Fouls Prohibited

After the conversation in the study, Ye Ci didn't know whether he was influenced or simply frightened by the phrase "move to my room to sleep". Not only did he work and rest as regularly as a robot, but he also followed Huo Tinglan's order to set a reminder to take medicine on his phone, obeying obediently. The doctor ordered to take medicine.

The symptoms of genital cavity development have been relieved a lot, there is no fever after a few days, only the lower abdomen still has a subtle soreness, if there seems to be nothing, Ye Ci collapsed and clenched his fists when he thought of what it was because of.

"...Is there a lot of homework today?"

Huo Tinglan was holding a file folder, flipping through the thick pile of lists of different sizes inside, and asked a little casually.

"It's quite a lot. I'll write it first today, and I'll write half of it." Friday plus two days on the weekend, three days of homework is too little. Ye Ci took out his schoolbag and casually glanced at the folder in Huo Tinglan's hand.

Maybe it was because he had gone to the hospital with Ye Hongjun too much and had sequelae. He felt that the paper Huo Tinglan was holding was a bit like a hospital examination report.

However, before he had time to take a closer look, Huo Tinglan had already closed the folder and put it aside, and said in an understatement tone: "Someone left something beside your bed, you can take a look at it some time."

"En." Ye Ci responded, unable to hide his curiosity, stacked up several homework in order and went back to the bedroom to check.

In the room, there was an extra book beside his pillow.

Perhaps in order to avoid unintentional prying by the servants, the book cover was wrapped in solid-colored kraft paper, and there was no writing on the cover.

Ye Ci became more and more curious, picked up the book and opened it unsuspectingly, glanced at the catalog page, and suddenly his face was bloodshot.

This is actually an Omega-exclusive **** education book.

Like an encyclopedia, it is exhaustive and comprehensive.

"Omega's first fever sign", "Omega's self-protection during the fever period", "body structure changes brought about by the fever period", "precautions for the first fever"...these catalog titles have blue and black pen marks in front of them—four small Small pair of hooks.

— Huo Tinglan read the book and helped him highlight the key points.

Ye Ci bit his lips until they turned white.

Like a red-hot iron slap on the chest, the secrets and shame in his heart steamed into white steam.

After turning through just a few pages of the book, he was so ashamed that his neck turned red.

In fact, he has never been able to accept his secondary differentiated gland sex.

From Alpha, which symbolizes strength and leadership, suddenly changed to Omega, which is "weak and soft" in the public stereotype, and the sense of shame and dislocation has always been lingering.

It’s okay not to mention these things usually, he can deceive himself, pretending that there is no difference between being an Omega and being an Alpha, once he is forced to face the reality, he will...

Sleepwalking, he turned another page.

There is another pen-drawn "×" on the catalog page, and the title is "Omega's character guidance and shaping".

For some unknown reason, Ye Ci first turned to the page marked with an X and glanced at it.

The contents of this page are mostly persuasive clichés, such as "Omega's character traits are gentle, careful, and quiet", and there are two sharp and handsome pen characters written on the top of the page number.

— don't look.

"..."

Ye Ci turned another page.

On the next page, there are also two pen characters written in the same position.

—Look at it.

Like burying an easter egg.

The corner of Ye Ci's lips curled up, amused.

Except for these two pages, most of the sporadic titles marked with X in the table of contents also have this kind of pedantic painting style that makes Ye Ci annoyed so much that he wants to tear up the book.

Huo Tinglan actually screened the books he was going to read in advance. He was so busy with work, but still so responsible...

Ye Ci let out a sigh of relief.

The sour and warm feeling that the heart was nestled into a small ball behind the ribs reappeared again, and even the bridge of the nose was faintly tightened.

He collected himself, took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and took a familiar sip while pinching the filter.

After smoking most of the cigarettes, he rubbed out the cigarette butts, opened the pages with checkmarks, and browsed boldly.

…

After completing the psychological training, Ye Ci returned to the study half an hour later.

Beside the desk, Huo Tinglan concentrated on his desk work without saying a word.

On the other hand, Ye Ci was afraid that Huo Tinglan would ask him about his reading experience, so he stared straight at the paper, but his peripheral vision vaguely framed Huo Tinglan, and he felt Huo Tinglan's movements with all his heart.

After a stalemate for a while, Ye Ci became more and more uncomfortable.

He felt that Huo Tinglan was staring at him.

Illusion again?

Ye Ci tilted his head stiffly, his eyes flickered, and he looked at Huo Tinglan very quickly.

Huo Tinglan rested his chin with one hand leisurely, catching his gaze like waiting for a rabbit.

"..."

Huo Tinglan was really staring at him!

After a moment of silence, Ye Ci withdrew his gaze in surprise, hesitated for a moment, and glanced again hastily.

Huo Tinglan had a cat-like smile on his lips, knowingly asked, "Why didn't you concentrate...I have words on my face?"

"No, no words." Ye Ci lowered his head to look at the question.

"Have you read the book?" Huo Tinglan confirmed.

"Uh, uh..." Ye Ci should be vague.

He wanted to read it, and insisted on reading a few pages. The problem is that the popular science textbook is too detailed. It not only contains detailed descriptions of Omega's exclusive organs, but also has a section diagram and a description of the process of permanent marking. He is used to Alpha, and he was in junior high school. Sometimes even the physiology and hygiene class is taken separately from Omega, and it is not full of yellow waste like some adolescent Alphas, so the more they read, the more they blush, words like "knot", "cavity" and "lifetime mark" are hot Burnt retina... He guessed that the yellow book was like this.

He didn't finish it.

Having wasted Uncle Huo's good intentions, he shoved the book into the bedside table with guilt and shame.

The atmosphere was embarrassing, Ye Ci was eager to get off the topic, and lied out of conscience: "Look, it's over."

"Oh." Huo Tinglan sneered, seeing through, but not.

He could almost reconstruct Ye Ci's mental journey in just half an hour.

The little lover in adolescence is too innocent.

The innocence made him... hurt.

It seems that popular science education still has to wait until later.

"By the way, there is something I would like to discuss with you." Huo Tinglan stopped and changed the subject, "You know, in name, we have been married for more than a month, and my mother is a little anxious..."

Ye Ci immediately tensed up, his eyes widened, showing vigilance.

The phrase "how long have you been married"...

Huo Tinglan's mother was anxious...

What is this urging, urging? !

Ye Ci: "!"

Before Huo Tinglan could finish his sentence, Ye Ci's vigilance turned into pupil quake!

"...Because we haven't held a wedding, she plans to hold a simple family banquet. The Huo and Chu families get together and have a meal, which can be regarded as an explanation to the elders of both parties." The demeanor of resignation, endured it, couldn't hold it back, half disbelieving and half narrowly asking, "Where did you think just now?"

"No, I didn't expect that." Ye Ci was afraid of revealing his secrets, so he answered straight away, "I'll have a family banquet, no problem."

Since their marriage, the only thing Huo Tinglan needed from him was to have a meal with the two families, so he naturally couldn't refuse.

Ye Ci agreed happily, but the Huo family is a big family, no matter how small the family banquet is, there are dozens of people, plus the second room of the Chu family who came to the banquet... There is no room for sloppy preparations, why? It also takes half a month.

Huo Tinglan pondered for a moment, and said: "When will you be free this weekend, I will take you to make a formal suit for the family banquet."

Ye Ci thought about the few pieces in his wardrobe, sportswear, sweater and jeans, he really couldn't go to the banquet, so he nodded in agreement.

On the next Saturday, Huo Tinglan took him to a custom-made tailor shop, a time-honored brand that was passed down from grandfather to grandson. Since its establishment in 1913, it has gone through years of turmoil and still maintains a quiet and ancient site. The small two-storey western-style building used as the storefront has a century-old history. The courtyard door is half-hidden behind the luxuriant sycamores.

It was the first time for Ye Ci to come to this kind of place. In his previous impression, a tailor shop was a kind of thing that was being abandoned by the times. It was usually opened in the downtown area. There are such tailor shops.

He cooperated with the owner to measure the size, sinking into the soft velvet sofa and listening to the conversation beside him, almost doubting that this is a black shop—a meter of fabric can be tens of thousands of yuan, and the price of a suit of clothes is enough for him to run away one month game. He seemed to be on fire under his ass, fidgeting and wanting to speak, but also afraid of slapping Huo Tinglan's face in public. After finally getting through until the shopkeeper left temporarily, he seized the opportunity, twisted his fingers in embarrassment, and whispered: "Uncle Huo, no need... this, it's so expensive."

Huo Tinglan stood in front of the sofa, with his hands leisurely copying his pockets. Hearing this, he lowered his eyes and glanced at him with a calm tone: "I don't think it's expensive, that kind of material suits you very well." After a pause, he said apologetically: "We've been married for more than a month, and I never thought of bringing you out to buy something. I haven't considered it carefully. If you refuse again... I will feel that you are blaming me in your heart."

"Adding things", such an intimate wording unknowingly narrowed the distance between the two of them. After all, Ye Ci was too young to deal with it. His lips moved a few times, and he only denied, "I... don't blame it."

Huo Tinglan figured out his attitude: "I'll take you to buy some clothes, don't you still want to pay me the money?"

Ye Ci didn't say a word, as if acquiescing.

He is most afraid of receiving favors for nothing. Of course, he is embarrassed to take such expensive clothes with his mentality of relying on others.

Huo Tinglan was silent for a moment, afraid of hurting his self-esteem, he teased softly: "I gave you a lot of lectures last night, do I want to ask you for tutoring fees?"

Ye Ci shook his head violently a few times: "No, that's not what it means."

"It's the same reason." Huo Tinglan calmly circled people into his territory, "Two people live together after marriage, if every account has to be accounted for, what is the difference between them and roommates?"

A business marriage without an emotional foundation, isn't it just that each has his own life, and it's really not that different from a roommate... Ye Ci was dazed by Huo Tinglan and wanted to refute, but the shop owner had already returned with several large books.

Huo Tinglan turned his head away, with an appearance of being idle, discussing the style with the shopkeeper in a low voice, finalizing the details: lapel style, hidden pockets, slits, button selection, and even "wear it left or right"... these trifles Usually he leaves it to Uncle He to worry about, but this is Ye Ci's first formal suit after he turned eighteen, which is of great significance. In the last life, he failed to shield Ye Ci from the wind and rain when he needed it the most. In this life, he naturally wished to hold him in the palm of his hand to pamper and pamper him and take good care of him. That is to say, Ye Ci is still unfamiliar with him, he dare not go too far, he has to find excuses for ordering a few sets of clothes, otherwise...

Ye Ci looked at them for a while, but couldn't get into the conversation, and sat on the sofa awkwardly, drinking tea and refilling water to cover up the uneasiness of being cared for by others.

He has never experienced the love from a mature man. After all, it is different from the maternal love given by Ye Hongjun, and it is a completely missing link in his growth. His whole body was softened by that warmth, and gradually he became less persistent about "drawing a clear line with Uncle Huo", and even whispered when Huo Tinglan asked him for his design opinions on certain details He said "anything is fine".

"Anything is fine," Huo Tinglan said with the usual expression, "Then just listen to me."

"…Um."

Huo Tinglan turned his face away calmly, and glanced at Ye Ci.

The red ears look very soft, and the eyebrows and eyes are terribly obedient.

Before Ye Ci noticed his gaze, he turned his face back, the corners of his lips raised slightly.

…

It was a rare opportunity to buy some clothes for Ye Ci. Huo Tinglan ordered a lot in one go, which filled the old shop owner's three-month schedule. Made it.

This day he took Ye to resign from the fitting, knowing that the customer was an Omega, the shopkeeper avoided opening it, the dark red velvet curtain was heavy and thick, Huo Tinglan stood alone outside the curtain and waited.

The expensive fabrics rubbed against each other to make a pleasant sound, Ye Ci fiddled with it for a while, then suddenly opened the door curtain, his thin white fingers grabbed a mess of black elastic cloth strips, hesitantly asked: "Uncle Huo, what, what is this? "

Huo Tinglan maintained a kind of sanctimonious reserve, glanced at the end of his eyes, and said: "Shirt clip, prevent the shirt from slipping."

He, who has already dressed his formal clothes like a second skin, has no habit of using shirt clips, but the owner of the shop is meticulous, probably because Ye Ci is young, guessing that he doesn't often wear formal clothes, and he is lively and cute. If you want to move, I have prepared two.

Ye Ci was still in a daze, and asked: "How to wear it?"

Huo Tinglan turned his face away, looking at the dark red slit in the locker room curtain.

It may be that there was static electricity when he took off his jumper sweater. Ye Ci's black hair was disheveled, his shirt collar was not buttoned tightly, and the vanilla pheromone was brewed in the palm-sized dressing room. coming out of the gap...

Huo Tinglan was afraid that his eyes would give away the secret, so he didn't give himself a chance to look down the neckline, so he raised his hand and pinched the door curtain, covering up the ambiguous slit.

"One on each side," he closed his eyes, maintaining his composure, "tie it to the root of his tui, and pull the cloth strip with a metal buckle upwards to clamp the hem of the shirt."

"...Yeah." Ye Ci withdrew his hand outside the curtain and fiddled with the shirt clip clumsily.

The atmosphere outside the curtain was tense.

Huo Tinglan fiddled with the cuff buttons, thoughtful.

Ye Ci is not quite the same as it was more than a month ago.

It can be seen that his defensiveness has dropped a lot, probably because his good uncle wears the mask too well, Ye Ci has already welded labels such as "gentleman" and "noble" to him, and he will definitely not Have a wrong idea about him.

Either good or bad.

It is a good thing to have a close relationship, but I am afraid that Ye Ci will get used to his role as an upright caregiver and guardian and block him with words like "You are a very nice person, but...".

Once the kind of emotion similar to family affection is formed, it is not easy to reverse it.

At this time, there was a "pop" sound from behind the curtain.

It's the slight sound of the elastic band on the skin, which is ambiguous and seductive.

This noise reminded him of the night Ye Ci came back from the police station. Ye Ci broke his ankle in a fight with someone. He knelt down on one knee to check the injury. Afraid that Ye Ci would step on the ground with his injured foot, he stretched out his hand in desperation. , and couldn't help but didn't want to let go.

That grip was the only physical contact they had had since they got married, and he couldn't help but think about it over and over again.

The calf was slender, but not lacking in strength. It was tough and slender like a springbok, and one could feel the vigorous and youthful vitality under the flesh.

If such a pair of legs are strangled by elastic bands, no matter how tight the muscles are, it will inevitably be strangled...

Forget it.

I couldn't do anything after thinking about it, and I was tortured for nothing.

Huo Tinglan dismissed those colorful thoughts with a self-mockery.

The Alpha glands in the nape of the neck are throbbing again.

His susceptibility period has been postponed for more than a month by the pheromone soothing treatment, and he is almost at the limit...

Ye Ci's sentence "You are a very nice person", he can't bear it, and he doesn't want to bear it anymore.