Seeing that it was about time, Shi Jing stood up and let Wei Qinan reach out to play with his fingers. “I originally wanted to treat everyone to a meal, but we still have matters to attend to this afternoon. Let us do it next time.”
“Do not be so polite. Next time, the few of us will go out to eat together and split the bill.”
Wei Qinan did not tell his roommates about Shi Jing’s family background, simply treating him as an older brother Wei Qinan was dating off-campus.
Shi Jing did not say much more, nodded, and pulled Wei Qinan away first.
Once they got into the car, he suddenly remembered Zhong Yu’s instructions.
He was supposed to post something on Moments.
How was he supposed to post it? Should he have asked his roommates to take a photo of them eating together earlier?
However, he had not even gone public with his relationship yet. What do these little couples usually post for their very first Moments?
Wei Qinan turned on the navigation, looked at Shi Jing leaning against the window with a solemn expression, and asked, “What are you thinking about?”
“I forgot to take a picture,” he muttered.
Wei Qinan took a moment to understand. “A photo for Moments?”
“En.”
With that, Shi Jing actually opened a search engine and typed in: “How to post an official relationship announcement on Moments.”
Most of the people posting things like this were AO couples or BB couples.
Shi Jing looked at the search results and imagined himself snuggling in Wei Qinan’s arms like an Omega, and it…
Just gave him goosebumps all over.
And these captions.
They were all sappy, greasy love confessions.
Shi Jing would rather die than let such nonsense appear on his Moments, as he would never compromise his integrity.
While hesitating, Shi Jing heard Wei Qinan call out to him and reach over to pat his shoulder at the same time.
He turned his head and happened to see Wei Qinan raising his phone, with the rear camera pointed right at him.
With a click, the photo was taken just like that.
In the photo, Shi Jing was sitting sideways in the passenger seat, resting his chin on one hand while holding his phone in the other. The expression on his face when he turned his head was full of “What are you doing?” and “Clueless.”
Only one of Wei Qinan’s retreating hands made it into the frame, leaving a blurred trace.
Wei Qinan sent the photo to Shi Jing. “It is taken.”
Shi Jing looked at the photo for a long time and asked, “Just like this?”
He was still wondering if they should just go take marriage photos instead, as that way they would not need a caption and any fool could tell what their relationship was.
Wei Qinan: “En, you can write whatever you want for the caption.”
Shi Jing was too lazy to think anyway, so he saved the image and posted it to Moments just like that.
Caption: [Taken by somebody.]
As soon as he posted it, his Moments automatically refreshed, and Shi Jing saw that right below his newly posted caption, Wei Qinan had also posted a photo.
It was also him, except that back then he had been completely engrossed in his phone and had not noticed Wei Qinan taking the picture.
The caption was: [Somebody finally agreed to give me official status. Public announcement at light speed ^ ^]
The captions they posted for their Moments had not been discussed beforehand, yet both of them happened to use the prefix “somebody” for the front.
Finding it interesting, Shi Jing took a screenshot.
Halfway through their drive, the likes, comments, and private messages on their Moments blew up.
Aside from his classmates since childhood and friends within his circle, Shi Jing’s Moments also contained quite a few people from his father’s generation.
In an instant, like a tidal wave, it completely slaughtered his WeChat contact list.
He had not expected Wei Qinan to take such a good picture. This kind of ambiguous photo made it much easier for people to let their imaginations run wild.
His message list was flooded with people asking whose hand that was in the frame, whether he was in a relationship, and which family’s Omega he was dating.
Although Shi Jing was cold, his interpersonal skills were quite good.
He did not meddle in other people’s affairs or dish out blind advice, and most of the time he was just a quiet, helpful listener. As a result, people were actually more willing to hang out with him, and even came to him to talk when they had things on their minds.
At first, Shi Jing still had the patience to reply, but later on, getting annoyed, he just replied with “En” no matter what the other side sent.
[Holy shit, your Moments! Boyfriend?]
Shi Jing: [En.]
[Is this for real? Which Omega’s family is he from? I remember all your blind dates failed before.]
Shi Jing: [En.]
[Little Jing, how long have you two been dating?]
Shi Jing: [En.]
Shi Shunde: [Why are you only making this public now?! Good grief, if I had not run into you two that day, how long were you planning to keep this hidden?!]
Shi Jing: [En.]
Shi Si: [Dating? Pay attention to protection measures. I am sending you a box of suppressants.]
He could not force an “En” out for that one. Shi Jing: [Oh.]
Zhong Yu’s messages had been pushed all the way down.
[Fine, fine, everyone’s been asking me about your little business over on my end.]
Keeping Wei Qinan’s previous words in mind, Shi Jing typed out with a straight face: [My current persona is that I have been having a long-term secret relationship with Wei Qinan and finally decided to give him official status. Do not get it wrong.]
Zhong Yu: [.]
Before he could even finish replying to his messages, Wei Qinan had already driven the car to the entrance of the residential complex marked by the navigation.
Zhou Yongzhi’s biological mother did not hold much status at home, and out of sight, out of mind, she had moved out on her own. The place she lived in could not really be considered high-end.
Shi Jing reported the house number and name to the security guard, then turned to Wei Qinan and said, “There are two gifts in my trunk. You can give one to auntie later as well.”
“What are they?”
“Skincare products.”
“Okay.”
Wei Qinan parked the car in a temporary parking space on the first floor, but before getting out, he was called back by Shi Jing.
Shi Jing tossed over a suppressant. “Inject it.”
“A suppressant?”
“Zhou Yongzhi’s family has a pretty chaotic private life, and those few Omega little lovers of his are all going to be here today. Inject one.”
Wei Qinan raised an eyebrow, glanced at the text on the instruction manual, and handed it back to Shi Jing. “I do not need to.”
“Why?”
“Enigmas can adjust their own pheromones. We do not need to use suppressants,” he said with a smile.
Shi Jing: “…”
Unbelievable.
He did not force the issue either, casually tossing the suppressant into the door storage compartment by the passenger seat.
Shi Jing had first-class self-control. No matter how many Omegas tried to throw themselves at him, none of them had ever shaken his mental fortitude, let alone made him need this gadget.
Shi Jing: “Let us go then.”
Zhou Yongzhi was someone his father had requested the two of them to get acquainted with.
Connections were very important in the business world, and Shi Jing did not want to show disrespect to Shi Si’s face, so he had added the guy on WeChat.
After getting along, he found that although Zhou Yongzhi did not like to study, he was not a bad person and was quite loyal.
There was even once when Zhou Yongzhi got drunk and, for some unknown reason in the middle of the night, dragged Shi Jing over to cry and complain about how hard his life was.
Those Omegas of his old man’s were all acting like their brains were stuffed with shit. One time when Zhou Yongzhi slipped out to drink water at night in pitch darkness, someone felt his butt.
Frightened into thinking he had run into a ghost, Zhou Yongzhi scrambled to turn on the light in a panic, only to discover it was one of his old man’s little lovers.
As for what kind of relationship Zhou Yongzhi had with his biological mother, Shi Jing had no idea.
But since the other person had extended an invitation, he still had to show up.
Just as he was thinking about it, the palm of his hand grew warm.
Wei Qinan intertwined his fingers with his and smiled while shaking his arm. “I am afraid we might run into someone you know on the way, so let us hold hands first.”