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Title: 顶级掠食者 (Alpha Predator)
Author：水千丞 (ShuiQianCheng)
Translator: K (@kin0monogatari)
Protagonists ：沈岱 (Shen Dai -MC), 瞿末予 (Qu Moyu -ML)
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Shen Dai’s eyes quickly turned red and his lips trembled slightly. The sad and aggrieved appearance made Qu Moyu feel uncomfortable. Is the influence of pheromones really so powerful? The more Shen Dai could influence his emotions, the more he resisted.
“Well, it’s nothing new.” Shen Dai’s voice trembled slightly. He thought that the confession was a grand burning, but Qu Moyu put his fire out lightly.
The past few months of getting along with each other each day and night made him have some illusions. He thought that Qu Moyu also had feelings for him, even if it was very small and weak, at least no one else had it. He was still special. It’s really whimsical of him to think so. What’s so rare about an omega who likes Qu Moyu? What’s so different about his feelings? Qu Moyu doesn’t even like him back. So he doesn’t care about what he likes, nor does he care about him at all. In Qu Moyu’s eyes, it’s just a kind of ‘ethereal emotions’.
He has a mark of Qu Moyu’s, has a marriage with him, and has an intimate relationship with him. But Qu Moyu still doesn’t care about him. This is so disappointing. He used to sneer at the omega pheromone ranking standard. How ironic it is that he could feel inferior today because of it. He couldn’t control himself not to think that if he was an S-class omega, if he was better, the result might be different.
Qu Moyu looked away irritably, “What else do you want to say?”
Shen Dai took a deep breath and said hoarsely, “I know you don’t like me. And I know you’re angry. But you can’t convict me casually. Felons also have the right to defend themselves. Can you listen to my explanation?”
Qu Moyu looked at Shen Dai sideways: “Speak.”
“I went home on the afternoon of the 12th. My dad took my mobile phone out of the door. He said he took it wrongly. Obviously, my mobile phone was manipulated during that time.” When he said this, Shen Dai was feeling extremely ashamed. No one wants to have a father like that but he has to lay out his family scandal for others to examine, “My omega father is a… very selfish person. He gave birth to me to coerce You Xinghai. He took his parents’ property as collateral for his boyfriend, causing us to owe a huge debt. I never told him about our relationship but on the day of my grandma’s surgery, he saw us outside the hospital together. Now, I don’t know how to get to collaborate with Qu Chengchen but everything he does is for money.”
Qu Moyu listened and narrowed his eyes.
“This is all I know. The part that I don’t know, I will investigate it myself.” Shen Dai sniffed, holding back the tears in his eyes, “I assure you, no matter if you believe me now or not. I believe that anything is possible. And there is a possibility that what I said is the truth and I don’t want to be held accountable until there is concrete evidence.”
Qu Moyu looked at Shen Dai coldly: “You are trying to convince me that you were framed by your biological father. Even if the two of you benefit from this incident at the same time?”
“Yes.” Shen Dai said sternly, “I did wish… to get your mark. But I will never use this method.”
Qu Moyu snorted softly: “I don’t have time to deal with you right now. When I finish dealing with important matters, I will find out what role you played in the whole thing.”
Shen Dai endured the heartache and said solemnly: “I want to go home tomorrow. I want to face…”
“No.”
“…”
“I’ve told you that… you should not let anyone know that I marked you.” Qu Moyu’s expression was stern, and he couldn’t say anything, “I will grant you a long sick leave from the company.”
Shen Dai narrowed his eyes: “Am I going to be kept here forever?”
“That’s right.”
“Until when?!” Shen Dai said sharply.
“Until you wash off the mark.”
After saying these words, the two held their breaths at the same time and fell into silence.
The mark is the double bond between their body and soul. Once formed, they will both resist emotionally to cut it off, just like the brain will instruct the body to protect the brain first. When Qu Moyu finished saying this, his heart felt the unspeakable bitterness. It also made Shen Dai’s heart ache even more.
His favourite person, his alpha… wants him to wash off the marks and clear all contact with him.
Qu Moyu hid all his discomfort, suppressed his self-doubt, and only had coldness in his eyes: “I have already communicated with the doctor. We can find out if you are pregnant within two weeks. If you are pregnant, just knock it off and then wash the mark.”
Shen Dai staggered and took a step back, staring at Qu Moyu in disbelief. He felt like he had been burnt for a moment.
Under the gaze of those eyes full of pain and despair, even Qu Moyu couldn’t look him straight in the eye. He warned himself not to be soft-hearted and that it was just the influence of pheromones. How could the great Qu Moyu be at the mercy of others? He won’t be coerced by pheromones and he won’t let those who betray him get what they want.
Shen Dai looked at Qu Moyu’s taut jawline, which was as cold as a knife. Knowing that this person was absolutely serious, he said in a low voice, “Don’t do this to me.” He didn’t know if a small life had been conceived in his womb. But if there is, it is the child of him and Qu Moyu. They have a marriage, a mark, and a time when they had loved each other. How can Qu Moyu be so ruthless?!
“Have you forgotten the terms in the contract that you signed and confirmed with your own hands?” The muscles on Qu Moyu’s face trembled, as if he was holding something unimaginable back within him and it made him look a bit cruel, “You will not carry my child, you shouldn’t get my mark. And if you want something that doesn’t belong to you, you have to pay the price.”
Shen Dai covered his abdomen subconsciously. He knew that using words would be useless and powerless. But at this moment, he didn’t know how to resist the malice released by his beloved. After being marked, he will only like, depend on, and obey his alpha more than before. His genetic instinct tells him to surrender yet his brain tells him to resist. He gritted his teeth and pleaded, “Mo Yu, don’t treat me like this.”
Qu Moyu clenched his fists: “I told you to do it. Don’t let me repeat it a second time.”
Shen Dai’s chest heaved vigorously. His voice choked as he said: “You can’t force me to wash the mark.”
Qu Moyu stood up. His tall body, sharp eyes, and domineering S-class pheromones made him look threatening: “I have a way to make you become ‘voluntary’.” After speaking, he turned and walked into his bedroom. He ruthlessly slammed the door shut.
Shen Dai stared at the door that was closed to him for a long time, until the temperature of his body was lost a little bit and he seemed to be frozen to death by this spring. He used to want to walk into this door with anticipation. And he already did that. He thought he had obtained permission to stay by Qu Moyu’s side. But now the door is closed to him mercilessly. It was as if he had woken up from a dream and realised that all the good things have become unsightly.
How could the person who saved him from one trouble after another, who took care of him tenderly, and walked around his alma mater holding his hand… be the same person who wronged him, humiliated him, forced him to kill his child, and washed his marks off?
How could the person who saved him and the person who hurt him… The person who treated him gently and and the person who treated him cruelly… be the same person?!
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Next update: 2022.05.31
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*Translator’s note: I remember this is the part where I hated cuttlefish the most. How can he be willing to knock off an innocent child. I know some of you guys have read the raws and might already know what happened. But I also know how torturous it was back then for me to wait for update while feeling angry at the stupid squid fish! So I’ll spoil right ahead for you.
_SPOILER ALERT_  Stop reading here if you don’t want spoilers. Please don’t hate me that I give spoilers because trust me, it can spare you guys the agony that I went through. 1) Yes. Our Sundae got pregnant. 2) Our cuttlefish still want Sundae to abort the child. 3) They will divorce but this squid had the audacity to still call SD as ‘my omega’ and want to keep him as a mistress while he wanna marry someone else! GRRRRRR! 4) SD will receive help from someone you won’t expect where he can still have the baby but managed to wash off the mark. I’ll keep this not spoiled for you. This, you guys need to read yourself to know. I cried during that chapter. 5) Sundae managed to escape QMY and go off to a land far, far away where he will be spending time with our 2nd male lead. But don’t put too much hope on our 2nd male lead. Yep. That’s it for my spoilers! -K