Chapter 24

Su Wang had no desire to speak at all during the second half. If he had not been waiting for Su Hui's competition results, he would have left long ago. He could barely stand spending another moment with Su Yu.

Su Yu only looked up when he heard the host announce Lu Heyun's name. Since Lu Heyun had limited mobility, a bodyguard pushed him onto the stage. Before the competition began, he glanced at Su Yu with his usual smile.

Yet in Gu Lin's eyes, the two of them were openly exchanging affectionate glances right in front of him.

This Omega clearly had no regard for him whatsoever.

Gu Lin looked at Lu Heyun onstage, his brows drawing together slightly. That person was strange, giving him the illusion that he was an Omega—and yet not one.

The competition continued after Lu Heyun finished, but Su Yu had no interest in listening anymore. He lowered his head and kept playing on his phone. As for Gu Lin, who had come with him, he had been so quiet that Su Yu had nearly forgotten he was there.

[Lu Heyun: What did you think of my performance just now?]

Su Yu had always been supportive of his friends and never hesitated to praise them.

[Su Yu: You were definitely the MVP. The best in the whole venue.]

[Lu Heyun: I'm happy to hear you say that. If I place in the competition, I'll treat you to dinner.]

Su Yu was about to reply, "Sure," when Gu Lin suddenly asked from beside him, "When are you leaving?"

Hearing his voice, Su Yu looked up and blinked instinctively, his expression still somewhat puzzled. A moment later, he suddenly realized that he had not come alone today. He had not even realized that was his own instinctive reaction.

Then he heard Gu Lin coldly question, "You didn't forget about me, did you?"

[How did he know?]

[We couldn't possibly be that in sync, could we?]

Su Yu even wondered whether Gu Lin had some extraordinary talent for reading minds. Of course, he only entertained the thought for a moment; he had only ever seen that kind of plot on television.

Gu Lin, who knew exactly what he was thinking: "..."

With Su Yu's intelligence, barring an accident, he probably would not figure it out for the rest of his life.

The man slowly repeated himself, "When are you leaving?"

Su Yu thought this man was truly troublesome. He had insisted on coming along, only to rush him to leave now. He typed a few words into his phone's notes: We'll leave when it's over.

The alpha was fairly satisfied with that answer. He gave a faint "Mm," then said nothing else.

Since Gu Lin was urging him to leave, Su Yu could only turn down Lu Heyun. He even apologized, but fortunately, Lu Heyun did not ask any further questions.

[Lu Heyun: That's such a shame. Let's make plans another time.]

[Make plans another time?]

On second thought, Su Yu figured that was fine. He lowered his head and replied with a simple "Okay."

Having guessed most of their conversation, Gu Lin's eyes darkened slightly. He had to admit that Lu Heyun was quite devious.

After the competition ended, Gu Lin was about to take him away before the results were even announced. Su Wang, who had been wishing for them to leave, immediately perked up when he saw them getting ready to go. He was so brazen that he placed his helmet directly on Su Yu's former seat.

The tall alpha shot him a glance. That damned air of dominance made Su Wang unconsciously take his helmet back. Once the two of them had completely disappeared from his sight, he looked at his helmet in confusion. Why had he taken it back?

As he pondered that, he put the helmet back again.

On the way home, Lu Heyun sent him a message saying that he had won first place.

[Su Yu: Congratulations. I told you so—you were the best in the venue.]

[Lu Heyun: Thank you. It's a pity you left too early and didn't get to see me receive the award.]

At that, Su Yu could not help glancing at Gu Lin, who was driving. If Gu Lin had not insisted on coming along, he might have been on his way to dinner with Lu Heyun by now.

[I'm starving, I'm starving.]

He realized that he never got enough to eat whenever he had a meal with Gu Lin.

[Lu Heyun: But it's okay. There'll be another chance. I hope you'll be in the audience the next time I win an award.]

Although Su Yu replied to him properly, he did not take it too much to heart.

Su Yu put down his phone. It was only after they had been driving for quite a while that he realized Gu Lin was not taking him home. He opened the navigation app again and checked. Sure enough, they had completely veered off route.

[Gu Lin... isn't really planning to assassinate me and dump my body somewhere, is he?]

[The more I think about it, the scarier it gets.]

Su Yu had even started considering how he should escape later when Gu Lin's car pulled up at a nearby restaurant. He had thought seeing the restaurant would put an end to his wild thoughts, but instead, his first reaction was: a last supper.

"...Get out."

The Omega looked at him in confusion. After all, Gu Lin did not look particularly pleased, as if someone had offended him.

"A last supper."

[!!!]

[He's really going to do it?]

To be honest, Su Yu felt conflicted and uneasy. The restaurant was in an excellent location, with a clear view of The Bund at night, and the evening breeze was pleasantly soothing, but he had no mind to appreciate any of it.

"What exactly are you nervous about? We're just having a meal."

With that, the man handed Su Yu the tablet, signaling for him to order. Perhaps because it was his first time eating out alone with Gu Lin, the Omega seemed somewhat reserved. He only lightly selected two desserts before handing the tablet back to Gu Lin.

"That's enough?"

The Omega nodded.

[...Of course it isn't enough.]

So that was it. He had already eaten dinner and was still complaining of hunger. His appetite was probably far from ordinary.

Gu Lin handed the tablet back to him. "Not enough. Order more."

Su Yu reluctantly selected three more dishes. Gu Lin glanced at them, then returned the tablet to the waiter. While they waited for the food, neither of them spoke. Compared to the tables nearby, the atmosphere between them was exceptionally quiet—almost eerie.

However, that was only how it appeared to outsiders.

Gu Lin found Su Yu unbearably noisy. The racket in his head was making his brain buzz. He could not feel any peace and quiet at all, nor did he have any desire to communicate with him.

Su Yu had already said everything there was to say in his mind. There was no need for Gu Lin to ask him anything else.

Gu Lin barely ate during the meal, and Su Yu did not pay much attention to it at first. But his body would not allow it. He stopped eating and was just about to ask Gu Lin why he was not eating when the alpha glanced at him, interrupted his gesture, and said, "I can't understand you. Keep eating."

The Omega lowered his head and did not communicate with him again. He simply ate quietly.

Because he had eaten too much that night, Su Yu could not fall asleep at all, so he turned on his computer and played games for quite a while.

Close to midnight, he received a message from Su Wang. Su Wang excitedly told him to open his Moments and take a look.

However, Su Yu had no interest in what Su Wang posted on Moments. It was nothing more than motorcycles and the like. He could neither understand nor appreciate them.

Su Yu's mother had previously told Su Wang to post fewer updates about cars and more about other things, but Su Wang simply would not listen. In his eyes, his precious motorcycle was more important than a wife.

Su Yu ignored him and continued playing his game.

A few minutes later, Su Wang sent another message to urge him.

[Su Wang: Stop pretending to be asleep. I can see that you're online in the game. Like my Moments post.]

[Su Wang: Hurry, hurry, hurry. Otherwise, I'll log in and keep requesting to enter your world.]

Thinking that Su Wang must be sick, Su Yu opened his Moments and took a look. The latest post had nothing to do with motorcycles. It was a post celebrating Su Hui's award. It was a photo of Su Hui holding a trophy beside Su Wang.

[Su Yu: ...What are you trying to say?]

[Su Wang: My little brother. What do you think? Isn't he handsome? Isn't he outstanding?]

[Su Yu: In response to your question, I have summarized the following six points.]

[Su Wang: Which six points? Let's hear them.]

[Su Yu: ...]

[Su Wang: ??? That's it?]

After replying, Su Yu switched accounts. He had originally intended to use his main account to like Su Wang's post and leave a comment to disgust him, but when he opened Moments, he realized he could not see any of Su Wang's posts at all.

He rarely opened Moments because that account had very few contacts added.

Su Yu found Su Wang's profile picture and tapped into it. His Moments showed only a single horizontal line. He then opened the transfer option, only for the system to tell him that he and Su Wang were not friends.

Oh. That idiot Su Wang had deleted him.

Forget it. Deleted was deleted. He had given him one hundred thousand yuan, after all.

After thinking it over, Su Yu immediately switched back to his alt account and deleted Su Wang without the slightest hesitation.