[ABO] The Little Mute Had His Thoughts Heard by the Villain’s Whole Family – CH29

Chapter 29: Banquet Turmoil

Noah took a step back and forced a smile. “Izel, I’m so happy to see you.”

Izel smiled without really smiling. “Is that so? You’re happy?”

“Of course.” Noah lowered his head, showing a pitiful expression. “I haven’t seen you since the last accident. I’ve been very worried about you.”

Izel said lazily, “There is nothing about me worth being worried over by the future crown princess consort.”

The smile on Noah’s face became very strained. “You misunderstood, Izel. His Highness the crown prince…”

“You are the one who misunderstood. Whether you become the crown princess consort or not has nothing to do with me.” Izel bent slightly, his gaze cold. “Not everyone needs that position. What I mean is—”

The noble young master, who had always carried an elegant tone, now had a voice wrapped in ice.

“Noah, what are you trying to do to Yu Mian?”

Noah’s face turned pale, but he forced himself to calm down. “What could I possibly do? He’s the young master of your Carlos family.”

Izel straightened again, his face once more carrying that careless smile. “Then why are you in such a hurry?”

“I’m not. I only wanted to go back and change clothes.”

Izel sneered.

Noah gritted his teeth and weakly clung to Izel’s arm. “Izel, I really didn’t do anything. Do you no longer believe me?”

The already beautiful Omega only needed his eyelashes to tremble before tears fell.

Izel curved his lips, pinched Noah’s chin, and looked him over.

“What are you doing?”

Ning Zhao’s voice came from the other end.

Noah abruptly broke free from Izel’s hand.

Compared to his panic, Izel’s brows did not even move. He only slowly withdrew his hand and watched Ning Zhao approach.

Noah threw himself into Ning Zhao’s arms. “Your Highness, Young Master Izel is drunk!”

Listening to this sudden accusation, Izel let out a light laugh.

Ning Zhao lightly supported Noah and said gently, “Yes, at a banquet, it’s inevitable to drink a few more cups.”

Noah froze, then heard Ning Zhao say, “Weren’t you going to change clothes?”

Meeting the crown prince’s gentle emerald eyes, Noah felt a chill in his heart.

He had originally been afraid Ning Zhao would misunderstand and worried that Izel would ruin things, so he had simply struck first and made an accusation.

But Ning Zhao’s light words clearly meant he did not want to get involved.

There was nothing he could do. He could only force a smile and leave in a sorry state.

Ning Zhao looked at Izel. “Aren’t you a little too fond of leaving affection everywhere?”

Izel leaned against the wall covered in intricate wallpaper. “You believe his words?”

“Noah is very good. Naturally, I believe him.” Ning Zhao smiled. “Besides, I also believe Young Master Izel’s romantic reputation.”

Izel smiled. “Your Highness should say such trusting words to your future crown princess consort.”

Ning Zhao said, “Thank you for the suggestion. I will consider it.”

He paused. “Why are you angry, Izel? Is it because I abandoned Yu Mian and chose someone else as my dance partner, or because… of your relationship with Noah?”

Izel said, “What relationship do I have with Noah?”

“You were once together, were you not?” Ning Zhao said. “You should know that there is no news in this world that can be hidden from the imperial family, especially not your romantic affairs, Izel.”

“All right. If you insist, then yes, we were together in the literal sense.” Izel was too lazy to explain.

“So what, Your Highness? Are you going to drag me, the Alpha who once hooked up with your crown princess consort, away and execute me?”

Ning Zhao suddenly fell silent.

He still wore that warm smile, but there was no smile at all in his eyes.

Only after a long while did he speak. “Of course I would not be so unreasonable. I only…”

The gentle voice paused. “Only find the way you leave affection everywhere rather interesting.”

After he finished speaking, he realized Izel did not immediately reply.

Ning Zhao was just about to speak again when Izel suddenly moved closer.

Before he could react, the other party pushed him hard, making his back hit the hard wall.

Ning Zhao frowned in pain, his entire body trapped between Izel and the wall.

The blond noble young master lowered his eyes coldly. “Your Highness’s words have reminded me. Omegas in the capital truly are not very interesting. Perhaps I should leave some affection on Alphas too.”

Izel was not the tall and muscular type, but because he was taller than Ning Zhao, he still carried a sense of oppression.

Ning Zhao’s lips were a little pale, but he only looked at Izel without speaking.

Izel curved his lips mercilessly. “Is Your Highness afraid?”

Ning Zhao did not speak.

But Izel quickly released him again, his tone light and careless. “Don’t worry. Even if I wanted to fool around with an Alpha, someone as flawless as Your Highness would not be my type.”

Ning Zhao maintained his original posture and watched Izel walk away.

His gaze landed emptily ahead, but it did not focus.

After a long while, Ning Zhao straightened, carefully tidied his hem and cufflinks, and once again wore an elegant, proper smile.

As soon as Izel walked back, Lindsay hurried over and grabbed him.

“Are you all right?!”

Izel said, “What could happen to me?”

Lindsay let out a breath of relief, then said anxiously, “Yumi is missing. I couldn’t find him.”

Izel’s expression sharpened. “I stopped Noah just now.”

“I’m afraid it isn’t that simple,” Lindsay said. “There’s something wrong with tonight’s fragrance. We have to find Yumi quickly!”

The two of them said no more and hurriedly began searching for Yu Mian.

During a banquet, it was inevitable that people would come over to speak with Elaine.

But every time they drew close, they saw the Marshal’s cold face and gaze that could freeze someone to death.

He looked exactly like he did not want to be disturbed.

And so everyone tactfully left again.

In the past, Elaine was not completely unsociable, but he was worried that Shi Sheng would feel uncomfortable, so he simply cut off everyone’s attempts at small talk.

Shi Sheng knew nothing about this. He had eaten dessert beside the dining table for quite a while, his cheeks puffed up from eating.

Elaine found it adorable. “Eat slowly.”

Only when Shi Sheng turned his head did he realize that the younger brothers had all disappeared. He became a little worried.

After searching around with his eyes, he found that the crown prince and Noah were both still inside the hall, so he temporarily let out a breath of relief.

There should not be any accident, right…

“Xiao… Xiao Yi.”

Shi Sheng raised his head and saw his mother walking over.

He froze slightly. Earlier, he had not seen his mother and had thought the Shi family had not come today.

He put down the dessert plate and used Elaine’s handkerchief to wipe the corner of his lips.

Mother Shi looked at the two of them moving so naturally. After a moment of silence, she said to Shi Sheng, “Xiao Yi, Mom came to talk with you.”

Shi Sheng raised his head and looked at Elaine, remembering what he had said before.

But Shi Sheng did not exactly dislike seeing Mother Shi either. His mother did still care about him somewhat.

So he smiled at Elaine and told him it was all right.

When Lindsay and Izel found Yu Mian, the Omega was stepping on Deri, who was on the ground, and had tied him up tightly with his own tie.

Lindsay was shocked. “Yumi!”

Seeing his brothers come over, Yu Mian turned his head. Sharp beast fangs were showing beside his lips.

Lindsay’s heart jumped in alarm. He quickly took out a pill and handed it to him. “Eat this quickly.”

Yu Mian neatly swallowed the pill and tied a bow on Viscount Deri, who was bound up. “You came at just the right time. This guy harassed me. Go call…”

He paused. “Go call those annoying ghosts from the Metropolitan Police Department to come take him away.”

Izel crossed his arms. “Impressive.”

“My god, luckily we found you in time.” Lindsay let out a breath of relief, then looked Yu Mian up and down. “He didn’t do anything to you, did he?”

“You should be worried about what I did to him.” Yu Mian clapped his hands. “It’s all this fat pig’s fault. I almost lost control again.”

Lindsay frowned. “It shouldn’t be because of him. There’s something wrong with the fragrance.”

Yu Mian froze. “What fragrance? The one Noah prepared?”

He turned to look at Izel. “Then why is he fine?”

Izel endured the irritation in his heart, pressing the tip of his tongue against the sharp tooth in his mouth. “Hard to say.”

“Good thing nothing happened.” Lindsay handed a pill to Izel. “Let’s go back first. It’s better to tell the Family Head and leave early.”

Izel took the individually wrapped pill but did not eat it immediately. Instead, he casually tossed it into his pocket.

His loss of control had always been better than Yu Mian’s, so Lindsay was not too worried either.

He only thought that fortunately, nothing had gone wrong.

The three hurried back toward the hall, but then suddenly heard several terrified screams.

Not long before, Noah had stood beside Ning Zhao, watching through the crowd as Shi Sheng accompanied Mother Shi out of the banquet hall.

Elaine followed behind Shi Sheng.

Inside the hall, the fragrance was still faint.

The other three members of the Carlos family were nowhere to be seen.

Noah secretly clenched both hands in unwillingness.

He did not know how Izel had known he wanted to get rid of Yu Mian. Clearly, he had done it very discreetly.

But because Izel had interfered, he had not smoothly brought people to catch Viscount Deri and Yu Mian at the scene. He did not even know whether that old man had succeeded.

But it was fine. He actually had two plans.

Aside from the drug given to Viscount Deri, there was also the fragrance that could trigger the beastification of the three Carlos brothers.

The latter was his true goal.

Even if he could not get rid of Yu Mian, as long as any one of the three lost control in public, the Carlos family would become the target of everyone!

But seeing that the banquet was almost over, that entire family had gone who knew where.

Noah hated it in his heart, filled with unwillingness.

Suddenly, a piercing scream came from outside the hall.

“Murder… Thanatos killed someone!”

Noah’s heart tightened, and then he was drowned in wild joy.

The guards pushed open the hall doors and protected Ning Zhao as he rushed to the scene.

The bolder nobles followed behind them. When they saw the scene before them, they all froze in shock.

In the long corridor, at the entrance to the washroom, blood had spilled all over the ground.

The person lying on the ground had already stopped breathing. A longsword had pierced through his throat.

The noblewoman sitting on the ground with a pale face was someone many people recognized. She was Madam Shi.

And not far from her stood two figures.

The shorter Omega was tightly hugging the taller Alpha’s waist, as if trying to stop something.

But his Alpha had no reaction.

“…Elaine.” Ning Zhao barely managed to speak after calming himself down. “What is going on?”

Hearing the voice, Elaine slowly turned his head.

Because he was attending the banquet, he was rarely dressed without his usual murderous severity today, and his long hair was not tied up either.

But in the instant he turned around, someone screamed in fright.

Under the dim lights of the corridor, Elaine’s eyes were red.

[ABO] The Little Mute Had His Thoughts Heard by the Villain’s Whole Family