Chapter 160
In the middle of the night.
Torrential rain began to pour outside the window again.
After months of drought, the steel city finally welcomed an especially fierce, exhilarating storm.
The entire city had long since fallen into a deep sleep.
The glowing nightlights were all snuffed out by the violently howling wind.
"Rumble—"
Lightning flashed across the sky first, illuminating the entire city for an instant.
Then the booming thunder easily drowned out the trembling breaths between their noses.
"Did that scare you?" Yan Beiyou steadied Ye Nanxun by the shoulders.
"N-No..."
Through the rain-streaked glass window, Ye Nanxun blankly stared out at the stormy night.
Some greenery had been planted around the residential complex. The old trees, each with years behind them, had their branches and leaves battered by the storm.
Ye Nanxun watched the fallen leaves and the branches swaying under the hurricane-force wind and rain, and his vision seemed to sway along with them.
Both hands pressed against the windowpane, and the cold glass gradually warmed beneath his palms.
After standing for too long, his legs began to ache. Resting his forehead against the backs of his hands, Ye Nanxun closed his dizzy eyes.
He softly asked, "Can we open the window? It's a little hot in here."
"If we open it, the rain will come in."
"I want some air." Ye Nanxun slowly exhaled. "My head feels a little dizzy."
"You'll catch a cold."
"I won't. I'm an SSS-level omega. I'm in great physical condition..."
Lifting his forehead from his hands, Ye Nanxun reached for the window handle.
Yan Beiyou caught Ye Nanxun's hand. "You're covered in sweat. The wind outside is too strong."
"I want to feel the wind." The omega, who almost never lost his temper or got angry, complained in a