Chapter 12
For several days in a row, Qiao Yan did not go to the hospital again until Nan Shuyin was discharged and she drove over to pick her up.
She had previously told him on the terminal not to be so strong when receiving pheromones next time, as she couldn't control her pheromones and might upset him again.
Nan Yayin's reaction at the time was indifferent, clearly perfunctory. Qiao Yan was six years older than him and always spoke more considerately, which somehow turned into a strange form of indulgence.
"Good morning." Qiao Yan stepped forward to greet the two, still feeling a little unwell. Once her mind cleared, she understood that Nan Ya Yin had deliberately released more pheromones in the bathroom a few days ago, but what was her purpose? Was it to make her lose control?
Why would he do that? She didn't seem to have done anything too outrageous to him. If this caused her to become more susceptible to illness earlier, right there in the hospital bathroom... that would be a huge scandal.
Nan Yayin is hard to understand, but thinking about it carefully, there are very few people in her life whom she can truly understand, so it seems that she lacks communication with others. Shu Juan also said that she is completely unlike someone her age; describing her as a newly unearthed artifact would be quite apt.
She could concoct a jar of poison with just a few words. Qiao Yan retorted that she was a humanities expert who didn't understand humanities, and that her matching device was a complete joke at that time.
However, it seems that although Shu Juan was prone to rambling, she at least made one correct point. There was still a generation gap between her and her biological age, and the gap was even wider when facing 20-year-old Nan Yayin.
Communication was truly a challenge for her. Communicating with students was no problem; she offered advice and understanding from the perspective of a teacher and elder. But Nan Ya Yin wasn't her student, and their relationship was something that could be measured in money—to put it bluntly, someone unfamiliar with the situation might think Qiao Yan was keeping a mistress.
Most likely, he's just a pretty little O who didn't go to school for many years, has a father who owes money, and a pitiful younger sister.
Qiao Yan felt suffocated at the thought; it turned out this was something that could make the news.
She genuinely believed it was a legitimate transaction, free from any shady elements.
She needed to communicate; she couldn't let Nan Ya Yin harbor any resentment but dare not speak it out. He had previously said he liked the taste of cream, which she couldn't add, but she could still buy a cake.
Nan Shuyin looked up and greeted Qiao Yan when she heard her voice, still holding the teddy bear in her arms. The five-year-old felt that this little bear had traveled all over the country with her and was a loyal companion. She liked it, and by extension, she liked Qiao Yan as well.
She was more straightforward than Nan Yayin; she smiled when she saw her and sweetly called her, "Sister."
Qiao Yan patted her head, then stiffly met Nan Ya Yin's eyes. "I've been too busy with things at school, so I haven't been able to come."
"What are you talking to me about? It's not like I'm the one in the hospital. I didn't say I cared, did I?" Actually, she thought to herself that this guy should at least be realistic when he lies. She came even though she was exhausted, and fell asleep on the sofa as soon as she arrived at the ward. Now, she's telling him she has too much to do at school, so she's just talking to the hospital dogs.
Qiao Yan reflected that he hadn't actually said that; it was she who was trying to justify herself. She just felt that their relationship was strange, so she insisted on saying something to appear normal.
"I bought a cake to celebrate your discharge from the hospital." Qiao Yan opened the car door, and the aroma of bread and cake wafted out. Nan Ya Yin was dumbfounded. She hadn't just bought a cake; she had bought a whole bakery.
She didn't buy very big cakes; she bought a small piece of each flavor, which together made up just one big cake.
“I want to return what I said to you that day. Buying so much will only make it spoil easily.” Nan Ya Yin carried her younger sister inside. “Who can eat this much?”
"It's okay, if we can't finish it, I can take it to school for my colleagues and students. Just order whatever you want to eat." Qiao Yan sat in the front; it was a holiday, so they could go home together.
Nan Ya Yin felt that Qiao Yan didn't understand them. How could they let someone else have the best of a bad situation? Every single cake here looked delicious, yet the two of them were like mice in a rice granary.
"Why did you suddenly buy a cake, and so many of them?" Nan Ya Yin knew all too well what Qiao Yan was struggling with. When she called him, she reminded him not to send him any more overly intense messages. She was just too old to handle any more shocks, which is why she said that.
If she's so capable, let her release her pheromones and we'll have a fight.
"Is it strange to celebrate Shuyin's discharge from the hospital?" Qiao Yan turned to look at him, and Nan Shuyin looked at him as well.
The road narrowed, and Nan Yayin snorted and ignored her.
Qiao Yan's terminal beeped with a message from Shu Juan, saying that a school she had contacted before could give her a spot, but she would have to pass a small test.
"Does Shuyin want to go to school?" Qiao Yan asked.
Nan Ya Yin also looked at her. Nan Shu Yin glanced at the two of them and then said, "I don't want to."
"What?" Before Qiao Yan could ask, Nan Ya Yin became anxious. The issue of Nan Shu Yin's schooling was also written in the contract. He knew all too well that Qiao Yan could send Nan Shu Yin to a higher-quality school with just a flick of his finger.
Then he kicked the person in front of him and said, "Why are you asking her? Do you want to back out?"
“She’s only five years old, there’s no need to rush. Whether she wants to learn or not is up to her,” Qiao Yan retorted. She had seen many students who developed a dislike for learning because they were forced to study.
"She doesn't know anything yet. How will she know if she likes something if you don't let her try?" Nan Yayin was very anxious. He couldn't get out of the old city through studying, but that didn't mean Nan Shuyin couldn't.
Qiao Yan's vulnerable period will come sooner or later, and Nan Ya Yin isn't sure if she can truly be comforted. Even if Qiao Yan dies, Nan Shu Yin can at least still go to school, and he still has at least 150,000 yuan in his pocket. Why let a five-year-old make decisions at this point?
Nan Shuyin didn't know why the two of them were arguing. She tugged at Qiao Yan's sleeve and said, "Going to school costs a lot of money."
She couldn't remember many things from her childhood, but she remembered that her brother used to go to school, but he stopped going because school cost a lot of money and her family didn't have the money.
“We don’t have that much money, but you can go as long as you pass the exam,” Qiao Yan said. “The exam won’t be too difficult. Bailu Kindergarten is a very good school. The kindergarten class is together with several departments. If you do well, you can go directly to the next level.”
"Bai Lu Middle School?" Nan Yayin asked.
"Hmm? You know about it?" Qiao Yan didn't know much about the junior and senior high schools on Bailu Star, only that they were famous.
Anyone who has been to school knows that this is one of the best schools; once you get in, you can go to university.
"I've heard of it," Nan Yayin said ambiguously, then fell silent.
Nan Yayin certainly wanted to get into Bailu Middle School, but she didn't have the ability. The teaching quality in the old city area couldn't keep up with that in the new city area. Even if she was a top student in a school in the old city area, it didn't mean she could get into Bailu Middle School. She might have been very smart, and even been complacent about it, never thinking about the idea that there were always people better than her. But when she saw the difference in scores and the limited number of places available at Bailu Middle School, she realized that she was actually quite foolish.
The scores of those who got into Bailu Middle School were extremely close; he couldn't even get into the top 100.
This was his first time facing the new urban area. He used to think of it as a high mountain that he could cross, but later he realized that it was another world that he could not reach.
He was young and unwilling to accept his fate, so he went to high school in the old city and studied hard. His goal at the time was the university where Qiao Yan worked.
Even when 16-year-old Nan Ze's lover simply left Nan Shuyin outside, he listened to her cries growing softer and softer, and still carried her inside.
Then there was the problem of not having money. He needed to eat, and Nan Shuyin needed to eat too. Why would Nan Ze give him money? He had to earn it himself. Coincidentally, he differentiated into an Omega that year. When Nan Ze smelled the scent, he immediately had the idea of selling him.
He said he could make money, and he wouldn't sell himself. As time went on, his studies worsened, and looking at his failing test papers, he was so exhausted that he couldn't even shed a tear.
Even a genius can't build a rocket without knowing anything. Nan Ya Yin is an idiot; he can't even get out of a fire.
He felt that living was more important than his future, so he dropped out of school and started working without much hesitation.
Now Qiao Yan tells him that Nan Shuyin can go to Bailu Middle School to study in her own department.
Why couldn't he be Nan Shuyin? Nan Yayin wanted to sigh, but the anger was stuck in her throat and she couldn't let it out.
"Isn't it expensive?" Nan Shuyin asked slowly.
"If you want to go, you can get in by passing the exam," Qiao Yan said casually. Arranging an exam and paying off medical and tuition fees was much easier for her than writing lesson plans.
"Then I'll go." Nan Shuyin is a five-year-old child. What she's thinking right now is that this older sister said it's not expensive, so she wants to go.
"Okay." Qiao Yan agreed. With just a few words, something Nan Ya Yin hadn't dared to dream of for 20 years could become a reality.
Damn rich people.
Nan Ya Yin patted her younger sister's head. No matter how envious she was, she should be happy that Nan Shu Yin had a chance to qualify. As long as she studied hard, she might be able to find a job in the new district. If all else failed, she would find a good place to live on another planet.
She's better than him overall.
When the car arrived home, Qiao Yan got out with her things. Nan Shuyin was already able to sit for long periods of time; she wasn't the type to like lying in bed, and was sitting in the dining room eating cake.
Qiao Yan hadn't been home for several days, and returning to her old home felt truly refreshing. She didn't want to stay in the teachers' dormitory there anymore, and seeing Xiao Lu made her even happier, since she couldn't get Xiao Lu's breakfast at the dormitory.
"Long time no see, Xiao Lu." Qiao Yan sat on the sofa in the living room, turned off the terminal, and enjoyed a simple and happy moment.
"Master, welcome home." Xiao Lu had been idle for several days, and seeing so many people returning home, the text on the display screen was jumping around, "Distinguished guests, little guests, welcome home."
"Long time no see." Nan Yayin asked it to take care of Nan Shuyin, and then walked to Qiao Yan's side.
“Although it’s a condition in the contract, it’s still a transaction involving pheromones,” Nan Ya Yin said, pressing down on the sofa. “I’ll do as you said and use less pheromones.”
Ah, Qiao Yan suddenly realized that no wonder Nan Ya Yin was always so proactive; he had always thought that she did these things for them because she needed his pheromones.
However, if you think about it carefully, she hasn't smelled his pheromones for about three days. Between AOs, at least a temporary mark is needed to make the scent last longer.
Qiao Yan pinched the bridge of her nose, lost in thought.
"Are you coming?"
Qiao Yan is good at resisting temptation. She doesn't have any hobbies that can be called addictions, but these aren't temptations; they're the rewards she gets for helping others.
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