On the way home from school, Liang Huan felt completely out of sorts with Xing Yeze’s arm slung around his shoulders.
He couldn’t help but wonder if this was some kind of extreme rebound effect. This guy used to be as unapproachable as Mount Everest—he avoided people like they were the plague. But now? It was like he’d developed a case of skin hunger. He had to hold Liang Huan’s hand while doing homework and insisted on draping an arm over his shoulder on the way to and from school.
Liang Huan didn’t mind the hand-holding, but the shoulder thing? That he really wasn’t used to. It always gave him a sense of pressure—like he was being dominated or controlled.
Liang Huan couldn’t shake the feeling that something was off about Xing Yeze.
How could a bona fide school tyrant possibly be okay with being controlled? Xing Yeze’s way of slinging his arm around him was way too domineering—it felt like he had become…
a follower!
Liang Huan glanced at Xing Yeze with resentment, thinking that if it weren’t for the fact that he had a falling out with his parents and needed to work and study, this tyrant would not let you, a bro, do whatever you want.
“Uh… since Lin Mingrui and the others aren’t around, do you want to tell me what’s really going on with your family?”
He actually ran away from home?
Liang Huan had always kept his distance from other Omegas growing up. His parents had their hands full raising him, and their relationship had seen its fair share of battles during his rebellious years—but even then, it had never escalated to the point of running away.
It wasn’t that Liang Huan was nosy. He just instinctively felt that kids running away from home was a bad sign. He worried that Xing Yeze might’ve acted too impulsively and made things ugly.
“If it is not convenient to say, then don’t say it.” He added immediately, seeming to be very considerate, but in fact his eyebrows were unconsciously twisted together, thinking that if you don’t say it, you don’t even see me as your bro!
It’s time to test your friendship with me!
He’s being fierce again… Xing Yeze couldn’t help but smile at that familiar attitude. And just like that, he began to share everything—the complicated situation with his family, no filters, no holding back.
“So there is more than one illegitimate child in your family! Three in total?” Liang Huan exclaimed.
“Mn, Lin Yin and Xing Li both have their own lovers. In addition to me, Lin Yin has a son, Si Xuanhe, and Xing Li also has a pair of twins. Furthermore, they have frozen their eggs and sperm in the hospital, so it will only take a few minutes to make another heir.”
“…Your family really agreed to let you cut ties with them? They’re not even worried about you?” Liang Huan came from an ordinary family. He and all the parents he knew saw their children as more important than anything else. No matter how many kids they had, each one was a piece of their heart they couldn’t bear to part with.
“To them, my only value lies in carrying on the family’s legacy. As long as there’s a new heir, they couldn’t care less whether I live or die.” Xing Yeze fixed his gaze on Liang Huan. “Do you think I’m stupid—for cutting ties with the Xing family?”
“No, not at all. I’m just… seriously shaken. It’s kind of hard to wrap my head around.” Liang Huan spoke honestly. “As long as you’re clear about the kind of life you want, that’s what matters. Whether or not you cut ties with your family, life’s going to have its flaws—it just depends on which ones you’re more willing to live with. But as your bro, I support you distancing yourself from them. I mean, who doesn’t want to show off their relationship openly? Who wants to be the third wheel in someone else’s story? Especially when it messes up the next generation so badly. No wonder Si Xuanhe’s psyche is a little twisted—he probably dreams of the day he can call Lin Yin ‘Mom’ out in the open.”
“Yes, he deliberately threw dirty water on himself so that Chen Mengyu and other Omegas who have scrubbed their lifelong mark will identify him as a scum Alpha. He must’ve wanted to use the media to expose his relationship with Lin Yin.” Xing Yeze didn’t expect this reason before, so he always mistakenly thought that Si Xuanhe had played with many Omegas.
“That’s exactly why you can’t follow in Lin Yin and Xing Li’s footsteps!” Liang Huan’s tone was firm. “Besides, with your abilities, you can take care of your partner and kids just fine—even without your family’s backing.”
Xing Yeze couldn’t help but smile when he heard this. He knew Liang Huan wouldn’t mind whether he had the status of the Xing and Lin family.
“Oh, by the way! How long do you tutor Zhao Xiao every day?”
Zhao Xiao was the classmate chosen by Xing Yeze to tutor because he lived in the same community as Liang Huan.
“Two hours. I just need two hours, and then I can work on my own homework.” Xing Yeze had always been an efficient learner—homework was never a burden for him. Tutoring classmates didn’t cost him much effort at all.
Liang Huan then asked: “Is it okay? Is Zhao Xiao annoying? Are his parents very strict with you?”
“They are all very nice to me and gave me a separate room.” Xing Yeze looked into Liang Huan’s concerned eyes, his heart warmed, and he couldn’t help but touch Liang Huan’s head.
The school tyrant is usually fierce, but his hair is very soft.
Fuck!
Liang Huan slapped Xing Yeze’s hand away and yelled, “Why are you touching my head?! Do you understand that it is forbidden to touch?!”
Xing Yeze’s eyes flickered, as if thinking about something.
He found that Liang Huan sometimes did not reject physical contact but sometimes rejected it. He still did not understand why.
For example, Liang Huan seemed to like holding hands with him.
Thinking of this, Xing Yeze removed his hand from Liang Huan’s shoulder and pulled up Liang Huan’s hand.
Liang Huan’s expression had indeed softened—his face even carried a faint blush, making him look like a little Omega caught in the throes of a sudden crush.
An Omega’s heart is like a needle at the bottom of the sea—even Xing Yeze, with his sky-high IQ and EQ that outclassed his peers, found himself completely baffled.
“I understand, I won’t touch your head anymore. How about I buy you some spicy strips to make up for it?” Xing Yeze tugged Liang Huan over to a roadside convenience stall and grabbed a few packs of his favorite spicy snacks.
Like coaxing a younger brother…
Liang Huan rolled his eyes and tore open a bag of spicy strips to eat.
On the way back, the two passed another audio-visual store. Liang Huan caught a glimpse of the poster at the door and rushed in excitedly to buy a CD, “My idol’s new album is finally here, I must support them!”
As a result, when checking out, Xing Yeze actually took out his wallet, and the cashier smiled meaningfully and deliberately ignored Liang Huan and took Xing Yeze’s money.
What the hell?! Liang Huan looked puzzled.
Xing Yeze cast an imperial look of approval at the cashier.
It feels so good to spend the money you earned on Omega!
“I’ll give you the money for the CD.”
“No need.”
“…” Liang Huan stared straight at Xing Yeze’s rare smug expression, and suddenly he was enlightened.
“Xing Yeze! I finally know why you’ve been so strange lately, why you’ve put your arm around my shoulders, and why you’ve been acting like a rich man and spending money on me!”
Xing Yeze was stunned, and his heart skipped a beat.
Liang Huan found out that he liked him?
What would Liang Huan’s reaction be…
Liang Huan: “You actually want to usurp me, right?! You’re subtly trying to make me your follower, right?!”
Xing Yeze:… Hehe.
