Chapter 73 You Just Need to Lie Down and I Will Do It
Fu Yunlu hadn't been able to contact Liang Guanyue these past few days, so she had no choice but to ask Fanna. Fanna said it might be a susceptible period and told him not to be too nervous. Fu Yunlu asked how he had gotten through these susceptible periods in previous years, but Fanna didn't reveal anything. "Your Highness, I'm very grateful for your help last time, but if Guanyue hasn't told you himself, please don't embarrass me. I've already been warned by him." Fanna paused. "Besides, you wouldn't be happy hearing it, so why bother?"
"..." Fu Yunlu replied, "I understand. I'm sorry to put you in a difficult position."
If he really was in a vulnerable period, why didn't she tell him? Even if they weren't in a relationship, there was always a layer of gauze under the veil of a pursuer, right? Helping him overcome his vulnerable period was clearly within her job scope.
Fu Yunlu was worried, so he sat in his office chair and dealt with some matters, but his mind kept wandering to a certain Alpha in the main city - would it be difficult for him to go through the susceptible period alone, or should he find someone else to have a fleeting romance with? Fu Yunlu didn't want to do either, and he thought he had to go to the main city to see Liang Guanyue in person.
But it had been just over half a month since their last meeting, which was far from the President's deadline. He knocked on the table, thought for a long time, and sent the President a letter requesting to go to Area 01 today to report in person on the recent occasional Zerg attacks and meteorite falls in Area 53. These could actually be stated clearly in the letter, but Fu Yunlu needed a legitimate and sufficient reason.
Two hours later, his anxiety was temporarily soothed by the head of state's approval. Fu Yunlu called his assistant and asked him to prepare a jump ship for him, as he needed to go to the main city. The assistant bowed his head respectfully and replied, "Yes, Your Highness, we will be leaving in twenty minutes."
Fu Yunlu suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of disharmony. She stood up and walked over to her assistant, lowering her head slightly to sniff at his neck. Her eyes suddenly turned cold, and her dark blue pupils stared at the beta in front of her: "You have a very strange smell."
The assistant seemed extremely embarrassed. "I was just out on a field trip, so I might have picked up some random smells," he explained. "I'm a Bata, and my sense of smell isn't as sharp as an Alpha's, so I was careless for a moment. I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Your Highness."
"......Is that so?" Fu Yunlu carefully identified the man's appearance, even suspecting that it was a human skin mask. He reached out to explore the edge where the jaw and neck met. The assistant seemed frightened, standing there stiffly with his head down and not daring to move.
No problem, it's not a mask. Fu Yunlu had handled a similar case before, so he was wary. That was several years ago, before he met Liang Guanyue. His body had probably recovered well from the assassination, and then he went to investigate a corruption case involving a defected official.
Fu Yunlu withdrew his hand, thinking that he might be a little uneasy because he missed Liang Guanyue, and became so suspicious. He took two steps back and distanced himself from the assistant: "I'm sorry, I did something bad to you just now, please don't take it to heart."
"...It's alright, Your Highness! I'll call up a warp ship for you now."
"Hard."
Naturally, Fu Yunlu injected his glands with medicine before leaving. This oily injection was like torture to the glands of an Alpha. When he was sweating coldly from the pain and unable to stand up, he could only lie on the table and wait skillfully for the needle-like pain to pass, he wondered if the research institute had ever thought about how many Alphas in the Federation would be willing to continue to "abuse" their glands in this way for a long time, just for a biological child that they could not be sure of conceiving.
Based on Fu Yunlu's understanding of Alphas, he thought those people would probably prefer to pretend to be affectionate towards Omegas, borrow their reproductive organs to bear a child, and then kick the Omega away after achieving their goal.
Upon arriving in the main city, he first met with the head of state and reported all the abnormalities that had occurred in District 53 over the past few months. After that, Fu Yunlu said, "I request support funding to strengthen the barrier."
"Because of some infrequent Zerg attacks?" Fu Liaoyan said, "What District 53 encountered is no different from what other districts are experiencing. You shouldn't rely on the main city for everything."
"No, father, I always feel that these Zerg are testing something. Every attack they make seems to have some exploratory purpose—"
"You mean to say that a group of stupid insects that can only reproduce have developed intelligence?" Fu Liaoyan seemed to have heard a joke.
Fu Yunlu pursed her lips, not knowing how to refute.
"Nothing can be in absolute stillness, Father. The Zerg may..."
"The research institute dissects and analyzes live Zerg specimens brought back from the front lines every day. If the Zerg show the evolutionary trends you mentioned, the researchers will discover them faster than you."
Fu Yunlu's doubts were repeatedly denied, so he naturally suppressed them. Just as he was about to leave, Fu Liaoyan stopped him and asked, "Have you found someone to marry?"
"..." Fu Yunlu said, "Father, I don't plan to marry an Omega."
"Haven't you had enough fun yet?" Fu Liaoyan stared at him coldly, "Or haven't you learned enough lessons from being hurt by love?"
Fu Yunlu said, "I just want to go my own way. For over thirty years, I've been living up to your expectations, haven't I? Father, you know that." He sneered, "Fu Yunlu is no longer a perfect candidate for succession. All his efforts have been wasted, and he's not even worthy of the position of prince. So now he wants to choose someone he loves to spend his life with. Is that not okay?"
Fu Liaoyan asked, "Is it even this Alpha who caused you to become like this?"
"...I've done this to myself." Fu Yunlu lowered her eyes and whispered, "I've brought this upon myself. It has nothing to do with him."
Fu Liaoyan looked at him silently for a long time. "Rulers can never treat everyone equally. Loving the people as if they were their own children is just a lie. Fu Yunlu, if I were in your position, I wouldn't demand fairness, justice, or putting the people first. As the head of the federation, all you need to do is better maintain your survival. Everything else is just a means to that end. Beyond that, capable people can naturally receive special treatment." He turned the wrench on his thumb. "Those 'evil deeds' you've committed are harmless. But if they're exposed by your little lover, they'll become a knife that stabs you."
Fu Yunlu pursed her lips and rarely retorted, "Father, I don't want to forget my past self—the one who felt pain and helplessness for the suffering of the poor, the one who felt the tenacity of life's struggle for a weak, skinny kitten—those were my younger selves, but with the passing of time, they have gradually become something else, as if they are too far away from me now."
"Not everyone wants to live aimlessly. Humanity as a whole may need to move forward, but for an insignificant individual like me, my life should have ended when my mother committed suicide."
Fu Liaoyan frowned and squinted his eyes as he looked at the son he once admired: "What do you want to say?"
"...Don't do anything to him, father. That's all I ask."
"If I wanted to do anything, he would have disappeared long ago." Fu Liaoyan said in a contemptuous tone, "I don't bother to step on an ant. Even if this ant does have some tricks and has you princes fooled around, it just proves your stupidity and inappropriate arrogance and soft-heartedness."
"You are right, but there is one thing that makes me different from them."
Every word Fu Yunlu spoke weighed like a mountain, unmovable by outsiders. "My only regret is that I should have helped him sooner, and gotten along with him in a normal way. Father, please allow me, as a son, to have this belated love." He knelt on one knee, placed his right hand on his chest, and lowered his head to promise, "And I will embrace this love for the rest of my life—and so, I am willing to dedicate my life to the head of the Federation, serving him to the utmost, even to the bitter end."
Fu Liaoyan said calmly, "Fu Yunlu, who are you threatening?"
"I'm not threatening anyone." Fu Yunlu lowered her head. "I just hope that after I drag an ordinary person into the water, I can completely guarantee their personal safety. For this, I am willing to sacrifice everything, no matter the cost."
"......" Fu Liaoyan couldn't help but frowned, "Idiot."
"Regarding District 53, I will present you with a satisfactory result, Your Excellency," Fu Yunlu said respectfully. "If family ties are not negotiable in your father's eyes, then I will show you my value—an excellent politician, a sharp sword, who can accomplish his mission even with weaknesses."
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Liang Guanyue's susceptible period arrived as expected this year. The first person to notice it was Fan Na, who was usually closest to him. She jumped three feet away from him, pinched her nose and said in disgust: "Fuck, it stinks!"
"?" Liang Guanyue frowned and said, "You'd better not be talking about me."
"It's you!"
"...You're dead Vanna."
"You must be susceptible!" Fanna said, "Are you wearing a suppressant patch?"
Liang Guanyue said curiously: "I posted it."
"Impossible, I can smell your pheromones." Fana said, "Could it be that this susceptible period is not simple?"
Liang Guanyue said expressionlessly, "Then I'm going home. This susceptible period is not simple, and I need a week-long leave. Please approve it."
"Of course, there's nothing wrong in the past two days—wait, a week?!" Vanna's eyes widened, "I won't allow it!"
Liang Guanyue stared at her quietly until Fanna felt a little embarrassed. She scratched her head and muttered, "One week is just one week...Isn't it possible that I can't make it in this company without you?"
Liang Guanyue finally got his wish, securing a week-long vacation. This time, his susceptibility period seemed even more severe than usual. He suspected it was due to his recent erratic sleep schedule and the frequent drinking parties he'd been dragged into. On the first day, he simply felt a bit dizzy. After injecting himself with an inhibitor, he huddled under his covers, waiting for the drug to take effect.
The next day, he woke up in a cold sweat. He looked at the ceiling in confusion, covered his head with his hands, cursed, and said irritably, "DX1208, who told you to turn the air conditioner down so low?"
The smart butler politely replied, "Dear Master, you ordered me to set the air conditioning temperature to 18 degrees Celsius at 02:04 this morning."
"When did I..." Liang Guanyue recalled for half a second, as if this really happened, and then changed the second half of the sentence to, "The air conditioner is turned off."
He climbed out of bed and made himself a packet of cold medicine. People's bad luck always comes one after another. Catching a cold when he is susceptible to the virus is a kind of retribution.
He needs to rest now. Yes, first of all, he can't go out, because an unconscious Alpha who is in a susceptible period wandering on the street may be easily reported to the police and arrested. Secondly, he needs a few more injections of inhibitors, and then he can lie in bed and rest.
As for Fu Yunlu, Liang Guanyue would of course flash through this name in his mind, but he had already been to the main city once this month, and obviously had no chance of helping him through the susceptible period - if he told him about his situation, based on Liang Guanyue's understanding of this man's stupidity, he would definitely come and stay until his susceptible period was over.
He didn't want to see Fu Yunlu's worried, anxious face. It made him seem incredibly important to him, as if there was some genuine affection between them, as if nothing had ever happened. This was a fairytale fantasy, existing only in Fu Yunlu's words, but if he were to get too involved with someone like that, he'd probably be infected.
The fact that she could still think about so many things about him in such a messy state just proved that she had been influenced - Liang Guanyue had never felt that this person was scary in the past few years, but now she suddenly felt that Fu Yunlu was not an ordinary person.
Perhaps it was due to his susceptibility, he even seriously wondered if Fu Yunlu had used some strange method to make him behave strangely. He felt helpless at times, but in this world, except for force majeure, no one should be able to make him feel even slightly overwhelmed. Liang Guanyue, perplexed, fell asleep again under the influence of the large amount of sedatives added to the inhibitor.
It was probably dusk when he woke up. The curtains, which were not drawn tightly, were blown up by the strong wind, leaving a gap of about a palm's width in the glass window. He could vaguely hear the sound of birds before the night came. Liang Guanyue stood up with a gloomy face, regained his senses, then got out of bed and walked to the window, wanting to close it to block out the noisy calls outside.
"Dear Master, it will rain in about an hour. We recommend that you close all doors and windows to avoid unnecessary damage to your property."
Liang Guanyue ignored him and instead opened the window completely after listening. The cool breeze before the rainstorm came into the room, making Liang Guanyue a little more sober. He opened the terminal, and Fu Yunlu's message was at the top, the latest one was sent an hour ago.
"Are you okay? Fanna said you might be susceptible to the virus. I'm worried about you since you haven't replied to my messages."
"I'm already in the main city. I'll come find you after I meet with the Führer."
'You didn't change the locks on your house?'
Liang Guanyue scrolled down the message board. During the time he ignored the prince, he seemed to be very idle, sending a few messages in the morning and a few in the evening, as if he would not give up until he got a reply. Liang Guanyue replied to him in a drowsy voice: "Can you be more reserved? If I don't look for you, are you still rushing to look for sex?"
Fu Yunlu did not respond.
At 18:35, the instant noodles cooked by Liang Guanyue were ready.
It was 18:48. I slowly finished the instant noodles in my bowl and threw the dishes into the dishwasher.
At 18:55, I injected another shot of inhibitor and made myself a packet of cold medicine.
At 19:01, Liang Guanyue felt a little regretful that he should have waited for the instant noodles to digest before taking the medicine or the injection. He now felt uncomfortable all over.
It was 19:05. Liang Guanyue kicked the wall while walking. He stared at the wall indifferently for a long time and kicked it back childishly.
It was 7:10 PM and it had started raining outside. A flash of white light suddenly appeared in the sky, and two seconds later a loud thunder blew away a bird preening its feathers by the window.
At 7:13 PM, Liang Guanyue impatiently urged Fu Yunlu (he didn't think he was urging her, he was just telling her) - "I need to rest. If you're not here before 7:30, don't come to my house to bother me."
At 7:16 PM, a notification sounded: "Door unlocked." Liang Guanyue walked to the bedroom door and started yelling before she even saw anyone: "You're too late! You wasted so much of my time!"
Fu Yunlu was still changing her shoes. When she heard the voice, she immediately raised her head and said with a smile, "I'm sorry, Guan Yue. I encountered something on the way here and was delayed."
Liang Guanyue blurted out the words without any hesitation: "Where's your terminal? Didn't you see my message?"
"Uh..." Fu Yunlu rolled his eyes guiltily, wondering if he should tell him the truth. "Something happened and it got damaged. I should be able to get a new one tomorrow."
Liang Guanyue was about to say something when Fu Yunlu quickly walked up to him, touched his forehead, and frowned: "It's a little hot, do you have a fever?"
"Don't you smell it?"
"What do you smell?"
Liang Guanyue said expressionlessly: "Pheromone. I am in a susceptible period."
Fu Yunlu smiled and said, "I smelled the baby. I smelled it as soon as I walked in."
Liang Guanyue complained, "Fanna said it stinks." His face was flushed and his eyes were wet because of the fever. He tilted his head and asked, "I think she's farting. What do you think?"
Fu Yunlu was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter. He held Liang Guanyue's face and kissed her lovingly again and again: "Do you want me to tell the truth or a lie?"
Liang Guanyue, who was in a susceptible period, had a patience that was more than a hundred times lower than usual: "Don't talk nonsense to me."
"I like everything that belongs to you."
"Really?" Liang Guanyue, already somewhat immune to Fu Yunlu's sweet talk, suddenly shrugged and asked doubtfully, "Fu Yunlu, did you just release pheromones? Are you trying to pick a fight with me here?"
Fu Yunlu cautiously released only a tiny amount tentatively, fearing it would irritate Liang Guanyue and make him uncomfortable. "Does it smell bad? Is it different from before?"
Liang Guanyue's fingers touched his gland, her tongue pressed against his fangs, and her emerald green eyes looked at him seriously. Even though her brain was working slowly, she could still keenly detect something wrong: "It tastes like an Omega... Did you inject something into the gland?" He narrowed his eyes. Under such a gaze, Fu Yunlu even thought that the other's pupils were shrunk into vertical lines like a snake.
Liang Guanyue chuckled and pressed his gland, saying, "Brother, did you see the message I sent you?"
Fu Yunlu hesitated for a moment, but without struggling, replied: "Sorry, I didn't see it. I'll wait for the new terminal tomorrow—"
Liang Guanyue interrupted: "No need, because I can repeat it now."
"I'm asking you if you deserve to be punished. You came here to be my omega, and even had your glands injected with something." Liang Guanyue asked him with a smile, "Fu Yunlu, do you think you deserve to be punished?"
"..." Fu Yunlu pursed her lips and spoke slowly, "...I...just..."
"Um?"
Fu Yunlu sighed and surrendered, "...I owe it, I owe it, okay?"
Liang Guanyue raised the corners of her lips, patted Fu Yunlu's face with the back of her hand, and said inducingly: "Do you know what my electronic butler calls me?"
"Title?" Fu Yunlu followed his words and replied, "Respected Master?" Only after he finished speaking did he realize what he had just said. Before he could fully consider how to resolve this awkward situation, Liang Guanyue said, "Repeat it."
"Guan Yue..."
Liang Guanyue said, "You're making excuses."
"I didn't..." Seeing that her refusal was fruitless, Fu Yunlu closed her eyes and gritted her teeth, forcing herself to say, "...Master."
Liang Guanyue kissed the corner of his mouth as if rewarding him, lifted her upper eyelid and looked at him: "You know what you should say in the end, right, brother?" He acted like a child and said, "Read it to me. I have a cold and I'm not feeling well."
Fu Yunlu was silent for about half a minute, or maybe not even half a minute at all, maybe just one or two seconds. In short, he hesitated and refused to speak. But when Liang Guanyue kissed him again, it was as if a curse had been cast on him, making Fu Yunlu lose track of direction. He opened his mouth and said, "...Master, I beg...you..." His voice became smaller and smaller, and it was almost impossible to hear what he was saying, "..."
Liang Guanyue said venomously, "But I have a cold, I don't want to move, and I feel very uncomfortable. What should I do?"
This didn't bother Fu Yunlu anymore, as he had been planning this all along: "You don't have to move. I know you're not feeling well. Just lie down and I'll do it myself."
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The author has something to say: I was too busy before, husbands, I kneel down to apologize... My shitty stomach problem has come back these past two days and it has left me speechless... Fortunately, I have finished writing 5,000 words today...
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