RBNR Ch12: Stop Thinking

As soon as Qin Bao got home, he bought a pot online and hired an errand runner to deliver it to Feng Chengyu.

Two minutes after the errand runner left, he called him back, stuffed something into the pot, and thought to himself: Now we’re even.

Although the old master had backed down and no longer opposed him continuing his modeling career, he didn’t let him out that quickly. The second day after coming home, Mr. Qin took his son for a physical examination arranged by the old master.

The new verbal agreement between grandfather and grandson used Qin Bao’s health index as the standard.

The examination was very detailed. Qin Bao was led around by the guide nurse for half a day. The VIP physical examination center was deserted, and the medical staff all stared at him.

Two days later, the physical examination report came out, and the old master’s face looked a bit awkward. The child was excellent in every aspect, except that as an Omega, he had grown quite tall, and the doctor recommended more sun exposure and appropriate calcium supplements.

“Grow a few more pounds of flesh,” the old master muttered, waving his cane. “You’re all bones, don’t break my cane when I hit you!”

Then he left in a huff.

This meant he still couldn’t go to work.

Qin Bao was unconvinced and stuck his tongue out behind his grandfather’s back, while Mama Tao covered her mouth and snickered.

When it rains, it pours. Having missed a few days of school and lacking the mood to review, he found it a bit hard to keep up when he returned to class.

This was the old master’s other red line, which could not be crossed. Wanting to protect his precarious rice bowl, Qin Bao had to take a two-pronged approach: asking teachers for private tutoring after school while simultaneously eating more to gain weight.

To be more efficient, he remembered the exercise videos Xu Tangzhou mentioned. He hurriedly opened their chat history and downloaded them one by one to study.

By the time he watched the third video, something felt wrong.

The elegantly postured teacher wearing training clothes had been replaced by a male Omega wearing a backpack. The boy was dressed very strangely, with a white shirt paired with a pleated skirt, and white garters on his slender legs.

Qin Bao frowned. He felt this outfit was not convenient for exercising.

As he continued watching, it felt even more wrong.

A burly Alpha walked in from the door, hugged the coquettish Omega from behind without a word, and reached his hands into the skirt.

Stimulating sounds immediately followed one after another.

Qin Bao’s eyes widened, his face instantly burning up, and he immediately closed the video!

His heart pounding wildly, he asked Xu Tangzhou: [What kind of thing did you send me?!]

Xu Tangzhou had gone abroad and replied very late: [What what thing?]

And asked: [Are you home yet?]

After an afternoon, Qin Bao had calmed down. He decided to have a good talk with Xu Tangzhou and sent over the words he had been brewing all afternoon.

[Yeah, I’m home, don’t worry.]

[I know you have someone you like now, and there’s nothing wrong with wanting to date, but you haven’t differentiated yet. Even if you want to look for excitement, you shouldn’t be doing it this way, right?]

The other side was dumbfounded by his words.

Qin Bao had to clarify, saying Xu Tangzhou had accidentally sent a porn video as well.

Xu Tangzhou: [Holy shit?]

[Listen to me explain, that’s not mine! After my friend sent it over, I forwarded it directly to you without even opening it. I had no idea there was a porn video in there.]

Qin Bao: [Really?]

Xu Tangzhou: [Really! Truer than a pearl! If I lie to you, I’ll never catch my older brother in this lifetime!]

Only then did Qin Bao believe it somewhat: [Alright.]

[What kind of friend is this? How could they spread these things around everywhere.]

Xu Tangzhou said it was a colleague at their agency, also a model, and guessed he had accidentally clicked the wrong file. But Xu Tangzhou was indeed Xu Tangzhou; he actually asked Qin Bao: [Do you still have the video? Can you send it to me? My file seems to have expired.]

Qin Bao: [What do you want to do.]

Xu Tangzhou: [Just… haven’t seen one before, a bit curious. Never mind, I found it on my end. Is it the third one?]

Qin Bao was utterly speechless: […]

Fine, he had watched it too. During puberty, who wasn’t curious about these things?

He locked the door like a thief and watched it with headphones on. After finishing it, he felt his phone wasn’t clean anymore. He downed a glass of cold water in one breath and smoked a cigarette outside to calm down for a while.

Not long after, Xu Tangzhou gave his feedback: [The first part is a bit disgusting, the Alpha in the second part looks quite alright.]

Qin Bao hadn’t watched the second part, but scoffed at Xu Tangzhou’s opinion. How good could someone in a porn video look? He probably hadn’t seen anyone truly good-looking.

If an Alpha were to be considered “quite alright,” shouldn’t they at least look like someone?

A cold and proud face quickly floated into his mind.

Clang clang clang.

Alarm bells rang.

Fuck, stop thinking!

Qin Bao cursed, feeling angry at himself with a wooden face. He got up and downed another large glass of cold water: [Anyway, you’re not allowed to watch anymore.]

Xu Tangzhou: [I won’t watch anymore. Qin Bao… when you feel that, do your glands really bulge?]

Qin Bao: [Yeah.]

With red ears, he added: [Usually it’s during morning wood, but sometimes it bulges inexplicably. It’s filled with gland fluid.]

This physical examination, besides the basic items, also checked his development as an Omega. The doctor said his reproductive cavity and glands were developing very well, and he was already a mature Omega.

In the Alliance, youths could apply for marriage at eighteen. The physiology and hygiene classes explained everything very clearly. Xu Tangzhou was curious because he hadn’t yet undergone glandular differentiation and couldn’t experience that feeling.

He comforted him: [You’ll know in the future.]

Xu Tangzhou wasn’t unhappy and even smiled as he sent a voice message: [I was just thinking, you’re so fierce, who would dare bite you in the future.]

Qin Bao was annoyed: [When have I ever been fierce?!]

Whether Qin Bao was fierce or not, Brother Lu had a lot to say about it.

During the time his work was suspended, Brother Lu had barely dared to contact him. They only got back in touch because there was finally some progress regarding the watch.

Brother Lu said, “An Qingyan really wasn’t just brushing us off. He found one of the designer’s assistants for that watch. Giving him face, the other party is willing to secretly custom-make the same model for us, but you can’t go showing it off. If they’re found out, they’ll face a lawsuit.”

Qin Bao said, “I’ll just collect it. At most, I’ll wear it to amuse myself, who would I show it off to?”

“You can’t even wear it yourself, it’s a black-market good.” Brother Lu hesitantly suggested, “How about we don’t buy it?”

Having reached this step, Qin Bao was a bit unwilling to just give up.

“Let’s buy it. I just won’t wear it.”

He didn’t like wearing watches anyway.

Unable to persuade him, Brother Lu had to tell him the price, hoping the astronomical figure would dissuade him.

Sure enough, Qin Bao exploded upon hearing it: “That outrageous? Why doesn’t he just go rob a bank?”

“Right? That money could buy two of other high-end custom models,” Brother Lu continued to dissuade him. “But he said the main reason is that the customization of some functions inside that watch is too expensive. You don’t know how perverted that watch is; it’s the only one of its kind on the market.”

Feng Chu had hemmed and hawed about those functions before, and Qin Bao had long wanted to figure them out. “What functions?”

Brother Lu said, “There are security codes set under the dial and hands. If in danger, it can quickly send out a signal to lock onto the wearer’s location. The watch has the wearer’s DNA and pheromone information recorded. If they encounter passive heat, it can quickly inject a customized anesthetic, sufficient to make an adult Alpha lose mobility and terminate their heat, ensuring they cannot permanently mark the Omega under passive circumstances.”

The more Qin Bao listened, the more shocked he became. These functions truly were perverted!

That Feng Chengyu, what on earth was he doing?

Was he arrogant to the point of being terrified of getting involved with some Omega?

Or rather, was this a protective measure the Feng family used for their heir? Qin Bao had heard some secret rumors that in certain countries within the Alliance, nobles would use such extreme methods to ensure the purity of their bloodline.

What era was this, that such things still existed?

“So… there’s really no need for us to spend a fortune buying this watch.”

Brother Lu said the same thing Feng Chu did.

“You have no use for it.”

Qin Bao rejected the idea. “Buy it!”

Brother Lu had to offer a second suggestion. “Then how about this, we remove those functions and just buy a model with the same exterior? I reckon the price would be a bit cheaper.”

Qin Bao stubbornly said, “No, not a single function can be removed. I don’t want a defective product; I want an exact replica.”

Brother Lu sighed and said, “Then I’ll reply to the other party. Prepare the deposit, you need to pay fifty percent.”

As a member of the Qin family, Qin Bao wasn’t as wealthy as Li Nanyue and others thought, able to squander money without restraint. His family managed this aspect very strictly.

As a minor, the majority of Qin Bao’s income was also temporarily managed by Mr. Qin. The small portion used for daily expenses was fine, but it was far from enough to buy the watch.

However, he could use the funds Ms. Rong had saved for him.

Hearing that he wanted to spend such a high price to buy a watch, Ms. Rong didn’t appear particularly surprised. She merely asked gently, “Bao Bao, do you really like that watch that much?”

Qin Bao gave an “En” and asked, “Do you agree?”

Ms. Rong naturally didn’t know he was buying a “black-market watch” and assumed he just liked it. “I saved this money for you, it’s your own money. You don’t need my agreement for whatever you want to buy.”

Upon coming to his mother, Qin Bao actually hesitated, asking, “Don’t you think it’s too expensive?”

Ms. Rong smiled. “It is very expensive, but expensive things definitely have their irreplaceable value. My collection also has some very expensive items. When I bought them, my heart truly ached, but the joy of possessing them brought me much more. If this item is within your capabilities, and buying it can bring you long-lasting joy, then it’s not considered too expensive.”

Qin Bao let out a long breath and asked, “Mom, when are you coming back?”

“I’m going abroad at the end of the month, your grandfather has an art exhibition there,” Ms. Rong said. “After it’s over, he still has some lectures and open classes, so we haven’t booked return tickets yet.”

Qin Bao felt a bit down and didn’t speak.

Ms. Rong also knew about his running away from home a few days ago, but she didn’t intervene, instead letting him handle it himself.

Ms. Rong said, “I watched your Marcos Malory show, every single outfit. You performed very well, looking very confident and beautiful, like you were glowing.”

When Qin Bao was very young, Ms. Rong accompanied him to dance class. In the first class, he clumsily took a fall, and Ms. Rong had said the same thing. In short, Ms. Rong had always adopted an encouraging educational style, and sometimes Qin Bao couldn’t tell if what she said was true or false.

“It’s just that you’re indeed a bit thin,” Ms. Rong said tactfully. “In the future, you won’t only have Marcos Malory shows, but other shows as well. You have to consider your future work.”

A stern, elderly voice suddenly came over: “Why are you talking so much to him?! Is he feeling confident just being a model? In his teens and still unlearned and incompetent, indulging in superficial vanity. His father is cowardly and useless, and you as a mother are habitually spoiling him!”

Ms. Rong hurriedly covered the phone. “Dad…”

Unfortunately, the voice still transmitted clearly.

The old man scolded, “It’s one thing that you are a failure yourself, but you still want to indulge your son. If I hadn’t taken you in, what is there to talk about starting over at your age? When will you finally wake up?”

Another voice sounded; it was the grandmother persuading him: “Xiao Bao called, why are you saying these things out of nowhere…”

The argument grew softer; Ms. Rong seemed to have walked away. After a while, her voice sounded again, still gentle: “Eat more.”

Qin Bao tightly gripped his phone. The words “I’ll support you” for Ms. Rong were right on his lips, but after a few seconds, he swallowed them back and said muffledly, “Got it.”