Chapter 20 SJC

 Gu Yan was reading when his phone suddenly lit up with an incoming call. The name on the screen made him pause for a brief moment.

“What is it?” 

A soft chuckle came from the other end. “A whole year without contact, and you don’t even call me ‘brother’ anymore?”

Gu Yan closed his book, sat up straight, and replied impatiently, “He Yu, if you’re looking for someone to chat with, go on Tantan.”

He Yu was obviously used to his cousin's indifference.

Still smiling, he continued, “Do you know Shen Jinnian?”

“Why?” Gu Yan’s voice had barely fallen when he suddenly understood what He Yu was implying. “He’s your new employer?”

He Yu let out a quiet hum but didn’t linger on the topic.

Instead, he sent over a location.

Lowering his voice, he reminded, “He’s in a bit of trouble right now. If you’re free, you might want to help him out.”

Gu Yan looked at the name of the location and instinctively furrowed his brows.

A bar.

Shen Jinnian, at this hour, went to a bar?

He wasn’t a child. Both of them knew exactly what kind of “trouble” he might be in.

Gu Yan’s heart sank. He immediately stood up, grabbed his coat, and strode toward the door. “Keep an eye on him for me. I’m on my way.”

“I only have ten minutes,” He Yu glanced at his watch. “Little brother, pedal faster.”

“Take care of him for me.”

Gu Yan hung up the phone without hesitation.

He Yu was about to ask for a favour in return but he heard the call end. 

He sighed.

Originally, he had planned to do Gu Yan a small favor, but instead, he had willingly taken on a troublesome little burden.

Hiding in the shadows, he lit a cigarette.

His eyes stayed locked on Shen Jinnian, who stood at the street corner anxiously waiting for a taxi.

The latter seemed to realize that someone was looking at him. Shen Jinnian shook his head and looked around, trying to hold on to his increasingly chaotic thoughts.

But he didn't notice where those eyes were lurking.

Suddenly, pain shot through his shoulder.

A burning-hot, calloused hand clamped down on his shoulder blade with a grip so strong it felt like it might crush his bones.

A thick and hoarse male voice sounded from behind, with a greasy and malicious snort: 

“An Alpha who’s prettier than an Omega?”

“Yeah, boss, it’s him!” a familiar voice spoke from behind—Blondie. “Good-looking, wild, and fierce.”

Shen Jinnian’s mind buzzed.

Not good.

He had assumed Blondie was acting on his own. He hadn’t expected him to be just a small fry in a much bigger group. The real danger came from someone else.

He tried to release his pheromones to suppress them.

But to his shock, the drug in his system had fully kicked in. His head was muddled, and he could only manage to release a third of his usual strength—nowhere near enough to be a threat as an Alpha.

“Tsk.”

Shen Jinnian forcibly endured the overwhelming heat coursing through him and the sharp pain in his shoulder.

Turning around, he looked at the man behind him with a proud look.

Unfortunately, the drug in his body was taking effect at the moment, and his eyes were full of tears, so he couldn't see what the other person looked like, but that didn’t stop him from curling his lips into a sneer.

He crossed his arms and sneered, “Modern society really has advanced. Even a shaved pig can call himself a boss, and he’s even picked up a yellow-haired stray as a lackey. What’s your gang called? ‘Mud Pigs and Scabby Dogs’? Go ahead and get ready for your grand funeral.”

The man Shen Jinnian had likened to a pig let out a laugh and looked at Shen Jinnian as if he was looking at a small animal without any deterrence.

He reached out and pinched Shen Jinnian's smooth, delicate chin, a greasy grin revealing his yellow teeth. "I like feisty little wildcats like you, but that mouth of yours will have to wait a while before it's put to good use."

"Get lost, you dumb bird." Shen Jinnian struggled, trying to dodge the man's hand, but he was no match for the two-hundred-pound brute. "ptooey disgusting."

Spit on the face unexpectedly, the boss pig was not angry at all: "Not bad, your saliva is also very fragrant."

As soon as the words fell, he glanced at his men and gave them a look: "Give the little wild cat some stock."

Immediately, someone stepped forward to hold down Shen Jinnian's hands and chin, skillfully pried open his mouth, shoved a small pill down his throat, and forced him to swallow it with water.

Seeing Shen Jinnian swallow it, the pig boss signaled everyone to release their restraint on Shen Jinnian.

"Ugh..." Without support, Shen Jinnian was like a kite with a broken string, his whole body felt weak and limp as he lay sideways on the road.

He tried several times to stand up, but couldn't muster any strength.

Not only that, Shen Jinnian clearly felt the effects of the drug multiplying in his body.

Soon, he completely lost control of his reason.

"Gu Yan..." Shen Jinnian's whole body felt like it was on fire. He clutched his collar, instinctively tearing open the buttons to expose more skin to the air. "So hot... Gu Yan... I'm so hot... save me..."

The man squatted down, looking down at Shen Jinnian's seductive state.

He smiled satisfactorily, "Even a SS-rank Alpha, in front of me, will have to obediently go into heat."

After speaking, he waved to his subordinates, "Take him to the hotel."

"Okay, boss!" The Blondie was the first to step forward. If he followed his boss, he could eat meat, and after the boss finished eating, he could still have some soup.

Such a beautiful Alpha, even a sip of soup was worth it!

He rubbed his sleeves with a sly grin.

Just as he was about to pick Shen Jinnian up from the ground, he suddenly felt a mental trance, and countless steel needles seemed to pierce his limbs, causing a sharp, dense pain.

It was exactly the same feeling as being suppressed by pheromones just now, but this time the pain was even more intense!

"Boss! Boss! Something's wrong!" Blondie turned around in panic, wanting to remind the boss that this was a SS rank pheromone suppression.

But he didn't see his trusted boss in his line of sight. Instead, there was a tall man in a windbreaker standing silently behind him.

"You... who are you!" Blondie looked around in a panic.

Finally, he found his good boss behind the man. The person who was just triumphant was now lying on the floor foaming at the mouth, twitching all over. It was unknown whether he was dead or alive.

After seeing this scene, Blondie’s legs went weak, and he collapsed on the ground, his face pale. "A... Alphas using pheromones to hurt people is illegal!"

Gu Yan had a cold face, but he picked up Shen Jinnian very gently.

He took off his windbreaker and  draped it over Shen Jinnian’s shivering body, shielding his exposed skin from prying eyes.

Keeping this little wildcat’s vulnerable state all to himself.

“You—you broke the law! I’m calling the cops!”

He frantically looked around for bystanders to back him up.

“Someone call the police—”

But to his horror—

There was no one left.

The entire area had already been cleared out.

Gu Yan glanced at him like one would a bug beneath their shoe.

“I’m not an Alpha,” he said, his voice calm yet bone-chilling.

Then, he added coldly:

“I’m an Enigma.”

“I have the authority to assist law enforcement in on-the-spot executions.”

His lips curled slightly.

“Still want to call the cops?”

Blondie’s pupils shrank.

“Y-you… that’s impossible—”

Before he could finish, an invisible force clamped around his throat, cutting off his words.

His vision darkened.

His breath faded.

Until he passed out completely.

Gu Yan nudged his limp body with the tip of his shoe, his disgust evident.

“A maggot like you dares to touch my person?”

Without another glance, he turned and left, carrying Shen Jinnian in his arms.

As if sensing safety, the person in his embrace instinctively clung to him, hands winding around his neck, warm breath brushing against his skin.

Then—

A small, kitten-like tongue licked at his throat.

Gu Yan’s jaw tightened.

Gu Yan said in a deep voice, “…Shen Jinnian, stop biting.”

Shen Jinnian whimpered, hot breath tickling his ear.

“…I’ll bite if I want to.”

Gu Yan clenched his teeth and held onto his last bit of sanity, "Be good, we're going to the hospital."

"No, not going to the hospital." Shen Jinnian protested, lifting his head with watery, red-rimmed eyes. "Go to Gu Yan's house."

Gu Yan was surprised and stunned, "Huh?"

Shen Jinnian's voice was soft and sticky, "“Gu Yan… will make me feel better.”

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