Why is this top-tier Alpha boss acting like this? - Chapter 10

Su Runan looked at the test report on his phone, and his non-stop cursing came to a dead stop.

Seeing Su Runan’s reaction, Cheng Yan guessed the result of his pheromone report. He grabbed a tissue, wiped his hands, and reached across the table of food to take Su Runan’s phone.

He looked at the screen.

Pheromone Test Result: + (Omega), ≤ 0.20/㎡, Reference Value ≥ 35 to 128/㎡

As expected.

He looked up at Su Runan, intending to speak, but found the man still frozen in the same posture, eyes fixed on the spot where the phone used to be. He handed the phone back and waved his hand in front of Su Runan’s eyes.

Su Runan looked up at him, his sleep-deprived eyes bloodshot. “Could I have tested you wrong? Why is your gland still secreting pheromones today? The shortest abnormal cycle during the pre-differentiation stage of a gland is a week. It has only been a few days. This is impossible!”

Cheng Yan sighed, picked up Su Runan’s soup bowl, filled it, and placed it by his hand. “Finish this meal first. We will talk about everything else once you are full.”

Su Runan nodded, picked up the bowl with both hands, and gulped it down. His heroic manner was such that one would think he was drinking hard liquor and heading off to fight a tiger.

After finishing the soup, Su Runan put the bowl down and used a tissue to roughly wipe the grease off his hands. Then he tore open a wet wipe and cleaned his hands thoroughly and quickly. “You are right. Whatever happens, talk after eating. I am full now.”

With that, he picked up his phone, tapped away at it, and stood up. He added somewhat perfunctorily, “Take your time eating. I am sending your report to my mentor; he happens to be free right now. I am going to make a call.”

The sequence of actions was so fluid that Cheng Yan didn’t have a chance to get a word in before the man had already walked out of the restaurant.

Cheng Yan slowly put down his chopsticks. He already had a poor appetite, and now he was completely unable to eat. Su Runan was already busy enough, and now he couldn’t even have a peaceful meal because of his situation.

He gazed out at the blurry city lights, waiting quietly in his seat. His heart felt a bit heavy, much like the night sky. He didn’t know if he deserved to be cared for so much, but he was certain of one thing: he was lucky. Whether it was work or friends, his luck was through the roof.

About twenty minutes later, Su Runan finally ended the call and returned to his seat. “Your situation is a bit complicated. Even my mentor can’t make a definitive conclusion. He needs you to come back to the hospital with me in a bit to do a few more tests. Over the coming days, there will be more follow-up exams. My mentor needs more data before he can make a diagnosis. Also, you can continue taking the medicine I gave you today; that was correct. Based on today’s situation, your gland doesn’t seem to follow the development patterns of a pubertal Omega. I thought about it too simply before.”

At this point, Su Runan let out a heavy sigh. “What are your plans for that boss of yours with the sharp nose? You work together every day, and he is your direct superior. If he really can’t stand your pheromones, it will be a big problem for you, won’t it?”

Cheng Yan thought for a moment and asked tentatively, “What if I just get a PB injection now?”

“No!”

Before he could finish, Su Runan rejected it outright. “Simply put, that stuff inhibits the release of sex hormones, making the gland temporarily unable to synthesize pheromones. But what you need most right now is sex hormones. If I am treating your gland while you take a PB shot, everything I do becomes useless. Besides, PB shots are quite harmful to the body. Even after your gland recovers, I wouldn’t recommend using them long-term.”

Cheng Yan gave a bitter smile. “Then the only choice is the blocker. Qing Jin Ji, 32,482 per bottle, lasts half a month. That is 64,964 a month.”

The two fell into silence at the mention of that number.

After a long while, Su Runan clutched his heart. “You are the one spending the money, so why does my heart hurt so much? Is this job absolutely necessary? Can’t you find a boss who doesn’t hate your pheromones? With your capabilities, it shouldn’t be hard to jump ship, right?”

Cheng Yan replied melancholically, “It isn’t hard, but I am not very willing.”

Su Runan frowned, his face full of confusion. “Why torture yourself like this?”

Cheng Yan paused for a moment and then said slowly, “In the past few years, my monthly take-home pay has been six figures.”

The silence returned, shrouding the two of them once more.

Although they had been friends for nearly twenty years, they had never known each other’s income. Occasionally, if it was mentioned, it was glossed over with vague terms like “it is okay,” “fine,” or “enough to spend.” This was the first time he had revealed his true income to Su Runan.

Su Runan looked at Cheng Yan in disbelief, his brain unable to process it for a moment. “How much? How much did you say? Six figures? A month?”

Cheng Yan nodded. “So, I am not very willing to change bosses.”

Su Runan picked up the half-cup of tea remaining on the table and downed it. He looked around like a thief and then said in a lowered voice, “Thinking carefully, your big boss Song is actually quite good. Aside from a bad temper, being picky, and now hating your pheromones, he doesn’t have many other flaws. Didn’t he even give you a blocker? He is a good person. This is a good job. In this economy, don’t change jobs if you don’t have to.”

Seeing the person in front of him flip his stance instantly, Cheng Yan burst out laughing. “You changed your tune way too fast!”

Su Runan put down his teacup and retorted indignantly, “You didn’t tell me you made this much every month!”

Su Runan picked up the teapot to refill his cup. “Then what are you hesitating for? It is not like you can’t afford Qing Jin Ji. Blockers won’t interfere with your treatment either. Just use the blockers and be done with it.”

Cheng Yan answered honestly, “I was just thinking of saving a bit.”

Domestic PB shots cost a little over a thousand yuan. Imported ones are more expensive, but even then, they are only about three thousand, which is much cheaper than the Qing Jin Ji blockers.

Su Runan sighed exaggeratedly. “You have to spend money to make money. You still have plenty left after buying the blockers every month. Stop overthinking it. Are you full? If you are, hurry back to the hospital with me for those extra tests. Let’s finish up so we can go back and rest early. My brain is about to explode!”

Cheng Yan stood up with a smile, not minding being called “son” by his friend. He went to the front desk to pay the bill. When he turned back, Su Runan was already waiting by his car.

He drove to the hospital again. After finishing the tests, Su Runan went back to the hospital dormitory to rest, and he drove home alone.

By the time he got home, it was after ten at night. He took a hot shower to relax completely. Before sleeping, he opened the blocker placed by his bed, took out the manual, and read it carefully. He even went online to look up some guides on using blockers.

For the past ten-plus years, he had been an Alpha. Blockers were exclusive to Omegas, so he had never paid attention to how to use them. He gave himself a crash course and fell asleep with his head full of tips.

The next day, he washed up and ate breakfast as usual. Before leaving, he opened the blocker and, using the tutorials he had seen the night before, successfully applied it. He didn’t believe that Song Yang would still be able to smell his pheromones after using this!

However, when he reached the company and waited and waited, he discovered that Song Yang… had not come to the office!

He had sprayed the blocker specifically for Song Yang, and after he arrived, the man didn’t show up? What was this? He felt like he was “winking at a blind man.”

Qing Jin Ji blockers can be stored for half a year in a sealed state, but once opened, they are only valid for half a month. Regardless of whether it is used up, the bottle will expire after two weeks, and its effectiveness will drop sharply.

Since it was already open, he had officially entered a life accompanied by blockers. With Song Yang absent, no one else picked on his sudden pheromones, and his life gradually returned to normal.

But what was concerning was that for some reason, Song Yang had not come to the office for several days. He didn’t pick up calls, and his replies to messages were irregular.

At first, the people in the company were relieved, but after several days of not seeing him and watching the pile of documents in the General Manager’s office grow higher and higher, many people started asking about Song Yang’s whereabouts.

But how was he supposed to know where Song Yang was?

Saturday, 11:03 PM.

After finishing a day’s work, Cheng Yan finished washing up with a dizzy head and was lying in bed, trying to fall asleep. Song Yang still hadn’t appeared today, and the documents in the General Manager’s office were so numerous they couldn’t be stored anymore. He decided that if Song Yang didn’t appear by next Monday, he would start using more direct means to find him.

Time passed second by second, and his drowsiness deepened. Just as he was about to sink into deep sleep, a piercing ringtone suddenly went off, instantly erasing the sleepiness he had managed to gather.

Who is it! Who calls in the middle of the night?

He opened his eyes irritably and felt around the nightstand. After finding the charging cable, he pulled the phone over. The glowing screen was blinding in the dark room. He squinted at the screen.

Song Yang?

The time at the top of the phone showed 11:49 PM, close to midnight. His intuition told him that nothing good ever came from Song Yang calling him at this hour.

For the sake of his salary, he picked up the call. “Hello? President Song?”

There was no immediate response from the other end, but loud music could be heard clearly. A few seconds later, it sounded as if someone had picked up the phone, and then a voice came through. “Whoa! He answered! Hello, hello? Is this Assistant Cheng?”

Cheng Yan sat up, his brow furrowing. The person on the other end… was not Song Yang.

He replied in a deep voice, “I am. Who is this, please?”

Before he could finish, the other side started shouting rowdily, “Assistant Cheng! Big Brother Cheng, Brother Cheng! We are begging you, please come and take Brother Yang away! We have been drinking for five full days, we really can’t drink anymore!”

Huh?

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