{"id":3173,"date":"2026-05-10T23:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T23:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/?p=3173"},"modified":"2026-05-09T20:09:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T20:09:25","slug":"after-transmigrating-into-a-beta-i-took-the-initiative-to-attack-the-main-characters-love-interest-27","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/fr\/chapter\/after-transmigrating-into-a-beta-i-took-the-initiative-to-attack-the-main-characters-love-interest-27\/","title":{"rendered":"After Transmigrating into a Beta, I Took the Initiative to Attack the Main Character’s Love Interest 27"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zhou Shiyi always carried an air of detachment, watching the world’s madness with cool composure.

When he lowered his eyelids to look at people, there was a kind of compassionate pity for the world \u2014 sorrowful for the sufferings people endure in life because of their desires.

He didn’t realize this would only stir a deeper yearning in his heart\u2014to drag him down into the bitter waters of this world, to make him endure the same torments he had.

Zhou Shiyi’s unflappable demeanor, his lowered gaze that made the world’s ugly desires have nowhere to hide beneath his eyelids, made my own ugliness feel polluted just by his glance.

But I couldn’t help birthing other desires \u2014 wanting his gaze to linger a little longer, a little longer still, until in his eyes there was room for me.

This desire irrationally nourished the seed in my heart called greed, until the seed took root and sprouted, and eventually grew into a towering tree.

Zhou Shiyi, why can’t you sink with me in this sea of desire, and drown together.

Gu Sheng felt his head throbbing, the pain so intense it felt like it would split apart; he felt as if someone had cleaved him into two people.

One was him, enduring the suffering of his body; the other, he didn\u2019t know who, kept repeating another person’s name in his mind.

It was saying: “Zhou Shiyi.”

Zhou Shiyi, Zhou Shiyi

That voice kept repeating, buzzing in his head until it felt like it would split, never giving him a moment’s peace, intruding into his dreams at night with that person’s name.

He could only catch a brief respite when he was by Zhou Shiyi’s side.

Away from Zhou Shiyi, he felt like a fish pulled from the sea and thrown onto the shore \u2014 able to flop a few helpless times but unable to reach the ocean that seemed just within reach; then, under the sun’s glare, losing moisture and the oxygen he needed to survive, finally dying only a few meters from the sea.

Zhou Shiyi was like that ocean, gently enveloping him, supplying the moisture and air he needed.

He looked utterly inconspicuous, just quietly staying there the whole time. No matter when you turned back, it was as if he was right beside you, but you could only sense his presence \u2014 and once he left, you realized you could no longer breathe.

Like a fish dashed onto the shore by a great wave, abandoned by the sea. The sea is everything to the fish, but to the sea you are nothing more than an unremarkable little fish; it will not halt its course for a single small life.

Gu Sheng felt he was about to suffocate. He stared at Zhou Shiyi, and for the first time obeyed the voice inside him. He said, \u201cZhou Shiyi.\u201d

Zhou Shiyi heard it, lifted his head, and in the messy classroom found his place with precision.

Pushing through the crowd, Zhou Shiyi’s gaze finally landed on him.

Zhou Shiyi waved at him; Gu Sheng realized it was as if he’d found his ocean again, able to breathe freely.

He walked over, face cold, and brusquely took up the spot beside Zhou Shiyi.

The others still felt a bit intimidated by Gu Sheng, so they all moved away from the area behind them, leaving space for just the two of them.

Gu Sheng watched Zhou Shiyi intently; ever since he answered to the other self who called out Zhou Shiyi’s name, something seemed different, as if something inside him had suddenly dissolved.

He broke free from the psychological restraints and gradually accepted the other version of himself.

Zhou Shiyi turned back and saw Gu Sheng looking at him with a very focused, almost captivated gaze.

Captivated?

When Zhou Shiyi looked back again and met Gu Sheng’s eyes, Gu Sheng’s gaze seemed to hold two whirlpools\u2014one look and you couldn’t help but be drawn in.

But in Gu Sheng’s eyes there was excitement, happiness, the joy of having regained something lost and a touch of vexation\u2014everything but obsession.

Zhou Shiyi thought to himself that he must be seeing things.

Where Zhou Shiyi couldn’t see, the depths of Gu Sheng’s eyes were like the prelude to a heavy storm: clouds churning, growing increasingly turbulent.

He had only just learned that “I” still harbored that kind of desire for Zhou Shiyi.

Since his rebirth, the two people who had been tugging at each other finally merged into one, as if he’d found where he belonged\u2014 the fear of abandonment and the craving for Zhou Shiyi had been clamoring to draw him near.

Reason told him that Zhou Shiyi wasn’t a good man and that he should keep his distance.

But just now, the personality that had been clamoring to come closer suddenly gained the upper hand.

Gu Sheng felt a little annoyed \u2014 why had he only realized it now? Otherwise he could have, from the start, captured all of Zhou Shiyi\u2019s attention, tied him to his side, and made it so his eyes could see only him.

But Zhou Shiyi was like a pearl covered in dust\u2014he had already been discovered, and Gu Sheng felt a bit displeased.

But if Zhou Shiyi could do something like that in the last life, then I might as well use this life to repay it.

Zhou Shiyi felt more and more like he was being watched by a poisonous snake, and this time it wasn’t just observing him from afar \u2014 it meant he had already stepped into the snake’s hunting range.

He didn’t know where that deadly snake was hiding, but it kept a constant eye on his every move.

When prey entered its hunting range, it would elegantly flick out its black forked tongue, searching for the perfect moment to strike.

Once it moved, the attack would be lethal; if it bit, it wouldn’t let go, holding on until the prey gradually lost the strength to struggle. It would then coil its body tightly around the prey’s torso, constricting until the prey died.

Even after school let out, Zhou Shiyi still couldn’t find the source of the unease gnawing at him.

This time Gu Sheng behaved unusually\u2014ambling slowly behind Zhou Shiyi, not walking side by side with him, nor moving ahead.

The afterglow of dusk washed over the playground; the sunset on the horizon was dazzlingly vivid. Many students paused to take photos of the sky with their phones.

Zhou Shiyi walked a ways, then stopped and waited for Gu Sheng to catch up.

When Gu Sheng walked closer, Zhou Shiyi asked puzzledly, “You seem really happy? You’ve been smiling ever since a little while ago.”

Gu Sheng saw Zhou Shiyi stop to wait for him, and his heart leapt with joy.

Thinking that he had finally found the cause of his long unrest, and having successfully squeezed in beside Zhou Shiyi to take a spot, Gu Sheng felt much of the heavy pressure on his chest lift.

“Mm.” Especially seeing that Zhou Shiyi would actually pause for him, proving that everything he’d done wasn’t in vain, Gu Sheng felt as if he’d glimpsed the dawn of victory.

“You did exceptionally well on this exam, were you able to get back into the first testing hall?” Zhou Shiyi asked, a little surprised.

He kept track of Gu Sheng’s studies and estimated that this time Gu Sheng could get back into the top 100 of the grade, but he hadn’t expected Gu Sheng to do even better than he imagined.

At the mention of the exam, Gu Sheng’s expression shifted from bright to dark; he muttered, “No.”

“Hm?”

Gu Sheng said with a look of humiliation, “You really know how to talk.”

Hearing Gu Sheng’s sarcastic tone, Zhou Shiyi realized he must have misunderstood something. He awkwardly rubbed his nose and said, “It’s fine\u2014next time I’ll do better.”

Gu Sheng was a little choked up; this person really knew how to hit people where it hurt.

They stepped out of the school gates and stood at the fork in the road, saying their goodbyes to each other.

Zhou Shiyi had been spending all his time with Gu Sheng lately \u2014 after school they’d go to Gu Sheng’s house together to do homework, staying until very late before going home.

This time it was a weekend, and Gu Sheng\u2019s wounds had mostly healed; all that remained was convalescence \u2014 once the scabs fell off the wounds, it would just be a matter of gradual recovery.

Gu Sheng had also been nagged by his family countless times; this time there was no avoiding it.

Zhou Shiyi was going home to check on Grandma Zhou as well\u2014her medicine had finished one course, and she needed another prescription from the hospital.

The two parted ways at the intersection. Gu Sheng watched Zhou Shiyi board the bus; only after the bus’s exhaust had disappeared from sight did Gu Sheng get into his family car and return to the Gu residence.

The driver who came to pick him up was also an old acquaintance; he recognized at a glance that the boy from earlier was the waiter from that night \u2014 you could only call it fate.

And when Gu Sheng watched Zhou Shiyi leave, his gaze was intensely focused, as if looking at his prey. That look of inevitable conquest laid bare the aggressive nature of this alpha.

Alphas are born hunters; their instinct to hunt is etched into their genes, giving them the patience to wait for prey to enter their range.

They have endurance, able to withstand long chases and sprints until the prey is exhausted and can no longer resist.

At the same time, they became more aggressive and combative; once they confirmed the presence of a prey, they would take a solemn stance and deliver a fatal blow.

Within their territory, whether it was someone else\u2019s provocation or an ignorant prey suddenly wandering in, it would trigger their vigilance and prompt them to attack to defend their dignity.

The driver saw from behind that Gu Sheng\u2019s gaze had moved away from his phone, so he immediately perked up and focused on the road ahead, driving.

Gu Sheng saw the message the private detective had sent on his phone: the people he had asked him to watch had shown movement, and they\u2019d be making a move this weekend.

And the route Zhou Shiyi and their team took happened to overlap; this time, to avoid arousing Zhou Shiyi’s suspicions, he went with the flow and let Zhou Shiyi go back.

If he hadn’t wanted Zhou Shiyi to leave, he had a hundred reasons to keep him, but he didn’t.

He just wanted to confirm whether Zhou Shiyi would take part in this operation.

To his former self, it had felt like a thorn, lodged in his heart and torturing him \u2014 but now he understood.

If Zhou Shiyi really takes part in this operation, then he\u2019ll have leverage over him \u2014 he can control him, lock him by his side, and openly make Zhou Shiyi bow to him.

He doesn\u2019t want to torment Zhou Shiyi anymore; he just wants to pin him down so he can\u2019t go anywhere. Put Zhou Shiyi\u2019s exclusive tag on him so everyone can tell at a glance that Zhou Shiyi belongs to him.

It doesn\u2019t matter if a beta can\u2019t be marked \u2014 as long as he has him tethered at his side, it\u2019s the same thing.

Thinking about Zhou Shiyi only being able to look at him from now on, even Zhou Shiyi\u2019s past hurts and secrecy toward him don\u2019t seem so important; he even finds himself looking forward to that weekend.

Gu Sheng rubbed his finger along the edge of his phone, staring out the window with a dark, unreadable look.

Zhou Shiyi, don’t you dare let me down.<\/p>","protected":false},"parent":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"novel":[],"class_list":["post-3173","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/3173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/3173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3174,"href":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/3173\/revisions\/3174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"novel","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/novel?post=3173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}