Caramel Macchiato

After Liang Shu sent Zou Yuqing home, he explained a lot of things and left. He didn't go back to the Wei family to look after the young master who was doing well, but instead asked Xia Fan out. Because of Zou Yuqing, he really wanted to see his beloved - the Alpha who was also humbled because of Wei Mingjue.

But he didn't hold out much hope. It was still office hours, and Xia Fan should still be busy. He thought, just treat it as an appointment with Xia Fan in the evening. But after a while, Xia Fan replied with two words - address.

Xia Fan has always been so "cold", but Liang Shu smiled when he saw these two words and quickly sent the address to Xia Fan.

It was a small coffee shop tucked away in a small alley not far from the street. Perhaps because it was a weekday, there were almost no customers. Liang Shuxian sat down and ordered a black tea latte.

He knew that Xia Fan's pheromones smelled like black tea, but he couldn't smell it, so he could only keep tasting various foods and drinks with a black tea flavor to deceive himself, thinking, "This must be the smell of Xia Fan."

The coffee was quickly handed to him. Liang Shu sat by the window, looking out at the shop entrance, savoring it while waiting for his beloved to appear. The slightly sweet black tea went down his throat, with a hint of fragrance that didn't quite resemble Xia Fan's scent.

Halfway through drinking, Xia Fan, who looked to be in a bad mood, appeared in sight.

"Are you okay? What would you like to drink?" Liang Shu stood up and prepared to order, but was stopped by Xia Fan, "I can do it myself." After that, he ordered a glass of iced American coffee and sat next to Liang Shu.

"Didn't Ming Jue give you a task? You can actually come out at this time." Xia Fan didn't say anything. Liang Shu turned sideways and looked at Xia Fan and asked.

"Well, he's been in the office these past two days, and no one is allowed in. I'm fine." Xia Fan responded. From the moment Wei Mingjue asked him to take Zou Yuqing to the apartment until today, he had been feeling depressed. "What about you? Shouldn't you be next to Mingyu? Why are you out?"

"Mingyu doesn't need any care at all. I've been taking care of Zou Yuqing at Mingjue Apartment these past two days." Liang Shu didn't intend to hide it. He observed Xia Fan's reaction as he spoke. He saw the sadness and unwillingness that flashed across Xia Fan's eyes. "Xia Fan, haven't you given up yet?"

Give up? Xia Fan didn't know how to answer. This unconscious feeling was like a snake wrapped around him, becoming more and more restrained.

The phone vibrated, but Xia Fan didn't pick it up to look at it. He silently took a sip of the American coffee that had just been delivered, and took out the phone from his pocket when it vibrated for the fifth time.

It turned out to be Xu Wang. This college student secretly filmed a couple arguing in the store and tried to take him to watch the fun, which made him feel helpless.

"Is it Ming Jue?" Liang Shu asked tentatively, seeing Xia Fan's mouth corners slightly raised and then quickly lowered.

"No, it's a..." Xia Fan shook his head and suddenly realized that he didn't know how to define the relationship between him and Xu Wang. "A friend." Let's just say so.

This time, Liang Shu's inner alarm bells rang again. He had never seen Xia Fan show such an expression to anyone other than Wei Mingjue. Who was the friend Xia Fan mentioned? "Omega? It seems you've let it go." After taking a sip of the black tea latte, Liang Shu tried again.

"No, he is a Beta like you." Xia Fan said lightly after glancing at Liang Shu.

"Oh, Beta? How do you know each other?" Liang Shu was relieved at first when he found out that he was a Beta like him, but then he suddenly realized that something was wrong.

"That's how we met." Xia Fan replied perfunctorily. He looked down at his phone again and saw that Xu Wang hadn't stopped talking and had directly sent him a video. It was a little outrageous and a little cute.

Seeing that Xia Fan didn't want to talk, Liang Shu didn't press him. He just turned back and took a sip of coffee with a bit of disappointment. Suddenly, he felt that the latte was also a bit bitter.

"How is Zou Yuqing?" After a while, Xia Fan spoke first.

"Not very well. Both his physical and mental state... were very poor. He didn't want to stay there, so I sent him back home." Liang Shu sighed. He still remembered when he first met Zou Yuqing. The Alpha was still a young man, though aloof and indifferent, full of vigor and ambition. But now he was so broken.

"You sent him home? Did you tell President Wei?" Xia Fan frowned. "So you came here directly after sending him home? Aren't you afraid that President Wei will ask you?" He didn't understand what Liang Shu was thinking.

"I didn't say anything. Aren't we enjoying our last afternoon tea?" Liang Shu raised his eyebrows and joked, "It's okay to ask. I'm more worried about Zou Yuqing's mood than Ming Jue. No matter what, he has been hurt too deeply by Ming Jue. What if..."

Before he could finish his words, his cell phone suddenly rang. Liang Shu looked over and saw it was Wei Mingyu. He couldn't help but hold his forehead and picked up the phone, and then he heard the anxious voice of the little ancestor on the other end of the line.

"Brother Liang! Come back soon! Yu Yang burned her hand while cooking for me! There's a big blister! Come back and take a look!"

Burns and blisters... Liang Shu could even imagine how small the wound was. After all, when he was on standby at the Wei family recently, Wei Mingyu and Zou Yuyang always summoned him because of some minor injuries.

"Mingyu, don't worry, let him rinse with cold water first, and then..."

"It's useless to rush! It's all red. Anyway, Brother Liang, please come back soon. I'll be waiting for you!" After interrupting Liang Shu, Wei Mingyu finished talking to himself and hung up the phone.

The little ancestor is the little ancestor. Liang Shu closed his eyes and took a deep breath, then looked at Xia Fan apologetically.

Xia Fan knew what had happened. Wei Mingyu's anxious voice reached his ears. He nodded to Liang Shu and said, "Go ahead. Isn't Mingyu waiting for you?"

"What about you?"

"I'll sit for a while and leave after I finish my coffee. You should leave quickly, otherwise Mingyu will make a fuss." Xia Fan pointed to the half-full cup of American coffee.

Thinking of Wei Mingyu's noisy appearance, Liang Shusheng felt hopeless and left the coffee shop reluctantly after saying goodbye.

Xia Fan was the only one left in the shop. The wind from the window blew his long hair. Against the backdrop of the natural environment, he looked so lonely.

Opening the chat box with Xu Wang, he looked at the energetic Beta who was now sharing his life with him every day, and unconsciously took an American-style photo and sent it to him.

Xu Wang replied quickly. He didn't ask why Xia Fan didn't reply to his message. Instead, he sent several exclamation marks and wrote: "It looks delicious. Where is this? Can I come over?"

Xia Fan burst out laughing, amused by this Beta. Is it delicious? He just took a picture, already one-third of the way through, and didn't look very appetizing. But Xu Wang said it looked delicious?

With a curl of his lips, Xia Fan replied: Sure.

Then, he sent his location. He was alone anyway, so calling one more person would make him feel less lonely.

Xu Wang took a taxi. There were few cars on the road on weekdays, and the journey was smooth. He soon arrived at the coffee shop that Summer had sent him, and saw Alpha sitting by the window drinking American coffee.

"Summer!"

Xia Fan felt helpless when his English name was called out loudly, but looking at the smiling face, he smiled and nodded to Xu Wang, "What would you like to drink?"

"Let me see." Xu Wang walked to the order counter and ordered a caramel macchiato. Then he rushed over to sit next to Xia Fan. "Summer, I didn't expect you to send me a photo!"

Xu Wang's excitement was fully revealed on his face, and Xia Fan even saw the non-existent tail swinging wildly.

"Well, I happen to have some free time." Xia Fan said lightly and took another sip of American coffee.

"You like American coffee? Don't you think it's bitter?" Looking at Summer drinking American coffee, Xu Wang asked, "I drank it once before, it was so bitter, although not as bitter as life." After saying that, he smiled foolishly.

"It's okay, I'm used to it." Xia Fan looked at Xu Wang, and his mood was actually improved a lot by being infected by the Beta who was like a little sun.

"Life is bitter enough, shouldn't you drink something sweet? Come, try my caramel macchiato." Xu Wang moved the cup in front of Xia Fan and looked at him expectantly, "Maybe you will fall in love with it!"

It was like this again. Xia Fan didn't know how to refuse, so he just took a sip under that expectant gaze. It was very sweet, something he wasn't used to. He hadn't experienced much sweetness in his life, and this small bite suddenly gave him a taste of it.

Before he could comment, he saw Xu Wang take a big sip from the place where he had just drunk. "Delicious! Right?"

"Hmm, delicious." With a faint smile, Xia Fan suddenly felt that his life seemed to be permeated with a hint of sweetness.

There was a constant chattering in his ears, and Xu Wang was like a sparrow, sharing with him the interesting things that happened in the store. The atmosphere was very relaxed. After drinking the coffee, they prepared to part ways.

"Do you want to go back to the store? I'll take you there." This was the first time Xia Fan offered to take someone home, as a reward for his better mood today.

But Xu Wang refused. He scratched his head embarrassedly, "No need, Summer. This place is not far from a friend's house. I'm going to go see him. He might not be in a good mood these days. You go back first. Be careful on the road!"

He was talking about Zou Yuqing. Because of Zou Yuyang's wedding and Wei Mingjue, his good friend must be in a bad mood and needs company.

Of course Xia Fan knew that Xu Wang was talking about Zou Yuqing, and his mood, which had improved, immediately turned gloomy again.

"Yeah." Xia Fan nodded expressionlessly, got back into the car alone, and drove away.