Chapter 11011 "Mao Mao will like people like you."...
There were many stray cats on the A University campus year-round, most of them plump and plump thanks to the students' feeding. Liang Qing used to know every kitten well, finding a less crowded time to feed them every day, but he always stopped at just touching them. He found it pleasant to just squat and watch the cats eat.
The little orange cat under the tree was smaller in size and reminded him of the little Siamese Xinxin.
Is Xinxin also wandering around after getting lost? Unlike this little orange cat, she's not fed by the students on campus. She's already very thin, and if she gets any thinner, she'll be nothing but skin and bones... so pitiful. He couldn't help but think of her again.
"Is that kitten sleeping?"
Suddenly, the female alpha in the wheelchair asked.
"I don't know," Liang Qing retracted his gaze, "Do you want to go and take a look?"
"Let's go and take a look."
Liang Qing leaned on the handrail, a little surprised. He'd heard that people with leg disabilities would be sensitive to words like "walk" and "run," but this female alpha was more optimistic. Even in a wheelchair, she'd come to the university campus to wander around. She was so confident in such a crowded place.
Coming under the tree, the little orange cat lay comfortably on the grass, with its front paws tucked into the fur and its eyes slightly squinted.
Little Siamese Xinxin often does this too.
"Do you want to touch it?" the female alpha asked again.
She could always detect his thoughts in time and guide him step by step. Liang Qing calmed down and asked her, "You don't want to touch me, do you?"
"Yes, I want to touch it," she nodded with a smile, "Please hold it up and let me touch it."
“…”
Liang Qing nodded subconsciously. But when he looked at the little orange cat, he was in a dilemma. He could hold Xinxin, but holding a strange cat... he was a little worried that it would struggle and run away. After all, his experience was limited, having only held Xinxin, a cat.
He tilted his head slightly and saw the female alpha looking at him expectantly.
"It's okay to be gentle," she continued encouragingly. "I can feel that he is very happy now, and-"
"I think it has a crush on you. You know, cats like people like you."
His fingertips sank into the warm fur. When Liang Qing was distracted, his body spontaneously made a move to hug the cat. In a blink of an eye, the little orange cat was picked up and meowed in his hands.
The female alpha adjusted the hem of her skirt: "Put it on my legs."
The little orange cat had no aversion to changes in the environment, or perhaps it liked the female alpha better than the grass. It rubbed her hand affectionately, then rolled into a ball and continued to lie down, allowing her to stroke its fur.
In fact, the person Maomao really likes is her.
"You really don't want to touch it?" The female alpha looked up at him, her dark brown eyes reflecting a pool of sunlight. "It really likes being touched."
Liang Qing was stunned for a moment, but before he could refuse, she circled his wrist and let him put his hand on the little orange cat. It was a completely different touch from the little Siamese cat. The little orange cat was soft and its fur was smooth, very nice to touch.
He squatted down to look at its expression. The little orange cat squinted its eyes and tilted its head back, motioning him to scratch its chin.
"Snort snore snore."
It looks incredibly comfortable.
"Look at it..." Liang Qing raised his head in delight, just in time to meet those deep brown eyes, which were strangely bright. He realized that she had been looking at him since he held the cat. It would be better to say "admiring" rather than "looking" - he knew that this was narcissistic, but he couldn't find another way to describe that look.
Does she really want to pet the cat?
Liang Qing blinked suddenly, lowered his head and continued to pet the cat.
How could this happen? He was almost speechless at that moment.
I just want to lower my head and hide away.
"You're very skilled at petting cats," the female alpha said nonchalantly, as if it was just his imagination. "Do you have a cat at home?"
"There's a Siamese," he replied vaguely.
"How long have you been raising it?"
"Two months."
Two months. I actually only had the cat for a month, and the little Siamese cat was lost for a month.
Lan Xi raised her eyebrows calmly.
"What's its name?" she continued. "I really like Siamese. Can I see a picture of it? If it's inconvenient, forget it."
The young man squatting in front of her was silent for a moment, then took out his phone and flipped through the photos to show her: "Its name is Xinxin, a happy heart. I picked it up."
He actually saved the photo. Lan Xi had no idea when he took the photo, but now, out of curiosity, she leaned over to take a look.
...so ugly.
The angle of death and the weird posture, this is definitely not her!
"Very cute." Liang Qing was completely unaware of this and flipped through the pictures one by one, counting them like treasures.
"By the way, I don't know your name yet," Lan Xi quickly changed the subject, "My name is Lan Xi."
"Liang Qing."
"Why are you here when you've already graduated?"
"I'm having a class reunion, so I came here to take a look."
It was also a class reunion. Lan Xi guessed roughly and asked, "Do you work in this city?"
"……Um."
He was lying again. She had clearly seen him in City A a while ago after being discharged from the hospital. Lan Xi continued to ask a few questions and found that this was completely different from her impression of Liang Qing. He described himself as a peaceful office worker who worked alone, lived a routine life, and raised an adorable kitten. Lan Xi knew that the real Liang Qing was very frail and stayed at home. He had recently lost his cat.
"What about you?" he asked. "Are you and your friends here for a trip?"
"He came to look for his girlfriend," Lan Xi said vaguely, "His girlfriend goes to school here, and this guy always likes to check on her, and I'm just a tool."
She took out her cell phone and opened the chat box with Lan Hui. He had agreed to meet her half an hour later, but now he was ten minutes late.
"Add a friend?"
She suggested while Liang Qing didn't put the phone back.
"good."
Liang Qing agreed unexpectedly readily.
"My friend should be here soon," Lan Xi told him, "If you have anything else to do, you can leave first. Thank you for your help."
"I'll wait with you for a while."
It’s all because of the wheelchair, Lan Xi smiled silently.
Lan Hui followed the directions and made his way over. He wasn't familiar with the university at all, and after finally finding it by looking at the map, he looked up to find his sister had found a temporary helper, with a cat in her arms... His worries were completely unnecessary.
"Sister, have you had enough fun? Let's go."
Lan Xi put the little orange cat down and said goodbye to Liang Qing. Lan Hui, who was pushing the cart behind her, was shaking uncontrollably.
"You have muscular dystrophy?" she complained.
"It's good enough to push you."
Lan Xi was about to threaten him when she suddenly caught a whiff of the faint scent of gardenia on Lan Hui. It was faint because his rust pheromones were too strong, completely covering up the gardenia scent.
In that case, Shen Su didn't quarrel with him?
"I've booked a table at the restaurant where they're having dinner," Lan Hui chuckled. "I'll just stand by and see who dares to touch her."
"Lan Hui, doesn't father always say that you don't work? I think you would be a good candidate to be a bodyguard."
Lan Xi sighed.
*
The taxi stopped in the restaurant's light. Liang Qing opened the door and got out, then was led to a private room by the waiter. He had encouraged himself before coming. He hadn't seen his college classmates for a long time and didn't know much about their recent situation. And with Zhou Mu around, it wouldn't be too hard.
There was someone he wanted to see and thank her.
The class monitor in college was very nice. She knew his family situation well and helped him a lot to the best of her ability. Liang Qing had been living such a secluded life in recent years that he almost couldn't remember what she looked like.
When he entered the private room, many people had already arrived. Zhou Mu stood up to greet him and introduced them one by one. Most people couldn't recognize him, and he didn't know them either. They just greeted each other politely.
"Has the squad leader arrived?" Liang Qing asked Zhou Mu in a low voice.
"Chen Su..." Zhou Mu pulled him forward and pointed at a female omega who was looking down at her phone, "Over there, she seems busy."
She had changed a lot. Liang Qing remembered that when she was in college, Shen Su loved to wear dark, simple clothes. Now she was dressed very delicately. This little skirt she was wearing looked very familiar. Maybe many girls would like to wear it.
"Liang Qing."
Shen Su put down his phone and recognized him at a glance.
"You still remember me..." Liang Qing sat down in the empty seat next to her, feeling a little uneasy. "It's been many years since we last met."
"Are you doing okay?" Shen Su asked uncertainly.
She recognized Liang Qing because his expression was essentially unchanged from a few years ago, just as silent. Even if he looked at you, you wouldn't think his gaze was focused on you; there was always a layer of fog between them.
"I'm doing well now." Liang Qing wanted to say, "Thanks to your help in the past," but the words sounded awkward no matter how he said them, and he couldn't say it in the end.
"Sister, am I seeing things right?" Lan Hui peeked furtively through the open door at a double table outside the private room. "Isn't the beta who just came in the one who helped you at A University? Is he a classmate of Chen Su's?"
"What are he and Shen Su talking about... Does he have a girlfriend, sis?"
"He doesn't have a partner, why do you care so much?" Lan Xi was concentrating on a plate of braised pigeon, and was barely able to divert her attention due to the series of questions.
She noticed a red mark on the back of his neck when he turned sideways. She was about to ask him when Lan Hui sat up straighter.
"Betas without partners are also dangerous." He thought thoughtfully.
“It’s quite dangerous,” she agreed. “You could faint at home and no one would notice.”
“???”
"Sister, what are you talking about?"
While Lan Hui observed every move in the private room, Lan Xi's hands were covered in grease. The food in the hospital was terrible, with only nourishing soups and porridges every day, most likely not made by the chef. Every time she opened the lid, she was opening a blind box.
"I'm going to the bathroom." She knocked on the table.
"Go ahead."
"..." Lan Xi wiped her hands with a towel and maneuvered the wheelchair away from her seat.
She was stopped in the corridor: "Lan Xi?"
Liang Qing sat on the sofa at the far end, waiting for someone or simply seeking some peace and quiet. His cheeks were a little pink, probably from drinking before coming out.
Even though Lan Xi's wheelchair was electric, he still came forward to help: "Are you coming here to eat too?"
Lan Xi smiled superficially: "What a coincidence, I came here because of the high ratings. Are you and your classmates having dinner here?" It's not a coincidence at all, that kid Lan Hui came here to follow you to the party.
"Well. If you come here for tourism, there are many attractions near University A," Liang Qing said more. "I can make a guide for you."
"Making a strategy?" Lan Xi washed her hands and glanced at him. "So serious... Actually, I'll be back tonight. Thank you for your kindness."
He pursed his lips and couldn't help asking: "...Where are you from?"
"City A."
Hearing this, Liang Qing was stunned.
In other words, there was a chance they might meet again in the future. But City A was so big that the probability of such a thing happening was very small. After all, Liang Qing had never seen her before.
He said goodbye and returned to the private room. Zhou Mu, drunk and dazed, bumped into him and leaned against him, asking him incoherently why he hadn't been there just now. Liang Qing helped him to his seat, and out of the corner of his eye he saw Shen Su packing his things.
"Are you leaving?" he asked her hurriedly.
"Well," Shen Su zipped up her bag, "My boyfriend is in a hurry, he's waiting for me outside. You guys continue playing, I'll go first."
Liang Qing followed her out of the private room, and after struggling for a while, he blurted out: "Chen Su, wait a minute!"
"What's wrong?"
"Back in school, you helped me... Thank you. I'm sorry it took so long to thank you." Shen Su raised the corner of his mouth: "You thanked me then, have you forgotten?"
How could a simple thank you typed on the phone really be considered a thank you... Liang Qing thought, she should thank him in person. He smiled and waved at her: "Go back and be careful."
In the past five years, the serious squad leader in his memory has changed a lot. If he met Chen Su on the street, he thought he would not recognize her.
Liang Qing silently watched Shen Su walk away.
She walked down the hall and out with two alphas, a man and a woman. One had burgundy highlights in her hair, and the other was in a wheelchair. When they reached the door, the female alpha turned and smiled at him, revealing her sharp fangs, a lively and flamboyant expression.
His heart sank.
So that's how it is. Nothing that happened today was a coincidence. Chen Su and Lan Xi knew each other.
Liang Qing felt unprecedented panic.
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