Married the Abandoned Puppy Alpha - Chapter 1

Chapter 1: Long-Awaited Reunion

“Please don’t cry anymore.”

No response.

He Xinglou rubbed the space between his eyebrows, attempting to make his voice sound “cute” (cloying): “Please don’t cry anymore, okay~”

Across from him, the blind date was still sobbing and wiping away tears.

The blind date was a well-behaved-looking Omega wearing a crisp white shirt. Now, the shirt buttons were loosely undone, and his fair, thin chest rose and fell incessantly due to his sobbing; he looked quite “delicious.”

Xinglou uncomfortably shifted his gaze away.

This cafe was located in the Imperial Capital Star’s largest shopping mall. People were coming and going outside the glass walls; one could see at a glance the awkward atmosphere of this table, which was brimming with “story.”

Using his peripheral vision, He Xinglou had already spotted several passersby secretly taking photos, and he could vaguely hear strange terms like “fringe love song” or “OO Love” (Omega x Omega).

He said in despair: “Don’t cry anymore; if you keep crying, I’m going to cry too.”

The blind date continued to wail: “Where exactly am I not good enough…”

He Xinglou said gloomily: “It’s not that you aren’t good, it’s that we aren’t suitable.”

The blind date raised his bloodshot eyes: “Do you have gender discrimination?”

He was referring to the ABO gender.

The blind date, Luo Qingzhe, had a local household registration in the Imperial Capital—a “Celestial” (privileged class), gender Omega.

He is Xinglou, a “black-market” (undocumented) resident who transmigrated from Earth, gender… originally male, currently Omega.

If placed in He Xinglou’s original world, same-sex love was already a very common thing. He Xinglou had never had that thought himself, but he expressed respect for it.

But this world was different. In this world… damn it, Omegas can give birth.

If he were with Luo Qingzhe, who exactly would give birth? He’d let Luo Qingzhe give birth? Or Luo Qingzhe would let him give birth? Or would the two of them each give birth to their own?

No matter how he thought about it, it was a terrifying image.

He Xinglou hurriedly said: “How is that possible! Don’t talk nonsense, do you want me to be arrested?”

In the interstellar era, gender discrimination was a very serious crime!

The blind date’s mouth twitched, his eyes brimming with tears: “Then why don’t you like me?”

Hearing that the other’s voice was hoarse from crying, He Xinglou felt a bit guilty and shifted his gaze while refilling a glass of orange juice for him.

The blind date finally calmed down a lot and gave him a grateful smile.

He Xinglou sighed: “Mr. Luo, I believe that love does not distinguish between star-citizenship, race, gender, or origin. However”

Luo Qingzhe “whoosh-ed” his hand back from the glass and looked at him pitifully.

Xinglou hardened his heart and continued: “There is still someone else in my heart that I can’t let go of. Although I am not sure if it is love for that person, before I untie this knot in my heart, I don’t want to enter another intimate relationship for the time being.”

Obviously, the attraction of gossip dispersed the disappointment of being rejected; Luo Qingzhe widened his eyes.

“Does that person know? What are the other person’s thoughts toward you?”

He Xinglou shook his head: “When we parted, I thought he should have hated me, but now I’m not sure. After all”

After all, he and Shi Qingze had not seen each other for three years.

Perhaps Shi Qingze had forgotten him long ago.

The reason he agreed to his friend’s matchmaking this time and came to participate in this nonsensical blind date was simply because the blind date’s name was very similar to Shi Qingze’s.

Even the photo looked very much like Shi Qingze before he had differentiated.

Looking at the puppy-like eyes in the photo, He Xinglou had agreed as if possessed.

He didn’t expect that one impulse would trade for eternal “self-closure” (social withdrawal/depression).

He didn’t finish his sentence, but tears began to shimmer in Luo Qingzhe’s eyes again: “That sounds so sad.”

Having been out in society for a long time, He Xinglou could naturally see that the other person was truly feeling sad for him, so he gave a gentle smile.

“So, it’s a pity, Mr. Luo. I like you very much, but let’s continue to get along as friends.”

Luo Qingzhe sniffled and said in a low voice: “Xinglou, you were willing to speak clearly with me, I’m very grateful. Since that’s the case, I hope you can talk it out with that person soon.”

He Xinglou replied sincerely: “I also wish for you to find someone you truly love soon.”

…

After seeing off Luo Qingzhe, He Xinglou sprinted toward the tram station.

The terminal on his wrist was flashing wildly. While running, He Xinglou tapped open the communication interface, and an instantly furious female voice exploded on the street:

“He Xinglou! Why aren’t you at the blind date scene yet! I’m sitting right here waiting for you! You are not allowed to be absent!”

The person speaking was named Song Xiao, a high-energy “E” (extrovert) person, female in appearance, gender Alpha.

Heaven knows when He Xinglou first met her and discovered this tall woman could make him pregnant, how shocked and disillusioned his heart felt.

Luo Qingzhe was introduced by another friend, Lin Shuyan; what Song Xiao introduced to him was today’s second blind date.

Since transmigrating from Earth to this alien world, these two classmates were the first people He Xinglou got to know. The three of them sat in the last row of the classroom, gathering all three ABO genders; their relationship had always been very good.

The two friends had always been worried to death about his undocumented status, especially recently with the Imperial Capital Star’s crackdown; they wished they could immediately kidnap a “Celestial” with an Imperial Capital registration for him and get them married on the spot to get the ID.

In the past, it wasn’t that they hadn’t introduced people to He Xinglou, but that he had always declined politely. This time, He Xinglou actually agreed to one, so they immediately assumed He Xinglou had “opened up his mind” (come around), and thus Song Xiao also struck while the iron was hot and sent over some information.

In a trio, one must “level the bowl of water” (treat everyone equally).

He Xinglou had no way to deal with her, so he could only agree to this one as well, thinking that he’d just muddle through it and then find an excuse to reject them later.

The tram station’s prompt light lit up, seeing that a suspended tram was about to enter the station.

Song Xiao was still persistent on the other end of the communicator, making a gesture as if she were going to sit her butt down on the street if He Xinglou didn’t come over, she wouldn’t get up.

Good lord, did she not want her own face (reputation) or her right to choose a mate anymore?!

He Xinglou connected his Bluetooth headset: “Calm down! I’m on my way!”

The suspended tram emitted a “beep-beep” warning sound, and the station’s barrier rails slowly lowered.

He Xinglou accelerated his pace toward the car door, saying: “It wasn’t on purpose! The blind date Shuyan arranged for me kept crying, so I spent a little more time comforting him!”

“What??”

Obviously, the attraction of gossip dispersed the disappointment of being stood up; Song Xiao widened her eyes.

“You made your blind date cry??”

Seeing that this topic was getting more and more messy, He Xinglou had a massive headache. Squeezing in at the moment the tram doors were about to close, he said:

“It’s a long story, I’ll tell you when I arrive. Help me stabilize the second blind date first, I’m coming right now!”

Song Xiao heard his panting and didn’t pester him further: “Fine, be good on the way, don’t fall down.”

After speaking, she crisply hung up the communication.

He Xinglou breathed a sigh of relief, only then realizing that the surroundings were dead silent. Looking up, he saw that the old and young in the car were all looking at him with sympathy and understanding.

He Xinglou: “…”

The meeting location for the second round was a Room Escape shop.

When He Xinglou arrived, Song Xiao was sitting alone on the shop’s sofa playing with her phone.

“I’m not late, right? The other party hasn’t arrived?” He asked Xinglou.

“Not yet, they said they are at the airport waiting for a childhood friend who just returned to the country, and they’ll come over to play together,” Song Xiao answered casually.

“As long as I’m not late.” Xinglou slumped onto the sofa, exhausted.

Song Xiao turned to pat his arm, her face full of gossip: “Speak, what happened with the blind date Shuyan introduced?”

Xinglou thought of the farce just now and laughed in spite of himself: “The person he introduced was an Omega.”

“An Omega?” Song Xiao almost sprayed a mouthful of water. “Didn’t he investigate clearly beforehand?”

In front of his friend, He Xinglou was much more at ease, shrugging his shoulders: “It shouldn’t be Shuyan’s problem. I saw that the other person looked a bit guilty as soon as he arrived; he probably hid his situation from Shuyan.”

“What the hell? He likes OO Love? Who’s going to have the baby?”

As soon as this core question was mentioned, He Xinglou’s head grew large. He shook his head and shifted the topic: “The one you introduced this time”

“Absolutely an Alpha.” Song Xiao patted her chest. “I’ve seen him in person, he’s really handsome!”

“No matter how handsome an Alpha is, it’s useless.” He Xinglou looked toward the empty doorway. “The person isn’t here yet? They’re already late, right.”

He had always disliked people with no sense of time. Though he didn’t say it, he had already thought of the reason for rejection later in his heart.

Unexpectedly, just as he finished speaking, a message came from Song Xiao’s end.

She tapped it open to look: “What a coincidence, it’s from your blind date. They said they were stuck in traffic on the road and told us two to enter the room first; they’ll come find us to group up later.”

Was there even this way of playing? He Xinglou felt more and more that this was unreliable.

Song Xiao said carelessly: “He already paid for the room. The time arranged by the shop doesn’t wait for people; there are other customers lining up afterward. How about we go in first and brush through the progress?”

Since the other party was paying, He Xinglou had nothing to say. He nodded and followed her toward the room entrance.

The theme of the room escape was a simulation of attacking alien extraterrestrial creatures. On the basis of room escape, it also added combat elements, so one could carry non-injurious rubber bullet toy guns.

To enhance the entertainment effect, the shop also gave each player a heart rate test watch; as long as the heart rate exceeded 100, it would make a sound this was the sound most likely to attract alien creatures to gather.

But as an “Old Earth” player who had watched the Alien movie series from start to finish, He Xinglou’s heart rate hadn’t gone above 90 the whole way.

“Xinglou, aren’t you afraid at all?” Song Xiao’s voice was bold but her courage was small; from the moment they entered the door, she stuck close to him, not daring to look at the NPCs on the sides at all.

He Xinglou calmly solved the puzzles: “Not afraid. Speaking of which, is that blind date coming or not? We’ve already cleared half the progress.”

He didn’t know if his words carried a prophecy, but just as he finished speaking, Song Xiao’s communicator vibrated.

“They’ve come in! Let’s just wait for them here!”

…Fine.

He Xinglou disinterestedly put down the cipher machine and began to wait.

Half a minute later, they heard earth-shaking monster roars and chaotic screaming coming from the path they had come from.

He Xinglou raised the rubber bullet toy gun in his hand: “They will lead the monsters over here; get yourself mentally prepared.”

“It’s okay! I’m okay!” Song Xiao was determined to sacrifice herself for his blind date, closing her eyes tightly and saying:

“I just won’t look! When the time comes, you and the blind date run first, don’t worry about whether I live or die!”

Immediately following was another bout of chaotic screaming and running.

Someone appeared from the corner of the secret passage and began to move toward He Xinglou’s side.

He Xinglou turned to look and found that three people had actually come.

The two in the front were huddled together in a mess, their expressions panicked, while the person bringing up the rear had steps that were neither slow nor hurried, looking very leisurely.

That person’s figure was very tall. Even in the dim, lightless secret passage, one could see a silhouette as upright as a poplar tree, making He Xinglou unable to help but look a couple more times.

Then, the light inside the secret passage lit up, coincidentally hitting the front of that last person; the warm yellow light illuminated the newcomer’s face.

Xinglou’s breathing seemed to be stretched out by time; his pupils contracted slightly.

Beep-beep, beep-beep.

The heart rate test watch on his wrist rang out.

The monster following closely behind turned abruptly upon hearing the sound, lunging and biting toward He Xinglou’s direction!

In the reflection of He Xinglou’s eyes, he saw the person opposite him quickly raising a gun, aiming toward his side.

As if with extreme tacit understanding, He Xinglou also raised his gun and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

A rubber bullet pierced through the air. The monster in front of him was killed in advance by the opposite side the monsters in the room escape were all holographic images, and would disappear directly after being hit by a rubber bullet.

Thus, the bullet He Xinglou fired afterward pierced through and struck accurately at that person’s heart.

At the same time, the newcomer fired several bullets in succession, all of them hitting the monsters that were attacking; in the blink of an eye, the secret passage was cleared.

The person walked under the light and quietly raised his eyes to look at the stunned He Xinglou.

It was Shi Qingze.