Chapter 53: Secretary Shen Won’t Yield
The reason Ji Yanzhi contacted him was simple. After Lu Chenzhou temporarily marked Shen Chi, his disordered pheromones had entered a state of calm they had never had before, so he had asked Ji Yanzhi to run a pheromone check.
Now, it was already midnight.
Ji Yanzhi was being paid a high salary, so how would he dare delay it until tomorrow? He worked overtime through the night to run the examination.
And now, there was good news. His disordered pheromones had been temporarily suppressed and had entered an unprecedented period of stability.
However, judging by the current situation, although the pheromones had been relieved, President Lu’s brain…
After Lu Chenzhou finished questioning him and saw that the other party still had not answered after a long time, he finally glanced at the number on his phone. Then the domineering CEO fell silent.
“It’s you.” His tone was extremely cold, as if he had been disturbed.
Ji Yanzhi said, “It’s like this, President Lu. The examination report is out. There is good news, and I wanted to notify you overnight.”
Although Ji Yanzhi was his childhood friend, the gap between their families was large. His father was Old President Lu’s private doctor, and he had inherited his father’s work, so he paid special attention to Lu Chenzhou’s matters.
Right now, hearing Lu Chenzhou’s cold tone, his ears immediately perked up.
There was gossip!
“President Lu, did something happen?” Ji Yanzhi suppressed the gossip in his heart and asked.
Lu Chenzhou seemed to have found an outlet. Hearing Ji Yanzhi’s good news did not make him happy. Instead, he sneered sarcastically. “So what if there’s good news? They don’t need me at all. They have a partner.”
This sour, jealous tone was the first Ji Yanzhi had ever heard from him, and he guessed who it was about in one second.
“It’s actually Secretary Shen!” He sighed. “I thought such effective relief came from that Omega with eighty-eight percent compatibility. President Lu, forgive me for asking, but as a Beta, how did Secretary Shen soothe you?”
Lu Chenzhou did not hide it from him. “He had a pseudo-heat, and I temporarily marked him.” As if remembering the previous scene, he began to grit his teeth, speaking with cold sarcasm. “In the end, he treated me like a flood or a wild beast. Used me and threw me away.”
Although, in the beginning, Lu Chenzhou had indeed not had any good intentions.
Every word he had used to comfort Shen Chi had been coaxing and deception!
Ji Yanzhi nearly cried out. Good heavens.
He was beginning to grow curious about Secretary Shen’s partner. Just what kind of charm did that person have to even outcompete Lu Chenzhou?
“It was actually pseudo-heat. That’s a one-in-ten-thousand probability among Betas. According to research, a very small number of A-rank Betas are close to weak Omegas. Under Alpha stimulation, there is a possibility of pseudo-heat.”
The hand Lu Chenzhou held the cigarette with froze.
His mind was full of only one thing: if an A-rank Beta was close to a weak Omega, then the person he had bitten in the alley back then—was he a B, or an O?
“Betas have rankings too?”
Ji Yanzhi said, “Yes, but many people don’t care about Betas, and they don’t care about weak Omegas either. I specialize in ABO pheromones, so that’s why I know.”
Lu Chenzhou’s mood suddenly lifted. His gloomy expression swept away completely. He even became cautious. “Would an A-rank Beta have pheromones?”
Then, he heard Ji Yanzhi laugh.
“President Lu, what are you thinking? Even a weak Omega’s pheromones can be ignored, let alone a Beta. No matter how high the rank is, a Beta is still a Beta.”
Hope was mercilessly extinguished.
He heard Ji Yanzhi sigh. “As expected of an S-rank Alpha. You can even induce pseudo-heat in a Beta.”
Lu Chenzhou’s gaze gradually turned cold. He had never been someone who gave up easily, but at the same time, his pride was extremely high.
The matter of Shen Chi had made him suffer setbacks again and again. If this had been before, he would never have allowed Shen Chi to continue staying by his side.
Ji Yanzhi had known him for many years. Seeing that he was silent, he could not help lifting his heart into his throat. “President Lu, you’re not thinking of firing him, are you? I advise you not to for now. Although the probability of a Beta experiencing pseudo-heat may only happen once in a lifetime, keeping Secretary Shen by your side—I honestly can’t think of any downside.”
Under the night sky, inside the car, Lu Chenzhou’s cold, stern face was almost hidden in the darkness. Only his eyes looked as if they had caught something, carrying an intense aggressiveness.
“You’re saying a Beta’s pseudo-heat may only happen once in a lifetime?”
Ji Yanzhi said, “According to all records, yes.”
Lu Chenzhou pressed his tongue against his teeth, then suddenly laughed softly. “Then what if I invade him with pheromones every day?”
Ji Yanzhi’s pupils shrank abruptly, and even the work in his hands stopped. “Lu Chenzhou, are you insane!”
In his shock, Ji Yanzhi even called him by his full name.
“If this happened to an Omega, you could go to prison!”
Lu Chenzhou said, “But he isn’t an Omega.”
Ji Yanzhi’s hands trembled. “Then he’s still a person!”
He almost wanted to say something extremely disrespectful to Lu Chenzhou: please act like a human being!
“President Lu, aren’t you afraid that if Secretary Shen finds out, he’ll resign and leave?” Ji Yanzhi knew that an Alpha with pheromone disorder had a hard time possessing the rationality of a normal person, but he still could not help advising him. “Although Secretary Shen is a Beta, he is also a proud person. If you hurt him like this, once the matter is exposed, do you think he’ll still be willing to see you again?”
Lu Chenzhou seemed to have figured something out. He extinguished the cigarette in his hand, speaking slowly and with certainty. “He won’t know.”
Ji Yanzhi: …
Lu Chenzhou said, “Or do you want to tell him?”
Ji Yanzhi felt that he really had gone mad. In a fit of anger, he hung up on his boss for the first time.
But three seconds later, Lu Chenzhou called him again.
He answered the phone. “Hello.”
Lu Chenzhou said, “One last question. After a Beta is temporarily marked, will they show Omega characteristics?”
An Omega who had been marked would become extremely clingy and might even feel sad and hurt because of the Alpha’s neglect. Although… looking at the way Shen Chi had left the villa so decisively, he had not been clingy, nor had he seemed sad.
Ji Yanzhi took a deep breath. “President Lu, I’ll say it again. Secretary Shen is a Beta. The fact that he can have pseudo-heat is already rare enough. As for Omega characteristics, have you forgotten? Betas cannot be marked. Once the wind blows, the pheromones fade.”
Before he could finish speaking, the busy tone of the call being cut off came from the phone.
He laughed in anger.
At the same time, he was a little worried about Secretary Shen. Based on his understanding of Lu Chenzhou, his obsession could be terrifying—terrifying to an almost pathological degree. It was just that in normal times, very few things or people could attract his attention, which was why he looked like a normal person.
On the other side.
Inside the shabby rental room.
Shen Chi did not know that Lu Chenzhou had not left. He hated the changes happening to him now. In order to resist them, he did not even take off his clothes. He turned on the cold water and stood directly under the shower.
The icy water droplets hit his body, making goosebumps rise all over him. But after being frozen like this, the images of Lu Chenzhou in his mind finally began to decrease.
He started to become normal again, rather than worrying about gains and losses and craving Lu Chenzhou’s attention.
The system’s heart ached terribly. [No, why are you abusing yourself for no reason? Human, although the weather is almost June now, it’s still nighttime and cold water. You’ll get sick.]
His reddened eyes looked incomparably fragile, and his pale lips made one feel pity. Yet this extremely frail-looking Secretary Shen, after hearing the system’s words, spoke with firm resolve.
He said, “It’s fine.”
