Xu Tangzhou slept poorly that day and had dreams all night long.
There was a rainstorm inside of his dream, and it was unclear whether or not a typhoon had arrived as the trees outside were blown in all directions.
The sky seemed to have split open, and the rain drizzled down in desperation.
Silence fell over the room he was in, and the glass of the floor-to-ceiling windows had blocked out the wind and rain along with the thunder, only the creaking noises produced by the spinning blades of the ceiling fan from above could be heard.
There was a solid wooden desk in front of him, with exam papers laying out on the surface. He glanced down before seeing that “2203 Qinan City College Entrance Examination Mock Paper” was written at the top, and he currently had a pen in his grip.
Xu Tangzhou could tell that he was still dreaming at this point.
Fuck. He broke into a cold sweat due to shock: The entrance exam paper had made such a deep impact on him that he still had dreams about it.
Without any warning, someone spoke from behind him: “Can’t solve this question?”
That voice was very pleasant to the ears, its tone neither cold nor warm, with a hint of laziness.
Only then did Xu Tangzhou realize that he was sitting in the lap of his Alpha, while cuddling within their arms in a posture that could be described as extremely ambiguous.
Immediately afterwards, a slender hand gripped his palm from behind and guided his pen with the intention of writing the answer down.
Xu Tangzhou naturally wanted that Alpha to fill out all the answers.
Yet the Alpha deliberately refused to write anything down and leaned closer to him before biting his earlobes: “Beg me then. I’ll only teach you if you beg me.”
His entire body shivered from the bite, and the nerves on the back of his neck were tingling. The tip of his pen made a scratch mark on the paper, yet he indignantly said: “Can’t these people take pity on us high school students? It’s simply too difficult to be dating while keeping up with our studies at the same time.”
The scene inside his dream shifted, and that Alpha had already kissed him.
Xu Tangzhou completely forgot that it was still a dream, and he listened to his wild heartbeat while passionately receiving the kiss with such eagerness that it was almost unclear who was the more active one during their entanglement.
Under the dim lighting, he saw the other party’s profound three-dimensional facial features, and slender blown eyelashes. In the process of giving him a kiss, they revealed a smile with hints of naivety and a look of satisfaction on their face as if they had succeeded in their antics.
Sudden claps of thunder struck down in succession, so subtle that it was as if they were from the distant horizon.
The glass reflected their figures inside the dim interior of the room.
That young Alpha bit down on his nape, with a force which appeared to be fierce, but was very gentle in reality. Xu Tangzhou looked towards the glass and met a pair of amber-coloured eyes.
Those eyes gradually allowed Xu Tangzhou to remember the other party’s name: “…… Ling Che.”
Xu Tangzhou regained his consciousness by the time he called out his name.
The sky had already brightened, and the ceiling of the Fischer Hotel appeared before his eyes, reminding him that he had been dreaming just now.
He was the only one in the room, Lu Jia seemed to have left without even bidding farewell after they agreed to become acquaintances.
But Xu Tangzhou merely heaved a sigh of relief and said with gratitude: Fortunately, he’s the only one here.
It’s been…… how long since he had that sort of dream?
Could it be because he had a direct encounter with the subject inside of his dream? Or was it because his brain had accidentally conjured up improper thoughts when he was borrowing the landline in Ling Che’s room?
Xu Tangzhou’s gender had become apparent by the time he started having such dreams, and he shyly told the doctor during their follow-up appointment.
The doctor reassured him that this was a normal phenomenon.
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Each omega will dream of their ideal type inside their subconscious after their growth spurt, which was an indication they had fully matured. It’s just that Xu Tangzhou was a late-bloomer, so this occurrence emerged later compared to his peers, but there’s nothing he should be worried about.
The doctor teased him as well: “How about it? Is the subject inside your subconsciousness not your ideal type?”
Xu Tangzhou pondered about it, and said with a red face: “I am unable to see their appearance clearly, but it’s enough for my knees to go weak.”
It wasn’t until one day he saw Ling Che on TV, that each detail of the man inside his dream seemed to have found its origin, fitting in perfectly like pieces of a puzzle.
Due to shock, he dropped the apple which he had finished nibbling mid-way through.
He sought answers from the members of his family: “Mother, am I familiar with him?”
Xie Rui walked over and glanced at the TV: “Have you regained any of your memories?”
There’s no way that he could possibly reveal what he did inside his dream, so he could only say: “He looks particularly familiar to me, as if we knew each other.”
Xie Rui then smiled and told him: “He is a huge celebrity named Ling Che. You’re a fan of his, so it’s natural that you’d recognize him.”
At the time, Xu Tangzhou was shocked by his own shamelessness, and could only be grateful that he wasn’t a solo fan in the past, because he discovered various types of Alphas on the hard drive of his computer.
It had been proven that there were indeed differences between dreams and reality.
The anticipation that Xu Tangzhou felt when he showed up at the annual party only turned into a sense of regret at this moment. Ling Che did not appear to be as affectionate in reality as he was inside of his dreams, and there’s a possibility that he may be biased against Omegas as well.
Xu Tangzhou didn’t even want to be his face-con anymore…
Please, he genuinely did not wish to have these sorts of dreams about Ling Che in the future.
Xu Tangzhou’s overcast expression cleared up by the time Huang Qian arrived at his room: “What were you and Ling Che chatting about last night? How exactly did you get him to agree?”
Sitting on the bed in a cross-legged position, Xu Tangzhou ate the breakfast delivered to him by room service with his cheeks puffed up in a cute ball.
“Huh? I only wanted to borrow a phone.”
Huang Qian was overjoyed: “I heard about it from Xiao’an. A remark you made when borrowing the phone allowed him to change his mind about you. Earlier this morning, Ya-jie informed me that this matter has been settled through a phone call. Ling Che indicated that he would take the collaboration into consideration and his attitude is not as absolute.”
Artists who want good exposure must have a decent starting point.
Huang Qian wasn’t a calculative individual and valued his career over everything else, therefore it’s completely tolerable to suffer from occasional hardships.
Xu Tangzhou froze.
What?!
How could the situation be reversed just like that?
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Come to think of it, Ling Che seemed to have asked about his opinion in regards to Omega discrimination, and he indicated that it wasn’t the case based on his music.
He can’t remember the back-and-forth conversation between them in detail.
Could this be the reason?
*
Nearly everyone from the company had left.
After having breakfast, they must leave as well.
The protesters and the media crew downstairs were so energetic that they stayed up all night, probably because they knew that Ling Che would leave the Fischer Hotel today no matter what, and acted even more exuberant than yesterday, vowing to not let Ling Che escape even if he had a pair of wings.
Huang Qian spoke after entering the elevator: “Zhou Zhou, your complexion appears to be slightly pale. Did you not sleep well last night?”
“Indeed.” Xu Tangzhou spoke the truth. He was all but an empty husk of himself, it’d be strange if he’d had a good night’s sleep.
“Lu Jia is quite capable of tossing and turning.” Huang Qian misinterpreted the meaning behind his words, and reminded him, “But you must make sure to rest at regular times. Although you are still young, as an artist, you still have to maintain your image at the end of the day. Take Lu Jia for example, he is already at the age of twenty-six.”
Xu Tangzhou received a shock; he assumed that Lu Jia was twenty at most.
Entertainers are all freaks!
Once they arrived at the parking lot, Xiao’an rushed over right as Huang Qian opened the car door for Xu Tangzhou to get inside: “Huang-ge!”
Xiao’an caught his breath and said he wanted to ask them a favor.
The two of them exchanged a few words, but Xu Tangzhou did not hear them and only closed his eyes to recuperate— he must catch up on his sleep.
Huang Qian called out to him after getting into the vehicle once more: “Zhou Zhou, scooch over.”
Xu Tangzhou was unaware of why but he still moved to the second row of seats.
He had just taken a seat when a slender leg came stretching over.
Ling Che was probably wearing a mask and a cap as part of a disguise, but Xu Tangzhou could still recognize him even if he were to turn into a pile of ashes, not to mention his unique S-class blazing pheromones.
Hot and spicy, nearly scorching.
He silently sat next to Xu Tangzhou, and naturally adjusted the back of the seat with the intention of sitting in a more comfortable position. The good thing was that this high-class nanny car had plenty of space, therefore it wasn’t too suffocating for a tall individual such as him.
Xu Tangzhou: “……”
Should I greet him or not?
Xiao’an followed closely and sat down at the front row with a smile, before peeking over his shoulders: “Sorry for the trouble. Our license plate was photographed by the paparazzi yesterday, so Ya-Jie is now the one driving it to lure the tiger away from the mountain. We just so happened to bump into you guys and wanted to hitch a ride, I promise no one would’ve guessed that we are inside your vehicle. You don’t mind right, Zhou Zhou?”
This was indeed the truth, there weren’t any media outlets that recognized Xu Tangzhou’s vehicle nowadays, not to mention his identity.
Si Tuya was truly worthy of her title.
“I don’t mind.” Xu Tangzhou shot a glance at Ling Che.
Ling Che did not have any intention of greeting them at all.
Fine, Xu Tangzhou made his decision, let’s all remain silent then.
Huang Qian turned on the engine: “Is Ling Che returning home or going somewhere else? I heard that Ying Chen had a good time living in the northern part of the city, and you purchased a residence introduced by him as well. Are we heading over there?”
Ying Chen! A grand-slam film emperor!
Xu Tangzhou thought that all of Ling Che’s friends indeed matched him in terms of status—— Sure enough, big-shots only hung out with big-shots.
As for him, managing to drag his academic tyrant roommate into playing the children’s version of Connecting-the-Dots online with him was the only thing he had accomplished at the peak of his career.
“Returning home.” Ling Che finally spoke.
The reason why his voice sounded somewhat raspy was probably related to his morning drowsiness, “Thanks.”
Neither of them mentioned the awkward encounter last night.
No, in Xu Tangzhou and Ling Che’s opinion, it’d be much more accurate to say that they had two awkward encounters.
No one inside the car spoke again, and they smoothly passed through the bustling crowd outside the hotel without arousing any suspicion.
After driving only a short distance away, they heard somebody shout: “It’s Ling Che’s vehicle!”
The crowd rushed forth, and Situ Ya was tightly surrounded after revealing herself when driving.
Xiao’an nearly clapped his hands with laughter, while Ling Che only spit out two words from his lips after taking a backward glance at the crowd.
Xu Tangzhou had a feeling that “Dumbass” was what he said.
But he ultimately had no evidence.
As he was in the process of pondering, Ling Che took off his mask and hat all of the sudden, and fully relaxed his nerves. He looked extremely exhausted as leaned back on the chair, and the dark circles under his eyes… was enough to frighten anyone.
This superstar couldn’t have stayed up all night right?
“What are you staring at?” Ling Che glanced over.
Xu Tangzhou: “???”
Ling Che coldly spoke: “Stop constantly staring at me.”
Xu Tangzhou: “…I wasn’t”
Huang Qian glanced at them in the rearview mirror; he was unable to see Xu Tangzhou from his angle, and only saw that Ling Che pulled something out from the pockets of his oversized jacket with an impatient look on his face.
Huang Qian had a feeling that they were about to start bickering soon.
Xu Tangzhou didn’t have the guts to stare at Ling Che any longer, because he felt that Ling Che was a littlet irrational at this moment and had possibly woken up from the wrong side of the bed as well.
It’s best if he didn’t say anything, and tried to remain as quiet as a chicken.
For some unknown reason, his scent glands started itching again, more so than when he first woke up this morning.
He couldn’t resist the urge of reaching out to touch them, before discovering that a small patch of skin on the back of his neck was piping hot and bulging out slightly, as if waiting to be bitten.
A hand suddenly reached over.
The beauty of those fingers overlapped with the hand from Xu Tangzhou’s dream.
Xu Tangzhou looked up before revealing a puzzled expression after he saw the item in his grip.
It turned out that Ling Che dug out a bag of tissues from his pocket after half a day of struggling.
Huang Qian, who was secretly observing, saw this scene and the corners of his mouth twitched.
Ling Che handed the tissues to Xu Tangzhou and impassively said: “You’re having a nosebleed.”
Edited by: Amanagawa and Huixuan
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First naughty dreams and now a nosebleed ~ heh
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Lol, I shouldn’t laughing, because it’s can be a big problem, but I feel like it’ll be a comedy moment
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