Chapter 49
Perhaps because his mind was wandering late into the night, Yan He slept poorly and didn’t wake up until nearly noon the next day, completely unaware of the approaching danger.
A thick snake, the width of a baby’s arm and a pale green color, silently slithered into Yan He’s villa and accurately located his bedroom.
Yan He was just an ordinary human, after all. Since the first snow fell in the mountains where Bestia was built, the nights had become exceptionally cold. So, Yan He had turned the floor heating on full blast. The entire room was warm and cozy, and the floor where the snake slithered was pleasantly warm.
Protobothrops mangshanensis hibernate, and after sneaking in, Shen Xianqing felt drowsy in the comfortable environment. He raised his cold snake head and stared at the person on the bed who looked good even when sleeping.
Yan He, I have been to distant places, and now I only wish to find the poetry of my dreams.
Yan He slept soundly. He wasn’t a particularly still sleeper; back in the specially-enrolled student apartment’s small 1.2-meter bed, he was lucky to have a guardrail. Even Bai Yuzhou said he had covered him with the quilt several times during the night.
Yan He turned over, stretching his long legs toward the other side of the two-meter-wide bed. Suddenly, the sole of his foot touched something cold under the soft duvet. The chill shot up from his feet and spread through his entire body instantly. Yan He snapped his eyes open.
What is that? He glanced at the duvet and saw that, apart from where he was sleeping, a lump rose high on the bed less than half a meter away from him. The duvet moved slightly, as if something alive was underneath.
Yan He was instantly wide awake with fright. Ninety percent of the students in the academy transformed into furry animals, and cuddling a furry creature in winter was exceptionally warm. How could it have felt like that just now?
Terrified, Yan He tried lifting a corner of the duvet. Before he could fully open it, a sinister, large snake head extended toward him, flicking its tongue enthusiastically.
“Ah—!!!”
Yan He screamed, jumping barefoot from the bed into thin air, practically scrambling and crawling as he sprinted toward the spiral slide. “He Ting, He Ting!”
Shen Xianqing: “?”
Isn’t Yan He pleasantly surprised to see me after so long?
Yan He ignored the burning friction on his butt from the slide. As soon as he landed on He Ting’s bed, he fell into an extremely hot embrace. The person naturally wrapped an arm around his waist, shedding his usual sternness, looking at him with sleepy yet concerned eyes. “Why did you come down?”
Yan He felt like he had found his backbone. He immediately wrapped his arms and legs around He Ting’s arm but was startled by his body temperature. He glanced subconsciously at the duvet and quickly looked away. “You sleep naked?”
He Ting: “Mm.”
Sleeping naked wasn’t strange; Yan He loved doing it when he lived alone before.
Yan He asked in surprise, “You slept until noon too?”
He had just woken up too. They really were compatible; even their sleep schedules were the same.
He Ting said helplessly, “No, I just came for a nap. Why did you come down?”
Yan He remembered his purpose and hurriedly said, “Snake, there’s a big snake on my bed!”
He Ting sniffed the air lightly, lifting the thin blanket to get up. “Don’t be afraid.”
Yan He was dumbfounded. Damn, brother, you really don’t treat me as an outsider. Walking around calmly in just your boxers?
Bold!
“Hahahaha, Yan He, come look, I caught you! Are you really here?” Yan He heard Yun Xiao’s hearty laughter from outside.
Since arriving at Bestia, Yun Xiao’s irritable temper had improved significantly, and his bright laughter could be heard all day long.
Yan He immediately got up to open the door. He Ting’s pupils shrank, and he reached out his long arm to grab clothes from the drying rack. “I haven’t put on clothes yet!”
Yan He: “…O.O Oh.”
I thought He Ting wasn’t afraid of streaking.
Yan He waited for He Ting to get mostly dressed before opening the door and going out. In the second-floor corridor, he saw a group of acquaintances.
Yun Xiao and Ling Ye had somehow gotten together. At this moment, they were carrying a tree branch on their shoulders, with a tied-up big snake forked onto it. Yan He instantly hallucinated the scene from Journey to the West where Monkey King and Pigsy carried the snake spirit back.
Yan He: “…”
He might understand a bit how these two got together; they both loved abstract art.
Yun Xiao looked suspiciously at Xu Xingchuan in front. “Didn’t Yan He live in the upper unit? Is he really downstairs?”
Yan He hurried down, staring at the big snake the two refused to let go of. “This…”
Ling Ye reasonably suspected: “Did this snake try to steal food?”
“Old Shen, this pervert, dared to break into your bedroom as soon as he came back. Of course, I have to eliminate harm for He!” Yun Xiao said righteously, raising his hand and punching the big snake in the face.
No matter who it was, if they provoked Yun Xiao, he would beat them up, even if they were good friends.
Mm, a National First-Class Protected Animal is currently beating up another National First-Class Protected Animal.
He Ting meticulously buttoned his last button. “How do you know Old Shen broke into Yan He’s bedroom?”
Yun Xiao was instantly speechless. Of course, it’s because… because… haha…
He Ting actually retorted!
Xu Xingchuan’s gaze wandered back and forth between the two. He moved a few steps closer to Yan He without batting an eye, his nose twitching slightly.
He could smell He Ting’s scent on Yan He, but it was faint, likely from contact rather than emanating from Yan He’s body.
Good, there’s still a chance.
The big snake on the branch was still hissing loudly.
Shen Xianqing hadn’t expected this treatment. He had been following the academy news and heard that Yan He treated other alumni very well, often extending a helping hand to those “in need,” including but not limited to:
Rubbing ears, kissing faces, petting bellies, touching paws, and playing with tools.
When it came to him, he was scared to death.
Just because he was a venomous snake with cold scales? Even Pan Ze the hyena got better treatment. Why? Just because he didn’t have fur?
It’s the 21st century, and they’re still speciesist!
Shen Xianqing’s sinister gaze wandered over everyone present except Yan He. You all have fur, right? Don’t make me do something extreme like stealing fur to glue onto myself!
“You are… Young Master Shen? Why are you back early?” Yan He looked at the snake, unable to recognize it; they all looked the same to him.
The exchange program was three months, and even Ling Ye was still at Bestia. Shen Xianqing, who passionately pursued freedom, returned early to the “cage”? How strange.
Xu Xingchuan chuckled lightly, accurately guessing Shen Xianqing’s psychology.
Getting off the plane and coming straight to Yan He’s villa, he clearly knew Yan He had moved dorms and knew the academy’s intelligence like the back of his hand.
Only, he might have come back too late.
“The heating isn’t on here, put on a jacket.” He Ting took one of his own clothes from upstairs and draped it over Yan He. Yan He didn’t refuse and was thanking him.
Xu Xingchuan looked at the jacket on Yan He, the corners of his lips turning down slightly.
Maybe everyone was late.
Yan He couldn’t help asking Yun Xiao and Ling Ye to release Shen Xianqing. After all, he was a National First-Class Protected Wild Animal; why keep him hanging like that?
After reverting to human form, Shen Xianqing quibbled, “I wanted to hibernate after coming back. It’s a habit issue.”
Ling Ye said ruthlessly, “Why didn’t you crawl into He Ting’s bed to hibernate? You just accurately crawled into Yan He’s bed?”
Shen Xianqing: “…”
Damn it, why was this thing exchanged to the academy?
Yun Xiao raised an eyebrow. “Yan He, that Bai Yuzhou is also moving to the villa area.”
Yun Xiao was genuinely surprised. That kid he gave a red card to had become the president of the Specially-Enrolled Student Association so quickly, and was an even more outstanding specially-enrolled student than Wu Saiqi, retrieving the ring from the Discipline Room alone.
With the change in status, an upgrade in nameplate rank was reasonable. It was just that Bai Yuzhou chose randomly and ended up living with Pan Ze.
But no matter how fast Bai Yuzhou chased, he couldn’t be roommates with Yan He anymore; He Ting had beaten him to it.
Yun Xiao was very unhappy, pointing to the villa opposite the window. “Yan He, Yan He, I live in the lower unit opposite.”
Ling Ye followed immediately: “I live in the back unit.”
Shen Xianqing followed suit: “I booked the upper unit at a 45-degree angle before I came back.”
Yan He: “??”
Wait, aren’t you all black gold nameplate holders? Those are the ones living in private mountain villas. Why come to the villa area to join the crowd?
At this time, no one cares about being solitary animals? What about the need for hidden nests?
What kind of new game are they playing that I don’t know about?
The F4, oh no, suspected F5’s other four + the rising protagonist shou all lived next to him, surrounding him like a dumpling filling? The remaining suites in the villa area must have been snatched up by these people, right?
Is Xu Xingchuan the only normal one here?
Xu Xingchuan met Yan He’s gaze and smiled slightly. “I arranged for someone to prepare a new house next door.”
He would move in by the start of next semester at the latest.
Yan He looked out the other window. Damn, there really was a group of people surveying the vacant lot in full swing, seemingly preparing to lay the foundation.
Yan He: “…”
Xu Xingchuan is following too?
Almost forgot, he’s the obsessive foot-kisser. He’s even more abnormal.
He Ting’s expression remained unchanged. Let them fight; the one living in the same villa as Yan He right now was him.
As long as he didn’t leave, they could only be neighbors.
Shen Xianqing looked at He Ting’s usual calm expression, his gaze falling on He Ting’s jacket that Yan He was used to wearing, and felt uneasy inside.
He had a vague feeling—did he come back too late?
Even Yun Xiao had a feeling. Clearly, Yan He was someone brought in by the Yun family, but quietly, it seemed Yan He had a better relationship with He Ting.
Yun Xiao couldn’t quite grasp this feeling, but he knew he didn’t like it. Yan He was his lackey; he was Yan He’s rightful boss. The others were just piggybacking on his light.
He Ting’s phone vibrated. He answered and listened for a while, then put the phone to Yan He’s ear, signaling him to listen.
Yan He understood. It was the stable manager saying He Shao’s two horse uncles had been restless lately and tried to open the digital lock themselves to get out. The manager wanted to contact Yan He to take a look but couldn’t reach him, so he contacted He Ting.
Of course, Yan He couldn’t be reached. He was scared enough to run straight to He Ting’s place earlier without his phone.
They were all students capable of beast transformation. Even in human form, their hearing was much better than ordinary people, especially for a golden eagle.
Even in handset mode, Yun Xiao, who had leaned in close, vaguely heard the content.
Yun Xiao’s voice suddenly became shrill: “Yan He, what is your relationship with He Ting? Am I not your only boss?”
Usually, everyone casually ordered Yan He, the public lackey, to do things, which was normal. After all, Pan Ze had this treatment before. But being secretly called to the stable to take care of He Ting’s two horse uncles—that was definitely abnormal.
Am I not Yan He’s only boss?
Yan He felt the awkwardness of being caught moonlighting by his boss. “This… Yun Xiao, I just lent a hand… I… what’s that sound outside?”
The academy’s public loudspeakers broadcasted from outside the window, the sound piercing.
Bestia used the public broadcast system very rarely, only for large events and serious disciplinary notices.
The broadcast quickly spread throughout the entire academy: “Please report to the Discipline Room, first-year Finance student Yan He.”
Yan He was instantly dumbfounded, pointing at himself. “Ah? Me? Is it someone with the same name?”
As the Student Council President, Xu Xingchuan always had more information than outsiders. He had privately investigated Yan He countless times and knew his information like the back of his hand.
Xu Xingchuan affirmed, “There is no student in the entire academy with the same name as you.”
Yan He was even more confused. “Really looking for me? But what did I do to go to the Discipline Room?”
As soon as Yan He finished speaking, his gaze met Xu Xingchuan’s smile that didn’t reach his eyes, and he suddenly felt cold all over.
Only one thing—
He concealed the fact that he was human.
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