The students crowding at the entrance of the private dining room were struck speechless, especially those who had been making noise at the front just moments ago.
A few students who fell behind managed to peek through the gaps and see what was happening inside.
They saw a man sitting at the dining table wearing a dress shirt and black military pants.
The man glanced at the students blocking the doorway, his expression barely changing. His emotions were unreadable as he sat there, speaking in a calm voice devoid of any feeling.
“I know what happened. Forget my son, even I want to beat you all up.”
The students at the door turned bright red, unable to utter a word.
Besides the students, the hotel manager also came along. Upon hearing what was said inside, he was stunned. How could someone add fuel to the fire like this! How could a parent say they also wanted to beat up these students?
No wonder the kid who did the beating was so vicious, with a father who spoiled him like this, how could he not be?
These students were all red-faced, their ears flushed…
Oh boy.
Were they about to explode with anger?
This won’t do, can’t let this escalate.
The manager was really scared. If another fight broke out, he’d have no choice but to call the police!
He pushed through the crowd, saying as he squeezed through, “That’s not how you should talk as a parent. These kids had their limbs broken, and while they were wrong, your child went too far. I think we should just pay for medical expenses and apologize…”
The restaurant manager tried to enter the private room, but several students reached out to cover his mouth.
“Shut up!”
“Be quiet!”
…
The students yelled at him, and someone even kicked him from behind.
Wasn’t he trying to help these beaten students? Why were they all scolding him and covering his mouth?
He looked at the students in confusion and turned his head with difficulty to look into the private room. He just wanted to see what this overprotective father looked like.
“War… War God…” The restaurant manager’s mind went blank as he stared incredulously at Ji Chong in the private room.
How did this situation just get even bigger…
Everyone present was dumbfounded. Who could have imagined that the person in the private room was the Federation’s War God Ji Chong? Reporting to parents only to end up face-to-face with the War God. It felt absurd.
Li Wenfeng’s last hope shattered when he heard Ji Chong’s words. He looked at Ji Rong, who was squeezed into a corner, with complex emotions. Couldn’t you have mentioned your dad was the War God? If they had known, would they have dared to come?
Every one of these students had grown up hearing stories about the War God. They had practically been raised on tales of his deeds!
The group of students who had been so bold and aggressive earlier now had their hearts crushed by their idol’s words. They all deflated like punctured balloons, hanging their heads low.
Silik shrugged, finding it amusing to see the previously arrogant students looking so pitiful, especially after how they had confronted him earlier.
If they were this shaken just meeting the Marshal, they’d probably faint if they knew the other person’s identity.
However, it was strange. Why would the Iron-Blooded Emperor come along when the Marshal was visiting his son? The two seemed quite close.
Silik suppressed his curiosity and turned his attention back to the students, who probably couldn’t even muster a fart right now.
…
At the hospital-
The military school students arrived at the hospital with Silik. Only when he went to help them pay the fees did they finally let out a long sigh of relief.
Li Wenfeng and his group never imagined that their attempt to shame Ji Rong by reporting to his parent would end with them unable to lift their heads in shame from just one sentence from Ji Rong’s father. They stood pitifully at the doorway like scolded children, not daring to speak, until the Marshal ordered his staff to take them to the hospital for treatment.
…
“Chao-ge, let me be honest with you. Don’t be upset.” A male student said with furrowed brows.
The student who had been most vocal about Jiang Yuan earlier now had his broken hand reset. Hearing his companion’s words, he nodded, “Go ahead.”
“You went too far with what you said today. Whether Omegas attend military school or not is a national matter,” the student sat up straight and continued, “Besides, suppressants have been around for so long, and Omegas have proven their capabilities in the workforce.
“It’s fine that we don’t get along with First Military Academy, but we shouldn’t bring up someone’s gender. Who doesn’t have Omega relatives in their family?”
“I know I was wrong, I’ll never say it again!” That student’s face fell upon hearing his friend’s words, and he repeatedly apologized.
Being just students, once he admitted his mistake, they put the day’s events behind them and started chatting.
“Who would’ve thought Ji Rong’s father was the War God? Wasn’t he supposed to be single?”
“Come to think of it, they do look somewhat alike…”
“Right, there was another person in the private room, probably the War God’s mate?”
“Must be! Too bad we didn’t dare look closely…”
As they whispered among themselves, Silik returned from paying the fees. He had planned to leave after making sure the students were okay, but upon hearing these words, he sharply flicked the forehead of one of the talking students with his middle and index fingers.
“Ow, who-!” The struck student rolled up his sleeve and turned around, ready to fight whoever had hit him, but immediately deflated upon seeing Silik. Rubbing his head, his tone changed to one of complaint, “Why did you hit me…”
“You ignorant bunch, what nonsense are you spouting?” Silik said nervously. “How could that person be the War God’s mate? What nonsense! Do you have a death wish?!”
Seeing Silik’s serious look, one student felt he was overreacting and muttered, “Is it really that serious? No matter how impressive that person is, they can’t be more powerful than the War God, right?”
Silik shook his head. These kids were still too young. “Heh.”
In some ways, His Majesty the Emperor was indeed more powerful than the War God. After all, before his abdication, his authority was above the law, while in the Federation, even the Marshal was bound by law.
But he didn’t feel like explaining anything to these students now. After all, the Iron-Blooded Emperor’s visit to the Federation needed to remain confidential. Silik paused before speaking, “Since everyone’s fine now, I’ll head back.”
After Silik left, the students exchanged glances but didn’t dare continue discussing Horace. Although Silik didn’t directly answer their questions, his scoff was clearly mocking their ignorance. If that person wasn’t the War God’s mate but was dining with him, they must be someone important in the interstellar world!
Everyone shook their heads with bitter smiles. Today was such a disaster!
…
After that episode, their meal wasn’t affected too much. Once the Second Military Academy students left, Ji Chong still wanted to say a few words to Ji Rong.
But after just one sentence, Jiang Yuan noticed that Ji Rong’s Omega father directly pinched Ji Chong’s arm twice.
And their Federation’s War God didn’t dare get angry… or speak. He could only drop the matter after a couple of sentences.
Fortunately, the hospital wasn’t far. Silik returned just as they finished eating. After some casual chat, they all left the restaurant to say goodbye.
“We’ll be going now. Take care of yourselves, you two,” Horace said.
Silik, standing not far from Horace, nodded slightly. Seems you can’t believe all the interstellar legends!
Everyone said how frightening the Iron-Blooded Emperor was! But look how gentle His Majesty is now, even reminding the two kids to take care of themselves!
Just as Silik was lost in thought, he heard Ji Rong say cheerfully, “Dad, we know! Don’t worry!”
Huh?
Dad?
Who are you calling Dad?
Silik looked at Ji Rong, seemingly realizing something. He shuddered violently, his mouth hanging open, all his previous assumptions instantly wiped clean by this sudden revelation.
“So he really is the War God’s mate…” Silik muttered.
His admiration for the War God overflowed even more.
He dared to court the Iron-Blooded Emperor!
The War God truly lived up to his name!
Mind blown!
No wonder the War God patted the Emperor’s head earlier!
So that’s the kind of relationship you have!
The two parents hadn’t planned to stay on Earth for long, so after dining with them, they drove straight to the military spaceport.
“By the way, Ji Rong, what’s your dad’s identity exactly? The military even needs to assign protection, and the warship being at the military spaceport is because of this father you just reconnected with, right?” Jiang Yuan asked Ji Rong while watching their retreating figures.
Ji Rong: “…”
When Jiang Yuan didn’t hear an answer, he turned to look at Ji Rong and noticed his strange expression. “What’s wrong? Don’t tell me you can’t say?”
Ji Rong shook his head with a bitter smile. “Of course I can tell you.
“My dad’s name is – Horace.”
Jiang Yuan: ???
Ji Rong: “Yes, the one you’re thinking of.”
Jiang Yuan: “…”
Jiang Yuan: “The one who abdicated for love?”
Somehow, Jiang Yuan recalled what someone had said that day in the cafeteria.
Ji Rong: “Yeah… the one who abdicated for love.”
Looking at Ji Rong, Jiang Yuan didn’t know what to say. This guy’s background was already insane, having a Marshal for a father. Now, his newly reconnected dad turned out to be the Emperor of the strongest interstellar nation.
***
Three months later, the holiday finally arrived.
All military school students boarded their ships home, Jiang Yuan included. He had just found his seat when he noticed messages continuously popping up on his communicator.
Class group chat-
“HAHAHA, I’m dying of laughter, have you seen the post on Star Wars?”
“What post? Been busy with exams, haven’t logged into Star Wars at all.”
“It’s about this Alpha who got scammed. The post got ‘HAHA’d’ almost a million times, it’s absolutely hilarious.”
…
“Here, here’s the link!”
Jiang Yuan glanced at it and saw the title ‘Warning to all Alphas: Be careful when meeting your online dates in person’.
Ji Yang, who was sitting nearby, noticed Jiang Yuan reading the messages and leaned over to look. He immediately laughed, “I thought it was something serious. Turns out it’s this post. Honestly, that player’s pretty unlucky.”
After hearing what Ji Yang said, Jiang Yuan became interested and clicked through to browse the post.
[Warning to all Alphas: Be careful when meeting your online dates in person]
“I’m literally crying right now. It all started when this little cutie joined our team.”
“Damn it… Cute my ass! You all need to be careful of those adorably sweet types!”
“I’m a team captain, and there was this person in my team who spoke in such a cutesy way.”
…
“We weren’t close at first, but whenever I spoke in the team chat, he would join the conversation. As we talked more, we became friends.”
“He was seriously so cute when he talked, all soft and sweet, calling me ‘gege’ and being as sugary as possible. Just imagine! A pretty Omega acting all cute and calling you gege. What Alpha could resist that?”
“He asked me to carry him in ranked matches. Since I’m the captain, I thought it wouldn’t hurt to help out a team member. But god, he was terrible! I swear I’ve never seen anyone so bad. Even a dog could play better!”
“Still, I painfully helped him rank up. What could I do when he kept calling me gege?”
…
“We got closer since we played together often. At one point, we had some friction with a boosting team, and he was being harassed during that time. We started talking more because of that, and eventually, I couldn’t help but confess to him.”
“Looking back now, what the hell was I thinking confessing?! I hadn’t even seen his photo. I was literally asking for trouble!”
…
“We just met in person.”
“Who could’ve guessed? The sweet little Omega who kept calling me gege turned out to be a strong Alpha. I wanted to die right there. I even booked a luxury couple suite when I went to meet them. Just thinking about it makes my heart ache.”
“He’s in the shower right now. If I leave now, I should still make it, right?”
…
A few days after OP posted this message, they appeared in the thread again.
OP: “Alphas, protect yourselves when dating online. I can’t say more… it’s too painful to talk about.”
After OP’s final message, they never replied again. Many people asked about what happened next, but OP remained silent. Later, someone in the thread posted “hahaha,” and after that, it was nothing but “hahaha” – the thread exploded with millions of “hahaha” responses!
“What are you reading?”
Ji Rong, who had just finished putting away his luggage, saw Jiang Yuan looking down at his communicator and sat beside him to ask.
“Oh, just an interesting post,” Jiang Yuan replied casually, holding the communicator out to Ji Rong.
After reading the post, Ji Rong just smiled and handed the communicator back to Jiang Yuan. Then, with a slightly worried look, he asked, “For this trip home, when we go to your place, will your mother dislike me?”
“Don’t worry, my mom is easy to get along with,” Jiang Yuan said with an amused look at the concerned Ji Rong.
“I’m still a bit worried…”
“Ahem, ahem, you guys are going too far!” Ji Yang, who was sitting opposite them, cleared his throat with a fist to his mouth. “Consider my feelings, won’t you!”
Jiang Yuan looked at Ji Yang with amusement, “What feelings? Aren’t things going well with your Su-ge?”
“Well yes, but we can’t see each other every day like you two. He has business to take care of on Earth…” Ji Yang said helplessly. “And he can’t come home with me…”
“Hey, why don’t you two come stay at my place for a while before going home?” Ji Yang suggested.
Jiang Yuan shook his head, “My mom’s been really worried about my situation. I have to go home first, then to Noth. Professor also assigned me a task. If there’s still time during the break, I’ll come visit you.”
Before this break, besides exams, he had been helping test mecha performance in the lab. Now that some of the mechas from that batch had been produced and shipped to Planet Noth, Professor Xu Chen, knowing he was going to Planet Noth with Ji Rong, had given him a task – to help the border star soldiers quickly familiarize themselves with the ‘White Throne’s’ operation.
“Well… okay,” Ji Yang nodded after hesitating. “But it’s strange that your pheromones haven’t become unstable even though you suddenly turned into an Omega.”
“Still, you should try to come to Puluo Star during the break. I can help you arrange a check-up at the research institute. Although there’s no instability now, it’s better to have a check-up just to be safe.”
Hearing Ji Yang’s words, Jiang Yuan felt warmth in his heart, knowing Ji Yang was worried about him. He nodded, “Okay, I’ll come once I’ve taken care of everything!”
Puluo Star was the hometown of Yin Si’er, the scientist who invented suppressants. In the entire interstellar space, Puluo Star had the most thorough research on pheromones!
For both checking and treating pheromone instability, Puluo Star was absolutely the best choice.
That evening, Jiang Yuan and Ji Rong played Star Wars again. After several thrilling battles, Jiang Yuan was about to log off when a player’s ID in the team caught his attention. They had @-ed him several times in the team chat.
[Team] Xun Hu[mfn]薰 (xūn) means “fragrant” or “aromatic.” 萀 (hǔ) doesn’t have a clear meaning in the MDBG dictionary and I cannot find other explanation, except that it’s a homonym of tiger (虎 hǔ)[/mfn]: Hey, Jiang Jiang, Black Tiger and I are just one star away from King rank, but we’ve been stuck here for days. How about giving us a carry?
[Team] Jiang Bu Xi Zhou: Who are you?
[Team] Xun Hu: Oh, I forgot I changed my name. I’m [I’m So Cute].
[Team] Jiang Bu Xi Zhou: ???
[Private] Jiang Bu Xi Zhou: Your ID?
[Private] Xun Hu: You know what it means
[Private] Jiang Bu Xi Zhou: ???
[Private] Xun Hu: It means ‘fuck’ you know QWQ
[Private] Jiang Bu Xi Zhou: You’re an Alpha?
[Private] Xun Hu: What else would I be? QAQ
[Private] Jiang Bu Xi Zhou: Does the captain know?
[Private] Xun Hu: We have matching couple names~
[Private] Jiang Bu Xi Zhou: …
Jiang Yuan’s mouth twitched as he thought of the forum post he saw in the class group chat earlier today.
[Private] Jiang Bu Xi Zhou: That OP who got millions of “haha” responses… was that the captain?
[Private] Xun Hu: Yeah, that’s him. Since you know, please don’t laugh at him. I’m worried he might do something silly 0.0
[Private] Xun Hu: Gege, please carry us, just one game! QWQ
[Private] Jiang Bu Xi Zhou: ???
[Private] Jiang Bu Xi Zhou: Are you sure you want to keep calling me gege and using QWQ in every message?
[Private] Xun Hu: I’ve been pretending for so long, it’s become a habit…
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Okay I suspected Jiang Yuan’s hunch was right that this teammate was actually an alpha lol
Bet the captain got his cherry busted by the fake omega.. lol.. No wonder he said that it was painful..
LMFAO! I knew that little cutie was an Alpha! Ahahhahahaha I’ve read something like that this before