CH 45

Title: 顶级掠食者 (Alpha Predator)

Author：水千丞 (ShuiQianCheng)

Translator: K (@kin0monogatari)

Protagonists ：沈岱 (Shen Dai -MC), 瞿末予 (Qu Moyu -ML)

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Qu Moyu ate six bowls of noodles at one time, which really scared Shen Dai. He knew that alpha would have a surge in appetite on the eve of the susceptible period, but he had not been close to any alphas since he was a child. So he had never seen this side.

After eating, the two walked around the No. 1 elementary school holding hands. Qu Moyu pointed to every street and told Shen Dai where the road led. He could also tell the names of more than one of the many nearby communities and buildings. He seems to be explaining to Shen Dai, but in fact, he is recalling his memory.

Shen Dai listened with great interest and asked him about his childhood from time to time. Slowly, the figure of young Qu Moyu, whom he had never seen before, managed to conjure up in his mind.

He felt that the distance between him and Qu Moyu, the distance between their hearts, had narrowed a lot.

Taking advantage of Qu Moyu’s good mood, Shen Dai timely advised him not to use drugs to shorten the susceptible period. After hundreds of years since the production of inhibitors, in addition to the strong version that needs to be injected, the ordinary version has fewer side effects and is easier to metabolise. But the drugs that are forcibly shortened or even blocked after the estrus or susceptible period which has begun, will always be a powerful medicine. He really didn’t want Qu Moyu to use a way that would damage his body for a few days.

Qu Moyu said solemnly: “I have a lot of important meetings in the next period of time. I have to go on a business trip, and there are some people I want to meet. There are a lot of things to do. I don’t want to take blocking medicine, so I can only watch the schedule.”

“Can you predict when the susceptible period will be? Arrange your schedule accordingly.”

“It should be about three or four days, that is, around next week. If you don’t know the exact time, you can’t arrange the schedule accordingly.”

Shen Dai was very helpless. He secretly clenched Qu Moyu’s hand. He thought about when Qu Moyu came to eat this bowl of noodles and walked with him when he was so busy, he must be under too much pressure and needed a short period of time to destress. He also wanted to help the person he likes like how Qu Moyu had helped him, but he could only say a weak statement; “everything will be settled”.

“Well, when these things are settled, I will take a good vacation.” Qu Moyu asked, “Do you still want to go to South Africa?”

“I won’t go for the time being. My teacher is going back to China.” Shen Dai smiled, “He couldn’t wait any longer, saying that the food there was unpalatable.”

“Alright. When Professor Liu comes back, I’ll treat him to a meal.”

Shen Dai couldn’t hide his joy: “Okay.” His teacher is both a teacher and a father to him. Qu Moyu wants to invite his teacher to dinner, naturally because of him. This feeling is as if he was going to see his parents on purpose. How could he not be happy?

Qu Moyu looked at his watch and glanced at the empty elementary school playground across the fence. After a while, he said, “Let’s go back. I have a video conference tonight.”

Shen Dai has been at work for the past two days, and has always been a little absent-minded. It was mainly because he is worried about Qu Moyu. He can’t help but to have ‘a bad feeling’. He is a materialist atheist, of course. But at this time, he could not find a better phrase to describe this uneasy feeling he felt in his heart.

In the afternoon, Shen Dai suddenly received a call from Shen Qin, saying that his grandmother was not feeling well. She was dizzy and nauseated. The tone of Shen Qin’s voice sounded very anxious. He asked him to come back quickly. He immediately put down his work and took a taxi home.

His grandmother was surprised to see him: “Why are you back? Don’t you have work today?”

“Aren’t you feeling unwell?” Shen Dai went up and touched her forehead, “What’s the matter? Have you caught a cold?”

“Oh, it’s not a big deal. But it’s just a bit of a headache. Maybe I watched too much TV. Why did you skip work on purpose?” His grandmother said so, but she couldn’t hide the smile on her face, “This way… Will your salary be deducted?”

Shen Dai breathed a sigh of relief: “It’s okay. My teacher is not around. I am the person in charge of the laboratory. No one will deduct my salary.”

“My baby is awesome. So excellent.” Grandma took Shen Dai’s hand, “Since you’re back, leave after dinner. During this time, you rarely come home.”

Shen Dai feels a little guilty. Indeed, as his grandmother said, he is going home less often these days. One is because of Qu Moyu, and the other is because of Shen Qin. Moreover, his grandmother’s health has stabilised. He often goes home on weekends. But he doesn’t stay home overnight. He soothed her: “I’ve been too busy recently, I’ll accompany you today.”

Shen Qin came out with his bag on his back: “You guys chat first, I’ll go shopping.”

The two chatted and discussed what to do at night.

After a while, Shen Dai habitually went to find his phone. There was often important content in the work group chat. He had to check it from time to time, but he couldn’t find his phone after searching for a long time.

“What’s up?”

“Where’s my phone? Have you seen it?” Shen Dai thought for a while, “Did I put it on the shoe cabinet or coffee table when I entered the door?”

“You always leave things lying around.” Grandma said, “Go to my room and get my handphone to call.”

Shen Dai dialled his own number using his grandmother’s handphone, and then took the handphone around to hear the sound of his own ringtone. But he went around the small house and still couldn’t find it. He was a little panicked, did he lose it? Left it in a taxi? But he clearly remembered that he took it home with him.

Shen Dai continued to call, and when he called for the third time, the phone was connected. He hurriedly said: “Hello, hello, I…”

“Ah Dai?” It was Shen Qin’s voice that came from the other line. He whispered, “Aiya, why is your handphone with me? I got it wrong when I went out?”

Shen Dai let out a sigh of relief: “It’s ok if you don’t lose it.” The two handphones are different models of the same brand. Except for the cameras, they do look quite similar.

“I didn’t hear it when I was shopping. You wait a minute. I’ll be back soon.”

After Shen Qin came back, Shen Dai held his handphone in his hand and always felt that something was not right. But when he opened and looked at it, there was no problem. Maybe he only felt the nervousness of being spied on. It was impossible for Shen Qin to unlock his phone. He had neither money nor secrets in his phone.

After having dinner with his grandmother, Shen Dai returned to Qu’s house.

Qu Moyu hasn’t come home yet. Aunt Lan and Uncle Heng are packing some ‘luggages’ for Qu Moyu. They say they’re ‘luggages’, but it’s actually more like a small-scale move. There are four big boxes. At first glance, they must have been prepared for the safe house for Qu Moyu prepared for the susceptibility period.

Shen Dai looked at the intricate daily necessities: “Won’t these be a little too much?”

“Not much. I’m afraid that the things the young master needs will not be available by then. And the young master will not be able to see people during those days.” The two checked the list very seriously.

“Then…do you need help?”

“No need.” Aunt Lan thought of something again, “Oh, when the young master comes back, ask him if he needs to put some of your things. The pheromones of people close to him can comfort him, but… let’s ask him first, okay?.” Aunt Lan obviously remembered the time she was reprimanded for letting Shen Dai cook for Qu Moyu by herself.

Shen Dai also remembered: “Okay.” He would never have asked before, but recently his relationship with Qu Moyu has continued to warm up, and he is a little more confident.

After Shen Dai finished washing, he still helped them arrange things up for a while. The two frequently went in and out of the master bedroom to find stuff. He could neither read nor sleep.

At this time, Qu Moyu also came back. He explained a few things to Aunt Lan. It seemed that the approaching susceptible period made him a little nervous.

Suddenly, there was a crisp sound of a ringtone in the room. At first, there was no response from several people. After several rings and no one answered, Shen Dai realised that it was actually his own handphone that was ringing. He picked it up and saw that there was a call from an unknown number. But his mobile phone ringtone has always been the system default, and he has never set this unfamiliar ringtone.

Qu Moyu slowly turned his head to look at Shen Dai. There’s a stunned expression on his face. His eyes also became a little confused.

Shen Dai answered the phone, but hung up after a few seconds of hearing nothing from the other end. Shen Dai was full of suspicion, but before he could put down the phone, it rang again. It was still the same unknown number and the same ringtone.

Shen Dai answered the phone again. The other end hung up again. Shen Dai was annoyed and pulled the number into the blacklist. However, soon, the phone rang again. And the number was still an unknown number.

There was a sudden groan in Qu Moyu’s throat and he staggered two steps back from where he was standing.

Uncle Heng first noticed his abnormality: “Master, what’s wrong with you?”

The phone kept ringing and it was useless for him to keep hanging up and blocking them. Shen Dai was so annoyed by this weird harassment that when he heard the sound, he also looked at Qu Moyu.

Qu Moyu lowered his head. His face was getting paler and paler. The blue veins on his forehead were bulging and his facial muscles were trembling. It was as if he was holding something back.

Almost in the next instant, the pheromones of ebony broke out of control. Before Shen Dai’s brain had time to think, his own responding nerves and hormones had already responded first. His legs softened and he fell to the ground.

At the same time, all the glass and ceramics in the room shattered! Sharp debris was scattered around. The house was in a mess, as if it had just experienced an explosion.

He fell under a powerful pheromones control that he had never experienced before. The attack was overwhelming. It was like a hand grabbed Shen Dai’s throat and threw him into a cold hell. He couldn’t move and couldn’t breathe. He stared at Qu Mo with wide eyes. Fear grows like vines in his heart. He had never suffered such real pheromone suppression in his life. He doesn’t know how to describe the coldness, pain, fear and despair at this time. It was like he could not wait to just die.

“It’s over, it’s over.” Uncle Heng was so anxious that his eyes were red, “What’s going on!”

Beta is also not able to resist alpha’s pheromone suppression, but it is not as sensitive as an omega. Although the two of them felt sick and wanted to vomit, they still could move. However, this is a crisis situation they have never encountered before. They felt overwhelmed. Qu Moyu suddenly entered his susceptible period!

Qu Moyu knelt on the ground with a plop. His hands were on the ground. His will was obviously fighting against his own body. He took two steps forward, grabbed Shen Dai’s phone, and crushed it. The crisp and harsh ringing stopped abruptly and he slowly raised his head, staring at Shen Dai with a pair of blood-red eyes.

Fierce, hungry, cold, bloodthirsty… Those are what a pair of beast eyes looked as he waited for his prey.

“Go away—” Qu Moyu’s throat let out a muffled roar.

Uncle Heng and Aunt Lan were already trembling with fear. They looked at each other, went up and pulled Shen Dai’s arm, trying to drag him out of the room. But there was a lot of broken glass on the ground for them to avoid and Shen Dai was already soft like a pool of mud. He had almost lost all of his autonomy.

Qu Moyu was like a beast stalking. He was lying on the ground but tensing the muscles of his whole body. His fingers scratched the cashmere carpet, his body trembled violently, and he kept whimpering roughly.

Just when the two of them finally managed to drag Shen Dai to the door, Qu Moyu swooped up on him. He carried Shen Dai back with one hand and threw him roughly on the ground. Shen Dai’s leg was scratched by broken glasses. But that pain was insignificant to him now. He was mostly overwhelmed by fear.

Among the sound of screams by Uncle Heng and Aunt Lan, Qu Moyu covered himself over Shen Dai’s body and shredded Shen Dai’s clothes.

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Next update: 2022.05.25

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*Translator’s note: Some people on weibo nicknamed QMY as ‘six bowls of noodles’ lololol. Incoming ‘Parking Lot’ scene in next chapter. Ayy…Shen Qin is a piece of sh*t! -K