Ruan Mian stood under the tree and waited for a while. There were several deliberately suppressed, excited screams from the ice cream shop.
He smiled, as usual. Lu Yang was handsome—the kind of handsome that made people amazed—so he was the focus of attention wherever he went. Everyone couldn’t help but want to talk about him when they saw him.
He lowered his head and kicked the stones under his feet boredly. The summer cicadas on the tree kept chirping with a strong summer flare.
Ruan Mian looked up at the branches and was about to find where the cicada that had been chirping just now was when he heard someone standing behind him and suddenly shouted in surprise: “Is it you?”
Ruan Mian turned around and saw a tall and strong boy walking over. He was wearing a school uniform and had a shaved head. He looked a little excited.
“I know you. You are Yang Yang’s good friend. You two are always inseparable. Since you are here now, is Yang Yang here too?”
He ran over with several boys behind him. He looked around and said in a rough voice, “Big brother, we didn’t see my sister-in-law1they consider Lu Yang to be the guy’s future wife and therefore their sister-in-law, also they aren’t really brothers, they’re just good friends.”
Ruan Mian was stunned for a moment. After looking for a while, he realized that this ‘big brother’ was one of Lu Yang’s pursuers.
He has been chasing Lu Yang very hard recently, sending love letters, flowers, snacks… He has never stopped. Unfortunately, Lu Yang didn’t even look at him and threw away everything he gave him.
However, this brother was still enthusiastic and kept circling around Lu Yang.
The big brother looked around but didn’t see Lu Yang. He couldn’t help feeling a little disappointed. He asked reluctantly, “Yang Yang is not here?”
Ruan Mian pursed his lips, not knowing how to answer. Baby Lu must not want to see this big brother, but it doesn’t seem good to lie to him.
Seeing that he didn’t speak, the big brother thought he had agreed. He couldn’t help but curse in a low voice, “I thought I could see Yang Yang.”
Ruan Mian thought he would give up, but he didn’t expect that after cursing twice, he suddenly took Ruan Mian’s wrist and said, “Let’s go! I’ll treat you to a meal. Yang Yang’s friends are my friends.”
Ruan Mian quickly waved his hand to refuse, “No need.”
The big brother held him tightly, with a warm face, “Don’t be polite to me. By the way, my name is Wang Dali. What’s your name…”
“Tutu2tuzi means rabbit, he just repeated the tu twice as a nickname, come here!” Lu Yang’s voice sounded coldly behind them.
Ruan Mian insisted on calling Lu Yang ‘Baby Lu’, and Lu Yang also insisted on calling him ‘Tutu’.
Wang Dali’s eyes lit up, and he let go of Ruan Mian and turned around. When he saw Lu Yang, his face couldn’t help but turn red, and he was so excited that he couldn’t speak for a long time.
The buddies behind him saw Lu Yang and shouted to their big brother happily: “Big brother, sister-in-law is here.”
As soon as their voices fell, Ruan Mian felt that the air around him dropped temperature, as if it were frozen in an instant.
Ruan Mian: “…” The brothers’ voices were very loud, clearly showing how good their voices are at one glance.
Lu Yang came over, stuffed the ice cream into his hand, raised his eyes, and looked at Wang Dali and his group of brothers coldly, exuding an atmosphere of keeping strangers away.
Wang Dali clearly had thick skin and didn’t notice his displeasure. He rubbed his hands together in excitement, took a step forward, and said, “Yang Yang…”
“Shut up!” Lu Yang stared at him.
Wang Dali shrank unconsciously when he was looked at. He was obviously the Alpha, and Lu Yang was the Omega, but for some reason, at this moment he felt that Lu Yang’s presence suppressed him, and he was a little afraid to step forward.
“Sister-in-law!” The group of brothers behind Wang Dali shouted recklessly, “Give some face; an Omega who is too strong can’t keep the heart of an Alpha.”
Lu Yang’s eyes became colder; he raised his head and looked at them with a look that could kill people in a minute, gritted his teeth, and said, “Take back your words.”
Wang Dali scratched his head and couldn’t help speaking for his brothers: “Yang Yang, they also respect you; otherwise, they wouldn’t call you sister-in-law.”
Every time he said a word, Lu Yang’s face darkened a little, as if covered with a layer of frost, cold to the bone.
Wang Dali was still unaware of it. A gust of wind blew by, and his nose moved. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, “Yang Yang, you smell so good today!”
He unconsciously moved closer and closer, looking at Lu Yang with an obsessed look, “Yang Yang, not only do you smell good all over today, but you are also so beautiful, more beautiful than my sister. I am really mesmerized by you.”
Ruan Mian stood there in a daze with the ice cream in his hand, his eyes wide open, looking at Wang Dali in disbelief. He felt that Wang Dali was simply bumping into the muzzle of the gun.
Lu Yang hated two things in his life: one is when someone praises him for being pretty, and the other is when someone says that he looks like a girl. Wang Dali even managed to knock both of those together; he is really a talented person.
When Lu Yang heard his words, his eyes darkened. He raised his hand and moved his fingers, looking at Wang Dali opposite him with a stormy look, pressing the joints of his fingers until they made a crackling sound.
Ruan Mian was startled, thinking that Lu Yang was going to hit someone. Just as he was about to step forward to stop him, he saw Lu Yang gently hook his hand to the patrolling guards around.
The guards knew that Lu Yang was the grandson of Marshal Lu and immediately came over and saluted: “Master Lu Yang, what can I do for you?”
Lu Yang pointed at Wang Dali and others and said calmly: “Help me beat them up.”
Ruan Mian: “…” He was so nervous just now that he forgot that it was so hot today; how could Lu Yang do it himself?
Baby Lu has always been the laziest person when it comes to work, and he hates sweating the most. Generally, he would not do things that waste his physical energy if he could avoid them.
What’s more, he has been spoiled since he was a child, and his skin is delicate. Wang Dali is so thick-skinned. If he beats Wang Dali himself, he might not hurt Wang Dali but hurt his hand.
“This…” The guards looked at Lu Yang with some embarrassment, and their faces were hesitant.
Lu Yang pointed at Wang Dali, opened his thin lips, and said indifferently: “He just harassed me.”
The guards’ faces changed immediately when they heard his words. Everyone knew that the Lu family regarded this only grandson as a treasure. This precious lump was harassed in the place they were responsible for. How could it be tolerated?
After a while, Ruan Mian heard the miserable screams of Wang Dali and his brothers, like pigs to the slaughter, louder than the sound of shouting ‘sister-in-law’ just now.
Lu Yang’s expression remained unchanged. He looked back at the ice cream in Ruan Mian’s hand and urged, “Eat it quickly.”
Ruan Mian looked down at the ice cream and found that it had melted a little. He quickly held the ice cream in front of Lu Yang and said, “Take a bite first.”
Lu Yang’s taste was different from that of ordinary Omegas. He didn’t like sweet food very much. However, looking at the ice cream in front of him, he still lowered his head and took a bite. It was hot today, and after eating the ice cream, he felt much cooler.
Ruan Mian waited for him to take a bite before taking it back and eating it himself. He asked in confusion, “Why did you only buy one?”
Lu Yang was an arctic wolf and was naturally not very tolerant of heat. During such scorching summers, he’s either at home enjoying the cool breeze of air conditioning or he’s walking around with ice cream or popsicles in his mouth.
Lu Yang glanced at the crowded ice cream shop. Some people didn’t buy ice cream and were walking out disappointedly because the ice cream he just bought was the last one.
He withdrew his eyes and said faintly, “I don’t want to eat.”
“Oh.” Ruan Mi nodded and looked at Wang Dali and the others who were beaten up and begged for mercy, asking, “What about them?”
Lu Yang glanced at them, “When my mom finds out, she will educate them with love; we don’t have to care.”
Ruan Mian couldn’t help but shiver when he remembered how Ning Mixiang educated people. He glanced at Wang Dali helplessly and walked away with Lu Yang.
When the two of them walked to Ruan’s house, the house was quiet. Ruan Mian opened the door and looked around. There was no one in the house; they should have all gone out already.
The family would occasionally go out to eat or go out to play on weekends, but they would never take Ruan Mian with them, nor would they notify him in advance, often leaving him alone at home.
He just looked around the house and said to Lu Yang happily, “No one is home. You can play here for a while before leaving.”
Lu Yang looked at the empty Ruan’s house and frowned slightly, “Okay.”
Ruan Mian took Lu Yang back to his room. Ruan Mian’s room was very small. It was converted from a storage room. The three members of the Ruan family lived on the second floor, and he lived on the first floor alone.
The room had very little space to accommodate things. There was only a bed and a desk, and there was no room for anything else. Fortunately, Ruan Mian tidied it up very neatly, leaving a lot of space for clothes.
There was no place to sit in the room, and there was no game console to play, so the two had to lie on the bed and chat.
Lu Yang lay on his back on the bed, with one hand under his head and his limbs stretched out, and he didn’t speak for a long time.
It was not the first time that he came to Ruan Mian’s room, but every time he came, he could not help but feel sorry for Ruan Mian. If possible, he hoped that Ruan Mian could stay in the Lu family forever and never come back to the Ruan family.
Ruan Mian lay beside him, reached out and touched his arm, and whispered: “Baby Lu, are you unhappy?”
“Yeah,” Lu Yang responded softly.
For some reason, he had been feeling inexplicably irritable these days, and today, knowing about Ruan Mian’s affairs, he became even more irritable.
He really wanted to beat Ruan Donglin like he had just beaten Wang Dali. If he could beat Ruan Donglin, he would not let others do it for him and would definitely do it himself.
Unfortunately, there is no if. As long as Ruan Mian’s custody is in Ruan Donglin’s hands, he cannot act rashly.
According to the regulations of the empire, before an Omega reaches adulthood, the guardian has the right to decide whether his condition is suitable for going to school.
If an Omega’s pheromone levels are unstable and he’s not suitable for crowded places, then the caregiver can let him rest at home. But if Ruan Donglin uses this reason to confine Ruan Mian, then it will be difficult for him to see Ruan Mian at all.
