Chapter 25
There was a moment of silence.
Qiao You lowered his eyes and looked at the cute whorl of hair of the boy in his arms. Their legs were crossed at this moment, and the tip of the boy's nose was touching his heart. The sound of his heartbeat and the boy's warm breath mixed together, making him inexplicably feel good.
So Qiao You smiled and said, "Are you blaming me, my junior?"
Lan Yexing's nose was filled with a dizzying and pleasant cold fragrance. He seemed to hear the young man's words through his broad chest and bones. The tip of his ear felt strangely itchy and hot. He twitched his mouth and tried to push the other person away. His voice was a little helpless and a little muffled: "I don't blame you. I won't move around. Let me go first."
Qiao You chuckled and obediently let go of his hand. Lan Yexing bent his uninjured leg and used the force to get up and stood up.
Then he reached out his hand to the young man who was still on the ground.
Qiao You raised his eyebrows, and readily grasped the other's wrist. When he stood up, he deliberately used a little force. As expected, Lan Yexing staggered and almost fell into his arms again, but he managed to keep his balance in the end.
Lan Yexing didn't notice the other party's bad intentions, and just patted the leaves on his body and said, "Senior, why are you here?"
Shouldn't this guy be in the auditorium listening to speeches by successful people?
Qiao You: “Just passing by.”
The clown show in the stands was so boring that he left early and took a walk nearby. As a result, he ran into Lan Yexing climbing over the wall.
At this time, he glanced at Lan Yexing's left leg and said calmly, "Hey, it's bleeding."
Lan Yexing was startled and followed his line of sight: because of the action just now, the trouser leg of his left leg rolled up slightly, exposing his ankle. A thin stream of blood flowed there from the wound on his knee. Only then did he feel a clear stinging pain in his knee.
Lan Yexing blinked: "Ah, really."
He was just about to say that he would just buy some medicine and bandage himself after he got out, when he saw the tall young man taking something out of his sports bag. Then, he half-knelt down in front of him again and said in a calm but strong voice: "Don't move."
After saying that, Qiao You's slightly cold big hand grasped Lan Yexing's white ankle.
Lan Yexing was so grateful for the coolness and strong control that his body froze. He suddenly opened his eyes wide and subconsciously wanted to step back, but his ankle was firmly grasped by the big hand and he could not move at all.
Qiao You's casual voice came again: "I told you not to move."
As he spoke, his slender fingers moved neatly and smoothly to roll up Lan Yexing's trouser legs bit by bit. Then he saw that above the boy's ankle, which was very suitable for being held, was a beautifully shaped, exceptionally white and slender calf. The knee was already red and swollen, and blood was oozing from the broken skin.
Lan Yexing looked at the young man: "Senior, I can actually do it myself--"
Qiao You had already cleaned up the bloodstains with an alcohol cotton ball and was spraying spray on the wound. He raised his head and smiled at the boy, but used the same sentence the boy had used before: "Junior, I thought that at times like this, I should say thank you first."
Lan Yexing's eyebrows twitched, but he finally stopped struggling obediently. He said softly, "...Thank you."
Qiao You had already lowered his head to apply the medicine again, and then put a large Band-Aid on the wound, saying lightly, "You're welcome."
Finally, he paused subtly, glanced again at the boy's glowing white calves and ankles that were left with light red finger marks from being gripped, then he put the boy's trouser legs down again. Then he put away his things neatly and orderly and stood up.
Lan Yexing looked at him: "Senior, do you often get injured when playing football?" Is that why you carry such a complete set of things with you?
Qiao You smiled and said, "There are no shortcuts in competitive sports."
Sports such as football prohibit the use of mental power, and no matter how talented a person is on the pitch, there are no shortcuts and as long as you play football, you will get injured.
That's why he rarely likes it.
But it's just limited to like.
Lan Yexing nodded seriously, then looked at the fence not far away and said, "Senior, I have to go home to feed the cat. I have to leave first."
Qiao You laughed again: He knew it.
He said calmly, "Go ahead."
Lan Yexing said "hmm" and walked towards the fence. Even though his knee was injured, he still flipped over skillfully and landed lightly. He stood outside the school, waved to the young man through the fence, smiled softly, and then left.
After seeing the young man leave, Qiao You turned and left as well.
…
After accompanying the cat, Lan Yexing thought of Qiao You’s message last night that he didn’t mind trying it. He didn’t go back to school directly as usual, but went to buy the alley pies that were very popular recently.
After returning to the dormitory, he shared a few pies with Janes and Jiang Xiaozhou, and put the portion for Qiao You in the small refrigerator in the dormitory. He then sent a message to Qiao You: [Senior, are you free tomorrow? ]
Qiao You replied quickly: [Yes. What's the matter?]
Lan Yexing: [This is a return gift for the bread I sent you. 】
Qiao You: [My junior should climb over the wall again tomorrow, let’s meet there. (smile.jpg)]
Lan Yexing: “…” He always felt that the other party was teasing him maliciously but he had no evidence.
But that's fine. After all, he's not the one further away from there.
So he replied with a time and then went to wash up.
After washing up and changing the medicine for his knee wound, he received another task from the system: [Three days later, the second-year students of the business school will have an off-campus activity and will go to another city to participate in a financial summit. During the meeting, an alpha who uses hypnotic mental power will sneak into Qiao You's room and attack him. The alpha is one of the businessmen attending the meeting. Please prevent this attack from happening while protecting your own safety.]
Lan Yexing's expression turned stern.
Jiang Xiaozhou was washing up at this time, so Lan Yexing asked directly: "Where is that alpha now?"
System: [My information here shows that from now on, Yan Wentian and others have already checked into the conference hotel. That alpha is one of them. His room number is 603.]
Lan Yexing's eyes turned cold and he nodded. He already had an idea.
The system was a little worried about Lan Yexing, and then asked: [What does the host want to do? ]
Lan Yexing sat at the table, already opening his phone to check train tickets from Central County to that city. He said calmly, "Just get rid of him in advance."
Although Xingdu University is a closed-door school, students can ask for leave from their respective colleges if they have important matters. It should not be difficult for him to ask for two days' leave.
System: [Host, please be careful. 】
Lan Yexing had already booked a ticket for tomorrow night. He reached out to cover the dial and said gently, "I will."
He was about to put away his phone and go to sleep when another piece of news popped up on the screen:
Qi Zhong, who was under police control, has been discharged from the hospital and is being sent to the police station. The hospital entrance is crowded with reporters. Qi Zhong roars at the reporters like a madman, saying that someone in that sea must have modified his body, and asks the reporters to urge the police to catch his murderer.
His scary face had sunken eye sockets and red eye circles. "I'm a space psychic! I'm most sensitive to space! The human body is also a kind of space, how could I not feel that my body has been moved! Someone wants to hurt me! I'm dying! Go catch him!"
The doctor said helplessly that there was nothing wrong with his body after examination, it was just that he got entangled in seaweed and suffocated, which caused some nerve problems.
The police also told reporters that two of the three victims were people without psychic powers. Although the other victim was a noble with psychic powers, his psychic powers were similar to [levitation] and he could not do what Qi Zhong said, so Qi Zhong's statement was complete nonsense.
Police officer: "We have conducted an in-depth investigation. That student's mental power can only be used on inorganic substances. From childhood to adulthood, the most he could do was to make a pencil float in his hand for one minute."
…
Lan Yexing was stunned as he watched: he still didn't know what Qiao You had done to Qi Zhong, but it seemed that Qi Zhong, a space psychic, seemed to react to Qiao You's behavior.
But fortunately, no one (including himself) knows Qiao You’s true mental power, which is really good.
Lan Yexing turned off his cell phone, went to bed and closed his eyes peacefully.
…
The next morning, Lan Yexing contacted Yang Qing to get a certificate. Yang Qing thought that he had really decided to go to a large hospital outside to check for pheromone allergies, so he readily gave him the certificate. Lan Yexing successfully took two days off.
After a day of classes, in the evening, Lan Yexing came to the secret meeting room of the campus hotel to meet Leon.
In addition to Leon, there were several silent alpha psychic followers in the conference room.
The young man with brown curly hair and freckles had a friendly smile on his face, but he stared at the boy sitting in front of him with an extremely cold gaze.
Lan Yexing looked at the other person calmly and got straight to the point: "You know me, and you know about Xiao Song, right? What role did you play in it?"
Leon shrugged and smiled, "You are very smart. But unfortunately, Mr. Lan, I am not the mastermind behind the incident, and I don't know the whole picture of the incident. I only know the existence of you and the dial, as well as your purpose. I can't say more."
Leon leaned forward and rested his elbows on the table, his chin resting on his crossed hands as he examined Lan Yexing: “Mr. Lan, the secret I can give you is not related to this - what I can give you is a weight that is more tempting to you and you absolutely cannot refuse.”
Lan Yexing also showed a cold smile: "Oh?"
Leon stared at him: "Student Lan, you don't belong to this world, right?"
Lan Yexing's pupils suddenly shrank. At the same time, the wall they were facing subtly twisted for a moment, as if it was an illusion, and no one noticed.
Seeing the boy's expression, Leon smiled with determination. He said, "You know, Lan, the essence of spatial mental power is not to create space, but to connect space. However, weak spatial mental power can only randomly connect to a very small space in another world, and that space has a boundary. For example, the space in another world that Qi Zhong connected is like a small room. You can touch the boundary after entering. In other words, you can't go to another world through the space in another world that he connected. You will only be trapped in that room."
Leon stared at Lan Yexing, his smile deepening: "And the most powerful space-based mental power can connect to the vast space of another world. It can not only pull people from there here, but also send them back. Classmate Lan, one of my mental powers is the space-based one. Because it is too powerful, there are restrictions on its use."
Leon: "Three months later, when you have your winter vacation, I will be able to use it once. As long as you don't stop and help my people to chase Qiao You during this period, I will send you home. What do you think of this bargaining chip?"
Lan Yexing's body stiffened, and he suddenly opened his eyes wide. He felt his brain buzzing: What is he talking about?
Can you send him... home?
In just a split second, he subconsciously reached for the watch dial on his right wrist.
Leon saw his movements and continued to speak, as if the devil was whispering to seduce people: "Student Lan, as long as you can go back, you can continue to live your original happy life. Everything here, including Qiao You and the dial, you can treat it as a dream. You can choose to forget everything in the dream without any moral burden."
Leon: "Mr. Lan, do you want to make this deal with me?"
After saying this, he stared closely at the young man opposite him, whose eyes were slightly lowered and whose expression was hidden by his hair, and waited for his answer confidently.
Silence spread in this space.
After an unknown amount of time, Lan Yexing raised her head and looked at him expressionlessly: "I refuse."
Leon frowned in disbelief: "What did you say?"
Lan Yexing's voice was calm and unperturbed: "You are lying."
Leon's red eyes shrank suddenly.
Lan Yexing: "Maybe there really is a space psychic who can do this, but it's not you. Your psychic power doesn't include space, right?"
Qiao You had attacked Qi Zhong before. Even someone as weak as Qi Zhong could be sensitive to space and could sense that something was wrong inside his body. If Leon was really such a powerful space user, how could he not have noticed the two times Qiao You attacked him?
Moreover, if Leon was really such a powerful space psychic, Qiao You was so smart that it was impossible for him to attack him in such a casual way.
Thinking of something, Lan Yexing lowered his eyes, a soft look appeared on his face for a moment, and he said: "Besides, even if you can really send me home, I will not agree to make a deal with you, and I will not help your people chase Qiao You."
As he said this, his expression slowly became firm and cold: "None of you deserve even a glance from Qiao You."
He would neither give up Xiao Song just to go home, nor would he help these guys with ulterior motives get close to Qiao You just to go home.
Leon's tense facial muscles trembled, and the friendly smile on his face completely disappeared. His red eyes stared at the boy like a venomous snake, and he said word by word: "You are smarter than I thought, Lan. Aren't you afraid that I will make you disappear?"
Lan Yexing had already stood up and glanced at him coldly: "You can't either, am I right?"
If Leon could really make him disappear, then a vicious person like him would never choose to trade with him, and would have attacked him long ago.
Lan Yexing lowered his eyes and thought: Therefore, the guy who gave him the system and issued the task must have some disagreements with Leon, and his status is higher than Leon. He suppresses Leon, so Leon cannot attack him and stop him from completing the task.
Leon's breathing became rapid due to extreme anger. He stared at Lan Yexing viciously. Lan Yexing looked at him fearlessly: "Since Mr. Leon chose to lie from the beginning, there is no need to continue this conversation. I'm leaving. Goodbye."
After saying that, Lan Yexing picked up his canvas bag and left the room without looking back.
The moment he closed the door, there was a loud "bang" and Leon in the room smashed a teacup against the closed door.
…
After walking out of the hotel, Lan Yexing looked at the beautiful sunset above the sky and took a deep breath. Only then did he feel a lot more comfortable.
When he touched the lunch box containing beef patties in the canvas bag, he couldn't help but let a faint smile appear on his face.
He strode towards the place where he had agreed to meet with the young man.
After delivering the pie to the young man, he will catch tonight's train to go to another city to deal with the alpha attacker.
He has contacted his neighbor grandfather to help look after his cat while he is away for two days.
…
Lan Yexing thought as he walked, and when he reached the grove, there were still ten minutes before the agreed time, but Qiao You had already arrived.
A tall blond young man was standing under a golden fir tree, stepping on the soft fallen leaves. He was as handsome as a prince in a fairy tale. His calm and indifferent green eyes were like a beautiful cold lake, but when he looked at him, ripples appeared like snow melting in the spring breeze.
A gentle expression appeared on Lan Yexing's face, and he strode over.
When he stood in front of the young man, his breathing was a little rapid due to walking too much, and his cheeks were a little red, but his light-colored eyes were so bright that they seemed to contain stars in the night sky.
Then, he took out the lunch box from the canvas bag, handed it to the young man, tilted his head and smiled softly: "Senior, my friend and I have eaten it first, this is really delicious, you can try it--"
However, Qiao You did not take it. He just lowered his eyes and looked deeply at the handsome and lively boy in front of him, as if at this moment, the only person in the world existed was the person in front of him.
As if driven by some uncontrollable emotion, he stretched out his big hand, covered the boy's black hair, and rubbed it gently and restrainedly.
Lan Yexing paused and was stunned: "Hey? Senior, what's wrong with you?"
Someone like Qiao You, who has a strong sense of boundaries, would do something that crosses the line. Did something happen to him?
Worry slowly appeared on his face, and Lan Yexing was about to ask again -
Qiao You, who had just extracted the substance in the wall in the next room and listened to the whole thing, once again locked his eyes on Lan Yexing with a cage-like gaze, as if he wanted to focus all his attention on the young man in front of him.
After a long while, he removed his hand and said with a smile: "Nothing, I just saw that you were in a hurry and your hair was messy. I helped you to sort it out, junior."
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