“I’m fine with that, it’s not like Westside is the only option. It’s just after you guys joined, all the focus has been on the Westside. Are you willing to quit before you’ve even gotten any of the profits?”
“Willing or not, there’s nothing we can do,” Wei Lingzhou said, “But I think there’s no need to rush. Just finish it slowly. We can do it in several batches. Being overly paranoid is never a good way to make big money.”
“Mr. Wei, you always have foresight,” Tang Feiyi seemed satisfied with Wei Lingzhou’s perspective, “We haven’t exhausted the resources yet, so we should make the most of them until the very end. What do you say, Mr. He?”
He Yu didn’t respond right away and took a few seconds before saying, “Being cautious is always the right approach.”
Some other people came on the terrace, and the three of them finished their conversation and departed, leaving behind a lingering smell of smoke in the breeze. Despite being held by He Wei, Chi Jiahan still felt cold for some reason.
“Wei Lingzhou, Tang Feiyi,” Chi Jiahan raised his head, “Who’s the last one? Do you know?”
“He Yu.” He Wei’s profile looked solemn, a rarely seen expression. He said, “My cousin.”
One was Wei Lingzhou, the financially strong son of a wealthy businessman and the son-in-law of the Union Chairman. The other was He Yu, the heir to a shipping conglomerate and the nephew of the president of the Union Central Bank—Tang Feiyi certainly had a keen eye for choosing business partners.
Chi Jiahan opened his mouth to ask something but ultimately remained silent. He Wei continued to gaze beyond the railing in silence.
A minute later, He Wei’s hand unexpectedly touched Chi Jiahan’s face, leaving him bewildered. He Wei turned his head and touched the area around Chi Jiahan’s eyes. After confirming that he wasn’t crying anymore, he said, “Come on. Let’s go back.”
“What should we do?” Chi Jiahan couldn’t help but ask.
“We only heard a few sentences, it’s useless. I’ll ask Heyang and Yunchi later.”
“Our Xiao Chi, just pretend you didn’t hear anything today. Don’t tell anyone so as to not put yourself in danger.” He Wei held Chi Jiahan’s face with both hands and rubbed it, “Understood?”
The tiny mole on the tip of Chi Jiahan’s nose was faintly visible in the moonlight, while Chi Jiahan hadn’t fully recovered yet, He Wei lowered his head and gave it a kiss.
“Get lost!” Chi Jiahan immediately snapped back and punched He Wei in the shoulder.
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Xu Ze spent the last day of summer vacation in rut. This time, it was likely caused by his immune system being weakened by his consistent work schedule throughout the break, as well as the frequent late nights working overtime. Furthermore, it had been some time since his last rut, so it affected him more severely.
Around 8 in the morning, Xu Ze woke up and struggled to rise from bed to wash up before returning to rest. Feeling dizzy and hot, he sluggishly reached for his phone and discovered it was nearly 10 am.
His wages from the auto repair shop had been deposited into his bank account. Xu Ze rubbed his eyes and tried to make out the screen. He set aside 500 yuan for his living expenses and transferred the rest to the nursing home’s bank account. After that, he turned off his phone and closed his eyes again.
Xu Ze felt like he was dreaming. In his dream, he heard knocking on the door, but his body couldn’t move. Xu Ze wanted to open the door and see if Lu Heyang was there so that he could see him in his dream.
The knocking stopped and his phone rang. Xu Ze fumbled for the phone on the bed for seven or eight seconds before finally finding it. He swiped the screen several times before it answered.
“Xu Ze, are you not at home?”
Xu Ze said, “I am.”
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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“Wait… wait a bit.” Xu Ze struggled to sit up, “I’ll be right there.”
He didn’t know how he got to the living room. As soon as the door opened, he couldn’t stand and fell to the side. Lu Heyang wrapped his arm around him and closed the door with his other hand. He raised his wristband setting higher and then carried Xu Ze into the bedroom.
Xu Ze’s forehead pressed against Lu Heyang’s neck; it was scorching hot. Upon entering the bedroom, Lu Heyang saw the nest on the bed, surrounded by pillows, sheets, and clothes, with one side facing the wall. Xu Ze had probably slept all night huddled against the wall.
Biology books mentioned that when an alpha exhibited nest-building behavior, it indicated that the degree of pheromone instability during the rut was high and would affect normal consciousness.
Lu Heyang placed Xu Ze on the bed. Xu Ze crawled back to the small nest, pressed his head against the wall curled up, and sneezed.
Xu Ze knew unconsciously that Lu Heyang had come. He wanted to open his eyes to see him and talk to him, but his instinct compelled him to return to the nest for self-protection.
Lu Heyang opened the bag he had brought to take out some fever medicine and unscrewed the lid. He sat down on the bed. As he took the pillow beside Xu Ze, he discovered that there was summer homework tucked underneath.
It was the first time he had seen an alpha use homework to build a nest.
“Good student, open your mouth,” Lu Heyang brought the fever reducer to Xu Ze’s mouth, “You can do your homework after taking the medicine. School starts tomorrow.”
Xu Ze didn’t actually hear what he was saying, but since it was Lu Heyang offering it—Xu Ze obediently opened his mouth.
The taste was strange. Xu Ze had never taken it before because it was expensive. He frowned and swallowed the fever reducer. He licked his lips and made a faint sound, “Water…”
Lu Heyang didn’t hear clearly, “Hmm?”
“I want some water…” Xu Ze sounded weak, and his tone was softer and dragged out longer than usual.
Lu Heyang asked as he got up, “Are you acting cute?”
“I’m not,” Xu Ze tried to distinguish what he was saying and replied.
In the meantime, Lu Heyang had already poured some water at the desk and brought it over. He said, “If it’s not acting cute, I won’t pour water for you.”
Xu Ze was muddleheaded. He stared at the wall for half a minute with his eyes barely open and gradually realized. In the end, he was forced to admit, “I was acting cute.”
“Good.” Lu Heyang helped him up.
Xu Ze leaned on Lu Heyang and took a few sips of water. Maybe it was a psychological effect, but he felt a little better. In the middle of last night, Xu Ze had wanted to pile up everything in the room high on the bed to increase his sense of security and belonging—this situation had only occurred once before, on the day of his second differentiation. He had constantly moved things to the bed like an ant but never felt like it was enough.
At that time, Ye Yunhua was already in the mental hospital, and Xu Ze was the only one at home. He didn’t know that he was experiencing a differentiation for a second time, he just felt lost and panicked.
At the age of 14, Xu Ze stacked his small bed full and huddled in it for a whole day and night. But all that seemed to pale in comparison to Lu Heyang’s simple embrace today at the age of 17.
“Drink some more.” Lu Heyang hugged Xu Ze from behind, feeding him water with one hand and touching his forehead with the other, “I heard that the fever reducer doesn’t taste too good.”
Xu Ze tilted his head back and sipped the water. When he finished the last drop in the cup, he propped up his hands to turn around and shoved Lu Heyang’s shoulder.
He didn’t know how much force he used, but Lu Heyang fell down easily, and the water cup fell to the side. Xu Ze crawled a few steps and straddled Lu Heyang. Lu Heyang looked at him calmly and seemed very compliant.
During the last rut, Xu Ze had only dared to watch him while masturbating, thinking it was just a dream. This time, he dared to climb on top of him. Lu Heyang thought Xu Ze had made progress.
Xu Ze breathed heavily, looked at Lu Heyang for a few seconds, and then leaned forward. Lu Heyang’s wristband was of high quality and effectively blocked his pheromones. Xu Ze could smell the pheromones on Lu Heyang’s body and clothes only when he came close.
It was also an alpha pheromone, which had no calming effect on Xu Ze. On the contrary, it irritated him to the point that he frowned and clutched Lu Heyang’s T-shirt, displaying an unusual aggression.
“You smelled it yourself,” Lu Heyang supported his waist and said calmly, “Smelling it makes you angry.”
Xu Ze was like a dog that was warned by its owner before he had time to even show his teeth. He immediately stopped and held out a hand to cover Lu Heyang’s eyes. His gaze traveled downward and landed on Lu Heyang’s mouth. Xu Ze’s Adam’s apple bobbed and he asked, “Can I…”
Recalling that Lu Heyang had said not to ask before doing such things, Xu Ze lowered his head and touched Lu Heyang’s upper lip. Xu Ze could feel Lu Heyang’s hand digging into his loose pants. Xu Ze was yearning for release, but the slow pace left him with a dissatisfied itch. He stuck out the tip of his tongue, and Lu Heyang opened his mouth cooperatively, generously giving him all the control.
Pheromone rejection in saliva was especially evident during rut. The restlessness and heat in their bodies clashed more intensely. However, Xu Ze refused to separate even the slightest bit from Lu Heyang. He was licking and biting, with their lips firmly pressed together and tongues intertwining. All the while, Xu Ze kept his hand tightly covering Lu Heyang’s eyes to prevent him from seeing.
Perhaps Xu Ze felt like he was the person with his eyes covered. Along with his sense of smell, taste, and hearing, his entire being seemed to be enveloped in a hot and humid tide that was relentlessly crashing against the shore. The only thing that remained was a vague consciousness dominated by instinct, to the extent that he didn’t even realize that he was moving his hips to rub against Lu Heyang’s lower abdomen. The sweat in his palm practically dampened Lu Heyang’s eyelashes.
Xu Ze was almost there and panted. His head arced into the nape of Lu Heyang’s neck, aiming at the glands at the back of his neck. The pheromone concentration in the glands was too high. Lu Heyang pinched Xu Ze’s neck in time and said, “Marking another alpha during rut will land you in the emergency room.”
Xu Ze whimpered in discomfort. Then he suddenly bit down on the side of Lu Heyang’s neck. The muscles all over his body tensed with a slight spasm in his lower abdomen.
His body became even wetter, but Xu Ze felt like he had finally broken free from the tide and was able to breathe.
With a slightly clearer mind, Xu Ze’s eyes slowly swept past the teeth marks on Lu Heyang’s neck, the bitten red lips, to the wrinkled T-shirt. His expression gradually became baffled.
Lu Heyang’s hand was still in Xu Ze’s pants. He pinched Xu Ze’s thigh and asked, “Is it comfortable rubbing against me?”
This was obviously a question that Xu Ze couldn’t answer. He slowly pulled back the hand covering Lu Heyang’s eyes. Lu Heyang opened his eyes and stared directly at him, while Xu Ze lowered his head and stared at the edge of the bed.
After a few more seconds, Xu Ze realized that as an alpha who was over 1.8 meters tall, he couldn’t continue to sit on Lu Heyang like this. He got up stiffly, his legs feeling weak, and said, “I’m going to take a shower.”
Without looking at Lu Heyang, he unsteadily turned around and walked out of the room, forgetting even to grab a change of underwear.
Hot water poured down on Xu Ze as he stood motionless in the shower, like a sapling being thoroughly watered, not making a sound or thinking about anything.
Suddenly, the bathroom door opened. Before Xu Ze could turn his head, Lu Heyang turned the shower off, squeezed Xu Ze’s shoulders to push him half a step toward the wall, and said, “You made me all sweaty.”
Xu Ze blinked in confusion, wanting to ask whose sweat it was, but his chin was quickly held by Lu Heyang, preventing him from speaking. Lu Heyang twisted Xu Ze’s face toward him and kissed him from behind.
…
Xu Ze’s forehead was pressed against the wet wall and repeatedly bumped against it. He could vaguely hear wet sounds even though the shower had been turned off long ago. Lu Heyang wrapped one hand around Xu Ze’s shoulders to restrain him, and placed the other hand on Xu Ze’s stomach, firmly holding him in place. Xu Ze could only gasp with his mouth open—he thought he was simply breathing heavily, but in reality, his moaning never stopped. Normally, Xu Ze wouldn’t make a sound, only letting out a muffled groan when he couldn’t hold it any longer.
“Shh—” Lu Heyang covered Xu Ze’s mouth and whispered in his ear to remind him, “If you keep calling out, the neighbors will hear.”
“It…” Xu Ze couldn’t make out what Lu Heyang said. His mouth was covered and he mumbled, “It hurts…”
“Where does it hurt?” Lu Heyang released his hand.
“Here…” Xu Ze pressed Lu Heyang’s hand on his lower abdomen, “In the… womb… it hurts.”
He even felt something bumping through Lu Heyang’s hand and reaching his palm.
“Mn,” Lu Heyang indicated that he knew, but his movements didn’t slow down. He said, “Isn’t it supposed to be ejaculated into the womb during estrus?”
“No…” Xu Ze wanted to say that he wasn’t in estrus but in rut and there was no room for sperm in the alpha’s degenerated womb. He just didn’t have the strength to discuss these physiological facts with Lu Heyang right now.
“If you were an omega, you’d probably be pregnant by now.” Lu Heyang pressed Xu Ze’s belly slightly harder, causing him to arch his back and tremble. Lu Heyang continued, “At 17, you’d have to go to school with a bulging belly.”
Due to Lu Heyang’s unnaturally calm tone and pace, Xu Ze surprisingly found his words quite convincing.
…
This was the longest shower Xu Ze had ever taken. Lu Heyang released Xu Ze’s legs down from the crooks of his arms and helped him stand firmly. Then he turned on the shower, which had only been used for a few minutes at the beginning.
The water poured down on them. Xu Ze leaned against the wall, already tired, but for some reason, he suddenly smiled.
“What are you smiling at?” Lu Heyang asked.
Xu Ze shook his head and hugged him without saying anything.
He smiled because he felt that now Lu Heyang was like a sapling that was being watered alongside him.
Author’s note:
Lu Heyang: Relying on the disguise of a gentleman alpha…
Translator’s note:
Lu Heyang’s dirty talk… 🫣
Art for this chapter:
(I love this artist, you can find her on Weibo @幺三个零)
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that was hot 🥵 and then the end was so cuteee 🌱
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Not Xu Ze using his homework to build a nest 😭
Why is our xu ze still look cute to me when he’s on the lead??? He’s just so precious :’)
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How is Xu Ze so cute and adorable?? This is my second time reading an alpha x alpha trope. And this is soo much better and cuter than the first one 😭❤