After school on Friday, Lu Heyang was packing up his textbooks when He Wei walked in through the back door. He leaned against Lu Heyang’s desk and asked, “I’ll take you home after dinner?”
“You’re being unusually well-behaved today,” Lu Heyang raised his eyes to look at him. He Wei had been quite restless lately, and there was no such thing as going home right after eating.
“That’s not true. I’m going to the Westside,” He Wei explained, “I get the feeling you don’t like it there.”
“I didn’t say I don’t like it,” Lu Heyang pushed his chair under the desk.
“You like it? Do you?” He Wei followed Lu Heyang as he walked out. He grinned and put his arm around Lu Heyang’s shoulder, “I’m just worried that a young master like you won’t fit in there. Besides, since childhood, I’ve never really figured out what you like.”
“Then don’t bother trying,” Lu Heyang said, “I wouldn’t go with you if I didn’t like it.”
He Wei whistled cheerfully, “OK, I’ll have them add a seat.”
As they left the classroom and walked across the elevated walkway, they passed many students coming back from their gym class, some carrying rackets and jump ropes. Lu Heyang and He Wei moved through the crowd and spotted Xu Ze walking at the back.
He was still alone and looked like he didn’t belong to any class or group, not even the Preparatory School. In any case, he had a serious sense of detachment. He was silent and calm, walking with his eyes slightly downward, not looking anywhere, as if lost in thought.
An omega ran over from behind Xu Ze, hesitated for a moment, then reached out and patted him on the shoulder to speak to him.
Xu Ze stopped in his tracks and turned his head to look at him. He didn’t seem to hear what the other person said clearly, so he bent down a little, which made the omega feel embarrassed. The omega shoved him a drink before swiftly running off. Xu Ze was left standing in place, staring at the bottle in his hand. After a couple of seconds, he seemed to react slowly and turned to look at the omega who had long since disappeared.
When he turned around, he revealed the white suppression patch on the back of his neck.
“Do you think he’s pure or just slow?” He Wei asked Lu Heyang with a smile, and then added, “This kind of personality is quite rare in the prep school.”
This man’s excessive curiosity was acting up again. Lu Heyang chose to remain silent so as not to arouse He Wei’s stronger desire to gossip.
Xu Ze stood with the drink in hand for a while before walking forward again. As he looked up, he saw Lu Heyang and He Wei two meters away. At that moment, the brief dazed expression and the stiffness of his body were somewhat obvious, He Wei could see it clearly.
“It’s true,” He Wei whispered, “He really seems to be afraid of you.”
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“Why can’t it be that he’s afraid of you?” Lu Heyang asked him.
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“So cold, so cold,” He Wei shivered exaggeratedly, “He’s definitely not afraid of me.”
“If someone you didn’t know greeted you, you’d find it strange too,” Lu Heyang said, “Don’t look for trouble.”
He Wei suddenly laughed maliciously, “I have a feeling that if Xu Ze was in the same circle as us, you two might get along quite well… You both have that frigid face that’s resistant to trying new things.”
Lu Heyang asked, “Are you saying that you and I don’t get along?”
“How could that be!” He Wei immediately put his arm around him and said with a smile, “If we didn’t get along, how could we have this friendship of more than ten years~”
Around 8 pm, Lu Heyang, He Wei, and Gu Yunchi went to the Westside together. The club was still as crowded and chaotic as before, with various smells filling the air. The three of them were so conspicuous that people stared at them as soon as they got off the elevator. Gu Yunchi even found a purple chip in his hand without knowing when it was put there.
The alpha who handed the chip winked at them, “A gift, have some fun.”
Gu Yunchi didn’t even look at it and tossed it back to the person, “No need.”
“Aiya, you really lack vision. Our Young Master Gu has a net worth of hundreds of billions. He wouldn’t be interested in such a small amount,” He Wei said as he patted Gu Yunchi’s shoulder, “Right?”
Gu Yunchi glanced at him.
“Last time, I heard that this alpha, what’s his name, who’s also from the prep school, lost this much in one night at the casino.”
He Wei gestured with his hand, indicating a number.
Lu Heyang asked, “Eight?”
“Yup,” He Wei nodded, “Later, his dad sent someone to get him back. I heard that he was beaten up and sent to the hospital. He didn’t come to class for three days.”
“Sounds like something that could happen to you,” Gu Yunchi commented.
“Are you kidding me? Where’s the fun in gambling? I’d use the 8 million to buy new cars,” He Wei said.
When the topic turned to cars, Gu Yunchi’s face showed a disgusted expression, “With a pink interior, I wonder who’d ride in your car.”
“Heyang rides in it every day,” He Wei said blandly.
Gu Yunchi then asked Lu Heyang, “Don’t you feel uncomfortable sitting in it?”
“I have no choice. I don’t have hundreds of billions in wealth, so I can only freeload off others,” Lu Heyang replied.
He Wei patted his shoulder and burst out laughing. Gu Yunchi turned his head blankly and didn’t bother to speak again.
They entered the arena. He Wei had booked seats in the second row this time. The big screen was lit up, and Lu Heyang looked up at the names of the fighters. He Wei followed suit, then suddenly remembered something and said, “Oh, the ticket seller told me that Seventeen might not be fighting today.”
Lu Heyang’s movements paused briefly. He didn’t say anything and simply sat down in his seat.
After several rounds of boxing, the mat inside the octagon cage was splattered with blood. The audience was excited and cheered loudly. Only Lu Heyang remained silent in his seat. He glanced down at his wristband—it was still on the lowest setting and had not been adjusted since he entered the arena.
Another match ended, and the big screen went blank, no longer displaying the fighters’ names or bets. It was time for halftime.
He Wei was tired of shouting, so he sat down to drink some water and checked his phone in the meantime. Lu Heyang propped up his chin and lowered his eyes, not sure where he was looking. Gu Yunchi turned his head to the side and said, “You don’t look very lively.”
“I’m a bit tired.” Lu Heyang put his hands down, “I’m going out—”
Suddenly, abrupt screams drowned out his words. Lu Heyang looked up to see an alpha with a crew cut emerge from the entrance of the competitor’s tunnel. A scar ran down his entire face from his left temple to his right lower jaw.
Lu Heyang’s gaze swept over him, tilting his head slightly to look behind the crew-cut alpha.
Seventeen.
Like last week, Seventeen had paint on the top half of his face and wore cheap black gym shorts that reached to his knees. Today, he was wearing fingerless boxing gloves that looked quite worn.
“Seventeen is on, he’s fighting MMA today,” He Wei excitedly nudged Lu Heyang with his elbow and handed his phone to him and Gu Yunchi.
The screen displayed a message from the ticket seller alpha from ten minutes ago, saying that Seventeen would be performing during the intermission. This was because last week, Seventeen left early and the boxing match lacked enough bloodshed. He was punished by being forced to participate in a casual match without any prize money tonight.
The alpha also mentioned that Seventeen was often penalized for the same reason—leaving after winning without being ruthless enough.
“I can understand that,” He Wei turned off the screen and looked at the two alphas entering the octagon cage, “He’s just a teenager, it’s good to keep your hands clean.”
Seventeen stood in the center of the octagon cage, adjusting the straps of the gloves with his head down. The referee sitting on the railing shouted at him, and Seventeen turned around.
When he turned around, a white suppression patch was visible on the back of his neck.
Another person yelled “Seventeen”, and Seventeen looked up at the audience, still maintaining a calm expression on his face. Since it was a halftime match, it was relatively relaxed. Seventeen’s eyes stayed on the audience a little longer than last time, probably for two seconds.
In those few seconds, Seventeen’s eyes happened to fall on the second row. At that moment, it was obvious that Seventeen suddenly stiffened for a split second, staring blankly before averting his eyes and lowering his gaze to the rubber mat beneath his feet.
The kick-off whistle blew. The opposing crew-cut alpha was already in position. Seventeen, however, still kept his posture upright with his hands hanging down, looking a little absent-minded. It wasn’t until the crew-cut’s fist came toward him that he finally reacted, swiftly raising his arm to block and narrowly dodging the punch.
He Wei immediately exclaimed, “Seventeen is not in good shape.”
Before he could finish speaking, Seventeen received a blow to the jaw and slammed against the wire mesh, nearly losing his balance and falling down.
In just a few exchanges, the atmosphere became heated again. Lu Heyang adjusted the setting of his wristband higher. He leaned forward slightly, and rested his elbows on his knees, interlocking his fingers while lightly supporting his chin.
Gu Yunchi glanced at him, and it seemed that the “a bit tired” expression from two minutes ago had suddenly disappeared from Lu Heyang’s face as he fixed his gaze on the octagon cage.
Author’s note:
Seventeen: ⊙_⊙
There’s something going on with his pheromones whenever ‘Seventeen’ is around la ⊙_⊙
THIS NOVEL IS SO EXCITING KYAAAAAA
Seriously go grab your wife and carry him back home!
I believe that Xu Ze have fallen in love first
lhy pls hurry up and get your wife. stop letting others beat him pls i can’t anymore my heart is hurting everytime he gets punched 😭
He saw his hubby