How did Ling Che notice? Could it be that his face looked particularly red?
He initially thought that Ling Che wasn’t looking directly at him at all, but now that Ling Che made physical contact with him, his face must’ve turned red even if he wasn’t blushing in the first place.
Xu Tangzhou hesitated for half a second and lied as if nothing had happened: “I am not.”
Seeing that he still insisted on denying it even though the corners of his eyes had obviously turned red due to the heat, Ling Che withdrew his hand and stepped back a little: “You don’t even know that you have a fever?”
Xu Tangzhou thought again: No, it was horniness, not a fever.
His body harbored a special attraction for Ling Che’s pheromones!
The two resumed their previous distance, and the oppression from Ling Che loosened up a little.
Xu Tangzhou still didn’t dare to breathe and his heartbeat accelerated as the place where Ling Che had touched was rising in temperature. With his sense of smell being affected as well, he couldn’t guarantee whether or not there’d be two strings of blood gushing out soon!
He subconsciously covered his nose and said in a muffled tone: ”The internal heat was caused by the humid weather. I’ll be fine after I go back for some herbal tea, alright?”
This fellow was even reluctant to drink water, not to mention herbal tea.
Ling Che sensed that this matter was not simple, and was about to say something when Xu Tangzhou carried a bag of dog treats and led Ruby to the cashier.
By the time Ling Che exited the convenience store, Xu Tangzhou had already walked a long distance away. It was unknown whether he was the one walking the dog or if it was the other way around as he trotted back to the cabin like Ling Che was some sort of a beast.
After entering the yard, Xu Tangzhou quickly unpackaged the dog treat and poured it into the food bowl.
Ruby sniffed for a long time, but refused to eat any of them. It turned out that dogs could be picky eaters too, which was simply a shock.
Thus, Xu Tangzhou’s plan to hide in his room quickly fell through, because Ling Che had already returned.
After being blown by a gust of sea breeze on the road, Xu Tangzhou was feeling much better now that the sudden dryness and heat had been reduced a lot.
He knew that there were cameras in the courtyard, so he calmed down a little and lectured the puppy because it’d be no good for him to slither away after spotting Ling Che: “Little male princess Ruby, your temporary worker responsible for shoveling your waste spent a huge sum of 150 yuan to buy you high quality food. How can you be like this!”
Xu Tangzhou picked up a single bead of dog treat to feed Ruby himself, but it used its tongue to push it out before issuing a chirping bark and became aggrieved as well.
Xu Tangzhou: “…Is it too late for me to return the dog food now?”
Ling Che: “What do you think?”
Xu Tangzhou felt distressed: “Do we have to purchase multiple flavors for it to try?!”
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Ling Che coldly observed for a while, and without mentioning what had happened just now, he squatted next to Xu Tangzhou as well. Gradually, the incoming scent of pheromones sent a wave of heat throughout Xu Tangzhou’s body once more, and he quietly moved further to the side a little.
The momentum of an Alpha was much stronger than those of Omegas.
Ling Che pinched a bead of dog food and placed it on his palm. Without even having to feed it, Ruby tilted its head and obediently rolled that dog food into its mouth under the gaze of the Alpha.
Xu Tangzhou: ??? Is this gender bias?
At this moment, Xu Tangzhou felt that Ruby and Ling Che had a certain sort of similarity… They were both picky about food and had the same type of arrogance. It was obvious that they were decent people, yet their mouths tended to be stubborn.
Ling Che impassively said: “Good boy, you dare not delay the progress of the show knowing that I’d only give you a single chance.”
The implication was too obvious, Xu Tangzhou shrunk his neck and had a guilty conscience.
He remembered that he had seen Ling Che’s private space that was full of all sorts of concert preparations when Huang-ge brought him to the company. Xia Xing and the girls had also stated that Ling Che worked especially hard for the concert rehearsals.
Ling Che had said something similar as well. He only wanted to record the program properly, regarding it as a task that’s in need of completion, and didn’t want to create external problems.
Xu Tangzhou: “So what- what if it is delayed?”
Ling Che did not reply and returned back to the house.
Xu Tangzhou slowly heaved out a sigh of relief and touched the bottom of his nostrils. Fortunately, he hadn’t had a nosebleed yet at the very least.
But what should he do in the upcoming days? Directly tell Ling Che that he was extremely sensitive to his pheromones and needed help because he subconsciously wants to be marked by him?
Xu Tangzhou really couldn’t say it.
*
The fact that there was a big pit planted in the cabin had been made known to the other two groups of guests. When they assembled the next morning, LuMi CP and the Xia Sisters gave each other high fives as the entire world was celebrating.
“For every 100 grams, 500 yuan will be deducted. It’d be gone after a trip to the washroom.” Mi Fei said, “It’s expensive, so expensive. I have never seen such a precious dog.”
Xia Xing was playing with the doggy: “Have you guys weighed the dog today?”
Xu Tangzhou said: “We did. Today, it has not lost weight but grown a little heavier compared to yesterday instead.”
The first thing Xu Tangzhou did when he got up in the morning was to evaluate the weight of the doggy.
Lu Cheng’an said: “When you guys check out, give it some more drinking water and that’d be enough.”
Ling Che had a cold expression, as if he was looking at someone who was slow in the head.
The progress of the program was getting more exciting day by day, not to mention the fact that their dog had become the main attraction. No one expected that Xia Xing or Xia Yue would be smart enough to go out in the early morning, and rent a big tent on the beach after they returned the house that required payment.
The director’s crew was shocked that they had come up with such an operation, but it couldn’t be said that they violated the rules. For filming purposes, they were asked to place their tent in the courtyard of the cabin before booking it at the beach, so they officially became neighbors with CheZhou and Ruby.
Lu Cheng’an went to the tent rental place and asked around. The rent of such a big tent only costed 500 yuan a day, and the longer the rent, the cheaper it would be. It was unknown to him how the Xia Sisters had negotiated, but in short, the price was so cheap that even he was a little emotionally swayed.
Bethany’s resources were also very critical for Lu Cheng’an.
Not to mention, once they win, their group can receive endorsement rights and he along with Mi Fei will become the first AB couple to have resources from a major international brand.
“Senior Lu, you are not allowed to come to my courtyard anymore.” Ling Che sensed his thoughts and became the first one to refuse, “Otherwise I’ll have no choice but to rent a tent as well and we’ll have to stick together.”
Ling Che wasn’t fond of being disturbed in particular.
Forget about the fact that a dog had appeared in the courtyard all of the sudden, but now there were even two more extra tents. If it wasn’t for recording the show, Ling Che would have left directly.
Lu Cheng’an said, “You won’t, God-Che. Look, it’s enough for us to rent a small tent, but you’d have to rent two because your gender is different from Zhou Zhou’s. If we do the calculations, that’d be no cheaper than a good house unless you and Zhou Zhou are a pair. Why don’t you consider developing your relationship a little?”
Ling Che: “……Not interested.”
Lu Cheng’an: “Hehe, I was just cracking a joke.”
Ling Che: “Not funny.”
This wasn’t a segment of the show, so Lu Cheng’an motioned the cameraman to turn the machine off and give them some privacy.
He got down to business: “Xiao Mi told me last night that Zhou Zhou was not feeling well, was he alright?”
Ling Che glanced not far into distance. Xu Tangzhou was leading the dog and talking to a group of staff with a faintly visible smile at the corner of his lips. He was the palest one among the crowd, yet Ling Che still remembered that the other party seemed to have a fever last night, and his face was scarlet.
Ling Che: “En, he’s doing fine.”
Lu Cheng’an laughed and reminded him: “It’s good that Zhou Zhou is doing alright. An unmarked Omega is truly too fragile. Gland infections and pseudo-heat or whatnot, be careful to not raise a scandal.”
Ling Che wanted to examine Xu Tangzhou once more.
He was aware that there was definitely something amiss with Xu Tangzhou and he already had a premonition.
“Shortness of breath, rising body temperature, blushing, and even sweating.” Ying Chen listened to his description on call last night and was being a hooligan as usual, “This is a pseudo-heat! Tsk tsk, I can see that Xu Tangzhou was particularly innocent in the show highlight footages. Little brother, did you deliberately distribute your flashy S-level pheromones to seduce others?”
Ling Che: “Have some shame.”
Ying Chen said: “Huh, that’s not the case? Then I was the one who wronged you. Unfortunately, if it’s really pseudo-heat, temporary markings can be done by anyone, except for you, God-Che.”
Ling Che did not refute this matter, nor did he agree.
In fact, he was in a very delicate position when he was together with Xu Tangzhou.
—— No one knew that he had been waiting for this Omega to grow up, using 100,000 points of patience, 200,000 points of self-control, but with no experience at all.
He had never gained such an opportunity.
Ying Chen said, “I am well-familiarized with the techniques, can I still make it by catching a flight and coming over tomorrow?”
Ling Che hung up the call.
The second tourist spot to visit on Day Two was the scuba diving park.
Everyone changed into their swimsuits, and as the only pair of female guests, Xia Yue and Xia Xing flaunted their bodies at the beach. The recording of the show was done quickly, and the money flow came at a speedy rate. The crew did not prepare any props and supplies for them with the exception of the Xia Sisters who had free tickets as well as free selection of coaches; Even hiring an instructor was at the cost of the guests’ own expense.
The host Xiao Bai said that the guests could choose to refrain from participating.
However, the winning group, which is limited to one group of guests, can dine for free at the Bird’s Nest restaurant and complete the third day of attendance task in advance, so aside from the LuMi CP, the remaining two groups participated.
Ling Che enjoyed underwater diving, he himself had a diving license and did not need an instructor, so there was no way he wouldn’t participate.
Xu Tangzhou was quite clever.
Under the guidance of Ling Che, he smoothly completed the task, and returned back onto the shore without a hitch.
They won, and the program team cheered. Xu Tangzhou, however, hesitated to take off his mask.
Ling Che prevented them from filming by obstructing the camera and he went to check on him alone without letting anybody else get close.
All he could see was that Xu Tangzhou’s eyes were crimson, the temperature of his body was boiling, and even his breathing was a bit rapid.
He blinked his eyes, his senses were still trapped in the entanglement between their two limbs underwater just now and his glands were tingling which made him look extremely pitiful: “Can, can I still get the chance to explain myself properly?”
Ling Che: “What do you think?”
Xu Tangzhou said dejectedly under the protective face shield: “I believe I can still redeem myself.”
Ling Che impassively said: “There’s no need, everything will be fine after you go back and drink some herbal tea.”
Edited by: Amanagawa & Huixuan
Thank You for the new chapter ♡(ŐωŐ人)
Thank you for the new chapter🥰
Lol, part about herbal tea make me laugh
Thank you for your translation 🤍🤍💙💙💙💙
I don’t like this show team :(. You can’t just have someone’s medicine taken away and not get them some back. Zai zai needs to go call Mr doctor because those are specially prescribed medicine