Extra 1: Side Couple Warning!! Li Huanbin x Shen Xiao (4)
Shen Xiao was full of pent-up anger, and just then Mother Shen came upstairs to urge him to eat. He simply turned off his computer and went downstairs for lunch.
Outside the window, some people had already started setting off firecrackers early, creating a crackling racket. On the living room TV, a host holding a microphone was interviewing lucky passersby at the train station.
The savory aroma of food wafted out from the kitchen, hot and steaming. Shen Xiao sniffed and his eyes lit up. “Are we having beer duck today?”
“Truly a dog’s nose,” Mother Shen walked out of the kitchen carrying a pot, beaming. “From childhood to now, you’ve never guessed wrong about what we’re eating.”
Shen Xiao chuckled, “Hehe,” took two steps forward, took the pot from Mother Shen’s hands, and helped place it on the dining table.
Three dishes and one soup, both meat and vegetables, complete in color, aroma, and taste.
After setting the bowls and chopsticks, Shen Xiao had just sat down at the table and hadn’t even reached out his chopsticks when he heard Father Shen say unhurriedly from the side, “Shen Xiao, how old are you today?”
…Here it comes.
Shen Xiao pursed his lips and answered reluctantly, “Twenty-three.”
“That’s not young anymore,” Father Shen nodded. “Your eldest aunt’s son is also an Alpha. He’s twenty-five, and his two sons can already walk. What about you?”
Shen Xiao sighed deeply. “Dad, I haven’t thought about considering these things yet.”
Father Shen said disapprovingly, “Haven’t thought about it? It’ll be too late when you do! Originally, seeing you were young, I didn’t want to rush you, but how long has it been? You don’t even have a partner! Other people’s children are dating or getting married one by one; quite a few have even had kids. Yet you’re still all alone. How can your mother and I rest assured?”
Shen Xiao was annoyed beyond measure. “Don’t just look at that; look at their income too. I earn more in a year than they do in ten. I’m in the golden period of my career right now; where would I find the leisure time to date…”
Father Shen gave him a cool look. “Oh, golden period of your career. Does that mean no one in your team is dating? What about your captain?”
Shen Xiao was just about to say that Xie Wei naturally wasn’t dating either, but the words stuck in his throat. He suddenly realized that times had changed; Xie Wei and the new Omega Medic had gotten involved. He choked up immediately.
Father Shen noticed his expression and pressed the attack. “What? Can’t speak?”
“Their ideological level isn’t as high as mine!” Shen Xiao shouted in embarrassment and anger. “Are we eating or not?”
Seeing this, Mother Shen hurriedly jumped in to play the mediator. “Alright, alright, hurry up and eat! Stop talking about all that nonsense!”
Father Shen hmphed and didn’t push too hard, stopping the topic at the right time.
Shen Xiao shoveled rice into his mouth, feeling that even the duck had lost its flavor.
He didn’t know what was wrong these past few years. Clearly, he was only twenty-three, an Alpha so young he couldn’t be younger, yet Father Shen and Mother Shen had started to be extraordinarily concerned about his dating life. Even when they called occasionally to check on him, they would mention it.
It was fine if they didn’t mention it, but once they did, Shen Xiao felt incredibly depressed.
Was it that he didn’t want to date?
In these few years, although not many, there had been people he liked.
But… he had the heart, yet the other side didn’t give him a chance at all!
His love life wasn’t going smoothly, and he was being rushed by others—double the depression.
After dinner, Shen Xiao helped clear the dishes and took them to the kitchen.
In the kitchen, Mother Shen, who was washing dishes, saw him and suddenly grabbed his arm, lowering her voice mysteriously. “Son, your dad and I are very open-minded people. As long as you have a partner, even an Alpha is fine. Bring them home, just so we can rest assured.”
Shen Xiao’s brain stalled. After reacting, his face turned explosive red. “Mom! What are you saying! How… how could I possibly like…”
“Okay, okay, okay,” Mother Shen knew her son’s personality and nodded with a knowing look. “Mom understands everything.”
You don’t understand at all!!!
The more he said, the more wrong it would be. Shen Xiao could only leave the kitchen with a stifled look on his face.
Back in his room, he threw himself onto the bed. After lying on his stomach for a while, he turned over to find his phone, which he had misplaced somewhere.
Picking it up to look, he saw seven unread messages, all from Li Huanbin.
[Li Huanbin]: Sorry, I just got into a match. Did you and Ice disband? Want to duo queue together?
[Li Huanbin]: Tsk, met that point-feeding Medic.
[Li Huanbin]: Eating now. Have you had lunch?
[Li Huanbin]: [Image]
The photo showed a lunch box containing broccoli, shredded carrots, and a thickly cut slice of teriyaki pork chop. The sauce glistened under the light, looking very appetizing.
[Li Huanbin]: Made it myself.
[Li Huanbin]: Just went downstairs to feed the little stray. He brought a little female cat over, snow-white, a little girlfriend he found from who knows where.
[Li Huanbin]: Finished eating. Are you free this afternoon? Duo queue together?
Shen Xiao read through them one by one, and the irritable emotions in his heart were miraculously smoothed out.
He rolled over, lying on his stomach on the bed, and typed lazily, word by word.
[Seamy]: Guaranteed win?
Li Huanbin didn’t mind at all that Shen Xiao was a slow responder who often left him hanging. He replied instantly: “Guaranteed win.”
Shen Xiao pursed his lips and let out a light laugh.
[Seamy]: Get on.
Logging into the game, just as the interface finished loading, Li Huanbin’s team invitation was sent over in the nick of time.
Shen Xiao clicked accept. Soon, Secret, bearing the silver light effect of the number two rank on the overall leaderboard, appeared in the team list.
So flashy.
Shen Xiao was a little envious.
“Can you hear me?” Li Huanbin’s voice was deep and magnetic, his tone gentle. Even through the screen, one could almost see the curve of his lips.
His ears tingled slightly. Shen Xiao licked his lips uncomfortably. “…I can hear you.”
Li Huanbin said, “Okay, then I’m queuing.”
“Mm.” Shen Xiao remembered the photo he sent and, not wanting the atmosphere to be too awkward, asked, “It’s already this time, you’re still at the base?”
Li Huanbin seemed surprised that he would initiate conversation. He paused for two seconds before saying, “Yeah, the flight is booked for tomorrow.”
“Why leave so late,” Shen Xiao frowned. “Isn’t tomorrow New Year’s Eve? Then do you cook for yourself every day?”
“I’m only going back because it’s New Year’s.” Li Huanbin stopped halfway, realizing his tone was wrong. He adjusted it and smiled again. “Not every day. Occasionally, when the mood strikes, I’ll cook.”
“Oh.”
Thinking of the bowl of teriyaki pork chop rice in the photo that looked perfect in color, smell, and taste, even though he had just eaten lunch, Shen Xiao still felt a craving, disappointing himself.
Perhaps their minds were in sync, as Li Huanbin asked, “Did you just finish lunch?”
Speaking of lunch, Shen Xiao sighed heavily. “Yeah.”
“What’s wrong? Had a conflict with your family?”
Usually, hearing Li Huanbin speak to him in such a tone used for coaxing children, Shen Xiao would definitely bristle. But right now, his mood was fairly decent, so he didn’t fuss about it. He answered, “No, not really a conflict. They were just rushing me to find a partner.”
Hearing this, Li Huanbin fell silent for a long time before letting out an “Oh?” He asked, “Aren’t you only twenty-three? Why are you starting to worry about this already?”
“Exactly!”
Shen Xiao’s depressed feelings finally found an outlet. He didn’t care who was on the other end anymore and poured out all the words in his stomach. “I told them I’m still young and don’t want to find a partner yet… Actually, it’s not that I don’t want to find one; I really can’t find one.”
“Maybe I’m just not suited for dating. It’s mentally exhausting, yet they still push me…”
At the WOF base, Li Huanbin’s hand gripping the mouse tightened unconsciously.
His face had already darkened, but his tone remained calm. “Listening to this, does it mean you already have someone you like?”
The young man on the other end of the voice chat hadn’t realized anything was wrong and admitted openly, “Yeah.”
Li Huanbin closed his eyes.
After a long while, he opened them again. The shaken emotions in his eyes had been completely hidden. “It’s good to have someone you like.”
“It’s good, but they don’t like me back.” Shen Xiao laughed self-deprecatingly. “Speaking of which, I have to blame you for this.”
Li Huanbin asked, “Why?”
“My first secret crush. I was getting along with her just fine, and it looked like we were about to make it clear. But suddenly one day, she ran over and told me she had someone she liked. Do you know who that person was?”
“It was you!”
Li Huanbin probably didn’t react for a moment. He paused for a long time before saying, “Me?”
“Yeah!” After actually saying the words, his heart felt much lighter than expected. After all, confessing is always easier than hiding. Since he started, Shen Xiao couldn’t be bothered to hide it anymore and poured out all these complaints in one go.
If anyone else heard these words and knew they had been disliked for so long because of an unwarranted affection, they would probably be baffled and annoyed.
But the person opposite wasn’t anyone else; it was Li Huanbin.
Shen Xiao inexplicably felt that he could tolerate him.
And after listening, Li Huanbin indeed didn’t show any unhappiness. He just smiled lightly. “Then haven’t I been wronged in vain for so long?”
Shen Xiao scratched his head, feeling a bit embarrassed too. He said, “This is indeed my problem, but… later on, you pretending to be a girl to trick me, that was your problem!”
“If I didn’t do that, I’m afraid you wouldn’t have agreed to duo queue with me in this lifetime.”
Somehow, he actually heard a sense of grievance in Li Huanbin’s tone.
Damn, this is too weird.
Shen Xiao rubbed his arms. “But you can’t do that either. I thought at the time…”
“Thought what?”
Thought I found true love.
Shen Xiao cut off his words. “Nothing.”
Fortunately, Li Huanbin didn’t pursue it. Coincidentally, they matched into a team, and Shen Xiao hurriedly clicked confirm.
After letting go of his personal emotions and prejudice, Shen Xiao had to admit that coordinating with Li Huanbin was truly a very comfortable and pleasant thing!
Li Huanbin could anticipate almost every one of his moves in advance and then give the best support. If he wanted to advance, Li Huanbin would help him hold the angle from behind. If he wanted to retreat, Li Huanbin would move forward to cover him.
After one match, he died very few times and earned a full pot of kills. Looking at the shiny MVP on the settlement screen, Shen Xiao felt comfortable all over, and his tone when speaking to Li Huanbin carried a bit of a smile.
Seeing he was in a good mood, Li Huanbin seized the opportunity to steer the topic back to what happened just now. He pretended to be casual and said, “By the way, you just said you have someone you like. Besides that… unknown first love, is there someone else?”
“Mm.” Shen Xiao was a bit embarrassed, but then thought that Qu Qingyue had already rejected him, so he simply didn’t hide it anymore and said openly, “It’s Clear.”
Clear, TWG’s former starting Medic, now transferred to YNG. An Omega with a generous personality and elegant demeanor. As for looks… even if Li Huanbin wanted to be picky, he had to admit Clear was a very beautiful person.
His expression darkened.
Before disappointment could climb into his heart, Li Huanbin heard Shen Xiao continue, “But well, she already rejected me.”
“Sigh, maybe I’m just naturally unlucky in love.” Shen Xiao had no idea how many times his few words had pulled Li Huanbin’s heart up and down. He rubbed the mouse wheel and joked, “Just now my mom even called me to the kitchen and said if it really doesn’t work, bringing an Alpha back is fine too… Please, it’s not that I don’t like Omegas, it’s that no Omega is willing to like me.”
Li Huanbin’s eyes lit up bit by bit. He suppressed the upward curve of his lips. “Then haven’t you considered it?”
“Considered what?”
“Finding an Alpha.”
Shen Xiao was stunned for a moment, then laughed. He didn’t think too much and waved his hand. “What kind of joke is that? No interest.”
As he spoke, he even imagined a scene of himself with another Alpha in his mind. He shuddered all over, getting goosebumps on his arms.
Too gross, absolutely impossible.
“…Is that so.”
Li Huanbin’s voice poured into his ears defenselessly at this moment, so the imagined ‘other Alpha’ suddenly had a silhouette.
Although Shen Xiao was impulsive, he was still a good young man with self-awareness. He was very clear about his shortcomings: hot-tempered, straightforward, and lacking perceptiveness.
Li Huanbin, on the other hand, had a nice voice and a gentle temper, and was quite tolerant of his dog-like temper. His physical conditions were also superior—handsome, made a lot of money, and seemed to be a wealthy young master…
Seems… okay?
No, what am I thinking!
Shen Xiao snapped back to reality, startled by the thoughts in his mind just now.
He pursed his lips uncomfortably, waving away those messy thoughts.
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