CH 77

Lin Yuxing was surprised by how quickly Gu Nuan took action. Within two days, Gu Nuan claimed that everything was arranged.

They agreed to meet at a relatively secluded beverage shop on campus. Lin Yuxing arrived half an hour early and ordered a popular strawberry mint milkshake for Gu Nuan in advance. He got himself cheap lemon water.

On his phone screen was a message from Gu Zhongyi: “[I have a flight at 8 p.m. tomorrow and want to meet you at school.]”

Lin Yuxing worriedly replied: “[I’ll wait for you at home. Senior, please take care and don’t tire yourself too much.]”

Lin Yuxing really wanted to see Gu Zhongyi, but every time, Gu Zhongyi always took a long time to reply. He didn’t want to disturb Gu Zhongyi’s work, so he stopped texting.

Lately, Gu Zhongyi had been very busy, and their contact had been minimal.

On the other hand, messages from “Liao Yan” kept popping up.

Liao Yan: “[Are you in the dorm?]” Liao Yan: “[The fried chicken shop at the south gate has new flavors. Want to try?]” Lin Yuxing: “[Thank you, but I’m busy with something else at the moment.]” Liao Yan: “[You’re so cold to me.]” Lin Yuxing: “[…Huh?]” Liao Yan: “[Teary-eyed emoji x3]”

Ever since Lin Yuxing had the incredible suspicion about Liao Yan, he found it hard to ignore his “complaints.” He couldn’t help but respond.

In his mind, he could always see Liao Yan’s hand gently resting on his head that day, tender and warm, just like his brother.

As Lin Yuxing’s fingers swiped through the emojis, he accidentally clicked on one of the hamster emojis, which depicted the hamster pooping.

“…”

Lin Yuxing anxiously tried to undo it, but it had already been sent.

On the other end of the phone, Lin Yuheng was so excited when he saw the little hamster emoji that he almost dropped his phone.

Xingxing finally sent him a hamster emoji!

He used to envy others for receiving these emojis, and now his wish had come true! Lin Yuheng couldn’t help but smile, and his handsome face caught the attention of the people around him.

Beside him, Xu Xiangchi, who had been dragged to the lottery shop to pick numbers, looked gloomy and glared at him secretly.

Lin Yuheng didn’t even look up, but he kicked Xu Xiangchi’s butt, saying with a tone that didn’t match his expression, “Stop dilly-dallying. Have you picked the numbers yet?”

Xu Xiangchi winced from the pain but didn’t dare to retaliate. Lin Yuheng had too much dirt on him, and he was afraid that if he made him unhappy, he would get expelled from C University.

The Xu family valued their reputation, and he didn’t want to be kicked out disgracefully by his father.

Xu Xiangchi gritted his teeth and handed over the numbers he had chosen, trying to please Lin Yuheng with a smile, “You misunderstood, I was just curious why you asked me to buy the lottery.”

“None of your business?”

“…”

Lin Yuheng was in a good mood that day and didn’t have time to chit chat with Xu Xiangchi. He took the lottery ticket and said. “Alright, just go.”

Then, he sent a message to Gu Zhongyi: “[I bought it, when can I give it to you?]”

Gu Zhongyi replied: “[How about the day after tomorrow? Let’s schedule a meeting time; I have something to discuss with you.]”

Lin Yuheng asked, “[Any progress?]”

Gu Zhongyi took a long time to reply: “[Let’s talk about it when we meet.]”

Meanwhile, Lin Yuxing was in a state of dilemma between “deleting” and “not deleting.”

While he was contemplating, “Liao Yan’s” messages kept bombarding him.

Liao Yan: “[hamster heart eyes emoticon x3]”

[Do you want to eat shaved ice? I’ll treat you.]”

Liao Yan: “[!]”

Lin Yuxing looked at the exclamation mark and gradually smiled, then he sent a menu.

Liao Yan: “[Orange milk ice!]”

Lin Yuxing: “[yes.]”

Liao Yan: “[hamster spinning emoticon x3]”

Lin Yuxing: “[Don’t spam.]”

Liao Yan: “[Hmm, okay.]”

At noon, the scorching sun made Gu Nuan arrive a few minutes late. He pushed open the door of the cold drink shop, sweating profusely. The cool breeze from the air conditioner refreshed his mind, and he exclaimed, “I’m here!” His eyes were drawn to the shaved ice on the table.

Gu Nuan hurriedly scooped two spoonfuls of shaved ice into his mouth, feeling rejuvenated.

Then, he took a data report from his bag and handed it to Lin Yuxing, saying, “Here, it’s all done.”

Lin Yuxing’s heart skipped a beat unconsciously as he received it with both hands and said, “Thank you!” He couldn’t wait to open the report and saw a terrifying number of 90% compatibility.

His hand holding the report trembled slightly.

This way, what Qu Ling said turned out to be completely true.

Lin Yuxing looked up and happened to meet Gu Nuan’s eyes.

Gu Nuan misinterpreted his expression.

“You can rest assured about confidentiality; I haven’t looked at this compatibility test report,” Gu Nuan kindly reminded Lin Yuxing, “I just heard that Xu Xiangchi’s character isn’t that great, so be careful.”

“I know. Thank you so much, Gu Nuan.”

“No problem?” Gu Nuan smiled and remembered something, “By the way, my relative told me that there is a record of Xu Xiangchi doing a compatibility test in the research institute’s database.”

Lin Yuxing didn’t quite understand.

“In simple terms, someone used Xu Xiangchi’s data to test compatibility before, and…” Gu Nuan said in a hushed voice, “they used your pheromones for the test.”

Gu Nuan let out a sigh of relief and said, “Your compatibility is only 9%.”

Lin Yuxing immediately guessed that it was Gu Zhongyi who did that. To confirm his suspicion, he asked, “Do you know who conducted the test?”

“There’s no record of that,” Gu Nuan said unsurely as he noticed Lin Yuxing’s urgency, “Let me ask again for you.”

True to his words, he immediately called his relative. During a polite conversation, he obtained two useful pieces of information: Jin Mu helped with the test, and the test was conducted on the day Lin Yuxing first visited the research institute.

With this confirmation, Lin Yuxing was 100% sure it was Gu Zhongyi.

Lin Yuxing had heard before that due to the similarity of pheromones between identical twins, they would most likely have the same compatibility with the same Alpha.

Coincidentally, both Lin Yuxing and Lin Yuheng had citrus pheromones.

No wonder… Gu Zhongyi was so cautious about Xu Xiangchi and even resorted to secretly conducting the test.

Lost in thought, he couldn’t help but think again of that dream-like night and the vague conversation in the living room…

Liao Yan’s voice kept lingering in his ears, causing him to clench his fists.

In his heart, he whispered, “Is it really my brother?”

He still couldn’t be sure.

“Yuxing?” Gu Nuan waved his hand in front of him, “What are you thinking about?”

Lin Yuxing blinked suddenly, hiding the test report. Though he was eager to find out the truth from Liao Yan, he composed himself and said gratefully, “Do you have time? I want to invite you to have a meal.”

Gu Nuan coughed lightly, blushing, and declined, “I’ve been busy with my Alpha recently.”

Lin Yuxing almost forgot that Gu Nuan’s Alpha was a celebrity, and time was precious.

But he genuinely wanted to thank Gu Nuan, “Then, when you have time, is that okay?”

Gu Nuan scratched his nose, “Instead of treating me to a meal, why don’t you help me with something?”

Seeing that the shaved ice was almost gone, Gu Nuan took out his phone and sent Lin Yuxing a QR code.

In organizing his words, Gu Nuan said, “This is for my brother…”

“You have another brother?”

“No! He’s my Alpha. We grew up together, and I got used to calling him that,” Gu Nuan blushed, “His movie is coming out soon, and I’ve booked several theaters. Can you and Zhongyi come and support him in a few days?”

Lin Yuxing lifted his head. Upon hearing about booking several theaters, he was momentarily stunned. When he heard Gu Nuan’s explanation of the movie, he said, “He will play… a psycho?”

“He has a small supporting role, but his acting is exceptionally good!”

With Gu Nuan being so explicit, Lin Yuxing had to go. Come to think of it, he had been preoccupied with something lately and completely forgot about inviting Gu Zhongyi to watch a movie.

But the silence from Lin Yuxing made Gu Nuan misunderstand.

Gu Nuan drooped his head, feeling wronged, “If you’re not interested, forget it. My brother is just a small actor…”

Lin Yuxing quickly said, “Of course, I’m interested!”

“Really?”

Lin Yuxing couldn’t bear to see Gu Nuan disappointed, so he held Gu Nuan’s shoulder and said with great determination, “Han Yang will definitely become a well-known superstar in the future!”

He worried that Gu Nuan wouldn’t believe him, and was hesitating whether to explain, but Gu Nuan suddenly grabbed his hand.

Gu Nuan’s eyes sparkled, “Great minds think alike!”

As soon as he said that, Gu Nuan took out a stack of Han Yang’s autographed photos from his bag and handed them to Lin Yuxing, “Take them, don’t be shy!”

Lin Yuxing was baffled.

Before leaving the cold drink shop, Lin Yuxing got a packed orange milk ice. The cashier recommended a new cake, a bit expensive.

Lin Yuxing, breaking his habit, bought three of them, giving one to Gu Nuan.

As Gu Nuan ended a call and happily walked outside with the cake, he waved to a nearby private car.

The car parked steadily in front of them, and the window rolled down to reveal a handsome middle-aged Alpha.

Without a word, Gu Nuan pushed Lin Yuxing into the car and said to the Alpha, “Father, this is Lin Yuxing, the one I told you about. It’s too hot outside, let’s drop him off at his dormitory first.” He raised the cake box in his hand, acting like a child in front of his dad, “He bought me a cake.”

Father? Lin Yuxing almost choked on his own saliva before he even got in the car.

When he realized that the man in front of him was Gu Yanchen, the current CEO of the Gu Group, his heart pounded, and he politely greeted him. Instead of calling him “Uncle Gu,” he used “CEO Gu.”

Lin Yuxing was nervously considering getting off the car, but Gu Nuan held his arm, “The sun is too strong. By the time you walk to your dorm,  the ice will have melted.”

Gu Yanchen seemed different from the stern image in the news. His tone was just like an ordinary parent, “Hello, I’m Nuan’s father. He said you take good care of him.”

“No, not really, CEO Gu,” Lin Yuxing sat up straight, “It’s Gu Nuan who takes care of me more.”

Gu Nuan interjected, “Father, stop with the formalities; Yuxing will be nervous.”

Lin Yuxing, thinking that Gu Nuan was arguing with his father for him, got scared and paled. He quickly tugged at Gu Nuan’s clothes, “I-I’m not nervous…”

Gu Nuan: “…”

Just as Lin Yuxing thought Gu Yanchen would get angry, a hearty laughter eased the tension in the car.

Gu Yanchen chuckled, “Nuan is right. It was my oversight.”

Lin Yuxing was momentarily stunned but then heard Gu Yanchen asking him with a smile, “Yuxing, you and Zhongyi are dating, right?”

Gu Nuan twisted his brows, “Father!”

Lin Yuxing hurriedly held Gu Nuan’s hand, indicating it was okay.

“Yes, CEO Gu.”

He kept calling him “CEO Gu,” making Gu Nuan feel a headache.

Lin Yuxing thought Gu Yanchen, as the elder of the Gu family, would surely object to their relationship, but to his surprise, Gu Yanchen was amiable and said, “Since that’s the case, you can call me Uncle, just like Zhongyi does.”

Gu Yanchen added, “We’re family now, no need to be so formal.”

That almost made Lin Yuxing skip a beat.

The imposing CEO of the Gu Group suddenly became his relative. Could there be anything more exciting than this?

So, with anxiety, Lin Yuxing swallowed hard and obediently said, “Uncle…”