Filming was done for the day.
The courtyard was no longer as quiet as it used to be, with the Xia Sisters as an addition, even Ruby no longer stuck close to Xu Tangzhou in the house. The two girls loved dogs even more than the boys, Ruby was able to have a good time playing with them after getting into the tent.
Xu Tangzhou was currently on call with Huang Qian outside, Huang Qian seemed to have something to say to him as he first inquired about his recent situation on the show before asking whether or not he and Ling Che had gotten along well. Xu Tangzhou replied that everything was going as usual without telling Huang Qian about the temporary mark.
He felt that Huang Qian would lose his temper if he were to know about it, and it was even possible that he would buy a plane ticket to fly over the next day in fear that his career would be ruined.
Even though this matter couldn’t be considered obvious at this moment, it would be eventually.
He was unwilling to publicize it to everyone.
“We are getting along… fine?” There was a faint blush on Xu Tangzhou’s face— Now that he even got temporarily marked, not only were they getting along fine, Ling Che did not beat him to death at the very least.
He thought Huang Qian was still worried about Ling Che’s attitude toward him, so he told Huang Qian truthfully: “To record the show with a proper attitude and try to work together is the consensus we both agreed upon. After the cameras are turned off, we generally don’t interact much.”
Huang Qian swallowed back his words after hearing him say this, and finally said: “If that’s the case, okay then. I’ll talk to you once you come back.”
Xu Tangzhou hung up the phone and happened to bump into LuMi, who were returning to their residence to sleep after going out for a stroll.
From quite a long distance away, Mi Fei waved at him.
Xu Tangzhou waved back and said good night, before entering the house.
On the other end, Mi Fei said to Lu Cheng’an: “I really do think that I am very dumb, today I……”
After hesitating for an entire afternoon, Mi Fei nevertheless told his partner what he had encountered this afternoon. Forget about whether Mi Fei could keep this shocking secret or not, the main thing was that Ling Che himself didn’t seem to mind at all and did not warn him to remain silent after an entire afternoon had passed.
Unexpectedly, Lu Cheng’an said: “I already knew about that.”
Mi Fei received a shock.
After returning from beachside scuba diving, Lu Cheng’an had already known about this matter at the dinner table.
Beta aren’t sensitive to pheromones, even if somebody were to be in heat, they would not be able to detect the changes in their pheromones. However, Lu Cheng’an was an actual Alpha, the slightest alternations in pheromones cannot escape his nose.
Xu Tangzhou had used a pheromone suppression spray in the past, therefore both the Omega and Betas typically emitted an identical scent. Yet tonight, Ling Che’s scent appeared on Xu Tangzhou’s body all of the sudden, which could only indicate that he had already been marked by Ling Che.
It was a temporary mark at that.
Because they couldn’t do anything else in such a short period of time.
After listening up to this point, Mi Fei reflected on himself: “I thought it was true that they weren’t familiar with each other before, but as a result, I was just concerned about something that has nothing to do with me.”
“Your intentions were good.” Lu Cheng’an patted him, “Do not tell anybody else about this matter, nor do you need to feel guilty about telling me. Even if you remain silent, the others will eventually know.”
Mi Fei came to a realization.
If Lu Cheng’an could detect the changes in Xu Tangzhou, then this meant that several other Alpha staff members on the program team knew about it too.
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When it’s all said and done, Ling Che did have quite the nerve to do such a risky thing on the show.
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Xu Tangzhou, who had been “temporarily marked in public” was completely unaware of everyone’s speculations.
After making the phone call, he travelled across the yard, passed by the noisy tent, and entered the living room before bumping into Xia Yue exiting out of their bathroom.
Xia Yue was neatly dressed and her hair was blown dry.
Seeing Xu Tangzhou, she even added: “You’re back, Zhou Zhou? I’m done with washing, you can use the bathroom.”
Watching as the girl skipped away, Xu Tangzhou: “……”
What the hell is up with this strange feeling?
He was about to go back to his room, yet he got startled by a tall figure as soon as he entered the corridor.
Ling Che stood at the doorway and leaned against the door frame to fiddle with his mobile phone. The beauty of the few rings on his slender knuckles was far less good-looking than his hand, even a casual shot could make half the fandom scream.
Seeing that Xu Tangzhou had returned, this megastar who was originally pretending to shut himself away merely raised his eyelids: “Where have you been?”
Ling Che was waiting for him?
Xu Tangzhou didn’t dare to be certain because this sort of thing had never occurred in the past.
Due to Ling Che’s strange performance tonight, he simply replied: “I was just on a call with my agent.”
Ling Che put away his mobile phone and placed it in his pocket before asking carelessly: “Huang Qian? What did he tell you?”
Xu Tangzhou said, “He merely asked whether we are getting along smoothly, and how my work was.”
Si Tuya told Ling Che on the phone that Huang Qian was shocked when he heard about this and agreed to reveal the truth to Xu Tangzhou after the filming was over without affecting the relationship between the two of them on the show.
Thus, Huang Qian kept his promise and hadn’t told Xu Tangzhou yet.
In addition, Huang Qian also revealed some stuff in detail.
Xu Tangzhou had lost his memory of the past five or six years ever since he was eighteen, that is to say, he had forgotten everything about his modelling career in his youth, about the T walk, as well as all the people he met during that period of time.
Apart from his abstract memory loss, nothing went wrong with his life or learning ability, so he attended college step by step after taking a year off from school, followed by accepting a Mist advertisement, before re-entering the entertainment circle.
Huang Qian said that the reason why Xu Tangzhou wanted to become an artist was simple and straightforward.
“I want to earn money.” That was what Xu Tangzhou told Huang Qian.
Si Tuya was stunned by this question on the phone at the time: “How come you didn’t realize that he had memory loss? Shouldn’t you be very familiar with him? How many years have you guys known each other when you were dating again?”
“Four years.” It was not that Ling Che hadn’t discovered any abnormalities, he merely didn’t want to dig deeper into it.
Xu Tangzhou’s departure had dealt a blow to him, meeting Xu Tangzhou once more and being on the same show together was already a decent result.
Si Tuya understood Ling Che very well, yet she still marveled at the fact that his egoism has actually reached such a level: “My god!”
Ling Che could not tolerate his agent’s mockery.
He impassively said: “What’s wrong with that? I gave him a temporary mark today.” And paused before adding, “He was the one who asked for it.”
Pseudo-heats occur due to phenomenon allergy, yet he’d rather hold back his nosebleeds and keep silent by gritting his teeth. In short, he’s considered to have asked for a mark himself.
There was a momentary silence on the phone, and Ling Che hung up right before Si Tuya was about to curse in anger and shock that she ought to have not allowed them to be on the show together.
In addition to composing songs, Ling Che has also made a little achievement on the matter of “how to quickly hang up the phone at the right moment so that I won’t get scolded by the other party”.
Si Tuya’s call came once more after her anger had notably passed and was unexpectedly a little calm: “I inquired about this on your behalf, the matter regarding memory loss is very complicated, and it’s uncertain when he will recover. You’d better not sabotage yourself, and we can talk about it after getting the show out of the way first. However, there’s a high chance that the cause of his memory loss has to do with the mark removal surgery.”
Ling Che came to a realization.
Because a permanent mark of an AO was inherently impossible to undo, mark removal surgery could be regarded as going against the natural law of nature. It was not only expensive, but it had a high failure rate, and few people chose to do such a high-risk operation. Even if it was successful, it may leave many side effects. The location of the gland is connected to the complex neural network of the brain, and it wasn’t impossible to cause amnesia.
Why did Xu Tangzhou take such a risk to do so?
Was it because he did not leave out of his own will at that time and wanted to come back or did he pass his days in exile after leaving him?
Whatever the reason, it doesn’t matter anymore.
After the temporary mark, Ling Che knew what he wanted, and he couldn’t let go.
More importantly, the Xu Tangzhou before his eyes could no longer give him an answer.
All he could do was investigate.
Xu Tangzhou knew that establishing a good relationship was the primary goal, while getting a temporary mark was the main goal.
He stood in the aisle and waited for a while. Seeing that Ling Che had nothing to say after he finished speaking, he gently asked him: “Why haven’t you gone to bed yet? Could it be because you’re in a bad mood tonight?”
Xu Tangzhou was a feast for the eyes.
Once he shed off his cold outer shell, and restlessly expressed his worries, Ling Che easily thought of his younger self— Getting flustered easily with a single touch and could only be appeased by hugs.
Ling Che would do this on purpose, deliberately watching him get overwhelmed and then hugging him all day long until Xu Tangzhou obediently made him feel sorry and pleaded to him in a whisper.
After pondering for half a night, Ling Che made up his mind.
He disdainfully said: “I’m not in a bad mood.”
The words “I am convinced” were written on Xu Tangzhou’s face.
“It was the commotion outside that made me unable to fall asleep.” Ling Che said to him with a frown, “I also have a bad headache.”
Xu Tangzhou felt that it was quite noisy as well: “Oh.”
Especially since Xia Yue and her sister seemed to treat this place as a temporary hotel, he had some sort of illusion that he and Ling Che were the owners of the said hotel: One was the big boss with a bad temper, while the other was a small boss who had been temporarily marked.
Cough. Far from it.
Ling Che said: “Come and give me a massage.”
Xu Tangzhou: “???”
Ling Che glanced down at him from above: “What’s that expression of yours? You aren’t willing?”
To put the words simply: Do you still want my temporary mark or not?
This Alpha chauvinist is irrefutable!
Xu Tangzhou handled others with gentleness, and flattered in a rush: “No no, I am willing! Especially so! I’ll massage whichever spot you’re uncomfortable with!”
Nothing else mattered as long as Ling Che was in a good mood!
Ling Che retreated a step backwards and went back to the room first.
Xu Tangzhou followed him from behind, and his body temperature gradually rose. This was the first time he entered Ling Che’s room, the aura belonging to Alpha was evident in here, and he felt like a small white rabbit intruding into the territory, easily overpowered by the beast.
Shameless.
It was unknown how many times Xu Tangzhou had spat on himself.
He stood in the center of the room with a blank face as improper thoughts ran through his mind whilst trying very hard to make himself look emotionless: No one could hear all those filthy thoughts bottled up inside my head anyway!
“Have a seat.” Ling Che lightly spoke and the pressure around him had pretty much dissipated.
“En.” Xu Tangzhou heard a “click” as soon as he responded and his gaze shifted over the source of the sound only to find that Ling Che had unplugged the camera’s power cord.
Ling Che was exactly someone who did everything according to his will and it’s usually others that had to comply with him.
His family was the financial backer of the show while he was the core, so no one dared to go against him.
The camera turned black on the other end.
Everyone who was rubbing their palms together in an attempt to find the connection between the monitor footage and the shocking gossip they learnt today: “……”
Each of one them let out a “fuck” inside their hearts at the same time.
Edited by: Amanagawa & Huixuan
Thank You for the new chapter ♡⃛(=^w^=)
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Thanks for the chapter! 😘
Little bunny is going to be eaten..
Lol, cool, Ling Che
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Thank you for the chapter
There’s some development in their relationship! I’m so excited for what’s about to happen ☺️