Chapter 68
"......Hello, my name is Tang Bai, thank you for saving me." Tang Bai looked up at him, his amber eyes sparkling.
Looking at those beautiful eyes, his whole body froze, and he didn't even know where to put his hands. Finally, he said in a hoarse voice, "Xiao Cheng."
This is a pseudonym; Xiao is his mother's surname.
He is currently using the identity of "Rat", and taking off the human/skin mask when they first meet may cause some trouble to Tang Bai.
A noble like Tang Bai should look down on the competitors in the underground arena.
He and Tang Bai sent the attacker to the police station together. They didn't say a word on the way, but his sharp intuition made him realize that Tang Bai had been secretly watching him.
But he was the same. He looked at Tang Bai when Tang Bai was staring out the window in a daze.
He himself is good-looking, so he rarely thinks of others as "this person is so good-looking".
But Tang Bai is really good-looking, delicate and beautiful, with a face as clear as an angel, and a cat-like cunningness between her eyebrows.
He was like a passerby looking at the carefully tended roses in the garden through the fence, wanting to pick them and steal them home to look at them every day, but he knew in his heart that the best outcome was to let the rose continue to bloom in the garden.
All he could do was watch from a distance, but that was fine.
"Actually, I came here this time to visit the underground arena and the black market. Can you go with me?" Tang Bai said to him with red ears.
He accompanied Tang Bai to the underground arena. They had to choose masks first. Tang Bai chose a white feather mask and helped him choose a matching black feather mask.
The competition in the underground arena made Tang Bai uncomfortable. Seeing that Tang Bai's expression was not right, he reached out and covered Tang Bai's eyes.
There were people cheering and roaring all around him. He was very close to Tang Bai, so close that he could hear Tang Bai's light breathing.
Thick eyelashes trembled and moved across his palm, like a butterfly flapping its wings in his palm.
"I don't understand, what is the meaning of the underground arena?" Tang Bai asked him.
He said that for the players, the purpose of the underground arena is to survive, to stay alive, for the one in ten thousand chance of being able to survive better.
Becoming an underground arena star may be the only way for a kid from the slums to succeed.
After hearing this, Tang Bai said seriously that studying should be the ladder for each of us to rise.
Tang Bai said he wanted to connect with people who could help the slums, he said he wanted to build a school here, he said everyone deserves a bright future.
He released his hands that were covering Tang Bai's eyes, and saw that the eyes behind the mask were swaying with the flames of the underground arena.
Then his heart trembled slightly.
"Putting on this mask, we seem to be attending a masquerade. By the way, can you dance?" Tang Bai looked at him with sparkling amber eyes. After knowing that he couldn't, he smiled and said, "Can I teach you to dance next time?"
So they met again.
In the square where white pigeons were flying, Tang Bai enthusiastically taught him to dance the Moka.
"When inviting someone to dance, you should say, sir, can I ask you to dance with me?" Tang Bai extended his hand to him in a serious manner.
So he followed Tang Bai's example, put one hand behind his back, stretched out the other hand to the person in front of him, and lowered his head slightly, "Young Master, can I ask you to dance with me?"
Tang Bai nodded proudly and placed the hand wearing the rose ring in his palm.
Gorgeous music flows out from the rose-shaped optical computer ring, just like gorgeous petals floating on the gurgling water.
At first they were still dancing Mocha, but later Tang Bai said that the music of square dance was really too brainwashing. As he was speaking, he suddenly took his hand and led him into the huge dance floor.
The fountain changed its shape with the music. Tang Bai held his hand and danced while laughing. He used to think that this music was noisy, but at this moment he felt the charm of music that Tang Bai mentioned.
He always felt that everything was beautiful in Tang Bai's eyes, whether it was the roadside stalls, square dancing, dirty children, or even the person "Xiao Cheng"...all were beautiful.
The first time I heard Tang Bai’s evaluation of “Xiao Cheng” was on the Mechanical Coffin.
At that time, he didn't know that the mecha maker was Tang Bai, and Tang Bai didn't know that "X" was Xiao Cheng. They shared their lives like normal netizens with good relationships.
Tang Bai said to him, I seem to have fallen in love with someone.
The place where that man lived was mad, sinful, and chaotic, but he grew up sober, kind, and wild.
He is completely different from me. I have been tamed by this society and become very docile, but he maintains the aloofness and freedom in his bones.
When he covered my eyes, I seemed to hear the sound of rivers flowing and the roaring of the sea in his body, which made me want to go to his world and adventure with him...
Tang Bai spoke so highly of that person that he didn't even think about it at first.
He asked Tang Bai, does that person like you?
Tang Bai said, yes, he likes me. When I looked away, his eyes on me were very gentle.
He said to Tang Bai, you mentioned so many advantages, so what are the other party’s disadvantages?
Tang Bai said, the shortcoming is that he is too slow and blunt. When I closed my eyes, he didn’t even know to kiss me.
So he gave Tang Bai some advice, if you really like someone and are sure that the other person has good character, then you should take the initiative to kiss him/her next time.
Tang Bai said to him embarrassedly, but I have never kissed anyone before, what should I do if I kiss him and he just avoids me?
Then he said, if we really want to kiss, should we spray some kissing spray in advance, how about a fruity one......
Love is great.
When he saw Tang Bai's mumbling all over the screen, he couldn't help but feel emotional.
Such a wonderful thing was like a luxury to him. After being injected with fake drugs, he only had less than forty years to live.
With an average life span of 200 years, if an interstellar person really wants to fall in love, he can only give his lover a short-lived love.
This love is selfish and mean.
Hiding the issue of life span just to enjoy a short period of happiness, leaving the loved one with long-term pain.
Therefore, he has never expected love, but he has never met an alpha that makes his heart beat, so he doesn't regret it.
At the end of the conversation, he ordered the Sunflower Energy Gun from Tang Bai, and he wanted to give it to Tang Bai for self-defense.
The days during that period were fulfilling and beautiful. Although the pressure of competing for the first place was great, he could often meet Tang Bai and talk with his friends in the mechanical coffin at night.
At the time he thought he had two good friends at once.
At that time, he saw that the slums were getting better little by little. Tang Bai didn't know what method he used to make Bai Zhi call on everyone to pay attention to the education problems in the slums. Moka, who was taught by Tang Bai, was selected in the etiquette test, and everything began to get better.
He thought everything was getting better.
It was not until he and Tang Bai met again that he gave the Sunflower Energy Gun to Tang Bai.
"You are 'X'?!" Tang Bai exclaimed.
It turns out that the seller was Tang Bai.
He was immersed in the coincidence of this incident, but he heard Tang Bai's cautious test: "So you...so you know everything?"
Know what?
He looked at Tang Bai blankly.
Tang Bai sighed, and looked at him with a look of "I knew it would be like this", and then...
Then Tang Bai stood on tiptoe and kissed him with a blushing face.
It tastes like strawberry.
——"If you really want to kiss, should you spray some kissing spray in advance? How about a fruity one?"
——"The shortcoming is that he is too slow. When I closed my eyes, he didn't even know to kiss me."
——"When he covered my eyes, I seemed to hear the sound of rivers flowing and the sea roaring in his body. It made me want to go to his world and adventure with him..."
It turned out that when they were watching fireworks together that time, Tang Bai suddenly closed his eyes and wanted him to kiss him.
It turned out that when he removed his hand that day and their eyes met, he saw the fiery light in those amber eyes, which was called "love".
It turns out that when he understands all this, he will also lose him forever.
How could he be with Tang Bai? He was an omega who would not live long. If Tang Bai was with him, he would be laughed at.
He took a step back. Tang Bai stared at him in a daze. He could only apologize, "Sorry, I have to leave."
"Please don't leave." Tang Bai's face was still flushed. His eyes sparkled when he confessed. It was the light he liked the most: "I like you."
"Young Master, you don't even know my real identity, how could you fall in love with me?" He told Tang Bai that Xiao Cheng was his fake identity.
Tang Bai looked at him with bright and determined eyes, with a determination that no matter how far the love is, it can be leveled. He said, "Although I don't know who you are, I really like you. Can we be together?"
OK.
He wanted to say that.
"I can't be with you. I will hurt you. All I can give you is a short stay in this fake identity."
He saw that the thin layer of red that was originally left on Tang Bai's face faded away completely with these words, and his face was as white as a piece of paper.
"I'm sorry," he said softly.
The amber eyes were filled with tears, making them brighter and brighter. Tang Bai seemed to be about to cry at any moment, "Xiao Cheng, you bastard!"
Don't cry, my little master, I'm not worthy of your tears.
"Don't think you saved me, don't think you accompany me as 'X', don't think I really need you after you did all these!"
Yes, that's right. You don't have to rely on me. You can have a wonderful life. You will marry a husband who is well-matched with you and who loves you. He will stay with you until old age. You will have many children and grandchildren, and you will be happy forever.
He turned and walked out, not knowing where he was going.
"If you leave, I'm going to go on a blind date right now, I'm going to find another alpha to be with, and I'm never going to talk to you again!"
"Xiao Cheng!"
"Please don't leave!"
"You are not allowed to leave."
"Don't go..."
He didn't look back because he didn't dare to look back.
He walked farther and farther, and when he could no longer hear the people calling from behind him, he stopped.
He found that his chest was in severe pain, which was in the left atrium. It was so stuffy that he could hardly breathe. It was so oppressive and painful, and it ached with every heartbeat.
Loss always brings pain. He and his little master were only together for such a short time, and they only had such a short period of happiness. It was so painful when such a little happiness was deprived. What if they were together longer?
What if it's been so long that Tang Bai has become indispensable to him, but his death is doomed to be irreversible?
Would Tang Bai be sadder at that time than he is now?
Xie Ruheng covered his mouth and coughed up a mouthful of blood. The blood flowed in his hands, but he wiped the blood from the corner of his lips with the back of his hand without caring much.
The message alert sounded. It was a message sent by Tang Bai on the Mechanical Coffin. Tang Bai asked him if he still wanted the Rabbit Mech.
He said no.
Tang Bai asked, why not.
Xie Ruheng closed his eyes. He thought that he should say something cruel at this moment. The more cruel the better. It would be best if he could hurt Tang Bai deeply. Then, when Tang Bai was hurt enough, he would no longer like him and would not waste his time on him.
So he said, I just treat you as a friend, I don’t like your love, which made me feel a little disgusted.
Sure enough, Tang Bai never contacted him again.
He didn't use the bunny mech.
He also didn't have time to find a new suitable mecha.
He finally chose the long night.
The night was long, long, long night. He endured it for too long and thought that he had finally found the stars that belonged to him. However, the stars were hanging so high and so far away, how could he pick them?
In the mecha duel of the chief exam, he used "Long Night" to narrowly defeat Gu Tunan, but the price of victory was that the identity of "Rat" was exposed. So everyone suddenly accused him of being too cruel and merciless in the competition, saying that Gu Tunan lost because he was too kind, and that such a cruel person was not worthy of being the chief...
He won.
Win the overwhelming accusations and prejudice.
The stress of the chief exam was a bit too much for him, causing his estrus period to come earlier than expected.
He was caught by Gu Tunan when he was in heat. Gu Tunan knew his secret and his attitude towards him began to change, but he did not realize it at that time.
He couldn't sleep all night during that period. As soon as he closed his eyes, he would think of Tang Bai. Whenever he thought of Tang Bai, his left chest would hurt. Sometimes, even when he stopped thinking about Tang Bai, his chest would still hurt. He even began to be unable to tell whether it was thinking about Tang Bai that made his chest hurt, or the pain in his chest made him think of Tang Bai.
He remembered the dessert Tang Bai made for him, he remembered the dance Tang Bai taught him, and he remembered the kiss Tang Bai gave him.
It tastes like strawberry, sour and sweet.
He likes Tang Bai.
I especially like Tang Bai.
He fell in love with Tang Bai from the first moment he saw her.
Why is this happening? Is it love at first sight? Why does Tang Bai like him? If Tang Bai doesn't like him, he might never understand her feelings, and they can just be good friends, and they can see each other every day.
Why is it a tragedy for him to happen that the person he likes also likes him?
Then one day, an omega handed him a love letter. The omega thought he was an alpha, so she handed him the love letter with a blushing face.
For a moment, he seemed to see Tang Bai's appearance, also with a red face and hesitant look, and the light in his eyes was beautiful and clear.
After seeing him holding the love letter, Gu Tunan confessed to him. Later, Gu Tunan told him that the hasty confession was because he looked at the omega with very gentle eyes that day. Gu Tunan said that he had never seen him look at anyone with such gentle eyes.
At that moment, Gu Tunan felt an unprecedented sense of crisis. He was not prepared for anything and just wanted to prevent others from getting there first, so he hurriedly expressed his feelings.
Gu Tunan likes him.
He had not expected this.
In fact, he often felt that he was not worthy of others' love. He was born in a humble family, had a gloomy personality, and died young.
Gu Tunan praised him, saying that he was independent, enterprising, idealistic and strong, and that he was completely different from those delicate dodders, and that he was a tree that could grow side by side with him.
Gu Tunan said that he wanted to cancel his engagement with Tang Bai for him, and that he was willing to help him hide his identity. Gu Tunan said a lot.
He frowned.
He didn't like to hear Gu Tunan use the word "vase" to describe Tang Bai. Tang Bai was not the crying useless beauty that Gu Tunan described her as. On the contrary, Tang Bai was very strong and always had a bright and warm smile. Tang Bai had his own lofty ideals. He had been studying mechanics in secret and had never given up.
What Tang Bai needs is an opportunity, an environment where he can truly show himself.
He made a lot of excuses for Tang Bai in his heart, but he didn't say a word, because this was his hidden love, so much so that he didn't want to share it with anyone.
Xie Ruheng listened quietly to Gu Tunan expressing his love for him, but he was thinking about Tang Bai in his heart.
It's a good thing that Gu Tunan and Tang Bai canceled their engagement. Gu Tunan doesn't like Tang Bai and doesn't respect Tang Bai. Such a person will not be nice to Tang Bai in the future.
Tang Bai will meet an alpha who is more suitable for him, and Tang Bai will live a happy life.
He thought Tang Bai might have known that Xiao Cheng was Xie Ruheng, because in the chief examination, he used "Long Night" to expose his identity as "Rat".
Although the image of the "rat" is not circulated on the Star Network, with the power of the Tang family, Tang Bai will definitely be able to find it as long as he wants to.
Although only Gu Tunan and a few others know that he is an omega now, if one day his identity as an omega is exposed, and the fact that he was injected with fake drugs is also exposed, will Tang Bai understand that he said those cruel words because of his life-threatening situation?
Would Tang Bai be sad when he understood? Given Tang Bai's kind character, he would feel guilty. He didn't want Tang Bai to feel sad for him.
If Tang Bai knew that he loved Gu Tunan, and he rejected Tang Bai because of Gu Tunan, if Tang Bai knew this news, would he not be so sad?
Thinking of this, he looked at Gu Tunan and whispered, "I won't live long. Will you still like me?"
Gu Tunan was stunned for a moment, but did not ask him why, and nodded to him.
"If I don't like you, will you like me?"
In fact, at this moment he felt that he was very cruel, but he was not a very noble person. After seeing Gu Tunan nodded without hesitation, Xie Ruheng smiled.
"Can I ask you for a favor? If my identity as an omega is exposed one day, before I die, I want to tell others that I like you and you like me, and that we were in love. Is that okay?"
This was a very strange request. Gu Tunan hesitated for a while, but finally nodded.
So that's what this matter is.
Xie Ruheng likes Gu Tunan.
Everyone will know, including Tang Bai.
As for Xie Ruheng, he likes Tang Bai, and this is something that only Xie Ruheng needs to know.
Many things happened later, many, many things. He had his glands removed, went to the battlefield, won military exploits, and when he triumphed, he stabbed to death a nobleman who had defiled his subordinates.
The nobleman was a member of the Cheng family and a member of parliament. He was ultimately impulsive, and many people came to see him during the time he was imprisoned.
Someone told him that Tang Bai, one of the leaders of the Omega Protection Association, was also running around for the civilian omega who was raped, and that Tang Bai was so busy with this matter that he even forgot to eat.
Gu Tuanan brought him a lunch box, saying that the whole federation should know that he had stomach problems, and that Aunt Tang was his fan. This lunch box was specially made for him by Aunt Tang, and she asked Gu Tuanan to bring it over.
He picked up the lunch box, opened it, and saw a heart-shaped fried egg.
He ate his lunch box bite by bite, eating it very cleanly.
It was still the same taste in his memory. In fact, he recognized the real owner of this bento at a glance.
He was thinking, how did he and Tang Bai get to this point today? They had been very close before, they would talk all night long, walk hand in hand under the stars, and imagine the future together.
—— "If I were to formulate the curriculum in the future, I would turn all these messy things into elective courses. Those who want to learn etiquette can go and learn it, and those who want to learn self-defense can choose it themselves. They can learn whatever they like! Federal military academies don't need to take etiquette exams anymore. They are all red tape and should have been thrown away long ago..."
——"I...I also want all the children in the slums to be able to go to school, I want everyone to have enough food to eat and wear new clothes...I also want to contract all the inhibitors for omegas and find them a normal job, not the kind of exploitative jobs in the mining areas..."
——"I really hope that every omega can do what they want to do."
......
These are the futures that Tang Bai hopes for, and he will do his best to give Tang Bai a brand new future.
Tang Bai should not be a bird in a cage, he should be a phoenix soaring into the sky.
But he was reluctant to let Tang Bai go on that uncertain road, so he let him go alone.
With the help of many people, he was acquitted and returned to the battlefield. In one battle, he led his combat team to defeat a larger force with a smaller one, and luckily won the victory, but the price was that he almost lost his life on the battlefield.
His subordinates sent him to the military doctor when he was nearly dead. Just then the effect of the disguised drug wore off and his true gender was exposed. The whole planet was shocked. They demanded that the military revoke his title and let this rebellious omega return to the right path.
Even if he has had his glands removed, he will not be in heat and affect others.
Although he was still seriously injured, he announced to everyone with a fierce force that he would take off his military uniform immediately if an alpha could defeat him.
The entire cockpit was covered in blood, but the mecha he was operating defeated all opponents with great dignity.
After winning this battle, he was sent to the ward again. Many people came to see him and many people wanted to interview him. Bai Zhi was talking to him about cooperation. In the end...
Tang Bai is here too.
Tang Bai sat in front of his bed for a long time and said to him, is it because I am an omega and Gu Tunan is an alpha, that you don’t like me and like Gu Tunan.
He said yes, and he said he only regarded Tang Bai as a friend.
Tang Bai was silent for a longer time and said, "Is that so?"
Then Tang Baiyang smiled and said to him, “Actually, it’s not bad now. You are my omega light. I wish you happiness.”
Yes, it's very good now. Tang Bai is still as handsome, proud, and dignified as before. He still looks like the young master in his memory. When he said, "You are my omega light," those beautiful eyes still sparkled with dazzling light.
It was the light he had always wanted to protect.
He said to Tang Bai, I wish you happiness too.
Everything that happened later developed as he expected. Bai Zhi used his influence to successfully implement various resolutions. The lives of people in the slums became better and better, and Tang Bai also prepared to participate in the mecha manufacturing competition.
Tang Bai gave him the rabbit mecha that he had not given away that year, and he also gave Tang Bai a book as a return gift.
If Tang Bai flipped through the book, he might find a dried rose petal on a certain page, and that page recorded a passage he liked very much:
"I have come to give you a gift. Among the many stars, I will continue to live in one of them. I will continue to laugh on that star.
That way, when you look up at the sky, it will seem as if all the stars are smiling.
It's time to say goodbye.
You know, the journey home is too long, I can't take my body with me, it's just a useless shell, there's no need to be sad about a useless shell."
Heard that people will turn into a star after death, Xie Ruheng thought that the star he turned into should be distant, small, and unsocial, and deeply immersed in dark clouds, just like his life was unconventional and unique, and deeply immersed in many impossibilities.
Thinking of this, the pair of dark phoenix eyes finally lost the last ray of light. He faced the starry sky and stayed forever on the eve of dawn.
"I have come to give you a gift... There is no need to be sad about a useless shell." From the film version of The Little Prince
These two chapters are parallel worlds from the perspective of Xiao Xie. Except for these two chapters, Xiao Xie is the alpha in this book. The difference between these two parallel worlds is Xiao Xie's gender. A little angel with the ID "海納百川" said it very well:
Isn't that what parallel worlds are like? Maybe it's just a small change, but it leads to a completely different universe, but the emotion is the same. Even in different time and space, we are still attracted to each other. Of course, the result may have a different ending because of that small change, but no matter which one it is, I will fall in love with you without hesitation.
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