ISMW Chapter 29

Yu Chen countered Pei Xingting: “You think I’m lying to you?”

 

“Isn’t that the case?” Pei Xingting earnestly advised Yu Chen, “Old Yu, it’s fine to lie to your brother, just don’t deceive yourself. It doesn’t matter if you fool your brother, we can laugh it off, and it might even give you some psychological comfort. But saying such things to fool your brother is about enough. Think about it, who else besides your brother would believe these words?”

 

Yu Chen: “…”

 

You didn’t believe me either, damn it! And you call yourself a brother?

 

“Anyway, remember to tell me when you can take leave to go out. The earlier the treatment, the earlier the discharge,” Pei Xingting sighed deeply. “For now, just look in the mirror more often every day to slow down the progression of your condition.”

 

Yu Chen gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: “I’m telling the truth.”

 

“I’m telling the truth too. The Third Highness is an alpha, and so are you. It’s already good enough if alphas don’t fight when they meet. Why would he be interested in you, a mature alpha with pungent pheromones and a hard body, instead of liking sweet little omegas with fragrant pheromones and soft bodies?” Pei Xingting was very confused, “Are you sure you haven’t misunderstood?”

 

“How could I possibly misunderstand? He even invited…”

 

Yu Chen was about to mention that Yun Xunlan had invited him to sleep in the same bed, but fearing he might have indeed misunderstood, he wanted to leave himself a way out. So he changed his words to a more subtle: “He’s been extremely nice to me.”

 

Yu Chen emphasized: “Only to me, not to others.”

 

Pei Xingting thought of a classic scenario: “The Third Highness changes his ‘War Psychology’ tutors unusually frequently. Perhaps his kindness towards you isn’t out of interest, but purely to make you more patient, to stay by his side longer, so you can tutor him in ‘War Psychology’ every day. And you’ve never been in a relationship before, so you misunderstood, mistakenly thinking the Third Highness is interested in you.”

 

Yu Chen: “……”

 

“Old Yu, say something? I’m afraid I’ve hit a sore spot, making you so hurt you can’t even speak,” Pei Xingting urged Yu Chen not to be silent, yet poked at his pain point again, “You really haven’t been in a relationship before, right? I’m not mistaken?”

 

Yu Chen didn’t respond. He simply hung up the phone.

 

Because Yu Chen realized this possibility wasn’t impossible.

 

…What if he really had misunderstood?

 

The more Yu Chen thought about it, the more troubled he became. He tossed and turned in bed for a long time, then felt that such random guessing was meaningless. He needed to use facts to determine whether he had misunderstood or not—whether Yun Xunlan was indeed interested in him, the kind of interest that wanted a romantic relationship.

 

Conveniently, there was an excellent way to confirm this right in front of Yu Chen: Yun Xunlan’s “War Psychology” grades were terrible, so he would definitely invite him for tutoring again. He just needed to see if Yun Xunlan would invite him to sleep together again during their next tutoring session.

 

If not, then there was nothing more to think about. Yun Xunlan wasn’t interested in him, and the previous invitation was just a whim.

 

If he did, then Yu Chen would agree, go sleep in the same bed with Yun Xunlan, and see how that night went. Would anything that shouldn’t happen, happen?

 

Indeed, Yu Chen had slept with other alphas before—when he was serving in the Kaiyang Legion and rest conditions were difficult during missions, he often squeezed together with several alpha colleagues to sleep.

 

However, everyone slept very properly, not even taking off their shoes. The only physical contact was when someone dreamed of fighting enemies, kicking or punching someone else. It was so annoying that after sleeping, they secretly vowed the next day never to sleep with other alphas again in this lifetime, not one, and certainly not a group.

 

Once, Yu Chen was one of those who made such a secret vow.

 

In fact, not just alphas, but betas or omegas as well—Yu Chen didn’t want to sleep with any of them, whether it was purely “sleeping” or not-so-pure “sleeping.”

 

In Yu Chen’s view, love would only affect his speed in drawing his gun, and desire was the source of all disasters and calamities. How could a top-tier strong alpha like him be troubled by emotions or hurt by lust? He should dedicate his life to his career, lonely but glorious, sleeping alone for a lifetime.

 

That’s why he had never been in a relationship.

 

It wasn’t that he couldn’t have a relationship, but that being single was more cost-effective.

 

Who could have guessed?

 

Now he was about to break his vow and sleep with another alpha again.

 

Moreover, the situation he faced this time was different from before. Previously, at most there was a risk of being hit or kicked, but now there was a risk of losing his virginity.

 

In short, sleeping with someone else was an extremely dangerous thing.

 

Thinking of this, Yu Chen was moved to express himself.

 

He sat up from the bed, frowning deeply with a serious expression, and logged into his starnet account to update a status:

 

[Blue: My life is like treading on thin ice…]

 

Within three seconds of posting, two private messages came in—

 

[Novice Fish Keeper: I saw your latest status, do you have something on your mind? If you don’t mind, you can talk to me about it.]

 

[Novice Fish Keeper: By the way, I’m taking good care of our baby, you don’t need to worry about it.]

 

Yu Chen: “?”

 

Why was this online pervert still watching him?

 

Even though he had been keeping a low profile lately, rarely posting updates, careful not to speak loudly every day for fear of alarming the world, being so cautious and careful, he still couldn’t escape the online pervert’s gaze.

 

Indeed, the character for “lust” has a knife on top, getting close would bring misfortune.

 

Yu Chen distanced himself: [Blue: I mind very much. There’s nothing to talk about with someone like you.]

 

[Novice Fish Keeper: Not even about our baby?]

 

Hell no.

 

Although Semyu Company later sent a brand new Comet-S7 as compensation, Yu Chen still felt that his beloved Comet-S7 had been tainted, dirtied, and defiled by someone else. He had Semu Company send the Comet-S7 directly to his apartment and hadn’t seen it yet.

 

Yu Chen hadn’t even had the chance to avenge this theft of his beloved car when Novice Fish Keeper boldly approached him to provoke him.

 

If it weren’t for remembering the lesson that speaking without restraint can lead to retribution, Yu Chen would definitely have cursed.

 

He borrowed patience and civility from his next life to suppress his anger and replied to Novice Fish Keeper: [Blue: That Comet-S7 is yours since you paid for it. It has nothing to do with me, not even a hair’s worth of connection. Stop using it to try to get close to me or make friends. People should have basic moral concepts, understand? So I’ll say it one last time: Have some self-respect, please.]

 

“…Yu Chen is telling me to have self-respect again?”

 

Yun Xunlan widened his eyes slightly, staring in surprise at Yu Chen’s reply, and asked the system: “Is privately chatting with him online a lack of self-respect?”

 

Why?

 

It’s just private chatting, not nude chatting, how is that disrespectful?

 

The system said: “Maybe the misunderstanding from before when Yu Chen thought you were gay hasn’t been cleared up. He might think you want to have a gay relationship with him. You should explain to him again.”

 

Yun Xunlan immediately typed: [Novice Fish Keeper: Don’t misunderstand, I don’t want to have a gay relationship with you, I’m not gay. I just want to be friends with you, to be brothers.]

 

Hah!

 

What friendship? What brotherhood?

 

Just like Yun Xunlan’s “kindred spirit” talk, these were all excuses to sleep with him!

 

Yu Chen quickly typed back: [Blue: Absolutely not. Our zodiac signs don’t match. Forcing a brotherhood would be unlucky. Go find someone else.]

 

Zodiac signs don’t match? That can’t be right.

 

This starnet account was his alternate account, with a fake birthday. Yu Chen must have calculated wrong.

 

But Yun Xunlan couldn’t reveal his real birth date and zodiac sign, or his true identity might be easily exposed.

 

…What to do then?

 

Seeing that the friendship route wasn’t working, and the romance path was also blocked, Yun Xunlan could only use his last tactic, to see if he could develop a familial relationship with Yu Chen: [Novice Fish Keeper: If our zodiac signs don’t match for brotherhood, how about we become sworn family? Can we be sworn father and son?]

 

To ensure this plan would work, Yun Xunlan deliberately didn’t specify who would be the father and who would be the son, leaving Yu Chen complete freedom of choice.

 

Unfortunately, Yu Chen didn’t appreciate Yun Xunlan’s thoughtfulness at all.

 

After reading it, Yu Chen cursed: “…What the fuck?”

 

Damn it, now he’s bringing up adopted sons and fathers? Is this guy naturally this kinky? Or is he insulting him in a roundabout way?

 

Yu Chen was truly at a loss.

 

He wanted to curse back, but he was afraid that someone as perverted as Novice Fish Keeper might actually enjoy being insulted, or worse, respond with “Say more, I love it.”

 

Yu Chen couldn’t understand why he had attracted such a persistent online pervert.

 

He now just wanted to block the “Novice Fish Keeper” account.

 

Otherwise, seeing these perverted comments too often would make Yu Chen feel like he himself had become dirty, impure, defiled by a wild online pervert.

 

But the principle remained—wouldn’t blocking prove that he had chickened out? That he was flustered? That he couldn’t handle it?

 

And who was Yu Chen?

 

A person who could score full marks in “War Psychology.”

 

He immediately came up with an idea: [Blue: I only become brothers with people who can score full marks in “War Psychology.” If you want to be my son, you need to score at least 99 points. What’s your score?]

 

[Novice Fish Keeper: …]

 

[Novice Fish Keeper: I’m sorry for bothering you.]

 

Yu Chen: “?”

 

That worked?

 

First, the Third Prince went through eight tutors in a year, and now a perverted online stalker was scared off by high “War Psychology” scores. Yu Chen was stunned by this scene.

 

He wondered: “Is this course… really that difficult?”

 

“This course is so difficult—”

 

Yun Xunlan, who had just scored zero in Yu Chen’s test not long ago, pressed his forehead and frowned worriedly, saying to the system: “Little Hermit, I’m afraid I can’t do anything with Yu Chen now.”

 

“The internet is too deep for you to handle, that’s normal. But you’re developing well with Yu Chen in reality,” the system consoled Yun Xunlan, encouraging him. “Besides, you and Yu Chen haven’t even slept foot-to-foot yet. Think about your ‘Quick Guide to Becoming Good Brothers’ book—how many times did the protagonist sleep with his good brother before becoming best friends? So don’t be discouraged now, try sleeping with Yu Chen eighty or ninety times first.”

 

“As for the sworn father-son relationship… let’s wait until you can’t become brothers first.”

 

Yun Xunlan felt the system’s words made sense.

 

Moreover, he wasn’t the type to give up easily.

 

Once these two days of observation were over, he would quickly get Yu Chen to sleep foot-to-foot with him once, to see how that sleep went. Was there hope of becoming good brothers? If one time wasn’t enough, then they’d sleep together twice.

 

After all, he and Yu Chen still had ten years to sleep together. What if they became good brothers after sleeping together many times?

 

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