midsummer night

The restaurant of the stadium is a wooden building, the roof shines through in the evening light, and vines climb on the goalposts.

Yan Xun sat opposite He Xiyuan, and Lu Chengfeng was next to Yan Xun.I don't know if it was his illusion, but he felt that Lu Chengfeng looked in his direction when he turned his head and spoke from time to time.

He Xiyuan's discomfort from the morning became more and more intense, and the pain in the back of his head was accompanied by a rapid heartbeat.He just wanted to go home and rest after eating in a proper manner. He probably couldn't push away the alcohol, so he could only drink as little as possible.

Opposite the seat was Gao Qingnian, with a huge logo embroidered on the chest of his jacket, which made his discomfort even more intense.

He found a salt-roasted mackerel on the menu, and with a fork he flaked the dried lemon slices from the fish and carefully set them aside.

Lu Chengfeng only moved the steak on the plate when the meal was ready, and when everyone was eating, he tilted his head and glanced at He Xiyuan.

He Xiyuan's gesture of squeezing the lemon with his fingers to squeeze the juice is a bit cute, and the fried fish with a crispy skin is also a good match for He Xiyuan, although he can't tell where it matches.

Gao Qingnian and Zhu Ping brought He Xiyuan a glass of wine, and said, "If you don't drink too much, I will have a drink with Mr. Lu and Mr. Yan. They are seniors anyway."

So He Xiyuan raised the goblet in front of him, filled half a glass of white wine, and raised his glass to Lu Chengfeng.

His voice was soft and steady, like a statement rather than a flattery: "I haven't seen Senior Lu for many years after graduation. It is my honor to have the opportunity to sit at the same table for so many years." Then he slightly raised his head and took a sip of wine.

His posture for serving wine is very standard.Apart from his drinking capacity, he seemed more suitable for drinking with Lu Chengfeng than anyone else here.

While talking and laughing with his boss and seniors, he also raised his glass to Yan Xun who was opposite him, and also called out seniors.Yan Xun looked at his face, took his drink, and twitched the corners of his mouth, which seemed to be very beneficial.

The dinner is from dusk to sunset, and the air is from the freshness to the scent of wine and candles burning flowers.Candlelight reflected everyone's faces in the twilight, He Xiyuan was the youngest and only Omega.

His existence has suppressed a certain kind of tacit ambiguity in the conversations between the boss and the seniors. The topic of Alpha's chat and laughter has never clearly touched on Xiasanlu, but through the business dinner, the breeze and the slight drunkenness in early summer, I am really drunk. And pretending to be drunk are in the air.

"Xiao He, have a few more drinks with your senior." Gao Qingnian bypassed He Xiyuan and toasted Lu Chengfeng, "Speaking of going to school, I didn't have many Omega when I was in school. I lived in the next campus and ran across the playground every evening. It’s about looking across.”

At this moment, He Xiyuan remembered the appearance of a summer evening.When he was young, He Xiyuan often passed by the senior teaching building in the evening and looked at the window of Lu Chengfeng. After Lu Chengfeng graduated, he still stood where he usually stood, and used his eyes to describe the boundary between the woods and the sky outside the campus.

Perhaps from very early on, he was determined to follow Lu Chengfeng, but he didn't think about the real reason at that time.

Although he was young, He Xiyuan already felt that he had never been happy in his life.The family has no room or place for him, and the school is a paradise for the children of the powerful.He didn't think he was very smart, and his appearance was not outstanding, but the kindness from strangers came from Lu Chengfeng.The senior once walked him back to the campus along the woods by the lake, and also carried him from the bar to the clean ward to ensure that he was safe and sound before leaving.

If you must find an Alpha to be your companion in this life, then look for it according to Lu Chengfeng's appearance.But an Alpha like Lu Chengfeng is too difficult to find, and the object of his initial admiration was so perfect that he couldn't let go.

At the beginning, when Yan Xun and other senior students laughed at him, He Xiyuan occasionally defended when Lu Chengfeng was not present: "I don't have any unreasonable thoughts about seniors, you misunderstood."

In the end, he neither denied nor affirmed, as if acquiescing, he really wanted to have something to do with Lu Chengfeng from the very beginning.But if you can get anything done, you have to rely on your own strength.

When Lu Chengfeng was 17 years old, he was admitted to a top foreign university in advance, and he was among the first batch of admissions in the world.The name of that school was so intimidating that a banner was pasted on the campus gate, and the usually low-key board of directors wanted to make it known to the world.

For a while, everyone around He Xiyuan was discussing Lu Chengfeng: Lu Chengfeng's appearance, height, personality, family, pheromones, and what kind of Omega Lu Chengfeng would choose as his partner.

He Xiyuan, on the other hand, was flipping through books for studying abroad in a corner of the library, doing homework while reciting words every day.

In fact, he knew very early on that Lu Chengfeng would not stay in Xia Dao for a long time. From the time he was away from school in the last year of high school to his travels all over the world, a certain moment would eventually come.

Everything was expected, but it came much earlier than He Xiyuan expected.

The moment he heard the news, he walked out of the self-study classroom and walked aimlessly to the roof of the teaching building.Rising from the feet, the square windows of the classroom are lit up with white lights in the twilight, reflecting stacks of review materials, with the silhouettes of students in the middle.

He was originally one of these students, step by step, mechanical without perception.Inhibitors during estrus, no need to touch glands with hands, no objects to fill sticky acupoints, and no contact with Alpha who deviates from classmates when he was in school.

But his affection for Lu Chengfeng is like a vine, after the rainy season, it crawls along the walls and covers the windows, and the mirror image of the entire future.

He doesn't know if he can keep up with Lu Chengfeng's footsteps, but he firmly believes that following Lu Chengfeng is the right and bright choice, every step of the other party is guiding him in the direction, leading him to the world he yearns for.

Although more than ten years later, he still has not been able to fully keep up, but the road he has traveled has made him what he is today.Lu Chengfeng's direction is his bright light, and as for the emotions of his youth, they have disappeared in the wilderness of time.

"Is Xiao He okay? I haven't had a few drinks yet." Gao Qingnian looked at He Xiyuan's thoughtful expression, and smiled at him.

He Xiyuan returned to the present, smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay."

Years are a magical filter. Back then, he could stand at the school gate, beside the playground, and under the woods to look at Lu Chengfeng from a distance, but now that the other party was sitting opposite him, he was distracted.

Perhaps it was because his spirit was too barren back then, and his understanding of Lu Chengfeng was largely an illusion created by himself.He didn't have many opportunities to have any personal friendship with Lu Chengfeng, he just enshrined his existence as an idol surrounded by halos.Where there is him, there will be sunshine and pine trees, as well as boundless snow mountains and ice springs, which are the reflections of freedom glimpsed in the closed gaps of existence.

Gao Qingnian talked about food from middle school, from food to university canteens, "Mr. Lu has been abroad for so many years, he must have a unique insight into food."

Lu Chengfeng tucked his bony fingers at the handle of the wine glass, and said, "I have lived in many different places since I was a child. I can eat anything, and I don't pick anything. The first two years of university were in Dining Halls, and the last two years were in Eating Club. There's nothing special about it."

The corners of He Xiyuan's mouth were slightly raised, and he asked Lu Chengfeng, "I guess it's IvyClub?"

The corners of his eyes were slightly red, and his face was smiling happily under the candlelight, like a ripe fruit bathed in the evening wind.

Realizing that everyone was looking at him, He Xiyuan retracted his emoji.

Lu Chengfeng looked at him sideways, with a trace of surprise in his eyes, and said, "How do you know?"

He Xiyuan paused for a moment, and said, "I have gone to several games with my friends in college, and I have heard about it from my friends, so I know a little bit about it."

Lu Chengfeng continued to ask: "Then how did you guess Ivy Club?"

He Xiyuan's brain was running fast, but because of the dizziness caused by alcohol, his expression was a little blank when he was thinking, and he only said: "Intuition."

Gao Qingnian patted the table: "Hey, what a coincidence, fate."

He Xiyuan took a sip of the wine, the red on his cheekbones and the corners of his eyes smudged to his cheeks.

Zhu Ping raised his cup and said to Lu Chengfeng: "Xiao He is interesting, let's go together."

He Xiyuan followed suit, and Lu Chengfeng glanced at the three people facing him, and then said to He Xiyuan, "You don't have to force it, you can do whatever you want."

He Xiyuan nodded, took a sip of his wine, and found that his cheeks were burning badly.

The heat brought by alcohol was a feeling he hadn't experienced for a long time.Alcohol-triggered ruts at school were long gone, but he remained cautious.

After drinking, everyone left separately. He Xiyuan walked behind Gao Qingnian, letting Lu Chengfeng and his boss walk in front together, but for some reason, the two of them stopped often, as if they wanted him to follow from behind.

Alcohol made his mind blurry, and the influence of suppressors for many years suppressed the perception deep in his body. His brain was slightly comatose, and he looked at the backs of several Alphas in front of him, thinking.

On the way back, He Xiyuan sat next to Zhu Ping in the back seat of Gao Qingnian's car.

The fever of the body did not slow down, but perhaps because of the suppressor and the wristband, everything seemed to be fine on the surface.

The atmosphere in the car was very secretive and gossip. The topics ranged from Lu Chengfeng's family to the gold mines he acquired, from Lu Chengfeng's age to He Xiyuan's relationship history.

Zhu Ping turned his head and smiled, and said, "Xiao He can relax a bit in the future. Although Lu is always the senior, don't be too rigid."

Gao Qingnian was driving in the front row, nodded his head sideways, and said in agreement, "Xiao He, don't be nervous, I see, your senior seems to like you quite a bit. Mr. Lu's friend also happens to be your senior, so you can make more appointments with them When you come out to eat, the first time is raw and the second time is cooked, right?"

He Xiyuan was a little dizzy, leaned back on the back seat, and said in a nasal voice: "The senior is a few grades older than me, and he doesn't know me very well. He probably doesn't remember me either. He was excellent when he was in school. The classmates all look up to him. This was all many years ago. Secondary school classmates can be the opening line, but the working relationship has to be re-cultivated."

Zhu Ping immediately replied: "Yes! Xiao He, you are right, the relationship is to re-cultivate. Besides, you are also young, and Mr. Lu, I asked my colleagues, and I didn't see a partner by my side. You should make more appointments with him. There might be something else to develop.”

Gao Qingnian sneered and said, "Mr. Zhu is planning to attack Mr. Lu?"

Zhu Ping said: "I'm not trying to trick him, I'm just pointing out Xiao He. Mr. Lu's family has a big business, and the wealth of several generations will be put in his hands. The gold mine we acquired this time even his assets The relationship is cultivated so slowly, and business and people can get in touch with high-ranking people through him in the future. Let's move up the business and stand tall to see far. What do you think is not small?"

He Xiyuan leaned his head on the back of the chair, nodded heavily, his eyelids always wanted to close.