ARML CH48

Chi Shuo thought he had misheard.

Ye Shaoyang’s current age was 21. 99.9% of teenagers in the country completed differentiation between the ages of 16 and 18. Chi Shuo himself had differentiated into an Alpha at 16, and the latest anyone he knew had differentiated was at 18.

Therefore, when he first met Ye Shaoyang, the question of “whether Ye Shaoyang had differentiated” never even crossed his mind—21 years old, smelling of Alpha masking spray; wasn’t this obviously an Alpha?

But today… The young man stood before him and earnestly said, “Take me to the hospital, I think I’m going to differentiate.”

Chi Shuo felt as if he had been suddenly struck by a bolt of lightning.

He stiffened for a moment before snapping out of it, asking in disbelief, “You… you haven’t differentiated yet?”

Ye Shaoyang’s expression was calm, “Yes, my differentiation is relatively late.”

This was… too late, wasn’t it?

Still an undifferentiated minor at 21??

Chi Shuo looked at Ye Shaoyang with a complex expression. For this kind of issue, Ye Shaoyang should have no reason to lie. Moreover, Ye Shaoyang’s current condition indeed looked like the precursor to differentiation.

Chi Shuo glanced at the time; it was already 11 PM. The team driver, Master Liu, was off work. He frowned, decisively turned around, and grabbed his car keys: “Let’s go, to the hospital first.”

Ye Shaoyang followed behind Chi Shuo out the door. Waves of dizziness made his vision repeatedly go dark, and his footsteps were somewhat unsteady as he walked. Seeing him stumbling around as if drunk, Chi Shuo immediately reached out his hand: “I’ll support you.”

Ye Shaoyang smiled briefly: “Thanks.”

The Alpha’s arm was firm and powerful. Being supported by Captain Chi, Ye Shaoyang felt much more relaxed. He simply shifted his center of gravity, leaning closer to Chi Shuo, making it easier to walk.

Chi Shuo didn’t mind either, assuming Ye Shaoyang was going to differentiate into an Alpha. Half-supporting, half-carrying him downstairs, he opened his car door, let Ye Shaoyang sit in the passenger seat, and fastened his seatbelt before starting the car.

The parking lot was located in an open area right below the base. When Chi Shuo drove out, the bright beam of the headlights attracted the attention of the players in the second-floor training room.

Cheng Xing asked curiously, “Who’s driving out this late?”

Qu Jiang poked his head out, sneaked a peek out the window, and concluded, “It’s Captain Chi’s car.”

Someone nearby gossiped softly, “Why is Captain Chi going out this late?”

Everyone: “…Don’t know.”

Coach Lin happened to be away from the base today. Therefore, besides the team manager and the driver, the players truly didn’t know a newcomer had arrived at the team. They just thought Chi Shuo had some urgent matter to attend to.

Inside the car, Ye Shaoyang’s condition was getting increasingly severe.

He was curled into a ball on the passenger seat, his eyes closed, his cheeks flushed so red they looked as if they might drip blood. The usually confident and smiling Ye Shaoyang didn’t say a word, his brows slightly furrowed; he was clearly very uncomfortable. He was sweating more and more profusely, his hair soaked with sweat and plastered to his face, making him look somewhat fragile and disheveled.

Chi Shuo stepped on the gas pedal all the way down, getting straight onto the highway and driving towards the nearest hospital.

The Imperial Capital had advanced medical facilities, with large hospitals every few kilometers. In less than 10 minutes, Chi Shuo parked the car in the hospital’s underground parking garage. He went to the passenger side, opened the door, and asked Ye Shaoyang in a low voice, “Can you still walk?”

Hearing this deep and calm voice, Ye Shaoyang seemed to regain some consciousness. He opened his eyes, looked at Chi Shuo, and said, “I can, support me a bit, thanks.”

Chi Shuo grasped his hand, helped him out of the car, and took the elevator from the underground garage to the outpatient department on the first floor, registering for the pheromone specialist emergency room.

At 11:15 PM, there weren’t many patients, so it was their turn after only a few minutes’ wait.

Chi Shuo supported Ye Shaoyang into the pheromone specialist doctor’s office. The doctor on duty today was a woman with her hair tied in a sharp ponytail. She looked up and asked, “Ye Shaoyang, is it? What’s wrong?”

Ye Shaoyang gently supported himself against the desk with one hand to prevent himself from falling, while pressing his throbbing temple with the other. Surging currents of heat continuously crashed back and forth within his body. He felt as if his entire body was about to burst into flames, and his throat was so dry it felt like it was smoking. The voice that came out was unusually hoarse: “Doctor, I think… I’m going to differentiate.”

The female doctor took one look at Ye Shaoyang’s condition and immediately said, “Give him some warm water and help him to the examination room.” Then she glanced at Chi Shuo: “Family members please wait outside first.”

Chi Shuo, who was defined as a family member: “…?”

Alright. Wait outside. Chi Shuo went out and sat on the chair in the corridor, waiting for the results with complex emotions.

Inside the examination room, the severely dehydrated Ye Shaoyang was fed half a cup of warm water by the nurse. His throat felt much better, but the burning heat inside his body was still not alleviated. Ye Shaoyang felt dizzy; he felt himself being helped onto a hospital bed, and many strange instruments were connected to his body, seemingly running tests on him.

Ye Shaoyang felt weak and limp all over, lying on the bed and letting the doctor manipulate him.

The doctor finished taking his temperature and then checked his pheromone data, asking at the same time, “How old are you this year?”

Ye Shaoyang replied, “21.”

The doctor was somewhat surprised: “Only differentiating at 21?”

Ye Shaoyang squeezed out a helpless smile from the corners of his mouth: “I didn’t want it to be this late either.”

Differentiate early, get it over with early; this day had finally come. Ye Shaoyang was actually always worried that if he suddenly differentiated in the middle of a match, it would implicate his teammates. Now, differentiating before joining the team actually resolved his greatest concern.

The doctor quickly finished the examination, glanced at the data on the instruments, and said to the nurse beside her, “Go get a dose of strong Omega suppressant. The pheromone levels are already very high, we must control it immediately.”

Ye Shaoyang: “…”

O-what? Omega?

His consciousness was hazy, and he thought he had misheard. Ye Shaoyang struggled to sit up and confirm, but the female doctor gently held him down and said, “Don’t move around, you’ve differentiated into an Omega.”

Ye Shaoyang couldn’t quite believe it: “How could I become an Omega? Don’t I look more like an Alpha?”

The doctor explained, “Differentiation isn’t based on personality, it’s based on genetics. What are your parents’ genes?”

“My father is an Alpha, my mother is an Omega… that makes sense, I have a 50% chance of becoming an Omega.” Ye Shaoyang obediently lay back down. He quickly accepted this reality, closed his eyes, and stopped talking.

He had actually been mentally prepared for this early on.

A 50% probability isn’t 5%, so there was nothing to be surprised about.

A moment later, the nurse brought over a dose of strong suppressant. The doctor said to Ye Shaoyang, “Although the allergy rate for suppressants is very low, just to be safe, we’ll still do a skin allergy test for you first.”

The nurse lifted Ye Shaoyang’s hand and injected a trace amount of suppressant into the skin on the back of his hand. Ye Shaoyang felt a slight sting on the back of his hand, and immediately following that, a patch of small red spots suddenly appeared on the surrounding skin.

His skin was very fair, so those small red spots looked exceptionally distinct, showing no signs of fading anytime soon.

The female doctor looked at this scene in surprise: “Allergic?”

The nurse also hadn’t expected this: “Isn’t it said that the allergy rate for strong suppressants is less than one in a hundred thousand?”

Less than one in a hundred thousand.

But the person before them was clearly that one in a hundred thousand.

The doctor asked, “Don’t you have mixed-race genes?”

Ye Shaoyang answered hazily, “I think so. There’s some foreign blood on my mother’s side, but I’m not clear on the specifics.”

The doctor fell silent for a moment and looked at the nurse: “Try switching to an imported suppressant.”

The nurse ran out like the wind and quickly returned with the medication.

Switching to a different injection, they did a skin test on the back of his other hand.

As a result, his left hand also very cooperatively grew several small red spots, perfectly symmetrical with his right hand.

The doctor looked at him helplessly: “Your situation is rather unique. There are only these two types of Omega suppressants circulating on the market, but you are allergic to both and cannot use suppressants.”

Ye Shaoyang was a bit stunned. Allergic? Just like how one can’t take penicillin injections if they’re allergic? He remembered Xiao Rui telling him that besides injections, suppressants also came in oral medication forms. He hurriedly asked, “If I can’t take injections, are oral medications okay?”

The doctor explained, “The ingredients of the oral medication and the injection are the same, and the effect isn’t as good as the injection. If you’re allergic to the medication ingredients, it will still be dangerous if you ingest it.”

Ye Shaoyang was completely bewildered now: “Then what do I do?”

His body was feeling increasingly terrible. The heat currents continuously crashing within his body felt as if they were going to melt him into a puddle of water. A very bizarre sense of emptiness suddenly sprouted from deep within his body, and the back of his neck was still slightly swollen and itchy. It was probably that thing called a “gland” growing out. The pheromone blocking patch his brother gave him seemed completely useless.

Sure enough, the doctor helped him peel off the blocking patch and said, “This blocking patch is useless to you. There are two solutions now. The first one: we send your genetic and pheromone samples to the pharmaceutical company to see if they can develop a new type of suppressant tailored to your situation, but the research process will be very long.”

Ye Shaoyang: “How long?”

The doctor sighed: “The development of a new drug will take at least a year or two.”

Ye Shaoyang: “…And the second solution?”

The doctor said, “Find an Alpha to mark you.”

Mark?

Ye Shaoyang’s mind was muddled, but he had taken notes on this key knowledge on his phone back then. Marks seemed to be divided into temporary marks and permanent marks. A temporary mark involved biting the neck, while a permanent mark required making love.

Ye Shaoyang tensed his body: “Temporary mark or…?”

The doctor replied, “The effective period of a temporary mark is about 1 to 3 months, determined by the Alpha’s pheromones and your compatibility. The higher the compatibility, the longer the duration. A permanent mark can better solve your problem; you’d only need to replenish it once a year during your heat period.”

Ye Shaoyang breathed a sigh of relief: “A temporary one guarantees 1 to 3 months! Then that’s no problem.”

Thank goodness it wasn’t a daily disposable thing; having to get bitten every day would be too annoying.

The doctor froze for a moment, not expecting this Omega to accept the matter of marking so well. Did he perhaps have a boyfriend/girlfriend? She smiled and said, “If you have a steady Alpha partner, that would be perfect. You can have him temporarily mark you, which can suppress your pheromones.”

Ye Shaoyang: “…”

He didn’t have a partner.

But he did have a captain, right outside the door.

As long as he could play matches, letting Captain Chi bite him wasn’t a big deal, right?

Captain Chi was a captain with a very strong sense of responsibility. In this current situation, he could only seek help from Captain Chi.

Ye Shaoyang decisively said, “Help me call that Alpha outside the door.”

Assuming the person outside the door was his boyfriend, the doctor asked the nurse to go out and call him in.

Chi Shuo was waiting outside the door when he suddenly saw the nurse step out with a friendly smile: “Sir, please come with me for a moment. Ye Shaoyang has differentiated into an Omega and needs your help.”

Chi Shuo: “…………??”

This sentence exploded in Chi Shuo’s mind like a sudden clap of thunder.

The corner of his mouth twitched slightly, and the calm he had maintained wavered somewhat. Omega? You’ve got to be kidding me?!

Frowning, he followed the nurse to the adjacent pheromone isolation room. The nurse tactfully withdrew, smiled and said, “Leaving him to you,” and then considerately closed the door.

The pheromone isolation room was established by the hospital specifically for Omegas who suddenly entered heat or were about to lose control of their pheromones. This room could isolate all pheromone odors to prevent chaos caused by an Omega’s leaking pheromones.

As soon as Chi Shuo entered, he smelled a rich fragrance. This scent was somewhat like the fresh fragrance of sunflowers on an autumn afternoon. It wasn’t overly cloying, carrying a hint of sunny, melting warmth, making one feel as if they were standing in a vast field of sunflowers.

The warm fragrance instantly enveloped his entire body completely, as if trying to seep into every pore.

Chi Shuo stood stiffly there, his spine instantly tense.

Then, he met a pair of moist eyes. Ye Shaoyang was leaning weakly against the sofa. His sweat-soaked shirt clung tightly to his body, outlining a slender, beautiful waistline.

Half of his delicate collarbone was exposed, gleaming with a soft luster under the moisture of sweat. His hair was completely wet as well. Those usually clear and bright eyes were tinged with a hazy vapor from the torment of pheromones, the corners of his eyes flushed with an alluring red, captivating to the extreme.

Chi Shuo: “…………”

The air was completely stiff. Chi Shuo didn’t even want to breathe, because every time he breathed, he would inhale the strong scent of Omega pheromones, which was simply torture for him.

Just then, Ye Shaoyang suddenly spoke.

The young man’s voice carried a hint of sexy hoarseness, and he looked incredibly weak, yet his tone wasn’t the least bit aggrieved. Instead, it was very calm: “Captain Chi, I differentiated into an Omega.”

Chi Shuo regained his reason but didn’t know what to say. Where did his Alpha teammate go?! Why did a perfectly fine Alpha suddenly turn into an Omega?

Ye Shaoyang followed up closely, “The doctor said I’m allergic to suppressants.”

Chi Shuo: “…What does that mean?”

Ye Shaoyang’s smile was somewhat helpless: “It means I can’t use Omega suppressants; I’ll have an allergic reaction. Right now, only you can help me.”

Chi Shuo temporarily couldn’t digest the information he was conveying. Can’t use suppressants? Then what to do?

Chi Shuo’s tone was stiff: “How… can I help you?”

Ye Shaoyang suddenly supported himself against the sofa and stood up. With unsteady footsteps, he slowly walked in front of Chi Shuo, turned around, and pointed to the back of his neck: “Give me a temporary mark; bite me, thanks.”

Chi Shuo: “?????”

Unable to maintain his calm any longer, Chi Shuo’s expression instantly crumbled.