On Saturday, Xu Ze began to frown from the moment he woke up, feeling like he had a bad hangover. He slowly got out of bed and grabbed some clean clothes to take a shower.
After washing off the smell of alcohol from his body, he stood in front of the mirror with his head down and brushed his teeth while replaying the memories of the previous night. Suddenly, Xu Ze froze, and the toothbrush slipped out of his hand.
If he remembered correctly, he kissed Lu Heyang on the face last night while reeking of alcohol.
Xu Ze stood still with a blank expression on his face. He didn’t even dare to remember Lu Heyang’s expression or what he said afterward. He wished he would have blacked out completely. As far as he was concerned, there was nothing more impulsive and foolish than this act of self-destruction.
But why on earth did Lu Heyang give him the opportunities?
Xu Ze thought that Lu Heyang couldn’t have any evil intentions and would not be bored enough to tease him like this. However, it was hard for him to imagine that Lu Heyang would give him three opportunities to do whatever he wanted out of sympathy. It didn’t make sense.
After standing still for a long time with his head down, he finally picked up the toothbrush and rinsed it clean.
Xu Ze packed his things and went to a roadside breakfast shop to buy breakfast. He ate on the way to the bus stop. After waiting for seven or eight minutes, the bus arrived and Xu Ze got on.
He transferred to another bus on the way. After more than an hour, he got off the bus and walked a few minutes to the entrance of a nursing home.
Following the main road around the hospital building, Xu Ze arrived outside the garden. He looked in through the fence as he walked. He went to the entrance to register, and a nurse pointed him in the direction, “Over there. For the past few days, she hasn’t wanted to walk and uses a wheelchair, but her legs are fine, so you don’t need to worry.”
“Okay, thank you.”
As he entered the garden, the nurse pushing the wheelchair took a step aside when she saw Xu Ze and whispered, “Call me if there’s anything.”
“Yeah.”
Xu Ze walked over to the wheelchair and crouched down beside the elderly woman to call her, “Grandma.”
Ye Yunhua looked indifferently at the tree swaying in the morning breeze by the fence and didn’t react at all.
Of course, this was considered the best reaction. At least she didn’t scream hysterically or throw punches and kicks. Xu Ze couldn’t predict what state Ye Yunhua would be in every time he saw her, so he tried to show up as little as possible. Most of the time, he just watched from afar.
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He knew that Ye Yunhua would never remember him again, and he was also responsible for this outcome.
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“Grandma, I’m Xu Ze,” he reminded her as usual and wanted to check her injuries.
“You’re not,” Ye Yunhua’s lips quivered and her eyes looked at him as if he were a complete stranger, “Our little boy is very obedient and doesn’t fight. You are not Xu Ze!”
Xu Ze stood still, feeling his wounds momentarily cease their throbbing and turn cold and numb.
“Get out! Liar! Give me back my little boy!”
Ye Yunhua shouted hoarsely and charged at Xu Ze with clenched fists, only to be stopped by the doctors and nurses beside her. The doctor turned around and shouted at Xu Ze, “You must leave, hurry!”
The scene in front of him was like a silent, fast-moving movie. A nurse dragged Xu Ze out of the ward, and the door slammed in front of him. Much later, Xu Ze recalled the few minutes he had spent standing in the hallway, hearing nothing but the ringing in his ears as he stared at the ward through the glass.
After that, Ye Yunhua could not recognize Xu Ze even for a second or two.
“The final exams are coming up,” Xu Ze said, “During the break, I will have more time to see you.”
Ye Yunhua’s fingers moved slightly, and her eyes softened as she said, “Our Xiao Ze is so well-behaved and his grades are good.”
“Mn.”
Xu Ze fell silent. After a while, he stood up and said, “I’ll push you for a walk.”
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Before the last class on Monday, the S-level students were called to the conference room for a brief meeting. The teacher was about to take attendance when Xu Ze arrived. Xu Ze lowered his head, walked over to the second row, and sat down on the side without glancing at the rest of the class.
“Today, I’ll call out the student numbers. When you hear your number, raise your hand and say ‘here’.” The teacher looked at the list and said, “Class 1, number 9.”
“Here.”
“Class 1, number 17.”
No one responded.
The teacher raised her voice and repeated, “Class 1, number 17.”
“Here.”
It was an unhurried voice, Lu Heyang’s voice.
Xu Ze stared at the desk, keeping his breathing very, very light, as if that would make him lose his presence in the conference room and make him invisible to everyone—especially Lu Heyang.
Xu Ze had no more secrets from Lu Heyang, from the time he jerked off in front of him, to the kiss on Friday, to today’s 17.
Xu Ze knew little about Lu Heyang’s personal information. He hadn’t specially investigated or snooped around, nor was he skilled at such things. Xu Ze only knew Lu Heyang’s name, age, class, and student number.
So, he had used the number 17 without much thought, never imagining that one day he would meet Lu Heyang in the tumultuous underground boxing ring as a boxer named “Seventeen”.
Looking back now, all of his disguises seemed flimsy. Xu Ze knew that Lu Heyang had recognized him a long time ago, but at this moment, Xu Ze realized that “a long time ago” might be even earlier than he thought.
The short meeting lasted only about 10 minutes. After taking attendance, the teacher briefly introduced this weekend’s trip and schedule, handed out the relevant materials, and asked everyone to decide whether or not to participate by Wednesday.
As soon as the meeting ended, Xu Ze moved quicker than ever. He kept his head low as he passed the few empty seats and walked to the aisle. Just as he took two steps down, he ran head-on into an alpha.
There was no need to look up to know who it was, as Xu Ze detected the faint scent of pheromones on him.
“Are you in a hurry?” Lu Heyang had just stepped into the aisle when Xu Ze bumped into his shoulder. He lowered his eyes and looked at Xu Ze’s head, which seemed particularly droopy today.
Xu Ze’s eyes had been fixed on the floor and the tabletop since he entered the conference room. He had no idea that Lu Heyang was sitting in the front row. If he had known, he would have waited to leave last.
“Sorry,” Xu Ze said and then replied, “I’m not in a hurry.”
He Wei next to him suddenly let out a laugh.
Xu Ze reluctantly raised his head to look at Lu Heyang so as not to appear overly odd or rude. Xu Ze knew that Lu Heyang was looking at him because they were in the middle of a conversation. Even with this mental preparation, when their eyes met, Xu Ze felt a sudden cold sweat on his back, and a rush of heat spread through his brain.
If Xu Ze had known that kissing Lu Heyang on Friday night would make it impossible for him to face him again, he wasn’t sure if he would have asked Lu Heyang to restore the wasted first opportunity.
In a sober state, even if Lu Heyang gave him a hundred opportunities or just one opportunity, he wouldn’t dare to kiss him.
Xu Ze felt that he was no different from being stripped naked in front of Lu Heyang. He just wanted to disappear from Lu Heyang’s sight right away. But just as he was about to say, “I’ll get going”, He Wei asked, “Oh Xu Ze, are you going on the weekend trip?”
He Wei put his arm around Lu Heyang’s shoulder and walked down the steps. Xu Ze was forced to follow them out. But with He Wei in the middle, Xu Ze began to feel less tense and embarrassed. He replied, “I’m not sure.”
“Then will you box on Friday?” He Wei lowered his voice, “It won’t be another casual match, right?”
He thought that as casual matches didn’t make money and wasted Xu Ze’s skills, they weren’t interesting at all.
“I’ll fight.” Xu Ze answered his questions one by one, “It’s not a casual match.”
He Wei snapped his fingers happily, “OK!”
They left the conference room and happened to run into Chi Jiahan, who was carrying his backpack and going to the swimming class. When Chi Jiahan saw Xu Ze walking with He Wei and Lu Heyang, he was surprised. He glanced at Lu Heyang, then looked at Xu Ze and asked, “Just finished the meeting?”
Xu Ze seemed as if he didn’t recognize Chi Jiahan and was staring at him with an unfocused gaze. After a second or two, Xu Ze nodded.
“Oh, I’m off to swimming class,” Chi Jiahan understood Xu Ze’s preoccupation.
“I have swimming next period too. Wanna go together?” He Wei asked.
He had never spoken so gently before. Ever since He Wei heard Xu Ze say that Chi Jiahan was afraid of alphas, he had been paying close attention to this aspect, hoping not to frighten this fragile little omega.
Chi Jiahan glanced at him indifferently and said, “No need. I know the way.”
After saying that, he left. He Wei watched Chi Jiahan’s retreating figure and then turned to Lu Heyang and Xu Ze and said, “He’s so cool and cute, just my type.”
Then he followed after him like a pervert.
After He Wei left, the atmosphere instantly became silent. Xu Ze still maintained a distance from Lu Heyang as if He Wei was still between them. They walked a few steps forward, and after four or five steps, Lu Heyang asked casually, “Are you in your rut again? Your face and ears are red.”
Xu Ze made a soft “Ah?” and even reflexively reached for the back of his neck to confirm Lu Heyang’s statement.
But at the same time, he remembered that Lu Heyang knew that he only had his rut last week, and there was no way he could have another one so soon.
Xu Ze stopped walking. He didn’t know what he was thinking and said, “I don’t think so. I have to go back to class.”
He turned around and walked to the other end of the elevated walkway. Lu Heyang turned to look at Xu Ze’s back. In fact, he wanted to remind Xu Ze: You seem to be going in the wrong direction, your classroom isn’t over there.
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