Targeted by a Shady Top Alpha, I Pretended to Be Obedient and Faked My Death – CH81

Chapter 81: Poor Secretary Shen

Shen Chi left in a hurry, looking as if he did not want to stay there a moment longer. Watching him, the butler could only sigh.

“Secretary Shen, put on a jacket before you go.”

The weather was hot. There had long been no need for something like a jacket, but Shen Chi stared at the suit jacket in the butler’s hand, the one that belonged to Lu Chenzhou. That faint bitter smoky scent, which he had once found choking, now made his fingertips tremble uncontrollably.

Reason told him he should refuse.

His damp, cool eyes stared straight at that jacket. Helpless, the butler simply stuffed it into his hands.

“Take it. If Secretary Shen doesn’t like it anymore, just throw it into the trash.”

“Also, I heard Secretary Shen’s phone broke. This is President Lu’s spare phone. Use it for now. The password is your birthday, and the payment password is temporarily your birthday as well.”

“I also had breakfast packed in an insulated food container. Take it and eat on the way.”

…

The butler was very considerate and rambled on about many things. But his tone was gentle and warm, without anything wrong in it. Instead, it made Shen Chi feel at ease.

Shen Chi’s thoughts were a complete mess. Whatever the butler handed him, he accepted. By the time he left, his hands were full. If he had not reacted in time, the butler would even have personally sent him home.

“Secretary Shen, my number is saved in the phone. You can call me for anything.” The butler looked at him kindly. “When you get home, could you send me a message?”

This perfectly measured concern made Shen Chi’s nose sting.

“Mm.” His voice was muffled, but he still stood obediently in front of the butler and nodded.

The butler looked at him, his eyes hesitant, but in the end, he said nothing. He only waved. “Goodbye, Secretary Shen.”

Compared with the luxurious villa, Shen Chi preferred his own shabby little room.

He had only been gone for one night, and the small room had not changed at all.

Shen Chi first put away the food the butler had prepared for him. It was called breakfast, but there was a lot of it. There were even fruits and little cakes. One person could not possibly finish all of it.

After putting the things away, he sent the butler a message, then threw himself onto his small bed.

The clean, fluffy bedding made him begin to feel drowsy.

He had clearly not been awake for long, but Shen Chi’s eyelids slowly grew heavy. Yet for some reason, although his body was very tired, he could not fall asleep. His body seemed to be missing an important piece, making him toss and turn, unable to rest.

In the end, he lifted his thin, reddened eyelids and looked at the clothes he had thrown into the trash can not far away.

The bedroom in the rental room was very small. Shen Chi seemed to smell the smoky pheromone scent coming from those clothes. He stared blankly at the clothes, and when he came back to his senses, he realized he had already walked to the trash can.

His heart suddenly jumped. This reminded Shen Chi of last time.

“System, do you still remember what I was like during my pseudo-heat?”

The system also sensed something was wrong and said solemnly, [Human, I suggest you go to the hospital and get checked again. Or at least go to a pharmacy and buy medicine first. I still remember the medicine the doctor prescribed you last time.]

Shen Chi did not like going to the hospital. His resistance made him choose the pharmacy first.

“I’ll go to the pharmacy first.”

He forced himself to move his gaze away from that jacket. In the end, he took some cash and headed straight to the pharmacy outside the neighborhood.

Normally speaking, a Beta could not perceive any pheromones. But although Shen Chi’s current situation was somewhat special, he still knew too little about ABO physiology. For example, right now, he knew Lu Chenzhou’s pheromones were on his body, but he did not really understand exactly how strong they were.

Not until he arrived at the pharmacy, and the staff there let out a sharp cry.

“My god!”

“Don’t come any closer yet!”

The staff member was a female Alpha, but her rank was somewhat low. The moment she suddenly encountered such terrifying pheromone suppression, her face turned pale on the spot, and she kept backing away.

Shen Chi stood blankly at the door, his beautiful face full of helpless confusion.

The staff member cursed under her breath. When she looked up and suddenly met Shen Chi’s face, she swallowed all the dirty words back down.

“Where’s your Alpha? He marked you and then let you wander around outside alone?” After saying that, without waiting for Shen Chi to answer, she looked at the bite marks at the corner of his mouth and his pale face, clearly as if he had been ravaged, and cursed, “Damn it, what kind of scumbag Alpha is that? He marked you and then stopped caring?”

Shen Chi pressed his lips together. His throat was a little hoarse, which made him not want to say too much, so he did not explain either. He only asked, “Do you have medicine to suppress heat?”

The staff member became even angrier. “Little Omega, do you need legal aid? Don’t worry, legal aid for Omegas is free. Although I’m also an Alpha, scumbag Alphas are scum! We can’t forgive them so easily!”

Shen Chi shook his head. He was a Beta. What Omega privilege would he need?

“No need. I only need the medicine. Thank you.”

The staff member had no choice but to sell him the medicine. But looking at how fragile he was, his whole body on the verge of collapse, full of a broken feeling, she felt guilty even taking his money.

“Fine, I won’t take your money. This medicine is subsidized anyway. It’s not worth much.”

“But do you really not need help?”

Shen Chi took the medicine and shook his head. “Thank you, but I really don’t.”

Seeing that he was about to leave, the staff member called him back again and muttered, “Wait. Pheromone-blocking patches. The scent on you is too strong. Put one on.”

He had only gone out for a short while, not even an hour, but when he returned to the rental room, Shen Chi’s complexion was even worse.

Earlier, he had only been staring blankly at the suit in the trash can. Now, he wished he could pick up the suit and put it on.

He clutched the medicine in his hand like it was a lifesaving straw, gripping it so hard his fingertips turned white.

He did not even pour water. Shen Chi picked up the medicine and stuffed it into his mouth.

The bitter taste spread through his mouth. Shen Chi returned to the bed almost self-torturingly. “System, I’ll sleep for a while.”

His voice was very hoarse. Unlike that mad dog Lu Chenzhou, Shen Chi’s hoarseness carried a fragile feeling.

The system’s heart ached badly. For once, it did not joke around. [Mm. Hurry and sleep. I’ll watch over you.]

Shen Chi slept for a very long time. When he woke up again, the sky outside had already turned dark.

He had not drawn the curtains when he slept. Moonlight shone in through the window, faintly illuminating the expression on his face.

Good news: that unbearable fragile feeling had finally disappeared.

Shen Chi had once again become the intelligent and calm Secretary Shen.

Bad news: the phone was ringing.

Shen Chi grabbed the phone and looked at the number on it. He did not answer, but the system had already transformed into an irritable big brother, ready to curse someone out online.

[Fuck? Is it that dog bastard Lu Chenzhou?]

[He actually still has the face to call?]

[That shameless dead bastard!]

[Human, answer it! After you pick up, I’ll curse one sentence and you repeat after me. If the punishment system lights up, I’ll smash its data tonight!]

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