Chapter 14
Pei Xingzhi was caught off campus in a narrow alley with hardly anyone around. Knowing he couldn't defeat the Alphas, Pei Xingzhi didn't struggle much, but instead secretly tapped his bracelet to call for help while protecting his head.
The Alphas didn't hit too hard, but Pei Xingzhi was a Beta after all, and the Alphas' idea of holding back didn't apply to him. After a few punches from the Alphas, Pei Xingzhi was in excruciating pain, and he could even taste a metallic sweetness in his throat when he gasped for breath.
Pei Xingzhi bit his lip to suppress the groan that was about to escape, curling up his body to try not to make a sound.
He lay motionless on the ground. An Alpha wearing a green short-sleeved shirt kicked his stomach, but Pei Xingzhi endured the pain and still did not react.
The Alphas had clearly never fought much, and they panicked at the sight of him. Several of the more timid ones turned to look at the tallest Alpha and spoke in trembling voices.
"Brother Gu, what should we do? Has he fainted?"
"Didn't I tell you to hold back? How did you manage to knock someone unconscious?"
Gu Xiang, with a toothpick dangling from his mouth, acted nonchalantly like a big shot behind everyone else. But when he heard that Beta had fainted, he spat out the toothpick, his arrogance vanished, and he ran to Pei Xingzhi's side with a bitter face.
Beta's eyes were tightly closed, her originally rosy lips were pale from the pain, and the fine beads of sweat on her forehead and the scratches from when she fell showed that Beta was not in good condition.
Gu Xiang swallowed hard and turned around in horror to look at his newly recruited underlings.
"What...what should we do?"
Gu Xiang's family was considered a scholarly family, and his parents usually disciplined him with various dogmas. The most outrageous thing he had ever done was spend money to buy himself a wife, only to have her run away after the wedding. He finally managed to find his wife after much effort, but before he could even find out why she had run away, this Beta snatched her away.
He just wanted to teach this Beta a lesson, but he didn't expect these people to knock him out.
"How did you manage to confuse them? Didn't I tell you to hold back?" He thought his underlings were experienced, so he waved his hand and handed over all the tasks to them, but instead he got himself into a mess.
"Didn't you tell us, Brother Gu, to teach him a lesson? We held back."
Faced with Gu Xiang's accusations, the "underlings" all looked completely innocent.
It was their first time being "underlings," and they had no idea how much force to use to discipline someone. They thought that with Gu Xiang backing them up, they didn't have many concerns about what to do. Who knew that this "boss" was actually a good-for-nothing, and when something went wrong, he even came to ask them what to do.
"Let's take him to the hospital first, just in case anything happens."
"Yes, yes, take them to the hospital!"
"No, no, we can't take him to the hospital! What if he calls the police!"
"Yes, yes, no, we can't send him to the hospital!"
The Alphas' chattering gave Pei Xingzhi a headache. Seeing that it was almost time, Pei Xingzhi stopped pretending to be unconscious, sat up and punched Gu Xiang, whose right cheek swelled up instantly.
Pei Xingzhi found the asymmetry on both sides very uncomfortable. Before Gu Xiang could recover, he punched the left side of his face to make it symmetrical.
Gu Xiang, who had just been punched twice, stood there stunned, clutching his swollen cheek, watching helplessly as the Beta who had just hit him lay back down weakly.
As soon as Pei Xingzhi's head hit the ground, a group of guards in uniform rushed over and pinned the Alphas down.
In recent years, under pressure from various social opinions, the government has established a special patrol team, primarily to protect Omegas attacked by Alphas. The government has equipped every Omega in need with a special bracelet, and the patrol team will immediately respond as soon as they send a distress signal.
Betas are also a target audience for these wristbands, but very few Betas actively apply for them. After all, the harassment of Betas by Alphas doesn't justify wasting so much police resources, and the wristbands are disposable. A wristband costing tens of thousands of yuan becomes invalid after one use. Considering the frequency with which Betas are suppressed, it would cost hundreds of thousands of yuan per week. The high price is still the main reason for their exorbitant cost.
Pei Xingzhi's phone was actually applied for by his parents on his behalf, just for checking the time. They never expected it to come in handy.
The patrol team escorted the Alphas into the police car, and Pei Xingzhi slowly woke up under the doctor's "treatment".
The patrol captain stepped forward and gave Pei Xingzhi a "friendly" greeting. Pei Xingzhi responded in kind, and when the captain asked if he wanted to go to the processing center to recount what had happened with Gu Xiang, he shrank back at just the right moment.
The patrol team recorded the entire incident, and his story today will probably be online soon. Even if the Gu family is wealthy, suppressing this kind of news will take some time.
When Pei Xingzhi arrived at the processing center with the police officers, Gu Xiang was being forced to squat in a corner. His demeanor as a young master had vanished, and he now looked like a petty hoodlum who had been arrested and sent to a detention center for making a mistake.
On the way to the police station, the officers had already told Pei Xingzhi about Gu Xiang's identity. They talked about this and that, and in the end, they were practically implying to Pei Xingzhi that it was enough to stop now, and that making a big fuss would not be good for anyone.
Pei Xingzhi pursed his lips, neither agreeing nor disagreeing. Even if he didn't want to make a big deal out of it, Gu Xiang wouldn't necessarily let him off so easily.
The spot where he was hit still ached slightly. Pei Xingzhi clutched his stomach and slowly moved to Gu Xiang's side.
Gu Xiang glared at him, then reluctantly turned his head away under the guard's gaze. Pei Xingzhi lowered his eyes in response, biting his lip and hiding behind the guard.
They dare to forcibly abduct an Omega in broad daylight; we might as well beat them up here.
He didn't want to get beaten up again.
It hurts so much.
But it turned out he had overestimated Gu Xiang's intelligence. Gu Xiang may have a fierce appearance, but his intelligence was also directly linked to his brain. The guard didn't question him much before Gu Xiang clearly explained the whole story of how he hit Pei Xingzhi.
After hearing his words, Pei Xingzhi and the guard exchanged a glance, seeing the same shock and speechlessness in each other's eyes.
He spent 900,000 yuan to buy himself a "wife," but after receiving the money, she turned her back on him and ran away. He studied hard in the last six months of his senior year of high school, and with his family's considerable financial support, he successfully gained admission to his "wife's" university. Just when he finally found his "wife," she was kidnapped by a Beta.
Pei Xingzhi's lips twitched. If he understood correctly, the "wife" Gu Xiang was referring to should be Zhuang Xiaoyue.
Zhuang Xiaoyue?
A "wife" bought with money?
How exactly are these two words put together?
"Officer, buying and selling Omegas is illegal, isn't it?" The matter was too complicated, and Pei Xingzhi didn't know what to say for a moment.
The police officer glanced at him, unsure how to express his feelings at that moment.
When I was on the phone earlier, my colleague said that this young master Gu was a bit silly, but I didn't quite grasp it until now.
If beating a Beta only resulted in a few days of detention, then buying and selling Omegas was enough for him to secure a stable government job. This young master Gu had casually gotten himself into jail.
"Pei, do you intend to continue pursuing this matter?"
The police officer looked at Pei Xingzhi. Judging from what this Beta had just said, he probably wouldn't let Gu Xiang go so easily. They could arrest the Gu family members, but there would definitely be all sorts of trouble afterward.
It's better to avoid trouble. If the young people can give in, things will be much easier for them.
Pei Xingzhi didn't need to bother listening to the threat in the police officer's tone anymore. Since things had come to this point, if Pei Xingzhi continued to pursue the matter, he would definitely be implicated.
He himself didn't care, but since this matter involved Zhuang Xiaoyue, Pei Xingzhi was a little unsure of what to do. If the investigation went on and it implicated him, things would get complicated.
Pei Xingzhi voluntarily gave up the pursuit, and Gu Xiang and the others were released after being given a lecture.
After that incident, Gu Xiang seemed to have learned his lesson. Although he would occasionally appear in front of them, he never laid a hand on them. He only came to warn Pei Xingzhi not to have any ulterior motives towards Zhuang Xiaoyue.
Although they don't hit people, being constantly harassed is quite annoying. Every time they catch him, they nag him for at least two hours. Pei Xingzhi usually avoids them.
Pei Xingzhi had been wanting to find Zhuang Xiaoyue to find out the whole story, but he didn't know how to bring it up. As time went by, Pei Xingzhi deliberately ignored the matter.
He was the one who spent his days with Zhuang Xiaoyue, and he didn't believe that Zhuang Xiaoyue was the kind of person who would run away with the money. Even if she were, she must have some kind of hardship, otherwise she wouldn't be living in such dire straits now.
After that, Xie Nanyi began to harass Pei Xingzhi. Pei Xingzhi was already preoccupied with his own problems, so he had even less energy to be distracted by Zhuang Xiaoyue's affairs.
It was during class time, and there weren't too many people coming and going outside, but if Xie Nanyi carried Pei Xingzhi downstairs, she would inevitably be seen by quite a few people. Xie Nanyi herself didn't care, but Pei Xingzhi was very concerned about his image. Xie Nanyi hesitated for a moment before carrying him into the dormitory's common tea room.
The dormitory was fully equipped with all kinds of supplies, and few people would come here at this time of day, so Pei Xingzhi would not be seen by anyone here.
Xie Nanyi placed Pei Xingzhi on the sofa. The aftereffects of her pheromones were still lingering, and Pei Xingzhi's body was still trembling slightly. Xie Nanyi tried to soothe him with her own pheromones, but the effect was minimal.
"Thank you..." Pei Xingzhi crossed his arms defensively and whispered his thanks to Xie Nanyi.
"Do you need me to call a medical professional?"
"No need." Pei Xingzhi shook his head, his lowered eyes concealing his current emotions. "Can we not tell anyone what happened today?"
"Okay." Xie Nanyi agreed readily. Pei Xingzhi didn't want to pursue the matter, and as an outsider, he didn't need to bother to make himself disliked.
"Can I have some time to myself?"
Xie Nanyi sat beside him, showing no intention of leaving. Pei Xingzhi was very unhappy, but he didn't want to reveal his vulnerability to Xie Nanyi.
"I'll go buy you something to eat." Xie Nan understood and made an excuse to get up and leave.
Pei Xingzhi was the only one left in the tea room. He got up and walked to the window. The stuffy air rushed in and quickly evaporated the tears on his face.
Was it unexpected that things developed between him and Zhuang Xiaoyue like this?
It seems not.
He simply refused to believe that Zhuang Xiaoyue, whom he considered to be in a weaker position, would treat him in this way.
He thought he and the other person were good friends, but it turned out to be just wishful thinking on his part.
A note from the author:
It's not that I'm stupid or anything, it's just that I sometimes get confused when I'm involved.
Xiao Zhi truly treated him as a friend.
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