cocomimi_turtle
Gao Tu lives quietly, working hard, smiling softly, and pretending to be an ordinary beta in a world ruled by alpha dominance.
But beneath his gentle surface hides a truth only his sickly alpha sister knows
he is an omega who learned early that survival means silence.
Every day, he balances three lives:
supporting a chronically ill sister,
hiding from a gambling father who drains his earnings,
and working under a man whose presence feels like a storm.
Hua Yong the feared, cold, brilliant alpha whose name alone keeps people trembling.
He sees nothing, feels nothing, trusts no one...
until a quiet new employee catches his attention simply by not flinching from him.
Gao Tu's innocence should make him invisible.
But his calm eyes, polite voice, and sharp mind unsettle Hua Yong in a way no one else ever has.
Little by little
Hua Yong begins to watch him.
Protect him.
Want him.
And Gao Tu, who has trusted no one his whole life, begins to find safety in a man who looks like danger itself.
But kindness can break people more than cruelty.
And Hua Yong's darkness is not a story it is a warning.
As secrets unravel, pasts collide, and the world tries to pull them apart, the two men must face the truth:
> Some lights don't disappear.
Some darkness doesn't harm.
And sometimes, the softest person in the room
becomes the one you can't live without.