His favor finds its way to me

Lu Yanzhao was the Alpha who poured sweat on the basketball court, yet he always clung to Jiang Yubai—the top-ranked Omega in the entire school—under the pretext of asking for academic help. From high school through college, the two were inseparable, their scents of sea salt and peppermint long since tangled beyond distinction. That afternoon, after practice, Lu Yanzhao walked toward the library and saw Jiang Yubai chatting and laughing with someone else. The setting sun sliced the hallway into halves of light and shadow. Standing in the darkness, a restlessness even he couldn’t recognize flared up deep inside him. It was more than friendship turning sour—it was the first time a possessiveness that had lain dormant for years woke fully and completely.