Befriending the Most Powerful PersonCh35.2 - That’s my destined companion

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Soon, it was the next day.

Shao Ci was a little tired after all the fighting from yesterday. In the morning, he almost couldn’t get himself out of bed. He went downstairs still bleary, but when he saw Ji Zhaoyun he was scared into full consciousness. bYGrwB

Today, Ji Zhaoyun, who had been full of pride, was unexpectedly absentminded. He ate the breakfast that the servants brought over sluggishly, occasionally thinking of something and flushing pink.

Normally, if the servants did something a little bit wrong, Ji Zhaoyun would lecture them. Today, however, he was completely unlike himself. When someone made a mistake, he acted just like he hadn’t seen it. Occasionally, he would look stunned, then smile a little.

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What the heck was going on? Was this the same arrogant, headstrong Ji Zhaoyun who always looked angry no matter the time of day? Why did he look just like a young maiden in love?

Shao Ci’s own imagination gave him a huge shock. Who was so unlucky to have Ji Zhaoyun fall in love with them? IEDJc1

When they got on the aircar, Ji Zhaoyun captured Shao Ci in conversation again. After all, with Ji Zhaoyun’s lousy temper, he didn’t have any friends. He could only chat with Shao Ci.

“Listen to me properly. In the past, I always thought of omegas as annoying living beings.” As soon as he opened his mouth, Ji Zhaoyun began to discriminate. “They’re fragile and delicate and start crying if you just say some stuff. They make me annoyed just looking at them. I was prepared to never get married in my lifetime.”

Shao Ci: “…” Dang, this Ji Zhaoyun didn’t just look down on betas, he even looked down on omegas. Still, this was normal! After all, in the original novel he was a gay who liked alphas. With him like this, he could probably only like gays…

“But yesterday, my thinking changed.” Ji Zhaoyun said, “I met an omega, and I finally understood. He’s my destined companion…”

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Shao Ci: “…Ah, this is great news.”

Still, thinking about it, who did Ji Zhaoyun meet yesterday? Wasn’t he always in school? There were only alphas and omegas. Or could it be in the virtual net? Did he meet someone after he lost?

Just as Shao Ci was racking his brains, Ji Zhaoyun said, “If I say it, you’ll probably laugh at me. You can’t laugh. The person I’m talking about is that Prince Latiao.”

Shao Ci choked. “…!?” x2ZPEm

What the heck?!

Shao Ci wanted to grab Ji Zhaoyun by the collar and make things clear. How the fuck did he know Shao Ci was an omega! This was just unscientific! Or did something happen to his inhibitors?!

“But,” Shao Ci said, organizing his thoughts with difficulty, “That Prince Latiao is an alpha, isn’t he? How can an omega have such strength? Besides, it’s not likely for omegas or whatever to join virtual mecha competitions, right? Haha hahaha…”

Because of the restraints of their constitutions, omegas typically wouldn’t study mechas. Even if they had high-grade spiritual energy, they wouldn’t consider it. qe56JB

“No, he’s definitely an omega,” Ji Zhaoyun said confidently. “When I was in his spiritual energy, I sensed the scent of an omega’s pheromones. I didn’t expect that there were actually omegas who could make it so far. It seems that I’ve been too narrow-minded. It’s not just alphas who are strong.”

You know it yourself, too?!

Although Ji Zhaoyun began self-introspection from this, Shao Ci couldn’t get happy at all.

That poor soul that Ji Zhaoyun had fucking fallen for was actually himself. pCZU1v

Why were these inhibitors so garbage?! He had been seen through in seconds, but maybe this was a problem with spiritual energy… Damn it, Shao Ci felt that he should be more careful about using his spiritual energy.

Now, the only thing that was worth celebrating was that he had chosen to be anonymous when he first entered the competition. Shao Ci was even more afraid to expose his identity. If it was exposed, Ji Zhaoyun and Edwin might rip him thoroughly into shreds.

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“Thank goodness I didn’t show my real appearance during the fight yesterday. I just need change to a new name and he probably won’t know who I am.” Ji Zhaoyun looked as though he was letting out a breath of relief.

Shao Ci: “…” In fact, the other party knows everything. SO9tys

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“By the way, how do you think I should pursue him.” Ji Zhaoyun looked towards Shao Ci, his attitude much better than before and completely sincere. “After all, I don’t have any experience with courting someone. It’ll be no good if I do it badly and scare him off.”

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Shao Ci just blabbered, “Most omegas should like gentle and soft alphas, especially these kinds of awesome omegas. They definitely hate forceful alphas, so you just have to show him your gentle side and be more soft. Don’t do anything too fierce. If you do things like this, he’ll probably think more highly of you.” 3yS1wg

Exactly, don’t do anything too fierce! As long as you do this, nothing will happen!!

“Yeah, you’re right.” Ji Zhaoyun nodded pensively, then returning to his normal appearance. He looked towards Shao Ci loftily. “If I succeed in courting him, you’ll be my best advisor. I won’t treat you unfairly.”

Shao Ci faked happiness, but inside his emotions didn’t fluctuate in the slightest. Anyway, he knew that Ji Zhaoyun would never succeed in this life.

After he got off the aircar, the two of them unexpectedly met Edwin, who was alone. Ji Zhaoyun didn’t want to greet him at all. Shao Ci remembered what happened yesterday and was afraid of being recognized, so he didn’t want to speak. ZqE2Sl

Edwin glanced at them coldly, sweeping over Shao Ci like he was looking at trash, and left even more icily.

Shao Ci: “…” Looks like he had thought too much. With Edwin’s attitude, it would be weirder if he could recognize Shao Ci was Prince Latiao.

Ji Zhaoyun sneered. “…Being so arrogant all the time as if he’s so amazing, but he couldn’t even defeat my companion.”

When Shao Ci heard Ji Zhaoyun’s term of address, he was shocked enough that he started hacking. LK2gxi

“By the way, did you catch a cold recently? You’re coughing a lot.” Ji Zhaoyun turned to look over.

“No, no,” Shao Ci said quickly. “My throat just hurt a bit from the air conditioning just now.”

Ji Zhaoyun said calmly, “If you’re sick, just go straight to the doctor. You can find me for reimbursements for the cost.”

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The news about Prince Latiao drew even more attention from the powerful. After all, he wasn’t just strong. At a glance, it was obvious that he needed money… It was obvious that he was easy to win over.

If it wasn’t for the fact that Shao Ci was more lazy, he might really agree, but now he was ruthless.

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At that moment, in the most expensive sky-suspended restaurant in the capital planet, it was rumored that His Highness the Crown Prince Roris was sitting inside, looking at the scenery outside. From there, he could see most of the capital, and the scenery was beautiful.

As the final boss in the original novel, Roris was extremely cunning. He had blonde hair and sky blue eyes. He was incredibly beautiful. After all, compared to His Majesty the Emperor, who looked steadfast, he resembled the empress, once the most beautiful face in the empire, more. J9Qa8M

This empress was most well-known for her beauty. Most people had even forgotten that she had married into the imperial family thanks to her illustrious family background.

Along with her beauty, the empress had a very extreme personality. She was terrifyingly possessive of her companions, and had thusly killed an innumerable number of maids who had tried to seduce the emperor. She couldn’t even take a few concubines.

Just as he had inherited the empress’s beauty, Roris had also inherited her bigotry. He was scarily possessive of the things he liked. In his youth, he wouldn’t let anyone else even touch his toys.

The most dramatic part of the novel was that the person His Majesty the Emperor really loved was Pei Shijian’s mother. She was a innocent sweetheart who was born into low status, but because of the empress’s possessiveness, he didn’t have the nerve to bring her back. This was why Pei Shijian was born in the slums… fH0Tyl

And later, when the empress found out about what had happened, she poisoned drinks right in front of the emperor, wanting to drag him down with her. In the end the emperor was saved. If it wasn’t for the fact that he needed the help of the empress’s family, he would have gone directly for the empress’s corpse to vent his anger.

It was exactly for this reason that the emperor didn’t like Roris, who looked just like the empress. He felt guilt towards the son of his lover, Pei Shijian, and did his utmost to pave the way for him to move forward. He didn’t spare the slightest thought for the eldest son from his political marriage. It was why Roris had withered so thoroughly.

But at that moment, Roris was still His Highness the Crown Prince with boundless paths in his future, and Pei Shijian’s past as an illegitimate child was still a secret.

“By the way, I saw someone interesting on the virtual net yesterday,” Roris said with a slight smile. wXv8QB

“Oh? What kind of person managed to draw Your Highness’s attention?” The young man at Roris’s side was extremely handsome. If Shao Ci was there, he would notice that he looked around seventy percent similar to Ji Zhaoyun, but he looked much more mature.

He was Ji Zhaoyun’s elder brother, the heir to the dukedom, Ji Zhaoyuan.

In the original novel, Ji Zhaoyuan had always stood on Roris’s side. Later, because he couldn’t steel his heart and kill his younger brother, he let Ji Zhaoyun go. Consequently, he had indirectly caused Pei Shijian’s victory. Finally, thanks to Ji Zhaoyun’s reputation, he was able to survive, but the rest of his life was spent in suffering.

As Ji Zhaoyuan spoke, he silently said a prayer for that person. He couldn’t say whether that person was fortunate or unfortunate to have drawn His Highness’s attention. ZcXxLp

“Look at this.” Roris brought his smart computer in front of Ji Zhaoyuan, his voice calm. “The most interesting thing is that I actually can’t find out his identity. In the recording I got, his face is still blurry. How did he do it?”

For competitions like this, although they said it was anonymous, in fact those with influence could easily discover who it was. For example, plenty of people had discovered who Pei Shijian was.

But to have someone that even the crown prince Roris couldn’t find was a shock.

Ji Zhaoyuan looked at the screen. It was a contestant fighting with an old-fashioned mecha, but he still beat Edwin easily. RrhKOB

After all, Edwin was the crown prince’s younger cousin. Ji Zhaoyuan had some understanding of his strength. He immediately gained some interest towards the person on the screen. “There’s actually someone who can be as good as that time. He even defeated Edwin. I’ll have people go investigate…”

When it first happened, Ji Zhaoyuan had also been excited by the commotion and had interest in drawing that person in, but the other party tactfully rejected him. Ji Zhaoyuan only felt it was a pity, and didn’t think too much about it. He hadn’t thought that he was actually someone who could overturn the empire.

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“By the way, I heard your younger brother brought an impoverished young noble home to torture recently?” Roris looked over with a raised eyebrow, his blue eyes cold.

Ji Zhaoyuan’s heart tensed, but his expression was calm as if nothing had happened. He sighed helplessly. “Xiao Yun was spoiled by our entire family ever since he was young, and now it turns out that he’s grown unafraid of anything. I already told him many times. He should have let that person go already. Although those impoverished nobles aren’t anything much, it wouldn’t be very good if someone insisted on investigating.” CSTcoY

“Yes,” Roris said calmly. “After all, things are more bothersome these day. It’s best not to let anyone else get any information that could be used against you.”

“Right.” Ji Zhaoyuan relaxed. As His Highness the Crown Prince’s right-hand man, he understood what Roris’s true personality was like very well.

The perfect, gentle person everyone else saw was an act. His Highness the Crown Prince’s real personality was extreme and distrustful.

When he thought about how the empress was so extreme that she had tried to bring the emperor to death with her, Ji Zhaoyuan thought that the person His Highness the Crown Prince would like in the future was a bit miserable. d0lYy1

After they finished discussing the topic, Roris looked at the mecha on his screen again, his eyes filled with interest. He said, his voice low, “It really is interesting… After so many years, it’s the first time that someone has drawn my interest. Who in the world are you?”

At that moment, Shao Ci had no idea he had drawn the attention of the main villain in the original novel. He was looking at the old-fashioned practice mecha in front of his eyes with trepidation.

The scary mecha combat class wasn’t until tomorrow, so Shao Ci came to school without any worries. He didn’t expect that there would be a mecha training class today. zocm2i

Although Shao Ci enjoyed the feeling of operating mechas in the virtual world, it was his first time touching a mecha in the real world. He was very worried about what might happen.

At his side, Ji Zhaoyun said calmly, “You’d better practice properly today. If you lose tomorrow, it won’t be as simple as getting humiliated. You might even be putting your life on your line. Everyone has to participate in the combat class tomorrow, don’t put blame on me for not reminding you.”

Ji Zhaoyun walked towards his mecha. During the mecha training lesson, most people were practicing their movements. Some people had arranged to learn from each other.

Out of the entire training field, only Shao Ci was still standing in place and idling his time away. Td1LoB

The sound of jeers began to erupt around him.

“Isn’t this that pervert beta who peeped in the men’s bathrooms? I heard he got expelled ages ago. Why is he still staying here so brazenly?”

“Didn’t he manage to come back to study by clinging onto Ji Zhaoyun? Or which school would want this student, huh?”

“Look at him. Even if he came back thanks to sucking up, he doesn’t even know how to turn on the mecha. What a joke.” c39x8v

How were these chatting alphas so bored? If they had time to gossip, they could go and practice properly!

Though Shao Ci didn’t care about what they said, it wasn’t good of him to keep standing here either. He had to face the things he had to face, so he gritted his teeth and climbed onto the mecha.

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Shao Ci had touched mechas who-knows-how-many times in the virtual net, but feeling them in the real world was a completely novel experience. There was even a wonderful feeling where his fingers were touching the buttons.

“It would be all good if I could connect to the mecha with my spiritual energy in the real world.” Shao Ci sighed, thinking about his lousy body again. He could only throw this way of thinking to the back of his mind, beginning to maneuver the mecha. E7B2u0

Because he had practice from the virtual net, he didn’t have any problems making the mecha walk. He could also do a few simple moves. Shao Ci let out a breath of relief. “Still, this is really far from a real fight. Tomorrow, I’ll just surrender and end it quickly.”

But on the other side of the training field, three people had gathered sneakily. “That’s right, isn’t it? That guy’s the useless beta, right?”

“Exactly, I saw him.” Another person nodded. “He’s just a beta, but he’s actually so arrogant. He even has the guts to come back to class. Let’s teach him a lesson.”

“Still, it’ll be bad if the teachers catch us,” someone said with worry. O4 iZK

“Don’t worry. I checked, the teachers are busy right now. It’ll be at least half an hour before they come back. There’s enough time for us to teach that guy a lesson.”

After they finished discussing, they got into their mechas and moved secretly towards Shao Ci.

Shao Ci was in the middle of practicing his movements. Suddenly, something banged next to him, and his mecha immediately unbalanced. After flailing for a long time, he managed to return to his center of gravity. He looked to his side with irritation.

But he found that there wasn’t just one mecha next to him. There were three. They were surrounding him on all sides. iHlaFw

“Fuck.” Shao Ci had a bad feeling. “They’ve come to pick a fight.” After all, the original host’s foul mouth had offended many people. Besides, Pei Shijian had so many friends. It was normal for them to come to pick a fight.

Against three mechas’ attacks, Shao Ci’s response was all over the place. His mecha operation technique was simply unpracticed, and he was forced to keep retreating. He couldn’t even fight back.

When he had retreated until he couldn’t keep retreating, the three of them shockingly began to attack his mecha’s limbs. It was obvious they wanted to destroy the mecha to humiliate Shao Ci.

Shao Ci: “!!” Humiliation was just some bullying, but if they destroyed the training mecha he would have to pay for the damages, okay!! bRInxQ

Even Shao Ci’s anger was building. He questioned the system gloomily, “Will my body collapse as soon as I use my spiritual energy? There’s not any buffer time? Can I heal my body with my healing ability?”

[There is indeed a process to your body’s collapse after you use your spiritual energy. Based on the current circumstances of the host’s body, it can probably endure for three minutes. After three minutes, your body will quickly deteriorate, and even your healing ability won’t be able to save you.]

“To face these people, three minutes is enough.” Shao Ci’s expression turned cold. He began to connect his spiritual energy to the mecha.

Pei Shijian was standing in a tall building at the side, observing the training field with calm amidst the chaos. When he saw Shao Ci being cornered, his voice was indifferent. “If you need to blame something, blame yourself for not practicing well normally. That’s why people are bullying you now.” zd0Jpe

“What? Is there something interesting down there?” Edwin walked out, looking downwards with interest.

“Nothing. I was just taking a look. I’m going back first,” Pei Shijian said as if nothing had happened. He turned back towards the classroom. Things were about done with. He had no interest in continuing to watch and see how a good-for-nothing was getting taught a lesson.

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Edwin was about to go back, but suddenly something flashed in the corner of his eye.

“That’s….” zI8DVM

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  1. Omg!!! I can’t wait till the final big reveal!

    All these yanderes finally knowing about Shao Ci!

    Thanks for the chapter!

  2. Pei doesn’t seem like the Ml at all so I’m not placing any hope on him

    Roris though👀

    He’s got the yandere setting down to his bloodline~~

  3. F*CK 🤯… this is itching me to death…ah ah ah ah ah ahhhh why why why do I torture myself so … it was getting so good ahhh… Now my heart feels itchy and I have no way to resolve it…this is driving me nuts 😩

  4. There are way too many potential love interests for the MC. In this series, every love interest is a yandere! Danger and suspense lie everywhere!

    And the MC is totally blowing part of his cover right now. It might be better to just take the beating and buy the mecha.

  5. Sigh~ this is seriouly one of my all time favourites but……. i dont know who the ml is and i read some on anothor website to 100 to 70 its not fair that i read so much but still dont no who the ml is. Is he the protagnoist or maybe the villain or a side powerfull chacter sigh~ if you know aho the ml is plz share so i dont have to keep shipping then get heartbroken

  6. Each time I read to the end and get left hanging…I’m shocked that my phone isn’t broken from the numbers of times I toss it in anguish 🥲

  7. Definitely not loving that Pei dude, can’t say I look forward to him becoming the capture target at all. Can’t we just stay with the little tsundere, the trembling M, and the dangerous but intriguing yandere prince? Pretty please?

    Btw, the only one who doesn’t really seem yandere right now is Ji Zhaoyun??

    I wonder if the number of capture targets will grow exponentially each arc though, like first arc there were 2 (Chu Jin doesn’t count), second arc there were 3, and now we have 4? I’m not complaining though, bring the dog blood lol~

    Thanks for the chapter ~🌸

    • huh Ji Zhaoyun not yandere?? Don’t forget he beat up Shao Ci in the beginning because of how he supposedly peeped on his idol Pei Shijian! Although I guess in comparison to the other yanderes we have you’re not wrong…

      just wanted to say your description of our current targets made me laugh ^_^ Thanks for reading!

      • Haha well, I mean, he technically hadn’t meet Shao Ci yet so the person he beat up was kind of someone else. But even then, I can’t help but see him more as just a school bully/tyrant instead of an insane psycho XD (we have someone who ate his beloved over here…)

        But thinking back, he actually wanted to murder him so I should re-evaluate my opinion on him 🤔

  8. Shao Ci, you pulled a masochist and now a person like Roris skskskkss how l.. lucky!

    Forgive me but I don’t like Pei Shijian smskkssj

    Thank you so much for this chapter!^‿^

  9. Shao Ci: What the heck was going on? Was this the same arrogant, headstrong Ji Zhaoyun who always looked angry no matter the time of day? Why did he look just like a young maiden in love? Who was so unlucky to have Ji Zhaoyun fall in love with them?

    Ji Zhaoyun: The person I’m talking about is that Prince Latiao.Shao Ci: F*ck, it was me?!!