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"Eat!" Zhou Zhou looked at Xiao Xu with deep meaning in his eyes, lowered his head and bit down, his tongue sweeping away the shrimp strip and even licking it across Xiao Xu's fingertips as he raised his head to say, "Delicious."

Xiao Xu was completely stunned, remaining frozen in his motion.

At the sight of him, Zhou Zhou burst into bright laughter.

Coming back to his senses, Xiao Xu felt too embarrassed to look at Zhou Zhou, yet desperately wanted to, resulting in him sneaking glance after glance.

Leaning sideways to observe Xiao Xu's expression closely, Zhou Zhou noticed that the tips of Xiao Xu's ears were red, and he couldn't help laughing again.

Hearing the laughter, Duan Xu grew curious. "Zhouzhou, what are you guys laughing at?"

"Ah, nothing." Zhou Zhou settled back into his seat and continued eating his snacks.

Duan Xu let out an 'oh', failing to distract himself. Sigh!

After driving for over two hours, they passed a highway service area and decided to stop for a break and grab dinner along the way.

The sky had grown dark and overcast, feeling as though it might rain.

Parking the car, the eight of them walked into the service area. It was spacious and bright inside, divided into several distinct zones with dedicated dining restaurants, a supermarket, and a tea shop.

As soon as they walked in, they attracted the majority of the surrounding gazes. Mainly because all eight of them were exceptionally good-looking, coupled with the presence of three alphas and two omegas, making people unable to resist glancing over.

Fortunately, they were all used to such stares and felt no discomfort.

"What do you want to eat?" Xue Jingshu asked everyone.

Then ensued a scene of everyone asking their respective partners or crushes what they wanted to eat.

Du Shen asked Ye Xinyu, Xue Jingshu asked Han Xi, Xiao Xu asked Zhou Zhou, and Shen Yanlang asked Duan Xu.

The remaining few indicated they would just casually eat anything, leaving only Duan Xu.

Duan Xu looked at them silently. Good grief, did everyone just assume that he was Shen Yanlang's partner?

"I'm fine with anything too." Duan Xu smiled slightly.

With that, Xue Jingshu curved his lips and directly decided, "Then let's have noodles or rice noodles. Check the menu and order yourselves."

With no objections from anyone, they headed to the rice noodle restaurant at the very back, though the menu also featured wheat noodles.

The eight of them sat closely at two tables, matching the car groupings: Xue Jingshu and four at one table, Shen Yanlang and four at the other, though their tables were pushed right next to each other.

Duan Xu sat in the inner spot, with Shen Yanlang on his right and Han Xi positioned right to his left.

As he wiped the table down with a tissue, he observed in secret. Han Xi was as aloof as ever, but when facing Xue Jingshu, his gaze softened considerably.

Oh my god! Han Xi genuinely liked Xue Jingshu!

Although this outcome was good for everyone involved, Duan Xu remained utterly bewildered, wondering how things had ever developed like this—it was truly magical.

Staring at Han Xi again!

Realizing this, Duan Xu snapped back to reality, turned his head to look at Shen Yanlang, and found Shen Yanlang glaring daggers at Han Xi with an unkind expression.

Looks like I'll need to minimize their opportunities to cross paths in the future!

Duan Xu thought, ...There really is no need to go that far.

After placing their orders, Shen Yanlang reached out to grip Duan Xu's wrist, pulling him closer as he murmured lowly in his ear, "If you look at him one more time, we're driving back to the university."

"...That's not really something I can control," Duan Xu said objectively. But seeing Shen Yanlang's expression darken slightly, he hurriedly added, "Since we're hanging out together, it's impossible not to look at him."

"Just don't look at him on your own initiative." After a moment of thought, Shen Yanlang relented a step.

Viewed from the side, Shen Yanlang's face was equally flawless, featuring smooth contours, clean cheeks, and deep eyes.

"Got it." Duan Xu felt too embarrassed under his gaze.

So obedient?

Feels even more well-behaved than before.

Dropping his gaze slightly and feeling too shy to look at him, Duan Xu turned to look at Zhou Zhou across the table, who happened to ask him, "Xuxu, do you want a grilled sausage?"

"Uh... how much is one?" Duan Xu was suddenly reminded of the grilled sausages at Lihu Park.

Zhou Zhou remembered too, unable to keep from smiling before turning to ask Xiao Xu, "How much?"

"Four yuan," Xiao Xu replied, having just run over to check.

Without any hesitation, Duan Xu said, "I'll take one."

"We'll grab one too," Du Shen said as he stood up. "Come on, I'll go with you to buy them."

Xiao Xu acknowledged him and went together with him to the grilled sausage stall, returning shortly after with four grilled sausages each.

Right on time, the rice noodles and noodles they had ordered were ready, and eating them paired with the grilled sausages was simply absolute bliss.

As they ate, they discussed their itinerary for the next couple of days.

"I heard from a friend that the hotel at the foot of the mountain is quite remote, and besides one or two supermarkets, there's nothing to do," Xue Jingshu said, swallowing a mouthful of rice noodles.

Hearing this, Du Shen remarked, "It's a good thing we bought snacks in advance, but what about tomorrow noon..."

"There should be restaurants on the mountain, right? We can just eat up there." Ye Xinyu had no desire to lug around that much stuff.

Shen Yanlang gave an affirmative hum, and everyone shared the same thought—they weren't short on money anyway.

"Wake up at eight tomorrow, and set off to climb the mountain at nine," Xue Jingshu arranged. "We should reach the mountain around one or two in the afternoon."

"We can hang out by ourselves in the afternoon, camp in the camping area at night, and in the morning..." As he spoke, he glanced at Han Xi beside him. Originally intending to say they would wake up at five, he altered his words in the end. "Wake up at half-past five. After tidying up, we'll just about be able to catch the sunrise."

"So early?" Ye Xinyu wrinkled his face. "Will we even be able to wake up?"

"If you don't want to see the sunrise, you don't have to get up," Shen Yanlang said indifferently.

Seeing this, Du Shen picked up the beef from his own bowl and placed it in Ye Xinyu's. "Xiaoyu, it's only for one morning. Let's watch the sunrise together, okay?"

Imagining the romantic scene of watching the sunrise alongside her boyfriend, Ye Xinyu broke into a smile immediately. "Fine, just this once."

"Yeah!" Du Shen beamed with happiness.

Unable to bear watching them, Xue Jingshu looked at Han Xi beside him instead and felt an involuntary surge of pride. "My Xi is the calmest."

Hearing this, everyone chuckled, save for Shen Yanlang, whose heart felt a little dejected.

When will I finally be able to proudly and openly say 'my Xuxu'?

Duan Xu glanced at him sideways, his eyelashes fluttering as he withdrew his gaze, thinking silently to himself: Just wait for me a little longer.

He now knew that he had feelings for Shen Yanlang, but just as Shen Yanlang had pointed out, it wasn't enough yet—not nearly as intense as Shen Yanlang's feelings for him.

He wanted to like Shen Yanlang more, to match him, so that their feelings would be on equal footing. And furthermore...

He still wanted to wait until he had completely undergone his second-generation phase before making his feelings clear. At that time, he would face Shen Yanlang as an omega, and if they decided to be together, it would be for a lifetime.

Suddenly, Xue Jingshu raised his eyes and swept his gaze across the surroundings. He felt as though he had just caught a faint scent of jasmine flowers in the air.

At the same time, Du Shen caught the scent as well. He looked at Xue Jingshu without speaking a word.

Right then, Shen Yanlang stood up abruptly. "Xuxu, come with me."

"Ah?" Duan Xu hadn't reacted yet. "What's wrong?"

Dragged by Shen Yanlang, he was pulled into a corner where no one else was around. "Xuxu, your pheromone scent has grown stronger."