Suspected pregnancy

Huo Xingye pushed open the villa's door, and the person standing inside made him frown instantly.

Before he could speak, the other man started complaining. "What's with that face? You look like you really don't want to see me!"

Huo Xingye ignored him, set down what he was carrying, and glanced upstairs.

"What are you looking at? Did someone break in?"

"Speaking of which, when I got here just now, a pretty good-looking Omega came out of your house wearing your clothes. I thought you were home."

"He left?" Huo Xingye's eyes hardened as his gaze swept toward him.

His stare was sharp and brimming with aggression.

Even though Luo Nan had worked with him as his agent for five years and was also an Alpha, that look still startled him.

Huo Xingye strode upstairs on his long legs and disappeared around the corner.

"Huh? Someone really broke in?" Luo Nan scratched his head and sat back down on the couch. "Whatever. He's got more money than he knows what to do with anyway. Just consider it robbing the rich to feed the poor."

"But that guy looked pretty familiar. I feel like I've seen him somewhere."

Muttering to himself, Luo Nan opened Weibo.

Within a few minutes, Huo Xingye came downstairs. His face was calm enough to betray no emotion, but his slightly darkened eyes revealed his bad mood.

"Find someone for me," he instructed Luo Nan.

"Who? The little thief?" Luo Nan waved his phone. "Speaking of which, how come I never knew you knew Nan Zhou?"

After several years together, Luo Nan knew Huo Xingye's habits and temperament.

Unless someone was a sufficiently close friend or family member, he would never bring them home.

But Nan Zhou?

No matter how he looked at it, this guy didn't seem like someone who would be friends with Huo Xingye.

Luo Nan stared at the person on Weibo, his head lowered and lips pressed together, looking so frail he might faint the next second.

"Don't tell me this is your type?"

Not only did Huo Xingye not answer, he didn't even glance his way. His long, straight legs planted on the carpet, he looked down at his phone and pulled up the security footage.

His rapid taps on the screen betrayed his slight urgency.

"Hey, our great film emperor, say something. As your agent, I need to know your relationship status."

"Find him for me." Huo Xingye showed Luo Nan the footage of Nan Zhou taking off the coat before leaving the villa. "Whatever it takes."

Luo Nan glanced at the screen. "...Come on, man, that's Nan Zhou!"

"Here. He's right here on Weibo."

Then, remembering that his great film emperor didn't like browsing social media, he simply filled him in on the juicy gossip that had been lighting up the trending searches these past few days.

The popular temporary group W-ixe had disbanded, and its biggest star, Lu Zhou, had suddenly announced his relationship.

Because his partner was Wen Yu, an actor who had risen to popularity over the past two years, rather than his bandmate Nan Zhou, with whom he had always had an ambiguous relationship, the announcement caused an uproar.

During an interview, Lu Zhou had not only denied any relationship with Nan Zhou, but also revealed that Nan Zhou wasn't an Omega at all, instantly thrusting him into the eye of the storm.

"I've never smelled his pheromones."

"Maybe he has his reasons. As a former bandmate, I don't want to comment further. You can ask him."

"In short, we're just colleagues."

In front of the camera, Lu Zhou bowed with a show of respectability and emphasized once more, "Next, I'll be appearing on 'You Make My Heart Flutter' with Wen Yu. Please keep an eye out for us."

Luo Nan said, "The real kicker is that Nan Zhou is going on that dating show too. Everyone used to think he and Lu Zhou were a couple. So now everyone's dragging him. They're saying he's a B pretending to be an O, and that he clung to Lu Zhou to hype up their ship for attention."

Seeing Huo Xingye staring silently at Lu Zhou's interview video, Luo Nan added more fuel to the fire.

"Nan Zhou just trended again."

"He was photographed going to the hospital for a checkup. He registered at the Omega clinic."

"Now everyone on the trending searches is mocking him for being addicted to playing an Omega."

Huo Xingye still said nothing.

If looks could kill, Lu Zhou on the screen would probably have been killed by his stare.

Luo Nan was unbearably curious. He knew what his artist was like. Usually, he wore a warm smile and was very polite, but when he truly got angry, he could raise a hand and kill someone in an instant.

Right now, he was truly angry.

Fuck, was Nan Zhou really Huo Xingye's type?

Someone similar had offered himself up before, and Luo Nan still vividly remembered Huo Xingye's cold, merciless rejection. He really couldn't connect Huo Xingye with Nan Zhou.

"So, is Nan Zhou really not an Omega?" Luo Nan asked.

Huo Xingye said, "Contact the people at Heartbeats."

"What for?"

"I'm going."

Luo Nan nearly lost his grip on his phone. "What? You're going to film 'You Make My Heart Flutter'?!"

A distinguished film emperor, one of the biggest stars in the industry, was actually lowering himself to be a guest on a dating show. Had he lost his mind?!

"You're joining the production next month! Director Zhou's movie!"

"Coordinate the schedule with the production team."

"..."

Luo Nan thought Huo Xingye had truly gone mad. His schedule was already packed enough. If they squeezed it any further, even an iron man wouldn't hold up. He was about to try persuading him again when Weibo chimed and refreshed with new content.

He glanced at it, his eyes widening.

...Had this Nan Zhou gone mad too?!

After leaving the hospital and getting back into the car, Hao Jia let out a long breath. "Thank goodness that man didn't take advantage of the situation to permanently mark you, and he used protection. At least he knew what was good for him. Otherwise, I'd have called the police and reported him for sexual assault. I'd have him tracked down and thrown in jail, no matter where he ran."

Nan Zhou said nothing, sitting in the back seat and flipping through the booklet on physiology the doctor had tossed him.

Back at the hospital, after hearing his situation and examining him, the specialist had looked at him as though he were a slacker who never studied.

"Permanent marking occurs in the reproductive cavity*. He used protection. You couldn't possibly be pregnant, much less permanently marked."

"How can you lack even basic common sense?"

"Take this home and study it properly. How can an Omega protect himself if he doesn't even understand this?"

After barely a few pages, Nan Zhou tossed the booklet aside.

He was sleepy, his lower back ached terribly, and his ass hurt a little.

Hao Jia was still cursing as he drove up front. He was so noisy.

Nan Zhou yawned, opened Weibo on his phone, and began scrolling idly.

Ten or so minutes later, on Weibo.

"...Am I seeing this wrong? Did Nan Zhou really post this?!"

"His account must've been hacked!"

"Hahahahaha, as a shameless bystander, I love this. Post more! Fight, fight!"

Entertainment Eight Pigeons: #Nan Zhou visits Omega clinic# Today, former W-ixe member @Nan Zhou V was photographed seeking medical attention at a hospital. Wearing a trench coat one size too large that concealed his lower abdomen, he appeared unsteady on his feet and haggard. Suspected pregnancy.

The attached picture showed Nan Zhou wearing a mask and an oversized black trench coat as he emerged from the Omega clinic.

Countless users and entertainment accounts reposted and commented on the scoop, but one reply stood out the most, even getting pushed to the top of the comments.

@Nan Zhou V: Don't spread rumors about me. I'll spread them myself. I don't trust anyone else to do it.

"LMAO, he's personally stepping in to debunk it?"

"That fake-innocent bitch is hyping himself up again! Can he get out of the entertainment industry already?!"

"Then hurry up and post one yourself. I want to see it. Something like sleeping with Huo Xingye or punching little Lu Zhou."

"What's the deal with the person above? Leave our Film Emperor Huo out of this! Some nobody needs to stop trying to leech off a star that far out of his league! We're taking him away, no thanks!"

"Hahahahaha, girls, hurry up and look at Nan Zhou's latest Weibo post."

On Nan Zhou's Weibo page.

Aside from reposting and commenting on Entertainment Eight Pigeons' post a few minutes earlier, his latest post was a repost with a comment on the post-workout selfie Lu Zhou had shared last night.

@Nan Zhou V: You there? Eaten yet? If not, eat a couple of my punches.