A Fatal Attraction from Lawyer A - Chapter 26.1

Luo Panzhi did not know how many red lights he had run; he only knew that he had to be by Gu Yuxi’s side immediately, right now.

Xu Wen, who was fortunate enough to be in the young CEO Luo’s passenger seat, clung tightly to the seatbelt, terrified of being flung out. He looked at the young CEO Luo, who was radiating a hair-trigger hostility and steering the car emotionlessly, and thought, Miss Song is quite likely to be truly miserable.

The employees of Galaxy Group all knew that when their young CEO Luo got angry, it was genuinely terrifying.

The black Maybach arrived at the Galaxy Group Hospital at the fastest possible speed.

Luo Panzhi stopped the car, opened the door, tossed out a curt, “Xu Wen, you park the car,” and sprinted into the hospital.

The nurses at the hospital’s front desk saw their young CEO Luo rushing in urgently and knew what had happened. After all, the serious-faced bodyguards had sternly informed them to immediately and clearly tell the young CEO Luo the location upon his arrival.

The nurse immediately stood up and, without waiting for Luo Panzhi to ask, said, “Lawyer Gu is in Operating Room 2 on the third floor. Doctor Su is already performing resuscitation. He was sent to the hospital in critical condition, having fallen into shock due to excessive nasal bleeding.”

Luo Panzhi nodded at the nurse after hearing her explanation, turned and ran toward the elevator. Seeing that the elevator hadn’t arrived yet, he decisively ran toward the nearby stairs.

His mind was now entirely focused on Gu Yuxi being resuscitated; his heart was constricted with painful blockage.

Outside Operating Room 2, the bodyguards saw their boss stride quickly toward them, his expression extremely grave. They did not know how to explain the situation to Luo Panzhi.

“What happened? Didn’t I tell you to watch him closely!!”

The bodyguards met Luo Panzhi’s gaze, which was like a chilling blade, giving them the sense that he might dismember them on the spot. The powerful genetic oppression belonging to a superior Alpha made them unable to raise their heads.

“Young CEO Luo, it’s our fault. The security door downstairs at the old apartment requires a buzzer to open. We didn’t follow Lawyer Gu upstairs in time, which led to this incident,” Bodyguard 1 said regretfully, lowering his head.

Luo Panzhi looked at the red light glowing above the operating room door, irritably running a hand through his hair: “What was the situation when you went up? Was Song Yingling there?”

The two bodyguards were silent for a moment, not daring to describe the scene they had witnessed.

“Speak!” Luo Panzhi snapped.

Bodyguard 2 took a moment to compose himself before speaking: “When we rushed in, Lawyer Gu had already collapsed on the floor and was in shock. The blood flowing from his nose had almost soaked his white shirt and the patch of floor in front of him. There was no one in Song Yingling’s house. In the room, aside from Lawyer Gu’s pheromones, there was a very strong Alpha pheromone and an Omega pheromone. Moreover, judging by the intensity of the Omega pheromones, they must have been in heat.”

“Doctor Su said it was likely caused by a strong repulsion reaction between Lawyer Gu’s internal Alpha pheromones and the Omega pheromones, which caused blood to flow backward, resulting in nasal hemorrhage. Fortunately, we arrived early and started the rescue quickly, otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.”

—The blood flowing from his nose had almost soaked his white shirt and the patch of floor in front of him.

Luo Panzhi felt a chill run through his body when he heard that sentence, a coldness that surged from his soles upward. A hostility that no one dared to look at stained the depths of his eyes. He dared not imagine how much pain and despair Gu Yuxi must have been in at that moment.

If anything truly disastrous happened to Gu Yuxi, he would regret for the rest of his life having let Gu Yuxi handle this case.

“You said there were other Alpha pheromones? When you went inside, you didn’t see anyone except Lawyer Gu? Did they not go downstairs?” Luo Panzhi seized on the bodyguard’s words—other Alpha pheromones?

Who could it be?

Mo Wenbin?

“We didn’t see them go downstairs. It’s highly likely they were hiding. The police have already been contacted and are currently investigating the scene and collecting the Alpha pheromone scent.”

Just then, the operating room door opened, and Doctor Su, dressed in sterile scrubs, walked out.

Luo Panzhi rushed forward: “How is he?”

“He has lost too much blood and urgently needs a transfusion.”

Luo Panzhi immediately extended his arm: “Then draw my blood.”

Doctor Su’s eyes were filled with difficulty. He looked at Luo Panzhi and shook his head: “The problem is that his situation is very critical. Even blood of a matching type could cause rejection. He is too unique, because he is an Alpha who was injected with a sex-inducer to neutralize his pheromones, and the other pheromone injected into his bloodstream is also an Alpha’s. We can only find that specific Alpha and draw his blood. Otherwise, Lawyer Gu is in great danger.”

“I am that Alpha.” Luo Panzhi nervously grabbed Doctor Su’s hand: “Hurry and draw mine. Just draw it.”

Doctor Su: “… Oh, in that case, that’s good, that’s good.” He quickly instructed a nurse to draw Luo Panzhi’s blood: “Lawyer Gu urgently needs to be transfused 100 ml of blood, but we can’t draw that much at once. We’ll draw 40 ml first, for fear you won’t be able to handle it.”

“It’s fine, just draw it. I’ll just lie down beside him to rest.”

Doctor Su looked at Luo Panzhi, hesitating to speak: “Young CEO Luo, I know you are anxious to save him, but don’t harm yourself like this. Be mindful of your limits.”

“Stop the nonsense. I don’t want him to stay in there for so long. He’ll definitely be scared.” Luo Panzhi stared intensely at the operating room. He didn’t dare to recall the scene the bodyguard had just described: “Hurry and draw it. I have a good physique; I’ll be fine.”

It was only drawing 100 ml of his blood. At most, he would feel dizzy and need to lie down.

But Gu Yuxi was in pain.

He had seen Gu Yuxi look unwell, feverish from excessively high pheromone concentration. Last night, he had vomited so badly just thinking about that scum. This time, being stimulated by the repulsive pheromones must have been even more agonizing.

The thought of it made his heart clench.

“Hurry up and draw it!” Luo Panzhi glared fiercely at Doctor Su.

Doctor Su saw his young CEO Luo’s eyes were red with distress, yet he was still urging him so aggressively. It was implicitly clear how important the Alpha inside was to Luo Panzhi.

And this importance stemmed even more from the very special bond between them.

That is, the presence of the young CEO Luo’s pheromones in Lawyer Gu’s bloodstream, where the young CEO Luo’s pheromones were diluting and lowering Lawyer Gu’s pheromone concentration.

The young CEO Luo’s pheromones were Lawyer Gu’s immune system after his secondary differentiation.

So this was the world’s first case of 100% Alpha-Alpha compatibility that CEO Chu spoke of—a real-life case unfolding right before him.

The red light on the operating room remained lit.

Luo Panzhi had just finished having his blood drawn. Perhaps because the amount was too large, his vision felt a little blurred. Despite feeling slightly unwell, his eyes never left the glowing red light, fearing he would miss the moment the door opened.

He leaned the back of his head against the cool wall, pressing the hemostatic swab on his arm, silently gazing at the operating room door. Quietly, his eyes turned red.

Because of the discomfort.

It was truly difficult to bear.

He had never known that a person could be this important—so important that the moment he heard about the accident, his mind went blank, his entire body turned ice-cold, followed by remorse and self-blame, and now, this lingering fear.

It was also the first time he realized the agony of not being by the side of the person you love when you learn they are in trouble during work hours, where you must all stick to your duties.

Luo Panzhi stared at the glaring white fluorescent light on the hospital ceiling, his jawline tight. His hands, clenched tightly on his knees, gradually turned white at the knuckles from the force.

This feeling of powerlessness could shatter a person’s confidence and pride.

Perhaps the oppressive low-pressure feeling beside him was too strong. Xu Wen looked sideways at his young CEO Luo, surprise surfacing in his eyes, because their favored son of heaven was crying. Tears silently slid from the corners of his eyes; he was crying powerlessly, defeatedly.

Xu Wen suddenly realized that the young CEO Luo was only 24 years old.

“Youpan.”

Just then, a gentle, cultured voice echoed down the corridor.

Luo Panzhi froze for two seconds when he heard the voice, then fiercely turned his head.

He saw the figure of Chu Yiqiao appear in his line of sight at the end of the corridor.

Time seemed to have left no trace on his face; his mature temperament had only become more distinguished with age.

This was the first-generation CEO of Galaxy Group, Professor Chu, the director of the Galaxy Research Institute who had created countless glorious miracles, and the president of the Omega Protection Association—a former Omega CEO once hailed as having the most Alpha subordinates in the world.

Luo Panzhi immediately stood up when he saw who had returned, his eyes completely red: “Father…”

He swayed slightly because he had stood up too quickly.

“What’s the rush? Sit down.” Chu Yiqiao reached out to steady his son’s arm. He looked at Luo Panzhi’s slightly pale face: “What happened? They said at the group headquarters that you came to the hospital.”

Luo Panzhi sat back down, his head bowed, looking distraught: “Gu Yuxi had an accident. He was supposed to meet with the deceased Beta’s Omega partner to discuss the details of the victimization, but he was stimulated by that Omega’s pheromones, which caused severe nasal hemorrhage and shock. He is being resuscitated. He lost too much blood, and I have already given him a blood transfusion.”

Chu Yiqiao’s expression was cool and aloof, the gaze beneath his silver-rimmed glasses deepening slightly. They dare to touch the Galaxy Group, and they even dare to touch my student? Someone was being impatient while he, Chu Yiqiao, was still alive.

He looked down at his son, seeing his despondent look. He walked closer and rubbed his head, coaxing him gently: “It’s alright, Youpan. You did well. Your blood contains your pheromones, and the Omega pheromones that Yuxi is rejecting will be metabolized and diluted quickly. His constitution is special. With you here, he will be fine. You’ve already done very well as his superior.”

Luo Panzhi kept his head down, his hands clasped on his thighs. He stared at the floor, his vision blurred by moisture: “As a superior, I am unqualified. I haven’t handled this matter well even now, and I’ve implicated Gu Yuxi. As someone who likes him, I feel sad that I wasn’t able to protect him in time.”

Chu Yiqiao’s expression subtly froze, his brows slightly furrowed.

“Dad, I like Gu Yuxi. So, seeing him suffer again and again, I feel so sad.” Luo Panzhi buried his head in his hands, his shoulders slumped, his voice muffled and full of a sense of defeat.

Since childhood, nothing had ever frustrated him.

People called him the favored son of heaven, and it was true; he was the favored son of heaven, possessing things many people could only dream of. But Gu Yuxi alone was not a person he could easily possess just because he was the favored son of heaven.

He also had to be like ordinary people, seriously pursuing what he liked to win them over.

So, this sense of defeat was something he tasted with Gu Yuxi.

But the greater pain wasn’t that he couldn’t win him over, but that he hadn’t protected him well. He had verbally claimed to be an arrogant scoundrel who would forcefully seize what he desired, yet how could he bear to hurt him? The person he couldn’t bear to touch was actually injured by others.

The rage felt like it was scorching his heart, liver, spleen, and lungs.

The more this happened, the more he wanted to be with Gu Yuxi, and the more he wanted to protect Gu Yuxi.

“You like Yuxi?”

Luo Panzhi looked up when he heard the question. He looked at his father, his gaze resolute: “Yes, I like him. Even if he is an Alpha, I still like him.”

In the corridor outside the operating room, this resolute statement reverberated in his heart.

His assistant, Xu Wen, looked at his young CEO Luo incredulously, then at CEO Chu. He had already begun to mentally draft a dramatic family plot: How could the heir of the Galaxy Group, who is himself an Alpha, be allowed to be with another Alpha?

Furthermore, it was fundamentally difficult for Alphas to be too close. Without an inhibitor, the feeling of repulsion would be even stronger—this was an irresistible force determined by genetics.

Luo Panzhi saw his father silently watching him, and he felt a knot of anxiety in his heart. It was understandable that Alpha-Alpha relationships were unlikely and came with many uncontrollable variables. For example, what would happen during the onset of the rut (Mating Cycle)? Without an Omega’s comfort, the Alpha could easily lose control.

He might lose control. Gu Yuxi might lose control.

They might both end up hurting each other.

But so what? It wouldn’t be frequent loss of control. If it happened occasionally, he could, at worst, get beaten up and chewed on by Gu Yuxi, and then take him to the hospital for an inhibitor shot. Wouldn’t that be enough?

If it was his turn to experience the rut, he would quietly hide and make sure not to hurt Gu Yuxi. Couldn’t he?

His affection was not solely based on pheromones. If this wasn’t love, then what was?

“I want him. I’ve decided on him.”

Chu Yiqiao met his son’s determined gaze, which held a hint of fear that he might say no. His husband, Luo Qingye, had told him before that their son was in love with an Alpha, but he hadn’t believed it at the time. After all, the genes of Alphas destined them to have a sense of repulsion between them. This occurred even between father and son, let alone with others.

However, if the person he loved was Gu Yuxi, that was a different matter entirely.

Because Gu Yuxi’s constitution was very unique—he was an Alpha who had undergone secondary differentiation, and his pheromone concentration had been diluted using his son Luo Panzhi’s pheromones.

Therefore, in the genetic database, the pheromones of these two had already been paired.

But there was still one major problem: the issue of the rut. For these two, if it was Gu Yuxi’s rut, Luo Panzhi’s pheromones could completely help him through it. But if it was Luo Panzhi’s rut, Gu Yuxi probably couldn’t help him.

After all, the sexual guidance agent neutralization was only specific to Gu Yuxi.

They were attracted to each other because Gu Yuxi’s pheromones contained Luo Panzhi’s. Thus, Luo Panzhi wouldn’t experience strong rejection towards Gu Yuxi’s pheromones and would even feel comfortable—that was also due to the sex-inducer neutralization, and Gu Yuxi had been using his son Luo Panzhi’s pheromones to dilute his own concentration for fourteen years.

Even so, there was still a high possibility that they would hurt each other because of the rut in the future, especially his son.