Lu Qingyan felt like his heart was about to stop beating.
Even though he knew that Lin You was most likely just talking nonsense, as he looked at Lin You, his heart couldn’t help but skip a beat and thumped disobediently.
“What’s that expression on your face?” Lin You looked at him in surprise.
Lu Qingyan pursed his lips, his eyes darkening as he asked, “What you just said to Xiao Ping… is it true?”
“Of course it was to deceive Xiao Ping,” Lin You was puzzled by why Lu Qingyan was asking this. He lay back on the sofa and continued reading his manhua, saying, “So that he won’t bother me in the future.”
Lu Qingyan had no words in response. He knew that would be the answer.
If he continued to stay by Lin You’s side like this, he would be needing heart-strengthening pills at such a young age.
“Lin You,” Lu Qingyan called him seriously.
“Mn?”
“Only dumbasses would like you.”
Lin You almost threw his book at the glass to hit Lu Qingyan. “Why are you resorting to personal attacks? Only dumbasses would like you!”
But after a moment of thought, he realized that Lu Qingyan was probably insulting Xiao Ping.
He sat back down and absentmindedly replied, “But Xiao Ping is indeed quite a dumbass, I agree with that.”
Lu Qingyan couldn’t be bothered to talk to Lin You any longer. Each extra word would shorten his lifespan by three years.
He took out his phone and started flipping through the calendar, preparing to pick an auspicious day to break the layer with Lin You.
He had come to understand that if he relied on Lin You to figure it out himself, he would end up forever alone.
Let whoever wants to be Lin You’s best friend be his best friend, he doesn’t want that role anymore!
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
Lu Qingyan spent only two days in the hospital. Early on Monday morning, it was announced that he could be discharged.
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Just as Lu Qingyan sat down, the few people around him eagerly gathered closer to him, wanting to see how long they could endure. However, after a single class, they had already knelt down and begged him to put on blocking agents.
“Say, don’t you think the feng shui of our school is really divine?” Shao An remarked, “It’s already strange that Lin You’s presentation had been delayed until age seventeen, but now Lu-ge too. We can even buy a lottery ticket with this probability.”
Lin You lazily rested his head on the desk. He had stayed up late playing games the previous night, and he was feeling very sleepy today.
“How do you know I haven’t bought any?” Lin You said weakly, “Last Saturday, I bought fifty lottery tickets, but in the end, I only won once, five bucks, the losses are so bad it might even cost me my pants.”
“…”
This was truly heartbreaking for those who hear it, and tearjerking for those who see it.
Shao An sympathetically handed Lin You a carton of milk, saying, “My condolences.”
The incident of Lu Qingyan’s presentation did cause some curiosity briefly, but it was nowhere near the level of attention that Lin You’s presentation had gotten back then.
Firstly, omegas were already relatively rare, and seductive-type presentations were even rarer. Secondly, the fact that a violent manic like Lin You could present as an omega was too contrasting.
But when it came to Lu Qingyan, many people mistook him for an alpha on a regular basis. When the news of his presentation came out, hardly anyone was surprised. At most, they just exclaimed about how late his presentation had occurred.
So, half a day later, there wouldn’t be anyone discussing about this matter in the school anymore.
But no matter how accepting the school was, Lin You and Lu Qingyan wouldn’t have the chance to share the same dormitory again.
There was still a significant difference between alphas and betas in terms of gender.
That evening, after school, under the supervision of the dormitory manager, Lu Qingyan moved from the second floor of the south building to the first floor, the alpha area.
This time, Lin You didn’t protest with reason. He knew that protesting would be futile. He hadn’t heard of any high school allowing alphas and omegas to share the same dorm, unless the school was planning to close down.
Lin You helped with the move, but he must leave the first floor before 8pm every night.
From then on, after curfew, he couldn’t casually visit Lu Qingyan’s dorm anymore, and Lu Qingyan couldn’t come upstairs to see him either.
Only at this moment did Lin You somewhat feel the differences brought about by the gender presentations.
He sat in Lu Qingyan’s new dormitory, munching on an apple. Looking at Lu Qingyan’s single room, he couldn’t get used to it no matter how he looked at it.
The dormitory resembled his, just smaller. The four walls were pure white, and there was no separate living room—just a sofa and bookshelf in the bedroom. The balcony had good lighting, and the stars could now be seen through the window.
“I’ll have to live alone from now on, so boring,” Lin You muttered.
He still lived in the original double room, but without Lu Qingyan, the room suddenly felt half empty. Even if he just sat inside for a while, he would feel that it was too desolate.
Lu Qingyan remained silent.
If it was possible, how could he bear to be separated from Lin You?
He placed his books on the shelf and glanced at the calendar.
Less than 20 days left until New Year’s Day.
He planned to confess to Lin You around New Year’s, giving Lin You a little more time and setting a final deadline for himself as well.
He was tired of enduring this torture, like a dull knife cutting through his heart. In any case, he would eventually have to tell Lin You. What difference would it make if it happened a day earlier or later?
Otherwise, should he wait until Lin You held a beta girl’s hand and came over to introduce her to him before telling him?
He feared that if that happened, he might really end up doing something irreparable.
From the bookshelf, he turned his head to look at Lin You. Lin You had finished the apple and now started unwrapping a piece of milk candy. His cheeks were puffed up into a small round shape, and his eyes were fixed on the iPad in his hands.
Lu Qingyan had seen this scene many times before.
He had become too accustomed to having Lin You by his side, so much so that he couldn’t tolerate a life without him anymore.
Therefore, no matter what would happen in the future, he couldn’t allow Lin You to leave his side.
Lu Qingyan pushed the last book onto the shelf.
If Lin You had looked up, he would have noticed that it was a book specifically about alpha-omega pheromones and marking instincts.
At 8pm, with the repeated sound of the bell urging him on, Lin You slowly returned to his own dorm.
Lu Qingyan stood at the door and bid him goodbye. As Lin You walked a couple of steps away, he couldn’t help but turn back.
Even though it was just the distance between the floors, he felt a little reluctant in his heart.
Once Lin You had returned to his dorm, he sat alone in the empty living room for a while.
All the things belonging to Lu Qingyan had been taken away. There were no more photography books Lu Qingyan recently read on the table, and only half of the shoes remained on the shoe rack. Even the toothbrush and towel in the bathroom were reduced to only one set.
He sat for a while, a little tempted to call Lu Qingyan, but he thought it might be too clingy of him to do so.
He stood up slowly, took a shower, and then flopped onto the bed, ready to sleep.
But before he drifted off, his phone made a sound.
Lin You impatiently reached for his phone. When he clicked on it, it was a message from Lu Qingyan.
“Goodnight.”
Looking at these two words on the screen, for some reason, Lin You suddenly felt better.
“So cheesy…” he mumbled but with a smile in his tone. He quickly typed a few words on the keyboard.
“Goodnight, sleep tight.”
Lu Qingyan didn’t reply again, and Lin You didn’t check his phone anymore. He buried his head in the pillow and fell into a sound sleep.
In his dreams, Lin You flipped over, and the black jacket on his bed almost slipped off.
And that wasn’t Lin You’s jacket.
Aww, absence makes the heart grow fonder route~?
I KNOW IT’S IMPOSSIBLE (FOR NOW) I ACTUALLY WANT LIN YOU TO BEAT LU QINGYAN BY CONFESSING HIS FEELINGS FIRST LOLLLL BUT YESS WE LOVE LIN YOU GETTING CLINGY BC HE CANT BE WITH LU QINGYAN 24/7 !!!
THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE 🤍
im so impatient i need them to get together NEOW NOW NOW NOW PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
thank u for the new chapter, I love ur translations they’re so good
Thank you for the chapter!