Part 2
Guan Jiaye called out to him, unusually, there was no arrogance in his voice this time.
Bai He stopped, standing on the stairs and turning sideways, "Anything else?"
Silence.
Guan Jiaye opened his mouth, but the grave expression on his face was mixed with some hesitation, that expression of having to swallow his pride to ask for help was something that had always been in a superior position.
The male protagonist's setting was unyielding and terribly stubborn.
Bai He waited for almost a minute, he felt he was already very patient, not wanting to keep standing here in the cold wind, "If you're not saying anything, I'm leaving."
"Wait!"
Bai He: "..."
He took a deep breath, turned around again, "Is your mouth only capable of saying 'wait'?"
Guan Jiaye seemed to have been hit on the head, he remained silent, staring fixedly at Bai He's face, his stubbornness was infuriating.
"If you're looking for Bai Lu, I can't help you." According to the original text, even if Bai He hadn't read the novel, he could guess what Guan Jiaye wanted to do, "You think I'm his family member, so he'll answer my call, and you want to break through from me."
Guan Jiaye didn't deny it, Bai He continued, "Since I'm Bai Lu's family member, do you think I'll help him or help you?"
"It's not about helping anyone, you're his brother, aren't you worried an omega like him might encounter danger outside?" Guan Jiaye suddenly frowned.
"It seems you haven't learned how to speak properly since that day." Bai He's gaze was cold, "Do you think Bai Lu will encounter danger? Is the Bai family just a decoration?"
Guan Jiaye was obviously choked for a moment.
"The Bai family's business, accumulated over the years, may not be that big, but it's not small either, do you think they would let an omega like Bai Lu encounter danger?" Bai He said, "Bai Lu is safer than anyone else, he doesn't want to see you, and as his brother, even if our relationship can't be called good, I have no reason to help you."
Guan Jiaye's face darkened, a gloomy look flashing in his eyes, "Then, if I exchange something with you, will you make a call to him?"
"No exchange." Bai He rejected it outright, turning to go up the stairs.
The Guan Jiaye below let out a snort, the concentration of alpha pheromones around him rising again.
"Regarding Qin Yao, are you sure you don't want to exchange?"
Bai He's footsteps paused for a moment, he turned sideways, looking down at the alpha, "Put away your pheromones, if Bai Lu knows you're using pheromones to pressure his brother, do you think he'll look at you the same way?"
Guan Jiaye's face dropped to the freezing point.
"As for the matter regarding Qin Yao, why do I have to get it from you?" Bai He's eyes were as still as a pond.
"So, you mean he told you?" Guan Jiaye restrained his pheromones and sneered, "Or, do you think he'll tell you?"
Bai He frowned.
"Bai He, you don't really think he sees you as a friend, do you?"
This mocking remark stung Bai He's heart, and he firmly pressed his lips together.
Alphas have strong insight, and Guan Jiaye naturally saw the fleeting micro-expression on Bai He's face, and snorted, "Your interaction with him is not much, and you didn't even greet each other before this semester, I'm curious, why do you like that guy?"
Bai He looked at Guan Jiaye with an expressionless face, and at that moment, the other's eyes suddenly flashed in the night, the color turning into a dazzling golden yellow, and then his pupils slit for a second, flashing past.
Bai He saw it clearly, and his eyes widened in surprise.
"It seems I guessed correctly, you really like him." Guan Jiaye didn't hide the change in his eyes, "And your reaction tells me that you know about the existence of Beastmen."
The fingers hanging by Bai He's side curled a little, "You investigated me?"
Guan Jiaye regained the upper hand, his face filled with smug pride, he raised his chin, "For a piece of paper like that, the word 'investigate' is a waste."
He then laughed, "Bai He, you're an omega, does Qin Yao know?"
Bai He remained silent, he was a bit angry.
"It seems he doesn't know yet, I should say he's a gentleman, or he simply doesn't care about you? Your identity and gender can be easily checked in the administrative system, but he didn't go check, it seems he also doesn't really care about you." Guan Jiaye looked at Bai He's face, raising the corner of his mouth, "You see, he doesn't understand you, and you actually don't understand him at all."
Bai He's heart sank, for a moment, he actually wanted to turn and leave, but he was quite unwilling, he couldn't swallow this grievance, his feet felt like they were filled with lead, not moving an inch.
"Will Qin Yao tell you what he's doing? He's helping Qin Wei manage the branch company. The father and son together are about to pressure the other two families, because of him, I've encountered a lot of trouble." Guan Jiaye seemed to have some pheromones going to his head, inadvertently opening up, but the focus was still to enrage Bai He.
"You're interning at his father's company, only knowing that Qin Yao is also an intern, not knowing that he's already started helping Qin Wei manage the branch company, and you don't know he has a disease, he's had it since his secondary gender presentation, people in our circle all know he has chronic insomnia, and—"
The alpha lazily chuckled a few times, raising his hand to brush the hair over his left eye, revealing his eyes more clearly to Bai He, "You know about the existence of Beastmen, but you don't know that Qin Yao is also a Beastman, a feline Beastman like me."
Bai He's heart raced, he forced himself to calm down, the calm on his face was about to shatter, he was provoked by Guan Jiaye's words, because everything Guan Jiaye said was true, he really knew nothing.
His relationship with Qin Yao was the most ordinary of friends, and even this friendly relationship was maintained with politeness and decorum.
He didn't understand Qin Yao, and Qin Yao had never truly shared himself.
Between them, they were just ordinary acquaintances.
Or...
In Qin Yao's heart, he wasn't even a friend?
This thought surfaced in his mind, and Bai He felt ashamed of himself. How could he doubt Qin Yao just because of a few words from Guan Jiaye.
Bai He let out a breath, calming down, he raised his head, looking down at the smug Guan Jiaye, "So what if I don't know? I can take the time to understand him, I don't know him now, but there's plenty of time in the future."
He then turned to the side, his voice indifferent, "At least I'm still his friend, but you, can you still be friends with Bai Lu?"
He then showed an uncomprehending expression, "And you said you'd exchange Qin Yao's stuff with me, but I didn't agree to it, you just blurted it out yourself, did your brain short-circuit along with your mouth, Young Master Guan? Go back and see a doctor again, you've exhausted all your bargaining chips."
Mutual destruction, who's afraid of whom?
Seeing the cracked expression on Guan Jiaye's face, Bai He felt a bit relieved in his heart, he no longer wanted to listen to Guan Jiaye's nonsense, and turned to walk into the apartment.
Suddenly, a whistling wind came from behind, and the person behind yelled with a hoarse voice.
"—Do you know what kind of feline Beastman the Qin family has?"
Bai He pressed his lips together, quickening his pace to walk inside, extremely annoyed.
"The previous things are irrelevant, the most important bargaining chip is still with me."
"Bai He, you'll come find me sooner or later."
...
In the elevator, Guan Jiaye's voice was finally blocked out, Bai He leaned weakly against the side of the elevator, his expression a little dazed, his mind blank.
Not wanting to think about anything.
Annoying.
Ding—reaching the top floor, Bai He dragged his feet out of the elevator, standing in the hallway, turning sideways to look at the tightly closed door across from him.
No pheromones, Qin Yao wasn't there.
Qin Yao was never there.
Bai He's heart, which had finally calmed down, could no longer be suppressed, and he dejectedly buried his head, staring at the floor, lost and dejected.
These past few days, Qin Yao rarely came back home, is it because that day he kissed Qin Yao's scent gland?
Bai He felt a bit regretful.
He realized he had done wrong, he shouldn't have been so eager, shouldn't have tested the other party, so that their already distant relationship became even more distant.
He made a mistake.
And had to admit it.
Qin Yao seemed to be really avoiding him.
Back home, Lingling was still crouching on the windowsill looking at the night cityscape, she really seemed to like sitting on the windowsill, Bai He filtered out his distressed thoughts, went to the carpet in front of the window, leaned on the cushioned window sill, and gently buried his face in the Maine Coon's back.
The soft fur enveloped his face, very warm, Bai He felt melancholy.
After a long time, Bai He slowly got up, walked around the house for a while, busy for a while, hung the mounting rack he had bought on the wall, the rack was very firmly sticky, and Bai He placed the cat-shaped camera shell on it.
Viewed from a distance, it was just a simple cartoon toy ornament, not conspicuous, he thought about it and went to the balcony to bring in a hanging potted plant to place next to it, then stepped back to observe.
Quite matching.
Bai He sat back on the sofa, connected to Bluetooth according to the instructions, and he could see the situation in the living room and even the dining room on his phone, the coverage was very large.
He put down his phone, sitting very straight, motionless for a long time, then picked up his phone again and opened the notes.
1. Remember to buy more canned food for Lingling.
2. Buy groceries
3. ...
Bai He's fingers stopped typing.
He actually had nothing important to record, the only light in the house was the one in the foyer, Bai He belatedly realized that since he came back, he hadn't turned on the living room light, he sat at the intersection of light and darkness, his eyes gleaming in the dark.
The whistling wind swept across the balcony, rustling the clothes hanging outside, the wind, it seemed it was going to rain.
Bai He stood up and went to bring in the clothes.
From the balcony to the living room, back and forth several times, the wind had stopped blowing outside, the moon peeking out from under the dark clouds, the silver light falling on Bai He's face.
He felt a warm touch on his feet, looking down, he found it was Lingling, the Maine Coon had come over at some point, circling his legs very affectionately, as if asking: What's wrong? Are you unhappy?
Bai He held a potted plant, he had already moved several pots inside, and it was only now that he emerged from the immersed emotions, he just wanted to keep himself busy, so as not to think.
He placed the potted plant back on the rack, squatted down and hugged Lingling tightly, his scorching and damp breath falling on the Maine Coon's face.
Bai He felt Lingling lick his face.
In the following days, Bai He kept himself busy all the time, there were a lot of things to handle in the office recently, everyone was holed up in the company all day, Bai He went to the company to help in the mornings after his classes.
At night when he got home, whenever he had a spare moment, he would go live, never giving himself a chance to catch his breath.
He had been like this for half a month, and Bai He had not seen Qin Yao, neither at the apartment nor at the company.
Perhaps, as Guan Jiaye said, Qin Yao went to the branch company and rarely came back to the headquarters.
Thinking of this, he inevitably recalled Guan Jiaye's words that night.
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