Targeted by a Shady Top Alpha, I Pretended to Be Obedient and Faked My Death – CH72

Chapter 72: Who Needs Dignity Anyway!

It was only a few steps, yet Shen Chi’s legs were weak, and he felt as if he had walked for an entire century.

He resisted the urge to run away and walked step by step to Lu Chenzhou’s side. Afraid Lu Chenzhou would go crazy, he even had to force a smile.

“President Lu…”

He wanted to ask: Weren’t you supposed to be sleeping?

Or perhaps: President Lu, what a coincidence.

But when the words reached his lips, he swallowed them all back down. No matter which one he said, he felt like he would be unlucky.

Boohoo, Secretary Shen’s life was so bitter.

The spot on his arm where the inhibitor had been injected still ached faintly. Perhaps the inhibitor had taken effect, because his nape no longer felt hot. That gave him at least a little comfort and courage.

And so, holding to the principle of apologizing when he could not win a fight, he immediately lowered his head and spoke softly.

“President Lu, I’m sorry. Don’t be angry.”

Shen Chi’s deception had made Lu Chenzhou’s eyes dark and terrifying, but after that apology, and with Shen Chi obediently exposing his fair nape before him, the scene struck Lu Chenzhou both visually and audibly.

He should have continued being angry.

But his wife had apologized.

Lu Chenzhou’s face was cold. He did not want to forgive him so easily, but his overwhelming anger had already weakened considerably after Shen Chi admitted fault.

He reached out, pressing his fingertips against Shen Chi’s soft, pale nape. It was still flat there, unlike the raised gland of an Omega.

He knew very clearly that Shen Chi was a Beta, yet he still wanted to mark him.

This insane thought was not because of pheromones, but purely because of Shen Chi himself.

With his nape held in someone’s palm, Shen Chi had the illusion that his vital point had been seized. His body went stiff. Seeing that Lu Chenzhou had not done anything excessive, he boldly tested the waters.

“President Lu…”

As soon as the words came out, seeing that Lu Chenzhou’s expression was still ugly, Shen Chi immediately changed his form of address. But what followed was rather difficult to say.

“Baby, shall we go home? It’s so noisy here. I want to go home.”

Afraid he would not agree, Shen Chi endured the goosebumps rising all over him and awkwardly reached out to grab the hem of Lu Chenzhou’s clothes, giving it a small shake.

That tiny movement soothed Lu Chenzhou’s raging emotions very effectively. He lowered his eyes slightly, looking at Secretary Shen, who had obediently returned to his side, and his entire being felt satisfied.

That was it.

His Secretary Shen, his wife, should stay by his side.

“All right. Let’s go home.” He put on an expression of helpless indulgence, as if he could do nothing about him, but his foot pressed down harder. “But before we go home, I’ll handle a few things first. Be good. It’ll be quick. Just stand aside and watch.”

The gentler he was with Shen Chi, the rougher he was when lifting the trash under his foot.

He grabbed the man up from the ground. The shards of the wineglass were deeply embedded in the man’s face, his flesh a bloody mess, yet Lu Chenzhou smiled.

“What were you trying to do to my person just now?”

“Lu? President Lu!”

The other man was terrified and immediately knelt in apology.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I didn’t know he was your person. I’m sorry. I was blind!”

At some point, a small steak knife had appeared in Lu Chenzhou’s hand. The knife was not particularly sharp, but he suddenly aimed its tip at the man’s eye. Just as it was about to pierce his eyeball, Lu Chenzhou finally spoke slowly.

“Since you were blind, then why don’t we just take this eyeball?”

Compared with Lu Chenzhou, who had taken firm control of the Lu Group at a young age, the other man was nothing more than a useless playboy. His only advantage was that, for now, he was the only son in his family.

Of course Lu Chenzhou knew him. The Wang family’s useless only son, Wang Wei. He was born a Beta, without any pheromone advantage. Because of this, the Wang family had been painstakingly researching AO pheromones—more precisely, Alpha pheromones—in an attempt to change his traits.

“I heard your parents’ recent research has achieved some results?”

The eyeball was not gouged out. Instead, the knife suddenly changed direction and stabbed straight into the back of Wang Wei’s neck. Lu Chenzhou’s face was expressionless as he twisted the knife in the wound. Listening to the man in his hand howl in pain, he sneered.

“You’ll never become an Alpha in this lifetime.”

It was like a verdict on his fate. Ignoring Wang Wei’s terrified, wide-open eyes, Lu Chenzhou threw him to the ground.

His action was just like throwing away garbage. No one at the scene dared to help. Everyone hid far away, afraid of being implicated and provoking the wrath of a certain mad Alpha.

Lu Chenzhou’s terrifying actions frightened Shen Chi even more.

On one hand, he knew Lu Chenzhou was doing this to support him. But on the other hand, he could not control his fear.

Today, Lu Chenzhou had stabbed Wang Wei’s nape with a knife. What about next time?

Even now, Shen Chi still remembered what Lu Chenzhou had once said. Once he found the person from the alley…

—Once I catch him? I’ll kill him.

Shen Chi did not even dare imagine what would happen if Lu Chenzhou learned the truth and found out he had deceived him.

Maybe… his fate would be even worse than Wang Wei’s.

After dealing with the trash, Lu Chenzhou turned his gaze toward his Secretary Shen. Seeing Shen Chi’s pale face and bloodless lips, as if he had been frightened, his heart ached, and he reached out to cover Shen Chi’s eyes.

“Baby, did that scare you?”

“Sorry. Next time I make a move, I’ll avoid letting you see it.”

Shen Chi’s whole body began to tremble.

Avoid?

Only avoid?

So there would be a next time?!

Shen Chi resisted the urge to run away, but Lu Chenzhou buried his head in the crook of his neck.

Strangely, the fruity scent he had been able to smell before could no longer be detected this time.

Lu Chenzhou began to grow displeased. His breathing grew heavier. The inhibitor he had been given not long ago now showed faint signs of losing effect.

His eyes reddened, yet his voice was eerily obedient.

He said, “Baby, I woke up.”

Still tense, Shen Chi did not understand the meaning behind his words at all.

“What?”

Lu Chenzhou slowly straightened. He said nothing, only took Shen Chi’s hand.

Secretary Shen’s hand was very beautiful, fair and soft. Holding it and playing with it in his palm, Lu Chenzhou discovered for the first time that he could love a pair of hands so much that no rare treasure could compare.

“Let’s go home.”

The “home” was naturally his villa. Shen Chi was not foolish enough to think Lu Chenzhou would take him back to his rented room.

He had no choice. When Lu Chenzhou said they were going home, he even had to lift a faint smile.

“Okay.”

Lu Chenzhou had arrived suddenly and left just as suddenly.

He did not say goodbye to anyone. When they were leaving, Ye Suxi tried to stop them, but Ruan Shangxue pulled him back.

She looked at him in horror. “Are you crazy? That’s an S-level Alpha. If you try to stop him now, he’ll tear you apart.”

Ye Suxi stared at Shen Chi’s retreating figure, unwilling yet filled with a powerless frustration.

“What about Shen Chi?”

Ruan Shangxue opened her mouth. After a long while, her shoulders slumped too.

—

On the other side, Shen Chi followed Lu Chenzhou into the car. After confirming that there was nothing wrong with his bite-stopper, he let out a small sigh of relief.

At least the final layer of safety was still there.

But soon, Shen Chi realized that he had been too naive. Although the bite-stopper prevented Lu Chenzhou from marking him, none of his other parts were locked up.

Now, Lu Chenzhou was holding Shen Chi’s hand, his voice hoarse as he began asking for his reward.

“Baby, you said there would be a reward after I woke up.”

“Now, I’ve already woken up…”

Targeted by a Shady Top Alpha, I Pretended to Be Obedient and Faked My Death