Sure Cause of Death

From then on, Duyi avoided the male and female lead like the plague!

Every time he saw the male lead, he would be stabbed by his gaze.

The female lead would chase after him and run away like she wasn't interested.

His only source of solace was Haoran.

Duyi learned in middle school that the people in this world were evolved from primitive "beastmen" who could switch between beast and human forms.

Later on, they changed into two types of people.

People whose beasts would manifest outside the body and people who could partially transform and use their beasts' strength in their bodies.

They were called manifesters and augmenters respectfully

One day, Duyi had seen a pair of round brown ears pop up on Haoran's head, and found out that he had already differentiated at his grandma's house over the break. He was an alpha augmenter.

While he still had trouble controlling himself, usually during exercise, the ears hardly ever popped out.

When they did, Duyi would probe at them as if they were his own specimens for study.

It was now the first year of high school.

"Big Ran!"

Haoran had lost weight in middle school and was now built like a tank in terms of stature.

He had played some sports and lived a pretty healthy lifestyle.

According to him, the weight was just baby fat.

It was a genetic side effect that ran in their family because of gene editing—or that's what he explained in so many words.

After he lost the fat, his face seemed to have become defined, and his features were heroic.

Duyi was still waiting patiently for his growth spurt. He knew he would become a handsome alpha man sooner or later!

He just wasn't sure if he was a manifester or augmenter.

He had become aware that his face was increasingly beautiful and figured he would become a source of envy among men! A pretty boy! A little prince!

However, for now he was stuck being mistaken as a "little omega" by his classmates.

He hadn't gone through differentiation and was beginning to suspect that he may be a beta, which was fine too.

The two walked to school together, and Duyi handed over some snacks that the two shared on the way to school.

"... And then I figured that if I couldn't harness solar energy for the cannons, I could connect them to the blast chamber and harness some residual energy that got stuck on the walls and create a radial spray effect." "Uhuh."

Haoran was now familiar with Duyi's talking and he still gave short answers, but they both got along the same as before.

They could now be considered actual friends, and Duyi was beginning to worry whether or not Haoran would be able to survive well in space.

Especially because the male lead didn't like Duyi, and that Haoran was now associated with him.

While the bullying had stopped, people had begun teasing them in different ways.

"Duyi is so pretty! But all he does is hang around with that Fatty all day!"

"He's not fat anymore, and he has a nice face now, too! Very manly!"

"I still remember when he was shaped like a ball, who knew he would turn into a handsome tank!"

"He's the grandson of old Jiu, the 3rd general! It's no wonder he's handsome! We should have known before that he couldn't he so fat!"

"I still feel like it's sticking a flower in cow dung! Duyi should be mine!"

"Are you kidding? Even if Haoran can't have him, you can't either! Didn't you see how Miaomiao is constantly staring at the him?"

Duyi was beginning to get irritated. After countless fights(and a bit of self experimentation), his constitution had changed. While he was small, he was extremely strong.

He walked straight up to the gossipers and cracked his knuckles.

"Who likes to talk about Laozi? Come, Laozi doesn't hit people, they run into Laozi's fists!"

He then beat down the other students and got in trouble. No one talked about him after that.

They now called him Demon Du. In comparison, people began to call Haoran the friendly giant.

They all thought that the poor man must be bullied by his "wife."

"Whose wife! Laozi is the husband in the relationship! Laozi wears the pants! Laozi is just waiting for his growth spurt!"

The mutual hatred between Duyi and humanity made him move to build more offensive and protective measures on his ship to ensure his survival.

Within the next month, his large system inheritance of about a trillion dollars would come in.

He would them buy a plot of land and build. With enough money, anything could be done!

Lately, Duyi hadn't been bothered by Miaomiao and was beginning to wonder where the primary source of his stress had gone.

Either way, he just coasted through life as he always did.