CH 9

Chapter 9 - In fact, Tang Bai is on the fifth floor!

After sniffing his little nose, Tang Bai softly explained: “You have misunderstood. Although he is my prospective fiancé, he doesn't like me.”

As soon as these words came out, Xie Ruheng and Gu Tunan's ears pricked up at the same time.

Tang Bai said loudly: “He just treats me as a shield to deal with his parents. He doesn't like me at all. The prospective fiancé thing was arranged by our parents. In fact, he doesn't mean much to me.”

Xie Ruheng squinted his eyes to look at Gu Tunan's expression, only to see those gray-blue eyes staring at Tang Bai deeply, as if he had a thousand words to say, no matter how you look at it, it seemed like Gu Tuanan likes Tang Bai.

Oh, do you think I’ll believe this kind of routine where you say “we’re prospective fiancé’s but we have no feelings for each other”?

The little hand gripped the corner of Xie Ruheng's clothes pitifully and shook it softly. Tang Bai and the cat cried out, “Brother Xie, don't ignore me.”

Xie Ruheng: “......”

Xie Ruheng took a deep breath and told himself that he didn't believe this routine at all!

It's no use acting like a baby! The aegyo of green tea will destroy his psychological bottom line! It's poison mixed with sticky sugar!

No green tea! Start by refusing to act like a baby!

Xie Ruheng tried his best to do psychological construction for himself, his surface was calm, his eyes were cold and merciless, like a mural scene, unattainable and far away.

If he didn’t clench his teeth, the effect would be better.

After facing Tang Bai's clear and bright eyes, Xie Ruheng's eyes became more dim and unclear. Xie Ruheng stared at Tang Bai's pure and small white flower face, looking left and right, looking up and down on the slender but tall body under the loose white shirt. Lie detection. The radar was running wildly, but he couldn't make up his mind to judge Tang Bai as green tea.

Tangled Xie Ruheng's eyes are red!

Xie Ruheng's body was constantly surging with grievances. If these grievances could be turned into words, it should be--

No, Sir, is my dream love O green tea?!

The amber eyes were so clear that it was as if they could see through one’s soul, moreover when he said that Gu Tunan didn't love him… wait!

Tang Bai seemed to have only said that Gu Tunan didn't love him, and never mentioned that he didn't like Gu Tunan at all!

When he tried to clearly understand the statement, thinking about it, it turned out to be “Gu Tunan doesn't love me, you must not mistake me for Gu Tunan.”

Shouldn't normal people say “I don't like Gu Tunan”?

He (XR) likes Tang Bai, but not Gu Tunan. Why should Tang Bai rush to explain that Gu Tunan doesn't love (XR) him?

Amazing… This trick is really too powerful...

If Tang Bai said that he didn’t love Gu Tunan, it would hurt Gu Tunan’s heart no matter what, and saying that Gu Tunan didn’t love him would make Gu Tunan feel like he owed something to Tang Bai. At first, saying that would make him (XR) think there’s no relationship between Gu Tunan and Tang Bai.

He only saw the second floor and thought of Tang Bai as the first floor, but in fact, Tang Bai was on the fifth floor!

After figuring everything out, Xie Ruheng decided to be cruel and reject Tang Bai. Although he really likes this little omega called Tang Bai, Tang Bai already has a prospective fiancé.

No matter how much my heart aches, I must refuse!

“Since your prospective fiancé is here, go find him if you have anything in the future, we don't need to contact each other again.”

While saying this, Xie Ruheng looked away from Tang Bai the whole time, for fear that he would surrender on the spot when he saw Tang Bai's face. It could be said that he was very self-aware.

“Ah...?” Tang Bai's eyes widened blankly, with heartbreaking grievances in his gaze. Even if Xie Ruheng didn't look at Tang Bai's face, he could hear the other party's sadness from their crying tone.

It was obviously Tang Bai's problem, but Xie Ruheng felt a sense of guilt that made him feel that he was a scumbag!

“You, how can you be like this?” Tang Bai was so anxious that he almost cried, you could say that alphas are like clothes and jimei’s are like siblings, but why did he get to Xie Ruheng's side and suddenly become someone who “moved your clothes and broke your siblings”?

Xie Ruheng's heart ached, “It's getting late, I'll go back first.” He didn't want to listen to Tang Bai's crying tone and turned away with a cold face. Tang Bai panicked and grabbed Xie Ruheng's hand, only having time to grab Xie Ruheng's glove. With his fingertips, he accidentally took off his black leather gloves.

It was a hand with distinct bones, five slender fingers, but with a fierce burn mark.

The pale skin was covered with a large area of ​​bark-like scars, the color was darker than its own skin color, and the edges of the scars were irregular, like a centipede climbing on someone’s hands. People who are squeamish would feel physical discomfort when they see it.

Xie Ruheng stopped where he was, frowned, and looked back at Tang Bai.

Although Tang Bai didn't say it clearly, the surprise in Tang Bai's eyes when he first saw the burn already explained something. Xie Ruheng knew that Tang Bai's enthusiasm for him was partly from his fascination with his (XR) appearance.

This was nothing to condemn because most of his goodwill towards Tang Bai also stemmed from his appearance.

This so-called love at-first-sight, was actually just a surprise.

There were countless expressions that Tang Bai might show, fear, disgust, fear...

However, Xie Ruheng saw a very soft gaze from Tang Bai's eyes, soft enough to soothe all the gloomy emotions in his heart.

For a while, Xie Ruheng was in a daze. He suddenly remembered that Tang Bai had looked at him with such a look when he (XR) first saw him.

“I'm sorry, I…” Tang Bai handed the gloves to Xie Ruheng distressed. He wanted to say something comforting, but he didn't know what to say for a while.

The book said that Xie Ruheng wore gloves to cover scars on his hands, and briefly mentioned the reason for the scars.

Xie Ruheng was hungry for several days when he was young, so he went to a store to steal bread, but was caught by the boss with his insufficient experience.

The boss tied up Xie Ruheng and poured boiling water on Xie Ruheng's hands in public, with the purpose of giving a warning to any other “little mice” hiding in the dark.

It's just that Xie Ruheng didn't cry from beginning to end, there was little to no movement from him, and afterwards the warning effect was achieved.

After being scalded by the hot boiling water, Xie Ruheng's hands not only failed to receive treatment, but he also had to go to the garbage dump to search for food with blistered hands, making the burns fester badly.

When reading the book, Tang Bai only understated thoughts like “Oh, his hand was burned”. It was as light as dust, and it disappeared at once, but when the words became reality, the huge impact was like a stone. It weighed heavily on Tang Bai's heart.

When Tang Bai was just starting to cook, he was accidentally splashed with hot oil and burned with small red marks on his hands. He rushed to find ointment for fear of leaving scars. But Xie Ruheng’s hands became like this, as an omega, how uncomfortable he should have been!

But the best time to heal scars is when the wound is scabbed. After so many years, the scars on Xie Ruheng's hands are difficult to get rid of unless he has an operation.

Tang Bai felt guilty about revealing the scars. He stood there at a loss and could only whisper “I'm sorry”, then he watched Xie Ruheng pick up his glove and turn away.

The floating car disappeared into the night, and Tang Bai's nose was so sour that he almost cried.

Director Huang patted Tang Bai on the shoulder, “Xiao Tang, where there’s no fragrant grass in the end of the world, you should look after your classmates. He was worried about your safety, before when I called to make sure you were with student Gu, he immediately rushed over. Let’s have you explain it?”

Tang Bai: “...Huh?”

“As the person who was written as your “date” on your leave slip, I have the right to know who you’re actually dating. Who did you go with tonight, where did you go, and what did you do?” Gu Tunan took out a notebook from his pocket, which was generally used by everyone before the era of light brains; few people have paper books to record things.

Director Huang immediately motioned to Tang Bai with a “jealous” look.

Tang Bai: “......”

Tang Bai understood how this was a misunderstanding. He knew that Xie Ruheng was an omega, but others didn't.

“I went with Xie Ruheng.” Tang Bai sighed, “What I did specifically, this is my privacy, there’s no need to report it to you, right?”

Gu Tunan looked down and wrote the three characters of Xie Ruheng’s name on the paper, without the slightest fluctuation in his voice, he asked: “Where did you go, and what did you do?”

Tang Bai: “Gu Tunan, I didn’t handle this matter correctly, but you usually act like I’m a nuisance. I’m tired and I don't want to hurt each other. From today on, let’s stop being hypocritical prospective fiancés, ok?”

Director Huang: “!!!”

Not hearing the answer he wanted, Gu Tunan raised his eyes, “The school leader of your college gave you to me because they trusted in me. If something happens to you, I don’t even know where you are going or doing. It's my negligence.”

When it came to the word negligence, Tang Bai knew that he had to say his thoughts today. Gu Tunan has a stern look, is observant, and takes honor and rules very seriously. “Dereliction of duty” isn’t allowed in his vocabulary.

...Alright then.

“I went to the slums, something was going on.” Tang Bai said with a wrinkled face.

The pen nib paused, leaving a faint ink dot on the paper, “For what exact reason?”

Tang Bai said casually: “To see the local customs of the slums.” This is actually true. The necessary book materials need to have the local customs of the slums.

The pen nib stopped on the paper, and the fainted ink dots got bigger and bigger. Gu Tunan's tone was cold and sharp: “I don't accept this reason.”

Tang Bai: “......”

Gu Tunan said word by word: “Give me a reason that can convince me.”

Director Huang helped out: “Xiao Tang, don't play tricks. You have to make the reason clear. Don't patronize your classmates, you need to understand how important this is, and the school should also know about this.”

Tang Bai was really tired. He didn't want to listen to Director Huang's long talk for a few hours, and said with a small face, “I wanted to find some material to write a novel.”

Gu Tunan asked: “What novel?”

The little old man Tang Bai sighed: “The protagonist is an omega novel from a slum. I don't want to be detached from reality, so I went to look for material. Is this clear enough? Can I go now?”

Upon hearing this, the pen held by Gu Tunan drew a meaningless line on the paper.

Tang Bai walked away without turning his head. Director Huang hurriedly explained to Gu Tunan: “Oh, don't take it to heart, student Gu. Xiao Tang is tired today and he spoke so aggressively. In fact, he likes you in his heart.......”

“Um.”

Director Huang, who had just started a long talk, got stuck and looked at Gu Tunan dumbfoundedly.

He saw Gu’s most difficult and rumored top alpha, saying: “I know he likes me.”

Tang Bai, who was walking halfway, sneezed. He rubbed the tip of his red nose and saw the communication from Grandpa Tang:

【 Why did Tangtang go to the slum with a strange alpha today? 】

T/N: oml, can they just leave him alone…

Aeygo - a Korean term that refers to a cute display of affection often expressed through a cute voice, facial expressions, or gestures. Aegyo literally means behaving in a flirtatious, coquette-ish manner.

Negligence - failure to take proper care in doing something.

Dereliction - the state of having been abandoned and becoming dilapidated.

Tangtang - a considerably intimate nickname.