Married, but Still Strangers - Chapter 3

Zhuang Yan looked at the darkened mobile phone screen and secretly thought things were bad; this was the distress signal he and Chi Xiaocheng had agreed upon.

He opened the text message, and inside there was indeed an address sent by Chi Xiaocheng, and it happened to be in the very restaurant where Zhuang Yan was currently located.

Fortunately, fortunately…fortunately, he still had time to get there.

“This person is truly strange; they called twice and both times it was the wrong number,” Zhuang Yan tried his best to conceal the anxiety on his face, complaining to Yue Lu as if nothing were wrong.

“Perhaps they were dazed and pressed the wrong button,” Yue Lu’s eyes were currently full of Zhuang Yan, so he naturally noticed the fleeting panic, but since Zhuang Yan did not want to speak of it, he would not ask, so as to avoid leaving a bad impression.

He used a spoon to scoop a spoonful of shrimp and placed it on Zhuang Yan’s plate: “I saw you liked eating this just now; eat more.”

Zhuang Yan was also too lazy to find an excuse to escape from Yue Lu; he directly put down his chopsticks and spoke: “I am going to the washroom; I will be back very soon.”

Yue Lu raised his hand and looked at the suddenly standing Yue Lu (Zhuang Yan), opening his mouth as if he wanted to stay him or ask something, but in the end, he only said one sentence: “Come back early; remember to call me if anything happens.”

Zhuang Yan replied perfunctorily: “I am just going to the toilet; what could possibly happen?”

Yue Lu lowered his eyes: “Mhm, go and return quickly.”

After Zhuang Yan left in a hurry, Yue Lu looked at the empty private room and accidentally bent the spoon in his hand.

By the time he regained his senses, the spoon in his hand had already turned into a “U” shape.

Yue Lu was somewhat annoyed, and at the same time, he felt fortunate that Zhuang Yan was not here.

After all, who would like an Alpha with such unstable emotions? If he bends a spoon today, will he break an Omega’s leg tomorrow?

He quickly called for the waiter; although he knew Zhuang Yan was not at the toilet and would not return for a while, he still had to clean up the “scene.”

The money was paid, the spoon was replaced, and Yue Lu breathed a sigh of relief looking at the back of the waiter leaving the private room.

On the other side, Zhuang Yan followed the information given by Chi Xiaocheng and arrived at the door of a private room; the sound of things being smashed could be heard faintly from inside.

It seemed the situation inside was not very good, though he did not know how many people were inside.

No matter how many there were, he would fight them all the same.

Zhuang Yan took a deep breath and pushed the door open to enter; inside, Chi Xiaocheng was in a standoff with a pot-bellied man with a “Mediterranean” (balding) head.

“Who let you in? Get out!” That man did not recognize the person who entered and shouted at Zhuang Yan.

Originally, the fact that the Alpha someone else sent to him did not obediently submit to him made him annoyed enough; now, another person who looked like an Omega had come to cause trouble.

When Chi Xiaocheng saw the newcomer, he finally could not hold on any longer and fainted; the wounds on his forehead and arm were still gushing blood and had to be treated immediately.

Zhuang Yan was expressionless; he picked up a chair by the door and smashed it toward the balding man’s head.

Then he strode forward to support Chi Xiaocheng, who was about to fall to the ground.

Fortunately, the person had only fainted; he was still alive.

Chi Xiaocheng was originally asked out by a big boss he had been trying to please these past few days, but the boss turned around and gave him to this person.

This person was a Beta who relied on winning the heart of an Omega from a big boss’s family to reach his current status.

Later, the other party’s family fell into decline, and because he was marginalized in the circle due to his status as a Beta, he developed the desire to toy with Alphas.

Alphas who fell into his hands were either dead or disabled; however, he had always sought Alphas from ordinary families and paid the families a large sum of hush money after incidents, so these rotten matters had never been exposed.

Chi Xiaocheng had also thought about seeking him out but was truly frightened by this person’s methods, so he changed targets; he did not expect that after going in circles, he would still fall into the hands of this balding man.

“What kind of thing are you? You actually dare to hit me!”

The quality of the hotel’s chairs was not bad; although the chair did not break with such a smash, the balding man’s head was almost split open.

Zhuang Yan had no intention of entangling with this person; Chi Xiaocheng looked seriously injured and had to be sent to the hospital immediately for treatment. Therefore, he ignored the balding man’s rage, supported Chi Xiaocheng, and prepared to go out.

“You hit me and still want to take the person away? How can there be such a good thing in this world?” The balding man clutched his head and blocked the way in front of Zhuang Yan.

“Then what do you want?” Zhuang Yan said with a dark face, thinking about whether he should first beat the man until he couldn’t move before running away, or something else.

“I want both of your lives!” The balding man gritted his teeth.

For so many years, who had not been carefully trying to please him? These two things actually dared to hit him!

He would not let these two people off easily.

Thinking this, the balding man grabbed his phone from the table to call people over.

Zhuang Yan was not stupid; how could he really wait for him to call people and obediently take a beating? He brandished the chair and smashed it onto the balding man again, simultaneously smashing the phone into pieces.

“You…”

“You what? I am a law-abiding citizen; now move aside and let us go, and I can act as if nothing happened.”

If today’s matter blew up, it would not be good for them; after all, Chi Xiaocheng did indeed seek out a boss. Regardless of whether he was sent out as a favor by the previous boss, this was a fact.

Although Chi Xiaocheng was in the entertainment industry, he was not very famous; however, if this matter were exposed, he would not be able to work in the future.

“You want to act as if nothing happened, so you think nothing happened?”

The balding man was not a character who would suffer in silence; he would certainly get back today’s matter from Chi Xiaocheng’s body multiple times over.

And then there was this Omega who just entered; although he was an Omega, he looked much more spirited than those Alphas. Speaking of which, he had not played with an Omega in a long time.

“Otherwise? A famous big director using ‘hidden rules’ on an industry newcomer? This isn’t the first time you’ve done this, right? Tell me, if there is one person unwilling to suffer this loss, will the others who suffered also stand up?” Zhuang Yan threatened.

“Heh!” The balding man was very disdainful of this. “Who do you think you all are? Still wanting to fight me wait another few hundred years.”

While the three were at a standoff, a large group of black-clad bodyguards rushed in.

“Do you really think I was completely unprepared?” The balding man raised his hand and shook the electronic watch on his wrist. Other rich people wore either Rolex or Patek Philippe, but a person wearing an electronic watch was the first one Zhuang Yan had encountered.

No wonder it is said that villains die because they talk too much; Zhuang Yan had too much talk—just now he should have directly carried the chair and rushed out with Chi Xiaocheng.

Now, wanting to leave would definitely not be so easy.

“I heard that Wang Mongmong was your lover; then I will grant you the same death as him, making you a pair of ill-fated lovers in the underworld how about that?” The balding man sat on a chair that a black-clad bodyguard had just brought over; this chair was likely the most intact chair in the entire private room.

It was truly difficult for these bodyguards to still pick out a chair that could be sat upon.

“As for you…” The balding man pointed at Zhuang Yan, “You look much stronger than those Alphas. Do you think anyone will notice if I keep you here?”

“You can try. To remind you, I did not come alone.” Currently, a clean retreat was not very likely; if he brought up Yue Lu’s name, he wondered if he could scare this person away.

He was just utilizing Yue Lu’s name for a bit of “the fox borrowing the tiger’s majesty”; Yue Lu should not be so petty as to mind, right?

“Yo-ho? Who did you come with? Call him over; let the three of us play together.” The balding man clearly did not take the person Zhuang Yan mentioned seriously.

A pretty little Omega with no power or influence must have come out to eat with another pretty little Omega.

“If you insist on keeping me, my husband will be angry,” Zhuang Yan gave a “kind” reminder.

Seeing the balding man like this, Zhuang Yan knew he would not let the bodyguards act yet; in that case, leaving him in suspense now and slapping his face later wouldn’t that be more interesting?

One really cannot blame the villain for talking too much; it is not easy to be able to show off once how could one just give the other party a quick end?

“You are entangled with this Alpha, yet you are married to another Alpha?” The balding man seemed even more interested. “Quickly call that ‘Green Cuckold’ husband of yours over; the four of us together will definitely be very interesting.” The balding man was so happy he could not straighten his back.

“Do you really want him to come play with you so much?” Zhuang Yan’s words were meant to provoke the balding man; as long as Yue Lu came up later, regardless of whether he intended to help Zhuang Yan or not, he would have to deal with this balding man who spoke disrespectfully to him.

“What are you dilly-dallying for? Do you think I don’t dare?” When the balding man got angry, the few strands of hair he had carefully combed over the bald spot directly flew up, floating and drifting back onto his reflective scalp.

Fortunately, during the day, Zhuang Yan had added Yue Lu on WeChat; otherwise, it would have been awkward at this moment.

He clicked on the profile picture of that ugly doll pinned at the top and made a voice call to Yue Lu.

“Husband, I ran into a friend in private room 2633; he said he wants to call you over to play together—come over for a bit.” Zhuang Yan’s voice carried a bit of a coquettish tone; Yue Lu should be able to hear that he was different from just now, right?

Yue Lu on the other end of the phone had no movement for a long time; Zhuang Yan thought he had accidentally touched the mute or hung up, but he found he had not.

Was he frightened by the sudden “Husband”? Or was he disgusted by the pinched voice?

Indeed, this progress was a bit too fast.

“Husband? Are you listening?” Zhuang Yan called again, thinking to himself: Big brother, don’t let me down; I’m only taking advantage of you this one time, and I can let you take more advantage of me later, okay?

Yue Lu took a deep breath and replied: “2633, right? I am coming over immediately.”

Before the call could be hung up, the sound of heavy objects and plates falling on the floor together could be heard from Yue Lu’s side.

Did he run into an enemy seeking revenge on his side?

“Little thing, seeing as you are so obedient, I can play with you alone when we go back.” In the balding man’s eyes, this was a “mercy.”

“Then I thank you.” Zhuang Yan rolled his eyes and quickly took available things nearby to stop Chi Xiaocheng’s bleeding.

Chi Xiaocheng’s body was very hot; he must have been drugged.

But because of excessive blood loss and physical weakness, he had fainted directly.

Fortunately, he had fainted; otherwise, pheromone leakage would also be quite difficult to handle.

“Truly a polite little thing.” Perhaps because he was old, the balding man could not hear the sarcasm in Zhuang Yan’s tone.

“Zhuang Yan!” When Yue Lu pushed the door and rushed in, the balding man was sitting at the door, and the door of this private room opened inward; thus, this door accurately smashed into the balding man.

Furthermore, because Yue Lu was too anxious and the force of pushing the door was too great, the balding man along with the chair were all knocked to the ground.

Even Zhuang Yan, who had just barely finished bandaging Chi Xiaocheng’s wounds, sighed in his heart: “This strength is truly great.”

What Zhuang Yan did not know was how excited Yue Lu was when he heard that word “Husband.”

Although it was a matter of convenience, Zhuang Yan had truly and clearly called him that.

Had Zhuang Yan called someone else that before?

It didn’t matter even if he had; from now on, the only person by Zhuang Yan’s side would be him.

“Husband, you finally came.” Zhuang Yan ignored the balding man and his black-clad bodyguards and affectionately took hold of Yue Lu’s arm.

“Are you all dead? Hurry and help me up!” The balding man struggled frantically behind the door.

“He was the one who said he wanted all of us to ‘play’ with him.” Zhuang Yan pointed at the balding man who was being lifted out by a group of bodyguards, and then stood on tiptoe to whisper into Yue Lu’s ear, “I’m sorry, I will explain to you after we leave.”

After Zhuang Yan finished speaking, Yue Lu still maintained a tilted body posture, as if he had crashed.

How come no one ever mentioned that this heir of the Yue family is a bit slow to react!

It’s okay; as long as he isn’t slow in other aspects.

Even being slow is fine; after all, it is Zhuang Yan who is asking for a favor, so he can accommodate he can be fully automatic.

“What kind of thing… Young Master Yue?” The balding man’s words took a turn; the tone of the first four words and the last three words was obviously different. “Why have you come here?”

Yue Lu regained his senses and patted Zhuang Yan’s hand to signal him to be at ease, then surveyed this private room: a table of dishes that looked mostly untouched, a man unconscious sitting on a chair with half a leg missing, a balding man, and a group of bodyguards.

“I heard you called me here to play.” Yue Lu originally wanted to find a place to sit, but looking at this, the only place he could sit was likely that table.

It wasn’t a difficult thing for him to sit on the table, but it would lose quite a bit of deterrence.

Thinking of this, he decided to just stay standing.

“I wouldn’t dare, I wouldn’t dare. Next time, I will definitely set a banquet specifically to entertain Young Master Yue.” Seeing that the newcomer was not someone he could afford to offend, the balding man’s legs could stand up, his waist could bend, and his tone became fawning.

“No need. I think today is not bad. Next time? Do you think you’re worthy of me coming specifically to see you next time?” For this kind of trash to dare make things difficult for his “baby”? Do they really think they’re something special?

“This…” The balding man rubbed his hands nervously; fortunately, the group of bodyguards behind were wearing sunglasses, otherwise, one would definitely be able to see the word “awkward” in their eyes.

“It is late. Since you weren’t sincere about calling me to ‘play,’ then I will take my wife and leave this place.” Yue Lu specifically emphasized the word “play.”

The balding man usually acted like a tyrant in front of a few small actors; where had he ever encountered such a big figure? By now, his legs were already trembling; the only thing to be thankful for was that he did not suffer from incontinence.

He had also heard that this Young Master Yue was married, but the balding man’s status was not worthy of being invited to Yue Lu’s wedding, so he did not know that Zhuang Yan was Yue Lu’s marriage partner.

Back then, the matter of the missing groom at the wedding had spread like wildfire in private; they all said it was because Young Master Yue was dissatisfied with the marriage partner, so he fled the wedding. Now looking at it, the young couple’s relationship was very good.

But then again, with such a beautiful little Omega, even if one were dissatisfied, a few days of passion would make one satisfied.

“I hope our next meeting is at a negotiation table, rather than in some strange places like now.” Yue Lu warned.

“Yes, yes, yes. President Yue, you are a great man with a large heart; don’t bother with small figures like us over these things. Next time… no, I guarantee there will be no next time.” The balding man nodded and bowed.

Yue Lu lowered his eyes and signaled for Zhuang Yan and Chi Xiaocheng to leave first, while he gave the balding man a warning glare before leaving the private room. He didn’t say a word and just strode away from there.

The bill for the other private room was settled. Yue Lu helped Zhuang Yan support Chi Xiaocheng downstairs; the driver had long been waiting in the car below. After the three of them got in the car, they headed straight for the nearest hospital.

“Thank you for just now.” Although the light in the car was dim, the two were very close, so they could see the expressions on each other’s faces.

“It’s nothing, just a small favor.” Yue Lu’s hand moved from the seat to his leg, then into a fist, then opened and placed flat on his knee.

His body sat upright and his expression was serious; he sat even more properly than a primary school student focusing on class.

Being this close to Zhuang Yan, Yue Lu was still a bit nervous.

Did Zhuang Yan like this car? Did he like the decorations in the car? Did he like the smell of the perfume in the car? Did he like the smell of his pheromones?

“I thought you would ask me why I ran into someone else’s private room and why I had to bring this Alpha out.” Zhuang Yan spoke, interrupting Yue Lu’s wild thoughts.

According to the psychology Zhuang Yan had studied before, when the other party does not ask, there are generally two reasons: one, they don’t care; two, they are waiting for you to say it yourself.

Regardless of which situation Yue Lu was in, Zhuang Yan decided to be a bit honest; after all, many misunderstandings arise because people don’t speak.

“I will not excessively pry into your private affairs.” Yue Lu said magnanimously, yet his eyes quietly peeked at Zhuang Yan’s arm which was pressed close against that Alpha.

Just now, after that balding man obediently gave way, Zhuang Yan stopped holding onto him.

Why did he feel a bit unhappy?

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