The Top-Tier Alpha Is Lured and Captured by a Green Tea Merman - Chapter 17

The next morning, he was getting dressed and fastening his cuffs.

Xie Yu embraced him from behind, helping him with the buttons while maintaining that posture, and said in a bargaining tone, “Brother, can you please not go today?”

“No,” Pei Yan rejected him immediately. Then, he turned around and naturally kissed the corner of Xie Yu’s mouth to soothe him. “But I will come back quickly.”

Xie Yu loved his brother’s initiative. He rubbed his face against Pei Yan’s affectionately, then looked up expectantly. “Then can you take me with you? I promise to be good.”

Pei Yan looked at him quietly with his pitch-black eyes; the answer went without saying.

“Alright, I won’t go.”

Xie Yu understood. He lowered his head like an abandoned puppy.

Pei Yan sighed and explained to him, “There will definitely be people monitoring from the shadows for this meeting. If you go, it will be disadvantageous for you.”

He paused. “I know this is very unfair to you. If you can’t stand it, you should—”

Knowing what he was about to say, Xie Yu quickly covered his mouth and nodded heavily. “I know. I won’t go.”

However, before Pei Yan left the house, Xie Yu still clung to him and demanded several deep kisses.

After watching Pei Yan leave with lingering reluctance, the smile on Xie Yu’s face instantly vanished.

Not go? That was impossible!

Although Xie Yu’s “change of face” didn’t have any deep meaning—he was simply too lazy to keep up the act—it looked like pure heartbreak to the cleaning ladies nearby.

Watching your own husband go out to date someone else while having to pretend to be magnanimous and unbothered as you see him off… this was truly…

How could Heaven be so cruel to such a pitiful young couple!

Even the butler was moved. He stepped forward and said, “Xiao Yu, don’t blame the Young Master. He is also being forced against his will. I know you are sad, but the Young Master surely doesn’t feel good in his heart either.”

“That’s right, Xiao Yu. The Young Master still has you in his heart. He’s only going to this meeting to deal with appearances; nothing will happen. Don’t worry.”

“Don’t worry, the Young Master will be back soon. Sit down and eat something first.”

“Since the Young Master chose you to stay with him during his heat, his heart is definitely placed on you. Besides, the Young Master isn’t that kind of irresponsible person.”

Several maids also chimed in, hoping he wouldn’t be so sad.

Xie Yu: “…”

His original intention was to slip out quietly while everyone wasn’t paying attention, but now that such a large crowd was surrounding him, there wasn’t a single gap for him to escape.

However, since they had already come up with excuses for him, he decided to play along. He put on a facade of a forced smile and said, “Thank you for your concern, everyone, but I want to go upstairs and rest for a while.”

“Yes, yes, yes, go rest then,” the butler quickly responded. “Just tell us what you want to eat or drink.”

Watching Xie Yu’s lonely back as he went upstairs, the maids wiped away tears one after another.

“Oh, my Xiao Yu is so pitiful. It’s hard on him to be so sensible.”

“Exactly. He doesn’t cry or make a scene, but bottling it all up in his heart isn’t good for his health.”

“What kind of mess is this? A perfectly good couple forced to suffer like this…”

On the other hand, once Xie Yu entered the room, he locked the door, opened the window, and jumped straight down. Meanwhile, Pei Yan, completely unaware of this, arrived at the agreed location.

Gu Xibai hadn’t arrived yet. Pei Yan found a spot by the window to wait quietly—this was, of course, to allow the surveillance personnel hidden in the crowd to see him better.

The manager hurried over and said respectfully, “Commander Pei, you’ve arrived. What would you like to eat? I’ll have someone prepare it immediately.”

Pei Yan glanced at the time. “Not yet. the person I’m waiting for hasn’t arrived.”

The manager smiled. “Alright, you can order anytime once they arrive.”

After waiting for about a few minutes, a panting voice came from nearby. “I’m sorry, Commander Pei, I’m late.”

Pei Yan looked up. It was a cute and well-behaved Omega who gave off a very comfortable feeling. He was dressed in exquisite palace attire that accentuated his soft waist and fair skin. At this moment, because he was late, his almond-shaped eyes were filled with apology.

Is this what an Omega is like?

Pei Yan lowered his eyes. “It’s fine. I haven’t been here long myself.”

Gu Xibai sat down, looking slightly restless.

He and Pei Yan had only met a few times, and all of them were at palace banquets; they had never had any real interaction.

Everything he knew about Pei Yan was learned from others—like how he was a rising star who was invincible on the front lines, eventually rising to become the high-ranking and powerful Commander Pei…

People said he was cold-blooded, ruthless, impartial, and focused only on defending the country with no room for romance.

Furthermore, the memory of that terrifying merman threatening him to find Commander Pei a month ago was still vivid in his mind. Perhaps the two of them had some sort of connection, and if he accidentally offended it…

Thinking of this, Gu Xibai clasped his hands together, sitting on pins and needles.

Pei Yan noticed his nervousness and, knowing he was likely forced to come as well, softened his voice. “Your Highness, there is no need to be afraid. Just treat us as friends having a simple meal.”

Gu Xibai looked up suddenly, his eyes full of gratitude, but…

“Commander Pei, may I ask a presumptuous question? Who was that man who went to the Northern Base to find you?”

Pei Yan was stunned for a moment, looking at him calmly.

“Ah, I didn’t mean to pry into your privacy. I’m just asking, and I promise not to tell anyone else.”

Gu Xibai thought Pei Yan was unhappy and quickly raised his hand to swear with a very sincere attitude.

Fearing that Pei Yan wouldn’t believe him, he proactively revealed, “Commander Pei, to be honest… I already have someone I like.”

Pei Yan, who hadn’t intended to hide anything: “…”

However, he didn’t expect Gu Xibai to be so candid. He immediately said, “We are in a romantic relationship.”

After hearing the answer, Gu Xibai said excitedly, “Then that means you don’t agree to this political marriage either?”

Pei Yan replied calmly, “Naturally. But we still have to go through the motions.”

Understanding what his words implied, Gu Xibai scanned the surroundings, leaned forward slightly, and lowered his voice. “Commander Pei, why don’t we cooperate?”

“Cooperate?”

“We can just keep things as they are. We don’t like each other, but we can’t escape my father’s arrangements. If this time isn’t successful, they will definitely arrange another candidate. I don’t know if I’ll meet another person like Commander Pei, so…”

As if he had considered it for a long time, Gu Xibai poured everything out at once. Towards the end, fearing rejection, his speaking speed slowed down.

Pei Yan arched an eyebrow. “Little Highness, we aren’t exactly familiar, are we? You trust me that much? Aren’t you afraid I’m lying to you?”

Gu Xibai’s face turned pale. “I…”

He really hadn’t considered that much. He just felt it was an opportunity and wanted to seize it.

Pei Yan continued, “And what if the Emperor makes us marry because of this? What do you plan to do? Cover for each other while we play around separately? You’re an Omega; you should know the inherent nature of Alphas. Aren’t you afraid I’ll take the chance to mark you?”

Gu Xibai’s face was now deathly pale. “But don’t you… have a lover?”

Pei Yan chuckled. “Little Highness, have you forgotten that an Alpha can mark more than one Omega? I could completely mark you and make it so you can’t leave me. As for my lover, marking you wouldn’t get in his way.”

After hearing this, Gu Xibai’s entire body was trembling. He had indeed overlooked the terrifying side of human nature and the Alphas who possessed it…

Seeing that he had realized the key issue, Pei Yan dropped the act of scaring him. Just as he was about to comfort him, the floor-to-ceiling window beside them shattered with a bang!

Pei Yan instinctively lunged toward Gu Xibai, but unexpectedly, a figure was even faster. With a head of dazzling red hair, the figure shielded Gu Xibai and swerved away.

The nearby customers were startled and fled screaming.

Although Pei Yan dodged immediately afterward, he was still cut by the flying glass. One wound on his face was quite deep, with the flesh turned out and blood flowing steadily; it looked somewhat gruesome.

He didn’t care about such trifles and quickly pulled out his gun, pointing it at the red-haired man—the intruder.

The red-haired man held Gu Xibai, his eyes staring at Pei Yan like a wild beast, as if he were ready to pounce and bite through his neck at any moment. But in the next second, he suddenly froze.

He seemed to…

…smell the aura belonging to the King on this human.

Gu Xibai quickly broke free from the red-haired man and reached out to stand between the two, smiling at Pei Yan. “Commander Pei, it’s all a misunderstanding. Put the gun down first.”

Pei Yan frowned. He glanced at the man behind Gu Xibai—who had been full of wildness just a moment ago but was now looking completely dazed—and slowly lowered his gun.

Gu Xibai breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, the manager rushed over. Seeing the injury on Pei Yan’s face, he turned pale with fright. “Oh, Commander Pei, are you alright?” He then barked at the waiter standing nearby, “What are you standing there for? Go call for help immediately!”

Pei Yan stopped him at once. “It’s just a minor injury. I’ll handle it myself when I get back.”

The manager’s heart settled slightly, then he heard Gu Xibai bow his head in apology. “I’m sorry. I will compensate for all the losses this time. Please calculate the amount…”

“No, no, no need for Your Highness to pay.”

The manager said “no” three times. There was no way he would take compensation from the Little Prince of the Empire; wouldn’t that be a blatant admission that he was short-sighted and didn’t know how to handle things?

Gu Xibai knew a bit about social graces and said, “Then in the future, if there are needs for palace banquets, I will ask my father to consider your establishment.”

The manager was overjoyed upon hearing this. “Good, good, then I’ll thank Your Highness in advance… This place is no longer suitable. Why don’t I move you to another table?”

“No need, we’ve already finished talking.”

“Then please take care.”

As they stepped out of the restaurant, they saw a cold-looking Xie Yu walking toward them. He cupped Pei Yan’s face, gently wiping the edges of the wound, and asked while suppressing his anger, “Brother, who did this?”

Both Gu Xibai and the red-haired man shuddered.

Crap, why is he here?!

Pei Yan was shocked. “How did you get here?”

Xie Yu didn’t answer. He looked sideways at the two people who were shrinking like turtles, trying their best to lower their presence. His eyes narrowed. “It was you?”

Out of fear, the red-haired man instinctively wanted to kneel, but his entire body was suddenly bound by an invisible force; he couldn’t move an inch.

Gu Xibai forced a smile. “It’s all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding…”

The fear on their faces didn’t look fake. Pei Yan asked hesitantly, “Are you afraid of him?”

Hearing this, Xie Yu’s body stiffened. He immediately turned and hid behind Pei Yan, putting on the act of a weak little flower. “How could that be, Brother? There are two of them; I should be the one afraid of them.”

Gu Xibai: “…”

Red-haired man: “…”

You weren’t like this just a second ago. That look in your eyes made it seem like you wanted to exterminate us both immediately.

Pei Yan said displeasedly, “Didn’t I tell you to stay home and not follow me?”

“Brother, I was worried about you,” Xie Yu said coquettishly. “Look, we’ve only been apart for a little while and you’re already hurt.”