Chapter 76: “Let me accompany you through your susceptibility period… Husband.”
“Idiot.”
“So silly…”
Shen Zhuo’s eyes reddened, his throat feeling tight and choked.
So it was because of this.
Just because of this.
There were so many methods; even if they were difficult, it never should have come to this point.
They could have borne it together.
Du Xun didn’t have to endure this alone.
Although there was a ninety percent chance of pregnancy from knotting, it wasn’t a certainty.
Moreover… even if he did get pregnant now…
Shen Zhuo felt it wasn’t entirely unacceptable.
Although pregnancy would hinder certain things, but—
He wanted Du Xun to be safe even more.
“Don’t worry anymore.” Shen Zhuo slowly moved to Du Xun’s side.
“I am willing.”
He gently kissed the Alpha’s cheek.
“Shen Zhuo is willing.”
Du Xun looked up with bloodshot eyes, dazed and confused.
His voice was hoarse and thick: “Willing…?”
The young man looked like a kitten rolling over to expose its soft belly, leaving himself completely at the other’s mercy.
Obedient and alluring.
“Let me accompany you through your susceptibility period.”
“Husband.”
——
Du Xun understood.
No longer suppressing his torn instincts, the Alpha was exceptionally ferocious during his susceptibility period.
Shen Zhuo gripped the sheets, his vision already blurred beyond recognition.
The ceiling seemed to heave like towering waves in a storm.
He listened to the sobbing gasps by his ear for a long time before realizing they were his own.
Crossing the giant waves again and again.
With no rest.
Never tiring.
Shen Zhuo woke up at noon.
There was still a day and a half left of Du Xun’s susceptibility period.
As soon as he woke, he was grabbed by the waist and pressed into the man’s arms.
Hot breath sprayed against his neck.
Du Xun nuzzled into the hollow of the young man’s neck.
Hair brushed against his skin, causing a slight itch.
“Don’t go…”
The Alpha’s low murmur filled his ear.
Shen Zhuo struggled to open his eyes.
His whole body was sore and weak; he didn’t even have the strength to speak.
The room was thick with the mixture of two pheromones, the scent of their intimacy heavy in the air.
He didn’t know how Du Xun had managed to make him pass out yesterday.
He had no idea what happened after he lost consciousness.
Shen Zhuo kept his eyes open, only able to see a sliver of light where the curtains weren’t fully drawn.
The light filtered through the gap and fell onto the quilt.
Shen Zhuo could only roughly guess the time.
He wanted to get up and take a shower, but it took him about ten minutes just to lift his hand.
He placed it on Du Xun’s arm, which was encircled around his waist.
And then he couldn’t move another inch.
The Alpha, having formed a knot, was much more docile. Sensing the young man was awake, he sat up immediately.
He bent his waist, resting his chin on the young man’s shoulder.
Like a large dog.
Still nudging and sniffing around.
“Wife.”
His tone still carried a hint of grievance, muffled as it came through.
Shen Zhuo still couldn’t speak; he just moved his eyes, taking a long time to recover.
Du Xun thought he was angry.
He hurriedly scrambled in front of Shen Zhuo to kiss him: “Wife…”
“Like Wife.”
“Kiss.”
He lowered his head and pecked the Omega’s cheek.
“Like.” The Alpha smiled, like a child.
Usually, Du Xun could say sweet nothings that made Shen Zhuo blush and his heart race.
Now, it seemed he only knew how to say “Wife,” “Kiss,” and “Like.”
It felt like he was acting spoiled.
At least, Shen Zhuo, lying there immobile, thought so.
But seeing that Shen Zhuo still wasn’t speaking, Du Xun gradually began to panic. His clumsy movements carried a hint of ingratiation:
“Wife, don’t be angry.”
Shen Zhuo: …
Du Xun: “Kiss kiss, don’t be angry, okay?”
Shen Zhuo: …
Du Xun: “Then let’s do it on—?”
Shen Zhuo didn’t know where he found the strength, but he actually managed to make a sound:
“No!”
Shen Zhuo looked at Du Xun, who lowered his head in grievance after being yelled at, but still obediently didn’t move.
Shen Zhuo: …
Shen Zhuo sighed in compromise, his voice hoarse beyond recognition.
“…Fine.”
Du Xun quickly looked up, his eyes shining.
Shen Zhuo didn’t know where a critically ill patient got so much strength.
Even after being injected with so many inhibitors, diagnosed with slight gland damage, and suffering from a pheromone imbalance…
He could still scoop him up with one hand.
The rosemary pheromones made his whole body go soft.
Another two hours passed.
When he woke up again, it was two in the afternoon.
The nest made of Shen Zhuo’s clothes yesterday had been moved back onto the bed by Du Xun, completely intact.
Du Xun curled up in the nest, obediently hugging the clothes and sniffing them.
Shen Zhuo quickly went to take a shower, brush his teeth, and wash his face.
When he came out, he saw his Alpha revealing only a pair of eyes from the pile of clothes.
He had dragged out every piece of clothing from the bedroom closet.
It almost buried Du Xun inside.
Shen Zhuo suppressed a laugh and dug the man out of the clothes pile.
He dragged him to the bathroom, squeezed toothpaste onto a toothbrush for Du Xun, and asked, “Do you know how to brush your teeth?”
Du Xun looked at Shen Zhuo blankly.
He nodded, but didn’t move for a long time.
It wasn’t until Shen Zhuo was about to brush his teeth for him that the Alpha slowly picked up the toothbrush.
Halfway through brushing, with a mouth full of foam, he stared straight at Shen Zhuo beside him.
“Wife is pretty. Kiss.”
Du Xun already loved kissing him.
During the susceptibility period, he transformed into a kissing monster, kissing him or on the way to kiss him at every moment.
It was as if he wanted to grow his mouth directly onto Shen Zhuo’s face.
If Shen Zhuo didn’t let him kiss, he would lower his eyes pitifully.
It made Shen Zhuo’s heart ache, so he just let him kiss.
So Shen Zhuo washed his face with Du Xun, cleaning off all the foam.
After washing up, just as Shen Zhuo was tidying up the rinse cup, a burning hot body pressed up against his back.
“Wife… want…”
Before the next word could be spoken, Shen Zhuo felt his legs go weak.
He really couldn’t take it anymore.
Shen Zhuo never imagined that an S5 Omega would one day find his legs trembling uncontrollably just hearing a few words.
“Be good, it’s only been half an hour.” Shen Zhuo suppressed the twitching of his lips, turned around, and ruffled the man’s hair.
“Wait a bit longer, let me rest a while.”
Du Xun lowered his head, letting Shen Zhuo mess up his hair.
“Oh…”
Du Xun just hugged him like that, agreed, and then became lifeless.
He didn’t let go, nor did he move.
Shen Zhuo couldn’t walk properly to begin with.
He had supported himself against the wall just to walk the few steps from the bedroom to the bathroom.
Now he had a giant pendant hanging off his body.
Shen Zhuo felt drained of all strength just taking one step.
After another step, Shen Zhuo looked at the bathroom door, which was so close yet felt so far away.
He decided to negotiate with the large pendant on his body.
Shen Zhuo: “Du Xun, loosen up a bit.”
Du Xun: Didn’t hear it.
Shen Zhuo: “Loosen up a little, hug again when we’re outside?”
Du Xun: Still didn’t hear it.
Shen Zhuo: …
Shen Zhuo: “Husband, you’re holding me too tight, my waist hurts.”
He didn’t know if it was because of the address or the mention of pain, but Du Xun actually let go very quickly.
He even nervously squatted down and lifted the hem of Shen Zhuo’s pajamas: “Where does it hurt?”
Shen Zhuo hurriedly pressed his pajamas down: “It doesn’t hurt anymore.”
But unexpectedly, Du Xun, squatting there, suddenly looked up.
“Wife, so white. Kiss.”
Shen Zhuo looked down and saw Du Xun’s reawakening desire.
Shen Zhuo: …
Shen Zhuo: Just kiss me to death and be done with it.
——
Having finally made it out of the bathroom, Shen Zhuo hadn’t eaten for 12 hours.
An had prepared the meal long ago. He saw the Madam walking out of the elevator with a limp…
And the Master following behind the Madam, looking like he wished his eyes were glued to the young man.
An silently looked up at the sky.
He saw nothing.
After Shen Zhuo sat down, a ball of heat pressed against his side.
Originally, the dining table was set with only two chairs.
Du Xun deliberately moved the chair from the opposite side over to sit pressed against Shen Zhuo’s arm.
He didn’t pick up his chopsticks, nor did he speak.
He just stared straight at Shen Zhuo putting food into his mouth.
Shen Zhuo endured it for a while, but that gaze was too scorching and direct, making the tips of his ears turn red.
“You want to eat too?” he asked, turning his head.
Du Xun shook his head.
Shen Zhuo looked at the chopsticks in his hand again.
“Do you want me to feed you?”
Du Xun paused for a moment; it seemed he wanted that.
But there was something he wanted more.
So he shook his head again.
Shen Zhuo rubbed his brow with his knuckles and sighed softly.
“Want to kiss me?”
This time Du Xun didn’t hesitate; he nodded directly.
Du Xun: “Kiss.”
Shen Zhuo almost had a conditioned reflex to that word.
He leaned his body slightly toward Du Xun, but the chopsticks in his hand didn’t stop.
He quickly stuffed some food into his mouth.
Shen Zhuo was afraid he wouldn’t get to eat later.
It was possible he’d have to starve until he went to Ares tomorrow.
Shen Zhuo’s chopsticks suddenly stopped.
…Ares.
Tomorrow was a full day of classes with no leave allowed, and it was said there would be a half-hour weekly test.
Then…
Shen Zhuo looked at Du Xun, who was pecking at his cheek.
What about this Alpha in his susceptibility period?!
Taking him to school seemed unlikely, but leaving Du Xun at home alone was even more impossible.
Who knew if he’d still see an intact Baimeng Manor when he came back from class?
But if he brought Du Xun along…
Shen Zhuo’s expression was a bit strange.
An thought the food didn’t suit the Madam’s taste and hurriedly stepped forward to ask.
But the moment he stepped within a one-meter radius of Shen Zhuo, Du Xun suddenly looked up.
Those gray-blue eyes held no warmth.
Carrying a fiercely aggressive warning gaze, his pheromones rolled out like blades of ice, violent and erratic.
“Mas…” Before An could say “Master,” he heard Du Xun’s low, cold growl:
“Scram.”
A beast-like threatening roar rolled in the Alpha’s throat.
It gave An quite a scare.
The S3 Alpha was suppressed by the attacking pheromones, unable to move even an inch.
“Behave.” Shen Zhuo smoothed Du Xun’s hair.
Du Xun actually immediately retracted that aggressive posture.
He just looked a bit aggrieved, rubbing against Shen Zhuo’s palm:
“Wife, not fierce…”
Shen Zhuo was already used to Du Xun only being able to pop out two words at a time during his susceptibility period.
“I didn’t say you were fierce.”
An stood to the side, looking like his glasses were about to fall off in shock.
This is… the Master?
He really wanted to take a few photos.
No, how could the Head Butler do such a thing.
An took two deep breaths before asking softly from a distance:
“If Madam needs anything, please order me at any time.”
Shen Zhuo nodded: “Yes, prepare a set of clothes for Du Xun, something that covers him up well. Also, I need a hat, a face mask, and sunglasses.”
An agreed, confused:
“Yes. Madam is preparing to…?”
Shen Zhuo pushed away Du Xun’s mouth, which was stuck to his face. After finally managing to eat another bite, his chin was grabbed for a kiss again.
The young man answered indistinctly, his face full of resignation:
“Tomorrow, I’m taking him to class.”
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