Gu Xiao's apology

At three in the morning, three hours after Gu Xiao's birthday had ended, a fire of middling severity broke out in the alpha dormitories of Aisili's north campus.

It happened to burn one alpha's dorm room clean.

Word had it that the alpha was a foreigner. His left hand had been burned, requiring skin graft surgery, and he would be unable to return to school for the next two months.

Such a minor incident, logically speaking, could not possibly have failed to reach Gu Xiao's ears.

But word also had it that the alpha's mental power had nearly been driven to collapse.

To drive an alpha with B+ mental power to collapse, the other party's mental power had to be at least S+ or higher.

Very few people could accomplish that.

What caught Fu Huai and the others' attention was that the alpha happened to be the lucky winner of the gray gemstone last night.

Yet that gemstone had not been found at the scene.

"A-Xiao, do you think someone was coming after you?" Fu Huai frowned, looking at Gu Xiao as he asked gravely, "How did that gemstone reach your hands?"

Gu Xiao shook his head. "I received it in my room."

Those words enraged even Feng Ji. "Did someone sneak into your room?"

Gu Xiao chuckled. "Who do you think has that ability?"

Gu Xiao's expression revealed nothing, and there was no telling what he was actually thinking.

"A-Xiao, you asked me about that gray diamond's origins last night. Now I can tell you clearly that I don't know." Fu Huai's brows remained tightly knitted. "I've never seen a gray diamond of such purity."

The world was vast. Not everything was within their control.

Fu Huai had always known that.

But now, was even Aisili Noble Academy slipping beyond their control?

That made Fu Huai feel utterly furious.

"Then why did you wait until today to answer me?" Gu Xiao tapped the table and lifted his chin at Fu Huai. "Why didn't you say so last night?"

Fu Huai had not expected Gu Xiao to keep pressing. He pursed his lips. "I didn't want you to think there were things even I didn't know."

"That's quite an interesting explanation," Gu Xiao said playfully. "What, is that gray diamond important to you?"

Looking at Gu Xiao's expression, Fu Huai suppressed the endless helplessness in his heart.

"I told you last night. It's because I think you deserve the best."

Gu Xiao stared straight at him. "I also told you last night. It's just a compound of carbon."

"Hey, you're not going to start arguing over Lin Qi, are you?" Feng Ji was a little speechless. "He's just a stranger."

Fu Huai was puzzled. "Who's Lin Qi?"

"That alpha."

"..."

Fu Huai sneered. "Aren't you impressive, finding out his name so quickly."

Feng Ji waved his phone. "Want to go see him?"

Fu Huai was speechless at Feng Ji's suggestion. "Why would we go see him?"

Feng Ji glanced at Gu Xiao. "A-Xiao, are you going?"

"Sure." Gu Xiao was indifferent. "I'm bored anyway."

The name "Lin Qi" was unfamiliar.

That meant he was not a main storyline character. The undeserved calamity he had suffered had been caused by Gu Xiao, so Gu Xiao felt he ought to visit.

"Prepare a gift," Gu Xiao ordered calmly. "Something suitable for a patient."

Feng Ji was astonished. "A-Xiao, you're even planning to bring a gift?"

Gu Xiao said, "Bringing a gift when visiting a patient is basic courtesy."

"When I was hospitalized before, you didn't even visit me, let alone bring a gift." Feng Ji's eyes were reproachful. "A-Xiao, just who is this Lin Qi?"

He had taken a look just now. Apart from a pair of reasonably pretty aqua-blue eyes, there was nothing remarkable about the man.

He was even a good-for-nothing with B+ mental power.

Of course, that level of mental power would surely make him a prominent figure at an ordinary school.

But this was Aisili Noble Academy!

It gathered elites from all over the world. Even the rich and powerful who wanted to choose brides would select omegas from here and take them away.

Then the question was, how had a mere alpha with B+ mental power, the crown prince of a small country, caught A-Xiao's eye?

Feng Ji looked gloomy, as though he had truly suffered an enormous grievance.

"Precisely because he's nobody, and he's now been hurt because of me, I need to visit him." Gu Xiao scoffed at Feng Ji's reaction. "Besides, weren't you the one who asked to go?"

Feng Ji's mood instantly went from cloudy to sunny, and he said with a beaming smile, "A-Xiao, don't worry. He'll definitely receive the best care."

The tenth floor of the inpatient department at Aisili Private Hospital.

Lin Qi had thought yesterday was the luckiest day of his life. Instead, it had been the unluckiest!

Not only had the thermostatic water heater leaked electricity, it had also caused a fire, and the gray diamond he had fought to obtain had accidentally fallen down the drain.

To retrieve it, he would have to submit an application to the school. Because of the gray diamond's special nature, he would also have to inform the head of F4, Gu Xiao.

Worse still, his mental power was teetering on the verge of collapse. If it was not soothed, his gland could very well be destroyed!

If his gland was damaged, he would no longer be first in line to inherit!

Lin Qi gritted his teeth, refusing to let his tears fall.

Then, through his tear-blurred eyes, he saw Young Master Gu.

He suspected he had frightened himself into madness, which was why he was having such a hallucination.

Then he saw Young Master Fu and Young Master Feng as well.

Only Young Master Ji was missing, and F4 would have been all together in this shabby luxury private ward.

Lin Qi was too frightened to speak at all.

Feng Ji sighed. "Heaven have pity. Did he hurt his brain? Why doesn't he even greet us when he sees us?"

Startled, Lin Qi hurriedly stammered out greetings to each of them in order before continuing to stammer, "I-is there something you need?"

"Feng Ji, give him the gift."

Astonished, Lin Qi saw a watch encrusted with blue gemstones, its price running to eight figures.

His voice trembled. "Y-Young Master Gu, I'm sorry, I..."

"There's no need to apologize." Gu Xiao interrupted him and said bluntly, "If anyone has to, I should be apologizing to you. I'm sorry, Lin Qi."

Not only Lin Qi, but Fu Huai and Feng Ji were stunned as well.

When had they ever seen Gu Xiao apologize?

In Gu Xiao's world, he was the absolute king!

A king could not be wrong.

Nor would a king apologize!

"Now, can you tell me what happened last night?"

Gu Xiao's mental power slowly seeped out, gentle and soothing, instantly settling Lin Qi's mental power.

Fu Huai's and Feng Ji's expressions grew even uglier.

Gu Xiao would actually go this far for this Lin Qi?

What right did he have!

Why!

They wanted, wanted so badly to kill Lin Qi!