44. Chapter 44
Shen Ling stepped on the bell to enter the classroom, and when he walked into the classroom, the people in the classroom had already arrived, and a few people glanced at him curiously, and when they saw the large cardigan jacket on his body and the traces on his neck that they couldn't hide, someone showed an ambiguous smile.
Caitlin, who had been talking to her female companion, turned her head and glanced at Shen Ling casually, she didn't care at first, but when she came back to her senses, she turned her head and carefully looked at the white loose casual dress on Shen Ling's body, only to find that she was very familiar with that dress, she used to see Ludwig wearing this white dress when she went to the Red Castle to attend the afternoon tea party of Empress Gohra.
Her pupils gradually contracted, and after staring at Shen Ling viciously for a while, she gritted her teeth and lowered her head.
Shen Ling calmly walked to the back of the classroom and found a lonely and remote place to sit down.
His head still hurts, and he can't even think. Because of the headache, he ignored the fact that he was hungry. He opened the box of biscuits that Ludwig had given him, took out a piece and took a bite, the biscuit was so dry that he had no appetite, and after eating only one he put the biscuit aside.
This class is "Pathology of Alien Beasts", a lecture is an old professor in the Department of Life Sciences, Shen Ling didn't have the heart to listen to the lecture at all, and slept on the table for a whole class.
Because the teacher transferred the class, there was only this one class this morning, and by the time Shen Ling woke up, the people in the classroom had already left.
He stretched, and the coat that had been covered by someone slipped off his back. Shen Ling turned around and picked up the coat, originally he wondered who covered him, but after he saw the style of the coat clearly, he understood that this was the one Ludwig wore when he came out in the morning.
He turned around to find the familiar thermos bucket and a bottle of milk on the table next to him.
There is also a small note next to the thermos bucket.
Shen Ling picked up the note and looked at the message on it-"Remember to eat breakfast, PS・You look so cute ^_^ when you sleep." ”
"It's so sweet and gentle." Even the phoenix couldn't say the words to complain. "He waited until everyone was gone before he came in, and when he saw that you were sleeping, he put your coat on you and left."
As for Ludwig squatting at his desk staring at Shen Ling's sleeping face and smirking for a long time, Phoenix felt that it was better not to sue Shen Ling, it would affect his image too much, and even he felt that Ludwig was stupid.
Shen Ling crumpled the note into a ball and put it in his pocket, took the bottled milk and drank it slowly, it turned out to be Mickey Mouse Beast Milk.
Shen Ling hadn't drunk Mickey Beast Milk for many years, and on planet D13, Mickey Mouse Beast Milk was very cheap, even if it was a poor person, it would be no problem to drink it every day. But on other planets, the price of alien milk is ridiculously expensive.
The familiar taste reminded Shen Ling of the letter D planet, and at the same time, he also recalled the more than half a month when he had been with Celia for a short time.
Where is Celia?
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After this oolong incident, Shen Ling quickly realized Ludwig's ubiquitous gentle attacks.
Loving breakfast, intimate pick-up, and even as long as Shen Ling walked on the road and paid a little attention, he could see Ludwig hiding in the dark and secretly following him.
Shen Ling didn't hate Ludwig, and he thought it would be nice if he could only be friends with Ludwig. But the current situation gave him a headache, after all, he couldn't respond to him anyway, and since he couldn't respond, it would be too much to accept people's kindness. So Shen Ling tried his best to avoid Lu Dewei, and even euphemistically explained to him many times that he couldn't be with him.
But Ludwig is like an unbeatable Xiaoqiang, who still perseveringly pursues him despite Shen Ling's refusal again and again.
Shen Ling's head was going to be big, and in the end, he simply regarded Ludwig as transparent and did his own thing.
Shen Ling applied for a work-study program in the student department, and two days later was assigned to the library to sort out books and materials.
Although reading in this era is basically carried out with electronic books or smart brains, there are still many people who love to read paper books, especially college teachers, most of whom will choose to read paper books. Shen Ling's job is to classify and sort out these books, the work is very easy, Shen Ling can also stay in the library to read books in his free time, but the reading library does not allow pets to enter, so Shen Ling still leaves Xiaopang with Granny Maria most of the time.
Little Fat, who is served by Granny Mary every day with delicious food, has finally taken a big step forward on the hard road of gaining weight, and he is very satisfied.
Shen Ling looked for some books about alien beasts, and he found that as long as there were books about alien beasts published in the past few hundred years, the name Yelena would appear.
With two soul beasts at the same time - the ferocious ice wolf and the extremely vigilant black feather eagle, and even the high-level soul beast master who can materialize soul beasts, Elena is almost an unsurpassable being in the history of beast tamers in the empire.
Some chapters also provide a brief description of Elena's private life.
Yelena's husband Lin Xuwen is one of the youngest and most outstanding mecha manufacturing geniuses in the empire, and the "Poseidon" he created for his lover can be among the top ten of the best 3S-level mecha in the empire, but no one has been able to fly this mecha except Yelena.
Yelena's mother-in-law, Lin Xuwen's mother-in-law, Granny Maria, is also a well-known invisible tyrant in the empire, and it is precisely with the strong support of Granny Maria that Lin Xuwen can spend hundreds of millions of new Galaxy coins to create such an excellent mecha as the "Poseidon".
Unexpectedly, Maria's mother-in-law turned out to be Yelena's mother-in-law, Shen Ling has a good impression of Yelena herself, and now that she knows this relationship, she feels even more kind.
Among all the books, Shen Ling only found a photo of Yelena, a photo of Elena when she accepted the military rank from Arthur the Great.
She wore a crisp white military uniform, black high boots, and long blond hair tied up in a ponytail. There was no expression on a cold face, and blue eyes stared indifferently ahead.
Seeing this photo, Shen Ling suddenly had a very familiar and intimate feeling, as if he had seen this person somewhere.
"Tsk, isn't this the mermaid who ran to the Pleiades Alien Beast Planet three hundred years ago to subdue me?" After looking at the photo, Phoenix said nonchalantly, "I didn't expect her to be so famous here."
Shen Ling was surprised, "You said she was a mermaid?"
"It's a mermaid whose bloodline is not known how many times purer than you, is the mermaid I gave you still with real scales? That's what fell from her."
He had already given the scale to Celia.
Shen Ling looked at the photo of Elena on the page in his hand again, and his heartbeat suddenly accelerated.
This man turned out to be his clansman, no wonder he felt kind.
"No wonder Granny Mary can recognize you as a mermaid, it turns out that her daughter-in-law is a mermaid." Ash said, "Maybe you can ask your mother-in-law where this Lady Elena is."
"I'll go if I need to." Since Mother-in-law Maria didn't find out her identity, and Shen Ling didn't want to rush directly to her mother-in-law to explain, maybe he could ask Ludwig?
"Hey, aren't you interested in the Poseidon mecha?" Phoenix reminded, "Do you know what that only Yelena can pilot? It's likely to be a mech built specifically for merfolk! Its driving principle is supposed to use soul power, aren't you excited?"
Phoenix's words really made Shen Ling's heart move, every boy has a mecha dream in his heart, and Shen Ling is certainly no exception. He dreamed of being able to pilot a mech and fight like a real man. However, the gap between genetic level and physical fitness doomed him to be more difficult than others in piloting mechas. If it is a mecha specially created for mermaids, it may be more suitable for him, and if he can enter the military department like Yelena in the future, can he also find someone to make such a mecha for himself?
As soon as the work-study time was over, Shen Ling hurriedly went back to the dormitory to find Ludwig, and the mecha department assigned a research assignment, so Ludwig spent almost all of his free time in the dormitory these days.
When Ludwig opened the bedroom door and saw Shen Ling, he thought he was moved by his perseverance, after all, this was the first time Shen Ling took the initiative to knock on his bedroom door!
Shen Ling didn't notice the complicated thoughts in Ludwig's heart, and he asked eagerly, "Do you know Elena?" ”
"Elena?" Ludwig repeated the name and said, "You're talking about Admiral Elena?" Mother-in-law's daughter-in-law? ”
"yes, do you know where she is? I want to meet her! ”
"I'm afraid it can't be helped, Admiral Elena has been missing for more than two hundred years."
"How did she go missing? And what about her husband? Didn't the mother-in-law know where they were? ”
"They're all missing, and no one knows where they are, and neither does my mother-in-law."
It was like being poured a bucket of cold water on the head, and Shen Ling lowered his eyes in disappointment.
Shen Ling's frustrated feelings made Ludwig uncomfortable, and asked softly, "Do you want to find Yelena for something?" ”
"It's nothing ......" Shen Ling shook his head and turned around to go back to his bedroom.
"Wait!" Ludwig stopped him. "I have something for you." He hurriedly entered the house, took out a carefully packaged box, and handed it to Shen Ling. "Give it to you, open it and see if you like it."
Under Ludwig's expectant gaze, Shen Ling tore open the layers of packaging, and it was a jewelry box that looked very high-end.
"Open it up and take a look." Ludwig urged.
Shen Ling hesitated for a moment, opened the jewelry box, and placed a delicate blue and silver men's bracelet inside.
"This is Taizhi Brain." Ludwig pointed to the button on the bracelet and excitedly explained, "You press this button to make the virtual screen, and press this to make the virtual keyboard." Last time I saw you wearing a sapphire necklace that goes well with this bracelet, so I wanted to give it to you. He took out the bracelet and wanted to bring it to Shen Ling, but he didn't notice that Shen Ling's face became more and more ugly.
Ludwig grabbed Shen Ling's right hand, Shen Ling immediately withdrew his hand and said coldly: "Thank you for your kindness, but I think I can buy this thing myself." ”
Shen Ling turned around and went back to his bedroom, and the door was slammed shut with a "pop". Ludwig looked at the door that was thrown by Shen Ling with a puzzled expression, not understanding what he had done wrong.
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The courses in the Beast Trainer Department are not difficult, and most of them revolve around the knowledge of exotic beasts. At the end of an introduction to the beasts, Mr. Sean announced that the back mountain will be open next week, allowing students to get up close and personal with the beasts.
Because there are also third-level alien beasts among them, many students are very excited about this news. The alien beast is a unique creature of the letter D galaxy, because of its danger, except for some first-level and second-level alien beasts that obviously have no attack power, other alien beasts are not allowed to appear on other planets of the empire. Therefore, many students have only seen the Mickey Mouse Beast or the Folded Ear Rabbit Beast in their lives.
Shen Ling wasn't as interested in alien beasts as others, and all he had been thinking about was Yelena these days.
Returning to the dormitory after class, Shen Ling saw Ig in front of the dormitory building.
Tall and handsome, Eagle attracted a lot of attention at the door of the dormitory.
As soon as Shen Ling walked over, Yi Ge stepped forward to greet him. "Long time no see."
"Long time no see, why are you here?"
"Coming to you, are you free for the night? Can I ask you to have dinner on College Street? ”
Shen Ling didn't have classes at night, and he just didn't need the library today, but he didn't really want to go out.
Yi Ge saw Shen Ling's hesitation in his eyes, and sighed and said: "Today was originally my birthday, because there are no acquaintances here, so I want to find you to celebrate together, if you don't have time, forget it." ”
Everyone said so, Shen Ling naturally couldn't refuse, and replied with a smile: "Okay, see you that night." ”
"I'll pick you up in the evening."
Phoenix snorted coldly, "He actually used the birthday trick, it seems that he is also interested in you."
Shen Ling didn't feel that he was heartthrob to the point that he would like himself as a person, except for Ludwig's special situation, of course, so he didn't care about Phoenix's words.
In the evening, Yi Ge came to pick up Shen Ling and took a hoverbus to College Street together.
Iggy chose the most expensive western restaurant on College Street, because the box was full, and the two of them sat in the booth.
Both of them chose to eat the steak set, and Igbi finished it before Shen Ling. He wiped his mouth with a tissue and looked at Shen Ling silently with a smile.
Being stared at while eating made Shen Ling very uncomfortable, and he quickly finished the steak.
"Anything else?" Igwin asked.
"No need, by the way, happy birthday, I didn't prepare a gift for the time being, I'll make it up to you next time."
"You just have to have this heart. I want to give you a gift more than your gift. Iggy snapped the ring on his right index finger, and a small ball of light appeared in front of the two of them out of thin air. A few days ago, I came to College Street to eat, and I got this brain by accident, I already have it myself, and I don't need it, so I want to give it to you. ”
It's Zhizhi again, Shen Ling remembered Ludwig, although Iggy's way made him feel better, but he still didn't want to accept other people's gifts for no reason. "Thank you, but how can I accept your gift if it's your birthday."
"If you can accept my gift, you can give me the best birthday present." Eagle joked with a smile, "I'm just a friend like you at this school, and it's hard to meet you in normal times, so if I can't even get in touch with you, the only friend, then I'm so depressed." ”
Shen Ling always felt very strange, so he still rejected Iggy's kindness, and Igge didn't insist anymore.
The two of them left the restaurant together and walked to the door of the restaurant, where Eagle turned his head to look at a small flying insect flying in the air, and hooked the corners of his mouth sarcastically.
It wasn't until the door of the restaurant closed that Jin Hang, who had been sitting in the booth next to Yi Ge and Shen Ling, dared to raise his head.
"What's wrong with you? Caught raped? The sexy woman in a tight leather skirt sitting opposite Jin Hang laughed and said, "I really didn't see that you are so timid." ”
"I'm not being caught raping, I'm being caught raping." Jin Hang beckoned the insect-shaped camera back to his hand, downloaded the content of the video inside in three or two clicks, and sent it to Ludwig with his brain.
The sexy woman exaggeratedly said, "Aren't you, still carrying this kind of thing with you?" ”
"It was given to me by someone else." Jin Hang threw a wink at the woman, "My baby gave it to me, a token of love, of course I have to bring it with me!" ”
It was already late when Shen Ling returned to the dormitory, and when the dormitory's auto-sensing lights turned on, he saw Ludwig sitting on the sofa.
Shen Ling's attitude towards Ludwig has been very indifferent recently, not only because Ludwig wants to give his own brain, but more importantly, Shen Ling doesn't want Ludwig to have any hope for himself, he hopes to stay up slowly, and wait until Ludwig is completely immune to his influence, and everyone will get together and disperse.
Seeing Shen Ling come in, Ludwig turned his head to look over.
His face was ugly, and he constantly exuded low pressure from his body.
Shen Ling almost impulsively asked Ludwig if something unhappy had happened, but thinking about it, it was better for him to communicate less with him.
Shen Ling closed the door, didn't say anything, and walked to his bedroom.
Ludwig suddenly stood up, walked up to him, and grabbed one of his hands,
"Why don't you want what I give you, but someone else can give it?" Ludwig, like a poor husband who caught his wife cheating on him, and was holding back his anger because he loved him too much, asked sadly, "Who did you go out with tonight?" ”
"You're stalking me?" Shen Ling asked in surprise.
"I didn't." Looking at Shen Ling's eyes with hidden anger, Ludwig immediately betrayed his brother, "It's Jin Hang, he sued me." ”
"I'm just going out to dinner with my friends." Shen Ling explained lightly. At the same time, he also had a headache, why did he explain this to Ludwig?
"He's got a gift for you." Ludwig said pitifully, "You didn't even want what I gave you, and you're still angry with me." ”
"I didn't want him either."
After receiving Shen Ling's answer, Ludwig's mood after being depressed all night finally improved.
It couldn't be like this anymore, Shen Ling thought to himself, the relationship between them was getting stranger and stranger, and Ludwig had obviously misunderstood something. In any case, he shouldn't hang others like this, maybe he should make things more clear.
"Ludwig, I want to tell you something." Shen Ling wondered how to say the next words so as not to hurt Ludwig too much.
Shen Ling's suddenly stern expression made Ludwig's heart tighten. "Don't sue me." Ludwig smiled bitterly, "I know what you want to say, but I like you, because I like you, I can't help but want to see you, I want to be nice to you, I want to give you all the good things." ”
"I know you have someone you like...... "Ludwig couldn't forget it, Shen Ling would call the person he liked "master" when he was drunk, and would take the initiative to kiss him, and even the surging love in his eyes at that time made him feel sad. "You can dislike me, but you don't have the right not to let me like you. Everything I do to you is willing, you don't have to be psychologically burdened, if you really think it's annoying for me to be around you, I'll disappear somewhere you don't know. ”
Shen Ling, who was suddenly confessed, stared at Ludwig's slightly moist green eyes at a loss, his lips squirmed slightly, and he wanted to speak, but Ludwig didn't give him a chance.
"Don't say it, give me a little hope, okay?" Ludwig kept smiling, he smiled really well, if he didn't have Celia in his heart, would Ludwig confess to himself?
Yes.
A small voice in Shen Ling's heart said.