Chapter 54: Xiao Chen’s Susceptible Period
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After today, Xu Xingran would be tightly protected.
His father would not let him risk his life for a classmate again. His surroundings would be filled with bodyguards, and the police would provide him with tight protection. If he really was the alpha who marked An Lan, ‘Eden’ would find it challenging to have any contact with Xu Xingran.
“Let Sister Butterfly take you away,” k said.
Xu Xingran handed the phone back to Sister Butterfly. “Let’s go. Your boss is waiting for me.”
Sister Butterfly immediately lifted a painting in the VIP room, revealing a door behind it.
Xu Xingran followed her into the passage, which led to the end of the street where a car was parked.
The security guard drove, while Sister Butterfly and Xu Xingran sat in the front passenger seats. The car quickly left.
“You are really crazy,” Sister Butterfly said with a serious expression.
No one had ever dared to provoke ‘Eden’ like this.
“Do you not know that the higher the concentration of pheromones, the closer to madness the alpha becomes?” Xu Xingran replied.
“Why not turn him into an omega then? That way, you can possess him,” Sister Butterfly suggested.
“In terms of modern medical technology, permanently marking is no longer possible. Even divorced couples can apply to eliminate the mark with their divorce certificate. To permanently possess someone, the simplest method is not to turn them into an omega and mark them.”
“What is it?” Sister Butterfly asked.
“Let him become the butterfly flapping its wings, changing my life,” Xu Xingran suddenly raised his hand and grabbed Sister Butterfly’s wrist; she held a syringe in her hand.
“Sorry, I have to do this,” Sister Butterfly said.
“I don’t like being ambushed,” Xu Xingran extended his arm.
Sister Butterfly injected the drug, and Xu Xingran closed his eyes, leaning on Sister Butterfly’s shoulder.
The special forces rushed into the VIP room, finding it empty.
The captain was communicating with the command center.
“Check if there’s a computer in the VIP room, any mobile storage devices?”
The special forces captain walked to the computer in the VIP room, found a USB drive plugged in the side, and shook the mouse. The data copy was at 100%.
“We’ve got it!”
“Bring it back.”
This USB drive was what Xu Xingran had inserted after entering the VIP room.
All the bar’s video recordings had been destroyed, but they were completely stored on this USB drive.
In the early morning, An Lan, despite tilting his head and closing his eyes to rest, couldn’t sleep.
Vaguely, he could hear some movement outside. He perked up his ears to discern the conversation, although faint, he could understand what was being said.
“I heard that the A-plus concentration in the blood sample is too low… even if we draw blood and turn it into a dried corpse, it won’t achieve effective concentration.”
“Nonsense, he was just drugged, and his brain didn’t react. Where would the A-plus concentration come from?”
Who? Who was brought here?
Xu Xingran? Gu Liyu? Or Xiao Chen?
An Lan’s breathing began to tremble slightly.
But throughout the whole night, there was no sound in the room, and the person who had been talking to him had not appeared.
In this suspense and worry, An Lan felt very tired. When the door of the room opened, he realized it was already the next morning.
“I have a gift for you.”
That voice finally sounded again.
The restraints on An Lan’s hands and feet were removed, and someone held his shoulders, leading him out of the room.
What were they planning to do again?
“Take a good shower; it’s not pleasant to be smelly.”
An Lan’s heart thumped. Who did he need to please? Was this organization trying to transform betas into omegas, and were there people coming to choose goods?
An Lan was taken to a small room, and the person escorting him left him there.
Removing the blindfold, An Lan’s eyes, which had not seen light for a long time, couldn’t adjust immediately. He raised his hand to shield his eyes.
When the glaring sensation eased, An Lan slowly lowered his hand.
The room was entirely wrapped in foam, evidently to prevent anyone from hitting the walls.
In the center of the small room was a white bed, and there was another door, which was open, leading to a shower.
On the bed lay a set of clean clothes and pajamas.
Apart from that, the entire room was empty.
The fewer things there were, the more unsafe An Lan felt.
He raised his head and found a camera on the ceiling. Cameras were also in the corners of the room, meaning everything he did was under their surveillance.
There was a broadcast on the ceiling, and the voice An Lan had heard many times before echoed again: “Don’t be shy. There’s no monitoring in the bathroom. Take a bath; you need to rest. A tired appearance will make alphas feel distressed.”
An Lan clenched his fists, wondering why he needed to please someone. Did they want to sell him to multiple alphas?
“You’re special. Not just any alpha can have you. Darling, you’re not for sale.”
An Lan moved his wrists; at least, he wasn’t tied up now. He had to play it by ear and find an opportunity.
Picking up the fresh clothes, An Lan entered the shower room. With a “clang,” he closed the door.
Water flowed from above, and An Lan closed his eyes, organizing his thoughts. He had been on edge for a long time, and he was truly exhausted. His hands were propped against the shower wall, and the water flowed down his cheeks, passed his slender neck, outlined his smooth shoulders, and hid beneath his waist, his two long legs carrying the vitality of youth.
In another room, Xu Xingran slowly woke up. As soon as he opened his eyes, he found his hands and feet bound.
“Tsk…”
Xu Xingran, who was testing the strength of the restraints by moving his wrists, was stunned.
In front of him was a one-way mirrored wall, and on the other side was An Lan’s bathroom.
An Lan’s back was fully exposed, with water and the bathroom lights presenting a suggestive luster.
Xu Xingran widened his eyes, unable to divert his gaze from that back. The next second, he raised his head, looking for the camera in his room.
“You guys have a tacky taste.”
On the side table was a walkie-talkie, and k’s laughter came through.
“Although it’s tacky, you like it, right? Your eyes are glued to it.”
Xu Xingran closed his eyes, saying coldly, “What are you guys doing? It doesn’t look like you have any sincere intentions of cooperation.”
“Don’t close your eyes. You want to see him so badly. You know, at that moment, the concentration of pheromones in the room suddenly increased.”
Xu Xingran sneered, “I understand. You want to stimulate my possessiveness, increase the A-plus content in my pheromones.”
“Smart. So cooperate a bit, you seem to want to watch him so badly.”
Xu Xingran lowered his head and turned his face to smile, “The education I received since childhood is about restraint. Now you tell me to be indulgent, I’m not used to it.”
“Student, at this moment, you have a reason to indulge yourself. But when you leave here, when you truly grow up, when you enter the dirty world of adults, what you need to restrain will not only be the desire for your loved one but also many things that disgust you. It’s easy to pretend not to like things you like, but it’s challenging to pretend to like things you hate. So embrace your instincts. If the A-plus content in your pheromones is enough, I’ll let you enjoy your little boyfriend excessively. Being a bit more unrestrained is fine because you’re doing it to save him.”
“What if I still can’t let go?” Xu Xingran asked coldly.
K’s laughter rang out, carrying a hint of madness, “Then, I will give you a little punishment, a punishment that will make you wish you could break through this wall.”
Xu Xingran opened his eyes, and his gaze slowly moved towards the bathroom.
An Lan still had his back turned, and Xu Xingran knew just how much this boy suited his taste.
Since the first time he climbed that window, opened that gap, the faint scent of bamboo leaves soothed him. Xu Xingran had been curious about what kind of person he was, and why his pheromones were so unique. Xu Xingran regretted not looking up at the person’s face until the next day when An Lan handed him his Chinese homework and softly called him “Class Monitor.”
His heart was lifted by a force that seemed to hold it high, and he couldn’t put it down for a long time. The youth’s wrist conveyed the bamboo scent that he had missed all night. Xu Xingran smiled gently at him and then turned to chat with his desk mate.
For An Lan, climbing that window might be a trivial matter, but for Xu Xingran… he sat alone in the dark, waiting, suppressing the impulses and madness within him. He thought he couldn’t be liberated until someone pulled him out of that dark crevice.
That person left gracefully, leaving Xu Xingran to miss him repeatedly through those tiny details.
Xu Xingran once thought that restraining his desires was a simple matter.
There were too many things in this world to desire, and no “want” was deadly enough.
But An Lan was different. Xu Xingran wanted him desperately, to the point that in every class, when he rested his chin on his hand, he couldn’t help but look at that boy.
His appearance playing with his phone in the drawer during class, the way he cheered up his desk mate, how he would send the omega desk mate home every night – Xu Xingran had hardly noticed him before, but once he did, he found him so adorable.
When he shared his shooting results on WeChat, Xu Xingran found out he withdrew from the finals due to an injury. At that moment, Xu Xingran wondered if he got injured while climbing the window.
Xu Xingran found the video of his shooting competition, and it was like a new world opening up. The boy had a focused expression and a straight posture. One shot took only two and a half seconds, and An Lan’s footage in the video, from preparation to finish, probably didn’t last five seconds. Yet, Xu Xingran could watch it repeatedly for a whole night.
An Lan had the ability to become Xu Xingran’s opponent.
One day, standing in the corridor outside the classroom, Xu Xingran suggested that An Lan get a check-up. An Lan countered, “What if I’m an omega?”
What if he’s an omega?
How could this fool ask such a life-threatening question in such a casual tone?
If you were an omega, my canine teeth would eagerly sink into the nape of your neck, and I would recklessly mark you again and again in the deepest part of you, regardless of your youth and boundless potential.
But you’re not.
An Lan was like the apple bitten by the snake in the Garden of Eden.
And now, he stood there with his back to Xu Xingran, completely unaware. This was his most original appearance, every line, every contour, was the most perfect image in Xu Xingran’s heart.
Fingers kept closing, and Xu Xingran knew k was watching him. However, if he let his pheromones explode now, and k got what he wanted, he would quickly leave. Xu Xingran had to drag out this process as long as possible.
“Xu Xingran, you seem to be too restrained. I remember when you tempted Sister Butterfly, you were fully unleashed, far from this level. That’s the charm of a top alpha.”
“Well, alphas are full of control, but they detest being controlled.”
“Tsk, it seems so. Then how about a little punishment for you?”
An Lan had finished his shower, grabbed a towel to dry himself, put on his clothes, and walked out. When he saw the silhouette on the bed, he stopped.
“Who?” An Lan squinted his eyes, and the person under the blanket made no response.
Not yet dried, the water from An Lan’s hair flowed down, making drip-drop sounds on the floor, forming one circular water stain after another.
With a sneer, An Lan thought the other party couldn’t possibly be so kind as to let him take a peaceful bath and have a good sleep.
A faint fragrance permeated the room, carrying a hint of tobacco’s stimulating scent, yet also with strands of seductive sexiness.
This was the alpha’s pheromones. An Lan suddenly realized, and before he could react, he lifted the blanket, only to see Xiao Chen lying inside.
His eyes were closed, still in a drowsy state, but his cheeks were slightly red, and his body temperature was higher than usual.
“Xiao Chen? Xiao Chen, what happened to you?” An Lan’s arm circled around Xiao Chen’s neck, lying down next to him, half-supporting him.
No wonder the lunatic on the broadcast said he had a gift for him. Was this gift Xiao Chen?
“What did you do to Xiao Chen?” An Lan raised his head, glaring at the camera.
“Nothing, just made him enter the susceptible period a bit earlier.”
Hearing the words “susceptible period,” An Lan’s brain nerves jumped, and then he felt intense pain.
This lunatic wouldn’t give Xiao Chen suppressants. If that was the case, Xiao Chen would have to endure it himself. Moreover, during this time, Xiao Chen would be possessive of omegas.
An Lan wasn’t an omega, and after some adjustments to his pheromone A value, it was much higher than before.
This meant that An Lan’s pheromones might stimulate Xiao Chen, who was also an alpha.
An Lan was about to leave, thinking of going to cool Xiao Chen down with a cold compress, or perhaps hiding in the bathroom to isolate himself. But Xiao Chen suddenly grabbed An Lan’s wrist, and his fingers exerted so much force that it felt like he would crush An Lan’s wrist bones.
Xiao Chen’s eyes, which had been tightly closed, trembled, and his eyelashes slowly lifted. Those eyes stared directly at An Lan, with an intensity that made An Lan instinctively step back. But Xiao Chen exerted force, pulling him back.
An Lan leaned against the edge of the bed with one hand, and Xiao Chen’s eyes squinted, “Why is it you…”
His voice was hoarse, carrying a scorching heat.
“Why did you come here too?” An Lan asked.
Xiao Chen released An Lan, sat up, and rubbed the back of his head against the bedpost with force. “Isn’t it for you… When in the tiger’s den, one must expect the tiger cub…”
An Lan initially wanted to scold him. With Xiao Chen barging in on his own like this, it would only get both of them in trouble.
“I know what you’re thinking. You think I can’t save you, and I’ll end up getting myself involved, right?” Xiao Chen smirked, lifting the corners of his mouth.
“Nonsense!”
Xiao Chen remained unfazed. He leaned towards An Lan and whispered in his ear, “Don’t worry, someone doesn’t want me dead. They’ll do everything to save me.”
An Lan paused, realizing that Xiao Chen was probably referring to Xiao Yun and his mother.
After uttering that whisper, Xiao Chen’s hands still lingered near An Lan, not straightening his back but getting closer.
His surrounding breath was hot, like a volcano about to erupt. An Lan lowered his head and glimpsed at Xiao Chen’s clenched fists, with veins bulging, as if there were not blood but magma flowing inside.
That slightly tobacco-flavored, spicy and sweet scent was addictive.
Though in the process of differentiating into an alpha, An Lan could still feel a subtle sense of oppression. The other party seemed to be warning him: no moving, no leaving.
“Xiao Chen…” An Lan moved his knees away from the edge of the bed. Just when he thought they would finally create some distance, Xiao Chen suddenly acted.
The world spun, An Lan was abruptly pulled back by Xiao Chen, and the back of his head heavily pressed into the pillow.
“Xiao Chen! What are you doing…”
As An Lan opened his eyes, he met Xiao Chen’s reddened eyes.
The spicy scent became more pronounced. It wasn’t an alpha overpowering another alpha; it was a kind of stimulation…
A secretive, unspeakable invitation.
An Lan’s heart tightened. Xiao Chen had indeed entered the susceptible period.
At this time, alphas were full of destructive and possessive desires, longing for comfort from omegas.
But An Lan was not an omega. Even though he had shown symptoms of being an omega due to the eve’s apple, after undergoing pheromone therapy, his pheromones had entered the normal alpha range.
Such that he could neither comfort Xiao Chen nor respond to him!
However, the spicy tobacco scent became more and more pronounced, mature and rich, full of wildness and tension. It both suppressed An Lan and enticed him to abandon alpha rigidity and resistance, to submit to him.
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