Pei Siyue hadn’t rested, still handling work in his room—holding a video conference with an overseas company. Hearing Ruan Shuyang’s panicked voice outside, he first turned off his own camera and microphone before walking to the door and opening it. “What’s wrong?”
“I—”
Just as Ruan Shuyang was about to speak, he suddenly noticed Pei Siyue’s formal attire and the open laptop on the desk. He could vaguely see the video conference interface on the screen, and the sound of others speaking came through the microphone.
He hesitated, thinking maybe he should just go to the hospital instead, when Pei Siyue asked again, “What’s wrong?”
Ruan Shuyang lowered his head, biting his lip. Whether out of fear of interrupting Pei Siyue’s video conference or sheer instinctive shyness, his voice was barely audible: “My… my back feels off. It’s itchy inside.”
Pei Siyue looked at him thoughtfully, then pulled him inside. “Lie down on the bed. I’ll take a look.”
Ruan Shuyang didn’t want to interrupt his work and kept his voice low: “If you’re still busy, I won’t disturb you. I can go to the hospital myself.”
Pei Siyue noticed Ruan Shuyang speaking softly and understood what was going on, but he didn’t explain. He simply said, “Close the door.”
Ruan Shuyang obeyed Pei Siyue, closing the door before stepping inside and settling onto the bed as quietly as possible.
Pei Siyue retrieved disposable medical gloves and alcohol. While slipping on the gloves, he instructed Ruan Shuyang, “Lie down.”
Ruan Shuyang stared at him in surprise, silently gesturing toward the laptop still emitting constant sounds. The video conference participants spoke rapidly in English. Ruan Shuyang grasped the gist—it seemed to involve discussions about a new drug in development. This was clearly work-related. He dreaded interrupting and feared others might overhear Pei Siyue speaking.
Pei Siyue offered no explanation. He simply finished disinfecting his hands, then stood beside the bed, towering over Ruan Shuyang. His gaze and aura held no aggression, yet Ruan Shuyang felt an overwhelming sense of pressure—not the dominance of a top, but the unique pressure an enigma exerts over an omega.
Ruan Shuyang could only lie down on the bed as gently as possible. Then, with his bare hand, Pei Siyue tapped Ruan Shuyang’s knee. “Pants down to here.”
While pulling down his pants, Ruan Shuyang glanced around the bedroom, devoid of any examination equipment. He couldn’t help but ask softly, “Brother, how will you do the examination?”
His tone was obedient and soft, as if he knew nothing about the upcoming examination.
Pei Siyue stood beside Ruan Shuyang. Seeing the two smooth, pale mounds exposed where his pants had been pulled down to his knees, his voice lowered.
“The anus and rectum are usually examined with a digital rectal exam.”
Ruan Shuyang’s eyes widened. A digital rectal exam?
Was that what he meant? Inserting a finger inside?
No way. That was too humiliating. He didn’t want Pei Siyue to examine him. He’d go to the hospital instead.
He tried to pull up his pants and stand.
“Brother, I’d rather go to the hospital.”
Let the doctor do it.
But Pei Siyue pressed a hand firmly against his back, his voice deep and cold as he asked, “Who do you want to examine you?”
Ruan Shuyang froze at the question. Going to the hospital would likely involve the same kind of examination, and the doctor would do this to him too.
Well, that…
Between a stranger and Pei Siyue, he really should choose Pei Siyue.
He fell silent, burying his face in Pei Siyue’s pillow. His breath mingled with the other man’s pheromones, making him too embarrassed to speak.
Seeing his silence, Pei Siyue didn’t press further. He simply gave his buttocks a light pat. “Spread your legs wider.”
Ruan Shuyang’s face flushed instantly, redness spreading to his ears. He slowly, inch by inch, spread his legs wider, too embarrassed to lift his gaze.
Pei Siyue pressed one hand against his hip and murmured, “Bear with it.”
The moment the words left his lips, his fingers began to slowly push inside. Ruan Shuyang’s eyes widened, and he let out a soft, uncomfortable “mmph.”
How humiliating. He hadn’t even touched that place himself, and now Pei Siyue was…
Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly heard Pei Siyue ask, “Where does it itch?”
Ruan Shuyang immediately straightened up and said, “A little deeper.”
“Okay.”
Pei Siyue’s finger pushed in a bit further.
By the time Ruan Shuyang realized what he’d said, his face was practically smoking.
“Is it here?”
“Yes, yes. “ he managed, stifling his embarrassment and the strange sensation. ”Just below your finger…”
His voice trailed off, growing fainter as he buried his face in the pillow.
Pei Siyue gently rotated his finger. He didn’t know what spot he’d touched, but Ruan Shuyang went limp as if electrified, involuntarily letting out an odd sound.
It was exceptionally sweet and cloying—so much so that even he blushed and felt his heart race upon hearing it.
Pei Siyue pressed that spot again and asked, “Is it here?”
Ruan Shuyang’s body trembled under the touch. “Yes, yes…”
It was exceptionally sweet, so sweet that even he blushed and felt his heart race upon hearing it.
Pei Siyue pressed that spot again and asked, “Is it here?”
Ruan Shuyang, drained of all strength after being pressed, murmured softly into the pillow, “Yes.”
Then, he felt Pei Siyue’s fingers apply gentle pressure, slowly massaging that spot.
Ruan Shuyang let out another soft “mmph,” feeling all the blood rush downward.
He realized with despair that it only made him itch more.
Yet Pei Siyue withdrew his hand, tossed aside the gloves, and stated, “The digital exam shows no abnormalities.”
Buried in the pillow, Ruan Shuyang felt his lower half was now his biggest problem. He dared neither lie flat nor face anyone.
“It’s likely your primary sexual characteristics are developing. The itch is caused by epidermal cells stretching and capillaries engorging with blood.”
As a liberal arts student who hadn’t taken biology, he didn’t fully grasp Pei Siyue’s explanation. After some thought, he asked, “Is it like the growth pains from when my reproductive cavity developed before?”
“Yes,” Pei Siyue explained. “It’s a normal physiological phenomenon. There’s no way to avoid it.”
Ruan Shuyang couldn’t stay face-down any longer. Clutching the quilt to cover himself, he struggled to turn and look at Pei Siyue, asking helplessly, “Then… is there any way to ease it?”
Whether it was because Pei Siyue had touched him or not, the itching intensified, becoming unbearably uncomfortable. He fidgeted unnaturally on the bed, instinctively rubbing against the sheets to ease the discomfort.
But the moment he remembered this was Pei Siyue’s bed, he’d already rubbed against it twice involuntarily.
His entire body froze, unable to meet Pei Siyue’s gaze.
Pei Siyue, however, seemed to have noticed something. He lowered his eyes and asked, “Is it uncomfortable?”
Ruan Shuyang wanted to say it was fine, that he could endure it, but for some reason, he couldn’t lie to Pei Siyue anymore. Clutching the quilt, he nodded pitifully. “It hurts.”
After a moment, he added softly, “It’s so itchy.”
Pei Siyue reapplied his gloves and disinfected them, his tone calm as he said, “I’ll rub it for you.”
Ruan Shuyang’s eyes widened abruptly.
Rub?
Did he mean what he thought he meant?
This time, Pei Siyue didn’t have him lie face down. Instead, he had him turn to lie on his side. Gloved fingers slipped inside and applied some pressure to massage him.
Ruan Shuyang had never experienced anything like this before. He didn’t know his body had such a strange spot inside. Being touched there made his whole body go limp and weak. Lying on the bed, his body softened like a puddle of water. In an unusually soft and gentle voice, he whispered to Pei Siyue, “Is that place the reproductive cavity?”
“No.”
Ruan Shuyang covered his mouth, too afraid to ask what it was.
Gradually, the massage felt so good he began breathing softly, unconsciously rubbing against the quilt.
Pei Siyue patted the quilt and asked in a low voice, “Does this spot hurt too?”
Ruan Shuyang couldn’t speak. His eyes were flushed red from the heat, glistening with moisture.
His body felt strange—not like the heat of a mating season, not an intense craving for pheromones, but a deeper desire for Pei Siyue’s touch.
Pei Siyue made a shushing gesture with his other hand before pulling back the covers.
Caught between two forces, Ruan Shuyang’s mind went blank. He instinctively clutched the quilt, biting down hard to stifle any sound, burying his muffled whimpers beneath the fabric.
He trembled uncontrollably, utterly limp as water. When he finally snapped back to awareness, Pei Siyue’s strikingly handsome face loomed large before him, the impact overwhelming. Dizziness washed over him.
Seeing he’d regained consciousness, Pei Siyue gently captured his lips in a tender kiss—part soothing caress, part demanding claim.
At the same time, a voice called out from the computer: “Dr. Pei, Dr. Pei?”
Pei Siyue sat up, reactivating his computer’s microphone. His voice sounded slightly hoarser than usual, though the connection made it less than crystal clear.
Ruan Shuyang could only hear Pei Siyue speaking fluent English, peppered with a string of unfamiliar technical terms. He grasped the general context—it was about drug development.
…Wait.
He remembered Pei Siyue telling him to keep his voice down just now.
And he clearly saw Pei Siyue only turn on his microphone right before speaking.
So telling him to be quiet earlier was…
Ruan Shuyang’s chest heaved with anger.
Bad, so bad.
Picking on him again.
By the time Pei Siyue finished speaking and turned off the mic again, he saw the omega, freshly satisfied, clutching the soiled sheets and quilt as he prepared to leave. He’d already reached the doorway, his movements resolute—clearly intending to discard him like a used object.
He didn’t stop her, only reminding, “Don’t forget we’re going to the amusement park tomorrow morning.”
Ruan Shuyang opened the door and left, unable to resist turning back to glare at Pei Siyue one last time. That look was full of reproach, but to Pei Siyue, it sparkled with moisture, his eyes brimming with affection.
Like a delicate lily of the valley, utterly beautiful and alluring.
The little omega was slowly blossoming.
**
Saturday morning, Ruan Shuyang dawdled downstairs. Sure enough, Pei Siyue was in the living room. He dared not look directly, still feeling embarrassed and annoyed about last night.
How could Pei Siyue be so cruel? He’d turned off the microphone without warning and still demanded silence.
It left him holding his breath, clenching the quilt to stifle any sound.
Pei Siyue watched Ruan Shuyang, who was ignoring him, with a hint of amusement. He felt that Ruan Shuyang was acting spoiled and demanding attention now, but he let the little omega indulge. After all, it was his own fault for being so cruel last night and making him angry.
As soon as he saw Ruan Shuyang come downstairs, he picked up the car keys from the table and said, “Let’s go. I’ll take you out for breakfast, then we can play.”
Ruan Shuyang replied in a muffled voice, “Okay.”
Distracted, he followed Pei Siyue to the garage. Standing beside the car, his inattentiveness caused the rotary door to hit his stomach as it opened.
Pei Siyue sighed, pulling him into his arms. He gently pinched Ruan Shuyang’s cheek, his voice a mix of indulgence and exasperation. “You’re such a kid, always so unfocused.”
His cheeks flushed visibly at Pei Siyue’s touch, his gaze darting away, unable to meet the other man’s eyes.
The gull-wing door swung open. Pei Siyue helped Ruan Shuyang into the car. After breakfast, they drove to the amusement park.
When Jiang Wu learned he was taking Ruan Shuyang to the amusement park, he immediately got excited, asking if they should reserve the entire place or stage a romantic confession with flowers like in TV dramas. Pei Siyue was left speechless.
He genuinely disliked crowded places, but he also disliked extravagant waste and had no intention of renting the entire place.
Besides, he thought Ruan Shuyang would prefer a livelier amusement park with a more festive atmosphere.
The only one left feeling disappointed in this whole story was Jiang Wu, unable to experience the drama-style confession after renting the entire place.
When the car pulled up to the amusement park, Ruan Shuyang saw the place she’d longed to visit. This morning’s awkwardness vanished without a trace. He tugged Pei Siyue toward the roller coaster, declaring he wanted to ride it.
Pei Siyue: “This ride is pretty intense. Are you sure you want to go?”
Ruan Shuyang nodded.
Just watching it looked so fun—people spinning around up there looked exhilarated and totally into it.
Pei Siyue stopped trying to dissuade him and led Ruan Shuyang through the VIP entrance.
They hadn’t booked the place out, but they’d bought VIP fast-pass tickets anyway. He didn’t want to waste the whole day waiting in line.
The VIP line moved quickly, and soon it was their turn. Ruan Shuyang happily climbed aboard the roller coaster.
As a child, he’d watched others ride roller coasters with envy. Now, finally, it was his turn.
But the moment the coaster started moving, his excitement vanished.
The overwhelming sensation of weightlessness overwhelmed him. He closed his eyes, unable to bear looking down, screaming uncontrollably as he gripped Pei Siyue’s hand in terror.
A minute later, the ride ended. The moment Ruan Shuyang’s feet touched the ground, he nearly collapsed. Pei Siyue, standing beside him, supported him with a mix of amusement and exasperation before simply picking the small omega up.
Held like a child, Ruan Shuyang buried his face in Pei Siyue’s chest, too embarrassed to suggest any more rides.
Waaah, too intense. He couldn’t handle it.
When Pei Siyue gently set him down on a bench a moment later, he spotted the carousel across the way and the Ferris wheel not far off.
Pei Siyue calmly asked, “Want to try those two?”
Ruan Shuyang covered his face, his ears turning crimson.
Though deeply embarrassed, it seemed these two rides were indeed the most suitable for him.
He whispered in a tiny voice, “Yes… yes, I want to ride them.”
Pei Siyue took him on the carousel and the Ferris wheel, feeling more and more like a parent bringing a child to the amusement park.
As lunchtime approached and they’d finished most of the gentle rides, Pei Siyue took Ruan Shuyang out to eat before driving toward T University.
Having visited T University several times before, Ruan Shuyang recognized the surroundings and asked in confusion, “Brother, what are we doing here?”
Pei Siyue parked the car in the residential complex and said casually, “To show you our new home.”
New home?
Completely baffled, Ruan Shuyang followed Pei Siyue into the elevator.
He remembered this was a famous upscale residential complex near T University. Online forums were full of seniors expressing their desire to live here.
The elevator stopped on the 30th floor—the top-floor duplex of the complex. Following Pei Siyue inside, Ruan Shuyang immediately sensed its vastness. Combined, the two levels likely spanned over 400 square meters.
Immediately, he noticed the decor. The style seemed strikingly similar to Pei Siyue’s own place—both featuring a muted Morandi color palette, minimalist furnishings, and understated luxury.
He realized something and asked Pei Siyue in surprise, “Brother, did you buy this place?”
“Mhm.” Pei Siyue nodded, looking at Ruan Shuyang. “Do you like it?”
Ruan Shuyang admitted, “I like it very much.”
No one dislikes a big house.
Pei Siyue immediately said, “Then you can live here once school starts.”
“Live here?” Ruan Shuyang was completely unprepared. “But after school starts, I’m supposed to live in the dorms.”
Pei Siyue remained calm. “T University doesn’t require students to live on campus. You can move out if you want.”
Ruan Shuyang hesitated. Truthfully, he was looking forward to college life and the communal experience; he wanted to live in the dorms to integrate into the group environment.
But Pei Siyue offered a reason he couldn’t refuse.
“You’re undergoing pheromone therapy. Sudden episodes can occur at night, and it would be difficult to handle them in a communal setting,” Pei Siyue explained. “This place is very close to T University—just a five-minute walk. It won’t interfere with your classes or interactions with classmates.”
Recalling last night’s incident, Ruan Shuyang was persuaded.
He couldn’t imagine how he’d handle a sudden episode like last night’s in a dorm room.
It would surely disturb his roommates, and he didn’t know how he’d face them afterward.
Compared to his roommates, he felt more comfortable having Pei Siyue know about those embarrassing things.
Perhaps because Pei Siyue had already seen everything… and even helped him.
He lowered his head obediently. “Alright, sure.”
“You’ll stay here.”
Pei Siyue led him upstairs to the master bedroom and asked, “Is there anything else you need?”
Ruan Shuyang stared at the master bedroom in surprise, his voice filled with confusion. “This is my room?”
Pei Siyue nodded.
“But this is the master bedroom. I should be staying in the guest room in your house.”
Pei Siyue ruffled Ruan Shuyang’s hair and told him casually, “This is your house.”
Sure enough, Ruan Shuyang’s eyes widened again. “My house?”
How could he have such a large house? When did he acquire it?
If the Ruan family knew he owned such a large property, would they have left it to him? Would they have let him keep it?
Then it dawned on him.
He asked Pei Siyue with certainty, “Did you buy it?”
Pei Siyue nodded. “It’s in your name.”
Ruan Shuyang was speechless for a long time.
Lately, Pei Siyue seemed to have given him a lot of things.
A Maybach and an apartment.
He couldn’t say exactly how much the apartment cost, but he knew it was at least eight figures. In such a prime location, in such a high-end complex—he had once thought he might never be able to afford it in his lifetime.
But now, suddenly, one had fallen from the sky and landed right on him.
Pei Siyue had dropped it.
Tears fell without warning. He clung to Pei Siyue, weeping silently. Pei Siyue held him, gently patting his back.
Ruan Shuyang choked out the question again: “Brother, why are you so good to me?”
Pei Siyue gave the same answer: “Because I want to.”
It took a long while for Ruan Shuyang to wipe away his tears. Sniffling softly, he murmured, “I used to think you treated me like a little brother, like you wanted a little brother… but it felt wrong somehow…”
Because Pei Siyue felt little brotherly affection for Pei Siming.
Pei Siyue gently traced his thumb across Ruan Shuyang’s smooth, delicate cheek, gazing into the almond-shaped eyes glistening with tears. His fingers moved to the back of Ruan Shuyang’s neck, removing the gland patch.
Before Ruan Shuyang could react, Pei Siyue wrapped his arms around his shoulders, pulling him into a tight embrace. He lowered his head and bit through the gland.
It was a brief marking, yet it unleashed a storm of pheromones. Ruan Shuyang unconsciously gripped Pei Siyue’s clothes, his fingertips trembling.
The air began to fill with the fresh, delicate fragrance of lily of the valley.
Inhaling so much pheromone at once, it felt as if the petals of the lily of the valley had been soaked in water, covered in dewdrops.
Ruan Shuyang felt so comfortable it was as if every pore had opened, immersed in the sensation from moments ago, unable to snap back to reality for a long time.
Only when Pei Siyue lifted him and sat him down, cradling him in his embrace, did he stir.
Pei Siyue gently traced the delicate line of his Adam’s apple and asked, “Would an older brother treat his younger brother like this?”
Ruan Shuyang’s mind was still a muddled mess, unable to fully process it. Yet a vague thought surfaced—his brother probably wouldn’t treat his younger brother like this, let alone mark him.
Pei Siyue didn’t press him to understand immediately. After a moment, he asked again, “School starts next week. Is there anything else you need to prepare?”
Ruan Shuyang: “Nothing else.”
He had a new phone, a new laptop, and a new backpack. Pei Siyue had later asked Ji Huai to prepare bedding and other essentials for his dorm. Books could be bought together with his classmates after school started.
A new life—it truly made one look forward to it.
**
After wrapping up business with Jiang Wu on Monday, Pei Siyue suddenly instructed him: “Contact our partner manufacturer to custom-make a set of handcuffs and leg irons out of tungsten steel. They should have both fingerprint and key unlocking options.”
Jiang Wu was stunned on the spot.
Tungsten steel?
Was such an incredibly hard material really necessary?
He tried to gently dissuade him: “Mr. Pei, Omegas generally have delicate physiques. Regular handcuffs would suffice.”
They should even have a layer of soft memory foam inside, or else the wrists would definitely get chafed raw.
He could understand Enigma wanting to spice things up with his omega, but tungsten steel? That was way too extreme. Such a hard, heavy material belonged in the realm of confinement and abuse.
He didn’t want to see his boss on the legal affairs channel.
Pei Siyue rubbed his temples. He hadn’t intended to explain, but this misunderstanding was too absurd. “They’re for me,” he finally said.
This time, Jiang Wu’s pupils literally shuddered.
So Enigma had such… peculiar tastes?
Jiang Wu couldn’t even fathom it. Such a… contrast?
Outwardly tall and imposing, with an exceptionally lean and muscular physique, yet secretly enjoyed being a submissive, restrained by handcuffs?
Just as he was thinking that even the most sensational gossip dramas and those erotic films wouldn’t dare portray such a scenario, he heard Pei Siyue add, “And a bite guard.”
Jiang Wu snapped out of his wild imaginings and cautiously asked, “Are you worried about the heat period, Mr. Pei?”
Pei Siyue didn’t deny it.
Before he differentiated into an Enigma, he’d experienced heat periods as an Alpha. He remembered that time, his body filled with violent and sadistic urges.
He feared that as an enigma, he might lose control during his susceptibility period. With his pheromones raging, he had no idea what he might do.
There had been an enigma who lost control during his susceptibility period. Three police squads were deployed, and he took over a dozen bullets before finally falling.
Before Ruan Shuyang, he believed he could face anything in the world with composure.
But now, he wasn’t so sure.
Just seeing what the Ruan family had done to Ruan Shuyang caused his pheromones to surge violently. If something else happened in the future, he couldn’t guarantee he’d retain his sanity.
After hearing this, Jiang Wu silently contacted the manufacturer to custom-order what Pei Siyue needed, demanding it be done as quickly as possible. After all, he too feared the boss might one day, during his sensitive period, be controlled by pheromones and do something to harm others or himself.
Better to tie him up in advance.
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