Chapter 13 Cannon Fodder Ex-Boyfriend 13 Everyone Loses Control? Addicted…………

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A friend he had helped?

A hint of confusion flashed in Su Jingyi's eyes.

When did he help someone? I don't remember.

The men in black in front of him were still waiting quietly. They seemed extremely respectful to Su Jingyi, but the strong encirclement they formed did not show any obvious resistance or rejection on the Omega's face, nor did it loosen even slightly.

They are indeed waiting.

Instead of the answer they were waiting for, Su Jingyi felt a sense of unease. He even had the feeling that if he didn't accept their invitation, he would be shoved into a van not far away.

The oppressive feeling brought by dozens of Alphas was too strong. Su Jing unconsciously took a step back and turned to look at Gu Shiyu, who had been fiddling with her phone since the beginning and ignored the men in black around her, acting as if it was none of her business and she was just passing by.

The faint white light emanating from the phone screen made Alpha's expression appear even colder, but fortunately, he was aware of his identity. When Su Jingyi looked over, he immediately put away his phone, raised his eyes to look at the leader of the men in black, and coughed lightly, saying:

"Is your boss Jiang Siran?"

"You'll know when we meet," the man in black said discreetly.

Gu Shiyu, however, did not take the bait. "Go back and tell Boss Jiang that Young Master Su accepted his invitation. Three days later, at 8 pm at Jiang Paradise, the head waiter will tell him the specific private room number."

The man in black didn't immediately agree. Instead, he looked at Su Jingyi beside Gu Shiyu, and only after the Omega hesitantly nodded at Gu Shiyu's prompting did he continue speaking:

"Sure, but how can you guarantee you won't stand our boss up?"

You're a robber, and you're talking about the spirit of contracts?!

How can you guarantee that?! How about we just stew your boss like a pigeon?!

Su Jingyi's face turned cold.

He wasn't a good-tempered person to begin with, and since the Alpha who needed him to charm him with his obedient appearance wasn't around, he was too lazy to waste words on these idiots who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere. He subconsciously wanted to retort, but Gu Shiyu stopped him just as he opened his mouth.

The Alpha, dressed in a sharp suit, wasn't as angry as Su Jingyi, but he wasn't as easy to talk to as the man in black had imagined.

He merely glanced at the man in black, a slight smile playing on his lips, and then spoke softly:

"It is well known in the industry that the Su family is the most contract-abiding. Once a promise is made, it will be kept unconditionally. Besides, Mr. Jiang just wants to thank us in person. How could we not give him that face? If all else fails, you can just pull this stunt again."

Alpha's tone was very gentle, and his voice was not loud, yet it sounded exceptionally clear in the quiet parking lot.

"Actually, I'm quite curious too. They said they wanted to express their gratitude, but instead they sent a group of Alphas to intercept them. Is this how Boss Jiang treats his benefactors?"

"..."

"Oh!"

The rustic manor appeared even more tranquil in the darkness. Outside the window, all was silent, but inside the room, a mocking laugh rang out from the sofa near the fireplace.

"So, after hearing what he said, you let them leave?"

The black-clad leader, standing to the side with his head bowed, didn't dare to look up, but instead cautiously said while bowing:

"Because Young Master Su seems to be angry, and you also said before that we shouldn't resort to violence, so—"

"Okay, I understand. Three days from now, right? I can wait."

Before the leader in black could finish speaking, Alpha, who was half-reclining on the sofa, interrupted him.

Upon hearing this, the leader in black unconsciously raised his eyes, his gaze following the Alpha's indifferent brows and down to the book the other was fiddling with. On the leather cover were several large gold characters, which he couldn't quite make out, but they seemed to be related to pheromones or something.

He didn't dare to look closely, only glancing at it briefly before lowering his head again.

However, my thoughts uncontrollably drifted back to the day the young master was found.

Alpha, who was supposed to be picked up from the South City and brought back to the North City by the eldest and second young masters, disappeared from the hotel after lunch.

Streets were blocked off, surveillance cameras were used to track down the suspect, and facial recognition was conducted one by one, but the person could not be found. It was as if a living Alpha had simply vanished into thin air. It wasn't until the plane bound for the North City was about to take off that the Alpha, soaking wet, appeared in the airport's VIP lounge, covered with a strange yet powerful scent of pheromones.

No one knows what Alpha went through during those five hours of disappearance on that rainy day. All they know is that after Jiang Siran returned to Beicheng, with the help of Old Master Jiang, he quickly took control of most of the Jiang family's assets. The eldest and second young masters, who originally had a lot to say about this matter, surprisingly did not express any opinions. As for the Omega who had pulled off the switcheroo with the young master more than twenty years ago, he also quickly moved out of the Jiang family mansion after returning from Nancheng.

Everything seemed rushed and hasty, and Jiang Siran became the super lucky one in everyone's eyes, hit by a huge windfall.

To everyone's surprise, Jiang Siran did not appear particularly happy after taking control of the Jiang family, nor did he show any signs of being eager to prove himself as a new official. Instead, after understanding and arranging various matters in the company, he returned to Nancheng.

His reason to Grandpa Jiang was that he had important matters to attend to, but now it seems more like he had important people to look for.

Is that the young master Su?

The leader in black couldn't help but speculate, but halfway through his thought, he felt something was off. After all, although his young master kept saying that Su Jingyi was his savior, there was a fleeting look of disappointment in his eyes when he saw the other's photo, especially when he learned that the other was an Omega.

Later, he even cancelled his plan to meet Su Jingyi in person, and only asked them to investigate the Omega's schedule and invite him privately.

The Alpha on the sofa had droopy eyelids and looked listless. He didn't seem to have much interest in Su Jingyi, but he was determined to see him.

The contradictory behavior was like a ball of yarn that got tangled more and more as it was pulled, starting from a corner of the wall and entangling several dark figures along the way.

The heavy door opened and then slowly closed, leaving only the crackling sound of the burning firewood in the fireplace in the entire room.

Alpha's alabaster-like fingertips traced the smooth paper inch by inch, the ink-scented black characters coming into view one by one.

"...rare cases suggest that under extreme stimulation and impact, Alphas may also react to similar pheromones."

They crave to sense pheromones of their own kind. This pheromone surge, which is completely contrary to soothing and can even be called torment, may become a kind of pleasure different from that that can be obtained by the fusion of A pheromones under certain circumstances.

A small percentage of Alphas may enjoy this intense stimulation, or even become addicted to it…

We call this the law of attraction between like...

With a light lick of his lower lip, Jiang Siran slowly closed the book. The orange-yellow firelight reflected on his pale face, flickering on and off. He seemed to be pondering something, or perhaps not thinking about anything at all, simply watching the flames sway quietly. Then, as patches of light appeared before his eyes, he looked away and reached for a box on the table beside him.

The brass padlock was gently removed, and the wooden box lid was slowly lifted, revealing bottles of liquids of various colors underneath.

These were the pheromones of various Alphas collected by Jiang Siran's people, and without exception, they all made him feel annoyed and irritable.

Therefore, he knew perfectly well that he was not responsive to any Alpha's pheromones, and what he craved was just that scent.

Cold and damp, just thinking about it made his breath catch in his throat...

"Bang--"

The box was closed again, and Alpha picked up a glass of whiskey. The pale yellow liquid slid down his throat and disappeared little by little until finally, the ice cubes were completely in his mouth.

A cool sensation instantly filled his mouth, and Jiang Siran looked up at the photos scattered next to the books.

It was another rainy day, and the proud little Omega was all smiles, his bright smile like a ray of sunshine breaking through the dark clouds.

Jiang Siran's gaze fell only on the Omega, whose black figure, wearing a hat and mask, was only half visible.

Three days...

Why three days?

Inside the speeding black car, Su Jingyi couldn't help but turn his head to look at Gu Shiyu.

The latter seemed to be addicted to his phone today, fiddling with it constantly since the parking lot.

Hearing Su Jingyi's question, he didn't even look up, but simply replied with a curt "..."

"I'll give you time to prepare."

What should we prepare?

"..." Gu Shiyu tapped her phone before speaking, "Preparing to meet with Jiang Siran."

"That's it?" Su Jingyi felt something was off.

Jiang Siran, who suddenly came to his door saying that he had helped him, was acting strangely.

The Gu Shiyu I encountered at the hospital was even more strange.

Su Jingyi even noticed that the other person had changed their factory screensaver, which they had used for who knows how many years, to a picture of a road covered with fallen leaves.

When did Gu Shiyu become so artistic?

Su Jingyi's brows furrowed tightly. It seemed that something he was unaware of was happening, and this feeling of being unable to understand anyone made him feel uneasy.

He picked up his phone and dialed a number almost instinctively.

Whether it was in response to his bad feeling or for some other reason, the other end of the line was unusually slow to answer the phone.

So slow was the sound of a hoarse voice coming through the microphone just a second before Su Jingyi canceled the call and asked the driver to change the destination.

"Hello?"

"elder brother?!"

Upon hearing Li Qingran's voice, Su Jingyi's brows furrowed even more.

"Why is your voice hoarse? Do you have a cold? Do you have a fever? Or what's wrong? Are you still at school...?"

A barrage of questions came crashing down on him, leaving even Gu Shiyu a little bewildered, unsure which one to answer first.

Alpha on the other end of the phone became even more silent, partly because Su Jingyi's questions were too numerous, and partly because he himself was not feeling well.

In the dark room, Alpha buried himself in the heavy blankets. Around him were layers of clothes and blankets scattered around him, forming a fortress around him, or a den that Alpha had built himself, a den that no one was allowed to approach.

Cool pheromones permeated every corner of the room. A sound seemed to be coming from his phone again, but Li Qingran couldn't hear it clearly and didn't care. He licked his dry lips.

"Shut up."

Su Jingyi was stunned. "Brother, what did you say?"

I said, um—

The words that were not repeated turned into a painful groan.

So Alpha is...

Su Jingyi gripped his phone tightly. He subconsciously looked up at the driver in front of him, who was focused on driving. He opened his mouth as if to ask the driver to change the destination, but before he could speak, he heard a crisp voice from the side.

"Uncle Li, turn around!"

A note from the author:

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SuSu: Everything you said was my lyrics!!!

Big Fish (touching his phone screen): That's not necessarily true [covering face and peeking][covering face and peeking][covering face and peeking]

Meanwhile, on the other side, Salt is still struggling with this: Butler, recently a friend of mine started dating an Alpha, but that Alpha is a jerk. How do I persuade that Alpha to break up with him? Who the hell asked you to set me up like this?!