Chapter 76

After coming out of the clothing store, Shi Yu kept a distance from Xia Feng.

She was holding the shopping bags and following Xia Feng silently. When Xia Feng stopped, she was in a daze and didn't notice that her forehead hit Xia Feng's shoulder.

Shi Yu was knocked awake.

She covered her forehead and quickly took several steps back. Xia Feng stood still and looked at her sideways. His long eyelashes cast a small shadow at the corner of his eyes.

"What's wrong?"

Xia Feng took two steps closer, as if to check on Shi Yu's condition.

The faint scent of sunlight invaded her senses, making Shi Yu feel slightly dizzy. She subconsciously waved her hands and shook her head, denying it, "It's okay, I was careless."

"I didn't take a lunch break at noon, and I was a little sleepy just now... I won't be distracted again, let's go!"

After Shi Yu finished speaking in a low voice, she quickened her pace, walked around the direction Xia Feng was coming from, and walked in front as if she was hiding from something. Xia Feng was silent, and this time it was Xia Feng's turn to follow behind her.

Because Lei Yin would come to pick up Shi Yu at seven o'clock in the evening, in order to spend more time with Xia Feng, although he was not very hungry, Shi Yu decided to advance the dinner time and have dinner with Xia Feng before going home.

Dinner was a barbecue buffet. When Xia Feng brought her the plate, Shi Yu's eyes fell blankly on the girl's fair and slender wrist. For some reason, he didn't take it for a while.

"Shigure."

Xia Feng looked down at her and gently raised his wrist.

“Oh, oh…”

Shi Yu finally understood what Xia Feng was hinting at.

As dinner was coming to an end, Shi Yu's absent-mindedness became more and more frequent. Xia Feng spoke to her, and she looked up at Xia Feng after a long time. Xia Feng replaced her plate. Shi Yu lowered her eyes as Xia Feng stood up and stretched her wrist. Her sight slowly swept from the slightly calloused fingers of the girl Alpha to her sleeves rolled up, revealing her well-proportioned arms.

As if knowing that it would be difficult to see each other again after this date, Shi Yu's gaze always lingered on Xia Feng.

After dinner, the two of them walked along the street, slowly heading towards the place where Shigure and Rain had agreed to meet.

The early spring evening still carried a hint of coolness and dampness. When the street lights came on, they were about to turn the second-to-last corner. Shi Yu bit her lower lip and suddenly ran in front of Xia Feng.

"Stop for a moment, Xia...Feng."

Before he could finish his words, the evening breeze suddenly blew up, causing Shi Yu to shiver and the tip of his nose to suddenly turn a little red.

Xia Feng stopped.

"You're wearing too thin clothes. The weather hasn't warmed up yet, so pay attention to the temperature."

She took her hands out of her jacket pockets, lowered her eyes and held Shi Yu's cold hand. Her voice was light, neither a reprimand nor an exhortation. Shi Yu's fingertips trembled slightly, but she did not retract her fingers and nodded obediently.

Xia Feng didn't ask Shi Yu why he called her. Seeing that Shi Yu hunched his shoulders and still looked afraid of the cold, Alpha temporarily let go of his hand, took off his leather jacket, and draped it over Shi Yu's shoulders.

Worried that Xia Feng, who only had a T-shirt on, would be cold, Shi Yu pulled his clothes tighter, sniffed and moved closer to Xia Feng, whispering, "Thank you."

They were very close together.

As long as Xia Feng put his arm around her waist, he could easily turn the current position into a hug.

Although they stayed here tacitly at this moment, enjoying their last time alone, Xia Feng seemed to have no intention of overstepping the boundaries. Her arms were pressed against her sides, and her back was straight and upright. If Shi Yu had not leaned against Xia Feng, with her head almost buried in her shoulder, forcing Xia Feng to slightly turn sideways to consider her, then this would have been a standard military posture.

The girl Alpha's gentle and calm breathing was heard in his ears. After a moment of silence, Shi Yu heard Xia Feng say, "Shi Yu, can I ask you a question?"

"……Um."

"What happened today," Xia Feng paused, a hint of confusion in her usually emotionless voice. She said, "Did I make you angry?"

Xia Feng noticed something unusual about Shi Yu during the second half of the date.

The experience in the afternoon made Alpha feel a mood and irresistible impulse she had never experienced before. However, before Xia Feng understood and discovered the secret of that strange instinctive reaction, Shi Yu distanced herself from her out of shame and anger.

Rather than the vague feeling of heat, Xia Feng was more concerned about the sudden distance between her and Shi Yu. She suppressed all the inexplicable emotions in her heart and began to think about how to explain and apologize to the overly embarrassed Omega.

——Xia Feng's response to this kind of problem was really awkward and clumsy. She didn't want to act rashly and disturb Shi Yu. If the atmosphere wasn't so good at the moment, maybe Xia Feng would have waited until their date was over, or even a few months later, until Shi Yu had completely forgotten about it before tentatively asking her.

"I'm not angry... I'm not that angry, I'm just thinking..."

What are you thinking about?

Shi Yu raised his head and looked at Xia Feng in a daze.

The young Alpha has a pair of dark and beautiful phoenix eyes with an oriental charm. The tails of the eyes are slightly raised and the eyelashes are fine. This feature is somewhat like the eyes of a cat that habitually stares at people straight, ah... like now.

Shi Yu dodged Xia Feng's questioning gaze for a moment and said softly, "Xia Feng, I don't think I've ever observed you carefully."

"......?" Xia Feng didn't quite understand what Shi Yu said. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Is that so?"

"Well, so..." Shigure made an embarrassed request: "Flat-screens, projectors, and so on... are all very distorted. I want to take a good look at you now, Xia Feng."

"Um, can you close your eyes?"

Otherwise, Xia Feng's unblinking gaze would make her feel uncomfortable, Shi Yu thought.

“…”

Xia Feng didn't ask any more questions. He just said "hmm" softly, lowered his head, and closed his eyes almost submissively.

The stressful gaze disappeared. In the evening breeze, Shi Yu tiptoed close to Xia Feng and looked closely at his eyebrows.

The thin lip line, the graceful and sharp jawline, the thick and long eyelashes, although it has the slenderness and beauty unique to women, but from the other party's tightly furrowed brows, the smooth but slightly rough skin with small scars, it is undoubtedly the face of an Alpha.

Shi Yu was unable to recognize it before, but now, the vague outline of the female Alpha has finally become clear in Shi Yu's mind.

Xia Feng was in the darkness when she suddenly felt a chill at the corner of her lips. She pursed her lips and said unnaturally, "Shi Yu, what are you doing?"

"Ah...accidentally, I bumped into it by mistake."

The Omega's tone sounded a little guilty, and the slightly cool touch must have been her mischievous fingertips.

Xia Feng was silent for a moment, then said, "Then feel free to touch it, it doesn't matter."

Xia Feng didn't know when this one-sided game would end. She waited quietly, occasionally enduring Shi Yu's touch and curious poking.

The time was approaching seven-thirty, and the lights of the cars on the road cast mottled shadows on his eyelids. Alpha's keen five senses captured the breathing and heartbeat that were so close to him.

Xia Feng heard the sound of a vehicle approaching from afar, and then the girl whispered in his ear, "Ah, Mr. Rain!"

"I'm fine now, Xia Feng. It's already this late."

"Let's contact each other later. Mr. Rein is here to pick me up. I have to hurry..."

Shi Yu released the arms that were hugging Xia Feng's shoulders, hurriedly walked a few steps away, turned around and came to her. When Alpha was stunned for a moment and had not yet opened her eyes, Shi Yu moved closer to her again, leaving a mischievous touch on the corner of Xia Feng's lips that made Xia Feng herself confused.

...It was warm and had a sweet smell, completely different from the temperature of my cold fingertips just now.

Xia Feng's thoughts stagnated for a moment.

"Thank you. Actually, I had a lot of fun today."

Shigure whispered in her ear.

When Alpha opened her eyes a beat late, Shi Yu had already run several steps away. She turned around and waved to Xia Feng, her eyes bright and her fair face still had a blush on it.

The girl's happy voice was sent to her on the cool breeze of the spring night.

"I will always remember this date. See you next time, Xia Feng!"

…

A week after this date with Xia Feng ended, Shi Yu finally received a message from Xiao that he had finished the competition and was free to date her.

The location of this date is a bit special. It is a festival imitating the traditions of their hometown held by the East Country residents and students who study and work in the main galaxy with the permission of the Federation. Shi Yu learned about it online. Although it is smaller in scale than the authentic festivals in the East Country, there are many kinds of activities and you can enjoy a lot of new things!

The only regret was that she couldn't attend the fireworks display held after 7:30 p.m., as Mr. Rain would come to pick her up at that time. This seemed to be the return time set by the protection organization. In order not to trouble Mr. Rain, Shigure had to give up her plan to watch the fireworks with Xiao.

The weather was very good on the day of the date with Xiao. Under the clear sky, Shigure followed Rona into the event gathering place. It was morning and many shops were busy preparing.

From a distance, Shigure saw the young man looking fresh and handsome in his military uniform. The moment their eyes met, Kanhara smiled and raised his arm towards her leisurely.

Even though they hadn't seen each other for a long time, Shi Yu didn't feel the awkwardness or nervousness she had when she first met Loren and Xia Feng. She stuck her head out from behind Rona and ran over with her skirt lifted up without hesitation.

"dawn!"

Running down the slope, past the bustling vendors, the moment he smelled the aroma of beer after a long time, Shigure almost jumped up and hugged him.

——In fact, Shigure did do so.

After excitedly hugging the boy's broad back, Shi Yu finally reacted. However, it was not right to let go at this moment, nor was it right to not let go. She could only blush and say weakly, "I... haven't seen you for a long time, Xiao."

"You were busy yesterday and didn't answer the phone. Did you just come back today..."

The girl's voice gradually faded.

Realizing that the petite Omega had become extremely stiff in his arms, Xiao patted her back gently and let her go considerately.

"Long time no see, how have you been lately?"

Shi Yu nodded and looked up shyly. When she noticed that Kanhara's narrow and smiling eyes reflected her face seriously, she felt a little embarrassed and lowered her head again. After a while, she said "hmm" softly.

The young man laughed a little, and rubbed the other's fluffy head, his voice as gentle as always: "Yes."

"Sorry I'm a little late, I'm here for my appointment, Shigure."

The author has something to say:

It seems like Mercury is a bit retrograde recently, with a cold, a fall, and my period... so this update is delayed very late... I'm really sorry.

Because I'm preparing for a life-changing exam, my updates will be extremely erratic this semester. I'll try to update every week! There's not much content left in this post, so I'll definitely be able to finish it by summer vacation!