Captured By The Cold Detective (BL)-Chapter 458: Give Him Back
He Juan’s jaws ticked when he heard this blatant provocation.
His patience had been repeatedly tested to the limit for the past two weeks, and he had even left Mu Yuze alone during the time when he needed reassurance and company the most. Ku Jin, this bastard, always knew how to press his button and made him irritated, restless and jittery. At the moment, he felt like a wild beast had been caged inside his ribcage, howling and thrashing in frenzied anger, yearning for bloodshed to appease his fury.
However, none of these turbulent emotions showed on his face. Now that he had figured out the perpetrator behind the repeated accidents, all the more reason he could not show his anger. Ku Jin was an expert at playing psychological games, but too bad, He Juan had no intention of giving him the reaction he was aiming for.
Instead, he responded in a light, almost amused tone. But the words he said instantly poked Ku Jin on his sore spot. "Ah, I understand now. I was wondering who would be so childish as to play such a pathetic game. So it’s you. What’s wrong? Are you bored because you can’t find Doctor Jia?"
When silence ensued from the other side, He Juan sneered. Did Ku Jin think that he was the only one who could mess with someone else? Well, two could play the game.
As soon as he saw things through, He Juan’s mind immediately spun to seek the reason why Ku Jin might attempt something like that. Usually, they would each deal with their own businesses and pretend like the other did not exist, but now that Ku Jin had deliberately provoked him again and again, there must be some kind of reason behind it.
And what other reason could there be aside from Jia Molei, the object of the Manipulator’s obsession?
Ku Jin laughed again, though this time it did not sound as carefree but tinged with a dark undercurrent instead. He cut to the chase and demanded, "Where have you hidden him? Give him back to me."
Hearing this, He Juan couldn’t help but chuckle. Perhaps to others, he might appear as if talking to a friend, but only the two of them and God knew how much they despised each other. He Juan already could not get along with Ku Jin to begin with, and every time he recalled the miserable state he found Jia Molei in or what the man would have become if left alone for a long period of time, the hostility in his heart intensified.
"Give him back to you?" He Juan snorted in incredulity, as he could not believe how shameless Ku Jin was to say something like this after what he had done to Jia Molei. "Perhaps you should ask first if he even wants to be with you. In fact, does he truly belong to you in the first place or... have you been forcing him all this time, Master Manipulator?" He asked, his tone dripping with sarcasm.
Ku Jin’s laugh was laced with frenzy and madness as he hissed out a warning, "Don’t meddle in our affair, XIU. This is none of your business. He does, and will always belong to me; that’s a fact. Feel free to hide him, I will find him even to the end of the world. And when I do..." he chuckled darkly. "...you’re going to regret it."
He Juan swore he did not have an arrogant bone in him. Despite being a superior Alpha, he had never – not even once – thought that he was better than anyone. Yet when he heard Ku Jin’s words, he felt an unprecedented contempt and disgust arising in his heart and the first thought that came to mind was— who gave this person the guts to act so pompous in front of him?
He raked his fingers through his hair, chuckles spilling forth his lips, though his eyes were icy cold. He stressed each word, "I think it’s me who should be saying that."
Without waiting for the response from the other side, he decisively ended the call. The smile faded from his face as Ku Jin’s repulsive voice continued to echo in his mind. "Fuck!" Driven by impulse, he smashed his phone to the ground, causing the small device to shatter to pieces. Its screen flickered a few times and went dark at once.
Behind him, a hesitant voice called out, "B–Boss..."
He Juan did not turn around, because he knew how ugly his expression was right now. "What is it?"
Chen Youzhi reported, "The body has been taken care of. What is your next plan?"
"Nothing. It should stop from now on." He Juan said casually. He crouched down, swept aside the broken fragments with his fingers and dug out the SIM card, placing it into his pocket. He straightened up and dusted off his hand, saying, "If there’s nothing else, I will leave first."
Chen Youzhi could only bow his head respectfully as he saw He Juan off into the car.
As He Juan inserted the SIM card into another spare phone, a call arrived in a timely manner. His brows creased lightly when he saw that it was Mu Yuze. Taking a deep breath to make sure that the boy would not notice anything amiss with him, he answered the call.
"Hello, Xiao Ze? Did something happen?"
There was a brief pause before Mu Yuze asked, "...Are you busy?"
Like a magic, He Juan felt the suffocating wrath, frustration and murderous intent, which could only be appeased by bloodbath, ease just by listening to Mu Yuze’s voice. His entire person was soothed like an unruly beast whose fur had been smoothed down.
"Of course, I always have time for you," He Juan did not even realize how soft he sounded when he said that. "How are you doing?"
Since Mu Yuze had manifested as an Omega, He Juan was no longer assured to allow the boy to go to school alone. Faced with the choice between taking bodyguards or returning to homeschooling, Mu Yuze ended up choosing the latter.
He Juan knew that he had wronged the boy, especially after he had put so much effort into taking the high school entrance examination, but he really could not bear the thought of something happening to Mu Yuze. Just the mere thought that the boy would come to harm out there, somewhere without his knowledge, was already enough to drive him insane. Fortunately, Mu Yuze did not protest much. He understood the risk that would come if he insisted on going to school. Moreover, he had also gotten sensitive to the pheromones scents outside, so he opted to stay at home for the time being.
Perhaps Ku Jin’s shenanigans had come at the right time. If He Juan had to spend all day at home with Mu Yuze, his little mate, where he could see and hear and touch him as he pleased, he would go crazy first before anyone else.
"I’m fine. I..." Mu Yuze hesitated for a while. "I just want to ask, when will you be back?"
He Juan’s heart melted at his soft spoken words. He recalled that there was only more than a week left until the time when he, Marius and Ye Qiu planned to raid the secret facility. After everything was settled, he would have all the time in the world to consider their future.
As such, he replied, "Soon. I will be back soon."
Mu Yuze let out a brief hum. Just as He Juan thought that their conversation would end like this, he heard the boy ask with hesitation and caution in his tone,
"Gege, are you... in a bad mood now?"
