The two fell asleep in the pavilion just like that. The atmosphere was peaceful and quiet, and no one came to disturb them. They slept directly until lunch time.

Qiu Zhenyang was woken up by a delicate voice shouting. When he woke up, Ling Mu had already sat up in a daze and looked at him with a dull expression.

Qiu Zhenyang’s heart itched seeing the cute appearance. He wished he would go over and hug someone and kiss him hard, but… alas, for the sake of his wife’s body, bear with it!

Qiu Zhenyang rubbed his face, got up and walked out of the pavilion to look in the direction of the noise, and after a while, he saw a thin figure appearing in the corner.

“Brother Yang!” Le Jin’s beautiful eyes, like glass, radiated the moment he saw Qiu Zhenyang. He was wearing a small white suit, his soft blond hair was fluffy and dazzling, elegant and noble like a prince.

Ling Mu rubbed his eyes, his misty eyes gradually became clearer as Le Jin approached, until he watched the boy slam into Qiu Zhenyang’s body, hugging his thin and strong waist tightly.

Ling Mu: “…” Hehe.

Qiu Zhenyang: “?!” My wife is here, what do you want, you dead goblin!

Qiu Zhenyang pushed the young man away almost immediately. If he had expected such a divine development, he would definitely not have asked this person to touch him!

“Brother Yang?” Le Jin looked up at him suspiciously, his eyes a little hurt, “Brother Yang, don’t you remember me? Even if we haven’t seen each other for three years, how can you forget me…”

Looking at the boy with such sad eyes, Qiu Zhenyang felt the hair all over his body rise, and quickly recalled the information about this face in the original body’s memory.

Le Jin is the original childhood friend of the original body who attended elementary school on the planet where his grandparents lived. At that time, he had the best relationship with Le Jin, and the two were almost inseparable. Later, the original body returned to the capital star to go to junior high. Je kept in touch with Le Jin until after high school, when the original body began to waver, and then gradually disconnected.

Of course, this disconnection was unilateral. In fact, Le Jin has always sent messages to the original body, but it was blocked by the original body.

Thinking about it this way, the original body is really a scumbag.

“Ah no, I didn’t forget, you are Le Jin, aren’t you.” Qiu Zhenyang backed away some distance and glanced at Ling Mu with a guilty conscience. He didn’t know what to do. Maybe it was because the boy liked the original body, which made him feel uncomfortable.

“Brother Yang, you are so nice. I haven’t seen you for three years. I really missed you, and I wanted to come to you every moment.” Le Jin’s eyes are the best part of the body. As long as one looks into those affectionate eyes, they will be firmly trapped, and unable to extricate themselves.

But obviously, except for Qiu Zhenyang.

The only thing he noticed was Ling Mu’s deathly gaze comparable to laser rays. Who cares about Le what Le, Jin what Jin, it’s all space junk, okay!

“Come if you want. I’ve treated you as a younger brother since I was a child, and I will take care of you.” Qiu Zhenyang deliberately made his attitude clear. Ignoring Le Jin’s dim eyes, he turned his head to introduce him to Ling Mu, “This is Le Jin. When I was in elementary school, I went to school on the planet where my grandparents lived, and Le Jin was my playmate, just like my younger brother.”

Then he introduced Ling Mu as if showing off: “This is Ling Mu, my partner.”

When the word “partner” came out, Le Jin’s face notably stiffened.

“Brother Yang’s taste has changed a lot. Who would have thought that you liked Xiao Jin when you were young and wanted to marry me when you grew up.” Le Jin said this jokingly, but no one in the room thought that funny.

Ling Mu, who wore a cold face, didn’t speak. He really had nothing to say.

It’s not that he didn’t know what kind of ‘virtue’ Qiu Zhenyang had in the past. Those glorious deeds of him chasing Cheng An’an had spread throughout the capital.

Qiu Zhenyang’s expression immediately fell, and a bit of annoyance entered his tone: “Didn’t I already say he’s my partner? Do you need to reveal those things said when we were kids?”

This guy must be intentional!!! Does he think it’s not hard enough for him to chase his wife by saying such things in front of his face?

Le Jin didn’t expect Qiu Zhenyang to treat him like that. He was taken aback, and immediately apologized: “I’m sorry Brother Yang, I didn’t mean it, I just… I miss the days when we were young. It’s just a joke, Brother Ling Mu won’t mind, right?”

After that, he immediately looked at Ling Mu as if asking for help, and made an apologetic expression.

Ling Mu frowned: “Why are you calling me brother, I’m not familiar with you.”

Le Jin: “…”

Qiu Zhenyang: “…” His wife hit him in the face, wonderful!

Holding back his smile, Qiu Zhenyang coughed and asked Le Jin: “Are you here with your grandparents? Are they in the living room?”

Le Jin shook his head: “Grandpa and grandma are getting old and are on a slow starship. I was on a faster one, so I arrived a day earlier.”

Qiu Zhenyang nodded, then looked down at the terminal, and found that it was almost a little over one now, so he quickly asked Ling Mu, “Lunch time has passed, are you hungry now? Thirsty? If so, I’ll go make food. It’ll be ready soon.”

Ling Mu nodded. “A little bit.”

“Okay, go to the living room for a while. Eat some fruit to cushion your stomach. Le Jin, you should go back and sit, too. You’re tired, so take a break.” As Qiu Zhenyang said, he was about to go to the villa.

“Call me when you’re done, I’ll walk around a bit.” Ling Mu didn’t want to go back and stare at Le Jin, so he might as well take a walk in the garden.

Who would have thought that Le Jin would say: “Then I’ll accompany Brother Ling Mu… and walk around with Ling Mu. It just so happens that I don’t know much about Brother Yang’s house, and Ling Mu can take me around.”

Ling Mu looked at him blankly. “I’m not familiar with this place.”

“…Er, it’s okay, just walk around.” Although he was unhappy being tripped up, Le Jin was still a little happy hearing Ling Mu say that he was not familiar with the Qiu family home.

Qiu Zhenyang felt his head swell and looked at Ling Mu to ask his opinion.

On the whole, Qiu Zhenyang’s performance was acceptable. Ling Mu was in a good mood, so he said to him mercifully, “Go ahead and cook, and just call me when you’re done.”

Qiu Zhenyang nodded in response. After mentioning to Le Jin that Ling Mu is sensitive to pheromones, and telling him not to get close, he turned and left.

Looking at the back of Qiu Zhenyang’s departure, Le Jin’s mouth curved into a smile. “Brother Yang is a very caring person, right? He often took care of me when I was young. Brother Yang…”

Le Jin said and turned around, only to find that Ling Mu had already walked towards the pond.

He pursed his lips and his eyes darkened instantly. Eyebrows furrowing slightly, he took a deep breath, and followed.

Seeing Ling Mu stop by the pond, Le Jin stopped two meters away from him, also looking at the scenery of the pond. Ling Mu thought he was annoying, but there was no other place to go, so he could only endure his anger and ignore him.

But him bearing it is not the same as wanting to know the other party.

Determined to make Ling Mu unhappy, Le Jia spoke again after a while: “Ling Mu, can I ask how you and Brother Yang met?” It’s not a secret after all. Le Jin, who had been following Qiu Zhenyang’s news, was very clear about it. He simply brought it up because he wanted to remind Ling Mu that he was abandoned by Qiu Zhenyang once before.

Ling Mu impatiently picked up a stone by the pond, closed his right eye to estimate the distance, slightly raised his right hand and slanted it into the pond.

The stones splashed on the pool surface and jumped several times.

“Amazing.” Le Jin praised, not caring that Ling Mu ignored him, and continued, “Brother Yang used to like skipping rocks very much, and he was the most powerful among us children.”

Ling Mu closed his eyes, gritted his teeth and turned to look over. “Are you finished yet?”

Le Jin’s smile did not change. “What’s the matter, I’m just telling you interesting things about Brother Yang when he was a child. As his partner, isn’t it good to learn more about his past?”

Ling Mu snorted coldly, “I will ask him what I want to know, I don’t need you to tell me.”

“It seems that you are very interested, ah.” Le Jin smiled and rolled his eyes. “However, when you associate with someone like Brother Yang, you will meet many rivals in the future. If you can’t even handle these small scenes, what qualifications do you have to stand by his side?”

At the end, the smile on Le Jin’s face gradually disappeared, leaving only sarcasm and disdain.

He’s been consciously cultivating himself since falling in love with Qiu Zhenyang as a child. His appearance, temperament, knowledge, and conversation, all of which he demanded himself to meet extremely high standards. He knew that Qiu Zhenyang was popular, it was inevitable, but even if there were as many rivals as the stars, he was still confident that he could defeat all enemies.

A mere… a little thorn who looks fierce and ugly, how could he compare?

“What’s wrong with you, you have the qualifications to talk about love and shit?” Ling Mu really couldn’t stand this person. Rolling his eyes, he headed back the same way he came.

Just after walking a few steps, the soles of his feet stepped on something. He looked down and saw that it was a crystal brooch in the shape of a sun, shining in the sun and obviously valuable. No one in the Qiu family wears a brooch, so this thing should belong to Le Jin.

Having picked it up, although he doesn’t like this person, he can’t just throw it away. Ling Mu turned around, raised the brooch in his hand, and was about to speak when he saw Le Jin staring at the thing in his hands with disgust. “Don’t touch my things with your dirty hands! That’s what Brother Yang gave me. You’re not allowed to touch!”

Ling Mu: “…”

Oh, okay.

Raising his hand with a smirk, it made an arc back in the air, and landed in the pond with a small ‘plop’.

Le Jin: “…”

“Then I’ll wash it for you. Satisfied?” The corners of Ling Mu’s mouth curled as he said lightly, “But please go and pick it up yourself, so that I won’t contaminate your things again, hehe.”

With a disdainful laugh, Ling Mu turned his head, and left with a cold air.

Looking at his arrogant back, Le Jin was so angry that his blonde hair seemed to pale.

“What kind of thing are you? You’re just a piece of trash from nowhere. Acting so arrogant in front of me? The Qiu family can’t tolerate a vulgar person like you!”

That “childhood friend” from the LN synopsis appears!

Score: LM: 1, LJ: 0

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