Chapter 9 Chapter 9 Logically speaking, it seems that I shouldn’t...
Not long after putting down the cup of water, the red-haired alpha walked over from a distance.
The other person's hair color was unusually eye-catching. Xie Zhizhi guessed that he should have Celtic or Germanic ancestry, and his iconic red hair and fair skin were the best evidence.
The distance quickly narrowed, and finally the alpha stood three steps away, leaving a social distance that would not cause any annoyance.
"Lin He, can I meet you?" he started.
If there hadn't been such deliberate approaching, the two would have just met by chance after leaving the boxing ring.
Xie Zhizhi nodded politely and smiled gently: "Xie Zhizhi, Zhizhi is the Zhizhi that Zhizhi is."
Lin He nodded, his expression looking like he wanted to say something but was too embarrassed to say it, and the scene was momentarily stagnant.
Xie Zhizhi had no choice but to sit there and wait leisurely for what was to come. His dark eyes stared at the other person without blinking, his attitude like that of a kindergarten teacher who had received professional training.
After a short while, Lin He's golden eyes looked towards the empty seat on the bench beside Xie Zhizhi, and he awkwardly asked for further communication:
"Can I sit here?"
Xie Zhizhi blinked: "As you wish."
After getting approval, Lin He sat down with his arms and legs extended.
"Are you a beta?"
Xie Zhizhi nodded: "Can't you see it?"
Lin He: "You smell like alpha hormone, although it's not obvious."
“…”
The other party's sudden outburst made Xie Zhiyi regret his soft words for a moment.
He laughed and said, "Ah... really?"
Lin He noticed Xie Zhizhi's evasiveness and said as a remedy: "Sorry, I just wanted to say you're amazing."
Xie Zhizhi then tilted his head and smiled softly, saying, "Thank you, you too."
The lukewarm attitude actually had a sense of stopping at the right time, but it failed to make Alpha give up.
Lin He's scorching gaze fell on Xie Zhizhi's wrist, where the pure white bandage that had not been removed in time still firmly bound Beta's wrist bones and even the front end of his forearm.
Lin He said: "Most apex ties are tied in the Mexican style, yours is special."
"special?"
Upon hearing this, Xie Zhizhi raised his wrist and looked at it casually. In his opinion, both ways of tying were very common, so he didn't understand what was so special about this so-called special method.
"I'm just more used to this fixed method. The Mexican style is indeed more practical..."
Lin He: "I'm not very good at the Russian style, but you do it beautifully."
Xie Zhizhi: "Just tie it a few more times and it will be fine."
Lin He said, "Can you show me?"
Xie Zhizhi explained good-naturedly, "We are different. You are stronger, so you should be more suitable for the Mexican style. There is no need to learn from me."
Lin He seemed not to understand the rejection in his words, and continued stubbornly: "But after fighting with you, I really want to try a different binding method."
“…”
Xie Zhizhi rarely met such a self-adhesive type, and suddenly he felt as if the veins on his forehead were throbbing.
"Apex has very professional boxing instructors who can teach you..."
Lin He then said: "But none of them are as pretty as yours."
“…….”
Xie Zhizhi was at a loss.
With the alpha's scorching gaze, Xie Zhizhi seemed to see a phantom limb like a tail wagging wildly behind him...
Before the game, it was clear that he was not the type to play such a sticky and straight ball.
"Isn't it possible?" The phantom limb's tail seemed to droop.
“…”
Xie Zhizhi's lips curled up a few pixels in anger and said, "...Okay."
Not very happy actually.
As my fingertips touched the bandage, the phone beside the chair suddenly vibrated.
Xie Zhizhi had no choice but to make an apologetic expression to Lin He and said, "Wait a moment." Then he picked up the phone.
The phone displayed a completely unfamiliar number.
Normally, Xie Zhizhi would never answer a harassing call like this, but at that moment, he nodded seriously at Lin He, meaning that he needed some private space to answer the call, then stood up and walked a few steps to the side.
During those few steps, Xie Zhizhi was already prepared for a confusing conversation with the harassing phone caller. Specifically, when the caller tried to sell him health supplements, real estate, or cram schools, he would feign surprise and respond: "What? You slipped? Did you hurt your tailbone and it hurts like hell? Okay, okay, I'll be right there."
As soon as I put my ear to it, an inexplicably familiar voice came from the other side.
The harassing caller called him by name in a very charming and pleasant voice: "Xie Zhizhi."
"?"
Unfortunately, the prepared speech got stuck.
The voice was familiar, but he couldn't place exactly where it was familiar.
Glancing at Lin He not far away, Xie Zhizhi pretended to be calm and replied in a very official manner: "Yes, I'm listening, go ahead."
The person on the other side smiled briefly but clearly.
"Where are you now?"
After two seconds of long memories, Xie Zhizhi still couldn't recognize it.
"..." The anti-fraud consciousness and voice recognition system were fighting wildly in his mind, and for a moment he didn't know what to do.
"Who are you?" Xie Zhizhi covered his mouth and asked in a low voice.
"Feng Wen."
“……?”
There was no time to figure out where the number came from. The fingers holding the phone tightened subconsciously. Oh no, why did I feel guilty?
I clearly haven't done anything wrong, but I'm still a little uneasy... I feel like if I was still on IV drip yesterday, I shouldn't be out today, especially at a gym like Apex.
"What's the matter?" he probed.
"Where are you?" Feng Wen asked again.
Xie Zhizhi blinked, seemingly unable to detect the implication of accusation from the tone. After weighing the pros and cons for a moment, he lied very naturally: "At home."
In front of the one-way mirror, Feng Wen looked down at the black figure stealthily answering the phone below, and said in a light tone: "You are at home. I thought you were outside. It's so noisy where you are."
Xie Zhi subconsciously raised his leg and took two steps to the corner. He licked his lips and said, "...I'm watching TV, the boxing channel, so it's quite noisy."
Feng Wen didn't pursue the matter further and asked him, "Have you had dinner?"
Xie Zhizhi picked at his fingers and said, "Not yet, eat now."
"Half an hour."
"What half an hour?"
Feng Wen glanced at the red-haired alpha sitting on the lounge chair and smiled maliciously: "I brought you a nutritious meal. It should be at your house in half an hour."
Feng Wen said slowly, "Remember to open the door for me."
“……?”
Xie Zhizhi felt like he was stuck.
He looked at his phone and then at his boxing straps, the words of refusal rolled into his throat but he couldn't say them.
After all, this unfamiliar deskmate was kind enough to take him to the hospital last night, stayed with him while he got the injection, and now he was going to bring him a nutritious meal... Faced with such a moment full of humanistic care, what kind of beast could refuse something?
After a difficult mental preparation, Xie Zhizhi tried hard to keep his voice from trembling with pain, and replied obediently, "Okay, be careful on the road, and tell the driver to drive slower..."
"Don't worry, see you later."
“…See you later.”
The phone hung up.
Xie Zhizhi stood there blankly staring at the page for a while before hanging up. He reasonably suspected that she was not boxing at the moment, but was cosplaying as a cheating husband, and was about to be caught.
He hurried back to the lounge chair and met Lin He's expectant and puzzled gaze. Xie Zhizhi sincerely put on an expression of anxiety.
Patting Alpha's strong and thick shoulders, he said, "The house is on fire. I will definitely teach you next time." Then he ran away in a mess with the water cup.
I didn't even have time to hear what Lin He was about to say with his mouth half opened.
This was the first time Xie Zhizhi regretted not having a driver at home.
On the way out of Apex, he quickly thought about whether online car-hailing or offline taxis was more time-efficient, and finally decided to do both.
When the online taxi was about 200 meters away, Xie Zhizhi slammed the metered taxi door shut and shouted breathlessly at the driver:
"Master! An Huan Wan! How much faster and more expensive can you open it? I'll pay triple!"
We drove at full speed all the way and finally got off the car after traveling 4.3 kilometers, 13 minutes and a half, and costing 70 yuan.
He rushed into Anhuan Bay in a hurry. Seeing that the elevator in the building was about to close and go up, he sprinted again and successfully pressed the button at the last second.
Xie Zhizhi crawled in like a cat, praying devoutly all the way that he would not have to stop halfway, and finally he reached the 26th floor smoothly.
It took less than twenty minutes to get from the Apex to my doorstep. As my fingertips touched the cool fingerprint sensor, my sense of security returned along with my IQ.
He suddenly remembered that Feng Wen didn't know which floor he lived on.
In other words, he seemed to be less anxious because Feng Wen would be stuck downstairs.
"Grass……"
Pushing the door open, Xie Zhizhi gasped and cursed in despair.
After cursing, he threw the black bag away in anger, thinking of putting on a full show, and took off his clothes while walking to the bathroom.
Sports top... shorts... The bandage on his hand was a little troublesome. Xie Zhizhi took it off one circle at a time, almost using his teeth.
As the last pair of panties fell, the phone began to buzz again.
Xie Zhizhi didn't even need to look at the caller. He just slid his fingertips as he walked, and sure enough, he heard Feng Wen's voice.
It sounds gentle, but it has a fatal effect.
"Xie Zhizhi, I'm almost there. Where is your home?"
Xie Zhizhi suppressed his rapid breathing and said calmly, "Building A, 26th floor. I've greeted you, just come in."
"OK."
It was a very simple syllable, but for some reason he always felt that Feng Wen seemed to be laughing.
Never mind.
After a few hypocritical and polite words, Xie Zhizhi hung up the phone, threw it away, and started taking a quick shower.
bite--
The doorbell rings.
The bathroom door was flung open.
A wet hand touched the phone and looked at it: "Not even 25 minutes yet!?"
Without bothering to dry his hair, Xie Zhizhi rubbed it casually on the bath towel, put on his bathrobe and ran out to pick up the dirty clothes that had just been thrown on the floor.
The bad habits I developed from living alone are now completely my own fault.
bite--
After barely tidying up everything, Xie Zhizhi took a deep breath while holding the door handle. The moment he opened the door, he put on an innocent expression:
"You're here, Feng Wen."
His movements were natural and relaxed, his tone was slightly surprised, and Xie Zhizhi felt quite good about himself.
Snap——
A drop of water dripped onto my eyelashes very tactlessly.
His eyelids twitched subconsciously, and Xie Zhizhi kneaded the short pile on his bathrobe with his fingers, explaining, "I was just taking a shower."
Feng Wen's eyes swept up and down with great presence, his eyebrows twitched, and he raised his hand to push the person in a little.
"Put on your clothes."
Xie Zhizhi then looked down, said "Oh" honestly, and raised his hand to try to tighten his belt.
Her ten fingers were tangled nimbly, her eyes were focused and innocent, and she didn't seem to feel anything was wrong about herself wearing a loose bathrobe and opening the door to greet people.
Feng Wen watched him calmly, wanting to ask him if he relied on the fact that he was a beta to think that the world was only divided into men and women of the first gender, without awareness of the second gender.
But I still didn't ask.
Xie Zhizhi's messy and wet black hair was pulled back to the back of his head, revealing his full and smooth forehead. Probably because he was too anxious, he forgot to wear the pair of black-framed glasses he usually wore when going out, so his handsome face was exposed without any obstruction.
This was the first time Feng Wen saw Beta's face so directly.
I don’t know if it was a thin layer of sweat or moisture from just getting out of the bath, but the skin was covered with dampness, and with a rare bloody color, it looked really pleasing to the eye.
down……
The smoky grey eyes restrained themselves from looking down.
When everyone had almost finished packing, Feng Wen raised his hand and said, "I brought you dinner."
Xie Zhizhi glanced at the large insulated box, appearing polite but actually complaining furiously, "Such trouble for you. I can actually order takeout myself."
The implication is obviously that your sudden visit caught me off guard.
Feng Wen pretended not to understand and said hypocritically: “This kind of thing should have been done by Shen Che, and then I’ll come to your house to apologize.”
"But he probably won't be back these few days."
Xie Zhizhi raised his eyebrows in a good mood, with a vague guess in his mind.
He opened the cabinet and took out a pair of brand new indoor slippers for Feng Wen. Xie Zhizhi said, "I'm going to blow dry my hair. You come in." Then he turned and went back to the bathroom.
Looking at the figure walking away, Feng Wen responded hesitantly, "Yeah." Then he lowered his eyes thoughtfully and looked at the brand new dark gray indoor mops on the ground.
To be fair, Feng Wen had no intention of entering the door at all.
He had always thought that this impulsive "prank" would end with the delivery of the "nutritious meal" that Xie Zhizhi had ordered on the spur of the moment, but Xie Zhizhi's gesture of turning around and inviting him in was so natural, as if he had tacitly agreed that he would come in and sit for a while or even have dinner with him.
But logically speaking, he shouldn't enter his childhood friend's fiancée's house alone - even if they are not in a good relationship and even had a fight last night.
Feng Wen pondered for a minute and a half, and finally walked in.
An exceptionally light fragrance filled the air. Feng Wen took a sniff and found it to be an aquatic scent with a hint of mint.
The huge space had many traces of life, but it was not messy. He keenly noticed the pure white boxing bandage that Xie Zhizhi had casually thrown on the back of the leather sofa. It was neat and beautiful when it was wrapped around his hand, but now it was thrown into a complete mess.
Feng Wen hesitated for a second, not sure what was going on in his head, and slowly rubbed the side of his index finger - the slight bite mark in the lounge had disappeared without a trace on his smooth skin.
Raising his hand to casually lift the scattered bandages, Feng Wen sensed a tiny bit of moisture.
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