Chapter 17 Cannon Fodder Ex-Boyfriend 17 Ten Minutes at the Room Door...
The air seemed to freeze, but the cloyingly sweet aroma kept wafting into Su Jingyi's nose, making his fingertips tremble slightly and his stomach churn with acid.
He felt nauseous, but couldn't vomit.
He heard their voices through the crack in the black door.
Hearing Li Qingran seem to chuckle softly, her voice low and husky,
"You're really that eager to help me?"
His supposed best friend, who would always stand by him, immediately replied, "Yes, I really want to help you!"
The voice was so urgent that it was hard to tell whether it was Li Qingran or him who needed help.
Su Jingyi didn't even need to open the door to imagine what Qi Ziyan looked like. He was pressed tightly against Li Qingran, wrapped his arms around his neck, tilted his head back, and kissed the Alpha's face haphazardly, wanting to taste more pheromones.
He thought he heard Li Qingran laugh, her voice filled with a doting affection that Su Jingyi found very unfamiliar, but it might just be his imagination.
When Su Jingyi took a deep breath and tried to make out the sounds coming from inside the house, he suddenly realized that he couldn't hear anything at all.
It was as if the whole world had fallen silent in an instant, the surroundings were deathly still, so still that Su Jingyi could only hear his own heartbeat, one after another, rapid and heavy.
He should have pushed open the door and gone inside to confront the scumbag Alpha and despicable Omega who were most likely exchanging pheromones.
But Su Jingyi neither moved nor made a sound.
He simply stood quietly at the doorway, as if listening to a boring radio drama, his expression calm and indifferent. But only he knew the turbulent emotions churning within his chest.
Omega's eyes were bloodshot, and he felt like he was being choked, unable to breathe. The oxygen around him was dwindling, and his brain began to spin.
He felt like he was dreaming; otherwise, why wouldn't his pinched palm hurt at all? But on the other hand, his mind was working clearly. He was wondering when the two people inside had gotten together—after that rainy day, or before?
How many Omegas were stuffed into that embrace that once belonged exclusively to him, without his knowledge?
Why?
Su Jingyi blinked twice, her amber eyes filled with confusion and bewilderment.
Didn't she say she hated her boyfriend? She even vehemently declared she'd find someone to get rid of the Alpha, and even slammed her hand on the table in exasperation, saying to him:
"What's so great about this Alpha?! He's broke, powerless, and a womanizer. Why are you so fixated on him?!"
So, when Omega angrily accused Li Qingran of philandering, was it simply because the flower he was flirting with wasn't himself?
As Su Jingyi's fingers tightened on the doorknob, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest, so intense that he couldn't even straighten up.
In the dark corridor, the figure near the end slowly bent down, but his back was taut, and his whole body looked like a fully drawn bow, the bowstring stretched very tight, at risk of breaking at any moment.
But at the same time, as his head drooped and his hair fell into his eyes, the Omega's pale face, devoid of any color, had his red lips, stained with a few drops of blood, slowly curving upwards. The extreme contrast between red and white made him appear both crazy and eerie.
He seemed to have figured something out; in his dark eyes, something he had been holding onto was slowly crumbling, and some emotions were gradually building up.
The icy pheromones in the room, mixed with the scent of wood, seemed to have become even stronger, surging and roaring, gradually devouring the sweet scent.
Su Jingyi slowly closed the door, then turned around and walked away from the door he had closed himself. His expression was calm, and his action of pressing the elevator button was as steady as if nothing had happened.
In the corridor, a sour lemon scent wafted by and then completely disappeared. Li Qingran watched as the door, which had opened with a "beep," slowly closed after a few minutes of stalemate.
The Omega in his arms was still twitching unconsciously. His limp body slid off him and fell onto the cold floor. His trembling body, along with his damp, flushed cheeks and the faint glistening moisture at the corners of his slightly parted mouth, made him look like he had been badly bullied and was extremely pitiful.
But Li Qingran didn't reach out to help the person up. Instead, she moved aside and finally grasped the ice-blue potion that had slipped from her hand several times.
The silvery-white needle tip slowly pierced into the skin, which was covered in goosebumps and reddened as if burned. The icy-blue liquid gradually disappeared, and the large red marks on Li Qingran's skin, which looked like an allergic reaction, finally subsided and began to fade away.
The uncontrollable pheromones subsided, and the sweet honey scent still lingered in the air, but Li Qingran's sense of smell seemed to be sealed off. She couldn't smell it, and the urge to mark the other person was gone, as was the intense pain caused by the struggle between instinct and reason.
He felt as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over his entire body from head to toe, making him shiver involuntarily, while his mind became frighteningly clear.
He leaned against the shoe cabinet next to him, stood up from the floor, lowered his head slightly, and rested his head on the Omega who was curled up next to the shoe cabinet.
It failed again.
Indeed, he shouldn't have pinned his hopes on a plan that had already failed once.
Now, instead of provoking Su Jingyi to break up with him, he has only gotten himself into a lot of trouble.
How is he supposed to get rid of the Omega on the ground?
In the pitch-black entryway, Alpha leaned back against the shoe cabinet, his weight slightly too much, causing the vase on top to sway. The delicate petals collided back and forth, and in the blink of an eye, a few more drifted down, floating to the top of the cabinet. However, a gust of wind created by Alpha's movement caused them to drift again, finally settling next to that soaked chestnut-colored...
Li Qingran picked up her phone, which had been pressed under the cash box.
Gu Shiyu still hadn't received any news.
On the screen, which glowed with a faint white light, the chat box still showed the message he had sent to the other party saying that Su Jingyi had gone upstairs.
There was no reply from the other party, and the message "The other party is typing" was not displayed at the top of the screen.
So... you were too busy taking inhibitors to see it?
On second thought, letting Su Jingyi go upstairs isn't a big problem. After all, they're still AO friends, and it's normal for him to be comforted by his Omega during his sensitive period. As for his upcoming departure from Nancheng, it doesn't conflict with his current enjoyment of life.
Gu Shiyu stared at the chat box for a long time, until the phone screen automatically turned off, then she relaxed her neck and looked up at the brightly lit window on the top floor.
Perhaps they have already comforted each other.
Alphas in their vulnerable period are largely devoid of reason.
Although the Omega who had just gone upstairs wasn't in a heat cycle, his desires could easily be aroused under the influence of Alph.
Didn't he think about him at all? He was sending him photos just moments before, and even before Su Jingyi came up, they were still exchanging messages.
Now that Omega has gone online, he immediately tossed his phone aside, not caring whether there were any messages he forgot to reply to.
Are you so fearless? Aren't you afraid that I'll get angry and stop helping you leave Su Jingyi?
That's true. He wasn't exactly an emotional Alpha to begin with. If Su Jingyi hadn't kept clinging to him, he might have already distanced himself from their group.
Thinking of this, Gu Shiyu suddenly let out a cold laugh, whether he was laughing at Su Jingyi or others who might have been deceived by Li Qingran's appearance, it couldn't be that he was mocking himself.
Gu Shiyu twitched the corner of his mouth, then looked up to call the driver to leave. This was not the Forbidden City in ancient times, nor was he a palace guard. He had no habit of eavesdropping and keeping watch for others.
But just as he looked up, through the windshield of the car, he suddenly saw a figure slowly walking out of the building.
It's Su Jingyi?!
The thin shadow swayed under the streetlights, looking somewhat lost in thought. Gu Shiyu watched him walk out of the building, standing there in a daze for almost a minute before suddenly waking up and looking around. Only when he looked in their direction did he continue walking, slowly and sluggishly, as if all his energy had been sucked away by a fairy.
But that shouldn't be the case.
Gu Shiyu glanced down at the time.
...So fast?
Images flashed uncontrollably through Gu Shiyu's mind, but he quickly shook them out of his head, clutching his forehead.
What is he thinking?
Furthermore, weren't the cameras in those shots pointed at the wrong people? How could it be—
Gu Shiyu remained silent for a few seconds, then exhaled deeply.
Just then, Su Jingyi had already reached the car. Gu Shiyu watched him open the door and get in, then told the driver to leave. The whole process was smooth and natural, without mentioning the name of any Alpha, and the worry and anxiety on her face before getting out of the car were gone.
Omega was unusually calm.
Gu Shiyu unconsciously looked up again at the window that was still lit, "You..."
"Let's cancel the meeting with Jiang Siran in three days."
Su Jingyi suddenly interrupted Gu Shiyu.
"?"
Gu Shiyu frowned upon hearing this and subconsciously turned to look at the Omega who had suddenly changed his plans for some unknown reason. He found that the other person was staring at him. The beautiful amber eyes flickered with an eerie light under the overhead light, and even the voice sounded somewhat erratic, like a ghostly gust of wind blowing from behind in the dead of night.
Omega leaned against the window, the black car window reflecting his expression.
Tenderness, sweetness, anticipation, excitement, and a hint of undisguised madness, as if dragging everyone down to hell...
Then, Gu Shiyu heard him continue, "I have more important things to do now."
"Ding-dong—"
As Su Jingyi finished speaking, as if they had planned it, Gu Shiyu's phone, which had been silent for a long time, finally rang. He looked down at it.
It was Li Qingran.
[Does your previous offer to help me with something still stand?]
A note from the author:
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The big fish was puzzled and confused: "No, why do you all seem to have things to do? What happened during those ten minutes you were upstairs? What were you all busy with?!" [Question mark][Question mark][Question mark]
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