The Lost Omega Heiress is Pregnant with My Child - Chapter 31

“Will you come with me?”

Inside the Governor’s mansion, the elegant classical music had long ceased. Everyone was intently watching the boxing match.

Shen Tingxue was struggling to suppress the trembling of her body, trying not to let others notice her abnormality.

The moment Shi Anzhi appeared, Shen Hong sensed trouble. He had seen Shi Anzhi’s file. This face wasn’t the Alpha now stepping into the ring the very “pet” his daughter had brought home?

The situation was becoming complicated. Shen Hong shot a dissatisfied glance at Shen Tingxue, praying that the Governor was unaware of the matter.

Some things were fine to play around with in private, but once brought into the open, they became complicated.

He had long since realized that the Governor’s move today was a public reprimand aimed at the Shen family. Jiang Wei had long been dissatisfied with the slow progress of the Super Alpha Project, and now, by gathering everyone to witness K11’s combat prowess, he was subtly humiliating the Shen family.

Listening to the crowd’s astonishment at K11’s aggressiveness, Shen Hong felt as if needles were pricking his back.

Shen Tingxue had no time to notice her father’s mood. Her eyes were fixed on the screen.

Every time K11’s iron fist came down, her heart nearly stopped. She hadn’t witnessed Shi Anzhi’s boxing match in District R with her own eyes this was the first time she was watching Shi Anzhi fight.

Seeing Shi Anzhi almost get hit. Shen Tingxue’s nails dug deeply into her palm, drawing blood without her even noticing.

“Unexpectedly, this Alpha who just entered the ring isn’t bad.”

Those in the know sensed something unusual. “The clothes she’s wearing aren’t something ordinary people can get their hands on, right?”

The spectators watching remotely couldn’t smell the scene, but when some noticed many in the audience vomiting, they speculated, “Can K11 release oppressive pheromones?”

“K11 is even more troublesome than expected.”

As the conversation continued, the match reached a critical moment. Everyone saw Shi Anzhi draw a glowing blue lightsaber from a cylindrical case in her pants pocket.

The Chief of Staff was the first to recognize it, her expression changing. “Is that He Lancheng’s Stardust?”

She glanced at the Governor.

Shen Tingxue was stunned, also recognizing it as He Lancheng’s weapon.

It was said that the He family had exchanged half a year’s mining rights of an energy planet with Tianheng Industries for that top-tier material. It was a gift prepared for He Lancheng’s coming-of-age ceremony, known for its high lethality, something the upper echelons of society had all heard of.

How could it be in Shi Anzhi’s hands?!

Confusion flashed through Shen Tingxue’s mind. Hadn’t Shi Anzhi and He Lancheng only met once at a gathering?

When had they become close enough to share weapons of this caliber.

How, in such a short time apart, had Shi Anzhi encountered experiences she knew nothing about?

Shen Tingxue felt she was going insane.

Lock Shi Anzhi away, lock her away.

The thought echoed uncontrollably in her mind.

Jiang Wei narrowed his eyes. “Interesting.”

Many around began whispering, their gazes shifting from casual curiosity to intense scrutiny as they watched Shi Anzhi.

On the screen, the battle had reached a fever pitch.

Shi Anzhi severely damaged K11’s heat dissipation port with the lightsaber. Immediately after, K11 entered a frenzied mode.

Shen Tingxue saw Shi Anzhi spit blood then stand up again.

K11’s iron fists moved with blinding speed. Most people assumed Shi Anzhi was about to be crushed into pulp.

However, suddenly, a bizarre scene unfolded.

The frenzied K11 miraculously came to a halt at the last moment, its half-human, half-mechanical face frozen in a daze.

“What’s going on?”

“Looks like K11’s system malfunctioned.”

“What is Ji Tianheng playing at? Did she rig this for Contestant A to win?”

“Who is this person? What’s their background?”

The banquet hall buzzed with uneasy murmurs and speculation.

Among the crowd, only the Shen family, renowned in the field of biology with extensive research on pheromones, possessed the expertise to grasp the situation. Shen Hong observed that many individuals on the screen were gradually calming down, and his mind raced, how was this possible?

Through the remote live feed, they could only see the visuals, unable to perceive the soul-shaking aura emanating from the furnace site.

Most simply found the scene illogical and assumed Ji Tianheng was secretly controlling K11.

But Shen Tingxue understood.

Her eyes widened abruptly as she recalled the words Chu Yi had spoken to her in the laboratory:

Miss Shi’s pheromones can neutralize the chaotic interference in Alpha pheromones that leads to uncontrollable aggression.

Witnessing it firsthand, Shen Tingxue realized just how terrifying this ability was.

Shi Anzhi’s pheromones truly possessed the power to quell all forms of frenzy.

Gazing at the figure on the screen, Shen Tingxue’s emotions were complex. Though miles away, she felt as if she could pierce through space and catch the cool, damp scent emanating from Shi Anzhi.

Because she had truly experienced it before.

Back then, everyone had labeled Shi Anzhi as disabled.

Her Alpha was no invalid, she was a higher form of existence, capable of influencing machinery with her will alone.

Shen Tingxue’s eyes grew moist as she suddenly realized that Shi Anzhi was no canary she could casually cage.

A sense of pride swelled within her, but with this, Shi Anzhi had slipped beyond her control.

What should she do?

The live feed froze on the image of Shi Anzhi being carried off the field by medical personnel.

Governor Jiang Wei shut off the holographic screen, and the lights in the banquet hall brightened once more.

He exchanged a few hollow pleasantries with the guests, speaking of the threat Ji Tianheng now posed to the governor’s mansion and the issues at the border. The evening felt less like a banquet and more like a lecture disguised as one.

Much later, as the crowd gradually dispersed, Shen Tingxue and Shen Hong remained at the governor’s signal.

It was obvious what was coming.

In the vast banquet hall, the atmosphere grew instantly oppressive.

Jiang Wei shed all pretense, returning to his seat at the head of the table, his gaze icy. “Shen Hong, you saw it today. Ji Tianheng and the Li family are already capable of producing finished products like K11.”

He rapped his fingers heavily on the table. “Yet our project remains stalled because of the stabilizer. If I’m not mistaken, Test Subject Fourteen is on the verge of collapse too, isn’t it?”

“How did you guarantee this to me back then?”

Unrestrained anger seeped into Jiang Wei’s voice. “You claimed the Shen family’s biotechnology was the empire’s finest! That with my support, you could create a perfect, invincible army for me.”

“And now?”

Jiang Wei let out a cold laugh. “All I’ve gotten is a pile of expensive, self-destructing junk. Had I known it would come to this, I would’ve handed the project over to the Li family from the start!”

Fine beads of cold sweat formed on Shen Hong’s temples.

“Your Excellency, please calm your anger.”

He quickly bowed and explained, “Genetic optimization is inherently more time-consuming than mechanical modification. We’ve already identified the core issue, and a breakthrough with the S-4 stabilizer is imminent.”

“How soon is imminent?” Jiang Wei pressed. “One month? Two months? Or should we wait until Ji Tianheng parks her mechanical army at the gates of my governor’s mansion?”

Shen Tingxue watched her father’s servile demeanor and laughed inwardly.

She stepped forward, speaking in a tone that was neither submissive nor arrogant. “Your Excellency, please rest assured.”

“Before the wedding banquet between myself and Young Master Jiang Qi, the Shen family will present you with a satisfactory finished product.”

Jiang Wei studied Shen Tingxue for a long moment, observing this Omega who remained composed under his immense pressure, and gave a slight nod.

“Good.” He nodded. “Tingxue, if you want to become my daughter-in-law, don’t disappoint me.”

“If you disappoint me again, the Shen family will have no further reason to continue developing.”

With that, he stood up and left without looking back.

Shen Tingxue remained standing, watching her father’s suppressed yet powerless expression, feeling icy cold inside.

After the governor left, Shen Hong vented his anger on her.

“Shen Tingxue!”

Shen Tingxue’s face remained expressionless, her thoughts in disarray. Was she the weakest among these people? After enduring wave after wave of pressure, she always became the target of her father’s emotional outbursts.

She had even been beaten for it as a child.

Watching Shen Hong’s mouth open and close, she felt as if her body had detached not a single word reached her brain, as if she were being torn apart by countless forces.

Chu Yi’s cruel proposal surfaced in her mind. It’s fine, she would soon put an end to this situation.

Live stress extraction.

Should she use it?

But without her own military force, if her strength couldn’t support her ambitions, exposure would mean death.

The sedative seemed to be wearing off. A wave of panic washed over Shen Tingxue. She suddenly shifted her footing, and the next moment, she uncontrollably ran toward the parking area, ignoring Shen Hong’s rage.

As she ran, she mentally connected to Xiaoyu. Still no signal from Shi Anzhi that meant Shi Anzhi must still be near the Furnace.

She didn’t care about anything else anymore. She recklessly piloted her aircraft toward the Furnace.

Furnace Club, temporary medical facility. The air was thick with the mixed scent of disinfectant and high-grade cell repair fluid.

The place was crowded with severely injured challengers. Under Ji Tianheng’s instructions, Shi Anzhi had been assigned to the best ward.

The Ji family’s medical team was highly efficient. They had performed emergency wound treatment on Shi Anzhi immediately after she was carried off the field.

Now, Shi Anzhi lay on a medical bed, connected to various monitoring devices. Parts of her clothes had been cut away, fully revealing the purple and red bruises covering her body.

She was exhausted.

“How are you feeling now?” He Lan Shuang approached with medication.

She had followed Shi Anzhi to the medical facility after she left the field and helped retrieve the follow-up recovery medications while Shi Anzhi’s wounds were being treated.

Shi Anzhi lifted her eyelids, seeing the concern written all over He Lan Shuang’s face.

“Not dead yet.”

She tried to smile but it tugged at the wound on her lip.

He Lan Shuang noticed. “Don’t force yourself to smile.”

She explained the usage of each medication to Shi Anzhi one by one. “I thought you’d last three minutes at most. I never expected you to fight so brilliantly.”

Shi Anzhi said sincerely, “The weapon you gave me works very well.”

“It’s the person wielding the sword who’s remarkable.”

He Lanshuang looked at Shi Anzhi with a serious expression. “Shi Anzhi, you are strong.”

Shi Anzhi still felt a bitterness in her heart, recalling the direct reason she had stepped onto the stage. “Is that so? I’ve had a gland disability since childhood and don’t produce much pheromone.”

She remembered the mocking faces at the gathering.

“So what?”

He Lanshuang raised an eyebrow indifferently. “That thing is just a physiological label used to rank people into classes. It’s long overdue to be outdated.”

She turned her gaze to Shi Anzhi. “In my opinion, you are a hundred times stronger than many Alphas in the Special Zone who only know how to flaunt their pheromones.”

“You’re incredible, Shi Anzhi. Do you even realize how amazing you are?”

Shi Anzhi was slightly taken aback.

Since arriving in the Special Zone, no one had encouraged her like this for a long time not even Shen Tingxue.

As she spoke, He Lanshuang glanced at Shi Anzhi’s gland. She remembered that at the critical moment of the fight, a damp scent had suddenly erupted, enveloping the entire arena.

That was definitely not a power a disabled Alpha could possess. Lost in thought, He Lanshuang wondered judging by Shi Anzhi’s words, could it be that the scent hadn’t come from her?

Shi Anzhi didn’t understand why He Lanshuang was staring at that spot and felt somewhat embarrassed.

She had assumed that K11’s sudden halt at the end was due to Ji Tianheng’s people operating behind the scenes.

“You said earlier that the outcome was predetermined. Can you explain that more clearly now?”

“You dared to step onto the stage without fully understanding the situation?”

He Lanshuang laughed. This Alpha truly had guts.

“Ji Tianheng wanted to recruit all the top performers from this boxing match into her private guard. I only guessed that you were skilled, and she might not want you to get seriously injured.”

“You know, Shi Anzhi, now that you’ve completely won, you’ll have more choices.”

He Lanshuang deliberately paused. “For example, would you like to come with me?”

“I will definitely treat you better than Shen Tingxue. At the very least, you would never have to fight in boxing matches because you’re short on money.”

“I—”

Just as Shi Anzhi was about to say something, the door to the medical room was pushed open from the outside.

A cold, pear-like scent of pheromones washed over them. Shen Tingxue’s champagne-colored gown was wrinkled from her hurried steps. She looked travel-worn and disheveled, her hair messy.

Her tea-colored eyes were filled with brokenness.

“What were you talking about?”

Her voice was so cold it could freeze ice shards.

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