The Crematorium’s Scum Gong Gets to Clock Off After Being Replaced 83

Chapter 83: AE07

The scent of a higher-level Alpha, a shirt brand he had never seen before.

When Gu Xiu went to take a shower, Lin Zijun gave himself another inhibitor shot. He carefully examined the shirt Gu Xiu had changed out of and took a picture.

He came from a poor background and didn’t know much about these things. He didn’t have many friends, and the most knowledgeable person on his friends list was probably his childhood friend, Zhu Enzhuo.

Zhu Enzhuo was also a male Omega, but he was extremely resistant to his Omega gender. He had been pretending to be a Beta since he was a child and had been admitted to a university in the capital with extremely outstanding grades. He had been developing here ever since, completely different from him, who had risen to prominence overnight because of his compatibility.

He had chatted with Zhu Enzhuo for a while and only then did he know that the AO in the big city now advocated free love and would not easily settle on one person just because of their compatibility. The sensational OO or AA love was not entirely unheard of.

Lin Zijun was greatly shocked. After Zhu Enzhuo’s guidance, he finally came to a conclusion:

Gu Xiu’s family had a good economic condition, but they were only noble, not rich. Gu Xiu would hang out in bars outside, but he might not be able to get in touch with people of a higher class. But Gu Xiu worked at the famous A79 Group…

Perhaps, the owner of the shirt was someone from the company.

It was late winter and early spring. The rain came without any warning, wet and cold, and continuous.

Lin Zijun had prepared the dishes early in the afternoon. Seeing that it was almost time to get off work, he hurriedly went out with an umbrella to the A79 Group, planning to pick up Gu Xiu from work.

He had not given any notice in advance, for fear that Gu Xiu would run away to avoid him.

But he didn’t know what time Gu Xiu would get off work, or if he would work overtime. He had been waiting at the group’s entrance since five in the afternoon, looking around from time to time, and looking at the time from time to time.

When someone came out, he mustered up the courage to go up and ask for news about Gu Xiu.

In the company, the speed of gossip spreading was like a plague of locusts. Gu Xiu was sorting out documents in the secretary’s office, and the large office area outside had already started to chat.

“Hey, I just ran into a male Omega downstairs. Guess what? He’s here to see Gu Xiu. I asked him what he wanted, but he wouldn’t say, and he even told me not to tell Gu Xiu.”

Someone chimed in, “Is it his fiancée?”

“I’m so envious. Omegas have such a high status now. They’re not even married yet, and they’re already coming to pick up their fiancé from work. Gu Xiu is only a C-rank. He’s so lucky.”

“Even if he’s only a C-rank, he’s still an Alpha, right? He’s different from us.”

“I wonder what rank Mr. Jin is as an Alpha. He’s still single…”

“Ahem, hello, Mr. Jin!”

In a novel world, the gossip that was chewed behind people’s backs would always, by some coincidence, reach the person’s ears.

It was just near closing time, and it was the liveliest time for idle chat.

He didn’t know how much of the gossip the suddenly appearing Jin Chenhan had heard. Fortunately, the gossip had just shifted to him, and it had just started…

Jin Chenhan nodded lightly in greeting and didn’t say anything. He went to his office.

On the way, he passed by Gu Xiu’s secretary’s office. The two transparent glass walls made the internal environment clear at a glance. Gu Xiu was engrossed with his head down. He didn’t know if he had encountered some trouble. His brow was slightly furrowed, and he was unconsciously poking his cheek with his pen cap, creating a small dimple-like pit.

Jin Chenhan took a light sip of coffee and paused for a moment before returning to his own office.

Outside the floor-to-ceiling window of the CEO’s office, dense dark clouds were crowded together, piled up above the tall buildings. The rain curtain turned into a mist, drizzling, blurring the hard contours of the city.

Jin Chenhan finished his coffee in a few sips and quickly dealt with the remaining work. At 6:30 in the evening, the sky outside was already completely dark.

Jin Chenhan took his umbrella and went out of his office. The secretary’s office next door had also been turned off, and Gu Xiu was nowhere to be seen.

Recently, Gu Xiu had often stayed behind to work overtime. Today, he had left quite early. He didn’t know if it was to find the Omega downstairs…

In the enclosed elevator, Jin Chenhan gently closed his tired eyes. After a “ding,” he came out of the elevator.

The lobby on the first floor was spacious and bright. The marble tiles were as clear as a mirror, and an exquisite art sculpture was surrounded by a circle of carefully trimmed green plants. Jin Chenhan looked out. Right in front of the statue, on the necessary path to the revolving main door, a slender boy was standing there, holding a large long-handled umbrella that was not quite in proportion to his body.

His appearance was very handsome, his features soft. Although it was not the kind of unforgettable look, there was an indescribable familiarity.

Jin Chenhan frowned, did not think much of it, and strode over. He was wearing an inhibitor patch, a neck ring, and gloves, minimizing the influence of his pheromones. As long as he did not stay in a secret space with an Omega for a long time, they could be at peace with each other.

However, the moment he smelled the pheromones on the other person, Jin Chenhan’s footsteps came to a screeching halt, and he looked back.

Such a familiar floral scent…

“Achoo,” a light sneeze interrupted Jin Chenhan’s memory.

This Omega was Lin Zijun, who was waiting for Gu Xiu to get off work. He had noticed a strange Alpha walking over from a distance and had subconsciously lowered his head to avoid him.

It was a thousand-mile frozen forest, with a rampant and invading coldness.

He shivered, feeling a hint of familiarity, and was about to look up.

Bzz—

Jin Chenhan turned around, took a few more steps away, and looked down at his phone, leaving Lin Zijun with only the back of his well-tailored suit.

His phone was full of messages from his secretary.

Gu Xiu: 【Mr. Jin!】

Gu Xiu: 【Look back!】

Gu Xiu: 【Wait, wait, don’t look so obviously…】

The message was updated in real time with his movements, as if it were a double-slit interference experiment. His observation would immediately change Gu Xiu’s next sentence.

Gu Xiu: 【Don’t look, don’t look back.】

Gu Xiu: 【I’m just a dozen steps ahead of you, on your right, behind that big pillar.】

Jin Chenhan gently lifted his eyes, and his peripheral vision fell on the Omega’s side profile on the other side.

This was probably the person Gu Xiu was hiding from.

No wonder he looked familiar. He was also the Omega who had taken Gu Xiu away from the bar that day, and probably also the virtuous Omega fiancée of Gu Xiu in the office gossip.

But, Gu Xiu did not seem to appreciate this Omega’s universally praised consideration.

Jin Chenhan had already figured out the cause and effect. At the same time, Lin Zijun was also curious about the familiar scent on him, but he did not dare to look at this strange Alpha wantonly and kept his head down with restraint.

Jin Chenhan walked a few steps away and found Gu Xiu, who was leaning against a stone pillar and squatting on the ground.

The young man was still wearing his meticulous work clothes, but he was hunched over, looking a little dejected.

Seeing the human-shaped shadow cast in front of him, he quickly looked up. He was first startled, and after seeing clearly, the panic and resistance in his eyes all dissipated, and his distinct black and white eyes lit up little by little.

It was just a pair of silver-rimmed glasses, which could not hide his spirit at all.

Inside, the superior’s handsome face was clearly reflected.

Gu Xiu had gone from great shock to great joy in a short moment. He quickly stood up, warily poked his eyes out from the pillar, and looked at Lin Zijun not far away.

Jin Chenhan’s demeanor was calm and composed, as if he had just come to wait for the elevator, and he did not arouse Lin Zijun’s suspicion.

“Come with me,” Jin Chenhan instructed in a low voice, then he walked out first and pressed the elevator’s down button.

Gu Xiu waited for the elevator door to open before he “whooshed” over.

He nimbly hid behind Jin Chenhan, not showing a single strand of hair to Lin Zijun the whole time. When the elevator door was tightly closed, he let out a big sigh of relief.

But he had nowhere to hide. He couldn’t go upstairs and continue to work overtime, could he…

But the elevator was going down. Jin Chenhan said, “We can just go out from the garage. I also have a car in the underground garage.”

Gu Xiu usually took a taxi to and from work, so he hadn’t thought of this.

Hearing this, he quickly moved closer to Jin Chenhan, and at the same time, he rubbed against the other’s pheromones and said with a smile, “Thank you, Mr. Jin!”

Jin Chenhan paused for a moment before saying, “I can take you back.”

“That’s great,” Gu Xiu was overjoyed. “Thank you, Mr. Jin. I’ll work for you again in my next life.”

He wouldn’t be in this world for a few more months, so of course, he could make such a promise.

He had forgotten the things from the previous two worlds and had been implanted with the “mission first” command, but playing cute and fawning was still an irrepressible instinct of his.

The serious and rigid secretary actually had such an innocent and romantic and amusing side… Jin Chenhan couldn’t help but be stunned. He was both dazed by that bright smile and a strange feeling that was both unfamiliar and familiar rose in his heart.

After a few seconds of silence, he said, “Then there’s no need. You can do something else in your next life—get in the car.”

Gu Xiu had only been in this world for a week, and it was also his first time in Jin Chenhan’s car, but he was very skilled at opening the door of the high-end luxury car and sitting in the passenger seat.

Jin Chenhan also naturally reminded him, “Fasten your seatbelt. This seatbelt has to be…”

He turned his head and saw that Gu Xiu had already fastened his seatbelt, his clear black eyes just happening to be looking at him.

Jin Chenhan was slightly stunned, withdrew his gaze, and suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. He changed the subject and asked, “Gu Xiu, your home address.”

007 reminded Gu Xiu in his mind, 【Jiujiu, you have to go back to the hotel apartment tonight. You can’t let the protagonist gong find out that your and the protagonist shou’s marital home is right under his nose!】

Of course, Gu Xiu couldn’t wait to keep his distance from Lin Zijun.

Gu Xiu and Lin Zijun’s marital home, a large penthouse, was in the same residential complex and the same building as Jin Chenhan’s house. After a while, the two protagonists would often “accidentally run into each other” in the elevator.

These were all unique coincidences in a novel, and they were also necessary, to make it convenient for the protagonist gong and shou to have an affair and create a forbidden and exciting spark.

Jin Chenhan turned his head and asked with concern again, “Gu Xiu, what’s wrong? Where do you live?”

Seeing Gu Xiu’s ugly face, Jin Chenhan directly asked, “What, you had a fight with your fiancée and don’t want to go back?”

Gu Xiu propped his elbow on the car window and covered his forehead. He took this step and let out a soft “mm.”

“You can just drop me off at the hotel over there. Thank you, Mr. Jin,” Gu Xiu said his thanks, and then he added insincerely, “We’re just like this. We often fight. We’ll be fine after we’ve calmed down.”

Who knew that Jin Chenhan, a moral model, would say, “If you can’t get along, you don’t have to force it.”

Before Gu Xiu could reply, he made a beautiful brake, and then he naturally changed the subject. “We’re here. Is this it?”

Gu Xiu got out of the car and at the same time asked 007, 【Encouraging others to break up, is this also a moral model?】

007 said righteously, 【A real moral model should be outspoken for their happiness when others’ relationships are in trouble, and persuade them to leave, not to stay together!】

He paused and then added, 【Besides, no matter how much the protagonist gong struggles, won’t he still end up sleeping with someone else’s husband? From this, it can be seen that his morality is only elastic morality.】

This system was really not right in any way, and—

Gu Xiu smelled a strange smell. 【Sleeping with someone else’s husband?】

007 quickly changed its tune. 【Uh… sorry, Jiujiu. I got it mixed up with another EA novel～】

Gu Xiu was chatting with 007 with his mental energy, but in Jin Chenhan’s eyes, it was a long silence.

Jin Chenhan gripped the steering wheel hard. Through a layer of gloves, the bulging veins seemed to be prominent.

He didn’t know why he had inexplicably said “if you can’t get along, you don’t have to force it.” Besides, from the harmonious pheromones on the two of them, their compatibility must be very high. It definitely couldn’t be called “forcing it.”

As his thoughts ran wild, Jin Chenhan remembered that the car was a small, enclosed space. He opened the window for ventilation as a remedy.

The cold rain was like needlepoints, slanting into the car.

The current Gu Xiu was a dedicated secretary. Seeing this, he quickly reminded, “Mr. Jin, your window… the rain is coming in.”

“Then I’ll close it,” Jin Chenhan quickly understood his secretary’s meaning, and at the same time, he did not forget to show concern for the other. “If you feel any discomfort, tell me in time.”

Gu Xiu looked at his superior’s hands, which were wrapped in leather gloves. Because he had raised his hand to hold the steering wheel, a little of his fair wrist bone was exposed. His superior’s shirt collar was also stiffly upright, tightly covering his neck, with a black neck ring hidden inside.

As the supreme Enigma, Jin Chenhan’s life was actually far less easy than an Alpha’s. Not only was it difficult to find a suitable partner, but he also had to be more cautious and strictly control himself than an Alpha, even pretending to be an Alpha for many years and undergoing regular mental power guidance.

“It’s fine,” Gu Xiu couldn’t help but sigh. “My pheromone sensors are really dull. I can’t smell much of your pheromones, and I don’t feel anything.”

When they arrived at the hotel, Jin Chenhan parked the car but did not immediately unlock the car door.

He let go of the steering wheel, turned to look at Gu Xiu, and when the other was confused, he slowly took off one glove.

His fingers were long and slender, bony and powerful.

“What about now? Can you smell it?”

Gu Xiu shook his head.

Jin Chenhan also took off the other glove. His palm was a little sweaty, seeping with his pheromones.

Gu Xiu still shook his head.

Jin Chenhan went a step further, took off his collar, revealing a prominent Adam’s apple. Because he had lowered his head, his eyes became a little dim.

“…What about now?”

Gu Xiu first shook his head, then he frowned.

“I’m not sure if this is your pheromone or… the car’s aromatherapy,” Gu Xiu said. “It smells good, very… gentle.”

Smells good, gentle.

Jin Chenhan was stunned.

If it weren’t for the fact that there was no car aromatherapy in his car, he would never have thought that the “smells good” and “gentle” that came out of an Alpha’s mouth were referring to his own pheromones.

Suppressing his restless little thoughts, to the oblivious and simple secretary, in the end, he only said, “I’ll give you one next time. Car aromatherapy.”

Gu Xiu got out of the car, didn’t hurry to leave, and politely turned back and bowed. “Thank you, Mr. Jin. You should go back early. Be careful on the road.”

His words were comforting, and the moral model superior was also very polite. He rolled down the car window a little, and a pair of deep gray eyes watched him. “You’re welcome. It was on the way.”

Then he started the car, turned around, and disappeared into the rain with a whoosh.