Slowly rotting
A beautiful day turned dull after meeting Wei Mingjue. Zou Yuqing arrived at the supermarket early, walked into a small office, and turned on his phone. Messages from friends on WeChat came like a barrage of messages, leaving him feeling frustrated. He initially considered typing a reply, but after some thought, he decided to just call.
"Zou Yuqing! Are you okay? I heard that the Zou family got into trouble. Is it your brother? You went to help him deal with it again? I say, don't you treat me as a friend? You won't tell me unless I ask, right? What happened this time? I heard it's quite serious?" The person on the other end spoke in a bad mood as soon as he picked up the phone. Zou Yuqing could even imagine his friend's angry expression at the moment.
"I'm sorry, Xu Wang. I've been a little busy recently, so I didn't contact you." Zou Yuqing felt warm in his heart after hearing his friend's words. He smiled and said embarrassedly.
"Are you working in Weimin Supermarket again? Are you free after get off work today? I came to visit you. We haven't seen each other for a long time and we need to have a good chat." Xu Wang knew that Zou Yuqing worked in the same supermarket during the holidays every year.
"It's only been a short time since the holiday. We haven't seen each other for more than two weeks at most. How come it feels like we haven't seen each other for a long time?" Zou Yuqing laughed out loud, and the bad mood that had been affected by Wei Mingjue just now improved a lot.
Xu Wang was his classmate. Although he chose to go to school as a day student to take care of his mother, and Xu Wang lived in the dormitory, they were still the closest in school. Even during holidays, Xu Wang would often cross the district to visit him and show his deep concern for him. He only told Xu Wang about the troubles in his family, and Xu Wang had always taken good care of him after knowing about it.
"It's been more than two weeks, almost a month. Stop talking. I'll come to your place in the afternoon. Just go to work. I have a lot to ask you in the evening." After saying that, Xu Wang didn't disturb Zou Yuqing from work. He said goodbye and hung up the phone.
Zou Yuqing looked at the phone and smiled helplessly. Seeing that it was almost time to go to work, he went into the locker room, changed into work clothes, and went out to sort the goods.
How should he tell Xu Wang tonight? The fact that the young master of the Wei family was marked as pregnant by Zou Yuyang had long been suppressed by the Wei family, and what happened to him was even more difficult to talk about. He would not tell Xu Wang. Wei Mingjue told him that Wei Mingyu and Zou Yuyang's engagement had not been reported online. Perhaps it was not the right time yet.
All kinds of things happened one after another, making Zou Yuqing very tired and unwilling to think about them anymore.
Zou Yuqing finally breathed a sigh of relief during a break from his busy afternoon. He was stretching his legs in the merchandise section when he suddenly saw a police officer approaching him. He knew who they were, but he'd never met them before. After all, being approached by the police is a common occurrence, even if one knows they've done nothing wrong. Zou Yuqing stood up straight, bewildered.
"I heard from the store manager that there's a discount on tissues recently. Which kind are they?" Officer Zhang asked, looking at Zou Yuqing with a smile.
Oh, so you came to ask him about the discounted items. Zou Yuqing immediately relaxed and took Officer Zhang to the discount area. "Two brands are having promotions recently. They're right here. Take a look."
Just as he was about to return to his original position, Officer Zhang stopped him and said, "You are Xiao Zou, right? I have always heard the store manager mention you, so I am quite familiar with you. I saw you talking to Mr. Wei from Shuangming Pharmaceutical this morning. Do you know each other?" He picked up two packs of tissues and asked while comparing them.
Unexpectedly hearing this unlucky name again, Zou Yuqing frowned and quickly denied: "I don't know him."
He didn't want others to think that he had anything to do with Wei Mingjue.
"Really?" Officer Zhang looked at Zou Yuqing's neck. There were tiny marks on the gland where the Alpha shouldn't have had any wounds. As a police officer, he could quickly spot something wrong. "Boss Wei and I are old friends, so I'm curious and want to ask. Don't mind!"
Officer Zhang smiled foolishly as he spoke, but he was more certain about the relationship between Zou Yuqing and Wei Mingjue.
The glands of Alpha are very important. Traces like this cannot be left by other collisions unless they are marked by the same kind. So he didn't believe that the two people didn't know each other. Moreover, there have been rumors that Wei Mingjue doesn't like Omegas, but likes Alphas who are of the same kind.
"fine."
"Zou Yuqing! What are you doing?"
A familiar figure approached the supermarket entrance. Zou Yuqing looked outside and saw Xu Wang running toward him, grinning with his teeth bared. For some reason, he suddenly thought of the Samoyed in the neighborhood, who always looked so cheerful.
"Why are you here so early? I still have three hours before I get off work." Zou Yuqing looked at the clock on the wall of the supermarket and looked at Xu Wang helplessly.
Seeing Zou Yuqing's friend coming, Officer Zhang didn't say anything else. He greeted him, paid the bill and left.
"I'm here to help you with your work. What's going on? Why are the police looking for you?" Xu Wang looked at Officer Zhang's departing back in confusion, then turned to look at Zou Yuqing, "Could it be your brother..."
"No, I'm just here to buy something." Zou Yuqing interrupted Xu Wang's subsequent guess and said speechlessly: "Why don't you help out in your store and come to help me?"
"How's that? Is that nice of you?" Xu Wang gave a sly smile and then began to put the incoming goods on the shelves with familiarity. "This way, you can go home earlier and you won't have to carry so much stuff yourself later."
"You really are..." Zou Yuqing smiled and shook his head, "There's no rush to put these away. Just stand there and wait for me to get off work. After all, I'm an Alpha too."
"Oh, you look down on Beta." Xu Wang glanced at Zou Yuqing dimly without stopping his hands.
Here it comes again. Zou Yuqing looked at Xu Wang helplessly. He just felt embarrassed. Xu Wang had helped him too much, but every time he refused Xu Wang's help with various reasons, Xu Wang would always use his "disdain" for Beta as an excuse, leaving him helpless.
"Then help me put these toothbrushes up there." So he gratefully accepted Xu Wang's help.
The two quickly placed the goods in the boxes on the shelves, flattened the cartons, and carried them out of the supermarket to the trash can in the back alley. The back alley was dark, but it couldn't stop the heat. The garbage from various shops was thrown together, and the smell was really unpleasant. Zou Yuqing quickly turned around and took Xu Wang back to the supermarket. Unexpectedly, Xu Wang also noticed the mark on the back of his neck.
"Zou Yuqing, what's wrong with your gland? Is it injured?" Xu Wang frowned and wanted to reach out to touch it, but before he could touch it, his hand was slapped away by the person in front of him.
Zou Yuqing covered his glands, his expression extremely embarrassed. He had looked in the mirror before leaving, and his glands were almost healed. Without a close look, there was no problem, so he hadn't applied the suppressant patch. He hadn't expected Xu Wang to find out.
For a moment he stood there in a daze, as if he were in an icy cave. He felt like a piece of garbage, slowly rotting away.
"I accidentally bumped into him while counting the goods." Zou Yuqing explained with an awkward smile.
Xu Wang really didn't expect Zou Yuqing to have such a big reaction. He stared blankly at his own hand. Although Zou Yuqing didn't hit him very hard, it still numbed. After all, he was an Alpha and had great strength.
"You better be careful. Alpha's glands also need to be well protected." Without thinking too much, Xu Wang smiled and said, "Didn't you pay attention to your physiology class after the differentiation? Let me tell you, the glands of both Alpha and Omega are very fragile. Don't think that you don't have to worry because you're an Alpha."
"I know, I know." Zou Yuqing turned around perfunctorily and continued walking forward, then heard Xu Wang following behind him and talking about Alpha's physiological knowledge.
Of course he knew, but he couldn't resist. Alphas were indeed at the top of the pyramid, but there were also different levels, so he had no choice but to watch helplessly as he was invaded and devoured by the pheromones of a higher level.
Fortunately, Xu Wang didn't pay too much attention to his glands. After work, Zou Yuqing took Xu Wang home. Some things were inconvenient to discuss outside, so Xu Wang was happy to go to his house.
"So you can tell me now? What did your brother do? I only found out a few days ago when I heard a customer in the store saying something about the Zou family getting into trouble. I was waiting for you to come and complain to me," Xu Wang said with a hint of "blame." He knew Zou Yuqing wouldn't tell him anything negative. After all, it had always been like this. He would only tell him if he asked.
"He got in trouble with the Wei family." Zou Yuqing pursed her lips. "He marked Wei Mingyu as pregnant. This matter was exposed at first, but later it was withdrawn by the Wei family. Those who knew about it dared not speak out."
Xu Wang was stunned. Who in S City didn't know that Wei Mingyu was the most favored of the Wei family? Now Zou Yuqing told him that Wei Mingyu was marked by Zou Yuyang and was pregnant. Wouldn't the consequences be serious?
Thinking of how Zou Yuqing was often beaten when he went to deal with Zou Yuyang's mess, Xu Wang suddenly came to his senses and checked on his friend. "Are you okay? Were you beaten by the Wei family? Although the Wei family runs a pharmaceutical company, I heard there are a group of people under them who are like □□."
Xu Wang was very worried, but Zou Yuqing seemed to be fine. Just before he felt relieved, he suddenly remembered the scar on Zou Yuqing's gland.
Could it be that someone from the Wei family injured Zou Yuqing's glands? He didn't dare to ask because Zou Yuqing's reaction that afternoon was too unusual. He could only guess so.
"I'm fine." Zou Yuqing lowered his eyes, swallowing the bitterness and pain in his heart. He didn't want to tell his friends about these things. After all, it would be useless to tell them, and the physical and psychological trauma would not go away.
"What's the situation now? What did the Wei family say?" Xu Wang looked at Zou Yuqing worriedly.
"Zou Yuyang might get engaged to Wei Mingyu."
"Engagement?!" This was something Xu Wang had never expected. "Would the Wei family be interested in that idiot?"
"I don't know either, it's just like that." Zou Yuqing really didn't want to talk about the things between the Zou family and the Wei family. If possible, he didn't want to have anything to do with these two families, but he was deeply involved in it.
Xu Wang knew that Zou Yuqing didn't like to talk about these things, so he didn't ask any more questions and changed the topic to something else. He didn't feel relieved until Zou Yuqing's expression was no longer as tired as before.
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