Chapter 160 Extra: Lu Yan & Jian Fuxu 2

Chapter 160 Extra: Lu Yan & Jian Fuxu 2

The Next Day

When Lu Yan woke up, he had a headache. It seemed he had gotten drunk again yesterday...

Feeling someone beside him, Lu Yan immediately knew he must have made a scene while drunk again, and Jian Fuxu was surely the one who had taken care of him.

He opened his eyes groggily, feeling something was off. He closed them, then looked again, instantly becoming fully awake.

Jian Fuxu was sleeping with his back to Lu Yan, a clear bite mark on his neck. Since there were only the two of them in the room, it was obvious who had left that mark...

Memories from yesterday flooded back, and Lu Yan wished he could just bang his head against a wall and die!

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!

What had gotten into him yesterday?!

He actually praised Jian Fuxu for being pretty? And said he wanted to marry Jian Fuxu?

After getting slapped, he even cried and whined, demanding that Jian Fuxu marry him?!

And he bit Jian Fuxu for a temporary scent mark!?

Oh my god!

Too cowardly to face the music, Lu Yan thought it best to lay low for a few more days. He had the guts to do it but not the guts to own up to it. He quietly got out of bed to change clothes, planning to hide out for a few days and only return after Jian Fuxu's anger had cooled down...

"Mmm..."

Halfway through changing, Jian Fuxu let out a low groan, startling Lu Yan so much he almost blurted out a denial that it wasn't him.

Turning his head, he saw Jian Fuxu's complexion looked off. Lu Yan cautiously approached and placed his hand on Jian Fuxu's forehead.

The temperature was so high.

Lu Yan smacked his own head. How could he have forgotten? Jian Fuxu had pheromone hypersensitivity. His temporary marking of Jian Fuxu was definitely going to cause problems!

Without further thought, Lu Yan picked up Jian Fuxu and carried him to the bathtub, filling it with cold water to lower his temperature, then called for a doctor to come examine him.

The doctor arrived quickly, an omega. After hearing the situation, the doctor looked at Lu Yan like he was a creep.

If not for Lu Yan's privileged status, the doctor really would have liked to curse him out.

Leaving behind a dose of fever reducer and anti-allergy medication, the doctor quickly departed.

By the time they had managed to bring Jian Fuxu's fever down, it was nearly noon.

Feeling his forehead, the temperature had subsided and he should be fine now. Only then did Lu Yan quietly sigh in relief.

Thinking everything should be okay, Lu Yan's cowardly side took over again, and he prepared to make a run for it.

Forgive him for still having attachments to this mortal world.

Just as he was two meters from the door, a voice came from behind.

"Lu..."

"I was wrong!"

Jian Fuxu had barely uttered a single syllable before Lu Yan, scared stiff, immediately dropped to his knees and sincerely apologized.

Jian Fuxu: "........"

The atmosphere fell into silence for a moment. Jian Fuxu didn't know whether to shoot him or tell him to get lost.

"You..." Jian Fuxu hesitated, wrestling with the question, but finally asked what was on his heart: "Did you really think about marrying me when we were kids?"

Lu Yan's gaze drifted evasively. "I was just a dumb kid... it was a joke, haha, don't take it seriously, really don't take it seriously..."

"Then let's get married."

"...Huh?"

Lu Yan was dumbfounded, suspecting whether the Little Madman before him had been swapped out, or if he was dreaming or hallucinating. Otherwise, how could he be hearing this?

Jian Fuxu was still analyzing the pros and cons: "Anyway, we've both been constantly pressured about marriage. I don't want to abandon my experiment progress to take care of an omega, and you don't want to settle for just any omega during your rut. So we could totally have a marriage of convenience. Our parents won't keep finding omegas for us to meet, and we can each do our own thing."

This analysis was sound, but Lu Yan felt an indescribable sense of loss.

Not sure why, Lu Yan ultimately agreed.

Jian Fuxu was very efficient. Ten minutes later, he told both sets of parents that the two of them were truly in love and were going to the nearest civil affairs bureau that afternoon to register their marriage.

It happened so fast Lu Yan couldn't even process it.

Holding that little red booklet, Lu Yan felt it must be a dream, that he wasn't awake yet.

"It's done. You handle the fallout. I'm going back to my experiments."

With that, Jian Fuxu patted his butt and left, leaving Lu Yan alone, standing there bewildered...

It wasn't until his dad called that Lu Yan finally managed to snap back to reality.

Answering the call, he heard his dad's gentle, lively voice: "Xiao Yan, tell Dad the truth, do you really like that kid from the Jian family?"

After a few seconds of silence, Lu Yan numbly managed a "yeah."

After a pause on the other end, his dad continued, "Xiao Yan, be honest with Dad. Is it because the marriage pressure has been too intense lately that you decided to be with the Jian boy?"

"...No."

"Xiao Yan, listen to Dad. That child Jian Fuxu has pheromone hypersensitivity. Even if you two are truly in love, this is something we can't ignore. Your pheromones are a constant provocation to him. Are you really willing to let Jian Fuxu suffer?"

Lu Yan remained silent, finally only managing to squeeze out one sentence.

"Jian Fuxu and I already got our marriage certificate."

The other end of the comm erupted with his father's heart-wrenching roar.

"You unfilial son! Lu Yan, you get your ass back here! If I don't beat a layer of skin off you, it'll be because I showed mercy—"

"What the hell are you yelling for!? Don't you dare hit my son!"

"Dad, don't be angry. Father is just—"

"Shut up! Xiao Yan never wanted to get into First Military Academy in the first place, wasn't it you, his father, who forced him to go?! If he hadn't gone, would we be in this mess?"

"I was only thinking of what's best for Lu Yan! And who could have predicted he'd fall for an alpha?!"

"…………"

Lu Yan listened for a few moments, quaking with fear as he sent a message to Jian Fuxu.

"Lu Yan: Little Madman, save me."

"Jian Fuxu: What's wrong?"

"Lu Yan: Father says he's gonna kill me! Can I hide at your place...?"

"Jian Fuxu: Sure. [Address]"

Lu Yan felt like he had found a lifeline. He hung up the call, shut off his interface, hailed a taxi, and bolted to find Jian Fuxu.

Jian Fuxu was at the port. Seeing Lu Yan arrive, panting, he didn't say anything.

Lu Yan, however, immediately launched himself at Jian Fuxu, babbling, "You're the one who brought up getting married. If I get beaten up, it's your fault... You can't abandon me..."

Jian Fuxu was speechless. Two alphas like this, out in public—without a doubt, they'd be all over the news tomorrow. When Uncle Lu saw it, he'd blow a gasket.

"Calm down."

"...I can't calm down."

Lu Yan only started to calm down after they got on the spacecraft.

Seeing Lu Yan's sorry state, Jian Fuxu sneered, "Scared now? You weren't scared yesterday during the temporary mark."

Lu Yan didn't respond. He was so tired...

When there was no reply for a while, Jian Fuxu turned to look and saw that Lu Yan had passed out cold.

Glancing at the time—it was past midnight. Considering Lu Yan had taken care of him while he had a fever yesterday and was now worn out from the scare, it was perfectly normal for him to be dead asleep.

Gazing at Lu Yan's face, Jian Fuxu fell into deep thought.

When he proposed marriage, part of it was to avoid blind dates, but more than that, he wanted to test a theory.

When Lu Yan gave him the temporary mark, he didn't actually feel much humiliation. He couldn't pinpoint the exact emotion, but he didn't have the urge to kill Lu Yan.

To him, this was completely insane. Last year, an alpha who said he was good-looking ended up with a punctured lung.

His acceptance of Lu Yan was way out of the ordinary.

When did it start?

He had no idea.

He and Lu Yan initially became acquainted because of Qi Yanshen. Later, he found out the brutal beating he'd taken years ago was all because Lu Yan had said he wanted to be friends with him.

Afterward, he also realized that Lu Yan preferred to cling to him. If it weren't for Qi Yanshen stopping him, Lu Yan would have died countless times.

From the initial three-meter distance to later, with Lu Yan clinging to him and falling asleep, Jian Fuxu didn't know when Lu Yan had crossed the line.

Was it because of loneliness?

After all, aside from his parents, he only had two people he could truly confide in.

How pathetic...

Jian Fuxu knew he had experienced psychological issues before. He also wanted friends, but omegas couldn't get close, betas were afraid of him, and alphas made him irritable and furious.

So, before the age of twelve, he was constantly in a state of self-consuming turmoil. To alleviate this, he threw himself into things he was interested in.

When people are busy, they can't overthink.

It wasn't until Qi Yanshen reached out to him. The year he was beaten, he was actually quite happy—there was finally an alpha who wasn't afraid of him and was determined to be his friend.

That year, his tolerance for alpha pheromones skyrocketed.

Later, he met Lu Yan, this little sun. He couldn't pinpoint exactly what changed, but he no longer immersed himself solely in experiments. He would pay attention to Lu Yan's messages and, no matter how impatient he felt, would always reply.

Jian Fuxu's thoughts wandered wildly until he suddenly stopped.

I must be insane...

......

Lu Yan knew this place was safe. Even if Jian Fuxu was conducting dangerous experiments, the area he was in would be absolutely protected.

Only after reaching a safe location did Lu Yan muster the courage to turn on his smart device. As soon as he did, a call from his dad came through.

Taking a few deep breaths, he answered.

"Xiao Yan, tell Dad the truth. Where are you right now?"

Lu Yan mumbled, "Um... Jian Fuxu's lab."

On the other end, his father, kneeling on the ground, muttered irritably, "Whenever there's trouble, he runs to that Jian kid's lab. How did I end up with such a useless son... Oof... cough..."

Commander Lu, having been kicked by his partner, nearly coughed up blood.

"Xiao Yan, don't mind your father's words. I have a question for you."

"Do you truly like Jian Fuxu, and can you endure the pain of your rut and the judgmental eyes of society to marry him?"

"I need you to tell me the truth. No lying."

Lu Yan weighed his dad's tone and remembered the consequences of lying to him in the past. He admitted, "I... I don't know."

Before Dad could say anything, Father Lu bellowed first, "I knew it! Lu Yan, you little brat... Oof... Honey, I'm sorry..."

Commander Lu, having been kicked in a tender spot, finally quieted down. His two sons nearby cast sympathetic glances.

"Xiao Yan, who proposed the marriage?"

"Jian Fuxu."

"Can you tell me why?"

"...I got drunk the day before yesterday and accidentally gave Jian Fuxu a temporary mark... And I don't want to marry an omega just because of my rut. Jian Fuxu doesn't want to go on any more blind dates either, so he suggested we get married... Sorry, Dad, for worrying you..."

Dad soothed gently, "It's okay. If you really don't want blind dates, then Dad won't force you anymore. But did you really give Jian Fuxu a temporary mark?"

Lu Yan replied with a dejected "Mmm-hmm."

Dad thought for a moment and continued, "Xiao Yan, if Jian Fuxu were to marry an omega, how would you feel?"

"Unhappy..." He only had these two good friends. If both got married, what would he do?

"I'm not going to marry an omega."

Jian Fuxu, who had come to stand behind Lu Yan at some point, spoke up, startling Lu Yan so much he nearly screamed.

Before Lu Yan could respond to what Jian Fuxu had said, he heard Jian Fuxu firmly declare, "I'm not going to marry an omega."

"...What, what are you saying? Why..."

"You'd be unhappy."

"…………"

A long silence stretched between them.

Lu Yan's father had heard everything clearly. As an omega, he was far more perceptive in matters of emotion than the naturally thick-headed alphas in his family.

From those few simple sentences, he could tell that the two kids actually had feelings for each other.

But these feelings were somewhere between friendship and romance, not quite lovers yet.

Lu Yan's father sighed. "Lu Yan, go wait over there. I need to talk with Jian Fuxu."

Lu Yan was uneasy and wanted to refuse, but Jian Fuxu spoke up first.

With no other choice, Lu Yan was dejectedly kicked out of the lab. He squatted by the door, pouring his heart out to Siren.

"Siren, what do I do? It's over! I shouldn't have drunk so much back then... it's all ruined..."

Siren was in the middle of playing Star Wars with Thor and was about to clear the "Moon God Sky Control" level when Lu Yan dragged him out, causing him to fail.

Suppressing his anger, Siren said irritably,

"What's there to regret? Every time you've gotten drunk and made a scene over the years, haven't you clung to Fuxu to sleep? You never do that with Qi Yanshen."

Lu Yan froze. He didn't always remember what he did when drunk, but piecing together scattered memories, it seemed he never hugged Qi Yanshen—only Jian Fuxu...

Thinking about it... "Do I... actually like Jian Fuxu?"

Siren was speechless. "You really never noticed anything off?"

"But, but we're both alphas!"

"What does that matter? The Marshal and the Headmaster are both omegas."

Lu Yan: ...Why does that sound so familiar?

Unable to argue, Lu Yan chose to keep quiet and waited for Jian Fuxu and his father to finish talking.

About half an hour later, the lab door finally opened. Lu Yan immediately stood up to ask what happened.

"How did it go? What did my dad say to you?"

Jian Fuxu pulled Lu Yan inside and said calmly, "Your father agreed to us being together. He'll also explain the situation to my parents. He said he won't interfere if we divorce within the first two years, but if we divorce after two years, he'll break your legs."

Lu Yan: "…………" That's my dad for you.

"Also, Lu Yan, come here."

"Huh?"

Lu Yan obediently moved closer. After all, Jian Fuxu wouldn't hurt him.

"What the hell! What are you doing?!"

Jian Fuxu hugged Lu Yan from behind, just as Lu Yan had done to him the day before.

Lu Yan only felt his whole body grow hot, struggling to breathe, an indescribable discomfort all over...

More than anger, Lu Yan's first thought was—so this is how uncomfortable it feels... how much pain must Jian Fuxu have endured...

After the lengthy temporary marking was over, Lu Yan was in such discomfort he left marks on Jian Fuxu's arm from gripping it.

"This is my mark. And, I've agreed to marry you."

"Don't be unhappy."

Jian Fuxu didn't know if he liked Lu Yan,

but he knew he didn't want Lu Yan to be unhappy, and he didn't like a life without Lu Yan.

Lu Yan also didn't know if he liked Jian Fuxu,

but he knew he had once liked that beautiful little "omega" and didn't want him to be alone.