Captured By The Cold Detective (BL)-Chapter 441: Don’t...
Despite Zhong Yun telling him to dress up nicely and the sheer amount of branded clothes in his wardrobe courtesy of He Juan, Mu Yuze chose to show up in a simple black shirt and ripped jeans that accentuated his lean and slender figure.
However, the same could not be said with others, who seemed to have donned their best attire and were dressed to impress. Take Zhong Yun for example, the boy a year older than him was clad only in a sheer fishnet tank top beneath his bright red suit and shorts of similar shade, revealing a large amount of skin. Mu Yuze felt like his poor eyes were going to be blinded when Zhong Yun proudly showed his outfit off. And as a result, along the way he had desperately pretended not to know the frivolous boy beside him so as to not be put in the same group as him.
Alas, it was not until he stepped through the bar’s entrance that Mu Yuze realized he had not seen enough of the world yet.
Compared to others, Zhong Yun could be considered modest at most and he, foolishly nerdy.
The music was astoundingly loud and each beat caused his heart to jolt and shudder as well. The ever changing lights stabbed into his retina and he almost could not open his eyes as Zhong Yun dragged him to the booth where the others had been waiting for them.
Qiao Biwen, who had scattered glittering powder across his cheekbones and drawn the tail of his eyelids, burst into muffled laughter. "What the hell, Mu Yuze? Are you going to the bar or the evening study session?!" He raised his voice to rival the thundering music.
"Hey, hey, don’t be like this!" Zhong Yun slung an arm around Mu Yuze’s shoulders and clicked his tongue in disapproval. "Our Mu Yuze is a top student across the province and a virtuous boy. You must not lump him together with the likes of you!"
"Fuck!" Qiao Biwen angrily punched his shoulder, laughing. He scooted aside and patted the space beside him, "Come and sit! What do you want to drink? My treat!"
His declaration successfully triggered a chorus of ’yooo~’ from the boys and they became rowdier, snatching the menu from one another like a group of monkeys who had just been released to the wild.
Though Mu Yuze had never drunk alcohol before, he still knew a thing or two thanks to the research he had done earlier. Upon hearing the boys ordered alcoholic cocktails and cans of beers, he furrowed his brow and hissed into Zhong Yun’s ears, "Didn’t you say there would be no alcohol?!"
"What?!" Zhong Yun failed to hear him for the first time and when Mu Yuze repeated his question, louder this time, the boy shouted in response, "Aiyah, isn’t that their choice? Can I even control them?! Come, come. If you don’t want to drink, just order a glass of sparkling water or soda, okay? I guarantee no one will force you to drink alcohol!"
What Zhong Yun said was reasonable. Nonetheless, Mu Yuze couldn’t help but feel like he had been cheated and his mood turned inexplicably sour. The loud music was giving him a headache, and there were a lot of strange smells mixed with booze, perfumes and cigarettes in the air that made his stomach churn in nausea. Barely five minutes had passed since he walked in, but he had already wanted to leave and go home.
Was the bar He Juan visited last time also this noisy and annoying? What was so good about the world of adults?
One of the boys looked around and asked, "Qiao Biwen, didn’t you say your brother is the manager here? Why haven’t we seen him around?!"
"My brother?" Qiao Biwen cracked open a peanut and tossed it into his mouth. He then craned his neck to survey the crowded bar. "He was here just now, but the bartender called him away saying there’s an— oh! There he is!" The boys turned to follow his line of sight and they immediately erupted into another chorus of ’yooo~’
"Damn it, so wild!"
"Ah ah ah! Is this something we are allowed to see? Why do I feel like watching a yellow[1] movie?!"
"Hahaha, yellow movie, your ass!"
Hearing the commotion, Zhong Yun and Mu Yuze also raised their heads to see what was going on.
As soon as he saw the scandalous and almost inappropriate scene in the lounge, Zhong Yun let out a chicken-like screech and clutched Mu Yuze’s arm in a tight grip. "Fuuuck, that guy is so damn pretty! How can someone be so sexy? Don’t you agree?!" He let out a wolf whistle, unaware that beside him, Mu Yuze was frozen in place, the colorful lights concealing his blanched complexion.
His gaze pierced through the throng of people to land on the long-haired man on the lounge, whose back was facing him.
He could recognize that back anywhere, even through miles away. Even if it was only a brief glimpse— for he had lost count of how many times his eyes had chased after that man from behind.
’H–How can Juan-gege be here?! Has he found out that I’m here?!’ was the first thought that crossed his mind. But then the next second, his eyes landed on the pair of slender arms that hooked around He Juan’s neck intimately and the familiar beautiful man perched on his lap. In an instant, Mu Yuze felt as if his entire body had plunged into an icy cellar.
Flashes of memories burst through his mind like a fast-forwarded movie; starting from the moment when he heard that person’s voice coming out of the speaker in He Juan’s study, to the time when he saw the two of them standing face-to-face in Doctor Jia’s clinic.
A picture-perfect image of an ideal couple.
’Have they always been in contact with each other, even during the year when Juan-gege was away?’ the question took root in his mind akin to poisonous vines that squeezed his heart, tearing the bloody flesh apart, before another voice answered with sinister certainty, ’Of course they have.’
’B–But didn’t Juan-gege say that they’re only... colleagues?’
’How foolish,’ the voice sneered at him. ’Do you think Juan-gege will tell you everything about his private life? It’s none of your business whom he spent his time with. For him, you are and will always be a child.’
Mu Yuze parted his trembling lips, "No..." his inaudible whisper was lost amidst the chaotic hooting and excited cheers of the boys around him.
"Oh wait! Don’t you think they’re a pair of Alpha and Omega?"
"You’re a genius! Why didn’t I think of that before?!"
"Hehehe, then the next thing they will do is..." the boy gestured with his hands, and everyone burst out into a cacophony of loud whistles and suggestive laughter.
Amidst them all, Mu Yuze was akin to a solid statue. The voices around him seemed like they had come from a distance away, beneath a layer of gurgling water. His gaze was still fixed on He Juan and the beautiful omega, and he did not even realize how tightly he was clenching his fists.
He watched as He Juan rose to his feet, the gesture was akin to throwing off the person on his lap. But before Mu Yuze could even feel relieved about it, the next second, He Juan reached out and wrapped an arm around the Omega’s waist, pulling him closer. He tilted his head to say something. The myriads of lights that fell on his features made his silver eyes look particularly tender, as if he was gazing at a lover.
— Had Mu Yuze paid closer attention to the surroundings, he would have noticed Marius’ presence near He Juan. And if he saw the blonde man’s disguise, he might have come to a conclusion that He Juan was here for a purpose.
Alas, his eyes could see no one but He Juan, and he continued to watch as He Juan led the Omega away, further into the bar.
As he stared at He Juan’s back, an unprecedented sense of grievance and sorrow washed over him, as if he had just eaten the world’s most bitter pill. His throat tightened and a metallic taste spread inside his mouth from where he had bitten into the inside of his cheek. It felt like an invisible saw was shredding at the depth of his soul, fiercely twisting and wrenching the most fragile part of him. Making it bruised all over.
’Don’t...’ he wanted to plead, yet his voice was choked beyond the abyss of gut-wrenching pain. ’Don’t touch him. Don’t go with him...’
Why... he should have been prepared for this, but why did it still hurt so much?
Zhong Yun was chatting excitedly with the others about the relationship between Alphas and Omegas when he realized that Mu Yuze was trembling ever so slightly beside him. He was startled when he saw the boy’s extremely pale face. "What’s wrong with you?!"
Mu Yuze had just opened his mouth to respond when—
"Huek!" He covered his mouth and retched. Cold sweat trickled down his body, and the back of his neck throbbed with excruciating pain as if fine needles were stabbing into his skin relentlessly.
In an instant, everyone’s attention turned to him, asking if he was feeling unwell, but Mu Yuze could hear nothing beyond the buzzing in his ears. He abruptly shot up to his feet and rushed towards the door, bumping and crashing into people along the way.
"Mu Yuze?!" Zhong Yun shouted in surprise. He cursed under his breath and told the others, "You guys continue, I will go and check on him!" After saying that, he chased after Mu Yuze.
Across the bar, He Juan halted on his tracks and turned around, his sharp gaze sweeping over the bar.
"Is there something wrong, Sir?" The manager asked, even Marius and A–Mu were giving him inquiring look.
Not finding anything amiss, He Juan eventually shook his head and turned his gaze back to the front. "No, nothing," he smiled. "I must have heard wrong. Let’s go."
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[1] yellow, associated with porn/hentai
