Forcibly Marked by My Fiancé’s Best Friend - Chapter 9

Chapter 9

Just as the trainees thought the matter was about to be put to rest, Lian Xu spoke.

“The testing continues.”

Lian Xu decided to proceed with instrumental testing after all. However, he did not agree to let He Yu stand on the platform as a calibration tool. Instead, he opted for a more precise pheromone threshold test for everyone via pheromone extraction.

The extraction method required a laboratory process, yielding an accuracy rate of 99.99%. The Star Tower possessed the most elite and authoritative medical team in the Imperial Planet; even if the trainees didn’t trust the precision of the equipment before them, they had to trust the top-tier medical chemical analysis.

As for the results, it would take three days at the earliest.

Lian Xu could afford to wait three days.

“Everyone, line up and proceed to the Medical Center. Pheromones will be drawn according to the roster for threshold testing. Three days from now, I will announce the final results here. If the results do not match the records from when you entered the base, you will be dealt with according to the Star Tower Regulations.”

Star Tower Regulation Article 79: Any officer who conceals their true pheromone threshold or privately tampers with test results shall be stripped of their military commission and barred from all evaluations for ten years.

“Of course, you can choose to confess now, and I will give you an opportunity to atone for your mistakes.”

As for what that “opportunity” was, Lian Xu didn’t say. In any case, it wouldn’t be anything pleasant.

“Since Group Leader Lian is the one announcing the results, does that mean you might turn a blind eye if a problem actually surfaces?” Qu Beijing interjected, thinking himself clever but speaking recklessly.

The others felt their vision go dark, immediately regretting having defended him moments ago.

At this stage, the Group Leader’s decision to use pheromone extraction was clearly offering them a way out. Yet Qu Beijing refused the olive branch, insisting on provoking Lian Xu.

Some began to wonder how someone this stupid had managed to pass the entrance exams in the first place.

Lian Xu hadn’t expected Qu Baijing to be so aggressive: “Then who do you think is suitable to announce the results?”

Qu Baijing lowered his head slightly, putting on the facade of a victim: “You are the chief examiner, so of course you have the final say. I… what I say doesn’t matter anyway.”

The crowd fell silent.

Lian Xu clenched his fists until his knuckles cracked.

If this person weren’t his student—and an Omega—he might have kicked him already.

Everything coming out of his mouth was mindless nonsense.

He suspected Qu Baijing’s head was filled with nothing but romantic fantasies, without a single useful thought.

He Yu was also stunned by Qu Baijing’s rhetoric; being this transcendentally stupid was almost a talent in itself.

Lian Xu suddenly flashed a smile: “How about this? To make the results more convincing, the Commander himself will announce them to everyone. How does that sound?”

The trainees looked up at the smiling Group Leader, feeling that the smile was exceptionally eerie and unsettling.

Yu even took two steps back, maintaining a five-meter distance from Lian Xu. The last time he saw that smile was a year ago.

The night before departing for the battlefield, Yin Zhuo was at a late-night emergency cabinet meeting, leaving Lian Xu alone at his residence. Yu had barged in without a word, only to find the Omega emerging from the bath wrapped in a robe. The robe wasn’t tied securely, revealing a large expanse of snowy-white skin at the chest.

Yu stared blankly, forgetting to look away in time.

“Does it look good?” Lian Xu had asked with a false smile.

Dazed, He Yu instinctively replied, “It looks good.” Immediately after, a biting chill swept past the Alpha.

Lian Xu’s smooth foot struck He Yu’s face. With a loud thump, the Alpha was sent flying into the wall, his jaw dislocated. He spent half a month in a healing pod before recovering.

That was the first time He Yu had been kicked so hard by an Omega that he needed two weeks to recover, making the memory indelible. By the time he snapped back to the present, the trainees were already lining up and heading toward the Medical Center.

He Yu didn’t follow. Instead, he looked at Lian Xu and said, puzzled, “Why go to all this trouble? You’re the chief examiner; you have the final say. Why let yourself be pushed around by a bunch of greenhorns?”

Lian Xu didn’t think the effort was wasted; he wanted the trainees to be completely convinced by the results, leaving no room for complaint.

Specifically, that Omega who was clearly hostile toward him and had a very clear goal: he wanted to make Lian Xu lose face and apologize in public.

Thinking of this, Lian Xu gave He Yu an unreadable look: “That Omega… he’s good-looking, but his IQ is lacking.”

“Hmm?”

Yu turned to look at him, seeing a faint trace of melancholy hidden within those deep amber eyes. When it came to overthinking, perhaps no one surpassed this seemingly cold and steady Military Group Leader.

“I reasonably suspect your IQ isn’t great either,” He Yu said.

Lian Xu smiled: “More so than you, at least.”

At least he wouldn’t fall for a “white lotus” who was low-IQ, incoherent, reckless, and aggressive.

He Yu: “…”

He felt innocent. Sometimes it wasn’t that he wanted to move against the Omega, but rather that Lian Xu was just too tempting to bully—especially that mouth of his.

“Let’s go to the Medical Center.” Yu turned to lead the way, but as soon as he stepped off, he heard Lian Xu’s snide tone.

“What’s the rush? I’ve already notified them; the staff at the Medical Center will handle the testing. Besides, they’ve probably only made it halfway there. Why are you so eager to go? Worried about someone being bullied?”

He Yu felt helpless: “What’s there to worry about with them? Your head is full of nothing but junk all day. Do you even have the awareness of a Military Group Leader? Besides… as the fiancé of the Cabinet Premier, shouldn’t you avoid having such a reaction?”

“What reaction?”

Without thinking, He Yu blurted out: “Being heavily jealous?”

“Is there a connection between the two?” Lian Xu’s smile vanished, visibly stung by the remark.

You thought about it seriously. There was no connection; he didn’t know why he said it—his mouth just didn’t have a filter sometimes. Perhaps he wanted to see the other person bristle, but he realized too late that the comment was inappropriate.

The Cabinet Premier’s fiancé… Tsk, it really was enviable—and annoying.

As for being “heavily jealous,” it didn’t seem likely. Someone as aloof and proud as Lian Xu couldn’t possibly be jealous of an irrelevant Omega.

He licked the corner of his lip and said casually, “Never mind. Let’s go.”

Lian Xu didn’t move. His stubborn streak had been triggered, and he demanded a rational explanation from He Yu.

“Hey Yu, what makes you think I’m jealous? And as the Cabinet Premier’s fiancé, what reaction do you think would be appropriate?”

He Yu thought to himself: Great, I’ve really pissed him off now. Lian Xu was covered in thorns; He Yu didn’t even know where to start to smooth his fur, which only made him more frustrated.

“Alright, don’t be angry. You know I have a big mouth.”

Lian Xu hummed: “If you know what’s wrong with you, then stop barking.”

Damn, I really gave him too much face! You took a few strides to close the distance, swung his arm around Lian Xu’s neck, tucked the other’s head under his armpit, and dragged him toward the chain-link fence in the middle of the training ground.

Before Lian Xu could react, he was hauled stumbling to the center of the field and slammed against the fence. As soon as he turned his head, he saw He Yu pressing in, knee pinning his leg, and was met with a firm, solid kiss.

He had never kissed before; he didn’t know a kiss could be this fierce. The Alpha sucked and bit at his lips, his tongue occasionally prodding against his teeth. Pheromones spilled out uncontrollably, crashing heavily over the Omega’s gland.

Yu kissed violently and without any refined technique, as if he couldn’t wait to devour him. Calling him a dog would be a compliment. A puppy at least knows to wag its tail for its master and lick their wounds; the Alpha before him only knew how to madly maul his lips.

After a moment, the Alpha stopped his aggressive movements and stared at Lian Xu with a look of pure satisfaction.

“Not opening your mouth during a kiss… is that how your fiancé taught you, sister-in-law?”

Lian Xu lifted his eyelids to look at him, his chest heaving slightly as he struggled to recover: “I didn’t dare open it for fear of catching rabies.”

“Is that so?” He Yu rubbed Lian Xu’s wrist. “Then I’ve bitten you so many times; how many doctors have you had to see? How many vaccines have you had to take?”

Lian Xu patted his shoulder: “Don’t worry, I have a strong immune system. Being bitten a few times by a low-level mad dog like you isn’t enough to make me that cautious.”

“That won’t do. Even a low-level mad dog is still a mad dog.”

“Mhm, it’s good that you know what kind of creature you are.”

Lian Xu pushed He Yu away, but just as he tried to run, his wrist was snatched and he was yanked back. His back hit the fence again, the cold, hard metal wire digging into his skin.

The long, fierce kiss nearly robbed him of all breath.

Yu’s arms were like solid iron clamps, locking around his waist and pinning him in place. His other hand, however, rested with a paradoxical tenderness over the Omega’s fragile gland, calloused fingertips rubbing the heated skin with just the right amount of pressure.

“Lian Xu…”

The Alpha’s scorching breath fanned across the Omega’s ear, his low voice laced with a raw, losing-control hoarseness.

“What are you barking for— mmm…”

Yu didn’t expect anything good to come out of his mouth; he just wanted to call his name to pry open a crack to enter. The end of the sentence was stuffed back down his throat as He Yu’s tongue unexpectedly breached the defenses, tangling tightly with his.

Lian Xu’s legs went weak, nearly sliding down the fence. In his blurred consciousness, he felt the pressure on his nape gland suddenly intensify, followed by a surge of dangerously trembling aura.

“Why are you running?”

“Wouldn’t you run if a dog bit you?”

Yu laughed and continued to deepen the invasive kiss.

A moment later… he released the Omega’s red and swollen lips. As he pulled away, a thread of silver stretched between them, glistening momentarily in the sunlight.

“Why so fierce? Can’t you say something nice for once?”

Lian Xu pushed him away, wiping the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand. The corners of his eyes were slightly flushed, and a stray lock of hair had somehow stood up on his head. Glaring at the Alpha, he looked quite formidable: “There’s nothing to say to a mad dog.”

Having tasted something sweet during the kiss, He Yu had quietly calmed himself down. Now in a pleasant mood, he ignored Lian Xu’s prickly words. Instead, he found this feisty attitude somewhat cute and reached out to smooth down that standing lock of hair.

He had never seen it before; it truly was a little wildcat that only fluffed up when truly provoked.

A moment later, He Yu let go of the Omega’s lips and gently rubbed the burning gland at the back of his neck, his Adam’s apple bobbing: “Why can’t Yin Zhuo smell your pheromones?”

“Your memory seems to be failing you,” Lian Xu said.

“Don’t you know whether my memory is good or not?” Yu smiled. “I remember… a year ago, you received orders to join the Rakara operation. The night before you left, in my bed…”

Lian Xu reached up to cover his mouth: “You know better than anyone why I was there.”

Yu narrowed his eyes, a flash of light crossing his pupils that were more beautiful than the aurora. The Alpha remained motionless, staring at his prey like a hungry wolf.

Suddenly, Lian Xu felt a heat against his palm, as if something had quickly flicked across it. He snatched his hand away, only to find his palm wet.

The Alpha who had committed the misdeed showed no remorse, merely licking the corner of his lip with a half-smile.

Lian Xu shot him a look and quickly averted his eyes.

…

“Don’t stay with him…”

He Yu suddenly blurted out the sentence.

Lian Xu’s sleeves tightened in his grip, his heart pounding. The surroundings fell silent as a light breeze brushed his cheek, quietly whisking away a tear that had been lingering in the corner of his eye.

He let out a breath, slowly loosened his grip on his sleeves, and walked straight past He Yu.

“And stay with you instead?”