Pheromone Deficiency Syndrome chapter 16

Qu Xi

That day, Xie Huaizhou made an appointment with the Liu family to discuss business, and Gu Jinyi was also going to meet old university friends in the afternoon.

Since both of them were going out, Xie Huaizhou decided to give Gu Jinyi a ride.

Sitting in the car, he explained to Gu Jinyi about his dealings with the Liu family. The people of the Liu family planned to build a super large-scale simulation amusement park on a small planet, and all the viewing mechas inside would be provided by the Xie family. If this trial run went smoothly, it would be extended to other planets in the future.

Gu Jinyi was clueless about business but had some impression of the Liu family.

The Liu family was the largest family on Rossell Star, ruling the planet for the past few thousand years.

And when he was in school, the current head of the Liu family was a senior at Lande Academy, his senior.

Unlike Xie Huaizhou’s calm and tough style, Liu Hengshan had a pair of frivolous and charming peach blossom eyes, smiling warmly. In four years, the number of lovers he had changed could form a cheerleading team. But strangely, after breaking up, no one spoke ill of him, but instead, they remained nostalgic for their old relationship.

The reason Gu Jinyi had some impression of this person was that he had once received an invitation from Liu Hengshan to attend a ball together.

His expression was a bit complicated at the moment.

And at this moment, Xie Huaizhou happened to ask him, “Liu Hengshan also studied at Lande. Do you know him?”

Gu Jinyi felt a bit embarrassed and didn’t know how to answer the question.

Xie Huaizhou raised an eyebrow, thinking of Liu Hengshan’s fickle nature, and suddenly asked, “Did he pursue you?”

Gu Jinyi hurriedly shook his head.

“Not at all, he just invited me to the ball, but I didn’t agree.”

In fact, Liu Hengshan also sent him flowers later, but he refused to accept them.

But he instinctively felt that it was better not to mention this matter.

Xie Huaizhou didn’t speak anymore, looking out the window lost in thought.

Gu Jinyi thought that this page had been turned, but unexpectedly, after a while, Xie Huaizhou asked again.

“When you were in school, how many people pursued you?”

He asked very lightly, and Gu Jinyi almost thought he had misheard.

Until he met Xie Huaizhou’s focused gaze, he realized the seriousness of the situation.

Gu Jinyi: “……”

He felt like he was back in the classroom, facing the sternest teacher in the whole school.

But he found it really hard to answer this question because there were just too many people who had expressed interest in him. Even after marrying Chu Miyun, there were still people confessing tearfully during graduation season.

He mumbled, “I, I can’t really remember.”

Xie Huaizhou lightly nodded and automatically translated for him, “Too many people pursued you, you’ve lost count.”

His tone was flat, but Gu Jinyi felt a chill down his spine for no reason, as if being questioned by his parents about why he came home late.

“Not that many…” Gu Jinyi defended himself quietly, then, a little incredulous after a while, “Shouldn’t there be more people who pursued you at the Imperial Academy?”

“No, very few,” Xie Huaizhou answered confidently, “I have a bad temper, and there are always many people around me. Not many have the courage to confess to me.”

Gu Jinyi didn’t know how to evaluate this statement.

Is having a bad temper something to be proud of?

But as he looked at Xie Huaizhou, he found it hard to imagine what Xie Huaizhou was like during his school days. Since they met on G6 Star, Xie Huaizhou had never shown his anger in front of him. Even Chu Xiaonian didn’t find him scary and dared to climb onto Xie Huaizhou’s knees to play puzzles.

He looked at Xie Huaizhou strangely.

“What’s wrong?” Xie Huaizhou asked him.

“Nothing, I just can’t imagine what you’re like when you get angry,” Gu Jinyi said with a smile in his eyes, “I’ve never seen you angry.”

Xie Huaizhou looked at him for a while and chuckled softly.

In his heart, he thought, you’ve never seen it, precisely because you are you.

But he didn’t explain much to Gu Jinyi. The two of them talked about the famous skating rink and library at Lande College again.

When the hovercar stopped at the entrance of Lande College, Gu Jinyi was about to get off, but Xie Huaizhou held him back.

The barrier on the backseat was raised.

The spacious backseat turned into a closed space, almost like a small lounge.

Before Gu Jinyi could make a sound, Xie Huaizhou pulled him onto his lap and he lowered his head to endure the kisses.

The air was filled with the scent of sea breeze and red tea, and the pheromones from the red tea were even stronger, with a subtle sweetness.

Xie Huaizhou’s hand pressed against Gu Jinyi’s gland, his fingertips slightly rough, gently stroking that small piece of tender skin.

Gu Jinyi almost collapsed.

Highly compatible pheromones would attract each other, an irresistible natural law.

Xie Huaizhou’s kisses used to be polite and gentle, but today they were more ferocious and predatory, easily making him lose his defenses.

By the time Xie Huaizhou finally let go of him, Gu Jinyi was dazed, his lips slightly swollen, and even his clothes were a little disheveled.

Xie Huaizhou personally straightened out the wrinkles in his collar for him.

“Have fun with your friends,” his tone was very calm, “I’ll come pick you up tonight.”

Gu Jinyi was stunned for a moment before nodding.

Of course, he knew Xie Huaizhou’s kisses were just for medical purposes, but they came so suddenly without any warning, it still made his heart beat fast.

Until he opened the door and got out of the car, standing on the small piece of land at the entrance of Lande College, he still felt a bit disoriented.

He stood there for a while to compose himself. When a three-story school shuttle stopped in front of him, he paid in star coins and boarded.

He was lucky today, there was still space on the top floor, and through the transparent glass window, he could see the scenery of Lande College.

This college built on the water didn’t change much from when he was studying here. The ice cream shop at the school gate was still there, but the shop selling musical instruments next to it had been replaced by a coffee shop.

Young students in white school uniforms walked out of the teaching building, their special boots allowing them to walk easily on the water, chatting and laughing in small groups.

Looking at them, Gu Jinyi remembered his own school days.

At that time, he was also one of these students. After class, he would buy snacks at the intersection, sit on the steps chatting with friends when the weather was good, and occasionally work at the coffee shop.

He smiled, not noticing that a few students next to him were also secretly watching him.

A boy gathered up his courage and asked him, “Excuse me, are you here to visit Lande College?”

Gu Jinyi turned around and saw several faces full of vitality, looking at him kindly.

He smiled, “I’m a graduate of Lande, here to visit a friend.”

“Wow, then you’re our senior,” a girl exclaimed excitedly, “What’s your major?”

Gu Jinyi hesitated for a moment, “Jewelry design.”

The girl became even more excited, nudging the round-faced girl next to her, “What a coincidence! Tata also majors in jewelry design.”

The round-faced girl looked at Gu Jinyi a bit shyly.

Perhaps it was the identity of a Lande graduate that brought them closer, and these students became more daring, chatting with him and enthusiastically recommending several new afternoon tea restaurants recently opened around the school.

Gu Jinyi smiled and took out chocolates from his bag to share with them.

These chocolates were specially made by the Xie family, knowing that he liked sweets, the Xie family’s chefs researched diligently as if they were injected with chicken blood.

One of the boys, biting into the chocolate, exclaimed how delicious it was and then asked him which friend he was looking for.

“Not to brag, but I know a lot of people at school,” the boy patted his chest, “Maybe your friend is my friend.”

Gu Jinyi thought for a moment, “She should be an assistant instructor in the combat department, named Qu Xi, do you know her?”

As soon as the words were out, the atmosphere suddenly became quiet.

Several students looked at each other, fear evident on their faces.

The boy who had just been boasting suddenly hunched over, clutching his chest, appearing weak.

Gu Jinyi finally noticed that something was wrong.

He asked cautiously, “What’s wrong? Do you know her?”

The boy who had spoken earlier held his chest delicately and weakly said, “It’s nothing, just hearing that name makes my chest ache, it feels like another rib is broken.”

Gu Jinyi was taken aback. What did this mean??

Fortunately, the round-faced girl beside him quickly explained, “Assistant Instructor Qu in the combat class randomly spars with students. This unlucky guy is a student in the combat department. He had his ribs broken by Assistant Instructor Qu just last week.”

The boy coughed a couple of times in cooperation, his face still showing lingering fear.

But when he looked at Gu Jinyi’s flawless face, he suddenly sat up straight again and loudly defended himself.

“This isn’t because I’m particularly weak. Which student who spars with Assistant Instructor Qu doesn’t end up with a few broken bones?” he emphasized forcefully, “I’m considered lightly injured.”

Gu Jinyi chuckled.

He shook his head, a hint of nostalgia in his expression.

“It really sounds like something she would do.”

As they spoke, the public boat had already reached one of the stops, and Gu Jinyi needed to get off.

The other students happened to be getting off at this stop too, following him in a line down the gangway. Before they could steady themselves, they unexpectedly saw the familiar face of Assistant Instructor Qu.

The male student from the combat department felt like he was going to faint. He couldn’t care less about maintaining his composure, and with lowered brows and embarrassed eyes, he quickly called out “Assistant Instructor Qu” and swiftly fled.

Meanwhile, Gu Jinyi looked at the tall and fit woman in front of him, dressed in white with a slightly cute face, and smiled faintly.

“Long time no see, Qu Xi.”

Qu Xi looked him up and down, punched him lightly on the shoulder, and then hugged him.

“Welcome back,” she whispered.