Chapter 39 PART 1
The group dinner dispersed around 8 pm, and Bai He bid farewell to everyone, taking a taxi back home.
By this time, it was already completely dark outside, the city lights were dazzling, and the night life was just beginning. Along the way through the city center, one could see many people, but the closer he got to his residence, the fewer people there were.
The apartment's location was not exactly remote, perhaps it was just that not many people lived there, so he often didn't see anyone.
Bai He got off the car in front of the apartment, took the elevator to the top floor, and after getting off, he hesitantly looked towards Qin Yao's home.
Sensing no pheromones, it seemed Qin Yao hadn't come back yet.
Bai He recalled the dream from last night.
...Was it just a dream?
He curled his fingers, took a deep breath, and stepped with almost silent footsteps to Qin Yao's door.
His slowly raising hand hovered in the air, stiff for a long time, so long that he didn't even realize his own heartbeat was racing.
Bai He bit his lip, pressed the doorbell, and vaguely heard the echo of the doorbell inside, but then there was no continuation.
No one came to open the door, one minute, two minutes, no one came, Qin Yao was indeed not home.
Inexplicably, Bai He's held breath slowly released. He buried his head a little, biting his lower lip, and stood in front of the door for a long time without leaving.
What was he doing here?
Bai He's heart felt sour, he felt strange, and the messy emotions were about to spill out.
He had come to this world alone.
Too much did not fit in, and he was once again isolated.
In his previous world, Bai He actually didn't have many friends.
As for the definition of friends, he himself felt it was vague, the literal understanding, friends are good partners.
Bai He used to have friends, but it couldn't be said that they were close. He was unable to open his heart to anyone.
But now, he seemed to have become greedy. He and Qin Yao had become friends so far, but they were still just friends.
Bai He craved Qin Yao's gentleness, and he had long discovered the secret thoughts deep in his heart.
He was thinking, perhaps, could they go a step further?
But it seemed Qin Yao didn't have such thoughts.
The light kiss in the classroom last time, Bai He belatedly realized was too abrupt, he did have private intentions, wanting to test Qin Yao, but the result was that their already limited interaction became even less.
Qin Yao seemed to be deliberately distancing himself, and Bai He sensed the alpha's alienation.
But what could he do? Even if Qin Yao seemed to be politely rejecting him, he still saw him come back to the company door to drive him home.
That guy... was he like this with everyone?
Bai He's head lowered, leaning against the door, biting his lower lip tightly.
After a long time, Bai He finally adjusted his emotions. He raised his head, suddenly glancing at the laundry basket beside him, which had some clothes in it.
He couldn't help but take a closer look.
"Isn't this... the same outfit Qin Yao was just wearing?"
Bai He was a little surprised, when suddenly the elevator dinged open, he startled and quickly turned his head, finding it was the delivery guy, and his tense heart relaxed.
Bai He raised his hand and lightly patted his chest, calling out to the delivery guy heading towards his apartment, "Excuse me, are you delivering the camera?"
The delivery guy turned around, carefully looking at the package in his hand, "Uh, yes, it's for Apartment 2."
Standing in front of Apartment 1, Bai He felt a little embarrassed, quickly disguising his expression as he walked over, "I'm the resident of Apartment 2, this is my friend's place."
After saying that, Bai He paused.
He didn't really need to explain, it's not like he was doing something shady...
Bai He gave his unit number, the guy scanned the order and handed the package to Bai He.
The package wasn't big, it was a small camera, with a cat-shaped shell, so from the outside it just looked like a cat-themed ornament.
Bai He pondered where to place this camera, pushed the door open and found Lingling sitting on the balcony looking out the window, and for a moment, Bai He felt the Maine Coon's silhouette looked a little lonely.
His heart stirred, and he quietly walked over, crouching down and hugging Lingling, "I'm back late, I'm sorry Lingling."
Lingling let Bai He hug her, docilely placing her front paws on Bai He's arm, as if specially responding to Bai He, softly meowing a few times.
Bai He smiled, burying his head in Lingling's soft fur and taking a deep breath, then got up to open a can of food for her.
Watching Lingling eat the canned food without getting tired of it, Bai He's heart itched, and he started talking to himself, but it seemed like he was actually consulting Lingling's opinion.
"Lingling, do you hope I'll adopt another cat?"
As soon as the words fell, the Maine Coon suddenly raised her head, and because they were close, her sharp ears brushed against Bai He's nose, tickling him.
"Meooww~~"
The long drawn-out meow, Bai He paused, he seemed to hear some dissatisfaction in Lingling's voice.
He hasn't even adopted another one yet.
Bai He used his finger to scratch the tip of his nose, chuckling, "You really understand what I'm saying? Okay, okay, Lingling, if you don't want me to adopt another, then I won't."
Bai He leaned on his arm, tilting his head and touching Lingling's soft nose with his finger, "I'm just afraid you'll be lonely here by yourself."
Lingling meowed a couple more times, with no discernible emotions, Bai He stopped teasing the cat, sitting quietly and watching Lingling eat the canned food.
Oh right, the special canned food Zhou Luoluo recommended seems to be almost finished, Bai He thought he should find time to buy some more.
At this time, he remembered the camera he brought back, Bai He got up and sat down on the sofa, unpacking the delivery, finding that the factory had already installed everything, he just needed to plug it in.
Bai He studied the small camera that could be held in one hand, and just looking at the appearance, it was impossible to tell it was a camera, the shell was a chubby cartoon white cat, and upon closer inspection, the camera lens was in the cat's eyes.
A very interesting design, Bai He looked around the house, thinking about where to place it appropriately. He got up and walked around the living room, finally deciding on the wall next to the TV, the height was just right, and he could see the entire living room and even the dining room.
The only thing is, if he wanted to mount it on the wall, he'd need to get a bracket first.
Bai He put the camera back in the packaging box, went over to Lingling and stroked the cat's head, "I'm going downstairs to buy a few things, I'll be back soon."
He said it for the Maine Coon to hear, and Lingling gave two responsive meows after his words.
This feeling was very strange, as if there was someone at home waiting for him to come back, and Bai He really liked this feeling.
He sometimes felt that Lingling was quite spiritual, and would give him warmth at the right time.
Suddenly, Bai He thought of the Beastmen they had discussed at work today.
He paused for a moment, lowering his eyes to look at his cat, feeling helpless about the strange thought just now.
How could it be, Lingling is just Lingling, she won't suddenly turn into a human one day.
The supermarket was just two streets away from the apartment building, Bai He chose a sticky mounting rack, paid, and headed back.
The night temperature was cool, Bai He shivered a little, and on the way back there was a stretch of street with not very bright streetlights, but there were still many people walking around, so Bai He's courage was still decent, and he quickly returned to the apartment building.
But here there was no one in sight, a gust of cold wind blew, ruffling his hair, Bai He squinted his eyes, and in the deep darkness of the night, he seemed to see a person.
His steps slowed down, if it was a stranger, Bai He should run, but he didn't, the person was staring at him.
Not a stranger, but not exactly familiar either, there was even a bit of bad blood between them.
Bai He stood still, several meters away, and returned the person's gaze without any politeness.
Apparently not expecting Bai He to be so fearless, the alpha showed a slight surprise, but that surprise only lingered on his face for a moment, and then he frowned again, looking as if Bai He owed him money.
"Bai He."
Guan Jiaye's voice was not exactly friendly, a bit impolite.
Bai He remained silent, his gaze sweeping over Guan Jiaye's disheveled clothes, there was a hint of sweet rose fragrance in the air, an omega's pheromone, not Bai Lu's.
Bai He remembered that the original text mentioned Bai Lu's pheromone was camellia.
It should have reached the key plot point of the original text, Bai He suddenly realized.
In the original work, Bai Lu and Guan Jiaye were two years apart, the first time they met was at Bai Lu's graduation party, and Bai Lu fell for Guan Jiaye at first sight.
In the first half of the original text, Bai Lu chased after Guan Jiaye, and by the middle part, the two protagonists had a few misunderstandings, the last time being when Guan Jiaye got engaged, and this was another one.
As for the latter half of the original text, Bai He hadn't finished reading, but he guessed it should be Guan Jiaye chasing Bai Lu.
This point was precisely when the Guan family was fiercely competing internally.
Bai He looked at Guan Jiaye's disheveled appearance and guessed that it must have happened tonight.
The Guan family patriarch's birthday, the banquet was set in the most famous hotel in the city center, it should have been a joyous occasion, but the protagonist was bound to encounter an accident, Guan Jiaye was drugged, and an omega in heat was thrown into his room.
According to the description in the original text, that omega almost got marked, the drug injected into Guan Jiaye was very potent, and even with his strong self-control, he almost went berserk, just about to bite the neck, when Bai Lu arrived.
The subsequent plot was Bai Lu being shocked, Bai Lu unable to believe it, Bai Lu turning and running away, Guan Jiaye regained some clarity, and before going crazy, he had the doctor take the omega in heat away, and suppressed the potent drug in his body with a large amount of medication.
Now appearing here was to find Bai Lu.
So the rose-scented pheromone was from the omega who had gone into heat, Bai He's expression froze, sensing the alpha's pheromones in the air, gradually becoming more dense.
He frowned, taking a few steps back, his expression quite disgusted, "Don't move from there."
The Guan Jiaye who was about to step forward: "..."
Bai He didn't feel like explaining, directly saying, "If you're looking for Bai Lu, sorry, I don't know where he is, please go back."
His voice was icy, being polite was already Bai He's greatest courtesy, he really didn't want to be involved with the protagonist, Bai He valued his life.
After saying that, he turned to go upstairs.
"Wait!"
How could it be, Lingling is just Lingling, she won't suddenly turn into a human one day...you refered to the ml as she and her a few times in this chapter..when it should be he and him
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