When I returned to the dormitory, I didn't expect my roommate to still be there.
I live in a two-person room. Like me, my roommate Xu Xingze is a rare art student in this school. He studies painting and I study cello.
Xu Xingze is an alpha with citrus-flavored pheromones, and his whole body is as sunny and cheerful as his pheromones, full of vitality.
Because I am a beta, I will not be affected by AO pheromone, so Xu Xingze never uses blockers in the dormitory.
As soon as I walked in, I smelled a faint orange aroma.
"Hey, Xiaoyu, you're back." Xu Xingze showed a bright smile.
I nodded and asked, "Didn't you go home?"
"I'm not satisfied with my graduation work, and I want to make some changes. The environment of the school's studio allows me to devote myself more." Xu Xingze said.
While talking, I saw half a sketch in watercolor on the easel in front of him. Xu Xingze specializes in western oil painting, but in private he likes to paint small and fresh watercolor paintings.
When I walked over, he frowned and said, "Xiaoyu, you've lost a lot of weight."
"I..." I touched my face and lied uncomfortably: "Retreating to practice the piano... a little sleepless..."
"That's not okay." Xu Xingze stood up and held my face in his hands and pinched it, "Let's go, I'll take you to eat delicious food."
Xu Xingze is one year older than me, and he always likes to treat me like a child. For the sake of helping me deliver umbrellas and buy meals for four years in college, I let him rub and fiddle with it.
I was tired all night last night, and I didn't eat in the morning, and I was a little drifting when I walked. Xu Xingze touched my back when he opened the door for me, and then complained to himself: "You are not practicing the piano in seclusion, you have been tied up and starved for half a month."
I pretended not to hear and got into the car to play with my phone.
The screen of the phone was still on the chatting page with Qi Shu. He seldom took the initiative to send me messages, and the content was mostly [come tonight], [come to the office], [clean up Xiao Wu and pick you up] and the like.
Scrolling up, the longest one in the last month is [I won’t go back temporarily, don’t wait for me, let Aunt Zhang cook what you want to eat, or call Xiao Wu to buy it for you.]
That morning Qi Shu said that he would come back to have dinner with me in the afternoon. I got into the kitchen early to prepare his favorite dishes with Aunt Zhang. When I received the news, the sweet and sour short ribs had just been cooked.
I ate dinner by myself and he stayed out all night.
The next morning, I read the gossip about Qi Shu holding a young and beautiful omega in and out of nightclubs in the entertainment section of the newspaper. A few days later, I saw that omega at Qi Shu's house.
Eighteen or nineteen years old, clean and tidy, like a budding gardenia.
I stood upstairs and watched him follow Qi Shu, his cheeks were flushed, and he pulled Qi Shu's sleeve timidly.
I just feel sorry for you.
But Qi Shu didn't know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, he put his arms around Omega's waist perfunctorily, and brought him back to the master bedroom, without looking up at me the whole time.
I thought viciously, at such a young age and with such a thin body, I must not be able to bear Qi Shu's torture.
It's just a plaything, Qi Shu will not show mercy.
It's just a toy.
Me too.
"Xiaoyu, why are you in a daze?"
The screen of the phone has been automatically locked, I came back to my senses and saw my face reflected on the black screen.
"It's okay... what shall we eat." I asked.
"Eat your favorite Japanese food." Xu Xingze smiled brightly.
Ten minutes later, he parked his car outside a tall office building. There is a private Japanese food hidden in the building, and we have been here many times together.
Qi Shu doesn't like Japanese food, so he never comes with me.
Xu Xingze knew something about Qi Shu and I. What made me grateful was that he didn't show any contempt for me, nor did he accuse me of saying "it shouldn't be like this".
He just patted my head and said, Xiaoyu, as long as you don’t regret it.
I didn't expect to meet Qi Shu here.
When he entered the door, Xu Xingze was telling me that he had been thinking about sea urchin rolls for half a month, and he was waiting for me to eat them together. I said take it easy, don't forget the last time he ate six at a stretch and went back to have diarrhea.
He smiled and said that you are the one who talks too much, and then we looked up and saw Qi Shu coming out of the elevator.
Qi Shu looked like he had just finished a meeting, with a neat suit and meticulously groomed hair. Behind him were several secretaries and bodyguards, all of whom were elites in Alpha.
It was too late to avoid it, Qi Shu saw me, first frowned imperceptibly, and then moved his eyes to Xu Xingze who was next to me.
Before transplanting the glands, I would not be affected by AO pheromones, but now I am overwhelmed by the pheromones suddenly released by Qi Shu and Xu Xingze.
High-level alphas are inherently mutually exclusive, and the two of them competed with each other, which made it hard for me who was caught in the middle.
I was already dizzy, and my feet were so weak that I almost couldn't stand still. Fortunately, Xu Xingze picked me up, collected his pheromone, and asked in a low voice: "Xiaoyu, are you okay?"
I shook my head and stood up on his arm.
"I'm sorry..." Xu Xingze apologized slightly annoyed.
"It's ok."
I turned to Qi Shu, lowered my eyes not daring to look at his face, only a pair of spotless black leather shoes at the end of my sight.
"Mr. Qi." I whispered.
I could feel Qi Shu's gaze on my face, cold and scrutinizing.
Fortunately, he didn't say anything, he looked away in just a few seconds, and led the people away.
When eating, I still feel flustered, and I can't even eat the silver treasure fish tempura, which I usually like most.
Xu Xingze looked at me worriedly, and said, "I'm sorry Xiaoyu, I forgot that you will be affected by pheromone, and I couldn't control it just now."
"I don't blame you." I tried to smile, "I haven't gotten used to it yet."
"I heard that after a long time, the artificial gland will become more and more suitable for the human body. Why do I think your condition has deteriorated... Or should you go to the hospital?" Xu Xingze said.
"I..." I couldn't think of a reason to refuse, so I had to agree, "I will go when I have time."
"Don't be free," Xu Xingze interrupted, "I'll accompany you in the afternoon."
We couldn't get to the hospital. On the way, I received a message from Qi Shu, asking me to go there now.
Xu Xingze looked at me hesitating to speak, but finally said nothing, turned the car around and sent me to Qi Shu's company.
When I got off the bus, I said goodbye to him, Xu Xingze stopped me, hesitated and asked, "Are you going back to school today?"
I couldn't figure out what Qi Shu was thinking, so I answered truthfully: "I don't know..."
"... Forget it." Xu Xingze sighed, "Goodbye."
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