Chapter 82: AE06
It would be even better if Lin Zijun would also stay away from him.
Gu Xiu drank alone, his mood gloomy. He finished the remaining half a glass of lemon sparkling water in one gulp and, at the enthusiastic recommendation of the Beta bartender, ordered another low-alcohol Mojito to try.
Although the Beta bartender couldn’t smell the pheromones, he was well-informed and reminded him, “Sir, you’re an A-rank Alpha, right? In our small bar, it’s probably hard to find a suitable partner.”
There were quite a few people who were curiously sizing him up, but most of them were deterred.
“I’m only a C-rank,” Gu Xiu chatted with the bartender nonchalantly. “And I have a fiancée. I’m just tired from work and came here for a drink.”
The bartender showed the smile of an experienced person. “Haha, is that so?”
Just then, the phone Gu Xiu had placed on the table lit up. A message from Lin Zijun came, asking if he wanted to come home tonight. He had carefully prepared dinner, all his favorites.
Gu Xiu naturally read and didn’t reply, extremely cold.
He didn’t mind the bartender. He took two sips of the drink, let out a long sigh, and couldn’t help but confide, “But I don’t like him…”
Thump.
Like the Omega who had come to hit on him before but had fallen on flat ground, Gu Xiu, without warning, thumped down on the bar.
007 silently watched its host, who couldn’t hold his liquor, and was already used to it, his heart as calm as water.
But what was strange was that even though Gu Xiu was so drunk he was powerless, not a single little O wanted to come over and try to take advantage of the situation.
Before, they didn’t come to hit on him, perhaps because they felt inferior in front of a high-rank Alpha, but what if? What if he took a fancy to them? Wouldn’t they have hit the jackpot? Now this high-rank Alpha was even drunk. It was the best opportunity!
But, the way those Omegas looked at Gu Xiu was not only filled with amazement and desire, but also with a hint of fear.
Gu Xiu being drunk was also part of the script. 007 waited patiently, and before long, his phone rang. It was a call from Lin Zijun.
The bartender answered the phone. Hearing the other’s anxious tone, asking about Gu Xiu’s whereabouts, he replied skillfully, “You must be this gentleman’s fiancée, right? He’s drunk…”
According to the plot, Lin Zijun would come to pick up the drunk Gu Xiu and would smell the pheromones of other Omegas on him, as well as all sorts of sweet perfume and powder scents.
Even if his fiancé was suspected of cheating, he still gritted his teeth, thanked the bartender, and gracefully took Gu Xiu home.
Tonight, Gu Xiu was drunk. He was mumbling someone’s name, and he was even reluctantly holding onto his sleeve.
He didn’t know who Gu Xiu was mistaking him for. He so desperately wanted Gu Xiu’s mark, but this time, he overcame his instinct, disappointedly brushed off Gu Xiu’s hand, and left him alone in the guest room…
And in the small world, Lin Zijun, just as described in the novel, hurriedly rushed to the bar to pick up Gu Xiu.
“Gu… uh.”
He quickly held onto the table to steady his weak and trembling legs, so that he wouldn’t fall down in a sorry state.
After a while, he frowned and, towards Gu Xiu, who was exuding a strong coldness like an ice cellar, he difficultly walked over step by step.
The scent was like a forest in the snow, a faint woody scent, but it was too cold, a bone-chilling coldness that made his legs weak and lose all strength to resist.
“Is this… an Alpha’s pheromone?” Lin Zijun murmured, in disbelief.
He supported himself and tried to get closer to his fiancé. He finally found the sugar-roasted chestnuts buried in the deep snow. In the crispy and sweet scent, he composed himself and called out, “Gu Xiu, wake up.”
“Who is it…” Gu Xiu raised his drowsy eyes, saw who had come, and scolded with a disgusted face, “Lin Zijun? Stay away from me!”
But Lin Zijun was firm and did not move. “I’m your fiancée. You’re drunk. I’ll take you home…”
“Don’t bother me!”
“Gu Xiu!” Lin Zijun did not retreat but advanced. “Aren’t you working overtime? Why did you come to a bar… and on you…”
Gu Xiu was a complete scum man. Not only did he not apologize, but he was also righteous. “Which Omega outside is not prettier than you!?”
But Lin Zijun was troubled by another problem. “But you…”
You’re covered in an Alpha’s scent!
It must be a genuine A+ rank Alpha! Lin Zijun, a C-rank Omega, had only indirectly smelled a little of the pheromones through Gu Xiu, but he also felt a fear that was close to overwhelming.
How could Gu Xiu have an Alpha’s scent on him?
Lin Zijun was full of confusion, and Gu Xiu in front of him had once again fallen on the table, so drunk that he couldn’t give him an answer.
Lin Zijun bit his lip, took a step forward, and carefully pushed back the bangs on the back of Gu Xiu’s neck. He held his breath and lifted a corner of the inhibitor patch to check the gland underneath.
A terrifying guess suddenly popped into his mind: if Gu Xiu was a homosexual who liked Alphas, then it seemed reasonable for Gu Xiu to be so resistant to him, who was 100% compatible…
Fortunately, Gu Xiu’s Alpha gland was clean, smooth, and undamaged.
Lin Zijun let out a big sigh of relief.
“Gu Xiu, didn’t you go to work today? Where on earth did you go… whose shirt is this? What did he do to you?”
Gu Xiu was impervious to reason. “Don’t mind me…”
Lin Zijun was helpless, and his body was weak from the scent. So he took off his own coat, and with his own pheromones, he wrapped Gu Xiu up.
As soon as Gu Xiu smelled his scent, he struggled desperately. He had no choice but to call a waiter. “Excuse me, I’ve called a car. It’s right at the door…”
The two of them pulled and tugged, and finally, they got out of the bar.
And in a dim corner inside the bar, Jin Chenhan slowly put down the wine glass by his lips.
Jamie was a blond Beta. They had had some business dealings before, and they could be considered friends. Jamie had just arrived in the country, so the two of them had arranged to have a drink at a bar.
Not long after they had sat down, Gu Xiu also came, wearing his work white shirt, black suit, and a pair of proper and ascetic glasses, which was out of place with the noisy and flashy atmosphere of the bar.
Gu Xiu just sat at the bar, drinking by himself.
Jin Chenhan noticed some restless Omegas, who were attracted by Gu Xiu’s appearance, but were also deterred by the pheromone scent on him.
Jin Chenhan had once had an accidental heat period, and he just happened to be wearing that shirt. He had wrapped the shirt tightly and had brought it to the company, preparing to destroy it, but he just hadn’t found the time.
Coincidentally, Gu Xiu had accidentally gotten his clothes dirty, and that shirt had found a suitable and fateful home.
He had even thought that if Gu Xiu got drunk, he would kindly go over and take his secretary with him, and take him home.
But an Omega had beaten him to it, and from their conversation, he was quite familiar with Gu Xiu.
Jamie didn’t know the background of the two, but he could see that they were a pair of AO star-crossed lovers, so he took the opportunity to tease his friend who had been single for many years. “When are you going to find an Omega too? The ordinary kind, probably won’t catch your eye, right?”
But surprisingly, it had caught Gu Xiu’s eye.
Jin Chenhan took a sip of wine and didn’t reply, just thought to himself that that was probably Gu Xiu’s fiancée.
Gu Xiu’s brow was slightly furrowed in annoyance. After a bit of pulling and tugging, he finally put on the other’s clothes, and the two of them left together.
Looking at the empty bar, Jin Chenhan was absent-minded for a moment.
Jamie asked, “Jin, what’s wrong with you?”
Jin Chenhan came back to his senses and lowered his head. “…Nothing.”
“Are you sure there’s nothing?” Jamie said with a laugh. “Look, all the Alphas and Omegas in the shop have been scared away.”
Even the Beta bartender was hesitant and didn’t dare to come forward.
Emotional instability was prone to cause pheromone leakage.
Enigmas only existed in textbooks. Everyone, including Jamie, only thought that this was a powerful A+ rank Alpha.
That was terrifying enough.
A small bar had never received such a big shot. They were both in awe and worried that this Alpha would lose control and cause some accident.
Seeing this, Jin Chenhan lowered his deep gray eyes, took a few breaths, and calmed his turbulent mental power.
But in his mind, the image of the Alpha and Omega leaving together was still engraved. The Alpha was tall and handsome, and the Omega was delicate and beautiful.
They looked so compatible.
Gu Xiu was drunk, and Lin Zijun still respected him, taking him to the guest room of the large penthouse.
However, Gu Xiu fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow, completely unguarded against his fiancée…
To avoid being affected by him and going into heat, Lin Zijun was about to leave the room after he had sent him there. But when he looked back at Gu Xiu’s peaceful sleeping face, his heart moved, and he walked back.
His nervous heart was pounding, and the gland on the back of his neck was also throbbing. Every throbbing nerve was telling him of his strong desire for this Alpha.
He carefully walked to the side of the bed, bent down, and held his breath, planning to take off the white shirt on Gu Xiu first.
The aggressive scent made his limbs weak, and he had to use all his strength to unbutton each button.
He fumbled for a long time, and half of the buttons were successfully unbuttoned, revealing a small patch of fair chest. As an Alpha, Gu Xiu’s figure was quite good, with obvious pectoral muscles and a beautiful midline…
“What are you doing!?”
Lin Zijun was startled. His already weak legs gave way, and he fell to the ground.
Gu Xiu sat up from the bed, panting a few times. He looked down and saw his exposed chest. He quickly pulled his clothes together like an Omega who had been taken advantage of and scolded with a flushed face, “Lin Zijun! What are you trying to do to me?”
“I…” Lin Zijun swallowed. He wanted to stand up but failed. He was also panting, but it didn’t look like he was in heat. He said weakly, “Who were you with today? Your clothes are full of an Alpha’s scent… a very high-rank Alpha.”
Gu Xiu was stunned.
What Alpha? Tonight, only one Omega had come to hit on him at the bar, and he had run away before he could even touch his clothes.
And on the top floor of A79 Group, he was the only Alpha, and an Enigma superior who was pretending to be an Alpha.
Gu Xiu looked at his shirt again.
That’s right. He had gotten his clothes dirty at lunch today, and his superior had kindly given him his own clothes to change into. In other words, this shirt was full of an Enigma’s pheromones.
Gu Xiu pulled up his collar and sniffed. The light and cold scent of trees, he only felt refreshed. But he saw that Lin Zijun on the ground had an even more terrified expression.
007 came out to explain: 【The protagonist gong’s Enigma pheromones are too powerful, and the protagonist shou is just a C-rank Omega. He has no power to resist in front of him. Every time the cowardly protagonist shou meets him, he will run away in fear, but after being marked, he can’t help but cling to him… so the two of them repeatedly push and pull, to the extreme, until they are completely marked, and this relationship is considered settled.】
So that’s how it is.
The room was filled with the floral scent of an Omega. Not only did Gu Xiu not take off the shirt on his body, but he also pulled his collar to cover his nose and took a few more sniffs.
Refreshing.
His mind calmed down. He got out of bed, and Lin Zijun stepped back, even having difficulty speaking.
“Get out of my room.”
Lin Zijun, without a word, left the guest room as if he were escaping.
【…This guy is really a time bomb.】 Gu Xiu mumbled to himself as he buttoned up his shirt.
Logically, these Jinjiang small worlds were all very pure in their love. The scum gong he was playing and the protagonist shou would not have any real intimate behavior.
However, the ABO world was full of dangers and accidents, and one had to be on guard.
【Hey, 007, you say…】 Gu Xiu had a sudden idea. 【If I get closer to the protagonist gong, will it make Lin Zijun stay away from me? He can also get in contact with the protagonist gong’s pheromones earlier and start to get used to it…】
【Jiujiu, as expected of you! Taking a different approach and achieving twice the result with half the effort!】 007 skillfully flattered him. 【I knew it, you’re the best～～】
Gu Xiu was a little carried away by the praise. His usually stern handsome face relaxed a little, like the clouds parting after a mist, revealing a hint of a warm, sunny smile.
