Although Lin You was darting around the basketball court, his eyes would occasionally sneak a glance at Lu Qingyan in the corner.
He couldn’t help but feel proud. This couldn’t entirely be his fault though. Lu Qingyan’s appearance was too striking. Even with a bunch of people standing or sitting near the field, the moment Lu Qingyan joined them, he stood out like a crane among chickens. He had broad shoulders, a narrow waist, long legs, a handsome face, and a sexy figure, he just couldn’t help but look.
However, when Lin You looked again, he noticed that Lu Qingyan wasn’t alone anymore. Two girls and a boy from another class were standing beside him, chatting and laughing with Lu Qingyan. But the thing was, Lu Qingyan actually laughed as well.
Lin You unconsciously hit the basketball a bit harder in his hands.
How strange! Lu Qingyan was never the type to chat with strangers. How did he suddenly end up chatting with them out of nowhere?
“Lin You, pass the ball!” someone shouted.
Lin You refocused his wandering thoughts and passed the ball, but inside, it felt like he had accidentally knocked over a jar of vinegar, with the aged vinegar spilling all out.
But after he finished playing basketball, there was no one around Lu Qingyan anymore.
Lin You walked over, covered in sweat, and plopped down next to Lu Qingyan.
Before he had a chance to think about how to demand an explanation, Lu Qingyan approached him with a bottle of cola and stuck it to his face, asking, “Want?”
Lin You took the cola but said unsatisfied, “Why isn’t it cold?
“It’s not suitable to drink cold beverages right after exercising,” Lu Qingyan said, “you should be grateful I didn’t get you a bottle of water.”
Lin You opened the cola, gulped down half the bottle, and muttered, “Tonight, I want to go eat fried chicken cutlets from the store at the corner. Can you line up for me?”
Lu Qingyan readily agreed, “Sure. Do you also want the honey cake from the shop next to it?”
“…Yeah.”
Lin You no longer felt jealous and didn’t want to demand an explanation anymore.
A magnanimous man wouldn’t fuss over such trivial matters.
Cool guys like him are just so principled, a piece of cake is enough to win him over.
Lu Qingyan didn’t know that he had unknowingly dodged a potential disaster. As they walked together towards the classroom, he was still contemplating what gift to get for Valentine’s Day.
The few omegas earlier had firmly suggested to him that on their first Valentine’s Day together, he should still give roses.
It’s passionate, romantic, and can even declare possession.
“Which omega wouldn’t like roses?” that boy sighed wistfully, “In any case, I would love to receive some.”
However, when Lu Qingyan glanced at Lin You, he thought that his boyfriend might be different from the typical omega. Instead of roses, he figured Lin You would probably prefer a gaming console.
“Lin You, do you know what day it is in two days?” Lu Qingyan asked.
Lin You crushed the cola can in his hand and casually tossed it into the trash bin.
He glanced blankly at Lu Qingyan, “What day is it? Do we have an exam?”
Lu Qingyan knew he shouldn’t have expected much from Lin You.
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It wasn’t until that evening when Lin You was lying on his bed, playing on his phone, that he finally realized that it would be Valentine’s Day in two days.
Because advertisements for Valentine’s Day were popping up everywhere, and anyone who wasn’t blind could see them.
Looking at the words “Valentine’s Day,” Lin You smiled and muttered under his breath, “Damn, this guy is always trying to trick me.”
Earlier that day, he really went to ask Cai Xiaoguo if there would be an exam, and Cai Xiaoguo didn’t hesitate to mention that he could arrange one just for him.
In the blink of an eye, it was Valentine’s Day.
Since the morning, Lu Qingyan and Lin You received a continuous flow of chocolates and love letters.
This scene had already happened when they first enrolled.
Last year, they received so many chocolates that they couldn’t finish them all. In the end, they could only bring them back and give them to Liu Zhan, having her turn them into chocolate cookies.
So this year, Lin You was no longer surprised by the pile of chocolates on his desk.
But as he absentmindedly flipped through the cards and looked at the signatures underneath, he couldn’t help but furrow his brows.
Feeling puzzled, he asked Lu Qingyan, “Lao Lu, isn’t this Huo Cheng from the class next door? I remember he’s an alpha, right? And this Duan Yixun, we almost fought last time we played basketball, why did he give me chocolates too…”
He picked up a few more and noticed that many seemed to be from alphas, with some even intentionally leaving traces of pheromones on them.
The scent was so intense that it almost made him throw them away.
He finally realized a problem.
Last year, the chocolates he received were mainly from omegas and betas. However, this year, the major contributors had completely shifted to alphas.
And the quantity had also increased slightly.
Lu Qingyan’s chocolates, on the other hand, were quite consistent, most of them clearly from omegas. They were finely crafted and beautifully made.
Lin You looked around with a puzzled expression and sincerely asked, “Why are they giving me chocolates?”
It’s no wonder he was confused. Many of these alphas had either fought with him or treated him as a love rival in the past.
Even if he had become a seductive-type omega now, there’s no way they would forget past grudges to this extent, right?
Ye Nanshan burst into laughter.
This year, he had also received a few chocolates, and he was in a good mood.
“My brother, do you genuinely not know? Huo Cheng was already talking about liking you last semester, even before you presented,” he picked through Lin You’s chocolates, “And this Han Xiang, a first year student, fell in love with you at first sight last month—or more accurately, fell in love with your pheromones at first sight.”
Lin You raised an eyebrow, not quite understanding these people’s thought processes.
He sneakily glanced at Lu Qingyan and, as expected, Lu Qingyan’s face had turned as dark as a pot bottom.
“But their attitudes towards me weren’t like this before. It can’t be just because my pheromones smell nice now that they like me, right?” Lin You couldn’t help but criticize, “That’s just shameless.”
“We alphas are indeed shameless like that. Whoever has good pheromones, we like them,” Ye Nanshan turned to Bai Lu, “Right, Bai-jie?”
Bai Lu lazily raised an eyebrow, “Spare me. I think I have standards. Not only do they have to smell good, they need to be good-looking too.”
Lin You rolled his eyes, indicating that he really can’t stand this group of alphas.
He didn’t really care about these chocolates and casually tossed them to people around him. While he was at it, he also distributed Lu Qingyan’s pile, “Here, for you guys. Whoever wants them can have them.”
The others didn’t hold back either and immediately tore open the ones that looked particularly delicious.
For a moment, the air was filled with the sweet scent of chocolate.
While Ye Nanshan enjoyed Lin You’s chocolates, he still had the identities of Lin You and Lu Qingyan’s partners on his mind.
Yesterday was the deadline Lin You gave them to guess.
He and Hou Zicheng each took a notebook and read through the list of people they could think of for the past few days one by one, feeling confident that they would get a meal from Lin You.
But Lin You looked at them with pity and said, “All wrong.”
Thinking of this, Ye Nanshan cautiously asked, “Lin-ge, you received so many chocolates today, what did your partner give you?”
Lin You’s hand, which was fetching a textbook, paused.
He had indeed received gifts from so many people today, but there was no gift from his partner among them.
“None of your business,” Lin You rolled his eyes at Ye Nanshan.
As he spoke, he continued to reach into his desk for the textbook. However, instead of the textbook, a handful of fiery red roses fell out, wrapped in light beige gauze and tied with a bow. Next to it was a card with elaborately written characters.
At first, Lin You thought it was another gift by a flashy alpha and was about to impatiently toss it away. But then he noticed that the handwriting on the card looked familiar.
Remarkably similar to his boyfriend’s.
His hand that was about to throw stopped again.
Holding this bouquet of roses, he turned his head and glanced at Lu Qingyan, a smile uncontrollably forming at the corners of his mouth.
Lu Qingyan pretended not to know what was going on and calmly looked back.
Along with the roses, a small square velvet box fell out. Lin You failed to catch it, and it dropped to the floor.
He bent down, picked up the velvet box from the floor, and gently pushed it open with his thumb.
Inside the box was a golden necklace with a black seashell agate with gold inlay, simple and clean in style. Lin You immediately recognized that it was part of the same collection as the bracelet he gave Lu Qingyan on New Year’s Day.
A couple’s set.
Lin You couldn’t help but laugh.
Well, this was definitely a case of Sima Zhao’s intentions being obvious to everyone.
He had thought that Lu Qingyan didn’t care about these empty-headed trivial things.
Seeing that class was about to begin.
Lin You quickly closed the box with the roses and stuffed it back into his desk.
Then, he stuffed the necklace into Lu Qingyan’s hand and commanded, “Hurry up, help me put it on.”
Lu Qingyan laughed and obliged, fastening the necklace around Lin You’s neck.
When he reached out to wrap the necklace around Lin You’s neck, the black bracelet on his own wrist was also exposed, complementing the necklace around Lin You’s neck.
Now, even the stupidest person would realize what was going on.
Bai Lu was the first to figure it out, her hand trembling as she pointed at Lu Qingyan and Lin You, unable to speak for a long time, her eyes wide with astonishment.
Her other hand was frantically tugging on Shao An’s sleeve, urging him to look.
At first, Shao An didn’t understand why his deskmate was acting so strangely, but following Bai Lu’s finger, he saw the bracelet on Lu Qingyan’s wrist, and finally, it dawned on him. He gasped in astonishment.
He swallowed hard and exclaimed, “Damn, Lin-ge, you guys really got together.”
Ye Nanshan and Hou Zicheng also caught on quickly and turned to look at Lu Qingyan and Lin You, their movements were so fast they almost broke their necks.
“Lin-ge, Lu-ge, you two…” Ye Nanshan’s voice even changed tones.
Lu Qingyan had already finished putting the necklace on Lin You and, after looking it over, felt very satisfied.
Without lifting his head, he confirmed the late speculations of these people around him, “Lin You and I have been together since winter break. I was the one who confessed, no need to ask more.”
He thought for a moment and added, “It was during the New Year’s trip, I confessed when we went to Lihai City.”
Lin You also mocked them, “I dropped so many hints, and you guys still couldn’t figure it out. How dumb can you guys be?”
After adjusting the necklace on his neck, Lin You’s fair skin contrasted beautifully with the black gold necklace, making his neck appear even more slender and graceful. The little black seashell with gold inlay swayed gently on his collarbone.
As he said this, the English teacher entered the classroom, announcing that it was time for class.
Ye Nanshan, Bai Lu, and the rest were going crazy. This feeling was like getting a zero on an open-book exam. A whole new level of bitterness.
They had so much they wanted to say, but because class started, and they had no opportunity to ask. They could only frantically send messages under the desks, causing the group chat to be flooded with notifications.
Lin You didn’t even need to look to know what they were asking.
But he couldn’t be bothered with how their worldview had been shattered.
He held a pen in one hand and casually circled a few important points in his book. Meanwhile, his other hand was hidden under the desk, secretly interlocking fingers with Lu Qingyan.
He openly looked at Lu Qingyan’s profile, feeling that his boyfriend was so handsome no matter how he looked at him.
If it weren’t for the fact that they were surrounded by others, he would’ve definitely given him a kiss.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA MY SONS! SOUR LIN YOU, SWEET LU QINGYAN, AND BITTER CLASSMATES (MAINLY BC THEY FAILED TO GUESS THE RIGHT ANSWER) THIS CHAPTER IS EVERYTHING
Not only that but they instantly ruled out the right answer so were destined to fail lol.
That reveal was the smoothest reveal ever 😂👌💯 poor classmates needed that hint after ruling out the correct answer from the start lmaoo