Chapter 23

After returning to the room, Lu Si put down the piano case at the foot of the bed, took out the bottle of AD calcium from his pocket, wiped it with a wet wipe, and stuffed it into the side pocket of his luggage.

At this moment, the phone vibrated.

-Hey, how was your trip over there? Did you go to the hot springs? How was it?

Lu Si put down his phone at the table and started talking to Lu Qi while folding his clothes in an orderly manner.

-Not bad. How about you? How was your time playing with your classmates?

-After playing script-killing games all afternoon, my legs are numb from sitting. But it's okay, they said we'll go to the amusement park tomorrow.

Lu Qi also replied to the voice message. She seemed to be still on the street, and her friend next to her asked her how much sugar she wanted in her milk tea.

When the voice message was almost over, Lu Qi replied: "Five points!"

-Is your pocket money enough?

Lu Si picked up his phone and started typing.

-enough.

Lu Qi replied to him briefly with a voice message that took half a second.

He switched the interface back to the music editing software and played the song he had just composed. His eyelids drooped slightly, and his fingertips slid across the phone, clearing the notifications from the day one by one.

A picture flashed by.

Lu Si narrowed his eyes briefly. It seemed to be an oil painting, and it looked familiar.

He showed rare patience and checked the push notifications he had previously crossed out one by one.

It was posted by an art public account, and the title in capital letters is very exaggerated.

-Modern Impressionism exhibition held at the museum, Jiang Li's famous painting "Forest" sold at a high price

Jiang Li?

Lu Si circled the two words and, without a second thought, clicked on the search. An encyclopedia popped up, and a recent photo of the artist instantly appeared before his eyes.

Lu Si met those eyes at first sight.

Jiang Li possesses a pair of indifferent, yet truly beautiful, azure eyes. I believe everyone would be captivated by these eyes upon first seeing him.

The light from the screen dimly reflected Lu Si's face, and he looked at the photo again and again thoughtfully.

Jiang Li is of Chinese and European descent. Contrary to his beautiful eyes, his face is not gentle. His edges and corners even reveal a coldness that is incompatible with the Omega gender. He has a kind of handsomeness with a cold feeling.

The encyclopedia's date of birth said he was nearly 40, but time had hardly left any trace on his face.

Gu Fang only bears a passing resemblance to him, but if you add in those beautiful blue eyes, no one would doubt that they are father and son.

Lu Si’s thoughts returned to Gu Fang’s eyes.

Still, it was different. The person in the photo had a gloomy, cold look in their eyes, while the eyes he was familiar with were always clear and gentle. When stained with a layer of moisture, they glowed with an even more lively and... seductive light.

Certain images uncontrollably entered his mind: the Omega being pressed against a tree by him during the day, her slender white neck slightly turned away, panting unbearably due to estrus, her thick eyelashes drooping as if to hide something, her eyelashes trembling slightly, an unknown dark color deep in her eyes...

Lu Si swallowed unconsciously with his protruding Adam's apple, put one hand on his forehead, frowned and raised his eyes.

It was pitch black outside, and the scene inside was reflected on the glass windows. At this moment, he looked like an unsatisfied Alpha who would complain on a late-night forum.

To be honest, Lu Si had never had such close contact with an Omega, even to the point of temporarily marking him.

Because of his family education, Lu Si has always treated all Omegas equally and maintained a clear distinction between himself and those Omegas who have a good impression of him.

But Gu Fang had violated this boundary from the very beginning—a point that was undeniable, and this was definitely due to Lu Si's own connivance. It started with a little bit, but then the bottom line was lowered step by step, and now, Lu Si was getting his comeuppance. He had completely lost his sense of the so-called AO boundary.

He also couldn't rely on Gu Fang to maintain his sense of boundaries, because Gu Fang, who was on the other side, had no awareness of this aspect at all.

He is too naive and simple.

Just because he doesn't hate his pheromones, he can beg himself to mark him.

Lu Si sighed softly, put down his hand, turned off the screen, and decided not to think about it anymore.

Since he couldn't bear to teach the little white rabbit a lesson, he should be the one to keep the string tight and never let today's accident happen again.

We must not let Gu Fang have the same experience with another Alpha a second time.

Lu Si opened the shopping app and searched for inhibitors for Omega estrus.

Because they were out with friends and it was a rare morning without work, Lu Si didn't set an alarm clock. He didn't even hear Mo Ji's alarm clock in the same room and slept until he woke up naturally.

He rubbed his sleep-messy hair, climbed up half sideways with the help of pillow, rubbed his face with difficulty, and turned on the screen of his mobile phone.

11:05.

Lu Si raised his eyelids, a little surprised that he could sleep so well.

The group that ranks first in eating has 99+ messages. Without clicking in, Lu Si knows that this group of people has gone out to look for food.

Mo Ji left him a private message.

-Brother Lu, we have breakfast downstairs, with steamed dumplings and xiaolongbao. Come down when you wake up.

-We've all finished eating, but you're still awake, Lu? You're such a sleeper.

-I met Jing Xingye and the others, and they said they were going fishing by the river.

-They didn’t catch anything, so I thought they couldn’t sit still. Wait, damn it, Gu Fang!

-Gu Fang caught a huge grass carp!

-[picture]

- How the hell is he so good at fishing?!

-On the way back to the hotel, Brother Lu, come down quickly and have lunch!!!

Lu Si clicked on the picture and squinted his eyes to look at it. He placed his fingertips on the screen and replied with two words.

-Coming soon.

After washing up and going downstairs, Lu Si put his hands in the soft outer pockets of his off-white sweater. The elevator door slowly opened, and he heard Xie Ziyao's loud voice coming from the hotel entrance.

"How much does this grass carp weigh? Does the hotel have a scale? Let's weigh it!"

"We're having fish for lunch. This fish will definitely be enough for so many of us!"

Lu Si was not used to wearing glasses on a daily basis. He blinked his slender eyes towards the light coming from the doorway and saw clearly that Xie Ziyao and Gao Hanying were carrying a dazzling big red bucket and were excitedly running towards the kitchen under the guidance of the waiter.

It is not very obvious in the picture, but when you actually see it, you will find that the bucket is extremely large, not the size of an ordinary bucket, which attracts the surprised gazes of guests coming and going.

The rest of the group chased Xie Ziyao and the others towards the kitchen. Le Jiayu was even holding up his phone to record a video, a typical city kid who had never seen the world.

"Fangfang, find a seat and wait for us!" Le Jiayu turned around and said, "I'll go see how heavy that fish is!"

The person who caught the big fish was actually swaying slowly behind.

For some reason, he adjusted his hat and, instead of following Le Jiayu's advice to find a seat, took a few steps towards the elevator. Suddenly, he saw Lu Si standing in front of him with his hands in his pockets, and he paused.

Gu Fang raised his head. He didn’t know if it was Lu Si’s illusion, but the eyes under the black baseball cap seemed to brighten up in an instant.

Lu Si paused, turned away from those sparkling eyes, and walked over: "Together?"

Gu Fang looked at him and nodded, looking very obedient.

A waiter came over immediately and led them to the restaurant.

As we passed the hotel entrance, a group of men in black suits and meticulously tied ties suddenly rushed in. They looked like business people attending a meeting. But they didn't, because their expressions were too serious.

The waiters greeting guests at the door all started to move, saying something into the intercom in panic.

The crowd surged in, and Gu Fang was stunned. Fortunately, Lu Si pulled him aside in time. The waiter smiled at them apologetically and said, "Please wait a moment, both guests."

When most of the people who were attending the meeting had left, the waiter was about to lead them forward when suddenly a steady voice called out to them, "Let's go?"

Lu Si turned back——

A man in a black suit, surrounded by several middle-aged executives, stared at them. Perhaps he wasn't young, but he was well-maintained, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist, his well-fitting suit framing his well-trained figure.

Lu Si calmly stepped in front of Gu Fang.

He felt the man's strong Alpha aura, and even though he was much older than him, he still instinctively felt uncomfortable as if his territory was being violated.

Lu Si's subconscious action seemed to pique the man's interest. He raised his eyebrows and glanced at the boy in front of him who was as tall as him: "Fang Fang, who is this?"

"Dad," Gu Fang poked his head out from behind Lu Si, "This is my classmate, Lu Si."

Lu Si was stunned.

Gu Jianbo hummed in an ambiguous tone, and looked Lu Si up and down with a serious look, "Are you out to play together?"

"No," Gu Fang said, "We met in the park and just happened to be together."

The staff came up to urge them, and a middle-aged manager next to Gu Jianbo shook his head at them.

"I heard from Mr. Jing that you and Jing Xingye and the others came here to play," Gu Jianbo's lips relaxed slightly, "I was wondering if I could run into you. I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence."

"Fang Fang." The middle-aged boss who shook his head had a kind face and smiled at Gu Fang. He was also known as President Jing. He looked around and asked, "Where's Jing Xingye? Where did that kid go? Why isn't he with you?"

"They went to the kitchen." Gu Fang explained, "We agreed to meet at the restaurant."

"Come to think of it, this is the first time I've seen someone since Fangfang was discharged from the hospital." Mr. Jing said with a smile, "You look much more energetic. Young people should get out and about more often. Don't be like my son Xiaoye, who stays in his room playing games every time he has a holiday. If I don't force him out, he won't leave the house for the entire holiday."

Discharged from hospital?

Lu Si turned his head and glanced at Gu Fang.

Gu Fang had a decent smile on his face, and there was nothing unusual.

Mr. Jing chatted with him about school life, but Lu Si's face remained slightly stiff. Although he didn't look at Gu Fang's father, he could feel his gaze scrutinizing him—not with malice, but certainly not with kindness either.

Gu Jianbo glanced at the young man in front of him.

Wen Chuji had previously told him that Fangfang had nearly encountered thugs at the live house run by his partner Liang Chengbi, but luckily an Alpha classmate came to his rescue. It seemed to be called this.

The young man's subconscious action of blocking his family's Fang Fang just now was seen by the worldly-wise Gu Jianbo.

I don't know what the other end of the conversation was about, but Mr. Jing patted Gu Fang's shoulder and laughed a few times. "Fangfang, you and your classmates' expenses these days should be charged to my account. School is stressful, so you have to eat well and have fun during the holidays. Don't be polite to your uncle, and don't let your classmates be polite to me, otherwise your uncle will be angry."

It turns out that Mr. Jing's investment in the tourism industry is just for fun.

Gu Fang couldn't refuse, so he just nodded helplessly. Secretly, he also had the idea of ​​saving money for Lu Si.

"Then we'll go over first, Dad." Gu Fangyi remained calm and turned sideways, as if inadvertently blocking Gu Jianbo's sight of Lu Si.

His vision was blocked, Gu Jianbo narrowed his eyes and his gaze fell on Gu Fang's calm and gentle face.

"Okay." After a moment, Gu Jianbo nodded, "Boss Jing and I will go upstairs first. We'll go home after we're done with this."

When they arrived at the restaurant, Gu Fang took off his black baseball cap, asked the waiter to bring some snacks first, and said to Lu Si, "You didn't have breakfast, eat something to fill your stomach first."

Lu Si had just picked up a piece of cake when the hot milk that Gu Fang ordered for him was brought up.

"Sorry." Gu Fang lowered his eyes and shoulders. "My dad was staring at you just now. He might be worried about me..."

Gu Fang raised his head, his hair falling down in his haste to explain, covering his smooth, fair forehead. His eyes were wet, and he pursed his lips, hesitant to speak. "Except for Jing Xingye, I didn't have many Alpha friends before, so..."

"It's okay." Lu Si drank a sip of hot milk and lightly changed the subject. "I understand."

Lu Si's Omega father once said that at his age, any Alpha who wanted to maintain a close friendship with an Omega was a hooligan who said one thing and thought another.

Perhaps he should be thankful that his relationship with Gu Fang was far from being too close.

But Gu Fang just admitted in person that they are friends.

Lu Si picked up the glass and used the action of drinking milk to hide the corners of his lips that were unable to help but curl up.

...Tsk.

But why is Jing Xingye everywhere?

The big grass carp with a net weight of 21.8 jin was on the table for lunch. Le Jiayu took a photo and posted it on her circle of friends, attracting a lot of people from the school to watch and admire it.

"Let it go," Le Jiayu laughed heartily after reading a comment. "They asked you what the secret is to catching big fish, hahahaha..."

Jing Xingye was puzzled and glanced at him: "What's so funny about this?"

Xiao Yuanshan picked up a piece of tender fish with his chopsticks and said leisurely, "Mr. Jing, you don't surf, right? Then I guess you don't know how to fish either."

Jing Xingye: "...I can surf the Internet seamlessly 24 hours a day, okay?"

Only Gu Fang thought about it while holding his chopsticks, and answered the question at the beginning seriously: "It's patience."

We originally planned to play for two full days, but in the afternoon a group of us rode bicycles around the forest park for two hours and then collapsed from exhaustion.

We couldn't even play anymore. Several people hadn't finished their homework, and except for Class 2, which had four days off, everyone else only had three. Even though Mr. Jing reimbursed everyone for food, drinks, and entertainment, the thought of having to go to school tomorrow made it hard to have fun.

So the evening activities were cancelled and we packed up and returned to the city in the afternoon.

Gao Hanying went to the parking lot to pick up the car, while Lu Si and the others took another taxi, so the two groups had to separate at the hotel entrance.

After two days of fooling around, both sides obviously had a different opinion of each other. When they said goodbye at the door, they were reluctant to leave and felt a sense of mutual appreciation - even though they would meet again at school the next day as fate would have it.

But it is not easy to get a taxi in the suburbs, and no driver accepted the order for a long time.

A low-key and cool silver supercar drove in from a distance. A few car-loving boys looked at it enviously for a few seconds and then paid no more attention. The supercar happened to stop next to them, the window was lowered, and a young man in the driver's seat whistled at them.

"Isn't this my place? Are you waiting for the bus?"

A look of surprise appeared on Gu Fang's face: "Uncle?"

There was also a neatly dressed man with a calm expression sitting in the passenger seat. He also nodded and greeted Gu Fang.

Gu Fang greeted the co-pilot again: "Assistant Lin."

"Who doesn't have a car?" Gu Jianlan raised an eyebrow at the boys. "I just got back from getting the documents. I can give you a ride."

"Your car," Gu Fang said, looking around the cramped back seat, his tone revealing his disdain, "can it carry people?"

Gu Jianlan didn't care much and raised his voice cheerfully: "Mr. Gu has a car. It's in the parking lot. My uncle stole it to pick you up."

A short while later, Xiao Gao arrived in Jing Xingye's car, followed by a large black business car, but Assistant Lin was behind the wheel. This was mainly because Assistant Lin was worried that Mr. Gu would drive the business car like a sports car and something would happen on the way.

The back of the business car was spacious, with two seats in the front and three in the back. Gu Fang was worried that the people in Mr. Gu's car would feel awkward, since they weren't familiar with each other, so he took the front seat. Xiao Yuanshan, Mo Ji, and Chen Yi went to the back seat. Just as Xie Ziyao was about to sit next to the pretty girl in the front, he felt someone pull his collar up from behind.

"My stuff takes up space," Lu Si said in a light voice, nonchalantly pointing to his guitar case. "You go to Jing Xingye and the others."

Xie Ziyao was just about to flatter him by saying that he could hold the baby for him.

Lu Si seemed to have read his thoughts and raised his eyebrows casually, his naturally narrow eyebrows raised in a cold arc: "Aren't you leaving yet?"

The courage Xie Ziyao had just mustered was driven back into the ground by his raised eyebrows. He uttered a few "eh eh" sounds: "Dad Lu, I'm leaving right now..."

"You high school boys are really interesting," said Mr. Gu in the front row jokingly, "Kids don't call me brother anymore these days. Do they call me daddy?"

Lu Si didn't say anything, just put the guitar case at his feet and looked down for the seat belt.

Gu Fang was already prepared and helped him pull the seat belt over.

Lu Si was about to thank him when Gu Fang raised his eyes and arched his eyebrows at him. There seemed to be an endless smile in his eyes that always showed naturally in front of him.

"Haha." Perhaps it was because the atmosphere was too awkward with no one talking to him, Chen Yi in the back row couldn't help but laugh dryly. "It's all fun, brother and dad are of the same mind."

"Oh, look, Special Assistant Lin," Gu Jianlan teased the person in the driver's seat, "I'm two years older than you, come on and call me daddy."

"boring."

Special Assistant Lin drove the car out without looking around.