Chapter 94: A Poisonous Alpha
To be honest, that knot in Liang Bo’s heart hadn’t been untied quite so quickly.
However, he neither wanted to go head-to-head with Shou Jiaxun and start another argument, nor was he willing to be driven to sleep in the next room.
So, clutching the large pillow that had come flying at him, he hesitated for two seconds and then simply threw himself onto the bed, acting like a little kid throwing a tantrum. “I won’t! I won’t go! I feel terrible inside; if I sleep alone, I’ll have nightmares.”
He was so large that Shou Jiaxun couldn’t push or move him. Between laughter and tears, Shou Jiaxun sat up and slapped his backside. “Having dreams means your sleep quality is exceeding the limit. Don’t sleep; go play games! Play all night!”
Liang Bo arched his waist and flipped over, pulling Shou Jiaxun into a clumsy embrace and pinning him back onto the bed, murmuring flirtatious words. “You didn’t even put on a scent patch today; you definitely don’t truly want me to leave.”
Shou Jiaxun raised his eyebrows. “How did I not put one on?” As he spoke, he reached up to touch the back of his neck.
Liang Bo beat him to it, grabbing his arm. With a shhht, he peeled off the scent-blocking patch Shou Jiaxun had just applied after his shower.
Shou Jiaxun’s eyes widened suddenly as he snapped, “What are you doing?”
Liang Bo tossed the patch aside and whined pathetically, “You didn’t get angry when he peeled off your patch… you only get angry with me. I’m so upset I could die.”
Shou Jiaxun heard the hidden meaning in his words and frowned, opening his mouth to deny it, but Liang Bo didn’t give him the chance.
He pressed his body down and kissed Shou Jiaxun with all his might, while simultaneously exerting himself to release the rich, nutty fragrance of his pheromones.
It wasn’t until Shou Jiaxun was kissed into a daze that Liang Bo slightly lifted his face. The silver thread of saliva stretched between their lips broke silently, and their warm breaths mingled within each other’s pheromones.
Panting, Liang Bo leaned against President Shou’s ear and seduced him, “I don’t want to play games. I want to play with your backside. All night long.”
Shou Jiaxun’s chest rose and fell as he gave a small shake of his head. “All night won’t do… just a couple of times.”
He figured that doctor’s orders were one thing, but they had done it before without issue, which meant the matter wasn’t that strict. At most, he’d just take two extra prenatal protection pills tomorrow.
Liang Bo narrowed his eyes with a smirk, pressing and kneading the gland at the back of Shou Jiaxun’s neck. “I want to bite you.”
“Bite,” President Shou nodded drunkenly. “Bite a mark into me so you can show it off to your love rival.”
Liang Bo was so surprised his eyes flew wide. “You’re really giving it to me?”
Shou Jiaxun hooked his arms around the other’s neck and took a deep breath. His dazed appearance actually showed signs of going into heat.
In principle, only an Omega who had been marked would have their heat triggered by the Alpha who marked them.
As for President Shou’s current situation, it could mostly be blamed on the little “Little Liang” in his belly, and the fact that his nemesis Xiao Yu had given him nearly half an hour of “cervical massage” at the gallery that afternoon.
Liang Bo’s eyes were full of joy as he teased in a low voice, “Wife, you’re so sensi…tive… today?”
Before he could finish his sentence, he unexpectedly discovered that his wife tonight wasn’t just sensitive, but also very “wet.”
Soaked through, incredibly slippery, as if he had already done it with someone…
But it wasn’t exactly the same, because President Shou was still very tight there, with no sign of having been stretched open.
Liang Bo couldn’t wrap his head around it. He was afraid Shou Jiaxun would regret it, so despite the mounting confusion in his heart, he still lowered his head and focused on doing what he should do. He pleasured the Omega until he was in a state of ecstasy and then helped him turn over…
Shou Jiaxun lay face down on the pillow. This was the standard posture for being bitten for a “permanent mark.”
Liang Bo’s lips searched and kissed the back of his neck, finding that sweetest, most intoxicating spot, and carefully took it between his teeth.
Shou Jiaxun’s breathing gradually became rapid. The pressure on the back of his neck and the sharp pleasure from behind were like two opposing hurricanes, wrapping around his body and vibrating as they soared.
An Omega has no rationality to speak of when in heat, and the things they can remember afterward are relatively limited.
The next morning, Shou Jiaxun discovered that his eyes were so swollen it looked like two cracked eggs were stuck to his face, and his neck hurt so much he couldn’t support his head.
In the glow of the morning sun, he crawled up, then collapsed back down, reaching out to shake the man sleeping like a dead pig beside him. “Liang Bo, are you poisonous? …Huh? Are you poisonous?”
Liang Bo turned over in a daze, reflexively hugging the Omega who was shoving him. “Morning… wife.”
Shou Jiaxun relentlessly pinched his cheek in accusation. “Liang Bo, I think I’ve been bitten by a snake.”
Liang Bo snapped awake, sitting up abruptly and looking left and right. “Snake? Where’s a snake?”
Shou Jiaxun propped himself up with one hand and pointed at himself. “I’ve been poisoned.”
Liang Bo was dumbfounded. He leaned down and cupped President Shou’s face to examine it.
Liang Bo remembered the things Shou Jiaxun didn’t… Marking an Omega’s gland wasn’t something achieved with a quick peck. An Alpha had to bite through the skin and inject their own pheromones through salivary secretion.
During this period, to help the Omega’s gland better absorb the Alpha’s pheromones, the Alpha would be driven by instinct to stimulate the Omega’s body to the utmost—for example, by “knotting” inside the other person.
This process was certainly more time-consuming and labor-intensive than a casual romp, and most Omegas were not as physically strong as Alphas.
The gap between Shou Jiaxun and Liang Bo was even larger.
When he couldn’t hold out, he would naturally resist. When he couldn’t resist, he would naturally release his emotions.
When people lose control of their emotions, they don’t just cry and shout; they also roar.
So, it wasn’t just Shou Jiaxun’s eyes that were swollen…
Liang Bo’s brow was furrowed, his face full of heartache. “Jiaxun, does your throat hurt?”
“It hurts, but my neck hurts more.” Shou Jiaxun squeezed his achingly swollen eyelids hard. “Liang Bo, are you a ‘five-step snake’ in human form? …I’m not about to die, am I?”
The first sentence was a statement of fact; the latter was purely a personal attack.
Liang Bo pursed his lips and took two deep breaths with a bashful look. “Wife… you smell so good.”
The Omega’s fresh and sweet pheromones had been injected with the Alpha’s rich, mellow undertones; it was both fragrant and sweet, so of course it smelled good.
Shou Jiaxun raised his hand—Slap!
Liang Bo received a light smack on the face.
President Shou squinted his eyes and complained weakly, “Say something useful. Rescue me first?”
Liang Bo nodded hurriedly. “I’ll go heat up a glass of milk for you, then get a towel to wipe you down… then…”
Shou Jiaxun waved his hand to interrupt him. “Hand me your phone first. I want to check online if my current condition means you’re poisonous.”
Liang Bo covered his face, caught between laughter and tears. He helplessly handed over the phone and then hurried out of bed to put on his clothes and fetch the hot milk and towel.
Later, while Shou Jiaxun leaned in his arms to drink the milk, he was still holding the phone with one hand, scrolling through a search engine: [What happens after an Omega is marked?]
Everyone’s subjective experience of this kind of thing was different. There were many different opinions, and there was no standard answer.
Someone said they were particularly hungry after being marked and ate a lot of food.
Someone said they were unconscious for a day and a night and were sent to the hospital by their partner.
There were even more extreme ones—President Shou strained to look up and met Liang Bo’s eyes. “This one… died after being marked.”
The young Alpha, who was similarly inexperienced, was frightened into a cold sweat. He suggested tremulously, “The internet isn’t reliable; let’s give Uncle a call!”
Translator’s Note: “Knotting” (成結) is a specific biological trope in ABO fiction where the Alpha’s anatomy expands to lock with the Omega, ensuring maximum pheromone transfer and a higher chance of conception. It’s usually a very intense and exhausting process! The “Five-step snake” (五步蛇) is a legendary venomous snake in China (the sharp-nosed pit viper); the myth says that once bitten, you can only walk five steps before dying. Shou Jiaxun is being very dramatic about his “poisoning”!
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