But Gu Xiao liked no one

Fu Huai picked up the tank top.

But the little bloodstain on it made him frown.

Had A-Xiao done it on purpose?

Why had he thrown his clothes onto the blood?

Could he have been worried someone would take them?

"Throw it in the trash for me," Gu Xiao said lazily. "Please."

Fu Huai did not move. "A-Xiao, wouldn't that be too wasteful?"

That amused Gu Xiao outright.

"Wasteful? Fu Huai, have you lost your mind?"

Gu Xiao genuinely thought Fu Huai was joking.

Fu Huai was the hardest member of F4 to figure out. As F2, the one just below Gu Xiao, he sometimes frightened even Feng Ji, who had secretly called him a smiling tiger.

The man seemed mature and dependable, yet he was willing to play Gu Xiao's little F4 game with him, building a kingdom in the noble academy as though it were all a joke.

Yet despite being F2, he had not fallen at the irresistible heartthrob's suit-clad feet-

That was what Gu Xiao found most interesting.

Even "Gu Xiao" could not resist the irresistible heartthrob's halo. What made Fu Huai able to?

Gu Xiao was very interested in Fu Huai.

Noticing that the man would not let go of his tank top, he paid it no mind. Instead, he planted both hands on the edge of the pool and pushed, leaping out with a splash.

Like a mermaid.

Water droplets clung to Gu Xiao's body, glittering brilliantly beneath the lights.

Seeing that Gu Xiao had no intention of putting on a bathrobe, Fu Huai rubbed between his brows and said helplessly, "A-Xiao, you should put something on."

Gu Xiao caught the towel Fu Huai tossed him, casually wiped himself down, then threw it back.

"Why bother? Too much trouble."

Good thing no one else was here, Fu Huai thought. Otherwise, I'd blind every last one of them.

"By the way, what's going on with Ji Chuan?" Gu Xiao asked. "Why hasn't he shown up these past few days?"

As the biggest scumbag in F4, Ji Chuan would only settle down after meeting the irresistible heartthrob protagonist.

Going from rejecting omegas to falling in love with one only took a few chance encounters.

That made the unaffected Fu Huai even stranger.

Gu Xiao studied Fu Huai but saw nothing special about him.

"Probably because his current prey is too hard to catch," Fu Huai said indifferently. "He'll come back once he's had his fun, anyway."

It would take at least half a month.

That was Fu Huai's guess, because only after half a month would Gu Xiao's scent stop affecting Ji Chuan.

"What I'd rather know," Fu Huai said, looking at Gu Xiao with a probing gaze, "is why you care so much about that scholarship student, A-Xiao."

Gu Xiao chuckled. "Don't you think he's interesting?"

"He's just a beta with no background whatsoever. All he has are good grades."

Gu Xiao shrugged. "That's exactly what makes it interesting, isn't it? All he has are good grades, yet he dares provoke us. Or do you feel sorry for him?"

"I don't know him, and he isn't my type."

In the end, Fu Huai could not help himself. He snapped his fingers, and an attendant appeared before him. "Young Master Fu, your instructions?"

"Bring Young Master Gu's bathrobe."

"Yes, Young Master Fu."

A minute later, a bathrobe appeared in Fu Huai's hands.

It was clean and smelled of sunshine.

There was no scent of irises.

Only when Fu Huai walked behind Gu Xiao did he catch that familiar fragrance.

His gaze grew a little hazy, but his voice remained calm. "A-Xiao, raise your arms."

Gu Xiao obediently raised his arms and joked, "Having Young Master Fu wait on me-I feel so bad."

"You look like you're enjoying it." Looking at Gu Xiao's dripping black hair, Fu Huai could not resist asking, "Why did you dye your silver hair black?"

Gu Xiao reached up and swept all his bangs back, exposing his smooth, full forehead.

"I prefer black."

"Mm." Fu Huai smiled. "I think you look more handsome now, too."

He looked better-behaved, too.

"Your mother would be delighted if she knew you'd obediently dyed your hair black."

Gu Xiao said indifferently, "Then she'd be celebrating too soon. Next time I see her, I'll dye it another color."

It was clearly a perfectly ordinary remark, yet it left Fu Huai laughing so hard he could barely breathe.

Gu Xiao was speechless. "How did I not know you were so easily amused?"

"A-Xiao, I should be asking you that." A smile still lingered on Fu Huai's lips as he asked, his eyes brimming with amusement, "Since when did you start cracking jokes?"

Gu Xiao looked at Fu Huai with a playful expression. "You look much prettier when your smile is genuine."

If anyone else dared describe me as "pretty," Fu Huai thought, their mouth would already be swollen.

But unfortunately, the person who had said it was Gu Xiao.

Even setting aside Gu Xiao's status and family background.

Even without the title of "the Gu family's eldest young master," Gu Xiao could still make people flock to him like ducks.

Who had not fantasized about a beautiful alpha like him-proud, imperious, with pheromones that smelled of delicate flowers?

Unfortunately, no one dared make a move.

At this noble academy, Gu Xiao was the dream lover of eighty percent of the alphas.

Even though he was only an alpha himself.

And ninety percent of the omegas wanted to become Gu Xiao's lover, too.

But Gu Xiao liked no one.

He toyed with everyone in the palm of his hand. Did he only want to watch them flock to him like ducks?

But Fu Huai knew Gu Xiao had no such intention.

Not only did he dislike those people, he thought none of them good enough.

No one was worthy of Gu Xiao.

Yet countless people willingly played this game with Gu Xiao.

Himself included.

But Gu Xiao did not know that, either.

Gu Xiao returned to his dorm.

Aisili Noble Academy was the world's top-ranked noble academy.

Offering everything from elementary school to university, it drew countless people flocking to it like ducks.

And Gu Xiao was nineteen this year, a sophomore in college.

Yet he had long since become this noble academy's undisputed, uncrowned king.

That setup made Gu Xiao's mouth twitch.

What a flex.

Even in the apocalypse, no one had slapped the title of number one assassin on me.

Naturally, his dorm was different from Lu Keyan's.

A single dorm suite covered more than three hundred square meters and came with everything one could possibly need.

After he settled comfortably into the bathtub, Gu Xiao's back instantly stiffened, then quickly relaxed again.

Someone was watching him.

Who had the nerve to spy on him?

Gu Xiao believed that even if he made a big show of investigating, he would find nothing.

He only knew someone was watching because his perception was exceptionally keen; he had no idea what means they were using.

Gu Xiao's body slowly relaxed.

He did not mind being watched. He was a man, and an alpha at that. What did he have to fear?

While fleeing for his life in the apocalypse, there had been plenty of times when his clothes barely covered him. When had he ever cared?

What concerned him was that no more than three people could do something like this in his bathroom.

Fu Huai, Ji Chuan, or Feng Ji?

Gu Xiao scoffed. This little F4 clique did not seem all that solid.

After all, the appearance of a mere omega could tear apart these close friends who had known one another for over a decade, so having conflicts before meeting the irresistible heartthrob was perfectly normal.

On an island a thousand kilometers away, a huge projection filled a dim bedroom.

The person in that projection was none other than Gu Xiao in the bathtub...