CH 94

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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When the nanny delivered Qiuqiu, Qiuqiu began to babble as soon as she smelled Shen Dai’s pheromone. After being held in the arms by Shen Dai, a pair of glass bead-like little eyes stared straight at his father. At a glance, it looked as if he’s afraid his father would disappear. Slowly, there is a mist in his eyes and his tender red mouth is flattened, looking extremely aggrieved.

Shen Dai felt distressed and guilty. He kissed him several times on the face and coaxed him softly.

Madam Qu touched Qiuqiu’s face from the side: “Qiuqiu, good boy. You’re so cute.” The emotions flashing in her eyes were complicated. It could just be a psychological effect. But after knowing that Qiuqiu’s pheromone level is also S-class, she feels that the father and son are more and more alike. The physical condition when eating and sleeping, the distinct likes and dislikes, the fact that he also occasionally showed his cautiousness… In many ways, Qiuqiu is exactly the same as when Qu Moyu was a child.

Now that she sees that Qiuqiu is a little uncomfortable, she feels distressed. How could she have the heart to treat her own son like that? Just thinking about it made her feel miserable.

Shen Dai sniffed Qiuqiu’s body scent mixed with oatmeal shower gel and milk. This warm scent could temporarily heal the folds of his life. Shen Dai felt that his body had gained some strength.

Madam Qu said: “Ah Dai, you should live here first. It is also close to the company. You can come back for lunch break at noon, so Qiuqiu will not miss you so much during the day.”

“Okay.” The arrangement was good for both him and Qiuqiu. Although he did not break away from the influence of the Qu family, at least he didn’t have to live under the same roof with Qu Moyu. Thinking of Qu Moyu, he hesitated for a moment.

“Don’t worry, he doesn’t have the password to enter this house.” Madam Qu fiddled with the fluff on the top of Qiuqiu’s head, which was soft like the belly of a kitten. She said indifferently, “I may not be able to stop him from thinking about coming, but you are allowed not to open the door for him.”

Shen Dai didn’t worry too much, because worry is superfluous. Few things can really stop an S-class alpha.

When he went to work on Monday, Shen Dai put a double-layered pheromone sticker on the back of his neck and added a medicinal plaster sticker. The smell of white elm, which had been fading day by day, was now completely covered up by the smell of medicine.

When he arrived at the institute, he found that the atmosphere was even more different than when he first came back. He sensed the meaning of flattery in the words and deeds of some of his colleagues.

The news of Qu Moyu and Zhou Xiaochu’s cancellation of their engagement is not very socially popular. After all, Qu Moyu is an entrepreneur, not an internet celebrity. Although the stock price has a certain impact, the magnitude is not large and falls within the scope of normal adjustment. A lot of attention is on the idea that the Qu family used the Zhou family to facilitate the cooperation with X Bank. Now that the marriage cooperation has ended, this move is somewhat like crossing the river and demolishing the bridge. Will it affect the financing?

And within the Xingzhou Group, Shen Dai was naturally the focus of gossip. From two years ago when the two had an affair until the time Shen Dai suddenly returned after taking more than a year of sick leave, he was rumoured to have given birth to a child to Qu Moyu. An alpha son. Then, Qu Moyu also took the initiative to send lunch to show his goodwill and broke the engagement. This series of stories connected together into a wonderful drama. The person who used Shen Dai as a joke before, seeing that Shen Dai was really likely to ‘enter the East Palace’, couldn’t help but have other thoughts.

Shen Dai had already made a lot of preparations, but he was still disturbed by this strange atmosphere so he spent most of his morning hiding in the office.

He didn’t go home during the lunch break at noon. Although he missed Qiuqiu very much, he also hoped that Qiuqiu would gradually reduce his dependence on himself. More importantly, he had to visit his grandmother.

His grandmother also misses Qiuqiu very much, but she does not allow Shen Dai to bring the child to the hospital. During the meal, she asked him several times how many days it would take before she could be discharged from the hospital. Shen Dai couldn’t bear to tell her the truth, so he comforted her and said that it should be soon.

Shen Qin was very kind and considerate today. Not only did he not secretly persuade him to ask Qu Moyu for money as usual, but he also took the initiative to care about Qiuqiu and his work. He also promised that he would take good care of his grandmother so that he would not have to worry.

Shen Dai knew Shen Qin too well and this reaction was undoubtedly a magnified version of his colleagues who had a subtle attitude, thinking that he was really going to climb the high branch. Shen Dai didn’t reveal his knowledge of his father’s intention and he only avoided Shen Qin’s temptation without answering. He left after having lunch with his grandmother.

Outsiders always speculate on the truth through various phenomena. In fact, they are just dressing up the truth to look like how they wanted to see them. The people who were actually involved in the game, after all the truth, still couldn’t be seen clearly.

Shen Dai has been unable to think about the various things that had happened between them. He is like a person who fell into a quagmire. At first, he wanted to climb up, but the more he struggled, the deeper he fell down into a pit. He could only give up his self-help and go up and down with the pull of fate.

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A few days passed peacefully like this, during which only Madam Qu came to see the child once, and Qu Moyu didn’t make any move. But the longer this is, the more anxious Shen Dai becomes.

One night, Shen Dai was in the bathroom bathing Qiuqiu. Qiuqiu, who was lying in the little frog’s bath tub, was kicking his legs happily and making Shen Dai’s front all wet.

The nanny laughed beside them: “It’s rare for a four-month-old child to be so energetic. Look at that calf, he looks like a small meat pestle. He will be taller and bigger in the future.”

Shen Dai grabbed Qiuqiu’s leg. He put his ankle to his mouth and took a bite, which made Qiuqiu giggle, and he laughed too. It seemed that he could only relax for a moment when he was facing the child: “Okay, let’s not play anymore. Or you would be too excited to sleep again. Sister Chen, hand me the towel.”

Shen Dai had just wiped half of Qiuqiu when the doorbell rang suddenly.

Sister Chen said casually, “Who is it? Coming so late?” She was about to open the door.

Shen Dai suddenly had a premonition. He hurriedly said: “Sister Chen.” He chased her with the towel to the living room and handed the towel to Sister Chen, “Please wipe Qiuqiu for me and bring him to sleep. I’ll go to open the door.”

“Oh, okay.”

Shen Dai walked to the door and looked out from the peep hole. Sure enough, it was Qu Moyu. He hesitated for a moment before opening the door.

It seemed that Qu Moyu didn’t expect this door to be opened so easily. He was holding a colourful gift box in his hand and stared blankly at Shen Dai, looking a bit funny.

There was no emotion on Shen Dai’s face and even his eyes were looking calm. When all the resistance is in vain, silence is the last option for him.

Qu Moyu felt a little nervous for some reason. He handed over the things in his hand: “I bought it for Qiuqiu. I read in the book that he is going to practise grasping soon.”

Shen Dai took it from his hands. It was a set of plush stuff. A toy, turnip-pulling game board that helps three to six-month-olds learn to grasp. It was hard for him to imagine that Qu Moyu, who was wearing a six-figure yuan custom suit, would show up with such cute baby stuff.

Qu Moyu was about to enter the house, but as soon as a leather shoe crossed the threshold, he stopped and looked at Shen Dai cautiously: “Ah Dai, can I come in?”

Shen Dai was looking for a chance to chat with Qu Moyu regarding Bai Xiangwan’s matter. At this time, he can only let him in.

Qu Moyu’s eyes lit up after receiving Shen Dai’s approval. He didn’t expect that he could enter the house smoothly. When passing by him, he instantly enhanced his pheromone perception ability. He could smell that Shen Dai’s body no longer had that damn scent of the temporary ‘mark’ and he immediately felt good. In the past few days, he couldn’t help but want to see Shen Dai, but he was afraid that he would not be able to bear the smell of other alpha’s pheromones on Shen Dai’s body. So, he had to endure it.

As soon as Qu Moyu entered the room, he glanced around the living room, but he didn’t see Qiuqiu. So he was relieved. It’s not that he didn’t want to see his son, he was just afraid that he had finally built up a little trust in front of that kid before but he didn’t control the release of pheromones that day. He’s afraid that everything will return to the original point or even get worse. He asked, “Where’s Qiuqiu?”

“Went to sleep.”

Qu Moyu wanted to go take a look, but he hesitated again. If he woke that kid up, Shen Dai would blame him: “Well, let him sleep…”

Shen Dai put the toys on the table and stood not far from Qu Moyu, waiting for him to speak.

“Ah Dai.” Qu Moyu whispered, “I’m sorry. I broke my promise. I couldn’t hold back that day. I was angry…” He was so jealous that he didn’t want to mention the name.

Shen Dai whispered: “I also want to talk to you about Professor Bai.”

Qu Moyu frowned: “What to talk about?”

“Professor Bai’s appearance that day was an accident. I asked Xiao Die to take care of Qiuqiu. When she saw my condition, she thought I was very sick. So she called her teacher when she was nervous and Professor Bai just helped me out of kindness.” Shen Dai’s eyes looked at the ground, “This is my explanation about this matter.”

There was no need for Shen Dai to tell him this. Qu Moyu already could also make a guess. But what happened is not important anymore. The important thing is that Bai Xiangwan temporarily ‘marked’ Shen Dai. The important thing is that his omega was infected by other alpha’s pheromones. His heart beat a few times with hatred and he was angry. But he restrained himself. He said solemnly, “So what?”

“After this incident, he and I won’t have any contact with each other. Professor Bai is a rare talent. I hope you won’t embarrass him in official affairs.”

Qu Moyu gritted his back teeth: “This is what you want to tell me? Is that it?” He had a stomach full of things he wanted to tell Shen Dai. But Shen Dai opened his mouth and only mentioned Bai Xiangwan!

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Next update: 2022.08.16

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*Translator’s note: Hehe. He should be jealous. I’m happy that he’s jealous and hurt. -K