Targeted by a Shady Top Alpha, I Pretended to Be Obedient and Faked My Death – CH82

Chapter 82: Secretary Shen Rises Up!

The system’s words made Shen Chi laugh.

He had recovered quite a bit. Once he was no longer controlled by pheromones, Shen Chi’s mind also became clear again.

He narrowed his eyes. In the dim room, that string of numbers looked especially glaring.

If nothing unexpected happened, the only person who would call him at this hour was him.

Shen Chi waited until the very last second before the call would automatically disconnect, then pressed the answer button.

After the call connected, he did not speak. Instead, from the other end, even through the receiver, he heard the other person’s low, hoarse, and extremely nervous voice.

“Hello?”

“Baby.”

Shen Chi frowned. He did not speak, but he sat up from the bed with the phone in hand. The rustling sound was not loud, but it reached the other end with perfect clarity.

Lu Chenzhou’s breathing trembled. A moment later, his voice hoarse, he changed the form of address.

“Secretary Shen.”

After sleeping, Shen Chi had gained a little more color in his face. His cheeks were finally no longer so pale. However, a bitter taste lingered in his mouth, caused by the medicine he had earlier chewed up in self-torture.

Earlier, in order to suppress that inexplicable impulse, he had not even felt the bitterness when he chewed the tablets raw. Now it was different. Shen Chi scrunched up his pretty face, looking so uncomfortable he seemed like a little puppy about to stick out his tongue.

“Cough, cough…”

He started coughing. Without even taking the phone with him, he rushed to the kitchen to find water.

The movement startled Lu Chenzhou on the other end of the phone.

“Baby, what’s wrong? Are you okay?”

Faint movements could be heard through the phone. Lu Chenzhou was so anxious he wanted to stand up, but his wrist was handcuffed to the sofa, making him unable to move. Beside him, the butler stood quietly, not even sparing his actions an extra glance.

Lu Chenzhou was going frantic. The chain on his wrist clattered loudly as he pulled at it. Very soon, his violent actions not only failed to break the handcuffs, but also tore his own wrist until blood flowed.

The butler still stood steadily to the side. Lu Chenzhou did not care at all about the wound he had made. Only when Shen Chi’s voice appeared on the other end of the phone again did Lu Chenzhou stop struggling.

“Baby…”

Shen Chi’s voice had slowly recovered. His clear, moist voice was calm and composed, forming a stark contrast with Lu Chenzhou’s anxious, disheveled state.

He said, “President Lu, I need to take three days off.”

A dark fire seemed to flare in Lu Chenzhou’s eyes. Three days. He would not be able to see his Secretary Shen for three whole days!

However, Shen Chi’s next words instantly extinguished that fire.

“After three days, if my body still hasn’t recovered, I’ll need to continue taking leave,” Shen Chi said. “President Lu, you’ll allow it, right?”

Lu Chenzhou’s throat tightened. He desperately wanted to see Shen Chi, but he also knew the pain he had brought him.

He took a deep breath, the line of his jaw pulled taut. After a long while, he said in a low, hoarse voice, “Okay.”

Shen Chi did not want to say too much to him. Although he did not understand why Lu Chenzhou, this guy, was not keeping his eyes on the male lead shou and instead had come to fixate on him, an NPC, he was very clear that he needed to cut off this strange atmosphere between them as soon as possible.

At the very least, he could not let the other man think there was a chance between them.

“If President Lu has nothing else, I’ll hang up.”

“Wait.” Lu Chenzhou was so anxious that he tried to stand again. The handcuffs scraped across his wound once more, and blood seeped out again, but he paid no attention to it. He only begged humbly, “Ba… Secretary Shen, can we video call? I’ll just look at you and make sure you’re okay.”

Shen Chi gave a light laugh and refused very heartlessly, “No. I need to rest. President Lu should rest early too. Good night.”

He did not give Lu Chenzhou any chance to say good night before hanging up.

Lu Chenzhou listened to the busy tone from the phone. After a long while, he leaned back against the sofa as if drained of strength.

Shen Chi… had started drawing boundaries with him again.

He began to feel awful. The Alpha mark made him desperately want to find his wife and lock him in his arms, but he also knew he could not continue hurting him.

On one side, he fought against his instincts. On the other, he missed Secretary Shen like crazy.

In the end, Lu Chenzhou told the butler to bring over the blanket from the bedroom. It still carried Shen Chi’s scent. He carefully breathed in that faint fragrance, burying his entire face into it. If Shen Chi had been there, he would probably have been frightened again by this insane behavior.

The agitation in his body was slightly soothed by the scent on the blanket for a brief moment, but then Lu Chenzhou could not help thinking of Shen Chi again.

When Baby left, he had already fallen unconscious. He had not even seen him one last time.

“Butler, when he went back, was he okay?”

The butler said, “No. He was in very bad shape.”

Lu Chenzhou’s breathing hitched. He vaguely remembered the last scene before he lost consciousness.

Shen Chi’s terrified gaze. His body trembling faintly from fear. And that shattered sentence of his—

Don’t make me hate you.

Lu Chenzhou knew his own condition was terrible. Although there was a professional research team making special medicine for him, in truth, he had never taken it too seriously.

Until Shen Chi appeared.

He suddenly felt that he could no longer keep rotting like this.

“Butler, call Ji Yanzhi and have him come over.”

When Ji Yanzhi received the call, he was extremely surprised. Lu Chenzhou seemed cooperative on the surface, but in reality, he was very autocratic. Many times, he would veto things outright and refuse to try them at all.

“President Lu, you’re actually willing to cooperate!”

Ji Yanzhi was overjoyed and immediately performed another examination on him.

Previously, his susceptible period had always ended after one day, but this time it had actually lasted two days. However, there was good news. His pheromones were unstable, but his mind was very clear. This could be called a historic improvement.

In the past, although it ended after one day, he would completely lose consciousness and his aggressiveness would explode.

This time, he was somewhat close to the state of a normal Alpha in his susceptible period.

“President Lu, actually, I still recommend using that Omega pheromone with an 88% compatibility rate. At the moment, nothing else has a better effect.”

Lu Chenzhou’s face instantly turned cold. Without even thinking, he refused on the spot. “No.”

Helpless, Ji Yanzhi could only sigh. “Fine. Then after I go back, I’ll hold a meeting with the others and discuss a concrete plan.”

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Three days passed quickly.

Shen Chi currently had six figures of savings in hand. There was indeed no need for him to continue living in this chaotic slum. He decided to move.

Over these three days, he had looked at quite a few apartments, so his days could be considered fulfilling. The only thing that gave him a headache was the fresh flowers placed at his door every morning, never repeating the same kind.

Seeing this, the system could not help teasing him, [Aiya, fresh flowers with a beauty. Not bad, not bad.]

Shen Chi never accepted them. Every time, he threw the flowers into the trash. But today was a little different. When he picked up the flowers, he discovered a pink envelope underneath.

[Yo! Changing tactics now? Writing a love letter?]

Shen Chi frowned, but he still opened the envelope. The system, which had just been laughing a moment ago, started cursing loudly the next second.

[What the hell?]

[What kind of perverted ghost thing is this?]

[Damn it, don’t tell me this is that dog Lu Chenzhou’s doing again!]

The moment those words fell, Lu Chenzhou appeared in Shen Chi’s line of sight.

At this moment, Shen Chi was holding a bouquet of pink roses in one hand and a pink envelope in the other. At first glance, he looked like countless young people caught in the sweetness of love, his entire person so beautiful and radiant.

Unfortunately, this radiance had nothing to do with Lu Chenzhou.

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