Chapter 37: Don’t Get Too Excited Too Soon.

Chapter 37: Don't Be Too Happy Too Soon.

Shen Yu was burning with anger. Long Rui had the audacity—running to his base to steal his dog, and even daring to say he'd shave off his puppy's fur.

"Don't be afraid. I'll go out."

Bai Yeye followed at his feet: "Then don't fight, okay? I'm worried about Brother Ruoshui having a hard time."

Shen Yu hesitated: "I'll try."

If it really came to blows, there was no help for it, since Long Rui's words were too provoking.

Bai Yeye worriedly crouched on the stairs to peek. They absolutely must not fight, or he wouldn't know whose side to take.

Shen Yu strode downstairs, saying as he walked: "Your Highness Long Rui honors us with your presence. I'm sorry for not coming to greet you."

Long Rui didn't give him a friendly look: "Shen Yu, you dog thief, give our Yeye back!"

Long Rui was sure Shen Yu had lured his good little brother away, otherwise he wouldn't have run off.

Shen Yu sneered: "Your Yeye? You really dare to say that."

Bai Ruoshui pressed Long Rui's palm, signaling him not to let anything slip. If Bai Yeye's identity was exposed in front of so many people, it could put him in danger.

Long Rui swallowed back what he was about to say, then said: "Not ours, I suppose? Yours?"

"Yeye is here on this base, so he's this base's Samoyed."

Gu Yuankai led the other soldiers in a shout: "That's right! Yeye is our base's Samoyed! Don't you even think about taking him!"

He didn't know why Long Rui wanted to take Bai Yeye, but since Shen Yu wouldn't allow it, no one else was going to take him.

Bai Ruoshui saw the situation and didn't know whether to laugh or cry. How had it come to this?

Seeing Long Rui's face red with anger, Bai Ruoshui was afraid he'd start a conflict with Shen Yu. He pushed Long Rui out: "Big Brother, how about this? Let's go first. I'll bring Yeye to see you later."

"No, I have to take Yeye today."

Bai Ruoshui hugged his arm and acted spoiled: "Big Brother, I missed you so much. Let's find a place to talk alone, okay? Come on, come on."

Long Rui's anger faded a little, and he was half-pushed and half-pulled out.

Shen Yu didn't follow. He turned around and saw his men practically drooling. Puzzled, he asked: "What are you doing?"

Gu Yuankai patted his own face and silently recited "a friend's wife is not to be taken advantage of," then said sourly: "If only the Princess Consort would act spoiled with me once..."

"Then Bai Yuanzhou would definitely take your head."

"I was just saying! Ah, it must be nice to have a beautiful omega who knows how to act spoiled as a wife. When will I ever have that luck?"

The others joined in the sighing. They all wanted a sweet, soft omega. Facing a bunch of hard alphas all day, they felt they were losing all worldly desires.

Usually, Shen Yu wouldn't bother with them when they joked about this topic, but today he stopped unusually.

"General, do you have something to command?" Gu Yuankai thought he had business and signaled them to stop talking.

Shen Yu opened his mouth but ended up only saying "It's nothing."

Gu Yuankai was a big mouth, so it was better not to discuss that subject with him.

Gu Yuankai scratched his head watching his back. The general seemed strange.

Shen Yu went back upstairs. Bai Yeye pounced at his feet, wagging his tail: "Hehe, you protected my butt fur!"

Shen Yu crouched down to pet his head: "Have you eaten?"

"Not yet. Going now."

"Mm, I'll finish my official business and then keep you company."

"Yay~" Bai Yeye knew better than to disturb him and went to the cafeteria to eat by himself.

While eating, he ran into Wu Shao. Bai Yeye mischievously stole the unfinished food from his plate to get back at him for what happened before.

Wu Shao didn't bother arguing and asked: "Where's Ruoshui?"

"He went out on business. You guys have been researching for so many days; let him rest for a bit." Bai Yeye felt terrible that Bai Ruoshui hadn't left the pharmacy for days.

Wu Shao rolled his eyes at him: "Let him rest if he wants. Then don't blame me if more people die."

Bai Yeye became alert: "What do you mean by that? Can't you develop an antidote?"

"We can develop one. Detoxification is easy, but prevention is impossible. As long as one person is scratched, they'll be infected quickly and lose their mind. If the source isn't dealt with, no amount of antidote will help!"

Bai Yeye suddenly lost his appetite. He had thought bringing Wu Shao back would solve everything, but he didn't expect it to be this serious.

Where was the source...

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Shen Yu was also thinking about this problem in his office. Based on his and Bai Yuanzhou's analysis, the source was most likely with the Emperor. They didn't want to alert the enemy, afraid the Emperor would destroy everything if cornered. That would be truly troublesome.

Thinking of this possibility, Shen Yu massaged his temples and leaned back in his chair to think about the next step.

Just as he was thinking, Bai Yuanzhou suddenly burst in, accompanied by a bizarre shriek.

Once inside, he said nothing first, but performed a series of attack moves in the air.

Shen Yu calmly watched him acting crazy: "Your wife can't even cure your insanity?"

Bai Yuanzhou glared at him: "It's all your fault! If you'd just let Long Rui take Bai Yeye, this wouldn't be happening! Now he's come to take my wife!"

"Didn't you let him come to take your wife yourself?"

"That's true, but I didn't expect him to come so early!"

Bai Yuanzhou had planned for Long Rui to take Bai Ruoshui at the birthday banquet next month. He never expected Long Rui to come now!

"If you didn't want him to take Bai Ruoshui so soon, why didn't you just say so?"

Bai Yuanzhou said cowardly but viciously: "He's my brother-in-law! How can I oppose him?"

Shen Yu didn't understand: "Why not? So what if he's your brother-in-law? You and Bai Ruoshui are married. Can he make you divorce?"

It was understandable to fear his objection before marriage, but why after marriage?

Bai Yuanzhou turned into a lovelorn A and began recounting his difficult past: "You don't know how difficult Long Rui is! He looks big, but he's actually petty! One year, when I accompanied Ruoshui back to his family home, I just helped my father-in-law by mentioning why he wasn't married yet. He held a grudge. For that entire month, I couldn't share a room with Ruoshui!"

"He could keep you from sharing a room?"

"He'd find official business to discuss with me! We'd talk until two or three in the morning, and I couldn't refuse, or he'd go complain to my father-in-law that I had no great ambition! Sigh!" Bai Yuanzhou wiped a tear of bitterness. Everyone envied him for marrying a peerless beauty like Bai Ruoshui, but they didn't know the efforts he'd made behind the scenes.

Shen Yu looked at his pitiful state and felt a bit smug inside.

Good thing Long Rui wasn't *his* brother-in-law. With his personality, he probably wouldn't have been able to marry Bai Ruoshui.

General Shen would later learn that there's a saying: Don't be too happy too soon.

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