Those Who Coveted Him...

Fu Sinian's scalp prickled.

He had never imagined he would receive such treatment.

Being invited by Young Master Gu to... "live together."

It probably counted as living together. Otherwise, why was Fu Huai looking at him so frighteningly?

If he managed to leave tomorrow, he probably wouldn't be assassinated, would he?

Probably not.

Fu Sinian forced himself to calm down and followed closely behind Gu Xiao.

Then, staring at Gu Xiao's back, he became a little dazed.

After several years apart, A-Xiao had become even more outstanding.

Even the sight of his back could unsettle someone so deeply.

A-Xiao wore casual suit trousers. Looking upward, there was a white shirt paired with a gray vest, a very ordinary combination-

Yet the vest cinched in his shirt, perfectly framing his entire ass.

Like mountains rising from level ground.

With every step, his trousers pulled taut for an instant, outlining his firm, long legs, the flesh of his thighs and the muscles of his calves-

He could see all of it clearly.

Fu Sinian secretly took out his phone and silently snapped a photo.

After saving it to his private album, even his hands were shaking.

Fortunately, A-Xiao hadn't noticed.

He didn't covet A-Xiao.

Who was A-Xiao, and who was he...? With such a vast gulf between them, he could only gaze up at him.

Fu Sinian lowered his eyes. Once those fearful emotions had faded, he recalled A-Xiao's attitude toward him.

Even his heartbeat quickened.

He didn't know why A-Xiao was so gentle with him.

But Fu Sinian knew even better that very few people received this treatment.

Was A-Xiao treating him a little differently?

He probably was. Otherwise, why would Fu Huai have developed the intent to kill him?

After all, within the Fu Family, he posed absolutely no threat to Fu Huai.

Except for A-Xiao's different attitude toward him.

Fu Sinian's breathing grew heavy as those thoughts he shouldn't have churned through his mind.

He followed, stepping onto Gu Xiao's shadow.

"You'll stay in the bathroom tonight."

Hearing this, Fu Sinian faltered in his steps, his expression slightly astonished.

"A-Xiao, what... does that mean?"

Gu Xiao turned and smiled faintly at Fu Sinian. "Brother Nian, I trust you a great deal. You mustn't disappoint me."

"All... all right." Fu Sinian swallowed, his expression beginning to grow unfocused.

So close.

"In that case, sorry for the trouble, Brother Nian." Gu Xiao gently patted Fu Sinian's cheek. "Go on."

The touch was very light, more like a caress.

Fu Sinian only felt his face suddenly burn fiercely. Was this A-Xiao's reward for him?

Unfortunately, he was a beta and couldn't smell A-Xiao's pheromones. He had heard they carried a delicate, noble iris fragrance.

Next time, he would buy some perfume to try.

And also...

Fu Sinian's expression darkened.

A-Xiao had said someone had installed cameras in his bathroom-

Something so absurd-if A-Xiao hadn't been serious, he would have thought it was a joke.

Who had the nerve to install those things in A-Xiao's bathroom?

But someone who dared to install cameras... certainly wasn't someone he could deal with, either.

Fu Sinian grew nervous and afraid again. If he found them for A-Xiao, whose wrath would he have to bear?

Gu Xiao had no idea what Fu Sinian was agonizing over.

Once everything was cleaned up this time, he would have the bathroom demolished.

After all, this was a place where Fu Sinian would have spent a night.

His private space couldn't carry anyone else's scent.

Fu Sinian being a beta did put him somewhat at ease.

Beta meant stability.

He held Fu Sinian in somewhat higher regard, probably because this man was one of the rare people who could still be considered normal.

In the original novel, although Fu Sinian received only a scant few lines of description, he still counted as a character with a name, and his ending was even mentioned.

Fu Sinian married a female beta, and after their marriage they had a boy and a girl, both betas.

So normal that he was out of place.

On top of that, Fu Sinian was also a hacker with a modest reputation online.

A little thing like finding cameras would naturally be no problem for him.

Thus, Gu Xiao had full confidence in him.

Inside the bathroom.

Looking at the anonymous message he had received, Fu Sinian felt as though he had plunged into an ice cellar.

[Stop what you're doing, or bear the consequences.]

The attached image was... his private album!

Inside were all sorts of photos of A-Xiao, every one taken from an extremely odd, bizarre angle!

Fu Sinian's throat went dry, and he sent a few words back.

[Who are you.]

The other side quickly replied, [You can't trace me.]

Cold sweat instantly poured down Fu Sinian's body.

The other person's skills were a cut above his.

This person, too, was someone he couldn't afford to offend.

Then could he afford to offend Gu Xiao?

The other person paid no attention to his fear.

They already had something to hold over him, yet he didn't even know who they were.

Elsewhere.

Lu Keyan looked at Ji Chuan with amusement. "Young Master Ji, I never imagined you had such tastes, actually peeping on A-Xiao's showers every day."

It was clearly something he had done himself, but hearing Lu Keyan say it like that left Ji Chuan unable to save face.

"Not every day, but thank you for your help."

Lu Keyan smiled. "You're welcome."

The next moment, Fu Sinian's image on the screen turned into a field of static.

Ji Chuan's pupils shook violently. "What are you doing?"

Lu Keyan spread his hands, flopped onto the sofa, and sank limply into it. Then he propped up his chin and looked at Ji Chuan with smiling, crescent eyes.

"Young Master Ji, you only asked me to help keep Young Master Gu from discovering you. You didn't mention anything else."

Ji Chuan's expression was gloomy. "You destroyed the cameras."

"Yes. So what?"

Ji Chuan's fists clenched and loosened. He took a deep breath and asked coldly, "Your terms."

Ji Chuan knew that Feng Ji's purpose in coming to him was different from what he himself had believed.

He knew even better what A-Xiao wanted to do.

For no other reason than that he was the one who had started it all.

He had no way to stop A-Xiao, much less forcibly take Fu Sinian away.

The only option was to find someone more skilled than Fu Sinian to help.

That person was Lu Keyan.

"Young Master Ji, that hurts my feelings. We're allies now. I'm only doing you a little favor. There's no need to talk about terms."

Lu Keyan's tone cooled somewhat. "But someone as high above everyone else as Young Master Gu-I don't want anyone spying on him in such a disgusting way."

How very interesting those words were.

Ji Chuan coldly watched the man putting on an air of lofty purity. He knew exactly what the other man was thinking.

"Lu Keyan, you'd better pray A-Xiao never finds out what you're really like!"

Lu Keyan was indifferent. "There's no need for Young Master Ji to trouble himself over that."

"And how do you know Young Master Gu doesn't know what the real me is like?"

Gu Xiao was much smarter than they imagined.

He had simply occupied a lofty position for too long and thought everything was under his control.

Little did he know that the jackals, wolves, tigers, and leopards at his feet were all drooling, waiting to strike back!

But Gu Xiao was a king high above them all.

A king needed only one queen.