Chapter 170

Chapter 170

Bai Jin wanted to protest, but he had to first snatch food away from Bai Nuo to keep him from actually overeating, which would earn him a beating from Bai Sheng.

Bai Liang, meanwhile, rubbed his chin, reading a lot into small details.

"But seriously, Nuo Nuo is really smart. Another year has passed, and Bai Jin sometimes feels like he's no match for him anymore."

And he acted so openly, as if he had already predicted your next move, as if he'd naturally run it through his head a thousand times.

Even though he was still going to school like normal, and when it came to Bai Jin—

—Bai Jin only had the upper hand partly because he always lost his head a bit around this kid—it was still pretty damn impressive.

He used to seem a bit dull and slow because he didn't know anything. But now, just feed him a little bit of knowledge about the world, and he could quickly piece everything together.

With that kind of logic, memory, and knowledge, wouldn't he be top-tier in the Bai family?

Maybe one day he could really become someone even more impressive than Bai Sheng. And he was also an omega the Bai family had never seen before.

That was seriously amazing.

But it did save Bai Sheng a lot of trouble. Bai Sheng, who had no plans to find a partner, had originally planned to carefully raise his kid. But before he could even finish making the plan, he turned around and saw his kid growing like crazy with just a little bit of soil and fertilizer.

San'er... what a lucky guy.

Bai Liang let out a sigh.

Bai Ye, who was standing nearby, also looked over. "You've seen that omega with the maternal genes, right?"

Bai Ye's voice was still raspy, but way calmer than before.

"That was also a genius who once had his moment of glory."

"You're saying Bai Nuo has good genes?"

Bai Liang looked at him.

"I'm saying the research institute was blind as a bat."

Bai Ye, who'd had to put up with Bai Sheng's shameless bragging all year, was this close to rolling his eyes.

"Hahaha."

Bai Liang burst out laughing.

He pulled his glasses out of his pocket, looked down, and started wiping them slowly and carefully.

"Agreed."

Shuguang Elementary officially started the semester.

The elementary school schedule wasn't too packed.

After about a week of getting to know their classmates, Class 1 of first grade at Shuguang Elementary also held their class officer election.

When everyone was still pretty much strangers, Bai Nuo, thanks to his past performance and his role as the new student rep, easily got the most votes and was elected class monitor for the semester.

Back in the office.

Teacher Liu, the math teacher and homeroom teacher for Class 1, was sorting through the class's files, casually chatting with another teacher nearby.

"The new students this year are really high quality. Every class has kids who were already famous in kindergarten, right?"

"The most impressive ones are in your class, Old Liu. The parents are happy to let their kids hang out together, and you got four at once. You're set for years on your performance reviews."

A nearby teacher laughed.

"Don't get cocky, Teacher Qi. You've got plenty in your class too. Unlike me—I do have one famous kid, but guess what he's famous for? Being a wilderness survival nut, can you believe it?"

Another teacher on the other side covered their face, half laughing, half crying.

"Oh, I remember that kid in your class—little A. He ran away from home once, wandered into the mountains, and got lost. The whole city searched for him for three days, and his parents were in despair. In the end, the kid survived by eating wild fruit and weaving clothes out of grass to keep warm, then walked out on his own. The one they call the Little Prince of the Mountains, right? What a prodigy."

"Oh, don't even get me started. It's giving me a headache. Now every time I see him staring at a tree, I think he's gonna climb it. These past few days watching him, I wish I were the Mountain Witch, here to beat the Little Prince."

"Hahaha."

The teachers chatted and laughed in the office.

"Oh, right. Although it's still quite early, according to the documents issued by the Education Department, for some children with particularly outstanding talents, we should ask them and their parents for their opinions. Those small competition groups can also start proper training."

"Let me see. Looking at all these new students, the ones who could actually qualify—you could count them on ten fingers. We'll talk to their parents when the time comes."

"Yeah, but no need to rush. Some kids never participated in any competitions in kindergarten. We'll observe more later."

The teachers discussed among themselves. A few students who had been carrying things out from the storage room where teaching materials were kept said goodbye to the teachers and left the office.

They were also new students, but none from Class 1. They had clearly overheard everything the teachers said. Glancing at each other, one of them couldn't help muttering quietly.

"He really knows how to steal the spotlight."

"Aren't they just a few kindergarten competitions? My brother said those kindergarten competitions are childish."

"Those people in Class 1 actually buy into it, especially those alphas. Aren't they just getting early training from those big families? They've been hyped up like crazy."

"I just didn't participate."

They whispered among themselves.

As they walked through the hallway, someone brought up Bai Nuo.

"...Isn't it just omega privilege? My brother told me omegas get a lot of benefits. If my family had an omega, our business would be doing even better."

"Omegas have it so good. The teachers pay attention to them too."

"Yeah, yeah. So jealous."

They murmured quietly, but before they could finish, just as they were about to turn the corner, they nearly collided with Yu Chuyan standing at the corner.

Yu Chuyan's black hair was slightly damp, and he held a basketball in his arms. September was hot, so he wore loose short sleeves and shorts, with protective gear on his elbows, wrists, and knees.

Little Cool Guy's face was expressionless right now, only looking at them with a hint of coldness.

Yu Chuyan was also one of the alpha kids most discussed among the first graders.

Because adult pheromone levels could only be truly measured after stabilization, the kids often discussed whose pheromones would be stronger, who would be more capable, and who was better looking.

Among this batch of kids, there were very few omega children, so the most discussed and compared were the alpha kids.

But now that the new semester had just begun, no one knew anyone's true abilities yet, and they were all still hashing things out and debating every little thing.

Seeing Yu Chuyan, and remembering what they had just said, some of the kids looked a little embarrassed but held their heads high, acting like they hadn't said anything wrong.

Bouncing balls weren't allowed in the teaching building area.

Yu Chuyan was only in first grade, and even though he was tall for his age, he hadn't really started growing yet. The basketball looked huge in his hands, but he made it look easy.

Little Cool Guy casually spun the ball on his finger and said softly, "Omega... huh."

Yu Chuyan stopped the ball's spin and hugged it back to his chest.

"You guys sure are hung up on gender. If you hadn't mentioned it, I'd almost forgotten—I just remember Nono being awesome."

At Yu Chuyan's words, a few of the kids' faces reddened, looking embarrassed.

The group had both alphas and betas, and they all looked a bit awkward now.

"We were just talking—besides, it's not like it doesn't matter, right? Everyone's talking about it, not just us."

"If it really matters, then you should prove yourself more. If we're talking about future pheromone influence, then when it comes to betas alone, my brother's way better than any of you."

Yu Chuyan walked past them.

"I'm talking about people I know personally and genuinely respect—it's about the person's own ability, nothing to do with being alpha, beta, or omega."

So he hated hearing people say that Nono was so capable and got so many chances because he was an omega.

Come on, it was obviously because Nono himself was super amazing, okay?!

Yu Chuyan didn't say anything more to them and kept walking, heading off to find Xiaobai Nuo.

"When they talk about alphas, you stay quiet—Brother Yan, isn't that what you call playing favorites?"

Xie Qing caught up to Yu Chuyan in a few quick steps, glancing casually at the kids who had gone silent, then leaned over to look at him.

And when it was about him, he didn't care, but when they brought up Nono, he couldn't hold back.

As Xie Qing saw it, who cared what anyone said—couldn't they just make them eat their words later?

"That's called respecting your elders and looking out for the little ones."

Yu Chuyan muttered.

"Where did you ditch Xie Yue this time?"

"Didn't he climb a tree in the middle of playing? Then on the way back, he realized he left his clothes and ran back to get them."

Xie Qing fanned himself casually with the clothes and pointed off to the side.

"Nono's over there."

Xiaobai Nuo walked out of the classroom, straightening his clothes, and when he spotted Yu Chuyan and Xie Qing from a distance, he raised his hand, smiled, and waved: "Brother!"

He'd grown a bit since he was little, but to Yu Chuyan, he still looked like a life-sized doll, and he got sick easily, so he needed to be taken care of carefully.

That was why Yu Chuyan was also gearing up for the upcoming rafting trip to Peach City, determined to be Little Rice Cake's most attentive brother.

Hearing that call of "brother," Yu Chuyan picked up his pace: "Nono's calling me—you wait here for Xie Yue."

Xie Qing: ?

"Is there any chance that 'brother' is also for me?"

Yu Chuyan wasn't having any of it.

Without changing his expression, he sped up, pulled a single wet wipe from his pocket, and handed it to Xiaobai Nuo.

"Here, wipe your sweat."

Yu Chuyan said, but after handing it over, he took the wipe back, opened it, and then put it back into Xiaobai Nuo's hand.

He also moved to block the sun for Xiaobai Nuo.

Bai Nuo blinked, wiped his sweat with the wet wipe, and then looked at Xie Qing standing not far away.

Curiously, he asked, "Brother Xiao Qing, why don't you come over?"

"He's waiting for Xie Yue."

Yu Chuyan glanced over at Xie Qing.

"Oh."

The kids were already all too familiar with the kind of things Xie Yue could get up to, so they didn't bother asking what he was doing, but it was sure to be crazy.

Bai Nuo looked at Yu Chuyan's expression, let out a breath, and leaned in to ask.

"Brother, you seem a bit upset?"

"Hm?"

"Brother, did you hear them saying that you'd only be impressive because your pheromones would be strong later?"

The little guy puffed up a bit as he spoke. Dawnlight Elementary had a ton of new students. Bai Nuo had never been around so many people before—in kindergarten, everyone basically knew each other, even across classes.

"They have no idea what you usually do or study, brother, but Nono knows. Brother, don't let those words get to you."

That sounded... familiar.

Yu Chuyan froze for a moment, thinking about what he'd just said, then looked at Bai Nuo's delicate face, which was slightly tense.

"Yeah, so Nono shouldn't listen to them either when they say you're amazing because you're an omega."

Bai Nuo was stunned for a moment too, looking at Yu Chuyan's serious, cool little face, and finally broke into a smile.

He naturally took Yu Chuyan's hand.

"Yeah, Nono's just like you, brother. Oh, and I should also tell Brother Xie Qing and Brother Xie Yue..."

The rest of what Xiaobai Nuo said about Xie Qing and Xie Yue didn't really sink in for Yu Chuyan.

He was just thinking—'Nono's just like brother.'

Whoosh!

He was the only real brother Nono acknowledged!