Captured By The Cold Detective (BL)-Chapter 577: How, How, How?

He Juan’s lips parted without a word. Shock was not even adequate to describe his current feeling. He felt like an overheating computer that finally exploded, or a program plagued by endless error. His eyes flew as wide as saucers, jaws hanging agape. Oh how ridiculous he must have looked right now.

Alas, appearance was the least concern in his mind at the moment because... the one before him... the Omega in bunny suit who had infiltrated into Phoenix Ablaze just to find him was... Mu Yuze? His Xiao Ze?

Hold on, what did Mu Yuze say just now? Abandon him for the second time? Did it mean the past He Juan’s lover had always been—

He Juan’s grip around Mu Yuze’s throat loosened, prompting the Omega to cough as air rushed back into his lungs. That sound was akin to a harsh wake-up call to He Juan’s dazed mind, and he recoiled backward as though he had been scalded by burning oil.

"You..." he began, his voice extremely hoarse. But Lord help him, his mind was currently empty save for how? How, how, how, how? How could it be Mu Yuze? How did they end up meeting again? How did they become lovers? How?

The scrawny and thin teenager from his memories was no more, replaced with a tall, slender and stunning man before him. At the back of his mind, He Juan had always wondered what Mu Yuze looked like at the age of twenty four, and he finally got his answer now. And oh God, it was more... a million times better than his clumsy imagination.

Feeling disoriented, He Juan’s eyes lingered on the omega’s beautiful visage: the glistening tears clinging onto his long lashes, his flushed cheeks, the plush lips he had bitten, before continuing down to the outfit he was wearing.

A bunny suit.

Mu Yuze was clad in a bunny suit that showed off the gentle curve of his collarbones and his round shoulders. The black costume complemented his fair complexion and accentuated every curve and contour of his body perfectly. Moreover, down there, he also wore a pair of—

He Juan dared not let his eyes linger for far too long, so he dragged them back to the man’s face. Was it weird for him to think that even in tears, Mu Yuze looked breathtakingly beautiful?

Alas, when he recalled the reason why the Omega shed tears in the first place, He Juan’s face instantly drained of colors and his mind, which had been wandering far and beyond, abruptly crashed back to Earth.

Gasping, he finally forced his constricted throat to work. "Are you okay? Did I—" he made a distressed noise in his throat when he noticed the horrendous bruise forming around Mu Yuze’s throat, marked by his own finger imprints.

Goodness, he... what had he done?! How could he—

Mu Yuze propped himself up by an elbow, lifted his damp lashes and shot him a scathing glare and oh, it was so, so familiar that He Juan felt the air being knocked out of his lungs. "Have you sobered up now?" he asked, his voice tinged with hoarseness.

"I..." He Juan’s tongue was tied, his mind a chaotic mess. He was no better than a bumbling fool, to be honest. "Xiao Ze, I didn’t know... you... how..."

Mu Yuze took in the fluster and panic in He Juan’s features that was so unlike the cold and distant façade he was putting up until a moment ago. If previously He Juan was akin to a wrathful dragon ready to breathe out fire, then now he was no different than a harmless and pitiful puppy who had just realized his mistake and was waiting for punishment to befall him.

Witnessing such a drastic change of demeanor filled Mu Yuze’s heart with an almost morbid satisfaction. He secretly applauded himself for not bolting out of this room the second he heard He Juan’s hurtful words, and that he was courageous enough to stake everything – even his life – to make He Juan see who he really was.

And he won.

He gambled his everything, and now he was basking in the splendid rewards. Even the sting from He Juan’s rejection earlier seemed to have been soothed by the utterly stupefied look on He Juan’s face.

See, he knew that his Juan-gege would recognize him.

Feeling immensely proud of himself, Mu Yuze not so discreetly rubbed his aching neck and he had to resist the urge to preen when He Juan’s gaze flickered there. "Do you finally recognize me?" he grumbled under his breath. "I really thought that I was going to die by your hands..."

If Kang Guanyu were here, he would have been gobsmacked at Mu Yuze’s petulant tone that sounded almost childish as though he was venting his grievance. Unfortunately – or not – there were only the two of them inside this room. Besides, Mu Yuze would only ever act like this in front of his Juan-gege alone.

Alas, He Juan did not register his efforts to act spoiled at all. His mind was still reeling over what he had done to Mu Yuze. He couldn’t believe it. He couldn’t believe that just two minutes ago, he had thought of snapping Mu Yuze’s neck – with his own hands! It was fortunate that he managed to hang onto the last thread of his self-control, or else... oh God...

He knew that he had made a grave mistake, he knew that he had hurt Mu Yuze – the only person he must never hurt. The extreme guilt gnawed on his heart, his veins, down to his bone marrow. He was one second away from going down on his knees and begging for Mu Yuze’s forgiveness when the phone inside his pocket rang.

There were less than ten people in this world who knew his phone number, and none of them would contact him unless absolutely necessary.

He was almost thankful for the interruption – because oh God, he couldn’t think, not when Mu Yuze was clad in that sexy bunny suit before him. So he scrambled to retrieve his phone and hit the answer button under Mu Yuze’s displeased frown.

"H–Hello?"

Chen Youzhi failed to notice the slight stutter in He Juan’s voice as he spoke in a somber tone, "Sorry to bother you, Boss, but I think there’s something you need to know urgently."

Even though He Juan had not activated the speakerphone, the silence of the room meant that Mu Yuze was able to hear the conversation loud and clear. "I’ve just spoken with Mr. Han, and he told me that you have visited Phoenix Ablaze once before with an... Omega."

Perhaps not wanting to shock him too much, Chen Youzhi made sure to break the news to him slowly. "Later, Mr. Han learned that the Omega is a police officer in the Yuyang City Bureau, with the surname Mu. It seems like your relationship with this person is unusual. Should I look into it further, Boss?"

Mu Yuze arched his perfect brow upon hearing that, and He Juan wished so badly that the ground would open up and swallow him whole.

For the love of God, why couldn’t Chen Youzhi have told him this information ten or fifteen minutes earlier? Why now, when everything was already too late?!