PE Ch58: The End

Moving is indeed a big deal; it’s not something that can be done in a day or two.

Huai Yu still flew back to Central City alone.

When Yan Xue saw him, she noticed that the Alpha carried an unexpected sense of peace, lacking the usual aggressive aura that made one’s hair stand on end.

“Did you take an inhibitor?”

“Not today.”

“Then how come…”

Assistant Zhang answered, “Mr. Pan and his family are moving to Central City.”

Yan Xue was so jealous that her eyes almost bled, “Xiao Pan is still easy to please!” This was already the umpteenth time she had sighed like this.

Assistant Zhang’s mouth twitched.

Yan Xue: “Why that expression? Is Xiao Pan hard to handle?”

Assistant Zhang: “… Guess why someone as beautiful and lovely as Lin Shaoyan couldn’t win him over?”

“So… how did Mr. Huai do it?” It couldn’t be just because he was well-endowed.

Huai Yu’s pheromones should repel Pan Yinchuan as a Beta.

Huai Yu had an upcoming speech and didn’t want to discuss this with Yan Xue.

He just gave her a cold glance, “Even after losing a battle, people know to summarize their experiences. Lin Shaoyan ran away, and you don’t know how to summarize your failures and devise new tactics?”

Yan Xue was stunned.

Mr. Huai did it like that? Fixing whatever was wrong?

Yan Xue thought about it and concluded that she never did anything wrong! Wasn’t it Lin Shaoyan’s fault for being a spy!

The mentioned Lin Shaoyan appeared at Pan Yinchuan’s door.

Pan Yinchuan had just returned from buying tangerines downstairs and wasn’t surprised to see him.

Colonel Yan seemed really incompetent…

He took out two tangerines and handed them over.

Lin Shaoyan’s expression softened, and he happily accepted them. Before Pan Yinchuan could speak, he quickly said, “I’m going to school.”

Ah, it seems he listened to what was said in the car before.

Pan Yinchuan was genuinely happy for him and asked, “Which high school?”

Lin Shaoyan’s expression stiffened, and he said grudgingly, “Not high school… they said I couldn’t keep up with high school courses, and suggested I start from middle school again.”

“Ah, if you don’t like it, you don’t have to go. You can learn something else instead.”

“But I don’t like anything else.” After saying this, Lin Shaoyan looked at Pan Yinchuan’s expression.

Pan Yinchuan nodded, “Then let’s start with this… which high school?”

“It’s just a kilometer away from your house.”

“Hmm.” Pan Yinchuan rubbed his head, “There’s a problem… I’m going to Central City.”

…

That day, Yan Xue received a call from Lin Shaoyan.

“I’m going back to Central City. Since no one else knows I ran away, I’m going back to your place.”

The surprise came so suddenly that Yan Xue couldn’t process her joy even after hanging up. She immediately went to see Mr. Huai.

“Lin Shaoyan… decided to come back to my place.” Yan Xue paused, “I haven’t even used any tricks yet…”

After speaking, she eagerly asked, “What changes did Mr. Huai make while pursuing Xiao Pan?”

Huai Yu: “…”

He curled his lips into a mocking smile, “Guess why Lin Shaoyan suddenly wants to come back?”

This question left Yan Xue sleepless for the next few days.

After waiting for about half a month, Wang Xiu and her husband finally completed their work handover.

On the day of departure, Huai Yu personally came to Jiuhe City to pick up Pan Yinchuan.

“After all, you grew up here, so there must be a lot of attachments. I’ll drive you around the city one more time…” Huai Yu was exceptionally “considerate” at this moment.

Pan Yinchuan had taken such a big step forward, so anything was fine now.

Huai Yu drove an armored car, without any bodyguards or drivers, just him and Pan Yinchuan.

“Isn’t this tiring?” Pan Yinchuan couldn’t help but ask.

While fastening his seatbelt, Huai Yu smiled and said, “During jungle ambushes, we had to endure bugs and ants, lying in the grass for dozens of hours, with the gun stuck on our shoulders, unable to move… that was more tiring.”

“Special reconnaissance, special raids, rapid marches, prolonged urban warfare… all were exhausting.”

Was Alpha’s patience cultivated through one battle after another?

Pan Yinchuan was now very interested in Huai Yu’s past.

“You didn’t graduate from a military academy, but participated in so many battles?”

“My background in Central City is not impressive. I had to step up for everything.”

“Your background?”

“My parents were just municipal workers.”

“They…” Because Huai Yu’s personal image was too strong, no one seemed to have ever wondered about his parents’ whereabouts.

“They passed away early.”

Pan Yinchuan frowned slightly.

Seeing his expression, Huai Yu quickly added, “They weren’t murdered, it was just a travel accident. I was still in middle school back then and was entrusted to their friend. This friend worked in the military and provided me with many conveniences. Later, I joined the military also because of his strong support.”

“This person…”

“Is dead.” Huai Yu’s tone was indifferent.

Huai Yu wasn’t enthusiastic about talking about himself; he was more interested in knowing, “The school you and Yu Jia’an attended, is it this one?”

Huai Yu hit the brakes, stopping the car in front of a middle school.

Classes were still in session, so only a few small stalls were scattered at the entrance.

“Uh, yes, it’s here.”

Yu Jia’an’s body had long decomposed; could Mr. Huai still be jealous about that?

The black armored car looked like a steel beast crouching by the roadside. Huai Yu unbuckled his seatbelt and got out, drawing curious glances from passersby. He asked Pan Yinchuan, “Did you eat from the stalls at the school gate when you were a student?”

“A little, but not often.”

Huai Yu walked over to a random food stall and said, “One serving, please.” Then he turned his head, “You liked this when you were a kid, right?”

Pan Yinchuan was surprised, “How did you know?”

At this point, the vendor had already handed over the food. Huai Yu took it and said, “Pan Yinchuan, your tastes haven’t changed from childhood to adulthood, have they?”

It turned out he guessed based on Pan Yinchuan’s current preferences.

Huai Yu stuffed a meatball into Pan Yinchuan’s mouth. As he chewed, Pan Yinchuan said, “Yes, the things you truly like don’t change.”

“People go through different phases and have different preferences. What you liked as a child, you might suddenly dislike as an adult.”

“Only I seem to have stayed in the same phase, right?” Pan Yinchuan licked the juice that had dripped onto his lips and said softly, “Actually, my classmates often described me as boring.”

“That’s because ordinary people can’t see what’s attractive about you.”

“Do I need someone as abnormal as Yu Jia’an to see it?”

“Pan Yinchuan, you’re insulting me with that comment too.”

Pan Yinchuan immediately looked innocent.

Huai Yu fed him another meatball, but just as Pan Yinchuan took a bite, Huai Yu took it away.

The Alpha ate the other half.

Seeing this, Pan Yinchuan bit down hard on his tongue, feeling a tingling sensation.

“Being liked by you, how could that be boring?” Huai Yu suddenly stared at him, his gaze deep.

He liked Pan Yinchuan’s “constancy.”

Yu Jia’an must have thought the same.

As Pan Yinchuan met Huai Yu’s gaze, he realized there was something dangerous in the Alpha’s eyes.

“Your pheromones…” Pan Yinchuan reminded.

Huai Yu’s tone was nonchalant, “I’m just a bit jealous that in some past time, you and Yu Jia’an saw each other every day.”

“Pan Yinchuan… your past doesn’t include me.”

Pan Yinchuan thought seriously for a moment after hearing this, “But it couldn’t have included you, right? When I was in middle school, you should have been in college… Were you going to molest a minor?”

Huai Yu: “…I still have basic moral standards.”

“Do you? I was scared to death the first time.” Pan Yinchuan blurted out.

Huai Yu’s throat choked.

But his own sins…

“I’m sorry, it was my fault.”

Pan Yinchuan tilted his head, looking at him with a little devil growing in his heart, “Is this something you can only say after taking inhibitors and tranquilizers?”

Huai Yu replied gently, “I didn’t take any today.”

Pan Yinchuan immediately said, “Actually, I wasn’t part of your past either. The injuries you suffered, the glorious moments you had, whether you were happy or unhappy, I wasn’t there…”

Huai Yu said softly, “It’s better that you weren’t.”

“Why?” Pan Yinchuan asked without thinking.

“I had a bad temper back then.”

“Worse than when I first met you?”

Huai Yu felt like he had been stabbed in the heart again but still replied, “Yes.”

Pan Yinchuan clicked his tongue, “That must have been really bad.”

“…”

However, Huai Yu wasn’t someone who regretted things. Even if Pan Yinchuan complained a million times about his bad temper back then, he couldn’t change the past.

He asked gently, “What about now?”

Why not start changing now? The Alpha thought.

Pan Yinchuan honestly said, “It’s much better now.”

Sometimes it’s so good that he suspects Huai Yu is taking inhibitors and tranquilizers again.

Seeing him like this, Huai Yu felt like kissing him.

But he barely held back.

Today, he really hadn’t taken any inhibitors.

Kissing might lead to losing control.

“My situation wasn’t good back then either.” Huai Yu continued, “If I had known you then and you stayed by my side, you would have only gotten hurt.”

“The beginning in Nanta City was a bit rough, but I don’t regret meeting you at that point.”

Pan Yinchuan was taken aback upon hearing this.

Yes… if the timing had been wrong, he would have already fallen into Yu Jia’an’s trap.

Given their identities, if it hadn’t been for the accident in Nanta City, they probably wouldn’t have met in this lifetime.

The school’s bell faintly rang, signaling the end of class.

Pan Yinchuan came back to his senses and tugged on Huai Yu’s sleeve, “Let’s go.”

“I still want to see the classroom where you attended classes.”

Pan Yinchuan hugged his waist, “Let’s go, let’s go.” He wasn’t sure if Huai Yu would get jealous just by looking at a classroom, and he didn’t want him to end up needing to take inhibitors again.

“Alright.” Huai Yu was quite fond of being hugged by the waist and allowed himself to be pulled back into the car.

The car started moving.

“Did you often come to this park as a kid?”

“Yes.” Pan Yinchuan responded, quickly asking, “Do you want to get out and take a look?”

Huai Yu pressed his lips together, “I want to understand every trace you’ve left here.” He slowly asked back, “When Jian Yan accompanied you home, didn’t you carefully introduce everything to him? Why not with me?”

How long ago was that… is he still jealous of something that happened so long ago?

Pan Yinchuan was a bit shocked, then immediately turned it around and accused, “Yes, back then, Mr. Huai personally ordered Jian Yan to accompany me. My parents even thought he was my boyfriend when he came to visit.”

Huai Yu: “…”

Pan Yinchuan looked at him suspiciously, “You’re not thinking about killing Jian Yan, are you?”

Huai Yu forced a smile, “Why would I? It’s all my own doing.”

“Then let’s go back.”

“Do you have no attachment to this place?” Huai Yu asked.

Was he testing if he was always thinking about returning to Jiuhe City?

Pan Yinchuan shook his head, “Memories are created by people. As long as the important people are around, there’s no need to yearn for the past anymore.”

The important person by my side.

Those words sounded very pleasant.

Even though Huai Yu thought that Pan Yinchuan might not be referring to him.

But Huai Yu still couldn’t help but tighten his grip on Pan Yinchuan’s hand, pressing him against the car window, and leaned in to kiss him.

Again and again, entangling and mingling.

The rest of Pan Yinchuan’s voice was swallowed back into his throat, leaving only breathless gasps.

When the kiss ended.

Huai Yu pressed his fingers hard on Pan Yinchuan’s lips, still not letting go. Pan Yinchuan could clearly feel the pressure in the car increasing, his spine tingling, and his breathing becoming heavy.

Just as the pressure from the Alpha’s pheromones was about to reach a new height, it suddenly dropped.

Huai Yu released him and said hoarsely, “We still have a long time ahead, right?”

To have all of Pan Yinchuan’s future.

— This thought still had a certain calming effect.

Pan Yinchuan stared at him blankly, watching as the frightening look in Huai Yu’s eyes gradually faded away, then nodded.

They drove back home.

Downstairs, a military truck had already loaded all of the Pan family’s belongings.

And surrounding the heavy truck were several black-painted armored vehicles, with a few people in combat uniforms squatting on top of the armored vehicles, counting the furniture.

The whole building was silent.

The neighbors no longer thought it was just a resemblance.

They carefully peeked down from the window gaps, watching the moving in and out, watching the Pan family get in the car, and watching the convoy finally leave the crowded residential area one by one.

…

On the way to Central City, Lin Shaoyan had returned to Central City a little earlier, with Yan Xue bringing people to pick him up.

The suspicion Yan Xue had about Huai Yu was finally confirmed at this moment: “Today, Xiao Pan also came to Central City…”

“Yes.” Lin Shaoyan nodded.

Yan Xue sneered angrily, “You think you can come and go as you please? Aren’t you afraid I’ll drag you to a military court?”

“Drag me, then. I’ll jump off a building in front of Pan Yinchuan, and then Pan Yinchuan will whisper to Mr. Huai. Although Pan Yinchuan can’t be with me, he feels sorry for me. If I die, maybe he’ll remember me for a lifetime…” Lin Shaoyan had it all figured out.

“…” Yan Xue was speechless, unable to understand how Lin Shaoyan’s logic could be so smooth and perverse.

“You don’t regret coming back?” Yan Xue could only provoke him, “Everyone will only know that you are still my partner not long after I got married.”

Lin Shaoyan: “Anyway, Pan Yinchuan won’t marry me, so it doesn’t matter.”

Yan Xue was completely at a loss for words, both angry and resentful. Why did Xiao Pan have to be Mr. Huai’s beloved?

–

The joys and sorrows of people are not connected.

After arriving in Central City, Pan Yinchuan’s parents were escorted away, but he… Huai Yu didn’t even let him get out of the car.

Huai Yu: “I have a day’s leave.”

Pan Yinchuan responded, “And you spent it all helping me move.” As he spoke, he rolled down the car window to look outside. Before he knew it, the car had stopped in Huai Yu’s residential compound.

Pan Yinchuan was stunned for a moment. Hmm… Is he going to spend the first day of a new stage of life with Huai Yu?

Well, okay.

Huai Yu himself already signified a new stage in his life.

Pan Yinchuan was lost in thought, while Huai Yu leaned over, pressing down on his hand.

The Alpha’s hand was slightly cool, slowly caressing from the back of his hand to his wrist, then gripping tightly.

“Today isn’t over yet, I still have the night.” Huai Yu said softly.

Pan Yinchuan, coming to Central City, was fully entering his territory.

The insatiable desire of the Alpha was instantly greatly satisfied.

This was far more attractive than Omega’s pheromones.

He wanted Pan Yinchuan to enter his life.

And now, he wanted to enter Pan Yinchuan.

Pan Yinchuan could vaguely sense the Alpha’s intent to possess, hesitated for a moment, then slowly placed his hand on Huai Yu’s shoulder.

This was the best response for Huai Yu.

Huai Yu’s breath paused, and he carried him out of the car.

Pan Yinchuan’s breathing, influenced by the Alpha’s overwhelmingly strong pheromones, quickly became slightly rapid.

He changed from placing his hand on Huai Yu’s shoulder to hooking it around his neck.

This way, the skin-to-skin contact was clearer, and he could stop Huai Yu if he lost control in time.

“Will you take inhibitors later?” He buried his head in Huai Yu’s neck to avoid being seen by others, feeling very embarrassed.

The artery on Huai Yu’s neck was throbbing powerfully.

As Pan Yinchuan’s breath washed over it, the veins became prominent, not menacing, but with an aura of vigorous desire.

“Yes, I have to.” Huai Yu responded, his voice calm but with a hint of madness, “I’m afraid I’ll hurt you.”

“Do we have to do this every time in the future? Even with a buffer?”

“If I break it, you’ll bleed.”

“Hmm, wear two?”

After Pan Yinchuan was carried upstairs, he had a buffer on each wrist.

Huai Yu’s face had turned dark and frightening from holding back, but he still had the inhibitors and tranquilizers delivered first…

“Still taking them?”

Huai Yu pressed his lips tightly, “Just in case.”

Now, any pain Pan Yinchuan felt would become a knife repeatedly stabbing into him.

Pan Yinchuan exhaled, gripping Huai Yu’s hand tighter: “If you can hold back…” then you won’t have to take them.

Huai Yu kissed his neck, struggling to control himself from biting him, and said in a low voice, “I want to release inside.”

If he didn’t take them, no buffer could stop it, and the Alpha’s pheromones would inevitably impact Pan Yinchuan.

Hearing this, Pan Yinchuan felt like he was burning from head to toe.

He asked softly, “Why do you have to…”

“I want to mark you, but I can’t. At least this similar act of marking can suppress my rampant desire.” Huai Yu’s voice was taut, as if he had reached his limit.

“… Just this once.”

With permission granted, Huai Yu pulled out an inhibitor.

Compared to the lofty and unrestrained Alpha.

Pan Yinchuan did indeed like this crazy yet restrained Mr. Huai.

It wasn’t just a little liking; it was a lot of liking.

The next moment, he was fiercely thrown onto the bed.

Previously, when Mr. Huai wasn’t as impeccably dressed and became relaxed and natural in bed, for some reason today, he was wearing his pants particularly neatly.

Pan Yinchuan raised his hand to tug at his belt, but couldn’t pull it off.

Pan Yinchuan looked at him puzzledly, “Why?”

Before, when he was dressed formally in bed, it was due to the unequal status.

Later, he switched to a bathrobe, willing to let Pan Yinchuan know about his past.

At this moment, it was because he harbored love, naturally stepping down from the pedestal, with all his worries and pains of an ordinary person.

Finally, Huai Yu’s hoarse voice said, “It’s a bit ugly… I don’t want to scare you.”

Pan Yinchuan was silent for a moment, feeling as if his heart had been squeezed.

He looked up and said hoarsely, “When I was afraid of Mr. Huai, your power, status, and strong means only made me more scared. But when I like Mr. Huai, the scars become beautiful marks left by those battles…”

He said, “I’m not afraid now.”

Huai Yu’s eyes deepened, his grip on Pan Yinchuan tightening, each word he uttered carrying a burning breath, “Then I hope you always like me, so in your eyes, I’ll always be good.”

Pan Yinchuan moved his lips.

Sweat slowly dripped from Huai Yu’s forehead, his eyes a mixture of madness and restraint.

He pressed tightly against Pan Yinchuan, “Shh, don’t make any promises now, or one inhibitor won’t be enough.”

The Alpha was rough yet gentle.

So pain also turned into pleasure.

Ordinary life seemed to stretch infinitely, bursting into brilliant colors.

Pan Yinchuan didn’t say anything else.

He just quietly spoke to himself.

He was a boring person; when he truly liked something, it wouldn’t change over time.

He liked this kind of Huai Yu, he was sure.

— End of the main text —

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Author’s note:

This pair had to be entangled from beginning to end [not really]. Although it’s a free story, there are extras! Initially planned to end at eighty thousand words, but now it’s over two hundred and eighty thousand words, it’s already very, very long. I wanted to write a tragic love story, but I might be destined to only write sweet stories, I couldn’t bear to make Xiao Pan suffer. We’ll see each other again tomorrow! Good night!