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In the provincial competition, when Ji Han was explaining the design concept as a designer, he saw Ruan Zhuoyan sitting in the judges' seat.

She smiled kindly.

It's kind of fucked up!

Ji Han was so scared that he almost forgot to turn over the PPT.

Ji Han can no longer define the relationship between Ruan Zhuoyan and him, hot pot friend?Movie friends?friends with benefits?

They still meet quite frequently, and they can go out on average three times a week, like lovers.

Just "like", but definitely not lovers.

Ji Han is very aware of this.

He knew that Ruan Zhuoyan definitely didn't see him as a lover.

what is that?Ji Han thought about this over and over again, he instinctively felt something was wrong, but he didn't want to sever ties with Ruan Zhuoyan.

He didn't want to lose a hot pot friend or movie friend who was above the pass line, and could even be considered an excellent one.

While avoiding any eye contact with Ruan Zhuoyan, Ji Han finished his speech, stepped off the stage, turned on the silent phone, and saw the two words Ruan Zhuoyan sent him at a glance——

[wait for me]

Ji Han couldn't help but look up at Ruan Zhuoyan's direction—the man was turning his head to look at him.

There are still people speaking on the stage!

Ji Han glared at him.

He turned his head directly, as if there was some shady deal between them.

Ruan Zhuoyan didn't seem to understand the meaning in Ji Han's eyes, and even smiled at him, Ji Han didn't want to talk to him anymore, looked down at his phone, told his classmates that he was going back alone, then looked up, Ruan Zhuoyan had already gone to listen to the station The people on the Internet gave a speech, and Ji Han put away his phone, inexplicably heaving a sigh of relief.

"You are waiting for me!"

Ruan Zhuoyan saw Ji Han who was sitting in the corner of the door, and stepped forward to say hello, Ji Han glanced at him and stood up.

"Didn't you tell me to wait for you?"

"Ah... your eyes are so fierce, I thought you left early!"

Ruan Zhuoyan reached out and ruffled Ji Han's hair, and laughed, "You're so good."

"Go back?"

Ji Han asked, Ruan Zhuoyan liked to rub his head very much, after the resistance was futile, Ji Han also followed him.

"Well, the organizer said they were inviting the judges to dinner. By the way, do you want to go? You haven't eaten yet, right? There are many great designers there!"

This invitation seemed to come out on a whim, Ruan Zhuoyan seemed to have just casually proposed a trivial invitation, and the reason was very good, Ji Han looked at him and frowned.

What do you mean?

"Don't go."

"what?"

"To avoid suspicion," Ji Han put his bag on his back, turned around and was about to leave, "You go, I'll take the subway back by myself."

"Hey," Ruan Zhuoyan hurriedly stopped him, "Then I won't go either. I asked you to wait. Let's go have a meal and then I'll take you back."

"OK then."

Ji Han had some doubts in his heart, but he didn't think about it, he just got into the car and followed the alpha.

After the competition, Ruan Zhuoyan invited Ji Han to go to his place for an internship.

"So you're dating?"

Chu Yu lay on the table and looked at Ji Han. This guy came to him with a train ticket after several days of absence from class. Ji Han told him about Ruan Zhuoyan by the way.

"Eh--"

This question is very difficult to answer, Ji Han froze for a moment.He couldn't define his relationship with Ruan Zhuoyan, Ji Han picked up a twist from the pot.

"I do not know……"

When I first met, I cast a glance at him.

"Do you like him?"

"I... no..."

"Bar?"

Ji Han stuffed the mahua into his mouth, sighed, and repeated,

"Bar."

First encounter sighed.

"It's hard to have a good result in a one-night stand."

Ji Han stopped talking.

"Tsk, I think...you can go to his company for an internship. Their company is very famous, and the internship certificate they give is very guaranteed. Aren't you going to work directly? It is more important to find a good internship, and even if you don't know each other, you can do it alone. Can you get in even if you go to the interview?"

"Um……"

In June, when the results of the competition came out, Ji Han won the runner-up, and finally decided to go to Ruan Zhuoyan's company for an internship. The internship will last for three months.

"You have a talent for design." Ruan Zhuoyan leaned back on the sofa and looked up at Ji Han as he placed the takeout on the table.

"Are you free?"

This guy has been eating and sleeping here for three consecutive days, Ji Han handed him the chopsticks, feeling a little headache.

"A little free these two days." Ruan Zhuoyan pursed his lips.

Ji Han pursed his lips, knowing that this person likes to tease him, running the train with his mouth full, it's useless to be annoyed, it's better to treat him as farting and Ji Han just sit down by himself.

"Ruan Zhuoyan, you are the third son of the Ruan family, right?"

"……Um."

"Are you 28? Is your family not urging you to find a partner?"

Ruan Zhuoyan smiled slightly when he thought of the circle of Yingying and Yanyan around him during the Chinese New Year.

"It's okay, my family advocates free love. Speaking of which, the only one in my family who has a partner now is my elder brother."

"You..." Ji Han seemed hesitant to speak, "Are you still here tonight?"

"Um, can you?"

"can."

After all, he still didn't ask, Ji Han sighed silently in his heart, let's just go on so unclear.Ji Han thought, maybe his feelings for him were no longer as weak as he thought.

Ji Han thought that he would stay in ignorance with Ruan Zhuoyan for a little longer.

On July 27th, one month before the end of Ji Han's internship, he woke up from the bed at Ruan Zhuoyan's house, looking at the strange ceiling, his mind still not clear.

So he finally asked the question.

"Ruan Zhuoyan, you're looking for me to pass the time, right?"

Alpha's shirt-wearing hand paused, as if being held in place by a hold technique, and the room became extremely quiet. Ji Han seemed to hear the sound of the air conditioner passing through his brain, and suddenly he was jolted.

What did he just ask?Ji Han felt that he probably lost his memory.

But Ruan Zhuoyan did not.

"Um"

He finally heard his voice, it was very soft, but it seemed to come from the depths of his mind.

"Are you going to find an omega in the future?"

Ji Han sat up from the bed, and after taking off the pheromone bracelet, he smelled like Ruan Zhuoyan all over his body, and his skin still had the traces of the madness. Every time they combined, they were thorough, a contribution from body to heart.

This is the case for Ji Han.

The same goes for Ruan Zhuoyan.

This mark is proof.

But they are of the wrong gender, not to mention that beta men are infertile, not to mention that they can only have temporary marks. The temporary marks mean that if there is an omega that is highly compatible with Ruan Zhuoyan, he will passively go into heat. The temporary marks of alpha and beta In the face of highly compatible omega pheromones, they are completely vulnerable. This is an instinct, a reaction to pheromones, and cannot be changed.

There is also resistance from the family...

"Yes, I will find an omega."

For a moment, Ji Han felt that Ruan Zhuoyan's voice seemed to come from far away, unreal, like an auditory hallucination.

That wasn't what he wanted to hear.

Ji Han had a soft quilt in his palm, the air conditioner was too low, and it was a little cold, so he let go, took the T-shirt by the bed and put it on, and then said pants.

Is this the most correct way to deal with it?It's just that I ate a few more meals and went to bed a few more times.No one has spoken about their feelings.

Emotionless from the start.

"You can quickly find an omega."

Ji Han seemed to laugh, Ruan Zhuoyan was not sure, he only heard the sound of closing the door when Ji Han left.

After a long time, he loosened his stiff fingers and saw the shirt buttons lying in his palm.Ruan Zhuoyan pursed his lips into a straight line.

When was this ripped off?

ended.

That person gave up more completely than he imagined.

When Ji Han returned to school, he found a random classroom and sat down in a daze.

There was a certain emotion pouring out of my heart, desperately trying to empty my mind, but that person's words were repeated in my ears again and again.

Why would you want to!

He slammed into the table and made a "bang", and several self-study people in the classroom looked at him.

Ji Han didn't raise his head again.

Just think about it!Think about it all at once!It's best to think about every bit of the past!

The more you think about it, the more you get used to it, and you won't lose your composure.

It won't hurt like this.

Sure enough, a one-night stand will not end well.

On this day, Ji Han thought a lot about feelings, how to solve problems, and the future.

Ji Han still completed the three-month internship, and he never met Ruan Zhuoyan alone, and Ruan Zhuoyan didn't say much.

After the internship, never see that person again.Ji Han thought, don't see him again until you get used to it.

He has already decided.

"Going abroad? Are you going to go abroad?"

In October, Ji Han took time out of his busy schedule to make a phone call with Chu Yu, and when he heard the other party yelling on the phone, he smiled.

"Yes."

"Your father agrees?"

"Well, they said that as long as I can apply, I will go out and study."

"Your decision is really... very sudden!"

"Really? Actually, it doesn't count. I have taken the language test before, and I have always had this idea."

"I just didn't expect you to really go abroad," Chu Yu paused, "You going abroad...does it have something to do with that person?"

"Yes, there are some," Ji Han said calmly, "However, going abroad is also for myself."

"Tsk, no wonder you haven't responded to my messages recently," so Chu Yu didn't ask any more questions, "Forget it, I'm busy now? I won't bother you anymore, you can do your best! But even if you go abroad, you still have to Come back and eat hot pot with me!"

"Well, for sure."

Ji Han put down the phone with a smile, one person is enough to eat hot pot together.

The mark fell on that person, and when he couldn't see that person, it was boring to do anything.

Ruan Zhuoyan looked absently at the document in his hand, Ji Han has been away from him for a year, the mark should be gone, right?

Why do I still think of him from time to time?

Why have you been alone this year?

Still have feelings.

Ruan Zhuoyan threw the documents on the table irritably, and looked up at the blue sky outside the window.

Already 29, almost the same age, let's find an omega.

find a...

Against the blue background, there was only one lonely cloud, which slowly moved forward and approached the sun. Ruan Zhuoyan closed his eyes suddenly, and shed tears because of the excessively dazzling sunlight.