I Didn’t Want a Rest of My Life Without Her, So I Proposed.
Qi Song had originally thought Yu Luo would carry the crash course through to the end—
—whether it was to avoid revealing any flaws on the show, or out of a scum woman’s habitual tendency to tease her ex.
But after that light kiss at the bedroom door, Yu Luo didn’t do anything more to her, and even began to keep her distance.
When night came, she even canceled the arrangement to share a room.
Qi Song was slightly puzzled but didn’t ask any questions; after all, she was happy about it.
Who would want to lie in the same bed with the original owner’s scummy ex-girlfriend?
So, she happily moved into the guest room next to the master bedroom by herself.
She should have slept soundly that night.
But for some reason, she suddenly recalled how Yu Luo had 「accidentally」 rubbed against her gland during the day, causing it to harden, and then acted 「startled,」 the base of her own ears turning bright red.
The Omega’s pheromones hadn’t fluctuated at all, so it was all an act.
But… as a professional actress, Qi Song believed it couldn’t have been a pure performance.
It’s too contradictory. She tossed and turned a little.
Moonlight shone directly into the room from outside the window. Qi Song got up, planning to get a drink of water, and didn’t bother turning on the light.
As she neared the living room, she saw a small, dim lamp was on.
The Omega was sitting on the sofa in a silk nightgown. Under the warm-toned light, her skin was as lustrous as jade.
With one hand, she swept her long, curly hair to one side, revealing her fragile, slender neck. Her other hand held an inhibitor1.
She lowered her head, the tip of the needle unhesitatingly piercing the skin on the nape of her neck as she pushed the liquid in.
She let out a soft grunt. In the boundless silence of the deep night, the sound of her panting was exceptionally clear.
It was a sound of discomfort, tinged with a hint of delicate charm.
After finishing the injection, the hand holding the syringe dropped casually to her side. Her long, curly hair also fell down, a few strands tangling messily on her slightly damp skin.
Yu Luo closed her eyes, her breathing ragged.
A moment later, she slowly stood up and tilted her head to glance at the corner where the hallway entered the living room.
It was empty.
“Your pheromones are really…” she murmured, slowly caressing the nape of her neck and letting out a low, laughing sigh. “So domineering.”
The next day, Yu Luo slept in, so Qi Song played with Taotao by herself all morning.
Based on what she had seen last night, Qi Song knew why she had canceled sharing a room. It was nothing more than her heat period.
The auntie2 who cooked for the family had returned from her vacation. She chatted with Qi Song while sorting vegetables, her words carrying an undertone of accusing her of cruelly abandoning her wife and daughter.
“A person who doesn’t care for their family can’t establish themselves in society,” said Auntie Zhang3.
Qi Song: “…”
Just how on earth did Yu Luo explain her to the people around them? She’s a master at throwing the pot4.
Holding Taotao, Qi Song had grievances she couldn’t voice, but when she thought of that 100,000,000, she felt there was nothing to be concerned about.
“I think so too,” she said to Auntie Zhang with composure.
Auntie Zhang glanced at her and said no more. She probably thinks I’m really thick-skinned.
“Auntie Zhang, you’ve misunderstood.” A woman’s slightly hoarse voice, as if she had just woken up, came from the kitchen doorway.
“Mommy!” Taotao immediately cried out happily from her arms.
Qi Song turned her head and saw the Omega standing in the doorway in her nightgown, her cheeks flushed with the faint pink of someone who had just woken up, her skin dazzlingly fair and translucent.
Yu Luo took two steps forward, reached out to take the cub from Qi Song’s arms, ruffled her hair a couple of times, and said gently to Auntie Zhang, “It’s not her fault… Did you perhaps forget to check your WeChat messages?”
Auntie Zhang was stunned for a few seconds before she reacted, patting her head apologetically. “You taught me last time, but I still haven’t quite figured it out. I might have deleted it…”
“It’s alright.” Yu Luo smiled at her. “Take your time.”
Qi Song pressed her lips together, watching the two of them.
It seems this scum woman isn’t so scummy as to push her own faults onto others.
“Mommy slept in.” Taotao hugged Yu Luo’s neck, nuzzling against her. “Missed Mommy.”
Yu Luo lowered her head and kissed her forehead. “Did you have fun with Mama this morning?”
“Yup!” Taotao nodded with a wide smile. “We’re going out to play this afternoon too!”
“That’s right.” Yu Luo placed the cub back into Qi Song’s arms. Seeing the other woman hold her with practiced skill, showing none of yesterday’s nervousness, she couldn’t help but curve her lips into a smile.
“Are you ready?” she said softly. “Wifey.”
Qi Song’s mood grew complicated at this call of 「Wifey」.
She knew that, up to this point, it had all just been a rehearsal like playing house5.
But starting from the show this afternoon, every single moment in front of the camera, she would have to conscientiously play the part of Yu Luo’s doting, stay-at-home Alpha, spoiling her cub and her wife without revealing a single flaw.
But it didn’t matter. She was a professional.
“Good afternoon, you two Teachers6. Welcome to the variety show 《A Moment of Happiness》. I’m your accompanying PD7; you can just call me Xiao Lin8.”
Seeing the family of three get into the car, Xiao Lin, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, greeted the two adults from behind the camera.
She then smiled at Taotao. “Good afternoon, Taotao?”
Taotao looked at her, blinked her big eyes, and said in a sweet, childish voice, “Good afternoon, Auntie.”
“Aiyo, so cute.” Xiao Lin’s heart was about to melt. “As expected of the child of you two Teachers.”
Look how fine her little features are, a perfect combination of the features of the two great beauties.
“Her eyes are like Teacher Yu’s, her mouth is like Teacher Qi’s…”
Under the camera’s gaze, Qi Song stroked Taotao’s head and said, seemingly pleased, “Of course.”
Inwardly, however, she sighed. You say it like it’s true, but who would’ve known the child isn’t actually mine.
Yu Luo’s expression was gentle, but her gaze lingered on her inscrutably as she remained silent.
Xiao Lin continued, “As the last family to be revealed on our show, the news that Teacher Yu is married and has a daughter was only released online in the last couple of days. It’s been trending constantly, and everyone is very curious. The production team also collected questions from fans, so we’d like to ask you two Teachers to answer a few.”
Yu Luo nodded at her. “Okay.”
Teacher Yu was smiling, but due to her cool and distant temperament, coupled with her title as a Triple Gold9 Best Actress, Xiao Lin didn’t quite dare to meet her gaze for too long.
Thus, she subconsciously chose to make more eye contact with Qi Song.
This “lost pearl10” of the TV drama world had achieved fame at the young age of eighteen, experienced a fall from grace after immense popularity, and had returned at only twenty-four years old—now with a three-year-old child, no less.
Such a compact yet turbulent life story would make anyone click their tongue in amazement.
And yet, at this moment, Qi Song’s face showed no sign of dejection. She was as bright and beautiful as a top star, but who knew how much of it was just a brave front?
Sighing with emotion, Xiao Lin opened the Weibo post where the questions had been collected and clicked into the comments section.
According to the rules, she was supposed to start reading from the comment with the most likes.
However, she saw—
Top Comment 1: 【Is this a case of marrying due to pregnancy11?” That certain has-been TV Queen is so shameless. Did she deliberately get Yu Luo pregnant to marry into her family12?!】
Top Comment 2: 【Wuwuwu, how could our C-ent’s13 untouchable flower on a high peak be married with a child already. Is Qi Song worthy? She’s a soft-rice-eating14 A!】
Top Comment 3: 【Teacher Yu must have sacrificed herself for the sake of the child. I bet even this variety show is something Qi Song begged to be on! Can a certain Alpha please stop shamelessly pursuing15 her?】
In fact, after Qi Song had agreed to go on the show, Yu Luo had already posted on Weibo, stating clearly that she had entered into marriage with Qi Song for love and that they were raising a daughter together.
However, one party was a Triple Gold Best Actress, seen by the nation as a paragon of virtue and artistic skill16 as radiant as the bright moonlight; the other was a has-been who had faded into the earth’s core17, a semi-civilian who’d had no other exposure in two years besides unlucky news. The state of public opinion was easy to imagine.
The public had channeled their shock and dissatisfaction over Yu Luo hiding her marriage and child into anger at Qi Song for supposedly using the child as leverage. Even when Yu Luo’s studio stepped in18, they couldn’t completely control the public narrative.
Xiao Lin struggled to find a question in the comments that was actually askable: “How did the two of you come to be married?”
“I didn’t want a rest of my life without her, so I proposed.”
The “bright moon” who, in everyone’s eyes, was being shamelessly pursued and tied down, answered with a smile, her gaze as clear and gentle as a spring breeze.
Her hand reached out from behind Taotao, nestling dependently into the palm of Qi Song’s hand, their fingers intertwining.
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