After Pretending to Be an Alpha, I Was Exposed by My Rival - Chapter 5

“Zhou Yijue, you need to go to the hospital now.” Lu Chizhou held Zhou Yijue’s face and rubbed it a few times, trying to make him sober up.

“I’m not going to the hospital. I feel awful.”

“That’s exactly why you should go to the hospital. Be good. I’ll take you there right now.” Lu Chizhou started driving. But before they had even gone two kilometers, a strong mint scent rushed into his nose, making him abruptly turn the steering wheel and stop the car by the roadside.

“Zhou Yijue, do you smell a cool mint scent? The smell is so strong. It’s like there’s an Omega going into heat on the street…” As Lu Chizhou spoke, he glanced at Zhou Yijue, and the rest of his words were swallowed back down.

Why did this mint scent seem to be coming from Zhou Yijue?

N-no way.

The second-strongest Alpha among Lekaman Academy’s freshmen was actually an Omega?

If those guys who were usually brutally beaten by Zhou Yijue found out, they would probably start doubting their entire lives.

Zhou Yijue broke out in a cold sweat. The sweat carried the alcohol out of him, allowing him to regain a little clarity. He noticed that Lu Chizhou beside him had also smelled the mint scent coming from him. He bit his lip hard enough to break the skin, using the pain to force his mind to become clearer.

“Lu Chizhou, if you dare leak my secret, I won’t let you off even if I become a ghost.” Zhou Yijue suddenly grabbed Lu Chizhou by the collar and leaned close, glaring viciously at his face. He wanted to use his usual irritable and fierce gaze to scare him off.

“You’re an Omega?” Lu Chizhou was stunned for a long while before he came back to his senses.

“If there’s nothing wrong with your Alpha dog nose, shouldn’t you already know exactly what I am?” Zhou Yijue leaned back against the seat. Sweat had soaked his back, making his whole body feel sticky and uncomfortable.

Zhou Yijue’s gaze grew colder and colder. If he were not almost unable to move right now, he would absolutely tear Lu Chizhou apart with his bare hands.

“Zhou Yijue.”

“Don’t come near me.”

Seeing how deathly pale Zhou Yijue’s face was, Lu Chizhou had just wanted to move closer and check on him, but Zhou Yijue coldly stopped him.

Lu Chizhou backed away a little and raised both hands, implying that he would not touch him recklessly. “You’re sweating a lot. Wipe yourself.”

He handed Zhou Yijue the tissue box kept in the car.

The space inside the car was too small, and it was quickly enveloped by the mint fragrance…

Lu Chizhou began to feel uncomfortable. His eyes turned bloodshot, and both his hands gripped the steering wheel tightly to stop himself from acting on impulse and hurting Zhou Yijue.

“I should still take you to the hospital.” Lu Chizhou was not at ease letting Zhou Yijue get out of the car, nor was he at ease continuing to stay with him like this.

He was a normal Alpha. Facing an Omega he already had feelings for, and one whose scent was so tempting, his self-control would sooner or later completely collapse. Before that happened, he had to find a way to solve this matter.

“No, not the hospital. Bite… bite my gland. Temporary mark.”

A temporary mark was not the same as a permanent mark. Although it would create a dependence on the Alpha’s scent, and when the next heat arrived, the Omega would be more likely to lose control in front of the Alpha who had temporarily marked them, it was still one of the best ways for an Omega to get through heat.

After Zhou Yijue learned that he was an Omega, he had started reading a large amount of popular science information about how Omegas got through heat. He had always relied on suppressants to suppress his heat. This time was the same. He just did not know why that suppressant had actually failed.

Fortunately, he had not gone into heat inside the bar. Otherwise, the consequences would have been even more unimaginable.

An Omega in heat, thrown into a bar full of dancing Alphas—the result would be terrible enough to imagine with his toes.

Although he was extremely unwilling, Zhou Yijue had to admit that this time, he owed Lu Chizhou a favor.

Seeing that both of them were about to be unable to control the drive of their instincts, Lu Chizhou suddenly clasped the back of Zhou Yijue’s head, pressed him toward his shoulder, lowered his head, and bit down on the tender flesh over his gland.

“Mm…”

Zhou Yijue’s body trembled lightly. He shuddered a few times, and his whole body softened as if he had no bones.

Before long, darkness swept over him, and Zhou Yijue fainted.

Because he had used suppressants to suppress his heat for a long time, this heat had exhausted all the strength in his body. After receiving the comfort of a temporary mark, his body relaxed, and he immediately lost consciousness.

Lu Chizhou did not dare open the car window, afraid that the lingering mint scent inside would drift out and attract other Alphas. He could only endure it alone inside the car.

Only after that scent gradually disappeared did Lu Chizhou drive away.

The next morning.

Zhou Yijue’s thick, long eyelashes trembled lightly a few times before he slowly opened his eyes. The moment he opened them, he met a face he had always disliked. Thinking he was still dreaming, his body acted faster than his brain could give orders. Before he even realized what was happening, his fist had already swung out.

Bang—

Lu Chizhou used a boiled hot egg to press against his eye, looking resentfully at a certain Zhou sitting across from him at the dining table, calmly and slowly eating breakfast.

Lu Chizhou: “Last night, we…”

Zhou Yijue immediately bristled and glared at Lu Chizhou. “Don’t use ‘we.’”

Lu Chizhou acted timid and obedient. “Fine. Last night, you suddenly went into heat, then I gave you a temporary mark, then you fainted. I didn’t know where your home was, so I brought you back to my place. But don’t worry, I really didn’t take advantage of you.”

Lu Chizhou patted his chest to show that he was an upright and honorable Alpha, different from those random nobodies.

Of course Zhou Yijue knew he was still perfectly fine. He knew his own body. But he still felt extremely unhappy. Why did it have to be Lu Chizhou of all people?

He already could not beat Lu Chizhou, and now Lu Chizhou knew he was an Omega. That made him feel like he had instantly become several levels shorter than him.

“Say it. What do you want?” Zhou Yijue did not want to stay here. A place where a stinking Alpha had lived for a long time was filled with a scent that made him unhappy.

“What?” Lu Chizhou was a little confused.

“Stop pretending to be stupid. You know my secret, so you can use it to threaten me into doing anything. I won’t refuse, but you must promise not to tell anyone that I’m an Omega.”

Zhou Yijue stubbornly closed his eyes, waiting for Lu Chizhou’s answer.

No matter what price he had to pay, he did not want his Omega identity exposed. He liked mechas. Only by using the identity of an Alpha could he continue staying in the mecha major. Otherwise, once his Omega identity was exposed, the school would immediately transfer him to another major.

In this era, Omegas seemed to be destined from birth to become Alphas’ appendages. Their only duty was to continue the bloodline. The more children they gave birth to, the better. Omegas with high fertility rates could even become internet celebrities and objects of admiration.

“Tch.”

Zhou Yijue made a defiant sound. His teeth clicked together, and his gaze became even colder. “Even if I die, die outside, and rot into mud, I will never give birth to even a single child for any stinking Alpha.”

“So you hate Alphas that much? You clearly hate them so much, but you still disguised yourself as one.”

“If I had a choice, do you think I would want to?” Zhou Yijue snorted coldly, put down his bowl and chopsticks, crossed his arms, and waited for Lu Chizhou’s verdict.

“You really can agree to any request?” Lu Chizhou cracked the cooled egg in his hand, peeled the shell, stuffed it into his mouth in one bite, and spoke with his words muffled.

“As long as it doesn’t break the law or involve a crime.”

“Then fine. I promise I won’t tell anyone your secret,” Lu Chizhou said.

“So what’s your condition?” Zhou Yijue frowned, his face full of displeasure.

“I haven’t thought of it yet. I’ll tell you once I do.” Lu Chizhou smiled, and that smile made Zhou Yijue want to punch his other eye too.