Chapter 19

The memory of that kiss and of swimming upstream in the arms of the blond young man was like a note swaying in his dream. In a coma, Lan Yexing felt that his entire vision was filled with the light blue of the sea and the bright gold like the sun.

He only remembered that he held the other person's collar tightly.

When he opened his eyes blearily, he smelled a strong smell of disinfectant.

Lan Yexing soon realized that he was lying on a hospital bed. He glanced sideways and saw the faces of Yang Qing and Zhou Yanqiu beside the bed.

Zhou Yanqiu was wearing a hospital gown and looked pale. He breathed a sigh of relief and slumped down in a chair. He smiled with red eyes and said, "You finally woke up."

This person saved his life twice. If something happened to him, he really wouldn't know how to survive in the future.

Yang Qing also breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Although the test results show that there is nothing wrong with you, I am still worried seeing that you have not woken up."

Lan Yexing nodded, then thought of something and asked, "Where's Qiao You?" His expression became a little cold as he spoke, "And that Qi Zhong, have you caught him?"

Yang Qing: "Ah, Qiao You carried you up and settled you down before going to the police to take a statement. As for Qi Zhong, the police later sent professionals down to fish him out of the seaweed. He was already unconscious and was sent to a large hospital outside for treatment—"

Just as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door.

Afterwards, Qiao You walked in with two men in police uniforms.

He stood at the intersection of light and shadow, took a deep look at the pale boy who had woken up, then turned to the police officer with a flawless smile and said, "Officer, these are the other two victims. One of them was probably kidnapped there by the suspect using his ability, and the other is my junior. He came to the hospital for something, and when he left through the back door, he accidentally walked in there like me."

Lan Yexing was stunned: Qiao You directly helped him cover up his motive for going to the space behind the door...

Yang Qing also said hurriedly: "Yes, classmate Lan had a blood test here two days ago. He came to ask for the results this evening. I told him that his pheromone allergy is too rare and needs to be tested with a special blood test machine, which is not so fast. Who would have thought that he would be implicated in such a thing."

He is not a fool. Lan Yexing came to the hospital to find Qiao You in such a hurry just now. It is very likely that he went there on his own initiative because of Qiao You.

But it would be better for Lan Yexing not to get too deeply involved in this kind of thing.

The police officer nodded and looked at Lan Yexing: "Is that so?"

Lan Yexing did not let Qiao You and Yang Qing down and nodded quietly.

The police then focused their recording on Zhou Yanqiu and came to Zhou Yanqiu.

Qiao You followed the police officer and stood beside the bed, next to Lan Yexing. The light cast his shadow on the bed, and Lan Yexing was completely shrouded in that shadow.

His nose once again smelled the cold scent of lime, mixed with the slightly astringent smell soaked in sea water. The blond young man's large gauze-wrapped hand hung by his side, and Lan Yexing could see it by just turning his head slightly.

Because it had been soaked in water, the wound that had begun to improve had probably become worse again, and bright red blood was slowly oozing out of the gauze.

Perhaps sensing the other party's gaze, the tall blond young man lowered his head slightly, glanced at Lan Yexing, and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong?"

Lan Yexing looked away as if he was burned: "No, nothing."

Zhou Yanqiu had already started to recount his experience: "Before, I was dating Qi Zhong's friend, Duan Chen. I was a student at the School of Engineering, and Qi Zhong was a lecturer at the same school. We also had Duan Chen as a link, so we gradually started to get in touch."

"Duan Chen has always been suppressive towards my profession, but Qi Zhong is very interested in some of my designs. As you know, the Qi family's main industry is air transportation, but at present, both the aircraft themselves and the routes are not perfect. The routes can only be short-distance, and aircraft accidents often occur. Not to mention, those ideas about flying outside the atmosphere have not even started yet."

Hearing this, Lan Yexing was stunned: No wonder there are no books about aerospace engineering in Library No. 1.

It's not that there aren't any, but the relevant fields in this world have hardly developed.

But how is that possible?

Humans have a natural curiosity and desire to conquer the sky. The technology in this world is relatively advanced, so how could this field be so backward?

This sounds so strange, as if someone has deliberately interfered with this area...

Noticing Lan Yexing's strange behavior, Qiao You looked at him thoughtfully without saying anything.

Zhou Yanqiu continued, "I have always wanted to improve the current aircraft, so I drew a lot of design drawings. Qi Zhong has always wanted to steal them. He even said something very strange."

When the alpha helped Duan Chen imprison him for the first time, he said to him with a very scary and weird look - 'Anyway, you have been targeted since birth. No matter how hard you struggle in this life, you will never be able to gain a foothold in this industry. It's better to give these things to me.'

Hearing this, Yang Qing also showed a puzzled expression on his face. Lan Yexing noticed it and asked softly, "What's wrong?"

Yang Qing lowered his voice and said to Lan Yexing: "This is weird bullshit. That idiot Yuan Ping also said something similar to me."

Lan Yexing was startled: This is too weird...

He secretly noted down this information.

Zhou Yanqiu's face showed a painful and unwilling expression at this time, and he continued: "He came to me again this evening to ask for those design drawings. I refused, and he used his mental power to lock me in the cage on the bottom of the sea in my ward..."

"At the bottom of the sea, he gave me a breath of oxygen and told me that the limit for an untrained human being in the water was three minutes, and that he would be back soon to hear my answer."

Qi Zhong's mental power worked through the door. When he first came to his ward, he used that power on the door of the ward's bathroom, covered his mouth and pushed him into the door.

After saying those words at the bottom of the sea, Qi Zhong returned to the ward through that door, withdrew his mental power and left the ward.

Zhou Yanqiu: "After a minute at the bottom of the sea, my consciousness began to blur and I could hardly see anything. My desire to survive and my instinct made me keep hitting the iron railings with the gravel on the seabed to ask for help. When I regained consciousness, classmate Lan carried me out and saved me..."

"That's all I know."

…

The police officer nodded after listening, his face full of sympathy. He added what happened next: "After Qi Zhong left your ward, he went to the back door of the hospital with the bouquet of roses (why he brought roses, we don't know the answer yet, we can only wait until he wakes up to ask). He used his mental power on the back door of the hospital lobby and went in through that door himself, probably to ask you for answers."

Police officer: "But almost at the same time, Qiao You, who was about to leave the hospital, opened the back door and entered there by mistake. However, he and Qi Zhong were accidentally entangled in the dense seaweed behind the cage. Later, Lan also entered by mistake. He saved you but fell down. Fortunately, Qiao You is very good at diving. He broke free from the seaweed at that time and saved Lan. However, Qi Zhong was suffocated because he was entangled in the seaweed for too long. Until now, he has been rescued in the hospital."

"This is the information that we have compiled based on your notes. Can you see if there is anything missing?"

Qiao You and Lan Yexing shook their heads. Zhou Yanqiu didn't have anything to add. The police officer stood up and looked at them, saying, "You guys should have a good rest. I'm leaving first. We'll notify you if there's any follow-up news later."

Qiao You smiled elegantly and appropriately like a good student. Just as he was about to see the other person out, he felt the corner of his clothes being gently tugged.

He was startled, then slowly turned sideways to look at Lan Yexing: the young man in a blue and white striped hospital gown was half-sitting on the bed, his head slightly lowered, his eyebrows and eyes hidden by his black hair, and the fingers pulling at the corner of his clothes were slender, white, and adorable.

The police officer smiled and said to the blond young man: "It seems that your junior is frightened. You don't have to send us off. Stay and accompany him."

Yang Qing immediately realized that Lan Yexing wanted to talk to Qiao You alone, so he hurriedly pulled Zhou Yanqiu up and said with a smile, "Officer, I'll take you there, and I'll take Xiao Zhou back to his ward. He should rest too."

The police officer agreed with a smile, and Zhou Yanqiu stood up obediently.

They left quickly, leaving only Lan Yexing and Qiao You in the quiet ward. Lan Yexing let go of his hand.

Qiao You simply dragged a chair over and sat down beside the bed, smiling slightly, and said in a calm voice: "Junior, what's the matter?"

Lan Yexing looked up at him: probably because he had not had time to take care of himself after coming out of the sea, the young man's blond hair was slightly wet, and the water marks on his white shirt were slightly dried, slightly revealing his broad skeleton and beautiful chest muscles with smooth lines.

His smile was also perfect, and when he looked directly at someone, that person would subconsciously feel oppressed and want to run away.

Lan Yexing was completely oblivious to this. He stared at him closely and said, "Senior, what did you do to Qi Zhong in the seaweed bush at that time? Wasn't that right?"

Qiao You still looked at him with a smile, but did not answer.

Lan Yexing continued: "What you did to him was very bloody and must not be noticed by outsiders, right?" The red bloodstains that he saw with his eyes at the bottom of the sea were definitely not an illusion.

The amount of bleeding and the bloodiness of that were definitely much more unimaginable than the apparent situation where Yuan Ping had three broken ribs and Duan Chen was bleeding from all seven orifices.

Qiao You clenched his bandaged hands, but the smile on his face deepened: before he stepped into that door, he really didn't know it was a trap. Qi Zhong was lying in wait in the sea, waiting to attack him.

However, in the end, it was Qi Zhong himself who had all his organs and blood extracted.

Thinking about it this way, Lan Yexing was right. What he did with his own hands was indeed extremely bloody...

Qiao You's smile was completely cold and without any warmth. His unfocused gaze subtly fixed on the boy's soft and beautiful lips. He sighed maliciously, "How heartless, junior brother! After all, I saved you. Why, are you afraid of me now——"

Lan Yexing leaned forward suddenly, looked at him more closely, frowned, and interrupted him neatly, "That's not the problem at all. It's the diving equipment on the seabed. They were intact, and you took them off and threw them there. Am I right?"

"Have you dealt with those things?"

If it was not dealt with and someone got it, Qiao You's testimony would not be valid at all - they were at the bottom of the sea, and Qi Zhong had no motive to take off his diving equipment. As long as they found out who took off Qi Zhong's diving equipment, Qiao You would definitely not be able to get away.

Qiao You's pupils suddenly shrank. It was rare for him to stand there in a daze, staring at the young man. The storm that occurred at the bottom of the sea began to brew again in his emerald eyes, mixed with a little confusion that he himself did not even notice.

Why wasn't he afraid of him, but now he's... worried about him?

Qiao You felt that his gaze was like a knife, carving every detail of the young man into his eyes.

Lan Yexing saw that he hadn't spoken, and became anxious: "Hey——"

Qiao You still looked straight at him, and only looked away when he had seen enough, and said lightly: "Deal with it."

Those diving equipment were originally given to Qi Zhong by himself and hung on the back of that door.

He pulled them off his whole body, letting the seawater and the suffocation control him.

After giving the boy air, he kicked them all into the abyss behind the seaweed.

By the time the police officers found someone to fish Qi Zhong out of the water, Qi Zhong had already fallen into a deep coma, his mental power had failed, and the area in that sea had long been lost.

Lan Yexing finally breathed a sigh of relief. He was about to thank the other party, but suddenly remembered something, coughed lightly, and looked away, saying, "Thank you for saving me at the bottom of the sea."

Qiao You's lowered fingers were playing with the bleeding wound on his palm in a self-torturing manner. He stared at the light red on the boy's cheek frivolously and casually, and smiled slightly, "You're welcome."

He stood up gracefully and said, "Rest. I'm leaving now."

Lan Yexing called out to him: "Your hand." It seemed to be more serious.

Lan Yexing: "And your cell phone is with Dr. Yang."

Qiao You raised an eyebrow and said calmly, "I'll rebandage it. I'll also get the phone."

After saying that, he walked out of the room.

After the door was closed, the blond young man did not leave immediately. He lowered his eyes slightly, and looked at his bleeding palm expressionlessly in the light of the corridor. After a while, he raised his hand thoughtfully and touched his thin lips with his cold and slender fingers.

Finally, he glanced at the closed ward door behind him and turned to leave.

…

Behind the door, Lan Yexing looked at the dial on his right wrist and said, "Sorry, I made you worry."

System: [As long as the host is fine. ]

Lan Yexing: "During the time I was unconscious, were there any new missions?"

system:【……】

It rarely seems to be able to express itself.

After this experience, it is afraid to send the host to dangerous tasks again and let the host get hurt.

This fire was even more terrifying than the fire the host faced after completing the previous two missions.

Lan Yexing smiled helplessly: "Be good, it's okay now."

The system then said: [Didn’t the host promise the professor to finish the elective course at the business school? The host should remember that tomorrow, Friday, is the class time.]

[Before the morning class, Omega Janes will go to that classroom to give Qiao You cookies. Please... prevent this strategy incident from happening while considering your own safety.]

Lan Yexing was stunned: He almost forgot that Janes had not yet sent out the box of cookies.

It's actually very simple to just stop Janes from sending cookies [tomorrow].

Because, even if they each have their own secrets, they are still friends.

So he took his phone, opened the chat room with Janes, and sent a message: [Are you free tomorrow morning? Do you want to go boating on Lake Königssee after breakfast? ]

King's Lake is connected to the Sibian River that runs through the entire campus. The Sibian River is connected to the Xingdu River that runs through the entire Xingdu District. However, a guarded gate is set up where the Sibian River flows out of the campus, completing the last link of the school's closed management.

Because it is fully enclosed, many students of Xingdu University like to go boating on the lake in their spare time. They can stay there happily and peacefully for a long time, enjoy the beautiful scenery of the campus, and cultivate their sentiments.

Janes had asked him to go boating with her a long time ago, but he was busy with his mission and couldn't spare the time. Janes said that he could contact him when he had time.

If Janes agrees, mission accomplished.

Janes refused and said he would go to the classroom tomorrow to find a solution.

To be honest, he really didn't want to deceive Janes.

At least asking each other to go boating was an agreement they had made before.

At this time, an emoticon package popped up in the dialog box.

Janes: [Okay, let's have breakfast together tomorrow morning and then go boating! ]

Lan Yexing curved her eyes: [Okay, see you tomorrow.]

After sending the message, Lan Yexing thought for a while, found the email address of the professor of that course from the business school website, sent an email to apologize, and explained that he would not be able to attend the class tomorrow, but would make up the notes later.

After that, he thought for a moment, and sent a message to Qiao You, who was asked by the professor to supervise his lectures:

[Senior, I have something to do tomorrow, so I won’t be going to class. ]

No reply.

Lan Yexing didn't take it to heart. He jumped out of bed, said goodbye to Yang Qing, and went through the discharge procedures - he had to go back to see his cat.

…

It was already late at night when he returned home. After taking care of the cat, he did not go back to school - after all, he did not go back to the dormitory often, and it had almost become a habit for Jiang Xiaozhou to cover up for him.

The next day, Lan Yexing woke up in a daze in his bed at home. He subconsciously reached out and touched his lips, then turned sideways to look at the clear blue autumn sky outside the window. He felt a little dazed for a moment.

But he quickly came to his senses, got up, washed, left home, climbed over the wall and returned to school.

After rushing to the restaurant and having breakfast with Janes, they went to Lake Königssee together.

The weather was very good that day. The autumn sunshine illuminated the whole world. The sky was a pure and flawless Klein blue, with a few dreamy clouds floating above.

Lan Yexing stepped on the grass dotted with small flowers by the lake. His soft hair was blown by the lake breeze. He looked at the huge lake in front of him with sparkling waves, and a rare relaxed and pure smile appeared on his face.

Janes looked at the boy seriously and smiled, "Let's go rent a boat. If we're any later we won't be able to get a seat."

Lan Yexing nodded and walked towards the staff of the cabin by the lake.

…

They quickly got on the boat. The pointed boat, which was similar to a gondola, was slowly rowed by the staff. The boat slowly moved away from the lakeshore and headed towards the center of the lake. It continued to move forward and finally landed on the Sibian River.

Driving along the Sibian River, Lan Yexing looked at the beautiful Baroque buildings on both sides of the river. Most of them were teaching buildings or faculty offices of the school. The buildings on both sides were connected by closed bridge corridors with the same color as the buildings and decorated with beautiful reliefs. The entire river channel was exquisite and beautiful.

Lan Yexing was stunned when he looked at the river ahead: This place is very close to the Business School. Qiao You should be taking classes in the Fanxing Building of the Business School now.

Janes sat opposite him, looking at him with his hands on his cheeks. He asked curiously, "Xiaoxing, what are you thinking about?"

Lan Yexing came back to his senses, shook his head and smiled: "Nothing."

Janes stretched his body and sighed comfortably: "Senior Qiao You should be in the building in front. I was going to look for him today."

Lan Yexing was stunned.

Janes tilted his head and smiled: "But it's such a rare good weather, it's better to go boating on the lake with Xiaoxing." This is the true words.

Lan Yexing looked at him gently, removing all impurities, and asked him sincerely from the perspective of a friend: "Why do you do something you don't like?"

Janes said helplessly: "My father asked me to do that." His father asked him to study at this university and get Qiao You and Qiao You's love.

Lan Yexing: “?”

Janes looked up at the third beautiful bridge corridor that he was about to cross, his azure eyes were a little cold: "What's more ironic is that I don't even know my father's motive for asking me to do this. He only said that this is what I should and must do as the heir."

"When I have fulfilled his request, he will solemnly hand that reason to me."

At this point, Janes looked at the young man opposite with the beautiful bridge shadow on his body, and he said: "Xiaoxing, although I haven't investigated, I guess there may be a person like my father behind you who pushed you to be with Qiao You." After all, what this school lacks the least is people who are close to Qiao You.

but……

Janes tilted his head and smiled: "But you are different from the rest of us. You are too soft-hearted. If you can, get out of here as soon as possible. If you can't, try to protect yourself." After all, this is where all the people in this country who have noble identities but bad and bestial souls gather.

Lan Yexing looked at the gray curly-haired omega opposite him in surprise. After a while, he gently curved his eyes and said, "Thank you for the reminder."

…

At this time, the boat had sailed to an open grassland, nearby was the business school buildings. Lan Yexing looked at the Fanxing Building from afar. The quaint window panes of the brick-red building were shining in the sunlight.

The young man should now be taking classes in one of the panes.

Lan Yexing smiled, looked away, and looked towards the gorgeous maple forest that they were about to pass by with Janes.

…

At this time, in a classroom in the Fanxing Building.

While the professor was writing on the blackboard, the sunny alpha took the opportunity to look out the window and daydream. As he was looking, he said "Huh?" and turned to look at the blond young man who was typing on the keyboard at the back table. The young man was wearing metal-framed glasses at this time, and his expression was even colder and sharper than usual. His face was inexplicably pale, and he looked even more difficult to deal with.

Alpha was so careless that he didn't notice it at all. He pointed out the window in the direction of the Sibian River and said to his friend with a gossipy look on his face, "Hey Qiao You, look, isn't that your junior?"

"He seems to be swimming in the river with a student - that's an omega!"

Qiao You paused, turned slightly, and looked at the autumn scenery outside the window with a cold expression.

After just a moment's glance, he looked away and continued typing on the keyboard.

The alpha in the front row was about to tease his friend again when he suddenly rubbed his arms - he suddenly felt very cold!

Only then did he realize that his friend's face today was even scarier than the devil's!

So he had to turn around angrily and continue listening to the class.

The sound of Qiao You's keyboard gradually stopped.

After a while, he opened the communication software on his computer with an expressionless face.

…

at the same time.

"A-choo"

Lan Yexing, who had just gotten off the boat after swimming in the river with satisfaction, covered his mouth and nose.

Janes looked at him with concern: "Cold?"

Lan Yexing shook his head - apart from the sneeze, he didn't feel unwell anywhere.

Is someone scolding him?

Janes felt relieved and said, "Then let's go to a nearby restaurant for lunch! I heard that the grilled lamb chops in this restaurant are delicious."

Lan Yexing was about to agree when his cell phone suddenly rang. He quickly took it out and looked at it:

[The professor asked you to make up the notes for this class and asked me to continue to lend you the notes. The classroom is waiting for you, as soon as possible. ]

[Junior, you don’t want to waste other people’s time, right? (Smile.jpg) by Qiao You]

Lan Yexing: "..." Is this an illusion? Why does that smiling expression today feel so scary...

Janes asked him at this time: "Xiaoxing, what's wrong?"

Lan Yexing put away his phone and sighed softly. He said sincerely, "Sorry, Xiao Jian, I have something to do and I have to leave first."

Janes was startled, then smiled cheerfully: "It's okay, go do what you need, I'll ask Li Long to come over and eat with me."

Lan Yexing looked apologetically at Janes again, then turned around and strode away.

…

The school was too big, and Lan Yexing hadn't bought a bicycle yet, so at least twenty minutes had passed by the time he arrived at Fanxing Building.

He almost ran up the stairs, and when he reached his floor, he pushed open the door of the lecture hall, panting.

The get out of class had been over for a long time and the classroom was empty.

A tall, strong, blond young man in uniform sat alone in the last row, looking out the window indifferently with his sharp and handsome face.

The bright sunshine at noon shone on him, and his handsome face was so dazzling in the light that he looked like a prince in a fairy tale.

…

Lan Yexing walked over there resignedly and said, "Senior, I'm here."

The blond young man didn't even look at him. He just picked up the notebook on the table and handed it to him in a distant and indifferent manner.

Lan Yexing took it and said: “?”

Is there something wrong with this person today?

Lan Yexing stared straight at that handsome face, observing in confusion: I really feel like something is wrong...

Qiao You finally looked at the boy at this time. He smiled slightly, his green pupils turning cold: "Junior, is there anything else?"

Lan Yexing continued to stare at him with that strange look.

Qiao You: “…”

Suddenly, Lan Yexing let out an "Ah!" as if something had suddenly dawned on him, and then he stretched out his hand and touched the young man's forehead without hesitation.

Qiao You, who had not anticipated the boy's action at all, suddenly opened his eyes wide and stood there in a daze for a rare moment.

Lan Yexing's hand was still on the young man's forehead. He looked at the young man with a blank expression on his face, and said helplessly and gently: "You really do have a fever, senior."