Young Master Gu's mental suppression! The superstar's obsession...

Someone was touching him.

No, that wasn't right.

There were more than two hands.

The movements were intimate and gentle, unintentional brushes that also seemed like deliberate harassment.

Perhaps the sudden darkness had frightened people, making them reach for whoever was closest.

Gu Xiao still felt something was wrong.

He seized one of the hands and abruptly tightened his grip. A startled cry rang out-it was Feng Ji's voice.

Gu Xiao felt a little more reassured.

As long as it was Feng Ji.

Feng Ji was fairly normal.

Of course, that "normal" was predicated on everyone else being insane.

How many students at this noble academy could possibly be normal?

Even Feng Ji's normality seemed less than normal.

"A-Xiao, you nearly broke my bones. What's wrong? Are you..." A hint of laughter entered Feng Ji's voice. "Are you scared?"

His tone was flippant and light.

As Feng Ji finished speaking, the touches on Gu Xiao's body vanished.

In the darkness, people's perception dulled.

Gu Xiao still gripped Feng Ji's hand tightly, his tone inscrutable. "Feng Ji, what were you doing just now?"

Feng Ji was baffled. "I didn't do anything... why did you suddenly grab me?"

He had been planning to do something. Disgruntled, he said, "What the hell is the student affairs office doing? We spend so much money keeping them around, and they still let the power go out?"

The sudden blackout had thrown the gathering into noisy confusion.

But within ten meters of Gu Xiao, it wasn't packed shoulder to shoulder.

Whoever had touched him just now had definitely harbored ill intentions!

Several people surrounded him, and perhaps someone had slipped close in an instant.

An alpha's explosive power was formidable.

"Someone touched me just now."

Hearing this, Feng Ji was about to start cursing when Gu Xiao spoke again-

"Where's He Shuyu?"

The power had gone out right after the man greeted him.

Gu Xiao found it hard not to suspect him.

Feng Ji thought the same.

"Damn it, that bastard definitely did this!"

He Shuyu's voice drifted eerily from beside Feng Ji. At his current distance, he would need arms two meters long to touch Gu Xiao.

"Young Master Gu, I haven't done anything. My gift to you was the song I sang. I wrote it myself, played the accompaniment and sang it myself. Did you like it?"

He Shuyu's voice held a soft, ingratiating note, like a puppy bringing its favorite toy to its owner in its mouth, eagerly hoping its owner would like it.

"Don't give me useless things," Gu Xiao rejected him coldly. "I don't need them."

He Shuyu's laughter became somewhat beguiling in the darkness. "Young Master Gu, it's been two years. I've really, really missed you."

That naked declaration made Feng Ji bristle.

"What are you saying? Do you have a death wish?" Feng Ji cursed. "You think you can flirt with A-Xiao?"

He Shuyu laughed again. "I'm not flirting with Young Master Gu, and I don't want to die. Young Master Gu, I've truly missed you. Could you give me a chance to pursue you?

"I'll be very good and very obedient."

The moment He Shuyu finished speaking, the lights suddenly came on.

The glaring light made everyone narrow their eyes for a moment.

A bang rang out as something burst open.

The next instant, beautiful iris petals of every color whirled and floated through the air, drawing a chorus of startled cries.

He Shuyu blinked at Gu Xiao affectionately. "This is my second gift to you, Young Master Gu."

The petals only hovered and spun in midair without falling to the floor, so they wouldn't soil the food.

A faint iris fragrance filled the entire clubhouse.

It was a scent infinitely close to Gu Xiao's pheromones.

He Shuyu's gesture was romantic and impressive, beautifully executed.

"How did you do it?" Feng Ji closed in on He Shuyu, his face vicious, completely at odds with his usually approachable baby face.

This was Aisili Noble Academy's own clubhouse, sprawling enough to accommodate thousands of people.

The young masters and young ladies would come here for recreation as well.

But apart from the four members of F4, no one had the right to book the entire clubhouse. At most, they could reserve a small, separate section.

How had He Shuyu done it? How had he managed to cut power to the entire clubhouse for a minute?

"I just told them I wanted to give Young Master Gu a surprise, and they agreed straightaway."

He Shuyu's tone and expression were both composed. Facing Gu Xiao, he showed none of the blazing hatred of enemies meeting face-to-face.

This wasn't right.

As another member of the universally adored protagonist's harem, He Shuyu couldn't possibly be so magnanimous.

And this man had even said he wanted to pursue him.

How was that any different from plucking a tiger's whiskers right in front of it?

Yet He Shuyu had uttered those death-seeking words with such abandon.

Gu Xiao looked up at the dazzling irises blooming like fireworks and smiled, though the smile didn't reach his eyes.

"He Shuyu, do you want to go bankrupt a second time?"

He Shuyu hastily raised his hands in surrender, his smile devil-may-care, his pink lip stud glinting.

"Young Master Gu, my relationship with the He Family is only so-so. By bankrupting the He Family, you actually did me a huge favor. My dream is to be a singer. If the He Family were still around, I wouldn't have had the chance to realize that dream."

He Shuyu's words were nicely put, as though he were genuinely thanking him.

"He Shuyu, your conduct is far too presumptuous," Fu Huai said. "If you're willing to undergo surgery and voluntarily become an omega, you might have a chance to warm A-Xiao's bed-with your looks, you'd still have a one-in-a-thousand chance."

He Shuyu didn't get angry at Fu Huai's mockery. Instead, he asked Gu Xiao, "Young Master Gu, is that what you think too?"

Gu Xiao looked at him expressionlessly. "You're the first alpha who has dared say something like that to me openly."

"I'm very happy to be your first."

He Shuyu was still all smiles, his gaze deeply affectionate as he looked at Gu Xiao.

The next instant, his expression changed drastically.

Even Fu Huai and Feng Ji looked grim.

The people who had been near them swiftly retreated like an ebbing tide.

Within a twenty-meter radius, only their small group remained.

Fu Huai paled. "A-Xiao, you-"

For a mere He Shuyu, A-Xiao had actually unleashed his mental pressure!

That powerful force descended on He Shuyu, driving him uncontrollably onto one knee as he barely maintained a somewhat presentable posture.

He looked up, smiling at Gu Xiao, who was clearly furious yet utterly calm.

So this was what Gu Xiao looked like when he was truly angry. How beautiful.

His furious face was like a flower blooming at its most vivid; just a gentle pinch would make it spill abundant juices.

He really was so suited to being pinned beneath someone. What a shame he was an alpha.

He Shuyu's gaze slowly shifted downward, settling on Gu Xiao's legs.

White suit trousers paired with white socks that covered his ankles. Would it feel good to have those feet tread on his chest?

A little blood seeped from the corner of He Shuyu's mouth. He wiped it away and licked the corner of his lips.

There was more he wanted to do now, much more-

He didn't know when it had begun, but the image of this person, "Gu Xiao," had kept appearing in his dreams.

It followed him like a shadow, impossible to shake off.

The Gu Xiao in his dreams was exactly like the real Gu Xiao, arrogant, conceited, and insufferably imperious.

He wielded the power in his hands with consummate mastery.

But in the latter half of the dreams, he was the one pinning Gu Xiao down and doing whatever he pleased.

That furious gaze was the finest aphrodisiac.

It could keep He Shuyu excited all night.

Everything in his dreams was so real that his waking self felt all the more unbearably empty...

He wanted Gu Xiao. No matter the cost, he wanted to possess this person!

And now, he had come to Gu Xiao's side.

It was just that the people around Gu Xiao were far too much of an eyesore-

He Shuyu passed out.

Gu Xiao kicked him expressionlessly. When he went to kick him a second time, Fu Huai stopped him.

"A-Xiao, don't go on. You'll dirty your shoes."