On a warm afternoon, the clear and melodious sound of a piano came faintly, leaping into his ears and waking him from his sleep.
Fu Tianhe opened his eyes, and the sunlight penetrated through the gaps in the book. He raised his hand and took the book covering his face, and his eyes squinted in pain.
The sunlight filtered through the gaps between the leaves, casting mottled, irregular spots of light on him.
It was a summer afternoon, the chirping of birds accompanied by the breeze and the rustling of leaves. Fu Tianhe moved his legs slightly. He was lying on a tree, just like the protagonist in an anime would do.
The engineering book had been read over and over again and was already worn out. He had carefully repaired it many times. In addition to this, Fu Tianhe had many other books, but this was still his favorite.
This was a gift from his mother. It was filled with notes he had written since he was a child, even in the seams.
Fu Tianhe closed the book and looked to the side. His golden right eye shone brightly in the sunlight. The floor-to-ceiling window was in anti-peeping mode, so he could not see what was going on inside from the outside.
The music sounded very familiar; it had been played by the boy in the ruins under the moonlight. At that time, he asked September what the song was called, and September said he hadn't thought of it yet.
Fu Tianhe jumped down from the tree neatly, brushed off the dust on his clothes, and walked towards the villa.
He pushed the door open and entered the living room, looking in the direction where the piano sound came from. An Omega boy was sitting in front of a grand piano, playing with both hands. He was wearing pajamas and had slightly long hair that covered his neck.
Is September's hair that long? Fu Tianhe couldn't help but stop and think.
The piano music stopped abruptly, and the boy turned his head as if he had noticed the sight coming from behind him.
Fu Tianhe saw a strange face.
When he found out that it was him who was peeking at him from behind, the smile on the boy's face immediately disappeared without a trace, and turned into deep disgust in an instant.
"What are you doing here?"
The young man raised his hands and covered the back of his neck tightly, with a look of obvious disgust, as if Fu Tianhe was a voyeur who was coveting his Omega glands.
Fu Tianhe was more surprised than him. Alpha took two steps back, his mind in a mess.
Who are you? Where is his September?
"What did you do to Lele?" A stern reprimand came from upstairs. Fu Tianhe looked up and saw a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl holding the railing with both hands, staring at him fiercely, "One-eyed dragon, go back to your basement!"
basement.
Fu Tianhe remembered, yes, he lived in the basement of this three-story villa, and what he did most every day was to fight wits and courage with all kinds of grasshoppers, spiders and moths that jumped onto his face.
He was on the top floor of Sanshui, in the main residence of the Yu family.
Upon hearing the noise, the young girl who was playing in the living room ran over to hug Fu Tianhe, who was scolded for no reason, as a way of comforting him.
"Don't pay attention to him!" the boy screamed, "A shameless bastard from the underground city, he will bring you bad luck!"
The younger girl was so frightened that she stopped in her tracks, too timid to move forward. Unlike Fu Tianhe, the three of them had the same emerald green eyes; they were real brothers and sisters.
Fu Tianhe was an intruder in this family. Even if he was taken back, he still did not belong here.
The faces of the boy at Kotobe and the girl upstairs were not clear, blurred into a disgusting mass.
"If he hadn't differentiated into an Alpha, Dad wouldn't have taken him in. Who knew he was such a waste? He doesn't even have mental power, and he's blind in one eye. It won't be long before Dad kicks him out!"
The boy's incessant and harsh voice echoed in Fu Tianhe's ears. He clenched his fists tightly, his nails digging into his palms, but he didn't feel any pain at all.
——I will make all of you regret it.
Fu Tianhe said silently in his heart: I will make all of you regret it.
"Tianhe?"
A familiar voice came softly from a very far distance, driving away those disgusting words. Everything in front of me twisted and spun, blending into a colorful black.
Fu Tianhe struggled to open his eyes and saw Chen Ci's face close to him. The young man's brows were slightly wrinkled and he was staring at him.
"Good morning." Fu Tianhe's voice was hoarse. He raised his hand to rub his eyes and let out a long breath.
Even if I wake up, I can't get rid of the strong resentment and frustration in my heart.
Fu Tianhe was obviously in a low mood, and Chen Ci had clearly heard him talking in his sleep just now.
——I will make all of you regret it.
Considering their conversation last night, it is actually quite clear who this "everyone" refers to.
According to Fu Tianhe, he and Yu Yongyi didn't have much in common, but Chen Ci felt that Alpha must have concealed some of it, otherwise he wouldn't hate him so much that he would even be angry in his dreams.
Chen Ci had heard about similar family feuds more or less. The White Tower was a relatively independent organization that was solely under his charge. Chen Ci's personal maid Agnes often shared with him some little secrets of the aristocratic circle.
Chen Ci didn't like gossip, but since Agnes had said it, he just listened. After all, his life in the White Tower was too boring and he needed some spice.
Fu Tianhe stretched out his arms and held Chen Ci in his arms, smelling the faint fragrance of tuberose, and his heart calmed down again.
Last night he absorbed a lot of pheromones from September. The sweet juice fell into his stomach, relieving the itching and pain deep in his eyes, like a miracle.
Chen Ci leaned on Fu Tianhe's shoulder and could feel his heartbeat.
Should he do something for Fu Tianhe?
Alpha had given so much for him, even coming to Sanshui, a sad place. Fu Tianhe's nightmare and depression just now were all caused by this.
Chen Ci lowered his eyes and thought. He came to Sanshui for many reasons. This was the beacon closest to the moonlight. When the weather was clear, he could even observe the situation over there directly through a telescope.
He must go to the top of Sanshui, and if possible, he must also contact Sanshui's Elector Joe Xianfeng, and let him lead the way to meet Sanshui's core program. After all, Sanshui was the first to notice the disaster.
But this will inevitably bring up more sadness for Fu Tianhe.
Or they could make some small noises to attract the camera sent by Sanshui, just like the blue water drop he caught on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. After the two left the jurisdiction of Lanlu, the water drop disappeared silently.
Chen Ci was very sure that his journey had been monitored by cinnabar drops of water. Perhaps at the junction of the two beacons, the red and blue drops of water had taken over the task.
So now, Sanshui's eyes should also be looking at him.
In this case, making a name for oneself should be the safest method. Chen Ci absolutely cannot do it with his real identity. The monster that Jiang Dai saw in the sea of fire that year made him alert.
He needs to be careful not only of the primitive creatures from the ocean, but also of the monsters that may appear around him at any time. Otherwise, if the monsters find out that he is investigating the truth about the moonlight, the consequences may be disastrous.
Then the best way is to pretend to be a mysterious rising star, quickly attract the attention of Qiao Xianfeng, get the opportunity to access Sanshui's core program, and then go to Moonlight for an on-site investigation.
In this way, when Fu Tianhe becomes famous, I can help him avenge his past.
Chen Ci quickly determined the general direction, and he also had a rough idea of how to attract the attention of the top management and Qiao Xianfeng.
You can do what you do best.
Fu Tianhe's emotions slowly calmed down. He rubbed Chen Ci's soft head with his chin and gently massaged the Omega's neck with his fingers.
Although he couldn't re-mark it, he could still knead and squeeze it at will.
Chen Ci seemed to feel a little suffocated, and pushed Fu Tianhe's chest a little bit back. Fu Tianhe lowered his head and accurately caught sight of those light-colored lips.
Whenever Fu Tianhe saw such sticky interactions in TV dramas before, he would always get goosebumps all over his body. Now that he really has someone he cares about, he realizes that what is shown in the TV dramas is just the beginning.
The process of getting up, which was supposed to take three minutes, was delayed to half an hour. After Chen Ci finished washing up and wiped the water off his face, the wet hair at his temples stuck to his cheeks.
He sat on the chair, waited for Fu Tianhe to come out, and told him his plan.
"So we want to carve out a space of our own in this area?"
If someone else told Fu Tianhe that they had to rely on the strength of just the two of them to attract the attention of the top leaders, Fu Tianhe would definitely suspect that person had been kicked in the head by a donkey.
But it was September who brought it up.
Together with September, he robbed Mom's camp in the abandoned suburbs, jumped into the ocean from a cruise ship, escaped the pursuit of two giant primitive creatures, confronted the sea king Hera and killed him on a deserted island, and helped the local residents on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau drive away the primitive tide.
I have done even more dangerous things, so what does it matter if I just make a name for myself now?
Fu Tianhe agreed immediately and asked, "So what are we going to do next?"
Chen Ci: "Let's collect some information first and find out what the situation is like in Sanshui Underground City. You are familiar with this place, right?"
"Well, but it's been many years, I don't know if anything has changed." Fu Tianhe stood up, "Let's go, let's go around first."
Chen Ci knew nothing about Sanshui. Following Fu Tianhe, Alpha walked through the alley and came to a street he still remembered.
There are many small restaurants and shops on the street. In the past, Fu Tianhe and his mother wandered around and had no fixed place to live. They once lived in the wing of the East CPU for two months. Fu Tianhe's favorite food is the pork chop and mashed potatoes in the small tavern they went to yesterday.
If you want to quickly understand a place, you can go to supermarkets, cinemas, bars and other places with a lot of traffic to observe and listen to some conversations of locals.
So Fu Tianhe took Chen Ci directly to a cinema.
Most of the people waiting to watch the movie in the lobby were couples, friends, and parents and children. There were also some who came alone. Fu Tianhe and Chen Ci, a pair of AO, would be considered a couple by everyone, and of course, they were indeed.
Hmm... how about we watch a movie? Would September be willing?
Now that we're here, wouldn't it be a shame if we didn't watch a movie? It would be like a date.
He brought Jiuyue here to learn about the local customs and investigate the situation. Besides, even if it was a date, so what? They had already had very close contact, so there was nothing wrong with a date, right?
Thinking of this, Fu Tianhe became more confident. He looked at the list on the screen and asked, "What do you want to see?"
Chen Ci read through the titles, thought for two seconds, and finally raised his hand slowly, pointing to the last and only horror movie on the list.
That's what he read in all the books he reads, a must-have for dates, horror movies.