Chapter 21
Although Shi Yu was not afraid, she still pinched the hem of her skirt nervously. When she smelled the familiar yet otherworldly scent of chili peppers, she called out weakly, "Wayne..."
Wayne lowered his eyelashes slightly, bent his long legs, and half squatted down. His gloomy green eyes swept over Shi Yu's slender ankles, which made Shi Yu suddenly feel a little embarrassed. He shrank back with a red face.
While Wayne's attention wasn't on her face, Shi Yu seized the opportunity to sneak a peek at his handsome, flamboyant profile. Eh, she remembered there had been a bleeding wound there before, but now it had healed to a mere scar.
Wayne raised his eyelids slightly, and rubbed the gun in his hand with his fingertips wearing half a black glove. His stern and upturned eyes suddenly looked at Shi Yu's slightly panicked expression.
She was a little stunned, and immediately turned her head away guiltily, then she heard Wayne's voice slightly hoarse ask her: "Why? Tell me."
The reason...? The reason for the injury?
A while had passed since the incident. After Wayne and Xia Feng tied up Simon and the others and knocked them unconscious, Xia Feng whispered something to Wayne. Wayne frowned and glanced at Shi Yu's bewildered expression. Then, with a stern look on his face, he walked over to her and said the same three short, slightly impatient words to her.
Shi Yu thought that Xia Feng must have told Wayne that he had some injuries on his feet that made it difficult for him to move?
Shi Yu didn't hesitate. She scratched the hair on her cheek, glanced at the short-haired girl standing next to Simon, and then whispered, recalling, "Yesterday, I was caught by Xiu and Noah. Xia Feng rescued me, took me with him, and fell from a great height."
Shi Yu's lips unconsciously opened and closed again, as if she wanted to add something aggrievedly—something about Xiu's excessive behavior and Noah's vague, frightening words. But seeing Wayne's green eyes narrowed slightly, waiting indifferently for her to continue, Shi Yu suddenly found it difficult to speak. Her throat felt like it was choking, and she couldn't help but let out a small whimper.
"Wei, Wei En..." Shi Yu's delicate voice was tinged with tears. She seemed unable to control her emotions and spoke to Wei En incoherently as if she was about to cry, "Xia Feng was injured...very seriously. I was so scared at the time, and, and..."
When she just fell out of the cave, she didn't know whether Xiu and Noah were still chasing her. She didn't know Loren at that time. Shi Yu could hardly imagine how she survived when she was alone and faced Xia Feng who fainted due to excessive blood loss.
But she hadn't cried then, and now a day had passed. Now she was acting like a child, pouring out all her suppressed fear and hesitation to Wayne.
Shi Yu sobbed, her eyes moist and red as she looked at Wayne, shook her head, and said nothing more.
“…”
The young man was silent for a moment, his beautiful green eyes glanced at her, and he spoke without any emotion: "Noah, Xiu? Be more specific."
Why do you keep asking at this time...!
Shi Yu was afraid that she would cry again if she spoke, so she lowered her head stubbornly, wiped her eyes, and made up her mind not to speak a word no matter what.
As far as the eye could see, Shi Yu's vision was blurred, and he was slightly startled to see the boy's wide and long black military boots, and the taut and powerful calves - although it was not obvious from the delicate face, Shi Yu found that Wayne's clothes looked much more messy than Xia Feng's. Both his military boots and the trouser legs of his training suit were scratched and stained.
How did it become like this...
Shi Yu's mind was blank, and for a moment she didn't notice the unbearable heat that suddenly attached to her shoulders. The cool leather strap mixed with the rough touch of the boy's fingertips made her shudder, and the delicate and soft skin on her shoulders and neck seemed to be scalded by Wayne and sweat, and a light red appeared in an instant.
Shi Yu raised his head slightly in confusion and saw Wayne looking down at his shoulder calmly. The young man lowered his green eyes slightly, and there was a hint of gloom and hostility between his handsome eyebrows, which made him look even more bad-tempered.
Shi Yu wondered if her silence had made him a little angry...? So she gently parted her lips and whispered uncomfortably, "... Wayne."
She had thought Wayne wanted to touch the back of her neck again. After all, he seemed to be very self-conscious about his neck. But when Wayne easily grasped her delicate shoulders, Shigure realized that he didn't continue the action.
The boy's dormant green eyes stared at Beta's fair and slender neck and shoulders. Then, he raised his wrist expressionlessly and tapped Shigure's fragile neck with his slender knuckles, without her feeling any force.
"Here." The boy's voice was slightly hoarse and deeper than a few days ago. "Did they touch it?"
...?
Shi Yu suddenly opened her watery eyes in panic and instinctively wanted to shake her head, but when she thought of some of Xiu's actions, she wanted to be honest and confess to Wayne -
"I touched it... eh, no." When Wayne's upturned green eyes stared at her, Shi Yu couldn't help but feel panic. She wanted to cry but had no tears. Although she didn't want to admit what had happened, the feeling of lying to Wayne made her very sad.
"Can't you smell it yourself?"
Xia Feng's ethereal and gentle voice suddenly reached her ears. Shi Yu was startled and immediately looked towards her for help.
The girl's voice was filled with a rare smile. She sat leisurely beside Simon and the others, playing with her saber. She seemed to be in a good mood, but Shi Yu felt strangely that Xia Feng's attitude seemed unfriendly...
"Even if you're marked, how far will you go for this Beta now, Wayne?"
Xia Feng finished speaking softly, and his pair of dark and delicate pure black eyes looked at Shi Yu quietly. Shi Yu blinked, not understanding what Xia Feng meant.
"...It seems that your injuries are not serious."
Wayne's expression remained unchanged, his thin lips tensed for a moment before he gave a forced smile. "You've become quite courageous, haven't you? My family has been training you hard."
The half of the leather sheath on the palm showed a beautiful curve as the finger bones exerted force. Shi Yu noticed with horror that Wayne was holding the gun, an action that seemed full of murderous intent. He quickly leaned forward and stumbled to hug the other's strong bare arm.
"Wayne, um, it was Xia Feng who saved me..."
Having the boy's hot and burning body pressed against her arms, Shi Yu couldn't help but feel dizzy for a moment, but she was already used to such contact with Wayne, and she wasn't too shy to be so bold for a short while occasionally. She just wanted to quickly explain to Wayne -
The red-haired, green-eyed Alpha frowned slightly, as if because of Shigure's interference. The boy loosened his fingers with a little impatience. When his green eyes, which seemed to be dormant in the shadows, raised up, a familiar gaze came towards him.
Xia Feng's long eyelashes fluttered slightly. She smiled lightly and silently at Wayne, then pointed at the bandage on her shoulder with a somewhat weak movement.
Wayne: “…”
"When fighting with Xiu, Xia Feng was kicked twice... that is, that..."
Shi Yu was still organizing her words in a mess. After talking for a long time, she found that Wayne had no more actions or intentions to conflict with Xia Feng, so she finally closed her mouth embarrassedly.
"Oops, I'm sorry."
She was still holding someone's arm. Shi Yu blushed and quietly stepped back. Seeing Wayne glanced at her coldly, Shi Yu just made a "wu" sound in her heart and silently digested it.
About a few hours later, Loren stepped into the cave with hurried steps and a serious expression. However, when he saw the scene in the cave clearly, he discovered something was wrong through his mental power from a distance. Loren, who had already made preparations for the bad situation, slowly stopped.
——Four Alphas and one Beta. His companions have awakened, while two of the Alphas in his database are currently sleeping.
Loren deliberately didn't look at the expression of the last Alpha. He was certainly not unfamiliar with the Alpha with conspicuous red hair.
Thinking about why the base had become so lively, the young man's heart was as calm as an ancient well. He restrained himself and adjusted his slightly reflective monocle.
"Loren!"
Only Beta, who was sitting next to Wayne, called him happily.
Loren looked calm, trying his best to avoid the young master's gaze, and replied in a low voice: "It's me."
After a brief reply, he came to his companions.
Seeing Loren and Xia Feng communicating over there, Shigure was a little curious, but he didn't want to move either physically or mentally, so he pinched his cheeks and tried to talk to Wayne out of boredom.
"Loren is a pretty good guy..." Shigure leaned over to Wayne, looked down at his ankle, and whispered, "He treated my ankle, but the fracture seems difficult to heal, so I still can't move."
Shi Yu didn't care whether Wayne paid attention to her or not. Even if he didn't reply, Shi Yu would not feel uneasy or complain about Wayne like before.
After a while, Shi Yu suddenly saw Loren shaking his head at Xia Feng, and his expression became a little solemn.
Xia Feng frowned slightly and quietly closed his eyes. After a pause, the girl spoke softly, "Xiu Hoffman eliminated three of the top ten... In addition, there are ten Alphas without superpowers. Normally, with Sturga by his side, he wouldn't let Xiu do this."
build?
This name made Shi Yu tremble. She carefully moved closer to Wayne and saw Xia Feng's calm gaze looking straight at her.
Apart from the name Xiu, Shi Yu didn't quite understand what Xia Feng said. She guessed that Xia Feng was talking to Wayne...
Being next to Wayne, I didn’t seem to be so scared when I heard the name Xiu!
Xia Feng panted slightly, then continued calmly, "The stress reaction caused by the mental disorder can't be considered a true estrus. At least it will retain a certain degree of rationality. But from the descriptions of his escaped peers during the encounter with Xiu, Xiu's condition is very strange. It's more like he was induced by the Omega's pheromones and lost control..."
Before he could finish his words, Xia Feng pursed his lips and was silenced by the unreasonable metaphor of "Omgea".
She looked at the professional intelligence officer and information source beside her with some doubt. Loren silently pushed his monocle to indicate that what he had learned was indeed the case.
...If there really was an Omega in the training camp, all the Alphas here would have noticed it. They have natural hunter genes in their bones and would be instinctively sensitive to this matter.
Wayne raised his eyebrows at Xia Feng's hesitation, and sneered sarcastically, "If you can't beat them, just talk a lot of nonsense. Say something useful."
The young man fiddled with the gun for a while, then raised his eyelids and looked indifferently at Loren beside Xia Feng with his blue eyes. His slightly hoarse voice seemed to hide a careless brutality.
"Do you have the location? Bring it here."
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