#Just because a Beta is an honest person, does that mean anyone can bully him? #
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[Good-citizen Beta bottom × controlling, half-mad, crippled Alpha × gentle, noble-looking Alpha with a jackal's soul]
[Two Alphas fighting over one person / melodramatic warning]
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Everyone said You Zhu had struck it lucky.
An utterly ordinary Beta had caught the eye of Wen Qu Nian, a rising star in the business world.
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But in the dead of night, the restraint around his waist burns with pain.
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Outside the office window, traffic streams by. Inside, the glass shakes, reflecting a pair of clear eyes with reddened corners.
How degrading.
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Wen Qu Nian bites down on the underdeveloped gland at the back of his neck, forcing out a suppressed, trembling whimper.
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A rough, burning tongue licks his earlobe, but the words that follow are icy.
"If you want to cry, hold it in."
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News arrives that Wen Qu Nian is entering an arranged marriage.
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The noble Omega he is to marry is elegant, beautiful, and dignified...
He has everything You Zhu lacks.
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The day he hears the news, You Zhu silently packs all his belongings.
But in the entryway, the groom rushes back from his engagement banquet and snaps the handle off You Zhu's suitcase.
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"Who said you could leave?"
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The Alpha sneers, grips him by the throat, and pins him to the floor, ripping off the clothes he had painstakingly put on.
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With blood on the floor, he uses You Zhu's body like a jackal and sneers,
"What does my getting married have to do with you?"
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You Zhu can't leave, so he can only stay by Wen Qu Nian's side.
A dirty little secret no one can acknowledge.
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But later, the noble Omega who is to marry Wen Qu Nian comes to find him, too
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Cedar-scented pheromones curl around the Beta's scentless nape, accompanied by a faint breath.
"Wen Qu Nian has used marital property to support you for seven years. Under the latest marriage laws..."
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"Half of you belongs to me."
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From then on, his life is split between day and night.
By day, Wen Qu Nian pins him against the floor-to-ceiling office window, leaving bloody tooth marks on the back of his neck.
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"Remember who your owner is."
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At night, someone cruelly locks his cock in place with a diamond tie clip.
"You clearly like my pheromones more. Why do you say otherwise during the day?"
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Two years later, You Zhu finally gets the chance to shatter that cage.
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"Share a husband?"
Across the ocean, he coolly crumples the paper and casually tosses the pregnancy test results into the brazier.
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"Why not try being widowed instead?"
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[Every piece of flesh you tore from me was once part of my shattered ideals.]
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[Reading Guide]
1. The love interests are in a sham marriage. The bottom is submissive at first but grows cold-hearted later. Every character has rock-bottom morals.
2. Two madmen fighting over one person / forced marking / corruption and captivity / getting pregnant and running away, a potpourri of old-school melodrama.
3. Cover art by @Beibeimian, used with permission.
Theme: Always believe in love and redemption.