HOYSE CHAPTER 103

Chapter 103 — I Want You to Kiss Me

Gu Xi shoved the attacker away. Before the man could recover, Wu Fuyu lunged without hesitation. He did not manage to dodge the blade and took the hit but used that split second to kick the assailant to the ground. His gaze collided with Rong Jing’s as Rong Jing sprinted over. In that instant they seemed to understand each other. Rong Jing pinned the man hard and kept him there.

Wu Fuyu stumbled back a few steps and Gu Xi, who had just steadied from the panic, caught him under the arms.

The man in black rolled, yanked the knife free, and turned to bolt. He had not expected a stranger to burst into the scene, and before he could regroup an even greater force slammed him down.

His original target had been Rong Jing. That Alpha had ruined his plan to “discipline” that first Omega, and then had the nerve to report him to the police. The easy years he had enjoyed were gone. He would make Rong Jing pay.

He had traded favors with Chu Yang to obtain Rong Jing’s information and had been preparing for a while. But Rong Jing’s vigilance was maddeningly high. There was no clean opening. One failed attempt and everything would crumble. Today, though, he had spotted Rong Jing strolling with an Omega. The looks on their faces were soaked in tenderness. Lovers, obviously.

If he could not strike at Rong Jing, he would strike at his lover.

Hurt the lover and Rong Jing would suffer more. And surely the Omega did not have that kind of training.

When the two separated, he pounced. It was the perfect chance.

He shot forward like an arrow loosed from the string. He had already observed the crowd for a long time, mapped their flow, and picked the best escape route. If he refused to linger, stabbed a lethal point, then vanished in the ensuing chaos, he would get away. He had spare clothes hidden in the nearby public restroom. Within minutes he could be gone without a trace.

“Random” stabbings were notoriously hard to solve. Avoid the cameras, disguise yourself, leave immediately, master those three rules and you were almost untouchable.

But who on earth was this guy who had just come flying out of nowhere?

Screams rose all around. People fled in every direction.

The man in black tried to bounce up from the pavement, but Rong Jing was already on him. The blade thrust up; Rong Jing’s eyes went cold. He seized the knife with his bare hand. Blood sprayed across his palm.

Perhaps it was the ruthless way Rong Jing moved that rattled the assailant. The brief glaze in the man’s eyes was enough. Rong Jing wrenched the knife free from his own grip and flung it far away.

Without a weapon, the threat dropped by more than half. Rong Jing used his bloody hand to yank down the man’s mask.

A delicate face looked back, almost pretty. At first glance it was unfamiliar, yet there was a nagging sense that he had seen him somewhere. The gaze was the giveaway, apparently mild, but coiled with malice. He had seen those eyes before.

Rong Jing could not place it right then, but if it had lodged in his memory, he must have taken note of this person once.

“Someone call the police and an ambulance. A few Alphas, help hold him down.” The suspect thrashed wildly, as if sensing there was nowhere left to run. Blood ran steadily from Rong Jing’s palm. He squeezed Gu Xi’s hand, calming him when Gu Xi’s face went white, then pulled out a handkerchief to wrap the wound tight.

At his words the onlookers snapped out of their shock and rushed in to help.

When the suspect had been escorted into a patrol car by several volunteer Alphas, Rong Jing and Gu Xi climbed into the ambulance with Wu Fuyu.

Wu Fuyu’s clothes were soaked with blood. Gu Xi had already clamped the wound to slow the bleeding, and now Wu Fuyu lay on the stretcher while paramedics worked. He lifted a hand weakly and gestured Rong Jing closer. Rong Jing had never seen the fish like this; the adrenaline from a moment ago mixed with an odd, nameless feeling. He shifted closer.

“Closer,” Wu Feiyu rasped.

Rong Jing, obedient as a tool, moved again.

Gu Xi had already bandaged Rong Jing’s palm with careful hands. Seeing how pale Wu Fuyu looked, he hovered like a hawk.

“A little closer,” Wu Feiyu said again.

Gu Xi suddenly had a very bad feeling.

Rong Jing leaned in another inch.

Wu Fuyu’s breath evened out a little. “I… can I… say something?”

“Go ahead,” Rong Jing replied.

Wu Fuyu looked about as fragile as he could manage, eyes glistening. “I am dying. I have one last wish. If I cannot fulfill it, I will die with regrets…”

The paramedic cutting open Wu Feiyu’s T-shirt paused. “It is a surface wound,” she muttered. “Looks dramatic, but it did not hit any organs.”

Wu Fuyu had been tossed into a military camp when he was young. In his words, he had crawled out of hell. He had deliberately twisted when he shielded them, avoiding vital points. Otherwise there was no way he would have stayed conscious for that long.

For the first time, Rong Jing was looking at him with unblinking focus. Wu Fuyu’s heart surged. “I want you to kiss me,” he said. Finally, a real shot at his first kiss.

Before Rong Jing could answer, Gu Xi’s hackles flew up like a cat with its tail stepped on. “No. Absolutely not. In your dreams.”

“I just saved you,” Wu Fuyu shot back. “Is that how you treat the man who saved your life?”

Gu Xi faltered, his voice dropping by several degrees. “I… was standing there perfectly fine. You were the one who stuck your nose in after I pushed him away. Look at you… so ‘useful’ you immediately got hurt.”

Being looked down on by an Omega lit a fire in Wu Fuyu’s chest. He shot up from the stretcher. “Excuse me? ‘Useful’? Alphas hate that word the most. Who is not useful?! Make yourself clear!”

The air froze. In the same instant, Wu Fuyu’s body locked up. The lively roar in him turned to a hiss as the sudden movement tugged the wound.

Rong Jing: “…”

Gu Xi: “…”

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