Zhou Xiao himself was also scolded into a daze.
He did stay up late watching videos last night, which resulted in a sleepless night, but now it’s already late afternoon, so it shouldn’t have such a strong impact.
The dean ignored him, pulled him aside, and forcefully calmed himself down, saying, “Our Xiao Xiao just has a bit of a bad mental state, not an intelligence problem. Magic and such are definitely just his confusion from lack of sleep! Where would there be any magic—Xiao Xiao, look carefully, the person in front of you is Xiao Yin, not a character from an animated film!”
The dean turned his head to emphasize Zhou Xiao.
The young man standing in front of them had an excessively beautiful face, smiling gently, with a slender and delicate figure, emitting a faint, fresh floral fragrance that made people feel refreshed with just one glance.
And the more beautiful an omega is, the more fragile they appear.
They are like delicate tuberose flowers that need care and protection.
Zhou Xiao’s face showed confusion.
—However, not only was he frozen just now, but this omega almost dislocated his arm?!
Seeing Zhou Xiao still in a daze, the dean gave him a hard pull—this kid really forgot, he can pretend to be crazy, but he shouldn’t drag the issue into intelligence!
Zhou Xiao felt the pain and finally realized, shrinking his neck.
The dean said firmly, “Xiao Xiao was just confused from lack of sleep! Right, Xiao Xiao? How could Xiao Yin use magic!”
Zhou Xiao replied blankly, “Uh…”
Yeah, in reality, there’s no such thing as magic, right? Did he just hallucinate earlier?!
Xu Yin smiled gently.
Zhou Xiao was captivated.
It must have been a hallucination.
The dean’s emotions were overflowing, “Xiao Yin, I’ve told you many times, if he causes you trouble, tell me instead of hurting him. This child has suffered too much. As his mother, I truly feel for him!”
“Then manage him well,” Xu Yin replied gently, “If it’s useful to you, will he still appear in my room today?”
The dean was taken aback.
“Ah—” Xu Yin bent down again, hands on knees, and said softly to Zhou Xiao, “Be careful next time. If something like today happens again, I can’t guarantee I won’t use even stranger magic.”
He tilted his head.
Zhou Xiao: “…………”
He took in a sharp breath.
Both the dean and the omega outside the door: “…………”
No, they didn’t believe in magic or not, but was Xu Yin acting a bit differently?
Even when Zhou Xiao used to bully him, he would just cry and run to the dean to complain, and the dean would console him, and he would cry bitterly. When did he become like this—
Laughing so calmly, and saying… anyone could hear the threat in it…
The dean’s face changed: “You!”
A melodious song played outside, signaling the three meals of the day.
Xu Yin stood up, smiling, “It’s time to eat, right? Oh, by the way, could you please bring me a new bedsheet and blanket later? Zhou Xiao just pounced on my bed, and he hasn’t bathed for a month, has he? There’s even a black mark where he landed, see.”
The dean’s face turned red and blue, wanting to say something but unable to, after all, she still had to maintain her image as a good director.
Forget it, anyway, Xu Yin can only threaten verbally, what can he do to Zhou Xiao, a beta, in reality?
So she took a deep breath, nodded, “I understand, I’ll bring it to you later. Let’s… let’s go eat first…”
*
The dining hall was on the ground floor. When Xu Yin and the omega outside the door went down, most people were already seated at the table, but their gazes were all on Xu Yin, probably because they knew what had just happened.
Xu Yin sat by the window, and the omega next to him, named Bai Luo, whispered as soon as he sat down, “Did you upset the dean again?”
Xu Yin glanced at him and picked up his chopsticks.
The dinner at the orphanage was very bland, lacking salt in the dishes, and the vegetables were often overcooked and yellowed.
Xu Yin felt that he would have to replenish his energy using food from his space later.
Bai Luo, seeing Xu Yin ignoring him, was puzzled.
Usually, whenever they talked, Xu Yin would complain and cry, but today he completely ignored him, with such a cold attitude?
Bai Luo thought for a moment and continued, “No matter how much you upset the dean, she has never mistreated you. She provides food and shelter for you. She’s really good.”
Xu Yin chuckled, “Taking care of the omegas in the orphanage is her duty, not charity. Her money comes from the government and charities. If she doesn’t use this money on us, she will end up in jail.”
“Even if you say that, how many orphanage deans can actually do that in reality?” Bai Luo scoffed, “You’re just too naive and ungrateful!”
“Grateful?” Xu Yin found it amusing, “So, just because some people live like dogs, I have to live like one too?”
Xu Yin wondered if some of the omegas in this orphanage had been isolated from the world for too long, as they seemed to have developed some unhealthy attitudes.
Of course, that didn’t concern him.
Bai Luo’s face changed drastically, “Who are you insulting?”
“You think I’m insulting someone specific?”
Xu Yin smiled, “Also, if you really want Zhou Xiao to have an omega soon and stop harassing other omegas, don’t beat around the bush with me. You’re an omega too, you can do something about it.”
Bai Luo was completely dumbfounded.
His face turned pale, “I didn’t, Zhou Xiao doesn’t like me—”
Xu Yin shook his head, “As long as they’re omegas, he likes them, believe me.”
Bai Luo: “……”
He didn’t want to believe such a thing!
Just thinking about that unkempt man made him feel nauseous, he had no appetite to eat anymore.
He wanted to say something more, but Xu Yin put down his chopsticks and stood up—there was a hair in his food, and he couldn’t eat anymore.
While it was still daylight, he walked around the entire orphanage.
It seems like 018 also returned to understand the ABO setting: “Damn, why is the ABO setting so… wicked!”
“Who did you ask about it?” Xu Yin asked curiously.
018: “…………”
Xu Yin: “I see.”
018 had given up resisting.
He was silent for a moment, then changed the topic as if nothing had happened: “Do you feel like you’re going into heat?”
An omega’s heat cycle occurs every six months, and it was almost time for the original host’s heat.
“I don’t feel anything yet, but…” Xu Yin sniffed his arm, “The pheromones seem a bit stronger.”
The scent of pheromones on him was similar to the fragrance of jasmine.
“Shouldn’t you hurry and inject the suppressant?” 018 was nervous, “You haven’t found your Lao gong yet!”
018 really found the ABO setting terrifying.
Even though he was no longer straight, he still found it frightening!!
“Yeah.” Xu Yin walked over to the suppressant dispenser inside the orphanage.
If he hadn’t found his Lao gong yet, he absolutely couldn’t go into heat. The suppressant had to be used promptly.
In front of him was the only machine in the orphanage that stored suppressants. The control panel showed that there were twelve doses left.
Xu Yin tried pressing the “Dispense” button, but the control panel flashed red, displaying an exclamation mark indicating a machine malfunction.
Xu Yin narrowed his eyes.
An omega nearby timidly said, “The machine broke during the day. The dean said the repairman won’t be back until the day after tomorrow. Xu Yin, you… be careful…”
After saying that, he ran off.
Xu Yin withdrew his gaze from the omega’s back and focused on the machine again, his hands behind his back, right index finger lightly tapping his left palm.
—
The dean scolded her son when she sent him back to his room: “What nonsense were you spouting earlier? Magic? If it ever gets tied to mental issues, it won’t just cause trouble for you and me but also for Mrs. Lu! Do you realize that? There’s no such thing as magic in this world. Clear your head!”
“But I felt really cold just now, Mom, you felt it too…” Zhou Xiao complained.
The dean paused.
She had indeed felt it just now.
So she said, “Are you feeling a bit cold? You should have said so, you need to go out and exercise. Sitting in your room all day makes you weak!”
Zhou Xiao: No, even if I felt cold, it’s not this kind of chill in this hot summer!!
But as his mom said, even he was starting to doubt now.
Could it be that he really hallucinated just now?
Yeah, in reality, how could someone have magic? If Xu Yin had magic, wouldn’t he have dealt with him already instead of waiting until now?
Oh, so was he really trapped in an illusion just now?
Zhou Xiao rubbed his temples, then suddenly startled, fear in his voice, “Mom, my brain isn’t really malfunctioning, is it?”
“Your brain’s fine!” The dean slapped him lightly, “I think you’re just obsessed with Xu Yin and driving yourself crazy!”
She shook her head, lowered her voice, and said helplessly, “You, just hold on a bit longer. Tonight—tonight might be your chance.”
Tonight?!
Zhou Xiao’s eyes lit up with excitement, his breath quickening, “What do you mean tonight, Mom? What are you planning?”
“Xu Yin applied for discharge, right? The Omega Rights Association, with Mrs. Lu’s help, managed to delay it for six months, but we can’t delay it much longer. We need to think of something,” the dean said softly, “He’s also nearing his heat period. I bought something online a few days ago, and it just arrived today. We can give it a try.”
She affectionately patted Zhou Xiao’s head, “Mom knows you like Xu Yin the most. Don’t worry, Mom will make sure you keep him. Tonight, you just wait.”
Zhou Xiao swallowed nervously, nodding vigorously, his neck turning red.
The mother and son finished their secret conversation, and the dean went downstairs to her office.
On the way, she shook off the frustration from Xu Yin’s rebuttal, and her steps became much lighter.
She had ordered a batch of heat inducers online.
Heat inducers were a special type of drug that required a lot of documentation to purchase. She spent quite some time and took a whole month to secure this batch.
The effectiveness of such inducers was so powerful that even on non-omegas, they could induce a heat-like state.
So as long as Xu Yin hadn’t used a suppressant beforehand, the inducer would definitely work.
Coupled with the fact that Xu Yin was nearing his special period, the effect of this drug would be even more explosive.
Of course, the dean knew that Xu Yin didn’t like Zhou Xiao, but what could she do about it?
Zhou Xiao’s appearance was ruined, and his personality was like this. Not to mention omegas, even betas of the same kind would find it hard to be attracted to him.
But did that mean Zhou Xiao would never get married and have children?
He clearly liked omegas so much.
The dean wiped away her tears silently.
As a mother, she naturally wanted her child to be happy.
Zhou Xiao liked Xu Yin, and she allowed Zhou Xiao to pursue Xu Yin. But since that wasn’t working out, she had to think of other ways.
She knew her methods were illegal, and she was very afraid. It was because of this fear that she had been delaying until today. But now, she is determined to try her best for her son’s happiness.
Regardless of how, she wanted to keep Xu Yin.1Yue: Hi! I’m so sorryy for the late updates for the previous chapters until now. I’ve really just been busy about school activities and projects, especially on our thesis outline which made us very stressed lately. I hope you’re all still with me! 🥺 Now that the 3rd Arc is finally done, we can now start another journey with our cool and adorable MC Xu Yin and our ML together^ P.s. I’ve only noticed recently that the chapters are really long. So, starting today, I’ll be posting a chapter in 2 parts, soooo, that’s it! Part 2 will be in a few hours. Love y’all😘
