Early Monday morning, Lu Heyang entered through the school gates. He Wei was half a minute behind him, coming from the parking lot. He had a gloomy expression on his face and was stopped after only a few steps.
“Please wear a wristband.” A mechanical reminder came out and the gate barrier blocked the way. He Wei and the schoolmates behind him were all blocked.
Young Master He had probably been disciplined by his family just the night before, so despite his sour expression, he took out his wristband and put it on without saying a word. After he was allowed to pass, he walked a few steps over to Lu Heyang and frowned, “I’d say you look like you are just watching the show.”
“Definitely not,” Lu Heyang replied.
He Wei obviously didn’t believe him. He snorted softly and asked, “Is Mr. Chairman still at home?”
“Just left this morning.”
“Did you have another depressing weekend?” He Wei lowered his voice, “My dad knew that Uncle Lu was back and asked me to come to your house to hang out. I asked him if he wanted me dead.”
Lu Heyang chuckled, “Is he that scary?”
“Yeah,” He Wei replied, “I’ve been afraid of your dad since I was a kid. You know it best.”
After two seconds of silence, he spoke again, “I haven’t been back much in the past few years, and don’t know… is Uncle Lin okay?”
“He’s fine.” Lu Heyang glanced at his watch, “It’s time to go to class.”
The two of them went upstairs. He Wei was assigned to Class 2 which was next to Lu Heyang’s class. He patted Lu Heyang’s shoulder and lazily entered his classroom through the back door.
“Please wait a moment.”
Lu Heyang was about to go into his classroom when he suddenly heard someone calling from behind. The voice wasn’t particularly loud, in fact, it was quite low, but the corridor was empty and quiet, so he could hear it.
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He turned around. Before he could see who it was, the person had already approached him. With his head lowered, he took a stack of papers from his hand and handed them to him, “These are materials on class placements.”
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As if sensing his gaze, the alpha subtly turned his head to the other side.
“Thanks,” Lu Heyang said.
The other party seemed to be waiting for such a response. He nodded quickly, “You’re welcome.” The end of his voice was a little hoarse. Right after he spoke, he turned and headed toward the next classroom to continue delivering materials.
Lu Heyang went into the classroom with the papers and handed them out. When he returned to his seat, his deskmate was sleeping with his head on the desk. There was a scab on his elbow, rumored to be from a recent skateboarding accident. Lu Heyang thought about the alpha who had just delivered the materials; there were several bruises on the exposed part of his short-sleeved arm. The wristband on his wrist was the cheapest kind, low-quality, old, and the setting could not be adjusted.
Whenever an alpha wore a wristband, they would more or less experience physical and mental discomfort due to the suppressed pheromones. However, there was always a difference between a wristband that cost over ten thousand and one that cost a few hundred. Generally speaking, the more expensive the wristband was, the less discomfort it caused, and vice versa.
Strangely enough, even without seeing the alpha’s face clearly, those bruised arms were really conspicuous—it was something quite uncommon in the Preparatory School.
“Xu Ze?” The omega sitting at the door of the next class looked surprised, “Why did you come to our building?”
Xu Ze seemed to be lost in thought and when he heard her words, he slowly turned to look at her. He thought for a few seconds, but still couldn’t remember who the other person was. He didn’t know how the omega knew his name. He replied, “I came to deliver some materials.”
“Ah, I see. The dean must be asking students to run errands along the way.” The omega stood up and reached out to take the papers. Only then did she notice the injuries on Xu Ze’s face. She gasped, “Your…”
Xu Ze didn’t attempt to hide by turning his head to the side, “These are about the class placements. Please pass them on.”
“Alright…”
The omega hesitated momentarily as she took the materials, glancing at his face. Xu Ze whispered a “thank you” and then turned to leave.
“Did you see Xu Ze’s face and arms?” The omega passed on the materials and turned to whisper to her deskmate.
“Why is he always injured? I heard that he got into trouble outside and got beaten up.”
“I don’t believe it. He doesn’t seem like that kind of person.”
“I don’t believe it either, but that’s what everyone says…”
Xu Ze walked on the elevated walkway. The wind was blowing, which helped clear his head. He looked back at the school building. Since classes had started, the hallways were deserted. Only a few students who were delivering materials to other floors walked around sporadically. Xu Ze looked down at his arm, then raised his hand and touched his right cheek. It still hurt and felt slightly hot.
In the afternoon, all 35 second-year S-level students were called into the conference room for a meeting. As per previous years, these 35 students would be split into two classes in their third year and granted early admission qualifications to various universities and colleges in the Union.
Except for the beginning of the first year, today was the first formal group meeting for the S-level students. They were almost halfway through the second semester of their second year, and more similar activities would be set up specifically for them going forward.
“Gu Yunchi didn’t come?” After sitting down in the conference room, He Wei scanned the room, “Has he been in school for more than thirty days in the past year?”
Lu Heyang replied, “Probably not.”
Shortly after, the teacher arrived, roughly counted the people, and started to make a roll call.
“Class 11, Xu Ze.”
No one answered. The teacher raised her head and spoke again, “Class 11, Xu Ze.”
“He hasn’t come yet?”
The teacher moved the mouse and was about to make a note when a tall, thin figure suddenly appeared at the door. A hand, wearing an old wristband and covered with bruises, was raised, and the slender, long fingers knocked lightly on the door.
“Here.”
In a clear and crisp voice, the alpha was still slightly out of breath, “Sorry, Teacher. I’m late.”
“It’s okay, please come in and take a seat.”
“Xu Ze.” He Wei leaned back in his chair, twirling his pen, and said intently, “Isn’t that the alpha we saw riding a bike outside the school gates last week? Turns out he’s an S-level.”
Lu Heyang lowered his head and looked at the papers on the table, “Sounds familiar.”
“Uh-huh, it’s rare.” He Wei paused for a moment before reacting, “Wait a minute, last time you said you didn’t know him.”
“He came to my class this morning to deliver some materials.”
“Oh… it’s like that.” As he said this, Xu Ze had already walked over. He Wei narrowed his eyes and suddenly reached out to flick Lu Heyang’s pen with his index finger. The pen rolled to the ground—it happened to fall in front of Xu Ze as he was about to walk up the steps.
Out of the corner of his eye, Lu Heyang saw Xu Ze stop, and at the moment of pause, Xu Ze’s body clearly swayed a little. Then Xu Ze quickly bent down to pick up the pen and gently placed it on the edge of the table. Lu Heyang’s eyes followed the alpha’s fingertips up his arms and finally landed on the left side of his face, which was much more normal than the bruised and swollen right side. He said, “Thanks.”
Xu Ze seemed to be in a hurry, probably because he was late. He nodded hastily and made a low “Mn” before striding up the steps.
“Kinda interesting.” He Wei lay down on the desk and said with a smile, “He looks all gloomy, but turns out he’s quite helpful.”
Lu Heyang took the pen from the edge of the table and put it in front of him. He just said, “Next time, throw your own pen.”
Author’s note:
He Wei: Other people’s wives are kind of interesting.
He Wei is officially our wingman y’all 乁( •_• )ㄏ
Also, their couple dynamics is literally one of my faves?! They talk less but the tension is there! Daayumm
Xu Ze is a cutie patootie. Those who hurts him, I will hurt them too (๑و•̀ω•́)و
I like the cp’s dynamic; they don’t interact a lot here but man the tension is there 0_0Oh, is that wingman on the work there lmao
Everyone be talking about the tension.
What tension???
Why can’t I see it???
Well, since it’s just the second chapter, it’s understandable to not see
the tension yet. The ML and MC have had barely any interactions so far
😅
Glad I’m not the only one 😂