Chapter 61: Not Into His Arms!
The system said to run. Although Shen Chi did not understand what a pheromone bracelet was, running was never wrong.
It was just that holding such a huge bouquet of flowers somewhat blocked his vision.
In the end, holding the flowers, he ran straight into Lu Chenzhou’s arms.
The system’s data nearly popped out of its eyes. It could not believe humans could be this abstract.
[I told you to run, not run into the male lead’s arms!]
A strong arm suddenly wrapped around Shen Chi’s waist. His body stiffened. In the next second, a powerful force erupted. He had no chance to resist at all and was easily dragged into the president’s office.
It was not as if no one on the other side of the hallway noticed this scene.
Several employees in the secretary’s office heard the noise and all glanced over curiously. But they only dared to look once. Then, as if their mouths had been covered, everyone fell silent and returned to their desks in perfect unison.
That shocking scene just now seemed to have been forgotten by all of them.
Inside the bright and spacious president’s office, Shen Chi was thrown onto the guest sofa. The soft sofa did not hurt him, but many roses fell from his arms.
Red petals scattered all over the floor. Some landed on the sofa, some on the ground, and a few even landed on Shen Chi himself.
Against the black suit, the bright, delicate rose petals were painfully eye-catching.
Lu Chenzhou’s eyes turned red. He suddenly smiled at Shen Chi. “Secretary Shen, do you like roses that much?”
He was too close, almost pressed against Shen Chi. In Shen Chi’s pupils, Lu Chenzhou’s face was magnified.
Shen Chi’s breath hitched, while he still had to comfort himself.
It’s fine, it’s fine. The first time is unfamiliar, the second time is familiar. This is already the third time, he—
Damn it!
He could not comfort himself anymore.
No matter how many times it happened, no normal person could get used to this, alright!
He suddenly thought of the bite-stopper in his desk drawer. Amid his collapsing emotions, he finally found a trace of hope.
“I don’t like them.” He tried hard to maintain his composure. His cold voice sounded no different from usual, but the hand holding the roses was tense, his fingertips turning white.
He said, “If President Lu likes them, I can give them to you.”
Lu Chenzhou’s expression was dark and gloomy. Without the pheromone bracelet, his pheromones were almost baring their teeth and claws, wishing they could tear the roses to shreds. Under these circumstances, how could he possibly accept this bouquet?
Not to mention, these were flowers someone else had sent Shen Chi!
The word “love rival” appeared in his mind and slapped him hard across the face, because he knew very clearly that he had no position to be jealous or question him about this.
The anger that could not be vented piled higher and higher. Lu Chenzhou’s terrifying violence reached an unprecedented height. But at that moment, Shen Chi suddenly spoke again.
“If President Lu doesn’t like them, then how about we throw them away?”
Shen Chi’s tentative attempt to soothe him made Lu Chenzhou’s body abruptly tense.
…So roses had another option.
They could be thrown away!
Lu Chenzhou had never imagined that one day he would be jealous of a bouquet of flowers, much less that one move from Shen Chi could make his heart bloom with joy.
“Mm. Throw them away.” His gloomy, dark eyes brightened slightly. This meant his mood was very pleased, like an out-of-control vicious dog finally receiving its master’s soothing touch.
The pressure above him suddenly disappeared. Shen Chi looked at Lu Chenzhou, who had suddenly straightened up from above him, and felt somewhat surprised.
But Lu Chenzhou suddenly frowned, his voice cold. “You can’t bear to throw them away?”
His icy voice carried a trace of impatience. However, Shen Chi’s chest was still rising and falling violently, and his entire body remained tense, so he did not notice this subtle change.
He immediately shoved the red roses into Lu Chenzhou’s hands, not caring what miserable state the flowers were in now. He only wanted to deal with them as quickly as possible.
“Now they’re yours. You can handle them however you like.”
The fragrance of roses rushed toward him, but Lu Chenzhou frowned in disgust. “They stink.”
Shen Chi: ?
Who?
Who stinks?
Big brother, is it me?
Shen Chi found it a little hard to believe. He loved cleanliness so much, yet one day, someone was actually calling him smelly.
But in the next second, Lu Chenzhou’s head suddenly knocked against his shoulder.
The other man’s head was heavy and solid. Shen Chi was only a weak and helpless Beta. How could he bear it? His body swayed before he barely managed to steady himself.
“The flowers stink.”
Lu Chenzhou was displeased with the way he had swayed and directly reached out, domineeringly pulling him into his arms.
The distance between them was completely shattered, becoming intimate and ambiguous. Sweat appeared on Shen Chi’s forehead. He faintly heard a hint of coquettishness in Lu Chenzhou’s words.
But… impossible, right?
Lu Chenzhou acting spoiled? Throwing a tantrum sounded more likely.
“System, what are Alphas usually like during their susceptible period?”
The system said, [Normal Alphas become irritable and violent during their susceptible period. They have absolute possessiveness toward their wife. Anyone who approaches will be treated as a rival.]
Shen Chi was held so tightly that his breathing became somewhat difficult. “Who cares about normal people? I’m asking about abnormal people.”
The system said, [Oh, you mean Lu Chenzhou. Then just look for yourself.]
Shen Chi nearly coughed up blood.
His discomfort made the person holding him suddenly become extremely nervous. Lu Chenzhou immediately loosened his restraint. His dark eyes were full of tension, but beneath that tension was a terrifying aggression.
He wanted to… possess him!
“What’s wrong?”
Only now did Shen Chi finally believe that this guy really was different this time.
Last time, he had been like a mad dog, catching him and biting him. This time, for once, he actually cared about him.
Although Shen Chi still did not understand why there was such a big difference, it was a good thing for him.
He cleared his throat and was just about to reason with him, saying that he had been squeezed too hard, when in the next second, he heard Lu Chenzhou sound aggrieved.
“Baby, why haven’t you thrown the roses away yet? Are you reluctant?”
Under that nervous and aggrieved voice, Shen Chi’s pupils enlarged little by little.
After shock came blankness and sluggishness.
“System, I think my ears just broke.”
What had he heard?
What did the domineering CEO call him?
Baby?!
The system also gave a deep hum. [Not just you. I think something went wrong on my end too.]
One person and one system would rather suspect themselves than suspect that Lu Chenzhou had gone mad.
Until, after a long while, Lu Chenzhou suddenly leaned in and sniffed Shen Chi.
“Why isn’t there any strawberry pheromone?”
Shen Chi fell silent.
Asking a Beta about pheromones—was that not completely unreasonable? And according to the plot he knew, the only one with strawberry pheromones was the male lead shou.
Shen Chi breathed a sigh of relief, but not entirely.
Good news: the domineering CEO could be negotiated with this time.
Bad news: he had mistaken him for someone else.
“President Lu likes strawberries?” He deliberately avoided the topic of pheromones and pulled Lu Chenzhou over, throwing the flowers into the trash can right in front of him.
Such a huge bouquet could not fit into the trash can at all, but that did not matter. What mattered was his gesture.
The terrifying murderous aura finally eased. Lu Chenzhou showed a faint smile.
“Baby, you’re so good.”
Only then did Shen Chi completely relax. Because he relaxed too much, he did not notice the flash of wickedness in the other man’s eyes.
Lu Chenzhou looked at him with a deep gaze.
Did simply throwing them away make everything fine?
A disobedient baby needed to be punished.
