For a moment, the courtyard fell utterly silent.
Beneath the moonlight, the two gazed at each other, conveying their unspoken feelings amid the murmur of running water.
Just as Nan Zhou opened his mouth, a familiar voice came from outside the courtyard.
Gu Zheng and another man drew closer.
Nan Zhou thought of Gu Zheng's endless nagging, and the marriage to Huo Xingye he had once arranged for him.
If he saw us right now...
In his haste, Nan Zhou placed both hands on Huo Xingye's shoulders and pushed him into a corner. In the blink of an eye, they were standing in a cramped corner of the uniquely designed courtyard.
Here, under cover of darkness, they would not be easily spotted.
When Gu Zheng entered, he clearly failed to notice anyone else, and the Omega beside him was even less aware.
He immediately launched into a barrage of sweet talk aimed at Gu Zheng.
But Gu Zheng was like Tang Sanzang. Faced with such enthusiastic advances, he remained completely unmoved, behaving with such impeccable courtesy that no one could find fault with him.
Listening, Nan Zhou wanted to laugh. He covered his mouth and instinctively looked toward Huo Xingye, trying to communicate with his eyes.
But when he lifted his gaze and met Huo Xingye's deep, gentle eyes and the smile curling his lips, his heart involuntarily began to beat much faster.
In the darkness, the Alpha before him was extraordinarily handsome.
The firm muscles beneath his palms, the familiar, pleasant, dry scent-everything was especially alluring.
Nan Zhou instinctively swallowed, his Adam's apple bobbing.
Huo Xingye's eyes narrowed imperceptibly. The muscles in the arm he had instinctively placed around Nan Zhou's lower back when Nan Zhou pushed him tightened slightly.
Out in the courtyard, Gu Zheng said something, and