Chapter 106: AE30
Lin Zijun stumbled and almost bumped into the car behind him.
Jin Chenhan took care of Gu Xiu in front of him and didn’t forget to restart the privacy mode of the car window. The car window immediately turned black, no longer giving outsiders a chance to peek.
The car window was tightly closed to prevent the leakage of pheromones, and the soundproofing was also very good.
Gu Xiu was tied by the seatbelt and had nowhere to hide. He could only stretch his neck and gasp for breath like a dying fish.
Jin Chenhan used the excuse of taking pheromones, regardless of how much of his own selfish intentions were included. In short, he returned with a full load.
The fishy smell that spread in the car was very faint, like the faint fishiness in a rich milky aroma. After being heated, the fishy smell became even fainter, making one not only think of the cake workshops on the street, the rich milky aroma of freshly baked cakes, floating all over the street.
Then, with some roasted nuts, such as chestnuts, and then paired with a fresh and slightly bitter tea. The aroma was rich in layers, sweet but not cloying.
Jin Chenhan estimated that he was probably terminally ill.
He had almost exhausted all his inhibitions, and he had barely managed to hold back from licking his sticky fingers in front of Gu Xiu.
He took out a spare towel from the drawer, and with some composure, he first wiped Gu Xiu clean, then wiped his own hands, and then he neatly folded the dirty towel, put it in a bag, as if he were going to collect it.
“This…” Gu Xiu clicked his tongue, a little speechless, and even buckled his belt buckle wrong twice.
He really wanted to ask Jin Chenhan the purpose of collecting his own descendants, but he had a gut feeling that it was best not to ask. The answer to the question would most likely be unacceptable to him.
He couldn’t help but think of what he had seen through the holographic projection before, the night Jin Chenhan was in heat, with his shirt in his mouth, and the used inhibitor patch on the back of his neck…
Gu Xiu swallowed a few times, and the light brown mole on his Adam’s apple rolled with the movement.
Jin Chenhan, on the other hand, was calm and composed. He then went to tidy himself up. His body was also a mess.
This time, there was no mark, but another borderline sexual act was explored. Gu Xiu was about to go home as soon as he got out of the car, but Jin Chenhan helplessly called out to him, “You’re covered in my scent now. It’s best to go to my house to deal with it first.”
This kind of destruction of evidence, as if they were having an affair, the two of them were already very skilled at it.
Gu Xiu went to his superior’s house to take a shower, changed into a clean set of clothes, and could also spray a little pheromone freshener, and borrow a new inhibitor ring.
Jin Chenhan naturally got Gu Xiu a pair of slippers, brought him clothes, and skillfully took away the dirty clothes he had changed out of, put them in his own room, and then pretended to turn on the empty washing machine.
Gu Xiu was still a little on edge when he was taking a shower, and he also washed very quickly, for fear that his superior would worry that he would have an accident and would barge into the bathroom.
He wanted to turn off the overly humanized 007 to avoid being peeked at while he was taking a shower, but he was also afraid that Jin Chenhan would suddenly come over, so he let 007 turn into a long strip and squeeze into the crack of the door to keep a lookout for him.
【Don’t worry, Jiujiu.】 007 reported the situation outside at any time. 【The protagonist gong is on the living balcony. Someone called, and he’s on the phone.】
Gu Xiu pursed his lips slightly. 【Then you go and listen to what they’re talking about and tell me.】
Logically, he shouldn’t be prying into his superior’s privacy like this, but he had nothing to do now, and he was also influenced by the gossipy 007, so it was normal.
007 did not dare to let its mental energy form appear in front of the protagonist gong—he had been discovered before when he was facing a normal human protagonist gong. The current Enigma protagonist gong was even more so. The mental power of this world was also very similar to their mental power.
So 007 stayed in the crack of the door, used its authority, and projected the person on the balcony over.
Gu Xiu stepped on a large splash of water and gasped. 【…You scared me to death!】
He saw that Jin Chenhan’s holographic projection was lifelike and had unexpectedly appeared in front of Gu Xiu. The shower area that was separated was not large. He was standing under the shower, completely naked, and Jin Chenhan was standing two steps away, impeccably dressed, holding his phone.
The rushing water was hitting Gu Xiu’s body, and some small splashes flew out, but they did not touch Jin Chenhan’s projection at all.
But the distance was really too close. It was hard for Gu Xiu to convince himself that he didn’t care at all. The other party couldn’t see him, and it was no big deal for a man to see his body…
He understood all the principles, but it was very difficult to put them into practice. The water temperature seemed to have been suddenly raised by a few degrees, and wherever it touched, it turned red.
Jin Chenhan’s face was smiling as he spoke to the person on the phone. “That little Alpha from last time? Mom, his name is Gu Xiu. You should call him by his name.”
Hearing his own name, Gu Xiu quickly looked over and pricked up his ears.
He couldn’t hear the other person’s voice, but he could roughly guess from Jin Chenhan’s words. “Not yet… I’m working on it. The situation is a bit complicated. It also involves an Omega.”
The smile on his lips disappeared, and the temperature in his gray eyes was also wiped away.
“You also know that the attraction of an Omega to an Alpha is too strong, and an Alpha is also a natural dominator,” Jin Chenhan sighed softly, his voice a little helpless. “—But principles are meant to be broken, aren’t they? Whether it’s his or mine.”
Just the act of making a move on an Alpha with a fiancée had almost crushed all his moral principles.
Speaking of this, Jin Chenhan just happened to look up, as if he were looking at himself.
Gu Xiu’s cheeks grew hot, and he was a little uncomfortable even in front of a projection. He turned to the side to cover his body.
It should be his mother on the other end of the phone who was nagging. Jin Chenhan was quiet for a long while before he continued.
“Mm. He is indeed very cute. You don’t have to tell me.”
“Not all Alphas get angry when they’re called cute… besides, he’s also very cute when he’s angry.”
Gu Xiu changed into a clean hoodie and sweatpants and came out of the bathroom.
Passing by the mirror, he stopped to look at himself for a while. It was normal for his face to be red because he had just taken a hot shower. After confirming that his state could be reasonably explained, he took another deep breath before he went to the living room to face Jin Chenhan in person.
Jin Chenhan’s phone call was not over yet.
Gu Xiu wanted to say something but held back.
Jin Chenhan covered the microphone and said to him, “I’m sorry, it’s my sister. What’s wrong?”
Only then did Gu Xiu say, “Um… the pheromone freshener…”
Jin Chenhan pointed with his hand. “It’s on the cabinet at the entrance.”
“And the inhibitor ring…”
Unfortunately, his sister on the other end of the phone was too loud, and Jin Chenhan didn’t hear the latter sentence.
Gu Xiu didn’t want to bother him too much and went to the entrance to find what he needed. Just opposite the cabinet, there was an inconspicuous hidden door in the white wall.
Before, to control the in-heat Jin Chenhan, Gu Xiu had gone in once, but he had only taken the neck ring and handcuffs and had not observed carefully.
There should be an inhibitor ring in here, right?
Gu Xiu thought for a moment and pushed the door open to enter.
“Gu Xiu.”
As soon as the door was pushed open, Jin Chenhan’s voice came.
Gu Xiu was slightly startled and turned his head.
“Come out,” Jin Chenhan said with a straight face. “There’s no inhibitor ring here.”
Gu Xiu’s peripheral vision had clearly seen a row of various collars hanging there, but he couldn’t question it. He obediently said “oh” and came out of the hidden storage room.
Jin Chenhan went to the bedroom to get him an inhibitor ring and considerately helped him put it on. Gu Xiu sniffed and sniffed, confirmed that there was no other extra scent on him, and only then did he go downstairs to go home.
Lin Zijun had clearly been having an affair with Zhu Enzhuo behind his back, but today he was sitting upright on the sofa waiting for him, just like the countless nights he had given his fiancée the cold shoulder.
Hearing the door open, Lin Zijun immediately went up to him. The words he said were also the same as before, but it was not a groundless guess. This time, his evidence was conclusive, and his tone was certain. “Gu Xiu, you went to Mr. Jin’s house again?”
The scum gong that Gu Xiu was playing specialized in bullying the weak. Even now, he still couldn’t speak properly in front of Lin Zijun. His attitude was cold. “I don’t care about you, and you don’t care about me.”
“But…” Lin Zijun’s brow was tightly furrowed in worry.
Gu Xiu returned to the guest room and locked the door. Lin Zijun remained in the living room, pacing a few circles in a slightly anxious manner.
It was just like before when he had suspected Gu Xiu of cheating. His heart was full of bitterness, and he could only swallow it all. Now that he had seen through it and had found true happiness, he had run into another problem that he couldn’t share with anyone.
He seriously suspected that Gu Xiu had acted on impulse and had found a very high-rank Alpha just to get rid of him.
Gu Xiu clearly did not realize the seriousness of the matter. Jin Chenhan’s rank suppression was something he could not resist. Now, the ambiguous pulling and pulling was stimulating and pleasant. When it came to the real thing, he would only be the one to be marked!
When that impulse subsided, and he had fallen to the state of an Omega and had sobered up, it would be too late for Gu Xiu to regret…
Although this novel had been stimulating with its affair from beginning to end, the two protagonists’ sense of morality was exceptionally high.
Gu Xiu did not know Lin Zijun’s tangled thoughts. He had already taken a shower upstairs and was warm all over. He was a little sleepy as soon as he lay down on the bed.
The next day, Lin Zijun made an appointment in advance and, after waiting patiently for a long time, finally entered the elevator of the A79 Group.
Jin Chenhan’s assistant swiped his card and led him upstairs, while informing him, “Mr. Jin does not allow Omegas to enter his office. So I’ll take you to the large meeting room. You can wait there, and Mr. Jin will go over when he’s done.”
As a powerful and high-rank Alpha, Jin Chenhan’s guard against Omegas was a little excessive, but it was also reasonable. What if he was accidentally targeted by some Omega who wanted to take a shortcut and went into heat right by his side? Even if he could quickly control the other and prevent him from losing control, it would still be bad for his reputation.
“You’re also a Beta,” Lin Zijun observed this serious assistant and said to himself, “The secretaries and assistants around Mr. Jin are all Betas. Only Gu Xiu is an exception… Mr. Jin should be in great need of a subordinate with outstanding abilities. Why did he only want Betas before?”
The assistant said in a rigid manner, “This is not something you should be asking about. Mr. Lin, we’re here. This way, please.”
Lin Zijun followed him out of the elevator.
The target meeting room was very large, with a large oval wooden table that could accommodate twenty to thirty people. A whole wall was all windows, and there was also an expensive and high-end fresh air system.
Lin Zijun silently observed the surrounding environment and quietly waited for Jin Chenhan’s arrival.
His phone was constantly popping up with messages from Zhu Enzhuo, and every word was filled with concern for him.
【It’s fine,】 Lin Zijun replied. 【So I specially came to the company to see him… only I can judge his rank. Gu Xiu is an Alpha, and his mental power damage has not yet healed. He’s also completely clueless when it comes to feelings…】
In this period of time, he had more or less figured out the nature of this outwardly cold but inwardly warm fiancé.
In the past, to put it nicely, he was a gentle wife. To put it bluntly, he was a cowardly fool. It wasn’t until Gu Xiu had enlightened him that he had welcomed a true rebirth from the inside out.
Now that he was sober, he couldn’t let go of Gu Xiu from the bottom of his heart. He was willing to be a nagging mother and worry for Gu Xiu.
It was just that Zhu Enzhuo had a lot of complaints about this, and he needed to work hard to appease him.
When he was sending a text message, he only heard a creak, and someone came in from the main door.
Lin Zijun immediately stood up to greet him and said respectfully, “Mr. Jin.”
And at this time, in the secretary’s office.
【Jiujiu, your crematorium is about to reach its final climax!】 007 reminded Gu Xiu, who was working. 【You can finally get off work! You don’t have to do the secretary work anymore…】
But Gu Xiu was stunned for a moment. He looked at the half-finished work in front of him, his expression a little dazed.
007 continued: 【’Key Plot Point 13′, you suspect that Lin Zijun is cheating, you have no mood for work, and your mental power is not in a good state. You plan to resign. You go to the protagonist gong’s office and actually hear the protagonist shou’s voice from outside the door!】
【You are deeply shocked by catching your superior and your fiancée having an affair. You leave the company in a daze, and as a result, you have a car accident and are hospitalized in a coma…】
Gu Xiu: “…” What a dog-blood plot.
【Don’t worry, Jiujiu. I won’t let you get seriously injured, and I’ll also turn off your pain.】 007 patted his chest and guaranteed.
【…】 Gu Xiu said speechlessly, 【I’m not afraid of getting injured… forget it. Luo Wei is still on maternity leave. Mr. Jin probably won’t agree to my resignation. In that case, I’ll just write a leave request first. The effect is about the same.】
In any case, this key plot had to be followed.
【Jiujiu, you’ve changed!】 007 smelled a hint of strangeness. 【Not long ago, you didn’t want to be his secretary at all! It was so tiring. Why are you unwilling to resign now?】
Gu Xiu’s face was righteous: 【It’s all for the sake of completing the mission!】
Gu Xiu first went to the CEO’s office, glanced at the “Omegas are not allowed” sign, and knocked on the door with a complicated mood.
After waiting for a long while, Jin Chenhan’s assistant passed by and said to him strangely, “Mr. Jin went to meet a guest. Didn’t he tell you? In the large meeting room on the other side of the elevator.”
Gu Xiu quickly changed his course to the meeting room.
The meeting room had doors on both sides. He pushed the back door open a little and, sure enough, he saw Jin Chenhan. Lin Zijun was sitting on the other side, three chairs away.
To prevent Jin Chenhan from noticing, Gu Xiu did not dare to continue forward and used his mental power to strengthen his hearing from outside the door.
He had just arrived in time for the climax of their confrontation.
He only heard Lin Zijun ask, “Mr. Jin, you wear multiple pheromone inhibitor products every day, but I can still feel… a strong sense of oppression. As far as I know, an A+ rank Alpha does not have such a strong pheromone. Not only Omegas, but Alphas would also feel pressure, right? Is this the reason why the secretaries and assistants around you are all Betas?”
“Mm, so what?” Jin Chenhan dealt with this difficult problem nonchalantly and threw the question back. “As Gu Xiu’s fiancée, you’re concerned about my pheromones?”
Lin Zijun pursed his lips and was instantly at a disadvantage. It was indeed not right for him to question Gu Xiu’s superior.
He hesitated for a long time before he said the strange guess that had been on his mind. “Mr. Jin… what I want to ask is, are you… an Enigma?”
“Are you very concerned about Gu Xiu?” Jin Chenhan turned a deaf ear and only pursued in his own battlefield. “Then break up with Gu Xiu.”
Lin Zijun was unprepared and was completely dumbfounded.
Jin Chenhan did not give him a chance to react and continued aggressively, “In a situation where you can’t even be basically loyal, all the things you’ve done for Gu Xiu… your so-called sacrifices, actually just seem cheap.”
Coercion and inducement, both soft and hard tactics.
Gu Xiu estimated that next, he should be hitting Lin Zijun’s weak spot. The current Lin Zijun was indeed a lot braver, but in essence, he was still indecisive.
Jin Chenhan’s knuckles tapped on the desk, making Lin Zijun, who was opposite him, extremely nervous. Only then did he say slowly, “Gu Xiu values his current job very much, and I will also do my best to promote him. If you don’t want him to lose his job—leave him.”
【Oh my, what a dirty trick.】 007 couldn’t help but sigh. 【A moral model has actually fallen to this point, to take a path of forceful seizure!】
Gu Xiu was stunned for a few seconds, his mood a little complicated, and he said sullenly, 【Whatever. I was going to take a long leave anyway. If he doesn’t approve my leave, I’ll just resign myself.】
He had heard enough from the corner. Before the two came out, Gu Xiu turned and walked back. In his own office, he directly crumpled the leave request on his desk and replaced it with the resignation letter required by the plot.
But he couldn’t help but be suspicious and asked 007, 【Mr. Jin and Lin Zijun didn’t say the lines in the plot… are you sure this plot can still be followed?】
【Uh… it’s fine. As long as you’ve heard it from the corner, the plot completion rate is already 50%! You were scared by the protagonist gong’s real gender and decided to resign. You had an accident on your way out of the company…】 007 scratched his head and suddenly his tone changed. 【Huh? This seems more reasonable!】
It would be difficult to leave when Jin Chenhan came back. The other would definitely offer to take him home. Gu Xiu thought for a moment and directly sent a text message to inform Jin Chenhan that he had something to do at home and needed to leave early. Jin Chenhan was probably on his way back and did not reply in time.
Now Gu Xiu’s work was very free. Jin Chenhan allowed him to work from home, and it didn’t matter if he was late or left early. It was just that he himself insisted on following the company’s rules and clocking in and out in the morning and evening.
After Jin Chenhan had dealt with Lin Zijun, he let out a slight sigh of relief after leaving the meeting room.
He had not exposed any clues in front of Lin Zijun, but his gender problem, even an Omega who was not that smart like Lin Zijun, could guess a little with a little thought.
What he could do was to deny it to the death.
But as long as he wanted to get closer to Gu Xiu, his gender would be exposed sooner or later. It was not certain that Lin Zijun would not go to Gu Xiu and whisper in his ear, scaring his little Alpha into running away.
That would not be good.
Is it better to tell Gu Xiu early? And what method should he use to be open and honest with Gu Xiu?
Jin Chenhan rarely encountered such a difficult moment. He walked and sighed a few times. He passed by Gu Xiu’s secretary’s office, and through the glass wall, he saw that there was no one inside.
Jin Chenhan frowned, took out his phone, and was about to ask, when he saw the leave request message that Gu Xiu had sent.
He could endure it even when he was so tired before. How could it be such a coincidence that he suddenly took leave today?
The questions accumulated more and more.
He walked to Gu Xiu’s desk. The things were packed neatly, and it didn’t look like he had left because of a sudden matter.
Under the pen holder was a piece of A4 paper, with the white back facing up. He took it out and saw two large words jump into his eyes:
Resignation.
The temperature suddenly dropped, freezing Jin Chenhan on the spot.
What?
His flexible brain, which had been at ease in the business world for many years, had crashed.
He had thought that Gu Xiu might resist with no deterrent effect, but he would have to obey him because of his secretary’s identity, and then he would slowly, little by little, let Gu Xiu get used to it…
He had never expected such a sudden resignation.
After two minutes, Jin Chenhan finally moved.
Gu Xiu had deliberately placed the resignation letter face down and had not submitted it to him personally. He might just be considering resigning and had not made up his mind. Even if he wanted to resign, it would still need his signature of approval.
Jin Chenhan composed himself and called Gu Xiu, but no one answered even after the ringing had ended.
Jin Chenhan furrowed his brow, walked a few steps in an anxious manner, and came to the window.
The window here faced the square at the main entrance of the company. He lowered his head slightly and could see the people coming in and out of the company in twos and threes, and the security guard at the entrance. And—Lin Zijun, who was standing on the side of the road, anxiously hailing a car.
The second time he called, Gu Xiu’s phone also went unanswered.
Jin Chenhan returned to his own office, his mind full of his suddenly out-of-contact secretary and the sudden resignation. He could no longer concentrate on his work.
After he got home from work, he first went to the eighth floor and knocked on the door.
However, Gu Xiu, who had taken leave, had not gone home, and Lin Zijun was not at home either. He might have gone out for a private meeting with his little lover.
The next morning, Jin Chenhan opened his phone at the first moment. Gu Xiu had not sent a new message. He looked carefully again, and the message that Gu Xiu had sent for leave said “something came up at home.”
After a moment of thought, Jin Chenhan contacted the company’s human resources department and asked for Gu Xiu’s parents’ contact information.
“Hello, are you Gu Xiu’s mother?” Jin Chenhan got straight to the point. “I’m his superior, Jin Chenhan. Did something happen to him? I haven’t been able to contact him since yesterday afternoon.”
“Ah… Mr. Jin!” Mother Gu’s voice sounded very tired. “Xiuxiu’s phone is broken. We were just thinking of how to contact you. It’s like this, he needs to take leave for a period of time…”
Jin Chenhan’s brow was furrowed, and he interrupted, “What’s wrong with Gu Xiu?”
Then, Jin Chenhan stood up stiffly and shouted in a somewhat loss-of-composure manner, “…What?”