Chapter 48: Baby Shen Chi, You’re an Omega!
The tea sprayed out, and Shen Chi coughed so violently that the heavens and earth shook. He nearly choked to death on the spot.
He was indeed here to ruin the blind date, but not by throwing himself into the game!
What decent person would start rumors with their superior? Wasn’t that purely insane? Toward his superior, he only had pure hatred, not pure love!
“Mr. Jiang…” Shen Chi coughed until tears were about to come out, but for the sake of his own innocence, he spoke with righteous conviction. “You can eat recklessly, but you can’t talk recklessly. President Lu and I are completely innocent!”
Jiang Lige propped his chin up with one hand. A perfectly good Alpha somehow acted even more Omega than an Omega. Hearing Shen Chi’s scolding, his smiling eyes curved. “Mr. Shen, I didn’t say you two really were a couple. Don’t get so worked up. Have some tea to moisten your throat.”
Shen Chi watched him stand up and pour him a cup of water. Unable to hold back, he took a deep breath and said, “Mr. Jiang, aren’t you afraid I’ll spray out another mouthful later? If I spray it on you, wouldn’t that be embarrassing?”
Jiang Lige went “wow.” “Mr. Shen, are you a whale? But don’t worry, I’m an animal protection enthusiast. I like whales the most. If I can be sprayed by a whale, that means my fortune is even better than President Lu’s.”
Shen Chi was shocked by his shamelessness.
Was that an answer a human could come up with?
“Did he take some A-to-O drug and damage his brain?” Shen Chi was frozen like a wooden chicken. “Does he even know what he’s saying?”
The system sighed. [I told you he was hard to deal with.]
Shen Chi said, “…I’ve seen it now.”
Jiang Lige’s eyes were entirely on Shen Chi, completely ignoring the person he was actually supposed to be on a blind date with. In the end, Lu Chenzhou’s face darkened.
“Mr. Jiang, the person you need to get to know during this meal is me, right?”
Jiang Lige was not afraid of Lu Chenzhou’s cold aura at all. The smile on his lips seemed tireless, always lifted there. “President Lu, a visitor is a guest. Although he’s your secretary, he’s still my guest too. How can there be any reason to neglect a guest?”
Shen Chi could not take it anymore. With a numb little face, he said, “Please neglect me. I have a partner. I’m afraid if you keep saying a few more things, once my partner finds out, she’ll cry when I get home.”
These words finally made Jiang Lige’s perfect smile gain a trace of surprise. “Mr. Shen, you actually have a partner?”
Lu Chenzhou’s pheromones had practically marinated him through and through, yet he still had a partner?
Jiang Lige looked toward Lu Chenzhou with a half-smile. He said nothing, but it was as if he had said everything.
They were both Alphas. How could he not understand what Lu Chenzhou wanted to do?
“I’m very curious. What kind of person is Mr. Shen’s partner?”
Shen Chi said, “She’s a cute female Beta.”
After telling the lie countless times, it now came out smoothly.
Under Lu Chenzhou’s livid expression, Jiang Lige went “wow” again. “I thought Mr. Shen would like a stronger Alpha.”
Shen Chi said, “I don’t like people stronger than me.”
Jiang Lige looked at Lu Chenzhou with pity, then blinked his watery eyes at Shen Chi and said bluntly, “Then do you like soft, delicate little Omegas? What do you think of me?”
Shen Chi: …
“Didn’t I already say I have a partner?”
Jiang Lige shrugged indifferently. “Only a partner, not a marriage. Besides, am I not good-looking enough?”
Shen Chi completely broke down.
He finally understood what the system meant by “hard to deal with.” This guy had no morals, no proper worldview, and would use any means necessary to achieve his goals.
“Sorry, I’m a loyal person.”
Jiang Lige did not get angry. He only sighed. “Then what a pity. But Mr. Shen, are you an Omega? Do Omegas nowadays all like being with Betas?”
Those words were a little strange. Shen Chi frowned. “Mr. Jiang, you may have misunderstood. I’m a Beta.”
“Impossible.” Jiang Lige narrowed his eyes and said with certainty.
As the system had said, Jiang Lige was not some weak Omega. On the contrary, Shen Chi should be the little weak Omega. It was just that on the surface, he looked too much like a Beta. But as long as one paid a little attention, beneath the thick wrapping of S-rank gunpowder-smoke scent, that faint Omega pheromone could not be ignored.
However…
He shifted his gaze toward Lu Chenzhou. This one, it seemed, did not know.
Now that was interesting.
At this moment, Lu Chenzhou’s patience was completely exhausted. Originally, this had been to deal with his parents. Bringing Shen Chi along was also meant to make the other party retreat in the face of difficulty. He had not wanted to make things too ugly, but the person in front of him made it impossible to maintain even basic manners.
Flirting with his secretary right in front of him. But if one looked deeper, one would find that these were only the surface reasons for Lu Chenzhou’s anger.
What truly made him angry—or rather, jealous—was Shen Chi’s phrase, “loyal.”
Did he like that damned Beta that much? So much that he was willing to give up everything for her?
“Mr. Jiang.” Lu Chenzhou stared at Jiang Lige, his deep eyes gloomy and chilling. “This meal is over.”
The S-rank pheromones carried a terrifying threat. Jiang Lige still looked the same, his lips curved, his smile lazy. “Is Mr. Shen leaving too?”
Shen Chi did not say much and only nodded.
Jiang Lige smiled. “What a pity. I quite like Mr. Shen.”
Shen Chi’s scalp went numb.
The system comforted him instead. [Human, although the process was absurd, at least the mission is complete.]
Perhaps because his body had not yet recovered, Shen Chi was starting to feel uncomfortable again. He did not know that Lu Chenzhou had released pheromones to warn Jiang Lige. He only knew that he was beginning to feel awful again.
“Sorry, I’m going to the restroom first. You two can take your time talking.”
No long after Shen Chi left, Jiang Lige also followed him to the restroom.
As expected of an S-rank Alpha’s pheromones, Jiang Lige was not as relaxed as he looked. He suppressed the discomfort in his body, washed his face, then turned and went to the Beta restroom next door.
He leaned sideways against the sink and looked at Shen Chi, who was washing his hands. The coquettish smile on his face was gone. He only raised a brow and said bluntly, “Your heat is coming.”
Shen Chi:???
He speechlessly raised his head. In the mirror, Jiang Lige was more than a head taller than Shen Chi. Although he was wearing women’s clothing, his aura no longer had the slightest feminine softness. Once the disguise of being a female Omega was removed, he practically had the words “male Alpha” written on his face.
Shen Chi had had enough of this guy. “Put away your Alpha aura. I remember Mr. Jiang is supposed to be an Omega.”
After being exposed, Jiang Lige did not become embarrassed or angry. Instead, he grew excited. “You saw through it?”
Shen Chi met his gaze in the mirror. “Is it hard to guess?”
Thick interest surfaced in Jiang Lige’s eyes. “You’re the first one to see through it. You’re very clever. I like you.”
The thing Shen Chi could not stand the most was his “like.”
“Then thank you very much. But your liking is more than I can handle.”
Jiang Lige did not care. “Shen Chi, your Beta girlfriend can’t accompany you through your heat. Why not be with me?”
Shen Chi did not even know how many times he had said he was a B, not an O. Was this guy deaf?
Unfortunately, before he could refute him, Lu Chenzhou’s sinister voice appeared at the restroom entrance.
“Jiang Lige, who do you want to be with you?”
Beneath his icy expression was a surging, terrifying pheromone pressure. Jiang Lige was instantly forced into an ugly expression, unable to breathe, let alone answer his question.
Lu Chenzhou did not seem to care about his answer either. His deep gaze locked onto Shen Chi by the sink. His cold voice carried a twisted possessiveness, thick with a sickly aura.
He said, “Shen Chi, come here.”
