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"I'm sorry, but I can only decline your proposal."

After being confused for a while, Cheng Zhen, who reacted quickly, vetoed it without hesitation.

"Why?" Rhine frowned.

Cheng Zhen looked at His Excellency the United Front Chief who was puzzled, and felt amused in his heart, so he asked back. "If there is no error in the definition of a fiancée between humans and the Bertutan race, the fiancée you mentioned means a lifelong partner, right?"

Rhine nodded. "indeed."

"In this case, I should ask Your Excellency the United Front, why you chose me to be your partner. Let's not talk about race and gender, at least I think that in terms of emotion, I and Your Excellency do not have such a basis, nor will there be. "

Listening to the black-haired boy's decisive judgment, Rhine pursed her lips slightly.The eyes under the goggles looked like they were about to wear a lens, and they swept towards Cheng Zhen sharply.

"You don't understand me."

Rhine Road. "For the Bertutans, marriage has nothing to do with feelings. It is just a means to better continue the race. Only when excellent genes are matched with equally excellent genes can they produce more outstanding offspring."

Rhine's genetic theory made Cheng Zhen frown. In his opinion, this marriage method of the Bertutans is more like a breeding behavior than a marriage.Very purposeful.

Just as human beings cannot understand this concept of the Bertutans, the Bertutans cannot fully understand the human concept of marriage based on feelings.When Cheng Zhen was lamenting the huge cultural difference between the two races, Rhine over there continued.

"So, I think if you become my fiancé and partner, it will be more beneficial to both of us." Rhine looked at Cheng Zhen and said in an almost mechanical tone. "I can see the value you have in the future, and you can also get the necessary help for your growth from me, and there will be more mutual benefits in the future. Isn't this kind of thing the best of both worlds, why do you refuse?"

When saying this, Rhine raised his tone slightly, as if expressing his dissatisfaction.

Cheng Zhen was stunned for a moment, and then chuckled lightly, with a slight sense of sarcasm. "I'm afraid your Excellency doesn't understand that human beings don't determine the race of their partners for the sake of benefit. At least—" He raised his head, and his dark eyes looked straight at Rhine. "I won't."

Before Rhine could respond, Cheng Zhen said again. "What's more, if you make a marriage contract with me, a human being, for the Bertutans, not only will you not be able to continue your bloodline, but I am also a foreign race. According to the continuation theory you just mentioned, this is not a good choice Bar."

"I don't need to leave a bloodline myself." Unexpectedly, Rhine didn't take this objection seriously.Glancing at Leiber who was standing aside, he said. "This obligation rests with Leiber."

Cheng Zhen looked at Leiber, who was still in chaos, with some sympathy, and sighed in his heart.Leiber was not only hit by Rhine's unexpected request for a marriage contract today, but now, he was even betrayed by his own brother. In the future, he still doesn't know which genetically compatible person he will make a marriage contract with.Sad, sad, sad.

"It's you, it's not wise to refuse easily." Rhine withdrew her gaze and continued to look at Cheng Zhen. "You human beings are too easily troubled by feelings, which will hinder your development in some cases. Compared with feelings because of the unpredictable future, I think it will be more beneficial for your own development to complete the marriage between you and me."

Looking at Rhine who said these words seriously, Cheng Zhen suddenly realized.

His Excellency's unexpected marriage proposal today, in his opinion, is just a mutually beneficial transaction between the two parties.It's not that Rhine is insane, but that he has always looked at all problems with the most rational eyes.

I don't know what kind of feeling is stirring in my heart, Cheng Zhen thought about it, and then said again.

"Although I can understand your thoughts, it may be more beneficial for me to agree to your request." Cheng Zhen understands that in this marriage contract transaction, if he agrees, he will benefit more.Although Rhine keeps saying that it is mutually beneficial, in fact, the benefits that both parties can get are not equal at all.For United Front Changge, who has never been in a loss-making business, it is rare for him to propose such a "deal" that others take advantage of.

However, Cheng Zhen still rejected Rhine's "good intentions".

"If I agree at this time, not only would I be emotionally irresponsible to myself, but I think it would also be unfair to Your Excellency." Cheng Zhen stared at those hidden eyes without flinching. "So, I refuse your request again."

Being rejected twice in a row, not to mention Rhine, even ordinary men are very uncomfortable with this kind of failure.Rhine was silent for a moment, then asked aloud.

"Then who will you be a partner with? The Sean?"

"What?" Cheng Zhen was dumbfounded, and for a moment he wondered if he was hallucinating.Why does it seem to have heard a terrible speculation?

Rhine repeated. "Will you become a partner with that student named Sean from the Far East Academy?" He paused every word and asked very seriously.

Cheng Zhen, who didn't know where Rhine came to this conclusion, could only smile wryly. "No, I never intended to, and never will."

"Really?" Rhine seemed suspicious. "But you confused your judgment because of him, isn't it because of your feelings for him?" He scanned Cheng Zhen up and down, as if trying to find out the flaws in his words.

"...This, I think you seem to have misunderstood." Cheng Zhen was helpless. "For human beings, there are many kinds of feelings. What I have for Sean is just the most common companionship, and I will not let this kind of feeling interfere with my judgment."

The truth of the matter came to light, and Cheng Zhen finally understood that the series of storms today were still caused by his performance that day.It is estimated that it was the slight maintenance of Sean that day, but it did not expect that Rhine had such a bizarre misunderstanding.But taking this opportunity, he also simply clarified.

"My attitude that day may have been too extreme. I apologize to you here." Cheng sincerely said. "For the questions raised by your Excellency, I will try my best to think from a fair point of view, and will not let myself be agitated by emotions."

Rhine did not immediately respond to Cheng Zhen who made the promise.He looked into those deep black eyes probing, as if searching for something inside.After a long time, Rhine said. "Maybe I misunderstood, it seems that you have no intention of becoming his partner."

Hearing what Rhine said, Cheng Zhen just breathed a sigh of relief.

"But I don't take back the proposal just now. You have more time to think about it. When I return from the front line next time, I will ask you for an answer again."

Cheng Zhen drew back the breath he had just exhaled.Sure enough, it is really not an easy task to make Rhine, who is known for his persistence in Interstellar, give up.But at any rate, there is no need to continue to dwell on this issue now.These can all be put aside for now until the next inquiry.

A sudden marriage proposal was staged in front of his younger brother, and Rhine, who failed, acted like nothing happened.Turn around and start today's training for Cheng Zhen and Leiber.

Leiber, who had been silent in the middle, finally came back to his senses, looked at the two parties with a complicated look, and finally concentrated on today's training.As for Cheng Zhen, after being frightened, he felt much more relaxed.After all, the relationship between him and Rhine has restored the initial harmony and is no longer so rigid.

The training on the third day was already within reach for Cheng Zhen.Rhine asked him to continue training his senses and perceptions, but unlike before, this time he made Cheng Zhen feel other people's emotions.

Goodwill or hostility, these must be judged through perception.Rhine asked Cheng Zhen to learn to feel even the inner emotions of the guards standing guard outside the door.This kind of training to detect another level of emotion by feeling is not easy to learn.But fortunately, Cheng Zhen seemed to have good luck today, and after several experiments, he gradually found the way by accident.

After being able to detect the general emotions of the living creatures with a radius of hundreds of miles one by one with the excellent sensory ability of the potential ones, Cheng Zhen's training came to an end for the time being.

"Practice for another subject tomorrow." After saying this, Rhine was the first to leave as usual.

Maybe it's because of today's special training, maybe it's because Rhine didn't take special precautions at this time.Relying on the detection ability he had just mastered, Cheng Zhen unexpectedly noticed some of Rhine's emotions.

How should I describe this emotion?It seemed to be a trace of dissatisfaction, plus some surprises, but overall Rhine didn't seem to be in a bad mood.Not at all like a man who just got rejected for marriage.

Cheng Zhen looked at Rhine's back in confusion, and sighed softly.

"What do you think?"

He turned around and saw that it was Leiber who was asking.

"I think it's probably because of my previous performance that you misunderstood something. In short, everything today was just an accident." Looking at Leiber, Cheng Zhen smiled. "Unfortunately, I will not be a part of your family." At this time, he was still in the mood to joke.

Perhaps thanks to today's remarkable training results, Cheng Zhen doesn't seem to be in a bad mood.After waving goodbye to Leiber, the black-haired boy also left the training room.

Leber, who was left alone, looked at the empty training room, but he still couldn't calm down in his heart.

Maybe Cheng Zhen didn't know Rhine well enough, but as a younger brother, he knew that man very well.Rhine, who puts reason first, would never make such a marriage proposal hastily.Even though Rhine found a lot of reasons to make this engagement look more like a deal.

However, Leiber was even more clear in his heart.If Rhine really regards this as a deal, then he will definitely make a perfect plan, making Cheng Zhen have to agree to the plan of this deal.Instead of making everyone feel abrupt without warning like today.

He is impulsive.Leiber thought.

That incomparably hard person was shaken.