A subtle silence fell over the ward.
“Why isn’t he here?” Chu Yi Qiao felt the sting of disgust when He She touched his body, and he subconsciously waved He She’s hand away: “Don’t get so close to me, it’s a bit uncomfortable.”
He She’s hand froze in mid-air. He never expected to see an expression of disgust on Chu Yi Qiao’s face, even pushing him away. The worry of the past few days made him more and more irritable at this time, even more irritable than the result he heard when the report came out that day.
Chu Yi Qiao’s high fever and vomiting blood were not a sign of worsening illness, but a rejection reaction between the medicine he prescribed and the Alpha pheromone antibodies in Chu Yi Qiao’s body. The data showed that the compatibility of this Alpha with President Chu was as high as 120%, and his body had produced antibodies, causing the drug to conflict with the Alpha pheromone.
Just because Luo Qing Ye marked Chu Yi Qiao, everything he did was for nothing.
Just one bite, all is lost.
Lost to the ridiculously high 120% compatibility.
The reason why he added his pheromones to the barrier agent improved for Chu Yi Qiao was to make Chu Yi Qiao accept him. The 80% compatibility between them was already unexpected for him, and all this was obviously fine before Luo Qing Ye appeared.
He approached Chu Yi Qiao little by little, making Chu Yi Qiao tolerant to his pheromones. As long as he didn’t get too close to him, there would be no problem.
But now Chu Yi Qiao is already very repulsed by his approach. It seems that the feeling during this period is not him being paranoid, but that Chu Yi Qiao is really repelling his approach. It is because another Alpha with a high compatibility with Chu Yi Qiao appeared, and his original 80% compatibility has been completely replaced.
“Qiao, are you angry with me now because of an outsider?” He She took a deep breath and calmed down. The light from the window fell on him, and the shadow fell on his profile, covering his obscure expression: “We have known each other for 15 years. I have been with you for these 15 years yet I’m not the one you look for first when you wake up? Instead, a child you have known for less than 3 months has made you always think about him. What did he use to seduce you and make you think about him?”
“He is not an outsider.” Chu Yi Qiao’s voice was still a little weak when he just woke up. It was this kind of soft whisper that inadvertently added a bit of tenderness to these words. Then he glanced at He She, who seemed to be angry, and reflected on himself for two seconds: “Sorry, maybe it’s because I dreamed of him, so I subconsciously wanted to find him.”
He She became even more angry.
What dreaming about him, this might as well not be said!
“Do you know that you got into trouble because of him? You had a high fever of 42 degrees1107.6 F and vomited blood several times. If it had been a little later, your brain would have been burned out. Qiao, I really want to know what kind of Gu2a kind of parasitic worm/bug that supposedly allows the master to control the hostthat guy put in you, so that you could get so close to him even though you knew that your compatibility with him was only 5%. And he came from that place, aren’t you afraid—”
Perhaps because of the distance, Chu Yi Qiao felt less stinging on his body, and he accepted He She’s unhappy questioning tone, but the attitude he showed when he mentioned that place at the end made him frown.
“He She, when did you start to judge people by their status? Do you think he must be dirty just because he came from Caesar’s Palace? As a member of a vulnerable group at that time, do you think he can control his own destiny? Does he want to become that kind of person? Have you forgotten what you saw that day, he was a child, fighting with a beast like a black bear. If it were you, would you be able to win? It’s a dead end.”
He She looked at Chu Yi Qiao in silence, and after a while he spoke: “Qiao, it’s not me who has changed, it’s you who has changed.”
“Where have I changed,” Chu Yi Qiao asked, the light from the window still made him feel dazzled, so he simply closed his eyes: “I have never changed, I just haven’t found the Alpha I want. To me, anyone is the same as long as they are not the Alpha who can save me, but Xiao Ye is special.”
For some reason, he began to feel irritated. This ward did not have an atmosphere that made him comfortable. He felt that his whole body was rejecting the air here.
He wanted Luo Qing Ye.
Even when Luo Qing Ye went to school, he did not think this way.
“Qiao, you are not a person who does not care about life. I never thought that you would be so persistent when I told you that you only have a 5% compatibility with him. I said that getting close to him will only make you sicker. When the time comes—”
“He promised me.”
He She stopped talking abruptly, and an unbelievable look appeared in his eyes. He listened to Chu Yi Qiao’s tone, a gentleness he had never heard before.
This person who made people feel distant since they met could also make him use the adjective ‘gentle’. In 15 years, today seemed like he was getting to know Chu Yi Qiao for the first time.
And such gentleness was not for him.
“I said I would give him 3 years. He had to finish his studies in 3 years, learn everything about the group and start to get on board. I hope he can help me fulfil a wish, to achieve a 100% barrier vaccination rate.” Chu Yi Qiao looked at the ceiling above his head, with a firmness in his eyes that he himself could not detect: “He said he can do it, and I believe he can do it.”
In addition to this, there is another thing that is the real driving force behind their two-way sustenance.
That was the person they shared a hatred for.
He She frowned even more: “Isn’t the barrier vaccination rate something we have been doing all along? Can’t we both complete it? Why should we give it to him?” There is a kind of irritability of making wedding clothes for others3doing the hard work for others..
“It will be more meaningful to hand it to Luo Qing Ye.” Chu Yi Qiao didn’t intend to go into detail. His little friend still needed protection: “Because he is an Alpha, I hope he can be a role model for Alphas. I hope he can call on more Alphas to protect Omega through this project, without forcing or harming. And you are just a Beta. I don’t deny your importance, but I hope Xiao Ye can become the representative of the Alpha population in this action to protect Omegas.
“Qiao, don’t you trust me?” He She’s voice rose involuntarily, with undisguised anger in his tone.
“If I didn’t trust you, I wouldn’t have told you my weaknesses, you’re the one who made me not trust you.” Chu Yi Qiao looked at He She, “Ever since Xiao Ye appeared you’ve become particularly sharp, I don’t understand your hostility towards him, where did that hostility come from?”
Although he also felt Luo Qing Ye’s hostility towards He She, the feeling was different.
These words caused a brief silence in the ward, and neither of them spoke again.
It was so quiet that the sound of dripping could be heard.
The atmosphere this time was not like the previous one in the treatment room. Chu Yi Qiao felt that something seemed to have changed between him and He She.
“Hostile as he marked you.” He She broke the silence first.
Chu Yi Qiao didn’t expect He Zhi to know, but he wasn’t very surprised: “What’s wrong? He can’t mark me?”
He She didn’t expect Chu Yi Qiao to react like this, as if it didn’t matter. Suddenly, he was annoyed and his usual gentleness was broken: “He is an Alpha! Do you know what this means? It means that you have become his property. You have his scent on you, and everyone who approaches you will know that you are a marked Omega!”
“Property?” Chu Yi Qiao didn’t like these words, and he didn’t like He She’s questioning tone: “He She, do you think Omegas are an existence that are dependent on Alphas? Or do you think Omegas are Alpha’s property?”
“Our question now is why you allow yourself to be temporarily marked by this little Alpha.” He She felt that the person he had waited for so many years had been snatched away by someone else. That kind of unwillingness and anger made it difficult for him to digest. He looked at Chu Yi Qiao with a complex emotion in his eyes: “Are you willing to be marked by him even though you know that he has only 5% of the compatibility with you? Aren’t you afraid of……death?”
Chu Yi Qiao laughed out loud: “Am I afraid of death? I’m not afraid of death.”
“Chu Yi Qiao!! You are not afraid of death but I am afraid of your death. Do you know how much I have paid for you! You tell me now that you are not afraid of death, then what have I done all these years, what do you think of me!” He She was completely angry, his voice rose, and he walked around as if he could not relieve his emotions. Finally, he raised his head and took a few deep breaths to try to calm himself down.
The air was filled with the smell of Alpha pheromones, which was full of irritability and anxiety. The pheromone smell was the scent of roses in the scorching sun, which was completely different from He She’s appearance. It was a strong smell.
Chu Yi Qiao had never seen He She like this before, and was stunned.
Just then, he seemed to smell the scent of roses, and his eyes showed some doubts. The scent of roses? Illusion? For some reason, he always felt that this scent was clinging to his body, making him feel uncomfortable and stinging all over.
“You……”
“Don’t talk to me.” He She directly interrupted Chu Yi Qiao’s call, he turned to look out the window to relieve his irritation at the moment.
Chu Yi Qiao frowned, what was he suddenly so loud for.
He didn’t want to talk to He She’s inexplicably bad temper anymore, and lay down honestly, then he glanced at his mobile phone on the bedside table and reached out to take it.
The screen of the mobile phone lit up and dimmed, and many messages popped up, nothing more than some condolences from work partners, and blessings from some employees in the work group and other such messages. He browsed through them one by one, and finally he saw a message that stayed at around four o’clock in the morning last night.
It was from Luo Qing Ye.
There were only a few short words.
—Ge Ge, I’m sorry. And, I won’t let you down.
His fingertips stayed on the words for a long time without moving. This was not like the style of the little Alpha. How could this guy not stick to him and come to see him? Even if the ward was not allowed to have anyone at this time, why didn’t he come in the past two days?
So he sent a message to the little Alpha, asking where he was and why he didn’t come to see him. But after a while, he still didn’t receive a reply. He used to reply in seconds. How come a few minutes has passed since sending the message and it’s like a stone sinking into the sea, could he be studying?
He looked at the time and it was past 12 o’clock. It should be break time at this time, he can’t be studying. At most, he was eating. Why didn’t he reply to him?
Could it be that his fainting scared Luo Qing Ye?
He then sent another message to Yuan Nian to be on the safe side.
He She felt that he had almost calmed down. He noticed that Chu Yi Qiao seemed very quiet, he thought Chu Yi Qiao was reflecting on himself. He turned around and found Chu Yiqiao swiping his phone. Suddenly, he got angry again.
He felt that if he didn’t say what he had kept in his heart for more than 10 years, he would be tortured in the future.
“Qiao.”
“Ah She.”
The two opened their mouths in unison and froze, staring at each other.
He She saw that Chu Yi Qiao seemed to want to ask something, but the words that were about to come to his mouth suddenly couldn’t be said. If he said it, it would mean that he had deceived Chu Yi Qiao for more than 10 years. Then what should he use to make up for this lie: “You say first ba.”
Chu Yi Qiao didn’t know what He She was thinking, but he did have something urgent to ask now: “Let me ask you a question. Was Xiao Ye scared when I came to the hospital?”
He She looked at Chu Yi Qiao expressionlessly. How could this man mention other Alphas so calmly when he was upset?
Chu Yi Qiao asked again: “I just sent him a message but he didn’t reply. I’m a little worried that he’s scared and will think that it’s because of him that I got into trouble and came to the hospital.
He She: “So?”
“Do you know how to comfort a scared little Alpha?” Chu Yi Qiao asked.
He She pulled the corner of his mouth, the arc was bitter, this was undoubtedly adding fuel to the fire in his heart, outrageous.
Chu Yi Qiao saw that He She didn’t speak and asked himself: “That’s right, you are a Beta and you have been single for so many years, you may not understand, forget it, I’ll ask Yuan Nian.”
“Chu Yi Qiao, do you think I am transparent?”
Chu Yi Qiao was about to send a message to Yuan Nian when He She held his hand holding the phone. He looked up in a daze and ran into He She’s eyes full of anger.
He She supported himself with one hand at his side, relying on his tall figure, as if he was shrouding himself with momentum. Betas are gentle by nature and rarely have such a strong force, but He She made him feel inexplicable pressure.
This is especially obvious recently.
He wanted to pull his hand out of He She’s hand, but He She held it tightly, frowning: “What are you doing?”
“Now you don’t even like my proximity? You like that little Alpha so much?” He She bent his head close to Chu Yi Qiao, the white coat can’t even suppress his aura with a sense of oppression at the moment, against Chu Yi Qiao’s stunned eyes he laughed out: “Qiao, I’ve been with you for 15 years ah, is not as important as an Alpha with whom you have known for such a short period of time? Have you not thought about whether I would be afraid, whether I would be worried?”
These words carried an indescribable bitterness.
Chu Yi Qiao was instantly dumbfounded, yes, why, the one person that popped up in his mind when he woke up was Luo Qing Ye.
“Maybe because……I dreamed about him?”
He She’s face darkened instantly when he heard this: “Chu Yi Qiao, don’t you have any feelings at all! You can make such keen and quick judgments in management and research, don’t you have any feelings now!”
Chu Yi Qiao didn’t understand why he was talking about management and research again: “Does Xiao Ye have anything to do with management and research?”
“I said I like you!!!”
“……”
The confession made Chu Yi Qiao stunned for a few seconds. He looked at He She in a daze, as if he found it unbelievable.
After He She finished speaking, his expression froze for a few seconds, as if he didn’t expect that he would say it so impulsively, but since he had said it, there was nothing to be embarrassed about: “Qiao, I have been with you for so many years. I will accompany you no matter what you want to do. I will be the first to appear by your side if you need my help.”
“In order to control your condition, do you know how much time I spent on those medicines? Except for working hours, I stayed in the institute day and night, just to relieve your pain.”
“Including when you were sick and uncomfortable, no matter when, which time did I not appear by your side, whenever you said you couldn’t sleep because of the pain, which time did I not comfort you, you accepted it all.”
Chu Yi Qiao met He She’s red eyes with anger. He always adhered to the principle that feelings were taboos in the workplace. He never thought that his old classmate and good partner in the institute would confess to him. After He She said this, the past 15 years seemed to be……
Too natural.
So it actually can’t be like this?
He only has one friend in his life, He She, and he doesn’t know if other people get along with their friends like this.
“But now just because of an Alpha you’re distancing yourself from me, you don’t even like my proximity, even the first thing that comes to mind in an accident isn’t me. 15 years is too long, you’re already used to it, used to me coming when called, aren’t you?”
He She asked this question very gently, but every word was full of condemnation and grievance.
Because he was too close, Chu Yi Qiao felt a little uncomfortable.
“So you don’t want me anymore, right?” He She continued to ask. He stared at Chu Yi Qiao, trying to catch the reaction he wanted to see from this person’s face: “Even if you and him are only 5% compatible, you are willing to do it. Just because you have a common enemy, you think he will be better than me. But have you ever thought that I have been with you for 15 years. Can’t these 15 years prove something?”
The pressure from He She’s approaching step by step made Chu Yi Qiao’s face pale. His back was tense, his breathing began to quicken, and a thin layer sweat appeared on his forehead. The electrocardiogram next to him began to fluctuate, and his breathing rate and breathing amplitude began to rise.
“Have you said enough?”
Suddenly, the door of the ward was pushed open from the outside, and the clear voice of the young man came in. At the same time, the air was filled with faint pheromones of oolong osmanthus honey, which was gently approaching Chu Yi Qiao.
Chu Yi Qiao’s pupils flickered slightly, suddenly relieved.
He She, however, stiffened, and he slowly turned back.
An absolute sense of suppression suddenly came from behind. The Alpha pheromone was overwhelming and crushed him fiercely. The oolong osmanthus honey pheromone, which smelled so gentle, was full of strong violence, as if pressing the back of a person’s neck hard, forcing him to lower his head.
In the Alpha genetic chain, the survival of the fittest also exists.
And this guy has never been injected with a barrier. The Alpha pheromone’s aura has not been restrained at all, and it is extremely strong and arrogant.
“He She, who are you touching?” Luo Qing Ye, who was sitting in a wheelchair, slowly pushed himself into the ward. His tone was careless. His eyes met He She’s gaze. His ink-like eyes were as deep as a cold pond, and he was filled with hatred: “Try getting closer to him again?”
He She’s fingertips trembled slightly, trying to fight this irresistible force.
But it was only an attempt.
“Stay away from him.” Luo Qing Ye pushed himself closer to He She.
He She subconsciously took a step back, and when he realised it, he had already left the bed and stood aside. Suddenly, the terrible feeling of being crushed by a child made him irritable.
Chu Yi Qiao noticed the obvious hostility between the two people, and even He She’s forbearing expression was a little subtle. What was going on?
He saw Luo Qing Ye, who was sitting in a wheelchair, slowly pushing himself over and he sat up quickly.
“What are you getting up for?” Luo Qing Ye frowned when he saw Chu Yi Qiao was about to sit up, and pushed the wheelchair to the bedside. He stretched out his hand and pressed Chu Yi Qiao’s shoulder: “Don’t move after just waking up, lie down obediently.”
“Okay.” Chu Yi Qiao lay down obediently, and just when he was about to talk to Luo Qing Ye, this guy was one step faster than him.
“He She, you haven’t gotten anything from staying with him for 15 years, don’t you understand?” Luo Qing Ye raised his eyes and looked at He She. He put his hands on the armrests of the wheelchair, his expression was indifferent, and he was obviously a teenager, but he gave people an aura that he was not easy to mess with: “This shows that you have been with Ge Ge for 15 years willingly, without asking for a return—”
He paused here, looked at He She and raised his eyebrows, and the provocation in his eyes was extremely clear.
When He She saw Luo Qing Ye, he had an inexplicable heart attack, not to mention that he was suppressed by his pheromones just now. This sharp-tongued look was really annoying: “What does it have to do with you? You are such a rude——”
“— licking dog4someone who has no dignity that kneels and licks others. I guess a close english equivalent is ‘simp’ ah.”
He She’s expression suddenly darkened.
“You—”
“And you lied to him.” Luo Qing Ye held up the report in his hand: “He She, you are an Alpha, you lied to him for 15 years.”
The words ‘ABO gender identification’ in bold black on the report were clear as day.
Identified person: He She
Gender: Alpha
Pheromone: Scorching Sun Rose5烈日玫瑰, I tried googling to see if this is a specific breed of rose but I guess 烈日 is purely an adjective here. Instead, I found 3 novels with 烈日玫瑰 as the title lol, 2 on Jinjiang (1 BG and 1 ABO), and 1 on Changpei (BL but seems to be dropped by the author).
The boy sitting in the wheelchair looked calm, holding the report, his eyebrows and eyes showed a strong and fierce aura, which was not the little Alpha who loved to act coquettishly in front of Chu Yi Qiao.
He She stared at the words on it and stiffened all over, and his hands on his side suddenly tightened: “……Where did the report come from?”
Luo Qing Ye gently handed the report to Chu Yi Qiao, putting away the tenderness that was only for one person, he looked up at He She, and the cold disgust on his face was not concealed at all: “I took Ge Ge’s medicine for identification, do you know what I found? All the medicines have your pheromone’s components in them, and everyone’s pheromone smell is a unique DNA. So tell me, what are you doing?”
He She was about to speak.
“You are committing a crime.” Luo Qing Ye did not give He She a chance to speak.
Chu Yi Qiao looked down at the report in his hand. There was not only one report, but also a drug test report. When he saw the content on it, his hand holding the report trembled slightly.
“Why did Ge Ge suddenly have a high fever and vomit blood? I believe you know it best, Dr. He. It’s because your pheromones in the medicine strongly repel the pheromones I injected into Ge Ge’s body. Even if you don’t know that Ge Ge will meet me in the future and I will mark him, can you add pheromones to a patient’s medicine just to improve your compatibility? You are not protecting him, you are harming him.”
Chu Yi Qiao looked at He She in disbelief: “He She, you……”
He She met Chu Yi Qiao’s questioning and uncomfortable eyes. He never thought that this obscure and shameful mind would be exposed. As if he was giving up on himself, he laughed out loud: “Yes, I did it because I like you and I want you to be my Omega. I thought that as long as this is the case, you are mine.”
He never thought that Luo Qing Ye would suddenly appear.
He is even an alpha with a 120% compatibility with Chu Yi Qiao.
Chu Yi Qiao felt as if his throat was choked, and this fact made his heart seem to be in turmoil, and he couldn’t calm down for a long time.
He never thought that the friend he trusted so much was not a Beta but an Alpha, and even injected Alpha pheromones into his medicine.
As his mind was in turmoil, a hand covered the back of his hand, it was Luo Qing Ye.
“So I reasonably suspect that the 5% compatibility between Ge Ge and I is fake. You are lying for your own selfish interests.” Luo Qing Ye looked at He She and smiled: “Sorry, you have to pay the price for what you did.”
Just moments after the words fell, they only heard a knock on the ward door.
“Excuse me, is He She here?”
He She saw a man in police uniform at the door.
At this moment, he knew he was finished.
The police raised his ID and showed the arrest warrant: “He She, you are suspected of plotting against the safety of other people’s lives you are now under arrest, you have the right to appoint an attorney before you are questioned by the police, who can accompany you throughout the entire process of being questioned, but for now, please come with us.”
melon: Hey guys! Yes I’m finally back! I actually came back last week but needed some time to unpack and rest after a long trip, my body was exhausted from all the walking cos I never exercise lol. (also haven’t finished unpacking actually lol)
I’m sorry for the delay! Unfortunately I don’t think I can make up the missed chapters as I still have a bunch of work to catch up with and I also got another ongoing translation project. 😭 I will still try to update every 3 days and will try my best to squeeze in extra chapters as and when I have time. Thank you for your patience!
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