[Esports] Pheromones say we're a match made in heaven.

The surroundings were deathly silent, the atmosphere almost frozen.

Qin Yi's gaze lightly swept over Cheng Yuan, who was standing next to Chi Feifan.

Cheng Yuan felt a chill run down his spine from that gaze and snatched his phone away.

Chi Feifan turned to look at him in shock.

Cheng Yuan put his phone back in his pocket, then zipped his jacket up to the top with a swift and decisive motion.

"Well..." Cheng Yuan brushed his hair aside, "I suddenly remembered that I forgot to hang up the clothes I washed this morning."

Chi Feifan stared at him silently.

Why hang clothes out to dry so late at night? To sunbathe under the moon?

Cheng Yuan didn't dare to look Chi Feifan in the eye: "Oh, and I have a pair of shoes that have been dirty for too long and I haven't washed them. I need to go back and wash them right away. Anyway, I need to go back right away. I'm leaving now. You should get some rest and take care of yourself. Don't stay up too late."

"..."

"Brother." Finally, Cheng Yuan patted Chi Feifan on the shoulder, "We'll meet again someday."

"..."

Will we meet again someday?

As the only friend who could get along with Chi Feifan, Cheng Yuan betrayed Chi Feifan in less than ten seconds and slipped away unnoticed.

Chi Feifan clenched his fist and then relaxed it, briefly observing Qin Yi's expression.

He thought the wound near his eye wasn't too big, and he could rest outside for a couple of days until it became less noticeable before going back. Who would have thought he'd be caught red-handed?

"Today was an accident. We had a little friction with a group of people. We didn't mean to lie to you."

Qin Yi walked over to block the wind, took Chi Feifan's hand, and said in the same tone as usual, "Your hands are so cold, let's go back first."

What do you mean by going back first? Are you planning to settle scores later?

Chi Feifan pursed his lips, said nothing, and followed Qin Yi back to Hawk.

Throughout the journey, he leaned against the window, seemingly looking out, but his eyes kept glancing at Qin Yi.

Qin Yi kept his head down, tapping something on his phone, and didn't say much the whole way, only replying a word or two when the driver asked for directions.

When they arrived at Hawk, Chi Feifan saw Qin Yi carrying a blue takeout bag and realized that he had been buying medicine on the way.

Iodine swabs, band-aids, and a small bottle of medicated oil.

What's the medicated oil for? There's no bruising on his face.

Chi Feifan stood in Qin Yi's room—he had just tried to break free from Qin Yi's grasp. There were many people in the base, and he was afraid of being seen by others, but Qin Yi's grip was very tight. He found that he couldn't pull his hand away even with all his strength, so he was dragged in.

"I can do it myself." Chi Feifan saw Qin Yi pry open one end of the iodine swab and reached out to take it.

Qin Yi dodged his hand: "You can't see it."

Chi Feifan was about to say that if he couldn't see, there was still a mirror, but when he caught a glimpse of Qin Yi's lowered gaze and his close face, he silently shut his mouth.

The cool cotton swab gently brushed across the slightly burning skin, and the eyelashes of the person sitting in the chair trembled.

"I'll be gentle."

Chi Feifan stiffly tilted his head back: "No, no need, hurry up."

Qin Yi's lips curled up slightly, but he didn't speed up.

Chi Feifan stared at him without blinking.

Qin Yi's usual smiles were fine, he was used to his nonchalant attitude, but when Qin Yi suddenly smiled at this moment, it gave people a creepy feeling.

Considering Cheng Yuan's reaction and Qin Yi's unusual behavior along the way...

Qin Yi carefully applied the band-aid to the corner of his eye and pressed the edge of the band-aid with his warm fingertips.

Almost instantly, Chi Feifan jumped up from his chair and headed for the door.

He suddenly felt that since everyone was back, there was no need to explain things face-to-face; he felt that explaining things on the phone would also work.

Chi Feifan touched the doorknob and pressed it down.

With a click, the door was locked from the inside.

Chi Feifan suddenly turned around: "When did you lock it?"

Qin Yi tossed the trash on the table into the nearby bin, picked up the medicated oil from the table, and leaned closer: "When you came in..."

Chi Feifan's breath hitched.

He was so focused on breaking the deadlock that he didn't notice anything at all!

Just as Chi Feifan was about to touch the door lock, Qin Yi grabbed the doorknob before he could even reach it.

Qin Yi: "Don't go yet, let's check if there are any other injuries on your body."

Chi Feifan finally understood why Qin Yi bought that bottle of medicated oil.

"What? How...how do I get checked?"

As soon as he finished speaking, his clothes were lifted, and he felt a chill down his back.

Chi Feifan struggled, his face flushed, but his shoulder was pressed against the door.

"Don't move, we've already seen it," Qin Yi said.

Chi Feifan had a small bruise on his lower back near his hip bone.

It's about the size of a coin, easily overlooked, and even Chi Feifan himself doesn't usually notice it.

However, Chi Feifan's skin was already quite fair, and the skin under his clothes was rarely exposed to the sun, making his skin even whiter, which made this small bruise stand out.

Qin Yi poured the medicated oil into his hand, placed his palm on it, and rubbed it with a bit of force.

"Hiss..." Chi Feifan instinctively shrank to the side, but was blocked by another hand pressing on the door panel.

Feeling the person in front of him trembling slightly, Qin Yi slowed down his movements to ease the tension.

Chi Feifan remained silent for a long time, as if his vital signs had been removed.

After much deliberation, he spoke in a low voice, "Qin Yi, are you angry?"

"Hmm?" Qin Yi's voice came from behind. "No."

Chi Feifan emphasized, "Tell the truth."

"Really, no, I just felt bad seeing you injured." After applying the medicine, Qin Yi turned Chi Feifan over to look at his face, as if to prove himself. "On the way back, I kept thinking, if I hadn't left early today, would this have happened?"

Not necessarily, it could also be three against three.

Chi Feifan stared at him blankly, but what he said was completely different from what he was thinking: "It's not your fault."

Qin Yi put the medicated oil back, reached out and pulled two tissues from the table next to him to wipe his hands, and said in a softer tone: "If something like this happens again, you don't have to lie to me. Even if you get hurt, you have to let me know."

"Didn't we agree before that I'd fight back for you if anyone bullied you? You didn't tell me because you thought I couldn't beat them?"

Chi Feifan had several conflicts with others when he was in school.

Although he never initiated the fights, back then the teachers would generally assign blame to both sides equally. The question he heard most often was: "Why did you get into a fight?"

Even Cheng Yuan would sometimes ask out of curiosity: Why did you hit that person?

After all, there must be a reason for everything, and only by stating the reason can everyone judge right and wrong.

But Qin Yi didn't ask him why. Qin Yi wasn't even curious about what had happened that day; all he saw was that he was injured. It seemed that no matter what he did, even if he was in the wrong, Qin Yi would still stand by him.

It's crazy.

A string in my mind suddenly snapped.

Chi Feifan grabbed Qin Yi by the collar, pulled him close, and kissed him.

The two pheromones were intertwined in the room, and amidst the whirring of the air conditioner, the faint sound of water could be heard from time to time.

A few minutes later, Qin Yi suddenly noticed something.

He pulled away, staring at Chi Feifan with lingering interest, his hand on his waist giving it a light rub, their breaths mingling.

"Fanfan, you seem a little excited."

Chi Feifan's mind exploded: "Isn't it all because you released your pheromones indiscriminately?!"

He had noticed it long ago; almost from the moment he entered the room, the familiar Alpha pheromones surged toward him like a tidal wave.

Pheromones don't lie. AOs can even tell a bit about someone's mood from their pheromones, which is why Chi Feifan asked Qin Yi if he was angry.

"Get out of the way, I want to go back!"

Chi Feifan couldn't bear the humiliation, so he raised his arm to push Qin Yi away.

Qin Yi remained unmoved: "Where are you going? Are you just going to leave me like this? Or are you planning to go back and...?"

Chi Feifan shoved a hand over Qin Yi's mouth, his eyes, which had been slightly dazed from their intimacy, now seeming murderous: "Shut your mouth, don't say a word, what business is it of yours what I do!"

However, Chi Feifan forgot that what he should be covering right now is not Qin Yi's mouth, but the other party's restless hands.