not in love

"Okay, shall we go through the menu together?"

Loki placed the menu sideways in the center of the table, and leaned over to share it with Yu Zhijuan.

"Guest, we have more than one menu here."

Lin Xie quickly returned to the bar and took another menu, and stuffed it into Loki's hands with a smile on his face.

"Thank you."

Loki smiled brightly, and when he took the menu, he looked at the waiter who "looks like Lin Xie" again, and he couldn't help but exclaim,

"You really look exactly like brother Lin Xie..."

"Nowadays, many people are being treated like Lin Xie."

Yu Zhijuan said indifferently, he lowered his eyes and pretended to be looking at the menu, trying to avoid Lin Xie, who was standing beside him with a pen and paper, preparing to write down the names of the dishes, so as not to be unable to help laughing.

"Hey? Yu, do you know Lin Xie too?"

Loki's attention returned to Yu Zhijuan again,

"I thought you didn't pay much attention to the entertainment industry."

"I don't know much about the entertainment industry, but you guys encountered such a serious accident on Wynn Island, so I read the report a few more times. The report said that it was thanks to Lin Xie that you were able to catch the murderer in time ?”

Yu Zhijuan said calmly.

In fact, in order to conceal that he is actually an Alpha of Xu Ruqing who can bring down cows, Yu Zhijuan attributed everything on the island to Lin Xie, and kept saying that he was just a vase holding back.

"Yeah, luckily Brother Lin Xie is here,"

Loki nodded,

"He is a very reliable person, and he has always taken good care of Brother Zhiyi."

"Is it."

Yu Zhijuan gave Lin Xie a meaningful look. Lin Xie seized the opportunity and immediately winked at him, exuding charm presumptuously.

"..."

Yu Zhijuan retracted his gaze,

"Loki, have you seen what you want to eat?"

"I heard from my friends that the stew here is very authentic. Do you like French food?"

"is acceptable."

"Then I'm relieved, I've been worried that I might choose a restaurant that doesn't suit your taste."

Loki propped his face and showed a cute smile, even when Yu Zhijuan looked down at the menu, he never looked away.

Originally, he had prepared a lot of things he wanted to say to Yu... He wanted to tell Yu about his growth and progress over the years, and he wanted to ask Yu how he has been in these years, what he plans to do after graduation, and... is there any plan to find someone? companion.

But when he actually sat face to face with Yu, there was nothing left in Loki's mind.

Although the two brothers are carved out of the same mold, when Loki and Yu Zhiyi stay together, they just feel friendly, but when they face Yu, they can clearly feel the joy in their hearts.

A few years ago in his room, after Yu Zhijuan gave him a few homework exercises, he sat quietly and read a book. When Loki finished the test and wanted to take it to Yu Zhijuan for correction, he found that he had fallen asleep leaning on the chair.

Yu Zhiwen's eyelashes are long, longer than many Gran Scots.

Before Loki could observe for a few more seconds, Yu Zhijuan opened his eyes.

He apologized to Loki before taking Loki's homework.

That day may have been just an ordinary evening to Zhijuan, but to Loki, it was a scene that appeared in his dreams again and again.

And almost every time he wakes up from the dream, Loki has to change his underwear and sheets in distress.

No matter how beautiful and Omega-like she is, Yu Zhijuan is charming enough as an Alpha.

Cool and dependable, learned and humble, and treats Loki like a younger brother.

It's just that Loki's mind was immature at that time, he would feel uneasy because of his heartbeat, and he would also feel inferior because of his heartbeat, which finally caused him to swear at Yu Zhijuan to get out.

But now he has grown up.

He doesn't expect Zhijuan to immediately accept him as a lover, but at least he wants to tell Yu Zhijuan not to treat him as a younger brother from now on...

Yu Zhijuan was studying the menu seriously, and didn't notice Loki's almost fascinated gaze.

French cooks like to add some extra ingredients with conflicting flavors or even unimaginable extra ingredients to their dishes. He needs to read the ingredient list of each dish to confirm whether the dish will be unpalatable.

"Cough cough,"

The waiter who looked a lot like Lin Xie made a noise again, as if he didn't have half the patience that a person in the service industry should have,

"My guest, do you order without looking at the menu?"

Yu Zhijuan raised his eyes suspiciously when he heard the sound, and Loki hurriedly buried his head, as if someone had exposed his secret love, he ordered a name of a dish in a panic,

"I'll have a rib-eye steak."

"Loki, didn't you just say you wanted stew?"

Yu Zhijuan considered for a long time whether to order apple stewed chicken or red wine stewed beef, and was about to ask Loki's opinion.

"Ah, yes, the main course is to skip the steak... How about some side dishes? Mushroom cheese pie? And this salt-baked snail looks delicious too. As for the appetizer, is there anything Yu would like to eat?"

"I would like a serving of boiled mussels."

"Okay... well, I read on the menu that the mussels will be served with blue cheese, which is the legendary blue cheese."

Loki reminded Yu Zhijuan.

Many variety shows regard eating blue cheese as a punishment game. It is said that this cheese tastes very strange and extremely smelly.

"Any questions?"

Yu Zhijuan blinked.

"No problem, that's all."

Loki smiled.

Lin Xie helped them record the dishes to be ordered, and was stunned when he wrote the mussel dish.

Yu Zhijuan doesn't seem to be particularly sensitive to strange smells, whether it's snail powder or blue cheese, he doesn't think it smells bad.

After the two ordered the dishes, Lin Xie, as a waiter, had to leave their table temporarily to place an order for the kitchen.

Loki seemed relieved after he left,

"I think he not only looks like Brother Lin Xie, but also gives people a similar sense of oppression."

Yu Zhijuan slightly raised his eyebrows: "I have never seen Lin Xie in person."

"After all, he is a big star with a super high status,"

Loki laughed,

"By the way, do you have any plans after this survey? Are you going back to Glencoe soon?"

"Well, I can't stay in the country for too long, and I'm in a hurry to go back and sort out the information and data I got from the research. Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

"Because I will go to Finland with the training team for training soon, and the next time I return to Glencoe will be at the end of the year,"

Loki paused, mustering up his courage,

"I'm afraid that next time I come back, there will be other Omega by Yu's side..."

"..."

Yu Zhijuan choked for a moment, there would be no Omega, but Alpha already had one.

Loki thought he didn't understand what he meant, blinked those blue eyes with clear embarrassment, and explained carefully and earnestly,

"I mean, does Yu now...have a relationship?"

"I……"

Just as Yu Zhijuan opened his mouth, he heard "Ouch", it was the waiter who looked like Lin Xie who accidentally knocked down the glass in front of him when he came to serve them some soup.

Lemonade was spilled all over Yu Zhijuan, Loki stood up nervously, and was about to help Yu Zhijuan get some tissues, but found that the tissue box was already in the hands of the waiter.

"My guest, I am very sorry."

Lin Xie knelt down to help Yu Zhijuan take off the lemon slice that fell on his neckline,

"To express my apologies, please allow me to take you to deal with it? There are towels and deodorant spray at the front desk."

Before Yu Zhijuan's "no need" could be said, he was framed up by Lin Xie, dragged and abducted to the bartending counter on the other side of the restaurant.

After confirming that Loki did not follow, Yu Zhijuan took off Lin Xie's mask with some helplessness,

"Mr. Lin, don't tell me that this restaurant is also owned by your Lin family."

Otherwise, Yu Zhijuan would not believe that there is any normal restaurant that can tolerate its staff throwing menus at customers and pouring cold water on them.

"That's not true, I just set a high enough price for them to cooperate with me."

Lin Xie replied innocently, and took out a towel from the drawer in the mixing table to help Yu Zhijuan wipe the water marks.

The good thing is that Zhijuan also wore a bottoming shirt under the knitted sweater, so the water stains didn't seep into it.

"Why do you have to go to such lengths to compete with a kid like Loki? Is it because you're afraid that I'll go back to Glencoe directly with him?"

Yu Zhijuan teased him.

"Since he asked you if you have a lover, it means that you can no longer treat him like a child..."

Lin Xie paused, because Yu Zhijuan suddenly raised his hand to wipe the mole under his eyes.

"...Is it really painted?"

Yu Zhijuan glanced at the black ink smudged on his thumb with a little disgust.

"Lindsey taught me."

Lin Xie raised her eyebrows, then took out a black eyeliner from her pocket and handed it to Yu Zhijuan,

"If you lose it, you have to pay for it."

"……childish."

Yu Zhijuan couldn't help laughing, he unscrewed the cap of the pen and tapped under Lin Xie's eyes, and when he got closer to check whether the painting looked good, Lin Xie suddenly lowered his head and touched his lips lightly.

Yu Zhijuan froze for a moment, but did not refuse the kiss.

"Gulululu—"

There was the sound of a small cart not far away, which meant that a waiter was coming to clean up.

Although Lin Xie had given money to the restaurant to cooperate with them, Yu Zhijuan was not big enough to kiss his lover in front of strangers. He was about to push Lin Xie away, but Lin Xie held him back first. the back of his head, pulling him down.

Outside the bartending cabinet was the sound of a mop hitting the table legs. The waiter who was mopping the floor probably never expected that there were two Alphas with shoulders and legs and long legs squeezed into the narrow space inside the bar.

Yu Zhijuan was pushed against the cabinet door by Lin Xie, and his whole body was almost enveloped by Lin Xie.

The kiss didn't end until the waiter outside pushed the cart away.

"Teacher Yu, your face is all blurred."

Lin Xie chuckled twice, and wiped off the liquid eyeliner that accidentally got on Yu Zhijuan's face during the kiss.

"I don't know who did it."

Yu Zhijuan raised his knee to push Lin Xie,

"It's time to let me go back, and it's time for Loki to find me after a while."

"How are you going to answer his question?"

Lin Xie asked,

"Say you already have a lover, and then make up a random name? From what I know of Loki, he's not so easily fooled. This is not a problem that can be solved with a lie."

"Then what does Teacher Lin want me to answer?"

Yu Zhijuan blinked.

"Ms. Lin can help you answer."

Lin Xie smiled heavily, and with nimble fingers, he had already undid the third button of Zhijuan's neckline.

I saw him bit down hard on Yu Zhijuan's collarbone that was exposed because of this.