DL Chapter30

Fu Baiqi handed the data files of the past few days to Min Zhi’s assistant and asked, “Is President Min not here yet?”

 

The assistant nodded and then said, “But I received a call from him this morning, saying that he will come tomorrow.”

 

Fu Baiqi didn’t say anything else. He frowned imperceptibly and turned back to his office.

 

A lot of strange things happened this week. First, Min Zhi didn’t come to the company for a whole week. One should know that Min Zhi is very ambitious and usually has high standards for his employees and even higher standards for himself. Since Fu Baiqi came to the company, this is the first time he has heard that he has been absent for so many days.

 

There was also Fang Fengzhi—he hadn’t come back to the apartment, and Fu Baiqi had seldom taken the initiative to go into his room. None of his clothes or belongings were taken, yet he had disappeared. Fu Baiqi did not want to take the initiative to contact him. The only time he called him, Fang Fengzhi said he wanted a divorce.

 

Fu Baiqi didn’t want to talk about divorce for the time being. Usually Fang Fengzhi always listened to him and acted like he would accept whatever he did. But this time he brought up the divorce first and even asked if he had cheated on him.

 

Fu Baiqi recalled how he had once asked Bai Zhen to meet with Fang Fengzhi and make their relationship clear, hoping to plant a thorn in Fang Fengzhi’s heart and push him toward agreeing to a divorce. But afterward, he never followed up on it, and Fu Baiqi had no intention of bringing it up directly either.

 

Now Fang Fengzhi suddenly said it so firmly, which made him wonder if Bai Zhen had said something to him.

 

Fu Baiqi frowned. It was because of Bai Zhen’s reckless character that Fu Baiqi broke up with him. This petty and spoiled Omega was probably dumped for the first time, so it was not impossible that he would take advantage of his wife to get revenge.

 

Thinking of this, Fu Baiqi felt an inexplicable anger in his heart.

 

That time, he impulsively marked Fang Fengzhi and injured him. After that, he didn’t return to the apartment for fear of being affected by the Omega’s pheromone. Now thinking about it, he felt that he had really gone too far. He also thought that Bai Zhen might have bullied Fang Fengzhi under his nose, which made him even more unhappy. He inexplicably felt guilty towards Fang Fengzhi.

 

All these things piled up together made Fu Baiqi feel uncomfortable. He took out his mobile phone and looked at the message Fang Fengzhi sent him a week ago. He did not reply at that time. His finger lingered on the word “dial”, but in the end he did not press it.

 

Fang Fengzhi sat at his computer desk, typing away. He hadn’t been to work for a week. Although his manager didn’t say anything and assigned his work to other colleagues, it was his colleagues who helped him do it, and now he had to give it back. All the workload of his colleagues fell on him. He hadn’t gotten up since he sat down in the morning, and he rarely even went to the toilet.

 

He tilted his neck back and put a few more drops of eye drops on the table into his eyes. His eyes were sore, and he blinked. He saw someone next to him looking up at him, and when he saw him looking over, he lowered his head again.

 

Fang Fengzhi frowned. His whole body was covered with pheromones left by Min Zhi, which were even stronger than last time. He returned to work yesterday. At that time, Min Zhi’s body had almost recovered, and he didn’t need his pheromones all the time anymore. His consciousness had also recovered to a large extent. When the manager called to urge him to go to work, Min Zhi heard it and asked him to return to the company.

 

After a long hesitation, he went back to the company and told Min Zhi to call him if anything came up. When he first returned, it was as if he were wearing an overpowering perfume, wherever he went, people would lift their heads to look at him. The Omegas in the company who had always urged him to divorce rarely came to talk to him anymore, but they always looked at him secretly. The uncomfortable and sympathetic look disappeared and was replaced by dissatisfaction and jealousy.

 

Most people lead ordinary lives, and when they come across someone whose circumstances are even worse than theirs, they can’t help but be flooded with sympathy. On the surface, they offer kind words and comfort, but in truth, they’re just eager to uncover some hidden misfortune in his life, something tragic enough to reassure themselves that others have it worse, so their own lives feel a little easier to bear.

 

Who would have thought that the relationship between the person who had always been sympathized with and his husband suddenly became close? And his husband was even a very high-level Alpha as well, during the time when Fang Fengzhi asked for leave, they should have spent a very happy time together, because the concentration of pheromones in his body was so high that it was unimaginable, and he even wore a mask to cover it up. Someone accidentally saw his mouth when he took off the mask, it was red, swollen, and cracked.

 

For Omegas, the richer their partner’s pheromones, the more at ease they feel, bringing both physical and emotional comfort. Pheromones are like spring water and morning dew, offering nourishment and soothing their senses. They aren’t essential, but having them is always better than not. Compared with before, Fang Fengzhi now seems to be protected by pheromones, and the whole person seems to be glowing with a kind of vitality that has never been seen in him before.

 

All their previous sympathy for this person became a joke. Compared with Fang Fengzhi, they should be the ones to be sympathized with. After all, their own husbands did not have such powerful pheromones.

 

Fang Fengzhi was not a fool, of course he understood what they were thinking. Seeing that they didn’t talk to him, he didn’t go over to explain either. He ignored all the gloomy and jealous looks surrounding him. He could no longer hear their noisy preaching, and his life became much easier.

 

Although the workload was heavy, Fang Fengzhi hurriedly put the files into his laptop and left when it was time to get off work.

 

It’s not because he wanted to be lazy but because he was worried that it would be inconvenient for Min Zhi to be alone in the villa.

 

Min Zhi’s health had improved significantly over the past few days, and the excess pheromones in his body had nearly cleared. Even so, he still occasionally needed Fang Fengzhi’s pheromones.

 

After opening the door of the villa, Fang Fengzhi heard some noise in the kitchen. Thinking that it was the auntie who came back, he went in to take a look. Unexpectedly, there was a tall figure standing inside, which made the spacious kitchen seem smaller.

 

Min Zhi heard footsteps and turned around. Seeing that it was Fang Fengzhi, he didn’t look surprised. Instead, he asked casually, “Just got off work?”

 

Fang Fengzhi felt slightly awkward upon seeing him and responded with a vague “hmm.” He hadn’t expected Min Zhi to be cooking, and when Min Zhi wasn’t looking, he stole a few glances at him.

 

He was cooking noodles.

 

That’s right, he had been taking nutritional supplements these days. Fang Fengzhi cooked porridge for him a few times, but he couldn’t eat much. Now that he has almost recovered, he should be hungry.

 

“Do you need my help?” Fang Fengzhi was worried that he didn’t have much strength, as he had just recovered.

 

But Min Zhi refused, “No, it’s ready.” Then he poured the cooked noodles into the bowl.

 

There were two bowls.

 

Min Zhi put the noodles on the table and handed Fang Fengzhi a pair of chopsticks.

 

Fang Fengzhi didn’t expect that he would also make it for him as well, so he took it blankly and said, “Thank you…”

 

Min Zhi glanced at him and said, “You’re welcome.”

 

“Wash your hands and come over to eat.”

 

Fang Fengzhi was stunned for a moment before he realized that he hadn’t even put down his bag. He ran out in a hurry and came back after a while. His hands were still a little wet. He took the chopsticks that Min Zhi gave him and sat down a little awkwardly.

 

Min Zhi sat opposite him and mixed the food with chopsticks. “I can’t cook, but the noodles are pretty good.”

 

“Try it.”

 

Fang Fengzhi glanced at the noodles with plenty of sauce and chopped green onions sprinkled on top. It was rare for someone to cook for him, so he blinked, afraid of wasting Min Zhi’s kindness. Before he even tasted the noodles with his chopsticks, the word “delicious” had already jumped into his throat.

 

But as soon as he put the noodles into his mouth, he uttered an “ah” and spat them out. They were too hot.

 

Min Zhi raised his head when he heard his voice. He first looked at his lips, which were red and had a small wound. He had sucked it a few days ago. At that time, he was almost completely conscious, and his body had recovered a lot, so he didn’t hurt Fang Fengzhi seriously.

 

Even though his lips were sucked raw, Fang Fengzhi said nothing. He cried out in pain and ran to apply ointment by himself. At that moment, the Omega realized that Min Zhi’s body had likely healed almost completely, but he didn’t mention it. He simply refrained from letting Min Zhi kiss him again.

 

Min Zhi kept thinking, why is this guy so easy to bully?

 

His eyes caught a fleeting glimpse of Fang Fengzhi’s tongue in his mouth again, it was red. Min Zhi still recalled the soft, sticky chamomile taste it left behind.

 

“Burned your tongue?”

 

Fang Fengzhi nodded. He didn’t really feel anything, but he took a few breaths in discomfort.

 

Min Zhi looked away, stood up, walked to the refrigerator, took out a small piece of ice with tongs, walked in front of Fang Fengzhi, and said, “Open your mouth.”

 

Fang Fengzhi stayed there in a daze and opened his mouth obediently.

 

When the cold, hard block touched the place that had just been burned, Fang Fengzhi shuddered all over. He raised his head, and his eyes met Min Zhi’s for a second in, and then Min Zhi turned around. Fang Fengzhi held the ice cube in his mouth without saying a word, his heart beating unnaturally.

 

Here it comes again, this ambiguous and suffocating feeling.

 

Neither of them mentioned the things about the estrus period. Fang Fengzhi did not ask Min Zhi why he appeared at his doorstep that day, and Min Zhi did not ask why Fang Fengzhi could call out his name when he was unconscious either.

 

They all have their own explanations in their minds.

 

Min Zhi smelled something abnormal about Fang Fengzhi’s pheromones when he was passing by, so he knocked on Fang Fengzhi’s door.

 

Fang Fengzhi called out the name only because his body had a memory of it after the marking. He would think of Min Zhi as soon as he smelled Min Zhi’s pheromones, that was all.

 

This was their explanation for each other, and no other explanation was needed. Any other explanation was too awkward and abnormal. They remained rational, never crossing the line, Min Zhi had simply helped Fang Fengzhi through his estrus, and in return, Fang Fengzhi helped purge the excess pheromones from Min Zhi’s body. Their relationship ended there; nothing more was supposed to come of it.

 

They can’t get any closer.