Chapter 170 IF Line: Childhood Sweethearts (03)
Lin Yao was overjoyed and asked, looking down, "You're willing to let me beat you up?"
Xie Xingchen nodded, remaining motionless and submitting to being at the mercy of others: "If you're willing, then hit me."
Xie Hengzhi's vision went black: "Who does this guy... look like?"
"Like you." Yun Qing didn't take the blame and snorted, "It's definitely like you."
Xie Hengzhi refused to admit it and felt extremely ashamed: "I could not have given birth to such a son."
“That’s great. They’re at the perfect age to start training. They can become a one-on-one pair.”
Pei Yizhong felt a sense of triumph and joy. "If you two think there are no problems, then let's start today."
Xie Hengzhi: "........."
Fine, boys are good to obey if they get a little beating. Let them get beaten.
Over there, Xie Xingchen was still whispering with Lin Yao, "I won't call you wife, but can you still call me brother? It's okay for brothers to address each other like that, right?"
Lin Yao wasn't as easily fooled as a two- or three-year-old: "Isn't there any other choice?"
Xie Xingchen has been a smart child since he was a child.
"Brother, baby, kiss, you choose one."
Lin Yao's small face was scrunched up, caught in a difficult decision: "These few all seem to be..."
They're pretty much the same, each one more cheesy than the last.
Cheng Boyan sneered from the side.
Xie Xingchen sighed deliberately: "I've already given you three options, isn't that enough? Aren't you being a little too picky?"
Lin Yao lay on top of him, thinking for a long time: "Brother Chen, is it okay?"
The cool boy, who has just started elementary school, already disdains using reduplicated words, thinking that's very kindergarten-level behavior; he's grown up!
Xie Xingchen beamed and praised, "Great, I like it. How can Yao Yao be so smart? She can even come up with a new name."
"You can praise this?" Cheng Boyan muttered as he got up from the ground. "Forcing someone to call you 'brother' is what you call robbery."
Xie Xingchen ignored him, his face beaming with happiness.
Lin Yao hadn't talked to him for over a week, and he was actually quite unaccustomed to it. He grabbed the hem of Chen's clothes and whispered, "Brother Chen, can we end our cold war?"
He was also very afraid of losing Xie Xingchen, his good friend.
The latter, having gained leverage in negotiations, pressed his advantage: "Then we should continue as before, going to school together, playing together, and sleeping together."
Lin Yao also liked being with him like this, so he nodded: "Okay."
The two children were overjoyed at the restoration of diplomatic relations. In the following years, Lin Yao became increasingly adept at ordering Xie Xingchen around.
"Brother Chen, help me put on my shoes."
"Brother Chen, help me with my homework."
"Brother Chen, I want to play with your toys."
"Brother Chen, come here and let me beat you up."
...
Xie Xingchen didn't feel there was anything wrong with it. He had enjoyed the privilege of being Lin Yao's classmate for six years and felt that the deal was absolutely worth it.
When he changed schools in seventh grade, he looked at the curly-haired boy next to Lin Yao and felt like his world had collapsed.
"Who are you? Why are you sitting next to Yao Yao?" Xie Xingchen frowned.
"Hello, my name is He Li, Lin Yao's new deskmate," the other person greeted warmly. "Isn't this seat not just for anyone, first come, first served?"
Lin Yao wasn't good at saying no, and stammered as he explained, "Brother Chen...it was him...who insisted..."
Xie Xingchen turned to look at Cheng Boyan: "Where did this guy come from?"
"I don't know." Cheng Boyan looked on with amusement. "Oh no, your deskmate has been stolen. He, well done."
I've been annoyed by these two always sticking together for a long time.
Xie Xingchen didn't want to beat someone up on the first day, so he calmly reasoned with him: "Lin Yao and I have always been deskmates, and we will be in the future. Please find someone else."
“No way, we hit it off immediately.” He Li grabbed Lin Yao’s arm, very happy. “I won’t let him.”
Xie Xingchen was speechless.
The teacher came in, looked at Xie Xingchen and Cheng Boyan who were still standing, and instructed them: "You two are standing like telephone poles, sit down."
Xie Xingchen could only sit behind Lin Yao with great displeasure, staring at He Li's head with eyes like knives: "I have a feeling this guy is very troublesome."
Cheng Boyan watched the show with a grin: "I have a feeling this guy will become Lin Yao's best friend."
Xie Xingchen: "…………"
He understood what it meant for a prophecy to come true.
Perhaps it was because He Li was too outgoing, sticking to Lin Yao every day, sitting next to him in class, together after class, and even not walking with him after school.
Xie Xingchen sat in the back every day, sighing and complaining.
"Bad mood?"
Lin Yao belatedly noticed that Xie Xingchen was acting strangely.
Cheng Boyan put his arm around He Li's shoulder, adopting a stance of supporting his ally: "He's definitely jealous of how good the three of us are."
"The three of you?" Xie Xingchen sneered. "Don't forget who I grew up with, we were practically inseparable."
Specifically referring to these two heartless bastards in front of me.
Lin Yao lightly kicked him: "Don't ostracize He Li."
Xie Xingchen's face darkened further as he turned and left, carrying his schoolbag.
Lin Yao quickly chased after him and grabbed him, saying, "Why are you so stingy?"
"I am very stingy." Xie Xingchen said in a low voice without turning his head, "You ungrateful brat, all these years of pampering have been for nothing."
Lin Yao finally realized what he was angry about.
He sighed, then strode after him and explained, "No, I just feel sorry for He Li. His father just passed away not long ago, and looking at the sunlight, it's really heartbreaking."
Xie Xingchen choked, turning his head: "Dead?"
Lin Yao nodded: "It's true. I went to his house before. His mother was still paralyzed, and the family lived on welfare. I went there several times with Boyan before, and he secretly cried every time."
"You two, when did you go? And several times, why didn't you call me?" Xie Xingchen shifted his focus.
Lin Yao felt guilty and said in a very soft voice, "Don't you dislike him? Telling you would only upset you."
"Am I such a person who can't distinguish right from wrong?" Xie Xingchen laughed angrily. "Or do you think I'm just so lacking in empathy?"
Faced with a barrage of questions, Lin Yao dared not look him in the eye: "Brother Chen, I was wrong."
Xie Xingchen raised his hand and pinched his cheek hard: "Don't hide it from me next time."
"To be honest," Lin Yao said, shaking his hand in a conciliatory manner, "can you reconcile with He Li?"
Xie Xingchen looked up and his gaze fell on the back row of the classroom, where Cheng Boyan was standing by his desk, looking down and talking to He Li.
The other person rested their chin on their hand, laughing heartily.
It's really hard to believe. She always seems so cheerful, but behind that facade lies a crybaby.
"Never mind." Xie Xingchen also felt that dwelling on this kind of thing was childish, but still asked to confirm, "Am I still ranked first among you?"
Lin Yao nodded repeatedly, assuring him, "Definitely, definitely, forever."
Xie Xingchen's lips curved slightly.
It's really pathetic; he was easily appeased with just a few words.
He strode back to the classroom, patted He Li on the back, and apologized to the other man, who looked terrified, saying, "Sorry about before, don't take it to heart, we'll be buddies from now on."
He Li blinked slowly and looked at Cheng Boyan: "Is he possessed?"
Xie Xingchen choked on his breath: "Are you mentally challenged?"
He Li nodded: "He is a bit slow."
The other party accepted your criticism and gave a sincere response.
Xie Xingchen said helplessly, "Okay, then I'll be merciful and explain. I was very unhappy before because you took my deskmate's seat, but now I think you're a nice person, so I'm willing to be friends with you."
He paused, then emphasized, "It's fine if you and Yaoyao continue to be deskmates, but in his heart, I'm still the most important person."
He Li asked seriously, "Are you sure you're number one?"
He really isn't very bright.
Lin Yao reached out and covered his mouth, quickly saying, "Definitely, definitely, absolutely."
He Li sighed softly, and said wistfully, "I also want to be number one in other people's hearts."
Cheng Boyan glanced at him slowly and said mercifully, "I'll try my best to make you number one."
He Li instantly became happy, her eyes curving like the moon: "Okay."
After that, the trio became a group of four.
A few years later, the group gradually entered the differentiation phase, but adhering to the principle that brothers should uncover the answer together, they decided to test together only after Lin Yao was the last to complete the differentiation.
Winter had already arrived, and after class, the four of them walked towards the laboratory with very serious expressions.
"Among us, I feel that He Li is the most likely to be an Omega." Cheng Boyan put his hands in his pockets, thought for a moment, and suddenly said, "That's pretty good."
He Li waved his finger: "That's not necessarily true. Maybe Yao-ge, who looks like an alpha, is actually a sweet omega."
“That’s a big surprise.” Xie Xingchen said lazily, his arm around Lin Yao’s shoulder.
Lin Yao had a bit of a cold these past few days, and his voice was very nasal: "Impossible, if I were an Omega I would jump off the bridge."
“If you were an Omega, someone might be very happy,” Cheng Boyan said meaningfully.
Lin Yao rubbed his nose and looked up blankly: "Who?"
Cheng Boyan simply said, "Someone."
"What are you being sarcastic about now?" Lin Yao frowned at him. "You can talk about yourself and then use that as an excuse to mock me."
"I don't discriminate against Omegas, I support equality." Cheng Boyan smiled and glanced at Xie Xingchen.
He Li was so excited that he rolled up his sleeves and said, "The time to witness a miracle has come."
“There’s already a patient here, aren’t you afraid of catching a cold?” Cheng Boyan pulled his clothes back up. “You can show your arms later.”
Xie Xingchen clicked his tongue: "Someone also hopes that an Omega will appear."
Cheng Boyan raised an eyebrow slightly: "Anyway, it wasn't me."
"What kind of riddles are you playing?" He Li muttered to himself, his simple thought process completely unable to process such a complex encrypted conversation.
He was focused solely on rushing towards the laboratory, his face beaming with excitement at the prospect of winning the lottery.
After waiting half an hour for the blood draw, we received the report. The four of us stood in a row with serious expressions and began to reveal the truth one by one.
Xie Xingchen, Alpha.
Cheng Boyan, Alpha.
"As expected."
Xie Xingchen took He Li's report, glanced at Cheng Boyan lightly, and said, "Let's see if we can make someone's wish come true."
After saying that, he immediately flipped the book open, his tone regretful: "How can you be an Alpha with your appearance like this? Someone is going to be disappointed."
He Li retorted angrily, "Why can't I?"
Cheng Boyan sighed softly, his tone regretful: "It doesn't quite look like it."
"That's a stereotype!" He Li bared his teeth and craned his neck to look at the document in Lin Yao's hand. "Hurry, hurry, the last mystery is about to be revealed."
Cheng Boyan quoted a line from before: "Let's see if someone can get what they want."
The report clearly shows that Lin Yao is an Alpha.
“It seems someone is going to be disappointed.” He quoted the next sentence verbatim.
"Holy crap, four A's! That's awesome!" He Li was overjoyed, flipping through the report to check it over and over. "Great, we can continue being best buddies again!"
Lin Yao breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank goodness, I don't have to jump into the river."
Cheng Boyan was unhappy himself, and he still had to stab others in the heart: "I vaguely remember that a long time ago, Xingchen said that he wanted Lin Yao to be his wife. Two Alphas, it seems that this will not be possible."
He Li was utterly shocked and bewildered: "Were you all this explosive when you were kids? You're not still like this now...?"
For some reason, the old story was suddenly brought up, and Lin Yao's cheeks flushed red, and he suddenly sneezed.
Xie Xingchen took off his coat and draped it lightly over him, his expression unreadable: "It was just something we did as kids."
Lin Yao looked into his dark eyes, staring intently at him, and suddenly felt a sense of panic for some reason.
His fingers frantically gripped the coat that was about to slip off; it still retained the warmth of the other person's body.
"Of course it's just a joke, who would take it seriously?"
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