Part 3
His relationship with Qin Yao was the most ordinary of friends, and even this friendly relationship was maintained with politeness and decorum.
He didn’t understand Qin Yao, and Qin Yao had never truly shared himself.
Between them, they were just ordinary acquaintances.
Or…
In Qin Yao’s heart, he wasn’t even a friend?
This thought surfaced in his mind, and Bai He felt ashamed of himself. How could he doubt Qin Yao just because of a few words from Guan Jiaye.
Bai He let out a breath, calming down, he raised his head, looking down at the smug Guan Jiaye, “So what if I don’t know? I can take the time to understand him, I don’t know him now, but there’s plenty of time in the future.”
He then turned to the side, his voice indifferent, “At least I’m still his friend, but you, can you still be friends with Bai Lu?”
He then showed an uncomprehending expression, “And you said you’d exchange Qin Yao’s stuff with me, but I didn’t agree to it, you just blurted it out yourself, did your brain short-circuit along with your mouth, Young Master Guan? Go back and see a doctor again, you’ve exhausted all your bargaining chips.”
Mutual destruction, who’s afraid of whom?
Seeing the cracked expression on Guan Jiaye’s face, Bai He felt a bit relieved in his heart, he no longer wanted to listen to Guan Jiaye’s nonsense, and turned to walk into the apartment.
Suddenly, a whistling wind came from behind, and the person behind yelled with a hoarse voice.
“—Do you know what kind of feline Beastman the Qin family has?”
Bai He pressed his lips together, quickening his pace to walk inside, extremely annoyed.
“The previous things are irrelevant, the most important bargaining chip is still with me.”
“Bai He, you’ll come find me sooner or later.”
…
In the elevator, Guan Jiaye’s voice was finally blocked out, Bai He leaned weakly against the side of the elevator, his expression a little dazed, his mind blank.
Not wanting to think about anything.
Annoying.
Ding—reaching the top floor, Bai He dragged his feet out of the elevator, standing in the hallway, turning sideways to look at the tightly closed door across from him.
No pheromones, Qin Yao wasn’t there.
Qin Yao was never there.
Bai He’s heart, which had finally calmed down, could no longer be suppressed, and he dejectedly buried his head, staring at the floor, lost and dejected.
These past few days, Qin Yao rarely came back home, is it because that day he kissed Qin Yao’s scent gland?
Bai He felt a bit regretful.
He realized he had done wrong, he shouldn’t have been so eager, shouldn’t have tested the other party, so that their already distant relationship became even more distant.
He made a mistake.
And had to admit it.
Qin Yao seemed to be really avoiding him.
Back home, Lingling was still crouching on the windowsill looking at the night cityscape, she really seemed to like sitting on the windowsill, Bai He filtered out his distressed thoughts, went to the carpet in front of the window, leaned on the cushioned window sill, and gently buried his face in the Maine Coon’s back.
The soft fur enveloped his face, very warm, Bai He felt melancholy.
After a long time, Bai He slowly got up, walked around the house for a while, busy for a while, hung the mounting rack he had bought on the wall, the rack was very firmly sticky, and Bai He placed the cat-shaped camera shell on it.
Viewed from a distance, it was just a simple cartoon toy ornament, not conspicuous, he thought about it and went to the balcony to bring in a hanging potted plant to place next to it, then stepped back to observe.
Quite matching.
Bai He sat back on the sofa, connected to Bluetooth according to the instructions, and he could see the situation in the living room and even the dining room on his phone, the coverage was very large.
He put down his phone, sitting very straight, motionless for a long time, then picked up his phone again and opened the notes.
- Remember to buy more canned food for Lingling.
- Buy groceries
- …
Bai He’s fingers stopped typing.
He actually had nothing important to record, the only light in the house was the one in the foyer, Bai He belatedly realized that since he came back, he hadn’t turned on the living room light, he sat at the intersection of light and darkness, his eyes gleaming in the dark.
The whistling wind swept across the balcony, rustling the clothes hanging outside, the wind, it seemed it was going to rain.
Bai He stood up and went to bring in the clothes.
From the balcony to the living room, back and forth several times, the wind had stopped blowing outside, the moon peeking out from under the dark clouds, the silver light falling on Bai He’s face.
He felt a warm touch on his feet, looking down, he found it was Lingling, the Maine Coon had come over at some point, circling his legs very affectionately, as if asking: What’s wrong? Are you unhappy?
Bai He held a potted plant, he had already moved several pots inside, and it was only now that he emerged from the immersed emotions, he just wanted to keep himself busy, so as not to think.
He placed the potted plant back on the rack, squatted down and hugged Lingling tightly, his scorching and damp breath falling on the Maine Coon’s face.
Bai He felt Lingling lick his face.
In the following days, Bai He kept himself busy all the time, there were a lot of things to handle in the office recently, everyone was holed up in the company all day, Bai He went to the company to help in the mornings after his classes.
At night when he got home, whenever he had a spare moment, he would go live, never giving himself a chance to catch his breath.
He had been like this for half a month, and Bai He had not seen Qin Yao, neither at the apartment nor at the company.
Perhaps, as Guan Jiaye said, Qin Yao went to the branch company and rarely came back to the headquarters.
Thinking of this, he inevitably recalled Guan Jiaye’s words that night.
Qin Yao is a Beastman, a feline Beastman, Bai He had guessed that Qin Yao might be a Beastman, because that day in the car, Qin Yao’s reaction was really not calm at all.
A bucket of water was done, the water dispenser was out of water again, recently everyone had been staying in the office for a long time to handle product reviews, the water was running out very quickly.
Bai He turned and asked Li Yuzi, who was sitting closest to his desk, “Sister Yuzi, do you have the contact information of the water delivery guy?”
“The water delivery guy?” Li Yuzi lifted her head from a pile of documents, her expression weary and messy, “I just contacted him, he might be arriving soon.”
Bai He nodded with an “mm”, and went to his own desk to get a refreshing candy, placing it on Li Yuzi’s desk.
“Thank you, oh right.” Li Yuzi tore open the candy wrapper and popped it in her mouth, looking at Bai He, “That guy got lost last time and couldn’t find our office, Bai He, if you have time, could you go to the elevator and keep an eye out for him?”
As an intern, Bai He’s workload was indeed not as heavy as theirs, and whenever he had free time, he was happy to help, “Understood.”
He went to the elevator on this floor to receive the water delivery guy, the guy arrived, filled up the water, and sent him back to the elevator, and before the elevator door closed, he handed Bai He a note.
Bai He was stunned for a moment.
Unfolding the paper, there was a line of text.
—Brother, I’m downstairs at your company, can you come down for a bit?
Bai He paused, sighing, he folded the paper and put it in his pocket, turning to go back to the office.
Feng was discussing the text with Kong Sizhou, Bai He waited for a while, and when the two finished exchanging, he spoke up.
“Team leader, I’d like to take a leave.” Bai He estimated the time, “About half an hour, I’ll be back soon.”
Feng listened, looked up at him, “You don’t need to take leave for half an hour, just go if you have something to do, I understand.”
Bai He nodded, “Okay, thank you team leader.”
Leaving the office, taking the elevator down, Bai He looked into the void, thinking.
Why would Bai Lu come find him?
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