CH 53

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 stared blankly at Shen Dai’s back. He watched Shen Dai disappear from his sight without looking back. Looking up, he saw a sign in red light that was bigger than the size of a person; ‘HOSPITAL’. He seemed to realise at this moment what Shen Dai was going to do. He suddenly felt a strange and sharp pain in his heart and he grabbed the door handle to resist the urge to chase after him.

He repeatedly told himself in his heart that it was the ‘mark’ that was affecting him. As long as the ‘mark’ is removed, he will return to his normal self. No one can control his emotions and judgments.

Lao Wu glanced at Qu Moyu in the rearview mirror and was taken aback by the pale complexion and sullen eyes. He wanted to ask his boss where he wanted to go next but now he can’t even breathe. He didn’t dare to make a sound.

The silence in the car can almost oppress people’s hearts. Lao Wu is extremely fortunate that he is a beta with a low perception of alpha pheromones, but it is already uncomfortable enough.

After a long time, Qu Moyu whispered the words: “Go to the company.”

Sitting in the doctor’s office, Shen Dai expressionlessly listened to the lawyer and the doctor singing double reeds in front of him. Lawyer Chen was explaining to him the necessary terms of the informed consent for the operation and the doctor was routinely informing him of the procedures and risks.

“Removing the ‘mark’ will require a local anaesthesia operation, which will not cause a lot of burden on the body. You don’t have to worry about it. Your pregnancy time is relatively short, and the abortion method with drugs has the least side effects. After that, you need to stay in the hospital for a few hours for observation. After that, you can go home to recuperate at night.”

Shen Dai stared blankly at the debonding map of the human body on the wall, but still gave no response.

The doctor and Lawyer Chen looked at each other. Lawyer Chen handed a document to Shen Dai: “Mr. Shen, please sign it. Your doctor and medical care here are all the best for you. This is a minor operation that doesn’t feel painful. Your body will recover soon.”

Shen Dai took the consent form and a pen. He stared at the dense text on it. By signing it, it means that he not only knows and agrees to take the risk of surgery, but also means that he voluntarily removes the ‘mark’.

Voluntarily.

It is the kind of ‘voluntary’ that Qu Moyu said “I have a way to make you become ‘voluntary'”.

But now he is really voluntary. Obtaining something that does not belong to him through a bad means will bring endless disasters. The thing he had fantasised about in countless nights, when it really fell on him, it turned into a curse. He didn’t dare to ask for it. He doesn’t want it anymore.

If washing off the ‘mark’ would wake him up from this nightmare, then he is doing it of his own accord.

He held the pen and the tip of the pen hovered in the blank space for the signature, only to feel that his fingers were weak and it could not write anything on the paper.

Suddenly, pieces of circular water stains continued to surface on the white paper, blurring and smearing the edges of the black ink font, and finally forming a paste, making him unable to see anything clearly.

There was a force pulling desperately in his consciousness, screaming and questioning, asking if he really wanted to kill his own child.

It wasn’t a child, he argued. It was just an embryo that isn’t even as big as a finger.

But it will grow. It will become a living person. It is connected to his bloodline and will continue his life in the form of inheritance. It belongs to him and it will love him unconditionally.

It is the only proof in this world that you and Qu Moyu have ever been connected.

Lawyer Chen and the doctor watched Shen Dai lowering his head and weeping sadly. They froze aside at a loss.

Shen Dai couldn’t see anything clearly. He signed his name tremblingly only through muscle memory. He then threw the pen and paper to cover his face. Tears poured out from between his fingers as he restrained his cry. He only let out a low whimper, even if the heartache seems to be unbearable.

He has never cried like this before. This kind of explosive, blowout sadness and pain is the first one in this life. This is not a simple lovelorn but he is standing at the crossroads of fate. There is no smooth road in front of him. He knows that he should choose a thousand-layered giant wave with lower risk and less damage, but still forcibly turned around, facing the naked eye. He has to break free from rational persuasion and embark on a road of no return.

At this moment, he didn’t know whether to hate Qu Moyu for being ruthless, or whether he hated himself for not being ruthless. He also didn’t know whether he wanted to keep this child out of love, or was driven by the ‘mark’ to stimulate the instinct of reproduction.

Obviously, he is most unlikely to repeat the mistakes of Shen Qin in his life. And obviously his reason has denied himself from becoming that for ten thousand times. But his strongest thought at this moment was that no one could kill his child.

“Mr. Shen…” Lawyer Chen took the tissue, “Don’t be too sad.”

Shen Dai covered his face. His tears still couldn’t stop. But he still spoke in an unusually calm voice: “I will wash off the ‘mark’. But I want to keep the child.”

Lawyer Chen and the doctor looked at each other.

Lawyer Chen coughed lightly and persuaded with good words: “Mr. Shen, you know this is impossible. I understand your feelings very well but your breach of contract must be corrected. I hope you can calm down and look at this clearly.”

“I want to keep the child.” Shen Dai rudely wiped away his tears. He raised his head. The fair and clear skin was rubbed with powder marks. There was no plea or self-pity in those wet, red and swollen eyes. There’s only firmness. “You can neither force me to wash off the ‘mark’ nor force me to have an abortion. I accept all conditions. I will cooperate with the washing off the ‘mark’. I don’t want money. I will just keep the child.”

The doctor said helplessly: “Mr. Shen, after the surgery to remove the markings, your child cannot be kept.”

Shen Dai was slightly startled: “Then… Then ask my husband to allow me to give birth to the child…”

Lawyer Chen regained his professional indifference: “Mr. Shen, it is impossible. You are right. In a society governed by the rules of law, we cannot do anything against your will that damages your health. It is a consensus approach. I believe that neither the process nor the outcome is what you wanted.”

Shen Dai glared at Lawyer Chen fiercely: “You are threatening me.”

Lawyer Chen smiled politely: “I am not ‘threatening’ you. As a legal practitioner, although I serve my employer, I am also happy to provide you with the simplest and most beneficial solution.”

“That is in your best interest.”

“It is also in the best interest for you.” Lawyer Chen said, “Mr. Shen, you are an excellent talent with high knowledge and high salary. You should know when to stop losses in time. And which choices are to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. Getting divorced, clearing the ‘mark’, or having a child. Which of these will hinder your happiness for the rest of your life? You are still young, don’t act on your will. Take the money and start a new life without any burden.”

Shen Dai looked directly into Lawyer Chen’s eyes: “I don’t need you to define how I get happiness.”

Lawyer Chen narrowed his eyes. He looked at his watch. The movement of him adjusting his breathing showed his impatience while the doctor beside him frowned.

Lawyer Chen thought for a while and then said again, “Mr. Shen, you…”

“You can’t be the one who decides.” Shen Dai said coldly, “Ask Qu Moyu to come and talk to me.”

Lawyer Chen was shocked by Shen Dai’s momentum for a moment and his expression was indescribable.

Lawyer Chen made a phone call outside the door for a while. When he came back, his whole face was in a frown. He was obviously trained to follow instructions. He arranged for a car to take Shen Dai back to Qu’s house.

Shen Dai was in a daze for a long while and suddenly, he couldn’t believe that he would say those words and make that decision. But after thinking and weighing things over and over again, all the worst consequences that could happen were taken into account. The voice inside him remained firm.

This is his child. Before it even comes to its full form, he has already felt love for the child that he is about to give birth.

He is different from Shen Qin. He has different motives and is expecting different results.

When Qu Moyu came to Shen Dai’s room in anger, just with the approaching of the familiar ebony pheromone made Shen Dai tremble. Qu Moyu is right. There are countless possibilities for him to be ‘voluntary’. Qu Moyu doesn’t even need to use any other means. Just by using pheromone suppression can make him cry and surrender. He had thought of the consequences. Only by overcoming fear and overcoming the instinct to submit to his own alpha could he be able to protect his child.

“What do you want to do? You don’t think you have enough money?” Qu Moyu sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, staring at Shen Dai with his dark eyes. An invisible pressure immediately filled the whole room.

Shen Dai took a deep breath, tried his best to straighten his spine, and looked directly at Qu Moyu: “First, I don’t want your money. Our property has been clearly divided and we don’t owe each other anything. Second, we have divorced. This child is mine. I will only have evidence to ask you for child support if I do a paternity test. I won’t do that. And you won’t need to give me that opportunity. So this child has nothing to do with you. He won’t need a penny from you. Third, I will clear the ‘mark’ immediately after giving birth. Otherwise, I will not cooperate.”

Qu Moyu sneered, full of contempt: “Do you think you are smart?”

Shen Dai tightly pursed his lips.

“Do you think you can blackmail me? With the child? With the ‘mark’?” Qu Moyu’s chest was churning with anger. Shen Dai’s words and deeds were verifying everything he was taboo of. He couldn’t tolerate an omega trying to use the ‘mark’ to manipulate him. That was the biggest challenge of his authority!

“I don’t want to ‘blackmail’ you, but…” Shen Dai subconsciously covered his abdomen with his hands, and said in a trembling voice, “You can’t kill ou-… my child.”

Qu Moyu narrowed his eyes slightly. The words ‘our child’ made his heart feel suffocated for a while. He stood up and walked towards Shen Dai.

Shen Dai raised his head over his shoulders. Every time Qu Moyu took a step closer, he wanted to turn around and run away. He was afraid of this man. From his identity, from his gender, from his physique, and from his genes, he couldn’t find any capital to fight against him. But he did not try to escape.

Qu Moyu stood in front of Shen Dai, looking at Shen Dai’s shrinking appearance and pale and haggard face. His heart softened a bit. He toned down his voice: “Be obedient, okay? Don’t do meaningless things.”

Shen Dai bit his lower lip and used pain to stimulate his will. He looked at Qu Moyu with tears in his eyes: “Did your father persecute your mother like this back then?”

Qu Moyu’s pupils shrank and he said coldly, “You don’t deserve to be compared with her. She is my father’s wife and an S-class omega. She married into the Qu family and enjoys a lifetime of glory and wealth. It is her mission to give birth to me.”

Shen Dai said hoarsely, “Do you know… how painful is it for her to be forced to kill her own child?”

“It is only necessary for an irreversible act to happen. It is not the cause that has the effect. But it is the effect that determines the cause. She would not have had that child in the first place. Otherwise, there would not have been me.” The most gentle voice said the cruellest words, “Ah Dai, I told you already. As long as you are obedient, I will be good to you. I am about to get engaged. This marriage can solve some crises for me. You can’t carry my ‘mark’. I can’t have an illegitimate child either. Be obedient. Don’t make me embarrassed.”

Shen Dai stared blankly at Qu Moyu. The more he looked, the stranger he felt. When watching this person from a distance, he always fantasises about how good he is. He used to think that Qu Moyu was the most perfect alpha in the world. A god sent by God to save him. But now those dazzling halos are disappearing in front of him one after another. After they were all gone, he realised that the Qu Moyu he imagined really only existed in his imagination. The real Qu Moyu, wrapped in a beautiful skin, sits on the high platform. He is ruthless, utilitarian, selfish, and heartless. In his eyes, he only has the calculation of profit and loss and the competition for every inch for money. He puts everyone on the chessboard and carefully designs roles and functions for each person. He will decide different ways of using a person according to different situations at different times. It is up to him to decide whether to charge, escort, or give up altogether.

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Next update: 2022.06.13

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*Translator’s note: Just wait. This ruthless asshole will regret it 10,000 times in the future. Shen Dai will no longer want his ‘mark’ and even his presence or even his love. That fish deserves it! I’m updating only once a week this week. I’m sorry I’m going to Thailand today for a holiday. I won’t have time to work. Love you guys! You can still contact me on discord to yell at me hehe. -K