Trapped in the embrace, Shi Yi was unable to move. However, it was no longer like the first time when he panicked from being touched by an alpha.
He smiled indifferently, “As long as I can help you.”
Since marrying Lu Yunye, in just a few months, the news has gone viral on the internet several times. He couldn’t help feeling that it’s really difficult for an omega to marry into a wealthy family. He thought of Shu Wen back then, even if he and Shi Jinpeng quarreled at home, they still had to show a harmonious family of four to the outside.
At first, he thought that all families were like this, the father is always violent, while the mother is always tolerant. Only after growing up did he realize it wasn’t, but by then his yearning for family had also become very weak.
He grew up surrounded by gossip. Some people said that his omega father didn’t love himself, but he couldn’t break up when he was unmarried and pregnant. Now that he has grown up, he seldom feels unhappy because of other people’s words.
Because no matter what he does, he can’t meet everyone’s expectations.
Omegas are supposed to care for their spouses and children, and it is shameful to show their faces in business, but when he made Feiyi stronger and larger, these voices gradually disappeared. Now others are saying his marriage is not harmonious, and pretend to be sympathetic but laugh at his gland defects, so it’s better to be honest and solve both problems at once.
After his susceptibility period ended, Lu Yunye busied himself with the company’s affairs. Yunye Media invested in two big-budget films this year. The director, producer, and starring roles are all top-notch. The script was bought a few years ago, and leadership hope they can win some international awards this time.
For a while, the actors in the company were eager to move, and the lower tiered artists fought for the supporting roles.
There were even a few omegas who directly targeted Lu Yunye. One day when Lu Yunye got off work, he saw the hair of a little omega waiting for him in the garage. He immediately took the body spray and sprayed it wildly beside the car, for fear that Shi Yi will smell other people’s pheromones.
In a fit of rage, he had to fire two people before the matter calmed down.
After Feiyi merged into Yunye, the listing plan that had been shelved for many years was finally restarted. Previously, they failed to pass the assessment due to Shi Jinpeng, and people did not dare to invest, so it was difficult to expand.
Shi Yi started to get busy with socializing, meeting investment banks and people from the different organizations. Both lunch and dinner were booked, and he was so busy he barely saw anyone for two weeks.
The recent transaction volume is very important. Shi Yi desperately met clients because his identity as an omega will make some people feel he’s unreliable in the business field. The same words have been repeated countless times.
Every night when he goes home, he’s so tired that he doesn’t want to say anything and simply falls asleep.
Lu Yunye didn’t say anything, but Shi Yi thought about his susceptibility period, so he would obediently hug him for a while when he came back every day. Lu Yunye thought about how he was talking about things with people in the business world, but when he looked at the soft lump in his arms, his dissatisfaction disappeared.
An alpha’s embrace is an excellent place to relax. It’s warm and lets him feel at ease. It was as if he knew that no matter whether he succeeded this time, Yunye Media would always stand behind Feiyi, and the feeling of having something to rely on for the first time made him extremely at ease.
It wasn’t until Shi Yi came back from a certain dinner party with his cheeks flushed and covered in the smell of alcohol and other pheromones, did Lu Yunye finally turned pale.
Shi Yi drank alcohol, but his developing glands absolutely did not allow him to touch alcohol, just like children before the age of fourteen cannot touch any alcoholic products.
“Where did you go?” Lu Yunye’s voice was a little heavy.
“Yunxiao Pavilion,” Shi Yi replied dazedly.
Lu Yunye’s expression darkened further. Yunxiao Pavilion is a famous nearby club, which offers both the top and the most kitsch services. Omegas new to the world will easily be eaten to the bone there.
Shi Yi, who was slightly drunk, didn’t notice Lu Yunye’s expression at all. In fact, he only drank a small glass of non-alcoholic drink, but a small amount of stimulant was added to it. This ‘drunken’ state was the effect of being smoked by different pheromones.
As if he remembered something, he suddenly smiled, “Did you know? The ones who came to me are all little omegas, sweet and soft, really cute.”
“But their pheromone levels are too low to affect me, ha!”
Lu Yunye: “…”
That doesn’t mean you can go to such a dangerous place arbitrarily because your glands are not sensitive.
Looking at the omega in front of him, he could almost imagine the scene at that time. Shi Yi is tall, long-legged, and has a quiet demeanor. It is not an exaggeration to say that he resembles a skinny alpha. Moreover, his pheromones are very weak, and he uses isolation stickers. It’s hard to judge his gender through pheromones, so others may regard him as some big boss.
He thought of the statistical data submitted by the company this year. It seems that all omegas like the clean and refreshing alpha type recently.
“Were you touched by any of them?” Lu Yunye’s tone was calm as he coaxed Shi Yi to strip at the entrance, and threw the clothes outside the door for Uncle Wang to take care of tomorrow.
Shi Yi frowned, unable to remember clearly. His head was numb as he let Lu Yunye wrap him up in a towel and carry him into the bathroom.
That night, the whole villa was soaked in cedar, and Shi Yi was covered in this smell.
After a night of rest, Shi Yi still got up on time the next morning because of his biological clock. When he woke up, he found that Lu Yunye was wearing clothes with his back facing him. His smooth and perfect muscle lines were wrapped in a black shirt, making his shoulders look straight.
Going in and out of such establishments is really unavoidable. Last night in the bathroom, Lu Yunye was obviously upset. He wiped him with bubbles three times and insisted on him admitting his mistake.
“What did I do wrong?” Shi Yi stiffened his neck. His collarbone was rubbed red, and Lu Yunye bit down on the lower part of his teeth.
“You are my wife, you should report to me when you go to that kind of place.” Lu Yunye said.
Due to his family and experience, he naturally knows how to care for his partner, but he can’t help being a bit domineering. His omega went to a club in the middle of the night and was groped by a group of little omegas. How is this reasonable?
In Lu Yunye’s view, this is strictly forbidden.
“I’m going to bed.” Shi Yi was too sleepy to talk to him, but refused to give in.
Unexpectedly, Lu Yunye pressed his teeth against his neck, and half-threatened, “Then I’ll mark you now, and you can go wherever you want.”
“Don’t, don’t…” Shi Yi didn’t know if he was serious, so he hurriedly pushed his head with his hands.
But Lu Yunye’s whole body was on top of him, and he couldn’t budge him. Shi Yi’s long legs kicked wildly, unable to do anything.
In the end, Shi Yi was forced to tears. Being pushed down and bitten by Lu Yunye, he could only say, “I, I won’t go to that kind of place in the future.”
“It’s not that you’re not allowed to go, but you have to tell me and I’ll go with you.” Lu Yunye finally let him go, only to realize that tears and snot were coming out.
He took out a tissue to help Shi Yi clean it up, but he couldn’t control his strength. He pinched the tip of Shi Yi’s nose, making more tears well up.
He didn’t dare to provoke Lu Yunye anymore. He stubbornly endured the pain, not daring to say another word.
Facing those dewy eyes, Lu Yunye finally realized he might have gone a little too far, so he hugged him again and coaxed him, secretly scolding himself for not knowing how to get along with an omega.
After inhaling low-quality pheromones all night, top alpha pheromones were like welcome rain. Shi Yi sniffed his nose, not caring what he did, as he greedily inhaled the cedar smell, and finally fell asleep comfortably.
But he felt bad after waking up. Bright sunlight filled the room, magnifying some unknown embarrassment.
Shi Yi was a little guilty and embarrassed, so he simply closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, waiting for Lu Yunye to get dressed and leave before getting up.
Downstairs, Uncle Wang and the cooking auntie would be waiting for them for breakfast. Lu Yunye would definitely not say anything about him in front of outsiders.
Having lived for more than 20 years, it was Shi Yi’s first time feeling aggrieved and resentful after being disciplined, and he still believed it was Lu Yunye who was unreasonable.
Lu Yunye put on his clothes. The sharp-edged suit made his aura even stronger. The heels of his leather shoes thumped on the ground. Shi Yi closed his eyes tightly, feeling that he was coming to his side.
“When you wake up, put on your clothes and prepare to eat,” Lu Yunye said lightly.
Shi Yi: “…”
He had no choice but to pretend that he had just woken up, and stared up at the alpha.
“The eyelids are swollen.” Lu Yunye said plainly, then turned and walked out of the bedroom.
Who’s fault is it swollen! Shi Yi rubbed his eyes angrily, and his stomach made a gurgling sound.
When Shi Yi tidied himself up and came to the dining table, Lu Yunye was waiting for him as usual. In a fit of anger, he sat diagonally opposite Lu Yunye, and dragged the set tableware over from directly opposite of Lu Yunye.
Uncle Wang immediately saw that his actions were similar to a husband or wife throwing a small temper tantrum. With his experience as an old housekeeper, he retreated with a wink.
“You’re not happy.” Lu Yunye said slowly as he cut open the yolk of the sunny side up egg.
“Who dares to be unhappy in front of President Lu.” Shi Yi couldn’t hold back the ambiguity in his words.
Lu Yunye was taken back. He thought about what he said several times, but even when facing Shu Wen together, Shi Yi was always considerate. What happened today?
“Do you think you did anything wrong last night?” Lu Yunye raised his eyes to look at him.
“No.” Shi Yi couldn’t hold back and raised his voice. “Everyone is scrambling for orders in autumn and winter. If I don’t go, others will, and customers will be lost in vain. If our numbers at the end of the year aren’t good, when will we ever be able to go public?”
The pressure and grievances he suffered during this period seem to pour out in an instant. “I am not alone, the company has hundreds of people. What do you want my employees to do?”
Shi Yi closed his eyes, “The veteran designers who started working with my dad are almost all gone. They left because they don’t trust me, so I can’t make mistakes anymore.”
Lu Yunye put down the knife and fork in his hand, and sighed softly, “I’m not trying to be mean.”
The corners of Shi Yi’s eyes gradually turned red, and even his vision blurred. He didn’t want to socialize in the first place, let alone listen to clients make jokes about his family and marriage. He thought Lu Yunye would understand.
Feiyi’s designs are selling well abroad, but they are not taken seriously in China. Moreover, due to the influence of the Shi family, they rarely received big orders. The opportunity to seize the market has passed, and without long-term and stable customers, they can only run around trying to sell to others.
“Yunye Media has invested in two high-cost films this year,” Lu Yunye said suddenly.
Shi Yi couldn’t keep up with his train of thought. He knew about the Lu family’s investment. What’s the point of mentioning this?
“”Beauty” and “Origin” are still in pre-production,” Lu Yunye looked up into his eyes. “The costume design has not been finalized yet, and you Feiyi can try it.”
Don’t forget to rate and leave a review on novelupdates. Want to support SABL? Buy me a ko-fi for faster releases (add’l release status is tracked on my ko-fi page).
