Damn it, I'm surrounded by insane Alphas!

Lu Lin didn't care at all that the car wasn't his own, and drove Shi Ran directly to the outskirts of the city.

Once you leave the city, there are fewer and fewer cars, and the tall buildings on both sides gradually turn into low houses, then into wasteland, and finally into abandoned factory areas.

The rusty iron frame stood against the twilight sky, looking both desolate and free.

Shi Ran looked out the window without asking where they were going, and Lu Lin didn't say either.

He drove like that, not fast, very steadily.

Normally, he would have floored the gas pedal long ago.

But there was someone in the passenger seat today, and he didn't want to drive too fast, afraid that he might not be used to it.

I do feel a little out of place sometimes.

The roar of the sports car pressed against my back, and the seat wrapped me tightly, as if I was ready to leap out at any moment.

His hand gripped the seatbelt, his knuckles turning slightly white.

Lu Lin glanced at him, then suddenly reached out and took his hand.

Shi Ran was taken aback.

He and Lu Lin had slept together many times, but it seemed... they rarely held hands.

It's such a pure love story.

Lu Lin grabbed his hand and lifted it up, "Open your hand and try it, it's like riding a roller coaster."

Shi Ran paused for a second, then said, "I've never ridden a roller coaster."

He was telling the truth.

He had never been to an amusement park since he was a child.

Once, his mother promised to take him, but a surgery came up unexpectedly that day, and there was no next time.

He only spoke through the people in the dungeon.

Lu Lin was momentarily dazed, and gripped Shi Ran's hand even tighter.

"This is the first time."

Shi Ran paused for a moment, then turned to look at the person beside her.

The wind rushed in through the car window, making Lu Lin's hair a mess.

Lu Lin still had that irritating expression, and quietly stepped on the gas pedal a little harder.

The car drove uphill.

Like an abandoned mountain road, winding and turning, the view suddenly opens up when you reach the highest point.

The entire city lay spread out below, like colorful Lego bricks, with lights just beginning to illuminate the scene, twinkling like stars in the twilight.

Lu Lin stopped the car, and Shi Ran reached out to open the car door.

"Wait."

Lu Lin got out of the car first and walked around to open the door for him.

Shi Ran frowned at him, then chuckled, "Why bother with all this..."

Before he could finish speaking, his feet had just touched the ground when his legs buckled, and he fell forward.

Lu Lin had already reached out and caught him steadily, laughing out loud, "Now you know?"

Shi Ran supported herself on his shoulders to steady herself and glared at him.

"It was my first time riding in this kind of vehicle, and my legs were weak when I got off."

He paused, then leaned closer. "I'm waiting."

Shi Ran raised her foot to kick him, but before her leg could recover, she was instead lifted up by someone.

The scene spun around her, and she instinctively punched his back, yelling, "Put me down! Lu Lin!"

Lu Lin carried him forward, his shoulders shaking with laughter.

"Go ahead and call out, there's nobody here anyway."

"Hurry up, put me down!"

"Beg me." Lu Lin's voice was full of laughter. "If you beg me, I'll put you down."

Shi Ran took a deep breath. "You're not going to let go, are you?"

"Three, two—"

Before he could finish speaking, Shi Ran was gently placed on the ground.

Before he could even stand up straight, Lu Lin's kiss landed on his lips.

With a smile, with eagerness, and with a fierce determination that can't be hidden after something has been lost and then regained.

He held Shi Ran tightly around the waist, as if afraid she would run away again.

Shi Ran didn't know if it was because the adrenaline from the car race hadn't subsided or something else, but she was still incredibly excited.

He reached out and wrapped his arms around Lu Lin's neck, responding without any hesitation.

The twilight light fell upon them, bathing them in a warm, golden glow.

The wind blew in from the other side of the mountain, carrying the scent of grass and trees.

After what seemed like an eternity, Lu Lin finally released him. Both of them were panting heavily, their foreheads touching as they looked at each other.

Lu Lin had a smile on his face, but there was a hint of embarrassment in that smile, a shyness that was incongruous with him yet strangely harmonious.

"Do you know what Yang Pei said about me today?"

Shi Ran shook his head, his voice a little hoarse, "What?"

"He said I'm finished," Lu Lin said, "I've fallen for you."

Shi Ran pouted, "I'm not a flowerpot."

Lu Lin laughed even harder, "You are the flowerpot, and I, the fresh flower, am stuck in your flowerpot."

Shi Ran rolled her eyes at him. Lu Lin's current specialty is to take advantage of others and then act innocent. She took the opportunity to act aggrieved and rested her chin on his shoulder.

"I ran away, and you didn't even chase after me to look at me."

Shi Ran retorted, "Who said I didn't chase after them?"

"I've been waiting for you downstairs for ages, and you still—"

Lu Lin stopped abruptly, and Shi Ran tilted her head to look at him with a smile.

"Oh, someone's still waiting for me downstairs?"

Lu Lin turned his face away, "No, no way."

Shi Ran didn't say anything, but just took something out of his pocket.

"hand."

Lu Lin looked at him with a hint of helplessness, truly at a loss for words, "You're doing this again!"

Shi Ran simply repeated it once.

"hand."

Lu Lin sighed, but still reached out.

Shi Ran placed something in his palm, and Lu Lin looked down to take a look.

It's a key.

The key to the rented apartment.

Shi Ran poked his palm and said, "Remember to take your keys next time you run away from home."

Lu Lin was so easily coaxed that he gripped the key tightly in his hand. The sharp edge of the key pricked his palm, causing a little pain, but he just wanted to hold on to it.

What's wrong with running away from home?

At least he has a home now.

They stayed on the mountaintop until it got dark.

Shi Ran didn't want to leave; she just wanted to stay there and watch the lights below the mountain gradually come on.

Lu Lin noticed that this person had started to like acting cute.

He half-dragged and half-coaxed the person back into the car, laughing as he started the engine.

"We have to go, or we won't be able to see the road soon."

Shi Ran, still fastened his seatbelt, said quietly:

"Then light your love candles."

Lu Lin was momentarily dazed. "Wait, what did you say?"

Shi Ran just smiled with her head down, not looking at him.

Yang Pei just told him everything, from how someone was depressed while playing ball, to consulting a fortune teller about their birth chart, and even buying love candles, recounting it all in great detail.

Lu Lin looked up at the sky and sighed, "That son of a bitch."

Shi Ran just laughed, and after she finished laughing, she added, "Oh right, the date on my ID card is actually wrong."

Lu Lin turned his head abruptly, "Really?"

"I knew it! I fucking knew it! How could we possibly not get along?"

He paused, then leaned closer. "So, what day were you born?"

Shi Ran thought about it seriously and then told him her real birthday.

Lu Lin immediately forwarded the message to Yang Pei.

[Have that fortune teller recalculate your birth chart; I've sent it to you.]

Yang Pei replied quickly: 【Did you break up? You moved on to someone so quickly?】

Lu Lin: [Even if your mother gets divorced, neither of us will split the money. Hurry up and settle the accounts.]

Yang Pei: [Thank you on behalf of my mother.]

Ten minutes later, a message came in.

The results are in. To see the result, see 3999 [I want to verify the license plate]

Lu Lin stared at the line of text and typed a few words expressionlessly.

Does your car have insurance?

Yang Pei replied instantly: 【Wow, I'm impressed.】

Then a screenshot was sent to me.

This chart is extremely rare. In my thirty years of practice, I have never seen such a harmonious chart. It's truly a match made in heaven, a destiny preordained for three lifetimes. The marriage palace is exceptionally auspicious; a long and happy life together is a conservative estimate. Congratulations to you two! There's no need to light any candles; doing so would be superfluous.

Lu Lin couldn't help but laugh out loud after just one glance, and handed the phone to Shi Ran.

"I can't read, can you read it aloud?"

Shi Ran silently tossed it back to him.

"I can't read either."

Lu Lin: "Well, two illiterate people, no wonder they're a match made in heaven."

(The purest love story ever! There will be another update tomorrow, please give it a thumbs up~)