Chapter 14 – Review
Novel Title: 长夏醒迟 (Long Summer, Late Awakening)
Author：麦香鸡呢 (McChicken)
Translator: K (@kin0monogatari)
Protagonists: 余炀 (Yu Yang -MC/Gong), 靳吾栖 (Jin Wuqi -ML/Shou)
*Please read at Novels Space.space, the original site of translation. TQ*
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When Yu Yang drove to work today, he encountered a minor accident on the road.
His car scraped against another car that suddenly changed lanes. Fortunately, Yu Yang reacted quickly and adjusted his direction in time. When he got out of the car, he found that the other driver seemed unwilling to open their car door.
Yu Yang knocked on the tightly closed window, but the person inside didn’t respond.
Thinking that the driver was reluctant to get out and resolve the situation, he took a few photos of the scene and was about to call the police when the car door cracked open slightly.
Omega’s estrus pheromones suddenly leaked out. Yu Yang realised that the other person was probably acting erratically due to the sudden onset of heat, causing them to change lanes haphazardly. It was likely even difficult for them to open the car door now.
After Yu Yang sent a message to his assistant, she quickly arrived at the scene with the traffic police. She saw Yu Yang standing by the car with his tie loosened and a furrowed brow. He said, “Take the omega in the car to the hospital isolation room first. She’s in heat. We don’t know when the ambulance will arrive.”
“Okay.” The assistant went to open the car door, and the omega’s estrus pheromones surged out like a wave of heat. Even though she was a beta, she couldn’t help feeling a bit dizzy.
While the traffic police were evacuating the area and taking photos, it wasn’t ideal for the omega’s estrus pheromones to spread widely in a public setting. A police officer came over to put a quarantine bracelet on her.
The omega in heat had dishevelled hair and was slumped in the driver’s seat like jelly. Yu Yang gritted his teeth and, along with the traffic police, helped her into the assistant’s car.
The traffic police wore a mask. But Yu Yang didn’t. He was sweating from the omega’s scorching pheromones, furrowing his brow and loosening his tie a bit more.
The assistant hesitated while looking at him. But Yu Yang simply waved her off, saying, “Hurry and take her to the hospital. I’ll head back to the office by myself, I’ll be fine.”
The assistant nodded reluctantly.
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Yu Yang returned to the office and immediately took off his jacket, tossing it onto the sofa. It had been too long since he’d been affected by omega pheromones this strongly, especially considering the omega was in heat. It was causing Yu Yang to feel subtle signs of passive rut.
Feeling hot and stifled, he couldn’t focus on work. His assistant messaged him, asking if he needed her to pick up some alpha suppressants from the hospital.
Yu Yang declined.
Suppressants inevitably had side effects. The most obvious being drowsiness and lethargy. They worked by artificially suppressing the activity of pheromones, which inevitably caused a certain degree of numbness in the body’s nerves. The higher the alpha’s rank, the greater the concentration of suppressants needed, and the heavier the side effects endured.
Yu Yang didn’t want a slight physiological reaction to affect his entire day’s work. After dealing with his current tasks, he planned to drink some water, hit the gym for a workout, and it would pass. If things didn’t improve, he’d handle it himself.
The assistant had returned and briefed Yu Yang on the situation, mentioning that the resolution of the minor scrape would have to wait until the omega was out of heat.
“It’s just a scrape, not a big deal. Handle it as you see fit,” Yu Yang reclined in his chair, closing his eyes. “There are no meetings scheduled for this morning, right?”
“No,” the assistant glanced at her phone, hesitating. “But Mr. Jin Wuqi is coming.”
Yu Yang opened his eyes. “Another last-minute notice? When is he arriving?”
The assistant replied carefully; “He should be in the elevator by now.”
“…”
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When Jin Wuqi entered the office, Yu Yang was reclined in his chair with his eyes closed.
The isolation window was already lowered, and Jin Wuqi noticed that the office’s air conditioning was on.
Even though it was autumn now.
He closed the door behind him and took a few steps forward, catching a whiff of alpha pheromones in the air.
Even in the cool air, there was an undeniable warmth, like carbonation bubbling in the mouth. With an omega’s sensitivity, he could tell it was the pheromones of an alpha in passive rut.
“Yu Yang?” Jin Wuqi stood by the desk, calling out to him.
Yu Yang slowly opened his eyes. His shirt had two buttons undone, his tie hung loosely around his chest, and his sleeves were haphazardly rolled up to his arms. His fair face was flushed lightly as he furrowed his brow slightly, looking dishevelled and weary.
But only when their eyes met did one realise that beneath Yu Yang’s calm, even seemingly weak exterior, lurked terrifying undercurrents.
With his eyes half-lidded, Yu Yang stared straight at Jin Wuqi. His dark gaze exuding a heavy, oppressive aura like an impending storm. It was like a thick cloth, ready to unleash overwhelming waves with just the slightest opening, instantly engulfing everything. In the tumult, claws and fangs emerged, transforming into a carnivorous hunter, relentlessly pursuing the lifeblood of its prey.
Just with a glance like this, an omega could feel the dominant power of a high-ranking alpha. Even if the alpha remained still, it was enough to make most omegas halt in panic.
But Jin Wuqi wasn’t an ordinary omega.
With a smile playing on his lips, he approached Yu Yang step by step. Leaning on the desk, he propped one hand on the edge, tilting his head to look at Yu Yang’s face. With feigned ignorance, he asked, “What’s wrong, Mr. Yu?”
“What are you here for?” Yu Yang continued to gaze at him, asking softly.
Jin Wuqi shrugged. “After our last collaboration with your company, I wanted to come and get a review of the experience.”
The enticing scent of roses seemed to envelop Yu Yang like vines, rendering the air conditioning useless. His body, which had begun to calm down, now started to heat up slowly again, and his head felt a bit dizzy.
He should have taken suppressants earlier.
“If there’s nothing else, please leave,” Yu Yang’s brow furrowed even deeper. “I don’t have time to chat with you right now.”
“I guess so,” Jin Wuqi’s gaze slowly lowered, landing unabashedly between Yu Yang’s thighs. With a suggestive flutter of his eyelashes, he added, “Mr. Yu, some things are better not endured.”
Yu Yang lifted his gaze, staring at him intently.
He didn’t think there was anything he couldn’t endure. He had endured the separation from the omega he loved for over four years, bearing the weight of longing and mixed emotions. What was a little bit of a passive rut in comparison?
However, perhaps he had indeed endured for too long and borne too much. In this moment, Yu Yang felt that there was no need to endure any longer.
He based it on the idea of why can’t he ask Jin Wuqi for something back? Having stretched that string for so long, since it’s pulling painfully, why not just cut it off and give himself some relief?
Yu Yang reached out and grabbed Jin Wuqi’s wrist. His face was expressionless as he pulled him towards himself.
Jin Wuqi readily straddled Yu Yang’s lap, smiling as he held on to his neck. He leaned in close and teased in a playful tone, “Didn’t Mr. Yu ask me to leave if there’s nothing else?”
“Isn’t this what you brought upon yourself?” Yu Yang tilted his head slightly, lightly brushing Jin Wuqi’s lips with his upper lip, sounding somewhat indifferent, “Since you want a review of our cooperative experience, you might as well show a bit more sincerity. I might consider giving you a high score, depending on my mood.”
Jin Wuqi smirked. His lips curled in a seductive smile. He lightly touched his lips to Yu Yang’s, then provocatively licked them with the tip of his tongue. With a seemingly sincere tone, he whispered in Yu Yang’s ear, “Then I’ll leave it to you, Mr. Yu.”
Yu Yang didn’t speak. His fingers slipped under Jin Wuqi’s suit and wandered over the omega’s smooth lower back, leaving a hot, burning sensation in his palm. Jin Wuqi bit Yu Yang’s earlobe, teasing it with his tongue, while his other hand slowly slid down, pressing against the heat and hardness beneath the fabric of Yu Yang’s pants.
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*Translator’s Note: Yup. We’re hitting the first smut scene soon. -K
Next update: 2024.04.27
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