Chapter 97: Returning to the Leader’s Residence
Ji Shuohan had been ruminating over the old grievances Ye Zhile had brought up. The next day, which was the weekend, Ye Zhile didn’t have classes. Ji Shuohan came over early in the morning to explain. Ye Zhile was still dreaming, and when he woke up to see the person sitting by his bed, he was so startled he shrank back into his blanket. “Who let you in?”
“I’m here to explain those words to you,” Ji Shuohan said.
Ye Zhile instantly realized which words he meant. He covered his ears and said willfully, “I don’t want to hear it. I’ve already misunderstood, so I’ll just keep thinking that.”
“……” Ji Shuohan was speechless. He forcibly pulled the youth’s hands down. “No, you have to listen to my explanation.”
Ye Zhile slapped his hands away and glared at him. “EOs should keep their distance! Touch me again and I’ll sue you for harassment!”
Ji Shuohan paused and moved his hands away.
Ye Zhile gave a light ‘hmph’ and got out of bed. Ji Shuohan followed behind him, forcibly explaining in his ear, “I didn’t hear clearly what those concubines were saying that day. I was thinking about your isolation in the sterile room, and when they asked me, I just gave a perfunctory answer.”
Ye Zhile covered his ears and went into the bathroom to wash up. Ji Shuohan stood behind him, meeting Ye Zhile’s eyes in the mirror. He said, “Ye Zhile, whether before or after my memory loss, I never had the intention of marrying anyone else. It’s the same thing I said before: from beginning to end, there has only ever been you.”
Ye Zhile’s ears were covered, yet Ji Shuohan’s voice reached him with incomparable clarity. He turned around in a rage, but Ji Shuohan lowered his head at that moment. The two of them were very close.
They could feel each other’s warm breath. Ye Zhile’s face heated up. Ji Shuohan’s gaze was tender, his eyes seemingly filled only with him. He stared into Ye Zhile’s eyes without blinking.
It was as if something was unknowingly surrounding them. The youth’s moist, angry eyes glared at him like blooming peach blossoms. Driven by some ghost or god, Ji Shuohan leaned in and lightly pecked his eye. The sensation was like a cool, soft pastry.
Slap!
Ye Zhile gave him a slap and wiped his face. “Are you high? Who told you that you could kiss me?!”
Ji Shuohan was stunned by the slap. Seeing the youth’s aggrieved gaze, he stood up consciously. “I’m sorry.”
Ji Shuohan went out. By the time Ye Zhile finished washing up and went out, Ji Shuohan had already left for the Shouling-bu.
Ji Shuohan was busier than he had imagined. Especially after the pheromone gene modification incident came to light, it was as if he had to do the work of two people. He came in the morning to make breakfast and take care of Dudu, and when classes were over and Ye Zhile went out to play, Ji Shuohan would follow behind.
Ye Zhile felt tired on his behalf.
“In the future, you don’t need to come and make breakfast for me. I have a cook at home,” Ye Zhile said, sitting at the dining table and eating breakfast. He drove him away with a cold face.
Ji Shuohan was in the living room teaching Dudu how to walk. Hearing this, he picked Dudu up and sat down next to Ye Zhile. He said, “How about… you move back to the Shouling-fu?”
Ye Zhile looked up and rejected him. “No! Hmph!”
“Alright.” Ji Shuohan seemed to have just mentioned it casually. Seeing Ye Zhile was unwilling, he didn’t force it and continued teaching Dudu to walk.
Every day after classes, Ye Zhile could basically see Ji Shuohan’s car parked not far away, but he still chose to get into his own family’s car without sparing him a second glance.
That day, he and Leng Xingtu were eating out. Leng Xingtu looked at the car downstairs and couldn’t help but marvel, “The Leader really has energy. The Three Departments are practically flying because of the pheromone gene modification business, yet he can still squeeze out time to watch over you.”
Ye Zhile looked down, thinking of the dark circles he had seen under Ji Shuohan’s eyes this morning. An Enigma’s constitution was strong and powerful. When he was infected with the virus and Ji Shuohan took care of him, he didn’t even have those; how many days had he been staying up late now?
“I didn’t ask him to watch over me,” Ye Zhile said, propping up his chin.
“Sigh~ it’s all because of that pheromone gene modification business. My old man even has bodyguards secretly following me,” Leng Xingtu sighed. Suddenly remembering something, he said mysteriously, “I heard that the Shen family received Shen Tingyuan’s pheromone extraction fluid.”
“What?” Ye Zhile was horrified. Extracting pheromone fluid was an extremely painful process. Even an Enigma like Ji Shuohan had been in a daze for several days, let alone a delicate Omega.
Ye Zhile simply couldn’t imagine Shen Tingyuan’s pain. He felt a chill throughout his body.
“It’s truly pitiful. Mrs. Shen fainted from crying. The Inspection Department is currently like someone with a knife held to their throat,” Leng Xingtu sighed.
“Extracting her pheromone fluid… what will she be modified into?” Ye Zhile frowned.
Leng Xingtu shook his head. “Who knows. Sigh~”
Neither of them had much appetite left. Ye Zhile put a piece of beef into his mouth. When he looked up, he suddenly noticed a figure flash past a corner. He didn’t think much of it; it was normal for people to come and go in a restaurant.
“Leng Xingtu?”
With a cry of surprise, Ye Zhile also looked over with Leng Xingtu. He saw an Omega dressed in high-end luxury brands walking toward Leng Xingtu. His face was arrogant, and he looked at Leng Xingtu with contempt. “I must say, restaurants in the Capital are really scarce. I actually ran into you here.”
Ye Zhile glanced at the Omega and whispered to Leng Xingtu, “Who’s that?”
“A bitch,” Leng Xingtu said bluntly. Those words were directed straight at the Omega.
Ye Zhile immediately realized there was a problem with this person. His gaze shifted from confusion to disdain. Seeing this, Leng Xingtu couldn’t help but laugh. “You look like my little lackey.”
“I am Brother’s little lackey,” Ye Zhile said with mock shyness. Leng Xingtu loved Ye Zhile’s quirky and clever side; that ‘Brother’ made his heart melt. He crossed his arms and leaned back. “What? Seeing your grandfather here, so you came over to pay your respects?”
Ye Zhile thought Xingtu’s tongue was quite sharp—cutting and merciless, with a very quick reaction!
Xie Ning didn’t seem provoked by him. He smiled and said, “You’re only good with your mouth. With such a bad temper, it’s no wonder Brother Qingyan wanted to break off the engagement with you.”
Leng Xingtu had once been in an arranged marriage, but he didn’t like it and had tried every possible way to ruin it. He finally succeeded, only for that guy to turn around and get together with Xie Ning. He and Xie Ning had been rivals since high school, and Xie Ning truly thought he had found a treasure, coming to show off in front of him every day.
Hearing this, Ye Zhile felt something was off. “Although I don’t know all the secrets of the Imperial Family, I think I’ve heard something about this Brother Qingyan you mentioned.”
Amidst Xie Ning’s triumphant expression, Ye Zhile said with a look of confusion, “Isn’t that the playboy who changes lovers every week and was caught on camera participating in group activities at a hotel?”
“You actually brought him out to show off? Have you never seen another Alpha before?”
Pfft! Leng Xingtu burst out laughing. “Exactly. You’re treating a rotten cucumber like a treasure. Try eating something better, will you?”
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