Chapter 38 Kowtow | Warning "If you want my kisses, prepare at least eight...
The setting sun's light was not even one thousandth as dazzling as the large crystal chandelier in the banquet hall.
The black-haired beta probably had no desire to understand anything in the venue. He glanced around casually and stopped at the tea table. Perhaps his identity as the only son of the Xie family was not enough to show off in such an occasion. Beta walked over very smoothly, looked at the tea table seriously, and considered what small dessert that would not easily break into pieces should be taken to fill his stomach.
When a hand was placed on his waist, Beta felt a momentary awkwardness in taking the food. He glanced at the person who came, his beautiful lips slowly opened and closed a few times, then he turned back and put a small piece of soft Boston pie into the porcelain plate in his hand.
The whole action was so restrained and pleasing to the eye that no one except the blond alpha who was holding his waist would guess that what this elegant beta in a gray suit said was:
"Seeing you makes me sick."
Even after receiving such comments, the blond alpha seemed to be in a good mood. His pair of golden eyes were always smiling, as if filled with a layer of soft light.
I just whispered in Beta's ear, so loud that no one could hear except each other:
"Is this morning sickness, my fiancée? We haven't even had sex yet, so whose bastard is this in your belly?"
It's like they're scheming and acting in a hypocritical manner, but that's all.
The black-haired beta was clearly temporarily unable to digest this, so much so that his gaze was filled with a hint of scrutiny.
After a moment's silence, Beta's calm face slowly formed an elegant smile. "Are you going to buy me a pregnancy test? You're so charming with your devotion. Will the child be registered under the Shen family's household registration?"
The big hand pinching the waist tightened, but the alpha's face seemed calm.
He whispered to Beta in his ear, his tone cold, "Do you want it? I'll keep it a secret from my parents, but the DNA blood test might require a special channel."
The black-haired beta chuckled in response, and with his free hand he lightly stroked the other person's cheek, patting it twice.
"No, the child's father will be angry. He's not as generous as you."
The conversation ended here for the time being, and the banquet hall was still filled with laughter and chatter, as if everyone was polite and respectable enough.
The well-cooked Boston pie exuded the sweet aroma of roasted almonds, but when Xie Zhizhi realized that the strength on his waist was not right, it meant that he had lost the right to run to the corner and eat alone without paying attention to others.
He was held by Chen Che's waist as he walked through the crowd, holding a white porcelain plate in his hand in a very rude manner.
A few seconds later, the porcelain plate, along with the untouched dessert, was handed to a passing waiter. The waiter's expression was respectful, completely unaware that he was taking away Beta's only normal diet besides the nutritional supplements.
Shen Che came over and whispered in Xie Zhizhi's ear: "It would be embarrassing if the news of you getting pregnant before marriage got out. I'll help you get through it."
Literally, it means crossing the bright road.
The crowd retreated like a tide. When Old Master Shen, who was at the center, saw his precious grandson hugging his fiancée affectionately, a momentary look of surprise appeared on his usually calm and composed face.
After all, in his impression, the last time this spoiled grandson mentioned his fiancée was when he was challenging him to break off the engagement.
"Coming?"
Before he finished speaking, Shen Che and his fiancée came up with their fingers intertwined, looking very intimate.
Only Xie Zhizhi knew what the other party said in his ear before the crowd retreated.
——"The old man is old and not in good health. He loves you so much, shouldn't you behave well at the birthday party?"
Then the alpha's five fingers forcefully dug into my fingers and brought me, who had a grim expression on my face, straight to the center of the banquet.
It was actually only a few steps from the outside to Mr. Shen's front.
Although Beta's hearing is not that good, it does not prevent him from quickly extracting a few high-frequency keywords from the whispers of people around him in the same frequency band.
For example, their relationship is really good, the rumors are not true, or they are really a perfect match.
A perfect match?
Xie Zhizhi couldn't help but snort coldly, but when he stopped, he tried his best to control his facial expression to appear polite and well-behaved, and said "OK" softly.
With his left hand tightly held, Chen Che chatted with the old man about some meaningless family matters. When necessary, Xie Zhizhi would make a few "hmm" and "oh" sounds in response, like a moving background board.
The already boring banquet became even more unbearable. Xie Zhizhi's eyes wandered. He missed Feng Wen. Didn't he say that he would be there too?
The absent-mindedness of the people around him did not escape Shen Che's eyes.
When Xie Zhizhi's eyes flickered slightly as if he had thought of something, changing from lifeless to searching, Shen Che understood in an instant who he was looking for.
There was a smile in his golden eyes. Amidst the boring greetings, Shen Che glanced coldly at the two people's intertwined fingers and pulled the corners of his lips.
He thought to himself, don’t even think about it.
…
"Of course, we have a very good relationship." Shen Che narrowed his eyes and increased the strength of his hands as if to remind him, "Xiao Zhizhi, am I right?"
"What?" Xie Zhizhi came back to his senses in a hurry. He had not been listening just now. Facing Mr. Shen's smiling gaze, a trace of awkward confusion appeared on his face.
Shen Che sighed helplessly like an alpha who is very considerate of his partner and helped him out: "Zhizhi is not in a good state today. He may have a cold. Don't worry about it, grandpa."
Xie Zhizhi blinked and nodded in agreement.
Generally speaking, such words often mean the end of social interaction, so when Shen Che stopped talking and stood up, he thought it was a signal to leave. His dull pupils became lively and he took a small step forward anxiously.
"I'm sorry, old man, I—"
The voice stopped abruptly.
When that handsome face suddenly approached, Xie Zhizhi only had time to turn slightly, but he still felt the hot and wet breath passing through his lips with a creepy feeling.
A stranger's lips just brushed the side of my face.
Xie Zhizhi's pupils suddenly contracted, and the fingers that were being held were so tight that they turned red and white.
This time he heard it clearly.
Shen Che repeated each word clearly in his ear:
"I said, our relationship is very good."
…
"What were you looking for?"
The woody pheromone rushed into the tip of the nose unscrupulously, and Beta's arm was pulled hard.
As the party approached, the sounds of conversation and laughter gradually faded. Xie Zhizhi suddenly shook off the large hand that was restraining his movements, and his eyes were gloomy as he turned sideways.
At this moment, he had already given up on maintaining his graceful demeanor, and even pursed the corners of his lips without any concealment, revealing an expression of excessive disgust.
"You're really disgusting, Shen Che."
Xie Zhizhi bit off the words word by word and threw them to the familiar face in front of him, but he found that the other party's interest did not decrease but increased, and even the corners of his lips raised a beautiful arc.
"You reacted so strongly, you scared me." Shen Che said.
Xie Zhizhi's hair stood on end. This man was completely crazy and perverted...
He took a half step back cautiously and said in a low voice, "Stay away from me."
He did not stop and hurried out.
The night wind is cold.
The banquet hall was held in Shen's private estate, and there was almost no one outside at this time.
When the sound of approaching footsteps was heard on the empty stone road along the water, Xie Zhizhi instantly tensed his back.
He tilted his head and, as expected, caught a glimpse of brilliant golden hair, and a sneer reflexively rolled out of his throat.
The tall alpha walked steadily and casually. When he finished walking, Xie Zhizhi keenly caught a ray of dim silver light flashing on his neck.
Xie Zhizhi reached out and hooked the chain without hesitation. Even the alpha was affected by his rough action and staggered for a moment.
In order to match the opponent's strength, Shen Che had to bend down and lean forward slightly, but the opponent was obviously unwilling to show mercy and use his strength. The narrow chain was stuck tightly on the back of his neck, and the glands were tightened, causing a burning pain.
"Lost property must be returned to the owner." Xie Zhizhi said coldly.
"Owner?" Shen Che licked his lips. The distance was enough for him to smell the cool mint scent that seemed to penetrate his skin, so he asked meaningfully: "Who is the owner?"
Xie Zhizhi sneered, "How long are you going to keep acting so sarcastic? Are you going to tell me that you actually know nothing?"
The reckless showdown made Shen Che's face suddenly turn cold. His gilded eyes locked onto him tightly, and his jaw was so tense that his masseter muscles bulged.
"It smells so strong, so, did you have sex with him?"
The force hooking the silver chain gradually increased.
After a while, Xie Zhizhi seemed to find it funny and asked him, "What position do you stand on to ask this question? Are we in a relationship that requires loyalty?"
Shen Che grabbed his wrist and forcefully pulled the silver chain out from his tightening fingers.
"Your fiancé's position, Xie Zhizhi, answer me, have you done it?"
When those dark eyes looked over with a hint of pleasure, Shen Che almost stopped breathing for a moment.
He saw Xie Zhizhi raise an almost provocative smile, and his beautiful red lips opened and closed several times.
"We have done it many times. Let's cancel the engagement. Is this enough to make you give up?"
"ha--"
A few months ago, Chen Che would never have thought that this beta, whom he had always treated like a piece of trash, could easily stir up his emotions, so much so that for a brief moment he felt a throbbing pain in his temples.
Done?
Shen Che's expression turned cold, he didn't believe it.
He pushed Beta forcefully, ignoring his will. The wood pheromones surged wildly in the air at geometric multiples, sinking deeply into Beta's neck.
The tip of his nose randomly scratched his jaw, neck, and even the "glands", trying to find some evidence to overturn Beta's overly sharp "lie".
It can only be a lie.
Until those golden eyes passed straight through the gap in the collar and captured a bright red kiss mark engraved on the right shoulder blade, and the movement stopped abruptly.
Beta could not be marked, and he had no way of getting any verification from conventional channels, but the kiss mark seemed to be demonstrating to him from afar, like an official seal.
"Done it." These two words were spoken without any ups and downs, and Chen Che didn't know to whom he was repeating them.
His jaw was held and pulled away. Chen Che saw a nasty yet satisfied smile slowly appear on that face that showed no good intentions towards him, frame by frame, and he uttered a word lightly:
"right."
What is love.
If lust is poison, then the underlying color of love should be pain.
If lust is pain, then the means don't matter.
"Break off the engagement? Don't even think about it." Shen Che heard himself say this, and saw Beta's smile fade as he wished, turning cold, and he even tasted a twisted pleasure from it.
"We will get married, Xie Zhizhi."
"What about Wen Xuyan?" Beta's cold face was forced back several steps by him, and finally his waist lightly hit the guardrail by the water, making a muffled sound. "Should I tell you a good news, Chen Che?"
"What?"
Xie Zhizhi looked up at him and said, "You and Wen Xuyan's pheromone match is 99%. You are destined to be together. Congratulations."
Shen Che froze.
He lowered his head, the confidence on Beta's face almost blinding.
"As Shen Siduo's son, to what extent do you want me to remind you?"
Shen Che licked his lips.
He repeated, "The destined one?"
Beta seemed to have a very satisfied expression on his face, so much so that his eyebrows and eyes were tinged with a bit of all-knowing harshness.
"You can't escape, Shen Che."
"Can't escape?"
Shen Che repeated it again slowly.
He suddenly smiled and said, "You will marry me then. Do you think you can escape?"
As expected, I saw Beta's eyes suddenly widen.
Ah, the destined anime, fuck the destined anime.
"It's really difficult to deal with Beta's inability to channel pheromones properly, Xiao Zhizhi." Chen Che smiled twistedly. "At this point, shouldn't you beg your future husband in advance for mercy, begging him not to be seduced by the destined fan?"
Just like Shen Siduo's first marriage beta.
Please Shen Siduo, don't leave, even at any cost, because no one can escape.
Shen Che looked down and saw that the diamond ring was still shining brightly at this time.
He pinched Xie Zhizhi's trembling hand and said word by word, "You can't escape, so why are you pretending to be sure of victory? You're so naive."
He kissed her ring finger gently, his tone gentle: "By the way, you haven't told me yet, what kind of diamond ring do you like?"
The night wind precipitated the overly heavy silence.
He stared at Xie Zhizhi's eyes, which were watery and overly sharp, and his heart beat fast. His tongue unconsciously licked the gap between his lips.
"It's okay, Xiao Zhizhi, it's okay."
The lust was so intense that Chen Che felt his body getting wet.
Locked in those resisting black eyes, he doubted the nature of love for a moment. Why, when the possessiveness, the desire to win, and the desire to destroy reached an unprecedented peak, he suddenly wanted to bite Xie Zhizhi's lips and say something nice and soft to coax him, so much so that his hands wiped away his tears before his brain could react.
——It’s so wet.
But now is not the time to coax.
Shen Che spoke each word with clarity, cruelly and bluntly analyzing his own heart with a sharp and condescending pleasure.
He said, "It's just destiny, Xie Zhizhi. I won't agree to it, so forget it. Sometimes I don't understand why others think I'm lucky, but now I think I understand."
"It's only natural that my life has been smooth sailing. I'm only saying these harsh words to you this once—"
Chen Che twitched his lips and smiled: "If the engagement is cancelled, Xie's stock will plummet faster than Song Huanqing jumping off a building. Have you never thought about this or are you afraid to think about it? Do you have a second weapon in your hand besides tears?"
"Don't cry, you make me uncomfortable."
"Is selling it to me, Shen Che, any worse than selling it to Feng? Xiao Zhizhi, it's all selling—buying and selling only involves cash and foreign currency. What makes you think Feng dares to go against the Shen family in such an unjustifiable way? Are you still a child reading fairy tales?"
He stood up and saw that the pretty face had lost all its color and even the pupils had shrunk very small.
It seems that's enough.
Chen Che smiled, his gilded eyes staring straight into hers. He said tenderly and affectionately, "Kiss me. From now on, all the things I didn't see will be wiped out."
Write it off?
"Kiss you?"
"How much do you want to give me for this kiss?"
Xie Zhizhi raised his eyes coldly and discovered that when he was extremely helpless and angry, his brain would go blank, with only a terrifying buzzing sound like tinnitus in his ears.
——"You are not a child anymore, Xie Zhizhi, you have to be obedient."
——"Song Huanqing will jump faster than the stock."
——"Are you still reading fairy tales?"
…
Xie Zhizhi hooked the neck of the person who was so close to him and brought him down easily.
He felt that his vision was losing focus, otherwise he would not have seen himself smiling in those golden eyes.
Ironic, seductive, unscrupulous, vile, unwilling...
Xie Zhizhi let out a breath. He heard something break, making only a slight cracking sound, which was not worth mentioning.
"Next time, bring a check, Chen Che. Transactions are in cash and foreign currency only."
BANG! !——
The guardrail vibrated violently.
He felt the long-lost pain in the soaring pheromone concentration, but he refused to stop. He just touched his neck quickly during a gasp - ah, it turned out it was still working.
Finally, he pulled up Shen Che, whose face was covered in blood. Before he could utter a word, he felt the night breeze from the river brushing against his cheek, as if trying to dry it off.
Xie Zhizhi closed his eyes.
"If you want a kiss from me, prepare at least eight zeros. I only charge US dollars."
"Don't faint, Shen Che."
"Tell me you can afford my kiss."
No response.
He backed away, turned around, and walked forward without caring about his destination.
At a certain frequency, I unexpectedly bumped into a pair of smoky gray eyes that were still far away.
He paused for a moment and looked away lightly.
He slowly took out his cell phone and checked the time.
——22:46.
Everything seemed to be a harbinger of the collapse of promises.
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