I'll Wait for You

Gui Yue held the Omega in his arms, gently stroking his head to comfort him.

Jiang You didn't say much about the experiment to Gui Yue. He just softly said, "I won't be here for long, about three months, then I'll be picked up and taken home."

Gui Yue said nothing, his arm around Jiang You tightened slightly. He wished he could protect Jiang You thoroughly.

Jiang You took a deep breath. His nose was filled with the warm scent of the Alpha, not the pungent disinfectant smell from his memories. "After returning home, as long as my emotions fluctuate, Jiang You and Jiang Qi will frequently switch. After a period of treatment, the transitions between the two personalities have become stable, and I'm just like a normal person."

Gui Yue remained silent. He reached up and gently squeezed the Omega's neck. "You were always a normal person."

Jiang You neither denied nor affirmed Gui Yue's words.

Gui Yue felt uncomfortable with Jiang You's silent attitude. He found a seat, pulled the Omega down to sit, his dark eyes looking at Jiang You with an unprecedented seriousness. Before he could open his mouth, the Omega proactively leaned in and kissed him.

Gui Yue was stunned. "Jiang Qi."

Jiang Qi grinned, proactively clutching Gui Yue's hand. "Brother Gui, we know what you mean."

"Coming to tell Brother Gui about this now is just so you know what I've been through. I'm not an Omega who was pampered since childhood; I was even stimulated to develop dissociative identity disorder because I was once treated as a test subject."

"Time flies quickly, and those things are almost forgotten. Compared to the past, we should look to the future, shouldn't we?" Jiang Qi saw Gui Yue frown in distress and continued, "Brother Gui, after graduation, Jiang You will go to S University. We want to leave the Jiang family."

Leave the Jiang family?

Gui Yue could guess that Jiang You and Jiang Qi didn't have a happy life in the Jiang family. Moreover, because of his Jiang You's parents' irresponsible attitude, Jiang You had gone through those things, and Gui Yue truly held a strong prejudice.

"Mm. We'll go to S University together." Gui Yue became even more determined to study.

"Aren't you going to ask me why I want to leave the Jiang family?" Jiang Qi smirked, tilting his head to look at Gui Yue.

Gui Yue pursed his lips. Of course, he wanted to know, but he was afraid of touching the Omega's pain.

Jiang Qi, who usually liked to tease Gui Yue, wasn't much affected by talking about the Jiang family's troubles. "It's nothing. I'm more mischievous than Jiang You. Being treated as a tool and neglected enough at home, I had already planned to leave a long time ago."

"Jiang You is different. Jiang You always had expectations for the Jiang family, but not anymore."

Gui Yue was stunned, looking at Jiang Qi with a hint of worry. "What happened?"

A hint of mockery flashed in Jiang Qi's eyes. "Nothing, just found out that my parents, who I rarely saw, both had their own families outside, with children they loved, and only saw him as a qualified heir to the Jiang family."

Suddenly remembering something, Jiang Qi looked at Gui Yue and said, "Speaking of which, Brother Gui, Li Yue Hang looked for Jiang You this morning because of this."

As soon as he heard Li Yue Hang's name, Gui Yue immediately remembered his anger from that morning and asked, "What about Li Yue Hang?"

"He's my half-brother, same mother, different father."

Jiang Qi sneered, "A 'surprise' gift only discovered this year. I didn't expect him to be so close to me. My mother is truly generous."

Gui Yue was also startled. He had initially thought he was a love rival, but he hadn't expected him to be related to Jiang You and Jiang Qi. "So what did that guy call you out for today?"

Hearing this, a complex emotion appeared on Jiang Qi's face. Even Jiang You felt unsure how to put it.

"He said he didn't know he was an illegitimate child."

Gui Yue was dumbfounded.

Jiang Qi sat beside Gui Yue, resting his head on his shoulder. He seemed to feel his eyes sting slightly, so he closed them. "His mother wanted to give him a happy life, so she didn't tell him his identity. He only accidentally found out he was an illegitimate child recently. Before, he always thought his family was happy."

"He said he almost collapsed because everyone in society looks down on illegitimate children, including him. He just found out that he and I have a disgusting blood relationship."

Jiang Qi had long since dismissed these messy affairs. He thought Jiang You had also dismissed them, but hearing Li Yue Hang say these words still left an empty feeling in his heart.

Jiang You looked at the Alpha opposite him with a questioning gaze. After a long monologue, his eyes were red, looking very pitiful.

"So, what does he mean?" Jiang You looked at him coldly.

Li Yue Hang also didn't know why he had sought out Jiang You. He was just instinctively shocked by the news and hastily sought out the "victim" who was more pitiful than himself.

"I don't want you to be deceived." Li Yue Hang opened his mouth, finally speaking very softly.

"Then I thank you." Jiang You's cold voice rang out, making people feel that he didn't care about this at all.

Li Yue Hang looked up at Jiang You's expressionless face as if he had just heard a joke, his eyes bewildered. "Aren't you angry? Now your mother's illegitimate child is standing in front of you. Go ahead and hit me, I won't fight back."

Jiang Qi:【Is this Alpha sick? Daring to pull stunts in front of me.】
Jiang You was also very annoyed. He should have confessed his past to Gui Yue today, but before he could figure out how to say it, an annoying illegitimate child popped up.

"I won't hit you, and you don't need to feel so guilty." Jiang You looked at Li Yue Hang, who was teary-eyed in front of him. "To be precise, it doesn't matter whose son you are to me, so don't bring it up again."

Li Yue Hang looked at Jiang You's cold face, his distressed expression froze, and for a moment, he didn't know what to say.

Recalling this, Jiang Qi felt that Jiang You's decisiveness made him very happy. Although Jiang You still had some unresolved issues with the Jiang family, at least outwardly, he didn't lose face!

At this moment, Gui Yue looked at his lover with such loving eyes, cherishing him as if afraid to break him in his hands or melt him in his mouth. The more he looked, the more pitiful he seemed.

He himself had been sickly since childhood but was nurtured and pampered in the village. Although he later returned to the Gui family, Alphas are thick-skinned and robust, and his parents also cared for him. He wasn't wronged for long before he was taken away.

Compared to that, the Omega, unloved by his parents and having gone through so many hardships, made Gui Yue feel even more heartache.

"They don't care about you two, but I do." Gui Yue said, his eyes red.

Jiang Qi gently touched Gui Yue's face. "No need for that expression. We are very happy now."

Gui Yue took Jiang Qi's hand. The fair, slender hand was a little cold from the winter wind. Gui Yue held his hand and put it into his own coat pocket. He turned his face away, not wanting the Omega to see his reddened eyes anymore.

Jiang Qi noticed this small detail but gave him face, no longer teasing him. He changed the subject, "Let's go eat, I'm hungry."

Gui Yue then remembered that the two of them hadn't had lunch yet.

This place was very remote. It wasn't easy for the two of them to catch a taxi by going back the way they came. They walked for another ten minutes before they found one.

When they got into the car, Jiang Qi handed control of the body over to Jiang You, then fell asleep. He hadn't intended to go out initially, but Jiang You, halfway through explaining, didn't know how to continue, so he had to hand it over.

The two didn't eat nearby but returned to school. It was almost class time, but there were still students lingering in the eateries near the school. Finally, Gui Yue and Jiang You chose a noodle shop for a quick meal.

At the small square table, the two sat opposite each other, their legs unable to stretch out, only able to touch each other's. But for two people deeply in love, it was also a kind of fun.

The bell for class rang. The school, afraid that students would forget the time, deliberately made the bell very loud; the entire alley could hear it.

The two finished eating just in time to enter the school.

With the final exams approaching, Gui Yue couldn't help but feel a little pressure. He had promised the Omega he would get into university. Now, after a month of hard work, he wondered how much his results could improve.

To avoid disappointing the Omega, Gui Yue had practically used up all his previous sleeping time these days. He didn't play basketball, and even at home, he made it clear that studying was the most important thing.

This greatly astonished Gui Yue's parents.

Both of them had already given up on Gui Yue getting into a domestic university. They hadn't expected such a turn of events; Gui Yue seemed to have seen the light.

"Could this be... the power of love?" Gui Yue's father speculated.

Gui Yue's mother, while choosing a tie for work the next day, felt that Gui Yue's father's speculation was correct. "It seems so. That stinky brat even secretly wore your glasses that day. It must have been a success, otherwise, he wouldn't be so cocky."

"Tonight, I'll call Dad and tell him so he can be happy too." Gui Yue's father, thinking of how much effort his son had put into pursuing the Omega, couldn't help but laugh. It had finally succeeded, and he definitely had to show off to everyone around him.

Of course, he also had to mention his significant role in it.

For example, the precious video he had contributed.

Gui Yue's mother, seeing Gui Yue's father's expression, knew what he was about to say. She shot him a sidelong glance and went out first. "I'm going to check on that stinky brat. It's late, he needs to go to bed early."

Gui Yue was still diligently studying, of course, watching videos while studying. According to Gui Yue, it was motivation to strive harder.

After all, when he was tired from studying, he could look up and see his boyfriend's serious face, head bowed, his slender fingers holding a pen, drawing on a book. Those eyes and that posture—Gui Yue secretly inhaled Jiang You's scent to replenish his spirit.

"Gui Yue, it's twelve o'clock. You can study tomorrow. Go get some rest."

Gui Yue's mother didn't open the door but only looked at the light filtering through the crack, knocking on the door from outside.

Gui Yue replied with a sound, then after his mother left, he gently tapped the table. "Jiang You, you go to sleep first. It's late. We'll study tomorrow. No need to wait for me."

Jiang You shook his head. "No need. I'll wait for you."

Gui Yue heard this, looked at the Omega's determined expression, and said nothing more. His speed in doing homework, however, noticeably increased.

Moonlight streamed through the gap in the curtains, blending with the light from the desk lamp. The two teenagers looked at their books, occasionally glancing at each other through the phone screen, then refocusing on their studies.

Before long, the midterm and final exams arrived.