DABGBTF 9

In the evening, Xie Zheng arrived at the hotel first. 

He wasn’t in a rush to go in, having Lao Tian park the car across the street.

Lao Tian had been hanging around with Xie Zheng for over ten years. Back then when Xie Zheng got into fights, he was responsible for keeping watch, when Xie Zheng got injured, he would go deliver fruit, and now that Xie Zheng has made it big, he runs errands and drives for Xie Zheng. 

It wasn’t anything to lose face over, at least the job was much more stable than others’, and the bonuses were also generous.

Lao Tian looked at Xie Zheng through the rearview mirror, realizing he was in a good mood. He called out to Xie Zheng, “Ge, they don’t allow parking here for too long. I’ll drive the car to the parking lot in the back later, just call me when you come out.”

Xie Zheng gave a sound of acknowledgement.

As they were speaking, Lu Lu came out from the nearby subway entrance. He looked left and right in front of the hotel, and failing to find Xie Zheng, took a piece of bread out of his crossbody bag and started gnawing on it.

Xie Zheng: “…”

He found it funny watching him. He raised his phone and took a picture of Lu Lu through the window, then sent it over to Lu Lu.

Lu Lu held the bread in one hand, and took out his phone with the other. 

Once he saw clearly what Xie Zheng had sent, he looked up and glanced around a few times, and immediately found Xie Zheng’s car.

It just so happened the lights were changing. With only the last few seconds of the green light left, Lu Lu jogged over to the front of Xie Zheng’s car, bent down and looked at the backseat with a smiling face. “Uncle Xie? Are you inside?”

Xie Zheng rolled down the car window and mocked him. “Are you an elementary student here for a spring field trip?”

Lu Lu held up the mostly-eaten bread in his hand. “It’s delicious, it’s cream-filled. Want a taste, Uncle Xie?”

Xie Zheng looked at Lu Lu. He suddenly reached out his hand and wiped his thumb against the corner of Lu Lu’s mouth. He put it to his own lips and sucked it, then smirked. “Just average.”

Lu Lu blanked for a moment, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly.

Xie Zheng got out of the car. “Let’s go.”

Although he said that, it was currently a red light. While waiting for the light to change, Lu Lu quickly polished off the rest of the bread, then fished out a bottle of water and a small medicine bottle, poured out two small white pills, and swallowed them with water.

“What is that?” Xie Zheng knitted his brows. “Erection dysfunction pills?”

Lu Lu nearly choked on a mouthful of water and coughed twice. “It’s vitamins.”

Xie Zheng’s shiny leather shoe kicked lightly against Lu Lu’s sneaker. He mocked, “Eating so much, you’re going to throw it up later.”

Lu Lu good-naturedly curved his eyes. “I won’t.”

After going upstairs and entering the room, Xie Zheng directly grabbed Lu Lu’s collar, making him bend down. 

He bit fiercely into Lu Lu’s lips, and tasted the mixture of sweet cream and exceptionally bitter medicine. 

An Alpha in their susceptible period has sharp senses, and this taste rushed straight to Xie Zheng’s head. Xie Zheng was thoroughly disgusted, spitting “ptui” several times. “Go brush your teeth right now!”

“Does Uncle Xie not like eating sweets? Or do you not like the bitter taste?”

Xie Zheng knitted his brows. “Hurry up and go!”

Lu Lu, unable to hold back a smile, ducked into the bathroom. He carefully and thoroughly brushed his teeth clean, and rinsed twice with mouthwash. When he came out, however, he didn’t see Xie Zheng, but heard the sound of water coming from upstairs. 

This hotel room had a two-story structure, much more luxurious than any room Lu Lu had ever stayed in before. It was just that last time he had absolutely no time to look—only now did he realize that Xie Zheng was probably taking a shower in the upstairs bathroom.

In order to ensure the client’s experience, Lu Lu also very responsibly went to take a shower.

When he came out, compared to the fully-dressed Lu Lu, Xie Zheng only had a bath towel wrapped around his entire body, propping up his face as he lay on the sofa watching TV, a cigarette still pinched between his fingers.

Seeing Lu Lu, Xie Zheng slightly propped his body up a bit. “Come here.”

Lu Lu walked over and sat down beside him. He lowered his eyes to look at the tattoo on Xie Zheng’s arm, feeling a bit curious. “Is this a tattoo of a puppy’s bone? Is it a puppy that Uncle kept?”

“Did I give you money so you could chat with me? Do you want to share how many people are in your family, and how much your grandparents’ pension is with me while you’re at it?”

Xie Zheng sneered as he took a drag of his cigarette. He passed all the smoke into Lu Lu’s mouth, blocked his mouth with his tongue, and forcefully entangled with Lu Lu’s tongue.

Just this not-so-gentle kiss, however, caused Xie Zheng’s hard-suppressed susceptible period to violently erupt with a boom. The room was instantly filled with a pepper scent as heavy as dark clouds. Xie Zheng pinned Lu Lu down on the sofa, his teeth itching terribly. Grabbing the collar of his clothes, he went to bite the back of Lu Lu’s neck.

An Alpha obviously cannot complete any mark on another Alpha, so Xie Zheng’s restlessness could not get any relief.

The sound of the mature Alpha’s breathing rang right by Lu Lu’s ear, his hot and moist breath spraying against the skin of Lu Lu’s neck, carrying a thick, heavy desire.

Lu Lu’s breathing also gradually became hurried. He raised his hand and pressed against the back of Xie Zheng’s head, soothing him. “Don’t be anxious, Uncle Xie. Don’t rush.”

Xie Zheng’s voice rang out from close at hand. It was hoarse and carried the aura of lust, but the words he said were not very pleasant to hear. “If you can’t do it, refund laozi’s¹Literally meaning “your father/old man,” it’s a very arrogant, highly masculine, and mildly vulgar way to refer to oneself in Chinese. It establishes dominance and aggression in speech. f*cking money! Laozi’s unsubscribing!”

Lu Lu who almost burst out laughing: “…”

Unsubscribe?

Is he treating him like a monthly subscription member?

He already knew that last time was the first time for both of them. However, as the first time, it was truly unseemly with no tenderness and no caressing.

Lu Lu wanted to take it a bit slower this time, but Xie Zheng was obviously dissatisfied with his pace, and bit by bit sat downwards.

The two men let out a breath at the same time, feeling both pain and pleasure.

His chest, which was being propped against by Xie Zheng’s hands, felt a tingling sensation. Lu Lu grabbed Xie Zheng’s hand and touched his fingers with his lips.

Xie Zheng backhandedly pinched his face, bent down to kiss him, and asked him with his lips pressed against his lips, “Being so obedient, is it because you like your husband or because you like your husband’s money?”

Before Lu Lu could even answer, Xie Zheng forcefully shook his head.

During previous susceptible periods, Xie Zheng had always powered through them entirely on his own. To be honest, it wasn’t considered difficult. He also knew that Alphas who had the comfort of Omega pheromones would have an easier time during their susceptible periods.

Yet right now, he was in a state somewhere between the two, both satisfied and unsatisfied. The feeling of his body being filled was very comfortable, but because of this, his teeth itched terribly, and that urge to mark someone was surging unprecedentedly high.

The rich pheromones made Xie Zheng himself dizzy, giving him a feeling akin to being drunk.

His limbs felt weak, and his head spun.

Lu Lu reached out to steady him for a moment. “Are you okay?”

“I’m fine.”

Lu Lu was a little worried about him. He sat up, gathered him into his arms, and gave Xie Zheng something resembling a hug.

No one had ever given Xie Zheng such a soft embrace before. In an instant, Xie Zheng’s scalp tingled numbly. “What the f*ck are you doing?! So f*cking disgusting.”

It was Lu Lu’s first time seeing Xie Zheng like this. He was simply like a cat with its fur standing on end.²This is a popular internet slang term in China. While literally meaning “exploding hair/fur,” it is used to describe a person who has suddenly become highly defensive, easily triggered, or prickly, much like a startled cat puffing up to look intimidating.

Lu Lu found this kind of Xie Zheng very novel. He opened his eyes wide, looking at Xie Zheng’s expression, and a two-character word that didn’t match Xie Zheng at all popped into his mind: Cute.

Lu Lu held back his laughter. He pinched the back of his neck with one hand, rubbing the location of the gland³A piece of deep Omegaverse lore. In these settings, individuals have a scent gland located at the nape of their neck. Biting or rubbing this area is a highly intimate, biologically sensitive act used for marking or comforting. beneath the Alpha’s flesh and skin, soothing him. “Don’t be anxious. Don’t rush.”

His other hand reached around from his waist and wrapped around his back, using this holding posture to touch Xie Zheng with gentle force.

Their movements thus slowed down and lightened up. Xie Zheng’s body, which originally could only feel pain and pleasure, actually felt something more.

Lu Lu had been staring at Xie Zheng’s face the whole time, and naturally noticed his change, so he made his movements even gentler.

Xie Zheng heard some sound.

His brows frowned. He listened for quite a while before realizing that short and breathless sound was actually coming from him. He abruptly raised his hand, biting down hard on himself.

The way Xie Zheng frowned while biting the webbing between his thumb and index finger looked very good. Lu Lu pursed his lips, but still pulled Xie Zheng’s hand down.

Xie Zheng consequently lost his balance for a split second, collapsing onto Lu Lu’s body.

He wanted to straighten his waist again, but Lu Lu suddenly became very disobedient. Xie Zheng pillowed his head on Lu Lu’s chest, listening to the young man’s violent heartbeat. “F*ck… Xiao Lu, be good, don’t move… let your husband sit up.”

Lu Lu pretended not to hear as he bit his ear.

Going back and forth like this, Xie Zheng felt like he was about to go crazy. He cupped Lu Lu’s face. “Xiao Lu, good Xiao Lu, husband, loves you to death.”

Xie Zheng was talking nonsense and didn’t even know what he was saying himself, unconsciously biting Lu Lu’s hoodie. One moment he tells Lu Lu to go faster, the next he tells him to go slower.

Lu Lu lowered his head, forcefully kissing Xie Zheng’s lips that had become bright red.

When he released Xie Zheng’s lips, Lu Lu could still catch a glimpse of that dazed look on Xie Zheng’s face.

He softly, with some hidden expectation, asked Xie Zheng, “What did Uncle call me?”

Xie Zheng sobered up from his blurry state for a split second, saying playfully, “Husband.”

When everything was finally over, the horizon had already started to turn white.

Xie Zheng still remembered Lao Tian. The first thing he did after recovering his strength was call him with a hoarse voice. “You head back first.”

Lu Lu filled the bathtub with water. He pillowed one hand behind Xie Zheng’s head, passed the other hand under the crook of his knees, and placed Xie Zheng into the bathtub in a princess carry.

Xie Zheng reached out and pinched Lu Lu’s face. “Your stamina is quite good.”

“My most impressive record was first handing out flyers for two hours, then going to the park to dress up as a mascot doll. I worked six jobs in 48 hours. My stamina must have been trained up like that, right?”

Lu Lu rolled up his sleeves and reached his arm into the water. “Uncle Xie, lift your waist a bit.”

During that last time, not knowing what went wrong, the condom kept slipping off. Xie Zheng found it annoying so he simply didn’t let Lu Lu use one anymore. Because of that, some extra cleaning work was needed now.

Xie Zheng turned to his side and asked Lu Lu, “Are you very short on money?”

Lu Lu’s answer was very ambiguous. “I suppose so?”

“You’re a student—where do you spend your money? It can’t all be on food, right?”

Lu Lu looked at the bite marks he had left on Xie Zheng’s lower back and smiled. “The art department burns through a lot of money.”

Xie Zheng shrugged noncommittally. The slight interest he had in Lu Lu dissipated along with these questions, so even though this topic could still be continued, he didn’t say anything more.

After Lu Lu finished helping Xie Zheng clean up, he brought some ointment to help apply medicine for him. Xie Zheng was served so comfortably by him that he even spawned an urge to give Lu Lu a raise.

Of course, it was just a passing thought.

—

Xie Zheng’s Diary

[Thirteen years ago]

The damn old man kept an Omega and I found out.

Could it be that he couldn’t tell the other person was just after his money??

Truly stupid and disgusting.

• 1
  Literally meaning “your father/old man,” it’s a very arrogant, highly masculine, and mildly vulgar way to refer to oneself in Chinese. It establishes dominance and aggression in speech.
• 2
  This is a popular internet slang term in China. While literally meaning “exploding hair/fur,” it is used to describe a person who has suddenly become highly defensive, easily triggered, or prickly, much like a startled cat puffing up to look intimidating.
• 3
  A piece of deep Omegaverse lore. In these settings, individuals have a scent gland located at the nape of their neck. Biting or rubbing this area is a highly intimate, biologically sensitive act used for marking or comforting.