MFIMM Chapter 55

Pitiful

Pitiful

Today, Lin Xi’s phone was about to explode with calls, not only from his parents, but also from Chen Mingxuan.

However, Pei Jiashu was vigilantly watching him from behind, guarding Lin Xi like a thief.

Lin Xi felt like Pei Jiashu could burst into tears if he looked at his phone for even a second longer.

Fortunately, today was the last day of Pei Jiashu’s estrus period. After dinner, Pei Jiashu fell asleep, holding Lin Xi tightly as if afraid he would run away.

But if Lin Xi didn’t go home today, his legs would be broken.

Lin Xi slowly unwound Pei Jiashu’s arm and carefully got out of bed. He quietly closed the door and left the house, taking a taxi home.

Lin’s parents had been waiting in the living room for a long time. As soon as they heard the sound at the door, Lin’s father immediately looked towards it, while Lin’s mother glanced over before angrily turning her head away.

Lin’s father walked to the entryway, his words of concern turning into scolding as soon as he saw Lin Xi.

“Lin Xi, where have you been wandering off to? You, you, you…” Lin’s father pointed at Lin Xi’s neck, which was covered in bluish-purple marks, intertwined with bite marks, ostentatiously displaying what had happened during Lin Xi’s absence.

Lin Xi looked at his neck reflected in the screen of his phone, only then realizing he had forgotten to cover up the hickeys.

“Dad, Dad, it’s not what you think.”

Hearing their voices, Lin’s mother couldn’t help but walk to the entryway. Her eyes darkened when she saw Lin Xi, and she picked up the broom beside her, ready to hit him.

Seeing this, Lin’s father grabbed Lin’s mother’s hand, “Wife, wife, calm down first, let’s hear Xiaoxi’s explanation.”

“What’s there to explain? I found him a proper alpha for a blind date, but he didn’t go. Now he’s out messing around.”

“Mom, I really didn’t mess around.” Lin Xi was full of regret. If he had at least worn a turtleneck sweater, this wouldn’t have happened.

“Hmph.” Lin’s mother snorted lightly, threw the broom into Lin Xi’s hands, and walked to the sofa in the living room. Lin Xi followed her.

Lin’s father sat next to Lin’s mother, and they both stared at Lin Xi.

Lin Xi turned his gaze to Lin’s father. His dad had a soft temper and never got angry at him, but today he was unusually stern, not even giving Lin Xi a glance.

He knew this matter had to be explained clearly today.

“Mom, I really didn’t mess around. It’s just that my boyfriend was in his estrus period, and there was no one at home to take care of him…” Lin Xi stammered.

Unexpectedly, Lin’s mother looked at Lin Xi with even greater anger, slamming her hand on the table, making a deafening sound, “An alpha in his estrus period, and you still dared to go to his house!”

Lin’s father also chimed in, “That’s right, you child…”

Lin Xi lowered his head, “He didn’t do anything to me, just kissed me, not even a temporary mate mark.”

As he spoke, Lin Xi turned around, pulled down his collar to show his nape. The omega’s gland was smooth and unmarked, only a few scattered hickeys could be seen around it.

Lin’s parents exchanged a look. Lin’s father whispered to Lin’s mother, “Our son actively offered himself up and the other guy didn’t make a move? Could it be that our sontook the initiative to stick to him? I’ve never heard Xiaoxi say he had a boyfriend.”

“Nonsense, it must be that the alpha likes our Xiaoxi too much and is restraining himself, not wanting to mark Xiaoxi while he’s not sober.” Lin’s mother looked at Lin Xi with disappointment. “When I called you last time, you didn’t say you had a boyfriend, how did one suddenly pop up now?”

Lin Xi pursed his lips, racking his brains. To tell one lie, you need countless lies to cover it up.

“Because… because our relationship wasn’t confirmed at the time, so I didn’t tell you. Last time you asked me to come home and arranged a blind date for me, but my pheromone disorder syndrome flared up, and he was the one who came to pick me up.”

Although Lin’s mother had been urging Lin Xi to find a partner, she was still a little dazed when Lin Xi actually found one.

“Ah, you’ve grown up, you make your own decisions about these things. Next time you come home, bring him to meet us.”

Lin Xi breathed a sigh of relief, knowing he had passed the test in front of Lin’s parents.

Back in his room, he looked at himself in the full-length mirror. The marks on his neck were very obvious, as if a dog had gnawed on him.

Lin Xi couldn’t help but curse Pei Jiashu a few times. He didn’t know what that guy would do when he woke up tomorrow and found him gone.

But Pei Jiashu’s estrus period would be over tomorrow, so he probably wouldn’t react too much.

He sighed and lay down on his bed, feeling like the past two days had been a dream.

Lin Xi had imagined countless possible outcomes after Pei Jiashu woke up. If Pei Jiashu cared about the kissing, he would generously tell Pei Jiashu that it was nothing, and he would just treat it as if he had been bitten by a dog.

If Pei Jiashu avoided the topic, he would take the opportunity to tease him and extort a sum of money from Pei Jiashu for mental damages.

But the one thing he hadn’t expected was for Pei Jiashu to act as if nothing had happened.

For the entire day after waking up, Lin Xi was constantly checking his phone, afraid of missing Pei Jiashu’s message.

But Pei Jiashu didn’t send him any messages at all.

Lin Xi angrily threw his phone aside, wanting to ask Chen Mingxuan to go out, but the hickeys on his neck were too obvious, and he didn’t want to go out.

But as soon as his phone vibrated, Lin Xi would still pick it up, and lose interest and throw it down when he saw who the message was from.

But his phone kept vibrating.

Chen Mingxuan: Lin Xi, where the hell have you been for the past two days?

Chen Mingxuan: Answer my message, you’re not really dead, are you?

Xiaoxi: Not dead, living well

As soon as Lin Xi sent the message, Chen Mingxuan initiated a video call.

Lin Xi didn’t even have time to find something to cover up the hickeys on his neck. All he could hear was Chen Mingxuan’s loud voice.

“Damn, so you died on a man.”

Lin Xi covered his ears and moved the phone away a little, “What nonsense are you talking about?”

Chen Mingxuan’s tone was a little excited, “You finally got taken care of by Pei Jiashu? Was it good? He looks like the type who knows how to play.”

Eighteen-plus images floated into Lin Xi’s mind, scaring him so much that he coughed a few times.

“What are you talking about? We didn’t do anything.”

Lin Xi explained what had happened in the past two days, only to see Chen Mingxuan’s expression become even more shocked, “Damn, are you saying you actively went to Pei Jiashu during his estrus period, but Pei Jiashu didn’t do anything, just kissed you, and you didn’t even refuse.”

“Wait, is Pei Jiashu impotent?”

Lin Xi’s face flushed red, “Can you not ask such embarrassing questions? According to my waist’s feelings, he should be able to.”

“Then why did he just lick you all over, what’s the difference between him and a eunuch?”

Lin Xi threw the phone away with a thud, “Ahhhhhhhh, Chen Mingxuan, can you be normal?”

Chen Mingxuan coughed lightly, then his tone returned to normal. He stared at Lin Xi and asked, “So he kissed you, why didn’t you refuse? You even let him kiss you until your neck was covered in hickeys, Lin Xi, do you still like him?”

Chen Mingxuan’s words were like a heavy hammer hitting Lin Xi’s heart, questioning his soul.

Lin Xi pursed his lips and found that he couldn’t say a word.

“I don’t like him, I just… I just think he’s a little pitiful.”

“Ah.” Chen Mingxuan sighed, “There are so many pitiful people in the world, does that mean if any alpha says something to you, you’ll just lie down and let them kiss you?”

“Of course not.” Lin Xi objected almost without hesitation.

“Then why is Pei Jiashu allowed?”

“Because Pei Jiashu…” Lin Xi bit his lip, “Because it wasn’t his fault that he rejected me in the first place, it’s just that his father is bad to him, and he was just having a stress reaction.”

“So you know the ins and outs of the matter, and you like him again?” Chen Mingxuan issued another soul-searching question. “What about Pei Jiashu? Does he like you? His estrus period is already over, has he given you an explanation?”

Chen Mingxuan’s words were like blades, gradually tearing apart all of Lin Xi’s fig leaves.

Chen Mingxuan continued, “Have you ever thought that you two are a hundred percent compatible, but he could still hold back from marking you during his estrus period. There are only two possibilities. One possibility is that he likes you too much, so he’s forcibly restraining himself from hurting you.”

“The other possibility is that he doesn’t like you at all.”

Only the last four words remained in Lin Xi’s mind, his lips losing all color in an instant. Chen Mingxuan couldn’t bear it and turned his head away, but Lin Xi was his best friend, and he hoped that Lin Xi could consider Qin Chu, instead of being kidnapped by so-called compatibility and pheromones.

Lin Xi’s eyes gradually focused from a state of confusion, and tears welled up in his round eyes, but he forced them back.

He forced a smile, “You’re right, but I don’t like him, I just pity him. We both get what we need, and we’ll terminate it in four years, we’ll get divorced.”

After speaking, Lin Xi closed his eyes, and the tears that hadn’t been completely forced back rolled down the corners of his eyes, quickly disappearing.

Lin Xi put these things behind him and continued to have fun.

Pei Jiashu’s message came several days later, asking when Lin Xi was coming back.

The hickeys on Lin Xi’s neck had all faded away. Seeing Pei Jiashu’s message made him feel annoyed. How could Pei Jiashu act like nothing had happened?

He threw down his phone, ignoring Pei Jiashu’s message, and continued to drink and mess around with his friends.

Pei Jiashu only sent this one message and didn’t send any more.

Lin Xi was even more angry, this taciturn guy, he seemed to have a lot to say when he was arguing with him, and so many sweet words when he was kissing him.

Now that his estrus period was over, he was turning his back on him.

He still wanted him to go home, well, he wouldn’t go back.

Pei: Did you come to my house during my estrus period? The values on my watch increased a lot.

Seeing this message, Lin Xi’s anger reached its peak.

Xiaoxi: If it wasn’t me, who else could it be? Is this all you wanted to say to me?

Pei: Sorry