Part 2
He automatically blocked out the later words. Not suitable for children.
When their relationship hadn’t been confirmed, Shen Shiyue still hid a bit of cold restraint; at most, he could be called a closeted pervert. Now, however, he made no attempt to hide it, having fully transformed into an open flirt.
No longer teasing Jiang Chenyan, Shen Shiyue returned to the main topic. “So you can confirm now that you are currently with Xiao Yi?”
“Yes. I’m temporarily staying with him. Ji Xuan’s injuries are quite heavy.”
Shen Shiyue was quiet on the other end for two seconds. “Xiao Yi… I have a bit of an impression of him.”
Jiang Chenyan helped him remember. “He’s the Omega who was previously forcefully imprisoned by my Eldest Brother.”
Mentioning that person, Shen Shiyue’s eyes suddenly darkened. “For better or worse, your brother is quite perverted, playing that whole forced-love set.”
As he spoke, Shen Shiyue’s fingertips tightened slightly, and a hint of gloom flashed in his eyes. Actually, he had also had such thoughts—the thought of locking Jiang Chenyan by his side, shutting him away and cutting off all his retreats, so that he was the only person left in Jiang Chenyan’s world.
It was just that that bit of crazy paranoia had ultimately been suppressed by him. For the days to come, Shen Shiyue only wanted to wear a gentle mask and learn to become a normal person.
It might have been due to his family. His grandfather was strict, and his father, Shen Qing, was cold and distant toward Shen Shiyue, almost never paying him any mind.
His mother’s feelings for her son also held more hate than love. She had been forcefully married by Shen Qing using power; there wasn’t a hint of tenderness between the two.
It was exactly because he had seen the twisted and pathological love between his parents and knew the harm caused by extreme possessiveness that Shen Shiyue had put in all his effort to suppress the dark, paranoid thoughts in his heart, trying his best not to show them before his lover.
Jiang Chenyan yawned casually, a heavy layer of weariness spreading in his eyes as he followed up: “He is indeed quite perverted. When he goes mad, there’s not a shred of reason. He does everything purely on a whim.”
“By the way, try to arrange the airship as quickly as possible on your end. The earlier the better. I see Ji Xuan is quite attached to this place. I can’t figure out what he’s thinking…”
Shen Shiyue thought in silence for a moment. “Maybe the Alliance missions are too tiring. He wants to rest well in the small town for a few days to ease his mind.”
Jiang Chenyan: “Maybe.”
His Eldest Brother had been mentioned just now.
Originally, the Jiang family was on a downward slope, teetering on the edge. It was precisely in Jiang Xuanshen’s hands that it had come back to life. Its momentum grew stronger and stronger. Now, it had long since escaped the Alliance’s control, turning to government connections for deep cooperation.
The government and the Alliance already had undercurrents between them and were quite at odds, though on the surface they still maintained a fake harmony. No one was willing to be the first to break that window.
Beyond that, Jiang Xuanshen had already quietly monopolized the arms business. Even part of the mecha industry was held in his hands. His influence was intertwined and widespread. Thinking carefully, it was truly a bit terrifying.
To be able to monopolize arms and hold part of the mecha industry—it was easy to imagine that the Jiang family business had already grown to a shocking level. Its intertwined influence permeated various fields. A slight movement could cause quite a stir.
Jiang Chenyan let out a “tsk” as he leaned against the chair back. The plot had long since deviated from the original track, developing in an uncontrollable direction. He couldn’t guess what kind of waves would be stirred up next.
…
It was already late at night when he finished chatting with Shen Shiyue. Jiang Chenyan did a simple wash and then fell into a deep, dreamless sleep.
At dawn the next day, seeing Xiao Yi busy managing the shop’s errands, Jiang Chenyan took the initiative to help.
This stability didn’t last a day. Near noon, Ji Xuan’s face turned flushed red. Fine cold sweat immediately popped up on his forehead, followed by a continuous high fever. His body temperature soared at a terrifying rate.
More troublesome was that the glands on the back of his neck were becoming faintly hot, accompanied by bursts of sharp, stinging pain. The skin around the glands was red and swollen, and even his breathing became rapid and difficult.
Ji Xuan curled up in pain, cold sweat rolling down his cheeks from his temples. “I… think I’m going to… die.”
Jiang Chenyan comforted Ji Xuan. “Don’t worry. You won’t die.”
Xiao Yi’s fingertips were tapping rapidly on his communicator. He was a bit panicked; this was his first time seeing such a scene. “I’ve already contacted the doctor. He’ll be here soon.”
Ji Xuan’s face was awful to the extreme. His lips were pressed into a bloodless straight line. Fine cold sweat seeped from his temples, and the aura around him was incredibly restless.
The next second, a piercing, bone-chilling Alpha pheromone exploded, sweeping through the entire room with extreme aggression. Jiang Chenyan and Xiao Yi both stiffened. Their spines instinctively tensed, and their chests felt as if they were being crushed by a heavy object, feeling suffocating and panicky.
Jiang Chenyan’s heart skipped a beat. Could it be a second differentiation?
Xiao Yi was an Omega and couldn’t possibly withstand such an aggressive pheromone impact.
He immediately turned around, grabbed Xiao Yi’s wrist, and pulled him outside.
Xiao Yi sensed something was wrong and asked deeply: “What’s wrong?”
“I know these symptoms,” Jiang Chenyan explained. “It’s clearly a second differentiation. You can’t handle this pheromone. Go outside to avoid it first.”
He hadn’t expected the plot point of Ji Xuan’s second differentiation to happen at this juncture.
There were no emergency measures prepared beforehand. For now, they could only rely on Ji Xuan to pull through on his own.
The doctor who arrived was a Beta. Following the Omega, they pushed the door open and entered. Xiao Yi was worried, so he stood guard outside the door.
The Beta doctor couldn’t smell pheromones, but the moment he stepped into the room, an inexplicable sense of oppression hit him. His legs trembled uncontrollably and his steps were a bit light. He instinctively frowned. “Uh, this…”
Jiang Chenyan suppressed the restlessness stirred up by Ji Xuan’s rampaging pheromones. His voice grew deep. “He’s undergoing a second differentiation. Please try your best to help stabilize his condition.”
On the bed, Ji Xuan’s consciousness was chaotic. At times he opened his eyes and looked dazed; at times he frowned and groaned. Shallow sounds spilled from his throat as he murmured in confusion: “What… is this…”
“Cough, cough… What is a second differentiation?”
“Second differentiation?” A flash of surprise crossed the Beta doctor’s eyes. “This is a rare encounter.”
After speaking, the doctor first took out a specialized pheromone sedative. Aiming it at the gland on the side of Ji Xuan’s neck, he gently inserted it and slowly injected the medicine. “This medicine can gently suppress the pheromone restlessness and ease the pain. Don’t panic.”
After completing the injection, he took out a portable life monitor. Electrodes were stuck to Ji Xuan’s chest. The jumping curve on the screen gradually flattened, but Ji Xuan still frowned and groaned, and cold sweat continued to pour from his temples.
While softly comforting him, the doctor adjusted the dosage of the medicine, repeatedly checking various vital signs. Bit by bit, he calmed Ji Xuan’s disordered pheromone aura.
Jiang Chenyan was busy helping out on the side, handing over medicines and not daring to be even slightly slack. It wasn’t until the monitor curve tended toward stability and Ji Xuan’s breathing slowed that he let out a sigh of relief.
However, his own body had already been stiffened by that high-level Alpha pheromone from Ji Xuan. His chest felt suffocating and panicky, and his stomach was churning; he was so nauseous he wanted to vomit.
But Jiang Chenyan was used to it. When encountering an Alpha with extremely low pheromone matching but an extremely high rank, the body would always instinctively reject it.
The Beta doctor finished his work and looked up. Seeing Jiang Chenyan’s face, which was pale to the point of being transparent, his pupils shrank. He froze on the spot in total shock. “Wait. You… you wouldn’t be an Omega, would you?”
Jiang Chenyan said nothing, which was a tacit admission.
The doctor couldn’t squeeze out a full sentence for a long time. Logically, shouldn’t an Omega have collapsed long ago? How was he fine?
“How about you go out first? After his second differentiation stabilizes, he’ll most likely enter a rut soon. The pheromones will be even more violent. It’s too dangerous for you to stay here. I’m afraid you won’t be able to handle the impact.”
“I’ll go get some inhibitors. Though they’re very expensive… uh, can you afford them?”
“Yes…”
The doctor and Jiang Chenyan walked out of the room together. Xiao Yi was already pacing anxiously outside the door. Seeing the two come out, he immediately went to meet them. “How is it? Is he okay?”
Jiang Chenyan pressed his temples to ease his physical discomfort. “He’ll be fine. Don’t worry. He’s already stabilized.”
Xiao Yi: “That’s good.”
He had been very worried.
Over the next two days, the few of them took turns looking after him. Ji Xuan’s condition gradually improved, and he finally felt much better.
By the evening, Jiang Chenyan and one of the employees were guarding the shop on the first floor. Having nothing to do, the two moved a table and chairs together to play cards for leisure.
Although they had only been together for a few days, Jiang Chenyan was already familiar with everyone in the shop.
The inn provided breakfast and lunch for the guests every day. After they finished playing cards, the two went out together to buy ingredients.
The streets were exceptionally lively tonight. It was starkly different from the usual quiet state; many people were gathered in the street.
“I heard people from the Alliance have come. I really didn’t expect to see people from the Alliance here in this lifetime.”
“Really or fake? Why would people from the Alliance come to our backwater place?”
“I don’t know. But being able to come here is truly an honor. I’ve never seen a high-level Alpha in my life.”
“So… where are the Alliance people now?”
A tall, broad man drove away the people gathered at the shop door. “Why do ordinary citizens care so much? You’re affecting my business.”
The crowd helplessly dispersed.
Xiao Chen, the employee on the side, listened with a racing heart. He tugged at Jiang Chenyan’s arm, his voice trembling with excitement: “Ye, where do you think they’ll go? Will they stay in town?”
Jiang Chenyan’s brow furrowed. Is it Shen Shiyue? So soon?
A strong premonition of bad luck quietly spread. Jiang Chenyan grabbed Xiao Chen’s wrist tightly, his knuckles turning white. “We’re going back to the shop.”
Xiao Chen was completely confused by Jiang Chenyan, but he didn’t dare ask more, and he quickly followed.
The two hurried back to the inn. From the outside, it looked no different from usual; everything was as calm as always, with not a hint of abnormality to be found.
He reached out and pushed open the inn door. After a soft creak, the moment his gaze fell inside the room, he froze.
Several Alphas stood quietly in the room. They wore uniform black uniforms with dark neckties and small metal insignias on their cuffs.
The most eye-catching Alpha had eyes as cold as snow. The texture of his uniform was clearly high-quality, with subtle dark patterns embroidered on the chest and a small metal badge at the collar. His black trousers fitted the lines of his legs perfectly. He stood there like a finely carved statue, not looking real.
When those cold eyes swept over indifferently, they carried a natural “keep away” chill.
Jiang Chenyan’s throat tightened. For a long time, he couldn’t say a single word. It wasn’t Shen Shiyue after all. It was Qi Bai.
He truly was a person he hadn’t seen for a long time.
While the air was stagnant, a slight sound came suddenly from the second floor. Immediately after, a tall black figure slowly walked down the stairs.
Xie Huaijin let out an impatient “tsk.” “Where is your boss? Why are only employees left here? Tell him to come out.”
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