PE Ch57: To get it, you have to be patient

Wang Xiu and her husband stayed out for two days before coming back.

Upon their return, they found only their son at home.

“Mr. Huai…”

“He’s returned to Central City.”

Pan Yueshan sighed with relief. “So he’s gone back to Central City. I thought I was just dreaming these past few days.”

Meanwhile, Huai Yu’s plane landed, and his assistant Zhang came to pick him up.

Once in the car, Zhang placed a stack of documents on Huai Yu’s lap and said, “Colonel Yan has returned.”

Huai Yu absentmindedly responded with a “Hmm,” and asked, “What about Lin Shaoyan?”

“Haven’t seen him together.”

Huai Yu paused his flipping through the documents, and Zhang tactfully asked, “Should we keep an eye on Jiuhe City? Since we won’t confront Master Pan in person, we could intercept him halfway.”

As Huai Yu moved his lips to respond, he suddenly coughed up a bit of blood.

Calmly, he took a tissue from Zhang and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. “No need. There’s no truly airtight wall in this world. If something is done, we must be prepared to be discovered. Now I get along very well with Pan Yinchuan; there’s no need to kill him.”

Zhang couldn’t help but ponder the weight of the phrase “get along very well,” and asked, “Is Master Pan not coming with us?”

Huai Yu summed it up in a few words, “Pushing too hard will lead to a confrontation.”

Zhang was puzzled. Could it still be considered “getting along very well”?

“Master Pan wouldn’t hesitate after seeing you like this?” Zhang wondered.

Huai Yu raised his head, his tone complex. “If he saw my condition worsen, he might not feel pity, but he would definitely think that my recovery isn’t that important to him. Since that’s the case, there’s no need for him to see me anymore.”

Zhang was speechless. Xiao Pan was indeed not someone anyone could easily handle. Despite appearing easily won over, he was clearly not.

Huai Yu lowered his head and continued to flip through the documents.

Zhang, on the other hand, checked the refrigerated box under the chair.

There were a total of twelve slots, with suppressants on top and sedatives below. Five slots were empty.

Zhang felt his scalp tingle, closing the box and saying, “I’ll report your usage status to the hospital now.”

Huai Yu nodded slightly, his expression unchanged.

This was the flaw of an Alpha.

Back when Pan Yinchuan was just a contractual relationship, his possessiveness was already excessive.

Inherent possessiveness wouldn’t weaken even with genuine affection; it would only intensify and rampage through every nerve.

For a normal Alpha, bonding through marking could alleviate such impulses.

But for him…

Unable to mark, it would only agitate the nerves even more.

Similar to “cute aggression,” when the desire for something unattainable reaches its peak, it can even evoke the urge to sink one’s teeth into the other’s skin while gazing at them, wanting to kill them on the bed.

And he is now in the cautious courtship period.

Even the thought of being inside Pan Yinchuan had to be restrained.

Huai Yu pressed his lips together, tasting the lingering metallic flavor of blood, his nerves shifting from calm to excitement.

“Take care of the Zhuo family as soon as possible, I will handle it personally.”

Assistant Zhang responded, “Your body…”

“Hospital treatment alone is not enough,” Huai Yu said simply.

Assistant Zhang, being an Alpha as well, understood that certain desires, if not pacified through marking, could only be soothed with bloodshed.

Thus, Alphas are often belligerent.

The stronger the pheromones, the more pronounced the tendency.

Mr. Huai was already a rare rational individual among them.

–

Another day without work.

Pan Yinchuan leaned on the sofa, watching the news on TV.

A long list of death sentences was scrolling.

Pan Yinchuan felt dizzy but managed to catch a glimpse of a name, “Zhuo Hui.” This was the person Huai Yu had told him about last time, the one who tampered with his inhibitors.

Dealt with so quickly?

Pan Yueshan, sitting beside him, suddenly sighed, “Now even watching the news feels awkward…”

As his words fell, Huai Yu’s figure flashed on the TV screen.

Although it was only a brief two or three seconds.

The man was impeccably dressed in a suit, holding a cane.

Pan Yinchuan immediately recalled their conversation from that day.

Hmm? Leg pain? Old injury acting up?

Pan Yinchuan picked up his phone from the coffee table and checked the weather in Central City. Yesterday was a storm, and today is light rain.

Pan Yinchuan hesitated for a moment, holding his phone, when it rang.

It was a video call.

Not convenient to take in front of his parents… Pan Yinchuan quickly slipped into the bedroom.

As he opened his mouth to ask if the old injury was acting up, Huai Yu spoke first, “Did your neighbor seeing us the other day cause any trouble?”

“No.”

“No… trouble?” Huai Yu’s tone was hard to read whether he was happy or disappointed.

“Yeah, no one thinks my partner is you,” Pan Yinchuan said, relaxing.

The dim lighting in the video made Huai Yu’s expression seem subtle for a moment, but on closer look, it appeared to be just an illusion.

“I should come over more often.”

“Sure.” Pan Yinchuan no longer stopped him. The more frequently he came, the less people believed it was actually Huai Yu.

How could Mr. Huai from Central City have the time for this?

Even with the permission, Huai Yu was not entirely pleased. When dissatisfied, he wanted more from Pan Yinchuan.

“Miss me?” Huai Yu asked.

Pan Yinchuan pondered for a moment and more accurately expressed, “I’ve been somewhat concerned.”

“Concerned?”

Pan Yinchuan, unwilling to give Huai Yu any sense of sweetness, would never yield. But when he could be candid, he would be especially so.

Sitting on the bed edge, he nodded, “It rained in Central City, I wondered if your leg was hurting again?”

Huai Yu’s throat moved slightly, eyes lowered, knowing he appeared more gentle this way.

“A bit.”

Pan Yinchuan wanted to suggest trying heat therapy or some specific medication, but stopped himself.

Perceptive as ever, Huai Yu caught his hesitation, “Something to say? Why not say it?”

“Oh, I figured you have many people taking care of you, my advice would be redundant.”

“How could it be redundant?” Huai Yu said softly but did not press further on what Pan Yinchuan wanted to say.

He switched topics, “Saw the news, so you know the Zhuo family matter is resolved?”

“Yeah, saw the long list of death sentences.” Pan Yinchuan was a bit curious, “Didn’t they resist?”

“Of course they did, there were explosions in two locations in Central City, intense resistance, so most were shot on the spot, though the news wouldn’t say so,” Huai Yu explained simply but didn’t shy away from telling Pan Yinchuan.

Doing his best to let Pan Yinchuan know what he’d been up to.

“Zhang Xing might have mentioned it? Because of the inhibitor issue, their sudden outbreak caught the Zhuo family off guard, completely unprepared. This was handled very well. You contributed…”

Huai Yu paused briefly, then smiled and asked, “There’s a grand banquet in three days, essentially a celebration, would the hero like to attend?”

Without thinking, Pan Yinchuan instinctively declined.

A banquet of that scale… no thanks.

Huai Yu’s smile faded a bit but did not insist, “Alright, then I’ll come see you in a few days.”

And then he hung up.

Pan Yinchuan was starting to find this “long-distance relationship” rather taxing.

Huai Yu was actually very busy.

An airport couldn’t be built in a day.

Frowning, he walked out, bumping into his mother.

Wang Xiu asked, “Why not go with Mr. Huai?”

“Central City feels too unfamiliar, doesn’t have the safety of home,” Pan Yinchuan said honestly, “I’m not used to it.”

“Is it because of your father and me?”

“Not entirely, I grew up here after all…”

Wang Xiu thought for a moment, “What if your father and I accompany you to Central City?”

Pan Yinchuan was startled, “Mom, that’s not necessary. You and Dad have friends, colleagues here…”

Wang Xiu asked, “Then how do you plan to explain to Mr. Huai?”

“Why explain?”

“You’re making him wait for you to adapt?”

“Yeah, he agreed.”

Wang Xiu was somewhat astonished.

“Really… agreed?” Wang Xiu paused for a moment, and said, “Alpha is known for being aggressive, domineering, and obsessive… it’s written in their DNA.”

She studied gene editing, so she certainly had the authority to speak on the matter.

“Is he really willing to go against his nature?”

This question made Pan Yinchuan suddenly realize — “Is he still taking inhibitors?”

The word “still” was very nuanced.

Wang Xiu was very smart and instantly had a guess, “Was Mr. Huai’s previous illness real? Could it be due to over-injection?”

Pan Yinchuan felt a bit embarrassed and responded, “Ah, but not entirely, mainly because the inhibitors were tampered with.”

Wouldn’t anyone else have a psychological shadow regarding inhibitors by now?

Huai Yu surprisingly didn’t.

Pan Yinchuan had an urge to call and ask him about it immediately.

Wang Xiu watched his expression, and since Huai Yu wasn’t present, she spoke her mind, “I’m very grateful to Mr. Huai for saving me, but honestly, he’s not a good match.”

“If you also have feelings for him, then don’t worry about your father and me, we can accompany you to Central City. I still have many old classmates there, forming a new social circle wouldn’t be difficult.”

Wang Xiu thought to herself, if he’s already using inhibitors, don’t give such a strong and dangerous Alpha a reasonable excuse to lose control.

Pan Yinchuan opened his mouth but then closed it.

Humans are indeed very strange creatures.

He would fight for his right to break up in front of Huai Yu.

But when his mother said Huai Yu “wasn’t a good match,” a protective thought instinctively rose within him, thinking that Huai Yu was actually quite good.

“If he finds that pretending to be gentle and magnanimous works in front of you, he can keep up the act for a lifetime. Once he finds out it doesn’t work, he will completely drop the act.” Wang Xiu said meaningfully.

After saying that, Wang Xiu paused, looking at Pan Yinchuan for a moment.

Perhaps… her son didn’t need to be taught this?

–

A few days later, Huai Yu came to Jiuheshi again.

In broad daylight, openly, entering the house.

After seeing him, the neighbor privately said to Pan Yueshan, “Young Pan’s partner is quite handsome.”

“Looks a lot like that person from Central City…”

Is it resemblance?

But Pan Yueshan thought about it, and even he felt that the Alpha on TV didn’t seem like the same person as the man called into his son’s room.

Because this one was too obedient to his son.

Inside the bedroom.

Pan Yinchuan closed the window.

“It hasn’t rained in Central City these past two days, but it’s raining again in Jiuheshi…” Pan Yinchuan was a bit speechless.

Huai Yu happened to come just in time for it.

Pan Yinchuan thought for a moment, looked at the man sitting on the bed edge, and reached to pull his pants, “Can I take a look? I can finally use the nursing knowledge I’ve learned…”

“Will you use it on someone else once you master it?” Huai Yu pressed down on his hand, his eyes deep, “Can’t you change your major?”

Even Huai Yu didn’t expect that one day he would go crazy over the major Pan Yinchuan studied.

Pan Yinchuan stated emotionlessly, “I said I would take care of the boss, but the boss refused me.”

Now no one would risk their life to let him take care of them, right?

Unless he looked for Jian Yan or Lin Shaoyan.

But he didn’t want to.

However, he wasn’t short on money now, had no war disturbances, and no other crises. He could indeed learn something else.

Thoughts swirled in his mind, and to block the Alpha’s random jealousy, Pan Yinchuan asked, “Are you still taking inhibitors recently?”

Huai Yu’s movements paused, then he raised his eyes, not hiding it from Pan Yinchuan, “Yes.”

“Didn’t the doctor say you shouldn’t take them for now?”

“There are many bad patients in the world who don’t follow doctor’s orders, I’m just one of them.” Huai Yu calmly met Pan Yinchuan’s gaze.

Pan Yinchuan didn’t like this.

It seemed like the only way for Huai Yu to get close to him was through such means. Does he have to struggle in pain like this all the time?

This realization made his chest feel a bit uncomfortable.

That’s why books say Alpha and Omega are destined pairs.

Other combinations are indeed harder and more painful.

Pan Yinchuan suddenly thought of a question and asked seriously, “Have you ever thought about not liking me?”

It was as if this question nailed Huai Yu in place.

Moments later.

His expression completely darkened.

He said, “You see, how could I not take inhibitors?”

Pan Yinchuan quickly explained, “Well, I was just thinking, if you liked an Omega, you wouldn’t have to take inhibitors.”

“No ifs.” Huai Yu interrupted, “You care about me? Then I’m very happy.”

Pan Yinchuan asked, “You mentioned needing long-acting sedatives before, have they really worked?”

“We can’t deny their effect just because it’s small.” Huai Yu’s expression improved a bit.

After saying that, Huai Yu suddenly realized, “Are you worried I’ll become the next Yu Jia’an?”

“If being close to me only brings Mr. Huai more dissatisfaction, eventually needing inhibitors and sedatives to resolve it… over time, wouldn’t Mr. Huai develop resentment?”

Huai Yu wasn’t surprised that Pan Yinchuan asked such questions.

He would consider all the possibilities before taking a step forward.

Huai Yu grabbed Pan Yinchuan, pulling him into his arms, holding him tightly, and whispered in his ear, “I knew from a long time ago… to gain, one must endure, to lose. My pain is my due.”

And Yu Jia’an didn’t understand this principle.

So they wouldn’t become the same type of person.

Pan Yinchuan licked his lips.

To gain, one must endure, to lose.

These words swirled in his mind.

Resting his chin on Huai Yu’s shoulder, he said softly, “I’ll move to Central City, but for now, I’ll still stay with my parents. Hmm, packing up will take some time; it can’t be done in a day or two…”

He did like Huai Yu a little.

He should take a bit of risk.