The moment the fist came hurtling forward, Shi Jing grabbed the man’s wrist and twisted it back onto the desk, any shred of pity he originally felt for him instantly vanishing.
Though one of the man’s hands was pinned, his other hand immediately swung a punch.
Flexibly dodging the punch, Shi Jing used a standard shoulder throw to slam the opponent flat onto the ground.
“You fucking piece of shit, let me go!” The man struggled wildly.
“Every other word is ‘mother,’ yet where would you be without a mother? Why is your mouth so filthy?” Shi Jing kept his hand firmly locked on the man’s joints, planted a long leg firmly on his back, and told Zhong Yu, “Call the police.”
Seeing that he could not break free, the man began spewing one unprintable curse after another, berating Shi Jing’s and Zhong Yu’s ancestors down to the eighteenth generation: “You can’t even cure a cat and yet you dare hit people! Just you wait, I’m fucking going to expose you! Unethical clinic! You wait and see, I’ll make sure this shop of yours goes out of business!”
Shi Jing increased the pressure in his grip: “Shut up!”
At the same time, a wave of floral scent overpowered the foul pheromones that had previously filled the room.
Shi Jing cursed under his breath. He had long since been sickened to the point of nausea by the man’s reeking, rotten-salted-fish pheromones.
Pheromone suppression exists between Alphas. Shi Jing’s rank was higher, which could instinctively force the suppressed party to back down.
Yet within the aura Shi Jing exuded, there seemed to be the pheromones of someone else as well.
After finishing his call with the police, Zhong Yu looked at him with a puzzled gaze.
The police arrived swiftly.
With a cold expression, Shi Jing handed the troublemaker over to the officers and briefly explained the situation.
“Also, he released high-concentration Alpha pheromones in a public space, which affected the Omega assistant at our clinic. Please handle that accordingly.” Shi Jing turned his head to call out to the front desk, “Where is Xiaojiu?”
“She was helped into the break room, and Dr. Liu’s assistant is keeping her company.”
“Tell Xiaojiu to go to the hospital if she feels unwell. Let me know if there are any issues with her medical checkup. I’ll sue him into the ground.”
The receptionist nodded vigorously, “I’ll go tell her right now.”
A physiological gap naturally exists between Alphas and Omegas, and Shi Jing despised scum who used their pheromones to bully people more than anything else.
After giving a few more instructions, Shi Jing and Zhong Yu headed to the police station together.
The man kept shouting curses all the way in the car. After being reprimanded a few times, his voice quieted down slightly, though his mouth continued to hurl abuses.
Only when they actually arrived at the police station did he deflate like a deflated balloon, completely losing his bluster.
The woman beside him, who had initially put up a tough front, was now struggling to breathe as she tearfully begged for leniency on his behalf.
With a normal expression, Shi Jing acted as if he hadn’t heard a thing.
He could understand a pet owner’s grief over the loss of a pet, but releasing pheromones in a public space was unacceptable.
Even dried salted fish would feel unlucky smelling his pheromones; how could such a moronic jerk dare to look down on Omegas?
Zhong Yu felt the exact same way.
He had been working at Shi Jing’s pet clinic for over a year. While he had seen many emotionally distraught pet owners, none of them had been this unhinged.
After gathering the facts, the police officer asked, “What is your stance on this?”
Shi Jing replied, “The clinic won’t pursue legal liability against him for the dispute, but we are not settling out of court regarding his release of pheromones.”
Bad actors like him needed to spend time inside to realize whether they were actually in the wrong.
In the remote chance that his pheromones caused trouble for Zhong Yu’s assistant, such as triggering induced heat, he could easily face several months behind bars under current AO regulations.
“And another thing,” Shi Jing added, “Please have them compensate for Dr. Zhong’s cup. It was custom-designed by a designer, and there is only one in the entire world. It costs 128,000. The wolfberries inside cost five yuan.”
Zhong Yu: “I put in six yuan worth.”
Shi Jing said with a serious expression, “128,006 yuan.”
The woman’s face drained of color, “Isn’t it just a cup? Is it really worth that much?”
“I have the receipt on hand and will submit evidence to the police later.”
The woman made a final struggle, “Don’t be like this. We know we were wrong. I will definitely talk some sense into him, and I’ll apologize to the assistant at your clinic too. We agree to a few days inside, but this money is really…”
The police officer frowned with displeasure, “What do you mean you agree to him going inside? Do you even understand that your husband’s behavior constitutes harassment?”
“I…”
As she spoke, she suddenly clutched at Shi Jing’s clothes, acting as though she was about to drop to her knees.
Unmoved, Shi Jing lowered his gaze and watched the woman put on her performance.
Sure enough, only halfway down into her kneel, seeing that no one stepped forward to support her, she awkwardly stood back up.
“Then what on earth do you want? There is no way we can pay 120,000, and besides, your cup has already been used, how could it possibly still be worth 120,000? You’re extorting us! My family isn’t easy to push around either, I’ll find a lawyer.”
Shi Jing almost laughed.
He had seen all sorts of people; some had minds far too deep, constantly plotting how to calculate against others, and he could spot them at a glance.
Frowning with disgust, Shi Jing interrupted her, “There is no negotiation. The cup was delivered to Zhong Yu’s house just yesterday. If you want to hire a lawyer, we will play along to the end. You should take responsibility for doing wrong. Did you think you were playing house?”
Sobbing, the woman said, “But I, I suffer from an Omega-related pheromone illness, and it costs a huge amount of money every month. I…”
Shi Jing looked straight at the police officer, “Let’s follow the standard procedure. Someone will follow up with you regarding this later.”
After exchanging a few words with the police, Shi Jing and Zhong Yu left the station.
Zhong Yu pinched the bridge of his nose, “Thank goodness you came, otherwise things would have been quite troublesome.”
Although Zhong Yu was also an Alpha, individual differences existed among Alphas, and given his position as a doctor, stepping in to physically strike the opponent back then wouldn’t have been appropriate.
“Still, did you really make them pay the full amount? Looking at that woman, she probably genuinely can’t afford it, even though she and her husband are indeed total idiots.”
Walking side by side with Shi Jing while ignoring an Omega nearby who wanted to approach and ask for his WeChat, Shi Jing said, “Can’t afford to pay you? They were quite arrogant when they demanded 200,000 from us.”
He had observed that the clothing the two of them wore were foreign luxury brands, niche ones, but not items you could just pick up for a mere thousand or so. This family wasn’t short on money, so making them pay a sum served as a lesson.
In an ordinary tone, Shi Jing remarked, “They should consider themselves lucky that it’s only 120,000 they have to pay you.”
Nodding thoughtfully, Zhong Yu said, “Still, what is wrong with her mindset? In her husband’s eyes, Omegas are only meant to stay home and bear children, yet even with things like this, she still won’t divorce him?”
Shi Jing had no interest in meddling in other people’s domestic affairs, “I respect and bless their choices.”
Shi Jing added, “But we have only seen the tip of the iceberg. Now that his true colors have been exposed, perhaps in the future, she will change her mind.”
Breaking free from a rotten person, by that time, it might just mark the beginning of an entirely brand-new life.
With an approving smile, Zhong Yu nudged Shi Jing with his elbow, “By the way, bro, I’ve been meaning to ask since earlier. How on earth do you have someone else’s pheromones on you?”
Saying this, Zhong Yu pushed aside his hair, “Whoa, you even have a gland patch on.”
Being touched caused goosebumps to break out all over Shi Jing, “Stop messing around.”
He had actively released his own pheromones earlier when subduing the man. Wei Qinan had tended to that area not long before, so his scent was bound to be there. It wasn’t strange for someone to smell it.
Although Zhong Yu was working as a veterinarian now, he had majored in gland studies during university.
“You’ve been marked by an Enigma,” Zhong Yu quickly concluded.