Chapter 9 009 Her gaze is eager
"Is it tasty?"
In the quiet ward, Lan's father sat beside the bed, looking at Lan Xi expectantly.
Lan Xi laboriously carried a small bowl of dark porridge, took a full spoonful into her mouth, and left half a spoonful. She chewed a few mouthfuls quickly and swallowed, "It's... okay."
Fake. Taste has reached a whole new level!
Because she couldn't see the original appearance of the ingredients at all, every bite was like opening a blind box. She felt like every taste bud on her tongue was exploding in wailing.
It's said that it's easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality. After eating Liang Qing's dishes, Lan Xi couldn't get used to eating them again. She could confidently say that Liang Qing's cooking skills were better than any chef she hired at home, so good that she would be willing to pay him several times his salary.
"I don't have much of an appetite," she put down her spoon. "Thank you, Father."
Father Lan opened the thermos box with some regret: "There are still a few dishes..."
Eating one dish has already cost her half her life, and there is actually such a deadly poison?
At this moment, a loud shout came from outside the door: "Sister!"
"I think we can give it to Lan Hui," Lan Xi suggested immediately, as if she had been granted amnesty. "He definitely needs some nourishment after his relationship. Father, you made such delicious food, let him have a taste too."
The door of the ward was opened from the outside, and Lan Hui strode in holding a slender hand. The moment Shen Su came in, she greeted him: "Hello, uncle, hello, sister."
"Xiao Su is here too," Lan's father waved them over. "You're so busy at work, you took some time off to come here, right?"
"What about me?" Lan Hui interrupted, "I also postponed the game to come see my sister."
"Is that a serious competition? You just play games."
Lan Hui was very dissatisfied with these words. She took Chen Su's hand and pulled him forward: "She plays too! We met in the game!"
He added seriously, "She also played very well."
"He's good at everything he does," Lan's father glared at him, "Don't use Xiao Su as a shield."
"cut."
Lan Hui snorted and pulled a chair to sit down beside Lan Xi's bed. "Sister, how are you feeling? You've been sleeping for a month. Are you feeling dizzy?"
"It doesn't feel good. It hurts like hell."
He feigned surprise and moved closer to Lan Xi: "Oh my God. It hurts me too. Sister, you are so unlucky. I am really heartbroken."
"You're so distressed."
Lan Xi replied lazily.
This guy probably didn't know that she'd heard everything he'd said in the cafe that day, word for word. If he'd felt bad, her EKG would have flatlined. If his father wasn't around, he'd have laughed at her for ages, maybe even imitated her limping.
"Sister," Shen Su interrupted at this time, "I brought you some supplements, I hope your injury can recover soon."
"Thank you, Xiao Su."
Chen Su graduated from a prestigious university and her family were all civil servants. She was always gentle, well-behaved, and very sensible. Although they hadn't been together for long, Lan Xi believed that if she had an omega sister, she would grow up to be like her.
"Sister, I may not be able to come when you are discharged from the hospital next week," Chen Su continued, "I really can't spare the time." Her thick eyelashes cast a small shadow, making her as beautiful as a carefully dressed doll.
"Oh, yes," Lan Hui nodded, "She's going on a business trip, and I won't..."
"He has time."
Shen Su interrupted him, "He will come to pick you up."
“…” Lan Hui’s face was filled with anger.
"Right, come and pick up your sister." While they were talking, Lan's father was fiddling with the thermos. After a while, he served out two bowls of soup with oil floating on the surface.
"Xiao Su, Xiao Hui, come and have a taste," he handed over the bowl of soup, "It's been stewed for a long time, it's very nourishing."
In an instant, the anger on Lan Hui's face subsided like a tide, leaving only fear. He immediately pointed at Lan Xi and said, "I'm not hungry. Give it to me, she needs it!"
"Oh, I have no appetite and can't eat."
Lan Hui held the soup bowl with trembling hands.
He watched as Shen Su unhesitatingly brought the bowl of soup to her lips and took a sip. The expected frown didn't occur. She simply drank the soup in one gulp without changing her expression, wiped her mouth, and said to Lan's father, "It's delicious, but a little salty. Uncle, you're a great cook."
Lan Hui stared. Being salty was just a minor flaw, wasn't it?
"No, no, I just made it because I had nothing better to do," Lan's father was encouraged. "I'll be more careful with the salt next time. Xiao Su, come over to our house again and I'll make you some dessert."
Is that a dessert? That’s alchemy!
*
When she was discharged from the hospital, Lan Hui actually came. Her face was full of reluctance. She held Lan Xi's hand and said, "Let's go, sister."
He would yell like this on purpose when he was in a bad mood.
"What's wrong little brother, are you in a bad mood?"
"Tsk," Lan Hui helped her stand at the elevator door, "Do you think it's safe for Chen Su to go on a business trip alone? Why won't you let me go with her? Is she..."
"What are you thinking about?"
Lan Xi was a little bit unbelievable. Even the carefree and idle Lan Hui could become so indecisive. Love was really a mysterious thing.
“…Hey, I’m just worried.”
Lan Xi suddenly remembered the last time she saw Chen Su. He had a faint scent of gardenia pheromones, with no other pheromones. This meant that Lan Hui and she hadn't even had a temporary mark.
Unexpectedly... innocent.
The elevator door opened.
Lan Hui felt extremely tired as he lifted Lan Xi up. He looked up and found that she was distracted: "Sister!"
"Oh, let's go."
Lan Xi restrained her expression and walked into the elevator with him.
A male beta stood in the elevator, examining the test sheet in hand. His eyes were calm, and his figure was slender, but he looked a little thin in comparison to the alpha.
The elevator door closed.
"It stinks," Lan Xi shook off Lan Hui's arm, "Control your pheromones a little, they stink to me."
As he spoke, he moved to the other side.
"...You stink too." Lan Hui's face darkened.
Lan Xi moved to Beta's side and smelled the familiar scent of green tea shower gel again.
She glanced calmly at the test report in the other person's hand: it was a routine physical examination.
Liang Qing's attention had been drawn to the two alphas the moment the elevator doors opened. They sounded like they had a good relationship, but that tone of mutual disdain...could it be that both of their pheromones smelled terrible?
Too bad he couldn't smell anything.
He was very sensitive to sight, and he only knew that the injured female alpha was looking at him intently, with a gaze that was almost strange.
After not seeing him for a long time, the young man's hair seemed to have grown longer. The ends of his hair covered the tips of his ears and hung down on the sides of his face, making it difficult for Lan Xi to see his expression.
In his eyes, the cat must have run away from home. I wonder what he was thinking at the time... Now it seems that everything is fine, and she is completely relieved. She just regarded everything about the little Siamese cat Xinxin as a strange dream.
"bite."
The elevator arrived at the first floor and three people walked out one after another.
A male omega was walking towards them, holding a bouquet of flowers. He seemed to be waiting for someone. Lan Xi was carried forward by Lan Hui, and stopped a few steps away from the omega. She felt puzzled: "Lan Hui, why did you leave me here?"
I just insulted him in the elevator, and now you have to retaliate like this?
"Sis, take advantage of this opportunity," Lan Hui suggested, nudging her shoulder. "I'll go up first."
As soon as he finished speaking, he quickly and perfectly dodged and got into the car.
“…”
Lan Xi was left where she was, and unexpectedly made eye contact with the male omega.
The other person raised the corner of his mouth and smiled sweetly: "Lan Xi, how is your recovery going?"
She took the bouquet, but still didn't recognize who it was. She smiled back and said, "Thank you for your concern. I'm recovering well."
"I'm so sorry about this," he said softly, "If we hadn't had a dinner together, you wouldn't have had to put your work aside and rush over here..."
Oh, she remembered. No wonder he looked unfamiliar. This man was Jiang Sui, the omega she had been planning to meet the night of the car accident. His father said he had a skydiving license and loved the outdoors, and he also had a good personality. He was a perfect match for her mate selection criteria.
"It's none of your business. Let's make an appointment when you have time." She waved at Lan Hui, motioning him to come and help her.
The fragrance of the omega beside her was overwhelming. Jiang Sui supported her arm and said, "I'll take you there."
Lan Hui, who was sitting lazily in the car, was indifferent, with his fox eyes narrowed and smiling with gloating pleasure.
Lan Xi gritted her teeth and decided to make a note of this.
After getting in the car, she couldn't help but look out the window. Liang Qing hadn't walked very far during their conversation. He was driving alone on the street until the car speed increased and disappeared from her sight.
*
Lan Hui sat in his car, staring intently at the chat interface, patiently waiting for the red dot to appear. He exited the app and re-entered it, then opened Settings to check his message notifications and make sure he had sound alerts enabled.
The entire interface only shows calls initiated by him, and all of them are "failed".
He thought about it and quickly typed a message: Let me know when you get there.
This morning, I sent Chen Su to the airport. Four hours have passed since then. Her flight took two hours. Counting the time it took to get a taxi from the airport to the hotel, she should be there by now... right? Lan Hui switched back and forth on the screen, feeling restless.
He suddenly thought of something and turned sideways to get his backpack.
"Sister, give me that bag."
Lan Xi picked it up and weighed it: "Computer? Do you always carry this with you when you go out?"
"Of course," Lan Hui took it, pulled out his computer from his bag, turned it on, entered his password, and logged into the game. All in one go, "How can I check in without it?"
"..." Lan Xi's expression was complicated, "Do you really need to?"
"Don't talk about whether it's that serious or not. Don't you know Chen Su is always silent? What if she encounters danger..." Lan Hui's words stopped abruptly. He typed on the keyboard for a while, then picked up the phone beside him to record a voice message: "Chen Su, you have time to play games in a duo queue and don't have time to pay attention to me, right?"
Lan Xi leaned over and saw that in his game friend list, the status bar of the friend named "Susu World No. 1" showed "2/2".
She looked up at Lan Hui. The chat interface on his phone screen was full of green message bars sent by him, which made his face look slightly green.
"Your face is so green." Lan Xi said.
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