Chapter 10

This was an elective course attended by students from many different majors, so the class was relatively large.

After entering the classroom, Shu Baiyu and Lu Xingzhou tacitly chose seats in the back row once again.

Shu Baiyu sat beside Lu Xingzhou, closer to the aisle.

They had arrived fairly early. Not long after sitting down, Shu Baiyu felt gazes coming from every direction. For the first time, he gained a clear understanding of the novel’s description that this cannon-fodder Alpha was just as popular as the protagonist Alpha.

Only a few minutes after they sat down, two separate groups had already attempted to approach and strike up a conversation.

Without exception, however, the sight of Shu Baiyu beside Lu Xingzhou discouraged them. They stopped and began whispering among themselves instead.

Shu Baiyu had a bad reputation at their university, with rumors about him circulating everywhere. His friends had also said that he had a terrible temper.

With someone like him present, thin-skinned Betas and Omegas could only secretly glance at Lu Xingzhou from a distance.

Lu Xingzhou, however, appeared completely unaware of their attention.

His gaze passed over Shu Baiyu before settling on the back of his neck, which was partially concealed by strands of hair.

The bite marks on his gland had faded slightly but were still visible.

Shu Baiyu had followed him to class early that morning and had not had time to return to his dormitory for a suppression patch.

They had also undergone another five-minute “treatment” the previous night, so a faint, fresh sweetness still lingered around Shu Baiyu.

Shu Baiyu himself was clearly unaware of it.

He had long since become accustomed to all kinds of stares and showed no discomfort.

After raising his eyes to glance at the name of the elective course, he lost interest, pulled his hood up again, and prepared to sleep on the desk.

Before he could lower his head, however, a somewhat familiar figure approached him.

It was Jiang Min.

“Baiyu!”

Jiang Min walked over with a delighted expression, as though he had only just noticed him. The corner of his eye, however, remained focused on Lu Xingzhou.

“Didn’t you say you had no classes this morning? You didn’t choose this course either. Why are you here?”

His happiness was obvious.

“I happen to be taking this class too. I can sit beside you.”

As the original character’s only close friend, Jiang Min knew about his engagement to Lu Xingzhou.

While encouraging the original character to continue pursuing Qi Yan, he had also been secretly making plans of his own—to use Shu Baiyu as a way to become acquainted with Lu Xingzhou.

The moment Shu Baiyu saw him, his mind automatically began searching through the original plot.

Once he confirmed that the current scene had nothing to do with the protagonist Alpha or Omega, stolen contenthe visibly lost interest.

He gave an indifferent “Mm” and prepared to ignore Jiang Min and continue sleeping.

He only needed to ensure that the protagonist Omega did not fall for the cannon-fodder Alpha.

Who cared whom the cannon-fodder Alpha dated otherwise?

After receiving his response, Jiang Min became even more delighted.

He did not realize that Lu Xingzhou had long since noticed the repeated glances he was sending in his direction.

Lu Xingzhou looked at the round head on the desk, with only several strands of bangs sticking out, and knew Shu Baiyu had not fallen asleep yet.

“You know each other?”

Shu Baiyu did not lift his head. Only the tuft of bangs on top of it bobbed up and down.

Lu Xingzhou saw through Jiang Min’s intentions at a glance.

“Friends?”

The tuft of hair bobbed again.

After receiving that answer, Lu Xingzhou’s expression did not change, but he asked nothing further.

Shu Baiyu’s surroundings finally became quiet.

Before falling asleep, he heard the classroom gradually settle down and guessed that the lecturer had entered and begun teaching.

Just as he was about to close his eyes, someone suddenly pushed his arm.

The force came from his right.

It was Jiang Min.

Shu Baiyu had no intention of responding. He buried his head and continued trying to sleep.

“Baiyu, how can you sleep during class?”

Jiang Min did not stop. Instead, he continued persuading him to get up.

“I know you don’t like studying, but the lecturer is still here. You should at least show him some respect…”

The moment Shu Baiyu heard this, he knew the words were not intended for him.

Ordinarily, Jiang Min did not care whether he slept through class. He would not object even if Shu Baiyu skipped class entirely.

For him to suddenly behave so differently, it was obvious that Lu Xingzhou was the reason.

Lu Xingzhou came from an excellent family and had excellent grades. Saying something like this would make it easy for Jiang Min to gain his favor.

Shu Baiyu had originally planned to ignore Jiang Min’s performance.

Unfortunately, Jiang Min intended to use him as a stepping stone.

Shu Baiyu opened his eyes, turned toward him, and abruptly asked:

“What are your grades?”

Jiang Min froze.

Shu Baiyu continued coldly, “You don’t have the right to lecture me unless your GPA is 4.0.”

Jiang Min: “…”

His face alternated between green and white.

Being humiliated like this in front of Lu Xingzhou was something he could not swallow no matter what.

Just as he hovered on the verge of losing his temper, Lu Xingzhou, who had remained silent, suddenly spoke.

The first thing he said was Jiang Min’s name.

“Jiang Min?”

Lu Xingzhou had a faint impression of him.

He had previously heard Wei Li and the others mention while gossiping that Shu Baiyu had only one friend named Jiang Min.

Jiang Min immediately forgot about Shu Baiyu and answered with flattered surprise.

“I-I am.”

Lu Xingzhou looked across Shu Baiyu at him.

“Do you have a suppression patch with you?”

Suppression patches were private items.

When Lu Xingzhou asked him this directly, two suspicious red clouds appeared on Read on BaiLianTalesJiang Min’s cheeks.

He replied shyly, “Yes. I happen to have one.”

Lu Xingzhou extended his hand.

“Could you lend me one?”

This was the first time Jiang Min had successfully spoken to Lu Xingzhou.

Overjoyed and entirely focused on him, he had no spare attention to consider why an Alpha would need to borrow a suppression patch.

He hurriedly searched through his bag, found one, and handed it over.

Lu Xingzhou accepted it and thanked him.

Lowering his gaze, he saw that the round head had indeed fallen back onto the desk.

He softly called Shu Baiyu’s name.

After receiving a faint response, he said:

“Take off your hood.”

Shu Baiyu did not move at first.

A few seconds later, he reached up and yanked the hood off his head, even the back of his head radiating impatience.

Lu Xingzhou had expected this reaction.

He lowered his head and began quietly tearing open the packaging.

Not long after the faint rustling of plastic stopped, Shu Baiyu suddenly felt a chill against his neck.

He instinctively shrank away, and his elbow had already shot outward.

When he raised his eyes, he saw that Lu Xingzhou had anticipated the attack and caught ​unauthorized copy​his arm with one hand.

His other hand remained behind Shu Baiyu’s neck.

He glanced at him.

“I’m putting a suppression patch on you.”

Shu Baiyu’s movements froze.

Then he allowed Lu Xingzhou to continue.

Whenever Lu Xingzhou lowered his eyes to focus on something, he gave the illusion of being exceptionally attentive.

He brushed aside the prickly strands of hair resting against the back of Shu Baiyu’s neck.

Under Jiang Min’s stunned gaze, he carefully placed the suppression patch over the slightly raised gland.

His palm naturally curved around the back of Shu Baiyu’s neck as well.

The suppression patch was slightly warm, while the palm surrounding it carried a faint coolness.

Although Shu Baiyu did not understand the implications of this position, his body instinctively urged him to escape forward.

His mind forcibly stopped the reaction, and he cooperatively lowered his head slightly for Lu Xingzhou.

His body was slender.

When he lowered his head, his spine became faintly taut, forming a pleasing curve.

Enclosed beneath Lu Xingzhou’s palm, he gave Lu Xingzhou the fleeting illusion that he was allowing himself to be completely controlled.

Jiang Min had clearly been rendered speechless by this development.

He sat frozen in place, his eyes opened wide and round.

After applying the suppression patch, Lu Xingzhou withdrew his hand.

Shu Baiyu felt no discomfort.

He twisted his neck, adjusted to it for a moment, and prepared to lower his head and sleep again.

This time, however, Lu Xingzhou did not allow it.

He extended his palm and placed it directly in front of Shu Baiyu’s forehead, blocking him.

“Don’t sleep.”

Meeting Shu Baiyu’s displeased gaze, he said:

“My GPA is 4.0.”

Shu Baiyu: “…”

He had only said that to silence Jiang Min.

He had not expected Lu Xingzhou to take it seriously.

Ignoring Jiang Min, whose face had turned completely green upon hearing this, Lu Xingzhou said to Shu Baiyu:

“I’m hungry.”

Shu Baiyu slowly displayed a question mark.

What did that have to do with him sleeping?

“Go buy breakfast for me.”

Shu Baiyu was about to respond when Lu Xingzhou unhurriedly reminded him:

“You promised me.”

Shu Baiyu searched his memory.

He truly had agreed to Lu Xingzhou’s condition in exchange for an opportunity to become closer to him.

Whenever Lu Xingzhou needed him, Shu Baiyu had to remain nearby and help.

After a long silence, he finally conceded.

He stood and left the classroom.

Once Shu Baiyu was gone, Jiang Min sat there with a stiff expression.

Still unwilling to give up, he attempted to approach Lu Xingzhou.

“Lu…”

After watching Shu Baiyu leave, Lu Xingzhou withdrew his gaze.

When he looked toward Jiang Min, the coldness in his eyes made the Omega shudder.

Jiang Min’s intention of approaching him vanished instantly.

He remained standing there blankly.

Lu Xingzhou appeared completely unaffected.

He turned and looked out the window.

Two minutes later, the familiar figure appeared downstairs.

The corner of Lu Xingzhou’s lips curved upward slightly before slowly flattening again.

Shu Baiyu had planned to go directly to the cafeteria, but halfway there, he received a message from Lu Xingzhou saying that bread would be enough.

The convenience store was closer than the cafeteria, so Shu Baiyu had no objections.

Very few people visited the store at this hour.

He casually chose a loaf of bread for Lu Xingzhou, added a bottle of water, and went to pay.

While checking out, he happened to be thinking about the plot involving the protagonist Alpha and Omega.

According to the original story, the original character would still be clinging to Qi Yan at this point and attending class with him.

It was also this morning that Tao Xi successfully transferred into the university and sent Qi Yan a message.

Both of them were extremely happy and immediately agreed on a time to meet.

However, the original character was still stuck to Qi Yan like an unshakable plaster.

After repeatedly failing to persuade him not to come, Qi Yan finally erupted, shook him off, and left alone.

The original character refused to accept this and chased after him, only to encounter the same two Alphas who had harassed him in the cafeteria.

With Qi Yan absent, the two of them began having improper ideas again.

A university lecturer eventually noticed and stopped them.

Afterward, the original character blamed everything on Tao Xi for arranging to meet Qi Yan.

Once he officially regarded Tao Xi as a romantic rival, he began his cannon-fodder journey of courting disaster.

Now, however, Shu Baiyu had neither followed Qi Yan to class nor chased after him to meet Tao Xi.

Judging by the current time, Qi Yan had already skipped class and left.

Shu Baiyu should no longer encounter those two men.

With this thought, he finished paying.

As he walked out of the convenience store carrying his purchases, he heard two somewhat familiar voices approaching from nearby.

“Fuck, we deliberately went early to wait outside Qi [unauthorized copy]Yan’s classroom today. Why didn’t we see that Omega?”

“How the hell would I know? He’s usually glued to Qi Yan. Why the fuck did he disappear today?”

Shu Baiyu stopped walking.

All right.

He had overlooked one thing.

In the original plot, Qi Yan had frightened those two away on his behalf.

After Shu Baiyu transmigrated, however, he had dealt with them personally.

Therefore, instead of letting the matter go, the two Alphas had developed a grudge against him.