Lin You lingered in Xue Yixin’s dormitory for a whole hour, getting his fill of the cats before he reluctantly waved goodbye to the two cats he had already become familiar with.
He got along quite well with Tang Qi. Tang Qi was a bit introverted, but had a very gentle temperament and was patient with both animals and people.
Lin You had already started inviting Tang Qi to visit his dormitory if he had free time. With Little Bean Sprout in his arms, Tang Qi nodded and waved goodbye with Little Bean Sprout’s paw.
Back in his own dormitory, Lu Qingyan hung his clothes and said to Lin You, “That Xue Yixin doesn’t really seem like an omega.”
“Why?” Lin You tore open a jelly and popped it into his mouth. “Because he doesn’t have any scent? But many people use suppressants now.”
Lu Qingyan recalled it for a moment, “I don’t know if it’s just my imagination, but I seem to smell a woody scent on him, not like an omega, but more like an alpha.”
Although it was very faint, it had a certain aggressiveness that instinctively made Lu Qingyan a bit repulsed.
However, this scent only briefly appeared and quickly disappeared.
“Maybe I’m just overthinking,” Lu Qingyan said.
He didn’t dwell on the matter and urged Lin You to go take a shower as his body was covered in cat fur.
Several days passed just like this, and soon it was the end of September. Lin You’s presentation period had finally passed completely.
The concentration of pheromones in his body had returned to normal. Although there was still a faint scent lingering under the blocking patch, it was much weaker now and didn’t have the same impact on alphas as before.
The alphas around him individually confirmed this, they could only detect a very subtle scent now. Although it was pleasant to smell and instinctively evoked a slight fondness, it no longer made their faces flush and their hearts race.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
The closer they are to Lin You, the easier they are influenced. If their heartbeats continued to accelerate like that, they suspected that they would eventually fall in love with him.
Since it was nearing the end of September, there were only three more days until National Day.
In all three school buildings for first years, second years, and third-year students, a restless atmosphere filled the air. Apart from the studious top students who genuinely loved studying, everyone else eagerly awaited the holiday.
This year, they heard the news that the Education Bureau strictly prohibited schools from having makeup classes. The seven-day holiday couldn’t be reduced by even a single day, and even the third years bargained and managed to get five days off.
“Lin You, Lu-ge, where are you guys planning to go during the National Day break?” Bai Lu asked.
“We haven’t decided yet. The traffic is so bad during the holidays, so Lao Lu and I probably won’t go on a trip just to join the crowd,” Lin You recalled the miserable experience of being stuck in traffic last year, and a look of despair appeared on his face. “Last year, we went to the Golden Scenic Area together, and it was packed with people. We even had to line up for the restroom. I advise you not to go either. Are TV shows not entertaining enough or are games not fun enough?”
Bai Lu also hadn’t made up her mind. She was the type who was fine with either going out or staying in.
“I’ll decide later. It’s not just up to me. I have to consider my parents’ opinion too.”
While they were talking, Cai Xiaoguo walked into the classroom and saw the noisy atmosphere. He frowned and scolded, “The holiday hasn’t even started yet, and your minds are already wandering. Don’t think that you can relax during the National Day break, are you guys not planning to do your homework?”
The others seemed to have just remembered that there was homework for the National Day break, and their enthusiasm instantly dampened.
The nightmare of last year’s National Day homework was still vivid in their minds.
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.
“Moreover, in order to prevent everyone from being too relaxed during the holiday and losing interest in studying,” Cai Xiaoguo adjusted his glasses and revealed a much gentler smile. “The monthly exam that was originally scheduled for the 1st and 2nd of next month has been moved up to tomorrow and the day after that.”
C kjnf bo ijwfcajalbcr fgeqafv lc atf mijrrgbbw.
“Ktfgf’r cb cffv ja jii!”
“Gb atfs ralii kjca er ab tjnf j qgbqfg tbilvjs?!”
“Ugbafra! Ktf rmtbbi lr bqqgfrrlcu er!”
Ktfgf kfgf qgbafrar, obba-rabwqlcu, ybbx-atgbklcu, jcv fnfc kjii-rwjrtlcu tjqqfclcu yfibk.
Dea Jjl Wljbueb gfwjlcfv ecwbnfv.
“Efwfwyfg ab gfnlfk abcluta. Ktf tbwfkbgx obg abvjs klii yf rilutais gfvemfv, ktlmt klii ulnf sbe rbwf fzagj alwf,” tf rjlv.
He thought for a moment and added, “This time, your grades will be directly linked to your National Day homework. The amount of homework for the top ten students will be about half of the bottom ten.”
The lamentations from below grew even more miserable.
Lin You and Lu Qingyan weren’t particularly concerned about the exam. Whether it was tomorrow or next month, it didn’t make much difference.
However, during midterm exams and monthly exams, the seats around the top students in the class became quite popular. There would be a constant stream of students borrowing notes or asking questions.
Lu Qingyan’s notes had long been taken away for photocopying, and there was even a line to ask him questions.
On the other hand, Lin You’s seat was empty. He was quite dissatisfied and asked the class representative for Chinese language, “Why don’t you come to me for math questions? My grades are clearly similar to Lu Qingyan’s.”
The Chinese language representative rolled her eyes and said, “Who can understand your explanation?” She even imitated Lin You’s way of speaking and said, “For this one, you should draw an auxiliary line, why? No reason. And this one, you should use this formula, no reason, just this formula.”
“And Lin-ge, your handwriting, I’m not trying to offend you, but who can read it? Last time, I borrowed your math notes and found that each question only had two lines of solution,” Ye Nanshan muttered as he did his homework. “I’m guessing only Lu-ge can understand your notes.”
Lin You couldn’t refute that.
“So you think Lao Lu’s a diligent note-taker? His notes are all added last-minute because they’re going to be seen,” Lin You exposed.
Having been Lu Qingyan’s desk mate for so long, Lin You had only seen him use his pen three times.
He gave Lu Qingyan a middle finger and said, “Just you wait. This time, I’ll pull you down from first in the class.”
Lu Qingyan didn’t mind at all, “Then Cai Xiaoguo will be thrilled.”
Lin You ranked fifth in the class and thirty-seventh in the grade during the start-of-school exams. It was a regression that made Cai Xiaoguo want to jump off a building.
This time, Lin You truly dedicated himself to surpassing Lu Qingyan. He ended up getting first in the class and third in the grade.
Lu Qingyan fell short by two marks, ranking fourth in the grade.
Lin You flipped his test paper back and forth, reviewing it, but he still wasn’t quite satisfied. He murmured, “Something’s not right. When I estimated my mark, I should’ve been ranked first in the grade. What happened?”
Searching through his paper, he discovered that he had been deducted one-third of the ‘show your work’ marks for a question because it was too easy.
Then he looked at Lu Qingyan’s paper and was overjoyed. “How can you be even worse off than me? You actually forgot to answer two questions.”
Calculating his mark, he remarked, “If you had answered those two questions, your mark would’ve been higher than mine.”
Lu Qingyan curled up the corner of his lips with a fleeting hint of amusement in his eyes. “Yeah, what a pity.”
Lin You immediately became even more proud.
He hurriedly rushed to the front of the classroom, clutching his own test paper, and began to negotiate with Cai Xiaoguo. “Cai-laoshi, since our grades are related to the amount of homework, considering I got the highest, can I be exempt from doing homework?”
“No,” Cai Xiaoguo ruthlessly rejected him. “If I really exempt you from doing homework, I’m sure you’d be floating when you come back to school in seven days.”
Lin You was dissatisfied and wanted to say something more, but Cai Xiaoguo shooed him off the podium.
Since it was a holiday, nobody stayed on campus. Lin You and Lu Qingyan packed their belongings and went home.
However, Lin You went home to Lu Qingyan’s home.
For some reason, during the seven-day National Day break, Lin You’s older brother and sister, as well as Lu Qingyan’s older brother, all came back from university. This was normal.
What’s abnormal was that Lin You’s parents also returned. His workaholic parents didn’t even take a break during the Spring Festival, let alone National Day.
Moreover, the entire Lin family went over to the Lu family for dinner today.
When Lin You and Lu Qingyan returned, their older siblings had already returned.
Lin You’s older brother and sister were twins. His sister was named Lin Sizhe, an alpha, and his brother was named Lin Siyu, an omega. Lu Qingyan’s older brother was named Lu Beiming, also an alpha.
These three were of similar ages. Just like Lin You and Lu Qingyan, they had grown up together since childhood. Now, they were even attending university in the same city. However, Lu Beiming and Lin Sizhe had never gotten along since they were young, they always quarreled, relying solely on Lin Siyu acting as a mediator between them.
Lin You entered Lu Qingyan’s house, sweetly greeting all the parents before sprawling on the couch, munching on snacks. Just earlier, his older brother and sister had both come to console him. When Lin You went through his presentation, they couldn’t make it back in time, and now that they were finally here, they had to give him a good rub before letting him go.
As Lin You ate snacks, even though the TV was on, he had no interest in watching it. He whispered to Lu Qingyan, “Did you notice the fierce look my sister gave your brother? It feels like my sister’s going to chop him up with a knife in the next second. How come their relationship is still so bad?”
Lu Qingyan glanced towards the kitchen, where he saw his brother feeding strawberries to Lin You’s brother. Lin Siyu looked a bit embarrassed but smiled warmly. One alpha and one omega, they were completely like a couple in love. Lin Sizhe was cutting apples next to them, giving an angry glare to Lu Beiming with every slice she cut. The kitchen knife danced with a resounding noise.
Only this fool, Lin You, couldn’t see it.
“My brother and your brother are dating, are you a fool?” Lu Qingyan said helplessly. “Today’s dinner is clearly a meeting with the parents. It’s probably because their relationship has stabilized and they want to head towards marriage.”
The potato chip in Lin You’s mouth almost fell out.
“How come I didn’t know that they were dating?!”
Lu Qingyan was also puzzled. “Last summer vacation, did we not see my brother carrying Siyu-ge down the mountain? My brother even helped Siyu put on his shoes. If they weren’t dating, why would my brother be so attentive?”
How blind must Lin You be not to have noticed?
Lin You’s expression was shocked. “I thought they were just good bros…”
Lu Qingyan was completely speechless.
With this bubble burst, Lin You suddenly remembered something. When his brother entered the house earlier, he distinctly smelled an extra scent of pheromones on him. He used to be a beta and wasn’t very sensitive to pheromones, but just earlier, he could smell it clearly. The scent on his brother was undoubtedly Lu Beiming’s cold fir pheromone.
Lin You crushed a pistachio in disbelief and asked Lu Qingyan in a broken voice, “Lao Lu, did your brother kiss my brother? Otherwise, why would my brother smell like your brother’s pheromones?”
He asked with great distress, clearly considering it a big deal. His brother had been taken advantage of by that scoundrel!
Lu Qingyan just happened to be drinking water and nearly spray it out.
He coughed several times and turned to look at Lin You’s sorrowful face. It was fair and delicate, filled with innocence and naivety.
Lu Qingyan rarely didn’t know how to answer.
Should he tell Lin You that his brother might not have just kissed his brother, but probably had slept with him many times already, that they were just short of a permanent mark?
He looked at Lin You, who blinked his eyes and continued to mutter, condemning this neighbor da’ge for being shameless.
Lu Qingyan suddenly let out a gentle laugh.
Truly foolish.
But also quite adorable.
“They’re dating, so kissing is normal,” Lu Qingyan gave a vague response.
While speaking, for some reason, he unconsciously glanced at Lin You’s lips. Lin You’s lips were rosy, small, with a bit of potato chip crumbs on them, which Lin You then licked away with his tongue.
Lu Qingyan averted his gaze and pretentiously peeled an orange.
When Lu Qingyan and Lin You were looking into their brothers’ love history.
Lin You’s sister, Lin Sizhe, observed them from the transparent wall of the kitchen.
She saw her youngest brother lying on Lu Qingyan’s lap like an old man, his mouth open, waiting for Lu Qingyan to peel the orange and feed him. Lu Qingyan didn’t seem to mind and even propped Lin You up a bit, making him sit and eat so that he wouldn’t choke.
The more Lin Sizhe watched, the more furrowed her brow became.
Lu Beiming also shifted his attention away from his boyfriend for a moment and saw Lu Qingyan through the glass. He smiled at Lin Sizhe and said, “This brat Qingyan, when we were kids, he would always plot against me at home and never hold back in fights. But he’s quite patient with Xiao You and even takes good care of him. Birds of a feather definitely flock together.”
Lin Sizhe’s brow furrowed even tighter.
However, as she glanced at Lu Beiming, she realized that the most frustrating one was right here. Compared to that, Lu Qingyan seemed insignificant.
After all, Lin You used to be a beta, and the two of them were true best bros who grew up together.
Unlike Lu Beiming, who had no good intentions towards Lin Siyu since they were young.
Thinking of this, Lin Sizhe silently raised her knife and said, “Stay away from me, or I might accidentally throw this knife at you. Don’t blame me for premeditated murder.”
Lolol imagine Lin Sizhe’s wrath when she realised her other brother will also be snatched by the younger Lu brother 😂😂
poor lin sizhe her brothers are getting snatched 😭
Oh sister when your brothers are both snatched up by these brothers…
Thank u for the update!
Thanks for the chapter!
poor lin sizhe 😭😭 both her omega brothers getting take by the lu family’s alphas 😭😭
Lol who will tell her that their youngest will definitely NOT JUST BROS with the other lu brother 😂