After being moved to tears by the sworn enemy's pheromones - Chapter 19

“Slept with me all night?”

Gu Yu’s eyebrows furrowed slightly as he approached Shen Jin, “What were you doing last night, Senior?”

Shen Jin took a step back, unsure how to answer.

Should he say, “I crawled into your bed to fan you, you half-asleeply held me, and I indulged in the scent of an alpha, so I just snuggled up to you, hoping you’d hold me tighter”?

If he told Gu Yu these words, he dared to guarantee that Gu Yu would immediately hang himself to prove his innocence.

“I didn’t do anything.” So Shen Jin calmly analyzed, “Think about it, Sun Liu allied and burned Cao Cao’s hundred thousand ships, Liu Bang’s battle of Gaixia led to Xiang Yu’s suicide at Wujiang, Li Shimin and his brother even fought at Xuanwu Gate, and we, after so many years of being arch-enemies, not only didn’t fight, but also discussed irrelevant matters in your room. Doesn’t it seem meaningless?”

While Gu Yu was still trying to figure it out, Shen Jin chuckled and turned to leave. But Gu Yu grabbed him back before he could, asking, “So… Senior, did you stay up all night for me yesterday?”

It seemed that Gu Yu still accurately understood the meaning of “slept with me all night”. Shen Jin felt guilty and tried to retract his hand, “It’s just professional gaming skills. I stayed up late for money, nothing to do with you, right?”

“Nothing to do with me?” Gu Yu pulled him again, “Staying up late is the most deadly habit, can your illness still get better like this?”

Shen Jin was silent for a moment. Gu Yu pulled him to sit down, repeatedly pinching his wrist, and said in a deep voice, “Don’t move, let me see… No wonder I felt the wind blowing all night last night, but I didn’t know where it came from.”

The folder was still left by the bedside. Gu Yu, with his intelligence, probably noticed it. Shen Jin quickly glanced at him and then lowered his head to let him pinch it. He muttered, “If you have any conscience, use some strength. This is your right hand… If you don’t massage properly, it will delay the development of China’s esports and my body. Be careful, I’ll extort you for the rest of your life.”

Gu Yu was not interested in arguing with him. He just bent down slightly to make him more comfortable, and commented on his regression, “Do you have classes tomorrow morning? I’ll stew some food for you to take — you’re so thin, not as good as in high school.”

The possessiveness of being in the susceptible period of an alpha had not completely subsided. This statement seemed to imply that he would fatten him up and then slaughter him. Shen Jin felt uneasy, “Just lost about ten pounds… Is it that obvious?”

He thought, if he had known, he wouldn’t have told Gu Yu that his so-called illness hadn’t healed yet.

Gu Yu’s eyelashes drooped, and drops of water occasionally fell from his slightly messy hair, making his motionless eyes even more serious.

He said, “Of course, it’s obvious. So obvious that I feel like I’m bullying the weak when we fight.”

He still didn’t let go of Shen Jin’s hand until Shen Jin grumbled that his limbs were going to be amputated. Then he paused slightly and let go, saying, “Stay here tonight. Later, you’ll be responsible for dealing with Song Yizhi’s matter.”

Shen Jin originally wanted to refuse to stay, but thinking that he had just promised to take responsibility, he chose to lie to Qin Zhulu: [I might not come back tonight. He’s paying me.]

Qin Zhulu replied immediately: [You’re going to work as a duck directly. If you don’t become the top card in the club, don’t come back to see me.]

Shen Jin argued righteously: [I’m just pushing his buttons.]

Qin Zhulu probably had already poked his toothbrush down the drain: [You’re just pushing his buttons? I thought you were going to suck it into your mouth and choke on it.]

Shen Jin was annoyed and tapped the screen a few times, pretending to hit someone. Then he secretly touched his wrist, suppressing the smile about to burst from his mouth, and asked Gu Yu, “So, how do you want me to take responsibility?”

Gu Yu just sat on the edge of the bed and watched him, but didn’t answer. The originally despondent face in the susceptible period was gradually reddening.

The more Shen Jin looked, the more puzzled he became. It took him a long time to react and tightly close his legs that were casually spread out, his ears burning, “What, can’t hold it anymore?”

“…” Gu Yu’s back stiffened, gently pushed Shen Jin’s forehead, “Who can’t hold it?”

He cleared his throat and gave the phone to Shen Jin, “We’ll have a video call with Song Yizhi later.”

Shen Jin came back to his senses, a hint of surprise flashing across his face, “Why do we need to video call him?”

Gu Yu concealed his nervousness and simply said, “Since we’re together late at night, it’s perfect to pretend that the rumors about us are true. It increases the credibility and dispels his expectations and thoughts about me.”

Shen Jin understood, but still couldn’t help but ask, “So… Song Yizhi really likes you?”

It seemed that Gu Yu was unintentional about this and wanted to find an opportunity to completely dissuade the other party.

Sure enough, Gu Yu’s attitude was very clear: “Whether he likes me or not is unclear. I made it clear long ago that I don’t like chatting, deleted WeChat friends, but every holiday he would pull my aunt and ask me to add him back.”

At this point, Gu Yu’s tone remained unchanged: “Senior also knows… he passed away early, so my aunt treats me almost like her own son.”

The “he” here probably referred to Gu Yu’s deceased omega father. Shen Jin’s heart sank, and he quickly said, “I know, it’s okay. You didn’t need to delete him.”

However, Gu Yu remained calm in tone and continued, “Not delaying others, stopping loss in time, is good for everyone. People like me… there wouldn’t be a good result even if someone liked me.”

After saying this, he licked his lips casually and continued to dry his hair.

Shen Jin looked at the cold water droplets falling from his hair, and the corner of his mouth couldn’t help but twitch, “That’s not necessarily… What if there’s someone suitable for you?”

This didn’t seem like something he, as his arch-enemy, should say. Gu Yu was slightly stunned, looked up at him, and he was equally stunned, immediately adding, “What I mean is, I can drug you to make you mute, and we can still get by.”

Then he grabbed the towel and covered Gu Yu’s wet head, rubbing vigorously, saying, “Hurry up and dry off, don’t catch a cold and infect me.”

The citrus scent made him feel restless, so he quickly thought: It wouldn’t be bad to act as a villain against Song Yizhi. Later, I’ll at least pretend to have cried on a hundred pillows after being topped by Gu Yu. Who cares if Song Yizhi tried to strangle me three years ago.

In front of him, Gu Yu took back the towel and went to the side of the bedroom to blow-dry his hair.

Shen Jin pulled back his thoughts, waiting for him while also having his own worries, “Everyone thinks I’m an alpha, can they believe in an AA relationship? And it’s even between enemies turned lovers… I’ll have to mention you in my Oscar acceptance speech next year.”

Gu Yu’s head was still under the towel, and he could only hear his voice.

“Senior followed me shyly during military training, which was already at the level of an Oscar judge. And whether you’re an alpha, beta, or omega doesn’t matter to me. Technically, I could like anyone.”

He seemed indifferent to gender differentiation, and Shen Jin couldn’t help but be stunned for a long time before coming back to his senses and saying, “Oh… alright, I’ll make sure he backs off. Let me think about what to name our first child.”

“…” Gu Yu paused in his action of playing with his hair and said, “Anyway… the nickname can’t be ‘Little Strawberry’.”

Shen Jin laughed and raised his hand to beckon him over, “Let’s forget about the child for now. Have you thought about whether to call me wife, husband, or baby later?”

However, it was Gu Yu who suggested pretending to be a couple, visibly reddening with anger, and Shen Jin noticed for the first time that a person’s face could turn so red: “You can’t even say it? It’s too late to regret now.”

He teased him with a hint of teasing and deliberately provoked him, “If you can’t say it, you can call me brother. Song Yizhi likes to call everyone brother, brother, brother, brother, brother, you two can compete to see who can chirp louder?”

The hairdryer clicked off, and Gu Yu’s movements of getting onto the bed were forceful. Shen Jin buried his head and laughed for a while, intentionally adding fuel to the fire, “Be good, I’ll only let you smell my pheromones in the future, don’t be so irritable all the time, okay?”

Gu Yu’s breathing was severely unstable, but his voice was calm and steady as he gritted his teeth, “Alright, let’s make the video call. It’s just a nickname, and later, I’ll be able to say ‘wife’, ‘baby’, ‘gege’… all of them.”