Chapter 49

Chu Yue was at work when she suddenly received a call from Shen Qing'an, who only said two words, "Come up."

The atmosphere is rather unsettling.

Chu Yue had known Shen Qing'an for so many years, and had never heard her speak to her like this before. Could it be that she realized something after the pandemic was over and was going to fire her?

What's meant to happen will happen.

After mentally preparing herself, Chu Yue mustered her courage and knocked on the chairman's office door.

Five minutes had passed since she entered. Shen Qing'an sat on the sofa, slowly boiling water and making tea. The calmer she was, the more uneasy Chu Yue felt.

Shen Qing'an held the cup by the rim and placed the freshly brewed tea in front of Chu Yue. "Try it."

"President Shen, what can I do for you?" Chu Yue rarely addressed Shen Qing'an by his title so formally; the pressure of supporting a family made her palms sweat with nervousness.

In this extraordinary time of economic downturn and widespread layoffs, Chu Yue no longer cares about the dignity of "the cunning rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked"; all she wants now is to make money, and more money.

Shen Qing'an smiled enigmatically and said, "Have some tea first."

This made Chu Yue even more uneasy.

After several rounds of tea, Shen Qing'an finally got to the point.

"When I get married, can I borrow your little June as a flower girl? I'll give you three times the amount in the red envelope!" Shen Qing'an gestured with her hand as if to slap him.

"..."

"You're getting married??"

Shen Qing'an nodded shyly and said happily, "We'll have the wedding on May Day."

Upon hearing this time, Chu Yue immediately shook her head, "I'm afraid I can't lend it to you in June!"

Shen Qing'an was surprised that she would refuse and asked, "Why?"

"Because I'm also getting married in May, I'll naturally be a flower girl for my mom in June."

Shen Qing'an rubbed the empty teacup, thought for a moment, and said, "We can do it together."

"..."

To support her increasingly wealthy but financially draining child, Chu Yue didn't outright refuse Chairman Shen's proposal. But just imagining the scene of that mass wedding made all the romance vanish.

Chu Yue was never a minimalist, nor did she want to advocate frugality in such an important life event. She would rather let Shen Qing'an have his wedding first than walk down the aisle with Ji Mingfei, stepping on someone else's adoring festivities.

"Then let's do it together! I have no objection." Ji Mingfei remained unusually calm after hearing about this, as if she wasn't the one getting married.

It's not just her attitude towards the wedding; lately, Ji Mingfei seems to have lost interest in everything. She no longer pursues perfection and strives for excellence, often saying "good enough," and even her intimacy at night is just a perfunctory affair.

Chu Yue glanced at June, who was eating earnestly beside her, and unconsciously lowered her voice a little, "She also wants June to be a flower girl."

"Mommy, what is a flower girl?" June looked up, a grain of rice still stuck to her face.

Chu Yue pinched a grain of rice off June's face and tried to explain it in simple terms, "Flower girls are little angels who bring rings and bouquets to their mothers!"

June stared at the ring on Chu Yue's hand and asked, puzzled, "Mommy has the ring on her hand every day, how am I supposed to get it?"

"No, it's a diamond ring. A really, really bright one!" Chu Yue showed June a picture of the ring on her phone.

"It's so beautiful! June wants the same ring too!" June put down her spoon to take a closer look at her phone, and the food in her mouth no longer tasted good.

"No looking at your phone during meals." Ji Mingfei patted the table and said to Chu Yue, "Put it away."

Chu Yue gestured towards June with her lips, then placed her phone face down on the table. "Eat your food, and I'll show you after you finish eating!"

In June, she gave her mother a strange and laborious wink, as if it were some kind of secret signal.

After dinner, Chu Yue was in charge of washing the dishes, while Ji Mingfei took Liu Yue to take a bath.

Giving June a bath is no easy task. Children this age love playing in water, so she refuses to just take a shower.

The bathtub should be filled with her favorite little yellow ducks and pink bubbles. She plays with them while bathing and won't get out until she's had enough.

On one occasion, Ji Mingfei was busy with work, so he asked Chu Yue to bathe the child. As a result, the two of them had a water fight in the bathroom, making water everywhere.

From then on, Ji Mingfei set a rule that Chu Yue and Liu Yue could not enter the same bathroom.

After Chu Yue finished cleaning up the kitchen, she saw that Liu Yue hadn't finished washing up yet. She leaned against the bathroom door, shaking her head and asking, "Do you need Mommy's help?"

"Bring me the bath towel," Ji Mingfei said, turning around.

Chu Yue picked up a bath towel from the shelf, unfolded it, and stretched out her arms to welcome her daughter who had just finished washing.

Ji Mingfei carried the soaking wet June over in both hands. Chu Yue quickly wrapped her in a bath towel, held her in her arms, and dried her off as they walked out.

With rosy cheeks and water droplets clinging to them, she sweetly called out, "Mommy."

"Um?"

"I want to sleep with Mommy and Mommy." After saying that, June pecked Chu Yue on the cheek.

Chu Yue wiped the drool off her face with a towel, put June on the bed, and agreed, "Okay, we'll sleep together, you can sleep in the middle."

After dressing June in her pajamas, Chu Yue picked up a hairdryer to dry her hair. Children's hair is sparse and fuzzy, and it feels incredibly soft to the touch. If Chu Yue weren't worried about rubbing June bald, she would have stroked her hair several times a day.

After drying her hair, Chu Yue patted her on the bottom and said, "Go to sleep."

In June, she scrambled into the covers and placed her little pillow right in the middle, waiting for her mother and mommy to sleep together.

After taking a shower, Ji Mingfei first helped lull the child to sleep. Chu Yue hummed a little tune as she entered the bathroom; barring any unforeseen circumstances, June would definitely be asleep by the time she finished showering.

Little June was unaware of the dangers of society. After she fell asleep while waiting for her mother, her dear mother did not hesitate to carry her, blanket and all, to her crib.

Sleeping together is impossible. Chu Yue wants to sleep with his wife, so where would he put her in the middle?

As soon as he put the child down, Chu Yue rushed back to bed, shouting, "Wife, I'm here!"

Upon receiving Chu Yue's signal that she was in heat, Ji Mingfei turned over expressionlessly, skillfully unbuttoning his pajamas with one hand, his eyes never leaving his phone screen.

"What are you looking at? Why are you so focused?" Chu Yue took the phone from her hand and placed it on the bedside table.

Ji Mingfei let her take the phone; it was just something to pass the time anyway.

Next, following the familiar process as if completing a task, they quickly rolled together.

Chu Yue was still kissing Ji Mingfei's earlobe in a flirtatious manner when the other party turned his head and brought the gland to her mouth, and the hand that was holding her waist was pushed directly to its destination.

"Wife...don't you have feelings for me anymore?" Chu Yue kissed the person beneath her, snuggling close to her face and acting coquettishly.

Ji Mingfei, with his eyes closed, lazily replied, "Yes..."

That's so perfunctory.

Despite Chu Yue's best efforts to deplete his pheromones, Ji Mingfei's reaction remained largely unchanged.

Afterwards, Chu Yue stared dejectedly at the ceiling. He could no longer arouse his wife's desire; she seemed to have lost all appeal.

how so? !

"Is that all? I'm going to sleep now."

Ji Mingfei's question before bed pierced Chu Yue's heart. What's the difference between an alpha who can't make an omega fall in love and trash?!

The next morning, Chu Yue went to the hospital for a comprehensive physical examination.

After reviewing the data, the doctor adjusted his glasses and reassured the patient, "All the indicators are normal; there's nothing wrong with your body. Sometimes, the effectiveness of AO combination therapy depends on the patient's condition. Could it be that you've been too tired lately, which is why the results aren't good?"

"But I don't feel very tired!"

The doctor, unfazed, asked bluntly, "So, how did your omega evaluate your performance?"

"She didn't say anything, and she was very accommodating to my needs, but it always felt like she was just going through the motions and wanted to finish as soon as possible." Chu Yue was almost driven to despair.

The doctor paused for a moment, then suggested, "Why don't you have the omega get checked too? Maybe it's not your problem?"

However, Chu Yue had to admit, "My wife is fine, her pheromones are still as amazing as before, I love her...!"

doctor:"……"

I can't help you anymore.

*

As soon as Chu Yue got into her car after leaving the hospital, she received a call from Ji Mingfei.

"Didn't we say we were going to take wedding photos today? Where did you go again?"

"I... went to wash the car. What do you want to eat? I'll bring it back for you." Chu Yue said guiltily, stuffing the medical report into the sun visor.

"I've already eaten, so hurry back! The photo studio just called and asked us to come over. Why don't you just go directly to the photo studio? That way you can save time on the way."

"How are you going to get there without a car? Wait for me, I'll come back and pick you up." Chu Yue turned the car around and drove onto the main road.

When Ji Mingfei saw Chu Yue's dusty car, he touched it and asked incredulously, "This is the car you washed?"

"We just ran into a few dump trucks, they're so dirty, I'll go wash them later." Chu Yue quickly pushed Ji Mingfei into the car so that she wouldn't notice anything amiss.

As soon as Ji Mingfei got into the car, he noticed Chu Yue's medical report. Then he checked the date and saw it was today.

"What's wrong with you?" Ji Mingfei asked Chu Yue, who had just gotten into the car.

Chu Yue was stunned when he saw the medical report in his wife's hand. He stammered, "This... I just went to get it checked because I haven't been sleeping well lately!"

"Can't sleep well?" Ji Mingfei recalled Chu Yue, who would fall asleep the moment her head hit the bed and snore loudly every day. "Then why did you check your pheromones and..."

Ji Mingfei's gaze fell on Chu Yue's waist, and he asked softly, "You're not having a problem there, are you?"

"No way...!" Chu Yue resolutely refused to admit it.

Ji Mingfei rubbed his nose and said, "I'll get checked out after we take the photos. I don't seem to be very sensitive to your pheromones lately. Do I have a cold?"

"..." Chu Yue seemed to see a glimmer of hope. "Wife, do you mean you haven't been able to smell my pheromones lately?"

"Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I didn't pay much attention to it before, but I've probably been too tired lately and my nose isn't working properly."

Ji Mingfei had just taken on a new project and was so busy that she had to work overtime even after getting home. She felt that she wouldn't be able to handle it if Chu Yue was in her most vulnerable period. However, out of consideration for Chu Yue's feelings, she hadn't mentioned it.

However, judging from the medical examination report, it seems that the problem is not with Chu Yue.

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Author's Note:

I didn't finish writing it, how embarrassing.