When they walked out of the small forest and returned to the road side, the sky had already turned completely dark. All along the way, Mr. Yang spared no pains in comforting Yan Qiu without end, to the point that Yan Qiu almost couldnât bear it anymore and told him the truth.
Once they reached the main road, Yan Qiu looked up, just in time to see Ji Xinglan walk over.
Yan Qiu was stunned. He didnât know why Ji Xinglan came back, so he quickly sent Ji Xinglan a signal with his eyes, urging him to leave. As if he did not see his message, he made a beeline toward Yan Qiu.
âMr. Yang.â Ji Xinglan even greeted Old Yang!
âYoung Master Ji.â Mr. Yang clearly knew Ji Xinglan. âWhy arenât you back? Itâs already so late at night.â
Ji Xinglan replied politely, âI came here to look for Xiao Qiu.â
Mr. Yang looked at the omega by his side and nodded, coming to a sudden realization.
It was only then that he understood. Young Master Ji had come to greet him a few days ago and asked him to take care of an omega who was his distant cousin. Xiao Qiu was that distant cousin. Since the son of Field Marshal Ji asked him for a favor, he dared not be inattentive to his request.
Mr. Yang measured Yan Qiu once more. As expected of a cousin who shared the same blood as Young Master Ji. Xiao Qiu, too, looked very good.
But at the same time, his heart thumped heavily against his chest. Just who would have the guts to molest Young Master Jiâs younger brother?
Mr. Yang didnât manage to see the person clearly just now, but he obviously wouldnât suspect that Ji Xinglan would be that person. Young Master Ji wouldnât do that sort of play with someone else sneakily in a dark corner. If he wanted to, he would definitely bring the other person home in broad daylight and play out whatever scenes he wanted with his partner.
Yan Qiu, whom Ji Xinglan brought back every single day to âplay out whatever scenes he wantedâ with, glared at him secretly. âIf I knew that Ji Xinglan was so close to Mr. Yang, I wouldnât have run!â
However, Ji Xinglan didnât mind. He merely thought that this was very fun and exciting, as if they truly had an affair.
Yan Qiu found himself speechless.
âOh, fine. We just have another secret that we canât tell to other people. Thatâs all.â
They bade farewell to Mr. Yang, and Yan Qiu walked together with Ji Xinglan on the road.
Once they were completely out of Old Yangâs sight, Ji Xinglan reached out and placed his hand on Yan Qiuâs shoulder before he whispered, âWe arenât done for the day yet. Which random alpha are you seeing? Tell me.â
Ji Xinglan looked as if he was trying to garner proof of Yan Qiu cheating, so he glared at Ji Xinglan in displeasure.
Xie Yuâs background might not compare to Ji Xinglanâs, but no matter what, he was a lovely gentleman. He wasnât some ârandom alphaâ like Ji Xinglan mentioned.
âAt the very least, while our marriage lasts, you can only belong to me.â Ji Xinglan might seem like an elegant and graceful person, but in truth, he was incredibly domineering.
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âYouâre unreasonable,â Yan Qiu said. This rule wasnât written in their marriage agreement at all.
Ji Xinglan said with satisfaction, âThen what else could you be, aside from being mine?â
Yan Qiu cast Ji Xinglan a glance. âThis cunning bastard.â
Since Yan Qiu did something pretty bad to Ji Xinglan just now, he was in the wrong, which was why he didnât continue to argue with him.
When they reached the school gate, school had ended for a long time. The students staying in the dorms at school were conducting self-study sessions in the classrooms. The students who chose not to stay at school had returned home a long time ago. The roads in the school were empty. No one walked on them. Only a security guard could be found eating his food in the guardhouse. Even when he saw them walk out, he didnât stop them.
Eventually, Yan Qiu no longer needed to hide as he walked together with Ji Xinglan. They walked out of the school gate side by side.
Ji Xinglan had his car parked at a junction that was rather far away. They only reached it after walking for five minutes.
The streetlights on the road were very bright. Yan Qiu immediately saw the shining Maybach parked underneath the streetlight and opened the door, sitting inside.
âItâs your fault for going absolutely bonkers. We were nearly caught by Mr. Yang.â Once Ji Xinglan got into the car, Yan Qiu couldnât resist grumbling at him while fastening his seatbelt.
He had run into all sorts of weird things today.
âDid he cause trouble for you?â Ji Xinglan asked.
Yan Qiu touched his nose in guilt and said falteringly, âNot really.â
âIf Mr. Yang insists on demanding an answer from you, you can just say that youâre dating me.â Ji Xinglan held the steering wheel and kept his eyes trained on the road ahead. He looked as if he wasnât treating this as anything important.
Yan Qiu suddenly found that he was too stupid. If Mr. Yang found that Ji Xinglan was the one who wanted to do indecent things with Yan Qiu, he wouldnât be able to say much.
Yan Qiu placed the back of his hand against his forehead and peered at the streetlights beyond the window. âItâs fine, I managed to fool him.â
Ji Xinglan continued the conversation calmly. âThatâs good then. Honestly, itâs fine even if they know. They wouldnât dare to spread lies about it.â
âDonât. Arenât you underestimating the gossiping capabilities of the people at school?â Yan Qiu shook his head. âLet me make this clear. While weâre married, I wonât date anyone else, but donât try to grope me while weâre in school. Also, donât let anyone know that weâre married. This was what we agreed upon. Mr. Ji, your words bear great weight. Donât go back on your promise now.â
Ji Xinglan cast him a glance through the rearview mirror, but he still looked down and said coolly, âOkay.â
*****
They were delayed for far too long after school today, and when they got back home, it was already almost seven in the evening. The food prepared in the house was almost cold. The chef reheated their food and brought it to the table.
Yan Qiu had gone through too much shock today and he didnât have an appetite. He only took a few bites before he left the table.
After he had his dinner, Yan Qiu went back to his room, turned on his terminal, laid on his bed, and started playing on the device.
He chatted a little with Xie Yu before he went to the school forum, which he had not logged into for a long while. He wanted to see what sort of gossip there was today.
Yan Qiu was a forum administrator who had the supreme authority of deleting threads. During the early days when Ji Xinglan had first begun to school, the girls in the forum would spam posts about him, posting multiple threads in one day to praise Ji Xinglan. Those threads were all deleted by Yan Qiu, and he merged all of them into Ji Xinglanâs dedicated thread.
Yan Qiu logged into his account and just as he expected, he saw a few threads praising Ji Xinglan on the home page. One of them was a thread that was posted recently, just this afternoon. It had already been bumped up to a hot topic.
[Hot] I heard that School Idol Ji has a partner, and sheâs from our school!
1st reply (1R): Ji Xinglan has a partner? Is that true? Hasnât he always been single?
3R: What happened? Is there anyone who will tell me what happened?
5R: Itâs fake. Big Brother Ji is already laying in my bed, thank you very much. The stamina of the military students is really good, you know. I canât walk anymore. >///<
8R: 5R, Ji Xinglan had to comfort me for an entire night because of what you said, hmph.
9R: Is it because of what happened during the football match? Weâre talking about School Idol Ji tossing his jacket to an omega after his football game, right?
11R: âŚWhat the heck.
13R: Damn it. My boyfriend will also toss his jacket to me when heâs doing sportsâŚ
16R: Then this case has some semblance of truth, right?
19R: Seriously? Whoâs the omega? Iâll get all of her information in three minutes!
21R: I was there, but before I could see her clearly, she ran off. (Shrugs.jpg)
25R: Itâs not âherâ. Based on what my bestie said, he should be a male omega.
27R: A boy?! Iâm so curious, damn it!!!!!!
122R: Stop guessing. Let me tell you this secretly, School Idol Ji is me, Su Cuihua!
*****
When Yan Qiu read the thread, he frowned. If they managed to deduce something from their discussion, things will be bad.
Thus, he decided to be ruthless and exercise his authority for his personal interests. He used his right as an administrator to delete the thread.
1,337R[Admin]: This thread is suspected to be spreading rumors and has been deleted. Thread poster [Nicknamed â99], please handle this matter.
Yan Qiu then loitered around the forum for a while longer, only to find that most of them were about unimportant things. Among them were various gossips about Person A and Person B being in a relationship. He wasnât a girl, and he wasnât interested in these things. After reading those threads for a while, he found them to be meaningless. Just as Yan Qiu plugged his terminal to a charger and prepared to sleep for a little while, he suddenly heard someone knock on the door.
âCome in.â
The person who came in was Ji Xinglan, and he held a bowl of birdâs nest soup in his hands. He placed it at Yan Qiuâs bedside.
âYou seem to have eaten very little.â
Yan Qiu propped himself up with his arms and sat down cross-legged at the edge of the bed. He picked up the spoon. The porcelain bowl had exquisite drawings of flowers on it, and in it was a birdâs nest cooked in rock sugar. It even had a few goji berries in it. The temperature was just right and when he tasted it, it was sweet and really refreshing.
Ji Xinglan sat by the side and watched him drink before he reached out and gently touched the hem of Yan Qiuâs shirt.
Yan Qiu was already used to his tiny little acts of intimacy. He didnât push him away, only drinking half of the birdâs nest before he wiped the corner of his mouth. Suddenly, he remembered something.
âHow far along am I now?â
Ji Xinglan cast him a glance. After thinking it over for some time, he said, âItâs been less than a month. We canât really tell right now.â
Yan Qiu nodded. He counted with his fingers. He still needed to do this for eight more months. Immediately, he found life to be meaningless, and his head fell against the pillow.
Being an omega was too hard.
He finished the birdâs nest and Ji Xinglan forced Yan Qiu to bathe so that he could get rid of the smell of pheromones on his body. Then, he sucked in a deep breath at his neck. Immediately after, he brought out a new collar seemingly out of nowhere.
âWhat is this?â
Yan Qiu couldnât figure out what it was, but he still obediently allowed Ji Xinglan to put the collar around him.
The new collar appeared to be even more high-class than the previous one. It shone with a metallic light, and when it was placed against his fair neck, it looked extremely beautiful. Nonetheless, when Yan Qiu looked into the mirror, he couldnât puzzle out how he should open this new collar, no matter how he tried.
Using his hands to tug at the collar, he looked up and asked Ji Xinglan, âHow am I supposed to open this collar?â
Ji Xinglan smiled, as if he had a secret. Yan Qiu instinctively noticed that something bad happened.
âThis collar has a password lock. Only I can remove it.â
âWhatâŚ?â
Yan Qiu glared at him. Just as he was about to scream, Ji Xinglan suddenly held him, and they fell together to the side, onto the soft bed. His refreshing fragrance covered his body again.
âIâll sleep in your room tonight.â
Ji Xinglan turned off the lights and kissed the spot on the collar that covered Yan Qiuâs scent gland, located at his nape. Immediately, Yan Qiu no longer dared to move.
Yan Qiuâs breath was very light in the darkness. Ji Xinglan held Yan Qiu, who pretended to be unconscious, and caressed the collar on his neck before he nibbled his ear.
ââŚDonât let anyone touch you. If I smell another alphaâs scent on you again, Iâm seriously going to punish you.â