WMSR — QT Chapter 190

 

Chapter 190

As for those two omegas who had previously been locked in mutual competition, driven by some unknown curiosity upon recognizing Colin, they lost all mood to continue competing with one another. Instead, they stayed right where they were, wrapped in an indefinable sentiment as they quietly observed the unfolding events over at Colin's side, while that sneak-filming alpha successfully managed to record the entire process.

When Bai Yichen finally finished trying on every single outfit Colin had picked out for him, he let out a long breath of relief. Colin, meanwhile, felt utterly gratified and, knowing they had lingered far too long in this establishment, made no further delays, signaling the store assistant to check out.

Just at that moment, however, Bai Yichen gestured for the assistant to wait. Glancing around the boutique, he reached out to pull down a set of garments and handed them to Colin, saying, "You should try this set on."

Colin never expected Bai Yichen to make such a gesture. After all, to get Bai to model so many outfits, he had dragged things out here for an excessively long time, secretly worrying the whole while that Bai would grow impatient. He had never imagined that not only did Bai show no signs of annoyance, but he had actually kept him in mind and chosen an outfit specifically for him. Colin stood there in a daze, staring blankly at Bai for a brief moment before snapping back to reality. He accepted the clothes handed to him by Bai, clutching them tightly against his chest with a face brimming over with joy and moving emotion. "Bai, you're too good to me."

The touched and joyful expression on Colin's face was completely genuine, yet to the eyes of the two alphas standing not far away, it instantly triggered a fresh wave of impulses to cough up blood.

Heaven alone knew how badly they wanted to rush forward and tell Colin: Colin, won't you wake up and look at reality? Just now, you picked out a whole stack—a literal mountain of clothes for this alpha! What on earth is there to feel moved about just because he picked out a single set for you?! Besides, an alpha buying things for their omega is nothing more than natural duty, right? Look at that mountain of shopping bags sitting at their feet—did their omega show even a sliver of such emotional gratitude?!

Fortunately, one of the alphas took solace in knowing he wouldn't have to bear this torment alone anymore; once the footage he recorded was posted to the star network, it was bound to make a whole crowd of people share his urge to vomit blood.

Happily slipping into the outfit Bai Yichen had selected for him, Colin found himself completely enamored with it. Still, when Bai Yichen offered to pick out a few more sets for him, he resolutely shook his head in refusal. After all, they had already tarried far too long here, and receiving this single gift alone had filled him with boundless happiness.

With that, the pair purchased their stack of neatly packaged garments and walked out in close, affectionate company.

Neither Colin nor Bai Yichen had any inkling that someone would anonymously upload the video of their shopping trip at that boutique onto the web that very night. To top it off, the uploader gave the clip a deeply sarcastic title—An omega says: Thank you so much for enduring such hardship to accompany me shopping.

When the video first dropped online, viewers had no clue what it contained. Yet the term omega naturally commanded built-in attention, and paired with that title, many naturally assumed they were about to watch a scenario where an alpha endured grueling hardship trailing after an omega on a shopping spree, until the omega finally experienced a sudden wave of moral awakening and turned to the alpha to say, Thank you so much for enduring such hardship to accompany me shopping. What a considerate omega! What a heartwarming, healing spectacle! Naturally, alphas—whether partnered or single—swarmed in to click and watch. Yet the moment they laid eyes on the actual content, a massive chunk of viewers sat frozen in sheer stupefaction.

Wait a minute—what happened to the promised hardship of accompanying someone shopping?

You call this grueling hardship? Are you fucking pulling my leg?

Staring intently at the scenes playing across their light screens, the various alphas refused to give up, searching desperately for any overlooked details. Yet replay after replay revealed nothing more than that gorgeous omega hovering closely around his alpha like a swarm of bees, treating him with utmost gentleness and overflowing attentiveness. In particular, near the end of the video, the omega received nothing more than a single outfit picked out by the alpha, yet his face lit up with such ecstatic, tear-jerking emotion that anyone would think the alpha had just achieved some earth-shattering, miraculous feat. It felt as though their eyes were being blinded. Completely engulfed by waves of bitter jealousy, these alphas could no longer maintain their composure, and the first wave of angry trolls quickly flooded the comment section beneath the video:

— Will the person who uploaded this video please step out and take a beating? Have some guts and drop the anonymity.

— I only have one question: can you please tell me where on earth this fellow suffered any hardship?

— What kind of alpha accompanying an omega shopping is this? It should be the omega accompanying the alpha shopping instead!

— Is this video secretly filmed and uploaded by the alpha in it himself? If so, I swear every time I run into you on the street, I'm going to punch you once.

Perhaps feeling the overwhelming pressure of righteous fury and intense emotional agitation radiating from the comment section, the anonymous uploader finally dared not lurk in the shadows any longer, popping into the comments to drop an explanatory note: — This video was secretly recorded by me. The alpha in the video had no idea, and I am not him. As for why the video is titled this way, it's because those exact words were spoken aloud by the omega in the video directly to the alpha right before the recording started.

As the old saying goes, certain explanations are far worse than none at all. The moment this anonymous ID surfaced to clarify that the title wasn't chosen for clickbait, but because the omega had genuinely uttered those exact words out loud—even if they failed to capture it on camera—every single alpha felt a fresh clot of old blood rise straight to their throats, leaving them choking with an urgent need to vent.

Just then, some individuals finally snapped out of their initial rage and regained the composure to focus on other details. Because the footage was secretly filmed from a distance with suboptimal angles, certain frames still managed to capture clear shots of the two main characters' faces, prompting an alpha who had registered for this year's marriage matching to chime in: "Take a good look at this omega, everyone—isn't that Colin?"

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