Chapter 5

Su Yu wanted to carry his potted plant back to his room, but his body involuntarily turned after the Alpha. First, he asked Gu Lin whether he was hungry, then he asked what he wanted to eat. Gu Lin caught sight of him still gesturing from the corner of his eye and cut him off. "I can't understand."

Su Yu froze slightly. He had forgotten that Gu Lin could only barely understand a little sign language. The dejected Omega lowered his eyes again, looking as if he had been born to endure whatever came his way.

[...Enough. I really can't take this anymore. Let me take control for a second. I can talk—I really want to talk. Is there anyone who can speak for me and curse him out a few times?]

Gu Lin gave a derisive snort upon hearing that utterly frustrated, stifled voice. He could already sense Su Yu's resentment and anger.

He added a mocking remark, "What a pity. So young, yet unable to speak."

Su Yu looked even more dejected, his eyes slightly reddened as though he could burst into tears at any moment.

[Help, this feels awful. Stop bullying him.]

Su Yu, who could feel the original owner's emotions, wanted nothing more than to beat Gu Lin up for him immediately.

But Gu Lin noticed a key word.

Him?

Could it be that the Su Yu inside and the Su Yu outside were two different people?

No wonder. One had such poor mental fortitude, while the other had no manners at all.

Such a bizarre and absurd thing was truly unheard of and unseen.

"I have things to do. Handle lunch yourself."

After saying that, the tall Alpha left. He still had not looked directly at Su Yu even once, and his attitude remained exceedingly cold.

Only after he had completely disappeared from sight did Su Yu feel free again. He wiped away his tears, and there was no trace of sadness left on his face. Then he turned around, hugged his potted plant, and went upstairs.

Gu Lin did not come home at noon. Su Yu happily stuffed himself, and after watching him swing between happiness and sadness for over ten days, Auntie could not help shaking her head in concern.

Madam's moods were always so volatile. President Gu must have provoked him.

Whenever Gu Lin was not home, Su Yu's life was especially comfortable. He downloaded a new game and spent the entire afternoon grinding in his room. Only after exiting did he discover that someone had sent him a message on WeChat.

This was his new phone number, and he had barely added anyone. Aside from public account notifications, he usually received no other messages.

Su Yu opened it and saw that it was from his neighbor, Lu Heyun. He had sent a photo of neatly arranged apples in a mall. Their color was vivid, rosy red, and incredibly tempting.

[Lu Heyun: I saw these apples at the supermarket today. I bought a bag and wanted to give them to you, but no one answered when I rang your doorbell.]

[Lu Heyun: Did you go home again?]

He was touched.

He had only given Lu Heyun one apple, yet Lu Heyun wanted to return the favor with an entire bag.

Unfortunately, he was not home.

[Su Yu: Yes.]

[Lu Heyun: When will you be back?]

Su Yu gave a vague answer: in a while. In truth, he did not know exactly when he could return either. After all, Gu Lin had told him... no, warned him not to wander around.

Anyway, if Gu Lin went on a business trip and stayed away from home for several days, Su Yu would not stay here either. Gu Lin could not control him, and he was too lazy to bother with Su Yu's affairs—just like this time, when Gu Lin had no interest whatsoever in knowing where he had gone.

More than ten seconds later, Lu Heyun replied: Okay, I'll wait for you to come back.

Su Yu wondered whether Lu Heyun was a beta or an Omega. He looked so in need of protection that he was probably an Omega.

People always had a certain fondness for their own kind, especially beautiful people of their own kind. Lu Heyun's parents were divorced, and he had moved out to live alone despite his limited mobility. It sounded rather pitiful.

Su Yu even replied: When I get back, I'll invite you over to my place for dinner.

Within seconds, Lu Heyun replied with two words: Sure.

What Su Yu did not know was that Lu Heyun, who was replying to his messages, was actually at home. He was nothing like a child abandoned by his parents and living alone. On the contrary, he had moved out only because he did not want to see the women his father brought home. And that woman was currently observing the expression on his face.

After ending the conversation, Lu Heyun turned off his phone. The woman sitting across from him was young and beautiful, seemingly only in her twenties and about the same age as him. Yet she was his father's current wife—his stepmother.

When the woman saw him put down his phone, a slight smile appeared on her face. She asked softly, "Heyun, you seem to be in a good mood. Did something pleasant happen?"

Lu Heyun raised his eyes slightly. Though his lips held a smile, it was entirely different from the one before, chilling enough to make one's scalp prickle. His pale fingers gently tapped the armrest of his wheelchair. He said nothing, yet that alone was enough to inspire fear.

"Do I need to report to you whether I'm happy or not?"

His voice was somewhat quiet, but every word seemed to pound against her heart.

The woman hurriedly shook her head. "No, no, no, that's not what I meant."

"Then don't ask."

"I..."

Lu Heyun slowly raised a finger and made a silencing gesture. "And don't speak. I don't want to hear your voice."

Whenever he returned, the woman found the atmosphere in the house especially suffocating. He was clearly young and looked frail and sickly, yet he was a complete psychopath.