CHAPTER 6: IS THAT OMEGA MORE FRAGRANT THAN ME…?

Nie Zihang called a designated driver to pick up Yu Jingxuan and his spirited friend. As for Jiang Ming, who lived in a nearby neighborhood, he decided to walk home on his own.

As the designated driver arrived with the car, Nie Zihang opened the door, planning to take the front passenger seat for himself. He intended to let Yu Jingxuan and his spirited friend, the two Alphas, sit in the back. However, he soon found himself unable to withstand the spirited Alpha’s antics, as he persistently insisted on giving directions on how the car should be driven.

After giving it some thought, Nie Zihang realised that it would be more convenient for directions if the spirited Alpha sat in the front. He decided to let him have the front seat.

Finally managing to squeeze the spirited Alpha into the front seat and closing the door, Nie Zihang turned around and saw another one following closely behind.

The other Alpha was calm and still, standing straight like a pillar. He was slightly shorter than Nie Zihang, but his gaze remained fixed on him, inexplicably adding a hint of docility.

“Officer Yu, you do not mind sitting in the back with me, right?” Nie Zihang said, opening the door and gesturing for him to get in.

Yu Jingxuan glanced at the relatively spacious backseat and shook his head slowly. He lifted his leg as if to get in, but then hesitated and silently stepped back.

“What is wrong?” Nie Zihang asked.

The Alpha pressed his fingertips against Nie Zihang’s shirt and gently tugged it forward. With a serious expression, he said, “Omega comes first.”

Nie Zihang glanced at his own hand resting on his waist and then looked back at the serious and solemn Officer Yu.

Alright…

Even in this intoxicated state, he still remembered the priority of Omega. It was unclear who said it earlier, but they viewed Omegas as eternal class enemies.

Nie Zihang did not bother being polite with the drunkard and got into the car directly.

Throughout the journey, the spirited Alpha kept directing the designated driver to turn left and right, chatting incessantly without a moment of silence.

Yu Jingxuan remained quiet, indicating that he had a good tolerance for alcohol.

The Alpha just had a nap, and now he seems to be getting drowsy again. His eyes blinked slowly, one blink after another, and his head nodded along.

In the confined space, the scent of orchids wafted through, faint yet present.

Nie Zihang unconsciously touched the back of his own neck.

The next moment, his chest collided with a furry head, and the scent of orchids enveloped him.

Lowering his head, Nie Zihang saw the instigator blinking and staring at him with a dazed look. There was a hint of moisture on the long eyelashes, indicating sleepiness.

Setting aside the Alpha pheromones, his drunken appearance did have a touch of tenderness to it.

Nie Zihang raised his hand to help him up but then hesitated, letting his hand fall back down.

Then he whispered, “I will wake you when we arrive.”

The man rested his head on Nie Zihang’s thigh and obediently closed his eyes.

Thinking he had fallen asleep, Nie Zihang did not pay him much attention. He leaned back against the seat, closing his eyes and pressing his fingers against his slightly throbbing temples.

Having slept very little these past few days and just consumed some alcohol, he was starting to feel a headache coming on.

His leg was suddenly rubbed against…

After a while, the man changed his posture and rubbed against his leg once more.

A muffled voice broke the silence: “Lawyer Nie…”

Nie Zihang stiffened and opened his eyes, asking, “What is wrong?”

At a time like this, if he could not sleep, could it be that he was about to vomit?

Instead, the man suddenly nuzzled his nose against Nie Zihang’s abdomen and gently sniffed, “You smell so good…”

Nie Zihang’s face immediately darkened.

An Alpha rubbing against an Omega’s body and sniffing him! After sniffing, he even said the other smells good?

This was undeniably harassment, indeed!

Indeed, Alphas were not to be trusted. No matter how gentle they seemed, they were ultimately Alphas! When they saw an Omega, they transformed into nothing but savage Alphas!

“You damn…”

Mid-sentence, he felt a moist sensation on his abdomen.

The disappointed voice of the Alpha came through, penetrating his ears even through the clothes. “That Omega, is he as fragrant as you… Omegas are all so fragrant, even more so than me…”

Nie Zihang suddenly fell silent, and then he remembered the drunken words of this man in the barbecue restaurant: “His Omega took away my Alpha.”

He could not help but chuckle inwardly.

It seemed that his experience was too similar to Officer Yu Jingxuan’s. Officer Yu, after getting drunk, interchanged their stories, merging them into one.

Although Nie Zihang did not know Officer Yu Jingxuan very well, from their interactions over the past few days, he could see that the Alpha was gentle and courteous but exuded an air of pride from head to toe.

A proud Alpha like him actually came to ask the ex-boyfriend of the third party whether he was not as fragrant as that Omega of the third party…

Nie Zihang held strong beliefs in the concept of retribution. Despite experiencing betrayal three times by Omegas, he attributed it to their inability to control their primal instincts, particularly their gaze. He believed that there was nothing wrong with himself and that the fault lay solely with those Omegas.

On the other hand, Officer Yu Jingxuan, due to the same incident, was actually questioning himself.

“Officer Yu Jingxuan.” He could not help but call out to him.

“Hmm…”

“Other Alphas bully you, but you also bully yourself. Why do you allow yourself to be so easily bully?”

The Alpha looks bewildered. “What…?”

Nie Zihang did not expect a drunkard like him to understand. He put it in a more straightforward way: “He is not as fragrant as you. You are more fragrant than that Omega, even more so than me.”

The person lying on his lap fell silent again, probably asleep once more.

Nie Zihang lowered his head and saw the damp droplets on the Alpha’s eyelashes. Unable to resist, he gently brushed them away with his fingertips.

Although the spirited Alpha’s words might not always make sense, there was some truth in what he said: With such a wonderful wife, that scumbag Alpha did not deserve him at all.

If his wife was this obedient and gentle, he could wake up laughing from a dream.

Nie Zihang realised on the way that this person lived quite close to where he did.

It turned out the person lived in an old community right next to his, with only a wall separating the two.

After dropping the two of them off at the entrance of the apartment, the spirited Alpha held onto Yu Jingxuan’s arm and waved at him, saying, “We are home! Thank you. You are a good Omega, unlike those wild Omegas out there!”

Nie Zihang watched as they closed the door and turned to go back to his own home.

The day Nie Zihang met Yu Jingxuan seemed like an insignificant episode in their lives. Although they exchanged contact information, there was no further interaction between them afterwards.

Yu Jingxuan did not come to express his gratitude, and Nie Zihang had a gut feeling that he was too drunk to remember meeting him that night. Otherwise, with Yu Jingxuan’s personality, he would not have skipped the necessary politeness, no matter how awkward the situation was.

Nie Zihang sat in his office, playing with a pen in his hand.

A few days ago, Nie Zihang helped a boss win an economic case, resulting in a compensation of 30 million. The law firm received a 30% commission, and Nie Zihang had been in a good mood these past few days.

The law firm operated on a flexible work schedule, and these past few days there had not been any cases to handle, so the colleagues were taking a break at home.

In such a large law firm, there are only three people present: Nie Zihang, the receptionist, and another colleague. One was watching TV shows, one was reading books, and it seemed quite relaxed and leisurely.

Besides the slight discomfort in the back of his neck…

Nie Zihang glanced at the desk calendar and realised that it was already early September without him even noticing. Speaking of which, even though it was already early autumn, H City was still warm. Everyone was still wearing short sleeves, and the seasonal changes were not strongly felt.

He did not even notice that he was approaching his heat period.

Nie Zihang’s heat period occurred at the beginning of each month, occurring every three months, which was shorter than the average Omega’s heat period. It typically lasted for about three days. However, the prelude to his heat period was longer, starting with a slight tingling sensation in the glands and lasting for at least a week until he entered his heat period. During this time, he generally avoided personally participating in any cases.

He touched the glands on the back of his neck and calculated that it was time for his break again.

And so, as he packed up his things, he sent a message to the work group:

“Hey kids, Dad will be taking a vacation starting today, for about nine to ten days. When Dad is not here and there are no cases, you will take turns on duty. If there are any cases, come to work. Contact me via the messaging app for any questions, and send important physical documents to my home. Confirm receipt of this message.”

The phone immediately started ringing with several notifications.

[Received, Dad! Have a pleasant vacation!]

[Received, Dad. We are here at home, so do not worry!]

[Received, wishing Dad a pleasant heat period!]

Nie Zihang looked at the messages from his colleagues and could not help but smile with relief.

He gathered his belongings and left the office. The receptionist greeted him, “Boss, are you heading home?”

“Yeah, it is already 3:30. If no one comes by 4:30, you can close up and leave. We are ending work two hours early today.”

The receptionist jumped up and clasped her hands together, saying, “Thank you, boss! Have a pleasant vacation. An nio hei ka sai yo¹Goodbye in Korean romanization—”annyeonghi gaseyo.”!”

Nie Zihang: …

“Watch fewer Korean dramas.”

As they were talking, the door of the law firm was pushed open, and the wind chimes made a tinkling sound.

The person who entered was a familiar, slender figure.

Before the person even spoke, a faint orchid fragrance wafted through the air.

It was none other than Yu Jingxuan, whom he had not seen for almost half a month.

“Lawyer Nie… I have something I would like to ask for your help with,” the Alpha said.

Coincidentally or not, just as he finished speaking, another person entered from behind…

It was also a familiar face—Nie Zihang’s former Omega, Shi Zhiyuan.

“Ahang… I, I came to see you.”

Nie Zihang: …

The author has something to say:

Shura field (bushi)²“修罗场”（bushi） is a term that originated from Buddhism and refers to a battlefield. In Buddhist legends, there are two types of beings: Asuras and Devas, led by Indra. Asuras have beautiful women but no good food, while Devas have good food but no beautiful women. Due to their jealousy, they often engage in battles, and as a result, battlefields came to be known as “修罗场” in later times. In Japanese, the term is used to refer to a real battlefield and also to occasions that require competition or “combat” (such as rushing to complete work). This usage was later brought into the Chinese language due to ACG subculture. It can also describe complex relationships between multiple people. In Korean, the term “아수라장” (Asurajang) is used to describe extremely chaotic situations, often used in the context of accidents, riots, or wars, with a different meaning from the Japanese usage. Some Koreans also use the term “아비규환” (Abigyuwhan), which can be translated as “阿鼻叫喚” or “阿鼻地狱” in Chinese. Source: Wikipedia

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  Goodbye in Korean romanization—”annyeonghi gaseyo.”
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  “修罗场”（bushi） is a term that originated from Buddhism and refers to a battlefield. In Buddhist legends, there are two types of beings: Asuras and Devas, led by Indra. Asuras have beautiful women but no good food, while Devas have good food but no beautiful women. Due to their jealousy, they often engage in battles, and as a result, battlefields came to be known as “修罗场” in later times. In Japanese, the term is used to refer to a real battlefield and also to occasions that require competition or “combat” (such as rushing to complete work). This usage was later brought into the Chinese language due to ACG subculture. It can also describe complex relationships between multiple people. In Korean, the term “아수라장” (Asurajang) is used to describe extremely chaotic situations, often used in the context of accidents, riots, or wars, with a different meaning from the Japanese usage. Some Koreans also use the term “아비규환” (Abigyuwhan), which can be translated as “阿鼻叫喚” or “阿鼻地狱” in Chinese. Source: Wikipedia