Chapter 15: Why a Beta? Why Can’t I Mark Him!
It was Shen Chi’s first time stabbing someone with a needle. After stabbing Lu Chenzhou, he had then been bitten by him, so he completely forgot to pull the inhibitor out.
Lu Chenzhou glanced at the inhibitor still stuck in his arm. For the first time, he fell silent.
“Secretary Shen, you don’t pull the needle out after injecting someone?”
Only when he pulled it out did he discover that the needle of the inhibitor had already bent.
Shen Chi would never admit to this mistake even if he were beaten to death. “President Lu, I wanted to pull it out, but you started biting people randomly. I panicked and forgot.”
He threw the blame right back to Lu Chenzhou.
But there was nothing wrong with that. Who told him to bite people randomly? Shen Chi felt like Lu Chenzhou had nearly bitten a chunk of flesh off his neck. The fact that he was not demanding compensation already proved he was kind.
The two of them went back and forth, completely forgetting Ji Yanzhi, who was sprawled on the floor like a dead dog. In the end, he weakly raised a hand.
“Um, can someone pay attention to me?” Ji Yanzhi slowly stood up with trembling legs like an old man. “President Lu, I need to draw a tube of your blood. Oh, right… and yours too.”
Shen Chi immediately frowned and said warily, “Why do you need my blood?”
Ji Yanzhi explained, “President Lu has S-rank pheromones. Ordinary inhibitors can hardly control him, but judging from today’s accident, even a strong inhibitor may not necessarily work. I need to run some tests to see whether President Lu biting a Beta was an accident, or whether a genetic mutation has occurred.”
His answer was very professional. Shen Chi knew nothing about this world’s AAs and OOs, but he did know that Betas were not troubled by pheromones. Ji Yanzhi’s words were undoubtedly a blow to the head.
If Lu Chenzhou was also interested in Betas… then could he still be safe?!
Shen Chi’s eyes widened, and he immediately rolled up his sleeve. “Come on, draw it. Is one tube enough?”
Ji Yanzhi had brought a medical kit when he came, and there were some simple tools inside. Seeing this, he smiled.
“Thank you for your cooperation, sir. Let me introduce myself. My name is Ji Yanzhi. I’m President Lu’s private doctor. May I ask your name?”
It was only a very ordinary conversation, yet Lu Chenzhou frowned and looked over with an unfriendly gaze.
Only then did Ji Yanzhi notice that Shen Chi was truly good-looking. Even if that face were placed in the entertainment industry, it would not lose to an idol’s.
Shen Chi said, “Doctor Ji, my name is Shen Chi. I’m President Lu’s secretary.”
Ji Yanzhi said in surprise, “Secretary? I haven’t seen you before.”
Shen Chi smiled. “I’ve only been here for three days. Today is the final day of my probation period.”
Thinking of the pregnant Secretary Xu, Ji Yanzhi understood. “Secretary Shen stayed calm in a crisis. You’ll definitely pass the probation period.”
Shen Chi said, “Then I’ll accept Doctor Ji’s blessing.”
The two chatted back and forth, completely ignoring Lu Chenzhou on the other side.
Lu Chenzhou stared gloomily at the two of them, displeasure written all over his handsome face. “Ji Yanzhi, have you forgotten what you came here to do?”
Ji Yanzhi said, “Right! Secretary Shen, let me bandage you first. The wound on your neck looks quite serious.”
Ji Yanzhi and Lu Chenzhou had known each other since childhood and were close friends. As long as Lu Chenzhou was not having an episode, Ji Yanzhi was not afraid of him.
That guy was an S-rank Alpha. Even if his head was injured, it was not a big problem. Shen Chi, on the other hand, had bite marks on his neck that looked shocking.
When he said this, Shen Chi belatedly remembered the wound on his neck.
He hissed. The burning pain made him frown.
“Sorry to trouble you, Doctor Ji.”
“It’s no trouble.” Ji Yanzhi first disinfected the wound. The bite marks were very deep and large. A simple bandage would not be enough, so he could only wrap a layer of medical gauze around him. However, while applying the medicine, Ji Yanzhi noticed the faint bite marks around his gland, so pale they were almost negligible.
Judging from the marks, many days had already passed. But judging from the dense bite marks, the possessiveness of that person back then had been terrifying enough to make one’s heart tremble.
If this had happened to an Omega, they could have called the police!
Ji Yanzhi’s hand froze while bandaging him. As though he had thought of something, he suddenly looked at Lu Chenzhou.
This was not Lu Chenzhou’s first episode. When he had an attack, no Alpha or Omega could get near him. Even Betas were very likely to be attacked. This was the first time he had shown marking behavior.
Ji Yanzhi’s surprised gaze was too obvious. Lu Chenzhou’s face was icy. “Why are you looking at me? Bandage the wound.”
Ji Yanzhi swallowed all his curiosity and quickly finished bandaging Shen Chi.
Once the bandage was done and the blood had been drawn, Shen Chi did not want to stay there for even another second. “President Lu, I’ve already delivered the documents from the marketing department. Please remember to check them. If there’s nothing else, I’ll leave first.”
The office door closed again.
Ji Yanzhi could no longer hold back. He sprang up at once. “President Lu, President Lu!”
Lu Chenzhou’s face was dark. “I can hear you. Say what you have to say.”
Ji Yanzhi said, “It’s him, right? Isn’t it! The clothes you brought for testing yesterday also belonged to Secretary Shen, right?”
Lu Chenzhou stared gloomily at the closed office door and gave a sneer before withdrawing his gaze. “So what? He has a partner. Ji Yanzhi, you know me. I’ve never had any interest in other people’s things.”
Ji Yanzhi felt a little regretful.
Although Shen Chi was a Beta, it was obvious that he was different in Lu Chenzhou’s eyes. Under these circumstances, he could serve as a temporary “medicine.”
What a pity. He had a partner.
Wait. Having a partner was not a problem either.
“It’s only a partner. The next time you have an episode, he can still take care of you. After all, he’s your secretary. Taking care of you is also within a secretary’s duties.”
Ji Yanzhi’s thinking was very simple. At worst, Shen Chi would be bitten a few times. Betas could not be marked anyway. If he really got bitten, just give him some compensation.
Lu Chenzhou slowly took out a wet wipe and cleaned the blood and coffee from his face, then had the cleaning staff come over to clean up.
As for Ji Yanzhi’s words, he heard them, but gave no response.
Ji Yanzhi was already used to this. He first treated Lu Chenzhou’s wound, then continued rambling. “It’s rare to meet someone different. My suggestion is that even if he’s a Beta, you should still keep him by your side as much as possible. Right, when you had your episode just now, was there anything different compared to before?”
This time, Lu Chenzhou answered truthfully.
“I wanted to mark him.”
Ji Yanzhi’s hand trembled. “Fortunately, he’s a Beta. Even if he’s bitten, he can’t be marked.”
These words made Lu Chenzhou extremely irritated.
On one hand, he told himself that Shen Chi had a partner and that he was too disdainful to snatch someone else’s belongings. On the other hand, he was irritated over why he could not mark him, and why he had to be a Beta!
Under these conflicting emotions, he irritably tugged at the tie around his collar.
Seeing this, Ji Yanzhi sped up treating his wound. Then he drew another tube of blood. Like Shen Chi, he did not dare linger any longer. “I’ll head back to the hospital first. Call me if anything happens.”
The office returned to silence.
Lu Chenzhou’s gaze swept over a document. It was the one Shen Chi had delivered earlier.
Shen Chi was a Beta and had no pheromones, but Lu Chenzhou kept feeling as though this document carried a different kind of scent. In the end, he picked up the file, his fingertips brushing over the paper. In his fragmented memories, he remembered the touch of Shen Chi’s skin…
Sweet, delicate, addictive.
With a slap.
Lu Chenzhou threw the file back onto the desk with an ugly expression. He picked up the pen on the desk and flipped to the last page of the document, but delayed signing his name for a long time.
After a long while, the document was placed into the drawer. Lu Chenzhou called Shen Chi through the internal line.
“Secretary Shen, the document is missing content. Have the marketing department submit a new copy.”
