Bai Shanyao was chatting with someone, and his expression grew increasingly grim. His handsome brows were slightly furrowed, revealing a sense of impatience.
Nan Yi used a small spoon to scoop up the crushed nuts from the bottom of his milk tea, chewing on them slowly. His drink was already more than half gone, while the cup in front of Bai Shanyao remained untouched.
After a long while, by the time Nan Yi’s milk tea was nearly finished, the man opposite him finally looked up with a dark expression. Nan Yi was stunned; he felt that such a look should not appear on the gentle face of Bai Shanyao.
The man meeting his gaze paused, as if he had just forgotten that Nan Yi was present. The gloom on his face flickered and vanished. He looked at Nan Yi with some apology, “It was my fault for neglecting you, an omega.”
Nan Yi shook his head.
Bai Shanyao glanced at his finished milk tea and asked gently, “Would you like another one?”
Nan Yi shook his head again.
I am too full.
Bai Shanyao laughed, “You have such a small appetite. Just a small drink and you are full. You are too easy to take care of.”
Nan Yi lowered his head to type on his phone. Just as he was about to show it to him, Bai Shanyao’s phone rang. Bai Shanyao frowned as he answered. Nan Yi turned his phone face down on the table, and his message, “Brother Bai, you are joking,” remained unshown.
Bai Shanyao answered, “I do not like him.”
Bai Shanyao answered the phone with a dark face. The person on the other end seemed to be having a very unpleasant conversation with him, and his tone was cold. “You only care about interests. Have you ever cared about what I like?”
“Enough!”
Nan Yi felt awkward and uneasy, as if sitting on pins and needles. He hurriedly lowered his head to play with his phone, pretending to be busy.
“That is your business!”
After hanging up the phone, Bai Shanyao rubbed his brow in frustration and took off the glasses on the bridge of his nose. He gazed at Nan Yi, who looked somewhat at a loss, and sighed, “You have seen a bad side of me. Will you still call me Brother Bai in the future?” Bai Shanyao teased himself with a self-deprecating tone.
Nan Yi hurriedly typed a response: How could I not? Everyone has moments of frustration.
Even someone as gentle as you gets tired sometimes.
Bai Shanyao was stunned. He had only made a casual remark because he did not want the atmosphere to be too heavy, yet the person before him was so sincere. He possessed a pair of cold eyes, but his pupils were so clear and attractive, like the stars.
Originally, he had only brought Nan Yi to get a drink out of politeness because Nan Yi had helped him earlier. The milk tea shop was chosen simply because it was close; he had not even thought about seriously picking a specific place. Bai Shanyao was used to dealing with people with a smile, but today, he felt fortunate to be sitting here with someone as pure and sincere as Nan Yi.
Bai Shanyao stared straight into Nan Yi’s eyes, as if murmuring to himself, “Mr. Nan, you are truly gentle.”
Nan Yi felt embarrassed by the compliment and blushed shyly.
Brother Bai is the most gentle alpha I have ever met.
Bai Shanyao replied, “Is that so? Mr. Nan thinks very highly of me.”
“Since you call me Brother Bai, may I call you Nannan?”
Bai Shanyao stirred the milk tea on the table, but he still did not take a sip. Nan Yi nodded. Bai Shanyao looked at his slightly pink ear tips and chuckled lightly.
After sitting for a short while, the two left the milk tea shop. Bai Shanyao offered to drive Nan Yi, but he declined. He did not like to trouble others, and besides, He Yushen’s driver was waiting for him in the parking lot. Before saying goodbye to Bai Shanyao, the two added each other on WeChat; it was Bai Shanyao who scanned Nan Yi’s QR code.
On the way back, he finally opened WeChat to accept the friend request from Bai Shanyao, who used a cat avatar, and labeled him as “Brother Bai.” He also added the driver who had brought him.
“Mr. Nan, just send me a message on WeChat whenever you need to go out. My name is Xiao Wang.” Xiao Wang opened the car door for Nan Yi.
This morning, Nan Yi could not reach the driver and had to text the housekeeper, who had already gone to the old mansion, to finally contact Xiao Wang.
Okay, I may have to trouble you a lot in the future.
Xiao Wang replied, “This is my job, Mr. Nan. Besides, Young Master He has already told me to only drive for you from now on.”
He Yushen?
Nan Yi was surprised. He had not expected him to be so considerate of him. It was probably the housekeeper who mentioned it to him; otherwise, he would not have the time to specifically assign a driver to him. Nan Yi grumbled inwardly.
However, since he had a driver now, could he go out and find a job? Nan Yi felt quite excited.
He spent the whole afternoon in his bedroom sending out resumes. But after communicating with people for the entire afternoon, most of them rejected him as soon as they heard he was a mute. After a few hours and countless conversations, Nan Yi became numb.
Nan Yi understood that everyone refused him because they wanted higher work efficiency, but he still felt sad. It seemed that not only was he physically incomplete and a low-quality omega, but he even found it difficult to survive. Nan Yi knew very clearly that He Yushen would not keep him for long. He had no love for him, and the only reason he was staying comfortably in the villa was because of their marking.
Perhaps one day he would leave. Perhaps He Yushen would find someone more to his liking, or perhaps Nan Zhi would return. Regardless of the outcome, Nan Yi had to find a backup plan for himself. He would not leave voluntarily; from the day he agreed to replace his sister in marriage, Nan Yi had prepared for all the consequences. However, the heartlessness of Nan Zhimin was something he had not expected.
The path to finding an office job was blocked, so Nan Yi thought of his favorite manga. Perhaps he could create his own work at home. Nan Yi spent three or four hours looking for a job, and finally spent ten minutes deciding on his goal. He wanted to buy drawing tools online immediately, but he seemed to have forgotten that he did not know the exact address of He Yushen’s villa.
Thus, the following scene occurred.
Nan Yi held his new phone, a bank card on the table, and sat on the sofa staring blankly at the door. By the time He Yushen arrived home, Nan Yi had fallen asleep on the sofa, clutching a pillow. His fair, slender nape was exposed, and his glands were bare, without a pheromone-blocking patch.
A faint, sweet milk-candy scent drifted softly through the room. He Yushen stood behind him with a slight frown. An omega who was so incapable of protecting himself? If he were seen by other alphas outside, they would surely go mad.
Nan Yi turned over in his sleep, muddled, and saw He Yushen looking at him through hazy eyes. He was too sleepy and closed his eyes again.
A few seconds later, he opened his eyes wide.
He Yushen saw the omega looking at him with such excitement and curled the corner of his lips, in a good mood.
“Waiting specially for me to come back?”
Nan Yi did not think too much and nodded.
So he had been waiting specially for him until he fell asleep. He Yushen felt quite satisfied; a well-behaved omega was quite pleasing to the eye, though he kept his expression calm and indifferent.
He sat down where Nan Yi had just been sleeping and said with great mercy, “You do not have to try so hard to please me. I will still keep you for the time being.”
Nan Yi: “…”
He did not understand why He Yushen had suddenly said that. Ignoring his words, Nan Yi held his phone out in front of him.