Pei Yi took a small spoonful of white porridge and frowned. “Wu, it hurts.”

When Bo Yueming saw this scene, he simply dismissed Uncle Kai and the two servants. When they were the only two left in the dining room, he tenderly moved closer to his lover.

“Let me see, where does it hurt?”

“What doesn’t hurt?” Pei Yi spoke sharply, somewhat unable to open his mouth, and glared at him angrily. “It’s all your fault!”

As he spoke, he put the bowl and spoon back on the table. “This porridge is too hot.” 

He couldn’t open his mouth and couldn’t eat!

Bo Yueming saw that he was fooling around and having a small temper, and took the bowl and spoon, stirring it to cool it down. “Didn’t you insist on doing it last night to try something new?”

“That — hiss!” Pei Yi’s cheeks were so swollen that he shrank back, blaming vaguely, “Then I begged for mercy later, but you, you wouldn’t stop, ah.”

A certain person was comfortable, but he was dead tired.

“Okay, okay. Blame me, blame me.”

Bo Yueming scooped up a mouthful of cooled porridge and coaxed it to his mouth. “Eat slowly, you’ll get used to it later.”

Pei Yi continued to act like a child. He took back the bowl and spoon from his lover’s hands and dug into the porridge.

Bo Yueming rubbed the hair at the back of his head and said. “It’s almost ten o’clock. Do you still want to go to the studio? Why don’t you stay home and have a good rest for a couple of days?”

Last night, he took into consideration that his lover would be tired after a four to five day business trip, and restrained himself in some intimate actions.

But his kitten was still a little wilted after waking up today, looking cute and pitiful.

“At most, I’ll just take a nap again.” Pei Yi shook his head and spoke a little more fluently. “I have to return Pear Garden’s cell phone in the afternoon.”

When he said that last sentence, his eyes lit up with obvious curiosity.

Bo Yueming understood perfectly. “Are you going there to return the phone? Or are you going to satisfy your curiosity?”

Pei Yi took a bite of soft cooked eggs and said confidently, “The former is supplementary and the latter is primary, isn’t that fine?”

Yan Cen and Li Yuan got involved without saying a word, which was beyond expectation!

No matter what, he should use the prying spirit of a gossip paparazzi to get more exclusive information without his friend giving him the cold shoulder.

Bo Yueming glanced at the time and said, “Then let me take you there later? I have a cross-country video conference at 10:30 and I really can’t spare the time. Can I pick you up in the afternoon?”

Pei Yi nodded as he filled his stomach. “En, you handle your business and I’ll go up and sleep for a while.”

Bo Yueming smiled and held his hand. “It just so happens that I need to go upstairs and get something. Can I carry you?”

Although it was only a few steps away, Pei Yi still hugged his lover’s arm unceremoniously.

After all, they didn’t do it a lot last night, but that didn’t mean they didn’t do it hard. Everywhere was sore.

. . . . . . .

— Ding dong.

The elevator doors on both sides opened simultaneously.

Pei Yi walked out of the elevator slowly, and happened to meet Li Yuan who was walking out next to him.

The eyes of the two met, and they were both a little surprised.

Pei Yi was the first to ask, “Pear Garden, you aren’t just getting to work at this time, right?”

Since the establishment of YWY Studios, his friend had practically taken root in the studio. Except for necessary work outside, he had almost never been late or left early.

“……”

Li Yuan was silent for two seconds, then asked, “What about you? Why are you coming to work at this hour?”

“……”

Now, the person who couldn’t answer became Pei Yi.

Why had he come to work at this hour?

Of course it was because he had gone too far the night before and couldn’t get up this morning.

Pei Yi murmured guiltily, “I didn’t sleep well those days we were on the business trip, so I slept a little deeper last night. Anyway, we came back a day early, so it’s not considered absenteeism today, right? Little boss Li?”

Li Yuan teased back, “You’re the boss, you have the final say.”

The two chatted side by side while walking toward the office.

Pei Yi and Li Yuan’s offices were connected together, with opaque frosted glass in the middle as a privacy barrier.

In addition to their respective normal entrance and exit doors, there was also a small archway in the middle to walk through.

—Knock, knock.

Li Yuan, who was sitting in front of the computer, raised his eyes and saw his friend’s figure reappearing in the arched doorway.

Pei Yi leaned against the wall, not stepping into his friend’s office without permission. “Little boss Li, are you free? I have something to return to you.”

Li Yuan was helpless. “Just come in, why are you being so polite?”

Pei Yi approached and handed back the cell phone in his coat pocket. “Here, you left it in the restaurant yesterday. When I found it, I tried to chase you down and return it to you, but…..”

Pei Yi thought of the brief scene he had seen in the parking lot. He feared his friend would be embarrassed, so he changed his words, “I thought you guys had already driven away, so I kept it for you temporarily.”

“Thank you.”

Upon seeing his lost cell phone, Li Yuan’s cold features filled with a smile. “I thought I accidentally lost it at the airport last night, and I was planning to go buy a new one after getting off work.”

Pei Yi simply sat down opposite him, his curiosity slowly igniting. “Pear Garden, do you think of me as a friend?”

Li Yuan charged up his phone. “Of course, what kind of question is this?”

Pei Yi didn’t fool around. “Then what’s going on between you and Yan Cen? I still remember that around the New Year, you said you wouldn’t have a relationship, but last night you guys…..”

He paused, changing his tune perfectly. “The atmosphere at the dinner table didn’t seem like ‘nothing.’”

Li Yuan was helpless. “I think you should change your career and become an entertainment paparazzi.”

Pei Yi randomly picked up a pen from the pen holder and used it as a microphone. “Mr. Li, what is going on?”

“Just, nothing happened.” Li Yuan didn’t know where to start. “I don’t know what to say.”

“Then let me ask you, after Yan Cen sent you home last night, did he stay or did he leave?”

Pei Yi directly confirmed the key point, and didn’t forget to add appropriately, “If you really don’t want to talk, then my ‘gossip interview’ will end here.”

Li Yuan had absolute trust in Pei Yi and felt that he could share emotional matters with him, a good friend. “H-he stayed.”

Pei suddenly pricked up his gossip ears. “You guys didn’t sleep together, did you?!”

When his friend’s eyes suddenly widened, Li Yuan was so frightened that he slapped the table and stood up. “No! We didn’t!”

“Yan Cen has had a cold the past two days and didn’t feel well. After dropping me off at my house last night, he couldn’t hold on any longer…..”

Li Yuan had initially just wanted Yan Cen to come upstairs and drink a cup of warm water for his dizziness, then find a driver to take him back, but last night was strange—

He couldn’t find a driver no matter what, so in the course of time, it became an overnight stay.

Not feeling well?

What about pressing someone against a car door and asking for a kiss?

If he remembered correctly, the “Yan Cen” written in the original text was a typical representation of someone who was gentle on the outside and black-bellied inside.

If Yan Cen deliberately tried to act weak and pitiful, then Li Yuan would become completely soft-hearted.

Li Yuan feared that his explanation was unclear, so he added, “I was only late today because I had insomnia last night, nothing else.”

It wasn’t until three or four o’clock in the morning that the incredibly nervous Li Yuan felt sleepy. But because his phone wasn’t with him and he couldn’t set an alarm, when he woke up, he found that he had overslept.

Pei Yi chuckled. “Why are you so nervous? Sit down and talk.”

Li Yuan coughed and sat down. “I’m not nervous.”

Pei Yi noticed that his friend didn’t seem resistant to sharing emotional matters, and asked, “Then what is the relationship between you and Yan Cen now? Anyone with a discerning eye can see that there’s something between you two.”

It would be inaccurate to use a business partner relationship as an excuse.

Li Yuan drank half a glass of water and replied a little faintly, “We’re just, just giving it a try.”

Pei Yi’s eyes lit up. “Giving dating a try?”

Li Yuan lowered his eyes slightly. “En.”

When Pei Yi received this expected answer, he was happy for his friend, but also couldn’t help but worry a little. “Pear Garden, have you really thought about it? Didn’t you have concerns before?”

“If you have any more worries…..”

Li Yuan hesitated to speak, his eyes filled with helpless and complicated emotions. “They’re nothing compared to him standing in front of me.”

Yan Cen was not a casual colleague he had met at work, but someone who had taken root in his heart since the first time he met him in freshman year.

Li Yuan was willing to accept his fate. “I thought about avoiding him, but I’m most afraid of having regrets.”

He might as well give it a try.

Even if the relationship only lasted a month, it was worth it for the unrequited love that had lasted seven or eight years or longer.

Pei Yi didn’t ask any more questions, and only sincerely expressed his stance, “Li Yuan, I’m not sure about emotional matters myself, and I can’t give you much advice.”

“But no matter what choice you make, I will stand firmly on your side and support you. Remember to tell me if you need anything in the future.”

Li Yuan felt warmth in his heart, and responded with a smile, “En, I know.”

Pei knew when to call it quits, and said, “Then you go ahead and do your work first. I’ll go down to find the technical team and ask about the skill point customizations.”

The first round of closed beta testing for The Last Fog was about to begin, and they must strictly control it.

“Okay.”

The two of them got busy, and were busy until they got off work.

The cell phone that had been serving as a decoration on the table suddenly vibrated, and the screen displayed a call from Qin Yishun.

Pei Yi answered the phone. “Hi, Brother.”

Qin Yishun’s voice was unusually solemn. “Xiao Yi, are you busy right now? Is Xiao Li with you?”

“We’ve been working, Pear Garden and I are both at the studio.”

Pei Yi sent the compiled documents to the work group with a bit of seriousness. “Brother, is there something urgent? Your tone seems strange.”

Qin Yishun sighed. “The old man is dying.”

“……”

Pei Yi’s expression changed slightly. He got up and walked to the next office. After signaling to Li Yuan with his eyes, he simply turned the phone on speakerphone.

“Brother, Pear Garden is next to me. Whatever you have to say, you can say it directly.”

“The old man is about to die. The hospital thinks it will probably happen in the next two days.” Qin Yishun explained the situation again.

He revealed a rare trace of hesitation when he asked, “Do the two of you want to go see him?”

Pei Yi glanced at each other silently, something indescribably subtle between them.

Since they talked everything out in the hospital that day, the two of them had pretty much lost contact with the Pei family. Old Mr. Pei was their nominal and biological grandfather—

But in fact, the relationship between them was that of strangers.

Qin Yishun didn’t force them. “You make up your own minds. If you want to go to the hospital, make sure to inform me at any time.”

“En.”

The call ended.

Li Yuan looked at Pei Yi and asked, “Do you want to go?”

Pei Yi thought about it for a moment and said, “Let’s go have a look. It’s just a matter of staying for a few minutes, we won’t lose anything.”

The reason he was willing to go to the hospital was not because of deep feelings for Old Mr. Pei, but purely because he was thinking about the original owner’s father, and visiting the old man again—

After all, no matter how cold-blooded Old Mr. Pei was, he had once truly loved and protected the original owner.

Pei Yi added, “Pear Garden, decide for yourself. You don’t need to go just because I am.”

Li Yuan picked up the phone and said, “Let’s go, I’ll drive you there. You’re right, it’s only one or two glances. Nothing will happen, not to mention Brother is there.”

Pei Yi nodded, taking out his cell phone to send a WeChat message to Bo Yueming explaining the situation.

“Then let’s finish early and go.”

“Okay.”

. . . . . . . 

Half an hour later, Imperial Capital Central Hospital.

As soon as Pei Yi and Li Yuan arrived in the parking lot, Qin Yishun was already waiting, having received the news.

“Brother.”

“Da-ge.”

The two people who got out of the car greeted him one after another, and were shocked to see Qin Yishun’s stern expression turn into a smile.

Pei Yi looked at the sign above the inpatient department, and asked about the situation. “Brother, what is the old man’s condition?”

Wasn’t he pretty tough before?

Why wasn’t he able to get over this sickness?

Qin Yishun replied quietly, “What’s the use of his toughness in the past? Illness strikes like a landslide, and when you get older, you can’t prevent them even if you want to.”

Since he had a fall and was hospitalized a year ago, Old Mr. Pei’s condition had not improved. The load on his heart had gotten heavier and heavier, and cardiac failure had also caused various complications such as congestive cirrhosis.

“…..He barely managed to survive with half his life last night, and the doctors say he can only live a few days.”

Qin Yishun told them the general news he had learned. “My parents caught a flight back in the afternoon and have already seen the old man. They left just a few minutes ago.”

Li Yuan asked, “Is he still awake?”

Qin Yishun shook his head. “He’s lethargic and unconscious.”

Pei Yi glanced at Li Yuan and thought of something. “Are Pei Ruzhang and Deng Xiuya guarding the ward?”

Qin Yishun reacted simultaneously and stopped at the entrance of the elevator. “Xiao An, if you don’t want to go in, then don’t force it.”

Li Yuan understood the concerns and worries of the two, but also wanted to make clear, “They’re like strangers to me. There is nothing to hide from.”

Rather than hiding, it was better to face them calmly.

Soon, the three of them arrived at Old Mr. Pei’s floor. Since there was no need for further treatment, the old man was transferred back to the single intensive care unit.

As soon as Pei Yi and Li Yuan entered the ward, Deng Xiuya, who was guarding inside, stood up from her chair eagerly. “X-Xiao An?”

“Why are you here? Do you want some water? Have you eaten?”

Li Yuan was not used to such intimate care from her, and his wan appearance was tinted with a hint of avoidance.

Qin Yishun opened his mouth instead, “Uncle, Aunt, we’re here to see Grandpa. There’s no need for you to bother greeting us.”

“En.”

Pei Ruzhang’s expression was not good, and his eyes remained on Pei Yi.

Uncaring of the other person’s gaze, Pei Yi walked straight to the hospital bed—

Old Mr. Pei was wearing a ventilator. His exposed body was extremely thin, and his cheeks and eye sockets were extremely sunken. He was completely unlike the past energetic head of the family.

Compared to Cheng Yanshan, who was greedy for money and had nothing to show for his marriage, Old Mr. Pei had indeed been very talented and hard-working over the past fifty or sixty years, or he would not have accumulated such a large family fortune.

Pei Yi wasn’t sure if the man would hear it, but from the bottom of his heart, he wanted to ask a question on behalf of the original owner and his father. “Old man, do you know the word ‘regret?’”

In those years, he paid too much attention to family background and asked his biological son to cut off their relationship, and also blocked all ways for the other party to make sufficient money in the Imperial Capital!

Pei Ruye was forced to work day and night to seize any small opportunity to make money to support his family.

He died suddenly at a young age, having become ill from overworking himself, and everyone outside felt regretful when they heard this.

Later, OId Mr. Pei took away the original owner “Pei Yi” and cruelly prevented him from meeting Shu Wan and Pei Yuan.

He seemed to have made up for all his regrets he felt toward his son with the original owner, but was able to ignore the other party once he became “foolish,” and even tacitly agreed to use him as a pawn for profit and marriage!

If Pei Ruzhang and Pei Huan were the executioners, then Old Mr. Pei was the real murderer who acquiesced to everything behind the scenes!

“It’s a pity, ah. There’s no point in regretting it.”

Pei Yi leaned down slightly and moved closer to Old Mr. Pei on the hospital bed. His eyes were indifferent, and his tone was cold. “People should pay for their actions, don’t you think?”

Pei Ruzhang frowned and stopped him. “Pei Yi, don’t talk nonsense next to the hospital bed.”

“Did I say something wrong? The old man can’t answer, but what about you two—?”

Pei Yi glanced away and asked coldly, “You and your wife were afraid that ‘I’ would seize the family property, and suppressed ‘me’ overtly and covertly for so many years. What have you gained in the end?”

“Shouldn’t you stop with the pretenses? Haven’t you become a laughingstock for others at the dinner table?”

“…….”

Pei Ruzhang looked embarrassed.

And Deng Xiuya, whose eyes were constantly focused on Li Yuan, buried her head tearfully.

This, ah!

What did this couple get? Control of the Pei company?

But Bo Yueming, who became Chairman of Bo Group, was on Pei Yi’s side, and targeted the Pei family as early as a month or two ago. Now their capital chain might break at any time.

She and Pei Ruzhang were no longer young, and their biological son Li Yuan refused to recognize them and return home!

The couple seemed to have gained everything, but had already lost it all.

“It’s not your turn to question us!”

Pei Ruzhang was dissatisfied with being accused so openly by Pei Yi, and asked in turn, “You encouraged Bo Yueming to suppress our Pei family, right?”

“If I had known you were such a white-eyed wolf, I would have—”

“Enough!”

Li Yuan interrupted Pei Ruzhang and walked to the hospital bed. “Pei Yi, we’ve already seen the old man. Don’t pay attention to strangers. Let’s go.”

At this time, he finally understood Pei Ruzhang.

Such an unrepentant man who only found fault in others was not worthy of being his father!

Pei Yi had finished what he had wanted to see and say. He and his friend looked at each other in tacit understanding and walked out of the ward without any attachments.

Qin Yishun’s expression had turned completely cold. He looked at Pei Ruzhang, who had become increasingly unwilling to admit his mistakes, and could no longer care about their identities as uncle and nephew.

“Incorrigible!”

With that said, he walked out without looking back.

Mr. Pei lying on the hospital bed tried his best to lift his fingers, but then dropped them weakly, as if nothing had happened.

Deng Xiuya watched the children come and leave, and then couldn’t help but explode!

She rushed forward and vented all the pain she had suffered these three or four months.

—Pa!

The clearest slap hit Pei Ruzhang in the face, shocking him to the core.

Deng Xiuya no longer cared about being quiet in the ward, and shouted at the top of her lungs, “Pei Ruzhang! I want a divorce! I’ve really had enough of you!”

“What is the difference now between the current you and the old man in the hospital bed? What qualifications do you have to put yourself in the shoes of your elders?”

“Can’t you see it now? Pei Yi and Xiao An are good children who can distinguish between grudges and good and evil! You can only feel happy by driving them away, right?”

Deng Xiuya knew that she was not a good mother.

After learning the truth, she was full of regret and suffered day and night, hoping that one day her biological child would accept her. 

It was undoubtedly a big surprise for Deng Xiuya that Li Yuan came to the hospital to visit the old man today.

She could tell that he was only willing to come along for Pei Yi’s sake.

Deng Xiuya had originally wanted to apologize to Pei Yi. Even if the child didn’t accept it, it would at least show that she was willing to admit her mistakes! Maybe Li Yuan would recognize her more!

The result?

Within five minutes of their arrival, Pei Ruzhang angered them into leaving!

Deng Xiuya choked up. “The children are right, you should suffer if you do something wrong!”

“My doting taught Pei Huan wrong and indirectly caused him to harm Xiao An. My selfishness almost harmed Pei Yi, and also made Xiao An unwilling to have more contact with me.”

“I know I was wrong, and I regret it. I will bear all the karma.”

Deng Xiuya looked in despair at her husband, whom she had been with for most of her life. “Pei Ruzhang, you and I cannot live together any longer. We will never live together again. You’re on your own.”

If she didn’t leave this selfish and narrow-minded husband, she feared that she would never regain any recognition from her son in this life!

Slam!

The door of the ward slammed shut.

Only then did Pei Ruzhang recover from the burning pain, and suddenly collapse to sit on the ground.

. . . . . . . .

Qin Yishun accompanied his two little brothers back to the parking lot, feeling a little guilty. “If I had known this would be the case, I wouldn’t have even made that phone call to you earlier.”

“Brother, it’s okay.”

Pei Yi patted his brother heavily on the shoulder. “I don’t care about Pei Ruzhang, he’s of no interest to me.”

Qin Yishun responded lightly, “Let’s not talk about such annoying things. Let’s go, I’ll take you to dinner.”

Pei Yi suddenly got stuck. “Ah? D-Dinner?”

Qin Yishun caught a hint. “What is it?”

As soon as he spoke, Bo Yueming appeared on the right side of the parking lot, clearly coming to pick up Pei Yi. 

Pei Yi looked his older brother in the eyes and played the fool, laughing a couple of times. “Brother, Yueming and I made an appointment to have dinner together tonight.”

After saying this, he quickly hid behind Bo Yueming.

Qin Yishun had long been unable to do anything about them, and unconsciously turned his eyes to his other brother.

Pei Yi saw this and pushed Li Yuan half a step forward with his personal “brotherhood” code. “Hey! Brother, take Pear Garden to eat, he needs more nutrition!”

Bo Yueming saw the actions of his lover, and the corners of his mouth turned up unconsciously, and he held their clasped hands tighter.

“……”

Li Yuan was startled when Pei Yi pushed him out to take the bullet for him.

He met Qin Yishun’s focused gaze, and his eyes wandered a bit. “I, tonight I should, it seems, I can’t go either.”

With every word he spoke, it became clearer.

Before Qin Yishun could ask, Li Yuan’s cell phone rang.

There was a very obvious “Yan” on the unobstructed caller ID.

Qin Yishun suddenly realized something. His expression changed slightly, and he practically had the word “depressed” carved into his forehead.

He took a deep breath and said to Pei Yi and Bo Yueming, who had already tacitly accepted it, “You two go first.”

“Xiao An, you stay. Answer the phone first, and have him come here.”

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Chapter Eighty-Two <<Table of Contents >> Chapter Eighty-Four

Rong Duo had just sent a message to the group saying that the Admiral was a scumbag, which drew in a bunch of people who wanted to watch the wonderful love, when he returned in a hurry, looking quite nervous.

Rong Duo: “…….”

@DelicateFlower Never mind, scatter. What a wonderful love.

. . . . . . 

When Lucas returned to the room, he saw that Luo Ran was still lying in the same position as when he left, but he was already awake.

Lucas observed him for a moment and felt that he was fine. There was nothing wrong with him. It was not as exaggerated as what Lu Cheng and others had said.

After all, Luo Ran was different from other Omegas, professional and calm, and not so delicate.

Tsk, tsk, he didn’t like delicate Omegas.

Lucas stepped forward and pulled up the quilt for Luo Ran, saying with a smile: “You’re awake? Are you hungry?”

Luo Ran glanced at Lucas and shook his head slightly.

Since the end of their playing, other than being pulled by Lucas, Luo Ran didn’t want to move — his whole body hurt, especially the lower half.

“How can you not be hungry? I’ll get you something to eat.” What Lucas meant was that he would go to the kitchen and get some biscuits. He couldn’t cook, after all.

Lucas turned to leave.

Crash—

In the next moment, Lucas’s eyes widened.

Luo Ran had gotten up and hugged him forcefully from behind.

Luo Ran leaned his face against Lucas’s back, wrapping his arms around the other’s waist. It seemed that he was overly anxious, and he entangled his legs too.

Lucas could feel Luo Ran’s belly pressing against his back.

At the thought of it, Lucas immediately felt short of breath.

— All of that came from him.

Luo Ran seemed to be restraining himself hard, and felt very upset.

“Sorry, Admiral.”

But he still held on and didn’t let go.

This was a recently marked Omega’s instinct to keep his Alpha to himself. He couldn’t control it.

Lucas: “……”

Fuck, a delicate Omega was really great.

Lucas said: “Let go.”

Luo Ran paused, then retracted his limbs and said with a blushing face: “I’m sorry, the Admiral should go back to work. There must be piles of official documents by now……wu.”

In the next moment, he was picked up by Lucas.

Lucas turned around and took Luo Ran into his arms, wrapped him in a big jacket, and kissed his forehead.

“Silly Ranran.” Lucas kicked off his shoes and got onto the bed, saying: “Why didn’t you say anything.”

“I’m fine, the Admiral should go to work soon……”

Lucas grasped Luo Ran’s chin and kissed him.

“Hush.”

After the kiss, Lucas took a small bag out of his pocket.

“I took it from the medicine box in the aircraft.”

Lucas glanced at Luo Ran.

Luo Ran was sitting on the bed at the moment. His long, silver hair was loose, draping casually over his shoulders, and he wore a loose white bathrobe. There was not much fabric, and his smooth thighs and chest could be seens.

They were full of wounds and bite marks.

Lucas swallowed, and said in a low voice: “Next time, I’ll control myself.”

He really had no concept of his own strength.

“It’s okay.” Luo Ran paused, then said with a smile: “It’s better than last time.”

Lucas went a little stiff from head to toe.

“Luo Ran.”

“En?”

“I apologize for what happened last time.” Lucas frowned and said: “I was wrong last time, and I was discourteous.”

He could imagine that it was painful, so much so that Luo Ran couldn’t bear it and asked for leave without prior notice.

If it was someone else, Lucas would have said something, but it was Luo Ran that night.

“En.” Luo Ran chuckled.

Lucas undid the belt of Luo Ran’s bathrobe.

Luo Ran was taken aback, and subconsciously grabbed Lucas’s hand.

“It’s just for the medicine, I’m not that beastly.” Lucas rolled his eyes.

Lucas applied the ointment with his hands, rubbing it onto Luo Ran gently. As for the key parts, Luo Ran refused to let him touch those.

“Don’t do that.” Lucas held Luo Ran down and applied medicine to the hardest-hit area on his chest.

Lucas paused for a moment, then subconsciously grabbed a handful with his wolf paws. He said with a smile: “I saw in the videos that some Omegas will grow bigger after giving birth. Will you?”

“……I don’t know.” Luo Ran’s ears were red. He said: “I’ve seen some Alphas in their susceptible phase cry in those videos. Will you, Admiral?”

“Tsk.” Lucas bared his teeth: “I won’t, but I know you’ve been crying for three days until your voice became hoarse.”

Luo Ran bowed his head and said nothing.

It would be embarrassing for any other Omega to have done these things, not to mention that Luo Ran had always lived as a Beta previously and regarded himself as a Beta/Omega. He had always been careful to remain professional in front of outsiders and Lucas, and to do his duty well.

So Luo Ran couldn’t let go.

After the medicine was finally finished being applied, Luo Ran paused. Lucas saw him hesitating to speak.

“Just say it.”

Luo Ran frowned slightly.

He and Lucas had a 200% match rate, and didn’t waste any time during these three days. If he didn’t take medicine, he would 100% get pregnant.

But now wasn’t the time. The star pirates hadn’t been dealt with yet, and Luo Ran still needed to travel around the capital and even go to the front line of the battlefield with Lucas.

Luo Ran was worried that Lucas would get angry and take offense, as if he had no confidence in Lucas.

Seeing Luo Ran’s awkward and measuring appearance, Lucas sneered: “Fine, forget it.”

Lucas took a sheet of pills out of his pocket and handed them to Luo Ran: “I asked Lu Cheng to send them to me. When that prince was in poor health before and hadn’t recovered, he also didn’t plan to have a child.”

Luo Ran was slightly taken aback.

“The Admiral doesn’t mind?”

“Children are trouble, I like you more.” Lucas said with a frown: “You can decide for yourself.”

Lucas thought to himself, he had only eaten his fill once. If there were children, wouldn’t he have to compete for favor?

This little bastard Luo Ran would definitely ignore him for a child.

“Okay.” Luo Ran took the medicine with a smile.

Afterwards, Lucas and Luo Ran ate noodles together. The reason they had noodles instead of dry food was because Rong Duo thoughtfully cooked them in the kitchen first for the two of them. They were hot and very light, and there were also eggs, which Luo Ran liked very much.

Rong Duo didn’t know what to think, and directly put enough noodles for three people in one large bowl, so Lucas held the bowl and the two of them ate together.

Of course, there were three servings because everyone knew Lucas could eat two servings.

When there was only one last piece of meat left in the bowl, Luo Ran picked it up and put it on Lucas’s spoon with a smile.

Lucas paused, then frowned and gave it back to Luo Ran. “Eat a little more.”

“The Admiral should eat it.” Luo Ran gave it back again. “I don’t eat much.”

“…….”

Then both of them fell silent.

After a pause, Lucas smiled and said: “Hypocrite.”

Luo Ran also smiled.

The two of them were very close, and the pheromones on Lucas’s body surrounded and enveloped him, which made Luo Ran feel very comfortable.

The hot soup was also very comforting.

“Admiral.” Luo Ran gently pushed Lucas away and straightened his collar and tie. He said: “You came back from military headquarters, right? You hurry to work, I plan to take a shower and go to sleep.”

Lucas frowned slightly.

“Go. Go early and come back early.” Luo Ran lightly patted Lucas’s tie.

It was true that he really had to go to the military department, but Lucas could go over and hand out tasks, then take the official documents back to the room and read them with Luo Ran.

“Okay.” Lucas said: “Give me a few hours. I’ll be back as soon as possible.”

“En.” Luo Ran nodded.

Seeing that Luo Ran was about to bathe, and was much better than before, Lucas returned to military headquarters again in the evening.

It was the first time that Lu Cheng and Wang Qiuyang had seen Lucas move so fast. It was less like working and more like trying to survive.

And during the three days Lucas and Luo Ran were messing around, a huge thing happened.

The First Prince……was ruined.

Catastrophically ruined.

It had happened just the day before. A serious explosion suddenly occurred at the pharmaceutical factory on j4. Its magnitude alerted the satellites, and everyone knew about it in an instant.

The pharmaceutical factory was completely blown up, and a line of words was written on it in red paint.

—People were provided and goods were delivered, but Zhou Mingyu is ungrateful

Lucas surmised that the First Prince and the star pirates had a falling-out, and the reason for it should be that he refused to fund them. After all, reports from the investigation department showed that the pharmaceutical factories would be shut down one after another in the near future.

So he was retaliated against by the star pirates.

How could he ask a tiger for its skin and then retreat?

The First Prince was too proud and arrogant. He forgot that although he was part of the royal family and the star pirates were just rogue bandits, in this transaction, the star pirates who provided the soldiers and weapons were the dominant party.

Thus, the First Prince had finally settled the embezzlement lawsuit when he was sued in court once more, together with Yuan Han’s suit.

Looking at the comments on the Starnet, everyone had completely lost confidence in the First Prince.

XXXX: Supporters of the First Prince, don’t try to whitewash him. The star pirates……mother, ah, the First Prince directly gave a pharmaceutical company to the star pirates? The xxx brand drugs that we bought like mad recently were used by the star pirates to make weapons and Meteor Showers? WTF, I’m so disgusted. I actually bought those, I’m really disgusted now.

XXXX: Cyril made me vomit before. My brother and uncle gave their lives to the Empire to protect us, and Cyril colluded with the star pirates. I didn’t expect that there would be something even worse. Now the First Prince has directly made me vomit up all my food for an entire month. God, I also recommended that my parents buy these drugs…..I added bricks and tiles to pave the way for the star pirates to create Meteor Showers…..I hate myself so much…..I hate it, ah.

XXXX: Ahhhhh die First Prince! ! ! Die! ! ! The crown prince actually colluded with the star pirates?! Just because he recognized that Admiral Lucas would support the Second Prince?!

XXXX: Responding to upstairs, regarding UNK, the Admiral did side with the Second Prince after the fact. But for fear that he wouldn’t sit on the throne himself, for his own self-interest, he colluded with the star pirates?! Has he forgotten that the ultimate goal of the star pirates is to take back the Empire? He really thought that after opening the door for the star pirates, he would be able to control and suppress them? This is too arrogant! How many people have died because of his arrogance and selfishness?!

XXXX: Die, Zhou Mingyu!! Die!

And starting today, some people began to take to the streets in protest.

Zhou Mingyu was currently detained in court, and the people held signs to protest in front of the court building, demanding that the council and the court sanction him.

The lawyer representing the First Prince kept clarifying that the First Prince had been splashed with dirty water by the star pirates, but trust was breaking down little by little. The First Prince did not perform well in various incidents before, and now nobody trusted him anymore.

In the end, more and more details came out about the previous incidents. With the help of the Second Prince, the public knew that Cyril had plotted against Lucas when he was a child, and also that during the UNK dispute before, the First Prince had led people to forcefully take Luo Ran away for inhumane experiments, which caused Lucas to abandon the front line and hurry back to retrieve him.

While Lucas was fighting on the front line, the First Prince not only failed to take care of Lucas’s concerns, but also added to them, affecting the safety of the Empire. On the contrary, the Second Prince had been silently making contributions.

“Admiral, do we need to take care of the public uprising?” Lu Cheng frowned slightly.

Lucas finished watching the video of the protest on the news, and pondered for a moment before saying: “Let them make trouble, but bring people to keep it under control. Don’t let the First Prince use force, and don’t let the people get too agitated.”

“Yes!”

Lu Cheng glanced at Lucas and felt very complicated.

“What the hell are you doing, just go.”

“Admiral…..Lao Wang and I both feel that you are very different recently.” Lu Cheng said with a smile: “You never used to deal with these brain-intensive things.”

Whether it was the negotiations with Luobing or the First Prince’s case now, Lucas would have tossed it to Luo Ran in the past. Of course, it wasn’t that Lucas couldn’t do it, but that he didn’t want to do it.

But now, Lucas had also started to do Luo Ran’s work and share it with him.

“Lu Cheng.” Lucas said with a savage expression: “Are you saying I have no brains?”

“I’m not….!” Lu Cheng fled.

Lucas strode after him and kicked him hard on the ass.

When Luo Ran was seriously injured before, Lu Cheng had brought him back from the snowy mountain to find Xia Zhi, so he knew Luo Ran’s status as an Omega and kept it a secret. During the day, he even pretended not to know in front of Wang Qiuyang, and called him a Beta.

Therefore, Lucas was not afraid to speak up, and asked directly: “After an Omega is marked, is there anything else they need besides wanting to be with you?”

“Just spend more time with him and use pheromones to comfort him. Use contraception if necessary, and pay attention to the nesting period.”

The two of them were the only ones in the office. Lu Cheng said mysteriously: “Admiral, remember, don’t stop him when he’s building a nest.”

“What?” Lucas frowned.

Lu Cheng explained: “I didn’t understand when my person built a nest before. I cleared away the small nest he had piled up, thinking that since I was back, it would be better for him to hug the real person. I wasn’t expecting him to cry himself to death.”

“Ah.” Lucas thought, Omegas are really troublesome.

But his family’s Luo Ran should be an Omega who didn’t build a nest……right?

Lucas packed up the documents and got up, saying: “You and Lao Wang look after the military department, I won’t be coming here often these days.”

“No problem!” Lu Cheng smiled.

Lucas brought the stack of official documents to the office.

It was already late at night. Lucas tossed the documents down on the table, went back to the room, and turned the light on.

Then he froze.

There was a tall pile of clothing on the bed, all of them his.

Most of Lucas’s clothes were military jackets, trench coats, outerwear, and the like. They were larger, with more fabric. And Luo Ran was always buying clothes for Lucas, so there was truly a lot at the moment, stacked as tall as Luo Ran sitting on the bed.

Luo Ran had surrounded himself with Lucas’s clothes, and was still wearing the jacket Lucas had given him before he left.

He was nesting in a pile of Lucas’s clothes like a chick.

Lucas: “…….”

Fuck.

He was a goner.

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Chapter Eighty-Four << Table of Contents >> Chapter Eighty-Six

Liu Xianche did not forget his courtesy, and said solemnly, “Greeting Your Highness.”

Liang Shu took a glance into the room, hooked his fingers calmly, and Liu Xian’an immediately slipped to his side. Liu Xianche showed displeasure, and was about to reprimand his little brother for running about in such a disrespectful manner, when Liang Shu stepped forward and said: “First Young Master Liu, no need to be so polite. The journey is hard, did your travel go smoothly?”

“Thank you, Your Highness, for your concern. I took Chang’er Mountain all the way to Garrison City. The official road is spacious. It was not difficult and I did not encounter any trouble.” Liu Xianche looked around. “Is Commander Ku You here?”

Liang Shu shook his head: “He is in Garrison City.”

Liu Xianche said: “Then I also need to leave for Garrison City as soon as possible. According to the symptoms described in the letter, Commander Ku’s gold blindness is already very serious, and one more day’s delay could mean more trouble.”

While speaking, he cast his gaze behind Liang Shu. Liu Xian’an saw what his brother meant and immediately waved his hands to refuse: “I can’t go with you, I have to stay here and pretend to be Da-ge, so as to make the Baifu Sect appear as soon as possible.”

Liu Xianche had just arrived here, so he didn’t know exactly what had happened, but he had a natural trust for Liang Shu, the majestic commander of the country. He would not allow his little brother to mess around, so he didn’t say any more. A-Ning volunteered to take the First Young Master to a room to rest. The group dispersed, and Liang Shu heaved a sigh of relief, carrying his own Sleeping Immortal back to the room. Before entering the door, Liu Xian’an had already raised his hand in front of him with five fingers spread wide: “Look!”

Liang Shu grabbed his wrist and looked at the high, swollen red marks on his palm. He was alarmed and distressed, and his head ached as he held that hand and blew on it. “Why did he beat you as soon as you met?”

“Because I prescribed the wrong prescription in Xiaozhao Village, so I deserved it,” Liu Xian’an said. “It hurts.” That he deserved the beating didn’t delay the pain. Just a small touch hurt. Liang Shu took out wound medicine from the cabinet, sat down by the table, and had this person sit in his lap as he applied the medicine. Liu Xian’an sucked in a cold breath of air at first to relax, but after a while, he suddenly brought up the past. “The prince said before that whoever beats me, you will beat him.”

Liang Shu paused, feeling deeply that he was still too young, and had spoken too early. Of course he could beat him back, but after beating him back, whether he could enter the gates of Baihe Mountain Village again in the future was the big question. He carefully wrapped the bandage for him, so as not to rub the ointment elsewhere, then embraced him tightly: “How about this, I’ll tell your elder brother that from now on, you will return to Xiao Wang Palace, and even if he wants to teach you a lesson, he should come to this lord in person, and no one else can intervene.”

Liu Xian’an felt that this was very unreasonable, because originally only his father and elder brother could beat him, but now there was one more, so he flatly refused. Liang Shu pressed him down with a smile: “Don’t move, I’ll take off the mask for you first. Take it easy.”

Liu Xian’an dodged: “Why are you taking it off now? I also want Da-ge to see how Xiao Wang Palace uses disguises. He must be interested.”

“A-Ning also has a disguise, so why must your elder brother look at you?” Liang Shu ordered, “Raise your head.”

It was fine before, but now that he had met First Young Master Liu, was it okay to be intimate with such a face? Even if His Royal Highness Xiao Wang could watch the collapse of Mount Tai without a change of expression, he was very frightened now, so he forcibly removed the disguise. Holding a cool cheek in his palm, he bowed his head to take a kiss, but Liu Xian’an had already stood up.

“Your Highness.” Liu Xianche stood at the door. “Is it convenient for me to come in?”

He was holding a jar of ointment in his hand, clearly here to apply medicine for his younger brother. Liu Xian’an hid his hand behind his back. Liu Xianche caught a glimpse from the corner of his eye, and his brow furrowed slightly. What are you hiding?

However, Liu Xian’an felt that it was normal for him to hide, because His Royal Highness Xiao Wang’s bandaging technique was as rough as the wind in the Northwest military camp, not refined at all, worse than the fire-burning boy in Baihe Mountain Village. Da-ge definitely wouldn’t like it, so he must hide it.

Liang Shu let Liu Xianche in. He sent someone to make tea and asked: “When does First Young Master Liu plan to leave for Garrison City?”

Liu Xianche replied: “Tomorrow morning.”

“Tomorrow morning?” Liang Shu said, “Tomorrow morning is New Year’s Eve, shouldn’t First Young Master Liu stay and have a reunion dinner with Xiao An?”

Liu Xianche shook his head: “A meal can be eaten at any time, but treating patients is important.” What’s more, it was the commander of the Southwest garrison who was ill this time, a person who held an important position and shouldered heavy responsibilities. He continued: “Along the way, I also heard of a lot of disasters perpetrated by the Baifu Sect. They are a group of complete lunatics.” To what extent did the madness go? It was said among the believers that there was an order from the Holy Maiden, saying that Ku You was the commander of the evil gods, and every part of his body, from eyes to ears to hands, should be burned in flames. Whoever could manage it would be given a reward of ten thousand taels.

At such a time, if Ku You happened to go blind, wouldn’t this open the door to those evil people making up stories? Liu Xian’an had diagnosed Ku You and knew that his gold blindness was very serious, and he should really be seen and treated as soon as possible, so he didn’t plan to keep him. But because he needed to continue to stay here and pretend to be Da-ge, so as to lure the target into the net, he said: “Da-ge can easily become an ordinary merchant. I have learned a new set of techniques for making human skin masks, and I am very proficient.”

The lazy brother who could lie down but never sit now looked like an entirely different person, who knew one thing and then another, talked a lot, and was very lively. Liu Xianche was very gratified on account of this change, and at the same time, his gratification was mixed with confusion about the past twenty years, along with a hint of guilt stemming from negligence.

He had always been a serious and reticent person, but now he had a lot to say to his younger brother, so he folded his hands and said politely: “Your Highness, if there is nothing else, I have some family matters to speak with Xiao An about.”

Liang Shu patted Liu Xian’an on the back: “I’ll be right in the courtyard.”

The implication was, if your elder brother wants to beat you again, don’t be foolish, remember to call me.

Liu Xianche saw this, and didn’t expect that the relationship between his little brother and His Royal Highness Xiao Wang was already so close. However, there were so many things that he hadn’t expected at the moment that this one was not at the top of the list, so there was no need to ask about it first. After sitting down, he took a look at Liu Xian’an’s hand and, sure enough, frowned in dissatisfaction. He unwound the bandage three times, five times, and another two, then replaced it with a lighter and more flexible bandage: “Does it still hurt?”

Liu Xian’an said: “A little bit.”

“Father doesn’t know that you have medical skills?”

“He doesn’t.” Liu Xian’an lay on the table and stretched out his hand. “I specifically didn’t tell him, because he wouldn’t believe me if I did.”

He was just stating the facts, but Liu Xianche heard this and sighed: “It’s because we were too strict and didn’t take enough time for you.”

Liu Xian’an answered quite openly, ah, it’s okay, my dao is different.

Liu Xianche tied the bandage tightly: “What is your dao?”

Liu Xian’an replied, respecting the Heavenly Dao by doing nothing.

“What about mine?”

“Tiring humanitarianism.”

The daos of heaven and humanity were far removed from one another. Second Young Master Liu was very open-minded in this regard. After all, everyone’s ideological realm was very different, so there was no need to insist on compatibility. Liu Xianche heard his babbling, and a familiar headache came back again, but he felt at ease for no reason at all. His little brother was still there, and had not been lost on this long journey.

He said: “Since you have medical skills, you can apply medicine yourself in the future and not bother the prince anymore.”

Liu Xian’an gave a perfunctory “Hm.”

“I see that the prince treats you well, and doesn’t seem to be as unkind as the rumors say.” Liu Xianche asked further, “You have been with him for many days. Have you suffered any grievances?”

“None,” Liu Xian’an said. “There are no grievances at all. The prince took care of my food and clothing during the journey, and even gave me a lot of things. There are cloaks, quilts, teapots and bowls, and the cushion that Da-ge is sitting on right now. They are all from the prince.”

Liu Xianche was extremely baffled. He had been given some strange things, but because they truly sounded worthless, he didn’t remind his little brother not to accept gifts at will, and only spoke to him of medical skills.

This method of getting along was very new to both brothers. After all, when they were in Baihe Mountain Village, one was stubborn and lazy when they saw each other, and one avoided the other, so they didn’t have tender memories. But when reuniting after a long absence, all the concerns about family affection were aroused, and they spoke together. It wasn’t until A-Ning called the two of them to eat that they realized it was time to light the lamps.

The dinner table was also very lively. As the New Year approached, the most indispensable things in any household were good tea and food. This night could somewhat be counted as New Year’s Eve. The hot and sour fish soup was bubbling on the stove. Liu Xian’an was still bandaged, making it difficult to eat, so A-Ning picked out fish bones for him and Liu Xianche carefully picked out the ribs with a small silver knife, but neither of the two moved as quickly as His Royal Highness Xiao Wang. This end was still busy, but on the other end, a small mountain had already piled up in the bowl of Second Young Master Liu.

“I don’t want to eat it.”

“Eat, even if you don’t like it, just take a bite.”

“……”

Liu Xian’an reluctantly took a bite of duck. Liu Xianche glanced the first time without paying attention, but when he glanced again, he found that half of the bitten duck leg had been transferred to His Royal Highness Xiao Wang’s bowl at some point. He was very astonished at first, but seeing that the expressions of the two were very comfortable, he thought to himself, could it be that I was delusional just now?

However, in the following moments, Liu Xian’an did not pause. He wanted to eat this, but didn’t want to eat that. A-Ning was busy, and His Royal Highness Xiao Wang was also busy.

This meal caused First Young Master Liu to have a bit of indigestion, and he walked in the courtyard for a long time after eating. A-Ning leaned on the window and watched him for a while, then turned around and asked anxiously: “Young Master, you can’t stay with the prince tonight, can you?”

In fact, Liu Xian’an actually thought it was fine. It was fine because his elder brother would find out sooner or later, and he didn’t care either way. A-Ning’s face wrinkled up when he heard this. No, this is really not good. Young Master, let’s be more well-behaved tonight, otherwise it may not be as simple as getting beaten.

However, Second Young Master Liu was not allowed to run around, because before going to sleep, First Young Master Liu came to knock on the door with a pillow in his arms, as if he wanted to have a long talk with his brother all night. Liu Xian’an yawned continuously, sitting cross-legged under the quilt. He was extremely drowsy and wanted to sleep. Liu Xianche reclined to the side, but didn’t put out the lights, and only said: “Was the duck leg tasty tonight?”

Liu Xian’an said: “It wasn’t tasty, it was dry and woody.”

Liu Xianche clenched his fists and tried not to let his expression change, saying calmly: “Since it wasn’t tasty, why give it to the prince?”

“I didn’t give it to him.” Liu Xian’an fell back on the bed and pulled the quilt over his head, replying in a daze: “The prince took it himself.”

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Chapter Eighty-Two << Table of Contents >> Chapter Eighty-Four

In an elegant, private restaurant box, there was the sound of wine glasses clinking softly.

Gu Jianshen said with a smile, “Congratulations to The Last Fog for winning the award.”

Li Yuan responded, “Thank you, Mr. Gu, for your hospitality. And congratulations for Traces winning the award.”

Gu Jianshen raised his glass and looked at Pei Yi. “Celebrations come and go, but the biggest contributor has to be Teacher Will.”

Pei Yi only took a sip of champagne and replied calmly, “I’m not the biggest contributor.”

“No mobile game can be made by just one person, at least not here.”

Rather than saying alone was outstanding, it was better to say that all the employees of Nebula Fun Tour and YWY were capable and excellent enough, and that everyone was a contributor.

Gu Jianshen nodded.

Li Yuan also agreed.

Setting down his wine glass, Gu Jianshen said, “By the way, Mr. Li, since both parties won the award together, I have something to discuss with you.”

Pei Yi took a bite of shrimp and asked, “Do you want Traces and The Last Fog to jointly promote?”

Gu Jianshen smiled with a sigh. “I really can’t hide anything from you.”

Li Yuan quickly thought of the key point. “Yes, both games were written by Will.”

“I remember that since the original design competition has been held, the top three winning game architects in the same session have not overlapped.”

Of course, there had been two consecutive game design competitions where there were works created by the same architect—

Just by doing this, the architect made several waves of publicity and gained a reputation.

“Although there is a certain amount of market competition in China’s gaming industry, the categories of the two games are different. If we can use the award-winning double-hitter as one of the highlights of the gimmick and conduct joint waves of heat, we should be able to attract greater audiences.”

“That works, but I’m not pursuing individualism here. It’s okay to use this reason for publicity, but don’t overstate my credit.”

Pei Yi thought the shrimps were fresh and sweet, so he took another bite. “En, I have social anxiety.”

“…….”

Li Yuan and Gu Jianshen were dumbfounded by his last sentence. The former complained directly in the name of his partner and friend, “How can you call this social anxiety-inducing?”

Gu Jianshen smiled and confirmed again, “Will, do you really have no objections?”

Pei Yi nodded calmly. “Why would I object? If I’m not wrong, your ‘Traces’ should be available soon, right?”

Gu Jianshen replied, “En, it’s coming soon. The last round of internal testing will end this month, and the public testing is expected to be launched in early May.”

Pei Yi raised his eyebrows. “Isn’t this just right? The Last Fog only started its first round of internal testing this month, and the public beta will be launched later than yours.”

“If you really want to talk about it, we, YWY, are forcibly borrowing a wave of your promotional heat from your major game company. Why wouldn’t I agree?”

“Nebula Fun Tour’s ‘Traces’ is well done, so it will naturally attract players to our Last Fog game, right?”

Pei Yi was looking forward to both of his works, but YWY Studios was his place of origin now, and he had to think about both the studio and The Last Fog both emotionally and rationally.

Gu Jianshen appreciated his frankness, and didn’t think there was anything wrong with his words just now. “Then I’ll ask the operations department to contact YWY next Monday? Let’s work out a plan.”

Li Yuan, the studio operations director, answered, “All right.”

The three of them ate for a while.

Gu Jianshen brought up another topic. “Actually, I have something else I want to invite Mr. Will and YWY Studios to.”

Pei Yi nodded calmly. “Tell me.”

Gu Jianshen asked, “I wonder if the two of you have ever heard of a live-action movie game?”

Li Yuan was the first to react. “Mr. Gu is referring to the kind of foreign games that use real actors instead of game modeling, and use movie-shooting instead of game scenes?”

Gu Jianshen nodded deeply. 

The essence of “movie-like” games was still choice-oriented, mostly in the suspense category.

The screen was completely from the player’s perspective, combined with panoramic VR, and guided players to make different choices through real-life interpretations shot in advance.

With different choices, each play in front of the computer would reach a different ending. In the end, it was like an immersive horror movie.

Pei Yi’s expression changed slightly, and he got straight to the point. “Mr. Gu, you want to make this kind of movie game?”

“In the past two years, movie games have become popular overseas, but there are still relatively few in our Chinese circle.” Gu Jianshen nodded. “Teacher Will, do you know the advantages of this type of movie game?”

Pei Yi put down his chopsticks with a hint of seriousness in his expression.

“From a technical perspective, as long as the game structure and script is in place, it will take much less time than game modeling and save a lot of money.”

“From a publicity perspective, we have many short video platforms in China, and live-action game scenes are far more likely to attract players of different age groups.”

Gu Jianshen initially wanted to give Pei Yi a good introduction, but didn’t expect that the other party would summarize the advantages in just a few words. “Teacher Will, you’ve heard about it before?”

Pei Yi didn’t deny it. “If you want to gain a foothold in the circle, you can’t follow the trend. If you want to innovate, you must be the first to try something.”

He’d had the idea of making a movie game before, but YWY Studios had just been established, and his Last Fog series was not yet ready for distribution, so he had put it aside for the time being.

After all, games were games, and when it came to film shooting and production, he could only be regarded as a layman.

You had to be the first to try something, but you couldn’t make yourself fat in one bite.

Gu Jianshen said bluntly, “I used to work in the game copyright team, and I came into contact with this game mode by accident.”

The cost of genuine foreign movie games was not low, and translation was required to purchase them. There were also already pirated versions on some websites.

“But because of the language limitations, the age range of the gamers cannot be expanded either.”

Pei Yi understood. “So you just want to do it yourself?”

Gu Jianshen didn’t deny it. “I have this idea, but I haven’t told my superiors yet.”

“If a movie game like this is to be done well, first is the script, second is the sense of immersion of the actors, and the third is the setting of the scene, all of which are indispensable.

Moreover, it was necessary to shoot plots with different directions according to different choices. In essence, it was no different from making a “good movie,” except that there was no need to announce sky-high prices in order to hire well-known actors.

“I’m not exaggerating. Weiyi has the abilities and connections to make this type of movie game. The only thing it lacks is a game architect with strong originality, who could also be called a screenwriter.”

Therefore, after Gu Jianshen decided to launch the game after confirming that the changes to “Traces” were good, and he also thought about extending an olive branch to his own company.

It was a pity that he was not a senior executive in the company who could make all the decisions, and Pei Yi had his own career plans and ambitions.

Gu Jianshen extended an invitation, “Teacher Will, if you are willing, can our two families join forces and give it a try?”

Pei Yi and Li Yuan exchanged glances, neither immediately agreeing nor directly objecting. “Mr. Gu’s invitation came so suddenly. We need some time to think about it.”

Gu Jianshen saw some signs of hope. “Of course, I also have to mention this matter to our company’s senior management!”

“If there is a chance for partnership in the future, Teach Will and YWY Studios are definitely the first partners I want to cooperate with.”

Pei Yi raised his glass and said, “Mr. Gu, thank you.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the alarm clock on Li Yuan’s cell phone rang.

Pei Yi glanced at the time and confirmed, “It’s time to go?”

Li Yuan nodded. “En, it’s almost time to go to the airport.”

They had booked their air tickets a day in advance, and all follow-up matters related to winning the award could be handled directly at the capital.

Gu Jianshen remembered that they had a flight to catch, and asked, “Is there something urgent at the studio? Why not just stay for another half a day? We’ve only had a meal.”

Li Yuan replied, “Mr. Gu, thank you, this meal is enough.”

Pei Yi wiped his hands with a wet wipe, then smiled and said, “There’s nothing urgent to do at the studio. It’s me.”

Gu Jianshen was taken aback. “Huh?”

Pei Yi didn’t deliberately hide it, and even showed off a little bit. “Wasn’t this a competition to win a prize? I’m in a hurry to go back and show off to my lover.”

“……”

Gu Jianshen was suddenly stuffed with dog food, and his eyes went wide in surprise. “Teacher Will has a lover?”

Li Yuan, who was used to his friend serving him dog food, was unsurprised. “What lovers? They are already husband and wife in the eyes of outsiders.”

Pei Yi raised his lips and said, “Mr. Gu, it was nice to meet you, but we really do have to rush to the airport. Next time you come to the Imperial Capital, Pear Garden and I will entertain you.”

“Okay.”

Gu Jianshen stopped taking up their time, and stood up. “I have a car, can I send you there?”

Pei Yi and Li Yuan looked at each other, and did not reject the other’s kindness. “All right, then we’ll ask you to drive us.”

. . . . . . .

Night fell.

The airplane arrived at the Imperial Capital airport on time. Pei Yi and Li Yuan didn’t check their luggage, so it was convenient for them to leave.

“Pei Yi.”

Li Yan switched back to his most familiar title and complained, “Why are you leaving in such a hurry? Wait for me, I’m going to the bathroom.”

Pei Yi hummed. “Then I’ll wait for you at the exit of the parking lot at B2.”

Li Yuan already understood why his friend was so eager, and teased, “Then you can go back to your family and not worry about the fate of this third wheel.”

“Nonsense, I won’t abandon my allies. The most I will do is take the first step—”

Pei Yi patted Li Yuan’s shoulder and walked quickly. “I’ll be waiting for you in the parking lot!”

. . . . . . .

 Bo Yueming had walked to exit B2 when a familiar figure swooped over and burrowed into his arms like a kitten.

“Er-ge!”

The familiar voice carried a pleasant attachment to him.

Bo Yueming took half a step back to stabilize his center of gravity, not forgetting to protect the person in his arms. “Be careful.”

Pei Yi chuckled, and couldn’t help but ask, “Did you miss me?”

Although they were only separated for four or five days, their longing still stretched out, and it wasn’t until the moment they embraced that there was any sign of it stopping.

Bo Yueming lowered his head and nudged the tip of his nose. “What do you think?”

Pei Yi used his peripheral vision to confirm that no passengers were passing by, and exchanged  a quick, light kiss with his lover.

But before the sweetness could spread, footsteps came with the sound of teasing. “I say, enough is enough, you two. Did you really think that no one would see?”

Pei Yi didn’t expect Yan Cen to suddenly appear, and instinctively used Bo Yueming’s figure to hide.

Bo Yueming laughed out loud and whispered, “Kitten, what are you hiding from?”

“I…..” Pei Yi’s ears grew red with a hint of warmth, and he felt that his move contained a bit of a poor lie that revealed the truth.

He withdrew from Bo Yueming’s arms and feigned calmness. “M-Mr. Yan, why are you here too?”

Yan Cen pushed up his glasses slightly and asked with a smile, “Why can’t I come?”

He couldn’t stop looking at the elevator hall inside, and it was obvious that his mind was not on his two friends. 

Pei Yi got a clue and joked, “Oh, I forgot to mention, Pear Garden is still in Haishi and hasn’t come back.”

“…….”

Yan Cen’s expression changed slightly upon hearing this.

In the next second, Li Yuan’s voice came over from the elevator hall. “Pei Yi, who are you lying to? When didn’t I come back from……”

Li Yuan caught a glimpse of Yan Cen’s figure out of the corner of his eye, and his joking tone unconsciously became lower. “…..Haishi?”

Pei Yi looked at his friend coming over and sensed the subtlety in his tone. He brought the topic back meaningfully, “Mr. Yan, you haven’t said what you’re doing here yet?”

Yan Cen gave a suitable reason, “On behalf of GM, we are here to welcome you back and celebrate your success. Is that okay?”

Pei Yi turned the topic over to Li Yuan again. “Okay, ah, of course I have no objections. What does Mr. Xiao Li think?”

Li Yuan coughed. “I have no problem with it.”

Bo Yueming picked up the small suitcase tossed aside by his lover and answered, “Let’s go first. I’ll take you to a restaurant to have something to eat, then let each of you go home to spruce up.”

“En!”

. . . . . . .

Less than half an hour’s drive from the airport, Bo Yueming and Yan Cen had booked a restaurant in advance to celebrate their victory. In the elegant decorated box, the clinking of wine glasses became even more enthusiastic. 

Bo Yueming didn’t stop him. “It’s okay, just have a good time.”

Pei Yi got his lover’s permission, but still didn’t do anything wantonly, only taking small tastes in a measured way. 

Yan Cen casually brought up a topic. “I heard Yueming say that you met an acquaintance at the game competition this time?”

“Acquaintance?”

Pei Yi thought of Ke Ming, that proud-faced villain, and said, “It wouldn’t be bad if he suffered a disaster.”

Li Yuan also frowned. “I don’t know how the organizers of the competition arranged it. Pei Yi andI originally thought that Ke Ming’s “Destroy the Alien Beasts” would squeeze out the position of our Last Fog, and we didn’t expect that the one that didn’t win the award would be Mufeng Games’ “Dark Blue Sea.”

If he were asked, ah, Teacher Deng Mufeng was really unlucky. He, his wife, and his team had finally developed this ancient style game.

As a result, he met Ke Ming and his behind-the-scenes funder, who shamelessly took a back door, and fell short in the end!

There were winners and losers in game competitions, and those should be truly fair wins and losses. There should not be such fishing in troubled waters.

Li Yuan was still a little worried. “I wonder if there will be any controversy now that the winners of the competition have been announced?”

Pei Yi replied, “It’s probably unavoidable, but I just don’t know which direction it will go. Pear Garden, please ask the relevant employees to keep an eye on it. Although The Last Fog relies on its ability to win, I’m afraid the villain could gain an advantage.”

Li Yuan understood what he meant, and nodded. “Pei Yi, are you sure that the beta release time of our Last Fog should remain unchanged?”

“Yes.”

Pei Yi made up his mind and swirled his glass twice. “Let Ke Ming pave the way for us first. Sometimes, the “wedding clothes” made by others are very satisfying.”

Bo Yueming and Yan Cen looked at each other, and the latter spoke first, “You two bosses, it’s time to celebrate after work, why don’t you relax?”

Bo Yueming then coaxed his lover in a low voice, “Eat more, don’t talk about work.”

“Understood.”

Pei Yi responded with a smile, and didn’t forget his friend. “Pear Garden, you’re thinner than me, so you should also eat more.”

Li Yuan smiled, and Yan Cen beside him proactively served him a bowl of soup.

. . . . . . . 

The four of them became familiar with each other and chatted while eating, and the atmosphere was harmonious through the end of the meal.

Pei Yi drank the last bit of wine, then tore open a candy on the table and put it in his mouth. “Pear Garden, how are you going back?”

“This restaurant is in a remote location, so it’s difficult to take a taxi,” Yan Cen calmly reasoned. “I didn’t drink, so I’ll give him a ride.”

Pei Yi glanced at Yan Cen’s wine glass from the corner of his eye and finally understood—

No wonder he said as soon as it was served that he had a cold and wouldn’t drink for the time being. It turned out that he wasn’t interested in drinking wine, but pears!

Bo Yueming and Yan Cen each looked at each other, and the former unknowingly followed along, “Then you two are leaving first? I notified Lao Fu half an hour ago to come pick us up, and he’s probably coming soon. Pei Yi and I aren’t in a hurry, so we’ll sit and wait for a while.”

Under his lenses, Yan Cen’s eyes were aimed at Li Yuan. “Are you coming?”

Li Yuan hesitated to speak, but finally nodded and chose to follow him out.

The door of the box closed again.

Pei Yi unceremoniously turned to sit in Bo Yueming’s lap. “Tell me!”

“Did you and Yan Cen just collude? Did you just help him abduct Pear Garden?”

Bo Yueming asked back, “Didn’t you also watch Xiao Li leave with him? Why didn’t you stop him?”

“…….”

Pei Yi bit into the candy and changed his words with a hum. “Sweet.”

Bo Yueming cooperated with the change of subject, teasing, “Sweet? Give me a taste?”

Just as Pei Yi was about to move forward, the cell phone on the table suddenly vibrated. It was a message from driver Lao Fu.

Bo Yueming had no choice but to hold back his intention of getting a taste for the time being. He patted his lover’s shoulder. “Kitten, get up first. Let’s talk about it when we get home.”

Pei Yi was well-behaved and cooperative. Only when he turned around did he see a cell phone on the sofa opposite. Judging by the style, it should have been left by Li Yuan.

“Er-ge, Pear Garden left his cell phone behind! I’ll chase him down and return it to him. Maybe I can make it in time!”

Saying this, he picked up the cell phone and hurried out without having time to listen to what Bo Yueming had to say.

Pei Yi still remembered where Yan Cen had parked his car, and headed straight for his destination. 

He passed by a lifted off-road vehicle that blocked his view, then stepped on the brakes mid-jog.

In the westernmost corner of the open-air parking lot, the two people Pei Yi was looking for stood outside a black car, but something was off—

Yan Cen had trapped Li Yuan between himself and the car door. The slanting streetlight illuminated them in its glow, making their shadows particularly ambiguous.

“Damn, what’s happening here, ah?”

Pei Yi took two steps back and took cover behind the off-road vehicle to poke out just half of his curious head, staring for a moment for fear of missing any details.

Suddenly, he saw the always gentle and decorous Yan Cen lower his head and kiss him.

“Wow…..ai!”

Before Pei Yi’s sound of surprise could completely escape his throat, he felt a sudden lightness under his feet—

Bo Yueming picked up his curious kitten from behind, and with a clever flip, he lifted him in front of him and took him to the parking space in the other direction.

Pei Yi’s heartstrings only tightened for a moment, and he habitually tightened his arms around Bo Yueming, urging, “Er-ge, put me down quickly, I was just seeing the key moment!”

What happened with his friend and Yan Cen, ah? Didn’t he vow to focus only on his career and not on relationships?”

He went to Haishi for four or five days and kissed him as soon as he came back? Did he see wrong just now?

“…….”

Pei Yi’s mind was filled with curiosity, and he kept glancing toward the west corner.

It was a pity that his line of sight was blocked, and he couldn’t see anything.

Bo Yueming patted his backside lightly. “People have their own feelings to deal with, so a kitten like you shouldn’t get involved in them.”

With that said, he brought the person in his arms back to the parking spot where Lao Fu was.

Lao Fu, who was standing outside the car, saw this scene from afar and was so shocked that he looked away—

Aiyo.

Hadn’t Little Sir only been away for a few days, ah? Why was it that when this person came back, they were already hugging outside before they even got home?

Bo Yueming made a casual excuse, “Lao Fu, go buy two bottles of cold mineral water. Little Sir is thirsty.”

“Ai! I’ll go right away!” Lao Fu responded wisely and hurried away without a trace.

“You saw, didn’t you? If it’s something you shouldn’t see, you should stay away and make room for others.”

Bo Yueming opened the car door with his free hand and put the kitten, who had not seen enough of the excitement, on the seat.

Pei Yi hummed, unconvinced. “I just wanted to give Pear Garden his mobile phone. Besides, I didn’t run up to interrupt them just now.”

As for Yan Cen’s intimate act just now, what if Li Yuan didn’t accept it?

Thinking about it, Pei Yi was a little worried for his friend. “If you ask me, you shouldn’t have stopped me. At least let me…..wu!”

Bo Yueming regarded the chattering lover before him and simply leaned forward to kiss him.

The unfinished words stuck in his throat, and when they came out, they had turned into an ambiguous and seductive whimper.

Pei Yi’s thoughts froze for a couple of seconds. When he reacted again, he couldn’t help but grab the other’s clothing and cooperate.

His lips and teeth were easily pried open, and Bo Yueming licked in, stirring up the desire that had accumulated over time.

There was the drunkenness of wine and the sweetness of sugar.

The oxygen was taken up little by little throughout the deep kiss, with only desire and passion building up layer by layer, accompanied by the occasional slight muffled sound.

After an unknown amount of time, Bo Yueming reined himself in before he could lose control. His fingertips rubbed heavily against the back of his lover’s neck, as if he was controlling the possessiveness that was about to burst out.

“E-Er-ge.”

Pei Yi’s mouth was open slightly, his eyes covered in a layer of mist from the heated desire. He unconsciously embraced Bo Yueming a little tighter, leaning against him to express his subconscious attachment—

During the four or five days he was on his business trip to Haishi, the scent on the jacket he had secretly brought had faded away, making him feel far less stable than he did at this moment.

Bo Yueming kissed his lips again, and didn’t stop for a moment. “Little Sir, do you want to go back and watch the fun now, or do you want to go home with me?”

Pei Yi stared at the handsome face close at hand, his inner curiosity completely replaced by impulse after the kiss.

His Adam’s apple rolled, and without a second’s hesitation, he said, “G-go home!”

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Chapter Eighty-One <<Table of Contents >> Chapter Eighty-Three

One day later, the office’s annual meeting was held at the hotel as scheduled.

It was the same hotel as the king’s birthday banquet and Luobing’s welcoming feast. All the Imperial banquets were held here.

Luo Ran wore a neat white suit today. The close-fitting fabric was perfectly cut for his waist and slender legs, very elegant.

There was a lot of toasting at the banquet. The people in the office who were usually disheveled had changed from work clothes to nice outfits one by one, and looked quite fresh. 

In addition to the employees from the office’s annual meeting, representatives of the royal family, investors, and other organizations and companies were also present. The banquet had always been a large-scale social platform.

Lucas hadn’t yet returned, and Luo Ran immediately became the target of everyone’s flattery.

“Secretary Luo, you look so good today.” The department ministers came to toast one by one.

“Secretary Luo, the Admiral hasn’t returned yet?” An investor smiled.

Luo Ran didn’t drink, and only smiled while holding orange juice.

He was quite used to these interactions.

Only……

Luo Ran kept subconsciously glancing at the door.

Lucas said he would be back tonight.

It should be soon.

“Secretary Luo, when will you marry the Admiral?” One of the ministers asked on behalf of everyone.

Luo Ran paused, then said with a smile: “You stop joking.”

“Aiya! Hurry up! Get married as soon as possible, otherwise the Admiral will fight all year round!”

“That’s right, Secretary! It’s better to have a child as soon as possible! Many children, for the future of the Empire!”

Luo Ran became more and more helpless.

He was surrounded by a large group of people urging him to get married and have children. Those who didn’t know would think he was participating in a party of his mother’s, Wang Zitong.

“What are you talking about? It’s so lively.”

Several people turned their heads and saw that Lucas had returned at some point.

Lucas had come as soon as he stepped off the aircraft. He was still wearing his dusty military uniform.

Luo Ran was slightly taken back.

He had returned……

Lucas glanced at Luo Ran, then went with a smile to the stage to perform the customary ceremony of cutting the ribbon and pouring wine.

As for the speech for the general department leaders, Lucas had always been too lazy to do it. Even if Luo Ran wrote him a draft, he didn’t bother to read it.

Lucas did his job well, and left after showing his face.

When Lucas got off the stage, he took Luo Ran by the arm, and the two went upstairs together.

He wanted to save face for the other party in public, so Lucas’s actions on the surface were not crude.

Only Luo Ran could feel that his hand was about to be broken off, and Lucas was also breathing heavily. But because there were outsiders here, Luo Ran could only bear it and not shake it off.

Everyone else looked at the two who couldn’t wait to go upstairs as soon as they reunited, and lamented, what a wonderful love.

Ai, a long absence was better than being newlyweds. Damn.

When they went upstairs, Lucas ignored everything else and dragged Luo Ran to the room with long strides.

“Admiral……!” Luo Ran was dragged away, and asked as he stumbled: “Admiral, what’s wrong?”

—Bump

Lucas pulled him into the room and pressed him against the door, smiling: “Is this room familiar?”

“……” Luo Ran was stunned for a moment. He glanced around and then looked at Lucas with some doubt, not knowing if he should say anything or not.

Luo Ran said cautiously: “It’s…..the room where you had an accident with that Omega before.”

Lucas pursed his lips and looked at Luo Ran steadfastly. He was feeling pleasure and happiness at the moment, but there was also an anger that could not be ignored.

This was too contradictory, and Luo Ran couldn’t figure out what Lucas was thinking for the moment.

“Admiral, I…..” Luo Ran said: “What’s going on with you?”

“What’s going on with me?” Lucas continued to smile. He gently rubbed the back of Luo Ran’s head with one hand, and rested the other on Luo Ran’s back, slowly moving down. 

Through the fabric, Luo Ran could feel the warmth of Lucas’s palm.

“I……” Luo Ran could make a rough guess, and could only bite the bullet and say: “Admiral, I was wrong.”

“How were you wrong?”

“I shouldn’t have lied to you. I’m sorry.” Luo Ran immediately explained: “But I had made up my mind to confess. I didn’t intend to keep it a secret.”

Luo Ran was extremely remorseful at the moment. Unexpectedly, Lucas had found out one step ahead of when he had originally planned to bring it up.

“Then when were you going to confess?”

“On your birthday.” He would give him his gift, and bring it up when he was in a happy mood.

“When is my birthday?”

“Next Tuesday.”

Lucas was furious: “You still wanted to hide it until next Tuesday?!”

“……”

“Luo Ran.” Lucas sneered coldly. “Do you remember what I said, what I would do when I found that person?”

Luo Ran whispered: “……You would kill him.”

“I’ll kill you now.”

Bam—

Lucas directly picked Luo Ran up and threw him on the bed.

“Admiral……!” Luo Ran was a little nervous.

Lucas leaned forward and said in a hoarse voice: “Luo Ran.”

“……..” Luo Ran looked at the fierce man in front of him. He paused for a moment and didn’t say anything, agreeing by default.

Anyway, Lucas couldn’t control it now, and unconsciously released Alpha pheromones, which made his limbs go weak and he even……went into heat.

In the face of the person he liked, he couldn’t resist, and would always subconsciously want to respond to the other person.

Luo Ran couldn’t resist, especially because it was Lucas.

The white tea pheromones were elegant and melodious, and the scent was exactly the same as that night.

—It wasn’t the incense that had been knocked over, but the pheromones of this person.

“You dared to lie to me.” Lucas gritted his teeth and bit Luo Ran’s Adam’s apple. “You lied to me. You’re always lying to me.”

“I didn’t…..wu….!”

Luo Ran gripped the quilt tightly with his hands, trembling all over.

It hurt so much.

He was really going to die.

Lucas looked at the man in front of him.

Even at this time, he still tried to adjust his breathing so that he would not be embarrassed. His ten fingers gripping the bedding were reddened with the force, and his neat suit was still on, buttoned to the highest point.

He was still holding on.

Lucas grew angry at the sight, and thought, fuck it all.

Lucas bowed his head and kissed Luo Ran’s lips fiercely, deliberately exerting more force.

“Don’t……” Luo Ran fell apart.

An unknown amount of time later, Luo Ran felt the gland on the back of his neck being bitten, pheromones pouring in from the top and bottom.

He was thoroughly marked by the Alpha in front of him.

. . . . . . . .

For the next three days, nobody saw the two of them.

The susceptible period for Alphas and Omegas with an official mark had always been very long. Lu Cheng tactfully renewed the room for the two, and the guard captain also wisely guarded the stairs so that outsiders would not affect the future of the pillars of the Empire.

Rong Duo didn’t dare to send text messages to Luo Ran’s terminal to bother him and complain tearfully. She just gritted her teeth along with the others and rushed to catch up with business.

After three days, it finally subsided. Luo Ran shrank under the quilt, lying on his stomach without moving.

It was only one night before, but Luo Ran lay in bed for a whole day, unable to get up. It wasn’t comfortable, and it really, really hurt. There were wounds all over his body.

This time, perhaps it was that…..the study materials from Shen Xiluo had achieved results. Although it took a long time, on the one hand, they had the assistance and relief of a spiritual connection and official mark, and on the other hand, Lucas knew how to take care of him, so the experience was pretty good.

After all, the system had appraised them as a 200% match. As long as Lucas was not as reckless as before, abusing people, he would feel comfortable no matter what.

Luo Ran’s hair had been let loose, and the long silver strands fell on his shoulders and back. Red marks and bruises overlaid his body like a painting palette.

Lucas got up and went to the bathroom to wet a towel, then came back to clean up Luo Ran.

“Don’t press on your stomach, it’ll hurt.” Lucas frowned slightly and turned Luo Ran over.

Luo Ran said hoarsely: “Don’t look.”

After an official marking, in order to increase the probability of conception, an Omega’s body had the function of locking in the spend, so his stomach naturally didn’t look good at the moment.

“I’ve seen everything, what does it matter?” Lucas said with a smile: “Don’t pretend.”

He said such a thing, but Lucas knew that Luo Ran was truly embarrassed, so he moved his hands quickly. After wiping down his body, he put a bathrobe on Luo Ran, and then lay down with him in his arms.

The room was full of strong pheromones, white tea and tobacco blended together. Being embraced by Lucas like this, the recently-marked Luo Ran felt very at ease and comfortable.

“Ranran.” Lucas rested his chin on Luo Ran’s hair and said: “Next time you lie to me again, I will lock you up and beat you every day just like I did now. I’ll beat you hard.”

Luo Ran blushed. He paused for a moment, then said: “Admiral, I’m sorry.”

Lucas was a little surprised.

Luo Ran said: “I know it was really wrong for me to lie to you for so long, and to keep watching you investigate everywhere like this, but I didn’t mean to. Firstly, I wanted to lure the snake out of the hole, and secondly……I think survival and self-protection is everyone’s knee-jerk reaction.”

Lucas wanted to kill that person one bite at a time before, and Luo Ran was so foolish that he threw himself into deeper water.

He had initially wanted to wait for Lucas’s anger to slowly dissipate, then confess after he no longer cared about it as much, but didn’t expect that Lucas would grow angrier by the day. As an Alpha, it could be said that it was rare to be troubled by one’s own “virginity.”

“Ha!” Lucas laughed angrily. He gripped Luo Ran’s hand and patted his back lightly, saying: “You really thought I would do something to you? That’s what you think of me? How are you the same as others!?”

“I thought that even if you didn’t kill me, you would be angry.” Then Luo Ran said with a smile: “Wasn’t I afraid that I would lose my job?”

Lucas frowned.

Although Luo Ran said it in a joking tone, Lucas knew what was going on.

Lucas remembered Luo Ran’s evasion and hesitation in the face of his pursuit.

He was clearly a rational and confident person most of the time, but he always had concerns about him.

Lucas also said in a joking tone: “What? You thought I wouldn’t want you? Then you were thinking too much. No matter how angry I am, I will tolerate you. After all, I need you to handle official and daily affairs for me, so I’ll have to bow my head and ask for your help.”

“Now there is one more requirement. Don’t worry, you won’t lose your job.” Lucas rubbed Luo Ran’s face like a scoundrel.

Luo Ran: “…….”

Luo Ran smiled and said: “Good night..…Admiral.”

He was really tired. He had probably never thought in his life that he would live and sleep with his boss, only relying on nutrient solution for three days.

“En.”

. . . . . . . .

After Luo Ran fell asleep, Lucas picked him up, covered Luo Ran’s face and neck with his jacket, and left the room.

Lucas took the VIP private passage and brought Luo Ran back to the office. He let him continue to sleep in the office bedroom, and read official documents himself.

They had been hands-off for three days, and too many important matters had piled up. Lucas felt that he would be a bit of a beast to make Luo Ran read through them now, so he could only bite the bullet.

Lucas walked out of the office after putting on his military uniform, and saw Rong Duo looking at him with a very mystifying expression.

After all, Rong Duo had seen Luo Ran being carried into the room by Lucas, so she knew what was going on.

There was even a bit of condemnation, as if she was looking at a scumbag.

Lucas: “ ? ”

Lucas thought Rong Duo’s mind must be broken, so he ignored her and went to military headquarters.

When he appeared there, Wang Qiuyang and Lu Cheng were also shocked.

Wang Qiuyang: “Scumbag!”

Lu Cheng: “Scumbag!”

Lucas: “ ? ? ”

Wang Qiuyuang was in disbelief: “Oh my god, Admiral, you’re still working at this time?”

Lu Cheng was also in disbelief: “How can the Admiral come out at such a time!”

Lucas bared his teeth and said: “Fuck off, let it go.”

Wang Qiuyang grieved and lamented: “Fortunately, Secretary Luo isn’t an Omega.”

Lucas’s heart skipped a beat. He frowned and said: “What’s wrong with that!”

Seeing that Lucas really didn’t know, Lu Cheng could only say: “After being officially marked by an Alpha, both Betas and Omegas will become very dependent on the Alpha’s pheromones for a short period of time, and Omegas will even build a nest. Although Secretary Luo is a Beta, he will need the Admiral’s pheromones very much at this time. How could you just come out like this…..!”

Lucas’s eyes widened.

Ah?

Then Lucas, who was just about to start working, turned around and ran away.

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Chapter Eighty-Three << Table of Contents >> Chapter Eighty-Five

Smoke billowed from the kitchens in the small village as every household busied themselves making lunch. There was a woman at the entrance of the village carrying her baby, and when she looked up to see Liu Xianche and his party, she was very pleasantly surprised: “Ah, Miracle Doctor, why are you here? Our shopkeeper has packed up a cartload of New Year’s goods and is about to take it to Liujia Village.” While speaking, she quickly pulled away the baby’s swaddling clothes to show the miracle doctor. There was a splint on the baby’s arm, and the servant boy recognized it at a glance. This was the usual bandaging technique used in Baihe Mountain Village. He was stunned for a moment. “Huh?”

Could it be someone from their own family?

The woman was still talking about the child’s symptoms. Liu Xianche went up to take a look: “Where is the medicine he’s taking?”

“It’s cooking on the stove,” the woman said. “The miracle doctor has been working hard, and must not have eaten anything. My mother-in-law has cooked glutinous pork rice and steamed a lot of rose cakes, all of which are favorites of the doctor. Come and rest at home.”

In the end, she took these men home without any explanation. The servant boy asked in a whisper: “Young Master, look at this bandaging technique, it can’t be…..A-Chang?”

From his standpoint, this was also a reasonable guess, because in the eyes of the vast majority of Baihe Mountain Village disciples, Liu Hengchang was exiled due to embezzlement. His character was not very good, and it was normal for such a person to pretend to be the First Young Master to bluff and deceive if he couldn’t put up with living outside.

However, Liu Xianche knew the truth of the matter. He knew that A-Chang was still lurking within the Baifu Sect at this time, so of course it was impossible for him to come out and pretend to be Liu Xianche. Thus, he kept his composure and didn’t ask any more questions for the time being, just following the woman into a house.

The older children in the courtyard were boiling medicine, which was gurgling in a pot. The smell of the medicine was very light, bitter and fragrant. Liu Xianche carefully looked at the medicine dregs, his brows furrowed. This prescription for healing wounds was drawn up by himself, and compiled into medical books to be distributed free of charge. Anyone could read it, so this wasn’t surprising, but what was strange was that the decrease in dosage for young children was nearly the same as their own process, which was not mentioned in the book.

“Miracle Doctor, what’s wrong? Is there something the matter with this medicine?” Seeing his stern face, the woman also panicked, asking the question cautiously.

“It’s is fine.” Liu Xianche stood up and said, “I’ll just add another medicine. Give me the previous prescription.”

The woman breathed a sigh of relief, and repeatedly agreed to go to the room to get the prescription. Liu Xianche took it in his hand, and the servant also stretched his head out curiously to look at it. He was even more shocked at the sight. This……he swallowed with difficulty, and said hesitantly, why does it seem to be the handwriting of our Second Young Master, ah?

Liu Xian’an’s handwriting was very recognizable, and all the disciples of Baihe Mountain Village could discern it. After all, the second young master only had two major advantages: good looks and good handwriting. Thus, every twelfth lunar month, he was driven to the study by the Village Master to write Spring Festival couplets. His brushstrokes were thin and elegant, full of power and grace, luxurious and romantic, and were very difficult for others to imitate.

A herd of horses was galloping through Liu Xianche’s heart at this moment. In the joyous tumult, he picked up a brush with difficulty and changed a few parts of the prescription, asking: “What about the patients I’ve seen before? Call them all with their prescriptions, don’t waste any time.”

“Yes, yes, yes.” The woman worked quickly, and immediately went to the village to spread the word, shouting that Doctor Liu had come back for a follow-up visit. Taking advantage of this time, the servant asked in disbelief: “Young Master, it can’t really be the Second Young Master, right? The handwriting is indeed his, and the Second Young Master does happen to be in the Southwest at this time, but…..” But the most famous layabout in the whole village couldn’t even remember the names of the medicines. Why would he suddenly change shape in a single shake and treat patients?

Liu Xianche was dizzied by his fragmented thoughts. If you’re asking me, who should I ask? He stared at the prescription in his hand, and the more he looked, the more unbelievable it became. Medical skills were the most impossible thing to achieve overnight. This was too strange. Before he could figure out the ins and outs, the villagers had already lined up with their prescriptions, and some had even brought an extra plate of pastries, all of which were sweet and glutinous. First Young Master Liu was very familiar with these kinds of glutinous rice snacks. His lazy brother was greedy at home, and slept right after eating. He did this several times and had indigestion, moaning and groaning, and all his medicine was poured by Liu Xianche.

“Doctor, your medicine is really amazing.” The person at the front gave a thumbs up and shouted, “I drank it and was just fine!”

Liu Xianche temporarily gathered his thoughts and said: “Tell me about the symptoms again.”

The man subconsciously lowered his voice as he responded, wondering at the same time, why does the miracle doctor seem more serious than the previous two days?

Liu Xianche looked at the patients one by one, checked the prescriptions one by one, and found no major mistakes, only a few sporadic additions or subtractions of the dosages. When the last villager left, Liu Xianche put down the brush in his hand, stood up, and said expressionlessly: “Let’s go!”

The woman in the kitchen chased after the sound, both hands covered in glutinous rice flour, and said anxiously: “Why is the miracle doctor going? Your favorite sweets are still hot!”

But the team of horses was sharp like an arrow, far away down the bend of the green mountain.

. . . . . . .

In Liuja Village, Liu Xian’an was eating extremely sweet pastries. A-Ning reminded his young master that he couldn’t eat any more, the prince ordered that the young master could only eat three pieces at most per day.

“If you don’t tell, nobody will know.” Liu Xian’an gave him half of it as hush money.

A-Ning’s brow and nose wrinkled up: “I don’t want it, it’s not easy to digest.”

Liu Xian’an turned a deaf ear and continued to eat snacks, wandering around the village in a big robe and making himself a living target. Seeing that it would be New Year’s Eve the next day, but people from the Baifu Sect had not come to kidnap him for a long time, he was also rather downtrodden, because it was quite boring to stay here all the time.

A-Ning sighed. The young master was capable of having a boring day. Who was the one who could sleep all day and find sleeping very interesting? Could it be that with His Royal Highness Xiao Wang there, he didn’t even bother to visit the Three Thousand Worlds anymore?

The master and servant wandered around the village for more than half a circle, but waited in vain for the cult assassin, so they had to resentfully return to their rooms. The guards of Xiao Wang Manor who were protecting him in the dark did not dare relax, and remained scattered around the village. They thought that they would get nothing again today, and never expected that there would actually be movement.

At sunset, a group of people appeared at the entrance of the village. The leader was wearing a blue cloak and a silver fox fur cap, with most of his face covered. There were quite a few followers, including servants, and they didn’t look like assassins, let alone kidnappers. An Imperial guard disguised as a villager stood in the way, knocking on a pipe bowl as he asked: “Who are you looking for?”

“We’re looking for the miracle doctor,” Liu Xianche said coldly. “I need treatment.”

“Follow me.” The Imperial guard turned to the side, motioning for everyone to follow.

Perhaps because the patient’s attitude was like that of an ancestor, unlike ordinary villagers who smiled anxiously, it seemed as if he was going to the door to collect a debt. So he looked back again, but still couldn’t see the person’s face clearly. He only saw a pointed chin and thin lips pressed into a line.

This looked familiar, but not familiar. In short, it was strange. He raised his vigilance, but in the shadows, someone had already rushed to report to Liang Shu.

Liu Xian’an was sitting in the room, changing the dressing for an uncle who had a broken leg. The uncle was hard of hearing and couldn’t hear the doctor’s words clearly, so his cooperation was extremely poor and it took him a long time to lift his leg. It was still out of position, but Liu Xian’an couldn’t be bothered with it anymore, and worked hard to loosen the splint for him.  He tried to apply the medicine sideways and re-wrap the bandages, but couldn’t find the right position for a long time, sweating in vain. He was about to call A-Ning to help when another pair of white hands suddenly appeared, took the bandage, and pulled it back hard, drawing an “urk” out of the uncle, who nearly stopped breathing.

Liu Xian’an looked sideways.

Liu Xianche looked back at him.

Liu Xian’an gasped, his eyes as wide as A-Ning’s. Seeing that the situation wasn’t good, the Imperial guard at the side saw Liu Xian’an’s expression and stepped forward to arrest this person, but Liu Xian’an waved him away desperately.

“…….”

Liu Xianche didn’t say a word. He bandaged the injured man’s leg, instructing in a cold voice, “If this happens again in the future, don’t be soft-handed, otherwise you won’t be able to finish bandaging in half an hour.”

“I know, but I don’t have much strength,” Liu Xian’an argued.

You know it now, but at home you just said you didn’t know to every question. Liu Xianche said to the wounded man: “It’s done. Get out.”

The wounded man was also shocked by his natural debt collector aura. He didn’t even dare to lift his head, and dragged his crutches as he moved outside, shambling like the living dead. Liu Xianche took off his hood and cloak, and the Imperial guard finally got a clear view of his face. This time, it was his turn to gasp. A-Ning dropped the basin in his hands on the ground with a bang, turned around, and ran outside without saying a word.

Where was he going?

To report the military situation to His Royal Highness Xiao Wang.

“Your Highness, Your Highness, Your Highness!” A-Ning said, out of breath, “The First Young Master is really here!”

Inside the room.

Liu Xian’an said: “Da-ge.”

Liu Xianche sat on a chair. “What is going on?”

“The prince wants to use this method to lure out the Baifu Sect’s assassin,” Liu Xian’an explained. “They have always wanted to catch a doctor from Baihe Mountain Village to treat Feng Xiaojin, and Da-ge has the best medical skills in our family, so I just pretended for a few days.”

“That’s not what I’m asking.” Liu Xianche took a stack of prescriptions from his sleeve. “Did you prescribe all of these?”

Liu Xian’an nodded: “Yes.”

“No one helped you?”

“En.”

“When did you secretly learn it?”

“It wasn’t secretly.”

After all, when he was a child, Second Young Master Liu hid in the library and flipped pages like cutting noodles, and the entire village knew about it. Liu Xian’an said: “I said I had read them all, but nobody believed me.” This was not my problem, but your problem.

Liu Xianche looked at the little brother before him and experienced the rare emotion of “shock.” There was a ringing in his ears, as if the world was collapsing. He said in disbelief: “So you memorized all the medical books at that time, but kept it a secret for so many years?”

It was not a lie. After all, no one came to ask him, and there was no shortage of doctors in the village. Liu Xian’an felt that under such circumstances, wasn’t it reasonable for him to hide away and sleep in the waterside pavilion? After all, treating patients was not something he had to do, and it was more comfortable to sleep.

Liu Xianche ignored his rebuttal, and casually pulled a ruler from a cloth basket: “Hold out your hand.”

Liu Xian’an: “…….”

He honestly suffered three blows, and was inwardly distressed to have his hand beaten as soon as they met.

Liu Xianche asked: “Do you know why I beat you?”

Liu Xian’an: “Because I pretended to be Da-ge.”

Pa!

Liu Xian’an corrected himself in a timely manner: “Because I clearly have medical skills, but concealed it for many years.”

In the end, another smack of the ruler descended and he gasped in pain.

Liu Xianche said: “I beat you because you prescribed a wrong prescription in Xiaozhao Village.”

When Liu Xian’an heard this, he couldn’t care less about the pain, and picked up the stack of prescriptions to check. Liu Xianche said: “If you can’t discover where the error is, you may continue to come to me to receive punishment until you find it.”

Liu Xian’an went through the prescriptions one by one until he found a mistake, a mistake that shouldn’t have happened. He wanted to use the excuse that he was so busy that day that he lost his head, but when the words came to his lips, he remembered the family motto his father chanted every day and obediently stretched out his hand. In terms of medical skills, Baihe Mountain Village had always been strict with its disciples, and Liu Xianche was even stricter among them. He beat the ruler so hard that a thin red mark swelled up on his slender white palm. Then he put the ruler aside and said: “Remember this lesson and be more careful in the future.”

Liu Xian’an let out a “wu,” and gingerly rubbed his hand behind his back.

Liu Xianche stared at this sad face that was the same as his own. It hurt to stare at it, but he still wanted to laugh. He took out some ointment from his sleeve: “That’s all. Sit down and I’ll apply medicine.”

There were footsteps in the courtyard.

Liu Xian’an said: “The prince has come.”

As soon as Liang Shu stepped through the courtyard gate, he saw a person walking out the door with a cold expression and a slightly furrowed brow.

Immediately afterwards, another head slowly stuck out around the door frame.

Liang Shu: “……..”

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Chapter Eighty-One << Table of Contents >> Chapter Eighty-Three

In the hotel room, Pei Yi finished talking on the phone with Bo Yueming, Xiang Nansheng, and the others before turning around and telling Li Yuan, “Pear Garden, our presentation for the competition will continue as usual in the afternoon.”

“As usual?”

Li Yuan believed in his own game and in the judgment of his friend. The only thing he didn’t believe in was Ke Ming the thief calling them thieves.

“Pei Yi, Ke Ming did it on purpose. The setting of “Destroy the Alien Beasts” is more and more similar to ours, and they seized the advantage of the morning session. Our Last Fog presentation comes in the afternoon, and I’m afraid we’ll be beaten by him.”

Li Yuan had initially thought that after this period of experience, he had become mature, stable, and strong, but he didn’t understand until he met the person who had mocked and humiliated him in the past—

He still couldn’t bear to lose again, especially in this hard-won career.

Pei Yi saw his friend’s currently tense nerves and pushed him to sit down on the sofa, taking the initiative to hand over the cigarettes on the table.

“Pear Garden, smoke one? Then listen to me.”

“…….”

They were staying on a smoking floor, and it was a room near the window, so smoking a cigarette and a half now and then wouldn’t matter. 

Li Yuan looked at the cigarettes stuffed into his hand and shook his head. “No.”

Firstly, he didn’t want to make his friend feel uncomfortable, and secondly, he remembered the goal of quitting smoking that he made before the New Year.

He poured himself half a glass of cold mineral water. “I’m fine, just tell me what you think.”

Pei Yi sat down opposite him and said, “Pear Garden, you’ve already read the description of the setting of “Destroy the Alien Beasts,” and it is the core operation of our “The Last Mist.” So let me ask you—”

“Who is better and who is worse regarding the background of the two games? Who is stronger and who is weaker in character settings? Who wins and who loses in the game’s NPC portrayal?”

Li Yuan took it for granted and voted, “Of course it’s our Last Fog!”

It wasn’t that he was speaking through a filter, but that their game was better.

Regarding the backgrounds of the games, there had been a winner between the two sides since the bidding in the capital. Pei Yi, as the architect of The Last Fog, had created a more magnificent and enormous world view.

On the other hand, the cobbled together “Destroy the Alien Beasts” still contained a shadow of many foreign sci-fi movies.

In terms of game character settings, there were four human characters and a “mutant wolf” in “Destroy the Alien Beasts,” while The Last Fog had six human characters and a “human zombie.”

It seemed that the former had copied them, but in terms of preparation time and related attributes, The Last Fog was definitely more detailed, richer, and team-oriented.

As for the final portrayal of the NPCs, beauty was in the eye of the beholder.

Pei Yi said from his own structural point of view, “In my opinion, Ke Ming forcefully increased the game characters of Destroy the Alien Beasts from one to five, which is actually superfluous.”

He wanted too many, and destroyed the uniqueness of the game.

“Pear Garden, do you remember their initial setting?”

Li Yuan was not a game architect, so he didn’t understand his friend’s first sentence for the time being, but he still remembered the original story concept of “Alien Beasts”—

Due to the improper operation of a gene experiment, a large number of mutated creatures escaped, which shortly affected humanity and brought global disaster.

And the “protagonist” of the game was the only person who was harmed by an alien beast but not infected, and could even make the other beasts bow down.

“Think about it, in the context of a global background without normal human beings, the ‘uniqueness’ of the protagonist is the key to attracting players.”

The lonely but exclusive brand of destiny was the key attraction of this game.

Of course, if the game was upgraded or there was another version, it was fine for new characters to be added.

But Ke Ming’s “Destroy the Alien Beasts” completely ruined the most exciting point at the beginning.

The uniqueness was no longer there.

In the initial setting of The Last Fog, there were many humans still surviving. The highlights of the game were the process of “amnesia” at the beginning, meeting “companions” on the road, and then “revealing secrets” side by side to learn the truth.

If The Last Fog 1.0 was limited to single-player battles, then the upgraded mobile game The Last Fog 2.0 was aimed at multiplayer team battles.

As the game’s chief planner, Pei Yi clearly understood the advantages of his own game better than the “copycat” Ke Ming.

“The other party plagiarized in order to make the two games have similar settings, but our ‘difference’ is the key to our superiority over them.”

“Pear Garden, we don’t need to change the settings. We just need to add a page of ‘innovation’ to the end of the presentation.”

“Innovation?”

“En, I asked Brother Xiang just now. We need to improve the degree of freedom in the game’s skill points, so that players can customize the attack range, distance, and even the attack path of each skill.”

If the player didn’t need to customize them, they could also follow the official preset settings.

Of course, custom skill changes had approved value ranges.

There was slight surprise in Li Yuan’s eyes. “Is this possible? Will it increase the load of the game?”

Pei Yi said honestly, “It will aggravate it a little, but GM is willing to increase investment to solve the technical and server problems, so we can just go ahead with it.”

Li Yuan’s tense nerves finally relaxed, and his interest in teasing was renewed. “You sought out that family of yours? Does this count as going through the back door?”

“That bastard Ke Ming has already gone through the organizers’ back door, what can’t I do?”

Pei Yi was straightforward and respected the rules of the game. “Besides, my back door won’t affect other people’s chances.”

“If Xiao Li finds this unsuitable, can’t you call another senior member of GM to give it a try? You guys, ah, walk through the front door carefully.”

“…….”

Li Yuan heard Pei Yi covertly mention Yan Cen, as if implying something, and coughed. “What are you talking about?”

Pei Yi met his eyes and smiled, saying nothing.

Li Yuan dropped the cigarettes in his hand and stood up. “Then don’t you want to increase the content of the presentation? I’m getting the computer. You say it and I’ll make the changes, let’s hurry up.”

“Okay.”

Pei saw this and took them, adding one more sentence at the end, “Pear Garden, don’t worry, our game can at least enter the top five.”

Even if, as Ke Ming believed, the favorites for awards were all concentrated in the morning session, the pressure of “choosing five out of ten” for the afternoon session would naturally be decreased.

What’s more, their game had never been a patchwork of ostentation—

You couldn’t become fat with one mouthful, and you couldn’t climb to the sky with one foot. Everything must be done step by step.

No matter how certain the result was in the eyes of others, there was a one in ten thousand chance that this could be changed, and they must be fully prepared for that chance!

Li Yuan broke completely free from the anger he had been coerced into, and became calm and confident. “En, I understand.”

Regardless of whether the result was predetermined or not, as long as they could back it into the top five, it would not be a waste of time for them.

What’s more, they still had their big move to deal with Ke Ming at the end.

. . . . . . .

It was as Pei Yi expected.

After two days of selection by the competition organizers, their Last Fog was still shortlisted into the top five. In addition—

Nebula Fun Tour’s “Traces,” Chanming studio’s “Destroy the Alien Beasts,” Mufeng Games’ “Dark Blue Sea,” and Jyou Entertainment’s “Gun God Hundred to One” were also shortlisted.

Soon, it was the last day of the competition, when the winning games were to be announced.

Pei Yi and Li Yuan’s seats were moved from the fifth row to the third row, and they were also arranged to the left of Ke Ming.

The eyes of the two sides met, then quickly averted.

Pei Yi didn’t want his friend to be influenced by a thing like Ke Ming anymore, so he took the initiative to sit next to the latter and gave up the other seat to Li Yuan.

Sure enough, as soon as the two of them sat down, Ke Ming immediately smiled and spoke out, “I really didn’t expect that we would still meet each other in the finals, ah.”

Pei Yi couldn’t be bothered to pay attention to Ke Ming’s trouble seeking behavior, so he simply ignored him.

“…….”

Ke Ming was taken aback, but his triumphant expression remained. “It’s a pity, ah, that you can only accompany me here.”

After all, how could there be two apocalyptic games among the top three in the game competition?

Since this spot was occupied in advance by his “Destroy the Alien Beasts,” it was destined that Li Yuan and others could only sit in the audience as losers and watch him go on stage to receive the award.

Thinking of this, Ke Ming’s filled more and more with the determination to win. “I heard that you plan to customize the attack settings of the game? This is indeed a good idea.”

“…….”

When Pei Yi heard this, a cold feeling finally formed in his heart. “Mr. Ke, no matter whether the idea is good or bad, it is not your idea.”

Seeing him finally react, Ke Ming came up with a high-sounding excuse, “We are colleagues, let’s learn from each other and make progress together.”

Did it matter who thought of it?

Was it important whether the innovation was exclusive?

As long as their “Destroy the Alien Beasts” was released before “The Last Fog” and thus captured the time difference, then who could tell who had copied whom?

Pei Yi could see everything in Ke Ming’s eyes, and his disgust became even stronger.

Ke Ming saw this and felt enjoyment in his heart – a reaction was better than no reaction. The angrier the other party was and the more he cared about it, the more relaxed he felt physically and mentally.

Ke Ming looked Pei Yi in the face again and asked persistently, “Teacher Will, I’ve been wondering in the past two days, have we met somewhere before?”

In fact, he had privately asked his assistant to investigate Will’s true identity, but there had been no news for a while.

Ke Ming returned to his senses and added, “You really look familiar to me.”

Pei Yi turned his eyes away, unwilling to give him another unnecessary glance.

Soon, the public announcement of the award-winning guests sounded on the stage—

“Congratulations to Nebula Fun Tour. The suspenseful crime-solving game “Traces” has been shortlisted for the top three in the 8th Original Game Design Competition!”

The audience burst into applause. As expected, “Traces” was a winning game.

As the representative, Gu Jianshen stood up calmly. Before taking the stage, he did not forget to glance at Pei Yi, his eyes revealing his sincere gratitude to him as the original architect.

Pei Yi smiled back. “Congratulations.”

Gu Jianshen replied in a low voice, “Teacher Will, I hope to see you on stage later.”

Although they didn’t speak loudly, the people nearby could still hear.

When Ke Ming saw this scene, there was a trace of ridicule in his eyes—

In his opinion, Nebula Fun Tour’s “Traces” was just a good investment, backed by a major game company like Weiyi!

As one of the investors behind the competition, perhaps it had already arranged for “Traces” to win the award. It was about the same as their “Destroy the Alien Beasts,” so no one was necessarily better than the other!

The awards for the three out of five were given one after another, so not long after, the voice of the award presenter was heard on stage again—

“Congratulations, Chanming Studios, the apocalyptic survival game “Destroy the Alien Beasts” has been shortlisted for the top three in the 8th Original Game Design Competition!”

At the moment the next winner was announced, other than Pei Yi and Li Yuan, who had long expected it, the voices of everyone else in the audience gradually became louder—

“How could this be, ah? I would have thought it would be Teacher Deng’s “Dark Blue Sea.”

“I also feel that the setting of “Alien Beasts” is too similar to some alien movies. It should be impossible to reach the top five. How come it still won an award?”

“I don’t think this game is very interesting. Could it be that the organizers opened a back door?”

“How could that be? Wouldn’t they lose their credibility?”

“…….”

Ke Ming ignored the comments coming from behind. He stood up and straightened his suit with the upright posture of a winner.

In his opinion, only losers talked behind others’ backs.

Ke Ming retaliated by ignoring Pei Yi and Li Yuan on the left, and looked at Deng Mufeng on his right, imitating Gu Jianshen’s words.

“Teacher Deng, I’ll see you on stage later. My intuition is always very accurate.”

Faced with his affirmation, Deng Mufeng smiled politely and said, “Thank you. Congratulations.”

As a game in the competition, “Gun God Hundred to One” was original in terms of the competition’s system, but there were also similar products on the market that could be substituted.

At this time, their game director was overjoyed to be in the top five, and had no intention of reaching the top three.

After all, getting the Top Five title was enough to launch their game.

By default, only one of the two shortlisted games of the same type would be chosen. So the only one left that could win an award was “Dark Blue Sea,” an ancient style game that had a reputation for awards.

Li Yuan looked at the back of Ke Ming as he appeared successfully on stage. Even though he was already prepared to lose the award, he still felt indescribable frustration and loss—

An original game design competition?

This year’s organizers had allowed plagiarism, and then arranged for a game to be shortlisted? Was this really fair to the other contestants?

Sure enough, there was no escaping the control of money no matter where you went.

Li Yuan looked at his friend and sighed softly. “I suddenly regret instigating you to participate in this competition.”

“How can this be considered instigation? Didn’t we decide to come after discussing it?”

Pei Yi suppressed the disappointment in his heart and comforted his friend. “Pear Garden, don’t give up on our career until the last second.”

Li Yuan smiled and sighed, “En, I know.”

He had always been glad that he had not rejected Pei Yi’s invitation to join forces. The other party’s words and deeds had helped him and changed him a lot.

Yes.

Even though the outcome of this competition had already been determined, they still had to wait until the last winner was announced.

On the other side, the self-confident Ke Ming came onstage and stood next to Gu Jianshen. “Mr. Gu, nice to meet you.”

Gu Jianshen looked at him with very neutral eyes, clearly not having expected this result.

He had originally thought that if Will’s “The Last Fog” could win the award, then the follow-up promotion of the two games could be used to do a joint wave of promotion.

But why did “Destroy the Aliens Beasts” win the award? No matter which angle you judged it from, this shouldn’t be the case!

The more Gu Jianshen thought about it, the more absurd it became. His eyes unconsciously turned toward the seats in the third row, and he had a vague guess in mind.

Ke Ming saw the indifferent attitude of the person next to him, and his eyes filled with disdain—

Sure enough, he was backed by a big company, so he made a show of himself and thought he was superior to others? But what was the use of complaining on behalf of YWY Studios?

The issue was settled!

Some people were destined to sit in the audience and watch helplessly, and were not worthy of being alongside him.

The moment this thought took shape, the award presenter diagonally to the side reported the final entry on the shortlist!

“—Congratulations to YWY Studios, the apocalyptic survival game “The Last Fog” has been shortlisted for the top three in the 8th Original Game Design Competition!”

The loud announcement of the award reached every corner of the venue through the microphone, suddenly turning into a slap to Ke Ming’s face.

“……”

Ke Ming’s expression changed at once, and he stared at the list in awarder’s hands in disbelief!

How was this possible? 

Their game was the same style, ah!

Did the organizers, no, the judging panel consider the similarity aspect?

With the announcement of the last award, the audience once again burst into applause of recognition, and it was obviously more enthusiastic than when “Destroy the Alien Beasts” won the award.

“…….”

Li Yuan almost suspected that he had heard it wrong, and quickly looked at Pei Yi beside him. He was so surprised that he forgot his friend’s initial explanation and called him by his first name.

“P-Pei Yi? Is this our studio?”

Pei Yi suppressed his fluctuating emotions and smiled back. “It is, you heard it right.”

This result was unexpected, because they and “Alien Beasts” did collide in the same game category.

But the result was also reasonable, because their “Last Fog” had been qualified to win from the very beginning.

Pei Yi looked at his friend who was still shocked in surprise, and stood up proactively. “I’ll go up.”

Pei Yi passed by Deng Mufeng, who was sitting on the outside of the third row, and waved politely. The other person’s smile was a little forced. He obviously hadn’t expected that they would be able to get the last spot.

Pei Yi calmly took the stage and completed the award ceremony with Gu Jianshen and Ke Ming.

Five minutes later, the three of them prepared to go backstage under the instructions of the staff.

“Wait a minute!”

As soon as Ke Ming was out of sight of the personnel, he couldn’t help but call for them to stop.

He quickly walked around to Pei Yi and proclaimed, “No wonder you were so confident. It seems you used a back door?”

Otherwise, how could he have won an award too?

When Gu Jianshen heard this, he immediately frowned and stopped him. “Mr. Ke, please be careful with your words! What you just said was disrespectful to Teacher Will!”

“It’s fine.”

Pei Yi looked at Gu Jianshen, and there was an implication in his words. “Some people have dirt in their eyes, so everything they see is dirty.”

Since he had a back door through his connections, he suspected that everyone else had a back door.

Pei Yi raised his eyebrows slightly and stepped forward without any fear at all. “Since Mr. Ke doubts the judging results, why don’t the three of us apply for a re-review together?”

“I think it’s a pity that Mr. Deng’s “Dark Blue Sea” didn’t win the award. He must be given a spot.”

“I have no problem with it.”

Gu Jianshen was very confident. Although Nebula Fun Tour relied on a large company for support, they never engaged in malicious competition.

Pei Yi calmly mocked and coerced him, “Those who rely on true capability will have no problem, Mr. Ke. Don’t you think so?”

“…….”

Hearing Pei Yi’s obvious provocation, Ke Ming’s original pride vanished, and instead, his face turned colors with anger!

“We’ll see!” 

As long as “Destroy the Alien Beasts” was launched first and dominated the market, he wanted to see how popular “The Last Fog” could be!

Pei Yi stared at his back as he turned away, an inaudible scoffing coming from behind his mask.

Just wait for the other party to show himself, and then catch them all!

Gu Jianshen standing next to him saw it clearly and asked in a low voice, “Will, your studio and Mr. Ke’s don’t deal well with each other?”

“Yes, ah, it’s not a matter of just one or two days.”

Pei Yi took off his stuffy mask and gave a summary, “Their creature images from the beginning plagiarized the previous work of our art director.”

“They changed the name this time, but the character settings are still plagiarized from the content of our Last Fog.”

Gu Jianshen recalled, “There are indeed many similarities. Is there anything you need my help with?”

“Not for the moment. If I need Team Leader Gu’s help in the future, I won’t be polite.” Pei Yi replied simply. He had his own plan—

He wanted Ke Ming to think he had tasted the fruits of victory, only to lose completely and fall to pieces!”

“Okay.”

Gu Jianshen glanced at the time and asked, “Are you free today? I mentioned treating you before, and if you and Mr. Li come together, we can treat it as a celebration for both of us being shortlisted and winning the award.”

Pei Yi nodded. “Yes, but it can only be at noon. We plan to return to the capital in the afternoon.”

Gu Jianshen was taken aback: “Why are you rushing back in such a hurry?”

Before Pei Yi could explain, the phone in his pocket vibrated. It was a call from Bo Yueming.

The smile on Pei Yi’s lips widened unconsciously. “Sorry, Team Leader Gu. I need to take this call.”

“Go ahead.”

Gu Jianshen gave him space in a measured manner and took his leave.

Pei Yi quickly answered the phone: “Er-ge.”

Bo Yueming’s voice sounded: “Congratulations Little Mr. Yi.”

“Why are you so well-informed?” Pei Yi knew what he was being congratulated for.

There was a certain sense of pride in the final note when he said, “Er-ge, am I awesome? Let me tell you, not only The Last Fog, but Traces was also designed by me!”

“What can you hide from me?” Bo Yueming was truly proud and happy for his lover, but he couldn’t help but think about something else. “When will you come back?”

Pei Yi had already planned his return trip. “Mr. Bo, when do you want me to come back?”

Bo Yueming replied, “The sooner the better.”

Pei Yi smiled back. “Then tonight. Yesterday, Pear Garden and I made a reservation for a flight at 3:30 in the afternoon.” 

Their original plan was to return the next day on Friday, but after discussing it the night before, they unanimously decided to return earlier so that they could go to the studio and supervise the project.

Pei Yi glanced at the time on his phone and automatically started the countdown in his heart.

His eyes wandered around for a moment, and when there was nobody around, he teased secretly through the phone, “Husband, will you pick me up tonight? I miss you so much, ah.”

Bo Yueming was so moved by these few words that he responded earnestly, “Of course. Little Sir, I miss you too.”

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Chapter Eighty <<Table of Contents >> Chapter Eighty-Two

Lucas felt that he wouldn’t be able to sleep that night.

He felt like he had opened a door to a whole new world.

—Although the man’s clothes were white that night, and Luo Ran’s were blue, Luo Ran’s inner shirt was white.

—The first and only time Luo Ran asked him for leave without prior approval was the day after the incident.

—Luo Ran used to conceal his gender and always used a lot of scent concealers, but during those days, he always avoided Lucas intentionally or unintentionally.

Now that this was said, although there was no hard evidence, there seemed to be a lot of details missing.

Lucas: “…….”

No way.

No way.

That guy Luo Ran dared to lie to him?!

—Luo Ran lied to him about secretly reading books and fanfiction about him.

—Luo Ran lied to him about his gender.

—Luo Ran tricked him into liking him.

—Luo Ran lied to him that he didn’t like him.

Lucas: “…….”

Fuck.

Lucas really couldn’t sleep that night.

Luo Ran had gone home to pick up some clothes. Lucas had a long night, and was so angry at his conjecture that he almost went to Luo Ran’s house to beat him up.

So the next day, Luo Ran saw Lucas regarding him with a dark expression when he got to work.

Luo Ran: ?

Luo Ran put the documents on the table and said with a smile: “Admiral, the department’s annual meeting is coming up soon.”

“En.” Lucas rested his chin on his hand and looked at Luo Ran.

“What is wrong with the Admiral?”

“Luo Ran.” Lucas paused for a moment, then said: “Are you dissatisfied with me in any way?”

“ ? ”

Lucas bared his teeth and said: “Are you dissatisfied with the size, or dissatisfied that I won’t say weird things? What, do you prefer for me to call you ‘man’ rather than your name?”

“ ? ? ? ”

“Admiral, have more self-confidence.” Luo Ran held back a smile and said: “Did you see something strange again?”

“I didn’t, it was you.” Lucas got up and grabbed Luo Ran’s collar, saying: “Is there anything you are hiding from me? Take advantage of the present to be honest, I won’t take offense.”

……Shit.

“…….” Luo Ran stared blankly. After a moment’s pause, he tentatively asked: “You know I read Nana’s article?”

“…….” Lucas looked at Luo Ran in front of him.

Impeccable.

Lucas scoffed coldly, and sat down without saying a word.

Was it really not him?

“Admiral?” Luo Ran didn’t think much of it at the moment, and thought that he was truly dissatisfied with the fans he had seen online. So he apologized and said with a smile: “Admiral, it’s all just entertainment. Just laugh it off.”

Luo Ran thought, what was Nana’s literature, Lucas knew all about it.

Break the jar, shatter it at will.

After Luo Ran left, Lucas contacted the captain of the investigation team.

“Investigate! Give me a detailed itinerary of the king’s birthday banquet that night and the purchase records for the next day!”

Whether or not it was Luo Ran, he should investigate it first. After all, he had said before that he was going to kill that person, so it wouldn’t be good to ask Luo Ran directly at this moment. Presumably, Luo Ran would think too much.

Then the entire office got busy. Preparations for the election were in full swing outside, and the annual meeting of Lucas’s office was coming up soon, with each department preparing performance evaluations.

Not only that, but after the meeting, there was the team building. It should have been held before the New Year, but Lucas was out fighting before, so it was delayed until now, when Lucas returned.

In the end, the annual meeting was just a summary meeting, and the employees would be rewarded with various lucky draws and red envelopes.

Luo Ran was busy at present.

“After investigation, it has been confirmed that the star pirates’ batch of UNK with unknown origins was excavated from a mine in Luobing.”

The investigation team leader handed the report to Luo Ran and said: “It seems that Luobing has discovered a new mine.”

“Huh?” Luo Ran frowned slightly and said: “Did the Luobing government find it, or the star pirates?”

After he asked it, he felt that his question was unfounded.

Although the star pirates were capable, it was impossible for them to scan every area of Luobing to search. They were foreign enemies, after all, not the Luobing government which could come and go freely in Luobing territory and analyze the land.

Even if they were lucky enough to land on an ice mine when they plundered a city, it was also impossible.

The ice mines went deep underground, and the material was also particular. After more than half a day of thermal energy detection, there must be a soil test to confirm it.

Therefore, it could have only been discovered by the Luobing government itself.

But since they found it and didn’t report it……

Obviously, it was either an internal movement from a high-ranking official in Luobing, or Luobing and the star pirates colluded.

Perhaps it was because the Empire rejected the ice mines, and Lucas blew up a mine himself, but the star pirates bought it at a high price, so Luobing couldn’t resist the temptation to trade with them?

Luo Ran tapped the table lightly with his fingers.

And less than an afternoon later, Lucas received a letter from the secretary of Luobing’s king.

The king personally invited Lucas to Luobing to attend a banquet, in order to reward the soldiers of the Empire and Luobing and thank them for protecting Luobing’s common people and saving several cities. Lu Cheng and the rest of the Luobing officers would be there at that time.

Perhaps out of worry that Lucas would not attend, the king specially attached a document.

Luo Ran took Lucas’s terminal and looked at it, frowning slightly.

The document listed supplies from the J5 pharmaceutical factory to Luobing, marked free of charge, and there was the signature of the First Prince’s secretary at the bottom.

“Is the king of Luobing trying to suggest to us that selling UNK to the star pirates was because of the First Prince’s coercion?” Luo Ran raised an eyebrow.

“Maybe, maybe not. I’ll know when I go. Since the king wants to tell me personally, it is not a trivial matter.” Lucas said with a smile: “I’ll go tomorrow.”

Luo Ran said: “Then I……”

“You stay honestly in the capital and take care of the rest. Wait until I come back, and I will meet you right away.”

Luo Ran hesitated, but he really couldn’t leave, so he said: “Okay.”

In this way, Lucas had to leave less than three days after returning to the capital.

But just to discuss something and come back, a day and a half back and forth wasn’t bad.

Luo Ran frowned slightly and said: “They didn’t say anything before, but informed the Admiral after he came back.”

But it really wasn’t Luobing’s fault. After all, the banquet naturally had to wait until the battle had been cleaned up, and could only be held at the end. It couldn’t be announced sooner.

Lucas was taken aback.

Luo Ran: “What is it?”

Lucas seemed to have discovered a new world: “You’re actually acting like a baby and complaining.”

“……I’m not.”

“You are!” Lucas was overly proud. He hugged Luo Ran and smiled. “Why so angry, I’ll be back in a day. So clingy.”

“En.” Luo Ran’s ears turned red.

“When I return, I’ll bring you a gift from Luobing.”

“…….En.” This time, his voice was even softer.

. . . . . . . .

After Lucas left, Luo Ran concentrated on his work and didn’t think too much about extraneous things.

Lucas made no publicity about the trip this time, but as soon as he arrived in the capital, people from the King of Luobing’s side came to receive him.

With respectful attitudes, they led him to the hotel where the banquet was to be held.

“Admiral.” Mu Yuan was also there. He nodded slightly.

Freeman and the group of soldiers following Lucas had no intention of going away, and followed Lucas into the manor. After all, the purpose of the banquet was to reward the soldiers.

Mu Yuan and Lucas went upstairs together and came to a small private room.

The king of Luobing was much younger than the Empire’s king. He was a middle-aged man with some vigor, tall and thin.

“Admiral.” Since Luobing was a defeated country, he still had to give his greetings when facing Lucas.

“En.” Lucas sat down sharply and crossed his legs. “Speak.”

The king glanced at Mu Yuan, who said: “A few days ago, Luobing discovered a top ice mine on the outskirts of Chonghua City. It is an extreme ice mine, not a regular one.”

Lucas frowned slightly.

An extreme ice mine……

It was full of UNK?

Generally speaking, UNK was an extremely rare existence hidden in ordinary ice mines. There had never been a situation where an entire mine was full of UNK.

This was too tempting.

Mu Yuan said: “We couldn’t believe it at the time, and just as we were about to register it, Chonghua City was quickly captured by star pirates. I was stopped by someone from the Empire on the way there. That person…..was the new secretary of the First Prince.”

Lucas scoffed coldly.

“The secretary said that the Empire would deal with it, and Luobing should not interfere.” Mu Yuan said with a frown: “He said that the First Prince sent the royal army to clean up and expel the star pirates, and UNK had caused a lot of misfortune in the Empire, so he didn’t want UNK to cause a division again, and he would let Luobing keep it a secret.”

“I was forced to sign a non-disclosure and mining rights contract with the Empire, but……now that the Admiral has discovered that the star pirates have UNK and is tracking them down, we can no longer keep it a secret.”

Lucas said coldly: “How long has the extreme ice mine been excavated?”

Mu Yuan said: “Excluding the first batch of experiments, four days in total.”

Lucas tapped his fingers lightly on the arm of the chair.

There was no way for the mine to escape notice. This matter could not be hidden for long. The First Prince must have the mentality of getting as much as he could. After all, the contract signed by Mu Yuan and the secretary could be said to be a fake, without any trace of the First Prince.

But if the star pirates hadn’t acted so hastily and greedily took away so much UNK during the battle that day, even exchanging hostages, this matter would not have been exposed so quickly.

If it hadn’t been exposed, and the star pirates hadn’t been involved, Luobing wouldn’t have talked to him either.

Then why did the star pirates want to cheat the First Prince regardless?

Did they have a falling out?

“Admiral, do we want to stop them?” Mu Yuan frowned and said: “If it was just an internal matter of the Empire, we wouldn’t intervene, but now it involves the star pirates. If the Admiral wants to go to war, I will……”

“No need.” Lucas waved his hand. “Don’t worry about this. Let them continue mining.”

“What……?”

Lucas raised his eyebrows and said: “The First Prince sent someone to swear you to secrecy, and didn’t tell you where the UNK that was taken away during the battle came from, right?”

“Yes, but we didn’t……”

“Listen to him.” Lucas said with a smile: “Pretend you didn’t tell me about this, and let them continue mining.”

“But Admiral……”

“I said, don’t worry about it.” Lucas said with a dark expression: “I’ve said it a few times.”

The king hesitated, then patted Mu Yuan on the shoulder and said: “The Admiral has his own decisions and arrangements.”

Mu Yuan recalled the battle that day. Lucas had retrieved the hostages first, and allowed the star pirates to take the UNK away easily.

It seemed like……he didn’t care if they took it.

But the whole galaxy knew who Lucas was.

It was impossible for him to give the enemy an advantage, unless he had a plan in advance.

Mu Yuan paused, then said: “Yes!”

Afterwards, Mu Yuan discussed many details with Lucas, but Lucas didn’t listen to much of it and just asked Freeman to record it and let Luo Ran deal with it.

After leaving the private box and going downstairs to the banquet, Lucas saw Kleiman.

Wang Qiuyang smiled and said: “He seems to be alright.”

Kleiman and Luo Ran were raided on the snowy mountain before. Kleiman had no time to dodge and was affected by the explosion, injured and concussed.

That was why Luo Ran hadn’t asked him about that night. After all, Kleiman was on the mountain before, then Cyril’s business came up when they met, and he was lying unconscious in bed until a few days ago.

Wang Qiuyang looked at Kleiman, who was drinking and laughing with others, and said helplessly: “This prince of Luobing is really…..I heard that he just got out of bed the day before yesterday, and now he’s drinking here today. Hearing the little prince from the old Lu family complain, he couldn’t wait to go whoring yesterday.”

Lucas rolled his eyes.

He looked down on such Alphas the most.

However…….

Lucas held his goblet and thought of Kleiman. Luo Ran hadn’t had time to speak to him yet, and recently was so busy with other important matters that he didn’t have time to pay attention to when Kleiman woke up.

Lucas asked Wang Qiuyang to talk to someone else, and went forward alone.

“Aiya! Admiral……!” Kleiman was a bit flushed from drinking, but his mind was still clear. He smiled and said: “What is it?”

“I have something to ask you.”

The two went to the balcony, and Lucas went straight in: “On the night of the King of the Empire’s birthday banquet, you were resting in a private box upstairs, and when you came out, you encountered a person and harassed him.”

“…….!” Kleiman immediately wailed: “I didn’t! Admiral, I was wrong, I was really wrong! I didn’t know that you and Secretary Luo were really in a relationship, ah!”

Lucas’s face darkened at once.

Fuck.

The person was said to be dressed in white and harassed by Kleiman when he went upstairs that night.

Kleiman thought Lucas was angry with him, and cried: “Admiral, you have a lot, don’t bother with me, ah! For the sake of me exposing Cyril, I worked hard without credit, ah!”

“I really didn’t do it on purpose that day! I was drinking, and Secretary Luo is so good-looking…..ah, pei, I mean, I was drunk and audacious!”

“Besides, it’s not like the Admiral isn’t aware of Secretary Luo’s skills. My god, he subdued me with one move, what advantage could I take?”

Lucas didn’t speak. He turned and left.

Wang Qiuyang saw Lucas leave the banquet with a strange look on his face, and immediately followed.

“What is it, Admiral?”

“We’re going back to the capital.”

“Ah…..?”

After boarding the aircraft, Lucas received a report from the investigation team.

—Secretary Luo had bought Omega ointment online to relieve internal pain and apply to external wounds the next day.

“The Admiral is in such a hurry? After talking about business, he didn’t attend the banquet.” Wang Qiuyuang looked at the expressionless Lucas and teased: “Are you missing Secretary Luo?”

“He wants to die.” Lucas smiled. 

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Chapter Eighty-Two << Table of Contents >> Chapter Eighty-Four

He said he would not be discourteous, but what he was doing at the moment threw courtesy beyond the topmost clouds. It was fortunate that Second Young Master Liu had a good temper and did not make a fuss about it, or else His Royal Highness Xiao Wang may have been beaten out as a mischief-maker. He was a little ticklish from being rubbed, so he shrank back a little with his belly sunken in, which attracted His Royal Highness Xiao Wang to come closer and kiss again. This place should not be “also fine,” and Liu Xian’an was kissed so much that he almost remembered those dreams again, so he pushed the other away with both hands, covered the skirt of his robes, and chased away the guest, saying: “We’re closed.”

Liang Shu smiled and put his chin on his soft waist: “Don’t close the door, keep it open.”

“Won’t open.” Liu Xian’an thought, I’m an idle fellow.

But whether he was open or not, this would not delay His Royal Highness Xiao Wang’s meal. He went back up indecorously and pulled him into his arms, grasping that slender waist with his big hands. “I’ll stay here tonight, all right?”

Liu Xian’an glanced at the door and felt that if he wanted to sleep safely, it would be better for A-Ning to come in instead.

Liang Shu said: “I still have something to discuss with you about the Baifu Sect.”

Liu Xian’an glanced at their untidy clothes and extremely intimate posture, and felt that the credibility of this sentence was not very high. But His Royal Highness Xiao Wang was currently surging with desire. Not only was the old house on fire, but it had also been doused in oil. He was in the process of seeing what his sweetheart liked, how pleasing he was to the eye, and wished he could hold him in the palm of his hand. Not to mention going to sleep next door, even the short while they separated while washing up made him feel very wronged.

Second Young Master Liu lying on the bed: “……Alas, there is nothing to be done.”

A-Ning, who was squatting outside the door: “Alas, there is really nothing to be done.”

Liang Shu asked: “What are you smiling at?”

“I’m smiling at the ancients who do not deceive me.” Liu Xian’an found a comfortable position within his arms. “The word love is really troublesome.”

Liang Shu pinched his face: “What, you think I’m troublesome?”

Liu Xian’an didn’t deny it, because he really was troublesome. Anyway, when he was sleeping, it was definitely not necessary to be squished and kneaded like this. Now he not only had to be pinched, but he must coax the other party that it was closing time. The more he thought, the more troublesome it felt, but the more troublesome it felt, the more he liked it. He didn’t want to talk about the Baifu Sect at all, and just cuddled with his sweetheart, listening to the other person’s steady heartbeat and the wind outside the window.

Before, Liang Shu really had wanted to talk about something serious, but now, seeing the other’s laziness and unwillingness to move, his heart softened again and he waved his hand to extinguish the lights. Turning around, he pulled this person into his arms entirely, coaxing him once and for all. Under the bed curtains, sandalwood mixed with an austere medicinal fragrance, becoming a good medicine for calming the nerves.

Neither of them spoke again, but they both thought of the same place and time. Many, many years later, when the country ushered in a grand peace and the country raised new generals and all the burdens on its shoulders were handed over, at that time……. Liang Shu was engrossed in his thoughts. He bowed his head to kiss the other’s soft black hair. Liu Xian’an just happened to raise his head at this time, and the eyes of the two young lovers met under the moonlight, bright and gentle.

Thus, they had agreed to sleep, but sleeping failed. Liu Xian’an suggested, then why don’t we talk about the Baifu Sect, since we can’t sleep anyway.

Liang Shu’s palm was pressed against a piece of tenderness, and halfway through the ambiguity, he was taken back to business. He sighed. Why were forty-eight thousand-year-old people like this?

Liu Xian’an swatted his hand away. “When the explosion happened, I couldn’t see anything clearly. Did the Holy Maiden really get away?”

“Yes, her qinggong is excellent.” Liang Shu said, “Before the explosion, Wumeng Yunle has looking toward us, and should have noticed that you, Chang Xiaoqiu, and I avoided the blast at the same time.” Of course, in her eyes, it would be the head of the Dawn’s Gate sect and the young head of the Wanli Escort Bureau who escaped the explosion.

Liu Xian’an wondered: “Why did she keep looking at us, did she notice something?”

Liang Shu said: “It’s also possible that she fell in love with Chang Xiaoqiu.”

Liu Xian’an: “…….”

Liang Shu smiled: “I’m not joking. Whether she is a Holy Maiden or a witch, nine out of ten young girls such as her like high-spirited young men. But now that she is regarded as a sacred object, there is no hope of love, and no matter how much she likes someone, it is all for nothing.”

Sitting up a little bit, Liu Xian’an said: “These believers are well-known people in the world, and the Baifu Sect spent a lot of money and effort to buy and win them over. They wanted to save them for a great cause, but now they have been completely destroyed by Song Changsheng’s basket of explosives.”

If Song Changsheng was blown to pieces along with them, it would be fine, but if he was alive….. Liu Xian’an continued: “If they know that Song Changsheng is still alive, the Baifu Sect will certainly not let him go.” Not only because of revenge, but because if a disciple betrayed their teachings and still lived, once the news spread, the Baifu Sect’s prestige would disappear, and loss of prestige was a fatal blow to any cult.

“So he can be used as bait,” Liang Shu said. “Let’s see if they’ll send an assassin.”

According to the information obtained by Ku You, the top assassin of the Baifu Sect was Wumeng Yunle’s elder brother, Wumeng Yunyou. Liu Xian’an thought of the young man who had kidnapped him outside of Baifu City, and said: “I don’t know if he still wants to kidnap my elder brother now that he has A-Chang, but after all, no matter how good A-Chang’s medical skills are, he’s not trying his best to save Feng Xiaojin. He is only obeying the prince’s orders to alleviate the symptoms and maintain his life, so Feng Xiaojin should not be cured by now.”

“What is your meaning?”

“Presently, our bait is not only Song Changsheng, but also Elder Brother.” Liu Xian’an said, “These two can be strung together. If Song Changsheng didn’t die, but was picked up by the local government, and my elder brother who was nearby came to the city to save him, once this reached the Baifu Sect’s ears, they would most likely be moved.”

Liang Shu said: “This is a possible method, but where is your elder brother? He hasn’t written back to us yet.”

Liu Xian’an said: “My elder brother himself is not necessarily needed.”

After all, even A-Ning said that once Second Young Master Liu wore a dusty apron, he looked like the First Young Master in the pharmacy cutting ingredients.

. . . . . . .

To pretend to be someone else, one must first create a disguise. During this period of time, Liu Xian’an had already learned much about the disguise techniques of Xiao Wang Palace. Holding the mask, he carefully pinched out his elder brother’s face, then put it on his face and adjusted it. A-Ning lay to the side, watching and watching. Gradually, he began to look serious, and unconsciously recalled the unfortunate scene of his lazy young master being beaten. After the disguise was complete, the boy had already straightened his back and could no longer lie down, wanting to work wildly at once.

Liang Shu asked: “Your elder brother looks like this?”

Liu Xian’an replied: “The appearance is similar, but I can’t imitate the authoritativeness of my elder brother.”

But this should be enough to fool people. In all fairness, the two young masters of the Liu family actually looked quite alike. The only difference was their countenances. One was as cold as a plum blossom, and the other as soft as a peach blossom. And the one who was as soft as a peach blossom was lazy and senseless all day long, so their family members didn’t think that the two brothers were alike. Even Liu Xian’an only realized after this face, my elder brother and I are so alike that I don’t even need to make any effort to adjust my facial features.

Outside Raven City were many small villages. Seeing as New Year’s Eve was approaching, every household was busy cooking food to eat, and the elderly with handicapped legs were carried out to bask in the sun. A group of little dolls were begging for sweets around their grandmother when a group of strangers came to the entrance of the village.

“Who are you looking for?”

“We’re not looking for anyone, just passing by this village.” Liu Xian’an smiled and asked, “May I ask for a cup of water?”

“For the New Year, how can you just drink a cup of water? Come into our village, you are all our guests.” The aunt in the kitchen was very enthusiastic. Not everyone came out to see, so she called for her daughter to get the brewed plum wine from the cellar. Liu Xian’an hurriedly declined, saying loudly: “I am a doctor, and must go to the next village to treat someone tomorrow, so I cannot get drunk.”

“A doctor?” Upon hearing this, the aunt wiped her hands on her apron and ran out of the kitchen. “It’s a doctor, ah, can you have a look at my mother-in-law? Her leg has been hurting for half a month, and no medicine can help her.”

“Of course I can.” Liu Xian’an nodded in agreement.

A-Ning quickly spread out the medicine pack. Liu Xian’an found a stool and asked the old lady to put her leg on it. Other villagers passed by the house and saw that there seemed to be foreigners in the courtyard, and also poked their heads in to watch the excitement, chatting, laughing, and eating melon seeds. Before a plate of snacks could be finished, the old lady let out an “ai,” and said, “It doesn’t hurt anymore.”

“It really doesn’t hurt? You’re not faking it?” The Aunt asked. “Mother, you can’t continue to bear it, ah. Don’t be afraid to cause trouble, we will treat you if it hurts.”

“It really doesn’t hurt,” the old woman said. She stood up and was about to take a couple of steps. Liu Xian’an quickly held her down and said, “You can’t walk now, Mother-in-law, please continue to sit down.”

The crowd was stunned. Granny Li’s leg had been hurting for many years, and it could be fixed with just two needles?

A rumble sounded—

“Doctor, doctor! I also have a patient in my family!”

“My family too! “Doctor, my house is right next door, just two steps away!”

How could people not get sick if they lived off the fields? Now, the heavenly doctor in the village had immediately become a favorite. A-Ning had to stand on a stone table and loudly maintain order. Everyone, don’t worry, take your time, take your time!

“Doctor, where do you do your consultations all year round, where else can we go in the future?”

“Us, ah, we’re in Baihe Mountain Village.”

“Baihe……Baihe Mountain Village?” Of Dayan’s common people, who had not heard of Baihe Mountain Village? “B-bai……the miracle doctor is from that village?”

“Yes, Baihe Mountain Village. This is the First Young Master,” A-Ning introduced. “Liu Xianche.”

His enunciation was clear and his voice was loud, for fear that others would not be able to hear it clearly.

Not only was it the number one medical clinic in the world, but this was the number one miracle doctor in the world. The news was too shocking. The villagers all opened their mouths wide, wondering, why did this legendary person suddenly appear in this small corner of the Southwest?

But no matter whether he really was or not, his medical skills must be real, and the news quickly spread over ten li and eight villages……of course, this also had something to do with the guards of Xiao Wang Palace fueling the flames.

He agreed to stay in the village for a day and then leave, but until the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, the doctor still did not succeed, because many people from around came with patients on their backs.

On this day, the mountains and forests were cold and windy.

A group of travelers stood around a fire and prepared hot water to make tea. A young servant said: “I never thought that we’d be delayed on the road. Originally, we would have been able to reach Garrison City today.”

“These days haven’t been too bad.” His master stretched out his hands to the fire, driving away the damp coldness in his bones. His fingers were slender and clear, like the hands of a scholar, but there was a thin layer of calluses on his fingertips.

“A-Yong, why haven’t they returned yet?” 

The boy stretched his neck out to look toward the path. “If they don’t come back, I’ll bake some cakes for you. I don’t know how far it is to the village.”

Just as he was speaking, the sound of horseshoes sounded in the distance. A guard who had been exploring the road dismounted his horse and said: “The village is not far away.”

“Not far away? Did something happen in the village?” The boy asked strangely, “Why are you so nervous?”

“Because someone is pretending to be our First Young Master.” The guard also felt that it was unbelievable. “But it’s not in this village, it’s in Liujia village next door, not far away. It is said that he has been eating and drinking for many days, bluffing and deceiving, and claiming to be Liu Xianche of Baihe Mountain Village. He is treating people everywhere, and it’s unknown how much money he has collected. All I know is that the little dolls’ sugar pots are also not spared, and he has taken away many pastries.”

The boy was too shocked to speak. This was too outrageous, ba, could such a thing truly happen in the world?

Liu Xianche said with frigid anger: “Preposterous!”

He stood and mounted his horse, flinging the reins heavily with his fair fingers. “We’re going to Liujia Village!”

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Chapter Eighty << Table of Contents >> Chapter Eighty-Two

After ending the battle with the star pirates and rescuing the hostages, the Imperial battleship did not stay in Luobing, but returned directly to the capital.

Now that the election was about to begin, Lucas and the Imperial army must be there in case something happened.

Mu Yuan also had a talk with Lucas.

The battles provoked by the star pirates had never been meaningless. For example, last time when the area around Te City was looted, countless cultural districts were destroyed, and they incidentally revealed a Meteor Shower as a warning to the Empire. This time, the target was a peripheral agricultural area.

But this battle was more like a beginning.

Both Lucas and Mu Yuan could feel that the star pirates’ weapons and strength had grown, and their battle strategies had also changed a lot. They were no longer so bold and reckless.

They seemed to be preparing for a protracted war with the Empire.

There must be a series of battles to follow, and an opportunity to terminate each other.

Therefore, Lucas swiftly returned to the capital with his army, and the Empire also had to be fully prepared for the next expedition.

Not only did they have to be prepared, but they also needed a good rest, to raise their spirits and use their best form and spiritual abilities to fight.

On the way back to the capital, Luo Ran curled up in bed and used his terminal for entertainment.

Lucas was still making an inventory of the battlefield with his adjutants, and Luo Ran didn’t have anything to do, so he simply went back to the room to rest. He could read a few more official documents when he got up early the next day.

Before going to sleep, Luo Ran took some time to browse the Starnet. Xia Zhi had forwarded him several “suspected official announcement” posts to him, which made him curious.

Luo Ran was very busy before, and had a guilty conscience during his tug-of-war with Lucas, so he didn’t dare go on the Starnet. But now…..

Luo Ran entered it curiously.

Then he was brainwashed by the wonderful love and exclamation marks on the screen, and was in a trance.

What was this…..

Luo Ran was extremely helpless.

But he couldn’t help smiling.

Luo Ran went back to that magical post, Nana’s “Spoiled in the Palm of the Fiendish Admiral’s Hand.” He had seen it before……the main protagonist Zimei Xueran was snatched by the other protagonist, Lucas K. Augustine Dior Gucci Prada. Nana was still saying that it would be heart-wrenching, but it would be over soon! Please rest assured, little cuties, the author is an old liar.

But now Luo Ran picked it up again, and not only was the angst gone, but the two protagonists were married and had thirty-three children.

“…….”

No.

Wait.

Luo Ran thought he had read it wrong, and read it again to make sure that he hadn’t misunderstood it.

Thirty-three.

And so many were born at one time. Thirty-three treasures.

Luo Ran: “…….”

Luo Ran clicked on the post to read the table of contents, and picked out a few chapters to read. 

The main reason was to see how thirty-three babies were born.

…….

“Ah~” Zimei Xueran gave a silky, coquettish glance and gently pushed Lucas K. away with his hand, saying: ““I’m already pregnant~”

“You say no, but your body is very honest.” Lucas K. revealed the smile of an interstellar overlord. “Feel it, ba.”

Words gushed out.

Zimei Xueran was washed up into the sky by the current, saw the clouds, and stood shoulder-to-shoulder with the sun.

“…..I’m going to give birth!”

The servants immediately became nervous. The overlord’s wife was going to give birth three months prematurely!

One!

Two! Three!

A total of thirty-three were born, twenty SSSSSS Alphas and thirteen SSSSSS Omegas!

Luo Ran: “…….”

Luo Ran opened the next chapter with a blank face. It was titled “Sweet Life After Marriage for the Interstellar Couple.”

. . . . . . .

It was a beautiful morning.

After marriage, his colorful hair had turned fourteen colors due to the nourishment of happiness. Capable of causing the downfall of cities and countries, his beauty captivating even the birds and beasts, the tender-skinned Zimei Xueran was preparing breakfast in the kitchen. There was only one priceless item on him, a velvet silk apron which could buy an entire planet, and he was wearing it to fry eggs for Lucas K.

After Lucas K. Augustine Dior Gucci Prada rose from his luxurious 100-square-meter bed and opened his sleepy eyes. He took out his 38cm with a fierce look and a bloodthirsty smile.

Also due to the nourishment of a happy married life, the 38cm had grown and was no longer 38.

Lucas K. Augustine reclined in bed with his cheek resting on his hand, fatally attractive and arrogant, like the Emperor of the Night.

“Man, come and serve me.”

The behemoth stretched from the room into the kitchen, and several walls were smashed through the middle, like Lion One’s cannon fire overcoming obstacles. Half of the house collapsed with a rumble, and the servants, who were accustomed to such things, immediately came to repair it. 

Zimei Xueran cried out sweetly again and again, and with trembling hands, he cooked the poached eggs into love hearts.

. . . . . . .

Luo Ran: “…….”

Pa, Luo Ran pressed the enter key vigorously and left this horrible post.

Before he could recover, the screen in front of him suddenly freeze.

Luo Ran: “?”

[ ! Warning ! The system is entering emergency maintenance due to the overload of people]

[Countdown five seconds, four, three, two, one…..]

Five seconds later, the screen was restored and the freezing was fixed.

Then it was all screeching.

[Official Announcement] The Admiral has made an official announcement! The Admiral has announced it! Aaaaaaah!

[Official Announcement] The Admiral showed his love!

Luo Ran saw Lucas’s comments after the “official announcement” and “showed his love.”

His ears and cheeks immediately turned red.

XXXX: Aaaah my people! They’re together! I knew it, I knew it! @Luo Ran what a wonderful love!

XXXX: Aaaah the hostages were rescued, and the Secretary and the Admiral finally made an official announcement! Then we can call on the outstanding heirs to the Empire! @Luo Ran what a wonderful love!

XXXX: Aaaaaaah the Admiral dotes on him so much! So the Imperial wedding of the century is coming? The excellent heir is coming? Secretary Luo, tell us, ah, are you really together? @Luo Ran what a wonderful love!

XXXX: Pfft…..it doesn’t matter if the Admiral speaks, but if Secretary Luo speaks. I feel sorry for the Admirals’ family status! Follow suit, @Luo Ran what a wonderful love.

The Starnet was now truly a group of fiends dancing wildly, a flock of chickens sounding off together.

They were so excited, and couldn’t wait for Luo Ran to come out and immediately hammer down the relationship, injecting blood into and bringing the best news to the recently tumultuous Empire.

Luo Ran read for a moment, then turned around with the terminal in hand and buried his face in the pillow.

— Let me tell you, we are together, and we kiss every day.

This Lucas…..

Luo Ran couldn’t help smiling.

When did his meeting end?

Luo Ran’s mind was a little chaotic.

But now the Starnet was @ing Luo Ran.

@The Truth Is False (*^▽^*)

Luo Ran’s brain was buzzing at the moment and he didn’t know what to write. He was a little embarrassed, so his fingers mechanically and automatically sent an emoji.

A few seconds after sending it, he saw the ID and came to a belated realization.

“…….”

! ! !

He forgot to change the account!

He habitually used his alternate account to surf the web and hang out in the CP forums, and he was so shocked by Lucas’s words that he forgot to switch the account!

Luo Ran quickly calmed himself down and deleted it.

However, Lucas opened the backstage permissions and didn’t have any concept of an alternate account, so he naturally praised Luo Ran’s post.

Since the creation of Lucas’s account, other than the video of the military ceremony sent by the government every year, it had never liked someone’s post.

@Lucas liked this post

@The Truth Is False, Sorry, this post has been deleted.

Luo Ran: “……..”

And the people of the country received a blessing to the soul at this moment.

The ID The Truth Is False had shouted in the group three times “The Admiral and the Secretary is real,” and used Lucas’s jacket to verify himself.

So Luo Ran once again experienced a black screen.

XXXX: Ahhhh they’re really together! They’re really together ! ! Together! What a wonderful love!

XXXX: Oh my god, I’m so addicted! I’m so addicted to it! The rightful owner personally went to the group to eat CP?! Ahhhhh it’s true, it’s true, even Secretary Luo said it’s true! His verification is the Admiral’s jacket! What a wonderful love!

XXXX: Oh, understood, so the Imperial couple, the national CP, after showing their love to the enemy army, have decided to show their love to the people of the Empire as well? What a wonderful love!

XXXX: Secretary Luo is so soft and cute! Oh my god, I can see the contrast. Secretary Luo, who is usually calm and professional, forgot to switch out his love account and couldn’t pull back his words, so he deleted the post in a hurry. Hahahaha love makes people lose their wits, it’s true! What a wonderful love!

Luo Ran: “…….”

Lucas also pushed open the door and entered at this moment, holding his terminal in his hand.

The two looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.

A second passed.

Lucas said: “You can’t escape.”

Luo Ran paused, and said with a smile: “You also can’t escape, breaking up with me will affect your reputation.”

It was Lucas who couldn’t escape, not Luo Ran.

“Bah, I finally got you fucking back.” Lucas scoffed coldly. “I’d be an idiot to break up with you.”

Luo Ran lowered his eyes and smiled. 

They had really made it official.

They really told the world that they were together.

“Ranran.” Lucas stepped forward and hugged Luo Ran, his voice gentle.

“En?”

The atmosphere was a little ambiguous. The moonlight was also very gentle.

Lucas said: “Do you know what they’re saying on the Starnet now?”

“What are they saying?”

Lucas said sonorously: “That I should give you a baby.”

“…….”

The line about the thirty-three children appeared out of nowhere at that moment.

Luo Ran pushed Lucas away expressionlessly and said: “Admiral, it’s late. Go to sleep.”

“ ? ? “

Lucas pursed his lips, and tried to get closer in dissatisfaction, but Luo Ran picked up a pillow and covered his face.

Lucas remembered that it was said on the Starnet that his family status was in jeopardy, so he said resentfully: “Luo Ran, when we get married in the future, who will be in charge at home?”

Married……

Luo Ran was taken aback for a moment. Shortly after, his ears turned red and he lowered his eyes, saying with a smile: “You’ll have the final say, everything is up to you. It’s late, Admiral, go take a shower.”

He took a towel from the side and stuffed it into Lucas’s hands: “Go quickly.”

“Okay.”

Lucas obediently went with the towel in his arms.

. . . . . . . .

When the battleship arrived at the capital, as always, the people welcomed it with fireworks.

But this time there were a lot of romantic fireworks.

After returning to the capital, Lucas and Luo Ran had to move on to other things.

For example, discussing with the research institute what to do with the insect, preparations for Meteor Showers, investigating the star pirates’ latest UNK source, and the conspiracies and turmoil in the capital…..

And after a night of fermenting their excitement, the netizens with magnifying glasses on the Starnet…..dug up everything on Luo Ran.

—Reporting! Luo Ran usually uses the alternate account to watch tie tying videos! What a wonderful love!

—Reporting! As long as there are videos and articles online about coffee, ties, incense, and uniforms, there is a download record for Secretary Luo!

—Reporting! Secretary Luo likes Nana’s literature! What a wonderful love!

XXXX: Hahahaha Admiral, Secretary Luo thinks you’re not capable!

XXXX: Admiral, Secretary Luo thinks you’re not capable!

XXXX: Keep formation. Admiral, Secretary Luo thinks you’re not capable!

Lucas secretly went on the forum in the office the next day, wanting to see how everyone was reacting the day after the official announcement, and saw this.

……Nana’s literature?

Lucas frowned slightly.

Lucas logged in curiously.

Lucas: “…….”

What the hell was this, it was outrageous!

Then Lucas started reading from the first chapter.

…….

He was the person he trusted the most, who was as necessary as air in his life. He loved him silently, a flower blooming in the despair of love……

Until one night of confusion, the desperate love buried deep in his heart was spread out under the sun……

…….

The little bastard who had seduced him last night dared to run away now?

“Within five minutes, I want all the information on that man from last night!”

“Found him! It’s your secretary…..Zimei Xueran.”

…….

Lucas: “…….”

Fuck.

What the hell.

Luo Ran secretly read this kind of thing?

Not only did he read pornographic comics, but he also read……this bizarre stuff?

And this group of people actually used what happened that night to make trouble, those bastards!

Lucas bared his teeth. 

The one who climbed into his bed that night couldn’t be compared with Luo Ran!

His first time as an Alpha originally belonged to Luo Ran, but now he had been scammed by some unknown person!

It would be great if it was Luo Ran, like these people said.

……..

Wrong.

It seemed…..

Lucas found himself in a blind spot. He had a natural trust in Luo Ran. Whatever Luo Ran said, he never doubted it.

And before, he thought Luo Ran was a Beta.

But Luo Ran was an Omega.

“…….”

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