PE Ch27: Courtship period

Assistant Zhang found the statement strange.

But thinking it over, it wasn’t wrong.

After all, for Pan Yinchuan to solve this big problem now and protect himself and his parents’ lives, he had to rely on Mr. Huai.

—He truly couldn’t leave Mr. Huai.

But what did that have to do with finding a second lover for Mr. Huai?

Even if he had ten or eight lovers, Mr. Huai could still manage.

“Okay, sir, I understand. Should I send both Qin Weiwen and Otis back to Major Yan?” Assistant Zhang asked.

“No need.” Huai Yu paused, “They still have some use.”

“Should I arrange a separate room for Pan Yinchuan at the hotel?”

Huai Yu didn’t immediately answer, he stood surveying the already cleaned-up battlefield. Even Assistant Zhang didn’t know what he was thinking at that moment.

Finally, he nodded, “Mm.”

“Mr. Huai!” The governor walked over quickly, unable to hide his joy, “Your iron hand is truly admirable! Someone has already voluntarily cut their losses!”

“Don’t flatter me.” Huai Yu gave him a glance.

“How is this flattery?”

“These people are afraid now, but it doesn’t mean they’ll be afraid tomorrow or the day after. They’re only temporarily intimidated, some feel it’s not a life-or-death situation yet, so they don’t think of resisting. But some others won’t think that way.”

The governor’s expression grew more serious upon hearing this: “You mean they fear your thunderous methods, but they don’t fear me. If you target them, they could easily target me?”

“Yes.”

“Mr. Huai! You must help me!” The governor completely abandoned any sense of dignity. For the future of the entire Saint An State, what did face matter? He could sell it by the pound if needed.

At this moment, Huai Yu seemed somewhat heartless again, his tone cold, “I’m not your real father. There’s no reason for me to clean up after you for everything.”

“If not a real father, then a foster father will do!” The governor said.

Assistant Zhang behind him couldn’t help but laugh, “You folks in Saint An State truly are all talents!”

The governor repeatedly said, “I dare not, I dare not.” He even showed some humility.

However, Assistant Zhang’s words did remind the governor.

Apart from him, what other “talent” was there?

Mr. Huai’s Beta lover!

“By the way, Mr. Huai’s companion, was he injured today?” The governor asked with concern. In reality, he just wanted to know where the person was.

Huai Yu looked at him, “Are you very concerned?”

The governor was about to nod when he realized this was a trap, so he forced himself to hold back and changed his words at the last moment, “Mr. Huai has made such a significant contribution to the security of Saint An State, of course, I should care about Mr. Huai and his people.”

Huai Yu suddenly showed mercy and gave him a hint, “After stepping out of this door today, no matter who invites you, with whatever excuse, don’t go.”

If Mr. Huai said so, then it seemed there would be no shortage of people wanting him dead. The governor sighed inwardly and said with difficulty, “But if they are willing to surrender to me and cooperate with my work, yet I refuse to meet them, won’t I miss the great opportunity to reclaim authority?”

“Do you need me to teach you how to leverage power?” Huai Yu glanced at him.

The governor thought to himself, it’s not that I don’t know how, it’s that I don’t dare without your word. Now that you’ve said this, I feel more assured.

The governor expressed his gratitude profusely before finally leaving Huai Yu’s presence.

But after leaving, he did not hurry to depart.

The secretary asked, “Aren’t we returning to the state government building?”

The governor shook his head, “Wait, in a moment we’ll follow Mr. Huai’s motorcade. If someone wants to send a sniper to shoot me, it’ll be like they’re targeting Mr. Huai.”

The secretary was dumbfounded and couldn’t speak for a long time, eventually giving a thumbs-up.

This move was shameless but brilliant!

In the hall, Assistant Zhang was still in a daze.

What he was sure of now was… Mr. Huai’s emotions were becoming strange.

In the past, Mr. Huai would never have said “Are you very concerned?” to the governor.

There was no doubt that Mr. Huai had absolute power and status. As an Alpha with a strong pheromonal attack, other Alphas generally had no choice but to submit before him. He also had strategic acumen and countless admirers… Such a person should indeed be contemptuous of all.

By comparison, the governor, at thirty-eight, looked like fifty-eight. His Alpha pheromones were weak, he had political ambition and naivety, but not enough matching means.

Such a person.

Such a person who couldn’t catch up with Mr. Huai even if he whipped eight hundred horses.

Yet Mr. Huai cared that he was concerned about Pan Yinchuan!

This strange situation felt like what?

Like what?

Assistant Zhang racked his brains, feeling he had seen this somewhere before.

At that moment, Huai Yu’s voice suddenly sounded, “Let’s go, he should be almost done writing.”

Who? Pan Yinchuan? Writing what?

Assistant Zhang suddenly felt that Mr. Huai’s wandering around seemed to be avoiding something.

What could make Mr. Huai avoid?

Assistant Zhang couldn’t figure it out, so he chose to remain silent and follow Huai Yu out.

In a flash, they were by the car, Huai Yu raised his hand to pull the door open.

The movement startled the person inside.

Pan Yinchuan sat up suddenly, and the tablet on his knee fell to the ground along with the pen.

Huai Yu: “…”

Asleep?

But then Huai Yu thought, being able to fall asleep writing this stuff showed how boring the memories with Yu Jia’an were.

The Alpha’s gaze immediately became more tolerant.

“Finished writing?” Huai Yu asked.

Pan Yinchuan slowly shook his head, struggling to pull himself out of a confusing dream. He blinked hard and then fully regained clarity.

“There’s still some… I can’t quite remember. But I dreamt about it,” Pan Yinchuan said softly.

“You dreamt about Yu Jia’an?” Huai Yu suddenly leaned in and sat inside.

Pan Yinchuan instinctively felt there was something odd about Huai Yu’s words.

“Mm, I dreamt about him,” Pan Yinchuan replied.

“Tell me, what did you dream?” Huai Yu asked calmly.

Pan Yinchuan didn’t suspect anything and wanted to provide more information to solve this trouble sooner.

He slightly tilted his head back, entering a state of recollection.

“Yu Jia’an gave me a tank of fish. That day, it suddenly rained heavily, and he borrowed the clothes I left on the sofa.”

“The clothes that appeared in the news?”

“Yes.”

“There’s another detail…” Pan Yinchuan recalled something not in the dream, he paused, “But it’s not that important.”

Huai Yu said in a deep voice, “I’ll decide if it’s important or not.”

These words were quite domineering.

But in the current situation, Huai Yu’s stance actually gave a sense of security.

So Pan Yinchuan spoke without any burden, “He said he wanted to become a fish.”

Assistant Zhang couldn’t hold it in, “Huh? Become a fish?” Was this worth mentioning specifically?

But Huai Yu immediately followed with a cold tone, “I got it.”

Pan Yinchuan looked at him in surprise, “But I haven’t finished…”

“No need to finish.”

“Oh, there’s one more… actually a very trivial detail. When he came to my house, I opened a bag of snacks for him. He took it and ate some, but after going downstairs, he threw it in the trash and stood by the trash can for a long time.” Pan Yinchuan paused, “I just thought he was very strange. If he didn’t like it, why did he take it and then throw it away?”

Assistant Zhang was tongue-tied.

Hearing this, it sounded like a pervert!

At this moment, Pan Yinchuan voiced his speculation, “Does he have some sort of mental problem?”

Huai Yu calmly responded, “Hmm, sounds like a psycho.”

Pan Yinchuan bent down to pick up the tablet, “I’ll write about the fish tank.”

But Huai Yu reached out and picked it up first, placing it on Pan Yinchuan’s knee, “Write it.”

Assistant Zhang watched this scene, the unusual, strange, and shifting emotions seemed to have a faint answer.

He had indeed seen Mr. Huai’s current demeanor before.

This was clearly—

An Alpha in courtship mode seeing everyone as a rival!

“Is there anything else?” Huai Yu asked Pan Yinchuan.

“I haven’t remembered anything else for now.”

“Do you need to have a few more dreams?” Huai Yu asked.

Pan Yinchuan hesitated for a moment, “I’ll try?” Some memories buried deep in the brain indeed resurfaced more easily through repeated stimulation in the form of dreams.

Assistant Zhang felt that Pan Yinchuan now looked like a deceived little rabbit.

But Assistant Zhang said nothing.

If it could provide Mr. Huai with temporary emotional satisfaction, any state would do.

Huai Yu took the tablet away and handed it to Assistant Zhang outside the door, “Make arrangements.”

Assistant Zhang responded.

“Back to the hotel,” Huai Yu said to the driver.

The driver, who had been on alert nearby, immediately turned and got into the driver’s seat.

Once they arrived at the hotel, Huai Yu directly took Pan Yinchuan to his own room.

Assistant Zhang thought, why bother booking a separate room for Pan Yinchuan?

“Am I going to stay here from now on?” Pan Yinchuan asked Huai Yu, standing in the room.

Huai Yu corrected him, “It’s me staying here.”

Pan Yinchuan understood. So he wanted to sleep with him again? He wanted to ask about Qin Weiwen, but it didn’t seem appropriate. It would make it seem like he was hoping for a messy situation involving the three of them.

So Pan Yinchuan took the initiative to go over and reached to undo Huai Yu’s tie.

But Huai Yu grabbed his wrist.

Pan Yinchuan wondered, did I misunderstand the situation? This is difficult to understand.

“Go take a bath,” Huai Yu thought about Assistant Zhang’s comment, then his gaze swept lightly over the dark circles under Pan Yinchuan’s eyes. He did have some dark circles.

Pan Yinchuan suddenly understood, realizing it was because he didn’t seem clean enough.

He quickly started undressing as he headed to the bathroom.

Huai Yu watched from behind, rubbing his temples.

When Pan Yinchuan came out of the bath, Huai Yu was reading documents.

When it came to going to bed, Pan Yinchuan had always been somewhat passive. After all, the Alpha was forceful, and he didn’t have the energy to resist, so he simply lay flatter.

Now, without Huai Yu pressing him into bed with a few words, Pan Yinchuan didn’t know what to do.

“Mr. Huai,” Pan Yinchuan called out to him.

After calling, he suddenly felt like a fox spirit trying to seduce the king into neglecting his duties.

But the “king” remained steadfast, still holding the documents, saying without looking up, “Get in bed.”

Pan Yinchuan responded, crawling into the covers.

The quilt was warm and soft, and Pan Yinchuan, being considerate, wore nothing. He felt like he was waiting for the emperor’s favor, waiting and waiting until he couldn’t stay awake and fell asleep.

After an unknown amount of time, Huai Yu suddenly called out, “Pan Yinchuan.”

The person on the bed didn’t respond.

Only then did Huai Yu glance at the wall clock.

The Alpha dealt with some accumulated tasks, then got up to take a bath, and finally lay down on the other side of the bed to rest.

Pan Yinchuan had slept for about six hours when Huai Yu woke him up almost on the dot.

The Beta groggily opened his eyes, suddenly startled by the furry sensation between his legs, widening his eyes instantly, “What… mmph.”

Huai Yu leaned over, encircling him in his arms, one hand supporting the back of his head, the other forcefully covering his lips, as if playing with a treasure.

Only when Pan Yinchuan was nearly out of breath did Huai Yu release him, saying lightly, “A tail.”

Pan Yinchuan raised his hand to push against Huai Yu’s chest, glancing down quickly—

It was indeed a tail!

Red, with a black tip.

Just like a fox’s tail.

“Now you look like a fox spirit, don’t you?”

Pan Yinchuan instinctively curled his legs.

But Huai Yu held him down even more firmly and suddenly asked, “Tell me, what kind of person is Yu Jia’an?”

Pan Yinchuan looked at him in shock.

Is this the time to talk about this?

“If you don’t tell me, how will I know where to catch him?” Huai Yu’s tone was gentle, so gentle it was almost soothing.

Pan Yinchuan had no choice but to stammer, “Yu Jia’an, um, he’s… good at making friends, his personality… is very good…”

“You like people like that?”

“Not… not really.”

“Not really?”

“Just… not really!” The last “ah” came out a bit off-key.

Huai Yu didn’t dwell on the question, instead asking, “How good is his personality? Describe it.”

This was too difficult for Pan Yinchuan, and the following answer came out more stammered, “Well, he’s cheerful, likes to exchange gifts with people… but actually, he’s not that good. When he loses a game, he sulks. Other than that, he’s okay. Some people at school said that if… if he were an Alpha, he’d be more… more popular.”

“Is that why he took the gene editor? But didn’t Old Yu say he had already been turned into an Alpha? Why is he still not satisfied…” Pan Yinchuan mused during the pause.

“Why do you think he’s not satisfied?”

Pan Yinchuan couldn’t answer.

Then, Pan Yinchuan continued to speak, but he couldn’t remember what nonsense he said after that. He only vaguely recalled that the daylight was peeking through the gaps in the curtains.

At first, the light was white, then it turned warm, and later it became a cool tone.

He had another long dream.

Sunlight poured into the classroom, and the palm holding the pen became slightly sweaty.

Yu Jia’an stepped through the door, his face gloomy.

But he quickly walked over to Pan Yinchuan, half-complaining, “You insisted on leaving early to rush back for the essay. I couldn’t focus on playing.” He spread his hands, “Lost two balls. After school, you better treat me to some tofu to comfort my wounded heart.”

Pan Yinchuan nodded, “After school.”

A classmate sitting in the back row was complaining to his friend, “Yesterday, I got my test scores back. My dad scolded me, saying I should be sent to Ros State.”

“That hellish place, where all prisoners diagnosed with ‘mental illness’ are exiled. Your dad’s just saying that. He wouldn’t really send you there. How many lives would you need to survive there?”

“Ros State?” Yu Jia’an chimed in, “People are saying it should be renamed Exile Island.”

“Yeah, Yu Jia’an, you know about it too?”

“Ha, isn’t there a big shot from Central City who got exiled there? It’s been all over the newspapers lately!”

Pan Yinchuan unconsciously bit the end of his pen.

Then he felt the glaring sunlight being blocked, so he looked up, and saw an Alpha in a suit, handsome and imposing, standing there, looking at him.

It was Huai Yu. Those three words suddenly popped into his mind.

Then the logic of the dream broke, and Pan Yinchuan gasped as he woke up, the first words out of his mouth were, “Yu Jia’an might really be in Ros State.”

Huai Yu: “…”

He really dreamed of Yu Jia’an again, huh.

Pan Yinchuan didn’t notice anything unusual and continued to mutter, “Old Yu mentioning Ros State wasn’t random. Yu Jia’an must have told him about it, and he remembered. After Yu Jia’an faked his death, he hoped his son would survive even in Ros State rather than die.”

“I understand.” Huai Yu’s voice was a bit strange.

Each word seemed to be squeezed out through clenched teeth.

Pan Yinchuan, completely unaware, fell back asleep after finishing his sentence.

Huai Yu: “…”

He wanted to wake him up by doing it.

But in the end, he didn’t.

Ros State.

Jian Yan had already arrived there.

He had almost exhausted his savings, buying many different types of suppressors and, in addition, many inhibitors to suppress the pheromones of both Alphas and Omegas, along with two large crates of firearms.

Ros State was a chaotic place with a high demand for suppressors, inhibitors, and firearms.

Most people could only purchase them through the black market.

Jian Yan arrived on a military plane under Huai Yu’s command, which allowed him to carry so many “military supplies.” These items could help him quickly establish himself here, whether by selling them for money or offering them to local factions.

After settling down, a local guide took Jian Yan out to eat.

They walked through several winding paths, and the guide said, “Lately, a lot of people have been disappearing in Ros State. Try not to go out alone.”

Jian Yan asked, “Are Omegas disappearing?”

The guide replied, “No, Betas.”

Jian Yan was surprised, “What use is kidnapping Betas?”

“Who knows, maybe they’re being sent to work in the mines?”

Just as the guide finished speaking, he looked towards a dark alley in the distance, hesitated for a moment, then suddenly shouted, “Something’s wrong, turn around, let’s go!”

Jian Yan decisively drew his gun.

After all, he was a military school graduate.

At that moment, nearby people also came to help, killing several gang members on the spot.

The helpers put away their guns and looked at Jian Yan, “Impressive.” After speaking, one of them looked at Jian Yan, pausing.

“You look like my girlfriend,” he said.

This was particularly offensive.

Jian Yan wasn’t angry, but he did suspect the timing of this person’s appearance. He politely smiled and said, “Really? Thanks for your help, let me buy you a drink.”

The man nodded, casually leading Jian Yan into a bar by the road.

Inside the bar, the lighting was dim. After a few bottles of alcohol, the man took out his wallet, not to pay the bill, but to open it and show off a photo, saying, “This is my girlfriend. You only look a little like her.”

Jian Yan immediately clenched his fist.

The photo looked just like Pan Yinchuan in women’s clothes.

Looking closer, it seemed a bit photoshopped.

What a delusional freak.

Even more delusional than me!