Chapter 55: What’s Wrong with a Spoiled Beta 17
In October, the temperature in Shangyu City finally dropped, and it even rained a little.
Shu He returned to his room and locked the door.
Outside the window, the rain fell in a drizzle, and a wind mixed with the smell of grass blew, making the window rattle.
Shu He pressed against the window and looked at the misty estate for a while, and then drew the curtains.
He looked at the locked door.
Chu Chuanbai’s susceptibility period had indeed arrived.
Ten minutes ago, Shu He had seen him lock himself in his room and not come out again.
He didn’t know if he could get through it on his own this time.
In any case, he probably wouldn’t come knocking on his door in the middle of the night again.
Shu He shook his head, shaking off these worries, and then mumbled and discussed the mission progress with the system. The system stared at the threshold program in the backend and said that the protagonist’s progress had been steadily advancing.
They just had to wait.
Wait for the protagonist to completely overthrow Chu Chuanbai.
Hearing this, Shu He breathed a sigh of relief, his heart settled, and he propped his cheek with his hand and was in a daze for a while. “When he rises, will Chu Chuanbai die?”
System: 【Normally, yes.】
A conventional leveling-up protagonist must defeat the villain to avoid the possibility of his position being shaken.
However, Shu He was a little confused about what “normally” meant.
【Because there is a hidden danger now.】
As if it knew what Shu He was thinking in his heart, the system said in a flat mechanical voice, 【The plot has been advanced, and the villain must have left a hand. It’s unknown whether it will take a few years or more than a decade to reach the point of death. The variables are too great. It’s still quite difficult for the protagonist to kill the villain.】
Shu He said “Oh” a little slowly, his almond eyes drifting away as he propped his cheek and was in a daze. After a long time, he stood up, packed his clothes, and went to take a bath.
Half an hour later, Shu He, warm all over, burrowed into the bed, listening to the hazy sound of rain outside the window, and his thoughts gradually sank into a dream.
In the middle of the night.
The rain was heavy.
The wind was howling like a demon, and the gray shadows of the trees swayed at the window.
But the room was quiet.
“Knock knock.”
A knock on the door broke the silence.
Shu He turned over, his cheek pressed against the pillow, sleeping soundly.
“Knock knock.”
Another two knocks, and this time, the force of the rebound was a little greater than the last time.
Shu He scratched his face, his eyes groggily opening, but he only saw a pitch black.
Suddenly, he sat up straight.
His thin figure was wrapped in the blanket and froze slightly. The sleepiness flew away, and it was clear that he had thought of something.
Chu Chuanbai’s susceptibility period!
He was knocking on the door again!
Shu He froze in place, not knowing whether to respond. Just then, the person at the door knocked a third time.
This time, the force was lighter.
There was also the sound of something dull pressing against the door. Shu He’s eyes widened and he scrambled to the side of the bed to put on his shoes, and step by step, he cautiously approached the door, and at the same time, he called out in a small voice, “Chu Chuanbai?”
The room was very soundproof.
Chu Chuanbai might not have heard, so he did not respond. Shu He thought for a moment, reached out, and gently patted the door as a response, and then told him, “I can’t open the door for you.”
Chu Chuanbai’s forehead was against the door, his breath hot, his eyes half-closed.
His hands were hanging down, and in his hand was a small rectangular box. His fingers were on the box with a very heavy force, his knuckles pale, and the veins on the back of his hand were ferocious and conspicuous.
The knocking sound appeared again.
This time, Shu He heard Chu Chuanbai’s hoarse voice. “Can you do me a favor?”
This voice was completely different from the one during the day, low and hoarse, and in the boundless night, it was gloomy and chilling.
Shu He thought that the susceptibility period was really terrible. It could always turn a good person into another person. He moved his pale face and asked cautiously, “What favor?”
“Help me with the inhibitor.”
Chu Chuanbai: “I can’t hold these things anymore. I can’t aim at the blood vessel. Help me, Little He.”
Shu He: “But I don’t know how…”
“I’ll teach you.”
Through the door, Chu Chuanbai’s voice was hot and hoarse. Shu He curled his fingers and stood there for three seconds.
With a click, the light turned on.
The room was brightly lit.
Shu He opened the door, and a heavy body instantly pressed against him. He was pushed back two steps, and he grabbed Chu Chuanbai’s hard arm, at a loss.
Breathing in the aggressive hormonal scent, Shu He lifted his pale face, his voice tense. “You’re not wearing a muzzle. You can’t bite me. If you bite me, I won’t talk to you anymore.”
Chu Chuanbai’s head was against his pale neck.
His broad figure enveloped the slender person, a very “wronged” posture, his eyes slightly lowered. Hearing this, his teeth moved and were retracted.
He closed his eyes, and with a hot breath, he said “Mm.” Shu He supported him to close the door, and then supported him back to his seat.
Chu Chuanbai would not let go for the few steps.
And he was so heavy.
Shu He was so tired from being held and moving just these few steps that he was weak all over, his face flushed, not to mention having to give an injection.
Shu He let go of Chu Chuanbai, looked at the small box he had been given, and his hands were a little weak as he shook them, and then he opened the box and looked at the contents.
Three vials of medicine, one syringe.
This needle was so thick.
Shu He’s eyes were blank. He stood there for a long time without moving. Chu Chuanbai thought he didn’t know what to do, so he barely lifted his hot eyelids, and the veins on the back of his hand were full of strength. He held it out in front of him and picked up the medicine.
“Suck it out with the needle.”
Then he placed his wrist in front of Shu He.
“Inject this blood vessel.”
This blood vessel was the most obvious.
Even if Shu He’s hand was trembling, he could easily stick it in.
Shu He held the needle, his small face tense.
He first sucked out the cold medicine from inside, and then pressed the top, and squeezed out the air.
When it came to the injection, Shu He looked at Chu Chuanbai’s hand, his small face pale, with a difficult expression.
Inject here…
He held the syringe tightly, the pressure was immense, and the needle hovered over the prominent blood vessel.
He didn’t even know how he had managed to stick it in. With his heart pounding, the entire vial of medicine was injected.
Chu Chuanbai even held him at this time without any sense of proportion. A gray shadow fell, and Shu He’s vision blurred, and his hand trembled with a fine tremor, and he scolded him.
Meaning, what are you doing?
Chu Chuanbai closed his eyes, his face against Shu He’s neck, his hand held in his. Shu He stumbled through this injection, and only then did he know that he had to give two more.
This time, he changed hands. With experience, Shu He’s injection was much smoother, but his heart was still beating so fast he couldn’t control it.
The third injection was exceptionally smooth.
He used a cotton swab to plug the needle hole. Chu Chuanbai lifted his eyelids, threw the cotton swab away, and then, in Shu He’s small voice of criticism, he pulled him into his arms, so hard it was as if he wanted to rub him into his bones and blood.
Chu Chuanbai’s breath was hot as he called him “Little Doctor Shu,” and said he knew he was wrong and not to scold him.
Shu He’s straight face puffed out.
On the first day of his susceptibility period, Chu Chuanbai seemed to still have his reason, and did not wear a muzzle or an electric shock bracelet.
He held Shu He all night, and left before the sun was up.
On the second day of his susceptibility period, the situation was a little more serious. Chu Chuanbai handed Shu He another inhibitor, and the brand was different from yesterday’s.
Shu He stumbled through the injection, and found that Chu Chuanbai’s thoughts were muddled, and he held him without saying a word.
The light rain was still falling, and in his hot, dense breath, he had not slept much all night in his arms.
On the third day of his susceptibility period, the situation became more and more serious. Chu Chuanbai wore a muzzle and an electric shock bracelet this time, and gave Shu He two strong inhibitors. When Shu He was giving him the injection, he always felt that he wanted to bite him.
But after the inhibitor was injected, Chu Chuanbai seemed to have calmed down.
That night, Chu Chuanbai did not hold Shu He to sleep.
He didn’t leave either, and just watched Shu He sleep in a corner. When Shu He woke up early in the morning, he found that he had already left, and there were only mottled, dark bloodstains on the wall.
The butler brought someone to clean it up.
On the fourth day, Chu Chuanbai did not knock on Shu He’s door in the middle of the night again. Shu He was a little afraid that he had died, so he leaned close to the door and spoke to him in a small voice.
Chu Chuanbai seemed to be in a good condition, and he answered all his questions through the door.
On the fifth day, the susceptibility period gradually faded.
Chu Chuanbai went back to knocking on Shu He’s door in the middle of the night and holding him to sleep.
Sixth day, seventh day, eighth day.
Shu He felt that Chu Chuanbai was already better.
But Chu Chuanbai said he wasn’t, and still knocked on his door every night. Shu He no longer opened the door for him now, and pretended not to hear.
Chu Chuanbai’s knocking hand fell.
He looked at this door, his voice introverted and regretful. “Little He, I want you to smell my pheromones.”
Shu He: “I can’t smell them.”
“You can this time.”
Chu Chuanbai said, “This might be the first and last time you can smell my pheromones.”
What did he mean?
Shu He was a little dazed, and curiosity drove him to open the door. Chu Chuanbai walked in, and his tall figure occupied Shu He’s line of sight, and at the same time, a strong, spicy smell of wine rushed over.
This was not the smell of having actually drunk wine.
It was strong, but it was also refreshing, without the sticky dizziness of wine. The top note was very strong, but the base note became light, lingering in Shu He’s breath and mind.
Shu He was so overwhelmed by this smell that he froze. He stood there in a daze and saw Chu Chuanbai take out a small glass bottle.
“Perfume.”
Chu Chuanbai pressed the button. “It’s formulated based on my pheromones, a ten-part match.”
“If Little He can have a physiological reaction to my pheromones, I will use my pheromones to soothe you and make you very comfortable.”
Chu Chuanbai’s thumb moved, and he closed the perfume button. Shu He was watched by his gentle, introverted eyes. “It’s okay if you can’t smell it. I won’t be an Alpha in the future anyway.”
Shu He’s nose twitched.
Then he turned his head and sneezed.
He said in a muffled voice, “I don’t understand.”
“It means I’m planning to have an operation.”
Chu Chuanbai did not hide it from Shu He.
He might not be able to see him for half a month, a month.
Chu Chuanbai sighed. “I’m going to have my pheromone genes broken down and removed. I won’t have a susceptibility period in the future.”
Shu He still didn’t quite understand.
Was there such an operation?
The physiology book he had read didn’t seem to mention this.
It only said that Omegas could have their glands removed to avoid being marked.
Shu He listened dazedly as Chu Chuanbai explained to him. After a long explanation, he cautiously scratched his wrist, glanced at him, and said hesitantly in a small voice, “Then this kind of thing, is it a bit like…”
He stammered, not knowing what to say.
Chu Chuanbai: “Like what?”
Shu He said, “Self-castration.”
Chu Chuanbai: “…”
Chu Chuanbai: “…”
In the silence, Chu Chuanbai suddenly smiled, his brow light and gentle.
He reached out and pinched Shu He’s soft face. Shu He mumbled with his mouth full that he was doing something, and his almond eyes looked up.
“How can you be so cute?”
Chu Chuanbai bent down to be at eye level with him. “Do you remember, when we were kissing last time, I helped you with my hand.”
A large patch of sticky, hot memories suddenly flooded in. Shu He’s eyes flickered. Why are you talking about this…
“Having no pheromones doesn’t mean I’m not capable.”
Chu Chuanbai smiled slightly, his brow lowered, and he went back to the main topic. “I might be gone for a while after this.”
Shu He knew he was going to have an operation.
“Then can I go out?”
Shu He was very serious. “You can’t really not let me go for the rest of my life, can you?”
Why not?
Chu Chuanbai lowered his eyes and stood up straight again.
Suddenly, he said:
“Let’s make a deal.”
Shu He: “What?”
“I’ll give you your freedom, and I’ll continue to have people protect you.” Chu Chuanbai said, “The condition of the deal is that you don’t go with Chu Chuanting, and you don’t get back together with him.”
Shu He immediately agreed.
“Okay!”
So simple!
“You agreed so easily?”
Chu Chuanbai lowered his eyes and looked at him, as if he were pulling at his lips, but soon he changed the subject.
“Do you hope Chu Chuanting can beat me?”
Shu He was stunned for a moment, as if he didn’t quite understand why Chu Chuanbai would ask such a question. He scratched his cheek and shook his head.
“No.”
He said, “I just want Chu Chuanting to have his own career, and it would be best if he became as amazing as you.”
Chu Chuanbai: “Why?”
He asked this, but he seemed not to care about the answer at all, and continued, “That’s also fine. Let’s make a second deal.”
Shu He couldn’t even keep up with Chu Chuanbai’s rhythm and looked at him in a daze.
Chu Chuanbai: “I can stop targeting Chu Chuanting, and even let him grow, until his wings are full and he can beat me.”
The gentle voice was flat and direct:
“The condition is that you date me.”
Huh?
Chu Chuanbai said with understanding, “You don’t have to give an answer so quickly. I’ll ask you again when I come back.”
Shu He looked up at him, his thoughts completely dazed.
He dazedly closed the door, dazedly sat on the bed, and dazedly analyzed with the system why Chu Chuanbai could propose such a condition.
Just for a relationship, he was willing to let a hidden danger grow freely. Did he think the protagonist would never have a chance to beat him?
The system’s mechanical voice asked calmly: 【Will you agree to him?】
It would.
It knew.
Shu He could date the protagonist and stimulate the protagonist to strive.
He could also date the villain and accelerate the mission completion process.
It was just a relationship.
The villain liked him, had no strange quirks, and could advance the mission. Why not?
The system thought so, and for some reason, it felt a little sour, not knowing what it was sour about. It looked at Shu He with a sizzling smoke and found that Shu He was propping his cheek and in a daze, actually hesitating.
The system was surprised: 【You don’t want to agree?】
Shu He turned his head and rested his head on his pillow, and gave a soft “Mm.”
He said, “If that’s the case, I don’t feel like I’m a villain anymore.”
System: 【What?】
“The protagonist has to work hard on his own,” Shu He said, holding his head in frustration. “I’m like his mother, paving the way for him.”
System: 【…】
Well, it does seem a little like that.
Shu He closed his eyes and mumbled that he didn’t want to agree, that Chu Chuanting was the protagonist and had to work hard on his own.
He was a little villain, so he had to act like a villain. Bullying people was what a villain should do. Secretly clearing obstacles for the protagonist was not at all like a villain.
Shu He seriously confirmed, “I’m not going to agree.”
I’m not going to be a mother!
【Alright.】 The system of course said, 【My backend’s threshold program has been very high. The protagonist already has sufficient motivation to strive. We just have to wait for the mission to be completed.】
Shu He nodded hard.
*
At the company, Chu Chuanbai had not appeared for several days.
Although he had not been to the company often these past few months, he would have a regular meeting once a week, or an online meeting.
But this time, there was no news at all.
The high-level executives were restless. Chu Chuanting pushed the wave and contacted the old subordinates of the Shu family who were good to Shu He.
They started to cooperate and make a plan.
A five-year plan.
…Five years was still a little long.
Chu Chuanting frowned and looked at this plan, thinking it would be better to go to the army.
He let out a light “tsk,” and pressed his brow.
He had been working non-stop for several days, and his susceptibility period had been delayed for almost a week… and he hadn’t contacted Shu He for a long time.
Thinking of this, Chu Chuanting’s thoughts slowed down.
He sat in his office, and by his hand was the little white flower Shu He had sent him before.
It was no longer white now, and was withered and covered in cracks, and was stuck in a vase.
The colleague from last time walked in.
He was an old subordinate of the old master Chu, and he had also had the intention of building a good relationship with Chu Chuanting last time. This time, he came in with a file, and when he saw the flower, he said “Whoa.” “So much love?”
Chu Chuanting’s thoughts were pulled away, and he looked at him coldly.
“Why don’t you ask your partner to send you another one?” the colleague said with a “hehe.” “This flower is already rotten.”
Chu Chuanting: “We broke up.”
The colleague: “?”
The colleague: “…”
No, I’m really dead.
“What are you here for?”
Chu Chuanting had no intention of talking about it. Thinking about the breakup once was enough. Talking about it again would just be self-torture.
The colleague quickly put the file over.
“It’s very strange. Mr. Chu hasn’t appeared at all during this period, and he has also given us a lot of important projects.”
The colleague said with disbelief, “In the past, we never got a chance at this kind of project! He was always very vigilant, and we couldn’t even touch the core documents.”
But this time, he didn’t know what had gotten into him.
Chu Chuanting paused, and he threw the file in front of him over. “Look, this one too.”
The colleague opened it and found that the market value of this file was even higher than his. He was so surprised his eyes widened, and he looked at it over and over, and finally started to suspect, “Is he trying some new trick?”
Chu Chuanting’s lips pulled into a smile that did not reach his eyes.
Unlike his colleague, he was thinking of Little He.
Did Chu Chuanbai suddenly do this because Little He said something?
The colleague pondered and said, “In any case, we have to try. If we can get through these few projects, our value will not just go up.”
Chu Chuanbai lowered his eyes and did not speak.
He did not need this kind of concession.
The colleague talked and talked and then left. The door closed, and Chu Chuanting took this file, and from beginning to end, he finally opened his terminal, and skillfully registered a new account and sent a friend request to Shu He.
At that time, Shu He was out for a walk.
He was surrounded by people who were protecting him.
When he received the message, Shu He looked down and saw that Chu Chuanting had asked him in the note of the friend request if he had been wronged by Chu Chuanbai for some reason.
Shu He sent a question mark in confusion and rejected his friend request.
Chu Chuanting sent it again, with a new note: 【Baby, I know you have good intentions for me.】
Shu He: 【Huh?】
Rejected x2
Request x3 【It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you. If I had known, I would have just eloped with you back then.】
Shu He: 【Huh?】
Rejected x3
Request x4
Chu Chuanting sent the request several times, and Shu He found that he could also chat like this, so he rarely accepted his friend request and told him that he had no ulterior motives and really wanted to break up with him.
Chu Chuanting: 【I understand. Is Chu Chuanbai monitoring you?】
Shu He’s eyes widened.
Huh?
【I want to come find you.】
Chu Chuanting sent a message: 【My susceptibility period is coming soon.】
Shu He: 【Don’t look for me.】
Chu Chuanting: 【Wait for me a bit.】
Shu He deleted Chu Chuanting.
He bit his lip, turned his head to look around, and then walked in the direction of the Chu residence.
Perhaps it was a coincidence, or perhaps the other person was in a hurry. As he walked, Shu He’s eyes were blank, and he remotely met Chu Chuanting’s gaze, who was standing at the intersection.
Time seemed to slow down.
Chu Chuanting hadn’t seen him in a long time, and for a moment, his thoughts paused. He stared at Shu He’s averted gaze, quickened his pace, and finally rushed in front of him.
“Little He.”
His voice was actually a little hoarse as he called.
Before Shu He could move, the bodyguards who were protecting him from behind coldly raised their guns.
The sound of the trigger being pulled sounded.
Chu Chuanting calmly lifted his dark eyes, and was aimed at by several gun muzzles, his eyes not even changing.
He still walked towards Shu He.
Shu He’s lashes trembled, and he turned back and said to the bodyguards in a small voice not to shoot. Chu Chuanting stopped in front of him, his rebellious brow slightly lowered. Hearing this, he seemed to have found some evidence, and stared at Shu He’s beautiful, round almond eyes and said, “You’re worried about me.”
Shu He’s small mouth pouted.
He was very weak and repeated, “I didn’t have any ulterior motives in what I said before. I really wanted to break up with you! And I was really just playing with you.”
Chu Chuanting was expressionless. “I want to talk to you in private.”
He lifted his eyes again and turned his head to sweep his gaze over the armed men. “Will these people listen to you, Little He?”
Shu He thought for a moment and pursed his lips.
That’s right. He had to talk in private once.
If they talked seriously once, Chu Chuanting would believe that he really wasn’t being threatened.
Shu He clutched the corner of his clothes, turned back to look at the bodyguards. He wasn’t very sure if these people would listen to him, so his small mouth opened, and he said hesitantly, “Can you guys temporarily…”
Before he could finish, one of the bodyguards spoke up. “We can’t be too far from you, young master. Mr. Chu has instructed.”
It meant that they could talk in private, but they couldn’t go too far.
Shu He said “Oh,” and turned back to look at the young man whose gaze was locked on him. He took two steps back, and Chu Chuanting silently followed behind him.
There was a small, pointed pavilion nearby, surrounded by a shimmering water surface.
Shu He walked into the small pavilion. The bodyguards did not follow, and only Chu Chuanting followed closely by his side.
The wind was very strong, and it blew the water surface into ripples, with fish swimming in it. Shu He sat on a seat by the side, his back straight, his head lowered as he looked at his hands, and said in a small voice, “I’m serious.”
A gust of wind blew over, blowing away the hair on Shu He’s forehead, revealing his pale and innocent brow and eyes.
Chu Chuanting walked closer.
He sat down next to him and naturally touched his somewhat cool hand. “Is there a listening device?”
Shu He: “…”
Shu He was frustrated. “No.”
“Alright.”
Chu Chuanting held his hand tightly, not letting him let go at all. “Then tell me what you’re thinking. I’m listening.”
Shu He pursed his lips, brewing his thoughts.
He had to start from the very beginning.
To prove the truth of these words, he had to mention it from the very beginning, that is, when he first saw him.
“I didn’t fall in love with you at first sight.”
Shu He said so. “I asked Brother Busong for your contact information just to toy with your emotions.”
“Because I don’t like you. If you’re not happy, I’m happy.”
“I broke up with you because it was about time. You already liked me enough, and I didn’t want to waste my time with you.”
As he spoke, Shu He’s grip on his hand tightened, and he turned his head away, sniffing.
These were all the truth, not a single word was wrong. As Shu He spoke, his voice became soft. “I didn’t expect you to be so firm in thinking that I was being forced.”
He turned his head back as he spoke, and then was stunned for a moment. Chu Chuanting’s eyes had turned red at some point. This person’s breath was already extremely unsteady, but he still held his hand tightly, not knowing if it was out of stubbornness or to deceive himself. “There must be a listening device.”
Shu He: “…”
Chu Chuanting lowered his churning, hot eyes and said, word by word, “Is Chu Chuanbai listening to you?”
Shu He: “He’s not…”
“This is not a rare thing.”
Chu Chuanting said, “He can do something like putting a tracking device on the watch he gave you, so he can also put a listening device on you. There’s nothing strange about that.”
Communication was very difficult.
He just wouldn’t believe it.
Shu He wanted to stand up, but he was held down by Chu Chuanting’s hand. With no other choice, he looked at him angrily. “Then how can you believe that I’m serious?”
“Slap me.”
Shu He was stunned.
Chu Chuanting looked at Shu He, his voice extremely calm, and his words were so clear that his tone was tinged with a hint of gloom. “You slap me now, hard, and I’ll believe you.”
Shu He felt as if he were covered in a paste.
He was so scared he couldn’t speak, and at the same time, the two slaps he had given Chu Chuanbai flashed through his mind.
Chu Chuanbai had actually said it was comfortable.
It made him unable to look at slapping people in the same way again.
Shu He looked down at his hand in a daze, motionless. At this moment, Chu Chuanting forcefully squeezed his fingers into his finger gaps, intertwined their fingers, and then pulled him into his arms and kissed his trembling lips.