After being moved to tears by the sworn enemy's pheromones - Chapter 16

Although saying so, during dinner, Gu Yu didn’t touch the shrimp dumplings at all, which made Shen Jin’s plan fail. “Don’t you like shrimp dumplings?”

Gu Yu lowered his head and drank his soup, saying, “I do, but I don’t feel like eating seafood today.”

Shen Jin silently noted it down and teased him, “So alphas have so many rules during their sensitive period?”

Gu Yu replied indifferently, “Not as much as during heat period when my senior brother’s waist hurts and he still wants to bite me.”

“…,” Shen Jin muttered to himself, “You remember it quite clearly.”

After dinner, they spent some time peacefully. Shen Jin then asked if he could leave, and Gu Yu reluctantly agreed, saying, “Yeah, you can go now.”

Approaching 10 o’clock, Shen Jin originally thought he could bring some late-night snacks for his poor son on the way back, but before he could even change his shoes, he heard a voice behind him again, “I didn’t really bully you.”

Shen Jin was puzzled for two seconds, then quickly realized that Gu Yu’s mood was still not right. After all, the complete meaning of this sentence might be “I tried very hard to restrain myself after dinner and even took an extra suppressant shot. I just wanted to smell your pheromones. What’s wrong with that? I gave you money!”

He wanted to get closer, but Gu Yu coldly turned and went to the bedroom.

“Gu Yu—wait a minute.”

The distinct alpha aura in front of him made Shen Jin hurriedly follow him.

The scene in the bedroom was indeed not much different from what Shen Jin had guessed. Gu Yu threw the set of dark pink pajamas Shen Jin had worn on the bedside, showing his desire for omega’s scent while feeling embarrassed.

This was typical behavior during an alpha’s sensitive period. Shen Jin settled his mind and sat down, wanting to touch Gu Yu’s hand, “Feeling uncomfortable?”

He had never expected Gu Yu’s reaction during his sensitive period to be so complicated. In a sense, the other party wasn’t even very clear-headed.

Gu Yu seemed to feel the warmth of his palm, so he immediately grabbed his wrist and threw it away, looking calm, “Not really uncomfortable, just like being a little cold. I’ll feel better after sweating. You can go now. I know I should drink more hot water.”

Damn, dare to push me away?

Shen Jin thought, given Gu Yu’s symptoms, drinking hot water probably wouldn’t help, even if he drank the water from the Ganges River.

He guessed that the original primitive way of sweating might involve appropriate “interactions” with an omega. So, he felt sympathetic and asked, “Did you used to feel like this during your sensitive period before?”

With the omega he wanted not around, he was instead seen like this by his archenemy. According to Gu Yu’s personality, it wouldn’t be impossible for him to commit suicide on the spot.

Sure enough, Gu Yu quickly turned over to the other side and lay down, his voice muffled, “…Never felt like this before.”

Compared to his restlessness during the day, Gu Yu at night seemed to be heading in another direction. He held the pair of teddy bears by the pillow without saying a word, refusing to be proactive anymore. Shen Jin observed curiously for a while, and his mischievous thoughts gradually surfaced.

He asked, “Do you really like and want my pheromones very much?”

This time, it was not enough to commit suicide on the spot. At least, he would need to write a paper and prove that such a thing was impossible before he could rest assured.

“…,” There was no denial from beside him. Shen Jin laughed mercilessly, “Poor little junior, if I were you, I would definitely stuff something into the mouth of this omega in front of me and make him cry and beg for mercy, and see if he still dares to laugh at you.”

“…,” Gu Yu remained silent for a few seconds, and his originally magnetic voice became even deeper, “No need to stuff, don’t like it, don’t want it, you can go.”

Shen Jin had just been thrown away by his wrist, and now he certainly wouldn’t let Gu Yu go so easily. He leaned down, gradually emitting a sweet scent, and said, “Stop it, and you still threw away my wrist—as a father, I recommend you buy the complete set of ‘The CEO Hurt Me’ and ‘The Tsundere Young Master, Please’ to learn how tsunderes ruin lives.”

Seeing his opponent being infuriated, Gu Yu could only spit out four words in frustration, “Don’t bother with me.”

“Wrong answer, I’m still going to bother you.” Shen Jin hardened his heart and leaned towards the bedside, saying, “Not leaving—this can even be considered overtime. The exploitation of capitalists is truly ubiquitous.”

He admitted defeat today. After struggling for so long, they almost fought, but in the end, it was still Gu Yu who compromised.

Different from the afternoon, this time Shen Jin remembered that Gu Yu liked physical contact with omegas, so he would occasionally touch Gu Yu to prevent him from resisting.

At the end of summer, the temperature lingered at an awkward 20 degrees Celsius. After Gu Yu had calmed down for a couple of hours, he complained softly that it was very hot. However, when the air conditioning cold air turned on, he frowned in confusion and said he felt dizzy. It took Shen Jin a while to find a folder to use as a fan and said, “Didn’t realize there were so many problems… Do I need to mark down that you’re missing an omega?”

With the moonlight dim, Gu Yu remained motionless and didn’t respond. It seemed he had finally fallen asleep.

Licking his lips, Shen Jin leaned in halfway and continued talking to himself, “So, you weren’t calm today, didn’t restrain yourself, and weren’t acting like your usual self… Am I the only one who saw it?”

These were all Gu Yu’s fatal weaknesses. But as he looked at the furrowed brows on Gu Yu’s face, Shen Jin couldn’t help but feel regret, “Maybe it’s because of my mischief when school started… Should I not have bothered you?”

If it weren’t for his deliberate mischief, with Gu Yu’s appearance, he might have found an omega and already ended the “interaction” by now, peacefully embracing his own omega for rest, without enduring the torture of the sensitive period.

However, the thought of Gu Yu comfortably holding another omega while sleeping made Shen Jin feel uncomfortable, and he couldn’t help but feel stifled. He then arrogantly crawled under Gu Yu’s blanket, not only occupying the position that originally belonged to someone else but also spending the entire second half of the night fanning himself while venting his frustration:

Damn regrets. If I had stayed closer, how would I know if you weren’t feeling well again? If your future omega isn’t happy, then I’ll have to bear it.

*

The next morning, Gu Yu’s expression had improved quite a bit, and Shen Jin’s mood was quite good as well: he had obtained leverage, taken advantage of the situation, and it was quite comfortable being held by an alpha while sleeping. This was a win.

He prepared some porridge and barbecued pork buns and placed them by the bedside, then left a message before heading back to the dormitory.

Qin Zhu opened the door and glanced at his eyes, asking, “What’s wrong? Were you kept up all night?”

“Pretty much, isn’t your dad amazing?” Shen Jin replied, “Back in the day, my longest record for staying up was 56 hours straight. If it weren’t for your midlane sleepwalking and throwing three games, I think we could have gone for 60 hours.”

“Didn’t you end up in jail in the jungle?” Qin Zhu retorted, “Alright, go get some sleep for a few hours. We’re testing the new version content later.”

Shen Jin nodded and crawled into bed, exhausted. “Wake me up at 12.”

However, he didn’t wake up until three or four in the afternoon. Before he could ask Qin Zhu why he hadn’t been woken up, Qin Zhu said, “Awake? Your sugar daddy asked me for your game account. I reckon the limited edition skin is already redeemed by now.”

Still feeling a bit groggy, Shen Jin asked, “Who the hell is my sugar daddy?”

“Even after sleeping so many times?” Qin Zhu replied matter-of-factly, “Of course, it’s Gu Yu. He played with you all night and only gifted you one skin. Aren’t you a bit too loose with your grip?”

Upon hearing this, Shen Jin immediately rolled off the bed to fight with him. Just as they were wrestling, a message popped up on Shen Jin’s phone from Gu Yu, mocking him: “Accompanying/sleeping with me should come at a premium, so I’ve already exchanged 3,200 purple crystals for the limited edition skin for you. Don’t use default skins when playing with me in the future. They’re ugly.”

With over 3,000 purple crystals from 50 draws, it was almost like being dead for three days, so Shen Jin, who usually had a black face, was now feeling a headache and couldn’t help but punch Qin Zhu again. “You just gave him my account without asking?”

“You told me to use it freely before, can’t I borrow it for someone?” Qin Zhu gestured for him to sit down and play the game, “Since he’s already used it, what’s wrong with logging in? Besides, haven’t I used it before?”

“…He hasn’t used it before!” Shen Jin returned 648 yuan to Gu Yu, which was needed for the 50 draws, while questioning Qin Zhu, “Why are you suddenly going behind my back?”

“Because Gu Yu also drew the purple crystals for me.” Qin Zhu didn’t even bother pretending, “But don’t worry, I paid for them myself. I’m just borrowing my junior brother’s luck. Since your junior brother is no longer in favor, you’re the one who’s out.”

Shen Jin suspected he had misheard, “Our father-son relationship isn’t worth several purple crystals?”

Qin Zhu didn’t mince words, “Son, reflect on why you think you can compare yourself to purple crystals.”

Room 302 had become their battlefield, and if it weren’t for Xu Tingyun, who went home for the holidays, ordering them to play games in the group chat, the two of them might not have made up until dinner to split the delivery fee.

Room 302 had become their battlefield, and if it weren’t for Xu Tingyun, who went home for the holidays, ordering them to play games in the group chat, the two of them might not have made up until dinner to split the delivery fee.

This time, there was a major update for the Summoning War PC game, with adjustments to equipment, skills, maps, talent points, and new heroes. The three of them were immersed in studying team compositions, and a lot of jungle interactions helped alleviate the tense father-son relationship between Shen Jin and Qin Zhu. It wasn’t until after 10 o’clock in the evening that they remembered they needed to eat.

Shen Jin picked up his phone to check for takeout, but Gu Yu’s messages caught his eye first. He opened them with confusion and found the earliest two messages sent at 6 o’clock in the afternoon: 

“Consider the 648 as overtime pay for accompanying me, I won’t charge you.”

“But I didn’t know when you left… Attitude wasn’t great, warning once, next time if you leave without informing me, I’ll deduct money.”

About two hours later, Gu Yu suddenly said, “Are you angry?”

Half an hour later, Gu Yu asked again, “You’re angry about this too?”

The next message came just 20 minutes later: “Bullying some fragile and sensitive omega goes against my principles, so I can apologize occasionally.”

Then the interval between messages became shorter and shorter. Three minutes later, a new one arrived: “That message just now was sent to the wrong person, just pretend you didn’t see it.”

Shen Jin was completely baffled. Just at around 10 o’clock in the evening, Gu Yu even forwarded a WeChat article to him, with the title: “Generosity and forgiveness are the most valuable qualities of omega males (Deep article, forwarding and saving).”

Shen Jin was puzzled. Just as he was about to reply, another new message popped up: “I’m downstairs at your dormitory, I’ve grilled some cheese-flavored slices for Qin Zhu and bought some duck wings.”

“I swear… when did you two become so close?” Shen Jin showed the message to Qin Zhu, who replied, “What, feeling jealous?”

“Do you believe you won’t get the blue buff in the future?” Shen Jin punched him and replied to Gu Yu: “Room 302.”

Not long after, there was a knock on the door. Shen Jin politely took the bag, but Gu Yu, as if he thought Shen Jin was going to slam the door, pressed against the doorframe, lowering his eyes and asked lightly, “Still angry?”

Shen Jin looked up at him, making the most puzzled sound of his life, “When exactly—when did I get angry?”