“You look perfectly fine. Why do you need to lose weight?” Ning Meng received such a response after she told Ning An her resolution.
“Don"t frown when you"re wearing a face mask.” Ning Meng patted some moisturising cream onto her face and reminded Ning An. “You don"t understand. For girls, it is a lifelong goal to lose weight. Brother, stand up and turned around for me.”
Ning An was confused, but still spun around on the spot in front of the camera. “What"s wrong?”
“Brother, you look so thin. Have you been eating properly?”
“It"s enough for me to drink nutrition packs. I don"t think I"ve lost any weight. Look, I now have muscles.” Saying this, he flexed his biceps at Ning Meng.
“You still look so skinny. You should eat more food; don"t treat yourself badly. How about I also mail you some snacks?”
Ning An quickly stepped on the brakes before the conversation would seem like his little sister outside was worriedly asking about the well-being of her brother behind bars.
“Stop stop stop! I"m in school, not in jail. You don"t need to worry.” Ning An pulled a strand of hair back. “By the way, do you have any recommendations for shampoos that prevent hair loss? Maths is really going to make me go bald.”
“If you go bald, then just wear a wig.” Ning An gently laughed. “There"s a brand I"ve used before that I think is pretty good. I"ll send it to you later.”
“Right, brother. Wasn"t it said that almost every year, there were a few Omegas who would sneak in amongst the Betas into the military school? Have you met one?” Ning Meng was also a little interested in gossip and wanted to know if the rumours about the military academy were true.
I really have met one. It was fortunate that Ning An was now wearing a face mask, so Ning Meng couldn"t see his expression. Otherwise, this crafty demon would definitely be able to see through his lie. “No, I don"t think so.”
“That"s true. For someone as blind and deaf as you, even if an Omega went into estrus right in front of you, you probably wouldn"t even notice it.”
“Wow, who would say such a thing about their own brother? Are you still my dear little sister?”
“Who else would mail things to you, my dear brother?”
Ning An couldn"t refute it: “You"re not wrong, but can you call me something else. Hearing Xiao Long Xia makes me hungry.”
“Puhahahaha!” In her own dorm, Ning Meng laughed so hard her tears came out. “Do you remember what"s happening next week? My family caregiver application has been approved.”
“Of course I remember. I"ve even set a reminder on my terminal.” Ning An naturally remembered that Ning Meng"s estrus period was about to arrive.
The purpose of the Omega family caregiver application was to take care of the students who were in their first year of school. An application was sent to the school during the estrus period, and after it was approved, the school would notify the student"s Omega or Beta family members to come to the inst.i.tution and accompany the student through their estrus to better stabilise their emotions.
Initially, it should have been Elina who would accompany her, but she was out experiencing another planet"s local life and culture and wouldn"t be able to make it back by next week. So this time, Ning An would be accompanying her.
“Mother already told me, I will request for leave tomorrow.” Five days off; he better go find Qin Zhao to open a back door for him. “Don"t worry. I will definitely come.”
“Okay. I know my brother is the best.” They continued to chat about some trivial matters, until Ning Meng finally remembered what Fu Yue had wanted her to ask. “Hey brother, do you know Fu Ke?”
“Why, do you like him? Want me to give you his contact details?”
“As if I like him. I"m just asking for my roommate. Do you know if there"s anyone who"s been close to him lately?”
“Derek Liszt? I feel like they"re always together.” Ning An tilted his head to one side and thought, “I don"t think there"s anyone else.”
In the opposite building, Fu Ke sneezed. He once again straightened out his clothes and organised his words in his head. As though he was about to undertake an important ceremony, he solemnly gave Ning An a video call.
“Ah, he just sent me a video call request. How about I ask him about it and then send you a message?” Seriously, speak of the devil. After Ning Meng nodded, Ning An accepted Fu Ke"s video call.
“Good evening.”
Fu Ke saw an extremely white face suddenly appear on his screen and fell into silence. “You are…… wearing a face mask?”
“Ah. Sorry, I forgot.” Ning An peeled off the face mask and then used a tissue to wipe the residue on his face. “Did I scare you?”
“No, I"m fine.” Fu Ke was now even more certain of his speculations. Just when he was about to say something, he realised that Ning An was staring intently behind his back with a face filled with envy.
“Derek"s figure is so good~”
“Why aren"t you wearing clothes again?” Fu Ke incredulously turned around and sure enough, he saw that Derek had just come out from the bathroom, his upper body naked as he drank a bottle of water.
“I"m in my own bedroom. It"s not like I"m streaking out on the streets. I"m also wearing pants.” Seeing Ning An on the video screen, Derek confidently walked over. “Thank you for your compliment. I accept it.”
“Wow, you even have abs.” This time, Ning An could see his body even more clearly and sighed. “Such a good figure~”
“Go away. You"re being a bad influence.” Listening to their exchange, Fu Ke had a strange feeling in his heart and urged Derek go put on some clothes.
Derek muttered to himself “How is this a bad influence?” before leaving the range of the video. Fu Ke then looked at Ning An again, but suddenly didn"t know what to say.
The two of them stared at each other; you look at me, I look at you. Finally, Ning An let out a yawn and Fu Ke grasped this opening.
“Lately, have you been under a lot of pressure?”
“Mm, I"m not bad. A little tired, but it"s quite tolerable.”
Ning Meng"s eye cream for removing dark circles was pretty effective. Ning An still looked energetic and didn"t seem to be putting on a front. It shouldn"t be because of too much pressure, but rather because of that ‘brotherhood" group.
Fu Ke wanted to ask about the ‘brotherhood" incident the other night, but thinking about it, he felt that it was too inconvenient to ask.
And so, there was another round of awkward silence.
Ning An felt that the current situation was a little weird. “That, did you find me just to ask me this?”
“En. I haven"t seen you in the training ground these days.” Thinking about it, Ning An hadn"t appeared since his fight with Xu Yu Sheng. “That day, your situation wasn"t quite right. It must have been hard on you.”
“It"s fine, it"s fine. I"m really good now. I"ve been in the library these past few days. Maths is really hard.”
“If you want, I can teach you the theory.” Fu Ke blurted out without thinking.
“Ah, that would be really good.” These days, Ning An had been together with He Xin, but since they both didn"t understand the subject, they could only stupidly stare at their books. “Then how about we meet up at the library tomorrow night?”
“Okay.”
“Wait a moment. He Xin just called me over.” Ning An"s figure disappeared for a while and then appeared again. His expression clearly looked like he was holding back his laughter.
“What"s wrong?”
“Hahahahaha!” Once he started, Ning An couldn"t stop and was rolling on the floor with laughter. “You, hurry up and call Derek back from the balcony. He"s comparing his muscles with your neighbour hahahaha. He Xin was hanging out the washing on the balcony and saw hahaha. Aiyah, so funny.”
“…… Just let him do what he wants.” Fu Ke was momentarily speechless. “Wait, you guys can see our bedroom from your balcony?”
“Mhm, we"re both on the seventh floor, just across from our balcony.” Ning An took a few breaths to calm his laughter. “Ah, by the way, have you made any new friends recently?”
Why did this sound like a mother who was concerned about her son"s interpersonal relationships?
Ning An must have laughed too hard that his brain still hadn"t reacted yet. He thought about it and decided to rephrase the question.
“You……” Fu Ke was a little apprehensive. “Aren"t we friends?”
“Ah, me?” So they actually counted as friends. Thinking about it, Ning An felt that their relationship had indeed gone beyond the scope of just ordinary cla.s.smates. “Mm, I"m very happy to be your friend.”
Thinking that he had unknowingly become friends with a real top student, Ning An smiled even more happily.
“Me too.” It turned out that making friends with him could make the other so happy. Fu Ke felt as though he understood something, but was also a little uncertain about it. “It"s late, I"ll see you tomorrow.”
“Okay, see you later.”