Chapter 79: Gu Liyu’s Susceptible Period
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As if the wine, with the fragrance of bamboo leaves, surged into his blood, Gu Liyu took a long breath, feeling like the world was spinning. Countless branches of blood-red roses bloomed in his blood vessels, eager to please that person.
An Lan stayed for a long time, until someone else came to the terrace.
However, the other person seemed to be a beta, walking to the edge of the terrace, smoking, but could see An Lan and Gu Liyu if he turned around.
An Lan released his mouth, and when his fangs slowly left Gu Liyu’s skin, Gu Liyu surprisingly felt a kind of emptiness.
An Lan didn’t speak, leaning on Gu Liyu’s shoulder and turning his face.
After a long time, Gu Liyu’s hoarse voice sounded in An Lan’s ear.
“Do you want to mark me?”
An Lan paused for a moment, saying in a muffled voice, “Yes.”
“Then do it again.”
After Gu Liyu finished speaking, An Lan suspected he had misheard.
The friend on the terrace happened to turn around and unexpectedly saw Gu Liyu’s back. An Lan immediately shrank his head.
“No.” An Lan lowered his voice. “There’s someone behind. Let’s… let’s go back.”
Gu Liyu didn’t move, keeping his head down, looking at An Lan.
Seeing that the other party didn’t move, An Lan gently moved, but Gu Liyu just tightened his grip, preventing him from moving again.
“Wait a moment.”
“Why?” An Lan thought, Does this guy have a fetish for being watched?
Gu Liyu lifted An Lan slightly. It was then that An Lan noticed Gu Liyu’s body temperature had risen much higher than before, and he didn’t need to lift An Lan so high.
A thought flashed through An Lan’s mind. He wanted to look down, but Gu Liyu flipped him over and warned in a low voice, “What will you do if you see it?”
An Lan didn’t dare to move, just bowed his head, his forehead against the other’s shoulder, like a quail.
The friend on the terrace probably felt awkward, took two puffs of the cigarette, and left hastily.
An Lan hugged Gu Liyu’s shoulders, not daring to speak. What if he said something wrong, and they executed him on the spot?
“After going back, I’ll teach you the difference between suppressing pheromones and enticing pheromones.”
While Gu Liyu spoke, he slowly let go of An Lan.
An Lan’s face instantly turned red, emitting heat from every pore.
“Let’s… let’s go…”
As soon as An Lan took two steps forward, Gu Liyu grabbed his hand and said, “Let’s go together.”
When they returned to the lively hotpot restaurant, Xiao Chen had ordered who knows how many plates of meat.
“Finally decided to come back?” Xu Xingran raised his head and smiled.
“Yeah.” Gu Liyu responded indifferently.
Perhaps sensing that Gu Liyu’s emotions had recovered, An Lan’s appetite also returned. He scooped and rolled the meat in the hotpot, taking all the lamb that Xiao Chen had just put in.
Xiao Chen widened his eyes. He was about to extend his chopsticks to block An Lan, but Gu Liyu directly lifted his chopsticks and pressed him down.
Xu Xingran shook his head helplessly, raised his hand to call the waiter, and ordered a few more plates of meat.
An Lan enjoyed the meal and lifted his head, saying, “Bring another serving of shrimp paste, fish balls! And bamboo shoots.”
“Bamboo shoots are for Gu Liyu, right? I bet I’ll scoop them all with one chopstick in a moment…” Xiao Chen said halfway, tilting his head and extending his neck towards Gu Liyu.
“What are you doing? Do you want someone to carve up your pig neck meat while you’re at it?” Xu Xingran said with a playful smile.
“No… Gu Liyu, you’re such a spineless alpha! You actually got marked by someone!”
Xiao Chen’s words just finished when An Lan, who was eating fish paste, choked.
“What?” Xu Xingran also leaned over.
Xiao Chen pointed to his neck and said, “Gu Liyu got bitten here! The mark is still fresh.”
Gu Liyu, with an unchanged expression, used the ladle to scoop some lettuce and potatoes, eating quietly. Normal people wouldn’t think that this tall and strong guy preferred vegetarian dishes.
“Oh… marked, huh. So envious,” Xu Xingran glanced at An Lan opposite.
An Lan acted as if he didn’t know anything, lowering his head and continuing to eat the lamb rolls.
“Envious? Envious of what…” Xiao Chen realized at this point and looked at An Lan with a gaze that revealed some admiration. “Little An Lan, not bad! Gu Liyu, tell me, what does it feel like to be marked? We don’t have glands; theoretically, if another alpha bites us, we should feel angry. Will you want to beat up An Lan?”
As Xiao Chen asked these unrelated questions, he had a mischievous smile on his face.
He wasn’t curious; he was clearly enjoying watching a big show.
Gu Liyu, however, looked into Xiao Chen’s eyes and calmly said, “I want to leave my pheromones in a deeper place on him.”
This time, not only did Xiao Chen choke, but An Lan also coughed so hard that tears came out. He gave Gu Liyu a fierce glare.
On the opposite side, Xu Xingran sighed and said, “I have excellent self-control.”
The waiter brought the dishes, and Xu Xingran raised his chin, saying, “Just put them down. I don’t believe you can’t stop someone with a mouth full of nonsense.”
Xiao Chen furrowed his brows and retorted, “What nonsense?”
“I didn’t say it’s your mouth I want to shut up,” Xu Xingran shot back, rolling his eyes at Xiao Chen.
After finishing the hotpot, Xu Xingran drove to send them home.
On the way, An Lan, feeling too full, dozed off as soon as he got into the car, leaning on Gu Liyu’s shoulder all the way until they reached the door of their home.
While driving, Xu Xingran said, “Everyone, be careful these days; ‘Eden’ might take action at any time.”
“Understood,” Xiao Chen said.
“Has your dear brother made any moves recently?” Xu Xingran sounded like he was chatting, but Xiao Chen knew he was seriously asking this question.
“He will come back, and he will definitely take action,” Xiao Chen’s gaze darkened. “In the past, he relied on Han Li and the Han family. Now that Han Li is finished, and the Han family is on the verge of collapse, our dear father is a person who calculates gains and losses clearly. He won’t want to spend effort on Xiao Yun anymore. So… Xiao Yun can probably only rely on or cooperate with ‘Eden.'”
“It seems… you have evidence?” Xu Xingran’s expression also turned serious.
“No evidence, but as long as it’s a weasel, sooner or later, it will fart,” Xiao Chen sneered.
Xu Xingran sighed helplessly, “Can’t your metaphor be more elegant?”
“Why be elegant? Little An Lan is sleeping so soundly; he can’t hear it,” Xiao Chen said.
Arriving at the entrance of the Gu residence, Gu Liyu woke up An Lan, and they got out of the car.
Watching An Lan rubbing his eyes and following behind Gu Liyu, Gu Liyu stopped for a moment. An Lan’s forehead rested against his back, as if following Gu Liyu’s scent, he stepped up the stairs and arrived at the door.
When the door closed, Xu Xingran started the car and left.
“You haven’t let go yet?” Xiao Chen asked.
“Can you let go so quickly?” Xu Xingran, acting casual, drove out of the villa area.
“It’s not that you can’t let go; it’s just that you enjoy the feeling of liking someone so much. Because…” Xiao Chen supported his chin, lazily yawning towards Xu Xingran, “You probably won’t be able to like someone so much in the future.”
“Do you know you’re talkative?” Xu Xingran asked with a smile.
“Oh, you mean An Lan marked Gu Liyu… I wanted to say that the tooth mark is quite cute,” Xiao Chen said with a grin, “And…”
“Yeah?”
“Suddenly, I also want someone to mark me.” Xiao Chen, tilting his head, said with his head up.
Xu Xingran laughed, “School bully, who’s insane enough to want to mark you?”
“Come to think of it, if someone really bit my neck, I’d probably break that person’s neck.”
The two chatted idly, and Xu Xingran dropped Xiao Chen off at his home.
Originally, they both got out of the car, but suddenly Xiao Chen walked up to Xu Xingran’s car window and tapped on the glass.
Xu Xingran rolled down the window, about to speak, but Xiao Chen’s hand reached in, pressing his shoulder and saying, “Xingxing~”
“I had a lot of hot pot for lunch. Do you want me to vomit?” Xu Xingran asked.
Xiao Chen leaned in, whispering into Xu Xingran’s ear, “I feel like my big brother is up to something tonight.”
“Got it,” Xu Xingran nodded.
“See you!” Xiao Chen pulled his head back, yawning, and entered the house.
At this time, An Lan entered the Gu family’s home, looking tired. He curled up on the sofa and continued sleeping.
Gu Liyu sat down beside him. An Lan nestled in the sofa cushion, his head almost hiding in the back of the sofa, revealing a fair portion of his nape. Gu Liyu raised his hand, pressing the spot where An Lan had bitten him. His fingertips touched the shallow mark left by An Lan’s canine teeth; it no longer hurt. Gu Liyu lowered his head, gently kissing the exposed nape of An Lan.
The place where he had bitten An Lan before still bore a very faint mark, almost indistinguishable unless closely examined. Gu Liyu’s tongue lightly touched it, perhaps because it tickled too much. An Lan moved slightly and, with a nasal tone, said, “If you want to bite… just bite… I don’t care that much about becoming an Alpha.”
Gu Liyu paused and then grabbed An Lan’s ear instead. “Silly, what I care about is that relying on external hormones to turn you into an omega can harm your body. Your immune system might be compromised, your hormones could be disrupted, and you’ll be more susceptible to illnesses.”
“Oh, I see.” An Lan turned around and hugged Gu Liyu. “Then, hug me.”
Gu Liyu lifted An Lan, but An Lan pressed him down and then laid on top of him, encircling him and continuing to sleep.
Having slept too much in the afternoon, An Lan was exceptionally energetic at night, with his eyes wide open.
“You’re so energetic; let me accompany you to review the exercises,” Gu Liyu said.
“No… I know them all. I really do.”
“Then, I’ll teach you how to control pheromones,” Gu Liyu said.
“That’s interesting; I’d like to learn that,” An Lan said with enthusiasm.
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Liyu suddenly approached An Lan. His lips were close to An Lan’s throat, as if he was going to kiss his neck. An Lan became nervous in an instant.
“You see, you’re like a child… Whenever you’re emotionally stirred, your pheromones spill out.”
Gu Liyu stopped less than a centimeter away from him.
An Lan’s expectations fell flat, and he felt a bit irritated.
“You’ve endured for so many years; how many years have I endured?” An Lan asked indignantly.
“I didn’t need to endure before I met you.” Gu Liyu’s hand reached over, covering An Lan’s eyes. “When controlling pheromones, you need to shield yourself from external disturbances. Your brain is a valve, and your emotions influence the threshold of this valve. When they gush out like a flood, you need to control their range. If it’s too extensive, it won’t have a deterrent effect.”
“Like a flood?” An Lan wondered if his meager pheromones were enough.
“Right now, compared to when you confronted Xiao Nan, the concentration of your pheromones has increased at least three or four times,” Gu Liyu said.
“Really?” An Lan felt a surge of joy. “So, my bullets are more abundant now?”
“Yeah.” Gu Liyu stepped back a bit. “Try it. Release your pheromones towards me. You want me to submit, you want me on my knees, you want me to bow my head.”
An Lan’s Adam’s apple rolled, and he suddenly thought of what Gu Liyu did to him in the shower that day.
“There must be something flowing inside you; let it detach from your body… Let it attack me, oppress me.” Gu Liyu’s hand covered the back of An Lan’s head, and his fingertips lightly touched.
It seemed like that was the location of the pituitary gland, where pheromones were released.
The warmth of Gu Liyu’s palm made An Lan instinctively tilt his head back, pressing against Gu Liyu’s palm.
The scent of bamboo leaves in the air became increasingly distinct, as if a force was ready to break through the soil, permeating with penetrating power.
Gu Liyu took a step back, and his hand, which originally intended to leave the back of An Lan’s head, ended up supporting An Lan’s cheek, bringing him closer.
“An Lan… I told you to suppress me, not to…” Gu Liyu’s voice became unusually hoarse.
“What… what…” An Lan opened his eyes and looked at the other person.
Gu Liyu closed his eyes and lowered his head.
“I didn’t tell you to seduce me.”
An Lan was speechless. “I didn’t seduce you…”
“Your pheromones lack intensity,” Gu Liyu wrinkled his brows and thought for a moment. “Do you remember the time in the hospital when my father’s pheromones suppressed you?”
“I remember.”
Recalling that feeling of breath being restrained, the air being stripped away, and even the body losing control, An Lan’s heart was filled with fear.
“Imagine you’re back in that time. You have to resist the pheromone crush of Gu Yunli. You must fight back, resist to the death. Understand?” Gu Liyu said.
An Lan nodded, imagining the scene, and once again released his pheromones.
The originally gently swaying bamboo forest suddenly stood upright, stretching towards the sky and piercing into Gu Liyu’s brain.
The scent of ambergris gradually spread, continuously engulfing the bamboo leaf fragrance, overwhelming everything.
The air became humid, as if oxygen could no longer be inhaled. Invisibly, a force wrapped around An Lan, tightening more and more, squeezing his blood and muscles, as if it wanted to crush them into his bones.
The strong desire for control made An Lan instinctively resist. The bent bamboo branches rebounded little by little, but the force became stronger and stronger. The bamboo forest was pressed into almost a broken arc, and cold sweat trickled down An Lan’s forehead. He gritted his teeth, trying to pierce through the low sky.
“Mm…” An Lan turned his face sideways, clenched his fists, and that damp and heavy force showed no mercy, cold and ruthless.
The feeling of the heart being tightly held, unable to beat, made An Lan feel a sense of crisis—was Gu Liyu going to kill him?
He opened his mouth, but oxygen seemed to be nonexistent, unable to flow into his lungs.
“Gu… Gu Liyu…” An Lan’s voice overflowed from his throat. He begged Gu Liyu to withdraw his pheromones.
“Alphas in ‘Eden’ won’t show mercy just because you call their names,” Gu Liyu’s voice was colder than usual.
An Lan’s legs felt like they were filled with lead, and the ground sank. He was unable to stand steadily.
Losing balance, An Lan fell, and if it were usual, Gu Liyu would have caught him. However, An Lan propped himself up with his elbow, and what he saw was the tip of Gu Liyu’s shoe. He stood there motionless.
“An Lan, your pheromones can be more intense,” Gu Liyu’s voice descended.
An Lan clenched his fists as if the whole sky was being dragged down by a powerful force, bending his spine.
“Focus, I’ve told you not to release your pheromones too dispersed. They should be a force, destroying your opponents—you can do it.”
Cold sweat dripped from An Lan’s chin, and his arms trembled.
An Lan knew that what he was enduring probably wasn’t even one-tenth of the intensity of Gu Liyu’s pheromones. Still, he felt extremely uncomfortable; his sternum seemed like it was being pressed into his heart.
“An Lan, if you can’t resist me, then when I hurt you like other uncontrollable alphas, and you can’t defend yourself, do you know what that means for me?” Gu Liyu stood there and asked.
Something deep in An Lan’s brain was sharply stabbed. A dull pain extended to every part of his body, even his fingertips were aching.
“Ugh…”
An Lan gritted his teeth. The nerves releasing pheromones in his brain were trembling, and the previously tightly closed gate was forced open. Pheromones gathered and suddenly burst out like a cold, sharp spear, piercing through the shield of that shield, and the entire bamboo forest seemed to be infused with a certain force in an instant. It surged toward Gu Liyu like a cavalry, breaking through Gu Liyu’s pheromones, penetrating his skin, muscles, and reaching into his bone marrow.
Gu Liyu staggered backward.
The oppressive force on An Lan disappeared.
He was covered in sweat, lying in place and slowly turning over.
His hair stuck to his forehead, a few strands clinging to his eyes, his Adam’s apple rising and falling with each breath. Even the neckline of his casual T-shirt had shifted to the side.
Gu Liyu looked down at him with lowered eyes. An Lan tried to prop himself up with his elbow, but he swayed and laid back down.
“I pierced through you,” An Lan’s voice, exhausted and somewhat triumphant, carried a hint of provocation.
He felt a sense of satisfaction because he believed Gu Liyu had probably been penetrated by his pheromones.
The living room was silent, with only An Lan’s breathing and the sound of Gu Liyu’s throat swallowing.
An Lan really couldn’t release any more pheromones.
He moved his fingers and said, “Can you… help me up?”
Suddenly, a shadow cast over him. An Lan opened his eyes and found Gu Liyu’s knees pressing against his waist. Gu Liyu was looking down at him, his eyes deep and gloomy, and the scent of ambergris in the air freely wandering.
Very intense, very unrestrained, as if a destructive storm was brewing over the sea.
Gu Liyu bent down, and An Lan could feel him trembling slightly.
“Gu… Gu Liyu…”
The scent of ambergris stimulated An Lan’s nerves. If the previous situation was ruthless oppression and intimidation, it was completely different now.
“Gu…”
Gu Liyu approached An Lan, his eyes were originally quite similar to Song Kelan’s, beautiful and profound. The more An Lan looked at them, the more he felt a sense of charm. The scent of ambergris became stronger and stronger. Suddenly, An Lan realized… did his intrusion of Gu Liyu’s body with his pheromones put him into a susceptible period?
“I’ll go find an inhibitor for you…”
Using his elbow to move backward, An Lan left Gu Liyu’s shadow. But as soon as his eyes felt the light in the living room, Gu Liyu grabbed his leg and pulled him back.
An Lan’s arm lost strength, and he fell back. Gu Liyu stayed in place without moving. An Lan tried to move, and Gu Liyu’s gaze suddenly sank, a prelude to an angry alpha.
The concentration of ambergris was even more intense. Gu Liyu clearly just held An Lan still, but An Lan felt something moving between his waist and abdomen. His knees seemed to be controlled by some force, pressing downward on both sides.
Gu Liyu leaned in close to An Lan’s neck, his hands gripping the edge of An Lan’s athletic shorts tightly. His fingers were clamped so tightly that he could easily yank them down.
“Gu Liyu, wake up! You’re entering the susceptible period…”
Gritting his teeth, An Lan forcefully pulled back. The shorts slid over his body, and it seemed like his ankles were about to come out. However, Gu Liyu immediately grabbed him and tried to pull them back up.
Without hesitation, An Lan fiercely kicked towards his shoulder. This kick almost used up all his strength.
Stumbling to his feet, he ran towards the stairs.
There must be an inhibitor in Gu Liyu’s room.
An Lan’s legs weakened, and after running just a few steps, he almost fell. Gu Liyu followed closely, grabbing his waist. His palm was very hot, startling An Lan.
Regardless of consequences, An Lan gave him an elbow strike from behind.
Gu Liyu seemed not to feel any pain. He forcefully kissed An Lan’s neck, as if the strength wanted to suck all of An Lan’s blood out.
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