I like it a little bit

My body felt like it was crushed and I didn't know how many hours or days had passed. When I opened my eyes again, I was still in darkness.

Zou Yuqing opened his sore eyes and quickly adapted to the darkness, but he couldn't move. The slightest movement sent waves of severe pain through his body and glands, making him gasp.

Too cruel. Wei Mingjue didn't treat him like an Alpha at all, it was like he was going to kill him in bed. He thought, without even looking, he knew how many hideous marks were left on his body; they were Wei Mingjue's bite marks. Wei Mingjue seemed to be telling him that even if they weren't in that relationship, he still belonged to him.

His body felt pain, but not sticky. It must have been Wei Mingjue who cleaned him up afterwards. Turning around, he saw that the room had been silent since he woke up, and Wei Mingjue was not by his side.

Well, they weren't together, and Wei Mingjue wasn't the type to stay by his bed partner's side, so this was normal. With a wry smile, Zou Yuqing felt incredibly sad. His life had completely veered off course, heading towards true destruction.

There were footsteps outside the door. Zou Yuqing pulled the quilt closer and looked towards the door. He could vaguely see a figure through the crack of the door. Was it Wei Mingjue? He hadn't left?

However, the moment the door opened gently, his heart was also disappointed. It was Liang Shu, the family doctor of the Wei family.

"Awake? Are you feeling unwell?" Liang Shu seemed relieved to see the Alpha on the bed wake up. "You've been unconscious for two days. I'll turn on the light for a while so you can adjust. I'll get you a bowl of porridge."

After saying that, Liang Shu turned around and left without waiting for anyone's reply. After a while, he came back with a bowl of porridge and said, "Can you sit up by yourself? Don't sit too straight, otherwise... let me help you." He wanted to say, "Otherwise it will involve the torn lower body", but looking at the Alpha in front of him with no light in his eyes, he couldn't say it.

The small light was a warm orange, but Zou Yuqing didn't feel any warmth at all. Instead, he felt chilled to the bone. He was no different from his bedmates after all. Perhaps he had been overthinking it.

Looking behind Liang Shu, the huge apartment was completely silent except for the sounds coming from this room. He opened his mouth slightly and uttered a hoarse, low voice, "Where's Wei Ming Jue?"

This was a very stupid question. He clearly knew the answer, but he still looked at Liang Shu with his dark eyes, feeling self-pitying and pathetic.

"He...he went to the company. He has a lot of work to do, so he left first." Liang Shu couldn't bear it. In the past, he would also help treat those Alphas injured by Wei Mingjue. He would tell them the truth truthfully and coldly. But facing Zou Yuqing, he couldn't say a word.

How could one look at someone so broken and say such heartbreaking words? Wei Mingjue had returned to his senses two days ago after returning from his susceptible period. Before leaving, he called and asked him to treat Zou Yuqing at the apartment for the next few days, and he hadn't been back since.

Zou Yuqing did not respond. He lowered his eyes, his mind full of thoughts.

"Drink some water first, then drink some porridge. If you feel unwell, call me. I will be here for the next few days." Liang Shu said as he opened a bottle of mineral water and handed it to Zou Yuqing.

"No, thank you, Dr. Liang. I'll be home soon." Zou Yuqing said blankly without taking the water.

"You want to go home?" Liang Shu put the water on the table and frowned. "You are not in a good condition to go out now. You..."

"Is it because I smell like his pheromones? Or is it because my glands are ruptured and I can't go out and see people?" Zou Yuqing interrupted Liang Shu for the first time. He lowered his head, hiding his sorrow and heartbreak in the shadows. As soon as he finished speaking, he apologized: "I'm sorry, I'm just a little tired."

In front of this doctor, he no longer had any dignity. All his miserable appearances were seen, including his broken body, humiliated look... All that was left was the self-esteem that he barely maintained on his face, and that was about to disappear completely.

Liang Shu pursed his lips tightly and began to feel sorry for the Alpha in front of him, perhaps because the person he liked was as miserable as Zou Yuqing.

Liang Shu sighed and nodded. "Okay, I'll take you home, but you have to recuperate at home for the next few days. I'll give you the medicine and precautions." He turned and walked out. "I'll get you a set of clothes."

He endured the pain in his body and put on his clothes. In silence, he was sent home.

*

It had been a long time since I felt so comfortable. The moment Wei Mingjue opened his eyes, he felt his whole body and soul purified. When he felt the fiery warmth around him, he suddenly turned his head and saw a familiar person beside him.

Zou Yuqing was frowning and whimpering in pain, his body covered with the marks he had left behind. But he didn't wake up, and his dream still felt like a nightmare.

Why is Zou Yuqing here? Wei Mingjue pursed his lips, suddenly remembering that he was affected by the Omega on the day of his brother's wedding, entering the susceptible period early, and then... asked Xia Fan to send Zou Yuqing to his apartment.

In the past, when he was vulnerable, he would also call Alpha. Alpha was patient and not delicate. Even if he would cry and beg for mercy because of his actions, he would definitely hold on to the end and would never show mercy.

But now he was stunned. Looking at Zou Yuqing, whose side was covered with wounds from his bite, he felt guilty and wanted to escape immediately.

He did escape. After calling Liang Shu, he got up, washed up, and left the apartment, looking like he had never done before, as if he was fleeing in a panic.

He didn't understand what this feeling was. At that moment, all he could think about was Zou Yuqing, and no one else. He should have been irrational, but after arriving at the apartment, he resisted the urge to go in directly and do things like comfort and kiss her, which he had never done before.

After seeing Zou Yuqing, he felt relieved and excited. In his susceptible period, he was a wild beast who only knew how to vent, but now he has become a little abnormal.

When he arrived at the office and turned on his phone, he was flooded with messages of concern and inquiries from his family. Wei Mingyu sent him 99+ messages asking him why he didn't attend the wedding, if he was angry, and apologized to him.

It's true that Wei Mingyu and Zou Yuyang were responsible for things developing to this point, but looking up at the office ceiling, Wei Mingjue asked himself: Is it really just them? He could have easily called on any former Alpha bedmate to stay with him through his vulnerable period, without any feelings, let alone the guilt and complex emotions he felt now.

But now, for the first time, he felt like a failed hunter, blaming himself and running away because of his prey.

Who could tell him what this repressed emotion was all about? Wei Mingjue sighed deeply and decided to numb himself with work. He wanted to escape, but there was so much information on the table before him that he couldn't read a single word, so he simply gave up.

After struggling and two nights of sleeplessness, he seemed to realize that his feelings for Zou Yuqing were special. Perhaps he could answer the question Zou Yuqing had asked him before. If Zou Yuqing asked him again, he would answer like this:

Yes, I think I like you a little bit.