Translator: Deyonna
Purang Island is a private island and was one of the many land properties owned by the Yu family in the early years. It had extensive wineries and vineyards. However, in recent years, to raise a large amount of funds to support the political ambitions of the family’s patriarch, it has been sold to the chamber of commerce for tourism development. The original manor is likely to have been abandoned for quite some time.
This insignificant little island had long faded from He Yu’s memory. If it weren’t for that day when he saw the familiar coordinates on the map, he probably would have never remembered it again in his entire life.
An unintentional joke he said when he was in his youth.
And now, the omega who used to be so guarded around him in the smoking room is currently sitting in the recliner chair by the floor-to-ceiling window, less than three meters away from him. He’s holding a book, reading it diligently, but his peripheral vision occasionally falls on him.
He Yu stood among the rose bushes, which were just delivered last month as compensation for the previous accident. He personally transplanted these delicate plants into the flower beds behind the villa, which took quite some effort. Since then, he has been responsible for watering and trimming the flower field, and Zhou Mushi’s bookshelf in the study now holds a dedicated section of guidebooks for flower cultivation.
As He Yu watered the plants with the watering can in hand, he pondered, after he retired from the Federation, that perhaps becoming a gardener wouldn’t be a bad idea.
However, he only knows how to take care of roses.
The fragrance of flowers in the air was rich, but standing in the center of the flowerbed, he could still smell the lingering scent of Zhou Mushi, which came from the window.
As the pregnancy progressed, the omega’s pheromones became stronger, and likewise, their dependence on their alpha would grow day by day. Perhaps Zhou Mushi did not even realize it himself, but there was not a moment when his gaze strayed from He Yu’s figure, or rather, he was simply inseparable from the other party.
If given a rope at this moment, he might even tie the alpha to his side.
The psychological reactions caused by the pregnancy deepened his stubbornness in his character, and it was reflected in everything related to He Yu. Sometimes, Zhou Mushi would occasionally realize his lack of control. He had read several books on psychological regulation, but there was no improvement. However, what prevented him from improving was the alpha’s limitless indulgence.
“There’s no need,” He Yu said, pressing the communicator to cut off his attempt to contact a psychologist for counseling. “It’s perfectly normal for you to feel this way. There’s nothing wrong with it.”
Zhou Mushi didn’t persist. During pregnancy, it’s indeed easy for various psychological conditions to arise. Perhaps it will get better after some time, considering his strong self-control. However, even after a month passed, he still found himself accustomed to moving his reading spot by the window when He Yu left the room, spending the afternoon dividing his attention.
Marianne brought over a freshly brewed cup of black tea and placed it on the wooden round table beside him. She glanced at the vase in the center of the table, filled with a vibrant red rose, smiled, and said, “It’s been over a month, and it’s still blooming so beautifully. Is it because of the nutrient solution you’ve added?”
The red flower bud appeared particularly vibrant against the white porcelain. It looked no different from the other blossoming ones outside the window. Zhou Mushi glanced at it and hummed, slightly raising his tone in response.
The elderly woman saw that he was in a good mood at the moment, so she walked into the kitchen in relief and prepared dinner.
The sunlight was beautiful today. He Yu watered the surrounding flower beds and, after completing his gardening work, he looked up and found that Zhou Mushi had already fallen asleep on the reclining chair.
The book was spread out, resting on his chest. It was a parenting book.
He Yu smiled and bent down, carefully selecting for a while. He cut a rose from the flower bed and inserted it into his pocket. He then stood up, opened the floor-to-ceiling window, and gazed at the omega’s sleeping face from the side of the reclining chair. Finally, he softly called Zhou Mushi’s name.
The person on the chair remained asleep, eyes tightly closed, so he shifted his gaze towards the vase on the table and removed the only flower that had been there for two days and replaced it with a fresh one.
As the elderly woman passed through the living room and witnessed this scene, she smiled and adjusted her glasses. He Yu smiled back at her and, with a finger to his lips, made a “shh” sound.
After the other person quietly returned to the kitchen, He Yu bent down slightly and gently kissed the tip of Zhou Mushi’s nose. He admired the sight of the omega’s face, flushed slightly by the sunlight, the halo of sunlight dancing on his eyelashes, and his slightly protruding belly under his oversized shirt.
The place that nurtured another new life was rising and falling with each breath. He placed his palm over it. Despite knowing it was just an illusion, feeling the faint pulse from inside, he still couldn’t help but curl his lips.
Zhou Mushi slept soundly. Only the fingers resting on the back of the book moved slightly. He Yu was afraid that the heavy book would make him uncomfortable, so he reached out and took it off. Who would have expected that as soon as he turned two pages, the person who was seated in the chair would frown and open his eyes.
“Did I fall asleep?” Zhou Mushi rubbed his forehead and asked.
“Yes,” He Yu replied, feeling a bit regretful for interrupting him. He then asked, “Would you like to go back to your room and rest?”
Zhou Mushi shook his head and stood up from the chair. He picked up his book and took a sip of the tea before saying, “I’m a little hungry.”
He Yu stood up and said, “I’ll go to the kitchen to take a look.”
Watching the alpha leave his line of sight, Zhou Mushi lowered his gaze and opened the book in his hand to a certain page. He took out a deep red petal tucked between the pages and twirled it between his fingertips.
Then he opened the floor-to-ceiling window and threw the dried-up petal that he had kept for a month into the air full of sunshine and the scent of flowers.
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He didn’t sleep well and had a dream.
The timeline in the dream was chaotic. In the past ten years, He Yu had not attended many, even very few moments in his life, but for some unknown reason, there was always the shadow of the alpha in Zhou Mushi’s dreams.
Perhaps the impression left from their first meeting was just too deep.
In the smoking room of the Yu family banquet hall, the alpha who was still called Yu Yuan at the time once helped him out. Zhou Mushi isn’t the type of person who feels obligated to repay kindness, but his impression of that person from that incident wasn’t too bad either. After successfully escaping that night, he even pondered about repaying the favor in the future.
If only he hadn’t faced that terrible estrus period later.
Omegas experience their first estrus period after sexual maturity, typically between the ages of seventeen and twenty. Zhou Mushi had undergone a physical examination before, which predicted that his estrus period would occur after he turned nineteen. So he never imagined that evening when he rushed back home from the banquet, he would faint in the hallway due to a high fever.
During that period, it was his mother who protected and took care of him. Zhou Mushi’s memories of that time were already blurry, and he only heard his mother later recall the experiences of that week. The first two days were spent in isolation at home, but due to his unstable estrus condition, he was sent to an omega protection center for treatment. None of the hundreds of generic alpha pheromone preparations were able to alleviate his condition. The doctors had no idea how to deal with the situation and had no choice but to restrain him with binding straps to endure the situation.
“It’s very possible that he encountered some inducing factors, such as a high compatibility alpha pheromone. There have been isolated cases like this in the past, but it’s still rare for the situation to be this severe…”
The doctor explained this to the mother outside the ward.
At that time, while bound to the bed and enduring the torment of estrus, Zhou Mushi ground his teeth in frustration and thought to himself that when he finds that damn alpha in the future, he must kill him.
After the end of his estrus period, he immediately investigated the eldest grandson of the Yu family, who was the protagonist of the birthday banquet that day. As expected, he saw that familiar face in the information he found.
However, Zhou Mushi didn’t make any move, and it didn’t take long for the information to be sealed in the archives.
He couldn’t recall his initial thoughts. Perhaps he was intimidated by Yu Yuan’s prominent status in the Yu family, or perhaps he was hesitant due to the unpredictable abilities displayed in the information about that person. It could also simply be because he owed that person a favor.
Later on, “Yu Yuan” became the marriage partner designated by his father to him.
Ever since his differentiation, Zhou Mushi had never considered truly bonding with any alpha. However, due to his mother, he had to compromise. But if he’s going to consider a marriage tool, is the man named Yu Yuan really the right choice?
Even though they only had a brief encounter, Zhou Mushi’s intuition told him that the other person was definitely not someone easy to control.
He should find a better and more incompetent puppet instead.
But maybe not necessarily? Perhaps this person can give him the help that he wants?
His mother told him that getting married was a big deal and he must consider it carefully.
So in the end, Zhou Mushi made the most prudent, but actually the most careless, decision in his life.
After getting married, reality showed him that this decision was not a bad one.
Because the husband he truly faced, named “Yu Yuan,” was completely different from what he remembered and imagined.
Zhou Mushi began to feel that he might have missed something. Several years are enough to change a person’s personality and temperament. It’s also possible that from the very beginning, the Yu Yuan he had in his mind didn’t actually exist.
The real Yu Yuan is just an ordinary person, no different from the other alphas.
Recalling that evening once again, it’s possible that the pheromone that triggered his early onset of estrus did not come from the other party. After all, there were so many people at the banquet. Among the numerous possibilities that couldn’t be ruled out, Zhou Mushi stubbornly believed that it was him.
What he did was obviously an inaccurate judgment.
So things became very simple. This marriage brought him the benefits he desired, along with a qualified political tool. Everything fell back into his control, and there would be no more unexpected events happening.
But why does he feel disappointed?
……
Zhou Mushi opened his eyes and sat up from the bed.
The rain outside the window was still heavy, and the room was shrouded in quiet darkness. He reached out and touched the pillow beside him. It was empty.
The other end of the bedding no longer held the alpha’s warmth. It seems that the person has been gone for quite some time.
Zhou Mushi felt a lingering haze of being trapped in a dream. Suddenly, a sense of unfounded anger and displeasure welled up in his heart. He got off the bed and searched the wall for a while, but couldn’t find the switch. So, he stepped out into the darkness, making his way out of the door.
The corridor was dimly lit, and the sound of rain was isolated by the walls. This spacious villa suddenly seemed desolate in the night, as if only his breath occupied it. A cold touch of the wooden floor reached Zhou Mushi’s feet, reminding him that he was not in a dream.
Reaching the stairs, the sound of rain gradually became clearer on the first floor. Accompanied by the sound of the window carefully being closed, Zhou Mushi still heard it.
He descended a few steps and saw a tall figure standing by the floor-to-ceiling window in the living room. His heart instantly relaxed. Then it felt like there was an invisible thread that was slowly tightening in his heart and the other end of the thread was tied to the person across from him.
Seeing that He Yu was still there, Zhou Mushi should have returned to his room, but instead, he stood at the staircase on the first floor, unmoving for a long time, until that figure turned around.
He Yu held half a cigarette that had just been extinguished in his hand and threw it into the trash can. When he looked up and saw him, he was stunned for a moment, and then immediately walked forward.
From a distance, Zhou Mushi couldn’t see his face clearly, but as he approached closer, the other person’s face, which was wet with rain, became visible in the dim lighting.
“Why did you suddenly wake up…”
“Where have you been?” Zhou Mushi interrupted him.
It was unknown if it was because of his serious expression, but He Yu paused for a moment before responding, “The rain was too heavy, so I went to check on the garden.”
Zhou Mushi glanced in the direction of the floor-to-ceiling windows and with the faint light coming from the moon, he vaguely saw something above the swaying flowers, blocking and shielding them from the swift wind and rain.
Following his gaze, He Yu looked back and wiped his drenched forehead before explaining, “I covered them.”
Zhou Mushi’s gaze remained fixed outside the window. His face was devoid of any expression, but the annoyance in his heart did not diminish. Instead, it inexplicably intensified.
He Yu turned around and furrowed his brows at the thinly dressed man. He raised his hand as if he wanted to embrace him, but then hesitated, lowering his head to look at his rain-soaked coat.
Before he could decide whether to take off his coat or go find a blanket first, Zhou Mushi had already reached out and wrapped his arms around He Yu’s waist, burying his face in his chest.
“Wait… Let me take off my clothes first.”
The person in his arms remained motionless.
He sighed, very reluctant to push him away, so he lowered his head and said softly, “Then I’ll carry you back to the room first?”
Zhou Mushi had never liked being carried before, but he didn’t resist this time and let him carry him horizontally. Only then did He Yu realize that he walked out without shoes. He frowned and immediately accelerated his steps.
The person in his arms was very light, hardly resembling an omega who was almost five months pregnant. But compared to when they had first met, his body felt much rounder, like a soft cotton ball or a cat retracting its claws, peacefully and obediently nestled in the crook of his arm.
Zhou Mushi’s breath brushed against the side of his neck, so steady it was almost like he had fallen asleep. But just as they were about to reach the final step, he suddenly spoke up, “Don’t worry about it next time.”
“What?”
“Those flowers, if they die, they die. No need to worry about them.”
He Yu wanted to ask him, wasn’t it you who liked them and wanted compensation for the cargo of roses? But when he looked at Zhou Mushi, who had closed his eyes in his arms, he didn’t say anything in the end. He only slightly curved his lips in the darkness and lowered his head to kiss the other’s forehead, saying, “Okay.”
The pregnant omega had a sense of insecurity beyond his expectations. When He Yu turned around and saw Zhou Mushi looking at him on the stairs with a certain expression, for a moment he felt that the person in front of him had a gloomy expression, as if he wanted to tie him back upstairs.
He knew what to do at this time, which was to hold his restless lover and go to a place where he felt safe.
He Yu was distressed by Zhou Mushi’s sleeplessness in the middle of the night, but it was undeniable that he felt more satisfied and happy about it.
If possible, he hoped that this amplified dependence could last longer, just a little longer.
Returning to the bedroom, he turned on the light. The person in his arms furrowed his brows uncomfortably and snuggled closer to his neck, prompting He Yu to turn off the lights again. He carried the person to the bed, tucked them in under the blanket, and said, “Go to sleep.”
But Zhou Mushi’s hand around his neck did not let go.
“What’s wrong?” he asked.
The omega didn’t answer, but then he felt himself being pressed down in the darkness, and then a warm touch fell on the corner of his lips.
He Yu felt that the impulse he had always suppressed on the stairs was getting worse. He paused for a moment, took off his damp coat, and hesitated whether to return to the bathroom for another shower.
But when Zhou Mushi poked out his tongue and lightly bumped it on his lip, He Yu directly lowered his body and took his omega into his arms.
The two entangled each other in a kiss for a while. He Yu savored the familiar sweet pheromone from the other party’s mouth. Zhou Mushi sat on his lap, head raised upward, and eyes opened.
He Yu couldn’t see the expression in his eyes clearly, so he touched his nape and asked, “Do you want it?”
After the first three months of pregnancy, the two of them had been intimate several times in succession. Taking the omega’s health into consideration, they were very restrained and never went all the way. After each time, He Yu would spend a considerable amount of time in the bathroom. It was not without suffering.
Even though his lower body had begun to ache from hardness, He Yu still hesitated and sought Zhou Mushi’s opinion. The latter remained silent, only bit his Adam’s apple and then licked his collarbone.
He Yu resisted the impulse to press the person in his arms down and asked, “Is your physical condition stable?”
Zhou Mushi finally spoke, but his tone didn’t sound too happy. “Do you need me to show you my medical examination report?”
“En,” He Yu unbuttoned the front of his pajamas and asked cooperatively, “Where is it?”
“You……”
Before Zhou Mushi could finish speaking, he suddenly trembled slightly and suppressed a muffled gasp in his throat.
He Yu licked the slightly protruding bud on his chest with his tongue for a while, and his other hand smoothly explored his slender back, gradually entering the newly damp and sensitive rear passage.
Soon, the liquid secreted from the narrow passage soaked through the fabric. Zhou Mushi’s erect member was held by He Yu’s hand while the object pressing on his thigh was becoming hotter and hotter. He gasped twice, feeling He Yu’s lips moving from the chest to the side of the ear, licking his earlobe. The tingling sensation was like a strong stimulation passing through the nerves, so he couldn’t help reaching out his hand to tear off the collar of the other party, and bring the tip of his nose closer.
It wasn’t until he was thoroughly soaked that He Yu lifted Zhou Mushi’s buttocks, opened the entrance, and cautiously pushed in. Contrary to the gentle action, he broke into the body with a huge and scorching lethal weapon, stimulating the sensitive inner walls to tighten for a moment. Zhou Mushi trembled for a while before He Yu soothingly stroked his back, helping him relax.
It feels like it has been a long time since they were so intimately connected like this, with their pheromones released without reservation. Zhou Mushi, pressed under He Yu’s body, emitted intermittent moans as they moved in small, rhythmic motions. The effects of pregnancy heightened the omega’s sensitivity to the extreme, where even the slightest stimulation would trigger a wave of spasms. The sound of water brewing in the dark room is like stirring a jar of clear brew that has been buried for a long time. The steaming aroma makes people intoxicated in a dream of love and desire, unwilling to wake up.
He Yu had never seen Zhou Mushi, who was so easy to bully, and it was also their first time in this bed. He liked it so much, but he didn’t dare let go of his full strength. He endured it again and again and finally used his long fingers to muffle Zhou Mushi’s cat-like moans and bite his nape. Then his other hand reached forward to the unfastened shirt and caressed the omega’s slightly bulging belly without any obstruction.
As Zhou Mushi’s eyelashes trembled, he couldn’t help but struggle a little, but He Yu held him securely. The alpha then whispered in his ear, “Be careful.”
The thick organ in the hole did not retreat but advanced, going deep within a safe range. The palm of his hand slowly rubbed back and forth on his abdomen, as if playing with a treasure that he was unwilling to part with. The double stimulation forced Zhou Mushi to tears. He turned his head and lightly rubbed his face on He Yu’s collar. But he was discovered. The alpha lowered his head and kissed his wet face, then teased him. “You’re going to be a father. Why are you being a crybaby?”
Zhou Mushi raised his eyes to glare at him but realized that the man couldn’t see clearly in the dark, so he bit He Yu’s collarbone and ordered in a hoarse voice. “Stop touching.”
He Yu no longer teased him. He retreated his cock, held Zhou Mushi’s waist, and turned him up, allowing him to ride on his crotch. Leaning back against the headboard, he smiled and said, “Don’t be angry, Mr. Zhou. How about I’ll let you bully me instead?”
Zhou Mushi was buried on his shoulder, his eyes suddenly darkened, and he bit hard at the tooth marks on the back of He Yu’s neck that had been preserved for a long time.
……
By the time it ended, it was already early morning, and the rain had long since stopped. Zhou Mushi vented for the third time in He Yu’s embrace and was carried into the bathroom in a daze to clean up. He was extremely tired, but still kept his eyes open, not falling asleep. When he was carried into the bathtub, he suddenly asked lightly, “Am I heavy?”
He Yu was stunned. He lowered his head to look into his eyes. However, the man in his arms had already closed his eyes with only his lips slightly pursed.
“Not heavy.” He couldn’t help but touch Zhou Mushi’s belly and added, “If anything, it should be too light. Where did you get the misconception?”
Zhou Mushi shook his head, not wanting to talk to him anymore, but He Yu continued to look at him and said, “Anyway, I can hold you no matter how heavy or light you are, so it’s better to feed you a little more and make you heavier.”
Zhou Mushi raised his eyelids and looked at him. The corner of his mouth slightly twitched. It was probably just a smile, but He Yu still stared at him for a long time before withdrawing his gaze.
The sound of water gently echoed in the bathtub next to his ear, and Zhou Mushi could smell the thick, damp, and woody scent in the air. For a moment, he recalled the fragmented and hazy memories from his dreams.
That one who he once had a brief encounter with, the illusory Yu Yuan, who once lived solely in his mind, has now become the one and only reality.
If one were to describe Zhou Mushi’s life as an uneven path, where every cluster of thorns and traps were within his control and prediction, then the existence of He Yu was an unpredictable swamp. From then on, every unexpected event worth remembering happened there, which compelled Zhou Mushi, who was obsessed with moving forward, to willingly stop to rest.
In other words, He Yu himself was his accident, as well as his fulfillment.
Translator’s Corner: One extra left and this novel will officially end. The last extra will be uploaded this week, probably by Thursday. Thank you everyone for your patience!
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It’s finished too quickly 😭😭😭
I really liked this short novel, this chapter was very interesting.