Mistaken ‘O’ is a Crazy Gorgeous Boss - Chapter 55

The master bedroom was the worst-hit area.

Even though Qu Zhen had repeatedly cleaned away all traces, the air in the master bedroom still carried a faint floral fragrance, along with restless, ambiguous undertones.

Though she could tell Shen Zhikou was teasing her, Qu Zhen still blushed crimson with embarrassment.

Because it was indeed the truth, the tender flower bud had fully bloomed, and due to excessive rain, the petals had become even more saturated and vibrant, even taking on a hue reminiscent of begonia red.

Qu Zhen parted her lips, wanting to say something, but swallowed her words under Shen Zhikou’s gaze.

Shifting to lie on her back, she held Shen Zhikou in her arms and asked softly, “Sister, are you feeling a little better now?”

Over the past five days, every time she regained clarity, she would apologize to Shen Zhikou. In their usual ambiguous interactions, an apology might seem unromantic, but this time was entirely different.

Because she knew she must have hurt Shen Zhikou and had worn her out terribly. Pleasure and pain coexisted, but Shen Zhikou had been indulging her during her sensitive period, silently bearing all the pain and exhaustion.

“Mhm.” Shen Zhikou held her in return. “After you applied the medicine for me, I felt much better.”

“That’s good.” Qu Zhen gazed at her. “If you feel any discomfort, you must tell me right away.”

Worried that Shen Zhikou might hide it again, she added with a firm tone, “If you secretly keep it from me, I won’t let you wear my shirts anymore.”

“Is Attorney Xiao Zhen this fierce?”

“Yes!”

A glimmer of amusement flashed in Shen Zhikou’s eyes. “Really?”

Unable to hold her gaze for even three seconds, Qu Zhen conceded defeat. “Well, not that fierce. You can take my clothes anytime you want, but you must tell me if you’re feeling unwell.”

She added, “I’d be really worried.”

“Worried about what?”

“Worried that I might not notice, worried that I’m not doing enough.” Qu Zhen admitted candidly, “Because Sister is a perfect score in my eyes, but I only give myself sixty points.”

Shen Zhikou really wanted to kiss her.

And so, she did, pressing light kisses to the alpha’s lips. “I’m different. Zhenzhen is a hundred points in my book.”

Qu Zhen also felt the urge to kiss Shen Zhikou, the sensation of their lips and tongues entwining was as dreamlike as an illusion. She wanted to kiss Shen Zhikou.

However,

She couldn’t.

Because Shen Zhikou’s lips were still swollen and red, the corners tinged with a rosy hue. If they started kissing now, Shen Zhikou wouldn’t be able to go to work tomorrow.

Suppressing the urge, Qu Zhen got up, retrieved a small blue box from the drawer, unscrewed the lid, and applied a minty ointment to Shen Zhikou’s lips with a cotton swab.

“My lips got swollen from being kissed by a naughty child,” Shen Zhikou murmured.

The naughty child couldn’t deny her actions and accepted all the Omega’s teasing and banter. As the minty scent grew stronger, her ears turned increasingly red.

“All done, Sister.”

“Mhm.”

“I’ll apply it once more before bed. No kissing until you’re fully healed.”

Shen Zhikou said unhurriedly, “Has Attorney Xiao Zhen forgotten about the five kisses a day?”

Attorney Xiao Zhen was uncharacteristically sharp-tongued: “That requirement was based on us fulfilling our marital duties four times a week. However, this week’s frequency far exceeded four times, and I also temporarily marked my sister five times, fully meeting her therapeutic needs. So, for the next two days, it’s fine not to adhere to the kissing frequency requirement.”

The main light in the room was off because Shen Zhikou was afraid of the dark, so Qu Zhen had never turned off the small orange nightlight.

The orange glow spread across the bed and blankets, softening the contours of their faces. Shen Zhikou curled her lips into a faint smile and reached out to pinch the little alpha’s cheek.

“Alright.”

Qu Zhen pondered for a moment and answered her initial question: “It’s not that I want to be close to you because I like you; it’s because my heart flutters and because I like you that I want to be close to you. In my heart, your health is the most important. You need to recover properly these next two days and shouldn’t engage in those intimate activities. Compared to your well-being, everything else is trivial.”

“Understood,” Shen Zhikou said. “Attorney Xiao Zhen is getting better and better with words.”

“Because I like you.”

The little alpha’s expression was exceptionally earnest and sincere. Shen Zhikou gazed at her with a distant look in her eyes, her cold, hardened heart gradually thawing like spring ice in this unexpected autumn rain.

She hid her obsessive tendencies, which were enough to frighten the person before her, along with her overwhelming possessiveness, very well.

Liking isn’t enough; it has to be love, she thought.

…

Dinner was ordered from a Western restaurant Shen Zhikou particularly liked.

The delivery person arrived at 8:30 p.m. After the two had their fill, they watched an episode of a documentary on the sofa before returning to the master bedroom to rest.

The night was peaceful, the turbulent tides of passion having completely receded. Qu Zhen held Shen Zhikou in her arms, broke the rules, and planted a goodnight kiss on her forehead.

“Goodnight, sister.”

“Sweet dreams.”

The tranquil night passed quietly. The next day at noon, Shen Zhikou had to go to work, while Qu Zhen, due to potential susceptibility factors, could rest at home for two more days, including the weekend.

Noticing Shen Zhikou wearing a brown high-neck inner layer, Qu Zhen’s face flushed slightly.

Beneath the collar lay countless ambiguous marks, the best evidence of their passionate encounters. Qu Zhen walked over, helped her fasten the black belt of her wool coat, and whispered softly, “Sister, can’t you take one more day off?” she said. “You haven’t rested enough yet.”

“There’s an urgent matter in the department; I can’t take time off.” Shen Zhikou patted her head. “Don’t worry, it doesn’t hurt anymore. If everything goes smoothly, I can come home early to be with you.”

Qu Zhen nodded. “Alright. Then I’ll drive you there.”

“No need to go back and forth. I’ll drive myself. You stay home and rest properly. If you need anything, just message me, and I’ll bring it back for you.”

Qu Zhen respected her partner’s opinions and gave her enough personal space. Unless it was something very important, she wouldn’t insist repeatedly if Shen Zhikou declined a suggestion.

“Then I’ll wait for you at home.”

Before leaving, Shen Zhikou kissed her on the cheek. “See you in the evening.”

“See you in the evening, sister.”

The room fell silent again. Qu Zhen paused the still-playing documentary, picked up her tablet, sat on the sofa, and played an archaeology course from her files.

These were resources provided to her by her teacher.

She watched with great seriousness and attentiveness, pausing to take notes whenever she encountered points that required emphasis.

The soundproofing in the old residential complex wasn’t great, but despite having lived there for so long, she had never heard any noise from the neighboring unit, nor had she ever run into the occupants. Qu Zhen didn’t dwell on it, after all, in a big city where interpersonal connections were sparse, this was perfectly normal.

After three hours of focused study through the video, Qu Zhen went to refill her water cup. As she did, her tablet’s notification bar lit up with a flood of messages.

Settling back into her seat, she took a closer look and realized that Cao Yuan’s trial verdict had been announced.

The once-celebrated star lawyer had her attorney’s license revoked, was stripped of her political rights for life, had all her assets confiscated, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. In the news photo, Cao Yuan stood in the courtroom, hands shackled, dressed in a white prisoner’s uniform, her expression bleak and sorrowful, as if lamenting the ruin of her future and regretting the crimes she had committed.

Qu Zhen glanced at it but didn’t linger, scrolling further down instead.

Through the media coverage, she finally understood why Cao Yuan’s sentence had been so severe. Below the image, the report detailed not only Cao Yuan’s harassment and molestation of betas but also mentioned a case of assault against an Omega.

The incident had occurred years ago, and the victim had been only nineteen at the time. For years, the case had been lost in court and remained unresolved. It wasn’t until Cao Yuan was suspended and investigated, her influence no longer able to reach so far, that the victim and their family finally received the long-overdue truth and justice.

The media sharply condemned the wolf in sheep’s clothing that was Cao Yuan, and at the end of the report, they mentioned the recent major upheaval within Shengcan Venture Capital.

Qu Zhen hadn’t paid attention to that matter. She picked up her phone from the coffee table, opened WeChat, and scrolled to the department group chat. There, she discovered that internal personnel had been reshuffled, disciplinary rules had been completely overhauled, and even individuals like Xiang Ting, who had connections, had been purged from the company.

Learning that Xiang Ting had gotten in through connections surprised Qu Zhen.

She knew Xiang Ting didn’t like her and took pride in her postgraduate diploma, often making veiled or outright sarcastic remarks about Qu Zhen and Xu Qingqing’s undergraduate degrees.

So, she had relied on connections to get into Shengcan Venture Capital? Qu Zhen wondered, perplexed. Then why did she… act so arrogantly?

She couldn’t understand Xiang Ting’s mindset and had no intention of dwelling on it, as it had nothing to do with her. Frankly, she didn’t particularly like Xiang Ting either, some of the things Xiang Ting said felt quite offensive, and the way she sometimes looked at Qu Zhen made her feel like a carefully selected commodity, which was deeply uncomfortable.

Not having to work with her anymore was, in fact, good news.

Just as she was about to set her phone aside and return to studying, the small group chat for her four-person dormitory lit up, the red notification badge indicating unread messages rapidly increasing.

Qu Zhen tapped into the chat.

[Blackened Orange: Ahhh! You two went behind our backs to do something big!! Why didn’t you ask us to help with something so important? @Yang Shumeng @Qu Zhen]

[Zhou Yun: [Smiling emoji.jpg]]

[Yang Shumeng: Oh, it all happened so suddenly, we didn’t think that much about it. And it’s all resolved now, Cao Yuan will never see the sun outside prison again.]

[Blackened Orange: Hmph! Good thing you weren’t in any danger and everything worked out smoothly.]

[Zhou Yun: Right. Otherwise, the orange will completely turn dark and become the dangerous orange from the game, shooting bombs at the bad guys.]

Qu Zhen was amused, her lips curling as she typed a reply.

[Qu Zhen: Dangerous orange doesn’t just shoot bombs; it can also lay landmines and blow up enemy bases.]

The group chat’s tone suddenly shifted from workplace dangers to Foxis, a game they often played during their sophomore year. Jiang Cheng’s in-game avatar was the highly destructive dangerous orange.

[Yang Shumeng: Hahaha, I’m laughing myself rich! So cute! I want to turn into my sweet pepper! Sweet pepper can literally make people faint from spiciness!]

[Blackened Orange: What about Sister Yun’s angry pumpkin? Calling Sister Yun!]

[Zhou Yun: Right here! By the way, have you all updated the game? I updated the version last night and found out the developers actually used a bug fix to introduce a new player interaction feature. If you turn on your phone’s location in the next two weeks, you can see the distance between you and friends with a closeness level of 250 or higher. I can even see how far you all are from me now.]

[Yang Shumeng: This feature is perfect for couples! Let’s just stick to team mode and play dungeons instead! It’s been so long since we played the game. Can we play a round tonight? Please, please, pretty please! You wouldn’t have the heart to reject a poor office worker who’s about to collapse from work, right?]

[Blackened Orange: 10 p.m., one ten-minute round. [Cold expression.jpg]]

[Zhou Yun: Sure.]

[Qu Zhen: Okay.]

After agreeing to Yang Shumeng’s gaming session, Qu Zhen opened the Foxis app and set her phone aside to let the game update automatically. Once her hour-and-a-half study video ended, she put down her tablet and walked to the balcony.

She gazed at the camphor trees in the residential area for a while, giving her eyes a break, then shifted her attention to the succulents on the shelf. Picking up the spray bottle nearby, she watered them.

The various small, delicate succulent pots were full of vibrant life.

As dusk settled outside the window, she finished watering and headed to the kitchen to prepare dinner for Shen Zhikou. The spacious kitchen allowed her to buzz around like a little bee, a smile lingering on her lips as if she were thinking of an Omega who would be home soon.

Dinner was lavish, three dishes, one soup, and a special pot of goji berry, Chinese yam, and snow fungus soup she had simmered for Shen Zhikou.

At 6:10 p.m., Qu Zhen removed her apron, retrieved her now-updated phone from the kitchen, and sat at the dining table to wait for Shen Zhikou.

The new version of the game had an exquisitely designed interface.

After a 30-second background story video played, Qu Zhen entered her inventory to claim the gift from the developers for updating the version.

It was a free in-game avatar outfit, well-coordinated in color, which would normally sell for a two-digit price.

The game’s sound effects were a bit too loud, so Qu Zhen turned down the volume and casually opened the friend list sorted by closeness level. Yang Shumeng was at the top, followed by Zhou Yun and Jiang Cheng. The blank boxes next to their avatars displayed their IP addresses and the distance between them.

Seeing that string of numbers, Qu Zhen realized her phone’s location was on. Just as she was about to swipe the status bar to turn it off, she noticed the distance to the fourth friend on her list, Z.

[IP Haicheng; Distance <6m]

Her hand paused, nearly knocking over the water glass beside her.

Snapping back to reality, she stood up and walked toward the water dispenser. When she reached the corridor leading to the bedroom, the distance changed from less than 6m to less than 5m.

Such a close proximity and change could only mean one of three possibilities.

Z was either a neighbor living next door, or someone living directly above or below them.

Could it really be… such a coincidence? she thought in astonishment.

A quiet alarm rang in the peaceful room. Qu Zhen remembered that Shen Zhikou’s backup phone was left in the master bedroom. She immediately pushed the door open, found the white phone on the dressing table, and turned off the alarm.

This 6:20 alarm had been set by Shen Zhikou two days ago.

As the phone’s screen returned to the lock screen, Qu Zhen glanced down at her own phone and discovered that the distance to Z had become 0. Even more shocking, the moment the distance hit zero, the game automatically opened her chat with Z, displaying a white speech bubble in the center.

[Congratulations to both players! You’ve successfully met in this vast world^-^]

Those three earlier assumptions were shattered one by one by that message. Qu Zhen’s pupils contracted sharply as her mind replayed her conversations with Z.

[You need to take the initiative. Omegas like alphas who make them feel secure.]

[The best way is to have her sit on your lap.]

[For me, attraction is the source of desire. I love my partner very much.]

So,

Was her sister the same Z who had been playing games with her, answering her questions, sending her study materials, teaching her how to better comfort her partner, and helping her understand her own feelings?

But wasn’t Z a long-married alpha?

Qu Zhen’s thoughts were tangled, her heart in disarray.

At the same time, the apartment’s smart security door unlocked with a fingerprint, and a slender, graceful figure appeared in the entryway. Shen Zhikou unhurriedly changed her shoes, placed her bag on the cabinet, and calmly began searching for her little alpha.

Like a cool, clever cat looking for a silly puppy.

Not in the living room.

Shen Zhikou scanned the area and came to that conclusion. Without pausing, she held the flowers she had bought for her girl and turned toward the bedroom.