A-Xiao, Your Arm...

Fu Huai paused for a moment before continuing downstairs.

"A-Xiao, you seem quite interested in omegas lately," Fu Huai asked calmly. "Do you want to date someone?"

Fu Huai's words made Feng Ji's expression change. "Are you kidding? How could A-Xiao possibly date anyone? Besides, with our status, how could we possibly date?"

Only those who benefited from the system would desperately want to preserve the existence of class divisions.

Gu Xiao countered, "What do you mean, 'our status'? Feng Ji, what's your status, and what's mine?"

Feng Ji's excitement instantly sank to rock bottom. He tugged at the corner of his mouth and said awkwardly, "A-Xiao, of course I can't compare to you. But I don't think an alpha worthy of you has appeared yet."

Although Feng Ji looked like a bootlicker right now-

This alpha would fight "Gu Xiao" over an omega a year later.

Apparently, the universally adored protagonist wasn't good enough for "Gu Xiao," but was just right for him.

"Enough. Why explain so much? That's not what A-Xiao meant."

Fu Huai thought Feng Ji was far too cheap, letting A-Xiao lead him astray with just a few words.

Only then did Ji Chuan ask, "A-Xiao, did Gu Yun cause trouble for you last night?"

"Gu Yun?" As though remembering something, Feng Ji said unhappily, "A-Chuan, you knew perfectly well Gu Yun was at T-C. Why didn't you have someone watch him?"

The half hour A-Xiao had been missing last night had been their darkest half hour!

How could A-Xiao have disappeared right under their noses?

"He spent three days hooking up with a beta who was a junior supervisor at T-C." Ji Chuan found it embarrassing too and didn't say much more. "T-C has already fired him."

Feng Ji found that explanation hard to accept.

But he knew even better that Ji Chuan's mood had been off lately. He was probably having another episode.

Ji Chuan didn't have three heads and six arms. He couldn't possibly know what every one of his subordinates was doing.

Gu Xiao glanced at Ji Chuan without saying anything. Instead, he sat on the sofa, crossed his legs, and lifted his chin at Fu Huai. "You got rid of my butler, so you'll have to prepare breakfast, won't you, Young~ Master~ Fu~?"

The familiar, ambiguous atmosphere between Gu Xiao and Fu Huai displeased both Feng Ji and Ji Chuan.

Especially that almost flirtatious tone of A-Xiao's...

What exactly had Fu Huai done last night?

The question should have been, did A-Xiao know what Fu Huai had done?

"A-Xiao, the soles of your shoes are dirty." Fu Huai quite naturally knelt on one knee before Gu Xiao and took his shoes off for him. "Let's change them."

Gu Xiao clicked his tongue. "You could've just said something. What, have you really gotten addicted to waiting on people?"

Fu Huai squeezed the arch of Gu Xiao's foot firmly, only smiling after getting a hiss out of him. "A-Xiao, don't take a mile when you're given an inch."

Who exactly was taking a mile when given an inch?

Feng Ji watched Fu Huai with displeasure. So what exactly had happened between these two last night?

"Enough." Gu Xiao leaned back impatiently. "Don't make me kick you."

A-Xiao could knock Gu Yun unconscious with one kick, so Fu Huai naturally didn't dare do anything else. He straightened and said gently, "The housekeepers have already prepared breakfast. I'll have them bring it up."

"Hey." Ji Chuan was the first to object. "A-Huai, this is A-Xiao's home. What are you trying to do, acting like you're half the master of the house?"

Fu Huai smiled gently. "A-Xiao is already very tired. I'm just helping him handle a few little things."

"If you want to argue, take it outside," Gu Xiao ordered. "Don't argue in front of me."

Feng Ji hurriedly said, "A-Xiao was attacked last night. There's no need for infighting."

There was indeed no need for infighting.

Ji Chuan reluctantly shut his mouth.

Feng Ji seized the chance to sit beside Gu Xiao and complained, "A-Xiao, you shouldn't have gone out alone last night. From now on, you need to arrange for a few bodyguards to follow you."

"I thought T-C was safe." Gu Xiao glanced at Ji Chuan before continuing, "You're right. Wherever I go from now on, I'll need bodyguards with me."

Ji Chuan: "..."

He knew Gu Xiao was calling him out.

But he had no way to defend himself.

If not for his negligence, A-Xiao wouldn't have ended up in such danger.

It was all his fault.

"A-Xiao, what are you planning to do about those two red cards?" Feng Ji's topic still seemed to drift toward Ji Chuan, almost imperceptibly. "I heard Lu Keyan and Murong Xuan's friendship game ended ages ago. Should we fan the flames and do something more?"

At this point, Feng Ji seemed to remember something and looked apologetically at Ji Chuan. "A-Chuan, you won't mind, will you? After all, it's been days. Even if you've been playing with Lu Keyan, you should be tired of him by now. Why not let him out so we can keep playing?"

Ji Chuan merely smiled, though the smile didn't reach his eyes. "Do as you like."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Everyone praises our Young Master Ji for being so amorous yet so devoted," Feng Ji remarked. "Turns out he's even more heartless."

Ji Chuan laughed again. "Feng Ji, let me warn you. Lu Keyan isn't as easy to mold and squeeze as you think."

"What, has he molded and squeezed you?"

Seeing Ji Chuan's stifled expression, Feng Ji slapped his thigh in delight. "Don't worry. We won't break Lu Keyan playing with him."

"Enough. Shut up." Gu Xiao found the two of them rather noisy and said unhappily, "Why isn't Fu Huai back yet?"

Another five minutes passed before Fu Huai returned, his expression very strange.

Gu Xiao looked at Fu Huai impatiently. "What's with that expression? Did your wife run off with someone too?"

Fu Huai was helpless. "A-Xiao, Gu Yun ran away."

Gu Xiao's expression darkened. "When?"

"Last night."

Gu Xiao laughed in anger. "Last night? With so many people watching him, you still let him escape?"

Fu Huai lowered his eyes, unwilling to look at Gu Xiao again. "Sorry."

"What are you apologizing for?" Gu Xiao was very annoyed. "Let him run. The sanatorium couldn't hold him anyway. He'll come back sooner or later."

Besides, he couldn't very well refuse to show the Gu Family's butler uncle some consideration.

Fu Huai closed his eyes briefly. "Mm, I think so too. A-Xiao, have breakfast first."

He had been careless.

He had been too confident last night and hadn't reinforced security around the basement at all.

He had even forbidden those people from setting foot anywhere near the third floor.

With such a huge loophole, Gu Yun could hardly be blamed for slipping through it.

But compared with what he had gained last night, letting Gu Yun escape wasn't such a big deal.

Gu Xiao truly hadn't taken the matter to heart. Only Ji Chuan and Fu Huai had guilty consciences.

Meanwhile, Feng Ji looked at Gu Xiao's slightly red and swollen lips and couldn't help asking, "A-Xiao, why is there a mark on your arm? Did Fu Huai... bite you last night?"