Double A In Line Chapter 12

Chapter 12: He Seems to Have a Boyfriend

Huh? Cheng Yan froze on the spot, completely unsure how the conversation had reached this point.

I happen to need to complete some old achievements, and there are a few places suitable for you to level up.

Midway through his sentence, seeing Cheng Yan’s hesitant expression, Lin Sheng asked in confusion, Do you not need to?

I do want to reach level 70 quickly, but…

But? Are you busy with something else? Lin Sheng asked.

No… Cheng Yan agonized under Lin Sheng’s gaze for a while before saying, Thank you, sorry for the trouble.

Since the other person had been so straightforward and he didn’t actually want to stop playing together, it would feel pretentious to keep asking if it was too much trouble or pushing back before finally agreeing. Even Cheng Yan himself felt it would be acting a bit too precious.

Even though he often saw his papa socialize like that with business partners, that was a professional relationship. Between netizens—or perhaps friends who might become closer in the future—it shouldn’t be necessary, right?

Cheng Yan, who had barely made any friends until now, thought hesitantly.

Then let’s go. To Saming Mountain; the monsters there are just right for you, Lin Sheng said directly. By the way, let’s stop by the Moon-viewing Town warehouse. Your current equipment is too poor; I have some suitable pieces there.

Cheng Yan, who was about to nod, was stunned.

Wait, weren’t they talking about leveling up? How did it turn into equipment?

However, by the time he wanted to ask, Lin Sheng had already walked a distance away. Seeing him still standing there, Lin Sheng turned back and urged him a few times.

Cheng Yan hurriedly followed. Dazed, he was stuffed with a bunch of items by Lin Sheng and then began leveling. He still hadn’t quite processed everything even after logging off.

When his optical computer chimed with a message notification, his wandering thoughts finally snapped back.

Luo Yuze: Yan-er, the military academy is just too busy. I’m afraid I won’t be able to carry you anymore. You’ll have to play on your own (dark circles expression).

Cheng Yan: It’s fine. Focus on school; military academies are bound to be tiring.

After typing this, he looked at his friend’s icon, which had lit up for the first time in days. His right hand hovered over the optical computer for a long time before he continued typing.

Cheng Yan: I met a high-level player. He’s helping me level up.

Luo Yuze: Someone picked you up?

Cheng Yan: Yeah, but…

Luo Yuze: But what? Did he ask for a power-leveling fee? Let me tell you, those people are scammers. Don’t be stupid and send him money.

Cheng Yan: No, I just feel like he’s being a bit too good to me. Not only is he helping me level, but he also gave me a lot of equipment and money.

After sending this, Cheng Yan saw the typing indicator in his friend’s message bar, but no new message appeared for a long time.

Two minutes later…

Luo Yuze: Are you showing off?

Cheng Yan: ?

Luo Yuze: Life at the military academy is hard enough. Stop flexing in front of me. I didn’t have such a great big shot carrying me during my newbie phase.

Cheng Yan: I’m not. I just don’t understand why he’s being so nice to me.

Luo Yuze: You’re actually complaining about someone being nice to you? I’m nice to you too; why don’t you remember your father’s kindness? I don’t remember your personality being like this. Did you mutate two days after I left?

Cheng Yan stared at the sent message. His personality? Did he mean the extroversion and enthusiasm he forced himself to fake?

But wasn’t Luo Yuze nice to him initially because his papa had helped Luo’s family?

Besides…

Cheng Yan: We’re just netizens.

Luo Yuze: So what if you’re netizens? Back in the day, when the whim struck me, I’d help out a few low-level players passing by, and I didn’t even know them. Yan-er, what’s wrong with you? Have you never had a netizen friend before?

Cheng Yan: No.

Luo Yuze: Holy crap, really? Actually, if you get along well with netizens, they’re not much different from real-life friends. I’ve even met several netizens offline. Stop being so dramatic. Who worries about people being too nice? Just treat him like a normal friend. Wait, why am I talking so much? I have training soon. I’m logging off.

As his friend’s icon turned gray again, Cheng Yan fell into thought over the last message.

A normal friend… how should they interact? Like he did with Luo Yuze?

Luo Yuze was the first and only friend he had made after his papa moved them to Changhua.

Before that, he had no friends, and no one was willing to be his friend.

Before the age of five, as a proof of love, although he was scolded when he occasionally clashed with the children of relatives and his family often ignored him, his father was still willing to show a bit of tenderness toward him in front of his papa.

To them, a child with congenital gland dysplasia, destined to be insensitive to pheromones and perhaps even unable to mark a partner, was a disgrace to the family. He wasn’t even worthy of inheritance rights.

It was already a great honor for Cheng Yan to be born into the Li family and raised by them.

And although his papa had always been good to him, he always looked at him with very complicated eyes.

At that time, Cheng Yan didn’t understand anything; he just felt that his papa’s gaze made him very uncomfortable.

After the age of five, as his father’s disgust toward his papa’s constant resistance grew, Cheng Yan also became neglected. He also gradually learned about his papa’s past—his father’s friends would always treat his papa’s history as a joke. He was often present, but those people didn’t care.

So he learned that his papa had once attended a military academy and that he had lost any chance of entering the military because of his father’s so-called love.

Behind his father was a massive family with influence in politics and business. His papa, on the other hand, had once been just a poor student from a remote star system who worked hard to get into the military academy.

To keep his papa by his side, his father constantly proved his love. And Cheng Yan was merely a tool forced into existence from an artificial womb to prove that love—because both his father and papa were Alphas, and they could not have offspring naturally.

When he was seven, he had once snuck out of the house to go to the security bureau to report that his father was illegally imprisoning his papa.

But who would believe a child’s words? Especially on Kolei Star, which was almost entirely under the control of the Li family—his father’s family.

He only remembered being locked in solitary confinement for a long time after returning home. Even after the punishment ended, his social behavior was strictly restricted.

Furthermore, his papa changed. He no longer tried to use various methods to leave; instead, he became very in love with his father.

At that time, Cheng Yan was furious, feeling betrayed.

I did so much for you, why did you compromise with that scum so quickly?

He never understood why his papa had become like that.

It wasn’t until he was twelve, when his father brought back an Omega who had a similar personality to his papa, that his papa began to fight and scramble. His hysterical appearance made Cheng Yan feel even more disgusted.

To act so unsightly for the sake of a scumbag who didn’t love him.

But Cheng Yan didn’t expect that after his papa took him away from Kolei Star and escaped his father’s surveillance, the first thing he said to him was: Xiao Yan, we’re free.

It was in a dim rented room. His body was held tightly by the adult sitting on the floor, the grip so strong it was somewhat painful.

Cold liquid continuously flowed down his neck. Cheng Yan wanted to struggle, but as he did, he felt the body holding him trembling more and more clearly.

Cheng Yan didn’t know if it was excitement or exhilaration, but it certainly wasn’t the pain of being abandoned by a lover that he had imagined.

His papa, in order to make their lives in the Li family a bit better, had spent five years acting out a deep affection for his father.

Five years later, they finally escaped that hell.

In the first twelve years of Cheng Yan’s life, his father’s military rank was always… Major, just like his roommate’s father.

Cheng Yan always felt that he had inherited his papa’s acting skills, which was why he could disguise himself so well as a cheerful and extroverted person.

Ultimately, how could a child who came from such a closed environment learn to socialize so easily?

He was actually quite solitary, yet he longed to have friends like everyone else, so he could only force himself to imitate those people.

Was there not much difference between netizens and friends? Then he would just act the same as before.

Cheng Yan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Fortunately, he already had experience.

In a place Cheng Yan couldn’t see, Lin Sheng specifically set several extra alarms for himself to ensure he could wake up early the next day.

He didn’t want to lose the chance to choose his seat like last time and be forced to sit so close to that idiot roommate.

The next day, when he finished washing up and was preparing to head out, he happened to run into Cheng Yan opening his privacy screen. Lin Sheng’s expression darkened, and he turned to leave the dormitory quickly.

Lin Sheng, morning. On the way to the teaching building, Lin Sheng heard a familiar voice from behind.

He turned around and found the person looked somewhat familiar. After thinking for a few seconds, he remembered it seemed to be a high school classmate.

Morning, he nodded.

Since they had met, the two walked side by side toward the classroom. However, for some reason, this classmate kept turning to look at him with a strange expression but didn’t say anything.

After entering the classroom, Lin Sheng finally escaped that odd gaze. His classmate went to the fifth row to find his friends, while Lin Sheng headed to a seat in the middle of the first row.

Cheng Yan had originally wanted to choose a seat in the front center as well, but as soon as he entered the classroom, he saw Lin Sheng sitting in the first row. He could only choose a seat slightly further back with a look of disdain, opening his optical computer to prepare for class.

Lin Sheng’s father is a Major? During class, two Omegas sitting behind Cheng Yan were talking in low voices. Because they were close enough, he could clearly hear them.

Yeah, he was my high school classmate. I’ve seen Major Lin come to pick him up. He was wearing his military uniform and looked really handsome.

That’s so nice. His father is an officer, and his own grades are so good. Hey, do you think I’d be successful if I tried to pursue him?

But he seems to have a boyfriend already.

Huh? You’ve seen him?

No, but I saw a tooth mark on his gland this morning. It was quite deep. It must have been bitten by his boyfriend.

As they spoke, Cheng Yan was taking notes on his optical computer while listening to the lecture. After a few seconds, the fingers typing the information paused, and he suddenly turned his head to look at the two of them.