CH 18

Seven days would usually be given to omegas as an estrus holiday in the workplace. Although Shen Dai always ends his estrus early, he will go back to work when he has enough rest. At this time, he could no longer stay in this room filled with the smell of pheromones that had not yet dissipated. After washing and changing clothes, he planned to go home.

When he reached downstairs, he still inevitably ran into Uncle Heng.

Uncle Heng is worthy of being a professional housekeeper. He is well-balanced. His face is calm, and he asks in a natural and appropriate tone: “Are you going out? Your health hasn’t recovered yet.”

“It’s alright, I’ll go home.” Shen Dai also tried his best to pretend to be calm, but his steps were weak.

“I’ll let the driver take you. You are at your weakest now.” Uncle Heng added, “And it’s not easy to take a taxi from here.”

The end of the estrus period is indeed the time for omega’s lowest physical fitness. This is because they rarely ate and did high-intensity ‘exercise’ these days. After the hormones recede, the fatigue will reach its peak. Shen Dai, while standing like this, his legs already feel sore and weak. No, it is actually really unwise to go out at this time, but he is trying to run away.

Shen Dai still pushed back and said, “It doesn’t matter, I have already called for a car.”

“Let the driver escort you. I heard from Xiao Wu that you live far away. If the young master finds out, he will blame me for not taking good care of you.”

As soon as Qu Moyu was mentioned, Shen Dai involuntarily wanted to obey. Obedience to an alpha is also an omega’s pathetic nature: “Okay, thank you.”

Shen Dai got into the MPV, and another driver of Qu Moyu took him home. After the car drove all the way out of Qu’s house, Shen Dai’s heart, which felt like a hand was gripping on it, relaxed a little. And the alpha pheromone belonging to Qu Moyu lingering around his body seemed to have finally dissipated. He should be thankful that Qu Moyu didn’t even give him a temporary mark during those three days. Although more than three years had passed, he could still recall the unprecedented loss when the temporary mark disappeared.

He took out his mobile phone and clicked to look at Qu Moyu’s WeChat. There was only one system verification message in the dialog box. The circle of friends was still empty. He could only stare at the silent avatar in a daze. When he came downstairs today, he was afraid to see Qu Moyu, but he was also eager to see Qu Moyu. He was eager to know how they would get along when they met again, but it was entirely up to Qu Moyu.

It really sucks to feel like someone else is in control of everything.

Shen Dai was so tired that he fell asleep in the car. When he got home, it was already dark.

Grandma was very worried when she saw that his face was pale and he looked weak: “Ah Dai, are you sick? Why did you lose weight after not seeing you for a few days? And your face looks so bad.”　

“As I told you last time, I’m preparing for a speech during this time, so I work a lot of overtime. It’s fine, I’ll just rest for a few days.” Shen Dai collapsed on the sofa, feeling like he would fall asleep again soon.

Grandma sighed softly, stroked his hair, and said lovingly, “My baby is tired and thin. Have you eaten yet? Are you hungry?”

Shen Dai smiled and said coquettishly, “Can grandma cook me a bowl of noodles? With the eggs fried?”

“Okay, you rest first. You’re here just in time to taste the beef tendon I just marinated yesterday.”

Shen Dai stretched his sore muscles on the sofa, and looked at the ceiling above his head with tired eyes. This small apartment was shabby compared to Qu’s house, but he rented it with money that belonged to him. He can live here with his most favourite person in this world. But in a high-end villa where food and clothing are all taken care of, he is not qualified to even step into his nominal husband’s room, and even sex is only done in the guest room. His status is worse than a guest…

The next moment, Shen Dai shouted ‘Stop’ to himself in his heart. He needs to stop these self-pity thoughts, and stop these useless entanglements. If a person can’t stop his mental internal friction, he will have more problems because he can’t take care of his own troubles in life. His sanity is ringing alarm bells for him.

Once his muddled head has cooled down, it is time to return to reason.

After a day’s rest, Shen Dai made an appointment with the real estate agent. The agent found a few more houses according to his needs and showed them to him one by one. He screened out two houses and negotiated the price with the agent. As long as it meets the reserve price in his heart, he wants to buy and move in as soon as possible. In this way, it will take another month or two to simply do some repairs and buy some furnishings, and then he will be able to bring his grandmother to live in a new house before the New Year.

Every time he looked at the balance in his bank account, he reminded himself to treat Qu Moyu as his boss, thank him more and have less expectations. In fact, when he first promised You Xinghai to marry as a substitute to You Baiyue, he was ready to sell himself. Being able to sell himself to Qu Moyu was obviously a huge bargain, and he was also very happy. He enlightened himself with this idea all on his own, the effect is remarkable.

The intermediary is very efficient. On the last day of his vacation, he and the owner reached a mutually satisfactory price, and the next step is to go through the process.

Shen Dai felt a big stone had been taken out from his heart, and was very pleased to be able to provide a new and comfortable environment for his grandmother.

On the first day back to work, his colleagues expressed their concern for him one after another. They all knew that he was affected by alpha pheromones on the podium at the time, and that he was not feeling well. So he asked for a few days off, but they didn’t know how uncomfortable he was and also how he was ‘comforted’.

But the purpose of this group of people is obviously more than just being concerned. A bold junior sister asked: “Senior Brother Shen, I heard that after the speech that day, you fainted in the toilet. Is it Mr. Qu who sent you to the hospital?”

“How come I heard that it was Yan Mingxiu?”

“It’s President Yan’s bodyguard.” Shen Dai said calmly, “Actually, I didn’t faint, I was just uncomfortable. It was not because of the influence of pheromones, but because I stayed up too late a lot that time, so I took a few days off along the way.”

The gossip that has been spreading in the past few days has ended in an understatement here, and everyone can’t help but disperse in disappointment.

But Cheng Zimei was not so easily fooled. She grabbed Shen Dai and asked reluctantly, “Tell me the truth, are you really helped by a bodyguard? Some people said that they saw the crown prince helping you with their own eyes.”

“No, it’s really not like that. Alphas and omegas have to keep a proper distance in public, how could Mr. Qu be so careless? It’s really Yan Mingxiu’s beta bodyguard who helped me.” Shen Dai grabbed her and walked to the conference room, “I want us to have a meeting with the teacher in the morning. There’s something serious to discuss.”

Cheng Zimei had a ‘it’s such a shame’ expression on her face.

Shen Dai and Cheng Zimei held a video conference with the teacher all morning. The teacher highly praised his speech, saying that the feedback from the leadership was also very good, so he should not care about Qu Chengchen’s deliberately making things difficult for him. It has nothing to do with him and there will be no impact on their projects.

Shen Dai was relieved a lot, and he didn’t waste his time tossing around for nothing.

During the lunch break, he and Cheng Zimei were too lazy to go to the cafeteria, so they asked the younger brothers and sisters to bring them meals.

When Zhou Lan came back, he not only brought rice, but also a cup of stewed pear, which is the sign of a well-known delicacy of a dessert shop near the company and is very popular during winter.

“Senior brother, this is the rice bowl you want, senior sister, this is your ramen.” Zhou Lan put the bag from the dessert shop on the table and said with a smile, “I bought two cups of stewed pear. If you eat this, it will help to hydrate your body during winter. It’s good for your lungs. I heard that this restaurant is quite famous.”

Cheng Zimei said with a smile, “Thank you, there’s a long line for this one. Every time I want to buy it, I’m persuaded to quit when I see the long line.”

“Fortunately, it didn’t take too long this time.” Zhou Lan peeked at Shen Dai, “Senior Brother Shen, you’ve lost weight these days, make up more with these.”

Shen Dai nodded: “Thank you, how much is it? I’ll transfer to you altogether.”

“Ah, no need. Senior brother and senior sister often invite us to dinner anyway.”

“Your internship salary is low, don’t be polite to me.” Shen Dai smiled lightly, “but you don’t have to buy it next time, I rarely eat sweet stuffs.”

Zhou Lan smiled and concealed the loss in his eyes: “Okay, then you two eat first.”

After Zhou Lan left, Cheng Zimei ate the sweet. The steaming cup of stewed pear is delicious. She deliberately snorted a few times: “Well, it’s delicious, there’s bird’s nest in it, people will line up to buy it for you during winter. Why don’t you try it now?”

“Can you just eat first? Do you still have a stomach to eat anything else after eating this?”

As soon as Shen Dai opened the lunch box, he was forcibly fed a mouthful of sweet pear by Cheng Zimei.

“Well, it’s delicious. It’s not too sweet.” Shen Dai said, “But it’s a bit exaggerated to have to queue up.”

“It’s not an exaggeration, it’s been very popular online recently.” Cheng Zimei glanced at Zhou Lan in the distance, “This little junior brother has been staring at you as soon as he entered the research institute. He has good taste.”

Shen Dai said helplessly: “If you have time, help me to hint at him. I don’t know how to deal with him. I’m afraid if it will hurt his self-esteem.”

“What are you having to deal with? I think he’s pretty good. He’s tall and looks good, and his grades are good. The alpha of science and technology is a bit dull, but he’s quite simple and cute.”

“No, I’m not interested. He’s also few years younger.”

“What’s wrong with that? Nobody cares about that.”

“I owe so much money, I can’t fall in love. It will only bother others.”

Cheng Zimei sighed: “Ah Dai, I really want to persuade you to find love. First of all, it’s not you who owes money, it’s your grandma, or more precisely your father, and secondly, even if you have a burden, you have to live your life. It is also to pursuit happiness, in case someone is willing to fight with you. You have avoided so many people who have a good impression of you because of this mess in the past few years, you can’t keep going like this. “

“No one will be willing to go through this with me, even if there is, I don’t want to drag others down.” Shen Dai looked at Cheng Zimei seriously, “Who would want to fall in love and marry someone who owes millions? Zimei, I know you are thinking of what’s good for me, but you also know in your own heart that it is impossible.”

“Rich people is possible.” Cheng Zimei said in a low voice, “I tell you, I have inquired, Zhou Lan’s family is very good. You only need to find a rich one and all problems are solved.”

Shen Dai couldn’t help but echoed her in his heart, he did ‘find’ the rich one and solved the money problem, but also created a lot of new problems: “Don’t make trouble. You help me. Hint him to stop wasting his time. We are all working in the same laboratory, it’s embarrassing that I have nowhere to hide.”

Cheng Zimei pouted and ate the cup of stewed pear angrily: “You don’t know what’s good for you  I promise I’ll help you next time.”

Shen Dai was packing up and was about to get off work when he received a call from an unfamiliar number.

“Hello.”

“Mr. Shen, I’m Lao Wu. Are you still in the company or have you gone home?”

“I just got off work and I’m about to go home.”

“Ah, that’s good. The young master asked you to go down to the basement parking so that you can go home together.”

“……Okay.”

These days after the end of his estrus period, he and Qu Moyu have not met or communicated. From the extremely warm skin-to-skin relationship to the coldness of two strangers, this huge gap that has turned sharply has made him feel down all the time these days. He is sad but the saddest thing is that he has no position to be sad about it.

What’s even more sad is that as long as he thinks that he can see Qu Moyu right away, he is easily ignited again.

He hurriedly got off the elevator and ran to Qu Moyu’s exclusive parking space. This area is a high-rise parking area, and there are very few people here. He still lowered his head, afraid of being seen.

When he got into the car, Qu Moyu just looked at him with a light smile. He didn’t look at the documents or his mobile phone this time. It was as if he was waiting for him.

Shen Dai’s heart couldn’t help but jump in joy.

“Come.” Qu Moyu stretched out his hand towards Shen Dai.

Shen Dai hesitantly put his own hand on Qu Moyu’s palm. Qu Moyu took his hand and dragged him towards him. He held him and brought him on his lap, pressed the tip of his nose against the back of his neck, and sniffed gently.