Chapter 29 Alpha's Jealousy (Part 1) "You were the one who begged..."

"You sound surprised?"

The fleeting vulnerability she had shown vanished instantly, and a mocking smile returned to Yan Quan's lips. "Ex-boyfriend."

"In this boring test, what score do you hope I get?" Yan Quan pressed on confidently. "Zero, ten, twenty... fail?"

"What kind of validation are you expecting... I know nothing about you, I just played with you and then threw you away, those two years at Nanzhong were a joke..."

"Because that way, you can justify hating me."

"Hate me without any lingering affection, without any reservations."

"Hey, little puppy." Yan Quan chuckled softly in Yan Ceyan's ear. But the chuckle was chilling, like a block of ice: "But what if I really got zero..."

Will you really be happy with what you want?

Yan Quan's breath tickled Yan Ceyan's earlobe, the sweet scent of citrus pheromones filling the small space: "Little dog, what were you thinking when you saw that perfect answer sheet?"

"Hey, puppy, you're actually happy, aren't you?"

"Yan, Quan." The Alpha's overwhelming pheromones erupted, and Yan Ceyan, his face grim, tightly restrained Yan Quan's hand, forcibly cornering him against the wall.

"You think you know me so well?"

With veins bulging on the back of his hand, Yan Ceyan slapped Yan Quan's chin with all his might, forcibly pulling Yan Quan to the mirror in front of the sink.

He stood straight in front of the huge mirror, his arm pressed against the back of Yan Quan's neck. Yan Quan's face was reflected in the misty, damp glass.

His fox-like eyes were narrow and narrowed, with a layer of clear, moist mist covering the bottom. His long hair, disheveled from the confrontation, hung messily on the high bridge of his nose.

They were already in such a sorry state...

But Yan Quan still held her head high, defiant and proud, her pupils fixed on Yan Ceyan through the reflection in the mirror.

Yan Ceyan's fingers traced the contours of Yan Quan's face, sliding down from his jawline to his cheekbone, and then to his eyes—beautiful, like eyes brimming with water, always smiling.

Yan Ceyan's fingertips brushed against Yan Quan's eyelashes, then stopped on his pinkish lower eyelids, his voice somber as he said:

"Yan Quan, you're really good at pretending."

They can easily ensnare people, treat them like toys, and then discard them casually once they're bored with them.

"What I hate most is the expression on your face right now." Yan Ceyan placed his hand on Yan Quan's neck, his warm breath brushing against Yan Quan's side of the neck.

"Always looking down on others with an expression that treats them like trash."

When you seduce others into becoming increasingly despicable, begging at your feet like a pitiful dog, you must feel quite smug inside.

"..." Yan Quan could feel his body getting hotter and hotter, and the glands under the pheromone barrier patch began to become red, swollen and hot again.

The pain from the postoperative trauma started to creep up my spine again, like a stress response, stimulating my brain nerves.

"Cough—" Yan Quan bit his lower lip, using the pain to force himself to maintain his defiant expression:

"But, ex-boyfriend, you brought this on yourself."

"I originally intended to fool someone for fun, but it was you—"

Yan Quan saw a sudden, chilling glint of cold light flash in Yan Ceyan's dark, gloomy pupils, and he choked on his breath before continuing recklessly, "I told you before, I don't like you."

"You begged me to do your thing, didn't you?"

*Recalling the dividing line, the beginning*

"Yu Liang, you're here again—"

"Damn, they're always peering out the window, and those ghostly figures give me a fright!"

"Damn it, can't he be normal for once...?"

Following the widely publicized "double A gland intercourse case," another major event has broken out in Nanzhong.

Yu Liang is one of the male protagonists in the widely publicized "double A adultery" case; he has taken a liking to Yan Quan.

It is said that one day after school, Yan Quan brushed past Yu Liang in the hallway... and Yu Liang fell in love at first sight.

He publicly came out as gay on the school forum and launched a passionate pursuit of her. This included, but was not limited to, waiting outside the classroom every day for Yan Quan to finish class, bringing her breakfast and various drinks and snacks...

Although Yan Quan always remained unmoved with a cold face, passing by as if people didn't exist.

But unfortunately, the other party was really persistent and relentless, and he suffered repeated defeats but never gave up.

"Yan Quan, I brought you some cold-pressed orange juice. I personally picked out the freshest oranges and squeezed it myself."

"And this is a xiaolongbao (soup dumpling). It's the most famous xiaolongbao in Jinling South Alley. They only have a limit of 100 servings per day. I queued for a long time to get this one."

Yan Quan turned her face away, perfunctorily propped up her eyelids, feeling a little helpless: if she hadn't miscalculated the dates, this was already the second week that Yu Liang had persisted.

Judging from Yu Liang's undiminished enthusiasm, he can probably keep it up for many more weeks...

The residents of Nanzhongli are all upper-class Alphas, whose sense of "high-ranking attributes" is ingrained in their bones, and the traditional atmosphere of gender stereotypes is quite strong.

Yu Liang's open coming out as an Alpha makes him seem even more out of place—for an Alpha to show affection or vulnerability to another Alpha is a shameful act, almost equivalent to abandoning self-respect.

"Damn it, this gay bastard, I feel disgusted even breathing the same air as him."

"After this 'what's the point of all this' attitude, things are different. They even dare to openly flaunt their bisexuality."

"It's one thing for an Alpha to fall for someone of the same sex, but how can they be so obsequious...fuck."

"The dean of students is old and soft-hearted. He let him off the hook because he was a special student admitted through the cultural entrance exam from an ordinary background, and didn't make him drop out of school."

"Damn, I'm speechless. I really want to beat him up."

Whenever Yu Liang appeared, the class would inevitably erupt in boos and spittle of disgust.

By today, everyone's patience had reached its limit. So when Yu Liang poked his head out of the window, wanting to say a few words to Yan Quan—

A box of hot milk, its seal cut open, was thrown from the classroom and hit Yu Liang squarely on the head.

"Fuck you! You dead gay!"

"You call yourself an Alpha? You're not even as good as a Beta! Don't embarrass us Alphas!"

Milky white liquid trickled down Yu Liang's black hair, strand by strand, dripping into his nose and causing him to cough incessantly...

"Cough cough—cough cough—" Yu Liang coughed as he hunched his back, while still using his arm to protect the breakfast and drinks he had brought for Yan Quan.

"Yan... Yan Quan... here, take this." Watching Yu Liang timidly hand over the insulated lunchbox while wiping the liquid from his face with his sleeve, Yan Quan, unusually, fluttered her eyelashes slightly: "..."

At that moment, Yu Liang reminded Yan Quan of a child who was also forced, insulted, and suffering a suffocating feeling of drowning.

Yan Quan raised her knuckles a few centimeters off the desk, and for the first time, unexpectedly, she wanted to take the warm lunchbox.

Yan Quan's finger was still hovering in mid-air when a figure flashed past him—taking three steps in two, he strode over quickly, suppressing his anger, and grabbed a desk and chair, instantly pressing Yu Liang in front of him.

That person was Yan Ceyan.

Yan Quan's mind raced for a moment before he could react, after all, this guy's whereabouts were unpredictable, and skipping classes was commonplace for him. It had been 23 days since he last appeared.

Therefore, this was the first time Yan Ceyan had seen Yu Liang.

Yan Ceyan's taut arm muscles bulged as he lifted the nearly 10-kilogram desk and chair straight above his head, the sharp corner of the desk pointing directly at Yu Liang's forehead.

His face was grim, his entire being shrouded in a terrifying shadow. Yan Ceyan's thin lips moved as he spoke: "Get out of here—"

"I..." Yu Liang stood up awkwardly, gave Yan Quan a deep look, and finally dragged his staggering steps away.

"Great!! I support it!"

"The episode that I support Yama the King the Most!"

"Damn, we finally got rid of that nasty thing!"

"It has to be the number one! The number one's actions are truly extraordinary."

An unprecedented round of applause suddenly erupted in the classroom, lasting like a storm.

All the students in the class, including Yan Quan, were there. It was all because Yan Ceyan had reached his breaking point, purging the "Alpha outcasts" and taking charge of the situation…

If Yan Quan had been a little more attentive back then, and had lingered his fleeting glance on Yan Ceyan, who was standing with his hands on the desk and chair, for a little longer.

To everyone's surprise, amidst the continuous exclamations of praise, Yan Ceyan's face remained ashen. He frowned, his gaze fixed on Yan Quan.

Across the noisy classroom, Yan Ceyan's gaze resembled that of a large hyena, his dark eyes reflecting a cold, menacing light. Like a warning.

Therefore, the truth is that Yu Liang's own actions only accounted for a small part; the real driving force behind Yan Ceyan's fury was...

It was Yan Quan's slightly raised knuckles that made Yan Ceyan realize at that moment that Yan Quan wanted to take the breakfast...

At that time, Yan Quan did not know that what was more terrifying than the Alpha's disgust at expelling its own kind was the Alpha's jealousy and possessiveness.

The classroom erupted in commotion again the following day, and that familiar figure reappeared through the glass window near Yan Quan.

Yu Liang didn't dare get too close this time, but stood by the window and waved to Yan Quan. He still maintained his usual bright smile: "Good morning, Yan Quan."

"I brought you some hot milk."

The exact same tactics and methods, as if yesterday's "demonstration and expulsion" incident never happened. "I discovered that the brand of milk that hit me on the head yesterday actually tastes pretty good."

"Damn it, they're doing it again... They're risking their lives!"

"How can you be so shameless? If you used your face to build the Great Wall, the Xiongnu would never have been able to invade the Central Plains..."

"Damn it, what kind of cockroach-like personality is this... you can't even kill it by slapping it."

"I'm speechless. Don't you have any other thoughts on your mind besides dating an Alpha?"

The classroom was filled with complaints and vicious insults... everything seemed no different from usual.

But the biggest variable has appeared—Yan Ceyan, unusually, did not skip class and came to school on time.

"Yours." Yan Ceyan first passed by Yan Quan's desk, and then gently placed a box of hawthorn juice on the upper left corner of Yan Quan's desk.

The brand that Yan Quan likes the most.

The Alpha, exuding a violent aura, sat in the last row of seats in the classroom, his tall and imposing body supported by his posture.

Then, Yan Ceyan's cold gaze pierced through the glass window and stared directly at Yu Liang. It was a calm surveillance, yet it also concealed a surging murderous intent.

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Author's Note: I'm late. I said I'd update 5000 words today, so there should be another chapter tonight. As for how late...maybe around midnight.

Goodnight, dear readers who have been following the story! [doge emoji with rose in hand]