Article 159 Bo Yan X He Li (04)
With just this simple sentence, without any beginning or end, the opposing Xiao Hei successfully broke through their defenses.
"Damn it, you two are such a jerk! Are you kidding me?"
"She has a boyfriend but still goes out to flirt and post photos. Is she sick in the head?"
"I knew you two were having an affair, and you're still pretending?"
He Li came out of the restroom and could hear the other person yelling furiously from afar. He asked in confusion, "Didn't I tell you to respond gently? Why are you yelling at him so fiercely?"
“You two are such a pair of bastards! I’m just a part of your play %#*^%#…%…” Little Black continued his incessant rant, “I’ll curse you every time I see you from now on.”
Cheng Boyan made no attempt to hide anything, showing him the reply and explaining very frankly, "He harassed you and said a lot of unpleasant things. I told him you have a boyfriend and that I had already politely rejected him."
He Li paused for a few seconds, then nodded mechanically: "Yes... that was quite polite, you replied very well."
"Then delete him?" Cheng Boyan said, his mouse already hovering over the delete button, and he quickly clicked delete.
"Okay, I still have his contact information on my phone." He Li very consciously took it out and opened it. "Delete this one too?"
Cheng Boyan hummed in agreement, his gaze falling on the photo in the chat box that he described as being photoshopped beyond recognition, and he seemed quite considerate of him: "Let's go together, it'll be quite annoying if he insults you like this every day."
He Li thought it made sense. Although he didn't know why Xiao Hei had suddenly turned hostile, he still quickly deleted the message and looked up at him: "What are you looking at me for?"
In those few seconds, Cheng Boyan had reviewed his unusual behavior today and come to a somewhat illogical conclusion, but it still needed verification.
He slightly raised his chin, thought for a moment, and then said, "Try calling me 'brother'."
He Li looked suspicious, wondering if his brain had been dipped in the hot soup earlier. He frowned and said, "I'm older than you, I call you brother, why are you trying to take advantage of me again?"
"You know Xiao Hei's birthday?"
"I don't know."
"So you're treating people differently." Cheng Boyan quickly spun the conversation around. "I've known you for two years, Xiao Hei has only known you for two days. If he can do it, why can't I?"
"He...you..." He Li was just making things up online, but facing someone she knew, she inexplicably felt ashamed and couldn't bring herself to say it. "Because you're younger than me!!! You're several months younger than me!!! I really can't!!!"
Cheng Boyan moved the mouse around as if he were discussing something with someone, and said in a calm voice, "How about this, we'll do a best-of-three 1v1, and you can play your favorite sniper. As a support, I'll always be at a disadvantage."
Why take a bet you can't win? He Li vaguely sensed something was wrong, but couldn't figure it out: "And then?"
Cheng Boyan spoke very calmly, as if he were joking with a classmate: "If you're going to bet, bet big. The loser has to call the other person 'brother' for three years, at least once a day. If I lose, it'll be the same."
Upon hearing this, He Li suddenly looked excited: "You called me brother?"
Although it's childish, boys really can't resist this inexplicable competitive spirit.
Cheng Boyan nodded slightly, watching him slowly fall into the trap: "If I lose, I will keep my promise."
Indeed, He Li really wanted to see the other party suffer a setback. He sat back down with great pleasure, clicked on the single-player battle, and said, shaking his head, "It's a deal, no take-backs allowed."
Cheng Boyan gave a slight twitch of his lips. What an idiot who gets scammed and then helps the scammer count the money. He wonders who will be the one to back out later.
"I'm not saying this to be mean, but if you were to snipe me with skills like that, it would be..." He Li said, while manipulating the mouse. He had only peeked out and hadn't even had time to raise his gun when he was headshot by the opponent. It was fast, accurate, and ruthless.
He stared at the corpse on the screen, turned his head in disbelief, and asked in bewilderment, "How did you hit it?"
"It's luck, I guess. I'm having a particularly good day." Cheng Boyan said calmly, reminding him, "It's revived, let's continue."
He Li frantically searched for cover, his mentality really starting to collapse. After all, in the countless games he had played before, he had basically been the one leading Cheng Boyan, while Cheng Boyan was only responsible for collecting supplies and didn't know anything else.
Just as he was about to set up his gun for a second counterattack, before he could even reload, he was shot in the head again. The word "Failure" was displayed in large letters on the screen, which seemed like a mockery.
He Li gasped, realizing this person's skill level was far beyond his usual abilities, and questioned, "Are you sure you're not cheating???"
"No, we can swap accounts." Cheng Boyan found his surprised expression amusing. "Maybe our luck won't be as good if we swap."
"Change." He Li really didn't believe in this nonsense, and even rolled up his sleeves, preparing to go all out.
How could someone be so lucky as to hit the bullseye every single time? If someone's shooting skills are that good, why would they switch majors? Are they out of their mind?
However, in reality, he watched helplessly as Cheng Boyan hit him with various fancy moves time and time again, even taking a break to light a cigarette and blow himself up with one hand.
"Want to play again?" Cheng Boyan was quite indulgent, leaving room for the other party. "If you're not satisfied, we can change it to best of five or best of seven."
"...I'm not coming anymore." He Li slumped into his swivel chair, raising his hand to rub his face. "You, were you faking it before? If not, what were you after?"
Cheng Boyan flicked his cigarette lightly and said with a smile, "I'll play along with you."
He Li was a little confused, tilting her head to look at him, finding it unbelievable: "Just to play with me, you've been pretending to be an idiot the whole time?"
“It wasn’t like that at first. At first, I wasn’t very familiar with the character of the empty-headed persona, so I needed to practice imitating him, and I used you as a teaching material.” Cheng Boyan’s words had a calm yet heart-wrenching pain.
He Li: ""
He was speechless, realizing for the first time so bluntly that his IQ had dragged down the average of the entire dormitory.
Cheng Boyan observed his expression and said, "It wasn't like that later. After I transferred departments, I didn't need to pretend anymore. I was just hanging out with you. Didn't you enjoy the feeling of carrying others?"
"That's true." He Li moved his lips, recalling all his previous boasts. In front of such a powerful figure, he belatedly realized how awkward it was. "Didn't that just make me look even dumber?"
"No, she's quite cute." Cheng Boyan didn't forget the previous bet and reminded him, "But you have to keep your promise."
He Li belatedly realized that this guy was waiting for her to fall into his trap. She was so angry she gritted her teeth and reached out to pinch him: "You tricked me! You're so mean!!!"
Afraid of burning him, Cheng Boyan reached out and stubbed out the cigarette in the ashtray, then loosely supported his lower back with his other hand before saying, "The art of war is to use deception."
"What track? I don't understand." He Li grabbed his neck and shook him, bristling. "You know I'm terrible at Chinese!"
Cheng Boyan changed a few words: "Then you understand the principle of 'a bet is a bet, a gentleman's word'?"
He Li was completely unaware that she was already sitting on his lap, shaking him back and forth, her face a mask of pain.
Calling someone younger than yourself "brother" for three years is an utter disgrace and a disgrace.
"Brother..." He closed his eyes. He could easily say those two words to strangers while playing games, but now they felt like they were burning his tongue, and he couldn't bring himself to say them.
Cheng Boyan wasn't in a hurry. He leaned back in his seat, looking at him, his gaze moving from his eyes to his lips.
I don't think I've noticed before, but he has a really gentle appearance. If Lin Yao is the aloof type, He Li is the cute type. He also has a small frame, no wonder people didn't suspect him when he pretended to be an Omega.
"Brother, is that enough?" He Li's face flushed red, and his voice was barely audible.
That damned Cheng Boyan! Fortune changes every thirty years. Once I catch you red-handed, I'll make you kneel down and call me daddy!
Cheng Boyan, who is usually very easy to talk to, was unusually picky today and not satisfied: "Not gentle enough, not flattering enough."
“You bastard…” He Li swallowed back the curse and forced a very strained smile. He was getting used to it, and his throat was practically burning: “Brother.”
"Not good enough, too affected." Cheng Boyan was very strict and demanded another attempt.
“…” He Li swallowed his breath, cleared his throat, and this time used his natural voice to lean closer, truly showing weakness, “Brother, is it okay now? Brother Boyan.”
Those four words sent a chill down Cheng Boyan's spine.
The two were very close, and as they spoke, his breath brushed against their faces. His face and eyes were red, and he looked pitiful, as if he had been bullied, which made her feel sorry for him.
Cheng Boyan's hand slid lightly across the other person's waist and patted it: "Okay, get up, I'm going to take a shower."
He Li stood up, looking at him with a puzzled expression. He really was acting on a whim: "It's rare for you to show off your skills. After pretending to be an idiot for so long, your true colors have been revealed. Are you done fighting?"
Cheng Boyan lowered his voice: "Okay, let's not fight anymore."
Another point has been added to his theoretical verification: when He Li calls him that, he can actually ignore the fact that the other party is an Alpha, which is very strange.
He has never been interested in Alphas.
But He Li is not an ordinary Alpha, so he cannot be judged by normal standards.
Cheng Boyan stood under the showerhead, wiped his face, and began to deduce: If He Li were an Omega, would she like him? Perhaps, it has nothing to do with the second gender; further experiments and verification are needed.
"Why did you take so long to shower?" He Li lay back on the sofa, munching on an apple, very relaxed, swaying back and forth, the hem of her clothes lifted up, revealing her fair waist.
Cheng Boyan stared at it for a few seconds before absentmindedly saying, "I'm thinking about something."
"No way, you won the bet and you still have that long face!" He Li gnawed on the apple viciously, his mouth never stopping. "Three years, I'm going to be tormented by this damn bet for three years, ahhh, the more I think about it, the more I feel like I've lost out."
Cheng Boyan walked over, reached out and pulled down the hem of his clothes to cover himself, implying: "It seems like you owe me more than just this one."
He Li stopped eating the apple, nervously swallowing, thinking that the other person had already forgotten. A whole day had passed, how come they hadn't moved on?
His eyes darted around, clearly not wanting to talk about it, and decided to avoid the topic altogether: "What? It's so hot, I'm going to take a shower too."
As soon as I got up, someone pressed me back down, and I sank into the soft little sofa.
Wow, that's some serious strength.
He Li cursed inwardly, but blinked innocently, trying to evade the question: "What are you doing, brother? Didn't I already call you that?"
Just now in the bathroom, Cheng Boyan thought and thought and felt that the easiest way to confirm it was right in front of him. Practice is the only standard for testing truth, and nothing is more honest than subconscious reaction.
Besides, He Li brought it up himself, so it doesn't count as bullying.
He bent down, blocking the dim light in the dormitory, leaving only a thick shadow that slowly covered the other person.
"Release some pheromones," Cheng Boyan commanded.
"Why..." He Li was confused, but still obediently did as he was told. "I'm an Alpha, won't you feel uncomfortable if I release my pheromones?"
The fresh scent of pear blossoms spread gently, but even the most delicate fragrance was tinged with aggression towards men. Cheng Boyan frowned slightly.
Before He Li could say anything more, Cheng Boyan grabbed her wrist and kissed her.
He must have brushed his teeth; there was a refreshing minty scent. His mind was foggy, and he struggled slightly: "Cheng Boyan...no..."
Between their lips, Cheng Boyan uttered a cryptic remark.
"The experimental results are confirmed to be correct."
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