Chapter 21 part 1
The night was deep, the hallway was quiet, the warm yellow lights, with the alpha backlit, the smiling expression all falling into Bai He's eyes.
"Thank you, but this is yours." Bai He politely refused.
"It's bought for you, I was originally planning to change clothes and then go find you." Qin Yao smiled: "Just got a bit of a stink on me in the elevator."
Bai He heard this, his expression puzzled.
Qin Yao didn't explain, changing the topic: "I saw you didn't eat much of the hot pot tonight, was it too greasy?"
Bai He didn't expect Qin Yao to notice those details, he shook his head: "No."
"Then you just didn't want to eat?" Qin Yao spoke to Bai He in a much softer voice: "Mood not good?"
Bai He was silent, not denying it.
"Can you tell me why?" Qin Yao lifted the cake in his hand, gesturing for Bai He to take it, seeing Bai He's stunned hand reach up, he placed it in the other's hand: "No need to say if you don't want to."
"It's not that I don't want to say." Bai He shook his head: "With Zhou Sheng, it was just dealing with a blind date."
Qin Yao raised his eyebrows: "But he doesn't seem to think so."
This is what troubled Bai He, he furrowed his brows: "There's no way between me and him, I don't understand what he means."
"He likes you." Qin Yao pointed out.
"We just met for the first time." Bai He's beautiful face scrunched up, looking serious and cute.
Qin Yao looked at Bai He's face for several seconds, smiling, lowering his voice: "Perhaps our Bai He classmate has heard of love at first sight?"
Bai He looked up, a trace of bewilderment flashing across his face, his lips opening and closing, wanting to speak but hesitating.
Suddenly, a creaking sound burst into the ears of the two, like uncompletely dried concrete being smashed, not ear-piercing, but unpleasant to hear.
Bai He didn't even have time to react, the person standing in front of him immediately pounced and shielded him, Qin Yao pulled Bai He into his embrace, the alpha using his hand to cover Bai He's head, his tall figure completely obscuring Bai He.
A bang, Qin Yao let out a muffled groan.
Through the gap, Bai He saw a large chunk of wall plaster fall and hit Qin Yao's back hard.
The delayed plot influence, it has arrived.
Bai He's heart tightened, he even forgot to breathe, he came out of Qin Yao's embrace, reaching out to support the other's shoulders, his voice trembling: "Are you alright... I-I'll call an ambulance—"
He felt for his phone, but his wrist was caught by Qin Yao's raised hand, the alpha smiling at him: "I'm fine, don't rush."
Bai He's eyes were fixed, he stared at Qin Yao's face for a long time before finally squeezing out a few words: "Don't lie to me."
"I'm not lying to you." Qin Yao smiled lightly: "Just a superficial injury, it shouldn't be bleeding, just need to treat it."
Bai He grabbed Qin Yao's wrist and pulled him into his own home, not allowing the alpha any chance to refuse.
Pushing Qin Yao to sit on the sofa, Bai He went to find the first aid kit, then brought a stool and sat down in front of Qin Yao: "Take off your clothes."
Qin Yao paused, smiling: "Really, I'm fine."
Bai He looked at him without saying anything.
"Okay." The alpha placed his hands on the hem of his shirt, flipping it up, deftly taking off his clothes and revealing his toned body.
Bai He's breath caught, he had thought Qin Yao's figure would be good, but it was still a bit conservative, the alpha's body was not particularly prominent with bulging muscles, but a physique between young and adult, the abs and pecs were well-trained, the shoulders were very wide, the lines of the chest and abdomen were distinct, the build was very tight, with just the right amount of muscle in every part, full of explosive power.
Bai He's dazed expression was too obvious, Qin Yao's slender eyes narrowed, and he lowered his head slightly, leveling his gaze with Bai He's: "Aren't you supposed to treat my wound?"
Bai He came to his senses, humming in acknowledgment: "Turn around."
Qin Yao hooked his lips, obeying the order and turning around.
The injury on his back was indeed not too serious, just a scrape through the clothes, Bai He used a cotton ball soaked in iodine to clean the wound, then applied some medicine and bandaged it up.
By the time he was done, it was already quite late, Qin Yao put his clothes back on, glancing at the mousse cake on the table: "Actually, I should have asked you first before buying it, do you like cake?"
Bai He stood up after putting away the tools: "I like it, thank you."
"You're welcome." Qin Yao opened the door to go back to his own home, turning back to Bai He before leaving: "If you have any trouble, you can come find me."
Bai He didn't really understand the meaning of Qin Yao's words, he belatedly realized that Qin Yao must have just encountered Guan Jiaoyu and Bai Lu, as for why he would think Bai He would have trouble if he encountered those two, Bai He couldn't figure it out, but for Qin Yao's words, he still nodded in agreement.
Qin Yao left, Bai He went back to his room to rest, he had just lain down when he sat up again, lifting the thin quilt to go to the kitchen, opening the refrigerator to take out the mousse cake that Qin Yao had bought, scooping a bite with a spoon.
It was very sweet and soft, his mood seemed to have improved a bit.
...
"Still didn't pass, still didn't pass!!" Xia Yu leaned back in her chair, reaching up to furiously grab her own hair, howling in frustration: "What exactly do those old folks want?!!!"
Bai He placed the coffee on Xia Yu's desk: "What's the reason this time?"
"A long-winded speech, not a single point hitting the crux!" Xia Yu sat up, her face utterly dejected as she took a sip of coffee, looking up at the ceiling, bitter beyond words: "This product has broken the records for longest review time and most number of rejections, I've never encountered such a tricky review before, and the government department still doesn't clearly state the reason!!"
Bai He leaned forward, looking at the computer interface in front of Xia Yu, which had the application terms for the ninth rejection, the reason for the rejection column filled with a lot of flowery words, hardly any related to the product.
It was obvious that the upper levels were deliberately suppressing this product.
The reason...
Bai He was silent, at this moment the office door was pushed open, the field staff came back.
The man in the lead was an alpha, the team leader Jifeng, he strode back to his workstation, picked up his water cup and took a sip of tea, seeing the Xia Yu who was lying in the chair as if half-dead, he immediately understood: "The pheromone detection bracelet failed the ninth review, we'll have a meeting later."
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