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As he massaged Qiu Yu’s arm, Mu Feibai’s attention gradually drifted away.
His eyes fell upon Qiu Yu’s drooping eyelashes and sweat-soaked temples before moving to his delicately pale chin, then up to his dewy pink lips, and then finally back to Qiu Yu’s dark irises that were slightly covered by eyelashes.
The light flutter of lashes disturbed wisps of hair hanging from Qiu Yu’s forehead and also seemed to have tickled Mu Feibai’s heart.
Qiu Yu suddenly looked up, meeting Mu Feibai’s gaze.
Mu Feibai subconsciously cleared his throat and grasped at a random topic. “Your hair seems to be getting a little long. Since we don’t have training this afternoon, would you like me to go with you to get a haircut?”
His hair really was getting pretty long so Qiu Yu nodded, “Sure.”
Back when he lived in the Omega apartments, there was a hair salon for residents in the first floor of the lobby. He had considered the issue of haircuts when he came to live with the team a bit more than a month ago. After searching for nearby hairdressers, he preferred the one that provided door-to-door services, but it cost too much so he waited for his hair to grow a little longer, thus saving some money.
However, since someone offered to go with him, he may as well just go to a cheaper one nearby.
Qiu Yu felt that his strength had pretty much recovered after resting a little over an hour. The residual pain didn’t impair his movements, so he stood up and prepared to go out.
Unexpectedly, when they notified the manager of their plans to head out, Yuan Lu emphatically refused to let Qiu Yu and Mu Feibai leave together and said they had to be accompanied by another Beta member.
“It’s not that I don’t trust you, but the boss and Coach He have emphasised that we have to take precautions in the situation that something unfortunate does happen.” Yuan Lu said seriously, “It’s not just you, Du Chen is also the same. You guys can’t stay in the same room alone with Qiu Yu, and you must be accompanied by a Beta team member when you go out. I told them I would accompany you, but they said I’m not enough because I can’t beat you guys in a fight if something happens.”
Mu Feibai: …
The boss and Coach He were so considerate in all areas.
“I’ll go ask Lu Cun.” Qiu Yu didn’t mind and raised his hands to send a message to Lu Cun.
As his teammate wrecked his plans, Mu Feibai had no choice but to agree. “ Alright then, if there’s one more person… there’s no reason not to add another one. I’ll ask Zhou Shu if he wants to go.”
His plan was obviously supposed to be a two person date, but since there must be a third person, it was better to just make it into a team bonding session.
It’s just that he’s never heard of any team heading to the hair salon as a bonding activity.
Fortunately, this “date” didn’t end up as a team bonding session in the end because Lu Cun had already agreed to live broadcast playing rank with Lin Jingxi in the afternoon. They’ve already sent out the notifications and previews, so he couldn’t just cancel. Zhou Shu was the only one with nothing serious to do, so he went out with the two of them with a weird smile plastered on his face.
The hairdresser closest to the club’s residence was a street away, not far from where the entire team had hot pot last time. The roadside was lush with trees and the three decided to take a stroll there without calling for a taxi.
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As this was the closest hair salon to the club, the staff were quite familiar with the team members. Seeing Mu Feibai enter with Qiu Yu, he immediately greeted them enthusiastically, “God Mu, you’re here to… accompany god Qiu to get a haircut? Please follow me.”
The staff had noticed at a glance that it was Qiu Yu who needed a haircut among the three and led them to the transparent room while confirming.
“God Qiu?” Mu Fei smiled and said, “Your information is pretty up to date.”
“Of course, I’m a die-hard fan of the Eagle Riders—I would never miss a single game of yours!” the staff said proudly, “It’s been two years but that autograph I got from you guys is still right here! Oh, by the way, what kind of hairstyle would you like?” As he spoke, he placed a floating camera in front of Qiu Yu and handed over a tablet.
The camera immediately captured Qiu Yu’s facial features and skull shape and displayed a model on the tablet through which Qiu Yu could freely choose and try on hairstyles.
This was much more advanced than the hairdressers downstairs in the Omega apartment and this was Qiu Yu’s first time seeing it even from his inherited memories.
However, after having played full-dive games, Qiu Yu no longer had the interest to explore such things.
He casually flipped through a list of popular hairstyles and pointed to the screen, “That one’s fine.”
“Uhhh better not this one?” Mu Feibai’s eyes widened, “This one’s not very suitable for you, trust me!”
The staff took a look and emphatically agreed with Mu Feibai’s opinion, “I agree, god Qiu, why don’t you have a look at the others? Our teacher Qi is very skilled and he knows how to cut all the most popular Omega hairstyles these days! If you prefer something more refreshing, this-this one has been quite popular recently…”
Qiu Yu looked at the virtual model of himself on the tablet and felt that there was nothing wrong with a buzzcut.
Very neat and clean. The best thing about it was that it’s short, so it’ll take longer to grow out and he could save some money.
Seeing that Qiu Yu wasn’t convinced by the staff’s words, Mu Feibai cleared his throat and approached the matter from another angle, “Ge, you are in some way a public figure now and your image has already been fixed so it’s not very good to make such a drastic change all of a sudden.”
The staff member immediately nodded, “Yes, exactly! Us fans will be very sad!”
Mu Feibai reached over and flipped through the hairstyle templates in Qiu Yu’s stead and pointed to one of them, “How about this one? It’s more sleek than before, but it’s not that big of a change,”
Zhou Shu also chimed in, “Qiu ge, don’t be too casual about hairstyles, they’re actually very important! If the fans see that we let you return with hair shaved within an inch of its life, the captain’s going to be scolded miserably! You know our captain’s motto, ‘winning streaks can be broken, but hair must always be perfection’!”
Mu Feibai: ???
Qiu Yu looked at Mu Feibai in shock and confusion.
Mu Feibai immediately protested, “No! Never in my life have I ever said such a thing!”
He kicked Zhou Shu’s calf, “What kind of stuff are you spewing out of that mouth! You are the one who can break it!”
Qiu Yu was speechless.
Why was this world so strange—it’s just a haircut, why do you need to consider so much?
Last time when he wanted to get a buzz cut at the barber shop under the Omega apartments, Xu Qingqing basically put her life on the line to stop him. Now that he’s here, everyone’s still using all kinds of methods to stop him.
Oh well, it’s just hair—he didn’t really care much.
So in the end, Qiu Yu chose the one suggested by Mu Feibai and followed the staff into the glass-walled room to prepare.
“Qiu ge really… doesn’t walk the path of normal mortals.” Zhou Shu said with a smile, “This is my first time seeing an Omega wanting to buzz their hair. But if you think about it, he won’t look bad either if he really did get a buzz cut. En, he’s so pretty, he won’t look bad even if he chose to go bald.”
Mu Feibai sat down on the bench outside and looked at Qiu Yu through the glass.
If Qiu Yu had insisted earlier, even just for one sentence, he wouldn’t have continued trying to stop him. As Zhou Shu said, Qiu Yu would be beautiful no matter what hairstyle he chooses. Even with a buzz cut, he would look just as he did in the tablet’s simulation—delicate and not at all rustic, with a little sharpness peeking through.
—It was that kind of military blade-like sharpness which only presented itself in the game.
Subconsciously, Mu Feibai didn’t want to show that kind of Qiu Yu to anyone else.
At this time, utilising the fact that Qiu Yu couldn’t hear anything outside, Zhou Shu approached Mu Feibai with raised eyebrows and asked, smirking, “Captain, when you brought him out today, did you want to make it a date?”
Mu Feibai side-eyed him: why are you asking if you already know the answer?
Zhou Shu understood and continued with a smile, “Since Manager Yuan had already approved of us going out, I’ll find an excuse to go wander around elsewhere after Qiu ge finishes cutting his hair. We can meet up again afterwards to head back together.”
Surprisingly, Mu Feibai shook his head. “That’s too obvious.”
“What—captain, you’re worried about being too obvious when you’re chasing someone?” Zhou Shu didn’t understand, “You should make it obvious so that he realises it! Otherwise where will the progress come from? Wistful thinking?”
“He’s different,” Mu Feibai chuckled, lazily stretching his legs, “He’s different from some love-brained Omegas. He will definitely refuse if I chase him so outrightly with such fanfare.”
Most importantly, he didn’t want to give Qiu Yu a chance to refuse—so the safest way was to boil in warm water, until Qiu Yu gets used to his company and when he becomes the first person Qiu Yu thinks of whenever he encounters something.
Mu Feibai was patient, a prerequisite quality of a good hunter.
Zhou Shu was silent for a while before he suddenly thought of something.
“Do you still remember the request Qiu ge made to Doctor Qi when he was transferred over?” He spoke with some cheer in his voice, “If you really do end up catching him, make him forget about that scum as Alpha from last time so he wouldn’t have to go through the surgery. I’ve heard that the surgery is pretty hurtful to the body…”
Upon sudden mention of that matter, Mu Feibai couldn’t help but be startled.
He looked at Qiu Yu a room away, and his eyes fell on that seemingly fragile neck. As he watched the scissor dance around it, for a moment, the scissor seemed to have transformed into a razor-sharp surgery knife, able to pierce into Qiu Yu’s fair skin at any time.
Mu Feibai had also given thought as to why Qiu Yu took the initiative to ask for the gland-removal surgery before.
At first, he, like everybody else, thought that Qiu Yu was too heartbroken and hurt by his ex, and so gave into self-destructive thoughts. However, after getting along with Qiu Yu these days, he felt that Qiu Yu didn’t have the temperament of someone who would do that.
As opposed to using a knife on himself, it was more likely for Qiu Yu to personally wield the knife and cut into that person should they have really hurt his heart.
But no matter why Qiu Yu made such a decision, one thing was for sure—
Qiu Yu didn’t want to fall in love and marry any Alpha.
Therefore, he chose to give up his identity as an Omega.
In the glass room, the hairstylist put down the scissors and used a hair dryer to brush off the fallen pieces of hair on Qiu Yu’s neck.
As a strong gust of warm air blew across the back of his neck, Qiu Yu uncontrollably shuddered and flinched to the side.
“Sorry,” the hairdresser immediately moved the hair dryer away, “We haven’t prepared any neck guards in our store, we’ll definitely be more careful in the future.”
It was actually quite rare for Omegas to leave the house without a neck guard, so stores wouldn’t usually go out of their way to prepare it for Omega customers. However, they were a part of the service industry after all, so it wouldn’t do to place the responsibility onto the customer.
Fortunately, Qiu Yu didn’t particularly care about being touched on the back of his neck, so he casually answered, “It’s alright.”
He himself didn’t think that the skin near his glands would be that sensitive. It was clearly normal when he touched it himself.
Omegas’ bodies were still so strange to him.
Qiu Yu thought to himself—as long as he could hold on for another year, he won’t have to be an Omega anymore.
nagisa: sorry for missing a chapter last week againnn (managed to submit my assignment on time tho (^///^)), and thank you guys so much for the support!!! (´▽`ʃ♡ƪ)
Thank you for the update ❤️💯
I wonder how that alpha and his fiancee are doing honestly.. He came to see Qiu Yu for some reason, I wonder what.
Thank you for the chapter! 💖
Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️🤣
This chapter was funny and bittersweet at the same time.. Zhou Shu is the best wingman for real.
Tysm for the update!!
First he’s not allowed not choose his hairstyle, second he’s not allowed to refuse him, please don’t let the third be he’s not allowed to decide what medical procedures he gets on his own body! Don’t be like other trashy mls I’m begging you TT
Para ser franca no entiendo como es que se puede desarrollar su relación en serio porque QY tiene una personalidad fuerte y bueno no se como realmente se puede juntar con el ml y eso de dejar de tener la operación no estoy de acuerdo. Es decir debería ser su desicion de cualquier forma😬😬 los bl omegaverse son siempre complicados
Honestly I agree
I am honestly partial about Qiu Yu’s plan on removing his glands. I am very happy and supportive of his decision on this, since I know it would make him suffer less as an omega, and given that he doesn’t consider anyone else (even Mu Feibai) yet to be a possible mate. But at the same time, I’m scared for his health. And I hope by the time the deciding arc happens, Mu Feibai would respect Qiu Yu’s decision about his own body. I will trust them.
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