Heard You’re Badmouthing My Wife?
Heard You’re Badmouthing My Wife Chapter 20

Yun Xunlan didn’t think there was anything wrong with Yu Chen wanting to smell his pheromones, nor did he feel it was inappropriate for him to let Yu Chen do so.

After all, both Yu Chen and he were alphas, and they weren’t gay, so if they wanted to smell, then why not? It wouldn’t change anything. Real good brothers could even bathe together openly, so what was the big deal about them smelling each other’s pheromones?

It was just that Yun Xunlan felt a sense of hierarchical pressure towards Yu Chen. He worried that the pheromones released directly from his glands might carry a sense of dominance that would make Yu Chen uncomfortable, so he chose to use the method of liquid diffusion instead.

After he finished piercing his new ear, Yun Xunlan glanced at the bloodstains on his fingertips, nonchalantly wiped them away with a piece of paper, but the light brain wristband on his right wrist was quite concerned: “The light brain has detected localized bleeding on your body. Do you need me to call a doctor to bandage the wound? If there is no response within ten seconds, it will be considered as default. Ten, nine, eight…”

“No need.”

What’s the point of bandaging such a small injury? Yun Xunlan helplessly interrupted the countdown of the light brain, crumpled the paper into a ball in his palm, and turned his gaze to Yu Chen: “Did you smell it? My pheromones.”

He heard Yu Chen’s voice seemed to be even hoarser: “I smelled it.”

Yun Xunlan curiously asked him: “Does it smell like the ice cream flavor of Ailianxia?”

Yu Chen replied: “Not at all.”

The young man let out a long “ah,” sounding a bit surprised: “Not at all?”

Yu Chen stared at those golden eyes and slowly nodded: “Not at all.”

The ice cream that melted on his tongue was cold, and its scent was also cold, but Yun Xunlan’s pheromones were fiery hot.

“Not even a little bit?” The silver-haired alpha was still puzzled. He even leaned slightly towards Yu Chen, inviting the other alpha to smell his pheromones, “Just check again.”

“Yun Xunlan.”

For the first time, Yu Chen called his name completely in front of the young man: “Just give me the paper in your hand; it has your pheromones on it too.”

Yun Xunlan looked down at the crumpled paper in his palm, just about to tell Yu Chen that it was trash he was going to throw away, when he noticed that the vehicle had come to a stop. At the same time, Ni Chun’s voice came through the car’s speaker: “Your Highness, we have arrived.”

But Yu Chen didn’t move. He stayed in place like a lazy employee slacking off, or like a rebellious heretic with ulterior motives, extending his hand towards Yun Xunlan and looking at him directly, calling his name: “Yun Xunlan, give it to me.”

In that moment, the identities of the superior and the subordinate seemed to have switched.

Yu Chen had become the one holding the power.

His tone was commanding, his words filled with authority, and every action could be considered reckless and audacious. Each word was laced with intense aggression, reflecting the hostility a top alpha felt towards a peer during their sensitive period—he was suppressing Yun Xunlan, yet still testing him.

As the prince of the Galactic Empire and a top alpha with immense pressure, Yun Xunlan shouldn’t, didn’t need to, and couldn’t be suppressed by an alpha of a lower rank.

Yun Xunlan should have resisted, should have been furious, should have reprimanded his rudeness and arrogance.

Yet, he did none of that.

But he also didn’t show any submissiveness or compliance in front of Yu Chen.

He simply pressed the door button to open the car door and got out, gently waving his hand to Ni Chun and Luodi, who were waiting outside: “You both can go. Let Yu Chen take me back to the palace.”

“Yes.” Ni Chun and Luodi exchanged a glance with Yu Chen and left as instructed.

Yu Chen silently followed behind Yun Xunlan.

The crumpled paper was still held tightly in the young man’s palm. After walking a few steps, the silver-haired alpha suddenly stopped in front of a cluster of flowers and said: “My blood is very special; anything it touches must be destroyed. So I can’t give you this paper.”

After saying that, the handsome alpha slightly bent down, and his silver hair shimmered like silk in the moonlight as he moved.

Yu Chen saw him pluck a budding lychee rose and present it to him, his golden eyes filled with gentle smiles: “But this is almost identical to my pheromones. Yu Chen, you can use it to confirm.”

This rose was eventually taken back to Yu Chen’s dormitory.

He didn’t turn on the lights; he just opened the window and leaned against the wall, staring at the rose in his hand, ruminating over every conversation he had with Yun Xunlan that night, pondering the hidden meanings within those dialogues, and trying to decipher Yun Xunlan’s intentions when he mentioned it.

However, unlike before, this time, Yu Chen found an answer.

Even though this answer was quite unbelievable.

So absurd that he had dismissed it when he first met Yun Xunlan.

But there is only one truth in this world: when you have eliminated all impossible scenarios, the one that remains, no matter how incredible it may seem, is the truth.

Yu Chen stared at the frail, delicate rose in the center of his palm, slowly rubbing his fingertip over the cold flower stem, as if he were caressing someone’s slender neck.

But he felt that person’s neck should be warm, and if he bit down, he could feel the pulse beating as if struggling.

This thought made the alpha, during his sensitive period, crave to bite down on the gland and mark the person even more than usual.

Yet, in Yu Chen’s bedroom, there was only a rose that couldn’t be marked.

He was afraid that the rose would wither too soon without careful care, so he took his usual drinking cup and placed the rose inside. Then he pulled out the alpha bite inhibitor and put it on, followed by injecting himself with a third-generation alpha sensitive period suppressor. Finally, he squatted down by the table, enduring the intense nausea and dizziness caused by the side effects of the suppressor, continuing to stare at the rose in the cup.

“Beep beep—”

The communication alert from the light brain interrupted Yu Chen’s admiration of the rose.

“Speak.” Yu Chen answered the call, his voice low and hoarse, sounding unlike himself, but the impatience in his tone was just right.

Pei Xingtian glanced at the name on his contact list, confirming he hadn’t dialed the wrong number before saying: “What’s wrong with your voice?”

Yu Chen replied: “Sensitive period.”

Pei Xingtian was puzzled: “Your pheromones are out of balance?”

Yu Chen’s sensitive period wasn’t supposed to be recent; why did he suddenly enter it? Or was it that he had been stimulated by something?

But just as he finished asking, Pei Xingtian immediately remembered the special circumstances of that night: “Oh, you saw the SSS mecha and Manuiyin Hest, right?”

“I saw it.” Yu Chen said, “But the SSS mecha was only a projection tonight; I don’t know where the real one is.”

“Great! We didn’t bet wrong; Manuiyin Hest’s birthday gift to Yun Xunlan is the SSS mecha!” Pei Xingtian’s tone was very excited, “What you need to do next is to find a way to win the Third Prince’s favor, gain his trust, and get him to agree to let you activate the SSS mecha. Hmm… I know this is a bit difficult, after all, you alphas like to treat mechas like your wives, and the Third Prince’s is a top-tier 3S wife… So if he really doesn’t agree, we’ll find a way to secretly activate it behind the scenes.”

Yu Chen found Pei Xingtian quite amusing: “A mecha is just a mecha; how can it be a wife?”

Pei Xingtian felt that Yu Chen saying such things was even funnier: “Comet-S7 is still your baby; how can a mecha not be the Third Prince’s wife?”

“Alright, alright, it’s a wife, it’s a wife.” Yu Chen glanced at the rose again, too lazy to argue with Pei Xingtian, “Jian Xingchen is his wife.”

Pei Xingtian: “Jian Xingchen?”

Yu Chen: “The name of Yun Xunlan’s wife.”

Pei Xingtian joked with Yu Chen: “Then the name of his wife is somewhat similar to yours.”

Hearing this, Yu Chen raised an eyebrow, noncommittal, and only asked: “Pei Xingtian, do you remember when Yun Xunlan asked you to reset the heartbeat monitoring system on his light brain wristband?”

Pei Xingtian replied: “Of course I remember.”

“Yun Xunlan said that his heart rate was too fast those two times because he encountered something happy, so you speculated that he might have someone he likes or is in a relationship.” Yu Chen paused, “So does he… have a relationship?”

“Why are you asking this?”

Pei Xingtian was suspicious, repeating what Yu Chen had said: “Didn’t you say you weren’t interested in his emotional status, didn’t care, and that whether he was in a relationship wouldn’t affect our plans?”

“No.” Yu Chen changed his tune, “Now it’s very important; I have to care a bit.”

Pei Xingtian asked him: “What could it affect? He’s not in a relationship with you.”

That might not be the case.

—Yu Chen was now seriously suspecting that Yun Xunlan wanted to date him.

But for now, it was just a suspicion, without solid evidence, so Yu Chen couldn’t say it outright.

“…Don’t ask; it’s a military secret.” He casually made up an excuse to brush it off, “Just tell me the answer.”

Pei Xingtian replied: “As far as I know… no, but he should want to.”

The last sentence Pei Xingtian said with great certainty.

Yu Chen pressed further: “What clues led you to this conclusion? Just because of the fast heart rate? You must have other evidence you haven’t mentioned.”

“Don’t ask; it’s a medical secret.” Pei Xingtian shot back with Yu Chen’s earlier words, “Just listen to my results.”

Yu Chen: “…”

He gritted his teeth: “Fine, we’re both quite capable.”

“Then I’ll hang up; I’m going to sleep with my wife. Since you’re so concerned about the Third Prince’s emotional status now, I’ll let you know when he starts dating. Just wait for the notification.”

After saying that, Pei Xingtian immediately hung up, as if he were an HR rejecting a job applicant, clearly taking revenge for Yu Chen hanging up on him earlier.

“…Damn.”

Yu Chen muttered a curse under his breath, thinking that he didn’t know whether Yun Xunlan had been dating someone before, but he was the one most aware of who Yun Xunlan wanted to date next. Did he really need to wait for an outsider to notify him?

—Yes, Yu Chen had already figured it out. Yun Xunlan had repeatedly found various excuses to meet him alone, and every time they met, he would say some vague things, even shamelessly claiming to appreciate his “oath,” inviting him to smell his pheromones… All these strange behaviors and ambiguous words pointed to one answer:

He had successfully caught Yun Xunlan’s attention, and Yun Xunlan was very interested in him.

Lost Nexus[Translator]

Hi, I’m Lost Nexus or call me Nex! I translate web novels into English so more people can enjoy these amazing stories.

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