Chapter 30
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The man with the mask looked too much like him.
Clearly causing a seismic reaction in the beta’s pupils.
Even just because of watching that news late at night, Rong Qiu didn’t sleep well the whole night.
Rarely, he dreamed of his deceased lover, the man in a handsome white shirt, half-covered and half-exposed, staring at a face with superior bone structure, dark eyes deep as the sea, mixed with an unavoidable hint of emotion.
Rong Qiu was easily captivated by the man in bed.
During kisses and hugs, the man asked him if he would change his mind, whether he would fall for someone else just because someone of a better second gender existed.
Rong Qiu felt that his lover was implying something but couldn’t figure out what he meant.
“What does a better second gender mean? Does it refer to alphas? Why would alphas be better than us? I think I’m pretty good, not inferior to any alpha.”
“Besides, betas and betas are the most compatible. I won’t be with someone of another gender, even if that person is an S-class alpha.”
But Rong Qiu blabbered too much, and even after smoking, the ashtray was full of cigarette butts. He hadn’t pacified his lover. In the end, in his dream, he had no choice but to press the man down again for a kiss.
How could he be someone who betrayed his lover!
He repeatedly emphasized that he wouldn’t fall for someone else while alive and would follow his lover when he died. The two would be buried under the same husband and husband grave.
He didn’t know if he had finally settled things, Rong Qiu woke up.
Outside, it was pouring rain. It was the rainy season on U-star in the summer, and typhoons and heavy rain were standard, sometimes accompanied by thunder and lightning.
Now was such a time. Large raindrops hit the banana leaves outside, making a rustling sound.
Listening to the sound, Rong Qiu opened his eyes.
What entered his eyes was black accompanied by the sound of rain.
But Rong Qiu didn’t turn on the light. In the blur, he glanced at his phone. It was five in the morning…
Three more hours until work.
Rong Qiu leaned tiredly against the bed, the light from his phone dimly shining on his sleepy eyes, giving him a somewhat lazy feeling.
Touching the phone, he didn’t have the intention to browse anything.
His slender fingertips randomly tapped on the phone screen. For some reason, he ended up on his lover’s photo again.
His fingertips caressed the photo, from the man’s brow bone to the bridge of his nose, to the finely carved jawline, and finally to the lightly colored thin lips. Every feature on the man’s face was incredibly handsome, as if crafted by a divine creator.
Just the thought that this face had once been intimately close to his made Rong Qiu’s abdomen warm. A familiar but infrequent surge of heat rose from his lower belly.
With a “click,” the bedside lamp was turned on.
Rong Qiu got out of bed and headed to the bathroom.
Soon, the sound of water followed, accompanied by scattered and intermittent beta’s breaths, deep and magnetic. However, they quickly blended into the noisy rain outside, barely audible.
***
Getting up again at seven in the morning, Rong Qiu felt refreshed. The heavy rain outside had just stopped, leaving the earth soaked. The already lush branches and leaves were covered with a thin, glistening water film.
Rong Qiu remembered something, walked out of the door, and frowned while flipping through the soil in the small flower bed.
It was waterlogged.
It seemed the newly planted seeds were unsuccessful.
Rong Qiu neatly organized the small tools for shoveling soil, and before heading to the research institute, he received a rare phone call.
Surprisingly, it was from Zhao Dongqi.
Dr. Zhao hadn’t contacted him for a long time. As Rong Qiu’s hypnotist, Dr. Zhao had only video-called him once a month during the first two years. After confirming that his memory was intact, the contact gradually faded.
Now, Dr. Zhao actually made a phone call.
Rong Qiu brushed off the non-existent soil on his hands and answered the call.
“Mr. Rong, good morning.”
“… Dr. Zhao, good evening.”
There was a time difference between Star A and Star U; it was morning on Rong Qiu’s side and evening on Dr. Zhao’s.
Dr. Zhao’s voice sounded a bit tired, but still friendly. He straightforwardly said, “I apologize for disturbing you so early. I’d like to ask Mr. Rong for a favor…”
“Hmm?”
“My younger brother ran away from home and came to U Star recently. But Rong Qin is wandering on other planets, and I couldn’t find anyone trustworthy here on U Star to take care of him. So, I’d like to trouble Mr. Rong. Could you help look after him for a few months? Once I’m free, I’ll come and bring him back myself.”
Rong Qiu pinched away a small green insect: “It’s possible, but is he willing? Living with a stranger.”
“My younger brother is very easygoing, meets a stranger to his liking, and can become friends in three seconds.”
Listening to his description, Rong Qiu felt like he had encountered such a rare personality somewhere.
Oh, right.
It seemed like the idiot alpha he met last month, the one who tried to snatch his grave spot but ended up fighting him. That self-assured idiot was also this easygoing. They had a fight, he chased after him for contact information, and forcefully promoted his own idol…
Rong Qiu fell silent for a few seconds.
Out of caution, Rong Qiu asked for his younger brother’s name.
Zhao Dongqi sighed and said, “My brother is named Zhao Nanchen, just graduated from A University. He said he wanted to follow his idol to the Thirteenth Military District, so he secretly ran away from home.”
Alright, it matched completely.
Rong Qiu’s face relaxed, and he said straightforwardly, “I might not be suitable with your brother…”
“How so?”
“Because we met last month and even had a fight.”
“…”
“And Dr. Zhao, do you know why your brother and I had a disagreement?”
“?
“Because we both liked the same grave, and he couldn’t beat me…”
Rong Qiu hung up the phone, making it clear that he refused.
It wasn’t that he didn’t want to take care of Dr. Zhao’s brother, but because he had fought with Zhao Nanchen just last month, and that alpha brother might be cursing him in his heart.
Living together would be too awkward.
Unfortunately, Rong Qiu’s morning refusal didn’t go as planned. When he went to the research institute, he unexpectedly encountered Zhao Nanchen.
More than a month had passed, and Zhao Nanchen looked a bit haggard, but his eyes were exceptionally bright, indicating a sense of satisfaction.
Seeing him approach, the young alpha came up quickly, his eyes filled with pride: “Long time no see!”
Rong Qiu gripped the steering wheel with one hand, an inexplicable emotion surfacing in his eyes: “What are you doing here?”
“I work here!”
Rong Qiu scrutinized him from top to bottom.
Zhao Nanchen let him size him up, still standing proudly with his chest out. Rong Qiu then noticed that he was wearing the uniform of a security guard. However, this alpha little brother had a good figure, tall and handsome, and the security guard uniform didn’t make him look mediocre.
“I found a job last month! Working as a security guard here, making eight thousand a month!”
Rong Qiu rubbed his temples, suddenly at a loss for words.
Zhao Nanchen spent five hundred thousand to buy the adjacent double grave, and now he was working as a security guard in the research institute where Rong Qiu worked, as if fate wanted him to take care of Dr. Zhao’s brother.
Checking his watch, Rong Qiu had thirty more minutes.
He stopped the car and started talking to Zhao Nanchen.
It turned out that Zhao Nanchen’s savings were not much after buying the grave, but armed with his A University diploma, he found a job as a security guard in the research institute. He worked three shifts, ate and lived in the shared apartment provided by the institute. However, because Zhao Nanchen had been working the night shift all of last month, Rong Qiu hadn’t seen him.
But Rong Qiu had a question: “You only had five hundred thousand, why did you negotiate a price of one million to buy my grave?”
Zhao Nanchen replied, “Just trying to deceive you. Secure the grave first, and then slowly pay it back.”
“Why did you, at such a young age, buy a grave, and a double grave at that?”
“I bought it for me and my brother! We’re both orphans, so if one of us dies, we can be buried together~”
Rong Qiu: “…”
Rong Qiu was truly at a loss for words.
Such “filial piety” was really something.
Did Zhao Dongqi know that his younger brother had already made arrangements for his future?
If he knew, he should come immediately to take him away.
Thinking about that scenario, Rong Qiu’s lower lip trembled involuntarily.
In the end, as if conceding defeat, he turned to Zhao Nanchen and said, “You don’t need to stay at the research institute. Starting from now, move in with me. Wait for me here after work today. Don’t ask why I’m so kind; I know your brother.”
Regardless of how surprised the alpha looked, Rong Qiu had already left in large strides.
He had new experiments to conduct today; he didn’t have the mental capacity to deal with anything else.
***
The morning hours passed extremely quickly.
During the lunch break, Rong Qiu didn’t go back. The experimental data this time was crucial, and he needed to keep a close eye on it. So, he had a simple meal in the institute’s cafeteria.
Coincidentally, he encountered the absent-minded Director Qian at the cafeteria.
Director Qian shared a table with him, and seeing that he seemed to have something to say, Rong Qiu put down his chopsticks and waited.
Director Qian hesitated, “Little Qiu, you know I went to pick up that person yesterday… the Commander Qin who just arrived in our military district.”
Rong Qiu nodded, “I saw it in the news. What’s the matter?”
Director Qian glanced at Rong Qiu tentatively, “He asked me to tell you that he wants to meet you in his office tomorrow.”
Rong Qiu furrowed his brow, “He wants to see me?”
In the next moment, Rong Qiu shook his head, “But he doesn’t know me, and I don’t know him. Besides, I haven’t had any new research lately that would warrant signing a patent contract…”
Rong Qiu didn’t think his fame had grown so fast that he would be received by the new high-ranking officials of the military so soon.
Listening to his words, Director Qian’s expression became strange.
He didn’t know why that person wanted to see Rong Qiu, but he was sure that person definitely recognized Rong Qiu or had an impression of him.
At last night’s dinner prepared by the Thirteenth District, the Commander spent only a short five minutes and left. However, during those five minutes, he spent three discussing Rong Qiu. The cold face, the resolute gaze – all softened noticeably when talking about Rong Qiu.
Director Qian continued to play the role of a messenger, “Anyway, during last night’s dinner, Commander Qin meant this. Later, I secretly talked to his subordinate, and his beta sergeant said they tried calling you but seemed to be identified as a private harassment number…”
Rong Qiu: …
Indeed, that’s the case.
When Rong Qin installed an automatic blocking system on his phone, except for the registered numbers, all other numbers would be blocked.
But thinking about tomorrow’s schedule, Rong Qiu clearly expressed his disapproval, “Tomorrow, I can’t leave my experiment. I can’t leave during this period. I just applied for a new project, and it’s in full swing. I can’t entrust it to the lab assistant.”
Director Qian didn’t expect this turn of events.
Thinking of offering to watch over the lab for Rong Qiu, he saw Rong Qiu take out his phone, looking visibly annoyed as if his personal time was being disrupted.
Rong Qiu pulled up the blocked call list.
Dialing.
Beep beep beep…
Just as the call was answered.
Rong Qiu bluntly spoke, “Hello….”
***
Qin Muye didn’t expect to receive a sudden call from Rong Qiu.
He was busy reviewing documents from the Thirteenth Military District. Having arrived just a day ago, he was already inundated with tasks to take over, and the previous commanding officer, who had just left, had a mild temperament, allowing the subordinates to develop a habit of slackness. The team’s coordination was slow, and various complex and tricky matters piled up in front of him. His mood as an alpha was not good at all, so when the phone rang, he instinctively furrowed his brows.
But when he saw the caller’s ID, his heart suddenly skipped a beat.
He adjusted the top button of his white shirt and cleared his throat a few times, as if moistening his voice.
Then he heard the voice on the other end of the phone, not particularly friendly, saying, “Hello, are you Commander Qin’s sergeant? May I ask why you called me to the office yesterday?”
Qin Muye furrowed his brows.
The voice was somewhat impatient and urgent, completely different from the gentle voice he remembered for a beta.
And it seemed like an interrogation.
Seeing that the other side didn’t speak, Rong Qiu had already started to become impatient. There was no expression on his handsome face, and his lips were slightly tight. “Hey? Did we get disconnected? Are you the Sergeant? Why aren’t you speaking? Did you ask Director Qian to inform me to come to the commander’s office tomorrow?”
After saying so much, Qin Muye, with long lashes drooping, half-covered the faint light in his pitch-black eyes. “I am Qin Muye.”
Rong Qiu paused, clearly not expecting that the one calling him was Commander Qin.
The astonishment lasted only a second.
Rong Qiu regained his composure.
His attitude remained the same. Even though he knew that he was now talking to the S-class alpha who repeatedly collided with his lover’s name and appearance, Rong Qiu’s heart still rippled with a faint displeasure.
But he could still suppress his resentment.
“All right, Commander Qin. May I ask, why do you want to meet me in the office tomorrow?”
As Rong Qiu spoke, the Director Qian in front of him repeatedly waved his hands, his eyelids wrinkling as if he could catch flies: If they call you, just go, don’t ask why!
Rong Qiu raised his middle finger to Director Qian and made a “shh” sound.
Lip-reading: I know what’s going on.
You know? You know nothing. With that mouth of yours, you have no idea how many people you’ve offended at the institute.
But what else could Director Qian do? He could only helplessly take a bite of his meal.
After Rong Qiu finished speaking, there was another long silence on the other end of the phone.
It was as if the phone call had become lonely.
However, Rong Qiu was unaware that on the other end of the line, Qin Muye was feeling quite uncomfortable.
In five years, Rong Qiu seemed to have changed a lot.
He thought that the beta hearing his voice would show a different reaction, but unexpectedly, the beta remained calm, without any excitement, and even questioned him coldly and indifferently.
Different.
Why was it different?
Was the beta still angry with him?
As the alpha’s brain whirred, his entire face seemed like a sheet of paper mixed with ink, with various colors overlapping, creating a peculiar pattern.
Long silence ensued, stretching the silence and catalyzing Rong Qiu’s irritation.
Tsk, he hated people who called and remained silent.
If it were someone else making a call like this, he would have hung up impatiently a long time ago.
But not now.
He was talking to the Commander of the military district, the big shot who controlled the funds for the research institute. Even if not for his own sake, Rong Qiu had to maintain a good temper for the sake of the institute.
So, he adopted a gentler approach.
However, only he felt it was gentle.
“Well, Commander Qin, I have experiments to conduct during this period, and I might not be able to spare time. If it’s not something extremely important, can it be postponed? Or maybe I can add your subordinate’s communication number, and we can discuss it slowly…”
Qin Muye’s pupils were pitch-black, and his long and narrow eyes stared silently at the white flowerpot on the windowsill not far away, along with the three-centimeter sharp green leaves emerging from it. When he heard Rong Qiu suggesting adding his beta’s communication number, his expression suddenly changed.
The already deep eye sockets of the alpha became even more profound and three-dimensional. “Okay.”
Rong Qiu: “Hmm?”
Soon, Rong Qiu realized that he had indeed heard the other person’s voice.
Officially, Rong Qiu asked, “May I ask for your beta’s communication number?”
“No need.”
Huh???
No need again??
“Add my communication number, this is the number.”
The other party hung up immediately.
Rong Qiu: …
Rong Qiu didn’t know what to say.
This call seemed to have a purpose, but at the same time, it didn’t. Besides adding a certain Commander Qin’s communication number, nothing substantial had been said.
Looking at the communication log, he did find a “communication request” from the new contact.
Rong Qiu accepted it.
But as the other side remained silent for a long time, he put the phone aside. Then, he saw Director Qian on the other side, lips slightly parted, looking like he wanted to ask but didn’t dare to.
Rong Qiu picked up his chopsticks again, “Director, what do you want to ask?”
Director Qian swallowed and spat out, “That… is he easy to talk to?”
Rong Qiu tilted his head, pondering for a moment, “It’s okay.”
Rong Qiu tapped on the chat box of this new contact with one hand.
Soon, the other side replied.
“Anything works, talk when you’re free.”
Rong Qiu thought.
I’m not free, I haven’t been free these days.
By the time it was off work, Rong Qiu finally recorded some useful data, and the furrowed brows that persisted all afternoon relaxed.
Change clothes, drive.
As Rong Qiu drove past the security booth in the underground parking lot, Zhao Nanchen, who had finished work, was already waiting with a big backpack on his back.
The little alpha had obviously been waiting for a long time, as the pebbles in the corner had worn many white marks.
“Get in the car.”
“Coming!”
Rong Qiu’s small villa had always been occupied only by him. Now, with an extra person, Rong Qiu felt a bit uncomfortable. But he still replied to Zhao Dongqi and led the alpha to the guest room on the first floor.
“You stay here for now. I don’t have spare bedding. Order online; it’ll be delivered soon. The bathroom is over here, and there’s hot water. Feel free to use the kitchen and balcony. But don’t go to my second floor casually. Also, can you cook?”
Zhao Nanchen nodded repeatedly, “I can! My brother sent me to chef school for a year!”
Rong Qiu, who had just received a “warm thanks” from Zhao Dongqi on his phone, now heard “chef school” from Zhao Nanchen, and his lips twitched, “Perfect, I don’t have time sometimes; you can cook then.”
“No need! I can handle everything!”
“…”
“It’s up to you.”
This was the first time Rong Qiu had shared a living space with someone other than his lover. Even though Zhao Nanchen was on the first floor and he was on the second, Rong Qiu felt a bit uneasy when he laid in bed at night, looking at the photos of his lover.
Gazing at his lover’s photos for a long time, Rong Qiu’s fingertips rotated the ring for that long.
Outside the window, the moon was bright, the stars were sparse, and by the seaside, there was no need for air conditioning in the summer. The sea breeze came through the window.
Rong Qiu couldn’t sleep, so he sat at the desk and wrote a diary.
He hadn’t written a diary in quite a while.
Back when he was in school, he used to record his daily life in a diary every night. But now, he only wrote when he remembered, and this diary was mostly a tool for him to reminisce about his lover.
Even though many pages were missing, it was still beautiful.
Countless times it had been flipped through, and whenever Rong Qiu saw the records in the diary, the aggressiveness in his brows and eyes would slowly dissipate.
This time was no different.
After finishing the diary, Rong Qiu picked up a pen, and line after line of elegant and graceful handwriting adorned the blank pages.
Five minutes later, Rong Qiu lowered his head and blew on the diary.
He put away the diary.
The black pen was placed back in the drawer, and just as he closed the drawer, the light shone through a blue ink bottle beside it, unexpectedly giving the black pen a layer of mysterious blue coating.
Rong Qiu’s expression changed slightly.
As if remembering something, his expression became even gentler.
Because he remembered a cobalt blue pen, a gift from the uncles and aunts at the orphanage when he entered A University’s preparatory class.
He liked it very much, and later, he gave it to his lover.
And now…
That pen was probably buried in some area of the Thirteenth Military District along with Ah Ye.
Turned off the lights, and the moonlight was somewhat dim, making the man’s eyes appear moist. Only at this moment did he reveal his faint but undoubtedly deep-rooted affection.
***
The next day, Rong Qiu resumed his usual cold and irritable demeanor, reflected in his slightly unruly hair as he silently walked down wearing slippers.
On the other hand, Zhao Nanchen was quite considerate and had already prepared breakfast.
Four bacon and vegetable sandwiches, two cups of milk, and two soft-boiled eggs.
Seeing Rong Qiu coming down, he greeted familiarly, “Brother Little Qiu!”
Rong Qiu glanced at him and pulled out a chair to sit down.
The only untouched item on the table was Rong Qiu’s cup of milk.
Zhao Nanchen didn’t notice, as he was busy packing up the lunch boxes, “Brother Little Qiu, can I hitch a ride with you to work today? I’ve prepared lunch in advance, and we can eat it warm at noon.”
“Sure…”
After the meal, Rong Qiu grabbed the keys and headed out.
Zhao Nanchen followed him to the car, holding a large transparent food bag. Rong Qiu glanced at it casually and could see two sizable lunch boxes inside.
It was hard to imagine that the seemingly prickly Zhao Nanchen was actually quite good at cooking.
And he could make various main dishes.
***
Rong Qiu temporarily agreed to let Zhao Nanchen stay longer.
It wasn’t until one day when Director Qian personally blocked the door of his research lab that Rong Qiu remembered he seemed to have forgotten something.
“Your experiment is over, isn’t it? Why haven’t you met Commander Qin yet?”
Rong Qiu blinked, tapped his head, and said, “I forgot about that. I have time this afternoon!”
He took out his phone, scrolled to the bottom of the page, and saw a profile picture of an S-class alpha represented by a potted seedling.
Rong Qiu: Commander Qin, do you have time this afternoon? My morning experiment will be finished.
There was no immediate reply from the other side.
But Rong Qiu shook his phone towards Director Qian, as if knowing what Director Qian was going to say, he preemptively cut in, “Don’t worry, I’ll talk nicely and make the Commander happy.”
Director Qian: I trust you as much as I trust a ghost.
When it was closer to the meeting time, Rong Qiu finally received a reply from the alpha.
Commander Qin: Okay.
Rong Qiu: Where should we meet? In the office?
Commander Qin: Yes.
***
At one o’clock in the afternoon, Rong Qiu’s experimental data was finally summarized. The new material he had researched could be used for the maneuvering axis of mechas. If widely adopted, the accident rate of mechas dismantling, like the one that happened to him before, would be significantly reduced.
After submitting the experimental data and logging out of the personal system, Rong Qiu stretched lazily. Finally, he could take off the white coat and “get off work” early.
Indeed, the esteemed dean, to boost his enthusiasm for meeting with the top leader, let him leave early and even gave him an extra day off tomorrow.
Holding the car keys, Rong Qiu hurried to the Thirteenth Military District’s office area.
It looked close on the map, but it took Rong Qiu half an hour to drive because he had to stop every now and then for identity checks.
The feeling of being forced to stop and wait for verification was like being forced to wait at a red light, but waiting for red lights frequently.
So, when Rong Qiu arrived at the solemn office area, he looked quite pale. Every step he took seemed like he was rushing to kill enemies. According to his memory of signing the mecha patent contract here last time, if he wanted to reach the Commander’s office successfully, he would be subjected to various instrument checks at least three times…
Fortunately, someone came to meet him.
It was a beta officer, “Mr. Rong, this way, please.”
Guided by someone, Rong Qiu only had to undergo iris recognition when entering the door. Then he went straight to the top floor.
“Are you the Commander’s officer?”
The beta officer seemed to understand his meaning, “The Commander treats betas very well.”
Rong Qiu dryly responded, “Oh,” showing little interest.
The beta officer smiled, “Our Commander is still in a meeting; Mr. Rong might need to wait a moment.”
Rong Qiu nodded.
Now, he was sitting in the Commander’s office alone.
The beta officer seemed very trusting, bringing him here and then leaving, leaving Rong Qiu alone in the vast office.
For some reason, this office gave Rong Qiu an uneasy feeling.
Although it was spacious, the window was unusually small, and there were many documents neatly stacked on the desk. Rong Qiu didn’t look much, he just sniffed the air, sensing a metallic smell. Rong Qiu had just finished a metal survey experiment recently, so it felt somewhat familiar.
But it was only a vague familiarity; he couldn’t pinpoint what metal it was if asked.
Maybe he had misidentified it?
After all, this office seemed to have been renovated. It didn’t look like this the last time he came here.
In any case, Rong Qiu felt something was off.
He couldn’t help but take a deep breath.
Hopefully, it wasn’t the smell of formaldehyde…
***
It seemed that the alpha’s mood was particularly bad today or he had something on his mind. His eyes were cold and indifferent, and the daylight spilled into the meeting room, magnifying the inherent nobility and arrogance in his pitch-black pupils.
Midway through the meeting, the man suddenly looked down at his watch, and the dissatisfaction in his eyes became more apparent.
This action was like the horn urging acceleration.
The various alphas or betas seated below, and the rare omegas, couldn’t help but shiver.
The officials from the Thirteenth Military District tightened their skin; seeing this, they hastened the pace of their reports. The presentation that was supposed to take thirty minutes to finish was completed ten minutes earlier.
As soon as the meeting ended, the alpha left the conference room.
Without stopping for a moment.
“How long has he been here?”
“Thirty minutes.”
“…”
The man’s steps quickened, but when he reached the door of the office, he suddenly stopped.
The beta officer hesitated for a moment and left quietly, understanding the situation.
The thoughts of an alpha are hard to decipher.
The thoughts of a certain S-class alpha are even more difficult to understand.
When Qin Muye was in the First Military District, far away from the beta, he was eager to know any information about the beta. However, when he arrived at the Thirteenth Military District, there seemed to be some kind of hometown shyness swirling in his chest.
He didn’t continue to investigate the beta’s daily life.
Even when the beta said he was busy with experiments and couldn’t meet, Qin Muye silently breathed a sigh of relief.
Until today.
The beta took the initiative to invite him to meet in the afternoon.
Only then did he reorganize his chaotic emotions during this period.
His previous words were too decisive, inevitably leaving an indelible shadow in the beta’s heart.
Even so, the beta still agreed to meet him…
So, is it possible to salvage this?
The man resumed his steps in front of the office, each step bringing him closer to the familiar figure of the beta.
He always called that person “beta/beta” in his heart.
As if calling him like this could dilute the person’s influence in his heart. It was as if by doing so, that person would just be an ordinary beta among the crowd, leaving no ripples in his heart.
But it wasn’t the case.
Qin Muye stopped about three meters away. This distance was not far, and as he gazed at the beta’s familiar face from a close distance again, the impenetrable metal wall in his heart suddenly shattered.
Five years of pretending were shattered at once.
A name that had long been icy and bone-chilling resurfaced.
— Rong Qiu.
This was the Rong Qiu he had never dared to mention.
***
Rong Qiu was watching a video with a mini Bluetooth earphone.
He had been waiting for thirty minutes.
Not five minutes, not ten minutes, but thirty minutes.
This was quite rare.
Because in all these years, he had never spent such a long time waiting for someone in his projects.
As it went on, the beta became impatient and irritable.
He simply put on the Bluetooth earphone, opened his phone, and watched the newly released mecha models from other military districts. There were many designs he didn’t understand, and in Rong Qiu’s eyes, they were simply unbearable.
“Dadadada…”
Rong Qiu was commenting in the comment section with his mecha design suggestions when a fragrance suddenly wafted into his nose.
Very sudden.
Rong Qiu’s hand paused, and he sniffed lightly.
It was the scent of agarwood.
Very much like the agarwood perfume that Ah Ye loved to use before. But after his lover’s death, he hadn’t smelled it again.
Now, smelling it again, Rong Qiu felt a bit trance.
Familiar, but more of a stranger after a gap of five years.
So who was using the same perfume…
Rong Qiu, rare for him, took off the earphone in a daze.
But as soon as he tilted his head, he was engulfed in a warm and solid embrace. The rich scent of agarwood was like an invisible cage, instantly swallowing him.
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