When the Ugly Duckling Differentiated into an Omega

[Complete. Thank you for supporting the official version. Please leave a five-star review.] When Yuan Bai was thirteen, he was so ugly people could hardly bear to look at him. He danced awkwardly among nearly a hundred pretty kids. He wasn’t cute, and he wasn’t popular, yet a test showed he might differentiate as an alpha. So he got the best resources, stood in the front row, and partnered with the company’s only ace. The company expected the two of them to form a rare double-A, double-top-tier group and debut together. “A disgrace to the company’s forced promotion.” “So ugly it makes you feel sorry for him.” “He doesn’t deserve to stand next to Lu Yao.” Yuan Bai bit his lip and angrily put down his phone, then looked up at Lu Yao with hopeful eyes. “Do you want a different partner, too?” The boy crouched on the ground, struggling to fix a bicycle. He looked back in surprise and sighed helplessly. “Bro, I just want to change your tire.” - Six months after the group debuted, Yuan Bai was still at the bottom of the popularity rankings, and he still hadn’t differentiated as an alpha... He differentiated as an omega instead. Then he made the fastest, most spectacular comeback in history. His fan count went from last to an unmatched first place | Voted the most beautiful face in the world | Swept the magazine covers | So many endorsements his hands were full | Top directors begged him to act | The sharp-tongued marketing accounts and antis who had cursed him for years wrote tearful apologies... “Baby, please go solo!” “Don’t ship him with anyone! They’re all using him! Our Yuan Bao shines on his own!” “If he has to promote with someone, it should only be an omega! Keep all those dangerous alphas away, sob!” “Right...especially Lu Yao! He’s the most dangerous!” Lu Yao: ??? * Everyone knew that Lu Yao and Yuan Bai had grown distant. They were fake coworkers, with no contact whatsoever in private. Until the group’s Xth anniversary concert, when someone forgot to turn off the backstage microphone and a strange conversation suddenly blared through the speakers. “Suppressants!” “They’ll stunt your growth.” “Then a blocker patch?” “You’re allergic.” Yuan Bai snapped, “The show is about to start. What do you suggest we do?” “Let me bite you,” Lu Yao murmured. “I’ll be your suppressant.” The hardcore solo fans, holding up enormous light signs: ... Weren’t they supposed to be on bad terms??? Weren’t relationships within the group forbidden?! A late-differentiating, awkward, chuuni, ugly duckling bottom x a childhood friend top who worries himself sick over the ugly duckling. The top is an alpha and the bottom is an omega. Since they’ve been together so long, each instinctively accepts only the other’s pheromones. Alphas and omegas are extremely rare in this setting, with a differentiation rate below 1 in 100,000. A sweet story about the underdog member of a top idol group making a comeback. One-on-one romance, happy ending~ This story has no real-life inspirations. If you want to read the forum sections that were in the original free chapters, please visit Weibo @Yun Zhi Ya. The companion story, Beta in an Alpha Idol Group, is now underway. Please add it to your reading list~! Blurb: Li Xingjia had known since childhood that he would become an alpha. So although he wasn’t the oldest member of the group, he always looked after his teammates. When they were kids, he was the most popular. Fans of other groups affectionately called him Brother Li, hoping their own kids would grow close to him and be looked after by him. But gradually, his teammates grew taller and filled out, becoming handsome or bewitching, each with their own appeal to fans. Meanwhile, Li Xingjia, who still looked after everyone, faded into the background. “Big brother” became “old nanny.” “Charm” became “dad energy.” “Unshippable,” “doesn’t belong in a top-tier group,” “alpha fraud,” “a disgrace to the golden melon”... When every other member differentiated as an alpha, he became the beta in an alpha group. Li Xingjia looked at his test results showing he wouldn’t differentiate, then at his perfect grades in every subject, and promptly submitted his application to leave the group. His teammates tore the application to shreds, their eyes red. “Big brother, are you going to leave me behind?” “Brother Li, if you’re gone, I’m done too.” “Li Xingjia, I can’t sing well without you.” “Xiao Jia, don’t listen to those bad people. I can protect you now.” - At first Li Xingjia held Alpha’s hand as they crossed the street, watched the stars with Beta, taught Gamma to play guitar, and carried Delta home when he fell asleep. Later Alpha dragged Li Xingjia by the hand through a flower-covered corridor. Beta risked his life to reach the summit of the highest peak just to take a picture of a star for him. Gamma sang a song he had written for Li Xingjia in front of fifty thousand fans. Delta clung to him like a needy cuddler suffering from skin hunger and refused to let go once he picked him up. At first Fans: What a disgrace to the golden melon. Later Fans: Why is this kind of shippable? Finally, when the group’s alphas all flocked around Li Xingjia, showing off like peacocks, competing for his attention, growing green with jealousy, and fighting over him (?), the fans finally understood Ah, so planting melons gets you flowers! A self-controlled, earnest, gentle, kind-hearted, slightly mischievous beta bottom x an affectionate, clingy alpha top with intense possessiveness. One-on-one romance, no real-life inspirations. The author’s completed sweet stories, He and the Idol, The Wealthy Older Man Got Me Pregnant, So I Ran, and I Became the Weak Bottom’s Big Brother, can be found in the author’s column~~ Theme: