Damn it, I'm surrounded by insane Alphas!

Wen Yiheng looked at him with a gentle smile, but her words were so sour they could make dumplings.

"You're changing players much faster than I expected."

Shi Ran raised her chin and retorted, "Dr. Wen is no slouch either."

Wen Yiheng's face turned cold. Just thinking about how the Alpha had been so brazenly embracing Shi Ran made him clench his fists, causing some of his suppressed pheromones to leak out.

Suddenly, she felt an itch in the glands on the back of her neck, as if something was being summoned to gush out.

Seriously? Why are you so sensitive...?

Shi Ran hated this feeling of being easily influenced by the other party and looked coldly at Wen Yiheng.

"Playing this trick again? Is it even fun?"

Wen Yiheng chuckled softly, appearing completely harmless.

"So sensitive? Did the stabilizer I gave you last time work well? It hasn't been marked recently, has it?"

Shi Ran sneered, "Dr. Wen really cares about his patients."

"That's natural, but if a patient doesn't follow the doctor's orders and changes an Alpha every day, there's nothing we doctors can do."

Shi Ran quietly looked at him; yes, this was very Wen Yiheng.

She can say the most hurtful things with a gentle smile.

Even though they were no longer related, seeing each other with new people around them, a sense of resentment still welled up uncontrollably.

Each word he uttered was more barbed than the last; he wouldn't feel at ease unless he pricked the other person a little.

Just as the two were about to clash, a lazy voice interrupted: "Hey, what are you talking about? And who's this?"

Lu Lin walked over and naturally pulled Shi Ran back into his arms.

He raised his chin slightly, his scrutinizing gaze fixed directly on Wen Yiheng.

"The doctor who gave me the physical exam."

Shi Ran gently nudged Lu Lin: "Let's go, they'll be here soon."

Lu Lin put his arm around him and left, but deliberately leaned down and whispered in his ear, "Your ex? He was pretty handsome, but not as good as me."

Shi Ran looked up and glared at him, saying irritably, "Fine, fine, you're the fifth most handsome man."

"Five handsome men and one? You've dated five?"

"I've talked to fifty, are you satisfied now?"

"Fifty men didn't mark you? You've remained chaste for me?"

"Get lost..." Shi Ran guiltily changed the subject, venting her anger on Gu Chen, "I'm starving! Did Gu Chen get into a car accident? Why isn't he here yet?"

Lu Lin chuckled and respectfully cupped his hands, saying, "To pick up Gu Chen from the car accident."

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Chen and Gu Jingwei walked in.

He scanned the empty spaces in front of the counter, finally settling on a table with Shi Ran's phone on it.

He went over and sat down next to him quite naturally, having been waiting for Shi Ran to come back and sit beside him, but...

The chair was suddenly pulled away, and when I turned around, it was Lu Lin.

???

He looked down at the phone on the table; it was clearly Shi Ran's.

Lu Lin seemed to only just notice the phone, and exclaimed "Huh?"

"Isn't this Assistant Shi's phone? Why is it lying around like this?"

As he spoke, he eagerly handed the phone to Shi Ran, his face full of mischievous grin. "Take this carefully, so no one will misunderstand."

Shi Ran took it with a bewildered look on her face. "Hey... when did his phone go somewhere?"

Oh right, Lu Lin just borrowed a power bank for him and then handed it to him to charge.

But why is Gu Chen's gaze so strange right now? It's like... he wants to kill someone?

Lu Lin suppressed a laugh, glanced at Gu Chen's gloomy face, and deliberately asked, "Why do you look so pale, bro? Were you stuck in traffic?"

Gu Chen simply turned his face away indifferently. "Have I ever given you a nice look?"

Lu Lin burst out laughing and nudged Shi Ran beside him, "How can my brother get married with that deadpan face? Who could stand him?"

Gu Jingwei immediately objected, "I think big brother looks quite handsome like this, unlike you, who always looks like a monkey..."

Shi Ran was watching the show with great interest when, unexpectedly, the two of them suddenly turned around and looked at him.

Lu Lin asked him seriously, "Assistant Shi, if you had to choose, who would you pick?"

Shi Ran: ?

He felt like an innocent victim who had come to a free trial only to suddenly become the defendant.

He gave an awkward laugh. "You two are both very handsome."

What he was really thinking was that Lu Lin was sick, but Gu Chen was even more seriously ill.

Gu Chen slapped him twice, and Lu Lin slapped him ten times!

Just as Lu Lin was about to press the matter further, the appetizers arrived.

Occasionally, he would take small sips of the salmon roe chawanmushi in his bowl, but he couldn't taste anything at all.

Wen Yiheng's seemingly indifferent gaze, and Gu Chen, whose presence was extremely strong even through Lu Lin's arms...

This meal felt like torture.

Gu Chen's attention was entirely on Shi Ran, but before he could take a second look, Lu Lin intentionally or unintentionally blocked his view.

Instead of discussing the fish with Shi Ran, he directly placed the sea urchin from his plate onto Shi Ran's plate, saying, "Try it, it's sweeter than the previous one."

Gu Chen looked at the two figures, their silhouettes almost touching, his face so dark it could drip water.

But Gu Jingwei beside him was still chattering on and on: "Brother, this tuna is so fat! How about we go to Hokkaido next time?"

"One should not speak while eating."

Gu Chen coldly shut her down with those three words.

Gu Jingwei immediately snorted twice in dissatisfaction, "Brother! Brother Lu is right, no one will like you if you're like this! You're too fierce! And you have a poker face!"

Gu Chen turned his head to look at her expressionlessly and said indifferently, "Is that so?"

Gu Jingwei poked the salmon on her plate twice, "Is there no one in this world who can make you give them a nice look...?"

Gu Chen slowly withdrew his gaze and looked at Shi Ran not far away.

Nor is it.

Just then, the couple sitting next to Shi Ran suddenly finished eating and left.

Gu Chen immediately put down his chopsticks and stood up at the opportune moment.

He was about to walk over when another figure sat down before him.

Everyone was stunned.

It turned out to be Wen Yiheng who arrived.

The little white rabbit omega left sometime ago, leaving him all alone.

He seemed oblivious to the strange atmosphere at the table and gave everyone a slight smile.

"You don't mind if I sit here, do you?"

He spoke casually, as if he had just met an acquaintance and was sharing a table with them. "The chef's skills are so good that I've decided to order a few more dishes. It's too lonely to eat alone."

Lu Lin squinted, scrutinizing the uninvited guest without any politeness.

I didn't look closely in the corridor earlier, but now I realize that this person has a gentle and refined demeanor, and is clearly a well-educated intellectual. He's from a completely different world from someone like him who hangs out in racing and parties.

Moreover, the way this guy looked at Shi Ran clearly showed that he still had feelings for her, and now he's taking the initiative to come closer to her again...

A mixture of displeasure and intense possessiveness welled up in Lu Lin's heart, and he almost subconsciously put his arm on the back of the chair behind Shi Ran.

Gu Chen, seeing Cheng Yaojin suddenly appear out of nowhere, gritted his teeth and said, "Dean Wen, what a coincidence... I didn't expect to run into you here."

Wen Yiheng then noticed Gu Chen, and politely returned a smile, but her eyes subtly changed.

Is this Gu Chen? The Alpha who accompanied Shi Ran to her medical checkup last time?

Last time he and Shi Ran were so close, it shouldn't be a normal superior-subordinate relationship, so why is he here too?

So... Shi Ran wasn't actually flirting with either of them, after all, no one would sit at the same table with two people they're flirting with at the same time, right?

Little did they know the correct answer was: all three of you! You were all his ambiguous romantic interests!

The table in front of the counter is now in complete chaos.

Let's drink it while things are in chaos.