Chapter 2

Because their divorce could not yet be disclosed, Su Yu still lived in the villa where they had first married. That night, he asked the auntie to prepare a lavish feast.

Seeing how happy he was, the auntie asked, "Are you so happy because sir is coming home?"

Su Yu smiled, his eyes curving into crescents.

Definitely not.

But the auntie misunderstood. She thought Su Yu was embarrassed, so she did not ask any further questions and hurried off to prepare dinner. Once everything was ready, Su Yu waited by the table for half an hour as usual. He glanced at his phone, his green eyes forever tinged with an unshakable sorrow.

The auntie comforted him. "Please don't be sad. Perhaps sir was delayed by something."

Before she could finish, Su Yu picked up his chopsticks and started taking food. He did not understand why this body insisted on making him sit at the table for half an hour every day before allowing him to eat. He was starving to death.

Fortunately, he was pretending to be mute, so he did not even have to speak.

The auntie's lips twitched slightly.

Why did she feel like madam seemed very happy?

However, just as he was digging in with great gusto, a car horn sounded outside the villa. He was eating too contentedly to think much of it, until he saw Gu Lin standing in the entryway with a cold expression.

Su Yu's eating motion paused slightly, and the chicken leg in his hand fell back onto his plate. His good mood instantly vanished, because he was starting to lose control of his body again.

...Why did he have to come back during mealtime? Couldn't he have come back earlier or later?

Couldn't he have come back a little later? I'm not even full yet.

Gu Lin glanced at the table, which looked like the aftermath of a battle. This was what he called not being full?

Su Yu hurriedly took off his disposable gloves and walked over to the Alpha. Moving naturally, he took the Alpha's coat for him.

But Gu Lin noticed Su Yu's pale fingers tightening around his suit jacket. The movement was small and tightly controlled, yet he could clearly sense Su Yu's dissatisfaction.

He had never noticed these tiny gestures before.

The Alpha said coldly, "Clear the food away."

The auntie answered, "Yes," and began clearing the table. Although Su Yu desperately wanted to stop her, he could not. His heart ached, because he had not even finished gnawing on his chicken leg. All his grief turned into indignation as he cursed inwardly—

You bastard!

After giving the auntie his instructions, the Alpha had been about to head upstairs when he paused. He added casually, "I'll be coming home for the next few days. Make sure you wait until I return before serving dinner."

Although Su Yu had already cursed eighteen generations of his ancestors in his heart, his body made a movement entirely against his wishes. His slightly sorrowful eyes brightened, and his expression was like the sky clearing after rain. A brilliant smile bloomed across his face as he nodded, his eyes curving like a crescent moon.

Yet the Omega was not as happy inside as he looked.

Come home if you want. If not, forget it.

Gu Lin's face darkened a few shades. Then he heard that voice say pitifully, "No, no, you should still come back early. I don't want to go hungry. Please, please."

The Alpha snorted coldly and went upstairs, ignoring him.

Su Yu had long grown used to his mercurial moods. He did not think much of his unusual behavior either. Only after Gu Lin entered his room did he gradually regain control of his body.

As long as Gu Lin was not in his line of sight, he could control himself. Of course, Su Yu also could not control his body when he encountered members of the Su family. Whenever he lost control, he always felt as if he were experiencing someone else's life.

Four months ago, he had been in a car accident. When he woke up, he had transmigrated into the illegitimate son of a wealthy family. The original owner had a father who did not love him and a mother who did not care for him. His two older brothers hated him, his younger brother bullied him, and he even had a terrible mother who belittled him at every turn. In short, he was universally despised and thoroughly wronged.

The original owner's half-brother had an extremely high pheromone compatibility with Gu Lin. But because the younger brother did not want to marry Gu Lin, he had married Gu Lin in his place.

He did not know when he would finally be able to control his body, especially since he could not sense the original owner's presence at all. When he had first transmigrated, he had run a high fever and suffered for several days. Later, he heard that he had caught a chill and fallen ill after accidentally falling into a swimming pool.

He did not know whether that was true. In any case, Su Yu had no memory of it.

After tidying everything up, Su Yu lay down on the bed. He played on his phone for a while, then prepared to sleep. Unfortunately, his old insomnia flared up again. He casually picked up a magazine from the bedside table, hoping it would lull him to sleep, but it was useless. It was a food magazine, and since he had not eaten his fill, it only made him crave food even more.

Resigned, Su Yu put down the magazine and lay back on the bed. He pulled the blanket over his head and tried to fall asleep, but after tossing and turning for quite a while, he threw off the blanket, stared at the white ceiling, and began counting sheep in his mind.

What he did not know was that the Alpha, still working in the study, was being disturbed so badly by him that he could not focus on his documents at all.

One hundred and twenty sheep, one hundred and twenty-one sheep, one hundred and twenty-two sheep, one hundred and twenty-three sheep...

I'm so hungry. I really want grilled lamb skewers. Tsk, where was I just now?

Gu Lin rubbed the bridge of his nose. He thought Su Yu would finally settle down, but that voice sounded again.

I forgot. I might as well start over.

His fingertips rubbed the document inconspicuously before he slowly closed it. When he raised his eyes, his gaze suddenly deepened, chillingly cold, with shadows gathering beneath his long black lashes.

He did not have the patience to listen to the other man count sheep. If the Omega still could not sleep, he would personally go over and feed him sleeping pills.

Su Yu really did stop counting sheep. He decided it was not very effective for sleep, so he switched to reciting the Periodic Table.

Hydrogen, helium, lithium, beryllium, boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, fluorine, neon; sodium, magnesium, aluminum, silicon, phosphorus, sulfur, chlorine, argon, potassium, calcium; scandium, titanium, vanadium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc...

Gu Lin: "..."

At last, that voice began to sound sleepy, gradually growing quieter. In the end, he even heard Su Yu mumble drowsily, "As expected, studying really is better for putting me to sleep..."

Gu Lin intended to indulge him. From now on, he would make Su Yu study himself to death.