Chapter 201
Shen Shuyu had actually been observing Wen Jiafei just now. He wasn’t sure if it was because of his preconceived notions, but today Wen Jiafei’s emotions seemed more prone to irritability than before.
Although he was trying hard to suppress his emotions, they would still leak out inadvertently.
This was exactly as the System had said—an external system would change the host’s emotions, personality, and so on.
Shen Shuyu pursed his lips, his mood becoming very complicated for a moment.
Fortunately, Wen Jiafei didn’t seem to hold anything back from him. Once Shen Shuyu questioned him, he began to tell him everything that had happened recently from start to finish.
“The day before yesterday, just as I got off work, Ning Shan found me and said Ning Bai was about to die,” Wen Jiafei said. “I didn’t actually intend to return to the Ning family at first, but I thought—the Ning family owes me and my mother so much. They can all get a piece of the pie; why shouldn’t I?”
Although Ning Bai had been rescued from the brink of death again, Wen Jiafei was the type to strike while the iron was hot. In this division of power within the Ning family, he was determined to win.
Not only that, he intended to settle accounts one by one with those who had once humiliated them.
Shen Shuyu smelled that the scent of bitter orange in the air seemed a bit heavier. He could even sense Wen Jiafei’s emotions within those pheromones—anger, resentment, and some pain.
His gaze fell on Wen Jiafei. The boy seemed to have fallen into some kind of memory. Sensing that the bitter orange pheromones in the air were about to swallow the two of them, Shen Shuyu didn’t know what he was thinking, but he reached directly across the small table between them and accurately grasped the hand Wen Jiafei had resting casually on the edge.
The warm palm covered the slightly cool back of the hand. The bitter orange in the air seemed to freeze for a moment. When Wen Jiafei looked up, Shen Shuyu noticed his eyes were a bit red.
Shen Shuyu said gently, “Wen Jiafei, don’t be in a hurry. Calm down, okay?”
Wen Jiafei almost instantly flipped his hand to grasp Shen Shuyu’s back. For some reason just now, he had fallen into an extremely violent state and could hardly control himself.
Shen Shuyu let him hold his hand. After sensing that the bitter orange scent in the air was no longer so “aggressive,” he spoke: “Wen Jiafei, I support all your decisions.”
Shen Shuyu felt his hand being squeezed a bit tighter, but he didn’t mind and continued, “Now tell me your thoughts. Let’s see what I can do to help you.”
Wen Jiafei’s gaze was deep. He looked at Shen Shuyu, not in a hurry to answer him, until Shen Shuyu asked again, “Hmm? Is it inconvenient to say?”
Wen Jiafei snapped out of it. “No, there’s nothing I can’t say.”
His thoughts were actually quite simple. The Ning family was old-fashioned; even if they fought tooth and nail in secret, they still supported bloodline on the surface. Originally, someone else was supposed to become the family head, but it was accidentally discovered that the other person was actually someone else’s child.
Not only did Ning Bai have a massive green hat over his head, but more importantly, he had raised the boy as his biological son for 15 years. Although this matter hadn’t circulated publicly, everyone with any power in Siro knew about Ning Bai’s little scandal.
“I want to completely take control of the Ning family and change ‘Ning’ to ‘Wen’,” Wen Jiafei stated. “Since returning this time, I’ve heard quite a few things.”
Before Wen Yue married, she had known many women of the same age from prominent families. They had heard more or less about the misfortunes of Wen Yue and the Wen family, and after learning about this situation, they all applauded. Some even sent gifts when Wen Jiafei returned to the Ning family.
Among these varied gifts, only one person sent what Wen Jiafei needed most.
The true reason the Wen family went bankrupt and vanished all those years ago.
Sure enough, it was as he had expected. Ning Bai had tampered with things behind the scenes, and Ning Bai was also partly responsible for the deaths of Wen Yue’s parents.
In fact, when Shen Shuyu heard Wen Yue talk about the past, he had also been wondering if the decline of the Wen family was related to Ning Bai. He hadn’t expected it to truly be Ning Bai’s doing.
This man was unusually ruthless and cruel.
Both Shen Shuyu and Wen Jiafei fell into an eerie silence. Just then, the doorbell rang. It was likely the lunch he had ordered.
The ringing pulled Shen Shuyu back to his senses. Only then did he realize that his hand and Wen Jiafei’s were still tightly held together.
He took a quick glance at Wen Jiafei, who was also looking at him. Shen Shuyu gave a light cough and pulled his hand back. “I’ll go get the food first. You hide for a bit.”
Wen Jiafei’s gaze didn’t flicker. He gave a hum. “Okay.”
Shen Shuyu walked quickly to the door and opened it to let the waiter push the trolley in. He stood at the door. Wen Jiafei was no longer in the small living room; he didn’t know where the boy had hidden.
The waiter quickly laid out the meal on the dining table. To avoid suspicion, Shen Shuyu had specifically ordered three different meals, all of which were the top recommendations from the hotel.
After pulling the cart away and saying “Please enjoy your meal,” the waiter left through the main door.
Shen Shuyu thanked him and watched him leave. As he was about to close the door, he casually glanced to the side. Sure enough, there were two bodyguards standing at Wen Jiafei’s door, watching.
He closed the door before saying, “Come out and eat first.”
As he spoke, he saw Wen Jiafei walk out from the half-open bedroom door.
Wen Jiafei stated without a change in expression, “This was the closest.”
It was as if he was explaining that he hadn’t intentionally gone into the bedroom. After all, back in Amour, Wen Jiafei had been to Shen Shuyu’s house so many times but had never entered his bedroom once.
An Omega’s bedroom was a very private place.
“It’s fine,” Shen Shuyu said. “Let’s eat first.”
Wen Jiafei walked over and pulled out a chair to sit down. Shen Shuyu said, “I just ordered some random things; I don’t know if you’ll like them.”
“I like them,” Wen Jiafei replied without hesitation.
Shen Shuyu’s hand, which was handing him the knife and fork, paused for a moment. He somehow felt that Wen Jiafei’s “I like them” wasn’t referring to today’s lunch dishes.
Wen Jiafei’s “I like them” indeed wasn’t about the food. What he truly liked was the time spent eating with Shen Shuyu.
Perhaps because he had obtained a certain “golden finger,” his feelings toward what he wanted and the person he wanted had become increasingly clear recently.
His emotions were the same.
He raised his eyes slightly to look at Shen Shuyu, who was seriously cutting his steak opposite him. The heating in the room was very sufficient, and he was only wearing a white cotton T-shirt.
Wen Jiafei had discovered long ago that in the summer, Shen Shuyu liked to wear loose-fitting clothes. When he wore them, they gave off a feeling that they could be easily pulled off.
His thin lips pursed slightly, his gaze falling on the somewhat wide neckline. Exquisite collarbones were exposed. He seemed to have always been this fair.
He hadn’t even tanned during the summer.
Were all male Omegas like this?
Wen Jiafei was distracted as he recalled some male Omegas he had seen—none were as good-looking as Shen Shuyu.
There was a unique toughness and open-mindedness about Shen Shuyu.
Wen Jiafei felt that something was wrong all over him now. He only had one thought in his head—possess him.
No matter who it was, no one could take him from his side.
Wen Jiafei’s gaze was deep, and uncontrollable emotions surged up again.
Shen Shuyu was eating quite happily, but as he ate, that bitter orange scent started to emerge again in the air.
He couldn’t help but think that it seemed to be more serious than the System had said. The first time he smelled the bitter orange, it was very faint, as was the second.
Even after knowing it was Wen Jiafei’s pheromones, he had rarely smelled such an “outward” moment.
This time, during their meeting, how many times had it happened?
Shen Shuyu felt that he was about to be pickled in bitter orange.
Thinking thus, he also said, “Wen Jiafei, can you pull back your pheromones? I feel like I’m about to be pickled in them.”
Wen Jiafei snapped out of it. “Sorry, sorry.”
His reply was a lot more flustered this time, but while he said sorry, the bitter orange pheromones in the air seemed to become even thicker.
Shen Shuyu looked at Wen Jiafei. At some point, both of his ears had turned crimson, and an unnatural red had also appeared on his face due to shyness.
Shen Shuyu watched him try to pull back his pheromones in a panic, but without success—it actually looked like the Wen Jiafei he knew.
The way he couldn’t take a joke was exactly the same.
Shen Shuyu put some of the sliced, uneaten steak from his own plate onto Wen Jiafei’s. “Alright, forget it if you can’t pull it back. Let’s eat.”
Only then did Wen Jiafei calm down a bit. He looked at Shen Shuyu and asked nervously, “You, you don’t mind?”
Shen Shuyu shook his head. “It’s fine. I don’t feel bad.”
Generally speaking, an Alpha’s pheromones being too strong would make other Alphas or Omegas in the same space feel somewhat uncomfortable, but Shen Shuyu didn’t have much of a feeling.
If Wen Jiafei was willing to release pheromones, then let him.
Shen Shuyu stuffed another piece of beef into his mouth, but then again, had Wen Jiafei’s gland healed?
Shen Shuyu chewed on the meat, looking at him.
Wen Jiafei was a bit unsettled by his gaze. He forced himself to remain calm and asked, “What’s wrong?”
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