ARML CH49

In Ye Shaoyang’s view, this was a very simple matter.

It was just a bite on the back of the neck, leaving a tooth mark at most, which would fade in a few days.

However, after he turned around and waited for quite a while, Chi Shuo actually had no reaction.

What was going on?

The entire room was eerily quiet, as if time had suddenly frozen.

Ye Shaoyang looked back at Chi Shuo in confusion, only to see a very complex expression on Chi Shuo’s face. It was hard to describe, but perhaps similar to… seeing a ghost in the middle of the night.

Maybe this sounded a bit strange to people in the ABO world? Ye Shaoyang hesitated for a moment and asked tentatively, “Captain Chi should be single, right?”

He hadn’t seen any gossip about Captain Chi when searching for Tianhuan’s information earlier. This captain devoted all his energy to matches, which was also why Ye Shaoyang dared to ask Chi Shuo to mark him.

If Chi Shuo had a lover, having Chi Shuo bite him might cause the other person to misunderstand or get jealous, leading to unnecessary trouble. Since both of them were single, taking a bite was just helping a friend out, so it shouldn’t be a big deal, right?

Ye Shaoyang earnestly explained, “The doctor said it would take at least a year or two to develop a new suppressant, and it’s impossible for me to stay locked up at home waiting for a year or two. Therefore, the best solution is to find an Alpha for a temporary mark.”

His body was feeling increasingly terrible, and his voice trembled slightly as he spoke, but his tone was very frank, as if he were saying, “Let’s eat rice today,” without the slightest hint of shyness or embarrassment.

Chi Shuo finally recovered from his shock and asked in a low voice, “So, you want me to bite you?”

Ye Shaoyang: “En, I’ll have to trouble Captain Chi.”

Chi Shuo: “…”

Having focused on matches all these years, although he knew nothing about dating, he also knew that marking between couples was an even more intimate act than kissing. Only when two people were committed to each other would an Alpha mark an Omega, declaring ownership of this Omega and making the other person carry the scent of their pheromones.

What kind of relationship did he and Ye Shaoyang have? They had only known each other for a month and met no more than five times!

He had always viewed Ye Shaoyang as a teammate. Yet, Ye Shaoyang was proactively asking him to mark him? Chi Shuo’s worldview was violently shaking; he really couldn’t bring himself to bite down.

However, Ye Shaoyang’s situation was very unique. An Omega allergic to suppressants—Chi Shuo had never seen one, but he had heard of such cases. The probability was less than one in a hundred thousand. To control the pheromones, the only way was to find an Alpha for a temporary mark.

He was the one who brought Ye Shaoyang to the Tianhuan team; he couldn’t just abandon him and ignore him, right?

The increasingly rich scent of sunflowers in the room constantly reminded him that if left unchecked, the Omega before him would very likely enter a heat period directly after differentiating. That would be even more troublesome, perhaps even ending in disaster!

Chi Shuo clenched his fists tightly, forcefully maintaining his composure: “Are you saying that developing a suppressant will take a year or two, so during this time, I need to replenish your temporary mark from time to time to control your pheromones?”

Ye Shaoyang replied, “Yes, replenish it every 1 to 3 months.” He paused, then followed up to persuade Chi Shuo: “With a temporary mark, the pheromones can be controlled. Captain Chi, rest assured, it won’t affect the matches.”

Chi Shuo: “…”

Even if Ye Shaoyang differentiated into an Omega, his reaction speed and understanding of the game wouldn’t change. He was still the Xiao Bai who got 8 national server badges in just over a month; he was still the Xiao Bai who could keep up with Chi Shuo’s tempo and coordinate with him seamlessly.

So, as long as the matches could continue, what did it matter? Was he going to make Ye Shaoyang find another stranger Alpha to do the marking?

Thoughts churned in Chi Shuo’s mind. After thinking it over, marking Ye Shaoyang seemed to be the only solution right now.

Chi Shuo quickly and calmly convinced himself—as the captain of Tianhuan, when a team member had a problem, he couldn’t just ignore it. Special circumstances; giving the other person some pheromones wasn’t that unacceptable, right?

Seeing Ye Shaoyang getting weaker and weaker, Chi Shuo didn’t hesitate anymore. He stepped forward and gently grasped Ye Shaoyang’s shoulders with both hands. He bent down, leaning close to the back of Ye Shaoyang’s neck. Looking at the slender and beautiful neck before him, Chi Shuo’s breathing uncontrollably quickened a bit. He took a deep breath, didn’t think too much anymore, aimed at the location of the gland, and bit down hard.

Ye Shaoyang’s skin was very fair. Having just differentiated into an Omega, the gland on his neck was tender and fragile. After being forcefully pierced by Chi Shuo’s teeth, an even stronger scent of Omega pheromones spread into the air. The intense pheromones hitting him caused the tips of Chi Shuo’s ears to involuntarily flush with a faint red. He could only try his best to control his body’s reaction.

Based on the knowledge from biology textbooks, he began to release his own pheromones, slowly injecting them into the Omega’s gland.

Ye Shaoyang: “…………”

This seemed quite different from the “biting down” he had imagined?

A strange, tingling numbness spread from his neck to his entire body.

His previously burning body felt as if it had received the most comforting caress.

A cold, distant scent, like green bamboo under the moonlight, flowed slowly along with his blood to every part of his body. The restless factors within Ye Shaoyang were all slowly suppressed by this cool scent.

Ye Shaoyang closed his eyes, unable to stop a sound from escaping his lips: “Wu…”

Hearing this sound, Chi Shuo’s ears turned even redder. This was his first time marking an Omega; he had no experience and was afraid of hurting Ye Shaoyang, so he tried to be as gentle as possible, which made the process a bit longer.

Inside the isolation room, the warm scent of sunflowers and the cool scent of bamboo gradually blended together.

Ye Shaoyang’s body trembled slightly. His every pore felt gently soothed, like someone who had been baked in the summer sun all day suddenly soaking their body in a pool of clear spring water.

The refreshing coolness caused the heat within him to fade rapidly.

Captain Chi’s pheromones smell really good. Ye Shaoyang thought hazily.

It was unclear how much time passed before the pheromone fusion was complete. Chi Shuo released Ye Shaoyang and immediately took a step back, turning his face away to adjust his violently beating heart.

Ye Shaoyang also regained his senses, his vision gradually clearing.

He turned around and smiled: “So this means it’s done, right?” Ye Shaoyang reached out and touched the back of his neck. There was a teeth mark left by Chi Shuo there, and it felt quite deep.

Chi Shuo was too embarrassed to look at Ye Shaoyang. The tips of his ears were red, and his tone was somewhat stiff: “It’s done.”

Ye Shaoyang breathed a sigh of relief, like a student completing an assignment, and smiled: “That’s good. Thank you, Captain Chi.”

Chi Shuo: “…”

Seeing Chi Shuo’s stiff expression, Ye Shaoyang stepped forward, looked up into Chi Shuo’s eyes, and said earnestly, “It was quite comfortable just now, and Captain Chi’s pheromone scent smells very good too. Thank you, Captain Chi, for marking me.”

Chi Shuo: “…………”

Did this count as being flirted with to his face? Could you please be a little more reserved, Mr. Omega?

What is being reserved? Ye Shaoyang didn’t understand; he was just telling the truth. Captain Chi’s pheromones had a very cool bamboo scent, smelling even better than brewing a cup of Zhuyeqing tea. The process of the temporary mark just now was also quite comfortable.

Replenishing it every so often in the future wouldn’t be a big problem.

Thinking this, Ye Shaoyang quickly straightened out his messy hair and clothes, and the frank smile returned to his face: “Let’s go. The doctor told me to do an examination after it was done.”

With a complex expression, Chi Shuo followed behind him to the doctor’s office.

The doctor was waiting for them in her office. Seeing Ye Shaoyang’s expression had returned to normal, she smiled and asked, “Is the marking done?”

Ye Shaoyang nodded: “En, Doctor, please examine me.”

The doctor checked his pheromone data and said, “Good thing we got it under control, otherwise you would very likely have entered a heat period.”

She then looked up at Chi Shuo: “Family member, let the nurse draw some blood. We need to take a sample of your pheromones.”

Chi Shuo, forced to be a “family member,” sat stiffly to the side and expressionlessly extended his arm.

The nurse pricked his arm, took a blood sample, and sent it along with Ye Shaoyang’s pheromones for testing. The doctor said, “The test will take ten minutes, please wait a moment. I’ll go over some precautions with you.”

She took out a new electronic measuring device from her drawer and handed it to Ye Shaoyang: “This is an electronic pheromone detector. It’s best if you measure it every day. As long as the pheromone value remains stable below 6.0, you don’t need to worry about it. If it exceeds 6.0, you need to replenish the mark in time, understand?”

Ye Shaoyang immediately took out his phone and noted down this key point.

Seeing him taking a bunch of notes on “how to mark an Omega” in his phone’s memo, Chi Shuo’s expression almost crumbled again.

After finishing his notes, Ye Shaoyang politely accepted the measuring device: “Thank you, Doctor.”

The doctor said gently, “During these first few days after differentiating, your body will be in an adaptation period and will be relatively weak. You might occasionally run a fever. Make sure to get enough nutrition and don’t catch a cold.”

Ye Shaoyang nodded: “Understood, Doctor.”

A moment later, the nurse brought over the test results. The doctor opened them, took a look, and handed the results to Chi Shuo with a smile: “Congratulations, the compatibility between your two pheromones is 100%. In that case, replenishing the mark about once every 3 months in the future will be sufficient.”

Chi Shuo: “…”

He took the results in disbelief and looked at them again. 100%. This was a rare compatibility, essentially a match made in heaven. Was his pheromone compatibility with Ye Shaoyang actually this high?

Recalling his first experience marking an Omega just now, the tips of Chi Shuo’s ears couldn’t help but feel a bit hot. The feeling of biting down on the gland was wonderful—soft and sweet—making him want to take a couple more bites. Ahem.

Compared to Chi Shuo, Ye Shaoyang appeared very calm. He didn’t know what 100% compatibility meant either, assuming most people could reach it. His focus was on replenishing the mark once every three months, which was much more acceptable than once a month.

With his pheromones under control, Ye Shaoyang felt refreshed and energized. Beaming with smiles, he took the electronic pheromone detector prescribed by the doctor, paid for it, and turned to leave the hospital.

Chi Shuo expressionlessly followed Ye Shaoyang into the car and started the engine.

On the way back, Chi Shuo didn’t say a single word, and Ye Shaoyang also remained silent. After the marking, they both carried each other’s scent; this feeling was very strange. As if there was me in you, and you in me.

Chi Shuo’s hands gripped the steering wheel so tightly that the veins on the back of his hands popped out. He was clearly forcefully restraining himself to avoid being affected by Ye Shaoyang’s pheromones.

It wasn’t until they were almost at the base that Ye Shaoyang finally broke the silence: “If I differentiated into an Omega, will there be problems with signing the contract? Will the team refuse to work with me because I became an Omega?”

Chi Shuo finally calmed down, turned to look at Ye Shaoyang, and said, “That won’t happen. If they refused to sign you because you’re an Omega, the Tianhuan team would be publicly criticized by various official media outlets. The club isn’t that stupid. Besides, a pro player’s skill level has nothing to do with whether you’re an Omega. The league has no gender discrimination, so the signing process will proceed as normal.”

Ye Shaoyang breathed a sigh of relief at last: “That’s good.”

Chi Shuo’s gaze involuntarily shifted to the back of Ye Shaoyang’s neck. A distinct teeth mark was left on the fair, beautiful neck. That was the mark Chi Shuo gave Ye Shaoyang, as if announcing to everyone around: This is my person.

If Ye Shaoyang went to report tomorrow carrying this teeth mark, then everyone in Tianhuan would know the captain had marked the new Omega teammate.

What would everyone think? They certainly wouldn’t think Ye Shaoyang proactively asked the captain to mark him. Instead, they would think Captain Chi was desperate, marking the new teammate as soon as he differentiated.

What did that make him, Chi Shuo? A pervert captain who couldn’t wait to mark the new Omega teammate?

Thinking of this, the corner of Chi Shuo’s mouth twitched slightly, and he said in a deep voice: “It’s best if you don’t let your teammates see the back of your neck… It wouldn’t be a good look.”

Ye Shaoyang touched the back of his neck in confusion: “You mean this bite mark?”

Chi Shuo nodded stiffly: “En.”

Ye Shaoyang gave an indifferent smile, pulled a pheromone blocking patch out of his pocket, and nimbly stuck it on the back of his neck, covering the teeth mark: “Don’t worry, Captain Chi, I won’t ruin your reputation. I’ll stick this on whenever I go out from now on, and I won’t tell outsiders you marked me either. No one will know we had anything going on in private.”

Chi Shuo: “We… didn’t have anything going on in private either.”

Ye Shaoyang: “Exactly, we just have a good friend, good teammate relationship. Nothing going on in private.”

Chi Shuo: “…”

It really was getting worse the more he tried to explain.

The car parked in the base’s parking lot. Chi Shuo exhaled lightly and turned to look at Ye Shaoyang. The other person’s expression showed not a trace of shyness or awkwardness. Beaming with smiles, it was as if the two of them had just gone out for skewers together.

This Omega really was broad-minded; getting marked didn’t elicit any reaction at all.

Chi Shuo’s head was splitting: “In short… when you sign the contract tomorrow, clarify that you differentiated into an Omega. As for the suppressant allergy and me marking you, let’s treat those as secrets between us. There’s no need to broadcast it.”

Ye Shaoyang nodded: “I understand.”

Chi Shuo said, “The Tianhuan team has many Alpha and Beta players; you are the only Omega. It’s better if you still room with me from now on. Room 301 has independent bedrooms and bathrooms, so it’s more convenient to live together. Measure your pheromones every morning. If there are fluctuations, I…” The tips of his ears turned red, seemingly making up his mind, “I’ll replenish the mark for you again.”

Ye Shaoyang said earnestly: “Thank you, Captain Chi.”

Chi Shuo: “…You’re welcome.”

Ye Shaoyang opened the door and got out of the car. Chi Shuo also got out, and the two walked into the building one after the other.

In the second-floor training room, the players who hadn’t slept yet were attracted by the bright headlights. A group of people poked their heads out the window to look. Qu Jiang peeked out and whispered, “There’s someone next to Captain Chi.”

Cheng Xing was curious: “Who is he bringing to the base in the middle of the night?”

Qu Jiang guessed: “Probably the new teammate. It’s not like your master could bring a boyfriend back, right?”

Cheng Xing looked bewildered: “New teammate? We’re getting a new teammate?”

Chi Shuo didn’t go to the training room, taking Ye Shaoyang straight back to the 3rd-floor dorm.

Hearing the noise, Xiao Bai immediately pounced over to rub against Ye Shaoyang’s pant leg. Ye Shaoyang picked up the cat, petted it, and turned to walk towards his bedroom. When he reached the door, he turned back and said, “Thank you, Captain Chi. I really troubled you today.”

Meeting his frank gaze, the tips of Chi Shuo’s ears couldn’t help but burn: “It’s nothing, rest early.”

After Ye Shaoyang went inside, Chi Shuo took a deep breath and went back to his bedroom to take a cold shower.

His first time was gone just like that. No, his first time giving an Alpha’s mark was given out just like that.

The more Chi Shuo thought about it, the hotter his ears felt. He simply turned the shower head to the maximum, letting the cold water extinguish his body’s reaction. Thinking about having to do a marking every few months from now on, Chi Shuo truly…

He merely wanted to find a teammate and play some matches.

Why was it so difficult?