Chapter 1: Stepmother in the ABO World?

## Chapter 1: Stepparent in an ABO World?

He died before he could spend his money.

He was accepted into a prestigious school, but transmigrated into a high school student.

A straight guy, but transmigrated into an ABO restricted-content Haitang novel.

No one should be this unlucky, right?

Song Yuqing looked like he was still alive, but in reality, his soul had already departed a while ago.

Right now, his head was buzzing, and he hadn't yet recovered from his streak of bad luck.

System 88: "Let me first explain the background."

System 88: "The book you transmigrated into is a restricted-content Haitang novel. You were born in the slums and, leveraging a past favor, married a powerful figure in this story, Qi Zhengqing, becoming the step-parent of the universally adored protagonist, Qi Ran…"

Song Yuqing’s clear eyes focused slightly, his snow-white face taut, cold and distant.

Song Yuqing’s pale lips parted slightly as he emphasized, "Not stepmom, stepdad."

System 88, looking at Song Yuqing’s overly beautiful face, swallowed the words "this world calls it stepmom" and struggled to say, "Mm."

System 88: "You’re the same age as the universally adored protagonist, Qi Ran, and attend the same school as him. You’re an unwitting participant in the encounters between Qi Ran and the first, second, third, fourth, and random love interests. As Qi Ran’s step…dad, you always happen to pass by their scenes."

"The first love interest forces himself on Qi Ran in the sports room, and you accidentally walk in. The second love interest and Qi Ran are in the psychology room, and you’re hiding in the closet. A random love interest drags Qi Ran into an alley, and you pass by…"

Song Yuqing’s expression stiffened again, and he slowly cracked. After a long moment, when he finally regained his composure, he replied, "...Got it."

Song Yuqing: "So what do you need me to do?"

System 88: "You need to stop their play."

Song Yuqing: "..."

After another long silence, Song Yuqing spoke, "I’ll handle it."

"Can I still return to my original world?" Song Yuqing asked his final question.

System 88: "Your body in World No. 9 is already dead."

"Only by completing the mission can you survive. Otherwise, your soul will be erased immediately."

All of the original host's information had been replaced with his own.

What hadn't changed was the malnutrition, the same thin and pale appearance.

The original host was malnourished from surviving in the slums with scarce resources.

As for him, he was just a little picky with food.

"Song Yuqing!"

Wen Songxing called out in a rather annoyed tone, holding a basketball in his hands.

Song Yuqing’s head was still throbbing faintly. Hearing someone call his name, he frowned slightly, looked up, and glanced at Wen Songxing in confusion. "Mm."

Wen Songxing, who had been looking for Song Yuqing, was stunned when he saw him, his gaze glued to Song Yuqing’s face.

It was a face as pale as snow, with long lashes fluttering like butterfly wings, clear and cold like unmelted snow, yet stunningly beautiful.

When he looked up with an indifferent expression, he appeared aloof and restrained.

Cool and detached yet irresistibly enticing, making one want to violently tear open his shirt buttoned up to the top and see what lay beneath.

Song Yuqing’s reputation at school wasn’t good. In high society, no Omega or Beta gets married in high school.

Moreover, Song Yuqing was an ordinary Beta from the slums.

Thus, Victor United High School had always been rife with vile speculation about Song Yuqing.

For example, that Song Yuqing, at a young age, didn't have good morals but climbed into Qi Ran’s adoptive father’s bed, knew how to lower himself to seduce, and thus managed to drive Qi Ran’s powerful father to lose his senses and marry him.

Wen Songxing had heard plenty of such talk, but today, seeing Song Yuqing, he felt the rumors weren’t true.

He was more inclined to believe that Qi Ran’s shameless father was an old beast who forced Song Yuqing to become his spouse, restraining Song Yuqing’s slender, pale waist, forcefully breaking through Song Yuqing’s cold exterior to draw out his deeply hidden allure.

Song Yuqing didn’t know what the boy in front of him had imagined in that short time, only looking at him and asking, "Do you need something?"

Wen Songxing scratched his head, "Um, um…"

Song Yuqing: ?

A stutter?

Song Yuqing politely didn’t interrupt, waiting quietly for him to speak.

Wen Songxing was almost dying of embarrassment. Why did his tongue tie itself in knots around Song Yuqing? "Mr. Gu, um… asked for you to go to his office."

Song Yuqing nodded, "Got it, thank you."

As Song Yuqing passed by Wen Songxing, a faint, elusive fragrance enveloped him, cold and peculiar.

Wen Songxing was puzzled. Wasn’t Song Yuqing a Beta? Why was he so… fragrant.

In the brief moment of confusion, Song Yuqing had already walked far ahead. Wen Songxing hurriedly caught up, "Song Yuqing, I, I, I…"

Song Yuqing said with understanding, "I know, you stutter. If you stutter, don’t talk."

Wen Songxing: "."

Since when did he stutter?

But he couldn’t form a complete sentence to prove he didn’t stutter.

Wen Songxing’s speech was halting, but his gaze couldn’t help moving from Song Yuqing’s face to his long, pale neck.

On the back of his neck was a crescent-shaped gland, slightly raised in a gentle curve.

Probably because he was a Beta, Song Yuqing’s gland was particularly small, a tiny arc, pink and tender. If the gland was pink, was that place pink too?

Wen Songxing stood there like a dumb goose, lost in fantasy, his mouth dry from imagining.

"I, I, I…"

Song Yuqing wasn’t actually a very patient person, and moreover, an Alpha staring at him with such a blatant gaze made him very uncomfortable.

Song Yuqing halted, his tone somewhat cold, "You what?"

Those clear, icy eyes stared directly into Wen Songxing's, making him stutter even more. He reached out to cover the gland on Song Yuqing's neck, not wanting anyone else to see it.

"I, I... you... you..."

Wen Songxing pulled out an Omega heat cycle suppressant patch from his pocket, tore it open, and handed it to Song Yuqing. He quickly pointed at the back of Song Yuqing's neck, his fingertips brushing against the beta's gland, picking up the warmth from the beta's body.

"Stick it... here."

Song Yuqing frowned slightly and patiently explained the ABO physiological knowledge he had just digested to the clueless Alpha in front of him. "Classmate, only Omegas need to use suppressant patches during their heat cycle. I'm a Beta."

"I don’t go into heat, I don’t emit pheromones, and I don’t need it."

The Beta's voice was as clear as ice frozen on a plum branch, carrying a cool fragrance. Just by speaking, it felt as if scent was spilling out.

As the last words, "don’t need it," fell, the ice on the plum branch seemed to shatter.

Wen Songxing was even more mesmerized.

Just out of the rookie phase, he encountered Song Yuqing. Wen Songxing felt doomed—he was coveting a married man.

"And it’s impolite to give someone else your partner’s suppressant patch."

Wen Songxing: "..."

He didn’t have a partner.

He had lost a game of truth or dare and bought the strawberry-scented suppressant patch.

But he could understand why Song Yuqing misunderstood—suppressant patches were very personal items, only carried by Omegas or their partners.

Before Wen Songxing could explain, Song Yuqing had already left, leaving him standing alone.

Wen Songxing muttered quietly, "Don’t Betas cover their glands? Is it right to let Alphas see their glands?"

He completely ignored the fact that he had never paid attention to others' glands before.

Wen Songxing posted in a corner of the forum.

—Is Song Yuqing really a Beta?

1L: SYQ is definitely a Beta, and a pretty ordinary one at that. I don’t see the appeal.

2L: Average looks, but he’s got skills. Who knows how wild he gets in private?

3L: Probably even his gland has been licked. Do you think he only hooked up with Qi Ran’s dad or other big shots too? But still, he’s someone’s spouse. If he let me lick it... I...

OP: No, not at all! Song Yuqing’s gland is very clean! Stop spreading rumors!

It’s pink, unbelievably beautiful.

4L: OP, why are you so defensive? Did Song Yuqing show you his gland?

5L: Can Song Yuqing get pregnant? If he does, what’s left for Qi Ran, the adopted son of the Qi family?

6L: Going to school while pregnant? So under that uniform, there’s a pregnant belly?

7L: Maybe he’s already pregnant. Why else would he transfer to Qi Ran’s Intercontinental Class?

More investigative posts popped up.

Posts filled with malice, gossip, and probing questions about Song Yuqing.

Not an ounce of respect, only ridicule and mockery.

This was Victor United High School—a bunch of privileged rich kids and some scheming students from the slums.

Those from high society looked down on Song Yuqing’s behavior, afraid their families might end up with such an annoying step-parent.

Some honors students from the bottom, jealous of Song Yuqing’s class leap and his connection to powerful figures, speculated about him with the worst intentions.

The more degraded Song Yuqing seemed, the more balanced they felt psychologically.

Wen Songxing, annoyed, requested to delete the post.

*They’re all idiots.*

But his mind was filled with those words—pregnant? Song Yuqing, cool and detached, untouched by impurity, yet a Beta who could get pregnant.

Though it was harder for Betas to get pregnant compared to Omegas.

If an Alpha tried to bully Song Yuqing, he’d probably coldly scold the damn Alpha.

—Bastard, you piece of trash.

Song Yuqing listened to "System 88" explain the plot along the way—though it could hardly be called a plot.

After all, the world’s plot was so insane it barely qualified as one.

Just then, he heard, "The Mr. Gu you’re going to see is Qi Ran’s... ahem, well, childhood friend’s older brother. He’s teaching at Qi Ran’s school now."

"Later, he’ll punish Qi Ran for getting too close to others."

Song Yuqing’s eyes turned colder.

"And you’ll catch him and Qi Ran. He’ll tie you up and throw you aside, forcing you to watch them get creative..."

Song Yuqing: "............"

This arrangement might be reader-friendly.

But it wasn’t very friendly to him.

Song Yuqing’s tone remained calm, full of disdain for Mr. Gu. "A wolf in sheep's clothing, unfit to be a teacher."

A voice overhead, mocking and sarcastic, chimed in, "Are you talking about me?"

**Author's Note:**

**Reading Guide:**

**[An important warning: Not suitable for hardcore pure romance fans!!! There will be intimate scenes with other love interests. The ending is one big family with a pack of dogs! The main love interest will always hold the primary position! The other dogs (except those who might die) will also stay by the bottom's side.]**

1. The husband (Qi Zhengqing) has a weak presence early on. All characters are crazy and nasty. The original love interests 1, 2, 3, and 4 are all chaste.

2. The forum sections have low and vulgar limits. There will be lots of physical descriptions, captivating bottoms, and extensive fantasizing content that is bold and shameless. (I’m a pervert, I admit it first.)

3. The original protagonist (Qi Ran) won’t have romantic lines with the original love interests 1, 2, 3, and 4—at most, it’s friendship (and even that is superficial). It’s more of a bullying dynamic. After the transmigration, the main plot involves the original love interests 1, 2, 3, and 4 bullying the original protagonist (Qi Ran).

4. Many other Alphas will describe the main love interest as "half in the grave," but he’s not an old man. The other Alphas say this out of pure malice (I like older love interests but not too old). There will be a battle of the Alphas, jealousy, catfights, tearing each other apart, and slandering each other.