Xie Wang: "..."
Shameless.
The world's morals are worsening day by day. These A are willing to do such a thing for just hundred bucks.
He looked down on it.
"Not gonna take a look?" The waiter, possibly a sales champion, strongly recommended, "Our stage offers great value, the perfect choice for relaxation and stress relief."
Xie Wang: "No."
"What's with that look?" The waiter said, "We are a proper show, a promotional event for a beverage company. No sleaze involved."
Xie Wang: "..."
The noise surged, and Lin Jianlu was nowhere to be seen again.
Did I mistake someone else for him?
Is it that now everyone I see looks like you?
This is really starting to be quite a headache.
***
Front row of the audience area.
"Ahhhh, you're so handsome, brother! And your legs are so long!" Wei Lan jumped up and high-fived an alpha. "I'm definitely buying a few cases of the same flavor drink as your pheromones later!"
Lin Jianlu looked at his roommate, who was gazing at the alpha xiao gege with starry eyes while freeing one hand to reply to the script revision suggestions notes, instructing the team to rewrite it.
"I'll take care of your sales." Wei Lan made a heart gesture at the alpha and then moved on to holding hands with the next one. "Wow, you're my favorite tonight, little brother."
Lin Jianlu: "..."
There's a scum O right beside me.
"Aren't you going to check me out?" An A with broad shoulders and long legs stopped next to him. "You're so beautiful, I can give you a discount."
"No," Lin Jianlu replied.
Just looking was fine. Since there was no one he particularly liked, he had no intention of making a move.
Alpha No. 3 had a great waist—lean when dressed, muscular when undressed, exuding a sense of toughness and strength.
Alpha No. 9 had a sexy mouth, with the canine teeth visible when he smiled, so he should be quite good at biting.
Alpha No. 19 had beautiful hands. He'd just performed a magic trick, and his fingers seemed exceptionally nimble.
But Lin Jianlu was too picky. If only these qualities could all be found in one person.
A vague image of someone appeared in his mind.
"I'm going to the restroom," he told Wei Lan.
"Yeah, yeah," Wei Lan said carelessly, both hands still holding onto different alphas.
Lin Jianlu calmly parted the crowded throng and walked out indifferently.
This performance was sponsored by a beverage company to promote various flavors of sparkling water. The pineapple flavor was currently the best-seller.
The most popular alpha on stage just now? His pheromones were pineapple-flavored.
Other flavors of the drink were also steadily selling out.
Only the grapefruit flavor on the edge of the shelf had no one interested.
Lin Jianlu reached out for a bottle of grapefruit-flavored sparkling water.
A hand reached out and pressed down on his shoulder.
He lifted his eyelids slightly and looked back coldly, meeting a pair of familiar and arrogant eyes.
Xie Wang?
"No dating," he said, lowering his eyes.
"Lin Jianlu, it's me," Xie Wang spoke.
In front of him, the omega's eyes widened slightly, as if he was slightly surprised, then furrowed in apparent displeasure, and soon reverted to a detached, indifferent expression.
"What's Teacher doing in a place like this?" Lin Jianlu asked.
Xie Wang: "Uh..."
"I... I have a scene in a bar in my new show, so I came to get a feel for the atmosphere," he hurriedly explained.
Lin Jianlu didn't react much, only said, "Oh, really?"
Sounds like you don't believe it.
Xie Wang: "I'm here with friends. We're just sitting in a private room, not even drinking."
Xie Wang fell silent.
Wait a minute.
He was here to question Lin Jianlu.
What was an omega, especially one as beautiful and delicate as him, doing in a place full of alphas at this late hour instead of staying comfortably in his dorm? He didn't even know where he might have picked up the scent of other alphas. Lin Jianlu won't touch another alpha's abs, will he?
Just thinking about it made Xie Wang's heart feel like a knocked over bottle of sparkling water, fizzing with sourness.
So, he should be in the right and self-confident, and Lin Jianlu should be at fault.
What was he explaining here!
He wasn't guilty at all, damn it!
Xie Wang took a deep breath, mustering a sharp, slightly angry gaze, pressing a bit harder on Lin Jianlu's shoulder, and glared at him: "You..."
Across from him, Lin Jianlu twisted open a bottle of grapefruit-flavored sparkling water, gently sipping away the small bubbles at the mouth of the bottle.
Fresh droplets of water glistened on his full lips.
In that instant, all the mixed scents on Lin Jianlu vanished, leaving only a hint of grapefruit.
Lin Jianlu tilted his head slightly: "Hmm?"
Xie Wang put his arm around Lin Jianlu's shoulders, steering him away from the crowd.
"The show Seeking Sound will bring its own traffic. Your popularity will soar after it airs, so it's better to avoid places like this," Xie Wang said.
This is his concern as a mentor for a contestant in his group.
There was no other meaning.
"Mn, okay," Lin Jianlu replied, tilting his head back and taking another sip of the sparkling water.
The omega's raised neck was very slender with thin, delicate skin.
Xie Wang knew that Lin Jianlu was quite sensitive there. A bite on the side of his neck would make him lower his head and shiver, and with another bite on the gland, he couldn't help making soft, ambiguous sounds.
"Is it good?" Xie Wang asked.
"Recently, I've been into grapefruit," Lin Jianlu replied briefly.
Xie Wang: "."
"Want to come sit with me?" Xie Wang asked.
Lin Jianlu's gaze seemed solely fixed on the sparkling water in his hand.
His fair finger pads pressed the bottle.
"Let's go." Xie Wang forcefully embraced him and took him away.
He truly couldn't stand the thought of Lin Jianlu staying in this environment any longer.
Just like he couldn't tolerate a sparkling and translucent snowflake falling into the dust.
Lin Jianlu struggled for a moment, but couldn't get away from him and was taken away.
Second floor, VIP private room.
Pei Yan was restless.
Something was off.
Before he could even raise his hand, Xie Wang's sexual orientation seemed to have already bent.
He called Xie Wang's brother.
"Siran, there's something I need to tell you," Pei Yan said, his tone serious. "It's quite important."
Pei Yan: "It seems like Xie Wang..."
Just then, the door of the VIP room was pushed open, and Xie Wang walked in, holding onto an omega.
Pei Yan: "Never mind."
He hung up the phone.
An omega?
So Xie Wang went down to catch an omega?
And a very good-looking omega at that.
He had never seen an omega boy who could wear such cold colors as black and silver so stunningly.
"Hello," Pei Yan said. "Come in and have a seat. What would you like to eat? I'll order."
The boy merely nodded slightly at him, offering no smile or words.
So cold.
There were too many good-looking people in the entertainment industry, but this guy's beauty had a sense of distance; unconventional but also unapproachable.
Where did Xie Wang meet such an impressive omega?
"This is my junior, Lin Jianlu, from X University's Music Academy," Xie Wang introduced.
"When did you meet?" Pei Yan asked.
Xie Wang: "At my graduation ceremony."
No, if he thought about it from before his rebirth, it should have been the awards ceremony.
He and Lin Jianlu were seated next to each other, but Lin Jianlu never spoke a word to him throughout the event.
It was only towards the end, when Lin Jianlu's hand was pierced by a rose thorn and bled, that he handed him a handkerchief.
"Little brother, what made you think of coming here to play today?" Pei Yan asked again.
Oh, right.
Xie Wang raised his head.
God knows how angry he was when he saw Lin Jianlu by the shelf earlier.
Xie Wang knew Lin Jianlu's body best. This person was highly sensitive to alpha pheromones and could be easily aroused into pseudo-estrus.
And yet, here he was, running around in a bar full of fierce A.
For a moment, Xie Wang had wanted to grab this person by his inhibition collar and push him into a corner to interrogate him.
How come I forgot about it later?
"A friend is having trouble writing a script," Lin Jianlu explained. "I came along to keep him company."
A friend?
Oh, Wei Lan.
Xie Wang got it now.
Given Wei Lan's rigidity and nitpicking, there was indeed the possibility of a field trip.
After all, before his rebirth, he knew Wei Lan once spent three months at sea just to research a script about sailors.
Reason accepted.
"It's too dangerous," Xie Wang said disapprovingly. "You really shouldn't come to places like this again."
Lin Jianlu: "Mm."
"Indeed, it's better to be cautious," Pei Yan added. "Did you enjoy the performance, little brother? Did any alpha xiao-gege catch your eye?"
Lin Jianlu: "Not interested."
"Those soft abs and imperfectly proportioned bodies really aren't worth looking at," Xie Wang commented. "And they charge 100 bucks for that."
If Lin Jianlu wanted, he would show it to him for free.
But Lin Jianlu probably didn't want to.
Lin Jianlu only responded with a simple, "Mm."
He slowly drank half a bottle of grapefruit sparkling water and ate a small plate of pine nuts that Xie Wang had shelled for him.
Most of the time, it was Xie Wang and Pei Yan doing the talking. Lin Jianlu would only respond when someone directly addressed him.
"I need to go," Lin Jianlu said, glancing at a message on his phone. "Thank you for the hospitality, teacher."
Leaving already?
Hadn't he just arrived?
Xie Wang glanced at the time and realized that Lin Jianlu had already been there for nearly an hour.
"Goodbye," Lin Jianlu said.
He retraced his steps, heading downstairs to the bar area.
The performance had ended, and the crowd in the bar had thinned out considerably.
Wei Lan had a drink in his left hand and his right hand was busy revising the script on his laptop.
"Did you go fishing? You smell of alpha," Wei Lan remarked.
Lin Jianlu: "Yeah."
Lin Jianlu: "How many cases of drinks did you buy?"
Wei Lan: "I didn't buy a single bottle. That was just sweet talk for the alphas, who'd take it seriously?"
Lin Jianlu: "."
Meanwhile, Xie Wang looked at the now-empty seat beside him, and that hollow feeling seemed to return.
"Let's go too," Pei Yan said, picking up the brown jacket on the sofa. "I've got a variety show to record tomorrow."
"Sure," Xie Wang said as he stood up.
"Oh, by the way," Pei Yan added, "I heard from the director of Hidden Blade that you have a casting vacancy?"
"We do," Xie Wang replied with a slight smile. "It's for the role of my wife. Why? Do you have a recommendation?"
"Lin Jianlu would be perfect," Pei Yan said. "He's pretty enough."
Xie Wang: "..."
You're awesome, you recommended my wife to play my wife.
As soon as he stepped out of the bar, Xie Wang spotted Lin Jianlu and Wei Lan standing under a tree by the roadside, waiting for their ride.
One had earphones plugged, and the other was typing away on a laptop.
These two are straight-stupid, aren't they?
[Wei Lan and Lin Jianlu are straight-A students. A bit of word play.]
Lin Jianlu was very serious about creative work, so when it came to acting, he could definitely be taught.
It's just playing the wife, not real; it should be fine, right?
Lin Jianlu was very serious about creative work, so when it came to acting, he could definitely be taught.
It's just playing the wife, not real; it should be fine, right?
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