Translator: Mogumoguchan
Editor: lolimelon
The market was filled with people. Ji Xinglan was worried that they would be separated by the crowd, so he held Yan Qiu’s hand.
Yan Qiu still wasn’t quite used to doing such things in public. Shyly, he tucked his neck under his scarf, but didn’t refuse the contact.
His body temperature was rather low, so his hand was a little cold. He was the type whose hands would get cold even if they were placed in his pockets, but the hand the alpha used to hold his hand was warm and dry. His fingers were long and full of power. Even so, he held Yan Qiu’s hand cautiously and put it in his pocket.
Because of it, when they walked together, they were practically stuck together. Yan Qiu could only do his best to walk with him, and he sensed that the place where their hands were connected together were gradually turning warmer.
As a top-class alpha, even though he tried his best not to release pheromones, the aura he unintentionally released could still affect the alphas and omegas nearby.
They looked in the direction where they sensed the aura and saw an alpha with a top-class figure and appearance standing beside a shelf. By the looks of it, he was a military school student. And since he stood tall and proud in the crowd, he could be seen at first glance.
This was an alpha to whom they knew was blessed by the gods and was unapproachable, but now, he was cautiously holding the hand of the omega beside him with his lover’s hand in his pocket to keep him warm.
When they saw such a top-class alpha, the omegas and betas who passed by couldn’t help but to observe him a little more. When they saw that he already had an omega, they didn’t dare to act brazenly.
Yan Qiu watched the queue in front of the cashier get longer, and to save time, he went to the shelves to look for snacks while also telling Ji Xinglan to go to the cold section to get milk.
Yan Qiu stroked his hair. “Stay here and don’t move. I’ll go get a few cans of chips.”
But five minutes later, when he came back with snacks, he found that during the short time he left, a girl was already standing in front of Ji Xinglan. Both of them were chatting, and they stood very close with each other.
The girl had long hair, and she looked like a real beauty. Even though it was winter, she still wore a short skirt, leggings, and leather boots.
Yan Qiu narrowed his eyes. He had just been gone for a while, and someone already came over to flirt with his man?
‘Hey, I told you to stand here and don’t move. I didn’t tell you to flirt with girls!’
He knew that he shouldn’t be feeling this way, but Yan Qiu felt a quite displeased, and his footsteps became heavier.
But when he got closer and saw her, the displeasure in his heart immediately disappeared.
He found that the person standing across Ji Xinglan was a familiar face.
‘Hey, isn’t that Lin Wei?’
Lin Wei and Ji Xinglan stood beside the cold section while chatting. When Yan Qiu suddenly popped up behind them, he dumped all the stuff in his arms into the shopping cart.
When Lin Wei saw Yan Qiu, she didn’t seem surprised. In fact, she smiled faintly and bobbed her head at him.
They exchanged a few pleasantries. Lin Wei knew that if she continued staying here, she would be showing that she didn’t know how to read the mood, so she quickly waved goodbye and headed to the cashier.
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After Yan Qiu saw him talking to Lin Wei, he suddenly refused to talk to him anymore.
‘Oh no, he’s jealous.’ Ji Xinglan could not retain his composure and wanted to explain things to him.
“Okay.” Yan Qiu showed no emotion on his face.
“You know that I’ve always only liked you,” Ji Xinglan said.
“Okay.” Yan Qiu still showed no emotion.
“We ran into each other through sheer coincidence. I didn’t know that she was here as well.” When Ji Xinglan saw that Yan Qiu still remained quiet, he felt that the situation was dire and he must explain things clearly to Yan Qiu. So, he suddenly grabbed Yan Qiu’s wrist.
Yan Qiu cast him a faint glance and looked at the wrist in his hands. He nonchalantly gave another “okay” to him.
He thought. ‘I know.’
“Aren’t you curious as to what we said?” He saw that Yan Qiu was still ignoring him, but Ji Xinglan did not give up.
“No,” Yan Qiu answered honestly.
What else could he be?
The immature Ji Xinglan harbored a crush on him in the past, but could not get him. Lin Wei already told him everything honestly.
Why should he be jealous?
Yan Qiu did not say anything, but based on his tepid attitude, a certain person’s mind jumped to conclusions and believed that Yan Qiu was jealous. While no one was paying attention, he tried to gain Yan Qiu’s favor by kissing him and squeezed his hand. “Please don’t be angry.”
“I’m not angry.” Yan Qiu found what he said to be strange, and he could no longer hold back from laughing.
Ji Xinglan asked in puzzlement, “Aren’t you jealous?”
Yan Qiu frowned. “Why should I be jealous?”
“The last time I spoke a few words to Lin Wei, you ignored me for a whole day. What’s going on today? Why are you so generous?” As he spoke, Ji Xinglan used his fingers to tilt his chin up.
“A few words?” Yan Qiu turned his head and avoided Ji Xinglan’s hand. He glared at him. “Was that a few words? In just a few words, you even received her love letter. If I wasn’t thinking that I was about to give birth to you child—”
“There’s nothing like that.” Ji Xinglan grabbed his hand and explained seriously to him, “I didn’t receive her love letter. I don’t want any love letter that’s not from you.”
“Really?” Yan Qiu asked in puzzlement.
“Really.” Ji Xinglan nodded in affirmation. He pinched his cheek. “So why is it that you were so angry last time, but are not jealous this time? Is it because—”
“Jealous, my foot,” Yan Qiu huffed angrily.
When both of them reached the cashier, Ji Xinglan put Yan Qiu’s hand into his pocket again.
Yan Qiu stood by the side and watched in boredom. He saw that the shelf beside the cashier was stuffed full of condoms. There were super thin ones, spiral condoms, and all sorts of varieties he had never heard of before.
Before he slept with Ji Xinglan, Yan Qiu was a pure, straight boy, and when he saw these things, he would feel shy. But now, he actually started sizing them up in public, and he even threw one box into the trolley.
If they kept putting off buying these things, Ji Xinglan’s ominous words might come true.
No. He had to take preventive measures.
Ji Xinglan watched Yan Qiu quietly and saw everything he did. He said nothing about it, but his lips curled into a discreet smile.
Could this be the present Yan Qiu wanted to give him?
But he liked it quite a lot.
……
It was Christmas Eve. Even though there were only three people in the house if they did not count the servants, Mrs. Ji still put a Christmas tree that was full of colorful decorations and lights in the living room.
The colored lights were reflected on the wall, and at the center were small deer-shaped shadows. They kept changing shape as the light flickered.
Yan Qiu and Ji Xinglan hadn’t eaten dinner with Mrs. Ji for two weeks. Mrs. Ji had a biracial background, and Christmas was an important holiday for her family.
She had always been a passionate woman as well. Even if there was no one around who would admire these decorations that were filled with a festive air, she would still decorate the room seriously.
Christmas tunes kept playing in the speakers, and on the dining table was a grand feast that had long since been prepared.
Mrs. Ji said with a smile on the dining table that Ji Xinglan’s father would come and visit them next month.
“You’ve never met each other before, but don’t be worried. He wants to meet his son-in-law as well.”
“Son-in-law” Yan Qiu had originally been eating without feeling any sort of burden, but suddenly, his hands froze, and he felt a faint layer of sweat pool on his palms.
He had to admit, he was a little nervous.
Yan Qiu had lived for nineteen years, and he had never met someone as important as Ji Nai. The person he met with the highest position in his life was his principal, and the second was their dearly beloved Mr. Yang.
Yan Qiu quietly put down the fork and knife in his hands and used the napkin to wipe his mouth. At that moment, he silently cast a glance at Ji Xinglan.
Ji Xinglan asked about his father. By the looks of it, he did not have any special reaction to his return. He finished eating calmly and talked about his academics in the living room with Mrs. Ji.
Before eight, he pulled Yan Qiu upstairs.
Once they returned to their room, Ji Xinglan seemed to be in a good mood, and he eagerly pushed Yan Qiu down.
They fooled around in bed for a while before Yan Qiu admitted defeat and begged for mercy.
Ji Xinglan just looked at him from above him and laid on his body to ask proudly, “Do you have any presents for me?”
“No.” Yan Qiu’s hands were pinned, and he tilted his head stubbornly as an answer.
“No?” When he heard this answer, Ji Xinglan looked a little disappointed.
When he saw how disappointed Ji Xinglan was, Yan Qiu instantly laughed and pushed him away. “I was lying to you.”
Yan Qiu took out a paper box from his bag and handed it to him.
“Here, Merry Christmas. You can wear this. After you take my present, you’re not allowed to bully me.”
He could not present the scarf he knitted, so he asked the butler to buy one for Ji Xinglan and used something that actually looked good to substitute his poor excuse of a gift.
“What is it?” Ji Xinglan was an alpha, but he was as easy to please as a child. When Yan Qiu said that he had a gift, he became happy.
“It’s a scarf.” Yan Qiu smiled and watched him as he opened the box.
“You knitted a scarf for me?” When Ji Xinglan saw the scarf in the box, he looked surprised and delighted.
Yan Qiu personally knitted a scarf for me! This was a holy object! He could now stand with his head held high in front of those people who liked to flaunt their relationships!
“…Yeah.”
Yan Qiu nodded. He did indeed knit one. It was just not this one.
Ji Xinglan looked quite happy. He grabbed Yan Qiu’s shoulders and kissed him, and he also pulled the scarf out.
This was the scarf Yan Qiu personally knitted. He must take a good look at it.
The black and white scarf looked pretty good. The fabric was soft. But Ji Xinglan only took one look at it before his expression instantly sank.
“You knitted this?”
Since he already said all those things beforehand, Yan Qiu could only remain stubborn and say “Yes”.
“You knitted it?” Ji Xinglan unfurled the scarf and demanded with a huff.
“Are you telling me that you knitted a Hermes cashmere scarf for me?”
Mogumoguchan: Yan Qiu just NEVER learns his lesson.
lolimelon: welp ^__^#…
Hahaha! Thanks for the chapter!
Oops.. The lie exposed.. Looking forward to the next chap🤭
Thanks for the chapter ♥️♥️
Thanks for the chapter.
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Ooops..the cat out of the bag🙈🤣🙈🤣🙈🤣
Thanks for the chapter ❤️
uh oh . . . Yan Qiu is in troublee
Oopsiee cat get out of the bagg
If he saw the real scarf, maybe he’d want to pretend Yan Qiu knitted a really good copy of a Hermes scarf. But really, how bad could it be?
I have said it before but it’s worth repeating- Yan Qui is a complete idiot!!!
My oh my… 😂
Yan Qiu never learns his lesson because he doesnt think much about the punishment. Heh.
…deep sigh
HAHAHAHA…. say you just add the Hermes tag 😂
YQ never gets tired of selling himself out..