Chapter 33
The sound of running shower water splashed.
The bathrobe over Ji Congyan’s chest was completely soaked through by the steam.
Ji Congyan lowered her eyes, her gaze unfocused, her fingertips curling slightly. Only when a drop of water slid across the pad of her finger did she suddenly come back to herself.
She looked at the top of the head beneath her gaze.
Her tone was stiff. “You’ve leaned for too long. I’m uncomfortable.”
She did not know whether it was because of the extremely high compatibility between her and Bo Shuang, or because she herself was also approaching her rut, but the longer Bo Shuang leaned against her, the more indescribable the feeling in her chest became.
It was like being suspended high in the air, about to fall at any moment.
Her heart also beat fiercely, as if it might overload and die at any time.
She cherished her life.
Ji Congyan’s scent was too fragrant. As a result, Bo Shuang had leaned in her arms, immersed in her scent, and for a moment had actually forgotten how much Ji Congyan hated physical contact with others.
She took two steps back.
Her voice was gentle. “Sorry.”
Ji Congyan said, “No need to apologize. This is what I should do as the child’s mother.”
“Congyan will definitely be a good mother in the future.”
“Naturally.”
Ji Congyan carefully looked over Bo Shuang’s brows, eyes, and breathing. “Still uncomfortable?”
Bo Shuang lightly drew in a breath. “It’s eased a little. Can I trouble you to help me out?”
That meant the discomfort still remained.
Ji Congyan said nothing. She took two more bath towels. One was wrapped around the beauty’s hair, while the other was draped over her own hand. With Ji Congyan supporting her, Bo Shuang sat down on the sofa.
Her slender back was wrapped by the soft cushion. Bo Shuang tilted her head back, her legs pressed together. Her jade-pink toes lightly rested on the sofa, curling slightly.
Her breathing came deep for a while, then shallow for a while.
The pheromones in her body were no longer surging as fiercely as before, but there was still an aftereffect.
The back of her head was gently supported.
Through the sensation against her skin, she could feel five gloved fingers moving from below upward, steadily holding the back of her head. Her heart also seemed to gradually speed up under this careful care.
The Omega pheromones that had originally calmed slightly began surging again.
She gently bit her lower lip.
Ji Congyan stood behind the sofa, head lowered. The thick towel in her hands was lightly rubbing the beauty’s damp long hair.
Bo Shuang’s hair quality was excellent. Not a single strand had split ends.
When wrapped around Ji Congyan’s hand, it instantly slipped away, like an eel.
After wiping away most of the water, Ji Congyan brought over a hair dryer from the bathroom. The low hum of it echoed melodiously through the living room.
Silky long hair slid through the gaps between her fingers.
Ji Congyan’s thoughts strayed for a moment.
What would it feel like if she took off her gloves?
Her hands were well maintained, naturally a thousand, a hundred times smoother than these genuine leather gloves.
Were her hands smoother, or was Bo Shuang’s hair smoother?
The humming gradually stopped. The seaweed-like long hair moved softly, drawing a silk-like luster beneath the warm light.
The hair was still smoother.
Ji Congyan silently affirmed Bo Shuang’s hair.
She walked around to the front. The beauty leaning against the sofa had already closed her eyes, her breathing steady. Her features were gentle and three-dimensional. Ji Congyan looked at her for quite a while before stepping forward.
After thinking for a moment, she supported the back of Bo Shuang’s neck with her palm and gently lowered her onto the sofa pillow.
She covered her with a thin blanket and placed the air conditioner remote control and the other woman’s phone at the edge of the coffee table.
At the stairs, she turned off the lights on the first floor, leaving only a faint nightlight, then went upstairs quietly.
The bedroom door also closed gently.
But the instant the door happened to shut, on the sofa, a pair of beautiful peach-blossom eyes silently opened.
There was no sleepiness at all.
Her fingertips lightly clutched the sheet, and her steady breathing became fine and hurried after the sound of the door closing.
Bo Shuang entered the bathroom again.
……
In the bathroom mirror, the corners of her eyes were still faintly flushed.
Difficult to ease.
Her scalp at the back of her head still seemed able to feel the outline of the Alpha’s control.
She had never known that being touched on the scalp could be this sensitive.
All her efforts to calm her mind had completely dissolved during the process of Ji Congyan helping her dry her hair. The pheromones had surged even more intensely.
That was why she had no choice but to pretend to be asleep and deceive the other woman.
Bathing was only cleaning herself. It did not fundamentally solve the current predicament.
There were still more than two months of days like this. Only after entering the third trimester would there be some relief.
Bo Shuang lightly exhaled, fastened her bathrobe, and quietly stepped onto the stairs, avoiding making any sound.
Just after passing the corner, a tall figure appeared, and Bo Shuang’s heart trembled slightly.
“Miss Bo, are you deliberately hiding from me?”
At some unknown point, Ji Congyan had come out of her room. She leaned against the doorway, glancing over sideways.
Bo Shuang’s steps paused. She walked forward and raised her eyes. “Sorry…”
Ji Congyan stared at her. “You’d better explain honestly.”
Bo Shuang lowered her eyes slightly and said softly, “I was only doing some things you can’t help me complete.”
It sounded very roundabout, but combined with the beauty’s behavior in the bathroom…
Ji Congyan unnaturally turned her eyes away and was silent for a long while.
Suddenly, the scent of clear wine atop a snowy peak drifted through the air, sharp and faintly intoxicating, surrounding the Omega.
The Alpha pheromones did not rush toward the Omega’s gland, but kept a slight distance, gently wrapping around her with air in between.
This distance not only failed to make Bo Shuang uncomfortable, but to a certain extent comforted the overly empty feeling in her heart and eased that tingling itch in her chest.
She looked at Ji Congyan in surprise.
Ji Congyan only tossed out one faint sentence. “Sleep early.”
Then she turned and entered her room.
Bo Shuang stared blankly at the tightly closed door.
·
The manor’s main building.
Ji Quanchen closed the storybook and looked at her younger daughter’s sleeping side profile, the corners of her lips curving faintly.
Leaving Ji Xunwu’s room, she walked calmly and composedly toward the master bedroom. The butler smiled awkwardly and blocked the doorway.
“Chairwoman Ji… Madam won’t let you in…”
The butler showed a troubled expression.
Ji Quanchen rubbed her brow.
Ever since she had used family punishment on Ji Congyan last time, she had not entered her own room. The dignified head of the family could only sleep in the living room.
The phone in her pocket vibrated.
Ji Quanchen took it out.
Ji Congyan: [Mom, can you teach me again how to control pheromones…]
One could tell the other party was rather anxious. Even the punctuation mark was wrong.
Ji Quanchen stood at the master bedroom door, her eyes shifting slightly.
She sent Ji Congyan a voice message.
“What’s wrong? Don’t control them recklessly. If you don’t handle it well, you can easily faint.”
Ji Congyan called her through voice call.
She was curled up on the bed, cold sweat continuously emerging from her forehead. Suppressant fluid slowly flowed into her gland, and the chill dispersed the churning discomfort.
She took a deep breath. “My wife felt unwell. I tried using the method you taught me back then…”
Just now, in front of Bo Shuang, she had released some pheromones while controlling them to keep a certain distance from Bo Shuang. This non-contact method could greatly relieve the inexplicable surging desire in an Omega’s body during the middle and late stages of pregnancy.
Whether one could freely release and withdraw pheromones was a standard used to measure AO rank. Only a probability of less than one in ten thousand could reach this standard.
Ji Congyan was a standard top-tier Alpha.
Freely controlling the direction of pheromones was even more difficult.
The pheromone control ability Ji Congyan had displayed just now was no less than lifting a car measured in tons with one hand and maintaining it for more than ten seconds.
After closing the bedroom door, the backlash from excessive pheromone control immediately struck.
The voice call was on speaker and drew Gong Yu out of the master bedroom. The beautiful woman in her forties had a suit jacket draped over her nightdress.
Ji Quanchen quietly looked over.
Her suit jacket.
“Baby, do you have any Alpha supplements nearby? Take the maximum dose first. Don’t force yourself. If you need suppressant injections, take them.”
Gong Yu was worried, but she could not go to Ji Congyan’s courtyard.
She could only stand in place and worry helplessly, giving Ji Quanchen a sharp glare.
Ji Congyan awkwardly unscrewed the supplement bottle.
She roughly scanned the instructions and directly dry-chewed five tablets.
The bitter-sweet taste spread through her mouth.
“Add one more tablet to your supplement dose. Six tablets a day. Test your pheromone changes every day. You’re still young, so there’s nothing serious. From now on, remember to advance gradually.”
The on-duty doctor had received Chairwoman Ji’s message in the middle of the night and urgently had a box of Alpha supplements transferred over from Huaji.
Ji Congyan had Cen Sang put away the medicine boxes.
Then she returned to the courtyard alone.
Bo Shuang had already left. Ji Congyan went upstairs and took a glance, confirming that the gift had been accepted. The stone pressing on her heart was gently set down.
The problem with her gland did not affect normal work, but she occasionally still felt unwell, so she rested an extra half hour at noon.
Just after waking, Cen Sang brought a piece of not-so-wonderful news.
“Someone from the crew leaked that Yu Chen participated in the audition yesterday. Her major fans are making a scene now. Public opinion is very intense.”
The tablet was handed to Ji Congyan.
[Today she dares play supporting to the young madam. Tomorrow, who else will she play supporting to?]
[Please weigh your own commercial value clearly, okay? Don’t rush to kneel and lick the young madam.]
[Sister, blink if the young madam forced you.]
The attached picture was Yu Chen blinking in a certain film clip.
[Who understands my despair after learning this news?]
[Scatter, everyone. We can’t beat capital.]
[What are you making a fuss about? If you keep making trouble, are you trying to make the president put Sister on ice?]
[The president can’t be unaware that Yu Chen’s management contract is still in her hands, while the young madam’s management contract is still with the rival company, right?]
[Help, don’t play supporting to the young madam.]
Ji Congyan looked at it faintly. “Have the PR side prepare a draft.”
Cen Sang asked, “A draft confirming Miss Yu’s appearance as General Ji in Dawn?”
Ji Congyan’s gaze returned to the screen, and she gave a soft hum.
In her daily work, small waves like this were countless.
However, when it reached around four o’clock, the situation unexpectedly escalated.
Cen Sang’s tone was urgent. “Miss Yu’s fans entered the film base by climbing walls and crossing the river.”
·
The set of Dawn.
The area was surrounded so tightly that not even water could pass through.
Security had been promptly increased, but those guards were blocked by large numbers of fans on the outer perimeter and could not get inside at all. If they tried to grab a few people, the fans would flexibly dodge away.
Curses rose one after another.
The crowd’s emotions surged.
Yu Chen and Bo Shuang were both surrounded. The four bodyguards, doctor, and Liu Fan—six people in total—formed a circle, firmly protecting Bo Shuang.
Yu Chen had gone out without her assistant and was blocked alone.
Fans shouted angrily, “Can’t you show a little backbone!? Look at you kneeling and licking the young madam. Does the young madam even care about you!? Aren’t her bodyguards only protecting her!?”
Yu Chen was someone with no filter. “Her bodyguards are paid by President Ji to protect Bo Shuang. What does that have to do with me? Why do you have such a strong possessiveness over other people’s money?”
A fan cried and roared, “It’s bad enough that you’re licking her, but now you’re defending her too!? You’ve completely disappointed us fans who worked so hard to follow you.”
“Yu Chen, I’ve been your fan for more than ten years! I grew up watching your movies!”
“And this is how you speak to your fans!?”
“You must leave with us today. You’re not playing a supporting role!”
“We worked so hard online to fight the Snowballs, and the entire square got slaughtered by the Snowballs. Is this how you brush off our love for you!?”
Snowballs was Bo Shuang’s fan name.
Because Bo Shuang’s personality was overly gentle and she looked very easy to bully, the Snowballs had spontaneously formed a powerful attack force. Anyone who cursed their sister would have their whole family slaughtered by them online.
Online, Yangzhi—Yu Chen’s fans—could not beat the Snowballs at all.
That was why they had secretly organized an offline charge.
Yangzhi also had their own special traits.
Their idol often spoke without restraint and even scolded her fans, so they had also cultivated an extremely strong ability to argue with their own idol. Almost every single one of them was a humiliation-chasing fan.
Yu Chen refused to be outdone, arguing back against every single one who came. Bo Shuang told the bodyguards to stop them, but the bodyguards were pushed back. Yu Chen still had the spare energy to worry about Bo Shuang.
“Protect your Madam well.”
In less than twenty minutes, every fan present had been scolded to tears by Yu Chen. They sobbed and tearfully accused Yu Chen of being a bastard, crying until their hands and feet became uncoordinated.
Taking advantage of this, the security guards divided into several teams and separated the fans in batches.
Only then were Bo Shuang, Yu Chen, and the others successfully rescued.
Almost all the security guards in the film city had come over, using their bodies as walls to separate the enormous fan crowd step by step.
Ji Congyan arrived at the scene in a hurry at this moment.
Her line of sight could contain only one person.
The Omega was talking to the director, her hair neat. It looked like she was uninjured.
The shoulders that had been tense the entire way suddenly loosened.
As she walked toward Bo Shuang, she felt countless gazes cast toward her. They came from the fans being controlled by security.
Ji Congyan’s footsteps did not stop, and she returned them with a cold gaze.
The Alpha’s aura was sharp and chilling, her gaze cold. The fans were simple by nature. Being stared at like this made chills seem to rise from their backs.
With reddened eyes open, they did not dare breathe loudly.
Only when Ji Congyan’s attention returned to Bo Shuang did they feel that nameless pressure withdraw, and their breathing gradually regained its rhythm.
“Congyan.”
As long as she appeared in front of Bo Shuang, she could trigger a gentle, spring-rain-like call. The corners of Ji Congyan’s lips unconsciously rose, and she responded.
“Is there anywhere uncomfortable?”
Bo Shuang said, “No.”
Since her wife was fine, it was time to deal with this mess.
Her gaze turned to Yu Chen.
“What about you?”
Yu Chen waved her hand. “I haven’t scolded enough yet.”
Ji Congyan: “…”
“I’ve already contacted the police. Several special police teams will come later and take away these troublemaking fans. After that, have PR draft an announcement warning your fans, so as to avoid breeding even more serious incidents. As for the script, you have the right to choose for yourself. On this point, there’s no need to pay attention to fans’ demands. Handle it coldly.”
Yu Chen considered the plan the boss’s wife had given. Her own thoughts were generally similar to Ji Congyan’s. This was also Anji’s usual method.
She nodded.
“Cen Sang, send a message to Anji’s PR director.”
At Ji Congyan’s command, Cen Sang immediately contacted them. Just as she was about to call the PR director, a voice came from beside her.
“Wait.”
Bo Shuang reached out and pressed the hang-up button on the screen.
“Congyan, may I say a few words?”
Ji Congyan laughed softly. “Naturally. You’re the boss of Anji.”
“If fans break the law, there is no problem with them accepting punishment. But for an artist, these people who are willing to come offline and stand out immediately are also Miss Yu’s unshakable core fanbase. We cannot let their hearts go cold.”
Yu Chen frowned. “I understand what you mean, but one step of concession will only make fans push even further. You should know how much people can take advantage once given an inch. If you want me to comfort them, I can’t do it.”
Bo Shuang said, “Naturally, I’m not asking you to lower yourself to comfort them. Didn’t you say you hadn’t scolded enough?”
Yu Chen said, “That’s right. Day after day, I nearly suffocated in the company. I finally got to warm up just now.”
The beauty said gently, “The special police will send them to the police station. You can go to the police station—”
Yu Chen asked, “For what? Do I still have to be responsible for signing their release?”
Bo Shuang lightly shook her head. “After their families sign and redeem them, you do what you want to do. Educate your fans properly. There is no need to be soft-hearted.”
In this way, not only would the fans’ hearts not go cold, they would be “educated” until they became even hotter. Most fans had merely been hotheaded for a moment, which was why they chose to bravely charge into the film base.
Their execution ability was extremely strong, but they lacked risk awareness.
As an artist, if Yu Chen played a guiding role in this serious occasion, she might lose a small number of fans.
However, most people were not bad by nature. They had also been trained by Yu Chen into this kind of personality that loved arguing with their idol. They would only reflect properly on their actions while sobbing and arguing.
At the same time, they would also feel distressed that Yu Chen had strained her voice scolding hundreds of people in a row.
In this way, the bond between artist and fans would deepen.
No one wanted to stan an idol with no sincerity who only knew how to handle things coldly.
Yu Chen’s eyes brightened as she listened. Most importantly, her ability to roast people could finally be used to her heart’s content one day.
Tsk, tsk, tsk. The boss’s wife, an outsider to the industry, only knew cold handling.
She had none of President Bo’s cleverness.
Yu Chen quickly ordered several boxes of throat lozenges, drove to pick up her assistant and manager, and prepared to show off her throat.
Yu Chen’s car quickly drove away. Ji Congyan cupped her hands in respect, her tone proud. “President Bo is mighty. Aren’t you worried online fans will imitate them?”
The beauty smiled softly. “Then I’ll have to trouble Congyan. When the time comes, there should be a police notice. Can you have someone include the matter of Miss Yu educating her fans at the police station entrance in the notice as well?”
Ji Congyan instantly understood the meaning and curled her lips. “The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it. After Yu Chen is named in the notice, that unfiltered mouth of hers should be able to quiet down for quite a while too.”
Although many people had praised her before, Ji Congyan’s praise was different. Bo Shuang felt warmth in her heart as she listened.
She lowered her eyes, and the roots of her ears flushed faintly pink.
As they walked toward the parking lot, lively gardens stood on both sides. The setting sun spread down, pulling the two figures infinitely long ahead.
They stepped on the shadows, walking side by side, one footprint at a time.
“It’s just that Miss Yu’s predicament still doesn’t have a particularly good solution for now.”
“Bo Shuang, you are the most talented leader I have ever seen.” Ji Congyan stopped and turned her eyes to look into those slightly moist black eyes. “Don’t put too much pressure on yourself. When you can’t figure something out, set it aside for now.”
Bo Shuang smiled, her long hair flying in the wind. “Thank you.”
Her tone and gaze were too sincere. The Omega’s side profile was made breathtakingly beautiful by the sunset.
Ji Congyan unnaturally turned her gaze away and casually replied, “I’m your Alpha. This is all what I should do.”
“Meow~~~”
“Woof, woof, woof!”
The sounds of animals saved Ji Congyan from her current unnaturalness.
Her footsteps unconsciously moved over, and Bo Shuang also followed beside her.
At the end of their line of sight, two familiar black fluffy creatures were surrounded. Little Black Cat was crying miserably, her hind legs kicking restlessly.
Big Black Dog stood imposingly beside her, using her voice to repel the cats coming forward.
Some cats were not afraid, so she charged forward and bit them with her muzzle, fierce and aggressive.
But there were too many cats coming. Even if she drove them away, there was only one dog. Her cat friend cried out in pain.
While she was fiercely biting a tomcat, she did not notice another tomcat sneaking up behind. It directly pounced onto Little Black and grabbed the back of Little Black’s neck in its mouth.
Little Black struggled desperately, rolling her body, kicking the tomcat with her hind legs, twisting and struggling.
Amid the chaotic flying fur, she cast Bo Shuang a helpless and pained look.
Bo Shuang’s heart suddenly tightened. No longer caring that Ji Congyan was beside her, she stepped forward in two strides and firmly protected Little Black in her arms.
“It’s okay… it’s okay… I’ll take you to get spayed. Big Black, you come too.”
The dignified big dog followed without hesitation.
The beauty was still shaken, her footsteps hurried.
She had not walked more than a few steps when her arms suddenly emptied.
Ji Congyan pinched Little Black Cat by the scruff of the neck, her brows rising high, anger in her eyes. “Bo Shuang, did I not warn you not to casually touch these stray animals?”
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