From Yun Xunlan’s perspective, getting closer to Yu Chen was something he had initiated, and it ended up as he wished—even too close, they had gone all the way.
Though this was a small problem that could be ignored.
Yun Xunlan recalled his failed online “attacks” on Yu Chen, which resulted in them being a couple for months while still having to hide his real identity behind his internet alias from Yu Chen. If Yu Chen weren’t his guard, then wanting to get closer to Yu Chen—whether “close” or “inside”—would definitely be extremely difficult.
So it all came down to one sentence: the grass closest to the rabbit hole tastes the best.
But Mu Xingyu was even more devastated: “…So you’re saying you pursued Yu Chen?”
“Yes.” Yun Xunlan said honestly. “He was a bit hard to pursue. I used all the means… oh, methods I could to pursue him.”
Mu Xingyu: “…”
Yu Chen: “…Cough cough.”
Now not only Mu Xingyu, but even Yu Chen couldn’t help coughing twice, because he knew better than anyone that Yun Xunlan initially just wanted to be brothers with him.
Yun Xunlan wasn’t that perverted fish-keeping maniac online who wanted to hook up with him from the start. Rather, it was he himself who misunderstood, thinking Yun Xunlan was interested in him. Yun Xunlan was worried he would run away with no one to tutor him, plus he was excellent at studying, good-looking, had an even better figure… everything about him was good without any flaws, so Yun Xunlan went with the flow and started this perfect romance.
In short, their love was a lucky coincidence under various circumstances, definitely not what the young man claimed—requiring all sorts of means and methods to begin.
But Yu Chen definitely wouldn’t tell these truths in front of Mu Xingyu. He had no good feelings toward Mu Xingyu, and he felt this Imperial Brother who had no blood relation to Yun Xunlan had an inappropriate attitude toward his younger brother.
Call him suspicious or jealous, but Yu Chen just felt this way—Mu Xingyu had improper intentions toward his wife.
Fortunately, his wife sided with him and was even willing to lie for him, making up this “active pursuit” that never happened.
Yu Chen was in an excellent mood, straightening his back and no longer maintaining the bent posture close to the young man.
As Yu Chen moved, Mu Xingyu’s gaze couldn’t help but follow.
He looked at the blue-eyed man clinging to Yun Xunlan’s side, wondering what the hell was good about this bastard Yu Chen? He was about the same age as himself, only a major in rank; though his alpha level was also SSS, he had risen to it later; his appearance was cold and hard, the type who looked like he would abuse his partner, and his reputation wasn’t good either. Supposedly his greatest hobby in life was cursing people, and you couldn’t find a single person in the entire galaxy who hadn’t been cursed by him.
Wasn’t Yun Xunlan supposed to hate… this type of person the most?
Moreover… he was also an alpha.
“…Why would you be with an alpha?” Mu Xingyu’s expression was dejected, his voice low and muffled. “I thought… you liked omegas, since you’re so good to Jian Wenxi.”
Yun Xunlan had already explained his relationship with Jian Wenxi to Mu Xingyu many times and was tired of explaining. Since Mu Xingyu didn’t believe him, there was nothing Yun Xunlan could do. He stepped out of the sexual orientation framework Mu Xingyu had defined and said bluntly: “Imperial Brother, I like Yu Chen. I’m with an alpha only because he happens to be an alpha.”
Although he had known this would be the result, hearing it from someone else’s mouth felt different from hearing Yun Xunlan admit it personally.
The injuries on Mu Xingyu’s body were sustained when he became distracted after hearing from his subordinates that Yun Xunlan had started dating his alpha guard while fighting king insects on the border battlefield.
The injuries were so severe he almost died.
However, as a prince, Mu Xingyu enjoyed the best medical resources. From injury until now, he hadn’t felt much pain throughout the process. Only at this moment, standing in front of Yun Xunlan and hearing the young man say these words, did Mu Xingyu belatedly feel a strange dull pain.
“I understand…”
Mu Xingyu lowered his lashes, his Adam’s apple bobbing, then raised his head again. His green eye and electronic prosthetic eye both stared at Yu Chen as he said word by word, meaningfully: “Even though most alphas are scum, bastards, beasts… who like domestic violence, love cursing people, and being with them won’t bring happiness, but—”
As Yu Chen listened, his eyebrows rose higher and higher.
“Lanlan, as long as you’re happy, nothing is impossible.” At the end, Mu Xingyu changed his tone, his gaze also returning to Yun Xunlan, even his tone becoming much gentler. “Never mind being with one alpha, even if you wanted to be with a group of alphas, that would be fine.”
Yu Chen: “…?”
Yun Xunlan was silent for several seconds: “Imperial Brother, I’m also an alpha.”
Currently, there were no beings other than alphas in this study.
Mu Xingyu said: “I didn’t say all alphas are like this, only a ‘small portion’ are.”
When he said “small portion,” his gaze swept toward Yu Chen again.
“For example, Major Yu Chen—” Mu Xingyu smiled, but it was a smile that didn’t reach his eyes. “Although I heard his temper isn’t very good and he argues with people online every day, I think he shouldn’t be that kind of scum, bastard, beast alpha who likes domestic violence and loves cursing people, right? Otherwise, how could you be with him, Lanlan?”
Yun Xunlan: “This…”
“…Cough cough cough!”
Yu Chen coughed even more severely, but after coughing he also smiled, his ice-blue eyes showing no hint of amusement: “Has the Second Prince never been in love? Are you so curious about my relationship with the Third Prince?”
“Not curious, but he’s my only younger brother.” Mu Xingyu continued smiling and pulled out a chair to sit down. “I have to be cautious and get to know what kind of person his romantic partner is.”
Yu Chen’s smile deepened: “Ah, indeed, after all, Second Prince, you’re also not that kind of scum, bastard, beast alpha who likes domestic violence and loves cursing people. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have had multiple romantic experiences, because no one would want to date such an alpha. And Lanlan and I are each other’s first love, so your caution is appropriate.”
Mu Xingyu gritted his teeth and raised his chin toward Yu Chen: “Yes, please sit. Let’s have a good chat. Standing to talk is too formal, just like when you were Lanlan’s guard before. Oh, I almost forgot, you’re still Lanlan’s guard now.”
Yu Chen waved his hand: “No need to sit. My legs are fine, no injuries, no problems. I can stand.”
Mu Xingyu’s jaw muscles tightened, his smile very stiff: “Fine.”
But just as the word “fine” fell, Yu Chen pulled out a chair and sat down beside Yun Xunlan.
Mu Xingyu immediately dropped his smile: “Didn’t you say your legs were fine?”
“Yes, I can stand, but I don’t want to stand.” Yu Chen moved his palm to cover the back of Yun Xunlan’s hand resting on the table, turning his head to gaze affectionately at the silver-haired young man. “We should sit together and chat, that’s what family does.”
Mu Xingyu completely couldn’t smile anymore, saying expressionlessly: “…Fine.”
But Yun Xunlan couldn’t help but laugh along with Yu Chen.
He could see that Yu Chen was arguing with Mu Xingyu. Although he didn’t know why the two of them found each other disagreeable, wasn’t this how high-level alphas were? When he first saw Yu Chen, he also found the man very disagreeable.
Yun Xunlan turned his hand over, pressing his palm against Yu Chen’s, interlocking their fingers, choosing to unconditionally side with Yu Chen, and said to Mu Xingyu: “Imperial Brother, thank you for caring about me. Yu Chen and I have a very good relationship. You can also rest assured that Yu Chen is not that kind of scum, bastard, beast alpha who likes domestic violence.”
Yu Chen: “?”
What about loving to curse people?
Why wasn’t that added? He doesn’t love cursing people at all!
Unfortunately, the young man didn’t seem to think so.
Fortunately, they were all naturally repelling alphas, and Yun Xunlan could only tolerate Yu Chen, this alpha, staying by his side. So he began tactfully persuading Mu Xingyu to leave: “Imperial Brother, I see you’re quite seriously injured. You came back this time to recover, right? You should rest well. I have Yu Chen taking care of me here, so you don’t need to worry about me.”
Hearing the first half of Yun Xunlan’s words, Mu Xingyu thought the young man was also concerned about him, his green eyes brightening slightly. Only after hearing everything did he understand he was being asked to leave.
Mu Xingyu’s eyes dimmed. He wanted to stay and talk more with Yun Xunlan to improve their relationship, but didn’t know what to say. Moreover, with Yu Chen standing there now, he seemed very redundant, so he could only agree: “…Alright.”
His voice carried a sense of powerlessness, but thinking of something, he quickly perked up: “Oh right, Lanlan, I brought you a gift this time, something you like—Semu Company’s new heavy motorcycle, Comet-S9.”
Semu Company, heavy motorcycle, Comet series… As soon as these keywords came out, Yun Xunlan’s back straightened immediately.
Because in his garage lay a certain unspeakable Comet-S7 that he had originally snatched from Yu Chen.
Yu Chen was equally captured by these keywords related to his past love, turning his gaze to Mu Xingyu: “This model is limited to 500 units galaxy-wide… you managed to get one?”
“Yes.” Mu Xingyu also straightened his back proudly: “Anything Lanlan likes, I’ll get for him no matter what.”
Yun Xunlan suddenly had an ominous premonition.
He felt this topic couldn’t continue, or he didn’t dare think about what might happen. So Yun Xunlan said: “Imperial Brother, actually I’m not interested in heavy motorcycles…”
“Not interested?” Mu Xingyu looked puzzled. “But don’t you have a Comet-S7 in your garage? I asked Ni Chun, and he said you bought it urgently.”
Yun Xunlan rarely had such urgent desire for something. When Mu Xingyu gave him gifts before, Yun Xunlan’s attitude was always indifferent. This time, Mu Xingyu thought he had finally hit the mark and given something Yun Xunlan truly wanted. How could it not be?
Mu Xingyu looked at Yun Xunlan in confusion.
Yu Chen also stared at Yun Xunlan, asking: “Lanlan, you have a Comet-S7?”
The system snickered: “Haha.”
Yun Xunlan: “…”
It’s over!
Yun Xunlan quickly asked his advisor: “Little Ju, what should I do?”
The system pretended it had never laughed, acting like it wasn’t there: “Your system is offline. Please leave a message if you have something to say.”
Yun Xunlan: “………..”
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(advanced chapters available on kofi)
