After Being Clung to by a Gentle, Seductive Omega - Chapter 20

Ji Congyan felt as if her vision had only gone dark for a short while before her body gradually began to recover. At the very least, she could open her eyes hazily.

In a daze, she touched her gland.

It was slightly sunken, and she could feel a large amount of pheromones being generated and running wildly inside.

It was like the period right after her rut had passed.

It seemed that while she had been unconscious, her pheromones had replenished quite a bit. She could once again provide energy to Bo Shuang.

Her unfocused eyes slowly sharpened.

The first thing that entered her sight was a full, beautiful back of a head. The hair was soft, black, and fine, giving off a faint, quiet sandalwood scent.

The tip of her nose moved slightly, and she took a deep breath.

The small bedside lamp was on. As her gaze moved downward, she could see bite marks scattered across a fair neck.

What happened?

The scattered bite marks were not as wild and savage as the ones from more than two months ago, but they could not be called pretty either.

Ji Congyan’s gaze froze.

Her body gradually awakened. She vaguely felt that her body temperature was rather high. Only after carefully sensing it did she realize that something even hotter and softer was pressed against her front.

Her body and Bo Shuang’s body, for some unknown reason, were so close that they were tightly pressed together.

A vein jumped at Ji Congyan’s temple. Subconsciously, she gently pushed the Omega to the side, wanting to separate this overly inappropriate distance.

Who knew that just after she pushed her away slightly, Bo Shuang was pulled back against her again.

“……”

The Omega’s condition was very wrong. Her burning body and the powerful pull all showed that she was currently in heat.

Thinking of the bite marks on the Omega gland, Ji Congyan had a bad guess.

Her heart suddenly clenched.

An Omega entering heat in early pregnancy, while the embryo was still underdeveloped—Ji Congyan did not even need to think to know how dangerous the situation was.

“Bo Shuang.” She patted her anxiously.

“Mm…”

The beauty let out a soft hum from her nose, dazed and muddled, so warm and soft that she seemed almost able to melt into water.

Ji Congyan could not care about their overly close distance for the moment. She turned Bo Shuang over to face her.

Two soft patches of pale pink colored the Omega’s face.

Her peach-blossom eyes were half-open and half-closed, misty with moisture.

In her daze, she seemed to see Ji Congyan.

“Congyan…”

“Don’t talk if you’re uncomfortable. I’m taking you to the hospital now.”

As she spoke, Ji Congyan rolled the blanket up around Bo Shuang, wrapping the Omega in the thin quilt and easily lifting her into her arms.

This weight was far too light. A gust of wind could blow her over. Ji Congyan frowned in dissatisfaction.

Bo Shuang struggled in her arms.

“No…”

Ji Congyan was looking down to get out of bed and, in a moment of carelessness, actually let the mermaid in her arms wriggle free.

The bundle of blankets returned to the bed.

Ji Congyan’s tone was low. “Move around again and try me. If you make my child disappear, I’ll hold you responsible.”

“Congyan… I know what condition my body is in. I spoke with the doctor… It’s a false heat. It won’t last long. I’ll be fine once I endure it…”

“So please listen to me, Congyan, all right? Don’t let me…” The Omega’s ears were flushed red with blood. Her gentle voice trembled as she added the final two words.

Those two words were like boiling water, making the tips of Ji Congyan’s ears burn.

She called the doctor on duty and briefly explained Bo Shuang’s current situation.

The doctor was silent for a while, then played two call recordings.

They were the complete calls between the doctor and Bo Shuang not long ago.

The more Ji Congyan listened, the colder her expression became.

When she heard that Bo Shuang had even hung up on the doctor’s warning and stubbornly chosen the method that harmed herself most, her face darkened completely.

It was as if dark clouds had gathered around her, and the pressure in the air sank low enough to frighten people.

In that stiff atmosphere, Bo Shuang gradually came back to herself as well.

Ji Congyan had kept the phone on speaker the entire time, forcing Bo Shuang to listen to it again.

Sweeping a cold glance over Bo Shuang, Ji Congyan picked up the Alpha suppressant from the floor, aimed the needle at her gland, and stabbed it in without hesitation.

The instant the needle pierced in, Bo Shuang caught the slight furrow of Ji Congyan’s brows. It felt as if the needle had also pierced a wound into her own heart.

Ji Congyan casually threw the empty tube onto the floor.

The cool suppressant fluid made her tone even colder.

“Miss Bo, didn’t I warn you? Your first priority is to take care of the fetus in your womb. Don’t waste your energy thinking only about pleasing me.”

The Alpha’s icy words were like a dull knife, cutting painfully into the heart that had already been pierced open moments before.

“Congyan… It hurts here.”

The beauty pressed a hand over her chest. Her seaweed-like long hair spread across the bed, her eyes flushed red and filled with tears, looking as if she were about to cry.

Ji Congyan’s heart also felt as if it had been tugged.

Her fingertips wrinkled the bedsheet.

“So now you know how poor your health is? Then Miss Bo should have fewer improper thoughts and stop trying to seduce me.”

She took out a medicine kit from the bedside cabinet and held a bottle of quick-acting heart-saving pills inside it. She was just about to call the doctor and ask about the dosage.

A slender hand gently pressed down on the phone.

Bo Shuang looked at her. “It was what Congyan said that made here hurt.”

Ji Congyan’s movements paused. She said mockingly, “Why didn’t you listen when the doctor kindly advised you? Now you’re blaming me instead?”

“That was an outsider. You’re different. We are legally married wives. I know you’re doing this for my own good and want my body to recover as soon as possible.”

“Stop flattering yourself. I’m doing it for my daughter.”

“Ji Congyan, can you not speak so harshly?” The beauty pressed her lips together, her gentle voice choking. “It hurts when I hear it.”

Ji Congyan froze. Her tone became dry. “I’m sorry… But wouldn’t everything be fine if you properly followed the doctor’s instructions? And did I say a single word wrong? Does… does saying it this way still hurt?”

“It hurts. Ji Congyan, I feel awful. I don’t want to have to listen to your stiff accusations one after another when my body is already uncomfortable. Ji Congyan, you like that aren’t cool at all. You’re painfully tsundere, and you make me very sad. I want you to comfort and reassure me. I want you, when I need you most, to ask gently and softly, ‘Where are you uncomfortable? Do you need help?’ Ji Congyan, can you have a little more patience with me…”

Her voice was choked, yet still gentle, each word spoken clearly.

Her tears dampened the bedsheet.

Ji Congyan reached out as if wanting to catch something, but realizing her own impropriety, she quickly withdrew her hand.

Her mouth opened. Her voice unconsciously softened, though her tone was still very stiff.

“Where are you uncomfortable? Do you need help?”

It was like a robot repeating a line of dialogue.

“I only entered a false heat. I need Congyan to stay with me. Just stay by my side.”

“All right…” Ji Congyan did not know what to say and sat dryly at the bedside. “Anything else?”

“Yes. Your false rut had clearly already passed. Why did you insist on injecting that suppressant?”

Ji Congyan lowered her eyes. “I wanted to teach you a lesson. Don’t flatter yourself.”

“To teach me a lesson, why did you have to hurt yourself? Congyan, you don’t like injections.”

What made Bo Shuang’s heart ache as if it were being cut apart was not those proud, sharp words, but the suppressant injection Ji Congyan had given herself right in front of her after ending the call.

The Alpha’s fragile murmur while she had been muddled still echoed by Bo Shuang’s ear.

Bo Shuang said, “You only wanted to divert my attention and reduce the torment of the false heat for me.”

The moment her words fell, Ji Congyan felt as if a great bell had struck her heart—Bo Shuang had seen through it and exposed her directly without giving her the slightest bit of face.

In the business world, Ji Congyan was swift and decisive. She knew best how to strike people where it hurt.

She knew everything.

Yet she had still resolutely given herself that unnecessary suppressant injection, just to teach Bo Shuang a lesson and make her stop flattering herself.

“But diverting my attention doesn’t have to be done in such a hurtful way.”

Ji Congyan sat by the bed, head lowered and silent, completely unlike the way she had coldly scolded the Omega earlier.

Bo Shuang guided her gently. “For example, Congyan’s face is injured, and you haven’t applied medicine tonight. You could let me help you apply medicine again to achieve the purpose of diverting my attention. That way, someone applies medicine to your face, and I won’t feel sad. Isn’t that good?”

Ji Congyan pressed her lips together. “…Please help me apply the medicine.”

Bo Shuang’s brows and eyes curved. She wiped away the two tears falling from the corners of her eyes. They were no longer tears of sadness, pain, or injury, but something close to gentle relief.

……

Ji Congyan sat by the bed, close to Bo Shuang. The beauty held a cotton swab and carefully treated the injury on her face.

The Omega was still in false heat. Her breathing was disordered, and her fingertips trembled frequently. She often could not aim properly and needed to move closer to look carefully.

The medicine was cool, the lighting dim. The beautiful face right before her eyes was so close that even the tiny fine hairs could be seen.

The fragrance carried by every breath the Omega took spilled over Ji Congyan’s face.

Ji Congyan was not used to such an overly close distance. Her body stiffened, and she moved back slightly.

“If you move back any farther, you’ll fall.”

The beauty reminded her gently.

Ji Congyan could only remain in place, like a nun who kept away from women.

After applying the medicine, Ji Congyan found some easy things for Bo Shuang to do, such as helping her trim her nails and comb her messy long hair… After being gently busy with those simple tasks, the beauty gradually leaned into her arms and fell asleep.

Pregnant women were truly drowsy.

Ji Congyan reluctantly allowed Bo Shuang’s overstepping.

·

They had been tormented by the false rut and false heat for half the day.

When they woke again, it was already afternoon.

Bo Shuang wanted plain soup noodles, so Ji Congyan quickly cooked a pot.

After eating, she brought Bo Shuang to the manor’s doctor duty room for an ultrasound examination.

The doctor sighed in relief after a scare. “Miss, Madam, the embryo is fine. But one lucky escape doesn’t mean there will be a next time…”

The doctor earnestly instructed them on many things. Ji Congyan listened seriously and committed everything to memory.

After returning to the small courtyard, she first disinfected the rolls of high-density sponge she had asked the butler to send over the previous night, then carried them upstairs.

Bo Shuang was reading the script in her room. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed Ji Congyan cutting the sponges open and laying them over the walls, the bedside, table corners, chair legs…

Every hard place that her toes might possibly kick into was tightly wrapped in a thick layer of sponge.

The sponge was wood-colored, and arranged like this, it unexpectedly had a unique beauty.

Bo Shuang said softly, “The bathroom… you covered it too?”

Ji Congyan said, “Mm. I’ll replace it every day. No need to worry about bacteria growing.”

Ji Congyan said it casually, as if it were nothing remarkable. Bo Shuang’s heart warmed slightly, and her beautiful peach-blossom eyes fixed on Ji Congyan. As if sensing something, Ji Congyan raised her head, still holding a roll of sponge.

She paused. “Do you need help?”

Bo Shuang gave a gentle hum.

Ji Congyan said, “You want to come in, right?”

The beauty nodded.

Ji Congyan said, “Fine. I’ll carry you.”

The tall Alpha approached step by step. A layer of thin sweat had seeped across her forehead, glowing with a sensual sheen beneath the afternoon sun. The thin muscles of her arms were smooth and pleasing to the eye.

Bo Shuang heard the sound of her heartbeat quickening.

Her heart beat like a drum, reaching its fastest when Ji Congyan bent down.

However, Ji Congyan merely bent over and lifted the entire rocking chair, carrying the beauty along with it into the air. With ease, she carried both person and chair back into the room.

This way, she could satisfy the beauty’s needs without physical contact.

Ji Congyan praised herself in her heart.

That night, the Omega finally opened her noble mouth and asked to eat meat.

Ji Congyan still did not let Bo Shuang enter the kitchen. Bo Shuang sat at the bar counter and watched as the Alpha cut meat, tossed the pan, and added seasoning. Her movements were natural and relaxed, as if she had done this countless times before.

Even her posture while stir-frying was elegant and pleasing to the eye.

Dinner was soon ready. Just as Ji Congyan finished arranging the dishes, a phone vibrated in the living room.

It was Bo Shuang’s phone. Bo Shuang had already taken her seat at the dining table, so Ji Congyan picked up the phone and handed it to her, glancing at the caller note.

[Chairwoman Yue]

Bo Shuang answered the call.

On the other end, Yue Hong’s voice had never been so fawning.

“Shuang ah… You should have said earlier that you were President Ji’s wife. Look at this misunderstanding…”

Bo Shuang did not respond, so Yue Hong chattered on by herself.

Ji Congyan could not hear the voice on the other end of the call, but she could sense Bo Shuang’s resistance toward this call. Her fingertips lightly tapped the table.

With her palm facing upward, the beauty handed the phone over.

Ji Congyan had no time to listen to the person on the phone speak. She said faintly, “Get lost. Don’t interfere with my wife and me having dinner.”

She hung up and placed the phone to the side.

Halfway through the meal, Ji Congyan took a sip of water and asked without revealing anything, “You set Yue Hong as an urgent alert. Are you two very close?”

The Alpha’s tone was dangerous.

Bo Shuang soothed her. “She is my boss.”

Ji Congyan faintly felt that the truth was not so simple.

But she had no intention of digging into Bo Shuang’s privacy. As long as the other party peacefully fulfilled her duties as a wife, Ji Congyan did not care how many secrets Bo Shuang had.

·

The two-day marriage leave passed in the blink of an eye.

Bo Shuang insisted on continuing filming. Ji Congyan selected four female Betas from the manor, all over 1.9 meters tall, and assigned them one RV and two business cars.

The passenger seat and seatbelt were also readjusted so they would not press on the pregnant woman and would allow Bo Shuang’s waist to lean comfortably.

The filming location of Dawn was not far from the foot of the Ji family manor’s mountain. Starting from the summit, it was about twenty to thirty minutes away.

The convoy arrived at the crew’s shooting plaza, attracting everyone’s attention.

It was still early, and filming had not yet started. When the artists in the dressing room heard the exclamations, they all ran out.

They saw two business cars driving side by side in front, followed by a large RV. Between the three cars was a steady, understated, limited-edition extended sedan.

President Ji wore a well-tailored gray silk-textured shirt. The excellent drape of her trousers made her legs look straight and long. She walked around to the other side of the car and gently opened the door with a gloved hand.

A beauty as gentle as water stepped out gracefully.

The trending searches had exploded for a full two days. Other than the candid photos taken by passersby at the Civil Affairs Bureau, not a single media outlet had captured photos of the two.

Now that everyone saw them in person, it still felt somewhat unreal.

Only when Wu Langli stepped forward and teased Ji Congyan did it feel real. “President Ji took our crew’s lead actress away for several days. You finally bear to return her?”

Ji Congyan curved her lips. “I came to send my wife to work.”

Bo Shuang smiled.

The three walked and chatted. When Ji Congyan said words like “my wife,” her tone was especially natural. The people passing by all had different reactions when they heard it.

Ji Congyan sent Bo Shuang to the dressing room but did not follow her inside.

She handed Bo Shuang a document.

“The share transfer agreement for Anji Entertainment. Look it over when you rest. If there’s anything you don’t understand, ask me anytime.”

Bo Shuang accepted the document, her eyes filled with surprise. “Congyan…”

“There are many matters at the company. I’ll go first. If you want to eat anything, have them buy it.”

After leaving those words, Ji Congyan departed, leaving behind four bodyguards standing side by side like a human wall.

Bo Shuang gently invited them inside. “Please sit.”

The captain among the four looked at the sofas in the room.

There was one on each side of the coffee table, and they were not very wide. She first let the team members sit down. The three strong women happened to fill one sofa completely.

She scratched her chin and sat on the sofa armrest.

Seeing this in the makeup mirror, Bo Shuang reminded them gently, “You can sit on the other one too.”

The four shook their heads at the same time. “We can’t. We have to leave one for Madam and Miss.”

Bo Shuang laughed softly. “Congyan isn’t some terrifying beast, and this isn’t the manor. She won’t be harsh.”

The four bodyguards all revealed shocked and incredulous expressions at the same time, as if saying: Madam, please don’t harm us.

Their heads shook like rattles as they insisted on four people squeezing onto one sofa.

Bo Shuang had no choice but to let them be.

The morning’s filming progressed smoothly, even far exceeding Wu Langli’s expectations.

The captain brought Bo Shuang’s lunch.

A huge insulated box was filled to the brim with food: eight dishes with both meat and vegetables, a nourishing stew, and various fruits and snacks.

After a busy morning, Bo Shuang had an excellent appetite and ate in small mouthfuls.

What warmed her heart even more was that the food was evenly infused with Alpha pheromones.

With every bite, the intoxicating fragrance wrapped in clear wine atop a snowy peak slowly flowed through her body.

Before she realized it, she had eaten more than half of everything.

Her lower abdomen bulged slightly. It happened that the scene to be filmed in the afternoon required a close-up shot, and the crew had even prepared a prop to make her lower abdomen appear raised. Now, it seemed it would not be needed.

After lunch, she walked on the grass near the set to aid digestion.

She walked in front with Liu Fan, followed behind by the bodyguards in a two-by-two formation.

From the distance, conversations kept drifting over.

“President Ji really values Film Queen Bo.”

“I even heard at the door this morning that President Ji wants to give Anji Entertainment to Film Queen Bo.”

“My god, she can just give away a first-tier entertainment company like that?”

“Does anyone still remember that President Ji really hates physical contact with people?”

“She still hates it now. When they got out of the car, President Ji and Film Queen Bo were so far apart that a bodyguard could stand between them.”

“Could it be an agreement marriage like in novels?”

“So dramatic?”

“But what does President Ji gain from it?”

“President Ji doesn’t get close to Omegas. Did she marry one just to keep up appearances? But the Ji family doesn’t need that either.”

“Hey, hey, hey, does anyone still remember the rumor about President Ji and President You?”

“Wasn’t that clarified?”

“Come on, think about it. She had just clarified it, then immediately married a beautiful Omega and brought her home. But before this, who had ever heard that President Ji and Film Queen Bo had any private relationship?”

“Oh~ So President Ji married Film Queen Bo just to anger President You?”

“So giving her a company is compensation for Sister Bo.”

“I feel like that’s the truth.”

“It’s easy to tell. They all say loving someone is like raising a flower. Just look at those four bodyguards’ attitude toward Sister Bo.”

“If they follow Sister Bo’s wishes in everything, then it definitely isn’t an agreement. But if they restrict Sister Bo in many things, hehe… A wife in name only would definitely be watched very strictly and limited by a pile of rules…”

The people chatting walked farther and farther away. Bo Shuang sat beneath a tree, lowering her eyes slightly as the shadow of her long lashes fell.

Liu Fan was indignant beside her. “Sister, don’t listen to those people making things up. I think President Ji really likes you!”

“Fanfan, it’s all right. I don’t care about those words.”

“Meow~”

A sound came from the shrubs not far away, attracting Bo Shuang’s attention.

A black cat was meowing at Bo Shuang. Its round eyes seemed to be staring at the insulated box in the bodyguard’s hands.

Bo Shuang signaled for the bodyguard to hand over the insulated box.

There was still some chicken breast left. Holding the bowl, she lightly approached. The black cat also cautiously crept toward her.

Suddenly, the shrubs rustled. A dog carefully darted out from behind. Its fur was messy and covered in dirt, its tongue sticking out as it also stared at the insulated box in Bo Shuang’s hand, drooling.

The bodyguard promptly stepped forward to stop her. “Madam, please don’t go any closer.”

Bo Shuang said, “I only want to feed them some food.”

When she was young, there had also been many stray cats and dogs near her home. Bo Shuang had practically grown up with those cats and dogs. At present, she also funded several stray cat and dog shelters, though very few people knew about it.

This black cat had a personality very similar to one she had spent time with as a child.

When hungry, it would meow at nearby people. When someone approached with food, little Black would cautiously crouch low, then immediately dart away after grabbing the food in its mouth. It was very clever.

The bodyguard still shook her head. “Stray cats and dogs carry many kinds of bacteria in large quantities, and they also have fleas. If Miss were here, she definitely wouldn’t allow you to come into contact with them.”

Bo Shuang’s gaze became somewhat faint. “I’m only feeding them. I won’t touch them.”

The bodyguard looked troubled. “This… Why don’t I call Miss and ask?”

“Thank you. I’ll call her myself.”

Ji Congyan was in a meeting, coldly questioning the marketing department director.

The pressure in the room was low. The director was sweating like rain, her legs trembling.

Unable to answer the question for a moment, the air was terrifyingly quiet.

Just then, a powerful phone ringtone cut through the silence.

Everyone was so frightened that their hearts nearly stopped.

It was not because the sound was too loud, but because someone actually dared not to set their phone to silent mode during a meeting attended by President Ji. That person was already scheduled for resignation…

However, following the sound, they saw President Ji calmly take the loudly ringing phone from her pocket.

After leaving one sentence, “Cen Sang, you take over,” she departed without the slightest hesitation.

The emotions of the senior executives rose and fell.

Only after Ji Congyan left the meeting room did they finally get a chance to breathe.

Through the glass meeting room, everyone could clearly see that the instant President Ji answered the call, the corners of her lips lifted into a faint smile.

It was not the kind of sarcastic smile she showed subordinates who had made mistakes, but a bright smile without the slightest impurity.

“No.” Ji Congyan’s voice was faint. “Even clean animals carry a huge number of bacteria on their fur, let alone those dirty stray cats and dogs. Keep at least five meters away from those animals. Let the bodyguards feed them.”

On the other end of the phone, Bo Shuang’s eyes dimmed inch by inch. She answered gently, “All right.”

After hanging up, she handed the insulated box to the bodyguard and watched the little black cat and little black dog carry the food away and disappear into the shrubs. She sighed silently.