Honest Beta gets scammed

"Good night."

Li Qing's sleepy voice came from the darkness.

Immediately afterwards, He Xiangchen felt a rustling sound from the bed beside him, and then there was no more movement.

"..."

In the darkness, He Xiangchen's eyes widened like copper bells as he stared in shock at Li Qing, his whole body frozen, his fists clenched tightly.

How is that possible!

The next second, Li Qing moved again.

"Snapped!"

The lights were turned on again.

He Xiangchen's muscles tensed instantly.

I knew it!

Li Qing yawned and sat up. As soon as she turned on the light, she turned her head and saw He Xiangchen still sitting there, his eyes shining brightly under the light, staring straight at her.

Li Qing was a little puzzled, but he was too sleepy to think much of it and just smiled at He Xiangchen.

"I turned on the light, and it seems I left the charger in the living room; my phone isn't charging."

As he spoke, he slipped on his slippers and ran out of the bedroom with a "tap tap tap" sound.

I ran back with the charger, plugged in my phone, and then remembered something. I went to the living room and brought in the air conditioner remote, adjusted the temperature—20 degrees Celsius was too cold for sleeping at night.

He Xiangchen watched Li Qing run around, her two beautiful long legs swaying in front of him like a pendulum, each swing striking his heart.

His breath hitched.

understood.

Seduction, pure seduction!

I deliberately turned off the lights to lower his guard, then suddenly turned them back on and ran out, just to whet his appetite!

He Xiangchen's Adam's apple bobbed.

Okay, he admitted that Li Qing's methods were indeed very clever, and he was starting to have some ideas.

Come to think of it, he really hadn't done it in a long time.

Since Li Qing has been so eager to hint, it would seem like he's clueless if he didn't respond. Since this Beta is shy and unwilling to speak up, then he'll be the one to make the first move.

Just as He Xiangchen cleared his throat, preparing to say something to break the deadlock...

"Smack."

The lights were turned off again.

All the thoughts that had been brewing came to an abrupt halt.

He Xiangchen: "..."

He felt Li Qing climb back into bed and lie down beside him.

What new tactic is this? Is it some kind of psychological warfare?

He Xiangchen remained silent in the darkness, waiting for Li Qing's next move.

One minute.

five minutes.

ten minutes.

Apart from the gradually calming and long breathing around me, there was nothing else.

He Xiangchen turned his body stiffly.

After his eyes adjusted to the darkness, he could vaguely make out the outline of Li Qing lying next to him.

After a while, he reached out and gently pushed Li Qing's shoulder.

"...Li Qing?"

No response.

He increased the force a little more.

The person next to him only mumbled something in their sleep, turned over, turned their back to him, and continued to breathe heavily.

Li Qing fell asleep.

He Xiangchen's hand was suspended in mid-air, and he was completely petrified as if struck by lightning.

How could that be! He just fell asleep like that?

Boundless rage surged in his chest. He closed his eyes and chuckled softly in the darkness.

"Hehe...hehe..."

His patience had run out.

Whether Li Qing was playing hard to get or trying some new rural trick he'd never seen before, he had no interest in playing along any longer.

His pheromones surged wildly as if they were tangible, gushing out in large quantities and instantly filling the entire room before precisely receding and surrounding the sleeping Li Qing.

He Xiangchen leaned slightly towards Li Qing, one hand bracing against the bed beside him, pressing a deep dent into the soft mattress. His eyes, hidden in the darkness, were extremely dangerous.

He lowered his voice, his tone carrying a command.

"stand up."

Li Qing's brows furrowed tightly as he slept.

He felt as if he had fallen into a dark and shadowless abyss, his eyelids heavy as mountains, unable to open them no matter what he did.

His body felt as if it were tightly bound by something, and no matter how much he struggled, he could not move. He tried hard to concentrate his consciousness, but a pair of large hands reached out from behind him and firmly grabbed him, forcefully dragging him into a deeper realm.

In the bedroom, Li Qing slowly opened her eyes.

His gaze was blank and unfocused; he simply stared silently ahead, like a puppet.

He Xiangchen knew that his pheromones had taken effect.

The sense of control calmed the nameless fire in his heart, replacing it with a sense of superiority. He acted without restraint, slowly raising his hand to pick up a strand of Li Qing's hair, playing with it between his fingertips, and gradually approaching, almost touching Li Qing's cheek.

His voice was low and husky as he whispered in Li Qing's ear, "What do you want to do? Hmm?"

The scalding breath brushed against his earlobe, and Li Qing's bewildered eyes trembled slightly.

His sluggish brain processed the instruction slowly, but ultimately, he seemed unable to grasp the complex meaning behind the problem and could only remain silent.

He Xiangchen narrowed his eyes when he saw that he didn't speak.

Did not say?

Excluding the negative effects of mental instability, his pheromones are almost perfect; to date, no one has been found with stronger pheromone abilities than him.

Now, how could there be a problem controlling a mere Beta?

impossible.

He Xiangchen pondered for a moment and felt that the problem might lie in his instructions being too vague. This country bumpkin's brain wasn't very sharp to begin with, so perhaps the commands needed to be more direct.

He pursed his lips, reorganized his thoughts, and asked, word by word, "Tell me... what your purpose was in forcing me to stay."

This sentence was finally successfully received by Li Qing's brain.

After a moment of thought, he seemed to understand the meaning, but he was slightly stumped by the word "insistently". So he instinctively chose to skip the incomprehensible modifier and only answer the core question.

"It's too late, go to sleep."

Emotionless and dull.

He Xiangchen frowned: "Nothing else?"

"no."

"You weren't deliberately trying to play tricks on me?"

"no."

"You weren't trying to seduce me?!"

"no."

"You're not interested in me?!"

"no."

"How could there not be any!"

He Xiangchen's voice grew louder and louder as he asked questions. In the end, he shouted the last question and slammed his other hand hard on the pillow with a loud "bang"!

And the answer he received was still those two blank words.

"no."

He Xiangchen was so angry he wanted to grind his teeth to powder.

He stared intently at Li Qing, his chest heaving violently, unwilling to believe the outcome no matter what.

Why? Why is Li Qing lying even though he's controlling her?

He Xiangchen sat on the edge of the bed, his volatile pheromones surging through the room with his emotions, and he remained silent for a long time.

Could it be because... my mental state hasn't been good lately, so I can't even control my pheromones anymore?