ARML CH62

After the afternoon training concluded, they continued practicing the Flying Duo combo in the evening. Following the coach’s arrangements, Team 2 switched their playstyle. They no longer replicated the Huowen team’s Flame Goddess system but instead copied the Jingzhe team’s Poison Comp composition.

The Poison Comp replicated by Team 2 certainly couldn’t match the power of Jingzhe led by Fang Zhengqing.

However, judging from the actual combat results, the Flying Duo combo indeed had the capability to fight against the Poison Comp. As long as Chi Shuo and Ye Shaoyang could coordinate to kill Fang Zhengqing, Tianhuan would have a certain chance of winning against Jingzhe.

After playing two matches, Coach Lin began to review the day’s matches from the beginning, examining the macro details of each player, and then analyzing the team fight coordination on both sides. He discovered quite a few issues and explained them sequentially.

It wasn’t until 12:30 AM that Coach Lin finally let everyone go back to sleep, ready to continue training tomorrow.

Ye Shaoyang and Chi Shuo returned to Dorm 301.

Nominally roommates, they actually slept in separate rooms and didn’t disturb each other. Exhausted from training every day, they didn’t have time to chat upon returning to the dorm. Ye Shaoyang habitually left a “Goodnight, Captain Chi” before turning and entering his own bedroom.

Turning on the light, he saw Xiao Bai wasn’t on the sofa. Ye Shaoyang searched the bedroom twice, even checking under the bed, but still couldn’t find the cat. Ye Shaoyang hurried out and asked, “Captain Chi, have you seen Xiao Bai?”

Chi Shuo stood at the door of his bedroom, pointing toward the head of his bed with a serious expression.

Ye Shaoyang followed his gaze and saw the ragdoll cat with its tail held high, prancing all over Chi Shuo’s bed. It even leaped onto Chi Shuo’s pillow and rolled around comfortably.

Chi Shuo’s bed was completely messy, as if a bandit had broken in and rummaged through it.

Ye Shaoyang: “…” Chi Shuo: “…”

Ye Shaoyang scolded into the room, “Xiao Bai, who let you into Captain Chi’s room? Get out here right now!”

Xiao Bai looked at Ye Shaoyang aggrievedly: “Meow?” Isn’t all of this my territory?

Refusing to come down, its claws tightly gripped Chi Shuo’s pillow.

Ye Shaoyang had no choice but to go in and carry it out.

This was Ye Shaoyang’s first time entering Chi Shuo’s bedroom. The curtains and bedsheets were all in shades of gray. The entire room was decorated in a minimalist style, lacking any superfluous ornaments—clean and simple. A faint, cool scent of green bamboo under moonlight lingered in the room, identical to the Alpha pheromones he remembered on Chi Shuo, smelling exceptionally nice.

Ye Shaoyang walked over quickly to grab Xiao Bai, but the cat suddenly jumped onto the desk, then onto the windowsill. Ye Shaoyang chased it all around before finally catching it in a corner.

Ye Shaoyang bent down to scoop Xiao Bai up. Walking out, he said awkwardly, “Captain Chi, I’m sorry, I didn’t expect it to run into your bedroom to cause trouble. Just close your bedroom door from now on…”

Xiao Bai widened its eyes and looked at Chi Shuo innocently.

Chi Shuo patted the kitten’s head and said gently, “It’s fine, I don’t mind.”

If any other cat had run into his bedroom to cause trouble, Chi Shuo wouldn’t have hesitated to chase it away with a dark expression. But this was Ye Shaoyang’s cat. Perhaps because he highly appreciated Ye Shaoyang as a teammate, the cat raised by Ye Shaoyang also looked more pleasing to the eye. Even though the kitten messed up his bed, he surprisingly wasn’t angry.

Ye Shaoyang locked the cat in his own bedroom, turned around with a lint roller, and said, “Xiao Bai normally sheds a lot of hair. Jumping around on your bed just now definitely left a bunch of hair. Let me clean it up for you.”

Chi Shuo: “No need, I can do it myse…”

Before he could finish, he watched Ye Shaoyang naturally enter his bedroom, lean over, and use the lint roller to pick up all the cat hair on the bedsheets, then considerately smoothed out the messy sheets and blankets.

Chi Shuo stood stiffly at the door. Watching Ye Shaoyang bend over to make his bed, the tips of his ears couldn’t help but grow slightly hot.

No Alpha would use masking agents in their own bedroom to cover their scent. Of course, there was no need to. Therefore, an Alpha’s bedroom generally carried the scent of their pheromones and was their private territory.

No one had ever entered Chi Shuo’s bedroom before.

He had arrived at Tianhuan in his teens and had lived in this room for years. In this room, he had completed his most important adolescent differentiation, spent his first Alpha susceptible period, and had hazy dreams of marking Omegas.

The bedroom was filled with the scent of his pheromones.

Yet today, Ye Shaoyang casually walked into his bedroom to help make his bed?

Did this Omega have even the slightest self-awareness of being an Omega?

Chi Shuo remained frozen in place, watching in disbelief as Ye Shaoyang made his bed.

A moment later, Ye Shaoyang used the lint roller to remove all the cat hair shed by Xiao Bai, neatly arranged the bedsheets and blanket, and turned around, “Don’t worry, Captain Chi, I’ll keep an eye on Xiao Bai from now on and not let it run around randomly.”

Chi Shuo: “…”

Seeing him in a daze, Ye Shaoyang couldn’t help but call out in confusion, “Captain Chi?”

Chi Shuo snapped back to reality, the tips of his ears slightly flushed, and coughed lightly, “You… you should come out first.”

Ye Shaoyang didn’t leave immediately, dutifully scanning the floor. Confirming there was no cat hair left, he walked up to Chi Shuo, smiled, and said, “Done. Get some rest early, Captain Chi. Goodnight.”

Ye Shaoyang strode away. Leaving Chi Shuo frozen like a statue on the spot.

An Omega making a bed for an Alpha; he had only seen such a scene in TV dramas. Usually, only couples did such intimate things.

What was going on with Ye Shaoyang? Running into his bedroom to make his bed?

The more Chi Shuo thought about it, the hotter his ears burned.

Could it be that because he had marked Ye Shaoyang, Ye Shaoyang had developed a feeling of dependency towards him? According to the knowledge from biology class, an Omega who has been marked would involuntarily develop an affection for the Alpha who marked them and would come to like the Alpha’s pheromones.

When Ye Shaoyang entered his bedroom just now, he didn’t have any adverse reactions, clearly adapting well to the scent of the pheromones inside.

Chi Shuo’s mind was somewhat chaotic. He couldn’t discern whether Ye Shaoyang was simply “carefree” and completely oblivious to this, or if he had developed romantic feelings for him because of that mark?

Ahem, it’s best if it isn’t romantic feelings. Next season is crucial for Tianhuan, and there can’t be any mistakes. He still wanted to recreate the sharpness of mid-jungle synergy with Ye Shaoyang. If personal feelings were mixed into playing matches, it would affect their judgment of the game.

Chi Shuo calmly thought it over and walked into the bathroom with mixed feelings.

In the adjacent bedroom, Ye Shaoyang—who only thought, “My cat caused trouble for someone, so I should help clean up the cat hair”—had no idea Chi Shuo would imagine so many things.

He comfortably took a hot shower in the bathroom, completely unaware that the action of “an Omega running into an Alpha’s bedroom to make the bed” was anything out of the ordinary.

Good buddies, what’s wrong with making a bed?

Even sleeping together wouldn’t matter.

The pheromone blocker patches on the back of his neck were almost used up. These things were much more expensive than band-aids and were meant for daily use. The box Ye Shaoyang brought previously only had one left. After his shower, Ye Shaoyang picked up his phone, placed an order on the online mall, and bought 5 boxes of pheromone blocker patches in one go. Using same-city express delivery, he had them sent to the Tianhuan team base.

The next morning, after Chi Shuo got up, he saw Ye Shaoyang walking into the dorm carrying a few boxes. Thinking it was canned food for the kitten, he offered to help carry them. But upon closer inspection, it turned out to be five whole boxes of pheromone blocker patches.

Chi Shuo: “…Is it necessary to buy this many?”

Ye Shaoyang replied, “Using one every day goes by fast. It’s better to buy more and stock up.”

He had already gotten used to sticking a blocker patch on every day before going out. After all, there were quite a few Alpha members in the Tianhuan team. Over time, the area on the back of his neck turned somewhat red, contrasting sharply with his fair skin.

When he went downstairs to get the delivery just now, Ye Shaoyang happened to not be wearing a blocker patch. The Omega gland on the back of his neck flushed a tender red, truly looking fragile and sensitive.

Chi Shuo suddenly recalled the scene of biting into Ye Shaoyang’s gland at the time. That tender touch and warm, sweet taste had already been deeply etched into his mind. Chi Shuo’s heart skipped a beat, and he quickly looked away.

Ye Shaoyang nimbly tore open a pack of blocker patches, stuck it on the back of his neck, and asked simultaneously, “By the way, Captain Chi, it’s been over a month since you last marked me, right?”

Chi Shuo subconsciously replied, “34 days.”

Ye Shaoyang smiled as he looked at him: “Captain Chi remembers it quite clearly.”

Chi Shuo: “…”

After all, that was his first time. Ahem, marking an Omega for the first time naturally left a deep impression.

Ye Shaoyang lowered his head, pondering over something, then quickly returned to the bedroom. He dug out the pheromone detector the doctor had given him, measured the value, and said, “The doctor said a temporary mark’s validity period is 1 to 3 months. I’ve been checking my pheromone data every day recently, and it’s been stable around 3.5. It should be fine, right? I remember only needing a supplementary mark when it reaches 6.0. It seems the last temporary marking was quite effective.”

Chi Shuo looked away and feigned calmness, “Perhaps because our pheromone compatibility is relatively high, the temporary marking’s duration is also relatively long.”

Ye Shaoyang nodded in agreement, “It would be best if it could last 3 months. Oh, by the way, I’ve already paid the hospital. The doctor has submitted my data to the research center, and they will help me develop a specialized inhibitor as quickly as possible. If it’s fast, it can be developed within a year. For this year, I’ll have to continue troubling you to give me supplementary marks, Captain Chi.”

Chi Shuo turned back, meeting Ye Shaoyang’s clear, smiling eyes. The morning sun filtered through the window onto this delicate, handsome face. His eyes were excessively beautiful, thick eyelashes covering his eyelids, and the deep brown pupils seemed to hold a soft layer of light.

Chi Shuo’s heart pounded violently. He quickly looked away and lowered his voice, “It’s not trouble. If you need it, just tell me in time.”

Ye Shaoyang said, “I check my pheromone data every day. Don’t worry, it won’t affect the matches.”

Chi Shuo: “…En.”

The conversation ended just like that. Chi Shuo turned and left the dorm with hurried steps, his back appearing somewhat stiff.

Ye Shaoyang scratched his head in confusion and looked at Xiao Bai, “Captain Chi seems a bit off today?”

Xiao Bai: “Meow?”

Ye Shaoyang smiled, “Probably didn’t sleep well.”

The hastily departing Chi Shuo’s ears were completely red, and his heartbeat was absurdly fast.

At the thought of having to repeatedly mark Ye Shaoyang over the next year, Chi Shuo’s mood became extremely complex. After all, for Alphas and Omegas, the intimacy level of a temporary marking is no less than a French kiss.

Every time, he had to bite open Ye Shaoyang’s gland, inject his Alpha pheromones, and let their pheromones fuse—this was practically the same as the mingling of saliva during a deep kiss between lovers, right?

Too intimate. Intimate enough that Chi Shuo’s ears burned just thinking about it.

Yet Ye Shaoyang looked completely unbothered, speaking about marking as calmly as talking about eating rice today. Sometimes, Chi Shuo truly didn’t understand Ye Shaoyang. Did this Omega lack any self-awareness as an Omega?

Having been marked, and still carelessly saying, “Trouble you to give me another one?”

Arriving at the cafeteria, Ye Shaoyang habitually sat next to Chi Shuo, looked at him, and smiled brightly, “Captain Chi, let’s duo-queue after eating. We’ll continue slaughtering those marksmen on the international server.”

Chi Shuo didn’t even raise his head, “En.”

Ye Shaoyang noticed the Alpha beside him looked serious, sitting upright as if attending a meeting while eating, yet the tips of his ears were red. He didn’t know if it was frozen red from the temperature drop these past few days.

The two ate in silence. Right then, the team manager, Tang Can, also came to the cafeteria for breakfast.

Seeing the two, she brought her tray over, sat next to Ye Shaoyang, and said, “You guys wake up this early every day? Esports players with a healthy routine like yours are truly rare.”

Ye Shaoyang explained, “I have to start my stream at 10 AM, so I wake up early to play ranked for two hours. Captain Chi adjusted his schedule to match mine.”

Tang Can looked at Ye Shaoyang and said, “By the way, Shaoyang, your documents have been submitted to the league. Because Omega players are quite special, the League Disciplinary Committee will personally come to our team for an investigation in a few days. This is to prevent any messy romantic entanglements between Omega and Alpha players in their private lives, which could have a negative impact.”

The League Disciplinary Committee is responsible for supervising the conduct of pro players. If they encounter players sleeping with fans, or engaging in pornography or gambling—actions that violate the rules—they may face suspension, or in severe cases, the cancellation of their professional league registration.

It made sense for the Disciplinary Committee to personally come and check things out since Tianhuan signed an Omega player. After all, Alphas and Omegas are naturally attracted to each other, especially since Omegas also have a heat period, which could easily cause chaos within the team.

Ye Shaoyang nodded understandingly, “I know, let them investigate. My pheromones are well-controlled, and I don’t have any romantic entanglements with my teammates. We just purely play matches; they shouldn’t be able to find any faults.”

Tang Can smiled, “That’s for the best. The Disciplinary Committee is just conducting a routine check; simply cooperate with them. Furthermore, the team plans to officially announce your joining after the transfer period ends. If you’re playing matches next season, you’ll need to register a specific match ID. Have you thought of one?”

Ye Shaoyang replied, “I thought of it a long time ago. It’ll just be Tianhuan-Lieyang.”

Chi Shuo: “…”

His name is Shuoyue. Shuoyue, Lieyang… why do these sound like couple names? Did Shaoyang do this on purpose?

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Author’s note:

Ye Shaoyang: I was called Lieyang in my past life. Bro, please stop your wild imagination ^_^

Chi Shuo: …