Chapter 16 part 1
Bai He was woken up by the heat. He opened his drowsy eyes, his eyelids felt heavy, and his throat was dry.
The autumn weather was no longer too hot, and there was an air conditioner in the room, but Bai He had not turned it on, so the air moisture was not sucked dry like when the air conditioner was on. However, Bai He was still very thirsty. He turned over in bed, blindly groping under the pillow, and the light of the phone screen was strikingly obvious in the darkness. Bai He closed his eyes from the glare, and it was a while before he slowly opened them again.
It was two o'clock in the morning.
He lazily remained in the quilt for a long time, and his abdomen was also slightly sore and distended. Unable to bear it any longer, he finally had to flip open the thin blanket and get up. His feet searched in the darkness for a while before finally finding the slippers, and he slowly stood up, walking out in a daze.
There was no bathroom in the room, and the only bathroom was outside the room. Bai He lowered his eyelashes and slightly bowed his head, not turning on the lights, and groped his way to the bathroom along the wall.
In the darkness, there seemed to be a faint, barely perceptible aura lingering around, and for a moment, the aura became much more concentrated. Bai He, with his head bowed, was completely in standby mode.
Soon, the sound of handwashing came from the bathroom, the subtle movements amplified in the silence. In the living room, Alpha Qin Yao's fiery eyes flickered in the darkness, and as he heard the sound of slippers dragging out of the bathroom, he slowly closed his eyes again.
The sound of movement was slow and light, not deliberately lightened, as Bai He walked loosely, without the slightest stealth, indicating that he was just too light, and the footsteps sounded vague and weak.
The sound went to the kitchen, and after a moment, the water dispenser placed in the kitchen made a sound - Bai He was drinking water, the sound of his fingers rubbing the cup, the sound of swallowing, every subtle movement was captured by the highly sensitive senses of Qin Yao in his heat period.
In this dark night, those sounds were magnified infinitely, and the timely activation of the Maine Coon's genes made him clearly hear all the sounds Bai He made, smell Bai He's pheromones, and even his excellent night vision ability let him see clearly the young man standing in the kitchen drinking water, only wearing a loose shirt, his long and straight legs shining bare.
A trace of gloominess flashed in the half-lowered eyes of Qin Yao, and he closed his eyes again, turning his head towards the sofa, burying his nose in the thin blanket Bai He had given him and taking a deep breath.
The sound of drinking water stopped, and the footsteps came out of the kitchen and slowly went towards the room. Qin Yao listened to Bai He's footsteps, counting them in his heart, until the count should have stopped when Bai He entered the room, but the footsteps did not disappear, and instead came closer to him, and the Alpha's heart sank.
Bai He came to Qin Yao's side, just about to go back to his room, his throat seemed to be a little irritated again. Even though he had just drunk water, how could that be?
He instinctively touched his face, it was hot, and then touched his forehead, it was hot too. Bai He realized that he might have a fever. He stopped and walked out again, originally intending to go to the living room to find a fever reducer, but in the moonlight from the window, he found that there was someone lying on the sofa.
Bai He suddenly remembered that Qin Yao was staying at his place.
He looked at Qin Yao for a few seconds, and for some reason, he slowly squatted down next to the sofa, staring at Qin Yao's profile.
The Alpha's appearance was extremely good, with superior features, a sharp yet soft outline. From Bai He's current angle, he could only see the side of Qin Yao's face, and his eyes were closed, his eyelashes were very long.
It was strange, Bai He's throat seemed to not be thirsty anymore. He touched his forehead, and it seemed to have cooled down a bit.
He smelled a very fragrant scent, like the aroma of fruit wine, and gradually, the pure, faint fragrance seemed to be sinking, the scent sweeping through his nose becoming the aroma of incense and pine, heavy and lingering. Bai He's head felt a little dizzy, but not uncomfortable, and he even felt a bit happy.
He remembered a perfume from his previous life, Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet. Bai He didn't use perfume, he only occasionally smelled this brand, the deer's head, giving him the first impression of stability, because this perfume was really like the faint scent of wine on a gentleman's body. Bai He didn't know why he would think that way, he had no concept of gentlemen, perhaps those thoughts were just from his inherent mentality.
Qin Yao's aura, it should be his pheromones... Bai He remembered that Qin Yao had mentioned it when he had dinner at the Alpha's place, so Qin Yao's pheromones were similar to the scent of Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet?
Blenheim Bouquet - Woody Brandy.
Bai He hugged his knees and squatted next to the sofa, tilting his head, looking at Qin Yao's profile without getting tired. In his heart, he reached a conclusion: Qin Yao's pheromones were more like the top notes of Blenheim Bouquet - the warm scent of fruit wine.
Qin Yao gave him an impression of gentleness, he was a person who loved to smile and was willing to help others. Bai He secretly felt that the drydown of Blenheim Bouquet was not suitable to describe Qin Yao, because Blenheim Bouquet also had a hidden layer of meaning - the masked gentleman.
"Jasmine might suit you better," Bai He murmured, looking at Qin Yao's slightly upturned eye corners, which were similar to the sharp and beautiful cat-like eyes in a certain way: "But you are not little cardamom or jasmine."
After a few seconds of silence, Bai He lowered his eyes slightly and muttered to himself, "Brandy still smells good..."
The person pretending to sleep could no longer bear it, and in the darkness, Qin Yao closed his eyes and lightly chuckled, his voice full of tenderness and helplessness, "Does Bai He seem a little disappointed?"
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