Emergency responders broke down the door and carried out the source who was emitting a sweet and cloying pheromone on a stretcher, while Xia Xing ran alongside, crying.
The crowd swarmed around, but Ling Che stood still in his original spot, as if he had already anticipated who was on the stretcher. Xu Tangzhou, feeling curious and wanting to know as well, was about to approach amidst the noise when Ling Che pinched the back of his neck.
He pinched it as if he were pinching a little kitten.
Xu Tangzhou shrank his neck, worried about being misunderstood in such a crowded place.
Actually, under the current circumstances, no one had the spare energy to pay attention to them.
Ling Che stood behind him and said in a cold voice, “Don’t look anymore. It’s Xia Yue.”
Xu Tangzhou: “!!!”
He turned around in disbelief, his phoenix eyes wide open, as Ling Che was looking down at him.
Before the two could say more, someone inside the cabin shouted, “Mi Fei! Mi Fei! Brother Lu is looking for Mi Fei!”
Mi Fei still hadn’t moved from his spot.
It seemed that from the beginning, as a beta, he had given up on certain things.
Hearing this shout, he lifted his head: “Lu Cheng’an?”
The person ran up to him, turning out to be their group’s follow-shot assistant, who said in a rush, “Xiao Mi, you need to go inside quickly! Senior Lu has locked himself in God Che’s room, and he’s cut his hand! But if you don’t go, he won’t dare to open the door easily!”
“He cut his hand?” Xu Tangzhou became anxious, “How did that happen?”
The assistant said, “It’s still unclear now, but the wound seems to be quite deep!”
Only Ling Che said, “At times like this, the more it hurts, the more one can stay rational.”
Hearing this, Mi Fei’s eyes reddened, and he dashed in like an arrow.
Xu Tangzhou and Ling Che followed behind, wanting to see if they could help, but they only saw a bloodied arm reach out from behind the door, pulling Mi Fei inside. Almost simultaneously, the door slammed shut with a “bang”.
Everyone in the room looked at each other in bewilderment.
An emergency responder said, “Who can knock on the door and ask the injured person to wrap the wound with a bandage first?”
There was no need to elaborate on what an alpha in a passive heat would do after dragging their mate inside.
An alpha’s heat wouldn’t last long. One night should be enough.
It was just that Mi Fei…
Everyone mentally offered their condolences to Mi Fei.
Bandages and suppressants were delivered into the room through the window by airdrop, hoping that Mi Fei would remember to use them on Lu Cheng’an if he found himself unable to leave. Once the ambulance left, the local police came in to inquire about the situation. It was illegal in this area for an omega not to take their heat suppressants on time. An assistant from the Xia sisters’ group stayed behind to explain the circumstances.
According to him, Xia Yue had suddenly differentiated into an omega.
In the evening, Ling Che and Xu Tangzhou went out together, and it just so happened that Lu Cheng’an came looking for Ling Che to go surfing. They had gone once during some free time from recording the show, which was quite ordinary. Without Ling Che around, Lu Cheng’an played with Ruby for a while, but unexpectedly, Xia Yue suddenly went into heat in the little cabin’s bathroom.
Lu Cheng’an was the first to notice something was off with the pheromones and, without a word, knocked Xia Yue out…
Knocked. Her. Out.
No wonder Xia Xing was crying. It was likely that Lu Cheng’an didn’t hold back.
The police made a brief record, and the production team sent someone to accompany them to the police station.
Everyone on the scene was incredibly busy—checking the surveillance camera footage, communicating with the planners, and holding emergency meetings.
In just an hour or two, the situation had exceeded everyone’s imagination. Who could have thought something like this would happen? Would the show still go on?
Before long, only Ling Che and Xu Tangzhou, two idle individuals, were left in the cabin, while Momo and the camera crew were busy following the main group.
The air was filled with the scent of orchids, a fragrance associated with alphas, which Xu Tangzhou noticed. Before he could say anything, in the quieted space, ambiguous sounds and the indistinct murmurs of two people in the room could be faintly heard.
“Ah—”
It was Mi Fei’s voice.
Xu Tangzhou’s face suddenly turned red: “Where– where should we go?”
This live version is too thrilling!!
Ling Che frowned. It was one thing for his room to be occupied, and even if it were returned to him later, he wouldn’t want it anymore, but he couldn’t possibly let Xu Tangzhou stay here either.
“Let’s go to Lu Cheng’an’s place.”
The two walked along the path toward the large house of the Lu-Mi CP.
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Xu Tangzhou was still holding the dog, and for some reason, the sound he had just heard continued to echo in his ears, causing the heat on his face to persist.
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“Zaizai.” Ling Che, who was by his side, interrupted him and said in a deep voice, “Guess where your missing suppressant is.”
Pheromone suppressants were used by omegas to block their own pheromones. Due to different physiological structures, alphas cannot use suppressants to block pheromones because their glands were incompatible, and betas had no need for them, so pheromone suppressants were exclusively for omegas.
“Are you suggesting that Sister Xia Yue took my things?”
Xu Tangzhou understood what Ling Che meant, but he could hardly bring himself to associate this matter with Xia Yue.
“Yes. The thing I was planning to come back and tell you about today was exactly this,” Ling Che said.
It turned out that, after confirmation by Situ Ya, the surveillance footage captured Xia Yue placing items into Xu Tangzhou’s personal luggage.
Situ Ya had been coordinating with the production team all day. Initially, the staff member involved did not admit to his actions until he was informed that there were cameras even in the blind spots. Only then did he have no choice but to confess the truth: it was the Xia sisters who had instructed him to do so.
Ling Che had been puzzled as to why the Xia sisters, who were strangers to him, would target Xu Tangzhou. If it wasn’t targeting, then as betas, what would they want with those items? He figured it all out that night.
Claims of a sudden differentiation into an omega were all lies.
Situ Ya mentioned that the Xia sisters’ contract with their original company was about to expire, and the company had no plans to renew it. They had reached a certain age with few works to their name, and for the time being, they were temporarily gaining attention through various public disputes and acting dramas. In another year or two, they would become irrelevant.
The popularity of Ling Che would undoubtedly make this show a huge hit, and Xia Yue wanted to create an even more sensational topic through this program. They debuted as beta twins, and only in the past few years was it gradually revealed that there was an age difference between them, but no one expected that even their gender was a publicity stunt by their management company.
Cases of differentiation after reaching adulthood were extremely rare worldwide. If Xia Yue could differentiate into an omega on such a show and complete a miraculous identity transformation, they could at least ensure a steady stream of popularity for the next three to five years.
To pull off such a meticulously planned event, the fact that Xia Yue was actually an omega must be kept secret from everyone, which meant she would have to use pheromone suppressants continuously, without missing a single day. However, according to the show’s rules requiring luggage searches, her luggage could not contain any personal items related to omegas.
Fortunately, there was Xu Tangzhou.
After the luggage search segment, Xia Yue could easily take away the suppressant from a fellow guest in the same group. All she needed to do was restart it and enter her own pheromone code, and she wouldn’t even need to make a purchase, with no one being the wiser.
Therefore, it wasn’t that they were targeting Xu Tangzhou; suppressants could be bought at any time, and they couldn’t cause any real harm to Xu Tangzhou.
They only had eyes for themselves.
Xu Tangzhou was stunned, and for a moment, he didn’t know what to say: “Am I watching some kind of suspenseful palace drama? If this is true, with such good acting skills, why don’t they become actresses instead of looking for shortcuts?”
Ling Che snorted lightly: “Good acting, but if you’re foolish, it’s of no use.”
Hearing this assessment, Xu Tangzhou was speechless: “…”
No wonder, back at the Bird’s Nest restaurant, Xia Yue complained to him that Ling Che was targeting her. Could it be that Ling Che already knew about the luggage incident at that time, and that was why he acted that way…
Why did he find Ling Che kind of cute?
Both Xia Yue and Xia Xing had gone to the hospital, and Lu Cheng’an and Mi Fei couldn’t get away for the time being. The production team was also in disarray, so everything had to be put on hold for the evening.
As for how to deal with the situation, the various talent agencies were all quite savvy, so the artists didn’t need to worry about it.
“It’s a pity that Senior Lu suffered for nothing,” Xu Tangzhou said solemnly, “I wonder if his injuries are serious?”
With so much blood loss, could there be any danger?
He was extremely worried.
“Blessing in disguise,” Ling Che said. “Lu Cheng’an deserves it.”
In this AB relationship that was not viewed favorably, Lu Cheng’an proved himself.
From now on, there would be no more trolls accusing him and Mi Fei of publicity stunts, nor would there be any more quarrels between fans from both sides.
After Ling Che said that, there was silence for a second or two, then he turned and asked, “If it were you, what would you do?”
Xu Tangzhou didn’t understand what Ling Che meant.
So Ling Che repeated, “Let’s not talk about Xia Yue for now. Suppose you are an omega who has just completed differentiation and entered into heat. Faced with this situation, what would you do?”
“Suppose I’ve just differentiated and then entered into heat?”
Ling Che asked very seriously, as if such a situation could really happen.
Coincidentally, Xu Tangzhou had no clear memory of events before his amnesia, but he remembered waking up in the hospital. He was eighteen at the time, having just differentiated and entered his first heat, which was suppressed by the doctor through an IV.
So Xu Tangzhou said, “I would go to the hospital immediately, and definitely not cause trouble for anyone else.”
Ling Che stopped.
Then he asked, “What if, by chance, there was an alpha present with a compatibility of 80%?”
“80%? You’re being too specific!” Xu Tangzhou was a bit moved by this hypothetical, “That high?”
The world’s lowest AO compatibility was 43%, with the average passing compatibility at 65%. Just reaching the passing mark was already considered a rare and excellent match, so a compatibility of 80% would be the dream marriage partner for many!
Seeing that he was genuinely considering the question, Ling Che took the dog leash from him and walked ahead without a word.
“Then it depends on whether I like him or not.” Xu Tangzhou’s voice came from behind, very certain, “If I don’t like him, what does a high compatibility matter? I choose the hospital.”
Ling Che stopped.
Ruby circled around him, thinking they were about to play a game.
The streetlights were dim at night, and Xu Tangzhou couldn’t see Ling Che’s expression clearly, but he felt it was unfair to ask him alone. It was a fact that omegas couldn’t control themselves, and although Ling Che’s remarks weren’t discriminatory, hearing them from an alpha still made him uncomfortable. Tonight’s incident with Xia Yue shows that alphas could also lose control.
“What about you?” Xu Tangzhou asked, “If it were you, encountering an omega in heat with a compatibility of 80%, what would you do?”
Ling Che heard the question clearly, snapped out of a certain state of mind, and without thinking, blurted out: “There are no ifs. I wouldn’t casually be alone with a single omega.”
Xu Tangzhou: “……”
Alright, he couldn’t argue with that.
Ling Che was indeed too proud for such a situation to occur.
“Love shouldn’t be solely about pheromones,” Ling Che said.
The events involving Lu and Mi tonight seem to perfectly validate his viewpoint.
Thus, there was a bit of arrogance in his tone when he said this.
As they talked, the two had already arrived at the house of the Lu-Mi CP.
The lights were still on, creating a warm atmosphere.
There was also a notebook on the table, which at a glance appeared to be something Mi Fei was writing in the middle of when he was called away due to the incident.
Without guessing, one could be sure that the notebook contained detailed records of the basic expenses over the past few days, and perhaps even plans for the order of arrangements for the check-in locations in the coming days.
Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be in peril.
But as soon as Ling Che glanced at the contents, he closed it immediately.
Looking into someone else’s arrangements was a petty act, and he disdained to do such a thing.
Worried about disturbing someone else’s belongings, Xu Tangzhou went to check the room first. When he came out, he said, “Senior Lu and Brother Mi’s relationship is really great! Couple slippers, couple cups, couple watches, couple jackets, even the bed sheets are couple-style, with one half for each person! I’m envious.”
Ling Che commented: “Sappy.”
Previously, he had considered the possibility that these two were feigning affection, as such things were not uncommon in the entertainment industry. Now, however, he no longer thought so. These two were genuinely sappy.
Xu Tangzhou said, “The small room hasn’t been slept in at all. It turns out they’ve been living together even during the show.”
Ling Che lifted his eyelids: “Are you envious again?”
Xu Tangzhou: “……”
Why does the topic feel a bit strange?
Ling Che arranged: “Tonight you sleep in the small room. I’ll sleep on the sofa.”
Alpha pheromones were antagonistic, so Ling Che would not sleep in Lu Cheng’an’s bed, and naturally, Xu Tangzhou was also absolutely not allowed to sleep there, not even on Mi Fei’s half.
Xu Tangzhou was about to say that he could sleep on the sofa too when he suddenly remembered something.
On the road earlier, Ling Che had said, “I wouldn’t casually be alone with a single omega,” but now… wasn’t he a single omega?
Ling Che was a bit contradictory.
While he was silently criticizing, he heard Ling Che call out to him: “Come here, let me check on you.”
Xu Tangzhou: “What?”
Ling Che countered: “What do you think?”
Xu Tangzhou: “!!!”
Right, the gland patch!
Ling Che had mentioned in the morning that he would check his bite mark, and he had almost forgotten about it!
Perhaps finding his movements too slow, Ling Che walked over himself, somewhat brusquely lowered his head, but then gently removed the gland patch that had been used for the day.
Once again, Xu Tangzhou felt like a cat whose nape had been pinched, completely immobilized when that spot was held.
But upon seeing the gland patch, he was like: “……”
Why would there be a pattern of a pink rabbit? No wonder the show’s planner said his gland patch looked good!
Did everyone not only think he talked suggestively but also that he was effeminate?!
Xu Tangzhou was quite embarrassed, but he didn’t feel it was appropriate to be picky. It was good enough that Ling Che was willing to help him.
Ling Che examined the bite mark and was a bit surprised by its healing progress.
It was the first time he had made a temporary mark on someone, and naturally, it was also the first time he had seen the healing process of an omega. Compared to the morning, it had already healed significantly, and he believed it would be completely healed in another day or two.
“How is it?” Xu Tangzhou asked uneasily.
“It’s quite serious,” Ling Che said calmly, then asked him, “Did you scratch it with your hand today?”
“I didn’t…”
Xu Tangzhou, unable to see the actual condition and taking Ling Che’s words at face value, said pitifully, “What should I do?”
Is it really because Ling Che bit too hard?
Can’t this person learn some technique, like watching a tutorial or something!
Ling Che said emotionlessly, “There’s no gland patch to change into right now. If you want it to heal faster, don’t move around too much.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the sensation of warmth and moisture once again landed on the back of his neck.
“Ah.”
The sound spilled out uncontrollably. It was suggestive and even more abrupt than Mi Fei’s outburst.
Xu Tangzhou immediately bit his lip, barely managing to keep from making too much noise.
But Ling Che still heard it.
Because the hands that were gripping his shoulders suddenly tightened, as if they couldn’t bear such a reaction.
When Ling Che finally let go of him, he just said with a flushed face, “Thank you.”
“Mm,” Ling Che wiped the moisture from the corner of his mouth, his face calm, “Good night.”
Perhaps influenced by Lu and Mi, that night, sleeping in the bed of the small room, Xu Tangzhou had a dream again.
A scene that hadn’t appeared for a long time emerged in his dream. He was in a house on a stormy day, sitting on an alpha’s lap doing a college entrance exam paper. This time, from the beginning, he knew that the alpha was Ling Che.
The thunderstorm continued outside the window, and the ceiling fan above still creaked.
His hand was easily enveloped by another larger hand, and Ling Che’s voice came from beside his ear: “Don’t know how to do this problem?”
Following that, his earlobe was gently bitten.
The deep voice teased him playfully: “Beg me. Beg me, and I’ll teach you.”
After that, his dream took a turn and headed in a shameless direction.
He heard himself say, “I don’t know how to do this problem—”
Not only did he say that, but he also took the initiative to move Ling Che’s hand across the exam paper, “I don’t know how to do this one either, or this one, or this one! What should I do? Should I beg you for all of them?”
As soon as he finished speaking, he found himself turned to face the other way.
They sat facing each other. The youth’s face already took on the contours of the superstar he was today. His light brown eyes filled only with the image of the man before him.
Their breaths mingled and intertwined.
Ling Che, neither too gently nor too harshly, patiently pinched the back of his neck: “You don’t know so many. Is it on purpose? Then, once this heals, how about you beg me for a bite first?”
Xu Tangzhou felt so comfortable being pinched that he almost squinted his eyes: “Don’t wait that long. I’m begging you, right now…”
A sudden clap of thunder drowned out his voice.
The light inside the room flickered with the lightning.
Ling Che’s features were profound, his tone gently coaxing: “Hmm? What? Say it again.”
“Bite me.”
Xu Tangzhou opened his eyes.
After waking up, his heart was racing, and his body had reacted, but he faintly remembered that Ling Che had said one more thing in the dream.
“Zaizai, when will you finally grow up?”
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