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A month later.

The weather is hot, the sun is like fire, and the heat is approaching quietly.The heat of summer is windless, and the heat scorches the earth, distorting the sight.The blue sky can't give people a trace of coolness, and the scorching temperature grinds people, making people impatient, and their voices become louder.

In a town on the edge of the city, in a small supermarket, the cashier wearing a hat kept apologizing.The customer who was overcharged by a dime was yelling and insulting, the cashier lowered his head, and sweat dripped from his slightly long hair.The air conditioner in the small supermarket didn't turn on until after twelve o'clock at noon, and the customers finally stopped scolding dryly.

"What kind of Omega are you recruiting? You feel uncomfortable every time you move it. What if you catch up with the estrus period?" The customer held up a fan, picked up the things he bought, and strode out, chattering endlessly.

Only then did Xia Chen raise his head, his complexion was not very good.The business of the small supermarket is not good, and there are only two cashiers.He picked up the next customer's product and began to scan the QR code, but couldn't hold back a burst of nausea. He covered his mouth and ran outside, holding a tree to vomit.Zhizhi, the cashier on the other side, quickly took his place.

After finishing the last customer, Zhizhi ran out: "Xiaoxia, are you okay?"

Xia Chen waved his hand, couldn't help but vomited again.

Zhizhi still cared about him, but before he finished speaking, he was called over by the customer who paid the bill again.

Xia Chen covered his chest, panting slightly.After all the calculations, I didn't think that pregnancy was so hard.He touched his still flat belly, flinching a little.But he mustered up enough energy to prevent himself from begging for mercy.

Originally, with his 7 yuan in his pocket, he wanted to save money until the child was born.At that time, if he goes back again, Yang Yu and the others can't force him to lose the child.He had read all the news, and the Lu family had helped Grandpa as promised, which was considered keeping their promise.In this case, he should do his best to meet the requirements of the Lu family.

He didn't tell Master Lu about his pregnancy. If Master Lu knew that he had Lu Xingshu's child, he might force Lu Xingshu to reconcile with him.Xia Chen likes Lu Xingshu, so he can be wronged in any way before.But the child can't, he doesn't want Lu Xingshu to treat his child coldly in the future.

Ever since he knew the existence of the little guy, Xia Chen vowed to give birth to him no matter what, and give him the best care.He will not bother Lu Xingshu, let alone tell others that this is Lu Xingshu's child.

But Xia Chen was taken care of very well in the past, when he was renting a house, he was swindled out of a sum of money, and he even got a rented room with a broken lock.That night, he was patronized by thieves.

Except for the more than 1 yuan hidden under the bed sheet, the rest was taken away by the thief.Because Xia Chen had a child, he slept very deeply, and didn't even notice that anyone had entered his room.His personal safety has not been compromised, and it is considered safe and sound.But no matter how you think about 1 yuan, it will not be able to support production.

Xia Chen changed the door lock and looked for work everywhere in the small town.Xia Chen cannot take inhibitors during the special period, so he can only apply for a job as an Omega.The pharmacy didn't want to recruit him when they saw that he was an omega, and the small hospital and clinic knew that he was pregnant, so they also turned him away.

Helpless, Xia Chen searched for many days before he found a supermarket that was willing to hire him.

The salary is not high, but Xia Chen has the final say, if he saves money, except for the rent, he can still buy some nutritious food.After all, he vomits whatever he eats now, and he is very thin.

Xia Chen picked some discounted kitchen utensils from the supermarket and bought them home, preparing to cook for himself.The food outside was too greasy, and he would vomit after eating it. It was a waste of money, and she couldn't afford higher-end restaurants.Except that sometimes he couldn't help it, he would go to the fruit stand and buy some sour fruit to eat, which has the effect of antiemetic.

It takes at least three months for the morning sickness to start to improve.There are also some pregnant Omegas who suffer from morning sickness until before giving birth because of their weak health.

Xia Chen didn't want to be so unlucky, he hoped that the morning sickness would end soon.Others gain weight during pregnancy, but he is getting thinner and thinner.Thinking that his salary would be paid in two days, Xia Chen bought some fresh short ribs and a crucian carp in a rare luxury.Although the cooking skills are not good, but I also want to save a little bit.

The rental houses in the small town are very simple, with a kitchen, a bathroom and a room, without any decoration. The most valuable thing in the whole house is the second-hand refrigerator in the kitchen.The floor is concrete, there is no living room, and there is only a single bed and a wardrobe that is not too big in the room.The electric fan placed in the corner was also brought back by Xia Chen when the supermarket was on sale. The air conditioner has not been installed in the room yet, and there is a stale smell everywhere.

Xia Chen bought a small table, which can be folded. When eating, he would find a cushion to sit on the ground, and put the food on the small table to eat.There is also an accounting book on the table, which calculates the daily expenses.

Short ribs and crucian carp were made into dishes that weren't very good. Xia Chen suppressed his nausea and drank a bowl of fish soup.Staring at the electric fan that was working hard, he was thinking about what the child's name would be after it was born.Although it is still too early, Xia Chen is looking forward to it.

He lost the mood to eat, picked up his notebook and pen, and thought of several names.

There are boys and there are girls.I don't know if it will be an Alpha or an Omega?After a busy day, Xia Chen's tired face finally eased a little, with a smile on his lips, he wrote stroke by stroke.The habit of thinking about names has become his happiest thing every day. The notebook is densely packed with big names and small names one after another.

The TV of the neighbor next door is always on until midnight. It seems that there is a couple living there. The husband is unemployed, and there seems to be no other entertainment except watching TV every day.The sound insulation of the rented house is not good, and their quarrels can often be heard, but aside from these noises, Xia Chen can lean against the wall and hear the news broadcast on the TV.

"The case of Marshal Fu Yi is now the hot news that the people of the whole country are most concerned about. Recently, General Lu defended Marshal Fu in court and pointed out the lack of evidence. As we all know, General Lu had a relationship with Marshal Fu's opposing forces After cooperation, why today..."

Snapped.

The TV was turned off.

The woman next door cried and yelled at his husband: "You know how to watch TV every day. Is it easy for me to raise this family by myself? Your parents still call me every day asking for money." Her heart-piercing appearance must be very embarrassing , but she was the only emotional voice from the beginning to the end.

Her husband was mostly silent, not responding to him, or possibly ignoring his cries.

Xia Chen was lying on the bed, the sultry breath made him sweat profusely, sticking to his drenched bangs, strands of hair condensed in one place.The woman's cries were as dull as the air, endlessly long.It was already very late, Xia Chen closed his eyes, trying to fall asleep quickly, but the whimpering sound through the wall was just like the sound in a dream, trance-like and empty.

In the dream, those cages were also clanking.

Like him, the girl locked in the cage cried and begged.

The voices of several men came one after another: "Do you know who you kidnapped?! Drug him?? Are you crazy?!"

"Isn't it the marshal's grandson? What are you afraid of? Anyway, he was beaten. Who knew that Alpha bastard killed our person, and even stole him out... What a fucking bad luck..." Another muttered complained, "I finally got it back, but I didn't expect it to be marked..."

"The marked Omega is worthless, so unlucky. How do you see people?"

"You'll make sarcastic remarks! So what should we do now, the other party won't give us any money. It's too bad for us to let him go, right?"

"Who said let it go, didn't it come from the black market, some kind of potion for cleaning the mark, give him a try to wash it. By the way, cut off the tongue of the Beta girl caught halfway up the mountain, it's so noisy!"

"*, is that thing clean, don't wash him to death."

Xia Chen stood in the darkness, his whole body was icy cold, this dream was too real.He reached out to open the door of the iron cage, trying to save the girl and himself when he was young.But he couldn't touch it, and his fingertips passed through the illusion of nothingness, and the whole world began to distort.He saw himself 14 years ago, being dragged by his hair into a dark room.

The news from more than ten years ago was shown on the old TV, and the news that Marshal Fu went crazy looking for his grandson was broadcast on it over and over again, causing panic in the whole capital.The man pressed his head and beckoned someone to bring a bottle of purple potion.The girl was yelling and shouting on the side, but it stopped after a while.

The bloody tongue was thrown into the trash can, they gave her some anti-bleeding medicine, the girl died but could not move.

Xia Chen covered his mouth, startled by the cruelty, supported the wall and began to vomit, as if he wanted to vomit his stomach out.

It was clearly a nightmare, but the smell of blood was so clear, as if he was in the real situation and could perceive everything.He turned his head and saw the man opened the purple potion and poured it on the neck of the struggling 15-year-old Xia Chen.

"what--"

The young Xia Chen made an extremely painful hoarse sound, and the back of his neck was scorched, making a 'sizzling' sound.The huge pain and stimulation broke his tense mind and separated his desire to survive.He passed out and couldn't breathe.

"*, Boss, is he dead! Let me just say this potion is fake!"

The voice just fell, accompanied by gunshots.

The door opened, and the sky leaked light, redeeming this dark memory.Xia Chen finally remembered that it was at that time that Grandpa brought people to find him.The medical staff gave him first aid and carried him into the ambulance. His temporarily stopped heartbeat restarted under the hoarse hope of his grandfather, and the time passed without knowing it.

One, two, three.

dong... dong... dong...

His weak and insignificant life was brought back to the world from hell.

Xia Chen gasped and sat up in shock, waking up from the dream.Sweating profusely all over the body, inhaling and exhaling continuously, and a heart beating rapidly.The quarrel next door still didn't stop, and the electric fan in the corner was whistling.Xia Chen stood at the window, letting the gentle wind blow through his hair and earlobes.

Xia Tian's sticky touch was like the reality of being alive, he went to the toilet and took a shower again.

When he came back, he heard it through the wall.

"You don't go out every day, are you dating that Omega next door!" The woman had already collapsed, screaming furiously, humble and pitiful.The burden of life made her unable to breathe, and the quarrel tonight broke his sanity.She made trouble like a shrew swearing at the street.

Her husband couldn't bear it anymore, the voice seemed to slap her, and he scolded: "That kind of Omega who got pregnant without being marked, how can I get along with him! You have to slander and slander decently!"

In an instant, Xia Chen calmly picked up the glass at hand, and slammed it against the wall.

The crisp sound of thumping and cracking brought everything back to tranquility.

Xia Chen's warning was very useful, and the neighbor really restrained himself.He didn't clean up the broken glass on the floor, and lay back on the bed quietly. The sleepless night was quiet.Xia Chen felt that it was novel to be able to hear the cicadas on the branches outside, as it was impossible to hear cicadas in the high-rise buildings in the capital.

"Zhizhi, you go to the city to deliver the goods! Xiaoxia, you stay and look after the store. I'll go buy some goods!" The boss came to the store on rare paydays, but he didn't pay wages and even sent tasks.

Zhizhi complained mutteringly: "I'm here to be the cashier, not to deliver the goods..." She glanced at the small battery car parked outside, "The traffic configuration is still so poor."

"Shall I replace you?" Xia Chen rarely answered.

"No need, the sun is so bright, don't faint halfway." Zhizhi pursed his lips, picked up a box of goods, and quickly stepped onto the battery car.Before driving out of this street, it fell down.Fortunately, nothing serious, just a bruised knee.

When Xia Chen rushed over, Zhizhi was already sitting on the side of the road, washing the wound with mineral water given by the neighbors.Xia Chen checked his wound, went to the pharmacy to buy some medical supplies, and treated him briefly.Zhizhi asked curiously: "You seem to understand these things quite well? You studied medicine?"

"Ah."

"Wow, amazing. What college graduate?"

"Capital Medical University."

Fuck.Zhizhi almost bit her own tongue, bluffing: "You graduated from a medical university, and you come to this small place to work as a cashier? You are too talented and useless, so you have to go to the first branch of the capital, right?"

While bandaging his wound, Xia Chen said, "I'm an Omega."

Zhizhi shut her mouth, almost forgetting about it.In the end, she faltered and asked Xia Chen: "The father of the baby in your belly... is Beta?" Xia Chen shook his head and did not answer.Zhizhi was puzzled. Seeing that Xia Chen didn't have a mark, she thought he was a partner with Beta, "That's Alpha? He's too irresponsible, isn't he? Omega is so uncomfortable during pregnancy, why do you still have to come out to work? He Are you poor?"

This question was obviously very impolite, and Zhizhi knew it was boring, so she didn't intend to ask it anymore.Sticking out his tongue, he apologized to Xia Chen, but Xia Chen just didn't know how to answer.

He got up, parked the battery car to one side, and said calmly: "We are divorced, and the child was an accident."

"Then you don't intend to find him responsible?"

"...you talk a lot."

Xia Chen has always been indifferent, Zhizhi was forced to end the topic before he was shocked by his dull answer.Xia Chen picked up the box of goods: "Look at the shop, I'll deliver."

"Well, then can you ride a battery car?"

"No." Xia Chen said decisively, "I'll take the bus."