After being moved to tears by the sworn enemy's pheromones - Chapter 25
At the scene of the social death.
Shen Jin’s expression didn’t show any weakness. He snorted and asked, “What, did you see it all?”
Gu Yu replied, “After all, I still recognize a few Chinese characters.”
“… ” Shen Jin simply covered his head with the blanket and said, “My WeChat account was hacked, and I sleepwalked and typed at midnight. Someone with the same name as you, you choose one to convince yourself to believe.”
Gu Yu couldn’t hold back anymore and wanted to pull Shen Jin out, “So, letting me mark you yesterday was actually the first step of Senior’s plan?”
After marking and bullying an omega, he regretted it, worried, annoyed, and heartbroken. He didn’t sleep well all night, and even felt like compensating—In a sense, Shen Jin’s plan wasn’t a failure either.
Unexpectedly, Shen Jin took off the blanket and replied, “Of course not. I’m not stupid enough to think you’d fall for me just because you marked me.”
Gu Yu immediately averted his gaze, still unable to meet Shen Jin’s eyes, but his voice was somewhat less gentle, “Don’t tell me it was impulsive during heat period. Senior almost killed me to silence me during military training.”
Shen Jin clicked his tongue and unlocked his phone, tossing it over, “Take a look for yourself. I don’t know which one of your pursuers is sending mocking messages to me in the middle of the night. I can’t swallow this insult.”
As for who that person was, he hadn’t had time to contact or investigate yet.
Gu Yu was slightly surprised and picked up Shen Jin’s phone to look.
The words on the screen made his eyes narrow, and he felt a little dazed immediately.
“It’s him…” Gu Yu muttered softly, Shen Jin immediately leaned over and asked, “Who? Do you remember the number so well?”
“… ” Gu Yu frowned, with a bad premonition, “Just to be sure, Senior, are you… jealous?”
“… ” Shen Jin touched his chest, feeling something was wrong, “Yeah, it hurts a bit… probably jealous.”
Damn it.
Both of them suddenly realized, panicking, and quickly distanced themselves. Shen Jin felt extremely embarrassed, rubbing his chest to make the pain go away: Damn, just being marked by an alpha? Can’t you be more resilient?
The last time he felt this heartache, it was probably when Qin Zhu snatched his first blue buff.
Of course, Gu Yu wasn’t much better off.
He just wanted to comfort his omega, and if possible, hug him, kiss his forehead, rub his back until he hugged him and called him husband.
Feeling somewhat desperate, Gu Yu changed the subject, “I don’t know this number, but judging from the content and tone, it seems like Song Yizhi.”
If he remembered correctly, Song Yizhi occasionally used such wording and tone when faced with things or people he didn’t like.
But Shen Jin was puzzled and didn’t quite believe that his little angel would send such messages, “How is that possible? Yizhi is so pure and lovely, don’t wrong him casually.”
“…” Gu Yu replied, “It’s just a speculation. Regardless of whether it’s him or not, just ignore it, I’ll handle it.”
After a moment, he frowned and asked, “Also… Senior, do you think he’s pure and lovely?”
During the last video call, Gu Yu noticed that Song Yizhi was always excluding Shen Jin in his speech, so he had a new understanding of him as a person, at least, not as pure and lovely as Shen Jin said.
But Shen Jin seemed to think otherwise, saying, “Yeah, he doesn’t even know to wear more clothes when it’s cold, just showing his legs. Obviously, he’s a naive kid who just left home to go to college and lacks life experience.”
Gu Yu opened his mouth but couldn’t refute.
He reluctantly listened to Shen Jin’s further insights. Shen Jin said, “Plus, he invited us to Rongchuang Paradise to play, and said he would cover the entrance fee. He seems like a nice person.”
“He didn’t invite ‘us’ to Rongchuang Paradise.” Gu Yu handed the fried eggs to Shen Jin, saying, “He invited you, and ‘me and him’ to go to Rongchuang Paradise together. Understand?”
“Is there a difference? Did you fail math with a score of 148? Anyway, it’s the three of us.” Shen Jin looked at him puzzledly, “When did you become so nit-picky?”
Gu Yu couldn’t explain, so he swallowed his anger and reminded, “Anyway, remember, don’t have any contact with him. If he actively contacts you, remember to tell me.”
“Heh, prejudice.” Shen Jin was unconvinced, eating while saying, “Just a bit clingy… Yizhi isn’t all that bad. Back then, for you, he dared to risk being retaliated against, and pinched me several times in the chaos, quite brave—”
Gu Yu paused, “What?”
“… Damn.” Shen Jin realized he had slipped up, “It’s nothing.”
Gu Yu grabbed his wrist, and their eyes finally met: “Where did he pinch you? What grudge do you two have? Why does he have the right to pinch you?”
Shen Jin licked his lips and instinctively avoided eye contact, “… I remembered it wrong. It’s nothing.”
Already embarrassed enough from last night, if Gu Yu found out that he had been pinched by the skinny Song Yizhi, how could he continue to face him?
But Gu Yu didn’t let it go and wanted to embarrass him further, trying to find the pinch marks by lifting his clothes.
Based on the usual fighting experience, the waist was the most likely spot.
Shen Jin panicked for half a second at the thought of being ticklish, and Gu Yu’s pheromones made his waist feel weak—nowadays, whenever Gu Yu touched him, he couldn’t resist. He struggled, “Don’t… it’s been two or three years, where would you find it?”
“Is that so?” Gu Yu let him go and said, “But didn’t you just say it was nothing?”
Feeling trapped, Shen Jin was forced to say, “Fine, I was wrong, forget it.”
Bringing up these old grievances, he felt a bit aggrieved: If only he had recorded the scene of him fighting 1 vs. 4 at the entrance of the internet cafe back then, he would have preserved it in a museum with a 200-megapixel camera.
Just as he was thinking about it, Gu Yu suddenly called him, “Shen Jin.”
“…?” Shen Jin was confused. Gu Yu rarely called him by his name. It was either “you” or “Senior.” Did he lose his respect just because of last night’s marking?
Feeling somewhat regretful, Shen Jin continued, “What’s up? Didn’t you almost never call me by name? Is it because of last night’s marking that you lost even the formality?”
Shen Jin felt it was not worth the loss, but Gu Yu continued, “If I die one day, it’s 100% because of you.”
“Huh?” Shen Jin was puzzled, but with some conscience, “Then… I’ll burn incense for you on the first and fifteenth of every month as compensation?”
Seeing Gu Yu still cold-eyed, Shen Jin tried, “Or else… are you still thinking of adding me to your family tree?”
“… Adding you to my family tree? Forget it.” Gu Yu pushed his forehead and replied, “I don’t care about your Shen family. I don’t even want to look at them.”
Shen Jin fell silent for a moment and could only touch his own forehead, while Gu Yu took out a thermometer and said, “Let’s take your temperature again. I’m getting my cast removed this Friday, and next Saturday, my childhood friend is having a birthday dinner at Beiquan Mountain. If you’re not preparing for some world championship, come with me.”
“What?” Shen Jin felt Gu Yu was becoming unreasonable, “Why should I go with you?”
Just when they reunited, he thought Gu Yu had changed into a powerful, calm, mature alpha, but just a few days later, Gu Yu exposed his childish nature.
He said, “Because you’re my marked omega, because both of us are inexperienced, because we might lose control without contacting each other’s pheromones for a day—because all of this was deliberately induced by you.”
Shen Jin wanted to argue but couldn’t find the words, so he reluctantly replied, “Nice use of parallelism.”
“I’ll go, but you have to tell your friend in advance. Also, I can pay for myself.”
“No need to pay.” Gu Yu replied, “I’ll just tell him about our relationship.”
Shen Jin sighed, “What relationship do we have?”
“It’s hard to say.” Gu Yu took back the thermometer and casually replied, “Probably the relationship where you voluntarily exposed your glands and wanted me to fall for you.”
“…” Shen Jin’s heart raced with anger, “Can’t you be more generous?”
“No.” Gu Yu threw the thermometer hard but his tone remained calm, “No fever. How are you feeling today?… Do you need an alpha hug?”
His gaze only fell on the pillow beside the bed, Shen Jin blushed instantly, but hesitated for a moment and couldn’t resist his instinct. He lowered his voice and said, “Yes…”
Omegas during heat period were naturally fragile and soft, easily shortening their lives if they couldn’t get comfort from their own alpha. Shen Jin thought: It’s not my fault. I smoke, drink, stay up late playing games, but I still want to live to 80.
As soon as he said this, Gu Yu immediately hugged him, and his embrace was still warm and comfortable.
Shen Jin stiffened all over at first, feeling nervous, but as Gu Yu gently stroked his back, he gradually relaxed, feeling warm all over, and began to feel sleepy again.
“You’re too tired. Sleep a little longer.” Beside his ear, Gu Yu’s voice was almost inaudible, “… Be good.”
Shen Jin listened in a daze, completely sinking into his embrace.
Outside the window, the sunlight danced for a long time, finally falling on Gu Yu’s reddened earlobe. In that gentle breeze, no one saw him tightening this hug as if he couldn’t bear to let go.
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Beiquan Mountain is far from the city, with many mountain villas, hot springs, and villa resorts, known as the backyard of City C.
Shen Jin agreed to go with Gu Yu, but he didn’t expect that Gu Yu’s so-called “childhood friend” not only included several people he hadn’t seen before but also included the familiar figure, Song Yizhi.
“Damn.” As soon as he got out of the car, Shen Jin covered his face with his hand, afraid that Song Yizhi would see him from afar, “Why is Yizhi here?”
Last time during the video call, he almost acted like a servant to Gu Yu. How could he face him now?
“Why did Senior think he wouldn’t be here?” Gu Yu said, “Since it’s a birthday party for a childhood friend, of course, he would be here.”
Before Shen Jin could react, Gu Yu suddenly grabbed his hand and said, “Let’s go, I’ll take you to meet them.”
Shen Jin, looking baffled, was dragged over. He didn’t expect Gu Yu to be less aloof in front of these people than usual. Instead, he introduced, “This is Shen Jin, my new boyfriend from university—faster than all of you, and also a Senior.”