Chapter 52
A night of tenderness.
It was not until noon the next day that Lan Yexing slowly opened his heavy eyelids. The deep red at the corners of his eyes had not yet faded, and even his light-colored pupils were filled with a hazy watery light.
The fur ball was still lying at the head of the bed guarding its owner. As if by muscle memory, Lan Yexing stretched out his white and slender arms from under the quilt and rubbed its head.
It's just that his temples were throbbing and buzzing. He was still in a state of confusion and hadn't reacted to what was happening. He was about to get up and wash up as usual, but he was startled - a strong muscular arm covered his waist, locking him tightly like a cage and pressing him firmly into the warm and broad chest of the person behind him, making him almost unable to move.
Lan Yexing was stunned. Countless shameful memories of last night came back to him. He suddenly opened his eyes wide and his face turned completely red.
Only then did he realize that his body was slightly uncomfortable, but it didn't hurt - even if Qiao You was really strong, domineering, and evil-minded.
He cried at the end
I never let him go, but I was also gentle enough, so my body didn't really feel that uncomfortable.
But it's really... shameful.
And his voice was really so weak that he couldn't utter a word.
Lan Yexing felt that if he lay down any longer his whole body would be so hot that it would smoke. He couldn't speak, so he simply elbowed the other person, meaning that he should be put down from the bed.
Qiao You still had his eyes closed lazily and relaxedly, but he held the boy tighter forcefully and maliciously.
It was not until Lan Yexing struggled and felt his whole body burning and was about to explode that the young man slowly opened his eyelids, revealing a pair of satisfied eyes without any sleepiness. He smiled and lowered his eyes, looking straight at the boy in his arms.
Lan Yexing glared at him with a red face. He was so ashamed of being looked at like that that even his toes curled up subconsciously. He was forced into a corner and this time he really elbowed the young man hard. Qiao You hissed in pain and then slowly let go of his hand.
Lan Yexing jumped out of bed as if escaping and strode towards the bathroom to wash up.
Qiao You simply half sat up, half exposing his beautiful and dangerous abdominal muscles, staring at the boy's back and the red tips of his ears sticking out from his messy black hair with a smile. He finally couldn't help but chuckle, but his green eyes were still filled with a strong possessive desire.
The cat at the bedside woke up with its owner. It bared its fangs and claws and meowed loudly at the guy who bullied its owner. Qiao You, who was in a rare good mood, just glanced at it coldly and sneered.
Maoqiu cursed even more foully.
…
When they washed up and went downstairs to have lunch, the temperature on Lan Yexing's cheeks was still high, but Qiao You was helping Lan Yexing cut the steak elegantly and casually as if nothing had happened.
The old man opposite didn't care about the young man's natural actions. He just looked at Lan Yexing with a little concern: "Fever? Is it because of the burns?"
Lan Yexing opened his eyes wide and shook his head rapidly like a kitten whose tail was stepped on. When he met the old man's worried eyes, he bent his head down as if he was scalded, and even the exposed part of his neck turned red.
Qiao You then placed the cut steak in front of the boy. He glanced at Lan Yexing almost dotingly, as if he was looking at his own property, then looked at the old man opposite and said calmly, "Grandpa, he's fine. Don't look at him anymore, just let him eat."
Before dinner, he forced Lan Yexing to take his temperature, and he didn't have a fever. He became like this because he was too thin-skinned.
The old man, who didn't know any of this, was about to say something worriedly, but was startled when he saw the hideous teeth marks on the back of the boy's neck that clearly expressed possessiveness, and the horrific yet ambiguous scratches that spread along the side of his neck into the collar of his shirt - those scratches were so hideous and obvious that they seemed like they were going to eat the boy - the person who left them in a place that could be seen at a glance was really too ostentatious and uncaring.
The old man immediately understood what happened and looked at Qiao You in a reproachful manner. Qiao You stuffed the knife and fork into Lan Yexing's hands, urged the boy to eat forcefully and ambiguously, and winked at the old man - but with an expression that showed no intention of repenting at all.
He wished that everyone knew that Lan Yexing was his. He just felt that the scent and traces he left on Lan Yexing were not enough.
The old man's eyebrows twitched, and he showed a rare hint of disgust on his face. He sighed secretly and looked away, but did not say anything else out of consideration for Lan Yexing's feelings.
Lan Yexing finally breathed a sigh of relief and began to eat the lunch that Qiao You had prepared for him.
The lunch ended in such a warm and pleasant atmosphere.
…
In the afternoon, the old man and the dog went for a nap. Lan Yexing sent Qiao You to the study and sat down on the sofa in the living room.
Without the young man around, the temperature on Lan Yexing's cheeks finally subsided a little.
He then breathed a sigh of relief and began to open the mobile phone that Qiao Youxin had bought for him, replying to the messages that were almost overwhelming him - all from Janes, Yang Qing, Zhou Yan, Qiu Jiang, and Xiao Zhou.
The fire in the school burned all night and was finally put out early this morning.
According to official news, there were no casualties except for one missing student. Only the last 100 civilian students who were evacuated suffered minor burns, but they were promptly treated by the medical volunteer team stationed there and sent to the nearest public hospital according to their injuries.
Officials said that they are urgently searching for the student whose life or death is unknown, and are also investigating the fire incident of unknown nature and serious impact.
Yang Qing later found out that he was fine, and even asked a senior student to treat his burns, and no more messages were sent.
But Janes and the others seemed to think he was dead.
Zhou Yanqiu and Jiang Xiaozhou's later messages were barely sensible, but Janes' last message was full of hysterical despair. He said that no matter who it was, he would avenge him at all costs, and would die with him after the revenge. He told him to be good and not to be afraid, and he would come to find him soon.
Lan Yexing stared blankly at those messages that were completely different from his usual rational friends, as if they were crazy and uncontrollable. The emotions were so strong and desperate that they seemed to burst through the screen. Only then did he realize that something was wrong with his friends...
Janes he…
The image of the arrogant and distant omega showing excessive intimacy with him gradually emerged in his mind - he thought it was a normal interaction between friends...
Lan Yexing closed his eyes and sighed helplessly:
How slow is he...
After a while, he bit his lip, but still cruelly did not reveal the love that was about to burst out.
Fearing that the other party would really get into trouble because of him, he replied like a typical friend:
[Xiao Jian, I'm at home now, I'm fine, someone saved me. My phone burned out last night, so I didn't reply to your message in time, sorry. Don't worry about me, take care of yourself. ]
The call came back almost the next second. Lan Yexing couldn't speak because of his throat, so he hung up. He replied with another message: [My throat was burned and I can't speak now.]
A message came back quickly, and Janes also tacitly did not mention the news again: [Okay. Then we will meet again another day. Take care of yourself, Xiaoxing. ]
Finally, it’s a very cute emoticon.
Lan Yexing replied with a "OK".
After that, he began to reply to messages from other friends seriously, and called the police station and the school to report his safety.
Finally, he covered the dial on his right wrist, curved his eyes, and said gently: "I'm sorry, I made you worry."
The system's voice was still mechanical and indifferent, but with a dissonant cry: [It's great that the host is okay.] This time, it was really scared to death.
Lan Yexing sighed distressedly and said softly: "I'm sorry for making you worry. I won't do that again in the future."
As if infected by this warm and sad atmosphere, Maoqiu jumped onto the boy's lap with his short legs, rubbed himself in the embrace affectionately and nostalgically, and closed his eyes.
Lan Yexing rubbed its little head and finally understood what Qiao You had experienced last night.
He bit his lip and felt a slight soreness spreading in his heart.
Suddenly, as if sensing something, he looked upstairs:
The tall and handsome young man was standing casually and elegantly at the railing along the corridor on the second floor. In the light and shadow, he looked at him expressionlessly, and it was unknown how long he looked at him.
Lan Yexing was stunned for a moment, then smiled softly, waved the new phone with the gold stars on it in her hand at him, and made the shape of "I like it very much" with her mouth.
Qiao You read almost all of Janes' messages with Lan Yexing through the newly installed plug-in, and watched Lan Yexing reply to those messages with his own eyes. At this moment, a perfect smile finally appeared on his face, but there was a dark and dangerous light in his green eyes. He moved his fingers to manipulate the boy's mobile phone to delete all those messages, and turned back to the study - he couldn't go to Lan Yexing now,
Otherwise, he would definitely make Lan Yexing's already uncomfortable body worse out of jealousy and more mean emotions.
It hurts more.
Lan Yexing looked at the tall and straight back of the young man from afar, with a soft, nostalgic, yet helpless smile on his face.
After a while, his mood slowly calmed down, and he finally had time to read more current affairs news from the outside world.
When a fire of this magnitude occurred, the beloved king naturally had to come out in person to stabilize the people's hearts.
Lan Yexing looked at the camera and saw the kind-hearted old man in the hospital lovingly comforting the injured civilian students. A cold expression slowly emerged on his face: It was obviously him who instigated Song Wen to set the fire. Now he could even appear in front of the victims so hypocritically and give them greetings in a condescending manner...
This person had clearly cold-bloodedly wanted countless people to die in this fire, and all this was just to teach a lesson to those nobles who were trying to snatch the next [Precognizer]...
In order to continue his family's game of power, this old man is treating the entire world as chess pieces on his sandbox.
The old man in the camera was still kindly trying to comfort the extremely uneasy and rioting people: "I am deeply saddened and disturbed by such a fire in Xingdu District. Fortunately, no casualties were caused. And I just received news that classmate Lan who was missing in the fire is safe."
King: "I assure you that the authorities will thoroughly investigate this fire. All subsequent matters, including the reconstruction of the campus, will proceed in an orderly manner. The entire Central County will vigorously investigate fire hazards in the future. The Royal Guard will assist the police and continue to strengthen urban security to ensure the safety of citizens' lives and property to the greatest extent."
King: "In addition, I know that the young students of Xingdu University cannot stop their studies. In three days, they will resume their regular classes. The school will coordinate and arrange the academic life of all teachers and students in an orderly manner with the support of the government and the royal family. During the reconstruction period of the damaged area of the school, the royal family is willing to provide all assistance to the affected teachers and students free of charge, including classrooms. For example, those young children are always welcome to come to the palace and turn the old-fashioned and serious palace into a lively classroom."
King: "And my weak second son will also return to the Business School of Xingdu University to complete his studies during this particularly difficult period. He will represent me, the royal family, and all the teachers and students to overcome the difficulties."
…
The barrage of comments was flooding the screen like crazy. The people, who were indeed appeased to some extent, kept posting comments expressing their love for the king, and also cursing the selfish nobles who sucked the blood of the people on a daily basis and only knew how to monopolize medical resources at the critical moment.
Lan Yexing looked at this scene, his expression becoming increasingly cold: this old man's hypocrisy and cold-bloodedness were truly frightening.
At least one-third of the students in this university are descendants of aristocrats. Even if this fire did not cause any casualties, the king would let those nobles know about the deterrent effect of the fire. Even if those big families did not dare to rebel against the king for the time being, they would still feel resentful that their children almost died.
Right now, the relationship between the nobles and the royal family should be at its most tense, but the king still sent his children to the school to bear their anger and the hidden revenge that might happen...
The image of the king and the royal family is indeed more majestic in the eyes of the people, but the second prince will never have an easy time on campus.
not to mention……
Lan Yexing frowned slightly: Leon said that in order to capture Qiao You and control the next [Precognizer] in the hands of the royal family, the king conducted human experiments on his brother...
That's a poor kid...
And now that he has Leon's data, he will do his best to save him...
Lan Yexing tightly grasped the mobile phone that was still broadcasting live, and an extremely determined look appeared in his light-colored eyes.
…
Three days later, as the king assured the public, Star University issued a notice to all students to resume classes.
Lan Yexing and Qiao You returned to campus.
After the fire, many places on the originally beautiful campus were left with ugly burn marks, many green plants were burned, and many places became bare. Fortunately, the campus is large and the buildings of various colleges are relatively scattered, so students in most colleges were able to return to normal life quickly.
The No. 1 football field and the building of the Department of Literature were completely burned to ruins. The students of the department were relocated by the school, and the classrooms were borrowed from the nearby building of the School of Business.
When he just returned to school, Lan Yexing followed the guidance of the school and the hospital and went back to the dormitory where the danger was eliminated to count the damaged property. After reporting to the school, he could receive a subsidy.
The dormitory, which was still a solid building, was covered with signs of burning. Lan Yexing looked at his marshmallow quilt with regret: it was really hard for him to find a quilt that was so familiar and comfortable to sleep on, but it was a pity that it had been burned and could not be used.
Jiang Xiaozhou didn't care about his things. He just looked at the boy and said softly, "It's great to know that you are okay."
Lan Yexing was startled, turned around and looked at him, curved her eyes, and said gently: "Thank you for thinking of me, I'm sorry for making you worry."
Jiang Xiaozhou shook his head. He was still looking at Lan Yexing, but he had an inexplicable feeling that they would not be able to live together and would soon never see the boy again. So he looked at him seriously and said softly, "Xiaoxing, I'm really happy to meet you. Although I know that we are not from the same world..."
Lan Yexing is full of secrets, and he knew very early on that he and Lan Yexing would not have much in common in the future.
For example, classmates in the department often talk about the future with each other. In the future envisioned by an ordinary person like him, he would become a civil servant, start a family, and live a stable and trivial life; other classmates also have their own plans. Even Janes, who is actually very cold, will say with aspirations that he will not give up literature even if he inherits the family business in the future.
Kelan Yexing has never talked about this topic, not even once. It's as if this beautiful boy has never imagined his future in this world...
From the beginning, he inexplicably felt that Lan Yexing would go very far away one day, but he was extremely grateful to be his friend.
Lan Yexing, who was unaware of the other party's thoughts, smiled helplessly: "Why are you talking about this suddenly?"
Jiang Xiaozhou reached out his hand to him with relief and seriousness: "It's nothing. Just, no matter where you end up one day, take care of yourself."
Lan Yexing blinked doubtfully, but still held the hand back: "You too."
…
After simply packing up the things that were still usable, Lan Yexing said goodbye to Jiang Xiaozhou and went to the dormitory building of the Business School carrying a canvas bag.
He didn't know what Qiao You had done secretly, but before the new dormitory building was rebuilt, he was assigned to Qiao You's dormitory. Qiao You was waiting for him by the King's Lake.
Thinking of the young man's face, Lan Yexing couldn't help but quicken his pace, but when he came near King's Lake, he suddenly stopped.
The dial on my right wrist lit up quietly, and the system's voice rang out: [A new task has been sent from the host. ]
Lan Yexing's eyes turned cold: "You say."
System: [Host requests the host to assist the second prince Nuoang in conquering Qiao You. ]
[Now, Noang is heading to King's Lake. He will imitate the situation when the host first met Qiao You and give Qiao You pudding bread. The host's task is to help Noang successfully complete the strategy event and let Qiao You accept the bread. ]
Lan Yexing frowned slightly: "What if I refuse the mission?"
Will there still be electric shock punishment like before?
But he always felt strange that he had not completed the task of injecting the [withdrawal needle], nor had he completed the task of helping Yan Min get close to Qiao You, but he had not received the electric shock punishment. Why?
Just as he was about to continue asking, the system answered the previous task on Lanye Star: [The host said that there is no penalty for rejecting this task. However, if you complete this long-term task and help Nuoang completely conquer Qiao You, the host will gain all mental powers except [Precognition]. ]
So, this is not a punishment task, but a reward task.
Lan Yexing suddenly opened his eyes wide: All the mental powers except [Precognition]... Isn't that the king's current form...
What exactly is a console and what does it do?
With enough information, he could clearly see the motives of the most hypocritical and cold-blooded king, but he could not see through the host at all...
Lan Yexing took a deep breath, pursed his lips and continued to walk: It doesn't matter, he is not in a hurry, one day, he will push that guy to the front of the stage...
At this moment, a panicked scream came from the King's Lake not far away, mixed with the question of "What are you doing?" Then, the sound of someone falling into the water was heard. Lan Yexing's eyes turned cold and he strode towards the place where the water splashed.
But when we got there, the person who fell into the water had already been rescued by someone.
The person who rescued was Yan Min, and the person who was rescued was a brown-haired boy who was sitting on the grass in a mess, gasping for breath with drooped brows, and in his hand he was tightly clutching a bag of pudding bread soaked in water.
The boy's temperament was aloof and pathetic, making it difficult for people to feel any ill will towards him.
Yan Min was patting the boy's back to calm him down, but the person who had pushed the boy into the water had already run away and disappeared.
Lan Yexing stared at the bag of pudding bread in the boy's hand: He is Nuoang...
The prince that Leon entrusted to him...
At this time, Qiao You, who had already seen Lan Yexing, was walking towards him from under a tall nutcracker tree.
Yan Min also noticed Lan Yexing. He suddenly raised his head and looked at him, calling out in a daze: "Xiaoxing..."
As if excited by the word "Xiao Xing", Noang, who was sitting on the ground, trembled slightly. He slowly raised his head, revealing a face that was too pale. He looked seriously at the young man not far away who was immersed in the light.
Qiao You was already standing behind Lan Yexing at this time. His tall and heavy shadow completely drove the light away from Lan Yexing and enveloped him with possessiveness.
He was right behind Lan Yexing, looking at Yan Min and Nuo Ang with a cold face, narrowing his eyes dangerously.
Noang had stood up and was walking towards them, dripping wet, holding the bag of bread.
There was a blank look in his red eyes without any light, and he mechanically muttered: "I want to give it to the person I love, Qiao You..."
Yan Min stood behind him, watching the scene with reluctance.
However, when Nuoang finally stood in front of Lan Yexing, Yan Min suddenly opened his eyes wide -
After standing still, Nuoang just tilted his head and looked at Lan Yexing with his dim red eyes. A gentle smile appeared on his face. He struggled to hand the bread in his hand to Lan Yexing: "Xiaoxing, my friend, long time no see..."
In the precious moment of temporarily mastering himself, Nuoang glanced at Qiao You, his expression flashed with a hint of coldness and numbness. When he looked at Lan Yexing again, his expression was full of nostalgia. He pretended to look at the boy with pity and whispered, "Give it to... you to eat."
Lan Yexing looked at this scene in shock and suddenly opened his eyes wide. The next moment, the young man's muscular arms covered his waist possessively.
Qiao You smiled coldly. He raised his hand gracefully and with a "pop", he cruelly knocked the pudding bread out of Noang's hand.
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