Translator: Deyonna
With the invention of powerful inhibitors and isolating devices, the masking and blocking of pheromones is no longer a difficult task, and using these has even become the norm for the AO community to protect themselves and maintain order.
In other words, it is difficult for pheromones now to interfere with the normal life of alphas and omegas.
Not only that, but pheromones have changed from a public thing to a private thing. It is only released during intimate moments or an unexpected situation, but if not, the release of pheromones to the opposite sex in general often means extremely sexually suggestive behavior.
When shou started attending school, he had been considered the favored child of god. Because of his superior appearance and family background, he has received pheromone signals from other alphas more than once. He is no stranger to this situation, and he’s far from losing his head out of fear.
The reason for his exasperation is that of his coming estrus period. In order to maximize the degree of insurance, he not only injected inhibitors but also blockers.
Blockers, as the name implies, are agents that can completely cut off all pheromone communication. It stands to reason that he should not be able to smell any pheromones at all.
But now the alpha’s pheromone is prodding his olfactory nerves. Although it’s quite weak, it is distinct enough.
The driver stopped the car on the side of the road, and the alpha sitting beside him looked at him inexplicably.
Shou raised his head and stared at him closely. His eyes were freezing. “You’re not wearing an isolating device?”
The alpha frowned, pulled up his sleeve, and showed him the isolating bracelet on his wrist. “I’m wearing it. What’s the matter?”
Shou carefully examined the emotion in the other party’s dark blue eyes for a second. The innocence and surprise didn’t seem to be a pretense. He took a deep breath, detecting that there was no abnormality in his body for the time being, he calmed down and said, “After we return, you go for a full-body physical examination.”
“As for now——”
He opened the refrigerator in the car, took out a syringe loaded with blueish fluid, and threw it into the alpha’s hand. “Inject it yourself, will you?”
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The alpha’s pheromone in the air was getting weaker and weaker, then it gradually disappeared.
Although shou’s complexion remained the same, his taut back quietly relaxed.
The car restarted and continued toward the direction of the banquet.
Arriving at their destination, shou got out of the car and quickly adjusted the expression on his face. He put on a formulaic smile and walked into the banquet hall side by side with the alpha.
The marriage between him and his husband was a major event for the two families four years ago. Over the years, as his status in the political and government circle has risen, he has become one of the central figures in this interest group. As soon as shou entered the crowd, he was greeted as how stars cup themselves around the moon.
In the past, shou might have had the patience to say a few polite words to the people who came up, but the incident in the car just now made him want to complete the task he was here for as soon as possible and return to a safe place, so he dismissed the stream of people without pretense, and took the alpha straight to the inner hall.
The elders in the family were all present in the inner hall. The assistant gave the congratulatory gifts while shou politely said a few words of blessing. The Old Patriarch was his husband’s paternal grandfather. His old age caused his intellectual decline. After a few words, he was so tired that he was groggy and someone had to help him to rest.
The uncle, who was standing on the side, came forward to greet him. Since his husband’s parents had died, the current head of the family was his uncle. Although shou didn’t have a good impression of the man, out of patience, he still managed to spare a few words.
The alpha didn’t talk much after getting out of the car today, and he was much more silent than usual, not in the professional state he should be. Shou was a little displeased with this, but thinking about what happened in the car, it was rare for him to emphasize to the other party for the first time.
It was probably the side effect of the inhibitor that he injected, resulting in a low mood, he thought.
His husband’s uncle pulled him to chat for a long time. He wanted shou to help him in the district general election. After shou chatted with him for a long time, he ended the conversation impatiently. The uncle didn’t get any promise from him. Feeling unwilling, he turned to the silent alpha, wanting to pull him aside to “talk about family matters”.
Before shou could even speak, the alpha refused one step ahead.
The uncle’s expression was completely stunned, and then his face showed displeasure. “Xiao Yuan, you rarely come back. Why are you being so estranged from me?”
No wonder he was like this, shou was also a little surprised, after all, in the file he gave to the alpha, it was stated that this uncle was a person who was close to his husband in the family when he was still alive, and the two often cooperated with each other for profit.
Although shou had always been behind them to clean up their loopholes most of the time, he never raised any objections due to the ostensible marriage contract and the de facto business partner relationship he had with his husband.
It’s impossible that now his husband is dead. He will let himself be taken advantage of.
Facing the uncle’s resentment, shou pulled the alpha’s arm, and said to help him out, “He’s not in good health recently, we can talk again next time.”
After dismissing the other party with a few words, the two left the inner hall.
The alpha suddenly asked him, “Can I go for a smoke?”
Shou let go of his arm, agreeing.
It happened that he also wanted to be alone for a moment.
The other party went to the smoking room, while he turned and walked to the balcony.
The air conditioner in the room was too low. He felt hot and stuffy, especially when standing too close to another man.
There are potted plants and flowers on the balcony. No one was around the place. Shou’s taut nerves slowly relaxed. When he breathed in the fresh air, he felt that the heat had subsided a lot.
With his arms folded above the railings, he lowered his head and buried his face in it, and closed his eyes.
Then he smelled a familiar scent.
It came from the coat of his suit, to be precise, on the sleeve, where he had pulled the alpha’s arm a moment ago.
It was like a basin of ice-cold water was poured over him, washing away the exhaustion of his body. However, the scent became a fuse. The moment it cooled down his body, it also ignited an evil impulse.
The heat began to gurgle along the blood vessels, emitting a boiling feeling. Shou took two steps back, leaning against the wall not letting himself go limp, and reached into his suit pocket almost in a panic.
But it was empty.
The micro-injections that were supposed to be there were gone.
Did the assistant forget to put it? Or has he accidentally lost it?
Shou had no time to ponder at this moment because the high heat was battering his consciousness. The unfamiliar desire drilled silently like insects and ants in the dark, gnawing at his nerves.
He has never experienced this kind of feeling ever since his first estrus at the age of eighteen, and he has almost no resistance to it.
Shou sat down on the ground, leaned against the wall, raised his head, panting. He bit the tip of his tongue desperately, trying to stay sober.
The door of the balcony suddenly opened, and there was a sound of footsteps coming.
He closed his eyes and said coldly, “Get out.”
His voice was hoarse, but he didn’t realize this.
The footsteps paused, then the sounds continued, not retreating but advancing.
Shou opened his eyes and threw the flower pot at his side towards the other party, but a hand caught it.
The man bent down and put the flowerpot back in place, taking advantage of the moonlight he took in the whole scene of shou’s wretched, struggling appearance. Then the shadow enveloped his whole body.
Then the other party knelt in front of him on one knee, propped up his hand against the wall, leaned close, and asked in a low voice, “Do you need my help?”
Shou opened his eyes and met a pair of dark blue eyes.
Im pretty sure he’s related to this family. No wonder he wouldn’t want to get close
If it was true, that it might be possible that his old apperance was fake and this one is real. Going a step further would be, a whole getting swapped when younger, to protect him or having thought to have killed him of and replacing him with a substitute, going “fake-hunsband-real-husband” in a full circle.
Just a guess, from too much imperial drama.
And I thought it’s about that his pheromones have a different scent! Bad guys everywhere!
Thank You for the new chapter ♡(˃͈ દ ˂͈ ༶ )
Oooh this is going to be angsty and fun