Does he like Gu Pei?
After marking all messages as read, Lin Xunye lifted the hem of his clothes and wiped his face.
Perhaps because he used too much force, his dry and chapped lips cracked and the hem of his clothes was stained with blood.
Like a rose, Lin Xunye thought.
But he hated roses.
So what does he like?
It was incredible, but also expected. Lin Xunye thought of Gu Pei.
Does he like Gu Pei?
Does he like...Gu Pei?
Lin Xunye wanted to pretend he didn't know, but his restless heart had already told him the truth.
He initially wanted to spy on Gu Pei and find fault with her to get a divorce, but now he feels that Gu Pei is gentle, considerate, and generous. These changes did not happen suddenly.
There were signs of everything.
Lin Xunye remembered it clearly, from the accidental touch when he took her earrings from Gu Pei's hand when they first met after returning to China, to the deliberate hug today.
Not a single touch was unclear.
He really hated getting married at first and didn't want to go on blind dates.
Even after knowing that Gu Pei was the neighbor brother who accompanied him in his childhood, Lin Xunye was not too surprised. He was just surprised that the brother in his memory was now the feared Mr. Gu, and his blind date.
If he didn't want Li Ye and his hard work to be destroyed, and didn't want to let down those people who had dreams and hoped to change their fate by using a certain skill as a stepping stone, he would really leave.
In fact, when he met Lin Gaoyuan for the first time after returning to China, he wondered if he could scold them or even beat them up.
But there is none of that.
Because Gu Pei had already made the choice for him.
Gu Pei slapped them in the face in his own way, making them feel humiliated.
Lin Xunye had to admit that he was a little moved when Gu Pei said that part of Gu's shares was his betrothal gift.
But soon, this excitement was suppressed.
Why does he like Gu Pei?
Why does he like Gu Pei?
After asking myself these questions over and over again, my heart calmed down again.
No one is more reliable than yourself.
He doesn't trust anyone except himself.
But nothing is absolute forever, and the same goes for people and him.
But Gu Pei did not distance herself from him because of his indifference and alienation.
But to approach him again and again.
A few weeks before getting the marriage certificate, he was still thinking about how to force Gu Pei to divorce him.
But now, he was already struggling with whether he liked Gu Pei.
Since leaving the country, Lin Xunye no longer called any place "home." Those were just houses for people to live in, cold, dead things.
He had stopped looking forward to "home" a long time ago.
But Gu Pei would reach out to him and say, "Let's go home."
At first Lin Xunye was very disdainful.
He felt that it didn't matter where he lived, so when Gu Pei took the initiative to ask him to move out, he only thought about the benefits he could get, and did not regard that place as his home, nor as his and Gu Pei's home.
But this sense of strangeness was gradually smoothed out by Gu Pei.
They spent their first estrus period, their first hug, and their first kiss together in the villa after getting their marriage certificate.
There were so many firsts, so many that Lin Xunye couldn’t count them all.
It’s not that I can’t remember clearly, but there are too many.
Lin Xunye himself had many firsts. He went mountain climbing, horseback riding, traveling, rock climbing...
But it was far less passionate than when he was with Gu Pei.
Lin Xunye didn't understand.
So he began to escape, trying to drive Gu Pei away with even more unpleasant words.
However, Gu Pei was like a clingy puppy. He appeared calm and composed, but secretly clung to him tightly. He kept telling him over and over again: "I know you are an omega. There is no need to hide it. Omegas are great too."
Gu Pei said: "You are the best."
Gu Pei's words and his voice played in a loop in Lin Xunye's mind.
Lin Xunye felt relieved.
But he couldn't accept himself being dependent on Gu Pei.
Lin Xunye has never relied on anyone. Lin Gaoyuan regards him as a commodity that can be exchanged at will. Lin's mother feels that he is a stumbling block to her career failure. Lin Youjia, as his biological brother, is a cold-blooded bystander.
He will not depend on anyone, nor can he.
Lin Xunye coughed out the water that had entered his chest and staggered to his feet.
The wrist holding the door handle was shaking, and Lin Xunye couldn't exert any strength. He superimposed his left hand on his right hand and pressed down with both hands at the same time. The handle moved a little, but Lin Xunye fell down due to exhaustion.
The kitten has been scratching the door outside for a while and is getting very anxious.
Lin Xunye had no strength left, and his legs were so weak. He knocked on the glass door behind him and said, "Mimi, be obedient. I'll open the door for you soon and buy you some cat food."
After hearing Lin Xunye's voice, the kitten scratched the door less, but still did not stop. It meowed twice, as if it was talking to Lin Xunye.
"Be good, Mimi. If you keep yelling at the neighbors, they'll be unhappy. I'm not that strong now, so I probably can't beat them."
Lin Xunye curled the corners of his mouth and tried to get up by supporting himself with his hands.
Suddenly, the kitten's meows became urgent and its scratching at the door became faster.
Lin Xunye keenly sensed something.
Lin Xunye endured the discomfort, put his arm on the handle, and used the strength of his whole body to open the door.
The moment the door opened, Lin Xunye felt an itch in his throat and coughed violently several times. The water in his chest that had been waiting to be expelled had accumulated in his throat and was only discharged at this moment.
He even had the illusion that he was about to vomit blood.
Lin Xunye's legs went weak and he fell to his knees.
The kitten rubbed his hand hanging by his side anxiously. Lin Xunye moved his fingers, wanting to raise his hand to touch the kitten, but he couldn't even raise his hand.
He has no strength left.
His phone was also left in the bathroom, so he couldn't even order takeout for the kitten.
It would be great if Gu Pei was here.
Gu Pei......
"Oh......"
Just before Lin Xunye forced himself to stand up, there was a knock on the door.
“Knock knock—”
"Can I help you?"
It was a very young male voice, and he sounded quite young.
Lin Xunye wanted to refuse, but the kitten had already run to the door and continued scratching it in the same way as before.
It was so abrupt that Lin Xunye wanted to laugh.
The kitten is so cute.
Gu Pei’s kitten…so cute.
Gu Pei's name is like an exquisitely packaged book that Lin Xunye accidentally found during his travels. He was not amazed at first sight, but he missed it all the time after getting to know him.
He suddenly missed Gu Pei very much.
The kitten's scratching of the door was quite effective. The person outside tentatively turned the door handle. When Lin Xunye came in, he didn't have time to lock the door, which just made it convenient for the man.
The man came in and was shocked when he saw the scene inside the house. He first picked up the kitten and then went to help Lin Xunye.
At this time, Lin Xunye did not refuse. With the help of the man, he sat on the bed and the kitten was placed beside the bed.
"My name is Zhou An, I live next door to you. I heard the kitten meowing and was worried something might have happened, so I came to see you. I didn't expect that I could help you, haha."
Zhou An started laughing after just a few words. The atmosphere was a bit awkward, but he was not so nervous that he couldn't speak.
Lin Xunye smiled in response, raised his head and took a deep breath.
Zhou An noticed that something was wrong with him and helped him open the window.
"It might be better to get some air."
Lin Xunye could feel Zhou An's optimism. Unlike him, Zhou An was really happy.
After opening the window, Zhou An accidentally stepped on the water that Lin Xunye brought out of the bathroom, and his foot slipped and he almost fell.
"Sorry." Lin Xunye took the initiative to say.
Zhou An steadied himself: "It's okay, it was an accident. But this reminds me that I should listen to my parents and learn to skate when I get home."
After Zhou An finished teasing, he turned around and went to the bathroom to take out the cell phone that Lin Xunye had left behind.
Lin Xunye deliberately ignored so many messages on his phone that they would freeze when he opened them.
"I heard it ringing, so I took it out for you. I hope I didn't offend you." Zhou An said politely.
"It's okay." Lin Xunye looked at the message on his phone in silence.
The original fifty-two calls had increased to sixty-two, and the WeChat messages and text messages were about to explode. After Lin Xunye clicked on them, the phone took a while to refresh.
The latest WeChat message reads: Wait for me, I’ll be there soon.
Lin Xunye's chest, which had just eased, began to feel uncomfortable again, as if it was filled with water and was being washed over and over.
Zhou An, who was standing by, suddenly asked: "Is it the person you like?"
Lin Xunye turned off his phone and glanced around: "Why do you say that?"
Zhou An: "Because you smiled!"
"The corners of your mouth curled up when you read the message just now. You would only be so happy when you see news about someone you like." Zhou An affirmed.
Hearing this, Lin Xunye's heart trembled violently.
Did he just laugh?
He just saw the message from Gu Pei and smiled.
He...likes Gu Pei.
An answer that had been buried in my heart was once again stripped of its protective shell and laid naked in front of me.
Lin Xunye couldn't deny it anymore.
He just fell in love with Gu Pei.
What a cruel answer.
—
Zhou An stayed in the room for a while, then ran back to his room to boil water for Lin Xunye.
It was very strange. It was the first time they met, but Zhou An was extremely enthusiastic towards him.
Zhou An said that he was a very extroverted person who liked making friends, and was also asked about his second gender.
Lin Xunye didn't answer him and looked at his phone in silence.
He didn't want to lie to Zhou An and say that he was Bate, but he also didn't want to tell others that he was an omega.
Gu Pei is enough to be the only one who knows that he is an omega.
Zhou An was not shy at all and introduced himself again.
From Zhou An's fragmentary self-introduction, Lin Xunye pieced together Zhou An's life experience.
Zhou An comes from a small town two hundred kilometers away from Hai City. He is an ordinary Alpha who differentiated late and likes sports. He came to Hai City because his adoptive parents said that his biological parents might be there, so Zhou An came to try his luck.
Lin Xunye's first reaction after hearing this was to persuade Zhou An not to look for him anymore. What if his biological parents were not good enough and kept haunting Zhou An?
But the next second, Lin Xunye's half-open mouth closed again.
He has no right to interfere in other people's lives. Zhou An has his own way to go.
Just because his biological parents are bad doesn’t mean that other people’s biological parents are the same.
Maybe I'm just unlucky.
After Zhou An left, the room became quiet.
The kitten circled around Lin Xunye, rubbing its head against him from time to time, as if to comfort him.
Lin Xunye stroked the kitten's back soothingly, but his eyes were glued to the off screen of his mobile phone.
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