Chapter 6: Chapter 6

Alpha is a visual animal, Xie Ruhang saw Tang Bai's innocent outfit and his heart surged, scientifically speaking, the nerve activity in the lower part of the thalamus was stimulated, secreting a large amount of dopamine, making Xie Ruhang's heart beasts collide: "I've kept you waiting for a long time."

Tang Bai because trotted over, little face flushed, speak with a little gasp: "No no, I just arrived ~ this is a dessert for you ~"

The soft and sweet gasps mixed with the plume-like gasps made Xie Ruhang's legs go limp.

Yes, in front of the love of his life, Xie Ruhang, who has never been in love, is like a novice versus a full-grade king, instantly slipping to his knees.

Taking the exquisitely wrapped gift bag with aplomb, Xie Ruhang returned in her most suave voice, "Thank you."

The expression, the male reserve.

The voice, the male sousaphone.

Action, the gentleman of men.

Perfect.

Unknown Tang Bai can not help but sigh in his heart omega light today is a new height of beauty, and then happily sat on Xie Ruhang's hover car.

Along the way, Tang Bai asked Xie Ruhang, "In a few days, Brother Xie, you'll be in military training, have you bought any sunscreen products? I know of a product with a high sun protection index and a superb repairing cream ......."

See Xie Ruhang interest is not high, Tang Bai anxious, "omega even if natural beauty but also pay attention to the latter day care Oh, Brother Xie you look at me, my skin how?"

Xie Ruhang : "......?"

Xie Ruhang looked at the beautiful little face close at hand, the skin is white and red, real creamy skin, without a single blemish, so tender that he wanted to take a sip.

Tang Bai cupped her hands to her own little face, and introduced in a whiny voice, "Isn't it very white, very smooth and very bright~"

Xie Ruhang nods honestly as her throat rolls.

"Although good skin is partly due to my innate superiority, but acquired maintenance is also essential, Brother Xie you know what I mean?!" Tang Bai desperately blinked his eyes as if he was firing a cute photobrain.

Xie Ruhang couldn't resist the upturned corners of her mouth and nodded with a smile.

I get it, I get it, I get that you're a delicate little omega who is naturally beautiful and knows how to take care of yourself later in life.

The two of them, who were chickenshit, smiled at each other and continued to chat with each other.

Time flew by unconsciously, and the hovercar passed through that wall between the city and the slums, and the scenery outside the window changed from the city with its traffic to the old and dirty slums.

Flocks of birds fly over the lead-gray houses, litter is seen all around the roadside, and the man hunched over fumbling for a garbage bag looks like a stray dog.

Tang Bai surveyed the window curiously, his palms pressed against the window, his amber eyes clearly reflecting the simple, desolate slums, "Are these the slums?"

The slums are separated from the city by a high wall, and the knowledge of the slums comes not only from the Internet and the mysterious novels, but also from people who work at the bottom of the social ladder, some of whom have come from the slums and try to cross the barrier of the "wall" to work in the city.

Jobs like janitors, garbage dump workers, manure truck drivers, and the like usually employ people from the slums.

Other jobs will try to avoid hiring people living in the slums, even if they are paid a low commission, but the disadvantages of unclean hands, low quality, and laziness are already inherent.

But if they are good enough, they can break the stereotypes with their strengths. Although they can't have a life like Xie Ruhang, it's not difficult for them to work as a waiter-chef in a hotel, or a maid in a rich family's house, and so on.

Tang Bai thought the slums were really dirty and run-down like those photos circulating on the internet, but now it seems to be okay?

As if seeing Tang Bai's confusion, Xie Ruhang explained, "This is not a real slum, it's the outer ring of slums, closest to the wall, and most of the people who live here have jobs in the towns, so if they work hard and work half their lives, they might be able to buy a house in the city and get out of here. "

The internet collectively refers to this place as a slum, but the amazing novel doesn't go into detail about the setting, so it's the first time Tang Bai has learned that there's a distinction between the inside and the outside of a slum.

Tang Bai looks curiously at Xie Ruhang, "So what's a real slum like? Can I take a look inside?"

"It's dangerous there, not for an omega like you, maybe a stray bullet will brush past your ear next."

Not for an omega like me?

Thinking of the strength of omega's light, Tang Bai was ashamed to bow down to the big brother.

Thick, curly lashes fell down and blinked accusingly, the watery light in her eyes was soft and endearing, and she looked like she was going to cry the next second.

But really it's just big watery eyes that the little watery omega has.

Xie Ruhang : "......!"

When we first met Tang Bai's crybaby name scene is still fresh in our minds, "If it's just for the material, the outer circle is enough," or something like that in his mouth turned around, and then when he opened his mouth again, it was cloudy and light: "I'm here, and I won't let anyone hurt you."

If this statement had been said by anyone else, Tang Bai would have only found it arrogant and greasy, but it was said by the light of omega!

Xie Ruhang in the book never makes promises of this kind, and Xie Ruhang's attitude towards the supporting fodder who want to die is always "What's it to me".

Tang Bai swishly lifted his face, Xing Xing eyes looking towards Xie Ruhang, his sweet voice full of trust: "I know Brother Xie will protect me ~ I will also be obedient and not cause trouble for Brother Xie!"

Look at me, I've got the right posture!

Xie Ruhang, as a normal alpha with vanity, was very receptive to the adoring gaze from his dream love O. The mindset shifted instantly-

What started as a passive-aggressive promise to keep Tang Bai from crying has turned into a fist-pumping desire to show alpha power in front of his favorite omega!

Tang Bai tapped on his optical brain and opened his notepad to record material from the outer districts of the slums, and by the way, he also turned on the video recording function.

"You can take pictures and videos here, but not when you're inside."

The inner districts of the slums harbor dirt and grime, the red light district, the underground arena, and the black market, three places where you can't make a big noise.

Currently a delicate balance was maintained between the forces of the slums and the federal government, but if photos and videos were circulated on the internet, inviting public opinion, the federal government, even if it was just trying to save face, would send the federal police over, and there would inevitably be sacrifices of interest at that time.

Seeing Tang Bai's bewildered face, Xie Ruhang explained, "Candid photographing, once discovered, will lead to death."

The peeps would be taken care of first by the angry ghetto forces before the feds could send someone to take care of them.

Candid photographing incidents have appeared before, but when the miserable fate of the photographers was publicized, few people dared to break these unspoken rules.

Tang Bai obediently turned off the video function and watched as the environment outside the window gradually became harsher, most notably the houses. The houses in the outer districts were not to say that they were ornate and beautiful or not, but at least they were all normal houses, built with reinforced concrete.

As the hovercar sped toward the interior, the concrete houses turned into crude shacks made of wood, and further inside, the shacks turned into dilapidated tents, and Tang Bai even saw yellowish children in wooden crates and cardboard boxes.

"This is their 'house'?" Tang Bai said incredulously, "What should we do when a storm comes? This kind of 'house' collapses when it blows, can it really protect us from the wind and rain?"

"Blow down and sleep on the ground." Xie Ruhang looked indifferent.

Many people in the inner slum area have never been out in their lives, have never owned a home, and are lucky to be alive.

The hovercar, two meters off the ground, slowly floated past a cardboard box, and a skinny child tilted his head up to look at them, his dark eyes slightly lit up from curiosity.

Tang Bai froze for a moment, and the description of Xie Ruhang's childhood in the novel popped into his mind:

"Ghostly faces emerged from the crowd as he silently tilted his face up and gazed straight up at the hovercar above, the light from the taillights casting into the dark phoenix eyes like monstrous black pearls glowing with shimmering light."

Xie Ruhang had a long period of wandering before he became an underground arena racer, and unlike the walking dead of the slums, and unlike the curious children of the outside world, the young Xie Ruhang thought of ...... when he saw the hovercars driving over him

Sooner or later, he was going to stomp it all into the muck.

Born against the bone, no less.

"This is 'Garbage Street', and those who live on Garbage Street are the people at the bottom of the slums; the sick, the elderly, the orphans, the crippled, and the drug addicts all live here." Xie Ruhang's voice was full of magnetism, he usually spoke with a lazy tone, but this time it was extra cold and restrained, like cold hard metal.

Tang Bai gently bit his lower lip as he stared at the people rummaging through the garbage pile, dirty, smelly garbage with an unknown amount of germs that even his dog wouldn't want to smell.

Even though it's briefly mentioned in the book, the sight of it in front of us still sent shockwaves through Tang Bai: "...... Won't they get sick from eating this?"

"Yes. But all the people who don't have junk stomachs are dead, and the ones who live are the ones who can eat and are good at it." Xie Ruhang calmly states the harsh truth.

"Picking through edible garbage is also a skill, picking out food scraps, heating them at high temperatures and adding flavorings ......" As if recalling something, his brow furrows slightly as he picks out a matcha-flavored Ma Kalong from the bag of desserts Tang Bai gave him.

Through his black gloves, he wasn't able to perfectly pick up on the tactile sensations conveyed by the delicate little thing, but the dark green color that glowed with a faint sense of luster, and the ruffles around the body of the pie that looked like the edge of a lace dress, all hinted at how delicious it was.

Pale thin lips parted slightly as he swallowed the overly sugary dessert in one gulp, the overly sweet flavor perfectly covering the rotten taste of the remembered food.

Scarlet tongue slowly and methodically licked the food residue from his ghastly white teeth, Xie Ruhang commented, "Tastes pretty good."

Huh? Xie Ruhang is actually a sweet tooth too!

Tang Bai brightly observed Xie Ruhang's expression, and after making sure that there wasn't a trace of reluctance on the other party's face, he happily said, "Then I'll make you this kind of sweet dessert again next time~"

The setting sun pours through the windows of the car, giving Tang Bai a golden edge that is out of character with everything else as far as the eye can see.

Tongue pressed against his canine teeth, Xie Ruhang stared fixedly at Tang Bai, suddenly wanting to eat something again, his insides churning with a long-lost hunger, a hunger that had lasted throughout almost his entire childhood.

Slum children are always underfed, and even Xie Ruhang went hungry for a long time as a child.

During that time he always felt like there was a rat living inside of him, gnawing away at him in an endless hunger.

Long hunger is going to drive people crazy, hungry to the extreme children will not care what is called decency, they are like rats in the gutter, rummaging around to find food, but even if it is a garbage heap to dig for food, the scraps of meat that can be ingested, moldy bread ...... are all precious food, not to be snatched up at random.

Rats are so hungry that they will even attack prey stronger than themselves with red eyes.

On that occasion, Xie Ruhang, who had been hungry for two days, tried to steal from a store.

He saw a cat through the glass, a cat reclining in a rocking chair of some famous breed, a cat with snow-white, fluffy fur, powdered flesh pads, and a bow tied around its neck.

At the same time he saw his own reflection in the glass window.

Comparing the two, the advantages and disadvantages are obvious.

A cat, yet he can live a better life than he can.

This realization made the rat in Xie Ruhang's heart stir again, gnawing at his insides one after another, bloody with unseemly negative emotions.

Xie Ruhang used to think that his mood at that time was one of resentment, but it wasn't until this moment, when he looked at the omega in front of him, whose demeanor was the same as a cat's, that he realized he had an instinctive longing and infatuation for this type of gesture of people or things.

So hungry ......