Chapter 38
Qin Wei did not appear until he finished his meal, which left Bai He a bit puzzled. Bidding farewell to Nan Yu, Bai He returned to the 13th floor, took a glass of water, sat back in his office seat, and began browsing through the documents in the file.
The file that Feng had given was an opaque paper document bag with a tight seal. Bai He carefully opened it with a small knife and took out a stack of A4 papers.
He sorted them out - the first four pages were all text, and the following dozen or so were illustrations.
Since it involved the upcoming work, Bai He read them very carefully.
Until he reached the last paragraph, the information in his hands caused a shocked expression to appear on his face, as if a thunderbolt had passed by his ear. For a few seconds, his brain went blank.
Bai He was shocked, his expression still relatively calm, but his heart was in turmoil.
If these contents were not work materials issued by the company, and there were no encrypted illustrations to match, Bai He would have even suspected it was a prank.
It seemed he could not recognize the words.
Regaining his senses, he looked at the papers in his hands again, on which several bolded titles were clearly printed - "Preliminary Proposal on Suppression Collars for Beastmen."
The word "Beastmen" was especially striking.
When he first saw this title, Bai He was puzzled, not understanding its meaning.
Until he finished reading all the information.
He understood.
This world has the existence of Beastmen.
Normally, no one mentions Beastmen because they make up an extremely small proportion of the human population, and to avoid unnecessary trouble, the government has explicitly banned the spread of information about Beastmen on various social media.
Since there are not many Beastmen and they cannot be discussed on the internet, without online dissemination, the existence of the Beastmen group is only known to a very small number of people.
According to the information, there are special laws that constrain Beastmen, the laws are very comprehensive and have extremely strong binding force, and Beastmen must abide by the social order just like humans.
So far, there has never been any news about Beastmen not getting along well with humans, and even if there were, the news could not be released.
Beastmen are normal humans, and they are no different from humans.
Bai He's brain went blank, he squeezed the information in his hands, his gaze catching the void, dazed for a while, and then regained his senses, still finding it incredible.
Beastmen...
What do they look like?
He suddenly picked up those illustrations again, and the first thing that caught his eye was a young man with a mosaic face, no different from a normal human, but in the second picture, the young man had two drooping dog ears naturally connected to his curly hair.
The caption below the picture read: "Canine; Golden Retriever Beastman; Male Alpha."
Turning the page further, there was a female Omega with cat ears, and later, rabbits, snakes, eagles, even cheetahs and lions...
Bai He slammed the information down on the desk, suddenly realizing why this was a confidential document. This sudden foray into a strange field made him feel like the papers were burning his hands, even if it were not a confidential document.
Bai He realized a very serious problem - it turned out that he had transmigrated into this novel, and it was not only an ABO novel, but also a Beastmen ABO!
The setting would not appear for no reason, and there must be one of the main characters who is a Beastman. Bai Lu is not, so Guan Jiaye must be.
Whether Guan Jiaye is a Beastman or not is irrelevant to Bai He. He carefully recalled that in the time he had been here, he had encountered many people, but no one had shown the appearance of a Beastman.
Bai He pondered that Beastmen are a minority, so it should not be so easy to encounter them.
Next, he remembered something else - that day in the hospital, when he followed Xia Xiaomiao to the other building, he saw the owl perched on the woman's shoulder, the python circling around the female student, and the giant German Shepherd dog that Xia Xiaomiao led out of the examination room.
"..."
Bai He's lips slowly opened and then closed again. He understood, he had an epiphany - at that time, he had actually seen Jiang Rong, and that black German Shepherd was him.
Bai He's heart was a little shaken, but he quickly recovered.
Since he had experienced the transmigration, he could now calmly accept even the strangest things.
So what if they were Beastmen?
He didn't have any Beastmen friends around him anyway.
Well...
Even if he did, he thought, it shouldn't matter.
Bai He's level of acceptance was relatively good. In the afternoon meeting, the group sitting in the conference room was silent and dumbfounded. Team leader Feng briefly recounted the information.
The previously silent Xia You, Yi Chen, and Zhao Lingyue finally snapped out of it, their expressions gradually becoming complex.
"I have a question," Xia You gently tapped the table: "Team leader, are you saying, animal transformation? Humans into animals? Excuse me???"
"I have a question too!" Yi Chen raised his hand: "Although I watch animated films, it doesn't mean I believe in animated films! Team leader, are you joking with us?"
"I, I also have a question!" Zhao Lingyue, sitting next to Kong Sizhou, had a startled expression: "I cannot imagine the cockroach at home suddenly standing in front of me as a person! I will do a tap dance and then spiral up to heaven on the spot!"
Feng leaned against the edge of the conference table, listening to the three of them ramble, and then, raising his eyelids, looked at Kong Sizhou, who had been squinting and observing Zhao Lingyue the whole time. The latter received the gaze, shrugged helplessly, and stood up to pat Zhao Lingyue's shoulder.
"Beastmen are a small proportion, so it's not that easy to encounter them, and your household cockroach won't suddenly turn into a person one day, that's called mutation, you know?"
Kong Sizhou leaned against the conference table, tilting his head to glance at the door of the conference room. Li Yuzi had gone to the door at some point and was now closing it.
Hearing the sound of the door closing, the others looked up questioningly and followed Li Yuzi's gesture to look at Kong Sizhou.
A fluffy reddish-colored tail was slowly swaying back and forth on the office desk, and the seated group unconsciously followed the tail, looking left and right.
Bai He's heart suddenly jumped, and he first raised his head to look at Kong Sizhou's head, and sure enough, there were reddish-colored pointed ears, the backs of which were gradually black.
It was a fox, a red fox Beastman.
Kong Sizhou smiled and buried his head, using his tail to tease the three gaping people: "I'm a canine type, a red fox Beastman, and as for my gender, you all know, a male alpha."
He then reached out and patted Zhao Lingyue's head gently: "Want to do a tap dance?"
Zhao Lingyue looked up, his expression still dazed, but after a while, he reached out and tightly hugged Kong Sizhou's big tail: "You're not a cockroach! I won't dance! Ah—such a big tail, let me touch it!!"
Kong Sizhou stiffened, but didn't really push Zhao Lingyue away. He just slowly retracted his tail and also hid his ears, looking up at Feng: "Team leader, does hugging the tail count as harassment? I've sacrificed so much, doesn't this count as an occupational injury?"
Feng sat back in his chair and said indifferently, "Go find Zhao Lingyue about that."
Then he returned to the main topic: "Recognizing Beastmen is just one aspect of our task today. The existence of Beastmen is not completely confidential, as long as it's not widely spread. Privately, it's fine if we know. Okay, let's talk about the product next."
Entering the main topic, everyone quickly regained their composure. This new product is designed for the Beastmen population, and currently there is only a prototype. The tasks of their office do not require much, so they need to first understand the government's review requirements for Beastmen products.
After the meeting, back in the office, a group of people hesitated and stared intently at the leisurely Kong Sizhou organizing the information, wanting to speak but holding back, eager to try.
Taking the lead was still Zhao Lingyue, who leaned on Kong Sizhou's desk and grinned, "Shou-ge, how come I've never heard you mention before that you're a fox?"
Kong Sizhou smiled, "I did mention it. Didn't you have to do a tap dance in front of me then?"
"Nonsense! That was because I was afraid of cockroaches!" Zhao Lingyue blinked his starry eyes, "I'm not afraid of foxes, foxes are so cute!"
"Cute?" Kong Sizhou seemed to hear a joke, and he didn't refute Zhao Lingyue's viewpoint. He glanced at the other slowly approaching people and stopped organizing the information, leaning back in his chair, "Go on, ask, I'll reluctantly answer your questions."
Xia You eagerly came closer, "Shou-ge, what's it like to be a Beastman? Is it super cool?"
"I don't feel it's super cool." Kong Sizhou smiled, "After all, I was born a Beastman, not suddenly turned into one."
"Shou-ge, where does your tail come from?" Yichen's eyes were shining, and he couldn't help but look behind Kong Sizhou.
"Harassment, Team Leader, aren't you going to manage this?" Kong Sizhou shouted towards Feng.
In less than two seconds, Feng appeared and dragged Yichen away.
The others continued to ask questions, and Bai He stood beside them, listening.
He still found it very strange.
By the time it was time to leave, Bai He was standing outside the Jinyu Gate, the group dinner was in an hour, and Yichen had sent the location, but they didn't leave together. Bai He planned to call a car.
Suddenly, the familiar SUV flashed past in front of him, and after a while, the SUV slowly backed up, the driver's window rolled down, and Qin Yao leaned forward and looked at Bai He, "Get in, I'll give you a ride."
Bai He hesitated for a moment, as the car order was still not arranged, so he got into Qin Yao's car.
In the passenger seat, he buckled his seatbelt and turned to face Qin Yao.
He showed Qin Yao the location on his phone, "Can you go there?"
Qin Yao glanced at it, "Mm."
There was no further conversation, Bai He quietly observed the alpha in the driver's seat.
Qin Yao stepped on the gas, the car smoothly drove out, and he noticed Bai He's gaze, pretending to be relaxed and smiling, "What's wrong?"
Bai He shook his head, "I just feel like I haven't seen you in a long time."
Qin Yao paused, then smiled, "It's only been a few days."
"I know." Bai He pondered, then asked, "How are you feeling?"
"I'm fine." Qin Yao responded, suddenly catching a strange scent, he frowned and gripped the steering wheel tightly, "Why do you have a fox scent on you?"
Bai He's heart suddenly tightened, he looked at Qin Yao's side profile blankly, "...Fox?"
"Mm." Qin Yao nodded, keeping his eyes on the road, "I shouldn't have smelled wrong? Have you come across any alpha Beastmen with a fox scent?"
Bai He shook his head, his gaze fixed on Qin Yao's side profile, as if trying to find something in that calm face. After a long time, he quietly asked, "Qin Yao, do you know about Beastmen?"
The SUV braked abruptly, Bai He instinctively leaned forward, but was pulled back by the seat belt. He leaned against the backrest, staring blankly at the momentary change in Qin Yao's expression.
"Sorry, I stepped on the brake." Qin Yao adjusted the speed and drove steadily onto the elevated road, the evening sun slanting down, the alpha backlit, making his expression unreadable.
Bai He heard Qin Yao's still calm voice, with a hint of confusion, "What did you just say?"
Bai He gripped the seatbelt tightly, after a long time, he shook his head, "Nothing."
No need to ask anymore.
He looked ahead, thinking that Qin Yao was good at pretending, but couldn't pretend very well in front of Bai He. Although the alpha didn't show any extra emotions, the leaked pheromones told Bai He.
At that moment, Qin Yao was nervous.
So...
Qin Yao knows about the existence of Beastmen.
But what's there to be nervous about?
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