After Transmigrating as the Omega Fiance of the Cannon Fodder Top - Chapter 2

After those words fell, Shu Baiyu stood in a daze for several seconds before slowly looking up, his expression one of annoyance: “…Are you insulting me?”

Lu Xingzhou paused, unsure how Shu Baiyu had reached that conclusion. He was about to speak when he caught an even stronger scent than before. A sweet fragrance swirled at the tip of his nose, filling the cramped, enclosed space and threatening to spill out.

Shu Baiyu, seemingly unaware, stared at him with an unfriendly gaze.

The leakage of an Omega’s heat pheromones was a serious matter.

Ultimately, Lu Xingzhou stayed. Keeping an arm’s length from Shu Baiyu, he asked, “Do you not realize your pheromones are leaking?”

Shu Baiyu felt like his body was burning, but he still held onto a shred of clear-headed logic. Hearing the word “pheromones,” his mind flickered, and he suddenly remembered that this wasn’t just a romance novel—it was an ABO romance novel.

What am I again?… Oh, right, an Omega.

Combined with Lu Xingzhou’s words, he understood the reason for his abnormal physical state. Omegas have heat cycles; this must be the precursor.

Seeing him head-down and silent for so long, Lu Xingzhou’s brow furrowed deeper. Finally, he gripped the door handle, intending to leave.

To his surprise, before he could open the stall door, his sleeve was caught.

Every breath Shu Baiyu took now was hot. He lifted his heavy, damp eyelids to look at him: “Help me…”

He didn’t know much about the ABO world-building, only bits and pieces. For example, if an Omega went into heat unexpectedly in public, the consequences would be unimaginable. He had just transmigrated; he couldn’t let himself fall into a desperate situation just because of a heat precursor.

The thin, lean youth gripped his sleeve with unusual strength, his knuckles turning white from the strain.

Lu Xingzhou couldn’t guarantee he wouldn’t be affected by the pheromones, especially with the boy so close. As the faint, ethereal scent intensified, a hidden sweetness began to seep through. His Adam’s apple bobbed involuntarily, and he turned his head away: “…I’ll go find some suppressants for you.”

But the person behind him didn’t let go; instead, the grip tightened.

Shu Baiyu had only met this man once. Whether he was trustworthy was one thing, but he could feel his own condition. He couldn’t just let the man leave and wait here. During that time, he would lack the ability to resist, and his consciousness might fade. Too many things could happen.

Therefore, Lu Xingzhou’s words failed to convince him. He insisted stubbornly: “Help me…”

Lu Xingzhou had never met someone so stubborn. He turned back: “I said I’m going to buy suppressants. Wait here.”

Shu Baiyu still gripped him like a vice. His dark pupils were fully exposed as he stared unblinkingly: “You help me…”

He could feel it—this person also had a pheromone scent, one much more pleasant than the Alpha he had fought earlier. It was just extremely faint; he had to sniff hard to catch even a trace of it.

He finally managed to finish his sentence: “…Use your scent…”

Unexpectedly, Lu Xingzhou’s expression turned cold upon hearing this. Being stuck with an Omega about to enter heat was clearly making him uncomfortable as well. His lips thinned into a hard, straight line. After a moment of silence, he said: “I don’t have the pheromones you’re looking for.” With that, he finally made up his mind and brushed Shu Baiyu’s hand away. “I’ll find someone to help you.”

Desperate to resolve his condition, Shu Baiyu was genuinely annoyed by the repeated refusals. He immediately switched to a more forceful approach.

Lu Xingzhou didn’t expect a sudden attack, nor did he expect such strength. In the blink of an eye, he was slammed against the stall wall. He flinched as a fluffy head burrowed into the hollow of his shoulder.

He grabbed Shu Baiyu’s jaw just as the boy tried to open his mouth, his eyes dark and unreadable: “You want to bite me?”

By now, most of Shu Baiyu’s mind had been swallowed by the high fever. He just looked up blankly, murmuring: “So… cool…”

“What?” Lu Xingzhou lowered his head slightly.

Shu Baiyu muttered: “…Smells so good.”

Lu Xingzhou’s movements froze. He looked sharply at the Omega, whose eyes seemed to have lost focus: “…What did you say?”

Since Shu Baiyu had already caught him, he had to resolve his situation first. His sense of smell felt several times sharper than before; he could tell that the faint, cool scent was coming from the back of the man’s neck.

His drifting thoughts snapped back for a moment. Regardless of Lu Xingzhou’s reaction, he grabbed the man’s collar just as he had during the fight earlier. With a look of ruthlessness in his eyes, he threatened hoarsely: “Help me… or don’t even think about leaving.”

He was panting heavily; logically, the threat should have been zero. But Lu Xingzhou looked down into those bottomless, dark eyes and paused. When he spoke again, his voice had turned raspy: “Are you sure?”

Tortured by the heat, Shu Baiyu snapped impatiently: “Sure!”

“Whew—”

The Alpha before him exhaled a hot breath. For some reason, Shu Baiyu felt a sudden chill down his spine, as if he were being watched by a massive predator.

The next second, a hand landed on the back of his neck.

Lu Xingzhou’s palm was as cold as his pheromones. The chill made Shu Baiyu instinctively shiver and try to retreat, but his neck was suddenly pinned. A voice came from above, crisp and slightly deep, devoid of warmth: “Don’t move.”

Shu Baiyu was thin, and his long hair partially covered the back of his neck, but his bone structure was prominent; the slight protrusion of his gland was clearly visible with the slightest movement.

Lu Xingzhou’s eyes held an unreadable emotion as his thumb unconsciously brushed over the gland for a moment. The Omega beneath his hand trembled uncontrollably, his voice strained: “Is it… done yet?”

Lu Xingzhou’s eyelashes flickered slightly, and then he lowered his head.

“—!”

Shu Baiyu felt a sudden burst of cool pheromones spray onto his neck, followed immediately by a wave of damp heat that made his scalp tingle. But the piercing pain that followed snapped him into immediate clarity.

The Omega in his arms began to struggle violently. Lu Xingzhou tightened his hold, locking him in place. His teeth showed no mercy, piercing through Shu Baiyu’s gland to inject his own pheromones.

“F*ck… Get off!”

Shu Baiyu kicked out with his eyes closed, instinctively resisting the contact. But his clothes were still soaked, and as a wave of cold spread through his body, even though the skin on his neck throbbed with a dull pain, his cerebral cortex sent out signals of excitement. He shuddered and instantly went limp.

Seeming to have anticipated this, Lu Xingzhou didn’t move his gaze but extended his leg to brace the boy against the stall door.

After a while, seeing Shu Baiyu’s flushed face slowly return to calm, he decisively let go and stepped back. He looked down at Shu Baiyu silently, his scanning gaze searching for something, yet his expression remained cold and detached, as if he wasn’t the one who had just given Shu Baiyu a temporary mark.

Shu Baiyu’s head was spinning, and his strength had been drained away. If Lu Xingzhou hadn’t been bracing him, he would have slid to the floor. With his head bowed, he felt the surging heat inside him finally subside.

Most notably, he felt his mind clear; his thinking capacity had returned.

He swallowed the curses he was about to hurl at Lu Xingzhou for biting him and instead looked up, asking: “What kind of method was that?”

The effect was surprisingly good.

Lu Xingzhou was choked by the question, looking at him with a strange expression. After a long silence, his crisp voice rang out: “You don’t know what a temporary mark is?”

Shu Baiyu’s knowledge of this novel had been forcibly shoved into his head; he had only skimmed it and remembered his main mission, having no time for the common sense of an ABO world. But being questioned like this, he realized he couldn’t let his secret be discovered. He resumed his original, indifferent expression and pushed back the bangs Lu Xingzhou had ruffled: “Oh.”

His mind, however, was active. A temporary mark? Just a bite? In that case, wasn’t this much better than suppressants?

Lu Xingzhou couldn’t tell what he was thinking, but he had stayed because he had a question. Regardless of Shu Baiyu’s reaction, he asked: “What did you smell just now?”

Having resolved his urgent problem, Shu Baiyu didn’t want any more involvement with this man. He denied it as a matter of course: “I didn’t smell anything.”

Lu Xingzhou’s brow furrowed as he stared intensely at Shu Baiyu: “Didn’t you smell my pheromones?”

Shu Baiyu shook his head.

Catching a glimpse of the man’s tensed jaw, Shu Baiyu ignored it. He tugged at his wet, clinging collar, gave a slight nod of thanks, and walked out of the stall.

The scent of his pre-heat pheromones still lingered in the restroom. He twitched his nose, took a light sniff, and then scowled.

Doesn’t smell good.

The Jian family banquet was still ongoing.

If he didn’t need to change his clothes, Shu Baiyu might not have stepped into his room even once after transmigrating. The bedroom was exactly the same as his one in the real world—no difference at all, even the layout was identical.

He pulled a fresh shirt from the wardrobe and changed. Glancing out the window, he saw the guests mingling and drinking. Through the glass, he could see Jian Weizhang’s family in the crowd. Only the one person he wanted to see was missing.

Given his brother’s personality, he wouldn’t intentionally miss even a half-sister’s birthday. The most likely reason he wasn’t at the banquet was that he was away on business.

When Shu Baiyu first transmigrated, his strongest reaction was wanting to see his brother. But now that his emotions had calmed, he realized it wasn’t that important. This wasn’t the real world; even if he saw his brother, he would just be a fictional character. He only had one thing to do. For now, he should head back to school.

In the book, the original host never stayed at the Jian house, choosing to board at school instead. Although it was late, the boys’ dormitory didn’t seem to have a curfew, and the guards usually turned a blind eye. He could just walk right in.

If there was one unexpected thing… Shu Baiyu reached up to touch the still-aching back of his neck.

He’d buy a box of suppressants on the way back to school.