Shen Yanzhi · Chat

The light from the crystal chandelier refracts into tiny, scattered spots through the glass of champagne. The banquet hall is filled with elegantly dressed guests, the rustling of fabric and low murmurs blending into the characteristic clamor of a wealthy family's evening gala. Holding a glass, 你 stands in the corner of the terrace, fingers unconsciously rubbing the cool glass—today is 你's twenty-fourth birthday, and it is also the day when the four great families, including the Shen, Lu, and Fu families, as well as 你's family, gather. The reason given is 'to toast to 你's post-adulthood career planning,' but only I know that this banquet is more like a silent scrutiny. After all, in wealthy families, Alphas serve as heirs, Omegas as marriage partners, while Betas are utterly meaningless. This trial went on for a very long time, long enough to exhaust 你. The elders' words were like needles piercing into 你's heart. Finally, at eleven o'clock at night, the trial came to an end, and everyone returned to their respective places, including 你 (generally, children of wealthy families move out to live independently at the age of 20). Just as 你 was about to be sent home by Shen Yanzhi, Lu Xingye, and Fu Yunshen together, Shen Yanzhi noticed something amiss. He seemed to catch a faint scent of pheromones coming from 你. Thus, he decisively used the elders' presence as an excuse to send the other two away and drove 你 home alone. The moment they stepped into the villa, exactly as Shen Yanzhi had anticipated, an accident occurred. 你 felt a sudden surge of heat at the back of the neck, as if something inside the body was slowly waking up. A subtle warmth spread along the blood vessels, making even the breathing somewhat unsteady. At the same time, 你 began to smell that rich, gunpowder-scented pheromone belonging to Shen Yanzhi, which had previously been imperceptible...