The Self-cultivation of Omega Running with the Ball

Among all the young artists invested by Wen Qiu, there is another ALPHA named Gong Changyang who is particularly talented and reminds him of Lu Bing who was just starting out. Wen Qiu spent two years writing a new script "From the Depths" and gave it to Gong Changyang to shoot. The project had already begun to move forward when he was abroad, and he returned to China this time to witness the birth of the movie with his own eyes.

In the first half month after returning to China, Wen Qiu was very busy, settling the new home, arranging the crew work, contacting the hospital for Wen Jierui, choosing a school for Xiao Zhiliao, and Zhao Ma also came to help take care of him. Half a month later, he suddenly received an unexpected call: "Hi, do you remember me? I'm Qiao Yi."

Wen Qiu remembered him. Among all the flashy suitors, his appearance and background were the most outstanding, making it hard for people not to pay attention to him.

"I'm in China, and I heard you're also in Yan City. What a coincidence." Qiao Yi's magnetic voice sounded on the other end of the phone, "Let's find a time to get together? I guess I've been here longer than you, so I'll just introduce you to some friends."

"Okay." Wen Qiu readily agreed. He originally lacked connections in Yan City, and many things in the crew that required connections were difficult to advance. Qiao Yi naturally knew people at the top of the pyramid, so he was eager for this opportunity.

So this Saturday night, Wen Qiu came to the bar that Qiao Yi mentioned. He didn't know there was such a high-end place in Yan City before. The gate alone was magnificent. The waiter seemed to politely stop him from entering, saying that a membership was required, and then glanced at him arrogantly: "Or you can let your ALPHA take you in. In this case, OMEGA can also get a free drink."

It only took a phone call to ask Qiao Yi to come out and pick someone up, but Wen Qiu didn't do it. He casually took out a business card from his pocket and frivolously inserted it into the gap of the waiter's gloves: "Membership card? Give me one."

The waiter wanted to say something, but suddenly he caught a glimpse of the gold-plated words on the business card, his face changed immediately, and he hurried in to call the manager. Not long after, with the manager's respectful apology, Wen Qiu got his own VIP black card.

They entered the venue smoothly. Most people had already arrived. Qiao Yi enthusiastically introduced Wen Qiu to everyone, from his family background to his work to his works. When they heard about "Bury Me", a girl screamed, "Oh my God, did you really write this script?! Give me an autograph, sir!"

"Haha, A Tao is a loyal fan of 'Bury Me'." Qiao Yi said with a smile.

Wen Qiu was used to this kind of scene, so he took the pen and signed for Tao. People around him were still chattering and asking him if he would really live in the world-famous castle of the Banbury family, what the life of a screenwriter was like, and whether he had ever met a certain star...

Facing this group of wealthy and noble celebrities, Wen Qiu answered fluently, as if he was born to be here and had long been accustomed to the feeling of being the center of attention - who would have thought that a few years ago when he was brought to such an occasion by Pei Du, he would only be treated as a male concubine who sold his body to gain status.

"Are you really Wen Qiu?" Suddenly, a hand pulled his sleeve, and a very handsome boy smiled shyly at him, "Do you remember me? I'm Wang Yue, we were deskmates in elementary school."

Wen Qiu looked at his face carefully and indeed dug out this person from the corner of his memory: the youngest son of the Wang family, who grew up like a flower in a greenhouse and was doted on.

He also smiled, "Of course I remember, you were so cute when you were a child that I cried."

"Haha, that's all in the past." Wang Yue showed off the big diamond ring on his ring finger intentionally or unintentionally, "I'm married now."

Wen Qiu's eyes flickered - the diamond was very big. To be honest, not as big as the one he had gotten before, but it still reminded him of unpleasant memories.

Wang Yue started chatting with Wen Qiu with a smile that showed a sense of superiority. In his opinion, the greatest ability of OMEGA is to marry a good partner. Wen Qiu looks powerful, but he is busy all the time and doesn't make much money. It's just a waste of his good looks.

He leaned close to Wen Qiu's ear and whispered, "Are you still single? I heard that a very outstanding ALPHA will be coming today. Do you want me to introduce you to each other?"

Wen Qiu said perfunctorily without much interest: "Oh, better than Qiao Yi?"

"Of course," Wang Yue looked even more mysterious, "There is one thing, that Alpha is divorced..."

Wen Qiu couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth. In Wang Yue's opinion, was she no longer wanted by anyone to the point where she had to find a divorced man?

"Hey, don't laugh. He's really so good that even though he's divorced, all the OMEGAs in Yancheng are still flocking to him! If I wasn't married, cough..." Wang Yue coughed with his hands covering his mouth. Wen Qiu almost suspected that he was drooling over that ALPHA, which made him a little curious.

"Oh, look, he's here!" Wang Yue suddenly raised his head. It would be better to say that all the OMEGAs in the bar did the same thing at that moment. Wen Qiu drank the wine in the bottom of the glass and then slowly raised his head.

Then he looked into the man's deep eyes that were staring at him.

With just one glance, you can understand why Wang Yue said he could charm thousands of OMEGAs. That man has all the characteristics of an extremely superior ALPHA - handsome, tall, and with a strong aura. However, unlike those young and arrogant ALPHAs, his cold eyebrows hide the flamboyance and impetuousness, leaving only the restraint and calmness accumulated over the years. Like a famous sword that has experienced many hardships, you can guess how sharp it once was, but now all the sharpness is hidden in the sheath.

"How is it? She's a top-notch one, right?" Wang Yue saw that Wen Qiu was not impressed, so he said proudly in his ear, "Only a divorced person can have such temperament."

Wen Qiu: “…”

Pei Du's gaze passed over him like the wind through the pine forest, and he quickly went to greet the friends he knew with a calm demeanor. Qiao Yi seemed to be very familiar with him, and warmly invited him to drink and introduced him to a few new friends - Wen Qiu was naturally among the "new" ones.

Soon Qiao Yi pulled Pei Du to Wen Qiu and said, "This is Amber, Wen Qiu, a friend I met in England. She is a very good screenwriter. I guess you must have heard of his book "Bury Me..."

Someone laughed and said, "Isn't 'Bury Me' invested by Mr. Pei's company? Maybe they already knew each other."

"Haha, what a coincidence, isn't there a line at the beginning of the movie, 'Dedicated to my beloved Autumn'!" The person who spoke was joking, because no one knew the real meaning of this sentence, and who that "Autumn" was became a topic of discussion among the audience.

The others were chatting happily and didn't notice that the atmosphere here had become strange - Wen Qiu was sitting and Pei Du was standing, the two of them were looking at each other from a distance, and no one spoke first.

Qiao Yi looked left and right, "Oh, you two really know each other?"

"No..." Wen Qiu was about to speak when he heard Pei Du say, "We are friends - although we haven't been in touch for a while."

"Oh," Qiao Yi said with a smile, "It seems that I have invited the right person today."

Pei Du then lowered his head and asked obediently: "Can I sit next to you?" "Please feel free to do so." Wen Qiu calmly made room for him.

"Hey, I originally wanted to sit here!" Qiao Yi joked.

"That's right!" The other ALPHAs also made strange noises, while the OMEGAs secretly gritted their teeth in jealousy, hating Pei Du for not visiting them.

"It seems that you are quite popular." Pei Du looked at Wen Qiu meaningfully, from his unbuttoned collar, to his clavicle with a thin silver chain hanging from it, from his thin waist, to his ankles that could be held in one hand.

If Wen Qiu dared to wear this outfit in the past, he would definitely be fucked when he got home. Now he really understands his charm very well, and knows how to tease the eyes and desires of those ALPHAs.

"Same here." Wen Qiu glanced at him. He knew too well how fierce the eyes on Pei Du were. "It's not as good as some people who are still charming after divorce."

The man responded with a chuckle.

The two people sat very close to each other, yet seemed very far away. They were each talking to someone they were familiar with, and their eyes didn't even meet.

After a few drinks, Wen Qiu was a little dazed. Although there was no pheromone leaking out, he seemed to smell the refreshing air of ice and snow. He accidentally touched Pei Du's shoulder and even felt dazed for a moment. Because he had been hugged too many times, he could imagine the feeling of being hugged and tightened just by a light touch.

He no longer listened to what those people were talking about, only Pei Du's voice fell clearly into his ears. He seemed to have a strange energy field around him, enveloping all his thoughts and attention. Although he was sitting in a corner of the sofa, he felt like he was sitting in a small boat, rising and falling with the rhythm of the man's breathing beside him.

But that's about it.

Wen Qiu lowered his head and took a sip of wine. Although his presence alone could make him so shaken, it was much better than he expected. It seemed that his heart had indeed grown stronger and would no longer be permeated with useless emotions.

Suddenly, his eyes were attracted by something on Pei Du's hand - it was a simple platinum ring in the shape of a Mobius ring, worn on the ring finger. Although it was well maintained, it was inevitably a little old, and it was not worthy of his status to wear it.

Wait, when I gave it to him, wasn't it supposed to be a pinky ring? Why is he wearing it on his ring finger...

As if his peripheral vision had caught his attention, Pei Du casually turned his hand over on his knee, revealing his palm. Wen Qiu then discovered that the original pinky ring had been transformed into an open ring, which could be adjusted in size at will, so it just fit the size of his ring finger.

It's ridiculous that so many little thoughts were used on such meaningless things.

"The ring is nice, but a little old." He sneered, "Mr. Pei is so rich, why don't you change it to a new one?"

Wang Yue, who was sitting next to him, heard this and squeezed Wen Qiu's shoulder, fearing that he would offend this powerful man who he couldn't afford to offend. "Hey, that was something his ex-wife left him. Mr. Pei is very loyal."

"Really..." Wen Qiu smiled coldly and casually turned the ring on his hand. In order to match the clothes today, he wore several rings. Those toys inlaid with brilliant jewels were obviously expensive, adorning OMEGA's fair and slender fingers.

Pei Du lowered his eyelashes and took in those elegant and delicate rings clearly. He wore everything now except the one he had given himself—and he couldn't wear it because he had already given the ring away.

At this time, Qiao Yi happened to talk about how he met Wen Qiu: "You don't know how shocked I was when I watched "The Wandering Bird"! I thought at the time that I must meet the author! As soon as the performance was over, I chased him backstage, and guess what happened - 99% of the ALPHAs present had the same idea as me! The remaining 1% was the -year-old Lord Surrey, who was on his way here with a cane."

“Hahahahahaha…” Everyone burst into laughter. Someone joked, “You rushed over because you saw Amber’s face!”

Qiao Yi lazily leaned against the back of the sofa, revealing a look of "Is this even necessary?", "Please, I am a man with a sound aesthetic sense and sexual function."

Someone else took the opportunity to probe, "Joey, you chased after someone without even knowing if she had a boyfriend. Aren't you afraid that her boyfriend will beat you up?"

"Oh, well..." Qiao Yi looked secretive. He knew some of Wen Qiu's privacy, but he wouldn't be so impolite as to say it out in public.

However, Wen Qiu continued with a cold expression: "I don't have a boyfriend, I only had one husband——"

"Oh?!" Everyone just widened their eyes in surprise, and then they heard him say lightly: "It's a pity that he has been dead for several years."

"Wow..." As soon as these words came out, everyone had different expressions. Even Pei Du, who was usually steady, seemed to be choked by the wine and lowered his head and coughed twice.

Then he stood up: "Excuse me, I need to go to the bathroom."

Wen Qiu looked at his departing back and narrowed her eyes - the reaction of her dead ex-husband was not bad.

He stood up and said, "Excuse me, I have to excuse myself for a moment."

In the bar's restroom, Wen Qiu kicked the "Cleaning" sign at the door, walked in and locked the door.

Pei Du was standing by the sink, washing his hands. He took off the ring left by his ex-wife and put it in his chest pocket. After washing his hands, he carefully put it back on. It was not enough to put it on. He adjusted the position of the ring slightly in front of the mirror. He looked solemn and serious, as if he was putting a crown on his finger. It made people very angry.

(End of this chapter)