MRFD Chapter 37

Blushing and having a racing heart for a handsome Alpha of suitable age has always been Rong Yi’s unchanging basic etiquette.

“If there’s anything you need… uh, to discuss, how about we move somewhere else first?” the man said to Li Xiao Ran, who seemed to be the most agitated person on the scene.

Rong Yi quickly glanced at the name tag on his chest, which had the words “Manager” written before the name. He probably just happened to be passing by and was afraid that the guests would suddenly start fighting, so he hurried over to try to stop it.

Li Xiao Ran obviously didn’t want to make a big scene either. He glared at Rong Yi and then turned around, not even wanting the shopping cart anymore. The Omega beside him hesitated for a moment, then followed him with the child. After taking a few steps, he looked back at Rong Yi, but ultimately didn’t say anything.

So Rong Yi was left on the scene, along with the supermarket manager beside him who was so attractive that he inspired reveries.

“Well, thank you,” Rong Yi took the initiative to speak. “I was really startled just now.”

“It’s my job,” the manager said with a smile, shaking his head. Then he looked at the shopping cart left by the family and sighed, “That guy has a really bad temper. Did you accidentally bump into each other?”

Rong Yi immediately nodded, “Yes!”

He wanted to chat a bit more, but unfortunately, the other person didn’t have the time.

“It’s good that you’re okay. If you need anything, you can always find a salesperson in uniform, or you can find me,” he said, pushing the shopping cart full of various items. “I won’t disturb you from continuing your shopping, sir.”

After he finished speaking, he pushed the shopping cart away, probably to put all the items back in their places.

Rong Yi stood there and watched for a while, then sighed in his heart.

He’s quite handsome, looks especially comfortable, and has a good personality. Being with an Alpha like that should be very happy.

Unfortunately, there’s no chance to continue chatting. Besides, he has to hurry back to cook for Chen Ke Yao.

Chen Ke Yao wasn’t home again when he got back.

Sister Lan had said at dinner yesterday that she was going to help prepare for the wedding, so she wouldn’t be coming today. He didn’t know if Chen Ke Yao, that big loafer, had gone to help too. But since there was no other notification, he should still be back for dinner.

Rong Yi was busy in the kitchen for a while when he heard the sound of the door opening.

Immediately afterward, someone came into the kitchen.

“Wow~ smells so good!” Chen Ke Yao, still wearing his coat, walked up behind him. “What are we having today?”

“Beltfish,” Rong Yi said, swatting away Chen Ke Yao’s hand. “This isn’t fried thoroughly yet, it still needs to be cooked more. Be careful you get a stomachache if you eat it.”

Chen Ke Yao touched the back of his hand where he had been hit. “…I’m a little hungry.”

“Go wash your hands first,” Rong Yi ordered him, “then wait in the living room.”

His landlord obediently walked out.

Feeding Chen Ke Yao could bring about a strange sense of satisfaction.

Although this person was picky about food, he was particularly easy to please once you figured out his preferences. He could eat happily no matter what you made, and he never skimped on praise.

“You still make the best food,” Chen Ke Yao said, holding his bowl and looking quite happy. “Once Sister Lan comes, it’s like I’m back in the old days. I have to find a chance to let her try your cooking next time.”

This unfilial son.

“Sister Lan went to the trouble of coming over yesterday and worked hard to make us food. Even if it didn’t suit your taste, you shouldn’t have touched none of it,” Rong Yi lectured him.

Chen Ke Yao glanced at him, picked up a piece of food and put it in his mouth, and didn’t say anything.

Rong Yi thought for a moment and then asked, “Where have you been going these last few afternoons?”

Chen Ke Yao swallowed the food in his mouth. “I’m not telling you.”

Rong Yi narrowed his eyes at him. “…Fine, don’t tell me.”

Chen Ke Yao suddenly laughed. He raised his eyes to look at Rong Yi and then said, “I suddenly feel…”

“What is it?”

“…Never mind, it’s nothing.” Chen Ke Yao shook his head and continued eating.

“Why do you always say half of everything?” Rong Yi said unhappily, kicking him under the table. “What do you feel?”

“I come home and there’s already food waiting for me, and then you’re always nagging at me,” Chen Ke Yao didn’t look at him when he spoke. “It makes me feel like I didn’t just find a roommate, but like I married a wife.”

“…”

Chen Ke Yao finally looked at him. “Don’t you feel that way?”

“Eat your food,” Rong Yi said. “Why are you talking so much!”

If those words had been spoken by anyone other than Chen Ke Yao, Rong Yi would have already been playing the wedding march in his head.

He suddenly started to regret it. He should have been bolder in the supermarket just now and asked that Alpha for his contact information. Maybe he would have succeeded, and they could have started as friends. Even if he still failed in the end, at least it would be a temporary mental support.

It’s better than now, with Chen Ke Yao, that bastard, running circles in his head endlessly.

Rong Yi went back to his room, unable to stop himself from replaying the scenes from just now. He tossed and turned on the bed, then simply stuffed his head under the pillow, feeling unbearably irritable.

Then he suddenly remembered something.

He had said before that he wanted to check what Chen Ke Yao had actually written, but he had completely forgotten because he suddenly got sick.

Rong Yi immediately took out his phone, opened the browser, and accidentally clicked on the history, so he saw that forum he had visited a while ago at a glance. He subconsciously clicked on it, and the account was still logged in after the page refreshed. There was a small envelope blinking in the corner of the window.

After clicking on it, he saw a private message.

“Sorry, the post was locked so I can’t reply to you directly. Thanks for the reminder, sorry you got banned because of me. Actually, I did go to see a doctor, I hope things will improve soon.”

The message was sent the day after Rong Yi replied to the post.

That’s been a while now. Rong Yi hesitated for a moment and sent him a message.

“Sorry, I just saw your message. Actually, I have a friend who has very similar problems to you, so I wanted to find out about it for him. Have things improved for you now?”

The system showed that the other person wasn’t online, and Rong Yi decided to check it every day from now on.

After that, he ran to ○du Know and posted a help request, asking if any writer had published the third book of a certain series a year and a half ago, and then there had been no news since.

A few hours later, when Rong Yi refreshed the page again, there were already three replies. One strange person was recommending their own online series, and the other two gave the same answer.

“Are you talking about Lan Shan You Meng’s *Looking for the Dragon* series, part three?”

Rong Yi was shocked and quickly searched for it again, then fell into deep thought. Lan Shan You Meng’s *Looking for the Dragon* was the book he had seen in Chen Ke Yao’s room a few days ago. Rong Yi didn’t like following series, so he had only read the first two completed books. But he had also heard about the third book.

This author had quickly become popular when she first emerged. Even people around Rong Yi’s age who hadn’t read the first book of *Looking for the Dragon* had seen the adapted TV series and movies. At the time, several games with the same name had been launched and were also very popular.

So the author quickly wrote the second book, the content of which was decent but unremarkable. Although the writing style was much more mature and steady, compared to the first book’s wild imagination that was refreshing and wonderful, it was slightly mediocre.

But by the time the now unfinished third book was released, it was widely praised again in the early stages, and even praised by many as being even better than the first book. So the first volume, collected into a book, immediately sold like crazy, occupying the top of various book sales charts for a long time. After that, the second volume was also released quickly, with a plot that was exciting and kept readers wanting more. But after that, the author’s update speed became slower and slower for some reason. The third volume came late and was of very poor quality. The popular main character from the first two books had a serious personality breakdown in the third book’s plot, going from being romantic to being vulgar, and the reviews were terrible.

Then the fourth book simply didn’t exist.

Readers wailed, and some even cried out, saying that Lan Shan Da Da had made too much money and was now indulging in enjoyment and had no desire to create anymore?

After gathering all this information from various encyclopedias, Rong Yi fell into thought.

Could this Lan Shan You Meng really be the same person as Chen Ke Yao? But as everyone knows, Lan Shan Da Da is a well-known beautiful female writer! Although she has never publicly attended any events and has only given silhouette photos, everyone who has seen her has praised her graceful appearance, including well-known authors, so they can’t all be lying, right?

Moreover, with Chen Ke Yao’s image, it’s hard to imagine that he would give himself a pen name like “You Meng,” it’s kind of scary.

Rong Yi decided that after the work matters were over, he would find the third volume of *Looking for the Dragon* and observe it to see if there were any clues.

Sister Lan didn’t come for a few days after that. When the weekend came, it was Rong Yi’s fake boyfriend duty time again.

The wedding of the son of the re-married partner of the landlord’s mother sounded like it had nothing to do with him, but since he was going, he still had to take it seriously.

Rong Yi chose clothes for a long time, and then went to the bathroom to carefully style his hair in the mirror, feeling that the final look was perfect.

Chen Ke Yao, who had witnessed the whole process, was amazed.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you like this,” he said.

After all, although Rong Yi was particular about his appearance when he went to work, he wouldn’t dress up so carefully. When he was in front of Chen Ke Yao on weekdays, he was even more homey, and even a little sloppy sometimes after they became familiar.

“I’d think you were going to snatch the bride if I didn’t know better,” Chen Ke Yao looked him up and down several times. “…But this really gives me face.”

Rong Yi ignored him.

This person always liked to talk nonsense, and he felt that he was almost used to it. But recently, there were always a few sentences that made him feel particularly weird.

Rong Yi secretly told himself that Chen Ke Yao was just brainless, and none of the words he said were worth thinking about deeply. He definitely couldn’t overthink it.

When they arrived at the venue, they saw the two grooms standing at the door from afar, taking pictures with the guests who came to attend the wedding banquet.

Rong Yi was about to walk over when Chen Ke Yao grabbed his arm.

“Hey, do you remember what your identity is today?”

Of course, Rong Yi remembered. But he didn’t say it, he just asked back, “So?”

“Cough.” Chen Ke Yao cleared his throat, then grabbed his hand and adjusted it into a position where their fingers were interlocked, and then casually pulled him forward.

Rong Yi was a little dazed, confused and at a loss, and was dragged all the way to the grooms.

The two grooms were both male, and it was easy to tell from their appearance that one was a Beta and the other was an Omega. Rong Yi belatedly realized that he didn’t know which one was Chen Ke Yao’s stepbrother.

Fortunately, he didn’t have to take the initiative to speak.

The Omega among the grooms immediately waved when he saw the person beside him, and then took a few steps forward.

“Senior, you’re here!”

This address was a little strange. Rong Yi turned to look at Chen Ke Yao beside him, only to see him smiling too.

“Long time no see,” he said to the grooms with a smile. “You look very handsome today.”

The other person smiled and then turned his gaze to Rong Yi. “So this is the legendary…”

“My partner,” Chen Ke Yao said.

He looked natural, but only Rong Yi knew that he had slightly tightened his fingers when he said those three words.

The author has something to say:

Younger brother: This is the legendary…

Chen Ke Yao: Your sister-in-law.

So can I use the word sister-in-law here?

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[Backstage]

An unknown Apollo: Why don’t I have any scenes again?

Mo Yufei: Heh, I’ve been waiting for a year.