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“Isn’t this Lin Xingze? What a coincidence.”

The speaker was a tall and burly alpha with naturally curly hair.

I was trying hard to recognize him when the curly-haired man leaned towards me.

“What? Don’t recognize me?”

His flippant tone immediately brought back unpleasant memories.

He was my high school classmate.

Before I turned fifteen, I lived with my father in a small fishing village far from the bustling city.

Later, my father was framed, fell into huge debt, and became ill.

With no way out, my father entrusted me to Lin Dong.

Shortly after, my father passed away, and Lin Dong took me back to the Lin family, enrolling me in the same prestigious academy as Lin Yueyuan.

Lin Yueyuan didn’t want anyone to know he had a beta twin brother, so he spread rumors at school that I was an illegitimate child raised by a mistress.

Some rich kids, either to vent for Lin Yueyuan or out of boredom, took pride in bullying me.

This trio was one of them.

I sneered, “Don’t recognize you. Good dogs don’t block the way.”

I was about to bypass them when the curly-haired man grabbed my arm.

“Let me help you remember.”

He pulled me in front of him, roughly lifting my chin with one hand.

“Tsk tsk…” The curly-haired man said sleazily, “Such a pretty face, too bad you’re a beta.”

An alpha beside him mocked, “Betas are better, no fear of pregnancy.”

Damn you! Play with your mother!

I decisively pulled out a pepper spray from my suit jacket and pressed it against his face.

Hiss—

The tear gas mixed with capsaicin sprayed all over his face.

He screamed, clutching his face in pain.

Before attending the banquet, I had anticipated running into some unwanted people.

I couldn’t win against an alpha in strength, but I was always good at using my wits. I carried pepper spray and a stun gun with me.

I ran away, and the curly-haired man roared, “Catch him!”

I zigzagged and unexpectedly ran to the greenhouse.

Every room in the Wei family had access restrictions, requiring facial recognition to enter.

Not knowing if the greenhouse had deleted my information, I decided to take a gamble.

I bent down and faced the recognition screen outside the door.

The screen quickly scanned my face, and an electronic voice sounded, “Recognition successful, please enter.”

The greenhouse door clicked open, and I quickly slipped inside. The electronic door automatically locked behind me.

Those thugs couldn’t get in and cursed angrily outside.

Since I was here, I might as well check out the butterfly fairies.

I looked around and had just taken a step when a hand suddenly covered my mouth from behind.

I was pulled into a warm embrace.

I looked up in surprise and met Wei Heng’s sharply defined handsome face.

What was he doing here?

I was shocked.

Wei Heng raised his index finger to his lips, making a “shh” gesture, and playfully winked at me.

My heart skipped a beat.

At this moment, voices sounded outside the door.

“Young master! Young master, where are you?”

“Young master! It’s your turn to go on stage!”

It was the butler and the servants.

Then I heard the butler say, “Gentlemen, this is a private area. Could you please leave?”

The curly-haired man awkwardly replied, “O-okay… we got lost…”

The footsteps gradually faded away, and I was about to breathe a sigh of relief when the recognition electronic voice sounded again, “Recognition successful, please enter.”

The greenhouse door opened, and the butler and servants were coming in to look for someone!

Wei Heng wrapped his arm around my waist and swiftly darted into a dense cluster of hydrangeas.

He covered my mouth and nose, and I was almost suffocating.

This guy had been awake for more than half a month, and his strength was already so amazing that I couldn’t push him away.

I pinched his hand hard, pointing to my nose to signal him.

Wei Heng, who had been vigilantly watching the distance, looked down at me.

He was stunned for a moment, then quickly understood and moved his hand down, allowing me to breathe through my nose.

Actually, even if he didn’t cover me, I wouldn’t make a sound, but there was no way to explain that to him at this moment.

The butler and servants searched the greenhouse, passing by us several times.

Wei Heng and I were chest to back, his body heat transmitting through the fabric.

I was so nervous that my whole body was tense, and a thin layer of sweat formed on my back.

I was too familiar with Wei Heng’s hands.

Due to long-term weapon training, his palms were relatively rough and had thin calluses.

Over the past three years, I had held his hand countless times to press acupoints and help him loosen his joints.

From initial reluctance to helplessness, and finally acceptance.

Sometimes I would comfort myself, at least Wei Heng was so handsome and wouldn’t bully or trouble me, so I treated him like a big doll.

I gradually got distracted.

The servants found nothing and eventually left.

After the electronic lock automatically locked, I came back to my senses.

Wei Heng was still covering me, and I elbowed him.

Wei Heng finally let go.

“Oh, sorry, that was rude.”

He stepped back from behind me, raising his hands in a gesture similar to surrender.

I panted slightly, loosening my tie to catch my breath.

Wei Heng was a head taller than me, and he bent down to look at me.

“Are you from the Lin family? How did you get in?”

Originally a bit annoyed with him, Wei Heng suddenly hit me with a knowing blow.

I immediately felt guilty.

I avoided his gaze and half-truthfully said, “I don’t know, I tried the recognition, and it let me in. Maybe your system made a mistake?”

I threw the responsibility back at him.

“My family’s security system is comparable to the Ministry of Defense.” Wei Heng pursued, “Have you ever registered your facial information?”

I mumbled, “Maybe it recognized me as Lin Yueyuan…”

Although we had different gender traits, I looked quite similar to Lin Yueyuan, just taller and he was fairer.

Wei Heng’s gaze scanned my face like a scanner, and he seriously said, “No, you don’t look alike.”

He added, “You’re much more pleasing to the eye.”

Smooth talker! Don’t use those tricks to flirt with omegas on me, I thought.

“Really? I have something to do, excuse me.”

Not wanting to continue arguing with him, I made a beeline for the door.

“Wait, you can’t go out yet!”

Wei Heng pulled me back.

I glared at him, and he said matter-of-factly, “They’re looking for me everywhere outside, you can’t go out now.”

I said helplessly, “I won’t tell anyone, I need to go home. General Wei, please let go!”

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