“We were outnumbered. I fought hard, but I was worried about the Omega’s safety. I shouted at him to hide behind a nearby tree; I couldn’t let him get hurt. Thankfully, the noise from the fighting covered the sound of his footsteps, and he was hidden from view.”
Si Nan felt his heart race at the tension in Zhou Rong’s narrative.
“I managed to take down a few of the kidnappers, but they were relentless. Eventually, reinforcements arrived and we were able to subdue them, but the experience was harrowing. After that, I made sure the Omega was returned safely to his family.”
Si Nan sighed, “That must have been a truly intense situation.”
Zhou Rong nodded, “It definitely shaped me as a soldier and as a person.”
” Zhou Rong tentatively said, “I feel like your thoughts are a bit impure.”
“No, they’re not. And then?”
Zhou Rong couldn’t find evidence of impure thoughts and had to let it go.
“Then? I was escorting these three hostages through mountains and forests, making sure the child ate first, protecting him from danger, setting up camp and cooking without letting him do any work. He also seemed very attached to me… everyone understands, a delicate Omega, especially a young one.”
Zhou Rong took a drag of his cigarette and casually extinguished it on the ground, his expression turning strange.
“Until the last day, walking to the edge of the jungle, the night before reaching the camp…”
Si Nan: “He confessed to you?”
A moment of silence, then Zhou Rong said glumly, “No.”
“He knocked me unconscious, tied me up, then thanked me, took my guns and equipment, and took my hostages. It wasn’t until the next day when the committee sent people to rescue me that I found out he wasn’t a hostage at all, but a competitor representing Country A…”
“I was originally far ahead, but now I was defeated. To this day, I can’t understand how an Omega could be so cunning and treacherous, so quick to abandon someone!”
Zhou Rong punched his own palm and buried his head in his arm, while Si Nan maintained a steady tone: “Hmm, that’s truly tragic, Rong-ge…”
How did you not realize he was a competitor?”
