to plan to destroy this rule and even the entire QuanO Academy.
The live video of Lin Guantang slicing the slices of the body was dug up again a long time ago, which seemed to further prove this point of view and made more people recall it belatedly.
At first, I thought Lin Guantang's boasting, such as "I came here to completely change this place", was just a statement made on impulse, but I didn't expect that he was serious.
He really does what he says and is going to completely overthrow the entire O Academy.
However, since Huo Shizhen has never appeared on public platforms and even his signature is blurred, the public opinion is slightly different from the perception of the noble upper echelons.
From the perspective of all the O College board members and senior official personnel, it was clear that Huo Shizhen was in control of everything.
Huo Shizhen already had a history of ruthlessly punishing nobles, uprooting entire families and sending them to dig mushrooms, and his perfunctory attitude towards Quan O Academy was also well known. Now that he was dissatisfied with Quan O Academy, he finally found an opportunity for him to take action and deal with it, which was exactly in line with his style.
It's just that it's well known that he has always been reluctant to show up in public, so it's reasonable to find a puppet to replace him in showing up in public.
Undoubtedly, Lin Guantang was the puppet he had his eyes on.
I was completely controlled by him and had to do things for him in front of others.
But in the eyes of the general public and all the students in O Academy, it was Kobayashi who endured humiliation and conquered a young master from a prominent family, who became a stepping stone for him to realize all his ambitions.
He has an angelic and perfect appearance, and it is easy for him to make the noble young master fall in love with him, in the eyes of outsiders who don't know the truth.
What's more... there is no precedent.
The well-known MP known as the Thorn Rose was known for his decisiveness and constant criticism of other MPs. Equally talked about was his history of climbing to the top by stepping on one attacker after another.
According to gossip, although he is still single now, he has exploited dozens of ex-boyfriends.
Lin Kuan-tang had read about the gossip, but he certainly wasn't the type to take it seriously. However, when the congressman found his contact information and called him personally, and offered a series of words of support and encouragement, Lin Kuan-tang couldn't take the gossip seriously anymore.
In a specially initiated video call, the congressman confessed everything to him directly, saying that it is undeniable that she could get to where she is today thanks to the support of her ex-boyfriend, but he would not stop for those boyfriends, so he has the status he has today.
The reason I said this is to remind Lin Guantang——
Yes, he also thought that Lin Guantang was just like him, and only regarded Young Master Huo as a springboard to realize his ambitions.
But Huo Shizhen is definitely not comparable to his ex-boyfriends.
The MP said worriedly:
"Huo Shizhen...I'm afraid he's not someone you can just dump, nor is he someone you can completely control. He's an extremely dangerous existence. Xiaolin, you have greater courage, greater determination, and more resolute action than I do. You will also have a brighter future than mine, so you must carefully consider how to handle your relationship with him. A peaceful breakup would be best. Don't let a relationship ruin everything you have."
The implication is to advise Lin Guantang not to "cheat" Huo Shizhen anymore, to stop in time and part ways amicably, lest the other party is unwilling to break up in the future, and Lin Guantang has no way to completely control him, and in the end both sides suffer, which would be too unprofitable.
Lin Guantang understood that he was speaking with good intentions and that was why he was so sincere in his comfort, so he did not feel any resentment towards him, but was instead very grateful.
However, in order to avoid further misunderstandings, some things still need to be clarified.
"Thank you for your reminder, but my relationship with Huo Shizhen is actually different from what you imagined."
Lin Guantang felt that the councillor was too concerned, but he also felt that if he talked about love, the councillor probably wouldn't believe it from his perspective.
After thinking about it, I decided that instead of telling him, it would be better for him to see it in person:
"Perhaps, you can first take a look at the Huo family's attitude, and then you will understand what I mean."
The councillor understood his implication, was silent for a moment, and suddenly sighed and said:
"Love is nothing more than the product of being dominated by pheromones. Are you really confident that you can completely dominate him with love?"
“Not domination.”
Lin Guantang rejected his choice of words - from this point of view, it was certain that he and the congressman had different ideas.
But what needs to be said must be made clear.
Lin Guantang said slowly and clearly:
"He is my like-minded lover, Senior. Our destinies and careers have long been intertwined. They are inseparable and will never be separated."
Member of Parliament said:
"He's an alpha, how could he possibly dedicate his life to omega rights?"
"So our goal is to reach people across the empire."
Lin Guantang curled his lips and said:
"Whether abo or not, it's all included."
Lin Guantang knew very well that Huo Shizhen never showed any special sympathy for omegas. He wanted to abolish the All-O Academy simply because the All-O Academy had no positive value to the empire.
This is also not aimed at the entire O Academy, but at the entire empire.
As for Lin Guantang, he was even younger and had never limited his future to a narrow corner - perhaps his original goal was just to graduate from university and then make a living in the imperial capital.
But people change with time, and today, Lin Guantang no longer feels that his life has come to an end.
If he can seek freedom and happiness for more people, he will be happy to do so, not because of his omega identity, but because of his pure heart.
After hearing his answer, the congressman let out a long sigh.
His expression was a mixture of relief and helplessness, but also of greater expectations.
In the end, he stopped trying to persuade Lin Guantang and just told him that he would lend a hand in the Imperial Parliament in abolishing all the relevant rules of O Academy.
After that, they just chatted about various things. Both sides tacitly avoided topics related to feelings, but they still had a very enjoyable conversation.
By the time the call ended and Lin Guantang left the study, it was almost dusk.
The lights in the living room were off, and the view was dim. Lin Guantang stood upstairs and looked down, only to see Huo Shizhen sitting quietly on the sofa. The terminal light cast a shadow over him, making it impossible to see his expression. He also looked more like a giant silent in the darkness.
Perhaps influenced by the congressman's words, Lin Guantang suddenly had some subtle associations - is Huo Shizhen really someone he can control?
Lin Guantang went downstairs, turned on the light, and walked towards Huo Shizhen.
But Huo Shizhen just glanced at him the moment the light came on, and didn't intend to ask what they talked about - if it wasn't good, why bother asking more questions. The congressman's hostility towards alpha was never concealed, and it was well known to everyone.
It was not until Lin Guantang walked over and sat down beside him that Huo Shizhen easily grabbed his waist.
Lin Guantang stood up again.
Because he was still thinking about whether he could control Huo Shizhen, this kind of action of being blocked in the middle would obviously only make him look like a little bird.
After thinking for a while, Lin Guantang knelt on one knee on the sofa and leaned towards him. This way he was in a superior position and he could even see the whorl of hair on Huo Shizhen's head. After thinking for a while, he put his hand on Huo Shizhen's shoulder, then stretched out his other hand and placed it on the top of Huo Shizhen's head, covering the whorl of hair.
He thought his movements were gentle and careful enough, but to Huo Shizhen, they were like a restless and energetic cat, jumping around and making trouble.
Not satisfied with using his hair as a cat toy, she even planned to jump on his head and scratch and bite his scalp.
Even for Huo Shizhen, the scalp is a very fragile area, and being scratched is no joke.
So he looked up, narrowed his eyes and looked at Lin Guantang with a hint of warning - but not too strong.
Anyway, Lin Guantang was not scared.
However... his sharp gaze also reminded Lin Guantang that the one lurking beside him was not a loyal family dog, but a wild beast of a mysterious origin.
Lin Guantang gently entwined his hair and murmured:
"Will you be dominated by me?"
"You want to dominate me?"
Huo Shizhen uttered an inexplicable snort of laughter, which made Lin Guantang come back to his senses immediately and realize that he had said something terrible.
For a moment, I felt embarrassed and angry.
Then he was grabbed by Huo Shizhen and fell into his arms, sitting on Huo Shizhen's thighs with a twisted posture, meeting his interested gaze.
"Are you ready to devote your whole life to taming it?"
Huo Shizhen's fingers slid across his cheek and landed on his fragile neck. Just a slight pressure made Lin Guantang feel suffocated.
No matter who it is, it would not be pleasant to have the neck held.
Not to mention Huo Shizhen leaned over, not only hugging him tighter, but also biting his neck and glands with his teeth. The cold breath lingered in, making Lin Guantang tremble all over, as if he was bitten by a poisonous snake and injected with venom.
It seemed to be telling Lin Guantang that if he was not prepared, he would end up having his neck bitten off and die.
"It's okay to be completely dominated by you..."
Huo Shizhen loosened his teeth, put his head on his shoulder, and gave the answer lightly.
But when Lin Guantang was in a relaxed mood, he continued to say some threatening words with some malicious interest:
"But in exchange, you need to pay with your flesh, blood, and soul. This is the basic price for raising a demon."
Lin Guantang tilted his head and looked at the furnishings hidden in the darkness behind Huo Shizhen, with a complicated look in his eyes.
How should I put it? He felt like he was performing some kind of fantasy stage play.
Isn't Huo Shizhen supposed to be aloof and cool? Where on earth did he memorize all these messed up lines?
Lin Guantang complained in his heart, and his limbs soon became sore and numb due to the twisted posture, so Lin Guantang had to interrupt his thoughts, push away Huo Shizhen's arms, and correct his posture.
Huo Shizhen let him flutter in his arms, and only after he finally found a comfortable position and settled down did he start talking about serious matters:
"How about recommending you to become an Imperial Councillor?"
"I?"
Lin Guantang pointed at himself:
"Am I qualified?"
Lin Guantang thought he was joking.
Aren't all the members of parliament old men? Even the one who just spoke to him was almost thirty years old when he became a member of parliament.
How could a twenty-year-old like him be qualified to be a vase?
I'm afraid that if people are holding a meeting, the vases used for decoration will have to be old antiques.
"If you can resolve the current crisis at O Academy, you will be qualified."
Age is not a problem, Huo Shizhen pointed to the screen in front of him.
It was a chat interface. The person on the other end seemed to be Huo Shizhen's grandfather, and the content of their conversation was—
By abolishing all relevant rules of O College - stipulating that no O College student can be forced to leave school, drop out of school, or be forced into marriage by anyone for any reason before graduation.
And nominating Lin Guantang as a member of parliament was a condition to calm the O-court incident.
The former was to give an explanation to the people, and the latter was to stop the two of them from continuing to make trouble. Of course, this was also meant to appease the people and hint to them that the empire was completely on the same side as the people.
After all, Lin Guantang’s promotion was also indispensable to this incident.
In addition to his past actions, the fact that he was nominated as an imperial senator as an exception is enough to show that the empire has higher expectations of him.
Huo Shizhen looks forward to Lin Guantang's future:
"By then, you will be the youngest and most popular senator in the history of the Empire. No one will question you. On the contrary, you will be supported by the people of the entire Empire. Therefore, it is expected that the empire will flourish in the future."
"As for your first proposal after becoming an Imperial Senator, how about starting with abolishing all O-schools?"
...There's no need to plan that far ahead.
Lin Guantang felt that if he didn't stop him and let him continue, he would become the youngest prime minister of the empire...
Haha, just kidding.
Lin Guantang coughed, interrupting his increasingly rambling speech, and pointed to the last conversation on the screen, saying with some worry:
"Are you really planning to take me to see your grandfather?"
In addition to the solution to this incident, the screen also clearly showed the words of Huo Shizhen's grandfather, who wanted to meet Lin Guantang in person.
Isn’t this the legendary meeting the parents?
It's hard not to be nervous.
Huo Shizhen just said:
"Don't you want to know who's in that picture?"
Lin Guantang thought about it for a moment and nodded immediately. He changed his mind and became very eager to meet the parents.
He really wanted to know all the information about the photo. As the last living person in the photo, Lin Guantang wanted to visit Mr. Huo immediately.
If I had known this earlier, I would have returned to the capital earlier.
That is to say, except for Sikong Tan, even Luo Fan and the others had completed their mission and left long ago.
In order to avoid being hunted down and intercepted after returning to the imperial capital, and also to see if there was any other information, Lin Guantang and Huo Shizhen stayed there for many days and have not returned to the imperial capital yet.
When seeing Luo Fan and the others off, Lin Guantang asked him a question as if nothing had happened:
"Have you told anyone that I have a relationship with Ling Chen?"
"How is that possible?"
Luo Fan didn't think much about it and immediately shook his head in response.
He is not a freshman, so he knows without thinking that this kind of thing must not be revealed.
but--
When Lin Guantang asked, "Have you really not told anyone?", Luo Fan thought for a moment before saying:
"I only mentioned it privately to my friends, and it was just a joke. I accidentally mentioned it when everyone was guessing whether you and Lingchen were in a relationship. But there were also speculations about other relationships. Some people even said that you and Lingchen were exes, so it didn't attract any attention at all. I just treated it as gossip."
Why are you guessing this when you have nothing to do?
Lin Guantang was speechless and felt that the entertainment activities at the Central Military Academy were too poor, forcing a group of promising young people to rely entirely on gossip to pass the time.
However, are the so-called "insiders" really "insiders" or are they just self-righteous and treating others as their own?
Boring gossip can sometimes be an important source of intelligence.
After Lin Guantang left the ship that day, everything that happened on the ship was completely recorded by the surveillance camera, and a copy was packaged and given to Lin Guantang. Of course, the two masked men who jumped into the sea were seen.
They stood at the railing, and all their conversation, including the word "brothers", was recorded - they were very unscrupulous. They knew there were surveillance cameras but did not avoid them at all, because they were confident that they would never be caught.
In fact, he did escape successfully.
What Lin Guantang cared about was, of course, not the two people who had escaped without a trace, but the possibility that there might still be spies from the Garden of Eden in the military academy. He just couldn't be sure whether the spies hid deeper and escaped the last investigation, or whether the temptation of the Garden of Eden was great enough to silently instigate new recruits to leak the news in such a short time.
Huo Shizhen was not nervous at all about this, and even said without thinking:
"After this O-House incident, more wealthy nobles will rebel and turn to Eden Garden."
So don’t worry about these minions, because bigger worries are coming.
——Even if it is just to abolish the rules, it will affect the interests of too many wealthy nobles, especially those wealthy families who really treat omegas as toys to play with at will. They will not support such a move. Instead, they will be dissatisfied with Huo Shizhen, the Huo family, and even the empire.
If Eden took action at this time, opened its arms, and took in the heartbroken wealthy family, wouldn’t it be easy?
Lin Guantang felt a headache just thinking about it, but abolishing the rules was something that had to be done no matter what. As for the rebellious nobles—
Huo Shizhen was probably worried that he couldn't find a reason to deal with them.
Lin Guantang was also quite happy to clean out the parasites in the empire and use their huge wealth to help the people.
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