PE Ch54: Mr. Huai seems a bit… pitiful

Huai Yu didn’t respond to Pan Yinchuan. He asked Yan Xue, “Did Colonel Yan eat before coming?”

“No.”

Huai Yu nodded and instructed the soldiers nearby, “Prepare some food for Colonel Yan.” Then he looked at Pan Yinchuan. “Come with me.”

Pan Yinchuan asked, “Where to?”

“Aren’t you staying two more days? Accompany me for treatment.”

Pan Yinchuan heard this and seemed to relax. Without hesitation, he followed.

Yan Xue breathed a sigh of relief.

Mr. Huai’s temperament was unexpectedly good!

He turned to Lin Shaoyan, his voice cold. “See now? Mr. Huai treats Xiao Pan very well. To grant requests is not an exaggeration. You have no place to worry. Don’t do unnecessary things that might harm Xiao Pan.”

This remark, naturally, was ten thousand times unpleasant in Lin Shaoyan’s ears, and he immediately shot a hateful glance in return.

He turned to Huai Yu’s subordinate and said, “Go ahead, detain me again.”

Yan Xue: “…”

So you want to be detained next to Xiao Pan?

Yan Xue really wanted to strangle him.

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Pan Yinchuan followed Huai Yu into the car, but the vehicle headed straight for the airport.

“Aren’t we going to the hospital?” Pan Yinchuan blinked.

“The medical facilities here can’t support the treatment. We need to return to Central City,” Huai Yu explained now.

Pan Yinchuan thought about it and didn’t oppose it. After all, staying for two more days, he also wanted to know how bad Huai Yu’s condition had become and how much he had recovered.

“How did my parents handle it? Did they say I was on a business trip?” Pan Yinchuan was curious.

“Your company no longer exists temporarily, so that excuse won’t work. We said you had urgent matters and went to Central City with Lin Shaoyan,” Huai Yu replied.

“What happened to the company?”

“The person who tampered with my suppressants wanted to pin the blame on you, so they sent people to your company to arrest you, intending to list you as a suspect.”

Pan Yinchuan guessed, “And then they ran into your people left there?”

“Yes.”

“And then?”

“And then we executed them on the spot.”

Pan Yinchuan was a bit stunned. “Wouldn’t that cause a huge uproar?”

“It made it to your local news, but other than your colleagues, no one knows what caused it,” Huai Yu reassured him in the latter part of his sentence.

Then Alpha’s tone changed, “And people in Central City know, but that’s not a bad thing. They will understand what they can’t touch.”

“Oh.”

“You’re not happy?” Huai Yu keenly caught onto his mood.

Leaning against the car window, Pan Yinchuan lazily said, “Not really, just not used to it, and not particularly fond of… feeling like my life is off track.”

Huai Yu tightened his fingers on his knee and asked in a gentle tone, “What does life on track look like to you?”

“It’s a life of routine, that’s how I lived the first half of my life. According to societal standards, the latter half would be…”

Huai Yu’s lips tightened. “Finding a female Beta, getting married, having children?”

“I can’t do that,” Pan Yinchuan admitted honestly.

So… am I your last resort?

Huai Yu had the words on his lips but didn’t ask.

Rather than saying something unpleasant and upsetting him, it was better to wait until tomorrow to say something even more unpleasant.

“So I need time to adapt to this different life…” Pan Yinchuan continued, “I can’t just stay by your side like this, it would make me feel restricted, like I’ve lost my original life. Hmm, finding a middle ground is better.”

Huai Yu’s expression instantly softened.

Now that Pan Yinchuan had clearly explained his reasons, what could he possibly object to?

Upon arriving in Central City, Pan Yinchuan accompanied Huai Yu to the hospital.

The doctor saw him for the first time and couldn’t help but give him a second glance.

“Who’s this?”

“My last name is Pan,” Pan Yinchuan said proactively. Maybe it was because of the changed relationship and mood, now walking beside Huai Yu, he seemed quite composed.

“Mr. Pan… So you’re Mr. Pan!” The doctor’s expression underwent a significant change, finally settling on a look of sudden realization.

It seemed Pan Yinchuan was quite well-known in Central City.

The doctor then turned and asked, “Mr. Huai, are you not carrying your phone today?”

“Yeah.” Huai Yu handed his phone to Pan Yinchuan. “Hold onto this for me.”

The doctor instantly had another expression of understanding.

Huai Yu’s treatment process was long and rather tedious.

No wonder he needed me to call him.

Pan Yinchuan waited outside for a while and began chatting with the doctor.

“What are you talking about?” Huai Yu emerged, seemingly casual.

Taking a few tissues from a nurse, Pan Yinchuan handed them over, asking, “Does the treatment hurt? Your forehead is sweating.”

Huai Yu didn’t respond, instead leaning down to wipe the sweat from Pan Yinchuan’s hand.

It was the first time the doctor had seen something like this, as if the mountain didn’t come to me, I went to the mountain!

Although Pan Yinchuan hardly exerted any effort in wiping the sweat, it still effectively calmed Alpha down, preventing him from questioning what the two had chatted about.

To avoid seeming like someone with uncontrollable possessiveness at all times.

Back in the car, Pan Yinchuan glanced at Huai Yu’s arm after rolling up his sleeve.

The muscles of his arm were sleek, the grim appearance of the blue veins already having faded, replaced by a different kind of allure.

“What are you looking at?” Huai Yu suddenly turned his head.

Pan Yinchuan slowly said, “The doctor said you resumed taking suppressants these past two days.”

Huai Yu didn’t deny it, only staring at him as he said, “What if I didn’t take them?”

“You’re afraid of losing control when you come to see me?”

“Yeah, Pan Yinchuan.”

Pan Yinchuan sighed lightly, raising his hand to touch Huai Yu’s arm, feeling the veins beneath, faintly pulsing.

Huai Yu’s eyes darkened, his gaze deep and intense as he called out his name again, “Pan Yinchuan.”

Was it a touch of emotion?

“Huai Yu, take better care of yourself. The doctor said you need to abstain for a few days.” Pan Yinchuan slowly finished his sentence.

“…”

“Did you only talk about this?” 

“Yeah.”

“Textbooks say that through intimate relationships, pheromonal comfort is achieved…”

“Yes, but that’s referring to Omega and Alpha, not Beta and Alpha.” Pan Yinchuan wore an expression that said, ‘You can’t fool me.’

“…”

At this point, Pan Yinchuan suddenly remembered something, “Will they send an Omega to comfort you?”

Huai Yu said: “No.”

After saying that, he noticed Pan Yinchuan seemed somewhat incredulous.

“There really won’t be. They’ll arrive at my residence soon, you can see for yourself.” Huai Yu’s speech speed unintentionally quickened a bit.

“But Colonel Yan used to send you…”

Huai Yu felt that Yan Xue deserved to be deceived by his wife.

He had sinned too much.

“They both returned to the Yan family long ago, and there hasn’t been anything else since then,” Huai Yu said softly.

Pan Yinchuan nodded slowly and said, “Liking and disliking are really different. Back then, Mr. Huai even took people in and brought them to Saint An State…”

Huai Yu’s forehead veins visibly pulsed. Lowering his posture a bit, he explained carefully, “At that time, I wasn’t interested in them either. Taking them in was just to show others ways to please me. Even the most dominant person, if they refuse every gift that comes their way, those people will feel like cornered dogs, desperate to escape.”

Pan Yinchuan looked at him askew, “So you won’t take them in anymore?”

Huai Yu’s speech quickened again, “No.”

“So Mr. Huai is being too exclusive?”

“You can take them.”

Pan Yinchuan looked puzzled and bewildered, “Take a few like Jianyan?”

This struck directly at Huai Yu’s heart.

Huai Yu restrained himself from exploding and said gently, “Other… antiques, calligraphy, jewelry, all acceptable.”

Then Huai Yu changed the subject, “This time I fell ill, they only sent condolences, asking me to mourn.”

“Mourn??”

“They all think my fiancé is probably dead. At this time, who would dare send an Omega to me is courting bad luck.”

This time Pan Yinchuan was dumbfounded, trembling as he pointed to himself, “Fiancé… are you talking about me?”

Huai Yu nodded.

“How did I become… Mr. Huai’s fiancé?”

Huai Yu casually remarked, “Everyone needs a status.”

Pan Yinchuan felt like he had been forcibly placed on a big ship. No wonder the doctor had such a sudden realization.

Seeing Pan Yinchuan suddenly fall silent, Huai Yu felt a slight prick of discomfort in his chest.

But he had just slept with Pan Yinchuan, and both their pheromones and emotions were relatively stable, so he asked gently, “Do you dislike this?”

“I’ve told Mr. Huai before why I don’t want to hear Mr. Huai’s confession…” Pan Yinchuan looked a bit troubled, “In a normal relationship, breaking up is freedom. But with Mr. Huai…”

Suppressing his emotions, Huai Yu continued gently, “Before we even discuss anything properly, you’re already thinking about breaking up?”

Pan Yinchuan knew he might get angry, but he still felt that this needed to be clarified beforehand; it couldn’t be haphazard. Otherwise, what difference would it make compared to signing a contract before?

He said softly, “I need to be sure I have freedom first.”

“You have that kind of freedom,” Huai Yu said.

Pan Yinchuan raised his eyes.

Then he heard Huai Yu say, “Wait until after I die.”

Pan Yinchuan’s voice choked.

The atmosphere in the carriage became somewhat unpleasant, but Huai Yu didn’t say anything fierce afterward, nor did he make any forceful moves.

When they arrived at Huai Yu’s residence,

Huai Yu had someone lead Pan Yinchuan to rest. When the two separated on the second floor, Huai Yu suddenly said, “Anyway, you can provoke me to death sooner.”

Upon hearing this, Pan Yinchuan hesitated, feeling a bit uneasy inside.

He didn’t want to anger Huai Yu.

Pan Yinchuan spent some time on the phone with his parents in his room, distracted by their concerned voices.

Well.

Why make a sick person angry?

Pan Yinchuan set down his phone, turned, and opened the door.

Only to find Huai Yu standing expressionless outside his door, apparently having stood there for who knows how long, with a pensive look on his Alpha face.

“Huai Yu?” Pan Yinchuan blurted out his name.

Huai Yu lifted an eyelid, “When you make demands of me, you call me Mr. Huai. Now suddenly it’s just my name again?”

Pan Yinchuan felt a twinge of guilt inside; he had been caught.

Sometimes, he had preset conditions that Huai Yu might not agree to, so he would address him politely as ‘Mr. Huai,’ vaguely aware that Huai Yu was sensitive to such distant politeness.

Thinking this way, he realized he might be tormenting Huai Yu a bit.

Pan Yinchuan opened his mouth, about to speak.

But Huai Yu spoke first, “Even if everyone knows you’re my fiancé, what do you have to be afraid of?” Huai Yu pulled his lips into a smile, forcibly suppressing the turmoil in his eyes. “You still have the right to break up with me. You can tell others that you dumped me.”

“…” Huai Yu compromised again.

“Even if we get married, we can still divorce. Don’t worry, I won’t go crazy. I’ll take my suppressants in advance before seeing you.” Huai Yu’s voice was low.

It sounded a bit… pitiful, Pan Yinchuan thought dazedly.

Pan Yinchuan sighed heavily, feeling a heaviness in his chest.

He hugged Huai Yu tightly around the waist, unsure of what to say. After all, he was the one who made the request, and Huai Yu had gone along with it. He should be happy.

Huai Yu let him hug him for a while.

It wasn’t clear how long that while was, but eventually Pan Yinchuan managed to say in a dry voice, “Is your pheromone still okay?”

At the sound of this, Huai Yu lifted his hand to rest on the back of Pan Yinchuan’s neck, gently rubbing with his fingertips, almost like taking advantage, but what he said was still serious.

Huai Yu asked, “At least now you don’t want to provoke me to death?”

Pan Yinchuan nodded.

Huai Yu said, “Alright, that’s enough.”

The next day, Pan Yinchuan still accompanied Huai Yu to his treatment.

Huai Yu strictly followed the advice of “abstinence,” allowing Pan Yinchuan to have a full day.

He was about to return to Jiuhe City soon.

Shouldn’t he comfort the Alpha before leaving?

Sitting in the returning car, Pan Yinchuan’s mind was in turmoil.

Suddenly, the car stopped. He looked out the window and realized they were in a completely unfamiliar place.

Huai Yu got out of the car first, then opened the door for him and offered his hand.

As they were about to leave, the thought came to Pan Yinchuan’s mind to be kinder to Huai Yu… so he obediently placed his hand in his.

Huai Yu held his hand and led him inside the building in front of them.

Pan Yinchuan asked in confusion, “What place is this?”

Huai Yu remained calm, his tone natural, “Civil Affairs Bureau.”

Pan Yinchuan: ?

Huai Yu turned back, a hint of innocence in his calm demeanor, “I mentioned yesterday that marriage can also mean divorce. You have nothing to worry about. I think long-distance relationships are not good; they can easily lead to infidelity. I can accept living apart. I believe we can both remain faithful to each other under the moral compass of marriage.”

Pan Yinchuan: ?

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Author’s Note:

Mr. Huai: When dealing with Xiao Pan, retreat is a must, and taking advantage is also a must. Retreating while advancing.