Fifty-three feathers
"What are you looking at?" A voice came from behind Ye Linghan. Warm breath sprayed on the side of his neck, causing him to shrink his neck involuntarily.
Ye Linghan's hands were fiddling with his mask, but his face was glancing out the door, intently searching for the familiar figure he had just glimpsed. Engrossed in the scene, he didn't pay attention to who was speaking behind him. Thinking it was Su Mo, he casually replied, "I saw a..."
Before he even uttered the word "acquaintance", he felt something was wrong. Su Mo had clearly asked him once just now, so why was he asking again? So he turned around quickly, but was suddenly faced with a fox ear mask that half covered his face and was luxuriously crafted.
"Oh my god!" Ye Linghan was so scared that he jumped back half a step and subconsciously raised his hand to hit the person in front of him, but fortunately his brain reacted faster. He saw the eyes showing through the mask and recognized the person in front of him.
"Hahahahahahaha." The masked man laughed and dodged the opponent's attack.
"You must be free!" Ye Linghan rolled his eyes and pulled off the man's mask, revealing Zhao Tang's face.
Zhao Tang chuckled, leaned forward with his hands behind his back, and followed Ye Linghan's gaze. "What are you doing sneaking around here?"
"Who's being sneaky?" Ye Linghan retorted. He raised the fox-ear mask in front of Zhao Tang and measured it. "It suits you quite well."
Zhao Tang took it and said, "Yeah, I think so too." As he spoke, he touched the tuft of fur on the fox's ear with his fingertips.
Ye Linghan loosened his grip and turned sideways to fiddle with the heavy-duty masks in front of him. "I just saw someone I know, but he disappeared in the blink of an eye."
He hid nothing from Zhao Tang.
"Who?" Zhao Tang was not interested in these things, and just asked according to Ye Linghan's words.
"It feels like Yinster..." He was also not sure. After all, he was far away and only took a quick glance.
"Oh." Zhao Tang's voice lowered a few notes. He hadn't seen Yin Te for a long time, but his appearance had been lingering in his mind for a long time.
Ye Linghan noticed something and glanced at Zhao Tang, "What's wrong?"
Zhao Tang's eyes dodged, but he looked outside uncontrollably. "Nothing." He then changed the subject. "Then what are you doing here? When I came in just now, I saw Su Mo and Yao Qingluan over there too."
As if they had heard some kind of ancient call, the two people whose names had just been mentioned turned around at the same time in a certain area and greeted Zhao Tang.
"We're going to the masked ball tomorrow, and we're here to choose masks." Ye Linghan picked at the masks in front of him, but couldn't find one he liked. "What are you doing here?"
Seeing that he met Zhao Tang, who was not supposed to be here, Ye Linghan felt a little confused.
"The one who went with Professor Qu?"
Ye Linghan raised his eyebrows in amazement, "How did you know?"
"Because I'm here to help the professor buy the props he needs for tomorrow. In the past, these were always taken care of by my senior sister."
"Buy it for Professor Qu?" Ye Linghan never expected that Qu Yaoguang would actually send people to do these things. He originally thought that he would do them himself.
"Yes, is there any problem?" Zhao Tang obviously didn't understand this, but he came because the professor asked him to.
Ye Linghan shook his head, "Nothing."
Zhao Tang suddenly became interested and asked Ye Linghan, "Can you take me there tomorrow?"
Because he thought that since the Investigation Bureau needed to intervene, it must be related to the vampires, and Ye Linghan said that he seemed to have seen Yin Ster, so Zhao Tang was betting on whether he would show up at the masked ball.
Anyway, it would be best if we could meet. If not, just think that we are not destined to meet this time.
But Ye Linghan refused decisively, "No."
Because he didn't know if there would be any unexpected situations tomorrow. Although Zhao Tang had some skills, it was not under their control after all. Even if he wanted to go, he had to seek Qu Yaoguang's opinion.
But he can't make the decision alone.
"I'll talk to the professor." Zhao Tang saw the other party's concerns and took the initiative to help him solve the problem.
"That won't work either." Ye Linghan refused again.
Zhao Tang suddenly reached out and grabbed Ye Linghan's arm. "Just take me with you. No one will recognize me when I'm wearing a mask. And don't worry, I can protect myself and definitely won't cause you any trouble."
Ye Linghan couldn't stand him being so nagging in front of him, and slapped Zhao Tang's hand away with a look of disgust on his face. "Stop it!" He smoothed the corner of his clothes and hesitated for a moment, but seeing the other person's expectant expression, he couldn't bear it anymore. "I'll go ask Su Mo for you."
Under Zhao Tang's gaze, Ye Linghan came to Su Mo's side, "Brother Mo."
At this time, Su Mo was accompanying Yao Qingluan to try out masks one by one. The little girl loved beauty and taking pictures, so he also acted as a photographer. When he saw Ye Linghan, it was like grabbing a life-saving straw, and he just wanted to have a rest for a while.
"What's wrong?" He relaxed his wrist which was sore from holding the phone, and an unprecedented sense of redemption appeared on his face.
Ye Linghan leaned over and whispered, "Xiao Liao, will you go with us tomorrow?"
Su Mo shook his head, "I won't go into the inner field, I'll just wait outside, fearing any accidents."
"Then Zhao Tang wants to go in with us tomorrow." Ye Linghan finished speaking and looked at Su Mo's face. Seeing that he seemed about to refuse, he quickly added, "Professor Qu said he would handle it himself."
As expected, Su Mo didn't expect that there would be a big gasp. The words of refusal were about to come out of his mouth, but after hearing the second half of Ye Linghan's words, he swallowed them back.
He thought for a moment and said, "In that case, let him do as he pleases." Since he could convince Professor Qu, he naturally had no objection. "But there is one thing!" He stretched out a finger and was about to add something.
"I see. He's quite tough." Ye Linghan anticipated his prediction and guessed that Su Mo would be worried about not being able to take care of Zhao Tang's safety. After all, it seemed that the other party was spending every day in the laboratory. Anyone's first thought would be that he was just a weak scholar who couldn't even tie a chicken. But Ye Linghan knew that although Zhao Tang couldn't be that powerful, he was more than capable of protecting himself under normal circumstances.
Besides, his own abilities are enough to protect him.
"What are you talking about!" Su Mo patted Ye Linghan's shoulder hard and glared at him. "What do you mean by being tough? We're not going to get beaten. If a conflict really happens, it's just self-defense."
Ye Linghan smiled upon hearing this and made a gesture of understanding, "I understand, I understand."
"Brother, what are you guys talking about? Are you done?" Yao Qingluan on the side seemed to have calculated the time accurately and greeted Su Mo seamlessly.
"Coming!" Su Mo shrugged at Ye Linghan, his face full of helplessness but doting. He pointed in the direction of Yao Qingluan and turned to leave.
Ye Linghan smiled and shook his head, then turned to find Zhao Tang and told him roughly what he needed to pay attention to. But as to whether he could go, it depended on whether he could convince the professor.
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That night, Ye Linghan walked out of the bathroom in his bathrobe, wiping the water droplets from the ends of his hair with a towel. As he passed the end of the bed, he caught a glimpse of two masks neatly placed side by side on the table.
He casually put the towel aside and picked up one of the masks. There were a few clusters of neatly arranged black feathers on one side, and a row of exquisitely crafted small tassels on the bottom edge of the mask. The overall look was bold yet profound.
He chose this model for Yin Chen, but after the latter came back, he was in a meeting in the study and had no time to take a look at it.
After the two confirmed their relationship, even if Yin Chen had unfinished official business, he would never stay in the company after get off work. Instead, he would go home on time every day like the other employees, just to be with Ye Linghan.
Ye Linghan tiptoed barefoot to the door of the study. Yin Chen knew that he had this habit and was afraid that he would catch a cold, so he laid a thick carpet in the room.
He first leaned against the door and listened to the movement inside. After waiting for a while, he heard no talking and made sure that the other party was not in a voice conference, then he knocked on the door gently.
"Enter."
After getting permission, Ye Linghan gently pushed the door open, only to see a pair of silver-framed glasses on Yin Chen's nose, which matched his silver-white wolf tail, making him look like a gentleman but a villain.
When Yin Chen saw Ye Linghan sticking his head out, he tilted his head and motioned him to come over.
After Ye Linghan came in, he gently closed the door again, tiptoed to Yin Chen's side, sat on his legs naturally, and casually put his arm on the side of his neck, with his eyes level with his.
"Are you tired?" Ye Linghan asked with concern.
He felt a little distressed because she was busy from the time she got home from get off work until the evening.
Yin Chen gently clasped the waist of the person who took the initiative to throw himself into his arms with one hand, then took off his glasses with one hand and buried his head in Ye Linghan's chest.
"Tired~"
There was a sense of grievance and coquettishness in her voice, which was completely different from her usual cold-faced image in the workplace.
"cough…"
A faint cough came from the computer inappropriately, but was keenly caught by Ye Linghan.
Alarm bells rang in his mind, and he turned around and looked at the computer as fast as he could. He found that there were not only neatly arranged call boxes on the screen, but also the faces of the company's senior executives, both men and women, with confused and embarrassed expressions, and himself sitting in their boss's arms, looking at the screen.
This is not just a non-voice conference, it's simply raising the social death index to the sky.
At this moment, Ye Linghan just wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
"Why didn't you tell me about the video conference!" He was like a little wolf cub with its fur standing on end, trying to run away, but before his body could get away even a little, Yin Chen held him down and held him tightly in his arms.
Ye Linghan's mind went blank. He felt extremely ashamed to be watched by so many people. He kept patting Yin Chen's shoulders, his eyes full of pleading, and he used his mouth to signal the other party to put him down.
He was completely unable to make a sound at this moment.
But Yin Chen pretended not to understand, and grabbed the back of Ye Linghan's head with his hands, forcing him to face him, "You didn't ask me."
Because his back was facing the screen, Ye Linghan glared fiercely at the man in front of him with a mischievous smile.
Yin Chen was not in a hurry. "What are you afraid of? We are legal."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Linghan covered his mouth with his hand and forced him to mute the microphone.
So I cursed in my heart, just shut up!
With a smile in the corner of his eyes, Yin Chen suddenly moved forward, pulling Ye Linghan's body forward with him, forcing his lower back to just get stuck on the edge of the table.
Considering that the little wolf cub was thin-skinned, Yin Chen let him go and did not do anything worse.
"Assistant Sun, please handle the follow-up matters for me." Yin Chen's tone was serious, completely different from his bad temper a second ago.
"yes."
As Yin Chen's right-hand man, Sun Mao's business ability and professionalism are first-class, and finishing the work is not difficult for him.
Moreover, since the boss has spoken, who would dare to contradict him? No one dared to tell others about what they had seen. They all wished they were blind.
The video conference was quickly disconnected and silence returned to the study.
Ye Linghan was still angry. Just now, there were people watching, and he didn't use his full strength to save face for Yin Chen. Now that there was no one around, he showed no mercy and bit Yin Chen's shoulder.
“Hiss—”
The latter was forced to let go due to the pain, and Ye Linghan took the opportunity to escape from his arms without hesitation.
Suddenly feeling his arms empty, Yin Chen reacted quickly, laughed softly, stood up and chased after him, took two steps around Ye Linghan and hugged him from behind.
Yin Chen had the advantage of height and size. When he pressed on Ye Linghan, the other party was unable to resist at all and was forced to bend over and bear it.
However, Ye Linghan was not really angry, he just felt a little annoyed that he had lost face.
He stopped half-heartedly, without struggling, and let Yin Chen rub against him.
"Baby, baby, don't be angry~"
Ye Linghan was wrapped in the other person's body. Yin Chen rested his chin on Ye Linghan's shoulder and kissed the skin on the side of his neck, trying to arouse the love in Ye Linghan's heart.
Ye Linghan tilted his head and patted Yin Chen's arm unhappily, his tone firm, "Let go, you're too heavy!"
"I won't!" Yin Chen immediately refused, "You don't even mind me being heavy when we sleep!"
"You... shut up!" Ye Linghan retorted with gritted teeth. He had not yet recovered from the shame he had just felt, and now he could not bear to hear such words.
If his posture wasn't restricting him, he would have wanted to manually mute his microphone again. He really couldn't understand when this guy learned to be so slick and shameless.
Who would have thought that the big boss of the vampire clan who can call the shots outside is actually like a petite wife at home.
"Wife~" Yin Chen continued to act coquettishly.
"Stop!" Ye Linghan retorted, "Besides, we're not legal now!"
"Why?"
"No reason."
"Wife~"
"Speak nicely, we are brothers now."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Linghan suddenly felt his feet go empty and was instantly picked up by Yin Chen around the waist.
"Hmm..." Ye Linghan exclaimed subconsciously. He had no choice but to put his arms around Yin Chen's neck, and at the same time he finally saw his face.
Yin Chen smiled and said slowly, "Good brothers wouldn't hug each other's necks so intimately."
After his little trick succeeded, he quickly made his way to the bedroom door, kicked it open, and gently threw Ye Linghan onto the bed. He then leaned forward and added, "So, you are my wife."
Ye Linghan was a little confused for a moment. He thought about the other party's words in astonishment, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.
Did he hug him intentionally? Wasn't he forced to do so because he was afraid he'd fall?
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