Chapter 41 Chapter 41 Afraid You'll Leave

Do you like Qin Yang?

Chen Luan felt that Jiang Xun's tone seemed a little strange, but he couldn't tell what was strange.

He pondered for a few seconds and said truthfully: "I quite like it——"

"What?! You like him?!"

Before he could finish his words, Jiang Ling in the back seat jumped up like a madman, climbed onto the back of Chen Luan's seat, and leaned over to look at Chen Luan with gritted teeth: "You like Qin Yang?"

He looked like a vicious dog that would pounce on him and bite him to death if Chen Luan dared to nod.

"Why are you reacting so strongly?"

Chen Luan looked down the road without turning back. He jokingly pressed Jiang Ling's head with his backhand, pushing him back into his seat like he was pushing a large dog. "Be good and sit still. It's not safe. He's the most diligent and hardworking student I've ever trained. Is it strange that I like him?"

"Is this the only kind of liking?"

Jiang Xun stared at Chen Luan with his light amber eyes without blinking.

"What else?"

Chen Luan seemed a little confused. After a moment, he suddenly remembered something and said in a long tone, "Oh~" with his eyes narrowed.

"Are you so afraid that I'll find you a male sister-in-law?"

Jiang Xun lowered his eyes and didn't respond.

The next second, Chen Luan gently tapped his forehead, and his lazy, smiling voice came from the side: "What are you thinking about? I'm his teacher, and I have professional ethics, okay?"

"Besides, I don't like men."

The carriage fell silent for a moment.

Chen Luan didn't notice that after he said "I don't like men", Jiang Xun's light amber eyes darkened for a moment, and gloomy emotions surged in his eyes.

Jiang Ling in the back row suddenly tightened her fingers, tightening them so much that even her knuckles turned white. After a moment, she pulled the corners of her mouth and let go of her hands weakly.

Outside the car window, the city was bustling with people on a summer night.

The halo of light scattered by the colorful neon lights was blurred on the surrounding walls, and two energetic faces were kissing on the billboard.

Under the warm yellow street lights, a young couple came out of a convenience store hand in hand, holding cold drinks. The alpha leaned over to his lover's ear and whispered something, which amused the beta so much that he lay on the latter's shoulder, holding his stomach and laughing. The two teenagers who had just finished the college entrance examination and had not yet taken off their school uniforms ran after each other, and the one chasing behind had a blush on his face.

But all the sounds were filtered by the dark car windows into vague reverberations, as if they were sunk in water.

The only sounds in the car were the dull and monotonous hum of the engine and the whirring of cool air from the air conditioner.

Jiang Xun lowered his eyes and looked at the protruding bone on the outside of Chen Luan's wrist, where the metal watch strap was stuck.

He couldn't help but think of Chen Luan being surrounded by the tall alpha in the crowd.

Earlier, he was sitting by the window in the examination room of the teaching building. When he looked up, he saw two well-matched figures, one in black and one in white, standing side by side at the school gate, clinking their glasses and leaning in to talk in a low voice.

Chen Luan smiled at the other person.

That kind of familiarity cannot be developed overnight.

What was Chen Luan doing in the military academy where he couldn't reach her?

How many people are there who covet him like Qin Yang?

Do they also stand together in school, clinking glasses, chatting and laughing like they did today?

Qin Yang is Chen Luan's student, so Chen Luan will also personally fasten Qin Yang's seat belt in a gesture that is almost like a hug, just like he did in that short trial class?

Will there be more physical contact training in military academies?

Just like the photo of Chen Luan taken at the shooting club?

Jiang Xun tightened his fingers.

He found himself unable to control his imagination and imagined countless images.

It's all chaos, but it's not just chaos.

The possessiveness grew and spread wildly in my heart like a damp vine, so much so that even my pheromones became agitated under my somewhat uncontrollable emotions, and tiny throbbing pains shot out from under my neck.

Will Chen Luan accept someone's confession one day?

Then they hugged, kissed,

...go to bed?

Jiang Xun suddenly closed his eyes.

But Chen Luan said he didn't like it.

He just said,

He doesn't like it.

From the very beginning, he was excluded from Chen Luan's range of mate choices.

Jiang Xun calmly looked at the crisscrossing lines in his palm.

The lines gradually twisted into a black net, then twisted into a black snake, and finally slowly, slowly wrapped around the apple hanging on the branch, which it had coveted for a long time.

If I am destined not to get your love,

That……

He lowered his eyes, which had been dyed dark gold by the surging emotions, and slowly closed his fingers, as if he was holding something in his palm.

The car passed through the city and finally reached its destination, sliding into the underground garage of the community.

Before getting off the car, Jiang Ling looked at Chen Luan's back, who had already walked a distance away, and grabbed Jiang Xun's sleeve.

The newly adult alpha half-closed his eyes and looked at the calm eyes of his twin brother. Hidden beneath the light amber pupils was clearly a turbulent undercurrent beneath the seemingly calm sea surface.

He lowered his voice: "Jiang Xun, what do you want to do? Your pheromones give me a wrong feeling."

"What can I do? Didn't he say he doesn't like men? Can I force him to change his sexual orientation?"

Jiang Xun raised the corners of his lips slightly, but his eyes, like cold springs, were covered with an almost imperceptible layer of gloomy gray.

He pulled out his sleeves, turned around and followed Chen Luan's figure:

"Let's go home."

"What are you two doing sneaking around behind the car? Are you suddenly feeling like cosplaying as auto mechanics?"

Chen Luan, who was ahead, was almost at the elevator entrance when he looked back to see his two younger brothers still tugging at the car. He folded his arms, turned around, and smirked with a half-helpless smile, "A snail is almost climbing up the stairs. How about renting you two a shared wheelchair and I'll push you up there?"

"Here I come, brother."

Jiang Xun responded, hiding all the emotions in his eyes, and quickly walked over to press the elevator button.

"Chen Luan, please don't lick your lips."

Jiang Ling quickly caught up with Chen Luan, grasped his shoulders with both hands, turned him around, and pushed him into the elevator: "Otherwise, I'm afraid you'll poison yourself to death."

The three of them took the elevator all the way to the 17th floor.

Chen Luan opened the door and turned on the light. He bent down, but before he could change into slippers, a warm, heavy body covered his back.

Jiang Ling pressed down on Chen Luan's shoulders, half of her body lying on Chen Luan's back, her arm wrapped around Chen Luan's collarbone, and her breath fell on Chen Luan's ear: "Chen Luan, are you close to Qin Yang?"

Chen Luan felt as if his hair was about to stand on end when a warm air current brushed against his sensitive ears.

He had to turn his head away to avoid that breath and pushed Jiang Ling's head out: "Why are you asking this?"

"I'm curious, isn't it okay?"

Jiang Ling caught his fingers, and the breath came back.

She seemed to have noticed Chen Luan's particularly strong reaction to this action, so she whispered in his ear almost maliciously: "His sister said that she admires you very much. Is that true?"

"There are so many students in school who admire me—Ugh! Jiang Ling!"

Chen Luan hadn't finished his words when Jiang Ling's deliberate action made his ears red all the way to the tips. He even gasped for breath. He immediately raised his elbow to support Jiang Ling's chest and pushed Jiang Ling away. Covering his ears, he raised his hand and slapped Jiang Ling on the back of the head: "Stop it!"

The uniform jacket was hanging in Chen Luan's arm, his tie, which was originally tied neatly, was loosened a little, and half of the corner of his shirt, which was fastened in the belt, was exposed due to the previous movement.

There was still a hint of red on her ears, and her beautiful eyes were half-closed, with a faint redness appearing at the corners of her eyes.

Jiang Ling's gaze met those eyes.

His Adam's apple rolled unconsciously and he looked away, but his peripheral vision caught sight of the leg holster that Chen Luan wore on his upper thigh. The thin summer uniform was tightened by a black leather belt, and the outline of his leg muscles could be seen at the edge, which made his mouth feel even drier.

He leaned over and snatched the white uniform jacket from Chen Luan's arms, holding it close to his chest. He tilted his head to hide the heat rising behind his ears, then turned back and caught Chen Luan's eyes: "So? He's really your favorite student?"

After saying that, he added casually, "So what are your usual training programs?"

Chen Luan changed into slippers, untied his tie with one hand, and wrapped his slender fingers in the black tie, with a healthy blood color showing on the joints.

He tossed his untied tie into the clothes basket and unbuttoned his shirt. A silver chain dangled from his collar, a blue gemstone dangling near his collarbone. "That's a lot to talk about. I can't finish it all in a short while. If you're interested, I'll send you a copy of my class schedule later."

Jiang Ling's eyes fell on the necklace, then moved away.

The corners of his mouth curved upwards slightly.

Seeing that Chen Luan was still trying to undress, he immediately grabbed Chen Luan's wrist as he was unbuttoning his clothes, gritting his teeth and saying, "...Are you planning on stripping yourself clean right at the door?"

There are two living people standing next to it!

Chen Luan twitched his hand but couldn't move it. He looked up at Jiang Ling in confusion: "I'm not a pervert. It's just that the material of this shirt is too stuffy. I just unbuttoned two more buttons."

Jiang Ling: “…”

Jiang Ling let go of his hand: "Oh."

"Then I'll go take a shower and change clothes first." Chen Luan raised his hand and sniffed his clothes: "Tsk, I feel like a walking hot pot shrimp ball now."

After saying that, he sniffed towards Jiang Ling again: "Ha, angry firecracker shoots."

Finally, he cheerfully approached Jiang Xun, who had been silent since returning, and sniffed, "Eh, unhappy baby cabbage."

"Add some hot water and the three of us can make another pot."

After saying that, he turned around without hesitation, undressed, and walked towards the bathroom. At the end, he waved his hand and said, "I put the change of clothes you brought last time in the guest room closet. You can go get them yourselves."

Then he slammed the bathroom door shut.

The two alphas outside made eye contact and then looked away from each other.

Jiang Xun turned around and went to the guest room to get his clothes. The pheromones that were still restless in the car were now as calm as a deep well, but a hint of damp coolness seeped out from the wellhead.

The summer night gradually became hot and humid, bringing with it some moisture. Clouds gathered in the dark sky and pressed against the window.

The neon lights on the steel forest in the distance gradually became unclear, and the lights scattered a dull purple in the atmosphere.

Chen Luan wiped his wet hair, put on a T-shirt and shorts, and slippers, and came out of the bathroom with a clean body, just in time to hear the first muffled thunder rumble in the clouds.

Chen Luan took an apple from the coffee table, ate it while walking to the balcony in the living room, opened the window and stretched out a hand.

The air was like water-soaked cotton wool, wrapping around Chen's messy fingers and arms.

"Hmm? It's going to rain."

As soon as he finished speaking, there were a few more thunders, followed by a burst of raindrops as big as beans pouring down from the clouds.

Chen Luan's outstretched arm got soaked, so he swung back with an armful of water, shaking it onto the faces of the twins on the sofa like a cat, smiling with his eyes curved: "Are you hot? Let me give you some fresh rain water to cool you down."

"...childish ghost."

Jiang Ling wiped the water off her face with the back of her hand and stood up: "I'm going to take a shower."

Jiang Xun had long been accustomed to Chen Luan's occasional little pranks. He simply raised his hand and caught the part of Chen Luan's wrist that was dangling in front of him. He took the towel from Chen Luan's hand and wiped the latter's wet arm dry.

"That movie we wanted to see but didn't have time to miss is now online. Do you want to watch it together later?"

"Huh? So soon?"

Chen Luan took the phone Jiang Xun handed over, and sure enough, it was already on, 6 yuan on-demand: "Let's take a look?"

As he handed the phone back, his finger unconsciously rubbed the edge and accidentally slid back to the home screen page.

On the screen, Chen Luan was wearing that red cotton jacket and smiling at the camera, while 15-year-old Jiang Xun was making a scissors hand gesture beside him.

Jiang Ling on the side was cut off.

Chen Luan's eyes softened. "It feels like time has passed so quickly. I always feel like you guys are still the same size as in the photos."

"At that time, letting Jiang Ling ride a carousel was like asking him to die."

"I didn't expect you to be afraid of haunted houses."

Jiang Xun took the phone and stroked Chen Luan's cheek with his fingertips, as if he had done this action countless times.

"Yeah. But I'm grown up."

He stood up, approached Chen Luan, and looked into Chen Luan's eyes with his eyelashes lowered like crow feathers: "Look, I am taller than you now."

So stop treating me like a child.

"So what? You still have to call me brother even though you're taller than me."

Chen Luan finished the apple in two bites and opened the window to let the cool rain air drift into the house.

Jiang Xun just looked at Chen Luan's back and gently closed his palm: "Brother."

"Hmm?" Chen Luan turned around.

"you……"

"Will you marry someone else and have children in the future?"

"Why are you asking such a question all of a sudden?"

Chen Luan was a little confused at first, then he leaned against the windowsill and laughed again: "Why? Are you worried that I won't want you anymore after I get married?"

He stood up and walked over, ruffling Jiang Xun's hair: "Don't worry, even if I have my own family in the future, you will still be my brothers."

There was a soft "pop" sound.

Jiang Xun caught Chen Luan's wrist.

The young man, who was already half a head taller than Chen Luan, grabbed Chen Luan's wrist, held it in his palm, and uncontrollably pulled Chen Luan towards himself.

Under the fingertips was Chen Luan's surging pulse, which was also the frequency of Chen Luan's heartbeat.

It was much calmer than his own heartbeat which had already started to become thin and aching.

He said he would have his own family in the future.

Is it right?

His Adam's apple rolled, and even his voice became a little hoarse. He looked into Chen Luan's eyes almost stubbornly, and asked again as if to get some kind of confirmation: "So, will it?"

The pheromones in the air began to stir restlessly again, not with anger or irritation, but with a kind of panic and anxiety like a small animal knowing that it is about to be abandoned, and also with a bit of grievance.

The complex emotions twisted together, overflowing from Jiang Xun's palm and climbing along Chen Luan's arm.

But Chen Luan couldn't sense it.

He just looked at the boy in front of him who suddenly felt oppressive. A strange feeling flashed through his mind. He wanted to pull his wrist out of Jiang Xun's palm, but was held even tighter in the other's warm palm.

Jiang Xun rarely does such a thing.

He narrowed his eyes: "Jiang Xun?"

“…”

"I'm sorry, brother."

Jiang Xun seemed to be burned by Chen Luan's gaze, and quickly lowered his eyes and let go.

Then, he leaned closer to Chen Luan tentatively, resting his chin on the latter's shoulder. He raised his hand and held Chen Luan tightly with a force that made it seem like the other party could leave at any time. His voice sounded muffled as if it was soaked in water:

"I'm just afraid you'll leave me."

A sigh echoed in the quiet living room.

Jiang Xun felt a gentle pat on his back, and Chen Luan's voice rang out above him: "Didn't I tell you? Don't worry, we will always be a family."

At an angle that Chen Luan couldn't see, Jiang Xun finally closed his eyes. When he opened them again, everything was dark.

The fingers behind Chen Luan's back tightened, and the beautiful light amber pupils finally boiled into a dark gold filled with gloomy emotions.

But brother,

I'm much greedier than you think.

What should I do?

The heavy rain did not stop, but got heavier.

It was as if there was a hole in the sky, and heavy rain poured down continuously, accompanied by occasional thunder.

After everything was tidied up, the three people finally closed the windows, drew the curtains, turned off the ceiling light in the living room, huddled together on the sofa, and turned on the TV projection screen.

Rainy days, movies, and soft sofas.

Jiang Ling suggested having some fried chicken and beer. He didn't eat too much in the evening and was feeling hungry again.

Chen Luan doesn't drink, so he suggested buying some sparkling drinks.

But the two of them didn't want to move as they looked at the heavy rain outside, so they both blinked and looked at Jiang Xun.

Jiang Xun: “…”

Jiang Xun: "Okay."

When he came back, in addition to fried chicken, beer and drinks, Jiang Xun also brought a lot of other miscellaneous snacks.

"I was wondering why you were so slow, did you buy some snacks?"

Chen Luan rummaged through the snack bag and happily pulled out a bag of spicy fried dough twists. He slumped back on the sofa and pressed the play button.

Jiang Xun picked up three cups and asked, "Do you want ice in your drinks?"

Chen Luan and Jiang Ling stared at the screen without looking back: "Yes, yes, yes."

A moment later, Jiang Xun came back from the kitchen refrigerator to add ice cubes and pushed the cup in his hand to the two people.

The light pink lychee-flavored sparkling water is soaked with crystal ice cubes, and a layer of mist is oozing out of the wall of the glass.

Jiang Xun watched Chen Luan, who was eating fried dough twists that were a bit spicy, pick up the cup and drink half of it in one breath. The tips of his fingers were covered with a pink color that looked just like sparkling water.

He lowered his eyes and slowly swallowed the ice water in his mouth.