Reflections of a Distant Echo Chapter 6

Ethan Xu slept very badly that night and he had dreams all night long.

It was a thunderstorm in the dream. I don’t know if it was a typhoon, but the trees outside the window were blown all over the place. It seemed like there was a hole in the sky, and rain was pouring down heavily.

The room he was in was completely silent. The glass of the floor-to-ceiling windows seemed to block out the violent storm and thunder. Only the blades of the ceiling fan above his head were turning, making a creaking sound.

There was a solid wooden desk in front of him with a test paper on the table. He looked down and saw that the test paper was "2203 Qinan City College Entrance Examination Mock Paper", and he was holding a pen in his hand.

At this time, Ethan Xu still knew that he was dreaming.

Sh!t. He broke out in a cold sweat, dreaming about the college entrance examination papers. The shadow was too deep.

Suddenly, someone said from behind: "You don't know how to do this?"

The voice was very pleasant, neither cold nor hot, with a hint of laziness.

Only then did Ethan Xu realize that he was sitting on his alpha's lap, curled up in his alpha's arms, which was an extremely ambiguous posture.

Then, a slender and clean hand grasped the back of his hand from behind, and took his pen as if to write the answer.

Of course he wanted Alpha to write the answer.

The alpha deliberately didn't put pen to paper, but moved closer and bit his earlobe: "Beg me, beg me, and I'll teach you."

He shuddered when bitten, the glands on the back of his neck kept itching, the tip of the pen drew a mark on the paper, and he said angrily: "What are people doing? Can't you have pity on us college entrance examination students? We have to fall in love and flirt with men, it's really too hard for us."

The scene in the dream flashed, and the alpha had already K!ssed her.

Ethan Xu had completely forgotten that he was still in a dream. He could only hear his own heartbeat as he passively but eagerly welcomed the K!ss. He could hardly figure out who was taking the initiative in the passionate K!ss.

In the dim light, he saw the other person's three-dimensional and deep facial features, and her long and thick brown eyelashes. While K!ssing him, she showed a somewhat childish smile, as if a prank had succeeded, and the other person seemed particularly satisfied.

There were loud thunders, and the dull sound was far away in the sky.

In the dimly lit room, their figures were reflected on the glass. The alpha boy bit his neck gland, which looked fierce, but the bite was very light. Ethan Xu looked at the glass and met a pair of Amber Xia eyes.

Those eyes made Ethan Xu slowly recall his name: "...Tyler Ling."

Ethan Xu woke up when he called out that name.

The sky was bright and the ceiling of the Fisher Hotel appeared before him, reminding him that he had just been dreaming.

The glands on the back of the neck itch slightly, as if they were actually bitten.

He was the only one in the room. Lu Jia seemed to have left without even saying hello. Didn’t they agree to be friends?

However, Ethan Xu breathed a sigh of relief and said thankfully: Fortunately, he is the only one here.

How long has it been since I had that kind of dream?

Was it because I saw the person in my dream yesterday? Or was it because when I borrowed the phone in Tyler Ling's room, I accidentally imagined a car without a license plate in a strange way?

When Ethan Xu first had this dream, he had just completed differentiation. He shyly told the doctor about it during the follow-up visit.

The doctor comforted him and said it was normal.

Every omega will dream of their ideal type in their subconscious after they develop, which means that they have fully developed. It's just that Ethan Xu differentiated late, so this situation appeared later than his peers, so he shouldn't worry.

The doctor also joked: "How is your S3xual fantasy partner? Is he your ideal type?"

Ethan Xu thought for a moment and said with a red face: "I can't see her face clearly, but I was so horny that my legs went weak!"

Until one day he saw Tyler Ling on TV, and every detail of the person in his dream seemed to have found its home, fitting perfectly and appropriately.

He dropped the half-eaten apple in fright.

He asked his family: "Mom, do I know him?"

Xie Rui walked over and looked at the person on TV: "What do you remember?"

How could he say what he did in his dream? He just said, "I thought he looked very familiar, as if I knew him."

Xie Rui smiled and told him: "His name is Tyler Ling, and he's a big star. You're his fan, so of course you know him."

At that time, Ethan Xu was shocked by his own shamelessness, and was only grateful that he had not been a toxic fan before, because he found that there were quite a lot of different types of alphas in his computer hard drive.

It turns out that there is a difference between dreams and reality.

As excited as Ethan Xu was when he came to attend the annual meeting, he felt so regretful now. Tyler Ling was not half as gentle as he had been in his dreams, and might even be prejudiced against omegas.

Ethan Xu doesn't even want to be his fan anymore.

Please, he really didn’t want to have that kind of dream about Tyler Ling’s face again.

When Dylan Huang came to Ethan Xu's room, his expression had turned from gloomy to bright: "What did you say to Tyler Ling last night? How did you convince him?"

Ethan Xu sat cross-legged on the bed, eating the breakfast delivered from the guest room, with a cute puff on his cheeks.

"What? I just want to borrow a phone."

Dylan Huang was very happy: "I heard from Xiao An. Did you say something when you borrowed the phone to make him change his mind about you? Sister Ya called early this morning and said that the matter was settled. Tyler Ling said that he could consider it and his attitude was not so absolute."

For an artist to have good exposure, he must have a good starting point. Dylan Huang is not a petty person. Nothing is more important than his career. Being bullied occasionally is completely acceptable to him.

Ethan Xu was stunned.

What?!

Could things still be turned around like this?

Could it be like those cheesy idol dramas where, because of a casual remark from the male protagonist, he came up with the thought "Oh, woman, you've successfully caught my attention"?

Thinking about it carefully, Tyler Ling seemed to question him about the theory of omega discrimination, and he said that it was not the case from the perspective of music.

He couldn't remember exactly how it went back and forth.

Is it because of this?

Most of the people in the company left.

After breakfast, they had to leave. The protesters and media downstairs were full of energy and stayed up all night. They probably knew that Tyler Ling would leave the Fisher Hotel today no matter what, so they were even more excited than yesterday and vowed to make sure Tyler Ling could not escape.

After entering the elevator, Dylan Huang said, "Zhou Zhou, you look a little pale. Did you not sleep well last night?"

"It's too bad." Ethan Xu said honestly. It's strange that he slept well, he was almost drained.

"Lu Jia is quite active." Dylan Huang misunderstood his meaning and reminded him, "But you still need to pay attention to sleep. Although you are still young, you are an artist after all, so you need to take care of yourself. Look at Lu Jia, he is already 26 years old."

Ethan Xu was shocked. He thought Lu Jia was at most twenty years old.

Artists are all monsters!

When they arrived at the parking lot, Dylan Huang had just opened the door to let Ethan Xu get in when Xiao An ran over and said, "Brother Dylan Huang!"

Xiao An took a deep breath and said he wanted to ask them for a favor.

The two of them talked for a few words, but Ethan Xu didn't hear clearly. He just closed his eyes and rested. He really needed to catch up on his sleep.

When Dylan Huang got on the bus again, he called him, "Zhou Zhou, take a seat inside."

Ethan Xu didn't understand why, but he still moved to the second row of seats.

As soon as he sat down, a long leg stretched out.

Tyler Ling was wearing a mask and a baseball cap, probably to disguise himself, but even if he turned into ashes, Ethan Xu could still recognize him, not to mention his unique S-level scorching sun pheromone.

It's so hot that it almost burns you.

He sat down silently in the seat next to Ethan Xu, and adjusted the backrest very naturally to make himself more comfortable. Fortunately, this high-end nanny car had a spacious seat, so a person of his height would not feel too cramped.

Ethan Xu: ...

So do you want to say hello?

Xiao An followed closely behind, sitting in the front row with a smile on his face, leaning over and saying, "Excuse me, the license plate of the car we drove in yesterday was photographed by the paparazzi, and now Sister Ya is driving that car to lure the tiger away from the mountain. It's such a coincidence that we met you, so we'll give you a ride. I guarantee that no one will guess that we are in your car. Zhou Zhou, you don't mind, right?"

This is the truth. Now no media recognizes Ethan Xu's car, and it is even questionable whether they know him as a person.

Situ Ya is worthy of being Situ Ya.

"I don't mind." Ethan Xu glanced at Tyler Ling.

Tyler Ling had no intention of greeting them.

Okay, Ethan Xu decided to leave it at that and everyone remained silent.

Dylan Huang started the car: "Tyler Ling, are you going home or somewhere else? I heard that Ying Chen is living happily in the north of the city, and he also bought a house for you. Are you going there?"

Ying Chen! Grand Slam Movie King!

Ethan Xu thought, it turns out that Tyler Ling's friends are all at this level. As expected, the masters play with masters.

As for him, his best performance was just dragging his top-student roommate into the game and playing the children's version of Connect the Dots online with him.

"Go home." Tyler Ling finally spoke.

Maybe because it was morning, his voice sounded a little hoarse, "Thank you."

No one mentioned the awkward meeting last night.

No, for Ethan Xu and Tyler Ling, it was two awkward meetings.

No one in the car spoke anymore, and they passed through the bustling crowd outside the hotel smoothly without attracting any suspicion. Not long after driving, someone shouted, "Tyler Ling's car!!!"

People rushed forward, and as soon as Situ Ya showed her head in the car, she was surrounded.

Xiao An almost clapped and laughed, but Tyler Ling looked back at those people and only said two words.

Ethan Xu thought he was talking about "idiot".

But Ethan Xu had no evidence.

Just as he was thinking about it, Tyler Ling suddenly took off his mask and hat, completely relaxed, and leaned back on the chair looking extremely tired, with dark circles under his eyes... quite scary.

This superstar couldn't have stayed up all night.

"What are you looking at?" Tyler Ling looked over.

Ethan Xu: "???"

Tyler Ling said coldly: "Don't keep staring at me."

Ethan Xu: "...I didn't."

Dylan Huang glanced at them in the rearview mirror. From his angle, he couldn't see Ethan Xu. He only saw Tyler Ling with a cold face, groping for something in his large coat pocket, looking very impatient.

Dylan Huang always felt that they were about to fight.

Ethan Xu didn't dare to look at Tyler Ling anymore. He felt that Tyler Ling was a little manic now, maybe he was in a bad mood because of waking up. It would be better for him not to say anything and try to be as quiet as a chicken.

For some reason, his glands started to itch again, even more so than when he first woke up in the morning.

He couldn't help but reach out to touch it, and found that a small area of   skin on the back of his neck was hot and slightly bulging, as if waiting for something to pierce it.

A hand suddenly reached out.

The beauty of those fingers overlapped with the hands in Ethan Xu's dream.

Ethan Xu looked up and saw the thing in his hand with a puzzled look on his face.

It turned out that Tyler Ling had taken out a bag of tissues from his pocket after struggling for a long time.

Dylan Huang, who was observing secretly, saw this scene and his mouth twitched.

Tyler Ling handed the tissue to Ethan Xu and said calmly, "You have a nosebleed."