Ruan Shuyang was eagerly anticipating his upcoming university life. He had researched a lot about T University and browsed the campus forum, so he was familiar with the campus celebrities.
Chi Ye was one of them, the acknowledged campus heartthrob of T University, with his good looks, great physique, and prestigious family background. Under the side profile photos taken secretly in the forum posts, countless people were shouting “husband,” making him the dream A of many.
However, the forum mentioned that Chi Ye was very low-key on campus, didn’t live on campus, and left immediately after class, dashing the hopes of many who had hoped to bump into him. Little did they know he would encounter him at the AO Treatment Center.
Chi Yue is indeed very handsome, and in person, he is far more striking than the side profile photo on the forum. Young and handsome, with long legs casually crossed, he plays with his phone nonchalantly, exuding a touch of rebelliousness and innate arrogance. He is an alpha whose appearance alone is enough to make one’s heart race.
Of course, he was also an alpha with an extremely strong presence and a high pheromone level.
Ruan Shuyang stood in front of the desk for a moment, feeling uneasy. The glands at the back of his neck twitched a few times, and his body felt like it was being torn in two. His instincts craved the alpha’s pheromones, but there was also a subtle sense of rejection.
His face turned pale, and he forced a smile: ” My name is Ruan Shuyang. Hello, seniors.”
Chi Ye narrowed his eyes slightly, studying Ruan Shuyang for a moment. “Are you sick? Your face looks terrible.”
Ruan Shuyang hesitated for a moment before nodding. “Yes, I’m sick. The doctor suggested I undergo temporary alpha marking as pheromone therapy.”
Gu Jin asked curiously, “What kind of illness?”
“Oh, okay.” Gu Jin scratched his nose and refrained from prying into personal matters, finally steering the conversation back on track. “So you’re here to get the temporary mark? Um, I… I’m really not feeling well right now. Could you wait an hour?”
It wasn’t that he wanted to avoid the task; he was genuinely exhausted.
Ruan Shuyang replied, “Alright, senior.”
Gu Jin pulled out a chair beside him and gestured for Ruan Shuyang to sit down. “Come sit down, little junior.”
Ruan Shuyang sat quietly and obediently on the chair, trying to minimize his presence, but it didn’t work.
Because shortly after sitting down, he felt the pheromones of the two Alphas on either side of him overwhelming him. His body felt an indescribable ache and emptiness. His instincts craved the Alpha pheromones, but the glands at the back of his neck were throbbing, rejecting the Alphas on both sides.
This conflicting sensation of both craving and rejecting was unbearable for Ruan Shuyang. He closed his eyes and tried to endure the feeling.
Chi Ye unconsciously put down his phone and looked at the younger student beside him.
The young Omega had his eyes gently closed, his long, thick eyelashes trembling lightly like butterfly wings. His features were exquisite, like a meticulously carved work of art, and his skin was fair and delicate.
He should have been extremely beautiful, but at that moment, Ruan Shuyang’s complexion was unusually pale, likely due to physical discomfort.
A strange emotion flashed through Chi Ye’s mind, unfamiliar and subtle, like being gently tickled by a feather, leaving an itch that wouldn’t subside.
Gu Jin lifted his head dazedly, pulled the agreement out of the drawer, and handed it to Chi Ye. He then watched as Chi Ye handed one copy of the agreement to Ruan Shuyang and also handed his a pen.
Chi Ye said lazily, “If it looks okay, just sign it. I’ll help you.”
Ruan Shuyang was struggling to endure the discomfort, and Chi Ye’s words were like a timely rain in a drought for him. He looked at the agreement and said, “Thank you, senior.”
At that moment, he had no idea what Chi Ye meant by “help.”
Gu Jin was clearly more perceptive in this regard. He stared at Chi Ye with sparkling eyes, filled with curiosity.
Since Ruan Shuyang was right there, he didn’t ask directly but sent a private message instead.
Gu Jin: Ye Ge, you’ve been a volunteer for so long but have never done any actual work. Now you’re willing to help a junior, especially one from the same school as us. Aren’t you worried about getting into trouble and not being able to shake it off afterward?
Gu Jin: Or are you just pretending?
Chi Ye retorted, “If you weren’t such a coward, would I have had to step in?”
Gu Jin: .
Ruan Shuyang quickly read through the standard template of the temporary marking agreement. Based on his understanding, he saw no issues and signed it with a pen.
Chi Ye signed after seeing him sign, then stood up and opened the partition door, saying, “Come in.”
Ruan Shuyang entered the marking room, and Chi Ye closed the door behind him.
The sound of the door closing startled Ruan Shuyang. He turned around and saw Chi Ye standing by the door with his arms crossed, looking lazy, like a wild beast resting and dozing.
After closing the door, Chi Ye walked over to Ruan Shuyang. He saw the latter staring at him with wide, frightened eyes, his clear, black-and-white eyes filled with curiosity and inquiry.
Chi Ye said casually, “Little brother, it’s just a temporary marking. There’s no need to be so nervous. You don’t have to keep staring at me.”
Ruan Shuyang’s thoughts were exposed, and he blushed and lowered his head.
Chi Ye stood beside Ruan Shuyang, thought for a moment, and then removed his own alpha barrier patch.
Ruan Shuyang immediately smelled the scent of sea salt caramel, reminding him of the sea salt caramel pastries he had stolen as a child. He never expected that such a tall alpha like Chi Ye would have such a delicious sea salt caramel pheromone.
As the blocker patch was removed, Chi Ye, standing behind Ruan Shuyang, immediately understood what condition the other person had. It was clear that the glands were underdeveloped, only half the size of a normal adult omega’s.
Perhaps alpha pheromones were needed to stimulate development?
The glands before him were small, pale, and clean—this was the first time Chi Ye had seen an omega’s glands so clearly and directly outside of textbooks.
An alpha’s instincts urged him to bite down and mark him.
He took a shallow breath and moved slightly closer, intending to remind Ruan Shuyang about the marking, but after getting within two centimeters, his face paled, and he could no longer get any closer.
Though it was still the same white, tender, and clean gland he had seen earlier, it now gave Chi Ye an overwhelming sense of pressure upon approaching. It felt as though it had been marked by a top-tier predator, whose pheromones would reject those of others. Until this mark faded, no one else could mark it.
Chi Ye found it absurd. He was an S-class alpha himself, and even the markings of an alpha of the same rank would only give him a sensation of pheromone collision, not the inability to approach like this.
His brain was sending signals to prepare for marking, but his body was screaming in refusal to approach.
This was pheromone suppression, and he couldn’t resist his body’s instincts.
Chi Ye stood behind Ruan Shuyang for a moment, his face pale, before finally helping to reapply the barrier patch with a complex and dejected expression.
Ruan Shuyang had been mentally preparing himself, but he was surprised and confused when someone reapplied the barrier patch. He looked at Chi Ye behind him and cautiously asked, “Senior?”
Chi Ye felt bitter inside. A proud alpha had his pheromones suppressed, especially not by a direct suppression. Just the residual pheromones from a mark left him unable to cover them up, and that wouldn’t make anyone feel good.
But he didn’t lose his temper. He composed himself and asked Ruan Shuyang, “Were you temporarily marked by someone else before?”
Ruan Shuyang didn’t know what was happening, but he could sense that Chi Ye was in a bad mood. He lowered his head and twisted his fingers, saying, “Yes.”
Chi Ye paused for a moment before continuing, “Do you remember what that person’s pheromones smelled like?”
Ruan Shuyang paused, then shook his head blankly.
It was strange, but when he dreamed, he could recall the specific details of the marking, even the broad shoulders of that person, yet he couldn’t dream of the scent of their pheromones.
He couldn’t remember.
“I don’t remember the scent of that person’s pheromones.”
Chi Ye closed his eyes; it must be as he had suspected.
The one who had marked Ruan Shuyang was an enigma.
Only the pheromones left by an enigma—an alpha who had undergone a second differentiation—could prevent him from even getting close.
An enigma is a mystery.
Some say enigmas are immune to all omega pheromones, and even the intense pheromones emitted by omegas during heat have no effect on them. Others say they have no fixed receptive period, only exhibiting symptoms similar to a receptive period when their emotions undergo significant fluctuations.
Some also claim enigmas can mark alphas, turning them into their own possessions, stimulating the alpha’s reproductive cavity to regrow, and bearing children for the enigma.
Others say…
There are many legends surrounding Enigma.
However, some things can be verified and confirmed.
All Enigmas are natural-born leaders, excelling in every field, and their numbers are extremely rare—there may not even be a hundred of them nationwide.
Ruan Shuyang noticed Chi Ye staring at him with a complicated expression and whispered, “Senior, is there a problem?”
“Enigma?” Ruan Shuyang was surprised and confused. “What is an enigma?”
He had never heard of it before, and there were no related memories from the ABO three-gender awareness course he had taken earlier.
Chi Ye told Ruan Shuyang everything he knew about enigmas.
“…An enigma’s pheromones have no scent; they are a sensation. Some enigma pheromones are like wind, others like water, and others like fire. It is said that when an enigma with wind-like pheromones releases them, other alphas or omegas cannot smell the pheromones, but they can feel the wind around them. This wind also changes depending on the enigma’s mood…”
Upon hearing this, Ruan Shuyang covered his mouth in astonishment, his eyes wide.
He remembered.
The moment he saw that person, he felt the icy coldness of water. During the marking, it was a gentle tide enveloping him, though gentle yet overwhelmingly powerful, leaving him completely unable to escape.
So that person was truly an enigma, an enigma whose pheromone was water?
Ruan Shuyang’s heart sank. Was it really that complicated?
He tried to ask, “How long will the pheromones he left in my glands take to dissipate?”
Chi Ye: “How long has he been marking you?”
“Five days.”
…Five days and he still couldn’t get close to him. Chi Ye felt frustrated.
“At least another five days.”
Ruan Shuyang felt like the sky had fallen.
He had been dreaming about the mark every night for the past two days. Even sitting between two alphas just now made him feel weak all over, with his glands throbbing. Even with the suppressant, he might not last five days.
He asked with difficulty, “Is there any other way?”
So where should he go now?
The young man’s gaunt face was filled with anxiety, his fingers unconsciously clenching the hem of his shirt. Chi Ye was moved by his expression, feeling a rare pang of sympathy, and tried to say, “When and where did you encounter him? Maybe I can help you find him.”
Ruan Shuyang hesitated for a moment but eventually told Chi Ye the time and place. He instinctively trusted his senior from the same school who was willing to help him.
Chi Ye was greatly surprised upon hearing this. Wasn’t this the club owned by his older brother, Chi Heng?
His younger classmate Ruan Shuyang had been to Chi Heng’s club and encountered an enigma there, who had even temporarily marked Ruan Shuyang?
This story sounded so explosive.
Facing Ruan Shuyang’s implicit expectations, he finally said, “Give me your contact information, and I’ll let you know if I hear anything.”
Ruan Shuyang felt a bit disappointed, but he comforted himself that it was normal. B City was so big, and his senior wasn’t all-knowing; he couldn’t find someone just by hearing the name of a club.
He added Chi Ye’s contact information, thanked him, and left the treatment center.
After leaving, he suddenly remembered something very important.
He seemed to have forgotten to tell Chi Ye that the enigma should also have the surname Chi.
After Ruan Shuyang left, Chi Ye immediately sent a message: “Brother, there was an enigma at your club five days ago. Do you know who he is?”
Chi Heng raised his eyebrows upon receiving the message.
Five days ago, an enigma?
Of course he knew.
Besides that guy Pei Siyue, there couldn’t be anyone else.
But he didn’t tell Chi Ye right away. Instead, he asked, “Why do you need to know?”
Chi Ye felt there was no need to hide anything from his older brother, so he said directly, “That enigma marked one of my junior classmates. He has a glandular disease and needs pheromone therapy. Currently, only that enigma’s pheromones can be used, so I’m asking who that person is.”
Chi Heng couldn’t help but laugh.
Five nights ago, that guy Pei Siyue should have only come into contact with one omega, Ruan Shuyang.
Is that a mark?
Is Pei Siyue so reckless that he would go after his future sister-in-law?
I didn’t see that coming. He’s such a beast.
Just to be safe, Chi Heng asked one more question: What’s your junior’s name?
Chi Ye: Ruan Shuyang.
Chi Heng knew he was right when he saw the message.
This is a big scandal!
Pei Siyue is ruthless, shameless, and has no bottom line.
However, it was Zhou Wei and Pei Siming, the mother and son, who were first ruthless and had no bottom line, forcing Pei Siyue and his mother to leave, and then forcing the young Pei Siyue, who had lost his mother at a young age, to flee to a foreign country.
Peiyi isn’t exactly a saint, so with such a deep grudge, he’d definitely want revenge. And the first step in that revenge… is to steal his fiancée?
No wonder he was so considerate as to have his secretary wait there and prepare so much. So he’s going the gentle and considerate route, secretly plotting behind the scenes?
First, mark his privately, show kindness, and once she’s under his control, make it public.
The face-slapping effect and the revenge effect are truly…
Just thinking about it feels satisfying. As an onlooker, he wants to watch this unfold.
There’s no way around it; in this situation, anyone would think it’s revenge.
It couldn’t be that Pei Siyue had fallen in love at first sight with his younger brother’s fiancée and wanted to help her.
Thinking this, he sent Pei Siyue a message: Your little love debt has come knocking.
Chi Heng: Ruan Shuyang has a glandular disease and needs pheromone treatment. At present, it seems that only your pheromones can help.
Chi Heng: To put it simply, he’s addicted to your pheromones.
After finishing his meeting, Pei Siyue saw Chi Heng’s message, placed his phone face-down on the table, but couldn’t help but picture Ruan Shuyang in his mind.
The omega in his arms tilted his head slightly, gazing at him with his clear, almond-shaped eyes. His eyes sparkled with tears, and his delicate lips parted slightly, their color resembling ripe cherries.
When he was marked, he would whimper softly and struggle instinctively, but his frail body was unable to break free.
Pei Siyue’s eyes darkened.
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