TSBSPAAM Chapter 77

Chapter 77: Top Three

“What are you saying about me?”

Mu Yi had changed into a different outfit and was now decently wearing a referee’s badge and whistle. He walked over and stood beside He Jing.

He Jing: “Saying you’re afraid of sweating.”

Mu Yi: “Mm, I just prefer being clean, unlike someone.”

He Jing: “Mu Yi, what do you mean? Are you pointing fingers at me?”

Mu Yi spread his hands. “I didn’t name names. Don’t be in such a hurry to claim the seat.”

Chen Hebin watched the two bickering like elementary schoolers again and shrugged, indicating he was used to it.

Lin An skillfully started taking off his jacket, not forgetting to tell Shen Bumian, “Sister-in-law, don’t be afraid. This is just how they get along. Don’t look at them shouting and opening their mouths wide; they don’t actually bite.”

He Jing pointed his finger past Mu Yi at Lin An. “What the hell are you saying! Spreading rumors about me, huh? Don’t beg for mercy later!” “Oh my, I’m so scared. Come hit me!”

“You’re done for, you are really done for!”

Chen Hebin was originally grinning happily, but got caught in the crossfire and accidentally injured. His face instantly turned livid. “You two are done for.”

This time it was Mu Yi’s turn to rub his forehead helplessly. “They’re just like this. Sister-in-law, you’ll get used to it.”

Shen Bumian looked at the group of people playfully walking onto the field. “It’s nice. It’s quite nice like this.”

Mu Yi was close enough to hear Shen Bumian’s quiet remark. He looked down at Shen Bumian. The two were silent for a moment before Mu Yi followed them with the timer.

“The competition begins. One-on-one battles. Abilities can be used. Pinning the opponent down for ten seconds counts as a victory.”

“First group, get ready.”

Shen Bumian had seen the schedule. He Jing and the other two weren’t fighting in the same group, but against others separately.

After watching a round, Shen Bumian found that their strengths were comparable. In terms of abilities, He Jing seemed more powerful. In terms of combat skills, Lin An seemed superior. Chen Hebin’s predictions were very accurate, and he was better at long-range attacks.

Indeed, each had their own strengths. Looking at it this way, they complemented each other very well when together.

The top three were already without suspense. Now they each had to fight one match to determine the specific ranking.

Shen Bumian saw an emotion called excitement in them. The more they fought, the more excited they became.

Lin An wailed, “Damn, He Jing, you strike really hard!”

Lin An wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and curled his lips nonchalantly. “Again?”

He Jing’s eyes shone with excitement. “Bring it on!”

The two started fighting again. The others who had already finished their matches watched eagerly, wanting to exchange a few moves, but their strength didn’t allow it.

In the end, He Jing took first place, Chen Hebin was second only to He Jing, and Lin An was third.

“That’s it for this competition. It’s about time. Shall we go find the boss?”

Mu Yi looked at his terminal, felt it was still early, and suggested it. Although they had missed dinner time, they could still deliver a late-night snack.

Shen Bumian hesitated for a moment and nodded. He Jing and the others were naturally the happiest, going directly to show off.

…

Qin Luzhi was sleeping over there. The isolation room was empty, and he was bored to death.

“Boss, we came to see you.”

Qin Luzhi opened his eyes upon hearing this. Mainly because he smelled the faint scent of green plums in the air, along with messy pheromones that made him a bit irritable.

Looking straight over, Shen Bumian was followed by a bunch of people, who were unconsciously releasing their pheromones. Not much, but for Qin Luzhi in his susceptible period, it was easy to detect.

He frowned at He Jing. “Retract your pheromones. I want to fight you right now.”

“Damn, why didn’t I smell it? Mu Yi, smell it quick, is there any? Boss is making a mountain out of a molehill, right?”

Shen Bumian subconsciously wanted to touch the back of his neck, thinking he hadn’t noticed either. Later he remembered he had just changed his inhibitor ring in the morning, so there shouldn’t be any problem.

Only when they got closer did Qin Luzhi see their condition clearly. The corner of his eye twitched. “You guys really went to fight?”

Lin An lay on the glass door, one hand clutching his heart, accusing Qin Luzhi: “Boss, you have no heart. How could you forget this? We had our assessment today.”

Qin Luzhi still had no expression on his face, but he felt a little guilty inside. He had really forgotten. The susceptible period caused memory decline.

“Mianmian, the susceptible period is almost over. When the time comes, go pick a spatial stone. Like I said last time.”

He Jing slapped the door hard. It was incredibly sturdy, without the slightest vibration. “Hey, do you want to look at us? We are the ones who participated in the assessment. Look at the wound on this corner of the mouth, it’s fresh!”

Qin Luzhi gave a perfunctory glance. “Oh, you guys go too.”

Looking at the injuries of this group, he already knew the result. Mu Yi definitely didn’t participate again. The most active one was He Jing, so He Jing must be first.

Shen Bumian knew at a glance that Qin Luzhi had known this result long ago. And he felt that even if He Jing wasn’t in the top three but wanted a spatial stone, Qin Luzhi would find another reason to give it to him.

More than ten years of friendship wasn’t for nothing. Qin Luzhi was a loyal person and would never treat the brothers he recognized poorly.

Shen Bumian didn’t realize that Qin Luzhi’s image in his heart no longer needed guidance from others. He genuinely felt from the bottom of his heart that this was a good person.

“That’s more like it.”

He Jing felt his goal was achieved. He handed over the plastic bag in his hand, which contained skewers.

Lin An looked at He Jing’s action and actually felt a little hungry again. “Releasing poison late at night. Wonder if the people downstairs will be full of resentment?”

Chen Hebin shook his head firmly. “They won’t. I looked just now, and there seemed to be no one downstairs.”

Qin Luzhi took it. It hadn’t cooled down, and the smell was quite good. He picked out a skewer and handed it to Shen Bumian.

“Want to try?”

Shen Bumian and the others had eaten dinner. Watching others eat now, they felt the food in others’ hands seemed more fragrant.

His mouth moved, but he couldn’t resist the temptation in the end and took it. After taking a bite, he felt it was no different from what they ate at night.

After eating one skewer, Shen Bumian stopped. Watching He Jing and the others run to snatch food with unbalanced hearts, the final scene still turned into He Jing and the other two eating the most.

Qin Luzhi looked like he ate a few skewers just to satisfy a craving, his peripheral vision glancing at Shen Bumian from time to time.

“Not tasty?”

Qin Luzhi gave the only unopened bottle of water to Shen Bumian. Shen Bumian retorted upon hearing this.

“No, I ate too much for dinner, can’t eat anymore.”

Qin Luzhi nodded indifferently. The two stopped talking again, occasionally glancing at the gobbling trio.

With the three live wires, the silence of the top floor dissipated completely, and even echoes rang out. Qin Luzhi felt this noise seemed quite nice.

No one felt there was anything wrong with this atmosphere; instead, they all enjoyed it quite a bit. Shen Bumian remembered Chen Si saying before that Alphas in their susceptible period were sleepless all night, had no way to vent their emotions, and just wanted to destroy the world.

He asked Qin Luzhi if he was like that too. Qin Luzhi stared fixedly at Shen Bumian for a few seconds, his voice drifting unhurriedly into Shen Bumian’s ears: “I used to think like that every susceptible period before, but not anymore. Now is different from before.”

Shen Bumian tilted his head. “What’s different? Isn’t it all…” susceptible period?

Before he finished speaking, he heard Qin Luzhi reply in a low voice: “Now I have you. I only look forward to the susceptible period passing quickly so I can go see you.”

Shen Bumian, completely unaware that Qin Luzhi would say such a thing, thought dully, Doesn’t he come for a while every day anyway?

“I see you every day now too.”

“It’s different. Now there’s a layer of glass between us.” I can’t hug you. It’s been days, and I really want to hug you.

He never thought he had skin hunger, but after liking Shen Bumian, he wanted to cling to him, wanted to kiss him, wanted him to like him back.

Shen Bumian didn’t answer him. He felt like he knew what Qin Luzhi had left unsaid. He thought, Is this also caused by the susceptible period pheromones? Alphas are a bit pitiful.

Is it that Alphas are a bit pitiful, or is Qin Luzhi a bit pitiful?

“Mianmian, don’t pity Alphas, and I’m no exception. Even Alphas in their susceptible period, don’t pity them. It’s just a facade.”

Chen Si had said the same thing. Shen Bumian turned his head away. “Oh, I didn’t pity you either.”

Qin Luzhi stared at the side of Shen Bumian’s face. He didn’t make his words too explicit, not wanting to scare Mianmian, but he also didn’t want Shen Bumian to be soft-hearted.

Lin An failed to snatch the last skewer of roasted meat, his face turning livid. “Chen Hebin, how come I never noticed your hand speed was so fast before!”

Chen Hebin quickly stuffed it into his mouth, afraid the two would dig it out, and mumbled vaguely to provoke Lin An, “You’re no good. Single for nineteen years and your hand speed is still slower than others.”

Lin An gritted his teeth in anger. Adding insult to injury!

“Boss, Sister-in-law, what are you talking about!? It’s getting late. Shall we go?”

Mu Yi had been in the corner not talking to them, watching them play around. At this moment, he found it a bit funny in his heart. Everyone could see Lin An’s intentions.

He was feeling disgruntled himself, so he separated the pair who had already talked things out but hadn’t reached a conclusion yet.

“It is getting late. I also think we should go back.”

He Jing looked at his terminal foolishly. “Ah? Hasn’t it only been half an hour? Still early. Do you have the heart to watch Boss stay here alone?”

Lin An dragged He Jing back a step by the neck. “Jing-er, are you stupid? Boss is in his susceptible period! He needs plenty of rest. Look at the time; you’re still disturbing him!”

He Jing felt it made a lot of sense. Thinking that the road back to the dormitory was dark, he dragged Shen Bumian away too.

“Sister-in-law, let’s go. We’ll walk you back.”

Qin Luzhi didn’t know what to say. He waited for most of the day and finally looked forward to Shen Bumian’s arrival, only to be innocently implicated by other people’s grievances after half an hour.

“Actually…”

“Boss, don’t worry. If we’re here, you have nothing to worry about! We guarantee to deliver Sister-in-law safely to the destination!”

Actually, it’s still early.

Before he could finish his sentence, Lin An walked away with the people as if wind was under his feet. Shen Bumian looked back at Qin Luzhi’s expression at the corner.

He almost couldn’t hold back his laughter. It was rare to see Qin Luzhi frustrated. Shen Bumian went along with Lin An’s excuse directly.

It was unknown who laughed first, but Lin An and Chen Hebin laughed so hard they leaned back and forth, puzzling the passersby. Only He Jing stood quietly in place, thinking, Do people in their susceptible period really have trouble sleeping?

“Hey, why are you guys laughing suddenly?”

“Hahahaha… I’m dying. Nothing, just laughing after a meal to aid digestion.”

Shen Bumian and Mu Yi also couldn’t help laughing, but they stopped quickly.