Dance Of The Dragons
Chapter 221 : Hands Off My Wife

Chapter 221: Chapter 221 : Hands Off My Wife

Jiang Muchen had only bad things to say about Zhang Fengxi.

"Asshole. Scum. Bastard," he repeated the words every time the name "Zhang Fengxi" fell into the conversation.

Xie Jianyu sighed.

"Muchen, he is technically your uncle-in-law now," he scolded his nephew.

Instead of changing his ways, Jiang Muchen made a gagging sound to express his disgust.

"He is the same age as me!" He protested. Never mind that his Little Uncle was two years younger than him.

"Enough with the childish argument," Xie Jianshen cut the conversation short. "Rufeng, why don’t you take Muchen with you? I need to speak to Little Yu alone."

"Of course."

Jiang Rufeng grabbed his unhappy son and dragged him away.

As soon as both alphas were out of sight, Xie Jianshen turned to look at his younger brother with concern.

"Little Yu, how is... your body?"

Xie Jianyu turned pink in the face. Xie Jianshen naturally referred to the wedding night.

It was incredibly embarrassing to talk about this kind of matter with his elder brother, even though they were very close to each other.

"I... it was fine. I am fine," Xie Jianyu answered with a light stutter.

"Are you hurt?"

Xie Jianyu shook his head.

"There was blood on the first night, but the wound healed within these three days."

As a married omega, Xie Jianshen managed to catch on to the subtlest hints in Xie Jianyu’s words.

"So nothing happened after the first night?"

Xie Jianyu seemed hesitant to divulge his sex life to Xie Jianshen at first, but he eventually spoke up.

"We have intimate relations every night, but there was no more penetration after the first night."

Xie Jianshen almost heaved a sigh of relief in front of Xie Jianyu.

"That’s good," he said with a smile. "Your husband is a considerate person. He paid great care to your wound. I am glad to hear it."

"It’s already healed up," Xie Jianyu said. "I am fine."

Xie Jianshen grabbed the younger omega’s shoulders and beamed at him.

"Little Yu, you should not force it," he said in a motherly tone. "The area down there is very delicate. Intimacy is fine. As long as he doesn’t demand penetration, you should not ask for it."

"..."

Was that how marriages between alphas and omegas worked? If that was the case, Xie Jianyu could understand why most families were only blessed with one child.

This was vastly different from what his elder brother told him the first time they spoke about sexual relations.

Then again, memories of his first night with Zhang Fengxi were vividly imprinted in his brain. Whenever Xie Jianyu recalled the shameful ways they entangled that night, his face burned with embarrassment.

It was not good for the body to engage in promiscuous activities night after night, Xie Jianyu decided. Xie Jianshen truly gave the best pieces of advice.

"I am going to greet Father. Little Yu, are you going back home? You are still on your marriage leave, after all."

Xie Jianyu nodded.

"See you soon, Big Brother."

Xie Jianyu set off to the Grand Tutor’s residence to pay respect to his teacher. On the way, he came across Jiang Muchen.

"Little Uncle!"

The lion prince hurled himself at Xie Jianyu.

"Little Uncle..."

The bigger man sobbed at his shoulder.

"Little Uncle, why..."

Xie Jianyu heaved a sigh.

"Muchen, what’s wrong?"

Jiang Muchen loosened his hug and pulled a grimace.

"Little Uncle, you usually smell like a thousand flowers. Now you smell like... like him."

"..."

Jiang Muchen’s eyes were red. He looked like he had been crying for three days and three nights straight.

"Little Uncle..."

Jiang Muchen pulled Xie Jianyu into his arms.

Xie Jianyu widened his eyes in surprise. They had known each other since childhood, but Jiang Muchen had always been nothing but respectful toward him. He had always been Xie Jianyu’s cute nephew.

And yet this time around, Xie Jianyu came to a realization.

Jiang Muchen was an alpha.

And Xie Jianyu an omega.

The Crown Prince gasped when Jiang Muchen’s pheromones entered his nasal cavity.

"Muchen, let me go."

Xie Jianyu was starting to get dizzy. He was a married man. He could not possibly... not even with Jiang Muchen...

"Muchen..."

Xie Jianyu’s legs turned wobbly. He clawed into Jiang Muchen’s arms. The latter pressed Xie Jianyu against his own chest and tilted his chin upward.

"Jianyu..."

Xie Jianyu swallowed hard as their eyes were locked in a gaze.

Jianyu?

No, Jiang Muchen had always referred to him as "Little Uncle"...

Jiang Muchen shook from grief.

"Jianyu, did you know?" He asked with a hoarse voice.

"I begged Mother to let me pursue you years ago, but he said no."

What...?

Xie Jianyu wrinkled his face. His chest felt so stuffy... it became increasingly hard to breathe...

"I begged Father to put my name down in Shuiran Palace’s marriage proposal, but he said no."

"..."

Jiang Muchen supported Xie Jianyu’s weight with one arm, while his other hand moved to caress the omega’s fair cheek.

"Jianyu, do you know? I have always, always..."

"Muchen, stop talking."

Xie Jianyu landed a smack on Jiang Muchen’s chest.

"I don’t want to hear it."

Jiang Muchen’s lips trembled with a mixture of anger and grief.

"But Jianyu..."

"Stop calling me so casually," Xie Jianyu snapped. He pushed against Jiang Muchen’s chest. "Know your place."

"... Little Uncle..."

Jiang Muchen tugged on Xie Jianyu’s robe and revealed the crystal choker that adorned the omega’s neck.

Hatred flickered in Jiang Muchen’s eyes.

"This... cheap thing!"

Jiang Muchen slid his fingers under the choker. Before he managed to rip it off Xie Jianyu’s neck, an inexplicable chill ran down his spine.

He withdrew his hand just in time before the Three Realm Spear reached him.

Zhang Fengxi’s renowned weapon cut through the air with a sharp whistle and stabbed into the ground between Jiang Muchen and Xie Jianyu instead.

The force of the impact caused the meticulous stone pavement beneath their feet to crumble into pieces.

"Hands off my wife," Zhang Fengxi’s cold voice rang out behind them.

With eyes burning with unconcealed rage, Xie Jianyu’s husband approached the duo like a murderous warlord.