Xu Juexi nodded.
This call made him feel familiar and at ease; most of his friends in his original world called him that.
He said, “Yes, that’s fine.”
During their conversation, the two arrived at Xu Juexi’s room. Although Xu Juexi didn’t know the way very well, he recognized the room when he got to the door—mainly because the door wasn’t closed properly, and Xu Juexi was very familiar with the messy bed he had made.
”Well… Xiaoxi, you should rest now. I won’t disturb you any longer.”
Gu Fengying escorted the person to their destination, then stood politely at the door without going in. He waved to Xu Juexi, indicating, “My room isn’t on this floor; it’s upstairs. You can find me if you need anything.”
He raised his hand and pointed upwards, then glanced at Xu Juexi’s phone on the bedside table and said, “Why don’t you leave me your contact information? It will be much more convenient that way.”
Xu Juexi agreed.
Gu Fengying stood at the door and gave his mobile phone number. Xu Juexi saved his number.
After that, Gu Fengying didn’t try to start a conversation, and the two of them had nothing to say to each other for the time being. The door was kindly closed after Gu Fengying said goodbye.
Xu Juexi slammed his phone back on the table, then pulled up a corner of the blanket and wrapped himself up like an egg roll.
This feeling of being enveloped gives one a strong sense of security, and sleepiness quickly washes over you, like the tide enveloping the pebbles on the beach.
Time travel is tiring. Understanding the new world and the interpersonal relationships of a new identity is probably a very energy-consuming thing. Xu Juexi quickly fell asleep.
However, he slept very soundly and comfortably.
He’s always dreaming.
Memories of the original owner only surfaced in his mind a beat later. In his dream, he relived the first half of the original owner’s life before he transmigrated.
The original owner started school, but his parents divorced when he was in junior high. His mother fell ill in high school, so he dropped out and worked at a convenience store near the school. Later, he was introduced to a job as an extra. Because of his good looks, he was spotted by agent Wang Zhe while working as an extra and signed as an artist under Wang’s management. Of course, Wang Zhe wasn’t interested in his potential; he preferred to sign minor stars, keep them on a leash with resources, and then send them to the beds of powerful figures who had similar tastes, in exchange for the resources and benefits he desired.
The original owner wasn’t very bright and couldn’t understand this point. He genuinely believed that the other party sent him to the Gu family for his own good and was extremely grateful to this agent.
Xu Juexi felt choked up and furious as he recalled those memories. In his sleep, he punched the mattress beneath him several times. After venting his anger and having seen most of the original owner’s memories, he turned over and finally fell asleep peacefully again.
As he slept, he started dreaming again. Xu Juexi didn’t know which part of the story it was, but he vaguely felt that he had fallen from a great height in his dream, his nasal cavity was filled with a strong smell of blood, and his whole body ached as if it were falling apart.
However, when he woke up from the dream, he had no memory of it. He only vaguely remembered that before he fell from the height, he saw a man’s face.
The coldness emanating from that person made Xu Juexi shudder just thinking about it.
The face in his dream was quite blurry, and he couldn’t tell whose face it was. He just guessed that the part he dreamed of might be the original owner’s final fate in the original work, so he naturally guessed that the person was the male protagonist of the book.
The original owner must have thoroughly offended the protagonist to be retaliated against in this way.
Xu Juexi once again solidified his decision not to offend the protagonist and to maintain a good relationship with him.
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The butler was a tall man in a black suit, which matched Xu Juexi’s impression of a wealthy family’s butler.
He was very polite to Xu Juexi, and there was no “villainous male wife being bullied” plot.
Xu Juexi couldn’t say whether he was disappointed or relieved.
Fortunately, the auntie from the Gu family has excellent cooking skills.
Although they were all home-style dishes, Xu Juexi was so engrossed in eating them that he almost gave up his plan to run away from the protagonist, making even McDonald’s, Xu Juexi’s number one favorite food, almost admit defeat.
After eating almost all of his food, Xu Juexi realized that the three young masters he had seen that morning were nowhere to be found.
Xu Juexi was happy to have some free time, and returned to his room after finishing his meal. He browsed shopping apps for a while, checking the items he had previously failed to order.
I bought some stuffed animals and dolls, and then bought a bunch of other random things.
Although the protagonist was scary, he kept his word and sent money very quickly. Xu Juexi clicked his tongue, still feeling lingering fear about the dream he had at noon.
He spent the whole night looking at his phone. The situation in this world was similar to the world he originally lived in, except that it had an ABO gender classification.
However, Xu Juexi has no real experience with this.
However, he roughly knew that he was an omega. Normally, an omega’s glands should be located on the back of the neck. Xu Juexi reached out and touched that area; it was just ordinary skin.
According to the original owner’s memories, the glands on his body were located in his mouth—on his tongue.
Xu Juexi licked his lips, but still felt nothing.
However, when he recalled being forcibly kissed by that annoying alpha this morning, his mouth felt sour and numb. But he was too flustered at the time, his whole body was weak, so he didn’t quite remember what it felt like.
However, from the original owner’s memories, he knew that because his glands grew in a different place, he needed to go to the hospital for regular check-ups and also needed to take medication to suppress pheromones for a long time.
All of these added up to a significant expense. Furthermore, while the original owner’s job as a celebrity seemed glamorous, it wasn’t actually as lucrative as Xu Juexi had imagined. This explained why his payment for items costing a few dozen yuan failed that morning.
Xu Juexi, carrying the original owner’s memories, reorganized the information on the original owner’s phone and discovered that the original owner had a large expense involving bank transfers. This was a savings card, into which money needed to be deposited every month for hospital deductions. The original owner also had a seriously ill, bedridden mother.
Xu Juexi began to admire the original owner of the body. At the same age as him, he had to earn money to support himself and his sick mother, which was definitely not an easy task.
Xu Juexi felt that since he had transmigrated and replaced the other person, he had an obligation to take care of the things the other person originally cared about, take care of the original owner’s mother, and fulfill the original owner’s dream of a career.
He deposited some money into the card that the original owner used to pay for medical expenses, and then began to have some questions about the original owner’s career path.
He still doesn’t know what kind of resources the Gu family promised him.
However, three days later, there was an audition for the third male lead in a TV series. In the original owner’s original plan, Xu Juexi decided to start from there to familiarize himself with the job.
Upon receiving the script, which contained only about a hundred words, Xu Juexi’s tendency to fall asleep while reading was not acting up at this moment. He had just finished reading the short play when he closed his eyes and still felt sleepy.
He didn’t make things difficult for himself; he tossed his phone aside, hugged his pillow, and went to sleep.
I didn’t expect that as soon as I closed my eyes, I would start dreaming again.
He dreamed again of himself standing on that high rooftop. This time, Xu Juexi could see the man’s face clearly; it was his “fiancé.”
The man reached out and tried to push him off the rooftop again. Xu Juexi was powerless to resist and fell backward under the force of the push, plunging into the bottomless darkness once more.
He woke up with a start, drenched in a cold sweat. The moon was high in the sky outside the window, clearly it was already midnight. Xu Juexi was still sleepy, but dared not go back to sleep. The near-death experience in his dream was too real, and he was afraid that he would fall into a nightmare again.
He huddled at the head of the bed, clutching the blanket, feeling aggrieved, unable to understand why he kept having such nightmares.
After thinking it over, I can only conclude that my apology this morning after being caught was not sincere enough.
Xu Juexi decided to go and sincerely apologize to the other party again. However, he didn’t know if the eldest young master who had left the Gu family’s old mansion had returned by now, so he wrapped himself in a quilt and sneaked into the other party’s study to take a look, relying on his memory.
The study was locked, and the lights were off, so it was obviously empty.
Xu Juexi didn’t know where the other person’s bedroom was, but guessed it was upstairs. He hesitated for a moment at the top of the stairs before slowly walking up.
The fourth-floor hallway was pitch black, with no lights on.
Xu Juexi was a little scared. He had already been woken up by a nightmare, and now he was even more frightened by this situation. He stopped at the top of the stairs, wrapped himself in the blanket, and huddled in a corner.
He decided to wait here. Anyway, it was an intersection, and he was sure he would run into the young master if he came back.
Thinking this, he curled up in the blanket and soon began to feel sleepy again. Before long, he actually fell asleep while squatting.
He didn’t know how much time had passed when he felt someone gently push him.
”…Why are you sleeping here?”
The man’s voice was deep beside his ear, and Xu Juexi groggily opened his eyes.
He opened his eyes, still half-awake, and looked around. He kept thinking about apologizing to the young master. He sniffed, let go of the blanket, and leaned softly into the other man’s arms.
”Husband…husband, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to…”
He was so sleepy that he almost fell asleep halfway through his speech.
She was helped up and regained his balance, then continued, “I didn’t… I didn’t mean to kiss that… annoying person, he forced me… um…”
”Why are you so sleepy?” The person seemed to be listening to him, but he said, “Sweetie… go back to sleep.”
Xu Juexi was a little angry that the person was ignoring him, so he raised his voice slightly: “Listen to me!”
Gu Fengying paused for a moment, then helplessly helped him steady himself, letting him lean his weight on him, and then gently coaxed, “Okay, go ahead.”
”I…I apologize to you, please don’t hate me because of this…If you hate me, I will…”
Die.
You, being so petty, would push me off the building and kill me.
Although Xu Juexi was still half-asleep, he didn’t dare to speak. He stammered as he changed the subject: “If you’re unhappy, I can…”
Gu Fengying: “What can you do?”
”…I can give you a kiss back.”
Xu Juexi opened his eyes and looked at the man in front of him.
Gu Fengying lowered his eyes to meet his gaze, and the omega in his arms gently tilted his head up, cautiously approaching him like a small animal to offer his affection.
His lips moved toward Gu Fengying’s mouth, but Gu Fengying turned his head slightly to avoid it.
The kiss brushed against Gu Fengying’s cheek.
The kiss failed, and Xu Juexi looked somewhat bewildered and a little aggrieved.
After a long while, he blinked, and a pitiful tear squeezed out from the corner of his eye.
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