After Rebirth, Married to a Deadly Enemy - Chapter 53

The next day.

 

After breakfast, Shi Zhen, who was severely sleep-deprived, wanted to personally drive his wife to the company, but was decisively rejected by Bai Xiangxing without hesitation: “You’d better not drive, I’m afraid of accidents.”

 

“It’ll be fine,” Shi Zhen insisted.

 

“Master Shi, it’s better if you don’t. Your eye bags are about to fall off due to exhaustion,” said Wang Ping, the captain of Bai Xiangxing’s personal guard, who must strictly ensure Bai’s safety.

 

Shi Zhen gave him a disdainful look.

 

Wang Ping smiled innocently and fearlessly. After Bai Xiangxing got into the car, he drove away.

 

Shi Zhen watched the car until it disappeared before turning back and intending to change clothes to go to the military headquarters. However, as soon as he entered the living room, he heard Shi Ning excitedly gossiping to Xiang Rong, who had come to school with him, about him and Bai Xiangxing.

 

“Xiang Rong, my brother and Brother Xing are living together.”

 

Shi Zhen’s face immediately turned black. “Shi Ning!”

 

Seeing his big brother angry, Shi Ning turned around and ran upstairs in fear. “I’ll go get my school bag. We might miss the school bus.”

 

Shi Zhen frowned, his gaze shifting from Shi Ning, who had run away, to the disdainful look in the teenager’s eyes.

 

“What are you looking at?” Is this brat looking to die? He even dares to look down on him.

 

“You look… useless,” the teenager taunted.

 

Was this kid provoking him? Just as Shi Zhen was about to teach this little brat a lesson, Shi Ning came running down with his school bag. “Xiang Rong, hurry up, the school bus leaves in three minutes. Let’s run.”

 

He looked really anxious, but it was unclear whether he was afraid of Shi Zhen’s retaliation or really afraid of missing the school bus.

 

After the two kids left, Shi Zhen went to the guest room on the first floor. Most of his clothes were still there, as he had only brought a few essential items yesterday. He originally planned to quickly change clothes and leave, but then he suddenly found a box and quickly sorted through the items belonging to him in the guest room. Then he left, turned right, and went upstairs. He then arranged everything in the new room he shared with Bai Xiangxing one by one.

 

The last place Shi Zhen tidied up was the walk-in closet in the bedroom. Although it wasn’t large, it was already filled with Bai Xiangxing’s clothes. Fortunately, Shi Zhen didn’t have many clothes, so he could still squeeze them into the closet. After hanging them up, Shi Zhen looked at the clothes of the two, so different in style yet tightly packed together, and felt an inexplicable warmth in his heart. It wasn’t just the clothes, but also the bathroom where their toothbrushes, razors, and even towels were placed together. Every time he saw this scene, Shi Zhen couldn’t help but feel warm and happy.

 

Suddenly, a video call came in, and Shi Zhen glanced at it. It was from Liang Chen, so he answered it casually.

 

“Boss, the Bai family… Damn, Boss, why do you look so haggard?” Seeing Shi Zhen’s dejected face, Liang Chen immediately imagined something inappropriate, and his speech became stuttered, “Boss, although I know about your… um, but it’s not good for you to be like this. It’s very harmful to your health. And, Sister-in-law might get angry too.”

 

Damn, who’s the boss? He’s a double S-class Alpha, capable of fighting fiercely for three days and three nights during missions. If he’s like this, what about the other person involved? Shouldn’t he remind the boss to take the young master to the hospital…

 

“Why would he be angry?” Shi Zhen’s question interrupted Liang Chen’s imagination.

 

“Boss, um, you see, as Alphas, we should understand how to cherish Omegas. Omega’s physique is different from ours, more fragile. Although Brother Xing used to be a fierce Alpha, he’s an Omega now after all…”

 

Shi Zhen gave him a look of disdain. “What are you trying to say?”

 

Liang Chen still had a good understanding of his own captain. Seeing Shi Zhen’s expression, he vaguely realized that he might have guessed wrong and chuckled awkwardly, “Nothing, Boss, you look like you haven’t slept well?”

 

Shi Zhen glanced at the dressing mirror beside him, reflecting his unkempt beard and listless face, with a bitter smile at the corner of his mouth. He had almost been exhausted to death by Bai Xiangxing last night. When he moved in yesterday, he had thought that Bai Xiangxing might be angry, scold him, hit him, or even throw his things out. He had prepared himself mentally, but he didn’t expect Bai Xiangxing to not drive him away, but instead torture him in the room.

 

It was quite ruthless. He had encountered seduction tactics before, but he had never felt that they were useful. Yesterday, he finally experienced it. If Bai Xiangxing had proposed conditions to him while seducing him, he might not have been able to resist.

 

What was even more annoying was that after seducing him, Bai Xiangxing had slept carelessly. He was extremely uncomfortable but dared not go to the bathroom to take a shower for fear of waking up Bai Xiangxing, who had just fallen asleep. He endured it, but Bai Xiangxing’s sleeping posture was not good. He would toss and turn, kick the blanket, expose his back and thighs from time to time, and he could only watch but not touch, and had to help cover him with the blanket.

 

The fire in his heart rose and fell repeatedly throughout the night. He hadn’t just slept poorly; he had been tortured all night, both mentally and physically.

 

“You called me early in the morning just to ask if I slept well?” Shi Zhen glared at him.

 

“Cough, no, I’m here to tell you about the Bai family’s situation.” Liang Chen quickly reported, “Evidence of Elder Bai’s collusion with the Star Pirates to abduct Master Bai has been gathered. The police have already mobilized to arrest them. The charge of conspiring to harm a high-ranking military officer’s family member is not light; if tried normally, it would result in a direct death sentence.”

 

In the current laws of the Alliance, unless the crime is extremely heinous, the death penalty is not imposed. Elder Bai’s collusion with the Star Pirates to abduct Bai Xiangxing, but Bai Xiangxing was ultimately unharmed. According to the Alliance’s consistent laws, he would probably only be sentenced to a few years in prison. However, from another perspective, Bai Xiangxing was Shi Zhen’s partner and the daughter-in-law of a high-ranking military officer. Conspiring to harm a senior military officer’s family member could indeed result in a death sentence.

 

From Liang Chen’s point of view, Elder Bai’s death sentence was deserved, but he was after all Bai Xiangxing’s biological grandfather. Whether he should really be sentenced to death or not, he still needed to ask Bai Xiangxing.

 

“I see.” It was Shi Zhen who asked Liang Chen to find evidence. Anyone who wanted to harm Bai Xiangxing would not be spared by Shi Zhen. In fact, Shi Zhen had also investigated Bai Cang’s use of banned drugs to harm Bai Xiangxing, but it seemed that Bai Cang had been planning it for a long time. The banned drugs had been purchased long ago, and when Shi Zhen investigated again, he couldn’t find any evidence. He had also been to the hotel, but by the time he received the news, Elder Bai had already destroyed all the surveillance footage.

 

When Bai Xiangxing learned that his own grandfather had conspired with the Star Pirates to harm him, his eyes were filled with despair and disbelief. Others didn’t know, but Shi Zhen knew that Bai Xiangxing admired Elder Bai the most; he was raised by Elder Bai himself. In the year of the college entrance examination, when the Alliance Military Academy came to recruit students, Bai Xiangxing, as a rare S-class Alpha, could have been sent to the military academy if he wanted. At that time, someone asked Bai Xiangxing if he wanted to go to the military academy, and Bai Xiangxing hesitated for a moment before refusing. He said that he wanted to study finance in the future and would enter the Bai Corporation to help his grandfather manage the company after graduating from university.

 

But such a revered person, after becoming an Omega due to being betrayed by his closest family, was treated as a commodity and exchanged for something else in just one week. Leaving the Bai family was one thing, but they even wanted to collude with the Star Pirates to kill him.

 

When Bai Xiangxing left the Bai family, he vowed to bankrupt the Bai Corporation. It sounded like revenge, but in Shi Zhen’s eyes, it was more of a defiance. He wanted to prove his own worth and make Elder Bai regret abandoning him. If he really wanted revenge, with Bai Xiangxing’s intelligence, couldn’t he deal with Bai Cang and his son? He was so good at making money; it wouldn’t be difficult to spend some money to hire an assassin.

 

“Which district did they go to arrest him?” Shi Zhen asked.

 

“Ronghua District,” Liang Chen said.

 

Shi Zhen hung up the phone, went out, and drove to the Ronghua District Police Station.

 

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On the other side, Bai Xiangxing was on his way to the company. The car had just left the main city area when the communication device rang.

 

“Ronghua Police Station?” Bai Xiangxing frowned. Why would the police call him?

 

“Hello, may I ask if this is Mr. Bai Xiangxing?” A vigorous voice sounded in his ear.

 

“It’s me,” Bai Xiangxing replied.

 

“This is Ronghua Police Station. We have a case that requires Mr. Bai’s cooperation. Would it be convenient for you to come to the police station now?” The voice on the other end asked politely.

 

“What case is it?” Bai Xiangxing inquired.

 

“Six days ago, when you were passing through the outskirts of K Star on your way to the Sagittarius Star System, you were ambushed by Star Pirates. According to the investigation…”

 

Bai Xiangxing’s head buzzed. He could hardly hear the rest of the policeman’s words clearly, but he roughly understood that the Ronghua Police Station had just arrested Elder Bai from the Bai family. “But… I haven’t reported a case yet.”

 

“This case was directly transferred from the military department, and this kidnapping case not only involved you but also involved the direct hijacking of an entire spacecraft by the Star Pirates. So regardless of whether you report the case or not, the Alliance police will investigate it. It’s just that because the mastermind lives in our jurisdiction, the case was directly transferred to us for handling.”

 

The military department?

 

Was it Shi Zhen?

 

Half an hour later, Bai Xiangxing saw Shi Zhen at the entrance of the Ronghua Police Station, confirming his suspicion. If it weren’t for Shi Zhen’s intervention, based on his understanding of his grandfather, the old man wouldn’t have been caught so easily. Even though they left a surviving Star Pirate, the testimony of the Star Pirate alone was not enough for conviction. Bai Xiangxing hadn’t thought about using Alliance law to punish Elder Bai. At that time, all he had in mind was that when he returned to the capital star, he would quickly bankrupt the Bai Corporation. He wanted Elder Bai to see with his own eyes the collapse of the industry he had managed for a lifetime.

 

“Did you order the investigation?” Bai Xiangxing asked.

 

“The incident of your abduction directly alarmed my father. Conspiring to harm a high-ranking military officer’s family member cannot be overlooked,” Shi Zhen said, he just intervened to speed up the investigation.

 

“Then he should be punished severely.” With the military’s intervention, even if Elder Bai had extraordinary connections, no one would dare to protect him. Bai Xiangxing knew that his grandfather was doomed this time.

 

Shi Zhen glanced at him, hesitated for a moment, and said, “If you don’t want to, he won’t be sentenced to death.”

 

But he couldn’t avoid punishment, Shi Zhen silently added in his heart.

 

Bai Xiangxing looked up in surprise, hearing the meaning behind the words, and smiled, “So, I have quite a bit of face. Forget it, let’s go in.”

 

The two of them walked in together, and Bai Xiangxing cooperated to complete the record. Then he made a request, “Can I see the prisoner?”

 

The officer responsible for recording glanced at Shi Zhen sitting beside Bai Xiangxing, thought of the director’s instructions, and nodded, “Yes, I’ll take you there.”

 

When Bai Xiangxing saw Elder Bai, he was wearing a sapphire blue suit, his silver hair neatly combed, and he even had a delicate tie clip on his collar. At first glance, it seemed that this was not an interrogation room in the police station, but the president’s office of the Bai Corporation.

 

Elder Bai smiled when he saw Bai Xiangxing, “You seem to be doing well.”

 

“You think I’m doing well, so you hired Star Pirates to kill me?” Bai Xiangxing asked.

 

“I considered cooperating with you, but you refused. You destroyed the pharmaceutical factory under Bai Corporation, prevented banks from lending to Bai Corporation, and even blocked transportation routes. If I didn’t do anything, Bai Corporation would really go bankrupt,” With conclusive evidence and no room for denial, Elder Bai spoke frankly, “When I drove you out of the Bai family, you said you would bankrupt Bai Corporation. I didn’t expect you to really do it. Xing Xing, you are even more outstanding than I imagined.”

 

“So, do you regret it?” Bai Xiangxing asked.

 

Shi Zhen glanced at Bai Xiangxing and couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.

 

“Regret? Driving you out of the Bai family? No,” Elder Bai shook his head.　

 

“Good, as long as you don’t regret it, I won’t hold back,” Bai Xiangxing said sarcastically as he pulled Shi Zhen to leave. “So, for two generations, you’ve never regretted anything?” Bai Xiangxing coldly chuckled, not bothering to look back.

 

But Shi Zhen didn’t move. Instead, he looked straight at Elder Bai and asked, “May I ask why you expelled Bai Xiangxing from the Bai family? Clearly, compared to Bai Cang and his son, Bai Xiangxing is more suitable to take over Bai Corporation.”

 

Bai Xiangxing paused, not turning back.

 

This was a question Bai Xiangxing also wanted the answer to but didn’t ask. He despised the Bai family and swore revenge, merely to make them regret. However, asking this question would imply that he still had feelings for the Bai family. So Bai Xiangxing didn’t ask, not in his previous life, nor in this one. But he hadn’t expected Shi Zhen to ask on his behalf.

 

Elder Bai glanced at Shi Zhen, then at Bai Xiangxing’s retreating figure, pondered for a moment, and replied, “Because he became an Omega.”

 

“Even if Bai Xiangxing became an Omega, he’s still your grandson and still capable of managing Bai Corporation. Don’t you think it’s backward to believe that Omegas shouldn’t be visible in public?” Shi Zhen asked.

 

Elder Bai shook his head and replied, “I don’t have that notion, but Xiangxing is someone I raised myself. I understand his abilities and temperament the best. He holds a grudge against Bai Cang and his son. If he takes over Bai Corporation, he won’t let Bai Cang and his son off.”

 

“But he’s still your grandson. Are you willing to give him up for the sake of Bai Cang and his son?” Shi Zhen didn’t understand. He remembered that Elder Bai used to dote on Bai Xiangxing a lot.

 

“He has become an Omega,” Elder Bai reiterated.

 

Shi Zhen frowned. Wasn’t this still favoring A over O? Could a person’s emotions really change so quickly?

 

Seeing Shi Zhen’s doubt, Elder Bai continued, “Xiangxing has become an Omega. If I continue to keep him in Bai Corporation, he won’t get married.”

 

“You want Bai Xiangxing to get married?” Shi Zhen was even more confused.

 

Bai Xiangxing suddenly understood. “It’s for the succession of Bai Corporation, isn’t it? After I became an Omega, I was still manipulated by Bai Cang and his son. After this incident, as long as I’m in Bai Corporation, Bai Cang and his son won’t exist. But I’ve become an Omega. With my personality, if I take over Bai Corporation, I’ll never get married in this lifetime, let alone have offspring to inherit Bai Corporation. Therefore, after me, Bai Corporation will cease to exist.”

 

“I just want to pass down the Bai family’s legacy,” Elder Bai admitted.

 

“Haha, just for that?” Bai Xiangxing almost laughed to death. “It’s just a company. Do you think it’s a throne? Talking about inheritance, it’s ridiculous.”

 

Shi Zhen also found this reason absurd. “Even so, you could have arranged a secure future for Bai Xiangxing instead of planning to marry him off. Since you understand him, you should know how insulting this is to him.”

 

“If I didn’t do this, he wouldn’t live peacefully as an Omega,” Elder Bai said.

 

“So you picked those marriage candidates for me, all of whom were my past adversaries. You wanted to completely subdue me through this humiliation, make me into a true Omega,” Bai Xiangxing said coldly.

 

“I never thought of abandoning you. Once you accepted your fate and adapted to your Omega identity, I would have intervened. With Bai Corporation supporting you, your in-laws wouldn’t dare to treat you badly,” Elder Bai said.

 

“You’re treating me like a pet. Once I’m tamed and know that I need the support of the Bai family to live well, I’ll try my best to help Bai Corporation, even endure the disgust and help Bai Cang and his son run the company. What a kill two birds with one stone plan,” Bai Xiangxing sneered.

 

Elder Bai didn’t speak, but Bai Xiangxing knew he had guessed right.

 

“You’ll die, you know that? After you die, I’ll go and kill Bai Cang and his son, let the Bai family be completely cut off. No, I’ll kill Bai Cang and his son first, then let you know before I die,” Bai Xiangxing’s eyes turned crimson as he stared fiercely at the old man.

 

Elder Bai’s expression finally changed.

 

“Haha, are you afraid? Haha…” Bai Xiangxing laughed frantically, venting his frustration. He had thought Elder Bai had simply given up on him, but he didn’t expect him to want to destroy him completely. Crush every bone in his body from inside out.

 

“Bai Xiangxing, Xiangxing!” Shi Zhen tried to calm Bai Xiangxing down, but no matter how he called, Bai Xiangxing seemed to be trapped, unable to wake up. Shi Zhen had no choice but to forcibly pull Bai Xiangxing away from Elder Bai, tightly embracing him.

 

“Calm down, calm down,” Shi Zhen whispered into Bai Xiangxing’s ear, repeating softly, “It’s okay, it’s okay.”

 

Bai Xiangxing breathed rapidly in Shi Zhen’s arms, not knowing how long it took, but he finally quieted down.

 

Shi Zhen didn’t want him to be triggered again. “Let’s go home.” With that, he maintained the embrace, slowly guiding Bai Xiangxing out of the interrogation room.

 

“Have you marked them yet? Bai Xiangxing, you’ve become an Omega,” Elder Bai laughed again, “If you have children in the future, they will also be the blood of the Bai family.”

 

Bai Xiangxing froze instantly.

 

Shi Zhen’s heart skipped a beat, and a surge of intense pheromones emanated from him, fiercely surging towards Elder Bai. “Shut up!”

 

Elder Bai suddenly looked embarrassed as he leaned on the table, his laughter abruptly ceasing, and there was no more sound.

 

The police outside heard the commotion and opened the door, only to be pushed back by the powerful pheromones.

 

Without hesitation, Shi Zhen, still holding Bai Xiangxing, walked out.

 

“We need to talk about this. Let’s go home,” Shi Zhen said, continuing to hold Bai Xiangxing tightly as they left.