A Fatal Attraction from Lawyer A - Chapter 34

“If I can’t go with you, can I at least drive you there?”

Back in the office, Gu Yuxi placed his documents on his desk and took off his suit jacket, hanging it nearby: “No.” No sooner had he finished speaking than Luo Panzhi hugged him from behind.

His body instantly stiffened as the warm breath brushed past the back of his neck.

“Why? Can’t I even drive you there?” Luo Panzhi felt like he might have caught “Wife-Snuggling Syndrome.” Whenever he saw Gu Yuxi, he just had to hug him. He wrapped his arms around his waist, rested his chin on Gu Yuxi’s shoulder, and turned his face: “Can’t I leave right after I drop you off? Come on, come on~”

He hugged Gu Yuxi and swayed his shoulders.

Luo Panzhi’s movements tickled Gu Yuxi slightly. He suppressed the tingling sensation spreading from the back of his neck, raised his hand, and pushed the head off his shoulder: “I need to work. You should go back to work too. Isn’t today Monday and very busy?”

“You don’t like me anymore.”

Gu Yuxi was immediately helpless.

This guy was truly childish.

Luo Panzhi buried his head in Gu Yuxi’s shoulder and neck, rubbing it forlornly. His voice was muffled: “You’re still mad at me because I turned off your alarm clock, so you push me away and won’t hold me.”

He was rubbed on the scent gland again.

Gu Yuxi’s fingers, which were hanging by his sides, trembled slightly, as if sensing something. His eyes flickered, and his Adam’s apple bobbed: “I’m not mad. Let go first. Can we talk about it tonight?”

So, his uncomfortable feeling when he woke up this morning was not his imagination.

Susceptible period (rut)? Or pseudo-heat?

“Tonight?!” Hearing those two words, Luo Panzhi instantly brightened up. He released Gu Yuxi and immediately stood up obediently, staring at Gu Yuxi with sparkling eyes: “What can we do tonight?”

Gu Yuxi lowered his eyes, adjusted his glasses, and chuckled softly: “Whatever you want to do.”

This one sentence was like a burning flame, beckoning the moth to fly into the fire.

Luo Panzhi’s gaze focused on Gu Yuxi’s lips. The beautiful lip shape made him subconsciously swallow, and his eyes deepened: “Really? Anything I want? Even if it’s not the susceptible period?”

Gu Yuxi’s lips curved slightly. He sat back in his office chair and pulled out the organized documents: “Mhm, it’s up to you.”

The two words, “It’s up to you.”

Young CEO Luo felt that he was already reaching his limit.

Knock, knock, knock—

“Lawyer Gu, your breakfast has arrived. May I come in?”

Xu Wen knocked on the door. Just as his hand was about to drop, the door suddenly opened, and he was met directly with Young CEO Luo’s face. He was surprised for a few seconds.

“Thank you.” Luo Panzhi took the breakfast from Xu Wen’s hand, thanked him, and then closed the door.

Xu Wen: “…” So, why was Young CEO Luo in Lawyer Gu’s office first thing in the morning?

Suspicious, highly suspicious.

Inside the office at this moment.

Gu Yuxi looked at the legal documents for the autopsy results. Since the case was still under investigation, he couldn’t obtain the original copy, but the result was as he expected: the deceased had no external injuries, and the cause of death was exactly as he had speculated—pheromone rejection.

The blood report showed the deceased Beta had undergone a secondary differentiation into an Omega at the time of death.

This meant Song Yinling had lied to him the first time.

The second time, when he obtained the lawyer’s investigative letter from the court and went to see Song Yinling, was the truth.

Evidently, Song Yinling was certain he would come to her, and she also told Mo Wenbin that she would seek his help. However, Gu Yuxi couldn’t understand why Song Yinling would do this—why she would seek his help yet conceal the truth. Was it truly just because she was afraid that after being marked and getting pregnant, the child would have no father?

That explanation was too flimsy.

And what exactly was Mo Wenbin trying to do? Was releasing pheromones toward Song Yinling an attempt to kill him?

“Ah~”

Just as Gu Yuxi was deep in thought, he felt the touch of a spoon on his lips, followed by Luo Panzhi’s “feeding sound.” He looked over with a complex expression, seeing Luo Panzhi holding a bowl and a spoon up to his mouth, clearly intending to feed him.

“Eat it,” Luo Panzhi said earnestly, looking at him.

“I can do it myself.” Gu Yuxi was embarrassed by the man’s overly affectionate behavior. He put down the document and took the bowl.

Luo Panzhi let out a cold laugh: “Hmph, you only eat breakfast properly if I do this, and the congee is already cold!” His arm silently pressed down on the document on the desk, as if the document was his biggest enemy right now.

Gu Yuxi smiled without a word and lowered his head to drink the congee.

Luo Panzhi sat next to Gu Yuxi, supporting his head with one hand on the desk, and watched the man eat breakfast eagerly: “Is it delicious?”

Although he had already eaten, seeing Gu Yuxi eat somehow made him feel hungry again.

“Delicious.” Gu Yuxi glanced at him and held up the spoon: “Want some?”

Luo Panzhi smiled brightly, leaned in, and opened his mouth: “Ah~”

Gu Yuxi immediately put the spoon into his own mouth, eating it clean.

“…” Luo Panzhi’s expectant expression froze. He looked at Gu Yuxi with a sullen look in his eyes.

Gu Yuxi couldn’t help but chuckle.

“How can you tease me, Lawyer Gu?” Luo Panzhi pulled Gu Yuxi’s chair closer, turned it toward himself, wedged his knees between Gu Yuxi’s chair legs, grasped Gu Yuxi’s wrist, and said firmly: “Feed me.”

The posture was somewhat intimate due to the close distance.

“Abusing authority for personal gain?” Gu Yuxi asked with a smile: “Young CEO Luo, is that appropriate?”

“What’s wrong with me, as a husband, using my authority for my wife’s personal gain? This is done openly and honestly.” Luo Panzhi raised his chin, signaling for a bite: “Hurry up, give me a bite.”

“Didn’t you eat already?” Gu Yuxi was helpless and had no choice but to give him some.

“I did, but seeing you makes me hungry again, because you look so delicious.” Luo Panzhi satisfactorily lowered his head and ate from Gu Yuxi’s spoon, letting out an exclamation of delight: “Yummy, yummy~~”

Gu Yuxi’s eyes were full of amusement, but he still couldn’t resist saying: “You are more childish than I imagined.”

Luo Panzhi didn’t mind what Gu Yuxi said; he was enjoying himself: “Childish is fine. Whatever you say is right.”

Gu Yuxi smiled and shook his head. He then placed the empty bowl aside, pulled out the document that Luo Panzhi’s arm was resting on, and turned his chair back toward the desk. His expression became serious: “Stop playing around. The autopsy result is out. Ruixing Hospital should have no further reason to ask the Galaxy Group to provide the BO Sex-Inducer formula.”

The thorniest issue was Song Yinling. She had already changed from a victim’s family member with no proof of being present to a suspected accomplice.

Yet, neither of the two could be found so far.

This counter-suit has become a foregone conclusion. The responsibility does not lie with the Galaxy Group.

Luo Panzhi maintained his posture, resting his head on his hand as he watched Gu Yuxi: “Mhm, even if they had a reason, they wouldn’t be able to make the Galaxy Group hand over the formula. A week ago, BO Sex-Inducer Plus became a State Secret Formula, just like the BO Sex-Inducer.”

It goes without saying that a drug that becomes a State Secret Formula has undergone countless clinical trials and achieved significant results.

“What do you think Ruixing Hospital intends to do by using this incident?” Gu Yuxi looked at Luo Panzhi.

“The Galaxy Group is a major target, and this isn’t the first time something like this has happened. There are many such overt and covert conflicts. It was covert when my dads were in charge, but with me taking over, it’s become overt,” Luo Panzhi said: “But what I’m most worried about is no longer this settled counter-suit.”

“What is it?” Gu Yuxi asked.

“What I’m most worried about is you.” Luo Panzhi reached out and touched the small bruise on Gu Yuxi’s chin. His playful, affectionate tone was gone, and his voice was low: “Since you became my lawyer, you are essentially going to stand in front of me for these cases. If they knew you were my lover, I would be even more afraid.”

He was afraid that more unforeseen things would happen.

His weakness, his vulnerability, was simultaneously his shield.

What kind of situation was this?

“I’ve never been afraid.” Gu Yuxi heard the self-reproach in Luo Panzhi’s tone: “Just like the time Mo Wenbin tried to do something to me, I wasn’t afraid. Because I have never been the kind of person who fears or bows down. I am not afraid this time either.”

“But I am afraid.”

Gu Yuxi paused the hand that was flipping through the documents.

“You don’t know how I felt sitting outside the operating room. I underestimated the depth of my feelings for you. I’ve never liked anyone this much. I once thought I might never fall for anyone in my life, but you—this one incident—made me completely determine that I must be with you.” Luo Panzhi leaned forward, resting his chin on Gu Yuxi’s arm, which was on the desk: “Even if my father disagrees, I have to be with you.”

Gu Yuxi’s peripheral vision rested on Luo Panzhi’s head leaning on his arm. His eyes softened with warmth: “I was afraid too, just once.”

Luo Panzhi looked at Gu Yuxi: “What about?”

“Afraid you’d hate me,” Gu Yuxi recalled: “Afraid you’d think I was a terrible person, chasing after you even though I had a boyfriend. I started being afraid after that time at the bar.”

“I really did hate you for a while,” Luo Panzhi said truthfully.

Gu Yuxi: “…”

“It was the time you made me cry,” Luo Panzhi rubbed against Gu Yuxi’s arm. His eyes drooped, looking pitiful: “I told my brother you were a scumbag, teasing me and then abandoning me. That’s when I conceived the idea of stealing you away and not being a decent person.”

Gu Yuxi felt his arm soften under Luo Panzhi’s rubbing. A tingling sensation travelled from his arm to his heart. His eyes, behind his glasses, showed a hint of confusion. He quickly furrowed his brow, trying to shake off the distracting thoughts.

“I need to look at the documents now. You should go back to your office.” He pulled his arm out from under Luo Panzhi’s head.

He still had very important matters to handle soon. He had to go to both the Procuratorate and the Public Security Bureau. He needed to stop getting distracted.

Seeing that Gu Yuxi was serious about starting work, Luo Panzhi sighed: “Alright, I’ll go back to the office. Baobao, I’ll miss you.”

Gu Yuxi’s ears turned red at the address “Baobao.” He was right next door; why say he would miss him? “Mhm.”

“How can you be so cold!” Luo Panzhi was very dissatisfied with Gu Yuxi’s reaction: “You have to say the same thing to me. Say it quickly, or I won’t leave.”

“Baobao.”

The clear, gentle voice sounded by his ear. Luo Panzhi froze for two seconds, then his lips slowly curved into a smile as bright as the sun: “Uh-huh, what is it?”

“I’ll miss you too,” Gu Yuxi said: “I’ll miss you when you leave the Group. I’ll miss you while driving. I’ll miss you while parking. I’ll miss you all the time.”

Luo Panzhi pursed his lips, trying hard not to smile too exaggeratedly. He lowered his head and cleared his throat, completely satisfied. He then stood up: “That’s more like it. I’m going back then.” He then put on a serious face: “Lawyer Gu, work hard.”

“Husband, work hard,” Gu Yuxi’s lips curved slightly.

Luo Panzhi: “!”

Damn it, my wife has seduced me again! I can’t concentrate on work!

He quickly left.

The office door slowly closed. Gu Yuxi looked at Luo Panzhi’s retreating back, and the thoughts he had been tightly suppressing spilled out. He leaned heavily against the back of the chair, raising his hand to tug at his restrictive collar, casually unbuttoning two buttons.

A thin layer of sweat gathered on his neck, slightly dampening his shirt. Perhaps feeling hot and uncomfortable, his breathing became somewhat erratic.

He tilted his neck back and leaned against the chair, taking a deep breath and closing his eyes, as if trying to calm himself down.

After a moment, a whisper escaped his lips: “… Panpan.”

Separated by a window, Luo Panzhi sat back in his black chair, his legs crossed, gazing at Gu Yuxi through the mirror on the other side. He saw his Lawyer Gu conceal his fingertips beneath the desk, the implicit look in his eyes deepening repeatedly.

This single-sided wall mirror, which he had already reversed, allowed him to clearly see Gu Yuxi’s every move.

This was undoubtedly a massive temptation for him, and it was torturing his willpower. He didn’t know what Gu Yuxi was thinking or what he wanted to do when looking at him like this back then. He only knew that watching Gu Yuxi, separated by just one wall, his own heart was about to leap out of his chest.

But since his Lawyer Gu seemed to still be contemplating how to proceed, he could only take a step back and wait for him to approach.

He possessed unimaginable patience for Gu Yuxi.

A deep, hoarse chuckle sounded in the CEO’s office.

“He sure can hold out.”

Half an hour later, Gu Yuxi tidied his clothes and left the Galaxy Group, driving to the Procuratorate to submit his documents.