Chapter 22
Lan Yexing's pupils shrank, his black hair was disheveled, and his fair cheeks became redder due to the pheromone allergy. He was breathing lightly, almost uncontrollably. He stretched out his hand slowly, trying to hold the sheep pendant in his hand.
Qiao You raised his eyebrows, and withdrew his hand maliciously. Lan Yexing's hand was empty.
The blond young man stuffed the iced grape juice in his other hand into the boy's hand.
Lan Yexing was stunned.
Qiao You quietly looked at the boy's appearance, which was actually very arousing to people's desire to abuse him - even the skin exposed from the neckline and collarbone were stained with a light pink.
She's a beta with no susceptible period or pheromones, but why is it that when she's allergic, it's like she's entering a susceptible period, so...
So what?
What words would he subconsciously use to describe the boy's appearance at this moment?
The blond young man looked at Lan Yexing nonchalantly, thinking so. After a moment, he subtly turned his gaze away and said calmly, "Drink some juice to sober up first. I'll give it to you after it's disinfected."
When he used the ability of [Extraction] to get the pendant in his hand, the unpleasant smell on the pendant had not yet been cleaned.
Lan Yexing's brain slowly digested the young man's words. He nodded almost obediently, then held the can of juice in both hands and placed it on his knees, lowering his head slightly like a child: "Thank you."
His voice was muffled and a little hoarse.
Qiao You: “You’re welcome.”
Then he glanced in the direction of the door, his eyes were a little cold for no reason, and he said lightly: "Take a rest first, you can use everything here."
Qiao You: "I'll go clean up outside and have dinner later."
Lan Yexing didn't know whether he heard it clearly or not, he just nodded quietly.
Qiao You looked at him again, walked out of the study with his long legs, and closed the door again.
After the door closed, Lan Yexing held the can of juice in both hands and slowly fell on the blanket on the sofa.
The blanket was stained with the usual scent of lime that the young man had, which made people feel at ease when they smelled it.
Lan Yexing closed his eyes peacefully.
…
This was the scene he saw when Qiao You finished his work outside and returned to the study.
Lan Yexing lay on her side on the blanket on the sofa, her slender body slightly arched like a cat, looking like she was asleep, and the redness on her face had faded a lot - it seemed that the allergy symptoms were gradually disappearing.
The can of unfinished juice in the boy's arms was already forming water droplets.
Qiao You: “.”
He leaned over, swiftly took the juice from the other's arms and put it aside, then looked at the boy: should he carry him to the guest bedroom to sleep or wake him up directly?
After just a moment of thought, Qiao You chose the latter.
He patted Lan Yexing's thin shoulder, then stood up and said, "Junior."
Lan Yexing was the kind of obedient person who would not get angry even if he was woken up at this time. His eyelashes trembled and he slowly opened his light-colored eyes.
Qiao You stood in front of him, folded his arms and looked down at him, his eyebrows slightly raised: "Get up and eat."
Lan Yexing, who was already quite sober, was startled. He slowly stood up, put his hands on his knees, looked at the young man, blinked and said, "But I have already eaten at home."
He was just about to give him the pendant because he was going home - Qiao You was also a victim implicated in today's incident, and he might even still be running a fever, so he shouldn't disturb him here; besides, he needed to be alone to sort out his thoughts.
The blond young man casually folded his arms and looked down at him, with that dangerous and bewitching smile on his face again: "I'm ready. Eat." He prepared it specially for him, so he must eat.
Lan Yexing: “…”
He twitched his lips: "But I really--" I need to go home as soon as possible.
The smile on the young man's face became brighter and more dangerous. He glanced at the boy who had just woken up and opened his eyes slightly like a cat with a meaningful look, and threatened directly and blatantly: "Junior brother, you don't want me to ask you why you broke into my house tonight?"
Lan Yexing: “!” He really didn’t have time to think of a reason…
Qiao You had already walked out with his long legs, leaving only a sentence: "Come to the restaurant."
Lan Yexing sighed helplessly, stood up and followed him out, his expression so relaxed and soft that he himself was not even aware of it.
…
When he walked into the living room, the corgi came out from its playroom happily and rubbed against Lan Yexing's legs, but Lan Yexing paused when he looked at the sofa and coffee table that were completely covered with dustproof cloth.
Qiao You, who was already sitting elegantly at the dining table in the restaurant, looked at him with one hand on his chin and said indifferently and casually: "I have contacted someone, and someone will come to take them away and throw them away tomorrow."
As if sensing the chill in his master's words, the Corgi shook his chubby body, and even though he was reluctant to leave Lan Yexing, he still ran away.
Lan Yexing did not stop him. He just blinked as he looked at the furniture that was still intact but was about to be discarded: they were just touched by someone Qiao You hated, and he was going to throw them all away.
Qiao You’s mysophobia is more serious than he imagined.
He didn't say much, just said "Oh", and continued to walk to the restaurant. After washing his hands, he sat down opposite the young man.
A glass of milk was placed in front of him.
However, there were two sets of tableware on the table, but only one plate, on which were neatly placed a few decent-looking thumb sandwiches, perfectly fried bacon, and two fried eggs. It was obvious that two people needed to share one plate.
Lan Yexing: “.……?”
He looked at him: "....Where are the other plates in your house?"
The young man smiled slightly and said without any guilt: "They were all thrown away." The teacup used by the omega was placed in the cabinet where the plates were placed.
The only remaining plate was previously used to hold fruit and was placed in his room.
Lan Yexing: “.”
He didn't ask any more questions, picked up his knife and fork and started eating his second dinner of the day.
During the meal, even though he really didn't want to be asked about his motive for breaking into the villa, Lan Yexing thought of something and took the initiative to bring it up: "Senior, your servant has been bribed, you..." It's better to be careful.
Speaking of this, I remembered that the old man had mentioned to him during their conversation that the young beta servant who helped in the kitchen had been working at home for many years and the old man had a lot of feelings for him.
He was just about to consider using a tactful tone, but the blond young man opposite him still lowered his head slightly and continued to eat elegantly and casually with his silver knife and fork.
His voice was cold and calm: "Thanks for the reminder. I will talk to grandpa and ask him to get a new one." He did not retaliate against the other party, which was already a way of giving face to the elderly in his family.
Lan Yexing was stunned for a moment, then said, "Okay."
…
The meal was quickly finished, and Lan Yexing said politely: "It's delicious, thank you for the treat."
Under the light, the handsome and heroic blond young man smiled slightly: "Stretch out your hand."
Lan Yexing did it almost subconsciously.
The next moment, the golden sheep pendant fell steadily into his palm.
But it smelled strongly of alcohol.
Lan Yexing didn't care. He carefully put away the heavy pendant, curved his eyes and smiled brightly at the blond young man opposite him. He said seriously: "Senior, thank you very much."
Qiao You used a terrifying gaze that seemed to be real to carefully describe the boy's expression at the moment - and the boy, who was completely enveloped in his gaze, seemed to be unaware of the horror in his gaze, and still looked directly at him with that soft and clear expression.
Qiao You smiled flawlessly again: "You're welcome."
Lan Yexing stood up and said goodbye, saying that the cat was waiting for him at home. Qiao You did not keep him any longer and waved his hand to let him leave.
…
After returning home, taking a shower and changing into pajamas, Lan Yexing jumped onto the bed. Maotuan had recently started to stick to him and was sleeping quietly at the head of the bed...
After rolling comfortably for a few times, Lan Yexing lay on his back on the bed, took out the gold pendant and looked at it carefully under the light from the ceiling.
He said softly: "Xiao Song, this is yours, right?"
The dial on the right wrist lit up, and the voice was mechanical and blank: [It seems... yes]
Lan Yexing pursed her lips: "Do you have any impression of Lin Qian?" Why did Lin Qian have Xiao Song's pendant on him?
Is this pendant only related to Lin Qian himself, or is it related to the royal family behind Lin Qian?
System: [I didn’t know him before.] He first knew this person when the host sent him the task of stopping Qiao You and Lin Qian from performing the opening dance.
Lan Yexing: "Where are the royal family members? Do you have any impression of them?"
The system's voice was even more confused than before: [...I, don't know.]
Lan Yexing: "It's okay." After a pause, he said, "I will help you keep the pendant."
The rest is up to him to investigate.
Lan Yexing's expression was incredibly gentle: "You said that someone made this pendant specifically to bless you, Xiaosong. It will definitely continue to bless you with their thoughts."
System: […] The feeling of not knowing what to say appeared again.
After a moment of thought, it finally found the desire to express itself. If the existence of this idealism can really bless a person, then it hopes that it can also bless the host with peace, health and freedom.
Just as it was about to say it, it discovered that the boy on the bed had fallen asleep holding the soft doll.
System: […] What exactly is this feeling that makes me feel so present in this cold data stream?
A slight electric current quietly surged on the surface of the dial. The next moment, the lights in the room went out. In the quiet space, only the steady breathing of a person and a cat remained.
…
Lan Yexing spent the second day of the holiday checking data.
He searched Lin Qian's name on all platforms with search functions, only to find out that Lin Qian was also a student of Xingdu University.
Lan Yexing looked at some of Lin Qian’s daily life on social media platforms: Lin Qian is a student at the Academy of Fine Arts.
He should be a classmate of Duan Jue, who broke into the classroom to hand a love letter to Qiao You and ended up confessing to him for unknown reasons.
Generally speaking, tuition fees for art majors are very expensive, and Lin Qian's family is very ordinary, so he cannot afford to go to art school. However, the royal family, who has always been generous in charity, began to support him when he was young, so Lin Qian has a very close relationship with the royal family members.
It is said that in order to take care of Lin Qian's self-esteem as a recipient of funding, the royal family also made an agreement with Lin Qian that ten years after graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts, Lin Qian would give the royal family three paintings for free, and the specific three paintings would be selected by the royal family.
Lan Yexing frowned slightly as he looked at the information: Was it his illusion?
This is too inappropriate. Even if it is a gift of a painting, why do you have to specify what kind of painting it is?
If you completely strip away all the superficial warmth and nobility, it's as if the royal family knew from the beginning that Lin Qian would become famous one day in the future and that he would paint the three best paintings, so the royal family got them in advance at a meager price...
But this is too mysterious. Even if there is such a thing as mental power, can it really achieve this?
Lan Yexing shook his head and threw this inexplicable thought out of his mind.
No matter what Lin Qian's identity is or what his relationship with the royal family is, he must find out from him where Lin Qian got Xiao Song's pendant - even if he has to use some extraordinary means that he disdains, he will not hesitate.
…
But when he went to school the next day, before Lan Yexing could go to the Academy of Fine Arts to block Lin Qian, the system issued another task about Lin Qian:
[Lin Qian believes that saving is one of the effective ways for Little White Flower to win people's hearts.
Qiao You will take a break from football training this afternoon. He will go to the university swimming pool at around 6 o'clock. A water-based psychic student will lurk in the water and use his psychic power to increase the depth of the deep water area where Qiao You is stepping into to 10 meters. When Qiao You goes into the water, he will secretly pull Qiao You a little. 】
If the water suddenly deepens and a person is pulled while swimming, he or she may subconsciously struggle out of fear.
System: [Then Lin Qian has already lurked at the edge where the shallow water area and the deep water area meet. He will pretend to be swimming by and pull Qiao You into the shallow water area to rescue him.]
Lan Yexing: “…”
What kind of misunderstanding does this scumbag have about Little White Flower?
His eyes turned cold as he asked, "What do you mean by increasing the water depth by ten meters?"
Generally, the deep water area of a swimming pool will not exceed 2.5 meters. Even if there is a water-based psychic, how can the water be deepened to 10 meters within the fixed volume of the swimming pool?
System: [Water-based psychics can extend the underwater space infinitely. ]
In other words, even within a fixed volume, as long as the user with water ability is strong enough, he can make a 2-meter-deep swimming pool bottomless.
Lan Yexing nodded with a cold expression: "Got it. Thank you."
After thinking for a moment, he stopped under an oak tree on the side of the road on campus - he was walking when the system issued the task.
He opened his phone and sent a message to Qiao You, chatting him up awkwardly: [Senior, I saw on the campus website that your club’s training will be suspended this afternoon. Do you have any plans in your spare time?]
The message came back quickly, with a few neat words: [Swimming. Are you busy? by Qiao You]
Lan Yexing: [Senior, can you put your plan aside for now? ]
Lan Yexing: [My notebook is still with you, I need it. Can you help me deliver it to the sixth floor reading room of Library No. 3 this evening? Oh, and help me buy pudding bread and milk from the convenience store near the literature department building complex on the way. Only that kind of bread is available there. I'll wait for you at Library No. 3 at 7 o'clock.]
[By the way, the weather is nice today, and the sunset is great. If you are willing, you can walk here while enjoying the beautiful scenery. ]
After sending these almost unreasonable and shameless words, Lan Yexing felt something was wrong. He felt his face getting hot for some reason, but the message had already been sent, so Lan Yexing had to rub his face and wait for a reply.
This was the way he thought of to complete the task - after all, starting with Qiao You was the easiest.
Library No. 3 is the most remote library in Xingdu University. It takes Qiao You 20 minutes to get to Library No. 3 from the Business School even if he rides a bike. It takes even longer to go to the Literature Department building complex to buy bread. He has to set out at around 6 o'clock and can only deliver to Library No. 3 at 7 o'clock. After leaving the library, the swimming pool has already closed.
As long as Qiao You doesn't go to the swimming pool, the mission will be accomplished.
but……
Lan Yexing lowered his eyes and looked at the message he had sent, looking somewhat helpless: Even if Qiao You agreed, he was going to break the appointment.
When Qiao You goes to Library No. 3, he will go to the swimming pool to find Lin Qian.
Water-type psychics can be dealt with by electric shock, but Lin Qian is just a person without psychic power. No matter what means are used, he will get the information about the pendant from him.
Thinking of something, Lan Yexing sighed softly:
However, even though they are now relatively familiar with each other, would Qiao You agree to his unreasonable request?
Judging from that guy's personality, it would be considered a good relationship between them if they didn't block him.
At this moment, the phone vibrated. Lan Yexing opened it immediately and saw a reply from Qiao You:
[Junior, are you looking for trouble? (smile.jpg)]
Lan Yexing: “…”
He sighed softly: He knew Qiao You would not agree to this -
But the phone vibrated a second time immediately. Lan Yexing was stunned for a moment and clicked it: it was still a message from Qiao You.
This message was also in Qiao You's usual simple and neat style, with only three words:
[But, okay. (smile.jpg) by Qiao You]
Lan Yexing suddenly opened his eyes wide.
He looked at the briefest message and was unable to recover for a long time.
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