Meng Yang glared at his companion unhappily, “A guy like Jiang Ruotang, even if he differentiated into an omega, no alpha could handle him!”

As soon as the words fell, a teasing voice came from downstairs.

“Hahaha, don’t put a top-tier alpha filter on yourself. It’s not like any omega would fantasize about you anyway.”

Meng Yang was stunned. He and his friends looked down through the middle of the staircase and saw Jiang Ruotang standing at the corner, looking up at them with a smile.

“You…” Meng Yang wanted to release his alpha pheromones to suppress him. He had just let out a little when he received a cold glare from Lu Guifan.

An inexplicable sense of pressure crushed down on him from below. Meng Yang’s legs felt as if they were filled with cement, unable to move from the spot.

“Please be so kind as to collect your misplaced pheromones. Don’t pollute the air,” Lu Guifan’s voice was calm.

Meng Yang only knew that Lu Guifan usually didn’t like to talk to people, and he knew he was an alpha, but this level of pheromone suppression meant the other’s pheromone level was probably several grades higher than his own.

“Meng Yang? Meng Yang, what’s wrong with you?” his companion shook his shoulder.

“I… I’m fine…”

Lu Guifan lowered his head, gently took Jiang Ruotang by the shoulder, and led him away.

Jiang Ruotang belatedly asked, “Did Meng Yang just release pheromones at me?”

“Yes.” Although Lu Guifan wasn’t the type to go tattling to teachers, Meng Yang’s behavior was simply too despicable, a disgrace to all alphas. He considered reporting it to the grade level supervisors. If left unchecked, something bad could happen.

“Then what does Meng Yang’s pheromone smell like?”

“Why do you care about the pheromone scent of other alphas?” Lu Guifan frowned and asked back.

“Because I think his pheromones smell like bad breath. It’s a pity I didn’t get to smell it just now, so I’m asking you to confirm.”

Lu Guifan turned his face away, the corner of his mouth lifting very slightly before quickly disappearing.

“I didn’t notice what his scent was either,” Lu Guifan said to Jiang Ruotang. “For those alphas with poor character, it’s best to avoid direct conflict for now. Because you don’t know if they’ll use their pheromone advantage to plot against you from behind the scenes.”

“Huh? Do I have to be so careful just because I’m an omega? That’s so unfair.”

Suddenly, the ABO setting wasn’t so appealing anymore.

“I don’t think omegas are at a disadvantage. On the contrary, in many situations when alphas are stressed, fighting, or showing violent tendencies, an omega’s pheromones can provide positive guidance and comfort. Some trained omegas can even use their pheromones to soften and restrain an alpha’s irrational behavior. Omegas are very powerful. I’m reminding you to be careful of those alphas because you’ve just differentiated and don’t know how to defend yourself yet. It’s like a child who can’t beat a grown-up bad guy.”

“Understood.” Jiang Ruotang tilted his head and looked at Lu Guifan. “Then you have to protect me, this little child, always.”

After picking up his takeout, Jiang Ruotang returned to the classroom and had lunch with Lu Guifan. He took the scrambled eggs with chopped peppers from Lu Guifan’s lunchbox, saying it was fragrant and went well with rice, and in return, gave him the braised pork ribs from his own lunchbox.

After lunch, Lu Guifan had a habit of walking on the sports field, and Jiang Ruotang followed him.

Lu Guifan wasn’t very talkative. Having spent so many years with him in reality, Jiang Ruotang didn’t feel the need to force a conversation, so he just walked silently behind Lu Guifan.

Perhaps because Jiang Ruotang was too quiet, Lu Guifan felt a little unaccustomed to it. He had just stopped to turn around and see what Jiang Ruotang was doing behind him when the other person bumped into his back with a muffled grunt.

“Why are you following behind me?” Lu Guifan turned and asked.

“Because you’re taller than me. The midday sun is glaring, and following you provides shade.”

Lu Guifan didn’t know how to react to this reason.

Seeing that the other didn’t object, Jiang Ruotang placed his hands on Lu Guifan’s shoulders and pushed him to continue walking forward.

Other students walking past them looked at the two with some surprise. This was the first time anyone had seen someone so close to Lu Guifan. It was as if the sun had risen from the west.

But Lu Guifan’s expression didn’t change, indifferent to the gazes of other students.

“Is there nothing you want to ask me?” Lu Guifan turned his head slightly. He could only see Jiang Ruotang’s ear. The guy was looking down, really using him as a sunshade.

“There is. Let me ask you, what is Cai Ji’s secondary gender? And what does his pheromone smell like?”

“Cai Ji is an alpha. His pheromone is wood sorrel.”

“What? Cai Cai is so soft and he’s an alpha?” Jiang Ruotang let out a regretful sigh. “I wonder what wood sorrel pheromones smell like?”

“Why are you always interested in other alphas’ pheromones?”

“No, no, no! I’m only interested in the pheromones of a few specific people. And Jian Sha, what about her secondary gender?”

“She’s a beta.”

“Oh, that’s really a pity for her.”

After all, Jian Sha loved ABO novels so much, yet in this world, she couldn’t smell pheromones. A moment of silence for her.

“So who else are you interested in? You should know Bai Yingchuan’s pheromone scent, right?”

Lu Guifan glanced back at Jiang Ruotang again. He could still only see the outline of his ear, which looked a bit fuzzy in the sunlight.

“I don’t know. But you don’t need to tell me, I’m not interested,” Jiang Ruotang shrugged.

“Besides these, are there any other common knowledge questions about omegas you want to ask?”

“Does Director Wang know I’ve differentiated into an omega?”

“I’ll tell him after we confirm your differentiation is stable.”

“Hahaha, no wonder. If he knew I was an omega, he’d probably be close to snapping his teaching cane in half right now, thinking fiercely to himself, ‘How did the best cabbage I raised get rooted by a pig!'”

For once, Lu Guifan didn’t understand Jiang Ruotang’s meaning. “Hm?”

“It means he would think I’m seducing you into a relationship!”

Lu Guifan closed his eyes and sighed helplessly. He knew very well that Jiang Ruotang was just joking, but with every step forward, the phrase “seduce you into a relationship” fell like a seed into his heart, taking root and sprouting, continuously occupying his mind.

After wandering for half an hour, they returned to the classroom for a nap.

Most students were already lying on their desks. Jiang Ruotang also lay down and quickly fell asleep.

Not long after, Jiang Ruotang felt a little hot, and even the back of his neck was faintly burning.

In a daze, someone gently patted his shoulder. “Jiang Ruotang, wake up, Jiang Ruotang!”

“Hm?” Jiang Ruotang rubbed his eyes and turned his head. His mind was a bit dizzy, and it took him a while to realize it was Lu Guifan talking to him.

He saw Lu Guifan take a small bottle from Jiang Ruotang’s schoolbag, put it in his own pocket, and seeing that Jiang Ruotang still looked confused, he typed a line on his phone screen: You’re starting your heat. Go out and spray the inhibitor now.

Jiang Ruotang’s heart suddenly jumped in alarm. In the novels Jian Sha had talked about, once a protagonist entered their heat, they were like a piece of braised pork thrown into a pack of wolves, attracting countless covetous eyes, although Jiang Ruotang didn’t think he had that much charm.

He got up, acting as if nothing was wrong, and walked out of the classroom. But he was clearly top-heavy, like he was drunk, and even accidentally bumped into Zhao Changfeng’s desk.

Zhao Changfeng was already in his susceptible period and should have easily smelled Jiang Ruotang’s pheromones. But he was enveloped in a scent of cliff cypress wood, which acted like a sharp, clear boundary, warning all alphas not to cross the line.

But for Zhao Changfeng, this was like a declaration of war and a provocation. He looked up, unable to control his temper, and said, “What are you doing!”

Who knew that Jiang Ruotang would casually push his head back down. “Going to the toilet. Go back to sleep.”

The moment his hand withdrew, the sweet, clear scent of apple mint slightly soothed Zhao Changfeng’s tense nerves, and he obediently lay back down.

Jiang Ruotang and Lu Guifan left the classroom just like that.

They arrived in front of the restroom. Jiang Ruotang was about to go in without thinking but was pulled out by Lu Guifan, who grabbed the back of his collar. Jiang Ruotang belatedly realized someone was inside.

A knock came from the left stall to the right one. “Bro, my toilet paper slipped and fell into the pit. Can you spare some?”

“Here, this is all I have!”

Lu Guifan quickly grabbed Jiang Ruotang’s shoulder, turned around, and whispered in his ear, “Go to the microwave room.”

Right, they could go to the microwave room. At this time, everyone had finished eating. The microwave room would definitely be empty!

The two of them quickly walked to the end of the corridor. The door to the microwave room was open, and it was clearly empty inside.

Jiang Ruotang let out a breath. He was so dizzy his head was buzzing, and the spot on the back of his neck where the inhibitor patch was applied was burning hot.

Lu Guifan gave the inhibitor to Jiang Ruotang and was about to turn and leave when Jiang Ruotang pulled him back. Lu Guifan’s back hit the door, his heart trembling with the impact. Jiang Ruotang raised his hands as if to embrace him, which made Lu Guifan’s heart nearly leap into his throat.

With a “click,” Lu Guifan realized that Jiang Ruotang was just locking the door.

“I’m an alpha. I should go out,” Lu Guifan said.

Jiang Ruotang could barely stand, but he looked at Lu Guifan with determination and said, “You are Lu Guifan, so you have to stay here with me.”

Lu Guifan didn’t know how to describe the power of that sentence. For Jiang Ruotang, what mattered was not that Lu Guifan was an alpha, but that he was him.

“I have no strength left. You spray it for me…”