Almost Discovered

Gu Bai Qing was not someone who enjoyed ruining others' happiness, nor was he prone to jealousy. However, he truly had no faith in romantic relationships.

If two people broke up, Gui Yue would simply leave, carefree, but the one left behind would forever remain so.

Moreover, the extent of Jiang You's danger was still unclear. If the two of them had a falling out and broke up, no one knew what Jiang You might do to Gui Yue.

In the past, he and Jiang He hadn't endured too much hardship, but compared to ordinary people, the differences were stark.

Both were Alphas, yet their pheromones smelled like Omegas. When they went abroad for treatment, they were told they could only wait for self-recovery; excessive medical intervention would only cause irreversible damage to their bodies.

Jiang He still used his Alpha identity, but due to past events, he was gloomy every day and rarely interacted with outsiders.

Gu Bai Qing appeared open-minded but in reality concealed his gender, integrating into society as an Omega, enduring heavy mental pressure. One could even say he was more affected than Jiang He.

"Brother Gui, if Jiang He and I had partners who wanted to break up, we would never accept it, let alone Jiang You. What he might do, you might never imagine. Can you guarantee that you will love him forever?"

Perhaps because his previous words were too shocking, Gui Yue didn't get angry this time, nor did he rush to explain. He just quietly looked at Gu Bai Qing and Jiang He, his mind replaying the events between him, Jiang You, and Jiang Qi.

In the end, only one image remained.

That day, he opened the rooftop door and saw Jiang You standing by the railing. He wore a white shirt, the gentle breeze rustling his hair and blowing his shirt tails. The Omega heard the sound and turned to look at him.

His amber eyes held a coldness that was nonetheless captivating, as if morning dew had just settled on a blooming flower before falling onto a pebble. In that moment, Gui Yue knew he had fallen for Jiang You.

Thinking back now, when he opened the door and saw the Omega, he was drawn to his back. A sense of loneliness seemed to envelop him, as if no one could ever truly enter his heart.

Regrettably, the Omega brushed past him, his indifferent attitude stimulating the naive heart of the adolescent Gui Yue, causing him to overlook the indelible loneliness that surrounded the Omega.

...

Jiang You was leaning against the headboard, doing homework on his phone, when he received a message from Gui Yue.

The message box popped up over a question. If it were before, Jiang You would definitely have scrolled past it; this was his study time, and nothing else mattered.

Of course, now there was an exception.

jy: [Your little puppy suddenly appeared.jpg]

Jiang You looked at the meme Gui Yue sent, and the corners of his mouth involuntarily curved upwards. It was a Husky puppy poking its head out from under a sofa, looking very cute. Jiang You couldn't help but pull the plush dog on his bed into his arms and knead it.

No wonder Jiang Qi called Gui Yue "super cute" every day; his boyfriend really was a bit adorable and extremely clingy.

But no matter how cute he was, it was already afternoon, and Gui Yue still hadn't submitted his homework for the day. This behavior could not be tolerated.

Jiang You thought as he tapped on a meme. He had originally intended to send three consecutive questions about studying [Have you studied today? Have you done your homework today? Have you gotten a perfect score today?], a meme Jiang You reserved specifically for Gui Yue.

As a result, he accidentally sent:

yq: [I miss you.jpg]

Jiang You was startled and immediately pressed "recall".

But what needed to be seen had already been seen.

Gui Yue immediately replied with a meme: [I miss you too.jpg]

Jiang You's face flushed. He replied to Gui Yue with a punctuation mark.

Gui Yue on the other side was silent for a long time. Just as Jiang You was worrying if his cold attitude had upset Gui Yue, a new message appeared.

jy: [I miss you.]

Jiang You was much more naive than Jiang Qi. Faced with Gui Yue's direct confession, his heart pounded, and he blushed as he mumbled, "I miss you too," but on his phone, he only sent one word: "Oh." At most, he added, "Do your homework well."

Jiang Qi had the most right to speak about the truth of Jiang You's cold exterior but naive interior. According to Jiang Qi, Jiang You was a stubborn person; what he thought and what he did were completely contradictory.

Gui Yue also understood Jiang You well. If Jiang Qi had a bold inner self but pretended to be well-behaved on the outside, then Jiang You was a sweet candy hidden behind a cold shell; beneath the hard exterior was a melting sweetness.

Gui Yue looked at his phone, a smirk playing on his lips. He picked up the pen lying on the table, his eyes fixed on the "punctuation mark" the Omega had sent, staring until his eyes turned red.

Damn it, why did his adorable Omega have to go through such things!

He knew there were many causes of multiple personalities; some were congenital, others due to psychological trauma. How much suffering must a normal person endure to split off another personality to protect themselves?

Gui Yue had watched many videos when researching multiple personalities, but what he imagined was less than a tenth of the truth. Perhaps he would never truly understand Jiang You's feelings when he was brought to the second experimental floor as a child.

It was like facing his two brothers but being unable to comfort them with platitudes. Unless he himself was taken for experiments, transformed from an Alpha into an Omega, then he would have the right to speak; otherwise, it would all be empty words.

Gui Yue gripped the pen tightly in his hand.

He wanted to see Jiang You.

He wanted to see Jiang Qi.

Thinking of this, Gui Yue's head heated up. He suddenly stood up and, taking advantage of the end of class, ran to Gu Bai Qing, saying, "I'm ditching. Take my bag home for me, my homework's in it. Jiang You wants to check it."

Before Gu Bai Qing could react, Gui Yue had already run out.

Outside the door, Teacher Li was holding a cup of water in one hand and the doorframe in the other, smiling as he was about to enter, when he saw a figure dash out from the back door.

"Gui Yue!" Teacher Li was furious; this time, the class's attendance rate was about to hit rock bottom again!

Gu Bai Qing was also helpless, but the corners of his mouth slightly curved. He recalled what Gui Yue had said on the botanical corridor stairs that morning.

Gu Bai Qing knew Gui Yue was a straightforward Alpha, not one for delicate thoughts. When he asked Gui Yue, "Can you guarantee you'll love him forever?", he had already expected Gui Yue to get angry at his skepticism.

But Gu Bai Qing didn't expect Gui Yue to only remain silent for a long time before slowly saying, "I like Jiang You."

He paused for a moment, then emphasized, "Very much."

Gui Yue didn't know how to express his feelings. He pursed his lips, then finally chuckled, "You guys know, before my mom got together with my dad, she used to be a street tough. My dad was threatened by her subordinates many times, afraid he'd hurt her if they broke up."

Hearing this, Gu Bai Qing and Jiang He both frowned. Father Gui breaking up with Mother Gui? Impossible.

"My parents' situation is similar to mine and Jiang You's. If my dad had taken the initiative to break up, he wouldn't just have faced a beating from my mom; her subordinates weren't to be trifled with either. Who could endure constant violent threats like that? My dad didn't break up with my mom because of it, and neither will I."

"No one knows what the outcome will be, but I can say that I don't regret anything I've done."

"Besides, how could I abandon my adorable, intelligent, gentle, and kind Omega?"

Gu Bai Qing couldn't help but laugh at this thought. Sure enough, Brother Gui was still Brother Gui, as straightforward and simple as ever.

As he was musing, Gu Bai Qing met Teacher Li's gaze. He cleared his throat and quickly sat up straight.

Gui Yue sneezed as he was climbing the wall. He quickly gripped the wall, used his arms for leverage, found a spot to push off with his right foot, and jumped down. Fortunately, he didn't run into a disciplinary officer or security guard, otherwise Gui Yue wouldn't have gotten away so easily.

Gui Yue breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at his phone and sent the Omega a message: "I miss you."

To Gui Yue's unexpected cheesiness, the Omega coldly replied with a single word: "Oh."

However, Gui Yue could tell how much Jiang You was struggling internally, because the "The other party is typing..." message on WeChat had appeared repeatedly, only to finally produce a single "Oh."

Calling a taxi on the street, Gui Yue sat in the passenger seat and told the driver to go to the villa area. In the meantime, he chatted with the Omega. After a while, the Omega wondered, "Aren't you in class?"

Gui Yue didn't know how to answer for a moment.

"I am."

"If you're studying, study properly. Don't play on your phone."

"Oh."

"Let's talk after class. Be good."

Sitting in the car, Gui Yue's mind gradually calmed down. The Omega was currently in his heat cycle and couldn't be alone with him, but he didn't want to go back to school now either.

The taxi quickly stopped at the entrance of the villa area. Gui Yue sat on a nearby bench. He didn't continue talking to the Omega, just stared blankly at the villa area.

Jiang You and Jiang Qi had once said that there was a lush Podocarpus tree downstairs at their house, which Jiang Qi used to hide behind when he secretly went out to play.

Gui Yue looked at the villa area; almost every other house had a tree, making it impossible to identify which villa was Jiang You's.

He sighed in disappointment.

Then, suddenly thinking of something, Gui Yue opened his phone and searched for nearby food delivery services.

After some fiddling, Gui Yue asked Jiang You, "What's your house number? I'll order you some food."

Jiang You looked at the message, his amber eyes brightening, a flicker of anticipation in his gaze that he himself didn't realize.

yq: [Hua Yuan District, Gu City, A City, No. 6828, Building 22.]

jy: [Okay.]

Soon, the delivery driver arrived at the villa area. Seeing the driver in uniform call the security guard, who immediately let him in, Gui Yue felt incredibly envious.

yq: