Chapter 27

Chapter 27

Night fell.

In the quiet hotel suite, Lan Yexing, now released by Qiao You, sat on the bed with knees bent, disinfecting the wound on his knee with his own medicine.

Qiao You was on the phone in the study. He hadn't closed the door, allowing Lan Yexing to hear clearly.

He seemed to be speaking with a classmate who had attended the conference with him and was now returning to school.

Qiao You remained silent throughout the call, only offering a cold, "I'll stay here for one more day," before hanging up.

Emerging from the study, the golden-haired youth cast a distant glance at Lan Yexing's swollen knee. With an indifferent, detached expression, he stated, "I'm going out for a bit."

Without waiting for a reply, he turned and exited the room.

Lan Yexing stared blankly at the youth's tall, straight back, only then realizing something significant.

He blinked, murmuring to himself, "He's angry, isn't he?"

He understood perfectly, though. After all, anyone who had worriedly tried to contact a friend for two full days without success wouldn't be in a good mood.

Lan Yexing sighed softly. He resolved to apologize properly when Qiao You returned.

Just then, the system's voice chimed: "Huhu."

Its newly unlocked data indicated that saying "pain pain" would make it "fly fly."

The system's voice remained mechanical and detached, making such whimsical words sound particularly incongruous.

Lan Yexing, however, immediately grasped its meaning. He gently curved his eyes and placed his hand over the dial. "It's nothing. Just apply the medicine and rest well tonight, and it won't hurt anymore."

System: "That's good. Congratulations, Host, you've unlocked 6 more points. While I've unlocked a new mental power, we've also gained 1 extra point."

Lan Yexing frowned slightly. "Why 6 points?"

He had been meticulously tracking his completed tasks. After preventing the hypnotic alpha from attacking Qiao You, his accumulated points should have been 5. Why the extra point?

System: "Prince Leon also sent someone to this conference."

Lan Yexing's expression hardened. "What?"

System: "Leon's investigation revealed that the alpha intended to use hypnotic mental power to control Qiao You. So, he dispatched an omega to eliminate the alpha after Qiao You was hypnotized, thereby acquiring the hypnotized Qiao You."

"If the alpha failed to hypnotize Qiao You, the omega was instructed to directly attack Qiao You at the conference. His mental power is 'extraction and analysis.' He can obtain blood from anyone within 30cm, and through this blood, he can deeply analyze the owner, including their preferred type. He planned to take Qiao You's blood directly as they brushed past each other at the conference."

Lan Yexing's brows furrowed even tighter, his face etched with deeper confusion. He hadn't received this mission at all, let alone been asked to prevent it.

A thought, unknown, made Lan Yexing's expression inexplicably turn cold. In a sense, that omega's ability was even more dangerous than hypnosis; after all, hypnosis required eye contact, while that omega only needed to brush past the target to take blood, making it almost impossible to guard against...

Most of those nobles were perverts who cared nothing for human lives, let alone human rights or privacy. He couldn't fathom how a person with such a twisted ability would spy on and analyze Qiao You if they obtained his blood...

Fortunately, the system implied that the omega hadn't succeeded, but how had that happened?

The system then explained: "Because the Host dealt with the hypnotic alpha in advance, that omega's plan to acquire the hypnotized Qiao You failed. Furthermore, Qiao You, in his search for the Host, did not actually attend the conference. He spent all of last night searching the entire hotel, and after failing to find you at the conference venue today, he searched most of the areas near the hotel."

"In other words, he was not at the conference venue for most of the time, and the omega simply couldn't find an opportunity to approach him and make a move. Therefore, the Host's mission was automatically completed."

Lan Yexing's breath hitched, his face blank with dazedness. His hand instinctively gripped the bedsheet. After a long moment, a soft, helpless smile touched the corner of his lips. He lowered his eyes and softly said, "It seems I need to apologize with even greater sincerity..."

Taking a deep breath, he suppressed the almost overflowing tenderness in his heart, then gently asked, "Xiao Song, have you remembered anything about yourself?"

A blankness reappeared in the system's voice. "Before, I remembered breaking my leg riding a horse and herding sheep, which somehow led to a coma as an after-effect. Later, someone came to my house and said they could save me... Today, I remembered being in a car afterward, and the car drove for a very, very long time..."

"I still can't recall what the person who took me from home looked like, nor do I know where I went by car. I can't remember anything else either."

A moment of silence.

Lan Yexing's eyes turned cold. He reached out and covered the dial, gently saying, "It's okay. I'll try my best to help you remember everything." One day, he would help Xiao Song reclaim his complete self.

The system's voice now held a hint of happiness. "Also, Host, we've unlocked a new mental power. However, this mental power can only be used once."

System: "It's the mental power of 'creation.' The Host can obtain any solid substance weighing within 1kg, but it must be something that exists in this world. Gold, silver, jewelry, delicious food, anything is fine."

"Host, this trip must have been very tiring and unhappy, right? You can treat yourself. Is there anything you want?"

Lan Yexing was startled. He was about to say he didn't want anything, but then he suddenly remembered that he still owed Qiao You an apology.

Perhaps he could use this mental power to create something to give Qiao You as an apology gift.

But what did Qiao You like?

Qiao You's corgi named Lychee suddenly flashed through his mind. Lan Yexing's eyes lit up as he recalled the old man's words. He curved his eyes and looked at the dial, his expression incredibly gentle, and said, "I want 500g of fresh lychees, and for the other half of the weight, a chip-style cartridge that stores your favorite music, games, and TV shows, which can be inserted into your card slot."

System: "..."

That indescribable feeling returned.

It truly wanted to say there was no need to consider it; after all, it was essentially just data.

However, it inexplicably didn't want to refuse the Host's overly gentle kindness.

So it softly said, "Okay."

Almost the next moment, the fresh lychees and a small box of chips that Lan Yexing desired appeared on the bedside table. The room was instantly filled with a sweet, fruity fragrance.

Lan Yexing looked at the things that mattered to him and that he liked, and a lively, happy smile finally appeared on his face.

He was about to get out of bed to put the precious plate of lychees in the refrigerator to keep them fresh, but the system suddenly issued a new task. "Host, the omega with 'extraction and analysis' is now downstairs in the hotel."

Lan Yexing's smile froze on his face. His pupils contracted. "What did you say?"

System: "That omega learned that Qiao You didn't return to school with his classmates today, so he also turned back. He will meet Qiao You at the elevator on the first floor of the hotel and extract his blood. Please, Host, prevent this conquest event from happening while protecting yourself."

With a soft "thump," Lan Yexing had already landed neatly on the ground.

He didn't even have time to change his shoes, walking briskly out of the room in just his hotel slippers. Qiao You had left him a room card, so he easily entered the elevator.

The elevator descended continuously. Lan Yexing's face grew colder and colder. Other passengers looked at the young man's disheveled appearance, wearing slippers and with one pant leg rolled up, revealing a large, swollen wound, thinking something had happened to him.

There were also some ill-intentioned people who wanted to strike up a conversation, but as the elevator reached the first floor and the door just opened, Lan Yexing directly met the golden-haired youth's handsome face, whose pupils had slightly contracted in surprise.

The tall, handsome golden-haired youth in a suit quickly recovered. He coldly glanced at the middle-aged man who was about to pat Lan Yexing's shoulder. The man's little finger subtly twisted 180 degrees, and his face immediately showed a pained, bewildered expression. He quickly left the elevator, nervously and frantically checking where he was injured.

The few passengers in the elevator had already exited. Only then did Qiao You smile and look at Lan Yexing, who was disheveled and in such a hurry that he hadn't even bothered to put down his pant leg. The coldness in his green eyes intensified. Just as he was about to pull the young man closer, his pupils suddenly contracted.

Before he could react, Lan Yexing had already neatly blocked him.

Then, he forcefully pushed an omega, who was walking towards them from the lobby and was almost brushing past them to enter the elevator, into the elevator. A faint current surged in the young man's right arm, and the omega who fell in the elevator let out a pained scream: "Ah!!"

The omega, whose half body was almost numb with pain and unable to move, fell to the ground, his facial expression contorted as he looked at Lan Yexing, who was blocking Qiao You. There was a hateful resentment in his pupils. "What are you suddenly doing!"

Lan Yexing looked at him expressionlessly. "You know what you're doing in your heart."

Saying that, he reached into the elevator and neatly pressed the elevator close button.

The omega looked at Lan Yexing with an extremely sinister expression. His fingers were about to subtly curl, but then he saw the tall, handsome, and imposing golden-haired youth, who was standing behind the young man in a protective stance, his handsome face hidden in the light and shadow, now looking down at him with an icy gaze as if looking at a dead person.

The omega froze in terror. The elevator door had already closed and was rapidly ascending, leaving only Lan Yexing and Qiao You outside the door.

In the magnificent hotel lobby, Qiao You, carrying newly bought medicine and an ice pack, smiled as he looked at Lan Yexing, who was now relieved.

Lan Yexing blinked guiltily. "I..."

But how could he explain this?

Qiao You ultimately didn't press further. He just coldly glanced at the young man's knee, pressed the elevator button again, and took Lan Yexing back to that room.

...

Back in the room, he made Lan Yexing sit on the bed, then went to get a clean towel and a newly bought ice pack, and sat down next to Lan Yexing.

Lan Yexing was startled and hadn't reacted yet when he saw the youth's large hand already gripping his right ankle. With a slight pull, his forced straight right leg was placed on the youth's knee.

The youth's pull on his ankle was not light. Lan Yexing was pulled back and fell backward, so he simply lay down on the bed.

Qiao You, however, did not speak or look at him. After simply disinfecting, he wrapped the ice pack in a towel, avoiding the wound, and placed it on the swollen area of Lan Yexing's knee, applying ice to his sprained nerve.

Lan Yexing lay there, hissing as the ice pack stimulated him. Because he needed to apply medicine, his right pant leg was completely rolled up to his thigh. At this moment, the skin of his leg was directly against the youth's long pants, and the touch of the youth's cool, strong large hand moving on his lower leg was too clear.

Lan Yexing, however, didn't care, because after the youth did this, the pain in his knee wound really lessened a lot.

So he stretched out an arm and covered his eyebrows and eyes, relaxing his body and waiting for Qiao You, who was more experienced with this kind of injury, to finish bandaging.

At this point, Qiao You had finished icing and was applying medicine to Lan Yexing's wound. Considering that he would shower later, he didn't wrap a bandage around it after applying the medicine, but simply put on a large band-aid.

One of his large hands still held the young man's beautiful, slender ankle. When that large hand moved with his muscular, long arm, it was like putting an unbreakable shackle on the young man lying on the bed.

And Lan Yexing was so trusting of him, he let him do as he pleased so obediently...

At this moment, a faint smile appeared at the corner of Lan Yexing's lips. "Thank you, Senior, it feels much better."

Qiao You's movements subtly paused. He still released the ankle and moved Lan Yexing's leg from his knee. He smiled as he looked at the young man lying on the bed with his eyes covered, and coldly said, "Junior, it's most comfortable not to get injured."

Lan Yexing: "Although it's my fault that it got serious, fundamentally, I fell and got injured because of you, Senior, right?"

Qiao You's smile deepened. "I thought the root cause was Junior violating the rules by climbing over the wall."

Lan Yexing: "...I really can't argue with that."

Lan Yexing took a deep breath and sat up halfway, hugging his knees and looking at him. His face held an obedient, pure smile. "Senior, when are we going back to school?"

Qiao You raised an eyebrow and looked at him, faintly saying, "Tomorrow."

Lan Yexing: "Why didn't my own medicine work before?" He was clearly very good at treating wounds too.

Qiao You: "You sprained a nerve."

Lan Yexing: "Senior often gets such injuries playing soccer?"

Qiao You: "Not often."

Lan Yexing: "Was the pharmacy you just went to far?"

Qiao You: "Not far."

Lan Yexing: "Was the scenery along the way nice?"

Qiao You: "Very ordinary."

In the warm yellow light, Lan Yexing sat on the bed with his knees hugged, burying his face in his arms, and then asked, "Senior, don't be angry with me, and don't ask questions, can you?"

Qiao You: "Okay."

In his arms, a smile sweeter than lychees slowly crept onto Lan Yexing's lips.