WT Chapter 20

Chapter 20: Transgression, But I’ve already given you seven years of freedom.

Wen Shixi’s thin lips parted slightly, then gently pursed.

Gazing intently, Jiang Quanyu quietly met Wen Shixi’s gaze.

In Jiang Quanyu’s eyes, Wen Shixi was being tightly embraced by a strange alpha, their two bodies pressed closely together, without any distance, seemingly extremely intimate.

The two gazes intertwined, carrying an inexplicable chill.

It felt like a heavy weight instantly landing on Wen Shixi’s heart, making him feel a sense of inexplicable loss and panic.

After a moment, Wen Shixi raised his hand and patted Cheng Xuan’s shoulder, “No, my phone’s dead, let me go first…”

Hearing this, Cheng Xuan regained his senses and quickly released Wen Shixi’s body.

But he still held Wen Shixi’s hand, looking him up and down, confirming that there was nothing unusual about Wen Shixi, before gradually revealing his usual gentleness and sunshine again.

“Have you eaten? Why are you wearing so little? Aren’t you cold?”

As Cheng Xuan spoke with concern, he finally noticed that there was another person next to Wen Shixi.

He looked at Jiang Quanyu, and then showed a hint of doubt.

“Shixi, who is this?”

Hearing this, Wen Shixi followed Cheng Xuan’s gaze and looked at Jiang Quanyu’s face again.

In the corridor, Jiang Quanyu’s lips moved slowly, but he never opened his mouth.

There wasn’t even a trace of extra expression on his cold face, only an unfathomable danger rippling.

Wen Shixi’s gaze roamed inch by inch, like damp glue, looking Jiang Quanyu over bit by bit.

Deep, dark eyes gleamed coldly, desire intertwined with unfulfilled ambition, a suffocating feeling that lured one into deepness.

Wen Shixi said.

“Oh, my brother.”

As the words fell, Jiang Quanyu’s dark pupils slowly narrowed, instantly becoming icy, sharp, and merciless.

Cheng Xuan was stunned and immediately extended a hand to Jiang Quanyu, “So you’re Shixi’s brother, I’m Shixi’s senior from school, my name is Cheng Xuan, nice to meet you.”

Jiang Quanyu’s eyelashes drooped slightly as he lowered his eyes to look at Cheng Xuan’s outstretched hand.

His eyes contained complete indifference, full of condescending posture, his arm unmoved.

After a moment, Jiang Quanyu turned his gaze away and said lightly to Wen Shixi, “See the guest off, and then come in.”

As he spoke, he stepped past Cheng Xuan and walked into the apartment.

Wen Shixi watched Jiang Quanyu walk into the house and felt a bit of a headache again.

Seeing Jiang Quanyu’s figure disappear into the entrance, Wen Shixi turned to Cheng Xuan and asked, “Why are you here?”

Cheng Xuan: “I received news yesterday that you were injured, and I happened to have a vacation, so I came back to see you.”

Wen Shixi: “You could have just sent me a message?”

“I did.” Cheng Xuan said, “But you never replied.”

Wen Shixi was stunned, then lightly “ah-ed,” revealing a hint of indifference.

In Wen Shixi’s communication software, there was a do-not-disturb group called “Used Alphas.”

When he put Cheng Xuan in there, he never thought that the two of them would contact each other again.

Wen Shixi frowned, then quickly said, “You should go back first, I’ll contact you later.”

Hearing this, a complex expression flashed across Cheng Xuan’s face.

Having known each other for many years, Cheng Xuan knew that Wen Shixi was from the Jiang family, and had learned a lot about it from his parents.

With just one glance, Cheng Xuan recognized who the man just now was.

He knew that in Wen Shixi’s house, no one could disobey Jiang Quanyu’s words.

But Cheng Xuan was still a little worried and had many doubts.

At this moment, Wen Shixi was filled with Jiang Quanyu’s scent.

Even if Wen Shixi changed alphas faster than flipping a book, could the relationship between a younger brother and an older brother be like this?

Cheng Xuan took a half step forward, looking seriously at Wen Shixi’s face, “Shixi, are you really okay?”

Wen Shixi: “I’m really fine, you should go first.”

The undisguised perfunctoriness and expulsion dimmed the light in Cheng Xuan’s eyes.

He looked back at the room, Jiang Quanyu had already walked into the depths of the room, completely out of sight.

“Okay.” Cheng Xuan said, “Then I’ll call you later.”

Wen Shixi: “Okay.”

Cheng Xuan retreated back into the room, taking off his coat in the entrance.

Then, as he put on his coat, he walked out again, “You must answer this time.”

Wen Shixi was a little annoyed, but endured the thought and nodded, “Got it.”

Then, Wen Shixi followed Jiang Quanyu’s words and sent Cheng Xuan to the elevator entrance.

The elevator was still on this floor, and after Cheng Xuan pressed the button, the car door quickly opened.

As the metal door closed, Cheng Xuan’s figure disappeared from view.

In the silence, Wen Shixi gently exhaled a breath and turned to look at his front door.

…He was really fed up.

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Inside the room, Jiang Quanyu did not turn on the light, standing in the dim living room.

The neon lights outside the panoramic glass windows were bright, outlining the dark silhouette of a person.

The grand piano stood quietly not far away, and a teddy bear leaned against one side of the bay window, its sitting posture honest and upright.

Jiang Quanyu lowered his eyes, looking at the teddy bear on the bay window for a long time, the sharp dark light in his eyes dissipating little by little, leaving only a dark abyss.

Before long, footsteps slowly entered the room.

Wen Shixi stood to the side of the hallway, far away from Jiang Quanyu, and asked in the silence.

“…Didn’t you say you’d leave as soon as I entered? What are you doing here?”

Hearing this, Jiang Quanyu turned around.

The neon lights reflected behind the man, making him seem like an incomprehensible mass of darkness.

“That person just now.” Jiang Quanyu said, “Is that Cheng Xuan, that student who was in the same school but not the same department as you, who studies conducting?”

Hearing this, Wen Shixi’s eyes widened slightly, revealing a hint of surprise.

“How would brother know him?”

Jiang Quanyu said matter-of-factly, “Why do you think I wouldn’t know him?”

Wen Shixi’s lips unconsciously parted slightly, his eyebrows lightly knitted together, “So, does that mean brother knows everyone around me?”

Jiang Quanyu: “I just can’t understand why your taste is so bad.”

Jiang Quanyu’s tone was slow, and as he spoke, he moved his feet and walked towards Wen Shixi step by step.

“Cheng Xuan, a waste who can only follow the path paved by his parents… Li Chen, who can’t even run a storage company well when he encounters a little resistance, trash who runs to threaten omegas, and all those various alphas who have left pheromones on you…”

Jiang Quanyu walked up to Wen Shixi but did not stop, as he spoke in his slightly hoarse voice, he approached step by step, forcing Wen Shixi to retreat until he leaned against the wall behind him.

Jiang Quanyu raised his hand, resting it above the wall, looking down at Wen Shixi’s eyes.

“What exactly attracts you to them? Or did I bring you up single-handedly, taught you everything, but forgot to teach you how to pick someone you like?”

The breath so close made Wen Shixi tense up unconsciously.

His lips moved, and after choosing his words, he chose a suitable excuse, speaking slowly and seriously.

“…What kind of person I like has nothing to do with brother.”

Jiang Quanyu’s eyes narrowed slightly, “You just said, don’t let me cross the line.”

As he spoke, Jiang Quanyu tilted his head.

“But I’ve already given you seven years of freedom, but you’ve turned your life into this, haven’t you?”

Wen Shixi lightly pursed his lips, “…Can this kind of surveillance be considered freedom?”

“You don’t like this kind of freedom?” Jiang Quanyu nodded slowly, revealing arrogance and mockery.

Having lived at the peak where no one can sway him for a long time, he gladly accepted the submission of anyone in the position of power.

“Since Shixi doesn’t like freedom, then from now on, no matter what you do, who you’re with, at any time, report to me one by one.”

Unwillingness flashed in Wen Shixi’s eyes, and he lightly gritted his teeth, “Why should I do that?”

Jiang Quanyu’s thin lips were cold, exhaling a indifferent breath, “If you don’t want to be monitored, you have to learn to behave yourself.”

Wen Shixi’s hands clenched tightly, his face gradually lifting.

He looked into Jiang Quanyu’s eyes, his eyes shaking even more.

His slender chin was raised in a beautiful arc in the dim light, and after Wen Shixi’s lips were tightly pursed, he uncontrollably opened his mouth.

“What’s there for brother to be angry about?” Wen Shixi asked coldly, “Who should be angry? Who is it that turned me into an omega, making me unable to live without an alpha? Isn’t it you, brother?”

Wen Shixi originally thought that after seven years, he would no longer be angry about the unchangeable facts of the past.

But Jiang Quanyu treated him like this, making him unable to control himself at all.

Jiang Quanyu silently listened to Wen Shixi’s suddenly heavier breathing, his voice as low as possible, as if sinking into the seabed, “But it was Wen Shixi who rejected the pheromone extract and only wanted to be bitten.”

“So what?” There wasn’t a trace of emotion in Wen Shixi’s eyes, “To you, you can control my life, turn me into whatever you need, so you turned me into an omega, right? But don’t forget, there are plenty of alphas in this world.”

Jiang Quanyu restrained himself to the extreme, his voice containing a low hum, “That’s why I said, I want you to choose a suitable alpha.”

“I don’t want to.” Wen Shixi said, “I like my current life, if brother came back to worry about my marriage, then there’s no need.”

What suitable alpha partners, he didn’t need any of it.

Jiang Quanyu’s lips tightened, and the pressure spread in the still night like clear water.

“Shixi.” Jiang Quanyu asked, “Is this your way of retaliating against me?”

Wen Shixi did not deny it, “For brother, retaliation is meaningless, right? You don’t even have a trace of apology.”

Hearing this, Jiang Quanyu revealed a trace of confusion, “Apology… Why are you so fixated on this? If I say I’m sorry, will this apologetic feeling make things better? No, self-blame won’t make things pass, nor will it make you forgive me, right?”

Wen Shixi gently clenched his fist, “Yes, that’s right, things won’t pass, because I’m already an omega, I won’t go back to being a beta—”

His pupils flickered slightly, gazing at Jiang Quanyu’s eyes, saying word by word, “Then I want to remind you, right now, you have no right to control me at all, because no matter how you hide it, I’m no longer your brother.”

The indifferent ending sound dissipated in the air, the unspeakable secret was revealed, like hot charcoal pasted on the soft flesh of the heart.

Jiang Quanyu lightly gritted his teeth, the certificate that would never be shown to others floated in his mind, finally disrupting his usually calm breathing.

Jiang Quanyu: “I said, no one will ever see that document again.”

Wen Shixi: “Why? Isn’t that what you wanted?”

Jiang Quanyu: “I didn’t—”

“I don’t care if you did!” Wen Shixi suddenly opened his mouth, interrupting Jiang Quanyu’s words.

In an instant, it was clearly Wen Shixi himself who brought up the past, but he didn’t want to hear Jiang Quanyu’s next words at all.

The suddenly rising decibel rippled in the air, then dissipated shallowly, leaving only a hollow aftersound.

Misaligned time and objects, like rays that can no longer intersect.

Gradually, Wen Shixi’s tightly clenched hands slowly loosened.

In the face of the untouchable forbidden zone, the beautiful and flawless cold shell shattered lightly, abruptly revealing the soft interior.

“Brother.” Wen Shixi’s voice was dry, and he said slowly, “Don’t say anymore.”