Paranoid Alpha Chapter 22: Puppy coddling.

Chapter 22: Puppy coddling.

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: CaiCai

As soon as Lyss said that, the entire living room instantly fell silent. Hilton looked at Lyss incredulously, as if wondering if he had just heard it wrong.

Lu Xingye was the first to come back to his senses, he laughed a little and said, “I’m just the new secretary, it’s nothing, I’ll ask the marshal to take care of me in the future.”

The smugness and braggadocio in his words overflowed, Hilton sniffed back to his senses, his smile became a bit forced, “No, no, no, no, Mr. Lu is young, promising, and he can get Mr. Lyss’s appreciation, so naturally, he doesn’t need my care.”

Lyss didn’t realize the secret rivalry that had risen between the two alphas, he only cared about his dinner, “Are the dumplings ready?”

“Just making the filling.” Lu Xingye smiled rather benignly, like another master of the house, “I came out to ask if Mr. Marshal would like to eat at our home, so I can estimate the amount of filling needed.”

Hilton’s smile faltered a bit, but before he could say anything, Lyss replied for him, “A guest is a guest, so it won’t be too much trouble to prepare an extra bowl.”

It takes a person several times as long to make dumplings for several people as it does to make dumplings for one, but Lu Xingye didn’t find it troublesome at all, instead he laughed and said, “That’s right, the guest is a guest.”

Lu Xingye’s look made Hilton finally stop laughing, “Thank you, but I already had dinner before I came, so I don’t need to bother you, Mr. Secretary.”

Lu Xingye didn’t even want to make it for him, and immediately smiled a little more sincerely, “In that case, I’ll go back to the kitchen first, you guys take your time to chat.”

Lyss sat on the sofa and nodded naturally, “Well, thank you for your hard work.”

Lu Xingye turned around and walked towards the kitchen, leaving Hilton standing in disbelief, Lyss saw that he was still standing and was a bit confused, “Sit down.”

Hilton came back to his senses, after a moment’s hesitation, he sat down on the sofa, but he was still a bit hesitant, “Mr. Lyss, did you really…”

Lyss, “Did I really what?”

Hilton gritted his teeth, “Did you really go through estrus with Lu?”

Lyss nodded matter-of-factly, “Uh-huh.”

Hilton had some difficulty accepting this, and opened his mouth to say something, but when he realized that there wasn’t a trace of pheromone anomaly in Lyss, a twisted thought of self-compassion rose from the bottom of his heart: even if they went through it together, so what? An alien alpha couldn’t even accomplish full marking.

Thinking of this, Hilton finally looked a little better and turned to business, “Your previous guess was indeed correct… After you left, not only the Ministry of War, but also the Ministry of Communications and Propaganda made a move.”

“Is that so,” Lyss said, but there was no hint of surprise in his tone, “What are the specifics?”

“The military department is still the same as before, still doing some rubbish in the name of asking for military funds, singling them out is enough to make them drink, but if they really want to move them, this would not be enough.” Hilton said with a straight face, “But there have been some strange movements on the side of the Ministry of Civil Communication.”

Lyss took a sip from his teacup, “How so?”

“They didn’t do anything for the first three days you were gone, they seemed to be testing…” Hilton stopped abruptly in mid-sentence.

Lyss couldn’t smell the pheromone, but Hilton could.

He knew exactly what that insouciant little alpha’s pheromone had just tasted like, and the moment the aroma of tea spilled out of Lyss’s teacup he immediately realized something was wrong, “At the risk of sounding presumptuous, what are you drinking?”

“Tea.” Lyss returned, “Serica’s specialty, it’s a bit bitter, I’m afraid you wouldn’t be used to drinking it.”

Hilton blushed slightly and said with some hesitation, “Mr. Chief, you… Can you smell his pheromones?”

“I can’t.” Lyss subconsciously replied before understanding Hilton’s meaning, “He said that this is the flavor of his pheromones. After I tasted it I kinda liked it, and I’ve been drinking it for the past two days.”

Hilton sniffed a little sharply for some reason, and he was just about to continue speaking when Lyss set down his teacup, the bottom of the cup knocking against the coffee table with a crisp clatter, and Hilton immediately stopped talking.

“Go on,” Lyss said with his arms wrapped around him, “what did the Ministry do three days later?”

Hilton had no choice but to gather his composure and continue to report, “Three days later, the Minister of Communications attended a symposium, I paid special attention to the several people you said had attended Sheng Dan’s reception, and found that one of them actually claimed to be sick on the day of the symposium and came to the data bank alone. Then he took advantage of his position to distract the regulators and deleted the record of his visit afterward. I had installed the duplication system in the data bank in advance as you instructed, and since you warned me not to alert the police before, I did not arrest him on site.”

Lyss nodded gently, “Well done. Where’s the duplicate content?”

Hilton hurriedly took out a chip, “Here it is, go to the data center of the database and scan it to see the detailed records.”

“Uh-huh.” Lyss took the chip, “What’s the difference besides the Communications Department?”

Hilton recapped everything that had happened within the Federation during the days of his absence in minute detail, including his own insights.

Lyss just nodded his head as he listened, and did not make any comments on his insights.

“Overall, at this point, we can only see that there is a problem with the Military and the Ministry of Communications and Information.” Hilton summarized, “The other departments in my opinion… Everything seems normal.”

Lyss said seemingly offhandedly, “It does look normal to you.”

Hilton froze, “What do you mean…?”

At that exact moment, Lu Xingye walked out from the kitchen with a small bowl of dumplings, “Chief, come and taste whether the dumpling filling is salty or not.”

Lyss stopped talking at the sound of his voice and raised his eyes to look at the person entering the room.

Lu Xingye was still wearing the bright yellow apron, and with the flour on his hands and the dishes in his hands, he seemed like a thoughtful and virtuous person, completely contrasting with the coldness displayed outside the door just now, which made Hilton’s teeth itch.

Lu Xingye does not care what Hilton thinks, he even treats Hilton as air, carrying the dumplings over to the other side, directly sitting next to Lyss.

Lyss gently twisted his head, and a full and tantalizing dumpling was handed to his mouth, “I’ve already cooled it a little, just eat it.”

In these seven days, because of some well-known physiological reason, Lyss had experienced an unprecedented life, as most of the time was spent in bed, coupled with the fact that his little wolf cub was quite good at cooking, so half of Lyss’s meals were so fed.

Therefore, right now, he didn’t think too much about it, and opened his mouth and bit down on that dumpling, Lu Xingye put the remaining half of the dumpling back into the bowl and said with anticipation, “How was it?”

Lyss lowered his eyes and chewed the deliciousness in his mouth, savoring it before swallowing it, “It’s delicious, just the right amount of saltiness.”

“That’s good.” Lu Xingye finished as if he had only just realized that there was someone beside him, his face becoming instantly embarrassed, he turned his head to Hilton, “Sorry, I’m afraid I’m starving him, I didn’t interrupt you guys while talking about business, did I?”

Facing Lu Xingye who was obviously pretending to be understanding, Hilton could no longer laugh, but due to Lyss’ face, he still gritted his teeth and said, “No.”

“That’s good.” Lu Xingye said to Lyss, “You eat this bowl first to pad your stomach, I’ll wrap up the rest soon.”

Lyss nodded and took the bowl of dumplings from him, Lu Xingye’s words were indeed good, he hadn’t even taken a few bites before the other party cooked the rest and brought it up.

Lyss was eating the dumplings while listening to Hilton talking about some odds and ends, when he saw Lu Xingye come out from the kitchen, he suddenly had a thought and said, “Do you have vinegar and chili?”

Lu Xingye blinked, “Yes, do you want some?”

“I heard that the ancient Serica people ate dumplings dipped in vinegar.” Lyss explained, “I’d like to try some.”

“It’s true that there is this tradition… But my mother didn’t like it, so I don’t really eat it like that, and I forgot to tell you about it.” Lu Xingye put down his chopsticks and apologized slightly, “You eat first, I’ll go get it for you.”

Lyss nodded and somewhat perversely urged, “Hurry up.”

Hilton was suddenly a little agitated, and when Lu Xingye entered the kitchen once more, he couldn’t help but frown, “Mr. Lyss, he’s just a Proto-Species, he can’t even fully mark you…”

“Mr. Silverfang,” Lu Xingye’s voice came from the kitchen, “More vinegar or more chili?”

Hilton’s face instantly changed, Lyss sniffed without thinking, “More of both.”

Lu Xingye said, “Good.”

Hilton never thought that his bad mouthing someone behind their back would be so easily discovered. Hilton blushed badly and didn’t say anything else for a while.

The room fell into silence as Lyss ate the dumplings slowly and methodically, it wasn’t until he had finished the small bowl of dumplings that he spoke, “Whether Proto-Species or Therians, I need people who are obedient but don’t say much, not just alphas who want to mark me completely.”

“… Yes.” Facing Lyss’s double entendre, Hilton lowered his head and said, “I’ve overstepped my bounds.”

By the time Lu Xingye came out, he was greeted by the sight of Hilton, who just happened to get up from the couch. He raised an eyebrow on the spot and smiled, “Leaving so soon? Mr. Marshal won’t stay longer?”

Hilton pulled the corner of his mouth unnaturally, “I won’t stay much longer, you two have an early night.”

Lyss had no intention of standing up, “See the guest off.”

Lu Xingye sent Hilton to the door with a smile that did not reach his eyes. Under the dark night sky, Hilton stood still outside the main door and twisted his head to look at Lu Xingye in a slightly complicated manner.

“I’ve stayed inside a lot these days, and I’m a little insensitive to the passage of time.” Lu Xingye smiled innocently, “I didn’t expect it to be this late, be safe on your way back, Mr. Marshal.”

Of course Hilton knew why Lu Xingye stayed inside for so long these days, and this sentence sort of wiped out the last vestige of the thought that Lu Xingye’s actions were a fluke within him.

The corners of Hilton’s mouth pulled into a line as he coldly glanced at Lu Xingye, as if he hated to be stomped into complacency by the other party, but he couldn’t do anything.

In the end, Hilton turned around and walked out of the gate without a word, and behind him, the chief family’s “understanding” alpha was still advising, “Be careful on the road, Mr. Marshal!”

Looking at Hilton’s departing back, Lu Xingye restrained his sweet smile and turned to a heartfelt smile, which was not sunny at all, coupled with his gloomy gray-green eyes in the darkness, at this moment he looked more like a wild wolf retreating from his competitors.

But soon Lu Xingye collected his expression, thinking that Lyss probably didn’t see anything, he turned to a condescending expression and lifted his feet towards the villa.

Lyss was eating dumplings when he looked up and saw Lu Xingye walking back without a word.

The handsome teenage alpha didn’t look too happy, even a little aggravated, so aggravated that he showed his tail and ears just as he walked through the door.

Lyss should have realized something was wrong no matter how slow she was, “What’s wrong?”

Lu Xingye pursed his lips and didn’t say anything, he sat down and picked up his own bowl and started eating.

Lyss thought for a moment, “What did Hilton just say to you?”

“… Nothing.” Lu Xingye returned as he ate.

Lyss was unsure, “Then what’s wrong with you?”

“He just said nothing about me outside the door yes though, but before in the house he could…” Lu Xingye said as he dipped the vinegar dish in front of Lyss and almost choked himself to death with one bite, “Ahem – why is it so spicy?”

“I just went to the kitchen and added some chili.” Lyss wondered, “What did he just do to you in the house?”

“He said I’m a Proto-Species that can’t even fully mark you.” Lu Xingye said accusingly as he ate the dumplings, “He scolded me in front of you.”

Lyss understood and said somewhat helplessly, “He wasn’t sure about your race, but Therians and original races are supposed to be equal as humans and shouldn’t be discriminated against in any way, he spoke in a biased way, you don’t have to be civil with him.”

“It’s not like I’m angry because he’s racist,” Lu Xingye turned his head to Lyss, “I’m angry because I’m jealous.”

Lyss moved once, and then dipped the vinegar dish as usual, “You have nothing to be jealous of with him.”

Lu Xingye was not happy, “He likes you and you still trust him so much, why can’t I be jealous?”

“I didn’t know he liked me.” Lyss said so on his lips, but there wasn’t much surprise in his tone, “The fact that I trust him has nothing to do with whether he likes me or not, and I don’t completely trust him either.”

Lu Xingye snapped, “Just like you wouldn’t fully trust me either.”

Lyss fell silent at that, looking down and eating the last of his dumplings.

“I knew it.” Lu Xingye expected this and didn’t look too sad.

Lyss put down the chopsticks and changed the topic, “I just took a general look at the chip that Dr. Qiu gave me when I was in the bedroom, and the chip does have a lot of content, but it still doesn’t make it clear who that Black Wolf is. You mentioned to me before that you had a guess, what do you think?”

“I lived with my mother in the Empire for a while when I was little, I say I lived but it could actually be considered a house arrest.” Lu Xingye took a bite of the dumplings and said, “There was an Earl in Black Wolf’s previous generation who was removed from the Royal Family. I haven’t met him but I heard rumors that he seemed to have been removed from the Royal Family because he discovered some hidden Royal secret. The royal family should have tried to kill him, but he escaped, so for the sake of the royal family’s face, they could only claim to the public that they removed that earl from the royal family.”

Lyss was thoughtful, “So you think that Black Wolf is the missing Earl?”

“I don’t have any proof, I just made a guess based on rumors.” Lu Xingye said as he ate, “I used to wonder what hidden secrets the empire could have that would be worth an earl risking his life for. But just now I thought about it, since Triss still has the information of Chudai from back then stored in its database, then the Mannstadt Empire, which comes from the same source as Triss, should have retained some of the information as well.”

Lyss slowly nodded his head when he heard this, “By common sense, that is indeed the case. And if I’m not wrong, it should be more than just information.”

Lu Xingye froze, “More than just information? Then what is it?”

“It’s the backup code.” Lyss took out the chip that Dr. Qiu had given him, and took out the one that Hilton had just brought over, “I’ve just accessed Dr. Qiu’s chip, and it includes a small piece of code, but it lacks the initiator in it, so it shouldn’t be the original code.”

Lu Xingye suddenly realized something as he jerked his head down to look at the chip in Hilton’s hand, “You presume… That you Triss are also hiding Chudai’s backup code?”

“One’s desires cannot be satisfied.” Lyss picked up the other chip, “Whether it is or now, we’ll know once we try.”

Lu Xingye suddenly realized something, “Wait, there’s a device for reading chips at home?”

Lyss shook his head, “No need.”

Without waiting for Lu Xingye to react to what this sentence meant, Lyss lifted his hand and undid his shirt.

The white skin was still imprinted with the evidence left from these days, Lu Xingye’s breath stuttered and he couldn’t help but blush and twitch his ears.

But Lyss didn’t care, in Lu Xingye’s shocked gaze, he picked up the chip and gently pressed it against the tattoo at his collarbone.

The light golden tattoo suddenly deepened, and a gorgeous and bizarre picture suddenly appeared in front of the two – golden codes and light blue codes flowed out from the tattoo at the same time, slowly floating into the air, spreading out a gorgeous picture scroll.

A string of code even floated in front of Lu Xingye, who raised his hand in shock to touch it, but watched as his fingers passed through the string.

He violently turned back to look at Lyss, a scene that made him even more unbelievable appeared – Lyss’s golden eyes surfaced with extremely complex ornamentation, he calmly gazed at the code floating in the air, the light that flashed out from the code was reflected on the side of his face, the Lyss in this scene was so beautiful that it transcended the mortal world, like a god who was constructed with code in the virtual world. Lyss in this scene was beautiful beyond the mortal world, just like a god in the virtual world with code.

Time seems to have pressed the pause button, only a few seconds might have passed, or it might have been a century.

Lyss removed the chip from his collarbone, and the code in the room instantly shattered, disappearing into the air like fireworks.

“This one contains some information as well as a portion of the code.” Lyss explained, “There is more code than Dr. Qiu’s copy, and it can be seen that both are from the same parent, but based on the complexity of the existing code, if such a parent really exists, it would have at least five to eight times the amount of code that is already there combined.”

“Five to eight times?” Lu Xingye barely regained his senses from the amazement he had just experienced, “Triss has one copy, Dr. Qiu’s copy should be Starfall Sea’s, I don’t know if Sheng Dan has it in his hands… There must be another copy at the Empire, this only adds up to four copies, where do I go to get another copy?”

Lyss didn’t say anything and just looked at him quietly, Lu Xingye suddenly thought of something and his eyes widened incredulously, “…Serica? …Serica?”

“As of now, that possibility cannot be ruled out.” Lyss looked down at the two chips in his hands, “If it was you, what would you do after getting all the codes?”

“What else can I do, destroy it on the spot.” Lu Xingye said without thinking, “This thing is just like Pandora’s Box, who knows what will be released after opening it.”

Lyss did not comment, Lu Xingye paused for a moment and then lowered his voice, “Can all of your Bioroids directly read the chip?”

“I don’t know.” Lyss did not avoid, “I have not seen other bioroids.”

Lu Xingye looked a bit complicated, “Chief Lord, have you ever thought of a possibility.”

Lyss raised his eyes to look at him, Lu Xingye locked eyes with him for a moment before suddenly changing his words, “… It’s nothing, maybe I’m overthinking it.”

He was unwilling to say, so Lyss didn’t ask more, “I just saw a name in Triss’s profile.”

Lu Xingye suddenly had a premonition, “Who?”

“Lu Mu Sumire.” Lyss spoke, “You told me earlier that your mother’s name is Lu Jin.”

“… Right.” Lu Xingye got serious all of a sudden, “What does the Lu Mu Sumire mentioned in the information do?”

“It was a maintenance record about the Chudai System, it wasn’t detailed, just that there was such a maintenance person mentioned in one of the days.” Lyss recalled, “There was no mention of this person in the information after that.”

Lu Xingye asked, “is whether they are a man or a woman also unknown?”

“It’s unknown.” Lyss shook his head, “Maybe it’s just a mere coincidence, but I thought it would be best to tell you.”

“Thanks, maybe it’s just a coincidence.” Lu Xingye nodded, “Perhaps there is some more information in the databank.”

Lyss agreed with him on that guess, “Well, I’ll have Hilton keep an eye out for it afterward.”

Lu Xingye, who was originally quite serious, was instantly displeased upon hearing the name, “Why are you still using him?”

Lyss raised a rare eyebrow, “Why can’t we use him?”

Lu Xingye reasoned, “He’s plotting against you.”

Facing a competitor, the wolf cub was close to showing his fangs, Lyss casually asked, “Who else can I use if not him?”

Lu Xingye said, “Use me.”

When Lyss heard this, he realized that the jealousy was fake, and the opportunity to push his nose into the face was real. He stood up without saying a word, finished cleaning up the dishes, and walked to the kitchen. Lu Xingye immediately followed him, “What do you want to do?”

“Wash the dishes.” As soon as Lyss said that, he saw many more things in the kitchen that he didn’t recognize, including a dishwasher, he immediately stopped and turned his head to look at Lu Xingye.

“Don’t look at me like that, even people in the twenty-first century use dishwashers.” Lu Xingye immediately chose himself out of the equation, “And it’s just a tool, not a robot, don’t be nervous.”

Lyss and the machine stared at each other for three seconds and finally nodded reluctantly, “How much did it cost, I’ll transfer it to you later.”

“Whether I have the money or not is secondary,” Lu Xingye seemed to have long forgotten the words he said on the first day he met Lyss that he wanted to save money and he was unforgiving, “The main thing now is that the Chief Lord trusts that blonde alpha so much. I’m not happy, you have to coax me. “

Lyss motioned, and then looked as if he was putting the dishes in the dishwasher.

He washed his hands in the kitchen, wiped them clean and then grabbed Lu Xingye’s tail and pulled the man outside.

Before he regained his senses,Lu Xingye had been carried through the house like a puppy without any forewarning.

Ears pricked up, Lu Xingye’s eyes widened in anticipation and doubt.

Lyss turned towards the closet and without a word drew the belt from the bathrobe, and he clearly heard the breathing behind him first stagnate, and then gradually rush up.

The omega who was so beautiful that people didn’t dare meet his eyes turned around coldly with that belt in his hand, his face without a single expression, like a god who looked at his believers condescendingly.

He took a step to the bedside and slightly tilted his head sideways, “Come here.”

Lu Xingye’s throat knots moved slightly, but his feet unconsciously walked over.

Lyss pressed on Lu Xingye’s shoulders and easily made the other party sit on the bed.

Under Lu Xingye’s darkening gaze, Lyss lifted his crotch slightly and sat slowly and haughtily on the small of his back.

“Put your hands up.” Lyss ordered.

Lu Xingye suppressed the unspeakable desire in his heart and obediently raised his hands.

His hands were bound, the belt slowly tightened, the golden eyes without the slightest emotion calmly watched the alpha’s increasingly excited expression, but even so, the other party still did not struggle in the slightest, only the dark color of his eyes were filled with questions, “What does the Chief want?”

Lyss lowered his head and kissed him rewardingly, “To coax a puppy.”