Chapter 377 – ABO: The Heaven-Sent Sweetheart – Come and I’ll Beat You to Death (01)
Such a major incident had occurred; the Empress had to be informed.
Fortunately, the Empress was on the same side as Wu Chenyi and Bai Tang. The moment she arrived at Guangyang Hall, she snatched Bai Tang out of Wu Chenyi’s arms and held him tightly, comforting him in a soft voice, “Child, don’t be afraid. It’s all right now, it’s all right…”
The Empress looked genuinely shaken. If something like this had truly happened, it wouldn’t just be a royal scandal—it would have ruined both children.
“Mother, I’m fine. I hid quickly. Father was knocked out by A-Yi. Look at me, I’m perfectly okay~”
Bai Tang spun in a small circle in front of the Empress. His clothes were tidy and spotless, showing no signs of having been pulled or torn.
“Good, good…”
The Empress gently patted Bai Tang’s head with affection. “Tang Tang must have been terrified. Leave everything here to me. Why don’t you let Chenyi take you back to the Crown Prince’s residence to rest?”
She then turned to Wu Chenyi and said, “Chenyi, today is my fault. I shouldn’t have let Tang Tang stay behind. You two go back first. As for the culprit behind all this, I will give you an explanation.”
Wu Chenyi replied, “This has nothing to do with you, Mother. There’s no need to blame yourself. I’ll leave things here to you.”
As for the mastermind, he had no intention of letting that person go.
“Then A-Yi and I will head back first. Thank you for your hard work, Mother~”
The young man flashed two sweet dimples, his pure eyes sparkling. This sudden incident had not left even a shadow of trauma on him.
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Emperor Jude suddenly announced his abdication. The royalist faction wanted to see him and begged him to rescind his decree, but Emperor Jude refused to see anyone.
When a new emperor rises, his own officials rise with him. Once the abdication edict was issued, no matter how much certain ministers wanted to turn the tide, it was impossible.
After Emperor Jude became muddled and obsessed with women, most affairs of the court had been handled by Wu Chenyi. This earned him many connections and great prestige. His ascension to the throne proceeded smoothly, with little opposition.
The concubines of Emperor Jude became Dowager Consorts. Those who had sons or daughters—and did not oppose the Empress—were granted favor by Wu Chenyi. Their children were permitted to open their own households or take them out of the palace to enjoy a comfortable life. Those who bore no princes or princesses were relocated to royal estates to spend their remaining years in peace.
Bai Tang once again became the emperor’s consort. At one point, he faced the situation of Wu Chenyì being advised to take concubines.
Wu Chenyi, unbothered about damaging his reputation, openly stated that he had no feelings for women and would only ever cherish Bai Tang alone.
Among the common people, the incident involving Fang Xianglian spread far and wide. Many envied her for having met the former Crown Prince—now the new Emperor of the Wu Dynasty. Anyone trying to ingratiate themselves with her ended up being thoroughly brainwashed by her instead. The steadfast, unwavering love between Wu Chenyì and Bai Tang fascinated the masses.
After the incident with Li Xiuming, many people had become afraid of marriage for fear of encountering scum, but their story cleansed those fears. True feelings exist in this world; true love exists in time. The new Emperor and his consort were the best example.
Rumors gradually died down, and the former dynasty also stabilized.
But trouble soon broke out again in the Imperial Retreat.
Rumor had it that the Grand Emperor’s sleeping quarters were haunted. Terrifying cries of a woman echoed from the hall—sometimes wailing, sometimes shrieking with laughter. The servants attending the Grand Emperor did not dare enter at night to see what was happening inside. One servant who mustered the courage to go in was found dead at the doorway the next morning. From then on, anyone with a bit of influence found ways to transfer elsewhere, not wanting to serve the Grand Emperor anymore.
Anyone daring to scheme against Bai Tang had to be prepared to face the consequences.
The miserable female voice belonged to no one other than Bai Fangxin, the one who had framed Bai Tang. Wu Chenyi had thrown her into the Grand Emperor’s service, and the disgraced Emperor Jude—who had lost the ability to be a man and could no longer see Wu Chenyi—vented all his rage on Bai Fangxin. Every day he devised new ways to torment her.
Wu Chenyi even “kindly” assigned a trusted imperial physician to check their pulses every three days, insisting that the Grand Emperor and the Dowager Consorts maintain good health and live out their years peacefully. Outsiders all praised Wu Chenyi as a filial son.
Even Bai Tang felt that Wu Chenyi treated the Grand Emperor quite well. He had suffered no real loss; putting the Grand Emperor in the royal retreat to recuperate and not seeing him again was acceptable. After all, he was A-Yi’s father, and Bai Tang felt it would be inappropriate to treat him too harshly.
The little squirrel was happy every day, but Qiu’er and Xiao A, who knew the truth, kept silent. The male lead’s methods were ruthless—he tortured others while still gaining a good reputation. These were things Tang Tang should never know. Let him live happily and blissfully.
With Wu Chenyi, this “good son-in-law,” around, the people of the Huan Kingdom lived much better. Even when the Wu Dynasty expanded its territory, Huan Kingdom citizens did not have to risk their lives; they merely assisted the Wu troops—cooking and doing support work—and received payment. Their respect for the young prince who had sacrificed himself by marrying into the Wu Dynasty only grew. Because of this, the King of the Huan Kingdom cared even more for the Queen’s faction and eventually passed the throne to his eldest legitimate son—Bai Tang’s older brother.
After the Crown Prince ascended the throne, the people prospered, harvests were abundant, and the nation thrived. The Queen began to miss Bai Tang more and more. The filial crown prince of the Huan Kingdom considered bringing Bai Tang home—only to touch Wu Chenyi’s reverse scale. Before he could act, Wu Dynasty soldiers stationed themselves along the Huan Kingdom’s borders without any intention of leaving, even sending administrators to begin taking over the kingdom’s affairs.
As long as the Huan Kingdom did not abandon the idea, Wu Chenyi was prepared to send troops. If the Huan Kingdom lost, it would become a province of the Wu Dynasty, not a vassal state.
Helpless, the Crown Prince of the Huan Kingdom had no choice but to give up.
The Crown Prince of the Huan Kingdom had no choice but to give up.
Wu Chenyi sent people to escort the Queen over. Bai Tang could not leave, but the Queen could come to the Wu Dynasty to visit him.
Seeing her youngest son living happily and comfortably, the Queen finally let go of the worry she had carried for so long.
The former Empress of the Wu Dynasty—now the Empress Dowager—warmly insisted that the Queen stay. The two women were close in age, and they got along at first sight.
They often alternated between living a few years in the Huan Kingdom and a few years in the Wu Dynasty, being in-laws so close they seemed more like sisters.
Bai Tang served as imperial consort for more than twenty years. After Wu Chenyi finished grooming his youngest brother and passed the throne to him, he took Bai Tang to live in the Huan Kingdom. In summer they danced with swords and fished; in winter they admired plum blossoms and buried jars of wine. They grew old and passed away together, having loved only each other for their entire lives.
Returning to the system space, Qiu’er counted the energy they had gained, grinning so widely his eyes nearly disappeared.
Including the treasures Wu Chenyi had prepared for Bai Tang, Qiu’er—after obtaining Bai Tang’s permission—exchanged them all for energy. After decades, the total energy gained was five times the amount required to complete the mission. Five times! He was rich—absolutely rich!
Seeing how delighted Qiu’er was, Xiao A let out an almost inaudible sigh. Ever since Qiu’er had started doing business, Xiao A’s status had plummeted.
Bai Tang chuckled. “Since Qiu’er is happy, just indulge him a little, Xiao A.”
Xiao A’s eyes were full of fondness. “I suppose I have no choice but to spoil him.”
The mechanical female voice announced the points as usual. Bai Tang didn’t interrupt Qiu’er, who was busy counting. Instead, he randomly picked a book from the library—ABO: The Heaven-Sent Sweetheart.
This was an entirely new world, one Bai Tang had never encountered before, and he couldn’t help feeling curious.
“Xiao A, what is ABO?”
This was no challenge for Xiao A. He flipped through the plot book and explained in simple terms, “Let’s use the next world as an example. In the Interstellar Alliance, there are three types of people: alphas, who are born leaders and dominators with great strength; betas, who aren’t outstanding in any particular area but can adapt to all kinds of work—in other words, ordinary people; and omega, the weakest and rarest of the three, mainly responsible for reproduction. They have glands and release pheromones that are irresistibly attractive to alphas. Alphas also release pheromones, which constantly tempt omega.”
ABO types come in both male and female genders, but this world is a bit different: there are only male alphas, no female alphas; there are male and female betas, and male and female omega.
Bai Tang only half understood. For a little squirrel whose brain capacity wasn’t very large, his level of comprehension was already pretty good. Three categories of people, divided into male and female—that was about it.
The plot of this world goes roughly as follows:
The male lead, Jacob Lowry, is an interstellar pirate with a tragic past. During one of his voyages, he led his crew to raid a spaceship—only to discover that the ship was actually a trap set by the Alliance to capture him. During the battle between the two ships, they unexpectedly encountered a space-time wormhole. Jacob exhausted every means to send his crew safely out of the wormhole’s range, but he himself was accidentally thrown 70 billion light-years away, to a planet he had never heard of. There, he also met Milly, a girl from modern Earth who had transmigrated and possessed the body of a omega girl.
Jacob didn’t think twice before walking away, but Milly clung to him relentlessly. To her, Jacob was the first person she met in this unfamiliar universe. Like a baby bird imprinting on the first figure it sees, Milly was no exception. She stuck to Jacob like a shadow. Wanting to get rid of her, Jacob brought her into town and sent her to the Omega Protection Association.
After learning what kind of world this was, Milly naturally refused to go. She had no desire to be treated like a breeding tool. So she clung to Jacob even harder. While the two were arguing in the street, they accidentally injured a passerby—Bai Tang. Jacob wanted to take Bai Tang to the hospital, but Bai Tang refused and insisted on going home. Jacob escorted him back, received the gratitude of Bai Tang’s parents, and, upon learning Jacob had nowhere to stay, they temporarily took him in.
On the surface, Bai Tang was a beta. In reality, he was a Omega. Bai Tang’s parents couldn’t bear the thought of sending their son to the Omega Protection Association, where he would one day be selected by strangers to become a reproductive tool. So they used drugs to alter his pheromones, disguising him as a beta.
Jacob sought ways to return home, and during their time together, Bai Tang—who had never seen any alpha other than his own father—naturally found himself drawn to him. As Bai Tang matured, his omega pheromones began to leak out. After smelling Jacob’s pheromones, Bai Tang became even more infatuated. Milly, meanwhile, was falling for Jacob as well.
During a mission outside, a group of bandits broke into the Bai home. Bai Tang’s parents were killed. Hearing Milly’s cries for help from upstairs, Bai Tang rushed down, only to be dragged into a guest room and assaulted by the bandits. The female lead seized the chance to escape and ran out, bumping into Jacob who had just returned—thus saving her life.
Because Bai Tang’s body had been violated, his omega pheromones could no longer be concealed. He was taken away by the Omega Protection Association. Out of jealousy, Bai Tang exposed that Milly was also a omega. The Association went after her. Jacob, having seen Milly’s half-naked body and feeling responsible, fled with her. On the way, they met Jacob’s crew who had been searching for him.
As for Bai Tang, he was somehow marked by someone—his scent became mixed and chaotic. No alpha was willing to marry him, and he even ruined the reputation of other omega because of this. In the end, he was abandoned by the Association and thrown into the slums to fend for himself.
For some unknown reason, the story of the male and female leads ended abruptly there. The plot afterward was completely blank—but what had been revealed was more than enough.
Xiao A said, “Host, don’t worry. Qiu’er and I will protect you.”
For such an adorable host, just imagining him going through the events of that storyline was terrifying.
Bai Tang felt uncomfortable reading the male and female leads’ elopement scene, but to avoid worrying Xiao A, he still lifted a smile.
“I believe in you both. And I’m not weak anymore. If those bandits dare come at me, I’ll beat them to death.”
Author’s Note:
How could the male lead ever abandon Tang Tang to protect the female lead? Impossible!!!