[Reader advisory: Contains ABO, old-school tropes, crematorium-style groveling, pregnancy and childbirth, and all kinds of melodramatic elements]
From the very beginning, Xu Bai knew that he was the perfect suppressant for Huo Yanzheng during his heat.
An 80% compatibility rate was enough to help Huo Yanzheng get through the painful heat, without making him too emotionally attached or letting him become lost in it.
The only thing that displeased Huo Yanzheng was that Xu Bai's pheromone type was extremely rare. He was 80% compatible with almost every alpha in the world.
He was like the Huo family's beautiful pet cat. Everyone liked him at a glance, but when something important came up, no one cared whether the cat was there.
For example, on the day Huo Yanzheng held his engagement ceremony with the Zheng family's most cherished little omega, Xu Bai was trapped in a car heading for the wilderness. None of the three calls he made for help got through.
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All Huo Yanzheng needed was a highly compatible partner who could give birth to an excellent alpha heir.
And Xu Bai was nothing more than a useful suppressant.
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Huo Yanzheng once believed he could control every part of Xu Bai's life, making him feel whatever Huo Yanzheng wanted him to feel.
If an omega didn't behave, he had to be taught the consequences of disobedience.
Huo Yanzheng did exactly that for ten years.
Until his own engagement banquet, when he hung up on three calls from Xu Bai asking to make peace. Huo Yanzheng idly thought that he would pick up when Xu Bai called a fourth time.
Unfortunately, even by late night, the fourth call never came.
Only later did Huo Yanzheng learn that Xu Bai hadn't been calling to make peace. He'd been calling for help. Huo Yanzheng's arrogance had sent his pregnant omega into the hands of death.
Theme: Don't be arrogant.
The crematorium was healed before it burned down...