This Egg Is Ours

Chapter Twenty-Two

The words "physical examination" suddenly rang in his ears, and Ye Nanxun's body and nerves instantly tensed like a drawn bowstring.

"Your Majesty, I'm in good health and don't need an examination. Thank you for your kindness. As for the injury on my shoulder, I bumped into something by accident. It's almost healed already, nothing serious."

From "Mr. Yan" to "Your Majesty."

The sudden change in address made Yan Beiyou cast a glance at the restless omega youth sitting on the sofa.

White medical bandages were wrapped around his feet, his back was straight, and his eyelashes trembled delicately like butterfly wings in the wind.

Yan Beiyou withdrew his gaze and picked up a glass, pouring a cup of warm water.

"Drink some water first."

He handed the glass to Ye Nanxun. Watching the omega accept it, Yan Beiyou rose and made a call.

"Song Ren, you don't need to come over." The alpha's tone was calm, without the slightest trace of displeasure.

The warm water slid down his throat, soothing the stomach that had been twitching slightly from tension. Ye Nanxun held the glass in both hands, looking stunned.

Had he overreacted just now?

He had directly refused the galaxy's emperor, who had merely been showing concern for him, without even trying to soften his words.

As the panic that his secret—his Poison Mushroom pheromones—might be exposed gradually subsided and reason returned, Ye Nanxun regretted his earlier loss of composure and rudeness.

Yan Beiyou put down the phone, and when he turned around, this was what he saw.

Slender pale hands rested on his knees, his fingers gripping his trousers tightly. His face was bloodless, like that of someone who had just been pulled from the water after drowning.

Frowning slightly, Yan Beiyou sat down at a distance that was safe for an omega. He clasped his hands together and leaned forward slightly.

"I'm sorry. I made the decision without asking for your opinion first. I've already told Song Ren not to come," Yan Beiyou said, watching the omega he had frightened. His voice carried a deliberately slowed gentleness. "There won't be any physical examination."

The heart Ye Nanxun had been holding in his throat settled back into place.

Once he recovered, Ye Nanxun apologized to Yan Beiyou for his behavior just now.

"I'm sorry, I..."

But before he could finish his apology, Yan Beiyou raised a hand to stop him.

"Call me Mr. Yan instead," the alpha said.

Outside the vast floor-to-ceiling windows, brilliant fireworks continued blooming endlessly.

Colorful bursts reflected against the glass, scattering dazzling lights and shadows.

The hands clutching his trousers over his knees slowly relaxed. Ye Nanxun asked, "Mr. Yan, you said earlier that you had something to discuss with me?"

For a man who was the galaxy's emperor to use the word "discuss" with an ordinary omega youth of such vastly different status left Ye Nanxun deeply flattered.

The alpha before him could order anyone to do anything.

Yan Beiyou's gaze fell on the egg he had placed on the table. "Pick up this egg and take a look."

The egg on the table was white with black patterns, slightly larger than a goose egg. It was impossible to tell what kind it was.

With some confusion in his heart, Ye Nanxun leaned forward.

The moment he bent down, his fingertips found the shell exceptionally hard.

It felt heavy and weighty in his hands.

Ye Nanxun lowered his head, faint ripples of curiosity rising in his clear pale-green eyes.

The egg was somewhat heavy, so he held it in both hands and placed it on his lap.

Something strange happened right before his eyes.

The white egg with black patterns began emitting a faint, lustrous glow from within. It brightened and dimmed in alternating rhythms, like breathing.

"Mr. Yan—"

A helpless look appeared in Ye Nanxun's eyes as he instinctively turned to the other man in the room for help.

Yan Beiyou remained seated where he was. "Do you see the patterns on the egg?"

Ye Nanxun nodded.

As the egg in his hands brightened and dimmed like a breathing light, the cold, hard shell began giving off warmth.

Ye Nanxun caught his breath and said in amazement, "Mr. Yan, this egg is getting hot!"

Though they had met several times, this was the first time Yan Beiyou had seen such obvious panic on Ye Nanxun's face.

Ye Nanxun was still looking down at the strange egg in his hands. "Is it about to hatch?"

"No, not that quickly," Yan Beiyou replied. "It's usually very quiet. It must have sensed your presence and gotten so happy that it reacted like this."

"Sensed my presence?" The omega youth still looked utterly confused.

What Yan Beiyou said next—

Ye Nanxun understood every individual word.

But put together, they made his head swell.

"Our pheromones accidentally fused. This egg is the product of that fusion. At present, we don't know what it will become after it hatches."

"To hatch this egg, it needs both your pheromones and mine. Simply put, you and I need to keep this egg with us."

His throat bobbed with difficulty. Ye Nanxun's lips parted and closed before he hesitantly asked, "You mean this egg was produced by the fusion of your pheromones and mine?"

Yan Beiyou said, "Yes."

But how could their pheromones have fused by accident for no reason?

Ye Nanxun suddenly thought of the Mushroom Spore he had lost.

Could it be that his Mushroom Spore had attached itself to the Little Yellow Dog, then accidentally fallen onto Yan Beiyou afterward?

Yan Beiyou suddenly said, "The patterns on the shell look a lot like mycelium, don't they?"

His back instantly stiffened, and Ye Nanxun grew tense once more. "You know about my pheromones..."

"I know your Companion Beast is Mushroom Spore," Yan Beiyou said.

Ye Nanxun had never imagined that the secret of his pheromones would be spoken so casually by someone else.

For some reason, Yan Beiyou's calm tone soothed the omega's tightly wound nerves.

Lowering his eyes to the egg in his arms, which carried half of his pheromones, Ye Nanxun said quietly, "It's Poison Mushroom Spore..."

Not an ordinary mushroom.

It was a Poison Mushroom, carrying potent toxins that could poison people unconscious—or kill them.

Yan Beiyou responded with a hum, then added, "My Companion Beast is a dragon."

Everyone in the galaxy knew that their ruler's Companion Beast was the Black Dragon.

Ye Nanxun was no exception.

Recently, he had not only watched News Broadcast every day, but also searched the Star Network for quite a bit of information about Yan Beiyou.

At this very moment, the alpha so close before him possessed a terrifying Black Dragon capable of devouring planets.

Yan Beiyou asked, "This is what I wanted to discuss with you. Do you want to keep this egg? I want to keep it. If you want to as well, we can discuss hatching it."

Seeing that Ye Nanxun remained silent with his head lowered, Yan Beiyou continued, "Don't be nervous. If you're unwilling, I won't force you. It would naturally be good if your pheromones could soothe it, but even without them, I have other ways to make sure the egg hatches safely."

This was far too sudden for Ye Nanxun, and Yan Beiyou wanted to give this beautiful omega youth some time to think.

Before he could say anything else, the omega, who had remained silent all this while, said softly, "But my pheromones are Poison Mushroom. They're highly toxic..."

His voice was tight, its pitch trembling faintly.

No matter how hard he tried to conceal them, his anxiety and unease could not be hidden.

Yan Beiyou said, "Dragons are immune to all poisons."