BDBE 66

The dormitory bed was 1.2 meters wide, enough for one person. For two people… well, just barely enough space.

Lin Anyi lay on his back on the outer side of the bed. He carefully occupied only a third of the space. He clutched the blanket tightly with both hands, so nervous that he kept taking deep breaths. 

Suddenly, Shen Wanchao’s exquisite face, so perfect that even a camera couldn’t find any flaws, appeared in front of him. His tea-gold eyes were filled with amusement, and his body radiated the dampness and warmth of a recent shower. 

“You’re almost falling off the bed, move over a bit.” 

Shen Wanchao stood by the bed and looked at Lin Anyi. 

Lin Anyi obediently moved over a bit. 

“A little more.” Shen Wanchao commanded. 

If he moved any further over, he would be taking up most of the bed… 

Lin Anyi thought to himself, but he obediently continued to move over. 

“A little more.” Shen Wanchao continued. 

Lin Anyi dared not disobey. 

“Okay, like this.” Shen Wanchao said. He took off his shoes before lying down on the outside. 

So he wanted me to sleep on the inside? 

Lin Anyi could hear his heart pounding. 

The bed was still not wide enough, and after Shen Wanchao lay down, their arms and legs inevitably touched, allowing their bodies to exchange heat

Lin Anyi could smell the moisture on Shen Wanchao’s body, the scent of floral shower gel, the shampoo with the same fragrance, and… a very subtle but strong mint scent. 

That mint scent was not artificially created, but naturally emanated from beneath Shen Wanchao’s skin and flesh. 

As a fellow Omega, Lin Anyi naturally knew that it was the scent of Shen Wanchao’s pheromones. 

Pheromones do not only represent sex; between parents and children, pheromones can also convey many emotions. 

Comfort, intimacy, trust. 

All of these could be released through pheromones to convey feelings to each other. 

Lin Anyi gradually relaxed; the itching where their skin touched was no longer bothersome, but instead brought a reassuring warmth. 

He moved closer to Shen Wanchao so that he could see Shen Wanchao’s eyes and long, thick eyelashes. 

Lin Anyi thought that children with their own parents must have slept like this beside them when they were infants. 

Shen Wanchao turned off the light, plunging the room into darkness. 

The two lay quietly. Lin Anyi moved discreetly; he turned over to face Shen Wanchao. 

In the darkness, Shen Wanchao also caught a whiff of floral fragrance, somewhat like the rich aroma of pale golden osmanthus blossoms falling in September, enough to intoxicate the entire Qiongying City. 

The smile on Shen Wanchao’s lips was hidden by the night. 

It seems the child is growing up quickly. 

He leaned over and placed a kiss on Lin Anyi’s forehead: “Goodnight.” 

“Mmm.”

Lin Anyi responded with a soft hum, then quietly and cautiously touched the back of Shen Wanchao’s left hand, which was resting beside him, with his right index finger. 

Only then did he close his eyes with peace of mind. 

In another dormitory building, in a certain room, 

Zhou Mingchen, who was living in a dormitory for the first time in his life, was unable to fall asleep because of the cramped single bed and Fang Chi’s snoring and teeth grinding duet. 

He couldn’t bear it any longer. 

Zhou Mingchen threw a pillow at Fang Chi, abruptly waking him up. 

“What’s wrong? What’s wrong! Is Tian Tian hungry again!” Fang Chi sat up, his eyes still half-closed. 

Zhou Mingchen gritted his teeth: “Can you please stop snoring and grinding your teeth!” 

Fang Chi mumbled: “Do I snore…?” 

“Why would I lie to you about something like this?” Zhou Mingchen said, “When I close my eyes, I feel like someone is playing a French horn in my ear.” 

“Sorry, sorry, my roommates never mentioned this problem when I lived in a dormitory before.” Fang Chi shifted the pillow, “I’ll change my position, that should help. You should go to sleep early.” 

With that, Fang Chi lay down again and surprisingly stopped snoring. 

Zhou Mingchen exhaled. He turned over, faced the wall, and tried to fall asleep again. 

… 

Five minutes later. 

Thunder rumbled again beside him. 

Zhou Mingchen: “…” 

What sins had he committed in his past life? 

The next morning. 

Zhou Mingchen, sporting long dark circles under his eyes, looked like the version of himself who spent many nights online at the beginning of the semester. He wearily slumped in his chair.

“Zhou Mingchen, did you go out last night? Why do you look like this?” Shen Wanchao looked at his dark circles with eyes full of disapproval. 

Zhou Mingchen sneered, “Heh, whose fault is this?” 

Fang Chi floated over weakly, “Sorry, this is the first time I’ve realized I snore.” I just went to the convenience store and bought you some earplugs. Wear these to bed tonight.” 

Zhou Mingchen didn’t even glance at the cheap earplugs. He said with an air of superiority, “They’re too tight on my ears. I don’t want them. I want to go home!” 

Shen Wanchao ran his fingers over his dark circles, feeling sorry for the boy. 

Then he said to Fang Chi, “Or you could wait until Zhou Mingchen falls asleep before you go to sleep, so you won’t wake him up.” 

“I want to go home!” Zhou Mingchen emphasized his real demand, “It’s not just his snoring, the bed is too small, and the mattress is too hard. I can’t sleep at all!” 

Shen Wanchao reasonably suspected that he was using this as an excuse to avoid the supplementary classes. 

“How about one more night?” Shen Wanchao negotiated with him gently, “If you still can’t sleep well tonight, I’ll call your fathe Read on r and have him pick you up.” 

Zhou Mingchen slumped onto the table and started throwing a tantrum: “No! I want to go home tonight!” ” 

Shen Wanchao sighed, patted his head, and continued to be good-natured: “Listen to me, adaptation takes time. You might have to live in the dorms when you go to university. Try to persevere for one more night, and we’ll talk about it if you really can’t adapt. I’m not asking you to force yourself to suffer, but you can’t give up at the slightest problem.” 

He paused, then carefully continued: “Qiongya’s accommodations are already top-notch. Xiao Yi slept very well last night, and the other students are adapting well too. Are you really going to run away at this point?” 

Zhou Mingchen’s tears flowed like wide noodles: “Waaah, it’s like they’ve forgotten about the older one now that they have a second child. Why is my life so miserable!” 

Fang Chi: “…?” What kind of conversation is this? 

Shen Chao was the earnest dad, and Zhou Mingchen was the troublesome kid? 

No, no, no, it must be that he slept too well last night and was hallucinating…

At noon, Shen Wanchao and Zhou Mingchen, who had reluctantly agreed to try one more night, went to the cafeteria with Lin Anyi for lunch. The food at Qiongya’s cafeteria was good; according to the admissions office’s publicity, they had specially hired a chef from a five-star hotel to oversee the process. 

However, the chef occasionally had lapses in judgment, so the cafeteria would occasionally serve dishes like potato stew, which were rather bizarre. 

Today’s food was decent, nothing particularly amazing, but visit our sitethere were no strange, innovative dishes either. 

The three of them got their food and found seats. 

While they were eating, several people passed by. Judging from their clothes, they weren’t students, and the three didn’t pay much attention. Unexpectedly, one of them greeted his companions and then broke away from the group. Then he walked straight towards them. 

The man sat down opposite Shen Wanchao: “What a coincidence, little classmate, we meet again.” 

Shen Wanchao looked up, surprised, and said, “Lu Yingtang?” 

Lu Yingtang chuckled and poked his forehead: “Call me uncle.” 

Shen Wanchao was a little embarrassed; he couldn’t bring himself to say it. 

Lu Yingtang looked at Zhou Mingchen and Lin Anyi beside Shen Wanchao and asked, “Are these two your classmates?” 

Since they knew each other, Shen Wanchao introduced them: “This is Uncle Zhou’s son, and this is too.” 

Lu Yingtang raised an eyebrow, his tone surprised: “I remember your Uncle Zhou only had one child?” 

After a few words, Zhou Mingchen roughly understood the situation. 

This stranger in front of him should be an acquaintance of his dad, but he didn’t know about his dad’s rejuvenation. Moreover, he didn’t even recognize him, indicating that his relationship with his father was only so-so. 

Zhou Mingchen put on a polite smile, then adopted the demeanor of a dutiful junior, “Hello, Uncle Lu.” 

He then nudged Lin Anyi, who followed suit.  

Lu Yingtang smiled kindly and nodded to them as a greeting. He wanted to ask how many children Zhou Hui had, but Shen Wanchao changed the subject: “What are you doing here?” 

Lu Yingtang could only retract his thoughts and answer, “Jingjiang University has always had a student recruitment cooperation with Qiongya University. I’m here on behalf of the university for friendly exchanges.” 

Lu Yingtang took out a business card from his pocket and handed it to Shen Wanchao: “This winter vacation, Jingjiang University is holding a winter camp. Students who perform well can be directly admitted, and there are also many places with reduced admission scores. This is my contact information. If you are interested in participating, I can recommend you.” 

Shen Wanchao pointed to himself: “Me?” 

Lu Yingtang’s smile deepened: “Yes, your grades are excellent and meet our selection criteria.” 

“But…” Shen Wanchao hesitated, “But I only ranked outside the top 50 in my grade in the last monthly exam. Jingjiang University only admits a little over a hundred students from the entire province each year. How could I possibly meet your requirements?” 

“What?” Lu Yingtang actually was surprised. 

Shen Wanchao patted Lin Anyi beside him, and said with a hint of pride, “He’s the real academic star of our grade. He’s been in the top ten all semester, and even came in third in the last monthly exam.” 

Lin Anyi felt a little embarrassed by his praise and poked at the rice in his bowl. 

Lu Yingtang didn’t even glance at Lin Anyi, but instead asked Shen Wanchao, “How could you only be in the top 50 of the grade?” 

“To be precise, 57th.” Shen Wanchao frowned. “Why do you sound like I shouldn’t have gotten such a ranking? By the way, as an admissions officer, you should be able to see everyone’s ranking, right?” 

Lu Yingtang’s gaze change a few times, and finally he smiled apologetically, “Perhaps I’m mistaken.” 

He was about to take back his business card when Shen Wanchao quickly stopped him. 

Shen Wanchao smiled slyly, “However, I’ll still take your business card, on behalf of our Xiao Yi.” 

“Okay.” Lu Yingtang gave him the business card, and finally, as if his momentum had been thwarted, he didn’t linger and got up to leave. 

Watching his departing figure, Zhou Mingchen suddenly said, “I don’t like this person.” 

Lin Anyi pouted, lowered his head, and listlessly shoveled a mouthful of rice into his mouth. 

As a university professor, Lu Yingtang naturally carried the aura that many high school students envied. But from his arrival to his departure, he only focused on Shen Wanchao, and ignored the other two. He even treated Shen Wanchao as the top student, while completely ignoring Lin Anyi, who was truly at the top of the class. 

Lin Anyi certainly wouldn’t be jealous of Shen Wanchao because of a stranger, but that didn’t stop him from feeling strange and uncomfortable. 

Shen Wanchao, also unsure of Lu Yingtang’s intentions, frowned slightly. 

Unable to figure it out, he simply stopped thinking about it and said to the other two, “Don’t worry too much about others, let’s eat. Whether we go to winter camp or not doesn’t matter. Our Xiao Yi can get into the best university in the country based on his own hard work.” 

Zhou Mingchen picked up a piece of braised pork and gave it to Lin Anyi: “Yeah, ignore that guy. He looks like the kind of person who’s ruined his brain by doing academics.” 

“Zhou Mingchen,” Shen Wanchao said in a low voice. 

Zhou Mingchen shuddered; he no longer dared to gossip about others behind their backs. 

Lin Anyi wasn’t particularly concerned about the matter, just a little uncomfortable because of his sensitive personality. 

After a few words of distraction, the three quickly put Lu Yingtang’s matter out of their minds.