Chapter 76 Unfulfilled Desire
Mu Yan knew.
The moment Mu Yan saw him after he removed the silk blindfold, she knew he hadn't been having a good time these past few days.
A pale complexion might just be due to lack of rest for a day or two, and a thinner appearance might just be an illusion caused by not seeing someone for a long time.
However, the change in his spirit and energy is very obvious. Shang Qiyue, who used to be so arrogant, haughty, and domineering, now seems like a completely different person.
If they had met by chance sometime after they had parted ways, Mu Yan would probably have felt really sad.
He wanted Shang Qiyue to be happy, and that's why he eventually accepted the lifelong mark.
But seeing him torment himself like this in such an unexpected scene, Mu Yan just felt it was absurd.
"...You won't let me go, will you?"
After listening, Mu Yan asked this question in a calm tone.
Shang Qiyue hugged him tighter from behind, but felt that he was getting further and further away from her.
Since Shang Qiyue didn't answer, Mu Yan could roughly guess the answer.
"I'm going to sleep now, you can leave."
“I want to sleep with you…” Shang Qiyue saw his cold eyes and sadly rested her head on Mu Yan’s shoulder. “Can’t I even just lie next to you?”
"The smell of your cigarette is bothering me," Mu Yan said softly.
This is actually nonsense. The higher the quality of the cigar, the better it smells, and it's often not as pungent. Shang Qiyue rarely inhales cigar smoke, otherwise Mu Yan wouldn't have only noticed the smell of the cigar when Shang Qiyue pressed him down to kiss him.
Shang Qiyue slowly released him, as if he had done something wrong, and didn't dare to breathe loudly.
"........Then I won't smoke anymore. Can I sleep with you tomorrow...the day after tomorrow?"
Mu Yan pulled the blanket up higher and stopped talking.
Shang Qiyue was quite adept at deceiving himself. Seeing this, he simply took it as Mu Yan's tacit agreement and planned to quit smoking now and ask Mu Yan again the day after tomorrow.
He quietly gathered up the midnight snack that Mu Yan hadn't eaten, and quietly closed the door and left.
Mu Yan didn't fall asleep until very late that night.
Before leaving, Shang Qiyue returned the phone to him, but Mu Yan knew that he had probably installed software for surveillance.
The internet works, and navigation works too. Mu Yan glanced at the location; it was the villa where Shang Qiyue used to live.
No wonder it took so long from when the car stopped until he put her down.
Yuejing is an affluent area in City A. Registration is required to enter and exit the community, so Shang Qiyue doesn't even need to hire bodyguards to watch over him.
Mu Yan wouldn't run away; where could he possibly escape to? He had a job and family in City A. Even if he did run away against all odds, how long would it take Shang Qiyue to bring him back?
He lay on the soft mattress until the first light of dawn appeared in the east, at which point he began to feel sleepy.
When I woke up it was already noon, and there was something like a fitness tracker on my left wrist.
He got out of bed and asked Shang Qiyue what this was.
The cleaning lady was cleaning when Shang Qiyue heard him coming downstairs and personally cooked noodles for him in the kitchen.
Perhaps it was because the aunt lent a hand at the beginning, or perhaps it was because Shang Qiyue had gone off to study somewhere, but the seafood noodles smelled delicious and fresh. Mu Yan's stomach was empty, and he suddenly felt a little hungry.
"You have a heart condition; you were provided with this by the hospital."
"There are no security cameras... If you hate that, I can take you to the store today to get a new fitness tracker. Yue Bian"
"That's on my phone."
Shang Qiyue lowered his head, not looking at him, and simply scooped out the noodles and poured the broth over them.
"Baby, are you hungry? Let's eat."
Mu Yan couldn't reason with him, so she had no choice but to sit down and eat noodles.
Shang Qiyue sat next to him. He didn't know if Mu Yan had already eaten, but just kept watching him eat.
After the day he was marked, he never smelled the bread on Mu Yan again.
The smell of freshly baked bread brushed with butter.
Since then, no one in the world has been able to prove that there was ever such a special connection between an alpha and a beta.
It's as if it were all just a dream.
Shang Qiyue only realized after waking up that it was actually a beautiful dream.
His unattainable dream.
Actually, it was not long ago, a month ago, during that vulnerable period. At that time, Mu Yan held his head in his arms, letting him quietly smell the bread scent on his body. Whenever he lowered his head, Mu Yan's lips would touch his forehead, whether intentionally or unintentionally.
Then the headache seemed to get much better, as if the place closer to him was heaven.
But those are all impossible now.
Shang Qiyue didn't actually intend to keep Mu Yan locked up forever.
Instead, he repeatedly suggested taking Mu Yan out shopping, to the movies, to hot springs, and to the surrounding area for a vacation.
Mu Yan was listless and showed no interest in any of it.
Shang Qiyue bought a BYD that looked like a ride-hailing car so he could drive him to and from work every day. But Mu Yan would still force him to stop at the subway entrance and walk to work.
Mu Yan said that even if it's BYD, if the license plate is the same every day, people will find out sooner or later.
Shang Qiyue actually wanted to ask him if he was really that shameful, but thinking about the methods he used to stay by Mu Yan's side, they were indeed far from glorious.
He tried desperately to attract Mu Yan's attention, but Mu Yan's calm black eyes would only sweep over him calmly for a moment, and then become empty again.
He learned to cook the crab meat lion's head and white-robed shrimp that Mu Yan liked, and he also learned to make the egg tarts and berry cakes that Mu Yan liked.
However, if you disregard the heartfelt intentions behind homemade food, it's just a pile of junk that doesn't look or taste as good as the food on the shelf.
Mu Yan did not request a new bracelet. Whenever Shang Qiyue had free time, he would look at the data on the bracelet and think about what he was doing.
My blood oxygen level is so low. Is it because I've been too tired lately?
His heart rate was a bit fast. Had that intern upset him again? Was she not understanding what he was saying?
My body temperature is so low. Is the air conditioning off in the office? What a stingy company, what a stingy boss.
What Mu Yan didn't know was that the bracelet could actually record his heartbeat.
When Shang Qiyue is alone in the office or at home, he listens to his heartbeat no matter what he is doing.
He used to be able to hold Mu Yanting directly, but now he can only do so as if she were stolen.
Even after he brought Mu Yan home, when the two of them were in the same space, Mu Yan rarely took the initiative to say anything to him.
"Mr. Shang, I just said I'd like to ask for half a day off this afternoon, is that alright?" Seeing that Shang Qiyue seemed to be lost in thought, the subordinate whispered a reminder, "Mr. Shang?"
Shang Qiyue snapped out of his daze, turned off the sound of Mu Yan's heartbeat in his earphones, and glanced at his subordinate who had asked for leave with a normal expression: "What's the reason?"
"I absolutely have to go to the kindergarten open day..."
The CEO looked embarrassed, seemingly aware that this wasn't a very valid reason: "Don't worry, I definitely won't let the company's business fall behind. You know my... This time it's really a bit difficult. My child has been in kindergarten for two years and I haven't been to school once. I'm really afraid that if he sees other children's parents going, it will leave him with psychological trauma..."
The CEO is a very career-driven alpha who returned to work before even finishing his honeymoon. He is a well-known workaholic at Mingkang.
There's a well-known gossip about this CEO: it's said that he was in the office working on a report during his wife's heat and couldn't go home, so another alpha temporarily marked him.
The adulterer brazenly came to his door to force him to divorce, which would normally make any alpha feel incredibly humiliated, but this subordinate calmly agreed.
As a result, the date for registering the divorce was postponed again and again, and his wife was found to be pregnant.
The omega was only temporarily marked by that alpha, so the child can only be his.
For the sake of their child, the two reconciled, and now their child is six years old.
Shang Qiyue met the child once at last year's annual meeting. The child's omega father accompanied him. The omega was gentle and reserved. The three of them stood together and looked like a happy family of three.
The child was a little sad because he didn't win any prizes, so Shang Qiyue bought him a trendy superhero transformation device.
Can having a child really turn an alpha who originally didn't care about family into this?
"...You can deduct my bonus, I know you have your difficulties..." Seeing that Shang Qiyue didn't agree for a long time, the subordinate also felt that hope was slim. "I'm sorry, Mr. Shang, for troubling you. If it doesn't work out, I'll ask my elders..."
"Will things be very different after having a child?" Shang Qiyue suddenly asked him.
The subordinate was a little stunned by his question: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Mr. Shang. I will definitely not bring this kind of emotion into my work in the future."
“I’m not angry,” Shang Qiyue interrupted him, a little annoyed. “I’m just asking you, after having a child, has your relationship with your partner improved a bit?”
The subordinate looked a little bewildered, but subconsciously nodded: "He is the child's father after all, so it's definitely different."
"Okay, I'll approve it for one day, and I won't deduct your bonus. Now that you're married, you should spend more time with your child. Just improve your work efficiency and don't affect the company. Go and prepare now. Have you applied?"
Without Shang Qiyue's approval, the subordinate dared not apply. Upon hearing Shang Qiyue's words, he quickly picked up his phone and submitted the application.
Because of his high position, the approval process was simple. It only required Shang Qiyue and the human resources department to approve it. After Shang Qiyue approved it, the head of the human resources department agreed almost instantly.
The CEO thanked Shang Qiyue repeatedly with gratitude, then jogged out of Shang Qiyue's office.
child........
Shang Qiyue watched his departing figure, lost in thought.
If Mu Yan also had children, he would definitely treat them very, very well.
Before things escalated to this point, Mu Yan would sometimes mention his little niece Jiajia, praising her for being smart and sensible, and for never scolding her even when she occasionally caused trouble.
However, Shang Qiyue did not want to devote even a little of Mu Yan's already limited attention to that child he did not know.
Mu Yan already has enough important people around him; having another child would only take away more of his energy.
That way, he'll only look at me less and less.
No, absolutely not.
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