Chapter 39: A Chubby YeYe Still Outshines All!

Chapter 39: Chubby YeYe Still Wants to Outshine Everyone!

Long Rui didn’t hide his arrival on the Lex planet. When the Emperor learned of it, he immediately sent someone to invite him to the palace for a gathering.

Long Rui dismissed the palace attendants with a few words, clearly refusing to show the Emperor any respect.

“That dog emperor has some nerve, still daring to invite me to the palace.”

Back when Bai Ruoshui first arrived on the Lex planet to help deal with the poisonous insects, the Emperor had coveted his beauty and wanted him to enter the palace as a consort. Upon hearing this, Long Rui overturned the banquet on the spot. If not for the many guards holding him back, that dog emperor would have died by his hand that day.

Bai Ruoshui massaged his shoulders. “Calm down.”

“I’m not angry, I just want to hit him. Oh, Yuanzhou, you’re back.” Long Rui’s face bloomed into a smile as he stepped forward to drape an arm over Bai Yuanzhou’s shoulder.

Bai Yuanzhou’s body stiffened, and he forced a smile. “Big brother, don’t joke around. I should be calling you that.”

Long Rui patted his shoulder meaningfully. “Do you know that your good buddy Shen Yu has taken my beloved YeYe away?”

“I know, I know. I even tried to get him back for you. But he wouldn’t give him up, so there’s nothing I can do.” Bai Yuanzhou said, looking pleadingly at Bai Ruoshui—wife, SOS!

Bai Ruoshui stepped forward and took Long Rui’s hand away. “Big brother, don’t bully him.”

“Am I bullying him? Am I?” Long Rui said sarcastically.

“No, no.” Bai Yuanzhou forced a smile. Why did he feel that Long Rui’s cheeky demeanor was so similar to Bai Yeye’s?

Was this some kind of mutual attraction?

“Yuanzhou, go back to the room and rest.” Bai Ruoshui touched his face. Poor baby, he’d been scared half to death.

“Stop right there.” Long Rui wouldn’t let him leave.

Bai Yuanzhou could only stand behind Bai Ruoshui, trembling like a scared ostrich. What did he want? Was he going to stop him from cuddling with his wife again?

“Help me steal YeYe back, and I’ll reward you handsomely.”

“Big brother, don’t make things hard for me. I could steal a small item, but stealing YeYe…” Shen Yu was neither blind nor stupid; he’d notice immediately.

Long Rui said displeasedly, “Isn’t YeYe small enough? He’s already so skinny here!”

“…” Last time, Wu Shao’s eye medicine should have been given to Long Rui too.

“Useless. Forget it. You distract Shen Yu, and I’ll go in and steal him myself.”

Bai Yuanzhou rubbed his nose. “I’d like to distract him, but Shen Yu is too sharp. He won’t leave.”

Long Rui smiled. “Alright, Ruoshui, you go back first. You stay and discuss official business with me.”

Bai Yuanzhou changed his tune. “…But I have another plan!” Sorry, buddy. For the sake of my happiness, I have to sacrifice you. Besides, you and a dog wouldn’t have any happiness anyway.

Long Rui’s plan was the Lex Imperial Palace’s annual Rose Feast, which was essentially a matchmaking banquet.

Any family of a certain status would send their unmarried alphas or omegas to attend, with the goal of forming alliances.

Bai Ruoshui quietly asked Bai Yuanzhou, “General Shen won’t attend this feast, right?”

He’d been married here for so long and had never seen Shen Yu attend any year.

Bai Yuanzhou gave him a reassuring look. “Your man has ways to make him go.”

The next evening, Shen Yu unexpectedly changed into a suit. When he came downstairs, he looked so handsome that Bai Yeye dropped the chicken wing he was eating.

Gu Yuankai led the teasing: “The General looks amazing! Are you going to the Rose Feast?”

Shen Yu grunted gloomily. The old man at home had gone crazy, insisting he attend. If he didn’t, there would be crying, tantrums, and threats to hang himself—what a headache.

Gu Yuankai somehow produced a handkerchief and fake-wiped the tears from his eyes. “I vow to eat a mix of meat and vegetables for three months, praying the General finds a beauty!”

The other soldiers joined in one after another: “With the General showing up, the other alphas might as well go home.”

“General, do you have any omegas in mind? Let us get a sneak peek!”

Bai Yeye held back his drool and caught the key phrase: “What does ‘find a beauty’ mean?”

Shen Yu couldn’t stop the talkative Gu Yuankai: “You don’t know? The Rose Feast is our annual matchmaking banquet! The omegas there are from big families—fair-skinned, beautiful, and elegant. Ah, too bad I’m on duty today, or I’d want to go too.”

Shen Yu kicked him. “Why so much talk? Go on duty.”

Gu Yuankai took it as embarrassment and waved his handkerchief at him. “General, maybe wear less. You’ll get stripped by those omegas anyway.”

“Get lost!”

Gu Yuankai led the other soldiers away in a hurry.

Bai Yeye bit his lower lip, feeling his nose sting.

What was this? He’d said he wasn’t interested in omegas before, and now he was rushing off to a matchmaking banquet.

Jerk! He didn’t want to talk to him anymore! He wanted to go back and cry to his brother, boohoo.

“YeYe!”

Bai Yeye started to run, but Shen Yu quickly blocked him, barely catching him.

“What! Aren’t you going to the matchmaking banquet? Hurry up! Don’t keep those pretty omegas waiting!” Bai Yeye didn’t even realize how sour his tone was.

Shen Yu said helplessly, “Don’t overthink it. It’s not all omegas there; there are alphas too.”

“Oh, so you swing both ways?”

“…” He hadn’t said that.

“Go ahead, it’s none of my business. Go on, go!” Bai Yeye sniffled, telling himself to have some backbone. He couldn’t let little pearls of tears fall while talking—that would be too embarrassing for a dog!

“You don’t want me to go?” Shen Yu tested.

“Haha.” Bai Yeye laughed loudly. “Why would I? I’m all for it.”

“Then I’m off.”

Bai Yeye instantly snapped: “Go! Get lost now!”

Shen Yu smiled. “Don’t be mad. I’m just going through the motions.”

“Oh, sleep with someone and then not take responsibility, huh? Jerk!” Bai Yeye wouldn’t have been this angry even if Shen Yu said he was going on duty.

Shen Yu stroked his bristling fur—it felt nice. “How about you come with me?”

Bai Yeye turned his head away in a huff. “Why would I go with you? To be a third wheel?”

Shen Yu offered him a graceful way out: "They'll have plenty of delicious little snacks there."

"Then I'll reluctantly go take a look."

"Mm-hmm, let's go then."

Bai Yeye struggled, heading in the opposite direction: "Wait, I need to get dressed."

Even if he's a chubby YeYe, he still wants to steal the show!

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