Li Qing and Lao Er were instantly stunned when they heard Ye Wangxing’s words. Their eyes widened, and their mouths opened slightly, as if they had just heard some absurd fantasy. On the other end of the line, Gu Yan also fell silent. The trace of schadenfreude he had felt was instantly replaced by shock.

“Sch…schedule?!” Lao Er stuttered, repeating the word, his voice full of disbelief. “What were they trying to do?”

Li Qing’s expression froze as well, and a thought couldn’t help but pop up in his mind—Lao Er, if you removed that question mark at the end, maybe that would be their true intention.

Still, his face showed extreme shock, mixed with hesitation, as he said: “This schedule shouldn’t be the kind of schedule I’m thinking of…right?”

On the other end, Gu Yan finally snapped back to his senses, his voice trembling slightly as he said: “No way, were they really discussing a schedule? This…this was way too ridiculous! How could my uncle and cousin possibly do this?!”

When Gu Yan said the last part, his voice cracked into a sharp shriek, even startling Mu Bai who was beside him.

But he couldn’t care about him now—he really wanted an answer.

How could his own uncle and cousin do this kind of—this kind of filthy thing?!

Gu Yan nearly sat up from the hospital bed, but luckily his fractured ribs made it difficult to even get up, pinning him down.

—Otherwise, Gu Yan would have already rushed to the dorm to confront Ye Wangxing face to face.

Yet the handsome young man who had heard their questioning did not answer. Instead, he hurriedly packed his luggage and dragged his suitcase to leave.

Only then did Li Qing and Lao Er realize that Ye Wangxing had rushed back just to pack. What was he trying to do? Was he planning to run away?

“Old Four, you’re…planning to run? No, why? Was it because you didn’t like them anymore?”

Li Qing and Lao Er looked puzzled, but on the phone, Gu Yan exploded with rage when he heard that Ye Wangxing wanted to escape.

—My uncle and cousin had already decided to stoop so low and play this kind of game with you, and yet you were the one trying to escape first?

Could it be that Ye Wangxing had just been toying with all four of them?

At this thought, Gu Yan’s face darkened.

Meanwhile, Ye Wangxing’s expression stiffened. He clearly wanted to leave quickly. When he heard Lao Er’s words, his hand was already gripping the doorknob of the dorm.

“No, I was sincere to each of them, but…”

Ye Wangxing pursed his lips as he said this.

“I still couldn’t accept this situation.”

Saying this, the handsome youth scratched his head madly, looking as if he couldn’t make sense of it.

“Weren’t they angry? Why did they agree to something like this?!”

Ye Wangxing held his head and squatted down, his expression extremely complicated. Li Qing suspected that Old Four was probably struggling because he had never once thought that those four men would actually let things go this far.

Forget him—even Li Qing, Lao Er, and Gu Yan, his own nephew, had never imagined such a development.

For Ye Wangxing to accept it would be impossible. After all, although he looked like someone who played boldly, deep down he was still the guy who liked giving to others but never dared to accept their response.

—To put it bluntly, Ye Wangxing only dared to joke about having two boyfriends, but if he actually ended up with two, or even four, he would run faster than anyone else.

“…Anyway, Lao Er, Li Qing, I’ll hide out for a while. Please help me stall for a few hours. As long as I get on the plane, it will be fine.”

Ye Wangxing stood up from the ground as he said this. Carrying his suitcase, he opened the dorm door and looked back at Li Qing and Lao Er, smiling as he spoke his plea.

But Li Qing and Lao Er looked toward the dorm entrance with shocked expressions.

The handsome youth seemed to sense that something was wrong. Slowly, he turned his head.

—Four men were standing silently at the door, staring at him.

The light cast shadows across their faces, making them look almost ghostly—and of course, their blank, emotionless expressions only added to the heavy atmosphere.

Li Qing and Lao Er froze in place for a long while, and even Gu Yan on the phone dared not lash out.

Only Ye Wangxing’s smile stiffened at the corners of his mouth, making him, ironically, seem like the happiest person there.

—Until he suddenly realized and tried to slam the dorm door shut.

Unfortunately, the four men were faster.

“Yihan—!”

Ye Wangxing cried out in shock. The dorm door that he had been about to shut was pulled open at once, and he himself was pressed into Xie Yihan’s arms. His suitcase was also taken away by two of the others.

At this moment, Li Qing couldn’t sit still any longer. After all, they were classmates—he couldn’t just watch Ye Wangxing be taken away like this. He secretly pressed 110 on his phone.

The golden-eyed man standing at the door—also Ye Wangxing’s most legitimate fiancé (though the engagement letter had already been burned)—Pei Yi, smiled and spoke: “Classmate over there, I suggest you ask Wangxing’s opinion before you think about calling the police.”

Meanwhile, Shen Jiu narrowed his fox-like eyes, gently held Ye Wangxing’s wrist, and revealed the watch on his hand.

“If Wangxing wanted to call the police, he actually had countless chances just now. And right now, if he shouted even once, the guards and the teachers downstairs absolutely wouldn’t let us take him away.”

Shen Jiu spoke with a smile, and Li Qing and Lao Er’s gazes gradually shifted to Ye Wangxing, who looked as though he was being restrained by the four men.

As for Ye Wangxing himself…

Although his expression was complicated and his resistance was obvious, he didn’t call out for help. Instead, he spoke softly: “…After all, it was my fault. I couldn’t let them carry a criminal record because of me.”

Li Qing and Lao Er, who had already been trained by Gu Yan and Mu Bai to be battle-hardened: “…” Understood.

Watching Ye Wangxing being taken away by the four men, Li Qing and Lao Er stayed silent for a long time. Staring at the dorm room that had quickly changed from a three-person room back to a two-person one in just a few days, Li Qing slowly said: “…Next time we should make a suggestion to the dorm manager. Next time, it shouldn’t just be that girls aren’t allowed into boys’ dorms.”

Lao Er nodded blankly.

“Because even men weren’t safe.”

Li Qing and Lao Er finally made it through that extremely long September 9th. The following days seemed to fly by, as if to make up for the extra time September 9th had drained from them.

During this time, Gu Yan was fully hospitalized. Because this time his ribs were injured, he had to stay for observation for a few days before he could go home, and he even had to wear a support belt.

And, as always, he directly sued the two coaches, claiming their poor skills had caused him to miss the chance to confess to Mu Bai.

The two coaches: “…” Speak up for me, please!

Mr. Gu even rushed to the hospital and gave Gu Yan a beating.

“—If I had parachuted myself, how could this have happened?” Gu Yan retorted stubbornly.

“—If you had parachuted yourself, you’d already be dead. Withdraw the lawsuit immediately!” Mr. Gu said bluntly.

In the end, the two coaches weren’t actually sued by Gu Yan, but the whole mess did make the students gossip about him for an hour or two, before their attention was quickly replaced by something even juicier.

After all, with Ye Wangxing being the protagonist of a five-way romance, who had the attention to spare on Gu Yan? Besides, everyone had seen Gu Yan’s melodramatic script dozens of times already. At most, a “tragic love suicide attempt” seemed new for a moment, but once the novelty wore off, they only wondered whether his brain was filled with water.

It wasn’t as if his parents forbade his relationship—why would he need to prove his love by jumping off a building?

And in less than half a year, how many times had he already jumped?

Compared to that, Ye Wangxing’s situation was far more exciting—and even healthier.

Yes, healthier.

After much gossip digging, the crowd finally realized that Ye Wangxing’s five-way romance was, in fact, healthier than Gu Yan’s love life.

Whether it was sincerely caring about the others’ feelings or seriously listening to their words, Ye Wangxing did very well. He even managed his time in an orderly way, delivering snacks to each person, making them feel envied by everyone around them.

Once this was revealed, the gossip crowd couldn’t help but sigh. No wonder those four men had fallen for him. If anyone cared for them so meticulously and selflessly, they too would fall without question.

But after sighing, the crowd suddenly remembered one thing.

—Where had Ye Wangxing gone?

Li Qing and Lao Er actually knew the answer.

Looking at the post Ye Wangxing had shared on his social media, they remained silent for a long time before Li Qing finally said with a complicated expression: “It looks like Old Four has been doing some reflecting lately.”

Lao Er nodded, equally conflicted.

Under Ye Wangxing’s profile picture, there was a striking line of text: “—A secret crush must always be the chaos of one person alone.”

After posting that, Ye Wangxing left the current world with 19.

But this time, Ye Wangxing didn’t obediently return to his dorm to await their next mission briefing. Instead, he stormed off with 19 to the supervisor, demanding a pay raise.

After a fierce exchange of words—and with 19 siding with him—the supervisor had no choice but to double their task reward and immediately file an application for a promotion mission.

Watching Ye Wangxing march out of the office with 19 in tow, the supervisor wiped a cold sweat from his forehead. Then he felt something odd about 19.

In the past, when a host argued with them, 19 usually just stood by watching, at most spitting out streams of data. But today, why did it feel like…

19 was actually backing him up?

But the supervisor quickly shook his head. After all, 19 was a combat system. He didn’t even have an emotion module installed. With how often 19 was running missions, there was no way he’d have had a year to upgrade. He must have just imagined it.

Unaware of what the supervisor was thinking, 19 obediently explained the promotion mission and its consequences to his host.

“…A promotion mission was meant to determine whether you had the ability to handle post-promotion task worlds. After all, the difficulty before and after promotion was completely different.” 19 explained seriously.

“Although post-promotion task worlds would reward one or two extra digits, in exchange their fate lines usually dominated the narrative. And the laws would no longer construct new identities for you. You could only become a character who already carried a significant role in that fate line.”

At this point, 19 spoke, and Ye Wangxing looked a little confused, but then he realized what was happening and looked at 19 with wide eyes.

19, as if he knew what Ye Wangxing wanted to say, nodded and said: “Yes, host, you will become the true supporting character in the story, the kind with a lot of screen time in the fate line. And because the fate line dominates, you need to complete your tasks while maintaining your original persona without being discovered by the fate line.”

19 spoke seriously.

Ye Wangxing looked at 19’s serious expression and realized that 19 was not lying. His own expression became serious. He did not dare to joke with 19. When 17 came over, Ye Wangxing had barely had time to greet him.

Even in the previous mission world, he had only skimmed through the situation.

After Ye Wangxing left the last world, his gossip continued to spread throughout the university. Everyone knew that A University had produced a “playboy king,” but unfortunately, that playboy king had now been controlled by someone else, and no one knew when he would be free again.

The juniors could only occasionally check old footage to see how terrifying he had been back then.

Ye Wangxing’s roommates, Li Qing and Lao Er, had interned in his company often, so after graduation, they joined Ye Wangxing’s company immediately. They worked nine to five with no overtime, had social insurance, housing fund, and weekends off.

Li Qing and Lao Er both exclaimed that they had gotten themselves a golden opportunity.

As for the remaining roommate…

Gu Yan and Mu Bai, as the main couple in this world, seemed to have become obsessed with proving their love by hurting each other.

Every time Ye Wangxing posted something on social media, they always fought, often escalating to the point of almost going to the rooftop.

Eventually, Mr. Gu even donated firefighting equipment to the school just to protect his son.

Mr. Gu had completely given up on Gu Yan—after all, every time Gu Yan quarreled with Mu Bai, he ended up in the hospital for months with countless injuries. He could not possibly entrust the company to such an irresponsible person.

It was easier to just open a small company account than hope Gu Yan would have a change of heart.

Fortunately, Mr. Gu and Mrs. Pei had completely let go. With Gu Yan’s situation, sooner or later, he would be reliant on a wheelchair. By then, they could relax, hire a few caregivers, and put Mu Bai by his side. They could spend their lives like that—it was a decent life.

When Ye Wangxing saw the aftermath, he realized that Gu Yan and Mu Bai were actually playing this special “game.”

He immediately thought that asking for double pay from his supervisor was absolutely justified.

However, Ye Wangxing quickly set these thoughts aside—he still had the script for the next world to complete.

The next mission was a promotion task, and he had to prepare thoroughly.

Ye Wangxing thought seriously.

Interestingly, when he did not need to take it seriously before, he could write scripts quickly, almost effortlessly, and the results were always good.

Yet, when he had to take it seriously, he became constrained, afraid the outcome would be poor.

19 also noticed the situation from the repeated alarm sounds.

Seeing his host scratching his head, revising the script dozens of times, 19 remained silent for a moment before speaking gently: “Host, may I try?”

Ye Wangxing naturally had no objection. Even if 19 wrote poorly, he could always revise the script later.

Ten minutes later.

Ye Wangxing stared blankly at the script in front of him, as if it had come directly from Haitang City.

Finally, he looked up sharply at the silver-haired man standing calmly, unaware that he had written something extraordinary.

19 looked at his host’s astonished expression and said calmly: “Host, after analysis, the script you wrote before might be too bland for the residents of the small world, so I wrote it more boldly.”

Ye Wangxing, having read the entire script: “…This is more than bold, 19.”

He trembled as he tugged at 19’s sleeve and said: “—You went straight into the deep end!”

Sunlight poured through the transparent dome and reflected sparkling waves on the poolside. Two young men lay on the ground one after the other, water spreading beneath them.

Fang Yun lay at the edge of the pool, his wet black hair sticking to his pale cheeks, his slender body trembling slightly, like a delicate flower battered by wind and rain. His fingers hung limply over the edge, water droplets clinging to them.

Someone had just pulled him out of the water.

Not far away, another young man lay on the wet, slippery ground, his honey-colored skin glowing healthily in the sunlight, inviting a touch to feel its softness and elasticity.

His figure was not tall, but toned, with a slightly raised lower abdomen, faintly showing the outline of his abs. His wet white shirt clung to his body, highlighting his elastic chest and narrow waist, while water droplets ran down his neck into his collar.

The next second, both of them were covered with portable drying covers, and a second later, they appeared cleanly seated on poolside chairs.

Although they landed simultaneously, the gap between them became obvious the moment they touched the chairs.

Two men surrounded Fang Yun, fussing over him, but the other young man had only a lone medical robot by his side.

Meanwhile, people attending the banquet gathered after hearing two thumps, whispering among themselves: “Did someone hear Fang Yun say ‘Brother, don’t do that to me’? So Ye Wangxing pushed him into the water?”

“Maybe. After all, Fang Yun is the Ye family’s child. Ye Wangxing must be jealous—it’s normal. And Fang Yun is kind, when he saw his childhood friend and fiancé taken away, it’s normal to be upset.”

“Wow, I said there would be a show in the Ye family as soon as Ye Wangxing returned. And this is only the first day!”

The spectators whispered, occasionally sneering at Ye Wangxing.

After all, Ye Wangxing was not a member of the Ye family, giving them more reason to look down on him.

Moreover, the Ye family and Ye Wangxing’s fiancé and childhood friend were all against him.

As they gossiped, Fang Yun quietly curled his lips.

Yes, he had deliberately framed Ye Wangxing.

With limited resources in the Ye family, those who consumed more caused others to get less. Newly returned Fang Yun clearly suffered the most.

Being the true young master did not matter.

In this family, blood ties meant nothing, only benefits mattered.

Ye Wangxing, as a beta, could not provide as much benefit to the Ye parents as Fang Yun, an omega.

Even the Crown Prince Huo Zhengchuan or Marshal Ji Fangtao would have precarious relationships with Ye Wangxing as a beta.

Especially since Ye Wangxing was stubborn once he decided on something.

Naturally, the Ye parents allocated resources to the more obedient Fang Yun.

Even if Ye Wangxing wanted to explain, it was impossible—he had shifted all camera angles away while pulling, making it impossible to see who pushed whom.

Combined with the Ye parents attitude, Ye Wangxing could only endure the loss.

However…

Did Ye Wangxing really have such poor physical condition? How did he faint immediately upon entering the water without any warning?

If Fang Yun had not secretly sent the medical robot, Ye Wangxing might have drowned.

Fang Yun estimated the timing, slowly opened his eyes, revealing vulnerability and helplessness—the most pitiful angle he had prepared in the mirror.

He shook his head slightly, voice weak: “I’m fine… Brother didn’t do it on purpose, don’t blame him…”

Fang Yun’s act made the two men around him feel distressed and look at Ye Wangxing with impatience.

Fang Yun was very satisfied, pretending to be pitiful so that they would not glare at Ye Wangxing.

“This really isn’t Brother’s fault.”

But his plea only caused the two men to look at Ye Wangxing with contempt.

Crown Prince Huo Zhengchuan sneered, voice full of impatience: “He’s just a beta. Your body isn’t that weak, Fang Yun. You’re too kind, so he bullied you. He’s not worthy of being your brother.”

He gently patted Fang Yun’s shoulder, voice soft like comforting a scared child.

Marshal Ji Fangtao stood nearby, hands in his pockets, frowning, eyes showing impatience. He glanced at Ye Wangxing with disdain: “Exactly. Fang Yun, stop defending him. Ignore what he said—how could we like a normal beta? He isn’t even worthy of carrying our shoes.”

His voice was cold, as if Ye Wangxing’s existence was a disgrace.

He only spoke awkwardly to Fang Yun: “Only an omega is my ideal partner.”

For a moment, the atmosphere became ambiguous, and the onlookers felt as if pink bubbles filled the air.

Yet no one noticed Fang Yun subtly frowning.

Just as the mood peaked, the medical robot’s alarm blared, shattering the atmosphere.

The spectators frowned, looking at the robot, but before they could complain, the robot repeated: “—Detected that the unconscious Ye Wangxing has a pregnancy reaction. Pregnancy confirmed. Medical assistance required!”

“Repeat: Detected that the unconscious Ye Wangxing has a pregnancy reaction. Pregnancy confirmed. Medical assistance required!”

Everyone: “…”

As everyone knew, Ye Wangxing had returned to the Ye family only three days ago. Before that, he had been in university and hadn’t returned for a year. So this child was…

Most people slowly looked up at Huo Zhengchuan, still Ye Wangxing’s fiancé.

‘Tsk, why don’t His Highness just dye his hair green?’

 

 

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