Chapter 21
Ling Yin initially thought Qu Xing was just in a bad mood. When Qu Xing said no, he stopped thinking about it. But he still felt like something was off about Qu Xing these past few days.
He couldn't figure out for a moment whether it was because Qu Xing became more serious when he entered the training state or something else. Because Qu Xing was the kind of person who basically didn't chat when he entered the game. The year when the big devil first started competing, he appeared even more serious on camera.
Besides, this guy likes to skate around the building whenever he has free time. They didn't have much time to talk to each other, so during the rest of the time, Qu Xing still approached with his eyes squinting as before.
At first, Ling Yin's feeling was not strong.
At noon, Ling Yin was training. After a while, the sound of rollers slowly approached. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a hand reaching out and touching his cup.
He didn't care, nor did he remind her, but Qu Xing himself paused.
?
Ling Yin looked over in confusion.
Qu Xing smiled at him and slowly put down the cup.
He really didn't understand how he could drink Fengshen's water with a clear conscience before. Although the water that Fengshen drank looked more fragrant, wasn't this an indirect kiss?
He took a sip of his water, calmed himself down, quickly forgot about Ling Yin, and sat down to train.
Ling Yin: “…” It seemed like something was really wrong.
To verify this, Ling Yin kept an eye on Qu Xing the entire afternoon. He rarely glanced over, let alone drank water. He was either playing double with Jiang Lin or reclining in a chair, resting his eyes.
After dinner, Ling Yin didn't rush upstairs. He sat for a while, waiting for Qu Xing to come down.
"The Fourth Master said there will be a New Year's Eve event tomorrow night." Le Anyi was about to sit next to Ling Yin with a tray of food.
Ling Yin: "Go sit opposite."
"What?" Le Anyi walked around to the other side without saying a word, "Are you disgusted with the Master again?"
Ling Yin didn't even raise his eyes: "No."
After a while, Jiang Lin slowly came down, feeling drained from being tortured by Qu Xing. Just as he was about to sit down, Le Anyi said, "Come over here. I wonder what's wrong with the little Wind God?"
"What's wrong?" Jiang Lin walked over, looked at Ling Yin, then at the empty seat next to him: "Waiting for Xingxing, right? Come to think of it, I feel like you two haven't acted like a couple much lately."
Facing Ling Yin's inquiring gaze, "Did you feel it too?" Jiang Lin thought for a moment and said, "Like a pair of good girlfriends."
Ling Yin: “…”
"What?" Le Anyi didn't understand why Jiang Lin said that. Aren't these two always stuck together whenever they have free time? Their relationship is so close that they almost sleep in the same bed. Why don't they act like a young couple?
After a while, Qu Xing finally came down leisurely.
From a distance, several people saw this handsome young man rushing to the food counter. After wandering around for a while without taking anything, he wandered into the open kitchen and chatted happily with a chef. After a while, the two of them, like soulmates, gathered around a pot, gesturing and trying to figure out what they were cooking together. The chef picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and fed it to Qu Xing. Seeing Qu Xing give him a thumbs-up, his face was filled with satisfaction.
Le Anyi squinted his eyes and observed: "...Awesome."
Ling Yin stared blankly for a long time before Qu Xing finally came out with a bowl of soup. He seemed to freeze for a moment as he was about to sit down, but then sat down again as if nothing had happened in a second.
Ling Yin suspected that he was wrong.
"Why are you only drinking soup?" he asked.
"I just ate." Qu Xing took a sip of soup and unconsciously leaned towards Ling Yin.
Based on Ling Yin's recent experience, he should have moved directly forward, but Qu Xing only leaned in slightly, leaving a subtle distance between them. It was incredibly slight, but not touching.
Ling Yin endured it for a long time and didn't want to endure it anymore: "You..."
"Wow!!!!" Le Anyi was surprised: "Why did you buy so many things?!"
Qu Xing's attention was immediately drawn there.
Ling Yin: “…”
Qi Rui put down his things and said with a smile: "There are more in the car. I have an event tomorrow, so I need to buy some."
Le Anyi excitedly said, "Fourth Master also said it. What kind of activity is it? I'm really looking forward to it."
Qi Rui: "Brand's activities."
“…”
"Okay." Le Anyi lost his enthusiasm.
Qu Xing glanced at a few childlike paper bags and asked, "What are those?"
"I need it for tomorrow's event." Qi Rui picked up one and took it out. It was a headband with a bunch of little yellow chickens sitting on top. "There's a name on it... This is Easy."
Ling Yin's eyes lit up when he saw Qu Xing.
Qu Xing: "Hurry, hurry, find Wind!"
Ling Yin smiled. His mood, which had just lifted slightly, instantly returned to normal when he saw Qu Xing accept a pair of long pink and white rabbit ears.
“…”
Ling Yin stepped aside, and the one-centimeter-wide solar system between them expanded into a fifteen-centimeter-wide Milky Way. Meeting Qu Xing's bright, malicious gaze, Ling Yin said calmly, "No."
"How cute." Qu Xing stroked the rabbit's ears, "It suits you so well."
"Am I a good match for this?" Ling Yin stared at Qu Xing's face suspiciously.
"Yeah." Qu Xing moved closer, closing the distance between them. He held the hairband in his hand and asked, "Would you like to wear it?"
Ling Yin smiled, raised his hand, and gently pushed Qu Xing's head away: "Why?"
Qu Xing: “…”
Ling Yin's warm hand moved away, but Qu Xing's heartbeat didn't even slow down. He was beginning to lose his passion for the rabbit ears, his mind a mess, not knowing what to do. A voice was clamoring for him to come closer! Another voice was just as loud: "Stay away from him! Are you trying to kill yourself?"
Qu Xing's mind went blank: "Because..."
Ling Yin tilted his head, smiling, his glittering eyes filled with the kind of mist that could drown a person: "Or if you pay me, I'll wear it."
Le Anyi suspected that Qu Xing was going to say something like "I will pledge my body to you" to scare them.
Qu Xing's head was dazed, and before he could think, his body had silently moved away, leaving the space between them empty, even enough for another person. His eyes never left Ling Yin.
"..." Ling Yin put down his hand and sat up straight: "What's wrong with you?"
Qu Xing felt that his question was meant to seduce her.
He dropped his rabbit ears and left the chair: "It's okay, I just felt a thorn on the chair." He turned and left: "Bye-bye--"
What kind of lame excuse is this?
The seat beside him became empty, Ling Yin lowered his eyes and threw the rabbit ears away unhappily.
Le Anyi was stunned: "Are you two having a conflict?"
Ling Yin leaned back in his chair, his unhappy expression obvious: "No."
Jiang Lin: "You didn't provoke him?"
Ling Yin: "No."
Le Anyi didn't believe it: "Bullshit, you must have accidentally offended him. Our little Xingxing has such a good personality, how could he treat others like this."
That's true...
Ling Yin began to doubt himself: "How did I cause this?"
“…………”
"How should I know?" Le Anyi questioned, "You should ask yourself."
Ling Yin was convinced by his words. He searched through his memories of the past few days with some unfamiliarity: "I didn't do anything..."
"Think about it carefully!" Le Anyi helped him to reason: "It was fine just now, why did it suddenly become like this when you asked them to pay you? It must be related to this..."
The three people fell into deep thought.
After a while, He Weichen finally arrived. Sensing the heavy atmosphere at the table, he couldn't help but wonder, "What's wrong with you guys?"
Le Anyi recounted what had just happened: "Xingxing seemed to be frightened by something and ran away directly."
"Reward? I just remember Qu Xing getting drunk and climbing into your bed, and then saying something about selling herself to pay off a debt." He Weichen asked, "What else did you do that day besides sleeping in each other's arms?"
Ling Yin: "I helped him take off his clothes while he was taking a shower."
The three of them were as if struck by lightning, and three pairs of eyes were directed at him.
Ling Yin felt like he was being illuminated by three sets of high beams. He frowned slightly and said, "He was drunk and couldn't take it off himself, so he asked me to help him... and he only took off his shirt."
He Weichen stared at Ling Yin in deep thought for a while: "Is it possible that he discovered that you have ill intentions towards him?"
Ling Yin's breathing stopped.
"Fuck." Le Anyi slammed the table. "That makes sense. He was just joking about promising himself to me. Now that he thinks about what happened that night and finds out you're really after him, how can he not be scared?"
Ling Yin was speechless: "..." He did have some uncontrollable physical reactions that night, but a drunkard shouldn't be so sensitive, right?
After a long silence, Jiang Lin suddenly asked worriedly, "So, Xingxing is straight? Then what about our team leader's love life..."
The eyes of several people were cast over again, this time no longer with burning questions, but with complicated sympathy.
Ling Yin was very unhappy, and even the brothers who helped him "figure things out" were unhappy: "You guys go away for a moment, thank you."
He Weichen hadn't finished his meal yet, so he moved to another single seat with his plate. Jiang Lin and Le Anyi left, filled with sympathy.
Before the elevator door closed, Ling Yin could even hear the chirping of the two people.
……bother.
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