Chapter 16

According to incomplete data statistics, on Saturdays and Sundays, the active time of social network users will generally be postponed by a two to three hour gap.

But that Saturday, the top three searches on OUKM’s hot list were marked as “Popular” at 7 am. The keywords were “Zhou estrus”, “Zhou Xiang Ming”, “Zhuo Xiang Ming estrus”.

If they weren’t in the know, someone could look at these searches and thinkthat this man named Zhuo Xiang Ming was in estrus.

But obviously, that kind of event was impossible. As long as it was aperson who wasn’t out of touch with society, it was impossible for them to not bein the know.

After all, the 27-year-old alpha had already been in the top five of therich and powerful list for years, his romantic life and wedding was not thefirst time he’d blown up the Internet.

Thenetizens already tirelessly talked about his birth family, discussing hiswedding and marriage partner was no different than talking about his money, hismoney and his money.

Young, handsome, and rich as heck, no doubt, he could attract enoughattention anywhere.

Clicking on the first link, the most complete hottest updates wereposted by the famous gossip account “bangbang” on OUKM:

“[#bangbang morning entertainment broadcasts #Zhou young master #Zhuo Xiang Ming #Late night visit to the ER with newlywed omega, lovey-dovey, envy inducing]

On the night of the 28th, this writer encountered the Zhou family’s young master, Zhuo Xiang Ming, by chance in the ER of xx hospital. He was tightly embracing his newlywed omega, even more, they were whispering to each other intimately. Presumably, everyone has not yet forgotten the two’s Century Wedding in August, but this writer learned that the emergency room visit was not a prelude to a pregnancy announcement, in fact, the real reason is both sad and ridiculous –shortly after getting married, the omega’s pheromones became unstable, and this was regarded as the start of estrus by the young couple. You’ve heard of “baby brain”? It seems that these husbands have the ultimate baby brain.

Thiswriter who was stuffed with unsolicited PDA late at night still wants tosincerely wish the two a long, happy marriage and a ‘When’s the baby coming?!’.

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The person who took the picture was obviously very near to them. The photographytool should be a cell phone, otherwise there was no way they wouldn’t noticeit.

In the montage, Zhuo Xiang Ming was facing the camera. One photo had a veryclear shot of his face. Tong Yan was covered in Zhuo Xiang Ming’s windbreaker,which reached his thighs. Zhuo Xiang Ming was holding one of Tong Yan’s handsand bowing his head towards him, his other hand on Tong Yan’s nape. Hisexpression was very earnest, he should be asking Tong Yan if he wasuncomfortable or some other similar question.

There were also other patients and a nurse in the photo. The content ofthe photo itself wasn’t extraordinary, but the identity of the subjects wasenough to provoke discussion.

Exceptfor the wedding, Zhuo Xiang Ming and Tong Yan didn’t make headlines again dueto Lin Yue Hua’s interference, and they were also not celebrities in the traditionalsense. But because of their innate eye-catching figures, even though the newsjust came out, after numerous commentaries and shares by netizens, they veryquickly reached the top of the latest searches, and once again became popular.

When Tong Yan was woken up by Chai ManMan’s call, he was extremelygroggy. It was almost 4 am when he returned home last night. At this time, his brainwas no different from turkey stuffing.

“What’s going on?” Tong Yan spoke with a slur.

“You’re on the hot search!” Chai ManMan squealed, “Notawake yet? Still asleep? Look at your phone!”

“Oh …” Tong Yan’s brain still wasn’t functioning, the handholding the cell phone gradually losing strength. “‘Kay, bye-bye.”

“Tong Yan, Tong Yan, don’t sleep!”

“Ok, Ok.”

“You’re on the hot search, with your alpha! Look at OUKM!”

TongYan reluctantly cracked open his eyes: “Ah? Why?”

“Did you go to the hospital last night? You were photographed byreporters.” Chai ManMan was still excited. “OMG! Even watching the newsduring summer vacation wasn’t so exciting, but that’s because it’s differentnow! My classmate, no! My desk-mate! On the hot search! Plus, countless sistersare shipping him and his husband’s CP … fantastic, fantastic, reallyfantastic…

“What….I’ll take a look. Bye, ManMan, talk later.”

Chai ManMan’s rapid fire chatter gave Tong Yan a headache, hanging up,he slowly sobered up. When he was fully awake, he sat up and leaned against hisheadboard, opening up OUKM.

It was already half past eight, and more than 10,000 comments hadaccumulated under “bangbang’s” latest update post entitled“boyfriend jacket”.

TongYan found the first post, in order words, the update where he and Zhuo XiangMing’s intertwined fingers and intimate pose was shown. Below that, except forthe meaningless “aaaaaahhhhhhhhh so sweet so sweet so sweet” comments,there were various other voices.

F#ck-Tomatoes:Who said their marriage was fake before? Bet they had a Face Slapping set mealwhen they saw this [heehee!]

Songyuan-cookies: can’t lie, sweet is very sweet, but am I the only one curious? They’re already married, why go to the hospital for estrus? [doubt] [doubt]

Spicy-sticks-are-my-weaknessReply @ Songyuan-cookies: That’s why I say it’s a fake marriage ah [open handshrug] Don’t know what the top comment is so proud about [open hand shrug]

Whale-with-tiny-cape Reply @ Songyuan-cookies: Remember what the news reports said when they got married? Little O’s pheromones are unstable. Because of that, the wedding didn’t even have a couple’s first dance, and it also ended early. Although the reporters didn’t elaborate, I think it should be quite serious, of course they’re careful

Whale-with-tiny-capeReply @ Spicy-sticks-are-my-weakness: Where does this look like a fake marriage……

Normally-good-looking!Reply @ Whale-with-tiny-cape: Bump

Songyuan-cookies’ comment added more than two hundred levels. Looking atthis big drama, Tong Yan’s mouth twitched. After exiting, he continuedscrolling through the rest of the comments.

Eek-I’m-blushing:the writer met them by chance in the middle of the night … I can’t help butsigh, indeed, wherever there’s gossip to be had, the writer will be there. It mustbe really exhausting for you to record chance encounters every day [fist andpalm salute]

Amateur-level10- picking-up-rotten-fans: This pic is soooo sweet! I’mdead! I’m dead! [Die_on_the_spot.jpg]

Did-you-strive-to-quit-sugar-today-?: When he’s not in a suit, he’s Zhuo(True fashion killer ) Xiang (Still handsome) Ming [Funny] [Kind]Unfortunately, there’s no frontal photo of Little O

A-sour-mango Reply @ Did-you-strive-to-quit-sugar-today-?: Little O justbarely became an adult, haven’t you noticed how little photos of him there areonline, except for the wedding photos? There’s not even a name. I’ve been followingthis story for a few months, and in the end, I only know that he’s the Tongfamily’s youngest son

Did-you-strive-to-quit-sugar-today-?Reply @ A-sour-mango: Wtf, I never would’ve noticed if you hadn’t pointed itout… so is there a gag-order? Wow, it’s always the weak that gets picked onah. Even the gossip blogs have a day of reckoning [complicated]

Why-don’t-you-go-die Reply @ A-sour-mango: I don’t get it. If that’s the case, why are Zhuo Xiang Ming’s photos all over the internet?

A-sour-mangoReply @ Why-don’t-you-go-die: Forget the Zhou Consortium, how long has he beenthe boss of his own securities company? His photos have been easily accessibleeven before he got married. What do you think, him or a high school student,whose photos are more private?

Aww-it-thinks-it’s-people:The desk-mate cp is real, don’t believe the lies [cries loudly]

Call-back-the-tide:Come to my personal harbor, who could hold hands like this in a fake marriage[Image]

Tong Yan tapped open the image, it was a magnified rear cut-off view of Zhuo Xiang Ming holding him tightly. Furthermore, this entertainment post was not written blindly, it really was a case of “ten fingers intertwined”. Zhuo Xiang Ming’s hand was one size bigger than his own, and he’d held his hand tightly. If Tong Yan wasn’t one of the persons involved, he’d also think that it looks truly “extremely intimate.”

The picture was taken after they’d already seen the doctor and gottensome sedatives.

At that time, Zhuo Xiang Ming had anxiously followed the gps to thenearest hospital. Tong Yan was also anxious, but he was even more afraid.

After the first time, his estrus never came again. The pain and fear ofthe unknown made him feel very uneasy. The ground clearance on Zhuo Xiang Ming’svehicle was high. When it was time to get out of the car, his legs were soft,and he fell into Zhuo Xiang Ming’s arms. In the end, Zhuo Xiang Mingstraightforwardly carried him into the ER.

Fortunately,he wasn’t photographed in that position……..

What?

Havingan epic fail is one thing, having your epic fail be seen by millions is another.

TongYan remembered saying, “I think I’m going into estrus,” to Zhuo XiangMing last night and wanted to go back in time and choke himself to death.

Nevermind, he’d just cover his mouth, no need for such violence.

But imagining was no use, the more time dragged on, the heat not only didn’tdie down, it got increasingly higher.

Following the release of “bangbang’s” newestupdate: “#Boyfriend jacket #some attentive netizens have pointed out, theblack jacket the newlywed omega is wearing obviously doesn’t fit. Look at the sizedifference, you get no prize for guessing who this jacket belongs to [smilesknowingly] [Image]”, “Boyfriend Jacket” also climbed its way upthe search engine, fighting tooth and nail, and nabbed the position of fifth hottestsearch.

Zhuo Xiang Ming has never been interested in gossip news, and generally,he only appeared in the newspapers when it was related to finance. Therefore,his public relations team didn’t monitor his appearance in the news like theywould a star in the entertainment industry. What’s more, it was an earlySaturday morning surprise attack, naturally he was caught off guard.

After circulating for two hours in reckless abandon, more and morepeople joined the peanut gallery, more strangers shouted ‘sweet’, somebusinesses seized the opportunity to advertise, and there was no lack of small bloggers,influencers, and tabloids instigating the peanut gallery.

Most of the people reporting on this event were small fries who hadn’t yetsigned up with big publishers, and they were not very accurate in grasping the trends.They could only occasionally play contrarian to public opinion and increasetheir follower count with the so-called “unapologetic” style.

Big Dog Let’s Get Wasted Tonight: Is the Person Being Carried by Mr. Zhuo Really His Wife? [Thinking] @ bangbang: [#bangbang morning entertainment broadcasts #Zhou young master #Zhuo Xiang Ming #Late night visit to the ER with newlywed omega….

Afterthat opening question, public opinion was slowly led to another direction.

Originally, the gossip was based on what could be seen in the photos.The only person whose face was clearly seen in the photos was indeed Zhuo XiangMing. The first impression was always the strongest, if the breaking news sourcehadn’t stated that the person he was embracing intimately was his newlywedomega, onlookers would truly still be trying to investigate who it was.

Rumorsof Zhuo Xiang Ming finding a new lover shortly after marriage spread fasterthan the original report of the husbands making a sudden trip to the ER, and within20 minutes, Tong Yan was in a “broken marriage”.

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T/N:

Really annoying chapter to translate. Lotsof slang and internet buzzwords. Idk what the obsession with the word ‘sweet’ is.I looked it up, but found nothing. I guess it’s just a stronger word in Chinese.

This chapter uses a strange word, 营销号, marketing account. They seem to be the equivalent toinfluencers, youtubers, bloggers in the west, individuals instead of big corporations,who use social media to make money. They repost/report on celebrity news, fashion,trends, drama etc. They seem to be pretty hated, because they spread a lot offalse information and are very sensational. Think Keemstar.

Are you f*cking kidding me [Big Dog Let’s get Wasted tonight]?? I’ll get you wasted to death.

What a sweet alpha he is.