The Cannon Fodder 'Seme' is the Center of Attention Again (Quick Transmigration) - Chapter 31.2

His other hand had somehow clamped onto Li Qingran’s shoulder. His fingertips were icy, and his grip was surprisingly strong. Li Qingran could even hear his own bones let out a faint creak under the pressure.

The atmosphere in the car had become terrifying and eerie.

888 was terrified by this version of the Protagonist Shou, shivering inside Li Qingran’s mind. 【Has the Protagonist Shou actually gone crazy?!】

In the original text, the Protagonist Shou was clearly a fragile, soft, and sweet-smelling little Omega. Why did he have such a ghostly aura now?

Li Qingran lowered his eyelashes. 【It’s all my fault】

【No, no, no!】

Before Li Qingran could finish his sorrowful self-reflection, 888 hurriedly spoke up.

【What does this have to do with you, Host! I’ve seen how much overtime you’ve worked and how much effort you’ve put in along the way to pull the plot back on track! Now that the plot has collapsed like this, it has nothing to do with us at all. It’s just these main characters going crazy for some reason. Not a single one of them is following their character settings, which is making it impossible for you to leave this world and successfully clock out!】

 

888 grew angrier as it spoke. 【If you ask me, there’s a problem with this world itself. Host, wait for me. I’m going to report this to the Main System right now. I’ve realized it now—our cannon fodder mission here is simply impossible to complete!】

 

In that case, they shouldn’t waste any more time in a world that was heading toward self-destruction. They should just apply to the Main System for an early exit and overtime compensation!

 

888 was a system of action. After checking in with Li Qingran, it charged straight toward the Administrative Bureau.

 

Before leaving, it repeatedly promised Li Qingran that it would definitely fight for more compensatory benefits for him.

 

After all, from 888’s perspective, its host had truly suffered a lot in this world, being tormented by various main characters. Especially during those times when the system was locked in the “small dark room,” it had no idea how much hardship he had endured!

 

The more 888 thought about it, the worse it felt. It decided right then that when applying for compensation, it must help Li Qingran secure a plane-level item to prevent him from encountering crazy main characters in his next mission!

 

【That’s really, thank you.】 Li Qingran was deeply moved.

 

888’s motivation surged even higher. 【Host, don’t be so polite. Given our relationship, I definitely have to consider your personal safety first!】

 

Hearing this, Li Qingran’s eyes actually turned red. 【888, it’s so good to have you.】

 

【Host…】

 

Inside Li Qingran’s mind, as 888 looked at the miniature image of Li Qingran floating before it, it suddenly started leaking electricity for some reason. Even its stable output program began to display garbled code.

 

Dammit! This world really was abnormal!

 

888 forcibly suppressed its fluctuating voltage and stuttered to Li Qingran:

 

【Then, Host, I’ll go back to the Administrative Bureau for a bit. You… wait for my good news!】

 

【Okay.】 Li Qingran replied softly.

 

Sensing his mind suddenly go empty for a moment, Li Qingran felt his brain relax. At the same time, he looked back up at Su Jingyi above him.

 

Before 888 returned, the show had to go on.

 

“Then how are you going to explain this to your family?” Li Qingran spoke slowly.

 

His voice was very light, yet it felt like a heavy hammer smashing ruthlessly against Su Jingyi’s heart.

 

“I…”

 

“Do you think your father will let you be with me? Do you have the ability to resist him now? Don’t tell me you want to hide me away like you did before? Making me wear a mask and a hat whenever I go out, and even in the heat of summer, having to wrap myself in a thick coat?”

 

Su Jingyi was speechless. “Brother…”

 

“I don’t want that kind of life anymore, Jingyi.” Before Su Jingyi could speak further, Li Qingran interrupted him.

 

Inside the car carriage filled with various pheromones, the Alpha looked up at Su Jingyi. His beautiful gray eyes were full of helplessness and pain.

 

“I don’t want to live that kind of life anymore. So, let me go and let yourself go, okay? After this, just be with Mr. Gu properly. I believe he will treat you well.”

 

Gu Shiyu, who had been enjoying the drama: “???”

 

“No, I won’t be with him—”

 

Gu Shiyu instinctively looked at Li Qingran, his black eyes full of anxiety.

 

“How could I treat him well? I only want to treat you well… tsk!”

 

Gu Shiyu wanted to explain to Li Qingran, but the latter simply turned his head away, looking as though he had no desire to communicate with him at all.

 

This was normal.

 

After all, although he and Su Jingyi were not yet engaged, it was a default fact between the two families. Even before he went to the airport to take Li Qingran away, Father Su was still discussing the location and specific time of the engagement with him.

 

But he hadn’t replied, nor did he want to reply at all.

 

At this very moment, Gu Shiyu realized one thing with absolute clarity—he did not want to be engaged to Su Jingyi. Even for the sake of the family business, he didn’t want any further relationship with this Omega who was destined to be bound to him in the eyes of the Su and Gu families, according to that weird voice, and especially in the eyes of Li Qingran.

 

Unless it was the kind of relationship between Li Qingran’s ex and current partners.

 

But this matter certainly couldn’t be fully resolved in a short time. Furthermore, Li Qingran was clearly trying to bind him and Su Jingyi together. To prevent himself and Su Jingyi from tearing at each other until both sides were wounded—which would only benefit the other Alpha and Omega currently eyeing Li Qingran—Gu Shiyu had to brace himself.

 

Caught in a dilemma, Gu Shiyu could only look at Su Jingyi and say, “Tomorrow, we will go together to see Uncle Su and make things clear.”

 

Gu Shiyu’s plan was to first unite with Su Jingyi to put Li Qingran in a place where Jiang Siran and Qi Ziyan couldn’t find him, and then discuss the two of them later.

 

However, Su Jingyi didn’t take the bait at all. “If you want to go, go by yourself! Who wants to go with you?!”

 

After what Li Qingran had said, Su Jingyi had developed PTSD regarding the phrase “together with Gu Shiyu.” He bristled the moment anyone mentioned it.

 

Gu Shiyu: “…If you won’t go, does that mean you still want to be engaged to me?”

 

As the Alpha spoke, he let out a cold laugh and then looked at Li Qingran. “Ah Ran, do you see? It’s not that I want this engagement.”

 

“…” Li Qingran blinked and didn’t speak.

 

On the other hand, Su Jingyi, who was on top of him, bristled even more. “Who wants to be engaged to you! Gu Shiyu! Stop being so disgusting! I said from the beginning that I wouldn’t marry you even if I died!”

 

As he spoke, seemingly afraid that Li Qingran would overthink, he turned back and gently rubbed his forehead against Li Qingran’s. His smile was gentle and sweet.

 

“Don’t worry, Brother, I won’t really die.”

 

“And even if I were to die, I would go with you, so you don’t have to worry about me leaving you.”

 

Li Qingran: “…”

 

Thanks.

 

Could he say that what he had always been worried about was the Omega not leaving him?

 

The drying function installed near the seats had started operating the moment the Alpha pulled the Omega into the car and closed the door.

 

Li Qingran’s hair and body had long since returned to their initial dry state. But even so, he still felt a sense of dampness lingering around him, refusing to dissipate or spread…

 

At a time like this, did he need to say a few more lines so that when the Main System reviewed this plot, it would judge the bug level to be even higher?

 

Li Qingran pursed his lips.

 

However, before he could speak, Gu Shiyu beside him sneered first.

 

“So what you’re saying is, you’d rather die than tell Uncle Su that you’re unwilling to be engaged to me?”

 

“Gu Shiyu!” Su Jingyi hadn’t expected his words to be distorted in such a way.

 

But Gu Shiyu threw up his hands, clearly intending to blacken his name in front of Li Qingran.

 

“Otherwise, why are you afraid to cancel the engagement with me?”

 

“Is it that I don’t want to cancel the engagement with you?! I’m clearly afraid that you—”

 

Su Jingyi didn’t say the rest, but it could be seen from how he instantly tightened his arms around Li Qingran’s neck and his wary gaze toward Gu Shiyu. The reason he was unwilling to go to the Su family with Gu Shiyu was that he was afraid Gu Shiyu would pull more dirty tricks behind his back.

 

After all, tonight it was this Alpha who had gone back on his word and been the first to break their agreement!

 

How could Su Jingyi trust a person with no credibility not to send someone to hide Li Qingran somewhere else while he was busy at the Su house?

 

Gu Shiyu naturally knew that what he did tonight wasn’t very moral, but he didn’t regret it. After all, from the beginning, what he wanted to do was never a moral thing.

 

Gu Shiyu didn’t want to keep entangling with Su Jingyi over the engagement. Having calmed down, his only concern now was whether a third or even fourth contestant would join this battle between one Alpha and one Omega.

 

The most urgent matter was to take Li Qingran away to prevent Qi Ziyan or Jiang Siran from catching up.

 

Especially Jiang Siran…

 

Thinking of this, Gu Shiyu bit his lip and then looked at Su Jingyi.

 

“Fine. Let’s not mention the engagement for now. Let the driver start the car; it’s not good to stay parked by the side of the road.”

 

“Heh.” Su Jingyi let out a cold laugh upon hearing this. “Now you know it’s not good to stay parked by the side of the road?”

 

What were you doing just now!

 

God knows how much Su Jingyi wanted to kill Gu Shiyu directly when he opened the car door and smelled that rich red wine scent lingering around Li Qingran!

 

Inside the car, the lemon fragrance became even more intense under the Omega’s agitated emotions. Gu Shiyu frowned and was about to tell Su Jingyi to calm down, but unexpectedly, before he could speak, Li Qingran proactively stopped the Omega’s hand that was about to swat at him.

 

Within their sight, the Alpha tilted his face up. His gaze was gentle, and his voice carried a clear tone of appeasement.

 

“I think Mr. Gu means that if we continue this standoff, it might lead to a greater conflict.”

 

Su Jingyi blinked a couple of times, teardrops hanging on his eyelashes as if about to fall.

 

Beside him, Gu Shiyu also stared blankly at Li Qingran.

 

Was this really okay?

 

An Alpha was using a gentle tone to soothe an Omega, yet the words coming out were in defense of another Alpha.

 

The gazes of both the Alpha and the Omega became confused, but in the next second, they stopped obsessing over those words.

 

Because Li Qingran spoke again. He smiled, his gaze shifting from Su Jingyi to Gu Shiyu, then from Gu Shiyu back to the rearview mirror. His gray pupils flickered slightly with a hint of wantonness that no one noticed.

 

“However, it looks like the conflict has already arrived.”

 

“BOOM!”

 

Another clap of thunder rang out.

 

In the rearview mirror, two cars were racing toward them one after the other, cutting straight through the curtain of rain. They then stopped one after the other, pinning the black Maybach in the middle, making it unable to move.

 

“Click!”

 

The car doors opened.

 

Under the piercing headlights, Gu Shiyu looked ahead, and Su Jingyi stared behind the car.

 

Though they were looking in different directions, at the same time, a black figure appeared in both of their pupils figures clearly coming for them.