After a Business Marriage with a Top Alpha

Upcoming: Reunited with My Top-Tier Star Ex on a Dating Show [Male Alpha, Female Omega]

Recommended: Bai Tao Wu Long by Xiwang

Novel blurb ↓

Zou Ruan and Pei Jixian were joined in a business marriage.

According to the rumors, that Alpha was very rich, but stingy, incredibly stingy, and hated teary-eyed Omegas.

Zou Ruan, who'd had overactive tear ducts and cried easily since childhood: Huh?

He earnestly explained things to Pei Jixian and got her promise that the Alpha wouldn't hate him.

Later, Pei Jixian pampered Zou Ruan until he was plump and rosy, and gave him the very best in food, clothing, housing, and everything else.

Zou Ruan was puzzled. Zou Ruan was confused.

Was this what stingy meant?

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Sometimes, Zou Ruan would wonder about something.

Was Pei Jixian really not bothered by his crying, or was she only putting up with it because she'd promised?

He asked her that to her face, and she pulled him into her arms and kissed him until the corners of his eyes turned red.

"What do you think?"

Pei Jixian murmured in a voice only he could hear.

A little heads-up for readers in the back:

About 100,000 words in total, told from an Omega's perspective. Zou (zōu) Ruan (ruǎn).

--- Blurb for Reunited with My Top-Tier Star Ex on a Dating Show ---

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Chao Sheng, a nobody barely known in the entertainment industry, got an offer to appear on a dating show with a cast just as obscure as she was.

The night before filming began, she received word that the show would be switching from a prerecorded format to a livestream, because the director had invited a top-tier star as a guest.

Chao Sheng thought: As long as they don't cut my pay, it doesn't matter to me whether the guest is a star.

The next day, she happily wheeled her suitcase to the filming location and unexpectedly came face-to-face with the Alpha sitting in the middle of the sofa.

Chao Sheng's eyes widened, and she stumbled on perfectly level ground.

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Chao Sheng had an ex-boyfriend named Qi Rongqing.

And wouldn't you know it, he was the top-tier star the director had invited.

Chao Sheng admitted that for one brief moment, she really wanted to bolt straight out the door QwQ.

--- Bonus Scene ---

At the director's request, the guests had to sit around the living room's large screen and answer questions from the live comments.

[Why did you come on this show? So curious!]

Chao Sheng answered without hesitation: "I can't afford rent! I really need the salary the director promised!"

Qi Rongqing, sitting next to her, glanced at the comments, then immediately looked away. "Chao Sheng is here."

--- Blurb for Bai Tao Wu Long by Xiwang [Female Alpha, Male Omega] ---

Ji Xiao was beautiful, long-legged, and liked to cause trouble. She was a top Alpha with gray wolf blood, and her pheromones were extremely aggressive.

Before starting her new job, she repeatedly promised her family that she would keep her powerful Alpha pheromones under control and absolutely wouldn't cause trouble.

Then, on her very first night at work, Ji Xiao ran into an Omega going into heat in the break room.

The break room was thick with the rich scent of white peach pheromones. The man's cool eyes had grown dark with moisture, his pale face was flushed, and his snowy white rabbit ears drooped pitifully. The pink gland at the back of his neck was fully exposed.

Ji Xiao lost control...

She marked him.

The next day, Ji Xiao ran into the man again at a company meeting.

The little white rabbit from the night before was now sitting in the very center of the room, wearing a crisp suit.

Then she saw his nameplate: Lu Qiming, CEO of Yuechen.

Ji Xiao: ...

Had she just marked her own boss?

That afternoon, Ji Xiao's mother asked how she was settling in at her new company. Was her boss nice? Did they get along?

Just then, Ji Xiao looked down at the huge sum of money that had just arrived in her account. The sender was Lu Mingqi, and the transfer came with a message: "Hush money. Let's pretend last night never happened."

Ji Xiao's hands trembled as she picked up her phone, then guiltily replied to her mother,

"Mom, it's pretty good... The boss is nice too. He just sent me a... bonus."

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After the accidental marking, the two of them tacitly agreed not to mention it again...

Until one day at a company dinner, Ji Xiao went to the terrace alone for a smoke and unexpectedly ran into Lu Qiming, who'd come out for some air.

For some reason, the man in front of her was dressed in a sharp suit, but his eyes were slightly red and he looked miserable. The moment he smelled the smoke, he covered his mouth.

Seeing how uncomfortable he was, Ji Xiao quickly stubbed out her cigarette.

But the next second, Lu Qiming couldn't hold it in any longer. He leaned over the railing and started retching.

Ji Xiao: ...

Damn, were cigarettes really that harsh?

[Clumsy, rough-around-the-edges gray wolf Alpha x cold on the outside, warm on the inside, pure-hearted lop-eared rabbit Omega]

Theme: I still believe that someone will stay by my side until we're both old.