Chapter 1: Ringing the Bell "I Want to Be Quiet" [Edit]...
Chapter.one
As Suzhou City enters the plum rain season, the gray sky looks like a simulated old chandelier, swaying precariously.
The slums are dirty, full of corruption, and filled with a musty smell.
Shen Qiudu walked alone on the narrow path in the slums, his steps heavy.
My forehead was burning hot, my body was sore and weak, and I felt like I was soaked in white porridge, sticky and weak.
However, Chen Qiudu had long been accustomed to dragging his weak body, at least he could earn some money.
In his slender but rough hands, he was tightly clutching the dozen yuan note he earned after a day of dirty work, and the surface was even rusted.
Here, the already scarce job opportunities will not be given to an Omega with a defective gland, so even if he gets sick, he won't say it out loud.
Thinking of this, Chen Qiudu's eyes trembled, and his palm unconsciously touched the corner that he had specially hidden.
Suddenly, hurried footsteps were heard behind me, and the accumulated water in the depression splashed all over the ground.
Chen Qiudu looked back warily and saw that it was his neighbor next to his dilapidated rental house.
"Chen Qiudu! Those debt collectors are at your house again, go back and check!"
"It's really... I finally got a vacation, but now I'm being harassed to death. I have no money to gamble with. I might as well just die."
The neighbor cursed impatiently. Chen Qiudu knew that it was probably because the debt collectors had affected his family, so he hurried over.
In the slums, no one will suddenly show unconditional kindness, and being able to survive is already the limit.
So when the neighbors saw Chen Qiudu's frail and pale appearance, they just frowned in disgust.
"You should go back soon! An Omega is still hanging out outside every day..."
"Tell your father to stop gambling! If the debt collectors come again, don't blame us neighbors for being heartless!"
Chen Qiudu nodded silently. Due to excessive fatigue and the hot and humid weather, his lips had a hint of rust.
He ignored it and walked back vigorously.
A strong smell of blood, broken pieces of wine bottles scattered everywhere, and a gambler lying on the ground, seemingly unconscious.
Even though he had imagined it in his mind, Chen Qiudu still felt a sinking feeling in his heart.
The group of debt collectors seemed to be waiting for Chen Qiudu to be caught. They held their thick sticks against the door, making their originally thin bodies look even more emaciated.
Chen Qiudu never had a choice.
He walked over to his mother, who was sobbing and covering her mouth. His eyes passed directly over his father, and his eyes darkened. "How much money does he owe you again?"
The man raised a finger without saying anything, his eyes looking as if he was laughing at a joke.
Chen Qiudu took out a passbook from the drawer. It contained the money he had saved from working day and night, a thousand yuan.
"Here's a thousand dollars."
"Tsk, who the hell told you it was a thousand?" The man scornfully tore up the passbook, stood up in disgust, and fiercely kicked the fallen gambler. "It was a million! You, a good father, lost it all!"
One million.
I'm afraid it wouldn't be worth the money even if I bought it?
"Didn't you say...you wouldn't gamble anymore?"
Shen Qiudu lowered his voice and said this with all his strength.
The man on the ground quickly clung to Chen Qiudu like a dog and grabbed his trouser legs, cursing himself and apologizing continuously.
"I'm sorry, Qiu Du, I'm sorry, but it was those people who forced me to do it! Help me one more time, just once... I will never gamble again!"
The debt collector had no time to watch this affectionate drama. He spat and his eyes lingered on Shen Qiudu's cheek for a moment.
"Why, you have the nerve to borrow but not the nerve to return it?"
"So what do you want?"
Chen Qiudu turned his head, silently protecting his mother behind him, and looked up at the group of people.
He noticed the man's malicious gaze and was used to this kind of scrutiny.
Chen Qiudu knew from a very young age that his appearance was something many people would love to have, but unfortunately he lived in the slums, a place where an Omega without any strength might be harmed.
There are many low-quality Alphas here who don’t have money to buy inhibitors.
Chen Qiudu took a look around and saw that they were all Alphas, whose fighting power was far superior to his, so there was no way he could force his way through.
The man snorted coldly and walked around the room lazily. He glanced at the cheap suppressant on the table and raised an eyebrow. "Omega?"
Chen Qiudu took a step back calmly, a huge sense of uneasiness weighing on his heart.
He lowered his eyes and met the eyes of the cannibalistic father.
As if grabbing a life-saving straw, the limp man suddenly rushed to Chen Qiudu.
Ironically, the usually weak and incompetent person was trying his best at this moment.
He grabbed Shen Qiudu's hair fiercely and threw him in front of the man. He lifted the hair to reveal the broken gland, his pupils shining, "Yes... Yes! He is an Omega!"
"Do you want him? He's quite good-looking!"
"Take it...Take it! Exchange him for my life!"
"Please, please spare my life—"
Chen Qiudu endured the pain without making a sound, struggling to shake off his father's restraining hands, and frantically blocked the gland.
The man's frivolous gaze was powerful, and he sneered, "What's the use of an Omega with a defective gland?"
Chen Qiudu straightened his body. The intense shame and feeling of inferiority made his heart begin to rot and he couldn't breathe.
The father was completely exhausted and went crazy. He picked up the sharp pieces of debris and wanted to kill the sobbing woman beside him.
"It's all your fault! It's all your fault!"
"Who the hell told you to remove this bitch's glands? It's all your fault, it's all your fault!"
"Enough, enough—"
The seemingly endless beating made the weak woman suddenly resist. She gripped the kitchen knife hidden under her body and chopped at everyone without warning.
Amidst the chaos in the room, Shen Qiudu felt a warmth coming from his palm.
He was distracted for only a few seconds, the house was locked, and he was pushed roughly into the street by his mother.
"Adu, run!"
Chen Qiudu's first reaction was to save his mother, but when his trembling hands just covered the door bar, Chen Qiudu saw his mother's longing and desperate eyes through the broken glass window.
At that moment, he stopped.
As his mother kept repeating this sentence, Shen Qiudu fled to the street without hesitation.
He had never worked so hard as he did at this moment.
There were constant cries and insults behind him, but he never looked back once, and his empty eyes could not shed tears.
Chen Qiudu didn't know how long he had been running, let alone where he was going.
It was not until the heavy rain poured down and his dry cheeks were covered with cold raindrops that he finally stopped and gasped for breath.
The thick fog made everything blurry.
The already thin and worn clothes could not withstand the cold wind at all.
Chen Qiudu could no longer see anything, his body could no longer support him, and he fainted on the deserted road.
The whole person looked like a withered lotus, melted into the dark and gloomy puddle.
When his consciousness completely faded, Shen Qiudu heard a sharp car horn.
Then, there was the sound of leather shoes stepping on the ground.
When he was unconscious, Chen Qiudu seemed to be trapped in a swamp. He could hear the happy laughter of his parents when they lifted him up high in the air as a child, but what followed was his father's drunken scolding again and again.
"Didn't you say you don't want to gamble anymore?"
"Yes... they insisted on dragging me!"
"Qiu Du, just this once, I guarantee I'll make my money back! And then I'll get you out of the slums!"
"...Fuck, why are you crying, bitch? You just lost money!!"
"What you lost is the money A'du saved to buy inhibitors!"
“…”
It hurts so much. My whole body hurts.
But Chen Qiudu has always been able to endure pain.
He could endure it when his father sent him to work at a construction site and his leg was broken by a brick.
When his mother removed the gland with her own hands to protect him, he only bit his lip.
But this time, he didn't know why, but he couldn't bear it anymore.
Before the strong sense of death came, Chen Qiudu suddenly felt a warm touch, followed by the fresh fragrance of flowers.
"Why hasn't he woken up yet? Is the doctor we called in not good enough?"
"Master, you've almost called all the doctors in the city. This is the last one."
"But he still looks miserable, and I don't want him to feel that miserable."
The noisy sound brought Shen Qiudu back his wandering thoughts. Contrary to his usual habit, what greeted him was not a cold ward, but the burning gaze of a strange man.
"You're awake!"
The man placed his palm on Shen Qiudu's cheek and wiped the dust off his face.
Familiar scent and warmth.
Well, it was this person who always touched him when he was unconscious.
At that moment, all the vicious events entered Shen Qiudu's mind.
He frowned and turned away, unwilling to look at the rude guy.
"Are you okay? How are you feeling? Are you feeling unwell?"
The man seemed unwilling to give up and moved to the other side of the bed and got closer to Chen Qiudu.
Shen Qiudu chose to close his eyes and shook his head.
The fatigue in his body had not completely faded away, and the fear of being in a strange place made Shen Qiudu choose to isolate himself.
Perhaps the sudden silence made the man misunderstand something, and he suddenly raised his arm and tried to touch Shen Qiudu's shoulder.
"Don't touch me!"
Chen Qiudu suddenly opened his eyes and shrank his body alertly, just like a frightened baby rabbit, and quickly retreated into his hole.
Shen Qiudu expected that his voice should be harsh and sharp, so as to scare away the man in front of him.
But in reality, due to his limp body, he couldn't muster any strength, and even the words he spoke were soft and had no deterrent effect, which made people even more distressed.
The palm that pushed the man's arm away was cold, yet extremely soft.
"Don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person..."
Would a bad person say that he is a bad person?
Shen Qiudu obviously didn't believe this man and kept curling up to avoid his touch.
The huge emotional fluctuations after waking up made Chen Qiudu's heart tighten, and he coughed up some blood instantly.
Chen Qiudu had long been accustomed to this weak body, but the man was startled and approached him regardless of Chen Qiudu's struggle.
Only when the distance was too close did Shen Qiudu really see the man's appearance.
Gentle and distant, yet with an inexplicable cruelty, though it is well hidden. There is a small black mole under each eye.
Chen Qiudu knew that this was called a "crying mole" by some people.
But the man in front of me doesn't look like a crybaby no matter how I look at him.
"What's going on? Where's the doctor? Didn't he say he's recovering well?"
"I'm fine."
Chen Qiudu spoke without waiting for the butler to answer, his expression indifferent.
"It's no big deal. I cough up blood when my emotions fluctuate too much. There's no need to waste time worrying about this kind of thing."
Chen Qiudu said these words with pale lips and expressionless face, but it was not convincing at all.
Especially the man in front of him.
"How can that be—"
Before the man could step forward, the butler interrupted him.
"Master, what the patient needs most right now is rest."
"But he's like this now, and I'm worried."
Shen Qiudu sneered in his heart.
What are you worried about? Are you afraid he'll run away?
Chen Qiudu closed his eyes and turned his face to the side, outlining in his mind everything that might happen next.
Although he knew that his resistance and silence were futile, Chen Qiudu was still unwilling to accept his fate.
The atmosphere froze for a few seconds, and in the silent stalemate, Shen Qiudu was surprised that the man saw through his thoughts and surrendered on his own initiative.
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