An Unworthy Beta

When Xu Lanchuan came downstairs, he found a young Beta in the house, wearing a faded shirt and jeans, with a pair of worn-out canvas shoes on his feet.

The Beta sat ramrod straight on the sofa, looking especially ill at ease. His gaze was fixed very seriously on the expensive cup in front of him, as if he were studying its pattern.

Xu Lanchuan raised an eyebrow at the sight. The small mole at the edge of his eyebrow lifted with it.

He stood at the bottom of the stairs and called out in a lazy voice:

"Hey, who are you?"

That was the first time Zhou Qian met Xu Lanchuan, and even years later, he still couldn't forget it.

The Omega in his memories was beautiful and pampered, someone far beyond his reach. He was just a timid, weak Beta, daring to covet this treasure only where no one could see.

Poor and rich, awkward and pampered, Beta and Omega: they could not have been more mismatched.

But Zhou Qian still flew toward him like a moth to a flame, and from then on, only one person's image could remain in his eyes.

Later, when he could finally afford a ring worthy of an Omega, the Omega no longer needed one.

The velvet ring box was mercilessly tossed into the trash.

"Zhou Qian, stop doing these pointless things. Who do you think is going to wait for you?"

The Beta pressed his lips together and lowered his eyelids, hiding the pain and resentment in his eyes.

"You waited all these years to finally see him. How come you're so cold now that he's actually here?" a friend asked.

Xu Lanchuan fiddled with the ring that should have been left in the trash, then carefully slipped it onto his ring finger. It fit perfectly.

"He left me behind for so long without even sending a message. Serves him right."

But when he learned that Zhou Qian was going abroad again, he chased after him to the airport in a panic. At the Beta's surprised and delighted look, tears streamed down his face.

"Are you going to abandon me again?"

Zhou Qian held him helplessly. "Young master, I'm sorry..."

Zhou Qian x Xu Lanchuan

Beta x Omega

Staid and awkward x arrogant and pampered

Theme: Even amid poverty and insecurity, love and ideals never die