The Coveted Gloomy Beta Roommate Chapter 20.1

Chapter 20: Give Me All Your Pheromones: I Can’t Disobey Wife’s Words. Part 1

The slap Tang Xingye delivered was hard.

His palm was even tinged with pink.

For a proud Alpha, being slapped in the face should have been utterly humiliating. Yet, before the pain could even travel to his nerves, what Lu Zhi felt first was excitement! Even before his brain could process it, his body was already savoring the aftertaste.

Being slapped by others is provocation and a death wish.

Being slapped by Tang Xingye… hiss, that feels like a reward. I want more.

Lu Zhi wanted to be serious, but he couldn’t suppress the smile tugging at the corners of his lips. He had to cough twice to cover it up. “I suddenly remembered something happy.”

Tang Xingye: “…”

He turned around and walked away.

The moment Tang Xingye entered the laboratory, the people inside looked at him in unison.

Two Alphas.

The scent of Alpha pheromones on Tang Xingye was very strong—so strong it was like telling others that Tang Xingye belonged to them and no one else should dare covet him.

Pei Lian’s gaze landed on Tang Xingye’s palm, which was slightly red. Perhaps he had been rewarding those two dogs again.

He stared at Tang Xingye’s red, swollen lips and the hickeys on his exposed skin. The conjecture in his heart was further confirmed. He approached Tang Xingye, and under that cold gaze, asked with a cautious tone, “Did you spend a long time catching up with a good friend yesterday?”

Catching up with a good friend?

Rich people really loved dragging their so-called “good friends” and “brothers” into bed, saying things like “You smell so good, you’re so soft” while kissing, pounding away like they were pounding rice cakes, right into the deepest parts.

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Then their relationship must be great—so great that Tang Xingye hoped Zhou Lin would get hit by a car the moment he stepped outside.

He really knew how to bring up the one thing he shouldn’t.

Tang Xingye glanced at Pei Lian accusingly, kept his face taut, and didn’t answer.

Pei Lian frowned slightly, then relaxed. As expected.

Someone who loved studying as much as Tang Xingye wouldn’t actively go out to play with others; he was definitely pinned to a bed and bullied.

Alphas these days had just come of age and were in the throes of youthful restlessness. A beautiful Beta like Tang Xingye was exactly the object of their fantasies.

A lonely Beta whose husband had just died, with no family to rely on.

A cold, aloof Beta was extremely likely to be coaxed by ill-intentioned Alphas, forced to wear flimsy clothes, and threatened with photos, leaving him unable to speak out.

Those vile Alphas might force him to actively spread himself open to please them. Even if he cried with a tear-streaked face begging for mercy, he wouldn’t receive any pity.

He could only clutch his lower abdomen, calling out “Husband” over and over again, attempting to be let off.

Black hair clung to his slender neck, the corners of his eyes still holding a trace of erotic redness. He lowered his eyes slightly to debug the pipette, his lab coat sleeve revealing a section of cold, jade-like wrist covered in dense red marks.

Damn Alphas.

Pei Lian’s heart sank abruptly. Looking at Tang Xingye’s serious face, he said earnestly, “I will help you.”

The lab’s Alpha pheromone supply was used up, and Tang Xingye was just contemplating where to source some materials. He didn’t expect Pei Lian to offer himself up, so he didn’t stand on ceremony. “Okay, give me your pheromones.”

Pei Lian had been planning how to find those two dogs and kill them when he was suddenly struck dumb by this sentence. His train of thought snapped. “Ah?”

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Tang Xingye thought he hadn’t heard clearly, so he repeated, “En, unbutton your shirt and give me your pheromones.”

This isn’t appropriate, is it?

Are we really doing this?

He had originally wanted to take it slow…

Pei Lian didn’t expect Tang Xingye to be so… direct about pheromones. Hadn’t those two fed him enough last night?

He glanced at the third wheel, Lin Mo, in the lab, then looked uncertainly at Tang Xingye. The other’s expression was still cold and indifferent; it didn’t look like a joke.

The tips of his ears turned red, and his voice stuttered slightly. “Are… are you sure?”

For Alphas and Omegas, pheromones were extremely private existences. Usually, only partners would actively demand them. Mutual marking and giving pheromones signified that two hearts were connected, acknowledging each other as destined mates and pledging loyalty.

The price of betrayal was painful, and the cost of washing away a mark was immense.

Tang Xingye was a Beta; he had no pheromones and couldn’t be truly marked, so naturally, this situation didn’t apply.

Whether a Beta was loyal depended entirely on their character. This was also why many Alphas and Omegas disliked Betas, feeling they were promiscuous and lacked a bottom line.

But it didn’t matter. Pei Lian would be single-mindedly devoted to Tang Xingye.

But Tang Xingye asking for pheromones in public… how was that different from asking to have sex in public?

With outsiders present, he even wanted him to take off his clothes. So, Sister-in-law liked to play this big?

If Tang Xingye liked this kind of thing, it wasn’t like Pei Lian couldn’t do it.

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Pei Lian tried his best not to sound too shocked, acting like he hadn’t seen much of the world. “Right here?”

Tang Xingye: “Then where do you want to go?”

Pei Lian: “Just… just…”

Tang Xingye stared at Pei Lian’s face for a while, then sighed. “You’re unwilling? Forget it then, I’ll find someone else.”

After all, extracting pheromones was painful. A young master like Pei Lian probably cried out in pain just getting blood drawn.

Find someone else? Find those two dogs again?!

Pei Lian sounded anxious and hurriedly tried to keep him. “I can do it.”

Tang Xingye looked at Pei Lian skeptically. “You can do it again?”

Pei Lian nodded. “Mn, don’t go find them. If you have needs, you can come to find me.”

Tang Xingye: “Don’t say such stupid things. You don’t have enough.”

The consumption of pheromone samples in the lab was very fast. Even if he sucked Pei Lian’s gland dry, it wouldn’t satisfy the experimental needs.

Of course, Tang Xingye wouldn’t be inhumane to that extent. He was calculating in his mind whether he could take samples from Zhou Lin. That dog had so many pheromones; rather than letting him go out and harm Omegas, it was better to use him as experimental consumables.

Pei Lian: “…”

He lowered his head, a trace of darkness flashing in his eyes. His gaze fell on the Beta’s narrow, slender waist before him. It looked soft, capable of being spanned by a single grip.

Flat lower abdomen, so thin.

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His appetite was so small; two sips of nutrient solution made him full.

Taking two people at the same time… could he eat it all?

Tang Xingye knocked on the table, reminding him, “Don’t zone out. Finish mixing the solvent in your hand first.”

Pei Lian made rapid progress in experiments but was prone to spacing out. Although the steps were correct, Tang Xingye still had to check on him from time to time.

Fortunately, Pei Lian covered the funding for this project. Tang Xingye didn’t feel bad about the wasted solvent. If it were another research group, Tang Xingye would have started scolding people.

Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at Lin Mo nearby. The person was a bit annoying, but his work was good. It was just a pity that Lin Mo wasn’t familiar enough with the instruments in this direction, forcing Tang Xingye to offer guidance occasionally.

When Tang Xingye turned around to prepare the pheromone extraction device, a cold voice suddenly pierced the silence: “Handling two people at the same time, can you handle it?”

“Can’t handle it?”

Tang Xingye frowned slightly, turned his head, and glanced at Lin Mo.

Lin Mo’s speed in doing experiments wasn’t even as fast as his; how did he have the face to ask him?

Even if Lin Mo didn’t need guidance, Tang Xingye was still his senior in this experimental group.

“Bring two more, and I can still do it.” Tang Xingye scoffed internally. Who are you looking down on?

Tang Xingye had been assigned to supervise new experiments before, guiding four juniors at the same time without difficulty.

Lin Mo: “…”

Pei Lian: “…”

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Bring two more?

The image was too beautiful to imagine.

Eating a meal was a struggle, yet he wanted two more?!

Tang Xingye thought for a moment and said to Pei Lian, “If you can’t handle it, tell me.”

Pei Lian: “?”

Shouldn’t that be Tang Xingye’s line?

Right now, Tang Xingye was still stained with other Alpha pheromones; his body should be resting properly.

He had been worried that the Beta, who had just experienced a fierce encounter, would faint.

Needing to be held by the shoulders and helped to sit down slowly.

Now Pei Lian suddenly started worrying about the quantity of his pheromones, afraid that his first time wouldn’t satisfy the Beta. He spoke cautiously, “How much do you want?”