Chapter 80: Does Your Brother Bite Himself in His Sleep? (Revised)

Chapter 80: Does Your Brother Bite Himself in His Sleep? (Revised)

"Because I..."

"Brother Siyan?" Sheng Ye's knock interrupted Bai Weijing's words.

Bai Weijing frowned, and the hand gripping Bai Siyan's arm suddenly clenched.

"Still talking? If you're done, come out. If Brother Siyan doesn't come out so we can see him, none of us will be able to sleep."

From outside the door, Sheng Ye's voice came again.

Bai Siyan ignored Sheng Ye outside the door, merely shifting his gaze to Bai Weijing, who was staring down, lost in thought.

"We've been in here a while. You'd better make it quick. Pick up where you left off after 'I'."

"It's nothing. Just some preachy stuff. Forget it, you probably wouldn't want to hear it anyway."

Bai Weijing released Bai Siyan's hand.

Having missed his chance, logic took back control of his mind. The words he'd wanted to say just now wouldn't come out anymore.

No point in saying more.

"Let's head out. Everyone's waiting." Bai Weijing reached out, took the cigarette from Bai Siyan's fingers, and waved it in front of him. "I'll go out first. Change out of that torn shirt, then come down."

"Mhm."

Bai Weijing opened the door, glanced at Sheng Ye, and before Sheng Ye could speak, he reached out, slung an arm around Sheng Ye's shoulder, and pulled him aside.

Sheng Ye thought Bai Weijing was heading downstairs with him, but the other man just pulled him away from Bai Siyan's room before letting go. "Since I've seen him, I'm not joining whatever you guys are doing next. I'm heading to bed. Tell everyone goodnight for me."

With that, Bai Weijing patted Sheng Ye's shoulder and went straight into his room.

Leaving Sheng Ye standing there alone, unsure whether to go back to Bai Siyan's door or head downstairs, so he just stood there.

Luckily, he didn't have to stand there long before Bai Siyan came out.

"Brother Siyan~" The moment Sheng Ye saw Bai Siyan, he waved at him.

Sheng Ye's smile, paired with his soft, light-golden hair, made him look even more innocent and sweet—like the big-eyed cute girl engineering students always talk about in their dorms.

Bai Siyan suddenly realized Sheng Ye's smile was actually pretty similar to Wen Qi's.

Both were the young and innocent type.

Thinking about that, he stood at the top of the stairs and looked down, spotting Wen Qi in the crowd, cornered at the table by Bai Qianyu, PD Jiang, and others, getting bombarded with questions.

As if sensing his gaze, the moment Bai Siyan's eyes landed on him, Wen Qi's lowered brows and eyes lifted.

Because he was tall enough, even surrounded, Wen Qi's face wasn't hidden at all.

As he raised his head, that stunning face showed smiling eyes shimmering like autumn water, with crescent dimples forming at the corners of his mouth.

No, not quite.

Wen Qi's smile looked more simple and goofy, but his facial structure had an edge—just like his pheromones, dangerous yet alluring.

It was a contradictory kind of harmony.

That kind of aura, nobody could imitate.

At that thought, Bai Siyan let out a soft chuckle and strode down the stairs.

Because he took long strides, Sheng Ye couldn't keep up and fell slightly behind.

And it was precisely because of this that Sheng Ye caught a faint red patch on the back of Bai Siyan's neck, hidden under the collar of his cardigan.

Just as he thought, Bai Siyan was still injured.

"Hey, Bai the Third!"

As soon as Bai Siyan came down, Bai Qianyu, who was crowding around Wen Qi, called out, "No way, you selfish bastard actually risked your life to save someone else?"

Bai Siyan raised an eyebrow, clearly not knowing where Wen Qi's story was going, so he didn't respond. His gaze swept past Bai Qianyu and quietly landed on Wen Qi behind him.

The other man immediately waved his hands, flustered and anxious, gesturing in front of Bai Qianyu. "It's not a lie. Everything I just said is true. I'd never learned how to paraglide. At that moment, when I was about to fall, I was the one yelling and begging Siyan for help. He couldn't say no, so he paraglided down with me."

Afraid the other wouldn't believe him, Wen Qi even swiped at the air with his hands, frantically mimicking the motion of adjusting the paraglider's control lines.

"If Siyan hadn't helped adjust the paraglider lines in the air, the canopy would've tilted long ago and never landed safely. So Siyan is my lifesaver. From now on, in any physical games on the show, I'll do Siyan's part."

"Ha, you're like a lapdog, pledging your loyalty right here and now? He saves your life once and you sell your whole soul?" Bai Qianyu was annoyed that Wen Qi had been won over, poking his head as he posed a hypothetical, "What if you end up on my team later? Then you'd be with me in body but with him in heart, pulling a double agent on me?"

"How could that be? Bro, how could you think that?"

Watching the two bicker and squabble, Bai Siyan turned his gaze to Jiang Nanchu, who was standing nearby, looking distracted.

"What are you thinking about?" Bai Siyan approached him and asked.

Jiang Nanchu shook his head, reached out to grab Bai Siyan's sleeve, and pulled him around in a circle. "Wen Qi said you landed safely and didn't get hurt. So Siyan, you're really okay, right?"

"I'm fine. I'm perfectly fine."

The safe landing was a story Bai Siyan had cooked up with Wen Qi back at the cabin.

The reasons for saying this were twofold: first, he guessed the accident was the Bai family's doing; second, it was to avoid hospital checks.

Only by claiming to be unharmed could losses be minimized.

And it would be less troublesome.

He hated trouble.

"Good to hear you're okay. Auntie made soup tonight, but everyone had poor appetites and barely touched it. There's still a lot left. I'll heat some up for you—have a drink before heading up to rest."

"Thanks, but no need. I already had dinner outside before coming back."

"Ah, but..." Jiang Nanchu's eyes flickered. "I'll heat some up anyway. Maybe others will want some."

"Alright. I'll help you."

"Thanks."

Jiang Nanchu and Bai Siyan went into the kitchen together.

While Jiang Nanchu heated the soup on the stove, Bai Siyan went to the sink and washed a few sets of bowls and chopsticks.

PD Jiang took the opportunity to snap a couple of photos from the side and posted a Weibo update to reassure everyone:

"Bai Siyan and Wen Qi are both fine—the paragliding veered off course, but they landed safely. The two have now rejoined the team, just letting everyone know they're safe [Image][Image]"

The final accompanying images were the two photos he had just taken.

In the photo, Bai Siyan and Jiang Nanchu were busying themselves in the kitchen, acting like a long-married couple, all polite and domestic.

In the other photo, Sheng Ye sat on the sofa, his gaze fixed on the kitchen. Not far away, at the dining table, Bai Qianyu and Wen Qi were chatting about something.

They were just candid shots, but the people in both frames were stunningly beautiful.

And it was clear that PD Jiang had taken the photos from the spot where the kitchen meets the living room—when you stacked the two photos, you could clearly see Sheng Ye's gaze toward the kitchen was actually tracking Bai Siyan.

Behind Sheng Ye, Wen Qi, because it was hot, had taken off his jacket and rolled his sleeves up to his forearms.

Casually, a strange mark showed on his forearm.

Immediately, fans still wide awake in bed, scrolling for gossip at that hour, zoomed in on Wen Qi's arm, blew it up, and posted it in the comments section:

"Is this the kind of mark I think it is? Enlarged ten times, sharpened, and restored [Image]"

The gossip started rolling in below:

"What is that? Looks like half a bite mark?"

"A bite mark? Huh? Who bit him? Is it a human bite mark?"

"Fans of Shen Tu, come out—does your idol bite himself in his sleep?"

"I'm a fan, not a weirdo—how would I know what Wen Qi does in his sleep?"

"It's definitely a bite mark. Even though only a third of it is visible, that won't stop me from making stuff up. I declare it's a bite mark, and it was made by a person."

"Ah, a person bit him? Who? Anyone clarifying? If not, I'm making up rumors too. I'm betting on Bai the Third!! Because they went down together—there's gotta be something there."

"Same here. Don't ask why, just a gut feeling."

"Bai the Third and Wen Qi? They're both Alphas—they've got nothing to do with each other, and you're still making up dirty rumors? You anti-fans are ridiculous!"

...

Rumors ran rampant below, so much so that when PD Jiang woke up in the morning, he saw his show back at the top of the trending list: