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At night, Zou Yuqing lay on the floor, staring at the ceiling. Xu Wang wanted him to sleep on the bed, but how could he have the nerve to take his friend's bed? It was already a big trouble for Xu Wang just to be able to live here.
Knowing Zou Yuqing's personality, Xu Wang no longer thought about pulling Zou Yuqing up, but instead spread a blanket for Zou Yuqing to make him more comfortable.
The lights were turned off, and the room was plunged into darkness. Xu Wang's steady breathing in his sleep was in his ears, giving him a sense of still being alive. That last glance at Wei Mingjue, his back, kept replaying in his mind, leaving him speechless.
Why did he inherit this characteristic from Xu Jie? He was the one who was deceived, yet he couldn't forget the person who deceived him. Fortunately, he wouldn't be as hopeless as his mother, but would choose to leave himself a way out.
Wei Mingjue didn't really like him, he knew it very well.
Turning his phone screen to its darkest setting, Zou Yuqing checked his text messages. Besides Wei Mingjue, Zou Yuyang's situation also troubled him.
Zou Yuyang has been asking him for money since last month. Now that he knows the truth, he thought Zou Yuyang would not come to him again, but the text message two hours ago made him fall into deep thought.
[Give me one hundred thousand, or I'll post your story with Wei Mingjue online and tell everyone.]
One hundred thousand was becoming increasingly outrageous and excessive. Zou Yuqing did not reply to the message. He did not know what to say. The fifty thousand had already made him extremely anxious, and the one hundred thousand now was even more so. Moreover, it was definitely impossible for Wei Mingjue to order it again. He did not understand what Zou Yuyang was trying to do.
He turned off his phone and decided not to think about anything else. School was about to start in a week, and before that, he needed to adjust his mood and stop being upset by the affairs of the Wei and Zou families.
The next morning, he sent a message to Manager Cui, explaining that he would no longer be coming to work due to personal reasons. He was also still unwell and couldn't come to the office for the handover. Fortunately, he hadn't left any personal belongings at his workstation, so he just needed to ask Mu Yun to clean up a bit.
Manager Cui didn't say anything. It was perfectly normal for an employee to leave, especially since this employee was brought in by the boss. But Mu Yun broke down. She ran to the bathroom and called him crying, asking why he had left so suddenly.
While comforting Mu Yun, he woke up Xu Wang. Then, under Xu Wang's confused and gossipy gaze, he comforted Mu Yun and made an appointment to have dinner together in a few days.
"That's right." After yawning, Xu Wang said, "Judging from the voice, it's an omega, right?"
"Just a colleague, don't think too much about it. Get up, I have to go to the store." Zou Yuqing smiled helplessly. Leaving Shuangming meant that after this period of time was over, he would need to start looking for a new part-time job.
After living in Xu Wang's house, Zou Yuqing began to follow his friend to look after the store every day. Because of him as a "helper", Xu Wang's parents rarely had time to travel and handed the store over to them.
There are more and more customers recently, all of them are college students who have returned to school early to have a party. Xu Wang is responsible for the cashier, and Zou Yuqing is responsible for getting the cigarettes or alcohol that the customers order. The two of them work in perfect harmony and chat and eat together during lunch break.
But in the afternoon, a familiar figure appeared outside the store. Zou Yuqing knew that Wei Mingjue would not give up. This Alpha had never experienced failure before, but he was just unwilling to accept the defeat.
So when he saw Wei Mingjue standing outside the door, he just glanced at him and then continued to give the goods to the customer, ignoring the stunned Alpha outside the door.
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Wei Mingjue hadn't expected Zou Yuqing to truly stop paying attention to him. After a quick meeting with Dong Ge that morning, he'd headed straight to the university town. Seeing Zou Yuqing bustling about in a sports suit in the store, his anxious mood had eased considerably. But when Zou Yuqing merely glanced at him and didn't make any other moves, he immediately returned to his usual composure.
This can't go on any longer. Wei Mingjue pursed his lips, opened the door, and walked into the store.
The store was quite busy, and I'd assumed most of the people buying cigarettes and alcohol would be men, but the opposite was true. Groups of young girls stood by the cash register and the cigarette counter, though they generally grabbed bottles of mineral water when they paid.
Zou Yuqing is a very good and attractive Alpha. Wei Mingjue was shocked again. Yes, if Zou Yuqing wasn't attractive, how could he have fallen in love with her?
"Another handsome guy is here. Looks like we'll have to come to this store more often in the future." People started whispering around. High-quality Alphas are very attractive to Omegas. At this moment, many men and women looked at Wei Mingjue.
Among the many eyes, only Zou Yuqing did not look at him, but silently tidied up the not messy tobacco and alcohol cabinet.
Ignoring those gazes, Wei Mingjue walked to the tobacco and alcohol counter and softly called out "Zou Yuqing".
Xu Wang was about to speak with his eyes wide open when Zou Yuqing stopped him. He turned around and looked at Wei Mingjue indifferently, "What are you buying?"
What to buy? Wei Mingjue was stunned. He didn't need to buy anything. He just wanted to see Zou Yuqing. However, Zou Yuqing looked like he didn't want to see him, which made him feel frustrated.
"I'm here to give you something." As he spoke, Wei Mingjue pulled out the bank card Xu Jie had given him, mistaking him for Zou Yushen. "Isn't this card yours?"
Yes, he had a reason to come to Zou Yuqing.
Zou Yuqing's expression changed the moment he saw the card in Wei Mingjue's hand. This was the bank card he used to pay his tuition, and it contained all the money he needed for school, all saved up from working part-time jobs since high school. He had clearly hidden this card at the bottom of his bedside table, so why was it in Wei Mingjue's hands?
Walking out of the counter, Zou Yuqing wanted to take it back, but Wei Mingjue dodged him. He was a little anxious and glared at Wei Mingjue, "Isn't it for me?"
"Don't hide from me, Zou Yuqing." Wei Mingjue held the bank card tightly and stared at Zou Yuqing, regret and determination in his eyes. "Don't try to distance yourself from me either. Promise me, and I'll give you the card."
So how could such a person change? Zou Yuqing laughed out loud, "I'm not hiding from you. Whatever, if you don't give it to me, I don't want it." After saying that, he turned around and wanted to walk back to the counter.
"Take it." Wei Mingjue gritted his teeth. He knew Zou Yuqing's temper. This Alpha was too stubborn. If he had been attracted to Zou Yuqing's stubbornness before, now he was controlled by it. "Zou Yuqing, everything I said to you yesterday was true... I'm leaving now. I'll come back. Be safe."
Zou Yuqing was stunned by Wei Mingjue's concession. He took the bank card and stared at it blankly until the annoying Alpha in front of him left and he was brought back to his senses by his friend.
"Hey, hey! What's going on? Just because he returned the card to you, you're going to forgive him, right?" Xu Wang shouted several times before Zou Yuqing reacted, and teased him with a hint of "yin and yang".
"No." Zou Yuqing put the card into his trouser pocket and shook his head.
Just for a moment just now, he seemed to really feel that something was different.
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