Cannon Fodder O Pretending to be A Will Lose Their Vest Chapter 77

Chapter 77: Turns out you are an Omega – The Vest Falls

Trembling all over, he stumbled into the bathroom and frantically pressed the button for the cold water valve.

The freezing stream poured down, slamming against his scalding skin. It did nothing to suppress the surging heat within his body. Instead, it provoked a broken whimper to spill from Jiang Chenyan’s throat.

“Ngh…”

His knuckles turned white as his hand slammed against the tiles for support. With a sharp clatter, the metal showerhead fell to the floor, and he collapsed straight onto the freezing ground like a puppet with its strings cut.

Jiang Chenyan’s head was heavy and dizzy. If anyone were to walk in now, they would see the man who was usually arrogant and stubborn—with the corners of his eyes tilted upward in defiance—curled on the floor, soaking wet.

His clothes clung tightly to his thin frame, outlining fragile curves. His fair skin shimmered with water, his damp eyelashes drooped, and his beautiful lips were slightly parted, letting out shallow, ambiguous gasps. It was as if all his sharp edges had been stripped away; he was so soft he had no strength to resist, ready to be at anyone’s mercy.

What should he do?

The first person that came to Jiang Chenyan’s mind was Shen Shiyue.

But within seconds, he immediately extinguished that thought. Shen Shiyue should be on a distant border planet right now; how could he possibly make it back in time?

He was going to die.

His fingernails left bloody claw marks on the floor as he gritted his teeth, his voice trembling. “System…”

The system’s voice carried obvious panic.

[Host? What’s wrong with you? Your aura is in such a mess!]

The heat consuming Jiang Chenyan’s body was almost enough to burn through his sanity. Every breath he took was scorching. “…Heat period… the suppressants can’t hold it back anymore.”

[What?!]

The system’s electronic voice spiked instantly.

[Even high-strength suppressants can’t hold it back? It’s over, it’s over! If you get marked now…]

At this critical moment, the system was more panicked than he was—completely unreliable.

Jiang Chenyan clenched his fists, his nails digging into his palms to maintain the last shred of clarity.

He bit his lip hard, refusing to let himself make any disgraceful sounds. However, the Star-glory flower pheromones belonging to an Omega were like a flood breaking through its shackles, leaking out continuously.

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The sweet yet desperate pheromones spread along with the steam, saturating the entire bathroom. They wrapped around Jiang Chenyan in an airtight embrace, reminding him of how pathetic he was at this moment.

The cold water washed over his body again and again, and the biting chill slowly seeped into his limbs and bones.

Leaning against the cold bathroom wall, Jiang Chenyan’s consciousness finally cleared slightly under the stimulation of the cold water.

His chest heaved violently as he gasped for air. Every breath brought the iciness of the water vapor, mixed with the lingering heat within his body.

It was no use. The cold water wasn’t working.

The harder he tried to suppress the restlessness that threatened to consume him, the more it flared up, scorching his reason until it was blurred. Only boundless misery and despair remained; he could barely hold on.

Jiang Chenyan finally realized that it was a pheromone disorder at work.

The fluctuations that had been forcibly suppressed by drugs had finally exploded today in an irreversible state.

The suppressants were completely useless. He could only endure it by relying on the cold water.

Fortunately, the electronic locks of each dormitory were designed to be extremely secure; ordinary people had no chance of opening them.

Jiang Chenyan forced himself to stand up. His fingertips were still trembling slightly. He casually wiped the water from his body, haphazardly changed his clothes, and lay back on the bed.

He set the room temperature to the lowest setting. As the icy wind howled out, he wrapped himself tightly in the quilt, his body curling up uncontrollably beneath the covers.

The chill seeped into his pores, but the heat inside him was like a red-hot iron. These two extreme sensations pulled at him repeatedly, causing so much pain he could hardly breathe.

[Host… I’m crying for you.]

Jiang Chenyan said nothing. His heavy eyelids drooped, and his eyelashes cast a shadow over his eyes.

He bit his lip to swallow all whimpers back into his throat, his chest rising and falling sharply as he silently endured this agonizing torture.

Why was it so painful?

With trembling hands, he turned on his light-brain. His fingertips hovered over the contact list, where the names of Shen Shiyue and Professor Ariel were clearly visible. After typing a message, he wanted to press send several times, but ultimately he held back and forcibly withdrew his hand.

Had he gone mad?

If he sent a message now, there were surely students without classes in the hallway. If anyone was alerted and a scene was made, his secret as an Omega would be completely exposed.

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At that time, those strange looks would drag him completely into the abyss.

The light-brain screen stayed lit, and the dormitory group messages were constantly refreshing.

[Why do I smell Omega pheromones in the first-floor dormitory hallway?]

[Are you kidding me?]

[Did you smell it wrong?]

The person got anxious: [I definitely smelled it. It’s faint, but very sweet. There’s no way I can’t tell the difference between Omega and Alpha pheromones. If you don’t believe me, ask my buddy.]

[We were together, and we both smelled it. But we don’t know which room it’s coming from.]

[Why don’t we all go look for them? It’ll be pretty exciting.]

[A group of Alphas cornering an Omega? Wouldn’t that scare the little O to death?]

[Get lost, it’s probably just a misunderstanding.]

[+1, it’s been so long since school started, how could this happen now? It’s ridiculous.]

[Are you guys sure you don’t want to go look? If I find this Omega, maybe the school will give me a reward.]

Before the text in the editing box could be sent, a prompt suddenly popped up on the screen: “You have been muted by the administrator.” The piercing red color hit his heart like a heavy hammer.

He froze suddenly, a chill instantly crawling up his spine. His fingertips hovered over the screen, unable to recover for a long time.

What was going on? Who suddenly muted him?

The name of the group owner flashed through his mind: Senior Qi Bai.

Was it Senior Qi? Why did he mute everyone? Did he… know something?

An inexplicable panic surged upward, and his whole body couldn’t stop feeling cold.

…

The dormitory group popped up with a “Mute All” notification. The reason given: Spreading rumors.

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However, Jiang Chenyan knew nothing of this.

He no longer had the heart to pay attention to his light-brain. The device had been unconsciously kicked under the bed by him. The screen flickered a few times in the darkness before going completely silent.

He struggled to get up and gulped down several glasses of water. The cold liquid slid down his throat, preventing dehydration from excessive sweating.

Condensation covered the walls of the glass, wetting his fingertips. His forehead was covered in fine cold sweat, which slid down his temples and hit his collar, blooming into a small water stain.

Jiang Chenyan estimated the time. Most students should have gone to class by now. The hallway should be quieter…

Should he take this opportunity to sneak out?

As soon as the thought appeared, he forcibly crushed it. No, the risk was too great.

If he ran into students staying back or patrolling teachers, there would be no place to hide with these leaking pheromones and his current disheveled appearance.

The curtains were tightly drawn, completely cutting off the daylight from outside. In the small room, there was only the heavy sound of breathing amidst the fever.

Jiang Chenyan curled up on the bed, wrapping the quilt tightly around himself, letting the pain of alternating heat and cold invade him repeatedly.

He closed his eyes, praying in his heart over and over that he could survive this damn heat period and pass through this crisis safely.

Time dragged on minute by minute, each second feeling like being roasted over a fire.

His consciousness grew more and more blurred. In his grogginess, he only felt the heat and chill within his body becoming more turbulent, almost swallowing him whole.

The Omega instinct nearly suffocated him.

Jiang Chenyan loathed this uncontrollable body. He loathed how much he craved the comfort of Alpha pheromones, much like a pet craving its master’s pity.

Compared to a stranger Alpha… Jiang Chenyan craved having Shen Shiyue by his side. The sense of security that belonged uniquely to Shen Shiyue, which could dispel all fear, was something no other Alpha could replace.

Even if Shen Shiyue wasn’t an Alpha, even if he couldn’t provide any marking or comfort, just being by his side would be enough.

The light in the room was dim, with only a sliver of light leaking through the gap in the curtains, casting a long, narrow shadow on the floor.

The person on the bed curled into a corner, trembling all over, his consciousness pulling back and forth between stupor and clarity.

Until the sound of clear footsteps came from outside the door, breaking the dead silence.

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“Are you sure something happened to him?” a rough voice sounded.

It was more than one person.

“Mm.” Following that, a cold and indifferent voice fell, so familiar that it made Jiang Chenyan’s entire body freeze.

“Then what are we waiting for?”

…

Bang!

The door was kicked open violently and then closed quickly, isolating everything from the outside world.

Blinding light flooded in briefly as the door opened and closed, instantly illuminating the figure in the corner of the bed.

Jiang Chenyan suddenly looked up, his dilated pupils shrinking abruptly as he looked directly into the eyes of the three people standing at the door.

His body shook violently and uncontrollably; his blood froze.

The entire room was filled with Omega pheromones so thick they couldn’t be dispersed. They were hot and sweet, like a ball of burning fire, tightly coiling around every inch of air—just like the person curled up in the corner, carrying a fatal temptation and fragility.

The person shrunk in the bed corner was beautiful. His usually arrogant eyes were now completely drenched in crimson, and his skin was flushed with a scorching pale red, like a wildflower being roasted by a fierce fire, struggling desperately in extreme pain.

Xie Huaijin’s eyes darkened, and his Adam’s apple bobbed involuntarily.

He had seen the messages in the group long ago. At the time, he inexplicably felt something was wrong. In his heart, he actually secretly hoped the Omega they mentioned was Jiang Chenyan, yet he didn’t dare to be certain.

He had come over just to take a look since he was idle. He hadn’t expected to bump into Qi Bai and Mu Sian in the hallway, and even more so…

It really was him.

He was so beautiful that one couldn’t look away. The scent of his pheromones was even sweeter and more enticing, burrowing into one’s lungs with every breath, making one’s heart itch.

It wasn’t that they had never suspected Jiang Chenyan’s identity, but they only dared to suspect for a moment. After all, Jiang Chenyan’s rank report was right there; to anyone, the possibility of him being an Alpha was greater.

But the Omega pheromones before them, so thick they almost solidified, shattered everything.

Jiang Chenyan was an Omega.

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An Omega without any strength to resist, currently in his heat period.

One who could be marked.

This thought was like a poisonous vine, instantly coiling around the hearts of Xie Huaijin and the others. The desire surging in their eyes grew more intense.

Like hungry wolves staring at prey, the three of them walked toward Jiang Chenyan step by step. Each step landed on Jiang Chenyan’s heart, completely blocking his last path of retreat.

Jiang Chenyan curled up in the corner of the bed, with no way out.

When Mu Sian spoke his first sentence, Jiang Chenyan felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

“So you are an Omega.”

“You hid it for so long. You really are a good actor.”

Qi Bai’s eyes were cold as he looked at Jiang Chenyan’s neck. From there, the fragrance of Omega pheromones was continuously emitting, silently enticing them to come closer…

Possessiveness grew wildly in his heart.

They wanted to firmly hold down this Omega’s trembling body, suppress all his resistance, bite through that thin layer of skin, and brand their own pheromones deep into his bones and blood to achieve a mark.

Alpha pheromones were released continuously.

Like three invisible nets, they instantly enveloped the entire room.

Jiang Chenyan’s whole body stiffened. The extreme pressure made him nearly suffocate. His reason pulled frantically at the edge of collapse as he used his last bit of strength.

“Get out! All of you, get out!”

Xie Huaijin raised an eyebrow, not taking Jiang Chenyan’s resistance to heart. His tone was light yet cruel: “Which one of us should mark him?”

Truthfully, in his heart, Xie Huaijin didn’t want to share with Mu Sian and Qi Bai. Someone so beautiful and arrogant should belong entirely to himself.

But he knew clearly that there was no way. The three of them were equal in strength; they had to reach some kind of balance. If they started internal strife, it would instead give the prey an opportunity to escape.

Complete the mark first, then talk. Reclaiming the person for himself would happen sooner or later.

Qi Bai’s voice carried no warmth, as if they were discussing an insignificant object: “Let’s do it together.”

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“What?!”

Jiang Chenyan’s mind went blank. A hoarse curse was squeezed out from between his teeth: “Disgusting…”

Mu Sian gave a tsk. “Still not being good.”

Qi Bai narrowed his eyes. “He’s always needed a bit of discipline.”

Xie Huaijin was already the first to press down on him.

Jiang Chenyan’s teeth chattered with rage. He lifted his leg to kick out, but the other party had anticipated it. Reaching out, Xie Huaijin caught and firmly gripped Jiang Chenyan’s ankle.

Translator’s Note: Welcome to the turning point! “Losing the vest” (掉馬 – diào mǎ) is a common Chinese internet slang meaning one’s secret identity is exposed.

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