Chapter 381 – ABO: The Heaven-Sent Sweetheart – Escape Plan (05)
Ding-a-ling—
The clear chime of the wind bell rang as the teenager pushed open the door.
As the omega’s pheromones spread through the shop, chaos began to break out. Some alphas with weaker willpower had their eyes turn red. They were lured by Milly’s pheromones, and only one thought remained in their minds—mark that omega.
“Please, I don’t want this, please…”
Milly was so nervous she was on the verge of breaking down, while Jacob’s expression remained blank, as if Milly and the others were merely characters in a movie, and he was just the audience.
What was the point of begging him? He couldn’t produce an inhibitor anyway. It’d be better for her to quickly find an alpha to mark her once and for all.
“Woof woof woof—”
The barking of two little puppies rang at the entrance. Jacob raised his head. The boy stood before the glass door with tear-filled eyes. Backlit by the light behind him, Bai Tang looked pure and beautiful.
“What are you doing?” The reprimand he had prepared turned into grievance the moment it left his lips.
His soft voice, laced with sobs, sounded as if he were accusing Jacob of betrayal. Jacob’s heart trembled twice.
He quickly pushed Milly aside and stepped forward to embrace Bai Tang.
“Tang Tang, why are you here? I was going to pick you up.”
“If I didn’t come on my own, I wouldn’t have seen such a wonderful scene.” The boy pouted slightly, his rosy lips glossy and full. Jacob stared at his face, unable to snap out of it for a long moment.
“Not saying anything means you’re admitting it, huh?” Bai Tang was unhappy with Jacob’s silence.
Jacob wrapped an arm around the boy’s waist. “No, I pushed her away. After all this time, Tangtang, do you still not understand my heart?!”
Jacob’s pursuit of Tang Tang was no secret in the Bai household. Even the neighbors knew that an alpha was chasing after the Bai family’s little beta. The Bai household frequently erupted into full-blown fights—Father Bai and Jacob would occasionally beat each other up.
“Help me… help me…” Milly was surrounded by alphas, her clothes nearly torn apart.
Jacob covered Bai Tang’s eyes and tried to carry him away from the scene.
This kind of situation wasn’t suitable for Tang Tang to see.
Bai Tang pulled Jacob’s hand away.
“Let me take a look~”
“Kids shouldn’t be watching this.”
“Well, kids shouldn’t be dating either~”
Although he didn’t like the heroine, Bai Tang would never just sit by and watch her die.
He brushed Jacob’s hand aside, took out the inhibitor, and was about to push his way into the crowd of alphas.
How could Jacob possibly allow those alphas to come into physical contact with Bai Tang? His gaze darkened, and he strode forward. Like picking up little chicks, he grabbed the alphas one by one and tossed them away.
Bai Tang shot Jacob a sidelong glance, his round apricot eyes filled with seductive charm. Just looking at him made half of Jacob’s body go numb.
He took the inhibitor from the boy’s hand and roughly pulled up Milly’s sleeve before stabbing the needle in.
The action was far from gentle. The fragile omega’s features tightened in pain.
As the medicine began to take effect, the omega’s pheromones gradually faded, and the alphas slowly regained their senses. However, the feverish look in their eyes when they glanced at Milly did not lessen.
There was an omega here, after all. Then they remembered that the discovery of an omega had to be reported and sent to the Omega Protection Association. Their excitement slowly died down—no matter what, she would never belong to them.
Milly leaned against the bar counter, gasping heavily.
Just now, she truly thought she was going to die here. Luckily—luckily—someone had saved her.
After a while, Milly regained enough strength to stand. She turned to Bai Tang and said, “Thank you.”
Bai Tang waved his hand, indicating that it was nothing—just a trivial matter.
Yet trouble arrived before peace could fully settle. While Milly recovered her strength, the news of her being an omega had already been reported to the Omega Protection Association.
Omegas were rare, so the Association acted quickly. Before Milly could react, they arrived at the shop and took her away.
Despite all her attempts to explain, the people from the Association barely listened. It didn’t matter—an omega was an omega. They would take her back for examination first. If she wasn’t an omega, they would release her afterward.
Watching Milly’s figure disappear into the distance, Jacob suddenly felt a surge of fear. He tightened his hold around the boy in his arms and kissed him. A terrible thought crossed his mind—he had to go see Bai Tang’s parents immediately.
The shop had been thrown into such chaos that they probably wouldn’t have any more customers today.
Jacob tidied up the place a bit, then took Bai Tang to the Bai household.
At that moment, Father Bai had just returned from the black market—the price of inhibitors had gone up again. Their savings at home were running low, yet they still needed to save money to go to the Interstellar Alliance. But right now, they couldn’t save anything at all. What were they going to do?
“Mr. Bai, do you have a moment? There’s something I’d like to discuss with you.” Jacob greeted Father Bai politely.
Father Bai was already irritated and was about to dismiss him, when Jacob added, “It’s about Tang Tang’s identity.”
Father Bai’s heart tightened. His gaze toward Jacob grew sharp.
What did this kid know?
Jacob remained calm, meeting Father Bai’s eyes directly.
The atmosphere grew tense, so Bai Tang spoke up, “Let’s go inside and talk. The sun is too hot out here.”
The household robot served tea and snacks. Father Bai sent Bai Tang back to his room to rest. Omega bodies were delicate and easily fatigued—if they didn’t rest properly, their health could deteriorate. It wouldn’t just affect future fertility; it could even shorten their lifespan.
This was why omegas were so precious. Things that seemed trivial to ordinary people could be fatal to an omega.
Aside from the two little puppies, no one knew what Jacob and Father Bai discussed in the living room. When evening came, Father Bai’s behavior had changed completely. He looked deeply worried, and when Mother Bai spoke to him, he only absorbed about three words out of ten.
Father Bai and Mother Bai talked for a long, long time. When they finally came out of the room, Mother Bai’s eyes were red.
She rushed into Bai Tang’s room and hugged him tightly.
“My Tang Tang…”
Mother Bai’s voice trembled, laced with a faint, almost inaudible fear and reluctance.
Bai Tang hugged her back, asking in his soft, childish voice, “I’m here. What’s wrong, Mom?”
The boy’s innocent confusion only made Mother Bai’s heart ache even more.
But Father Bai was right. Now that an omega had appeared, it was only a matter of time before they traced something back to Tang Tang. The most important thing now was to send him away.
But he was her child—flesh that had fallen from her own body. He had lived by her side for nearly twenty years. How could she bear to part with him?
Mother Bai wiped away her tears and forced a smile. “Tang Tang, tell Mom… do you like Mr. Lowry?”
Bai Tang nodded and answered honestly, without any attempt to hide it.
“I do. I like Jacob very much. I also hope Mom and Dad will like him. I don’t want to be separated from him.”
Hearing her son’s firm response, Mother Bai finally made up her mind.
She brushed the long hair that had fallen over Bai Tang’s forehead behind his ear.
“Since Tang Tang likes him, Mom doesn’t want to be the bad guy. Your father and I talked it over—we’ll let you be with Jacob. In half a year, you two will leave this planet together.”
Bai Tang was shocked. His heart leapt with joy, but he also felt confused.
Why did his parents suddenly agree?
Mother Bai sighed and didn’t explain much. Then she stood up and began packing Bai Tang’s belongings.
The ones who solved Bai Tang’s confusion were Qiu’er and Xiao A.
After Milly was taken away, Jacob realized that Bai Tang’s omega identity would likely be exposed sooner or later.
The clue was simple—Bai Tang had pulled out an omega inhibitor to help Milly.
How could a beta possibly have an omega inhibitor?
This question, once someone from the Omega Protection Association took a moment to think, would easily point them in the right direction.
If Milly could use an inhibitor to hide her identity, why couldn’t Bai Tang?
Just as Jacob had expected, five days later, people from the Omega Protection Association showed up at their door, demanding that Father Bai and Mother Bai hand over Bai Tang.
By then, Bai Tang had already been entrusted to Jacob and taken away to hide somewhere else. Jacob had also resigned from his job at the shop. The Association searched the Bai household thoroughly but found no trace of Bai Tang.
Helpless, they had to retreat for the moment. Outwardly, it seemed they had given up, but secretly they stationed people to monitor the Bai family.
The moment Bai Tang appeared, they would take him straight to the Omega Protection Association.
Jacob took out some gold coins, created a virtual identity card, and bought a house in the suburbs.
Bai Tang lived there, and to keep him from feeling lonely, the two little puppies were brought to the house as well.
Jacob, being a former pirate, was far more familiar with the black market than Father Bai. He knew the rules and the pricing far better.
He began taking on black market jobs to earn money. After all, the merchants there only cared about profit.
They had their own passenger ships that traveled between planets.
Though the trips weren’t frequent, they didn’t need to wait half a year.
In just half a month, the black market merchants would have a restock day, and by then Jacob could take Bai Tang and leave this small planet.
Jacob left early and returned late every day. Whenever he came back, he carried the unmistakable scent of gunpowder. Even though he washed up before coming home, the sharp-nosed little squirrel still picked up the smell.
“Abu, what were you doing? You smell awful!” Bai Tang waved his hand dramatically, pretending to be overwhelmed by the stench.
Jacob smiled but didn’t tell the truth.
But Bai Tang knew.
To earn enough money to take him away, Jacob had been helping black market merchants produce a certain unspeakable drug—something strictly forbidden by the Interstellar Alliance. The process was extremely dangerous. Even the slightest mistake could lead to an explosion.
Bai Tang took out a box of gold bars from his small pocket-space. “Abu doesn’t need to worry. I have money. It’s all for you~”
A whole box of gold bars—something most people might never see in their entire lives.
Jacob was shocked, touched, and also worried. He pulled the boy into his arms, kissed him, and pushed the gold back.
“This belongs to Tang Tang. I can’t take it. Tang Tang is so wealthy—I can’t fall behind. I’ll work hard and earn money to support you.”
For an alpha to rely on an omega’s money to survive would be a shameful humiliation.
Besides, how could he let Tang Tang support him?
He should be the one giving Tang Tang a better life.
It seemed he would need to adjust his plan—if he couldn’t afford to take care of Tang Tang, and Tang Tang ended up running off with someone else, he really would go crazy.
Author’s Note:
Tomorrow, Jacob will run away with Tang Tang and ditch the heroine!!!