Captured By The Cold Detective (BL)-Chapter 161: Sacrificial Lamb
He pursed his lips tight and painstakingly swallowed the fishy liquid down his throat.
The burning on his eyes, his gland and his entire body surged up like a tidal wave. He felt like he was standing inside a lit cauldron surrounded by high-intensity flame. Yet his soul was freezing, so cold with dread... for He Juan’s eyes had not changed.
He was still staring at Mu Yuze like he was a dead prey, his silver eyes steely and indifferent. Even though his limbs were bound, his face muzzled and he was literally in a deadlocked situation, he did not look weak at all. Instead, he still gave off the domineering aura of a predator. A bloodthirsty beast. As if he was just biding his time to pounce over and destroy his enemy.
Looking at him like this filled Mu Yuze with utter fear. It turned his scalp numb and made his heart tightened as if an invisible hand was crushing it. He was afraid... so terribly afraid that he would not be able to bring He Juan back. Moreover, he was most afraid that... he would not be able to see those silver eyes brimming with love and tender affection for him anymore...
Tentatively, he reached out to gently place his hand over He Juan’s. His movement was exceedingly careful as if he was handling a very precious porcelain. "Juan-gege..." his voice was barely a whisper. "It’s me, Mu Yuze. Can you hear me?"
He Juan’s hand grew tense, but aside from that, he did not give any other reaction. His gaze did not falter either. However, the mere fact that he was staying still without attacking was more than enough to send a surge of joy and relief blooming in Mu Yuze’s heart.
Juan-gege acting like this... did it mean that he could hear him?
As if injected by a dose of courage, Mu Yuze took another step further. He came close to He Juan’s side and slowly leaned over him, intending to release his own pheromones first to calm He Juan down. His breathing was ragged as thin sweat covered his skin from head to toe. It was getting harder and harder to think clearly under He Juan’s alienated gaze, thus Mu Yuze acted purely based on instinct.
He wanted to get close to Juan-gege, wanted to scent him and mark him with his own pheromones...
But then, something shocking happened just as Mu Yuze’s head closed in on the crook of He Juan’s neck.
The Alpha, who had been keeping himself still all this while, suddenly sprung his upper body up with unstoppable momentum!
The steel bed frame shook as He Juan strained his limbs against the leather belts. He was fast, so fast that Mu Yuze could not guard against his attack. He only heard the sound of IV stands crashing to the floor and saw a shadow flashing in front of his eyes and the next second, something caught him by the neck. Hard.
"Urgh—" A strained grunt escaped his lips as He Juan tightened his grip around his neck. Mu Yuze’s eyes widened and his breath stuttered, utterly shocked by this sudden turn of events.
He Juan was sitting on the bed, his movement unhindered. How...?
It took Mu Yuze a while to register that the binding around He Juan’s wrists had loosened. They had long become loose even before he entered this room. And He Juan was just pretending in order to wait for the perfect time to bring him under mercy...
Mu Yuze drew in a breathless gasp. Right now, he had no idea which hurt the most – his suffocating neck, his throbbing gland, or his heart. Everywhere hurt. It hurt so much. Seeing He Juan looking at him with those murderous, foreign emotions in his eyes was crushing his heart to pieces.
The tears he had been painstakingly holding back all this time finally fell, sliding down his flushed cheek and dripping onto the Alpha’s hand. "Juan... gege..." he tried to call out in between gasping breaths.
Along with the tightening of the fingers around his neck, Mu Yuze seemed to hear the crunching sound of his bone. His vision turned blurry as coldness seeped into the tip of his fingers. He reached out and grasped onto the Alpha’s wrist weakly. In that split second, a bizarre notion flashed through his mind. Under He Juan’s bloodthirsty snarl, he felt as if he had become a sacrificial lamb who was destined to be slaughtered. And in response, he... he bared his neck. Gladly. He was willing to offer his flesh and blood to his God, even though this was an evil God who was going to drag him to Hell...
He even thought that it was good to die by He Juan’s gege’s hands.
But just as this thought crossed his mind—
Through his hazy vision he suddenly saw... a crystalline tear slid down from the corner of He Juan’s eyes.
Almost in an instant, Mu Yuze’s mind, his breathing, his heartbeat and his rushing blood – everything screeched to a halt and all he could see was the tears pooling in He Juan’s red-rimmed eyes.
Mu Yuze’s eyes flew wide in shock. Even though the Alpha’s eyes were still cold and savage, it was really tears which were rolling down his cheek... 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
The sight of He Juan’s tears was akin to a strike of thunder right beside his ears. His mind sobered up almost immediately. No... this was not right. He could not let He Juan kill him. Juan-gege was such a kind and gentle soul. If... If later he found out that he had killed Mu Yuze with his own hands, then... he would definitely be crushed by guilt!
As soon as realization dawned on him, Mu Yuze started to struggle with renewed vigor. He grabbed He Juan’s wrist in a tight grip and gasped for air, "He Juan... let go...!"
His nails sank deeply into He Juan’s flesh as he exerted all of his strength to yank the Alpha’s grip off him bit by bit.
And much to his surprise, he could sense the tremble on the latter’s arm. The Alpha’s silver eyes, which resembled the surface of a freezing icy lake amidst winter, started to shake as if faint ripples had formed on it. A light seemed to flicker from the depth of his pupils. Weak at first, but it slowly became more apparent as it fought to break through the surface.
Mu Yuze’s heart soared. Just as he thought he could bring He Juan back like this—
BANG!
Su Xieren received the SOS signal from the monitor room and finally rushed over at the fastest speed possible. In a flash, he slammed the door open and the first thing he saw was He Juan, who had somehow freed himself and was currently holding Mu Yuze’s neck. Su Xieren’s pupils shook in terror. "Da-ge—!"
Mu Yuze’s mind buzzed as loud alarm bells rang in his head.
No... don’t. Don’t come here...!
In the end, what he feared the most still happened.
He Juan, who barely recovered himself, was startled by this sudden movement. His eyes turned bloodshot and large veins popped up on his forehead in a terrifying manner. With a sweep of his powerful arm, he flung the weak Mu Yuze away from him.
Then clutching his own head, he started to tremble and let out the most heart-wrenching and agonizing scream from his throat. "AAH——!!"
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