Chapter 32
Janes noticed that something was wrong with Lan Yexing and looked at him: "Xiaoxing?"
Lan Yexing sighed helplessly: "Nothing."
He ignored Qiao You's inexplicable message and just replied: [Senior, you won't go to the Academy of Fine Arts next week, right?]
Qiao You: [Yes.]
Lan Yexing finally felt relieved and turned off his phone.
It was almost time for class, and most of the students came in one after another, making the lecture hall lively.
The news of Bai Que spread to an incredible extent overnight, and all the students who came into the classroom were discussing it.
A vague look of sympathy swept over to Lan Yexing - they naturally recalled the dispute between Bai Qu and Lan Yexing in the previous class.
Many people had a hint of anger on their faces - many young students from ordinary backgrounds strangely sympathized with Lan Yexing at this moment. After all, the fact that their identities were inexplicably taken away was too terrifying and hard to guard against.
In the mainstream public opinion, spiritual power is simply a symbol of bloodline and is completely harmless to the lives of ordinary people. The types of spiritual power currently exposed to the public are also quite common and weak. However, now, such a strange and terrifying spiritual power still exists. This cannot but make people, especially young people, deeply doubt and uneasy about the traditional understanding of spiritual power.
What surprised Lan Yexing even more was that the part of this matter that could be discussed actually included Leon behind Bai Tori:
"It's being said outside that the identity transfer was Prince Leon's mental power, and that he was the one who gave Lan Yexing's identity to Bai Qu."
"Is this something I can say? But why would the prince do such a shameful thing? And I heard that Shiratori is a student at a very famous private art school. I don't know how decadent and comfortable the life of a noble child studying art must be. Why would he steal Xiaolan's identity as an ordinary person?"
"Who knows? Maybe a privileged person like Shiratori is bored, so he asks the prince to help him steal an ordinary person's life experience for fun. I heard that the prince and Shiratori grew up together. Anyway, people like them don't have to pay the price for bullying ordinary people."
"Hey, whether there's a price or not, it's hard to say this time. This matter has already caused a big uproar outside. I heard that many people have gathered outside the palace to demand that the royal family and officials thoroughly investigate this matter. They must give the public an explanation. All the reporters have flocked there. So even though Shiratori is still unconscious, the police have already rushed to the hospital."
"By the way, why did Shiratori suddenly become like that? I saw a photo of him being sent to the hospital on the forum today. He was bleeding. It was so scary."
"You've done too many bad things and you've been punished for it. But I heard that the preliminary investigation concluded that Bai Que accidentally fell from the roof of a building on campus. In order to seek help, he crawled to a nearby grove, but still fainted due to the pain. I don't know why he ran to the rooftop in the middle of the night."
"Harm, you're thinking about how to harm others..."
…
Lan Yexing lowered his eyes and listened carefully without saying anything.
Janes, on the other hand, smiled and said, "Prince Leon has been pushed into a desperate situation."
Lan Yexing paused.
Janes looked at him meaningfully and said, "The royal family has always valued reputation more than anything else. If it really comes down to a choice between saving the prince and saving the reputation, the king will abandon his son without hesitation."
What's more, the prince did not have a good relationship with the king.
Janes: "The person behind this has pushed Leon to this point. Now no one can say what the dangerous Prince Leon will do. So -"
The Omega used his blue eyes to look seriously at the boy whose expression was hidden by his hair. "Xiaoxing, no matter whether you know the mastermind behind this or not, you must not get involved in this matter any further. You are just a victim of the identity transfer mental power, nothing more."
At this time, the professor had already walked into the classroom. Lan Yexing opened the textbook calmly: "Okay. Thanks for the reminder."
Janes looked at the boy worriedly, sighed softly, but still said nothing more.
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When this class was over, Lan Yexing also had his holiday.
On the way home, he received a text message from Yang Qing expressing his concern and condolences. Yang Qing also informed him that Zhou Yanqiu had been discharged from the hospital and had returned to his hometown on leave of absence, but he promised that after a period of rest, he would return to campus to complete his studies. He would continue to improve and design aircraft and would not give up the industry he loved because of anyone or anything.
Lan Yexing curved her eyes, was happy for him, and replied with a "OK".
He returned home quickly. The fur ball that had been taken care of by the old man next door and had not seen Lan Yexing for a few days ran towards him, crying loudly, its voice almost breaking. It rubbed against the boy's trouser legs desperately, fearing that he would never come back.
Lan Yexing's heart softened. He held the little white cat, which was growing more and more beautiful, in his arms at the entrance and walked into the house.
After dinner and a shower, Lan Yexing sat on the sofa in her pajamas, holding Maotuan, and stared blankly in a rare state of restlessness.
He was thinking about what Janes had said today.
He already knew that the person who took down the dialogue was Qiao You, but he didn't know that Qiao You would push Leon, who was behind the scenes, directly to the front of the stage.
Unlike the previous events that Qiao You had handled personally and which could be kept confidential, pushing an important member of the royal family directly into the spotlight of public opinion was definitely not something that could be done by one person. The complex processes and connections involved would inevitably leave no traces.
In other words, Leon could easily know who had attacked him.
Will Leon, who is forced into a desperate situation, take revenge on Qiao You...
Lan Yexing couldn't sit still any longer. He was just about to go to the next room to meet the other party, but a message came in at this time: [Junior, help me. (Smile.jpg) by Qiao You]
Lan Yexing was startled and replied: [You say.]
The next moment, the phone rang. Lan Yexing quickly picked it up. A pleasant voice full of charm came out from her hand and sounded very close to her ear, with a happy smile: "Xiaoxing."
Lan Yexing's breathing became disordered for a moment, and the tips of his ears felt strangely hot. He coughed lightly and said, "What's the matter? Tell me."
Qiao You: "Can you accompany grandpa to take Lizhi to the pet hospital now? It has a little cough today and grandpa is very worried. But I have something to do now and can't leave."
"I heard from Grandpa that your cat is almost ready for the second shot of vaccination. You can take it today."
Lan Yexing blinked and said, "Of course. I'll take the cat out to pick them up right now."
Qiao You: "Yes. Thank you."
He was about to hang up when Lan Yexing suddenly called him urgently, "Senior!"
On the other end of the phone, the blond young man raised his eyebrows slightly: "What?"
Lan Yexing took a deep breath and said seriously: "You must pay attention to safety recently. Especially pay attention to Leon."
There was silence on the phone for a while, and then a happy chuckle came out: "Got it."
After hanging up the phone, Lan Yexing gently put the sleeping ball of fur into a cat bag and got up to change his clothes for going out.
After that, he left the villa carrying the cat bag.
…
After picking up the old man and the dog named Litchi, Lan Yexing took a taxi and took them to the hospital.
Soon after arriving, two nurses took Lizhi and Maotuan for examination and vaccination.
Maotuan's vaccine was quickly administered, and Lan Yexing held the cat's mouth and sat in the corridor outside with the old man, waiting for Lizhi's test results.
The gray-haired old man was still dressed like a gentleman as usual, with a amiable smile on his face, but Lan Yexing always felt that his old gray-black eyes seemed to hide deep worries and concerns.
Sure enough, the old man looked at the window opposite with a blank look in his eyes and sighed almost subconsciously.
Lan Yexing looked at him and said softly, "Grandpa, what's wrong with you? Is there anything bothering you?"
The old man came back to his senses and smiled at the boy lovingly and apologetically, his voice gentle and vicissitudes: "I'm sorry for making you worry, little classmate. I'm fine. I'm an old man, what could happen?"
Lan Yexing lowered his eyes for a moment and spoke in a softer voice: "So, it's Qiao You?"
The old man was startled. He looked at the young man for a long while with his wise and gentle eyes, then he sighed and said what was in his heart: "Yes, I am worried about the young master. Life is a long road, and I will soon reach the end. The only thing I am worried about is the young master."
The old man said, "I have only been a housekeeper for one family in my life. I have witnessed the rise and fall of this family for most of my life. I have seen so many faces with blond hair and blue eyes, as beautiful as poetry and dreams. I like this job very much, and I also like taking care of those beautiful and neurotic people."
"A long time ago, I watched the young master's mother grow up, and witnessed her and her husband die at the best age. Later, I watched the young master grow up again. As an old man, I never want to experience the despair of that time again."
"I just want the young master to live his life in peace. As he grows up, I even hope that he will be mediocre, cowardly, stupid, and confused and happy."
Unfortunately, the young man was just like his mother, too smart and sharp, like a cold blade that would rather break than bend.
Lan Yexing reached out and covered the old man's bony and trembling hand, and asked in a hoarse voice: "How did his parents die?"
The old man looked at the young man with a sad face: "It was a terrible fire."
Lan Yexing's pupils suddenly shrank, and she felt as if her heart was being ripped open by a knife: The fire...
Su Lou's family also died in a fire.
Does Qiao You know about this?
The old man took a few deep breaths and forced himself to calm down. He was silent for a while before he said worriedly, "I always feel that the young master is very strange today...but I can't tell what's strange about him. Maybe I'm too old and I like to think too much."
Thinking of something, he looked at Lan Yexing lovingly and said with a smile: "Thank you so much, Xiaoxing, I think the young master has been much happier since he met you."
Lan Yexing suppressed the emotions surging in his heart. He bent his eyes and looked at the old man, saying, "I am also very happy to meet him."
As soon as he finished speaking, the nurse came out with Lizhi.
The strange thing is that Lizhi, who had been coughing at home, did not cough at all during the journey, and after arriving at the hospital, he was in surprisingly good condition.
The nurse handed the dog and the medical report to the old man, and said in bewilderment, "Lizhi is very healthy, nothing is wrong with it. You said it was coughing at home, and after we ruled out viral and bacterial infections, we also checked to see if it was stuck by anything, but there was nothing."
As the nurse said this, she took out some dog snacks that Litchi often ate to reward him for being well behaved during the examination. At this moment, something strange happened: Litchi, who had been full of energy just a moment ago, saw the snack and then shook his short tail and started coughing comically - it was more like he was imitating the sound of a cough than a cough.
After coughing, it happily took away the doggie donut, as if it was receiving a reward after completing a task.
Lan Yexing opened his eyes wide as he watched this scene: It was as if someone had deliberately trained Lizhi to cough...
The nurse looked at this scene with even greater surprise: "Oh? Is Little Lizhi really sick?"
The old man also looked at the little guy with concern.
At this moment, the wind chimes at the hospital gate rang, and new guests came in with their pets. They seemed to be discussing a fire.
The male alpha said with lingering fear: "I just drove by, it was really burning too badly, the fire truck arrived more than ten minutes ago, but the fire couldn't be put out at all, and I don't know if there was anyone inside. But fortunately, only that one house caught fire, and such a big fire was isolated in time, and it didn't spread to the neighbors on both sides."
The female beta also said sympathetically: "Was it an accident? Or was it man-made? A fire in the city center is too..."
The male alpha lowered his voice: "Some people speculated that it was... revenge. After all, the head of the household was...,...wasn't he just severely beaten by that guy before? He was almost expelled from the royal family."
They walked into an examination room, holding the puppy and talking quietly.
The nurse is discussing with the old man whether to give Lizhi a more thorough examination, but it will take a while.
Lan Yexing's breathing was completely disordered. His heart was beating too fast, and his ears were buzzing. For a moment, he had a strong tinnitus. He could hardly hear what they were saying:
The man and woman spoke in such low voices that he couldn't actually hear the names they were saying.
But almost instinctively, he wondered if that was...
He immediately stood up and looked at the old man, took a deep breath and forced a smile on his face. He said, "Grandpa, I think Litchi still needs a more thorough inspection before people can rest assured."
The old man was startled and said, "I thought so too."
Lan Yexing clenched his hands into fists, his nails pricking his palms. He smiled with embarrassment, "Grandpa, I suddenly remembered that I have something to do. I'm afraid I can't stay here any longer. Can you help me look after the cat first? I'll pick you up after Lizhi finishes the examination, okay?"
The old man took the cat bag and said with a kind and understanding smile: "Of course. Go and do your work, Xiaoxing. I am fine and will take good care of the little fur ball for you."
Lan Yexing said "hmm", and asked the nurse to help him take care of the old man, then turned around and walked away.
He stopped a car as quickly as possible and was almost so panicked that he forgot to send a message to Qiao You to confirm whether the other party was safe. He just urged the driver to drive faster.
My heart was in a mess and I was even praying secretly: what the couple said was just fake news...
But when the car was forced to stop at the intersection, he quickly got out of the car and looked in one direction, then suddenly opened his eyes wide: there were cordons everywhere nearby, and amid the shrill sirens of fire trucks and police cars, even though the houses of nearby residents were not affected, the residents were being evacuated in an orderly manner.
Lan Yexing strode in one direction against the flow of people. The further he walked, the heavier his heart became as he looked ahead.
At the end of his sight, a villa was already ablaze with flames rising to the sky, and Qiao You was still inside - he just instinctively felt that Qiao You was still inside...
Without any hesitation, Lan Yexing rushed in desperately.
…
It is impossible for firefighters to let an ordinary person into the fire.
Lan Yexing used his mental power - he had never been so grateful that he had completed so many tasks in exchange for mental power that could be used.
He used [Open] to avoid the firefighters and enter the blazing wall that was about to collapse; he used [Freeze], even if he couldn't put out the fire completely, he could temporarily freeze the fire wall along the way; he used [Breathe], although it was only for five minutes, it could support him to move around in the raging fire with thick smoke everywhere...
He stood alone in the doomsday-like building surrounded by flames, desperately shouting Qiao You's name amid the huge and terrifying sound of the building's collapse.
But after quickly searching every corner of the first floor, the young man was nowhere to be found.
A minute and a half had passed. Lan Yexing was about to go to the second floor to look for someone, but he suddenly stopped: When he came to Qiao You's house to stop Lin Qian's attack, the servant said that Qiao You was in the basement...
Lan Yexing bit his lower lip, wiped the black ash off his face and immediately ran towards the basement. In the terrifying firelight along the way, his light-colored eyes were surprisingly bright.
We soon arrived at the corridor in the basement, which seemed to have a separate power supply system and the lights were still on.
Thick smoke and a little flame had already poured in. Lan Yexing strode to a room and suddenly opened the door: this seemed to be a bedroom that someone had lived in. The decoration style was extremely cold and simple, and the only color was a lonely photo on the bedside.
There was a strange alpha standing in the room, his back to Lan Yexing, fire burning at his fingertips and a look of incredible malice, as if he wanted to completely set this room and the entire underground space on fire.
Lan Yexing's breathing stagnated, his eyes were frighteningly cold, electricity surged in his right arm, and the alpha fell down with his eyes rolled back.
A flame had already made the border of the group photo on the bedside table smoke and was almost burning the border of the photo - if the boy did not come, it would be ignited.
Lan Yexing put out the fire neatly, and inexplicably felt that this was something important, so he put it in his arms. Without even having time to look at the contents of the photo, he turned and walked towards the door, calling the young man's name in a hoarse voice.
…
At the same time, the huge laboratory opposite the bedroom was filled with a strong smell of formalin and disinfectant. In the barely sufficient oxygen extracted and the barely safe space, the tall and handsome blond young man turned pale due to a slight lack of oxygen. He was neatly using the [extraction] mental power to smash all the equipment and various bloody tissues, organs and even human bones into powder - his plan was proceeding in an orderly manner, and he would soon be able to lure out a bigger shot through Leon.
This house will be completely reduced to ashes, and the remains of this basement will definitely be discovered when it is rebuilt. All the things he has collected so far have been studied and are no longer valuable. Now is the best time to destroy it.
There were creepy sounds of collapse and the "pop" of burning fire coming from above his head, but the blond young man's face was filled with arrogance, coldness and disdain.
He thought coldly that he was indeed a monster, who was calmly enjoying the imminent danger and suffocation. But a monster like him was greedy for such a warm and lovely person.
How is that boy now?
I really want to see his face...
Thinking this indifferently, he crushed one of his eyeballs into powder in mid-air.
But the next moment, his body suddenly froze, and his pupils contracted extremely tightly:
A hoarse voice that was so familiar and gentle that it made his hair stand on end came in:
"Senior, where are you!"
Qiao You's heart suddenly sank, and he felt like his breathing was almost stagnant.
Finally realizing what was going on, he strode outside in a panic. After he opened the door forcefully, he suddenly stopped and opened his eyes wide in shock. The extremely embarrassed young man, whose body was covered in black and gray and whose face was in an extremely miserable state, bumped into his eyes fiercely.
Qiao You frowned deeply, grabbed Lan Yexing's wrist tightly and dragged him into the bloody laboratory.
At this time, the fire had affected the basement. The pale cold light on the ceiling began to flicker. Qiao You's big hands tightly grasped the boy's thin shoulders. He stared fiercely at the boy with red eyes under his palms, and his voice was frighteningly cold: "You——"
The intact photo in Lan Yexing's arms fell to the ground with a slight sound, and the dangerous flashing light illuminated the bright golden hair in the photo.
Amid the terrifying sound as if the whole world was burning and collapsing, the young man with messy black hair gasped softly. With an extremely gentle expression, he reached out his hand and stroked the young man's slightly cold and pale face. He said softly and helplessly: "Senior, there is not enough oxygen..."
Qiao You's body suddenly froze and his pupils suddenly shrank.
The next moment, Lan Yexing reached out and pulled the young man's shirt to pull him closer. He tiptoed slightly, closed his eyes and kissed the blond young man's slightly cold thin lips.
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