Chapter 179: Du Du and Jiang Xingliu Side Story (Conclusion)

Chapter 179: Du Du and Jiang Xingliu Side Story (Conclusion)

Jiang Xingliu has been in a foul mood lately, making everyone in the military headquarters walk on eggshells these past few days. If anyone accidentally gets on Mr. Jiang's bad side, the consequences would be worse than death!

If you want to know the reason, you might only hear some rumors from Jiang's secretary.

It is said that Commander Jiang has a childhood sweetheart whom he adores deeply, someone he grew up with, someone he holds in his hands and cherishes in his mouth—a total doting husband.

Everyone in the military headquarters knows this well.

But recently, it seems Commander Jiang's childhood sweetheart has been unfaithful—

Jiang Xingliu eyed the man in front of him with malice. The man, around 20 years old, had fair skin and a goofy smile like a Husky (from Jiang Xingliu's perspective). He was currently pulling Du Du aside, gesticulating wildly, spittle flying (from Jiang Xingliu's perspective).

Yan Qingshan playfully pinched Du Du's cheek and said affectionately, "Why didn't you come to see me? You promised to visit me at the hospital!"

Du Du's face was squished out of shape, but he still smiled with his eyes narrowed, "Qingshan, you're better now too!"

"So if I weren't better, I wouldn't have been able to see you?" Yan Qingshan snorted, "You ungrateful brat."

"I was planning to visit you!" Du Du quickly explained, "But I had some loose ends to tie up, so I was a bit late. I didn't expect you to come find me. Is this your first visit to the capital planet? Let me take you to eat something delicious, okay?"

Yan Qingshan smiled and said, "I just arrived. Why don't you introduce me to your..."

His green eyes swept over Jiang Xingliu, who was standing to the side with a scowl, and he emphasized, "Friends."

Du Du eagerly tugged Yan Qingshan along to start introducing people, "This is my mom, you know her, haha."

Yan Qingshan graciously presented the gift he had brought, "Hello, Mrs. Lu. It's been a long time."

Lu Qingwan glanced at Jiang Xingliu's expression but ultimately cheerfully accepted Yan Qingshan's gift, "Qingshan, you've come a long way since your recovery. Congratulations on your discharge. I haven't gotten you a welcome-back gift yet. I'll get you something tomorrow, okay?"

"Thank you for taking care of me in the hospital," Yan Qingshan smiled, "You're like family to me, no need to stand on ceremony."

Jiang Xingliu scoffed mockingly, "What kind of relationship are you trying to claim? Who's family with you?"

Yan Qingshan arched an eyebrow, "And you are...?"

Du Du could feel the tension crackling between them and blinked, hesitatingly saying, "He, he is my..."

Before he could finish, Yan Qingshan cut him off and offered his hand to Jiang Xingliu, "Hello, I'm Du Du's childhood sweetheart. We've known each other since we were very young. You must be Du Du's friend, right? Du Du's friends are my friends. Nice to meet you."

Jiang Xingliu snorted derisively, "You're the childhood sweetheart?"

Yan Qingshan smiled, "Of course."

Jiang Xingliu's forced smile shifted to Du Du, "If he's the childhood sweetheart, then what am I?"

Du Du wiped the sweat off his forehead, "Ah... well... you are... um..."

What exactly was his relationship with Jiang Xingliu now?

Boyfriend? But he hadn't agreed to it yet! Because his mom said that an Omega should be hard to chase so that an Alpha would learn to cherish them!

Seeing the increasingly dangerous look in Jiang Xingliu's eyes, Du Du quickly thought of something, "You're my sworn brother, from another mother!"

For a moment, Jiang Xingliu's eyes turned icy.

Du Du closed his eyes in annoyance, indeed, coming up with ideas in a hurry was not suitable for him.

Yan Qingshan chuckled softly and said smugly, "So it’s you, brother."

Jiang Xingliu sneered, "Who’s your brother? Don’t make me sick."

Yan Qingshan put on an innocent expression, "Du Du, why does your brother seem to not welcome me?"

"He... he’s just shy," Du Du said, pulling Yan Qingshan a couple of steps away from Jiang Xingliu. "It’s not that he doesn’t welcome you, deep down, he really does!"

Jiang Xingliu gritted his teeth, "Yuan Jibai!"

"Yes, yes," Du Du instinctively responded, then crouched down pitifully, pulling on his ears. "Brother, I was wrong."

Yan Qingshan stepped in front of Du Du and said, "If you have any issues, take it out on me. Don’t be harsh on him. He’s sensitive."

Jiang Xingliu narrowed his eyes, "Whether he’s sensitive or not has nothing to do with you. Move aside."

Yan Qingshan sighed, "Don’t you think you’re being a bit rude?"

"You’re the one who’s being polite," Jiang Xingliu took a step forward. "Then please leave politely and stop blocking my wife, okay?"

Du Du’s face turned red, stammering without saying a word.

"Do you have a marriage certificate?" Yan Qingshan challenged. "Otherwise, I think it’s disrespectful."

Jiang Xingliu clenched his fists, "I’ll say it one more time, move aside, or I’ll move you myself."

Seeing that the two were about to fight, and knowing that Jiang Xingliu’s fighting style was inherited from Jiang Huizhou, if they started fighting here, the Yuan family’s villa would likely be destroyed.

Lu Qingwan had a quick idea and hurriedly took out a few tickets to the aquarium from behind her. "This is the newly built aquarium by the Jiang family. Shen Zhixue sent me a few tickets. Why don’t you go there to fight... or rather, to have fun?"

After all, Jiang Huizhou was so rich, a little loss is nothing.

Du Du quickly took the tickets and said, "Then... shall we go?"

Yan Qingshan adjusted his glasses, "I’ll go with you."

Du Du instinctively wanted to separate the two and was about to tell Jiang Xingliu to stay home when he turned around and saw Jiang Xingliu’s gaze. He stammered, "Are you coming too?"

Jiang Xingliu looked at him, "What do you expect?"

Was he really going to let the two of them go on a date alone?!

And so, in this strange atmosphere, the three of them boarded the hovercar heading to the aquarium.

When they arrived at the aquarium, Du Du suddenly said he was a bit thirsty, so Yan Qingshan went to buy some water, leaving Du Du and Jiang Xingliu waiting for him.

Du Du quickly pulled Jiang Xingliu aside and said, "Why do you always have that scowl on your face? You’re the one who wanted to come, I didn’t force you."

Jiang Xingliu sneered, "You really don’t know why I’m scowling?"

Du Du cautiously replied, "Well... I kind of know a little, but Yan Qingshan and I are nothing. He’s just a friend from the hospital."

"Right, I know, a friend from childhood," Jiang Xingliu’s teeth were almost grinding. "And I’m your sworn brother, though not by blood."

Du Du clasped his hands together and said softly, "I said the wrong thing, brother. Please let it go this time. I just... I just didn’t think carefully."

Jiang Xingliu was seething with anger. As the highest commander of the empire, he rarely let his emotions show, but Yuan Jibai kept making him lose his composure!

"But... but I’m not even sure what our relationship is now," Du Du fiddled with his fingers. "Don’t you know if I like you or not? Besides, when I said you should chase me longer, you agreed. You can’t hold it against me."

Jiang Xingliu bit back his frustration and asked, "When is he leaving?"

"I don't know, but I promise," Du Du raised his hand, "I really only have feelings for you."

Jiang Xingliu snorted, then pinched Du Du's lips and kissed him, "You better not forget that."

Du Du quickly nodded, "Then don't keep that grumpy face later, okay? Yan Qingshan is also a very important friend to me. He was the one who stayed by my side and cheered me up when I was in the hospital."

Jiang Xingliu stayed silent, feeling a pang of jealousy.

But who could he blame? He had indeed been absent for those twelve years of Du Du's life.

At this moment, he could only blame himself.

Soon, Yan Qingshan returned with the water. He handed a bottle of milk to Du Du and opened another for himself, then spoke with a guilty expression, "Oh, look, I used to only buy things for Du Du. I forgot about you, big brother."

Du Du frowned. Even he could pick up on the hostility in Yan Qingshan's tone.

He handed the unopened milk to Jiang Xingliu and whispered, "Big brother, you have it. I'm not thirsty."

Jiang Xingliu took the milk, twisted off the cap, and handed it back to Du Du.

Du Du squinted his eyes, took a happy sip, and instinctively cooed, "Big brother is the best."

"Oh?" Jiang Xingliu raised an eyebrow, looking at Yan Qingshan, "So who's better? Your childhood friend, or me, your sworn brother who's been through thick and thin with you?"

Du Du: "..."

This jealousy is really something else.

Yan Qingshan went to check the tickets, and Du Du seized the moment to coax, "Brother, brother, don't be mad anymore. You always act like this, and it really upsets me."

Jiang Xingliu snorted.

"Then I don't mind you being with Shen Zhixue," Du Du pouted.

Jiang Xingliu frowned, "How can he even compare to Shen Zhixue? Shen Zhixue would say, 'Oh, I forgot to buy your water, you won't blame me, right?' Every time Shen Zhixue took us out, he’d buy things for you first, and whatever was left was mine."

Du Du fiddled with his fingers, "Well... anyway... that's what I mean. You said yourself that you and Zhi Zhi are different from me, so I and Qingshan are different from you. Don’t be so unreasonable about this."

Jiang Xingliu laughed in anger, "I’m the one being unreasonable?"

Du Du was getting more and more flustered. Seeing that Yan Qingshan was about to return, he could only gesture, "Qingshan finally came to hang out with me, and he won’t be here for long. Just let him have this one, okay?"

At first, Jiang Xingliu didn't feel this kind of anger; it was more a sense of helplessness and bitterness.

Who made him miss those twelve years of Du Du's life? Who made him fail to protect Du Du?

At least during those twelve years, when Du Du was unhappy, this Yan Qingshan might have made Du Du smile. Even though jealousy was eating him up inside, he suppressed the bitterness in his heart, only making sarcastic comments on the surface.

But seeing Du Du so protective of Yan Qingshan, that jealousy grew stronger and stronger, finally snapping his self-control. His eyes turned red, and he suddenly grabbed Du Du's wrist and walked away.

Du Du was caught off guard by the sudden pull and quickly whispered, "Hey, where are we going? Qingshan won't find us when he comes back..."

Before he could finish, Jiang Xingliu led him by the collar into a room.

It was the member's lounge of the aquarium.

This aquarium was a new venture under Jiang Huizhou's name. Jiang Xingliu had been here a few times before, handling some matters for Jiang Huizhou, so he was very familiar with the environment.

The privacy measures in this lounge are top-notch, with three walls featuring the best soundproofing installations, and the vacuum-tempered glass facing the aquarium is designed for one-way transparency.

From inside, you can see everything outside, but from outside, you can’t see a thing inside.

The floor is covered with a plush carpet, and in the center lies a large waterbed.

Jiang Xingliu flung Du Du onto the waterbed. The soft, bouncy waterbed didn’t hurt him but left him dizzy and disoriented: "Jiang Xingliu, what are you doing!"

Before he could finish, Jiang Xingliu was already on top of him, gripping his wrist with a large hand, his voice hoarse: "Yuan Jibai, are you out of your mind?"

Du Du pouted: "You’re being mean again! You promised you wouldn’t!"

Before he could finish, Jiang Xingliu cut him off with a kiss.

He could clearly feel that this kiss was different from all the previous ones. This time, Jiang Xingliu’s kiss was fierce, his eyes dark with anger and desire.

His hand slid under Du Du’s shirt, leaving marks on his pale skin that were unmistakably his.

He yanked Du Du up and pinned him against the floor-to-ceiling glass.

From here, he could see Yan Qingshan outside, searching for them after finishing the ticket check.

Yuan Jibai’s voice shook as he took a deep breath: "Brother… brother, you… don’t…"

"I don’t want to hear that title right now," Jiang Xingliu murmured against his neck. "Change it."

"What… what should I call you…"

"You’ll figure it out soon enough," Jiang Xingliu’s voice was low and husky in his ear. "See your childhood friend? He’s searching for you, but he’ll never find you here. You’re here, in my arms, just a wall away from him. But you’re mine, only mine…"

Du Du let out a soft whimper, shaking his head in a daze. A strange sensation filled his mind, his body felt split in two, but it wasn’t just pain.

He couldn’t speak, just covering his mouth as tears dampened his fingers.

"Don’t cry, baby," Jiang Xingliu lifted Du Du’s hands, pinning them above his head. The strands of hair on his forehead were damp with sweat, and he casually brushed them aside, revealing his temples. His eyes were deep, their color rich and intense. "The pain will fade soon, I promise."

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