Chapter 19 Cannon Fodder Ex-Boyfriend 19 Cooperation Ends, Snatching Him Away Alone? ...
Gu Shiyu saw Li Qingran smile at him, her beautiful eyes filled with embarrassment, shyness, and apology, but not with the expectation and longing for pheromones that had been troubling him all the way.
It was at this moment that Gu Shiyu realized that Li Qingran in front of him looked extremely calm, without a trace of the irritability and destructiveness that Alphas sometimes exhibit during their sensitive period. She stood quietly at the junction of the living room and the entrance hall, her temperament as clean and gentle as a light rain falling from the sky after a storm, so gentle that even if it fell on her, she wouldn't feel it at all.
The pheromones that almost blinded him in the entryway were merely the lingering scent after the storm, not something Li Qingran released voluntarily after seeing him.
So, this means...
Gu Shiyu looked at the unconscious Qi Ziyan on the ground, bit her tongue hard, forcing herself to wake up from her dazed state, but when she spoke, her voice still uncontrollably became hoarse.
"you……"
He uttered two words, but then didn't know how to continue.
Fortunately, Li Qingran noticed that something was wrong with him and took the initiative to explain:
"When Mr. Qi arrived, I hadn't had time to administer the inhibitors, so I couldn't control the pheromones in my body. This caused him to ingest a large amount of Alph pheromones in a short period of time, and he immediately fainted."
Alpha's voice sounded helpless and frustrated.
“I don’t know what to do with him, but it’s definitely dangerous for an Omega like him to be with an Alpha like me who is in a vulnerable period. After all, I don’t know how long the inhibitors I bought will last, so I was thinking of sending him home. But I don’t know where Mr. Qi’s home is. I thought you two are friends and probably know each other’s addresses, so I thought I’d ask you for help.”
Li Qingran looked at Gu Shiyu earnestly, "Mr. Gu, could you please help me take him home?"
"..."
Gu Shiyu looked up, her gaze meeting Li Qingran's before quickly looking away. "Okay."
He paused for a few seconds, then couldn't help but ask, "So, you two didn't... have that kind of relationship?"
Li Qingran blinked and smiled frankly, "Of course not. He's Jingyi's friend. No matter how upset I am, I wouldn't mark an Omega who has a close relationship with Jingyi at this crucial moment when I'm about to leave."
Even during the most susceptible period?
Li Qingran nodded, "Even during the most vulnerable period."
"..." Gu Shiyu's brows furrowed. "How can you be so—" patient?!
Is this really true?
Even during his most vulnerable period, he remained completely unmoved by an Omega who walked right into his arms. Doesn't that mean he simply wasn't interested in Omegas?
Gu Shiyu's thoughts, overwhelmed by the series of events, couldn't help but wander off again. Before he could have any inappropriate thoughts, he took a deep breath and looked at Li Qingran, saying:
"Okay, I'll take him back now, then you..."
He paused for a moment before continuing, "You can use the inhibitors I brought you later."
"Okay, Mr. Gu, thank you."
The black-haired Alpha lowered his head slightly, as if he hummed in response, or perhaps he said nothing at all.
Li Qingran watched as Gu Shiyu walked up to Qi Ziyan, slipped one hand under the Omega's armpit, and grabbed his arm with the other, half-hugging, half-carrying the limp Omega. During this time, Li Qingran tried to help, but Gu Shiyu refused.
"I'll take him downstairs, you don't need to come out."
Gu Shiyu turned back to Li Qingran, who wanted to follow her out, and paused for two seconds when her gaze swept over a reflective silver-white box on the ground before casually looking away and helping Qi Ziyan out the door.
Li Qingran watched their figures disappear around the corner of the corridor, stood there silently for a while, tapping out a tuneless rhythm on the door frame with her fingertips, until the last syllable in her heart landed on the door frame, then Alpha slowly turned around, passed the messy entryway, walked through the brightly lit living room, and finally stood by the French windows.
Whether by chance or by fate, just as Li Qingran lowered her eyes to look down, a "beep" sounded from the mechanical tablet 888, which clearly seemed to have survived a disaster.
At the same time, Gu Shiyu, supporting Qi Ziyan, reappeared in Li Qingran's sight.
【Host! 】
888's joyful tears abruptly stopped. It must have seen Gu Shiyu and Qi Ziyan, and was momentarily stunned. It took it a while to react before speaking again, its tone full of confusion and bewilderment about the current situation.
[Wait, what are the main characters and the second male lead doing here?]
It was only forcibly logged off for a short while, but when it came back, the whole world seemed like a completely different place!
888 was completely bewildered.
Li Qingran kindly explained, "I called the male lead to help me take away the second male lead. As for the second male lead, he said he came to give me money."
[Giving money? What kind of money?!]
888 was even more confused.
This feeling of losing control over the plot's direction made 888 very uneasy, so much so that it didn't even wait for Li Qingran's reply before hurriedly going to watch the previous replay.
Then, after it finished watching, it realized that it would have been better not to watch at all, or even better, not to apply to re-login earlier and just stay in the punishment education room and let the intelligent AI scold it for the rest of its life. That would have been better than facing the chaotic plot right now.
888 really can't understand it, [what on earth is the second male lead going crazy about?! Why is he so obsessed with helping you?!]
If it were just about helping Li Qingran leave Su Jingyi, it would be understandable. The problem is, why does he want to help with everything, even comforting her during her vulnerable period...
Is this a bid to be named one of the top ten most touching characters in the world? Or has Qi Ziyan acquired a mysterious "helping others" KPI in a place it wasn't monitoring?
888 doesn't understand, doesn't comprehend, and doesn't respect.
But what shocked it even more was what followed: "No way! The protagonist just stood there listening at the door for almost ten minutes, without even planning to come in and expose you two bastards?!"
Is she playing the protagonist of a tragic novel? She's so patient and devoted, remaining loyal to the scumbag A even when she's being cheated on. Is she going to punish the scumbag A with her death, making him live a long and healthy life, but never be able to have her love again?
888 really wanted to grab Su Jingyi's ear and say, "It's unnecessary, it's really unnecessary!"
This isn't some melodramatic world. Besides, even if the later plot does contain melodramatic elements, it shouldn't involve Li Qingran. Why couldn't they just walk in, slap her, break up with her, and let them go home happily?!
The more 888 thought about it, the more frustrated it became. It really wanted to quit. However, just before it failed to send a cannon fodder mission to headquarters and was about to lie down and accept punishment, shouting that it would still be a good system in eighteen years, a message that suddenly lit up on the mission panel rekindled 888's hope.
[Wow! Host, this wasn't a bad deal after all!]
The excited sound of 888 echoed in Li Qingran's mind. He blinked, but his gaze did not leave the overlapping shadows downstairs.
He watched as Gu Shiyu first opened the car door and pushed Qi Ziyan inside, then straightened up, went around to the other side of the car and opened the door. Then, just before he bent down to get in, whether intentionally or unintentionally, he looked up at the building.
The night was silent. A gust of wind stirred up the withered leaves on the ground, making them swirl and drift into the distance. The leaves rose and fell, and the dust raised on the ground blinded someone, and in a daze, it was as if someone had been pulled back to that very first day.
Different locations, but the same perspective.
Standing dozens of meters apart in front of the enormous floor-to-ceiling window, Li Qingran and Gu Shiyu gazed at each other, the 888's calls continuing, as if it had struck gold.
[As expected, it still comes down to the protagonist's dominant role! I knew that with the protagonist so delirious, it would only fuel the dominant's possessiveness even more! Host, look, the dominant's desire to steal him away is getting stronger and stronger!]
"Yeah?"
In the dimly lit room, someone chuckled softly. He may not have intended to mock the person opposite him, but it still made him become hysterical.
"Is there anything wrong with what I said?! Anyway, Su Jingyi is about to get engaged to you, and the two of them are destined not to be together, so what's wrong with giving him to me?! My family doesn't need me to marry into another family, and I can be with him for the rest of my life!"
The newly awakened Omega had messy chestnut hair and swollen, red eyes, looking like a desperate brown rabbit.
It's unclear whether what's driving him to this point is that Su Jingyi is still stubbornly clinging to Li Qingran, or that the latter is unwilling to mark him even during her sensitive period.
Gu Shiyu pursed his lips, neither saying that Qi Ziyan's idea was good nor bad. He simply asked a question.
"Are you sure Li Qingran wants to be with you for the rest of her life?"
"..." Qi Ziyan fell silent.
Gu Shiyu also felt that he had experienced too many absurd things that day, and his brain was a bit overloaded. He needed to calm down and sort out the whole story.
So he put down his teacup, stood up, and said to the silent Omega who was about to bury himself in the blanket:
"You should calm down first. I suggest you go back to the hospital for a while. Your pheromones are clearly still not very stable."
He also has mental health issues.
Qi Ziyan did not respond to Alpha's suggestion, but suddenly asked as he was about to leave the room:
What brings you to the hospital today?
He knew Gu Shiyu well; the other party would never do anything useless, especially among friends.
Therefore, the other party's visit to the hospital was definitely not just to see him; there must be other things they wanted to discuss.
Qi Ziyan was really looking forward to the fact that this matter was related to Li Qingran.
However, the Alpha at the door paused upon hearing this, and ultimately only left one sentence:
"It's nothing, I just wanted to visit you."
After Gu Shiyu finished speaking, he left the room without hesitation.
He didn't mention Su Jingyi, nor Li Qingran, nor his original flight route.
He decided to unilaterally end his cooperation with Qi Ziyan.
The Omega behind him was now useless; he could not only not help him, but would even become an obstacle.
Following Su Jingyi, another... obstacle.
A note from the author:
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Salt (in a self-righteous manner): Am I wrong?! Anyway, he's getting engaged, is it wrong for him to share his ex-boyfriend with me, someone he can't be with?
Author (exhaling a long bubble): If you put it that way, it's not a problem, but the main issue is that your good friend's fiancé seems to want this ex-boyfriend too [shrug].
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