There was a faint scent of mint between breaths.
In the darkness, Xiao Can tried hard to capture this enticing scent, greedily inhaling it into his lungs. He liked this smell and was even more obsessed with the honest feedback his body gave when immersed in it.
It wasn’t just comfortable and pleasant. Along with every inch of his muscles feeling relaxed, some indescribable parts also became tense because of it.
His emotions were half lazy and half excited.
But that pleasant smell seemed to deliberately tease him, elusive.
Although he was already so close to He Xingzhou, it still felt vague.
He Xingzhou’s lips occasionally touched Xiao Can’s gland. He was engrossed in nibbling and licking on that small piece of skin, making ambiguous sounds.
But that was it.
He Xingzhou seemed to treat him not as a hot Omega, but as a sweet and tempting raspberry-flavored cake.
The emptiness and dissatisfaction made Xiao Can abandon some of his shame, and his actions became bolder and more direct.
With trembling fingers, he tried to undo the long-lingering buttons, pull down the zipper, and continue to explore.
Accompanied by the overwhelming pounding of his heartbeat, his fingertips unexpectedly felt a sensation.
Xiao Can opened his eyes and blinked.
“He Xingzhou?” he called softly.
He Xingzhou was focusing on his gland, responding vaguely.
Xiao Can licked his lips and struggled to speak, “Are you… really… impotent?”
As he spoke, his hand moved again.
Although he had no experience in this area, his actions might be awkward, but the feedback he received shouldn’t be so… soft.
He Xingzhou didn’t answer the question. Half asleep and half awake, he seemed unable to fully comprehend such a complex sentence, driven solely by instinct in craving Xiao Can’s sweet pheromones.
“Stop it!” Xiao Can shrunk his neck, dodging, “Are… are you really having issues?”
The intense embarrassment dispelled his shame, and he boldly explored, but the feedback he received was chilling.
Suddenly, Xiao Can remembered what Mu Nianwen had said before.
If He Xingzhou didn’t have the ability to mark him again, wouldn’t his current dilemma be completely unsolvable?
A sudden sense of despair made Xiao Can instantly lose all his romantic thoughts.
He forcefully pushed He Xingzhou away, grabbed his collar, and interrogated, “Everything you said in your declaration was true, wasn’t it?!”
He Xingzhou was forced to turn over and was shaken twice, feeling very uncomfortable. His face wrinkled into a frown, his eyes half-closed, looking confused.
It seemed he was completely intoxicated.
Was his life going to be ruined because of this idiot? Xiao Can’s nose felt sore, then anger surged within him.
He drank more than He Xingzhou, and now he was also intoxicated and irrational.
“Get it up for me!” Xiao Can clenched He Xingzhou’s collar tightly, shaking him forcefully, “You useless Alpha!”
He Xingzhou was forced to sway a few times, his brows furrowed tighter, and he pleaded softly, “P-please stop…”
Xiao Can didn’t let him go, his actions becoming even rougher, “If you can’t get it up, what’s the point of your growling? You’re worthless!”
He Xingzhou weakly lifted his hand, resting it on Xiao Can’s body, then his body trembled unnaturally, and an unsettling sound came from his throat, “Ugh…”
Xiao Can was shocked and quickly dodged. Fortunately, He Xingzhou managed to hold it in, but judging by his grim expression, there would be a second time soon.
Thankfully, the bathroom was just two steps away. Xiao Can hurriedly stood up, exerted all his strength to pull He Xingzhou up from the ground.
He Xingzhou’s body was as limp as his unfortunate part, unable to exert any strength, but fortunately, he was very cooperative and was dragged to the toilet, where he collapsed.
Seeing He Xingzhou vomiting heavily into the toilet, Xiao Can gradually regained his senses.
He turned on the tap, washed his face with cold water, then despairingly messed up his hair.
In the mirror, his neck was marked all over, looking extremely ambiguous.
Turning around, the Alpha who left those marks was vomiting heavily into the toilet.
Xiao Can stood silently beside him for a while, then laughed, tears welling up in his eyes.
He thought, in fact, he should be grateful. If He Xingzhou had no issues, they would be passionately entangled right now, swaying just the same. If He Xingzhou vomited in that state, the consequences would be unimaginable.
But now, things weren’t any better.
This is a mess, Xiao Can thought.
“Look at you,” he squatted down, softly complaining beside He Xingzhou, “Your alcohol tolerance is so poor. You’ve become like this after just a few drinks, truly useless.”
He Xingzhou didn’t respond, lying motionless over the toilet, breathing shallowly.
Xiao Can grabbed a few tissues from the side and handed them over, “Wipe yourself.”
He Xingzhou didn’t reach out, but started vomiting again.
“Really…” Xiao Can pinched the tissue, looking at his profile, “What are your merits? Bad personality, no emotional intelligence, getting drunk easily, impotence, you only have a good-looking face. How dare you say you can’t stand me…! I can’t stand you even more.”
As he spoke, he gently patted He Xingzhou’s back, complaining, “You really piss me off.”
After He Xingzhou had emptied his stomach, after dry heaving for a while, he finally stopped, panting heavily.
Xiao Can complained on the surface, but seeing him like this, he couldn’t help feeling sorry. He got up, went to the room, fetched a bottle of water, and returned to him, handing it over, “Do you want to drink?”
He Xingzhou reached out, took it, but didn’t twist the cap, still lying motionless.
Seeing this, Xiao Can took back the water bottle, unscrewed the cap for him, helped him up, then took the tissues to wipe the corners of his mouth.
He Xingzhou still had his eyes half-open, staring blankly at him for a while, weakly asking, “Did you bring me back?”
He seemed a little more sober now.
“…Yeah,” Xiao Can handed him the opened water, “Take a sip.”
“Thank you.” He Xingzhou took it, took a few sips, then sighed deeply, and said, “Sorry to trouble you.”
Xiao Can couldn’t help feeling a little guilty.
If it wasn’t for his malicious intent to make He Xingzhou drink, he wouldn’t have ended up like this.
Now, he had almost exhausted him with his actions, but the goal he wanted to achieve had become a distant hope.
“Feeling better?” Xiao Can asked.
He Xingzhou nodded slightly, then unexpectedly smiled at him, saying, “Much better.”
“Go rest,” Xiao Can said, helping He Xingzhou up, “Can you walk?”
He Xingzhou leaned on him to stand up. Just as he straightened up, his movements suddenly stiffened. Xiao Can didn’t understand, so he followed his line of sight and suddenly took a cold breath.
The zipper that Xiao Can had just undone was still exposed.
The gate was wide open, and the principal lay weakly on the street.
After two seconds of silence, Xiao Can suddenly jumped away. Even though it was his own doing, he was now panicked and babbling.
He Xingzhou was also quite scared, trying to clean up while asking anxiously, “What’s going on? Why? Who did this?” Hastily pulling up the zipper, he looked at Xiao Can, “What did you do?”
Xiao Can, pressed against the wall, completely at a loss facing He Xingzhou, struggled briefly before turning the tables, “What’s it to you! I should be asking you!”
“I… I wouldn’t…” He Xingzhou was at a loss, “How could I…”
“Pervert! Shameless!” Xiao Can moved sideways while speaking, sticking to the wall as he left the bathroom, “Exhibitionist! Pervert!”
He Xingzhou leaned against the wall with one hand on his forehead, immersed in deep self-doubt.
Xiao Can, feeling dizzy and irritated, continued to curse, “Rapist! Impotent!”
After being scolded for a while, He Xingzhou snapped back to reality when he heard the last word and retorted, “I’m not!”
“You are!” Xiao Can, now by the door, placed his hand on the handle and repeated loudly, “Impotent! Impotent! Impotent!”
All the previous insults were just excuses to alleviate his guilt, uttered without conviction. Only the last two words, repeated with strength and bitterness, carried real resentment.
He Xingzhou, ignoring his own state at the moment, walked out while supporting himself on the wall, solemnly emphasizing, “I’m not.”
“You are,” Xiao Can opened the door, “don’t bother coming out again!”
With that, he quickly ran out and forcefully closed the door.
Returning to his own room door, Xiao Can’s trembling hands accidentally dropped the keycard on the ground. After picking it up, he swiped it twice to open the door.
Finally inside the room, he leaned against the door, taking deep breaths until he regained some composure.
“What have I done…” he muttered, holding his head.
He deeply regretted his recent actions and felt intensely frustrated by the bleak future ahead.
Feeling restless, he walked into the bedroom and buried himself under the covers.
The next morning, he woke up close to noon.
Check-out time was at 2 PM. Learning from his previous mistake, Xiao Can arranged his return flight for the evening.
After packing up and leaving the room, he noticed the door opposite his was tightly shut. He didn’t know if He Xingzhou was still inside, or if he had overslept due to a hangover.
On the way to the airport, he sent a message to Tan Zhen.
Tan Zhen was at the airport, getting ready to board.
After some small talk, Xiao Can tried asking if Tan Zhen had seen He Xingzhou that day, to which he received a negative answer.
—It seems like he plans to stay a couple more days.
After Tan Zhen’s response, he asked again:
—How long will it take for you to start feeling uncomfortable now that you’re separated from him?
After a moment of recollection, Xiao Can replied:
—Probably two or three days.
—Hang in there, I promise to complete the mission!
Tan Zhen said.
For more than a week afterward, Xiao Can and He Xingzhou had no contact.
He Xingzhou didn’t reach out to him, and Xiao Can couldn’t bring himself to initiate contact.
The incident that night was too embarrassing; every time Xiao Can thought about it, even the tips of his ears would turn red. He simply didn’t want to face it.
Besides, He Xingzhou couldn’t mark him again, rendering him completely useless. If they didn’t meet, then they didn’t meet.
But the various discomforts in his body were unbearable.
Just when he was about to be overwhelmed by irritation and couldn’t resist the urge to find He Xingzhou, he received a package from Tan Zhen.
Upon opening it, he found a metal hollow pendant inside, emitting a faint scent of mint when brought close.
