After Getting Pregnant, I’m Divorcing My Alpha - Chapter 12

An Xiangdi had originally planned to take advantage of his free schedule and rest at home for a few days after returning to Zongming City. However, before he even boarded the plane, he was bombarded with messages in the crew group chat.

Makeup artist Xiao Jia: What’s going on? Why is our crew trending?

Extra actor Xiao Yi: Seems like it’s about retweeting the Weibo post.

Editor Xiaodong: Huh? What retweet?

Director Cao Xuan: If you want to gossip, go check Weibo. And focus on your work!

Editor Xiaodong: Got it, coming right away! Director Cao, please don’t be angry!

After Cao Xuan’s intervention, the crew group chat quieted down for a while. An Xiangdi’s curiosity was piqued, but not enough to check Weibo just yet.

It wasn’t until Xiao Gu, sitting next to him, whispered, “Teacher An, the situation on Weibo isn’t looking good. They’re saying you and Teacher Shen didn’t retweet the official wrap-up celebration post,” that he took notice.

An Xiangdi let out an “Ah,” his slender, pale fingers swiping open the screen as he clicked into the trending hashtag #Wrap-Up Weibo for ‘Hidden Eyes’# to take a look.

The topic had started trending the night before. After the wrap-up party, some minor supporting roles still had scenes to reshoot. Once Director Cao Xuan finished filming with the minor actors, the crew’s publicity team finally posted the group photo taken during the wrap-up on the official Weibo account.

After that, almost every actor with a named role in the drama retweeted the wrap-up post except for An Xiangdi and Shen Xiao.

Shen Xiao was genuinely busy. After flying out of Hangnan City yesterday, he had seamlessly moved on to shooting an advertisement. An Xiangdi, on the other hand, had just gone through his estrus cycle and was still feeling the lingering fatigue.

When the two leads still hadn’t retweeted the post after a night, the originally promotional trending topic, fueled by certain marketing accounts, gradually shifted into speculation among netizens about whether the two leads had a strained relationship with the crew. It even escalated to reviving old rumors of discord, with onlookers clearly enjoying the drama.

An Xiangdi propped his chin on one hand and, adhering to the principle of not causing trouble for the crew, casually hit the retweet button.

Immediately after, he switched to Shen Xiao’s Weibo account and retweeted the same post with identical wording.

Having done all this, An Xiangdi pulled down his eye mask and quickly drifted off to catch up on sleep.

Meanwhile, in the trending topic, CP fans had already gone wild over his actions.

Everyday Sugar Fan Girl: Posting one after the other, same wording, same client did they sleep together last night?

Cough, cough, cough: Sis, your account’s gonna get banned, lol.

Peach Oolong: I don’t care, I’m shipping it -v-

Toothache Jun: So sweet it hurts, qwq

By the time An Xiangdi got off the plane, the trending topic had already disappeared from the list. It was likely that Shen Xiao’s team had seen it and suppressed it directly.

Although he had no immediate schedule, An Xiangdi wasn’t idle at home. The new song he had recorded before the New Year had a lengthy production process and wasn’t released until mid-March. It was still topping domestic music charts and had gained some international recognition.

The success of the song led to numerous music programs extending olive branches to him, many of them bypassing his agent to negotiate directly with him.

An Xiangdi chose a high-quality, widely popular music show and signed the contract. After that, he holed up at home writing songs.

On April 20th, An Xiangdi went to Cisheng Magazine to shoot the cover for the May issue. On his way back, Xiao Gu informed him that he needed to go to the company.

“Brother Li said you should go there to record the song,” Xiao Gu showed An Xiangdi the message on his phone.

An Xiangdi couldn’t be bothered to spare a glance. “Let’s go.”

Xiao Gu instinctively put away his phone. “I heard they hired a pretty decent producer this time.”

An Xiangdi had little faith in the agency and kept his head lowered as he replied to Shen Xiao’s message.

Xiao Xiao: I’ll pick you up at your company tonight.
Dizi: Why?
Xiao Xiao: Let’s go out for dinner.
Dizi: ?
Dizi: What’s the occasion?
Xiao Xiao: I miss you.

His thumb rested on the screen for a long moment before An Xiangdi slowly sent a reply.

Dizi: [Eye-roll.gif]

Yet the corners of his mouth lifted in a smile.

Upon arriving at the company, An Xiangdi headed straight to the recording studio on the 30th floor.

Royal Film and Television had originally focused solely on film and television productions and was a complete novice in music. After attempting to mimic other companies for a while with little success, it wasn’t until An Xiangdi joined that the company truly established what they called a “singer system.” So, despite the company’s harsh treatment of him, they still provided him with his own recording studio.

Small as it was, it had everything he needed.

Whenever An Xiangdi was in a bad mood, he liked to immerse himself there, tinkering with the equipment and instruments.

But today, when he entered the studio, he noticed several unfamiliar devices and an unfamiliar face young, attractive, and refined.

“Come over,” Li Guan said, barely glancing at him.

He acted as the intermediary. “This is An Xiangdi. An Xiangdi, this is your junior, Zhao Zeyun. He’ll be observing during your recording session today.”

“Hello, Teacher An.”

“Why?”

The two spoke almost simultaneously. An Xiangdi shot Zhao Zeyun an annoyed look, instinctively disliking him.

Zhao Zeyun, who wasn’t very tall, didn’t seem embarrassed by An Xiangdi’s question and maintained his smile.

“Zhao Zeyun is very talented in music. At just eighteen, he’s already graduated from Bowen Music College, a top-tier music institution. He’ll be learning from you for a while to prepare for his debut album,” Li Guan said, his nose practically in the air, as if he were the one about to debut.

“You won’t learn anything from me.” An Xiangdi’s father was a classical music researcher, and his mother was a pianist. Growing up in a musical family, he had been immersed in music from a young age. As a naturally gifted singer, he could effortlessly compose flawless melodies. Yet his music sometimes had an unconventional edge, blending elements of electronic music something not easily taught or learned.

This time, before Li Guan could speak, Zhao Zeyun spoke up first, “Let’s give it a try. Whether it’s the songs or the spirit behind composing them.”

An Xiangdi shot him a sidelong glance, then pushed the door open and entered the recording booth.

He always recorded songs in one take. No matter how much others disliked his arrogant demeanor, they couldn’t deny his talent and genius in music.

A three-and-a-half-minute song An Xiangdi didn’t waste a single second, finishing it flawlessly in one go.

“Did you learn anything?” An Xiangdi took a sip of water and looked at Zhao Zeyun.

Zhao Zeyun, who had been confident and rosy cheeked earlier, now looked pale and utterly defeated.

An Xiangdi repeated what he had said at the beginning, “I told you, you won’t learn anything from me.”

Li Guan, feeling sorry for Zhao Zeyun and despite his fear of An Xiangdi, raised his voice, “An Xiangdi, can’t you speak nicely to an Omega? Do you always have to be so confrontational?”

“No wonder, a fair, tender, and obedient Omega was he somehow clashing with this type lately?”

“Sexist? Did an Alpha offend you?” An Xiangdi had one hand in his pocket, his temper flaring from the retort. “Or… are you reaching above your station?”

“You!”

An Xiangdi was tired of seeing him stubbornly put on a brave face and didn’t want to stay in the same room with them any longer. “Xiao Gu, let’s go.”

“Ah! Okay!” Over time, even without knowing the full story, Xiao Gu could tell Li Guan was deliberately making things difficult for An Xiangdi. The respect he once had for Li Guan when he first started the job had completely worn off.

Watching the two walk away, Li Guan shamelessly asked, “Young master, why bother talking to him at all? Just blacklist him or find some excuse to make him pay the penalty. How many contract violations has he committed so far?”

“That wouldn’t be any fun,” Zhao Zeyun’s originally handsome face twisted with a hint of malice. “Shouldn’t we at least let him learn a thing or two first?”

After leaving the Royal Film and Television building, An Xiangdi found an empty corner seat in the coffee shop across the street.

Xiao Gu knew that Shen Xiao would be coming to pick up An Xiangdi soon and hesitated about whether to leave first.

“Sit, have a coffee,” An Xiangdi said, beckoning the waiter and ordering two mochas.

Xiao Gu held his coffee cup silently, thinking An Xiangdi was in a bad mood. But after pondering how to comfort him and looking up again, he heard “good, amazing” repeatedly An Xiangdi was playing a match-3 game.

“Um… Teacher An.”

“Hmm?” An Xiangdi grunted in response.

“Should I go first? Teacher Shen will be here soon, and I’d just be in the way.” Xiao Gu was self-aware enough not to want to be a third wheel.

“Sure, I just wanted to treat you to coffee,” An Xiangdi replied without looking up.

Xiao Gu felt puzzled. After leaving the coffee shop, he stared at his coffee for a long time before belatedly realizing that the proud Teacher An might actually be thanking him.

Hah! He must be overthinking it.

When An Xiangdi reached level 888 in the game, Shen Xiao arrived. Dressed in a white jacket, he contrasted sharply with An Xiangdi’s all-black outfit today.

“What’s wrong?” Shen Xiao noticed An Xiangdi’s mood as soon as he arrived.

“Let’s go eat,” An Xiangdi replied without answering, putting away his phone and heading out.

“What happened this afternoon?” Shen Xiao frowned.

An Xiangdi shot him a sidelong glance. “Don’t want to talk about it.”

“Was there someone else in the recording studio? Maybe it’s going to be shared with others?” Shen Xiao guessed correctly right away.

An Xiangdi found it unbelievable. “Are you the worm in my stomach?”

“Yes,” Shen Xiao said, taking An Xiangdi’s wrist and leading him into the car. “I’ve told you before change agencies. I’ll help you arrange it.”

“No,” An Xiangdi was stubborn. Besides, Shen Xiao’s idea of “arranging” probably involved using his father’s connections, and Shen Xiao didn’t get along well with his father. An Xiangdi didn’t see this as helping himself only as causing trouble for Shen Xiao. “Once this new song is released, I’ll file for contract termination.”

“The penalty fee.”

“I’ll cover it. I have enough for that,” An Xiangdi said. The moment an outsider stepped into his private recording studio today, he’d already decided to terminate the contract. Who couldn’t throw money at a problem?

“Mm,” Shen Xiao pressed his lips together, his expression dark and unreadable, lost in thought.

Pulling the car out of the parking space, An Xiangdi spotted Zhao Zeyun from afar through the window and called out to Shen Xiao, “Hey, do you know that guy?”

“Don’t know him.” Shen Xiao glanced over but had no recollection at all.

“Seems like he’s my unwanted admirer,” An Xiangdi said, propping his chin on his hand, a teasing tone in his voice.

Zhao Zeyun was nothing but a greenhorn in his eyes, pretending to be well-behaved while likely scheming up several ways to cause trouble for him.

As for why he wanted to cause trouble could it be because An Xiangdi was just too handsome?

Shen Xiao’s grip on the steering wheel tightened abruptly, and he slammed on the brakes, completely interrupting An Xiangdi’s train of thought.

Unbuckling his seatbelt, Shen Xiao leaned in close to An Xiangdi. “What did you just say? Say it again.”

“He’s my unwanted admirer,” An Xiangdi repeated, a mischievous glint in his eyes as he took in Shen Xiao’s flustered expression. “What? Are you jealous? I ”

Before he could finish, Shen Xiao cut him off with a fierce, overwhelming kiss.

An Xiangdi’s eyes reddened at the corners, his consciousness growing hazy as Shen Xiao released a potent wave of brandy pheromones to dominate him.

Just as An Xiangdi felt dizzy from the intensity of the kiss, Shen Xiao pressed his thumb firmly against the gland on An Xiangdi’s neck, which had already been bitten countless times.

“Will you dare spout nonsense like that again?”

When An Xiangdi’s vision finally cleared, he stared at Shen Xiao’s domineeringly handsome face and cursed inwardly.

Damn, his Alpha was so damn hot!