Chapter 23

After staring blankly for a while, Lan Yexing replied: [Thank you, senior.]

Qiao You didn't reply to the message again.

Lan Yexing didn't take it to heart. He put on a soft and sweet smile and continued to walk to class.

Time soon came to evening, and around half past five, he arrived at the swimming pool.

For the sake of hygiene and cleanliness, the swimming pool of Xingdu University stipulates that students must first rinse their bodies in the bathroom before changing into swimsuits when entering the pool.

Lan Yexing followed the process and entered Hall A wearing the simplest swimsuit style.

It is dinner time now. There are actually very few people here. Even Lin Qian hasn't arrived yet. There are only a few students learning to swim in the shallow pool.

Lan Yexing walked straight to Swimming Pool No. 3, which was temporarily empty. The water psychic should be lurking in the deep water of the swimming pool. He might have deepened the water with his psychic power, waiting for Qiao You to come to the swimming pool at six o'clock and then quietly pull him in, giving Lin Qian a chance to save Qiao You.

Lan Yexing's expression was a little cold: Why can these guys not care about other people's lives at all?

Even if the pool maintained its original depth, people would be in danger of drowning if suddenly attacked while entering the water, not to mention that the scumbag deepened the water to ten meters.

Moreover, in addition to Qiao You, there are other students who may have accidentally entered the tampered waters. What do they think of the lives of those students?

Lan Yexing squatted by the pool with a sullen face, looking down. A weak electric current was faintly flowing in his right wrist - he wanted to lure someone up and knock him out directly with electric shock.

What was strange was that the swimming pool was crystal clear and there was no one in it.

Lan Yexing was stunned: Could it be that the psychic has not arrived yet, just like Lin Qian?

He thought for a moment, then stood up and walked towards the empty locker room.

He planned to ambush them there - first knock out the water department student whose photo he had checked in advance, and then block Lin Qian and force him to extract information.

There is no surveillance in the changing room, which is much more convenient than being outside.

Lan Yexing waited until six o'clock, but still didn't see any water department students, so he waited for Lin Qian directly.

The beautiful omega who had a feud with Lan Yexing was startled when she saw him, but she didn't seem surprised. She showed that innocent and pure smile again: "I didn't believe Mr. Leon when he said you would show up here - after all, how could you know what I wanted to do in advance? But, Mr. Lan, you actually came."

Lan Yexing looked at him expressionlessly, and clenched his hands lightly: He knew that Lin Qian came here to capture Qiao You because of Xiao Song, so why did Leon know that he would come here to stop Lin Qian?

One possibility is that Leon had investigated him and knew that he always appeared next to Qiao You after he entered school. Since they knew that Qiao You would come here to swim, it is not difficult to infer that he would also appear here for Qiao You.

But there is another possibility: that is, Leon is likely to know the existence of Xiao Song in the system form...

Lan Yexing narrowed his eyes as he looked at the omega in front of him: He should electrocute the other person, and then drag him to a closed space where no one would come to question him.

Lin Qian raised his hands in surrender: "Don't look so scary, classmate Lan, let's talk - or rather, I was asked by Mr. Leon to talk to you, after all, he was the one who gave me the gold pendant."

Lan Yexing's pupils shrank and his expression became even colder.

Lin Qian: "Student Lan, I really didn't lie."

It was Leon who bribed the servant of Qiao You's family and asked him to wear the pendant before entering Qiao You's house - and Leon did not tell him the purpose, but just asked him to do it.

As for the rest of his pursuit of Qiao You, he can do whatever he wants.

Before coming to the swimming pool today, Leon said that after seeing Lan Yexing, he wanted him to convey a message for him...

At this time, the voices of students swimming could be heard from far outside the locker room. Lin Qian smiled sweetly at Lan Yexing and said, "I know Hall B is under maintenance today and no one is there. Let's go there and chat."

Lan Yexing's eyes were frighteningly cold, but a smile appeared on her face: "Okay."

…

Hall B was indeed empty and filled with a strong, wet smell of disinfectant.

The moment they came in, in the swimming pool farthest to the right from Lan Yexing, ripples appeared silently on the calm surface of the water, but no one noticed.

Lin Qian walked to the swimming pool which was closest to the door and on the far left. He walked lightly and put his hands behind his back in a cute posture, quietly emitting an alluring green tea pheromone scent that was different from the scent of peaches - Lan Yexing was also a beta, and no alpha or beta would soften their attitude and feel pity for him after smelling his pheromones.

The events of the dinner and the holiday made him realize that the relationship between Qiao You and Lan Yexing was better than he had imagined. If he could gain Lan Yexing's support, his chances of success in pursuing Qiao You would be much greater.

Hearing Lan Yexing following behind him, Lin Qian showed an even sweeter smile. He said, "Classmate Lan, I didn't mean to wrongly accuse you on Saturday. I was just too nervous because I was in the susceptible period. I did it unconsciously. You will definitely forgive me--"

Before he could finish his words, the omega was pushed into the edge of the icy cold swimming pool by Lan Yexing without any courtesy and let out a scream of "Ah!"

Lin Qian, who could swim and stood up quickly in the pool, became a mess: "...I told you I'm very friendly now, you should be gentle to me!"

As he spoke, he couldn’t help but show an angry expression on his beautiful yet twisted face: “And I’m delivering a message for Mr. Leon. If you treat me like this, I’m not afraid of him—”

Lan Yexing half-knelt gracefully by the pool and looked at him expressionlessly. Then, he stretched out his right hand and dipped it into the pool.

The next moment, Lin Qian suddenly opened his eyes wide: the entire surface of the pool was covered with thick ice in an instant, trapping him tightly in the ice!

Lin Qian: “…”

Lan Yexing then smiled and said, "Sorry, I was afraid you would run away." He had something he had to ask.

Lan Yexing's voice was calm and peaceful: "Now, you can tell me what the prince wants to talk to me about."

Looking at the expression on the boy's face, Lin Qian realized that he was a little scared. This was completely different from the extremely gentle and harmless image that Leon described. After this boy's bottom line was stepped on, he would become this scary and completely unkind...

Does Qiao You, who is so special to Lan Yexing, know...

Lin Qian's throat moved, and he stammered, "He, he asked me to tell you that he wants to use a secret in exchange for you not interfering with his people to pursue Qiao You."

Lin Qian: "If you agree, he will meet you."

Lan Yexing pierced his palm with the tips of his clenched fingers: He guessed right, Leon really knew about the system...

He did not directly say yes, but smiled and said subtly: "Tell him that I agree to meet him." After a pause, he asked the question he wanted to ask: "What other information do you know about the pendant?"

Lin Qian was shivering from the cold at this time: "I really don't know anything, and Mr. Leon won't let me know anything more, please let me go..."

He was really scared. Qiao You should already be in Hall A next door, and the water helper Leon found for him should have been lurking in the swimming pool there, waiting for him to come over. But no matter how much he admired Qiao You, he didn't want to do it now...

All he wanted now was to stay away from Lan Yexing.

Lan Yexing did not continue to embarrass him. He quickly released the [Freezing] mental power, and the entire swimming pool instantly returned to normal. Then, he grasped Lin Qian's wrist, and in the other's frightened expression, he quickly pulled him up and threw him on the ground.

Then he turned and left without looking back.

…

Lin Qian fell by the side of the swimming pool, soaking wet and coughing in a panic. He stared in the direction where Lan Yexing left with hatred and fear, and was unable to speak for a long time.

After a while, he was about to stand up and leave when there was a splashing sound from the other side of the swimming pool. Lin Qian was startled and subconsciously looked to the right, then suddenly opened his eyes wide.

The blond young man who had [extracted] the water psychic at the bottom of the rightmost swimming pool came up the escalator slowly. Countless water droplets automatically detached from his body and fell into the pool. His clothes and hair dried automatically in an instant.

At the bottom of the swimming pool that Lin Qian couldn't see, there was a psychic who had lost consciousness but was still alive because he could barely breathe in the water due to his own psychic power.

Lin Qian saw that Qiao You was walking towards him - or, walking towards the door.

But when he passed by, he didn't even look at him.

Lin Qian sat on the ground pitifully, looking up at the extremely handsome face of the blond young man: He didn't know why Qiao You, who was supposed to be next door, appeared here. But it didn't matter.

His heart moved, and five kinds of attractive pheromones spread silently at the same time. He suddenly stretched out his hand to Qiao You and said aggrievedly: "Senior, you heard everything just now! Lan Yexing is like that! In fact, he only pretends to be kind and gentle in front of you, but in fact-"

The blond young man paused with his back to him, and his fingers hanging below his body moved slightly. The water in the swimming pool behind Lin Qian suddenly rioted with a terrifying splashing sound. The next moment, the huge water ball was pulled out and instantly wrapped the omega in it.

Lin Qian: “Hmm!”

He opened his eyes wide, covered his mouth and nose, and struggled painfully in the water ball.

Then, he saw the extremely handsome blond young man turned around slowly with a smile that didn't reach his eyes on his face.

He walked towards him gracefully with his long legs, and finally stood beside the water ball. He looked at him with a cold and arrogant expression that almost seemed to appreciate the pain of others. His voice was obviously very nice, but it was inexplicably frightening: "Don't call me that."

"Also," he said with a chilling smile, "your pheromones smell worse than a toilet."

The omega in the water ball opened his eyes wide with fear. He desperately covered his mouth and nose, but the oxygen was getting less and less. At this moment, he had no doubt that the young man he loved really dared to drown him here...

Even Lan Yexing, who hated him so much, didn't do this...

What kind of monster is this Qiao Youhe whom he has always admired...

…

At this time, the blond young man looked at his watch and turned and left.

As he closed the door of Hall B, the water ball dispersed and Lin Qianruan fell to the ground, coughing desperately and gasping for breath. He was trembling all over, his face full of fear, and he half crawled and half ran out of Hall B as if he was fleeing in panic.

…

After Qiao You walked out of the swimming pool carrying his sports bag, he looked at his watch again: six forty-five.

There are still fifteen minutes left before the appointment with Lan Yexing.

When he received the message from Lan Yexing today, he knew that if he went swimming this evening, he would run into the annoying attacker.

In fact, he didn't have to come. He could go directly to fulfill his agreement with Lan Yexing - he could even really follow Lan Yexing's suggestion and walk to that extremely remote library while enjoying the sunset on the way.

By the way, I also have to go to the convenience store near the Literature Department building to buy pudding bread and milk for Lan Yexing.

Even he himself couldn't explain why he had no objection to these boring and extremely troublesome behaviors.

In fact, he actually hoped to do so.

However, out of some intuition, he always felt that Lan Yexing was hiding something from him, so at five o'clock in the evening, he went to the swimming pool early.

He originally wanted to verify the accuracy of his intuition about Lan Yexing, and wanted to wait in the swimming pool to see if the other party would show up.

As soon as he entered the locker room, he noticed the hidden and unfriendly gaze of the water psychic, so he took the other party directly to Hall B, which was temporarily closed for maintenance, and kicked him to the bottom of the pool to [extract] him.

He originally thought that this was the attacker that Lan Yexing wanted to stop, and that his intuition that something was wrong with Lan Yexing was an illusion. As a result, he heard the conversation between Lan Yexing and the omega at the bottom of the pool...

…

The blond young man had come to a corner where there was no surveillance, and a smile appeared on his face: Lan Yexing had just left the swimming pool five minutes ago, and this place was even farther from the remote Library No. 3 than the Business School. They had agreed to meet at seven o'clock, and Lan Yexing had no time to get there.

Qiao You’s smile deepened: Very good, you weren’t planning to break the appointment from the beginning, were you?

So what about him? Knowing that the boy is unlikely to go, will he go?

After a while.

Qiao You stretched out his hand and used his mental power skillfully - he felt that he must be crazy to overuse his mental power and withdraw from the space of an entire campus just to see someone he would most likely never meet.

He chuckled almost morbidly: there was actually a day when he had to gamble on uncertain probabilities.

The next moment, the space of almost half of the campus distorted slightly, and then the blond young man stepped out and stepped into the convenience store near the literature department building.

He smiled as he walked towards the shelf filled with delicious pudding breads.

After buying it, he left the other half of the campus space and came to Library No. 3. After walking up step by step to the sixth floor, he stepped into the reading room where he had an appointment with the boy. At this time, it was exactly seven o'clock.

…

At the same time, Lan Yexing borrowed a bicycle and was riding towards Library No. 3.

When we arrived at Library No. 3, it was already half past seven and night had completely fallen.

Lan Yexing's cheeks flushed and he leaned forward slightly. He supported himself on his knees and stood in front of the old brick-red building, resting his feet while panting.

This place is too remote and few people come here. As the night wind blows, the vines that cover half of the building make a terrifying rustling sound.

Lan Yexing finally recovered a little at this time. He straightened up and strode into the library.

As he climbed up six flights of creaky wooden stairs, Lan Yexing felt his knees go numb.

But he didn't care. He just stood in front of the door of the reading room and adjusted his breathing: in order to let Qiao You stay in the library for a while longer instead of going to the swimming pool, he turned off his mobile phone before going to the swimming pool so that the other party could not contact him.

Qiao You couldn't wait for anyone and couldn't contact him, so he was probably very angry. He should have left.

So, why did he have to make this trip, even if the other party didn't know and wanted to fulfill the agreement alone?

Lan Yexing lowered his head slightly and gasped, a thin layer of sweat on his forehead, and a helpless and lost smile appeared on his flushed cheeks: He doesn't know either.

The next moment, he pushed the door open, then froze and suddenly opened his eyes wide:

The extremely handsome blond young man was standing behind the door, looking at him with the same shocked expression.

Those emerald eyes were like a bottomless emerald pool that seemed to suck people in.

Lan Yexing was stunned, his whole body in a blank state, not yet fully reacting. He looked confused and at a loss. He opened his mouth but didn't know what to say as if he was speechless.

After a while.

A deep smile slowly emerged on the blond young man's face. He looked at the boy with cage-like eyes, and said in a low and hoarse voice, which was so bewitching that it made people's ears itch. "You really made me wait, junior brother."

Lan Yexing was so excited by the voice that he subconsciously touched his earlobe. His voice was a little hoarse from running all the way here. He blinked: ".... Sorry, I'm late."

After a pause, he asked, "Senior, are you leaving?" Would he delay the other party's other business?

After Qiao You came out, he pulled the door and closed it. He stood in the quiet corridor, looked at him with raised eyebrows, casually raised the book in his hand, and said coldly: "I'm just putting it back on the bookshelf." This book was borrowed from another reading room.

Even he himself didn't know how long he would wait for Lan Yexing in this damn place.

Lan Yexing looked at the book: "On Happiness".

It seems to be a book written by a very famous philosopher in this world.

Lan Yexing's heart moved: Qiao You seemed to be obsessed with the word "happiness". He went to eat the overly sweet tiramisu to verify the so-called "dessert happiness theory".

Why does Qiao You care so much about this word?

Qiao You didn't know what the boy was thinking. He just said calmly, "My seat is at the back by the window. You can go and have a rest first. I'll go to the third floor to return the book."

Qiao You: "There is water in the sports bag, you can drink it first."

As he said this, he looked at the boy with that playful and relaxed smile on his face again: "The bread and milk you asked for are also in there, junior, don't forget to thank me three times in your heart while you eat."

Lan Yexing was stunned, then nodded obediently and blankly.

The blond young man finally couldn't help laughing. He brushed past Lan Yexing and walked towards the stairs.

…

It took Lan Yexing a while to come back to his senses. He glanced at the young man's handsome back with a tender expression, then opened the door and walked into the reading room.

Perhaps it's because this library is too remote, on a high floor and without an elevator, and even during prime study time there are only a few students here.

Lan Yexing walked lightly to where Qiao You was talking, gently pulled out a chair and sat down. Just as he was about to take a rest, the dial on his right wrist suddenly lit up, and Xiao Song issued another task in the form of text: [There happens to be an alpha with control-type mental power in this library. He accidentally saw Qiao You here, and planned to stick a part of his vision on a piece of paper, and then quietly put the paper into Qiao You's pocket to spy on his life. ]

[Host, please prevent this strategy event from happening. 】

Lan Yexing: “…”

How many perverts are there in this school?

He stood up swiftly and was about to go to the third floor to find Qiao You, but Qiao You had already returned with another large book.

The blond young man sat down next to Lan Yexing elegantly and casually, bringing a refreshing and pleasant scent of lime. He raised his eyebrows and looked at Lan Yexing who stood up: "Are you going to borrow a book?"

Lan Yexing shook his head and sat down again.

Qiao You stopped looking at him. He put the book about mental power on the table and casually opened it. When he saw the contents, a kind of disdain and arrogance could not help but emerge in his cold blue eyes.

However, because the young man was by her side, she looked relaxed without even noticing it.

Lan Yexing was sitting aside at this time, looking at Qiao You with an expression that seemed to want to say something but was hesitant, especially at the pockets on both sides of his uniform.

The tall and handsome blond young man flipped through a book and said calmly, "Junior, if you have something to say, just say it directly."

Lan Yexing: "Senior, when you went to return or borrow books, did you meet any strange people?"

Qiao You flipped through the book carelessly and lied without changing his expression: "No. Do you have any other questions?" The idiot he met had some special mental power. Lan Yexing must have other questions to ask.

Sure enough, after a moment of silence, the boy spoke with a rare stutter: "Can I see what's in your uniform pocket? Because, because..."

But what kind of appropriate reason can be found for such an offensive and strange request!

Lan Yexing felt that this was the first time since he came to this world that his scalp was tingling, and he wanted to leave here immediately.

Or maybe a miracle happened and Qiao You stopped asking questions and just did as he was told and showed him his pocket.

Qiao You paused while turning the pages of the book. He turned sideways, but didn't let him go. He smiled at Lan Yexing and asked, "Why?"

Lan Yexing: “…”

Qiao You had admired Lan Yexing's embarrassment for a long time before he slowly withdrew his gaze and continued reading, saying nonchalantly, "But please do as you please."

Lan Yexing: “!” He agreed! ——Although he had to translate it himself.

He twitched his lips and managed to say "sorry for disturbing you" - although he didn't know if it was appropriate to say so.

Then, Lan Yexing leaned forward slightly and reached out to the young man's uniform pocket on his side. The fabric felt slightly cool, and was clean and empty.

He stood up again, walked to the other side of the young man, leaned over slightly, and reached his hand into the young man's other pocket, but there was still nothing.

Qiao You was just concentrating on flipping through the book and ignored his actions.

Lan Yexing sat back in his seat, frowning slightly: Could it be that the alpha really didn't show up?

But something as light as a piece of paper was too difficult to defend against, so Lan Yexing didn't dare to take the risk.

He searched the pockets again, and because he was too anxious and focused, he subconsciously reached inside the young man's uniform jacket to check if there was any piece of paper stuck inside.

Then, the boy's soft and slender fingers touched the clean wool vest on the young man, and then turned over the uniform vest to check the uniform shirt. Under the slightly cool shirt were... six strong and beautifully shaped abdominal muscles.

Lan Yexing, however, was rarely unaware of himself.

Qiao You's breathing stagnated, and the movement of turning the pages of the book finally stopped neatly. His slender and powerful hand reached down and grasped the boy's wrist with incredible accuracy. He applied a little force, causing the boy's wrist to hurt slightly and he could no longer move.

Lan Yexing, who was too serious because he had unconsciously entered the "working" state and had not noticed anything wrong at this time, suddenly looked up at him with a little dissatisfaction in his expression: "?"

Qiao You took a deep breath and smiled as he looked at him: "Brother, stop touching me."