Chapter 33 Part 1 Jealous

Leo exhaled lightly, suppressing his urge to destroy his terminal, and closed the page. What kind of messy answers was that?! With a cold face, he returned to the search box and typed ‘signs of sentinel feeling moved’. Many answers popped up in an instant, Leo’s gaze fell to the top of the answer. But his thoughts were still filled with the list of guide’s reactions, and Xiào Mu’s recent actions automatically replayed in his mind. Leo realized in depression that Xiào Mu didn’t seem to have any of these reactions! Though Xiào Mu easily blushed and panicked at first when they met, he(XM) is calmer now. Could it be because they have seen each other too much? Leo humphed dissatisfiedly and clicked on the answer at the top of the search interface. Then he scanned the content with a serious face.

Seeing Leo’s serious expression in the rearview mirror, the driver was shocked. In his heart, he is thinking that something serious had happened to the military.

Signs of a sentinel falling in love:
1. Want to ‘conquer’1 him (the guide),
2. Feel happy when seeing him (the guide),
3. Doesn’t have any self-principle in front of him (the guide),
4. Anyone who bullies him (the guide) can go to die,
5. People who covet him (people) can go to die as well,
6. He is mine,
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10. He is mine.

PS: When you start searching about this problem because of someone, then brother, don’t hesitate. Start chasing this person!

Staring at the last sentence, Leo tapped his finger on his leg, and Xiào Mu’s delicate face appeared in his mind. He closed the terminal and gritted his teeth, “It’s not reliable at all!” He hates weak chicken the most, how can his heart moved by… Xiào Mu? The hell, he can’t even imagine associating bad words like ‘weak chicken’ to him(XM)! His brain must be malfunctioning.

The driver’s expression became solemn, and he wondered which unlucky person angered the major general.

In the afternoon, Xiào Mu returned to his bedroom after a major class. He logged into the virtual net and made biscuits, then put them on the vending machine. When he left the virtual net, it was almost dinner time. He struggled internally for a while, before deciding on something and placed an order for a treadmill online. Next, he sent a message to Leo.

“Thank you for the personal training last week. From today on, I won’t go to the gym, Room 333 anymore. I felt sorry for always interrupting your own training. I just bought a treadmill and planned to train in the dormitory in the future.”

After Xiào Mu sent the message, he leaned back on the sofa with a sigh of relief. He will train in his dormitory in the future. The possibility of encountering Leo is greatly reduced, so Leo will not find out that his physical strength is abnormal. In fact, training in the dormitory is also a lot more comfortable. Although fewer people are staying in Building 30, people would still occasionally pass by. Every time they saw him jogging around the area, they would laugh, not to mention that he come across even more people on his way to Room 333 every night. Xiào Mu is guessing that if it hadn’t been for the rumor that his physical strength is too poor, and those people are afraid of accidentally killing him, many of them would have taken action to teach him a lesson by now.

Xiào Mu’s bakery has been in business for more than a week, and the business is very good. No one knows how much his actual profit is but his spending can be covered by the bakery. As long as his spending is not exaggerated, there is no need for him to worry about his source of money being suspected. There is no pressure in buying a treadmill. Xiào Mu stood up and was about to go to the cafeteria to eat when his terminal suddenly vibrated. It was a message from Leo, and a location was included in it: “No need to thank me, I just want to find out the reason for my mistake. As an apology, I treat you to dinner.”

The location included in the message indicated the private room in the dining area for school staff, which is on the 3rd floor of the cafeteria.

Xiào Mu quickly replied: “No need, I should treat you to dinner instead.”

If it wasn’t for him concealing the fact that he took the boost pill to restore his stamina, Leo wouldn’t have to worry about the mistake at all.

“Alright then, the location is already selected, you can pay the bill.”

Xiào Mu stared at the message with a stunned expression for a moment. He was just being polite when he wrote that, he didn’t mean to treat Leo for real! Although Xiào Mu is not afraid of getting close to Leo anymore, he is afraid of unexpected accidents, so he still wants to stay away as much as possible. But when things have come to this stage, he didn’t have time to regret it. After thinking for a moment, Xiào Mu asked cautiously, “Why don’t you just send me the bill, and I will pay it later?”

Sitting on the chair facing the door in the private room, Leo looked at Xiào Mu’s reply and his expression turned uglier. In his heart, he was very depressed. Obviously, Xiào Mu didn’t want to meet him. He frowned and felt impatient to communicate via messages, so he called Xiào Mu’s number directly.

Xiào Mu was waiting for Leo’s reply and didn’t expect Leo would call him instead. His finger accidentally touched the Reject button. Umm, Xiào Mu looked at the missed call in his call log, and his back felt inexplicably cold. Did he just refuse to answer Leo’s call? With his knowledge of Leo, Leo will definitely be furious! Xiào Mu hurriedly called back. In almost less than a second, the call interface showed that the opposite party refused to connect. Xiào Mu secretly felt that things are not good, and quickly dialed again. His call is still refused at the next second, and Xiào Mu repeated the attempt 5 times in a row. Then Xiào Mu gave up. Just when he wanted to send a text message to explain, his spiritual filaments suddenly went crazy.

That got Xiào Mu stunned, and he subconsciously established a spiritual barrier. 3 seconds later, the door of his dorm was knocked on by someone. Xiào Mu hesitantly opened the door, and not given any time to be surprised, the person at the door walked in and pushed him against the wall.

Leo’s face was sullen, with anger and dissatisfaction in his eyes, as well as unexplainable irritability. He put his right hand against Xiào Mu’s left shoulder and pressed him against the wall. Then he lowered his head and asked viciously, “Dare to reject my call? You are good! ”

Xiào Mu quickly built another barrier and shrank his neck, “Don’t be impulsive, I just accidentally touch the reject button.” As Xiào Mu said that, he raised his right hand with an innocent look, “I swear, it was really accidental.”

This innocent action pairing his beautiful face, Xiào Mu looked unexpectedly cute in Leo’s eyes. His anger disappeared all of a sudden. He captured Xiào Mu’s raised hand with his left hand. The sensation felt strangely smooth, so he couldn’t help rubbing his thumb on the back of Xiào Mu’s hand.

“So, it’s not that you don’t want to talk to me?” Leo asked.

Xiào Mu’s small body is covered by Leo’s figure, and his heart became tensed. The touch on the back of his hand made him stare in shock. He threw his question to the back of his head and pulled his hand out forcefully, “Leo, you… are you alright?”

Leo glanced at his empty left hand, only then realized what he had just done. His body just moved unconsciously, what he did just now didn’t go through his mind at all.

“Why won’t I be alright?” Leo asked while maintaining a serious face. Ignoring the scene just now, he threw a glance at Xiào Mu, “Aren’t you going to treat me to dinner? Let’s go.”

The person concerned already showed up at his door, Xiào Mu couldn’t refuse that. Seeing Leo with the same expression as usual, Xiào Mu only felt that what had just happened was an accident, and didn’t think much about it. He just hoped that Leo would let him go quickly so he swiftly nodded, “En, let’s go!”

Leo lets go and Xiào Mu stretches his shoulders. Seeing that, Leo’s eyes flashed and asked, “Did I hurt you?” Leo felt kind of annoyed with himself and added, “I did control my strength.”

Xiào Mu’s mouth twitched, “It’s okay, I’m not made of tofu.”

Leo snorted slightly, apparently feeling that Xiào Mu’s rebuttal was weak. In his eyes, Xiào Mu is almost the same as tofu. When he is about to walk out, Leo’s gaze scanned the coffee table in the living room, and he suddenly said, “I won’t go out to eat anymore.”

“Huh?” Xiào Mu didn’t understand what he meant.

Leo pointed to the biscuits on the coffee table, “You can make biscuits. I will watch you make them.”

Xiào Mu felt a little amused by the change, “Biscuits are snacks. It’s not good to eat it as a staple food. Let’s go to dinner. If you want to eat biscuits, I will make some for you later and put them on the windowsill.”

“Who said I want to eat it,” Leo snorted coldly, and took a step to the living room. “I’m not going out anymore. Go and make biscuits, I want to watch.”

Xiào Mu was helpless, but right now he just wanted to meet Leo’s request quickly, and send him away, “Okay, I will first place an order to buy materials, and then order 2 takeaways. Wait a moment.”

The express order arrived soon, and Xiào Mu handed Leo’s takeaway to him, “You can eat in the living room and I will make the biscuits now.”

“Eat first.” Leo frowned.

“It’s okay, I’m not hungry right now.” Xiào Mu wanted to finish making the biscuits earlier so Leo can take the biscuits and leave. He went to the kitchen, and kneaded flour skillfully. Then he used molds to make the shape, put them on the oven tray, and slide the tray into the oven.

“AH!” After Xiào Mu washed his hands and turned around, he saw Leo standing behind him and he didn’t realize it at all. Taken aback, Xiào Mu stepped back subconsciously and shifted his back against the counter, “When did you come into the kitchen?”

Leo looked at Xiào Mu with complicated eyes. Just a little bit more and he could almost hug Xiào Mu, which was abnormal 3. A brief thought flashed in his eyes, and Leo took a step forward, making them almost touching each other. He lowered his head and replied in a low voice, “While you were putting the batter into the mold.”

Xiào Mu covered his ears and his face flushed. How could Leo speak next to his ears?! The heat from Leo’s breath hits his ears, and it’s making his heart beat faster.

Leo stared at Xiào Mu’s blushing face, and his eyes darkened suddenly. Xiào Mu can feel his scalp going numb from Leo’s staring, and he walked 2 steps to the right to widen the distance between the two. His heart is beating rapidly, there is something wrong with Leo. It’s not that he is narcissistic but he had a feeling that Leo is trying to get close to him. Does Leo finally start doubting his identity? But after thinking about it, Xiào Mu couldn’t figure where did he reveal loopholes.

“We just have to wait for the biscuits to finish baking, I’ll go to eat first.”

Xiào Mu almost ran to the living room as if he is fleeing from something. He opened his takeaway and was unpacking his chopsticks. When he saw the nuts beside the biscuits on the table, a thought moved in his mind. Could it be that Leo saw the nuts and linked the mid-grade healing pill with the fragrance of nuts, then doubted him?

Leo returned to the living room and ate his takeaway across from Xiào Mu. He would glance at Xiào Mu from time to time while showing a thoughtful expression.

Xiào Mu stayed on guard the entire time, ready to deal with Leo’s testing. However, until they finished their takeaway, Leo said nothing, and his spirit animal did not appear either. When Leo left with the jar of biscuit, Xiào Mu simply couldn’t believe it. He watched until Leo’s figure disappear into the corner and wondered to himself. So Leo just left? He’s not going to test me?

Suddenly, Leo returned like a gust of wind. Seeing Xiào Mu is still standing at the door, looking in the direction he left just now, Leo revealed a cheerful expression.

Xiào Mu is still on guard so he waited for Leo to make a move. He didn’t expect Leo to do nothing. Leo just said solemnly, “Your stamina is very poor. Practice hard, and I will check it when I come back!”

Dumbfounded, Xiào Mu watched as Leo disappear into the corner again. What does he mean by ‘check after he comes back’?

Chapter 33 Part 2 Jealous

Greene’s residence in Area A

Kain’s always gentle face looked green at the moment, as he glared at his son standing in front of him, “Roa, you are so courageous. Dare to make a private decision on such a big thing, huh? If not because the news is so widespread, are you expecting to hide the truth from me?”

When Kain went to his military department this morning, someone came over to congratulate him. He didn’t understand what had happened until the man flattered that his Greene family had a genius guide in making medicine. When he got home, he called his daughter and learned the truth. Immediately, he called his brave son back after hanging up the call.

Roa didn’t dare to refute loudly, and whispered, “Father, I’m not going to hide it from you. I just want to surprise you.”

“Surprise?” Kain almost laughed out loud in anger. “Do you know if this matter is not handled properly, it will ruin the reputation of the Greene family?”

“No,” Roa said anxiously. “we won’t be discovered. I have told Eileen about it. She will be very careful not to show any flaws.”

Kain opened his terminal and pointed to the discussion post on the forum, “The medicine you bought is called a mid-grade healing pill, right? See this? People said it has a nutty fragrance. Don’t tell me that you have forgotten the scent of Eileen’s guide pheromone.”

“I know, it’s the fragrance of orchids,” Roa calmly replied and took out a small square box from his space storage. Opening it, he placed the box on the table in front of Kain, “This is the mid-grade healing pill.”

Kain looked at the neatly placed medicine in the box and his anger disappeared. Next, Kain was surprised, “How can it give off an orchid’s scent now?”

Roa explained, “The pill is coated with a guide inhibitor that is not harmful to sentinel to cover up the original scent. Then it has been kept in the box that has the smell of Eileen’s pheromones. That’s why the pill gave off a slight smell of orchid.” He looked at Kain, “Father, I’m serious, I have done a lot of preparations.”

Kain looked at Roa for a while, with a smile on his lips, “As expected of my son, but,” his expression became heavy, “have you ever thought about it, what if Eileen never able to make this pill?”

Roa replied, “Eileen is my sister. She wants to marry the most powerful sentinel so of course, I support her. Now everyone knows her skills and almost all single sentinels want to marry her. There are many top-ranked single sentinels in the 9th Army, and Father is familiar with them. You can definitely help her to choose the most powerful one.” He paused, “This batch of pills can last for a long time. At that time, Greene’s happy event1 has been held for a long time. Father doesn’t have to worry about the relationship between the sentinel and the guide2. At that time, we’ll just fabricate an accident. Eileen will then ‘forgot’ how to make the pill, logically speaking.”

Kain pondered for a moment, and said gently, “You forgot about the instability factor; the real medicine maker.”

Roa looked serious as he replied, “I have been monitoring the seller. It seems that the seller has contact with the medicine maker. If I tailed behind the seller, I will definitely find the maker.”

Kain frowned, “Tell me again in detail of the time when you bought the medicine.”

After Roa finished speaking, Kain asked, “Short and thin? Why didn’t you think that the seller and the maker are the same person?”

“My terminal that detects guides didn’t respond, and he didn’t smell like a guide. When Manager Zhao appeared, he released his spirit animal but the seller was not surprised or panicked. He was very calm.” Roa recalled.

“Have you forgotten about the inhibitor?” Kain asked lightly, “For a guide who lives outside the Golden Tower, it is not difficult for him to reach the level you said. Of course, it is also possible that he is just an ordinary person, but he is the maker which is in line with the norm.” Seeing that Roa is listening carefully, Kain continued, “The guide who made the medicine definitely does not want to reveal his identity. Using a middleman will increase the risk. The reason for selling the medicine in the black market is mostly to conceal his identity. So, the medicine maker personally selling it sounds completely feasible.”

“Father is right,” Roa tilted his head for a moment, then smiled quickly, “I know what to do.”

Kain looked at Roa appreciatively, and said solemnly, “Never let other people know the truth. Keep that guide with us, it is best if he can be used by us. That way, your plan will progress more smoothly.”

“Yes, Father. Don’t worry.”

Kain: “If you need anything, contact me.”

After Leo left behind an inexplicable word, it took a few days for Xiào Mu to understand the meaning. It turned out that he has left school the next day. The school forum has been discussing about the joint military exercises of the imperial armies in recent days, and Major General Leo, who is acting as a substitute for the imperial military school, asked for leave to direct the exercises.

The scale of this exercise is grand, and the whole process of the exercise will be kept confidential. At the end of the exercise, the exciting part will be announced to the public. Although no one knows about the specifics, it does not affect the enthusiasm of netizens. Supporters of the various army groups are arguing fiercely on the Internet, as they all believe that the army they support is the best. Hence, everyone engaged in an invisible smokeless war on the Internet. Some people even set up a poll in the forum for the supporters to vote. All of the supporters began to chant for their supporting army groups, and anyone who did not participate in the exercise is allowed to vote for the group army they supported.

Xiào Mu sat on the sofa and looked helplessly at Hawke, who was shaking his(XM) arm with excitement, “Just let go of my arms, I will vote for the 2nd Army, alright?”

Hawke smiled and nodded. He sat next to Xiào Mu, staring at him as he voted, “Major General Lyle is the most perfect person in the world. The 2nd Army under his leadership will definitely win!”

Xiào Mu clicked on the vote confirmation button and asked, “You said that you came to this school for your male god. You mean Lyle?”

“Of course it is him. No one is more perfect than him,” Hawke cupped his face. “I will definitely study medicine very hard and be a person worthy of him. I want to get marry him!”

“Cough cough cough…” Xiào Mu was stunned, “You want to marry him?”

Hawke glanced at Xiào Mu sadly, “Are you laughing at me for thinking above my class? I also know that I am not worthy of him. He is a high-level sentinel, so he must be looking for a guide who matches him.” Hawke clenched his fist and waved it, “However, as long as he is not married, I still have hope. My spiritual power is low and I cannot give him spiritual treatment, but I will definitely make medicine to recover spiritual power. Then, even if I am a guide with the lowest spiritual power, I am still worthy of him.”

Xiào Mu quickly explained, “I’m not laughing at you.” He just couldn’t accept the part that a young man declaring to get married3. If Hawke is saying that, wouldn’t that means he(XM) has to get married too in the future? Xiào Mu shook his head, forbidding himself to continue thinking.

He saw Hawke’s fighting spirit and couldn’t help asking, “You confessed to him already?”

Hawke shook his head, “Not yet, I haven’t learned how to make medicine to restore spiritual power, in case… in case I couldn’t learn it, I will not be able to solve his spiritual power problem in the future. I can only watch him suffer. There is nothing I can do, and I will be very uncomfortable.” He paused, “Although my dad never said it, I know that every time my father suffers mental confusion, he will be very uncomfortable. Every time that happened, he would stay in the laboratory longer and longer. My dad is afraid that I will end up like him so he always hoped that I could find an ordinary person as my partner instead.”

Xiào Mu was surprised to hear that. He always thought that Hawke’s family is very happy, but he also had troubles it seems. Xiào Mu changed the topic and asked, “So, you are studying medicine to restore spiritual power, not just for the freedom of the guide?”

Hawke clasped Xiào Mu’s arm, “No. My father said that this is the real freedom of the guide. With this medicine, sentinel does not need to rely on the guide alone. Hence, guide and sentinel can get together without the need to consider the level restrictions. Ordinary people, sentinel, and guide can become a companion.”

Xiào Mu thought for a while and nodded, “Your father is right.”

Hearing Hawke mentioned that his spiritual power is low, Xiào Mu thought of the night when he talked about cooperation with Zhao Sheng. He did not mention the proposal and asked, “I remember you said you can’t generate new spiritual filaments?”

“Yes.” Hawke was frustrated.

Xiào Mu: “Have you ever thought that it’s not about regenerating, but dividing the filaments? 1 split to 2, 2 into 4, and so on. Then the total number of spiritual filaments can also be changed, and spiritual treatment can be better carried out. It also helps towards making medicine.”

Hawke was stunned, and pounced on Xiào Mu after a moment of thinking, “You are so smart, why didn’t I think of it?!”

Seeing Hawke’s enthusiastic appearance, Xiào Mu hurriedly said, “Don’t try now, this is the school. Do it at home, and make sure to try in a safe place.”

Hawke couldn’t contain himself, he speedily stood up and ran out, “I’ll go first. If I don’t have time for class tomorrow, you must be careful by yourself. I will get make-up classes later.”

“En, rest assured. I’ll be fine.”

After watching Hawke leave, Xiào Mu turned his gaze to the screen, which is still the interface for voting. The first place is the 1st Army led by Leo, with almost half of the entire votes. No wonder Leo is so confident. In addition to the top abilities in his own life experience, he also has the self-confidence that these admirers give him! Xiào Mu glanced at the time, and saw that there is still more than half an hour until dinner time. He checked his online business and saw that the inventory is 0 already. There were a lot of requests for goods in the message area.

‘It’s super delicious, asking for the boss to restock!’

‘I’ve never seen such a lazy boss who only sells 20 jars a day. It’s not enough to stuff my teeth, so I begged the boss to restock.’

‘Restock +1’

Xiào Mu smiled. He likes the current state very much. He is used to making biscuits twice a day on the virtual net, making 10 jars each time. He is not planning to make more for the time being. Making biscuits is his way of transferring his money to the public, and it is also his hobby. He is not going to really make this into a profitable career. If he overworked on this, he may make more money, but he may lose interest in his hobby.

After logging on to the virtual net, Xiào Mu closed the door of the bakery and made biscuits as usual. Suddenly someone knocked at the door. Xiào Mu was stunned. It stands to reason that people can’t see from the outside if there is anyone inside! The person keeps knocking on the door so Xiào Mu washed his hands and went to open the door. The person standing outside is a strange-looking tall sentinel with oil paint on his face. The next moment, the sentinel suddenly hold him in his arms. Xiào Mu was stunned, but he immediately reacted by stomping on the sentinel’s foot and punching his chin at the same time.

Although this is not the reality, the 5 senses are almost exactly the same. Xiào Mu couldn’t bear the fact that someone came to take advantage of him so blatantly! He managed to stomp on the sentinel’s foot, but he didn’t seem to feel any pain. The sentinel didn’t move and caught Xiào Mu’s hand just when his fist is close to the sentinel’s chin. Xiào Mu tried to drew his hand back, but it was caught in a firm hold. So he glared at the sentinel and saw the man dropping a kiss on the back of his hand.

“Axx-hole, you…” Before Xiào Mu could finish his words, the sentinel suddenly disappeared, as if everything that happened were his hallucinations. The f.c.uk! Xiào Mu gritted his teeth and exploded in curses, as he wiped the back of his hands vigorously. Don’t go offline if you have the guts!

Leo looked at his adjutant coldly. The adjutant is under pressure as he reported, “Major General, someone in the 2nd Army has touched the 39th line4. Did we proceed to destroy or pretend not to see it?”

Who doesn’t know that Major General Lyle of the 2nd Army and his family Major General are good brothers? Hence, the soldiers of the First Army are really unsure what to do.

Recalling the fact that he had specifically inquired whether ‘someone’ voted for him or not, but ended up seeing that person’s name under the 2nd Army list, Leo got up from the holographic cabin and snorted coldly, “Annihilate all of them.”

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