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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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The next day, Xiao Die and Bai Xiangwan came back together.
Xiao Die was very excited to show the photo of her and Yan Mingxiu to Shen Dai before she went to cook.
Bai Xiangwan went to see Qiuqiu. As soon as Qiuqiu smelled the warm white elm pheromone, he was well-behaved and happy. He bent his eyes and giggled. He waved his little hands excitedly and said something incomprehensible from his mouth.
Bai Xiangwan teased Qiuqiu for a while and when he saw Shen Dai sitting beside him, looking at their direction with unfocused eyes, he was stunned. He stretched out his hand and shook it in front of Shen Dai’s eyes, and said softly, “What happened last night? Did you not sleep?”
Shen Dai came back to his senses. He yawned and smiled bitterly: “As usual.”
“Have you found any night shift nanny?”
“The agency has suggested three for me. I plan to go for an interview today.”
“It’s good to have a nanny. You can’t endure like this. It hurts your body too much.”
Shen Dai nodded: “Just wait until I find one. After he was born, I hardly made any progress on my thesis.”
Bai Xiangwan tapped Qiuqiu’s little chest with his fingertips: “You’ve been three months old. It’s time for you to mature. Don’t keep troubling your father.”
Shen Dai smiled: “Thanks to your pheromone, Qiuqiu is much better than before.”
Bai Xiangwan stared at Qiuqiu. His bright eyes flickering, as if he was hesitating to say something. After a long time, he said, “Is his alpha father’s pheromone useful?”
Shen Dai was startled.
Bai Xiangwan turned his head to look at Shen Dai. His eyes were calm and peaceful. There was no questioning, no curiosity, and no prying eyes. He spoke naturally as if they were talking about professional topics: “I smelled it as soon as I entered the room. It’s Qu Moyu’s.”
Although Bai Xiangwan’s expression and way of asking questions were already very respectful, Shen Dai lowered his head in embarrassment.
“I guessed it a long time ago. I’ve heard some… Well, this time he came so I am sure.”
“Senior brother, I’m sorry for causing trouble for you.”
“It’s nothing.” Bai Xiangwan shrugged, “He’s the boss. He said a few words to me for the sake of money. It doesn’t matter. He still has to hand over this project to me.”
Shen Dai said in a low voice, “I don’t want Qiuqiu to get involved with him. Qiuqiu also rejects his pheromones.”
“What about him?”
Shen Dai pondered for a moment and said, “We are already over. He is already engaged.”
Bai Xiangwan doesn’t think so. He is also an alpha. He may not agree with some alphas’ behaviours, but he can understand that Qu Moyu came to the door on purpose. And he had so much hostility to himself, which shows that in Qu Moyu’s heart, the two of them are not over yet. But looking at Shen Dai’s dark circles under his eyes and the tiredness on his face, he was also very depressed. He didn’t know what to say. After thinking about it for a while, he said, “Do you have any plans for the future?”
“I’m going to get a job, I’ve already started looking.”
“Don’t look for one. You go back and properly resign. And then come to work with me.”
Shen Dai looked at Bai Xiangwan and hesitated.
“Are you worried that Qu Moyu will embarrass you and me?”
“Senior brother, you have helped me a lot. There is no need to be implicated by me for this kind of thing.”
“The word ‘implicated’ is too serious. I think you are overthinking it. Qu Moyu is the executive president of the group. He is very cheap to embarrass you as a small employee. The branch in Lancheng is independently operated. He can’t control our personnel appointments and dismissals and he won’t be able to mess with me because of this.” Bai Xiangwan blinked, “I make him so much money every year.”
How Qu Moyu would embarrass himself, Shen Dai really couldn’t imagine. Every time the conflict between the two deepened, he would see the darker and worse side of Qu Moyu. But he thinks Bai Xiangwan’s confidence is justified. The mining area in Lancheng is currently the main profit point of the group. Bai Xiangwan is still holding such a large project. Although the employment relationship is a two-way choice, there are no other employees compatible with Bai Xiangwan. This kind of high-end talent has truly achieved the best. In fact, the company is afraid of Bai Xiangwan’s job hopping and there is no possibility that Bai Xiangwan will be messed with.
Shen Dai admires Bai Xiangwan very much. If the teacher is the ultimate goal of his struggle, then, Bai Xiangwan is his current stage goal.
“What do you think?” Seeing that Shen Dai was shaken, Bai Xiangwan warmly advised. “If you take the initiative to resign, you will lose a little compensation and options at most. Come to me, I will give you good treatment. And I will also give you a lot of money and broad development space. You are the talent I need.”
Shen Dai looked at Bai Xiangwan gratefully: “Senior brother, what you said means a lot to me. I never wanted to be treated differently because of gender. When I decided to stay with Qiuqiu, I also made a choice to go back to work someday. For a few years, I even started from scratch, but I didn’t expect this to be more difficult than I thought. This year, if I didn’t insist on finishing the thesis, I really felt like I was going to be scrapped.” He smiled wryly. After a while, in retrospect, this may have been the most painful, tiring, lowest, and anxious time in his life. “You think I am useful and give me a lot of encouragement.”
“It’s normal for you to feel depressed now. What you’ve been through is really not easy. But I believe you will recover. And you seem to be ready for that soon.” Bai Xiangwan’s eyes were sincere and powerful, “Come and work for me.”
Shen Dai had originally planned to go back to the capital to find a job. First, he was concerned about his grandma, which was his family after all. Second, there were more jobs and higher wages there, but Bai Xiangwan’s simple words made him change his mind.
By staying here, he can stay far away from Qu Moyu. And away from the person who hurt him, humiliated him, and plundered over him.
Shen Dai’s eyes became firm: “Senior brother, give me some time. I will go back and handle the resignation. And then I want to take my grandma here and after all the processing is done, I will go to work. I will not let you down.”
Bai Xiangwan looked at him with a smile and gentle eyes: “I believe in you.”
Qu Moyu was sitting in his private jet. The safety preparations before taking off were done and he just waited for the jet to move. He held his cheeks and looked out the window seemingly motionless. But in fact, his ears were listening to the video call between Yan Mingxiu and his wife. Yan Mingxiu was sitting opposite of him.
“Well, it will take off in a while. I may be home around the same time as you.”
“I bought all the specialties, enough for you to share.”
“Do you still want to film in the mining area? Do you know how bad the exposure is and how bad the environment is? Don’t think about challenging yourself all day long.” Although Yan Mingxiu’s tone was reproaching, there was still a gentle smile in his eyes.
The two didn’t chat for too long. The conversation was very normal but Qu Moyu frequently took a look from the corner of his eye.
After hanging up the phone, Yan Mingxiu took off the Bluetooth headset and looked at his watch: “Can we get there at about four o’clock?”
“Well, around that time.” Qu Moyu teased, “So loving. Do you have to chat with each other every day?” He has seen several Zhou Xiang movies and he has also met Zhou Xiang twice at parties. With various personalities deduced, the actor in reality is very easy-going and at first glance, he is a person with high emotional intelligence and good temper.
Yan Mingxiu smiled: “More or less. I often travel for business and he often shoots in different places.”
Qu Moyu never inquired about other people’s privacy, not only because of politeness, but also because he was not interested. But at this time he couldn’t help and curiously asked: “Mingxiu, when you married him, you… don’t you worry? He is a beta that cannot be marked.” How many temptations for an S-class alpha to face in his life. Only ‘marking’ is the most likely constraint to make them loyal.
“Before I met him, I would have the same questions as you. After meeting him, I felt that these were not problems at all.” Yan Mingxiu’s expression was very calm. Obviously, this was not the first time for him to answer such a question. And every time he answered them, he also sincerely believed in these words.
Qu Moyu’s heart is full of mixed feelings. Why can Yan Mingxiu marry a beta, but he can’t even handle an omega he has ‘marked’? He had never experienced such setbacks before.
In his mind was Shen Dai’s face full of resentment, fear, and tears. Under the influence of their recent meetings, Shen Dai’s resistance to him was infinitely magnified. And he could not even remember what Shen Dai looked like back when his beautiful face was full of admiration, dependence, and joy.
Shen Dai personally said that he liked him but he also said that he hated him completely. The thought of this made Qu Moyu’s heart aching.
Shen Dai has already spoken to this point. He also did stupid things that he didn’t even condoned under those stimuli. It was so ugly. It affected his mentality, words and deeds. Shen Dai was so ignorant of what is good and bad for him. Why does he have to be with someone else!
At this time, the flight attendant came over with two glasses of soda water, put his knees on the coffee table between them, and said respectfully, “Mr. Qu, Mr. Yan, the plane will take off soon and it is expected to land at our destination at 4:15 a.m.”
Qu Moyu came back to his senses: “Okay, pour me a glass of mineral water. Thank you.”
The flight attendant exchanged another glass of mineral water.
Qu Moyu took out a medicine bottle and took two pills with water.
Yan Mingxiu looked at the familiar medicine bottle and frowned, “This is a medicine that delays the susceptible period, right? This medicine is very powerful.”
Qu Moyu said lightly, “Is there anything wrong with it?”
“The signing ceremony of our project can be postponed. Anyway, it has been decided. Why do you need to take such medicines that hurt your body?” Yan Mingxiu swept Qu Moyu up and down with his deep eyes and finally understood why they had not seen each other for a few days. He was noticeably thinner in the end.
“I didn’t eat much. I’ll just go home.” Qu Moyu smiled lightly, “The schedule has been arranged.”
He wouldn’t tell anyone that he delayed the susceptible period because of fear. The susceptible period is not easy. As an alpha, he should have gotten used to it. But this time is different from the past. Over the past year, his desire for a person has never stopped. Entering the susceptible period will only expand this desire.
It doesn’t matter. A person’s life is a battle against desire. He doesn’t believe that he will be manipulated by a mere omega. He likes Shen Dai, but it doesn’t matter. If he can’t even let go of this cumbersome relationship, he’s not worthy to be an S-class alpha.
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Next update: 2022.06.29
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*Translator’s note: Why does Bai Xiangwan job offer sound like a proposal to me? Lol. Let’s wait and see how QMY will suffer during the susceptible period. *evil smiles* -K