Chapter 15

The meal ended just like that.

Tao Xi and Qi Yan returned to the university. Shu Baiyu checked the time but did not take the initiative to leave.

Noticing that he was lingering, Lu Xingzhou deliberately asked, “Why aren’t you going back to campus?”

Shu Baiyu’s eyelids drooped, and he looked thoroughly uninterested.

“I don’t want to go back yet.”

At this hour, returning meant going straight to the dormitory, where he would undoubtedly run into Jiang Min.

His head hurt merely thinking about having to deal with Jiang Min again.

The other man was not especially intelligent, but he was remarkably persistent.

Furthermore, according to the plot, Jiang Min and the original character were both vicious cannon-fodder characters. Jiang Min still needed to help advance the story later and push the protagonist Alpha and Omega toward gradually developing feelings for each other.

Perhaps Shu Baiyu’s displeasure showed too clearly on his face.

While he was still thinking, Lu Xingzhou suddenly asked:

“Do you want to go to my house?”

Shu Baiyu looked up in surprise.

Lu Xingzhou was looking at him. He raised a hand and pointed toward the back of his neck.

“Pheromone bath.”

Then he silently formed another question with his lips:

Do you want to do it?

Caught completely off guard, Shu Baiyu’s face grew hot.

For the first time, his thoughts wandered in an inappropriate direction.

It was Lu Xingzhou’s fault for phrasing it so ambiguously.

“Mm?”

Lu Xingzhou was still waiting for his answer.

Shu Baiyu quickly dismissed the strange thoughts from his mind and agreed with a quiet “Mm.”

Lu Xingzhou’s parents were not home.

He had clearly calculated the timing before bringing Shu Baiyu over.

When Shu Baiyu entered Lu Xingzhou’s bedroom again, he was already familiar with the place.

Before coming inside, Lu Xingzhou had told him that he needed to retrieve something and instructed him to remain in the room for the time being.

Shu Baiyu stood in the center of the bedroom and raised his eyes to survey it again.

Lu Xingzhou’s room was spacious but simply furnished.

After looking around, Shu Baiyu’s gaze paused when it passed over the bookcase, and he could not help moving closer.

A row of books occupied the second shelf.

What caught his attention, however, were several sheets of paper wedged between their spines.

The pages were densely covered in writing.

Shu Baiyu frowned and tried to distinguish the words. After examining them for some time, he could only make out a single character visible at the edge of one sheet.

“Aban…”

He unconsciously repeated it.

Just as he prepared to look more closely, a hand suddenly appeared before him.

The fingers were long and clearly jointed, pressing firmly over the sheets and completely blocking his view.

Startled, Shu Baiyu turned around and saw that Lu Xingzhou had somehow approached from behind without him noticing.

Perhaps it was only his imagination, but the other man’s expression seemed considerably colder at that moment.

He lowered his eyes and stared at Shu Baiyu without blinking.

Shu Baiyu’s pupils instinctively contracted.

He quickly forced down his suddenly racing heartbeat and pretended that nothing was wrong.

“…You’re back.”

Lu Xingzhou silently watched him for several seconds.

Without realizing it, Shu Baiyu had broken out in a layer of cold sweat across his back.

Finally, after the tense silence stretched on, Lu Xingzhou withdrew his arm and returned to his usual expression.

“What were you looking at?”

Shu Baiyu swiftly found an excuse and explained without changing his expression:

“I wanted to see what kinds of books you usually read.”

“I see.”

Without noticing when it happened, Shu Baiyu had already been guided by Lu Xingzhou toward the bed and away from the bookcase.

Lu Xingzhou’s voice revealed no emotion and remained as indifferent as ever.

“The books I read may not be suitable for you to know about.”

Shu Baiyu instinctively asked, “Why?”

Lu Xingzhou glanced at him.

“Pornographic books. Do you want to read them?”

Shu Baiyu paused.

He had not expected that phrase to come from Lu Xingzhou’s mouth.

“You truly want to see one?” Lu Xingzhou noticed his expression and seemed to reconsider. “Then again, you have far too little common knowledge. Perhaps you really should learn about this.”

Before Shu Baiyu could stop him, Lu Xingzhou had already walked to the bookcase and pulled out a fairly thick book.

Seeing him genuinely approach with it, Shu Baiyu took a startled step backward and prepared to refuse.

Then he saw Lu Xingzhou’s gaze settle directly upon him.

Lu Xingzhou walked straight past him, sat beside the desk, and turned toward Shu Baiyu, who remained frozen in place.

“Come here.”

Shu Baiyu remembered Lu Xingzhou’s read the original at bailiantales.comearlier warning at the restaurant, as well as the probing look he had just given him.

After briefly weighing the importance of the situation, he made his decision and obediently sat beside him.

The book on the desk had already been opened to a particular page.

Shu Baiyu controlled his gaze and avoided looking down at it.

Lu Xingzhou, however, showed no unusual expression. He placed the book in front of Shu Baiyu and said:

“Look here. An Omega’s body structure.”

Shu Baiyu paused.

Several seconds later, he slowly raised his eyes toward the page.

The book contained a drawing of a human body. It looked more like an anatomical diagram from a biology textbook.

“This is the gland. It’s located at the back of your neck.”

Lu Xingzhou pointed at the back of the figure’s neck and added:

“It’s the place I use whenever I give you a temporary mark.”

“This…”

Shu Baiyu was about to ask whether this was not supposed to be pornography.

Then he saw Lu Xingzhou’s expression and consciously swallowed the question, silently listening to the explanation instead.

Lu Xingzhou continued introducing the anatomy.

When he reached the area around the abdomen, he paused slightly and looked at Shu Baiyu.

“Omegas possess a reproductive cavity and can carry life, regardless of whether they are male or female.”

Shu Baiyu had vaguely heard of this most distinctive characteristic before, so he was still able to nod with relative composure.

“When an Omega enters heat, the reproductive cavity may sometimes open on its own to accommodate his Alpha,” Lu Xingzhou continued.

His gaze, however, remained on Shu Baiyu for a long time.

“Of course, at ordinary times, some Alphas can also force it open. If they are long enough.”

Since he had mentioned Alphas, he casually turned to the next page.

“Alphas are somewhat different from Omegas. If they receive excessive stimulation during the process, they may form a knot. That is known as a complete mark.”

“It means the Alpha and Omega completely belong to each other from that moment onward.”

The person beside him stiffened slightly.

Although Shu Baiyu quickly forced himself to calm down, Lu Xingzhou still noticed the reaction.

His hand left the anatomical diagram and moved toward the real person beside him.

His fingertip came to rest against Shu Baiyu’s lower abdomen.

“This is where your reproductive cavity is.”

Shu Baiyu’s breathing abruptly tightened before slowly returning to normal.

Maintaining an ordinary expression, he gave a casual acknowledgment.

“I know.”

“Is that so?”

Lu Xingzhou appeared not to doubt him and guided his attention back to the page.

“Then do you know which part of a male Omega’s body is used for sex?”

He asked it as casually as though it were an ordinary question.

Shu Baiyu forced himself to remain calm and nodded, preparing to bluff his way through with an answer.

Suddenly, a warm sensation covered his waist.

Before he could react, Lu Xingzhou had placed an arm around him in a posture that nearly enclosed half his body within his embrace.

His long index finger followed the curve downward before stopping.

Shu Baiyu’s scalp nearly went numb.

His body abruptly jolted as though electricity had passed through it, and he instinctively nearly sprang from the chair.

Yet Lu Xingzhou’s voice remained calm above him, as though he were still earnestly teaching him basic knowledge.

“From here.”

“…It goes inside.”

Through the thin fabric of his trousers, Lu Xingzhou blurred over the first word and lightly tapped with his fingertip.

In the next second, the chair scraped harshly against the floor.

Shu Baiyu abruptly stood up.

His face had turned pale, and he stared at Lu Xingzhou with open vigilance.

Even in his original world, making such a gesture would have been abnormal.

He was not foolish enough to continue pretending nothing had happened after that.

Lu Xingzhou showed no discomfort at being regarded that way.

He merely raised his hands and looked calmly at Shu Baiyu.

“Sorry.”

Shu Baiyu’s brows were tightly furrowed.

The place Lu Xingzhou had touched seemed to retain the sensation even now.

It felt awkward, strange, and deeply uncomfortable.

After frowning for a long while, he finally warned Lu Xingzhou in a low voice:

“Don’t touch me.”

Lu Xingzhou remained completely unaffected and nodded.

“Mm.”

Then he asked, “Do you want to keep learning?”

Shu Baiyu’s chest was still rising and falling violently.

Several seconds passed before he managed to process what had happened.

When he heard Lu Xingzhou’s question, he turned his gaze away.

“…I already understand everything.”

“All right.”

Lu Xingzhou did not force him to continue.

He closed the book.

“Then let’s begin the pheromone bath.”

During this time, Shu Baiyu’s gaze drifted toward the book on the desk, and he finally saw the title printed on its cover.

An Introduction to Alpha and Omega Physiology

It was not the erotic book he had imagined.

His reaction came half a beat too late.

By the time he fully processed it, Lu Xingzhou was already standing nearby, waiting for him.

“Are we not doing it?”

That word again.

Shu Baiyu’s eyelid twitched.

He suppressed the lingering unease in his heart and stepped closer.

“…Let’s begin.”

A faint coolness gradually spread throughout the bedroom.

The scent of melting snow gently soothed the remaining discomfort in his heart.

He unconsciously relaxed, and his breathing gradually became heavier and more rapid.

Then his newly relaxed heart abruptly tightened again.

This sensation was different from before.

It felt as though a wave of heat had suddenly surged upward from deep inside his body.

Within seconds, his face became flushed, and fine beads of sweat densely covered the tip of his nose.

He could not help pressing his lips together and [Read on BaiLianTales]stood still while clutching the fabric of his trousers.

The sensation did not easily disappear.

He endured it for a while, but his body only began feeling increasingly strange, becoming damp and hot.

This feeling…

It was just like what he had experienced in the Jian family’s restroom.

The moment Shu Baiyu realized this, his hazy thoughts briefly cleared.

He opened his mouth and raised his eyes toward Lu Xingzhou, who stood nearby.

Just as he prepared to tell him that something was wrong with his body, Lu Xingzhou suddenly stepped closer.

He reached out and enclosed the back of Shu Baiyu’s neck within his hand.

Shu Baiyu’s body was already more sensitive than before.

The moment Lu Xingzhou approached, his entire body went weak, and he nearly collapsed.

A faint ripping sound came from behind his neck as the suppression patch was peeled away.

“Wait… Wait…”

That palm carried its usual coolness.

The moment it brushed near his gland, the stimulation nearly made Shu Baiyu’s legs tremble.

His head felt heavy, and his damp, heated eyelids could barely remain open.

Instinctively, he pushed against the person trying to approach him.

“This feels strange…”

There was a thin layer of calluses on Lu Xingzhou’s fingertips.

When they stroked over the vulnerable gland, the sensation felt as though they were scraping directly across Shu Baiyu’s heart, making him shudder continuously.

“It’s all right. This is normal.”

Lu Xingzhou’s calm voice reached him.

Shu Baiyu had been gathered into his arms.

When Lu Xingzhou lowered his head to speak, his lips almost brushed against Shu Baiyu’s eyelids.

“Remember this feeling. If it happens again, come find me.”

His body was cool.

At that moment, the scent of melting snow became infinitely stronger, seeping into every part of Shu Baiyu’s skin.

Amid the strange, numbing pleasure, the corners of his eyes reddened.

In his dazed state, he seemed to hear Lu Xingzhou asking:

“…Does it smell good?”

“Shu Baiyu.”

“What scent can you smell right now?”