Captured By The Cold Detective (BL)-Chapter 673: Should We Test?
Indeed... since discovering that he and He Juan were true mates, Mu Yuze would often have this thought in mind:
Did He Juan reciprocate his feelings because of who he truly was, or was it because he was forced to simply because they were supposed to be mates?
After all, Mu Yuze was very aware of his own standing. He was but a poor and helpless orphan, while He Juan... he was everything more. For years, he had convinced himself that there was no way He Juan could return his love, and he ought to be grateful to receive even the little crumbs of He Juan’s attention.
However, that conviction shattered on the first day of their reunion, when He Juan seemed unable to hold himself back around him.
It made Mu Yuze feel hopeful... made him think that maybe, maybe he had a chance. Maybe he could make use of He Juan’s memory loss to approach the Alpha. And surprisingly, everything was going well until now, and he had even received He Juan’s honest admission that he had been feeling the same even back then. It all felt like a dream come true for Mu Yuze, and he told himself— so what if He Juan loved him because of their bond? At the end of the day, the Alpha’s true mate was him, so this must be a gift from God to compensate him for all the hardship and misfortune he had endured his whole life.
He was willing to go through them a thousand times over if it meant he could obtain a single stroke of luck in his life that was He Juan.
But it also meant deep down, he was admitting that the only reason why he could have He Juan was because of the predestined bond between them.
"Well, well, it seems like you’re quite self-aware," Luo Xuan easily saw through the vulnerability in his eyes. "Now, should we do a test?"
Mu Yuze’s scalp tingled with numbness, the hair on his neck stood up on its end, and every cell in his body screamed, telling him to— run! Quickly run away from there! Alas, he was still unable to move under the effects of Luo Xuan’s pheromones, making it easy for the latter to rip off his gland patch!
This time, Mu Yuze couldn’t stifle the cry of pain that escaped his lips. His eyes widened in pure horror, "What are you trying to do?!"
"Oh I’d love to ruin your gland," he said in such a casual tone that it sent a jolt of shock and disbelief coursing through Mu Yuze. "But it doesn’t eliminate the possibility that XIU would stay with you out of guilt. So let’s see... will he still choose you even after you’re marked by another?"
An icy chill washed over Mu Yuze’s entire body, making him feel as if he had plunged into a freezing lake. "...What?" He heard himself whisper, his voice sounded small and foreign even to his own ears. He was caught off guard when Luo Xuan suddenly released his grip, and the momentum sent him crashing to the ground. Even then, Mu Yuze’s entire body felt strangely weak as if he was still under the effects of chloroform, though he knew that it was all due to Luo Xuan’s bizarre and abnormal pheromones.
He struggled to even lift his head. Outside, the lightning struck, highlighting his bloodshot and terrified eyes. "You..."
But Luo Xuan was already turning away. He typed something on his phone, and soon after, a horde of footsteps sounded somewhere above him, heading toward this location. Mu Yuze did not even need to think to know who they were.
Luo Xuan, this crazy bitch, had actually called on a group of Alpha to mark him!
Glaring vehemently at his receding back, Mu Yuze rasped with a hoarse voice, "Why...?! You’re an omega too. You, of all people, should have known what it means to be marked against your will!"
Luo Xuan halted on the doorway. Without turning around, he said, "If you’ve said this to me seven years ago, I might have let you go. But now..." he let out a soft laugh that was tinged with madness. Yet somehow, it also sounded like a sob. "An eye for an eye. XIU has ruined me, so now I should ruin him forever in return."
He proceeded to walk away, leaving Mu Yuze to fend for himself.
No... Mu Yuze clawed on the ground as he let out a guttural cry from his throat, like a dying beast about to engage with a life-and-death battle. Not this – anything but this! Not his bond with Juan-gege!!
As the footsteps grew louder, Mu Yuze’s pupils dilated and a taut string inside his mind seemed to snap. He learned at that moment when someone was desperate enough to be on the brink of insanity, all the negative emotions churning within them could calm down in an instant, giving birth to a cold and unyielding resolution.
Mu Yuze had never moved so fast before— when he snapped back to his senses, his body was curled tight like a shrimp as he bit down on the ropes around his feet in a frenzy. Every muscle in his body was stretched taut, his mind focused on nothing but a singular goal.
Hurry... he has to hurry and bite this off before those people arrive!
Around twenty seconds later, a dozen Alphas appeared on the doorway, and what greeted their sight was a panting omega who stood with his back to the wall, blood smearing the bottom half of his face.
They leered at him, taking in his shaky form. "So you’re the Omega? Ready to entertain all of us tonight?" As they spoke, each of them released their own pheromones, filling the room in an instant with the repulsive stench of their filthy lust and desires. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖
Mu Yuze felt fortunate to have bitten the ropes until his gum bled, because right now the overpowering scent assaulting his senses was the metallic tang of his own blood.
Spitting out the blood in his mouth, he gripped the tattered ropes tightly in his trembling hands that were unfortunately still bound behind his back. "In your fucking dreams," he snarled fiercely.
***
Outside the building.
Twin beams of lights pierced through the thick darkness, followed by the appearance of two cars as they skidded to a halt one after another.
He Juan, Zhong Yun, Chen Youzhi, and Ye Qiu stepped out of the cars, their gazes fixed on the looming building before them.
"Here it is," He Juan announced, his expression grim. "Mu Yuze’s tracker stops here."
