The Top-Tier Alpha Refuses to Be Pretty Cannon Fodder - Chapter 16

“Good evening, Brother Qi.”

Under Qi Xi’s watchful gaze, Lu Yunli walked over. “Is this fried chicken for me?”

The smile on the Omega’s face was a bit perfunctory, but those eyes, framed by the night, were piercingly bright, making it… impossible to refuse him.

Qi Xi extended the bag. The “no” that was on the tip of his tongue changed at the last second. “It’s for you.”

“Yay!” Lu Yunli reached out and took it.

Qi Xi looked down at the other bag in Lu Yunli’s hand. “With so much, can you even finish it all?”

Qi Xi was clearly implying something more.

Lu Yunli suddenly felt like the fried chicken in his hands didn’t smell as good anymore. But once something was in Lu Yunli’s hands, there was no way he was throwing it away!

Lu Yunli smiled and turned around, lifting one bag toward Wang Su. “Good evening, Professor Wang Su. Thank you for giving a slacker like me the chance to join the project today. Winner winner, chicken dinner. Please, have some.”

Sly little brat.

Qi Xi let out a cold snort.

“I’ll thank you if you just stop slacking off,” Wang Su said, tucking his hands behind his back. “Don’t try to bribe me. Take it away, I’m not eating it.”

Lu Yunli gave a deep bow. “Then thank you, Professor, for your mercy. Otherwise, you’d have to see me for another year.”

Wang Su: “…………”

Lu Yunli: “Well, since this fried chicken is getting cold, could I perhaps…”

The veins on Wang Su’s forehead throbbed. “Get lost.”

He didn’t have the heart to actually scold him.

Qi Xi frowned and stepped forward. “Let’s go. Home.”

Lu Yunli: “Wait.”

Qi Xi paused, only to see Lu Yunxing quickly walk over to Huo Yan.

The “wait” was just to go find Huo Yan?

Qi Xi: “……”

Enduring the chilly gaze boring into his back, Lu Yunli bowed to Huo Yan as well. “Thank you too, Teacher Huo, for taking the time to see me and bringing food.”

So it was just to say thank you.

The fire in Qi Xi’s heart was completely extinguished by that one sentence.

Huo Yan shifted his gaze from Qi Xi to the person in front of him. “It’s nothing. I was just passing by.”

Lu Yunli waved at Huo Yan. “Then I’ll be going first, Teacher Huo. Bye-bye!”

As he passed by Qi Xi, Lu Yunli was about to run ahead when he noticed Qi Xi was standing at the stairs waiting for him. Lu Yunli slowed his pace, and Qi Xi didn’t rush him. Once he reached the man’s side, they left the teaching building together.

[520: That scared me! I thought you were going to grab Huo Yan and walk off right in front of Qi Xi.]

[Lu Yunli: I wanted to. Who doesn’t love a refined and elegant Alpha?]

[520: ……]

[Lu Yunli: In the author’s setting, Lu Yunxing is a married Omega, delicate and prone to tears, completely devoted to Qi Xi. While the book didn’t mention Huo Yan, based on my understanding these past few days, Huo Yan is a man of extreme principle.]

[Lu Yunli: Trying to grind Huo Yan’s favorability through Lu Yunxing is basically impossible. Not only is it easy to go OOC, but it won’t necessarily move him. You saw that once it hit 20, it stopped rising.]

[520: Then what should we do?]

[Lu Yunli: To max out Huo Yan’s favorability, I have to rely on being Lu Yunli.]

[Lu Yunli: Tomorrow’s meeting at the Military Department is a perfect opportunity.]

Qi Xi: “Xingxing.”

Lu Yunli pulled himself out of his thoughts and stopped. “Yes?”

It was late, and the tree-lined path on campus was deserted. The wind had tousled his hair slightly.

Fang Yu had said that if an Alpha makes a mistake in front of his partner, the apology must be fast and sincere.

Qi Xi had never done this before. He had held it in the whole way, but finally, he couldn’t resist calling out to him.

The Omega in front of him looked at him with total confusion. Qi Xi opened his mouth and said, “About… this morning. I spoke too harshly.”

Lu Yunli frowned slightly but didn’t speak.

Apparently, that wasn’t sincere enough.

Qi Xi reflected for a moment, stood before Lu Yunxing, abruptly bowed his head, and apologized in a loud, booming voice: “I’M SORRY!”

Lu Yunli was so startled he took a step back. “…………”

Passersby on the road turned to look. The tall Alpha looked like a stupid dog that had done something wrong. It was truly, embarrassing.

[Lu Yunli: Just so we’re clear, he apologized on his own. It has nothing to do with me. Don’t you dare mark me as OOC.]

Seeing that 520 remained silent, Lu Yunli finally let out a long breath and reached out to pull the man up. “It’s my own fault for being too picky.”

Qi Xi, however, replied with a serious expression, “I looked up some information today. It says that when an Omega differentiates, their physical constitution varies.”

“Xingxing, what level is your mental power?”

Top-tier…

Lu Yunli: “…B.”

Qi Xi nodded. “For an Omega with a weaker constitution like yours, because you are so ‘deficient,’ you have intolerances to many foods. That’s why you need more nourishment…”

A dog’s mouth can’t produce ivory.

You’re the one who’s deficient! Your whole family is deficient!

Lu Yunli gritted his teeth and started walking ahead. “Brother Qi is so busy, let’s just forget about it.”

Qi Xi hurried to keep up. “How can we forget it? If a physically weak Omega isn’t cared for properly, they get sick easily…”

Do you believe I could pin you to the ground right now?

Lu Yunli took a deep breath, trying to stay away from that dog Qi.

Qi Xi sensed the small Omega was unhappy and tried to coax him tentatively. “Xingxing, I apologize for the past as well. From now on, I’ll come home every day. Look, I even wrote a menu for you. See which ones you like, and I can cook them for you…”

Two more sentences and Lu Yunli would probably die of anger. He couldn’t take it anymore and said coldly, “Eat it yourself.”

The words he spat out were automatically changed by the system into a “Okay,” followed immediately by a surge of electric current. Lu Yunli’s legs went soft, and Qi Xi caught him.

Qi Xi shook his head. “See? You’re clearly so physically weak, yet you still try to act tough.”

Lu Yunli: “…………”

The next morning, to avoid that dog Qi, Lu Yunli slipped out of the house before dawn.

Sitting in the car on the way to the Military Department, his secretary, Les, asked thoughtfully, “President Lu, did you not rest well last night?”

If I told him I dreamed of that dog Qi droning on seriously in my ear all night, would he believe me?

Lu Yunli rubbed his brow. “Les, after we deliver the chips for the Royal Family of Country Y tomorrow, find me a place for a vacation.”

He was tired. He wanted to slack off. And hide from that dog Qi for a few days.

Les glanced at Lu Yunli in the rearview mirror. “Of course, President Lu.”

The car stopped at the gates of the Military Department. Being an important guest, the vehicle was permitted to drive inside. When the car parked, Lu Yunli straightened his suit and stepped out.

Before the morning sun could even hit him, an off-road vehicle roared in. Not only did it block his light, but it also stopped arrogantly right in front of him.

Lu Yunli narrowed his eyes and looked toward the driver’s seat. The window rolled down, and the driver took off his sunglasses.

Lu Yunli saw Qi Xi’s sharp, handsome face, he looked like a wolf from the desert, tinged with a bit of a rogue aura.

In the next moment, the man jumped down from the vehicle. He walked to Lu Yunli’s side and held out a hand. “President Lu, long time no see.”

Who is “long time no see” with you? I want to punch this face the moment I see it.

Lu Yunli’s gaze fell on Qi Xi’s extended hand. After a long silence, his face went cold, and he swiped the hand away. “Get lost.”

Qi Xi: “…………”

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