Chapter 29
Soft footsteps sounded beside her ear. Xie Queyou’s whole body was burning hot. Buried in the quilt, she seemed to sense something and raised her head.
In her hazy vision, Yun Wangqing’s figure grew larger before her eyes. That thin, lingering cold fragrance slipped into Xie Queyou’s neck, carrying specks of coolness that restored a bit of her consciousness.
Xie Queyou’s thin lips moved, and she murmured uncontrollably.
“Yun Wangqing…”
Hearing the call, Yun Wangqing quickened her steps toward her.
“I’m here. How do you feel now? Lin Wumo will be here soon. Endure it for a while first.”
Yun Wangqing was an Omega and did not know what an Alpha’s rut would be like. Her own symptoms when she fell into heat were also different from those of ordinary Omegas.
There was no way for her to infer Xie Queyou’s condition based on herself.
Her brows furrowed with worry, and she felt somewhat guilty.
“I should have discovered it long ago. Your condition was already wrong today.”
The closer she got to Xie Queyou, the more the burning lime on Xie Queyou’s body seemed to find an outlet, pouring madly toward Yun Wangqing.
Pheromones several times more excited than during the last marking quickly invaded her breathing. Yun Wangqing let out a soft whimper, and her whole body went weak.
How could it be this intense? Clearly, last time, when she had been deeply trapped in heat, Xie Queyou’s pheromones had still been very gentle when she marked her. She remembered that Xie Queyou had also fallen into rut back then.
Her body could not withstand such excited pheromones licking messily all over her.
Yun Wangqing walked to the bedside and held the bed to steady herself, but suddenly, a pair of large hands caught her waist and pushed her whole body onto the bed.
Yun Wangqing had no time to react. She cried out softly and fell into the soft quilt.
The person on top of her kept rubbing against her neck, as if she would not stop until she had smeared her own scent all over Yun Wangqing. She was like a puppy.
Yun Wangqing pressed her lips together, held Xie Queyou’s chin, and used some strength before finally peeling her away from her body.
The pleasant, comfortable cedar left the tip of her nose, and Xie Queyou’s heart suddenly felt hollow. Those slightly drooping eyes filled with grief and loneliness.
“Wu…” The Alpha let out a dissatisfied whimper, only to be rebuffed by the woman’s sharp glare.
“Are you a puppy? Why do you keep rubbing against me?”
Taking advantage of Xie Queyou getting up, Yun Wangqing sat up and tidied her disheveled clothes, looking at her somewhat helplessly.
Xie Queyou lowered her head. Her crow-feather-like lashes trembled uneasily.
Her black hair had become messy because of what had just happened, and several dumb little strands stood up on top of her head. It made her look even more like a puppy scolded by its owner.
Looking at her, Yun Wangqing’s anger completely disappeared. She sighed helplessly and reached out to rub Xie Queyou’s head.
“Forget it. Speaking of it, this is still because I didn’t pay enough attention and only noticed something was wrong with you now.”
Xie Queyou’s hair was soft and fluffy. It felt very good to touch, so Yun Wangqing could not help rubbing it a while longer.
When she let go, she saw that the tips of Xie Queyou’s ears were completely red.
She lowered her eyes, and some part of her heart seemed to cave in.
As she spoke, she tore off her own suppressant patch and allowed the rich cedar to flow through the air, mingling with the lime that had been waiting for a long time.
The ambiguous atmosphere exploded in the room, and both of their consciousnesses were startled by the force that felt almost like off-field coupling.
A faint blush rose on Yun Wangqing’s cool, fair cheeks. Her gland, exposed to the air, smelled the Alpha’s scent and swallowed the lime with mad pleasure.
The burning Alpha aura entered her body through her gland. Yun Wangqing could not help trembling, even the breath she exhaled carrying heat.
Clearly, the two of them had not even touched, yet it felt as if they had done the most intimate thing. Yun Wangqing moved her legs slightly, the corners of her eyes burning red.
Xie Queyou, meanwhile, was frozen in place, her brain overloaded and crashed.
The scents flowing through the air gave neither of them any time to react. Seizing the moment, they endlessly exchanged with one another, and the room was immediately filled with their fused fragrance.
At the same time, the doorbell was pressed. Its ringing sound echoed in both their ears.
Yun Wangqing reached out and pushed Xie Queyou’s shoulder, but she could not push her away. She raised her eyes, and those water-filled eyes carried a hint of reproach.
“Let me get down. It should be Lin Wumo.”
For emergencies, Lin Wumo had the password to Yun Wangqing’s home. If she did not open the door in time, Yun Wangqing did not dare imagine what kind of scene Lin Wumo would see when she entered.
Just thinking of that possibility made Yun Wangqing’s cheeks redden uncontrollably.
Her skin was not thick enough to be seen clearly conscious and marking with an Alpha.
Thinking this, she braced her hands on Xie Queyou’s shoulders and forcefully flipped their positions.
Her hands were pressed against Xie Queyou as her long hair fell in front of her. She looked down at the other woman from above.
“Be good.”
She said it half as a threat and half as comfort.
Xie Queyou looked at her and indeed quieted down.
Yun Wangqing let out a breath of relief. As expected, this method was useful. She got up and swept her hair back. No longer threatening her, her tone became gentle.
“Be obedient. I’ll be back soon.”
As she spoke, she straightened her messy clothes, got up, and opened the door.
Xie Queyou lay dazedly on the bed. The surroundings were still overflowing with pheromones. She blinked at the white ceiling, raised her hand, and slowly covered her cheeks.
Yun Wangqing just now was so commanding.
Ahhhhh!
She covered her completely red face, her mind full of the image of Yun Wangqing pressing her down just now.
Those cold eyes were tinged with spring, yet her tone had still been so abstinent and cool. She had looked down at her from above with an aura that allowed no invasion or resistance.
Xie Queyou only felt that no matter what Yun Wangqing had said at that moment, she would probably have agreed immediately.
So unfair. Yun Wangqing was committing crimes with her face.
Just as Xie Queyou covered her face and buried herself into Yun Wangqing’s quilt, sniffing it carefully, she keenly heard a beeping sound coming from the doorway.
Her movements paused. She raised her eyes and met a gaze that could only be described as resentful.
Lin Wumo expressionlessly took off the small pheromone detector hanging on her chest and casually tossed it into the trash can beside her.
“Another one broke. Why is it that whenever I encounter you two, my instruments have to break?”
The moment she spoke, her tone sounded as if it had gunpowder in it.
Xie Queyou immediately felt guilty and did not dare look at her. She also knew she had caused trouble, so she turned her pleading gaze toward the woman standing behind Lin Wumo.
Yun Wangqing pressed a hand to her forehead. “Dr. Lin, sorry to trouble you. I’ll pay you a hundred times the overtime fee tonight.”
The resentment on Lin Wumo’s face instantly vanished. “Not trouble, not trouble at all. I’m the kind of person who just loves helping others.”
As she spoke, she opened the medical kit beside her, took out a suppressant, and injected it into a syringe.
She stood up. The needle of the suppressant syringe reflected a cold white light beneath the lamp. “Don’t worry. One shot of suppressant should basically fix it.”
Xie Queyou looked at the syringe in her hand and swallowed, inexplicably feeling that Lin Wumo was treating her like a monster disturbing her sleep.
This posture did not look like she wanted to treat her. It looked more like she wanted to stab her to death with the needle.
“Dr. Lin, long time no see,” she spoke tremblingly, attempting to build a connection.
Lin Wumo curved her lips into a “friendly” smile. “Long time no see.”
Xie Queyou: “…”
Why did it feel even scarier?
She stopped struggling, lowered her head, and gathered her hair to one side, exposing the active patch of skin at the back of her neck.
“Sorry to trouble you, Dr. Lin.”
Her heartbeat and the throbbing of her gland were almost becoming one.
Lin Wumo took out the suppressant and pushed the syringe. She was just about to inject Xie Queyou when she suddenly heard the woman behind her speak.
“What does it mean that her last rut wasn’t satisfied?”
Lin Wumo did not turn her head. “It means exactly what it sounds like. During her last rut, she kept suppressing her pheromones and did not get to release them.”
She thought about the date. “It should have been the day your rejection disorder suddenly flared up and your heat came early.”
When she thought about it this way, it was not hard to understand. At that time, Yun Wangqing had been deeply trapped in heat, and Xie Queyou had gone to help relieve her. Naturally, Yun Wangqing had to be the priority, so Xie Queyou’s own rut had not been paid much attention.
“At the time, in order to make her calm down a little, I even gave her a sedative. After she marked you, she probably didn’t know she needed a suppressant injection. That should also be part of the reason,” Lin Wumo said.
As Yun Wangqing listened, her expression grew more and more serious.
After Lin Wumo finished the last sentence, she raised the suppressant. Xie Queyou closed her eyes and waited for the needle to descend.
One second before it did, Yun Wangqing suddenly spoke.
“Wait.”
Lin Wumo loosened her hand. Xie Queyou opened her eyes, and both of them turned to look at Yun Wangqing.
Yun Wangqing’s expression was restrained, so much so that it was almost impossible to tell what she was feeling.
“Besides using a suppressant to relieve it, marking should work too, right?”
Lin Wumo understood what she meant and raised one eyebrow.
“You want to help her relieve it?”
Yun Wangqing said nothing. Silence was her answer.
Lin Wumo’s gaze moved between Xie Queyou and Yun Wangqing. She thought carefully for a while, then shook her head.
“Your gland still can’t do it for now. The dosage of two rut periods from an S-rank Alpha is twice the amount of one. Last time, before the marking was complete, you fell unconscious. This time, twice that amount will only be even more difficult to endure. It won’t be good for either you or her.”
Lin Wumo estimated the specific amount in her heart and clicked her tongue inwardly.
As for Yun Wangqing’s gland, never mind whether it would get injured from so much pheromone—could she even endure it?
She shook her head. “In short, for your gland to fully accept one Alpha rut marking is already very difficult, let alone something more intense.”
Xie Queyou raised her eyes to look at the woman, a faint light glowing in them.
Yun Wangqing actually wants to help me. Even though she wants to but can’t.
But Yun Wangqing is willing to help me!
She isn’t angry. She still cares about me!
Sweetness rose in Xie Queyou’s heart, and her whole body was about to float. Then a sudden stab of pain from her gland pulled her sharply back to reality.
This was the first time Xie Queyou had received a suppressant. She only felt the warm-cool liquid enter her bloodstream through her gland, smoothing away the heat throughout her body.
Even her breathing carried a bit of unconscious comfort. She narrowed her eyes and felt it carefully.
After the treatment ended, Lin Wumo closed the medical kit and walked out of the bedroom.
Yun Wangqing walked out to see her off.
Lin Wumo’s gaze moved over Yun Wangqing, and she still could not help asking, “What you said just now—was it sincere?”
Yun Wangqing lowered her eyes. “She was helping me. I also want to… help her a little.”
The memory of the Alpha marking her that day was still vivid. Once she was relieved, she had fainted in satisfaction and did not know what happened afterward.
So Xie Queyou had endured even more than she had imagined.
Her heart seemed to be soaked in a pool of sour water, swelling from it.
She only felt guilty and wanted to help the other woman too, within the range of what she was capable of.
Lin Wumo comforted her. “You signed an agreement. She understood all of this in advance, and it was all voluntary. But with Xie Queyou’s current condition, one shot of suppressant isn’t quite enough.”
“Why don’t I stay here for the night? If I’m close, it’ll be easier to respond if anything happens.”
Yun Wangqing did not answer her and frowned.
“She still needs more suppressant injections?”
As far as Yun Wangqing knew, the dose of one suppressant injection was enough for Alphas and Omegas to get through their respective rut and heat periods. If Xie Queyou still needed more, then it was likely not just a little serious.
Her brows furrowed deeply, and her heart seemed to be gripped tightly by a large hand.
Lin Wumo shook her head. “No, it’s for the follow-up. One suppressant injection can relieve a lot of the heat. What remains is more her instinctive dependence on an Omega. Her pheromones will be very intense.”
“You’ll probably find such a high dose hard to endure, so I can give her a rut-specific suppressant patch. It’s also the research institute’s latest achievement.”
As she spoke, she took several special suppressant patches from the medical kit and placed them on the table.
After Yun Wangqing heard this, the stone weighing on her heart finally fell.
“No need. I know what I’m doing. Leave the suppressant patches. You can go.”
Lin Wumo said, “You really don’t need me to stay here with you?”
Yun Wangqing said, “No. I have a cleanliness obsession. I’m not used to other people staying overnight in my home.”
Lin Wumo felt like a mouthful of old blood was stuck in her chest.
What do you mean, cleanliness obsession?
Then how do you explain the Alpha inside your room, wrapped in your quilt and smelling your pheromones?
She nodded resentfully.
“Fine.”
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