CH 67

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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Shen Dai took Qiuqiu back to the capital. He thought about leaving Qiuqiu in Lancheng and coming back to run errands by himself. After all, it is not convenient for such a young child to board a plane. But firstly, grandma really wanted to see Qiuqiu. And secondly, he would worry about leaving Qiuqiu.

During the two-hour flight, Qiuqiu cried for about half of the journey. This was probably the most embarrassing moment in Shen Dai’s life. He could clearly hear the impatient smacking sounds and the condemning gazes projected from the passengers around him. The volume of the cries was so loud that he could just hear people complaining, “What kind of plane allows such a small child to take?”. In the past, when he was on public transportation, he was most afraid of being next to noisy children. He could fully understand the irritability of those people, but when he changed his position, he felt helpless and ashamed. Every second was like sitting on pins and needles.

After finally reaching the destination, without the influence of the pressure difference on the plane, Qiuqiu, who was tired from crying, soon fell asleep.

Sitting in the taxi, Shen Dai looked at the sleeping Qiuqiu. His eyelids were red and swollen, his eyelashes were wet, his nose was flushed red, and his small mouth opened and closed slightly with his breathing. He thought to himself, such a small child, how can he have the strength to cry for so long? Shen Dai gently caressed Qiuqiu’s face with his fingers and sighed.

Then, the driver’s words made Shen Dai even more uncomfortable. He said, “This child is only a few months old, right? Are you an omega alone taking care of him?”

Shen Dai met the driver’s sympathetic gaze from the rearview mirror. He gave a faint “um” and looked out the window.

Shen Dai stayed in a hotel very close to his home. Not long after he checked in, his grandmother arrived. At her age, she wasn’t in a good condition and it was not easy for her to go out by herself. When the two met, their eyes were red and his grandmother couldn’t help crying while hugging Shen Dai.

After calming down, his grandmother was immediately attracted to Qiuqiu on the bed. She hugged and kissed him. She liked him so much that she didn’t know what to do. Qiuqiu also had a natural affection for grandma, and his cute and sweet smile could melt anyone’s heart.

They talked about what happened this year.

During this time, Shen Dai only secretly contacted his grandmother, who also followed his request. She kept Shen Dai’s whereabouts and Qiuqiu’s existence a secret from Shen Qin. After learning from Shen Dai intermittently what Shen Qin did, his grandmother was angry and helpless. But she could not do without the care of her relatives, so she could only try to avoid letting Shen Qin know that Shen Dai gave birth to Qu Moyu’s child. Otherwise, Shen Qin will never let go of this cash cow.

When Shen Dai came back this time, he didn’t intend to let Shen Qin know all that. He only had to do two things, one was to proceed with the resignation procedure and the other was to discuss with his grandmother for her to go to Lancheng with him.

When it came to the latter, his grandmother unsurprisingly hesitated.

Grandma squeezed Qiuqiu’s fleshy little hand and sighed softly, “I can’t take good care of a child with my body and age.”

Shen Dai hurriedly said: “You don’t need to take care of him. I have already found a nanny.”

“Then I’ll just become your burden.” Grandma looked at Shen Dai with distressed eyes, “You’re still so young. It’s already difficult to take care of your child alone and then there is another sick old woman. How will you live your life?”

Shen Dai pretended to smile lightly: “I’m looking for a new job. Although the salary is definitely not as good as the one I had, the salary should be quite high. It was mainly because Lancheng’s consumption is low. The house is owned by a friend and the rent is very cheap. In this way, there is not much pressure.”

“It’s not just about money. You have to be busy with your career and take care of your child. If you add another old woman, you won’t be able to keep up. Ah Dai, you’ve worked hard enough and I can’t trouble you any more.” His grandmother smiled and said, “I have a son. My pension is not your responsibility, but it is his responsibility. You have taken care of grandma for many years. Now you can take care of your own child.”

Shen Dai looked at his grandmother’s loving expression. His whole heart is clenched. He knew that his grandma was right, but he couldn’t bear to hear it. If it wasn’t for Qiuqiu, his first duty in life was to give his grandmother good care until she dies. He was very firm when he said: “Grandma, I know it’s going to be difficult, but I can take care of you. Back then, when I didn’t have a formal job, I could take care of you, and I can also do it now. Together as a family, we can overcome any difficulties.”

His grandmother shook her head: “Ah Dai, you have this intention, Grandma is already content. But I don’t want to continue to drag you down and I don’t want to leave my hometown. I’ve lived here all my life and I plan to die here.” She joked, “If I go to the northwest, the climate, water and soil are completely different from here and I won’t even know how to grow flowers.”

Shen Dai looked at his grandmother sadly. Both of them knew in their hearts that if they were separated from each other, the chance of meeting each other in this life would only be in single digits.

Shen Dai began to hesitate. Maybe he should come back to find a job here so that he can take care of his grandmother. But being here is too close to Qu Moyu and Lancheng has a ready-made position. So how to choose? He was in a dilemma for a while.

Seeing his embarrassment, his grandmother changed the subject and talked about Qiuqiu. She asked very carefully as if to make up for all the missing bits and pieces about her little grandson.

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Qu Moyu slowly opened his eyes. The space he was in was very dark, but he still felt that the pressure in his eyes was too high and he felt sore.

The body is in an extremely contradictory state – it was tired and also excited. He didn’t know how to describe it. It was as if the overloaded machine had been replaced with a high-intensity battery causing him to become very tired, but there is an endless release of physical energy.

He sat up from the bed and looked at the barren silence around him.

This is a large suite with a very strange decoration style. The whole walls are dark blue in colour of the ocean. All the walls are soft-packed. There are no windows. Everything… including the lighting is built in. The floor is covered with a thick plush carpet and the only thing in the suite that can be called furniture is a large mattress. There was no bed frame. There are some necessities of life, such as food, water, clothes, medicines, etc. which are placed on the ground in the corner of the wall. The other functional areas are the shower room and toilet, which are also minimalist to the extreme, with almost no extra items.

Like a doomsday bunker, it is more like a prison cell. This is the safe house that S-class alphas use to spend the susceptible period alone.

Safe houses are usually hidden and isolated underground. This is to protect others from being hurt by an S-class alpha. The most calming dark blue decoration and soft bags everywhere are meant to avoid hard objects. So, there are no unnecessary items. It is to protect alpha from accidentally hurting himself in a manic state.

At this point, there are signs of damage, such as torn carpets and mattresses. And door panels covered in fist marks and blood.

Qu Moyu lowered his head following the pain in his body and saw the two hands that were covered with white gauze that were seeping blood. He remembered what happened before he fell into unconsciousness.

At the moment when his desire was at its strongest, his father opened the eight-centimetre-thick alloy door that couldn’t be penetrated by bullets and sent Zhou Xiaochu in. The docile and emaciated omega, his beautiful fiancée, released a sweet prune-flavoured pheromone, trying to approach him with fear and anticipation.

The omega’s pheromones flooded the entire room, penetrating into the pervasive brain. It was sweet, charming and seductive. It released infinite temptation, but it was not what he wanted.

What and who he wants, his body and soul have given clear answers. In the safe house, every minute and every second of the surging hormones is an ascetic practice of endurance. He had gone crazy and thirsty for the taste of the short-lived flowers. The Epiphyllum. But someone dared to invade his territory at this time, that is called provocation.

He still had a shred of reason and he restrained himself from jumping up and tearing up the intruder. So he slammed his fists on the door, keeping his mind awake with pain accompanied by beast-like roars in order to warn and intimidate them.

The intruder’s screams bored him and his last patience was running out.

That door opened again. It was the damn door that stopped him from finding his omega. He rushed over. He was going to leave this place. He was going to find that wisp of Epiphyllum. No one should try to trap him and no one should try to take away his man!

Then his father and mother appeared. The only people in the world who are most likely to tame S-level alphas are their parents. Of course, it is not physical tameness, but rather psychological, moral, and genetic instincts. It can outperform pheromone suppression.

He watched his father inject him with tranquillisers and he resisted the urge to fight back. He knelt at his mother’s feet and said over and over again: “Where is Shen Dai? Where is my omega? Give me Shen Dai. Ah Dai!” he begged until he lost consciousness.

Shen Dai. Shen Dai. Shen Dai.

The name was like a spell, echoing repeatedly in his mind. He held his aching head and rolled from the bed to the ground. The soaring lust and devouring thoughts tormented his every sense and nerve. It was like when the dying person is hungry for food. He wants Shen Dai. And he wants Shen Dai madly.

He rolled and crawled to the door and once again used his fists to bombard the obstacle that was preventing him from finding Shen Dai. If he managed to leave this place, he must find his omega immediately. He must immediately smell the lingering fragrance of the Epiphyllum flowers.

But there was a very small voice in his heart telling him that he could not find Shen Dai. Nor could he smell the fragrance of the short-lived flowers. Because he had thrown Shen Dai away with his own hands. Shen Dai was far away from him. He had walked out far away from his life. He left his world and never looked back.

Despair came overwhelmingly, breaking his heart.

His heart ached to the point of death.

The door finally opened. Of course, he couldn’t get Shen Dai. He got the blooming short-lived flowers that his parents had searched all over the city and all the personal belongings that Shen Dai had left in his house.

He stacked Shen Dai’s clothes and bedding to build a nest, like a child without a home. He huddled in the only nest that could give him a sense of security, taking a little scent of the pheromone belonging to Shen Dai from the washed items.

He hugged Shen Dai’s pyjamas and cried non-stop. The scent of the Epiphyllum flowers was too light. It was far less than what he once had. He once had not only his sweet pheromones, but also his thoughtful words, gentle hugs, sweet kisses, and crazy love affairs He was craving like a madman. He murmured: “Ah Dai, where are you?”

Ah Dai, where are you? Why don’t you want to come back to me?

Ah Dai, come back to see me. Come to accompany me. I miss you so much. I miss you so much. I miss you so much.

Ah Dai, I love you so much. I just want you.

Ah Dai, it hurts so much.

Ah Dai, I’m sorry…​​​​

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Next update: 2022.07.01

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