Chapter 41: What’s Wrong with a Spoiled Beta 3
Chu Chuanting?
Hearing this name, the gazes that had been secretly watching Shu He all paused for a second. They all turned their heads, only then discovering that there was another person in the corner. That person was in an even dimmer environment, his expression unclear, his presence so low that they hadn’t noticed him from the beginning.
And, Chu Chuanting?
The expressions of the peers changed. The guests who could attend this Chu family birthday banquet were all either rich or noble, which meant that most of them knew about the Chu family’s feud. Chu Chuanting was a member of the Chu family. Why was he sitting in this corner instead of entertaining guests in the main hall?
Although Chu Chuanting’s talent was mediocre, and he was always suppressed by Chu Chuanbai, with no hope of ever getting ahead, but—the old master Chu did care about him to a certain extent, so they probably hadn’t said anything they shouldn’t have just now, right?!
For a moment, the peers became anxious, afraid of being caught with a handle, and at this time, Shu He had also walked in front of Chu Chuanting.
Before coming, to build up his courage, he had drunk a little spicy wine. Now his courage was greater, but his head was dizzy, and his voice was a little dry and muffled, sounding sticky. “So you’re Chu Chuanting?”
Chu Chuanting did not answer immediately.
He first turned his head, his somewhat rebellious gaze faintly sweeping over the few people who were peeking this way.
Alpha was a very aggressive gender. This was not a stereotype, but was carried in their genes.
They were filled with a despicable possessiveness, aggression, and destructiveness, and they were naturally displeased with other Alphas.
When strange Alphas met, it was inevitable that they would secretly compete with their pheromones. This seemed to be able to establish the status of their future communication and control the sovereignty.
But everyone knew that Chu Chuanting’s mental power had been damaged by taking medicine in his childhood.
So he could not use his mental power to release pheromones to suppress any Alpha.
Under this premise, for some reason, when these peers received Chu Chuanting’s sweeping gaze, they did something that even they themselves found incredible—
The few people on the sofa all stood up, swung their arms, and walked away from here!
Damn it! They couldn’t have been scared away by a single glance from Chu Chuanting, right?!
The peers screamed in their hearts, but no one cared. Seeing that there was no one else around, Chu Chuanting casually withdrew his gaze, and looked up, letting Shu He look down at him. “Mm, I am.”
“Alright, you…” Shu He bit the tip of his tongue, feeling that the alcohol had already numbed his nerves. He was so dizzy that it took him twelve points of stubbornness to say the prepared lines. “Then do you know who I am?”
The dim environment blocked out all the noise from the inner field.
The boy stood in front of him, a flush on his cheeks. He seemed to have drunk a lot of wine, so much that his tone was soft and sticky. “Hmm? Why aren’t you talking?”
What did he want him to answer?
Chu Chuanting thought carelessly. He’s looking for trouble, and he’s so unassertive. I wonder whose family he’s from…
He lifted his head, and following Shu He’s words, he helped him guide the next plot. “May I ask who you are?”
Oh.
The protagonist is so polite.
Shu He’s head cleared for a moment, and then he became even dizzier. He found that he was a little unsteady and urgently needed to find something to support himself.
He randomly stepped forward. Chu Chuanting suddenly froze in place. He turned his head and saw Shu He lift his leg and step on the sofa next to him. His pale leg was slightly taut, so pale that even in the insufficient light, its beauty could be seen.
A delicate little mole was on the inside of his leg, and his slender hand rested on it to support his weak upper body.
“You don’t know who I am?”
The distance between the two of them was very close.
Chu Chuanting smelled the soft wine fragrance from his lips. This beautiful lip opened and closed, his voice sticky and naive. “Soon you will know that in the Chu family, if you mess with me, you’ve messed with the wrong person. As long as I’m here, you won’t have a good day.”
Chu Chuanting breathed, his dark eyes staring at his lips. “I don’t know when I messed with you.”
“I… am just hating the house because of the crow.” (T/N: Chinese idiom for hating someone because of their association with someone you dislike.)
Shu He didn’t say anything about “sister-in-law” or the like. He couldn’t say it, so he could only leave room for Chu Chuanting to imagine, to imagine what kind of bully he had provoked!
Only by rising up could he subdue this hateful bully. The little bully thought so, and his face was serious as he reached out and tugged at Chu Chuanting’s collar.
His fingers were soft, and he almost failed to grab it. Before the little bully could make a fool of himself, Chu Chuanting, for some reason, cooperatively let him be pulled forward by the collar. “What’s your name?”
“Is my name something you can know?”
Shu He let out a naive huff. “Anyway, I don’t like you. From now on, you’ll live in fear in the Chu family!”
No one knew that at this time, a pair of eyes was secretly staring this way, and then quietly left.
The subordinate returned to the hall where wine glasses were clinking and big shots were gathered. His brow was furrowed, and he bent down and whispered a few words in Chu Chuanbai’s ear. Chu Chuanbai’s expression didn’t change, but he put the wine glass aside.
Seeing that he was about to leave, the old master Chu took a moment to say, “Where are you going?”
“To find my madam.” Chu Chuanbai did not turn back. The old master accurately heard the coldness in his gentle tone. Madam… The old master was in a daze for a moment. He had not paid attention to outside affairs for a long time and had only vaguely heard about the recent events of the Shu family.
Of course he remembered that marriage certificate. The old master considered himself to be a man of his word, and a promise had to be kept. But that child seemed to be a Beta? Betas had no pheromones. How could he control a powerful Alpha like Chu Chuanbai?
The old master’s eyes deepened slightly. He turned his head and asked another person, “Is Chuanbai still researching the so-called pheromone gene?”
The other person was stunned for a moment. “Yes.”
“Are there any results?”
“No, the progress is very slow. And various forces are suppressing this project. Old master, you don’t have to worry too much.”
The old master huffed. “I’m not worried… I didn’t think he could change the gender gene before, and I still don’t. Now that the children of my two old friends have also moved into the Chu family, and Chuanbai seems to be quite interested in him… hmph, you just watch. In the end, he won’t continue this society-subverting gene research. Or rather, he will change the research direction and follow the nature of an Alpha.”
The other person did not dare to speak.
*
“That’s how it is… The little madam may have had a grudge against the second young master before, which is why he was asking about him. And just now, I saw the little madam was about to make a move on the second young master. I was just afraid that the second young master would fight back…”
“He won’t fight back.”
Chu Chuanbai’s tone was gentle and calm.
The subordinate looked at his back. “…”
Then you should walk a little slower. You’re so anxious you’re not even using the wheelchair.
*
Chu Chuanbai’s leg was injured in his youth.
A man-made car accident had almost made him unable to stand up again. Now, even though he could stand up, his legs still couldn’t walk as naturally as a normal person. Not only was there a pain between his bones with every step, but if you looked closely, there was always a slight limp.
A limp. For the young eldest son of the Chu family, who had been so glorious back then, what a disgrace was this? So although the slight pain between his bones was nothing to him, and walking was more convenient, Chu Chuanbai still chose the wheelchair.
The subordinate had been helping Chu Chuanbai with his affairs for five or six years, and the number of times he had seen him walk with his own two legs could be counted on one hand. Now, he never would have thought that Chu Chuanbai would suddenly abandon his wheelchair at a birthday banquet with so many outsiders present.
He cautiously followed behind Chu Chuanbai, touched the gun in his pocket, and hoped that this birthday banquet would not see blood…
They had arrived.
Chu Chuanbai stopped.
The subordinate followed his gaze. The chaotic fight scene he had imagined did not appear. Not only that, but the beautiful little madam was leaning against the back of the sofa, his face a little red as he turned his head, ordering Chu Chuanting to cut the cake for him.
The Chu family’s second young master, who had no presence in the subordinate’s impression, not only cut it, but also used a fork to fork the cake and bring it to the person’s mouth.
“…”
After two seconds of silence, the subordinate secretly glanced at Chu Chuanbai’s face. From this angle, he could only see the man’s profile, as gentle as ever, only his eyelashes were lowered, and he walked forward unhurriedly.
“You’re so annoying. The cream got on my face.”
Shu He turned his head and knocked the fork from Chu Chuanting’s hand. Chu Chuanting did not speak. As if sensing something, he turned his head and looked faintly at Chu Chuanbai, who was walking this way.
The head of the Chu family, his older brother.
“Why aren’t you in the main hall?” Chu Chuanbai looked at Chu Chuanting gently, as if they were ordinary brothers with no feud between their fathers. Chu Chuanting faintly swept his gaze over his hand, which was taking off his gloves, and answered, “It’s too noisy.”
“That’s right. You’ve never liked this kind of high-profile environment.” Chu Chuanbai smiled and walked to Shu He’s side, his eyes lowered.
In the quiet environment, there was only Shu He’s slightly slurred voice from being drunk. He turned his head and leaned against the sofa, his dark hair resting obediently on his brow, his face serene.
As if he had noticed Chu Chuanbai, his moist eyes lifted, and his slurred voice changed the subject, mumbling strange things like “it’s you,” “my colleague,” “we’re on the same side,” “you have to be nice to me.”
No one at the scene took the little drunkard’s words seriously.
Chu Chuanbai carefully examined Shu He’s face and saw that he was drunk. “Did you drink with Little He?”
Chu Chuanting said, “No.”
Mm, then he drank before they met.
Chu Chuanbai bent down, his pale fingers on Shu He’s wrist. Shu He was dazedly pulled into his arms, and then a hand was on his waist.
His body became light, and he was picked up.
Chu Chuanting naturally stood up and looked at Chu Chuanbai’s somewhat out-of-character action with a calm expression.
“Was there a conflict just now?” Chu Chuanbai asked.
He held Shu He, listening to the boy mumble some random things in his arms. His light-colored eyes were still on Chu Chuanting. Chu Chuanbai was smiling, the curve of his lips as if it were painted on, making it hard to see the emotion in his eyes.
Before Chu Chuanting could answer, the subordinate was sweating profusely.
—Why did Mr. Chu suddenly release his pheromones?
That huge pheromone was like an irresistible pressure, a mountain looming over his head. He gritted his teeth, almost wanting to kneel down. This pheromone was most likely directed at the second young master, but didn’t Mr. Chu know that the second young master’s mind was damaged and he couldn’t feel the suppression of pheromones??
Chu Chuanting acted as if nothing was wrong, as if he hadn’t noticed the Alpha’s sudden release of mental pressure. He said faintly, “Mm, a small conflict. I accidentally provoked him.”
“Is that so?” Chu Chuanbai smiled and withdrew his pheromones. The subordinate suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. He followed behind the man and heard him say again, “Be tolerant of Little He. He’s new here, and his family has had that kind of thing happen. It’s normal for him to be in a bad mood and a little sharp.”
Chu Chuanting said, “Mm, I’ve always had a good temper. You know that, big brother.”
Chu Chuanbai: “If that’s the case, you’re the second young master of the Chu family. It’s not right for you to hide here and not see anyone. Go and say a few words to your father.”
As if there was no objection, Chu Chuanting nodded and went to the main hall.
A bland brotherly meeting ended just like that. The subordinate wiped his sweat and carefully followed beside Chu Chuanbai. “Mr. Chu, should I order the kitchen to make a bowl of sobering soup?”
Chu Chuanbai paused for a moment.
He looked down at the person in his arms, did not answer, and held his waist tighter as he went upstairs.
*
“My head hurts…”
“Don’t put your hand on my waist, it’s so uncomfortable…”
“I see the bed. Can you put me down? The bed seems to be flying… wuwu, like your flying wheelchair… can it really fly…”
Shu He was so drunk his voice was sticky. He leaned against Chu Chuanbai’s arms and couldn’t be quiet. He was so drunk his face was flushed, not only his cheeks, but also his eyelids, which were as moist as soda.
Chu Chuanbai saw the cream on his cheek had gotten on his suit. The usually clean-freak him did not have an outburst this time, and just placed him by the bed.
Shu He sat there in a daze, his moist eyes watching the man in front of him. The other person seemed to be kneeling in front of him, only in this way could they be at eye level.
“How much did you drink?”
The other person asked.
Shu He couldn’t answer, because the little drunkard didn’t understand.
Chu Chuanbai changed the question. “Who am I?”
This time, Shu He tilted his head, and after a long time, said, “Chuanbai?”
“Mm.”
Chu Chuanbai answered, but his eyes seemed to have changed a little. He slowly pressed Shu He’s pale hand, his light-colored eyes reflecting the boy’s flushed, moist, and dazed appearance.
Then, under Shu He’s straight-faced gaze, Chu Chuanbai bent down a little and licked the cream from his cheek, then naturally turned his head, his nose touching his soft lips, and sniffed the smell of wine. “Did you drink it yourself, or did someone make you drink it?”
The Mr. Chu who had just done that perverted act, his expression was still gentle and calm when he asked the question.