Chapter 69 (1/2)

Helli & Kleep

Shi Qing had a lot of built up anger to begin with, so he was instantly sent into a rage by Qin Mo’s words.

Damn it! If he’s not gonna help out, fine, but can he not add oil to the fire too?!

So, he turned around and stared hard at his brother.

His brother was watching him with his imposing black eyes, which caused Shi Qing to quickly ‘soften’ his ‘hard’ gaze, and, after calling him brother, his brother’s eyes turned a bit less scary. With a quick hum in response, he turned away.

At that moment, it wasn’t a good time to try to appease him. Shi Qing knew himself that it was likely that Ye Xin’s behavior must have incurred Qin Mo’s wrath.

To tell the truth, he was very angry as well.

However, since he had Ye Qing’s memories, there was more he had to consider.

Since this world wasn’t fair to Omegas, he could feel Ye Xin’s despair even more deeply.

The old Patriarch Ye liked to pamper his kids, but he still never asked for Ye Xin’s opinion when he decided his marriage affairs. He only found the best match for himself that would gain him the most benefits. Then, he only told Ye Xin after he and his old comrade already settled the matter in private.

Meanwhile on Ye Xin’s side, he tried so hard all that time to act like a good and obedient child since he knew that the old man wouldn’t agree to Lin Su. He figured that maybe his father would have a better time accepting it if he confessed that he liked Lin Su after showing that he was such a sensible child.

Unfortunately, who would have expected everything to backfire? Old Patriarch Ye saw how good and sensible his son Ye Xin was, so he put even more effort into picking out a ‘son-in-law’.

When he told Ye Xin, Ye Xin blew up.

Fortunately, Ye Xin knew that old Patriarch Ye’s body wasn’t up to par from the old days, so he didn’t blow his fuse on the spot. Instead, he endured it for a long time before he left, running off to Ye Qing’s room in the middle of the night and began panicking like crazy.

Omegas and Alphas could be very different. As long as an Alpha had the power to, he could have many Omegas in his lifetime, but an Omega could only have one Alpha. As long as they were marked, that would be it for the rest of their lives, they would be marked by that Alpha’s smell forever. Even if he was abandoned, tossed aside, or thrown away, he’d still be marked and belong to the Alpha who marked him until his death.

Ye Xin knew that the Alpha old Patriarch Ye found for him definitely wouldn’t have a bad character. If he didn’t have anyone in his heart, it wouldn’t be too bad to slowly get used to married life after their wedding.

Yet that was no longer possible. He had someone he liked, he liked Lin Su, and he was still unable to put those feelings down after all these years. If he couldn’t let go, then he’d just have to keep holding onto it, but it would be an insult to an Alpha to marry him in such a state.

Alphas were naturally prideful. If he knew that Ye Xin had another man in his heart, he’d slowly change, even if he was good to him at first. Ye Xin knew his own temper as well. He was never one to curry favor with anyone, so they’d definitely hit a deadend if they ended up arguing.

Not only would the rest of Ye Xin’s life be completely ruined, it would even affect the Ye family’s long-standing friendship with the Gu family.

If that really happened and the two families ended up at each other’s throat, he’d definitely be chased out of the Gu family. Once a marked Omega was abandoned, they could only end up in those seedy establishments…

Just thinking about that made his scalp tingle.

That was the reason why he was determined to die.

It was a situation no Alpha could ever understand, so Ye Mo also felt that he was cowardly and weak.

On the other hand, Ye Qing had done a lot of homework in order to hide his identity, and he understood that tragedy very well. He knew that Ye Xin was truly in despair.

Of course, it wasn’t completely hopeless.

With extra information available as an unaffected bystander, it was easier to see truly. Ye Xin thought that Lin Su didn’t want him anymore, but he didn’t even realize that the stubborn Lin Su had completely fallen headfirst into a dead end and couldn’t escape anymore.

However, at that moment, it was still necessary to wake that idiot Ye Xin up first.

Shi Qing mulled it over so he could vent the fire inside himself first.

“Use your brain, Ye Xin! Can you be less annoying and stop it with the whole live or die thing? You look down on weak Omegas, but aren’t you the same? Shape up a little!”

Ye Xin was completely frozen. He stared at Ye Qing with his narrow eyes and said after a while, “Xiao Qing, I envy you so much.”

Shi Qing’s heart suddenly jumped. What are you envious for?! I’m a fake beta!

Even so, it was not the time for that. He took in a breath of air and continued to bark at him, “I told you to stop it with that! Things aren’t bad enough that you have to kill yourself. It’s not like you’ve only known that blockhead Lin Su for one day! How many times have you hinted at it to him? And didn’t he evade you every single time? So why did you end up believing him this time? Why did you give up?”

As soon as he mentioned this, Ye Xin looked lifeless. “You saw it yourself. He really doesn’t like me, not at all! I was just overthinking things by myself in the past.”

Seeing that Ye Xin was going to drive himself into a dead end again, Shi Qing quickly threw him a rebound. “Have you never thought that maybe he stopped himself for your sake?”

“Huh?” Ye Xin was stunned.

Shi Qing managed to hit the nail on the head, so he continued, “Lin Su definitely likes you way more than you think. Just think about it. He couldn’t find a suitable Omega in the past due to poor background, but what about after that? Especially these recent years. He became a great general with authority and power. Countless families are throwing their Omega sons at him. Wouldn’t he have taken them if he really wanted to marry? Why do you think he’s been single all these years?”

This…Ye Xin really never thought about that, and another shred of hope emerged in his dead heart.

“Especially recently. You think you’re the one sticking to Lin Su all day, but haven’t you thought about it? If Lin Su feels nothing for you, then why would a great general of the federation play with a little kid like you? And he’s even getting so into it that he couldn’t even care about getting married or having kids?”

“And think about this. Have you ever seen an Alpha great general in the entirety of the Galactic Federation who doesn’t have his own kid at the age of fifty?

“If he really didn’t have feelings for anyone, would he keep his body pure to this degree?”

“And don’t’ even tell me he’s got someone else in his heart. If he really does, then how could he fail to get them even with his current status and power?”

“Unless he couldn’t bear to do it.”

For Ye Xin, it was like those words had given him a big smack on the head and woke him up, igniting a hope in his dead heart and pulling him out from the dark, dense fog.

With hope filling his phoenix eyes, he strode forward. “Xiao Qing, I…I still have a chance, right?”

Then, he was so touched that he wanted to hold Ye Qing’s hand, but unfortunately, his hands were slapped away by his third brother before he managed to do so.

Then, his third brother held Ye Qing’s hand tight.

If this was the usual, then Ye Xin would have noticed something wrong with this, but his mind was in such a mess right then that it didn’t bother him in the slightest.

Ye Qing tried to struggle, but he didn’t succeed. Thinking now that Ye Xin’s mind wasn’t much in shape, he figured he wouldn’t think too much about it.