MRFD Chapter 17

Chapter 17

Fat is truly the biggest killer of beauty.

Back when Rong Yi had feelings for Li Xiao Ran, he was still the most popular athlete on their high school basketball team.

Athletic boys possess a unique charm. At least one class of Omegas was captivated by his heroic figure on the court, and Rong Yi was undoubtedly one of the most enthusiastic members of that class.

This passionate youthful love story ended sadly with one side confessing and the other reacting in horror, saying, “I’m not gay.” Afterward, the one who failed to confess was comforted by another gentle Alpha in the class, mistakenly believing they had found a new spring – but that’s another story.

Now, having to face this dark history again, Rong Yi was struck by how much the other person’s appearance had changed. He also felt a tinge of bitterness in his heart.

Li Xiao Ran’s words back then had once made him seriously consider whether he could only find a gay Alpha as a partner. But now he understood that an Omega like him couldn’t even survive in the cracks.

Li Xiao Ran, who was already showing signs of middle-aged spread, noticed the change in Rong Yi’s expression and confirmed that he had indeed recognized the right person.

He quickly walked up to them, frowning with a subtle expression: “I didn’t expect that after not seeing you for a few years, you really…”

Rong Yi could probably guess the unspoken ending of his sentence.

*Growing up like this, you ultimately became gay.*

He couldn’t clarify things in this situation. Rong Yi secretly rubbed his hands at his side, then mimicked the other person’s expression, frowning: “Have we met before? I’m sorry, I really don’t remember.”

Li Xiao Ran was taken aback by his words, then chuckled.

He turned to Zhou Li: “This is your Alpha?”

Zhou Li widened his eyes and pursed his lips, thinking nervously for a moment before saying, “I only said he’s my boyfriend, I never said he was an Alpha, did I? I… I actually don’t like Alphas at all.”

“I heard back then that you got together with an Omega from your grade soon after I rejected you,” Li Xiao Ran said, looking at Rong Yi, “I thought it was a rumor… I didn’t expect you to be so uninhibited?”

Rong Yi looked at him: “What exactly do you want to say, sir?”

Li Xiao Ran glanced at him, then turned his gaze back to Zhou Li.

“This person was notorious in our school,” he said, “Taking advantage of being an Omega to mess around with other homosexuals and not easily getting pregnant, he had affairs with who knows how many people. Be careful.”

“…” Zhou Li cautiously glanced at Rong Yi, then swallowed: “Wow, I like people like that. They have character.”

Once they were finally out of Li Xiao Ran’s sight, Rong Yi immediately covered his face: “There are a lot of misunderstandings in all of this…”

“You were rejected by him? You actually liked him? Oh my god!” Zhou Li grabbed him and shook him forcefully, “This is also a misunderstanding, right? This has to be a misunderstanding, right?”

Rong Yi was embarrassed. After all, only this part wasn’t a misunderstanding – it was true.

This somewhat sleazy-looking fat man had once been a handsome, sunny boy, and his temporary blindness was entirely due to adolescent hormones. However, Rong Yi himself found this excuse a bit weak, since he still experienced repeated and intermittent bouts of impulsive blindness even now.

“That was almost ten years ago…” he continued, covering his face, “Who hasn’t loved one or two jerks when they were young?”

When he lowered his hands, Zhou Li’s expression was indescribable.

“That kind of idiot, that kind of idiot!” he said, “My image of you is collapsing!”

Rong Yi cleared his throat: “So you see, so-called love at first sight is just so unreliable.”

There was a newly opened fish hotpot restaurant about a ten-minute walk from Zhou Li’s company, and the online reviews were quite good. They had made a reservation the day before, and as they headed towards the hotpot restaurant, the conversation inevitably turned to the history Li Xiao Ran had mentioned earlier.

“Tell me honestly,” Zhou Li said with a serious expression, “Have you ever dated an Omega?”

“Really no, I only like people who look like they have a particularly Alpha aura,” Rong Yi said, “But many of my Omega friends have asked me to help with similar things.”

“Similar things?”

“Yes, the kind of favor you asked me to do today.”

A few things that could cause misunderstandings had happened in succession back then.

He had a crush on a very gentle Alpha in his class who made people feel like they were basking in a spring breeze, and they quickly became quite close friends. That Alpha was unaware of his feelings, and knowing that he was close to an Omega in the class, asked him to pass on a love letter.

Rong Yi heartbrokenly gave the love letter to his rival, but in the process, he forgot to mention the author due to being too upset, causing a misunderstanding. That Omega had even thought that he and Rong Yi had started dating.

In the end, all three people in the story were unhappy.

After that, Rong Yi skipped class due to feeling down and was spacing out on the school rooftop when he met another very inconspicuous Omega girl in his class. She was standing on the edge of the roof, looking down with a look of despair, which scared Rong Yi, who had almost fallen asleep, half to death. After finally pulling her back to safety, he listened to her cry for a long time. That girl babbled on about her experiences of being bullied in middle school because she was plain-looking and had differentiated into an Omega. Just a few days ago, the most popular Omega in their class had sent her an invitation to a class reunion, saying that she could bring a partner. Having been single until now, she recalled those past humiliations and really didn’t want to go, but she was afraid that if she wasn’t there, she would be ridiculed even more behind her back, so the more she thought about it, the more upset she became, and she even began to question her life. After listening, Rong Yi slapped his thigh: This is easy, I’ll go with you.

The ending of this story was pretty good. Rong Yi put on a great performance at her class reunion, attracting countless envious and jealous eyes, and even brought an unexpected surprise.

A Beta girl who had a good relationship with this Omega in middle school and often helped her secretly slipped out during the reunion and squatted in the hallway, crying. When that Omega specifically went out to find her and tentatively told her “That’s not my Alpha, we’re just friends, don’t misunderstand,” she quickly ushered in a happy ending for the two of them.

Rong Yi was gratified, but also secretly saddened for himself, who was still alone.

Later on, an Omega from the next class made a bet with someone for a thousand yuan, saying that if she confessed to Rong Yi, she would definitely succeed. This allowed Rong Yi, who was a little short on money at the time, to happily earn five hundred yuan.

After peacefully parting ways with this partner, he formed a deep friendship with a fellow fan from the next class because of his infatuation with an Alpha singer. The two Omegas traveled to another city together for a concert and sightseeing, but rumors spread after they returned.

By the time Rong Yi finished recounting these messy experiences, the two of them had almost finished eating in front of the hotpot.

Zhou Li was filled with emotion after listening.

“I think you’re amazing, especially the one in the middle… that…” He drank several cans of beer and was a bit slurred in his speech, “Ah, but no wonder it was rumored like this, you didn’t even realize it yourself?”

Rong Yi was ashamed: “… I didn’t have that in mind back then.”

“But, even though you have so much experience, you can still like that idiot! It’s really unbelievable!” Zhou Li, who was a bit tipsy, slammed the table hard, “What’s so good about him? Sleazy! The jokes he makes are especially low-class and vulgar!”

“He was… a bit handsome back then… and it wasn’t just me who liked him…” Rong Yi poked at the oil dish with his chopsticks.

“Don’t you think it’s disgusting when he stares at you with those lustful eyes?” Zhou Li began to make outrageous remarks, “Alphas are all especially sleazy!”

Rong Yi couldn’t answer.

He had never been stared at with lustful eyes by an Alpha in his life, and he couldn’t relate. But he imagined it, and felt that if the other person was handsome enough, it might be quite nice.

“If we’re still single when we’re old, and I’m still single, let’s just live together and take care of each other,” Zhou Li waved his chopsticks at him, “Plant flowers together, play chess together! Isn’t that also good!”

Rong Yi, who had also drunk a lot, propped up his head: “I still hope that I’ll have a house full of children and grandchildren by then, and a husband who’s still super handsome even at an old age.”

Zhou Li was angry: “No ambition!” He said, then collapsed on the table with a thud, “I’m so jealous of you… you don’t have those annoying things, you live as freely as you want…”

“I’m also very jealous of you,” Rong Yi sighed, “If I was half as cute as you, my kids would be old enough to buy soy sauce…”

After he said that, he started to imagine things.

Li Xiao Ran clearly liked someone like Zhou Li. Then if he also looked like this, his confession back then would definitely have been successful. If they had walked into the hall of marriage together… then wouldn’t he have a fat, balding husband now?

Rong Yi suddenly felt a wave of fear.

He felt that in the future, before he impulsively fell in love and decided to confess, it might be necessary to learn about the other person’s parents first. If there were signs of obesity or baldness, he would have to think twice.

After thinking about it hazily for a while, he suddenly realized that Zhou Li seemed to have been lying down for a long time.

Zhou Li’s momentum was like a rainbow when he started drinking, but his alcohol tolerance was terrible.

Fortunately, his behavior was still good, and he didn’t go crazy. But he was sleeping too soundly. Rong Yi almost picked him up and shook him, but he still couldn’t wake him up.

Rong Yi wanted to send him home, but he didn’t know the address. After hesitating, he remembered that he had already consulted Chen Ke Yao’s opinion and decided to simply take him home for the night.

Zhou Li was small and lightweight. After Rong Yi got out of the car, he carried him all the way upstairs in a princess carry. When he got to the door, he started to struggle with how to free up his hands to get the key.

Rong Yi had actually drunk no less than Zhou Li, and now his thinking was slow and his mind was hazy. He stood foolishly at the door for a long time without remembering to ring the doorbell. Just as he was wondering whether to simply carry Zhou Li on his shoulder like a sack, the door suddenly opened by itself.

Chen Ke Yao, who had originally planned to go out, was startled.

“… What’s going on,” he looked down at Zhou Li in Rong Yi’s arms, “You really brought him back?”

He stood in the doorway as he spoke, preventing Rong Yi, who had carried him all the way up and had been lingering at the door for a long time, from passing.

“Move aside,” he said, pushing his way inside, “My arms are sore.”

Chen Ke Yao frowned and took a step back, watching him rush all the way into his room. After hesitating, he followed.

After Rong Yi settled the person on the bed and was about to shake his arms to relax, Chen Ke Yao, who was leaning against the doorframe, suddenly spoke.

“That…” his expression was very conflicted, “I originally thought you were just talking nonsense to my dad. So it’s true?”

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