Chapter 24: Dark Possessiveness Begins to Surface
When Shen Chi woke up again, he was completely dazed. Looking at the unfamiliar surroundings and sensing the unfamiliar atmosphere, he could not help becoming vigilant.
He cautiously looked around. At this moment, he was the only person in the huge room.
The decoration was understated yet luxurious, and it did not look like a hotel either.
“System?”
The system replied, [Here~]
Shen Chi asked, “Where is this?”
As he spoke, he lifted the blanket.
Under the blanket, all the clothes he had worn last night had already been changed. His expression turned strange, and his whole body felt uncomfortable.
“Where is this?”
The system said, [I don’t know either. When you fell unconscious, my side also disconnected. But based on my guess, you were taken away by Lu Chenzhou. There’s a very high chance this is one of Lu Chenzhou’s residences.]
Thinking of Lu Chenzhou’s sudden pounce last night, the back of Shen Chi’s head began to ache faintly. He casually rubbed his head and got out of bed. Just then, there was a knock on the door.
Everything was so coincidental.
Shen Chi did not think too much. Seeing that he was still dressed fairly properly, he rubbed his head and went to open the door.
Outside the door stood Lu Chenzhou in a black suit. The fabric was exquisite, the tailoring proper, and his whole person exuded money and nobility.
Shen Chi’s expression turned subtle.
Originally, he had thought he was dressed quite neatly. But in comparison, with his ill-fitting pajamas and messy hair, Shen Chi felt like a clown.
He coughed lightly. His gaze drifted, and he did not quite dare look directly at him.
“President Lu.”
Lu Chenzhou lowered his eyes. What entered his sight first was Shen Chi’s fluffy hair. His hair was jet-black, and there was even a cute little cowlick on the crown of his head. The little secretary seemed somewhat restrained right now, completely different from his usual state at the company.
Further down was a large expanse of fair, luminous skin at his neck. Because the pajamas did not fit, the overly loose collar allowed the scenery inside to be seen with just a casual glance.
Lu Chenzhou’s Adam’s apple rolled slightly. His good upbringing told him that he should look away.
“I heard some movement from your room.” His expression remained normal, and his voice was cold. “Did you sleep well last night?”
“Is this President Lu’s home?” Seeing Lu Chenzhou nod, Shen Chi continued, “Then last night, President Lu brought me back. As for my clothes…”
Lu Chenzhou said, “The servants changed them. Your clothes were dirty last night. We couldn’t let you sleep in dirty clothes.”
Shen Chi let out a breath of relief. Then, when his gaze met Lu Chenzhou’s firm chest, he felt that he was probably crazy. How could this mad dog Lu Chenzhou possibly be kind enough to change his clothes for him?
Where Shen Chi could not see, Lu Chenzhou curved his lips.
Fake. How could he possibly let the servants change him?
He did not allow anyone near him at all. Even now, surveillance cameras had been installed in his room yesterday. Otherwise, how could he have known so quickly that Shen Chi had woken up?
“Does your head still hurt?” Like an upright gentleman, he maintained a proper social distance. “Sorry. I lost control yesterday. Compensation will be given to you later. Do you need a day off?”
The moment Shen Chi heard “compensation,” his eyes lit up.
Last time, after Lu Chenzhou bit him once, he compensated him with two hundred thousand. This time, it would definitely be even more.
“No need. My head doesn’t really hurt anymore.”
Although his boss was a mad dog, his boss was generous!
No matter what, Shen Chi could not suppress the smile rising on his face. A faint smile appeared in Lu Chenzhou’s deep eyes.
He did not mind that Shen Chi loved money. On the contrary, he feared Shen Chi needing nothing.
“Let’s go. Eat breakfast first. I’ve already had Assistant Zhou send over clothes. Change into them after breakfast.”
Of course, Shen Chi had no objection. Last night’s boss had indeed been terrifying, but today’s boss was handsome and elegant.
When Assistant Zhou came to deliver the clothes, he was not surprised at all to see Shen Chi wearing Lu Chenzhou’s clothes. However, he only secretly took one extra glance. In one night, there was another bite mark on the back of Secretary Shen’s neck.
He did not know what had happened last night, but with just that one glance, he received his boss’s warning gaze.
Assistant Zhou was startled and hurriedly handed the clothes over.
“Secretary Shen, these are your clothes.”
Shen Chi was still eating crystal dumplings. Hearing this, he quickly swallowed and thanked him. “Thank you, Assistant Zhou.”
Assistant Zhou smiled with a simple and honest face. “Why thank me? Thank President Lu. I’m just running errands.”
Running errands this early in the morning was not so easy. Shen Chi once again sighed with emotion. Sure enough, one could not judge people by appearance if they could stay by Lu Chenzhou’s side. Assistant Zhou looked like an honest person, but he was actually very good with words.
“Then thank you, President Lu.” Shen Chi was not stupid either. One had to be soft after eating someone’s food and short-handed after taking their things. Moreover, right now, he was both eating and taking, and he would even be riding in his boss’s car to work later.
Although Lu Chenzhou cared very much about why he had appeared at the bar last night, he knew clearly that Shen Chi was only his secretary. During off-work hours, he had no right to ask.
However, on the way to work, he still could not help himself.
“Secretary Shen.”
Shen Chi was wearing the same style of suit as him. He did not understand this world very well. He only knew that the two suits were the same color, but not that they were the same style.
He sat upright. “President Lu, what is it?”
Lu Chenzhou’s gaze swept over the glaring bite mark on the back of his neck, and he said coldly, “Secretary Shen, while you are by my side, I do not want any messy rumors spreading. You may go to bars, but casually letting others bite your neck…”
He did not finish. His heavy gaze fell on Shen Chi, and even the tone that followed became icy.
“People will think those by my side are very casual.”
Such sharp words would make anyone else uncomfortable, but Shen Chi had a big heart.
This was maintaining male virtue for the future male lead shou. Even the people around him were being required to behave.
“I understand. I’ll try to be careful in the future.”
This answer did not satisfy Lu Chenzhou.
“Secretary Shen, not try. You must.”
Shen Chi nodded again and said obediently, “Okay. I must.”
Only then did the displeasure in Lu Chenzhou’s heart slowly fade.
He had already had someone investigate what had happened at the bar last night. That damned weak Alpha, in a place Shen Chi did not know about, had already had his gland destroyed. From then on, he could only be an ordinary person. Not only that, with the additional charge of harassment, he was now stepping on a sewing machine in prison.
As for that waiter who was an Omega pretending to be a Beta…
An Alpha who did not receive pheromone comfort would die. Lu Chenzhou’s pheromone disorder made him unable to accept any Omega’s pheromones.
Yesterday, as well as the temporary mark in the alley last time, that inferior Omega might be his only hope.
Lu Chenzhou did not want to die, but he also could not accept that Omega.
Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the little secretary, who knew nothing at all. Seeing him sitting obediently beside him, Lu Chenzhou’s usually restless emotions were soothed.
No rush…
His eyes darkened. His subordinates had already gone to make contact with that Omega. Once he obtained the other party’s pheromones, he would have Ji Yanzhi conduct a compatibility test. However, there was one thing that still puzzled him even now.
Why had the strawberry pheromones, which had been so nauseating at first, later become addictive?
Lu Chenzhou even suspected that he had smelled wrong. Perhaps that had not been pheromones at all, but Shen Chi’s scent.
“Secretary Shen.”
Shen Chi said, “Mm?”
Lu Chenzhou asked, “Does Secretary Shen like strawberries?”
