What's Wrong with This Alpha? - Chapter 4

Chapter 4 – Misunderstanding

Whoosh! A quilt suddenly covers Duan Yi’s head.

His roommate turns around. “Why didn’t you fold it?”

Sheng Yunze sits on the bed like nothing’s wrong, opening a physics book. “It’s almost night. No need to fold.”

Roommate: …

Sheng Yunze looks at him, “Why are you staring at me? Three-second stare limit.”

Roommate: “Don’t you think your position looks a bit strange?”

Sheng Yunze, with legs spread wide and body leaning back to block Duan Yi: …

“Relax my body.” After a moment, he says coldly, “Any complaints?”

Roommate shakes his head quickly, “… Then relax slowly. I’ll leave after getting food.”

Soon, only two people are left in the dorm.

Sheng Yunze suddenly lifts the quilt. Duan Yi’s face is bright red from holding his breath, gasping for air.

The bed is filled with Alpha pheromones—specifically Sheng Yunze’s pheromones. Duan Yi feels so good he wants to roll on the floor like a kitten, stretch lazily, and meow a few times.

But reality didn’t let him roll around. The cold countdown in his mind started again, just like yesterday.

Duan Yi, having experienced this before, calmly chose option A—the one that seemed most likely to satisfy others—before the countdown ended.

“I choose A!”

Duan Yi chuckled smugly.

Sheng Yunze suddenly pulled him off the bed and dragged him toward the door.

Caught off guard, Duan Yi tumbled to the doorway, scrambling to catch himself. “Wait, wait, wait, wait—”

Sheng Yunze looked down at him. “What excuse will you use this time?”

“I went to the wrong dormitory,” Duan Yi answered, reciting option A’s response. “I saw your bed looked softer, so I sat down.”

Sheng Yunze’s face filled with frustration.

Even Duan Yi felt this excuse was weak. He forced himself to ask, “Would you believe me if I said there’s a system in my body ordering me to do this?”

Sheng Yunze gave a cold, forced laugh. “Keep dreaming.”

Duan Yi: …

He secretly took a step back, feeling sharp pain in his thigh.

A dark blood stain showed through the blue school pants where Duan Yi had cut himself jumping onto the bed.

Sheng Yunze took a deep breath. His face was dark, but he spoke calmly, “Come in.”

Duan Yi pointed at himself. “Me?”

“Who else would it be?” Sheng Yunze said. “You’re a creep, but you’re still human.”

Duan Yi was secretly happy and rushed into the room.

Sheng Yunze suddenly stopped. Duan Yi crashed into his back, his face scrunched up as he whined, “What’s wrong?” in a baby voice.

The words shocked even Duan Yi.

Stay calm. This is the real Sheng Yunze, not your husband from another world.

He swallowed and said coolly, “My nose isn’t made of steel. That hurt! I might hit you!”

It was like a puppy trying to threaten someone—not very scary.

Sheng Yunze replied coldly, “Last time. Don’t bother me again. If you’re really hungry, turn left at the door. Sea Sky Foot Spa welcomes you.”

Duan Yi was upset. “How can you talk like that? We’re classmates now since we’re in the same class. Don’t tell me I can’t look after you a bit. I’m class president!”

Sheng Yunze raised his eyebrows. “The class president who sexually harasses ordinary classmates?”

Duan Yi: “You’re not ordinary. Didn’t you get elected as the Youth League branch secretary? You’re a small official too. We’re colleagues, you know, Commander Sheng!”

“It looks like you admit you sexually harassed me.”

Duan Yi: “……”

Sheng Yunze pushed him onto the bed. “If you want this position, I can give it to you.”

Duan Yi sat on the bed. “I don’t want it. I’m not an official person.”

He looked at Sheng Yunze’s bed, which was a mess.

Then he looked at Sheng Yunze’s desk. Two flower pots sat on the windowsill. On the desk was a big stack of books he couldn’t understand and a bucket of instant noodles.

Duan Yi sighed. So even the noble and cold Little Dragon Maiden eats instant noodles?

Sheng Yunze took out alcohol wipes from a drawer. “What are you looking at?”

Duan Yi turned his head and pretended to whistle.

Sheng Yunze said sharply, “Even my grandfather wouldn’t use that innocent act.”

Duan Yi: ……

Sheng Yunze kept talking, “You’re so old-fashioned. Take off your pants.”

Duan Yi didn’t understand why being old-fashioned meant taking off his pants. He asked, “What’s the connection between being old-fashioned and taking off my pants?”

“None. I just thought about it.”

Sheng Yunze: “If you want, I can sanitize your pants.”

Duan Yi: “Can’t I just roll them up from the bottom?”

Sheng Yunze made a “please” gesture, “Go ahead.”

Duan Yi rolled four times but couldn’t get them up. He was silent.

He kept refusing to take off his pants, “Isn’t there any other way?”

Sheng Yunze: “There is. The door is on the left.”

Duan Yi: “Then turn around!”

Sheng Yunze suddenly took a step back, looked Duan Yi up and down, then laughed.

Duan Yi: =口=! I felt insulted.

Sheng Yunze comforted him, “Don’t worry. Even if you take everything off, I won’t be interested. Your front and back look the same. By the way, I like big chests.”

Duan Yi: “I don’t think that’s comforting… Why are you always picking on me? We’re in the same class now. Shouldn’t we forget past problems and be friends? Think about it—if the two top guys in school became friends, that would be a great story. I’ve even offered you a friendship olive branch.”

Sheng Yunze: “Should I be kind to the Alpha who sexually harassed me? If stealing my underwear is a friendship olive branch, please take it back.”

Duan Yi: …

As expected, three words with this guy and you’re speechless. No change in over a decade.

“As the saying goes, if you smile at the world, the world will smile back.”

Sheng Yunze scoffed.

Duan Yi quickly changed his tone, “You’d better stop smiling.”

He gritted his teeth, stood up, and pulled off his school pants with a dramatic flourish.

Sheng Yunze asked, “Are you going to jump off the building?”

“Huh?”

“Or are you trying to look like one of the Five Heroes of Wolf Tooth Mountain leaping to their deaths?”

“Can you warn me before you mock me next time?”

“Sit down.”

Duan Yi obediently sat, spreading his legs so Sheng Yunze could apply the alcohol swab.

The wound on his thigh was worse than he’d thought. The bleeding hadn’t even stopped.

Sheng Yunze wiped it clean with a paper towel. Then Duan Yi felt the cold alcohol swab press against his skin.

Sheng Yunze suddenly asked, “What did you get on your end-of-term exams last semester?”

“Why do you care? Aaah! That hurts—”

Sheng Yunze pressed harder, the alcohol stinging his wound. Duan Yi yelped in pain.

Sheng Yunze said calmly, “Not doing anything. Just distracting you.”

Duan Yi glared, “Does that make it stop hurting?!”

Sheng Yunze: “Better to get it over quickly. Put your pants on and get out.”

Duan Yi: “But there’s alcohol on them. Can’t I just wait till it dries…?”

The dorm door opened. Roommate 1 and Roommate 2 stared at Duan Yi with half his pants off, showing a pale white thigh, and Sheng Yunze crouching between his legs.

Blood-stained white napkins lay on the floor.

Holy shit…

The big shots are playing some wild game… That intense?

Sheng Yunze: “……”

“When did you get here?”

Roommate 1: “Better to get it over quickly… Put your pants on and get out?”

Duan Yi: “……”

Roommate 2 pinched Roommate 1 and dragged him away, “Yun-ge, carry on. I’m going to the evening self-study… I saw nothing!”

After they left, Roommate 1’s head popped back, “Yun-ge, I didn’t know your relationship was so close you could see each other’s butts.”

He was instantly dragged away.

Duan Yi: “Butt means bottom.”

Sheng Yunze: “I don’t need you to explain again, idiot.”

“Congratulations!”

As soon as Duan Yi entered the classroom, Jiang Wangshu put his phone in front of him. “The whole school forum homepage is full of posts about you and Sheng Yunze.”

Duan Yi glanced at it. The post title said, “Shocked! Is Duan Yi too desperate to try his luck with Sheng Yunze?”

Duan Yi: ……

Jiang Wangshu: “Can I interview you? What do you want to say?”

Duan Yi: “Can I sing a song?”

Jiang Wangshu: “What song? Romeo and Juliet?”

Duan Yi: “Les Misérables.”

Jiang Wangshu patted his shoulder. “What’s really going on between you and Sheng Yunze?”

Duan Yi repeated the whole truth from start to finish.

Jiang Wangshu sighed. “Do you want to know what’s being said in school right now?”

Duan Yi: “Please tell me.”

Jiang Wangshu: “People are saying you and Sheng Yunze are playing hardcore SM games in your dorm. Oh, and they’re saying you’re the submissive one.”

Duan Yi: “Fuck! Why am I the submissive one?”

Jiang Wangshu: “Do you think you got the important part right?”

“President Duan, visitor.” Hao Shanshan shouted.

“Can’t you be gentler, you woman? Are you a siren? Did you get reincarnated as a horn?”

Duan Yi walked out of the classroom, feeling defeated. Sheng Yunze arrived late.

The class behind them went completely quiet.

Nan Yi, with his backpack slung over one shoulder, asked, “Duan Yi, why didn’t you answer my calls? I’ve been back in the country for days, and you still haven’t come to see me.”

The young man had a tall, slender build and a bold, mischievous air. His Alpha pheromones were aggressively strong. As an Omega already marked by Sheng Yunze, Duan Yi felt uncomfortable around other Alphas’ pheromones. He took a step back.

Seeing him step back, Nan Yi felt frustrated.

Duan Yi said firmly, “Who answers their ex’s calls?”

Nan Yi gave him a deep look.

“What are you looking at me for?” Duan Yi asked. “Don’t tell me you transferred to Second High School for me. Stop acting out a romance novel—I’m not playing along.”

Nan Yi whined, “You’re with Sheng Yunze now?”

Duan Yi: …

“Like hell I am,” Duan Yi thought. Who knew you were such a gossip?

Nan Yi changed his tune. “Let’s get back together.”

He added, “I don’t mind that you’re an Alpha.”

Duan Yi: …I’ll thank your whole family for that.

“Wow…” Jiang Wangshu, peering through the classroom’s rear window, exclaimed. “That’s intense.”

Hao Shanshan leaned in. “Let me see?”

Students 1234 instantly crowded around the window like sardines.

Hao Shanshan: “Isn’t that Nan Yi?”

“Duan-ge’s gossip. Want to hear?” Jiang Wangshu asked.

1234 stared at Jiang Wangshu. Jiang Wangshu said, “Nan Yi, Duan-ge’s ex-boyfriend. Half childhood sweethearts.”

“Hmm…”

Everyone’s eyes turned to Sheng Yunze.

Sheng Yunze sat in the back row, front seats. He said softly, “Why are you staring at me?”

“Commander Sheng, the group wants you to break up the lovebirds,” Jiang Wangshu said.

Sheng Yunze glanced at Duan Yi and Nan Yi in the hallway. He pointed at them, “Lovebirds?”

1234 nodded together.

Sheng Yunze pointed at himself.

Jiang Wangshu gave a thumbs-up, “Break up.”

Sheng Yunze coldly covered his face with a textbook.

Jiang Wangshu: …

“Ah.” He sighed. “Have you heard about Nan Yi? A scumbag. He played with seven or eight Omegas’ hearts and bodies right after school started. He was sent back after getting stabbed in a fight overseas.”

Hao Shanshan said, “That bad? I’ve heard some things, but Duan-ge is an Alpha.”

Jiang Wangshu said, “Nan Yi was Duan-ge’s first love. Who knew he’d grow into a creep? When President Duan falls into his hands, he’ll have big trouble.”

Hao Shanshan sighed. “Hmm…”

Sheng Yunze stood up.

Jiang Wangshu asked curiously, “Boss, Boss, where are you going?”

“To get the test papers. Keep looking at me with that disgusting face, and I’ll dig out your eyeballs.”

Jiang Wangshu made a “please” gesture and closed his eyes.

As he watched Sheng Yunze walk down the corridor, stopping five meters from Duan Yi,

Hao Shanshan asked, “Chairman Jiang, is that true? Nan Yi doesn’t look like a vicious monster.”

Jiang Wangshu took a sip of Mrs. Taitai oral liquid. “Of course not. I made it up on the spot.”

Hao Shanshan: …

Jiang Wangshu patted her shoulder. “Young woman, you’re still too naive. Don’t be so gullible.”

Author’s Note:

Xiao Sheng: Coldness.jpg