Chapter 3

Lan Yexing opened his eyes and woke up not because he smelled the pleasant scent of lime, but because... someone was patting his left shoulder carefully.

Even though he could clearly feel that there was someone sitting on his right, Lan Yexing still looked to the left first.

It was his roommate Jiang Xiaozhou.

Jiang Xiaozhou first looked to the right side of Lan Yexing, then his eyes dimmed as he remembered something, and then he looked at Lan Yexing embarrassedly.

His face flushed red, and he stammered for a long time before he mustered up the courage to say, "Student Lan, can you please give up your seat to me?"

Lan Yexing's eyes were still half-closed, and her long eyelashes cast a faint shadow on the side of her delicate nose. He looked at him and said, "Sorry, it's inconvenient."

There is still some time before class starts, so there is no shortage of vacancies here.

As he was speaking, Lan Yexing heard the person on his right flipping through a book as if he was oblivious to the people around him.

Jiang Xiaozhou also felt ashamed. He lowered his head and even his neck turned red. He seemed to be a person with a serious people-pleasing personality. He was at a loss when the request he made with great difficulty was rejected.

He didn't have the courage to ask for a second time, so he had to walk to his usual seat in the front row with his head hung in disappointment.

Lan Yexing looked at the other person's back and sighed softly. If Jiang Xiaozhou and Yuan Ye had nothing to do with each other, he would give in - after all, he only needed to make sure that Yuan Ye was not sitting next to the target person.

But looking at the situation, it is very likely that Yuanye asked the other party to reserve a spot for himself in advance - tsk, what a scumbag.

…

While they were talking, some students had already walked into the classroom. For example, the three seats in the front row of Lan Yexing were already occupied.

The regular sound of flipping books could still be heard from the right, but Lan Yexing didn't pay any attention to it. He just wanted to eat the milk bread before class. He was very hungry.

However, the person sitting on the far right of the front row - that is, in front of the target person - turned around and looked at him. He had grey curly hair and blue eyes, and his face was full of shock. "Ah, hey, hey, it sounded like you just now. I didn't expect it was really you, classmate! It turns out we are in the same department!"

Lan Yexing: “…” Oh wow, it’s yesterday’s No. 1 attacker Omega.

The watch did not light up to issue a task, which means that this was not a strategy event. This omega did not have any strategy behavior today and was really just there for class.

But when it happens, it’s still a bit... awkward.

The grey curly-haired omega had already stood up happily, holding her expensive English leather bag, with the golden badge of a griffin holding a moon shining brightly on her chest.

He walked around the front row and sat down to the left of Lan Yexing in a very familiar manner. When he smiled, he looked innocent, lively and cute: "Thank you for teaching me about cats yesterday. My name is Janes, what's yours?"

Lan Yexing could only force himself to smile: "You're welcome, Lan Yexing."

Janes glanced at the person on Lan Yexing's right side unintentionally. An icy shadow flashed across his blue eyes, and then a sweet smile appeared on his face, as if he was chatting with his closest friend: "Are you a new student? I haven't seen you in the professional courses before."

Lan Yexing nodded and brought out the reason the system had given him: "I was sick before."

Just as Janes was about to say something else, there was a small commotion in the front row. An irritable red-haired alpha who had just arrived in the classroom slapped Jiang Xiaozhou. Jiang Xiaozhou begged, ignoring his swollen face: "Senior, please don't cause trouble for my classmates. It's my own fault that I came too late and didn't get a seat..."

But the man pushed him away and strode towards the back row.

Finally, he stood beside Janes' desk and looked at Lan Yexing, his sinister face full of hostility.

Most of the people in the classroom focused their attention on the back row following the man's movements.

The person on the far right is still flipping through a book, as if all the chaos has nothing to do with him.

Lan Yexing smelled the unpleasant smell of secondhand smoke again - although it was not to the extent that the pheromone outbreak would make him allergic and faint, it was really, really too smelly.

He narrowed his eyes, his face looked unusually cold, and said nothing.

The muscular Alpha glanced at Janes obscurely and taboo, but he still suppressed the anger that wanted to drag out the lowly Beta who took his seat and beat him half to death. He stared at Lan Yexing like a venomous snake, and said in a dangerous and disdainful tone: "Name your price for your seat."

Lan Yexing held his chin with one hand and smiled: "One hundred million."

Alpha's pupils shrank, and he was almost furious: "You——"

Lan Yexing: "Hey, senior from another college? For someone like me who is bad at getting up early, I normally wouldn't get up early even if you gave me 100 million. And I got up at 6 o'clock this morning without even having breakfast to get this seat. 100 million is already a friendly price for you."

The sound of turning pages on the right paused.

Janes couldn't help but burst out laughing. He finally spoke, his voice was still sweet, his smile was innocent and harmless: "Senior Yuanye, people from other colleges who want to attend our department's professional classes need to inform the professor in advance. Senior Qiao has told the professor but you probably haven't. Class is about to start, I think you should go."

"You know, I hate it when our major classes are interrupted."

Yuan Ye was so angry that his breathing became rapid, but he still did not lash out. He gave Lan Yexing a sinister look and strode out through the back door.

…

The troublemaker left, and Jiang Xiaozhou, who was sitting in the front row, was sent to the infirmary by his classmates. The classroom soon returned to normal.

Janes still had a cute smile on his face. He elbowed Lan Yexing and lowered his voice to tease, "Did you really skip breakfast just for this seat?"

Lan Yexing hummed and looked at him thoughtfully. The news said that in this world, the two companies with the highest market share of inhibitors are equally matched. One is Yuan, and the other... should be named Jian.

These two companies almost monopolize the inhibitor market.

Both families love to do charity, have a good reputation in the outside world, and are each other's biggest competitors.

The Jian family's emblem is a griffin holding a red crescent moon.

Janes didn't know what Lan Yexing was thinking, and still smiled at him innocently and sweetly.

Lan Yexing looked away and decided to hurry up and eat his breakfast, but found that the bread and milk he bought were missing.

Most likely he disappeared while he was asleep.

He was awake when Janes came, so he had no idea where the breakfast had gone. And the first thing he smelled when he was catching up on sleep was the scent of lime.

Then the only question is...

Lan Yexing looked to his right for the first time, with a hint of curiosity and scrutiny on his face: This was his mission target, and when it really appeared in front of him, how could he not be curious.

His sight slowly settled, and the tall and broad-framed blond young man finally came clearly into Lan Yexing's sight.

The profile of his handsome face was perfect, with a clear jawline, a straight nose, and thin lips. The bright morning light reflected in his cold green eyes, like beautiful gold flakes flowing in them.

The seemingly friendly and approachable young man held a poetry collection in his hand, with beautiful gold hot stamping fonts printed on the leather cover. He flipped through the book casually and elegantly, but his face had a serious, distant and arrogant expression.

Lan Yexing looked at him calmly for a while, then patted the young man's broad shoulder and said, "Classmate, nice to meet you. I'm Lan Yexing." It would be much easier if he got to know the target of the mission.

Janes, who had been observing from the side, blinked in surprise at this overly direct way of chatting up.

The leaf shadow waved silently for a few moments on Lan Yexing's outstretched hand. Then, with a soft "click", the leather book was finally placed on the table.

The blond young man finally looked at Lan Yexing with a sidelong glance, his sharp eyebrows slightly raised. With a friendly smile that did not reach his eyes, he shook Lan Yexing's slender and soft hand in return, and said in a gentle and clear voice: "Qiao You."

The two hands held for a moment and then separated. Lan Yexing asked, "Have you seen my breakfast? A bag of pudding bread and a bottle of milk."

Qiao You paused, the smile on his face froze slightly, and then he said innocently and distantly, "No."

Lan Yexing let out an "ah" sound, and his handsome face fell. Just as he was about to resign himself to the reality that he would have to go to class on an empty stomach, a large hand with distinct bones stretched out from the right, with a packet of beautifully packaged white chocolate held between its slender fingers.

Qiao You's smile was still flawless, and his voice was clear and slightly hoarse: "If you don't mind, please use it."

Lan Yexing didn't like chocolate, but it was always better to have some sugar. He took it naturally and thanked him sincerely. Janes kindly gave him a bottle of water.

…

After handing over the packet of chocolates, Qiao You continued to flip through the poetry collection.

Only Janes whispered to Lan Yexing in a friendly manner, his voice sweet: "Senior Qiao is really a very nice person." As he said that, he murmured and sighed: "It's a pity that he still doesn't know me."

Lan Yexing lowered his eyes and didn't respond. He bit the piece of white chocolate with a crunch.

After auditing the class, Qiao You left. Janes took the initiative to exchange contact information with Lan Yexing, who had no other classes in the morning, and then went to take an elective course.

It was still early for the next physical education class. After everyone left the classroom, Lan Yexing stretched his body and slowly went to throw away the chocolate packaging. Then he saw his breakfast in the trash can.

The system finally spoke: [Qiao You threw it.] The host's breakfast was accidentally pushed onto his desk, and he probably thought it was another gift from an admirer, so he threw it into the trash can.

"Senior Qiao is really a very nice person."

Janes's infatuated words echoed in his ears, and Lan Yexing couldn't help twitching his lips: That guy gave him the chocolate because he knew that he had misunderstood and lost his breakfast!

Recalling the innocent look on his face when he said he didn't see his breakfast, Lan Yexing asked: "Are you sure Qiao You is a warm-hearted, kind and sincere person?"

System: [He is warm-hearted, kind, and sincere. For example, the data tells me that when he was a child, he would help old ladies cross the road, and would give money he found to the police.]

Lan Yexing: “…”