Even Though I'm So Pitiful, What's Wrong with Having Two? - Chapter 2

Chapter 2

“Miss Lin, is something the matter?”

Huo Lun’s voice snapped me out of my memories.

I shook my head and said, “It’s nothing. I just thought of a joke.”

“What kind of joke? May I hear it?”

“Why does a sunny day make people feel happy?”

“Hmm? Why?”

“Because when people are speechless, they really do just laugh.”

Huo Lun was a foreigner, and there was a clear cultural divide between us; he didn’t catch the pun.

Ning Ze: “Hahahahahaha.”

Huo Lun: “?”

Huo Lun gave a polite, forced chuckle before changing the subject.

“By the way, Miss Lin, what was your major?”

“Insectoid Linguistics.”

“Why haven’t you gone to work? In recent years, the Federation has been encouraging omegas to leave the home and reintegrate into society.”

“…”

I felt a wave of depression.

Good grief, even in an ABO world, liberal arts majors still have a hard time finding jobs.

Even more so since I’m an omega.

Insectoid Linguistics sounds high-end and sophisticated, but how many chances does an ordinary person actually get to face the Insectoid Race?

Besides, the Federation wouldn’t let an omega go to the front lines to communicate with the Insectoid Race anyway.

To put it bluntly, this major is just a way for omegas in military academies to pad their resumes. Omegas from wealthy and powerful families can slide into cozy positions arranged by their parents to idle their days away. Meanwhile, omegas from ordinary families are unemployed upon graduation. To survive, they either rely on their families to support them or get married and rely on their partners.

Obviously, I’m an orphan. I have no family, so I could only get married.

Huo Lun suddenly said, “If Miss Lin is willing, I would be happy to offer you a job.”

“…”

His burning gaze remained fixed on me.

I suddenly realized something.

Since the moment he walked through the door, Huo Lun had either been flaunting his wealth or mocking me.

Could it be that he likes Ning Ze, and that’s why he’s been provoking me?

I glanced at Ning Ze, then back at Huo Lun.

Ning Ze is undoubtedly a Beta.

Huo Lun has a scent on him, and coupled with that inexplicable sense of superiority, he’s likely either an alpha or an omega.

In this ABO world, regardless of which one he is, they would be considered the opposite sex to Ning Ze.

Furthermore, I’m not even familiar with Huo Lun, yet he suddenly offers to find me a job.

Does he want to get me out of the way?

Plots of “the incompetent wife” involuntarily flashed through my mind, and I was instantly incensed.

I decisively refused: “No thank you, I enjoy being a house-wi… omega.”

At that moment, Ning Ze came over carrying a dish and said, “Just one last dish and we’re ready. Honey, go wash your hands.” He then looked at Huo Lun, his tone very polite. “I didn’t know Colonel Huo Lun would be visiting so suddenly, so I only prepared a few simple home-cooked dishes in small portions. Would Colonel Huo Lun like to stay for dinner?”

“I would,” Huo Lun agreed thick-skinnedly.

Ning Ze: “…”

Me: “?”

Heh, he really is just here to provoke me, isn’t he?

Ning Ze had made three dishes and a soup; the soup was still simmering on the stove.

Huo Lun and I sat at the dining table.

Just then, the doorbell rang. Ning Ze went to open it.

It was the Beta auntie from next door. Usually, when Ning Ze isn’t home, he worries that I’ll have too many nutritional supplements, so he pays her to cook meals and bring them over to me.

The two of them were settling the bill for last week at the door.

Taking advantage of Ning Ze’s distraction, Huo Lun suddenly leaned in and began his attack: “Doctor Ning’s salary is only enough for basic household expenses. Omegas are meant to be pampered, yet Miss Lin lives so plainly. Don’t you feel wronged?”

That faint scent of a bamboo forest lingered at the tip of my nose. I shot him a glance and sneered, “A wife follows her husband, for better or for worse.”

“Hmm? What does that mean?”

“I think things are fine as they are.”

“Miss Lin is truly easy to please.”

I refused to take the bait and asserted my dominance: “Colonel Huo Lun, I am Ning Ze’s wife. You should address me as Madam Lin.”

“Madam?” he repeated with great interest, then whispered into my ear, “Madam, you wouldn’t want your husband to lose his job, would you?”

“…”

I was getting truly angry now.

He was actually threatening me with Ning Ze’s job instead of trying to force us apart by throwing money at us.

Damned capitalist, trying to get what he wants without spending a dime.

I gritted my teeth and hissed back, “I’m going to report you to the Federation.”

Huo Lun let out a soft chuckle, his warm breath following close behind. His lips were almost touching the tip of my ear.

“Very well, Madam. I’ll be waiting for you.”

A shiver ran down my spine.

Wait a minute?

No.

Something was wrong.

It felt like… he was coming for me.

I looked up sharply, instinctively glancing at my husband, who had finished his chat and was completely oblivious.

Huo Lun had already sat back up, his fingers brushing his lips as if savoring the moment.

Ning Ze smiled at me and said, “Didn’t I tell you two to start eating? You don’t have to wait for me. There’s only one dish left, it’ll be ready in a second.”

He went back to being busy at the stove.

Me: “…”

This idiot. His wife is about to be served up as a main course, and he’s still worried about his cooking?