CH 42

After the college entrance examination, there was an engagement banquet for Chi Le and Sheng Zhuo.

The day before the engagement, Sheng Zhuo wanted to give Chi Le a temporary mark, but Chi Le refused.

There are so many guests coming tomorrow, Chi Le is too ashamed to go out when he imagines that he will entertain everyone with Sheng Zhuo’s pheromone.

Sheng Zhuo coaxed him for a long time to no avail, he couldn’t help but said, “There are so many people attending the engagement banquet tomorrow, it will be very dangerous if you don’t have a temporary mark on your body.”

Actually, they can perform the permanent mating bond after the engagement banquet. He gets excited whenever he thinks about it, but they must address the current situation first. Although Chi Le’s body has recovered a lot during this time, the wedding banquet will have a diverse group of guests. If an Alpha suddenly goes into heat, it could pose a danger to Chi Le, so they can’t take it lightly.

Chi Le hesitated for a while, “How about I try the glandular sticker?”

He has been given temporary marks by Sheng Zhuo since his secondary maturation, and he has never used such things as glandular stickers.

After thinking about it, Sheng Zhuo felt that this method would work, so he had no choice but to give up the temporary mark and resigned himself to his fate to buy a glandular sticker for Chi Le.

It was already dark, so he changed his clothes and went out, all the way to the place where the gland stickers were sold, and said directly to the salesperson, “I’ll buy a box of glandular stickers.”

The glandular stickers are placed inside the counter. The salesperson bends down to look for them and asks, “What pattern do you want?”

It was the first time for Sheng Zhuo to buy glandular stickers, and he didn’t know much about them, so he asked patiently, “What patterns are there?”

“Basically, there are patterns of small animals, flowers and plants. The most popular one is the pattern of rabbits. Many Omegas like it, any preference?”

Sheng Zhuo thought of Chi Le’s usual way of flaunting his teeth and claws and saying that he was a super fierce Omega, so he couldn’t help but smile with his lips curled up. He knew without asking that Chi Le would definitely not like the rabbit pattern.

He thought for a while and said, “One with a tiger pattern.”

The salesperson rummaged through it and said regretfully, “There is no tiger pattern.”

“…Then choose the fiercest one.” Sheng Zhuo directly scanned the QR code and paid.

Half an hour later, Chi Le gritted his teeth vigorously against the Husky-patterned glandular stickers.

He suspected that Sheng Zhuo was maliciously retaliating!

*

The next morning, Sheng Zhuo came to Chi’s house early to pick up Chi Le.

Chi Le stood in front of the mirror, trying to stretch his neck to look at the husky on the back of his neck, no matter how he looked at it, there was a sense of stupidity.

Sheng Zhuo walked in, just in time to see this scene and couldn’t help laughing.

Chi Le pulled up his collar irritably and glared at him.

Sheng Zhuo suppressed a smile, “It’s still not too late to repent, before the engagement banquet starts, I still have time to give you a temporary mark.”

Chi Le refused without hesitation, “No.”

“What’s the difference?” Sheng Zhuo walks over and hugs him from behind, looking at the mirror together. “Today is our engagement banquet, and it’s meant to announce to everyone that you are mine. There’s nothing to be embarrassed about carrying my pheromones.”

He wished that Chi Le could smell of him all the time, so that everyone would know that Chi Le had an Alpha, so they wouldn’t dare to covet him.

Chi Le turned in his embrace, lifted his hand to hold his chin, and said in a domineering tone, “It’s actually to announce that you are mine.”

Sheng Zhuo responded with warmth: “Yes, yes, I belong to Young Master Chi.”

Chi Le’s lips curled up, looking very pleased with himself.

Sheng Zhuo had no choice but to help him tidy up the neckline so that the sticker would not be exposed, lest Young Master Chi lose his temper after being laughed at.

Sheng Zhuo lowered his head, concentrated on tidying Chi Le’s neckline, and leaned forward slightly.

Chi Le’s eyes glanced subtly at the mole under his collar, while observing how imposing and tall-looking he was. Even in just his school uniform, he exuded a strong presence. Now, dressed in a neatly tailored suit, he looked even more mature. It wasn’t difficult to imagine how he would look even more refined in a few years.

Sheng Zhuo noticed his gaze, and secretly kissed him on the ear, “You like to look at me so much?”

Chi Le hurriedly looked away, “Who’s looking at you? I’m looking at your suit.”

Sheng Zhuo didn’t expose him, and followed his words, “Then let me take a good look at your ‘suit’.”

Chi Le is wearing a white suit today, which complements his narrow waist and long legs, showing off his good figure.

Their clothes were all custom-made by Lin Yuran herself, and they fit very well on their bodies. Standing together, the two of them almost had the word ‘perfect match’ written on their faces.

Sheng Zhuo stared at Chi Le for a while, and couldn’t help hugging him tightly, “What to do, the more I look at you, the more I don’t want others to see you, I really want to hide you.”

Chi Le’s ears turned slightly red as his gaze wandered around on Sheng Zhuo’s body. In his heart, he didn’t really want others to see Sheng Zhuo like this, but at the same time, he felt proud of him.

The Alpha in front of him is his!

Looking at them standing side by side in the mirror, Chi Le couldn’t help but bend his lips and smile, a sweet taste spread in his heart, and he felt his whole heart was warm.

Sheng Zhuo kissed him hard on the lips before taking his hand and walking out.

Arriving at the venue of the engagement banquet, everyone was already there. Parents stood together, chatting happily, while classmates gathered around, playing and laughing. Relatives and friends were all gathered together, surrounded by flowers arranged all around.

Chi Le and Sheng Zhuo walked in, and everyone laughed and applauded enthusiastically when they saw them.

Sheng Zhuo and Chi Le smiled at everyone, and they were both a little nervous.

Chi Le originally thought that he was the only one like this, but when he turned his head, he found that Sheng Zhuo’s jawline was extremely tight, obviously also looking nervous.

It was the first time Chi Le saw Sheng Zhuo nervous, and he felt very strange, so he asked in a low voice, “I didn’t see you nervous before when you gave a speech in front of so many people, why are you suddenly nervous this time?”

As a top student, Sheng Zhuo often had to give speeches in front of the whole school’s teachers and students. Chi Le disliked his composed and confident demeanor on stage, but now looking back, he found it quite charming.

“In a lifetime, there can be countless speeches, but there’s only one engagement,” Sheng Zhuo whispered, “Can it still be just as special?”

Chi Le pursed his lower lip, and the corners of his mouth curled up uncontrollably.

The sun was just right, the sky was clear, and the engagement banquet was held smoothly.

The two exchanged engagement rings in front of everyone before embracing.

Sheng Zhuo lowered his head, looked at Chi Le’s face close at hand, and couldn’t help but want to kiss him, but Chi Le pushed him away with a blushing face.

There was a burst of laughter from the audience, Fang Younian and Chen Yunzhou laughed the most.

Sheng Zhuo came back to his senses, let go of Chi Le with a smile, secretly scratched his palm, and was glared at by Chi Le.

At lunch, Chi Le and Sheng Zhuo toasted a few glasses of wine, but Lin Yuran made an excuse to dismiss them and let them go to the classmates’ table for dinner, and let them handle the entertainment.

Chi Le and Sheng Zhuo Le felt at ease and sat down to eat with peace of mind.

After the meal, the music suddenly sounded, and the photos of Chi Le and Sheng Zhuo were displayed on the big screen, including their childhood photos, and many group photos of them after they met.

There are a lot of photos that were taken, they didn’t know when, there were two people standing on the podium for the first time, there were two people staring at each other in the cafeteria, and they were running in the physical education class… These photos recorded many moments that they themselves did not notice.

Chi Le and Sheng Zhuo blinked their eyes in surprise, where did these photos come from, they were not familiar with each other at that time, who took them for them? How come there are so many group photos!

Lin Yuran looked over in surprise, obviously she didn’t expect them to be rivals before, after being surprised, she couldn’t help covering her lips and laughing, even Sheng De and Chi Jindong couldn’t stop laughing.

The classmates and teachers couldn’t help laughing when they thought of their incompatibility in the past.

Sheng Zhuo and Chi Le’s cheeks burned up in embarrassment, and they looked at each other with some regret. If they had known today, they would not have been so ostentatious when they confronted each other!

Never would they have expected to be reminded of the past on this day…Damn it, they absolutely must not let Sheng Zhuo and Chi Le know who took those pictures!

Sitting behind them, Fang Younian leaned his head between the two with a smug smile and said in a boastful tone, “Well, how do you like it? This is the engagement gift from Yunzhou and me to you guys. The photos were all found on the school forum, and they were all secretly taken by our fellow classmates.”

Sheng Zhuo and Chi Le looked at him together, gritted their teeth sinisterly: “So it’s you.”

Fang Younian’s back felt cold, he swallowed, and hurriedly dragged Chen Yunzhou beside him, “Not only me, but also him, I came up with the idea, and he found the photos.”

Chen Yunzhou didn’t expect to be betrayed so quickly and pointed at him with a funny expression of betrayal, “Obviously you asked me to find them.”

Fang Younian cleared his throat and continued to playfully push Chen Yunzhou forward, saying with a show of force, “It’s not our fault! Blame it on you guys for being too eye-catching. Why would everyone take photos of you two instead of others? You should look for the reasons within yourselves. If you weren’t so handsome, there wouldn’t be all these pictures!”

Chi Le glanced at him speechlessly and waved his hand to ask Jian Cheng to take him away quickly.

After the engagement banquet was over, the elders left early, and Sheng Zhuo and Chi Le stood by the door to see them off.

All the good friends stayed. In the evening, everyone gathered together to have a barbecue and have fun. Because they had already graduated, everyone clamored for a drink. Sheng Zhuo and Chi Le had to accompany them for a few drinks. It was almost twelve o’clock before they went home.

Chi Le also wanted to go back to his own home, but was led by Sheng Zhuo to the car. He drank a few glasses of fruit wine just now and was slightly drunk. He got into the car in a daze, sat on the seat and fell asleep.

Sheng Zhuo bent down to fasten his seat belt, turned his head and nodded to everyone, and got into the car as well.

A friend who just came back from abroad couldn’t help but clicked his tongue twice when he saw his appearance, and sighed sincerely, “I thought brother Zhuo would be the last to get married among us, but I didn’t expect him to marry young!”

Fang Younian patted Chen Yunzhou’s shoulder and said, “Look at him, he looks so smitten, with eyes only for Lele. He probably wished for this day to come long ago. Don’t feel sorry for him, or he might just hit you if he hears you sympathizing.”

Everyone couldn’t help but burst into laughter, marveling at how the tables had turned. There had been quite a few people who pursued Sheng Zhuo in the past, but he had always rejected them without any hesitation. No one expected that in the end, he would fall for his bitter rival.

Chen Yunzhou looked at everyone inscrutably, “Do you really think that he used to treat Lele as his bitter rival?”

Fang Younian was stunned for a moment, “What else?”

Chen Yunzhou rubbed his chin and gave him a sideways glance, “When we were in kindergarten, there was a very annoying male classmate who sat behind Sheng Zhuo and always liked to hit Sheng Zhuo’s chair with a table. Do you remember him? What happened afterwards?”

Fang Younian recalled it carefully for a while, “I remember that he seemed to transfer to the next class the next day.”

Chen Yunzhou nodded, and asked again: “When we were in elementary school, there was a boy who always troubled Sheng Zhuo. Do you remember how he was?”

“I remember he was forced to transfer school not long after.” Fang Younian had some impressions, and recalled: “However, Sheng Zhuo didn’t bully others, and the school he was transferred to was very good. At that time, many students were still envious.”

Chen Yunzhou continued to ask, “Back in junior high, when Sheng Zhuo was in the honors class, there was a girl in his class who liked him. She kept pestering him and even left love letters on his desk. Do you remember what happened in the end?”

“I remember! At that time, Sheng Zhuo was very annoyed, so he directly transferred to the ordinary class.” Fang Younian said with a smile: “He happened to be transferred to our class. Thanks to that girl, I copied his homework for two years!”

“Sheng Zhuo has always ignored and avoided people he dislikes. He doesn’t bother to interact with them,” Chen Yunzhou smiled and turned his head to ask, “So, how does he treat Chi Le?”

This question caught Fang Younian off guard, and he fell into silence for a moment before thoughtfully saying, “He didn’t change classes, transfer schools, or even try to get Chi Le transferred elsewhere. Instead… he voluntarily asked to sit behind Chi Le.”

Chen Yunzhou snorted.

A group of people suddenly showed enlightened expressions.

*

Chi Le woke up and found himself lying in an unfamiliar room with a soft orange glow filling the space. Next to him, Sheng Zhuo lay, gazing at him with eyes filled with indescribable tenderness.

“Where is this?”

Chi Le’s head was still a little dizzy, and in this strange environment, he unconsciously leaned into Sheng Zhuo’s arms.

Sheng Zhuo stretched out his arms to hug him, and kissed his forehead lightly, “This is where we will live during college.”

Chi Le understood that this is the house bought by the two parents, and they will live here in the next few years. During this time, he has been busy with the engagement banquet, so he hasn’t visited it yet.

Their results in the college entrance examination are all good, Sheng Zhuo maintains his normal level, and Chi Le performed exceptionally. Although they cannot be admitted to the same department, they can be admitted to the same university, and be alumni in the future.

The two parents have already bought them a house near the university, and they will hold a formal wedding for them when they adapt to university life. After marriage, they will live here during university, and then move back after graduation and work.

Because of Chi Le’s physical condition, they can only marry early. The doctor said that the sooner the permanent mating bond is done, the better for Chi Le’s health.

“Why did you bring me here?”

After drinking the wine, Chi Le’s cheeks were flushed, his voice was soft when he spoke, and he sounded like he was being coquettish.

Sheng Zhuo kissed him on the lips, smelled the faint aroma of wine and said: “Today is our engagement night, I want to spend it with you.”

Chi Le glanced at the watch in his hand, “It’s already past twelve o’clock.”

The day of the engagement was clearly over.

Sheng Zhuo hugged him tightly, “I don’t care, as long as the night has not passed, it will always be our engagement night.”

“Where’s there such a thing as an engagement night, only…” Chi Le’s voice stuttered, his face turning red, and he didn’t continue.

Sheng Zhuo brushed his nose teasingly and asked knowingly, “Only what?”

…Of course, only on the wedding night.

Chi Le pursed his lips and remained silent.

Sheng Zhuo smiled sullenly, looking at him with strong possessiveness almost overflowing, which was very different from usual.

Chi Le belatedly remembered that Sheng Zhuo had also drank just now, and drank more than him.

He raised his hand and touched Sheng Zhuo’s face, “Did you drink too much?”

“…A bit.” Sheng Zhuo’s voice was low as he sighed, “Whenever they offer toasts with auspicious wishes, I can’t help but accept their drinks. After all, I want both a harmonious hundred years with you and a lifetime of happiness together. Whatever blessings they give, I want to accept them all.”

Chi Le’s ears felt hot, and he felt that his voice was indescribably moving in the night.

Sheng Zhuo gently touched his lips, “Lele, I am very happy today, are you happy?”

Chi Le pursed his lips and nodded slightly.

Sheng Zhuo’s eyes were slightly dark, he stroked his cheek, kissed him down, from forehead to chin, touched the back of his neck with his hand, kissed the corner of his mouth lightly, and then peeled off the glandular sticker.

The sweet aroma of peach spread through the air, and in that moment, Chi Le’s body trembled ever so slightly. Though he usually carried a hint of aggressiveness in his demeanor, now, in Sheng Zhuo’s embrace, he seemed to have softened into a puddle of water.

Sheng Zhuo lowered his head and kissed him softly, his voice seemed to be bewitching, “Is it alright to complete the permanent mating bond now?”

Suddenly a large piece of fireworks lit up outside the window, illuminating the entire night sky.

Chi Le’s heart was beating wildly, and the fireworks outside were bright, but he seemed to only see Sheng Zhuo.

In this world, there are so many beautiful and attractive things, but for them, they know that only each other is the most special existence.

Chi Le raised his arms to hug Sheng Zhuo and kissed him actively.

The author has something to say:

It’s over! This is the first sweet novel of the new year; I hope you enjoy reading it! Next chapter extra~

t/n: Yes!! The novel is “officially” over; it was hard to find, but I did find an extra, so please look forward to it on the weekend~~