Chapter 25
“Oh, by the way Derek, who won between you and your neighbour when you were on the balcony?” He Xin recalled the scene he accidentally saw on the balcony that night. “You were comparing your bodies, right? I think your figure is better than his.”
“Ah, so you saw it.” Fu Ke had dragged Derek back inside after he was informed by Ning An. Although he was told off for being embarrassing, Derek felt that since it was dark outside, no one would see. He was also just fooling around. But after hearing He Xin mention this, he suddenly felt a little embarrassed. “We were just playing around.”
Derek thought for a moment and then asked: “Was I very noticeable?”
“Not really, I just happened to see you when I went out to hang the washing.” He Xin just didn’t expect that Derek would have such a childish side. He wasn’t as unapproachable as he had imagined. “We can see your bedroom from our balcony.”
“What a coincidence.” Derek started to think if he had done any other foolish things on the balcony. The answer was far too many. “You, are you always on the balcony?”
“Um, no. I only go out there when I need to hang the washing.” He Xin felt that Derek’s expression didn’t look too good and asked, “What’s wrong?”
“It’s nothing. It’s windy on the balcony at night. Be careful not to catch a cold.”
“I will. You should also be careful ah.” Reaching the fork in the road, He Xin waved goodbye to Derek. “Then I’ll see you at night.”
“Mm, see you tonight.” On the way back to his dorm, Derek started to seriously think over what Fu Ke had said about his inappropriate behaviour. Indeed, he really should start paying more attention to it.
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Fu Ke felt a little unhappy, but he didn’t know why he was unhappy. Looking at the high-calorie food prepared for Ning An according to Fu Yue’s instructions, his chest felt a little stuffy. Ning An had only sent his one reply and didn’t say anything after that.
Perhaps an Omega’s estrus was really hard to endure?
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Since Fu Ke was an Alpha, he couldn’t accompany Fu Yue during her estrus. But seeing his little sister’s miserable expression every time, he knew that it must be very uncomfortable.
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Perhaps when they become more familiar with each other and share their secrets, Ning An would be more willing to listen to his advice?
Fu Ke thought for a moment and opened the online store on his terminal, buying the book that he had already added to his shopping cart.
Let’s scatter the remaining thoughts in the training ground!
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Afraid that Qin Zhao would add more extracurricular homework for him, Ning An anxiously returned to school and immediately handed in his report. Then, carrying the two big bags of snacks that Ning Meng had stuffed into his arms, he returned to the dorm. She had said that the snacks should be shared with the students in his class, and the rest should be left for his roommates. She also didn’t forget to prepare a portion for Fu Ke and Derek.
“This is the honey cake that I said I was going to take you to eat before.” Ning An handed a packaged box with slightly damaged corners to He Xin. “It might be a little cold. It’s tastier when it’s hot.”
“Thank you.” He Xin picked up a piece that was still warm with a fork and put it into his mouth. His eyes instantly lit up. “Wow, this is really good!” Then, he sat there hesitating on whether to eat a second piece. “Would I not be able to grow abs if I eat this?”
He Xin had specifically asked Derek on how he trained his body. He noticed that Derek didn’t seem to eat any sweets.
“What’s the problem with that? If worst comes to worst, just double your effort in the training ground at night.” Anyway, Ning Meng had stuffed Ning An full of cheesecakes, cream puffs and so on these past few days. His barely visible abs that he had worked so hard on could no longer be seen.
“Okay.” He Xin immediately relaxed and started to eat to his heart’s content.
“Hey, Ning An.” Chen Si Yu and Wang Yi returned after they finished eating. Chen Si Yu was also holding a bag in his hand. “We just ran into Student Fu downstairs. He asked me to give you this.”
“Oh, what is it?” Ning An was somewhat surprised as he accepted the bag and opened it. The first thing he saw was some snacks. “Peanut chocolate candy, cheese stuffed pie, beef jerky……”
Ning An took then out one by one in confusion. “Why did he send me these?” Could it be because Fu Ke had said that he was too thin? Ning An divided a portion of the snacks to give to He Xin and the others.
“There’s also a book.” Ning An took the book that was wrapped in paper from the bottom of the bag and cut it open with a knife. After reading the name on the cover, he scratched his head in confusion. “‘Carry out your own duties – knowing yourself correctly’? What the hell is this?”
“Ah, I’ve heard of this book before.” Chen Si Yu chewed on a peanut chocolate candy. This kind of sweet snack was pretty good. “The book talks about the formations and rules of our society, although I think the author is a little, um, what’s the word?”
Chen Si Yu licked off the remaining chocolate that was stuck to his teeth. “Well, the author is a bit of a ‘straight A cancer’. It’s almost like he thinks Alphas are godly. But some of his analysis is still quite reasonable. You can read it to pass the time. Also, the section on the origins of our society is pretty useful.”
“Oh, I see.” Ning An then shoved the book under his pile of reference materials. Looking at the snacks on the table, he ended up choosing the beef jerky. “This tastes pretty good. I should ask what brand it is.”
When Fu Ke returned to his dorm, he received a message from Ning An. He apprehensively opened it and read the contents.
[I’ve received your package. The snacks are very tasty. Thank you. Do you want to go to the training ground tonight?]
Fu Ke quickly thought of the things that Fu Yue had told him to take note of and found that none of them fitted with Ning An. Hence, he still decided to accept.
[Okay, I’ll see you later.]
Also that book. Fu Ke remembered the book he had put in the bottom of the bag. Did Ning An see it? Should he ask? But would it be too obvious?
After receiving Fu Ke’s reply, Ning An stopped paying attention to his terminal. He remembered that when he had found Qin Zhao to hand in his homework today, Qin Zhao had asked him if he wanted to participate in mental training. However, since he was in a hurry to go back to his dorm, he didn’t ask what it was about and only said that he needed some time to think about it.
“Chen Si Yu, what do you guys do in mental training?”
“Well…” Chen Si Yu’s expression slightly distorted. “How should I describe it…… the instructor would make you put on a helmet and then look at some…… um, some images that you might not have wanted to see. Sometimes…… what you see is different for each person.”
“Is there any use to this training?”
“You can only become the commander of a starship if your mental strength has reached a certain level. There is also a theory that if your mental strength is high enough, it can even promote the evolution of your body. This is a voluntary participation activity; there have also been people who weren’t able to persist and quit halfway.” Wang Yi rarely involved himself in their conversations. He was clearly very interested in this topic.
“Ning An, if you participate in this training, it might make it a little easier for you when you’re drawing sectional diagrams.”
“Urgh, don’t even mention sectional diagrams to me. I almost threw up drawing them.” Ning An made a retching expression. “But I think this training is pretty interesting.”
“We can choose to drive mecha in our second year right?” He Xin was clearly very interested in those big machines. He had also learnt a few of the moves he had seen in propaganda videos. “Super cool!”
“Driving a mecha requires a lot of physical strength. Otherwise, why do you think almost all the mecha soldiers are Alphas? He Xin, you should consider the political science faculty.”
“But I don’t know much about politics.” He Xin felt a little frustrated. Wang Yi’s physical strength was outstanding, the same goes for Chen Si Yu in terms of mental strength, and Ning An was great in theory class. It just seemed like he was the only one who didn’t have anything he was good at. “What should I choose ah……”
“What’s the hurry? Why don’t you think about it next semester? Perhaps after you work hard for a semester, your physical strength would reach the standard for driving a mecha.” Ning An wasn’t in any hurry. He just wanted to take it a step at a time. He hadn’t considered this kind of thing at all.
“En, I will work hard!” He Xin knew the Ning An was trying to comfort him. “Do you want to go to the training ground in a bit?”
“Okay, then we should get a move on.”