Chapter 46: President Lu, I’ll Take Responsibility
Although Shen Chi was a Beta, he could still sense the highly aggressive aura, especially now. He felt a little uncomfortable, as if he had a fever.
Uneasily, he lowered his head. Perhaps because he was too close to Lu Chenzhou, his breathing became hurried, his body temperature gradually rose, and even the soft flesh at the back of his neck seemed to grow hot.
Shen Chi could feel that even the breaths he exhaled were becoming scorching. In the end, unable to bear it, he stood up. Under Lu Chenzhou’s puzzled gaze, he instantly fled.
Lu Chenzhou’s cold, stern face instantly turned sinister.
“Secretary Shen, what are you running for?”
Once the distance grew a little farther, Shen Chi felt that terrifying pressure lessen quite a bit.
“Sorry, President Lu. I feel a little unwell.”
There was indeed some cold sweat on his forehead. Not much, but Lu Chenzhou noticed it quickly.
But if he felt unwell, shouldn’t he sit in the chair and rest?
Running that far away—was he really unwell, or was he avoiding him?!
Lu Chenzhou’s gaze became probing. In order to test his guess, he deliberately took one step forward.
This one step made a trace of panic flash through Shen Chi’s eyes, and he retreated three steps in a row.
Lu Chenzhou stopped, and Shen Chi barely stopped as well. Realizing his own strange behavior, he cleared his throat. “President Lu, I might need to take leave and go to the hospital for a checkup.”
Shen Chi was not someone who excessively saved money. The discomfort just now was hard to ignore.
He did not want a minor illness to drag into a major one. If his body felt uncomfortable, then he should get treatment as soon as possible.
Lu Chenzhou said, “I’ll take you.” After saying that, without waiting for Shen Chi to refuse, he stepped forward in a few strides and reached out to pull him over.
Under the suit, that strong and powerful arm confined Shen Chi. Beneath that blatant possessiveness, it was clear that Lu Chenzhou did not allow him to run around again.
Shen Chi was pulled so suddenly that he was stunned for a moment.
“President Lu, it’s not to the point where I can’t walk.”
Lu Chenzhou was expressionless. “Just in case. If you faint, Lu Group will end up trending online. Reason: harsh treatment of employees, causing one to faint.”
Shen Chi had nothing to say. But with Lu Chenzhou’s closeness, not only did his body temperature rise, this time even his heart began beating uncomfortably fast.
He frowned. “System, have any hosts ever gotten sick and died during a mission?”
Being able to ask this kind of question was also a talent.
The system said, [No.]
Shen Chi’s frown deepened. “I feel like my heart is beating really fast, and my body temperature isn’t right either.”
The system was silent for a moment. [Maybe you sweated from dancing too passionately last night and got a fever.] Then it added, [Or maybe it’s “shao” without the h.]
Remove the h from shao, and it became sao…
This time, it was Shen Chi’s turn to fall silent.
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Shen Chi was half-dragged by Lu Chenzhou to the hospital. Inside the quiet car, the atmosphere was so oppressive it was hard to breathe, so he could only look for something to talk about.
“President Lu, why did you suddenly come to the secretary office earlier? Was there something you needed?”
Speaking of which, a secretary feeling unwell and having the president personally drive him to the hospital—wasn’t this a little upside down?
Lu Chenzhou drove the car. Hearing this, he did not even look at Shen Chi beside him, only saying coldly, “There’s a lunch appointment at noon. I originally wanted you to come along.”
Shen Chi became restless. “Is it a very important lunch appointment? Actually, I can go to the hospital alone.”
Lu Chenzhou said, “Sit properly. Why are you moving around?”
Shen Chi did not dare move anymore, but he could not help saying, “Um, Manager Cai came to me just now simply because he was afraid you’d scold him, so he wanted me to help deliver a document.”
Lu Chenzhou sneered.
Although he had not heard the complete conversation, he had heard that the man surnamed Cai wanted to give Shen Chi a supermarket shopping card worth one thousand yuan. And for that one thousand yuan, Shen Chi had actually been tempted.
Lu Chenzhou offered him a house, and he refused. Yet now, he had taken a fancy to these few scraps.
“Aren’t you afraid I’ll scold you?”
Shen Chi told the truth. “Actually, I am afraid. But I’m thick-skinned. Even if President Lu scolds me, I won’t lose a piece of flesh.”
He had already experienced that terrifying susceptible period three times. Compared with that, what did getting scolded a few times count for?
Lu Chenzhou suddenly realized that Shen Chi had become somewhat fearless in front of him.
But… this was good.
Compared with Shen Chi subconsciously avoiding him earlier, he preferred Shen Chi borrowing his power to bully others. Of course, if Shen Chi wanted to bully him, that would be even better.
“If the checkup is quick, we can still make it to the lunch appointment,” Lu Chenzhou said.
Earlier, Shen Chi had still been thinking of telling Lu Chenzhou to return to the company and not accompany a little secretary like him for a checkup. He would feel flattered and frightened. But when they arrived at the hospital, he could not help sighing.
These damned rich people. Even at the hospital, they could take a special channel and did not need to line up at all.
It was just that when the doctor finished asking about his symptoms and gave the diagnosis, it made him feel quite uncomfortable.
The doctor said, “You’re saying your whole body feels hot, your breathing feels heated, and your heart is beating faster, correct?”
In front of the doctor, Shen Chi did not dare hide anything and obediently nodded.
The doctor used an instrument to examine him again. Finally, he said, “Pseudo-estrus.”
Shen Chi jumped up from the chair on the spot, even stuttering as he spoke. “But I’m a Beta.”
The doctor pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose. As an Alpha himself, the pheromone concentration on this Beta in front of him was almost exceeding the standard.
In this situation, either he had been marked by an Alpha, regardless of whether it was temporary or deep marking, or a certain Alpha had deliberately released pheromones, wanting to circle him into his territory.
The doctor glanced at Lu Chenzhou behind him and solved the case on the spot.
But Lu Chenzhou was his big boss. He did not dare ruin his good thing, so he could only say, “Have you recently had frequent contact with an Alpha in his susceptible period, or was the Alpha you contacted S-rank? Although you are a Beta, an Alpha in his susceptible period can still affect you. But the problem isn’t serious. It’ll be fine in a few days.”
Shen Chi’s face and ears turned red. The person involved was right behind him. Although his back was facing Lu Chenzhou, he still felt his back burning hot and his whole body uncomfortable.
“Cough. I thought I had a fever.”
The doctor smiled. “Do you need me to prescribe some medicine?”
Actually, there was an Alpha pheromone cleanser. A few sprays would solve it. After all, Shen Chi was only a Beta, and pheromones could only linger on the surface. But looking at Lu Chenzhou, the doctor silently deleted this option.
Shen Chi wished he could leave the hospital immediately. His whole face was red as he nodded carelessly. “Anything is fine. I’ll listen to you.”
The doctor printed a form and handed it to him. “Go pay the fee. After you get the medicine, you can leave.”
Shen Chi grabbed the form. Once he left the doctor’s office, he heard a soft laugh behind him.
Shen Chi: …
What the hell are you laughing at!
Lu Chenzhou curved his lips, clearly in a good mood. “Secretary Shen’s illness seems to have been caused by me. Both emotionally and logically, I should take responsibility.”
The words “take responsibility” made Shen Chi’s face burn even hotter.
No, just speak normally if you want to speak. Why are you smiling so strangely!
“No need!”
“President Lu has already given me a lot. It’s only a few boxes of medicine. I can pay for them myself!”
