Honest Beta gets scammed

Li Qing looked at He Xiangchen, and in his eyes, this 1.9-meter-tall Alpha had become completely weak, pitiful, and helpless.

His mind was filled with memories of watching melodramatic soap operas about wealthy families with his mother.

I used to think that TV dramas were all too exaggerated, that there were really so many melodramatic things. But now I see that art really does imitate life!

He Xiangchen leaned weakly against the wall, his eyelids half-closed, making it impossible to see the emotions in his eyes. His handsome face looked broken under the pain.

"Li Qing, don't be fooled by the many people always surrounding me. In reality, they are all abandoned children of their families."

"They don't know the inside story. They think I have a high status in the He family, so they try to get close to me and curry favor with me, hoping to use my influence in the He family to help them return to the center of the family. But they probably didn't expect that my situation is actually the same as theirs..."

He suddenly spoke, his voice low and weak, as if he were revealing his inner self and true nature, every word spoken from the bottom of his heart.

The last bit of doubt in Li Qing's mind also vanished.

It turned out to be the case.

No wonder He Xiangchen was bullied so much, yet he was always surrounded by people; it turns out they were all kept in the dark.

Li Qing pursed his lips; he could understand He Xiangchen.

From He Xiangchen's words, one can tell that his family background must be very prominent. Born into such a family, he must have a very strong sense of self-esteem.

If it were him, he probably wouldn't want to tell a group of people trying to curry favor with him that he is actually nothing.

Seeing He Xiangchen's fragile and dejected appearance, Li Qing felt a pang of sorrow in her heart.

My life is so hard.

Li Qing's family didn't have much money, and their life was simple. The thing he did most often was to work in the fields under the scorching sun. It was really tiring and tough. Occasionally, he would secretly envy the rich people in the county town.

But now that he's in the capital and has heard about Xu Shuang and He Xiangchen's experiences, he realizes that he was being superficial.

With a large family and a big business comes many troubles; even the rich have their share of hardships!

Li Qing clicked his tongue, then took out his own steamed bun from his pocket, took the one he had just bitten, and handed the remaining one to He Xiangchen, speaking softly and indistinctly.

"It's okay, I won't tell anyone. It's not your fault. Eat something. When I'm in pain and feeling unwell, I eat something to make me feel better."

He Xiangchen's eyelashes fluttered slightly, and his gaze flickered.

He almost laughed.

Li Qing was wrong, terribly wrong.

As long as you have money, you're unlikely to suffer too much.

Money can solve 99 percent of the world's problems. Those abandoned children and illegitimate children can still live a good life as long as their family's money doesn't run out. Most of the unhappy ones are those who want too much.

The case studies show that the group of spoiled rich kids who followed him around were all kicked out of the inheritance rights, but even if they didn't follow him, they could still spend money at the Shengxin Club and hire receptionists. In a sense, they might be living a better life than the heirs.

He Xiangchen raised the corners of his mouth, then lowered his head again.

When Li Qing saw him suddenly lower his head so deeply, she thought he was in unbearable pain. Her heart jumped, and she quickly moved closer and bent down to see his condition clearly.

"What's wrong? Does it hurt a lot?"

The warm breath brushed past his ear, and He Xiangchen's body stiffened. He immediately turned his head to the other side, avoiding Li Qing's gaze.

They're too easy to fool.

He simply made up a few sentences, and the Beta already believed them without a doubt.

A sense of pleasure quietly rose within him, and he chuckled silently. He didn't know if it was just his imagination, but He Xiangchen felt that his head didn't hurt as much anymore, and his tense mind relaxed a little.

His gaze fell on the steamed bun that Li Qing handed him.

He Xiangchen doesn't eat things handed to him by hand; he finds them disgusting, just like when Li Qing gave him a watermelon, he found it absurd. But now, he thinks he must be delirious from the pain, because he actually accepted it.

But as soon as I got my hands on it, fatigue and drowsiness also overwhelmed me.

His head felt heavy, and He Xiangchen's eyelids suddenly felt incredibly heavy.

Reason told him he couldn't sleep; if he lost consciousness, he might go berserk. But the overwhelming drowsiness slowly overwhelmed his reason and took the lead.

He gradually lost his strength and fell uncontrollably toward Li Qing beside him.

Li Qing felt a sudden weight on his shoulder and immediately sensed something was wrong.

His first thought was that He Xiangchen had finally fainted from the pain!

He raised his hand to help, but then heard the other person's faint voice.

"Sleepy... I'll take a nap..."

The voice was very faint, intermittent, almost disappearing into the air, "Sleep for a while... a while, it should be fine..."

Li Qing heard it clearly, and her heart skipped a beat.

He recalled those seriously injured people in TV dramas who, once they said they were sleepy and wanted to go to sleep, would close their eyes and never wake up again!

"No! I can't sleep!"

He grabbed He Xiangchen's shoulder and shook him hard.

"Hold on a little longer, just a little longer and... just a little longer and..."

As it swayed, the scene before Li Qing's eyes seemed to sway along with it.

The rich aroma that was originally faint now seemed several times stronger, lingering on the tip of the nose and quietly seeping into the brain through the nasal cavity.

Li Qing suddenly felt his head was heavy, as if it were filled with lead.

The hand that had been shaking He Xiangchen stopped without him realizing it, and instead gripped the fabric of the other's shoulder tightly, trying to maintain his balance. He swayed precariously and murmured to himself.

"Something seems... off..."

After struggling against the drowsiness for a few seconds, Li Qing's body went limp, and he leaned against He Xiangchen and fell asleep.

……

About twenty minutes later.

With a soft "ding," the elevator doors opened.

Footsteps approached from afar, breaking the silence of the corridor.

Xu Shi, Xu's special assistant, rushed over with a team of medical staff.

He was prepared to brave the terrifying pheromone pressure before Enigma went berserk and make his way forward.

However, the journey was smooth and unimpeded.

He didn't feel any hindrance at all after arriving at the designated location based on the location given over the phone.

Xu Shi pushed up his glasses.

The boss was fast asleep, leaning against the wall with his eyes closed. Next to him, a waiter in a club uniform was also fast asleep.

The two were head to head, and their posture looked surprisingly harmonious.

What's going on?

Is this a false imperial edict?

Xu Shi didn't understand the current situation, but he didn't have time to think about it. No matter what the reason was, he couldn't let his boss sleep outside the toilet all night.

He waved his hand and instructed the medical team behind him, "Take General Manager He to the hospital first."

Several medical staff immediately stepped forward, carefully lifted He Xiangchen's arms, and prepared to carry him away.

Seeing that He Xiangchen was still holding a steamed bun, she was completely confused and prepared to take the bun away and throw it away.

As a result, He Xiangchen held on tightly. The more they tried to grab it, the harder He Xiangchen squeezed. In the end, the buns were crushed and everyone got their hands dirty before they could finally clean them up.

This commotion finally woke Li Qing up.

He groggily opened his eyes and was startled to see a large group of people gathered there! Upon closer inspection, he realized that the group was actually carrying He Xiangchen!

With a start, Li Qing instantly came to his senses.

He sprang up from the ground, his expression hardening, and grabbed the hands of the medical staff.

"What do you want?"

Xu Shi was startled when he suddenly stood up and took two steps back.

But he quickly realized that the voice belonged to the person he had spoken to on the phone earlier.

He composed himself and took a step forward.

"Hello sir, I am Mr. He's assistant, Xu Shi. Thank you very much for your help just now. Mr. He's condition is unstable, and we need to take him to the hospital immediately."

However, these words did not make Li Qing lower his guard. Li Qing looked Xu Shi up and down, his eyes filled with distrust.

Xu Shi looked at him with a puzzled expression.

The next second, Li Qing spoke in a deep voice.

"You, show me your call log."