A Beta police officer rushed into the room holding a mandatory Omega heat pheromone isolation device, only to freeze when he found himself face-to-face with a muscular man standing in the room, using a restaurant napkin to wipe the blood stains off his body.
He remembered the emergency call stating an Omega was being attacked by an Alpha with pheromones. What was this situation in front of him?
Feng You turned his head with a guilty conscience to avoid the officer’s scrutinizing gaze, realizing a bit too late that he might have gone a bit too hard.
The bodyguards lying on the ground let out groggy moans of pain, all of them hovering on the brink of breathlessness.
Calming down, Feng You looked to Mu Jingyi for help.
This was a society governed by law!
The Alpha teenager clearly hadn’t figured out Feng You’s physical condition either. He patted Feng You on the shoulder and comforted him:
“It is fine. We have the recording, and I will hire the best lawyer to defend you. This is definitely self-defense.”
Young Master Mu had already figured out his wording.
Society would surely show the utmost sympathy for a young Omega forced into a state of chemically induced strong Alpha pheromones, who endured the agony of a forced heat and fought back in a desperate struggle.
For the first time, Young Master Mu felt that society’s stereotypes regarding ABO dynamics were actually quite useful.
“The ambulance is downstairs. Let us go to the hospital first.”
Mu Jingyi patted Feng You on the shoulder.
“I do not need to go to the hospital. Where is Yubai? Is he safe? I want to see him. I will only be at ease once I see him.”
Feng You said anxiously.
He had a few minor scrapes and bruises from the scuffle. One side of his cheek was red and swollen, and the corner of his mouth was badly swollen from taking a punch.
Mu Jingyi took out his phone, switched it to selfie mode, and showed it to him.
“You want to go see Yubai looking like this?”
Only then did Feng You see what he looked like injured.
He did not feel any pain, but looking like this would definitely scare the child.
“Then let me call him.”
“He cannot talk anyway, so you would not hear his voice even if you called.”
Mu Jingyi advised as he sent a message to his father.
“Father wants to use this incident to bring down the Lu Group, so he contacted reporters and paparazzi.”
“No! Yubai’s information cannot appear in the news. He is still young, and his life has just begun.”
Feng You quickly retorted, grabbing Mu Jingyi’s arm anxiously.
Sixteen-year-old Young Master Mu was helping him out of personal favor, but President Mu of the Mu Group was definitely helping him for the sake of interests.
“Brother Feng You, we have to put Lu Zhengming away. As long as he still has power, influence, and wealth, he will keep thinking of ways to harm Yubai.”
“A man like him getting arrested will definitely make headlines everywhere.”
Feng You put his hands together and pleaded:
“But please, Young Master Mu, do not leak Yubai to the public. He is only five years old.”
“Of course, of course. My dad will keep it confidential and will not let Yubai’s name and photos enter the public eye.”
“My dad sent Yubai to my grandfather’s estate at the Mu family residence. He is very safe right now. No paparazzi would dare break into the Mu family estate.”
Feng You breathed a sigh of relief, his tense nerves finally relaxing a bit.
He patted his chest to calm himself down, muttering that it was good under his breath.
Mu Jingyi had his grandfather send a photo of Yubai sleeping and showed it to Feng You.
“Relieved now?”
The child was sleeping peacefully, changed into clean clothes, and sound asleep in a comfortable, large bed.
According to Elder Mu, the child only had slight rope marks on both wrists, but he had been given sleeping pills and was still fast asleep in a daze.
“Thank you, Young Master Mu. I owe you another favor.”
Mu Jingyi smiled indifferently, tapping away on his phone to organize documents as he said:
“You and Yubai can stay and lie low at the Mu family estate first. Leave the rest to me and my dad.”
“You two can go to the Mu family estate to accompany my little cat.”
It was a small white cat named Yin Shuang. It was getting a bit old, and its eyes were bright sapphire blue.
Mu Jingyi’s Moments feed was filled with either business banquets and partnerships or that fluffy little white cat.
“President Mu seems to really like cats.”
Feng You teased.
Mu Jingyi rubbed the tip of his nose and replied, “I seem to have always been very popular with little cats.”
The calm tone managed to make Feng You detect a hint of showing off.
After getting treated at the hospital, Feng You made a detour to visit Qin Youjiang first.
The elderly man had been shoved to the ground, and his knees, already fragile from being shot in his early years, were completely shattered.
Fortunately, he landed on his knees first and did not injure any other parts, managing to hold onto his life.
“I am sorry for dragging you into this.”
Feng You sat by the hospital bed, overwhelming guilt preventing him from raising his head as he quietly peeled an apple for the old man.
“I am already a man with one foot in the grave anyway, late-stage cancer, and I do not have many days left to live. To be able to do such a virtuous deed before dying, I have no regrets.”
Qin Youjiang’s tone was gentle, his aged and hoarse voice very faint.
“And Yubai? Was he hurt?”
Feng You shook his head.
“Thanks to you, he is doing very well now. Once this storm passes, I will definitely bring Yubai to thank you.”
Qin Youjiang took the bowl handed over by Feng You and ate a bite of the mashed apple puree.
“I am a bit nostalgic for the desserts you make. When you return to the nursing home, can I still have some?”
Feng You immediately nodded and agreed: “Of course.”
Leaving the hospital, Feng You got into the back seat of the Mu family’s luxury car.
Mu Jingyi tagged along for the ride as well. He also wanted to return to the estate to take a look at Yubai to set his mind at ease, and to thank the old master for being willing to use his connections to intervene in this matter.
Feng You looked at his face repeatedly in the mirror.
The injuries on his body could be covered by clothes, and he had even put on a high-necked base layer that covered his neck.
But the wound on his face could not be hidden. Even though the medicine had reduced the swelling, obvious red marks were still visible.
“Young Master Mu, do you have foundation or something like that?”
Feng You used a term he had just learned from the internet to ask Mu Jingyi.
“You have broken skin from injuries, and you still want to use foundation? What are you going to do if the wound gets infected and you end up in the hospital?”
Feng You frowned in deep distress, the back of his hand rubbing against the injury on his face.
“Will this scare the child?”
Mu Jingyi stopped typing on his phone, turned his head, and looked at Feng You, who kept staring into the mirror and checking all angles.
The person in front of him seemed like a completely different person, utterly unlike the one who had pinned people down and beat them up amidst a crowd of Beta bodyguards.
The distance between him and that golden retriever mommy was separated by a Lu Yubai.
Remembering something, he rummaged through the brown paper bag from the hospital for a long time and pulled out a basic lab test sheet.
As long as it was a basic physical examination, a pheromone check was a mandatory item for AOs.
For an unmarked Omega like Feng You to be completely unaffected by Alpha pheromones, either he was a medical miracle, or he had pheromone perception disorder.
However, the basic test sheet showed neither pheromone perception disorder nor any information regarding temporary or permanent marks within Feng You’s body.
“So why are you numb to Alpha pheromones? Is not an Omega’s reaction to Alpha pheromones a physiological phenomenon?”
For the first time, Mu Jingyi questioned what he had learned in biology common sense class.
“Maybe Omegas coming off the assembly line have a few issues, or maybe my gland has gotten used to being bitten by a kid, so it is not sensitive to Alpha pheromones anymore.”
Mu Jingyi caught the keyword and frowned as he looked at Feng You.
“The kid wanted to bite, and you just let him?”
“It is the oral fixation stage, you see. He bites people quite fiercely. If he does not bite me, he has to bite someone else. Last time he even tried to bite Chang An’s little golden retriever.”
Feng You said nonchalantly.
“If you really wanted to refuse, could you not, a five-year-old child, just push him away?”
Feng You put down the mirror in his hand, recalled why he had not refused back then, and answered earnestly:
“But he would get overstimulated, and I would not be able to soothe him.”
Having seen the term somewhere before, Mu Jingyi blurted out:
“You are just overly spoiling him. Too much love spoils the child.”
Feng You laughed out loud, but pulling the corner of his mouth made him gasp in pain.
As they neared the front gate, Mu Jingyi’s phone rang. When he answered, his grandfather’s anxious voice came through the receiver:
“Xiao Jing, the kid crawled into the wardrobe and will not come out, and he is crying too. How do we coax him?”
Mu Jingyi handed the phone directly to the professional child-coaxing expert.
Before Feng You could even speak, the child’s voice laced with tearful sobs came through the other end of the line:
“Mom, Mommy.”