Chapter 99 Extra: Nickname for Boyfriend
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As soon as An Lan was discharged from the hospital, the monthly exams began.
Qiao Chuluo came specially with his notes to visit An Lan.
The two hadn’t had a good chat in a long time. After eating a meal of sweet and sour spare ribs and braised fish cooked by An Lan’s mom, they lay side by side on the bed, satisfied.
Qiao Chuluo turned over and looked seriously at An Lan’s profile.
“What are you looking at?”
“Ah, I thought if you become an alpha, AO are different, and we couldn’t lie together like this.”
An Lan turned his face and looked at Qiao Chuluo with a smile. “Are you… secretly hoping I become an omega?”
“Who knows! Even if you become an alpha, you’re not my alpha. It just feels like I’ve been raising cabbage for so long and suddenly…” Qiao Chuluo immediately shut his mouth.
Who dares to say that Gu Liyu is a pig?
“You’re raising me? Are you still raising me? From childhood to now, whenever you were bullied, wasn’t it me who stood up for you?” An Lan turned around and pinched Qiao Chuluo’s face.
But Qiao Chuluo unexpectedly leaned towards An Lan.
“Hey hey hey! Qiao Chuluo, what are you doing!”
“An Lan! You smell so good! It’s very faint, but it has a strong presence!”
Qiao Chuluo suddenly showed a fierce expression, forcing An Lan into the corner against the wall.
“Did you smell…smell Gu Liyu’s ambergris?”
He was marked by Gu Liyu on the back of his neck a few days ago, so it wasn’t strange to have his scent.
“No, it’s your bamboo scent… Ah, it smells so good…” Qiao Chuluo leaned towards An Lan’s neck.
“Restrain yourself! Classmate Qiao Chuluo, you need to restrain yourself!”
At this moment, An Lan’s phone vibrated, and Gu Liyu’s name flashed on the screen. It had a strong deterrent effect on Qiao Chuluo. He immediately bounced to the edge of the bed. If An Lan didn’t react quickly, Qiao Chuluo would have fallen under the bed.
“Hello, Gu Liyu? Tomorrow morning? I’ll be with Little Qiao. Will you come? Okay! Bring Xingran and your dad’s godson!”
“You don’t know your dad’s godson? It’s Xiao Chen! Is he fully recovered from his injuries? I want to eat something good!”
“Okay, okay, see you downstairs at seven tomorrow morning! Yeah! Little Qiao? Little Qiao heard your name and got scared, haha!”
After hanging up the phone, Qiao Chuluo returned with lingering fear. “My God, School Grass-sama suddenly mentioned my name, and I was so scared.”
“Why are you scared? When I’m with you, it’s like two little bees in a glass jar. The future is bright, and there is no future.”
“No, you don’t understand the possessiveness of alphas.”
“Are you talking like I’ve never been an alpha before?”
Qiao Chuluo kicked An Lan, “Let’s talk about something serious. Gu Liyu is your boyfriend, and you always call him by his full name like that?”
“Does it matter?”
“Of course, it matters. Come on, let’s sort it out. What do you call me?”
“Little Qiao? Ah Luo?”
“What do you call the class monitor?”
“Xingran?”
Qiao Chuluo chuckled, “Yesterday, I heard you calling the class monitor ‘Xingxing,’ and you even said, ‘Brother Xingxing is the best’ with Xiao Chen’s sister.”
An Lan trembled, “Did I…did I really?”
Goosebumps rose on his skin, densely covering his forearms.
“What do you call the math class representative?”
“Uh…Ah Chen?” An Lan thought this should be correct.
“Ah Chen? When you were discharged, Xiao Chen helped you carry the fruits and nutritional supplements people gave you onto the car. You happily said, ‘Little Chen Chen, you’ve worked hard!'”
An Lan choked, “But I was teasing Xiao Chen.”
“Then why don’t you tease your boyfriend, ‘Older Brother Liyu, you’ve worked hard’?” Qiao Chuluo imitated An Lan’s tone, and An Lan felt overwhelmed.
“Do you believe that Gu Liyu has a little notebook in his heart? Every time you show kindness to other alphas, he writes it down, then secretly compares the treatment he receives—so angry. Clearly, the proper boyfriend doesn’t even have a nickname.”
Originally, An Lan hadn’t thought about these things, but when Qiao Chuluo reminded him, he suddenly felt it was a big deal.
“Then should I call him ‘Little Yu’ like his parents?” An Lan said.
“Really uncreative, and Uncle Gu and Aunt Song are Gu Liyu’s elders. It’s normal to call him ‘Little Yu.’ Are you much older than Gu Liyu?”
An Lan shook his head.
“Don’t think too much. I don’t have any special nicknames from Gu Liyu either. He just calls me ‘An Lan.'”
And every time he calls my name, I feel like my name sounds really good.
“Sleep, Little Qiao… If you don’t sleep, you definitely won’t be able to get up tomorrow.”
An Lan turned over, already feeling drowsy, and fell asleep in just a few seconds.
The next morning, An Lan returned to his student life, but he had missed too many classes. He couldn’t keep up with everyone, so instead of attending classes with his classmates, he took small classes in the teacher’s office.
For example, in this math class, when the math teacher takes a break, he comes to give extra lessons to An Lan.
He continued with extra lessons for many days, but Gu Liyu, Xu Xingran, and others had no trouble keeping up. Even Xiao Chen continued his habit of sleeping in class without disturbing others.
He continued with extra lessons until the last PE class on Friday afternoon.
As the math teacher explained the problems to An Lan, he noticed that An Lan’s gaze was glancing outside the window, and couldn’t help but smile.
“Alright, alright, it’s almost the weekend. If I keep force-feeding you like this, you won’t be able to listen anymore. If you want to play so badly, go out and have some fun.”
An Lan almost flew on the spot, and after a quick “Thank you, teacher,” he disappeared in an instant.
He rushed to the sports field, squeezing his way until he reached Qiao Chuluo.
“Is the extra lesson good?” Qiao Chuluo asked with a smile.
“Too filling, a bit too much to absorb. So, the teacher let me come out and watch them play basketball!”
Today was a showdown between Xu Xingran and Xiao Chen, and it wasn’t just walking hormones; it was exploding hormones.
Just as An Lan was about to applaud Xiao Chen for a slam dunk, Xu Xingran quickly blocked him with a “clang.”
“Beautiful!” An Lan applauded along with the classmates around him.
Little did he know that Xu Xingran raised both hands and gestured upward. Such a narcissistic move would be considered very provocative if done by someone else, but Xu Xingran made everyone feel that it was the right place for a rainbow fart.
Moreover, Xu Xingran had a fan club, and they all shouted in unison.
“Xingran! Xingran! Xu Xingran! The Milky Way is not as bright as you! You shine the most in the night sky!”
An Lan had refused when he saw this in the group chat earlier. Even if they had a basketball game against the neighboring No. 5 High School next week, An Lan would definitely not be able to shout it out.
However, after seeing Xu Xingran’s performance, An Lan felt that “The Milky Way is not as bright as you” was really too catchy. Subconsciously, he shouted it out along with the people around him.
“Brother Xingran…”
Before he could finish, a warning force came down from above, and An Lan felt a shiver in his heart, immediately closing his mouth.
First blood.
He glanced up and saw a familiar figure on the third floor. It was Gu Liyu. Gu Liyu was participating in a physics competition, and the teacher was helping the elite participants solve competition problems. Otherwise, he would have been standing by An Lan’s side by now.
“Tsk…” An Lan restrained his excitement.
Can he hear it from so far away? What kind of ears does he have?
The game continued, and when Xiao Chen made a layup, successfully retaliating against Xu Xingran, the onlookers erupted again.
“D*mn! Was that a layup? Our school’s bully has such a long air time!”
“That waist must be good!”
“Yes, yes, a good waist!”
After landing, Xiao Chen ran to the sidelines, and his head directly approached An Lan’s side, “Wipe the sweat for this older brother! It got in my eyes!”
An Lan couldn’t be bothered to look for tissues; he directly wiped his face with the sleeve of his school uniform.
Xiao Chen didn’t mind either; he pulled An Lan over and wiped the sweat off his neck as well.
“Xiao Chen, you’re so disgusting! It’s all your sweat!”
“How precious it is!”
“Little Chen Chen, are you itching for a beating? I’ll hit you!”
“Hehe, come on, give it a try!” While saying this, Xiao Chen confidently retreated to the court.
However, An Lan immediately felt a sinking feeling in his heart.
Oh my goodness, did that “Little Chen Chen” get heard by Gu Liyu, who was far away?
Double kill.
When there were still ten minutes left in the basketball game, someone got injured on Xu Xingran’s side and everyone wondered who Xu Xingran would choose to play in the upcoming match.
Xu Xingran walked directly to An Lan and grabbed An Lan’s head, saying, “You’re up.”
“I’m up?” An Lan was stunned.
“I and Qingchuan have been teaching you basketball for so long; it’s time to put it into practice,” Xu Xingran said with a smile.
“Taught me for so long? At most two or three hours! And it was obviously Big Brother Qingchuan who taught me; you were just watching on the sidelines!”
“If you don’t get on the court, you’ll never truly learn.”
It sounded reasonable, and An Lan had no strength to argue.
An Lan had to toss his school uniform jacket to Qiao Chuluo. As soon as he tossed it, someone rushed to help him hold it. There was probably still the musk pheromones left on it from when Xiao Chen wiped his sweat with the sleeve.
You guys are so useless!
“Xingran, you’re fouling! You’re just calling An Lan over to make me hesitate, aren’t you?” Xiao Chen said.
Xu Xingran laughed, a smile full of warmth, but after a while, An Lan could also discern when this smile represented “shameless.”
“You’re not Gu Liyu, why would you hesitate?”
While saying this, Xu Xingran waved at An Lan, signaling him to retreat to the basket with him.
An Lan immediately came to Xu Xingran’s side, and Xu Xingran unabashedly said, “I’ll hold off Xiao Chen; scoring is up to you.”
“Relying on others and running to others for help, Little Xingxing, you should rely on yourself…”
Before An Lan could finish his sentence, the palpitations came again!
It was like a hammer hitting his heart, causing his heart to race.
Triple kill.
Looking up again at the window on the third floor of the teaching building, it was incredible. Gu Liyu had finished his competition questions at some point and was now leaning on his chin, watching their basketball game by the windowsill.
If you have the guts, come down! What’s the point of warning me from so far away?
On the side of the sports field, someone tugged at Qiao Chuluo.
“Little Qiao… don’t you think An Lan looks particularly handsome?”
“Huh? Really?” Qiao Chuluo looked toward the basketball court.
Hey, don’t even mention it. His childhood friend had been growing like crazy lately. Despite the chaotic pheromones and occasional kidnappings, if he didn’t have depression, it was fine. It seemed that this petite figure was getting closer and closer to matching Xu Xingran and Xiao Chen.
D*mn, the move just now when catching the ball was cool!
Oh wow! That steal was beautifully executed!
As he spoke, An Lan had already maneuvered past one opponent player, dribbling the ball to break through the defense of two others. The classmates were nervously watching, after all, they hadn’t seen An Lan play basketball before! Unexpectedly, with a vigorous feint, An Lan bypassed the two defending players and went straight for the basket!
“D*mn!” Xiao Chen was stunned, immediately rushing back to defend, but was blocked by Xu Xingran and couldn’t shake him off.
There was still one defensive player under the basket, but An Lan stopped, jumped in place, and shot!
“Wow!” Qiao Chuluo tightened his grip on An Lan’s school uniform jacket, stretching his neck and widening his eyes.
Under the setting sun, only An Lan’s silhouette was visible. The basketball followed a parabolic path and landed in the basket.
When the ball hit the ground, An Lan could hardly believe that he had successfully made the shot. He turned around and joyfully ran towards Xu Xingran, couldn’t help but sing, “Oh, the brightest star in the night sky! Please guide me closer to you~”
Without Xu Xingran holding back Xiao Chen, this shot wouldn’t have succeeded!
An Lan even arrogantly pretended to play an air guitar solo on his back, infuriating Xiao Chen on the opposite side.
“Do you believe that I can also stop Xu Xingran if you come to my side!”
Chen Baobao and Fat Flower, standing next to Qiao Chuluo, couldn’t help but exclaim.
“Why does our An Lan feel especially ‘A’?”
“Huh? Really?” Qiao Chuluo swallowed his saliva. Except for the three high-quality Alphas in the class, only Little Qiao knew that An Lan’s pheromones fluctuated like stock market trends. Whether he was an Alpha or not, An Lan himself didn’t know.
“Look at his shoulders, look at his arms, and then look at us, isn’t he ‘A’?” Fat Flower sincerely admired, “When An Lan hangs out with the class monitor and the school bully, it feels like he belongs naturally with them.”
Qiao Chuluo took a closer look and indeed. An Lan exuded a handsome aura all over, rolling up the sleeves of his T-shirt, emphasizing the contours of his shoulders. Oh my, it made the heart of any Omega beat faster.
“An Lan is so handsome~”
Indeed, some Omegas immediately thought An Lan was handsome.
Just as An Lan was soloing “The Brightest Star in the Night Sky” again, he suddenly froze. Once again, he received a warning from Gu Liyu.
What’s going on?
I’m just playing basketball, can’t I praise Xu Xingran for a bit? If you have the guts, come down and stop Xiao Chen!
Seeing An Lan slowly retracting his smile, Xu Xingran glanced at the window on the third floor, then walked to An Lan and said, “If you win against Xiao Chen, after class, I’ll treat you to karaoke. Sing ‘The Brightest Star in the Night Sky’ as many times as you want.”
Suddenly, an invisible pressure came from all directions, and waves seemed to surge. It was almost as if it could wash An Lan’s soul into the ninth heaven.
“No… no need… I can’t even remember the lyrics of that song. Haha! Let’s play basketball, play basketball!”
Quadra kill!
After that, An Lan focused on basketball. Several times he was intercepted by Xiao Chen, but Xu Xingran always managed to get him back. Every time An Lan wanted to applaud. “The Brightest Star in the Night Sky” was on the tip of his tongue but he swallowed it back. If he praised Xu Xingran with rainbow farts again, Gu Liyu might come down from the third floor and make all the alphas kneel by the court… An Lan would need an oxygen tank all over the world.
In the final minutes of the game, Xu Xingran clashed again with Xiao Chen. The two had a standoff, and An Lan was worried they might start a pheromone war.
“Five seconds left! Stop fighting!” An Lan couldn’t help but shout.
The ball went from Xu Xingran’s hands to Xiao Chen’s, then back to Xu Xingran’s, who suddenly passed the ball diagonally backward to An Lan. Without hesitation, An Lan caught the ball, jumped, and shot!
The ball went in—
An Lan jumped for joy.
A bunch of classmates grabbed their phones and snapped pictures of him.
He first high-fived Xu Xingran, “I do have basketball talent!”
“Of course.”
Then, An Lan went to high-five Qiao Chuluo, Chen Baobao, and Fat Flower. As he took another step, he saw someone smiling at him, extended a hand, and waited for a high-five. Excitedly, An Lan delivered three consecutive high-fives.
Because that person was Gu Qingchuan.
“Big Brother Qingchuan! Thanks for discovering my basketball talent! I feel like even if I don’t win the shooting competition, I can become a special athlete with basketball!”
Gu Qingchuan lowered his eyes, his smile even more evident. “I don’t teach everyone.”
“That’s… ‘Big Brother’ is not just a title.”
“Little Yu calls me coldly every time. It seems you’re cuter when you call me. Call me again to listen?”
“Big Brother Qingchuan! The world’s best big brother…”
While An Lan was licking his face to continue with the sweet talk, a massive wave finally crashed down, washing An Lan’s soul to the clouds.
He almost didn’t stand firm, but fortunately, Gu Qingchuan grabbed him.
“Tsk… Little Yu is jealous, huh?”
“N-no… it’s nothing.” An Lan quickly stood upright, but his heart was beating extremely fast, as if it was about to jump out of his throat.
“Why would it be nothing? I’m enduring his pheromone warnings.” Gu Qingchuan helplessly shrugged.
“Huh? No way, you’re his real brother.”
“Even real sons get jealous, let alone a real big brother?” Gu Qingchuan turned to look at Xu Xingran, “Xingran, does ambergris smell good?”
Xu Xingran, wiping sweat with a towel, smiled mischievously after being reminded. He intentionally walked over and used his towel to wipe An Lan’s neck, even giving it a gentle pull. “Ambergris doesn’t smell good, but bamboo fragrance is quite nice.”
“Did Gu Liyu warn you too?”
“Yeah.” Xu Xingran took back the towel, touched his chin, and thought very seriously, “He seems unusually jealous today. Every time you call me, he gets upset.”
“So, if I, as his big brother, get called, he’s not happy either?”
Xiao Chen walked over, sipping on an iced cola. “Yeah, when An Lan calls me, he seems unhappy too. Why is he so easily annoyed? Did his dayifu* arrive or something?”
* making a joke for period which is dayima
“Uh, cough… You’re the one with a dayifu!” An Lan was speechless.
Xiao Chen, are you looking for trouble?
“Come on, today is my aunt’s birthday. We agreed to pick you up and go to the Gu family for dinner. She mentioned teaching you close combat over the weekend. Be careful with your thin little arms and legs.” Gu Qingchuan said.
“Is my godmother good at close combat?” Xiao Chen couldn’t help but ask.
Since the incident on the cruise ship where Gu Liyu carried Xiao Chen out and said, “I’m your godfather,” it seems that Song Kelan is quite satisfied with Xiao Chen. She even publicly claimed that he was her godson.
“She’s excellent. Little Yu learned from her.” Gu Qingchuan replied.
“Oh, that’s really impressive.” Xiao Chen said, slinging his backpack over his shoulder as if ready to leave.
“Aren’t you going to have dinner? It’s your godmother’s birthday!” An Lan grabbed Xiao Chen’s backpack strap.
“Do you think my IQ will drop just because I call her ‘godmother’? If she teaches you close combat, she must treat me like a punching bag!”
“Huh? Why?”
“Why do you even ask? Among her biological son, daughter-in-law, and godson, the godson’s status is the lowest!”
Gu Qingchuan looked at Xiao Chen’s back in surprise and sighed, “I thought he was the most foolish among us, but it turns out he’s actually the smartest!”
That evening’s dinner was very awkward because Gu Liyu didn’t talk much with An Lan.
An Lan, on the other hand, enjoyed his meal, chatting and laughing with Song Kelan. He even ate so much that his stomach became round.
Anyway, An Lan thought, I don’t know why you’re upset. If I don’t know the reason, comforting you in any way would be wrong. I’ll figure it out and then soothe you.
…As for when I’ll figure it out, let’s do our best and leave it to fate.
After finishing dinner, Gu Qingchuan, Song Kelan, Gu Yunli, and An Lan played mahjong until half-past twelve. When An Lan returned to his room, Gu Liyu had already gone to bed, not even leaving a lamp for him.
An Lan silently lifted a corner of the blanket, crawled in, thinking, Is this the legendary “cold war”?
Why did I get a five-kill streak against Gu Liyu today?
Hmm, the first time was probably when I heard something like “The Milky Way is not as bright as you,” and I followed Xu Xingran’s fan club to shout “Brother Xingran.”
The second time… maybe it was when I jokingly called Xiao Chen “Little Chenchen”?
The third time was calling Xu Xingran “Little Xingxing.” Oh my, seems like I’m asking for trouble.
The fourth time was singing “The Brightest Star in the Night Sky” to Xu Xingran. D*mn, would Gu Liyu categorize this as a “nickname” too?
That’s rainbow farts, not a nickname! If you play basketball, I’ll blow rainbow farts for you too! And it’s the top VIP-level!
The fifth time… was when I saw Gu Qingchuan and shouted, “Brother Qingchuan, the best big brother in the world”…
An Lan swallowed his saliva. Suddenly, he felt that he was really in danger today, stepping on all of Gu Liyu’s landmines.
Little Qiao was right. Although we’re in a relationship, I still call him by his full name all the time. I’m so intimate and shameless when calling others. Why does it become so… serious when it comes to Gu Liyu?
Realizing that the problem was actually on his side, An Lan crawled over and hugged the other from behind.
“Little Carp*, little carp, are you still mad at me?” An Lan shook him.
* pronounced liyu but different words
“What did you call me?” Gu Liyu finally reacted, turning around, and unexpectedly, his nose was bitten by An Lan.
“Aren’t you called Gu Liyu? I’m thinking about giving you an exclusive nickname.”
“Why is it little carp?” Gu Liyu hugged him, and in the quiet darkness of the bedroom, his voice sounded a bit husky and magnetic.
“Is a golden scale not a treasure in the pond, leaping over the Dragon Gate makes it a whale in the sea.” An Lan began to brew rainbow farts.
Gu Liyu’s fingers brushed over An Lan’s ears intermittently, then he asked, “Am I just a little carp in your eyes now?”
“Uh, a little carp is cute.”
“Am I small or not? Try saying it now.” Gu Liyu turned over, pressing An Lan down and securing his wrists by the pillow.
“No need to try! No need! You’re not small! I know, I knew it a long time ago!”
Seeing An Lan’s panicked look, Gu Liyu laughed and kissed An Lan seriously.
“Hey, actually, I think… you really have no reason to be mad at me. Look, every time, you still call me ‘An Lan’ my full name.”
“But that’s not how I call you in my heart.” Gu Liyu said.
“Then what do you call me?”
“Baby.” Gu Liyu said.
An Lan was stunned.
Gu Liyu’s voice was originally cool, with a natural distance when talking to people. However, when he pronounced the two words “baby,” An Lan felt unexpectedly warm and moved.
“Your heartbeat has accelerated. Looks like you really like it.”
“I haven’t.”
“You have. Baby, kiss me again.”
“I said I haven’t! Little carp, let me go. Believe it or not, I’ll call you little carp in front of others in the future!”
“It’s okay; I quite like it.”
Regarding the matter of nicknames, An Lan regretted a bit.
The next morning during breakfast, Song Kelan stood downstairs and shouted, “An Lan baby, little carp! Come down for breakfast!”
The two looked at each other.
Having parents with excellent hearing is a big problem!
The author has something to say:
Gu Liyu finally has a nickname in the extra chapters, not easy at all.
Next, I’ll consider whether to write a story about Xu Zhongshuang, Gu Yunli, and Gu Yunyi in the extra chapters. After all, Xu Zhongshuang and Gu Yunli were also a school couple back then!
Gu Yunli: Who am I? Where am I? Who is my CP?
Gu Yunyi: I represent the moon to eliminate you! You are all smelly big brothers!
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