The Iris Tattoo

The omega, however, was scared senseless.

Even nestled in that warm embrace, his body was still trembling.

But the iris fragrance in that embrace soon calmed his nerves.

With a dark expression, Fu Huai dragged the little omega out of Gu Xiao's arms, his face thunderous. "Get lost!"

The omega scrambled away in terror.

"Feng Ji, what are you doing!"

Feng Ji was in a terrible mood. "I should be asking you what you're doing, shoving an omega at me! You really outdid yourself!"

"Because you've been drinking." Fu Huai's good upbringing kept him from swearing. He looked coldly at Feng Ji. "Stop causing trouble!"

Feng Ji refused to accept it.

Ji Chuan could cause trouble, so why couldn't he?

"What are you getting so angry for?" Gu Xiao was speechless. "Feng Ji, you nearly got someone killed just now. Why are you still acting like this?"

Feng Ji's attitude remained awful. "He's just a host working at a bar. So what if he dies!"

These people really didn't take human lives seriously.

Gu Xiao gave a soft laugh. "And you think you're in the right."

That protagonist everyone adored was a commoner.

Perhaps only a year from now would Feng Ji understand what it meant for everyone to be equal.

"So, can you still walk?"

Feng Ji looked at Gu Xiao resentfully. Perhaps the alcohol had emboldened him. "A-Xiao, can't you help me?"

Gu Xiao ignored him, picked up his glass, and drained it. "Then you and Ji Chuan can stay here and sober up."

As he spoke, he looked at Fu Huai. "You, stay here and watch them."

"A-Xiao." Fu Huai took a step after him. "I'll come with you."

"No need." Gu Xiao waved a hand. "Be careful. Don't let them drink themselves to death here."

Once Gu Xiao decided something, they couldn't object.

Only after Gu Xiao left did Fu Huai speak coldly. "Feng Ji, stop pretending to be drunk. A-Xiao's already gone."

"What are you talking about?" Feng Ji gave a woozy smile. "A-Huai, why would I pretend to be drunk?"

Fu Huai spared his words. "You know why."

He knew this brat. With his ability to down a thousand cups without getting drunk, how could these few glasses possibly knock him out?

As for Ji Chuan... looking at those unfocused peach-blossom eyes, he really was drunk.

Irritated, Fu Huai downed a glass himself.

He kept feeling that something about A-Xiao had changed.

A-Xiao had even saved an omega, doing a good deed like that while in a bad mood.

At the entrance to T-C's private parking lot, an omega timidly yet boldly blocked Gu Xiao's path. His voice was quiet but firm.

"Y-Young Master Gu, thank you so much for tonight," the omega stammered. "If it weren't for you, I-I might have gotten hurt."

It was the omega Feng Ji had nearly shoved to the ground.

"Need something?"

The omega knew how lofty and unreachable the F4 of Aisili Noble Academy were, and knew even better that no one dared approach their Young Master Gu Xiao.

But recently, even those at T-C had heard a few things...

In other words, Young Master Gu wasn't entirely unapproachable.

He had summoned his courage just to make himself known to Young Master Gu.

What if?

What if he was the lucky one?

The story of Cinderella could happen to him.

Gu Xiao glanced at him expressionlessly, then suddenly laughed. "Get lost."

The omega went deathly pale, but still gritted his teeth. "Y-Young Master Gu, I just wanted to thank you."

"Thank me?" Gu Xiao turned back and gripped the omega's chin. "Do you think you're worthy?"

The omega's eyes widened, and he collapsed limply in front of Gu Xiao.

He had fainted from fright.

Gu Xiao: "..."

He hadn't even done anything yet.

Gu Xiao merely said coldly into the air, "Get him out of here," then went straight into the parking lot.

Only ten minutes later did someone scramble over in terror to take away the omega who had dared provoke Gu Xiao.

Within those ten minutes, Gu Xiao's car had also driven out of T-C, but not in the direction of Aisili Noble Academy.

Gu Xiao slowly opened his eyes, too.

"Where is this?"

Inside the dim car, a voice rang out softly. "You don't seem afraid at all."

Gu Xiao countered, "You don't seem afraid at all, either."

A long sigh quickly confirmed the other person's identity for Gu Xiao.

"Gu Yun."

A hint of amusement entered Gu Yun's voice. "I didn't expect you to remember me."

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Gu Yun's amusement deepened. "Gu Xiao, did you talk about me with someone today?"

"No," Gu Xiao said displeasedly. "Also, turn on the light. It's too dark."

Gu Yun was quite helpless.

Young Master Gu really was arrogant. He was the one who had been kidnapped, yet he still dared make demands as though fully entitled to.

Still, he could satisfy this little request.

The light inside the car came on, revealing Gu Yun's short pink hair.

Gu Xiao: "..."

Where did this scene kid come from!

How was he even more over the top than He Shuyu?

"Does it look good?" Gu Yun asked intimately. "I dyed it especially for you. Isn't it prettier than your drink?"

Gu Xiao was utterly speechless. "Thanks. I won't drink that kind of alcohol again."

Faced with Gu Xiao's blatant disdain, Gu Yun wasn't angry. His hand reached up to stroke Gu Xiao's face, and the smooth, soft sensation made him reluctant to let go.

"Fu Huai warned you, didn't he? When are you planning to make a move against me?"

He had probably been drugged by that little bastard Gu Yun. His whole body felt weak.

"Why would I make a move against you?" Gu Xiao rolled his eyes at Gu Yun indifferently. "Who the hell do you think you are?"

Gu Yun froze, then suddenly chuckled, his smile growing wider and wider.

Gu Xiao: "..." So damn noisy.

"How can you be like this?" Gu Yun laughed until tears fell. "What gives you the right to disregard me? I've done so much for you. Aren't you moved at all?"

Gu Yun undid the buttons of his pink shirt one by one, revealing his firm, fair chest.

A flower was tattooed over his heart.

It was an iris.

Gu Xiao watched his actions expressionlessly, not understanding what this person meant.

"Here." Gu Yun forcibly placed Gu Xiao's hand among the irises. "There's a gunshot wound. I was shot protecting you. But that day, all I wanted was for you to hold me, and you wouldn't even do that."

Gu Xiao understood. This person was probably here for revenge.

He asked calmly, "What do you want to do now? Shoot me in the chest, too?"

With reddened eyes, Gu Yun stared angrily at Gu Xiao.

How could Gu Xiao think that of him?