T/N: Thanks to Lolillu, y’all get 2 chapters (1 regular + 1 ko-fi release) this week!
Footsteps came from behind. Ji Bai walked over with his coat, and put it on An Cheng silently.
“Are you finished?” An Cheng asked.
Ji Bai nodded. “En. Ready to go?”
Only then did Shi Yi realize that they had been standing outside for a long time. The late autumn temperature dropped sharply in the evening, and his hands were a little numb.
Before they returned to the room, Lu Yunye and Dai Xing came out smelling like alcohol.
Lu Yunye rubbed his face with the back of his hand, then frowned, “Where did you go?”
“Just outside for some air.” Shi Yi said.
He looked at the other party’s face. He looked no different from usual and his words were clear, but something just didn’t feel right.
He asked in a low voice: “Lu Yunye, are you drunk?”
“No.” Lu Yunye answered quickly.
“Oh, then shall we… go back?” Shi Yi was a little unsure as he sat in the back seat with Lu Yunye.
In the front row, Dai Xing was obviously drunk. His peach blossom eyes were narrow and bright, as he kept pestering the driver and talking fiercely.
The two lieutenant colonels were pulled away by their boss, who they didn’t dare neglect. Sweat beaded on their foreheads as they wracked their minds to deal with him.
Compared to Dai Xing, Lu Yunye has always been very quiet, even a little too quiet, and he didn’t say a word even when he was in the place.
“Let’s go.” Shi Yi gently pushed him, but he didn’t expect the other party to fall down.
Shi Yi: …
He grabbed the other person’s arm, trying to pull him up, but it didn’t help.
Lu Yunye is tall. He doesn’t look strong overall, but he is all muscles. After falling asleep, he looks like a silent mountain. Shi Yi intuitively felt the difference in size between the two – no wonder he couldn’t resist when Lu Yunye insisted on doing something.
In the end, two logistics soldiers carried him into the room. Lu Yunye lay flat on the bed, frowning slightly, as if he was not feeling well.
There are no ingredients here, so he can’t make hangover soup. Shi Yi had no choice but to go to the kitchen to make a glass of lemonade so he wouldn’t wake up thirsty at night.
Lu Yunye didn’t move at all. Except for his steady breathing, he was extremely quiet.
Shi Yi sighed. Lu Yunye’s alcohol tolerance is already very good, and his habit of sleeping after drinking doesn’t disturb others. The moment he lay on the bed, the person who was lying flat seemed to feel the movement and turned over naturally and hugged Shi Yi in his arms.
At the same time, he pressed the tip of his nose to the back of Shi Yi’s neck and sniffed until he caught a faint scent, before falling asleep in peace.
When Shi Yi woke up the next morning, Lu Yunye was still asleep.
He didn’t want to disturb the other party, so he got out of bed lightly, and went to An Cheng’s place after eating.
Shi Yi is not someone who likes to escape. Since he has the opportunity to remember his past, even if that experience is not very good, he still wants to try it.
An Cheng was not surprised to see him, and greeted him with a calm and gentle smile.
This is a person with a very stable mood, Shi Yi thought. It must be very comfortable to be with him; no wonder he can eat an alpha like Ding Jibai.
“What did you have for breakfast?” An Cheng asked.
“Custard buns, eggs, and sugar cakes.”
“You like sweets very much?” An Cheng smiled and poured him a glass of warm water.
At the thought that the other party was a doctor, Shi Yi became a little nervous. But An Cheng didn’t mention hypnosis, and it felt like they were just having a daily chat among friends.
Shi Yi also gradually relaxed. “Yes…”
“Did you also like sweets when you were young?” An Cheng sat down opposite him. “Children who eat too much are prone to tooth decay.”
“Yes,” Shi Yi thought for a while and said, “That’s why my father only let me eat a little each time.”
Slowly, they talked about Shu Wen. When recalling the memories related to his father, Shi Yi was always relaxed, like a chatterbox opening up in front of An Cheng. He didn’t know how many times he had refilled the water glass at hand.
At first, Shi Yi didn’t know that he was hypnotized. He only remembered talking non-stop. Those things came out naturally without any burden. But he didn’t remember what he said, he just felt that he was at the junction of awake and light sleep.
“Because of Shi Jinpeng, I’ve always been a little afraid of alphas,” Shi Yi said. “Well, except for Little Pinecone…”
Then, he paused. Who is Little Pinecone?
“You said before that you met him at school,” An Cheng guided softly.
“No, it’s not school.” Shi Yi frowned slightly, “Before, he gave me a small cake…”
Shi Yi murmured: “Every time we meet, he will bring me different desserts.”
That’s why he likes to eat sweets, and will subconsciously feel a sense of security when eating sweets.
The indistinct figures in his dream gradually filled out. The boy who always looks serious and wears a school uniform will occasionally skip his physical education class to come to him, and will accompany him to wait for the driver until dark after school.
After Shi Yi’s glands were damaged, his ability to perceive pheromones also weakened. He has never felt such pure and enthusiastic pheromones since then. Little Pinecone doesn’t know how to restrain himself, and will release pheromones at him all at once just to see his smile after knowing it likes it.
Shi Yi remembered some fragments, but forgot most of the details. Two half-grown teenagers sitting in the shade of a tree, sharing a peach-flavored popsicle…
“This smells very similar to you.” Little alpha smiled rarely.
“Then do you like it?” Xiao Yi asked.
Shi Yi’s heart skipped a beat. He didn’t remember being so assertive and self-confident, daring to ask questions openly. His whole body was like a bright and enthusiastic flower bud.
“I like it!” Little alpha nodded enthusiastically. “I think we are perfectly coupled.”
“What is that?” Xiao Yi couldn’t understand.
“It’s when… two people are happy when they see each other, and like the smell of each other.” The little alpha’s face gradually turned red. “AOs who are perfectly coupled will eventually get married.”
Xiao Yi nodded without fully understanding. He knew that getting married meant starting a new family, allowing him to leave Shi’s house. “Then I want to get married!”
“…It’s just that I want to take my dad with me.”
“Okay, let’s buy a big house, one with a big yard where you can grow flowers.” The little alpha said.
“But you’re about to enter school soon,” Shi Yi said worriedly. “What if I can’t find you in the future?”
“Then don’t run around,” The alpha rubbed his head. “As long as I smell your scent, I will recognize you.”
For a moment, Shi Yi was relieved. This is not Lu Yunye.
With Lu Yunye’s cautious and restrained personality, he will never make such impulsive promises so easily.
Shi Yi couldn’t help but let out a sigh of relief. This person who he’s vaguely fond of isn’t Lu Yunye.
Who could it be?
“How is it? Did you recall anything?” Seeing that he hadn’t responded for a long time, An Cheng was a little worried.
Shi Yi has psychogenic amnesia. The accident when he was ten years old did not seriously hurt his head, but the psychological impact made him forget the details of the accident and his previous memories.
Sometimes, forgetting is also a kind of protection. As his glands developed, Shi Yi was able to selectively remember good experiences. However, his speech was intermittent and these broken pieces couldn’t be connected together yet.
“I…” Shi Yi came back to his senses abruptly. Excessive use of his brain made his head hurt. He pressed his forehead and frowned, “Let me take it easy.”
An Cheng gave him two sedative tablets. “This is a normal reaction. Now, relax and don’t worry about details that you can’t recall…”
“You’re already great, you…”
Shi Yi took a sip of water and managed to suppress the heart palpitations. He felt as if he was covered in cold sweat and his back felt cold.
He breathed a sigh of relief: “Thank you… These memories are very important to me.”
As a child, having such a friend in childhood should be one of the few happy times.
As he chatted with An Cheng about some light topics, the sound of rhythmic slogans came from the training field outside the window. Shi Yi couldn’t concentrate anymore and glanced at his phone. It was almost noon.
In order to avoid disturbing the hypnosis session, he set his phone to silent mode. As soon as the screen turned on, a flood of notifications popped up, all of which were calls and messages from Lu Yunye.
Lu Yunye drank the night before, so he expected that the other party wouldn’t wake up early, so he didn’t inform him that he was coming to see An Cheng.
The most recent message was four minutes ago. It was Lu Yunye who asked him to share his location.
Lu Yunye also said yesterday that this is the alpha training camp, so he should not run around casually. Thinking of the other party’s gloomy face, Shi Yi was a little apprehensive, but he still bravely dialed Lu Yunye’s phone number.
“Hello?”
The other side picked it up almost instantly. He could hear Lu Yunye’s sigh of relief, “I’m here.”
“Where have you been?”
Hearing Lu Yunye’s voice suddenly, Shi Yi felt his nose ache. He took a deep breath and said, “I’m with Professor An.”
The other party simply said: “Wait for me.”
Within a few minutes, there was a knock on the door. Lu Yunye probably ran over given his heavy breathing.
Dai Xing stopped on the stairs panting heavily: “I already said… brother-in-law won’t run around. Why are you so anxious, even asking to check surveillance…”
Shi Yi explained in a low voice, feeling a little guilty: “Professor An helped me hypnotize me, and I recalled some things from my childhood.”
“What do you remember?”
Lu Yunye raised his hand, probably wanting to hug him or rub his head, but he restrained himself and just squeezed Shi Yi’s earlobe.
“Some insignificant things.” Shi Yi said.
“Okay,” Lu Yunye chimed in. “Don’t run around casually in the future, don’t make me worry.”
“Sorry, Mr. Lu,” An Cheng leaned against the door. “I forgot to notify you.”
“It’s okay.” Lu Yunye glanced at him. He couldn’t enter an omega’s room, so he said to Shi Yi, “It’s over? Then let’s go.”
Shi Yi: “En…”
“Yes, only a world where I was injured has been achieved.” Dai Xing was speechless, muttering to himself under his breath. “I was called up at nine o’clock to help find his wife while I was dating Qianqian in my dream…”
“Lao Si, can you not tie Shi Yi up? Now everyone from the instructor to the janitors know that you are a wife-loving alpha.”
Lu Yunye gave him a wink, and Dai Xing could only shut up midway through his complaining.
“What’s wrong?” Shi Yi asked.
“I’m not going to say that your alpha got up early in the morning and found that you were not around, so ran out with his pants on backwards, picked me up to accompany him to search the training grounds and cafeteria, and finally called the chief instructor to check the security cameras. There’s even people in the security room checking frame by frame to help him find someone.” The moment Dai Xing finished talking, he shot out like a cannonball and ran away in the blink of an eye.
Lu Yunye: …
Shi Yi didn’t expect his visit to An Cheng to set off such a huge chain reaction, and felt a little apologetic for making trouble. “Next time I go out, I will tell you in advance.”
Only then did Lu Yunye’s face look better: “Yes.”
Shi Yi couldn’t help glancing at his pants.
Lu Yunye’s ears finally turned red: “I’ve changed!”
Hahaha — pants put on backwards. Sweats or shorts, I get. Jeans or dress pants… that’s a miracle
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