Can Alpha Also Have Babies? QAQ - Chapter 13

Chapter 13 – The Scheming Mr. Pei

Lin Shuangyu spent three days helping Wang Jin paint the mural.

The originally unfinished storefront immediately became artistic after being decorated with such a wall painting. It looked as if the deliberately rough style without decoration had suddenly become the main characteristic of this barbecue restaurant.

Wang Jin immediately chose an auspicious day and started the business.

On the opening day, Lin Shuangyu went over to help out during the day. He and Wang Jin were threading skewers in the shop when a polite voice outside asked, “Hello, I’m delivering a flower basket. Who is Mr. Wang Jin?”

Wang Jin has many friends, and flower baskets have been delivered to him since this morning. Most of his friends are from Wutong Street, and the flower baskets were bought from the nearby same few stores.

But the person standing at the door was dressed quite elegantly, unlike the people on their street.

Wang Jin quickly took off his disposable gloves and walked out: “It’s me. It’s me.”

“Hello, Mr. Wang, these two flower baskets are being brought to you on behalf of a man named Pei Jichuan. He wishes you a prosperous opening and business.”

Wang Jin opened his eyes wide in surprise and looked back at Lin Shuangyu who was also helping him skewer the meat.

Lin Shuangyu: “Don’t look at me, I don’t know either.”

Wang Jin quickly signed for the flower basket and placed it in a safe place. After returning, he sat down and asked shyly, “Well, Shuangyu, your cousin helped me deal with those thugs again and sent me a flower basket. Should I invite him over tonight?”

That day, Pei Jichuan said that those people would not have the chance to cause trouble for Wang Jin’s sister, and then there was really no chance.

——That night, it was said that those people had received some kind of threat and didn’t even dare to stay in Wutong Street. They just ran away. The ruthless leader was even sent to prison for the second time and would be in there for several years.

The organization that had been running lawless on Wutong Street and collecting protection fees for more than a year disappeared quietly.

This showed how powerful Pei Jichuan is.

Lin Shuangyu placed a string of oil-fried vegetables on the plate beside him and said nonchalantly, “Please.”

“But I don’t have his contact information.”

“I’ll send you his WeChat.”

“But, but…what?” Wang Jin chuckled and hinted wildly, “If a small-time figure like me invites him, he might not come.”

Lin Shuangyu said expressionlessly, “Forget it if he doesn’t want to come.”

“……” Wang Jin scratched his head, “Why do I feel like you and your cousin don’t get along?”

Lin Shuangyu paused for a moment as he weaved the oil on his hem, then said something nonsense: “His name and mine don’t match.”

Wang Jin: “?”

“Don’t lie to me about my lack of education. I’ve only heard of incompatible horoscopes, but what the hell is incompatibility with names?”

“Why would I lie to you? Look, my name is Shuang, which means pair, and his name is Ji, which means loneliness. This means we are destined to be incompatible.”

Wang Jin: “…”

It made so much sense that Wang Jin was driven speechless.

In the end, Lin Shuangyu provided the WeChat account, and Wang Jin added Pei Jichuan himself. He thought the first step would fail, but he didn’t expect that the other party would accept his request after just a few minutes.

He quickly racked his brains and used all his life’s knowledge to write an invitation script, which he sent to Pei Jichuan, sincerely inviting him to his restaurant for skewers in the evening.

After five minutes of nervous waiting, Pei Jichuan replied: OK.

Wang Jin’s eyes widened slightly. “He actually said yes! Oh my god! Is this the legendary feeling of a humble home being resplendent?”

Lin Shuangyu didn’t want to talk to him.

At this time, Mrs. Wang arrived with a bucket of freshly washed shrimps to skewer for them. However, before she poured the shrimps into the basin, Lin Shuangyu had already backed away, covering his nose.

“What’s wrong? Aren’t the shrimps fresh?” Mrs. Wang bent down and sniffed the shrimp in the bucket. “There’s no odor. The boss told me they are very fresh.”

“No,” Lin Shuangyu covered his nose and stood far away, “I may be allergic to seafood recently. I can’t stand the smell. I feel nauseous when I smell the fishy smell of seafood.”

“I see,” Mrs. Wang said with a smile, “This reminds me of the time when I was pregnant with Xiaobao. I couldn’t stand the smell of seafood. I would get nauseous if there was even a little seafood on the table.”

Lin Shuangyu: “…”

But, he wasn’t pregnant. Why did Mrs. Wang speak as if he was?

“Then let that brat Wang Jin handle. You take a rest. You must be exhausted after coming here to help so early in the morning. I saw you didn’t eat much at noon. Come on, Aunt Gui will make you something to eat.”

Lin Shuangyu really couldn’t stand the smell of shrimp, so he followed Mrs. Wang out, leaving Wang Jin, who was frowning, to continue stringing the shrimp skewers.

In the evening, customers started to arrive at the barbecue restaurant. On the first day, most of the people who came were Wang Jin’s friends and neighbors from Wutong Street. The barbecue restaurant was packed with people and business was booming.

Wang Jin hired a temporary worker to help, and some of his friends who had to work during the day also came to help after work. Lin Shuangyu was left with nothing to do, and only helped when Mrs. Wang, who was in charge of cleaning, could not come in time.

As Lin Shuangyu was wiping a table clean, someone pulled out a chair and sat down. Lin Shuangyu looked up and met a pair of distracted eyes. The other person smiled nonchalantly and said, “Hello, nice to see you again.”

It was Jiang Yan, the boss of Polar Night.

The next moment, a tall figure loomed over. Lin Shuangyu knew who it was without even looking, and he obediently pulled out a chair.

“Cousin, please sit down.”

Pei Jichuan didn’t sit down. He looked at him and said, “When can you be less polite to me?”

“Ah?”

Lin Shuangyu looked up blankly, met Pei Jichuan’s cold gaze, then lowered his head and said seriously, “I respect my cousin from the bottom of my heart.”

Jiang Yan let out a muffled laugh.

Pei Jichuan: “…”

You can never wake up a person who pretends to be asleep.

Lin Shuangyu went to call Wang Jin to come and serve the two gentlemen. Pei Jichuan’s outfit today was much more casual, and finally not so special, but still very eye-catching.

Wang Xiaobao, who didn’t have classes that night, came over and asked, “Brother Lin, are those two your friends?”

“Your brother invited them here,” Lin Shuangyu refused to admit that he and Pei Jichuan were friends. They were just cousins who had once hated each other. “What’s wrong?”

“Hey, my classmates and I think they’re very handsome, especially the tall one. He’s so cool and aloof. I want to get to know him.”

Lin Shuangyu glanced at the table of Wang Xiaobao’s classmates and saw several high school students stealing glances in the direction of Pei Jichuan. They were whispering to each other, blushing and laughing from time to time, their admiration for him clearly written in their hearts.

Lin Shuangyu had seen how condescending Pei Jichuan was in front of others, and didn’t think he would treat this high school student well.

“He’s just a con man in appearance. It’s better to know a few more of them than him.”

Wang Xiaobao: “…”

Once you get involved with some bad guys, even handsome guys are no longer attractive to you.

Wang Xiaobao didn’t dare enquire more. After she sat back down, her classmates chattered, “So, so, so, did you find out?”

“No, Brother Lin said it’s just a facade, and he doesn’t seem to want us to get to know him. Forget it, this guy doesn’t look like we can get close to him.”

“I think your brother Lin said that because he is jealous of him being a strong A. He is just a country bumpkin and not likable, but he also wants to discredit other good-looking people.” said a pretty boy.

Wang Xiaobao was furious: “Xiao Luren, I don’t like you talking about Brother Lin like that!”

Xiao Luren scoffed lightly, “That’s the truth. He’s still out of our league. Who’s laughing? Why would someone we can’t reach come here for a barbecue? I want to see how out of our league he is.”

As he spoke, Xiao Luren stood up and walked towards Pei Jichuan and the others.

When Mrs. Wang heard that Pei Jichuan would be coming, she took time out in the afternoon to make some braised pork elbow and asked Lin Shuangyu to help bring it over.

Lin Shuangyu had a feeling that Pei Jichuan didn’t like eating braised pork elbow as much as Mrs. Wang thought, but he loved the idea of forcing Pei Jichuan into doing something he didn’t like, so he immediately walked over with Mrs. Wang’s loving braised pork elbow.

“My classmates and I like you very much. Can I have your WeChat?”

“…”

“I promise I’ll just save it and not disturb you too much, okay?”

As soon as Lin Shuangyu walked over, he heard the boy’s soft voice say this, and the faint scent of jasmine tea was floating in the air.

There was a good-looking little boy standing in front of Pei Jichuan. He was wearing the school uniform of No. 7 Middle School. Lin Shuangyu recognized him as one of Wang Xiaobao’s classmates. The scent should be the boy’s pheromone.

Seeing Pei Jichuan didn’t say anything, the little boy acted coquettishly: “Please, brother.”

Lin Shuangyu’s bones went soft when he was called “brother”.

Pei Jichuan remained indifferent.

When the little boy was about to lose face, he finally spoke: “Before you came here, someone should have warned you that you would run into obstacles.”

Xiao Luren blushed slightly. “He’s just jealous of you and is deliberately slandering you. I’ve seen enough of these weak A’s despicable tactics to belittle the strong A’s. They think if they ruin the reputation of the strong A’s, I’ll give them a second look.”

Pei Jichuan twitched the corners of his mouth, making it look like he was smiling, but there was actually frost in his eyes.

“Then what makes you think I’ll give you a second glance if you ruin his reputation?”

Xiao Lu Ren’s face turned from red to white. He was handsome, with an O-shaped face, and had always been praised by others. When has he ever suffered such an injustice, especially in public? Tears immediately welled up in his eyes.

Jiang Yan said, “Hurry back, brother. Don’t be fooled by his looks. This man has no heart.”

The little boy ran away crying. When he turned around, he saw Lin Shuangyu standing behind him for who knows how long. He felt even more humiliated and rushed out of the barbecue restaurant with his face covered.

Lin Shuangyu then came over and put the braised pork elbow on the table. Young Master Pei, who had just been looking down on others like ants, suddenly had an indescribable expression after seeing this plate of pork.

“This pork elbow looks good,” Jiang Yan unpacked the disposable chopsticks, “the color is bright.”

Pei Jichuan: “If you like it, eat more.”

It’s best if he managed to finish the whole plate.

Lin Shuangyu said rudely, “Brother, this is the braised pork elbow that Aunt Gui made specially for you this afternoon. She told you to eat more.”

Pei Jichuan: “…”

Thanks, he doesn’t want to eat it.

Young Master Pei turned the disposable bowl upside down on the dining table with lingering fear. After all, barbecue is basically just skewers, so there is no need for a bowl. He must not let half of that damn braised pork elbow get into his bowl again.

Lin Shuangyu pinched his palms to stop himself from laughing out loud.

He was about to turn around and leave when he heard Pei Jichuan say, “I see you’re not too busy, why don’t you sit down and eat with us?”

Lin Shuangyu was about to refuse when Wang Jin came over with a large case of ice beer and said, “Yes, Shuangyu, you’ve worked hard today too. Just sit down and help me entertain your cousin. I’m really busy.”

“……” You are really a professional at betraying your teammates!

However, Lin Shuangyu was indeed a little tired, especially his waist, which was very sore, probably because he had been standing for a long time.

Since he couldn’t refuse, he simply sat down, took out a bottle of ice beer, opened the lid, and filled Jiang Yan and Pei Jichuan’s glasses. Seeing that he didn’t pour for himself, Pei Jichuan raised his eyebrows and said, “You don’t drink?”

“That’s right, brother. I heard from your friend Cong that you used to be a frequent visitor to our Polar Night. It’s not true that you don’t know how to drink.”

Pei Jichuan picked up the bottle of wine he had placed on the table and stretched out his hand to him: “Come, I’ll pour it for you.”

The employee should be flattered when the boss lowers his noble head and personally helps pour the wine.

Lin Shuangyu held his cup and looked at Pei Jichuan pleadingly: “My stomach has been feeling uncomfortable recently. Please forgive me, cousin.”

Pei Jichuan didn’t have the hobby of forcing people to drink, but seeing Lin Shuangyu like this, he rarely felt like teasing him: “What if I don’t?”

Then go to hell!

Lin Shuangyu seemed to be intimidated and handed over the cup obediently: “Then I will drink it.”

Pei Jichuan: “…”

In the end, Lin Shuangyu drank barley tea, which is essential for relieving greasiness. Wang Jin was worthy of the fact that he had spent three months learning the skills at the best barbecue restaurant in Jiangcheng. He controlled the heat just right, and with the fresh ingredients, the taste was even better.

Pei Jichuan was probably not used to eating barbecue with others in such an environment, so he didn’t eat much. Jiang Yan, on the other hand, praised the food highly and ate most of the barbecue on the table.

Pei Jichuan held the wine glass and saw that Lin Shuangyu didn’t eat seafood, fish, offal, fishy or greasy food. He thought that he was quite picky about food.

“By the way,” Pei Jichuan suddenly said, “your mother mentioned to me again about letting you join the company. I noticed that she was embarrassed, but she still said it with a serious face. It was hard to refuse.”

It would be a lie to say that it was difficult to refuse. Young Master Pei had grown up without the word “difficult” in his dictionary.

Lin Shuangyu paused while eating the toasted steamed buns and felt annoyed.

He had told Lin Lan more than once that he didn’t want to go to work, and two days ago he had even told her clearly that he had rejected Pei Jichuan’s olive branch. Why was she…

Lin Shuangyu was about to speak when Pei Jichuan waved his hand to interrupt him.

“Instead of just refusing, I think you should just go and work for a month or so. Then I can fire you on the grounds that you can’t fit in and that the work is too hard for you. That way, she’ll be more likely to accept you working full-time with your paintings.”

“If that’s okay, come to work after National Day.”

Lin Shuangyu was silent for a moment, and finally nodded.

Jiang Yan ate with his mouth full of oil, but he didn’t forget to curse his friend in his heart: Scheming Dog.