SCOM - Chapter 91
Chapter 91
The cadets from the various military academies must have all received the news. Late at night, Luo Shaoyuan was contacting everyone to welcome them.
“The Northern District’s environment might be a bit harsh, but we have good food too. When you get here, it’s my treat, but you pay,” Luo Shaoyuan said, patting her chest.
“...You contacted us in the middle of the night just to say this?” Cha Lili was speechless. It was one in the morning, and Luo Shaoyuan had called him, Ji Yuezhi, and An Yingjing, only to excitedly blurt out that sentence.
Luo Shaoyuan felt Cha Lili’s words were unfair. “I just got the news today. I consider you friends, so I called you as soon as I finished training.”
“Who’s friends with you,” Cha Lili scoffed, his tone full of sourness. “You people who secretly went to Xijiang Exile Star to have fun are the real friends. What does it have to do with me?”
“Anyone I’ve fought with is a friend,” Luo Shaoyuan said nonchalantly. “If you don’t think so, you can come find me for a few more fights when you get to the Northern District.”
Cha Lili: “…”
When Luo Shaoyuan’s call came through, everyone else was already asleep. Only Luo Shaoyuan had a brightly lit training ground in her background. She was drenched in sweat but didn’t feel the least bit awkward.
When Ji Yuezhi got up to answer the call, Zuo Luohuan stayed out of the frame. She just turned over, grabbed a thin blanket, and wrapped it around him before sitting up beside him.
Cha Lili saw a pair of hands and half of Zuo Luohuan’s face, and his eyes widened. He knew nothing about the two of them and was completely stunned.
“You… you two…” Cha Lili looked closely at the background behind Ji Yuezhi. It was clearly a bedroom. The two of them were sleeping in the same room at night?
“They’re a couple,” Luo Shaoyuan said, quite proudly. “I knew it back on Xijiang Exile Star.”
Cha Lili: “…” Could rivals just get together like that? It was too absurd.
“If you have something to say, say it,” Zuo Luohuan couldn’t stand their dawdling and entered the frame, speaking coldly. “If not, I’m hanging up.”
“Hey, don’t,” Luo Shaoyuan called out. “I wanted to ask for your exact arrival time so I can come pick you up.”
“Around the twentieth of next month,” Cha Lili said, composing himself, though his gaze couldn’t help but drift toward Ji Yuezhi.
An Yingjing leaned against his headboard. “We’re on the 23rd.”
“Okay, then I’ll come get you,” Luo Shaoyuan unconsciously followed up.
Ji Yuezhi’s gaze rested on An Yingjing’s face for a moment before he said, “The First Military Academy will depart on the 22nd.”
“Alright, I got it.” Having gotten the information she wanted, Luo Shaoyuan said, “Then I won’t disturb your sleep. Bye-bye.”
So you do know you’re disturbing us, An Yingjing thought. When he looked up again, the screen on the other side had already gone dark. “…”
Ji Yuezhi turned off the screen and was immediately pulled back to bed by Zuo Luohuan. He lay beside her, gently tracing her eyebrows and eyes with his fingertips.
It was Friday, and Kang Guang had trained the two hundred cadets for the entire day. Ji Yuezhi was exhausted when he returned. He had fallen fast asleep after his shower, only to be woken by Luo Shaoyuan’s call.
Zuo Luohuan let his fingers trace her face. After a while, she caught his hand. “Aren’t you tired?”
Ji Yuezhi didn’t speak, instead leaning closer and burying his face in her embrace. The gland on the back of his neck was exposed to Zuo Luohuan’s eyes, an action that was undoubtedly a signal to an Alpha of his desire to be marked.
However, Zuo Luohuan had always been able to restrain herself. Besides, he was clearly tired today. She didn’t do as Ji Yuezhi wished, pretending she hadn’t seen it.
Ji Yuezhi waited for a long time, but the expected temporary mark never came. He buried his face in Zuo Luohuan’s shoulder, wanting to secretly release his pheromones.
As if guessing what he was about to do, Zuo Luohuan reached out and pressed down on the gland on the back of his neck. The touch of her cool fingertips made his body go soft. “Be good.”
He was so tired he had fallen asleep the moment he got back, yet he was still trying to stir up trouble.
Zuo Luohuan lowered her eyes and held him, one hand on his waist, the other gently pressing his nuchal gland as if to soothe him.
Originally, Ji Yuezhi had planned to have Zuo Luohuan mark him on Saturday, but now a rebellious urge surged within him. The more she didn’t touch him, the more he wanted her to.
Before Zuo Luohuan could react, Ji Yuezhi flipped over and sat on top of her, looking down at her. “Do you not like me anymore?”
“No.” Zuo Luohuan held his waist, coaxing him with a hint of helplessness. “Let’s sleep for now. We can talk about whatever it is tomorrow, okay?”
Perhaps it was the license of the deep night. Ji Yuezhi sat on Zuo Luohuan, his hands on her shoulders, his waist slowly swaying. The thin nightshirt did nothing to block the heat from his buttocks. Zuo Luohuan’s thighs were almost numb from the scalding heat of those two soft mounds, yet he continued to rub against her lightly. “Not okay.”
Other than her body’s reaction, Zuo Luohuan made no move, simply watching him.
Ji Yuezhi pursed his lips, bent down, and whispered in Zuo Luohuan’s ear, “Jiejie… don’t you want me?”
“…” Zuo Luohuan forcefully pulled him down and pressed him underneath her, her eyes bottomlessly deep. “Just one mark. Don’t think about anything else.”
Like a sly fox whose scheme had succeeded, Ji Yuezhi’s eyes curved slightly. He tilted his head up, wrapped his arms around Zuo Luohuan, and leaned against her shoulder. “Mm, just once.”
Zuo Luohuan turned her head and kissed the soft flesh on the back of his neck, her hand continuously pressing and soothing his waist. Only when Ji Yuezhi had completely softened did she open her mouth, bite down on the gland, and inject her pheromones.
Being temporarily marked by someone they liked was a very pleasant experience for an Omega, but an Alpha’s powerful pheromones often made an Omega tired. That was why Zuo Luohuan had been reluctant to touch Ji Yuezhi. The training today had been too long, with few breaks. He was too tired, and a temporary mark would only add to his burden.
But in the end, she hadn’t been able to control herself.
The moment the gland was bitten open, there was a stinging pain. Ji Yuezhi was already used to this slight sting. As soon as Zuo Luohuan’s pheromones were injected, his iris pheromones joyfully wound around them. At that moment, his eyes gradually became hazy and misty, and his arms could barely hold on.
The illusion of being possessed by her was something Ji Yuezhi was addicted to, and he began to gasp unconsciously.
Soon, however, another stinging pain began to emerge. Ji Yuezhi initially paid it no mind, but the further it went, the more the sting spread. His gland ached, causing his body to tense up instinctively.
“What’s wrong? Does it hurt?” Zuo Luohuan quickly noticed something was wrong with Ji Yuezhi and swiftly let go, pulling him into her arms.
The faint blush on Ji Yuezhi’s face rapidly faded, leaving only paleness. His body was still trembling.
“I’ll take you to see Doctor Fang.” Zuo Luohuan quickly got up, but he grabbed her hand.
Ji Yuezhi shook his head. “It doesn’t hurt as much anymore.”
Zuo Luohuan didn’t believe him. His face was pale, and in just a few short seconds, fine beads of sweat had appeared on his forehead.
“I’m sleepy.” After Zuo Luohuan let go of him, the stinging pain in his nuchal gland didn’t worsen. Ji Yuezhi wanted her to stay and sleep with him.
Zuo Luohuan stared at Ji Yuezhi’s face. Seeing that he looked a little better, she agreed not to go, but still said, “We’re going to Doctor Fang’s clinic first thing tomorrow morning.”
“Okay.”
When Zuo Luohuan lay down, Ji Yuezhi actively leaned against her. “I’m fine now.”
“We’ll see if you’re fine or not after the check-up tomorrow,” Zuo Luohuan said, her tone a bit stiff. She blamed herself but didn’t show it.
Ji Yuezhi was truly exhausted. He responded with a sound and fell into a deep sleep, but Zuo Luohuan couldn’t fall asleep for a long time.
…
The next morning, Zuo Luohuan took Ji Yuezhi to see Fang Yong.
Fang Yong couldn’t smell pheromones, but seeing the two of them arrive a day early made him subconsciously look at Ji Yuezhi.
“Go get a potion for me first,” Fang Yong said to Zuo Luohuan. “It’s in the yellow cabinet next door, all the way in the back. The bottle with the red label.”
After Zuo Luohuan left, Fang Yong asked Ji Yuezhi, “You marked last night?”
Ji Yuezhi nodded.
“Turn around and let me see,” Fang Yong said. Looking at the bite mark on the back of Ji Yuezhi’s neck, he was greatly surprised. “Is Zuo Luohuan… incapable?”
“Doctor Fang.” Zuo Luohuan returned with the potion, her eyes holding a warning. “The potion you wanted.”
Fang Yong: “…”
In all his years as a doctor, he had seen countless marked Omegas. High-level Alphas all shared a common trait: extreme possessiveness. Often, an Omega’s nuchal gland would be bitten quite severely.
Ji Yuezhi’s neck had only a simple tooth mark, and it didn’t even look like it was broken in one bite, but rather a mark that had been deepened slowly.
Either Zuo Luohuan was incapable, or… she had too much self-control.
“Tell me what happened,” Fang Yong said, clearing his mind of those thoughts.
Zuo Luohuan carefully recounted what had happened to Ji Yuezhi the previous night.
“You’re saying he was fine at first, and only suddenly felt unwell later?” Fang Yong continued to ask. “Has this ever happened during previous markings?”
“No.”
“Alright, let’s check the gland first,” Fang Yong said, leading Ji Yuezhi inside.
More than two hours later, Fang Yong looked down at the printed report. “The gland hasn’t sustained any damage. Its condition is very stable.”
“Then why did he feel unwell?” Zuo Luohuan asked.
“It might be that his body was too tired, which caused the residual pheromones accumulated in the gland to surface,” Fang Yong said, observing the gland’s development on the report. “There will definitely be residue in his gland. This can’t be removed; it can only be worn away with repeated markings. You don’t need to worry too much, but he will have to endure some hardship.”
In Fang Yong’s view, this bit of hardship was nothing. For an Alpha to transition into an Omega with only this much pain and no side effects was already a great blessing.
However… he glanced at the expressionless Zuo Luohuan.
Fang Yong couldn’t help but recall Ji Yuezhi secretly messaging him for advice a few days ago. He finally added, “Nothing will happen, so don’t overthink it. Just do what you need to do. And you don’t need to, ahem, hold back too much. Sometimes, intimate contact is a good thing.”
Zuo Luohuan glanced coolly at Doctor Fang, pretending not to hear the deeper meaning in his words. Doctor Fang had never been one to meddle, but this was the second time he had done so regarding Ji Yuezhi’s affairs.
“Alright, I’ve made a type of potion these past few days.” Fang Yong felt a chill from her stare. He packed the red-labeled bottle and handed it to Zuo Luohuan. “Rub this on his nuchal gland every night. It’ll be beneficial.”
“Thank you, Doctor Fang.” Zuo Luohuan took the bottle and reached out to take Ji Yuezhi’s hand.
After they left, Zuo Luohuan saw Ji Yuezhi’s silent demeanor and couldn’t help but sigh inwardly. She put on a smile and said, “I was just being nervous.”
Ji Yuezhi looked up at her. “Becoming an Omega was my own choice. I don’t want this to become a burden for you.”
“It’s not a burden,” Zuo Luohuan explained. “I’m just worried about you.”
When it came to Ji Yuezhi’s physical condition, she sometimes couldn’t control her emotions from showing.
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