Chapter 33 is him. O(……

Perhaps Lin Zhi felt the beast's gaze in his sleep, and his brows furrowed.

He felt a warm breath in his daze, which carried a hint of hidden danger, making him feel like he was being invaded even in his sleep.

"Um……"

Seeing that Lin Zhi seemed a little uncomfortable and resistant, Lu Yuan raised his eyebrows and stood up to leave.

Tsk, you hate him even in your dreams, right?

Crash——

The next moment, Lu Yuan froze.

——Lin Zhi reached out his hand in his sleep and grabbed the hem of his clothes.

It was an unconscious move.

Lu Yuan stood there in a daze.

He still remembered that when Luo Xing suffered from the aftereffects of being marked, he would hug him and comfort him gently.

He would put one hand around Luo Xing's waist and hold that soft hand with the other hand, releasing his pheromones, and then Luo Xing would relax little by little, and the hand he was holding would relax and open in his palm. He didn't hate this feeling.

Lu Yuan looked at Lin Zhi who was holding him. At this moment, the two figures seemed to overlap.

For the first time, he remembered that he had never seen Lin Zhi take off his gloves.

As if possessed by a ghost, he also reached out his hand towards Lin Zhi. However, when he touched the cold, expensive silk fabric of the glove, he shuddered suddenly and woke up from his terrible, almost out-of-bounds behavior.

Lu Yuan took two steps back in disbelief, away from his sleeping enemy.

...crazy.

The towering Enigma surrendered to his old enemy for the first time...

Escape in a hurry.

…

…

Because Lin Zhi hadn't woken up yet, Adolf had Zhou Fang brought over from the upper city. Fortunately, the distance between the upper and lower city wasn't too far, so Zhou Fang could arrive in three or four hours using a flying vehicle.

The reason why Lin Zhi fell into a coma was actually very simple - pheromone disorder.

After Zhou Fang injected Lin Zhi with inhibitors and drugs to adjust pheromones, Lin Zhi was no longer in any danger.

“Your Majesty has awakened…!”

Lin Zhi opened his eyes and saw the worried looks of Zhou Fang and Adolf.

He then glanced around. It was not the hospital in the upper city, but the messy houses in the lower city outside the window. It seemed that after rescuing the black shadow, Lu Yuan brought him to the lower city.

that is……

Lin Zhi frowned slightly and looked around again, as if he was looking for something or someone.

...Not here?

Is it his illusion?

Zhou Fang blinked, "What's wrong, Your Majesty?"

Lin Zhi shook his head, "Nothing."

His voice was a little hoarse, and Zhou Fang quickly handed him some water. After taking a few sips, Lin Zhi frowned and asked, "Why are you here? Have I been unconscious for a long time? How is Black Shadow?"

Otherwise, there wouldn't be any need to bring Zhou Fang over specifically, right?

"He's been in a coma for two days." Zhou Fang paused and said meaningfully, "It's a pheromone problem, but it's not serious. Maybe it's because there's an antidote..."

Since the others didn't know what was going on, they had to call him, their personal physician.

Lin Zhi paused.

Besides Lu Yuan, who else could be the antidote Zhou Fang mentioned?

It seems that the faint smell in the dream... is not an illusion.

Adolf continued, "Black Shadow is fine too. After receiving treatment, he's now healthy and well and has been discharged from the hospital."

Lin Zhi shook his head. Being young is good. Isn’t it too fast to recover?

Dark shadow...

Lin Zhi lowered his eyes.

He might have to talk to Sombra later, but right now he had more important things to deal with—

"After Noel returned, how did the Imperial City become?"

Adolf sighed, "The Imperial City is now... just short of a fight."

Lin Zhi was stunned.

ah?

Zhou Fang also nodded, "Yes, that's right. In just two days, the imperial city fell into chaos."

According to Adolf's description, after Noel returned to the imperial city, he announced the Duke's death because he was assassinated by his subordinates sent by Lu Yuan, the master of the lower city.

Lu Yuan also detained His Majesty with the intention of rebellion.

Adolf shook his head. "After Noel inherited the Dukedom, he and the cabinet applied to join forces with the Allied Forces to attack the Lower City. But there's no doubt the Allied Forces would have refused."

Lin Zhi thought it was natural.

Not to mention that he was the only one with the authority to mobilize the Allied Forces. The Marshal not only hated the cabinet, but also knew about his cooperation with Lu Yuan in developing the western district on the desolate planet. Naturally, he would not act rashly.

"Then a quarrel broke out between the Cabinet and the Allied Forces. The Cabinet even stirred up public sentiment, saying that the Allied Forces were unwilling to rescue His Majesty..."

Lin Zhi is well-liked by the people, even in the Lower City. At most, they hate the powerful, but they have a neutral attitude towards His Majesty.

After all, all the policies His Majesty made were made with the alliance in mind. Compared with previous monarchs, he never deliberately targeted the lower city area, and he even went to the front line in person to bring victory after victory to the alliance.

Therefore, the cabinet was able to put pressure on the Allied forces under the guise of Lin Zhi.

"The cabinet has charged the Alliance Army with numerous crimes. Besides disregarding His Majesty's safety, they are also unwilling to support the NE energy development in the Eastern Region. This is obstruction of public affairs, and they are merely sitting on empty positions."

Lin Zhi shook his head.

It was the bad guy who filed the complaint first.

"But the Marshal is no less capable, and certainly not a pushover. He first clarified that only His Majesty can mobilize them, and then..."

Adolf raised an eyebrow and said, "I wonder if the Marshal just happened to find something on the cabinet recently, or if he's known about it for a long time and is just waiting for the right moment to explode."

"Um?"

Lin Zhi also listened with great interest, curious about what the marshal would do.

"The marshal sued the Duke because he pocketed most of the resources he obtained in the East District instead of handing them over to the government."

Lin Zhi raised his eyebrows.

Of course he knew about this, but the marshal was able to find evidence... the old ones are still the best.

"The Marshal stated that he would naturally not mobilize the Allied Forces to assist the Duke and participate in their corruption. He certainly wouldn't disregard His Majesty's wishes and orders based on their one-sided statements and arbitrarily start a war in the Lower City."

Zhou Fang, a doctor, was stunned by what he heard. He scratched his head and said, "Then after Your Majesty returns to the Imperial City... won't he be forced to take sides?"

Zhou Fangxin felt that since His Majesty took office, he had been forced to take sides, intentionally or unintentionally, by both sides. The powerful people in the cabinet naturally wanted to cling to His Majesty, while the Marshal was dissatisfied with His Majesty's close relationship with the cabinet and had repeatedly exerted pressure.

He sighed, "Your Majesty has worked so hard, and now he's injured. When he returns, he'll have to worry about how to carry on..."

……water.

Eh…?

Zhou Fang looked at Lin Zhi and Adolf in confusion.

They were looking at Zhou Fang with an interested look. Zhou Fang suspected that it was the look as if they were looking at a fool, and even with a bit of affection.

Zhou Fang swallowed, "What I said... is not right?"

Lin Zhi smiled and said, "You're right, but I'm not going back to fetch water."

"Then you..."

Lin Zhi raised his eyebrows and said, "Light the fire."

Now that the Duke is dead, taking advantage of the chaotic period when the former Duke was assassinated and the young Duke took the throne, Lin Zhi has prepared all the "props" for the cabinet. Even the marshal inadvertently paved the way for him.

The battlefield has been arranged, and he goes back...

We must completely remove the cabinet!

Lin Zhi took a deep breath and said, "Adolf, prepare the escort and the aircraft. I will be returning to the upper city soon."

If you don't go back soon, the Allied Forces and the Cabinet will overturn the imperial city.

"good."

Adolf turned and left, but after opening the door, he saw... Lu Yuan?

...Enigma, who had fled in a hurry, was still reluctant to go far and just sat on a chair in the corridor.

Lin Zhi heard their conversation.

Lu Yuan: "Is he awake?"

Zhou Fang swallowed and glanced at Lin Zhi suggestively.

——The walking antidote!!

Your Majesty, remember to smoke more before returning to the Imperial City to "fight"! !

Adolf pretended not to notice Zhou Fang's little move, turned around and said, "You guys chat, I'll go get ready first."

Zhou Fang also stood up in a hurry and followed Adolf happily.

The door opened and the two went out, but Lu Yuan did not come in.

He stood at the door, looking at Lin Zhi with an expression that was a little... strange?

Lin Zhi thought to himself, what is this person doing?

Standing at the door and looking at him with a faint gaze, but not saying anything?

The two looked at each other silently for a few minutes, and Lin Zhi simply lay down with his back to Lu Yuan to rest.

Lu Yuan: “…”

Lu Yuan felt guilty for a moment, as if he was the one who couldn't take his eyes off Lin Zhi.

"Tsk, what are you afraid of? You still don't dare to see me?" Lu Yuan's tone was a little fierce, as if he was hiding something.

Lin Zhi, with his back to Lu Yuan, was actually... quietly sensing Lu Yuan's pheromones.

Zhou Fang was right.

Because Adolf was there, Zhou Fang didn't dare to say it directly, but Lin Zhi knew that his physical condition was not good to begin with, and this time he was injured and unconscious, and the bullet in the shoulder was simply adding insult to injury. However, he recovered quickly because he was in the lower city and Lu Yuan was there.

If I could spend more time with the Enigma that marked me...it would be better.

You really need to breathe more.

Lin Zhi felt as if he was taking drugs, and felt so guilty that he didn't dare to face Lu Yuan.

After Lu Yuan said this, he felt even more guilty.

Lin Zhi curled himself up in bed and pretended to be dead.

Lu Yuan: “…”

Lu Yuan regretted it the moment he said it.

Lu Yuan looked down at his boots and thought to himself, damn it.

He originally wanted to...

The atmosphere fell into silence again.

Lin Zhi closed his eyes, silently feeling the faint spiciness and bitterness in the air that only he could smell, and prayed that Lu Yuan would not leave so soon.

until……

"Lin Zhi, I was wrong about what happened before."

Um……

Um? !

Lin Zhi suddenly stared blankly.

Was he hallucinating, or was he just getting pheromones into his head?

"I know about the neck ring and the power station."

Lu Yuan's tone was a little awkward.

Lin Zhi was stunned, his fingers unconsciously clenching the bed sheet tightly.

What did Lu Yuan mean? Why did he suddenly...

Was it because of this incident with the black shadow that he discovered something?

How much does he know?

Lin Zhi didn't turn around. He only heard Lu Yuan's low and hoarse voice again.

"I misunderstood you. I'm sorry."

"But."

That apology seemed to be just an illusion. The next second, Lu Yuan returned to his usual tone and snorted, "You have a lot of problems too. Why don't you tell me? Quail? Saw-mouthed gourd? Mute princess?"

The next moment, Lin Zhi felt the edge of the bed behind him sink, and a man's breath came over him.

Lin Zhi subconsciously turned his head and saw Lu Yuan sitting on the corner of his bed. He frowned and said, "It's the same now. I've noticed, Lin Zhi, you've always been like this. Whenever something happens, you just keep silent and don't say anything."

As Lu Yuan spoke, he moved a little closer to Lin Zhi.

But Lin Zhi was completely unaware of his quiet movements, after all, this was his "archenemy".

Lin Zhi stared at Lu Yuan blankly for a long while before he managed to find his voice again. He pretended that he didn't care at all about what Lu Yuan said, and raised his eyebrows nonchalantly, "If I really said it, you wouldn't be happy."

He tried to keep his tone light.

Lu Yuan crossed his arms and said, "If I'm not happy, you won't say anything. Are you so obedient?"

The same is true for Lu Yuan.

"Why don't you be more obedient and tell me honestly, what's going on with your pheromones?"

Lin Zhi was stunned.

Lu Yuan sat beside Lin Zhi, his eyes dimmed slightly, "You have Luo Xing's pheromones on you."

“…”

Lin Zhi clearly felt that his heart skipped a beat.

...When did Lu Yuan find out?

Did he smell it?

What does your enemy smell like?

Is Lu Yuan sick?

Lu Yuan caught Lin Zhi's momentary guilty conscience and asked coldly, "You brought him here?"

"...Yeah." Lin Zhi lowered his eyes and said, "Yes."

...But Lu Yuan was a nice guy and even found excuses for him.

Lu Yuan's eyes sternly pointed, "Where is he? Let him come over, and the three of us can have a good talk. What do you think, Your Majesty? Hmm?"

"...What's there to talk about?" Lin Zhi felt his heartbeat was still accelerating and his whole body was a little stiff.

Lu Yuan was too close, and the questions he asked were too dangerous.

Lu Yuan chuckled. "There are many reasons. For example, why does the red wine pheromone on Luo Xing appear on Nuoer? And what's going on with you?"

Lin Zhi’s mind was spinning rapidly.

"Since you've discovered it, let it go..." Lin Zhi quietly observed Lu Yuan's expression, suppressed his emotions and said in an orderly manner: "Luo Xing... was indeed accidentally marked by Nuoer. You also know Nuoer's character."

Lin Zhi continued, "That's why I secretly asked you to help him remove the mark and try to suppress this scandal."

“……?”

Lu Yuan looked at Lin Zhi with hawk-like eyes.

It made him feel a little uneasy.

Why does Lu Yuan seem a little angry?

The man who was originally hesitant suddenly froze, his whole body was cold, and the pheromones made him a little breathless for a moment.

What's going on again?

Lin Zhi originally wanted to use this statement to get rid of Lu Yuan, but he found that the other party seemed to be more...

There was silence for a moment. Lin Zhi raised his eyes, found his voice, and said in a matter-of-fact tone: "It's just that simple. There's nothing to discuss. What's wrong? Is there anything you don't understand?"

Lu Yuan opened his mouth to speak, but found that he didn't know what to say. He looked at Lin Zhi's sapphire eyes in front of him. Those eyes seemed to be covered by a layer of cold glass, rejecting everything and making him irritated and angry.

Even at this moment he didn't know what to think.

Are you glad that the scumbag is Noel, not Lin Zhi?

Fortunately, Lin Zhi and Luo Xing have a good relationship. Luo Xing is deeply in love with Lin Zhi and is a complete love-brained person. Now he is determined to pursue her. Lin Zhi is also willing to cover up the scandal between Luo Xing and Nuoer, tolerate him, and even beg himself for him?

No wonder Luo Xing is so devoted to Lin Zhi, no wonder Lin Zhi is so calm about this matter, it turns out that he is just a part of their play?

I'm still angry that he has always... hated the wrong person.

It was Noel who marked Luo Xing.

Lin Zhiyun said it calmly.

"If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving." Lin Zhi stood up and said, "Thank you for your care and help in the lower city these past few days."

Lin Zhi turned around and left almost as if escaping, ignoring all of Lu Yuan's emotions.

Are we leaving now...?

Lu Yuan was stunned.

When he saw Lin Zhi turn around and leave, he subconsciously chased after him.

The aircraft was waiting outside. When it saw Lin Zhi coming, the hatch opened.

Lu Yuan glanced at Lin Zhi's arm from a distance. The arm was wrapped in layers of bandages and hung in front of his chest.

The bullet wound was deep, but Lin Zhi acted as if it was only a superficial wound.

Lu Yuan thought to himself that Lin Zhi had just woken up and his body had not yet fully recovered, but he was rushing back to the upper city.

How urgent is this?

But he could probably guess that maybe because the upper city was now in chaos, he had to go back to calm the situation.

Maybe I'll have to go back and confront Noel.

Lin Zhi has always had close relations with the powerful and influential. Now he seems to have had a conflict with Noel because of the black shadow. No one knows how it will end when he returns.

Lu Yuan vaguely recalled that Lin Zhi was the same many years ago.

He let himself go right under the noses of the powerful.

Lin Zhi had never given up on himself before, nor had he given up on the black shadow when he was on the snowy mountain, and the same was true now.

Why?

Shouldn't he only see power and interests?

Lu Yuan looked at Lin Zhi's back as he walked away, and felt... as if he had missed something.

It was completely lost, and now I can't get it back no matter what I do.

Lu Yuan stepped forward to stop Lin Zhi who was about to board the aircraft and opened his mouth to speak.

At this moment, Adolf, who was in the aircraft, poked his head out and said, "Your Majesty, the guards are already on the road and ready to escort us back. We have nothing to fear even if Noel sends someone."

Lin Zhi didn't even look at Lu Yuan and got on the aircraft directly.

Lu Yuan closed his eyes and said nothing more.

“Click—”

When the hatch closed and the aircraft was about to take off, Lu Yuan saw Lin Zhi speaking to him through the tempered glass.

Um……?

Through the door, the sound of the aircraft engine starting up drowned out everything else. Lu Yuan frowned and asked loudly, "What did you say?"

Lin Zhi didn't intend to repeat it again.

Lu Yuan saw a faint smile appear on the sickly face.

Before he could react, the aircraft left.

Lu Yuan stood there, frowning slightly.

He suddenly remembered the news that the mercenaries had brought in the past few days. The situation in the imperial city was unclear and there must be some danger.

...is dangerous.

Damn it, knowing that there is danger, he still plays tricks on people as if it is his last words. Is he sick?

But even if Lin Zhi was injured, he had close ties with Noel and the cabinet, and the marshal would not touch him, so he should be safe.

Lin Zhi is not an Omega like Luo Xing who needs his protection. He is a strong Alpha, the Alpha who knocked him down time and time again in the ring.

Lu Yuan closed his eyes.

What exactly did Lin Zhi want to say just now?

Anyway, it's definitely not a good thing. He is the one who cares about these things.

Lu Yuan watched the aircraft leave silently, stirring up weeds and dust on the lawn outside the hospital.

Then news came from the mercenaries that they had left through the west gate.

Lu Yuan was not surprised. The west gate was hidden. Going through the woods from here back to the upper city could greatly reduce the probability of being intercepted.

However, no one except the people in the lower city area knows where the west gate is. I guess it was Luo Xing and Lin Zhi who told them, right?

Luo Xing...

etc.

Where is Luo Xing?

Lu Yuan frowned. Just now, there were only him and Adolf in Lin Zhi's aircraft. They met up with Zhou Fang's aircraft at the west city gate, so Luo Xing should have been in Zhou Fang's aircraft.

But Lu Yuan almost overlooked the most crucial point - everyone entering and leaving the downtown area needs an ID card!

Zhou Fang only requested one, so he would be the only one in Zhou Fang's aircraft.

That Luo Xing... didn't come at all? ?

Lu Yuan suddenly realized that everything was very wrong.

He turned around and went back to the hospital, going straight to the doctor's office who treated Lin Zhi that day.

The doctor looked at the tall Enigma who suddenly rushed to his desk with a ferocious look. His face turned pale with fear. "Captain... what... what happened?"

"Did you give Lin Zhi a physical examination report that day? Show it to me."

Lu Yuan's tone was calm, but the doctor was still so frightened that his legs went weak. His fingers trembled as he opened the information in the computer with shaky hands.

Lu Yuan turned to look at the projector. Because it was blocked by the instrument, most of the information was blocked, including any part related to pheromones, but skin injuries could not be hidden.

The report recorded in detail all the external injuries on Lin Zhi's body.

Lu Yuan frowned slightly.

Although Lin Zhi's injuries did not seem serious and he himself acted as if it was insignificant, if you look closely at the report, you will find that he has wounds of all sizes on his body.

It seems that it was not easy to break out of the hospital with the shadow that day. After all, no matter how powerful Lin Zhi was, he could not defeat a small army.

Although the Glory Army did not dare to kill, the fact that there were non-fatal wounds did not mean that they did not exist.

Lu Yuan reviewed them one by one with an expressionless face.

The knife wound on the shoulder, the gunshot wound on the leg, the bruises on the waist and abdomen...

Lu Yuan's face became increasingly gloomy. When the doctor saw the wound on his shoulder, he wished he could embed himself into the wall.

Lu Yuan stared at the film on Lin Zhi's shoulder - the bullet wound, and next to the wound was an old wound, which looked like it was scratched by something and was still in a state of recovery.

The wound was in exactly the same spot as the one Luo Xing had received when he was grazed by a bullet while protecting him at the west city gate.

"Ding Dong."

It's news from Black Shadow.

Lu Yuan opened the terminal.

Shadow: [Boss! I've finished my investigation! Besides His Majesty, there's no one in the royal family with blonde hair?! Not only men, but also women!]

Lu Yuan closed his eyes.

No blond people.

Except Lin Zhi.

ha.