Facing the handsome, clean and sunny blond alpha on the other side of the holographic video.

    Xi Nianzhou stood there silently, lowering his eyes slightly, as quiet as a pine or cypress.

    The person in the video chuckled and said coquettishly, “If you had answered the phone a second later, I might have connected it for you, brother.”

    “Was anyone there just now?”

    Xi Nianzhou replied softly. “No.”

    The Crown Prince He Ni narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at Xi Nianzhou’s face, which was still incredibly beautiful even in the unfiltered holographic video, and murmured, “Brother Zhou, you are not suited to lying. When you lie, you avoid other people’s eyes.”

    Before Xi Nianzhou could react to being seen through, He Ni had already blinked and looked aggrieved.

    “Do you think I’m controlling you too much?”

    Xi Nianzhou remained silent.

    “Actually, I have no objection to who you make friends with, brother.”

    “It’s just that the Alliance has secretly detained you for so long, I’m a little worried about you going there.”

    Seeing the other party explain his strong desire for control, Xi Nianzhou finally raised his eyelashes, “Your Highness.”

    “What can I do for you?”

    He Ni looked at Xi Nianzhou and said gently.

    “It’s nothing important.”

    “I just listened to the speech of the general of the alliance after reading my brother’s speech.” He Ni paused slightly.

    “Brother, you’ve been with him for so long, do you really not know him at all? What do you think of him?”

    Xi Nianzhou was instantly lost in memory. His gloved fingers lightly brushed his jaw as he spoke in a clear voice, “Lan Chenxing’s tactics and strategies were very novel. He used unexpected tactics and cunning tactics. He always managed to eliminate them when surrounded. Our home planet was easy to defend but difficult to attack. We always won because of our geographical advantage. But we lost when we proactively attacked the Alliance’s artificial planet. His tactics had their merits. He was very clever.”

    He Ni couldn’t help but smile helplessly when he heard Xi Nianzhou’s eloquent talk.

    “That’s not what I want to ask.”

    He Ni narrowed his eyes, pondered for a moment, and then said softly, “Forget it.”

    Xi Nianzhou frowned slightly, “…”

    He didn’t understand why He Ni was so entangled here, but the other party didn’t intend to make him understand.

    By the end of the conversation, the stress response caused by the psychological discomfort had reached the limit of Xi Nianzhou’s tolerance. He immediately turned into the bathroom, took off his clothes, and turned on the shower.

    The mist instantly wet the entire mirror, and the lens reflected the silver-haired alpha’s wet hair, which stuck to his jaw, showing the ascetic temperament that came from his bones to the fullest.

    But on the back, which cannot be seen in the mirror, there is a very obvious scar on the neck, which runs almost vertically through the entire gland from top to bottom.

    If a doctor saw this wound on an alpha, his heart would surely tremble, because if the wound was even slightly deeper, the entire gland would be severed, and the alpha would become disabled.

    And this injury was caused by the person who had been calling him brother.

    They are not blood brothers, which can be seen from their surnames and identities.

    He has no royal blood.

    He was just a child adopted by the royal family.

    It was originally a perfect family with a loving father and a friendly brother. He lived in the “castle” and lived like a real prince.

    But fairy tales are fairy tales after all, and there will always be a day when they return to reality. The day he returns to reality is after he becomes an adult and differentiates into an alpha.

    His originally friendly and spoiled younger brother knocked him unconscious and took him to the operating room, hoping that the doctor would forcibly remove his glands and transplant omega glands to turn him into an omega, or at the very least, make him a beta.

    He realized at the cost of nearly losing his gland that the prince did not have that kind of brotherly love for him.

    After successfully saving himself, he did not blame He Ni, but from then on, he never called the emperor father or He Ni brother again.

    He went to a military academy to live as a boarding student, and then worked very hard, hoping to make some achievements on the battlefield, establish his career, and become independent as soon as possible.

    This was the best solution he could think of, which could both protect himself and repay His Majesty.

    He succeeded and became the Imperial Marshal before he was thirty years old. His prestige in the Imperial Army was unmatched.

    However, the alpha who wanted to dig out his glands when he was still a minor was wary of his identity as a marshal and put on a gentle appearance, but in fact, he was still the same.

    Because of the kindness he showed his majesty in his childhood, he did not want to embarrass His Majesty, so he never told anyone about this.

    I didn’t expect that it would be pointed out by an outsider.

    Xi Nianzhou really wanted to know what happened during the time he was captured.

    But he also felt that he shouldn’t get close to that person. He shouldn’t come into contact with someone who might know his hidden secrets and could reveal his scars at any time.

    Xi Nianzhou felt for a moment that the gap between his expectations for the future and reality was so huge that it was even absurd.

*

    Looking at the person sitting on the sofa opposite, Qi Yao spoke first before he could say anything.

    “Your Excellency is saying that you must stay close to our Marshal during the meeting.”

    “Just live here???”

    Lan Chenxing nodded nonchalantly.

    Qi Yao immediately asked, “Why?”

    Lan Chenxing spread his hands and said, “You should have seen yesterday that someone wanted to interfere with the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.”

    “I must ensure your safety.” Lan Chenxing paused, his eyes shifting to the person in front of Qi Yao. His voice suddenly lengthened, the ending tone rising slightly. “Especially the delegation representatives.”

    Qi Yao retorted.

    “Who do you think our marshal is?”

    “Who has the ability to hurt him?”

    “I think you are the dangerous person.

    Lan Chenxing kept a smile on his face and fell silent.

    Although a newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger, the words of the guard captain Xi Nianzhou were actually an insult to him. According to Lan Chenxing’s usual temper, Qi Yao should have been missing limbs by now. The fact that Qi Yao could still stand well was a miracle.

    In silence, Qi Yao also realized his gaffe belatedly. When he was at a loss, the silver-haired marshal who had been silent all this time slowly raised his eyelashes and gave Qi Yao a chance to save his life.

    “That’s absolutely not necessary.”

    Because Xi Nianzhou had spoken, Lan Chenxing quickly forgot the other man’s offense. He crossed his legs, rested his elbows on his knees, and paddled forward, leaning forward to stare at Xi Nianzhou even more intently. “Oh?”

    Xi Nianzhou sat upright, not wavering at all because of the other party’s approach, and continued to speak in a tone that seemed polite but was actually very distant.

    “In actual combat, you are usually defeated by me.”

    If ordinary people heard this, they would directly refuse it, but when it fell into Lan Chenxing’s ears, it became another kind of invitation.

    The golden eyes flashed slightly, and strong alpha pheromones burst out. The alphas and betas following behind the two had to bend down in fear of such an alpha. Only the silver-haired alpha who had just spoken was still sitting upright with a calm expression.

    Lan Chenxing raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

    “So, Marshal Xi means that if I can beat you now, that’s enough?”