CH 22

That night, Qu Moyu was very interested and fucked Shen Dai all night. After being satisfied, he did not go back to his room, but fell asleep with Shen Dai in his arms.

At 7:30 the next morning, the two are awakened by the alarm clock at the same time. Originally, Shen Dai could wake up naturally without setting an alarm clock. But he was very much tired out by Qu Moyu so he inevitably overslept.

Shen Dai is so sleepy that he couldn’t even open his eyes. He follows the sound of the alarm and reaches out to take his mobile phone. He finally turns off the alarm clock. In the next second, he was dragged back into Qu Moyu’s arms.

Shen Dai struggles for a while but cannot break free. So he whispers, “I have to get up.”

Qu Moyu puts his face against the back of Shen Dai’s neck and inhales lightly, letting the elegant floral fragrance penetrate into his lungs. He did not respond, nor did he relax his arms from holding Shen Dai back.

Shen Dai sighs. He grabs Qu Moyu’s arms and tries to push them away.

Qu Mo only wraps his arms around him tighter as an answer. Shen Dai’s body is fragrant and warm. He doesn’t want to let go at all.

Shen Dai speaks again. “I want to go to work.”

“Don’t go.” Qu Moyu’s voice was hoarse and drowsy. It echoes in his ears and it is extraordinarily bewitching.

“That’s not good. I didn’t ask for a leave in advance.”

“I’m sure I’m the boss.” Qu Moyu was wrapped in the warm quilt and the comfort created by the omega in his arms. He hasn’t enjoyed enough. He never allowed himself to be indulged in ecstasy. But this is his home, this person is his wife, so it’s okay to indulge once in a while.　　

Shen Dai holds the phone in his hand, hesitating whether to send a message to Cheng Zimei to ask for leave, or to wait for Qu Moyu to fall back asleep. In fact, whether he goes to work or not does not matter. He just wanted to get up. He used to want to be as close as possible to Qu Moyu, whether intentionally or not. He likes hugs more than sex. He likes the feeling of being surrounded by warmth and strength. However at this moment, he can’t help but want to distance himself.

He is beginning to feel that he doesn’t understand Qu Moyu more and more. In fact, he doesn’t understand him at first because he was so out of reach before. His gratitude and admiration towards Qu Moyu constantly beautify the image he has of Qu Moyu. When Qu Moyu was under the blessing of the halo, all of his flaws were covered up, like a perfect man standing on the altar. Now that he is close to him, his gratitude and admiration have not disappeared, but he has been enlightened by the ‘reality’ of this person’s true self. He is arrogant, domineering, and condescending. Qu Moyu may never intentionally hurt or humiliate him, but he doesn’t care about his feelings. It is just like how people don’t care about the joys and sorrows of insects.

Obviously they have had a skin-to-skin relationship. Obviously they were hugging each other at the moment. But there is always a distance between them.

Shen Dai sighs in his heart and turns on his phone to ask for leave. But he sees a picture that Cheng Zimei sent to him last night, followed by a message from her: He did it on purpose, too green tea! ! ! ! !

Shen Dai clicked on the picture, which is a screenshot of You Baiyue’s Weibo post. You Baiyue showed a tie ring with a dazzling colourful treasure on it. ‘Thank you Brother Yu for giving me a birthday present. I like Paraiba very much recently. You are so caring~~’ was the caption.

It turns out that today is Yu Baiyue’s birthday.

When the surveillance video of him and Qu Moyu was widely discussed online yesterday, You Baiyue posted such a Weibo, which seemed to be a bit deliberate, like a demonstration to the public. After all, Qu Moyu first came to the eyes of netizens because of You Baiyue ‘being pursued by two S-class alphas’. It is a big label on You Baiyue’s popularity. You Baiyue’s character is a rich young master who is loved by thousands of people.

Shen Dai originally had no interest in these gossip matters. No matter what You Baiyue’s purpose was, he doesn’t care. Shen Dai himself is inexplicably panicked as he realised that these things that he usually didn’t care about would even get to him. It should not continue. He hastily replied to Cheng Zimei to ask her help asking for a leave for him, and put down the phone.

The arms around his waist were solid and strong, as if the person was afraid that he would leave. But Shen Dai knows in his heart that it wasn’t anything like that. Sometimes he wonders why they had been intimate yet remained so distant.

Qu Moyu squints his eyes for a while in a daze. He probably feels that the person in his arms is being too quiet, almost motionless. So he opens his eyes and sees that Shen Dai’s body is half-curled with his back to him. It is as if nothing but the hoop of his arms on the waist is the only thing that unites them while the rest of his body is instinctively trying to move away.

Qu Moyu frowns and orders softly, “Turn around.”

Shen Dai doesn’t move. He pretends that he had fallen asleep. Qu Moyu pulls his body over. He is aware that he is pretending to sleep but he just lets him pretend. Shen Dai buries his face in the pillow as much as possible.

Qu Moyu notices something: “Didn’t you say you wanted to go to work?”

Shen Dai immediately opens his eyes and is about to get up.

Qu Moyu presses him back down on the bed: “I didn’t say you can go.”

Shen Dai was stunned for a moment, looking a little dazed, but then lay down again on the bed and buried his face into the pillow.

Qu Moyu raises his chin and chuckles: “What’s the matter? Are you upset? Did I wrong you?” Although Shen Dai usually doesn’t talk much, when no one else is present, he will usually take the initiative to stay close to himself. The awkwardness that was suppressed had accidentally revealed something Qu Moyu had never seen before. It turns out that this person also has a small temper. It is interesting.

“No.” Shen Dai doesn’t believe that Qu Moyu would care about his mood. Qu Moyu’s mood at the moment was probably about the same as teasing a pet. He lowers his eyes, “Aren’t we going to get up?”

“Why are you unhappy? Did I scare you?” Qu Moyu rubs his soft hair, “I really didn’t blame you. Why do I feel like I’ve wronged you?”

Shen Dai explains calmly and seriously: “I’m not unhappy.” He has no right to be unhappy.

Qu Moyu slightly purses his lips: “Then smile for me.”

Shen Dai smiles without realising that he was smiling stiffly.

“You look good when you smile. I want you to smile more in the future.” Qu Moyu kisses Shen Dai’s eyebrows, “I’m going to wash up and ask Uncle Heng to deliver breakfast and my clothes to the room.”

It wasn’t until he heard the sound of the bathroom door closing that Shen Dai fell back on the bed.

After the two of them washed up, Uncle Heng brought breakfast and a hanger with Qu Moyu’s suit hanging on it.

Qu Moyu took a bite of the fried egg, and thought about his clothes while chewing: “Uncle Heng, I have a brown tie with diagonal stripes, can you find it for me? It’s Xiaoyue’s birthday party tonight. I’m going over directly after I finish work tonight.”

“Is it the one that Young Master You gave you a few years ago?”

“Yes.”

Shen Dai’s chopsticks hit the plate. The sound is dull, not attracting much attention, just like his own trembling heart.

“Okay, I’ll find it.”

“By the way, has the gift for him been delivered?”

“It was delivered. Young Master You likes it very much.”

“Hmm.”

After Uncle Heng leaves, Shen Dai finishes his breakfast in a few quick bites and wants to leave. He wanted to say, “I’ll go out for a walk“, but walking in the winter morning is a stupid excuse. There is no reason for him not to look at it. How can he watch Qu Moyu put on the tie given by You Baiyue?

After several thoughts in his mind, he says calmly as usual: “I’m done eating, I’ll go check the mail.”

Qu Moyu was also looking at his phone, nodding in agreement.

Shen Dai sits in front of the computer, planning to read the email for a while. He then pretends to make a phone call and walks out of the room naturally.

But after a while, Qu Moyu came over. He bent over him, supported the table with one hand, and joked, “Why do you seem to be busier than me?”

Shen Dai quickly got up. Qu Moyu took advantage of the situation to sit in his chair, and then pulled him to sit on his lap: “It happens that an overseas partner asks me some questions in the field of research, please explain it to me.”

“Okay.”

Qu Moyu asked about the progress of the project and several highly professional questions. Although Qu Moyu has a better understanding of all aspects of the rare earth industry than ordinary people, there are still many things that are difficult to understand when it comes to the technical level. Shen Dai explained patiently, only at this time, when he was able to show his knowledge and strengths, would he have a brief illusion that he and Qu Moyu were equal.

Qu Moyu also likes Shen Dai being chatty. He always remembered Shen Dai on the podium that day. He was confident, professional, calm, and generous. At the same time, he was very good-looking and had an irresistible charm. At that moment, he realised that Shen Dai, who was usually submissive in front of him, had another side to him. He only pretended to be submissive but of course, it must also be because of his own unquestionable dominance.

It is rare for an omega to be able to speak freely in a room full of alphas, and to deal with deliberate difficulties in the face of it. He has looked through Shen Dai’s resume. He has achieved excellent grades from childhood to high school. He went to famous schools, famous enterprises. He has high knowledge, high salaries, and a bright future. No wonder he is highly regarded by Professor Liu. To achieve such an achievement at the age of 27 even among alphas is remarkable. Shen Dai is just an omega, a gender that is limited everywhere on the road to self-realisation.

At that time, he looked at Shen Dai on the stage, thinking that this was his wife, and had a subtle feeling in his heart of maybe… Feeling satisfied and proud?

Then, Shen Dai revealed his gender during the alpha pheromone fight. As an alpha, he could almost guess what unclean thoughts would arise in the minds of the surrounding alphas at that moment. A handsome, young, and outstanding omega that displays both power and vulnerability in the shortest possible time, it gives them the desire to possess.

But this omega is his and must only be possessed by him.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door, Shen Dai failed to get up in time, and he was still embraced by Qu Moyu.

Uncle Heng came back with the tie: “Master, is this it?”

“Yes.”

Shen Dai glanced at the tie and looked away.

Uncle Heng left his tie and took the dinner plate.

Only then did Qu Moyu get up and put on his clothes. When it was his turn to tie, he glanced at Shen Dai who was sitting in front of the computer with his back to him. A hint of amusement flashes in his eyes, he said, “Ah Dai, come and help me put on the tie.”

Shen Dai’s body froze for a moment. He slowly got up, walked to Qu Moyu, and took the tie in his hand.

Qu Moyu looked at them in the mirror and watched Shen Dai carefully tying a tie for him: “Xiaoyue said that this tie was bought with the first money he earned.”

Shen Dai remained silent.

Qu Moyu sneered: “Do you believe it? He obviously likes Qu Chengchen, but he also likes to flirt with me, which is very interesting.”

“Then do you like him?” Shen Dai blurted out.

After he finished speaking, he regretted it so much that he wished he could put every word back into his stomach.

“I like him. I’ve always wanted to marry him.” Qu Moyu said calmly, “We’ve known each other since we were young, and he’s likely to give birth to an S-class alpha for me. It’s such a pity.”​​​​

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Next update: 2022.04.13

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*Translator’s Note: I don’t think Qu Moyu likes You Baiyue with a passion. I think by this time, Qu Moyu had already fallen for Shen Dai but he didn’t understand it yet. I think he is emotionally underdeveloped. Haha. 

‘Green Tea’ is an internet slang in China for people (normally women) who “appears angelically innocent, harmless and pure, while she is anything but that: she is ambitious and would sell her soul for money” (From: https://www.whatsonweibo.com/). 

I hate that Shen Dai feels inferior when he is with Qu Moyu because of his gender. Many people do sometimes feel inferior surrounded by people better by them but it should not be like that with the person that you like. I feel bad for him. It hurts most when people you have feelings for make you feel inferior about yourself. Shen Dai, to me, is a very strong character despite of his hardships and I have respect for people like this. Gender discrimination is everywhere even in a world where they say that every gender is equal. And yo… even men are also being discriminated against, not only women. If not, why is it that this topic is still under debate until now? -K

———————–Oh my goodness what a long rant!