The sports meeting starts at 8:00 am. When Jiang Heng arrives at the field, the headmaster is still passionately shouting in the broadcast: “Students! Let’s hoist the sail of youth! Swing the paddle of our youth! Let us run with sweat in the fields!”
Jiang Heng’s lips twitched. He wonders where the headmaster gets so much energy. The field is already crowded, and many classes have started organizing themselves in lines. Jiang Heng immediately spots their class teacher holding the class sign, standing in the middle of the field, leaning his head and talking to a female teacher. Class 4’s head teacher has not arrived yet, and He Ci is not in a hurry to gather.
After greeting He Ci, Jiang Heng walks towards the direction of Class 3. The other day when he went home with Shen Huaizhi, he was reminded once, and he even signed up to participate in the Omega 100-meter race. This morning is reserved for short-distance events. If it weren’t for Shen Huaizhi’s reminder, Jiang Heng would have forgotten about it. If it weren’t for this, he wouldn’t have wanted to take suppressants. Although his body condition seems good lately, with many people at the sports meeting, running the 100 meters could easily lead to uncontrollable pheromones, making him more susceptible to sudden heats.
Better be safe and take the suppressants first.
“In a while, there will be an opening ceremony. Everyone, get spirited!” People have almost arrived, and their class teacher, Wang Yong, begins to boost morale.
As soon as this kind of non-academic event comes up, everyone becomes enthusiastic and shouts along with “Ao Ao Ao.” A class starts shouting, and others follow suit. Even though the official start has not yet begun, the entire field is filled with the vigorous shouts of these young students.
Seeing the leaders on the rostrum all looking over, Wang Yong coughs, claps his hands, and says, “Alright, alright, line up. Is everyone from our class here?”
“The class leader is not here. I’ll take attendance today.”
“Teacher, where did the class leader go?” an Omega in the crowd asks.
Jiang Heng raises an eyebrow.
Wang Yong doesn’t think there’s a problem, and he looks down at the attendance list, saying, “He went to the broadcast station.”
The Omega who was anxious about asking Shen Huaizhi in the corridor before explained in a low voice to the people around her, “It’s my fault. The deer didn’t submit the speech draft before, and he hasn’t come today. I can’t wait, so I went to find the class leader.”
“Then the class leader went to the broadcast station, and hasn’t come back until now.”
Jiang Heng, who was close by, heard the girl’s voice. She didn’t know if she was insinuating something, and he couldn’t figure out which sentence was the key point.
Jiang Heng looks around but doesn’t see Lu Zhuan.
He frowns.
“Heh, why is Lu Zhuan like this?”
“Is he getting close to the Crown Prince lately?”
Someone commented.
Wang Yong frowned, “Quiet! Be quiet! If you have so much to say, go to the rostrum later!”
The gossiping people immediately shut up.
Jiang Heng looks towards the rostrum.
The broadcast station is right above the rostrum, with windows facing the field. Although it’s far away, it’s possible to see shadows moving inside. The figure is tall. It seems that the person inside has noticed someone looking, as the movement stops.
Jiang Heng blinks. Why does it feel like there was a brief eye contact with the person inside? Is that person Shen Huaizhi? He’s pondering when the enthusiastic voice of the headmaster over the broadcast suddenly stops, followed by the sound of microphone adjustments.
“Hello, can you hear me?” A deep, familiar male voice echoes through the entire field via the broadcast system. It’s a microphone test. “Oh my god! It’s the class leader!”
“Ah, the voice is electrifying! Shocking my heart!”
Jiang Heng: … Is it really necessary to be this dramatic?
He unconsciously covers his slightly warm ears. After completing the attendance, Wang Yong, realizing that someone is missing and possibly looking for someone, notices that their class doesn’t have a teacher around, so they act a bit more unrestrained compared to other classes.
“Why did the class leader go for a microphone test?”
“I know!” Someone explains while holding a phone,
“There’s a senior at the broadcast station who is sick. The class leader happened to go over to work on the speech draft and got drafted as a substitute!”
“It’s over. Should I focus on listening to the broadcast or watching the competition?”
“I have an event later. I’ll go find some earplugs.”
Their class is so excited, and other classes are not much better. However, due to the presence of teachers, they are more restrained. In just a short while, it seems that the microphone test is done. Along with the athlete’s march, a sweet female voice comes through the broadcast.
“Students, teachers, in November, we welcome…”
It’s a very ordinary opening, similar to what the headmaster said earlier in the broadcast. After the girl finishes speaking, Shen Huaizhi’s low voice comes through again, “The opening ceremony of the Cheng City First High School Sports Meet is officially beginning.”
On the field, classes from all three grades have already lined up. Following the previous routine, the leaders give speeches. The headmaster seems to love the vibrant activities of the sports meet, speaking eloquently before officially getting into the main topic.
The opening performance of the sports meet each year is also worth looking forward to. The athlete’s march is still playing on the broadcast, and Shen Huaizhi’s deep voice is heard again, “The opening ceremony of this year’s Cheng City First High School Sports Meet is officially beginning.”
“The students below are discussing. Will they invite celebrities again this year?”
“Probably not. The school is afraid of causing trouble.”
The students below are discussing. “Oh my god!” Someone exclaims first, followed by a series of sighs.
The scene becomes chaotic, even the teachers can’t help but be amazed. This year’s opening performance of the sports meet is a lion dance. Jiang Heng’s lips twitch. The leadership team at Cheng City First High School is indeed quite unconventional.
These lion dance performers probably didn’t expect that, in their lifetime, they would get to perform at a high school sports meet, accompanied by the athlete’s march no less. Initially, everyone was in awe. After all, modern society has advanced quite a bit, and traditional performances like lion dances are rarely seen by young people nowadays.
By the middle of the performance, the athlete’s march was replaced with the lively tune of “Good Days,” instantly boosting the festive atmosphere. “Class One will win!!!” “Class Four is the best!!!” “Class Three, go for it!!!” “Damn! Charge! They’re all losers!” It’s unclear which class started the chants, but amidst the festive music and performance, a group of teenagers shouted their hearts out.
The sports meet at Cheng City First High School was officially underway. The 100-meter race was the first event. After the class disbanded, Jiang Heng went straight to the registration area. The one in charge was an Alpha from Class Four, who had played ball with Jiang Heng before.
Seeing him, she greeted him warmly. Apart from He Ci, Jiang Heng didn’t know many people in Cheng City First High School. However, he was used to being alone, and after running this 100 meters, he could go back to the classroom and catch up on some sleep. He just wanted to finish it quickly.
Unexpectedly, after registering and preparing for the track, he saw some girls from his class waving at him. He Ci was standing beside them, smiling like a sunflower. Jiang Heng raised an eyebrow and glanced over. The girls jumped up. “Jiang Heng, go for it!”
The morning events were a bit lackluster, without much enthusiasm. Maybe influenced by the lion dance, these girls’ cheers sparked excitement. After the girls shouted, students from other classes joined in.
“Jiang Heng! The light of Omega! Go for it!!!” He Ci waved a small flag in his hand.
Jiang Heng twitched his forehead. Where did these silly teenagers with their second-year syndrome come from? For a moment, he didn’t even want to admit that he knew He Ci.
The race started soon. In the first group of the second year, Jiang Heng, with his athletic build, stood out among the seemingly frail Omegas, making him quite noticeable.
When the race began, before the cheers could complete one round, the explosively powerful Omega ran like a gust of wind. While running, he even revealed a slender waist. His speed was comparable to Alphas.
Someone commented, “Amazing! He should be in the Alpha group.”
“Jiang Heng is really handsome!”
“That explosive power! That waist strength!”
“Don’t make it dirty! I don’t want to hear that!” After one round, Jiang Heng’s performance secured his spot in the finals.
Next, he just needed to wait for the conclusion of the other groups’ races in the second-year category and then directly participate in the finals.
He Ci timely handed him a bottle of water. “Shen Huaizhi went to the broadcasting station.”
Jiang Heng leaned against the parallel bars, taking a break. He removed the athlete’s number plate, feeling somewhat uncomfortable. Perhaps it was because of the heat. It was a little after nine in the morning, just when the sun was rising, and he vaguely felt his body getting warm.
Especially when He Ci got closer, he felt a bit uneasy, despite a physiological… aversion to He Ci’s proximity. This was a situation he hadn’t encountered before. Seeing him silent, He Ci looked towards the broadcasting station.
From their angle, they could still only see the silhouettes near the window. Now, it was a female announcer reading the script. It seemed to be from some class, “Today, you take the first place, tomorrow, you take me.”
The content made the teachers want to pinch someone. He Ci marveled, “Your Alpha from home goes to the broadcasting station. Why doesn’t he write you a cheering script?” He had automatically classified Shen Huaizhi as Jiang Heng’s Alpha.
After all, these two had been going home together lately, and He Ci rarely had a chance to find Jiang Heng for a game of basketball. After all, Jiang Heng was more focused on relationships.
Jiang Heng endured, “He Ci.”
He Ci made a sound of acknowledgment. “Stay away from me.”
The closer He Ci got, the more uncomfortable Jiang Heng felt. The aversion grew stronger, and there was even a faint impulse to act violently. Was it a side effect of the suppressant? However, he still couldn’t smell He Ci’s pheromones. Not just He Ci’s; he couldn’t smell his own either.
He Ci was taken aback, and seeing that Jiang Heng’s complexion wasn’t great, he asked with concern, “What’s wrong with you?” While speaking, he took a few steps back obediently, increasing the distance between them.
But Jiang Heng’s discomfort didn’t fade. He still felt a bit feverish, but at least he no longer had the urge to hit He Ci. He blinked, “Sorry, I just found you a bit unpleasant.”
He hadn’t told He Ci about his health, and he didn’t intend to let He Ci know.
He Ci: “…Did I really fall to this level now?”
Shen Huaizhi could understand if he carried a hostile attitude, but why did Jiang Heng look like this too? Jiang Heng seemed to seriously think about it and nodded.
He Ci: “…Alright, then I’ll go write you a cheering script.” Just as he finished speaking, a deep male voice came through the broadcast. Despite not being of age, the Alpha’s voice was already steady, carrying a kind of magic. “Cheng City First High School, Class Three of the second year, student Jiang Heng.”
It wasn’t clear if Shen Huaizhi wrote it, but it was straightforward: “You soar on the field like an eagle, frolic in the water like a fish…”
He Ci: “… After hearing that, I don’t know if this was written by someone in our class.” After Shen Huaizhi finished reading, the female announcer beside him couldn’t help but turn off the microphone and joke, “Junior, the one you wrote… lacks enthusiasm.”
Shen Huaizhi raised his eyelids and looked out the window. The female announcer continued, “But the student Jiang Heng from your class is really handsome.” She seemed to know about the rumors between Shen Huaizhi and Jiang Heng and smiled, “Many people must be pursuing him, right? If he weren’t an Omega, I’d want to chase after him too.”
After she finished speaking, she noticed that the broadcasting station had fallen silent for a moment, leaving only the music of the athlete’s march.
After a while, Shen Huaizhi glanced at her with emotions unclear in his eyes, but it wasn’t as indifferent as before. The female announcer felt a chill on the back of her neck inexplicably and thought that she was just making a joke; it shouldn’t be like this, right? However, upon second thought, an Alpha like Shen Huaizhi having a strong possessiveness was normal. It was even somewhat enticing. Just at this moment, a classmate came up to deliver a cheering script, breaking the awkward atmosphere. The female announcer breathed a sigh of relief.
The preliminary round of the 100 meters for the second-year group concluded quickly. Jiang Heng relaxed on the side, feeling less uncomfortable than before. Except for his skin feeling warmer than usual, everything was within tolerable limits. At least securing first place in the Omega group was quite certain.
Before going on stage, He Ci also gave him a cheer, and then He Ci went to participate in the shot put preliminaries.
Just in time, the broadcasting station once again played a cheering script for “Jiang Heng, Class Three of the second year.”
Still read by Shen Huaizhi, but this time, his voice seemed a bit deeper, carrying something different.
In this short cheering script, Jiang Heng easily secured the first place in the 100 meters. Class Three’s students were quite happy. There weren’t many competitions in the morning, and the only one worth watching was Jiang Heng, who looked handsome. Many people gathered at the finish line to celebrate their class’s first-place victory.
“Jiang Heng is amazing!”
“There was no suspense in winning.”
Even a few Beta students who were usually together couldn’t help but praise.
One had to admit that Jiang Heng’s physical fitness was indeed excellent.
“Who wrote the cheering script for our class? It’s so tacky.”
“I wrote the second one! I don’t know about the first one! Where is it tacky?”
Hearing this, Jiang Heng looked at the person who spoke.
It was Zheng Qi.
He smiled, suppressing the discomfort in his eyebrows.
It seemed that his skin was getting hotter, and he wasn’t sure if it was an illusion. Even the gland felt uncomfortable.
With many people around, his aversion grew stronger, but at the moment, it wasn’t easy to leave alone.
Why did weird side effects always appear after taking suppressants?
In the crowd, someone asked, “Huh, whose pheromones are these? It smells so good…”
The person was an Alpha who sniffed and blushed a bit.
Reminded by him, several others whose attention was elsewhere also spoke up.
“Really, whose scent is coming out?”
“Damn, I’ve never smelled something so fragrant before.”
Seeing that several Alphas seemed a bit off, the Omega closest to Jiang Heng’s face changed color and asked, “Jiang Heng, is it you?”
As soon as he said that, everyone noticed that it seemed… indeed to be coming from Jiang Heng’s body.
Originally, Jiang Heng, whose consciousness was somewhat adrift, froze.
The Omega who noticed quickly dispersed the others.
Without saying, Omega’s pheromones would affect both Alpha and Omega, and with so many people around, it would also affect Jiang Heng.
When most people left, the Omega asked softly, “Jiang Heng, are you…”
Jiang Heng licked his lips, “I’ll go to the classroom and reapply the barrier agent.”
Seeing that he was about to leave, the Omega caught up and reminded, “You’d better take a suppressant shot. I think… I think you might be entering the heat period.”
“If you don’t have one, you can go to the medical room.”
The school had recently introduced a batch of suppressants into the medical room for students to use as needed, eliminating the need for them to buy questionable products outside.
Jiang Heng’s face had turned slightly red. Blushing after exercising was normal, but for someone like Jiang Heng, who did minimal physical activity, his face shouldn’t have turned this red. Moreover, his pheromones seemed excessively sweet, almost seductive.
Enduring the dizziness in his brain and the discomfort of someone being too close, Jiang Heng nodded and said, “Thank you.”
The Omega felt a bit embarrassed, “It’s nothing. You should hurry; there are too many people on the field, and it might cause issues.”
By the time He Ci rushed over after hearing the news, Jiang Heng had already left. The Omega had advised him not to go there, especially since during the heat period, an Omega could induce an Alpha. If they didn’t have that kind of relationship, it would be better not to stay together—it could easily lead to losing control.
After some contemplation, He Ci glanced at the location of the broadcasting station. The field wasn’t too far from the classroom. However, at this moment, Jiang Heng didn’t plan to return to the classroom. Without suppressants for the heat period, he needed to go to the medical room. The field was far from the medical room, so Jiang Heng decided to take a shortcut from the outside path of the field. It was closer to the medical room.
His expression wasn’t good at the moment. Not being able to smell his own pheromones was indeed not a good sign. If it hadn’t been noticed in time…
Lowering his eyelids, he silently smiled, seemingly mocking himself. Damn. Why did it have to be him? Jiang Heng had never felt so unfair before. He could accept differentiating into an Omega, but he had a bit of trouble accepting his current situation. He felt like trash. Jiang Heng gritted his teeth. After leaving the field, the aversion feeling lessened, but the heat on his body became even more apparent. Especially in the gland area, it felt like jumping one by one. The sensation of dizziness also came in waves. Very uncomfortable. It was something he had never experienced before, different from the faintly erupting heat period in the taxi. It was more intense and direct than that time.
Reminding him that he was an Omega, his body’s instinct was craving. Fortunately, his consciousness still remained, allowing him to hold on until he reached the medical room.
Fortunately, it was the sports meet, and almost everyone was on the field. The path to the medical room passed by an abandoned sports field. When passing through, Jiang Heng’s steps hesitated. The deer-turned clothes were messy, and his body was a bit dirty from struggling and falling to the ground just now. He cried so hard that he couldn’t catch his breath, and he had no strength left.
Standing in front of him was a tall Alpha—Zhou Qi Ran.
He had been locked in this abandoned sports equipment room by Zhou Qi Ran for almost two hours. Zhou Qi Ran looked down at him, releasing Alpha pheromones aggressively, making it impossible for the deer to stand up.
“Can’t you be obedient?” Zhou Qi Ran bent down, looking directly at Lu Zhuan, smiling with a hint of madness in his eyes. Lu Zhuan shook his head, “You can’t do this; it’s against the law…”
He retreated, a beautiful Omega appearing like a lamb at the mercy of an Alpha.
He knew the Alpha in front of him was in the sensitive period. Due to the situation with Jiang Heng and Shen Huaizhi, Lu Zhuan’s mood hadn’t been great lately. Zhou Qi Ran hadn’t given up pursuing him, and after agreeing to have a meal with him, Lu Zhuan realized he couldn’t accept Zhou Qi Ran. He refused him after that meal. However, Zhou Qi Ran, accustomed to being domineering, felt that Lu Zhuan was playing hard to get. He had been pestering him these past few days.
This morning, as Lu Zhuan entered the school, Zhou Qi Ran forcibly took him away. Lu Zhuan had no resistance. The physical difference between an Alpha and an Omega was too vast. Although some people witnessed it, no one would help. Zhou Qi Ran was too high-profile, and everyone knew Zhou Qi Ran liked him. No one would offend the young master for him. At that moment, he didn’t know Zhou Qi Ran was in the sensitive period and thought being in school would prevent anything too outrageous.
But now, he clearly understood how terrifying an Alpha in the sensitive period could be.
His phone was snatched away by Zhou Qi Ran, leaving him with no way to call for help. There was usually no one around this place, especially during the sports meet. The class teacher might come looking for him, but it was unlikely he would find them here.
He had to find a way to save himself. “Do you think I’m afraid of breaking the law?” An Alpha in the sensitive period was irrational.
Lu Zhuan bit his lip; the pain kept him alert. Alpha pheromones had a significant impact on Omega; he was already starting to submit involuntarily. Seeing him in this state completely shattered his rationality, overcome by possessiveness.
Zhou Qi Ran bent down, his hands touching Lu Zhuan’s shoulders. Lu Zhuan was frail and couldn’t move. He wanted to scream, but Zhou Qi Ran seemed to anticipate it, covering his mouth.
“Be quiet and enjoy it. This process won’t be painful; instead, it’ll be quite pleasant.”
Zhou Qi Ran was fed up with Lu Zhuan’s fearful appearance; now, he only wanted to possess him. His fangs would sink into Lu Zhuan’s delicate glands, merging their pheromones. Nothing soothed an Alpha’s emotions like the pheromones of a beloved Omega.
Lu Zhuan shook his head frantically. Why was he so weak and powerless? Why would so many people envy becoming an incompetent Omega? He envied Omegas like Jiang Heng who could protect themselves and the people they wanted to protect, not living in constant fear.
But he couldn’t achieve that, no matter how hard he tried. Despite efforts to train himself like those born Alphas, it was futile. He would faint; he would suffer from malnutrition. His parents told him, “You are an Omega; there will be powerful Alphas to protect you in the future.” But what should he do until that person comes to protect him?
Alpha, exuding a strong camphor-scented pheromone, approached his glands. Lu Zhuan closed his eyes in despair. In a daze, he seemed to hear someone kicking the door, followed by an overpowering scent of roses.
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Author has something to say: Shen Huaizhi: I’ll be right there.
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