The moment the words came out, the whole bedroom fell into silence.

Of course Chen Nian would not miss the shock in Shaflai's eyes, and all the expressions on Alpha's face were frozen.

If just now he was the one who harshly accused Chen Nian of being inappropriate, now Chen Nian had completely gained the upper hand with just a few words.

Faced with the trap set by Chen Nian, Shafulai stepped into it without realizing it, just like a naive deer in the jungle. It made Chen Nian wonder if his hard work over the past two days was in vain. Maybe he didn't need to do so much. It was very hard to get everyone's pheromones.

How silly.

Chen Nian suppressed the urge to laugh. He crossed his arms over his chest and leaned against the shelf in a relaxed manner. Although he was a head shorter than Shaffley, he was the one who now occupied the dominant position.

"Don't look like that. Is liking me something shameful?"

Chen Nian tapped his arm with his fingers. He stared at Shaflay. The smile on his face gradually faded, and his tone became increasingly low: "Or... in your heart, I am actually unbearable?"

"No! It's not."

Shafulai closed his eyes tightly. The thoughts he tried so hard to hide were exposed so easily. He didn't know how to face Chen Nian at all. He fell in love with his fiancée's younger brother. What a sad thing.

When did Chen Nian discover it? The young man was surprised. Maybe he had already seen it. Then, in his eyes, were all his hidden thoughts and embarrassment just clumsy performances?

Shafulai opened his mouth, his throat was hoarse for a moment, and he said with difficulty: "...I am the one who is really unbearable."

Guilt and remorse surged up like a tide, submerging his ankles, calves, waist, and finally reaching his chest. Breathing became increasingly difficult until his mouth and nose were also submerged. The cold emotions filled his lungs, bringing unbearable pain.

Yes, he was the worst one from the beginning to the end. What qualifications did he have to accuse Chen Nian of being inappropriate?

Alpha looked away, not daring to meet Chen Nian's gaze. His amber eyes were still bright, as if they could see through his skin and into his despicable soul.

"Hey, don't look like that."

The expected accusations and scolding did not happen. Instead, a pair of hands reached out and held his face. The palms were delicate, but there was a thin layer of silk at the base of the fingers.

Chen Ci lifted up Shafulai's head which was lowering lower and lower, and forced him to look at him. He saw Alpha's avoidance clearly and understood why Shafulai was in such pain.

After all, this is his brother-in-law in name only.

Even a man with such low moral sense as him didn't even think about hooking up with Shaflay, not to mention that Shaflay himself, as an honest man, would care more about the engagement with Chen Ci.

But now, when he saw Shaflay's sad and ashamed expression, his heart seemed to be hit hard by an invisible object, and it was completely soft.

...a bit pitiful.

"Listen, as an Alpha, it's normal for you to like me."

Chen Nian spoke softly, but every word was so clear that it reached Shafulai's ears: "After all, I am so good-looking and have a relaxed personality. To you, I should be completely different from those noble Omegas, right?"

Although what Chen Nian said may sound shameless to others, every point accurately hit Shafley's true thoughts.

As a healthy person, the first step to complete cognition is of course through the eyes. The Chen twins have the same appearance. The twins have beautiful and delicate eyebrows and eyes, which are better than the hottest virtual stars. Every frown and smile is so captivating.

Compared to Chen Ci's coldness, Chen Nian is more lively and rich, as if the beautiful boy who was supposed to be in the painting has truly come to life and appears by your side with a smile in his eyes. Even the most hostile people cannot use their appearance to criticize them.

Chen Nian has the wildness of the dungeon. He is very aggressive and never one to suffer a loss. However, he is very resourceful and has a little temper that is just right. He only makes people enjoy his pampering and doting.

Shafulai knew that there might be a trap, but he was still taken advantage of. No matter what Chen Nian asked, he would try his best to complete it just to see the boy's satisfied smile.

Others don't seem to be much better.

Antonio was still deceived by the illusion deliberately fabricated by Chen Nian, thinking that he would have an exciting underground love affair with the unhappy future princess, and that he would be cuckolded.

When Ji Yifeng and Chen Nian met for the first time, he introduced his collection to the boy at a very close distance, and even sent a pot of green tea roses afterwards. Now he is Chen Nian's natural history teacher, and he assigned Chen Nian practical homework. Not only did he not criticize Chen Nian's outrageous topic of collecting Alpha pheromones, he also provided his own pheromones to the student.

Chu Xun looked honest, and according to Chen Nian, he had collected the pheromones through deception. But after all, he was the teacher chosen according to Chen Nian's strict requirements. Perhaps to Chen Nian, Chu Xun was just a little sheep who could be dealt with as he pleased.

Chen Nian even collected the pheromones of General Goodes, who was once a subordinate of Marshal Chen Weiyuan and was old enough to be Chen Nian's father! In any case, Goodes would definitely treat Chen Nian well because of their past friendship.

Chen Nian was also very popular at the two banquets. As the future princess of the emperor, the Alphas did not dare to approach him and chat with him. However, there were always countless eyes following the boy, just as Shafla's eyes could not leave Chen Nian.

He is definitely not the only one who cares about Chen Nian.

But he is the person who has spent the longest time with Chen Nian.

Others were deceived by Chen Nian's various disguises and saw what Chen Nian wanted them to see. Only Shafulai saw the most real boy.

Maybe, as Chen Nian said, it is normal for me to like him, and he doesn't need to feel guilty about it...right?

Shafley's eyes turned to the display cabinet behind Chen Nian. There were already seven or eight bottles filled with pheromones. As time went by, how many more would be placed there in the end?

What the boy collected was not just pheromones, it was more like putting different kinds of Alphas into a fish pond. People were unaware or willingly fell into the honey trap, which became part of Chen Nian's life fun.

What about him?

He stepped in even though he knew Chen Nian had bad intentions.

Chen Nian stared at Shafulai, watching his face change from red to blue to white to purple, a very exciting scene.

He didn't have the ability to read minds, so he didn't know what was going on in Shaffley's mind, but he should have been thinking a lot and was in a very complicated state.

The decision to expose Shafla was made simply because Chen Nian didn't want the situation to remain deadlocked.

A short pain is worse than a long one. If Shafley continues to be entangled like this, it will only bring torture to both of them.

It would be better to just state it directly and do what needs to be done.

Chen Nian decided to add some more points.

Four days had passed since Chen Ci's last meeting, and Chen Nian had been thinking about his problems with Shafulai. It was obvious that Alpha was interested in him. After all, Chen Nian was experienced, while Shafulai, who had no experience in love, thought that her secretive behavior would be difficult to completely conceal from him.

Chen Nian was also very conflicted at the beginning. He and Chen Ci had discussed this issue at least three times, and Chen Ci always had the same attitude. There was no possibility between him and Shafla. The fact that they had been together for more than ten years and yet they had only developed a friendship, as well as their severe pheromone insensitivity, meant that even if they got married in the future, they would not be happy.

Chen Ci doesn't even care whether Shafley will fall in love with someone else.

What really made Chen Nian change his mind was that Chen Ci said that all a marriage contract required was a child with the surname Chen.

Coincidentally, he is also Chen Wei's son.

"Since you like me, you should act like this. At least you should let me know how much you really like me." Chen Nian said softly, "Now I'm giving you a fair chance. Do you want it?"

Chen Nian, what does this mean?

Shafley could understand each word, but when they were put together, he suddenly found it difficult to comprehend their meaning.

Did Chen Nian allow him to have his way?

The so-called fair competition opportunity means that he can take action to pursue Chen Nian?

Shaflay suddenly felt dazed.

He had thought that the day his evil intentions were exposed, he would be met with contempt and disgust from the two brothers, but the development of things seemed to be completely different from what he expected.

Chen Nian remained frank and didn't seem to think there was any problem at all.

Is he the only one who is so troubled that he can't sleep from beginning to end?

Shafla closed his eyes tightly. All the complicated thoughts and heavy worries in his heart were thrown away at this moment, leaving only his most real and simple feelings.

"……I want."

The development of the matter was pretty much as Chen Nian had imagined.

He nodded, turned back to the display cabinet, and was about to sort out his collection: "If you have nothing else, go back. I have to--"

Before he could finish his words, Shaflay hugged him from behind.

Alpha’s hug was so strong that Chen Nian couldn’t catch his breath for a moment.

Chen Nian subconsciously grabbed Shafler's hand on his lower abdomen and tried to move it away, but he reacted in a split second and pressed on it instead.

Shafley rested his chin on Chen Nian's shoulder, as if he wanted to bury his entire face in the hollow of her shoulder. Alpha's eyes were tightly closed and his brows were tightly locked.

Chen Nian heard Shaflay's suppressed breathing, ringing in his ears again and again, with a barely perceptible tremor, and warm air sprinkled on his cheeks. The large area of ​​body contact allowed them to feel each other's temperature through the thin clothes.

The sweet smell of sherry enveloped him completely, and suddenly, Chen Nian seemed to have a momentary palpitation.

...Sure enough, he really likes Shaflay's pheromones.

Chen Nian didn't move or look back. He stared at a point in the sky, waiting for things to develop.

He hadn't been hugged like this for a long time. After leaving the nightclub, Chen Nian rarely had close contact with Alpha.

Unlike Chen Ci, Chen Nian was already accustomed to being touched. He would sit on the guest's lap, tucked around his waist, and kneaded by dishonest fingers through the thin fabric. Or he would be pressed against the back of the sofa, with his chin pinched and the rim of the cold glass against his lips, while he would be fed good wine with a narrow smile.

So now that Shaflay was hugging him tightly, he didn't feel itchy at all.

The feelings that were carefully hidden in her heart were directly exposed by him. What would Shafla do? Chen Nian waited for his next move and even had some expectations.

However, he waited for a long time, without any tentative kiss or more extreme actions.

Shafla simply held him in his arms, and that seemed enough.

Chen Nian blinked, he grabbed Shafulai's hand, and with a little force, he moved Alpha's arm a little further away, then turned around in the small space and faced Shafulai.

Now the distance between the two people became extremely close. Shafley's chest was just a few centimeters in front of Chen Nian, and his back was against the display cabinet.

While hugging Chen Nian from behind, Shafulai adjusted his expression. He really didn't want to embarrass himself further.

But when he met those calm amber eyes, he couldn't help but break down.

——Why can you act so calm?

All signs pointed to the only truth: Chen Nian actually had no other thoughts about him, and she exposed herself only because she was tired of being secretly loved by someone.

Shafley took a deep breath, and all the turbulent emotions were swallowed up in that strong embrace, and he swallowed them in his stomach silently with gritted teeth. Be it shame or unbearable, let it be.

"I have something else to deal with, so I'll leave first."

Shafulai was about to turn around, but Chen Nian grabbed his sleeve.

"Wait a moment."

Schafflei paused.

Chen Nian took out an unused glass bottle from the cabinet and whispered, "Maybe I need to collect your pheromones, too."

If Shaflay had not been brought by the emperor to participate in various important events since he was a child, he would definitely not be able to control his expression, his psychological defenses would collapse, and he would take even more uncontrollable actions.

Shafla opened his mouth slightly, and the air he inhaled trembled a little.

After a few seconds, he turned back and put his right index finger in his mouth in front of Chen Nian.

The canine teeth aimed at the fingertips and bit down hard.

The flesh was bitten open and blood gushed out. Shafley placed his index finger on the mouth of the bottle and squeezed hard to let more blood fall into the bottle.

The rich aroma of sherry is wrapped in a faint smell of blood.

A dozen drops of blood fell, forming a shallow layer in the bottle. Shaflay withdrew his hand, ignored the wound on his fingertips, and turned away without saying a word.

Chen Nian put the cork back on the bottle.

He shook it gently, and the blood rolled in the bottle, staining the bottle wall with a thin layer of blood.

He didn't expect Shaflay to give him pheromones in this way, and that sentence was just a tease.

It seems that I have provoked him a little too much?

Chen Nian was a little upset. He had sensed Shaflay's feelings for him from various clues. Although he felt surprised and a little strange at first, he soon came to his senses and figured it out.

But Shaflay's psychological disorder seemed to be more serious than he thought. Judging from the Alpha's behavior of biting his finger and using blood to provide pheromones, it was clearly a kind of self-abandonment.

Is it really that serious? Anyway, no matter what the situation is, only the two of them know about it, so it won't be embarrassing.

Chen Nian prided himself on being very knowledgeable about all kinds of Alphas, but he was a little confused by Shafley's overreaction today.

Chen Nian placed the bottle containing Shaflay's blood on the top shelf. He retracted his hand, stared at it for two seconds, and took the bottle back.

Chen Nian threw away all the bottles on the display shelf without any reluctance. After all, these were just props he had obtained in order to make Shafulai explain himself clearly. Although it was quite tiring to get them, he did not feel too reluctant to throw them away.

The pheromones of these Alphas are not the ones he likes. If he must stay, this one will be enough.

Chen Nian walked into the bedroom, came to the bed, and placed the bloody bottle on the bedside table.

The so-called collection of Alpha's pheromones was simply to lure Shafley into the trap, and the subsequent actions were also intended to stimulate him a little and find out what he was thinking.

But... until the very end, Alpha seemed to take it seriously.

I didn't seem to have said anything too extreme, and didn't I encourage him to pursue her?

But why did Shafley act as if his confession was rejected?

Chen Nian stroked his hair and said, forget it, he just didn’t understand.

He sat on the bed, staring at the thin layer of blood. The body fluid contained a high concentration of pheromones, which was his favorite smell of wine. Hmm... maybe it could be made into aromatherapy? Or mixed with real sherry, what would it taste like if you drank it?

Shafley rushed into his room as if escaping.

He slammed the door shut, and the loud noise startled the smart butler.

The smart butler wisely shut up immediately. If it were to welcome His Highness back at this critical moment, it would most likely be angered.

Why is His Highness suddenly so angry, and the concentration of pheromones in his body is almost exceeding the threshold.

Blood dripped from Shaflay's fingertips onto the carpet. The aroma of sherry spread. The small wound would heal quickly. This little pain was nothing to Shaflay. It was nothing compared to the pain he felt in his heart at that moment.

He went straight into the bedroom and slammed the door shut.

Smart Butler: ……………………

The surveillance footage in the corridor showed that His Highness had just come out of the Princess's room. Could it be that something bad had just happened that made His Highness so angry?

Could it be that His Highness and the Princess had a quarrel? The smart butler immediately became nervous. He wanted to find out something, but the smart devices in Chen Nian's room were always turned off.

Shafley fell face down on the bed and buried his face deep in the pillow.

He had thought that perhaps one day his feelings would be discovered, but he never expected that they would be exposed in such a suffocating way.

Chen Nian asked him directly. Although it was clearly a question, his tone was so firm.

When did he find out? How ridiculous would his previous concealment look in Chen Nian's eyes?

Shafley loved the wildness in Chen Nian, but now, all the cynicism and wildness have become a harm to him.

Shafulai didn't expect that he would be so fragile. He was already 25 years old, why did he feel sore in the nose now?

Before this, he had cursed himself countless times in his heart for falling in love with his fiancée's younger brother. It was so disgusting and unbearable.

Now that he was forced to compete with Chen Nian, he felt inexplicably aggrieved.

Shafley knew that what really made him unable to hold back was Chen Nian's final behavior.

He asked him for pheromones.

The thought of having the bottle of his blood placed on the display shelf with the other Alphas made Shaflay feel so uncomfortable that he couldn't breathe.

He always thought that he knew many of Chen Nian's secrets and helped him live at the top, completing the exchange. The two of them should at least be good friends who can be trusted.

He thought he was special.

However, Chen Nian wanted his pheromones, and his smell became part of the museum's work, no different from that of everyone else.

Shafley buried his face heavily in the pillow and did not move.

Ten minutes later, Alpha finally showed some movement.

Shafla raised his head, his facial expression had returned to normal, except for a little redness in the corners of his eyes.

There was a small dark spot of moisture on the pillow, evaporating silently.

He shouldn't have been so devastated.

Even if Chen Nian knew my feelings, so what?

Even though he had confirmed over and over again that the boy was a hopeless bastard, Shaflay still liked him.

It's all his own fault.

Shafla calmed down, rebuilt his inner defenses, and finally realized that Chen Nian seemed to want more than just to embarrass him.

He said he would give me a fair chance. If I like you, I should show him my attitude and actions.

...The implication is that you allow yourself to pursue it?

It's not Shafulei's fault that his psychological endurance is too fragile. This is the first time he falls in love with someone, and it's something he shouldn't have such thoughts about. Shafulei has been trapped in moral condemnation of himself all day long, which was already uncomfortable, and now Chen Nian has made such a scene for him.

Even Shafley himself did not expect that he would have such a big reaction.

Now that he thought about it carefully, Chen Nian's attitude from beginning to end could be considered gentle. There was no contempt and disgust at all as he had expected.

It was as if the boy didn't care at all that he was engaged. Chen Nian and Chen Ci had talked a lot about this in private. Maybe they had already discussed this issue?

Shafley didn't know, but from his understanding of Chen Nian, the boy cared a lot about Chen Ci. If he was sure that he had some substantive relationship with Chen Ci, Chen Nian would definitely not have the attitude he had today.

Both Shafley and Chen Ci knew what their engagement actually meant.

That is not a testimony of love, but just a kind of interest relationship that cannot be expressed openly.

The strong entanglement seems to be slowly dissolving.

Shafla closed his eyes tightly. He finally made up his mind that instead of hesitating, he should face his own feelings.

Otherwise, it would cause considerable harm to all three of them.

Now he only hopes that Chen Ci can forgive him and forgive his betrayal.

Shafley sat at the head of the bed, called up the chat interface with Chen Ci, and after a moment of silence, typed a message in the chat box.

——Confess his feelings for Chen Nian to Chen Ci.

Shafley said a lot. He told Chen Ci how he fell in love with Chen Nian. In the courtyard at night, he saw the young man leaning over to drink the water from the fountain and smelled the scent of tuberose for the first time.

This mischievous boy from the dungeon always does things that surprise others but make them smile knowingly afterwards.

As I spoke these words one by one, my heart became completely calm.

Shafley typed a message of thousands of words, read it through in the end, and pressed the send button.

After that, he put down the terminal, leaned quietly against the head of the bed, and did not move.

The wound on the finger had already clotted on its own.

What would Chen Ci say to him? Given his youthful character, he probably wouldn't blame him, but Shafley still felt guilty.

He waited for more than ten minutes, but there was no movement on the other side.

Didn't Chen Ci see it? But it was six o'clock in the evening, and he should be having dinner on the boat, so he should be able to notice the movement of the terminal.

Shafley couldn't help but feel a little worried. He checked the weather forecast at sea, and the data showed that a storm was brewing near the route.

Shafley tensed up instantly.

He opened the program in the terminal encrypted folder and entered the password. All the data transmitted from the chip implanted in Chen Ci's shoulder were recorded here.

The image shows that Chen Ci's physical data surged for a moment an hour ago, but not to the extent that would cause an alarm. The data soon calmed down and is now at a very normal level.

Shafley breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Chen Ci was probably just temporarily unable to see it.