SCOM - Chapter 87

Chapter 87

Most classes on Friday afternoons were electives. The two Ji Yuezhi took were known throughout the school, especially since students from other academies had flocked to them before the military exercise, so even the instructors had heard of them.

Previously, Zuo Luohuan hadn't felt anything about it. Electives were about interest, and it was Ji Yuezhi's freedom to take whatever he wanted. But now it was different; she found it hard not to wonder what the purpose of these two electives was.

He had done too much for her, while Zuo Luohuan… had done nothing, and had even only known how to run away at the beginning.

Regardless of what she was thinking, she showed none of it on her face. She accompanied Ji Yuezhi to his class but didn't go in, merely walking him to the academic building.

"I'll come pick you up when class is over." Zuo Luohuan raised her hand to touch his face. "We'll go back together."

"Okay." Ji Yuezhi didn't notice that her mood was off. He turned and walked into the academic building, but after just a few steps, he looked back at her. Zuo Luohuan still hadn't left. Only then did he turn and head upstairs.

Only after Ji Yuezhi's figure disappeared from sight did Zuo Luohuan leave the First Military Academy to find Fang Yong.

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There were a few ordinary people in the clinic seeing the doctor. Fang Yong was sitting at a desk writing a prescription for someone. Hearing the sound of the door curtain being pushed aside, he subconsciously looked up. "Why are you here again?"

There was a hint of excitement in Fang Yong's tone.

Because a visit from Zuo Luohuan meant there was some difficult problem, and he was a man who loved a challenge.

"I have something I'd like to ask Dr. Fang," Zuo Luohuan said, glancing at the patients inside.

"Just asking?" Fang Yong was a little disappointed. It seemed there was no ailment.

Zuo Luohuan nodded. "Does Dr. Fang have a moment?"

"Wait a moment." After finishing with the patient beside him, Fang Yong stood up and walked into the back.

Zuo Luohuan followed him into the inner room.

"Sit. What do you want to ask?" Fang Yong kicked a stool over, sat down on the other side, picked up the hot tea next to him, took a sip, and let out a contented sigh.

Zuo Luohuan didn't sit, but stood beside him and asked directly, "If an Alpha forcibly differentiates into an Omega, what are the effects on the body?"

"Pfft—" Hearing this, Fang Yong was caught off guard and scalded by the hot tea, hastily spitting it out. With his mouth full of tea leaves, he spat for a long while before looking up at Zuo Luohuan. "Are you crazy? Why would you want to differentiate into an Omega out of the blue? I don't have that kind of forbidden drug here!"

Zuo Luohuan frowned. "It's not me."

"Even if it's not you, I don't have that kind of potion. It's fatal." Fang Yong stopped drinking his tea and slammed the table. "This is a black clinic, but we don't do that kind of business."

Zuo Luohuan explained, "No potion is needed. I'm asking about someone who differentiated from an Alpha into an Omega through willpower. What kind of long-term health problems would their body have?"

Fang Yong was stunned. "You mean changing one's secondary gender through willpower?"

Such cases were extremely rare in the Federation's history, but most doctors had heard of them. After all, there was indeed one such case in the records, and because it was so rare, it was memorable.

Zuo Luohuan nodded. "I want to know if it will affect his physical health after the differentiation."

Fang Yong stood up and paced around the room a few times. "You've... more or less asked the right person. I have indeed researched this area."

In his early years, his genetic tests always indicated he was an Omega. But Fang Yong's dream was to be a doctor, which required calmness, and he didn't want to be affected in any way. Beta was the secondary gender he most wanted to differentiate into. So he had always been searching for information to see if he could change his secondary gender.

It was just that in the Federation, most Omegas wanted to differentiate into Alphas or vice versa; very few wanted to become an ordinary Beta. In the end, after his differentiation was complete, Fang Yong simply had his gland removed, though he suffered a great deal at the time.

"There are too few people who differentiate through willpower. Only one person is recorded in the data, and they went from Omega to Alpha."

"I know." Zuo Luohuan had later looked up this person's information but found nothing useful.

"That person later disappeared, and the Federation has no other data. However, I did find a little something later," Fang Yong said. "The most certain thing is that the person's lifespan was not affected, but it's unknown if there were other problems during that time."

Zuo Luohuan's brow didn't relax at all. "So Dr. Fang doesn't know if there are any effects either?"

"I've never met such a person either." Fang Yong said excitedly, "You must know the person who differentiated from an Alpha into an Omega. Let me meet them and give them a physical examination. If there are any problems, I will definitely do my best to solve them."

"Not for now," Zuo Luohuan refused.

Fang Yong calmed down, clasped his hands, and paced a few more times. "Secondary gender differentiation is, at its root, a matter of the gland. For an Alpha, the gland gradually shrinks and atrophies. For an Omega, the gland on the back of the neck gradually develops, becomes sensitive, and can store large amounts of pheromones. Since your friend differentiated from an Alpha to an Omega, his gland would have to go from a shrunken state to gradually swelling and developing. Putting other things aside, if it can develop completely, then there will definitely be no problem with his body."

"As long as it develops completely, there won't be any problems?" Zuo Luohuan caught the key point.

"Theoretically, yes," Fang Yong nodded. "If one could differentiate into an Omega through willpower before the pre-differentiation period, they probably wouldn't suffer too much."

"What if the preliminary signs of Alpha differentiation had already appeared?" Zuo Luohuan asked.

"That..." Fang Yong shook his head. "Think about it yourself. If the preliminary signs of one differentiation have already appeared, and then another differentiation begins, with two kinds of pheromones fighting inside the gland, how could that be easy?"

Zuo Luohuan's expression immediately turned ugly.

Fang Yong watched from the side in astonishment. Back when Zuo Luohuan was in so much pain, her expression had never changed. Now, just from hearing a single sentence, her emotions were fluctuating so severely.

What kind of relationship did she have with this friend?

After a long moment, Zuo Luohuan finally asked, "If... I let you examine his gland, could there be a solution?"

"I'm not sure about other things, but there's one thing I can say for sure: no one in the entire Federation understands glands better than I do," Fang Yong said, practically patting his chest in affirmation.

"Alright, I'll have to trouble Dr. Fang then." Zuo Luohuan turned to leave.

"Wait," Fang Yong called out to Zuo Luohuan. "That friend of yours, have I met them before?"

He already had a guess in mind. After all, there was one person whose characteristics were too obvious. Anyone with a little knowledge of the capital's social circles could figure it out.

Zuo Luohuan turned back and gave Fang Yong a deep look. "Dr. Fang has never been one to pry into his patients' affairs."

Fang Yong: "..." He wasn't one to pry into his patients' affairs, but he was curious about the person who could make Zuo Luohuan act like this.

"Go on, go on." Fang Yong shooed Zuo Luohuan out. In any case, when she brought the person to him later, he would naturally find out who it was.

Zuo Luohuan returned to the First Military Academy, composed herself, and walked toward the academic building where Ji Yuezhi's class was. This time, she went straight to the classroom door to wait for him.

When Ji Yuezhi finished his yoga class and came out, he was still exuding a faint warmth, a light blush on his face. Seeing Zuo Luohuan, his eyes instantly brightened, and he quickened his pace toward her.

"Are you tired?" Zuo Luohuan reached out to take the clothes he had changed out of and asked.

"I'm fine." Ji Yuezhi took her hand and started walking out. "Let's go back."

The two walked to the parking lot together. Zuo Luohuan, a step behind Ji Yuezhi, suddenly asked him, "Why did you choose a yoga class?"

She didn't think he needed to take such a class, especially since he had differentiated into an Omega.

Ji Yuezhi's steps faltered. Just as he was thinking of a way to change the subject, Zuo Luohuan walked up from behind and stood in front of him.

"Was it for me?" Zuo Luohuan asked, looking into Ji Yuezhi's eyes.

It sounded a bit narcissistic, but for someone who could go so far as to differentiate from an Alpha into an Omega, choosing this class for her was entirely possible.

Ji Yuezhi's gaze had been somewhat evasive, but after she asked the question, the heat on his face instantly rose, and he gave a somewhat mumbled affirmation.

Probably sensing that Zuo Luohuan wasn't particularly happy, Ji Yuezhi explained, "It was my own choice. Don't take it to heart."

"Okay." Zuo Luohuan cupped the side of his face with one hand and said seriously, "I respect your choice."

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After the two returned to the central city, they didn't do anything out of the ordinary. They mostly trained together, and on the rare occasions they were moved by passion, it was limited to just kissing.

On Saturday night, Ji Yuezhi lay in the bedroom, not asleep. Zuo Luohuan had gone to rest in the adjacent guest room; it had been like this since the previous night.

He wasn't in his heat period, and her Susceptible Period had also passed. Ji Yuezhi couldn't find an excuse to share a room with her. Of course, they were already together, so it wasn't strange for a couple to sleep in the same bed.

It was just that Ji Yuezhi faintly sensed that Zuo Luohuan was unwilling to sleep with him.

If an Alpha and an Omega were in love, pheromones were the most direct expression of it. But he had been here for a day and two nights and hadn't smelled any pheromones released from Zuo Luohuan.

Had she grown tired of him? Or did she dislike him after getting closer?

Ji Yuezhi lay on his side on the bed, his thoughts running wild.

Unable to sleep for a long time, Ji Yuezhi simply got up, opened his door, and walked to the guest room next door. He had intended to knock, but when he placed his hand on the door and pushed lightly, it swung open.

There was no one inside.

Ji Yuezhi froze in the doorway. A moment later, he turned and walked toward the living room. The wall lamps in the corridor cast a dim glow. By this faint light, he walked to the living room, but no one was there either.

"Why are you up?" Zuo Luohuan heard the sound, turned, and slid open the glass door to the balcony. "Can't sleep?" she asked.

Ji Yuezhi remained silent, only quickening his pace toward the balcony. When he reached Zuo Luohuan, he reached out and hugged her.

The scent of iris gradually spread.

Zuo Luohuan subconsciously frowned, her eyes lowered to the gland on the back of his neck. "Are you not feeling well?"

Ji Yuezhi leaned on her shoulder, his voice filled with longing. "…I want your pheromones."

Zuo Luohuan, who had always indulged him, didn't immediately release her pheromones to envelop the Omega. She chuckled and asked, "What's wrong? Isn't your heat period already over?"

Ji Yuezhi released her, took a step back, and looked straight at Zuo Luohuan, his beautiful eyes devoid of any emotion. "Is that the only time you'll give me your pheromones?"

Ji Yuezhi stood in the darkness, with only a faint, weak light behind him, but Zuo Luohuan could feel the iris scent in the air gradually turning bitter.

He was sad.

Zuo Luohuan was silent for a moment, then reached out, took his hand, and decided to confess. "After your gland has fully developed and there are no problems with your body, I'll give you anything you want."

"You…" Ji Yuezhi was stunned. "You know?"

"If I didn't know, were you planning to hide it for a lifetime?" Zuo Luohuan pulled him closer and closed her eyes. "Forcibly differentiating into an Omega… what if I didn't like you?"

"No matter what, I won't regret it." Ji Yuezhi pressed against her, his beautiful eyes misty. "Besides… you've liked me for a very, very long time."

He had so many plans he hadn't even had time to implement before she told him she liked him. How could he regret it?

The bitter note in the iris scent faded from the air, leaving only a sweet fragrance.

Zuo Luohuan raised her hand and touched the gland on the back of Ji Yuezhi's neck. "Does it hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt. I'm very happy." Ji Yuezhi's tense body gradually relaxed. He looked at Zuo Luohuan. "Did Father tell you?"

Zuo Luohuan didn't answer his question. "Dr. Fang Yong is very knowledgeable in this area. I'll go with you for a physical examination."

Perhaps afraid he would disagree, Zuo Luohuan continued, "I want us to be together for a long, long time."

"…Okay." Ji Yuezhi kissed the corner of Zuo Luohuan's lips, his tone pleading. "I want your pheromones."

He wanted to confirm her current state and emotions.

"Just a little." Zuo Luohuan released a small amount of her pheromones and said in a low voice, "Get some rest."

The icy cold wrapped around the iris, intertwining and merging, emitting an exceptionally pleasant and clear scent.

The Omega's expression was somewhat entranced. Likely finding support in the pheromones, he said with a touch of coquettishness, "Sleep with me."

"Okay."

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