This Alpha Is So Devoted to His Wife - Chapter 19

“I just saw on the bulletin board that Duan Yu Luo won the global gold medal in the UK Physics Online Challenge. Is this his third time? I remember he won two global gold medals in junior high.”

“His father is a physicist, and he’s also the fourth-generation heir of the Luo family. He just has that talent. You can’t be jealous of that.”

“Duan Yu Luo is really excellent. Good family, good grades, and so handsome! Who wouldn’t like him!”

At the back door of the AP&AL Integrated Curriculum Grade 1 A class.

Duan Yu Luo was holding an ice cream cup, about to scoop up the last spoonful. He looked up and saw a shadow approaching. He focused and saw that his last bite of strawberry ice cream was gone.

He looked up at Lu Xing He in shock.

“Not bad. It tastes good.” Lu Xing He had his hands in his pockets. He leaned down and ate the last bit of ice cream. He looked up, meeting Duan Yu Luo’s glare, who was about to hit him. He laughed. “I heard them praising you, so you can give me this bite.”

Duan Yu Luo was still holding the ice cream spoon. He stared mournfully at his empty cup. “What does their praise have to do with my ice cream?”

“Nobody praises me. I’m sad.” Lu Xing He stared at his slightly angry expression, as if it pleased him.

“You can’t eat my ice cream just because you’re sad! It was the last bite!”

“Then you should just give me the last bite.”

“Lu Xing He, you’re so childish.”

Lu Xing He saw that Duan Yu Luo was at his limit and rolled his eyes at him. His annoyed expression was lively and pretty. He placed his hand on the back of his head and rubbed it. “Don’t be mad. I’ll buy you another one after class.”

Duan Yu Luo sighed. “Forget it. I don’t want it anymore.” He took the empty cup and walked into the classroom.

Lu Xing He followed Duan Yu Luo into the classroom. He took the empty cup from him and threw it in the trash can.

The classmates who were discussing Duan Yu Luo greeted him and stopped talking.

Duan Yu Luo was already used to this kind of chatter, especially after his brother Luo Yu Duan was specially recruited into the special forces. All the attention fell on him alone. Whether he wanted to accept it or not, he had to.

He sat down at his desk and reached into the drawer. He was about to take out his economics book when he felt a letter. He hesitated and took it out.

In his hand was a pink envelope with “To my dear Duan Yu Luo” written on it. The handwriting was firm, so it seemed to be written by a boy.

It was clearly a love letter.

Before he could decide whether to open it, he felt a warm, broad body come up behind him. A hand was propped on his desk, and the other hand took his love letter. He heard a voice above his head that sounded like a half-smile.

“To my dear Duan Yu Luo?”

Duan Yu Luo knew it was Lu Xing He. He raised his hand to take the letter, but the guy lifted his hand high. It was a height he couldn’t reach, and he didn’t even bother to struggle. He just held out his hand helplessly to Lu Xing He. “Give it back.”

“You want to open it?” Lu Xing He stood by his chair. Seeing him reach out, he lowered the envelope a bit, pretending to hand it back to him.

Duan Yu Luo was about to take it, but the envelope playfully brushed past his palm and was lifted up again. He put his hand down, leaned back in his chair, and looked up at the smiling Lu Xing He. He smiled back. “Why do you care if I open it?”

Lu Xing He bent his leg and leaned on his desk, resting the love letter in his palm on the edge of the desk. He knew Duan Yu Luo was angry, so he leaned in and whispered, “Little one, I’m worried you’ll be tricked. We can’t have puppy love. Besides, you haven’t differentiated yet, so you’re basically still underage.”

“I am underage.”

“Exactly,” Lu Xing He pulled out the chair next to him, spread his long legs, and sat down facing Duan Yu Luo. He held the love letter, his expression serious. “So what’s our most important task right now?”

Duan Yu Luo pointed at the love letter. “To find out who wrote this letter.”

“Wrong!” Lu Xing He frowned, his expression stern. “How can you open it? I said no puppy love!”

“Then I have to know who it is so I can return it to them.”

“Why do you have to know who it is? Do you want to like him?”

“How can I like someone if I don’t even know who it is?”

“Exactly. Then there’s no need to know who it is.”

“I still have to return it, don’t I?”

“No need to return it.” Lu Xing He folded the letter and put it in his pocket. “I’ll keep it for you so you don’t get distracted from your studies.”

Duan Yu Luo, who had just won a global gold medal in physics, was speechless.

During the AP Economics class, the foreign teacher was writing in English on the whiteboard, talking about supply and demand.

Duan Yu Luo was taking notes on his tablet, and at the same time, he could feel a pair of eyes on him. He glanced over and saw Lu Xing He with his hand on his head, staring at him.

He put his hand under the table and pushed his leg. He lowered his voice. “Pay attention to the class. We also have an economics challenge this semester.”

“I’m wondering who likes you. Is it Jiang Yichen?” Lu Xing He rested his face on his hand, thinking of the fencing club captain from this morning. He frowned. The thought made him want to rip the love letter in his pocket to shreds. “If it’s him, that’s a no-go.”

Would he let his little friend, whom he had raised since childhood, fall for that flirtatious scumbag?

“Then who can?” Duan Yu Luo listened to the teacher’s key points and lowered his head to take notes.

The classroom, with its fifteen students, was spacious and free. The light from the hallway shone on the desk by the window, illuminating the profile of the handsome young man next to him. The way he lowered his eyes and focused on taking notes was a sight for sore eyes, and even the hand holding the pen was so beautiful it was hard to look away.

Lu Xing He stared at his fluttering eyelashes. His Adam’s apple bobbed. “I want to know too.”

“Can no one at all?” Duan Yu Luo just finished writing his notes. He smiled and glanced at Lu Xing He.

That look made Lu Xing He take a deep breath. He sat up as if nothing happened, crossed his arms, and leaned back in his chair. His broad shoulders under the uniform shirt were slightly hunched. He looked at the foreign teacher on the stage. There was an indescribable feeling in his heart, like the bubbles in an orange soda hitting his taste buds.

His lips, however, couldn’t help but curve into a smile.

The foreign teacher, thinking Lu Xing He was looking at him, wanted to get a response. “Bennett, do you agree with my point?”

Lu Xing He raised an eyebrow and nodded at the teacher. “You can say that again.” He was also answering Duan Yu Luo’s question.

After he said that, he heard Duan Yu Luo let out a soft laugh next to him.

He caught a glimpse of Duan Yu Luo with his head down, hand on his chin, laughing. He was completely unaware that he had once again become unable to look away.

There were a total of three classes in the afternoon. After economics and calculus, the last class was physical education.

The class was held at the tennis court.

The AP&AL Integrated Curriculum Grade 1 B class was also having their tennis class at the same time, and students could form their own teams.

On the A court, Duan Yu Luo, in his white sportswear, swung his tennis racket without hesitation. His feet left the ground as he jumped, and his pale, slender, and taut calves, exposed by his shorts, showed off beautiful athletic lines. He easily returned his opponent’s ball and hit a powerful smash.

A beautiful and powerful line drive made the students in front and back of the court gasp in surprise.

Lu Xing He, who was on the sidelines with a camera, recorded the entire scene.

Duan Yifan, on the other side of the net, was completely convinced by that shot.

Both of them were drenched in sweat.

Duan Yu Luo panted, putting down his tennis racket. He used his free hand to pull his shirt up from his waist, lifting the hem to wipe the sweat from his chin. The flash of his pale, toned waist was blinding. He walked off the court and headed to the side.

“Little nephew, your smash is really scary.” Duan Yifan also walked off the court, shaking his head as he went. “I’m not playing with you next time. You’re so small, but your strength is so freakish. Even more freakish than Jiang Nianqiao.”

Duan Yu Luo looked at Duan Yifan, who was his own age. He was not only his other dad’s biological brother but also his classmate. Seeing his feigned look of fear, he laughed. “Little Uncle, you let me win, didn’t you?”

“I wish I had a chance to let you win. You didn’t give me any room to fight back at all.” Duan Yifan held his racket. He walked up to Duan Yu Luo and put his arm on his shoulder, easily pressing down on his head. “Hm, you still haven’t grown this semester.”

Duan Yu Luo gave him a look.

Duan Yifan laughed freely. “I have to get a win back, right, little nephew who’s only 1.7 meters tall.”

Duan Yu Luo was hit where it hurt. He raised his hand to retaliate, but his wrist was grabbed. He was pulled to the side, and then he felt a towel on his head. He pulled the towel down and saw Lu Xing He standing in front of him, wrapping his arm around Duan Yifan’s neck.

The two tall young men started to wrestle playfully.

“What’s wrong with 1.7 meters? He still beat you so bad you couldn’t fight back. What good is your 1.8-meter height?”

“Hey, hey, Lu Xing He, you’re not supposed to make personal attacks.”

“You started it, so you can’t blame me.”

“Damn! Don’t touch my face! Go easy! I’m flying to France for a triathlon in two days. I won’t look handsome in the photos!”

“Will you stop talking?”

“Okay, okay, I get it. You baby the little one so much. He’s not even your wife.”

Duan Yu Luo walked to the rest area and sat down. He saw his cousin, Jiang Nianqiao, hand him a thermos.

He was confused.

“Lu Xing He said not to let you drink cold water.” Jiang Nianqiao handed the thermos to Duan Yu Luo. “Don’t say you think it’s weird. I think it’s weird too. But if you want to say something, you can talk to him yourself. That weird mixed-race guy is so into health.”

Duan Yu Luo took the thermos, unscrewed it, and sniffed it. He found that it contained warm salt water.

“And he was just sitting here taking pictures like an old dad. He was so happy when you smashed the ball at Duan Yifan, he was practically lying on the floor to take pictures of you.” Jiang Nianqiao picked up a bottle of cold water next to her. She saw Duan Yifan walk over and tossed it to him.

“He’s more than an old dad; he’s like a surveillance camera.” Duan Yifan took the cold water Jiang Nianqiao threw him, unscrewed it, and guzzled it. He drank the whole bottle and sighed in relief. “A cold bottle of water after exercising is the best!”

Duan Yu Luo silently looked at his thermos, feeling speechless. He looked up at Lu Xing He.

“Drinking cold water after exercising can easily cause colds, diarrhea, vomiting, and stomach cramps. It’s enough that Duan Yifan gets them. Little one, we’re not going to follow his example.” Lu Xing He took the towel from the chair and started wiping Duan Yu Luo’s head and sweat. He was so meticulous, it was as if he was a worried old dad.

Duan Yifan, who had just finished drinking his cold water, was speechless. What a poisonous old dad!