SCOM - Chapter 45
Chapter 45
An Yingjing took a moment to regain his strength. He looked in shock at Zuo Luohuan, who seemed completely unaffected by his pheromones. Her resistance to pheromones was simply too strong.
He saw Zuo Luohuan walk over to Qian Mao, say a few words, then her expression changed, and she turned and left.
Ji Yuezhi had been standing in the shadows, obscured by the surrounding crowd. Since An Yingjing was sitting and leaning back, he didn't see Zuo Luohuan carry Ji Yuezhi away on her back.
"Classmate Qian, what's going on?" An Yingjing asked, grabbing Qian Mao as he passed by. "Is your captain injured or something?"
Qian Mao himself was completely baffled. "The captain isn't injured."
"Then what did Zuo Luohuan say to you?" An Yingjing asked.
"She didn't say much, just asked if I had any hemostatic coagulant." Zuo Luohuan hadn't even taken the coagulant Qian Mao had just found. "And an Omega inhibitor."
An Omega inhibitor?
An Yingjing couldn't help but recall the way Ji Yuezhi had raised his hand to cover his gland earlier. Could his heat period have arrived?
He had heard that Ji Yuezhi's differentiation had come exceptionally late. Omegas who differentiated late usually had a harder time with their heat periods than normal Omegas.
Thinking of this, An Yingjing asked Qian Mao, "Where's your captain?"
"I'm looking for him too." Qian Mao's hands were stained with blood. He had a few things he needed to ask Ji Yuezhi's opinion on, but he couldn't find him now.
An Yingjing's expression instantly became a kaleidoscope of colors. Zuo Luohuan must have taken Ji Yuezhi to find an Omega inhibitor. But in Ji Yuezhi's condition, having stayed in an environment saturated with poppy pheromones for so long, an inhibitor would be practically useless.
After all, if poppy pheromones could be resisted with a simple inhibitor, they wouldn't be classified as the rarest type, nor would they have provoked the Gashiro Empire into exposing and mobilizing so many spies embedded in the capital.
An Yingjing felt a pang of guilt. Ji Yuezhi's heat had been induced because he had rushed over to save him.
He wanted to tell the people from the First Military Academy, but he felt it wouldn't be good for Ji Yuezhi if he did. In the end, he could only keep his mouth shut and lean quietly to the side.
...
The infirmary.
Zuo Luohuan felt a pair of arms wrap around her waist from behind. She stiffened, then covered those hands with her own, pulled them away with a bit of force, and turned to look. "...I'm going to get the inhibitor. It'll be quick."
Ji Yuezhi was already sinking into his own emotions. He was a little displeased that his hands had been pulled away, his lips pressing into a thin line as he stared at Zuo Luohuan without speaking.
This wasn't the first time Zuo Luohuan had seen him in this state, but last time, she had just been enduring her own physical pain. This time, she had first smelled the scent of poppy and had to exert immense mental effort to resist it. Now, in this small infirmary with Ji Yuezhi, smelling the overwhelming sweet fragrance of iris, she felt a little dazed.
Zuo Luohuan looked down at her captured hand and didn't try to force it away again. She led Ji Yuezhi to the shelf where the medicines were kept, coaxed him into letting go with one hand, found an Omega inhibitor, tore open the package with her teeth, and drew the liquid into the syringe with one hand.
This was a familiar task for anyone who had differentiated, and she was no stranger to giving Ji Yuezhi an inhibitor.
It was just that last time, on the night of his coming-of-age ceremony, Ji Yuezhi had been wearing loose pajamas, and she only needed to push up his sleeve to administer the shot. But now, he was wearing a military uniform jacket, buttoned up to the very top.
Zuo Luohuan could only turn Ji Yuezhi around, have him lean against the nearby table, place the inhibitor on the tabletop, and lower her head to unbutton his jacket.
She had only undone two buttons when Ji Yuezhi suddenly leaned on her shoulder, his eyes closed. His long lashes trembled slightly, and his hot breath brushed against her neck, making her a little uncomfortable.
The situation was special, so Zuo Luohuan didn't push him away. She lowered her head and continued unbuttoning. Just then, Ji Yuezhi's hands wrapped around her waist again, and he unconsciously nuzzled the crook of her neck, sniffing for that hint of icy coldness.
His whole body was burning up, and he loved the coolness of Zuo Luohuan's body.
Zuo Luohuan treated herself like a block of wood, devoid of feeling. She finally managed to undo all the buttons. The jacket's material was stiff, and she could only pull it down to Ji Yuezhi's shoulders before it got stuck.
"...Ji Yuezhi." Zuo Luohuan reached out her right hand and cupped his face. Only then did she realize his face fit perfectly in her palm.
Ji Yuezhi lifted his face, following the pressure of her hand. Under the infirmary lights, on his sweat-drenched face, his beautiful eyes were moist and hazy. When he glanced at her, weak and exhausted, there was an inexplicable allure. That single look made Zuo Luohuan's throat tighten. She turned her face away to calm herself for a long moment before turning back, expressionlessly yanking his jacket off and throwing it to the floor.
It had all happened so suddenly, and it was late at night. Although Ji Yuezhi was wearing a military jacket, underneath he still had on his pajamas. Only now did Zuo Luohuan realize his inner shirt was soaked through with sweat.
This situation, coupled with the room full of iris fragrance, left no other possibility.
Ji Yuezhi's heat period had arrived.
Zuo Luohuan pushed up his sleeve, exposing his arm, then wrapped an arm around him to hold him steady. Finally, she picked up the inhibitor from the table and injected it into his arm.
Tossing the used syringe into the nearby trash bin, Zuo Luohuan held the limp body and waited quietly for the inhibitor to take effect.
Midway, the thought of giving herself a shot of Alpha inhibitor crossed her mind, but in the end, she couldn't be bothered to move. She held the person in her arms, gently patting his back to comfort him.
Ji Yuezhi was lucid for only a few minutes after the inhibitor was administered before he was once again plunged into the overwhelming heat, the back of his clothes becoming soaked.
He knew Zuo Luohuan was right beside him. All the calculations, strategies, and steps that usually filled his mind vanished, leaving only the desire for her touch.
...
At first, Zuo Luohuan didn't know the inhibitor was useless, not until the body in her arms grew softer and softer. He struggled to tilt his head back, revealing the reddened corners of his eyes, and murmured in a near-sob, "...It's uncomfortable."
The infirmary's circulation system seemed to have failed.
Zuo Luohuan thought in a daze. Otherwise, how could it fail to purify the room of the sweet iris fragrance? She was a perfectly normal Alpha, with a natural predatory instinct towards Omegas. Her hand had already unconsciously come to rest on the gland on the back of Ji Yuezhi's neck, stroking and pressing it in a way that was almost teasing, yet also soothing.
Ji Yuezhi's lower body was leaning against the table, while his upper body rested in Zuo Luohuan's arms. His head was buried in her shoulder, exposing the gland on the back of his neck to her in a sacrificial posture.
Back when Ji Yuezhi hadn't yet differentiated, Zuo Luohuan had often found herself involuntarily drawn to his long, fair nape. This time, in a room filled with an Omega's pheromones craving caresses, the Omega was offering himself up in such a soft and compliant manner.
Zuo Luohuan could barely restrain herself. The hand pressing against the gland on his nape grew heavier. A few irrepressible, soft gasps came from her shoulder, so suppressed they almost sounded like sobs.
"...Ji Yuezhi." Zuo Luohuan lowered her head, her eyes cast down, and asked close to his ear, "Do you want my temporary mark?"
The person buried in her shoulder was already delirious with heat, unable to hear what Zuo Luohuan was saying. Even if he had reacted belatedly, he wouldn't have had the strength to answer.
Zuo Luohuan stopped controlling her pheromones. The room full of iris fragrance was joined by the scent of frigid ice and snow. The two mixed together, becoming like the misty air of a forest after a spring rain.
She stopped pressing and soothing the gland on his nape, pushed him away almost cruelly, and asked, word by word, "Ji Yuezhi... do you want a temporary mark?"
Alphas were malicious at their core. The more top-tier the Alpha, the more severe it was, especially towards an Omega they fancied. This malice referred to an Alpha's despotic control over an Omega.
Ji Yuezhi's eyes were forced into a vivid red. He couldn't stand steady amidst the dense ice-and-snow pheromones that were about to envelop him. He struggled to support himself with his hands to keep from falling, his beautiful eyes looking at the person opposite him, a sour sense of grievance welling up inside him.
He couldn't hear what she was saying; he only knew that she had pushed him away.
For a fleeting moment, Ji Yuezhi was lucid. He pressed his lips together and tried to walk out of the infirmary, but his feet felt like they were stepping on soft cotton, and he nearly fell after just a few steps.
Zuo Luohuan quickly stepped forward and caught him, sighing inwardly: Forget it.
She pulled him back into her arms and carefully soothed him with her pheromones. The once-piercing ice and snow now carried only a faint coolness, comforting the feverish Ji Yuezhi in her embrace.
"Ji Yuezhi, your heat period is here. The inhibitor isn't working." Zuo Luohuan gently pressed and soothed the gland on the back of his neck. The calloused pads of her fingers brushing against that soft skin sent a shiver through the person in her arms. She spoke earnestly next to his ear, "I'm going to give you a temporary mark now. When you're lucid again..."
"I will apologize to you."
Ji Yuezhi didn't reply, merely nuzzling obediently against her neck, showing none of his usual cold and noble demeanor.
Zuo Luohuan released the hand on his gland. The slightly raised, soft area had already turned a faint pink. She lowered her head, drew close, and sniffed. The cloyingly sweet scent of iris was being released from this very spot.
Finally, Zuo Luohuan opened her mouth. Her canines pierced Ji Yuezhi's gland, and a large amount of frigid ice-and-snow pheromones poured in with absolute dominance and control, gradually merging with the iris fragrance, brewing a scent like the misty air after a spring rain, with a hint of sweetness.
The moment his gland was pierced, Ji Yuezhi's whole body stiffened. As Zuo Luohuan's pheromones entered, he relaxed and softened again, until he had almost melted into a pool of spring water, collapsing limply in her arms with soft gasps.
As the two pheromones combined, their experiences were slightly different. Zuo Luohuan felt she had absolute control over the person in her arms, while Ji Yuezhi felt as if he had been branded with a specific mark.
The only thing they had in common was that at this moment, under the influence of the temporary mark, they developed a natural, inseparable connection to each other.
Zuo Luohuan released the gland on the back of his neck and gently licked away the small trickle of blood that had seeped out. Sensing the person in her arms tremble, a trace of tenderness flashed across her face. She kissed the back of his neck and coaxed, "It doesn't hurt anymore."
The temporary mark was complete. Both of them gradually became lucid, but due to the influence of their combined pheromones, they were both extremely mindful of each other in body and mind. For a moment, they remained in their embrace, not letting go.
The intensely rich pheromones were gradually cleared away by the circulation system, and the two people standing in an embrace finally moved.
Ji Yuezhi slightly raised his face. His beautiful, moist eyes, even his long lashes, were wet, as if he had shed tears from an unbearable wave of pleasure. The bangs on his forehead were also damp with sweat from the heat.
Zuo Luohuan lowered her head and helped brush aside his sweat-dampened hair. The pad of her finger slid down gently, finally resting on his chin as she asked intimately, "Change your clothes before we go?"
Ji Yuezhi gently raised his eyes to look at her, and only after a long moment did he reply, "Mm."
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