Transmigrated As A Beautiful Cannon Fodder Omega To Marry An Evil God Alpha In Place of Another - Chapter 31

The air was misty with water vapor, filled with the lingering dance of pheromones.

Bai Rui’s eyes were slightly rimmed with red. Due to the soaking water, the crimson of his lips and the corners of his eyes became increasingly vivid, contrasting sharply against his pale, delicate skin.

For a moment, neither of them spoke. The scent of buttered toast had not yet dissipated, warmly enveloping the two of them.

After asking that question, Bai Rui seemed to realize he shouldn’t have asked.

Even if A-Wu longed for someone, what did it have to do with him? They were merely traveling companions. Could he really expect A-Wu to stay with him for a lifetime?

So… in the end, A-Wu would leave him too.

In this world, as in the last, there was no one truly willing to stay by his side. Loneliness was perhaps the fundamental color of his life. That was just how it was…

How ridiculous of him to ask whom the man craved.

Bai Rui lowered his long lashes. Droplets of water slid down his slightly long sideburns, landing in the wooden tub with a drip-drop, sending out ripples.

Just as he thought it was over, in the next second, a large hand gently stroked the long hair on his forehead.

The hand felt comforting, as if stroking a precious treasure, gentle and lingering, smoothing Bai Rui’s hair.

“Your Highness, of course I crave to follow you.”

“Aside from that, there is no other option.”

The hand was very large, looming over Bai Rui’s head and making his palm-sized face look even more exquisite.

Though the hand was large and the arm powerful, the movement stroking his head was incredibly soft. It felt almost cautious. Across two lifetimes, this was perhaps the first person to ever stroke his hair so tenderly.

Bai Rui’s eyes widened slightly, his wet lashes trembling. Lifting his gaze, he met A-Wu’s narrow eyes head-on.

Those amber eyes, under the firelight, looked like glazed gems, clear and transparent, revealing the shape of the pupils within.

“Your Highness, you are my desire.”

Thump-thump, thump-thump.

Bai Rui suddenly felt his heart racing. He wasn’t like this in the past, but it seemed that after coming to this world, more specifically, after escaping Ice Badger Castle with this tall man, his feelings had undergone a subtle change at some unknown point.

He shouldn’t like men, but he knew how to use his advantages to solve the troubles he faced. Like now, not knowing how to respond, he decided to simply gaze at A-Wu silently with his watery eyes.

Bit by bit, he hid his arms back into the bathwater. Eventually, his white skin retracted until only a faint pink shoulder remained visible.

His fingers gripped the edge of the wooden tub as he slowly sank his body further into the water, his head moving away from A-Wu’s large hand.

With a splash, Bai Rui’s eyes shifted from a level gaze with A-Wu’s narrow eyes to looking up from just above the rim of the tub.

That rounded eye shape carried a natural sense of harmlessness, and the mist on his lashes added to the shimmering liquid beauty of his gaze.

A-Wu’s Adam’s apple rolled involuntarily. He smiled. “Your Highness, in the future, do not compare yourself to irrelevant people. How can he compare to you?”

The latter half of the sentence carried a hint of mockery, immediately drawing a line between who was close and who was distant.

For a moment, Bai Rui had the illusion that the bathwater was boiling, otherwise, why were his ears burning so fiercely?

“Your Highness, have you eaten your fill?”

Bai Rui’s mouth was submerged in the water, so he couldn’t speak. He didn’t know what to say anyway, so he just blinked.

Heavens. He knew clearly that this guy was doing this on purpose, but… why did it feel so pleasant?

The smile at the corners of A-Wu’s lips deepened. “Your Highness, since you’ve eaten, come out and sleep. Don’t we have to go out and find a sales channel tomorrow?”

“Mm.” Bai Rui buried the lower half of his face in the water and blew out a series of bubbles with a gurgle.

A-Wu’s fingers slowly tightened. His long, well-defined hand clenched, seemingly suppressing some overflowing emotion.

A moment later, he propped both hands on the edge of the tub, leaning his body forward and arching down to look at Bai Rui from above.

“Your Highness, the water isn’t hot anymore, is it?”

It was true, he had soaked for too long, and the water had grown a bit cold.

But Bai Rui was stuck between a rock and a hard place. He couldn’t just stand up because he wasn’t wearing anything, standing up would mean being “completely honest” with A-Wu. Bai Rui couldn’t bring himself to show himself like that.

As a modern person, he couldn’t stand the idea of bathing while fully clothed like medieval European nobles, they seemed to forget that “decency” when it came to messy relationships anyway.

They faced off in silence for a moment.

Perhaps because he had been in the cold water for too long, combined with his slight nervous tension, a sudden sharp pain shot through Bai Rui’s leg.

“Sss…”

Bai Rui furrowed his brows, shrinking his body and pressing his hand against his calf underwater. “I… I’ll get out myself. You, you go out first.”

A leg cramp was clearly very painful.

Qi Li looked at the person before him, skin like white jade, smooth and fine texture with clusters of water droplets flowing over it. It was dizzying and made one feel thirsty.

That intense possessiveness caused his well-defined hand to grip the edge of the wooden tub. The result of barely suppressing his emotions was that his voice became deep and husky.

“Is it a cramp?” The man’s magnetic voice rang out, his predatory breath felt at a close distance. “Then I am willing to be of service and carry Your Highness out.”

This time, Bai Rui’s eyes went even wider. He even forgot the pain in his leg, though he couldn’t help frowning again.

He originally wasn’t psychologically prepared to face A-Wu with nothing on. Now A-Wu was saying he would carry him out… wouldn’t that be even more…

While it was true that back in the Ancient Miasma Forest when they were escaping, A-Wu’s clothes had loosened from coughing, exposing his shoulders and his “playing hard to get” reaction when Bai Rui pulled at his clothes suggested A-Wu didn’t mind, even seemed to expect it.

But Bai Rui was different. He wasn’t from this world; he was a reserved and conservative person at heart. Furthermore, he wasn’t sure if he was actually an Omega, nor if that “fake pheromone mask” injected by that wicked king would make him look strange.

In short, this was absolutely not okay.

At this moment, A-Wu’s gaze looking down at him was too dark. In those amber eyes, a surging torrent seemed hidden beneath a thin veil of rational restraint. Being stared at like this made Bai Rui feel at a loss.

“Your Highness, are you going to keep enduring the pain? I’ll just go ahead and be of service.”

If Bai Rui moved his gaze even slightly, he could see the veins on the arms propped against the tub from the corner of his eye. The muscle and bone structure was visible through the skin, the fingers and wrist bones were clear and well-proportioned. His fingers tightened slightly, looking extremely powerful.

There was no doubt he could lift a 1.79-meter adult man directly out of the tub.

Before the words above his head even faded, A-Wu’s body braced itself, seemingly to make room for his arms.

It seemed A-Wu wasn’t joking…

Bai Rui, who had been soaking in the water like a quail, was startled. His ears burned as he quickly sat up straight, the pain of the cramp in his calf returning.

“Sss…”

Bai Rui couldn’t help but let out another soft gasp.

Beneath the rippling water was a porcelain-white body, with hints of cherry-blossom pink flickering through.

The leg cramp was so intense this time that he really couldn’t bear it and almost stood up on the spot. Just as he instinctively leaned up from the water to sit straight and relieve the pain, his nose accidentally brushed against A-Wu’s thin lips.

Instantly, time seemed to stand still.

With a boom, a massive roar seemed to explode in his heart, and a prairie fire blazed in his chest.

Their faces were extremely close, their breath puffed against each other’s cheeks. Added to the fact that Bai Rui was currently in the bathtub without any covering, they were face to face in such an environment, their noses almost touching.

One was leaning over in a protective, commanding stance, his tall silhouette exerting a strong sense of pressure. The other was sitting in the tub, neck tilted back, nose nearly pressed against the other’s.

A cold fragrance and an elegant scent intertwined, exchanging the heat of the person in front of them. They stayed in this position, neither of them moving.

Bai Rui’s heart was drumming. Looking at A-Wu’s high-impact, beautiful features at such close range, his eyelashes trembled involuntarily. He knew he should reach out and push A-Wu away, but his hands completely forgot to move.

After a while, Bai Rui took a deep breath, his arms instinctively blocking his chest beneath the water. “Don’t move recklessly.”

“I… I’m not wearing clothes.”

As soon as the words left his mouth, he couldn’t bear to hear them himself. It sounded like something out of a wild romance novel. He didn’t know what was wrong with his mouth, letting it blurt out without a filter…

Clearly, the person opposite him had less psychological pressure. With a light chuckle, he spoke naturally.

“Mm, I know.”

“But you can’t just keep enduring the pain like this.”

A-Wu lowered his gaze. At this close distance, his long lashes cast shadows, his eyes falling on Bai Rui’s lips. Just looking at them, they seemed soft, red, and incredibly delicious. And this angle and distance were simply too convenient.

The room was quiet. Outside, the rain was still heavy, the pitter-patter making the silence inside feel even more profound. In the small corner behind the screen, a storm of quietly entangling pheromones was brewing.

Water droplets flowed down Bai Rui’s tilted neck. A-Wu maintained his posture and smiled softly. “Your Highness, do you want to come out or not?”

Usually, when Bai Rui showed a cold and detached attitude, refusing extra contact with the outside world, one wouldn’t see such an interesting scene. Right now, Bai Rui’s pale little face was flushed, and the panic in his eyes couldn’t be hidden.

It was too fun. How could there be someone so interesting and so perfectly to his liking in this world?

Bai Rui pursed his lips. “Then… close your eyes.”

The room was filled with the pleasant scent of pheromones, making the atmosphere between them feel as if it were rendered in a soft glow. A-Wu looked at Bai Rui for a long time before finally closing his eyes.