Chapter 7
Qiao Yan watched as Xiao Lu escorted Nan Shuyin upstairs, then glanced at Nan Yayin sitting opposite him on the sofa, signaling that he could begin.
Her living room wasn't small, but it was precisely in such an environment that the Omega's pheromones didn't overly control her emotions.
The fresh scent of plants mixed with a slightly bitter sour taste gradually soothed Qiao Yan's troubled mood, plunging her into a calm and comfortable state.
Before smelling his pheromones in the lab, Qiao Yan wouldn't have believed that pheromones could have such a significant effect on Alphas. She made him do this to confirm the situation at the time. After receiving a positive answer, Qiao Yan said to him, "Alright, do you have any other requests? If not, sign here."
Nan Yayin looked up. So fast?
He was indeed a little ashamed, so he quickly grabbed the contract on the table and started to look at it. But he couldn't really understand any of the terms. After a quick glance, he didn't think there was anything wrong with it, so he neatly wrote his name next to "Qiao Yan's" signature.
Qiao Yan took the paper. "I'll give you a photocopy later so you can keep it."
He then got up from the sofa and left, saying, "Like I said before, I'll be back about every three days. You don't need to be too nervous; just do what I did today."
Nan Yayin watched her retreating figure and responded somewhat helplessly. Only after hearing the door close did he have to look at Xiao Lu, the robot who had just come downstairs, with a blank stare.
"Let's go to school." Qiao Yan sat in the back seat and then took out his terminal.
“Perfectly resolved.” Qiao Yan texted Shu Juan, then went back to his own account to transfer the money, only to suddenly remember that he didn’t seem to have a payment account yet.
Finding 150,000 in cash now is incredibly difficult. Even going to an interstellar bank wouldn't guarantee a one-time payment; they'd definitely interrogate her at every turn. Omega pheromone therapy sounds utterly unreliable. They might as well just sue her in an interstellar court. Given her status, she'd probably be constantly on her personal terminals across several planets.
She had no choice but to call Nan Yayin, hoping he would accept transferring the money tomorrow or opening the account tonight; she was willing to accept either. However, the first deposit couldn't be this large, and opening a high-value account would take a day...
Qiao Yan rubbed her head, thinking that she still hadn't done a thorough enough job. Three or four minutes passed on the other end of the phone and no one answered. She frowned in frustration.
The buildings and furniture in the new district are indeed a significant leap compared to the old district, and most of them are designed for convenience, but those who are not familiar with them may find it difficult to understand at first glance.
I hope nothing bad has happened to him...
Qiao Yan hadn't planned to do this, but eventually turned on the home security camera and saw that Nan Ya Yin had placed the terminal in the guest room while she was mopping the floor in the kitchen.
Mopping the floor?
Does she even have a mop in her house? Qiao Yan adjusted the camera and found Xiao Lu wandering around the living room.
"What are you doing?" Qiao Yan connected to Xiao Lu's control center.
Upon hearing the question from the ultimate master, Xiao Lu ended the previous task and said, "I'm carrying out the instructions given by Guest Nan Yayin. Whatever."
Qiao Yan rubbed her temples. "Go help him. He's cleaning in the kitchen."
"That's because Nan Ya Yin, a guest, spilled a milk glass, and they're cleaning up the broken pieces now," Xiao Lu replied.
"Did he spill a milk glass?" Qiao Yan thought that Nan Ya Yin shouldn't be such a careless person. After all, when he threw the shovel yesterday, it grazed Nan Ze. Spilling a glass is a relatively uncommon thing. "Then go help him and let him get some rest."
“Master, this is why I execute the [whatever] command.” Qiao Yan could detect a hint of helplessness in Xiao Lu’s electronic voice.
Qiao Yan couldn't actually turn back; that would make him seem untrustworthy. And if he knew he'd seen the money through the security camera...
They're probably going to be criticized.
“Tell him to answer the phone,” Qiao Yan said. “Then you should take this opportunity to get ready.”
"Yes, Master."
Xiao Lu spun around and walked to Nan Ya Yin's side. "Guest Nan Ya Yin, the host wants you to answer the phone."
Qiao Yan: "!"
Wouldn't this reveal that she can see what's going on in the house?
Nan Yayin didn't react much. She nodded, cleaned the glass shards into the trash can, and went upstairs to get her terminal.
Qiao Yan thought that he probably didn't understand the purpose of the furniture and thought that she had just sent a message to Xiao Lu.
What are they afraid of? The contract has already been signed. If he doesn't follow the contract, he won't get the remaining 300,000 yuan, not to mention that the current 150,000 yuan hasn't even been transferred yet.
The call connected on the terminal, and suddenly two identical voices came from both the monitor and the terminal.
"Hello? What's up?"
Qiao Yan was surprised that the house's surveillance system was so good, and the sound reception was also so good. If it weren't for the fact that Shu Juan made the system, she would have been afraid that someone might have hacked into her home system.
Qiao Yan turned off the monitor as soon as he uttered the first word, saying, "There's something I haven't told you."
After a while, the person on the other end asked, "What?"
"You don't have an account system yet. Do you want to get it set up tonight, or wait until tomorrow and then I'll transfer the 150,000 yuan all at once?" Qiao Yan wiped his sweat.
Nan Ya Yin glanced at her younger sister, who was sleeping on the bed, and said, "Tomorrow."
He didn't want Shuyin to be left here alone. "When can Shuyin go to the hospital for a check-up?"
Qiao Yan thought of the child, "Anytime is fine."
"Is tomorrow okay?" Nan Ya Yin asked her. She had left too quickly and only mentioned that she had an appointment with the doctor, but hadn't specified the time.
"Okay," Qiao Yan replied quickly. "But you'll have to wait until I finish my morning classes. I'll come back to pick you up."
"Okay." Nan Yayin finally breathed a sigh of relief. "I'm hanging up."
Before Qiao Yan could reply, the terminal disconnected.
She only has one long class tomorrow morning. Although she has a lot of freedom at school, she still needs to ask for leave.
While she was editing her leave request, Shu Juan sent her a message, probably after she finished: "OK, sent." and "Congratulations, please report back to me on any follow-up."
There was more than one leader, and Qiao Yan felt a little nauseous.
After hanging up the phone, Nan Yayin went downstairs to the kitchen and saw that the robot had already cleaned the kitchen. It was more efficient and safer than him.
He glanced around, then quietly took a quick shower, though he could only manage a cold shower since he had no idea how to adjust the water temperature.
When he returned to his room, he remembered how his legs had gone numb from the pheromones that Qiao Yan had released. He had actually witnessed it back in the old city, but since it wasn't directed at him, he was somewhat surprised that it was an Alpha's pheromones.
He only realized his hands and legs were trembling when he stood up, and he even knocked over his milk glass.
He didn't sleep in the bed because Shuyin had broken her bone, and he didn't want to risk hurting her. So he stayed on the single sofa in the room.
When he opened his terminal, he saw that Shu Juan had suddenly added him to her contacts and sent him a message from Qiao Yan.
His finger hovered over the holographic screen of the terminal. He didn't want to know about her, yet he was filled with curiosity. Only when his finger touched her and made a realistic pressing sound did Nan Ya Yin cautiously open her eyes a crack.
Qiao Yan is actually a member of the Interstellar Expeditionary Force! That's something everyone in their old city knows.
Nan Yayin used her terminal to search for Qiao Yan's name, and photos and biographical information flew up to her like snowflakes.
He started training at age 12, went to the front lines at age 14, and retired at age 22 for personal reasons. Although he only spent eight years on the front lines, he was the captain of an elite unit in the interstellar expeditionary force.
She is now a professor in the Equipment Department, and Qiao Yan is only 26 years old this year. Judging from her resume, it is entirely believable that she is 62 years old.
According to the information, she is probably not a native of Bailu Star, but from another planet.
Nan Yayin searched around but found no indication of which planet she was from.
There is a lot of information about Qiao Yan online, but most of it is similar or even copied verbatim. In reality, it only lists her name, age, and gender, and then adds her honors.
He remembered that she was a teacher at Bailu Interstellar University, a prestigious university. He had aspired to get into it when he was still a student, but he chose to drop out before even taking the exam.
Nan Yayin paused her tapping on the screen, then clicked into the school's public forum.
The posts were a jumble of student complaints: the food in the Star University cafeteria was awful, or today's exam was a practical one. Clicking through made it feel like I was still in school.
Nan Yayin precisely searched for the two characters "Qiao Yan" and was surprised to find quite a few results.
"Is Qiao Yan qualified to be a professor?"
She's not exactly a professional, more like an amateur, what's it called, part-time professor, but I guess she's qualified.
-Bullshit, her teaching is too abstract.
"I can't pass Qiao Lao's class at all. Who can understand that my equipment class practical exam is against her? I hope she can control her pheromones."
-Who exactly ruined me? Should I fight a retired soldier? Every time I see a fist, I immediately see the blue sky. The sky on White Dew Star is so blue, it's no wonder it's called a retirement planet.
-I heard she had an old injury, and she still couldn't beat her. Tsk tsk tsk, the equipment department is really all weaklings.
-Don't just type, go get a couple of punches too.
"Professor Qiao's pheromones smell so good, are they actually creamy? Isn't she an Alpha?"
Can I tell you? Is Qiao Yan really not an Omega pretending to be an Alpha?
Stop fantasizing, just smell it and you'll know.
-With technology so advanced these days, it's possible that he's actually an Omega. If he is an Omega, that would be so exciting.
Nan Yayin went back to look at the message Shu Juan had sent him, and confirmed that Qiao Yan was indeed a creamy Alpha.
When he first smelled it, he couldn't believe it and thought a cake shop had opened up there.
After all, he was an Alpha, and he thought it would be some kind of cold or stimulating pheromone, and that he could tell at a glance that it was a very powerful creature.
Just then, I came across a post that said, "Qiao Yan used her sweet pheromones to confuse her opponent, and then landed a fatal punch."
"A rare, alluring Alpha."
Nan Yayin laughed uncontrollably. Did the highly respected Professor Qiao know that his students had made such a fuss about him?
Xiao Lu was knocking on his door just then. "Master asked me to tell you to get some rest."
Nan Yayin suddenly turned her head around. She knew that most people would install surveillance cameras in their homes, but she wouldn't have installed one in his room too, would she? That would be too perverted!
He looked around, thinking that Qiao Yan shouldn't be that bored.
In fact, at this very moment, Qiao Yan was buying daily necessities at the school's supermarket. She miscalculated, forgetting that the last time she stayed in the teachers' dormitory was a year ago, and it was covered in dust everywhere, with nowhere to lie down.
Because there are no housekeeping robots available, she has to do the housework herself. If she can't clean the whole room, she can at least clean the area where she sleeps.
When she returned to her dorm with her things, a message popped up on her terminal from Xiaolu, reminding her that the people in the guest room were still awake and the lights were on.
Qiao Yan replied, "Then remind him to go to bed early."
Completely betrayed, Xiao Lu always asks who gave the orders when she works, causing Qiao Yan's image in Nan Ya Yin's mind to suddenly plummet, and he is now heading towards the possibility of becoming a "perverted surveillance maniac".
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