Chapter 49: What’s Wrong with a Spoiled Beta 11
In the dark environment, the sound of clothes rustling echoed in Shu He’s ears, so loud that his throat felt a little tight. In addition, there was the man’s low and hot breathing, like a sharp wind enveloping him, and also like a water ghost in the deep sea, holding his ankle and pulling him down, with no escape.
The man was holding him too tightly, his broad figure almost buried in the side of Shu He’s neck. The already distinct height difference was a great inconvenience at this moment. Shu He could only lift his head high with red eyes, his whole body hot, and his body was also trembling from the sticky and dense temperature of the lips and teeth on the side of his neck.
Chu Chuanbai wanted to bite him, to lick him. He could already feel the hot moisture on his neck, and the slight discomfort of his teeth against his skin. This feeling was no different from being held at knifepoint. Both would draw red blood.
Shu He was trembling, his slender body held, unable to push away this tall man. He could only tremble with a soft, trailing sound, trying to awaken his reason. “…I’m not an Omega. Don’t bite me.”
His voice was soft and slurred, the end of his words also trembling violently. In that instant, Chu Chuanbai seemed to have suddenly sobered up, and he held him without moving, his body arched.
In the dark room, his breathing was heavy and deep, and it sprayed hotly on the sensitive and fragile side of Shu He’s neck. Shu He’s eyes were wet as he turned his head slightly, thinking that his persuasion had worked, so he continued to speak with difficulty, “I-I know you’re in your susceptibility period. You’re not bullying me on purpose. I won’t blame you. Can you let me go first?”
Chu Chuanbai raised his hand.
Shu He’s chin was gently held. He couldn’t see the person in front of him with his teary eyes, and naturally couldn’t recognize the desire exposed in those light-colored eyes in the darkness. He also couldn’t have imagined that the usually gentle and gentlemanly Chu Chuanbai would truly become a pervert, at this moment holding his chin and examining his lips, as if he wanted to lick them.
He hadn’t heard a sound for a long time, and Shu He’s heart beat faster. He couldn’t help but move his pressed leg, and as if he had felt something, he suddenly froze and sobbed, “Do you have any reason now?”
His response was a wet lick on the side of his neck, one after another.
The man lowered his eyes, biting Shu He’s skin with his teeth. His thoughts were so fragmented that he was in a daze. At this moment, he didn’t want to think about anything, just wanted to bite through this inch of pale skin.
Then, inject his pheromones.
Mark him, get him, make him dependent on him, just like the most ordinary couple in the world, they would be fascinated by everything about each other.
Weren’t all Alphas like this?
He was also an Alpha.
Why suppress his nature?
His thoughts seemed to have entered a vacuum. Chu Chuanbai kissed the side of Shu He’s neck, sniffing the special, faint fragrance on him, which was more attractive than pheromones. His sharp teeth slowly increased their force.
At this moment, a familiar scene from his memory suddenly surfaced.
That was when he was in his teens.
The old master Chu and his original wife, that is, Chu Chuanbai’s biological mother, had a business marriage. There was no love between them, but their pheromone compatibility was unprecedentedly high, as high as ninety-five percent.
So, influenced by the high compatibility, the two quickly fell in love, and their relationship after marriage was also good, until one day, a person with a higher pheromone compatibility with the old master Chu appeared.
Chu Chuanting’s mother.
It was a dinner party. According to the old master Chu’s later recollection, he was influenced by that Omega’s pheromones and was forced into a susceptibility period and did something absurd and wrong. He didn’t do it on purpose.
So when his first wife argued fiercely for a divorce, he regretted and tried to keep her, arguing that he was an Alpha, and it was normal to be unable to resist the influence of pheromones. It was in his genes. He promised it would only happen once.
He tried to keep her with sincerity, and plus, the two families had business ties, and a simple divorce would affect the whole situation. The original wife forgave him, until a few years later, she discovered that the old master Chu had not broken off contact with that Omega at all.
They even had an illegitimate child!
The divorce caused a sensation in Shangyu City, and both families lost a lot of face. In addition, the original wife died unexpectedly later, and the two sides never spoke to each other again.
A few years later, the old master Chu learned that his eldest son, Chu Chuanbai, was researching a pheromone gene abolition plan, wanting to make everyone have no ABO distinction, only male and female. The old master Chu found it absurd and laughed at him for being a daydreamer.
What were pheromones?
They were a seductive scent, an irresistible gene, a supreme power.
Now that Alphas firmly controlled the social situation, he said he would research it just because he wanted to. Even if he succeeded, had he ever thought about whether other Alphas would be willing to give up their strong mental power and pheromones? They could suppress their enemies until they were bleeding without even lifting a finger. How could a superior Alpha allow himself to lose this convenience?
Alphas were born superior.
They had a physical advantage, a genetic advantage, unlike the mediocre Betas, unlike the passive Omegas. Chu Chuanbai wanted to strip Alphas of their superior power. On what grounds?
“You think you can despise pheromones, you think you’re different from me. That’s because you’ve never tasted the benefits of pheromones! You were born as the heir of the Chu family. You can taste the benefits of power without using pheromones. But if one day you fall in love with someone, and that person happens to not like you, do you dare to swear that you won’t use pheromones as a bargaining chip to force him?”
Yes.
Chu Chuanbai did not think he would like anyone at that time, and even did not think that love existed, just like his parents. A ninety-five percent compatibility had tied them together, and after a brief passion, it was a mess. If this was love, he would not have it.
So he did swear.
Young and ignorant, young and foolish, with a high opinion of himself, even arrogant and conceited, wanting to prove a point. He swore, and the consequences were as harsh as they could be. He left himself no way out, so that now, the vacuum state had returned. He pressed against Shu He’s hot skin, his unfocused eyes staring at the side of his neck, wanting to use his pheromones to forcibly shackle him.
But he didn’t even use his pheromones.
He couldn’t even get to the point of needing to use pheromones as a bargaining chip.
Chu Chuanbai lowered his eyes, opened his mouth, and bit the side of Shu He’s neck. He just bit it, his eyes closed, and the frantically rushing pheromones invaded the entire room. The strong smell of wine was intoxicating. Shu He couldn’t smell it, couldn’t see it, couldn’t hear it. He was covered in a thin layer of sweat, his throat so tight he couldn’t make a sound.
What do I do, what do I do…
The system was a mosaic. He didn’t even know who to ask for help. Shu He cried, and the wet tears fell on Chu Chuanbai’s broad shoulders. Chu Chuanbai seemed to move with difficulty, his hot lips pressing against his cheek, and he asked:
“Are you afraid of me?”
Shu He thought no one would not be afraid.
He sobbed, not answering. Chu Chuanbai slowly raised his hand and pressed it on Shu He’s shoulder. Shu He’s right shoulder sank, and when he turned his head with a red nose, he felt a cold, iron-like bracelet on his wrist, the texture somewhat like that iron ball from the other day.
“I felt it that day. After we got in the car, you didn’t look at me. Even if you accidentally met my eyes, you would immediately look away. Is it because of those few shots I fired?”
The low voice was mixed with a hot, suppressed pant. He spoke very slowly, and a single sentence took more than twenty seconds, with a hint of gloom.
“If it was Chu Chuanting who fired those few shots at that time, not me, would you also be afraid of Chu Chuanting?”
Shu He was so hot his breathing was unsteady.
…He wouldn’t.
He was afraid of Chu Chuanbai because of Chu Chuanbai’s positioning in the plot. He was an even more powerful villain than him. They were both villains, but they were worlds apart.
If one was a kindergarten-level little bully, then the other was a postdoctoral-level great bully. One was a child playing house, and the other was in a bloody storm.
They were still different.
Shu He lowered his face, his cheeks touching the cold, iron-ring-like thing on Chu Chuanbai’s wrist. He didn’t care, and at this moment, he couldn’t possibly have the heart to care about these things. He cried silently until his eyelids were also red, his voice so slurred it had a naive grievance to it. “…Don’t bully me.”
The man seemed not to have noticed.
“Did someone from the Chu family gossip to you?”
“Or did you hear something from someone?”
“They slandered me in front of you, didn’t they?”
Shu He didn’t speak.
Chu Chuanbai: “I want to bite you, Little He.”
“Don’t bite me,” Shu He sobbed.
He said not to bite, and Chu Chuanbai really didn’t bite again. He withdrew his hot lips and teeth and brought his wrist to Shu He’s hand. No one could tell if he was clear-headed or not at this moment. Perhaps even he himself couldn’t tell what he was thinking at this moment.
Shu He was stuffed with an iron-ring-like thing in his hand. Inside the iron ring was Chu Chuanbai’s inexplicably rough wrist, as if there were scars. He felt them, and before he could react, he heard the man’s hot, hoarse voice say, “This is a bracelet to suppress the susceptibility period. The button is here. Press it, and let me be rational, so I won’t bully you.”
Shu He felt the button on the iron ring.
In his eyes, Chu Chuanbai was like this because of his susceptibility period. Maybe Chu Chuanbai himself didn’t realize he was bullying him. He felt the button, but didn’t press it, and said in a soft, hoarse voice, “Is there electricity? Chu Chuanting had an iron ball last time. I only touched it once and got shocked. It hurt so much.”
Chu Chuanbai was silent.
“Why aren’t you talking?” Perhaps because he thought Chu Chuanbai was a little clearer, Shu He’s courage grew. “It will hurt a lot. Have you always gone through it like this?”
“…Mm.”
His voice was even hoarser. “Just take it as a punishment for me bullying you. Press it. When I’m clear-headed, I’ll personally apologize to you.”
Shu He: “You press it yourself. I’m a little not…”
Before he could finish the word “dare,” the man’s hot palm suddenly grabbed his fingers and, without a moment’s hesitation, pressed it.
A muffled groan instantly came.
The man held Shu He tightly, his body arched, and he wouldn’t let him go. The iron ring gave off a piercing red light. He seemed to be trembling too. Shu He had never seen Chu Chuanbai like this. He fell to the ground with him, and even though he was held so tightly he couldn’t breathe, he never thought of abandoning Chu Chuanbai.
He was sick now. He would be fine when he was better. Shu He thought so. He didn’t know how this iron ring was made, but it only shocked Chu Chuanbai and didn’t hurt him. His courage grew a little, and he panted lightly and held this big man in his arms to comfort him, saying that if he apologized properly, he would forgive him and wouldn’t be angry for long. Chu Chuanbai’s forehead was covered in sweat, and Shu He fumbled to brush it away, afraid he was uncomfortable.
The red light was faint, and he could only vaguely notice that Chu Chuanbai seemed to be looking at him. Chu Chuanbai let his slender, soft fingers brush over his forehead, and the fresh scent from this hand was in his breath. He slowly lowered his eyes and pressed his face against his neck.
The superior Alpha was now trembling pathetically. The electric shock bracelet had well suppressed his instinctive impulse. His voice was muffled as if he had said something. Shu He leaned close to his mouth and only heard an unclear sentence. “…Don’t be like this…”
He couldn’t understand.
It didn’t matter.
Shu He was already prepared for a long battle.
He didn’t know how long it would take for Chu Chuanbai to regain his reason. He sat on the ground in a daze, his small body holding this big man, and thought with a bitter smile that it was a good thing he had eaten before going upstairs, otherwise he would have been hungry all night.
Five hours later.
Chu Chuanbai might have been knocked out by the electricity. He was no longer trembling, but Shu He’s legs were numb from sitting.
He wanted to move him to the bed, but this man would wake up as soon as he moved. Shu He was afraid that he would go crazy again when he woke up, so he could only sit there unhappily, occasionally raising his clenched fist and waving it above his face, very angry, and really wanting to do something bad.
Another five hours.
Shu He fell asleep.
He had turned on the air conditioning in the room with the terminal’s home system. He had originally been holding Chu Chuanbai to sleep, but in the second half of the night, it became Chu Chuanbai holding him to sleep. Shu He had been tossing and turning for so long and was now sleeping very soundly. When he woke up again, he was already on the bed.
The system went crazy early in the morning: 【Are you alright??】
【Did the villain do anything to you? I was a mosaic all last night!】
【I stared at the mosaic countdown all night, and burned three data cables. The moment the countdown ended, I saw you were asleep.】
The system’s mechanical youth’s voice was originally inorganic and cold, but at this moment, this emotionless mechanical voice actually had a hint of urgency. 【You… weren’t slept with, were you?】
Shu He was stunned by these words early in the morning, and then he pulled the blanket over his face and said in a muffled voice: Bro, why are you thinking about these things? No.
The system let out a huge sigh of relief, and its mechanical voice returned to its previous stiff appearance. 【Oh, I was just asking.】
Shu He digested the system’s wild words for a while before he got up to take a bath. He took off his clothes and showered, but he hesitated when he was about to use the body wash.
This body wash smelled good.
It should be very similar to a pheromone.
At that time, Chu Chuanbai had held him and kissed and gnawed him. This fragrant body wash must have acted as a pheromone. He pursed his lips, and in a fit of self-abandonment, he smeared it on his body, deciding to order a scentless body wash later.
After his bath, Shu He went downstairs for breakfast. He was preoccupied and glanced at Chu Chuanbai’s room upstairs, and asked the butler, “Uncle, have you seen Chu Chuanbai today?”
The butler lowered his head and said, “No, the master hasn’t come out at all.”
It seemed he had secretly gone back to his room.
Shu He propped his cheek and ate breakfast. Today was the fourth day of the susceptibility period, and the intensity should have decreased a little. After thinking about it, Shu He took his schoolbag and walked to Chu Chuanbai’s door and knocked.
There was no reaction from inside.
Shu He called out in a small voice, “Chu Chuanbai?”
With a “click,” the door opened.
It opened a small crack. It was pitch black inside. Chu Chuanbai’s face, which was exposed in the crack, was blurry, his sharp brow unusually silent and lowered. Shu He could barely see his face, so he wasn’t sure if he was wearing… a muzzle?
He clutched the strap of his schoolbag, his almond eyes quietly widening a little. “Are… are you feeling better?”
Chu Chuanbai: “Mm.”
His voice was low and muffled.
Shu He: “Are you wearing something on your mouth? I can’t see clearly.”
“A muzzle.”
These words were clear. The man inside seemed to have turned his head, not letting Shu He see clearly, his voice two points hoarser. “To prevent myself from sneaking into your room at night and biting you.”
Shu He: “…”
Shu He puffed out his cheeks. “I’ll lock the door tightly.”
“I have a key.”
“…”
“I’m going to school.”
Shu He tried his best to ignore it. “You should rest well. It’s the fourth day today. Just hold on a little longer and you’ll be normal. I heard you Alphas can take inhibitors to get through the susceptibility period. Did you not take any?”
Chu Chuanbai: “It’s useless.”
So Chu Chuanting looked down on Chu Chuanbai.
He said he was an Alpha who had to rely on an electric shock bracelet to suppress his susceptibility period.
He was strong, but it was also really hard.
Shu He didn’t know what to say now. He said “Oh” sullenly, said goodbye to Chu Chuanbai, and as he turned to leave, he didn’t notice the sticky, shocking gaze from the crack in the door.
*
He was absent-minded in class.
Shu He propped his cheek, sometimes thinking that the susceptibility period was really amazing, and sometimes switching to his side account to look at Chu Chuanting’s messages. It was also a susceptibility period. Why wasn’t Chu Chuanting so crazy? He also had to rely on something with electricity to suppress it, but Chu Chuanting looked the same as usual.
Shu He poked and poked, saying he had no money for food and asking Chu Chuanting to send him money.
After the side account had sent the money, he switched to the main account, Little Hua, and asked Chu Chuanting to send him money. One was an online relationship partner, and the other was a former boss. Chu Chuanting didn’t say no and sent it very easily.
Shu He felt a little strange, but he couldn’t put his finger on it. He poked and sent a message with his side account: 【I don’t want to go to the cafeteria at noon. Can you get me food and bring it over? We’re good friends, we’ve been through life and death together. You’ll agree, right? /Cat scratching its tail.jpg】
Chu Chuanting: 【Good friend, your brother Chuanting’s susceptibility period is a little serious. I’m getting an injection at the infirmary right now.】
Shu He: 【You too?】
Chu Chuanting: 【Is Chu Chuanbai also getting an injection?】
Shu He didn’t reply.
He was very bad and went to the cafeteria to get a meal, then pushed open the door of the infirmary and sat in front of Chu Chuanting to eat, his cheeks puffed out with concentration, his small eyes glancing at him. Sure enough, he saw Chu Chuanting looking at him with a not-so-good expression.
“What’s wrong?” Shu He raised his non-existent tail and lifted his face deliberately. “What’s with that look?”
Chu Chuanting was still getting an injection.
The IV line was very long, and he wasn’t afraid of the needle coming out. He just reached out and touched the side of Shu He’s neck. That rebellious face was expressionless. “Did Chu Chuanbai bite you during his susceptibility period?”
Shu He was stunned for a moment.
He held the tray, sat properly on the high stool, and the side of his neck was held by Chu Chuanting’s somewhat cool hand. He held the spot that had been bitten red, and his eyes were filled with an indescribable emotion as he looked at Shu He.
Shu He was in a little pain.
This place didn’t hurt if it wasn’t touched, but a single touch would make him remember the panic of being gnawed on last night. He had looked in the mirror. The skin wasn’t broken, but there was a bruise, bluish-purple, which looked very scary.
“How did you know…”
“With Chu Chuanbai around, who else can touch you?” The relaxed Chu Chuanting actually sneered. He stared at the side of Shu He’s neck, still not letting go. “What’s your relationship with him now?”
Shu He turned his head, not letting him touch.
Chu Chuanting lowered his hand with an unreadable expression, but his eyes were still on the shocking sight on that pale skin. Shu He pouted and said, “Good friends.”
“Friends with him? He bites you like a dog.” Chu Chuanting said, “And don’t you have a marriage contract?”
Shu He: “We both don’t want to recognize this marriage certificate, so I’ve made it clear to him. It doesn’t count.”
“We”?
Chu Chuanting narrowed his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking. Shu He didn’t want to talk about these issues, so he continued to eat seriously in front of Chu Chuanting, indicating that he was very selfish and hadn’t brought him any.
The infirmary was silent for a few minutes. Chu Chuanting asked, “Are you not eating?”
There was still some left on the tray. Shu He was already full. He had overestimated his appetite, so he shook his head.
Who knew that Chu Chuanting would reach out and be a freeloader. “Then give it to me.”
Shu He was dazed. “Give it to you for what?”
“I haven’t eaten yet. I’m hungry.”
Shu He: “…”
Shu He stared at Chu Chuanting. Chu Chuanting didn’t seem to think there was anything wrong with this and still maintained the gesture of reaching out.
“…I’ve eaten it!” Shu He couldn’t help but say in a muffled voice. “I’ve eaten it! You can’t eat what someone else has eaten, even if you’re hungry!”
Chu Chuanting frowned. “I’ve never eaten anyone else’s leftovers, only yours. Aren’t we friends? A life-and-death friendship.”
“…”
This was not good.
This was not right.
Shu He still shook his head, his small face tense as he stood up and said he would go to the cafeteria to get him another portion. Chu Chuanting still frowned and snatched the tray from his hand. Shu He: “?”
Shu He snatched it back with force, turned his head, and went to the cafeteria. Only when he had gotten the food did he realize with a sullen expression Chu Chuanting’s cunning.
He had pretended to want to eat his food, but in fact, he was forcing him to get fresh food. What a bad person!!
Shu He handed the food to Chu Chuanting with a sullen cat face. Chu Chuanting took it, his expression even more reluctant than his. Shu He couldn’t help but put his hands on his hips and point at him. “What’s with that expression? You’re not happy that I got you food?”
Chu Chuanting glanced at him. “I just want to eat yours.”
Shu He: “Are you sick?”
“I am sick.” Chu Chuanting ate the food without any taste and lifted his chin to point at the IV drip. “Sick, susceptibility period.”
“…”
At this time, at noon, Chu Chuanting was the only patient in the infirmary.
Shu He sat by the bed, his head lowered unhappily. Chu Chuanting opened his mouth to thank him for the food he had gotten him and told him not to be angry.
Shu He huffed and turned his head away.
So cute.
Chu Chuanting narrowed his eyes, and his gaze paused when it swept over the redness on the side of his neck. He lowered his head and took a bite of food, and after a while, he said in a flat tone, “Did Chu Chuanbai force you? You couldn’t push him away at that time, could you?”
As if he hadn’t expected him to suddenly bring this up, Shu He turned his head and glanced at him, and gave a small “Mm.”
“But he’s sick. This isn’t what he wanted…”
He had suffered this grievance himself, but he was still speaking up for him. Chu Chuanting pressed his chopsticks, and a fire suddenly rose in his heart. He suddenly pointed out, “He can’t endure it. Why can I?”
Shu He looked at him in a daze.
“My pheromones are crippled.” When he mentioned this, Chu Chuanting’s expression was not calm and indifferent. He accepted his own imperfection frankly. “But I’m still an Alpha.”
“You’re in front of me every day, and you’re so fragrant. Do you think I don’t want to?”
Shu He was like a small cat that had just seen a cucumber and instantly jumped three meters away, staring at him with wide eyes.
Chu Chuanting, who was watching him jump to the corner of the wall: “…”
“He can’t endure it because he’s incompetent.”
Chu Chuanting said calmly, “I’m stronger than him, so I only need an injection.”
Shu He: “…I have a very serious question. Do you have any scentless body wash recommendations? I don’t want to be fragrant every day like I have pheromones.”
He said it all in one breath without even a half-second pause. It took Chu Chuanting a few seconds to react. “Body wash?”
“Mm,” Shu He said in a small voice. “Otherwise, I’m always fragrant.”
Chu Chuanting did not speak.
Did he not know he had a natural scent?
What was the use of body wash? It was a chemical smell. Who would be aroused by body wash?
After a while, Chu Chuanting asked, “Are you going to be like this all the time?”
“What?”
“You can’t resist him, and you’re kissed and licked by him under the pretext of his susceptibility period.”
Shu He slowly said in a daze, “He really is in his susceptibility period. The book I read said that Alphas are like this during their susceptibility period. They’ll be insecure and need comfort…”
Chu Chuanting: “So am I.”
“…”
“Can you kiss me?”
“…”
Shu He frowned, moved closer to the tray by Chu Chuanting’s bed, and said in a small voice, “You should continue your injection. I’m leaving.”
Chu Chuanting’s lips pressed into a straight line. He watched him take the tray to the door before he suddenly said, “That watch on your hand has a tracking device. He’s monitoring you.”
“…”
The slender figure at the door stood there for a minute before leaving.
*
At night.
Shu He returned home, first knocked on Chu Chuanbai’s door, and after confirming he was inside, he returned to his room without incident.
His main account, Little Hua, received a message from Chu Chuanting. Chu Chuanting inexplicably wanted to have a video call with him. After three rejections, Shu He had no choice but to frantically find a mask and a scarf to cover his face and neck tightly.
Then he turned on the camera and sat up straight, staring at the screen.