Pei Xingtian didn’t laugh this time; he felt like he was about to crack.

“Impossible.”

After denying what Yu Chen said, Pei Xingtian decided to take back his earlier words—he thought Yu Chen’s brain might have some issues, and the probability of organic brain changes was quite high.

See?

Yu Chen still insisted on his delusion: “I really slept with him; if I’m lying, I’m a dog.”

“Impossible, absolutely impossible.” Pei Xingtian started urging Yu Chen again, “Old Yu, you should hurry to the hospital to check your brain. Active military personnel have to retire if they have psychological or brain issues.”

“Damn.” Yu Chen cursed, “I’m telling you the truth; why don’t you believe me? I slept with him all night, I could even see the red mole on his eyelid clearly.”

“You motherf—.” Pei Xingtian also cursed, “You could see the red mole on his eyelid without sleeping with the Third Prince! Besides, I have evidence that you didn’t sleep together; why don’t you show me the evidence that you did?”

Yun Xunlan wore a special light brain wristband. If he wanted to engage in sexual activity, he had to turn on silent mode; otherwise, if his heart rate exceeded a certain threshold for more than ten minutes, the wristband would sound an alarm.

And last night, their medical team didn’t receive any notifications about the wristband being switched to silent mode. How did Yu Chen and Yun Xunlan sleep? Or was it that Yu Chen couldn’t even last ten minutes?

The top alpha of the Royal Guard, it couldn’t be just ten minutes, right?

…Impossible, right?

Adhering to a rigorous and truth-seeking principle, Pei Xingtian asked, “Yu Chen, are you suffering from premature ejaculation? Just to clarify, I can’t treat that; it’s not my specialty.”

Yu Chen cursed at him: “Are you sick?”

Pei Xingtian was certain: “If you’re not suffering from premature ejaculation, then you definitely didn’t sleep together.”

Yu Chen indeed couldn’t provide evidence that he slept with Yun Xunlan, but Pei Xingtian’s mention of “evidence of not sleeping” puzzled him: “How do you have that kind of evidence?”

Pei Xingtian didn’t explain: “Don’t worry about it; I just have it.”

“I really can’t provide evidence that I slept with him, but Pei Xingtian, I’m seriously telling you.” Yu Chen lowered his voice, extremely serious, “I spent the whole night head to head, foot to foot, lying on the same bed with Yun Xunlan. I just got off his bed ten minutes ago, and I can’t hide this from his attendant, Ni Chun. If you don’t believe me, go ask Ni Chun; he will testify for me.”

Pei Xingtian: “Ah, so that’s the way you ‘slept’…”

Yu Chen: “?”

“What other way could there be to sleep?” Yu Chen thought Pei Xingtian’s mind was too dirty. “I’m still considering whether to accept him; how could I have any other way of sleeping with him before I come to a conclusion?”

Pei Xingtian laughed again: “Then how about for our grand plan, you just give in to the Third Prince?”

Yu Chen said, “Don’t rush me; I’m already considering it. Just wait for my notice.”

“Look at you, so capable.” Pei Xingtian was impressed, “I was just joking; don’t take it seriously. Old Yu, listen to your brother’s advice, you really should take a good look in the mirror. Do you look like a sweet little O? You have neither the Third Prince’s money nor his power, and you’re even more alpha than him. I don’t understand what the Third Prince likes about you.”

However, Yu Chen wouldn’t listen to the advice: “Maybe he doesn’t like O, but likes someone like me?”

Seeing Yu Chen’s once normal brain had turned into a love-struck brain, Pei Xingtian could only give his final advice: “You still think the Third Prince likes you? Fine, but I think you should be a bit more reserved. Don’t give away your virginity; after all, chastity is the best dowry for an alpha. If you give it to the Third Prince, you won’t be able to find a sweet little O wife in the future.”

Yu Chen continued to argue: “No, I think it can be given up when necessary. Anyway, I’ve never thought about finding a partner or getting married. If I can’t find a wife, then so be it; what’s the big deal about being single?”

Pei Xingtian shook his head and sighed, mourning for another poor soul who had fallen for Yun Xunlan’s beauty: “You’re done for. I don’t think you seduced the Third Prince; I think you were seduced by him.”

“…”

Yu Chen didn’t defend himself at all.

Because he admitted that the prince’s seduction had indeed worked; he had been a little bit seduced by the prince—just a little, not much.

But this tiny bit of infatuation was like an unpredictable random variable in an equation, already the most mysterious accident in his life, something he couldn’t control.

So, after changing into his training uniform and preparing to go out, he once again stopped in front of the lychee rose that was placed in a cup of water.

The rose was almost fully bloomed.

Only the very center had a bud that seemed shy and tightly closed.

Yu Chen lowered his gaze, staring at it, just like he did last night when he lay beside Yun Xunlan, gazing at the young man’s closed eyes.

At that moment, what did Yu Chen want to see?

—He wanted to see Yun Xunlan open his eyes and look back at him with those golden pupils that resembled stars, as if locked in a tidal embrace, never changing direction again.

Yu Chen, succumbing to his wicked desires, raised his right hand, inserting his index and middle fingers side by side into the center of the bud, violently peeling apart the delicate and fragile petals of the lychee rose, exposing its immature golden stamen without resistance.

It really looked like Yun Xunlan’s eyes, Yu Chen thought.

He withdrew his fingers, examining them for a moment, then bent down to gently lick from the base of his fingers to the tips, savoring the fresh and fragrant taste of the white lychee flesh. The alpha’s canine teeth itched uncontrollably, but he couldn’t find any soft glands to bite and possess.

Yu Chen’s entire body was burning with heat.

He felt like he was about to enter his sensitive period again, or maybe he already had, and he just hadn’t noticed.

So, Yu Chen injected himself with an alpha sensitivity suppressor and applied two layers of military-grade strong suppressive patches, fully armed to ensure he wouldn’t leak any pheromones before leaving.

As a result, during morning training, Song Tingqiao, who was sparring with Yu Chen, was beaten to the point of squealing: “Yu Chen, are you in your sensitive period again? You’re hitting so hard; take it easy! It hurts like hell! No way, I need to get my brother to practice with you.”

Song Tingqiao couldn’t take the beating, so he dashed behind Song Tingyan, unhesitatingly pushing his brother out to take the hit.

After being knocked down twice, Song Tingyan couldn’t hold back anymore, rubbing his shoulder and asking Yu Chen: “Yu Chen, you seem like you’ve eaten gunpowder today. Did my brother provoke you? I have nothing to do with him; we’re not on the same team. You should just go beat him up.”

Song Tingqiao: “?”

Just as Song Tingqiao was about to condemn his brother for backstabbing him, he heard Yu Chen deny: “I didn’t eat gunpowder.”

He turned to look at Yu Chen, following up with a question: “Then what did you eat? Why are you so fired up?”

What did he eat?

He really wanted to eat something.

Yu Chen pressed his tongue against his canine teeth, suddenly reminiscing about the lychee rose ice cream from the Ailianxia dessert shop, which had a lingering fragrance and cost eighteen star coins. Its aroma was similar to Yun Xunlan’s pheromones, melting it on his tongue felt like marking his possession over Yun Xunlan.

Yun, Xun, Lan…

The moment this name appeared in Yu Chen’s mind, its owner also appeared before him.

—Yun Xunlan had come to listen to the guards’ loyalty “oaths” again.

Of course, the focus was still on listening to Yu Chen’s “oath,” after all, the other guards’ “oaths” couldn’t help him complete his daily tasks.

However, during this listening session, Yun Xunlan noticed that Yu Chen’s gaze towards him was a bit different from usual, something felt off.

He asked the system: “Xiao Ju, don’t you think Yu Chen’s gaze is a bit strange today?”

The system replied: “I don’t have eyes, so I can’t tell what’s strange.”

Yun Xunlan gave a very vivid example to the system: “His gaze towards me is like Wen Xi looking at his rib soup, eager to take a bite.”

“That’s just a misconception, right? You’re not a bone.” The system retorted, “How could he want to bite you?”

Yun Xunlan didn’t think much of it: “Maybe I misread it.”

His brotherly bond with Yu Chen was steadily progressing in reality, and the most important thing now was that he had to return to the Seventh Military Research Base for work.

Having been absent for two days, Yun Xunlan felt a bit guilty, but Jian Wenxi sent him a message saying: [Yun Xunlan, I heard your second brother is back? You better hide in your room and don’t go out! Don’t see him!]

This message was sent by Jian Wenxi the morning after Mu Xingyu returned.

At that time, Yun Xunlan had already met Mu Xingyu, but he didn’t want Jian Wenxi to worry about him, so he replied with four ambiguous words: [Mm, I’ll try my best.]

So when Jian Wenxi learned that Yun Xunlan was returning to the Seventh Military Research Base, he immediately stormed into his office.

In the past, Yun Xunlan’s office was basically empty except for him. However, this day, Jian Wenxi, worried about Yun Xunlan, momentarily forgot that there would often be a few guards following the young man. So when he entered, he was taken aback to see two guards standing in the room.

He bit his lip, his voice softened a bit, lowering his eyes and fluttering his eyelashes, saying softly, “You all go out; I need to talk to Yun Xunlan alone.”

Ji Bai and Luodi exchanged glances at this and didn’t respond until they heard Yun Xunlan say, “You all can go out.”

Only then did the two leave the office, kindly closing the door behind them.

Once it was just him and Yun Xunlan left in the room, Jian Wenxi raised his gaze and returned his voice to a normal volume: “It’s not even December yet; why did your second brother suddenly come back? Did he come back specifically to scold you?”

When he asked the latter question, Jian Wenxi’s voice even rose a bit, revealing his excitement.

“I don’t know why he suddenly came back either.” Yun Xunlan first answered Jian Wenxi’s previous question, then comforted the omega, “Wenxi, don’t worry; he didn’t scold me. He hasn’t scolded me in a long time.”

“How can I not worry about you? That jerk! A dog can’t change its habit of eating shit; I don’t believe it!”

Unexpectedly, Jian Wenxi became even more agitated, cursing a string of profanities: “Have you forgotten how he used to scold you? He even told you to go die! Yun Xunlan, you honestly tell me, he really didn’t scold you? If he did, I’m going to call him right now and curse him out for you!”