Chapter 82: The Gloomy, Obsessive Alpha Boss x The Obedient, Sweet Little Omega (34)
Regular prenatal checkups are required every month during pregnancy.
At 18 weeks, Jiang Luoluo scheduled a routine checkup and Down Syndrome screening.
He took the morning off from the coffee shop, planning to go to the hospital alone.
As he opened his door, the neighbor across the hall happened to be coming out as well. The neighbor was a young man in his early twenties, a newly-minted Alpha entrepreneur named Zhou Yucheng.
“Good morning! Heading out?” Zhou Yucheng greeted him warmly.
Jiang Luoluo nodded politely, returning the greeting with a “Good morning.”
“Are you going to the hospital today? It takes over an hour by bus. Since I’m on my way, I can give you a ride!” The Alpha smiled sincerely.
Jiang Luoluo’s eyes widened in surprise.
He hadn’t formed deep connections with anyone in the building, let alone discussed his personal life. How did Zhou Yucheng know he was going to the hospital today?
The beautiful Little Omega’s almond-shaped eyes were round with surprise, every emotion plain on his face.
Zhou Yucheng scratched his head sheepishly and smiled, pointing at the prenatal care booklet in Jiang Luoluo’s hand. “Seeing that, I figured it must be.”
“I’ll take you. It’s on my way anyway.”
“No, thank you,” the Little Omega declined his offer again.
As if anticipating his refusal, Zhou Yucheng stuffed a bag of snacks into the Little Omega’s hand. “I read online that babies love sweets. If the baby doesn’t cooperate during the checkup, just bribe him with a treat!”
As if afraid he’d refuse, Zhou Yucheng dashed off before he could respond.
The Little Omega looked at the assortment of candies and chocolates inside the bag and silently placed them in his tote bag.
The obstetrics department was on the fourth floor. After having his blood drawn, the Little Omega, whose stomach was rumbling with hunger, decided to buy some bread from the vending machine on the first floor.
It was the weekend, and the hospital was crowded. He carefully avoided the throngs of people, cradling his belly as he slowly made his way forward.
“Watch out! Watch out!”
A nurse wheeled an emergency patient past on a hospital bed. Jiang Luoluo quickly stepped back, bumping into an Alpha.
“I’m so sorry,” he apologized immediately. “I didn’t see you.”
The Little Omega looked up to meet a familiar, dazed face.
The other person shouted, “Sister-in-law!”
Jiang Luoluo blinked, a sudden panic rising in his chest. He turned to run, saying, “You’ve mistaken me for someone else.”
“Sister-in-law! Wait for me! I’m Zheng Yang! We’ve met before, you forgot!”
“No, what are you doing here? Brother Huo’s been going crazy looking for you!”
“Hey, hey, hey! Watch out—”
Zheng Yang grabbed the Little Omega’s arm, pulling him into a corner of the corridor. “Sister-in-law, you still haven’t answered me!”
Ten minutes later.
Jiang Luoluo sat on a bench in the corridor, sipping soy milk and eating steamed buns.
Zheng Yang sat beside him, angrily gnawing on a fried dough stick.
“Damn it! Brother Huo’s such a jerk!”
“Even tigers don’t eat their own cubs!”
“There’s hardly a decent Alpha out there. I’m going to pick a fight with him when I get back!”
“Please don’t…”
The Little Omega looked up, his wet eyes pleading. “Please don’t tell him I’m here. I’m begging you…”
He was already flawlessly beautiful, with red lips, white teeth, and eyes that held the depth of autumn waters. When he tilted his small face upward to look at people, his expression became even more heartbreakingly vulnerable.
Any Alpha would find it impossible to refuse him.
The Little Omega glanced at his belly. Though his clothes were loose, a careful look revealed a subtle bulge.
“I want to keep this baby…”
“He’s already four and a half months along and kicking…”
“I don’t want to lose him…”
His expression was clouded with despair. “Zheng Yang, please, don’t tell him. Otherwise, I’ll have to sneak away to another city and start all over again.”
He hadn’t taken much cash with him when he left. Half of it was already gone, spent on rent, utilities, food, clothing, transportation, and medical checkups. If he left now, he wouldn’t have enough money to start over.
Zheng Yang looked at the Little Omega with a pang of sympathy and nodded firmly.
“Don’t worry, I won’t say a word! I’d rather die than tell him!!”
The light on his wrist flashed twice. Jiang Luoluo stood up. “It’s almost my turn. I need to go for my checkup.”
Zheng Yang stood up and followed. “I’ll go with you.”
In the examination room, the bespectacled doctor scanned the various reports. “Everything looks normal. There’s nothing wrong. Remember to come back next week for your Down Syndrome screening results.”
As she spoke, she made notes. When she reached a certain data point, she paused, looked up, and glanced at the Little Omega. “Are you still taking suppressants?”
The Little Omega lowered his head guiltily.
The doctor’s lips tightened. She set down her pen and turned to Zheng Yang.
“What’s wrong with you? How are you even taking care of your Omega?”
“The Omega Protection Act clearly doesn’t apply to heartless Alphas like you, does it?”
“You got him pregnant and then left him to come to the hospital alone for checkups. You don’t even give him your pheromones, and you let him take suppressants.”
“Was this how you treated him when you gave him a temporary mark? You must have been out of your mind! Why didn’t you take suppressants yourself?”
Zheng Yang’s face flushed crimson under the doctor’s criticism. He stammered, “I… I’m sorry…”
After Zheng Yang repeatedly promised not to take any more suppressants, the doctor finally let them go.
Zheng Yang insisted on driving Jiang Luoluo home, and she couldn’t refuse.
As he drove, Zheng Yang explained, “My family has a small company here. It’s been having some problems lately, so I come by occasionally to check on things. Today, one of the employees was hospitalized due to a work-related injury, so I came to visit him. That’s how I happened to run into you.”
“As for the pheromone issue, don’t worry. I’ll return to the Imperial Capital this afternoon and figure out how to get Huo Zedong’s pheromones.”
“And please, don’t take any more suppressants for now. They’re bad for your health and the baby’s.”
A sapphire blue Mercedes-Benz AMG pulled up at the entrance of the apartment complex. Zheng Yang got out and walked Jiang Luoluo inside.
“Rest assured, I’ll keep what happened here completely confidential. I won’t breathe a word of it to anyone.”
After exchanging contact information, Zheng Yang didn’t go upstairs. He waved to Jiang Luoluo. “Go inside and rest.”
Jiang Luoluo had just returned upstairs, changed his clothes, and organized his reports when he heard a knock on the door.
He opened it to find Zheng Yang, who had gone out and returned with takeout. “I didn’t know what you wanted, so I just bought a little of everything.”
After shoving the food into Jiang Luoluo’s hands, Zheng Yang handed him a file envelope from outside the door. “Alright, I’ll head out now. I’ll be back to see you in a few days.”
Zheng Yang quickly disappeared down the stairs. Zhou Yucheng, who had just returned from outside, watched Zheng Yang’s retreating figure thoughtfully.
*Is this his Alpha?*
*The one who got him pregnant and then abandoned him?*
*He drives a Mercedes-Benz AMG. He must have some money.*
*Does he even like this kind of person?*
Zhou Yucheng turned away, a storm brewing in his eyes. But when he knocked on the Little Omega’s door, he plastered on a bright, sunny smile.
“Luo Luo, are you home?”
“The water’s out at my place. Can I come in and get a drink to wet my throat?”
That night in the Imperial Capital.
Zheng Yang knocked on the villa door, carrying several bottles of his finest vintage wines to see Huo Zedong.
“What’s wrong with him lately? Can’t get him to meet up, can’t even find him.”
“I’ve been swamped lately, haven’t even had time to see him.”
Zheng Yang slammed the bottles onto the table with a loud thud, grumbling to vent his frustration.
“Young Master is in his bedroom, Young Master Zheng. I’ll tell the kitchen to prepare some snacks to go with the drinks.”
Zheng Yang waved his hand and went upstairs himself.
*Good heavens.*
Jiang Luoluo was left to endure her prenatal checkups alone, working to support himself, while Huo Zedong, that dog of a man, was holed up at home, refusing to come out.
Why hadn’t he realized earlier that Brother Huo was just another scumbag Alpha?
Zheng Yang stormed to the bedroom door and pounded on it, shouting, “Brother Huo, are you in there? Huo—”
Before he could knock again, the door swung open from the inside.
Zheng Yang’s words caught in his throat, his brow furrowing. The complaints he’d been about to unleash suddenly died on his lips.
Huo Zedong was still Huo Zedong, but his entire aura had undergone a significant shift.
Huo Zedong had always possessed sharp features and deep-set brow bones. His aloof demeanor, as if keeping everyone at arm’s length, combined with the detached indifference of someone long accustomed to high status, marked him as the quintessential scion of a noble family.
Yet after a month’s absence, he had visibly thinned.
His chiseled features, as if carved by a blade, now exuded a chilling sharpness and oppressive aura. A melancholic weariness, foreign to his usual bearing, lingered between his brows, making his temperament even more cold and piercing. When he looked at people, a frigid light flickered in his dark, intense eyes.
His overall state was also off, a contradictory mix of icy detachment and weary exhaustion.
“Why are you here?”
Seeing him in such a state, Zheng Yang felt a twinge of fear. Thinking of Jiang Luoluo back in the small county town, Zheng Yang steeled his resolve and dragged Huo Zedong out of the door.
“Come on, let’s go downstairs and talk.”
In the living room, the two men sat drinking, though it felt more like each was lost in his own thoughts.
It was Zheng Yang who broke the silence again. “Your sister-in-law… is he really gone for good?”
“He’ll be found.”
Huo Zedong swirled the glass in his hand. “If it takes a month, we’ll search for two. If it takes a year, we’ll search for two. He can’t escape.”
Zheng Yang sighed.
He had cursed Huo Zedong countless times throughout the day. Yet when he saw him, he realized the man was no better off.
*If he had known things would turn out this way, why had he forced the other man to abort the child in the first place?*
Zheng Yang clinked glasses with him. “What will you do when you find him?”
Huo Zedong took a sip of his wine, his dark eyes as cold as ice.
“Bring him back, marry him, permanently mark him so he can never run again.”
Zheng Yang had nothing to say. He downed another glass of wine.
“You make it sound so simple. Who would willingly leave their familiar surroundings and run away? Especially a pregnant Omega. You know how dangerous it is out there…”
As he finished this seemingly casual complaint, Huo Zedong’s gaze deepened slightly.
*A pregnant Omega?*
The news of his Baby’s pregnancy had been kept under tight wraps, and no one in the Imperial Capital knew.
Zheng Yang…
How did he find out?
🍬 “Zhou Yucheng brought snacks. Zheng Yang brought drama. Huo Zedong brought trauma.”
Meanwhile, this translator just wants to bring home some Ko-fi.
