After Being Deceived, I Married Someone Else and Had Children Chapter 73

No matter how much Zuo Zoujian cursed and insulted that shameless Beta in his heart, no matter how much he hated him to the point his teeth itched,

He still couldn’t shake the urge to grab the most advanced weapon Blue Eagle Group had ever built and blast that infuriatingly handsome Beta’s face off—just so the b*stard could personally understand what kind of “scrap metal” the Blue Eagle Group really made.

Yet deep down, Zuo Zoujian also knew—this Beta couldn’t be an Alpha.

An Alpha’s pheromones could never be completely masked. Even with the most expensive suppressants on the market, there would always be faint traces of scent—subtle enough not to trigger reactions, but never truly gone.

This shameless Beta had no pheromone scent whatsoever—no different from any other ordinary Beta.

Besides, the one he was seducing was his Alpha son. What kind of Alpha would ever hide his pheromones just to seduce another Alpha?

Between Alphas, pheromones repel each other. Especially during a heat cycle, when pheromones are active, the moment an unfamiliar Alpha enters another’s territory, instinct drives them to aggression—sometimes even to blows.

Zuo Zoujian had had many Omega and Beta lovers — but never an Alpha. That, too, was an important point.

If someone wanted to seduce his Alpha son, why wouldn’t they just send an Omega?

Zuo Zoujian quickly dismissed that baseless thought. He refused to believe such an absurd thing as one Alpha seducing another could exist in this world.

He would rather believe that Gu Heng was a tall, 1.9-meter-tall, strong Omega — or that this Beta wasn’t even human at all, but some kind of modified being created by a secret Federation research institute.

Otherwise, how could a Beta’s bones be that hard!

Zuo Zoujian absolutely refused to admit that maybe it was just his own bones that had gotten a little brittle with age and osteoporosis.

At this point, continuing to argue with that shameless Beta was pointless and a waste of time. The angrier he became, the more he threatened that Beta, the more that shameless man would get what he wanted — driving a wedge between Zuo Shihuan, him, and the Zuo family.

The most important thing now was how to keep Zuo Shihuan — and drive that shameless Beta away.

“Zuo Shihuan, do you really not suspect this Beta at all?”

Suppressing his anger, Zuo Zoujian looked at Zuo Shihuan, pointed at Gu Heng, and gave a cold laugh. “I can let you leave here — a mere Beta is nothing to me. But you, Zuo Shihuan, you keep defending him everywhere you go. Do you even know who this Beta really is?”

“Since when can any random Beta barge into Zuo family territory, and easily take down and overpower the newest model combat robot under Blue Eagle Group’s name?!”

Zuo Zoujian knew his Alpha son well — this son who had clawed his way up from the bottom. Perhaps he’d been momentarily blinded by the Beta’s smooth words, but Zuo Zoujian didn’t believe Zuo Shihuan could really fail to notice the strangeness surrounding this Beta.

No matter how blind love might make one, he wasn’t blind.

In fact, Zuo Shihuan was clever and sharp-minded.

Someone who’d climbed up from the bottom wouldn’t be so easily deceived. It was just that his Alpha son was cold outside but warm inside, someone who valued feelings deeply. His bias toward this Beta made him close his eyes on purpose — even when this Beta named Gu Heng kept doing things that clearly defied all logic for someone of his supposed status.

Could Zuo Shihuan really pretend not to see it?

Impossible.

On the contrary, Zuo Zoujian knew his son — knew he must have his doubts about this Beta’s unknown background.

Even if he ignored those abnormalities for a while, the seed of doubt would eventually burrow into his heart like a thorn — one that would sink deeper and deeper until it clogged his heart and festered into poison.

What Zuo Zoujian had to do now was, for his son’s sake, dig out that rotten useless thorn named Gu Heng before it could ruin Zuo Shihuan’s bright, limitless future.

Sure enough —

At his father’s questioning, Zuo Shihuan frowned deeply. The pale brown of his eyes rippled with turmoil. He clenched his teeth, unable to refute Zuo Zoujian’s words.

He, too, had his doubts — he just couldn’t explain how Gu Heng had done it.

Zuo Zoujian sneered coldly, “Or what — you, as a Zuo, think all that equipment is just scrap metal?”

Zuo Shihuan shut his eyes in pain. “I never thought that.”

Zuo Zoujian pressed on, his sharp gaze locking onto his son. “Then do you even know who this Beta really is? Do you know what purpose he had in approaching you?”

“Zuo Shihuan, ever since you entered the Zuo family, you’ve no longer been the Beta you were before your secondary gender awakening. The Zuo family has given you not only wealth and power, but also countless greedy eyes fixed upon you — how can you still be so naïve?”

“Do you think an ordinary Beta could do all that?! Maybe he’s been plotting to get close to you all along. When his true purpose is finally revealed, you’ll regret not listening to me!”

“Or is it that—”

His relentless questioning left Zuo Shihuan speechless. His eyes reddened, and in a hoarse, breaking voice, he said, “Father — enough!”

Zuo Zoujian’s eyes lit up, thinking he’d finally gotten through to him.

But when Zuo Shihuan opened his eyes again, the look he gave his father was bitter and complicated. Inside, a soft, mocking sigh rose in his heart.

Just like how his father forced him to “see Gu Heng’s true face” — he had long since seen the true faces of those around him. Even when they were ugly, he had kept looking.

Zuo Shihuan had always been clear-eyed — just unwilling to act.

He had long watched as blood-bound family tugged at his sleeves with their selfish desires, dragging him down together into this worldly mire of greed and illusion.

Zuo Shihuan could never be as cold and ruthless as they were — couldn’t discard someone like throwing away trash.

But he had learned at least one thing:

He might not be able to cut people off entirely, but he could loosen their grip a little — just enough to let himself breathe through the suffocating guilt.

Zuo Zoujian’s eyes widened in excitement — but the next words from his cornered son were not what he expected.

“Father,” Zuo Shihuan said softly, his voice steady, “I’m sorry. I see everything clearly. But I still believe in him.”

The stubborn glint in his reddened eyes was unshakable. He spoke slowly, but with quiet determination.

Now it was Zuo Zoujian’s turn to fall silent. His expression stiffened; his mouth opened to speak, but when he met his son’s unwavering gaze, he realized —

He could no longer persuade him.

Unwilling to accept it, Zuo Zoujian barked harshly, “So you’d rather trust an outsider than your own father?! What did that Beta give you that made you so blind you’d do all this for him?”

Faced with his father’s merciless scolding, Zuo Shihuan didn’t argue back. His eyes drooped half-shut in exhaustion, lips pressed tight in mute resistance.

No matter what Zuo Zoujian said, his Alpha son seemed utterly determined to defy him — stubbornly, immovably, choosing to stay with that d*mned Beta.

And Zuo Zoujian’s anger only burned hotter.

He believed that ever since Zuo Shihuan had returned to the Zuo family, he had never treated him unfairly—yet now, Zuo Shihuan was actually standing against him for the sake of an outsider. Neither he nor Zuo Shihuan’s mother were people who acted on emotion, so he truly couldn’t understand whom Zuo Shihuan took after.

To be honest, he was deeply disappointed in Zuo Shihuan. There was a time when he had placed great hopes on him, and Zuo Shihuan’s consistently outstanding performance had been enough to earn his recognition and praise.

But then that d*mned Beta appeared, and everything fell apart. Zuo Shihuan was actually willing to cancel his engagement banquet for a Beta who amounted to nothing. What next—would he abandon the Zuo family altogether?

A sharp glint flashed through Zuo Zoujian’s eyes. Perhaps this was karmic retribution for his own past of indulgence and romantic entanglements—his long-lost Alpha heir, whom he had struggled so hard to reclaim, had now turned into a sentimental fool ruled by emotion.

Yet even so, Zuo Zoujian couldn’t simply give up on Zuo Shihuan.

He suffered from a genetic illness. So long as he followed medical advice, it didn’t interfere with daily life, but the defect in his Alpha genes carried an unstable lethal mutation—any child who inherited those Alpha genes could die young. He had sought out the best doctors in the Federation, but none could solve it. The fact that Zuo Shihuan had managed to survive a second differentiation as an Alpha was an unrepeatable miracle.

He no longer had time to search for another suitable Alpha heir. It wasn’t as if he hadn’t tried cultivating his other Beta and Omega children—but none of them were capable or exceptional enough to suppress the power-hungry branches of the Zuo family.

In a sense, it was he who needed Zuo Shihuan to secure his position within the family—not the other way around. But if Zuo Shihuan thought that gave him leverage, then he was sorely mistaken.

When it came to ruthlessness, Zuo Shihuan was still too green.

“Zuo Shihuan,” Zuo Zoujian said coldly, “is it because I’ve spoiled you too much that you’ve started to overestimate yourself—think you can ignore the Zuo family’s authority and disobey me?”

His dark, emotionless eyes narrowed as he stared icily at his stubborn, defiant son. A cold sneer curved his lips. “Do you really think you can protect that Beta? No one deceives the Zuo family and walks away unscathed. Those who try their petty tricks to fool us always end up meeting a miserable end.”

Murderous intent stirred within him as he glared viciously at Gu Heng.

If not for that man, Zuo Shihuan wouldn’t be rebelling against him now. If he couldn’t persuade his son—then he would simply remove the problem at its source.

Gu Heng sensed the danger and malice radiating from Zuo Zoujian, but he said nothing, not wanting to make things harder for Zuo Shihuan.

He had faced far greater hostility and peril before. Compared to those, Zuo Zoujian’s threat was nothing. Gu Heng had survived far deadlier situations—why would he fear a Federation family, no matter how powerful?

A Zuo family investigation would at most be an inconvenience.

Gu Heng furrowed his brow, feeling the weight of frustration. He knew he couldn’t avoid an eventual investigation—but even with all the resources of the Zuo family, even with Zuo Shihuan’s father’s power, uncovering his true identity would not be easy.

His various public identities in the Federation had all been flawlessly fabricated by the Empire’s intelligence division. Even if Zuo Zoujian traced back twenty years of his supposed life, there would be photos, witnesses, and evidence for every period of his “past.”

But Zuo Zoujian’s words also made one thing clear: from now on, every move Gu Heng made would be under the scrutiny of both the Zuo family and the Federation. If he continued carrying out Imperial missions, the risk of exposure would skyrocket.

So be it.

Gu Heng had already expected this. He didn’t regret anything.

At first, he had truly wanted to take Zuo Shihuan back to the Empire at all costs—even if it meant blowing his cover. He had been ready to do it, even if it meant ignoring Zuo Shihuan’s will, even if Zuo Shihuan ended up hating him for it.

That would have been the worst possible outcome. Unless forced to the brink, he would never take that path.

For Zuo Shihuan, he was willing to stay in the Federation—for now.

Even if it meant hiding his identity as an Imperial operative, shuttling endlessly between the Federation and the Empire, waiting for the right moment to tell Zuo Shihuan the truth— even if that moment never came in his lifetime.

Since he had worked so hard just to have Zuo Shihuan choose him once—and since that choice had been just as difficult for Zuo Shihuan—he would never let go, not even under the threat of the man’s father.

They could drive him away only if Zuo Shihuan himself one day stopped wanting him.

Gu Heng’s dark eyes lowered, his expression stilling. Then he looked at Zuo Shihuan—who stood there protecting him despite his father’s opposition. The coldness in his gaze melted away, replaced by rare, deep tenderness.

He would never let that day come.

When Zuo Shihuan heard his father’s insults and threats toward Gu Heng, his heart tightened. His fists clenched; anger and grief rippled through his eyes. With a bitter, self-deprecating smile, he said, “Father, I know that if I weren’t a Zuo, you’d have no hesitation in threatening us. In your eyes, I’m nothing at all, am I?”

At those words, Zuo Zoujian’s expression turned complicated, uneasy, but he still refused to yield. His voice was stern: “You should understand this much. As long as you remain in the Zuo family, anything you want will be handed to you. Why must you oppose me for an outsider?!”

“An outsider?”

Zuo Shihuan suddenly laughed, lifting his gaze, his eyes gleaming with cutting irony. “You don’t understand, Father. Whether someone is an outsider or not—that’s my decision. And besides, I’ve known Gu Heng no less time than I’ve known you. If the closeness of a relationship were determined by how long we’ve known someone, then after all those years in the hospital, the doctors and nurses should be my family.”

Zuo Zoujian was momentarily speechless, his expression shifting. “Zuo Shihuan… are you blaming me for not looking for you back then?”

Zuo Shihuan’s light brown eyes dropped, and after recalling all the memories, he only shook his head calmly, without joy or sorrow. “I’ve never expected anything from something that didn’t exist to begin with. I just hope that now, Father, you’ll stop slandering Gu Heng out of prejudice. No matter what you say, I still believe in him. If Gu Heng had ever meant to harm me, he would have done it long ago. Even you, Father—you haven’t been able to do anything to him, have you?”

Zuo Zoujian’s pupils dilated sharply. He didn’t know how to respond to Zuo Shihuan’s biting mockery about his past absence—he was both furious and choked silent by the fact that he couldn’t refute a single word. The truth was, he really didn’t know how to deal with this troublesome Beta.

That Beta had already been exposed before everyone. If anything happened to him now, the investigation would surely lead straight back to Zuo Zoujian.

Though anger drove him to issue threats and intimidation, Zuo Zoujian wasn’t actually about to commit murder. Yet ordinary means couldn’t get this Beta away from Zuo Shihuan either.

And on top of that, Zuo Zoujian hadn’t even figured out the Beta’s background yet.

If he acted rashly and didn’t clean things up properly, not only would Zuo Shihuan resent him for breaking them apart, but if that Beta wasn’t someone easy to trifle with and came seeking revenge, the consequences would be even worse.

Could it be that he really had to put up with this insolent Beta?!

Zuo Zoujian, unwilling and furious, demanded, “How do you know he doesn’t have ulterior motives for getting close to you?”

Zuo Shihuan let out a self-mocking laugh. “If Gu Heng really had ulterior motives, then just based on the fact that he risked his life to block that bullet for me just now—whatever it is he wants from me, I’d give it all to him.”

Zuo Zoujian’s angry expression faltered, turning complicated—hesitant, doubtful—yet he still couldn’t give up arguing. “Maybe this person has deeper motives that no one knows about. To achieve his goal, he might stop at nothing.”

“There’s no point in continuing with baseless speculation, Father. Even if that day ever comes, I’ll accept it. But as things stand now, there’s no way I can go through with this engagement banquet.”

Zuo Shihuan was tired of arguing. He half-closed his eyes, weary.

Zuo Zoujian grew even more enraged, narrowing his eyes and demanding sharply, “You really mean to give up the engagement banquet—and the duties of a Zuo family heir—for the sake of a Beta like him?!”

Zuo Shihuan’s gaze was guilty, yet firm. “I’ll do what I can to make amends afterward. I’m sorry, Father.”

“Good! Very good!” Zuo Zoujian’s fury reached its breaking point. He pointed at his son, shaking with rage. “As a member of the Zuo family, how could you be so foolish—doing all this for a Beta who’s nothing, an outsider?!”

Zuo Shihuan lowered his eyes slightly and replied, “Gu Heng isn’t a ‘nothing’ Beta. He’s a good person. No one else will ever treat me as well as he does.”

Zuo Zoujian gave a cold, derisive laugh. “He tricked you with a few petty gestures of kindness, that’s all. I don’t believe some low-class Beta could truly treat you that well. People will think the grand Zuo family mistreats its own heir! Haven’t you had enough of the slum life? Do you want to go back there?!”

Zuo Shihuan abruptly lifted his gaze. His light brown eyes, bright and resolute, locked on Zuo Zoujian’s. His tone was unnervingly calm.

“I know. I know how miserable life in the slums is, and how isolated and helpless it feels in the hospital. But I haven’t said a single false word. Even if you, Father, want to expel me from the Zuo family and send me back to the slums, I would still say this— No one treats me better than Gu Heng. Not even you, Father.”

Though Zuo Shihuan’s expression remained cold and still, emotion surged fiercely inside him. Only the redness of his clenched hands betrayed what he was feeling.

He wasn’t stupid—he could tell who truly cared for him.

Everyone else saw him as the Zuo family’s Alpha heir, approaching him because of what they could gain—including his half-siblings, and even his father, who so prized his rarity as an Alpha heir.

Zuo Shihuan had never cared much before.

People without use have no value to others.

He needed the Zuo family. He needed to climb upward, to keep climbing, no matter what it took—to completely free himself from the poverty and humiliation of his past.

But beneath that seeming ambition was fear.

He was always terrified that one day he’d fall from his position as heir and return to being that powerless, lonely Beta from the slums.

Only Gu Heng had never cared about his identity as the Zuo family’s Alpha heir. He treated him as Zuo Shihuan—nothing more, nothing less.

For him, Gu Heng had rushed to Baile star overnight just to find a cheap, old model mech toy. For him, he’d risked sneaking into the Zuo family’s engagement banquet. For him, he’d thrown himself in front of a bullet.

No one could ever treat him better than Gu Heng.

Even his own father—when Shihuan nearly got shot—hadn’t cared about his safety first, but about the engagement banquet.

Zuo Shihuan had long understood.

To his parents, he was nothing but a tool—used when useful, discarded when not. Even an outsider cared for him more.

The thought filled him with a bitter, hollow sorrow. He let out a small, pained laugh, lowered his eyes to hide the redness there, and took Gu Heng’s hand tightly.

“Let’s go.”

Zuo Zoujian’s pupils contracted. Overwhelmed by guilt and panic at Shihuan’s words, he nevertheless stepped forward in rage, blocking their path. “You’re leaving? You’re leaving the Zuo family?!”

Zuo Shihuan’s gaze was cool. “Think what you want, Father.”

Zuo Zoujian was nearly beside himself. How could he let this happen? The heir he’d spent so much time and effort grooming—throwing it all away for a mere Beta outsider!

“Stop right there!”

“Zuo Shihuan, you think you can just walk away from the Zuo family after joining it?!”

Zuo Zoujian let out a furious, icy laugh, face taut and severe. “Guards! Lock the gates! Bring our esteemed young Alpha master back to the stage—his engagement banquet isn’t over yet! There’s an Omega bride waiting for him! How could he just leave so easily?”

At his command, the Zuo family guards moved immediately, surrounding Zuo Shihuan and Gu Heng.

Gu Heng’s eyes turned cold.

The only reason he’d restrained himself earlier was because of Zuo Shihuan. That didn’t mean he had any respect for Zuo Zoujian. Even if the man was Shihuan’s biological father—unless he’d been the one to raise and love Shihuan from childhood—Gu Heng wouldn’t feel an ounce of guilt for taking him away. Unfortunately for Zuo Zoujian, that wasn’t the case.

Since Zuo Zoujian kept blocking him from taking Zuo Shihuan away—even if he was the head of the Federation’s Zuo family—Gu Heng felt no need to show him any particular respect.

“Zuo Zoujian, you don’t actually think these few men can stop us, do you?”

A cold gleam flashed through Gu Heng’s dark eyes. He shielded Zuo Shihuan behind him, and even when faced with the oppressive circle of Zuo family bodyguards, he only let out a lazy, mocking smile full of arrogance.

The guards closed in.

But Gu Heng didn’t move. Just one sharp, cutting sweep of his gaze was enough to make the Zuo family’s bodyguards hesitate, fear flashing across their faces as they dared not advance.

Zuo Zoujian fumed—so many bodyguards, yet not a single one was useful. Seeing that force wouldn’t work, he changed tactics and turned to emotion.

“Zuo Shihuan, even if you give up the engagement banquet, are you also going to give up the Zuo family? Abandon your younger brothers and sisters?”

Zuo Zoujian spoke in a grave, affectionate tone, pretending to care. “Isn’t staying in the Zuo family good for you? Even if you don’t share the same mother, you’re still bound by blood. After living together for so many years, surely you’ve formed some feelings. Like Zuo Shishu—she’s still so young. You were the one who gave her her name. And now you’re going to abandon her too, for some Beta outsider?”

Zuo Shihuan flushed with anger at his father’s twisting of the truth. “I never said I wanted to abandon anyone!”

“What about Miss Yu, then?”

A calculating gleam flickered in Zuo Zoujian’s eyes as he said meaningfully, “Aren’t you abandoning her right now? By tomorrow, everyone will know that she was an Omega bride thrown aside by her fiancé in public. But didn’t you get along very well with her before? You even used to take time off work to go out with her. I thought your relationship was quite good.”

Zuo Shihuan’s pupils trembled. He clenched his fists, guilt choking him silent.

Gu Heng, who had been indifferent to Zuo Zoujian’s words until now, suddenly stiffened. His eyes reddened as he looked at Zuo Shihuan’s hesitant, remorseful expression. Bitterness welled up in his chest, burning with jealousy.

He wanted to know too—what did Zuo Shihuan really feel toward that Omega woman?

Why was it that whenever she was mentioned, Zuo Shihuan would waver—why, even now, after choosing him, did he still hesitate at her name?

Jealousy gnawed at him, ugly and uncontrollable.

He was jealous of that Omega woman—jealous of how easily she had gained Zuo Shihuan’s affection and leniency. Everyone had rallied to protect this engagement banquet. If Gu Heng hadn’t risked everything to pull Zuo Shihuan back, would he already have gone to her? Would he have already slipped the ring onto her finger?

She was the rightful fiancée, recognized by everyone—by society, by the Zuo family, and even by Zuo Shihuan himself.

Gu Heng’s eyes were red with jealousy.

Because he had seen it himself—the flicker of genuine feeling in Zuo Shihuan’s eyes when he looked at that Omega woman. It wasn’t fake, and Gu Heng could tell. But he hadn’t dared to ask, hadn’t dared to hear the answer.

He’d forced himself not to care about that woman. He’d told himself Zuo Shihuan didn’t have real feelings for her. But now, hearing Zuo Zoujian say they’d secretly been close—that Zuo Shihuan had even set aside work just to spend time with her—

Was he wrong all along?

Maybe that Omega woman wasn’t insignificant to Zuo Shihuan after all.

Maybe, while Gu Heng was gone, Zuo Shihuan’s heart had already begun to shift, a part of it going to her.

Gu Heng’s gaze fixed on Zuo Shihuan’s lips. His arms trembled, trying hard to keep still. Even as he held Zuo Shihuan’s hand, the warmth didn’t reach his cold palms.

Because he was jealous.

Because he was afraid.

Afraid of hearing something he didn’t want to know. Afraid that once Zuo Shihuan spoke, his fragile illusion would shatter. Afraid that he’d realize he was nothing but a clown in this story.

And yet—

When he saw the pain and sorrow in Zuo Shihuan’s eyes, Gu Heng quietly made up his mind.

Zuo Shihuan had no idea of the turmoil raging in Gu Heng’s heart.

His own hesitation came purely from guilt—guilt toward Yu Lizhu, his friend. His impulsive actions had caused her trouble; he had broken their agreement first, while she had kindly advised him to call off the engagement. Besides, Yu Lizhu’s boyfriend, Ji Shenwen, was also Gu Heng’s friend.

It wasn’t at all for the reason Gu Heng feared.

After a moment of hesitation, Zuo Shihuan understood clearly—and once again, he had to acknowledge his father’s cunning.

Even though Zuo Zoujian never truly cared for his own children, he was still willing to use them to manipulate him. Even innocent Yu Lizhu was dragged into it.

Once again, Zuo Shihuan saw his father’s selfish, cold-blooded nature for what it was.

His heart went cold with sadness—but he was used to it by now. What Zuo Zoujian didn’t realize, however, was that this kind of emotional blackmail would no longer work on him.

Maybe before, he would have wavered.

But now, if he had to choose between the Zuo family and Gu Heng, he would choose Gu Heng—no matter the cost, even if it meant leaving the Zuo family.

Once, he’d been terrified of returning to that lonely, helpless life. Even after joining the Zuo family, that fear had lingered deep in his heart. But when Gu Heng stood before him again and again, protecting him without hesitation, Zuo Shihuan knew—he didn’t need to be afraid anymore.

Resolve lit up in his eyes, clear and bright. He opened his mouth, ready to refute his father and take Gu Heng away from this place. Even if it meant starting over from nothing, he would do so gladly.

But just as he was about to speak, a hand suddenly clamped over his mouth.

At the same time—

Snap.

All the lights went out.

The engagement hall was plunged into darkness. Thunder boomed overhead, and the guests screamed in panic.

“What’s happening?!”

“The lights—why are they all out? Is it a power failure?!”

“Someone turn them back on—ow!! Who stepped on my foot?!”

“Even the Federation Hotel is losing power now? Don’t they have multiple power systems? How could something like this happen today of all days?!”

The engagement banquet descended into chaos.

All around came cries of alarm.

In the dark, guests stumbled about in panic, bumping into each other, knocking over things, or stepping on what they shouldn’t—each collision setting off another round of angry yells.

Even Zuo Zoujian had to abandon his confrontation with Zuo Shihuan and rush to maintain order, demanding to know from the hotel staff what was happening.

But the hotel staff were just as clueless and hurried off to find the backup power system.

At first, Zuo Shihuan froze, unable to react. His breath caught, eyes widening as vigilance and wariness surged inside him—until he suddenly felt Gu Heng’s hot, familiar breath brush against his ear. In the darkness, a restrained, searing kiss fell on the back of his neck, and that low, trembling magnetic voice murmured softly:

“Don’t be afraid. I did this.”

Zuo Shihuan was stunned.

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