CH 13

The network of the laboratory broke down today. Since it needed to be checked and repaired, Shen Dai left his shift in advance, which was rare. Because he became familiar with Aunt Lan, he would occasionally mention some dishes he liked. After eating takeout for several days, right now, he wants to try the good skills of the Qu family’s chef.

Just as he stepped into the door of the Qu house, he felt the unusual atmosphere. 

A beautiful, elegant lady with a refined temperament sat in the living room. She was wearing a black dress and a glittering pearl necklace. Her beautiful hair was scrupulously styled behind her head. She was of high maintenance and could hardly hide her brilliance, just like a noblewoman coming out of an oil painting.

Shen Dai could guess with a glance that this was Qu Moyu’s mother.

As soon as he entered the room, everyone looked at him with a kind of strange look that was hard to describe. It was as if this was a scene where he had accidentally intruded into their race, as if his appearance here was inexplicable.

Although he knew many people here, when the woman appeared with her gestures as the master, the magnetic field of the whole room changed to surround her. 

“Shen Dai, right?” She smiled faintly.

“Hello.” Shen Dai bowed slightly, “Madam Qu.”

“Come sit down.”

Shen Dai didn’t sit on the sofa in the living room often. The seemingly rare cream-colored leather looked like it was easy to get dirty. He had been using the backpack on his back since University, although it was sturdy and easy to use, it was a little dirty. When he sat down, he put his backpack at his feet.

He noticed that Uncle Heng and Aunt Lan both had subtle worrisome expressions on their faces.

Madam Qu’s bright eyes swept up and down as they quickly sized him up, “You’re 27? You look quite young, like a college student.”

Shen Dai smiled.

“You work in the research institute? It’s difficult to enter the Research Institute of Xingzhou. Are you a master or a doctor?” 

“Master, I’m preparing to study for a doctor these next two years.”

“It’s amazing for an omega to do this. Who else is in your family?”

“Only my grandma.” In his heart, he has already prescribed his missing father as dead.

“Oh.” Madam Qu slowly took a sip of tea. “What’s your pheromone level?” 

“Level B.”

“Oh it’s not high.” Madam Qu’s voice has been warm and soft since the start, “It’s almost impossible to produce a top-tier alpha.”

“Yes.” Shen Dai will not spare a glance at an omega’s pheromone level, because the levels of omegas are different from that of the alphas. The ability to reproduce occupies a very large proportion and on the contrary; physical fitness, intelligence, talent, and genetic diseases, which are very important to every human being, have become non-essential conditions. Unfortunately, linking the value of omegas with fertility has been a tradition throughout human history. He considers himself to be smarter, healthier, and more diligent than most people. Although the unstableness of his glands leads to lower fertility, he doesn’t care at all. He doesn’t agree with this grading method, so naturally, he doesn’t feel inferior for it.

Madam Qu looked at Shen Dai’s indifferent appearance and was a little surprised, “Do you not care?” 

“I don’t care much.” Shen Dai thought, my low pheromone level has nothing to do with your Qu family.

Madam Qu smiled, “I know you and Moyu are not in a normal marital relationship, but you’re still living together after all. It’s inevitable for youngsters to have some ideas when they see each other so frequently. Moreover, Moyu has always been very…” She used an implicit statement, “Attractive.”

As expected, it was another one that came to beat him up. Do they really think a S-level alpha is someone that could be seduced or forced on? These anti-theft measures almost made Shen Dai’s sense of humiliation and discomfort rush to the top. After three months of marriage with Qu Moyu, he did not do a single thing, yet he had been warned either openly or implicitly by Lawyer Chen, Qu Moyu himself, You Baiyue, Uncle Heng, and Madam Qu. They warned him against coveting the person who he was far from being worthy of even delusional of.

It’s true that he isn’t worthy, but he didn’t have delusions. 

Whenever his self-esteem was violated, he could only comfort himself with: it’s only a means of earning money, it’s not embarrassing.

Uncle Heng and Aunt Lan send a comforting look to Shen Dai. Shen Dai nodded almost undetectably. He looked directly into Madam Qu’s eyes and said, “I respect President Qu very much. Whether at the company or home, we will only have an em, ploy, ment, re, la, tion, ship.”

There was some ignorant grief in Madam Qu’s eyes, “I don’t have any ill intentions, but it’s just that, this is really not a world that an ordinary omega can integrate into.”

Qu Moyu came home during this moment. His footsteps were in a hurry and the floor tiles sounded with dadadas. People wouldn’t be in such a hurry when they came home, except when something’s happening. 

“Mother.” When Qu Moyu saw Madam Qu, it was visible that he adjusted his breathing, “Why are you here?”

Madam Qu lightly tucked her drooping hair behind her ear, “My son got married and nobody told me. Can’t I come to see my daughter-in-law?”

Qu Moyu gave Shen Dai a look, “Go back to your room first.”

Shen Dai was about to get up, but was stopped by Madam Qu, “It’s all right, sit and chat.” 

Whoever pays him is the boss, of course Shen Dai listened to Qu Moyu. He got up, bowed, turned, and left.

Madam Qu wasn’t annoyed at this, she gently shook her head, “I thought you would marry Xiao-Yue.”

“Who Xiao-Yue liked has always been Chengchen, you knew this.”

“Oh? You still care about like or not?” There was a certain sarcasm in that tone. 

This was the last conversation Shen Dai heard before walking down the stairs. He couldn’t help but be surprised, You Baiyue has always liked Qu Chengchen? Although liking Qu Chengchen’s mark can be regarded as liking, what Qu Moyu expressed seems to have a different meaning. It was that more common, literal meaning of “like”. In addition, Madam Qu’s question in reply was also very thought-provoking.

Shen Dai returned to his room, and the moment he closed the door, he instantly felt safe. Not only was he unable to integrate into the world of top-tier alphas, but even his room seemed to be in a different dimension from the whole villa. Nevertheless, he still opened the gap between time and space every night to take a peek at Qu Moyu.

Shen Dai worked late into the night and still didn’t feel sleepy. The irritation in his heart did not dissipate because of the appearance of Madam Qu. He hesitated for a while and decided to take a swim in the heated pool.

He usually doesn’t dare to use the swimming pool, because before he moved in, Uncle Heng expressed that it’s better to avoid being in the same space as Qu Moyu as much as possible. However, at this time, Qu Moyu must be asleep. 

Shen Dai went downstairs wrapped in his bathrobe. He estimated that he would swim at least two kilometers, with that, he would be tired enough to fall asleep easily.

He put his phone on the coffee table, took off his bathrobe, and began to warm up. Just after a round of stretching, the elevator door opened. He was surprised to see Qu Moyu walk out wearing only swimming trunks.

Qu Moyu was also stunned for a bit.

Qu Moyu had a figure as tall and sturdy as a sculpture. His muscle mass seemed much more thick and solid than when he was seen covered with clothes. His lines are rich and proper, especially the most important part protruding from the elastic cloth. He had a perfect physique. 

Shen Dai’s mind instantly burned. He hurriedly picked up the bathrobe and put it on his body, but the solid-colored bathrobe made him unable to find its right side up. The more anxious he was, the more he couldn’t find it, which made him look particularly discomposed.

Qu Moyu couldn’t hold it in and chuckled.

Shen Dai’s face became as red as if he was cooked. He finally found the direction of the collar, put it on quickly, and then tightened his belt with a fierce force that seemed to be punishing his stupidity.

“Are you going to swim in your bathrobe?” Qu Moyu joked, “Towel cloth is very absorbent.” 

“President Qu, you have fun. I’ll be going back to my room.”

Qu Moyu tilted his head to look at him, “Are you afraid of me?”

Shen Dai didn’t dare to look at Qu Moyu, “Uncle Heng said you don’t like to be disturbed.”

“Mn.” Qu Moyu walked towards the pool and when he walked by Shen Dai, he smelled the faint fragrance of epiphyllums again. The blooming period of epiphyllums is erratic and hasty, its fragrance is unlike that of roses or lavenders, it can form a complete memory point in the hearts of the common people. Everyone can smell and recognize flowers, and everyone can form a fixed smell in their mind just by seeing the name of flowers. But epiphyllums are too rare and too short-lived, not many people are able to distinguish them. However, as long as they smell it once, the fragrance that becomes more and more fragrant in its process growing from a bud to full bloom, from simple and elegant to strong and thick, from restrained and reserved to debauched and dissolute, it seems to be trying its best to do everything just for its one time of bloom. When it blooms, it requires all living creatures to stop for it. 

He glanced at Shen Dai’s smooth neck with the corner of his eyes. It was thin and pale, which gave people a trace of the desire to wreck it.

When Shen Dai walked to the elevator, Qu Moyu called out to stop him. As soon as Shen Dai turned around, Qu Moyu jumped into the water with a plop. He was stunned in his place, not knowing if he should leave or stay.

After a while, Qu Moyu got out of the water. He wiped his wet hair with one hand, lay by the poolside, and said, “Now that you can’t see it, there’s no need to be nervous, right?”

“Don’t take what my mother said to you to heart.” 

“I won’t.” Shen Dai said calmly.

“Then you can go back to bed.”

Shen Dai turned around and took two steps, but then he halted. He put his hand into the pocket of his bathrobe and turned back, “President Qu.”

“What?” 

“Towards you, I…” Shen Dai forced himself to look directly at Qu Moyu. “I don’t have any ideas beyond the scope of the contract. You can rest assured.” So there’s no need to let anyone else come embarrass me, whether you intended it or not.

Qu Moyu stared at Shen Dai. The water ripples reflected into the bottom of his eyes, making his eyes extraordinarily bright and transparent. It was as if just two pupils were enough to see through everything in the world, he smiled faintly, “Okay.”