What's Wrong with This Alpha? - Chapter 5

Chapter 5 – The Little Bear Underwear

Duan Yi returned to the classroom. Jiang Wangshu hurried over. “What did Nan Yi want with you?”

“None of your business.”

“What did you two talk about?”

“Nothing. I saw Sheng Yunze come in, so I came back here.”

“Your husband is so strict?”

“Fuck you! Who’s my husband?”

“You said he was your husband yourself.”

“Fine… We’re divorced now. Thanks. Please address him as ‘Ex-husband Brother’ from now on.”

Jiang Wangshu snorted with laughter for a while.

Duan Yi slumped over the desk like a puppy, pretending to sleep while secretly watching Sheng Yunze.

Sheng Yunze had calmly walked between him and Nan Yi earlier. Now he stared at Duan Yi. “Having an early romance here?”

Duan Yi: …

“Don’t ask anything. Asking means you’ve loved before.”

Sheng Yunze coldly spat out, “I’m just here to remind you of school rule Chapter 3, Article 48: Prohibition of romantic relationships on campus.”

Is he jealous…?

Duan Yi chuckled foolishly for a while.

The phone vibrated. Jiang Wangshu said, “Xiaoduan, show some restraint.”

“Keep your silly grin, but don’t drool.”

“Keep drooling, but don’t face ex-husband bro.”

“Your ex-husband’s contempt for you is almost tangible.”

Duan Yi quickly looked up at Sheng Yunze, who was fully focused on solving problems.

As expected of the top student in his year.

Sheng Yunze looked like the type of man who only cared about studying and astronomy. He seemed like the kind of person who would push Duan Yi off even if Duan Yi stripped naked and sat on him, all dressed up!

So Duan Yi replied, “Fuck your grandpa! How could he be looking at me?”

Duan Yi grabbed the collar of the student in front of him. The student screamed, “My fate has been strangled!”

“Show me Second High School’s student handbook. The one with school rules.”

The student in front rummaged through his drawer like a tiger searching for prey, then threw over a student handbook that looked like it had been fried.

Duan Yi flipped through a few pages, his head full of question marks.

So he strangled the student’s fate again, “Hey, your student handbook is missing arms and legs! Why is there no Chapter 3?”

The student in front said, “Class Duan, since the beginning of time at Second High School, we’ve never had a student handbook with Chapter 3!”

Duan Yi: “You’re lying! How could Sheng Yunze have read Chapter 3?”

The student in front: “How would I know what a big shot is thinking?!”

Duan Yi suddenly froze.

After evening self-study ended, Sheng Yunze walked back to the dormitory.

Soon, he stopped walking.

At the corner of the corridor ahead, Duan Yi struck a romance novel protagonist pose. When Sheng Yunze approached, Duan Yi pulled his face out from where it was hidden in his wrist.

“Hey, classmate.”

Duan Yi waved the fried student handbook in his hand.

Sheng Yunze didn’t look at him. “Has your brain gotten so dumb that you need to fry textbooks and eat them during review to learn anything?”

The sentence was too long. Duan Yi’s brain couldn’t process it.

Duan Yi quickly walked over. He was half a head shorter than Sheng Yunze. Looking up at him, he pointed at the student handbook. “Our school’s student handbook doesn’t have a third chapter.”

Sheng Yunze’s expression didn’t change. “Oh, really? I must have remembered wrong.”

Duan Yi snorted. “You did that on purpose, didn’t you?”

Sheng Yunze replied while walking. “Purpose for what?”

Duan Yi was about to say, “You’re not jealous, are you?” when Sheng Yunze suddenly stopped. He reached out and grabbed the edge of Duan Yi’s school pants, pulling them down to reveal the edge of his white cotton underwear.

Duan Yi jumped up instantly, backing up five steps.

Sheng Yunze said, “Don’t worry. My life rule is not to touch the little bear underwear.”

Duan Yi: =口=!

“You were peeking at my underwear?!”

Sheng Yunze said, “Sorry, I’m not interested in your elementary school underwear. By the way, you were the one who took off your pants and showed me this afternoon.”

He paused, then said mysteriously, “I like black lace.”

Duan Yi’s face burned red. “How can you say such things?”

Sheng Yunze: “I’m not suggesting you buy black lace. An Alpha wearing black lace would be an epic disaster. I don’t want to be the cause of this natural disaster.”

Duan Yi was so angry he could smoke.

Sheng Yunze teased, “If you have time, read more books. Don’t waste your energy bothering me. Those ‘A turns into O’ plots will never happen to me.”

…Thanks to you, this plot is now happening to me!

Duan Yi silently howled.

After finishing his sarcastic remarks, Sheng Yunze calmly returned to his dormitory.

Duan Yi gritted his teeth, picked up the fried student handbook from the ground, and buried his face in his wrist, feeling like crying from being wronged.

How could there be such…

His half-covered face, with its baby-fat cheeks, showed red eyes with slightly drooping corners.

Why did only I have to go through those years…

Why is Sheng Yunze so mean to me? So annoying.

After silently crying for a while, Duan Yi stood up, once again becoming a heroic figure from Liangshan.

Damn it, divorced when they said so, single when they said so, goodbye when they said so, next one will be better.

Bro just needs time to adjust to reality. Without Sheng Yunze, bro still lives well!

Eh?

Why is it raining?

Is this cursed weather here to match the sad atmosphere of my heartbreak?

Duan Yi just stood up when the heavy rain started falling.

He ran back to his dorm room, still getting completely soaked.

Jiang Wangshu gave him a towel to dry himself. Duan Yi took a hot shower, then fell asleep.

Later that night, he woke up thirsty. His throat felt like it was burning, so dry he looked everywhere for water. But the dorm idiots had used up all the hot water from his thermos while soaking their feet. Dazed, Duan Yi stared at the empty thermos for a while before giving up and choosing to drink tap water from the water room instead.

The drinking water was in the last room at the end of each hallway.

Duan Yi walked in his pajamas, holding the balcony railing the whole way. By the time he found the water room, all his energy was gone. He leaned against the cold tiles trying to cool down, then shivered from the cold.

In a daze, Duan Yi smelled a cold, faint scent like winter snow.

Someone picked him up from the ground. Duan Yi opened his eyes and saw Sheng Yunze’s face, frozen like an ice sculpture.

“I feel bad…” he said without thinking.

Sheng Yunze could find Duan Yi in the hallway even when just using the bathroom at midnight. No one had this kind of connection.

He touched Duan Yi’s forehead. It was burning hot.

Did he run out in the rain after my teasing? Sheng Yunze raised an eyebrow. So fragile?

Jiang Wangshu woke up at midnight to find Duan Yi’s bed empty. Half-scared, he sent a flood of texts to Hao Shanshan, “Duan Yi’s delusions got worse! After being dumped by Sheng Yunze, he finally couldn’t take it and killed himself!”

At the water room entrance, he saw Room 306’s light on with the door half-closed. He pushed it open and found Duan Yi lying on Sheng Yunze’s bed while Sheng Yunze was mixing cold medicine.

“Ex-husband bro, what’s going on?” Jiang Wangshu walked in.

“Ex-husband bro?” Sheng Yunze raised an eyebrow.

Jiang Wangshu mentally slapped himself. “Ex-husband bro just means ‘hi’.” He quickly changed the subject, “What’s wrong with Duan Yi? Fever?”

As he spoke, he patted his forehead. “It must be from getting rained on last night. After his car accident, his body became as delicate as Lin Daiyu’s.”

“Car accident?” Sheng Yunze asked.

Jiang Wangshu explained, “Duan Yi had a car accident during summer break. It scared his mom half to death. He stayed in the ICU for a week before coming out.”

[ Whether you believe it or not, I had a car accident during summer break. In another parallel world, we got married. You’re A, I’m O, and we even have two sons. ]

Duan Yi’s voice suddenly appeared in his mind.

Jiang Wangshu turned around. “Commander Sheng, what are you spacing out about?”

“Hm?” Sheng Yunze snapped out of it. “The medicine is ready. Feed him and then go back to your dorm.”

“Okay,” Jiang Wangshu replied.

He took the medicine and helped Duan Yi sit up on the bed.

When Duan Yi had a fever, his cheeks flushed bright red. His already youthful face looked even more tender. His skin was very pale, and even when heated by his body temperature, it remained a translucent pink, almost fragile.

His slightly plump lips glistened with moisture.

“Tsk.” Sheng Yunze pulled Jiang Wangshu aside. “I’ll do it.”

Jiang Wangshu blinked. “You don’t need me to help?”

Sheng Yunze: “I changed my mind.”

Duan Yi drank the cold medicine from Sheng Yunze’s hand, the bitter taste making his whole face scrunch up.

With half a cup left, Sheng Yunze kept pouring. Duan Yi turned his head and mumbled, “Husband, I won’t drink…”

Jiang Wangshu: “Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!”

Jiang Wangshu’s serious face pointed at Duan Yi, “He’s delirious from fever.”

Sheng Yunze: “……”

Jiang Wangshu: “Actually, ‘Husband’ means ‘Hello’.”

Sheng Yunze: “Do you think my IQ looks as low as yours?”

Jiang Wangshu bowed 90 degrees, “Sorry.”

After drinking the medicine, Jiang Wangshu took Duan Yi back.

But Duan Yi clung to Sheng Yunze’s clothes, refusing to let go. Jiang Wangshu’s forehead glistened with sweat, “Xiaoduan, why are you like this? Come on, let’s go home with Daddy.”

He looked awkwardly at Sheng Yunze, “The kid won’t listen. What do you think? Should we let him stay here tonight?”

Sheng Yunze didn’t answer.

Jiang Wangshu’s expression hardened as he forcibly pulled Duan Yi off Sheng Yunze, “Xiaoduan, forced melons aren’t sweet. Twisting into an O is one thing, but why twist into an A too? Even O’s drinking fruit milk don’t twist this much!”

Sheng Yunze sighed, “He can sleep here.”

Jiang Wangshu instantly threw Duan Yi onto Sheng Yunze’s bed. He wanted to give Sheng Yunze a deep handshake, but seeing Sheng Yunze’s deadpan face made him change his mind.

Shaking hands with Sheng Yunze felt like shaking hands with Stephen Hawking. It just looked so sci-fi.

So big shots really can’t be treated like normal people…

After sleeping a night, Duan Yi woke up feeling refreshed.

Turning over, he touched some abs.

Hm? When did I get abs?

Duan Yi’s belly had always been flat and soft. He’d never had abs. And even if he did, why would they grow on the right side? Shouldn’t they grow on his belly?

He opened his eyes and saw Sheng Yunze’s handsome face.

Years of living habits made him react slowly. He mumbled, “Where are Sheng Ming and Sheng Xi?”

Sheng Yunze sat up on the bed. “Who are Sheng Ming and Sheng Xi?”

Duan Yi suddenly woke up. He did a carp flip from the bed, then tumbled and fell onto the floor.

Author’s Note:

Xiao Sheng has proudly dropped from husband status to ex-husband brother