WMSR — QT Chapter 179

 

Chapter 179 

To be honest, although Bai Yichen had never been married and had never even considered the possibility of marrying in his past expectations, if his former self had genuinely wanted to find a wife to marry, he likely would have only looked for someone like Colin at most. In fact, Colin even far exceeded his standard baseline, save for the fact that Colin's gender happened to be male—oh, right, Colin was also an omega and could bear children as well. From that perspective, it seemed there was no real need to get hung up on whether someone was a man or a woman... Bai Yichen thought and thought, finding himself drifting off into a slight trance.

Time spent in harmonious company always passes quickly, and before they knew it, afternoon arrived—the time scheduled for Aaron's visit.

Hearing the doorbell chime, Bai Yichen stood up and walked over to open the door, immediately catching sight of that tall and upright figure standing outside.

Aaron's eyes were just like they had been during their video call: the moment he laid eyes on Bai Yichen, he locked onto him tightly, enveloping him within his gaze. After a long moment, as if suddenly remembering something, the corners of that deep-contoured, handsome face slowly curved upward, revealing a smile as he asked, "Did you miss me, Bai?"

"Did you miss me, Bai?"

Colin had trailed one step behind Bai Yichen to the entryway. Arriving right by the doorway, he happened to hear those low, slightly hoarse, incredibly magnetic words that seemed laced with a hint of special, seductive allure. Almost instantly, Colin's gaze shifted; he forcefully squeezed his way forward, revealing his figure right within that narrow doorway. "Bai, your friend is here."

As he spoke, Colin looked out toward the person standing outside the door, his eyes locking directly with the gaze of the tall, handsome alpha looking in.

Meeting those dark, fathomless eyes with his own clear, black-rimmed ones, Colin felt an unperceived, subtle frown form in his heart. He did not like this alpha; almost instantly, with a sort of innate, instinctive intuition, Colin passed a mental verdict on Aaron.

Meanwhile, Aaron gazed with somewhat profound eyes at this omega who had suddenly squeezed out, watching how he forcefully wedged himself right in the doorway with nearly half his body pressed flush against Bai, before pausing and using supreme self-control to forcibly squeeze out a smile. "Hello."

This alpha has an awfully ugly smile, Colin thought to himself while giving him a stiff nod in return. "Hello."

However, Aaron did not bother exchanging any further polite pleasantries with this beautiful omega he was meeting for the first time; instead, he looked straight at Bai Yichen and said, "Bai, aren't you going to invite me in?"

Stepping away from that narrow doorway, the bodies of Bai Yichen and Colin—which had been pressed tightly together just moments before—naturally separated. Watching this scene, the somewhat tight jawline of Aaron slowly and slightly relaxed.

The three of them entered the main living room, splitting up to sit on opposing sofas. As for the seating arrangement, naturally, Bai Yichen and Colin sat together on one side, while Aaron occupied the opposite sofa alone.

Whether it was merely his own illusion or not, Colin always felt that the person sitting across from them had intentionally or unintentionally glanced his way when they sat down. Colin frowned inwardly once more: How is it that this alpha makes me feel uncomfortable everywhere I look?

Two close, intimate brothers meeting again after a long separation naturally had plenty to talk about, especially since one of them had suddenly gotten married and turned into a life-winning victor with an omega partner—a point certainly worthy of good-natured teasing. Yet Aaron's teasing was not overbearing, nor was he like those surplus-energy alphas who harbored an innate yearning for omegas and constantly tried to steer every conversation toward them. In truth, aside from an initial opening jab teasing Bai Yichen about how he had suddenly gotten married and caught everyone completely off guard with such lightning speed, he spent the rest of the time genuinely reminiscing with Bai Yichen.

Aaron drifted from recent events in the military department to Bai Yichen's current status during his leave, leaping from trending topics on the star network right back to amusing anecdotes from their days together in the military academy. Everything appeared entirely normal, and Colin even caught snippets of topics he was deeply interested in—specifically those past chapters of Bai's history he had originally wanted to pry out of Aaron. Yet right now, Colin found himself completely unable to focus his energy on listening to the very things he wanted to know. For some inexplicable reason, watching this alpha and Bai chatting so happily and harmoniously together stirred an uncomfortable sensation deep inside his chest. It was an indescribable, hard-to-formulate feeling, but it made him feel as though needles were pricking his back.

At first, Colin couldn't quite figure out what was wrong. After all, these two were close friends who hadn't seen each other in a while, and the topics they discussed were perfectly standard. Moreover, although this alpha gave him an instinctive aversion, his outward behavior carried no trace of impropriety, giving him no logical grounds for such strong dislike. It wasn't until Aaron said something that drew a couple of soft laughs from Bai Yichen that Colin instinctively drifted his gaze over, admiring in his heart how gorgeous Bai looked when he smiled, before an epiphany suddenly struck him like a flash of divine insight. Shifting his eyes to the face of the alpha sitting opposite Bai, Colin felt his pupils contract sharply in that exact fraction of a second, and in that same instant, he fully understood why he had always disliked this alpha—and why he detested seeing him chat and laugh so happily with Bai: he despised the way this alpha looked at Bai.

Hidden deep within the gaze this alpha directed at Bai was something he found hauntingly familiar—an emotion that frequently surfaced within his own eyes whenever he looked at Bai.

Yet how could that possibly be? This person was clearly an alpha just like Bai.

Before Colin could finish processing his shock, Aaron—who had been focusing intently on Bai Yichen—seemed to sense something. He turned his head back to look directly at Colin, offering him a faint smile. At the exact same time, whatever trace of that emotion the unobservant Colin had managed to catch in his eyes had already vanished without a trace, leaving behind nothing at all.

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