CH 40

Translator: Abo Dammen

Editor: Scarlet 

Proofreader: Kuro

His rut had arrived.

It was long overdue. It’s possible that his barren and delayed rut period was due to the fact that he hadn’t  been comforted by omega pheromones for more than four months straight. Another factor could be that he unexpectedly entered a confined space full of omega pheromones just a few days earlier.

An omega’s estrus cycle and an alpha’s rut period were intrinsically linked and would mutually influence each other.

Jiang Yunshu massaged  his forehead, straining to keep his heavy frame up. He couldn’t stand upright because his head ached so terribly. When he wobbled again, he steadied himself by slamming his right hand onto the table.

Because of his strength, his fingertips morphed and grew pallid. A film of cold sweat soaked  his back. All the exam papers fell off and scattered out on the ground as he fumbled to pick them one by one. The search for his phone ended quickly, and he soon dialled Zhou Zhaoyu’s number.

Sweat trickled down the carpet as Jiang Yunshu shook his head. He tried his best to keep his voice steady, “Professor Zhou, my rut period has arrived. Bai Tang and I are both currently at home. Can I request you to get Bai Tang…Could you please look after him first? Right now. Is that possible?”

He had a searing headache and struggled to breathe. “I can pay you any amount you want afterwards, please.”

Zhou Zhaoyu’s cold voice came from the phone, “I will call Bai Tang, take care of yourself.”

The second the phone call ended, Jiang Yunshu’s composure he had held for so long crumbled. He collapsed and tumbled onto the bed, knocking down the iron box on the bedside table. He scooped up the pheromone blocking patches from the ground with his quivering fingers, haphazardly pasted them on his nape and injected himself with an inhibitor.

During their rut, alphas were 10 times more sensitive to omega pheromones. The pleasant scent of condensed milk remained on the tip of his nose, unabated. To keep himself conscious, he mercilessly knocked his temples real hard.

But, Bai Tang is in heat.

An omega in the throes of his estrus.

Jiang Yunshu was holding on to the last thread of his sanity when this realisation popped into his head. As a modern man, he had never imagined that the rut period would be so excruciatingly painful. It was as painful when a cerebral blood vessel ruptures, making blood circulate perpetually. There was almost nothing left, as if his liver had caught fire and been burning everything from the inside out. His rationality was on the edge of collapsing as primitive desires battered his head with rippling ferocity.

“Ah….” A few rough syllables escaped from his throat. Jiang Yunshu’s eyes were bloodshot, and his steady attention was fixated on the door, his ferocious gaze expressing savageness and aggression, like a hungry wolf who had been starving for months.

Every cell in his body screamed: omega, omega… tear the omega apart.

The contents of the sex education pamphlet flooded back into Jiang Yunshu’s mind. An exceedingly dangerous existence, the rut period of alphas is characterised by an antisocial mindset, a propensity for grave violence, and a high rate of crime.

He made a call with his knuckles to Bai Tang, and said with an imperceptible pain in his voice, “Bai Tang, it looks like my rut has arrived.”

What is the omega up to right now?

Shouldn’t he be in loose pyjamas, curled up into a frail and soft ball, exposing his jade white ankles?

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He had once reached out and caressed the omega’s flushed eyes, dainty neck, and those slender, snow-white thighs.

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The blood of the omega that he had drunk.

Djl Kjcu’r rboa nblmf mjwf atgbeut atf qtbcf, “Lww… Ktf rfclbg klii mbwf qlmx wf eq ijafg.”

It’s okay, turn a deaf ear. The outburst was inevitable as he acknowledged the presence of such vile ideas within. Jiang Yunshu couldn’t help but stand up and walk behind the door and squeeze his nose against the crack to smell more pheromones, his left hand tightly grasping the door handle.”

An omega in heat was right next to his room. He had no power to resist, and his cry would be extremely  pleasant to hear… It would take ten steps to get there, just ten steps.

Open the door… Open the door, walk up, press him down, tear his clothes, bite off his throat, let the blood splatter out…

Suddenly, the pain in his head became much more intense. Jiang Yunshu’s masseter muscles swelled, and he tossed the phone out with a loud thud . The phone crashed on the floor in the distance, its screen shattered.

The omega was terrified. “W-What’s wrong?”

Jiang Yunshu took a few excruciating breaths. “Hang up.”

“Wha…”

“Hang up!” Jiang Yunshu roared out.

The call was disconnected and the phone’s screen turned black.

Near the bed was a large bag with a variety of clothes and books.

Bai Tang shrank weakly under the quilt. Even though he was thoroughly bundled up, the alpha’s pheromones still gushed in rampantly, pressing him onto the bed cruelly while crawling  through his hem and collar, stroking every inch of his skin. It collided outrageously with the pheromone blocking patches attached to his glands, without exception, proclaiming: you are my omega.

“Huu…”  Bai Tang’s eyes started to redden at the edges, and only when he bit the quilt could he suppress the cry that was about to slip out.

He recalled the alpha’s previous rut period. After the alpha grabbed his hair, his left arm was twisted to the ground at an odd angle, and his forehead was bashed. Half of his face was bloodied and he had multiple ripped slashes in his nape. His body had long since gone numb, and he lost consciousness. His blood and tears had dried up.

While an alpha’s world may seem to consist of nothing but violence and sex during their rut period, this was precisely when they were at their most vulnerable state and were most likely to expose their true nature.

Bai Tang instantly realised that this was the best opportunity to put Jiang Yunsu to the test, and if he missed it, there would be no more.

Just as his toes stretched out of the quilt, he shrank back with a swoosh. If Jiang Yunsu was Jiang Yunsu, would he be tortured again?

But if that was Jiang Yunsu, how could Zhou Zhaoyu come to pick him up? Why would he tell him to lock the door? Is he afraid that he can’t control himself and pounce on him? 

Bai Tang wiped the damp tears from his eyes, made the decision to lift the quilt, and stumbled out of the bed. As soon as the overabundant alpha pheromones came into contact with his bare skin, it rendered him instantly numb. 

He had intended to use himself to get an explanation for his hypothesis without a clue of the possible outcome.

The pheromones, which were more than ten times stronger, charged at him unhindered and seized Bai Tang’s throat as soon as the door was opened. He knelt on the ground, clutched his stomach, and retched countless times. 

Additionally, Heitang became somewhat manic after being exposed to the pheromones, and as a result, he smashed two cups in the living room. Bai Tang ignored his discomfort and queasy stomach and locked Heitang out in the garden.

He held onto the handrail of the stairs and walked up step by step. He almost collapsed onto his knees from his soft legs several times. When he finally came to the alpha’s door, he even felt something cool flow down his thighs. 

With trembling fingertips, he grasped the doorknob, his eyes closed and his heart determined.

In any case, nothing could be worse than his previous situation. The worst could only be death. 

“…Leave.” Jiang Yunshu was hidden in the darkness, looking at Bai Tang’s backlit face. He said it through almost gritted teeth.

He suspected that Bai Tang was mad.  

Doesn’t he know what’s happening right now?! He clearly just called him to lock the door and told him not to come out. Not only did they not obey, but he also came to his room?!

Jiang Yunshu had just taken three cold showers, and his body was frighteningly cold, yet he still couldn’t suppress the restless fire in his body. He lifted his forehead hair which dripped water, revealing a full forehead and a three-dimensional face, exposing his sharper jawline. 

Bai Tang’s expression tensed, and his hands under his sleeves trembled. The alpha pheromones in the room frightened him so much that he couldn’t move. He saw the muscles bulging under the alpha’s clothes, which had the absolute force that could instantly rip the arteries in his throat.

Jiang Yunshu pressed his pulsating temples and warned again in an emphasis, “Leave.” 

It’s too dangerous. The alpha is far more dangerous than ever before. 

All the cells in Bai Tang’s body were warning him, the screams in his ears particularly harsh. If he was a cat, the fur on his whole body would probably stand up. 

But under Jiang Yunshu’s fierce gaze, he tremblingly took a step forward, and released some pheromones without fear of death.

In that second, he saw the alpha’s pupils shrink suddenly, and then, in a whirl, his back hit the floor, which hurt his neck.  

The alpha directly bit through the two layers of blocking patches.

“Huk…” Bai Tang raised his head helplessly, and the tears immediately fell.

He regrets it.

Bai Tang’s whole body was trembling, and the alpha’s loss of composure was evident in his eyes. His left arm hurt, and he was shaking with fear as memories of the alpha’s past abuse played out in his mind frame by frame like a movie.  He couldn’t help but cry, “Jiang, Jiang Yunsu…”

The alpha’s hand gripped his throat and tightened his hold. 

“Ugh! Cough cough!” Bai Tang’s face was stained with horror, and it became all the more difficult to breathe.

His lips were lapped until damp. The alpha’s hand climbed into his clothes and caressed his numb lower back. 

“Don’t…cough cough…J-Jiang Yunsu!”

With his vision dimming and his strength waning, he was on the edge of passing out when the pressure was released from his neck all of a sudden. The air surged into his windpipe, causing him to cough furiously, his calf twitching and kicking like a dying fish. 

“….Leave.”  Jiang Yunshu’s voice was deep and hoarse. “Don’t make me say it the fourth time.”

Bai Tang’s tears smeared his face. He coughed and raised his head, only to see a glory of red. He froze for a second. 

The back of the alpha’s hand was covered in blood.

Jiang Yunshu’s wide gaze was fixated on him and the rationality that had just sobered-up due to pain was about to crumble once again… He gritted his teeth and resolutely swung the back of his hand to the corner of the table again.

Then followed the sound of bones clashing with flesh.

Bai Tang lay beneath the alpha, holding his breath subconsciously. His expression was that of shock and disbelief as his eyes remained focused on the scene. His shock rendered him speechless. All he knew was that the tiny fragment of hidden anxiety and doubt in his heart that had been haunting him  broke into pieces.

The alpha and omega pheromones blended in the room.

“You…you’re not him…” Bai Tang’s breath trembled, and tears fell to the ground one by one. He was sobbing so hard that he couldn’t finish his sentence. “You’re not him, it’s impossible he’ll do something like that…”