Fu Yanxi had only felt smug for two minutes before his eyebrows dropped again. He lay on the table with a melancholy expression: “I was thinking earlier… When we could take leave, I would definitely go to Elianxia to eat lychee rose ice cream, and definitely make Yu Chen pay for it.”
He glared at Yu Chen: “This is the price you must pay for hearing that ‘Dad’!”
After glaring, he lay back on the table and continued to be melancholy: “Sigh… who knew that now that we’re on leave, I’m not in the mood to eat. Maybe next time.”
Yu Chen glanced at the blue betta fish, whose face he had never seen as it only showed its backside to him, and broke his promise: “Don’t wait. I won’t treat you guys.”
As soon as he said this, Lu You immediately looked at Yu Chen.
Gui Yan also widened his eyes: “Yu Chen, you want to owe us and not pay back?”
“I’ll pay you back tenfold,” Yu Chen opened his light brain to transfer money to them. “Go eat something else, don’t eat that ice cream.”
Fu Yanxi accepted the red envelope first, then said: “I won’t. Not only will I eat it, I’ll eat ten.”
Gui Yan followed suit: “I’ll add my own money and eat twenty.”
Even Lu You raised an eyebrow and said concisely: “Thirty.”
Yu Chen: “…”
He raised his eyelids, his blue eyes coldly glaring at the culprit, Fu Yanxi: “Don’t force me to beat you up.”
“So many people in the entire empire have eaten it,” Fu Yanxi crossed his arms and retorted. “You can’t beat them all up, can you?”
Yu Chen said: “I can ignore the others I can’t see right now, but I’ll definitely beat you up if you eat it.”
“You beast!”
As soon as Yu Chen finished speaking, a deep-voiced curse echoed through the cafeteria.
“That’s right,” Gui Yan nodded. “Yu Chen, reflect on whether what you said was human. Look, even Song Tingxiao couldn’t stand it and called you a beast.”
“Huh?”
Song Tingxiao, who was pounding the table with an angry face, turned his head and waved his hand: “No, no, no, I’m not cursing Yu Chen. I’m cursing those space pirates. They actually deny that they came to assassinate the Third Highness!”
His brother Song Tingyan frowned, helping to explain his brother’s reason for anger: “On the day the Third Highness was assassinated, didn’t you leave three survivors? They were all caught by the guard squad, but during interrogation, they actually had the nerve to say they wanted to give the Third Highness a surprise, to deliver birthday wishes. They claimed they had no intention of assassination, and even turned the tables, slandering Yu Chen, Fu Yanxi, and you all for killing them without asking questions, accusing you of murder.”
The beautiful alpha Luo Di also pounded the table: “Bullshit! The Third Highness’s birthday passed over a month ago. What kind of wishes are they sending? How can they be even more uncouth than Yu Chen? They’re worse than beasts!”
Yu Chen: “?”
“So I’m very angry,” Song Tingxiao pointed at his chest. “But the launch site of that missile still can’t be found, and it used a galaxy-wide common model, untraceable. Those Hyena mechs didn’t fire any high-lethality weapons either, all defensive jamming bombs. And their mouths are even tougher than Yu Chen’s, not a bit of useful information can be pried out.”
Yu Chen: “???”
Ji Bai and Zhu Shuiqin gathered around again, asking worriedly: “So we have no way to deal with them at all?”
“No,” Song Tingyan shook his head. “Someone provided us with a clue, and you’ll never guess who it was.”
The newcomer Zhu Shuiqin asked again: “Who was it?”
Song Tingyan looked at her: “It was Zhou Shun, the one who gave up his position for you.”
“How could it be him?” Fu Yanxi was puzzled. “He’s already been kicked out, where did he get such confidential information?”
Song Tingxiao said: “At first, my brother and I were also very confused.”
After leaving the Royal Guard, Zhou Shun returned to his original legion, receiving ideological and moral education every day, writing self-criticisms, reflecting on himself, correcting his mistakes, and treating his omega boyfriend much more considerately and gently than before.
Unexpectedly, his previously always cute and obedient omega boyfriend chose this time to break up with Zhou Shun, angrily denouncing Zhou Shun’s various past mistakes, calling him a scumbag.
In the past, Zhou Shun would have thought this omega was a gold-digger who only cared about money, breaking up with him because his future was ruined. In short, the fault would lie with the omega, with the world, not with himself.
But there was one person whose words Zhou Shun believed could never be wrong, and that person was Yun Xunlan.
Zhou Shun took every word of Yun Xunlan’s as gospel, so when his omega boyfriend scolded him, he didn’t get angry. He continued to reflect on himself, write self-criticisms and repentance letters, and even prepared to pay a large sum of money as a breakup fee to compensate his omega boyfriend for the grievances he had suffered with him.
As Zhou Shun reflected, he realized there was a problem.
He couldn’t understand why his omega boyfriend could tolerate him when he was a scumbag, but wanted to break up when he became a normal person.
Moreover, this omega boyfriend often inquired about Yun Xunlan’s news.
Initially, they got together because they both liked and admired Yun Xunlan. After getting together, Zhou Shun didn’t cherish his omega boyfriend, not only because he despised omegas, but also because he felt this omega wasn’t as fanatical about Yun Xunlan as he was.
—This was very abnormal.
The more Zhou Shun thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. So he secretly investigated his boyfriend, and discovered that his omega boyfriend’s Galactic Empire citizen identity was forged. He quickly reported this information to the guard squad for further investigation.
“Upon investigation, the guard squad found that not only was his omega boyfriend an undercover agent, but his former friends-with-benefits—a female beta—was also an undercover agent,” Song Tingxiao spread his hands. “But Zhou Shun, you see, despises betas even more than omegas. He only had casual relationships with betas, not committed ones. When that female beta couldn’t get information from him, they switched to a male omega.”
Song Tingyan nodded in agreement with his brother: “The male omega undercover agent acted submissively to serve Zhou Shun, but Zhou Shun was indifferent to him. Not cheating was considered good enough, let alone leaking the Third Highness’s whereabouts. When Zhou Shun reformed, he was kicked out of the Royal Guard and lost access to the Third Highness. If I were that undercover agent, I’d be furious.”
Everyone: “…”
Lu You pressed his temples: “He’s really something else.”
Yu Chen was also speechless: “It’s hard to evaluate.”
“This incident teaches us a lesson,” Song Tingxiao raised his index finger, concluding, “You never know what big secret your bedmate is hiding from you.”
As he said the word “secret”, his gaze happened to meet Yu Chen’s eyes.
Yu Chen’s expression didn’t change, but the light in his eyes dimmed slightly for a moment.
Song Tingxiao didn’t notice and continued: “So before our service term in the guard is up, we’d better not date anyone. Sleeping with others is not okay either! My brother agrees with me, he has no objections. Who’s in favor? Who’s against?”
Yu Chen: “I’m again—”
Ji Bai raised his hand: “I agree!”
Gui Yan agreed with both hands: “I agree too!”
Lu You: “I’m asexual.”
Zhu Shuiqin said: “I’m a single-ist.”
Luo Di: “I only love 2D characters.”
“Great!” Fu Yanxi stood up, raising his arm high, “Then let’s all not date. Whoever dates is a dog!”
Yu Chen: “…”
Fu Yanxi stared at him: “Yu Chen, what were you about to say just now?”
Yu Chen tilted his head back and turned his neck. Although he was sitting, he looked down at everyone with an imposing attitude and finished his sentence: “I’m against it.”
Fu Yanxi couldn’t beat him, so he sat down: “This kind of talk doesn’t promote unity. For the Third Highness’s sake, let’s pretend we didn’t hear you say that today. Don’t say it again in the future, okay?”
Fu Yanxi couldn’t beat him, so he sat down: “This kind of talk doesn’t promote unity. For the Third Highness’s sake, let’s pretend we didn’t hear you say that today. Don’t say it again in the future, okay?”
“I said I’m against it,” Yu Chen turned to face Fu Yanxi, repeating himself. “Do you have any brilliant insights you’d like to share?”
Fu Yanxi said: “Can’t you stop opposing? What’s the point of dating? We’re all colleagues, we should be united and friendly. Don’t always isolate yourself from us.”
Gui Yan also tried to persuade him: “That’s right, Brother Yu. You know your own temper. You’re always cursing one person and punching another. We’re afraid you won’t be able to control yourself and might bully your future wife.”
“I admit, I do have a bit of a tendency to curse people, but there are three things I never curse,” Yu Chen leaned back, resting his right hand on the chair back, and held up three fingers with his left hand, saying, “One, I don’t curse the motherland. Two, I don’t curse my parents. Three, I don’t curse my wife.”
“This is my principle. Don’t treat me like someone without class like Zhou Shun, okay? I’ll never curse my wife in this lifetime, no matter who else I might curse.”
After hearing this, Gui Yan stopped trying to persuade Yu Chen and turned to Fu Yanxi: “Brother Xi, it seems we don’t need to worry. Do you remember what Yu Chen said during his interview?”
“Oh, I remember,” Fu Yanxi had a sudden realization and said with a smile, “Go ahead and date, Yu Chen. I wish you happiness.”
Yu Chen: “?”
“What happiness?” Dike walked into the cafeteria, just in time to hear this sentence.
Fu Yanxi said: “Reporting, Commander. We were talking about Yu Chen’s happiness.”
“I also think he’s happy,” Unexpectedly, Dike nodded in agreement upon hearing this. He looked at Yu Chen with an incredulous gaze and asked, “Yu Chen, what did you do? The Third Highness, as soon as he woke up, said he wanted to see you.”
Fu Yanxi: “…?”
