LIGHTNOVELWORLD c87 - Weak-Kneed
Due to two video conferences in the morning, Gu Junwan wore a rather formal suit and skirt set.
The black suit jacket paired with a dark gold belt accentuated her already slender waist, making it appear even more delicate.
By around 2:30 in the afternoon, the urgent matters had been mostly dealt with.
Gu Junwan looked down at her skirt and black stockings, thinking it would be more appropriate to change clothes before meeting Shen Han for their date.
This outfit wasn’t really suitable for cycling, even if she was just sitting.
The thought of her Alpha soon taking her for a ride made the Omega’s heart fill with anticipation.
The training ground was quite far from the administrative office area, requiring a car ride to get there.
When Xu Zhao heard that Shen Han was planning to take her Empress to the off-road track for a bike ride, her heart immediately leapt into her throat.
As she searched for the driver’s number, she said softly, “Your Majesty, that place is full of pits and rocks. I’ve heard some areas are difficult even for off-road vehicles to pass through. It’s quite unsafe.”
At this point, she tried to persuade further: “Why don’t you ask Shen Han to change the location? Or maybe cancel for now?”
Gu Junwan was walking towards the changing room with her assistant. Hearing her words, she didn’t pause her steps at all.
“Other places would either be seen by others or are not suitable for cycling.”
“Besides, I’m quite interested. I’ve never ridden a bicycle before.”
Hearing her Empress say this, Xu Zhao felt she couldn’t say much more.
She could understand Gu Junwan’s current mood.
Due to her status, Gu Junwan had inevitably missed out on many childish pleasures compared to other children her age when she was young.
After differentiating as an Omega, her leisure time was even more greatly compressed.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
The title of Empress was both supreme honor and an invisible shackle, wasn’t it?
‘It’s probably because Shen the dog doesn’t seem to care much about everything the Empress bears that she dares to be so playful.’
‘Perhaps this is also why the Empress feels relaxed when she’s with her.’
As Special Assistant Xu pondered, she inexplicably felt a toothache coming on.
Damn! What proper Alpha would think of taking their Omega cycling on an off-road track?
……
Shen Han arrived at the meeting place half an hour early.
She sat on the bike without getting off, stretching out her long legs to serve as the perfect ‘bike stand’.
The guard team’s training area had rather strict access control, and ordinary base staff didn’t have entry permissions here.
The surroundings were quiet, with only occasional dry branches falling from trees, making crisp sounds as they hit the ground.
Shen Han tilted her head back, squinting at a surveillance pole not far away, and called Ma Haoyu.
“Can you see my position?”
The small man sat in a monitoring room, looking at his boss’s smug appearance on one of the screens, feeling a bit sour inside.
It’s really enviable, being able to date the Empress!
“I can see you. Should I turn off the surveillance now or wait until later?”
Shen Han: “Wait a bit. Let’s keep the call connected. Turn it off when I tell you to. Thanks for your help today, giving up your day off to come assist me.”
Ma Haoyu zoomed in on the surveillance video, carefully examining the vintage bicycle in the frame.
Then he asked curiously: “Boss, where did you get that bike? Did that green-eyed little princess give it to you too?”
Shen Han held the phone with one hand while fiddling with the small bell on the front of the bike, laughing as she said: “Hah, how could that be? Who would keep giving me things?”
Ma Haoyu: “Oh, oh, then where did you buy it? It looks great! I want to pick one out to play with too.”
Shen Han: “I don’t know where it was bought. Junwan gave it to me.”
Ma Haoyu: “……”
Stop being so pretentious or I’m leaving!
As they were chatting, a black official car slowly approached Shen Han’s position.
Shen Han’s eyes lit up, and she quickly had Ma Haoyu temporarily shut down the surveillance on this road.
There were no cameras inside the off-road area, but there was one by the road outside the entrance.
The official car could actually drive straight in, but Shen Han wanted to take her girlfriend away alone from here.
To avoid having two ‘on-site spectators’, which would make her feel awkward about being affectionate with her girlfriend.
Gu Junwan naturally saw through her Alpha’s little scheme at a glance.
Before the car had fully stopped, she was already speaking to the two in the front: “Just park the car outside. I’ll be back in about an hour.”
Xu Zhao, having been by her side for years, instantly understood her Empress’s meaning.
She twisted her body to look at the back seat, saying softly: “Your Majesty, please be careful.”
Gu Junwan smiled lightly: “No need to worry, Shen Han knows her limits.”
The car stopped steadily by the roadside.
To avoid disturbing the Empress’s date, the driver and Xu Zhao didn’t get out of the car.
Through the windshield, they watched Gu Junwan walk towards the tall, long-legged Alpha.
After exchanging no more than three sentences, that Alpha bent down and scooped the Empress directly onto the crossbar of her bicycle.
Then the two sped off into the off-road area like a bolt of lightning.
The driver felt shocked, gripping the steering wheel with both hands, his eyes wide as saucers.
Xu Zhao said nothing outwardly, but inwardly she was roaring.
‘Ahhhh! Shen the dog knows nothing about limits! If she dares to let the Empress fall, I’ll never let her off!’
On the flat surface of the off-road area, Gu Junwan sat sideways on the bicycle’s crossbar, feeling both novel and a bit nervous.
She had originally planned to sit on the rear seat, but unexpectedly, Shen Han had lifted her to sit in front.
The Alpha’s arms stretched forward, confining her in a small space before her body.
The cool breeze coming head-on disheveled the hair around her ears.
The familiar warmth pressing against her from behind, however, made her feel completely at ease.
A faint scent of snow cedar wafted over with warm breaths on the side of her face, turning the small exposed tip of her ear bright red.
Shen Han looked straight ahead, focusing seriously on the road, but her chin rested lightly on Gu Junwan’s shoulder as she murmured: “Junwan, I really love the gift you gave me.”
Hearing this, Gu Junwan felt very satisfied.
She closed her eyes, feeling the free wind and her Alpha’s breath, her voice carrying obvious pleasure: “Then besides the pork rib soup tonight, can I order other dishes?”
Shen Han answered very seriously: “Of course! What do you want to eat? Chef Shen can do it all!”
But in her heart, she thought: You can eat me if you want!
Although they had chosen the off-road area for their date, Shen Han didn’t take her girlfriend to tackle the rocky paths.
She even avoided all the slightly bumpy gravel roads, only riding on the smooth asphalt.
Most of this area replicated outdoor terrain, but there were also a few roads simulating rural outskirts.
The road was narrow and winding, with several-meter-high hills on both sides.
As they rode along the road, it felt very much like cycling in a remote wilderness area.
Fifteen minutes later, they entered a tunnel.
The tunnel was about 2 kilometers long, with a bend in the middle.
Not long after Shen Han rode into it, everything around them became completely dark.
With the light swallowed up, all that could be seen was pitch blackness.
The sudden darkness made Gu Junwan’s slender back unconsciously tense up.
Omegas are naturally delicate, and in such an environment, emotions become sensitive, and they instinctively feel uneasy.
It was precisely at this moment that Shen Han slowly brought the bike to a stop.
Gu Junwan leaned back slightly towards the source of heat behind her, saying softly: “Shen Han, let’s go out quickly.”
As soon as she finished speaking, a pair of scorching lips pressed against the back of her ear.
The Alpha’s voice was as dark and husky as their surroundings: “Don’t be afraid.”
As she spoke, Gu Junwan felt her waist tighten, and then she was lifted off the bike by the Alpha.
The unbalanced bicycle fell sideways to the ground, its small bell making a short, crisp ringing sound.
In the darkness, Gu Junwan could only faintly make out Shen Han’s silhouette.
Nervousness, like a flood released from a dam, seemed about to engulf her completely.
She instinctively reached out to tightly grasp Shen Han’s clothes, like a drowning person clutching at a life-saving piece of wood.
Shen Han held her Omega in her arms, her movements gentle, with very obvious protectiveness.
She didn’t make any further intimate gestures, just tightened her arms, pressing closely against the beauty before her.
Bringing Gu Junwan here wasn’t to deliberately scare her or to act like a hooligan.
They were about to set off for the northern district, to directly face the hidden mastermind enemies lurking there.
Shen Han very much wanted to do more for her, but found that at this stage, she really couldn’t be of much help.
The game of power is sometimes like the rolling wheels of fate approaching.
You never know if you’ve made adequate preparations, or if one wrong move will crush you to pieces.
Shen Han had arrived at the darkest time in Gu Junwan’s life.
She hoped she could accompany her through all the darkness, and then walk hand in hand to welcome the light.
But saying these things out loud would seem very sentimental, and Shen Han could never bring herself to say them.
So she simply came up with this clumsy method, to let her Omega truly feel her presence.
In the pitch darkness, with Gu Junwan’s vision limited, her other senses became very sensitive.
Listening to her Alpha’s strong, powerful heartbeat, smelling the fresh snow cedar scent on her body, she felt her own blood begin to flow faster.
“Shen Han.”
Hearing her Omega’s soft call, Shen Han loosened her embrace slightly to allow enough space to lower her head and ask.
However, before she could speak, the Omega’s soft lips had already pressed against hers.
Shen Han was stunned for a moment, then raised her hand to support the back of Gu Junwan’s head, deepening the kiss.
At first, she was somewhat restrained, but as time passed, her breath became scorching hot.
Perhaps it was the dark environment that awakened the gentle beast, the Alpha’s aggressiveness released at this moment.
Shen Han lightly bit the other’s lips, breaking through the ‘city defenses’, wantonly plundering.
She almost greedily absorbed her Omega’s softness and fragrance, unable to stop.
Gu Junwan’s breathing quickened, the increasingly thin oxygen making her slightly short of breath.
She instinctively hugged the Alpha in front of her tightly, drowning in the other’s domineering yet gentle invasion.
Sweet breath intertwined lingeringly on their lips and tongues.
In this pitch-dark tunnel, they were each other’s only light, drawing warmth from each other in the darkness.
Outside the off-road area, in the official car, Xu Zhao looked at her watch once again: “It’s been an hour, why hasn’t Her Majesty come out yet?”
The driver unscrewed his thermos, taking a sip of hot tea.
He didn’t dare respond to Special Assistant Xu’s words, but thought to himself: For an Alpha and Omega in the heat of love, what’s an hour?
Just as he was thinking this, Shen Han came out with Gu Junwan on the bike.
Xu Zhao had just breathed a sigh of relief when she looked closely and found that the bell on the front of the bicycle was actually broken!
She had arranged for someone to put the bike into the sealed box last night, so she remembered some key details about the bike very clearly.
That bell had originally been standing upright at the front of the bike, but now it was hanging pitifully under the handlebars.
Could it be that Shen the dog really had an accident?
Thinking this, Xu Zhao immediately got out of the car.
Just as she was frowning, about to question that Alpha about what had happened, she suddenly noticed some lip gloss smeared around the other’s lips.
Although faint, it was still noticeable to the sharp-eyed Special Assistant.
At this moment, Gu Junwan, holding onto the Alpha’s arm, jumped down from the bike.
When her feet touched the ground, there was a rather obvious knee-bending motion.
Feeling the weakness in her legs, Gu Junwan felt somewhat embarrassed.
She had actually become weak-kneed from Shen Han’s kisses. In the tunnel earlier, she had to be carried onto the bike by the other in the end.
“I’ll head back first then.”
Saying this softly, Gu Junwan quickly walked towards where the official car was parked.
Seeing the state of the two, Xu Zhao could guess what that Alpha had done to her Empress.
She glared at the other through her glasses, then quickly hurried after Gu Junwan.
Shen Han savored the moment for quite a while at her spot, until her girlfriend’s car had completely disappeared from view. Only then did she call Ma Haoyu to turn the surveillance back on.
The Alpha kicked off with her long legs, happily riding her bicycle towards the base supermarket to buy groceries.