The next day, when Lu Qingyan woke up, the time on his phone had just turned 7 o’clock.
The daylight came late in the winter, but there was already a faint glimmer of light outside the room. The thick blue curtains turned into a light blue shade under the gentle sunshine.
Lu Qingyan furrowed his brows and slowly opened his eyes. What entered his eyes was the hospital ceiling instead of the familiar environment of his dormitory.
After a few seconds, his somewhat blank mind finally recalled what had happened yesterday.
He presented.
Recalling it again, he was able to confirm he presented as an alpha yesterday because of his previous experience with Lin You’s presentation. He was entirely controlled by pheromones, had lost his rationality, and transformed into a fierce beast.
The only thing he could do was lock himself in his room before losing control.
But as he struggled to make a call for help…
Lin You came in.
He couldn’t see Lin You’s face in the darkness, yet he could imagine Lin You’s milky-white skin stained with water, his moist red lips, and the mixed scent of the vervain-scented shower gel and orchid pheromones emanating from his body, which became alluring and soft, gradually corroding the air around him.
This scent deprived him of any remaining rationality.
The more Lu Qingyan recalled, the more his expression turned grim.
He still remembered how he held Lin You in his arms and kissed him yesterday, how he pushed up Lin You’s clothes, and how he touched and bit him, leaving a trail of love marks on his snow-white skin…
If it weren’t for Lin You’s final effort to inject a suppressant into him.
He really might have forcibly marked Lin You just like that.
He slowly sat up on the bed.
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Through the glass window, he saw a person sleeping on the opposite sofa.
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Lu Qingyan walked to the window, silently watching Lin You on the other side of the glass.
Even though he was indeed under the control of his pheromones yesterday, his terrifying possessiveness and aggression should have raised some alarm in Lin You, no matter how oblivious he could be.
Lin You should somewhat understand that the childhood sweetheart that grew up with him, his so-called “best brother” was no longer the same trustworthy Lu Qingyan as before.
Lu Qingyan’s gaze darkened.
In fact, it’s not like he didn’t consider confessing his feelings to Lin You, but being exposed in such an unexpected situation caught him off guard, making the whole situation more complicated.
He didn’t know if Lin You would accept him after waking up or if they could continue to get along as they did before.
Lu Qingyan grasped a handful of his own hair, feeling truly at a loss.
Until Lin You woke up, he had been sitting on the small sofa beside him, watching Lin You’s sleeping face.
The sleeping Lin You possessed an innocence and gentleness as if unaware of the complexities of the world, immersed only in his own realm.
Lu Qingyan felt extremely conflicted inside. He was like a person about to step onto the execution ground, wanting Lin You to wake up and give him a final verdict, yet fearing Lin You’s awakening would pronounce his death sentence.
When Lin You woke up, it was already close to noon.
After Lu Qingyan finished his examinations yesterday, it was already very late, so he stayed overnight. This hospital was slightly more lenient than the one Lin You stayed at during his presentation, it allowed family members to stay overnight, so he made do with the sofa for a night.
Having slept for over eight hours, he wasn’t awakened by the morning sunlight but by his hungry stomach.
Lin You yawned and lazily crawled out from the blanket, only to be startled when he saw Lu Qingyan looking at him through the glass. He nearly fell off the sofa in surprise.
“Holy shit, why are you scaring people like that?” Lin You complained. He sat up, wrapped in the blanket, and pulled the sofa closer, reducing the distance between him and Lu Qingyan to just half an arm’s length.
Lu Qingyan looked at him without saying a word, his gaze fixated on the love marks on Lin You’s neck that hadn’t faded; instead, they had turned into a deeper shade of pink.
Lin You also noticed Lu Qingyan’s gaze.
In an instant, all the memories from last night flooded back, and he immediately rolled up his sleeves, ready to settle scores with Lu Qingyan.
“You’re still frigging staring… Lao Lu, I never expected you to be this kind of person,” Lin You said, crossing his arms and staring fiercely at Lu Qingyan.
Lu Qingyan’s heart was suspended up to his throat.
He didn’t know what Lin You was about to say next or how he should explain himself to Lin You.
He liked Lin You, but he didn’t know if his feelings held any weight in Lin You’s heart.
Lin You was still looking at Lu Qingyan with a mixture of bitterness and hatred.
“Lu Qingyan,” he called out his name seriously, “how could you be so desperate that you even go after your own bro without any restraint?”
“?”
Lu Qingyan’s expression momentarily went blank.
Why was this storyline somewhat different from what he had anticipated?
“I know I have seductive-type pheromones, which is pretty much poison to alphas, but you still can’t go after me like this. Now that you’ve woken up and remembered everything, don’t you find it disgusting? So much that you would want to kill yourself?” Lin You continued, his words flowing like a barrage of bullets. His face depicted heartache, as if an old father looking at his fallen son, “Of course, I know I’m irresistible to anyone, and you just presented, so you were just like a mindless beast. But your actions have severely hurt the purity of our feelings, and the organization is disappointed in you!”
He slapped the glass window as he scolded, “You’ll be locked in here for the next three days, a perfect time for self-reflection!”
Lu Qingyan fell silent.
He stared at Lin You’s innocent and naive face, or perhaps just plain foolish. For a moment, he couldn’t figure out whether Lin You genuinely hadn’t noticed his feelings or was pretending to be foolish to preserve their friendship.
But pretending to be foolish…
Does Lin You even have the emotional intelligence to do that?
Initially, he was still in doubt. However, when he saw Lin You throw away his blanket right in front of him, pulling down his pajama collar, and pointing at the love marks on his neck and collarbone.
“Look at what you did! Lu Qingyan, let me tell you, if it weren’t for me, any other omega would hold you accountable now!” Lin You was filled with righteous indignation, “You’ve bitten my lips until they’re all cracked!”
Lin You’s lips were indeed cracked, combined with his fair and tender face and the love marks on his body, he looked like someone who had been ravaged.
Lu Qingyan gazed at Lin You’s casually opened collar, with half of his chest exposed right under his eyes.
He pressed his temples with a headache, and the expression on his face gradually contorted.
Alright, enough of the doubt, Lin You was genuinely foolish.
Theoretically, this was much better than what he had anticipated, much better than Lin You noticing his feelings.
But Lu Qingyan felt like he was about to be driven to death from anger.
“Lin You,” Lu Qingyan’s voice sounded as if it was squeezed through his teeth, “shut up.”
Lin You’s eyes widened, looking at Lu Qingyan as if he was seeing a scum of a person who started something and then abandoned it.
“You actually told me to shut up…” Lin You pressed his face against the glass window, his eyes filled with resentment, “Yesterday, I was the one who brought you to the hospital.”
Lu Qingyan felt like banging his head against the glass and dying right there.
Why on earth did he have to fall in love with a little fool like Lin You? Sooner or later, Lin You would anger him to death.
PLS I NEED TO KNOCK ON LIN YOU’S HEAD TO FIGURE OUT WHAT’S GOING ON INSIDE HIS MIND 😭 BUT HE’S SO CUTE SUCH A BABIEEEE 🫶
HOW OBLIVIOUS CAN ONE BE 😭😭 LIN YOU UR IN THE HALL OF FAME OF BEING THE MOST OBLIVIOUS MC EVER 😭😭
Lin You is so dense, it’s not even funny.
Thank you for the chapter!
Sigh.. Well if only lu qingyan had the guts to confess to his dense bestie before he presented… So I was right when I said lin you hasn’t fallen in love with lao lu yet 😂 jiayou lao lu lmao
What a little idiot 😍