Ye Nanshan and them spent the entire morning digesting this matter.
During the three class breaks, the corner by the window, where they usually gathered, was quiet as a chicken. After the initial shock, rage, and madness had subsided, all that remained in reality was a bleak tranquility.
“I’m so dumb, I actually thought they were good bros,” Shao An mumbled while looking out the window. “I’ve clearly seen them being affectionate countless times, getting entangled with each other, but I actually never suspected anything.”
Bai Lu added weakly from the side, “Same…”
She had once naively believed that even if there were only Lu Qingyan and Lin You left in the world, they wouldn’t end up together.
She was wrong.
Her face hurts.
Ye Nanshan, from the column over, cast them a resentful glance and didn’t even bother to say anything.
Fuck, we agreed to be single dogs together, but you two secretly got together behind my back. Is there any trust left in this world?
Lin You, looking at their gloomy expressions from behind, didn’t know whether to cry or laugh. “Isn’t it natural for me to get together with Lao Lu? Why the fuss?”
“You shut up. Both you and your Lao Lu have betrayed the organization, so you have no say,” Ye Nanshan made a shooting gesture at them.
Fine, Lin You quietly shut his mouth and stopped provoking them.
Thankfully, after one morning had passed, this group of people slowly returned to normal.
They consoled each other, “At least we are keeping the good stuff within ourselves. Our own pig is eating our own cabbage, this is better than benefiting others.”
“True, if any other alpha stood beside Lin You, they’d probably get beaten up in no time. Only Lu-ge can survive.”
Lin You threw a pen at them from behind, “Who are you calling pig and cabbage?”
Bai Lu caught the pen and put it back on the table. Once she accepted the fact that Lin You and Lu Qingyan were a couple, they seemed to be surrounded by a pink filter no matter how she looked at them.
Quite a good match.
She teased Lu Qingyan, “Lu-ge, the organization doesn’t care about you two being in a relationship anymore, but shouldn’t you give out some wedding candy? You can’t just give roses to Lin You and ignore the rest of us.”
When the others heard this, they got excited and joined in, immediately making a fuss and extending their hands for wedding candy.
Lin You covered his face with his hand, wanting these guys to shut up, but his ears involuntarily turned a bit red.
Lu Qingyan really did have candy.
Because Lin You always loved to snack, his desk was filled with various treats and snacks.
Lu Qingyan rummaged through the desk, dug several boxes of candies of different flavors, and tossed them to the others. “Don’t say I didn’t give you any.”
They immediately divided the candies and continued to tease Lin You.
“How strange. Why are these candies so sweet today?”
“The’res wedding candies, how can it not be sweet?”
“Most importantly, these are Lin-ge and Lu-ge’s wedding candies. Who could have imagined we would be witnessing such a miracle in our lifetime?”
…
Lin You clenched his fists, and his knuckles cracked several times. However, today, he seemed like a lion with its teeth pulled out, unable to muster any authority.
In the end, he could only cover his ears with his hands and pretend not to hear.
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.
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She had only seen the gifts Lu Qingyan gave to Lin You, but there seemed to be no movement from Lin You’s side.
“You didn’t forget right?” she asked.
Lin You chuckled arrogantly, “You’re the one who forgot.”
Bai Lu became curious, “Then what is it?”
“I’m not telling you.”
That evening, as soon as they finished their last class, Lin You hurriedly pulled Lu Qingyan out of the classroom. He had had enough of being teased all day long.
He couldn’t beat them up, and he couldn’t outtalk them either.
It was too suffocating.
“I don’t want to go to the evening self-study tonight. Let’s just go back to the dorm and do our homework,” Lin You said with resentment to Lu Qingyan during dinner.
It wasn’t the first or second time he skipped evening self-study, Cai Xiaoguo should be used to it by now.
Lu Qingyan didn’t speak. After all, once they returned to the dormitory, they would be on different floors—unlike in the classroom, where they could sit side by side unrestrainedly.
Lin You didn’t mind that he didn’t get a response. He finished a whole plate of fried beef dumplings and found the taste quite good. Then, he ordered another plate of steamed shrimp dumplings. He ate until his stomach turned round, and when he stood up, he even burped.
The two continued to hold hands as they walked back to school, they were very open.
But as they approached the school gate, Lin You saw a figure from a distance that he hadn’t seen in a long time. He still found this figure somewhat familiar, and beside the figure was an even more familiar black motorcycle.
He asked Lu Qingyan beside him, “Are my eyes playing tricks on me, or is that really Xiao Ping?”
Lu Qingyan’s face immediately turned cold and confirmed Lin You’s question, “That’s Xiao Ping.”
Xiao Ping also spotted them, mainly spotted Lin You. He waved at Lin You from a distance, and Lin You noticed that he was also holding roses in his hands.
Even a fool could guess what Xiao Ping was up to.
For a moment, Lin You didn’t really want to approach him.
He looked at Xiao Ping with great bitterness.
Why couldn’t this guy understand the concept of giving up and moving on?
However, Lu Qingyan didn’t hesitate and walked straight towards him, still holding Lin You’s hand.
Xiao Ping’s gaze fell on Lu Qingyan and Lin You’s held hands.
The gentle expression on his face that appeared upon seeing Lin You turned cold once again. He squinted his eyes as he sized up Lu Qingyan with an unfriendly look.
As for Lu Qingyan, he smiled at him instead. Although his smile seemed anything but friendly.
When Lin You reached the school gate, Xiao Ping came forward to block them. Then he handed the flowers to Lin You.
“Happy Valentine’s Day, Lin You,” he said.
Whenever facing Lin You, Xiao Ping’s eyes would become softer than ever, so soft they could even be called tender.
Under the roses was an exquisitely wrapped gift. Although it’s hard to tell what it is, just from the packaging, it seemed quite valuable.
However, under Lu Qingyan’s watchful gaze, Lin You extended a single index finger and pushed Xiao Ping’s hand away.
With Lu Qingyan, his official boyfriend, standing right beside him, it was necessary to draw clear boundaries.
Lin You cleared his throat, coughed, and said seriously, “Um, about the gift, you can take it back. You can put the roses in a vase and enjoy them yourself. In any case, I can’t accept them.”
The smile at the corner of Xiao Ping’s mouth gradually faded.
He had already guessed what Lin You was going to say, but people were always like this, they tend to hold on to a glimmer of hope until the very end.
Sure enough, in the next second, Lin You shook the hand that was held by Lu Qingyan in front of him.
He heard Lin You say, “Though it’s a bit sudden, Lu Qingyan and I are already together, together in the sense that we’ll get married in the future, you understand what I mean right?”
A real fucking soul-piercing statement.
Xiao Ping really wanted to say that he didn’t understand.
Lin You continued to ramble on, trying to make Xiao Ping accept this fact quickly, “Look at yourself, you’re quite a handsome alpha, there is plenty of fish in the sea, so you won’t have trouble finding someone. But Lao Lu only has me, so it’s better for you to give up…”
Lu Qingyan’s slightly furrowed brows relaxed as he listened to Lin You’s rambling.
Finally, Xiao Ping couldn’t listen to this anymore.
He raised his hand to signal Lin You to stop talking.
Lin You was quite considerate and promptly closed his mouth.
He was actually not very good at rejecting people.
Xiao Ping stood in front of Lin You and earnestly looked at him for quite some time, making Lin You feel a bit uneasy.
Although Lin You might not believe it, Xiao Ping really, genuinely liked him.
He had liked him since his first year of high school.
But at that time, he thought Lin You wouldn’t be interested in alphas. Even though his eyes would turn gentle whenever he heard rumors from his JinNan High School friends about Lin You, he never considered confessing his feelings.
He didn’t want to force Lin You to change.
Later on, Lin You unexpectedly presented as an omega, and Xiao Ping thought he might have a chance. But he didn’t expect a Lu Qingyan to appear out of nowhere.
In Lin You’s life, he was a step too late all along.
While Lu Qingyan was present throughout the whole scene.
So now that it had come to this point, with these two actually getting together, Xiao Ping didn’t find it so difficult to accept.
It’s just, he still feels sad.
Several times sadder than losing first place in a competition.
“You can rest assured, I don’t like to force anyone,” Xiao Ping said as he took back the roses and the gift, throwing them onto the motorcycle. Leaning against the bike, he sighed and asked Lin You, “I just want to ask one last time, do I really have no chance at all?”
Lin You decisively shook his head, shaking so fast it almost left a shadow.
Alright then.
Xiao Ping let out a self-deprecating laugh. Since Lin You had made it so clear, if he persisted further, it would be so unimpressive.
He glanced at Lu Qingyan again. From the beginning to the end, Lu Qingyan didn’t say a word to him.
In fact, he could understand Lu Qingyan’s feelings very well.
Lin You’s attitude was straightforward enough, and Lu Qingyan didn’t need to say anything. He already effortlessly defeated Xiao Ping.
Winners were always the most composed and relaxed.
Only losers would throw a tantrum without considering their dignity.
“I can’t find the words to wish you guys well. That would be asking too much of me,” Xiao Ping looked at Lin You and chuckled, but behind his seemingly cold eyes, a noticeable sense of sadness shone through. “But since you don’t like me, there’s no point in adding to your troubles.”
He climbed up his motorcycle, tossing the roses and the gift into a nearby trash bin.
“Goodbye, Lin You.”
With those words, he started the engine and rode away.
Lin You watched Xiao Ping’s retreating figure and felt a slight sense of guilt deep inside.
But he was the kind of person who didn’t like beating around the bush. If he didn’t like Xiao Ping, why give him false hope?
So, after feeling guilty for three seconds on the roadside, he continued holding hands with Lu Qingyan and entered the school.
He knew that someone must have overheard his conversation with Xiao Ping and it wouldn’t be long before the news of him getting together with Lu Qingyan spread like wildfire.
But he didn’t really care.
He liked Lu Qingyan, and this fact itself was straightforward and unquestionable.
“Do you want to see the Valentine’s Day gift I prepared for you?” When they were about to reach the dormitory building, Lin You stopped and asked Lu Qingyan a little shyly.
How could Lu Qingyan refuse?
Honestly, the fact that Lin You had prepared a gift for him was already beyond his expectations.
“I do.”
“Then wait for me in the corridor.”
Lin You swiftly ran upstairs.
As Lu Qingyan waited for Lin You to come down, he started to fantasize about what kind of gift Lin You might have prepared for him.
The most common options would be games, cameras, watches, and such.
However, many omegas would make little handmade gifts for the alpha they liked.
Leaning against the wall, Lu Qingyan shamefully admitted that he actually quite wanted Lin You’s handmade chocolate.
But all those fantasies were shattered when he saw Lin You scurrying down the stairs.
He stared in confusion as Lin You carried a huge, tightly wrapped, flat rectangular object covered in brown kraft paper.
And handed it to him with a beaming smile
With Lin You’s eager eyes fixed on him, Lu Qingyan tore open the brown kraft paper.
Then he saw a portrait of himself.
Lu Qingyan: “…?”
I HAVE A QUESTION, IS “portrait of himself” REFERS TO LIN YOU’S OR LU QINGYAN’S? CUZ IF IT’S LIN YOU’S PORTRAIT THAT WOULD BE SO FREAKING HILARIOUS AND IF IT’S LU QINGYAN’S THAT WOULD ALSO BE HILARIOUS LMFAO UNLESS THAT WAS PERSONALLY TAKEN OR WAS DRAWN PERSONALLY I CANT BREATHEEEE
Based on the raws I think it’s a portrait of lu qingyan!
My heart aches for xiao ping but in most stories, the childhood friend loses so this case is unique.
Okay even if it’s not chocolate, that was pretty sweet of lin you by his standards XD and hopefully xiao ping can find his true love soon <3
I am actually really proud of the maturity XP showed and I hope he gets his own happy ending. No matter how much you like someone, forcing them is never the right option.
Lin Yu is so unique, no matter how hard I try to guess his thought process, it’s impossible.
Thank you for the chapter!
Xiao Ping, my dear, come to jiejie 😭