Fifteen minutes later, Lu Qingyan and Lin You sat together in the living room, enjoying a late-night snack.
After being awakened, Lin You blinked his eyes and realized he was hungry. He didn’t feel sleepy anymore and wandered around the living room in search of food. Finally, he found two self-heating hotpots, added water, and devoutly waited for the moment to open the lid.
Lu Qingyan wasn’t hungry at all; he was purely accompanying Lin You.
He took a few bites and then glanced at Lin You, finding the way Lin You eats by burying his head adorable no matter how he looked at it.
Perhaps that’s how people are—when deceiving themselves, they can still hide their true feelings, pretending that it’s just a brotherly affection.
Now that he had figured it out, his gaze fell completely on Lin You, unable to be withdrawn.
No matter what Lin You did, it made Lu Qingyan’s heart itch like it was being tickled by a kitten’s paw.
“Oh, by the way, you missed the evening study session earlier, and we have the monthly exam the day after tomorrow,” Lin You suddenly remembered and mentioned it. “Cai Xiaoguo kept nagging for at least ten minutes.”
The monthly exams occurred every month, and Lu Qingyan didn’t really care. He just responded with a casual “Mn.”
“But the main point isn’t the monthly exam,” Lin You lightly kicked Lu Qingyan with his toe. “After the exams, we’ll finish school at 3 pm on Friday, and our class has booked a movie screening. After that, we’ll have dinner together. Are you coming?”
“Are you guys planning to go wild behind Cai Xiaoguo’s back?” Lu Qingyan chuckled.
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“Duh, starting next week, we won’t have both weekends off anymore, such a big loss,” Lin You pouted. This was announced last weekend—starting from next weekend, the third years students would only have one day off, while the second years would have a day and a half.
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Lin You immediately smiled, “Great! I’ll tell Bai Lu to count us in.”
He quickly finished his hotpot, patted his round belly contentedly, and let out a satisfied sigh.
“I’m going to sleep,” Lin You stood up, rubbed his eyes, and went to the bathroom to brush his teeth.
A while later, Lu Qingyan squeezed into the bathroom as well. Two boys stood in the small bathroom, especially with Lu Qingyan, who was tall and big, it was a bit cramped.
Lin You looked at Lu Qingyan with disdain, his mouth full of foam as he mumbled, “You just had to take my spot.”
While speaking, he moved aside to make room for Lu Qingyan.
They stood in front of the bathroom mirror brushing their teeth together, both dressed in matching pairs of pajamas—one in dark green and the other in light green, both prepared by Lu Qingyan’s mother. At first glance, they resembled a couple’s outfit.
In this month’s exams, Lin You and Lu Qingyan ranked third and fourth, so they happened to sit in adjacent desks.
After finishing the English exam in the afternoon, Lu Qingyan had over half an hour left and unintentionally found himself staring absentmindedly at Lin You in front of him.
The weather had gradually turned colder now. Lin You wore a red sweater, and with his fair complexion, wearing such warm-toned clothes made his lips even rosier and his teeth even brighter.
Lu Qingyan’s pen spun in his hand and then fell onto the desk with a plink.
He had no intention of checking his English answers; instead, he was pondering—
Should he confess to Lin You?
The weather outside was gradually becoming desolate, most of the leaves have fallen and only grayish-brown tree trunks remained. The invigilator, tired of staring at the students for too long, let out a lazy yawn. The students in the classroom wrote fervently, trying to squeeze in a few more words before the bell rang.
Glancing around the room, only students in the first row by the window were extremely distracted.
The one in the front row, wearing a red sweater, was secretly folding a piece of draft paper into a small frog, jumping here and there.
And the one sitting behind, kept staring fixedly at the back of the person in front, without shifting his gaze for a long time.
The invigilator tapped the board in his hand, itching to bring these two students over for a lecture, but upon seeing their filled answer sheets, he could only hold back.
With only five minutes left before collecting the papers, Lu Qingyan finally withdrew his gaze and instead looked at a chubby gray-feathered bird hopping around on a withered branch outside the window.
He realized that despite living a calm and uneventful life all these years, Cupid still didn’t spare him, causing him to fall in love with his best bro.
But this didn’t trouble him.
There’s no law in the world that forbids someone from falling in love with their best bro.
Beta and omega marriages, even without the existence of a mark, can still last for a long time.
What truly troubled him was the possibility that Lin You might not reciprocate his feelings.
Based on his understanding of Lin You, Lin You is probably still naive and unaware of what genuine affection is.
Even though he, Lu Qingyan, was seen by everyone as outstanding, composed, reliable, and capable of rivaling any alpha.
He still couldn’t solve this problem.
Love wasn’t a mathematical equation where there would always be a definitive answer after some calculations.
Lu Qingyan was well aware of this.
But to give up just like that, just like how his brother silently stayed by Lin Siyu’s side, waiting for an opportunity, waiting for Lin Siyu to realize his feelings—that was something he couldn’t do.
He was Lu Qingyan, and he could never be the passive one.
Honestly glad that he’s making a plan, ngl it would be so interesting to see this story if Lu Qingyan was just a beta.
Thanks for the chapter!
Lesgoo lao lu~ time to woo the clueless little lin you~ 🥰
Yes! Yes! Yes!!
Thank you for the chapter!
Thank you for the chapter 💝
Fighting!!! ✊🏼