Teacher Shen, Are You Inviting Me?

Shen Ranxin bent over, studying the electronic lock on the door.

Fuck, such a huge restaurant and they still offered this kind of service?

No, was an event like this actually legal?!

Lu Zhi sat on the waterbed with one leg crossed over the other, watching Shen Ranxin furiously fiddle with the electronic lock. Tilting his head, he said, "Teacher Shen, that position looks like you're inviting me."

Shen Ranxin, who had his ass stuck out while examining the lock: "..."

He straightened up and rolled his eyes speechlessly. "Bro, if you really can't help it, why not go see a doctor? Is the Lu family so rich they can't afford to treat your illness?"

"You can't break it." Lu Zhi spoke lightly. "This lock has the highest security rating. Even bullets can't pierce it."

Shen Ranxin ground his teeth. "How do you know?"

Supporting himself against the waterbed, Lu Zhi blinked at Shen Ranxin. "Didn't you know? This restaurant chain belongs to the Lu Group. In other words, it's mine."

Shen Ranxin: "..."

I'm going to fight all you rich people!

He gave a humorless smile. "So that whole event from earlier was something you arranged beforehand, right? Lu Zhi, do you think this is particularly amusing?"

The room was lit with passion-inducing scented candles. Shen Ranxin's breathing grew a little rushed as he irritably tugged at his collar. The urge to inflict pain inside him nearly overflowed, making him want to smash everything in sight to pieces—and punch the Alpha before him to death while he was at it.

Lu Zhi's smile made people's legs go weak.

"I didn't tell him to do anything." Lu Zhi stood up. "From the looks of it, he acted on his own... But right now, I really do need an environment where it's just the two of us."

The smell of alcohol filled the air. Shen Ranxin caught a familiar scent, and his strength was slowly drained away. His back slammed into the doorframe with a loud bang.

Lu Zhi walked over and crouched in front of him, meeting his eyes. There was a darkness in his gaze Shen Ranxin had never seen before. "We need to have a proper talk, baby. Your moods have been so unpredictable that it puts me in a difficult position... Did Cheng Cheng tell you something? Or..."

He narrowed his eyes dangerously, staring at Shen Ranxin's slightly parted red lips. "Did you remember something?"

"Ha." Shen Ranxin gave a short laugh. "What do you think? President Lu, what do you think I should have remembered?"

Lu Zhi paused but said nothing.

Using the last of his strength to prop himself up, Shen Ranxin sneered. "So what do you two take me for? Hm? A dog that only knows how to submit to pheromones? Relying on the fact that your pheromone levels are higher than mine to do this again and again... Mmph!"

"I love you." Lu Zhi suddenly interrupted him. "Shen Ranxin, I love you. I like you so much I'm practically going insane."

He seized Shen Ranxin's wrist, his thin lips gently brushing the back of his hand. "Shen Ranxin, you were the one who provoked me first. What gives you the right to act so high and mighty now, unwilling to spare me even a little affection? What do you want me to do? Do you want me dead?"

Shen Ranxin gritted his teeth, unable to understand what Lu Zhi was talking about. He only struggled to pull his hand away from Lu Zhi's lips, then backhanded him across the face.

He had no strength left. The slap was not hard; rather than a slap, it felt more like an intimate caress between lovers.

"Lu! Zhi!" Shen Ranxin panted. "I'll say it one last time—let go!"

Lu Zhi leaned closer, his pale eyes filled with crazed obsession.

"I don't like those words. Let go, get lost, go away—I don't like any of them." His fingers forcibly parted Shen Ranxin's lips. "Baby is so pretty, and so soft to kiss... Why do you always say such hateful things?"

Shen Ranxin glared at Lu Zhi furiously and cursed indistinctly, "Psycho!"

Lu Zhi curved his lips in a smile. One hand supported Shen Ranxin's butt, and he lifted him straight off the floor.

Shen Ranxin fell into Lu Zhi's arms.

Lu Zhi drew in a quiet breath, then laughed again. "I love this feeling—when there's nothing left by your side except me."

Shen Ranxin was carried over Lu Zhi's shoulder into the bathroom.

"Lu Zhi! What the hell are you trying to do?! Let me go!" Shen Ranxin broke out in a cold sweat and began struggling wildly. "Get away from me! Lu Zhi! Stop losing your mind! Are you fucking an animal? Let go! You filthy dog!"

Lu Zhi moved closer, the tip of his nose brushing Shen Ranxin's chin. "You don't like it when I go crazy. I've already been holding myself back... But Teacher Shen keeps provoking a madman again and again. Are you really without fault?"

Shen Ranxin was so angered by Lu Zhi's twisted logic that he almost laughed.

But he truly could not laugh right now.

Because Lu Zhi seemed to be serious.

His entire body was weak from the pheromone suppression. After painstakingly gathering a little strength, he raised his foot and kicked.

His foot struck Lu Zhi's shoulder. While Lu Zhi staggered back, Shen Ranxin hurriedly jumped down from the sink, but his legs gave out and he dropped straight to his knees, the impact sending sharp pain through them.

Holding back tears, he crawled unsteadily toward the door.

Even though he knew there was nowhere to run, he absolutely could not simply wait to be victimized. He hated the feeling of being suppressed by pheromones, and hated even more that, as an Alpha, he could be pinned down and toyed with at will by another Alpha.

He loathed these so-called pheromone ranks. Why should a person's strength be determined from birth?

Why, just because his pheromone level was a little lower, did he have no ability to resist whenever Lu Zhi suppressed him?!

Sure enough, before he could even crawl out of the bathroom, someone grabbed his ankle.

Lu Zhi effortlessly dragged him back.

The Alpha's huge body loomed over him as Lu Zhi restrained both his hands and pulled them above his head.

Sweat dripped from the young man's silver hair onto Shen Ranxin's face.

"Baby, where are you running to?" Lu Zhi pulled at his leg. "Can you get away?"

Shen Ranxin cursed loudly, "Bastard! Animal! Lu Zhi, you fucking dare! I'll kill you!"

Overwhelming terror descended upon him. Tilting back his neck, Shen Ranxin called out in a trembling voice, "Lu Zhi... I'll kill you..."

Lu Zhi's movements stopped. Unspoken desire had already reddened his eyes, and the beast restrained inside his body roared, yearning to be released.

Yet he still stopped.

Because Shen Ranxin cried.

This time, Shen Ranxin was really crying, not merely shedding a couple of tears in an attempt to muddle through.

He was terrified. His tears came in a flood, falling like pearls from a broken string.

It was as though Lu Zhi had been slapped awake. His frenzied movements finally stopped.

He lowered his head and wiped away the tears on Shen Ranxin's face.

"Don't cry..." Lu Zhi muttered softly. "Don't cry... Shen Ranxin."

Shen Ranxin raised an arm over his eyes, letting his sleeve absorb his tears.

"Get lost!"

If he had been fake crying, he would have wanted Lu Zhi to see every single tear clearly.

Now that he was truly crying so messily, he suddenly cared about his dignity instead.

Lu Zhi pulled him into his arms and said quietly, "I'm sorry."

Shen Ranxin grabbed Lu Zhi's shoulder and bit down hard on his neck.

He bit with tremendous force, full of towering anger and unwillingness. Even when the taste of blood filled his mouth, he was not satisfied, as though he wanted to tear off a piece of Lu Zhi's flesh.

Lu Zhi did not even grunt as he let Shen Ranxin vent, instead holding him even tighter.

Shen Ranxin spat out the blood in his mouth, then changed spots and bit down again. "If apologies worked, what would we need Black Cat Sheriff for? I'll fucking bite you to death!"

Only after biting Lu Zhi's neck three or four times, drawing blood with every bite, did Shen Ranxin collapse weakly onto the waterbed, still grinding his teeth.

Lu Zhi got up and opened the bedside cabinet, intending to find some tissues or something to wipe the blood from the corner of Shen Ranxin's mouth, but there was nothing inside.