After a Real Person Plays the Protagonist of an Anguish Novel [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 31

Chapter 31: Housewife 31

The incident of Shen Mingzheng’s pheromone loss of control actually made the social news, sparking widespread panic regarding S-class Alphas.

The amusement park had a high density of visitors, including both adults and children. Many people were affected, and footage of Shen Mingzheng’s loss of control was captured and uploaded by onlookers.

In the video, his eyes were bloodshot; he was at the peak of rage and the depths of sorrow. He looked like a maddened beast, and the surrounding Omegas and Alphas were all caught in the wake of his pheromones.

Soon, Shen Mingzheng was trending on the hot search list. He was already a highly recognizable figure, having trended not long ago. The heat from the scandal involving the top influencer being a “third party” hadn’t even faded before the Alpha protagonist was in trouble again.

The comment section was filled with cold mockery and panic about S-class Alphas losing control:

“Hahaha, this must be retribution. What’s wrong, “ex-husband bro”? You lost your wife and now you can’t even manage your own pheromones.”

“Looking at the video, it seems his ex-wife has a new partner and he got triggered. Hahahaha!”

“@RelevantDepartments, can you protect the safety of us ordinary citizens and strengthen the management of S-class Alphas?”

“Retribution came so fast, hahaha!”

“His mental state looks worrying. It’s hard to be sure there won’t be a second time he loses control on the street.”

Shen Mingzheng was admitted to the hospital—the same private hospital as Shen Zeqi, in an adjacent ward.

Compared to Shen Zeqi’s side, which was bustling with both parents accompanying him, Shen Mingzheng’s room was exceptionally cold and cheerless. His parents had settled the legal matters for him; otherwise, he might not be in a private hospital right now, but rather in an Alpha Management Center, where high-level Alphas who pose a danger to society are confined.

If he were sent there, he would face not only a pheromone status assessment but also a physical evaluation and a psychiatric appraisal. Even if nothing were found wrong, he wouldn’t be able to leave anytime soon.

Entering such a place was essentially synonymous with being labeled “dangerous.” Wealthy families like the Shens would never allow their children to be sent there. It wouldn’t just damage the family reputation; it would lead the outside world to speculate about genetic defects, which would significantly impact inheritance and marriage alliances.

Shen Mingzheng lay on the hospital bed. He had been injected with sedatives and suppressants. He felt hollowed out, lying still and weak, quiet on the outside but burning as if roasted by fire on the inside.

Images of Tang Yiqing flashed repeatedly in his mind: the bite mark on the back of his neck, the scent of another Alpha on his body. Every time he remembered, it was like a knife carving into his heart. Tang Yiqing had another Alpha! He had someone else!

He wanted to roar, to vent; his blood was boiling, yet he could only lie on the bed, lacking even the strength to move. This sensation was torturing him to the point of madness; it was truly a fate worse than death.

At this moment, Lin Ruizhi, having finished looking after Shen Zeqi, finally appeared in Shen Mingzheng’s ward. Seeing her younger son’s decadent state, there was no pity on her face; instead, her expression grew several degrees colder.

“Do you have any idea how bad the impact of this incident is?” She sat on the chair by the bed and placed the food she brought on the metal bedside cabinet. “Look at how much trouble you’ve caused lately.”

Shen Mingzheng looked at her, his eyes growing redder until tears finally spilled out. “Mom, Tang Yiqing… Tang Yiqing has another Alpha…”

Lin Ruizhi’s body stiffened for a moment. She avoided Shen Mingzheng’s gaze. “So be it. Aren’t you two already divorced?”

Hearing this, Shen Mingzheng suddenly became agitated. He struggled to sit up, but the bed only creaked loudly; he remained unable to lift himself.

“Mom! Our cooling-off period isn’t even over yet!” Shen Mingzheng shouted. “I don’t want to divorce him! I still want to live with him!”

Lin Ruizhi frowned slightly. Her face remained cold and indifferent as always, tinged with a hint of impatience. “Then what were you doing before? Your father and I advised you more than once, didn’t we? We told you to be better to him, told you to share a bed with him—did you listen to any of it? If you had listened even a little, things wouldn’t have turned out like this!”

Shen Mingzheng’s body flopped agitatedly, but then he suddenly seemed to lose his strength and collapsed back onto the bed. Those words were like a sharp sword piercing his heart. Yes… that was exactly how it was…

Not only had his parents advised him, but he had still walked step by step into this current predicament. He had awakened too late… This time, he had no defense.

But he was so sad, so aggrieved—why couldn’t his mother comfort him? Instead, she used his past mistakes to silence him. Why was she so cold?

Tears slid from the corners of Shen Mingzheng’s eyes. This was the first time he had cried since reaching adulthood, and he cried a lot. The stifling depression in his chest made it almost impossible to breathe.

“Mom, stop talking. I want to live a good life with him now,” Shen Mingzheng said.

Lin Ruizhi didn’t want to look at Shen Mingzheng anymore. At this moment, she felt she had truly given birth to an incredibly stupid son. What kind of person is unwilling when someone wants to live a good life with them, only to realize the truth too late after the other person has fled?

More than once, she wanted to spit out that one word: idiot.

A big idiot and a little idiot—both of them were idiots!

If it were the past, she might have said a few words of encouragement to get him to try again. But now, she couldn’t say it. Furthermore, there was absolutely no possibility left between her younger son and Tang Yiqing.

“Didn’t you say he has an Alpha? Since he already has a partner, I advise you to just let go. Let’s have an amicable parting,” Lin Ruizhi spoke icily. She continued, “You should start a new life and forget him. You can’t go back. There are so many suitable Omegas in the social circle…”

Listening to Lin Ruizhi’s words, Shen Mingzheng’s heart wouldn’t stop aching, as if a dull knife were grinding back and forth. He wanted to escape this pain and suddenly said loudly and firmly, ” I only want him!”

Lin Ruizhi stiffened. Her hands on her lap clenched tightly, and her shoulders trembled with restraint. A surge of anger rushed up, giving her the urge to slap him twice, but she ultimately suppressed it with effort, swallowing the caustic words in her throat.

If Shen Mingzheng weren’t lying on a hospital bed, she really would have hit him. Her mind was screaming: So stupid, so stupid, so stupid!

She asked herself once again: why did she have such foolish children?

“You certainly are confident.” Lin Ruizhi restrained herself, taking a deep breath, and said softly, “Eat.”

Just then, Shen Mingzheng’s phone suddenly chimed. He hurriedly reached out for it. He had just seen Tang Yiqing; it was very likely him!

When he got the phone and saw the name, a joyful smile immediately appeared on his face. But when he opened the chat interface, he found that Tang Yiqing had sent him a file.

He opened it with some confusion, and immediately saw content that he found unbelievable. The further he scrolled down, the paler his face became, and his fingers began to tremble.

Lin Ruizhi noticed something was wrong. The pheromones in the room were spiking rapidly. Shen Mingzheng’s pheromones, which the doctor had just managed to bring under control, were showing signs of another imminent loss of control.

At this moment, Shen Mingzheng was shaking all over, as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. “How… how could this be!!!”

“What’s wrong? What is it now?” Lin Ruizhi asked anxiously.

Shen Mingzheng didn’t speak for a long time. Suddenly, he sprawled on the bed as if he were dead.

“I blamed him wrongly…” Shen Mingzheng’s eyes were vacant as he murmured to himself, unsure whether to cry or laugh. “So it really wasn’t him. I was played.”

“I’m so fucking stupid! It really wasn’t him!” Shen Mingzheng felt the blood rush to his head. His whole body was shaking.

Lin Ruizhi was bewildered at his side. Then she noticed he was starting to have a nosebleed and was about to lose control again. She hurriedly called for a doctor.

“It’s over… everything is over. Mother, it’s over, I’m finished…” Shen Mingzheng’s mind was filled with helplessness and terror. “Four whole years… he won’t forgive me. Mother! He won’t forgive me!”

Shen Mingzheng suddenly grabbed Lin Ruizhi’s hand. “Mother, do you think he will still forgive me?”

Lin Ruizhi had no idea what he was talking about; she only saw his bloodshot eyes and near-neurotic state. “What is wrong with you!”

Shen Mingzheng’s body trembled even more, as if unable to contain the emotions within. If he had discovered the truth earlier, they wouldn’t have reached this point. But Tang Yiqing chose this exact moment to send him the truth…

With a slap, Shen Mingzheng hit himself. With another slap, he hit himself again…

It was all his fault. If he hadn’t been so arbitrary back then, if he had investigated the truth of that year earlier, he and Tang Yiqing wouldn’t have ended up like this. It was all his fault!

No wonder Tang Yiqing wouldn’t forgive him; even he himself couldn’t forgive himself!

In a short while, Shen Mingzheng’s face was swollen, as if he had put all his strength into punishing himself. Lin Ruizhi tried to stop him. Shen Mingzheng’s expression was full of extreme hatred; he gritted his teeth, hating himself and hating the perpetrator.

The fury of being toyed with and the remorse of learning the truth flooded his mind, burning his insides. Before the doctor arrived, he could no longer hold on and fainted.

Tang Yiqing and Shen Shuowen’s lives had gotten on the right track. Every day was similar, but it felt filled with anticipation and happiness.

In the evening, after Tang Yiqing coaxed Tang Siwen to sleep, he was about to set the fairy tale book aside when a warm body embraced him from behind.

At the amusement park, the little guy had been quite frightened, fearing someone would snatch him away. For the past two days, he couldn’t fall asleep without hearing a story.

Fortunately, everything had stabilized now. He would slowly teach Tang Siwen, giving him a sense of security and love—lots and lots of love.

As he was looking tenderly at the child’s sleeping face, a hot breath brushed past his ear, and kisses fell one after another on the back of his neck. Shen Shuowen’s usually calm and restrained voice carried a trace of moisture: “Wife…”

His hand moved up from Tang Yiqing’s soft stomach, kneading skillfully, while the other hand moved downward.

Tang Yiqing’s body tensed and arched. His fingers gripped the book tightly, his knuckles turning white. Finally, he slumped weakly onto the bed, his breathing unsteady. He hurriedly patted Shen Shuowen’s hand, not daring to speak loudly for fear of waking the child. “Don’t wake the child… not here…”

He didn’t know what was wrong with Shen Shuowen. Ever since they moved in together, he wanted to do this with him all the time. He used to look so calm and abstinent, but now… he was beginning to wonder if the man had a sex addiction.

Shen Shuowen picked him up with one arm while Tang Yiqing wrapped his arms tightly around the man’s neck. He supported his hip with one hand and opened the door with the other.

As they came out, Shen Shuowen couldn’t help but offer a suggestion: “Siwen should have his own room now.”

Tang Yiqing immediately disagreed. “No, he still feels very insecure. He needs his daddy and mommy to sleep with him.”

Shen Shuowen thinned his lips and said nothing more for a while. Then he said, “I just think it’s a bit awkward to be caught by a child.”

Tang Yiqing’s face flushed hot. He buried his face in Shen Shuowen’s shoulder and whispered, “That… that’s your fault. Just don’t do it again after we go back to the master bedroom.”

Shen Shuowen said solemnly, “I can’t help it.”

Tang Yiqing: “…”

He really hadn’t realized Shen Shuowen was like this.

The Shen Shuowen who appeared upright and serious on the outside was actually a “lustful demon” in private—this was the nickname Tang Yiqing had given him in his heart.

After all, what decent person would specifically design a room just for that purpose? The bed, the decor, the lighting—everything had been adjusted to create the ideal atmosphere for the act.

Shen Shuowen laid Tang Yiqing on the bed and began to kiss him, his warm, rough hands slipping inside his clothes…

Just as the atmosphere was perfect and they were about to enter the main theme, Tang Yiqing’s phone suddenly rang. Shen Shuowen told him to ignore it, and he didn’t want to answer either, but the phone kept ringing.

He reached out to take the phone from the bedside table. He paused when he saw the display—it was a call from Shen Mingzheng. He instinctively looked at Shen Shuowen and saw the other man’s face tighten slightly.

“Answer it,” Shen Shuowen said.

Tang Yiqing naturally had to answer. His Satisfactory Level had been soaring lately; he didn’t know how Shen Mingzheng was doing, only that he was continuously increasing the score.

He answered. The other side was very quiet, with only the faint sound of hurried breathing.

“Hello,” Tang Yiqing spoke.

Shen Mingzheng took a sharp breath. At this moment, he was looking at the bright moon outside the window, sitting on the edge of his hospital bed again.

Successive pheromone losses of control had left his mental state in poor condition, and his head throbbed painfully. After coming out of the emergency room, he felt as if he had been drained dry.

He made this call with a heart full of trepidation. Amidst the violent thumping of his heart, Tang Yiqing answered. He felt an almost uncontrollable joy, but that feeling immediately subsided into anxiety.

“Yiqing…” He only realized how raspy his voice was once he spoke.

There was no sound from Tang Yiqing’s side. Shen Mingzheng said, “I’m sorry… I blamed you wrongly.”

His words were pale and weak. A single “I’m sorry” couldn’t offset so many years of misunderstanding. But since he couldn’t even see Tang Yiqing’s face right now, he could only offer a dry apology.

Tang Yiqing still said nothing. Shen Mingzheng’s hand gripping the phone tightened. “Yiqing, let me compensate you. My real estate, my fortune—you can have as much as you want…”

Before he could finish, Tang Yiqing spoke. His tone was level, devoid of his past emotions. “No need. It’s not necessary. No compensation is needed.”

Shen Mingzheng’s heart suddenly contracted, as if squeezed by a hand. “Yiqing, will you forgive me? I really know I was wrong… What do you want? As long as it’s within my power, I will satisfy you…”

Before he could finish, he was interrupted by Tang Yiqing. At this moment, Tang Yiqing was leaning relaxedly against the headboard with Shen Shuowen beside him. He had been pulled into the other’s embrace, so he leaned lazily against his chest.

“No need, it’s not necessary. I forgive you,” Tang Yiqing said calmly. He truly didn’t need anything now.

He didn’t know why, but the system hadn’t judged his plot as having gone off track. His character consistency was at 100%, and the Satisfactory Level was constantly increasing. Reaching 100% was only a matter of time.

So he guessed that even if the plot hadn’t followed the intended direction, it was still considered valid. This meant that whether it was Tang Yiqing playing the role of the tragic protagonist or himself, they would both make the same choice.

To completely give up on Shen Mingzheng.

Because he was very happy now, he was able to let go of the past. His heart was currently free of ripples; Shen Mingzheng could no longer stir any emotional fluctuations in him.

Therefore, it wasn’t a matter of forgiveness, but simply that Tang Yiqing wanted to live a simple, happy life now.

Hearing that he had been forgiven, Shen Mingzheng was almost ecstatic, yet a deep sense of panic and unease lurked in his heart, which he ignored in a fit of escapism.

“Really, Yiqing! You’ve forgiven me!” Shen Mingzheng said joyfully. “I’ll go find you right now, okay?”

Tang Yiqing frowned slightly. He looked at Shen Shuowen next to him. The man’s deep eyes were also looking at him, seemingly waiting for his answer.

“No need. I don’t want to see you. Don’t ever come looking for me again,” Tang Yiqing said. His tone was very peaceful, as if he had gained enough security during this period. “I am with my Alpha. It wouldn’t be appropriate to see you again.”

After he spoke, there was a long silence on the other end. Shen Mingzheng froze in place, his mouth slightly open, appearing to repeat Tang Yiqing’s words over and over. The phone almost slipped from his hand.

“You… who is he!” Shen Mingzheng asked, repeating the question almost neurotically. “Who is he? How can you be with another Alpha… how can you…”

Tang Yiqing ignored his mumbling. Shen Mingzheng paced on the spot, almost not knowing what he should do. Suddenly, a hateful and repressed expression appeared on his face. “Our divorce cooling-off period isn’t even over and you already have a new Alpha. Tang Yiqing, you cheated long ago, didn’t you!”

Tang Yiqing’s brow furrowed tightly. He thought for a moment and then narrated in a flat tone, “I don’t know if it counts as cheating within the marriage. That day you called me to the bar… By the way, you should have seen the file I sent you; it has a detailed timeline. That day I was drugged and felt something was wrong. After I went out, an Alpha followed me. I called you, but you didn’t answer. It was my Alpha who saved me; he gave me a temporary mark.”

Shen Mingzheng froze, his mouth agape in shock. He couldn’t help but mutter, “You called… I didn’t answer… you called…”

He suddenly remembered that he indeed had a call from Tang Yiqing that night, but it had been hung up by He Chenguang…

At this moment, Shen Mingzheng felt a heart-piercing pain that made it impossible to stand straight. Tears fell silently one by one.

Tang Yiqing’s voice rang out again. At this moment, his hand was being held by Shen Shuowen, who seemed to be comforting him, telling him not to be afraid even when recalling the past.

Tang Yiqing smiled at him and then continued, “Also… it was the night you tried to force yourself on me. You induced my heat. That night, I completely became one with my Alpha.”

As the last few words fell, Shen Mingzheng had already fallen to his knees. He felt a sweet, metallic taste in his throat. In fact, he had faintly guessed it was that day, but when Tang Yiqing actually said it, he still felt a pain—a pain that reached his soul, followed by irremediable regret.

How could such a miserable feeling exist in the world? In all his years of living, he had finally experienced it.

So he was the one who pushed Tang Yiqing toward another Alpha time and time after again. It was all his doing. He wanted to laugh now but couldn’t; tears blurred his eyes.

He was truly the world’s greatest fool. It was all his own doing; he was reaping what he sowed.

His suppressed emotions finally spiraled out of control, and faint sobbing sounds could be heard. Just then, he heard a sharp intake of breath from Tang Yiqing through the receiver.

Then came his voice: “Don’t… don’t mess around…”

The call hung up at that moment. Tang Yiqing was with his current Alpha.

The phone finally slipped from his hand and hit the floor. He let out a faint wail, and finally unable to control himself, he began to roar with repressed agony. He could no longer bear those emotions; nothing could withstand his current suffering…

At that moment, his door was kicked open with a loud “bang.” Shen Zeqi rushed in and immediately kicked him, knocking him straight to the floor.

“What the fuck are you howling for! Are you going to let people sleep or what!!” Shen Zeqi was furious, like an out-of-control madman. “F*ck you, why haven’t you died yet!”

After being kicked several times, Shen Mingzheng finally realized he had to resist. He needed a vent right now—whether it was being hit or hitting someone, he needed an outlet.

The two were soon fighting each other. Lin Ruizhi rushed over, feeling utterly powerless.

One by one, they were losing their minds. The Shen family had three children in total; the other one better not go crazy too!

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