Translator: Mogumoguchan
Editor: Neirith, lolimelon
After Ji Xinglan left, Yan Qiu sat up and planted his face into the pillow, sucking in a deep breath.
‘This is bad. Why do I long for his pheromones so much?’
Just now, when Ji Xinglan was here, he was almost unable to hold himself back from pouncing on him. After finally managing to send him away, Yan Qiu was able to get a chance to inhale his pheromones at last. It was as if he had been enlightened last night, and his longing for pheromones increased by leaps and bounds.
As expected, this was the sign that his estrus period was around the corner.
Yan Qiu sat up with his numb and weakened body. He wanted to take a bath.
But when Yan Qiu noticed that the blankets and sheets on the bed had already been changed at some point in time, the memories from last night instantly returned to the forefront of his mind. Those embarrassing memories replayed incessantly, causing him to feel shy and embarrassed.
These were really embarrassing moments, so why did Ji Xinglan just have to witness it?
What would Ji Xinglan think of him?
Unable to vent his emotions, he, in a slightly neurotic fashion, grabbed Ji Xinglan’s pillow and punched it twice whilst pretending that it was Ji Xinglan. Then, he hugged it tightly in his arms and buried his face in the pillow to try and sniff out the pitiful amount of pheromones remaining on it.
‘Damn it.’ Yan Qiu thought.
‘It’s over. I’m really going to get addicted.’
‘Why is his scent so good?’
Yan Qiu knew that if he sniffed the things Ji Xinglan used before, he would look like a lunatic, but he could not squash his instinctive urges right then. He was like a dying fish longing for nourishment. He could only sniff Ji Xinglan’s scent in secret while the other was not paying attention to him.
That scent was really good. It was as if a feather had brushed the itch in his heart–he really wanted to be enveloped by Ji Xinglan’s pheromones.
Yan Qiu did not manage to find the pajamas he wore yesterday. Ji Xinglan must have taken it away after he soiled it last night. Luckily, there were clean clothes on the bedside cabinet, so Yan Qiu grabbed them.
Yan Qiu felt really embarrassed, but changed quickly anyways.
Ji Xinglan had left, so he might have gone off to search for someone.
It was only when Yan Qiu went downstairs and saw Ji Xinglan playing with the kitten on the couch in the living room that he felt at ease. As per usual, Lan Lan hated Ji Xinglan. When Ji Xinglan held it, it bared its teeth and claws at him, but when it saw Yan Qiu, it immediately jumped out of Ji Xinglan’s arms to run to Yan Qiu’s feet.
Yan Qiu saw the source of the pheromones and discreetly sat beside him. Then he nudged closer, then closer still. He was only satisfied when they touched each other.
Yan Qiu felt that his sensitivity to pheromones had increased by a mile. When he breathed, all he smelled was Ji Xinglan’s refreshing scent. He finally did not need to console himself with false hope. Feeling much more energized, Yan Qiu took in a deep breath before he turned his head around and asked, “Where are my clothes?”
He found it embarrassing to have the servants wash such dirty clothes.
“They’re being washed.” Ji Xinglan had noticed Yan Qiu getting closer to him. For some reason, Yan Qiu was really proactive today, so he could not help but turn his head to stare at him.
“Where did you put it? I’ll wash them on my own.” As he spoke, Yan Qiu got up and went to the laundry room.
But Ji Xinglan reached out and grabbed his wrist. In a natural motion, he brought Yan Qiu’s hand to his lips and kissed the back of the hand. “I washed them for you.”
When he heard Ji Xinglan say those things, Yan Qiu became even more embarrassed. “Why did you wash them? You could have just thrown them away!”
“I won’t.” Ji Xinglan looked up and stared into Yan Qiu’s eyes. Suddenly, he reached out and dragged him back to the sofa. Then, he drew close to Yan Qiu and murmured, “I heard you. You called out my name last night.”
“…Rubbish. Your ears were definitely playing tricks with you.” Yan Qiu pretended to be calm and denied it, but he knew more than anyone else just who he was thinking about last night.
Ji Xinglan still wanted to tease him so he held his hand and did not let go. Just as they reached a stalemate with each other, the butler suddenly peaked out of the kitchen and told them that breakfast was ready.
Then, Ji Xinglan let go of him and pulled Yan Qiu up so that they could eat breakfast.
“Wait. I’m not really hungry right now.” Yan Qiu picked up the cat and sat on the sofa. After what happened last night, even though he was tired, he was not hungry in the slightest bit.
When he saw that Yan Qiu was being disobedient, Ji Xinglan pursed his lips and trained his eyes on Yan Qiu’s clothes. He was dressed in that wide T-shirt. The collar was loose, showing off his fair shoulders, neck, and collarbones.
Ji Xinglan intentionally reached out to tug his shirt. Just as he expected, the shirt slid down to reveal most of Yan Qiu’s fair shoulders.
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Yan Qiu was first stunned before he reacted to the situation. He became exasperated and wanted to hit Ji Xinglan, but right when he wanted to tug his collar back in place, Ji Xinglan drew close and pushed him down on the soft, long sofa.
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He pinned Yan Qiu on the sofa and touched his neck before kissing his nape. His voice was a little enchanting. “It’s very comfortable. Are you sure you don’t want to try it?”
There was no need for him to be direct, Yan Qiu knew what he meant, but he was too shy to admit it, choosing to be stubborn instead. “If you’re the one taking it, I can consider it.”
Ji Xinglan smiled and patted him. “You’re overthinking things.”
Yan Qiu pushed him away and grabbed the glass on the coffee table to drink water.
“That’s my glass,” Ji Xinglan mentioned by the side.
He did not know whether Ji Xinglan did this intentionally or not because he only spoke up after Yan Qiu had drunk a few mouthfuls of water.
‘Ah well, it doesn’t matter.’
Yan Qiu frowned and put down the glass. Then, he saw an envelope by his hand.
It was a pink envelope, and it looked very familiar.
“What is that?” Yan Qiu frowned.
He was certain that this was the letter he spent a long time searching for but could not find. It was the letter Lin Wei gave Ji Xinglan.
He finally caught them red-handed.
Yan Qiu cast a wary look at Ji Xinglan, and before he could open his mouth, he quickly grabbed it.
But when he pulled out the contents, he was surprised again.
It was a ticket inside the envelope.
“What is this?” Yan Qiu asked.
Ji Xinglan picked up the glass and calmly drank a sip. “Yesterday, Lin Wei wanted to invite me to an art gallery.”
“Huh,” Yan Qiu said. So, Lin Wei gave him the ticket to an art gallery.
He read the ticket carefully and felt that the name written on it was very familiar.
It was the art gallery of a worldwide famous Asian artist—Joyce.
Even Yan Qiu, who didn’t know much about art, knew that Joyce was famous for her art exhibitions. While she openly displayed the beauty of the human body, she also faced a lot of controversies.
One of her earlier works had been chosen to be included in his art textbook in the past. It was rather revealing and caused the omegas in class to blush and the alphas to cause a ruckus. Xie Yu even bought one of her pirated albums and treated it as his adult magazine.
Joyce coming to Yixing City to host an art exhibition was an incredibly rare occasion. In fact, Yan Qiu himself wanted to go and take a look.
But if Lin Wei invited Ji Xinglan to look at an art exhibition like this, then there was something strange about it.
“Tsk. Do whatever you want. If you want to go, go ahead.” Yan Qiu’s prideful tendencies emerged again.
Either way, Ji Xinglan never really wanted to go. He set down the glass of water. “If you don’t want me to go with her, I won’t go.”
Yan Qiu continued putting on a prideful front. He said, “It has nothing to do with me if you go with her.”
In truth, he was thinking, ‘If you go with Lin Wei to that art gallery, don’t you dare get in my bed ever again.’
But that evening, Yan Qiu watched as Ji Xinglan changed his shirt and went out.
He even did his hair, as if he was doing something really important.
Yan Qiu pretended as if he did not care as he watched him prepare to go out. Ji Xinglan had only told him that he was meeting a friend and that he would not come back for dinner. Yan Qiu was to eat on his own.
Yan Qiu held the kitten and seemed calm on the surface, but he cursed Ji Xinglan to be a scumbag in his heart.
‘And you said you wouldn’t go if I didn’t want you to. Can’t you tell whether I want you to go or not?’
He watched as Ji Xinglan went out. The butler opened the patterned metal gate and Ji Xinglan drove his car out from the garage. After taking a turn, he disappeared.
Yan Qiu stood upstairs and watched until the car completely disappeared.
But he just grew increasingly uneasy, so he changed to his sportswear, wore a black mask and a baseball cap, then went out.
Before he left, Yan Qiu told the butler repeatedly not to tell Ji Xinglan, but when he arrived at the road, Ji Xinglan’s car was already gone.
Yan Qiu hailed a taxi by the road and told him the address for the art gallery.
By the time he arrived, it was already dark. The horizon was dyed a dark, golden shade, and it was almost closing time for the art exhibition. Many people were leaving it.
Yan Qiu noticed Ji Xinglan’s car at the parking lot of the art gallery.
‘Strange. What is he doing here so late at night?’
Yan Qiu originally wanted to buy a ticket for the art exhibition so that he could take a look, but the ticket counter was already closed.
He pondered over his decision at the entrance for a while. Then, he saw a pub across the art gallery.
It was almost night, and the pub gradually became lively. Light shone in it. When Yan Qiu saw that there was nowhere else for him to go, he decided to go in and wait.
The pub was right across the art gallery’s entrance, and Yan Qiu could see everything at the entrance. It would also be difficult for anyone over there to discover him.
Yan Qiu found a seat near a window on the first floor. He just ordered a glass of fruit juice. He did not order wine.
He came here to catch Ji Xinglan cheating. It would be better if he did not drink.
When the waiter saw that he was still a student, he did not say anything about his order. He just brought Yan Qiu his fruit juice.
But when he picked up the fruit juice, Yan Qiu regretted his decision. The glass of fresh fruit juice cost him 38 Yuan. It would have been better if he just ordered alcohol.
Over the past few days, Yan Qiu never spent any of Ji Xinglan’s money. When he retrieved his terminal, he spent his own money. It was not much, but he was a man, and he did not want someone else to take care of him.
While Ji Xinglan continued spending money as if it was worth nothing, he definitely did not expect that his still very poor husband was feeling pained about the money he spent for a glass of fruit juice.
He took a few sips of the fruit juice. Then, Yan Qiu noticed a familiar figure through the glass window. He walked out of the entrance of the art exhibition with someone else.
The gallery owner spoke with them at the entrance before he bade them farewell politely. Meanwhile, Ji Xinglan walked outside with the woman beside him.
Yan Qiu stared at the person beside him, but she was not dressed up like a student. She was dressed in a branded cloak and had a wide brim hat. She also had a mask and a pair of sunglasses on, covering herself tightly.
These two originally wanted to go to the parking lot, but the woman suddenly tugged on Ji Xinglan’s elbow and said something. Then, these two people crossed the road to head to the pub.
When the woman beside Ji Xinglan reached out to pull open the glass door, Yan Qiu saw that she had her nails painted a mature, pomegranate red.
‘She doesn’t seem like Lin Wei.’
At the same time they came in, Yan Qiu lowered his head quietly and tried to hide himself.
Once Ji Xinglan entered through the door, he did not notice Yan Qiu. He entered a private room with the woman.
Yan Qiu watched their backs and gritted his teeth.
‘You said that you’re going to an art exhibition, but in the next moment, you went to a pub with a beautiful lady. Are the paintings in the exhibition that provocative?’
Yan Qiu sized up the art exhibition across him and felt a little puzzled. He wondered whether he should invite Xie Yu over tomorrow to take a look.
It was now officially closing time for the art exhibition. A large group of people came out of the gallery and hailed taxis by the road to go back home. Some of them came to the pub, and the entire pub instantly became lively.
If these people did not spend a weekend to stay at home and sleep but came out here to look at an art exhibition, they were most likely rather artistic people or were just really rich.
Yan Qiu sat by the window and drank his juice. The legs of the chair at the bar was a little too tall. When he sat on it, his feet dangled in the air.
As more people appeared in the pub, people started trying to flirt with him.
Most of them saw that he was young and did not bother him too much, but some of them were shameless and just liked small omegas who were young and naive looking.
When they saw that he was alone, many people came over to ask him whether the seat next to his was taken. All these people treated him as an omega, and Yan Qiu found himself feeling a little annoyed. He yelled at the middle-aged elite who tried to touch his hand until he went back dejected, and finally, his surroundings became a little quieter.
Yan Qiu was still waiting for Ji Xinglan to come down. He wanted to see whether the woman beside him was Lin Wei.
But regardless of whether that woman was Lin Wei or not, Ji Xinglan had still come out alone with a woman to a pub, and they even asked for a private room. It pissed him off.
During this period of time, Yan Qiu checked the time countless times.
He waited for half an hour, then an hour. But they still did not come out.
More than one hour passed. They could have done a lot of things within that period of time.
When he finished drinking the juice in front of him, Yan Qiu felt a little embarrassed for ordering a glass of fruit juice after sitting at this place for such a long time. Since he was feeling a little angry, he decided to order a cocktail with low alcohol content.
He drank a few sips from it when Yan Qiu started feeling a little hot. He removed his jacket and placed it on the counter, thinking about getting up to go to the toilet.
But right when he wanted to enter the toilet, an unfamiliar alpha who passed by him stared at him with a strange look.
Yan Qiu felt his skin crawl because of it, but before that alpha could say anything to give him a reminder, Yan Qiu had already snuck into the bathroom and shut the door.
When he stood in front of the sink, Yan Qiu used cold water to wash his hands.
The temperature in the room was not high due to the air conditioner, but for some reason, he felt that the air was getting hotter.
Yan Qiu had to roll up his sleeves and use cold water to wash his arms. When he looked up, he saw a red flush gradually crawl to his ears, showing signs of crawling further down.
Yan Qiu trembled and unbuttoned some of the buttons at his collar, but he still felt unbearably hot. He touched his neck, and the heat from his neck was a little terrifying.
The tap in front of him just kept releasing cold water, but no matter how he washed his hands, it was difficult for him to push down the restlessness in his heart. He tried to use cold water to wash his face, but when he touched it again, it was still frighteningly hot.
Yan Qiu stared at the mirror. He felt that there was something off about him.
The incense lit in the corner released a very heavy scent, causing Yan Qiu to only be able to detect an abnormally strong omega’s scent in the air after a long time had passed.
Yan Qiu originally thought that his collar was broken, but as his body continued becoming hotter to the point that he could not help but tear at his clothes, Yan Qiu finally noticed that things were worse than he originally thought it would be.
His estrus period might have arrived.
Yan Qiu used his hands to brace himself against the edge of the sink, and that was the only reason why he was able to stay upright.
‘This is bad. Didn’t they say that there’s supposed to be a grace period lasting two to three days? I didn’t think it’d arrive so soon. It might be the alcohol, but my estrus period arrived earlier.’
Entering their estrus period in public was definitely something no omega wanted.
When they entered their estrus period, their pheromones would be so strong that it would be insane. Their collars would not be able to hide such thick pheromones, and very soon, they would attract the alphas beside them to their sides.
Even though alphas did not have estrus periods, there were still a lot of cases where alphas completely lost their rationality because of omega pheromones and entered rut.
Yan Qiu gasped for breath, finding it hard to control his breathing. His first reaction was to search for a suppressant.
But pubs only sold alcohol. They did not sell suppressants. How was he supposed to look for suppressants here?
The heat was becoming unbearable, and his body felt incredibly numb. He really wanted someone to be able to hold him.
Yan Qiu knew that it was impossible for him to get back home.
There were already alphas outside who had already detected his pheromones and were ramming at the door violently.
Yan Qiu had already locked the door. He leaned against the corner, and before he completely lost his rationality, he did his best to make a call with his terminal.
But after ringing a few times, the call was cut off automatically.
Mogumoguchan: 1. It’d be strange if his car was still around when Yan Qiu went out. 2. It’s his first time being an omega, so he didn’t think about bringing his suppressant along, just like how a girl has her first period, I guess. Still, carelessness, especially since he KNOWS that his estrus period is right around the corner. 3. You have to wait for a week before the next chapter comes. Isn’t that just great for you?
lolimelon: yan qiu be a sad potato >__>
A cliff… I’m not mad. No, not at all. Totally. I’m perfectly fine. Yep. Just going to wait for a week. Peacefully. Right. Everything is great.
I definitely feel you… Yup I can just pass they week peacefully… Yup… Definitely
I was unable to help it and read the mtl and guess what u found… The real heat won’t happen until chapter 63(╥_╥)
… WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO ME!?!?!?!
Well if you want to feel better than a little spoiler for next chapter…. Temporary marking
…a week…I’m not pissed at all…i-… okay i’m a little pissed…just a little…but I understand and will be now going to the corner of my room to cry…
Thanks for the chapter~
@Mogumoguchan yep. I’m perfectly fine. No need to worry. It’s just a week. Not mad really. Thanks for the chapter. See I even thank you🕯🔪
Should not have read this yet. 😞
It would be epic if it’s Xie Yu that would discover him lol.
Thanks for the chapter <3
cliff…..1 week more… I…I…I cant wait anymore..😭😭😭 painful tortures
I should’ve waited forr next week lmao commence suffering
Babyyyyt it’s not your fault but you’re in danger. I wonder if Joyce is related to JX?
Thanks for the great translation ♥️
Translator sure do attacks where it hurt. I’m crazy scared for YQ and how jxl just ended his call makes me want for xy to save yq.
Translator san…don’t leave us hanging after your sweet torture😭😭😭
Thanks for your hard work!
Yan Qiu, you have to figure your $hit out soon baby boy! As much as I disapprove of JQL and his methods, you are not entirely guilt free either.
Fucking Shoujo manga tropes
Thanks for the chapter ^^
Idiot..it will serves him right if he get raped..even the ML is freaking careless. Its like he wanted mc to secretly follow him. Knowing that mc in his estrus period 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ They both still Farrrr away from ready to be married let alone having children together. At this point Im just hoping this Novel will end soon.🙄
Desurv ahahahah jk, I wanted some drama because he has been too annoying for some time, let’s gooo
Can’t say I didn’t see this coming…sigh… Maybe now he’ll start doing things properly
If I was him I’d uses the opportunity to run away for a week 😒
That woman was probably Xinglan’s mom so np but still WTF MAN??yk that he would be jealous and follow behind you in that situation and you still wanted to make him jealous???????DUHHHHH
Oh…