Out of Control Overnight: The Irritable Top Alpha Goes Mad Searching for His Wife - Chapter 9

A single sentence from Lu Shijun sent Shen Qing’s heart into a chaotic flutter.

Straight men were always like this, completely unaware of how much a casual remark could affect someone.

Shen Qing took a deep breath and mustered the courage to look up. The first thing he saw was a careless, lingering smile on the other man’s lips.

When Lu Shijun said those words, he was serious. However, he also knew the request was excessive, so he did not dare to appear too earnest for fear of making Shen Qing angry. He could only frame it as a joke.

He stroked Shen Qing’s hair, making sure it was mostly dry before leading him outside by the hand.

“Look, you are not tall or strong enough. If your partner were an Alpha, I would be afraid of you being bullied. I cannot be by your side every second, and if you were bullied, I would not be able to get there immediately.”

“A Beta will not do either. How could they protect you? Although our Qingqing is also a Beta, our Qingqing is different from them.”

“And do not even mention Omegas. They are pretentious and dramatic. You would have to coddle them. I cannot even bear to let you coddle me, and you are going to go coddle them?”

The speaker was careless, but the listener was attentive.

Actually, that is not quite right. Lu Shijun said these things specifically to bias Shen Qing. To him, everyone else was trash; only he was unique.

“I am different. I can give you money, lots and lots of money. Money can solve 99% of all problems.”

Held by the hand, Shen Qing was led into the small outer living room.

The room was fully equipped. He was first pressed down into a soft sofa by Lu Shijun, and then a cup of hot milk was placed in his hands.

The milk radiated heat, warming his hands, but as Shen Qing stared at the liquid, his gaze remained flat, carrying a sense of distant alienation.

“What about the other 1%?”

Lu Shijun had noticed his mood long ago, but for now, he simply assumed Shen Qing was particularly quiet because he was ill.

“The other 1%? Then you just need even more money.”

“As it happens, I have lots and lots of money. As long as Xiao Qing likes it, I can give you all my bank cards.”

Lu Shijun was not joking. He said this as a test; the moment Shen Qing agreed, he would initiate the transfer immediately.

“Alright, three seconds are up. You did not refuse. I am calling the secretary.”

Seeing him take out his phone, Shen Qing did not even want the milk anymore and hurriedly grabbed for the device.

“Stop fooling around.”

“What would I want your money for?”

A hint of darkness flashed in Lu Shijun’s eyes, but he maintained his facade. “You do not want my money. Is it because you find me repulsive?”

Shen Qing replied, “If I found your money repulsive, I would not even take the salary you pay me.”

Lu Shijun’s attitude toward emotions was very strange. He was a sick man, a patient with an emotional processing disorder.

Feeling helpless, Shen Qing could only say, “No one gives all their money to a best friend.”

Lu Shijun replied, “The friendship of those ordinary mortals is different from ours.”

Shen Qing countered, “Since it is so different, you still want to use money to defile our friendship?”

Lu Shijun was left speechless.

His best friend always managed to rebut him with precision. Lu Shijun opened his mouth several times but found himself at a total loss for words.

Shen Qing looked at the wound on Lu Shijun’s collarbone, his gaze becoming increasingly clear-headed. “Why have you not treated the wound here?”

Lu Shijun’s face darkened. He sat down on the sofa, leaning back with an air of arrogance.

However, if Shen Qing had paid attention, he would have noticed that one of the man’s arms had secretly stretched out behind his back. The moment Shen Qing leaned back, he would fall right into the other’s embrace.

Unfortunately, even though he was sick, Shen Qing continued to sit bolt upright.

To Lu Shijun, this wound was a mark of shame. He had endured his rut for so long, yet someone had managed a successful sneak attack, and he still had not found that person!

The more he thought about it, the more irritable and angry he became. The dark violence in his eyes began to churn.

Not wanting to scare Shen Qing, he made up a casual excuse. “I could not be bothered. It is no big deal.”

Shen Qing said, “I will go get the medical kit.”

Seeing him about to stand up, Lu Shijun quickly grabbed his wrist. “Why look for a medical kit? Just have the nurse bring one over. You are sick. Drink your milk before it gets cold.”

The milk, which had been placed on the coffee table, was shoved back into Shen Qing’s hands.

Shen Qing did not drink. He just looked at him quietly with those large, clear, black and white eyes.

Lu Shijun felt defeated under that gaze. “Alright, alright, I give up. I will go find a nurse now. But before I do, finish the milk.”

Only then did Shen Qing take a few gulps to finish it.

Once he was done, a bit of residue remained on the corner of his mouth. Seeing this, Lu Shijun naturally reached out and wiped it away without a second thought.

The moment his hand touched him, Shen Qing froze.

After wiping it, Lu Shijun stared at his fingertip, looking at the milk on it. Then, for some unknown reason, he suddenly put his finger into his own mouth.

The abrupt action made Shen Qing’s eyes widen. “Lu Shijun, that is dirty!”

“It is not dirty,” Lu Shijun said righteously. “I have washed my hands, and you have taken a shower, so how could it be dirty? Or is it that you find me disgusting, Xiao Qing?”

Who on earth conducts an unrequited love like this? It was practically a reversal of the natural order.

Shen Qing was exasperated. “Taking a shower is not the same as being sterilized. We are in a hospital!”

Lu Shijun refused to answer and stood up directly. “I am going to find a nurse to bandage this.”

Since he was the one who had bitten him after all, Shen Qing felt a pang of guilt. “Bring the medical kit here. I will bandage it for you.”

Lu Shijun had originally intended to just slap a bandage on to get it over with. This was his shame, and he did not want to tend to it at all, but Shen Qing’s words made him stop.

Even if it was a shame, if it were Xiao Qing bandaging it.

Lu Shijun, always blunt, said, “Xiao Qing, after you bandage it, does that mean you will not find me repulsive anymore?”

Shen Qing truly did not have the energy to bicker with him. “When have I ever found you repulsive?”

On the contrary, it was Lu Shijun. Being unable to accept these feelings, strictly speaking, Lu Shijun was the one who found himself repulsive.

A certain dull-witted fool had not noticed the problem yet and simply curled his lips into a happy smile. “As long as you do not find me repulsive.”

The nurse soon delivered the medical kit. Lu Shijun, an S-class Alpha, acted piteously. “Xiao Qing, I did not do it on purpose. It was that damn Omega. He was calculating. He was shameless! He took advantage of my weakness to do something so filthy!”

“Do not worry, I have already tightened security. I will never let anyone get close to me again.”

The bite mark on his collarbone had been scratched by him until it was unrecognizable. The flesh was now torn and bloody.

Shen Qing held a cotton swab dipped in iodine. Listening to those words, he nearly snapped the stick in his hand.

With a raspy voice, unable to control himself, he took a bold risk for once.

“And if that person was me?”

Before he could finish, Lu Shijun reacted violently. He accidentally overturned the medical kit beside him and lunged to his feet.

“Xiao Qing, I will not allow you to talk about yourself like that!”

“How could you be a calculating slut like that?”

“I know you want to comfort me, but I do not need you to humiliate yourself this way.”

Shen Qing suppressed his emotions with all his might. “That kind of thing, why is it a humiliation?”

Lu Shijun’s face was grim as he blurted out, “That kind of thing is just disgusting.”

As if afraid Shen Qing did not understand, he grit his teeth and repeated it.

“In this whole world, there is nothing more disgusting than that.”