The suspended car was speeding on the elevated road. It was a rainy day and the sky was gray.

The terminal of the person who broke down in the car was muted and left in the back seat. Bai Li felt a little regretful. If he had known earlier, he would have let the mechanical voice continue to read gossip news. At least it would be much better than him and Lu Zhao being silent all the way.

Bai Li cleared his throat and tried to find a new topic: "Xianhua, have you prepared all the clothes for the dinner? Oh yes, when I was in the military, I wore the military uniform provided by the regiment. You can just wear that."

Lu Zhao pointed at the personal terminal in his hand and said without raising his head: "Yeah."

Just one word choked Bai Li. He then said: "You have to go with Situ at that time. Didn't he tell you about his brother before? He's an interesting guy, but he speaks more directly and is a bit stunned. Don't be surprised when the time comes."

Lu Zhao said: "Oh."

"..." For the first time, Master Bai felt dry-mouthed due to his lack of language. He racked his brains and thought of another topic, "There may be some nobles at the dinner..."

"Bai Li," Lu Zhao put down the phone and turned to look at Bai Li, "If you don't want to explain, don't explain. There's no need to do this."

Bai Li was silent. Lu Zhao was too direct and it made him feel uncomfortable.

After a while, Bai Li finally spoke: "It's just a little thing at work. I asked Situ to find out. I heard that the person's major is related to another project that the institute is developing..."

He couldn't continue speaking.

He was not very good at telling such serious lies. He was fine for bragging at ordinary times, but when he really wanted to cover up something, he was completely at a loss. He spoke in a mess and his voice was full of guilt.

Lu Zhao knew this better than Bai Li. Because of this, Bai Li's words went through Lu Zhao's mind, just like gasoline was spilled. He didn't know why he got angry.

But he didn't want to say anything to Bai Li because of such a trivial matter. It would make him look pretentious.

Besides, Lu Zhao was not angry because of anyone. He just got angry when he saw Bai Li talking about something that was eight hundred miles away.

This was not the first time.

Bai Li didn't wait for Lu Zhao to answer and quickly expressed his loyalty: "Really, really, I just asked Situ to find out. I am clean and have never messed around with AO relationships. Major General brother, you have to believe me!"

"Well," Lu Zhao said lightly, "It's okay, the brakes are not under my feet this time."

Bai Li was stunned for a moment, and it took him several seconds to realize what Lu Zhao meant.

Some time ago, the two of them met Kuai Le when they were forced to stop at the research institute for a blockade. That time, Bai Li also evaded the matter in the same vague way, and Lu Zhao didn't ask much. It was just that on the way back, when Bai Li mentioned Kuai Le, Lu Zhao braked suddenly and almost bit his tongue.

Lu Zhao mentioned this matter once later and asked Bai Li to talk about it when he wanted to.

Bai Li didn't say anything, he didn't know how to say it.

Just like now.

The car drove all the way back to the apartment building. Bai Li did not talk about those messy topics anymore. Lu Zhao did not say anything. After the car stopped, he got out first, took down the vegetables that Bai Li brought back from the research institute from the back seat, and picked up Bai Li's personal terminal and handed it to him: "There is a missed call."

The reminder light of Bai Li's personal terminal kept flashing, all of which were calls initiated by Situ.

He sat in the driver's seat and flipped twice. Situ called several times but

did not answer. Finally, he sent a series of text messages, asking Bai Li if he was asleep and asked him to call him back when he woke up. Bai Li almost laughed out of anger. If he was asleep, he would definitely send Situ to sleep first.

When Bai Li put away his personal terminal and got off the scooter, he looked up and saw Lu Zhao standing at the door of the apartment building with the bag of vegetables. He didn't leave first, but was waiting for Bai Li.

His slightly cold face still had no unnecessary expression, and was quite calm. He was holding a large bag, which was quite inconsistent with his image. There was a fresh and juicy cucumber sticking out of the bag.

It was getting dark, and Bai Li looked at Lu Zhao. He was just standing there waiting, without urging or asking questions, just like the day when he stood in the rain waiting.

Bai Li walked over and said with a smile, "Brother Major General, I thought you were angry with me and went up first."

Lu Zhao glanced at him, his tone was normal and his attitude was frank: "Almost."

"..." Young Master Bai was choked by the honest man and managed to say, "Okay, then thank you for not throwing it away on the way."

The corners of Lu Zhao's mouth wanted to rise, but he remembered that he was still angry at the moment, so he suppressed it again.

The two went upstairs in silence and returned to the apartment in silence.

Lu Zhao is actually a person with a bad temper, but he will not vent his anger. If you just look at his face, you can basically not tell that he is unhappy. Bai Li couldn't stand this atmosphere in the middle of the conversation and tried to find a topic several times. Lu Zhao also responded with a calm tone, but it just made Bai Li unable to continue.

As for Lu Zhao, he really didn't hold it back this time.

In the past, he had always taken a step back for Bai Li. Although he said that he was not happy to hold it in, he never pursued the matter in the end. He felt that people should always leave some space between each other so that they can breathe. If others did not want to talk, he would just be polite and not ask.

But is Bai Li considered "someone else" now?

Lu Zhao lowered his eyes, but the movements of his hands washing vegetables for Bai Li were not ambiguous at all.

If Bai Li is not someone else, then who is Bai Li?

Lu Zhao couldn't explain it. He couldn't explain it before, and now that Bai Li was here, he couldn't explain it either.

The meal was quite simple. Bai Li was distracted, and when he realized it, the stir-fried pork with chili peppers was burnt. A burnt smell mixed with spicy smell went into his nose. He didn't have much appetite to begin with, and he didn't want to eat even more when he smelled it.

"Xianhua, this dish is burnt," Bai Li pushed the plate of stir-fried pork with chili peppers aside, "don't eat it."

Just as he finished speaking, Lu Zhao reached out with his chopsticks, picked up a piece of meat and stuffed it into his mouth, and frowned after chewing it for two bites.

Bai Li forgot to say anything because of the chopsticks picking up the food, and when he saw Lu Zhao frowning, he said with a smile: "I told you it was burnt, why did you still stuff it into your mouth?"

Lu Zhao's brows soon calmed down, and he picked up the second chopstick in front of Bai Li and said: "It's a bit spicy."

Bai Li thought for a few seconds and knew that Lu Zhao was not frowning because it was burnt, but because it was spicy.

"Okay, I'm convinced." Bai Li took out a bottle of iced juice from the refrigerator and gave it to Lu Zhao. "You still eat it even though it's spicy. It's not like I don't cook non-spicy dishes. Don't you notice the weird burnt taste?"

Lu Zhao took a bite of rice and said, "Not bad."

He was quite stubborn and would eat even

if he was not allowed to. Perhaps because he had something to eat, Lu Zhao was not as aggressive as before and stopped trying to interrupt Bai Li. Bai Li had no appetite and put down his chopsticks to watch Lu Zhao eat.

He saw that Major General Lu ate the food equally, eating both the burnt and uncooked dishes, and his eating movements were quite fast and fragrant.

Bai Li wanted to laugh and teased him: "Next time, will you still eat it if it's burnt?"

Lu Zhao looked at him and said: "Yeah."

Bai Li asked: "Then can you still eat it if you put too much salt?" Lu

Zhao thought about it seriously and said: "Yes."

Bai Li asked again: "What if it's super spicy? It's super spicy, like eating dried fish."

One could feel that Major General Lu had a struggle in his mind, but finally nodded: "Yeah."

He was impatient to Bai Li's "Yeah" and sat there watching Lu Zhao eat. The chili peppers in the stir-fried pork with chili peppers were very spicy. Lu Zhao's lips turned red after a few bites. However, it was much better than the first time he ate Bai Li's cooking, which made him sweat all over.

Bai Li said, "You can eat anything I cook."

It was not a question, but an affirmation. Because there was no need to ask, Bai Li knew the answer just by looking at Lu Zhao.

But Lu Zhao still replied, "Yeah."

Bai Li felt that he was like a hypochondriac when he met Lu Zhao, and this energy was endless. Lu Zhao simply said "Yeah", and the bastard in Bai Li's heart jumped forward as if he was going to charge, pushing against his chest, and pushing up his flattened emotions.

Lu Zhao was like this, even when he was angry, he could still wait for Bai Li downstairs in the apartment with a bag of vegetables. He

dared to interrupt Bai Li, but he would not ignore him.

He could eat the dishes that Bai Li cooked not so well while feeling angry, and even praise him.

He was unhappy that Bai Li was being secretive, but he accepted Bai Li like this.

Bai Li picked up the chopsticks and put a piece of burnt meat into his mouth. The taste was not very good, the meat was overcooked, the spicy taste covered the meat fragrance, but could not cover the burnt taste.

So the only taste in his mouth was spicy, salty and burnt.

Bai Li raised his hand and dragged the plate of stir-fried pork with chili peppers in front of him.

Lu Zhao looked up at him and said nothing.

After a while, Bai Li spoke up: "I know that little reporter, but he doesn't know me. I know the person Situ investigated, and he has nothing to do with the institute."

This was the first time that Bai Li didn't find another topic to circumvent the issue. He lowered his eyes and didn't look at Lu Zhao. He wanted to continue talking, but found that he couldn't go on no matter what.

How could he explain to Lu Zhao the relationship between these people and himself? How could he tell Lu Zhao that we all live in a world that revolves around Tang Kaiyuan? He couldn't say it.

Every time this happened, Bai Li found that he was actually a little out of tune with this world. He was an outsider, and he and Lu Zhao should have no intersection.

Bai Li's Adam's apple slid, and when the words stuck in his chest came out, only one sentence remained: "I have nothing else to do with them, you have to believe me."

He lowered his head and started to eat the plate of stir-fried pork with chili peppers.

It doesn't matter if it tastes bad, Bai Li thought, just treat it as a small punishment.

"Bai Li," Lu Zhao's voice finally sounded, still relatively calm, "You know I'm not angry because of this."

He would never get angry with Bai Li because of such a trivial matter. Lu Zhao has never been a person who would fuss about such things, and he would never take those miscellaneous people seriously.

He only looked at Bai Li from beginning to end.

But Bai Li rarely dared to look him in the face.

Lu Zhao didn't know what to say. He finally couldn't hold back and frowned: "You can't always..." He couldn't think of a suitable description, and continued after a few seconds, "It's always like living on the other side of the glass, so I can see but can't touch."

These words made Bai Li's heart tremble. He opened his mouth and wanted to speak, but he didn't know what to say.

"You always ask me to trust you, and I have never disbelieved. It's you who don't trust me." Lu Zhao put down his bowl and chopsticks. He spoke very slowly. He rarely experienced such a conversation, but when facing Bai Li, he suddenly couldn't hold back, "You have something in your heart, but you don't believe that I can bear it with you."

Lu Zhao didn't feel relieved after he finished speaking. He finally sorted out the reason for his anger, but the moment this reason came out of his mouth, he felt that he was forced to face a reality.

The reality is that he couldn't touch Bai Li's heart.

It was a boring thing to say, and he knew it was useless. He would not do this before, and would not dig deep into a person's thoughts. But Lu Zhao still said it, and even though Bai Li did not respond after he finished speaking, he still could not hold back and said it.

Major General Lu had never done such a thing before, rushing to meet someone with a warm face and then getting a cold butt.

Lu Zhao felt that he was funny and powerless.

The piece of meat that Bai Li was chewing in his mouth could not even feel the salty and burnt taste. He buried his head and ate vigorously. Even if he had no appetite, as long as he swallowed, the rice could still go down his throat into his stomach.

The words were squeezed upwards, all squeezed in Bai Li's throat, but he couldn't say a word.

He wanted to say that it was not like that. He trusted Lu Zhao very much and knew how good Lu Zhao was.

But Bai Li found that what Lu Zhao said seemed to be right.

He did not believe that Lu Zhao could accept him completely, nor did he believe that Lu Zhao could maintain this relationship with him for a long time.

Bai Li knew that Lu Zhao was a good person, but Bai Li did not believe that Lu Zhao would stay for him.

This relationship was unequal from the beginning. He put Lu Zhao in a position that he thought was stable, but when Lu Zhao asked him to go up with him, Bai Li was unwilling.

Because he did not believe that there was room for him in that position.

Bai Li opened his mouth to speak, and heard Lu Zhao's slightly tired voice: "Forget it, say it if you want to."

He did not know why, but this sentence that let Bai Li off was like a blow to Bai Li, which made him feel painful.

Lu Zhao gave in again because of him.

At the end of the meal, Bai Li had completely finished the stir-fried pork with chili peppers, leaving only the chili peppers. He also finished the other dish. Whether he was happy with it or not is another matter, at least he didn't waste food.

As soon as he finished the last bite, Situ called Bai Li again. Bai Li's personal terminal had unmuted when he got off the car, and now the reminder sounded like a death sentence.

Bai Li glanced at Lu Zhao, but the other party didn't show any expression. He also glanced at Bai Li while drinking juice.

"Well, I'm going to scold this bastard." Bai Li grabbed the personal terminal and ran to the balcony to answer the call.

Situ's face on the virtual screen was full of excitement, and he opened his mouth: "Good brother! You finally answered! There may be news about the Omega you asked me to check. Isn't our research institute recruiting new members? I took a look at the resume today and saw this person at a glance. He is similar to your description, but some places don't match..."

Situ stopped talking when he saw that Bai Li's face was not good. He looked at Bai Li twice and said: "What's wrong?"

Bai Li rarely smiled, but at this moment, there was no smile on his face, as heavy as the bottom of a pot. He looked at Situ and squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "You are really my good brother."

Situ was confused.

"It's okay," Bai Li rubbed his face and took a deep breath, "I was just talking nonsense, it has nothing to do with you. What did you say just now?"

It really had nothing to do with Situ.

This matter has been between Bai Li and Lu Zhao for a long time. Even without the fuse today, there will be the last straw tomorrow. The problem has always existed, and no one else can be blamed.

Situ saw that Bai Li was in a bad mood, and he hesitated for a while before asking. He had known Bai Li for many years and knew that as long as this young master didn't want to talk, no one could pry his mouth open.

So Situ roughly told Bai Li about what he had found out, basically telling Bai Li that he found a person in the resume, who was a bit like Bai Li's description, and his major and graduation school were the same, but he failed to pass the examination of the Imperial Academy.

"The interview will be arranged next month," Situ said to Bai Li, "You can come over then and you will know if it is him."

Bai Li's mind was in a mess at the moment. He barely concentrated and listened to Situ's words. He felt that it was most likely this person. He didn't know why he submitted his resume to Situ's research institute instead of going to the Imperial Research Institute after graduation. No wonder he couldn't find this person in the military after searching for so long.

After explaining a few things to Situ, the two hung up the call. Bai Li stood on the balcony for a while, trying to suppress the discomfort in his heart, and explained to Lu Zhao, telling Lu Zhao that it was not that he didn't want to talk, but that he was not ready yet.

He wanted Lu Zhao to wait for him.

As soon as he opened the balcony door and walked to the dining table, Bai Li found that Lu Zhao was no longer sitting there. All the dishes on the table were cleared away, washed and put back in their original places. Lu Zhao was not in the living room.

A nerve twitched in Bai Li's brain.

He found that there were many things that he didn't have time to think about. He always thought that he could think about these things carefully and say them when he was fully prepared, but he forgot that others couldn't wait.

It was really retribution that came in time. Bai Li thought, I don't know what Lu Zhao was feeling when he couldn't find me in the apartment last time.

"Bai Li," Lu Zhao's voice rang out, he walked out of the bathroom, his eyes fell on Bai Li's face and he was stunned, "Are you not feeling well?"

Bai Li's face was very ugly, Lu Zhao had never seen him like this before.

His voice brought Bai Li back to his senses. His tense expression relaxed a little. He looked up at Lu Zhao and smiled, "It's okay." He paused and added in a very light voice, "I thought you were mad at me and ran away."

He smiled again and winked at Lu Zhao, making that sentence sound like a joke.

Lu Zhao stood there, his heart softened for no reason, and then he became angry.

He felt that Bai Li was just teasing him. Every time Lu Zhao thought "let's just leave it at that", Bai Li would come to provoke him, and after provoking him, he would stay away without saying a word, and entice him to get closer.

Lu Zhaozhen approached and punched Bai Li on the shoulder: "Damn it."

Bai Li was caught off guard and was hit. It didn't hurt much, but he didn't react and was stunned. He covered his shoulder like a stupid dog: "Why are you still hitting people?"

"I'm venting my anger." Major General Lu answered very honestly, "I can't hold it in."

Although he said so, the punch didn't have much power when it landed on Bai Li's shoulder.

But it still beat Bai Li's arrogance to pieces.

Bai Li felt like a stupid dog in front of Lu Zhao. He covered his shoulder and pondered for a long time: "Have you vented your anger?"

I don't know where the IQ of Master Bai is at this moment. His tone is aggrieved. Lu Zhao said that he wanted to laugh, but he felt that he couldn't laugh at this moment. He hasn't forgotten the dog look of his grandson just now.

"No," Major General Lu said in a very calm voice, "I get angry when I see you."

Bai Li scratched his hair, said "Oh", and turned his back to him.

Lu Zhao didn't understand what he meant.

He heard Bai Li say with his back to him: "Now I can't see you, give me two more punches." At the end, he said, "Be gentle."

He was not allowed to use his strength when he was being hit, damn it...

Lu Zhao looked at Bai Li's back, his soft hair was against his collar, and his light-colored loose short-sleeved shirt wrapped around Bai Li's body. Lu Zhao knew the temperature of this body and was familiar with his smell. He used to think that this was fine, and that this was fine between him and Bai Li.

But if a person gets one, he will start to desire two.

Bai Li didn't wait for Lu Zhao's slap, but was hugged from the back by Lu Zhao.

The hug came suddenly, but Bai Li was not surprised. He took the hand that Lu Zhao had put around his back, and entwined his five fingers through Lu Zhao's fingers.

No one spoke for a long time, and Bai Li finally spoke: "I don't want to tell you, really. But I don't know how to say it."

Lu Zhao closed his eyes and rested his forehead on Bai Li's shoulder, feeling Bai Li's thumb rubbing his skin habitually, again and again, on the soft and collapsed part of his heart. He said "um": "I know."

If he didn't know, who could have endured it again and again.

Although he didn't know what was weighing on Bai Li's heart, Lu Zhao felt that if he hollowed out Bai Li's heart, Bai Li would collapse. He had to dig a little and fill it with other things, and dig a little, then stop and hug Bai Li.

He couldn't understand why Bai Li was so sensitive. Sometimes it made him want to curse and beat people, but when he thought of Bai Li, he couldn't do it.

"Bai Li," Lu Zhao raised his head and put it against Bai Li's hairy head, "If you want to talk, you must find me, I can wait."

The last three words were very clear.

Others can't wait, but Lu Zhao can. He always does what he says.

Bai Li didn't say anything.

Lu Zhao waited for a while, but didn't hear any sound: "Bai Li?"

Bai Li turned his head and placed a light kiss on the corner of Lu Zhao's lips.

The touch was soft, but the time was too short. Obviously, the temperature should not be felt, but it was like a spark being pressed against the skin, burning, burning everything in the brain.

Bai Li said: "Can I kiss you? I can't help it."

Lu Zhao looked at him: "Does this count as killing first and then asking for permission?"

"Yes," the tip of Bai Da Shaoye's ears turned red, and his tone was very arrogant, "What's the matter?"

Lu Zhao couldn't help laughing, and Bai Li laughed too. Sometimes the two people's sense of laughter was quite weird, but fortunately they could still keep in step. After

laughing enough, Lu Zhao said: "Good job."

He leaned forward slightly, and before he could close his eyes, Bai Li's lips covered him again.

Warm lips, soft touch, Bai Li's hands stroked Lu Zhao's cheeks, fingers through his hair.

Rapid breathing, each time bringing each other's scent into the lungs.

This kiss that almost emptied the minds of both of them was mixed with each other's pheromones. The omega nature made Lu Zhao's brain start to feel a little nauseous the moment he smelled Bai Li's scent. He could only feel Bai Li turning around, one hand pressing him, forcing his back against the wall, and the other hand around his waist, wishing that the two of them were so close that there was no gap.

Lu Zhao did not resist at all. He stretched out a hand, pressed Bai Li's head, and groped downwards. His fingertips rubbed the gland on the back of Bai Li's neck. He felt Bai Li's hand around his waist tighten again, and he made a faint hum.

So his fingers fell on Bai Li's gland and did not move away. Bai Li's lips seemed very hot, making him unable to think.

Bai Li let Lu Zhao touch his neck. Lu Zhao's fingertips fell lightly on it, but it seemed to press hard on his heart. There was

a bright warm light in the room, and thunder could be heard faintly, muffled and not clear.

The sound of breathing in the distance was frightening.