Duan Xu had told Shen Yanlang before that when he was busy, he could help him with small things, but Shen Yanlang couldn't always be the one taking care of him, otherwise it would be too tiring.
Shen Yanlang initially said, "Taking care of you is something I do willingly, and I can't bear to see you do those things."
"I'd be happy to do that," Duan Xu replied. "I can't help you with your projects, but I should at least do something for you in your daily life. Otherwise, I'll feel like I'm a burden to you, and I'll be unhappy."
After hearing what he said, Shen Yanlang thought about it seriously and finally agreed with him.
His intention was to be kind to Duan Xu and make Duan Xu happy, but as Duan Xu said, doing so would make him unhappy, which was not what he wanted to see, so he didn't say anything more.
Shen Yanlang: [Okay, thank Xuxu for your hard work, Xuxu. Here's a kiss.]
Shen Yanlang sent a kissing emoji, and Duan Xu replied with one, then they stopped chatting.
Duan Xu changed out of his pajamas, casually put on a long-sleeved shirt and trousers, and went out to buy noodles.
There was a small supermarket outside the residential area, but it sold a wide variety of goods Duan Xu went in and quickly grabbed a bag of noodles. Then, he browsed the snack shelf and bought some snacks.
After buying his things, Duan Xu carried the bags home.
Stepping out of the elevator, Duan Xu took out his key to open the door. As the door opened, he suddenly turned around, feeling strangely like someone was watching him.
Duan Xu immediately became wary and stepped inside, wanting to close the door quickly.
Just then, a burly man suddenly rushed out from the darkness of the stairwell, bracing the door that was about to close. The force was so great that Duan Xu to take two steps back.
Duan Xu was startled and reached out to push the door open, but the other person took advantage of the opening and squeezed in, slamming the door shut with a "bang".
With a "click," the person who had squeezed in found the light switch and turned it on.
"Wei Xiaoyang!"
As soon as the light came on, Duan Xu could see the person in front of him clearly and instinctively took two steps back.
Wei Xiaoyang was dressed entirely in black, even his shoes were black, blending into the darkness. As long as he remained still and silent, he would not be noticed by most people.
"Duan Xu," Wei Xiaoyang, his gaze turning sinister, "You've really kept me waiting!"
After the holiday started, he came to City A and asked several friends to find out Duan Xu lived. He then waited outside the residential area for three days before he finally caught up with Duan Xu.
He followed them into the residential complex, and after noticing the elevator stops, he continued to wait, hoping for an opportunity for Shen Yanlang to come out.
Today, he finally managed to wait for Shen Yanlang to leave the house, but Duan Xu stayed at home the whole time. If he were to knock on the door rashly, Duan Xu would definitely not open it if he saw it was him.
He could only wait in the stairwell, praying that Duan Xu would go out alone, and also praying that Shen Yanlang would come back later.
Unexpectedly, he was lucky. Shen Yanlang hadn't returned by eight o'clock, and Duan Xu had gone out. So he waited for Duan Xu to come back, and when he opened the door, he rushed out and blocked him in the house.
Duan Xu felt a pang of panic. His opponent was a very strong alpha; he couldn't outrun him, nor could he fight him. All he could do was stall for time.
He took two steps back, his face calm, and said, "Wei Xiaoyang, this is trespassing, which is illegal."
Wei Xiaoyang sneered, "So what? Once I mark you, I'll be your alpha. Can you just stand by and watch your alpha go to jail?"
"Besides... my dad has plenty of connections, he's not afraid of you suing him."
Duan Xu was shocked. "What did you say?!"
Mark him? Mark him completely?
No, you can't!
"Heh..." Wei Xiaoyang smiled smugly when he saw the fear on Duan Xu's face. "Duan Xu, I didn't want this to happen. If you had just talked to me obediently, we could have taken it slow. You forced me to do this!"
Duan Xu tightened his grip on the bag. Shen Yanlang said it would take another half hour to finish and more than ten minutes to get back, which would be more than forty minutes. But less than twenty minutes had passed since he left the house.
He was terrified; twenty minutes was too long, and he was afraid he wouldn't be able to hold out until then.
He didn't want to be marked by Wei Xiaoyang, and he didn't even want him to touch him.
Duan Xu took a deep breath, trying his best to remain calm, "Forcibly marking an omega is a capital offense!"
Wei Xiaoyang scoffed dismissively, "Throughout history, there have been many omegas who have been forcibly marked, but how many of them could endure not receiving pheromones from an alpha for an extended period?"
"Don't tell me you can wash off the mark now; that would be harmful to your body. The process of washing off the mark would be even more painful than being forcibly marked. Can you handle it?"
Wei Xiaoyang thought Duan Xu was too delicate and definitely couldn't handle that kind of pain.
In reality, Duan Xu is not delicate. If such a thing really happened, he would go and remove the mark.
Now, what he needs to do is delay as long as possible until Shen Yanlang returns, so that this matter does not happen.
"I can handle it!" Duan Xu said with a stern face.
Wei Xiaoyang was afraid that Shen Yanlang go home, so he didn't plan to waste any more words with him. He smiled sinisterly, stepped forward, and went to grab Duan Xu.
Duan Xu had been watching him closely, and seeing him make a move, he immediately threw the bag he was holding away.
Then, Duan Xu turned and ran into the study, slammed the door shut, quickly locked it from the inside, and then ran to the desk and pushed it hard.
He had already thought about it. If he went to the bedroom, there was only a bed, a wardrobe, and a bedside table. The bedside table was too light to hold the door open, and he couldn't push the bed and wardrobe. So he could only go to the study.
The study has chairs and a desk, which he can move.
"Bang bang bang--"
Wei Xiaoyang pounded on the door loudly, shouting, "Duan Xu! Open the door! Let me tell you, locking it won't stop me!"
After saying that, Wei Xiaoyang didn't bang on the door, but kicked it down.
"Bang--"
The sound of the kick struck Duan Xu's heart, making him panic and his hands tremble. He pushed the desk even harder.
Fortunately, he could push the desk. With all his might, he managed to push the desk to the door and block it, despite Wei Xiaoyang's repeated kicking.
When the next kick came, it felt noticeably different.
"Damn it!" Wei Xiaoyang had a very bad temper. Knowing that there was something blocking the door, he kicked it even harder.
Duan Xu leaned against the desk, feeling a moment of relief. That door probably wouldn't have withstood a few more kicks; if he had been ten seconds later, it would have been kicked open.
Duan Xu gasped for breath. Every kick Wei Xiaoyang from outside the door felt like a hammer blow to his heart, followed by a violent jolt.
"Shen Yanlang..." Duan Xu's hands trembled as he took out his phone. He was going to call Shen Yanlang, but then he suddenly remembered that Zhou Zhou and Xiao Xu lived a few floors downstairs.
Calling Shen Yanlang now is useless; he'll need time to get here. It'll be faster to call Zhou Zhou and Xiao Xu.
So, Duan Xu dialed Zhou Zhou's number with trembling hands.
The call was quickly answered, and Zhou Zhou's lively voice came through, "Hey, Xuxu, what's up? Why are you calling at this hour?"