The evening banquet began amid lights and music, with celebrities and dignitaries gathered in force.
Tonight was the Pei family patriarch's seventieth birthday.
As a prominent powerhouse in the business world, the family had invited people from every industry to attend.
The patriarch had thrown such a grand birthday banquet for just one major announcement.
The engagement of the Pei family's sole heir.
The news dropped like a nuclear bomb, catching everyone off guard.
Everyone knew the Pei family heir was a rare Enigma.
He was the prize everyone wanted.
With that sudden announcement, guests were practically trampling down the banquet's doors.
Everyone wanted to know who Pei Jinghe was getting engaged to. After all, not a single detail had been released so far.
While Old Mr. Pei and the man of the hour had yet to appear, the engagement became the hottest topic at the banquet.
"Who exactly is the Pei family marrying into?"
"Who knows? There hasn't been any news at all. We don't even know whether it's an Alpha or an Omega."
"Still, anyone marrying into the Pei family must be more or less their equal in status. Otherwise, Old Mr. Pei wouldn't bear to marry off his own grandson."
"After tonight, who knows how many families' Omegas will be heartbroken?"
The chatter reached the ears of a man lounging on a sofa in a corner, and he gave a silent scoff.
His face was hidden in shadow. Beneath his suit jacket, several buttons of his shirt were undone, revealing glimpses of firm, beautifully defined lines across his chest. His posture was lazy yet showy, his long, straight legs elegantly crossed beneath his trousers.
Just then, someone squeezed out of the crowd and jogged up to him. "Boss, I finally found you."
The man leaned forward slightly, bringing an exceptionally handsome, coldly arrogant face into the light, striking and refined.
"I wasn't going anywhere. What's the rush?"
With that, he lazily glanced at the clustered crowd, leaned back against the sofa, and took out his phone.
The man beside him looked a little uneasy. After a moment's hesitation, he slowly edged closer and sneaked a look at his phone.
"Aji."
The man suddenly scoffed. "Got a death wish?"
Aji shuddered and quickly looked away, his expression miserable. "I knew it... Jiangyuan, please don't log into Weibo again."
Wu Jiangyuan raised an eyebrow. "Give me a reason."
Aji's mouth twitched. Did he really need a reason? His scandals had been flying everywhere lately, and the comments under his Weibo posts had been completely overrun by haters.
Didn't that count as a reason?
Aji dared to be angry but not show it. All he could do was answer meekly.
"The smear pieces about you are trending second only to the Pei family engagement right now. Better to keep them out of sight and out of mind."
Wu Jiangyuan leaned against the sofa without a word, and the atmosphere grew somewhat oppressive.
Sensing trouble, Aji hurriedly grabbed another topic. "Jiangyuan, you must be pretty curious about tonight's banquet too, right?"
Wu Jiangyuan glanced at him. "Curious about what?"
Aji said, "Who exactly the Pei family's engagement partner is?"
Wu Jiangyuan raised an eyebrow without speaking.
Aji continued, "He went to a lot of trouble to get this invitation. You haven't just been sitting here the whole time without talking to anyone, have you?"
Wu Jiangyuan tapped his thigh with his fingertips and asked with a perfectly straight face, "Do I look like a social butterfly?"
A bead of cold sweat formed on Aji's forehead. "He's thinking of your future in showbiz."
"What's there to worry about?" Wu Jiangyuan looked unbothered. "If I can't make it, I'll get out. Simple as that."
He stood up after saying that.
Aji asked, "Are we leaving now?"
"Bathroom," Wu Jiangyuan said curtly.
Still worried, Aji added, "Then hurry back. The Pei family's engagement partner will be making an appearance soon. Don't miss it."
Wu Jiangyuan paused and gave him a meaningful smile. "That won't happen."
Aji said, "Huh?"
"The engagement partner won't be appearing."
Leaving those words behind, Wu Jiangyuan turned and walked away.
"Huh?" Aji was full of questions. "Why?"
Wu Jiangyuan didn't answer, his expression turning bored.
Why?
Because I'm the one marrying into the Pei family.
Wu Jiangyuan dawdled in the bathroom for quite a while before coming out, then checked the time first.
At this hour, the old man should already be here, right?
According to their agreement, he didn't have to attend this engagement banquet. He hoped the old man wouldn't sell him out.
Otherwise, he really would charge straight over and yank out the old man's beard.
If anyone discovered he was the Pei family's engagement partner, he really wouldn't be able to keep working as a celebrity.
Wu Jiangyuan lit a cigarette and leaned against the windowsill. As he puffed out smoke, slightly hurried footsteps sounded behind him.
The person even accidentally bumped into him while passing.
Wu Jiangyuan reached out and steadied him. It was a pretty, slender Omega, looking very nervous and startled.
Wu Jiangyuan looked toward the item knocked to the floor by the collision, but before he could make out what it was, the man had already snatched it up.
"Sorry!"
With that, the man hurried away in a panic.
Wu Jiangyuan bit down on his cigarette, his eyes narrowing slightly. There was something strange about that Omega's scent.
It didn't smell like he was in heat, either.
It was rather familiar... He seemed to have smelled it somewhere before.
Wu Jiangyuan couldn't remember.
Just then, someone came out of the bathroom, interrupting his thoughts, and he stopped thinking about it.
He lingered alone by the window a little longer before stubbing out his cigarette and starting to leave.
Suddenly, crash! The sound of shattering porcelain rang out from deep down the corridor.
Wu Jiangyuan followed the sound. The door to the room at the end of the corridor stood ajar, and the noise had come from inside.
An unusual scent drifted through the doorway, and Wu Jiangyuan quickly understood. Someone inside was in heat.
He had smelled this scent on that Omega just now. At close range, he could tell it was the resinous scent of cliff cypress.
Cliff cypress pheromones...
Wu Jiangyuan's eyelid twitched. It couldn't be that guy, could it?
With that question in mind, he slowly pushed the door open.
Beyond the open door, the room was dark.
Wu Jiangyuan leaned against the doorframe with his arms folded and surveyed the room, his gaze finally settling on the man sitting on the edge of the bed.
The man's once-neat suit was disheveled, his collar half-open. His head hung low, hiding his expression.
Still, Wu Jiangyuan recognized him from his scent and build.
It really was his engagement partner-Pei Jinghe.
Wu Jiangyuan raised an eyebrow and walked toward him.
Hearing the movement, Pei Jinghe lifted his head to look at him.
His breathing was erratic and heavy, his pitch-black eyes dull. Even in the dim light, the unnatural redness of his face was faintly visible.
Wu Jiangyuan gave a teasing smile and hooked a finger under his chin. "Well, if it isn't our young master Pei."
As he spoke, he looked around the room, his tone full of mischievous amusement. "Why did the star of the banquet sneak off here to go into heat?"
Pei Jinghe stared at him with unfocused eyes, remaining silent.
He had clearly been drugged.
Seeing him in such a rare state of disarray was immensely satisfying for Wu Jiangyuan.
He deliberately asked, "Need me to call a doctor for you?"
In truth, he had found Pei Jinghe irritating for a long time.
Author's note: Hehe, this time it's a story about husbands who are childhood friends and sworn enemies.
There are tons of custom settings!
Neither has been with anyone else, neither has been with anyone else, neither has been with anyone else-important things deserve to be said three times.
This isn't a conventional showbiz novel. It's illogical and melodramatic, and lots of the settings don't match reality. Please switch your brains off while reading!
Just a completely brainless little sweet romance. Pwease don't yell at me~
Love you all, mwah~
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