Chapter 42 How to Coax You
Xie Yunhuai was completely bewildered: "What? Who cheated on you?"
Jiang Qiran flicked his cigarette ash, looking wistful: "It depends on how you interpret it."
He really liked Lin Yao, not in the way that lovers in an AO relationship would have, but out of admiration that he wanted to be good friends with him.
As for Xie Xingchen, although there was no real affection involved, as his nominal fiancé, he should at least maintain appearances.
These two actually ended up in the same bed.
You must have misheard; it must be a hallucination.
"What do you mean?" Xie Yunhuai was standing not far away, and he vaguely heard a familiar voice replying, "I feel like that was Xingchen just now..."
"No, no, absolutely impossible." Jiang Qiran quickly extinguished the small spark of his speculation.
Xie Yunhuai recalled what he had blurted out earlier and narrowed his eyes: "Then who cheated on you?"
"Lin Yao, he's sleeping with the Omega he messed around with last time, and he told me not to disturb him." Jiang Qiran, a cigarette dangling from his lips, stared at the other man with his beautiful eyes. "Is it wrong for me to be heartbroken?"
Xie Yunhuai frowned: "You really like him? You're not kidding?"
Jiang Qiran paused for a few seconds, raised an eyebrow, and smiled coldly: "Or do you like me?"
Xie Yunhuai: "........."
He lowered his eyes, about to dial Xie Xingchen's number, when Jiang Qiran reached out and pressed his hand down: "What?"
“You’ve been cheated on, and you’re unhappy? Come drink with me.” Jiang Qiran threw the cigarette butt into his hand and opened the car door next to him.
As he got on the bus, remembering Xie Hengzhi's style, he didn't forget to send Lin Yao a reminder text message.
[This is Jiang Qiran. I noticed you hadn't returned to school, and I was worried something might have happened to you. I wanted to call you to check on you, so I looked up your number.]
I caught you fooling around with Xie Xingchen, didn't I? Watch your step and don't get caught again.
The next day, when Lin Yao saw this message, the sun was already high in the sky.
He propped his head up, unable to recall anything about what had happened last night.
Wait, how did Jiang Qiran find out too?
The two most crucial points in his deal with Xie Hengzhi were finding a reasonable excuse to appease the Omega and keeping it a secret from Xie Xingchen and Xiao Jiang.
Lin Yao: ""
Very well, the mission has failed completely.
Lin Yao grabbed his hair in frustration and banged his bent knees against his head, lamenting, "Oh no, oh no, oh no, how am I going to explain this? I've danced in front of someone's fiancé!"
Let's examine the text in this message more closely.
[One thing to note: Don't get caught.]
Does that mean if he finds out about her fooling around with Xie Xingchen again, she'll be silenced?
Judging from the tone, no matter how you analyze it, it's definitely someone who's angry.
No, I need to explain and quickly distance myself from this.
Lin Yao's mind was in turmoil as he saved the phone number and dialed it back. In the quiet silence, he nervously asked, "Senior Jiang, I drank too much last night. Did I say something incoherent that made you misunderstand?"
"So you were drunk." Jiang Qiran said lazily, "You got drunk and ran into the quarantine area? Your drunken antics are quite unique."
Lin Yao vehemently denied it: "I was not in the quarantine area."
Jiang Qiran teased, "Then who was that Alpha who used your phone last night to tell me not to disturb your sleep? It sounded so much like Xie Xingchen's voice."
Lin Yao: ".........."
"You misheard. It wasn't him. It was someone I slept with when I was drunk. The voice does sound a bit like him."
Lin Yao was never good with words and couldn't lie, and now he was even more at a loss for words. "I hate Xie Xingchen so much, how could I possibly sleep in the same bed with him? Absolutely impossible."
As soon as he finished speaking, he looked up and saw a person with water dripping from their head standing in front of him, their eyes gloomy.
I was just in the shower a moment ago, but it's like I teleported away.
Oh no, did he just use the word "disgusting"?
Lin Yao's heart tightened.
Although I used to say this all the time, it was because I really hated it, even loathed it, and didn't want to see it at all.
As for now... it seems... I find him inexplicably more pleasing to the eye.
Even his dejected expression at this moment made me feel uneasy, as if I was afraid he would be hurt.
On the other end of the phone, Jiang Qiran was still asking, "You really hate him? I've never heard you say that before. Last time I saw you two having dinner together, you seemed to get along quite well."
"Really, I'm not lying to you."
Under the other person's gloomy gaze, Lin Yao felt for the first time what it meant to have his scalp tingle. "We've always been at odds, arguing whenever we meet. The recent peace is just an illusion. After all, we're in the same dorm, so we have to put on a show."
With each additional word spoken, the person's expression grew increasingly somber.
Lin Yao silently mouthed to him, "I lied to him."
Xie Xingchen didn't care and took it all as his true feelings. He put his hospital gown back on with a cold face.
When the young master is unhappy, his temper flares up, and he releases his pheromones recklessly, making Lin Yao's hands and feet go weak.
Jiang Qiran, however, was particularly interested in this matter and asked, "Really? Then next time I get back at him, how do you want to tease him? I'll help you."
"I......"
"We're getting engaged soon, do you want to see him embarrass himself at the engagement party?"
"Forehead……"
In the past, if he had gained an ally, his mind would have been filled with malicious thoughts.
But after last night, when he felt wronged and isolated, Xie Xingchen chose to stand by his side, on the opposite side of his father.
I was truly moved at that moment.
He is not heartless and cannot remain indifferent.
"Forget it, I'm magnanimous, I won't hold it against him for now."
Lin Yao couldn't continue telling any more lies, so he hastily came up with an excuse: "My head still hurts a little. Thank you for your concern, senior, but don't worry, I really have nothing to do with him. Knowing that you two are going to get married, I wouldn't... do that kind of thing."
Jiang Qiran was in a good mood and said with a smile, "Okay, then you should get some rest. I'll come find you another day."
Lin Yao hung up the phone, and the room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
Xie Xingchen didn't speak. At this moment, he had become the restrained and violent Alpha he had been when he pushed open the door last night, looking sharp and indifferent.
Lin Yao tossed his phone aside and explained with difficulty, "I... I didn't want him to misunderstand, so I exaggerated a bit. You should be able to understand, right?"
"I understand." Xie Xingchen nodded slightly and pressed the call button by the bedside. "Director Cheng, I'm not feeling well. Give me an inhibitor."
After saying that, he looked at Lin Yao again, his gaze indifferent: "I will find a reason to tell my dad that we don't need you for the time being, so you can go back first. You can leave now."
Lin Yao shook his head: "I'm not leaving, I'll stay here with you."
Xie Xingchen gave a slight, self-deprecating smile: "You hate me, yet you stay here. Aren't you annoyed? Besides, we acted out a scene last night, so you won't be exposed. You're safe."
Even the most oblivious person can sense that their unintentional words have hurt the other person.
Lin Yao's mind was in complete chaos.
She quickly got off the bed and moved to stand in front of him, only to find that he was really tall. Even though she was already very tall among a group of Alphas, she still had to look up slightly when she looked at him.
"If there's anything else you hate to say, just say it all at once," Xie Xingchen said calmly. "You're really heartless."
Lin Yao's eyelashes trembled slightly.
He said slowly and deliberately, "No, I don't hate you anymore, really."
Xie Xingchen ignored him and simply pressed the call button again, urging the person to come over with a cold expression.
Then I felt my clothes being tugged.
"I'm sorry, I talked nonsense, I really know I was wrong."
Her usually cool voice carried a hint of unease, making her seem extremely pitiful because she was not good at apologizing.
Xie Xingchen's heartstrings were slightly touched.
Turning around, she saw the usually arrogant boy with his head down, looking like a flustered child who had done something wrong, and she tugged at him repeatedly.
"Don't be angry."
"Xie Xingchen, how can I make you feel better?"
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