Chapter 45
After saying a simple goodbye to Shen Xiao and turning off the computer, Xu Ziyan stood up. Walking out of the study door, he saw Xie Wei leaning on the living room sofa, propping his forehead, lowering his eyes to look through documents on a tablet.
It was just past noon. The lazy winter sunlight fell into the room through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows. Outside the glass were the vast grayish-white sky and dark pines and cypresses; inside the glass, one could faintly see fine dust dancing in the air.
The light gold light wasn’t dazzling, gently enveloping the young, handsome Alpha. His narrow peach blossom eyes drooped carelessly, fine light trembling on his eyelashes. Pale thin lips, a defined chin, the top two buttons of his shirt undone, revealing beautifully shaped collarbones. Below his firm and powerful waist and abdomen, long legs were crossed casually. His posture was lazy and casual, yet exuding a sexiness that made one blush and heart race.
Sensing the gaze, the Alpha raised his head and looked over. Immediately, a smile appeared on his lips.
Xie Wei put down the tablet in his hand, sat up straight, and patted the spot next to him. “Come here.”
Xu Ziyan swallowed and walked forward obediently.
It had been some time since Xie Wei accepted his confession, but every time Xu Ziyan saw Xie Wei, he still often found it hard to believe.
The object he had worshipped for so long, the existence he once thought was unattainable, had truly become his Alpha.
Gentle, considerate, powerful. He almost satisfied all his secret fantasies about a future partner.
When Xu Ziyan walked to Xie Wei’s side, he smelled a faint scent of alcohol mixed with the incredibly familiar lemon mint pheromones, which was somewhat novel.
The man held his hand and pulled down. Xu Ziyan fell onto the sofa without resistance.
Xie Wei whispered, “Did you not eat well just now?”
Xu Ziyan froze for a moment. Not wanting Xie Wei to worry, he mumbled, “It was okay.”
Xie Wei scoffed. “Come on, I couldn’t eat facing them, let alone you? …Brought you back too hastily, many things weren’t arranged well. It’s my problem.”
“Today was just them. During the days of New Year greetings, there will be more people.” The Xie family had a big business. Every festival, visitors were simply endless. Besides those relatives from side branches, there were business partners coming to give gifts and connect. Dealing with them was truly mentally and physically exhausting.
Xu Ziyan hurriedly said, “It’s fine, just busy yourself. I’m okay.”
Xie Wei seemed amused by him, curving his lips. “Could I really just ignore you? …Only kept them for lunch today. Until New Year’s Day, no outsiders will appear at home. The greetings a few days after New Year are indeed a bit troublesome, but not a big deal.”
Saying that, Xie Wei picked up the tablet again, tapped twice, and handed it to Xu Ziyan. “Look, what do you think?”
Xu Ziyan looked and found a hot spring resort on the screen.
In the photo, a pool of clear spring water emitting white steam was surrounded by granite. Beyond the yellowed bamboo fence, in the distance were continuous snow-white mountains, wrapped in silver. The snow pines were crystal clear, the sky vast, the view and scenery excellent.
Soaking in a hot spring in such a place must be a delightful and refreshing thing.
Xu Ziyan said truthfully, “This place is so beautiful.”
Xie Wei smiled. “A place opened by a friend. After the New Year, we’ll go there to play for two days.”
Xu Ziyan was moved. He hesitated, “Is that okay?”
Xie Wei said, “Why not? Been busy with messy things these past years. Just right to slack off this year and go out to relax for two days.”
After speaking, he glanced at Xu Ziyan, half-smiling. “Going or not?”
Did that even need asking?
“Going!”
Xie Wei smiled and rubbed the head of the young man in front of him. After thinking, he instructed again, “I have to go to the company with my parents this afternoon. I’ll take you out to eat tonight. Later I’ll ask the auntie to send some food up to you, pad your stomach first.”
Xu Ziyan was still immersed in the excitement of the upcoming trip with his lover. Hearing this, naturally, everything was fine.
The two cuddled on the sofa for a while. Xie Wei sobered up a bit. Not long after, there was a knock on the door, so he tidied his clothes and left in a hurry.
The room fell into silence again, but because of the expectation filling his heart, Xu Ziyan didn’t feel bored at all.
Humming a song, he returned to the study. After sitting down, he casually picked up the phone on the desk to check.
In just this short while, he had actually received quite a few messages on Line.
[KK: Heard from my brother that you followed Captain Xie home? Nice, progress is really fast.]
Xu Ziyan replied: No, had nowhere to go for New Year this year, Captain kindly took me in.
[KK: Come on, what relationship do you guys have. Haha, going to Captain Xie’s house to play with my brother in two days, remember to welcome me.]
Xu Ziyan replied: Of course.
The next one was from Shen Xiao.
[Seamy: …Sigh, didn’t expect you and the Captain to reach the step of meeting parents. Yet I’m still a single dog who hasn’t dated. Makes one sigh.]
The time of this message was just when Xu Ziyan left. The next message was about three minutes later.
[Seamy: Fuck, I shouldn’t have said that idiot has redeeming qualities. I take it back!!! Damn it, can he stay far away from me.]
Three huge exclamation marks were very conspicuous on the screen.
The third message came after a longer interval. It was a screenshot.
Xu Ziyan clicked it open. On the screenshot, the glorious MVP record paired with the words “six-win streak” was very eye-catching.
Sharp-eyed, he discovered that in the party list behind the screenshot, the IDs of Seamy and Secret were closely aligned.
…Spoke so indignantly before, but didn’t he still team up with the guy in the end? Wonder how Secret coaxed this firecracker.
Xu Ziyan seemed to see Shen “Jingze” Xiao squatting on the ground, holding a bowl, eating while saying: “So good!”
Holding back laughter, he replied: 6, as expected of God Xiao.
Probably still in queue, Shen Xiao quickly replied triumphantly: That’s a given!
The last one was a message from an ID he hadn’t seen before.
[Jiang: Hello Ice, I am TWG’s manager, Jiang Yuxin. Been on a business trip recently, didn’t return to the base. Officially back to work after New Year, thought I’d come say hello. You can contact me for any matters or applications later.]
Xu Ziyan remembered belatedly that Qu Qingyue had mentioned this person to him before. He hurriedly replied: Okay, okay, thank you for your hard work.
[Jiang: My duty, my duty.]
After replying to messages and playing another ranked game, he heard a knock on the door from outside.
Thinking of what Xie Wei said before leaving about asking someone to send food to his room, Xu Ziyan didn’t suspect anything and walked forward to open the door.
However, standing outside wasn’t a servant pushing a dining cart, but a strange tall Alpha.
Xu Ziyan froze for a moment before remembering who this person was—it was one of Xie Wei’s cousins. Just now in the living room and at the dining table, this person kept looking at him.
Remember… his name was Guo Ran?
Strange, didn’t he go to the company together?
Xu Ziyan frowned. Just as he wanted to ask what business he had, before he could open his mouth, he smelled a rich, almost choking scent of roses, wrapped in Alpha pheromones, assaulting him overwhelmingly.
As if hit by a heavy hammer, Xu Ziyan’s face suddenly became extremely ugly. He staggered back a few steps, eyes wide. “You, you are in heat?!”
Guo Ran looked at the fair and beautiful Omega in front of him, the corner of his lips slowly hooking into an arc. He walked forward unhurriedly. “Yes, any problem?”
His tone was so matter-of-fact, as if he didn’t feel at all that approaching his cousin’s Omega while in heat was wrong.
Guo Ran approached; Xu Ziyan could only retreat.
Alpha pheromones naturally carried coercion and control over Omegas, not to mention an Alpha currently in heat.
Looking at Xu Ziyan now, Guo Ran already felt this person was in the bag, so he smiled. “From the first moment I saw you just now, I thought you were very beautiful.”
“What’s good about following Xie Wei? That guy is a stone. I’m different; I will be very gentle to you.”
He was certain that under the influence of his heat, the Omega before him had no ability to resist. So he reached out his hand, leisurely trying to touch the young man’s face, which was flushed with an abnormal redness.
Unexpectedly, the expression of the person in front of him suddenly changed. Immediately after, a strong wind attacked from the side. Guo Ran had no defense and was punched in the eye socket by Xu Ziyan.
“Ah!!” Guo Ran cried out in pain. He covered his eye, looking at Xu Ziyan viciously. “Fuck… what are you pretending for! Weren’t you seducing me the whole time at the dining table earlier? Acting like a chaste woman now? Shit, Omegas are born to serve Alphas. Gave you some face just now, and you think you’re all that!”
Seducing?
A trace of chill and hostility rose in Xu Ziyan’s heart. He laughed, enunciating clearly word by word: “Bullshit.”
Anger rose in Guo Ran’s heart. No longer cherishing the jade, he swung his fist directly.
In the company, Xie Wei was attending the routine year-end work report meeting in the conference room on the top floor with Father Xie, Mother Xie, and Xie Linchun’s group.
Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he noticed Guo Lin sitting not far from him was sweating profusely, looking flustered and unable to sit still. Feeling strange, he asked aloud, “What’s wrong with you?”
Xie Wei’s sentence focused everyone’s eyes on Guo Lin.
Xie Linchun doted on her children. Seeing Guo Lin’s state was wrong, she hurriedly said with heartache, “What happened? Are you not feeling well? Sigh, your brother also happens to be unwell. If I knew earlier, you two should have stayed at the Xie house to rest…”
“…No.”
“What?” Xie Linchun didn’t hear clearly and leaned her ear over.
“No.” Guo Lin couldn’t suppress the guilt in his heart after all. “Guo Ran he, he isn’t unwell at all!”
“His heat has arrived!”
Everyone was in an uproar.
Xie Wei stood up abruptly, the chair beneath him making a loud noise.
His face changed drastically. “Xu Ziyan is still at home.”
Mother Xie stood up without a second word, waving away other irrelevant personnel. These people were high-level executives of the company; she wasn’t worried they would spread rumors about something that could damage the company’s reputation.
She made a prompt decision. “Go home immediately. Where’s Uncle Yan? Call him—”
Before she finished speaking, Xie Wei had already rushed out of the conference room.
Mother Xie sighed, her knife-like gaze pointing at Xie Linchun and her son.
Guo Lin knew Guo Ran was in heat but hid it. Obviously, the brothers had plotted this conspiracy long ago.
An Omega meeting an Alpha in heat… everyone knew well what would happen.
Although Xie Linchun was jealous of Mother Xie, she still had a brain. Anger rising to her head, she slapped Guo Lin ruthlessly. “Bastard!”
Mother Xie suddenly remembered the scene when she went home and saw Father Xie tangled with that Omega. She closed her eyes. “Follow him quickly.”
Otherwise, Xie Wei might really do something irrevocable.
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