PE Ch34: Huai Yu’s Intentions

Huai Yu’s tone returned to calm, as if the earlier outburst was just an illusion: “To achieve remote control, the controller in your hand must send a signal.”

Upon hearing this, Pan Yinchuan immediately felt relieved.

Oh, that’s fine then.

He remembered that Huai Yu had a habit of bringing a signal jammer when controlling an area. Previously, when dealing with the Qinglong Society at Huiyun Restaurant, he had activated it.

Yes, I was rash.

Huai Yu is still relatively normal.

“Yu Jia’an, you shouldn’t have added that part.” Huai Yu’s gaze was indifferent.

Yu Jia’an’s expression tightened for a moment, obviously also realizing the issue with the jammer. Without pausing, he suddenly lunged at Pan Yinchuan.

“Bang——” A gunshot rang out.

Yu Jia’an’s body froze, the bullet hitting his shoulder.

He looked down, then back at Pan Yinchuan.

Pan Yinchuan raised his arm, the muzzle of his gun still emitting a bit of smoke.

He had fired that shot.

“Good aim… not bad.” After all, as a modified Alpha, Yu Jia’an didn’t fall even after being shot. He forced a stiff smile: “Didn’t expect you to be able to shoot now. Is it because of what I taught you?”

“That’s because of his own talent.” Huai Yu interrupted.

“Brother Jia’an.” Pan Yinchuan suddenly sighed, “Stop, it doesn’t have to be a fight to the death.”

Yu Jia’an covered his face and chuckled softly: “I’m happy. Even though you shot me, I’m happy you can say such things. You want to save my life… but will the person beside you agree?”

“The gene editor is returned to Central City, so I don’t have to worry about waking up one day and being turned into an Omega.” Pan Yinchuan said.

“Are you trying to persuade me to surrender on Huai Yu’s behalf?”

“I just don’t want to be modified, nor do I want to die here.” Pan Yinchuan looked at him, “I also don’t want you to die here.”

Huai Yu’s eyebrow twitched, but he didn’t speak.

“So your mouth can still say pleasant words.” Yu Jia’an’s smile deepened, but his eyes were sorrowful. He asked, “Even if I hand over the gene editor, can we go back to the way things were?”

“Your father is already dead. You no longer need to go to great lengths to escape him. You can return to Jiuhe City.”

Yu Jia’an bowed his head in silence for a long time.

He raised a hand, took off his jacket, and removed the bomb vest from his body.

“Does this fulfill your wish? Yinchuan.” He asked in a low voice.

Pan Yinchuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Great, life is saved, and we’ve avoided becoming a historical footnote in a very ugly manner!

The bodyguards immediately swarmed in, first removing the bomb, then pinning Yu Jia’an down.

Yu Jia’an’s tone was calm: “Aren’t you going to take the gene editor?”

The bodyguard loosened his grip a bit.

“Let’s go.” Yu Jia’an straightened up.

“Take him out, search him, then go get the item.” Huai Yu nodded.

“Yes!”

The room quickly returned to quiet.

Only then did Huai Yu slowly lower his head to look——

Pan Yinchuan was holding his hand tightly, to stop him from speaking or acting since a moment ago.

Now that Yu Jia’an was taken away, Pan Yinchuan immediately tried to let go, but Huai Yu grabbed his hand instead.

“You really don’t want him to die?” Huai Yu’s fingers pressed tightly against the back of his hand.

Pan Yinchuan’s eyes showed fatigue, and he said weakly, “I don’t want to die.”

So please keep quiet and let me handle it.

I could have calmed the situation in three sentences!

But with you two, you just keep fanning the flames until it’s out of control!

If it really exploded, even King Yama in the underworld would think I’m innocent and pitiful.

“Did you really believe he would detonate the bomb?” Huai Yu squeezed Pan Yinchuan’s hand, “He finally got to see you, how could he bear to die? It was just a psychological game. He was betting I didn’t want to die.”

You really don’t think you’re crazy at all.

Pan Yinchuan glared at him.

Huai Yu liked the way Pan Yinchuan “looked” at him. He pulled a few tissues from the table and pressed them against Pan Yinchuan’s neck: “Did I scare you?”

After saying that, he gently wiped Pan Yinchuan’s neck and behind his ears.

Then he took another tissue and wiped the sweat from Pan Yinchuan’s forehead.

Pan Yinchuan was stunned.

Mr. Huai is really… composed and unflappable.

Huai Yu extended his hand, and a bodyguard beside him handed over a cup of warm water. Huai Yu took it and handed it to Pan Yinchuan.

“Drink some water and let’s change places,” he said. “We still have to eat.”

After such a day of shocks and ups and downs, Pan Yinchuan had little appetite.

He ate a few bites hastily, then couldn’t help but put down his chopsticks, “Aren’t we going to follow? Won’t Yu Jia’an run away?”

Huai Yu calmly said, “He wants to run, otherwise he wouldn’t have gone along with the steps. He knows very well that only by escaping from here can he have a chance to turn the tables.”

Actually, no one here really wants to die.

After suffering so much in Ros State for so many years, Yu Jia’an certainly doesn’t want to give up.

“Since you say so, Yu Jia’an won’t be able to escape?”

Huai Yu didn’t answer, instead calling a waiter to order another dish.

“Eat some more,” he said. “You’ve lost a bit of weight recently.”

How could I not lose weight?

I’ve been “working hard.”

Although he was the one being worked on.

Pan Yinchuan secretly pouted, but knowing Yu Jia’an wouldn’t run, he regained a bit of his appetite. Okay, I’ll eat a bit more.

–

“Go to No. 3 Dongying Road, that’s where the thing your master wants is,” Yu Jia’an said.

The bodyguards silently put him in the car, not even bothering to tell him “don’t play tricks.”

It really reflected Huai Yu’s style to the extreme.

Yu Jia’an stiffly pulled at the corners of his mouth, thinking mockingly, are you really that arrogant, Mr. Huai?

He suppressed the rising malice in his heart and closed his eyes.

Their car was at the front, followed by several armored vehicles. The long convoy moved through the night, and suddenly there was a loud explosion.

The driver asked, “What just blew up?”

The bodyguard said, “Ignore it, keep going.”

The car continued forward, and as they got off the main road, it suddenly started pouring rain.

The windshield wipers had to work frequently.

The car lights were cut by the rain, becoming blurry.

Other vehicles quietly approached under the cover of night and rain.

The driver glanced at Yu Jia’an, “Did they fire a weather bomb just now? To hijack him?”

This driver was also a seasoned person, not showing any change in expression, and said to the bodyguard next to him, “Ignore them? Have the armored vehicles clear the way and push through?”

The bodyguard hadn’t spoken yet when the blocking vehicles suddenly turned on their high beams, rolled down their windows, and someone shouted, “Mr. Huai is unlawfully detaining our base’s captain, Central City has issued a coordination notice, please cooperate and release Captain Dong immediately!”

The driver clicked his tongue, “Ros State’s base is so fierce? Making up such lies? Do they want a confrontation?”

The bodyguard sneered, “Do you think this Yu guy could develop to this extent in Ros State without the local government and military base knowing? The gene editor was stolen from Central City, and according to his confession, it has significant negative effects, requiring extensive testing. Do you think the Ros State officials dare to do this? Dare to openly defy Central City?”

“Yu Jia’an did it, and they’re just here to pick the fruit,” the bodyguard said coldly.

Yu Jia’an opened his eyes and looked at the bodyguard, “You’re wrong, they can’t pick the fruit. They’re forced to be my partners. Thanks to your Mr. Huai, for killing my father, I am now the last person in the world who knows how to use the gene editor. Now no one can afford to let me die.”

Yu Jia’an tugged at the cuffs on his hands and asked, “I’m starting to believe your Mr. Huai really likes our Yinchuan. If I were him, after confirming that I am Yu Jia’an, I would have arranged for ten snipers at the hotel to shoot me on the spot the moment I approached the hotel.”

“Unfortunately, his Alpha possessiveness is at work. He must see me jealous, mad, and my dignity crushed in person.”

“He’s too arrogant. Did he think of this moment? By sending you to escort me, he sent you to your deaths. Are you such good subordinates that you aren’t afraid of dying?”

The bodyguard pressed a button on the console.

The car doors unlocked.

“You can get out now,” the bodyguard said.

Yu Jia’an: “……?”

“Go ahead, aren’t we supposed to release you? Now you’re free, go,” the bodyguard urged.

“He, this…” The driver stammered.

“The master’s orders,” the bodyguard said.

Yu Jia’an: “……”

The bodyguard looked at him, “Hurry up, don’t tell me you’re afraid to leave now?”

“Playing tricks?” Yu Jia’an frowned.

By this time, the opposing vehicles had started their second round of shouting.

During the shouting, you could vaguely see gun barrels protruding from their windows.

Yu Jia’an raised his hand to push open the car door and stepped out.

The bodyguard said, “The master doesn’t want ten snipers to blow your head off, firstly, that scene isn’t pleasant, and seeing your tragic corpse might make Mr. Pan feel some undeserved pity for you.”

“Secondly, dying like that would be too easy for you.”

“Lastly, the master indeed wants to crush your dignity in person, not for anything else, but to let Mr. Pan see you go mad and completely lose the last bit of hope and affection for you, his childhood friend.”

Yu Jia’an stood by the car, lightning flashing across the night sky, illuminating his gloomy face.

The bodyguard quickly closed the car door and locked it, “Let’s go, time to report back.”

The driver responded by stepping on the gas, driving away from Yu Jia’an.

The armored vehicles followed, and the machine guns on their roofs reflected a bit of dim light.

People finally got out of the surrounding vehicles, stepping through the water to Yu Jia’an.

“Are you alright?”

“How did they just let you go?”

The rain poured harder, Yu Jia’an could barely keep his eyes open, and said, “Ros State is about to get chaotic.”

The person beside him chuckled and said, “Hasn’t Ros State always been chaotic?”

“Huai Yu was never interested in the gene editor from the start…” Yu Jia’an slowly voiced his guess, “His big move was just to attract the attention of Central City, and even the whole world. By tomorrow, everyone will know that there is a gene editor, and it’s in Ros State.”

The others, hearing this, weren’t too worried and said, “Huai Yu detained you, won’t others suspect that the gene editor is already in his hands?”

“Everyone knows that Huai Yu has always been an anti-Alpha advocate, even though he himself is an Alpha. He shows goodwill towards Betas, supports Betas, and helps them enter various industries, even his lover is a Beta.”

“It is even possible that he publicly opposed the advent of the gene editor back in Central City.”

“This time, he came to Ros State and brought his lover with him. Now most people know, don’t they? The conflict between me and him was due to emotional entanglements.”

“Tomorrow, the news of the gene editor will likely be released from his mouth. By then, who will still suspect him?”

Yu Jia’an wiped the rain from his face, feeling a dull pain in his head.

“But why do all this… dragging everyone down, if he doesn’t care for the gene editor, then why? It can’t just be for his Beta lover, right?” The person beside him frowned.

Yu Jia’an started walking towards the car, saying as he strode, “Why? …For Central City. When everyone scrambles for the gene editor and plunges the world into chaos, he will be the world’s only savior.”

Yu Jia’an shook his head, trying hard to alleviate the sour and stinging sensation in his eyes.

“He wants to be the dictator of Central City.”

Yu Jia’an got into the car, and with a “bang,” the car door closed, completely blocking his voice.

“Hurry up,” Yu Jia’an said.

The others looked at each other.

So, actually, staying with Huai Yu was safer for Yu Jia’an?

“Don’t dawdle, time can’t go back. Since you’ve mobilized so many people to pick me up, today’s hijacking can’t be hushed up. Things are already set…” Yu Jia’an rolled down the window, his face growing gloomier.

It’s a pity, a pity that Pan Yinchuan doesn’t know about Huai Yu’s schemes.

Who knows if Huai Yu will try to gain Pan Yinchuan’s favor by showing leniency to me for his sake…

Just thinking about that scene made Yu Jia’an feel like his heart was being squeezed painfully.

Huai Yu must die.

Otherwise, he could forget about taking Pan Yinchuan away in this lifetime.

…

Pan Yinchuan put down his chopsticks again.

“I’m really full now,” he said.

Huai Yu nodded, “Then let’s go back.” He stood up and took Pan Yinchuan’s coat off the back of the chair.

Pan Yinchuan watched his actions and couldn’t help but be stunned again.

The previous strange behaviors could be explained as a ploy to lure out Yu Jia’an.

But now?

Even just now, Huai Yu wiping his sweat didn’t seem like something Huai Yu would do.

Seeing Pan Yinchuan standing still, Huai Yu spoke, “What’s wrong? Still thinking about Yu Jia’an?”

Pan Yinchuan quickly said, “No,” to avoid any trouble tonight.

The two of them left the private room one after the other, and as they reached the entrance, the bodyguard responsible for escorting Yu Jia’an returned.

The bodyguard glanced at Pan Yinchuan and said, “The military of Ros State, under the name of Central City, hijacked Yu Jia’an.”

Huai Yu asked, “Were any of you injured?”

“No, sir.”

“Good.” Huai Yu nodded, then turned to Pan Yinchuan, “You wanted him to turn back, but unfortunately, he let you down.”

Pan Yinchuan was startled.

He thought Huai Yu’s earlier tone was certain that Yu Jia’an wouldn’t run away?

But in the end… he still ran?

Pan Yinchuan slowly regained his composure, his eyebrows drooping slightly, “It’s not really letting me down. I told him he could return to Jiuhe City, but that was a lie. He experimented on Betas; how could turning back be so easy? He should either die or go to prison.”

Huai Yu turned and held his face.

Pan Yinchuan blinked, feeling a bit embarrassed.

This action was also strange.

As if looking at a cherished possession…

Huai Yu’s index finger slid across Pan Yinchuan’s eye corner, “I thought you would feel sad for him becoming like this.”

Pan Yinchuan sighed, “He didn’t become like this, I just hadn’t seen his true self before.”

Yu Jia’an said his father was a madman.

How was he any different?

Pan Yinchuan thought, feeling a bit of a headache, hopefully, there wouldn’t be such lunatics around him anymore.

It really scares people, waking up one day to find a seemingly normal neighbor changed so drastically.

“It’s good you won’t feel sad for him.” Huai Yu withdrew his hand, then put his arm around Pan Yinchuan’s shoulders, took a black umbrella from the bodyguard, and with a close yet domineering posture, they walked into the rain.

Once in the car, Pan Yinchuan noticed they were heading down a somewhat familiar yet unfamiliar road.

“This is… to the airport?” Pan Yinchuan asked.

“Yes. Ros State will soon become even more unsafe.”

So they’re leaving?

What about the aftermath with Yu Jia’an?

It won’t end like this; there might be even bigger actions. — This thought suddenly popped into Pan Yinchuan’s mind.

The car quickly arrived at the airport.

Unlike when they came, this time there were several fighter jets parked on the small airstrip not far away.

Pan Yinchuan immediately sensed a tense atmosphere.

He boarded the military plane and found the interior was different from when they came.

The simple interior was replaced with more comfortable seats. Huai Yu patted his forehead and said, “Get a good sleep.”

Pan Yinchuan knew that in this environment, many things were beyond his control.

If he ran, he ran.

At least Huai Yu was at the forefront.

Pan Yinchuan stopped worrying and really closed his eyes to fall asleep.

He didn’t know how much time had passed, but he was awakened by someone and realized the plane had landed.

This time it didn’t land abruptly at all?

It didn’t even jostle anyone!

Huai Yu took him off the plane, and the tarmac was pitch black, with no one there to meet them this time.

The car carrying them slowly drove out of the airport and onto the highway.

Pan Yinchuan soon noticed that this was neither Jiuhe City nor Central City… this was a completely unfamiliar place.

“Where is this?” Pan Yinchuan asked.

“Lunan City.”

Pan Yinchuan had heard of this place: “Wasn’t this place turned into ruins?”

“Where did you hear that?” Huai Yu asked casually.

“Uh, on the news website. It said that Lunan City once experienced a fierce battle, and a young general from Central City was trapped here for a long time. After he escaped, he angrily bombed the place into ruins with missiles.”

“Who would be so incompetently furious? Wherever one falls hard, they must completely transform it into something entirely under their control, as a constant reminder,” Huai Yu said in a faint tone.

Hearing his tone, Pan Yinchuan instantly realized: “…That young general in the news, was it you?”

Huai Yu nodded, saying, “With Yu Jia’an being so crazy, of course I have to hide you in the safest place.”

So… you’re actually quite kind.

Pan Yinchuan opened his mouth, then closed it again.

The car drove into a Chinese-style estate, and Pan Yinchuan, leaning against the window, asked, “How long will I be staying here?”

“Not too long, until the matter in Ros State is completely resolved.” Huai Yu did not give a definite time.

But Pan Yinchuan thought about it and, given Huai Yu’s abilities… it really shouldn’t take long.

He felt at ease.

Once off the car, he first took a bath to wash away his fatigue and sweat.

“Cre-eak—” Pan Yinchuan opened the bathroom door after his bath.

Huai Yu had also changed his clothes and was sitting on a chair not far away.

He looked up at Pan Yinchuan and asked, “Did you sleep well on the plane?”

“Yes, I…” Pan Yinchuan suddenly realized why Huai Yu was asking this and quickly swallowed the last word.

But it seemed to be useless.

Huai Yu beckoned him over.

Pan Yinchuan had no choice but to walk over, and before he could stand still, Huai Yu pulled him into his arms.

Huai Yu had also just taken a bath, emitting a faint mint scent.

That was obviously not the smell of pheromones, as a Beta cannot smell pheromones.

It was rare for the Alpha to not wear his formal attire, dressed only in a dark blue bathrobe.

The bathrobe’s belt was loosely tied, and as Pan Yinchuan moved, the bathrobe’s hem slipped off the Alpha’s knee.

The icy touch made Pan Yinchuan shiver deeply.

…What was that?

Instinctively, he looked down.

Steel-cast mechanical prosthesis came into view.

Gleaming coldly.