Say You Love Me

Lu Zhi stood up, looked down at him, and said, "Teacher Shen, I can't find something. Could you come upstairs and help me look for it?"

Shen Ranxin took a deep breath.

He knew Lu Zhi was on the verge of losing his mind. If he openly refused him now, this madman might really bite through his gland in front of everyone.

If he went upstairs with him and explained things properly, perhaps he could earn himself some leniency.

Shen Ranxin let out a breath and turned toward the stairs first. "Let's go."

Lu Zhi followed him upstairs. The cameraman carrying the camera was about to follow when Lu Zhi turned back with a smile. "Aren't there cameras upstairs? You know how it is—we Alphas really don't like other people stepping into our territory."

The cameraman paused, then quietly retreated.

The chill in Lu Zhi's words was enough to make anyone shudder, and the reason he gave was highly convincing as well.

Alphas were indeed creatures with an extremely strong sense of territory. They deeply disliked any living thing other than their own omega setting foot in it.

Even if that person was merely an ordinary beta.

Shen Ranxin entered the room first. Just as he was about to check whether the camera in the room had been covered, Lu Zhi pressed him against the doorframe.

Shen Ranxin: "..."

Having been pinned down by Lu Zhi so many times, he was almost used to it by now. Instead of his usual anger and embarrassment, he even felt a little helpless.

Lu Zhi's scorching lips... (one hundred words omitted here because the censors wouldn't allow it).

Shen Ranxin's waist was locked in Lu Zhi's embrace by one arm. Lowering his head, he obediently exposed his gland from beneath his collar.

"Teacher Shen is being so good today..." Lu Zhi sighed. "Actually, I still prefer it when Teacher Shen struggles. (It's really hot, but the censors won't allow it.)"

Shen Ranxin: "...Once you're done going crazy, get the hell out."

Lu Zhi laughed softly. "Fine. I'll make every inch of Teacher Shen smell like me..."

Then Shen Ranxin discovered in horror that this little bastard, Lu Zhi, had already pulled up his clothes.

Shen Ranxin was a size smaller than Lu Zhi, with a lean build. His muscles were not particularly pronounced; only a thin layer of abs outlined the V-lines at his waist, so well-proportioned and beautiful that it was impossible to look away.

"What... are you doing?!" Shen Ranxin nearly shrank back from the heat, instinctively retreating.

Lu Zhi's lips... (wanted to kiss Teacher Shen, but the censors wouldn't allow it).

"Teacher Shen is so pale..." Lu Zhi said. "With just a little force, it'd be easy to leave marks."

The calm mindset Shen Ranxin had maintained—pretending he had merely been bitten by a dog—vanished completely. Lu Zhi could always effortlessly stir up every emotion in his body.

His abdomen had always been his most sensitive spot. The stimulation raised goosebumps all over him, numbed his spine, and made him struggle instinctively.

Lu Zhi's palm rested against Shen Ranxin's waist. "Why are you running? Wasn't Teacher Shen very calm just now? Is it because..."

(The censors believed Teacher Shen becoming so sensitive that he cried was him doing something harmful to minors, so it has been omitted.)

Lu Zhi sighed. "Teacher Shen is always like this—making people grit their teeth in hatred on one hand, then crying and making them soften on the other... What am I supposed to do with you?"

Amid the tugging and tearing, Shen Ranxin's shirt slipped down into the crook of his arms.

Shen Ranxin yanked his clothes over himself, raised a hand and slapped Lu Zhi, then shoved him away.

The instant his fingers touched the doorknob, Lu Zhi clung to him like a disease in the bone.

Lu Zhi spun Shen Ranxin around and lifted his entire body into his arms, face-to-face!

His back slammed into the door with a bang. The sound was not loud, but to Shen Ranxin's ears it was like thunder. "Let go! What are you doing, Lu Zhi?!"

Lu Zhi leaned in and sealed his incessantly talking mouth.

Shen Ranxin sat on Lu Zhi's arm, the skin of his back pressed against the cold door while before him was a chest so hot it nearly burned.

"You're mine." Lu Zhi bit his lip and spoke indistinctly. "I won't allow anyone to take you away from me. No one. Don't make it so I can't find you again, okay?"

Shen Ranxin finally managed to catch a breath. He had nearly been kissed senseless by Lu Zhi.

(Kissing, but omitted.)

Shen Ranxin blinked, and the tears pooling in his eyes spilled over.

"Ran, are you in there?" A rhythmic knocking sounded against the door behind him.

Cheng Cheng had finished making dinner, only to turn around and discover that both the person he secretly loved and his rival in love were fucking gone.

How could he let that stand?

After asking Jiang Ye and learning that Shen Ranxin had followed Lu Zhi upstairs to his room, he rushed up without stopping.

Shen Ranxin could not speak. He could only pat Lu Zhi's shoulder with his palm. "Lu—Lu Zhi! Stop, someone... Cheng Cheng came upstairs!"

Lu Zhi turned a deaf ear and pressed Shen Ranxin down as he chuckled. "Teacher Shen, are you embarrassed?"

What kind of stupid question was that!

Shen Ranxin was so humiliated and furious that he nearly wanted to flee the planet.

On the other side of the doorframe pressed tightly against his back stood Cheng Cheng. Every tremor from his knocking traveled through the door, as though this thin door could not block anything at all.

Shen Ranxin's entire body tensed. The door was not locked. If Cheng Cheng grew impatient outside, all he had to do was lightly turn the handle and the door would open.

Embarrassed and frightened, Shen Ranxin could only force himself to soothe Lu Zhi. "Wait until tonight, okay? Right now, just put me down first... Lu Zhi!"

(Waiting until tonight was impossible. There would be no tonight. The censors wouldn't allow it. I didn't write anything, okay? May heaven judge the loyal and the treacherous.)

A smile curled on Lu Zhi's lips.

Cheng Cheng's face darkened outside. His hand was already on the handle. When he twisted it twice and found it could move, yet the door would not budge no matter how he pushed, his expression turned even darker.

Seemingly realizing what was happening in the room, he was furious. Yet afraid of drawing the people downstairs over, he could only lower his voice. "Lu Zhi, let him out!"

Lu Zhi let out a soft laugh and released Shen Ranxin's lips.

Shen Ranxin only felt as if even the tip of his tongue no longer belonged to him. Breathing was the only thing left for his mind to do.

Because he had no idea when Lu Zhi would press himself against him again and steal what little air he had left.

Lu Zhi rested his chin in Shen Ranxin's neck, smiling wantonly.

His voice was not loud, but it was just enough to pass through the thin door and reach Cheng Cheng's ears outside with precision.

"Teacher Shen, you're making this very difficult for me..."

Cheng Cheng's face turned livid outside. "Lu Zhi! Have you lost your mind?!"

Lu Zhi tipped his head back and looked at Shen Ranxin. "Teacher Shen, tell him—am I the one who's lost my mind? Say you love me, okay? Say it for him to hear... Say you love me, Shen Ranxin."