When Two Alphas Meet, One’s an Omega

Bai Huai took the ugly red cloth and looked at it for a while. Without any other choice, he looked for a pen and wrote on the red cloth carefully.

 

When Bai Huai finished writing, he went to the edge of the wishing tree and looked for a place to tie it onto, only to find out that not a single branch was worthy of his wish.

 

Looking back, he found that Jian Songyi was at the other end of the wishing table and he had not written at all. Instead, he is squatting over a booth while talking to an old monk.

 

With his back to him, Bai Huai could not see Jian Songyi’s expression nor what was sold on the stall.

 

Bai Huai suddenly smiled. He was counting on Jian Songyi to buy these two red clothes just now because he wanted to make a wish for himself or something on this special day.

 

He is thinking too much.

 

Bai Huai just doesn’t know what this young man, who doesn’t know the sufferings of the people, is going to be tricked into buying. If he is like Mrs. Tang who spends 8,000 on a string of wooden beads, he will have to consider who the family’s financial power will be handed over in the future.

 

Bai Huai rolled up his red cloth and stuffed it into his trouser pockets before walking over to Jian Songyi.

 

It’s just that by the time he arrived, Jian Songyi seemed to have made some kind of deal with the old monk already. He saw him and calmly put some things into his pocket.

 

Bai Huai narrowed his eyes at him.

 

Jian Songyi stood up and patted his pants without changing his facial expression much.”I bought it for Yu Ziguo. He likes these kinds of gadgets. Last time, Lu Qi Feng said something that offended him and asked me how to make it up to him.”

 

Bai Huai could not care less. Thus, immediately changing the subject: Have you written your wish to the cloth yet?”

 

“Do I look like someone who could do such a thing?” As he spoke, Bai Huai pressed the red cloth in his trouser in fear of revealing what he had written or the fact that he had written something at all.

 

Jian Songyi curled his lips before adding another statement, “You live too rationally and harshly. Can you be more romantic and emotional?”

 

Bai Huai plucked the red cloth that is worth 25 yuan before raising his eyebrow towards Jian Songyi. “Are you talking about me?”

 

Jian Songyi: “… Actually, being a human being still can’t be too superstitious.”

 

At least that’s what he said before gently grasping the superstitious gadget on the insides of his pocket.

 

Neither of them is very interested in Buddhism. Not to mention the fact that they both have something in mind. As they wandered around a few times before trekking back down with their little secrets in their trouser pockets. They didn’t go too far. They went home for lunch, took a nap, and changed clothes so that they could go to school. 

 

As soon as they arrived in the classroom that afternoon, Yang Yue gave Jian Songyi a wink, but he was still too sleepy to operate. Jian Songyi didn’t receive the signal so he began to sleep as soon as he reached his seat.

 

On the other hand, Bai Huai noticed those supposed discreet signals until he could not take them anymore. He slammed his pen against his desk before speaking, “If you have anything you wanted to tell Jian Songyi behind my back, then you can talk directly on WeChat. There is no need to abuse your poor faces.”

 

“…..”

 

Yu Ziguo: “Wow! Master Bai! I can’t believe you would say such a long sentence just for us! Do you know that this is the first time you have taken the initiative to say more than ten words to me since we met? I almost enjoyed the treatment as I figured that you treat Brother Song on a whole lot level!”

 

Bai Huai: “…..”

 

Once Jian Songyi heard this, he fully woke himself up. He held his heap up just to look at Bai Huai. “So please, do not target me alone in the future. You could also sprinkle your sarcastic skills on them. Else, they would really think that you’re paralyzed and mute.” Jian Songyi smiles mockingly to tease him.

 

As soon as his taunt was over, Jian Songyi’s mobile phone screen under his desk lit up.

 

Xu Jiaxing made a new group chat, and yet he even had to broadcast it around. “I made a group except for Bai Huai! Come and have a look.”

 

Bai Huai: “…..”

 

There is really no need to speak ill of others with so much fanfare.

 

Jian Songyi looked at Bai Huai’s indifferent expression and felt amused. He could not help but shake his phone screen in front of Bai Huai. He snickers, wanting to teach Bai Huai a lesson: “I told you to be a good man at ordinary times. Otherwise, how does it feel to be isolated now?”

 

With that, he took back his phone as he wanted to see what his stupid pig teammates were up to.

 

I am a fat mushroom: [According to the monitor’s first-hand information, Bai Huai’s birthday is this Sunday. Would you like to have a shot? Let’s help Bai Huai transform from a young man into a real man!]

 

Xu Dashuai: [If I raise money to find a money boy, I can give you a hundred yuan.]

 

Cute little Luoluo: [I can be that money boy for free.]

 

Lu Qi Feng: [? ]

 

Fortune-teller 40% discount: [I’m not bad either.]

 

Jian Songyi: [What do you want?]

 

Cute little Luoluo: [The cool and sexy Zhuo Luo. Deliver me to him for free.]

 

Cute little Luoluo has been removed from the group chat.

 

Lu Qi Feng: [Okay, seriously. Personally, I do not think Bai Huai will like a noisy and extravagant birthday party, so we don’t have to worry about it. Let’s just let Jian Songyi take care of it.]

 

I am a fat mushroom: [How can I do that? It’s already a tradition for us to have dinner and sing happy birthday to all of us, right? Since Bai Huai is one of us, we must abide by this tradition! Besides, all of my presents are already ready.]

 

Xu Dashuai: [Yes! Even if he has arrangements for his birthday, is it not convenient to spend time with us? What about we do it a day in advance? Let’s have dinner and sing a song, alright?]

 

Yu Ziguo: [i also prepared a gift for Bai Huai. It’s worthless, but I’ve been making it for a long time now.]

 

Lu Qi Feng: [Great then Jian Songyi will ask Bai Huai would like to come and have dinner on Saturday. If so, a few of us will prepare it. If he said otherwise, we will give you the gift and you can pass it to him for us.]

 

Jian Songyi tapped on his screen. He exited the group chat interface and clicked on the ‘unlucky guy’ and quickly sent him a message.

 

[Yang Yue and his friends want to have dinner and sing a song for you tomorrow. Would you like to join us? It’s not scheduled for your birthday exactly, so I think it will be fine.]

 

[I know you don’t like many people, but not all of them are white eyed-wolves. Although these idiots are out of their minds, they all want to take care of you and think of you as one of their own. So I was wondering if you could stop being snobby all the time. With that, you can finally get some popularity in the world.]

[it’s up to you still. I won’t force you since it’s none of my business. But think about it at least.]

 

Jian Songyi then sends the screenshots. 

 

[As you can see, they’re all worried about your transformation from a young man to a completely functioning adult. Even Ziguo prepared a gift for you. Are you not ashamed to turn them down?]

 

One WeChat can’t stop dinging as messages kept coming from a certain someone.

 

Jian Songyi’s tone was grumpy and his wording is just as blunt. His impatience is also evident as if just telling him indirectly that he should just say yes already.

 

Bai Huai knows that Jian Songyi doesn’t really like this kind of social gathering. He saved up his tolerance just so he could share his friends with him.

 

Bai Huai smiles and replies without hesitation: [Sure.]