Chapter 54

Chapter 54

Lu Mingye hazily confessed the secret hidden deep in his heart. The scent of roses and the smell of blood stimulated the alpha, stirring intense possessiveness, destructive urges, and trust toward the alpha before him.

He was quite rudely flaunting his dominance over Chen Zui.

At the same time, he was like a greedy kitten, licking the blood from Chen Zui’s neck, as if a villain like him survived by devouring others' flesh and blood, nourishing himself, then flourishing upon their withered corpses, blooming into a blood-red flower.

As an artificially modified alpha, Chen Zui didn’t take gland-related matters as seriously or reverently as natural-born alphas did, nor did he see them as inviolable.

On the contrary, he found this experience novel and interesting. He enjoyed both the feeling of completely enveloping Lu Mingye with his own pheromones and the sensation of carrying the other’s scent on himself, as if they had exchanged their most precious possessions and merged into one.

That’s why he could so easily let the other bite his gland.

Because he was enjoying it.

Besides, having his gland bitten didn’t mean he was submitting to the other. He didn’t share those old-fashioned ideas of natural-born alphas. Feeling the stinging pain on his neck and Lu Mingye’s voracious, beast-like biting, he only felt his gland and his body growing warmer.

Gradually, he was getting aroused.

The neck was a dangerous spot—it felt as if the other could easily bite through it if they were just a little more aggressive. This sense of placing himself in danger made Chen Zui even more excited.

This alpha, who had come into his own later in life, didn’t realize that his rut had been triggered.

He gazed at Lu Mingye’s defenseless, pale neck, licked his teeth, and fiercely bit down. His sharp teeth pierced through skin and flesh instantly, and the scent of blood and creamy sweetness surged out, though it was soon overwhelmed and enveloped by the more dominant rose fragrance.

The rose pheromones were wild and overwhelming.

Just like the person who possessed this scent—outwardly refined and beautiful, but inwardly a beast.

And at this moment, Lu Mingye was the captured prey, powerless to escape, forced to endure the other’s biting.

Chen Zui’s dark eyes gleamed with an intimidating light. This was the feeling—right now, he could only sense their scents on each other, to the point where it was impossible to tell who was who.

This way of making the other belong to him pleased the alpha.

But Lu Mingye wasn’t feeling as good as he was. After all, he was also an alpha, and alpha pheromones naturally repelled each other. Under the stimulation, he gradually regained clarity.

The first thing he felt was the pain in his gland, followed by the realization of what was happening.

...

But that wasn’t the main point. The main point was that he felt their "assets" pressing against each other. Lu Mingye thought he must have gone mad to feel this way toward another alpha, but the rose scent was so intoxicating.

Lu Mingye had never done anything like this before. His body, unable to resist the stimulation, kept sending signals to his brain to just keep enjoying it, making his resolve waver.

He didn’t even refuse when Chen Zui brought their bodies closer together.

Ao Tian: "Visual perception disabled."

A system with such keen perception really deserved to be awarded the title of Best Employee.

The atmosphere inside the aircraft grew increasingly heated. Meanwhile, Shen Yanzhi, who had just gained his freedom in the sea, looked up at the motionless aircraft hovering in the air, wondering what was happening inside.

"Better get to shore first," he thought, picking up the paddle and rowing vigorously. Under the night sky, the alpha seemed to have it rough.

Two things were gripped tightly together, pressing against each other as if competing for dominance, yet neither could escape the large hand controlling them.

The hand was dry and scorching hot.

As if it could melt everything.

It made Lu Mingye want to stay in that hand forever. The moment this thought emerged, he deeply despised himself—he never realized he could so easily lose himself in such pleasures.

Chen Zui used his head to push Lu Mingye’s head up. Lu Mingye was too embarrassed to look at him, but Chen Zui insisted on making eye contact—not just that, he also wanted to kiss him.

When Chen Zui leaned in, Lu Mingye didn’t react at first. It wasn’t until his lips were pried open that he jolted in shock, pulling his head back in disbelief at what Chen Zui had just done.

"How could they kiss! They weren’t lovers!"

Kissing felt too intimate, too emotional. Lu Mingye couldn’t accept it.

"You’re insane."

"Why did you kiss me!"

Lu Mingye couldn’t understand. At most, they were just using each other as tools for comfort.

Chen Zui pinched his little head. "Collecting my payment—is that too much?"

Lu Mingye let out a muffled groan.

Chen Zui leaned in again to collect his payment. Lu Mingye wanted to say more, but with his most important part firmly in the other’s grasp, he was well and truly trapped.

But still...

"Why did it have to be a French kiss!"

Lu Mingye felt like he was paying too high a price for this. Though kissing was... kind of nice...

When Chen Zui’s tongue swept through his mouth, his head tingled with numbness.

Unconsciously, he began responding to Chen Zui, and the two of them kissed passionately, fiercely entangled.

Lu Mingye wrapped his arms around Chen Zui’s neck again, wanting to push him down, wanting to...

Wanting to enter...

An alpha’s instinct was naturally to attack.

Ao Tian: "Phew~ good thing I had some supplies left."

Ao Tian found the unused aphrodisiac incense from its second-to-last host and applied it to Chen Zui’s pheromones. This mission target was tricky, and as a system, it had to do its best to assist the host.

The rose fragrance spread, smelling gentle yet so domineering that it almost completely overpowered the creamy pheromones in the aircraft.

The thing in Chen Zui’s hand suddenly shrank, and their clothes became soiled.

He could hear the alpha’s breathing beside his ear, like a cat acting spoiled.

Lu Mingye suddenly pushed him down, his face flushed, eyes filled with desire.

He even glanced down at Chen Zui’s lower half.

Chen Zui chuckled.

Using his soiled hand, he grabbed Lu Mingye’s chin and forced him to look at himself.

"What are you thinking about?"

Lu Mingye moved to act, but before he could even touch Chen Zui, he was shoved to the ground. Lu Mingye fell, his head spinning.

Chen Zui sat up, staring at Lu Mingye. The only words running through his mind were: "Want, want, want, want..."

As their eyes met, Lu Mingye scrambled up and lunged at Chen Zui. In an instant, the two who had just been charged with intimacy were now fighting. Lu Mingye staggered, threw a punch that missed, then suddenly lifted his leg high, winding up for a kick at Chen Zui.

Chen Zui didn’t wait for the blow—he bridged the gap and blocked Lu Mingye’s leg.

Just like that night when Lu Mingye had kidnapped Shen Yanzhi, Lu Mingye was forced into a split. The difference this time was that there was no fabric barrier between them.

Chen Zui drove forward aggressively, forcing Lu Mingye backward. With only one foot barely supporting him, Lu Mingye instinctively grabbed Chen Zui’s waist to avoid falling.

Chen Zui pushed him all the way against the cabin wall—pinned with nowhere left to retreat.

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Shen Yanzhi opened his device to confirm his current location, contacted his driver to pick him up, and told him to bring four extra bodyguards.

After all, he was dealing with those two lunatics.

At that moment, a dangerous weapon was pressed against Lu Mingye’s most vulnerable spot, ready to deliver a crippling blow at any second.

Lu Mingye: "Chen... Chen Zui..."

Chen Zui waited with interest for what came next. Though he hadn’t truly begun to taste the moment, he could already feel it—hotter than his whispered words.

"I'll pay you... 100,000..."

Chen Zui recalled the landlord saying he’d need at least eight to ten thousand. Looked like Lu Mingye was really offering a high price.

But 100,000 wasn’t enough.

He, Chen Zui, costs a fortune.

Ao Tian: More enhancements, more and more—using up all the remaining stock on Chen Zui.

Under Ao Tian’s modifications, the scent of roses grew increasingly intense, impossible to escape, leaving no choice but to be affected.

"Achoo—"

Lu Mingye couldn’t hold back a sneeze, and this sneeze was a fatal mistake.

Chen Zui wasn’t affected by the enhancements in the floral scent, but Lu Mingye’s sneeze was just too perfect, too well-timed.

For a moment, Lu Mingye even thought about devouring it all in one go—maybe then his body would return to normal. He felt like he was hallucinating, wrapped up by a rose tree that blossomed into a sea of flowers, its thorns prickling sharply. The face before him seemed like a rose-bloom phantom.

Their eyes met.

Chen Zui could clearly read the alpha’s hallucinatory ideas as clearly as scrolling text.

Remembering his reaction the last time he took hallucinogens, his inner world was truly full of fairy tales.

Their wordlessly locked gaze was tantalizing. Chen Zui’s eyes were luminous obsidian, utterly captivating. His dense, neatly aligned eyelashes were somewhat adorable, making one want to touch them.

Lu Mingye was momentarily transfixed by that face.

His blood was still burning, burning away all but one thought. And that thought shifted as he tasted a little more.

Maybe he could consume it this way instead of the alpha’s way—just needed to eat more...

The cartoon mini-him above his head suddenly flipped over, its short, chubby finger pointing backward, actually...

Chen Zui raised an eyebrow.

Chen Zui had iron self-control. Even in this situation, he could hold back his impulses, calmly and patiently waiting for the prey to willingly approach his weapon.

"Achoo..."

Suddenly, Lu Mingye sneezed again, though this one seemed less natural. Chen Zui detected with sharp awareness, noticing the sheepish look on Lu Mingye’s face, a hint of amusement flickering in his eyes.

With that sneeze,

he got a little more to eat.

Quite sly.

A real snack thief—impressive that he could come up with such a method. What a sly fox.

Chen Zui didn’t expose him. He just waited quietly, letting the alpha think he was being smart, so he could clean his plate.

Coughs continued to sound out, starting tentatively and growing increasingly urgent.

But he still couldn’t manage to take it all in one go—after all, it was potent...

Ao Tian, who could only hear, listened to the repeated coughing, growing puzzled and uneasy. What’s happening? Why all the coughing? Could the stuff have expired from being stored too long?

Oh no.

Was he messing things up?

Lu Mingye’s face scrunched up in discomfort. It was so damn hard to eat—not that it tasted bad, but it was just too difficult to get down.

He rested his head on Chen Zui’s shoulder and began coughing again.

Though it was hard to eat, each bit he managed to take brought relief.

—

Lu Mingye’s coughing finally stopped. If it had continued any longer, there’d be real concern about his throat getting damaged.

The alpha had finally gotten a taste of what he craved.

The scent of roses was so rich it seemed thick as rose syrup. For a moment, neither of them made a move.

Ao Tian was nervous. What’s wrong? What’s really happening?

After about three minutes of silence, the little deer couldn’t hold back and started coughing again, each cough racking his body.

Chen Zui twitched his lips in a soundless chuckle.

His eyes held a fond amusement.

He let Lu Mingye keep up this charade for over ten minutes, then at a certain moment, he seized him by the hips.

"Baby."

"Don't you think you're not treating me as a human?"

He asked, but under the influence of Lu Mingye's rut and Ao Tian's overwhelming dose of drugs, he could barely recognize the person in front of him anymore.

He was momentarily confused.

Human? Wasn't he just a prop for his use?

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Chen Zui looked at his dazed state, wasn't very pleased. Since he wasn't clear-headed, he would sober him up.

"You don't recognize me?"

"Then let's properly reintroduce ourselves."

As he spoke, Chen Zui pulled him away, then forcefully yanked him back, wishing he could merge the two of them into one: "Let's start getting acquainted from here."

This felt completely different from the coughing fits Lu Mingye had experienced earlier. The alpha couldn't handle such a rapid shift and nearly choked from the suddenness.

Ao Tian: *Phew... alive again...*

Good thing it was just a system, or it would've been sweating bullets from fright just now.

Then it shut off its auditory perception as well—it didn’t want to listen to any more steamy audio. A system's survival matters too!

Chen Zui’s earlier imagination had become reality. He stood there...

With only one foot on the ground, the alpha couldn’t find his balance and could only cling tightly to Chen Zui to avoid falling.

At one point, Lu Mingye was lucid, but he still couldn’t resist. There seemed to be something wrong with his body. Though he wanted to bite Chen Zui's head off, he had no strength to do so. Meanwhile, Chen Zui’s strength was brutal.

Chen Zui was as fierce as a wild beast. Lu Mingye suspected he didn’t view him as human at all. If he weren’t an alpha with decent physical fitness, and if it were an omega in his place, they would have been sobbing uncontrollably by now—or torn apart by him.

Lu Mingye’s lucidity was short-lived. Even being treated like this, the physically strong alpha still took pleasure in it and became intoxicated amid the rich scent of roses.

At this moment, he was still dazed by the scent. For an alpha like Chen Zui to have such a natural body fragrance—it was like he was a siren, a succubus.

Also a total bastard.

Chen Zui lowered Lu Mingye’s foot and then lifted him up completely.

This big bastard was still quite considerate, but Lu Mingye was past caring about that now.

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Shen Yanzhi, dead tired, finally rowed the boat to the shore. When he disembarked, he was so unsteady on his feet that he simply sat down by the sea, gasping for breath to recover his strength. He stared at the motionless aircraft in the sky—why was there still no movement?

Could the two of them be fighting inside?

He felt somewhat worried.

Chen the baker gripped the dough, lifting it high and then slamming it down heavily. The soft dough wobbled from the impact, bouncy and elastic, even oozing out from between his fingers.

Dough needs to be heavily kneaded to ferment properly. Chen Zui was a master baker, repeatedly slamming the dough hundreds of times until excess moisture was forced out, dripping *pat pat pat*.

This meant the dough was almost ready—such dough would be delicious.

But just this alone wouldn’t make the best bread; it needed some special ingredients. Chen the baker had a secret recipe, but he felt the dough still needed more kneading, so he wasn’t in a hurry to add his secret ingredient yet.

A good chef must have patience.

After another half-hour of intense kneading, Chen Zui felt the dough’s moisture level was just right. It was time to add his secret ingredient. This time, Chen Zui didn’t hesitate, injecting his specially crafted cream into the bread.

It had to be a large amount.

Only then would the bread be delicious.

The freshly made cream was still scalding hot. The moment it was injected into the bread, the dough contracted slightly from the heat, tightly enclosing the cream and absorbing it all.

Chen Zui patted the dough, satisfied—it really was a delicious loaf.

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Shen Yanzhi checked the time. He had already been waiting by the sea for two hours, braving the cold wind, and the aircraft in the sky still showed no signs of movement.

He stood up.

Thinking about matters at home, he decided not to wait any longer. Both of them had their own agendas; to them, he was just a pawn. Perhaps they were even discussing how to use him.

Shen Yanzhi left the seaside under night's cover.

Not long after he left, the aircraft door suddenly opened. Lu Mingye was pinned against the doorway facing outward, the ocean wind whipping through his clothes.

His hands gripped the upper edge of the doorway, but even so, it was worrying whether he might fall.

"Don’t worry, I’ll hold you."

Chen Zui stood behind him, gripping the alpha’s lean waist. Above them was a sky full of glittering stars, below them the endless sea. Amidst this natural setting, they engaged in the most primal act, heightened by the constant danger of falling into the ocean.

The sea breeze jolted Lu Mingye partly back to his senses. When he saw the sea, he stiffened momentarily, his grip on the doorway tightening instinctively.

Why were they here?

He almost stepped back subconsciously.

But doing so would make him seem like a puppy begging for attention. Lu Mingye stopped, and when he turned to look at Chen Zui, everything came rushing back.

"You..."

Chen Zui stared at him with dark intensity, continuing his work: "Don’t start playing the virtuous virgin now."

He curled his lip: "I’d think less of you."

Lu Mingye: ...

At this point, saying anything else would feel like admitting defeat. Having already come this far, if he lost his dignity too, that would be a complete loss.

Lu Mingye huffed: "Why don’t you invite an audience of thousands to watch?"

Chen Zui thrust harder: "If you want, I can invite people to watch right now. I’ll get them here now."

Chen Zui: "Anyway, we’re in an aircraft. We can fly straight into the city like this—there’ll definitely be an even bigger audience."

"As long as you're willing."

Lu Mingye was just mouthing off, he thought. Why was this guy so obedient at the worst possible times?

Chen Zui could clearly sense Lu Mingye's nervousness—he was afraid Chen Zui might actually go through with it.

Lu Mingye: "You..."

Chen Zui: "Xiao V, start the aircraft."

A mechanical voice responded immediately: "Okay, please set the flight route."

Lu Mingye stared in shock!

Chen Zui tilted his head, watching Lu Mingye's tense profile, and rattled off a long route that practically looped around the entire city center.

"Are you insane?!" Lu Mingye couldn't help but shout.

"Not liking this? Then you’d better try to please me." Chen Zui paused, making his meaning perfectly clear.

This despicable scoundrel.

Not only did he want to have his cake, but he also wanted his meal to walk right into his mouth.

Lu Mingye was pinned near the hatch—unable to move forward, and with no room to retreat. To make matters worse, the aircraft had actually started moving. Lu Mingye, who had just managed to clear his head, was on the verge of seeing red again. The aircraft moved swiftly, leaving the sea and soaring over land in just a few minutes.

"Chen Zui!"

Lu Mingye gritted his teeth.

Chen Zui remained silent and unmoving, refusing to stop the aircraft.

Lu Mingye still had his pride.

Well, maybe not exactly—if their positions were reversed, he might have been just as calm as Chen Zui, letting others watch without batting an eye.

He regretted it.

He should have just taken a step forward and jumped into the sea earlier. He wasn’t tied to a rock, but now they were over land. If he jumped now, he’d be splattered on impact.

Lu Mingye had no choice.

There was no way he could bring himself to beg Chen Zui.

Chen Zui watched as the QQ avatar of Lu Mingye in his mind clenched its fists, smoke practically coming out of its ears: "I’ll pay you back for this sooner or later!"

With that thought, Lu Mingye leaned forward slightly and awkwardly began, hesitant and unpracticed...

Lu Mingye: "Make it stop. Now."

Chen Zui looked down, admiring the captivating sight. Even the toughest, most stubborn, most ruthless alpha had his vulnerable spots.

Though the owner was inexperienced, "it" was not—in fact, it was already quite skilled.

Chen Zui: "Xiao V, stop the aircraft."

The aircraft came to a halt.

Lu Mingye breathed a sigh of relief. He had no desire to stay by the hatch—Chen Zui was a complete pervert—so he began to back away.

Chen Zui smiled and closed the distance as he retreated step by step.

This angle wasn’t very comfortable for Lu Mingye, and Chen Zui took pity on him. After they separated briefly, he turned Lu Mingye around, lifted him, and sat in a chair, pulling Lu Mingye onto his lap.

Lu Mingye sat down with him.

A flicker of confusion crossed Chen Zui’s expression. It felt like piercing a taut balloon—reckless and unexpected.

It was more like discovering a secret garden, bringing him an even more indescribable...

He held back, quietly observing Lu Mingye.

Lu Mingye’s expression remained the same—thoroughly irritated, as if he wished he could sit right through him.

He didn’t say anything, but Chen Zui’s eyes narrowed slightly. The alpha was thoroughly pleased.

For a moment, Lu Mingye felt a slight pain in his stomach, but he didn’t pay it much mind. Anyone would feel discomfort from that, he thought—he’d remember this grudge. He would find a way to lock Chen Zui up in his basement someday.

Chen Zui saw Lu Mingye’s QQ avatar swinging a whip, fierce and menacing.

Though Lu Mingye was a stamina-rich alpha, he was no match for Chen Zui’s intentional dragging out of the encounter.

Chen Zui began to torment him again, this time focusing on his new discoveries, lingering there each time until even his "gift" was left behind.