Chapter 299 - 298: Get a Certificate With Me First

Jian Yu stood behind him, a deep red mist slowly seeping out from around her.

At first, the red mist was just a thin layer, but it eventually surged like a tide, flowing past Pei Yin and toward the crowd opposite them.

Over a hundred people were enveloped in the warm, gentle mist.

Pei Yin could see it, but no one else could.

Once the mist dissipated, Pei Yin ended the questioning immediately.

Leaving Building 4, Ting Ying flew cheerfully toward the school.

With Jian Yu on its back, it grew happier the further it flew.

Pei Yin hugged Jian Yu’s waist tightly from behind. "They’re different from Gu Qi and Zhao Jiangyou, aren’t they?"

Jian Yu pursed her lips and lowered her voice. "Just normal, ordinary people, plus a few Half-awakened."

She added thoughtfully, "Their Spirit Domains are in disarray, and the others aren’t in good mental shape either. Other than that, I couldn’t see anything special about them."

"That’s good. At least it’s not a large-scale experiment." Pei Yin’s tense nerves instantly relaxed.

He took the opportunity to lie back on Ting Ying’s back, his arm around Jian Yu’s waist, pulling her back with him.

Jian Yu didn’t struggle, trustingly falling backward and being held securely.

On the giant eagle’s back, its wings glided steadily on the air currents.

The dark cyan uniform on Pei Yin’s body rustled and billowed in the wind.

"They all treat people like idiots."

Jian Yu didn’t know what to say. She pressed her lips together, half-leaning against his chest.

Her mind drifted, her fingertips unconsciously tracing over the thin fabric of Pei Yin’s uniform.

The pads of her fingers moved in circles as if sketching. Through the material, she could clearly feel the explosive power and heat contained within the body beneath her hand.

Pei Yin’s previously relaxed body tensed slightly.

"They’re just deceiving themselves. This is the result of the Alliance’s indulgence, and they still refuse to admit it. They only remember us when things get out of control."

"Emperor Wolf Star is in total chaos, and they’re still just bullshitting, completely useless. When the core experimental data was first stolen, they turned a blind eye. And now they’ve fed the guy’s ambition, haven’t they?"

"They have power in their own hands, so of course they don’t want too much to change. But that guy has nothing, so what’s so strange about him wanting to use this opportunity to overthrow the entire current order?"

"If Yan Tianba hadn’t strayed from his original intentions, he might have actually gained a lot of support for overthrowing the so-called noble class. But as it stands now, he’s purely acting for his own benefit. When does he ever care about the lives of commoners?"

Pei Yin’s face was red as he continued his relentless tirade, "All these incidents are happening at once. Who could it be but Emperor Wolf Star playing tricks? The Alliance treats us like idiots, and the dean wants to treat me like an idiot, too. As if anyone is clueless."

He speculated, "Maybe they were even behind Duan Feiye’s and my first failed Awakening."

A warm hand covered the back of Pei Yin’s.

Pei Yin’s gaze wavered, and he frantically shut his mouth.

His face was bright red. He took the chance to press Jian Yu deeper into his embrace.

’So pathetic,’ he inwardly cursed himself.

Jian Yu came back to her senses and pulled her hand back. "Why would Admiral Yan want to overthrow the noble order?"

Everyone in the interstellar community knew that Admiral Yan detested the nobility and once stood firmly on the side of the commoners.

Because of this, Emperor Wolf Star’s population growth rate increased year after year, with the majority being immigrants.

Emperor Wolf Star’s legalization of the Slave Market was also initially done under the pretext of punishing criminal nobles.

In those years, the status of commoners on Emperor Wolf Star rose dramatically.

But now, after the Yan Family gained power and influence, they instead abandoned the commoners and willingly joined the ranks of the so-called nobility.

Pei Yin recalled, "He’s supposedly the illegitimate son from a collateral branch of a certain noble’s illegitimate daughter. His status was about the worst you could have among the nobility. His first Awakening Level was only B, but later, it’s like he got his hands on some resource and kept leveling up and evolving, quickly rocketing to Level 3S."

He lowered his head, resting his chin on Jian Yu’s. "Compared to us, he wasn’t that bad."

So, outsiders always thought Yan Tianba was just looking out for himself and couldn’t be bothered to keep fighting for the commoners, whom he saw as a lost cause.

Jian Yu tilted her face up. "What about him compared to Ayue and the other one?"

Pei Yin shrugged. "There’s no comparison. The gap is enormous."

He took Jian Yu’s hand and pressed it against his abs, deliberately tensing the muscles.

Jian Yu lowered her gaze, her long eyelashes hiding the restlessness in her eyes.

’He doesn’t really work out, but his natural advantages are pretty huge. Broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and the muscle definition is just right. It’s like the Creator was showing off.’

Jian Yu felt his abs a couple of times, then curled her fingers. She felt a little jealous.

’I shouldn’t hold back.’

She looked up, hooked her arm around his neck, and forced Pei Yin to lower his head.

SMOOCH.

Low attack, low defense.

A flash of astonishment crossed Pei Yin’s eyes. "!!!"

’Si Xu was right!’

’I might really be getting by on my looks!’

Pei Yin’s Adam’s apple bobbed up and down.

Jian Yu lifted her chin and stared at him, her eyes unblinking.

Pei Yin tried hard to keep his expression calm, but his heart was pounding like a drum.

’Her long, soft-colored hair, curled at the ends... her fair skin... leaning quietly in my arms, her aura is like a delicate, translucent gardenia.’

He tightened his arms around her, and the frantic pounding of his heart gradually returned to normal.

’It’s different from the stunning sight when she first took off her glasses, and not the same kind of dazzling beauty as when she leaped from the top of the school infirmary in that warm yellow nightdress.’

’It’s the kind of beauty that inexplicably calms your heart the longer you look at it.’

Pei Yin raised a hand and gently smoothed the stray hairs that the wind had messed up.

He looked down at her, his gaze focused.

’Tsk,’ he sighed inwardly, ’how can she be so beautiful?’

’When she’s nestled quietly in my arms, so fair and delicate, so lovely and lively... she’s just so damn lovable.’

Seeing his fervent gaze, Jian Yu couldn’t help but smile.

’People are fickle. Sometimes you can’t even empathize with your past self.’

This shift in mindset had freed Jian Yu from her previous anxiety—that constant fear of gain and loss, that urgent need to seek validation.

She was no longer fixated on whether the other person took the initiative and had begun to dare to face the changes in each of her relationships head-on.

"I want to register our relationship, but since coming back this time, I feel like your interest in me has faded a lot."

Four words. The passion has faded.

"Why would you think that?" Pei Yin’s fingers, which were arranging her hair, paused for a moment.

His hand slid down to her cheek, the pad of his thumb gently caressing her skin.

"Respect comes from affection. We choose to restrain ourselves, yet you think we don’t like you enough. That’s not fair to Sheng Yue, or to me."

’She must have been led astray by Ayue and that other one...’

Pei Yin hurriedly began to slander them, "Ayue and that other one are wired differently. They’re sick in the head. When they like someone, they can’t control themselves. Not like us. The more we like someone, the more we hold back."

Jian Yu watched him quietly.

It slowly dawned on Pei Yin. "You weren’t talking about me and Sheng Yue?"

He started rattling on, running down Xi Yu and the other one.

"See? That’s just how they are. Once they get something, they stop cherishing it. Not sincere at all. Unlike me! I’m one hundred percent sincere with my treasure. So, how about this: when you get back, stay away from them and register with me first. Then we’ll see how anxious they get."