The Overworked Beta and the Paranoid Alpha 44

Chapter 44: Made a Mistake

Looking at the oxidized bloodstains on the ground and the iron sheet of the container, Wen En’s face grew even darker.

In just the time it took to say a few words, Red Devil had disappeared into the gaps between the endless layers of containers. Only the smell of blood mixed with pheromones remained in the air.

After telling Romeo and Xiaoli to be careful, Wen En took the lead and led the two of them away quickly.

It was not easy, especially without electronic equipment. The three of them encountered a ghost wall, going around in circles in one place several times.

“Can we still get out?”

Xiaoli was disheartened. He touched his lower abdomen and felt both hungry and in pain. The long period of high-pressure mental tension, coupled with the heat, had brought him to the brink of collapse, both mentally and physically.

“We’ll get out eventually,” Wen En said.

Wen En’s expression was very firm.

“…”

Romeo did not participate in their conversation. His attention was more on Wen En.

He stared at Wen En gloomily, like a crow on a windowsill, looking at a pearl ring in a jewelry box on a table inside the room.

“What’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell?” Wen En thought Romeo had some doubts and asked.

“Nothing,” Romeo withdrew his gaze, his tone cold.

“Alright then,” Wen En didn’t think much of it and continued to walk forward.

And Xiaoli, on the side, quickly glanced at the Alpha’s bursting certain place.

Xiaoli: …

I’m sorry, but that thing is really conspicuous.

However, after discovering that the reason for the repeated instability of that thing was not entirely due to Xiaoli’s heat, Xiaoli was temporarily relieved. He finally felt a little sense of security, although this sense of security was built on the physical or psychological safety of another Beta.

Xiaoli glanced at Wen En again, at his bruised and swollen eye sockets, which could not hide the bright eyes that looked forward.

He looked very mentally stable, unlike some Betas Xiaoli had seen, with dull eyes, looking only numb and submissive.

As he was thinking, Xiaoli felt a familiar chill. He looked towards Romeo, and sure enough, Romeo was staring at him with a sinister gaze again.

Xiaoli: …

I’m sorry, okay? I’m sorry.

He had no such intentions towards Wen En. Yes, he was very grateful for Wen En saving his life, and he also thought Wen En was a good person, but that didn’t mean he had to offer himself to him.

Besides, Xiaoli’s mate selection criteria were relatively conservative. As an Omega, Xiaoli was not interested in a Beta like Wen En, and even less interested in an Alpha like Romeo, who was good-looking but mentally unstable.

He only liked Alphas who were slightly older than him, tall and strong, with a mature and stable personality, and preferably an Alpha who worked in finance and investment with an annual income of millions…

Suddenly, Xiaoli stopped. He noticed that Romeo, not far in front of him, had stopped a step ahead of him.

Wen En also stopped. “What’s wrong?” Wen En asked.

“It seems someone is coming?” Romeo said, a little uncertain.

Xiaoli sniffed the air but did not detect the scent of any other Alpha or Omega pheromones.

Could it be that a strange Beta has snuck over?

“It’s hard to say,” Wen En raised his hand, holding the gun tightly, ready to pull the trigger at any time.

For a moment, the atmosphere became tense again.

A seagull briefly landed on the corner of a container. The sunlight cast a polygonal shadow for it, but it just squeezed out a pile of white bird droppings and flew away.

It seems nothing happened. Xiaoli thought, “Could it be an illusion?”

A breeze blew from behind, and a shadow flew past. Xiaoli didn’t pay much attention. It was probably just another passing, pooping seagull. But he hadn’t expected that this one moment of laxity would throw him into a whirlpool of crisis.

A thick arm, like a viper, tightly locked around Xiaoli’s throat. Yet Xiaoli could hardly cry for help, because his mouth was sealed shut.

The powerful arm carried Xiaoli into the shadows.

Xiaoli’s heart was beating fast. His face was ashen. He couldn’t control his mind from imagining a hundred ways he could be killed and dismembered.

“Don’t move,” a low, oppressive voice came from beside Xiaoli’s ear.

“…”

Xiaoli couldn’t speak, nor did he dare to. He could only respond to the person behind him with silent tears. He widened his eyes and watched helplessly as Wen En and Romeo walked away without noticing.

Wen En was no fool. Of course he had noticed someone passing behind him.

He called out, “Xiaoli?”

Xiaoli did not answer him.

“It’s Red Devil,” Romeo, on the side, suddenly said. “I smell Red Devil’s Alpha pheromone.”

Wen En looked at Romeo, and Romeo’s face was even worse than before. “This pheromone is not right. This is the scent of an Alpha’s pre-heat!”

“Damn it!” Wen En frowned and said.

An Alpha had kidnapped an Omega in heat. Anyone with a brain could know what would happen. Wen En did not expect Red Devil to have a high moral standard.

“Damn it!” Wen En’s face turned even worse than Romeo’s in a second. He rushed over with his gun, calling Xiaoli’s name, “Xiaoli, Xiaoli?”

A sound of metal colliding came from not far away. Wen En quickly ran over to take a look, and his face turned even darker. “It’s not Xiaoli,” Wen En said. “It’s those two stupid dogs that knocked over the trash can.”

The two pit bulls had knocked over a rusty, old trash can. They were startled by the sound of the trash can breaking, and now they were scolded by Wen En, feeling even more wronged. They whimpered and ran to Wen En’s side, wagging their tails and nudging his hand.

Romeo, on the other hand, coldly watched the two stupid dogs wagging their tails and fawning over Wen En, while Wen En, as if he didn’t want to see them, pushed away their thick, bull-like heads.

Unlike Wen En’s anxiety, Romeo now felt like he was in a state of both fire and ice. Xiaoli’s disappearance did not cause any waves in his heart. On the contrary, he even thought with extreme indifference that this troublesome pest had finally disappeared.

But he hadn’t expected Wen En’s reaction to be so intense, like a migrating bird in autumn that had discovered its fledgling had gone missing, and had to stop its journey to find the lost child.

Damn it. Watching Wen En call Xiaoli’s name over and over again, Romeo only felt a tightness in his abdomen. He even couldn’t help but think, what would it be like if Wen En was calling his name instead of Xiaoli’s?

“Romeo, Romeo…” In his imagination, he seemed to really hear Wen En calling his name.

His forehead felt scorching hot, like a red-hot rock. Romeo touched his forehead and thought, This damn heat. The feeling of being out of control is so strange. This time, the attack is more violent than any time before.

He looked down. The thing was too obvious.

Romeo: “…Useless thing, go down.”

The thing stood tall and unmoving, like a pillar.

“…” Romeo was silent.

Is it because of the pheromones? But the Omega was not here. Romeo stared at Wen En. Could it be because of Wen En? But Wen En was a Beta. In theory, Betas would not release any seductive pheromones.

“Romeo, can you sense the direction of Red Devil’s pheromones?” Wen En seemed to have just remembered Romeo. The moment he asked, he saw Romeo’s flushed cheeks and neck. Wen En reached out and touched the Alpha’s neck to test his temperature, but he found that something was wrong.

This was definitely not the body temperature of a healthy Alpha. Even in heat, this was higher than the normal value.

Wen En looked down and saw the pillar.

“…”

It’s starting again, isn’t it? Wen En had a headache. He was already annoyed by Xiaoli’s disappearance, and now he was even more annoyed.

“Red Devil’s pheromones?” Romeo’s tone was not good. “Wen En, do you think I’m a dog?”

“I don’t,” Wen En said in a declarative tone.

“I’m not like these two stupid dogs, licking your boots,” Romeo looked at him and said.

“You don’t have to,” Wen En still looked very calm.

The calmer Wen En was, the more the uncontrollable evil fire in Romeo’s body burned.

So Romeo stopped talking nonsense. He pushed away the pit bull that was trying to get between him and Wen En to get attention, and without hesitation, bit Wen En’s lips.

“Bang—” Wen En’s fist flew out like a spring.

“Ow, ow, ow, it hurts so much!” Romeo clutched his face and wailed.

“Are you sick?”

“I was wrong!”

Seeing Romeo clutching his face, his eyes teary and wronged, Wen En was furious. He really couldn’t give Alphas a good face. The situation was so critical, and he really didn’t expect the Alpha to still be thinking about that kind of thing. Wen En could understand that Romeo was in heat and was not feeling well, but that didn’t mean he could tolerate Romeo ruining his plans.

“Cut the crap. Go find Red Devil,” Wen En ordered.

“I know, I know,” What’s wrong with a kiss? He’s kissed me a lot before, hasn’t he? The more Romeo thought about it, the more wronged he felt. It must be all that annoying Omega’s fault. Every time something about that Omega comes up, Wen En becomes a different person, his personality completely changes.

As expected, Omegas are a bunch of annoying creatures! Romeo thought with a sky-high resentment.

And not far away.

Xiaoli, whose mouth was tightly covered and couldn’t make any sound, almost fainted when he saw Romeo kiss Wen En.

This scene even made Red Devil laugh. “Yo, they’re quite romantic.”

Red Devil’s mood improved a little, and he even teased Xiaoli, “You guys are quite playful. Are you a 0.5 or a 0?”

Xiaoli: o(╯□╰)o

Not funny at all.

No, you two, stop kissing. My life is still hanging in the balance here. Can you save me first…