Chapter 17 Do you know that your lies are of low quality? Chen Huixing used...

The moonlight filtered through the gauze curtains and wandered at the end of the bed. Chen Huixing's fingers were still entangled with the slightly damp hair on the back of Pei Jiqing's neck.

The person curled up in his arms like crumpled silk, the arc of his drooping eyelashes was stained with lingering lust. He had just experienced sex. Although he was tired, his breathing did not sink into deep sleep.

The air was filled with mixed pheromones, like the crackling aromatherapy in a winter fireplace.

The person in his arms yawned lazily, and the ends of Pei Jiqing's hair rubbed Chen Huixing's collarbone, making it itchy.

Pei Jiqing was enjoying the quiet.

Chen Huixing suddenly said, "Let's have a child."

Pei Jiqing's sleepiness vanished, and he was completely awake. He propped himself up on his arm and looked up: "...Husband, why are you saying that so suddenly? Isn't it good for us to just be alone?"

Chen Huixing said, "Haven't you been saying you want a child?"

Pei Jiqing put on a half-smile and said, "Yes, it's just that it was so sudden, I wasn't ready yet."

Chen Huixing pressed him back against his chest and said, "There's nothing to prepare. We're healthy, have no bad habits, and our pheromones are highly compatible. Our child will definitely have excellent data in all aspects. I think it's a good thing to raise an excellent offspring." Chen

Huixing's palm was pressing on the small of his waist, and then the next moment it moved to his lower abdomen, pressing his abdomen. The thin calluses on his knuckles rubbed against his skin, sending a subtle electric current.

"It seems like I've been in the reproductive cavity many times, but why haven't I conceived..."

Chen Huixing seemed puzzled.

Pei Jiqing's ears flushed red. He raised his foot to kick his calf, but was grabbed by the ankle. Pei Jiqing pulled the quilt over him, wrapping himself up like a cocoon, and the alpha swooped him down into his arms.

Chen Huixing bit the back of his neck, sniffing the sweet, astringent citrus scent emanating from the glands on the back of his neck. "Are you shy?"

A muffled voice came from under the quilt. "...Next time, don't tell anyone what we said in bed."

Chen Huixing's Adam's apple rolled in the warm light, and he lifted him up and dragged him up. "Aren't you telling the truth?"

Pei Jiqing was suddenly hit in the face by the rich smell of redwood. Chen Huixing's canine teeth grazed the back of his neck, and he could only nod with difficulty. It couldn't be said that this was a deliberate ploy to seduce the alpha.

Alphas have a terrifying reproductive drive, but compatibility and the highest probability of inheritance were the reasons Chen Huixing wanted children.

Pei Jiqing will always remember the direct gaze Chen Huixing gave him when they first met. It was like inspecting the components of a precision instrument. Chen Huixing was truly a person who paid great attention to data.

Just like how he'd agreed to meet Pei Jiqing only after knowing they were a 90% match.

Without that condition,

Pei Jiqing might never have been able to meet him.

Pei Jiqing felt deeply annoyed at the thought. He stood up, looked at Chen Huixing, and said, "What if it was someone else who was highly compatible with you back then? Would you have married that person?" Chen Huixing

felt his omega's question, this sentence, and his own words had absolutely nothing to do with each other.

He found Pei Jiqing baffling.

The outcome was already like this.

What other assumptions were needed? And since they were already married, such an assumption was completely unfounded and meaningless.

Pei Jiqing, now displaying a hint of sarcasm, said, "Speak the truth."

Chen Huixing frowned, his eyelashes casting a shadow under his eyes. He placed a finger on Pei Jiqing's tense ridges. "...Your assumption is unfounded. There were tens of thousands of profiles in the gene bank, and only you and I had a high enough pheromone match."

Pei Jiqing's head was buzzing. So, Chen Huixing had really considered choosing someone else.

"What if someone else was your high match back then, would you still marry her?" Pei Jiqing was stunned when he said this.

Chen Huixing emphasized again: "No one else."

The reality is that there must be someone else.

Their marriage was ultimately based on high-matching pheromones. If Chen Huixing met an Omega who was truly more compatible with him in this world, would he be moved?

Chen Huixing's character is there. Even if he met another Omega, he would not abandon Pei Jiqing. But what would he do if he found out that all this was a lie?

Pei Jiqing suddenly buried his face in Chen Huixing's arms, nuzzling against him, and whispered: "Husband, hug me," leaning against him, his voice so muffled that it seemed to be squeezed out from under the quilt.

Pei Jiqing felt a little sorry for Chen Huixing. He might really not be able to give him a child. If he did have a child, almost all the data would show that his previous report was so false.

He could not give him a child with excellent genes.

Chen Huixing felt the spine of the person in his arms tremble slightly. He was stunned for a moment, so he stretched out his palm and stroked down the back of Pei Jiqing's neck, as if comforting a cat.

Chen Huixing felt that sometimes Pei Jiqing really deserved to be fucked, but there was nothing he could do. His Omega was just so clingy and insecure. He loved him too much, so just an imaginary enemy that didn't exist made him so uncomfortable. However, Chen Huixing really didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only hug him tightly.

How could there be someone in the world who loved him so much.

Pei Jiqing buried his head in the crook of Chen Huixing's neck, his fingers unconsciously tugging at the buttons of his pajamas and twisting them in circles, saying, "Hold tighter."

Chen Huixing suddenly turned over and pressed him down, grabbed the quilt to wrap them both up and said to go to sleep immediately and not to ask any more questions. The scent of bitter orange quietly lingered on the redwood branches, smelling more affectionate than any other smell.

The next day, Pei Jiqing arrived for work and opened his phone to see a barrage of news about the alleged head of the Ying Group, Beta. As he sipped his coffee, notifications kept popping up, nearly every piece of news related to the Ying Group. The "Maze Project" experiment was trending like a firework, topping the search list. The hashtag #pheromonemadness# was followed by the word "explosion," accompanied by an image of the Ying Group head's medical records for pheromone mania, the yellowed date stamped with experimental code from years ago.

The sheer volume of information contained within was staggering.

Not only was the head of the Ying Group exposed for pheromone mania, but

his close associate had reported Ying Chen's mother, even uncovering a long-ago case: the Morrison Experiment, a deeply inhumane experiment.

Beta was also the biggest victim of maintaining the stability of the S-rank Alpha. A former Omega, he suffered from inhumane treatment, resulting in glandular atrophy.

That Beta was also the sole casualty of the "Maze Project" years ago.

Pei Jiqing was utterly shocked, not only because they appeared to be in love but were actually living separate lives, but also because he was astonished that perfect matches truly existed. The cold air from the car's air conditioner brushed against the back of his neck, and Pei Jiqing suddenly felt a chill run down his spine . He

stared at the news image on his phone, lost in thought.

Ying Chen, an S-class Alpha, had actually falsified his pheromone monitoring with the AO Association just to legitimately marry a Beta. Truly audacious and insane.

Pei Jiqing had met Ying Chen and his lover, and they certainly appeared...in love.

It was a charity banquet, and Chen Huixing and Pei Jiqing were seated behind them. Ying Chen, speaking to his lover with his head tilted the entire time, practically leaning against her, looked genuinely happy and relaxed. The

Alpha's left hand never left his partner's lower back.

Pei Jiqing wandered into the wrong lounge, and when he opened the door, he caught a glimpse of Ying Chen, crouching and speaking to his partner, holding his lover's hand in both his own. The Beta, with his head lowered, looked at him in silence, his gaze somewhat disdainful.

The noise brought both of them to their attention, and Pei Jiqing quickly apologized and left.

While many wealthy families speculated about how Beta secured his position as Mrs. Ying, Pei Jiqing clearly saw that day that it was Ying Chen who was in a lower position.

Body language was undeniable; at least Ying Chen truly loved his lover.

As both S-rank Alphas, though from different social circles, Chen Huixing and Ying Chen were inevitably compared.

Having witnessed the interactions between another S-rank Alpha and his Beta lover, Pei Jiqing dismissed the idea that pheromones were the reason Chen Huixing wouldn't cling to him, as he wasn't attracted enough to the Alpha.

Betas don't have pheromones.

Perhaps love can resist pheromones.

Now, Pei Jiqing learned that they were 100% pheromone compatible.

It seemed that neither Chen Huixing nor Pei Jiqing possessed either pheromone compatibility or love.

His compatibility with Shen Huixing was teetering on the brink of passing.

The news broke, and Chen Huixing faced a setback. Barely a few hours after the news broke, the Asian AO Management Association notified him that his pheromones needed to be checked for stability, and Pei Jiqing, as his partner, was required to accompany him.

The red email, labeled "Asian AO Regulatory Association," instructed them to report to the testing center by 10:00 AM the next day. Chen Huixing's routine three-monthly testing had previously been stable, but now, due to Ying Chen's data falsification, a thorough investigation was underway.

The records of their estrus and susceptible periods stopped three months ago. Pei Jiqing was overwhelmed when he saw the newly added line in the association's notice: "If the test is abnormal, the social stability of alpha will be re-evaluated."

Because of Ying Chen's matter, the test was conducted entirely by the association's people, and there were no one from his own.

Pei Jiqing whispered to Chen Huixing: "Will my glands... be affected?"

Chen Huixing held his hand and said no.

Later, during the whole process, Pei Jiqing paced back and forth anxiously outside the testing room, biting his lower lip, his mind full of thoughts.

In the testing room, the blue light of the testing instrument had just gone out, and the sound of the tape being torn apart when the staff removed the electrodes was particularly harsh.

Chen Huixing naturally passed all the inspections smoothly, and the staff took off the inspection equipment for him.

"Executive Officer, your pheromone fluctuation is 0.05%, within the safety limit," the white-coated worker said as he collected the data cable. "The test results show your data is very stable." Chen

Huixing stood up and said expressionlessly, "Of course, his Omega loves me very much, and their high compatibility naturally comforted him very well." "You've wasted my time because of someone else's business, but this is only one time."

"Next time there's a surprise inspection like this..." Chen Huixing picked up a pen, signed the confirmation form, and said coldly, "Please review the hundreds of compliance reports I submitted. Have any of them been in violation?"

The worker watched Chen Huixing's expressionless words about his Omega loving him and comforting him well, feeling that his tone was full of pride, as if he was being shown off, and his mouth twitched.

In fact, after an Alpha confirms the possessiveness of something they care about, their pheromones will naturally be calm. It seems that this executive's Omega has indeed comforted him very well, giving him a complete sense of security.

The worker apologized to Chen Huixing, but said that this is the rule and hoped that the executive would understand.

Chen Huixing said, "If I didn't understand, I wouldn't have come."

Pei Jiqing watched Chen Huixing come out and hurried forward to inquire about the results.

Chen Huixing spoke in a matter-of-fact tone, yet somewhat puzzled, "Of course the results are stable. What are you worried about?"

Pei Jiqing breathed a sigh of relief. Chen Huixing shook his hand and said, "We're such a good match, the results can't be that bad."

Pei Jiqing hesitated, only curling his lips and saying, "That's great."

On the way back, Pei Jiqing was a little quiet.

Chen Huixing thought he was worried about the impact of Ying Chen's situation on him. His Omega was always like this, worrying about this and that for him. Neither of his two fathers had ever worried about him this much.

Chen Huixing said, "Don't worry, we are real."

Pei Jiqing said, "I'm not worried about that." Although he said so, his mood was very low.

Pei Jiqing tilted his head curiously and asked, "So, if everything in today's news is true, what will happen to Ying Chen?"

Chen Huixing said, "S-class Alphas are taught from a young age that any fluctuations in their pheromones must be reported to the AO Association. That's the rule. If what Ying Chen's partner said is true, he will probably be detained by the Association first, and Morrison's maze experiment will definitely be brought up again."

Pei Jiqing put his arm around Chen Huixing's arm, pressing tightly against his shoulder. Chen Huixing asked if he was scared just now. Pei Jiqing hummed, then said with a look of fear, "That experiment was really cruel." Chen

Huixing said, "Don't be afraid."

Pei Jiqing: "...my glands before..."

Chen Huixing comforted him, "No one will know, and it won't affect us, let alone anyone else."

Chen Huixing and Ying Chen knew each other, of course, but they were so close that they were the only two S-class Alphas of their generation.

They had only met when they were very young, and had been taught by professionals to control their pheromones and emotions.

Chen Huixing was deeply disdainful of Alphas like Ying Chen, who had frequently made headlines. His phone had been constantly bombarded with gossip about him for the past few years. He felt that an S-rank Alpha like Ying Chen, unable to control his emotions, would eventually get into trouble, and now it had indeed happened.

The chief secretary turned back to Chen Huixing and said, "We can't rule out the possibility that Mr. Ying will be charged."

Indeed, unless Ying Chen's ignorance was ruled out, he was undoubtedly implicated. Chen Huixing said

, "He's been driven mad by his own Omega. How ridiculous!" Chen Huixing's tone was dismissive. Pei Jiqing knew that S-rank Alphas had their own pride in the food chain, but he still felt uncomfortable hearing Chen Huixing's tone. Only Chen Huixing's pheromones could bring him to his knees; his own pheromones could never even restrain Shen Huixing. If Pei Jiqing ever left him, Chen Huixing wouldn't miss his pheromones, nor would he become mad at the lack of his information. Shen Huixing had plenty of alternatives, or even better options. On the contrary, Pei Jiqing would become insecure and even depressed because he could not obtain the Alph signal element that marked him. How unfair, Pei Jiqing thought. The military corruption case was handled with great fanfare.

The blue light of the electronic screen was sweeping across the escort queue.

The documents that the shredder had no time to digest were seized, like a group of dying white butterflies.

A pair of black leather shoes stepped on half a piece of paper that had not been destroyed in time. A figure suddenly bent down to pick it up, and then looked at it for a long time.

The news floating window popped up the picture of the sealed arms warehouse. Reporters could only report from a distance, not daring to get close. The rain suddenly got heavier and heavier, almost overturning the entire city.

Pei Jiqing knew that Chen Huixing had no time to watch his show, because he was so busy recently that he almost didn't go home recently. The only time he went home was very late.

Pei Jiqing called Boss Mai, he wanted to return the money.

But the call was not connected.

When Pei Jiqing pressed the unanswered communication prompt tone for the third time, he turned around and took a screenshot of the transfer record and sent it to Boss Mai, and then he went to do his own thing. Two days

passed.

The weather was bad, and Pei Jiqing went to bed early.

At three in the morning, there was a noise at the door. Pei Jiqing squinted and fumbled for the switch

. Chen Huixing stood in the shadow of the door like an icicle, his military uniform epaulettes condensed with night dew. He stood there without moving. Pei Jiqing threw back the quilt and stood up.

"What happened?" He reached out to unbutton Alpha's shirt, and when his fingertips touched his Adam's apple, he realized that his muscles were tense.

Chen Huixing looked at him with a deep gaze, and then said, "Mai Congxin has been arrested for bribery."

Pei Jiqing suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Mai Cong has been re-arrested," Chen Huixing suddenly grabbed his wrist. "Among the cash flow he disclosed, there was a transfer of 500,000 yuan to your anonymous account. What did you do for him?"

Pei Jiqing instantly felt the back of his neck soaked with sweat. He spoke incoherently, "I just asked him to resell some jewelry... I thought those things were too ostentatious..."

"...I...I didn't...do anything for him. I just asked him to sell a few things for me."

Chen Huixing asked, "What?"

Pei Jiqing said, "...just jewelry..."

The next moment, the master bedroom wardrobe was yanked open, revealing all of Pei Jiqing's jewelry, scattered there in a mess. Pei Jiqing was completely sober. The Alpha's voice was now colder than the pile of jewelry: "Do you know that your lies are of poor quality? Do you know how many eyes are staring at me right now?"

Pei Jiqing seemed frozen in place by these two questions.

This was the first time Chen Huixing had spoken to Pei Jiqing in this tone since they had married, as if he were not his Omega, but a stranger.

Chen Huixing was furious, feeling more nauseous than ever before, as Pei Jiqing had told him he was a very good boy just a few days ago.

Because he pushed too hard, the wedding ring was ejected and rolled to an unknown place.

Chen Huixing looked very disappointed: "I thought you wanted those things just out of vanity, I can satisfy you, but Pei Jiqing, are you short of money? Do you know the consequences of accepting that money?"

Pei Jiqing opened his mouth, as if at this moment, a crack had been torn in the trust between him and Shen Huixing.

The detection screen of the pheromone detection instrument flashed green light like an alarm in an empty corner, and the light cut the reflections of the two people.

Chen Huixing deliberately released pheromones, crushing the bitter orange fragrance into pieces. At that moment, Pei Jiqing had a premonition that his peaceful life was shattered by himself.

Pei Jiqing once thought that Shen Huixing would understand that he regarded his career as more important than himself, but he didn't expect that for so many years, he could only describe him as vain.

Chen Huixing used a very despicable method, using pheromones to coerce his Omega into confessing, as if he were treating a real criminal: "Now tell me, why did you accept that money?"

Pei Jiqing's throat felt like a ball of dried citrus peel was stuffed in it.

He couldn't explain anything.

Just like he couldn't explain why the jewelry was returned to him, and he couldn't explain where the hundreds of thousands of dollars were spent. He was fixed in place by Chen Huixing's pheromones, and he couldn't even leave here. It was as if all his strength had been drained away.

Pei Jiqing heard his own voice floating, shook his head, and tears fell: "I don't know... I really... I don't know..."