Chapter 85.2

It started to rain again.

Raindrops fell initially in just a few, but gradually increased, drenching the ground, clothing, and hair.

Footsteps could be heard approaching from outside the alley.

“Hello, Xiao Mu, I’m here!” A blonde man stepped into the alley with a black umbrella. It was dirty and chaotic here; the usually high-and-mighty Yan Buwei was lying in a puddle like a bug, his haute couture suit drenched and in shambles.

Qin Nian handed the umbrella to Yan Mu, standing in the rain as he squatted in front of Yan Buwei. “Long time no see.”

Yan Buwei’s pupils constricted. “What are you doing here?! You—You all…”

“Why can’t I be here?” Qin Nian replied, undoing his cufflinks and rolling up his shirt sleeves.

His arms were too pale; he’d been locked up in the detention center for over a year, deprived of sunlight, leaving his face and hands nearly sickly white.

But his eyes were full of life, staring unwaveringly at Yan Buwei, a smile playing at the corners.

“After sending me in, did you feel a sense of relief? Dad?”

The last word sounded like a disgusting term, twisting Yan Buwei’s face in revulsion.

Qin Nian laughed loudly.

Yan Mu had no interest in this family drama either. “I’m leaving.”

“Come on, aren’t you going to stay and watch for a bit?” Qin Nian said.

“No, do as you wish.”

Yan Mu left the alley without looking back.

Behind him came the sounds of a scream, followed by the dull thud of fists striking flesh.

Having done so many bad things, it was only natural that the first thing everyone would do upon seeing him was to give him a beating.

Yan Mu couldn’t be bothered to look back; many memories flashed before his eyes.

For a time, Qin Shi often quarreled with Yan Buwei, but he later came to understand the specific reasons.

Before marrying Qin Shi, Yan Buwei had pursued another omega from the Qin family, who was male.

Male omegas traditionally held lower social status, but the Qin family was open-minded, treating everyone equally, and the male omega had his place.

However, no status could compare to Qin Shi, as she was the only daughter of her parents.

Qin Shi was overly protected, always cheerful, and did whatever she wanted without hesitation. She met Yan Buwei at a certain banquet, and it was love at first sight.

No one knew about Yan Buwei and the male omega, so Yan Buwei naturally took advantage of the young lady’s affection and successfully married Qin Shi.

As they were together for so long, right up to their marriage, Yan Buwei continuously brainwashed Qin Shi in the name of ‘love,’ restricting her social circle, deceiving her trust, and taking away her shares and power.

Qin Shi hadn’t thought much about it until she saw a little boy abandoned in the yard, ignored by everyone, even the maid who avoided him.

Women’s intuition was frightening.

She didn’t tell anyone and directly had a paternity test done, as this intuition couldn’t be justified.

The day she received the test results, she had her first argument with Yan Buwei since their marriage.

—Her lover had a child with another omega.

No one could accept such a thing, and least of all Qin Shi.

The child was exceptional, and Qin Shi didn’t want to direct her anger towards him. The scoundrel was guilty, but the child was innocent. So she enrolled him in school, ensured he received an education, and had someone guide him.

However, Yan Buwei believed that Qin Shi was disgusting him.

The two kept erupting into argument after argument, and at one point, Yan Buwei directly pulled Qin Shi out of the room, dragged her to the staircase, and with a cold smile, pushed her down.

At that moment, Yan Mu was present.

His room was on the first floor, and he had just opened the door, barely cracking it open.

He heard Yan Buwei say, “Go die.”

He saw with his own eyes as Yan Buwei pushed against his mother’s chest.

He witnessed his mother tumble down, her head striking the ground heavily.

Before losing consciousness, Qin Shi saw her son, his small body hiding behind the crack of the door, unsure of what to do.

She shook her head, signaling her son to stay inside.

If Yan Buwei could push her down to her death, she couldn’t guarantee what this madman might do if he saw their son at that moment.

The fact proved that Yan Buwei was indeed a madman; after the funeral, he directly grabbed Yan Mu and forced medicine into his mouth.

Soon, the Qin family began to fall into crisis gradually.

Qin Nian was nowhere to be found.

Yan Mu began to find it impossible to touch anyone.

One day, one of Yan Buwei’s partners came over and grabbed Yan Mu’s hand.

The child’s skin was so delicate; as soon as it was touched, bright red palm prints appeared. Yan Mu began to struggle, but the partner laughed loudly, “You really can’t be touched. This drug is incredible! And what about that guy… wasn’t he detected either?”

“Right?” Yan Buwei responded, “If he hadn’t been tested as alpha, I wouldn’t have used so little.”

“He’s your son after all. Does it matter if he’s an omega?”

Yan Buwei immediately displayed a look of disgust. “Omega? That’s too disgusting.”

He endured his disgust despite being involved with two omegas.

Omegas were such fragile beings, yet he had to continuously appease them. He was clearly capable; he was undoubtedly an alpha, but whenever people mentioned him, they would say, “Oh, he is the lover of the Qin family’s omega.”

Even his son had to bear the Qin surname.

—Omegas are so damn disgusting.

As the Spring Festival approached, the streets gradually began to feel festive.

A lot had happened over the past year.

A certain middle school’s director maliciously marked omegas, a corporation that exploited omegas for contract transactions, and a clubhouse illegally abducted young students…

Just before the New Year, another incident was exposed.

It started with a video, a blurry recording of a man delivering punches and kicks.

“You omega.”

“Go die.”

“Why do you have to show up? Go die, go die.”

“Omegas shouldn’t even exist!”

In the video, the man’s insults toward the omega were filled with obscene language, unbearable to listen to.

After the previous two incidents, public opinion towards omegas began to change; the second genders were no longer seen as superior or inferior, and omegas had gradually started to learn to resist.

As a result, the internet immediately exploded once this video was released.

There were two reasons: first, it involved discrimination against the second gender, and second, the man in the video was Yan Buwei.

Yan Buwei of the Yan Group!

A devoted husband!

A self-made business magnate!

The internet was in an uproar.

[Isn’t this… President Yan?]

[The Yan Buwei from the Yan Group?]

[Who is he hitting?]

[Omega?]

[What the hell? He talks about omegas like that? What trouble did omegas cause him?! Why?]

[I really didn’t expect… he hates omegas that much. Why did he marry an omega back then?]

[Because of the young lady! Without her, would there be the current Yan Buwei?]

He Miaomiao turned off the screen.

It was too stuffy in the car, so she rolled down the window. The wind blew, causing loose strands of hair at her temple to flutter, revealing a scar.

Yan Buwei spared no effort against the Qin family, practically leaving no stone unturned.

He Miaomiao, who had a good relationship with Qin Shi, was also targeted because of it.

She never believed her cousin died by accident and never gave up on her investigation.

Thus, she was taken away by Yan Buwei.

Insults, beatings—she was an omega, with glands and estrus period, unable to resist the pheromones of an alpha. Omegas had a natural sensitivity, and the best way to train her was to turn her into a tool, a tool that wouldn’t resist or think.

During that time, she was unwilling to recall.

The day before Yan Buwei brought people to assault her, the door was opened.

A cold boy pushed her out.

She had seen him; he was her cousin’s son.

“Qin Mu?”

“No,” the boy replied, “I’m Yan Mu.”

“I’m going to change my name, taking the surname Yan, like my father.” He looked at He Miaomiao and added, “We all have to endure. Some things won’t be forgotten; my eyes and skin still remember.”

Unforgotten, how could she forget?

The Yan Group had completely collapsed.

The skyscraper could topple at any moment.

In order to recover their losses, the shareholders did not hesitate to push Yan Buwei out, jointly submitting a petition for investigation, claiming the contracts were forged and the entire project was a facade, a scam.

The Yan Group had long since developed a significant financial gap.

The scandal surrounding the dual contracts caused a huge uproar; everyone was shocked by the company’s major scandal. While indulging in gossip, they eagerly followed the unfolding developments.

A small enterprise filled the financial gap of the Yan Group, and from then on, the Yan Group changed its name and came under the ownership of this unknown small company.

Someone noticed that the whole affair bore some resemblance to the Qin Group incident from years ago and began to trace the entire context.

The Yan Group vehemently denied the allegations, but it was unclear if someone was orchestrating the narrative, as evidence continued to be released, and netizens demanded more proof.

Yan Buwei colluded with the shareholders to deliberately sign false contracts, threatening the Qin Group, while also fabricating false evidence and illegally detaining the company’s management at the time to manipulate public opinion for their oppression.

[What the hell? Did I personally experience a business war back then?]

[A series of revelations left me drenched in cold sweat.]

[How calculating must this be? It’s terrifying to act innocent while digging someone’s grave!]

[What about his wife? I remember Yan Buwei’s wife was the daughter of the Qin family, right?]

[With all this coming out, I have a conspiracy theory (just saying, no offense). You say they were a loving couple, married and had a child, then suddenly she dies… Could there be some hidden truth?]

The Yan Group changed its name, but the scandal lingered; the previously unknown small enterprise now was Qin Nian’s, the executive of the Qin Group, holding a press conference.

He mentioned the cause of death of Yan Buwei’s deceased wife, Qin Shi.

—Qin Shi did not die by accident, in the truest sense.

The drugs she was forced to ingest during her pregnancy had long depleted her body; her actual cause of death was drug-related!

Samples quietly preserved by the Qin’s parents over a decade ago became the ultimate evidence.

Blood stored under special conditions did not deteriorate, and the forensic experts detected new substances in the blood.

—A substance capable of destroying omega glands and causing stress responses in anyone’s pheromones!

No, it’s not merely a drug; it’s a slow-acting poison!!

The reporters present initially intended to ask about the company’s transfer, but were unexpectedly hit with a bombshell.

On the other side, Yan Buwei, already in custody and handcuffed, appeared at the company’s office building under the watch of police officers.

Certain documents that could serve as evidence could only be decrypted by Yan Buwei himself; whether he cooperated with the investigation depended on future sentencing, and he had no choice.

The press conference was being broadcast live, and countless reporters had already surrounded the office building.

It was unclear who called out Yan Buwei first, but the reporters surged forward, cameras crowding around him, with flashes going off incessantly.

Yan Mu was present at the press conference, standing in the far corner.

He had witnessed his mother’s death and the Qin family being framed by Yan Buwei.

Yan Buwei had unlawfully violated He Miaomiao and maliciously framed Qin Nian, aiming to eliminate any concerns for himself, even dosing his own biological son.

No one was willing to let Yan Buwei off the hook.

At least the three of them and the entire Qin family had always shared the same goal.

The subsequent developments need not be elaborated; Qin Nian became the sole heir of the Qin family, Yan Mu changed his name, pretended to relinquish his resistance, and secretly collaborated with Qin Nian. He Miaomiao enrolled in the police academy, and her identity allowed her to obtain a lot of information related to the company.

Yan Mu pushed the door open and walked out.

All the reporters were focused on probing Qin Nian for more details, so no one noticed him leaving.

It was already dark, and only then did Yan Mu realize that the streets were adorned with lanterns and camouflage lights.

The entire long street was gaudy yet lively.

It was the twenty-ninth day of the Lunar New Year, and the celebration would take place the day after tomorrow.

As he exited the building, he found himself in a business area surrounded by tall buildings.

Yan Mu spotted Jiang Zhihuo waiting by the door; he was warmly dressed, with a gray scarf wrapped around his neck. When he looked down at his phone, his chin and lips sank into the scarf.

Yan Mu couldn’t quite describe the surge of emotions within him as he quickly walked up to Jiang Zhihuo and asked, “Xiao Zhou, what are you doing here?”

Jiang Zhihuo lifted his head, his cheeks slightly flushed, and beads of sweat forming on his forehead.

He shook his phone slightly. “I saw the live broadcast and guessed you’d be here.”

Yan Mu chuckled. “You really are…”

“Let’s go,” Jiang Zhihuo said, kissing Yan Mu on the lips and taking his hand.

Their hands felt warm, and their breaths were heated.

“Yan-ge, I’m here to take you home.”

The author has something to say:

Huo, it looks like your estrus is approaching. Don’t wander around too much.