Ch31 - What’s Wrong With Your Neck?

 

Translator: Mogumoguchan 

Editor: Neirith

The opening ceremony for Sports Day was held in the field, just as scheduled. The flow of events in the morning were rather boring. All they needed to do was gather in the field, and after that, they would hold the opening ceremony. Then, the headmaster as well as the leaders of the school would give their speeches. Meanwhile, the students had to stand on the field like idiots, waiting to be exposed to the sun.

 

 

Ji Xinglan went on the rostrum to perform an inspection, so he stood with the middle-aged and balding school leaders. It was impossible for him to not stand out. The attention of the students under the rostrum was completely drawn toward him. Yan Qiu was squashed in the crowd, to the point of suffocating. He didn’t know why Young Master Ji Xinglan need not stand under the rostrum to be under the sun. 

With the military school students around, insignificant people like them were hardly needed to make up the numbers for the parade. They only needed to stand still. Yan Qiu watched the neat rows of military school students standing in a square formation in front of the rostrum. Meanwhile, girls’ continuous screaming could be heard constantly from the front row, and among them, Bai Yuanyuan was screaming the loudest.  

Yan Qiu and Xie Yu stood at the end of the team, and both of them were not paying attention. 

 

Xie Yu used an exercise book to fan Yan Qiu attentively. He asked Yan Qiu quietly, “Boss, are you really keeping a cat in your house now?”

“Yup,” Yan Qiu replied. He had his fill of playing with cats over the past two days. When he thought of his Lan Lan staying at home, he felt a little excited, and he really wanted to hold it in his arms to pet it. 

Xie Yu was really curious about the cat. In the past, he had seen Yan Qiu screeching and climbing up a tree in three seconds when he ran into a cat laying on the ground. Just what sort of cat managed to capture his boss’ heart? What sort of great love did Yan Qiu hold to be able to overcome his fear over cats?

 

Since he had asked too many questions last time and led to Yan Qiu hanging up on him, Xie Yu learned his lesson this time. He tentatively asked two questions, “Boss, what sort of cat did you pick up? I’m too curious! When will you let me come to your house to see it?”

“Well…” Yan Qiu couldn’t answer the two questions Xie Yu asked this time. 

He didn’t know what sort of cat Lan Lan was, and neither did he have the guts to bring Xie Yu home. 

 

When he saw Xie Yu’s expectant gaze, Yan Qiu started thinking things through, and he spoke carefully, trying his best not to destroy Xie Yu’s hopes. “It’s not very convenient for me to have you in my house right now. The kitten is still very terrified of strangers. Once it gets a little bigger and I get the chance, I’ll bring it out for you to look at it.” 

He thought of things this way so that he could satisfy Xie Yu’s curiosity and because Xie Yu wasn’t certain that he had fully recovered from his problem of being scared of cats. 

The kitten was still very young, and that might be the reason why Yan Qiu wasn’t afraid of it, but it was still unknown as to whether Yan Qiu would still be unafraid of it after it grew up. 

If something truly happened, he might have to look for a suitable home for it. 

Yan Qiu sighed lightly. He hoped that he could be cured of this stupid phobia.  

Due to the delay from before, the opening ceremony was not over, despite being close to noon. 

The field was wide and open. There wasn’t a single bit of shade or anything to help them block out the sun. Even though the sun in the beginning of autumn didn’t burn the skin, after being shone upon by the sun above them, the synthetic racetrack gradually turned hot, and they couldn’t bear to stand on it. 

The headmaster continued rambling on the rostrum. He hadn’t even finished speaking about the precautions of the sports event, when he had somehow shifted the topic to their studies. By the looks of it, he wouldn’t end his speech before half past the hour. 

Yan Qiu took over the exercise book from Xie Yu’s hands and started fanning himself vigorously.  

When he woke up this morning, the temperature outside was around ten degrees Celsius. Feeling that it was cold, he had worn a sweater under his coat. At that moment, he had already stood for more than two hours on the field. The sun was about to be right above their heads, and the temperature was about to turn from a refreshing chill to a scorching heat. 

When the headmaster finally finished his lengthy speech, the emcee wrapped things up with just a few words, and the opening ceremony was finally completed. 

 

The students were famished by that point. They scattered in all directions and charged to the canteen. 

Having worn a sweater under his coat, he felt incredibly hot. Thus, he had Xie Yu act as his scout outside while he went into the bathroom to remove his coat and his sweater.  

However, right after he removed the sweater, he saw the love bites which had yet to fade around his neck, and he was stunned. 

Yan Qiu found that it would be bad if he went out like this, so he decided to grit his teeth and wear the sweater again, but right after he wore a sleeve, the door suddenly opened with a creak. 

Xie Yu nervously looked inside. “Boss, are you done changing?! I think I saw Ji Xinglan coming over!”

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In his panic, he no longer cared about what he was doing. Yan Qiu decided to just grab Xie Yu’s sleeve and drag his stunned friend into a cubicle. He didn’t have the luxury to wonder about whether he would cause Ji Xinglan to pee in his pants if he occupied a cubicle like this. He just locked the door with a click. 

“Boss…?” Xie Yu asked, confused. 

Yan Qiu had no time to bother with Xie Yu. While nervous, he just paid attention to the movements at the door. Just as he expected, he heard the sounds of footsteps approaching. 

Alarmed, he decided to just cover Xie Yu’s mouth. The pitiful Xie Yu could only open his eyes wide in an innocent fashion while he was pinned against the cold wall tiles in the toilet.  

After a moment, the sounds of the footsteps stopped at the entrance. 

Someone seemed to have pushed against the door, but found that he couldn’t open the door. Then, Yan Qiu heard knocking sounds. 

No one responded. The person outside seemed to have finally given up. After knocking for a few times, he stopped knocking. 

But Yan Qiu didn’t dare to be careless. He removed his hand from Xie Yu’s mouth and motioned for him to not move or say anything. Then, he quietly looked through the crack in the door.  

The door to the toilet was a broken, wooden door. It hadn’t been maintained for years, so it made creaking sounds when it was opened. If anyone used his hand to swipe over the door, flecks of paint would even come off. Since it was impossible for it to have a keyhole, Yan Qiu could hardly peek outside through the crack. 

Since he was looking through the crack, his vision was limited. Yan Qiu could only vaguely see the wash basin in front of the door. 

 

He saw Ji Xinglan washing his hands and fixing his collar in front of the mirror. Then, he walked out at a leisurely speed. 

Before he left, he seemed to have looked in the direction of the door.  

Yan Qiu knew that he couldn’t see him, but he felt as if his gaze had landed on him, and he shivered out of fright. 

Yan Qiu waited for a while as he held his breath. Once Ji Xinglan had gone far into the distance, he heaved a sigh of relief. 

When he turned his head around and wanted to explain things to Xie Yu, he crashed into Xie Yu’s head. Xie Yu had actually imitated him and was also looking out through the crack. He stared at Ji Xinglan like he was staring at an enemy while the latter stood at the entrance. 

Yan Qiu stared at him with a complicated expression on his face.  

Both of them were acting as sneaky as a man hiding under a bed because the husband of the woman they had an affair with had just come home.

Yan Qiu reached out to nudge Xie Yu a little so that he could widen the distance between them because he wanted to wear his sweater. Right after he got a hand through a sleeve, he heard Xie Yu making a fuss and asking, “Ah, Boss, what happened to your neck?”

He had been interrupted just now, so Yan Qiu’s sweater was still in his hands. He hadn’t completely put it on yet. Touching his neck, he pursed his lips, feeling diffident. 

He knew that it was difficult for people not to notice such obvious love bites.  

But Yan Qiu schooled his face and out on his sweater. He handled the question with a few dry chuckles. “It’s nothing. I might have eczema.”

When Xie You heard this, he frowned and said, “If you have eczema, then don’t wear high-collared sweaters. If you cover it, it’s very easy to make it worse. Here, I’ll help you take it off.”

Yan Qiu just continued pulling the sweater over his body. He also tugged the collar tighter around his neck. 

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Xie Yu was easy to fool, but this was not true for the others, especially Bai Yuanyuan. She had sharp eyes.  

He was absolutely not going to reveal his secret relationship with Ji Xinglan. 

Once both of them came out of the toilet, Xie Yu tugged Yan Qiu’s collar, still worried. “Boss, are you really okay? Is it normal to have eczema grow on your neck? You look like you didn’t even put ointment on it. Do you want me to buy you some?”

Just when Xie Yu was chattering nonstop and refused to let Yan Qiu go, Yan Qiu saw two girls in uniforms walking toward them from a distance. 

They were originally talking happily, but when they looked over, they suddenly used their sleeves to cover their faces. As if it was very hard for them to contain their excitement, they started screaming shrilly.  

Yan Qiu looked around in confusion. He was certain that Ji Xinglan was not around. 

When Yan Qiu cast a glance at Xie Yu tugging at his collar, he finally registered the situation. He quickly tried to make him lose his grip around his collar. 

 

Even though he knew that Xie Yu did not have any ill will, he was an alpha, and he was currently staring at omega’s neck in broad daylight. What did that mean? What else could it mean? How shameless!

At the same time Yan Qiu moved back, a flash of light pierced into his eyes, so he instinctively used his hands to cover his eyes.  

When he looked up again, the two girls who were previously there, were already gone. 

“……”

He felt that someone had just snapped a photo of him. Yan Qiu thought that things were about to become really bad. 

Just as he expected, when it was time for lunch, Yan Qiu noticed gossip about Xie Yu and him on the forum. He nearly spat out a mouthful of soup.  

[Breaking News! Today, someone saw Xie Yu come out of the toilet with an omega! .gif]

[1L: Xie Yu is dating? Congratulations, we now have one less eligible alpha who is available to the dating pool. It’s too hard trying to look for potential mates. :)]

[5L: Why do I feel like this omega is a little familiar?]

[8L: Hey, I know him. I heard that he’s Ji Xinglan’s cousin!] 

[13L: What? So he’s my brother-in-law! >////<]

[15L: There was a thread some time ago. Do you girls remember it? It’s about an omega eating together with Xie Yu and four other alphas.]

[21L: The case is solved, ladies. I was wondering why that omega was always with that group. So, it’s their new brother-in-law.]

[23L: Who was the one who said that he’s their new boss?] 

[27L: Not me. I told you that there’s no way the School’s Five-man Band that Big Brother Yan left behind would treat an omega as their boss!]

[51L: Huh? He was looking at his scent glands in broad daylight? How sensual~]

[135L: @Mr. Yang! Old Yang, come here! They’re dating in school!]

Yan Qiu felt absolutely baffled. He hesitated for some time before he pressed the delete button.  

No way. No matter what, this thread must be deleted. If Ji Xinglan saw this, Xie Yu and he was completely die. 

The students still had to gather in the field after lunch. 

 

The competitions officially started during noon. The students who had nearly shriveled up due to an entire morning of sun exposure gradually became lively again. 

The events for the first day were rather tightly packed. Most of them were all sorts of short-distance runs or throwing sports. The 2km run, which had no preliminary round and final round, was also held on this day.  

Yan Qiu sat on a high spot at the audience seat with his lackeys. He occupied the area that offered the best view, and he ate the snacks his lackeys gave him as a sign of respect. 

Yan Qiu momentarily saw Ji Xinglan at the registration desk, but once the opening ceremony was over, he disappeared. 

Ji Xinglan was busy with the competitions, so he didn’t have time to look for Yan Qiu, which was what he expected. Yan Qiu was very happy with his temporary freedom. Since he had nothing to do during the sports event, he just sat in the audience seat and ate snacks while playing cards with his lackeys. 

The entrances and exits of the field were blocked by the staff. All other unrelated individuals were sent to the audience seats so that the field could be left behind for the athletes. Only the cheerleading team and the students from the photography club were allowed to enter the field.  

Yan Qiu didn’t want to enter. He just sat in the audience seat to slack off. Sometimes, when he saw someone from his class walking past him in the field, he would cheer for them as well. 

It was now three o’clock in the afternoon. The short-distance run Xie Yu and Da Long participated in was about to start. They wore their numbers and went to the registration desk. Because of this, Yan Qiu and his group were now lacking one member for their card game. 

Yan Qiu called Bia Yuanyuan over, but he didn’t expect that since she was always gossipping and eating snacks while playing cards with her best friends, her skills with cards were already so great that it was astonishing. After he lost three rounds in a row, Yan Qiu felt that it was boring, so he decided to just place his cards by the side. 

At this time, the audience seat suddenly became lively. Many people stood up and looked down with their hands on the railings. Yan Qiu grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds and looked over as well. There were more than twenty people standing at the center of the field. Archery targets were placed on the field, and they seemed to be shooting arrows at them.  

Standing in the field right now was Ji Xinglan, who had disappeared for most of the day. His height and appearance was incredibly eye-catching even as he stood in the middle of the crowd. His movements when he drew his bow and nocked the arrow were smooth and beautiful. He seemed to be pretty skilled with it as well. Every time he drew the bow, nocked the arrow, and released it, his arrow would hit the bullseye. 

Even though the head of the sports department had spontaneously come up with the idea to add this competition for fun, very few of the athletes had actually been professionally trained before. Judging by Ji Xinglan’s stance, he looked like a prince who was hunting in the forest. 

When Ji Xinglan finished firing six arrows, he stood by the side to wait, and during that time, the crowd gathered in front gradually dissipated. 

Bai Yuanyuan was very observant. She saw a girl in a cheerleader’s outfit immediately going forward to hand Ji Xinglan water, and she was so angry that she gnashed her teeth.  

“Lin Wei, that bitch. Why didn’t she hand water to the ones who are running but instead handed water to the ones competing in archery? Does she even need to hand water to them?!”

Fortunately, Ji Xinglan seemed to regard the bottle in his hands as a bother. He casually placed the water bottle by the side. When Bai Yuanyuan saw the unopened bottle, her anger dissipated. She picked up her exercise book to fan herself and started gossiping with Yan Qiu. 

“I’m telling you, I’m betting five cents that Lin Wei is definitely thinking about wooing Ji Xinglan. You have to remind him to be careful. Lin Wei just broke up with her boyfriend from a different school last week. Now, she’s already impatiently searching for a new target.”

“Lin Wei?” Yan Qiu felt that the name was very familiar. He looked in the direction Bai Yuanyuan pointed, and he saw a very familiar person.  

Even though he had tried to woo the school princess when he was young and reckless, Yan Qiu couldn’t even remember what her name was anymore. It was only when he saw her clearly that he understood who Bai Yuanyuan was talking about. 

Yan Qiu was surprised. “Her? But I thought that since a long time ago, Ji Xinglan and her…”

 

Bai Yuanyuan smelled the scent  of gossip and turned her head around. She frowned in puzzlement. “What about last time?”

Yan Qiu thought about it. He only knew that Lin Wei had once been very close to Ji Xinglan, but he didn’t have any concrete evidence stating that both of them ever dated before. So, he changed his words and said, “They were very close last time, I think.” 

“…No way. Don’t scare me. My target can’t be taken away by some floozy!” Bai Yuanyuan cried out in shock, “That’s impossible. It’s impossible that there’s gossip that I don’t know about in the world. Qiuqiu, where did you hear it from?”

Yan Qiu stammered, “I-I can’t really remember.”

Bai Yuanyuan was very determined. She calmed down and thought about it. “I am absolutely certain that Lin Wei is not together with Ji Xinglan. Otherwise, with Lin Wei’s personality, she would definitely announce it to the world.”

Yan Qiu found that it was logical, so she nodded quietly.  

But when he heard Bai Yuanyuan speak in this manner, he found himself even more puzzled. 

Ji Xinglan had indeed been very close to the school princess for a period of time, and that was the time Yan Qiu started wooing the school princess. If Ji Xinglan hadn’t suddenly interfered with it, Yan Qiu might have already started dating Lin Wei. 

The cheerleaders went to the audience seat to find Bai Yuanyuan. When Bai Yuanyuan saw that Yan Qiu had sunk into silence, she patted his shoulder. “Stop thinking about this, dear. We have extra cheerleading uniforms. Do you want to go to the field with me to play?”

Yan Qiu cast a glance at the cheerleader’s uniform and firmly rejected the notion.  

As he watched Bai Yuanyuan leave, Yan Qiu’s gaze gradually turned dark. His gaze was fixed on the person who was on the other side of the field. 

…Since Ji Xinglan didn’t like Lin Wei, why did he try to snatch her from his hands? Did Ji Xinglan hate him to such a degree?

Mogumoguchan: “Even though he was young and reckless”. Pfft, Yan Qiu, you’re still young. 

Neirith: Like a middle schooler calling an elementary kid young. :B 

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