Chapter 65: Your Bite Marks
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Listening to this, An Lan finally understood what Gu Qingchuan was worried about.
With their closeness, Gu Liyu’s possessiveness would become stronger and stronger. He would never be able to mark An Lan, which meant he couldn’t get a sense of security from a physiological standpoint.
In a sense, it was similar to Gu Yunli not being able to sense his wife’s pheromones.
An Lan looked at Gu Liyu, who just lowered his eyes and said nothing.
“Security like this… let’s try not relying on pheromones.” An Lan suggested.
“What should we rely on then?” Gu Qingchuan asked curiously.
“I don’t know… but I believe we will find a way.” An Lan looked at Gu Liyu.
At this moment, Gu Liyu’s mother said, “Dinner is almost ready!”
The young people sitting on the sofa all got up, went to the kitchen to help, set the table, and brought the dishes to the table.
An Lan didn’t expect that in a family like Gu Liyu’s, there was no hired help; it was all Gu Liyu’s mother personally doing everything. The sincerity of this dinner was evident.
“I heard from Little Yu that your mother’s cooking is delicious. My skills are limited, and I haven’t cooked in a long time. I hope it suits your taste.”
“Just looking at them makes them seem delicious. Thank you, Auntie,” An Lan said with a smile.
An Lan also learned from online news that Gu Liyu’s mother, Song Kelan, did not come from a prestigious family. She was just Gu Yunli’s college classmate, and they got married after graduation. There were no family disputes or tragic tales like Romeo and Juliet. At that time, Gu Yunli had a great say in the Gu family, and his decision to marry Song Kelan was absolute.
In a way, before Gu Yunli’s incident, Song Kelan was well-protected by her husband.
She had a gentle but not weak temperament, and Gu Liyu inherited his mother’s exquisite beauty.
Song Kelan asked many questions about Gu Liyu’s school life, and An Lan answered them all.
“An Lan, do you know? The Little Yu you described is really different from the one we know.” Song Kelan smiled.
“What’s different?”
“For example… he would help you block splashed hot water, eat breakfast and supper with you, and even participate in fun sports events.” Song Kelan looked at An Lan, her gaze containing a sincere sentiment that couldn’t be described in words. “An Lan, thank you.”
“Thank you… to me? Shouldn’t I be thanking Gu Liyu instead? If it weren’t for him, I wouldn’t have had the chance to taste the dishes you made, Auntie.”
Song Kelan nodded, “Yes, you should definitely thank him for saving your life. But my thanks are gratitude as a mother. I’ve never known how to get along with Little Yu, how to make him happy. But you’ve achieved that. You’ve made him do things that bring him joy, like an ordinary high school student.”
“Oh, speaking of ordinary high school student things, I have to mention the time he suddenly wanted to go to KTV.”
Gu Qingchuan nodded subtly, and An Lan immediately understood that he was referring to the day of his accident.
“Yes, why did you go to that KTV?” An Lan curiously asked.
Or rather, he was curious about everything that happened that night.
“Eat dinner.” Gu Liyu served An Lan a piece of pine nut fish and didn’t say anything more.
It was clear that he didn’t want to discuss this issue at the dining table. Also, a faint blush appeared on his neck, looking like he was shy.
Gu Qingchuan chuckled lightly, lowered his head, and continued eating.
Song Kelan had prepared dinner based on the appetites of the four people, not making a big fuss because of An Lan’s arrival. Each dish tasted great, and by the time the meal was over, An Lan felt just right.
Gu Liyu went to help Song Kelan tidy up the kitchen, and An Lan was also about to go with them. However, Gu Qingchuan gestured to him with a finger and mouthed what seemed to be, “I’ll tell you.”
Unable to resist his curiosity, An Lan walked over to Gu Qingchuan, “What do you want to tell me?”
Gu Qingchuan smiled and casually handed An Lan a cup of Pu’er tea, “Come on, let’s chat on the balcony.”
The Gu family’s balcony, or rather a small terrace, had some flowers and plants. In the night, their original appearance was unclear, but the fragrance and the unexpected blend of Pu’er tea filled the air.
The two of them leaned on the edge of the terrace, looking into the distance, although there wasn’t much of a view.
“That day, I just wanted to chat with Little Yu like this on the balcony. He suddenly received a call, probably from Xu Xingran.”
“Asking him if he wanted to go sing at KTV?” An Lan guessed.
“Yes, so you knew.”
“Because of the class monitor’s invitation, Gu Liyu went?”
Gu Qingchuan shook his head, laughing, “Of course not. I remember Xu Xingran said, ‘An Lan is singing here too.’ After the call ended, Little Yu said he wanted to go to that KTV.”
“So, you went with him?”
“Yeah, I drove him there. I was just too curious. He rarely participates in social activities. Singing in a closed KTV room with a microphone, not to mention that he might feel silly, even I find it boring.”
An Lan laughed awkwardly, thinking, the big brother from the Gu family just said that Gu Liyu doesn’t socialize much? Your mentality is not exactly sociable either.
“What did you do after you dropped Gu Liyu off at KTV?”
“After he arrived at KTV, his behavior was a bit strange.” Gu Qingchuan tilted his head back, recalling the situation that day. “He didn’t go to find Xu Xingran but aimlessly walked around in the KTV. I asked him what he was doing, and he only told me he was looking for someone. My alpha intuition made me sure that he was locating someone’s scent.”
“My… scent?”
“Yes. I’ve never seen him in such a hurry. Because I didn’t know that the scent of green bamboo belonged to you, I thought it might be some omega he cared about. Until he walked to the door of your private room, knocked on the door, and called your name. I thought he would always have a poker face, but I can never forget his expression that day. An Lan, that was the first time I heard your name; it’s really a special name.”
An Lan’s arm rested on the edge of the terrace, and the night breeze gently lifted his hair. His heart felt warm because even though he was completely unconscious at that time, he could still recall the tone of Gu Liyu’s voice when he called his name—impatient, coaxing, and incredibly cherishable.
“My little cousin, although he is not assertive, he never asks for help. But that day, sitting on the ground, hugging you tightly, with red eyes, begging me to save you, I knew he couldn’t turn back. It was I who let him bite you… I admit that at that time, I had selfish motives.”
“Selfish motives?”
An Lan didn’t understand what Gu Qingchuan’s selfish motives were when he first saw him that night.
“When I misunderstood you as an omega, Little Yu told me you were an alpha. If that were true… it meant he couldn’t truly mark you. I’ve been involved in research on Eve’s Apple for a long time, speculating that if Little Yu had bitten you that night, the a-plus in his blood would affect your differentiation. But… even if there was a one in ten thousand chance of making you differentiate into an omega, it meant Little Yu wouldn’t have to experience the anxiety of never being able to mark a mate.”
Gu Qingchuan took a deep breath.
An Lan stood there, so Gu Qingchuan had foreseen all the possibilities that night?
“I’m sorry. I don’t expect your forgiveness. I just want you to know that even if I gave Little Yu a chance to turn you into an omega, he stubbornly believed… you should differentiate back to your original state. He found me, asked me to help refine the pheromones in his blood, and then delivered them to you through the Alpha Management Committee. Whether you two can be together in the future, I just want you to believe that he never did anything wrong.”
Gu Qingchuan’s voice was soft but solemn.
“You haven’t done anything wrong either. At that time, if Gu Liyu hadn’t bitten me, I would have died. As for whether he bit my neck or elsewhere, there would be no difference. The concentration of a-plus wouldn’t change based on the location of the bite.”
“What are you guys talking about?” Gu Liyu’s voice sounded behind them.
Actually, An Lan had no doubt that Gu Liyu could hear their entire conversation intact. But now he was asking them what they were talking about, indicating that Gu Liyu didn’t deliberately eavesdrop, giving An Lan and Gu Qingchuan enough privacy.
“Speaking about…” Gu Qingchuan’s words hadn’t finished, and An Lan picked up the conversation.
“Saying you’re cute.” An Lan smiled.
“Lies,” Gu Liyu replied.
“Not lying. Gu Liyu, who never socializes, went to KTV for me. Isn’t that cute?” An Lan asked.
“…” Gu Liyu glanced at Gu Qingchuan.
“Being able to accurately find me in a KTV with so many scents, is Gu Liyu cute or not?” An Lan asked again.
Gu Liyu didn’t say anything, but his ears turned slightly red.
“Purifying pheromones for me, Gu Liyu, whose arms turned blue…”
“Alright, stop talking.” Gu Liyu’s hand reached over, covering An Lan’s mouth.
An Lan’s lips lightly pursed in Gu Liyu’s palm. He seemed as if he got burned and immediately withdrew his hand. Even though it was just hanging there, An Lan clearly saw his hand clenching and releasing, releasing and clenching.
They chatted with Song Kelan for a while. Gu Qingchuan then reminded them that it was getting late, and the two kids had school the next day.
“Little Yu, you take An Lan home. Drive slowly,” Song Kelan said.
An Lan felt a bit disappointed. Weren’t they supposed to spend the night together and have a good chat?
“Sure, it’s a bit far from the school here. I’ll drop An Lan off and then go back to the apartment to sleep,” Gu Liyu said standing at the door.
“Okay, got it. Get some rest early at night.”
Hearing this, An Lan started to feel hopeful again. Maybe Gu Liyu wasn’t going to take him home, but rather to the apartment for the night.
The words “for the night” appeared in An Lan’s mind, and for the first time, he realized that he had such an inappropriate thought.
The two got into the car, and after leaving the garage, they bid farewell to Gu Qingchuan through the car window.
Unexpectedly, Gu Qingchuan said in a cool tone, “You’re both still young, some things are not meant to be done yet.”
An Lan was still thinking about how to reply to Gu Qingchuan when Gu Liyu rolled up the car window, started the car, and drove away.
“Are we still young?” Gu Liyu asked.
An Lan was startled, looking at Gu Liyu’s serious profile, “What… are you thinking?”
The car happened to stop at a crossroads, and suddenly, Gu Liyu leaned over and kissed An Lan on the lips.
His movement was so fast that the next second, the red light turned green, he started the car, and An Lan hadn’t realized what had happened.
The feeling of an accelerated heartbeat came several seconds late, but the thumping sound in his chest made An Lan tighten his seatbelt.
They arrived at Gu Liyu’s apartment, and it was only when the lights came on that An Lan came back to his senses.
Oh my, was he really going to sleep with Gu Liyu?
This was his first time staying together after understanding Gu Liyu’s feelings. Without Gu Qingchuan or Song Kelan this time, An Lan felt a nervousness similar to entering the examination room for the college entrance exam.
Gu Liyu walked over, lightly stroking An Lan’s hair, “Go take a shower. We have class tomorrow.”
An Lan quickly finished washing, dried his hair, and laid on the bed. He had never been in love before, let alone had the experience of being with a lover. At this moment, he didn’t know what to do.
They worked hard on their studies in subjects like mathematics and science, claiming that they were not afraid to travel all over the world. However, there was no textbook teaching him how to get along with the person he liked.
When Gu Liyu returned to the bedroom, An Lan immediately closed his eyes, pretending to be asleep. Gu Liyu didn’t say anything, turned off the bedside lamp, and laid down beside him.
An Lan, facing away from him, dared not move, not even daring to control the rhythm of his breathing. After a long time, his neck was covered with a thin layer of sweat.
On the other hand, Gu Liyu’s breathing and heartbeat were steady.
It seemed like they were just “sleeping.”
But An Lan couldn’t fall asleep at all. In his mind, there were all those things Gu Qingchuan said about Gu Liyu. An Lan kept imagining Gu Liyu opening the door of the room and seeing his expression, even how he looked when he bit him. The more An Lan thought about it, the more he felt that he had missed an important moment in his life.
Suddenly, there was movement from the person beside him. First, he turned over, and then his finger gently hooked An Lan’s collar from behind. The fingertip of his index finger grazed the place on the back of his neck where he had been bitten before, sending a shiver through An Lan’s body.
“I… you’ve been so tense. Isn’t it tiring?” Gu Liyu asked softly.
An Lan immediately collapsed like a deflated ball.
“Do you know that I’ve been tense? Why didn’t you speak up earlier?”
“I was afraid that if I spoke, you would be even more tense.” Gu Liyu said.
Perhaps because there was no light, in the darkness, Gu Liyu’s voice sounded unexpectedly gentle.
An Lan turned around, meeting Gu Liyu’s eyes. They seemed calm yet profound, and when An Lan’s gaze touched Gu Liyu’s eyes, it felt like he was entering another secret and vast space.
“I remember you said you wanted to have a private talk with me, but you pretended to be asleep first. Were you afraid that I would do something to you?”
Gu Liyu’s hand reached over, touching An Lan’s hair, indicating reassurance and a hint that he wouldn’t infringe on him.
“I… I’m not afraid that you’ll do something to me. It’s just that you haven’t done anything… so I’m nervous.” An Lan self-mockingly smiled, “It’s the first time I’ve liked someone.”
“Who hasn’t liked someone for the first time? Just let things happen naturally.”
In the darkness, the line on Gu Liyu’s lips bent, revealing a trace of sensuality.
“Can we talk for a while?” An Lan asked.
“Of course.” Gu Liyu propped up his chin with one hand, supporting his upper body and looking at An Lan.
This angle revealed a mature look that didn’t belong to his age.
“Are you uneasy because… you can’t mark me?” An Lan asked seriously.
Gu Liyu’s other hand reached over, palm cradling the back of An Lan’s neck, “If I can’t mark your body, then let me mark your mind. Life seems short, but if you’re with someone you don’t like, it might also feel long. We’ll grow up, new thoughts will sprout in our minds, and we’ll have new expectations for the future. If I only mark you as an omega, and one day you get tired of my coercion and possessiveness, you can apply for divorce, apply to remove the mark. For a mark that can be removed, even if I do it a thousand or ten thousand times, I won’t have a true sense of security.”
His words had always been few, but speaking about the possibilities of the future in such a calm tone like now, An Lan suddenly wanted to hug him.
“But if I can leave a mark in your mind, no matter what kind of alpha you grow into in the future, even if it’s omega, when reality leads us in different directions one day, when you think of me, you’ll be braver and stronger. I will feel fortunate,” Gu Liyu’s fingers stroked An Lan’s eyebrow bone, and in that moment, his hand blocked An Lan’s line of sight. “And I have been marked by you in the same way.”
An Lan’s heart was beating fast, the air around them was hot, but he didn’t feel suffocated. On the contrary, there seemed to be something surging out from deep within his heart, something that couldn’t be concealed.
When Gu Liyu moved his hand away, An Lan leaned in and kissed Gu Liyu’s lips.
At that moment, the sound of his heartbeat was infinitely amplified. The warm feeling on his lips radiated through every cell in his body along the neural lines. An Lan grabbed onto Gu Liyu’s shoulders, and he was grateful for his eve’s apple at this moment. If it weren’t for it, An Lan might have smoothly differentiated into an alpha, living an ordinary and stable life, perhaps never knowing that there was someone watching him, admiring him, and doing many dangerous things for him, considering many problems that he shouldn’t have worried about at his age.
Gu Liyu embraced An Lan, rolling over to let An Lan lie completely on top of him.
The kiss was light, but An Lan smelled the sea-like scent of Gu Liyu’s pheromones. It undulated in the air, carrying the thickness of the ocean and the vitality of marine creatures. An Lan tried to deepen the kiss by turning his face, but Gu Liyu only lightly pressed his lips together.
An Lan lingered for a long time but couldn’t penetrate Gu Liyu’s lips. Perplexed and unsatisfied, he propped up his upper body, looking at Gu Liyu.
“Hey… What’s wrong with you?” An Lan asked.
“My aplus concentration is very high, and it may affect your differentiation,” Gu Liyu said.
An Lan immediately understood what he meant, lightly laughed, and touched his nose to Gu Liyu’s forehead. “Do you think I really want to differentiate into an alpha so badly?”
“Maybe one day, you’ll mind.”
Being young, they hadn’t experienced the world’s cruelty or felt the rules of society. They naively believed that as long as they were strong enough, they could control their destiny, no matter what they differentiated into.
“Maybe one day, I’ll mind that you didn’t kiss me recklessly.” An Lan’s hands were by Gu Liyu’s ears, his hair falling softly. He moved subtly, brushing past Gu Liyu’s line of sight and touching his heart.
“What you said, even if I become omega, even if I get marked, as long as one day I don’t want it, the mark can be removed. Since no one can bind my life, if your aplus really has the ability to make me differentiate into omega, I’ll give you credit.”
An Lan chuckled lightly. Even in the absence of light, Gu Liyu felt that this confident An Lan was dazzling.
He pressed down An Lan’s head, and An Lan, supported by his arms, collapsed. Gu Liyu’s kiss, carrying the scent of the ocean tide, flooded the small bedroom like a magnificent current, completely engulfing An Lan.
His enthusiasm, like the surging tide, chased An Lan’s kiss. The magma under the sea rushed out, bringing with it the heat of the core and a firm determination.
The entire space spun slowly, and An Lan couldn’t tell where he was or which direction he was facing. But the feeling of being needed and chased made him feel incredibly satisfied.
Gu Liyu’s kiss seemed to break down the complexity of the world, making it simple and straightforward.
An Lan curled up in Gu Liyu’s arms, smelling his scent, and then hugged him tightly.
The next morning, he was awakened by Gu Liyu’s bite. When An Lan went to wash up, he tilted his head, repeatedly looking at the bite mark on his nose.
“What are you looking at?” Gu Liyu asked, leaning against the doorway.
“I’m looking at your bite mark. Your teeth are really neat,” An Lan said.
“If you want to retaliate, I won’t resist.”
An Lan laughed. “Dream on.”
Not resist?
What fun is there in not resisting?
Downstairs, Gu Liyu had already prepared breakfast, a simple sandwich, fried egg, and milk. It tasted good with each bite.
An Lan ate breakfast while checking his phone and found that Qiao Chuluo had sent him several links, all related to Gu Yunli’s news.
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