Beta Chapter 29: Coax Me

Chapter 29: Coax Me

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Karai

He Yu saw Luo Songran’s face was not right, looking at himself with a kind of anger and disgust that he had never seen before. He tried his best to remain calm and persuade, “Songran, as you know, sexual enhancers cannot be taken casually, but if you want, I can help you. There’s no faster way for you to get sexual enhancers other than this method.”

“Are you crazy?” Luo Songran’s face turned dark, and these words leaked from between his lips, each word tinged with anger, “Who allowed you to do this? If you can’t get it, just tell me you can’t. Who gave you the right to act like this? He Yu, I have an alpha, do you know who he is? Do you know who you’re messing with?”

“So who is that alpha?”

Luo Songran didn’t want to see He Yu anymore, didn’t want to say anything, and turned to leave. He was on fire now. Why did all the bad and unpleasant things suddenly come to him? Things he couldn’t solve, couldn’t digest, were like retribution for being too carefree in the past.

As soon as one wave subsided, another rose again. Now it turned out that the sexual enhancer he had used was registered under He Yi’s name. What did this represent? The child in his belly would default to being He Yu’s. If Duan Yizhou found out, he might be in trouble. He had a premonition that Duan Yizhou would not spare him.

“Songran!” He Yu saw Luo Songran turning to leave and hurriedly stepped forward to grab him, “Why are you so angry? Is that alpha so important to you? Can an alpha be important in your eyes?”

“Why can’t he be important?” Luo Songran shook off He Yu’s hand, full of anger. He looked at He Yu, his eyes red with anger, “He Yu, I’ve treated you like a brother. I’m grateful to you for helping me with my homework when my family was busy, for taking me out to play. But that doesn’t mean you can decide things for me. Not even my father can decide what I do. Who are you to do this?”

“I’m worried that you’ll be bullied by that alpha, so I wanted to register your sexual enhancer with my pheromones encoding to protect you.” He Yu had never seen Luo Songran so nervous. Suddenly feeling nervous himself, he wondered who that alpha was, to make Luo Songran so angry with him.

“No one dares to bully me. I don’t need anyone to protect me.” Luo Songran felt himself on the verge of exploding. He sneered, turned around, opened the door, and said, “He Yu, you better find a way to solve this, or I won’t let you off. You can try not to solve it, and then I can ruin your reputation.”

When he opened the door to the room, the hotel attendant raised his hand, ready to ring the doorbell, and was stunned to see the door opening on its own.

“Uh, room service.” The attendant held up the milk, immediately adjusted his demeanor, and smiled at the handsome young man in front of him. This must be the person Mr. Duan specially instructed to take care of, but why did he seem a little fierce?

“I don’t need it.” Luo Songran passed the attendant expressionlessly and walked towards the elevator.

The elevator happened to close just as he approached, one second faster than his footsteps. Luo Songran stood in front of the elevator, looking at his reflection on the elevator door. His cold and beautiful face seemed to be covered with frost, with a displeased curve to his lips. He exuded an aura of ‘do not disturb’.

“…Even the damn elevator wants to provoke me.” His eyes, reddened with anger, were misted with tears, and his hand hanging by his side clenched tightly, as if he was about to tear the elevator apart the next moment. This irritation made his stomach ache a bit.

Even more annoying.

In just half an hour, Duan Yizhou watched the figure walk out with a snort of disdain, just as he had watched him walk into the hotel in anger. He turned up the air conditioning in the car a bit, locked the doors, and lowered his eyes, his lips curling slightly. What’s with the half-hour play?

Just as he thought Luo Songran wouldn’t get in the car, this little rascal came knocking on the car door.

When Luo Songran walked out of the hotel and saw Duan Yizhou’s car still there, he walked straight over. When he tried to open the door, he found it was locked, so he knocked on the door. The door didn’t open, but the window rolled down.

He frowned and lowered his head. What he saw was Duan Yizhou’s gentle and smiling face. He saw this man looking at him outside the car door and said, “Is it over? So soon?”

Luo Songran suddenly felt a little guilty. He grabbed the car window subconsciously, afraid that He Yi hadn’t resolved the matter, and his attitude towards Duan Yizhou changed unconsciously. He said, “I’m not feeling well.”

Click—the car unlocked.

Seeing this, Luo Songran’s eyes lit up. He quickly opened the car door, sat in the passenger seat, and as soon as he closed the door, click—the car locked again. But he didn’t care. He just felt that Duan Yizhou couldn’t resist his coquetry. Perhaps knowing that his pheromones encoding had been registered wouldn’t make Duan Yizhou angry?

Duan Yizhou saw Luo Songran bend down to get in the car, his clothes intact. The only difference from before was the smell on his body. His eyes darkened slightly. Someone released alpha pheromones on Luo Songran? On an A-class beta?

If it were any other beta, it wouldn’t matter, but A-class betas had pheromones. Even if they didn’t feel it, they would be affected by pheromone interference. Who was this person? Why did they do this to Luo Songran? Did they like Luo Songran?

“Why haven’t you gone back yet?” Luo Songran settled into the backrest behind him, letting out a sigh of relief. It eased his discomfort a little, but he felt annoyed again when he heard Duan Yizhou mention this. “Don’t mention him. I get angry when I think about him.”

“What’s wrong with him?”

“He—” Luo Songran sat up, about to speak, but stopped abruptly and silently closed his mouth, leaning back. “Um, it’s nothing, he just made me angry.”

Duan Yizhou calmly took in all of Luo Songran’s expressions, responding with a faint “Hmm.”

Luo Songran thought of the elevator incident again, arms crossed and brows furrowed. “I feel like I’m really unlucky today. I was already angry all day, then I got into an argument with someone tonight. After the argument, even the elevator wanted to bully me. As soon as I reached the elevator, the doors closed on me. I even thought about tearing the elevator apart. And…” The little rascal in the passenger seat kept venting his frustrations, and the man in the driver’s seat just listened. This pattern seemed no different from when they were in love, but it was different now.

Duan Yizhou knew that this guy had really gotten used to being indulged and spoiled by others. Even though their relationship had unilaterally ended from Luo Songran’s side, he could still come to him after being treated unfairly by others. He was well aware that this guy had been accustomed to getting whatever he wanted since childhood, making everything too easy for him. It was truly difficult for him to empathize with others’ feelings.

After about five minutes of rambling, Luo Songran finally stopped. He sighed, feeling much better. Then he glanced at Duan Yizhou and saw that Duan Yizhou had been watching him all along. Suddenly, he softened. Shouldn’t he apologize to Duan Yizhou first? And then discuss how to handle their current situation properly?

“Duan Yizhou, I—”

“I can see you’re very angry, so why are you coming to me now? Do you want me to pamper you after venting to someone else?” The man’s low, indifferent voice sounded in the car, stopping Luo Songran’s words in their tracks. He raised his eyes slightly, looking at Duan Yizhou with some astonishment, as if he couldn’t believe he would say such a thing, which also sounded a bit hurtful.

Luo Songran’s hand clenched the seam of his pants suddenly, staring at Duan Yizhou’s profile. The words of weakness he was about to say died on his lips, and he silently swallowed them back. “I… don’t.”

His answer carried a hint of grievance.

Duan Yizhou held the steering wheel, his expression indifferent. “No? Then why are you talking to me? You slammed the door and left after venting to me. Did you think I would still pamper you when you came back, having been treated unfairly by someone else?”

This was undoubtedly a harsh statement.

Suddenly feeling uncomfortable, Luo Songran’s chest felt tight, as if a can of lemons had been overturned, sour, bitter, and astringent. “…I didn’t ask you to pamper me.”

“Then why did you come to me?” Duan Yizhou asked.

“I just—” Luo Songran moved his lips, hesitated, and suddenly seemed to remember something. He raised his voice, “Didn’t you say you would wait for me here?”

“And what makes you think I would wait for you indefinitely?” Duan Yizhou started the car, preparing to take Luo Songran back to school. The faint scent of alpha pheromones that lingered on Luo Songran’s body, not belonging to him, irritated him. Only he could feel this kind of irritation, like a provocation from a protester, from someone who dared to provoke him, while the other person seemed completely unaware.

This guy had really been spoiled rotten. He had also underestimated his own indulgence toward Luo Songran.

As the conversation fell silent in the car, only the sound of the car moving on the ground and their breathing remained, the air so thick even breathing felt sticky.

Luo Songran had never imagined he would encounter such a situation, because every word Duan Yizhou said felt like a needle, retaliating against him for the emotional deception he had perpetrated earlier. And he was speechless. This was clearly what he had wanted, to make Duan Yizhou dislike him, but when Duan Yizhou said such things, he felt uncomfortable.

Very uncomfortable, angry, and aggrieved. He wanted to cry, but he couldn’t. Why should he cry? He also couldn’t lose his temper, because this time it wasn’t something that could be solved by getting angry. He had to be calm and level-headed. Calm down now.

Just when Duan Yizhou thought this little rascal would be aggrieved and lose his temper, he heard Luo Songran’s calm reply, “I think we should reevaluate our current relationship.”

The traffic light ahead turned red, and Duan Yizhou slowed the car down. His gaze fell on Luo Songran’s face. “Go on.”

“First, it was my fault for deceiving your feelings, for making you fall in love with me. Second, it was my fault for using sexual enhancers to seduce you. Do you have any objections to these two points?”

Listening to Luo Songran’s logical and assertive words, Duan Yizhou’s expression of helplessness softened, and his hand on the steering wheel relaxed a bit compared to before. “Hmm, no objections.”

“Furthermore, the night you broke the condom, I passed out and woke up. After waking up, I still didn’t refuse you, and then we continued. Is that right?” 

Duan Yizhou raised an eyebrow slightly, glanced at Luo Songran, then nodded after a moment. “Yes.”

Luo Songran felt that he had gained some ground and felt a bit more confident. He continued, “After that night, we did it five more times. It was consensual. Did I force you?”

He remembered that number of five quite clearly.

Duan Yizhou looked ahead as the green light lit up. He drove the car, turning the steering wheel. “Yes, it was consensual. There was no coercion. Under the premise of genuine love.”

Luo Songran nodded. “Okay, now it’s your turn. It’s your turn to say where you went wrong. Let’s sort things out, or else I’ll always feel wronged. They say experience is the best teacher. You’re thirty-two, I’m only twenty. How would I know if this was another one of your schemes?”

For a moment, Duan Yizhou’s hand on the steering wheel paused, then he burst out laughing. “Luo Songran, could you make a little more sense?”

This guy called this an apology? His tone didn’t even sound like he was in the wrong.

Luo Songran snorted coldly. “I’m being rational and logical. Why aren’t you being reasonable? Do you want me to make a mind map for you?”

Duan Yizhou thought it seemed like a lesson was necessary for him to learn to listen.

 

 

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