After Wife B Is Obsessively Pampered by the Dominant Alpha A - Chapter 2

Hearing that the guest in the Black Gold VIP room was looking for a beta, all the waiters, bartenders, and resident singers in the bar went all out, hoping to seize the opportunity to get close to the big boss.

The pheromone scent in the private room had been evacuated by the ventilation system. All the betas in the bar stood in rows in front of Si Tujing, their eyes filled with flattery and cunning.

Si Tujing took out a small pendant, the red bead swinging slightly, “Whose is this?”

“Mine.”

“Mine!”

“Nonsense, my mother bought this for me, it’s a cinnabar bead for safety.”

…

Si Tujing was too lazy to smell the back of each of their necks for the scent of the pheromone he had left behind. He pinched the small pendant in his palm and slowly said, “This beta electrocuted me twice with a stun gun. I’m looking for him to settle the score.”

This time, no one dared to falsely claim it. There was dead silence.

The bar manager retrieved the surveillance footage and handed the tablet to Si Tujing, “Mr. Si Tu, several people passed by your private room on the monitor. The person who went in was our temporary substitute singer. Look, was it him who electrocuted you?”

Si Tujing watched the boy in a shirt stagger down the hallway, push open the private room door… half an hour later, he ran out of the room towards the exit.

“It was him.”

“Alright, we’ll immediately find a few people who spoke with Bai Yu and look for where he lives.”

“Wait a minute.” Si Tujing rewound the surveillance.

The boy walked very quickly, with unsteady steps, seemingly trying to avoid someone, which was why he stumbled into his private room. Not long after, two men loitered at the private room door for a while, one of them wearing an Armani eagle jacket.

Si Tujing’s eyes darkened, “Who is he?”

The bar manager looked, “That is… a regular customer of our bar, named Cui Che.”

Secretary Zhou, standing next to his boss, added, “Cui Wenhua’s son, the steel cable magnate. He canceled his engagement with the Wu family after a motorcycle accident three years ago.”

Si Tujing sneered, “So it’s that sterilized scallion-flavored alpha.”

Secretary Zhou stifled a laugh, having to admit that his boss’s description was brilliant.

Cui Che’s pheromone was scallion-flavored, similar to the smell of garlic. You could occasionally smell a bit when you ran into Cui Che.

There were two or three people in the room snickering, and the bar manager glared at them.

Si Tujing asked, “Does Cui Che know him?”

Bar Manager: “Uh…”

A waiter stepped forward, “Bai Yu was trying to curry favor with Cui Che because he was rich and drank with him, but he ran off when he couldn’t afford the drinks anymore.”

Si Tujing pinched the small pendant, “Is that so?”

*

Bai Yu returned to his rented apartment on the Third Ring Road in a daze, his eyelids twitching.

He checked the bite mark on the back of his neck in the mirror. The canines had left two dark red, circular wounds, in addition to hickeys left by suction.

Looking further down, Bai Yu noticed that the small pendant he was wearing was gone.

His mother had bought the small pendant for Bai Yu a long time ago, and he had worn it for a long time. Bai Yu searched the room but couldn’t find it.

Did it fall off when that alpha bit him?

It was already two o’clock in the morning, and the bar had closed.

Bai Yu scratched his head. Luckily, he didn’t have a part-time job tomorrow. He would go look for it in the afternoon when the bar opened, hoping the cleaning lady hadn’t thrown it away.

*

After a night’s sleep, Bai Yu went to the hospital early to visit his younger sister, Bai Li.

Bai Li had just returned to the ward after chemotherapy. Her face was very pale, and the striped patient uniform hung loosely on her.

Bai Li said that siblings have a connection, and she could feel it even without seeing.

As Bai Yu walked into the ward, Bai Li turned around, smiling, “Brother, aren’t you working part-time today?”

“Mhm. I remember your chemotherapy was the day after tomorrow. Did you go today?”

“Yes, the doctor said I need chemotherapy every five days now.”

Bai Yu had a faint feeling that the shortening of the chemotherapy cycle was not a good sign.

Bai Li tilted her head, looked at Bai Yu, and pointed to a suspicious red mark on his neck, “What is this?”

Bai Yu checked with his phone. It might have been a mark left by that man kissing him yesterday. He was so preoccupied with buying inhibitor patches that he forgot to buy a bandage to cover it. “N-nothing, I accidentally got it while working part-time.”

Bai Li nodded vaguely, “Oh, I see.”

Bai Yu played a game with Bai Li for a while, and then the doctor doing rounds arrived.

After examining Bai Li, the doctor privately told Bai Yu, “The patient’s condition has reached the middle stage. If a matching bone marrow stem cell cannot be found within three months, we might miss the optimal treatment time.”

Bai Yu asked, “Is there no other way besides matching?”

“The effect of drug treatment is minimal, as you know, but we still have to wait for news from the bone marrow bank for a match.”

If he could, Bai Yu would be willing to transplant his own bone marrow to Bai Li, but he had already been tested, and his did not match Bai Li’s.

Bai Yu returned to the ward, where Bai Li was watching a variety show, laughing heartily at her phone.

“It’s almost noon. What do you want to eat?”

“Let me think.” Bai Li tapped her lips, “I haven’t had ‘Chicken Pot’ (Jigongbao) in a long time. Can we have that?”

“Okay, Chicken Pot it is.”

Bai Li changed into a pink, thin cotton coat and went out with Bai Yu. There was a food street near the hospital, and many people came here for lunch.

They walked into a restaurant and found an empty table. They ordered on their phone, and soon, the sizzling dish was served.

Bai Li had a good appetite and ate happily. Bai Yu also started to eat.

There was a middle school near the hospital, and students were allowed out during lunch break. Several middle school students were eating there. If Bai Li were healthy, she would be in the second year of junior high now.

The middle school students were chattering, discussing the newly opened amusement park, and making plans to visit on the weekend.

Bai Li said, “Brother, I want to go to the place they are talking about too.”

“Okay, we’ll go when you get well.”

Bai Yu didn’t know when that day would come, but he believed it would.

He picked a few pieces of chicken and put them in Bai Li’s bowl, then added a few pieces of vegetables, “Eat more.”

Bai Li noticed that her bowl was piled high, “Don’t always pick food for me, eat yourself too. You look thin, is work tiring?”

“Okay, we’ll both eat.”

After lunch, Bai Yu and Bai Li took a walk in the park near the hospital before returning.

As soon as they reached the ward, Bai Li vomited, not a single bit of food left in her stomach. She had tried her best to hold it in, but still threw up.

Bai Yu kept patting her back, the shape of her spine was visible, “Still uncomfortable?”

Bai Li held onto the sink and coughed after vomiting, “Cough, cough. The stomach acid burns my throat. What a pity, I won’t eat these things anymore.”

Bai Yu gave Bai Li some boiled water to drink, “What do you want to eat? I’ll buy it for you.”

“Just plain white porridge. Cough, cough.”

Bai Yu bought white porridge for Bai Li, watched her eat it, and then she fell asleep.

Just then, He Lele sent a message to Bai Yu, [Do you know you’re in big trouble?]

He Lele was Bai Yu’s friend, also a beta, studying architectural design at Yun Jing Architectural Institute. His family were small residents in a county town, and after starting university, he relied on part-time jobs to earn tuition and living expenses.

Bai Yu and He Lele had met several times at night venues, each time one singing and the other selling alcohol/flowers/snacks. Over time, they became friends, recommending each other for jobs, and occasionally working part-time together.

Bai Yu: [What big trouble?]

He Lele: [Did you electrocute the guest in the Black Gold VIP room at the W bar last night? That guest is looking for you everywhere, matching all the betas in the bar one by one. He looks very fierce.]

Bai Yu thought of the man from last night, who didn’t seem like someone to mess with, and quickly typed: [At that time, Cui Che invited everyone to drink, and I followed them and drank a glass of wine in his private room, but I didn’t expect there to be drugs in it. When I came out, I was chased by Cui Che and accidentally stumbled into that private room. I thought no one was inside. That guest was acting a bit strange and even attacked me, so I electrocuted him. What’s wrong?]

He Lele: [Is that so? What does Cui Che want?]

Bai Yu: [I don’t know, but I don’t want to run into him again.]

He Lele: [I’ll tell the manager of the W bar what happened and see if he can help you explain. Don’t go to night venues for work these days. Let’s do some daytime jobs.]

Bai Yu: [I understand, thank you, Lele.]

He Lele: [No need to thank me for this.]

Bai Yu gave up the idea of going back to the W bar to look for the small pendant and returned to his rented apartment to rest for the night.

*

That night, Cui Che brought three omegas to his villa in the suburbs of Yun Jing to play games. All kinds of props were scattered on the floor.

“Scream more pitifully… Not pitiful enough… Scream louder!”

Suddenly, the room door was kicked open by a high-heeled shoe, and Cui Mu (Cui’s Mother) walked in.

Cui Che stiffened, immediately dropped the whip, and quickly looked for clothes to put on, “Mom, why are you here?”

Cui Mu grabbed Cui Che’s ear, “Haven’t you made enough of a fool of yourself? Your father received a stack of photos. There’s a boy who is two months shy of nineteen. If this gets out, do you still want our family to stay in Yun Jing?”

“What? Who took them? Who did they photograph? How come I didn’t know there was someone under nineteen?”

“Don’t ask. Your father said he wants you to go to the G-Country oil refinery to be the factory manager. It’s full of alphas there, so you won’t mess around. You can go camping in the desert in your free time, buy some gems, and play some safe things. Just go straight and catch the plane.” Cui Mu glanced at the bathrobe Cui Che was wrapped in.

Cui Che: “The desert? How am I supposed to live!”

“If you don’t go, then get out of this house, you’re going to make me die of anger!” Cui Mu pulled off her high-heeled shoe and swung it at Cui Che’s forehead.

A miserable cry came from the room, “Ouch, my mother—”

*

A few days later, Bai Yu went out to a milk tea shop to shake milk tea.

A Mercedes-Benz car was parked at the entrance of the residential complex, and a man in a suit was standing next to the car, making a phone call.

Nice cars never drove into the shabby housing complex of apartment blocks, and if they did, they were only asking to be stolen.

Bai Yu suspected that this person was sent by the man from the Black Gold VIP room, but he only electrocuted him twice. Surely, it wouldn’t come to this?

Would it?

He was bitten too, after all.

Bai Yu pulled down his baseball cap and rode away on a shared bicycle.

He couldn’t look at his phone while working at the milk tea shop, so Bai Yu set his phone to silent and tucked it into his bag. He put on his work uniform and started working.

During his lunch break, he took out his phone and saw several missed calls from unknown numbers. He didn’t call back. He was genuinely a little scared.

After work, Bai Yu bought a bag of apples at a fruit stall on the corner, preparing to visit the hospital.

Bai Li didn’t have a full-time caretaker, and for occasional needs, they had to trouble the families of other patients in the same ward, so Bai Yu often brought them food.

Arriving at the hospital, Bai Yu saw three men in suits standing at the ward door. One of them was the man with glasses he had bumped into in the hallway of the W bar.

Bai Yu stopped in his tracks. Did electrocuting him twice really make him track him down?!

The man with glasses among the three turned his head and spotted Bai Yu, “Are you Bai Yu?”

Bai Yu immediately turned and ran, forgetting about the apples, which he dropped outside the ward.

“Stop, Mr. Bai Yu!”

Bai Yu hadn’t run far when two more people came up the stairs and blocked his way. He quickly looked for the elevator, took it to the top floor, and then switched elevators to the first floor.

Opening the elevator door, there were more of their people on the first floor.

Bai Yu ran towards the main road outside the hospital. A man grabbed him from behind. The man with glasses and a group of people ran over, panting, “We have no ill intentions!”

“No ill intentions, then what do you want?!”

“My boss wants to see you.”

Bai Yu looked at the man with glasses in confusion, “Why would he want to see me if he’s not looking for trouble?”

The man with glasses said, “You’ll know when you get there.”

Bai Yu got into the Mercedes-Benz, flanked by two tall, broad-shouldered bodyguards, afraid to move.

The man with glasses introduced himself while driving, “I am the boss’s secretary, surname Zhou. You should know my boss’s identity, right?”

Bai Yu was baffled, “I don’t know, what about it?”

“The Si Tu family, have you heard of it? My boss is the eldest son of the Si Tu family, Si Tujing.”

The Si Tu family was the top wealthiest family in Yun Jing and even in Country C, the head of the Hengyu Technology transnational group. Their reported assets exceeded one hundred billion, not including other hidden investments.

Bai Yu had heard the surname in the news but felt that such people were far removed from his life.

The Mercedes-Benz stopped at the entrance of a high-end Western restaurant.

Bai Yu walked in. Jazz music was playing inside, with a lazy female vocal melody echoing. Apart from one occupied table, all the other tables were empty.

Si Tujing was wearing a sharp black suit, his shirt buttons fastened strictly all the way to the top. He wore an inhibitor bracelet on his wrist, a refined and distinguished elite attire, completely devoid of the frenzy from that night.

Wait, there was a very faint red mark on his neck, like he had been scratched.

Bai Yu looked down at his own fingernails. It shouldn’t have been him who caused it, right?

Si Tujing seemed to know what Bai Yu was looking at. He stared at him, his gaze sharp.

The moment Bai Yu met his eyes, he immediately looked away, “Hello, Mr. Si Tu.”

Si Tujing said flatly, “Please sit.”

A waiter brought menus and two glasses of lemon water.

Si Tujing opened the menu, “Let’s order first.”

Bai Yu hadn’t had dinner yet. His finger glided over the dazzling array of dishes, and he ordered a Wellington Beef main course.

The waiter stood attentively next to Si Tujing, “What would you like, Sir?”

Si Tujing didn’t order, handing the menu back to the waiter.

After Si Tujing confirmed Bai Yu’s appearance and name, he had Secretary Zhou investigate Bai Yu’s background.

Bai Yu’s parents had passed away years ago. He was currently studying composition at the Music Academy of Yun Jing University, with good grades.

Because his younger sister was suffering from leukemia, he had applied for a leave of absence a year ago and worked various part-time jobs to save money for his sister’s chemotherapy, which made him seem easy to deal with.

The only thing that puzzled him was that Bai Yu had married an alpha from Country E just after turning twenty. The public information on the Civil Affairs Bureau website even had their photo, but the marriage only lasted for three months and ended last month.

While waiting for the food, the two chatted briefly.

Si Tujing said, “I learned that you were married to an alpha before.”

“That was an impulsive act. Even if there was still affection, a beta cannot produce pheromones and cannot provide comfort during an alpha’s rut. That cannot be changed.”

This statement was prepared by Bai Yu and his ex-husband when they divorced, to deal with the Civil Affairs Bureau. Now he could say it fluently, as if he had truly been deeply involved in an unsuitable marriage.

However, Bai Yu didn’t know what Si Tujing meant by asking this, but he was certain that he had investigated him.

Bai Yu’s hands were clutching the cuff of his white hoodie under the table, his legs together, feeling uneasy.

Si Tujing raised an eyebrow, his hands crossed on his knees, “Is your relationship with your ex-husband completely over?”

“Ah? Uh… yes, it is.”

Not only was it over, but there was never one to begin with.

Bai Yu took a sip of lemon water, waiting for Si Tujing’s next words.

Si Tujing said, “The medical expenses for your sister’s chemotherapy are very high. You are struggling just with part-time jobs, and you don’t know when a matching hematopoietic stem cell will be found. I can help you.”

“The condition is to be my partner and help me through my rut.”

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