I Like Your Pheromones

I Like Your Pheromones (我喜欢你的信息素)

Author: 引路星 Yǐnlù Xīng

Chapter: 76 + 4 Extras (Complete)

Notes: ABO, no MPREG, highschool setting

Summary:

As a good-looking Beta with a good family background, Duan Jiayan has lived a
smooth sailing life for more than ten years, till he met Lu XingCi in high school.

Lu XingCi’s family situation is better than his, he is taller than him and plays
basketball better than him. Needless to say, his grades are a whole tier above
Duan JiaYan’s. Even his friends can’t help but occasionally praise Lu XingCi.

Most importantly, every girl that Duan JiaYan has set his sights on, all admitted
that they have liked Lu XingCi for a few years already.
Since then, Duan Jiayan has never thought well of Lu XingCi, till the day he
received his new medical report. He is a late-blooming Omega, and because he
became an Omega this late, it came with dire consequences. Now Alphas will
feel the need to beat up other people whenever they come near Duan JiaYan. He
himself is now allergic to every Alpha’s pheromone, except Lu XingCi’s.

One night during a self-study session, Duan Jiayan became extremely

uncomfortable and ended up asking Lu XingCi to bite him and leave a temporary
mark.

After finishing the bite, Lu Xing asked: “We Alphas have very bad tempers, now
that I’ve bitten you, are there any rewards?”

“Why don’t you…” Duan Jiayan tentatively asked: “Be a little more generous?”

“Sure,” the other party kneeled slightly and tilted down his head, exposing his
white neck: “Then you’ve to also bite back. Once you do, I won’t make a fuss
anymore.”

Duan Jiayan: “…”

Campus tyrant / Young master / Campus male god Top X Campus punk /
Carefree Bottom
Chapter 1 – Flag Raising Ceremony : The short
section is the real brat
It is the end of September in NingCheng1, the temperature is slowly cooling
down.

The rain is pitter-pattering on the window and the sky is dark, the perfect
weather for sleeping in.

The students in the back of the classroom have long fallen asleep. Wang JiaYan,
who is usually the first to fall asleep in class, is currently lackadaisically holding
up his face with his palm while holding a conversation with a goddess on WeChat.

The goddess Jiang QiNian is a student from the art faculty. The two of them
have been chatting for quite a while and can be considered to be pretty familiar
with one another. Jiang QiNian sent JiaYan a message saying that she’ll send
him a cup of milk tea during the next class which helped to wake Duan JiaYan a
little from his daze, a grin appearing on the corner of his lips.

Just as he was finished typing his reply, Duan JiaYan felt that someone was
always looking at him. He subconsciously lifted his head and just so happened to
meet the gaze of his physics teacher standing on the podium.

The first lesson of the day was physics and most of the students were inevitably
unable to avoid feeling lethargic. This was something the teacher was used to,
though to his surprise, Duan JiaYan actually managed to stay awake. After
teaching Duan JiaYan for more than a year, this was the first time the teacher
has seen this happen.

“Hey! Duan JiaYan, I’ll pick you then,” the physics teacher said with a smile.
“Answer this question.”

Duan JiaYan stood and glanced at the big screen in the classroom, it seems
every question is a multiple-choice question, “I’ll pick C?”
Physics teacher, “……”

Sounds of laughter came from the classroom, Song Yi who was Duan JiaYan’s
table buddy seemed like he was close to dying from laughter, “Hahahaha, are
you sleepwalking? The teacher asked you to explain a problem-solving question.”

“Alright, sit down,” the phsyics teacher said as he slapped the podium to get the
student’s attention. “Everyone concentrate, there’s only 10 minutes left till class
is over.”

Right at this moment, the sounds of chatter came from the back of the
classroom.

“…Lu-ge, the back door is closed.”

“Should we knock? Right now it’s physics class right? Ol’ Feng’s temper is good,
if he sees his best students knocking on the door he wouldn’t say much for sure.”

“Once the class monitor is standing there, Ol’ Feng will happily open the door.”

“It’s class time now, what are we doing going in,” a light-sounding male voice
came from behind the door, “Isn’t it the same just sitting on the floor to rest?”

“But my phone and water bottle is in the classroom…”

“Are you stupid? We just changed seats yesterday, the one sitting in the back of
the classroom now is Duan JiaYan.”

Right after saying that, the man who first spoke looked at the back door with
some apprehension, but then thought of something, “Lu-ge’s not afraid of him.”
Outside the door, Chen Yue laughed, “Will you die if you speak a little less?” Are
you a kid? Still talking about being scared or not.”

Then the bell rang. The physics teacher promptly dismissed the class after a few
quick words and the class soon become noisy. Just then someone kicked open
the front door of the classroom.

Chen Yue, the one who kicked open the door, looked at his physics teacher’s
twitching mouth and gave a mischievous laugh, “Hello teacher Feng!”

“Went to play?” The physics teacher’s gaze swept over the young boy’s slightly
sweaty forehead. It wouldn’t take a genius to guess what these boys skipped
class to do.

The first few times Lu XingCi skipped class, the teachers of Class Ten got a fright,
thinking that the student has finally learned to be bad.

It was only after a while that they realised the boy is just taking some time off
to destress himself. He still ended up being the top of his cohort. The teachers of
Class Ten were now very accustomed to the habits of this young master. As long
as his results were good, nothing else mattered.

Chen Yue said without a shred of guilt, “Only you understand us students best.
It was too boring this morning, so we went to exercise for a bit to wake our
brains up.”

One could tell he was not saying this seriously and laughter rang throughout the
class. Chen Yue really liked being in the spotlight and just as he was about to
add a few more words, someone gently kicked his calf, quietly telling him to not
block the way.

Chen Ye silently closed his mouth and went on his way.

“Lu XingCi,” the physics teacher said to the tallest boy in the group. “You got
first place in this week’s physics quiz. The paper was definitely not easy so
seeing as you got full marks, you must have studied hard. It is very worthy of
praise.”

Hearing the teacher praise Lu XingCi so, Chen Yue directed a strange gaze to Lu
XingCi.

This Lu-dog2, studying hard for a physics quiz? After teaching him for more than
a year, has the teacher not realised that he has a talented genius in his midst?

It is funny no matter how they think about it and a few boys around Lu XingCi
could not help laughing. Yet the face of the one getting praised remain
unchanged, his long eyelashes drooping.

“Thank you teacher.”

So, he can still pretend to be a model student.

The youths who just finished exercising carried a vigorous air around them, full
of vitality. Although he just became a sophomore, Lu XingCi’s shoulders were
already broad, with the muscles on his arms clearly defined whenever he was
carrying books.

Song Yi, who was sitting next to Duan JiaYan, was looking to his heart’s content,
“Oh man, the class monitor’s so good looking. His handsome face has once again
made its way into my heart.”

Duan JiaYan smiled, “Since it’s already in your heart, why don’t you make your
move?”
“Since it’s already in my heart, I’m contented with just looking. So many people
have their eyes on him, if I really go out with you I’ll surely be the target of their
jealousy and scorn……” Song Yi said. Following this line of thought, he added,
“Though if he were to just give me a smile, I wouldn’t mind all the trouble.”

Duan JiaYan could not be bothered with him, and left his seat to exit the
classroom.

Many students pass by the corridor, Duan JiaYan was lazily looking at the spider
ivy hanging from the floor above him when he heard someone shout his name.

He turned around, eyes lit up.

It was Jiang QiNian, smiling as she held up two cups of milk tea. Her long
chestnut dyed hair was tied into a bun sitting atop her head, she wore lipstick
and on her large school uniform was a small, white tie.

Since young, Duan JiaYan has always had a preference for glamourous looking
girls. Song Yi had even teased him for having the same taste whenever he was
picking a female.

Duan JiaYan softened his tone, giving her a smile and said, “Why’d you bring two
cups?”

“One’s for you, and one’s for your class monitor.”

After she said it, Duan JiaYan’s smile froze. Concentrating on her last point, he
asked, “Lu XingCi?”

Jiang QiNian did not pick up on his emotions, “The one with half sugar is yours,
and the one with one-third sugar is your monitor’s. Don’t take the wrong one
alright, he doesn’t like drinking anything too sweet.”
Seeing as how Jiang QiNian was already holding the cups of milk tea in front of
him, Duan JiaYan could only accept. Jiang QiNian continued, “Let me know once
he’s accepted the milk tea okay? Thank you!”

Duan JiaYan carried the two cups of milk tea inside the classroom.

His gaze swept across the classroom before hesitantly stopping by the window
seat in the fourth row.

The boy sitting there has long legs and a nice looking body, Song Yi had even
praised his face to the high heavens earlier.

If he was to be perfectly honest, he really has a handsome looking face. It just

deserved a beating.

Duan JiaYan expressionlessly placed the cup of milk tea on Lu XingCi’s table,
“It’s from Jiang QiNian.”

Without knowing when, the gaze of the class ended up converging on the both of
them.

Lu XingCi raised his eyes. He has single eyelids, and long and dense eyelashes,
his gaze somehow always carrying a sense of distance and isolation.

The boy’s slender fingers traced the lid of the cup, “I don’t drink this.”

Duan JiaYan patiently replied, “This only has one-third sugar, it’s not sweet.”

Without waiting for Lu XingCi to reply, he added, “If you’re not going to drink it
then just throw it away.”
Seeing him leave after giving the cup of milk tea, Chen Yue who was sitting
being Lu XingCi gave a short “En” before sitting forward.

Everyone is in the same class, and they all could always tell that Duan JiaYan
more or less did not really like Lu XingCi. Chen Yue had his earphones on so he
did not hear that the milk tea was a gift from Jiang QiNian. He blinked his eyes
at this surprising phenomenon and said absentmindedly, “Is the end of the world
here? I actually say Duan JiaYan giving you a drink? Lu-dog, do you think the
drink is poisoned?”

Lu XingCi actually laughed.

“What are you laughing for?” Chen Yue said incredulously. “It’s really poisoned?”

“No poison,” Lu XingCi said, bringing out the physics questions he missed from
the lesson before, prepared to have a look at it when he has nothing else better
to do. “I just felt like his look just now was pretty amusing.”

Honestly speaking, Duan Jiayan’s pose just now, instead of sending a cup of milk
tea, was more like he was picking a fight.

Seeing him return, Song Yi could not hold his question in any longer, “Where did
you get the milk tea from?”

Duan JiaYan answered acerbically, “Jiang QiNian gave it to him.”

“……” Song Yi did not know what to say in reply.

Song Yi and Duan JiaYan have known each other for quite a few years. Duan
JiaYan is a Beta, from a good family. His family is not very strict with him in
terms of discipline and though his grades are not worth looking at, but luckily he
was born with a good looking face, which made life smooth sailing for him.
But, after attending high school, as if falling under a curse, every girl that Duan
JiaYan has feelings for ended up liking Lu XingCi instead. After a number of
incidents, Duan JiaYan ended up treating Lu XingCi as his life’s enemy, a threat
he can’t remove.

Song Yi always felt that, if Lu XingCi was not the one Duan JiaYan was facing,
according to Duan JiaYan’s character, he would have probably long tried to solve
this problem with violence.

Duan JiaYan’s mobile phone started vibrating. It was Jiang QiNian asking him on
WeChat is Lu XingCi has accepted her milk tea or not.

Duan JiaYan grinded his teeth and replied with a “Yes, he accepted it.” He
glanced at Song Yi, “Let me ask you, Lu XingCi and me…eh?”

Unlike Duan JiaYan, Song Yi is an Omega, and is much clearer than Duan JiaYan
on Lu XingCi’s attractiveness as an Alpha. Even though Duan JiaYan was good
looking in his own right, he still could not be compared to Lu XingCi.

Of course, he could not say this. If he did, he will definitely be pummeled by

Duan JiaYan who lack the concept of ABO gender differences in his brain.
Fortunately, Song Yi has a hundred ways to coax the Beta, “Hee hee, of course
you are better. You’re much more approachable, unlike the Monitor was who is
definitely an Alpha I will never be able to get close to. Us sisters will be happy
just looking.”

Duan JiaYan, “……”

Caught off guard by the term ‘sisters’, Duan JiaYan asked, “When did you male
Omegas start calling each other sisters?”

After seeing that this ancestor’s attention was diverted, Song Yi struck while the
iron was still hot, “We have many popular terms among us male Omegas, do
you know what’s called–”
Duan JiaYan suddenly narrowed his eyes, “I’m approachable?”

Song Yi, “……”

Duan JiaYan has already vented his anger, he lazily poked the cup of milk tea
Jiang QuNian sent, and mumbled to himself, “I’m already so approachable, will it
kill to like me back a little?”

For a split second, Song Yi heart clenched at how cute he looked.

Just for a split second.

It was Monday’s flag-raising ceremony and the whole school was gathered in the
field.

Duan JiaYan came late and slowly made his way to the Sophomore level’s Class
Ten. On his way there, girls kept trying to sneak a peak of him.

“Look at that, Class Ten really does have handsome looking dudes.”

“But Duan JiaYan has always looked this handsome ah.”

“He’s still a little punk though, plus his grades are so bad…”

The boy was tall and fair-skinned, but his eyes were rimmed with red and his
hair was messy. One look and you can tell he just woke up.
“The students who have yet to fall in line hurry up!” The school’s director said
atop the flag-raising podium. “Don’t take your own sweet time, make haste,
quickly find your own class.”

Duan JiaYan turned a deaf ear to the nagging as he slowly made it to the end of
Class Ten. In front of him was Song Yi, who was no better than him, arriving
only two to three minutes ahead of him.

“Good morning Xiao Duan,” Song Yi turned back while sucking on a packet of
yoghurt, his speech a little slurred, “Why aren’t you in uniform?”

Duan JiaYan gave a short “Ah–” before adding, “I forgot.”

Right after Song Yi asked his question, two female students from the Discipline
committee made their way to his class.Song Yi thought that Duan JiaYan was
about to have his name recorded, they don’t really care about getting in trouble
anyway. Who would have thought that Duan JiaYan would give a short laugh to
the female students before adding, “Fellow students, can you not record my
name this time around?”

The female student was originally about to put a cross at the back of his name.
After hearing his question, she paused.

The other female student softly murmured under her breath. The first Discipline
committee member turned to look at her partner, then back at Duan JiaYan, not
sure what to do for a moment there.

When Lu XingCi turned his head around, this was the scene that greeted him.

He did not know what Duan JiaYan said but it made the female Discipline
committee member’s ear turn red. Duan JiaYan has a good face, with a pair of
youthful, bright-looking eyes, high nose bridge, and pale lips, whenever he
smiled it always carried a lazy air to it, looking both amorous and affectionate.
Chen Yue reminded him earlier that the discipline committee was stopping by
their class for too long, and might attract the attention of the director. With their
teacher not here, it was his responsibility as class monitor to try and find a way
to chase the discipline committee members away.

Chen Yue just mentioned it as a joke, knowing how Lu XingCi usually will not
butt into other people’s matter, but who knew that this time, he actually started
making his way over to the end of the line.

His arrival broke the students out of their stalemate, “Is it okay if he goes to the
classroom now to get a school uniform to wear?”

The two girls looked up at him, then looked at each other, both their gazes
looking a little shy.

One of the two female students quietly answered, “The flag-raising ceremony
hasn’t started yet so y-yes he can…”

Lu XingCi turned to look at Duan JiaYan, “Head on to the classroom, Chen Yue
hung his uniform on his chair, you can wear it first.”

Duan JiaYan met his gaze for a moment. Inexplicably, the last string in the back
of Duan JiaYan’s mind, under the ease of how Lu XingCi handled the situation,
snapped.

An air of mischief rose from his body, Duan JiaYan lifted his eyes, stifling a smile.

“I twisted my ankle, so it’s not convenient for me to get the uniform. Going to
the classroom and back just to get the uniform might make it worse,” he said as
he looked Lu XingCi in the eyes. “Class monitor, why not you go get it for me?
Won’t you help a classmate in need?”
Everyone in the class knew that the pair rarely saw eye to eye, yet it was not
often that Duan JiaYan was this nice to Lu XingCi.

The pair’s conversation ended up attracting the attention of not only their class,
but the attention of the classes around them.

Lu XingCi met Duan JiaYan’s gaze, not breaking his line of sight.

Even though he was still developing, the pressure eminating from the body of
the Alpha was more than enough to make one break out in cold sweat. Though
Duan JiaYan seemed like he was not affected in the lease, Song Yi was more
than ready to start kneeling for him already.

Xiao Duan really was all brawns and no brains3.

He had always thought that Duan JiaYan would only antagonise Lu XingCi behind
his back, while acting like a normal human face to face. Who knew that he will
actually do this now?

The both of them always had some friction between them, but it was usually
Duan JiaYan looking for trouble on his own, Lu XingCi usually doesn’t bother.

Song Yi always felt that, in the great Class Monitor’s eyes, Duan JiaYan was but
a small child, no matter how bratty, it wasn’t worth his attention. But this time
was different, the bear child is finally acting wildly in front of the parent.

Even with just Lu XingCi standing there, the alarm is Song Yi’s heart is already
sounding thousands of times for Duan JiaYan.

Under everyone’s eyes, Lu XingCi smirked a little, his gaze playful.

“How convenient. I’m having a bad cold. Taking off my clothes could make it
worse.”

It was raining just a while ago, so the field was indeed pretty cold.

Song Yi was feeling a sense of deja vu when he saw Lu XingCi give Duan JiaYan,
who was wearing a sweater, a once over, “Tell you what, why don’t you take
your sweater off, I’ll go take the school uniform and exchange it with you for the
sweater.”

宁城 – City of Ning?

路狗 – Literally Lu Dog but it’s more a nickname.

莽夫 – I’m not too sure on this. Chinese site says this is used to describe

someone that has a well developed body but isn’t all that bright?

T/N: I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

Chapter 2 – Provocative : I didn't see it, your
mouth is pretty good
This taunt by Lu XingCi, was mean yet still polite.

The atmosphere between them turned subtle.

Duan JiaYan’s gaze is wrong, Song Yi thought has he felt his scalp go numb from
that fake smile on Duan JiaYan’s face, he doesn’t know what’s currently going
through Lu XingCi’s mind.

Duan JiaYan’s mouth twitched a little, the corner of his eyes hooking up, as if he
had something to say.

In his heart, Song Yi said, “It’s here it’s here, the fight of the heavenly
mountains is about to start–”

“What are you all standing around for?” The form teacher’s voice suddenly cut
through the air.

“Are you all holding a meeting here?” The flag raising ceremony is about to start,”
Class Ten’s form teacher Zhao MinJun is in charge of language. The first person
that caught her eye as she made her way over was the one whose outfit was
sticking out like a sore thumb, Duan JiaYan, “Duan JiaYan, where’s your
uniform?”

Seeing that their teacher is here, Duan JiaYan lowered his eyes, “I forgot to
bring it.”

“Discipline committee members, write his name down,” Zhao MinJun said to the
two female students before turning back to nag at him. “Next time don’t forget
to bring it. You tell me, how many times have you properly worn this school’s
uniform?”
Looking at Lu XingCi walk away, Duan JiaYan seemed to have lost his will to
fight, only dejectedly giving an “En.” in response.

Zhao MinJun and his mother were university classmates. Whenever it came to
her mind, his mom would run over to Zhao MinJun to ask for his situation in
school, that’s why in front of Zhao MinJun, it’s better for Duan JiaYan to be a
little more well behaved.

Zhao MinJun saw him looking all dejected and quietly asked, “What issue do you
have with him?”

Duan JiaYan raised his head.

“Don’t get into any trouble,” Zhao MinJun nagged. “You’re already a sophomore.
Okay?”

Seeing him agree, Zhao MinJun made her way back to the front of Class Ten.

As one of the best private high schools in NingCheng, there are scores of
students who want to come in every year. Since the school was founded, the
strength of its teaching staff was very strong, especially for Class Ten. The
school allocated the best of their teaching resources to that class, for no other
reason than for the sole fact that Lu XingCi was in that class.

Aside from its genius, there are a few students that made their way in through
their parent’s connections. Being able to wrangle these special students, as a
form teacher, Zhao MinJun’s skills are, needless to say, obviously top-notch.

At least under her hands, Duan JiaYan has become a lot more obedient.

After the flag raising ceremony, Duan JiaYan and Song Yi both didn’t want to
return to class. After being called out by some students from Class Three, Duan
JiaYan figured he should just ask for a few more students from his class and go
play basketball with the guys from Class Three.

After playing for nearly two periods, the boys are all feeling exhausted, they
lazily made their way to the long bench to rest.

Duan JiaYan raised his head to quench his thirst, his adam’s apple rolling with
every swallow. His long legs were placed against the ground, his whole body
looked extremely relaxed.

A boy from Class Three asked, “Duan-ge, what’s up with Du XuChen from the
Sports faculty? He was making a fuss today, talking about how you were giving
attention to his goddess, when he was the one who first laid eyes on Jiang
QiNian.

Before Duan JiaYan could speak, Song Yi nest to him laughed, “Du XuChen has
no shame huh? We still have to say who comes first and second when chasing
after a girl? Why not take a number and queue up?”

Everyone laughed at that, including Duan JiaYan.

The boy who first asked the question laughed too, “That’s why I’m letting Duan-
ge know about this first. Du XuChen said he has long been displeased with you,
and that he’ll find an opportunity to get even with you.”

“Will our Xiao Duan be scared of such an idiot?”

“Du XuChen is an ass, a stupid ass.”

“Ah,” someone in the group suddenly asked. “Did Duan JiaYan have an
altercation with Lu XingCi this morning?”
“It doesn’t count as one,” Duan JiaYan thought about it for a bit. “He told me to
get a uniform from the classroom, and I didn’t want to.”

“I was right beside them,” a student from Class Ten interrupted. “Class monitor’s
appearance was a little frightening. I was about to break out into cold sweat
from his one laugh.”

“Duan JiaYan you’re good,” a Class Three student continued, thinking back to
the scene from this morning, his heart still felt some lingering fear. “You even
dared to rebuke him, you aren’t afraid of starting an incident?”

Song Yi cut in, “Rebuke? What rebuke? It was merely a few sentences. Do you
think everyone’s as unreasonable as you? What about you Guo Ran, if you were
given that priviledge, will you still be around?”

“Hahaha, that’s right. If I was half as amazing as him, I’ll not only ascend the
heavens, but also descend to the seas.”

While a class was still going on, the boys who skipped the class silently made
their way into the classroom. Song Yi was gnawing on a sausage while Duan
JiaYan was empty-handed stayed all the way at the back.

Song Yi and him were sitting in the second last row. On the way back to their
seat, they will have to pass by Lu XingCi’s seat, Duan JiaYan gave a casual
glance in his direction, he seemed to be solving some math problems.

Lu XingCi’s head was bowed down, lazily propping his head up with his other
hand as he slowly solved the math questions in front of him.

Duan JiaYan suddenly stopped in front of Lu XingCi’s desk.

He licked his lips, standing beside Lu XingCi’s desk, his tone ambigous, “Class
monitor, I couldn’t tell, but your mouth looks pretty good.”
Lu XingCi’s pen abruptly stopped.

Usually, even with Chen Yue noisily playing his mobile games beside him, Lu
XingCi can ignore him and finish his homework but this time, for some reason,
his train of thought was broken by Duan JiaYan. Duan JiaYan was still waiting for
his response, the little punk lackadaisically standing on the spot.

Lu XingCi raised his head, his inky black eyes looking Duan JiaYan up and down,
and casually asked, “You’ve tried it before?”

Chen Yue who was sitting beside him could not hold it in and started laughing.

Duan JiaYan, “……”

Duan JiaYan was stunned, he didn’t thinking Lu XingCi will follow his
conversation, and even give him such a reply. He did not know what response to
give, and not wanting to stand there for too long, he turned and made his way
back to his seat.

Seeing his ashen face, Song Yi inwardly shook his head. After taking his seat,
Duan JiaYan seemed to be lost in thought, even when the bell rang he still
wasn’t moving. Song Yi good-naturedly asked, “Ancestor, your anger made you
dumb?”

Duan JiaYan frowned, “Did you smell Lu XingCi’s scent?”

Even though the number of Betas far outnumber the number of Alphas and
Omegas around, with Omegas in recent years even becoming something akin to
rare, endangered animals that need protection. But in school, it’s not just
Omegas, but Alphas have to also use scent-blockers daily.
Song Yi thought that the question was meant to taunt him. After all, he was an
Omega and he has not yet smelt Lu XingCi’s pheromones. More accurately, no
Omega has smelt Lu XingCi’s pheromones before. There was a female student
who once tried to find a way to find out what the school’s idol smelt like, but Lu
XingCi’s self-control has always been strong, he has never lost control before.

Song Yi was currently waiting for Duan JiaYan to scold someone only for Duan
JiaYan to quietly mutter, “It smelt pretty good…”

When Zhou XingChen made his way back to the classroom, he happened to see
a girl sitting in front of Lu XingCi and Chen Yue.

It was free period in the evening and so there was next to no one in the
classroom. The girl folded up the test paper on the table.”

“As always, Class Monitor is still the best. This week’s math quiz is really too
difficult, I could not understand the teacher at all when he was explaining it,” the
girl shot a smile in Lu XingCi’s direction. “But I immediately understood the
question once you explained it. Thank you!”

Lu XingCi replied, “It’s no trouble.”

The boy really had too many admirers. On a normal day, she would usually not
be able to even speak more than two sentences with him.

The boy’s face was handsome and clean, being about to be so close to him, her
heart couldn’t help but itch. She gathered up her courage and asked, “Next time
if I have any questions I’m not sure of, can I come find you for help?”

Lu XingCi chuckled at that, and Chen Yue helped to answer, “Ah, next time why
not come find me? I know how to solve the questions too.”
The girl quietly looked at Lu XingCi, who had a lazy look on his face, with no
intention of replying.

Knowing that this was his way of tactfully refusing her, she bit her lower lip in
disappointment and said to Chen Yue, “Then I’ll come look for you next time.”

“Okay okay okay, if you don’t find me, I’ll come to find you.”

After waiting for the girl to leave, Zhou XingChen sat on the seat she was sitting
on, his two long legs stretched out, “Since when has our class committee
member been interested in Lu-ge? That said, her qualifications aren’t bad, good
grades and pretty looks.”

Chen Yue bent down to fiddle around with his phone, “Lu-ge isn’t even
interested in our school’s flower. That girl might be even further from the mark.”

“Who’s our school flower?”

“Isn’t that Jiang QiNian?”

Zhou XingCheng gave a short exclamation, “And here I was thinking that it was
our family’s fox.”

“You had an argument with Gu Li?”

“Argued yes. Every time we argue it is me chasing after her ass asking for
forgiveness, as if afraid she’ll skin me. Every word I say is about me being in the
wrong. This time I won’t coax her, if I back down then I am a dog.”

“Hen pecked,” Chen Yue shook his head. “A good for nothing.”
“You know nothing. This is called ‘My wife is the best.’ It’s a privilege only given
to the best of men,” Zhou XingChen twisted around. “Aren’t I right Lu-ge?”

“You’re asking him?” Chen Yue was amused. “Since when would he want to be
controlled by someone?”

“I want it ah,” Lu XingCi laughed along. “It’s only that I don’t have the chance
to.”

“And who can we blame for that? Aren’t you the one pushing people away?”
Thinking back to the sea of ladies that like this men, Zhou XingChen’s heart
ached for them. “When will I get to see you taking the initiative to chase a lady?”

“There was someone he took the initiative with,” Chen Yue suddenly thought of
something, and added. “He was so provocative today, even asking the person if
they have tasted his….” Isn’t his mouth great.

Seeing Zhou XingChen get all excited, Chen Yue purposely gave a sigh, to tease
him, “Man, it was too provocative, I can’t say it.”

Zhou XingChen, “……”

Zhou XingChen, “!!!!!”

Zhou XingChen, “An Omega? Pretty? From our class?”

Chen Yue nodded his head, “From our class yes, but not an Omega.”

He was so serious that Zhou XingChen couldn’t help being drawn in, his own
tone turning serious, “Who is it?”
Beside Chen Yue, Lu XingCi watched as Chen Yue took Zhou XingChen for a spin,
and didn’t say anything to stop him.

Seeing how hooked Zhou XingChen was, Chen Yue began laughing crazily, “It’s
Duan JiaYan! Hahahaha! He came today to provoke Lu-gou. He really is
interesting…”

Before he could finish, he say Zhou XingChen’s expression dim a little, “Oh him…”

Chen Yue noticed his strange expression and casually asked, “What?”

“The incident at Qiao Nan, I still remember it,” Zhou XingChen said. “He was so
good at getting into trouble, you would think he’s a natural at it.”
Chapter 3 – Male Washroom : crazy? Playing so
big?
Before language class was over, Zhao MinJun distributed the homework and
instructed the class to memorise Li Sao1 by next week.

Lu XingCi was the leader of the group situated by the window. Duan JiaYan gave
a quick look in their direction and noticed that a girl was already trying to
memorise the poem when the class has just ended.

Naturally, Duan JiaYan will not memorise the texts.

He took out his phone, prepared to play some games on his mobile phone to
distract himself. He’s been feeling a little restless recently.

When he was playing at an internet cafe near his school yesterday, someone he
knew came up to him and rested an arm on his shoulder. He was an alpha and
for some reason, at that moment, it felt like every cell in his body was resisting
his friend’s close proximity to him. If it wasn’t for him stubbornly not reacting,
he might have ended up pushing his friend away.

Just as he was about to play his game, he received a text message from Song Yi.
Duan JiaYan felt that it was strange how Song Yi was sending him a message
when they were sitting right beside each other. Opening up the message, he saw
that it was a picture of Lu XingCi.

Lu XingCi seemed to have just exercised, his head slightly damp and the
muscles along his arm lined with a thin sheen of sweat.

He was drinking from a water bottle, and with his eyelids half hooded over his
pair of crystal clear eyes, one could feel a sense of youth coming from the photo.

The whole photo reeked of pheromones and was clearly secretly taken.
Duan JiaYan, “?”

Song Yi withdrew the photo and turned around to explain, “I sent this to the
wrong person. I was planning to send it to the ‘Holding Up Yi Zhong’s Sky’
group.”

‘Holding Up Yi Zhong’s Sky’ this name sounded incredibly cool but actually it was
actually made up of the Omegas in Yi Zhong. Previously Duan JiaYan glanced at
Song Yi’s phone and found that the group was talking about which Alpha had the
biggest member. They really had no limits.

“It’s even secretly taken wow. If you have the skills then you should use it to
memorise your class texts,” Duan JiaYan nodded towards the language book
with the words ‘Li Sao’ on it. “Li Sao’s not even as provocative2 as you.”

Song Yi laughed and as if just noticing something, hooked an arm around Duan
JiaYan, “A male junior complimented you today, praising your looks. He said that
if you were an Alpha, he would have definitely chased after you. What followed
after is just… Xiao Duan your popularity is nothing to scoff about too ah.”

“Then you tell that junior,” Duan JiaYan said as he booted up his game. “If he
wants to chase then go for it, Xiao Duan will be waiting right here.”

Song Yi took what Duan JiaYan said as a joke and didn’t place too much
emphasis on it. He might talk a lot but at the end of the day, Song Yi knows that
since they were kids, Duan JiaYan has only liked girls.

The Omegas in the group seem to have a really good impression of Duan JiaYan
as they were still praising him incessantly. Song Yi could only silently shake his
head in response

*
Duan JiaYan pretty much slept his way through his afternoon classes.

He felt especially tired today, his entire being did not really have much energy.
He still had one class left, once they were done with it the school will let them
out for dinner. Duan JiaYan lazily made his way towards the toilet.

Though he was still groggy from sleep, everyone else around him was very much
awake. Occasionally a breeze will sweep through the corridors and cause the
scent on his body to become more obvious, causing some students to turn his
way as he made his way down the corridor.

“Where did Duan JiaYan get the smell of pheromones from?”

“From sticking closely to an Omega maybe, aren’t they using scent blockers?”

“At the end of the day, a boss is still a boss, so arrogant.”

Duan JiaYan caught people talking about pheromones but because his body was
not feeling well, he only heard bits and pieces of it. He still thought that it was
because he was holding in his pee for too long so he made haste and entered
the wash room. Except he still did not feel much better after going to the loo, his
head still felt dizzy and his whole body felt like it was having a fever.

Just as Duan JiaYan was rubbing his temples, someone brushed past him. The
person carried with him a crisp and clean scent. Duan JiaYan’s height made it
right to the person’s ear so he unconsciously found himself looking up to see
who it was.

It turned out to be Lu XingCi and Duan JiaYan could feel the impulse to rub
himself on the other person die down a little. Strangely enough, when Lu XingCi
made his way closer, the feverish feeling in Duan JiaYan’s body seemed to get a
lot worse. It’s as if there is something running rampant in his body and it can’t
wait to burst out.
Duan JiaYan softly grunted, his legs almost giving out. He quickly held onto the
handle of the door of a toilet stall.

Lu XingCi paused. His eyes swept Duan JiaYan up and down and he asked
hesitantly, “You’re a Beta?”

Duan JiaYan heard his question that was heavily laced with doubt and laughed,
“What do you think?”

Lu XingCi saw how confident Duan JiaYan was and for a brief moment thought
that he really made a mistake. If it wasn’t for the tears welling up in Duan
JiaYan’s eyes and the trembling hands gripping onto the door handle, Lu XingCi
might have really needed to take more than a minute to reassess his judgement.

He never would have thought Duan JiaYan would ever show such a weak side of
him one day.

It was not everyday that he was willing to think about others but Lu XingCi still
decided to gently break the news to Duan JiaYan, “You have Omega pheromones
on you.”

Duan JiaYan pondered for a moment, “You’re jealous?”

“……” After living for so long, this was the first time Lu XingCi has met someone
who thinks so weirdly. In order to stop Duan JiaYan’s mind from taking another
weird turn, he went straight to the point, “You might need to take another health
evaluation. The pheromones are coming from you, you can’t smell them?”

Duan JiaYan immediately understood what was going on and was stunned.
Before he could recover from the shock of possibly being an Omega, he saw Lu
XingCi hovering in front of him before slowly saying, “Go find a stall and wait for
me in there.”
“…Fuck.” Duan JiaYan was really scared this time. He warily looked at Lu XingCi,
“What are you planning to do? Just kill any thoughts you have right now, we
both don’t have to lose out.”

“Your pheromones are almost overflowing. I’ll head back to the classroom and
get an inhibitor for you.”

Duan JiaYan could not believe what he just heard.

When Lu XingCi saw how Duan JiaYan was ready to fight him off, he suddenly
had the urge to bully him.

Duan JiaYan could feel his scalp tingle when Lu XingCi’s gaze went to his glands,
as if he were a fish about to be killed on the chopping block.

He heard Lu XingCi say suggestively, “If you wish to let me help you…”

Duan JiaYan, “See that door? Class monitor, please head towards it and do not
turn back.”

Lu XingCi, “…then you can keep on wishing.”

Lu XingCi swallowed down a smile and lazily continued, “Even if I were to have
any thoughts, it wouldn’t be towards you.”

Not one to take things lying down, Duan JiaYan retorted, “Well, even if I were to
have no suiters, I wouldn’t let you take a bite.”

Even though the sentence was clearly meant to provoke him, Lu XingCi only felt
like laughing. Just as he was about to make his way back to the classroom, he
felt a tug on the corner of his shirt, a tug that was neither too strong nor too
weak.

“I’m not…” Duan JiaYan initially felt that it was a little difficult to say what he
wanted to say, but after looking at how calm Lu XingCi was, he felt a little irked.
He’ll lose too much face if he got shy in front of Lu XingCi.

Duan JiaYan tried his best to be calm, “I’m not in heat, you can just get scent
blockers.”

In the end, Lu XingCi is still an Alpha, he wouldn’t know what’s really going on
with an Omega.

Duan JiaYan has never been through a heat but he learnt about it in class and he
knows that the situation he’s in right now is not that serious yet. His legs are
just a little unsteady right now and he feels giddy.

Lu XingCi nodded and made his way back. Only when he returned to the
classroom did he remember that he doesn’t have a scent blocker. Chen Yue and
Zhou XingChen are both Alphas like him and randomly asking anyone might
raise unnecessary questions. After thinking it over, he made his way to Song Yi’s
table and quietly asked, “Do you have scent blockers?”

Song Yi was stunned for a little while before he finally nodded.

Although Duan JiaYan said he did not need one, but Lu XingCi still decided to ask
for it just in case, “Inhibitors too?”

Song Yi continued nodding, took out two small boxes from under his desk and
passed them both to Lu XingCi.

After seeing Lu XingCi thank him and walk out of the classroom, Song Yi felt like
he was waking up from a dream.
Damn, he was so focused on admiring the face, he forgot to ask Lu XingCi what
he needed the items for!

Song Yi took out his phone and found the ‘Holding Up Yi Zhong’s Sky’ group chat.

[Sisters!!!] He screamed in the group chat. [Class monitor just asked me for
Omega scent blockers and inhibitors!!!]

[Fuck! Is my male god becoming a mortal now?]

[My god???]

[Lu Lu who are you trying to bed, mom’s not gonna allow it aaaaaa]

When Lu XingCi returned to the washroom, he saw a guy standing outside the
male toilet, looking in its direction.

The guy seemed to be from the physical ed faculty and was a little familiar to Lu
XingCi, but he couldn’t seem to remember his name.

Du XuChen was momentarily distracted by the person making his way over to
where he was. He only found out today that the person Jiang QiNian gave her
milk tea to was Lu XingCi, the person Jiang QiNian liked was Lu XingCi. Since he
was looking at his love rival, Du XuChen’s mood was a little complicated.

Lu XingCi and Duan JiaYan were not the same. He’s able to badmouth Duan
JiaYan in front of others but he did not dare provoke Lu XingCi.
Seeing that Lu XingCi was choosing to remind silent, Du XuChen decided to
speak first, “There’s an Omega in heat inside?”

Lu XingCi did not reply. This man was blocking the door to the washroom so he
was unable to go in. If he were to just make his way in, the man will surely
follow. He’s not sure but he thinks Duan JiaYan would not want others to find out
that he’s an Omega.

Remembering Duan JiaYan’s tear-filled eyes, Lu XingCi could not help frowning a
little.

Du XuChen took his silence as consent. He recalled that Lu XingCi had no

girlfriend or boyfriend so he assumed that the other party was also here to join
in the fun, his gaze subtly changed, “I have to say, the scent smells really good.”

“I’d never thought that you will also be interested in…” Du XuChen was attracted
by the smell of the pheromones. Till now he has never smelled such a light and
fragent scent. It was like a thin misty fog, though the smell was faint, it was
more than capable of inciting an Alpha’s need for conquest.

He was so tempted by the scent that he spoke without thinking, “He’s doing it on
purpose right? There are so many Alphas in the school and yet he’s not using
any inhibitors. Isn’t he just waiting to be—”

Before he could finish his sentence, Lu XingCi suddenly grabbed him by the
collar and shoved him aside.

Du XuChen made some noise in protest at being pushed, and his head was also
cleared. Lu XingCi might be taller than him but after all, he was from the
physical ed faculty. His body was fit and he had a little more fat compared to
other Alphas. He would never have thought that Lu XingCi could single-handedly
push him from the door to the basins outside, his leg did not even exert much
force on the ground.
Lu XingCi glanced and saw that from here he could not see the washroom’s door
and finally released his hand.

“You find the scent nice? Stand out here and smell it to your heart’s content
then. If you take even one step forward…” Lu XingCi stared at him. “Why don’t
you take a step and see what happens?”

Du XuChen was scared by Lu XingCi’s gaze. The other person was evidently still
wearing a uniform and out of the both of them, he clearly looked more like a
delinquent but for some reason, he really did not dare make a single move.

He even secretly told others in the past that Lu XingCi from Class Ten might look
formidable but with his good grades, he wouldn’t dare get into any trouble. He
would never have thought that this person will look so terrifying when he gets
serious, his entire being felt nothing like a student.

Seeing that Du XuChen was not replying him, Lu XingCi made his way to the
washroom and closed the door behind him.

Du XuChen finally snapped out of it after a few minutes. He angrily made his
way to the washroom, and raised his hands to push on the door.

Only to find that it was locked.

Du XuChen could not believe it and pushed on the door once again, his hands
trembling a little.

Is Lu XingCi crazy? He dares to play so big in school?

Author notes:

The door is locked, no going in.

T/N: So I spent a day or so binging this and I have to say that I love Duan
JiaYan and Lu XingCi so much aaa I’m so excited to bring this story to you guys.
That said, I don’t really have a set schedule for this but I will update with a
chapter whenever I can. Ideally at least once a week.

Also I might periodically go back and change some words and phrasing. Just
thought I’d let you guys know–

Li Sao ( 离骚 ) is a Chinese poem written by Qu Yuan.

“离骚都没你骚。” – Duan JiaYan made a pun on Li Sao’s name as it uses the same
character as provocative.
Chapter 4 – Fight : Isn't this seduce?
Duan JiaYan’s felt his head turn fuzzy the moment Lu XingCi came back.

Originally, when the other person left, the floating feeling in his head got
significantly better. But the moment Lu XingCi came back, Duan JiaYan felt like
there was a switch in his body, and when the switch was turned on, he
inadvertently felt himself wanting to get closer to Lu XingCi.

He thought back to when Song Yi bleakly told him then that just looking at Lu
XingCi will make one feel like getting closer to the individual. At that time, he
still laughed at Song Yi, making fun of his lack of self-control.

He’s wrong, oh so wrong.

Duan JiaYan really didn’t like the feeling of losing control so he took the scent
blockers from Lu XingCi’s hand, and after hesitating for a bit, gave a quick and
soft “Thank you”.

The item in his hand looked a lot like a spray bottle, he’s seen Song Yi using it
before. Duan JiaYan aimed the nozzle towards himself and pressed it a few times.
As he could not smell his own pheromones, he could only ask Lu XingCi for help.

“Is there still a smell?”

The scent of an Omega was covered by the scent blockers, Song Yi’s scent
blocker even came in the flavour of milk. Lu XingCi looked at him and said, “It
should be gone.”

As the other person was standing too far away, Duan JiaYan was not entirely
relieved.
The scent blocker seemed to have compounds to help calm a person down. After
using almost half the bottle, he found that he was no longer dizzy, and felt a lot
more refreshed.

“You’re standing so far away, what are you even trying to smell?” Duan JiaYan
pulled down his collar and pointed towards his glands. “Why not come over here
and take a closer sniff?”

Lu XingCi continued to silently stare at him.

Duan JiaYan had just presented as an Omega, so he was not aware of what he
was doing but Lu XingCi knew that when an Omega asks an Alpha to smell his
glands, it can be taken as a very obvious invitation.

“There’s no smell,” Lu XingCi reiterated.

Seeing that he was so sure of his answer, Duan JiaYan decided to let it rest. He
straightened out his uniform and left the washroom.

There was no one outside the washroom. Duan JiaYan took out his phone to
check the time and phone that lessons were almost over.

Duan Jia Yan really wanted to find out what was going on with his body right
now so he shoved the scent blocker into Lu XingCi’s hand.

“I’m going to make a trip to the hospital. Help me return this to Song Yi,” Duan
JiaYan instructed. “I can tell with a glance that it’s his. That small kid always
uses milk-scented scent blockers.”

Lu XingCi looked at him. The moment he said the word ‘milk’, Duan JiaYan
ended up laughing first himself.
Despite mocking others, this fellow wasn’t exactly mature himself.

“Duan JiaYan,” Lu XingCi thought to himself for a bit and decided to still remind
him. “Don’t let others smell your scent.”

Duan JiaYan didn’t take his words to heart.

Yi Zhong’s security guard recognised Duan JiaYan so even though school was not
over, they still allowed him to leave the school. Duan JiaYan boarded a bus and
promptly made his was over to the Central Hospital.

He did not want to spend too much time waiting so he registered his case as an
emergency. Fortunately, as at this hour on a weekday, there was not many
people in the hospital and it quickly reached his turn.

The doctor who called him in was a female doctor and Duan JiaYan succinctly
explained what happened to him. After asking him about his age as well as a few
other questions related to his body, she asked, “How did you find out that you
might be an Omega?”

“A classmate of mine, he smelled me.”

The female doctor’s hand that was on her mouse paused, “An alpha?”

Duan JiaYan gave an affirmative noise in reply.

“Then that classmate of yours must be a really good person.” The doctor wrote a
bill for him, “Go and make payment first, then we’ll do an evaluation for you.”

Thinking back to what Lu XingCi said earlier, Duan JiaYan felt that something
was a little odd. After leaving the doctor’s office, he took out his phone and
found Shen ChiLie’s contact.
Shen ChiLie and Song Yi were his friends from elementary school, they had a lot
of fun playing together. After they got to high school, Shen ChiLie went to Class
Four. Shen ChiLie’s an Alpha and back then Song Yi even made a joke about
how the three of them could form an ABO band.

Duan JiaYan sent a text message over, [If an Omega asks you to smell him, how
will you feel?]

Shen ChiLie was probably playing with his phone and so his response came very
quickly.

[I’d feel like I’m incredibly blessed to be there.]

Duan JiaYan felt that something was still vaguely wrong and sent a series of
question marks in response. Seeing Shen ChiLie’s next reply, Duan JiaYan felt
like his brain could explode.

[An Omega letting an Alpha smell him, what other meaning could there be?]

[Isn’t it plain and simple seduction?]

“……”

Duan JiaYan stood motionless in front of the self-service payment machine for
quite a while, he could feel his ears burning up.

He quietly swore under his breath.

*
That night, Duan JiaYan got his medical report back.

According to the results, the Omega hormones in his body had already exceeded
the average amount and it seems like it still has the potential to increase. He
was indisputably an Omega that just presented.

It was also the first time the doctor met someone who presented as an Omega
at this age and she could see that a myriad of emotions were going through the
boy’s handsome face. After the shock has worn down, she carefully instructed
Duan JiaYan to take note of certain things and also prescribed some inhibitors
and scent blockers for him.

The doctor also reminded Duan JiaYan to find time to change his personal data
on the government’s registry, from Beta to Omega.

Duan JiaYan happened to bump into Fu Yuan as he was opening the door to his
house.

It seemed like Fu Yuan was rushing out to settle something. She stood by the
living room making a few calls, her usually calm demeanour carrying hints of
anxiousness, “… Okay, I’ll make my way over soon.”

“Mom,” Duan JiaYan called out to her. “It’s already this late and you’re still
heading out?”

“Xiao Yun is in the hospital again,” Fu Yuan replied. “Uncle He is already in the
hospital with him. That child’s body has never been the best but the doctor has
said that if he makes it pass the age of ten, his condition will get better. If you
have time, do pay him a visit, he really likes you…”

Duan JiaYan made a noise in acknowledgement.

Fu Yuan rambled on, only realising after a while that Duan JiaYan should be
attending self-revision right now. “Why are you back so early?”

“I went to do a health evaluation.”

He handed the medical report to Fu Yuan. After taking a look at the results, Fu
Yuan looked at Duan JiaYan disbelievingly.

“Ah Ye, you…” She paused for a moment. “Is your body okay? Are you adjusting
fine? How are you feeling about this situation?”

Ah Ye is Duan JiaYan’s nickname. The nickname was coined by Fu Yuan when

Duan JiaYan was still young, it was both affectionate and catchy. The long series
of questions, coupled with the concerned look on the woman’s face made the
corners of Duan JiaYan’s mouth quirk up.

“I’m fine,” he reassured her. “There’s not much difference between an Omega
and Beta.”

Fu Yuan’s brows were still creased. She had originally just thought that with how
good looking this child is, as well as his sharp temperament, being a Beta will
not make him lose out in any way. Who would have thought that he was actually
a late bloomer, and was actually an Omega all along.

“As long as you don’t mind that’s fine,” she said. “We need to find time to
change your personal information. I should have time next week—”

Her phone rang once again. The voice on the other end seemed to be rushing
her and Fu Yuan did not know what to do. Duan JiaYan could see that she was
being put on the spot and said, “There’s no need, I can find time to go change it
by myself or I can get Song Yi to accompany me. You hurry on to the hospital.”
Fu Yuan nodded and started putting her shoes on. Duan JiaYan asked with a
degree of forced casualness.

“Now that Uncle He and He YunShen is in Ning City1, will you still be moving
over to stay with them?”

Fu Yuan casually replied, “Uncle He bought a new apartment in Xin Huai, it’s
rather close to Yi Zhong. We can move there together in a month?”

Duan JiaYan froze.

“Ah Ye, do sleep earlier,” Fu Yuan said as she opened the door. “I might not be
coming home tonight. Be sure to set an alarm for yourself okay. Don’t be late to
school tomorrow.”

After she left, Duan JiaYan silently stared at the door and mumbled to himself,
“…But I don’t want to live with them, I only want to live with you.”

His voice was very soft and in the vast empty house, it sounded a little lonely.

Maybe it was because he just presented but that night Duan JiaYan could not get
a good night’s sleep. He forgot to set his alarm and ended up missing two
lessons in the morning.

Once Duan JiaYan got to school, a huge portion of the class was already over.
He had just made his way to his seat when Song Yi came over with stuff to say.

“Bro, something big has happened,” Song Yi put down the phone that was
always in his hand and looked at Duan JiaYan. “I don’t know what’s Du XuChen
smoking but he’s insisting that he saw Lu XingCi fooling around with an Omega
yesterday. Du XuChen said that the Omega’s probably not legal and that Lu
XingCi forced himself onto the Omega. If he really did force himself onto the
Omega then that’s illegal…”
In today’s society, the proportion of the ABO three sexes is roughly 3:6:1.
Omegas are naturally rare so to protect them there have been strict laws
implemented to prevent any from being harmed.

Duan JiaYan felt his grogginess from the morning disperse. Raising his head, he
noticed that Lu XingCi’s seat was empty.

Song Yi heard Duan JiaYan say, “Lu XingCi didn’t tell you anything?”

“Tell me what?”

Duan JiaYan saw how lost Song Yi looked and was sure that Song Yi did not
know that his scent blockers were used by Duan JiaYan himself yesterday. He
thought back and realised that he was so focused on heading to the hospital that
he did not discuss with Lu XingCi about where it was okay to tell others about
him being an Omega.

And so Lu XingCi did not tell anyone.

Does this count as him… being protected?

“Where’s he?”

“I’ve no idea, I think he went out.”

Duan JiaYan made a noise in affirmation. Standing up, he made his way to the
Sports class.
Class Ten was situated in the corridor on the far left, while the physical ed class
was on the far right. Duan JiaYan headed straight for the back door of the Sports
class.

This was where Du XuChen’s seat was located. He barely reached the class and
he could already hear Du XuChen joking around with his classmates. He was
very loud.

“Lu XingCi made a stupid mistake this time. He still dared to fool around in
school, so what if he has his family to protect him, this matter will not be able to
be smoothed over so easily.” A male student turned to talk to a girl beside him,
“You Omegas have a forum right? A forum used by the top few schools in Ning
City, why not post this on the forum?”

The girl hesitated.

Last night Du XuChen even went so far as to send a series of messages related
to this event. This morning she saw Du XuChen delete his friends from his
contacts, as if afraid of being caught.

Since she also didn’t want to get in trouble, she replied ambiguously, “Let’s wait
a minute, isn’t this matter still being investigated?”

“What are we still waiting for? The whole cohort knows he locked someone in the
toilet with him. The teacher has even said that there were remnants of Omega
pheromones in the toilet,” Du XuChen said with a smack of his lips. “But we
can’t really put the blame solely on Lu XingCi. That Omega is really too lewd, not
even using his inhibitors or scent blockers, isn’t he just waiting for someone to
screw him?”

The girl frowned, not pleased by what she heard, “Sometimes it’s difficult for an
Omega to control their pheromones. Is that what you all think?”
Du XuChen saw that she was upset and rushed to coax her, “No I don’t mean it
like that. There are many different types of Omegas. You and that guy are not
the same. His kind…”

He gleefully said with a wave of a hand, “He’s just asking to be screwed.”

The moment he said that, the back door of the classroom was kicked open.

Du XuChen’s seat was right next to the back door and so he was hit hard when
the door swung open. He staggered off his chair, almost falling onto the floor. He
turned around, wanting to ask which idiot decided to open the door with so
much strength when he saw Duan JiaYan standing by the door.

Duan JiaYan grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and pulled hard. Du XuChen
ended up being pulled by him out of the classroom. Putting aside the fact that Lu
XingCi is able to move him around, it was more than embarrassing to have a
Beta like Duan JiaYan pull him along so easily, especially when it was in front of
so many people.

Duan JiaYan saw how hard he was struggling and let go. The moment he was let
go, Du XuChen immediately shouted, “Fuck! Duan JiaYan are you crazy?”

Duan JiaYan took a chair from the back of the class and swung it towards Du
XuChen’s head. Du XuChen was stunned, he could feel a warm liquid flowing
down his face. The pain came a moment later and it was only then that he
realised he was bleeding.

Everyone was in a daze.

At that moment, Lu XingCi happened to be leaving the teacher’s office and

witnessed what was happening. Duan JiaYan tossed the chair aside and glared at
Du XuChen who had just gotten a beating. The boy looked absolutely furious, his
smile not reaching his eyes.
“I’m that Omega that you said is just waiting around to be screwed by others,”
Duan JiaYan locked eyes with Du XuChen’s look of utter disbelief. He asked in a
cold voice, “Tell me, do I look like I’m waiting to be screwed?”

Author’s notes:

I can’t answer this question, Xiao Lu will answer this.

宁城 – I previously typed it as Ning Cheng, will be translating it as Ning City from

now on.

T/N: Duan JiaYan is no damsel in distress, he’ll fight his own battles. \O/

Also, they’re not even together and Lu XingCi is already protecting Duan JiaYan
aaaaa
Chapter 5 – Teacher’s Office : You have
something
The corridor fell into a moment of silence.

It took a while for people to slowly react, the murmur of quiet whispers slowly
filled the air. Du XuChen stared with his mouth agape, unable to say anything.

If Duan JiaYan really is an Omega, then he’ll be losing even more face. He is an
Alpha after all, but not only was he pulled around by an Omega, he was even hit
in the head by one.

“Damn it,” he held back the anger in his heart and rebutted. “How are you in
any way an Omega…”

Before he could complete his sentence, he was hoisted up by Duan JiaYan and
swung him in the direction of a wall.

Du XuChen could feel his pupils constrict as he was about to be slammed against
the wall. Just then he was pulled by Duan JiaYan who pressed a hand on his
neck with his other hand grabbing his hair.

“Which part of me isn’t?” Duan JiaYan chuckled beside his ear. “Weren’t you just
saying that I was very lewd? Sigh, Du XuChen, you gave me such high praise,
are you secretly in love with me?”

His voice was very quiet, but because the corridor was so quiet, almost everyone
heard what he just said.

Someone in the crowd couldn’t hold it in and burst out laughing.

Du XuChen was so angry that his whole face turned red. Originally when he
heard Duan JiaYan call himself an Omega, he thought that he wouldn’t dare
retaliate but who would’ve known that Duan JiaYan will act like such a crazy
person. Du XuChen was furious, he struggled while shouting, “Get lost! Duan
JiaYan you better stop fooling around with me.”

He had just finished saying his sentence when his head got slammed into the
wall by Duan JiaYan. Du XuChen was already hit in the head by Duan JiaYan and
this slam nearly made him pass out from the pain. For a split second, he thought
that someone should come and teach this lunatic a good lesson.

Duan JiaYan saw Du XuChen’s ugly expression and was prepared to slam his
head against the wall a second time when someone from behind him grabbed his
wrist. The boy behind him smelled very clean, like the first drops of snow in
winter. Duan JiaYan subconsciously took a step back and accidentally hit the
boy’s hard chest muscles.

“The teacher’s about to be here,” Lu XingCi said. “Stop fighting.”

Duan JiaYan twisted his wrist but did not manage to get Lu XingCi to release him.
Lu XingCi’s strength was terrifying, Duan JiaYan was held tightly in his grasp and
could only give up.

“What’s going on here?! What are you guys doing? What are you young ones
tossing around?” The sophomore level head shouted as he made his way
through the crowd.

Du XuChen was breathing heavily after he was released by Duan JiaYan. When
he noticed that Duan JiaYan was distracted by the level head and was looking
particularly vulnerable, his expression changed and he surreptitiously peeked at
the chair that was thrown to the side.

Just as he was about to pick it up, someone came forward and kicked the chair
away.
“Still want to cause trouble?” Lu XingCi said above the sound of the chair
screeching on the ground. “Stop looking for trouble for yourself.”

His gaze with chilling and coupled with his tall stature, he looked especially
intimidating. Du XuChen quietly kept his hand back.

The level head was furious when he saw what had happened. Swallowing down
his anger, he looked at Lu XingCi, hesitation appeared in his eyes. He really did
not know how to handle this.

“You’re also involved in this?”

“He didn’t do anything,” Duan JiaYan hurriedly answered. “It was just Du
XuChen and me fighting.”

Lu XingCi swept his gaze in Duan JiaYan’s direction.

After asking a series of questions, and confirming that the fight only involved
Duan JiaYan and Du XuChen did the level head release his breath and bring the
both of them to his office.

Zhao MinJun never would have thought that she’ll be seeing Duan JiaYan so
soon.

She had previously brought Lu XingCi in for questioning. After teaching him for a
year, she naturally did not believe that Lu XingCi did as the messages claimed
and forced himself on an Omega but as investigations were still ongoing, she
had to bring him in to ask some questions.

According to Lu XingCi, a classmate had an accident and he was just passing a

scent blocker to him. When he was explaining, every teacher in the office could
hear him but when Zhao MinJun asked for the name of the student, Lu XingCi
lowered his voice and told her a name quietly.
After getting over her shock when she found out that the student was Duan
JiaYan, she initially wanted to call him and pressure him to come to school since
this matter had gotten pretty big. She’s even heard that Du XuChen wanted to
report this matter to the police, so it was better to get everyone involved
together to sort the matter out, the earlier the better.

However Lu XingCi stopped her, stating how Duan JiaYan had just presented,
and maybe was not feeling too well so even if he can’t make it to school today,
there is always tomorrow.

Since Lu XingCi seemed so relaxed about everything, Zhao MinJun pretty much
already believed everything he said. She also felt that Duan JiaYan should not be
feeling too well since he was a newly presented Omega and should not have too
much energy to do much. So she was stunned when she saw Duan JiaYan being
brought into the office by the level head, as well as Du XuChen who seemed to
have a head injury.

Du XuChen’s injury was still bleeding and the teachers had originally wanted to
bring him to the hospital. But the brat kept resisting and insisted that his wound
was not deep. He just slapped two band-aids on himself and insisted on making
his statement here if not he wouldn’t go to the hospital.

Du XuChen and Duan JiaYan each recounted what happened and roughly
managed to explain what exactly took place.

The teacher in charge of the sports class was called Wang and was a jovial
teacher. Duan JiaYan had also heard about how protective he was of his
students, and would frequently find ways to save them whenever they got in
trouble.

After listening to their explanation, Teacher Wang said, “So it was Duan JiaYan
that made the first move? No matter what, beating someone up is not right.”
Du XuChen immediately followed up, “I was just cracking a few jokes and next
thing I know, he was coming at me like some crazy person.”

After all, he was still a victim, the teachers all saw how miserable he looked and
after finding out that he didn’t retaliate at all throughout the whole fight, felt
that Duan JiaYan might have gone too far.

Du XuChen saw that the tides were going in his favour and continued, “Really,
Duan JiaYan you went too far this time. I was beaten up so badly by you that—”

“You’re still talking?” Duan JiaYan looked at his askance.

Du XuChen immediately stopped when he saw Duan JiaYan glaring at him. It

took him a moment to realise that they were still in the teacher’s office, and he’s
already safe. He wondered where did Duan JiaYan get his confidence from.

Zhao Min Jun frowned, “Why are you threatening him?”

Teacher Wang looked like he was on the verge of laughing, “Teacher Zhao, your
students sure have a big temper.”

Duan JiaYan: “He talked about me first.”

Zhao MinJun: “And what did he say? How bad was it? Was it worth getting into a
fight for?”

Duan JiaYan: “…”

Earlier, he was able to say the words Du XuChen said about him in front of other
students his age but once he’s in front of these group of teachers, he found that
he really couldn’t bring himself to say it out loud.
Just as everyone was at a stalemate, someone knocked on the office door.

“Come in.”

Lu XingCi and a female student made their way into the office.

Duan JiaYan found the student familiar, she might have been the Omega student
talking to Du XuChen earlier.

“Teacher Zhao, Teacher Wang, Du XuChen earlier said some pretty insulting
sentiments regarding Omegas,” Lu XingCi said and stepped aside, exposing the
female student to the gaze of everyone in the room. “Sun Meng can testify for
that.”

The teachers all initially thought that the students were just insulting each other
as students usually do, usually with just cuss words, which timately meant no
real harm. But if what were said involved insults to another person’s sex and
gender, then the situation becomes completely different. It’s outright
discrimination.

Teacher Wang was stunned. From the moment Lu XingCi came in, he didn’t
really dare protect Du XuChen any longer, so he directly asked the female
student, “Sun Meng, Du XuChen really said those kinds of words?”

The girl hesitated, “Yes he did, he said…really nasty things.”

The girl glanced at Lu XingCi who nodded at her, and as if her courage got
renewed, she continued, “It’s not just me. Ren Jue, Xu HaiBin and the rest also
heard it, as well as other students that were walking by. Du XuChen was indeed
talking about Duan JiaYan and it was because Duan JiaYan overheard thats why
they started fighting.”
Lu XingCi handed over a mobile phone, on its screen was a screenshot, “Du
XuChen posted a long message on his social media account yesterday, and on
the post it mentioned several things…”

He trailed off, letting the teachers read the screenshot for themselves.

Teacher Zhao and Teacher Wang both took a good look at the screenshot and
frowned.

The message carried a joking tone, with Du XuChen claiming that the school’s
prince is doing unspeakable things in the school’s washroom. He also mentioned
about the Omega that met an accident in the toilet, his words carrying a heavy
sexual undertone.

Although no names were mentioned, it was clear that the ‘prince’ in the message
was referring to Lu XingCi.

Du XuChen looked at the screenshot on the phone in disbelief. He had clearly

deleted the post after he was reminded by a friend and he also did not add Lu
XingCi as a friend, so how did he get that screenshot?

It was then that the teacher who was sent to investigate the situation came back.

“I’m done checking. The two students are from Teacher Zhao’s class and they
entered the bathroom, one after another, all within the span of a few minutes…”

With that, what exactly happened could not have been more clear.

Lu XingCi was completely dragged into this whole situation and was innocent.
Zhao MinJun breathed a sigh of relief. If Lu XingCi was really involved in this, the
Lu family will definitely exert pressure over the school and then she will have to
face pressures from both sides.
After a discussion among the teachers, and getting the students opinion, they
ultimately decided to give a warning and punished both of them to write a three
thousand words reflection essay, and have to apologise to each other.

After Du XuChen stuffily apologised to Duan JiaYan, it was Duan JiaYan’s turn to
apologise.

Duan JiaYan looked at him for a long time before slowly saying, “Oh I’m sorry
that I hit you too hard and injured you.”

His apology felt very fake but considering his identity as an Omega, and thinking
about the harm that Duan JiaYan had suffered, Zhao MinJun decided to let it
slide and not talk about it. She did not expect that Lu XingCi will join in as well.

“I’m also in the wrong,” Lu XingCi said to Du XuChen. “I should have stopped
him earlier. You might have been hurt a little less if I did.”

Duan JiaYan was happy when he heard that and tried his best to hide his smile
in front of the teachers, he quickly added, “That’s right, why didn’t you stop me
earlier?”

The corners of Lu XingCi’s lips lifted a little in a smile.

This person, he was naturally born with a lofty appearance and sense of distance
to others. Even his apologies felt insincere.

Indeed, Lu XingCi’s ability to anger someone did not disappoint Duan JiaYan,
“This was the first time I saw an Omega beating an Alpha to the point where he
could not retaliate. I was too shocked to react.”

As he said his sentence, he even gave a few pats to Du XuChen’s shoulder. The
latter seemed to be trembling in anger.
“I apologise. Please be magnanimous about this.”

He spoke truthfully but the sentence “Please be magnanimous about this.” felt
like he was indirectly insulting Du XuChen.

After they left the teacher’s office, Duan JiaYan walked by Lu XingCi’s side as
they made their way back to class. This was the first time he thought that the
other person was pleasing to look at.

“Why did that girl suddenly agree to help me? Also that screenshot in your
phone, how did you get it?”

“Sun Meng’s character is good, she saw how you were pulled into the teacher’s
office and came to find me. The screenshot was sent to me by someone
yesterday,” Lu XingCi said, the smile on his lips deepened a little, as if thinking
that the way Du XuChen dug his own grave was particularly amusing. “I’d never
thought he’ll do himself in like this.”

The bottom line was, even if Du XuChen did not get into any trouble today, Lu
XingCi still had no intentions of letting him go.

Duan JiaYan suddenly felt that the guy beside him was a little terrifying. But only
for a brief moment as he recalled how angry Du XuChen got over Lu XingCi’s
words and couldn’t stop his laughter.

“I have to say Class President,” Duan JiaYan said. “You really are something.”

Not waiting for Lu XingCi’s response, he added, “This time I don’t owe you
anything anymore.”

“?”
“You didn’t tell Song Yi that the one who needed the scent blockers and
inhibitors was me right? You also did not tell anybody else. Actually I don’t really
care if I’m an Omega or Beta, but I’m also not dumb, I knew you were doing it
for me,” Duan JiaYan saw that the other party was looking at him with a slightly
stunned expression and thought to himself, ‘I’m not that ignorant okay?’

He coughed, “Anyway, I beat him up, so this time everyone knows that he’s the
one spouting nonsense.”

He went directly to beat the person up just now. Other than to relieve his anger
and disgust, he also intended for the matter to blow up, because he knew that
even if the teachers were aware of what happened, there is bound to be
students who will continue to gossip behind their backs.

So with the incident blown up, those who were listening in to the gossip will also
know that Du XuChen is the real butt of the joke here.

“No need to thank you. After all I love to help others and if you really want to
thank me then the next time Jiang QiNian gives you a cup of milk tea, please
reject her and send her my way.”

“You’re chasing after Jiang QiNian?” They were almost reaching Class Nine. Lu
XingCi saw Duan JiaYan nodding his head. “She didn’t accept you? Her standards
must be pretty good then.”

Duan JiaYan took a while to process what Lu XingCi said and gritted his teeth as
he walked up to him, “Are you—” asking for a beating–?

Before he could finish his sentence, Lu XingCi opened the door to their classroom.

The teacher in charge of the lesson frowned as he shouted at Duan JiaYan,

“What are you screaming around for? Duan JiaYan, answer this question now.”
Duan JiaYan, “…”

Lu XingCi, this person, is really fucking sly.

Author notes:

Today we have Xiao Lu who’s cleaning up his wife’s mess.

T/N: LOL Du XuChen stood no chance against the both of them.

Hope you all enjoy this chapter! I’ll be back next week with another. ^^/ (Or
maybe earlier if my schedule permits)
Chapter 6 – Playing Basketball : That waist
Duan JiaYan’s grades have always been near the bottom, so the question on the
board was really beyond Duan JiaYan’s scope of knowledge. He dumbly stood by
the blackboard for around three minutes before the math teacher shot him an
exasperated look and sighed.

“Go back and sit down.”

And so Duan JiaYan just quietly made his way back to sit down.

Just as he was sitting down, Song Yi immediately came up to him and said, “My
ancestor! What were you and the class monitor doing yesterday? How did the
both of you end up together?”

Earlier when he saw Duan JiaYan silently leave the classroom, he thought he
was just heading to the washroom. Who knew that after ten minutes, She ChiLie
would send him a whole row of exclamation marks, Class Ten and Holding Up Yi
Zhong’s Sky chat groups also exploded.

Both the groups were frantically discussing how Duan JiaYan had slammed Du
XuChen against the wall, and how the Omega who was engaging in some
ambiguous activities with Lu XingCi was also Duan JiaYan…

Duan JiaYan!

Song Yi silently swore in his heart. It’s just been a night since they saw each
other and his good brother’s suddenly a different gender? Then from now on is it
okay for him to call Duan JiaYan his sister?

“Want to know how I became an Omega? Want to know what Lu XingCi and I
were doing in the washroom? Want to know what happened to Du XuChen?”
Song Yi was so curious he could die.

Duan JiaYan, “Then help me write my three thousand word reflection essay.”

Song Yi, “…”

Duan JiaYan, “When you’re done, Xiao Duan will tell you a story.”

Song Yi, “…Get lost.”

The bell rang, signifying the end of the class. Duan JiaYan’s phone began to
violently vibrate. He glanced at it and saw that Song Yi has added him into a
new chat group. Looking up, he saw that the group’s name was Holding Up Yi
Zhong’s Sky.

[Welcome new person!!]

[Is this a transfer student? Why’s there an O suddenly joining the group chat
now?]

[Welcome little cutie!]

Song Yi, [It’s Duan JiaYan.]

The group chat was silent for a long while before it suddenly exploded.

[Brother Duan!!! I’m so grateful for you brother Duan!!!! Luckily the Omega that
got together with Lu XingCi is you!!!]
[I felt so relieved once I heard your name, our Lu Lu didn’t betray mum after
all!!!]

[Really, Grandfather Duan gave me a sense of security I’ve never felt before.
He’s made me believe that even if he’s slept with the school’s hottie, they can
still maintain a pure relationship between classmates the next morning.]

In his heart, Duan JiaYan thought that this was all nonsense, what brother or
grandfather. But this group of Omegas are extremely passionate and Duan
JiaYan didn’t want to sound too rude so he replied with a “Thank you?”

[Even a thank you can sound so gallant. How worthy of Yi Zhong’s tyrant.]

“Fuck,” Duan JiaYan laughed. “Everyone in your group is really something.”

“Everyone in our group,” Song Yi corrected. “You’re also an Omega now.

Presenting when you’re sixteen to seventeen, your puberty sure came a little
late.”

For most high school students, physical education class is usually the most
highly anticipated lesson for the week.

The autumn sun is shining so brightly that it makes one lazy so after running for
a few rounds, the physical ed teacher gave the students some free and easy
time to do what they want.

Chen Yue wanted to go play soccer and since Lu XingCi had nothing better to do,
they gathered a few other boys from the class to go take a soccer ball from the
storeroom.
The number of boys that usually play soccer is typically lesser than the ones who
prefer to play other sports like basketball and badminton. Just as Lu XingCi was
about to pick up the soccer ball, two students came in, chattering as they
walked.

“Class Ten and the Sports Class1 really got into a fight?”

“Du XuChen really knows how to push himself. His head injury just got better
and he’s already rushing to play basketball with others.”

“He’s probably just trying to save some face. After all, he was just beaten up by
Duan JiaYan a few days ago, he probably couldn’t show his face anywhere after
that…”

Lu XingCi’s hands paused. After a few seconds, he still ended up scooping up the
white soccer ball into his arms and made his way out of the storeroom. At the
basketball court, he could see Duan JiaYan and Du XuChen who seemed to be in
some kind of confrontation, their match seemed to not started yet.

Yi Zhong High School has a big area, nevermind the sports hall and basketball
court, even the sports field has a giant soccer court.

Just then, Chen Yue saw Lu XingCi heading out of the storeroom and waved at
him, calling him over to join the crowd.

“They’re just done placing their bets, the losing team will have to go to the flag
podium and do a square dance2,” once the bet was brought up, Chen Yue felt
that this move by Duan JiaYan was was such a bad one. “Duan JiaYan has a lot
of quirky ideas but if our class really loses, he’ll have to go and do a dance.”

Zhou Xing Chen who was also looking from the side said, “Disregarding
everything else, performing a square dance is definitely flashy.”
The news of the bet spread fast and many students rushed over. Soon the crowd
consisted of students from not only Class Ten and the Sports Class, but also
other students who have caught wind of the bet between Duan JiaYan and Du
XuChen. These two names have been at the top of every student discussion
board nowadays, who would have thought that the pair would clash again so
soon.

Their clash this time sounds like it’ll be quite a show.

As they were chattering, the atmosphere in the basketball court grew more
fervent. The guys in the Sports Class were all tall and muscular, out of the five
students on the court, two were in the school’s sports team.

The guys in Class Ten were also by no means weak, they played well with Duan
JiaYan and were mostly kids who used money to enter Class Ten. So while they
were not particularly inclined to studying, they all adept at gaming and sports.

Truth be told, this game is looking very interesting.

They had agreed to play four rounds, if they couldn’t determine a winner within
the four rounds, they’ll play an extra five minutes to find a winner.

The strongest in the sports class was a dark-skinned boy. Despite his tall stature,
his reaction was still incredibly fast. Meanwhile, in Class Ten, the best player was
undeniably Duan JiaYan, his speed in shooting hoops were shockingly fast. With
just a toss of his hand, the ball will fall into the hoop with startling accuracy. The
crowd was going wild.

Both sides were going neck and neck, with neither side giving way to the other.
At the last few minutes, Duan JiaYan got hold of the ball and without hesitation
threw it towards the hoop successfully.

It was a three-pointer, pulling their score even higher.

“My God,” Chen Yue couldn’t resist saying. “That was too much. He suddenly
became so cool.”

Lu XingCi gave an ‘en’ and looked towards Duan JiaYan who was surrounded by
a number of boys on the court. Successfully winning the first round, everyone
was excited.

Chen Yue animatedly said, “I say, during our freshman year, if only he took part
in the basketball competition. Our class wouldn’t have lost the first place to the
Sports Class.”

Zhou XingChen sighed, “He’s only so-so.”

Chen Yue, “Don’t lie with your eyes wide open. Disregarding everything else, his
skills with the ball are really good.”

Chen Yue, Zhou XingChen and Lu XingCi were the main forces for their class in
the freshman basketball competition. The sports committee member originally
wanted to get Duan JiaYan into the team too but the moment he heard that he
had to play alongside Lu XingCi, he immediately rejected.

Chen Yue seemed to really have gotten into the fiery mood of the competition
and have forgotten the animosity between Duan JiaYan and the two guys sitting
beside him.

He took a bottle of water and said to Lu XingCi while drinking, “Xiao Duan is
definitely worthy of being someone that has had a special toilet experience with
you. That way he plays with the ball is just so–”

For a moment he couldn’t think of an appropriate word to use, just as he was

thinking of drinking a sip of water, Lu XingCi raised his hand and quietly lifted
Chen Yue’s bottle of water.
Water quickly flowed out. Unable to react in time, Chen Yue ended up choking
on the water.

Chen Yue could not stop coughing, raising his pale face, he said, “Lu-dog…cough
cough, why did you want to harm me?”

“You’re pretty amazing, you can go write a novel already.” Lu XingCi stared at
Chen Yue’s pitiful face, the corner of his lips hooking up a little. “Special toilet
experience?”

“…” In his heart, Chen Yue was thinking that Lu XingCi this dog is getting more
difficult to get along with.

The second round has started.

Because they took the first round, Class Ten was feeling pretty good.

Chen Yue and Zhou XingChen were spectating by the side and would chime in
with their own comments every now and then.

Chen Yue, “Du XuChen is pretty good, passing the ball to him is equivalent to
feeding our class’s basket.”

Zhou XingChen, “And that Guard on their team, letting him on the court is such
a crime.”

Chen Yue, “I feel that this match is pretty stable.”

Zhou XingChen, “More or less stable, yes.”

Just as the two were done talking, the tanned boy knocked into Class Ten’s
Small Forward just as he was trying to dribble the ball across him.

The boy fell down and sat on the floor, curling up while he covered his knee.

The move from Hei Pi3 was considered a foul and someone softly mentioned that
he saw Hei Pi purposely knocking into the Small Forward’s stomach with his
elbow. The atmosphere between the two classes immediately turned sour.

Someone from Class Ten shoved at Hei Pi, “That was on purpose, wasn’t it?
Looking for trouble?”

“You have a problem,” Hei Pi said while pointing at his eyes. “Me, looking for
trouble? I had only accidentally knocked into that classmate over there.”

The knee of the boy who was knocked down had turned purple, and was still
bleeding. He could not even walk at the moment, much less continue playing the
game.

Duan JiaYan looked at the situation the boy was in and laughed, “An accident?”

Though his laugh was beautiful, it carried a chilling air, as if he was strongly
holding back his anger.

Once the school tyrant laughs, everyone knows something is about to happen.

“Duan JiaYan,” the boy who was knocked down suddenly piped up. “I’m alright.
Don’t go fighting them. They’re just looking for an excuse to cause a scene.”

Just a few days ago he got into trouble with Du XuChen, if Duan JiaYan was to
get into another fight now, even Zhao MinJun wouldn’t be able to help him.
Hei Pi continued talking, “Don’t go accusing us just like that. You guys are
flattering yourselves too much, it’s just a basketball match after all–”

“You, leave this court,” Duan JiaYan said coldly. “Get someone else up here.”

“My brother, there’s no need to go that far right?”

Duan JiaYan did not reply to that.

Hei Pi locked eyes with him, snorted derisively and turned around, leaving the
court.

The Small Forward was unable to continue playing and so the match was
temporarily stopped to allow both sides to change their players. Song Yi say that
they were lacking a member and came forward, “Xiao Duan, why don’t I join?”

Song Yi’s basketball skills were still passable, he usually also played as the Small
Forward, but it was just that his physique was lacking a little, and reaction speed
was also not particularly fast.

Duan JiaYan took a look at the Sports Class, as he was leaving Hei Pi also called
the Guard who wasn’t performing as well as he should off the court, switching
both him and the Guard with two new students. The line up was exactly the
same as their freshman basketball competition.

Duan JiaYan didn’t really want to let Song Yi join the match only to get bullied
but if he didn’t let Song Yi join, he really couldn’t think of anyone else that could
help.

As he was mulling over this, someone walked up to him and picked up the
basketball on the ground.
“I’ll replace him,” Lu XingCi said.

Sounds of heavy chatter could be heard from the crowd. Once they say Lu
XingCi going up, even the girls who were leaving once the school bell rang came
running back.

It’s a miracle.

The school’s idol and tyrant are actually teaming up to play basketball together.

Seeing Lu XingCi step up, the boys of Class Ten some had happy looks on their
faces, while some shot worried glances towards Duan JiaYan. Everyone was
aware of Lu XingCi’s capabilities, but they just weren’t sure if Duan JiaYan will
agree to play together with him.

Under the anticipatory gazes of his teammates, Duan JiaYan suddenly said, “You
do know that we have to do a Square Dance if we lose right? Doing it in front of
everyone is very embarrassing.”

“I know,” Lu XingCi passed the ball towards him, signalling for him to start the
match. “I have no plans to do the dance.”

So calm and yet so arrogant.

Duan JiaYan chuckled, bouncing the ball on the ground a few times. The Sports
Class saw that the newest member of the opponent’s team was already taunting
them and wanted to retort, only to realise that it was Lu XingCi, so they could
only grit their teeth and hold their temper in.

Hei Pi, who was sitting outside the court, said, “Lu-ge, just because you play
well, doesn’t mean your teammates can do the same. This is a team sport after
all.”
As the boys in the sports class were laughing at that remark, Lu XingCi pointed
out, “My teammate has already made you step off the court. You tell me if he’s
good or not?”

“…”

And so the match continues.

Although Duan JiaYan and Lu XingCi’s individual strengths were very high, both
of them have never played together before and so, have no tacit understanding
with each other. On the other hand, the situation on the other team is
completely different. They were probably also provoked by Duan JiaYan’s earlier
actions that’s why the members that got swapped onto the court ended up being
all from the school team.

One of the guys from the Sports Class’ three-pointers were particularly good, it
was as if he could score from any angle. The scores between the two teams
were originally neck and neck, but in the last minute, that guy scored one last
three-pointer, pulling the Sports Class’ score up by one.

The events of the first round seem to have been replayed, the only difference
was, the winning team was swapped around.

The Sports Class let out a series of celebratory shouts. Just as everyone was
thinking that the round will end with the Sport Class’ victory, Duan JiaYan
managed to get the ball from the opponent team’s Guard, turned around and
quickly made his way to the Sport Class’ basket.

Du XuChen almost laughed when he saw it. His position was in Class Ten’s
three-point line but he was too lazy to even run towards his own team’s hoop.

With this little time left, Duan JiaYan is still planning to blindly hope to score, he
really thinks he can create a miracle?
Duan JiaYan turned and dribbled the ball across several guys who were chasing
after him, only stopping when the opponent’s Center came right in front of him.

The Center was one of the members that just joined the match and was very
skilled in blocking. If he rashly chose to move past him with the ball, it’s highly
likely that he’ll end up getting blocked.

Duan JiaYan was a little anxious. At this critical moment, his choice will
determine which team ends up victorious this round. He swept his eyes across
the court and found that his other teammates had been left behind by him, only
Lu XingCi had managed to keep up with his rhythm.

Should he pass the ball to Lu XingCi?

Can he trust him?

“Hey!”

With that cry, Duan JiaYan passed the ball to Lu XingCi. Lu XingCi also had guys
blocking him but in a flash, he managed to dodge and avoid all of them, directly
rushing towards the hoop to dunk the ball.

Because of his momentum, Lu XingCi ended up rushing past the court. Just then,
the ball was thrown at a difficult angle by him from behind the board towards
the hoop.

Under the gaze of everyone, the ball was thrown forward where it was knocked
into the hoop and rolled down aggressively.
It was an unbelievable score from behind the backboard.

What a show.

That ball was worth two points, reversing the situation. Somebody then shouted
out, “Time’s up!”

The crowd immediately surged, even those who had no idea about basketball
knew that Lu XingCi’s actions single-handedly won Class Ten the round.

The boys in Class Ten were laughing happily, “Our Lu-ge is amazing isn’t he!”

Without waiting for the other guys’ response, a few girls by the side started
screaming, “Amazing~! Very very amazing! Our class monitor is so handsome
aaaaaaaa!”

Chen Yue cracked up and purposely raised his voice, “Lu-dog is so spectacular!
He’s good at both sports and working as a team, won’t you teach me some tips?”

After saying this, another round of laughter came. The Sports Class, on the
other hand, did not look so good, especially Hei Pi whose expression was looking
particularly ugly.

After playing for two consecutive rounds, everybody stopped to take a break.
Chen Yue originally wanted to ask Lu XingCi if he wanted to drink some water or
not, but before he could head over, Duan JiaYan already came over with an
unopened bottle of water.

“Here, MVP,” Duan JiaYan really had a lot of respect for Lu XingCi’s earlier
buzzer-beater. “That shot earlier was amazing.”
Chen Yue was still in shock at how Duan JiaYan gave a bottle of water to Lu
XingCi when he heard Lu XingCi’s response, “Your turns were also not bad.”

Duan JiaYan didn’t understand Lu XingCi, but Chen Yue did, and he knew just
how difficult it was to get a single praise out of that man.

Duan JiaYan clearly did not know anything about humility, “It was alright I guess,
that’s how I normally play.”

As he said it, Duan JiaYan casually brought the collar of his t-shirt up to clean his
sweat. Because of that, the bottom hem of his shirt rode up, exposing a thin and
smooth looking waistline.

Lu XingCi glanced at him.

The waist that the boy exposed had tight, solid-looking muscles.

It looked so fair.

Author notes:

Lu Lu, is that nice to look at?

I previously called them the Physical Education class, will be changing it to

Sports Class from now on.

Square Dance is an exercise routine performed in plazas or parks. You’ll typically

see older Chinese women doing it. You can watch a video of it here!

The author never really gave him a name and ‘Hei Pi’ is the name used to refer
to this guy for the whole novel even though it was originally the word used to
describe him. So I’ll be calling him by this from now.
T/N: This chapter was so difficult to translate sjkhgkl all the basketball terms. I
apologise if any of them sound awkward.

Anyways, December is looking to be a pretty busy month for me but I will try
my best to keep to a weekly upload schedule!

Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. LXC’s thirst is starting to show ahaha
Chapter 7 – Threat : Your mouth is so thoughtful
Class Ten got the match point, all they had to do was win the next round and
the entire match will be over.

After the third round started, perhaps it was because of the disparity in the
scores but the sports class was getting a little impatient, with many moves not
executed well.

On the other side, because of that last shot in the previous round, Duan JiaYan
felt that he actually has quite a bit of chemistry with Lu XingCi, their level of
cooperation got better as the match went on, resulting in the difference between
the scores to increase exponentially.

The atmosphere on the court was getting tenser.

Unlike their explosive confrontation at the start, the Sports Class felt that they
could actually lose this match and their actions got more desperate, with Du
XuChen’s being the most obvious.

Even if he had to miss the ball, he’s determined to make things difficult for Duan
JiaYan.

When playing basketball, it is very normal to collide with other players but to do
it as much as Du XuChen, Duan JiaYan could clearly see that the other guy was
out to get him.

It’s just a pity that his speed was too slow, Duan JiaYan only had to pay a little
more attention to his actions and he could easily avoid him.

With one last rebound, the round was over.

“44 – 23”

What a massacre.

“Aaaaa! My brothers in the Sports Class,” Chen Yue, who was sitting outside the
basketball court, cried out. “The square dance on the flag-raising podium?”

A few of the students from the Sports Class were still devasted at the result of
the match, and after hearing someone still asking for them to go perform the
Square Dance, one by one slowly revealed an apprehensive expression. They
clearly were reluctant to hold onto their end of the deal.

Seeing how the other side wanted to renege on their promise, the boys in Class
Ten were clearly unhappy, “You dare to challenge us but don’t dare fulfil your
end of the bet? You think you guys are masters even though you lost?”

“Weren’t you guys pretty adamant before?” It wasn’t sure who shouted out Hei
Pi’s name, “Jiang Lin, what happened to your class?”

“That’s right, you aren’t the type to run away from a promise right Jiang Lin?”

Boys all have a certain level of self-esteem, especially Hei Pi, who is what one
might consider a typical boy in society, with a strong sense of dedication and
righteousness. When he heard the other side calling him by his name, he felt
that they were respecting him and giving him face.

“Let’s dance,” Hep Pi gritted his teeth, looking towards his side of the court.
“Previously we agreed to the bet in front of so many people, let’s not make an
ass of ourselves.”

The boys in the Sports Class all looked ashen, especially when they overheard
Duan JiaYan and Lu XingCi discussing whether to play ‘My Wife is the Best’ or
‘Seven Beautiful Celestial Fairies’. They were all shocked at Duan JiaYan’s crude
song choices.

Lu XingCi couldn’t help laughing when he saw Duan JiaYan’s choice of songs, “I
don’t really know these songs, you choose the song instead.”

Duan JiaYan had a really black heart. Looking left and right, he felt that since it
was a Square Dance, these boys can still shamelessly try to weasel their way out
of performing by saying that they can’t dance so he thought of an idea, “Why
don’t you guys go follow the girls over there dancing aerobics, you have to
properly learn the moves!”

He pointed in the direction of a freshman class’s physical ed lesson. A group of

female students were currently dancing along to the music played by their
teacher, it was actually quite refreshing.

But asking these group of tall burly guys to twist their waists, twirl their arms,
and spin around in circles was just frightening.

“Once you’ve correctly mastered the moves, you can come down from the
podium. Those that have not can continue following their dance, till the song is
over,” Chen Yue piped in. After his suggestion was raised, the other boys in
Class Ten readily agreed to it.

This time, as a way to end this humiliating experience faster, those who were
planning to lazily follow along to the dance had no choice but to properly follow
the dance.

“Hei Pi! Brother Hei Pi’s dancing is not bad!”

“I think so too! His dancing can be compared to those at the national level!”
Duan JiaYan lazily sat like an emperor by a tree. After hearing the others say
that, he generously nodded his head, his actions were frankly asking for a
beating, “Then Jiang Lin can come down first.”

Hei Pi released his breath.

After him, a few students were also pardoned from dancing, and could leave the
aerobics team. All the way till the end, though it wasn’t sure if Class Ten did it
on purpose, only Du XuChen was left.

Previously when there were still other students it was still okay, but now that
there was only Du XuChen, watching him follow the female students with their
dance felt like one was watching a play.

Class Ten was trying its best to hold in their laughter, even the Sports Class was
having trouble holding in their laughs.

Someone chortled, ”God damn it, this is too funny.”

“Du XuChen is pretty funny, his basketball skills are also horrible.”

“Fuck, why did I decide to help him play basketball…”

Chen Yue saw Lu XingCi using his phone by the side and made his way over,
“Lu-dog, what are you doing?”

“Nothing much,” Lu XingCi said.

He looked towards Du XuChen, the latter had already finished the dance and was
making his way down. Because he had probably figured out that he was being
deliberately targeted by Duan JiaYan, the gaze he levelled at the guy was
discomforting.
After everyone dispersed, Lu XingCi told Chen Yue he’ll make his way back to
class by himself, and told Chen Yue to make a move first.

After taking a look, he made his way to where Du XuChen was.

Du XuChen had headed to the washroom. As lessons were still going on, the
sinks were all empty. Hearing footsteps behind him, Du XuChen turned around
to see who it was, a jolt of fear stabbed through him, “Lu-ge?”

“I want to talk to you about something.”

Du XuChen was a little confused, “About what?”

Lu XingCi held his phone out in front of him, on the screen was Du XuChen’s
performance from earlier. He probably only started filming towards the end as
Du XuChen was the only one in the video. His dumb-looking actions coupled with
the aerobics music resulted in a pretty funny video.

Du XuChen instinctively reached out to snatch the phone.

As if anticipating the move, Lu XingCi drew his hand back, easily avoiding him.

Du XuChen saw that his sneak attack failed, and not daring to continue fighting
with Lu XingCi, quickly changed his attitude.

“Delete it alright, Lu-ge,” Du XuChen said with a slight small. “There’s no point
in you keeping that video, funny videos are a dime a dozen. If you like to watch
that, I’ll send you another video later. We haven’t added each other as friends
yet. Aren’t we considered acquaintances already, why not add each other and
we can continue chatting…”
“Promise me one thing and I will delete this.”

“What thing? If it’s too difficult, I might not be able to do it too,” After hearing
that Lu XingCi was willing to delete the video, Du XuChen’s attitude got even
warmer. “Don’t be too hard on me ah. If it’s something even you can’t do, I’ll
definitely not be able to do it.”

“It’s not difficult,” Lu XingCi laughed. “After I delete this, don’t go looking for
trouble with Duan JiaYan.”

Du XuChen startled, opening and closing his mouth yet not saying anything.

Lu XingCi noted his hesitation and raised an eyebrow, “Too difficult for you?
Then I’ll hold on to this video. It is quite interesting, maybe I should share it
with a few others to spread the joy.”

If Lu XingCi really spreads this video around, his face will be utterly lost.

“No no no!” Du XuChen had always cared about his face, if not why would he
start a basketball fight with Class Ten. Lu XingCi had completely gotten hold of
his weakness. “The next time I see Duan JiaYan I’ll walk the other way. No, I’ll
run the other way, okay? I wouldn’t dare touch someone you’re protecting Ge.”

Lu XingCi nodded, he pressed his phone twice, “It’s deleted.”

“Lu-ge, are you able to…”

Lu XingCi looked at him, “Don’t believe me?”

Because he has single eyelids, his gaze looked exceptionally sharp.

Du XuChen was scared by his one glance and held back his tongue. He laughed
eagerly, “How can I? I just wanted to take a quick look to put myself at ease.”

Without a word, Lu XingCi took out his phone and showed his gallery to Du
XuChen.

The video was really deleted.

Du XuChen released his breath.

With the threat gone, his tightly wounded mental state could finally relax. He
thought in his heart that this young master was really a little too naive, he so
easily believed Du XuChen’s words. Although he wouldn’t dare touch Duan
JiaYan in front of everyone, if he did something behind his back…

Just as he was thinking about this, Lu XingCi patted him on the shoulder as he
made his way out. “Don’t forget what you promised me. If you forget, I’ll have
to find a way to make you remember. It’ll be troublesome for both of us.”

He didn’t know if Lu XingCi did it on purpose but the moment when his hands
landed on Du XuChen, he released an overwhelming amount of Alpha
pheromones. That moment of aggression was akin to throwing a bomb on Du
XuChen’s shoulder.

This need to oppress one another is natural among Alphas, as is their instinct to
go against one another. Out of respect, Alphas would usually put on scent
blockers daily.

Du XuChen saw white from Lu XingCi’s pheromone assault, and did not move an
inch till Lu XingCi was far away.

He did not know when it started but he realised his body was covered in cold
sweat
*

Lu XingCi made his way to Class Ten and saw that the students who had made
their way back before him were all miserably standing outside the classroom.
Each of them held onto a textbook and looked like they were meditating with it.

Lu XingCi realised that this was chemistry class.

The teacher in charge of this class had an explosive temper, and was harsh and
ruthless to his students. Seeing his classmates like this, it was likely that the
chemistry teacher had exiled them to outside the classroom.

Chen Yue saw him making his way over and waved the book in his hand,
“Teacher said that he originally wanted to use the time in class to review our
exercise books but since more than half the class was gone, it showed that we
only needed half an hour to do that. So if we aren’t done writing about these two
chapters by the time class is over, we’ll have to write down the knowledge notes
of these two chapters.”

Zhou XingChen was already resigned to his fate, “Which two chapters? Let me
see if it’s a lot to write or not.”

Lu XingCi knew that his teacher was irritable but he never thought he’d be this
irritable.

But after all, over twenty students in his class, both girls and guys, skipped his
class. Looking at the classroom from his table must have been like looking at the
empty gums on an old lady.

One look and he’ll be frustrated.

Looking at Lu XingCi turning all quiet, everyone ended up feeling bad from
dragging him into this, “Class monitor, you can try knocking on the door,
Teacher will definitely let you in.”

Even Duan JiaYan didn’t refute this suggestion.

Chen Yue had earlier taken out Lu XingCi’s exercise book as well. Flipping
through it, Lu XingCi said, “Chapters seven and eight right? By the end of the
lesson, I’ll be done with one chapter. For the other chapter, you guys can do
some research with your phones?”

Everyone was so god damned touched that they almost cried.

What is this strength? With one word he could give an incomparable sense of
security to everybody present.

This is the power of a genius.

Their exercise book was made by the chemistry teachers at Yi Zhong, every
chapter only had a few questions but the difficulty was high. It was almost
impossible to find the exact question online. One could only find a similar
question and work out the answers from there.

The students who fared a little better academically divided up the questions and
started looking up the questions to solve it.

Duan JiaYan who didn’t even get a question to solve had the audacity to fan the
flames bigger, “The battle between men and machine has started! Who will be
able to use these remaining 15 minutes to solve the questions before the bell
rings? Will we be congratulating Team Smartphone, or will we be congratulating
Lu XingCi–”
Lu XingCi twirled his pen around as he glanced at him, “How are you this
capable at talking?”

Duan JiaYan, “My mouth has a mind of its own. It likes to talk, I can’t bring
myself to stop it.”

Lu XingCi’s gaze fell to his lips and Duan JiaYan somehow felt like he was getting
hooked.

He felt something like a current traveling down his spine.

Thinking that this was some new way of taunting him, Duan JiaYan retorted,
“Never seen it before?”

Lu XingCi, “I’ve indeed never seen it before.”

He’s suddenly being so amiable, Duan JiaYan felt that something was amiss.

Lu XingCi drawled, “You have such a way with your mouth, why don’t you use it
to help you solve these chemistry questions?”

Duan JiaYan, “…”

Author notes:

He still has you ah.

T/N: Duan JiaYan omg HAHAHA Also Lu XIngCi is being a good (future)bf in this
chapter d’awww.
Hope you enjoyed this chapter!
Chapter 8 – Hospital : Yell
Lu XingCi finished his exercise book with four minutes to spare.

Not long after, the students who were using their mobile phones to look up the
answers were also done with their chapter. They took photos of their exercise
books and sent them into the class’ discussion group to share their answers. The
atmosphere among them was quite enjoyable.

When the chemistry teacher had come out, he saw the exercise books laid out
neatly on the ground. His gaze first went to Lu XingCi before moving onto the
rest, “All done?”

The students nodded, and the chemistry teacher got them to send someone
along with the class representative to carry the exercise books to the teacher’s
office.

“If most of the answers are correct, I’ll take it that you guys have studied
properly and let what happened earlier go. If there are too many mistakes, the
knowledge points you guys need to copy will still need to be copied.”

A few female students hurriedly said, “Thank you teacher!”

“Go on in,” the teacher said. “There won’t be a next time. If you guys want to
skip class again, just don’t do it when it’s my lesson.”

Inside the classroom.

Song Yi opened the bottle of water on his table and took a big gulp. Duan JIaYan
was initially looking for his powerbank when he heard Song Yi exclaim, “I think
our class monitor is really not bad.”
Without raising his head, Duan JiaYan, “Didn’t you always think he was not bad?”

“That’s different. Previously I was looking through the lens of a fan. With his
capabilities, along with his charismatic aura, I was purely admiring him as a
male god. But after what has happened, I really feel that his personality is pretty
good after all.”

Duan JiaYan didn’t respond to that.

“Dude, you still don’t like him?”

Song Yi turned his head and saw that Duan JiaYan had found his powerbank. He
charged his phone and as if remembering something, lazily pursed his bottom lip.

Song Yi heard Duan JiaYan ambiguously saying, “It’s just like that.”

When Lu XingCi returned home on Friday night, Jiang Yao was just done playing
mahjong with a group of rich taitais and was just directing the family’s auntie to
clean up the table.

When they saw Lu XingCi, some commented, “Lu XingCi is so tall now?”

“This child grew up well, just like his mother.”

“His grades are good as well right? I heard our family’s Yuan Yuan say Lu XingCi
got first place during the entrance exam,” one of the taitai said with a bright
smile. She was part envious but still genuinely asked, “How did you teach him to
be so good?”
“I didn’t teach anything,” Jiang Yao said genially. “He has been this sensible
since young.”

Jiang Yao has always been healthy, with a pretty face. Apart from a few wrinkles
at the corner of her eyes, she did not look like other women her age at all.

After sending away her friends, Jiang Yao walked up to Lu XingCi and smelt the
faint scent on tobacco on him and paused, “DId you smoke?”

“I went to the cybercafe for a while,” Lu XingCi said. “I didn’t smoke.”

Jiang Yao gave an ‘en’ in reply, “Your grandma fell down yesterday and is now in
staying in the Nan Shan hospital.”

Lu XingCi was slightly startled, “Is it serious?”

“No it’s not, I just paid her a visit today. She was in pretty high spirits and will
probably be discharged by this weekend,” Jiang Yao also helped to convey his
grandma’s wishes, “She said she misses you. If you have time, why not go to
Nan Shan and pay her a visit.”

Lu XingCi replied, “Then I will visit her tomorrow.”

“Want me to accompany you?”

“No need. Don’t you have something on tomorrow? I can spend a little more
time talking to grandma.”

He had just put down his bag when he saw Jiang Yao looking at him with a huge
smile, “Is there any interesting news in your school?”
Lu XingCi chuckled, “I don’t think so. What counts as interesting?”

With how casually he replied, Jiang Yao knew that the gossip she heard before
were all nonsense. After relaxing her spirits, she also started joking around,
“Perhaps, have you met any pretty Omegas in your school?”

She was originally just casually asking. Since he was young, Lu XingCi has never
shown interest in any Omegas around him but this time, she saw Lu XingCi not
answering her question.

A little curious, she squinted at him, “There’s really an Omega you find pretty?”

A figure suddenly flashed across his mind and Lu XingCi answered ambiguously,
“I guess.”

A few days ago, the person was not even considered an Omega.

Yet Jiang Yao immediately got excited by his response, “If you find someone
pretty, you should get to know them more. When your dad was chasing me, if it
wasn’t for how persistent he was, meeting me everyday…”

Lu XingCi wasn’t sure if he should laugh or cry. All he said was that he found
someone pretty, and look where the conversation has headed.

Seeing his mother go even further off tangent, he quickly found an excuse to
leave, “I’ll go take a shower.”

Jiang Yao was not done talking but she could only let him go.

Saturday at the Nan Shan hospital.

Duan JiaYan had accompanied Fu Yuan to the hospital to visit He YunShen. Fu
Yuan and He Cheng might be married but due to their jobs, the couple did not
have much time to spend together, till recently when He Cheng brought He
YunShen to Ning City.

Fu Yuan is a twice married Omega. According to the doctor, a big reason why He
YunShen’s body has always been frail is because Fu Yuan has removed her mark
once before. Because of that, Fu Yuan has always felt guilt towards her youngest
son.

He Cheng and Fu Yuan had suddenly stuff to settle and left He YunSheng under
Duan JiaYan’s care for a while. As the little kid was making a fuss about going
outside to play, Duan JiaYan had little choice but to wheel him out to the
hospital’s garden.

“Big brother, I want to drink coke.”

“No, professionals never drink coke.”

“……”

“Don’t look at me like that, it won’t work,” Duan JiaYan squatted down and lazily
looked at the kid in front of him. “Your brother has a heart made of stone.”

“……” He YunSheng pouted and miserably tugged at the corner of his shirt.

Duan JiaYan looked at him for ten more seconds before giving in.

“I’ll go get it for you but only the warm one, and you can only take one sip,”
Duan JIaYan looked at him with a finger raised. “If you drink any more than that,
your dad will get upset and will smack your butt tonight, got it?”
“Got it,” He YunSheng happily exclaimed. “Big brother is the best!”

Duan JIaYan was actually quite pleased with the praise and as he was about to
stand up and leave, he heard a voice laughing.

Turning around, he saw Lu XingCi standing by the opposite side of the flower
bed they were at.

Duan JiaYan thought that Lu XingCi was laughing at the way he coaxed the little
kid and frowned, “What’re you doing here?”

“To see my grandmother, she was admitted into the hospital two days ago,” Lu
XingCi came forward to where they were. “This is your brother?”

Duan JiaYan suddenly remembered listening to Fu Yuan complain on their way to

the hospital that Nan Shan hospital seemed to have taken in some important
guest the day before. The hospital’s director had even personally attended to
them, and even wanted to clear the entire fifteenth level for them. Fortunately
the patient did not want to make a big deal out of it, or else He YunSheng would
have to change his ward.

It seems that the important guest was actually Lu XingCi’s grandmother.

There was a vending machine close by. Duan JiaYan said with a nod, “Can you
help me look after him for a bit? I’m just going to buy a bottle of coke and will
be back soon.”

After hearing Lu XingCi agree, Duan JiaYan turned and left. After he was gone,
Lu XingCi quietly asked, “Duan JiaYan is your elder brother?”

He YunSheng nodded cutely and Lu XingCi turned to look thoughtfully at the

little boy’s face.
Duan JiaYan came back not long later, a bottle of warm coke in his hands,
already opened.

He repeated once again that He YunSheng was only allowed to take one sip and
He YunSheng listened to his words, only taking one shallow sip.

When the two of them were together, the difference in their looks were all the
more apparent. The two brothers looked nothing alike. Duan JiaYan’s face was
extremely pretty whereas He YunSheng looked delicate and pale, with pretty
average looking features.

“I’ll send you up?” Duan JIaYan took a quick look at his mobile phone, Fu Yuan
had just sent him a text message. “Your dad is on his way back. He is asking
where are you guys.”

“Big brother are you staying for lunch?”

“No it’s okay. I’ll…” noticing the look of disappointment on He YunSheng’s face,
Duan JiaYan turned to Lu XingCi. A moment of inspiration struck him. He has
found an excuse. “I’ll be going to hang out with my classmate, so I can’t join
you for lunch.”

Lu XingCi seemed to understand the relationship between the two brothers.

After seeing how Duan JIaYan conveniently used him as an excuse, he decided
to play along by giving confirming his statement.

He YunSheng said, “Then when big brother is on holiday next week, will you be
able to play with me?”

Duan JIaYan honestly replied, “Most probably not.”

He YunSheng seemed to have realised something and quietly said, “Dad said
that he bought a big house near your school. Once I’m discharged let’s all move
in? Then we can have a meal together.”

Duan JiaYan hesitated for a moment, “Big brother might be moving to stay in
the school’s dorm from next month onwards, so I can’t stay with you. You know
how high school students are right? Their workloads can be very big…”

He YunSheng this little brat is very sharp and Duan JiaYan is afraid that he’ll
realise something is wrong so he quickly roped in Lu XingCi again as a scapegoat.
“You can ask my classmate. We are drowning in books and homework every day,
we don’t even have time to go to the washroom right?”

Lu XingCi noted how he’s even dragged in his homework, and couldn’t help
laughing, “Yes, your brother is very diligent in studying.”

Who would have thought after saying that, He YunSheng took one look at him,
and then turned to look at Duan JiaYan. His eyes were starting to water up.

This little kid has always been a little sensitive, and could tell Duan JiaYan’s
rejection towards him.

Duan JiaYan looked at his expression and froze, before thinking of how to coax
him, “Don’t cry, I’m not putting my studies above you… Actually I really want to
stay with you too… Don’t cry, don’t cry, okay?”

He YunSheng was never one to cry and make a fuss so Duan JiaYan had no idea
how to coax him. He did not have much experience in the matter as well. Seeing
how Duan JiaYan was talking to him so nicely, He YunSheng couldn’t control his
emotions and ended up crying for real.

Duan JiaYan was caught off guard and really had no clue why his coaxing caused
the kid to cry for real. He thought about how He Cheng was reaching in any
minute. If he came and saw He YunSheng crying, Duan JiaYan was not sure
what he’ll assume.
Without a clue on what to do, he could only turn to Lu XingCi for help.

Though Lu XingCi had not much clue on how to coax someone, he did have little
cousins in his home. After pausing for a bit, he gently rubbed the top of He
YunSheng’s head, “Be good, don’t cry.”

He YunSheng started crying even louder.

Duan JiaYan, “!!!!!!”

Duan JiaYan was about to explode, “Lu XingCi do you know what you’re doing?
He’s crying even louder this time.”

Lu XingCi, “……”

Lu XingCi suddenly thought of something. He was reminded of Duan JiaYan

questioning him testily just now and smirked.

He suddenly asked, “There is a way but I’m not sure if it’ll work. If I can get him
to stop crying…”

Duan JiaYan was dizzy from He YunSheng’s crying and hurriedly said, “If you can
gt him to stop crying, I’ll call you father.”

After the words left his mouth, he regretted saying them a little but Lu XingCi
only raised his head to look at him, softly saying, “You said it.”

He kneeled down, now on the same eye level as He YunSheng, and started
whispering into the little kid’s ear as if he was sharing some top secret
information.
He YunSheng paused and immediately raised his head, his teary eyes looking at
Duan JIaYan. After looking for a while, it seemed like the tears in his eyes were
being sucked back forcefully.

Duan JiaYan looked in disbelief at Lu XingCi. Right when he was about to ask
what black magic did he perform, he heard the sound of footsteps running
towards them.

They turned out to be from He Cheng and he called out, “Uncle He.”

“The doctor already said that he should not be touching junk food like these…”
He Cheng took the bottle of coke from He YunSheng’s hand. He glanced at Lu
XingCi and seeing as how there was an outsider around, whispered to Duan
JiaYan, “He’s young and ignorant, but why are you playing around with him?”

Duan JiaYan was startled, “I’m sorry.”

He Cheng heard his apology and was surprised.

He YunSheng noticed the tense atmosphere and interrupted, “It’s not like that
dad. I was the one who wanted to drink the coke.”

He Cheng noticed Duan JiaYan’s downcast eyes and explained, “I’m not blaming
you but the doctor has already said that drinking such things will negatively
affect his health. Normally I don’t even let him touch these things. I was too
hasty…”

Duan JiaYan nodded his head.

The atmosphere got a little awkward.

He Cheng asked, “I heard from your mom, you won’t be staying for dinner?”

“No, I’ll be going out to play with my classmate. Uncle He, you can bring
YunSheng up first.”

“Then have fun, and stay safe.”

Duan JiaYan nodded his head in response.

As they were leaving, the wheelchair-bound He YunSheng turned around a few

times to look at them. Only after the father-son pair were gone did the
expression of Duan JiaYan’s face slowly change.

It had gone back to his usual lackadaisical expression. Seeing Lu XingCi looking
at him, Duan JiaYan lazily raised an eyebrow, and casually asked, “What did you
say to him just now? It was pretty effective, it got him to stop crying
immediately.”

Lu XingCi seemed to be studying his face for a moment before narrowing his
eyes, his words seem to carry a hint of something unknown.

“I told him that if he kept crying, his brother will also start crying along with
him.”

“……” Duan JiaYan never would have thought of such an idea.

“And afterwards he stopped immediately. He sure is sensible,” Lu XingCi seemed

to have remembered something and added. “What about you? Isn’t there
something you should be doing?”

“What?”
Seeing as how he intended to pretend to have forgotten what he had promised
earlier, Lu XingCi magnanimously decided to help Duan JiaYan by giving him two
options, “Do you want to call me daddy or father?”

Duan JiaYan thought in his heart, “I’d rather kill you.”

“I feel…”

“I feel that you won’t be the kind to go back on your words,” Lu XingCi said
preemptively. “Right?”

Duan JiaYan felt that the hat Lu XingCi has made him wear was a dangerous one
and decided that it was better to not go back on his words.

But calling someone father like this, Duan JiaYan felt like he was making a loss.
Under the other’s gaze, Duan JiaYan could only tell himself that it was just a
greeting, just one greeting and it will be over.

One emotionless greeting.

That’s it!

“……er,” Duan JiaYan opened his mouth and realised nothing was coming out.

He could feel his face burning up.

Lu XingCi got a little closer, his gaze not moving away from Duan JiaYan.
He was already taller than him, with his steadfast gaze mixed with the cold and
clean Alpha scent on his body, there was a clear feeling of a threat that formed.
(TN: Basically LXC is unknowingly making DJY want to submit as an Omega)

He said, “Say it.”

Duan JiaYan quietly murmured, “Father.”

“Did you say it? I didn’t hear anything,” Lu XingCi said, lifting his eyes. “Louder.”

Duan JiaYan’s temper exploded, “……Father! Fa! Ther! Lu! Father did you hear
that?”

“Yes I heard it,” Seeing how energetic he was, Lu XingCi couldn’t help smiling.
“Call me one more time, I want to record it.”

Author notes: He (DJY) has yet to become Lu-ge’s wife but he’s already his son.

T/N: I’m so so sorry for the long break ;;; I’ve no excuse other than work and
life just swallowed me whole and only spat me out this week. ;;;

But I am a lot more free to do translations now so I’ll be going back to a weekly
schedule! Yay! \;;w;;/

Also I am not over LXC constantly thinking about how pretty DJY is hahaha and
that last bit, Lu XingCi you must be very happy :^)

Also I wish everyone here a (very belated) happy new year and to all who
celebrate it, a very happy lunar new year!
Chapter 9 – Stress Disorder : Kissing, long hugs,
temporary markings
Duan JiaYan couldn’t be bothered with him. Just as he was about to tell him to
get lost, a surge of electricity coursed through his body.

The irritation which spread from his spine made him felt extremely sore. Duan
JiaYan’s breathing also got a lot faster, his pale neck becoming as red as peach
blossoms.

The pheromones from his body bared their fangs and spread out, the scent both
sweet and without restraint, like a newly sprouted bud.

Duan JIaYan’s pheromones were too intense. Lu XingCi got so stimulated by him
that the horrible possessiveness from his Alpha bone couldn’t help rearing its
head. His gaze unconsciously swept across Duan JiaYan’s nape.

It looked so fair.

His instincts told him this was an Omega that has never been marked. It was as
if a button was pressed in his head, the urge to possess the other person was
madly coursing through his veins.

Lu XingCi averted his eyes and asked hesitantly, “Are you…?”

It was still pretty tolerable when he wasn’t talking. The moment he spoke, the
aura that belonged solely to an Alpha become all the more prominent. Duan
JiaYan suppressed the wave of desire that came over him.

“I’m going to the washroom,” after throwing that sentence out, Duan JiaYan
immediately made his way to the washroom.
“Wait,” Seeing Duan JiaYan stopping in his steps, Lu XingCi paused for a
moment before continuing, his voice a little hoarser than it was before. “I’ll
accompany you.”

Duan JIaYan knows it was a dangerous period for him right now, so walking
alone might not be the best idea. It will be safer walking with an Alpha. Without
caring too much about anything else, he quickly nodded his head.

Lu XingCi followed behind him, the two of them maintaining a safe distance of
one metre.

But even so, the pheromones from the people they met along the way did not
have as strong a presence as the person behind him. That sort of terrifying,
difficult to deny attraction is making Duan JiaYan’s entire body giddy, he
unsteadily made his way to the washroom and even stumbled a little when
pushing the door open.

He had only just presented and his heats were still irregular. As a precaution, Fu
Yuan would also remind him to bring along an inhibitor.

Duan JiaYan dug out his inhibitor from his pocket and sighed in relief. Thankfully
he listened to his mother’s words and it actually worked out.

After Duan JiaYan took the inhibitor out, he puzzled over how to use the item
and it slipped from his hands, dropping to the ground.

Duan JiaYan angrily muttered under his breath. Bending over, he picked the
inhibitor up.

Lu XingCi, who was standing on the other side of the wall heard him and asked if
everything was okay. Duan JiaYan vaguely reassured him that everything was
fine.
Lu XingCi waited a long while for Duan JiaYan to use the inhibitor but the Omega
pheromones in the air were not going away. In fact, it was getting even stronger.
He couldn’t help asking, “Are you done?”

“I’ve no idea how to use this,” Duan JiaYan’s voice carried hints of hesitance and
desapir. “Why won’t this cap open?”

Isn’t it because you don’t have any strength right now?

“Pass the inhibitor to me.”

“How am I supposed to do that?”

“……” Lu XingCi was originally becoming quite short tempered by Duan JiaYan’s
pheromones and was caught off guard by the silly question. Thanks to that his
short temper got better and he laughed, “Open the door and stick your hand out?
Open a small gap for me.”

Duan JiaYan had also realised how silly his question was. He opened the door a
little and held the inhibitor out through a tiny gap.

The wrist that was held out was pretty to look at, and perhaps because he was
going through his heat, even his fingertips were flushed pink.

Lu XingCi did not look at it for too long and returned the inhibitor quickly after
unscrewing it.

Seeing that the inhibitor was open, Duan JiaYan quickly stuck the needle into his
arm. The effects of the inhibitor was immediate, the unnatural heat in his body
quickly went away once it was used.
Duan JiaYan threw the inhibitor into the trash bin once he felt a little more
refreshed.

Opening the door, he gave Lu XingCi a look and walked straight to the sink to
wash his face. It was only after the cold water washed away the desire inside
him that he turned to look at the other person.

Duan JiaYan softly muttered a word of thanks and Lu XingCi could see that his
ears were still red. With his pheromones still floating around the washroom, it
was not exactly appropriate for the both of them to stay in this place. He took
the initiative to ask, “Let’s go out first?”

Duan JiaYan nodded his head.

But once they opened the door, Duan JiaYan felt that something wasn’t right.

He was now especially sensitive to the smell of pheromones and the air was
teeming with the scents of different Alphas. The different pheromones made the
hairs on the back of his neck stand and his skin felt like it was in pain.

The closer he got to a crowded place the worse Duan JiaYan felt. Lu XingCi
initially saw that he was reluctant to leave the washroom and initially thought
that he was just joking but he soon noticed that Duan JiaYan’s bare skin was
slowly turning red.

His neck and face were both showing small patches of unnatural looking pink, it
was different from the crimson colour of his heat. It looked like he was was
having an allergic reaction.

“You should get it checked out,” Lu XingCi noticed that what Duan JiaYan was
experiencing wasn’t normal. After he said that, he noticed Duan JiaYan turning
to look at him, his eyes a little glassy.
Lu XingCi hesitantly raised his hand, wanting to just touch the patches of red on
Duan JiaYan’s skin to see if it was swollen. Just as his hand was being raised,
Duan JiaYan instantly caught it. Both of them were stunned the moment that
happened.

Duan JiaYan never knew that physical contact with another person could feel this
comfortable. It was just like when someone finally finds an oasis in the middle of
a scorching desert, or drinking a potion when your health is about to be depleted.

What’s even more unbelievable was that the red patches that resembled an
allergic reaction on his hand were fading at a speed visible to the naked eye.

“I’m going to go see a doctor,” as he said that, Duan JiaYan was a little reluctant
to let go of Lu XingCi’s hand. He tried asking, “… Why not, you come along with
me?”

Initially, the both of them were unaware and went to see the dermatologist.

The dermatologist took one look and said Duan JiaYan might need to be directed
to an ABO specialist instead. Once they managed to make their way over, the
doctor took one look at Duan JiaYan and immediately brought him in for tests.

While Duan JiaYan was doing his tests, Lu XingCi was waiting outside.

Their journey to the consultation room could be called a bloody rain. More than
once Duan JiaYan almost lost his temper because a stranger was walking past
him. If it wasn’t for Lu XingCi holding him down, Duan JiaYan could have found
trouble already.

After a while, Lu XingCi could stand it no longer. He swept his gaze of Duan
JiaYan’s face and asked, “Can you be a little more well behaved?”
Duan JiaWan was very depressed, “I want to but with all these people walking
around me, I just feel like beating them.”

Lu XingCi saw the look on his face and was about to laugh out of exasperation,
“Then, with me this close to you, do you feel like beating me?”

He did not expect Duan JiaYan to blink his eyes and say, “I don’t want to beat
you.”

While waiting for Duan JiaYan to come out from the consultation, Lu XingCi was
a little bored so he took his phone out to play. He answered a call from Jiang Yao.

“Grandma said you left two hours ago, why don’t I see you at home?” Jiang
Yao’s voice was very gentle. “Auntie Su bought a salmon today. Autumn salmon
was very fatty and good. She’s already steamed it, we’re just waiting for you to
get home.”

“I met a classmate along the way,” Lu XingCi lazily stretched his legs out and
moved around his neck that was always facing down. “He got into a little
accident so I’m accompanying him to see the doctor.”

“Is it serious? Which hospital are you guys at? If it’s at Nan Shan do you need–”

“It’s okay,” Lu XingCi said. “He’s almost done.”

“That’s good then,” Jiang Yao said. “Then I won’t rush you any longer. You take
your time.”

Lu XingCi gave an ‘en’1 in reply and hung up. Just then a nurse stopped in front
of him.
“Hello, are you Lu XingCi?”

Lu XingCi nodded his head.

Looking closely at his face, the nurse gently said, “Your friend is asking for you
in the consultation room.”

Inside the consultation room, Duan JiaYan and a male doctor were waiting for
him. Seeing him enter the room, the doctor asked Duan JiaYan, “This is the
student you previously mentioned?”

Duan JiaYan nodded his head.

The look on his face was not particularly good, his whole body was sprawled
over the chair lethargically but at least the red patches on his body were gone.

Looking at Lu XingCi, the doctor motioned for him to sit down.

He told Lu XingCi, “Your classmate is suffering from Alpha Stress Disorder. As he

presented too late, the suppressors in his body is a little damaged. As long as he
is in heat, any interaction with Alphas will result in him suffering from pains all
over his body. If there is physical contact, it can even result in a wide range of
allergic reactions.

Lu XingCi was stunned.

An Omega’s heat usually happened once or twice a month, and it is typically

three or four days, sometimes even up to a week. Someone like Duan JiaYan
who just presented will usually have irregular heats that could flare up anytime.

Lu XingCi asked, “Is there any way to treat it?”

“Currently there is no definite way to treat this kind of Stress Disorder. We
usually recommend the Omega to quarantine themselves whenever their heat
arrives for about three to five years. As the Omega grows up, the Stress
Disorder will slowly go away.”

“He still needs to go to school. Quarantining himself is not a viable solution.”

Duan JiaYan softly gave an ‘en’ in agreement.

Lu XingCi glanced at him and Duan JiaYan said, “I’m a little touched, you’re
finally speaking human words.”

Lu XingCi ignored him, “Is there no other way?”

“There is one, which is also why I called you in here,” the doctor looked at him
with an interested gaze, as if he was a rare specimen that needed to be
examined in a lab. “I might need to test your blood.”

“According to your classmate’s statement, he might only be not allergic to your

pheromones. The percentage of this happening is extremely low but it has
happened overseas before. If both of your pheromones have a compatibility of
95% and above, then you can help him deal with his Stress Disorder.”

If it was only his pheromones that were needed to help deal with the Stress
Disorder, Duan JiaYan’s face would not be looking this ugly.

Lu XingCi felt that something was not right and asked, “How am I supposed to
help him?”

“Kissing, extended hugs, temporary marks…” The doctor could see that with
every word he said, the boy’s eyes were getting more and more expressionless
and figured he might as well add, “Or even a permanent mark.”
After hearing it once and having to listen to it again, Duan JiaYan could feel his
ears burning up.

God damn it…

What kind of horrible shit is this?

He raised his head and happened to meet Lu XingCi’s gaze.

Duan JiaYan was thinking of what to say to help resolve this awkward situation
when he saw Lu XingCi’s beautiful black eyes narrowing.

He heard Lu XingCi say, “I suddenly think that quarantining him is actually not a
bad idea.”

Author note: Mom will give you another chance, you think hard about what you
should say.

嗯 – If you’ve read CN novels before you will have heard of this but if you
haven’t, it’s basically just a sound people give when they are acknowledging or
agreeing with something.

T/N: Happy Lunar New Year everyone! If you celebrate it I hope you’ve had a
great time with your family this year � I know I did haha

Here’s one more chapter for the week to make up for my long absence ;;; Hope
you guys like it! Also LXC, you sure you want DJY to be quarantined? (¬_¬)
Chapter 10 – Uniforms : How about you bite me?
The blood test results came out very quickly. The data showed that the
pheromone compatibility between Lu Xingci and Duan Jiayan reached a
staggering 99%.

While waiting for the blood test results, Duan Jiayan searched the Internet for
information regarding the disorder.

Alpha stress disorder is a relatively common condition. However, most sick

omegas experience difficulty finding a high-matching alpha, so, for safety
reasons, they can only isolate themselves during estrus.

If a highly matched alpha can be found, the condition can be effectively treated
by exchanging pheromones.

Duan Jiayan scrolled down to see what it means to exchange pheromones:

Sharing a bed for more than one night.

Exchanging saliva through kissing.

Temporary marking.

Permanent marking.

Using items contaminated with alpha pheromones can also relieve symptoms to
some extent.

…
Note: If one of the behaviors alone does not alleviate the stress disorder, the
above behaviors can be superimposed. Examples include temporary marking
while kissing and kissing while hugging.

Each treatment was wilder than the next. Duan Jiayan had felt lost in the
beginning, but now he has thought it out.

He is one of those people who have strong tolerance, so, if he can avoid being
quarantined by receiving a temporary mark, he will choose the temporary mark.

Duan Jiayan held the report and hesitantly asked: “Why don’t you mark me?”

Lu Xingci spoke in a voice that was neither heavy nor light, and contained no
emotion: “Why don’t you quarantine yourself?”

Duan Jiayan saw his look of not saving a drowning man, and for a moment he
wanted to fight him. He wanted to drag Lu Xingci over by the collar and force
him to bite his neck.

But he is not sure if he can overpower Lu Xingci.

Duan Jiayan suppressed the irrational impulse and thought about it very logically.

“Father Lu.” Duan Jiayan lightened his voice and even used honorifics: “Would
you please bite me?”

“…”

Lu Xingci didn’t think that Duan Jiayan would use this method.
“Just once; it’ll be quick.”

“…”

After more than ten seconds of staring at the expectant eyes, Lu Xingci glanced
away and his voice was a little low: “Do you know what the effects of a
temporary mark are?”

Once an alpha marks an omega, whether it be temporary or lifelong, instinct will

make them have a strong desire to protect and control that omega, and this
possessiveness may even make the alpha lose their mind.

“I think,” Duan Jiayan saw that Lu Xingci had the intention to back out, so he
sincerely touted: “with your determination, you will not be affected by instinct,
after all, you are such an excellent person.”

“…” Lu Xing took a look at him. After a moment of consideration, he raised his
lips slightly and smiled with an unknown meaning: “Come on then.”

As soon as he heard his response, Duan Jiayan’s eyes lit up.

Duan Jiayan pulled off his jacket and was about to swiftly undress his shirt. He
was in a stance that made this seem like a blitzkrieg strategy*.

*t/n: basically a strategy to achieve quick victory (used in war)

Lu Xingci’s words interrupted him: “Go to the bathroom.”

He began to think that Duan Jiayan’s late change wasn’t a bad thing. Otherwise,
according to the other party’s dense character, he doubted that Duan Jiayan
could live well to this age.
Duan Jiayan’s hands stopped and his face displayed a look saying “why are you
so troublesome”. Lu Xingci looked at him and felt the illusion that he himself
became the omega waiting to be marked.

Hospital washroom.

The smell of disinfectant permeated the whole room, making the room seem
damp. Lu Xingci locked the door.

“Turn your back towards me and support yourself with the wall.”

“No need.” Duan Jiayan said, turning around, “I can stand firmly.”

Lu Xing did not insist on his words; his eyes fell on Duan Jiayan.

The neck of the omega has a delicate and smooth texture. A bit lower is the
boy’s thin shoulders.

Both Duan Jiayan’s hair and eye color are very light. When he was a sophomore,
the grade director thought he dyed his hair and asked Duan Jiayan to dye his
hair black again. His skin is also a limpid white as if the whole person was
lacking pigment.

The closer he is, the stronger the scent of omega pheromones is.

Duan Jiayan waited for a long time but did not feel the other side bite down.
When Lu Xingci stood this close to him, the temperature and breath of the other
person felt particularly present.

He couldn’t help urging: “Why haven’t you… Uwa!”

At the moment of the other side’s bite, Duan Jiayan’s whole body froze. He
subconsciously struggled and could not help jabbing his elbow backward.

The person behind him was already on guard. Lu Xingci forcefully grabbed his
wrist and clasped his restless hand. In order to prevent Duan Jiayan from
attacking again, Lu Xingci locked both hands behind his back.

Duan Jiayan realized that alpha and omega really had such a difference in
physical strength.

At least when marking, Lu Xingci can easily control him with only one hand.

The marking process lasted for a long time, and Duan Jiayan’s brain began to
heat up as a physiological reaction.

When the mark was about to be completed, Lu Xingci injected the pheromone
into his gland for the last time.

Duan Jiayan slightly widened his eyes.

He could feel that at the moment of leaving, the tip of Lu Xingci’s tongue had
intentionally, or otherwise, licked him.

Duan Jiayan: “!”

This idea, coupled with the impact of the completion of the mark, made Duan
Jiayan’s leg go soft and almost fall.

Lu Xingci caught him just in time.

The guy’s voice coming from behind carried a light tone and a smile.

“Didn’t I tell you to support yourself with the wall?”

When Duan Jiayan returned home, Fu Yuan was already at home.

Fu Yuan saw him shuffling around with his slippers and poured himself a glass of
ice water.

“I heard from your Uncle He. Did you go out with your classmates?”

Duan Jiayan responded he didn’t want to tell Fu Yuan that he had a stress
disorder and the only one who could help him was Lu Xingci. Otherwise, knowing
Fu Yuan’s character, not only must she worry, but she may also take him to Lu’s
house to thank him.

Duan Jiayan looked back: “Mom, I want to live on campus starting next month.”

Fu Yuan was stunned, and then frowned slightly: “if you live on campus, can you
get used to it?”

“Song Yi also lives on campus. He’s the only one living in their dormitory and
there are three empty beds. I want to live there. “

“But your Uncle He’s house…”

“I might not be used to living with Uncle He.” Duan Jiayan stared down at the
water he’s drinking.

Fu Yuan licked her lips: “Ah, I’m worried. You’ve never lived in a dormitory, and
if you live on campus now, I really can’t understand what you would do.”
“…”

Seeing that he didn’t speak, Fu Yuan sighed inwardly.

She knew that since her remarriage, there had been more or less a gap between
her husband and her eldest son. Now that the child has grown up and knows
that he has a new family, he quietly chooses to leave.

Fu Yuan was a little distressed but she couldn’t bear to press him. She said softly,
“Aren’t you about to take the monthly exam? If your monthly test results are
better than before, you can live on campus. “

Duan Jiayan’s eyes brightened when he saw her lose her words. He looked at Fu
Yuan and decided to explore his mother’s terms first: “How well do you want me
to do in the exam?”

Fu Yuan thought about it. She didn’t have much to demand for Duan Jiayan’s
studies. She only hopes to use learning to distract Duan Jiayan’s attention and
make him behave a little bit, so as not to cause trouble.

“How about scoring at least number fifty from the bottom?” Fu Yuan asked for
something that could not even be counted as a request. “You could even score
as the fifty-first from the bottom.”

Duan Jiayan thought for a moment: “This really is too difficult.”

“…”

Tomorrow is a school day and the school is full of alphas. In order to verify
whether Lu Xingci’s mark is reliable, Duan Jiayan made a phone call with Shen
Chilie and asked him to wait for him in front of his house.
Duan Jiayan and Shen Chilie lived in the same community and sometimes they
would go home together. As soon as they met, Duan Jiayan gave Shen Chilie a
hug. Shen didn’t ask him why. He cooperated and opened his arms: “Son! Dad’s
here to hug!”

Duan resisted the impulse to kick Shen Chilie to death. He reached out, pinched
Shen Chilie’s shoulder, and touched his neck.

Shen Chilie: “…”

Shen Chilie: “…Son, what are you doing?”

Shen Chilie: “Did you suddenly realize my beauty and greatness after you
became an o, and decide to come into dad’s broad arms?”

Duan Jiayan was too lazy to care about him. He rubbed against him several
times.

Shen Chilie: “Even if it’s you, you can’t mess around like this.”

The pheromone of Shen Chilie is not offensive to him. It seems that Lu Xingci’s
mark is quite useful.

Duan Jiayan raised his eyelids: “Okay, you can go fuck off now.”

When Shen Chilie saw that he had finished speaking, he really turned around
and left. For a moment, he felt like he was being used up and thrown away: ”
Duan Jiayan, am I your fucking uncle! In the middle of the night, you told me to
come here and I come here. Now you tell me to go back and I go back? “
Duan Jiayan looked back and revealed an inhuman smile: “What do you want
then? Do you want to mess around with me?”

Shen Chilie was beat shaken by his smile: “No, I can’t. I’m guessing the alpha
who can control you hasn’t been born yet.”

“It’s good that you know.” Duan Jiayan turns around lazily, suddenly remembers
something, and turns back to look at him: “See you tomorrow, my obedient son.”

“…” Seeing that he especially had to take advantage of this joke, Shen Chilie
gave a sound of acknowledgment that contained some humor.

Having resolved the uncertainty, Duan Jiayan slept very well that night.

On Monday morning, the flag-raising ceremony was held as usual.

The monthly exam was soon to take place. Waiting for the flag-raising ceremony
to begin, many students held their pocket notebooks to memorize important
knowledge points.

Duan Jiayan is mixed in the crowd. He doesn’t know if it’s a psychological effect
but he keeps on feeling a little pain in his body.

This feeling appears from time to time: sometimes it’s present, sometimes it’s
not. He wonders if he is thinking too much. Song Yi next to him suddenly taps
him.

“Brother, look, it’s your goddess.”

Duan Jiayan looks up and sees the students of the art class passing by them.
Jiang Qinian’s school uniform is covered with a sweater. She has her long hair
covering her shoulders today, making her appear very gentle.
Duan Jiayan smiled at Jiang Qinian, who waved to him.

Just after waving, the girl next to Jiang Qinian, “since I know that Duan Jiayan is
an omega, I don’t think he is that violent.”

Jiang Qinian smiled: “His temper wasn’t so bad originally, was it?”

Several other girls also followed the discussion:

“I saw him beat Du Xuchen so badly there was blood that day. But when I
consider that he’s an omega, I think he’s actually… a little cute? “

“Nian Nian, you have to think about it; omegas are rare. You can brag about
dating an omega for a whole year.”

“Brag what brag,” Jiang Qinian and laughed: “If I fall in love with someone, it’ll
only be because I like them. It would have nothing to do with gender.”

After the students of the art class left, the pain in Duan Jiayan’s body was not
reduced, rather, the burning sensation came from his neck. It seems that there
may be some redness.

Since an omega’s glands are located on the neck, the neck skin is most sensitive
to pheromones. Duan Jiayan realized that his stress disorder might have been
triggered again.

There were too many people on the sports court and everyone stood close
together. In just the small area near Duan Jianyan, there were four or five
alphas alone.
He subconsciously looked for the figure of Lu Xingci, who stood not far behind
him. Duan Jiayan wanted to call his name but suddenly realized that he
shouldn’t.

Even if Lu Xingci knows that he is not feeling well, should he grab Lu Xingci by
the hand in front of everyone, or ask for a hug?

He doesn’t think so.

……

Oh, right.

Duan Jiayan suddenly remembered from his research that using items
contaminated with alpha pheromones can also relieve symptoms. He could find a
way to borrow Lu Xingci’s school uniform.

He was about to turn around when he suddenly saw the grade director walking
over with a discipline committee member to class 10.

The grade director, Jiang, is a middle-aged man who enforced school rules. He
asked to write down the names of the students who didn’t wear school uniforms
and told those students to step out to the side.

Someone nearby muttered: “Old Jiang is picky today. Those who didn’t wear the
school uniform were all called to run five laps as punishment. Those in class one
have already started running.”

Song Yi subconsciously turned his head to look at Duan Jiayan.

Sure enough, he didn’t wear a school uniform.

Duan Jiayan snorted.

Not wearing a school uniform has already become a habit of his. If he was
wearing a school uniform, perhaps he could swap it with Lu Xingci’s. But since he
was just so clever today, he feels too embarrassed to ask Lu Xingci for his school
uniform.

Why doesn’t he just escape then?

Director Jiang is just behind the line of students of class 10, so if he slips away,
the director will surely catch him.

Duan Jiayan was a little annoyed. He considered that he could go run the laps
anyway, since there are so few people on the track.

While he was thinking about it,

A school uniform was placed over him.

Duan Jiayan looked to the side by reflex. Lu Xingci did not speak, and after
giving his school uniform to him, he turned and walked to the end of the line of
students of class 10.

Lu Xingci’s school uniform was full of his pheromone. Wrapped in the smell of Lu
Xingci, Duan Jiayan’s tight nerves gradually began to relax.

Duan Jiayan couldn’t tell what the smell was, but it should have a scent of grass
mixed with a bit of clean and refreshing sourness.

It was like a lemon-stained forest sprinkled with a thin layer of snow.

Song Yi watched as Lu Xingci put the school uniform on Duan Jiayan and walked
straight to the line of students who were sent off to run laps as punishment.

Song Yi stared. He couldn’t help but ask:

“The class president, what… is the meaning of this?”

☾ ⋆*･ﾟ:⋆*･ﾟ:⠀ *⋆.*:･ﾟ .: ⋆*･ﾟ: .⋆

Note from the translator:

Hello! This chapter was my first ever novel translation so it may sound a bit stiff.
I intend to continue translating the rest of this series (with no stable time
schedule because I’m busy busy) so please look forward to that!

I would really appreciate it if I could get some support in the form of comments!
(I love to hear what you all enjoy about this series, and comments really
motivate me to translate more <3)

See you all next time~ 再见~

-fluff
Chapter 11 – Fruit tea : Have a taste with you
“Why did he give you the school uniform? Is he going to run the laps for you?”
Song Yi looked up and down Duan Jiayan, eyes opening wider in disbelief:
“When did you and the class president reach this kind of secret deal?”

“I have a stress disorder.”

Since Song Yi is an omega, he had also heard about this disease. He looked at
Duan Jiayan with a complicated look. He didn’t know what to say to comfort the
poor guy.

After a moment, Song Yi suddenly felt that there was something wrong.

Why didn’t Duan Jiayan isolate himself?

“I have high pheromone compatibility with Lu Xingci. He can help me treat my

stress disorder.” Duan Jiayan shook the sleeves of his school uniform: “So this is
a treatment method and not a secret deal. Do you want to exaggerate this
more?”

Song Yi dimly said: “How I wish I also had the stress disorder. Do you think that
the class president would give me his uniform too?”

Duan Jiayan: “…”

Duan Jiayan stopped shaking the school uniform. He looked at Song Yi as if he

were looking at a crazy person.

Song Yi suddenly realised something: “Wait. The stress disorder should be very
serious. It is impossible to alleviate the disorder just with the pheromone from
the school uniform. Could it be that you—”
Seeing that Song’s voice kept rising and that his facial expression gradually
became one which reflected extreme fear, Duan Jiayan immediately covered his
mouth.

Song Yi: “…mMMmMmm!”

Duan Jiayan: “Have you calmed down? Be a little quieter.”

Song Yi nodded desperately.

Duan Jiayan let go of him.

“Little* Duan!” Right as he regained freedom, Song Yi softly hissed with rage in
Duan Jiayan’s ear: “You really aren’t human! You’re such a beast!”

*T/N: 小 – “Xiao” / “Little”; It is used as a term of endearment or as a reference

to a friend/classmate when slotted in front of a person’s name.

Duan Jiayan also softly hissed back: “Fuck you. Wake up! It was he who bit me.”

Song Yi: “He actually bit you?! You getting a stress disorder can bring this kind
of good event?!”

Duan Jiayan: “…”

Song Yi also realized that his reaction was too immature. He tugged at Duan
Jiayan, and whispered sneakily: “Did it feel good? Was the class president
powerful?”
Duan Jiayan: “…”

Duan Jiayan really didn’t know how to answer this question.

Director Jiang is very adept at grasping opportunities. If he wasn’t, he wouldn’t

have been able to be at the director position.

This ability to grasp opportunities is reflected in all aspects. Since he caught the
students today, he will ruthlessly rectify the habits of First Middle* students by
showing all students the consequence of not wearing school uniforms.

*T/N: 一种 – “Yi Zhong” / “First Middle”; Name of the school they’re attending.
In China, “Middle” schools tend to cover 3 years (grades 7 to 9) of middle school
and 3 years (grades 10 to 12) of high school.

He used a unique approach of asking students to run laps in groups of twenty

and each group to run after each other. In this way, chaos is avoided and
everyone can see clearly who exactly is running, having the effect of a public
transparent execution.

The flag-raising ceremony was about to end, Song Yi looked over to the side:
“Currently it has just reached Class Seven’s turn to run. If it’s like this, when will
they even fucking finish running.”

The boys have to run five laps while the girls have to run three laps. There are
more than twenty classes in the whole grade, so there are nearly two hundred
people who have to run.

From where they’re standing, they just happen to be able to see the finish line of
the track. a few boys who have finished running supported each other as they
walked, looking as tired as a dead dog.
Song Yi saw this and looked back: “Are you going to leave straight away after
this?”

Duan Jiayan also watched those boys.

If there was no Lu Xingci, then he would probably be among those running the
laps. Although he wouldn’t necessarily run the laps obediently, if he just left like
this, it would seem very unkind.

“I’m going to buy him a bottle of water.”

At the end of the flag-raising ceremony, the students orderly left the field by
class. Duan Jiayan walked in the opposite direction of the crowd.

There is a bubble tea shop next to the cafeteria. Because of the fine taste, the
rich variety offered, and its location being within First Middle School, it could be
considered a mega-popular* shop in Ning City. Students often buy milk tea from
there.

*T/N: 网红 – “Wang Hong” / “Web Red”; just means super popular/famous on

the web

He had originally planned to order the recommended, white peach oolong, but
he unconsciously looked to the side and he suddenly saw the new product.

Duan Jiayan pointed to the signboard.

“A cup of citrus passion fruit, large cup, with less ice.”

When Duan Jiayan returned to the court, it was just Class Ten’s turn to run.
Director Jiang stood at the finish line and watched people. Duan Jiayan fought
battles of wits and courage against him for more than a year now, so Director
Jiang also knew Duan Jiayan. Watching him walk over so carefreely, Director
Jiang gave him a few more suspicious stares.

But Duan Jiayan just stood there watching the students run and didn’t cause
trouble. He rarely wore a school uniform but now, he’s wearing the school
uniform properly as he stood at the side of the field. Just looking at his
appearance, he doesn’t seem like the famous big shot of First Middle.

Duan Jiayan’s eyes fell on Lu Xingci.

This is already their third lap. Lu Xingci wore a dark t-shirt, looked ahead with a
relaxed gaze, and appeared absent-minded as he ran.

Compared to the others who are so tired they’re becoming dogs, Lu Xingci can
be described as pretty relaxed. He’s running at the front of the group, with only
two or three people in front of him.

When Lu Xingci ran by, Duan Jiayan called out his name.

“Class President, come on.” Duan Jiayan said: “The first place is about to be
taken away.”

Lu Xingci glanced at him, and did not speed up, he continued running at the
same steady speed as before.

Behind Lu Xingci were a few dawdling boys in Class Ten. These people were all
pretty familiar with Duan Jiayan. They saw him and greeted him lively.

“Brother Duan, who did you bring water for? “

“Of course it’s for me. Thank you, Brother Duan.”

“Hahahaha you?”

On the last lap, several people running in front of Lu Xingci gradually exhausted
their physical strength and slowed down.

Duan Jiayan watched as Lu Xingci used that steady pace to overtake them and
was the first to cross the finish line.

Director Jiang was probably becoming bored from watching over these students
run that he actually bothered to take out his phone stopwatch: “Hey! New
record!”

Duan Jiayan: “…”

Seeing clearly that the person who ran over is Lu Xingci, Director Jiang paused
before he smiled as he spoke: “Remember to wear the school uniform next time.
Look at how much time was wasted from running these big laps.”

Lu Xingci nodded.

Duan Jiayan watched as Lu Xingci wiped his sweat after running, and felt that
according to this amount of exercise, he would more or less be somewhat thirsty.
Right now is a good time to send the drink over.

Lu Xingci gave him the school uniform, so he will return Lu Xingci with a cool
refreshment.

So thoughtful of Little Duan!

When he was just about to step forward, he saw several girls jog towards Lu
Xingci, and stopped in front of him. One of them looked somewhat familiar.

It was Jiang Qinian.

He watched as Jiang Qinian handed Lu Xingci a sports drink and Lu Xingci

reached out his hand.

Received it.

Accepted it.

And even thanked her as well.

Fuck? How dare you accept it?

Duan Jiayan was about to explode.

Duan Jiayan thought about how the girl he liked so much looked at Lu Xingci as
a prince charming, and even waited at the side with a sports drink when she saw
he was running, and even smiled so prettily.

At that moment, he completely forgot about returning the favour and threw the
thought of it at the back of his head. Coincidentally, he was feeling a bit thirsty.
He looked down in the bag and found the straw, he was just about to poke it
ruthlessly into—

“Isn’t that for me?”

He looked up. He didn’t know when Lu Xingci had walked over to him.

Just after exercising, his hair is a little wet from sweat. Lu Xingci is a bit taller
than him, and both of his eyes were looking downwards, so the lines at the end
of his eyes were clear and beautiful.

“It was originally for you, but didn’t Jiang Qinian give you a drink already?” Duan
Jiayan shot a look at the bottle of sports drink in his hand, reminding himself to
be more generous… be more generous…

Fuck.

Duan Jiayan couldn’t stand it anymore. He just looked at Lu Xingci, with and
without a smile: “I was thinking that, you probably can’t finish drinking two
bottles of drinks alone.”

Lu Xingci seemed to not have felt the aggressive attacks in his words, and with a
natural attitude: “What is this?”

“Citrus Passion Fruit.”

“I’ll drink this.”

Duan Jiayan smiled: “Do you see that sun above your head? Why are you
sleeptalking when it’s broad daylight?”

Lu Xingci said nothing.

He glanced at the school uniform Dian Jiayan was wearing and then locked eyes
with Duan Jiayan with a slightly raised eyebrow.
Duan Jiayan felt that this was a silent threat.

But he really was threatened.

He has the short end of the stick, not to mention that he really can’t do without
the pheromone of Lu Xingci. Duan Jiayan sighed and threw the straw back into
the bag, handing it forward.

“Didn’t you always reject her drink in the past?” Duan Jiayan still remembers the
time when Jiang Qinian had asked him to help her pass milk tea to Lu Xingci,
and this person said “I don’t drink this” in such an annoying* way that made him
want to punch him.

*T/N: 欠揍 – “Qian Zou” / “Wanting to be beaten up”

Duan Jiayan tried to poke out the truth: “You don’t like her, right?”

His amber eyes gazed straight with hope, his eyesight unwavering. Just a bit off
of saying “You better not like her.”

Seeing that he was so earnest, Lu Xingci was suddenly put in a bad mood.

Does he like Jiang Qinian this much?

Biting the straw, he ambiguously said: “I didn’t like someone before, but that
doesn’t mean I can’t like them now right?”

Duan Jiayan: “…”

Lu Xingci previously ignored Jiang Qinian’s expressions of affection, yet she still
likes him so much. If Lu Xingci was interested as well, then wouldn’t he have no
chance at all?

“You can like someone, but can you… can you choose someone else to like?”
Duan Jiayan pondered how to sway him: “Look at you. She’s a top student
whereas you’re a study slacker. You guys won’t have a common topic between
the both of you.”

“I like a person for who they are, not for that person’s school transcript.”

“…”

Then you have a pretty clear logic sense?

“I was joking.” Lu Xingci saw that his expression was almost gone, and chuckled:
“Her friends were watching from the side.”

The little girl is pretty sensitive and thin-skinned. If she expressed affection
alone, he could directly refuse it, but in the face of so many people, if he did not
accept the drink, it would be difficult for Jiang Qinian.

Duan Jiayan processed the information and became aware that Lu Xingci’s
handling was to protect Jiang Zun’s self-esteem.

How many people did he reject to gain this experience?

Lu Xingci slipped the straw through the cover and took a sip.
Sweet and sour. There’s probably not much sugar added. Duan Jiayan saw him
drink, and asked casually: “How is it?”

“It’s not bad.”

“Don’t you think this has the same taste as you?” Duan Jiayan smiled: “Both
taste so sour.”

Lu Xingci stared blankly for a bit but soon realized that Duan Jiayan was
referring to his pheromones. His pheromone smells like limes. He really doesn’t
know how Duan Jiayan smelt it to think that he has the same taste as this drink.

He found it a bit funny.

Just a moment ago, his mind was actually in the gutter because of that one
sentence.

When they went back, the second class just ended.

Most of the class saw Lu Xinci previously when he was part of the group that ran
the penalty laps. Everyone felt that it was new as Lu Xingci, who has not made
any mistake all year, had actually been punished.

When Lu Xingci just sat down, the boys in the front row turned around and
asked: “Brother Lu, was it fun to run? I heard that Director Jiang even recorded
your time. I think he’s holding the Olympics?”

“Ha ha ha ha ha, Director Jiang did that?”

“Brother Lu settled the spiral.” A group of boys who were punished chimed in:
“He set a new record, and Director Jiang stared in awe at it, thinking ‘Is this a
standard of a student who’s being punished?’”

“Wow, so pro? Then you must be added to our team for this year’s sports
competition’s long-distance run.” Chen Yue laughed. He suddenly saw the fruit
tea placed on Lu Xing ci’stable and leaned close since it was a bit strange:
“What’s this? Fruit tea? Don’t you dislike drinking these?”

Lu Xingci didn’t give a definite answer, and smiled: “I like it today.”

He didn’t speak very loudly, but Song Yi who has been paying close attention at
the side heard it very clearly. When Duan Jiayan pulled out his chair and sat
down, Song Yi who next to him seemed like he received an imperial edict, with
both hands typing at lightning speed.

The next moment, a message from Song Yi popped up in the Holding Up First
Middle’s Sky* chat group:

*T/N: 撑起一中一片天 – “Cheng Qi Yi Zhong Yi Pian Tian” / “Holding Up First

Middle (school name)’s Sky”; the name of the chat group

[Sisters, make sure to send fruit tea when sending drinks in the future! The
class president just said it. From today onwards he likes to drink! Fruit! Tea!”]

Below, a thread of replies saying the message has been received.

Duan Jiayan snorted: “narcissistic.”

Throughout all these years of his life, this was the first time he met someone
who liked his pheromone this much.

☾ ⋆*･ﾟ:⋆*･ﾟ:⠀ *⋆.*:･ﾟ .: ⋆*･ﾟ: .⋆

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made so many edits <3). If all goes well, she will be helping me out with this
series going forward!

As always, comments are appreciated! I loved the support I got last chapter so
thank you all for appreciating my work! I hope you all enjoyed this chapter as
well. (I literally had to take a break to wheeze at Lil’ Duan.) I’ve started work on
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See you all next time~ 再见~

-fluff
Chapter 12 – Learning : You are responsible to
me
Nearing the monthly exam, the learning atmosphere in the class was getting
stronger.

Song Yi walked straight in through the door of class ten and saw the students
who didn’t usually study cramming last minute.

“Where’s my physics book? …Where’s my book? Is my book lost?! The last time I
saw it was last month’s monthly exam.”

“Can you be a little quieter? I’m trying to memorise the “Jing Ke’s assassination
of King Qin” while you’re fucking shrieking next to me. Who are you trying to
bother to death?”

The whole way was chaos.

So when he saw that Duan Jiayan was also reading a chemistry book, Song Yi
felt that this was a rare event.

As if.

Song Yi looked at Duan Jiayan and almost thought he was blind.

“Xiao*-Duan,” Song Yi pondered for a bit and finally cautiously asked: “Did
anything go wrong back at home?”

*T/N: 小 – “Xiao” / “Little”; It is used as a term of endearment or as a reference

to a friend/classmate when slotted in front of a person’s name.

“…” Duan Jiayan sometimes felt that the way Song Yi thinks was very magical.

“Yeah,” Duan Jiayan said: “My parents both went bankrupt. If I don’t study
anymore, I can only go to the construction site and move bricks for a living.”

“…” No matter how weird his train of thought was, Song Yi also realized that he
was telling a joke. He replied: “Moving bricks at the construction site is such a
waste. You are a mountain of gold, yourself, so you must be resourceful.”

“Away with your bullshit.” Duan Jiayan said with a smile: “I promised my mom
that in the monthly exam I’d be above fiftieth ranking from the bottom.”

“Isn’t that easy? There are so many exam groups in First Middle, I’ll give you a
ride.”

Duan Jiayan: “No.”

Song Yi: “???”

Duan Jiayan: “Cheating is a shameful act.”

Song Yi: “…”

Hearing this coming from Duan Jiayan made it extra hilarious.

Duan Jiayan: “I promised my mom that I wouldn’t cheat.”

He said as he continued reading his chemistry book. Song Yi remembered that

Duan Jiayan really is someone who would do as promised. If he promised to do
something, then he wouldn’t go back on his word. Song Yi had just thought that
this person still had some redeeming qualities when-

“What the heck?” Duan Jiayan tossed the chemistry book onto the table. He
asked blankly: “Why does one element have so many valences? Do they not get
into fights?”

Song Yi almost laughed to death.

A day passed, Duan Jiayan unbelievably studied for more than half the day, and
Song Yi decided to test the results of his learning.

Song Yi’s grades were also poor, but compared to Duan Jiayan, he’s still a little
better. At least he knew that the valences wouldn’t get into fights.

He tested Duan Jiayan on a few knowledge points.

Duan Jiayan had no idea of the answer.

Song Yi advised: “You can’t be like this. Why don’t you find a top student to go
over a few key points with you? For the previous monthly exam, Cheng Chi
managed to improve 100 plus places all because he had a super-smart girlfriend
to save him.”

Duan Jiayan felt that what Song Yi said was logical.

He was just wondering where he could find such a top student to help, save him
from this crisis when Zhao Minjun entered the classroom.

“Everyone, later on, we will be reorganizing the classroom in a bit to arrange it

into the exam setting for tomorrow’s monthly exam.” She drew the seating
arrangement on the whiteboard: “The group closest to the back door needs to
move out into the hallway. The remaining students just need to help space out
the seats.”

It was time to start rearranging the seating.

Duan Jiayan looked around the classroom and the first person his eyes landed
on was Lu Xingci.

Firstly, it was because he was tall, and secondly, was because there were not
many books on Lu Xingci’s desk. Unlike many other people who have piled up a
few stacks of workbooks, it was very easy for him to move his seat in the crowd
of students.

Duan Jiayan’s eyes lit up as if he saw his savior.

Is there a top student who’s more top than Lu Xingci?

Looking at the desk, Lu Xingci barely placed any books on. Why was this so?
This was the symbol of a pro: all the knowledge is already inside his head.

Duan Jiayan dragged his table next to Lu Xingci’s. He looked at Chen Yue who
was supposed to be sitting next to Lu Xingci: “I want to sit here.”

Chen Yue saw that Lu Xingci did not say anything and knew that it meant that
he did not object. Chen Yue then said: “Then take a seat?”

Duan Jiayan satisfactorily placed his table next to Lu Xingci’s.

Chen Yue put his table behind Duan Jiayan’s table and thought that this seat was
very rare today, and an even more rare thing happened.
He heard Duan Jiayan ask: “Class president, do you think it is possible for a
person who does not usually study and suddenly decides to study hard the night
before the exam to perform miracles?

“That depends on what kind of miracle.”

“For example… improving by fifty to sixty places?”

When Lu Xingci saw that he first moved the table over and then he started
beating around the bush, he pretty much knew what Duan Jiayan was trying to
do.

“If the person who doesn’t study is you, it is possible. After all, you have an
amazingly large room for improvement.”

He vaguely remembered that since Duan Jiayan entered high school, his grades
have been hovering in the bottom ten of the grade, which is very stable

Duan Jiayan pretended not to understand his ridicule, and handed the exercise
book in his hand forward: “Then, are you interested in helping me make some
amazing progress?”

Chen Yue: “???”

Chen Yue turned around and looked at Song Yi who was sitting behind him. He
quietly asked: “Did something happen in Duan Jiayan’s home?”

Song Yi: “…”

Lu Xingci retorted: “Do you think I’d be interested?”

“I think you are a top student who is willing to help others and is warm and
kind-hearted.”

“You overestimate my kindness.” Lu Xingci put his legs on the horizontal bar
under his desk and said lazily: “I am a top student who is neither willing to help
others nor am I warm or kind-hearted.”

Duan Jiayan: “…”

When Duan Jiayan realized being soft was not going to work, his tone became
cold: “Lu Xingci, for you to become the class president, do you know how much I
have silently done for you behind your back?”

“?”

Duan Jiayan did not tell any lies. On the high school election day, he went
straight to sleep, and Song Yi next to him helped him to vote for Lu Xingci.

“I gave you my precious vote.” Duan Jiayan paused: “So…”

“…So?”

Duan Jiayan once again handed the exercise book forward: “You should be
responsible for every student who trusts you.”

Chen Yue watched their interaction, and almost laughed out loud.

If Duan Jiayan didn’t say that and wasn’t the one who deliberately moved his
seat next to Lu Xingci. He would have thought that this was a flirty move of one
who is trying to play mind games, and it was such a low move.
Chen Yue could not hold back anymore, and let out a laugh behind them: “As
soon as you two sat together, you guys began to discuss who was responsible?
Isn’t it a little fast? “

After hearing this, Duan Jiayan realized what he had just said. And in a moment,
it felt like someone had clutched his throat, and his mouth, which had been
talking so much just now, lost its voice.

Lu Xingci stared at Duan Jiayan’s uneasy expression for a while, and the corners
of his mouth rose slightly.

The way he spoke seemed as if he were joking because he spoke slowly, and
also seemed to have a little bit of real delight.

“Okay, I’ll be responsible for you.”

Only when starting to help fill in Duan Jiayan’s missing knowledge points did Lu
Xingci fully realize how poor Duan Jiayan’s knowledge reserve was.

He suspected that Duan Jiayan might not have read the textbook much after he
graduated from primary school. However, Duan Jiayan still had a lot of his own
ideas. He refused to follow his teaching momentum and would ask him questions
from time to time.

Out of who knows where, Duan Jiayan brought up a biology question, which was
a big question on Genetics.

Lu Xingci roughly scanned the question. This was a typical genetic question. He
thought they could talk about it, so he motioned Duan Jiayan to read the first
question: “A Red dd Chromosome is crossed with a White dd Chromosome. What
would the color of their offspring be?”

Duan Jiayan answered instantly: “Pink. I just read a similar question earlier.”
Lu Xingci paused: “Is the answer to the question whether red plus white equals
to pink?”

Duan Jiayan: “Yup.”

Lu Xingci put down his pen and looked at him: “Is this an art question that you
are looking at right now?”

Duan Jiayan: “…”

Duan Jiayan was about to explain when the bell signalling that it is time for Self-
Study suddenly rang. Zhao Minjun announced on the platform: “The three
classes in the evening will be dedicated to self-study. Everyone should keep
quiet in the classroom and focus on their own work. Don’t disturb the other
students around you.”

The discipline of class ten during evening self-study is always good. Lu Xingci is
the class president, but he doesn’t like to be in charge of others. All the boys in
the class obeyed him so no one who would pick a fight in the evening self-study
classes. Those who didn’t study would just play with their phones or skip the
classes directly.

After Zhao Minjun left the classroom, class ten was silent.

Suddenly, a small ball of paper flew in and fell onto Lu Xingci’s table.

After the classroom was rearranged into the exam setting, each seat was one
meter apart from every other seat. Duan Jiayan silently gestured to the seat that
was a meter away from him, signalling to open the ball of paper.

Lu Xingci unfolded the small paper ball and saw a paragraph written on it.
[I saw the answer: it should be red. What does the diagram mean in the second
question?]

Lu Xingci: “…”

He was almost moved by Duan Jiayan’s persistent learning spirit.

He tore up a piece of draft paper, wrote a detailed explanation of the answer,

and threw it back. Duan Jiayan looked at it for a long time and then gave him
another note. On the note, there was a math problem followed by three huge
question marks.

Lu Xingci directly marked the knowledge points Duan Jiayan may not know.

After marking them, Lu Xingci pondered and then added a sentence below. He
passed the note back to Duan Jiayan, who received it and was about to unfold it.

Director Jiang suddenly entered the room.

He walked straight to Duan Jiayan and grabbed the note that had not been able
to be unfolded yet. His tone was severe: “I have been watching you from outside
the window for a long time. You were not only not self-studying, and you even
dared to pass notes?”

The whole class was looking over. Director Jiang held the note and looked at the
silent Lu Xingci who didn’t know what to say. He affirmed his own suspicion.

If you don’t say a word, it means that you are guilty.

When he saw Duan Jiayan come to deliver water that day, he already thought
that the relationship between the two students was unusual. He didn’t know the
history between Duan Jiayan and Lu Xingci. He only knew that the two students,
one was an alpha and one was an omega.

An Alpha and an Omega. Not only delivering water but also passing paper notes.

Isn’t this just puppy love?

If Lu Xingci wants to fall in love early, the teachers will turn a blind eye. But if he
falls in love with Duan Jiayan, then it’s a little different.

A problem student and a first-rank student. If this young master lets Duan
Jiayan lead him astray, then…

Duan Jiayan quickly explained: “Director, you have misunderstood. We were

only discussing a problem.”

Director Jiang snorted.

Lu Xingci concurred: “It’s true.”

If he didn’t talk, then it was still fine. But when he spoke, Director Jiang’s heart
skipped a beat.

“Won’t I know whether you guys were doing the right thing if I just read the
note?” Director Jiang said, unfolding the note in front of the whole class: “What
is written here? It is both x and y…”

It really was the step by step process of solving a math problem.

Comments were coming from the class, and Director Jiang was a little
embarrassed. Seeing that there was a line written at the bottom, he simply read
out the line: “Substituting x just means substituting x back into the original
equation. How can you be so stupid?”

Chen Yue didn’t hold back and first quietly snickered. That sound was like
igniting fireworks, and the classroom was soon filled with the sound of snickering.

Even Director Jiang was amused by the contents of the note. He put the note on
Duan Jiayan’s desk and knocked on his desk: “Don’t repeat this mistake.”

When he left, the whole classroom burst into laughter.

“What the Fuck hahahahahaha! I am going to laugh to death. Passing notes for
the whole day just to pass notes on a math problem…”

“Did you see Lao*-Jiang’s expression when he read until the end? That skeptical
expression. He really hahahahahaha! That was awesome!”

*T/N: 老 – “Lao” / “Old”; It is used as a term of respect for older people.

Song Yi smiled and held his abdomen as he tried to catch his breath from
laughing too hard: “Xiao-Duan, how can you be so stupid?”

Duan Jiayan lowered his head. His ears were super flushed, and he wasn’t sure if
he was blushing.

It’s too shameful.

He now knows the reason why Lu Xingci didn’t speak back then, it was not
because of embarrassment, but because of that extra line of words.
Duan Jiayan looked to the side and coincidentally saw the corners of Lu Xingci’s
eyes which were bent and almost forming a curve.

Lu Xingci still has the face to laugh?

Damn thing.

I’ll kill you.

☾ ⋆*･ﾟ:⋆*･ﾟ:⠀ *⋆.*:･ﾟ .: ⋆*･ﾟ: .⋆

Note from the translator:

Sorry for the long wait! Hope you all enjoyed this chapter (and don’t beat me
up). The next chapter is already in the works so I will try to get that out sooner
than… 2 months… (ーー;)

Again, please thank Eve for helping edit this chapter (and poking me to finish it~)
See you all next time~ 再见~

-fluff
Chapter 13 – Monthly exam : I think you are
smiling happily
Soon after, the bell signaling end of class rang.

Duan Jiayan undisturbed and restrainedly commented: “Was it funny?”

Lu Xingci: “It was alright.”

Duan Jiayan: “It seemed like you* were laughing pretty happily.”

*T/N: Duan Jiayan uses the formal you “您” here as opposed to the informal you
“你”.

Lu Xingci paused, the smile on his face faded a bit.

He even used the honorific. He must be pretty angry.

The sides of Duan Jiayan’s mouth twitched and his tone was cool and thin: “I’m
so stupid. It’s my honor that I am able to entertain you*.”

*T/N: Also uses the formal you “您” here.

His murderous spirit was overbearing. Song Yi was scared witless behind him:
“This is it, this is it. The last time I saw him like this, he single-handedly took
down four others.”

Chen Yue: “…”

Lu Xingci knew that he was in the wrong and thus asked sincerely, “what should
I do to cheer you up?”

Duan Jiayan: “Do you see that microphone left on the platform by Teacher Zhao?
Take it and exit the room, turn left and shout three times saying ‘I’m a dumbass
goose’, and then I’ll generously forgive you for what you said.”

Lu Xingci: “…”

Duan Jiayan, without any self-consciousness but with immense courage, urged:
“Go ahead, little goose.”

This time it was Chen Yue who became silent.

Song Yi said with difficulty: “…Does the class president… beat people up?”

Chen Yue: “…He should.”

As soon as that was said, Lu Xingci leaned forward, his unsympathetic eyelids
drooped slightly and he looked straight at Duan Jiayan.

Song Yi kicked Chen Yue’s chair: “This is it, this is it! The class president is going
to deal blows!”

Chen Yue: “Don’t kick me. I don’t dare to stop him.”

As the other party approached, Duan Jiayan tensed up.

Alphas naturally bring forth a feeling of oppression. Especially since he has the
mark of Lu Xingci, no matter what Duan Jiayan thinks, his body will also admit
that this is his Alpha.

Instinctively making Duan Jiayan want to obey this person. Looking into Lu
Xingci’s pair of dark and silent eyes, his desire was constantly shouting–

Listen to him.

Duan Jiayan suppressed his messy thoughts and gave a gloomy smile.

Sure.

Oppressing me with your mark?

How dare you little bastard play dirty? Today, Daddy will use actions to let you
know what is——

“It’s my fault.” Lu Xingci said: “I shouldn’t have called you stupid.”

What is called instinct being bullshit in the face of violence… Eh???

Duan Jiayan was stunned for a second.

Before he realised what happened.

Lu Xingci was apologizing.

His long eyelashes were dropping from his eyelids yet those eyelashes weren’t
considered too curled up. His brow ridge was distinct, making him look more
neat and profound.

Seemingly because he rarely said these things, after he spoke, he slightly

knitted his brows.

At first, he was really surprised. Duan Jiayan was a bit flattered for a moment,
and his ears were unexpectedly hot. Then, he returned to his senses and
immediately abandoned this emotion that he shouldn’t have.

Lu Xingci! Is apologizing! To him!

The joy of victory overwhelmed Duan Jiayan, who felt as if he had won a
complete victory in this battle.

“Well since you’ve said this, It’s not like I can’t forgive you.” Duan Jiayan
thought. He felt increasingly comfortable and said: “Then after you return,
reflect upon today’s mistakes daily and remind yourself never to commit them
again for the rest of your life.”

“I built you a step ladder, yet you still want more?” Lu Xingci returned to his seat,
his voice containing no emotion.

“…”

“Spoilt.” Lu Xingci concluded.

–
The first subject being tested for the Monthly Exam is Language.

Twenty minutes before the exam, the classroom was filled with restlessness.
Song Yi asked to confirm for the last time: “Brother, are you sure you don’t want
to board the bus? It’s still not too late to buy a ticket which can guarantee that
you will improve greatly in the monthly exam’s rankings. “

“I’m fine.” Duan Jiayan refused very simply.

Zhao Minjun came in and asked everyone to wait outside their exam venue.
Before leaving their seats, Duan Jiayan poked Lu Xingci.

When Lu Xingci looked over, Duan Jiayan took three pencils and paid a formal
respect to Lu Xingci.

After receiving such a formal respect for no reason, Lu Xingci didn’t know
whether to laugh or cry: “Is this a new way of cursing?”

Duan Jiayan: “Worshiping the god of learning before I take a test will bless me
so that I can pass at the bare minimum.”

Lu Xingci saw that he seemed to really care about the exam this time and asked:
“Did you memorize the ancient verses?”

“I memorized a few randomly-chosen sentences. It all depends on my luck now.”

“Try to write as much as you can for the essay.”

“Okay, I’ll write about my class president Lu Xingci. Even though he’s a bit
stupid, he’s still a helpful, enthusiastic, and kind-hearted class president.” Duan
Jiayan continued: “At the thought of my class president’s peaceful appearance, I
can write a complete essay in mere minutes.”

“‘A peaceful appearance is used to describe dead people.”

“…”

“Your Language score is probably done for.”

“…Fuck off.”

Afterward, Duan Jiayan took only a few pens, not even his book, and slowly
walked towards the last exam room.

Chen Yue watched as he walked into the distance, and patted Lu Xingci:
“Brother, since when did you have such a good relationship with him?”

Before he even finished speaking, Zhou Xingchen ran over quickly. His voice was
a little high, and directly covered up the second half of Chen Yue’s words.

“Brother Lu! Which ancient verses lines do you think will be on the test? I’ll write
it on my arm.”

Lu Xingci glanced at him: “What were you doing earlier?”

“Isn’t this because I’m depending on your guesses,” Zhou Xingchen smiled
mischievously: “I’ll go after what you point to.”
Lu Xingci said a few lines that might be tested, and then looked over at Chen
Yue: “What did you say earlier?”

After such a long delay, Chen Yue’s slight interest dissipated and he simply said:
“It’s nothing.”

He just thinks that Lu Xingci is very patient when it comes to Duan Jiayan.

Sometimes, he’s so patient that it seems like he’s coaxing Duan Jiayan.

Students filtered into the exam room not all at the same time, so when Duan
Jiayan arrived, several seats were still empty.

To his delight, Jiang Qinian was also in this examination room, and she was
sitting diagonally in front of him.

When it’s October in the north, it’s still quite warm in the exam room so Jiang
Chinian wore only a light-colored sweater.

Duan Jiayan’s eyes paused.

The neckline of the clothing was a little big, so her bra strap was almost showing.

Seeing that Jiang Qinian was playing with her mobile phone, the boy behind her
suddenly kicked her chair. She turned over, and the boy grinned at her, pointing
to an eraser by her feet.

“I dropped my eraser. Can you help me pick it up?”

Jiang Qinian didn’t think much about it. She bent down, picked up the eraser,
and put it on the boy’s desk. Duan Jiayan was watching the whole time and he
noticed that the boy’s eyes were glued to Jiang Qinian’s chest and slid across her
bra strap. From time to time, he showed a look that was just disgusting.

Seeing that boy purposefully drop a pencil by Jiang Qinian’s feet again, Duan
Jiayan couldn’t sit still anymore.

“I dropped my pencil again,” the boy said: “Sorry to bother you.”

“What’s wrong with him?” Jiang Qinian murmured. Just as she was about to
bend down and pick up the pen, Duan Jiayan suddenly walked over to the boy
and grabbed the back of the other’s head.

He pressed the boy’s whole head on the table, making a loud “Thump” sound.
The boy widened his eyes, fidgeting in an attempt to resist: “What are you
doing?! H-hey, are you crazy?!”

Everyone in that exam room was stunned.

Duan Jiayan moved closer, and in a soft voice that only the two of them could
hear, he said: “If you stare at her again, I’ll dig out your eyes.”

His threat was soft in terms of volume, but the boy was so scared by it that he
didn’t dare to budge. The curse he prepared to swear was also retracted.

He knows who Duan Jiayan is, and has also heard of rumours about him.

Who doesn’t recognize the big shot in their grade?

He just saw that Jiang Qinian was beautiful. Seeing her play with her mobile
phone, he thought that she wouldn’t care to pay attention to her actions and
wanted to take advantage of her.

Duan Jiayan pressed the boy down with one hand and pulled out his own jacket
from under his desk to give to Jiang Qinian with his other hand.

He didn’t say anything, but Jiang Qinian realized it. She looked down at her bra
strap and neckline. Her face was a little red and took Duan Jiayan’s jacket
quietly.

The proctor teacher entered the classroom at this time to see this amazing scene
and hurriedly said: “That classmate, what are you doing? Let go of him!”

The moment Duan Jiayan released his hand, the boy raised his head and was
the first to speak: “Teacher! Duan Jiayan has a problem. He beat me up even
though I didn’t do anything.”

The teacher’s questioning gaze landed on Duan Jiayan.

Duan Jiayan stayed silent.

This matter involved Jiang Qinian’s privacy. When a girl comes across this kind
of thing, he can’t explain the whole story without her consent. Even if the
surveillance camera footage were checked, it’d still be hard to see and
understand the boy’s secretive move.

He was preparing to be wrongly punished, but then someone in the corner

suddenly stood up: “Teacher, he caused the trouble first, not Duan Jiayan.”

Duan Jiayan looked back and when saw who stood up for him, and he was a bit
surprised.
It was that tanned person from sports class.

What was his name again? Duan Jiayan doesn’t quite remember. He only
remembers that this person was gullible and a bit stubborn. The tanned boy
nodded at Duan Jiayan when he saw that Duan Jiayan was looking at him, and
his face had an expression as if saying this time, I’m taking your side.

Duan Jiayan: “…”

Duan Jiayan wonders why these people are all so interesting.

Jiang Qinian also said: “Teacher, it was he who looked for trouble first.”

Seeing how both students didn’t cause any big trouble and the two sides didn’t
agree, the proctor teacher

“Okay everyone, return to your seats. The exam is about to start. You all need to
know your place so whoever makes trouble again will be immediately
disqualified from the examination.”

When Lu Xingci exited the exam room, some of the students from other exam
rooms who had submitted their papers in advance were already standing along
the hallway.

When going down the stairs, two girls were walking behind him, and it seemed
as if they were super excited, as their discussion was quite loud.

“Ohohoho, isn’t the person in front of us Class Ten’s…”

“Shh, be a bit quieter!” The girl slightly nudged the person beside her, yet she
didn’t hold back and sighed softly: “So handsome.”

“The handsome guys of Class Ten are all gathered together. Duan Jiayan is also
very handsome.”

“You’re into him? Did you hear about it, it seems like Duan Jiayan got into
trouble with someone again.”

“What? A fight again?”

“They didn’t fight, but it was so serious that the proctor teacher had to step up.”
The girl who said that wondered: “I think it was because of a girl? She’scalled
Jiang something… roughly why so, I’m not sure. I have a friend in the last exam
room who said that the big shot’s angry look is very frightening. He directly
pressed someone down on the table.”

“Jiang Qinian?”

“Yeah, that’s her.” When the girl heard her friend say the right name, she was
even more interested: “Actually, I also think that Duan Jiayan is quite handsome.
Plus, he gives people a sense of security. If I was that Jiang Qinian, perhaps
after this time, I would also fall for him.”

Lu Xingci’s footsteps stopped for a bit.

The author has something to say: He has to be very patient to his wife.

☾ ⋆*･ﾟ:⋆*･ﾟ:⠀ *⋆.*:･ﾟ .: ⋆*･ﾟ: .⋆

Note from the translator:

Hi again! Hope you all enjoyed the chapter. Duan Jiayan protecting Qinian is the
good stuff b(￣▽￣*). But I’m more interested in seeing how Duan Jiayan’s
scores turn out… This made me think that maybe I should also invest in getting
a study god to pray to if he passes~

Special thanks to Eve for leaving 150+ comments and helping make sense of my
broken ching-lish ^^ See you all next time~ 再见~

-fluff
Chapter 14 – Dimples : please
In the afternoon, Duan Jiayan entered Class Ten’s classroom.

The exam starts at 3:00 pm, but students still have a bit of time until they have
to enter their exam rooms.

Duan Jiayan’s heroic feat in the morning has already been spread throughout the
entire cohort. When he entered the classroom, the classmates couldn’t help
glancing at him a few extra times.

A bag of chips sat atop Duan Jiayan’s desk, and the jacket he had lent to Jiang
Qinian hung on his chair.

Knowing that Jiang Qinian had visited, Duan Jiayan smiled, pulled out his chair,
and sat down.

The afternoon exam was Mathematics.

Last night when Lu Xingci outlined the important concepts seemed to really
serve its purpose, Duan Jiayan felt like he saw those concepts mentioned in
many questions. Even though he couldn’t wrap his head around how to solve a
lot of the questions, at least it was better than when he went to sleep after
guessing all the questions in the previous exams.

Duan Jiayan tasted sweet victory. Tomorrow’s exam will be on comprehensive

natural science. He was going to ask Lu Xingci to go over the important points,
but Lu Xingci had directly given his teaching materials to him.

“Flip through and take a look at the underlined portions and annotations.”
Duan Jiayan thought that he was also going to review since comprehensive
natural science is a hard subject, so he decided not to bother him.

For most of the Evening Self Study, Duan Jiayan studied. He could pretty much
understand most of the information, but he could not wrap his head around the
problems. His brain was almost breaking, yet he didn’t expect that once class
ended, he turned his head to see-

Lu Xingci was playing “Fight the Landlord” with Chen Yue with their phones.

“Class president,” Duan Jiayan shouted at him: “After you finish the game, can
you help save this classmate who’s an aquatic life stuck in a fiery hell?”

Lu Xingci didn’t even raise his head: “Always relying on others isn’t beneficial for
your growth.”

“…” Duan Jiayan: “You weren’t like this yesterday.”

“That’s why I’ve changed today.”

“…” Duan Jiayan saw that he’s still unhurriedly sorting his cards, seeming like he
isn’t going to help him. Duan Jiayan looked over at Chen Yue: “Who are you
guys battling? Someone else also in this class?

Chen Yue: “We play passers-by in each game.”

Duan Jiayan pulled out his mobile phone: “Add me. I also want to play.”

The result is: Chen Yue added Duan Jiayan in.

There is a function in the mobile “Fight the Landlord” game where players can
throw items at another player. As soon as Duan Jiayan entered, he threw
tomatoes at Lu Xingci’s character, threw eggs after throwing tomatoes, and
finally watered them.

From start to end, Lu Xingci’s character’s whole face has not been fully exposed
once.

Chen Yue: “…”

Chen Yue can feel Duan Jiayan’s resentment through the phone screen. After
that round, Duan Jiayan fell from a part-time worker to a contract worker, and
Lu Xingci became a small, rich man.

Seeing that Lu Xingci exited the round, Chen Yue asked: “You’re not playing
anymore?”

“If I play again, I’ll be killed by tomatoes.” Lu Xingci had a blank face. He looked
at Duan Jiayan: “Contract worker, let’s go study.”

Duan Jiayan saw that he flipped open the teaching materials and looked ready to
give him one-on-one counseling.

“Pay attention to your words,” Duan Jiayan was glad to see that he was willing
to help at last: “although I am a contract worker, my contract of sale is not with
you, so you can’t call me a contractor directly.”

“Then what should I call you?” The corner of Lu Xingci’s mouth lifted, showing a
taunting look: “the richest tomato lord?”

“…”
With the help of Lu Xingci, Duan Jiayan escaped lowering his score. That night,
he felt quite fruitful and full of confidence in the next day’s exam.

At the end of the three-day monthly examination, the students moved their
seats back to their original positions, and Duan Jiayan and Song Yi got back
together smoothly.

To celebrate the end of the monthly exam, Song Yi planned to escape the
evening self-study and go browsing online with some boys from Class Three.
Duan Jiayan also went with him.

But he left his cell phone in the classroom and had to take a trip back after
dinner.

Taking a shortcut, Duan Jiayan walked through the moral education

department’s corridor to the classroom of Class Ten. When he almost reached
the classroom door, he saw two people standing in the corridor corner, talking.

It was desolate here. Usually, no one comes over here except the staff of the
school board. Now that those people are off work, only the corridor lights are on,
so the hallway was a little dark.

Duan Jiayan had good eyesight, so he quickly saw who the two were.

Lu Xingci’s tall and straight back faced him. He had a fit figure. Jiang Qinian was
hidden behind him, but her long, light chestnut hair was so eye-catching.

Duan Jiayan was stunned. He was just about to walk over while pretending that
he saw nothing when Jiang Qinian’s next sentence made him stop.

“I’ve loved you for four years.” When she spoke, her voice sounded a little sad:
“from the second year of junior high school to the second year of senior high
school. I didn’t expect that it would last this long.”
She and Lu Xingci were classmates in Junior High School of No.1 middle school.

In junior high school, Lu Xingci was someone who attracted a lot of attention.
She was young at that time, and many people were chasing her. She thought
that Lu Xingci was just more dazzling than everyone else.

If she treats him better, will he like her too?

“When I was in junior high school, you refused me once. At that time, I asked
you why, and you said you didn’t know what type of person you like. If that
person hasn’t arrived yet… Can you give me a chance? “

She seldom said so much in front of him.

No matter, there was no suitable time to ask after high school started. Not only
that, because Duan Jiayan helped her in this month’s examination, rumors about
her and Duan Jiayan were fervently spread throughout the entire cohort.

She always felt that the distance between herself and Lu Xingci was becoming
larger. If she didn’t confess to him, she might never have a chance again.

Lu Xingci listened to her finish and his eyelids drooped, avoiding Jiang Qinian’s
expectant sight.

He whispered an apology.

The light in Jiang Qinian’s eyes faded. Duan Jiayan saw her smile and say
something quietly. Then she went straight down the stairs.
The “click-clack” sounds of the hells of the girl’s shoes striking the ground
echoed through the silent corridor. When she walked far, Lu Xingci suddenly
turned around.

Duan Jiayan was caught off guard and met his eyes.

Duan Jiayan was a little embarrassed when he was caught in this way. However,
thinking that he still had Lu Xingci’s Mark, Duan Jiayan felt that Lu Xingci might
have known he was eavesdropping from the beginning.

“You turned her down twice.” Duan Jiayan looked at Lu Xingci with a questioning
look. He didn’t know whether he should be jealous of or admiring him: “you
actually refuse her twice.”

Lu Xingci agreed faintly: “Because I didn’t like her.”

If he heard him say this was in the past, Duan Jiayan might have thought that
this man was so inflated that he owed a beating up.

But he just saw Lu Xingci’s refusal of Jiang’s Qinian. It was really neat, heartless,
and not enough to leave people with reverie.

It’s clean, and Duan Jiayan appreciated it.

“What type do you like?” Duan Jiayan said, “I’ll help you keep tabs.”

Lu Xingci repeated: “You’ll help me keep tabs?”

“I know a lot of people. Do you like Omegas or Betas? Do you have a

requirement for males or females?” Seeing that he did not react to the
conditions he mentioned, Duan Jiayan suddenly had a flash of enlightenment:
“Can it be that you want to do a–“
AA Relationship?

Maybe Lu Xingci likes an exciting relationship. It’s more exciting to do an Alpha.

The more he thought about it, the more it felt plausible. He murmured to himself,
“I’ll ask if there are any Alphas with this tendency.”

Lu Xingci was still giving him a blank look, so Duan Jiayan thought he had no
idea. He said, “although you have a special sexual orientation. With your
qualifications, if you want to find someone you like…” it shouldn’t be difficult.

Before he could even finish his last sentence, Lu Xingci interrupted him: “It’s too
much trouble. I like learning.”

“…”

So your sexual orientation really is special.

Before entering the classroom, Duan Jiayan looked in from the window and
unexpectedly found Zhao Minjun was watching the evening self-study from the
platform.

Usually, after the monthly examination, teachers would be marking the papers
all night in their offices. Duan Jiayan looked again and found that several seats
were empty in the back rows of the classroom.

Duan Jiayan hesitated.

There were already ten people who skipped. If he cut classes in front of Zhao
Minjun again, there’s a chance that the latter would be furious and call his
mother.

The exam results have not come out yet. In case he does a bit worse…

Duan Jiayan thought about it and decided not to take this risk. He called out to
Lu Xingci who was walking away with a quiet voice: “Class President, give me a
hand.”

Lu Xingci looked back at him.

“Can you go back to the classroom, pretend to go to the bathroom, and bring
my cell phone out for me?”

“You want to skip classes again?”

“It’s a strategy to relax after the monthly exam to be better prepared to face
studying tomorrow.” Duan Jiayan motioned to Zhao Minjun on the platform:
“Teacher Zhao is here. It’s not convenient for me to go in.”

“You should go in and tell her it’s to relax after the monthly exam.” Lu Xingci
said: “She will definitely understand your hard work for the sake of learning.”

Duan Jiayan said bluntly: “Will you help?”

Lu Xingci was even more direct: “Go by yourself.”

Duan Jiayan narrowed his eyes. His emotion was muffled in his amber pupils. In
this on-edge environment, he made eye contact with Lu Xingci for more than ten
seconds.
The atmosphere was tense.

Duan Jiayan suddenly stepped forward.

Lu Xingci raised his eyebrows.

Duan Jiayan grabbed Lu Xingci’s uniform and shook it.

“Can you help me grab my phone?”

“…”

He said: “Please.”

“…”

For a moment, Lu Xingci’s line of thought froze.

His tongue traced over his teeth and his eyes darkened. He didn’t expect Duan
Jiayan to be like this. When a person who is so fierce at ordinary times shows a
little weakness, it is so…

so…

impactful.
An Alpha’s mood is like a needle, filled with the scent of danger. Duan Jiayan felt
the aggressive desire from him, who was staring with almost wanton eyes. Duan
Jiayan was frightened.

Thinking that he is still unwilling to help, Duan Jiayan became impatient. He had
already said this much.

“If you won’t help, it’s fine.” Duan Jiayan let go and left for the classroom.

Lu Xingci pressed on his shoulder from behind.

Somehow, his voice was a little hoarse.

“Wait.”

Duan Jiayan got the answer he wanted, turned around, and gave him a satisfied
smile.

Lu Xingci found that when he was smiling, tiny dimples appeared.

“Quickly, then.” Duan Jiayan patted the hand on his shoulder: “Song Yi is
downstairs and he doesn’t like waiting for others. He will make a lot of noise if
it’s been a long time.”

Lu Xingci pulled his hand back.

His gaze swept over the back of his hand and stopped for a moment on Duan
Jiayan’s face. With an unclear meaning, he said:

“I’m quite angry.”

It was also unclear who this sentence was directed towards.

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Note from the translator:

This whole scene was just proving to us that Duan Jiayan can make a certain
cold ML do whatever he wants ^^

Eve, the editor, is currently very busy because of school, so I’ve been holding off
on releasing, however, she told me that I can just send out these chapters
unedited as it’s been awhile… If you all are fine with unedited chapters (which I
will go back and update when Eve has time to edit), then I can drop chapter 15
and 16 as well. I keep the ILYP page on my site updated with my progress for
your reference ^^ See you next time. 再见~

-fluff
Chapter 15 – Strawberry candy : I want to record
your beauty
The marking speed of First Middle was famous.

The next morning following the test the day before, most of the subject scores
were already announced the morning following the test day; by the afternoon,
the students’ total score and grade ranking table were also calculated.

Duan Jiayan went to see the results.

When he found out that he was in the bottom 100 of the grade, Duan Jiayan
blinked to make sure he was not mistaken.

Song Yi was also stunned: “Did you secretly sneak on a study bus behind my
back?”

“Onto a bus? There’s no such thing.” Duan Jiayan pointed at the test results
stuck on the classroom wall: “This is the result of my strength.”

“…”

Song Yi looked towards the top of the score sheet.

Lu Xingci still held first place in the grade.

“My God.” Song Yi saw that stunning score. Even if he was used to it, he was
still surprised: “The total score of the class president is more than twice that of
mine.”
“That’s your problem. Reflect on it,” Duan Jiayan casually answered. He took out
his mobile phone, took a picture of the results, and sent it to Fu Yuan.

Fu Yuan quickly replied to his WeChat.

Seeing his achievements this time, Fu Yuan was surprised and encouraged him.
Then she asked him if he still wanted to live in the dormitory.

Duan Jiayan replied with a confirmation.

Fu Yuan saw his firm attitude, so she agreed to let him move into the dormitory.
If he needed help, she offered to ask Uncle He to help him with his luggage.
However, Duan Jiayan politely refused her kindness.

After every monthly exam, the class seating is rearranged.

Zhao Minjun decided on the seating chart. She separated the students who often
gather together and to have side-chatter, and adjusted some seats based on
what the students wanted.

While shuffling seats, Zhao Minjun announced from the platform: “The school
will be holding the autumn sports meeting next week. Students who want to
participate can register with the Sports Committee after moving seats.”

The classroom responded with spaced agreements. Zhao Minjun said with a
smile: “Last year, we lost our first place by only a few points. If you guys just
push a bit harder this year, perhaps our class can overtake the sports class.”

A few boys raised their hands: “Teacher Zhao, is it true that the class president
of the class that wins will receive a scholarship?”
“That’s right,” Zhao Minjun confidently continued: “if you win the scholarship, I’ll
take all of you out to eat.”

Once she finished speaking, the boys all started to converse noisily:

“To receive this meal from Teacher Zhao, let’s all sign up together.”

“Who’s going to do the 3000-meter run? Why don’t you do it, Zhou Xingchen?
You got second place last year.”

“Brother Lu can run the Relay Race. He’s the most stable.”

“The class president will definitely sign up for many different events.” Song Yi
parted Duan Jiayan’s shoulder: “Our Xiao-Duan is pretty good too. Xiao-Duan,
do you want to do the long jump or high jump?”

Someone else added: “Matching the prettiest classmate with the most studious
classmate of the school makes for a pretty strong battle array.”

It was followed by loud laughter.

After the seats were rearranged, Duan Jiayan’s and Song Yi’s seating did not
change, but the boys who were one row behind them switched away. Song Yi
asked curiously:

“Where do you guys move to?”

Before any of the boys could answer, a clear male voice interrupted. Chen Yue
said to the two boys: “There are so many books. Do you want to help?”
“No need, no need.” The boy saw who asked, so he quickly replied, “moving it
twice is enough for us.”

Chen Yue stood frozen and suddenly realized something.

He looked to the side and saw that Lu Xingci had also pulled over his table and
chair. He was now leisurely leaning on the table, waiting for the two boys to
move away.

As soon as Song Yi snapped back awake, he asked Chen Yue, “do you want to sit
here?”

“Yes.” Chen Yue nodded: “I’ve never sat in the last row. Is it safe to play with
mobile games here?”

“It’s safe. Remarkably safe.” Song Yi watched as Lu Xingci set his table behind
Duan Jiayan and his eyes almost popped out of his head.

After the seats were rearranged, he tugged on Duan Jiayan in a hurry and yelled
in what he thought was a quiet voice (in reality, it wasn’t quiet at all): “the–
class–president–is–behind–us!”

“…” Duan Jiayan: “Your father saw it already.”

“Say… Do you think I should cut the hair on the back of my head so it’s shorter?”
Song Yi was so excited that he turned towards Duan Jiayan and said, “Xiao-Duan,
your hair is pretty short, so your neck is exposed. Did you know? Omegas have
a gland on the back of their neck. In an Alpha’s eyes, the temptation is no
inferior to that of one’s absolute territory. “

“Would you like to spray some more perfume?” Duan Jiayan’s tone was cold:
“You can spray it on your absolute territory.”
“That makes sense, brother.” Song Yi thought the idea was exciting: “how did
you know to do that?”

“…”

Duan Jiayan was too lazy to care anymore. He didn’t sleep well last night. He
was about to lie down to catch up on his sleep when, suddenly, he saw Song Yi
holding up his phone and pretending to take a selfie. He clicked the shutter
several times towards the direction behind him.

Duan Jiayan: “What are you doing? Taking selfies? “

He didn’t say it quietly. Song Yi, who is secretly photographing Lu Xingci, was
shocked. He felt a bit guilty, so he crazily waved silent gestures at Duan Jiayan.

Duan Jiayan was very cooperative and lowered his voice: “you secretly
photographed him?”

Song Yi whispered back: “I want to take some pictures to share with the sisters
in our text group. We agreed to share the good fortune. It’s a crime to
appreciate the handsome face of the class president on your own.”

Duan Jiayan: “…”

Duan Jiayan doesn’t really understand Song Yi and his sisters. He was just about
to encourage him when Song Yi frowned.

“I can’t get his whole face from this seat…” As he said this, Song Yi looked at
Duan Jiayan, who was sitting in front of Lu Xingci. His eyes lit up: “Can you–“

“No, I can’t.” Duan Jiayan interrupted him: “Xiao-Duan doesn’t do furtive things.”
“…” Song Yi was blocked back by him. After a little thought, he pinpointed the
other side’s weakness with his understanding of Duan Jiayan: “Aren’t you
moving into the dormitory soon? If you let me photograph him secretly, I will
make your bed for you on the day you move into the dormitory.”

Duan Jiayan has never made his own bed since he was young, and, indeed, he
doesn’t know how to do so.

It’s troublesome just thinking about it.

Duan Jiayan: “Can you help me carry a suitcase upstairs too?”

Song Yi: “Nonsense, if you’re moving your suitcase, will I just stand around
simply watching? Shen Chilie and I will help you move in together.”

Duan Jiayan was satisfied. He made a sound of agreement.

The next second.

“Lu Xingci,” Duan Jiayan turned back, “let me take a picture of you.”

Song Yi: …

Song Yi was shocked by Duan Jiayan’s directness.

Lu Xingci, who had lowered his head to play with his mobile phone, took a look
at him and turned off his phone: “Why?”
Duan Jiayan opened his mouth: “because you are beautiful and handsome. I
have never seen a more handsome man than you. If I can’t photograph you, my
camera will suffer from loneliness from today onwards.”

“Is it this pitiable?”

Lu Xingci laughed carelessly. The sense of estrangement became a lot lighter

when he laughed, in particular when his eyes were slightly curved, which made
him seem more tender and soft. Duan Jiayan had just thought he agreed when,
unexpectedly, Lu Xingci, this dawg, suddenly stopped smiling and said the next
second: “then let it suffer from autism.”

“…” Duan Jiayan thought for a moment and added: “It’s because I want to
record your beauty. Can you give me a chance?”

Chen Yue was holding the textbook. His hand slipped and he heard the sound of
his textbook hitting the ground. Song Yi had no courage to face this disastrous
scene. He closed his eyes and recited the Qingxin mantra and the great
compassion mantra in his heart.

It was quiet.

Lu Xingci responded with an “Oh.” He pulled out his mobile phone. When he
spoke slowly, one couldn’t tell whether he was serious or joking.

“I also want to record your beauty.”

“…”

“If you let me take a picture, I’ll let you take one too.”
Chen Yue saw it now and finally couldn’t help but ridicule: “Why don’t you two
just take a picture together?”

A few minutes later.

Song Yi sent a new photo to Holding Up First Middle’s Sky.

[My god! Is Song Yi sitting one row in front of Lulu? How many good things have
been done in the past life for you to be able to sit in front of this handsome boy!]

[I can. This face matches the books and papers on his table. I can really feel this
youthful feeling! ]

[Isn’t this the best shot yet? His whole face is well photographed. Brother Song
Yi is so awesome.]

[I don’t think it was secretly shot. He’s looking at the camera. ]

[It looks to be a group photo. Was the person next to him cropped out? I think I
barely see the arm of the person next to him?]

There was a heated discussion in the chat group. Duan Jiayan, who had been
cropped out, looked at the original photo on his mobile phone screen. After
thinking about it, he still saved it.

After all this, Duan Jiayan was even more sleepy. Then, the bell rang in class,
which was a blessing to his soul.

Once the bell rang, the surrounding evil spirits all quieted down, and only the
teacher’s voice was heard in the whole classroom.
On the platform, the physics teacher patiently explained the charged electrons
and the electric field…

It fell into Duan Jiayan’s ears like hypnotic music.

He slowly lowered his head and simply lay down on his desk. Because of this,
the absolute territory, as referred to by Song Yi, on the back of his neck was
clearly exposed in front of Lu Xingci’s eyes.

Lu Xingci eyelids twitched. His line of sight could not help but fall on that section
of the neck that attracted too much attention.

It was both white and straight.

Because he was lying down, Duan Jiayan’s vertebrae protruded very clearly,
making himself look more meager.

Lu Xingci looked at it for a while and retracted his eyesight.

***

In the evening, the evening left a layer of Warm gold light that shone on the
desk through the windows.

It was time to leave school in the afternoon. There were not many people left in
class ten. Gu Li saw Zhou Xingchen sitting on Chen Yue’s table and trotted over
to them.

She saw the application form on Lu Xingci’s table, with at least one event
following the names of Lu Xingci, Chen Yue, and Zhou Xingchen.
Zhou Xingchen saw her and patted her head: “Gu Li, wait a minute. We’ll discuss
who will run the relay. After that, we’ll have dinner.”

Gu Li hummed. Chen Yue looked at the little couple’s love, can’t help smiling,
and asked: “You two were quarreling last time. Who gave in first?”

Zhou Xingchen: “Me.”

Gu Li: “Him.”

They answered at the same time. Zhou Xingchen added: “I can’t even touch her
hand if I wasn’t going to coax her. The skin on my hand was so itchy those days.”

Gu Li’s face was gentle: “That metaphor is a bit disgusting.”

Zhou Xingchen: “…”

Gu Li took his eyesight back and looked at the man who had not spoken. She
asked softly, “Brother Lu, did someone take a picture with you yesterday?”

Lu Xingci wrote his name under the 800 meters event. He looked up at her and
nodded.

Chen Yue was a little strange: “How do you know?”

Gu Li: “Omegas in First Middle have a group. I saw it in the group chat. Who’s
the guy taking pictures with Brother Lu?”

Gu Li concealed the crazy speculation in the group chat about which lucky sister
could take a picture with the school grass, and the whole group forcibly
congratulated that fact with tears.
Chen Yue didn’t understand her intention at all and said casually, “Duan Jiayan.”

Gu Li: “!!!”

Gu Li covered her chest and tried to keep her sanity: “Can I have a look at the
picture?”

“There’s one in Lu Dawg’s cell phone. Let him show you.” Chen Yue finished,
then he looked over at the Lu Xingci and needed to confirm: “Did you delete it?”

Lu Xingci pulled up the photos in his mobile phone album and gave it to her.

Gu Li: “Oh, my Gooooooood–“

What a beautiful wedding photo!

She exhausted all her reason to not yell out “GOOD MATCH” in Lu Xingci’s face.

Can not be in front of the Lord KY, is her CP powder* basic literacy.

*T/N: Fan of a romantic ship. CP = couple; powder = fan.

But Gu Li couldn’t keep a straight face. Her mouth was smiling; her eyes were
almost full of expectation: “Brother Lu, can you send me this picture?”

Zhou Xingchen was very alert: “What do you want this for?”

Gu Li: “I am Brother Lu and Duan Jiayan’s fan. I like to see them together.”
Zhou Xingchen: “Brother Lu, don’t send it to her. Does she have me in her eyes?
“

Gu Li was about to speak when someone came in from the door of the classroom.

He was tall and thin, with light brown hair and transparent amber pupils.

He had a basketball and a wrist guard on his slender white arm. Duan Jiayan
went straight to his seat and picked up his mobile phone from the desk.

Gu Li looked at Duan Jiayan and then at Lu Xingci. The more she looked, the
more elated she became.

These two men matched so well.

“Duan Jiayan.” Lu Xingci suddenly said: “Are you running in the relay race?”

Duan Jiayan turned back: “Who’s in it?”

“Chen Yue and me. We’re still missing two.”

Duan Jiayan thought for a moment and agreed, “Please add my name.”

After he said so, he started headed out. He had just taken two steps when he
stopped and turned back.

He thought of something. He took a box of candy out of his drawer, grabbed a

handful, and dropped them on Lu Xingci’s desk.
“These taste delicious.” Duan Jiayan said while making eye-contact: “I forgot to
tell you before. Thanks for helping outline the important points.”

After he left, he saw Lu Xingci tear open a wrapper and pop the candy in his
mouth. Gu Li couldn’t help it for a moment: “Wedding Candies?”

Zhou Xingchen was almost driven crazy by this woman: “Daughter in law, please
don’t say it. Do you know who you’re joking with? “

This sentence makes Gu Li wake up from her dream. Faced with the sight of Lu
Xingci’s forced smile, she quivered and wanted to apologize subconsciously.

“Don’t scare her.” Lu Xingci looked away, bit the sugar in his mouth, and said
with a smile: “It’s no worry.”

The candy left a clear and light fruit aroma in his mouth. The candy on the tip of
the tongue felt a little cold because of the added mint.

It was strawberry flavored.

☾ ⋆*･ﾟ:⋆*･ﾟ:⠀ *⋆.*:･ﾟ .: ⋆*･ﾟ: .⋆

Note from the translator:

This chapter isn’t edited. I’ll replace it with the edited version in the future ^^
Thanks for reading~ 再见~

Let me know of any typos in the comments!

-fluff
Chapter 16 – Sports meeting : Find excitement
The day before the games, Song Yi and Shen Chilie helped Duan move into his
dormitory.

He had a lot of luggage, and his dormitory was on the sixth floor. If no one
helped him carry all these things up, Duan Jiayan would have been very busy.

Only Song Yi lived in room 601. After Duan Jiayan moved in, it seemed to
become their combined space. Shen Chilie asked with a smile, “are you two
living together?”

Song Yi laughed: “Although Xiao-Duan is very good-looking, he doesn’t like

Omegas.”

Duan Jiayan: “you can also apply for residence. I don’t mind if you disturb our
two-person world.”

“Forget it, my little sister would probably be against it. That little brat gets really
annoying when she throws a tantrum.” Shen Chilie said as he placed the
suitcase he was carrying by the door: “I’m leaving your suitcase here.”

While talking, he wiggled his wrist and brooded to Duan Jiayan’s suitcase: “Do
you have a shot put in there? Why is it so heavy?”

Duan Jiayan didn’t even bother turning to look: “Don’t ask. If you ask, it means
you’re the weak one.”

Shen Chilie: “…”

Their dormitory had beds held up above their desks. Song Yi had already
climbed up to help make the bed: “Shen Chilie, hand me the bed sheets on that
chair.”

Shen Chilie scratched his eyebrow and felt like Duan Jiayan’s temperament of a
Young Master was a bit too much: “You’re helping him make his bed?”

Song Yi: “He helped me take a picture of the class president, so as

compensation, I’m helping him make his bed.”

Shen Chilie: “…”

Shen Chilie: “It’s already been a year. You’re still thinking of Lu Xingci? You
should give up sooner than later. Recall how his female fans can form a line from
First Middle all the way to Fu Middle next door. You are not ranked high enough.”

Song Yi: “I was just taking a look. This is called appreciating beauty. Plus, even
if I’m not ranked high enough, someone else is.”

Shen Chilie: “What do you mean?”

Song Yi raised his chin and motioned to Duan Jiayan: “Well, he still has the class
president’s mark.”

Shen Chilie was shocked: “…My son??? My son has been marked?!”

Duan Jiayan: “Correct it to ‘your father’.”

Shen Chilie: “Damn it! Does Lu Xingci want to die? Who can he not get? Does he
have to find this kind of entertainment for himself? “
Song Yi: “…”

Duan Jiayan: “…”

Duan Jiayan resisted the impulse to beat him: “I have a stress disorder. Since he
and I have high pheromone compatibility, this is treatment. And what about me?
Can I still beat him to death?”

Shen Chilie hadn’t calmed down yet and could not help but speak the truth: “You
have a face that looks like it doesn’t care about your family.”

Song Yi: “Hahahahaha!”

Duan Jiayan: “…”

Duan Jiayan couldn’t bear it this time and directly kicked his leg.

After a bit of chaos. Shen Chilie stopped joking. With a serious face, he asked:
“but are you sure he doesn’t harbor any other intentions towards you?”

An Alpha can’t mark an Omega casually. If one is willing to mark a person out of
love, one would never possess a bad feeling towards this person.

What’s more, Lu Xingci doesn’t look like the kind of person who would be kind
enough to casually help mark his classmates with stress disorders.

If he helped Duan Jiayan, not out of sympathy, but more voluntarily…

Then there would be trouble.

Song Yi agreed: “I actually thought about it too. It doesn’t feel like something
the class president would do. Take a look at how he rejects other people. How
long has he been soft-hearted…?”

Shen Chilie was also rarely serious: “Really… Don’t mess with him. The gap
between you and him is too large. Be careful that your bones aren’t gnawed
clean.”

“You two think too much.” Duan Jiayan had no expression: “So what if you know
about this mark? I got this by calling dad.”

Song Yi and Shen Chilie look at each other for a moment.

Then they started howling with laughter.

Before he slept that night, Duan Jiayan received a WeChat from Fu Yuan.

Fu Yuan asked if he was getting used to living in the dorm and told him that He
Yunshen exited the hospital.

Duan Jiayan read to this line and thought that He Yunshen was actually pretty
cute. He took a picture of his dorm room and sent it to Fu Yuan.

The next morning was the Sports Competition. Duan Jiayan was woken up by
the school’s announcement.

As it was his first time living in a dorm, the bed was a lot smaller than his bed at
home. Duan Jiayan was uncomfortable and could only fall asleep after midnight.

Director Jiang announced with full-on fervor: “Students, during this refreshingly
breezy clear autumn-winter, let’s welcome ourselves to the 80th annual sports
competition!”
Duan Jiayan woke up groggily: “Song Yi, did your alarm go off? Snooze it.”

Song Yi, who already climbed down from his bed: “Wake up. This is an
announcement.”

Duan Jiayan: “You’re really narcissistic. Your alarm even uses your own voice.”

Song Yi could stand it and shouted loudly next to his ear: “Ancestor! Wake up!
You can’t be late today!”

Duan Jiayan’s whole body shook and he suddenly recognized that this wasn’t the
alarm. Director Jiang was still announcing in with a very expressive voice:

“The sports competition won’t trust shed tears, but you can use your own hard
work to create miracles–“

Duan Jiayan woke up from his dream but there was still a sense of tiredness
seen between his eyebrows and eyes. He rubbed his temples: “if he continues
announcing, I’m going to shed tears here and now in my dorm room.”

Urged by Song Yi, Duan Jiayan inched slowly out of bed. They arrived a little late
when the students on the playground were pretty much lined up. The organizers
were giving speeches one by one.

The president, vice president, representatives of the referee group…

After waves of speeches, Duan Jiayan’s ears were almost cocooning themselves.
He was just about to yawn when screams broke out around him!

It was the student’s turn to represent.

The student who stepped onto the stage had a handsome and brilliant
appearance. He wore slim-fit black slacks matched with a white blouse which
made him look all the more tall and sturdy.

The representative of class ten was Lu Xingci. Following the requirements,

representatives all had to wear formal clothing. Wearing the contrasting black
and white made him look neat, nimble, and pure.

Song Yi pulled on Duan Jiayan: “If I die here on the field today, it must be a
death from Class President’s handsomeness!”

Duan Jiayan was so tired that there were a few tears squeezed out from his eyes:
“No. If you die, it’s because you were annoyed to death.”

Song Yi: “…”

Lu Xingci received the microphone. Duan Jiayan saw the girl in class nine
standing next to him with her mouth covered and her eyes wide open, pulling
out her mobile phone and recording a video.

Lu Xingci’s voice came from the announcement: “Hello, students and teachers.
During this refreshingly breezy clear autumn-winter, let’s welcome ourselves to
the 80th annual sports competition! The sports competition won’t trust shed
tears, but you can use your own hard work to make your opponents cry… “

When Duan Jiayan heard these words, he suddenly realized: “Did he copy Lao-
Jiang’s speech this morning? That’s so vicious. “

Song Yi: “So handsomeeeeeeeeee!”

Duan Jiayan: “…”

“No matter what the result is, the two-day sports competition will be a wonderful
memory of our school days. Let’s place friendship first and the competition
second. I hope you will spare no effort in the upcoming competition and give it
your best shot.”

Lu Xingci’s speech was brief. It was so fair-sounding.

However, the screams received in this speech lifted the field of First Middle.
Duan Jiayan vaguely heard someone shout “I love you”.

It felt like it was a fucking concert.

After Lu Xingci stepped down, Song Yi looked at the big screen and said with
great interest: “Obscenities come before the competition.”

Duan Jiayan made a sound of agreement and got a little excited.

This is a unique tradition of First Middle’s sports competition. It was originally

intended to encourage students to praise each other. However, unknown when
this started, some classes with strong resentment tend to trash talk other teams
in their interviews. In the end, it evolved into a situation where some classes
encouraged each other harmoniously and other classes ridiculed each other.

This kind of pre-competition conflict can arouse the enthusiasm of the classes.
As long as nothing crosses the line, the teachers are happy to watch the
excitement.

The speech style of the previous classes was pretty normal. They responded with
their “most confident events”, “most promising athletes” …and other harmonious
questions.

When it was the sports class’s turn, the style changed.

“Last basketball game, we lost to class ten. This time, we’ll let them know that it
was only basketball that was a bit subpar.” The tanned boy continued with a face
filled with confidence: “The first year of high school, our class won first place in
the sports competition. This time, we will also firmly push class ten into second
place.”

The camera lens turned…

and landed on Lu Xingci’s face.

This person who was just advocating for friendship first, competition second,
showed a completely different expression in front of the camera lens.

After listening to the tanned student’s speech, Duan Jiayan distinctly saw that
the corner of Lu Xingci’s mouth quirked upwards to reveal a not-so-small laugh.

Handsome and funny. How calm, super calm.

“It’s good to have confidence, but when that game of basketball happens, they
will be the ones to be pushed down. If they can’t raise their heads, I hope they
don’t cry on the court.” Lu Xingci paused, motioning for the camera to zoom in:
“Duan Jiayan, don’t touch my desk. What do you want to say?”

The interviewer girl originally wanted to interview Duan Jiayan as well. After all,
including him would make this segment more interesting. It was due to the
imposing aura of the smartest student that the girl did not want to offend him.
Now that she had a chance, she immediately turned the camera to face Duan
Jiayan.

“What does Duan Jiayan’s classmate want to say?”

“Why are you being so sensitive? I only kicked you by accident…” Duan Jiayan
whispered a few words… Seeing that camera and the girls were looking at him
with such expectation-filled faces, he felt like if he didn’t say something, he
would be losing reputation.

After thinking, Duan Jiayan said: “Our home-room teacher said that if we get
first place, she’ll take us out for a meal.”

Duan Jiayan made eye contact with the camera, his face still had marks of
sleepiness, and he spoke leisurely, with high intent of provoking: “Teacher Zhao,
I want to eat Haidilao*.”

*T/N: A popular Hot Pot Restaurant.

The VCR paused on his face and soon after stopped completely.

Class ten burst into a field of wild laughter:

“I’m- hahahahahaha!”

“This Lu-ge and Duan Jiayan pair really makes up god-level taunts.”

“Teacher Zhao! I want to eat Haidilao too!”

Zhao Minjun, who was standing in front of class ten, heard them making such
loud noises, immediately turned around to quiet them.

“Be quiet!” Zhao Minjun shouted, but he could not hold back and smiled at them:
“If you guys get first place, I’ll take you guys to eat Haidilao tomorrow night.”
Standing next to him, the girl asked embarrassedly, “Teacher Zhao, the first
place prize is only 3000 Yuan, if the whole class eats at Haidilao, will we spend
more than 3000?”

“We can use the class budget as a subsidy.” The girl continued, “We still have a
lot of budgets left.”

“No need to use that as a subsidy,” Zhao Minjun smiled: “Can the teacher not
afford to pay this much?”

First Middle is a private high school, so although the teachers have a heavy
workload, they also have a high salary.

This amount of money is really nothing to Zhao Minjun. The girl stuck her tongue
out and whispered: “Teacher is so nice.”

After lining up on the sports field, the various events of the sports competition
officially started.

The First Middle sports competition is based on a point system. According to the
different events, the first, second, and third place winners will receive different
points values. In the end, the class with the highest total score wins first place.

Duan Jiayan signed up for the high jump and relay race. The relay race is the
final event of the sports competition, which means Duan Jiayan only needed to
compete in the high jump today.

When he warmed up, Shen Chilie, who also signed up for the high jump,
warmed up beside him. Shen Chilie saw him stretching and squinted his eyes:
“Hey, don’t move. You have a strand of hair on your neck.”

Duan Jiayan stood still and let him fiddle around. She Chilie’s fingers on the back
of his neck made him feel a bit itchy.
Not far away, Chen Yue stopped, and nudged Lu Xingci with his arm: “Isn’t that
Duan Jiayan? He’s competing in the high jump, right?”

Lu Xingci looked over at where Chen Yue was motioning.

On the high jump field, there stood two tall boys. One of them was currently
touching the neck of the other.

“The person next to him looks like Shen Chilie, the class grass* of Class four?”
Chen Yue continued: “I didn’t think they were that close of friends.”

*T/N: Most handsome boy in the class.

Lu Xingci squinted and watched the two touch for what seemed like half a day.

Ignorant to what Shen Chilie just said, Duan Jiayan stretched out and slapped
the forehead of the boy next to him. The tall Alpha wasn’t mad when he was hit
by him, instead, he hooked his arm over his shoulder with a grin.

An arm around his shoulder…

made it look like they were really familiar with each other.

“Brother, why aren’t you guys walking?” Chen Yue, who saw that he was
completely glued to the ground but did not know what he was thinking,
reminded him: “The 800-meter run is starting to roll-call. You couldn’t have
forgotten about your own events, right?”

“I didn’t forget.”
Lu Xingci casually retracted his gaze. He suddenly remembered that after so
many days, the temporary mark he had left on Duan Jiayan has already faded.

If an Alpha touches the back of an Omega’s neck like this, it will leave a scent.

A scent of someone else.

His tongue pressed against his upper jaw, and he suddenly felt a bit thirsty.

His teeth also itched.

☾ ⋆*･ﾟ:⋆*･ﾟ:⠀ *⋆.*:･ﾟ .: ⋆*･ﾟ: .⋆

Note from the translator:

(*^-^) I’ve been sitting on these chapters for a couple months now. I’ll try my
best to get the ones that have already been translated out in the next couple of
weeks. Sorry for the delay! Since the editor who previously worked with me has
gotten even busier, I might consider searching for a new editor completely. More
details will be posted in the next chapter’s notes~

-fluff
Chapter 17 – 3000 meters race : No one is more
capable than you
Apart from Shen Chilie, Duan Jiayan’s group had no other notable competitors.

Nearing the end of the competition, only he and Shen Chilie were really
competing.

Both of them were outstanding in appearance. One of them was a school tyrant
who had all kinds of rumors flying around. Many people gathered around to
watch with great interest, and many of the young girls around looked with bright
eyes.

At the last bar, Duan Jiayan barely scraped over the bar, while Shen Chilie
knocked into the pole.

It was a narrow victory.

After losing to him, Shen Chilie didn’t mind and even came over to put his arm
around his shoulder: “My son is still fierce.”

Duan Jiayan avoided him: “Go away. Your pheromones are almost leaking out.”

Shen Chilie: “Remember, this is taste. It’s the scent of your father.”

Duan Jiayan: “Fuck off.”

After the high jump, Duan Jiayan went to use the restroom and staggered back
to the class ten’s camp. Before he even returned, he saw that there was a large
group of people gathered there.
There seems to be something wrong.

“What happened?” Duan Jiayan walked close and asked.

“Zhou Xingchen was walking while playing with his mobile phone. He wasn’t
paying attention and twisted his foot.” The girl next to him answered worriedly:
“He might not be able to run the 3000.”

Duan Jiayan also looked over.

Zhou Xingchen was sitting while Lu Xingci was asking him about his condition
besides him.

Unexpectedly, it was in Lu Xingci’s eyes where morale dimmed. In a monotone

voice, he said: “How will you run? Will you charge past the finished line with a
twisted ankle? If you really do it, then the school referees should give you a
disabled-yet-strong-willed prize.”

“…” The surrounding students were currently taking care of his foot injury. Zhou
Xingchen was already ashamed, but after being scolded by Lu Xingci, he felt
even more crestfallen.

Lu Xingci faced him for a second, and then held out his hand: “Give me your
number.”

“Don’t do it. You just did the 800.” Zhou Xingchen shook his head: “Letting Chen
Yue replace me should be fine. Where is he?”

“He’s at the shout-out roll call.”

“…” Zhou Xingchen was silent for a moment, but he simply didn’t want to give Lu
Xingci his number. Seeing this play out, a certain boy voluntarily said:
“What if I do it? However, I’m not as fast as Zhou Xingchen and I might not be
able to get that high of a ranking.”

“No need, let me run. With your speed, who knows if we might even be able to
call this competition the hare vs tortoise.” As that boy was talking, he walked
about to take the number.

“Turtle, do you think you’re better than me? Last time, who was the one running
the 1500-meter race yet dying to lay down lifeless on the sports field?

“…”

“I can also run, but I probably can’t beat the sports class…”

“3000 meters and 1500 meters should both have 5 points, right? The same as
the relay race. These are the highest valued events in the competition.” See as
there’s a lot of talking, a girl analyzed logically: “The girls in our class definitely
can’t beat the sports class. We should pick a strong boy to do the 3000.”

“The question is where do we find such a God? There are only ten minutes
before it starts–“

“I’ll run for you.” Duan Jiayan took a step forward and walked over, stopping in
front of Zhou Xingchen: “Give me the number.”

Seeing that it’s him, the eyes of a few girls lit up: “That’s right, that’s right.
Duan Jiayan can run!”

Those boys also woke up from their dreams: “That’s true, we forgot about
Brother Duan.”
Lu Xingci looked back, and his sights landed on his face.

Zhou Xingchen saw that it was him and his eyesight drifted for a bit. His
rationale told him that giving his number to Duan Jiayan was the best choice.
But emotionally wise, he can’t really accept help from this person.

“The winner of 3000 meters gets 5 points, the runner up gets 3 points, and
whoever gets third place gets 2 points.” Zhou Xingchen opened his mouth all of
a sudden and his eyes radiated a bit of hostility.

Duan Jiayan lazily raised his eyes: “I’ll get the 5 points.”

“Do you know that the sports class has a special student, an athlete from the
provincial sports team?”

“So there’s actually a guy like this in the competition?” Duan Jiayan paused and
saw Zhou Xingchen give him an expression that asked “are you unaware of the
opponent’s strength?” He continued slowly: “I’ll still get the 5 points.”

“…”

Zhou Xingchen was stunned. For a moment, he didn’t know why this person
could be so arrogant. Lu Xingci, who was standing next to him, directly lifted
Zhou Xingchen’s number tag off of his shirt.

He said to Duan Jiayan: “Come here.”

Zhou Xingchen felt betrayed, subconsciously blurted out a bitter “brother Lu…”.

Lu Xingci glanced at him.

Because of that one look, Zhou Xingchen swallowed his remaining struggle.
Duan Jiayan watched this play out and couldn’t help laughing. And the normally
never-obedient Duan Jiayan over to Lu Xingci.

When the number tag was stuck onto him, Duan Jiayan said to Zhou Xingchen:
“Sorry, your brother Lu thinks I’m more reliable.”

Zhou Xingchen: “Do you know what this is called?”

Duan Jiayan: “A vile character flourishes*? The fox exploits the tiger’s might**?
No matter what it’s called, I will be standing on the runway in a moment, and
you will be cheering me on.”

*T/N: [小人得志] (Xiao Ren de Zhi) An idiom that means “a small man intoxicated

by success.”

**T/N: [狐假虎威] (Hu Jia Hu Wei) An idiom that means ‘to use powerful
connections to intimidate people.

Zhou Xingchen: “…”

Duan Jiayan suddenly asked: “I’ll help you get first place, so shouldn’t you also
help me with something?”

Zhou Xingci answered unhappily: “Is me cheering you on not enough?”

“It’s not enough.” Duan Jiayan raised his chin. He knew that Zhou Xingchen
didn’t like him that much, so given this opportunity, if he doesn’t deal with this
person, he won’t give up: “Do you see that platform? I’ll have to trouble you to
use “Duan Jiayan is the most reliable” as your prompt and write an eight-
hundred-word piece of praises which you will shout when standing up there.”
Zhou Xingchen had never seen such a shameless person. While his jaw was still
dropped, Lu Xingci gave Duan Jiayan a slight nudge: “Go to roll call. He will write
you an essay to cheer you on later.”

Zhou Xingchen: “No?? Has anyone asked me for my opinion??”

“Do you have any objections?” Lu Xingci looked back at him and the corner of
his mouth was raised. His smile was a little muddy: “Even if you do, don’t bother
saying them.”

Zhou Xingchen was afraid to say anything because of Lu Xingci’s look. Seeing
this, Duan Jiayan walked to roll call feeling very satisfied.

When Duan Jiayan left, Zhou Xingchen couldn’t help asking, “Brother Lu, why do
you speak for him?”

Seeing Zhou Xingchen’s disheartened appearance, Lu Xingci sneered: “Next time,

if you can stand on that runway in one piece, I will not only speak for you but
will also write you an 800-word essay to cheer you on.”

“…”

“Go. Write him the essay.”

“Really? I thought you were coaxing him.”

Lu Xingci lazily picked at his eyebrow and repeated those two words: “Coaxing
him?”

“…I’ll do that right now.”

Once the starting pistol sounded to indicate the start of the 3000-meter race,
enthusiastic cheers broke out all over the sports field.

On the announcing platform, Gu Li, who was in charge of reading writings to

cheer on races, received the essay written by Zhou Xingchen. As before, he
spoke in a pleasant voice full of passion:

“For the 3000-meter race, being weak is the original sin. But you can always rely
on Duan Jiayan because he never commits crimes.”

Chen Yuegang held the shot put in his hand. Hearing the essay, his hand slipped
and almost dropped the shot put.

At the end of the round, he walked over to Lu Xingci:

“Which idiot wrote that speech? I almost dropped the shot put right in front of
me

“Zhou Xingchen.”

“…Did he finally go crazy?”

Once again, Gu Li’s voice came from the announcement radio, echoing in every
corner of the campus:

“Classmate Duan Jiayan from Class ten, when you stand on the 3000-meter
runway, such a handsome and shining figure really exists! I can’t believe it even
if I’m seeing it with my own eyes! Who sent you to this world!”

“…”
“…”

Chen Yue and Lu Xingci looked at each other. Lu Xingci hesitated: “Did Gu Li
write it by herself?”

Because two waves of cheering speeches broke through the sky, students from
other classes on the sports field began to cheer loudly for the athletes from their
own classes.

At the end of the race, Duan Jiayan and the special student of the sports class
were running in front while the others lagged behind a lot. With one and a half
laps to go, Duan Jiayan panted and panted. His chest hurt a little.

With the last lap left, the tanned student stood at the finish line and roared:
“Brother Lin! Run! If we don’t look better than the others, can we still lose to
others in running?! As sports students, will we still have a reputation?!”

Duan Jiayan: “…”

The special student was invigorated by that yell, carrying the hope of the whole
sports class, he began to rush forward as if the bottoms of his feet were
smeared with oil.

Seeing that he was about to pull ahead by a lot, Duan Jiayan gritted his teeth
and began to quicken his pace as he remembered how he had acted so
enormously in front of Zhou Xingchen.

The two figures were neck and neck.

They ran so fast that they even lapped all the other competitors. Duan Jiayan
followed as he watched the special sports student brush past the third-place
runner–
The whole audience was in an uproar.

This kind of life-on-the-line competition sparked the mood of the audience. The
students on the sports field started running with the competitors. Duan Jiayan
has never run a long-distance race at such a fast speed. He felt that his heart
was about to crack.

Is he about to lose?

The special sports student is too fast. They have already pulled ahead by a
distance of half the playground. At the thought of Zhou Xingchen’s super stupid
cheering speech, Duan Jiayan put his all into moving forward.

If he loses, he will be ridiculed by Zhou Xingchen for three days and three nights.

–“No way. He doesn’t even have a goddamn window. He can’t become a

laughing stock because of a cunt for the rest of his life… Come on, f-f-f-faster!

Run faster!! Try harder and you’ll win!!

Seeing the distance between the two people getting smaller and smaller, Song Yi
yelled from the finishing line: “Xiao-Duan–“

Another boy in class ten shouted: “School bully–“

Even Zhou Xingchen couldn’t help it: “Duan Jiayan, ruuuuun!!!! Aren’t you very
strong!!!! I’ll admit that you are truly strong when you cross over here!!!”

The boy running towards them was flushed. He was pale and could be picked out
easily in the crowd.
This was such a beautiful and lean Omega. If he stood there quietly, he really
doesn’t look like a school tyrant.

But the ferocity of his sprinting surprised several people who were waiting at the
finish line. Duan Jiayan looked like he threw away his light and in the last few
seconds, he suddenly accelerated, and, finally, he crossed the finish line.

“Who? Who was faster! ” Chen Yue tugged at Lu Xingci: “I didn’t see clearly.
Don’t scare me?”

“We won.”

Lu Xing’s voice was a little ambiguous. He took a sudden step forward. Shen
Chilie, who was a little farther from the finish line, saw that Duan Jiayan was
almost out of strength and was about to run over and help him.

Someone was a step ahead of him and caught Duan Jiayan, who almost knelt
down.

“Fuck!! Did I fucking win??!!”

“God came down to earth and pressed against the headwind to make a
comeback!”

“Brother Zhou, what is the slogan of our class?”

Zhou Xingchen was moved by this group of people and these words escaped his
lips: “You can always rely on Duan Jiayan! Duan Jiayan is awesome! “

Duan Jiayan ran out of strength and completely fell into that man’s arms.
Lemon flavored.

Plant fragrance.

It was both fresh and clear. He was surrounded by pheromones that he likes.

He couldn’t help but grasp at Lu Xingci’s sleeve, the latter’s smell was fatally
attractive to him. Lu Xingci didn’t care about how he was covered in sweat. He
took Duan Jiayan, who was still shivering, into his arms.

On the platform, Gu Li just watched this wonderful game and saw such a
wonderful picture that she couldn’t help but scream with a mouthful of sugar:
“Ahhhhhhhh–So sweettttttttttt–“

Her voice spread all over the campus. It was only until the whole school had
resounded with her amazing sweet voice, did Gu Li just return to her senses.

She turned off the mic and quickly said to the surprised male broadcaster next
to her: “Sorry, there was a bug on my arm just now.”

Male broadcaster: “…”

The person in his arms gradually stopped shaking and the fingers holding on to
his sleeve also slowly loosened. Lu Xingci guessed that Duan Jiayan should be
recuperated, and whispered in his ear: “Don’t stand still. I’ll walk half the track
with you.”

“No,” Duan Jiayan said feebly. “I want to sit down. I don’t have any strength.”

“If you don’t walk, you may feel dizzy and maybe even go into shock after a bit.”
“Then let me go into shock. Remember to call an ambulance for me.” Duan
Jiayan dropped down and looked like he was about to directly sit on the track. Lu
Xingci didn’t know how he could be so soft as if he didn’t have bones. He swiftly
picked up Duan Jiayan, who had already fallen halfway, put his arm around his
shoulder, and forcibly tugged him along.

Duan Jiayan weakly mumbled from his shoulder: “Lu Xingci, let go.”

He even smacked Lu Xingci on the shoulder. Because he didn’t have much

strength, it only felt like a scratch. “If I take one more step, my leg will break. If
it breaks, will you be responsible for it?”

“It won’t break.”

“It already did.”

“Break it first. After half a lap, I’ll bring you back.”

Duan Jiayan made a fuss: “Isn’t it fucking useless to bring me back? It’s not
comfortable at all. “

Lu Xingci could do nothing because of Duan Jiayan who was wrapped around him.
He could only drag him forward. He looked at him sideways and spoke in a light
voice:

“How do you want to be comfortable?”

Too close.

When he spoke, Duan Jiayan could almost feel the vibration of his throat.
“I want you to…” Duan Jiayan stopped and suddenly realized that it wasn’t
right: ” Are you taking advantage of me?”

Chen Yue originally came to deliver grape candy, but when he heard this, he
paused. He stuffed the grape candy into Lu Xingci’s hand and laughed: “Go on,
go on. I won’t disturb you. “

“Quick.” Duan Jiayan slapped him on the shoulder again and confidently ordered:
“Open it for me. I’m so thirsty.”

Zhou Xingchen originally wanted to come over to congratulate. However, when

he saw this, he was stunned and looked at Chen Yue.

There’s actually exists someone who dares to order around Lu Xingci?

Chen Yue shrugged his shoulders, indicating that he could not understand the
development.

Duan Jiayan took the grape candy from Lu Xingci. When he finished drinking
gulp after gulp, he held the empty glass bottle in his palm. He contentedly
enjoyed the other’s pheromone.

“Ah, Lu Xingci.”

Duan Jiayan suddenly called out his name. Because he was comfortable, Duan
Jiayan tried to get closer to his body. He leaned close.

He blew in his ear, and he licked his lips senselessly: “Am I awesome?”
The sound of him licking his lips was blocked by nothing and drilled straight into
Lu Xingci’s ear.

The sweat, heat, and the slightly overflowing omega pheromones–

It was a dizzying flowery smell.

It felt like he was surrounded by a field of flowers and flowers were blooming on
him.

“You’re awesome,” Lu Xingci lowered his eyes. After glancing at Duan Jiayan’s
pale face, he said slowly: “No one is more capable than you.”

☾ ⋆*･ﾟ:⋆*･ﾟ:⠀ *⋆.*:･ﾟ .: ⋆*･ﾟ: .⋆

Note from the translator:

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Contact me through discord. It’s a big plus if you know Chinese but… beggers
can’t be choosers. I’ll take anyone I can get (`•ω•´๑)

I will continue to release at a slow pace because each chapter requires lots and
lots of research into slang + hours of trying to find a good words for it in English.
THE FLUFF IS KEEPING ME GOING THOUGH. The CP is sprinkling sugar in every
chapter so it’s all worth it in the end ( • u • )‫✧ﻭ‬

-fluff
Chapter 18 – Relay race : I wanna chase you
The brilliant 3000-meters race not only moved the students, but it also moved
some of the teachers who were present.

There were four P.E. teachers responsible for the second-year class. In this
sports competition, all four teachers were part of the judging team. One of the
teachers, surnamed He, taught both class ten and the P.E. class. When he saw
his students put in so much effort for the sports competition, he was very
touched.

“What an exciting match!” Teacher He said to Zhao Minjun, “Teacher Zhao, the
Duan Jiayan of your class is a good student! It’s been a long time since I last
saw a child with such a sense of collective honor!”

Zhao Minjun said with a smile: “He really does have a sense of honor and he’s
indeed a good student.”

On the second day of the sports competition, knowing that the sports class and
class ten were facing off in the final event, Teacher He volunteered to step up
onto the platform. He decided to temporarily serve as the commentator of the
relay race, so the teachers and students of the whole school could fully
experience the delight of the sports competition.

Wanting to hype up the stakes, before the event, Teacher He announced: “This
4 x 400-meter relay race is crucial. If class ten wins these 5 points, they will
surpass the sports class in one fell swoop, taking first place in this sports
competition. On the contrary, if the sports class wins steadily, they will win the
championship two consecutive times. This sort of decisive event, we usually call
it…”

Teacher He pondered for a long moment and still did not know what to call it.

Someone under the platform called out: “Teacher, this is called the Battle for the
Emperor’s Mountain.”
“Yes, exactly! The Battle for Emperor’s Mountain is about to start,” Teacher He
very cooperatively picked up the topic: “before the competition, let the two
classes of students encourage the athletes. The students of the sports class can
cheer first!”

“Come on, brother Lin! Show us the style of being on the provincial team!”

“Tan classmate, charge forth for us!”

When the PE class yelled enough, Teacher He began to encourage the other
class: “Students of class ten, let the athletes hear your cheers!”

“You got this, class president!”

“The school grass* is the most handsome! The school bully is the most
awesome!”

*T/N: School grass = most handsome boy in the grade (Lu Xingci). School Bully
= Duan Jiayan.

“Class ten is superb*! “

*T/N: [牛批] (Niu Pi) Slang meaning awesome.

“The students on both sides are very passionate.” Teacher He was very satisfied:
“Then let’s introduce the contestants of the two classes again. The first runner of
class ten is Duan Jiayan, followed by Chen Yue, Zhou Xingchen, and Lu Xingci;
the first one of the sports class is Jiang Lin, followed by Gu Chengyu and Zhou
Qiao, with the last one being Lin Zheng. They were all handsome eye catching
guys, standing on the runway.
Gu Li, standing by the starting line, screamed while waving his hand: “Zhou
Xingchen! Move over a bit! Don’t get in the way of me taking pictures of Brother
Lu and Xiao-Duan! “

“…” Zhou Xingchen was speechless: “I’m really amazed by that girl. Instead of
taking Polaroids of her boyfriend, she’s only thinking of taking pictures of you
two all day.”

Duan Jiayan was curious: “Why?”

“I don’t know. She said she was an appearance-fan* of you and brother Lu. You
should quickly find a girlfriend to turn her from a fan into just a passerby**.
Same for brother Lu.”

*T/N: A fan that doesn’t care what their idol can do but only cares about their
looks.

**T/N: Opposite of internet buzzword [路转粉] (Lu Zhuan Fen) which means
“turning a passerby into a fan”.

“Sure,” said Lu Xingci, who kicked the track with the sole of his shoes and
answered casually, “would you like to introduce one to me?”

“You want me to go through the effort of introducing you to a girl just to have
you reject her with a single word?” Zhou Xingchen shook his head: “I don’t do
such offensive things.”

“I don’t need your introduction.” Duan Jiayan smirked, raising his eyes. He
answered lazily: “I’m too handsome. Ordinary people can’t catch up to me if
they chase me.”
Zhou Xingchen couldn’t help laughing, at a loss as to how to diss him. Lu Xingci
raised his chin and motioned Duan Jiayan to look over at the tanned boy who
was first to run from the PE class: “In a bit, don’t let that tanned student catch
up to you.”

“Don’t worry,” Duan Jiayan said, “the one who can catch up to me has yet to be
born.”

Lu Xingci suddenly asked, “what about Jiang Qinian?”

Duan Jiayan corrected his opinion like water flowing swiftly and smoothly
downward: “then, of course, I’ll slow down and wait for her.”

Lu Xingci said with a smile: “Do you like her that much? What do you like about
her?”

Duan Jiayan: “She’s beautiful, tall, and sends me milk tea.”

Chen Yue exclaimed: “Your requirements are so low?”

Duan Jiayan very honestly answered: “What’s important is still beauty.”

As he said this, he suddenly looked at Lu Xingci and crooked his lips: “If you
were a young lady, you would definitely be very beautiful too.”

Duan Jianya so boldly teased Lu Xingci. Chen Yue and Zhou Xingchen didn’t
know what to say for a moment. They were all surprised at Duan Jiayan’s ability
to behave atrociously in front of the King of Hell.
“If you were a young lady,” Lu Xingci looked straight into Duan Jiayan’s amber
pupils. He deliberately paused for a moment and continued lazily: “I would want
to chase you.”

Chen Yue: “Hahahahaha!”

Zhou Xingchen: “Hahahahahaha!”

“…” Fuck.

Duan Jiayan was made a fool of. He gloomily withdrew his stare.

In a few minutes, the game will start.

“The last event.” Zhou Xingchen stretched out his hand and motioned for
everyone to gather: “Remain calm. Become reckless when it’s the right time to
do so.”

Chen Yue cooperatively placed his hand on top of Zhou Xingchen’s hand: “Let’s
go, let’s go, let’s go! Haidilao is calling.”

Lu Xingci also placed his hand onto the pile.

Duan Jiayan was the only one who hadn’t moved.

All three of them were looking at him.

Duan Jiayan accepted his fate and put his hand on the back of Lu Xingci’s hand:
“Come, come, don’t make me look like I don’t belong to the same group.”
“Ahhhhh! Zhou Xingchen, get out of the way!” Gu Li was overwhelmed by so
much sugar that she almost suffocated outside the scene. Seeing Zhou Xingchen
block her shooting angle, she almost went crazy: “Holding hands! I must have a
front-facing photo of them holding hands!”

“…”

Duan Jiayan and the tanned boy both sprinted forward when the gunshot, which
symbolized the start of the race, rang out.

One of the two had such white skin that he was almost transparent while the
other was so dark that he attracted people’s attention in the crowd. They
sported amazing speeds, like two different colors of the wind–

“A Black and White Pair of Demons! It’s called a Black and White Pair of
Demons! ” Teacher He very excitedly explained on the platform: “such a fast
speed has far exceeded the level of a high school sports competition! What a
wondrous game!”

In the last stretch of the first leg, Duan Jiayan saw that the tanned runner and
he were at each other’s tails. He sped up with determination and threw out a
large gap between him and the tanned runner.

Cheers broke out from the playground.

“Duan Jiayan is ahead! He handed the baton to Chen Yue. Can Chen Yue
maintain his advantage? “

The boys of class ten wailed from beside the runway:

“Brother Yue! Tomato pot!”

“Beef Tallow Pot!”

“Shrimp! I want to eat shrimp*!”

*T/N: Yes, they’re yelling out the hotpots they want to eat.

Chen Yue tried his best to sprint forward, but his speed was a little slower.
Instead, he was overtaken by the second runner of the sports class. When two
classes handed over the baton to the third runner, class ten had fallen behind a
little.

Zhou Xingchen received the baton and charged forward. The third runner of the
PE class had a small stature, but he ran very fast. Seeing the gap growing, Zhou
Xingchen was only five or six seconds late to deliver the baton to Lu Xingci.

Lu Xingci received the baton and dashed forward.

“Come on, come on! Class president, come on!”

“The difference is too large,” the girls in class ten scrunched their brows, and
some of them almost cried: “What can be done? The class president can’t catch
up.”

“Do you know why we put Lu-dawg last?” Chen Yue comforted her: “It’s because
he’s strong.”
“The two classes have separated a distance of a quarter of the sports field track.
Lin Zheng of the sports class is far ahead.” Teacher He was very involved in the
drama: “Can Lu Xingci still make it through this hopeless situation?! The race is
almost too bloody for me to watch! “

The whole playground was drowned by cheers. Even Zhao Minjun couldn’t help
shouting: “Cheer for Lu Xingci!”

Song Yi was the first to yell: “Male god!”

Zhou Xingchen: “Brother Lu!!!”

Chen Yu: “Haidilao!!!”

After Song Yi shouted, he jabbed the unmoving Duan Jiayan: “Xiao-duan, come
on, cheer the class president on!”

On the flag-raising platform, Teacher He suddenly slapped the table and stood
up, with his eyes wide open: “My God! What is Lu Xingci doing? He’s speeding
up! He has caught up with Lin Zheng! …Two people are tied side by side! They’re
tied!”

Zhou Xingchen and Chen Yue also turned to look, waiting for Duan Jiayan to
speak. It’s almost like if he didn’t say something, he would be the only orphan
among them.

Suddenly and inexplicably.

As so it appears.

Duan Jiayan inhaled.

“Lu Xingci–!” Duan Jiayan yelled in a loud voice: “I want the first place! Run
faster!”

They are separated by a little less than half of the sports field track, surrounded
by deafening cheers, while Teacher He is still making a racket from on top of the
platform.

Logically speaking, Lu Xingci shouldn’t have heard his voice.

But the boy running towards them, through the thick crowd, Duan Jiayan faintly
felt that the man seemed to glance at him.

“–Lu Xingci surpassed Lin Zheng! My God, he’s not following reason at all! “

Hearing this, Chen Yue couldn’t help laughing: “Is Teacher He pretending that
this relay race is a ball sports game? He’s commentating with so much
enthusiasm.”

Zhou Xingchen also laughed: “His program gets full marks.”

At that moment when Lu Xingci crossed the finish line, he had to run forward for
a couple more meters before he slowed to a stop because of his speed.

He bent down and put his hand on his knee. After relaxing for a little while, he
wiped the sweat with his right hand.

When he looked up, he saw several faces looking at him.

“Let’s congratulate class ten for winning the relay race!” Teacher He was full of
passion on the platform: “Congratulations to winning the championship of this
year’s games!”

“Class president sir,” Duan Jiayan said with a smile: “you’re very handsome
today.”

“Lu-dawg–!” Chen Yue howled and pounced on him: “My male god! My dad! My
Lu-father!!”

Zhou Xingchen also pounced on him: “I can always rely on Lu Xingci and Duan
Jiayan! Thank you for carrying us to victory!”

Duan Jiayan was hesitating whether to rush over, but Song Yi next to him
whined, pulling his arm and rushing into the crowd, which directly led to Duan
Jiayan bumping into the back of Lu Xingci.

Duan Jiayan: “…”

Not only them, but others were also rushing to this side. After Chen Yue’s crazy
energy subsided, he took two steps back. Suddenly, he noticed a shallow scratch
on Lu Xingci’s arm.

“Your arm is bleeding?”

“I was scratched by something just now.” Lu Xingci said, “what’s on your

clothes?”

“It’s most likely my meal card. I switched for a metal cover just yesterday.”
Chen Yue said: “Do you need me to kneel down and apologize? I shall kneel
down at once.”
“It’s only a little scratch,” Lu Xingci’s tone is natural, and he knew his position
very well: “Stand back up after kowtowing then.”

“…”

“Lu Xingci,” Zhao Minjun came in a hurry: “a simple closing ceremony will be
held in a moment. The first, second, and third places classes have to send
someone to take the stage to retrieve the prize. You should go.”

Lu Xing said goodbye and suddenly turned back.

The boy’s dark eyes swept over Duan Jiayan, a shallow glance.

“Didn’t you want first place?” He said: “Go get it.”

Duan Jiayan was stunned, his first reaction was that even in such a noisy
environment back then, he still heard it all.

Then he came back to his senses: “I’ll retrieve it? Is it appropriate? “

Zhao Minjun looked at Lu Xingci and then at Duan Jiayan: “There’s nothing
appropriate or inappropriate about it. It’s fine as long as the student is in our
class.”

Zhou Xingchen was the first to express his attitude: “Anyone can retrieve it. It’s
just a certificate. Anyway, I don’t mind if you go.”
“We are following a fatuous and self-indulgent ruler.” Chen Yue also said with a
smile: “If you want first place, would His Majesty not grant your wish?”

Duan Jiayan couldn’t help laughing.

Lu Xingci couldn’t hold back either and smiled while giving Chen Yue a light kick:
“Did you get addicted to acting?”

Duan Jiayan headed onto the stage to retrieve the prize.

The sports class got second place and class one was third place.

Perhaps the school authorities also thought that Teacher He’s passionate
commentaries just then we’re very good and let Teacher He continue to narrate
the closing ceremony before he came down from the platform.

“Then, please let the class representatives who won the first and second place
say a word of encouragement to each other,” Teacher He said. “Thank your
opponents. It’s their presence that makes you stronger.”

“Brother,” the tanned student looked at Duan Jiayan, “I misunderstood you a

little before. After this sports meeting, the past is in the past. That last relay was
really good. Our class is sincerely convinced of the loss. “

“Jiang Lin made such sincere comments. What does Duan Jiayan want to say?”

In front of all the teachers and students, Duan Jiayan suddenly stretched out his
hand.

His thumb pointed up.

Teacher He was very interested: “What does Duan Jiayan mean?”

“I’m giving him a compliment,” Duan said: “Continue to work hard next year and
strive to surpass us.”

“…”

“It’s good, it’s good.” Teacher He laughed buoyantly: “Let’s place friendship first
and the competition second.”

Under the platform, Chen Yue almost let out a wild laugh: “How can he be so
funny, hahaha! I like it! Of course, it’s him who thought of that.”

Lu Xingci watched Duan Jiayan on the platform and raised the corner of his
mouth.

Lu Xingci responded:

“He is pretty interesting.”

☾ ⋆*･ﾟ:⋆*･ﾟ:⠀ *⋆.*:･ﾟ .: ⋆*･ﾟ: .⋆

Note from the translator:

It’s quite impressive how much slang this series uses. So much so that I’m not
even sure how to best communicate it in English… Such as do I use “dope” or
“GOAT” (*cringe*) when the Chinese characters use slang for awesome? Do you
have any suggestions? When I was reading the raws, I was constantly impressed
at how much the author uses such good roasts. There’s whole scenarios based
around clever wordplay. It’s a delight to read but… not so easy to translate~

To just be clear about my update schedule, I prioritize translating my manhua

projects over translating this novel… but since the site I upload my manhua
translations to is down for maintenance… (・・；) now I have time to focus on
ILYP until the site returns in 2+ weeks. Also, I’ve got a new proofreader helping
out with me, Decembery, to weed out the typos ^^

-fluff
Chapter 19 – Dinner : "Drunk maniac."
In the evening of that same day, Zhao Minjun applied for a leave from the
school, and during the self-study period at night, he took the whole class of
students out.

First Middle was located in a bustling area of Ningcheng City. There was a large
shopping center only a few kilometers away from the school. Only when the
students got there did they find out that Zhao Minjun had called into reserved
seats at Haidilao last night, so no matter if they were able to win first place
today, their Haidilao meal couldn’t escape.

“Duan Jiayan,” Chen Yue saw Duan Jiayan and Song Yi looking for a seat and
called them over, pointing to the two empty seats beside him: “Come, come, sit
here.”

To the left of Chen Yue is Lu Xingci. After Duan Jiayan sat down, he and Song Yi
will be to the right of Cheng Yue.

They just filled up the 12-person table. When it came time to order, Zhou
Xingchen ordered six bottles of beer. The girl next to him asked in disapproval:

“Didn’t Teacher Zhao forbid us from drinking?”

“Shh–” Zhou Xingchen shook his head at her: “We’ll do it secretly. We’ll simply
hide it when she comes over.”

“What are you ordering wine for? And six bottles?” Chen Yue casually:
“Considering how much you can drink, will you even be able to finish it?”

“Isn’t Brother Lu here with us?”

Lu Xingci said with a smile: “I’m not going to drink. Since you ordered it, you
should finish it yourself.”

Seeing that he really began to drink lemonade for self-cultivation, Zhou

Xingchen glanced at the table. This table was evenly split, half-filled with boys
and half girls; he didn’t really have the nerve to ask to drink with girls. Zhou
Xingchen’s eyes brightened: “Duan Jiayan, let’s drink together. You must be able
to drink, right?”

Caught off guard, Duan Jiayan looked up. Besides him, Song Yi watched this
scene and couldn’t hold back his laughter: “Yup, Xiao-duan can drink.” He’ll be
out after only one bottle.

Without waiting for Duan Jiayan to reply, Zhou Xingchen regarded him as his
only hope and took the initiative to offer Duan Jiayan a full cup.

“I’ll toast you,” Zhou Xingchen held the glass: “I didn’t know you well before and
wondered why you were always bending over backward. Back then, because…
Enough, enough. After this experience, I’ll gain a better understanding of you, so
we will be friends from now on.”

“You’re already starting to lay your heart bare before you even start drinking?”
Duan Jiayan picked at his eyebrows. “I won’t be able to keep up with your
rhythm.”

A burst of laughter came from the table.

“…” “Can’t you say something nice?” The corner of Zhou Xingchen’s mouth
twitched.

“I can’t,” Duan Jiayan sent the cup forward and actively clinked it against his:
“It’s no big deal. I didn’t like you either before.”
He has always sprouted an indifferent appearance. Those who don’t know him
might wonder how to beat him up, but at times, he has a kind of temperament
that makes people want to approach him.

Zhou Xingchen couldn’t help asking a follow-up: “How about now?”

“You’re now relying on me. How can I not like you?”

Duan Jiayan just placed down his glass and was about to sit down when Zhou
Xingchen filled up his glass again.

“As long as you like me, we can be brothers,” Zhou Xingchen, who let Duan
Jiayan’s words go to his head a little: “Come, let’s drink on!”

Duan Jiayan: “…”

He thought that after that glass, Zhou Xingchen would go find other people to
drink with. He didn’t expect that Zhou Xingchen regarded him as a Savior,
expecting him to finish the six bottles of beer together.

Seeing how his words have come to this, Duan Jiayan couldn’t really refuse
directly. Moreover, if he can’t admit that he blacks out after only one bottle,
Duan Jiayan was more or less at a loss for words.

Zhou Xingchen was still looking at him eagerly. Duan Jiayan had no choice but to
drink with him.

Zhou Xingchen drank while he said, “I used to think that you were quite good at
working hard, knowing not to look for trouble in front of Brother Lu. Fortunately,
you didn’t offend Brother Lu, otherwise, you and I probably won’t have a chance
to break the ice. “
“…” Duan Jiayan couldn’t help asking: “Is he already drunk? Can’t he think
before speaking? “

“That’s just how he is,” said Lu Xingci, who was fishing for food with a strainer
spoon. When he heard that, he continued, “he wasn’t very smart, to begin with.”

“Lu Xingci.”

“?”

“I’m suddenly aware that what you’ve lifted out is the last piece of fatty beef.”

“What about it?”

Duan Jiayan pushed his bowl forward: “Can I be the lucky one to eat that last
piece of fatty beef?”

Lu Xingci looked over.

Duan Jiayan looked at him with great expectation.

Meeting that pair of amber eyes for a few seconds, Lu Xingci placed the spoon in
front of his eyes and let him choose.

“Don’t you see? Your Brother Lu is much easier to talk to than you think,” Duan
Jiayan got the food he wanted and was very satisfied: “He’s not as terrible as
you said.”

“Brother Lu!” Zhou Xingchen cried: “I want this service, too!”

Lu Xingci scoffed softly: “Looking for trouble?”

Zhou Xingchen: “…”

Duan Jiayan and Zhou Xingchen were drinking with noise and excitement. Chen
Yue couldn’t bear being so lonesome and followed them, drinking half a bottle of
wine. There were girls from their table who drank a little too.

Suddenly, a girl said in a panic: “Teacher Zhao is here! Hide the wine!”

The boys first let out an unorganized “ahh” sound, then realized that it was not
right, immediately putting the wine bottle under the table.

Zhao Minjun took in the whole scene of the chaos happening at this table. When
she came over, her line of sight deliberately swept over each face.

Her stare made everyone feel diffident. Even Duan Jiayan sat straighter.

Zhao Minjun suddenly asked: “Duan Jiayan, what’s by your feet?”

Duan Jiayan put up a last-ditch struggle: “Teacher, can I say that this is a bottle
of mineral water packaged like beer?”

Zhao Minjun said softly, “No.”

Duan Jiayan: “…”

Zhou Xingchen sat forward in his seat, planning to own up to all his mistakes
and face the storm. However, Zhao Minjun relaxed her tense expression and
laughed:
“Aren’t you going to toast me?”

Everyone was stunned.

The atmosphere became warm again.

“Teacher Zhao, I’ll toast you.”

“Hurry up. Which one of you can get a cup for her–?”

“Teacher Zhao!” Duan Jiayan suddenly roared: “I like you!”

“…….”

“Hahahahahahaha!” Chen Yue almost died of laughter: “Well said, well said!”

“Teacher, I like you too!” One of the girls, whose alcohol was going to her head,
boldly said: “You’re too good to us. No teacher has ever written so many
comments on my composition paper and also encouraged me… Wuwuwu…”

Seeing that she started crying, the other smiling girls beside her patted her arm.

“This isn’t fair,” Duan Jiayan blinked blankly: “Why didn’t I get any comments?”

“Have you ever handed in your compositions?” Zhao Minjun couldn’t help but
remark: “I want to write comments for you, but where can I write it?”
Duan Jiayan was stunned and let out an “oh” Because of the alcohol, his brain
didn’t react. Zhao Minjun touched his drinking glass: “You made great progress
in the last monthly exam. Continue to stay diligent in your studies in the future.”

Before leaving, Zhao Minjun looked at the table. Although no one was drunk,
some people seemed a little agitated. Zhao Minjun whispered to Lu Xingci:
“Watch them. Don’t let them drink too much.”

Lu Xingci made a sound of acknowledgment.

Duan Jiayan’s drunkenness doesn’t show on his face. Although he got a little
drunk, others can’t correctly judge his state by simply looking at his appearance.

Song Yi, a little worried, reminded him: “Xiao-Duan, take it easy. Don’t get
drunk.”

Duan Jiayan had been drunk for a while already. At that moment, he heard the
word “drunk” and suddenly placed his glass down: “Lao Zi* is drunk! No more!”

*T/N: The personal pronoun I typically used arrogantly or jocularly.

Song Yi: “…”

Zhou Xingchen: “Who are you coaxing? You appear so much soberer than me.
You’re even aware that you’re drunk. “

Duan Jiayan: “I blackout after a single bottle. So tell me, am I drunk or not?”

Zhou Xingchen: “…Then what were you pushing yourself back then for? I’m
about to vomit from drinking too! As a matter of fact, I was drinking because
you were drinking!”
Duan Jiayan was more irritable than him: “Isn’t it your fault for being so heartily
with me? If I didn’t drink with you, doesn’t it make me look like a heartless
person?”

Duan Jiayan said and suddenly slapped the table: “What kind of person am I?!
Who am I looking down on?!”

“……” Zhou Xingchen was awed by his expressions: “Are you stupid?”

Duan Jiayan ignored him. Zhou Xingchen saw that his skin was as white as usual,
and he didn’t look drunk at all.

“Are you really drunk?” Zhou Xingchen’s hand shook tentatively in front of him:
“Do you still recognize me?”

“Yes, dumbass.” Duan Jiayan impatiently waved his hand away: “You’re
credulous. Also henpecked. How low will your family status be in the future?”

“Hahahaha.” Chen Yue was really going to go crazy from laughter. He hadn’t
expected that Duan Jiayan’s comments would be so incisive. He promptly
pointed to himself: “Me, me, me! Coach Duan, do you still recognize me?”

“You’re the one who’s good at talking,” Duan Jiayan narrowed his eyes: “Your
eyesight’s not bad. You’re also an expert in papering over issues. If you muddle
through school a bit better, going to the foreign ministry won’t be just a dream.”

Chen Yue wasn’t angry to be described this way. He looked around and signaled
Duan Jiayan to look at Lu Xingci: “What about this? Who is this? “

“That,” Duan Jiayan, a little confused, looked over there: “He’s my…”
“Your… what?”

It’s unknown who said with a smile: “Yours? How is he yours? “

Duan Jiayan let out a murmur with a vague voice.

“Medicine…*“

*T/N: PUN TIME. DJY is saying “medicine” [药] (Yao) which sounds exactly the
same as [要] (Yao) which means “want”.

“Your want?” Song Yi also got involved in the noise: “What do you want? Xiao-
Duan, speak clearly or you’ll be in an unclear relationship with the class
president tomorrow.”

“He’s just medicine?*” Duan Jiayan was baffled: “Otherwise, what else can he
be?”

*T/N: The second punchline, what DJY says is what I wrote in my translation,
but the others hear “it’s just that I want [him]?”

“My god hahahahahahaha!”

“Lu-dawg, what do you think of this? He said that he just wants you
hahahahaha!”

“No, Brother Duan, we can’t want this one. It’s not even clear which one of you
two wants the other–“
“Have you all,” said Lu Xingci, suddenly raising his eyes, giving a casual smile,
“said enough?”

“…….”

He was clearly smiling when he was talking, however, no one dared to continue
making a scene.

Chen Yue coughed: “There are girls here. Let’s exercise a bit of restraint.”

The several girls who heard the conversation were both glad, yet a bit
embarrassed. They were called out all of a sudden. One of them shook her head
excitedly: “It’s alright. We know that you boys are all like this.”

They were quiet for a while. The other tables were more or less also finished
eating.

Zhao Minjun paid for the bill and called for everyone to line up to leave.

Chen Yue supported Zhou Xingchen, who was finally feeling the slow-acting
effects of the alcohol. Chen Yue was almost not able to hold up Zhou Xingchen
by himself. Worried that Zhao Minjun would catch sight of them, they were
walking at the end of the group.

Song Yi originally wanted to pull Duan Jiayan along, but he didn’t expect that
just tapping his shoulder made Duan Jiayan grab Song Yi’s hand in response,
twisting it so far that it almost snapped.

Song Yi let out a miserable shriek. Upon seeing this, the boy beside him wanted
to lend a hand but was also pulled and twisted by Duan Jiayan.
“What the fuck!” The stunned boy almost let a curse slip out: “How does he have
such a fast reaction speed even though he’s drunk? W-What do we do?”

“What else?” Lu Xingci said softly: “Tie him up to bring back.”

“…”

“Duan Jiayan,” he stood up. Before touching Duan Jiayan, he threatened with a
vivid figure: “If you pull me, I will press your head into the Haidilao*.”

*T/N: Into the hotpot o-o;

This threat seemed to have no effect. As soon as Lu Xingci voiced the last word,
Duan Jiayan already reached out and was about to pull him.

Lu Xing stopped his hand. Just when Song Yi thought he would see the bloody
scene the class president warned of— Duan Jiayan ending up in the Haidilao—
the tall boy “tsk”ed and lifted the hand he was holding up, putting it around his
own shoulder.

At the same time, the other arm wounded around Duan Jiayan’s lower back,
grabbing his other hand, completely putting an end to the possibility of Duan
Jiayan continuing to run amok.

Looking at Duan Jiayan completely shackled in Lu Xingci’s embrace with his

caught hand still struggling unyieldingly, Song Yi was worried: “Can this work?”

Lu Xingci didn’t know whether this would work either, so he asked the person in
question bluntly: “What are you squirming around for?”
Duan Jiayan sidestepped the question: “Let go.”

Lu Xingci also felt that struggling like this wouldn’t work so he hesitantly
released his hand. Unexpectedly, right after releasing his hand, Duan Jiayan
suddenly put his own arm around his shoulder and rubbed his arm against Lu
Xingci with great satisfaction.

“Are we heading back?” he asked as he rubbed.

In front of Song Yi and the other’s dumbstruck expressions, Lu Xingci suddenly

realized why his Dian Jiayan was behaving like this. Henodded: “Yes, we’re going
back.”

“Alright, let’s go back,” Duan Jiayan said. Probably with that last fragment of
shame left, he whispered in his ear: “Don’t run, I want to hold you on the way
back.”

“I won’t run,” Lu Xingci paused for a moment and whispered: “Behave a little.”

They headed out of the shopping mall and walked at the end of the class.

It was already past nine o’clock. The autumn moonlight melted in the night win
and the streets were full of lights.

Lu Xingci was worried that he couldn’t walk steadily, so he occasionally stretched

out his hand to offer support.

But the thing that was hung on Lu Xingci was not ungrateful in the least. Duan
Jiayan’s breath was directed too towards the side of his neck. Duan Jiayan was a
little confused, pausing, and then mentioning the previous topic: “What is
considered behaved?”
“Walking peacefully is considered behaved.”

“Then it’s impossible for me to be behaved in this lifetime,” Duan Jiayan knows
himself well: “I just like to rattle on and on*.”

*T/N: [逼逼逼] (Bi Bi Bi) Slang for talking nonsense.

“You were a paging machine* in your last life?”

*T/N: [逼逼机] (Bi Bi Ji) = bb Machine = Paging Machine

“How did you know?!” Duan Jiayan hit him with great delight: “You’re so clever,
Lu Xingci!”

“…”

“Hey.”

Duan Jiayan completely leaned onto Lu Xingci’s back. Both his arms wrapped
around his neck. Lu Xingci was half a head taller than him. When they walked,
Duan Jiayan couldn’t help but stand on his tiptoes. He sniffed softly, “Why are
you so fragrant?”

Duan Jiayan asked while trying to get closer to Lu Xingci’s neck.

Where the Alpha glands were located. The closer he got, the heavier the weak
smell of grass.
He was so drunk that he almost lost his rationality. He only felt that he was
incomparably fond of this smell. The person who is associated with this flavor
made the dependence in his heart grow.

He wanted to approach the other, wanted to embrace him.

It’s as if he fell ill.

Obviously, for him, this person was simply his antidote.

Duan Jiayan stared at that section of skin and raved: “It smells stronger here…”

Lu Xingci could faintly discern the feel of his strands of hair flitting across his
neck. Duan Jiayan’s hair was very soft and light in color, not at all resembling
the temper of its host.

At that moment, the soft-haired head lightheartedly bounced around behind him
and was about to rub against his glands.

Lu Xingci couldn’t endure it anymore. He tilted his head, reached out his hand,
grabbed Duan Jiayan’s head and turned it, forcing it to his side—

The two pairs of eyes met.

The male student’s voice was clear and light: “Has no one ever taught you not to
sniff at other people’s necks like a dog?”

“I have only been taught that if I take a fancy to someone’s neck, I should bite it
like a man.”
“…”

“Can I bite you?”

“You can bite your own tongue and kill yourself*.”

*T/N: [咬舌自尽] (Yao She Zi Jin) Idiom that means to commit suicide by biting
off one’s tongue. (Fits this situation nicely.)

“…”

Seeing that Duan Jiayan was obedient for a bit, which was hard to come by, Lu
Xingci paused, asking: “When you sober up, will you remember what you did?”

“I won’t,” Duan Jiayan scoffed, “Why should I remember the times I was
humiliated?”

“…” Lu Xingci was silent for a moment and suddenly laughed: “You’re pretty good
at self diversion*.”

*T/N: [自我排遣] (Zi Wu Pai Qian) = Diverting oneself from negative thoughts.

He was too tired to carry this thing on his back. After Chen Yue and Zhou
Xingchen, Lu Xingci didn’t want to say hello.

This thing on his back was too troublesome. Passing by Chen Yue and Zhou
Xingchen, Lu Xingci didn’t even bother waving to greet them.
Zhou Xingchen, who was close to passing away, was startled upright. He saw
Duan Jiayan hanging on the back of Lu Xingci. For a moment, he didn’t
understand the situation, subconsciously thinking that something bad happened
to Duan Jiayan: “My brother got kidnapped! I’m going to save him!”

“Oh, save him,” Chen Yue said with a completely flat tone: “Don’t run back
crying in a bit when you clearly see who is supporting him.”

“…I vaguely feel that the person holding him seems to be my father.”

“…Is that all you can do when you’re drunk? “

As soon as the class approached First Middle, Duan Jiayan, who had been quiet
for a long time, began to toss and turn again. He muttered “I know what it is
now” while recklessly flopping around on Lu Xingci’s back.

Lu Xingci was helpless: “What’s the matter this time?”

“Get your hand over here.”

Lu Xingci couldn’t do anything about it because of Duan Jiayan’s torment, so he

could only extend his left hand casually.

“Not this one. The other one.”

When Lu Xingci put his right hand behind him, Duan Jiayan suddenly pulled his
arm back with great strength.
He frowned and looked back to ask why he was pulling his right hand like a
hungry ghost.

He was met with Duan Jiayan who drooped his eyes downwards, leaning close to
the place where he was injured before.

The wound there had already begun to heal and it didn’t bleed again. There was
only a shallow red mark left.

The pheromone in his blood is very rich. The closer he got to the place where Lu
Xingci was injured, Duan Jiayan’s expression became more and more trance. He
couldn’t help swallowing.

Pheromones are very rich in blood. The closer Duan Jiayan got to the place
where Lu Xingci was injured, the more and more dazzled his expression became.
His Adam’s apple bobbed, swallowing involuntarily.

When Lu Xingci reacted, Duan Jiayan’s lips had already covered his wounds.

The lips on his arm were inconceivably soft. Lu Xingci was stunned. Duan Jiayan,
who had not been stopped in time, unscrupulously stuck out the tip of his tongue.

And licked.

The tip of the tongue swept across the wound and the boy who was stuck to him
gave him an unconscious smile.

“This… It’s delicious.”

“…”
“But it’s just too little. Boss, can you add some more?”

“Crazy drunkard.” Lu Xingci cursed under his breath.

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Note from the translator:

I love this scene. Savage DJY is the best DJY. This author does a great job with
stuffing brimming personalities into chapters. Thanks for reading.

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Chapter 20 – I am scared : So possessive
At the foot of the academic building of the Junior High, Zhao Minjun counted the
number of students and made sure that they had all arrived at the school safely.
Then she announced that they were dismissed.

While the students were being counted, Duan Jiayan continued to hang off of Lu
Xingci. Song Yi glanced over there a few times and felt his world view collapsed
a little more with each glance.

Fortunately, they stood at the end of the group and it was dark out, so few
people noticed such an abnormal scene.

After they were dismissed, Lu Xingci watched as Song Yi hesitated to say

something. Duan Jiayan still hung himself off him and refused to let go, saying:
“I’ll send him to the dormitory building.”

Song Yi hurriedly said: “Ah, that’s great. Thanks, thanks.”

“Thanks for what?” Duan Jiayan suddenly raised his head and vigilantly stared at
Song Yi: “What are you smiling at him for?”

Before he realized the seriousness of the issue, he asked in confusion: “What’s

wrong with smiling?”

Duan Jiayan: “Let me tell you. It’s useless to try to sell yourself to him*. My
name is all over his body, including that part on the back of his—”

*T/N: [卖笑] (Mai Xiao) Lit. “It’s useless to sell your smile.”, means to prostitute
himself to LXC.
Before he could even say “neck”, Lu Xingci, who had a headache because of his
loudness, covered his mouth.

The male student’s fingers were slender and his palms were wide whereas Duan
Jiayan’s face was quite small. At first glance, it seemed as if most of his face was
covered.

Duan Jiayan: “…H-hey! You… MmmmMMm, what are you doing?!”

Lu Xingci disliked the feeling of his breaths puffing into his own palm and
retracted his hand.

Duan Jiayan recovered his freedom, criticizing with plenty of dissatisfaction: “Lu
Xingci, how can you be so ungrateful*?”

*T/N: [吃里扒外] (Chi Li Pa Wai) – Idiom meaning “to live off one person while
secretly helping another.”

Song Yi: “…”

Lu Xingci became inured to the unusual: “He’s drunk. Don’t mind him.”

Song Yi: “…Okay.”

Song Yi considered that it was lucky Duan Jiayan would forget everything after
he woke up. Otherwise, he might just have to kill him to keep his mouth shut
when he woke up tomorrow.

On the way back to the dormitory, Duan Jiayan didn’t quiet down either.
The position of Lu Xingci and Duan Jiayan was too intimate. It was such an
inconceivable sight to behold. Thus, Song Yi couldn’t help but glimpse over a
couple more times. He watched and pondered whether he should take a photo of
such a rare opportunity to laugh at the absurd things Duan Jiayan did when
drunk tomorrow.

He didn’t expect that…

Duan Jiayan suddenly turned around and asked him in an unfriendly tone: “What
are you looking at?”

Duan Jiayan showed off his beautiful facial features. When he gave a cold
expression, there was a feeling of fierceness. Many people had been intimidated
by him like this before.

However, Song Yi was not frightened by him. He only felt this scene was super
hilarious. He was afraid that if he laughed at him, Duan Jiayan would make a
fuss about it. He hurriedly cajoled him, “I won’t look, I won’t look. I won’t give
you a single glance.”

After saying that, Song Yi really couldn’t help but let out a “ha”.

Duan Jiayan: “…”

Song Yi: “…” I’m done for; I couldn’t hold it back.

With an expressionless face, Duan Jiayan quirked his mouth and suddenly
thought of something. He decisively reached out and covered Lu Xingci’s face
with his hands.

After that, he raised his eyebrows at Song Yi and puffed: “Keep looking. His face
is covered anyways, so you can only look at my hand. “
It’s unknown why he was so possessive of Lu Xingci.

Moreover, Duan Jiayan was so drunk that what he covered with both hands were
Lu Xingci’s eyes, making the latter unable to see where he was walking at all.

It was hard for Song Yi to hold back his laughter, but he didn’t dare to laugh. If
he did, he knew that Lu Xingci might just have to kill him to keep his mouth shut
as well.

Lu Xingci finally couldn’t take it anymore and tsked: “Take your hands off me. I
can’t see where I’m walking.”

“It’s fine, I’ll look for you.”

“Take them off. Or else I’ll toss you on the ground.”

“Go ahead and toss me.” Duan Jiayan resolutely continued: “In any case, he’s
not allowed to look at you.”

“…” Song Yi was suffocating, trying to hold back his laughs: “Okay, I won’t look.
I’ll go wait for you in front of the dormitory building. Take your time, alright?”

He walked quickly back to the student dorm and played with his mobile phone
for a while before Duan Jiayan and Lu Xingci finally appeared in his line of sight.

He didn’t know how Lu Xingci persuaded him. At present, Duan Jiayan seemed
to be relatively calm. Song Yi put his phone away and was just about to pick up
Duan Jiayan from Lu Xingci.
“No-” Duan Jiayan was completely unreasonable: “I want to stay with him. We’re
already unable to separate.”

Even though he knew that Duan Jiayan was super drunk, he was still unprepared
to hear that declaration from him. Song Yi felt like he had seen a ghost.

He looked at Lu Xingci apologetically. The latter wore the same expression as

usual. Evidently, he had already gotten used to being tortured by Duan Jiayan.

“Is he like this every time he drinks?”

“Not really,” said Song Yi awkwardly: “He was only fussy in the past. He stuck to
you so much tonight probably because of your pheromones.”

Unlike previously, this time, when Duan Jiayan got drunk, he revolved solely
around Lu Xingci.

99% Compatibility…

Duan Jiayan could maintain his rationality when he was sober, but once he was
drunk, Lu Xingci’s pheromones became fatal to him.

Thankfully… Thankfully the person who had such a high compatibility with Duan
Jiayan wasn’t some random stranger.

Otherwise, he would be done for.

Lu Xingci worked with Song Yi to slowly move Duan Jiayan onto Song Yi. When
Song Yi was about to bring Duan Jiayan to his dorm, Duan Jiayan suddenly
stared back at Lu Xingci fixedly.
Just as Song Yi thought that he was going to do something Earth-shattering
again, Duan Jiayan said lightheartedly:

“Lu Xingci! See you tomorrow!”

Lu Xingci looked at his drunken, hazy look. He who couldn’t even stand stably,
but still didn’t forget to bid goodbye to him.

He was at a loss whether to laugh or cry and was really left with no choice.

“See you tomorrow.”

Song Yi also reacted: “I’m so sorry, Class President. I’ve really bothered you
tonight.”

“It’s fine,” Lu Xingci said: “Let him rest early when you guys get to your room.”

Song Yi is too busy to agree.

After saying goodbye to Song Yi, Lu Xingci went to the school gate.

He came out late. At the gate of First Middle, almost all the parents who were
picking up the students had left.

A small white car stopped in front of him, the window rolled down, and Jiang Yao
looked at him with a big smile.
“Why are you here?” Lu Xingci asked casually as he buckled his seatbelt.

“Mom is here to pick you up, isn’t that better than simply a driver?” Jiang Yao
said: “I just met with Chen Yue. He said that your class went out for a meal
today.”

Lu Xingci made a noise of agreement.

Jiang Yao was filled with interest: “So how did you get covered with Omega
pheromones?”

“My classmate got drunk. I sent him back to his dorm.”

“How long have you had such a close classmate?” Jiang Yao recalled the past:
“Last time Chen Yue got drunk in our house, not only did you not care at all, but
it was actually Auntie Shu who took him upstairs. “

“That happened so many years ago already.” Lu Xingci said with a smile: “Now
auntie certainly won’t be able to lift him.”

“Young guys… all grow up pretty quickly. How old were you back then? You only
cared about secretly drinking your dad’s wine…”

Seeing that Jiang Yao’s attention had been diverted, Lu Xingci made a sound of
agreement and relaxed into the seat of the car.

Before Lu Xingci left home the next morning, as Lu Xingci right about to step
into the car, Auntie yelled a few times and ran out in a hurry.
“I almost forgot.”

She placed a box of medicine in Lu Xingci’s palm.

Hangover Medicine.

Lu Xingci looked up at her.

Auntie Shu said with a smile: “Madam said for you to take it with you. She said
your classmate may need it.”

Lu Xingci accepted the medicine and thanked her.

When he arrived at the classroom, Chen Yue just happened to be chatting with
Song Yi.

Lu Xingci conveniently scanned the room. Duan Jiayan’s seat was empty.

At the moment he sat down, he heard Chen Yue ask: “Where’s Duan Jiayan?”

Song Yi: “Xiao-Duan couldn’t get up at all this morning. He’s probably skipping
class.”

Chen Yue happily heard the news: “He was too hilarious last night. Even though
he was such a lightweight, he still drank with others. Zhou Xingchen isn’t here
either, so I’m guessing he’s getting extra sleep at home.”

Seeing Lu Xingci sitting down, Chen Yue yelled: “Did you finish the Physics
homework? Let me copy it.”
Just as Song Yi predicted, Duan Jiayan didn’t show up for any of the morning
classes. In the afternoon, the moment Lu Xingci entered the classroom, he saw
Duan Jiayan resting on his seat.

He was languidly paralyzed in his chair as if he had no bones, playing with his
mobile phone. When he heard Lu Xingci sit down, he turned his head.

“Was I a roaring drunk last night? I asked Song Yi, but he wouldn’t tell me
anything.”

When he woke up this morning, he pretty much forgot all about what happened
last night. He only remembered toasting Zhao Minjun, but that’s basically it.
Everything afterward was all fuzzy and fragmented.

But Song Yi had to remind him to thank Lu Xingci when he went to class. Last
night, Lu Xingci was the one who sent him back after he got drunk. He didn’t
trouble Lu Xingci any less the whole way back.

“You were.” Lu Xingci looked at him: “You slammed the table and told Zhou
Xingchen that you weren’t that kind of a heartless person.”

“That’s barely acceptable. Anything else?”

“You leaned on my back and admitted that you were a paging machine in your
past life.”

“Stop fabricating.” Duan Jiayan doubted: “How can I do such a stupid thing?”

“It’s not as stupid as what you did later.” Lu Xingci understated what happened:
“You ask me… if you could bite my glands.”
“…”

Under Duan Jiayan’s frozen stare, Lu xingci said with a smile and a ridiculing
expression: “I didn’t expect for you to have this tendency.”

“…Shut up.” Duan Jiayan cut him off: “Let me wipe what happened last night
from my memory. Neither of us will speak about this and we’ll let the past pass.”

“It’s too late.” Lu Xingci mercilessly exposed his self-deception: “Regarding how
you were a roaring drunk last night, Song Yi saw it all. Song Yi didn’t tell you
probably because he was afraid that you would plot to murder him after you
woke up.”

“…”

Seeing Duan Jiayan completely covered in gloom, Lu Xingci paused: “Did you
take medicine?”

Duan Jiayan argued through gritted teeth: “I let you describe me like this, yet
you’re still telling me to take medicine*? You little—”

*T/N: Used mockingly – part of the same type of diss as “did you take the wrong
medicine today”, saying that DJY has something wrong with his brain

Since he misunderstood, Lu Xingci gave him the box of medicine directly: “For
hangovers.”

Duan Jiayan stared blankly for a second before he realized that what he thought
wasn’t what Lu Xingci meant. He received the medicine and flexibly changed his
tone: “You’re not a bad person.”
Lu Xingci smiled and didn’t bicker with him. Duan Jiayan had yet to sit back
down in his seat. He still looked like he had something to say.

“Something still the matter?”

“Song Yi told me to thank you.” Duan Jiayan said: “Even though I don’t
remember what you helped me with last night, from what he said, I was
probably a lot of trouble when I was drunk.”

“Thank you ah, Lu Xingci.”

“If you got drunk next time, I would also send you home.” Duan Jiayan specially
added a sentence to show his sincerity: “No matter how you fuss, I won’t dislike
you for being troublesome.”

The weather was getting colder. Duan Jiayan wore a thick jacket on top of a
lightly-colored vertically-striped shirt.

He was never one of those rule-abiding boys. His shirt had two carelessly
unbuttoned top buttons, revealing a section of thin but distinct collarbone.

Way too thin. His elbows were supporting him against the desk so that section of
his collarbone curved to naturally form a shallow indent. Fair, exquisite, and
dazzling; it was particularly eye-catching.

That phrase, “”no matter how you fuss”, felt like it was filled with suggestions of
permission.

Clearly knowing that this wasn’t what he meant, however, one couldn’t help
thinking about it.
“It’s better if I don’t.” Lu Xingci moved his gaze away: “I’m scared that there’ll
be an accident.”

A 99% compatibility not only affects the Omega but also affects the Alpha.

There really was a moment last night where he became absent-minded because
of Duan Jiayan’s pheromones.

“What are you scared of?” Duan Jiayan was puzzled. After pondering for a while,
he could only think of one explanation: “Are you afraid that I will take advantage
of your state and bite you?”

“Yes,” Lu Xing’s reply was not sincere in the least: “I’m super scared.”

“…”

☾ ⋆*･ﾟ:⋆*･ﾟ:⠀ *⋆.*:･ﾟ .: ⋆*･ﾟ: .⋆

Note from the translator:

(´∀｀)♡ Send a big thanks to Decembery for proofreading this chapter!

Decembery agrees that DJY… is super cute ^^ -> “In any case, he’s not allowed
to look at you.”

The next chapter is huge at ~6k characters (><; compared to this one with only
~3k) so I hope to bring that to you all soon!
-fluff
Chapter 21 – Tunnel : Play with me a little bit
exciting
Every Wednesday night, the english teacher arranged a weekly test.

When he was having dinner, Duan Jiayan was somewhat absent-minded. When
he thought about having to stare blankly at an English test for two hours, he felt
exhausted.

Just then, Shen Chilie sent a message over. Seeing that he was inviting him to
surf the internet, Duan Jiayan’s eyes lit up.

He asked Song Yi: “Do you want to go back and take the test?”

“What’s up?”

“Shen Chilie invited me to go surf the internet. I’m asking you if you want to go.”

“I’m going.” Song Yi was a little happy: “What’s up with him? Didn’t he say that
he planned to concentrate on his studies this trimester just a few days ago?”

Unlike Duan Jiayan and Song Yi, Shen Chilie had good scores. Although he
wasn’t as strong in liberal arts, his sciences were of the top of the grade.

“His class’s weekly test was probably moved up and already happened. The
teacher asked them to self-study tonight—which he considered boring.”

“Sure,” Song Yi said: “Then let’s meet him at Ionia.”

There were several internet cafes near First Middle. They were often visited by
students skipping class to pass time.

Shen Chilie had already taken a seat at the internet cafe they frequented. Duan
Jiayan saw a cup of iced orange juice placed each at the two seats beside him.
Knowing those were the seats Shen Chilie saved for him and Song Yi, Duan
Jiayan pulled out his chair and sat down.

The internet cafe was almost full with people. A thick smoke smell filled the air.

After entering the internet cafe, Duan Jiayan vaguely felt his exposed skin itch
slightly and was a little dizzy.

Shen Chilie saw him frowning while motionless, and asked curiously: “It’s been a
long time since you’ve been at home. Are you feeling super unfamiliar with
everything happening here?

“What?”

“Internet cafe, your second hometown,” Seeing that he was still out of it, Shen
Chilie reached out to press his computer’s power button: “Did you really forget
how to boot up your computer? Come, let dad teach you.”

Duan Jiayan smiled as he pushed him away slightly, pressing the power button
himself.

Duan Jiayan played for a long while. Although that discomforting feeling didn’t
disappear, it didn’t become strong either. With the distraction of the game, he
gradually forgot about it.

“Xiao-duan,” Song Yi suddenly called out his name: “Someone just informed me
that Teacher Zhao is starting class in a bit, do you want to head back?”
“What?”

Duan Jiayan was wearing earphones and didn’t hear what he said clearly.

“Class meeting!” Song Yi raised his voice: “We’re probably going to go on an

Autumn Overnight!”

“Oh!” Duan Jiayan looked at the time: “Why don’t we head back after this game?”

Song Yi nodded. Shen Chilie asked: “Where is your class going for the Autumn
Overnight? We’re going to the Jingshan Temple… Back up, back up, Kennan’s
coming! Duan Jiayan, what are you running for?! Help me block!

Shen Chilie said while moving frantically, but his character was still killed by the
enemy. He turned his head and looked at Duan Jiayan: “Did you know that this
behavior is considered peddling your teammates?”

Duan Jiayan laughed: “What if not that? Am I going to die with my teammates?
“

Shen Chilie: “Scum.”

Duan Jiayan: “Noob.”

Shen Chilie: “What did you say?”

Duan Jiayan: “66666*, that was a handsome death.”

*T/N: Spamming 6666 in chat is similar to giving claps – in this case, is ironic
praise.
Shen Chilie: “…”

Concerned about the class meeting, Duan Jiayan and Song Yi returned to the
classroom after finishing that game.

Not knowing whether it was just an illusion, after Duan Jiayan sat down in his
own seat, the previous feeling of restlessness he felt in the internet cafe
disappeared. His whole state of mind became very good.

Before he could carefully think about it, Chen Yue asked him: “Did you go play
games?”

Duan Jiayan turned back: “How did you know?”

Chen Yue smiled: “Both you and Song Yi have the smell of smoke. The only
place nearby with that heavy a smell is the internet cafe. It was a guess.”

Duan Jiayan listened and lowered his head to sniff his wrist: “Do all you Alphas
have dog noses? I can’t smell anything.”

Lu Xingci, who watched as he continued to sniff his west with focus, suddenly
leaned forward: “In the internet cafe, you were sitting next to an Alpha. His
pheromones smell like black tea.”

Duan Jiayan paused and immediately realized that Lu Xingci was referring to
Shen Chilie.

Seeing Duan Jiayan’s shocked face because of how Lu Xingci could discern the
fucking smell, Chen Yue said with a smile: “His nose is super sharp. If someone
gets married to him in the future, they can only find beta to cheat with,
otherwise he’ll smell it the moment they return home. “
Song Yi was originally cleaning up the desk, but as he heard the conversation
reach this topic, he commented: “What kind of person would marry class
president and what to cheat? They wouldn’t be that stupid.”

Chen Yue bursted into laughter.

Lu Xingci’s gaze landed on Duan Jiayan’s face. He said carelessly: “Did he hug
you? Why is the smell so strong?”

“He didn’,.” Duan Jiayan said casually: “Perhaps he was just sitting a bit close.”

As soon as he said that, Zhao Minjun entered the classroom.

Her line of sight swept over the whole classroom. Most of the students had heard
the news of Autumn Overnight. Now, they were looking at her with expectation,
waiting for Zhao Minjun to make an announcement.

Zhao Minjun got straight to the point: “The school organized an Autumn
Overnight for Saturday and Sunday. Our class and class nine are going to
Xiaoyan Mountain to stay there for one night, returning the next afternoon…”

Before she even finished speaking, the phrase “Autumn Overnight” had already
entered the oil pan like water, sizzling and evoking a burst of excited discussion.

“The school has arranged a holiday villa for everyone. There are standard and
single rooms. After you all receive your room cards, you can pick out rooms
between yourselves.” The “pick out rooms” phrase instigated quite an uproar.
Zhao Minjun shook her head with a smile: “Boys and girls can’t room together.”

“Being in year two is definitely better than being in year three,” Song Yi sighed:
“I heard year three’s Autumn Overnight consists of ten pages of stressful finale
questions*. It’s two days and a night of swimming in the sea of exam problems.”
*T/N: The hardest questions on the GaoKao (college examination)

Duan Jiayan laughed lazily but didn’t comment. Suddenly, he remembered

something and leaned backwards, asking Lu Xingci in a whisper: “Can you help
me take a look if there’s any allergic reactions on the back of my neck?”

Duan Jiayan counted: more than half a month has passed since his last estrus.
When one first presents as an Omega, the time of estrus is usually unstable.
Him being unwell tonight might be because of the stress disorder.

But even after a short while of looking, he didn’t notice any allergic reactions.
The most sensitive area of the gland couldn’t be seen by himself anyways.

“There’s none.” Lu Xingci’s gaze swept over that pale section of neck: “Are you
feeling unwell?”

“A bit,” Hearing that from him, Duan Jiayan felt reassured: “It’s probably
because I didn’t sleep well.”

Xiaoyan Mountain is located in the suburbs of Ning City. In early October, the
skies were clear and the sunlight made one bask lazily.

On the school bus, Zhou Xingchen talked in high spirits across the aisle: “I heard
there’s an abandoned train tunnel inside in the Xiaoyan Mountain where people
died in the past. At night, the crying and sniffling sounds of a girl would emerge
from inside the tunnel. Want to go take a look?

Duan Jiayan was feeling dizzy, feeling weak all around. He reckoned he was
carsick. When he heard this, he got a little interested: “Is that true? Can we get
there by foot?”
“Yes, I have a friend who went there before. He said it was pretty exciting.”
Zhou Xingchen said: “We can invite a couple more people. The more the
merrier.”

Duan Jiayan looked around. Duan Jiayan and Chen Yue were both sitting in front
of him, separated by three to four rows. Duan Jiayan tapped on the shoulder of
the girl in front of him: “Can you help me pass a message to Lu Xingci? Ask him
if he’d be up to go to the train tunnel. I heard it’s pretty exciting.”

After the sports competition, the students of class ten’ impressions of Duan
Jiayan have more or less been changed. Hearing that he’s looking to have fun,
the girl was engrossed: “Are you guys looking for entertainment?”

Duan Jiayan made a noise of agreement: “Are you coming? It’s more fun with
more people.”

Before she could nod, the girl besides her also leaned over: “Duan Jiayan, I want
to come too.”

Caught up in the conversation, the girl absent-mindedly patted the guy in the
row in front of her: “Can you do a favor and pass a message on? Duan Jiayan
plans to look for entertainment. Ask the class president if he’s going or not.”

“What? He wants to look for entertainment with Brother Lu?”

The girl was busy discussing with Duan Jiayan so she casually nodded her head
despite the guy’s astonished expression.

Just like this, the message was passed along. At the end, even the guy who was
passing the message to Duan Jiayan was a bit speechless.

“Brother Lu,” That guy hesitated, but still said: “Duan Jiayan asked you… if you
were interested in going with him to entertain yourselves.”
Chen Yue was originally searching for his lighter. Hearing this, his hand slipped
and the lighter fell and hit the floor.

Lu Xingci paused: “Did he really ask that?”

Exactly at this time, the bus arrived at the holiday villa the school arranged.
When the bus stopped, Duan Jiayan yelled from the back: “Lu Xingci, will you
come or not?”

Chen Yue looked back, wearing a subtle expression. Duan Jiayan thought that
this was Chen Yue feeling that he was being left out so he immediately
continued: “Chen Yue! Let’s go together! It’ll be super exciting!”

Chen Yue: “…You can go do this together?” Are you sure nothing’s going to go
wrong?

Duan Jiayan was confused: “Why couldn’t we go together? It’s more fun with
more people.”

Lu Xingci reacted and asked him: “Where exactly are you going?”

Duan Jiayan: “The train tunnel! The kind that has ghosts!”

Zhou Xingchen: “Whoever gets scared is the dog!”

The two of them echoed each other, and those around them began to be
interested: “Oi oi oi! Bring me!”

“I want to go too, me too!”

“That tunnel of Xiaoyan Mountain is very famous. Pretty sure it even made the
news before. But Zhou Xingchen, are you sure you’re not scared? Last time we
were watching the horror movie, you were wailing like a ghost and howling like a
wolf, how miserable.”

“…Just because Laozi is scared of horror movies, that doesn’t mean Laozi is
scared of tunnels.”

After getting off the bus, Duan Jiayan felt a bit uncomfortable and rubbed his
temple. He looked at himself but didn’t find any allergic reactions for the time
being. Song Yi originally already started rushing forward, but seeing Duan Jiayan
still standing in the same place, he reached out and pulled at him: “Xiao-duan!
What are you spacing out for? They’re distributing the room cards! The rooms
are first-come first-server!”

Because of this nudge, Duan Jiayan’s attention was attracted by the matter of
room cards. He sped up and started running. In the end, he became the one
pulling Song Yi along.

Song Yi’s arm started to hurt because of his pulling: “Duan Jiayan, slow down a
bit! My arm’s going to snap because of your pulling!”

Duan Jiayan: “I can’t. The single room is beckoning me.”

Song Yi: “…”

The villa the school arranged was located on the mountainside. After allocating
the rooms and putting down their luggage, Zhao Minjun gave them free time.

The students who had previously planned to go to the tunnel gathered outside
the villa. A boy excitedly urged: “Let’s go! Which way is it?”
Zhou Xingchen: “My friend said that the train tunnel is in the section of Qingling.
If you set Qingling as the destination, you’ll be able to see it when you walk over.
But what the heck are these directions…”

Duan Jiayan heard him and was cheerful: “Are you directionally challenged?

Zhou Xingchen pushed his phone in front of Duan Jiayan: “I am directionally

challenged. Here.”

Duan Jiayan couldn’t understand the directions either so he poked the shoulder
of the person besides him: “Lu Xingci, take a look at this. Which way should we
walk?”

Zhou Xingchen watched all his actions: “You took what seemed like half a day
and you can’t make sense of it either?”

Duan Jiayan casually replied: “But I know how to ask for help. If he understands
it, it also counts as me understanding it. The true wise people are people like me
who aren’t ashamed to learn from those below us.”

He had a series of preposterous arguments. Zhou Xingchen couldn’t help saying:

“Brother Lu, do you hear what’ he’s saying? You shouldn’t help him.”

Lu Xingci had to decipher the navigation and was stuck in a quarrel between
them. Without raising his head, he replied: “What’s the disturbance for?”

Duan Jiayan: “He’s asking you, what’s the disturbance for?”

Zhou Xingchen: “…Brother Lu, you’re so partial!”

Duan Jiayan looked at Zhou Xingchen’s weak expression and said with a smile:
“He’s just partial towards me. So what?”
When he spoke, his amber eyes narrowed unconsciously, making him appear a
little arrogant, but not offensive.

Seeing Duan Jiayan almost leaping up into the sky, Lu Xingci lightly patted his
head: “You can also say a couple words less.”

Chen Yue couldn’t hold back, and let out a laugh from the side: “What is being
impartial? This is being impartial.”

After confirming the direction, the vast group of people headed towards the
tunnel.

As Zhou Xingchen’s friend described, the train tunnel was very conspicuous and
its outside was covered with green plants. Looking in from the entrance, it was
pitch black so there was no way to see where the exit was.

When entering the tunnel, Duan Jiayan’s steps halted and he frowned slightly.

Just then, he saw a red section of skin on the back of Duan Jiayan’s neck.
However, he wasn’t sure if it was just an illusion because it was of the dim light.

Lu Xingci slowed down and walked behind Duan Jiayan.

The closer he was, the better he could better smell Duan Jiayan’s pheromones.
Even though that fragrance was very light, under normal circumstances, Omegas
who are using scent blockers shouldn’t have the smell of pheromones on them.

He wanted to see whether the back of Duan Jiayan’s neck had turned red, but it
really was too dark in the tunnel. Even after walking for a good while, Lu Xingci
still couldn’t see it clearly.
The girl walking beside them couldn’t hold back and asked quietly.

“Between you two… who’s scared of ghosts?”

Although she didn’t say it loudly, inside the silent cave, her voice sounded
particularly clear, so everybody’s gaze turned to land on them.

“Class president, you don’t have to worry about Xiao-Duan.” Song Yi said: “He’s
not scared of ghosts.”

Hearing Song Yi say that, Duan Jiayan turned back, just in time to see Lu Xingci
standing a couple steps behind him.

Duan Jiayan’s gaze shifted, he smiled: “Are you scared?”

Before Lu Xingci could answer, a shriek suddenly sounded from within the group.

“Something fell onto my neck!” The girl quickly pulled on the arm of someone
besides her: “Help take a look for me!”

“Is it a bug?” Someone said half-jokingly and half-seriously: “In this kind of cave,
perhaps the walls are covered with critters.”

Seeing that the girl who asked was almost scared into crying, Zhou Xingchen
nudged the boy: “Enough. Don’t talk so much.”

The sound of water dripping and hitting the ground was mostly hidden by the
sound of people. Chen Yue listened for a while: “It should be water. Use your
phone to take a look with the flashlight.”
They’ve almost reached the center of the tunnel. In the pure darkness, they
were almost unable to see the people around them.

After confirming it was water that landed on the girl, everyone continued to
stride forward. Seeing Duan Jiayan immediately walking forward, Lu Xingci was
worried Duan Jiayan would get lost, so he subconsciously grabbed his arm.

After grabbing him, he felt something was amiss. Just when he was about to let
go, the person he grabbed turned back.

Duan Jiayan suddenly hooked his lip and grinned evilly. He leaned forward a
little and spoke quietly: “If you’re scared, you can tell me secretly. I won’t laugh
at you or tell others.”

In the dark, Lu Xingci could almost feel his warm breathing.

A trace of sweet pheromone leaked out. It’s flavour was faintly discernible, but it
felt as fierce as its master, making it hard to ignore.

“Hm?” Duan Jiayan leaned in more: “Say something.”

Feeling the other’s anticipation, Lu Xingci felt somewhat unable to help laughing.
Duan Jiayan was still focusing on him. Lu Xingci was silent for a moment before,
as if it was the doings of ghosts and gods, saying: “Scared… probably.”

Duan Jiayan got the answer he wanted, turned his head and was about to share
the secret with everyone: “The class president said he’s–“

Lu Xingci sharp-sighted and deftly covered his mouth.

“What?”
“What about Brother Lu?”

The mobile flashlights were almost shining over at them, so Lu Xingci softly said:
“I’m fine. Please light the path.”

Seeing how others were so easily swayed away by Lu Xingci, Duan Jiayan
widened his eyes incredulously: “MmMMmmMmm??” Son of a bitch??

Lu Xingci asked, sticking close to besides his ear: “Didn’t you say that you
wouldn’t tell them? Did you trick me?”

When he spoke, his breath brushed against his ear. Such an intimate distance
made Duan Jiayan want to break away from his arms reflexively:
“MmmMMmMMmmmmm!!!” Fuck off!!!!

Lu Xingci noticed him struggling fiercely, knowing that if he continued to do so,

Duan Jiayan’s face would be rubbed red because of him.

He looked away and felt his throat tightened.

“I’ll let you go. Don’t talk nonsense.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Duan Jiayan nodded quickly, however no

matter how one looked at it, there was an evil look in his eyes.

Lu Xingci hesitated, but still let go. Duan Jiayan recovered his freedom, and
immediately turned against him: “Lu–“

Already prepared, Lu Xingci pressed his hand back again.

Duan Jiayan had been caught twice and he itched to kick him. However, he
wasn’t as strong as Lu Xingci. The latter pressed his hand over his mouth from
behind with one hand. He was almost completely stuck inside the other’s
embrace, with no strength to struggle at all.

“Is it fun?”

Duan Jiayan knew he was in the wrong, so he didn’t say anything.

It was a rare sight for him to behave himself. Suddenly, something occurred to
Lu Xingci and he laughed.

The unidentified chuckle coupled with being in the pitch-black tunnel made Duan
Jiayan feel like the person holding him was not his classmate, but more like a
perverted homicidal maniac.

He heard Lu Xingci ask: “Why don’t we walk out like this?”

“…” Ha?

“Since I’m afraid. This will give me a sense of security. What do you think?”

“…” Are you crazy?!!

After all this torment, when Lu Xingci released him, Duan Jiayan was not in the
mood to bother him.

He glared at Lu Xingci ferociously, but the latter didn’t say anything when he
received his almost substantial vicious gaze.

Suddenly, Duan Jiayan reached out his hand.

“Take it.”

Lu Xingci looked at the too-fair arm that he could vaguely see in the dark tunnel
and gave him a blank stare.

“Hold it. Aren’t you scared?” Duan Jiayan urged: “Quickly, they’ve already made
a lot of distance.”

Lu Xingci noticed that he had been stretching out his hand, though a little
impatient, he was still waiting for him.

He suspected that if he told Duan Jiayan the truth now, perhaps Duan Jiayan
would directly rush forth and fight him.

He grabbed his wrist and put his fingers around it very discreetly. The moment
his fingers wrapped around it, he was slightly stunned.

He didn’t expect that he could completely encircle Duan Jiayan’s wrist with one
hand. Compared with an Alpha’s broad and sturdy arm, the wrist in his hand
could almost be considered meager.

Duan Jiayan saw that he grabbed onto himself and lifted his leg to walk forward.

During the time when they were bickering with each other, the others had
already walked a large distance. When they caught up with the rest, the
atmosphere was relaxed, probably because they had adapted to the darkness.

Along the way, the sound of dripping water was particularly distinct.
Seeing that everyone was talking and laughing and that there was no
atmosphere of exploration, Duan Jiayan blinked his eyes.

“Have you guys noticed that the water seems to be red?” Duan Jiayan pretended
to smell his fingers and said: “Really, there seems to also be a smell of blood.”

After he said that, the person who was already a little scared answered: “I also
wanted to say that the smell in this tunnel is strange.”

Song Yi was frightened by their words: “Xiao-Duan, don’t scare people on

purpose.”

“Look up. I thought I was mistaken,” Duan Jiayan said: “but isn’t there
something up there?”

“Fuck, Brother Duan, can you stop speaking?”

Duan Jiayan remained unmoved: “Ah, what is that?”

As he said that, he tugged lightly at Lu Xingci.

Lu Xingci heard Duan Jiayan use a quiet voice that only the two of them could
hear: “Run.”

The moment he said that, Duan Jiayan pulled him: “There’s really–something–
up–there–! JustkiddingLuXingciisadog!”

Lu Xingci: “…”

Lu Xingci was truly impressed so much so that he was speechless.

Seeing how they really started running, the frightened people followed them.

Their behaviour seemed to have pressed a button for the rest of the students.
The students who were hesitating whether they should believe Duan Jiayan also
more or less started running now.

It was unknown who but a girl finally screamed, unable to hold back.

“Ahhhhhhh–!!”

“Fuck fuck fuck!!”

“No, what are you guys running for?? What’s the running for??!!”

“Brother Lu also ran! Brother! Lu! Also! Ran! Why aren’t you also running?!”

This sentence was so convincing that Chen Yue, who had no intention of running
originally, also hesitated when he heard it.

Lu Xingci ran as well?

After hesitating for a bit, Chen Yue stepped and rushed forward. The last few
boys who didn’t run couldn’t stand still when they saw this.

Zhou Xingchen said anxiously: “Chen Yue, what are you getting scared for?!
Whoever gets scared is the dog!”

Chen Yue yelled as he ran: “Laozi is just a dog! Even dog lives are important,
don’t you know?!”
Zhou Xingchen was suddenly enlightened: “That makes sense! Wait for Laozi,
Chen Yue!!”

Listening to the messy footsteps and screams behind him, Duan Jiayan tried so
hard not to laugh that he almost caused an internal injury. If it weren’t for the
help of Lu Xingci pulling him forwards, he might not have been able to hold on
until he reached the end of the tunnel.

The moment he ran out of the tunnel, Duan Jiayan couldn’t hold on any longer
and began to laugh wildly.

“Lu Xingci, what should be done now… hahahahaha… You really became a dog
now… hahahahahahaha…”

Lu Xingci had no choice but to look at him. Meeting Duan Jiayan’s smiling gaze,
he couldn’t help but also start smiling.

At first, he only curved his lips, however, the more he thought about it, the more
funny it was. He lowered his head and his shoulders started trembling. Finally,
he was unable to hold back a burst of hearty laughter.

When the students of class ten ran out, they saw these two people laughing.

Now everyone knew what was going on.

Zhou Xingchen taunted: “Duan Jiayan, you made such a fortune. It was such
realistic acting.”

“And Brother Lu, what was up with you? Why didn’t you watch after this evil
creature?”
The girls who ran out last were still in shock, patting their chests: “For real, I
was almost scared to death by you. Although it was pretty fun…”

After laughing his fill, Duan Jiayan said to the girls: “Sorry. Who was the one
who shrieked before? That really made the atmosphere.”

One of the girls pointed at herself and said: “That was the fear that evolved from
the innermost corner of my heart.”

“Sister, you’re amazing.” After saying that, Duan Jiayan couldn’t help but laugh,
and that girl also started laughing with him.

Suddenly, someone said: “It’s so beautiful.”

Following her gaze, the others looked one after another: “It’s actually already
sunset.”

The exit of the tunnel was just facing the west of Ning City. When they ran out,
they just caught up with the last wave of twilight.

The faint yellow sunset spread in the sky, sinking layer after layer into the
clouds, like the mixture of orangish-red sea water.

It was both magnificent and rich.

The group gradually quieted down.

A girl was taking pictures. She couldn’t help but ask in a low voice: “Can we do
this again after graduating?”
Her question was a little sensitive. The boys looked at each other and didn’t
know what to say.

“Of course.” Duan Jiayan broke the silence and looked at the girl: “If I plan to
play a scare again next time, I’ll let you know first.”

“I don’t want to be a dog next time.” Patting him on the shoulder, Lu Xingci
asked, “can you be the dog yourself?”

“If you bark once, I’ll consider it.”

Laughter came from the group one after another.

The girl who asked the question looked at them, pursed her lips and smiled
along with them.

☾ ⋆*･ﾟ:⋆*･ﾟ:⠀ *⋆.*:･ﾟ .: ⋆*･ﾟ: .⋆

Note from the translator:

This chapter was so vivid. Reading about a group of students exploring a tunnel
and then watching the sunset really made me emotional and remember the
camping experience I had with classmates in my freshman year ><; Yin Lu Xing
sure knows how to write such a realistic high school setting… So touching

(´；ω；｀)

-fluff
Chapter 22 – Teach me : How to make people act
like a baby
After returning to the holiday villa, Duan Jiayan took a shower, changed into a T-
shirt and shorts, and came out of the bathroom in a good relaxed mood.

It was already past nine o’clock. The night wind on the mountain snuck in
through the window, making people feel a bit cold. On the whole way back from
the tunnel, Zhou Xingchen had been clamoring about playing games together at
night. He asked on his phone; Zhou Xingchen and the rest were all sitting in the
lobby, so Duan Jiayan headed downstairs.

He saw at a glance that Chen Yue and Zhou Xingchen were sitting on the sofa.
Song Yi was also there and the three of them were currently chatting happily
about something. Farther away, there were also a couple of students playing
cards.

Duan Jiayan walked over, asking casually: “Where’s Lu Xingci?”

“He went out to smoke.” Chen Yue said.

Duan Jiayan raised his eyebrows in surprise. Chen Yue looked at his expression
and smiled: “What? Is him smoking very weird?”

Song Yi: “It’s not weird. It isn’t. With one look at the class president’s face,
smoking, fighting, and swearing… I can accept it all.”

Duan Jiayan placed his hand on Song Yi’s shoulder: “Promise me, you’ll say less
flirty words.”

Hearing that Chen Yue became happy. Zhou Xingchen saw Duan Jiayan and
promptly called out: “Come come come! We’ve waited for you for so long, let’s
win some team-of-4 PUBG*.”
*T/N: [吃鸡] Gamer Slang for winning at PUBG, literally “eat chicken”.

“I’m not really familiar with how to play that one.”

“It’s fine,” Chen Yue said: “Zhou Xingchen’s awesome. He’ll carry the three of us
himself. We’ll just head towards victory while lying down.”

“Come, Xiao-duan.” Song Yi knew that Duan Jiayan got a little dizzy from 3D and
usually doesn’t play this kind of shooting games, reckoning that he doesn’t even
have an account: “I have an extra account, do you want to use it?”

Seeing that they took initiative one after another, Duan Jiayan didn’t want to
disappoint them, so he took out his phone and sat next to Zhou Xingchen.

They started playing the game.

The account Song Yi lent to Duan Jiayan was super cottequish, having set after
set of fashionable outfits.

When Duan Jiayan logged on, the pigtailed girl was wearing a sailor outfit,
currently bouncing and hopping, doing warm ups.

Zhou Xingchen pulled him.

In the first game, Duan Jiayan landed and was immediately eliminated*.

*T/N: [落地成盒] (Luo Di Cheng He) – Internet Buzzword used in video games
where the player immediate becomes a “loot box” upon landing.
In the second round, Duan Jiayan had to pay a bridge toll.

In the third round, Duan Jiayan led the whole group in the opposite direction of
winning in PUBG*.

*T/N: Still using Gamer Slang – literally “opposite direction of eating chicken”.

Zhou Xingchen and Chen Yue didn’t expect that when Duan Jiayan said that he
didn’t know much about the game, he really didn’t understand the game at all
and wasn’t being modest in the slightest.

At the start of the fourth round, Zhou Xingchen searched the house but didn’t
even hear footsteps before being sniped directly from below. Even Chen Yue and
Song Yi both sent their lives away as well.

Only Duan Jiayan who was hiding in the sniper’s blindspot survived. The
character Duan Jiayan controlled searched the house while trembling with fear
and trepidation but only to find a pistol that was only slightly better than nothing.

“I think,” Zhou Xingchen said tactfully: “this round is already thrown.”

Duan Jiayan ignored him: “You guys can play for a while; wait for me to finish
this one.”

Zhou Xingchen: “No, we’re going to see with our own eyes how they’ll wipe the
floor with you.”

Duan Jiayan: “…”

Duan Jiayan also thought that he would lose, but with what Zhou Xingchen said,
he was now a bit reluctant to accept it: “What makes you think that i’ll be
pressed down–“

Zhou Xingchen suddenly interrupted him: “Left, your left! You’re being
surrounded, where are you going? The four of them are in a team! You’re
screwed, screwed! “

Duan Jiayan raised his head to give him a look: “What are you shouting about.
Who said that I’m screwed?”

Zhou Xingchen: “This doesn’t count as being screwed? Do you think you’re a god
at hiding when you’re in a dangerous situation?”

Duan Jiayan snorted and said: “Watch and learn.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he pressed the microphone button.

Although he didn’t turn on his microphone the whole time, he had the speakers
on and the four people around him were talking all the time. He felt that several
of them should be Alphas.

At this time, Lu Xingci just entered the lobby when he immediately saw them
playing games on the sofa. Remembering that Chen Yue had let him borrowed
his lighter before, he casually shouted: “Chen Yue, do you still want–“

Before Lu Xingci could finish his question, Duan Jiayan said in a voice entirely
different from usual: “Xiao-Brothers, are you Alpha?”

His voice was very gentle, sounding weak and especially harmless.
He was probably speaking while pinching his throat. Although his original voice
was considered clean, it would never sound weak.

Lu Xingci’s paused in his tracks.

After quite a while, he smiled, but his gaze darkened.

When Chen Yue heard Lu Xingci calling him, he was almost dying of laughter
when he turned around: “Lu-dawg, get over here! Duan Jiayan’s teaching how to
get points on-the-spot, hahahahahaha he’s totally awesome–“

Zhou Xingchen almost became a fool from what he heard: “Fuck, I can’t betray
this a sly fox.”

So Yi was already used to it: “You’re using this method again?”

When they first played in the League of Legends, Duan Jiayan and Shen Chilie
sucked and were often trashed on. Shen Chilie pretended to be weak whether
there was something going on or not.

Duan Jiayan didn’t learn anything good from Shen Chilie but instead only learned
these gaudy things. Moreover, he was better at acting than Shen Chilie. He was
a completely different person when he turned on his mic compared to when he
didn’t.

His voice sounded comforting even to Lu Xingci, not to mention those passers-by
on the other side of the screen who don’t know the truth.

Someone answered: “Yes, we’re a team of 4 Alphas. What’s the matter?”

“Brothers, you all are so skilled.” Duan Jiayan gave a silent smile. He maintained
that gentleness in his tone, but his words were super domineering: “I’m an
Omega, so can you all not hit me?”

Once they heard that he was an Omega, along with his tone that confused, the
Alphas’ innate wish to protect Omegas unwillingly became spurred on.

With another look at Duan Jiayan’s game character:

A beautiful girl with pigtails.

What kind of exceptionally adorable little Omega is this?

One of the Alphas was the first to state his attitude clearly: “You can come over.
I won’t hit you.”

As soon as he heard that his companion was the first to offer hospitality, another
Alpha followed: “You don’t have enough equipment, right? I have extra three-
stage heads, an expansion, and a M416 here. Why don’t you come over to pick
them up? “

As he listed them off, he threw all the things he mentioned in front of Duan
Jiayan as if presenting treasures.

Both Zhou Xingchen and Chen Yue were stunned. Only Duan Jiayan accepted the
kindness without any burden: “Thank you, brother.”

He slipped each “brother*” out of his mouth smoothly and suddenly felt a
shadow cast over him.
*T/N: He uses “哥哥” (Ge Ge) here, it means “brother” literally but is used for
guys older than oneself and does not necessarily imply any blood relationship.

Duan Jiayan turned his head.

Lu Xingci sat by him and watched him play the game with a smile yet not a smile
on his face. Seeing him come over and even kindly knocking on his phone screen,
signaling Duan Jiayan to focus a bit more as the poison-line* had brushed over
his character already.

*T/N: The blue zone (mobile circle) in PUPG – if the player is outside of that
zone, the player will take damage.

Duan Jiayan glanced at him before continuing to cajole the four Alphas in the
game.

Although the four of them wanted to help him, one of them even gave him a
med kit. Duan Jiayan’s skills were really terrible.

In the last stretch of keeping up with the moving poison line, Duan Jiayan was
sniped and killed. Even so, he still came in third.

After the game ended, Chen Yue laughed and ridiculed him: “Xiao-Duan, Brother
Duan, to interview you sincerely, did you really not feel any shame from that
just now?”

Zhou Xingchen was almost dying from laughter: “I’m very impressed. You really
are ferocious. How did you manage to say those things just then?”

Before Duan Jiayan could answer, Zhou Xingchen’s phone rang. As soon as he
saw that it was Gu Li, he couldn’t spend time laughing at Duan Jiayan. He
immediately answered the phone: “Fox*! Why have you remembered to call me
only now? What did you do today? Are you tired? …It’s good that you’re not, huh?
You’re asking me where I’m sleeping tonight? Oh, you’re asking where Brother
Lu is sleeping tonight? Fuck, can’t you care about me first? How would I know
where they’re sleeping tonight?”

*T/N: Refresher that ZXC calls 顾梨 (Gu Li) “狐狸” (Hu Li) – a pun – which means
Fox.

Lu Xingci probably guessed what Gu Li was asking. He smiled but didn’t say
anything. At this time, Duan Jiayan bumped his knee with his own knee: “Hey,
you can smoke?”

Lu Xingci made a noise of agreement and asked in return: “You can’t?”

Duan Jiayan: “Why should I know how to engage in such an unhealthy activity?”

Lu Xingci: “Don’t all you school bullies know how to smoke?”

Duan Jiayan: “You’re wrong. We school bullies are concerned with true strength,
not these kinds of superficial Kung Fu. The fist is the only standard used to
measure a school bully. “

Lu Xingci laughed.

Duan Jiayan was baffled.

After a while, Lu Xingci suddenly asked: “Do you always act so cottequishly
when you play games?”

Zhou Xingchen was still chatting with Gu Li: “The temperature dropped today.
It’s cold in the mountains. You should wear more layers tonight…”
He glanced at Duan Jiayan, who was sitting next to him. He was wearing a T-
shirt and shorts, revealing his pale-white arms and legs.

He seemed cold just from a look.

Zhou Xingchen couldn’t help asking: “Duan Jiayan, your shorts are so short,
aren’t you cold?”

When Gu Li heard this from the other side of the call, she couldn’t help but let
out a shriek excitedly. Zhou Xingchen was frightened by her sudden scream and
almost dropped his phone.

Duan Jiayan shook his bare lower-leg indifferently: “No, I’m not cold. Maybe
you’re cold because you’re weak.”

After answering Zhou Xingchen’s question, he turned to look at Lu Xingci and

laughed: “How would that be possible? I’m not so bad at all other games.”

Before Lu Xingci could say anything, Duan Jiayan’s Adam’s apple bobbed and his
gaze revealed a trace of evil: “In those other games, others are the only ones
who act like a spoiled child to me.”

Lu Xingci raised his brow slightly, as it was slightly unexpected: “You’re that
skilled?”

Flattered by him, Duan Jiayan was in a good mood. He said modestly, a rare
scene: “I’m not bad, but not super good either.”

“Duan Jiayan, that’s bullshit! Being modest, my ass!” Zhou Xingchen

remembered to retort while chatting with Gu Li.

Lu Xingci leaned in.

He lowered his head and looked into Duan Jiayan’s eyes. He said slowly,
seeming sincere: “Then please teach me. How can I make others act like a
spoiled child to me?”

They were too close.

They had previously been sitting very close with a distance where their knees
were touching each other. In addition, Lu Xingci leaned down slightly, so from
the side, it almost seemed like they were snuggling up to each other.

Looking at the scene, Song Yi wanted to say something but stopped on second
thought.

However, Duan Jiayan didn’t think there was anything wrong. He thought
carefully about Lu Xingci’s question for a bit.

“Beat her up first to show your strength. Then give her a helping hand during a
suitable time.” Duan Jiayan said clearly and logically: “After all, everyone
admires those who are strong. If you show your enthusiasm from the beginning,
the others would regard you as an orphan with no strength and will only treat
you as a flatterer. “

“Seems like this is truly how it works.”

“Right?” Seeing that Lu Xingci agreed with him, Duan Jiayan smiled with bent
eyes.

Zhou Xingchen was still on the phone with Gu Li: “…Why do you keep asking me
what they’re doing? Chen Yue, what are they doing?”
Chen Yue replied smoothly: “They’re talking about the types they like.”

Zhou Xingchen: “Did you hear that? They’re talking about the types they like.”

Usually Zhou Xingchen and Gu Li’s calls went on for more than an hour. When
Duan Jiayan returned to his room, they still hadn’t hung up.

When Duan Jiayan closed the door of his room, he could still vaguely hear the
phone call from Zhou Xingchen in the corridor and the footsteps of the other
who was walking away. He yawned and was just about to head to the bathroom
to wash up when he suddenly felt a slight itch on his body.

The limp and numb feeling increased and was even followed by a burst of heat.
Duan Jiayan’s expression blurred for a moment, and he realized why, so he
hurried to search for the inhibitor.

He remembered that the inhibitor should be placed at the bottom of the clothes.

He couldn’t find it.

He looked everywhere and still couldn’t find it.

Where did he put the inhibitor…?

Duan Jiayan felt dizzy. Not only was his body getting hotter and hotter, but his
limbs also became sore and feeble.

He rubbed his temple twice with force before suddenly remembering that, in
order to prevent accidents, he had taken out the whole box of inhibitors and
placed it on the bedside table.He hurried to the bedside table and almost
overturned the box because of his hurry.
After struggling, he finally opened the lid. When the needle pierced into his wrist,
he couldn’t help but let out a low sob and kneel down completely.

He waited for a long while.

Duan Jiayan’s fever gradually subsided and his body temperature returned to
normal. He breathed a sigh of relief. Just when he was about to stand up, he
suddenly saw a large red rash on the back of his hand.

Duan Jiayan froze and in the next moment, he felt a terrible pain all over his
body and every inch of his skin seemed to be on fire. He glanced backwards to
finally noticed that his back had already been covered with a large area of
allergic red rash.

His stress disorder flared up.

Duan Jiayan whimpered painfully. He was surrounded by unfamiliar Alpha

pheromones. Those pheromones crawled in through the crevices of the doors
and the windows, which made his stress disorder all the more severe.

He was in so much pain that he wanted to curl up completely but his reason told
him that he had to go out to seek help.

It hurt so much…

Quick, think.

Lu Xingci… Which room was Lu Xingci in?

⋆*･ﾟ:⋆*･ﾟ:⠀ *⋆.*:･ﾟ .: ⋆*･ﾟ: .⋆

Note from the translator:

I have so much respect for E-Sports translators… This chapter was a nightmare,
but I learnt a lot. I know now more about PUPG than I ever really wanted (LOL).
Hope you all enjoy this chapter~ The next one is spicy >:)

-fluff
Chapter 23 – Sharing the Same Bed : In order to
climb a bed
Lu Xingci took a shower. Just as he stepped out of the bathroom, he suddenly
received a friend request.

It was from his own class’s group.

He and Duan Jiayan never added each other as friends before so Duan Jiayan
sent him a friend request.

[Which room are you in?]

Lu Xingci tapped the accept button.

[301.]

He waited for a bit, but before Duan Jiayan sent him a follow up message, Lu
Xingci suddenly thought of something and he quickly sent another message:
[Are you feeling unwell?]

In the tunnel that afternoon, there was indeed a small red rash on Duan Jiayan’s
neck, but in the evening when they were gaming, Lu Xingci specially looked and
found that the mark had already disappeared.

There was no reply for what seemed like half a day, so Lu Xingci put away his
bath towel and walked towards the door. Just when he was thinking of asking
Song Yi which room Duan Jiayan was, someone knocked on his door outside.

“Who?”
No one answered.

Lu Xingci pulled open the door.

The moment the door was pulled open, the person outside immediately fell into
his arms and was trembling all over. Seeing how he was already unable to even
stand steadily, Lu Xingci reached out to support him.

Lu Xingci had just taken a shower, so his hair was still a bit wet. The
pheromones that floated in the air mixed with the scent of his body wash like
damp grass, stained with the smell of lemon.

Duan Jiayan felt dizzy and just wanted to be as close to this person as possible.
He unconsciously wrapped his arm around his shoulder and buried his face in his
neck.

Duan Jiayan wasn’t that weak. He grabbed him tightly like he was a drowning
driftwood. It was the first time that Lu Xingci felt that Duan Jiayan really needed
him so much.

He gently patted Duan Jiayan’s back: “Does it hurt a lot?”

Duan Jiayan was in too much pain to even speak, so he could only nod.

His head was still buried in Lu Xingci’s neck. As he nodded, his soft hair swept
across his skin, making him a bit itchy.

After being hugged by him for a long time, Duan Jiayan was surrounded by
Alpha’s pheromone and slowly calmed down.

Duan Jiayan let go.

He took a step back and said in a quiet voice: “My stress disorder flared up.”

Lu Xingci looked at him. That part of his neck was red and the allergic red rash
extended all the way to his chest.

It was not hard to imagine the scene under his clothes.

“Mhm.” Lu Xingci said: “It looks very serious.”

Duan Jiayan opened his mouth, wanting to say something but was pulled into
the room by Lu Xingci: “Come say it inside.”

Only then did Duan Jiayan react. He was too hurried just then so he hugged Lu
Xingci as soon as the door was opened.

Duan Jiayan touched his nose awkwardly.

Thankfully no one saw it.

He walked into the room, followed by Lu Xingci who locked the door.

“Can you…” Duan Jiayan felt awkward. He had troubled Lu Xingci to temporarily
mark him once before. He did research and found that even if the temporary
mark faded away, the effect of doing so would gradually add up. If he did it
often, not only would he become addicted to it, but Lu Xingci would also be
affected.

After thinking for a while, Duan Jiayan came up with a more reasonable idea:
“Can you let me stay here?”
“Stay here?” Lu Xingci’s gaze swept over the sole bed in his single room and
raised his eyes with an unreadable expression: “Then where are you going to
sleep?”

Duan Jiayan was unsure what he meant, so he was a little uncertain: “I… I’ll
sleep besides you?”

Afraid of being rejected, he added in a hurry before Lu Xingci could answer.

“As you can see, I have no way to separate from you at this time. If you don’t
agree, I can only drag the blankets and pillows to sleep outside your room…”

“Sleep outside my room?”

When he saw the smile on the lips of Lu Xingci that repeated his words, his heart
sank.

“Being outside won’t work. With a door between us, the pheromones aren’t
enough.” Afraid of hearing him say that sleeping outside was fine, Duan Jiayan
hurriedly said: “Perhaps, when you open the door tomorrow, you’ll find my
corpse. Think about it. That scene must be very frightening. If you see it and
accidentally lose ten years of your life, it’s not worth it.”

Duan Jiayan paused and said sincerely: “You’re so handsome. How can you allow
your life to be shortened because of this sort of thing?”

After these flattering words, even Duan Jiayan was a bit dazzled.

In order to climb into a bed, it really was too fucking difficult.

“It does sound very scary.” Noticing that Duan Jiayan was looking at him rather
nervously, the smile in Lu Xingci’s eyes deepened: “But sleeping in the same bed
when we’re an Alpha and an Omega… Isn’t it improper?”

“N-n-no. There’s nothing improper about it.” As soon as Duan Jiayan heard that
he was about to let go, he quickly followed what Lu Xingci said. Fearing that Lu
Xing wouldn’t believe him, he even raised an example: “I’ve slept in the same
bed with Shen Chilie and we even covered ourselves with the same blanket. As
long as you treat me as a friend, we can sleep in the same bed happily like
friends.”

The smile on the corner of Lu Xingci’s lips lessened. His voice was deep but light:
“You slept in the same bed with him before?”

“Yeah,” Duan Jiayan was ignorant: “However, I was bothered by his poor
sleeping position so I kicked him to the ground in the middle of the night.”

During their estrus period, an Omega became very sensitive to Alpha’s

pheromones. They would more or less be able to perceive an Alpha’s moods.
Duan Jiayan could feel the tense atmosphere around him suddenly relaxing.
Although he didn’t know why Lu Xingci’s mood shifted, as long as he could put
him in a good mood, he could say continue:

“If you are willing to sleep in the same bed with me, I will definitely not kick you.
If I dare to disturb your sleep, I will immediately kick myself awake. My sleeping
position…” After a pause, Duan Jiayan thought that he should use deceit to get
what he wanted first: “My sleeping position is super good. I don’t snore or grind
my teeth. I won’t hoard the blanket either. Every night, Song Yi would think that
I was dead in my bed. If you can’t sleep, I can even tell you a bedtime story. “

After saying that, even he thought of himself like a bed pendant that was super
quiet and still.

Lu Xingci looked at him and his gaze swept around his face. Duan Jiayan was so
nervous that his Adam’s apple bobbed and he blurted out: “Brother Lu.”
“…”

The moment he said that, he felt a gaze pass over him, slowly, super slowly. He
felt his scalp tingle and his spine felt as if it had been touched by a hand. Duan
Jiayan couldn’t stand this kind of torment. In addition, Lu Xingci’s attitude was
also ambiguous. Duan Jiayan guessed that the other had a bad judgment of him
so he didn’t dare to make trouble now and instead tried every means to torment
him.

Duan Jiayan’s teeth felt a bit itchy. He gritted his teeth and somewhat wanted to
just get up and leave. But he lost his temperament at the thought of his
miserable situation previously in excruciating pain.

“Brother Lu.” Duan Jiayan made up his mind: “Please? Just take me in, okay?”

Piece of Trash Lu Xingci.

Laozi will remember this.

There will be a day where Laozi* will make you pay! With! Your! Blood!

*T/N: Arrogantly-used personal pronoun ‘I’.

“Then alright. You can stay here.” It never occurred to Lu Xingci that Duan
Jiayan could compromise to such an extent. The more Duan Jiayan looked at him,
the more amusing it was. After he agreed, Duan Jiayan’s eyes lit up all of a
sudden. Holding back a smile, Lu Xingci teased: “Why don’t you make your bed
on the floor? You can sleep next to me.”

“…”
Duan Jiayan was silent for a moment.

He inwardly repeated that Lu Xingci would pay with his blood. When he lifted his
head, there was not a trace of visible murderous intent on his face.

Lu Xingci watched with a smiling expression, expecting him to continue to

bargain with him.

He was engrossed and waiting for Duan Jiayan to speak up.

“Thank you Brother Lu for giving me this opportunity. Then I will sleep under
your bed tonight. I’ll have to bother Brother Lu to walk on the other side. Don’t
step on me.” Duan Jiayan said as he walked towards the wardrobe: “Does your
room have spare blankets? I’ll make my bed on the floor.”

“…” This time it was Lu Xingci’s turn to stay silent.

He watched as Duan Jiayan moved the spare blankets out from the wardrobe
and tossed it efficiently to beside his bed. As he was making the bed, he
suddenly looked up at him.

He thought that Duan Jiayan regretted doing so now. Lu Xingci pondered

inwardly that as long as Duan Jiayan showed a little regret, he would tactfully
remind him that if he said a few more smooth words to him, it was not
impossible to let him sleep in his bed–

Duan Jiayan said: “I want a pillow. There are two on your bed.”

“Oh,” said Lu Xingci in a light voice, unable to sense any emotion: “Then take it.”

Duan Jiayan didn’t expect him to be so easy-going. He pulled down the pillow
with satisfaction.
During the day, he walked all around the mountain. At night, he had to deal with
estrus and suffered from the stress disorder. Duan Jiayan was already very tired.
When the futon was ready, he laid down right away inside it.

However, after the lights were turned off, he couldn’t find a suitable sleeping
position even after shifting for a long time and couldn’t help asking: “Brother Lu,
do you want to listen to a bedtime story?”

Duan Jiayan couldn’t fall asleep, so he wanted to talk with someone: “Us school
bullies are the best at storytelling. Every school bully must be proficient in this
skill before they can enter the campus.”

Lu Xingci laughed: “It’s not easy to be a school bully. You also have to be multi-
talented.”

“That’s right.” Duan Jiayan also laughed: “Is it easy to be the school grass? It
doesn’t seem that easy either. You have to be ranked first in the exams yet also
know how to smoke. Plus, your sexual orientation has to be studying.”

“Who told you that my sexual orientation is studying?”

“Didn’t you say it yourself? Have you forgotten? …Haah, do you like to ignore
others and wait for them to chase you?”

“What are you thinking about?” He carelessly smiled. He thought it was

necessary to prove to himself. The light in the room had already been turned off.
In the dark and quiet room, his voice was clear and low: “If I don’t chase after
someone I like, aren’t I stupid?”

Duan Jiayan was a little sleepy. He yawned and casually flattered Lu Xingci:
“That makes sense. Our Lu Xingci is so smart.”
Lu Xingci was silent for a moment: “Is it comfortable to sleep on the ground?”

“It’s comfortable,” Duan Jiayan was used to being the lackey tonight, so he
might as well smash the cracked pot: “As long as I’m sleeping besides Brother
Lu, I’d feel comfortable no matter what.”

Lu Xingci paused: “Isn’t the floor hard?”

“The hardness is good for the spine. Normally, the dormitory’s bed is too soft,
and I’m even afraid of getting spondylosis. I don’t know what Song Yi is thinking.
When he made the bed for me, he used two layers of bedding. Does he take me
as the princess from the Princess and the Pea…” Duan Jiayan’s voice trailed off.

Ah, apparently the dorm’s bed wasn’t made by himself.

“…” Lu Xingci was quiet for a bit before he sighed: “Why don’t you come up.”

There was no answer.

He waited for a while, but there was still no response. He glanced over and
finally discovered that Duan Jiayan had already fallen asleep with his eyelids
drooping.

Lu Xingci’s gaze unwillingly landed on Duan Jiayan’s bed.

There were two spare blankets in the room. Duan Jiayan laid one on the ground
and covered the other on his body.

The mountains were covered in cold air. To only rely on using a blanket as the
separator from the icy cold floor, if he slept till the latter half of the night,
perhaps he might catch a cold.
He got out of bed and walked to Duan Jiayan. Duan Jiayan seemed to have
fallen in a deep sleep and didn’t even move his eyelids from beginning to end.

Lu Xingci leaned down, one hand stuck to Duan Jiayan’s back and the other
threaded through under his knees, lifting the person along with the blanket up
horizontally.

After he placed Duan Jiayan on the bed gently, the latter mouthed something in
his sleep. Lu Xingci thought he had woken him up, but Duan Jiayan rubbed
against his pillow unconsciously, still breathing evenly.

Seeing him sleeping so soundly, Lu Xingci got into bed from the other side.
Before he lay down, his gaze swept lightly over the sleeping face of the person
next to him.

What a peaceful face.

Duan Jiayan seemed to like sleeping on his side. He curled up completely

unconsciously. He was normally so peevish, but when he fell asleep, he became
quiet and gentle.

Faint Omega pheromones wafted off from him. It was as if flower branches had
climbed onto the bed and the air was filled with a misty fragrance.

Lu Xingci looked at him for a while before laying down with his back facing him.

He was a little tired after such a long and troublesome day. After closing his eyes,
he gradually felt sleepy and his consciousness slowly blurred.

Just when Lu Xingci was about to fall asleep, suddenly something fell on top of
his leg.
The force used wasn’t that little. After that thing fell on his leg, it even daringly
made two sweeps, as if searching for the most comfortable position.

Lu Xingci was compelled to widen his eyes. He looked and found Duan Jiayan
tangled up with him. He moved Duan Jiayan’s foot away a bit speechessly and
conveniently helped him press down the blanket.

After doing all of this, he closed his eyes. But some time later, just when Lu
Xingci was about to fall asleep, he heard a rustling behind him through a haze.
Soon after, the mental state he had originally relaxed snapped right open–

The sound of soft and slow breaths came from where his glands were and wisps
of hot air glided on the sensitive neck. Whether it was of an Alpha or Omega,
this piece of skin couldn’t withstand any stimulation.

Half asleep and half awake, Lu Xingci suddenly thought of an obscene joke Chen
Yue once made.

If there was an Omega breathing beside your glands, would you be turned on by
it?

Lu Xingci lifted his eyelids. Just when he was about to open his eyes, he
suddenly felt something soft rubbing lightly against his glands.

It was lips.

Soft lips that brought along pheromones. It was like a knife dipped with honey,
cutting a kiss into his glands.
Lu Xingci was almost startled right into awaking. When he opened his eyes, he
saw Duan Jiayan completely leaning into his back. He looked at him carefully
and found that his eyes were closed and he breathed smoothly, as if sleeping
soundly.

“Duan Jiayan, are you playing with me?” In the darkness, the boy’s voice
sounded as if he said it through gritted teeth. He whispered beside Duan Jiayan’s
ear: “You have a good sleeping position?”

Only the sound of smooth breathing answered him.

He pressed the tip of his tongue against his teeth and rubbed it around. For a
moment, he really wanted to kick that thing off the bed.

He was just considering how to deal with Duan Jiayan, when the person in
question in his sleep unconsciously frowned. It seemed that he was dissatisfied
with the distance between them, so he took the initiative to move a little closer
to him. When he reached Lu Xingci’s shoulder, he was satisfied and rubbed
against it.

He stuck to Lu Xingci like a puppy clinging to a dog nest. Lu Xingci unconsciously

lowered his gaze and looked at him.

He was very pale. In the dark room, his exposed skin almost resembled mutton
fat.

He wore a T-shirt with a big collar. His collarbone was thin and his exposed neck
was snow-white and slender. Duan Jiayan’s eyebrows and eyelashes were as
light as his hair, all were of a slightly unnatural light brown. With his delicate
appearance, his whole face was filled with a sense of youth.

After staring at him for a long time, he finally reached out and pulled the whole
person into a hug.
Afraid that he would toss about again, he simply folded his arms and held them
in his arms as well.

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Note from the translator:

This chapter was honestly very, very cute! Hope you enjoyed it!

-fluff
Chapter 24 – Morning : ... beasts
Duan Jiayan had a good night’s sleep.

Although he vaguely felt at the latter half of the night something was wrapped
around him and he couldn’t move, the fragrance that floated around him made
him relax overall. He felt that he hadn’t slept so well for a long time.

Satisfied, he shifted his eyelids, deciding to stretch unhurriedly.

…Hm?

It seems that he’s unable to stretch out his arms?

He gave an experimental struggle. It was useless. The thing that wrapped

around him was very strong. His palm couldn’t help but slide downwards,
touching a study and smooth section, similar to human skin.

What’s this? A monster with abdominal muscles?

Duan Jiayan was half asleep and half awake. He couldn’t stretch his arm for a
long time, so he kicked the thing. The sole of his foot hit something hard.

“…Tch.”

A ‘tch’ sound that was neither quiet nor loud entered into Duan Jiayan’s ear.

The boy’s voice carried an annoyance of being woken up mixed together with a
little morning temperament, sounding low and hoarse.
Having his ear pricked by this blunt and aggressive sound, Duan Jiayan opened
his eyes at once.

Just then, he looked into the eyes of the boy who was very close to him. That
pair of pitch-black and silent eyes lazily glanced at him. The emotions in his eyes
were unpredictable and dangerous.

Duan Jiayan saw Lu Xingci, then looked around in confusion, confirming that he
was lying on the same bed with him.

After he realized something, he suddenly flipped over. When he saw the futon he
put out yesterday still lying on the floor yet he himself was on Lu Xingci’s bed
and even curled up in his arms for the whole night—-

In a split second, “did he climb onto Lu Xingci’s bed by himself or did Lu Xingci
carry him onto the bed” became a huge question that perplexed Duan Jiayan.

Duan Jiayan pondered for a few seconds, but couldn’t think of an answer.
Fortunately, the guilty party can file the suit first, so he opened his mouth with
great momentum:

“Lu Xingci, what did you do?” Duan Jiayan said as he crept forward and raised
his eyebrows, trying to intimidate him: “Ah?”

“What are you Ah-ing for.” After being tormented for most of the night last night,
he felt as if he was woken up by Duan Jiayan not long after he closed his eyes.
Even though it was so early in the morning, this guy was still getting physical
and yelling. Even saints would get angry. Besides, he wasn’t someone who had
that good of a temper.

The boy suddenly thought of something, glanced over at him casually, and said
lazily: “You’re not calling me Brother Lu?”
Seeing him so calm, Duan Jiayan couldn’t help but doubt himself for a moment.

He couldn’t have climbed onto Lu Xingci’s bed while sleeping last night, could he?

Not only did he climb up, but, because of his stress disorder, he even hugged
Duan Jiayan?

If this really was how it was…

Duan Jiayan’s Adam’s apple bobbed. He was a bit diffident, a rare sight: “Last
night…”

“I carried you up here.” Lu Xingci said directly.

Duan Jiayan heard that and immediately got confidence: “What did you carry me
up here for?”

“Then should I have let you sleep on the floor and watch you as you kick the
whole of your own blanket away and end up catching a cold and running a fever,
with a backache?” Lu Xingci saw that he even dared to creep forward and was
too lazy to show courtesy. He leaned forward a little, his tone full of guidance,
enunciating every word: “Otherwise, what do you think I carried you up here to
do?”

When he reached the “to” word, somehow, either intentionally or unintentionally,

his sound became heavier.

The Alpha’s pheromones overwhelmingly put pressure on him. Most likely

because of a lack of sleep, Lu Xingci looked a little different than usual.

Duan Jiayan felt that his ear had been ruthlessly pricked again.
“…”

Seeing how he suddenly quieted down, Lu Xingci laughed.

It was soft, carrying a vague delight. Duan Jiayan clearly caught sight of his
Adam’s apple bobbing. This sort of aggressive male image made Duan Jiayan
frown and just as he was about to speak-

“Don’t you say that every night in the dormitory, Song Yi would think that you
were dead in your bed?”

“…”

“Is being dead in your bed the same as not only kicking and beating the person
beside you in bed but also hoarding the blanket?” Lu Xingci, unclear if he was
smiling or not, looked at him: “Are you a feigned corpse*?”

T/N: [诈尸] (Zha Shi) – A live person disguised as a corpse who can suddenly
stand up to frighten people.

“…”

Seeing that his biggest lie was exposed right in front of his face, Duan Jiayan
abandoned his shield and armor, becoming completely silent.

At this exact moment.

Accompanied by a wave of knocking sounds, Chen Yue’s voice came from

outside the door.
“Lu-dawg? Are you awake yet?”

Duan Jiayan reminded him: “Someone’s knocking.”

“I heard it.” Lu Xingci drawled: “I’m not deaf.”

Duan Jiayan saw that he was filled with drive and decided to avoid the fight, not
discussing whether he was deaf or not: “Go open the door.”

Lu Xingci raised his eyebrows.

Duan Jiayan was feeling too lazy to get out of bed. He feared that Lu Xingci
would make him get up and go open the door, so he just buried his face into the
pillow. A muffled voice made its way out from the pillow: “I’ve already become
one with your bed. We’re already unable to separate. I’ll die if we do.”

Lu Xingci watched as he acted shamelessly and rolled into the bed, his light
brown hair-covered head buried in the snow-white soft pillow, refusing to move.

The appearance was a bit funny.

He yielded to his heart’s desire and reached out his hand, messing up Duan
Jiayan’s hair even more.

Suddenly having his hair messed up, Duan Jiayan was a bit puzzled. But when
he saw Lu Xingci getting up from the bed, he was relieved and decided not to
bother him.

Lu Xingci pulled open the door. Chen Yue, who saw that he finally opened the
door, rubbed his nose: “Did I wake you?”
“No. I was already up. Do you need something?”

“I just remembered that I forgot to bring a blocker. I wanted to borrow one from
you.” As Chen Yue said that, he planned to walk into the room. Just as he was
about to take a step, he caught sight of a lump on Lu Xingci’s bed when the
person in question was standing right there…

Chen Yue paused and asked hesitantly: “Is there someone else in your room?”

Song Yi happened to pass by them in the corridor at this time. He was going to
find Duan Jiayan. When he heard Chen Yue’s words, he completely froze in his
steps and his gaze floated over.

There’s someone else in the class president’s room?

There’s someone else?!

Who? Who’s was so fucking cunning? Who directly slept together with him?

When he thought about it carefully, Song Yi felt that although this person used
such a wild method, they were very strategic.

In a wild and mountainous place, with a lone Alpha and a few Omega… Isn’t this
just a golden opportunity bestowed by the heavens?

Song Yi can’t help but lean over, wanting to see which coquettish young girl was
so skilled at seizing the opportunity.

“Mhm, Duan Jiayan.” Lu Xingci dismissed lightly: “He’s lazing in bed.”

Song Yi: “……”

Chen Yue: “……”

Song Yi blurted: “Fuck! Xiao-Duan, are you even human? So you took the lead in
getting to the 2nd or 3rd base with the whole group of sisters behind your back?”

Chen Yue followed closely: “Fuck! Lu Xingci, are you even human? Were you
being shameless and deceived him last night?”

The two of them almost spoke at the same time. Lu Xingci got a headache from
the noise and looked up: “What are you being so loud about?”

Song Yi and Chen Yue were shocked by his glance, and both stepped back
reflexively.

Song Yi almost became absent-minded: “Xiao-Duan is in there? Why isn’t he

saying anything? “

Lu Xingci looked over at the bed.

Song Yi and Chen Yue were blocked by him so they couldn’t see, but from Lu
Xingci’s angle, he could clearly see Duan Jiayan’s head buried in the pillow.
Probably annoyed by their noise, he pulled another pillow over and pressed it
over his head.

“Him?” Remembering the big lie Duan Jiayan told him last night, Lu Xingci
laughed lightly: “He’s dead on the bed.”

Song Yi’s voice trembled a little: “Dead… Dead on the bed?”

Chen Yue didn’t know what to say, so he could only sigh: “…What a beast ah. “

Duan Jiayan put down the pillow at this time. He flipped over on the bed a little
uncomfortably. Although he couldn’t clearly hear what they were saying, there
was too much noise outside for him to continue lazing in bed.

Duan Jiayan found his slippers and scuffed them to the door.

Chen Yue looked at him and said nothing.

Duan Jiayan took the lead and said: “Good morning, director Chen.”

Chen Yue: “…Early morning, director Duan.”

Chen Yue paused: “You… can still walk?”

At this moment, Song Yi had finished his mental preparation. He felt that instead
of letting a cheap little coquettish girl who sprouted out from nowhere do it in
the future, it seemed easier to accept that his brother slept with the male god.
Besides, these two people standing next to each other do look visually attractive.

Song Yi gently advised him: “Xiao-Duan, you don’t have to pretend nothing
happened. If you feel tired, you should rest a bit more.”

“I’m not tired.” Duan Jiayan was unable to understand what it was all about.
Seeing Song Yi’s silence, he turned to look at Lu Xingci: “Then I’ll head back first.
Thanks ah.”
With that said, he walked away from the room with Song Yi. Chen Yue saw that
he was wearing short sleeves and shorts, chatting with Song Yi as he walked,
leaving Lu Xingci’s room in such an open way.

He should still be tainted with Lu Xingci’s pheromones. Just running out like this
can really stimulate an Alpha’s possessiveness.

But Lu Xingci didn’t stop him.

Chen Yuen turned back and looked at Lu Xingci with hesitation.

“The blocker is on the bedside table.” Feeling a bit tired, Lu Xingci turned
sideways, allowing room to pass: “Go get it yourself.”

“Lu-dawg, did you…” Chen Yue bit his tongue and swallowed the last few words.
Even if he got a few more guts, he still wouldn’t dare to ask if it was done in
front of the crown prince.

“I didn’t.” Lu Xingci cut him off: “We just slept. Literally, slept.”

Chen Yue wore an expression as if Lu Xingci was trying to lie to fucking ghosts.
Seeing him like this, Lu Xingci scoffed. Because of sleep deprivation, his voice
was a little hoarse.

“If something really happened, would I have let him walk out of this door?”

“…”

Chen Yue looked into Lu Xingci’s eyes, which showed a trace of an indescribable
expression only Alphas could understand.
Chen Yue quivered because of that look and he felt uncomfortable all over. It
was like a beast saw an aggressive enemy in its own territory, which instinctively
made it repel the fierce aggressiveness.

Chen Yue was convinced by him.

If it were him, if the Omega he made love to dearly the previous night slipped
away from right under his nose, it would be strange if he hadn’t pulled them
back and given them a scolding.

But Chen Yue was still confused: “Why did he want to sleep with you?”

“Maybe it was because he wanted to tell me a bedtime story.” Lu Xingci said

carelessly: “Them school bullies all like to tell bedtime stories to others.”

“…”

“The story was pretty good too.”

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Note from the translator:

Lots of wordplay in this chapter and the upcoming one! There was even a
repeated line that I tried to work back in -> ” I’ve already become one with your
bed. We’re already unable to separate.” (Second part first appeared in Ch 20
when he was drunk.) Thank you for reading!
Mangadex still isn’t back, but I’ve started translating my manhua to get a head-
start again. So I kinda neglected building up a backlog of translated chapters,
oops… You can follow my translation progress on the main page for this novel
[link].

-fluff
Chapter 25 – Stalker : I think you want to die,
huh?
As soon as they left Lu Xingci’s room, Songyi asked quietly: “Does it hurt?”

Duan Jiayan: “…?”

Song Yi: “Is the class president fierce in bed? He looked super devilish this
morning. I think alphas would be pretty rough with doing that sort of thing.

Duan Jiayan: “…I just slept with him.”

Song Yi turned pale with fright: “You couldn’t have wanted to do more than
sleep with him, right?”

Duan Jiayan: “It was just the pure and innocent sleep where you’re covered by a
blanket and simply chat. May I take the liberty to ask: do you even know how to
spell ‘innocent’?”

Song Yi: “I do. Before last night, that word was written on your face, but this
morning, there was a ‘not’ added in front of it.”

“My stress disorder flared up so I went to him for help.” Duan Jiayan said as he
pointed to himself: “Me, an innocent male high-schooler. If you continue to
make slanderous charges against me to defend your reputation, I may do
irreparable things to you.”

Song Yi: “…”

Song Yi: “May I take the liberty to ask: how did you get this stress disorder that
only recognizes the class president? If I hold your hand, can you pass it on to
me?”

Duan Jiayan: “…”

Duan Jiayan candidly admitted defeat. He smiled as he twisted Song Yi. Song Yi
didn’t dodge and instead hugged him mushily, sniffing him.

“What are you smelling for?”

“I’m smelling for the class president’s scent.” Song Yi discerned: “It seems to be
the fragrance of plants? It’s so pretty and innocent. Completely opposite of the
person himself. It’s terrific.”

Duan Jiayan was too lazy to bother with him, pushing Song Yi’s head down.

Because he was in his estrus period, Duan Jiayan was a little listless all over.
When he boarded the school bus in the afternoon, he felt a prickling pain.

Xiaoyan Mountain was more than a three hours drive away from First Middle.
There were a lot of Alphas in his class. The bus was half-filled with Alphas, half
Betas, and a couple Omegas. To stay in this closed environment for three hours,
Duan Jiayan estimated that his stress disorder would flare up sooner or later.

Duan Jiayan’s gaze swept around the inside of the bus, seeing Zhou Xingchen
and Lu Xingci sitting in the row right behind him and Song Yi.

Duan Jiayan paused and faced Zhou Xingchen: “Why don’t we switch seats?”

Zhou Xingchen: “Why?”

Duan Jiayan said overbearingly: “Because I want to.”

Zhou Xingchen thought he was being too overbearing: “No, if you want to switch
with me, then you’ll sit next to Brother Lu. You have to ask him if he wants to sit
with you.”

Duan Jiayan “oh”-ed and casually asked: “Lu Xingci, do you want to sit with me?”

Lu Xingci was wearing earbuds, so he couldn’t hear what he was asking clearly,
but he vaguely heard Duan Jiayan calling his name. He took out his earbuds and
asked ignorantly: “Ah?”

Duan Jiayan raised his voice: “Lu Xingci! Do you want to sit with me?”

Originally, Song Yi was drinking a drink. When he heard this, he almost spat out
a mouthful of coke.

There was a moment of silence surrounding them. Someone said with a smile,
“‘Sit’? Which ‘sit’?*“

*T/N: Pun moment. Duan Jiayan shouted “Do you want to sit [坐] (Zuo) with

me?” but ‘sit’ also sounds like ‘do it’ [做] (Zuo), so what he shouted also sounds
like “Do you want to do it with me?”

“Is Duan Jiayan looking for fun with Brother Lu again?”

“Tut-tut… Why do you two always like to do this on the bus?”

Chen Yue said with a smile beside them: “The sun hasn’t set yet. Pay attention
to who you’re going to influence.”

The ones who kicked up a fuss were all boys. Before, all they knew was that
Duan Jiayan had a bad relationship with Lu Xingci and few people would make
such a joke.

“Song Yi,” Lu Xingci guessed that this was caused by his stress disorder, so he
got up, laughing as well: “Why don’t we switch seats?”

Aware that everyone else was joking, Duan Jiayan suddenly reached out his
hand. After Lu Xingci sat down, he lovingly wound his arm over Lu Xingci’s
shoulder, leaned his head over, and simply where he coaxed, raising his
eyebrow: “What other sit is there? Between me and our Brother Lu, of course,
it’s that we’re sitting together. “

“……”

It became dead silent because of how coquettish he was being.

Several girls were sitting in a row behind them, now looking over with
excitement-filled faces. They couldn’t help whispering to one another.

“Then behave yourself.” Lu Xingci saw that Duan Jiayan leaned on himself as if
he was boneless and a glimmer of light flashed deep in his gaze: “Let’s sit
properly.”

The guys: “What the hell? I must be deaf. What sort of filthy talk is this–“

The girls: “Oh my god. The class president actually cooperated—”

After a bit of noise, Duan Jiayan’s previous strength to joke around dispersed.
The exhaustion and twisting feeling arouse again.

He yawned a bit sickly. His head leaning against the seat, his eyes slowly
fluttered close.

Lu Xingci cast a glance at him out of the corner of his eyes and saw Duan Jiayan
nodding his head as if he was almost falling asleep.

He retracted his gaze and was just about to continue playing with his phone.

Suddenly, a weight fell onto his shoulder.

The soft breaths diffused into the air beside his ear. Lu Xingci looked to his side,
his field of view full of a sleeping face.

Zhou Xingchen, who sat behind him, loudly said: “Brother Lu, we don’t have
classes tonight. Xia Yu is asking if you want to go–“

“Be a little quieter.”

“Ah?”

Lu Xingci lightly lifted with his chin, motioning to Duan Jiayan who was resting
on his shoulder. Zhou Xingchen “oh”-ed and said in-breaths: “Xia Yu’s birthday…
Asked if you want to go to Lanting to drink… The super beautiful kind… who’s…
interested in you…”

Lu Xingci pondered: “Is she as beautiful as this one on my shoulder?”

Zhou Xingchen looked at Duan Jiayan and candidly said: “Seems like she’s not.”
Lu Xingci answered leisurely: “Then I won’t be going.”

Zhou Xingchen was speechless: “Have you two gotten addicted to having fun
together? Are you really not going? That girl’s character is pretty good and I
heard that she’s also working as a model. There are plenty of guys chasing her.
There’s already three to four I personally know of.”

Lu Xingci adjusted his sitting posture a little and turned back with a smile:
“She’s this popular?”

Zhou Xingchen: “After all, she is the goddess of Fu Middle.”

Lu Xingci: “What happens if I can’t compete and win over the others? It’ll hurt
both physically and mentally.”

Zhou Xingchen: “…”

Lu Xingci: “Not going.”

Zhou Xingchen: “…My god, Brother Lu. You really are such a public enemy of
men.”

Only when it was getting dark outside did the school bus finally arrived at the
gate of First Middle after more than three hours of driving.

Duan Jiayan was in a daze from sleeping. He vaguely heard it getting noisier
around him and he cracked open his eyes just slightly. He heard the person
beside him speak.

“Awake?” It was Lu Xingci.

Duan Jiayan made a noise of agreement: “Did we get to the school?”

He straightened himself to just find that he was resting on Lu Xingci the whole
time. He was a bit at a loss and brushed Lu Xingci’s shoulder: “I slept on you?
Does your shoulder hurt?”

“It doesn’t.” Lu Xingci moved his shoulder about.

Seeing how he wasn’t feeling particularly uncomfortable, Duan Jiayan said

thanks. After hanging his bag off one shoulder, Duan Jiayan lazily stepped out of
the school bus.

The school bus was parked next to the school gate of First Middle. Large Wutong
trees lined both sides of the road. As soon as Duan Jiayan got off the bus,
another school bus stopped next to class ten’s school bus. Clearly seeing the
first girl who got off that bus, Duan Jiayan’s eyes lit up.

Wearing a yellow skirt, Jiang Qinian had a slim figure and a beautiful physique.
Her face was unnaturally pale and, as a whole, she was lethargic.

Duan Jiayan stepped forward, just about to say hello to her. Jiang Qinian gave
him a faint slime first. Seeing Lu Xingci behind him, Jiang Qinian’s smiling
expression paused, her gaze somewhat dim.

Duan Jiayan asked with a smile: “Did your class go to Clear Lake?”

“Mhm,” Jiang Qinian rubbed her temple: “The driver on our way back drove too
fast, so I’m feeling a bit carsick.”

“Carsick?” Duan Jiayan froze.

The students of the art class walked towards the academic building in twos and
threes. Jiang Qinian said to him with a sorry smile: “I’ll leave first. Our class
needs to go do a headcount.”

Duan Jiayan watched her back for a while, turned around, and walked against
the crowd towards the outside the school gate. Just as he took two steps, he
heard someone calling his name.

Duan Jiayan looked back. Lu Xingci’s gaze swept around him: “Where are you
running off to?”

“Jiang Qinian is feeling carsick. I’m going to buy medicine for her.”

“…” Lu Xingci paused: “We have to go to a headcount. Let’s go back first.”

“Just tell Teacher Zhou that I’m back and I got off the bus at the school gate
safely. The reason why I’m not present is that I’m going to send a get-well gift
to a classmate who’s sick,” Seeing that he wasn’t saying anything, Duan Jiayan
left behind another sentence: “Thank you, class president, I’ll leave first—hey!
Lu Xingci, why are you pulling on the band of my backpack?”

“Still sending a get-well gift?” The boy who was tugging put in a little strength
and pulled him back a bit: “Before you court someone, can you have a little
common sense?”

“Where am I lacking in common sense? My goddess is ill and an opportunity is

presented. When there is an opportunity, I should seize it.”

“Carsick medicines are supposed to be taken half an hour before one takes the
car.” Lu Xingci said: “Let’s go back. Don’t run helter-skelter.”

“…” Duan Jiayan wasn’t letting up: “Then what ways are there to relieve car
sickness?”
“Drinking hot water often.“

“You’ve gone so low.” Duan JIayan gave him a look of disgust: “I have found the
reason why you’re single.”

“Aren’t you also single?” Lu Xingci’s voice held no emotion: “You’re as low as I
am.”

“…”

Duan Jiayan wanted to say something else, but suddenly felt someone’s gaze
land on him.

Rapacious, damp. The kind of gaze that stuck to his body like a snake slithering
on his skin, bringing along a strand of abnormal heat.

Duan Jiayan frowned, quickly turning his head to look outside the school gate.
However, all he saw were the figures of a couple strangers.

“What is it?” Lu Xingci’s voice traveled over from behind him.

“Nothing.” Duan JIayan retracted his gaze and mumbled: “I was probably
mistaken in what I saw…”

After the autumn outing, the temperature gradually cooled.

Entering November, the sky darkened earlier than usual. Song Yi was too lazy to
exit the school gate, so he planned to have dinner in the cafeteria. Duan Jiayan
didn’t want to eat in the cafeteria, so he was considering what to have for dinner.

“Duan Jiayan, Song Yi.” Chen Yue yelled for them from behind: “Want to have
dinner together? There’s a new spicy hot pot restaurant in the Back Alley. I
heard it tastes pretty good.”

Duan Jiayan was just worried about what to eat that evening so he nodded when
he heard that.

Song Yi waved his hand: “I’m not going. It’s raining today. I’m too lazy to walk.”

Just as Song Yi said, the sky was gloomy. Occasionally rain drizzled at an angle
and the air was cool.

The spicy pot Chen Yue was looking for was a bit off the beaten track. They only
found the right place after circling around it. When everyone came originally,
they all didn’t bother to put up their umbrellas. Now, they were all more or less
soaked by the rain.

Even Lu Xingci, also shook his hair after entering through the door, showing
himself in a difficult position, a rare sight.

Fortunately, the atmosphere in the store was very good and the waiters were
very friendly.

After sitting down, Zhou Xingchen said: “Brother Lu, you didn’t go to Blue
Courtyard last month and Xia Yu studied all night that night. When I went out to
play a few days ago, they told me directly that she wanted to chase you. “

Lu Xingci was looking at the menu and he laughed when he heard what Zhou
Xingchen said.
Chen Yue: “You’ve been with your Brother Lu for so many years now. Haven’t
you seen this situation plenty of times now? I would also tell that girl directly
that they won’t be able to chase and catch up to Lu Xingci.”

“I did tell her.” Zhou Xingchen was a bit embarrassed: “She asked me to ask
Brother Lu what his type was. She wanted to see if she could work hard in that
direction.”

“I know what his type is.” Duan Jiayan suddenly said: “He likes people like Shen
Jiayi.”

Zhou Xingchen: “…A good student?”

Chen Yue: “…Well-behaved?”

Lu Xingci raised the corner of his mouth: “Because my sexual orientation is

studying?”

“Haah, yes.” Duan Jiayan also bit his chopsticks and laughed: “Brother Lu really
is smart.”

Zhou Xingchen and Chen Yue laughed.

Just then, a gentle voice cut in.

“Class president, Chen Yue.” The visitor paused: “Zhou Xingchen.”

Zhou Xingchen raised his head.

Clearly recognizing that the speaker was his previous deskmate, Zhou Xingchen
was a little delighted: “Qiao Nan, why are you here? Aren’t classes still in session
at Fu Middle? “

“I just came here to buy some materials. The bookstore in First Middle is bigger.”
Qiao Nan said, his gaze landing on the last person at the table. She said with a
light tone: “Duan Jiayan, long time no see.”

Zhou Xingchen only just then remembered that there was history between these
two. He looked at one, then at the other. Seeing Duan Jiayan’s indifference
towards her, he felt awkward: “Then, Qiao Nan, have you had dinner yet? Why
don’t you join us? It happens that Brother Lu is still picking what to order. “

“Sure, let’s work it out.” Qiao Nan said as he pulled out the chair beside Duan
Jiayan.

Duan Jiayan suddenly stood up.

He didn’t look at anyone specifically at the table, faintly saying: “I just

remembered that there was something I needed to take care of. I’ll go back to
school first.”

Zhou Xingchen, still awkward: “What’s the matter?”

Chen Yue pulled at Zhou Xingchen and Lu Xingci looked at him: “Then what are
you going to have for dinner?”

“I’ll go buy a rice ball,” Duan Jiayan said: “You guys should eat. It just so
happens that my stomach isn’t feeling that well recently, so I can’t eat spicy
food.”

Lu Xingci frowned slightly. Without waiting for him to speak, Duan Jiayan had
left straight out through the door.
The place where they were eating was a little far from the school. On this drizzly
day, there were not many people on the road. The door to the Internet cafe was
also tightly closed.

Duan Jiayan had just walked a short distance when he heard footsteps behind
him.

In the empty street, there came a gentle male voice.

“Didn’t you hate the class president very much before?”

Duan Jiayan stopped walking.

He looked back, not surprised to see that Qiao Nan had followed him. He was
wearing the Fu Middle school uniform, clean and thin. Qiao Nan’s apricot eyes
held no attack power. The folds of his double eyelids were very shallow. It was
easy for him to leave a harmless impression at first sight.

“Since you became an Omega, you’re now willing to talk to him? Or did he
approach you on his own? It doesn’t matter. I don’t blame you. You’re very
popular…” Qiao Nan gave a warm smile and alpha pheromones burst out from
him. That kind of manic scent charged across the street, all pressing towards
Duan Jiayan.

Qiao Nan’s pheromone smelled like metal rust.

The person who looked harmless and gentle had the same pheromone as a
madman. The alpha’s pheromone was hideously thick, like heavy metal, all
weighing down on Duan Jiayan’s spine.

Wanting to make him submit with such lowly means.

Duan Jiayan looked at him, motionless.

“But I’m so jealous,” He said, the smell of blood like rust becoming more
pungent. Qiao Nan bent his eyes: “Why do you want to smile at others? Your
voice and taste clearly should be mine.”

“Have you said enough?” Duan Jiayan sneered lightly: “If you’ve said your fill,
fuck off.”

“You’ve grown up and you’re more beautiful than ever,” Qiao Nan saw that he
was unmoved from the beginning to the end. There was a trace of evil on that
handsome face and his gaze became ferocious.

He suddenly licked his teeth.

Like a snake.

“A’Ye.”

Duan Jiayan’s gaze halted.

The sloppy fragrance surrounding him disappeared, disgust bit by bit climbing
into the bottom of his pupils.

“Qiao Nan,” Duan Jiayan said, expressionless: “Do you dare to call me that
again?”

“A’Ye.” Qiao Nan seemed very happy to see him lose control. He repeated Duan
Jiayan’s nickname over and over again in a friendly and intimate tone: “A’Ye, my
A’Ye…”
“Don’t call me that. Don’t you understand?” Duan Jiayan quietly snorted under
his breath, but continued with a taint of fierceness and criticism in his voice:
“Looks like you have a death wish, ah?”

⋆*･ﾟ:⋆*･ﾟ:⠀ *⋆.*:･ﾟ .: ⋆*･ﾟ: .⋆

Chapter 26 – Scandal : The school grass and the
school boss are together?
After those words left his mouth, Duan Jiayan clearly saw the smirk of Qiao Nan
widen by a couple degrees.

The fishy scent of metal rust in the air tumbled through the air, scraping past
the tip of Duan Jiayan’s nose.

Qian Nan’s voice trembled slightly, unnatural zealotry flowing from within his
pupils.

He was excited.

“Are you angry? A’Ye.”

Standing behind the turn of a corner, Lu Xingci’s gaze darkened.

The boy’s irises weren’t pinned on something far away. The drizzle of rain flitted
past him, however, the temperature in his stare was even colder than the rain.

After Duan Jiayan had left, Qiao Nan was met with an awkward atmosphere and
brought up the fact that there were some misunderstandings between him and
Duan Jiayan. He had wanted to use this chance to reconcile.

After he said that, Qian Nan stood up and left right away. Lu Xingci thought it
was strange, so he trailed him.

“Because of me, you’ve become unhappy.” Qian Nan’s gaze was fixedly stuck on
Duan Jiayan’s face, with a tone that suggested something indecent: “You’re still
so cute when you’re angry.”
Lu Xingci, still expressionless, narrowed his eyes.

A desire for destruction that he had never felt before rose from the depths of his
heart. The Alpha pheromones that have been suppressed to the extreme were
brewing violently.

He was just about to step forward.

Duan Jiayan looked at Qiao Nan and suddenly laughed.

As if he suddenly thought of something, his lips curled and he responded lazily:

“Qiao Nan, you seem to have gotten uglier.”

Lu Xingci’s steps slowed to a stop.

Duan Jiayan stood there languidly, his view falling on Qiao Nan, then sweeping
up and down: “I heard that Fu Middle doesn’t even allow students weekends to
rest to improve their retention rate. You must be under a lot of pressure, right?
Your hairline has moved up. I can clearly tell you’ve been studying very
arduously.”

Qiao Nan froze.

Duan Jiayan paused for a moment, then continued with a light tone: “Even so, in
the last Ning City Entrance Examination, it seems that Lu Xingci still scored first
city-wide, right? All your hair may be falling out because of how hard you study
while that guy got the top score so easily, still having numerous sisters lining up
to confess to him.”

Duan Jiayan watched Qiao Nan’s reactions as he spoke, watching as he frowned,

viciousness flashing in his gaze, that pair of light apricot pupils gradually being
infected by anger. Duan Jiayan couldn’t help but ‘tch’ to himself.
I’m sorry, class president. I still had to use you as an example to teach him a
lesson.

But I’m praising you anyway, so it doesn’t seem like you’re suffering that big of
a loss.

“Do you know what a commanding presence is? This is what it is.” Duan Jiayan
looked at him, slowly continuing: “As for you… When you look in the mirror, the
mirror sees your face and is almost frightened into cracking. Instead of coming
to bother me when you have time, why don’t you worry more about where you
should go get a hair transplant.”

After he finished, he turned around to leave.

A light chuckle came from behind him.

“A’Ye, you’ve really grown up.” Qiao Nan said warmly with a smile: “You used to
only know how to rush into a fistfight, but now you’ve learned to talk back to
me.”

Duan Jiayan, with his back to Qiao Nan, could hear his footsteps getting closer
and closer.

Qiao Nan followed and caught up with him.

Standing in Qiao Nan’s blindspot, Duan Jiayan’s lips tightened into a line. He
closed his eyes and was about to turn around.

Suddenly, he smelled a familiar scent.

The smell of cool grass, bringing along with it the chilliness of the sea.

When Duan Jiayan turned back, he was just in time to see Qiao Nan’s collar
being gripped from behind with great strength. The person pulling on his collar
was extremely strong, making him stagger backward a few paces.

An Alpha’s suppression of another Alpha was often straightforward and

barbarous. Although that attack was not aimed at Duan Jiayan, he was still hit
with tension and his heart could all but thump.

Realizing who was behind him, Qiao Nan’s pupils tightened and his face paled.

Lu Xingci raised his eyebrow slightly and he spoke in a hushed tone: “You still
dare to continue following him?”

Seeing that he didn’t say anything, Lu Xingci pulled him closer. Just as Qiao Nan
threatened Duan Jiayan before, he also used all his pheromones to weigh down
Qiao Nan’s backbone—

Qiao Nan could only feel as if there were a thousand pounds of weight on his
back. With that pressurized atmosphere hitting him, he was almost forced onto
his knees.

Lu Xingci watched his reaction, and chuckled quietly: “Why don’t you try
following him again?”

Although there was a smile on his face, there was no emotion in his eyes.

“…”

He suddenly loosened his grip and with a swing of his arm, Qiao Nan was tossed,
landing a few strides away. This alleyway was very quiet. For Qiao Nan to stand
stably, the sound of his shoes scraping against the ground was messy and
clearly heard.

Incomparably cutting a sorry figure.

Seeing Qiao Nan regain his footing with his head down and not moving from his
spot, Duan Jiayan relaxed.

Lu Xingci took a step forward, the Alpha aggression on him not yet faded.
Seeing him approach, Duan Jiayan shrank back reflexively. His subconscious
action was caught in Lu Xingci’s eyes.

“What are you avoiding?” Lu Xingci raised his eyebrow.

“…” Duan Jiayan: “I’ve never seen a man as handsome as you. I was affected by
your handsomeness.”

Warmth gradually resurfaced in Lu Xingci’s eyes. He lowered his head and

looked at his phone, which had been vibrating non-stop.

Chen Yue asked him why he had left for so long. He also asked if he caught up
to Duan Jiayan and had there been an accident.

He replied that it’s all alright and then raised his eyes to ask: “Are you still
planning to eat rice balls? Or do you want to go back?”

“I’ll eat some rice balls.” Duan Jiayan answered.

“Okay,” Lu Xingci put away his phone: “Then let’s go together.”

–
When they were buying the rice balls, Duan Jiayan pondered whether to pick
bacon or shrimp for the filling. Next to him, a boy who was younger from a
glance asked Lu Xingci for his Wechat id.

He was an Omega.

Lu Xingci gave the boy a smile and shook his head.

The number of attractive people around Duan Jiayan wasn’t small. He himself
was considered good-looking as well. However, there was only one such person
who could go out for a meal and still attract beauties. Lu Xingci really is the only
one.

Duan Jiayan finished placing an order for his rice balls. He hesitated: “How much
did you hear?”

Lu Xingci’s gaze remained on his face for a moment, then he quietly answered:
“Nothing much.”

“Do you have anything you want to ask?”

“Do you want to talk about it?”

“I don’t.”

“Then the answer is no.”

“Your attitude makes me feel like you are defending me.” Duan Jiayan was
disgusted by this thought and responded honestly: “I’m a little bit at a loss what
to do.”
Lu Xingci received the rice balls handed to him by the shopkeeper’s wife. He
turned back unhurriedly to face Duan Jiayan: “I’m not. How would I dare to do
so? Do I look like I have a death wish?”

Duan Jiayan: “So you even heard that.”

Lu Xingci: “…”

Duan Jiayan: “I’m making a wild guess. You heard the whole thing, didn’t you?”

After a moment’s silence, Lu Xingci frowned: “Can you tell me about it?”

Duan Jiayan looked at him and wondered why he would ask that even when he
knew perfectly well his request would be rejected under these circumstances.

Lu Xingci asked again: “Can you tell me? I want to hear about it.”

Duan Jiayan turned his head to avoid that gaze: “Dream about it.”

When they returned to the classroom, the moment Song Yi saw Duan Jiayan
walk in the door, he jumped up and down like a frenzied cat: “Xiao-Duan!!!!! My
Xiao-Duan!!!! I shouldn’t have left you to go to the cafeteria!!!!”

Duan Jiayan: “…”

Duan Jiayan reached out and flicked his forehead: “Speak properly.”

Song Yi quickly pulled him and spoke in a quiet voice: “Do you know who I saw?
I saw Qiao Nan, that loser!”
Duan Jiayan: “I did too.”

Song Yi: “You two met? He didn’t do anything to you, did he? What is he
plotting?”

The more he said, the angrier he got: “——Dammit! I’ll kill him.”

Even Duan Jiayan was lost as to where Song Yi’s thoughts went, so he gave a
wide sweep: “Nothing happened. He just said some things to me. Lu Xingci was
there too.”

Song Yi knew Duan Jiayan very well. The more indifferent he acted, the less
likely he was fine and unaffected. Moreover, Qiao Nan specifically came over
from Fu Middle so there was no way he only sought out Duan Jiayan to chatter
about their past: “He must have heard that you became an Omega, so that’s
why he only came to find you now…”

Song Yi couldn’t get the rest of his point out from his mouth but Duan Jiayan
understood what he meant.

Since he turned into an Omega, he could be marked. If he were permanently

marked by Qiao Nan, no matter how reluctant he was, he would become Qiao
Nan’s property.

“It’s useless for him to find me.” Duan Jiayan curved his mouth and laughed: “If
he dares to come over again, I’ll beat him back where he came from.”

“No. Even though Qiao Nan doesn’t want to be forced, he hasn’t done anything
this time. Don’t take the initiative to fight him the moment you see him.
Otherwise, what was reasonable would still become unreasonable.” Seeing Duan
Jiayan’s expression, Song Yi knew that he didn’t take Qiao Nan seriously at all:
“You’re going into estrus soon, right? It’s too dangerous. Anyway, whatever you
plan to do during this time, you have to wait for me or let Shen Chilie know so
he can pay more attention too.”

The matter regarding Qiao Nan was special. There were not many people who
knew about it at the time. Shen Chilie was not aware of it either,

“Don’t tell him.” Duan Jiayan shook his head: “If he learns about it, he would
probably beat up Qiao Nan directly. We won’t even be able to hold him back.”

Song Yi agreed that this was sensible, so he could only make up his mind to
keep a tighter watch on Duan Jiayan.

It is unfortunate things don’t go as planned. When classes were about to be over,

the English teacher called a few students whose grades had declined recently to
the office to have a talk, one of whom was Song Yi.

Song Yi was exasperated when he received the note. On the contrary, Duan
Jiayan apathetically let him head to the office.

How can that be allowed? First Middle had a big campus. The high school
academic buildings were quite far away from the dormitory. If Qiao Nan intended
to block the way, Duan Jiayan may just run into him on his way.

Song Yi had been weighed down by a sense of urgency when he suddenly

remembered what Duan Jiayan said of Lu Xingci being with him before.

At that moment, he immediately turned around and gave Lu Xingci a glance.

In the next, he turned back.

Song Yi miserably found that he was unable to speak.

On one hand, he didn’t want to bother him. On the other hand, knowing Duan
Jiayan’s personality, if Duan Jiayan found out that he requested Lu Xingci to
protect him, then Duan Jiayan might just break his friendship with him there and
then.

However, if he didn’t ask Lu Xingci for help, Song Yi would be worried. He looked
back several times in the span of five minutes. Lu Xingci thought that the words
“I have something to say” were scrawled all over his face by this point.

When Song Yi was chatting with Duan Jiayan, Lu Xingci heard more or less of
the conversation. Seeing how Song Yi was in such a frantic state, he thought
about it and shouted: “Duan Jiayan.”

“?” The person in question turned back to look at him.

“Recently, I…” Lu Xingci paused: “have been interested in living on campus. Can
I visit your dormitory?”

Song Yi’s eyes almost lit up: “Yes, yes, yes! Class president, you want to live on
campus? There are still two empty beds in our dorm room. Why don’t you ask
Xiao-Duan to give you a tour? If you are satisfied, you can even move in
tonight!”

Duan Jiayan had an expression full of doubt: “You? Want to live on campus?”

Lu Xingci continued with a straight face: “I… want to take a look at the
dormitories.”

Duan Jiayan still thought he was talking nonsense: “You’re going to forgo living
in your villa and instead come to school to sleep on a one-meter wide bed?
Unless there is treasure buried in that bed, even dogs would know to sleep in a
more comfortable dog house.”
“…” Lu Xingci: “I have lived in my current dog house for too long already. I am
looking to change the environment.”

“Okay,” Duan Jiayan replied: “However, I’ve pretty much used up my blocker. I
want to visit the pharmacy. Are you fine with waiting?”

“Yes,” Lu Xingci answered, glancing at his fair and pale neck: “I don’t have any
other plans.”

When classes ended in the evening, Duan Jiayan saw Lu Xingci sending a few
messages to his driver, as if asking his driver to pick him up a bit later.

There was a bag pharmacy across from First Middle, selling all kinds of daily
necessities for Alphas and Omegas.

Duan Jiayan selected a scent blocker from the counter in front of him. There
were all kinds of smells for this product and they were all packaged in different
colors accordingly.

He deliberated as he mumbled to himself: “I don’t want the milk flavor. That one
is Song Yi’s exclusive taste. My little friend still hasn’t weaned yet.”

Lu Xingci glanced at him and said nothing.

Duan Jiayan’s gaze paused. He suddenly reached out and pulled a bottle of cyan
scent blocker out from the choices. He said to Lu Xingci: “Look, it’s your son.”

When he saw that the bottle of blocker was lime-flavored, he was at a loss
whether to cry or laugh: “How old are you?”
Duan Jiayan mimicked, asking the bottle in his hand: “You dad’s asking you a
question. How old are you?”

After he played around enough, he put the lime-flavored blocker back while he
told Lu Xingci: “Your son won’t do. This scent makes me very uncomfortable.
The blood orange one is no good either, nor does the bergamot orange one…
Why do you have so many godsons?”

“Does the smell offend you?”

That question was exactly what Duan Jiayan was waiting for. He brooked no
delay in replying: “What does my shopping for scent blockers have anything to
do with you?”

Glancing at his complacent face, Lu Xingci suddenly laughed. His voice was
slightly hoarse and contained a hint at something immodest: “If you buy it and
use it on yourself, when I help you, do you think I’ll be able to smell your scent?”

When he finished saying that, the hands of Omegas who were also picking
blockers beside them shook. They looked at him and then at Duan Jiayan.

It was evident that they didn’t know the school grass had such a hidden side to
him.

They didn’t know whether they should scream or be heartbroken.

After a moment’s silence, Duan Jiayan thought it made sense.

When they went to checkout, an Omega finally couldn’t hold it in and screamed
into Holding Up First Middle’s Sky—

[It’s over, sisters! The school grass and the school bully seem to be together!]
[??? Why don’t you tell us that Brother Lu got together with you instead?]

[I don’t believe you! You liar!]

[I also don’t believe you! Brother Lu and Grandpa Duan? What kind of
combination of domestic violence is this?!]

[They were doing PDA* in public! Not only were they choosing blockers together,
but they also discussed the flavor. What’s the difference between this and
picking condoms????]

*T/N: [搞黄色] (Gao Huang Se) -> literally “doing yellow” -> slang for doing
something obscene… It feels a bit awkward to put “they were being erotic” (lol?)
so… I’m sticking with this for now (until Decembery or someone else gives me
another suggestion)

⋆･ﾟ:⋆･ﾟ:⠀ ⋆.:･ﾟ .: ⋆*･ﾟ: .⋆

Note from the translator:

DJY is savage! D: His roasts… Wow… I tried my best to get that across so
hopefully you all enjoyed this chapter! Appreciating LXC for going with DJY to
get rice balls after the whole Qiao Nan incident. ♡

That said, poor ‘guy at onigiri place’ whose whole purpose was proving that LXC
was super popular lol;

-fluff
Chapter 27 – Forum : 818 The Love, Hate, and
Enmity of the Schoolmaster
Chapter 28 – Rain Alley : Do you like me? Want to
hug me?
Chapter 29 – Want : I didn't coax you
Chapter 30 – Jealous : I'll listen to you
Chapter 31 – Hug : I'm with Duan Jiayan
Chapter 32 – Hand in hand : Are you two in love?
Chapter 33 – Flag Raising Station : This
relationship can't be seen
Chapter 34 – Drink : "obedient."
Chapter 35 – Blushing : I am serving my
ancestors
Chapter 36 – Sneaky : Kind of exciting
Chapter 37 – Complement mark : Let's hug and
go to class together
Chapter 38 – Change clothes : Shameless and
beast
Chapter 39 – I'm handsome or not : You look best
Chapter 40 – Confession : I will be nice to you
Chapter 41 – Chasing you : Want to hug him, but
also want to kiss him
Chapter 42 – Joint Exam : You say you like me
Chapter 43 – Lip color : I listen to my object
Chapter 44 – Susceptibility period : Afraid that I
would eat you?
Chapter 45 – Service soft : Give me a hug
Chapter 46 – Watching a movie : Miss me
Chapter 47 – Parent Conference : Gentle hunter
Chapter 48 – Night run : So good-looking, i want
Chapter 49 – Stay overnight : Can't sleep?
Chapter 50 – Aye : Why blush?
Chapter 51 – Difficult to coax : Mandatory
marking
Chapter 52 – I like you too : Are you a hooligan?
Chapter 53 – Brother : My first kiss
Chapter 54 – Possessive : Is it exclusive to me?
Chapter 55 – No hiding : You want to kiss me
Chapter 56 – Cold : Want to be closer to you
Chapter 57 – Late night : "Thank you brother."
Chapter 58 – Couple : Let me sleep with you
Chapter 59 – Taste : I am responsible for you
Chapter 60 – Intimacy : My aye
Chapter 61 – Senior three : How to coax it
Chapter 62 – Don't be afraid : Do you still want to
bite?
Chapter 63 – Group frame : He belongs to my
family
Chapter 64 – I later : I will protect you
Chapter 65 – Birthday : Loving and meticulous
Chapter 66 – Don’t move : Are you ashamed?
Chapter 67 – Kiss back : Don't even think about
going anywhere
Chapter 68 – Adult : Whatever you want,
whatever you want
Chapter 69 – Reward : I haven't cried in seven or
eight years
Chapter 70 – Wishing Tree : you are mine
Chapter 71 – College entrance examination : Kiss
here
Chapter 72 – Happy graduation : Everything is
happy
Chapter 73 – Fanwai : Small vinegar bag
Chapter 74 – Fanwai : So clingy
Chapter 75 – Fanwai : wedding
Chapter 76 – Fanwai : Lifetime Mark