“Stop—!”
Yun Changsheng’s eyes widened in shock as he screamed hysterically.
The light blade in Yun Xingze’s hand halted its motion the moment it touched skin. The sharp tip had already broken through, blood seeping from the wound.
“Scared?” Yun Xingze suddenly curled his lips into a smile, his eyes gleaming with vengeful satisfaction. “Yun Changsheng, wouldn’t you be devastated if your son became a Beta right now?”
Security personnel nearby, seeing Yun Xingze pause, were about to intervene when he shot them a sidelong glance: “Take one step closer, and I’ll sever the gland completely.”
Cold sweat broke out across every guest in the venue.
For an Omega, gland severance came at an enormous cost. In severe cases, it could even be fatal!
“Xingxing, please, don’t be rash,” Yun Changsheng’s voice trembled as he dared not move forward, his gaze locked on the light blade. “Put the knife down now!”
Qin Shuang’s face turned deathly pale as she cried out in panic, “Xingze! You could die if you sever your gland! Don’t do this!”
Chi Yu’s legs went weak. Watching the light blade break the skin over the gland, he felt as if the cut were on his own neck, cold sweat drenching his back.
After all, if Yun Xingze followed through, the interstellar’s highest compatibility pheromone match would cease to exist!
“Xingze, I—I was wrong, I shouldn’t have forced the engagement,” Chi Yu pleaded desperately, his voice shaking violently. “Please don’t do anything reckless. If your gland is damaged.”
“If it’s damaged, you lose your highest-compatibility Omega,” Yun Xingze smiled faintly, speaking slowly. “Then the Chi family’s ‘superior genes’ can’t be passed on. What a pity, isn’t it?”
Chi Yin and Yu Wan’s eyes filled with terror at his words.
“Yun Xingze, whatever grievances you have, we can discuss them properly,” Chi Yin adopted his battlefield negotiation tone, staring intently at Yun Xingze. “Name your terms, anything from our family is yours. Just don’t harm your gland!”
Even Yu Wan hadn’t anticipated Yun Xingze’s unyielding nature, daring to take himself hostage.
His gland’s destruction would indeed be an immense loss for the Chi family.
“Xingze, we admit the Chi family has made mistakes,” Yu Wan entreated, “but we never meant you harm. Both families only want your happiness. Please lower the knife.”
Chi Yu fidgeted like an ant on a hot pan. His Adam’s apple bobbed before he took a step toward Yun Xingze.
Yet the moment he moved, Yun Xingze’s blade pressed deeper.
“Oh god—”
Gasps erupted through the crowd, freezing Chi Yu in place.
“Xingze, I’m begging you, don’t damage the gland!” Beads of sweat formed on Chi Yu’s forehead as he licked parched lips, pleading abjectly. “I’ll do anything just put the knife down!”
Qin Shuang couldn’t hold back either: “Xingze, we’re calling off the engagement today! Stop this!”
Yun Xingze scoffed. Crimson blood trickled from the shallow wound, staining his pale neck with startling vibrancy.
“So, to all of you, only my gland has value, is that right?” Yun Xingze calmly surveyed the crowd before speaking slowly, “In the end, only when a blade is pressed against my gland do you realize your mistakes.”
Yun Changsheng’s plump face was already drenched in sweat. He signaled the security guards with his eyes to seize Yun Xingze’s knife, but unfortunately, Yun Xingze, having graduated from military school, was far too agile in both reflexes and movements.
A guard tried to sneak closer but was immediately spotted by Yun Xingze, forcing him to halt.
Suddenly, a “thud” echoed; Chi Yu had fallen to his knees.
The crowd in front quickly parted, allowing Yun Xingze a clear view of the kneeling Chi Yu.
“I’m sorry, truly sorry. I shouldn’t have forced you into an engagement with me.” Chi Yu’s fingers trembled uncontrollably, his knees slamming hard against the unyielding floor, yet he felt nothing. “Xingze, I’ll never force you again. I beg you, don’t hurt yourself.”
Of course, Chi Yu cared deeply about Yun Xingze’s gland.
But when he saw the blood on Yun Xingze’s neck, his heart ached unbearably.
More than the gland, Chi Yu cared about Yun Xingze’s safety.
“What good is your apology now?” Yun Xingze looked at Chi Yu, his eyes devoid of emotion, as if observing a joke. “Do you really think I’d believe a word you say?”
Chi Yu felt as though his heart had been slashed by a knife.
“I’m not lying to you, I mean it.” Chi Yu swallowed hard, his voice frantic.
Yun Changsheng took a few slow steps forward, speaking as he moved, “Xingze, put the knife down. Your gland is your life. Without it, your life will be a complete failure.”
“Do you think your own life is a failure?” Yun Xingze raised an eyebrow at Yun Changsheng, mocking him. “Can’t operate a mech, rely on your wife to manage the company, and now you’re selling your son’s gland for profit. Sorry, but I can’t imagine a more pathetic life than that.”
Yun Changsheng, publicly humiliated and with every word striking his sore spots, grew furious. His fingers clenched as he threatened Yun Xingze:
“Yun Xingze, if you dare destroy that gland, I’ll disown you! The Yun family will sever all ties with you from this moment!”
Neither Qin Shuang nor Chi Yu had expected Yun Changsheng to say such a thing, their eyes flashing with panic in unison.
“Oh, really?” Yun Xingze curled his lips into a smile, pure and untainted. “Then you’d better keep your word.”
Gripping the photon blade, he drove it inward without hesitation.
At that force, it undoubtedly pierced the gland.
Everyone’s eyes widened in shock.
Outside the Polis Hotel.
Luo Wenchuan’s aircraft arrived at breakneck speed. The moment he disembarked, he rushed upstairs following the location data.
His heartbeat grew faster, his chest pounding as if his heart might burst out.
When Luo Wenchuan reached the banquet hall on the tenth floor, a chorus of gasps erupted from inside.
The ominous feeling in his heart intensified unbearably.
The next second, Luo Wenchuan lunged forward and kicked the door open.
As the door swung wide, his gaze locked onto Yun Xingze standing on the stage.
In Yun Xingze’s hand was the photon blade. The very one Luo Wenchuan had given him for protection.
Amidst the screams and shouts, Yun Xingze drove the blade decisively toward his gland.
The sharp edge of the knife seemed to stab straight into Luo Wenchuan’s heart, the pain blinding.
Luo Wenchuan wanted to cry out, to make Yun Xingze stop, but it felt like something was choking his throat, robbing him of his voice the moment he tried to speak.
