The moment Chen Nian hugged him, Shafulai's body swayed.

He quickly calmed down and looked over Chen Nian's shoulder at the howling wind and rain outside the door. Alpha stood upright with his arms hanging naturally without any response.

The rain on Chen Nian's body wet his clothes, and the coolness was quickly sensed by his skin. He could also clearly feel that the boy in his arms was shivering constantly.

"sorry."

He heard the words again, cautiously and faintly, with a trembling voice.

Shafulai closed his eyes tightly for a moment, and when he opened them again, his eyes were filled with indifference. He forcefully pushed Chen Nian away, turned around, and went back to his room with an expressionless face.

Shafulai was limping and holding on to the walls and furniture with his hands. Chen Nian couldn't bear to see himself being pushed away, so he hurried to support him.

Chen Nian had just held onto Shafulai's arm when Alpha shook his hand away.

The boy stood still, watching Shaflay stubbornly holding onto the wall and walking slowly towards the bedroom.

He had been standing outside for nearly three hours, exposed to the sun and rain, without shedding a single tear, but now his nose suddenly felt sore.

Chen Nian took a deep breath, concealing the sadness in his heart, and followed Shafulai quietly.

Omega walked by, leaving one wet footprint after another on the floor. He quickly and silently observed this strange house and saw traces of someone standing for a long time on the carpet beside the floor-to-ceiling window.

Shafley went straight back to the bedroom, and Chen Nian followed closely behind him. He watched Alpha sit on the edge of the bed, then leaned against the headboard and picked up the computer again.

Chen Nianhun was soaking wet and of course couldn't get on the bed, so he just stood aside. Water was still dripping from his wet hair and clothes. His soft black hair stuck to his face, making his complexion even paler. Even his lips were frozen and bloodless. His body was shivering slightly, trying to reduce heat loss.

He lowered his eyelashes, his amber eyes were full of sadness, like a kitten drenched in rain.

In every way, Chen Nian is very much like a cat.

When you are nice to it, it knows that it is being pampered, and it will act arrogantly, occasionally stretching out its claws to nip you, leaving a few bloody marks on your arms or face. If it is happy, it will play with you for a while, but if it is unhappy, it will ignore you and at most wag its tail impatiently when it hears you barking.

But when you are busy with your work and have no time to pay attention to it, it will come to you eagerly, climb onto the computer desk, stand on the keyboard, and try to attract your attention in various ways to make you accompany it.

Shafley knew there was a phenomenon called the abandoned cat effect, which states that after a cat is picked up from its home after being abandoned, it will become particularly obedient because it is afraid of being abandoned again, just like Chen Nian who is now standing beside his bed with his head lowered.

But who abandoned whom? He couldn't help but feel sad.

Shafulai forced himself not to look at Chen Nian. He stared at the code on the screen, but in his mind he was thinking about how Chen Nian had just thrown herself into his arms.

The Omega was soaked through, his thin coat couldn't keep him away from the cold, he was shivering all over, his amber eyes were soaked with rain, his usual cunning and agility were gone, and he looked a little confused when he noticed that he had suddenly opened the door.

Then there was a burst of joy, and she rushed up and hugged him tightly.

If Shafulai hadn't heard what Chen Nian said last night, he would have almost fallen into the illusion that the Omega really loved him.

The person he likes is an actor and a liar.

Even though he realized this, Shafulai still couldn't help but feel soft-hearted. Chen Nian must be very cold now. Should he let him change his clothes? It would be bad if he got sick.

He thought to himself that he was such a scumbag, no wonder people called him a scumbag, only when people like him kept being scumbags could the other party become a scumbag.

Shafley pressed the run button and, not surprisingly, saw a bunch of error messages. He had absentmindedly created a bunch of bugs.

He couldn't do his job well, his legs hurt, and there was someone standing next to him looking at him eagerly. How could he live his life like this?

Shafulai was extremely annoyed. He glanced around and suddenly found that Chen Nian, who was standing beside his bed with his head down and looking depressed, was gone.

There was only a wet stain on the carpet.

Chen Nian came to the kitchen.

Shafulai was busy writing code without even looking at him. Chen Nian felt as if tens of thousands of ants were crawling on his body.

Standing there doing nothing was not a solution. Could he do something to make Shafla happy?

Shafulai had difficulty moving, and he looked listless, probably because he hadn't eaten breakfast.

So Chen Nian went to the kitchen quietly. He took off his wet coat and put it in the bathroom. Then, wearing his soaked shirt and trousers, he looked in the refrigerator to see what ingredients were in it.

The cold air from the refrigerator made him shiver. Chen Nian pursed his lips and found that there were quite a lot of things inside, including vegetables, meat and eggs, all very fresh. Shafulai had just moved in here last night, and the waiter was probably sent over at that time.

Chen Nian and Jiang Dai live in the underground city. In order to save money, they cook at home. Jiang Dai has poor eyesight and can't stand the smoke and fire. Chen Nian learned to cook when she was five or six years old. Her skills are not particularly good, but not bad.

Chen Nian looked at the things in the refrigerator and thought about what Shafulai liked to eat. Well, good news, he still remembered.

Chen Nian rolled up his sleeves, reached out and took out two big potatoes.

Shaflay was even more troubled.

Chen Nian disappeared without a word, and no one knew what he had done. He couldn't use his mental power to investigate because the boy would definitely notice him.

He is now hungry and sleepy, and his legs are still very painful. After arriving yesterday, he lay in bed, tossing and turning, and did not sleep all night. Excessive exercise caused his legs, which had not fully recovered, to swell again. He struggled to get up when he heard the doorbell in the morning, and watched Chen Nian standing outside by the floor-to-ceiling window for three hours.

Shafley couldn't understand why he had to stand in prison with him, perhaps because of the photos he saw.

When Lu Heng showed Chen Nian the photo, Shafley couldn't see it clearly because the distance was too far.

He was just wondering what kind of evidence could make Lu Heng so arrogant and domineering to expose and accuse Chen Nian, when he heard what the Omega said.

In fact, what Chen Nian said was right. In their relationship, the boy was always in the dominant position. They were still in the relationship of pursuer and pursued until now, and she had always been trying to get the boy's true heart.

But those words were so harsh, like a bone scraper cutting open his bloody heart, and then showing off the wound to others.

Shafley cried so shamelessly that his pillow was wet. He spent the whole night thinking about it before he finally made up his mind and opened the folder Lu Heng sent him in the early morning.

I looked through the photos one by one.

Chen Nian snuggles up to different men and women in a familiar yet unfamiliar manner. He wears a black necklace, dyes his hair a bright red, and sometimes wears contact lenses of different colors. His tight clothes outline every inch of his body, and the skin exposed outside is always touched by the hands of others.

The table was filled with all kinds of alcohol, the amount of which made Shafle's scalp numb. He also knew the reason why Chen Nian was an alcoholic.

The boy had a wanton smile on his face, like a poisonous flower blooming from the abyss of depravity, attracting people to flock to him madly, wanting to get everything from him, hugs, kisses, teases, and even his entire body.

Shafla finally learned about Chen Nian's past for the first time, and was thus completely defeated.

It was not because of Chen Nian's work and the dissolute attitude he displayed, but because this young man, as the orphan of Marshal Chen Weiyuan, should have enjoyed the most comfortable life, but had always been stuck in a quagmire.

Yes, he should have thought of it earlier. Jiang Dai’s health was very poor and he was almost blind. He couldn’t find a suitable job at all. The burden of supporting the family would inevitably fall on Chen Nian.

He was only eighteen years old and had just graduated from high school with average grades. How could he get so much money to pay for the expensive medical bills?

Chen Nian's life was not supposed to be like this.

Until now, Shafley still doesn't know why Jiang Dai didn't bring Chen Nian back. Even if there is a possibility of falling into the same situation as Chen Ci, it is better than letting Chen Nian work in such a place, right?

It was hard to describe the feeling in his heart, bitterness, pain, struggle, pity... mixed together, making Shafulai realize that he couldn't hate anyone at all.

At this moment, Shafley suddenly heard the sound of approaching footsteps. He quickly looked back at the computer and his face returned to expressionlessness.

Chen Nian came in carrying a tray. He was still wearing the clothes that had been soaked through. He looked obedient and pitiful. The thin cloth stuck to his skin, revealing some skin color. There seemed to be fuzzy lines on his lower abdomen, which Shafulai had discovered before. Was it a birthmark or a scar?

The aroma wafted out, and at the first sniff, Shaffley knew it was his favorite baked potatoes with cheese.

"Eat something." Chen Nian said softly.

Schafflet remained unmoved.

Chen Nian also did not move. He held the tray in both hands, waiting stubbornly for Alpha's response, as if he would stand there until tonight if Shafla ignored him.

During the stalemate, Shafla heard his stomach growl.

It is so obvious in the quiet bedroom.

Shafley: ………………

He hadn't eaten a single bite in the morning, and hadn't even drunk much water. Now, he was tempted by the aroma of his favorite food and was successfully betrayed by his digestive system.

Chen Nian whispered again: "Eat some, I made it myself."

Schaffray finally put down his computer.

Seeing this, Chen Nian quickly put the tray on the bedside table, handed the plate to Shafulai, and considerately put a spoon on it.

"Be careful with the burns."

Shafulai took it expressionlessly, and whether intentionally or unintentionally, when Chen Nian handed the thing to him, his hand touched him lightly.

Omega's seemingly delicate hands actually have many thin threads on the palms and fingertips, which are the result of years of housework. It was based on this that Shafley was able to identify old words and old thoughts.

Even after cooking, Chen Nian's hands were still cold, and wearing this wet clothes couldn't keep them warm at all.

I handed the plate to Shaflay, who took his hand back obediently. His whole body relaxed a lot, as if he had accomplished what he wanted to do.

However, Shafley could not confirm whether what he saw was deliberately acted out by Chen Nian.

After all, he had witnessed the boy's superb acting skills countless times, how he had held his arm and laughed with him at the royal dinner, how he had played dumb when his identity was revealed by the artificial lake, and how he had fun seducing and deceiving other Alphas.

Shafley silently picked up the spoon and began to eat his first meal of the day.

Chen Nian waited patiently. Halfway through Shafulai's meal, he suddenly heard him sneeze a little.

Standing in the rain and wind for so long, I guess I'll get sick.

Chen Nian lowered his head and sniffed, not taking it seriously.

But suddenly, Alpha's voice came over: "Change your clothes and come back. You've made my carpet dirty."

Chen Nian looked up suddenly, a little bit unable to believe what he heard.

Shafley, this is...

Alpha continued to concentrate on eating and didn't look at him.

But just this little response made Chen Nian happy.

He walked to the bathroom, and a robotic arm reached out and brought clean clothes and towels. Chen Nian unfolded them and took a look. They were all in Shaffley's size.

He hurriedly wiped the rain off his body and hair, took off his wet clothes and put on new ones, and finally he was able to slowly warm up.

Chen Nian returned to the bedroom and found that Shafulai had finished eating. The plate was placed on the bedside table, and Alpha picked up the computer again with a serious expression.

You don't need to look at Chen Nian to know that Shafley must be studying those codes.

"sorry."

Chen Nian said softly, "Actually, I regretted what I said. Lu Heng has been causing trouble for me and Chen Ci time and time again. I just wanted to use a method to suppress him once and for all, so that he would lose the capital to act in front of me."

"Regret it? I think you sounded very happy when you said that."

Shaflay said coldly, he tapped the keyboard twice, why is there still a bug?

Chen Nian pursed his lips. If Shafulai had not heard it at that time, he would probably be immersed in the joy of bringing down Lu Heng and would not realize that what he said was actually too much.

Maybe he could say this to Shafulai as a joke in private, but saying it in front of Lu Heng would be like trodden on Shafulai's face.

Chen Nian is really not good at coaxing people. His eloquence seems to have disappeared at this moment, and he can only stumble and say:

"I was wrong. I know I can't take back what I said and I can't erase the damage I caused, but Shafley, I really care about you and I'm willing to make amends in any way I can."

"Why do you care about me? Do you care that I'm the eldest prince and have a lot of money, or do you care that my pheromones smell like what you like?"

Shaflay didn't even raise his eyelids: "I'm afraid you were nice to me before because I could help you and Chen Ci conceal the truth, and there was a direct interest in it, right? Maybe you even laughed at me behind my back like you did to Antonio. Who knows how you would laugh at me."

"I didn’t!"

Chen Nian wanted to cry but had no tears. Maybe in the beginning he did want to have fun with Shafla, but ever since Alpha gave him the game as a gift, many things became different. For the first time, Chen Nian realized that warmth and ordinary things could also move people, and that many times, a stimulating sensory impact was not necessary.

Shaflay said no more.

Chen Nian didn't know how to explain it to him. Even he himself didn't understand what was going on in his mind. But Chen Nian was certain that if he couldn't win back Shafla, he would regret it for the rest of his life.

This is the best Alpha he has ever met in his life.

“I have always believed that as long as I can live happily every day, there is no need to pursue any meaning. Living itself is already a very difficult thing.

"Later, Uncle Jiang's health deteriorated. I had no interest in studying and my mind was full of ideas on how to make money faster.

"I have no skills and low education level. The factory prohibits Omegas from doing heavy physical labor. Fortunately, I am relatively good-looking. Once when I went out to buy medicine for Uncle Jiang, I met the CEO of Black Box, Li Shu. She said that if I was willing to work for her, she could give me a lot of money.

"She spread a lot of true and false news and deliberately set the first price to attract more customers. I soon became the most popular person in the store and could make a lot of money every day, but all my colleagues disliked me.

"I don't need them to like me, I just need enough money. For money, I can sell everything."

"I tried my best to hide it from Uncle Jiang. He still thinks I'm a good kid because I can make a lot of money working in my friend's store."

"Lu Heng should have sent you those photos. When you took me to the dungeon to exchange with Chen Ci, I refused to tell you where you originally lived because I was afraid that you would find out relevant information."

"I don't want you to see me like that."

Chen Nian took a deep breath and his nose felt a little sour. He had never seriously examined his own actions before. Now that he thought about it, he realized that he had cared so much about Shafulai.

He is not afraid of other people's advice, but he is afraid that Alpha will look at him strangely. Lu Heng is right, he is a despicable guy.

For the first time, Chen Nian dissected himself thoroughly from head to toe. He saw the insides flowing with thick black fluid. Under the exquisite and beautiful skin, there was such a filthy soul.

The raw pain in his throat reappeared, and even swallowing became difficult. Chen Nian lowered his head deeply. He told himself that he had no right to cry and held back the urge to cry.

After a long while, Shaflay finally spoke:

"You know what irritates me the most about you?"

Chen Nian thought about it carefully for a long time, and finally shook his head hesitantly. He didn't know if he would make Shafley even angrier if he gave a wrong answer, so he answered tentatively: "Because I said you look like, like..."

"No, the last sentence."

Chen Nian tried hard to recall what the previous sentence was... Even if Shafulai was the most noble prince, he was a slut who was despised and criticized by others.

Is there something wrong?

Seeing that Chen Nian seemed confused, Shafulai frowned and asked, "Have you ever had sex with anyone else?"

Chen Nian shook his head. The most valuable thing to him was his virginity. Li Shu had to squeeze out all the value of this excuse before he could finally sell it for a high price.

Shafley: "Then why do you say you are that?"

Chen Nian: "A slut?"

The corner of Shafley's lips twitched. He really didn't like such discriminatory and derogatory words, and he didn't know how Chen Nian could say it so easily.

"Don't let me hear this word from you again. I don't like it."

Chen Nian opened his mouth and finally said "oh" softly. It was normal to call someone "bitch" or "slut" in the dungeon, and he never thought there was anything wrong with it.

Was Shafla so angry because he used bad words to describe himself?

Even if you describe him as a dog wagging its tail to beg for mercy, would you still care more about that bad name?

Chen Nian finally couldn't hold back the heat in his eyes. He thought about it and listed all the possible reasons why Shafulai might be angry and disappointed, but he had never noticed this point.

Even though he was being belittled in front of outsiders, the first thing Shafulai noticed was still that sentence.

What on earth had he done to Shaflay?

Chen Nian raised his hands and covered his face tightly. The warm moisture quickly spread between his fingers and finally fell on the carpet, mixing with the rainwater he had left behind.

"I'm sorry... I'm so bad. Why would there be such a bad person like me?"

Chen Nian's mind went blank. He was completely overwhelmed by the overwhelming shame, which poured into his nose and lungs, making it difficult for him to breathe. Chen Nian had never cried like this since he could remember. He claimed to be heartless, the most affectionate boy in the eyes of others, but in fact he was the most heartless person.

Shafla looked at him in silence.

Chen Nian said that he would sell everything for money, but during his interactions with the boy, Shafla realized that Chen Nian was not a materialistic person at all. On the contrary, he wanted very little and was easily satisfied materially.

Such crazy money-making is just to buy powerful inhibitors and pay for Jiang Dai's medical expenses.

The Omega cried so pitifully that Shafla resisted the urge to hug him. He closed his eyes tightly, lay back on the bed, and forced himself not to listen to Chen Nian's crying.

After a long time, Chen Nian slowly stopped sobbing, wiping away his tears, and trying his best to control his emotions.

Chen Nian understood that he should use practical actions to impress Shaflay and let Alpha realize his sincerity instead of winning sympathy through tears.

"I won't say that again. I won't say anything excessive again." Chen Nian choked up and said, "No matter who it is, I won't say it again. I will slowly learn to be a better person."

Shable's eyelashes moved, and the sound of rain outside the window covered up the boy's uncontrollable sobs. No one could see that Alpha's hands on his side were tightening tightly.

Although it is very cruel, Chen Nian must learn what respect is.

From now on, he will be the noble Elector of Cinnabar, another child who has finally returned to the Chen family. He will stand in the spotlight and shoulder his own responsibilities.

Those days of living in a trance or drunken stupor due to the pressure of livelihood are destined to become the past. Growth is indeed painful. His strong and twisted desire to conquer, his flirting and wandering, all come from the same dilemma -

Greedily craving, constantly seeking love, but without the ability to love at all.

Shafley didn't have enough confidence to say that he could make Chen Nian change, but... maybe?