After being moved to tears by the sworn enemy's pheromones - Chapter 24
Of course, after angrily contemplating for a few seconds, Shen Jin’s almost evaporated rationality recovered somewhat.
He was nervous yet certain that Gu Yu would definitely reject his proposal.
– If the other party didn’t let him stay, he could naturally run away, and in the future, he would still be the pure and sweet omega.
Gu Yu looked at him hesitantly, his mind probably rehearsing and modifying his words more rigorously than impeaching political enemies. However, after a long while, Gu Yu only said, “I’m hungry, I want to eat something.”
Shen Jin’s heart skipped a beat. “Do you… need to rephrase that?”
He had to admit, he had already imagined Gu Yu pressing him down and doing inappropriate things.
After a moment of thought, Gu Yu replied, “Oh. I’m hungry, I want to eat something made by you. When it’s ready, bring it over and feed me.”
“?” Shen Jin felt as if he had stepped on a trap, “Your hands are fine, aren’t they? Do I have to sit on your lap and feed you?”
Gu Yu actually smiled, his peach blossom eyes carrying a charm completely opposite to his personality.
He said, “Sitting on my lap is temporarily not possible, but kneeling down to feed me is acceptable.”
Shen Jin almost threw the medicine box at him, but he took out a short sword from his backpack and suddenly said, “Take it.”
Looking like a child’s toy, with rounded edges and dragon carvings protruding on the surface, the length was immeasurable, and the width looked to be about four or five centimeters. Shen Jin was startled, “I… I can’t even hold it with three fingers. Isn’t this too…”
Starting off with an embossed short sword, was it too much?
Gu Yu hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth, “Although I don’t know what’s going on in Senior Shen’s mind, I hope Senior Shen understands that not everything on an alpha’s neck is an X organ.”
“…Take it, so you won’t embarrass yourself. Xu Tingyun and Qin Zhu both have one. If I don’t get you one, how can you get by in the dorm?”
Shen Jin awkwardly accepted the sword for a moment, but noticed a notch on the side, “It’s damaged… Are you sure I can use it in the dorm?”
Was it sold as a defective product by the vendors in the paradise, and Gu Yu didn’t notice?
“Even if it’s damaged, you still have to keep it.” Gu Yu turned his head away, and after a while, he said gloomily, “It fell when I was stepping down the stairs. I wanted to catch it… If my foot hadn’t slipped, it wouldn’t have been damaged.”
Shen Jin was taken aback, “Why did you bring this thing out in such heavy rain?”
Gu Yu moved his lips, his face expressionless, but his eyes were unfocused as he replied, “Then just throw it away, forget about it.”
Shen Jin realized his tone was too harsh, so he quickly squatted beside Gu Yu’s leg and coaxed, “I’m sorry, Senior Shen was being stupid. Senior Shen shouldn’t have scolded you, okay?”
He looked at the pale plaster cast on Gu Yu’s leg, his eyes couldn’t help but sting.
In order to coax Gu Yu back, he shamelessly approached and said, “The short sword is very beautiful, Senior Shen likes it a lot—I promise that when I have a house and a career in the future, I’ll buy a five-digit gold base for it and place it in the entrance hall, is that okay?”
Gu Yu remained silent for a moment, but his first words were questioning Shen Jin’s taste, “Gold plating doesn’t look good, it should be made of yellow rosewood.”
“Okay, okay, it’s all up to you. Let alone yellow rosewood, the house will be under your name.” Shen Jin breathed a sigh of relief, but still touched him, “But next time, be more careful, or else I’ll have to come back and be your free nurse again.”
Gu Yu acquiesced, then suddenly asked, “So… why were you touching my thigh?”
“Thigh?” Shen Jin looked at his hand that had unconsciously wandered, feeling embarrassed, quickly withdrew it, and stood up, saying, “I’ll go make you something to eat.”
He dashed into the kitchen, thinking quickly: when did Gu Yu’s thigh muscles become so obvious? He thought they were quite slim when he wore pants usually.
The aroma from the kitchen quickly wafted out. As he cooked, he recalled the two text messages. From the provocative tone, it seemed like they were from someone who secretly admired Gu Yu.
The implication wasn’t even about playing some boring O game with him, but directly mocking him: are you sure you’re capable as an omega?
The thought of being mistaken as an alpha for so many years made Shen Jin stir the eggs faster: Am I really nothing like an omega?
Before graduating from high school, an omega confessed to him. After learning about his split gender, she persistently said, “Why don’t you take some medicine and fu ck me again”—Shen Jin was infuriated but had no other choice: it was his fault for always pretending to have a girlfriend with his bros.
But now, he had the chance to prove himself.
The target of the experiment was naturally the most difficult to conquer and the least likely to mark him—Gu Yu.
He steamed two eggs, filled with gentleness as he fed Gu Yu, thinking he didn’t reveal any weaknesses in his cooking skills. However, Gu Yu calmly wiped his mouth with a napkin and said, “Tomorrow at noon, use my phone to order takeout. Remember to tell the merchant three times that steaming the eggs shouldn’t exceed 8 minutes and it’s not suitable to season them with coarse salt.”
Indirectly criticizing him.
Shen Jin originally wanted to retort, but he coughed and couldn’t speak. Gu Yu then furrowed his brows and grabbed his elbow, asking, “What’s wrong?”
Shen Jin’s voice was intermittently interrupted by coughing as he replied, “It’s nothing… *cough* I think it’s just the annoyance of some unworthy child…”
But as soon as he finished speaking, he wanted to strangle himself: he should have fallen into Gu Yu’s arms and said he felt uncomfortable in his chest and needed him to massage it to feel better. Instead, what did he choose? Enjoying the joy of fatherhood. Whose fault was it?
Unexpectedly, Gu Yu seemed to know something, asking, “Is it the sequelae left by the previous pneumonia? Did you start coughing again after getting wet in the rain today?”
“…?” Shen Jin was taken aback, saying, “How did you know?”
Gu Yu fell silent for a moment, and Shen Jin probably also knew the answer: it was probably Qin Zhu who told Gu Yu.
Feeling despondent, he didn’t know if he could still stay here.
So he vaguely argued, “It has nothing to do with getting caught in the rain this afternoon… *cough* Whenever the weather gets cold, it’s like this for me. I’ll sleep on the couch later, keep my voice down, so as not to disturb your sleep…”
If only he could suppress the cough. He thought: then he could sleep on the bed.
At home, the bedroom space was not enough, so he always slept on the couch, but he never got used to its strange structure. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been so excited when he first entered the university dorm.
But unexpectedly, Gu Yu didn’t agree. Instead, he picked up the cold medicine on the table, mixed it, and said, “Didn’t Senior Shen say he wanted to take responsibility? Who allowed you to sleep on the couch?—Drink the medicine, and accompany me to sleep.”
*
It was almost dawn, and Shen Jin still couldn’t control his cough. He could only curl up under the covers, thinking: annoying Gu Yu to death, not bad at all.
But unfortunately, Gu Yu didn’t show any annoyance towards his cough. Instead, he told him that there were many ways to cure it, and they could try each one later: “Senior Shen got wet in the rain to find me, so I’ll let Senior Shen try each method when the time comes.”
“*cough* Are you trying to kill me?” Shen Jin felt his heart sink, “It won’t be something like mixing ashes from an incense burner with rice, right?”
Gu Yu dared to laugh, “Oh, it won’t be that bad, at most just drink some…”
Shen Jin immediately covered his mouth to stop him, and the two wrestled and joked around for a while. If it weren’t for being so tired, Gu Yu wouldn’t have hugged him and said, “The first folk remedy is that human body temperature can alleviate the sequelae of pneumonia caused by catching a cold. Go to sleep.”
The second time he hugged him proactively in a day.
When Shen Jin came to his senses, he panicked again, feeling like he was being held by a warm hand, as if he suddenly found a place to belong, and being repeatedly pinched and rubbed, it was a bit painful but extremely warm and comfortable, reluctant to let go of that hand.
“*cough*…” In the light, he didn’t dare to tell Gu Yu that he wanted to be hugged tighter, just saying, “*cough* Don’t press your leg against me.”
Gu Yu nodded and asked him, “How come you didn’t feel like you were pressing on my leg when we were fighting just now?”
Shen Jin was feeling guilty, and Gu Yu’s embrace really tightened, “Don’t worry, it won’t hurt. There are still two days until the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, and Senior Shen will have plenty of time to take care of me.”
*
It seemed that Gu Yu was really attached to him. He also worked hard, diligently ordering takeout, disposing of garbage, handing out medicine, guiding games, and caring about Gu Yu’s physiological needs: “Do you need Senior Shen’s help? With the hand speed of a high-level esports player, you won’t be at a disadvantage.”
“…” Gu Yu replied, “No need, I’d rather suffer a bit.”
Still unmoved, always interested only in math problems.
Feeling disappointed, Shen Jin couldn’t predict when his * would come, so he despondently continued to study games next to Gu Yu, threatening his glands in his mind: damn it, if you don’t come, I’ll dig you out to use as seasoning.
Unfortunately, his glands still had no response.
In the following days, Shen Jin had to attend classes, organize the online team, find part-time jobs, and visit Gu Yu. He was so busy that he had little time to rest, and his body seemed to be as disordered as before. After half a month, he hadn’t experienced any special reactions.
Gu Yu’s health was good after all, and he was well taken care of. It seemed that as soon as he recovered his mobility, he might drag Shen Jin to the hospital to check his brain.
On the fifth day of the National Day holiday, Shen Jin bought some meat and vegetables to see Gu Yu. He was already feeling a bit resigned: forget it, it’s meaningless to fight this battle. Let me just die in the wilderness.
He opened the door and changed his shoes, only to find that Gu Yu wasn’t home.
“Damn it.” He instinctively panicked, immediately calling Gu Yu and asking, “Why aren’t you at home? Are you trying to break a few more pieces and go directly to collect disability benefits without needing me to take care of you anymore?”
“No… I’m just at the supermarket downstairs.” The other party quickly replied, “It’s okay, the doctor said in the late stage of recovery, I shouldn’t be completely immobile. I brought a medical crutch, I’ll buy some things and be back soon.”
That’s true.
Shen Jin could only grip his phone tightly and reply, “Okay… I bought the meat and vegetables, so you don’t need to buy anything heavy.”
He seemed calm as he hung up the phone, but he felt inexplicably restless, with a slight dizziness, as if he hadn’t slept enough last night.
It seemed that Gu Yu would still take another twenty or thirty minutes to return, so he simply put the groceries in the fridge and collapsed onto the bed, intending to take a short nap.
*
It was not even 7 o’clock in the evening, and the October sky was already completely dark.
In a daze, Shen Jin felt alternately hot and cold, so he crawled under the covers, clutching the pajamas Gu Yu had left folded on the pillow.
The scent of alpha emanated from the fabric of the clothes, a faint fragrance of strawberries and fresh fruits, very pleasant.
At first, he hugged it to his chest and sniffed it lightly, but then he became greedy and curled his entire body into it, burying his face like his owner was holding him, soothing him with the lowest, gentlest voice.
His symptoms were very obvious, with a fever, dizziness, abdominal cramps, and a chest that had experienced pneumonia, making it difficult for him to breathe. He felt so uncomfortable that even if he wanted to bite the blanket, he could only open his congested lips and breathe heavily.
Waves of torment surged from the lesions in his body, causing the soft hair on his forehead to quickly dampen, and the back of his neck to become unusually hot, surrounded by a heavy shade of deep pink.
He endured it hard, his hand covering his itching neck almost wanting to scratch the surface of his skin, looking quite pitiful.
“Mmm…” He turned over, his originally clear voice becoming weak and hoarse, and his reddened eyes filled with tears that quickly became uncontrollable, trembling as they flowed out.
Feeling ashamed and confused, his face flushed red, not knowing why he suddenly had a fever, he could only curl up and hug the blanket tightly, feeling uncomfortable and softly calling out that name.
Gu Yu… Gu Yu.
He remembered, when he was separating, when he called for help, when he lay in the hospital, it seemed like he was calling the same name every time.
“Gu Yu…”
*
When Gu Yu came out of the supermarket, it was already twenty minutes later.
He bought some snacks that Shen Jin liked and brought along a box of ginger candy biscuits that the other party disliked, planning to feed him while watching the game later.
Although his leg was almost healed, he still had a cast on, so his movements weren’t as convenient. Plus, the elevator was crowded, so it took him five or six minutes to get back to where he lived, only to see the bedroom door tightly closed.
Was he sleeping? He was a little puzzled: he slept at my place until 12 last night and didn’t go back to school until 10 in the morning. Why would he be so tired this early?
He turned to the kitchen to deal with the ingredients, not intending to forcibly wake Shen Jin up— it would be fine to eat later, with a game starting at 10, it might last until late at night, so it would be better to catch up on some sleep first.
The fridge was full of groceries bought by Shen Jin. Gu Yu washed the potatoes and carrots, planning to thaw a piece of beef, but suddenly he stopped in his tracks, feeling a bit stunned.
After all, the scent of a fragrant cream puff was assaulting his brain, causing his blood to surge.
He knew what this meant, so without caring about whether his leg was injured or not, he rushed to the bedroom and barged in.
The intense scent made the heat in his chest almost overflow, and under the dim yellow light, a pitiful little rabbit with red eyes was lying in front of him, seemingly tortured and convulsing with pain.
“Shen Jin—” Gu Yu felt a flame churning and burning in his mind, almost breaking the string of reason. He quickly pulled Shen Jin into his arms and asked, “Are you okay?”
Shen Jin was soaked with sweat, his chest heaving violently with each breath, and he didn’t seem to be fully conscious.
“…Gu Yu…” He smelled the scent of strawberries, and his symptoms seemed to worsen. He curled up, trying to hide his embarrassment, but couldn’t help but hold Gu Yu’s neck tightly, confirming in a low voice, “Why did you just come…”
“Is it you… Gu Yu…”
The pheromones intertwined into a hot mess, and Gu Yu anxiously patted Shen Jin’s back, trying to maintain a calm voice, “It’s me, I’m here, it’s okay, I’m here.”
He couldn’t suppress his almost collapsing breath, but he couldn’t help but wonder again, his reaction to Shen Jin’s pheromones was very special.
It seemed that Shen Jin felt the same way.
“Gu Yu…” Buried in his shoulder, Shen Jin looked like he had suffered a lot, his fingers were wet, his forehead was wet, and he had no strength left in his whole body.
Gu Yu initially thought the other party would request him to quickly bring suppressants, nearly acting preemptively, but the guy unexpectedly softened and gave an absurd suggestion: “It’s so uncomfortable… Can you… mark me?”
Seeming afraid of rejection, the other’s voice trembled, quickly adding, “…on the neck.”
Gu Yu was stunned for a long while, flooded with confusion in his mind, completely unable to react to what was happening.
Why would Shen Yu ask him to mark?
Indeed, the gland at the back of the neck could be used for temporary marking. An alpha only needed to bite open and inject their pheromones to greatly alleviate an omega’s pain for the next few days, more effective and comfortable than suppressants.
Such marking usually only lasted for about ten days to half a month, not causing any real impact on each other.
But even if it was just ten days to half a month, it meant they would belong exclusively to each other during that time.
At that moment, with a heavy breath, unable to determine whether Shen Yu was fully conscious, and not wanting to shamelessly use the alpha’s innate advantage to harm an omega, yet completely unaware of what the little rabbit in his arms was thinking.
The light flickered, and Shen Yu nestled against his shoulder, his warmth making his stomach tense, his whole being thinking: Hurry… just kill me already!
*
Gu Yu, the epitome of an alpha male, absolutely.
Shen Yu felt so uncomfortable that he alternated between moments of clarity and moments of scattered consciousness, almost doubting the meaning of life.
If he had any strength left, he would definitely drag Gu Yu into the kitchen, one knife for each of them, to end it all.
At this point, the pheromones had already intertwined so much that the air was hot. Gu Yu seemed to be breathing rapidly too, wrapping his arms tightly around him from behind, as if he was about to bite into his neck gland to mark him.
Shen Yu’s whole body went weak—no matter how much he voluntarily accommodated Gu Yu in marking himself, when it truly came to this moment, he couldn’t help but close his eyes in fear and regret, not daring to speak.
But a few seconds later, he didn’t feel any pain.
Even though his head was throbbing and dizzy, he still felt Gu Yu’s hand tightly guarding his neck gland—Gu Yu’s powerful instinct urged him to bite and mark, but he still frowned and bit his own arm instead.
Blood and bruises instantly appeared, looking painfully severe.
“Gu… Gu Yu?” Shen Yu’s mind was burning for a moment, his consciousness returning by two points. “Why… are you biting yourself?”
He knew he was heartbroken, yet driven by pheromones, his whole mind was unreasonable: You wouldn’t even bite yourself to mark me?
Gu Yu just held Shen Yu tightly, not saying a word for a long time, only his heart pounding: You’ll feel pain… you’re an omega, I can’t let you suffer.
His mind was filled with tenderness, grace, gentlemanliness, respect, principles, but he didn’t expect that some omegas were just… lacking.
*
Inside the room, spring light floated, and Gu Yu regained a bit of rationality, wanting to get suppressants for Shen Yu: It’s better than being marked by an archenemy alpha, and when Shen Yu wakes up, it won’t be too humiliating.
But the person in his arms fell silent for a moment, no longer as soft and pleading as before, but instead confronting him head-on: “You can endure me, an omega like this… you won’t even mark me by biting yourself…”
“You… are you cold?”
Gu Yu was stunned, the agitation in his chest erupting again, as if he didn’t understand: “What are you saying?”
“You can’t do it at such a young age…” Shen Yu trembled as he tried to reach for a cigarette, speaking confidently, “You’re cold… it sounds nicer…”
Then Shen Yu wiped his reddened eyes and trembled as he tried to break free from Gu Yu’s embrace: “Next time, I’ll find another alpha to mark me…”
No alpha could withstand such a provocation, and at that moment, Gu Yu distinctly heard, the string in his mind truly snapped.
His neck immediately flushed, unable to restrain his agitation anymore, he forcefully pulled Shen Yu in front of him, asking, “Say it again, what did you say?”
He wouldn’t allow Shen Yu to escape his control, yet the other still bit his lip, refusing to yield: “I said… I’m f*cking going to find another alpha… nothing else matters, as long as they have good stamina…”
A smirk formed on Gu Yu’s lips, and in his mind flashed the figures of all the alphas around Shen Yu.
Yan Ze, He Senzhou, seniors from the eSports club, in-game local friends, viewers in the live stream room… even Xing Tingyun, he counted them all. So, immediately infuriated, he grabbed Shen Yu’s chin, his voice full of alpha dominance: “Fine, I’ll mark you now, let’s see who you intend to find.”
*
Under the lights, Shen Yu was stunned, his gland reddening and swelling.
He didn’t expect the other party to actually say this, even lowering his head to interrogate him: “Are you afraid of pain or not?”
“Not… afraid…” Shen Yu’s words trailed off as Gu Yu pulled him onto his lap.
Gu Yu held him from behind, his breath gradually heating up: “Don’t scream later.”
Shen Yu’s muscles tensed, but he said, “Definitely won’t scream.”
The light was so bright that in Gu Yu’s swaying vision, only Shen Yu’s neck was completely exposed in front of him.
A faint tingling came from his left hand, but he pressed it against Shen Yu’s nape, eventually stopping on the surface of the gland.
Shen Yu’s fair skin was tinged with a blush of embarrassment and fragility, warm and soft to the touch, very comfortable.
If he were to mischievously press his fingertips a bit harder, this guy would still tremble slightly, looking so pitiful that one would want to tease him more.
Gu Yu’s last bit of rationality gave Shen Yu a chance to back out, but the other became even more audacious: “Do I have to toast you first? You—”
This was Shen Yu’s own doing.
A surge of heat flooded his brain, drowning his rationality, Gu Yu hooked his hand from behind, pulling Shen Yu forward without waiting for him to speak. He lightly shook his leg, instantly closing the distance between the two.
The starlight outside flickered, and before Shen Yu could react, Gu Yu’s gaze darkened.
He brushed aside Shen Yu’s hair at the nape, not allowing anyone to resist, and bit down on the gland that had turned red from heat.
Initially nervous, but the alpha instinct was powerful enough to seemingly compel him to do anything.
Shen Yu instinctively struggled for half a second, his voice trembling as he gasped, “Ah… mmm.”
The voice abruptly stopped, and Shen Yu desperately bit his lower lip, unable to stop himself from feeling weak all over, overwhelmed by the impact of the alpha’s pheromones.
Fortunately, Gu Yu’s arm held him steady, allowing the marking process to continue.
By the time the process was over, Shen Yu was already too weak to slip out of Gu Yu’s embrace, but Gu Yu still held him firmly, not allowing him to leave his embrace.
The strawberry scent of pheromones was like being drenched in wine, the intoxicating fragrance emanating from them, making Shen Yu momentarily unable to distinguish whether Gu Yu’s pheromones smelled like strawberries or brandy.
But what was certain was that, physiologically, they belonged to each other for the moment.
Gu Yu breathed out slowly and said lightly, “You still screamed.”
“I…” Shen Yu blushed rare fully and didn’t dare to lift his eyes: Damn it, I should have my tongue cut off sooner or later to be done with it.
He had intended to pretend he had no reaction, even to turn the tables and mock Gu Yu, but suddenly, he felt a surge of heat from the gland, overwhelming him all over.
Luckily, Gu Yu’s embrace steadied him, and the marking continued.
When he woke up again, he found himself still lying on Gu Yu’s **, but his clothes had been changed.
As soon as Gu Yu saw him open his eyes, he immediately sat up and sounded fierce: “Finally awake?”
There was a natural sense of dependence between the alpha and omega who established the mark, and even they were no exception. So, when Shen Yu heard this, he always felt that it didn’t sound like someone angry, but rather more like someone throwing a tantrum.
“Damn…” he quickly suppressed his imagination and asked, “What happened to me?”
Gu Yu gritted his teeth and said, “The doctor has been called, said there’s no big problem, but… you’re a bit sensitive to my pheromones.”
“The doctor?” Shen Yu was bewildered for a moment, about to ask Gu Yu where he found the doctor, but then he felt that the latter half of the sentence was more important, “I’m sensitive to your pheromones?”
He recalled how he couldn’t resist once he was marked, feeling that he couldn’t afford to lose face, “Impossible, they must have made a mistake.”
“…” Gu Yu paused for a moment before replying directly, “Yeah, they made a mistake. It’s not a bit sensitive, it’s very sensitive. Just the scent is enough to overwhelm you, let alone the marking.”
Shen Yu’s vision darkened, but he still bravely argued, “A few times can’t draw accurate conclusions.”
He even had the mind to joke, “Otherwise, if you permanently mark me, will I still have to die under the peony flowers?”
Permanent marking refers to a step closer, where the alpha even needs to top open the omega’s reproductive orifice.
“I’m not a peony flower.” Gu Yu touched his forehead to check his temperature, not looking at him, “This time is an exception, and there won’t be a permanent mark.”
Shen Yu should have sighed in relief, but despairingly found that now he couldn’t control himself when touched by Gu Yu. His regained rationality disappeared in an instant.
Omegas are easily wronged in front of their marking alpha, Shen Yu asked, “Is it true…?”
In a sense, he was being spoiled by his unfeeling alpha, instinctively wanting to be closer and more enduring with the other.
Gu Yu paused for a moment, and could only grit his teeth to coax him: “It’s not necessarily… what the doctor meant is, it’s like applying something on your face. Initially, you’re sensitive and intolerant, but doing it several times may greatly alleviate it, and even eliminate this kind of reaction.”
Not to mention Shen Yu, even he was the first time to know that his pheromones were not just pure strawberry scent, but also carried a faint scent of brandy.
It was this unique scent that caused Shen Yu’s fever to worsen, until an hour ago, his temperature was still showing 38 degrees.
Now Shen Yu’s temperature had dropped, and he looked like a drunk kitten, nestling next to him and saying, “It was just a joke with you. Today was just a temporary impulse. I used you as a potent sedative. Next time during your heat, you can take it back, and we’ll call it even.”
“I know.” Gu Yu replied, “But Senior doesn’t owe me anything, and it’s quite comfortable biting you.”
Shen Yu almost choked on his breath, and Gu Yu suddenly regained his senses, quickly changing the subject: “…I’ll get some late-night snacks. In case I make too much, I can share with you.”
He knew he should distance himself immediately, but his hand unconsciously teased Shen Yu’s cheek, angering him to the point where he wanted to cut off his hand and throw it away.
The sense of dependence brought about by the marking was not just something omegas experienced; alphas also developed feelings of control, possession, and tenderness towards their omega.
Before leaving the bedroom, he succumbed to his instincts again, softly asking, “Do you like cheese omelet?”
The voice was too gentle, leaving Shen Yu stunned and with many belated questions in his mind.
My clothes have been changed, who changed them? What happened before the change? Did I see anything? Did I have any reactions?
Just thinking about it made his face heat up, regretting it: Damn it, am I really going to act spoiled and clingy to Gu Yu every day just because of a mark? Did I just wrong him?
He had never blushed so frequently in his life, so he quickly turned over.
Just in case, he burrowed back into the covers, tightly wrapping himself up before replying, “I’m not hungry. You should eat something ready-made yourself. Your leg hasn’t fully recovered yet, so don’t stand for too long.”
He dared not look at Gu Yu’s expression and naturally did not notice that Gu Yu was equally flustered, almost stumbling again when he left.
He just closed his eyes pretending to sleep, knowing at least that he couldn’t casually provoke Gu Yu again recently, otherwise, a permanent mark might just be a thought away for the alpha.
A few minutes later, Gu Yu came in again, still unable to meet his gaze: “There are two cheese omelets left. Do you want them?”
Shen Yu pretended to be asleep, and Gu Yu pulled up the corner of the blanket for him, looking like he was going to sleep in the living room.
In the darkness, Shen Yu turned over and pretended to be awakened by him: “You… aren’t you sleeping on the bed?”
Gu Yu restrained his instinctive tenderness and pretended to pick him up, “Okay, then I’ll sleep on the sofa, Senior.”
“Cough, it was just sleep talking earlier.” Shen Yu played dumb and refused to leave, “Don’t go to the living room, or else I’ll still feel uncomfortable due to the heat period and won’t sleep well. The mark will also be meaningless.”
But realizing that he couldn’t control his spoiled behavior again, he added, “And your leg…”
Gu Yu remained silent for a moment, eventually lying down beside him.
Although the two were separated by their respective blankets, the effect of the mark still comforted Shen Yu’s heat period. Gu Yu closed his eyes and obediently stayed by his side, soon becoming motionless, apparently tired from the day.
The autumn night wind was very quiet. Shen Yu reached out from under the blanket, pulled Gu Yu’s left arm over, and his gaze fell on the bruise.
“At that time, it was my impulsive and uncontrollable mind that blamed you for not marking me.” Shen Yu knew that he hadn’t fallen asleep yet, so he said softly, “On this matter… thank you, Gu Yu.”
“Okay, I know Senior’s mind isn’t good.” Gu Yu replied in a daze, “Go to sleep.”
Shen Yu gently covered Gu Yu’s arm, feeling frustrated, and could only take out his phone to set an alarm.
There was an unread message on WeChat from Qin Zhu, asking if he was coming back to school on the 6th. However, he slid back and forth on the screen, unable to help but boast about his relationship: 【Not coming back, son. Gu Yu couldn’t control himself and said he wanted to mark me. Am I lucky or what? If this continues, he’ll definitely fall in love with me first】
The other party probably had already fallen asleep, and Shen Yu waited boredly, only to throw his phone away, pretending to close his eyes as if asleep.
The faint strawberry scent from the other person intoxicated him. Shen Yu couldn’t help but smile gently at the thought that this scent of pheromones was now exclusively his. You’re really foolish, not knowing how you got into a 985 university.
*
On the morning of October 6th, Gu Yu suddenly woke up, his first reaction being that everything that happened last night was just a dream.
He remembered… he hugged Shen Yu, he gnawed on Shen Yu’s nape like a wolf, he pressed Shen Yu against him, and he even temporarily marked Shen Yu in a frenzy—none of these seemed like things that would actually happen.
What’s even scarier was that he made Shen Yu pass out, and when the other finally woke up, he didn’t do anything useful to comfort him, not even caring if Shen Yu was in pain or had any reaction. He just forcibly made him rest, which was ten levels of scum behavior.
Moreover, he marked his mortal enemy, which was not only scummy but also very disgraceful—at least, he had never thought of using his pheromones to suppress Shen Yu before.
As rationality gradually returned, he shook his head forcefully, forcing himself to admit reality. At least he should first let go of the person in his arms, and then confirm whether the other still had any discomfort.
The red mark left on Shen Yu’s nape had already become faint, and it seemed that there was no problem. However, Gu Yu was extremely nervous. Even if Shen Yu’s breathing was slightly heavier, he would feel guilty and wanted to turn the other over to see if there was anything wrong.
But in reality, his movements were very gentle.
He touched his nape, no longer hot; then he touched his forehead, no fever; then he touched his stomach, breathing evenly—Gu Yu felt like he had just brought back a frail little rabbit, always worried that giving the other even a milliliter more of water would make him tremble and convulse and end the rabbit’s life.
His mind was filled with regret. In a sense, he and his alpha father might not be too different.
The only difference was probably that Shen Yu wouldn’t be as obedient to him as his omega father—this guy could act strong even when he was afraid, pretending not to be afraid at all.
But Gu Yu couldn’t forget the trembling Shen Yu in his arms, nor could he forget his own shameless satisfaction. He lightly stroked the red mark on Shen Yu’s nape with his fingertips, suppressing his alpha instinct for possession for a long time before getting up to make breakfast for Shen Yu.
Under the influence of this mark, he could easily control his omega, but more importantly, he intended to make amends.
Of course, he didn’t admit his remorse and guilt out loud: “Senior was somewhat proactive too, not entirely my fault. Just like you said, this mark is only a temporary substitute for an inhibitor.”
He pinched Shen Yu’s cheek and said stubbornly, “Breakfast is something I want to eat myself, I’m just making some for you on the side.”
He was about to change clothes when Shen Yu’s phone suddenly vibrated.
At the moment the alarm rang louder, he turned off the alarm named “Get up and cook”, not to let Shen Yu sleep in, but to make the other develop a more severe habit of oversleeping, and ideally fail all his subjects and end up begging for food on the streets.
Gu Yu was quite satisfied with his thoughts, and he was about to put down Shen Yu’s phone when he inadvertently saw several unread WeChat messages on the screen.
The sender was “Son,” and the time was early morning: [Are you really planning to trick Gu Yu into falling in love with you and then dumping him?]
Coincidentally, a new message appeared: [Still not awake?]
Shen Yu probably heard the notification sound and reached out in a daze to unlock the phone: “Who’s that…? Can you check for me…?”
Veins popped on Gu Yu’s forehead involuntarily.
On the unlocked screen, there was Shen Yu and Qin Zhu’s blueprint—it was probably a story of “a mortal enemy falling in love with me and then being kicked away by me.” For anyone who has read less than 30 million words of novels, this plotline would be unimaginable.
Gu Yu immediately understood. He was so angry that his temples throbbed, gritting his teeth, he locked Shen Yu’s phone and said, “Don’t look. I don’t know Chinese characters. You can check it yourself when you wake up.”
“Um.” Shen Yu turned over, his slightly wrinkled brows looked fragile yet alluring, “Then… I want coconut milk and fried eggs.”
Since Gu Yu had already realized that Shen Yu was deliberately provoking him yesterday, he naturally couldn’t fall for it: “Tell it to the hen, let it lay one for you.”
But Shen Yu didn’t give up, his voice sounded hoarse, “Gu Yu, I’m a little sore.”
He furrowed his brows lightly, covering his nape with his hand. Gu Yu, as his marking alpha, naturally became anxious: “Is it a piercing pain, or is it fever inside?”
Unfortunately, Shen Yu was deliberately provoking him: “I don’t know, but I feel like eating fried eggs will definitely cure it.”
Gu Yu was stunned for a moment, then angrily got up and went to the kitchen: “I’ll pick the smallest egg to fry.”
The morning sunlight gradually became dazzling. Shen Yu comfortably sank back into the pillow and slept for a while before waking up like he was just starting to dream. He took out his phone and glanced at the WeChat messages.
The text on the screen instantly sobered Shen Yu up. He selected and deleted multiple messages, still feeling a lingering fear: “Damn, luckily Gu Yu didn’t see it just now.”
He breathed a sigh of relief, but when he looked up, Gu Yu was already at the door.
He hurriedly looked away. Now that he thought about it, the two of them hadn’t made eye contact since last night.
As Gu Yu walked over and placed the plate of fried eggs on the table, he said, “Let’s talk. What do you mean by making me fall in love with you and then dumping me?”
Shen Yu stood still, dumbfounded: Is it too late to jump off the building now and prove my innocence?