IPDAOLR Chapter 21.3

“Are these two things are related?” Jiang Zhihuo asked, “Besides, I already explained just now, Shine is too cheesy, so I just removed a letter.”

Yan Mu calmly pointed out in a calm tone. “Just like you, I don’t want to talk about it either.”

“…….” Jiang Zhihuo remained silent for a moment before asking, “If I tell you, will you talk about it?”

Yan Mu quietly looked at Jiang Zhihuo without answering.

“Forget it.” Jiang Zhihuo turned off the light again.

Feeling a bit out of mind, Yan Mu realized that whether he talked or not, it wouldn’t help and couldn’t change the situation. There was no need to keep pressing.

Jiang Zhihuo shifted his position and turned his back.

The rustling sound came from behind, and Yan Mu also lay back down.

The two of them were back to back.

The room was extremely quiet, and the sound of their breaths, so close, was unusually clear in the stillness.

After a long while, Jiang Zhihuo couldn’t hold back and asked, “Does it hurt a lot?”

“Not really.” Yan Mu said.

Bullsh*t, Jiang Zhihuo thought to himself. Just a little touch caused such a big reaction, and he still said, ‘Not really’ ?!

“Are you really alright?” Jiang Zhihuo asked.

“It’ll be fine in a few days.” Yan Mu said.

“A few days?” Jiang Zhihuo asked again.

Yan Mu sighed softly and didn’t want to continue the conversation any further, thus saying, “Go to sleep.”

“Okay.” Jiang Zhihuo didn’t say anything more.

He closed his eyes.

He shouldn’t have spoken up in the first place.

Yan Mu didn’t want to talk about it; there was no need to push for more questions. They had agreed not to interfere with each other’s business.

It was just that he always ended up thinking about a person.

The boy the same age as him, just two months older, could only stay in the room all year round, which made his skin very pale.

He said he couldn’t be touched; it would hurt a lot.

Jiang Zhihuo didn’t want that person to feel pain.

Therefore, after knowing each other for so long, even until parting away, he had never touched the other party once.

*

Meanwhile, in another residential community, inside a certain room.

The curtains were tightly drawn, and the lights were off.

Feng Zhi sat in front of the computer, the pale light from the screen casting an eerie glow on his face, as a strange smile crept across his lips.

He downloaded the automatically uploaded video from the cloud, clicked in open, and played it repeatedly to enjoy it.

—The first time, the second time, and countless times.

The lense reflected the content playing on the screen.

An omega who was at a loss, an omega who was confused, an omega with unfocused eyes…

His smile grew deeper, and his body, the restlessness belong to an alpha, became increasingly excited.

So beautiful, so beautiful, so beautiful!!

This kind of omega was just too beautiful!!!

Feng Zhi, born into an artistic family, was taught by his parents from a young age to seek out ‘beauty’ and ‘art’. He was excellent in this and found great success. He was raised to be gentle and cultured, with an exceptionally far-sighted aesthetic. However, it all felt too boring to him. Whether participating in exhibitions around the world, receiving humorous medals and honors, or being appointed as a professor at a young age. He felt that everything was too easy, too smooth, and too ordinary.

He originally thought life would remain so bland and uninteresting until that day—

A certain omega, experiencing their first heat, knocked on his office door.

Even in the university, with so many people around, Feng Zhi was the most beloved professor among the students. Whenever something happened, their first insticnt was to turn to Professor Feng.

The omega sought help from Feng Zhi.

His heat came too late, and being a boy, he was oblivious, which led him to neglect this matter and not make any preparations.

He wanted to ask Director Feng what he should do. Director Feng always provided the warmest care to everyone, even more so than the counselors.

However, when Feng Zhi saw the omega, he stood frozen in place, not reacting for a long time.

He knew, he knew it; the thing he had been searching for had finally been found—

This was a true masterpiece!!!

—That was a scene that one could never forget in a lifetime!

The soft and beautiful omega cried in front of him, completely defenseless as they exposed their delicate, pale neck, revealing their glands to his gaze, and the pheromones instantly filled the entire office.

Every part of him, every nerve and cell turned frantic in an instant.

He finally knew what he wanted!!

——是Omega！

—It was omega!

During the estrus, he recorded all their details, forcing them to plead with him, leaving his mark on them so that they could never forget him for a lifetime, forever carrying his scent.

His student, his beloved omega, his most beautiful masterpiece, would forever, forever belong to him!

After leaving K University, Feng Zhi came to No.1 High School.

He had been waiting, waiting for his omega to turn eighteen.

Young omegas had no taste at all.

Only newly adult omegas were the best, with their young and beautiful bodies, fully developed glands and figures. He enjoyed watching them kneel before him with tears in their eyes, struggling and pleading. Then, at their most painful moment, he would save them and leave his mark.

—They were nothing but pitiful omegas, beautiful yet helpless while as an alpha, he was the only one who could recognize their beauty, the only one who could save them!

He would always be their most beloved teacher!

Feng Zhi moved the video into one of the folders.

—Tang Anmiao, Class 1 of the senior year.

The folder was packed full of photos.

In the classroom, in the hallway, on the sports field, at the school gate, in the alley.

Tang Anmiao, a petite girl who loved cute hair accessories, claimed to be a beta at school, but in reality, she was an omega, with her heat occurring on the fifteen of every month.

This was the fourth folder.

There were three other folders like this one.

There were a total of four omegas in the 2020 senior class in Lincheng No.1 High School.

*

Monday.

Jiang Zhihuo got up early, deliberately waiting until it was late before slowly making his way to school.

There was a row of people standing at the school gate.

Qiu Bian was also among that row of people, clearly in midsummer, yet he was wrapped in a scarf around his neck.

Some omegas were like this, protecting their glands to the point of paranoia, believing that everyone wanted to harm them and touch them. No one inquired about it; instead, they stood even further away.

If they stood next to him, it would make them appear abnormal as well.

Feng Zhi used his usual gentle tone to discipline the students.

Qiu Bian kept his head down from the beginning.

While Feng Zhi spoke, he would pace back and forth, his polished leather shoes approaching from a distance, then leaving, then getting closer, and finally stopping in front of him.

Qiu Bian trembled all over, wanting to move closer to someone for a cover, but the boy next to him distanced himself in disgust.

Just then, Jiang Zhihuo arrived, stepping in front of Qiu Bian and squeezing himself between Qiu Bian and Feng Zhi. “Sorry, Director Feng! I’m late again! My bed pulled me back and wouldn’t let me get up.”

Feng Zhi revealed an ‘understanding’ smile. “It’s been so hot these past few days; I guess you haven’t been sleeping well, right?”

Jiang Zhihuo smiled back at him. “I’m fine, after all, I don’t have anything to do.”

Feng Zhi glanced at Jiang Zhihuo meaningfully.

Tang Anmiao wouldn’t speak of what happened last night, and neither would Jiang Zhihuo.

Having taught so many students, he understood the personality of a boy like Jiang Zhihuo all too well. This kind of hot-blooded, foolish person with a sense of justice and mistakenly believing he could save the world, was often the most useless and indecisive. He could not possibly deregard Tang Anmiao’s feelings.

The one he should be worried about was Yan Mu.

”Alright, everyone, let’s head inside for morning reading.” Feng Zhi smiled. “Remember to submit your self-review.”

The boys who were late hurried through the school gate.

Qiu Bian also quickened his pace, occasionally glancing back, only to wrap his scarf around himself a bit tighter each time he turned back, keeping his head down and remaining silent.

Just as they entered the school building, Tang Anmiao rushed down from upstairs, grazing Qiu Bian’s hand with reddened eyes. “Qiuqiu!”

Qiu Bian glanced at her, then lowered his head, burying the lower half of his face in the scarf in silence.

They both had something to say, but Jiang Zhihuo didn’t appear before them and went upstairs from the staircase on the other side of the corridor.

After the first class ended, Tang Anmiao left the classroom. When she returned, she walked to Jiang Zhihuo’s seat and hesitantly said, “Um…Zhihuo, male god…”

The previous joke hadn’t worn off yet, and still quite serious, Jiang Zhihuo chuckled. “What’s up?”

It felt quite embarrassing to call the other party like that. Tang Anmiao’s ears turned red as she said, “Qiuqiu is in the empty classroom.”

Tang Anmiao added, “I just went to Class 4, and the god of learning wasn’t in the classroom. He knows about this too, so I thought I should mention it.”

”Mhm.” Jiang Zhihuo sent a message to Yan Mu and headed to the empty classroom with Tang Anmiao.

In the classroom, there was only Qiu Bian standing in front of the podium, his gaze blankly fixed on the half piece of chalk that had rolled off the desk. After a long while, he picked up the chalks and dragged it forcefully across the blackboard, producing an ear-piercing sound.

He applied too much pressure, and the chalk broke into two pieces. Qiu Bian slowly crouched down, scratching the back of his neck through the scarf.

Tang Anmiao pushed the door open and saw this scene. She hurriedly grabbed Qiu Bian, her eyes instantly turning red. “Stop scratching, stop scratching! It’s not your fault!”

”Really…?” Qiu Bian was stunned. He raised his head and saw that Jiang Zhihuo also showed no reaction.

He said to Tang Anmiao, “It’s good, it’s good that someone saved you…”

Tang Anmiao grabbed his hand. “Can we discuss this together? Isn’t that’s why we’re here?”

”There’s no use in discussing.” Qiu Bian said, unsteadily standing up. He began to peel off the layers of his scarf, revealing his neck, which was scratched to the point of being bloody, and there was still a visible bite mark.

—He had been marked.

—For the rest of his life, no matter how things changed in the future, he would never be able to escape this person. The other party’s pheromones would remain on him forever.

Tang Anmiao: “Qiuqiu!”

“You didn’t understand, Anmiao, you weren’t marked. Luckily, you weren’t.” Qiu Bian said, “But he recorded it. He even showed me the video. It was me; it was all me. I was in estrus period; I begged him. However, that day wasn’t even my esturs period. If I say this, who would believe me?”

Tang Anmiao’s voice choked. “I believe you, we all will!”

Qiu Bian shook his head. “No, they won’t. Everyone will just call me a sl*t, saying I deliberately seduce an alpha, and accuse me of trying to ruin him! I’ve had enough, really. What’s wrong being an omega? I’m a male omega; do you know what the boys in our class talk about me?!”

“They say I’m a male, but I have a womb, that I’ll have to bear a child, get raped, and use my pheromones to seduce others. They said I’ll spend my whole life lying beneath others. They call me disgusting, saying I’m weak. Do you think I want this? Do you think so?!”

“This, this!!” Qiu Bian pointed at the bloody back of his neck. “What if someone finds out? What am I supposed to do?! How am I supposed to live?! It’s not my fault?! No one will believe me!!”

Qiu Bian was almost shouting from the top of his lung, while Tang Anmiao stared with wide eyes, wanting to say something but unable to utter a single word.

Qiu Bian looked at Jiang Zhihuo again. “I don’t care what you want to do. I come here to tell you to let me go, okay? Just let me go, please! I beg you! I’m begging you all!!!”

Tang Anmiao didn’t expect Qiu Bian to react this way. She gently patted his back, trying to calm him down. “Let’s go to the infirmary first. Just take a break; I won’t say anything, you’ll be alright.”

Tang Anmiao helped the emotionally unstable Qiu Bian out first, while Jiang Zhihuo remained alone in the empty classroom.

The class bell rang, and the sound of hurried footsteps echoed heavily in the corridor above, before returning into silence.

Yan Mu walked in at this moment.

Jiang Zhihuo didn’t ask him why he wasn’t going to class.

Jiang Zhihuo: “How long have you been here?”

Yan Mu: “Just arrived.”

It really looked like he had just arrived, having run over, with beads of sweat on his forehead.

Jiang Zhihuo’s mood wasn’t very good.

Why is no one exposed Feng Zhi?

Because everyone had the same thoughts as Qiu Bian.

Omegas were looked down upon by the society. Their estrus period was difficult to talk about, and no matter what happened, everyone placed the blame only on omegas.

Even if they called the police and exposed this matter, once Feng Zhi’s video was released, it would be the omegas who were left unable to face the world.

Yan Mu walked up to Jiang Zhihuo. “Do you want to handle this matter?”

Seeing Qiu Bian being helped out, Yan Mu could already guess about 70% to 80% of the conversation happening in the classroom.

Jiang Zhihuo remained silent.

“I can handle it.” Yan Mu opened the file bag in his hands, took out a stack of reports, and handed them to Jiang Zhihuo.

Jiang Zhihuo took it, opened the first page, and was stunned. “Where did you get these?”

“A friend.” Yan Mu said.

Jiang Zhihuo: “The friend who gave you the K University report on Saturday?”

Yan Mu: “Mhm.”

The reports contained Feng Zhi’s activities for the past month.

Schools, convenience store, bus, subway, shopping mall, web browsing history, and spending records.

Where there were cameras, in places with internet, everything was complete and accounted for.

Jiang Zhihuo continued to flip through the pages, but apart from these, there was nothing else.

Jiang Zhihuo: “What about the rest?”

Yan Mu said, “That’s all.”

Jiang Zhihuo looked at Yan Mu, who was also looking at him. The curtains were lifted, and outside the window, the blazing sun seemed to be breaking into patches of light. They gazed at each other near the window, surrounded by the shifting lights and shadows.

“Forget it.” Jiang Zhihuo smiled and returned the file to Yan Mu. “Let’s keep it simple and direct.”

The activities weren’t just about where someone went or what they did; they also revealed details that reflected a person’s character.

Jiang Zhihuo had seen this kind of report many times before; it should come with a personality profile.

Since there wasn’t one, it didn’t matter.

—After reading the report, he already knew what he should do.

It could be handled, and it could be managed without involving anyone.

Jiang Zhihuo wanted to stand up.

At this time, the feeling of heat returned. His legs went weak, and he couldn’t stand up.

Jiang Zhihuo didn’t want to exert himself to get up; instead, he stretched out his hand, hovering in the air, staring at Yan Mu’s brows and eyes. His eyebrows raised slightly. “Give me a hand, Yan-ge?”