Chapter 6

After returning home, Lan Yexing turned on the light.

Fortunately, the water and food in the living room had been eaten, and the fur ball, although still very nervous, had left the cat bag and buried itself under the soft blanket on the sofa, revealing only a pair of quiet and alert blue eyes.

Even so, Lan Yexing felt that this villa was warmer than before.

He squinted his eyes and looked at it: "You've taken good care of yourself, you're great. Keep it up." After it recovers for two days, he can take it for vaccination.

Thinking of this, he quietly dealt with the cat litter, changed the water and food.

After that, he took a hot bath and fell into a comfortable sleep on the soft bed.

…

The next day, the news of the fire set off all public opinion: in a university like a place for young people to seek knowledge and grow, just because of a seat, someone could set fire and kill a classmate, and after the incident, he relied on the power of his family to prevent the police from getting involved in the investigation.

College bullying, public safety, educational equity, chaebol power and privilege... This incident involved almost all the contradictions that would hurt ordinary people. It soon began to cause serious and widespread discussion, and the media rushed to report on it. The Yuan family was completely pushed to the forefront, and people even began to spontaneously boycott Yuan's biological inhibitors out of anger.

Under pressure from public opinion, many public hospitals and offline pharmacies replaced Yuan's inhibitors and turned to cooperate with the Jian family.

Yuan Ye’s face appeared on all social media platforms, and his situation instantly fell to the bottom.

The Yuan family's public relations were also very ruthless and accurate. They completely abandoned Yuan Ye, the illegitimate son who had been recognized before, received much attention and love, and even given part of the industry. They stated that it was false news that the Yuan family interfered with the investigation, that the Yuan family knew nothing about Yuan Ye's behavior, and that they felt very heartbroken and disappointed after the incident. Yuan Ye will accept sanctions in accordance with the law and accept public supervision.

The Yuan family will compensate and offer condolences to all the affected students, and will continue to increase its charitable investment in the education and medical industries.

After that, there were overwhelming press releases about the Yuan family’s charity and sudden scandals involving top celebrities.

But even so, the losses suffered by the Yuan family could not be recovered.

In addition, there were also sporadic reports from reporters that in addition to the mastermind and instigator Yuan Ye, an illegitimate son of the Li family was the direct arsonist. Some conspiracy theorists believed that the Jian family and the Li family were related by marriage, and the direct beneficiary of this incident was actually the Jian family, and it was very likely that the Jian family was behind it.

…

In the cafeteria of the business school on campus, Li Long looked at the newspaper in his hand and frowned slightly.

The students at the table behind me were discussing this social event:

"When Yuanye was taken away, he was photographed by reporters. I've never seen him cry so hysterically. He lost all his rationality and kept yelling at the reporters. He really didn't want to start a fire, he just wanted to teach that beta a lesson. But he has bullied many people before, and he has done too much. I think he is just lying and playing a pity game because the incident got out of hand this time."

"Ah, and that Li Xin. I have always argued that he didn't intend to set the fire. It was his mental power that got out of control. Tsk, who would believe that? He boasts to everyone every day that he is a member of the Li family. Not only does he have mental power, but he also controls it very well."

"It's not impossible. The Jian family's mental power is the same as the Yuan family's, both are controlled by pheromones. Yuan Ye's pheromone control can at most affect an omega to enter the susceptible period, but I heard that powerful pheromone control can even affect people with mental power, causing their mental power to go out of control."

"Isn't the child from the Jian family studying in our school? I heard that he had a conflict with Yuanye a few days ago. This operation can not only bring benefits to his own family, but also destroy Yuanye."

"That's right. The only direct beneficiary of this incident is the Jian family. No matter how you think about it, it's impossible that it has nothing to do with them, right? After all, the competition among giant companies like that is very intense."

"And he also helped his cousin get rid of an illegitimate child. Li Xin and Li Long must be at odds with each other!"

…

"What are you thinking about?"

A sweet voice sounded, and Janes sat down opposite Li Long with two breakfasts and pushed one of them in front of him.

He gracefully and skillfully placed the napkin on his lap, laid out the knife and fork, and said calmly: "The illegitimate child who made your mother unhappy has been solved. Aren't you happy?"

Li Long was silent for a moment and looked at him: "You are unhappy."

He looked at him straight in the eyes: "We all know that your ability can indeed manipulate mental power out of control, but you have never done that."

Janes paused, lowered his eyes and looked at the uncut breakfast on the plate. He was silent for a while before he said calmly, "Do you think he will think I did it?"

Then he shook his head: "Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore." He looked at Li Long, his voice was vaguely sweet, but without any emotion: "You have to continue to collect information about Qiao You in the business school. I have to make him fall in love with me."

Li Long: “…Okay.” After saying that, he looked in one direction in a daze.

Noticing his strangeness, Janes looked up: "What's wrong?"

Li Long looked at the boy who was choosing at the corner snack area: "It's your friend."

Janes tightened his grip on the knife and fork, but turned sideways to look over there: Lan Yexing was getting tiramisu in the dessert area.

There were three pieces of tiramisu on the plate, and Lan Yexing put them all on his tray.

As if he felt embarrassed for taking everything, although his expression was calm, the boy's earlobes turned red. After taking everything, he quickly walked to the most inconspicuous spot in the corner and sat down.

Janes couldn't help but chuckle as he watched, his deep blue pupils filled with pure smiles. He seemed to be talking to himself, "You love sweets so much..." There was a lightness and tenderness in his tone that he was not aware of.

As he thought of something, a layer of shadow covered his blue eyes.

…

Lan Yexing knew nothing about this. He sat at the round table, staring at the tiramisu in front of him with some distress. After a while, he resigned himself to picking up the silver spoon - he had already taken it, and even if he didn't like chocolate products, he had to finish it.

The news in the morning did not bring him the revenge from the Yuan family - perhaps it was because Yuan Ye was too unimportant to the Yuan family, or perhaps it was because Qiao You, who also had a strong background, was involved. The other party was hesitant and could not fight back, and just wanted to calm public opinion as soon as possible.

As parties involved in the incident, he and Jiang Xiaozhou were able to avoid being disturbed by public opinion, and even their personal information was not leaked at all. This is something that only the privileged can do - most likely because Qiao You is involved.

This was very frustrating, but it was indeed because of Qiao You that he was able to come to school normally this morning and come to the business school restaurant to complete the task - the system said that Qiao You liked the tiramisu in the business school restaurant, and in the morning an alpha who also liked this tiramisu would deliberately come here and then deliberately grab the same piece of tiramisu as Qiao You, creating an encounter and using the fact that they had the same hobby to attack Qiao You.

That's why he had to take away all the remaining tiramisu in advance - fortunately, the desserts served in this kind of restaurant are all made fresh on the same day, so if they are gone, they are gone.

Lan Yexing really wanted to complain, what kind of weird brain circuit could come up with such a strategy, is it true that two people would become a sweet couple just because they pick up the same piece of tiramisu?

Thinking of this, Lan Yexing took a bite of cake, then choked and almost vomited: Why is the cake made from dark chocolate so sweet? He was about to suffocate from the sweetness...

Lan Yexing took a big sip of black coffee and felt his mouth come alive. At this moment, he heard voices faintly coming from the direction of the restaurant entrance. He paused and looked over there: Qiao You was coming.

He was followed by an alpha of similar height and build, who seemed to be his friend. The alpha was really sunny and cheerful, chatting and laughing all the way. When he walked in, he even supported an omega who almost dropped his coffee on Qiao You.

Qiao You ignored him and mercilessly left his friend to deal with and appease the timid omega, while he went to get breakfast directly.

He paused when he saw the empty tiramisu dessert plate: the tiramisu here was always too sweet, so even though only three servings were available each day, he was the only one who would take one.

Today it's completely empty.

Perhaps because the situation was so rare, the lively cake chef came out of the kitchen happily and told Qiao You excitedly that there was finally another customer who understood his taste buds. He pointed in a direction and said, "Look, it's a very cute little guy, right?"

Qiao You looked in the direction the other party pointed, raised his eyebrows, picked up something else and walked towards there.

After a while, another tall, red-haired alpha walked into the restaurant and headed for the dessert area. He was not wearing a school uniform and did not look like a student. He had a gentle and extremely rational temperament and wore metal-framed glasses. He only paused when he passed Janes.

Janes, who had remained calm even when watching Qiao You walking towards Lan Yexing, suddenly became gloomy. It was unknown what he was thinking about, as a hint of coldness appeared in his deep blue pupils. Li Long's body tensed up, and for the first time, his expression showed some terrible aggressiveness.

The red-haired Alpha didn't say anything. He paused for a moment and continued walking forward.

…

With a "click", the blond young man placed a cup of black coffee and a plate of finger sandwiches on the table, then pulled out a chair and sat down elegantly: "Do you mind sharing a seat, junior?"

Lan Yexing took the last bite of the cake and smiled at him: "Go ahead." Then he took another sip of bitter coffee.

Qiao You's emerald eyes showed a rare desire to explore. He looked at the boy's forehead twitching slightly because of the overly sweet cake and his cute appearance with chocolate crumbs on his lips, and asked with a smile, "Why do you take it if you don't like it?"

Lan Yexing pushed the empty plate away, placed the second plate in front of him, and said calmly: "Just think of it as my hobby of self-abuse."

Qiao You: “It’s a really special hobby.”

Lan Yexing continued to "torture herself" and ignored him, thinking to herself, is it normal for you to like eating such perverted sweet food?

Qiao You ate his sandwich casually and elegantly, and said as if he could read my mind: "Junior, you are not saying bad things about me in your heart, are you?"

Lan Yexing: “!”

He smiled and denied: "No."

He actually didn't really want to spend time with Qiao You when they were not on missions, and was about to suggest to him whether he should go find some friends for dinner - he didn't care that his sunny alpha friend didn't find anyone, and just sat down somewhere else.

At this time, clear footsteps were heard, and a red-haired alpha wearing glasses stood beside their table. He wore a golden cobra badge on his chest, and the sharp fangs exposed from the snake's mouth pierced into the red moon.

He glanced at the last tiramisu on the table and said meaningfully, "It seems that you are not the only one who has the same taste preference as me, Qiao You. There are also people who like to eat the tiramisu here just like us."

"It's just such a shame that my carefully planned sweet exchange situation was ruined."

Lan Yexing glanced at his watch, but it wasn't lit up, which meant it wasn't the time for the strategy event, so he continued to eat his cake with his head down.

Qiao You also did not stop what he was doing. He lowered his eyes and ate his breakfast. There was a flash of cold arrogance, disgust and impatience in his green eyes.

Alpha was not angry, but continued: "I have always been obsessed with the theory that the same hobbies are the bridge to become friends, Qiao You, we will be very compatible. Just like what I proposed to you when I met you here a month ago, do you really not consider joining the Paradise Club I founded?"

Qiao You took a sip of black coffee without even looking at the other person - as if the other person was some kind of trash that was not worthy of his attention: "Ah, I don't even consider it."

Alpha was still not angry. He gave the blond young man a meaningful look, then turned to look at Lan Yexing and said with a smile: "So, little classmate, do you want to join?"

Qiao You paused quietly as he stroked the coffee cup.

"Let me introduce myself," Alpha put a business card next to Lan Yexing's hand: "My name is Yuan Ping, and I'm a researcher at the medical school. Yuan Ye is my younger brother."

Lan Yexing's eyes turned cold.

Yuan Ping smiled at the boy. He was smiling, but the way he stared at the boy was like a poisonous snake. "Don't worry, Lan, I have always hated my half-lowly blood, stupid and useless bastard brother who still dreams of marrying into the family."