This Egg Is Ours

Chapter Twenty-Two

The words "physical examination" suddenly rang in his ears, and Ye Nanxun's body and nerves instantly tightened 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 accidentally bumped into something. It's almost healed already, so it's 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 cup to pour him some warm water.

"Drink some water first."

He handed the cup to Ye Nanxun. Watching the omega accept it, Yan Beiyou stood and made a phone call.

"Song Ren, you don't need to come over." The alpha's tone was calm, with not the slightest trace of displeasure.

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

Had he overreacted just now?

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

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

Yan Beiyou put down his phone. When he turned around, this was what he saw.

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

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

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

The heart he had been holding in his throat finally settled back into place.

Once he recovered, Ye Nanxun apologized to Yan Beiyou for what he had done just now.

"I'm sorry, I..."

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

"You should still call me Mr. Yan," the alpha said.

Outside the vast floor-to-ceiling windows, dazzling fireworks continued to bloom.

The colorful bursts reflected against the glass, refracting into brilliant shifting lights.

The hands clutching his trousers slowly relaxed. Ye Nanxun asked, "Mr. Yan, you said 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 so far beneath him in 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 have a look."

The egg on the table had a white shell streaked with black patterns. It was a little larger than a goose egg, and it was impossible to tell what kind it was.

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

As he bent at the waist, his fingertips touched an eggshell that was exceptionally hard.

When he held it in his hand, it felt heavy and substantial.

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

The egg was a little 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 to emit a faint, lustrous glow from within. The light brightened and dimmed, alternating at a rhythm like breathing.

"Mr. Yan—"

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

Yan Beiyou remained calmly 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 to give off warmth as well.

Ye Nanxun's breath caught. "Mr. Yan, this egg is getting hot!"

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

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

Yan Beiyou replied, "Not that quickly. It's usually very quiet. It must have sensed your presence and gotten too happy."

"It sensed my presence?" The omega youth still looked completely confused.

What Yan Beiyou said next—

Ye Nanxun could understand every word.

But put together, they only made his head swell.

"Our pheromones accidentally fused. This egg is the product of that fusion. We still 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 by our sides."

His throat bobbed with difficulty. Ye Nanxun's lips parted and closed before he hesitantly asked, "You mean this egg was created 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 his lost Mushroom Spore.

Could it be that his Mushroom Spore had attached itself to the little yellow dog, then somehow fallen onto Yan Beiyou?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Not an ordinary mushroom.

It was a Poison Mushroom, highly toxic enough to knock people unconscious or kill them.

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

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

Naturally, Ye Nanxun was no exception.

During this time, he had not only watched News Broadcast every day, but had also looked up plenty of information about Yan Beiyou online.

At this moment, the alpha so close at hand 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 how to hatch it."

Seeing that Ye Nanxun kept his head lowered and remained silent, Yan Beiyou continued, "Don't be nervous. If you don't want to, I won't force you. Of course, having your pheromones soothe it would be ideal, but even without them, I have other ways to ensure the egg hatches safely."

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

Before he could say anything further, the omega, who had remained silent until then, softly said, "But my pheromones are Poison Mushroom. They're highly toxic..."

His voice was tight, his pitch trembling faintly.

No matter how hard he tried to hide it, he could not conceal his nervousness and unease.

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