# 7
It was Zuo Nian’s first time wearing clothes like these.
He felt uncomfortable everywhere.
Today, the sales consultant had told him that when a husband is out socializing, if you wear this outfit and send him a bedroom photo, no man can resist it—they’ll fly home.
Zuo Nian didn’t know if what he said was true, but he thought he could try.
He was willing to learn anything for Duan Baisui, as long as Duan Baisui liked it.
The clock already pointed to twelve o’clock. The Alpha probably had social engagements tonight and hadn’t returned home yet.
Zuo Nian was somewhat sleepy, but he still forced himself to stay awake.
He remembered the salesperson’s words, so following his advice, he took a photo of the bed and himself wearing stockings, and mustering his courage, sent it to Duan Baisui.
While waiting for a reply, he thought many things, feeling that the likelihood of Duan Baisui not responding was high.
After all, people out socializing probably don’t like being rushed.
He suddenly felt a bit regretful, nervously tugging at the stockings on his feet, feeling uncomfortable.
The phone vibrated with a “buzz,” and he anxiously opened the chat.
Looking at the brief sentence on the screen, Zuo Nian jumped up happily.
That sales consultant hadn’t lied to him—he had successfully “seduced” his Alpha to come home!
Zuo Nian slipped on his slippers and went downstairs to make hangover soup, calculated the timing perfectly, and even prepared a bath for Duan Baisui.
After finishing all this, he sat on the sofa holding Little Sui, staring at the wall clock and waiting.
Duan Baisui was always punctual. At twelve thirty-two, Zuo Nian heard the sound of the digital lock being pressed.
“Click,” the door opened.
Duan Baisui’s steps were somewhat unsteady as he leaned against the wall changing his shoes in the entryway.
Zuo Nian ran over upon hearing the sound and called out: “Brother.”
Duan Baisui looked up, the person before him going from blurry to clear. That face was truly radiant in the light.
Only, the usually obedient Zuo Nian was dressed rather strangely today.
The upper half was an ill-fitting white shirt, reaching down to his thighs, with his big-headed doll t-shirt clearly visible underneath. The lower half was still a pair of cartoon pajama pants, rolled up halfway, revealing black… were those stockings or long underwear?
Duan Baisui couldn’t quite tell.
He looked Zuo Nian up and down several times, finally unable to help asking: “Are you… very cold?”
The heating in the house was sufficient; he really didn’t need to wear layer upon layer.
Zuo Nian’s face immediately reddened. He stepped forward to support Duan Baisui, shyly saying: “Not cold… dressed specially for you to see.”
Duan Baisui was completely bewildered. See what?
Were these new clothes he’d bought? And what was going on with those things under the pajamas?
“Brother, do you… like it?” Zuo Nian’s voice was as faint as a mosquito’s.
Duan Baisui wasn’t sure how to evaluate his outfit and asked: “Isn’t it too cold to wear a shirt now?”
He remembered Zuo Nian was very sensitive to cold.
This kind of sheer shirt wouldn’t be warm even if worn directly against the skin.
“It’s not cold. This is only worn at home,” Zuo Nian explained. “The temperature is just right, and Nian Nian added a t-shirt.”
“Mm.” Duan Baisui didn’t understand but respected it.
Zuo Nian helped him to the sofa and brought him hangover soup.
Duan Baisui saw that he was exhausted and said: “In a couple of days, Auntie Liu will be back. You don’t need to wait up for me at night. If you’re tired, go to bed early. If you’re scared, leave the lights on. Auntie Liu will be next door.”
“But I bought many clothes to wear for you every night,” Zuo Nian rubbed his eyes and said softly. “They can only be seen at night.”
Duan Baisui: ?
After drinking the hangover soup, Duan Baisui went upstairs to bathe.
Seeing the hot water prepared in the bathtub, the toothpaste squeezed onto the toothbrush, and the clean towels neatly folded on the shelf, Duan Baisui’s heart was suddenly filled with warmth.
He could see that Zuo Nian was doing his utmost to be a good partner, while he had neglected Zuo Nian too much.
Perhaps he should take some time to accompany Zuo Nian somewhere.
During the New Year, he’d take him to S City to escape the cold.
Coming out of the bathroom, he found Zuo Nian still awake.
The little Omega sat cross-legged on the bed, looking at him drowsily.
“What is it?” Duan Baisui saw he seemed to have something to say.
“Brother, do you feel an unbearable itch?” Zuo Nian innocently asked.
Duan Baisui: ?
Seeing Duan Baisui’s confusion, Zuo Nian added: “After seeing the bed photo, do you need my help to relieve it?”
Duan Baisui: “What photo?”
Zuo Nian became shy, his voice getting smaller and smaller: “The bed photo, the one no Alpha can resist.”
Wait a minute.
Duan Baisui took out his phone and opened his chat with Zuo Nian.
Oh, so that’s what he meant by sending a photo of the bedroom.
A literal bed photo!
But with Zuo Nian’s understanding, he wouldn’t have come up with these things on his own.
Unless someone had taught him.
Worried that Zuo Nian had been corrupted by someone with ulterior motives, Duan Baisui sternly asked: “Who taught you this?”
The smile froze on Zuo Nian’s face, his big eyes filled with innocence.
“Just, just bought some things, and the sales consultant shared his experience.”
“What did you buy?”
Zuo Nian felt that Duan Baisui was angry.
He was a bit scared.
His speech involuntarily became stuttered: “Just… just shirts, stockings, and, and…”
“And what else?”
“And some kind of stick that can vibrate…”
Duan Baisui stared at him, his gaze sharp: “What are you holding in your hand?”
Zuo Nian honestly opened his palm, revealing a condom.
“Zuo Nian.” Duan Baisui called his name seriously.
“Huh?”
“Who told you to buy these things? Do you know what they’re for?”
“I know…” Zuo Nian’s voice weakened, with a hint of crying. “The clothes are to seduce you, this is for contraception, and the vibrating stick is for me… to enhance pleasure…”
“Don’t buy these things anymore,” Duan Baisui said. “There are many things you don’t understand, and besides, they may not be needed.”
Zuo Nian’s eyes suddenly reddened: “I don’t understand, but I’m learning.”
He had hoped for Duan Baisui’s praise, but didn’t receive it.
“Or is it that brother actually sees me the same way others do?”
Duan Baisui didn’t answer.
How did he view Zuo Nian?
Although he didn’t treat Zuo Nian like a fool, he hadn’t treated him as an equal either.
He always felt Zuo Nian had a childlike nature, so from beginning to end, he had never viewed Zuo Nian as a partner, only as a child to be coddled.
But he forgot that Zuo Nian was already a twenty-five-year-old adult man with his own thoughts.
Like this incident today.
For ordinary couples, this would be intimate play, but between them, he was interrogating Zuo Nian like a child.
What had Zuo Nian done wrong? He only wanted to fulfill his duties as a partner.
The two looked at each other for a long time. Zuo Nian was the first to turn away, diving under the covers and saying: “I’m sorry, Nian Nian understands now.”
“Goodnight, brother.”
Zuo Nian wouldn’t argue or make unreasonable demands.
He had always been this way since childhood, never expressing his grievances no matter how great, only digesting them himself.
Duan Baisui sat on the bed, watching as Zuo Nian faced away from him, wondering if he was crying.
He raised his hand, hesitated for a long time, and finally patted Zuo Nian’s exposed head: “I should be the one saying sorry. I apologize. I’m not mentally prepared yet.”
Zuo Nian turned to look at him, his eyelashes wet, a tear-stained face that made one’s heart ache.
He rolled over and hugged Duan Baisui’s waist, his voice thick with tears: “It’s Nian Nian’s fault. Nian Nian shouldn’t have said such things. Brother is different from others. Brother has never despised Nian Nian. Wuwuwu… I’m so bad, how could I assume such things about you?”
He buried his face against Duan Baisui’s waist and cried muffled sobs. Duan Baisui’s heart shattered.
Perhaps Alphas were always so presumptuous.
Thinking that providing a luxurious life was treating him well, but marriage isn’t like that.
He suddenly remembered what Xu Yi had said earlier: “Sometimes, I just want a hug from your father, but he always sees through my thoughts and gives me a kiss as well. So all these years, no matter how the media portrays him, I’ve always trusted him. Because I know he loves me.”
For the first time, Duan Baisui realized he had been treating his Omega incorrectly.
He stroked Zuo Nian’s head and bent down to hug him.
This was the first time they had embraced each other since getting married.
Duan Baisui could smell the fragrance in his hair and faintly detect a trace of pheromone scent leaking from the blocking patch.
It was the scent of green grape candy.
Sweet and slightly sour.
When they got married, they had done a pheromone compatibility test.
The compatibility was eighty percent.
Not particularly high, but enough to maintain feelings without growing tired of each other over time.
But for so long, neither had released pheromones to attract the other.
They were like opposite-sex siblings living under the same roof.
They would care for each other but couldn’t take a further step toward intimacy.
Zuo Nian cried until exhausted and fell asleep.
Duan Baisui carefully placed him under the covers and tucked his beloved Abei Bei into his arms.
He wondered, why had he made him cry?
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The next day, Zuo Nian woke up early.
He had a very punctual biological clock lately, needing to get up to make breakfast for Duan Baisui.
Having cried too long last night, his eyes felt very swollen and uncomfortable.
He reached out to rub them, completely forgetting why he had cried last night, only remembering that Duan Baisui had hugged him afterward.
The Alpha’s embrace was warm and made him feel secure.
Zuo Nian covered his mouth and secretly smiled. The person beside him was still sleeping.
His handsome features were mesmerizing.
Zuo Nian’s fingers hovered over his eyelashes, his nose, and finally his lips, whispering lovingly: “Good morning, brother.”
Not wanting to wake Duan Baisui, Zuo Nian got out of bed quietly.
Those awful stockings worn all night had made his sleep uncomfortable.
Never wear them again! Throw them away!
But wait, they cost three hundred and eighty for one pair—quite expensive. Keep them… keep them and modify them later, use them for cleaning the floor.
Zuo Nian was thinking these thoughts while taking off his pajama pants.
Underneath was a pair of suspender stockings, black straps running up his thighs, connecting to lace-trimmed T-back underwear.
When Zuo Nian had put them on yesterday, he felt too strange. His bottom was exposed, like a child’s split pants, so he’d put his pajamas on over them.
The sales consultant had said that Alphas only needed to see the stockings.
So if he rolled up his pant legs, brother would definitely see his stockings, right?
Who knew, though he did see them, brother didn’t like them.
Sigh, brother’s thoughts were too hard to guess. He was indeed different from other Alphas. He would need to continue trying harder.
Thinking this, Zuo Nian went to find his pure cotton underwear.
Turning around, he realized Duan Baisui had woken up at some point.
He was looking at him with a complex expression in his eyes.
