Chapter 52: Chapter 52
Tang Bai carefully pressed his face against Xie Ruhang's strong, firm back, and he could smell the alpha's fresh scent, which he didn't know how to describe, but was very reminiscent of everything that was good about summer.
Steaming roadside stalls, brilliant fireworks displays, and lively square dancing.
He supposed he liked them.
If you like it, why don't you embrace it?
Tang Bai red-faced justified thought.
After hugging for a while, Tang Bai looked at the surrounding buildings and realized that he was almost at the school, huh? The one standing at the school gate taking attendance seems to be Director Huang.
The roar of the motorcycle came to a screeching halt, and the red-faced Tang Bai and the jaw-dropping Director Huang locked eyes.
"This, this this ......" Director Huang looked incredulously at the strange alpha Tang Bai was holding, with his countless experience in reading people, he used 0.01 seconds to analyze from this alpha's physique and aura to conclude that this was another quality alpha!
If the school doesn't hire Tang Bai as an honorary lecturer in the future, it would be a great loss to have Tang Bai specialize in analyzing the art of teasing!
"Ah, my teacher is taking attendance at the school gate." Tang Bai lowered his voice to a super-whisper and blathered, "I've got to get out of here before he catches me and gives me a long lecture."
Too late to say goodbye to Xiao Cheng, Tang Bai got out of the car with a quick hand and dashed into the campus past Director Huang.
Like a rebellious bad student.
Tang Bai had managed to shake off Director Huang, and he walked around the campus with a bounce in his step, without the grace and steadiness of an aristocratic little omega, but what did that have to do with anything?
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Xie Ruhang returns his vintage motorcycle to the owner of a hovercraft repair store in the slums, sets his hovercraft on autopilot, and lays back in the driver's seat to watch the stars peek out from behind the open top.
It turns out that when you really like someone, even if your gaze is averted, there is Xing Xing in your eyes.
But why does Tang Bai like "Xiao Cheng"?
Is it because of Xiao Cheng's appearance, lowly birth and vulgarity that Tang Bai is saved by his identity?
Xie Ruhang is rarely confused.
He had wanted to get his lucky charm back and throw it away ......
Hmm?
Xie Ruhang froze for a moment, suddenly realizing he didn't get his lucky charm back.
Now there's no need to agonize over whether Ma Jia should be dumped or not, after all, we'll have to meet again next time with Ma Jia draped over our heads.
Xie Ruhang was dumbfounded.
He opened the chat interface with Tang Bai and sent a message, "I still have my Lucky Charms with you, I forgot to bring them over."
Not falling in love and getting a career:"!!!! I had so much fun today I forgot about it!"
Tang Bai took out this talisman from his bag and took a bite, so this talisman is a lucky talisman, it feels like it can really bring good luck to people!
So he can get his career going again!
Not in Love for Business: "Tomorrow afternoon Mr. Bai Zhi is going to the slums to distribute inhibitors, I want to go too, how about we meet at the slums? I'll give you my lucky charm then~"
Bai Zhi's new motion advocates lowering the price of inhibitors and removing the restriction on their purchase. After releasing the motion, Bai Zhi buys a batch of inhibitors at a high price and prepares to go to the slums to distribute them to the needy free of charge.
In order to prevent poor people from receiving the inhibitors and then selling them at a high price, Bai Zhi built temporary injection sites where omegas approaching oestrus were given injections free of charge.
Tang Bai also buys a batch with his own petty cash, and he decides to go with Bai Zhi to the slums to distribute the depressants.
Career: "You need to be safe in the slums, and it's best to stay with the group the entire time."
Not in love with career: "I'm not afraid with you!"
Xie Ruhang: "???" Didn't I just take a charm and leave? Why do I feel like I'm being set up again?
No Love for a Career: "Let's not talk about tomorrow lah, I'll show you the update I wrote out on the plagiarism addicted villain we mentioned last time."
Not falling in love and getting a career: "[Document] Chapter 13.docx"
Xie Ruhang Open the document and start browsing.
The villain, Yan Chao, is at Jun Tongchen's table and often plagiarizes Jun Tongchen's ideas. He skillfully steals one of the central highlights of Jun Tongchen's designs so that even if he's reported, he can wash his hands of it and say it's a coincidence.
Because of his noble status, his plagiarized works could have better exposure and entry avenues, and he soon marketed the persona of a mecha-building genius, a persona that favored his competition for Mechanical Department Chief.
While preparing for the chief exam, Yanchao sees a design drawing by Jun Tongchen, which he likes very much, but in fact, that drawing was specially designed by Jun Tongchen, and the drawing looks very good in fact, it has a fatal flaw, which is very difficult for ordinary people to find out the weakness.
Yan Chao copied this weakness without noticing it, and was easily defeated by Jun Tongchen during the match by exploiting it.
Xie Ruhang mentioned some tips on mech combat, and with his patient alterations, the plot of mech evaluation inside the Chief is much more exciting.
Not falling in love and getting a career:"!!!! Ahhhhhhh you're really great! [chirp.jpg]"
Tang Bai was going to send a peacock open screen happy emoticon, but that emoticon was too sandy, he carefully selected a rabbit cute chirp emoticon.
After sending the message, Tang Bai happily holds his face to see the reply on the light screen.
Xie Ruhang: "......." Done now all I can think about is Tang Bai eating a rabbit.
Career: "[chirp.jpg]"
"Ah!" Tang Bai covered his face and frantically stomped his legs under the blanket, under Tong Meng's shocked gaze, Tang Bai laughed like a little fool, he seriously said back to Xiao Cheng, "Rest early, good night An~"
Tang Bai waited until Xiao Cheng had returned goodnight before he put down the optical brain with great reluctance.
"Sugar you're in love?!" Tong Meng flew up to Tang Bai's bed and yanked Tang Bai by the shoulders, shaking him desperately, "Is it with that alpha from last time! No! Yes!"
Tang Bai closes his eyes, tilts his head, and spits out half of his tongue to play dead.
Tong Meng crying: "Don't think you can get away with this!"
Tang Bai helplessly opened his eyes, raised a finger in a silencing gesture, and wrinkled his face fiercely, "It's still in the inspection period la."
Tong Meng: "!!!"
Tong Meng: "Holding hands yet?!"
Tang Bai rubbed his little hands together in a regal, cool hmmm.
Tong Meng: "!!!"
Tong Meng, like an old father who has seen a cabbage being given to him, pressed aggressively, "There's no cuddling, is there!"
Tang Bai grunted with a snarl, "He didn't hug me." It was me who hugged him!
Tong Meng is relieved, "We omega to be reserved, can not give those stinking alpha too early to take advantage of, too easy to have them will not cherish, by the way, what is his name? What's his name and what does he look like? Is he good to you ......"
"What's the name first don't tell you, good looking ah, very good to me, well you little earthly trumpet can close the microphone!" Tang Bai grunted and burrowed into the quilt.
He also wanted to treat Xiao Cheng as his hidden favorite.
Thinking about Xiao Cheng makes me secretly happy.
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"Tang Bai, the police didn't investigate who was behind the attackers last time, the other party was hired anonymously, so it's hard to find out, I suspect that that group of people might have been sent by the conservatives, I'm sorry." Bai Zhi apologized slightly.
Conservatives have always believed that omega's rights are too high, for example, the death penalty for criminals in rape laws is too severe, and they believe that this society should have a one-O-many-A system, suggesting that red light districts should be rationalized, and that married omega's should be banned from purchasing inhibitors ......
Bai Zhi's philosophy is very different from the conservatives, he is the type of omega that the conservatives spit on, and he usually has some conflicts with the conservatives, and the last time he dragged Tang Bai down, Bai Zhi had a guilty conscience.
Seeing Bai Zhi's frown, Tang Bai fished out a piece of candy from his pocket, "Want some candy?"
Bai Zhi froze, the thin chain body of his eyeglasses casting wobbly shadows across his face.
"Your Excellency doesn't need to blame yourself for this, it was me who privately left the team and gave the attackers a chance to take advantage of it." Tang Bai sincerely said, "If I were to say I'm sorry, it's actually me who should apologize to Your Excellency."
"I'm sorry, Your Excellency, for making you carry the weight for us for so many years." Tang Bai placed the milk candy in Bai Zhi's palm and softly said, "When you feel very tired, just eat a candy, your mood will be better~"
His turquoise eyes stared blankly at the milk candy in his palm, and when Bai Zhi looked up, he saw Tang Bai smiling at him with two dimples.
After a long moment of silence, the blonde-haired, green-eyed councilor's honor smiled slowly as well.
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Xie Ruhang stood outside the shed set up at the injection site and saw Tang Bai helping to distribute the inhibitors from a distance. The pretty little omega was a better talker than the others, always wearing a warm smile on his face, his amber eyes seeming to flow like honey syrup in the sunlight.
He would give a milk candy to every omega that came in for an injection of the inhibitor, and one very small child was carried over by his mother and asked him for an extra candy.
Xie Ruhang took the milk candy Tang Bai handed him last time out of his pocket, unwrapped it and popped it into his mouth.
He suddenly felt at peace, as if he were back in his childhood, when he could be happy all day long by turning out a melted malt candy in a mountain of garbage.
"The effect of the inhibitor can last for a month Oh, don't take a bath on the day you injected the inhibitor during the estrus period ......" Tang Bai finished explaining the precautions to an omega and looked up to see Xiao Cheng standing not far away waiting for him.
Tang Bai spoke to the people around him and couldn't wait to run to Xiao Cheng's side, "How long have you been standing here? Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Xie Ruhang whispered, "Not for long."
Tang Bai apologetically took out the lucky charm from his bag, "Here, I didn't forget this time."
Xie Ruhang took the lucky charm, he should have turned around and left after accomplishing the purpose of the trip, but under Tang Bai's glittering gaze, the words of farewell changed to "Do you want to take a walk together".
"Yes!" Tang Bai had been waiting for these words for a long time, and he raised the hand holding the umbrella higher, trying not to touch the top of Xie Ruhang's head, and the next moment, the handle of the umbrella was picked up by a strong hand.
Tang Bai sneaked a look at the alpha beside him, the other side of the umbrella with one hand, one hand in the pocket, he wore a plaid shirt today, more than yesterday, a little bookish.
They were very close.
The closest distance is three centimeters.
"Have you ever been to the underground arena?" A low, magnetic voice suddenly rang in his ears, Tang Bai gave an ah and hurriedly turned back, pretending he was looking at the roadside scenery, "No."
Xie Ruhang nodded.
In fact, he was speculating that Tang Bai hadn't actually been to the Underground Arena or watched Rat's matches when he didn't recognize the human mask.
Yesterday when Tang Bai asked him about the plot of the novel, he used a classic battle of Rat as an example in order to explain to Tang Bai how to write a mecha match. Although he didn't mention Rat's codename, competitive fans who know a little bit about Rat should be able to recognize who that mecha master is.
But Tang Bai didn't.
"Do you want to go to the Underground Arena to watch a match?" Xie Ruhang asked.
Tang Bai nodded his head vigorously, "Uh-huh!"
The amber eyes were all anticipation, the curiosity of uncharted territory, but the underground arena wasn't a harmless place like an amusement park.
Xie Ruhang walks Tang Bai to a costume store, "The audience needs to wear a mask to enter, you choose the mask you like."
Tang Bai chose a white feather mask and a matching black feather mask for Xie Ruhang, and seeing that Xie Ruhang had no objections, he put on the mask in the mirror.
After putting on the mask, Xie Ruhang and he walked to the fitting room, opened the door of the fitting room, there was another well-disguised door inside the fitting room, opened that door, Tang Bai saw the dark elevated staircase.
He followed Xie Ruhang inside the elevator, and heard Xie Ruhang tell him, "No photos or videos once inside, it's the Noon Field, there's no mecha matches, just regular wrestling matches, we have to pick which side will win before we enter the field, and the seats have to do with the contestants we choose ......"
"Drop."
The closed door automatically opened, Tang Bai eyes appeared in front of the ancient Roman Colosseum-like building, the audience sat in three or four rows of men and women wearing masks, the martial arts stage has not yet players come up, the large space appears to be a little cold.
"There will be fewer people at the midday venue, and the evening is the most crowded."
Tang Bai couldn't tell the strengths and weaknesses of his opponents, so he asked Xie Ruhang to choose, and Xie Ruhang chose a player named "Blood Wolf" with just a glance.
They sat in the audience, and waiters came over to sell drinks. Tang Bai, who is not a good drinker, waved his hand and said that the atmosphere was so quiet that it could be described as stillness before the opening.
"Dear viewers, welcome to the Noon Arena, our contestants are ready to go, and next up we have the ten consecutive winners 'Eagle' and the newcomer 'Bloodwolf' coming out!" A beta commentator said passionately, "Will 'Eagle' make it eleven wins in a row and hold on to his debut ring, or will our newcomer 'Blood Wolf' win? Let's wait and see!"
The audience stage resounded with sparse applause, in the not-so-enthusiastic atmosphere, Tang Bai saw those two contestants came out, both of them were of lean build, the eagle was blinded in one eye, and the blood wolf was very young, looking seventeen or eighteen years old.
They didn't have any pleasantries, and once on the stage, they wrestled, punching to the bone, without any race etiquette, and using all of the many underhanded ways of fighting.
Soon someone saw blood.
Until then, there was no sound of admiration from the audience, whose interest was mobilized by the bright red color, and some people shouted "kill him".
Tang Bai frowned, he averted his face not wanting to see anymore.
"What's wrong?" The dark eyes under the black mask looked at him silently.
Tang Bai pursed his lips and said sullenly, "It's a bit cruel ...... What do you think the point of this kind of competition is?"
"Meaning?"
Xie Ruhang said softly, "It should make sense for the audience to make fun of it."
Tang Bai's frown tightened, "Would you be happy watching this kind of match?"
"Me?"
"I'm usually a presence standing on stage for people's amusement." Xie Ruhang's voice seemed especially cold amidst the crowd's increasingly excited chants, and he flatly seemed to be telling a side story, "For the contestants, the meaning of the underground arena's existence should be survival."
"To live, for the slim chance in a million enough to live better."
"Becoming an underground arena star may be the only way for a slum kid to get ahead." He said, "You know 'Rat'? It was because of the Underground Arena that 'Rat' had the chance to be accepted into the Federal Military Academy."
"Without this road, he would have been nothing more than a stinking rat hiding in the gutter for the rest of his life."
Then his hand was clasped tightly and a milk candy was shoved into his palm.
He heard Tang Bai say seriously, "But I don't think so ah, I know 'Mouse', he's my idol, if it's him, no matter which way you go, you can reap all the glory."
Xie Ruhang Turning his head to look into the bright amber eyes under the white mask, the owner of the white mask softly said, "There's something I haven't actually said to anyone, he's my light."
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Published at: 04/14/2024 07:00