SCOM - Chapter 88
Chapter 88
The Alpha pheromones in the bedroom gradually increased. Zuo Luohuan lay on her side, not yet asleep, watching Ji Yuezhi, whose eyes were closed.
When she withdrew her pheromones slightly, thinning them in the air, he opened his eyes, clearly a little displeased. But he didn't speak, merely gazing quietly at Zuo Luohuan. Only after she released her pheromones again, enveloping him in the Alpha's scent, did he peacefully close his eyes and go back to sleep.
Zuo Luohuan raised her hand and gently caressed his cheek. He likes my pheromones this much? He doesn't resist them anymore?
It wasn't just the Alpha's pheromones; the Omega's scent also drifted faintly in the air, like a hook scratching incessantly at Zuo Luohuan's heart.
Even so, Zuo Luohuan made no other moves. She simply moved her hand down to his back and continued to stroke it gently, helping him fall into a deep sleep.
Ji Yuezhi was already growing drowsy. He forced his eyes open and said to Zuo Luohuan, "Stay here… don't go."
"I won't," Zuo Luohuan promised.
Only then did Ji Yuezhi close his eyes completely, sinking into a deep sleep under the comfort of the Alpha's pheromones.
After a long while, once Ji Yuezhi was sound asleep, Zuo Luohuan leaned over and kissed him. She knew better than anyone what his soft, moist lips tasted like.
"Sweet dreams," Zuo Luohuan whispered, before closing her own eyes.
The next day, the two of them didn't train in the training room. Zuo Luohuan took Ji Yuezhi to see Fang Yong.
There was no one in the clinic. When Fang Yong saw the two of them arrive hand in hand, his eyes widened. He instantly understood the purpose of Zuo Luohuan's visit, but what surprised him most wasn't that Ji Yuezhi had differentiated from an Alpha into an Omega, but the relationship between Ji Yuezhi and Zuo Luohuan.
"I'll close the door first. You take him inside," Fang Yong said, getting up.
After Ji Yuezhi entered, his gaze swept over the furnishings. He tilted his head and asked Zuo Luohuan, "You were treated for your injuries here before?"
This place looked a bit like a shady clinic that engaged in illegal activities.
Zuo Luohuan knew what he was thinking and explained in a low voice, "Doctor Fang deliberately keeps the lights here dim, but the sterilization standards are all up to code."
A shady clinic naturally had to look the part, otherwise, how could it survive in a place like this? So, Fang Yong had installed two sets of lights in the clinic. He usually used the dim set for the public, and the floor and walls were deliberately made to look old and dirty, but the sterilization was extremely strict.
Of course, outsiders didn't know about this.
"Can I ask how you did it?" Fang Yong asked Ji Yuezhi directly after closing the door and returning. "Over twenty years ago, I thought I was very determined too. I was supposed to differentiate into an Omega, and I did. I had no choice but to have my gland removed."
Ji Yuezhi subconsciously glanced at Zuo Luohuan, then said vaguely, "I'm not too sure. I suddenly got a fever after the initial signs of differentiation, and then for several years, I didn't differentiate."
Fang Yong asked with a solemn expression, "Did you use any forbidden drugs?"
"...If forbidden drugs were that easy to obtain, with Doctor Fang's personality, you would have used them long ago," Ji Yuezhi said faintly. As long as the person in front of him wasn't Zuo Luohuan, he was always clear-headed.
"I just want to be clear," Fang Yong didn't mind. "Come with me first. I need to check the current state of your gland's differentiation."
It wasn't just the gland; Fang Yong actually needed to check Ji Yuezhi's overall physical condition. The whole process would take quite some time.
The clinic was fully equipped. Fang Yong had switched to the other set of lights, making the entire room bright and spacious, though the walls were still 'dirty'.
"We'll have to wait a while for all the results," Fang Yong said, glancing at Zuo Luohuan beside him. "Are you two a couple?"
Zuo Luohuan looked through the glass at Ji Yuezhi lying inside. "Yes."
Although the two had been holding hands since they arrived, Fang Yong couldn't help but be shocked. After all, Zuo Luohuan was such a solitary person. Since that treatment, he had gained a fundamental understanding of her. She could endure too much and was destined to achieve great things.
She also seemed like someone who would be alone for life.
"In that case, you two will bond sooner or later. I might as well check you too," Fang Yong said suddenly. "An Alpha's pheromones will also have an effect on him."
Zuo Luohuan would never refuse anything related to Ji Yuezhi's health.
Checking Zuo Luohuan wasn't as troublesome. Fang Yong just drew a vial of blood from the shrunken, atrophied gland on the back of her neck and took it for testing.
"Speaking of which, when did you two get together?" Fang Yong rarely felt so gossipy. "I've always heard that you two don't get along."
Zuo Luohuan glanced at him, a little boastfully. "We've liked each other for a long time."
Fang Yong: "...You're not afraid of making an old man's teeth ache."
Inside, Ji Yuezhi had finished one part of the full-body examination. Fang Yong immediately instructed him to lie down on another machine; the two of them didn't stop. Zuo Luohuan stood nearby, never leaving Ji Yuezhi's line of sight, so he could see her whenever he turned his head.
"Alright, you can get down for now. A few reports will be out soon," Fang Yong said, staring at the machine's instruments.
Ji Yuezhi walked out from inside. Zuo Luohuan had already come over, taking his hand and having him sit down. "Doctor Fang is very skilled. He can solve any problem."
"You're nervous," Ji Yuezhi suddenly said with a soft laugh. "This is the first time I've seen it."
Zuo Luohuan let him laugh, held his hand, and admitted, "Yes, I'm nervous." Nervous that your body might have problems from the forced differentiation.
The smile on Ji Yuezhi's face faded. He met Zuo Luohuan's eyes and said seriously, "My father has already had many doctors examine me. They didn't find any problems. I'm fine."
After the signs of his differentiation disappeared at fifteen, or more accurately, after he left the Zuo residence that day, he began to run a fever. Unlike Zuo Luohuan's high fever back then, Ji Yuezhi's was only a low-grade one.
Ji Xixiu was worried something was wrong with his son's health, so there was a constant stream of doctors at their home, but none of them found any issues.
After Ji Yuezhi's low-grade fever subsided, the preliminary signs of his differentiation also vanished completely, and there were no changes for several years.
Ji Xixiu had always known his son's intentions. He was the only one who had guessed the situation even before the doctors. Later, as time passed and the gland on the back of Ji Yuezhi's neck, which had originally begun to shrink, started to swell, he understood completely.
"The reports are out." Fang Yong stood at a nearby table, holding a stack of reports and looking through them page by page. "His physical condition is excellent, no problems at all. The gland… is still developing, with no signs of damage. Tsk, tsk, it's almost as if he were a born Omega."
Zuo Luohuan got up and walked over to Fang Yong. "Are you sure there are no other problems?"
"I can't say that for sure." Fang Yong shook his head and pointed to a data point on the gland analysis report. "Look here… never mind, most doctors wouldn't make the connection even if they saw it. His gland is still developing. Once it's fully developed, it won't affect his health in the future. However, it's not a natural Omega gland after all, so there might be some residual traces of his original pheromones inside."
"So?"
Seeing Zuo Luohuan's nervous expression, Fang Yong said teasingly, "So when you give him a lifelong mark, he might suffer a little. Nothing else."
At these words, both Zuo Luohuan and Ji Yuezhi felt a little awkward.
"So you're saying he's fine?" Zuo Luohuan quickly pressed. "Will any other problems arise while his gland is fully developing?"
"The probability is very low." Fang Yong continued placing the reports he'd finished on the side of the table. "The state of his gland is very good right now. At least, I don't see any problems."
Hearing these words, the stone that had been weighing on Zuo Luohuan's heart for so long finally fell.
"This is…" Fang Yong saw the next report and froze. He snapped his head up to look at Zuo Luohuan. "His differentiation into an Omega is related to you?"
Zuo Luohuan had just been turning her head to look at Ji Yuezhi. Hearing the question, she said yes.
Fang Yong clearly felt that the 'yes' she gave wasn't the answer to the question he was trying to ask. He clutched the report in his hand and frowned. "I heard before that when you were differentiating, it was Ji Yuezhi who found you?"
Only then did Zuo Luohuan keenly sense that something was wrong. She nodded. "He was the one who found me."
Fang Yong no longer questioned her, but turned to Ji Yuezhi. "You found her differentiating, and then the preliminary signs of your own differentiation disappeared after you came back, right?"
Ji Yuezhi didn't answer, turning his head to look at Zuo Luohuan instead.
"Doctor Fang, is something wrong?" Zuo Luohuan asked.
"He's fine." Fang Yong pointed a finger at Zuo Luohuan. "You're the one with the problem."
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