There was one thing Lin Zhu had always known—

His lover was tall and slender, and the distribution of fat and muscle was very symmetrical, so much so that he had two shallow dimples on his lower back.

Slightly sunken, with very shallow shadows.

It looked both cute and sexy.

This was perhaps a small secret exclusively meant for the man himself, but it had been generously shared with his young lover. Thus, the circle of the secret was torn open, expanding into a space that could accommodate two people, and ultimately stopping within this boundary.

Lin Zhu felt very happy about this unique sense of closeness.

His gaze was focused, yet he couldn’t help but fall into a daze for a few seconds.

…He wanted to become even closer to the other person.

Unlike his highly aggressive outward appearance, Lin Zhu believed that while there was a cold and stern part to his personality, what he displayed in his daily life was mostly a warm, reserved, and introverted side.

However, at this very moment.

A strong desire naturally swelled from the bottom of his heart, like a fire, burning away all his warmth and introversion completely.

This was the very first time Lin Zhu had tangibly felt this unfamiliar fire, originating from the most primal nature of humanity. It flowed endlessly, burning fiercer and fiercer, unwilling to be lonely as it howled loudly by his ear, hoarsely screaming about its suppression.

It was very noisy.

Making it completely impossible for anyone to ignore.

But Lin Zhu didn’t act rashly. Instead, he desperately resisted that restlessness engraved in the genes of Alphas, or rather, males, unwilling to obey its bewitchment.

He lowered his eyes and suddenly felt…

There was a saying that was very true.

The unknown is the eternal fear engraved in human genes.

Perhaps the man himself hadn’t realized it, but his whole body was trembling slightly right now, as if he felt an uncontrollable panic toward what was about to happen—even though he had been extremely proactive before this, his attitude could be called breezy, fully displaying the effortless ease of an adult, as if everything was in his grasp.

From the first time they met, he had been like this.

This was what Lin Zhu thought.

Beneath the [calm self-control] at their first meeting hid a trace of hesitation. Beneath the [abundant leisure] in their later interactions revealed a hint of heart-trembling. And now… beneath the man’s mature, rich blood and bones, Lin Zhu pushed aside the clouds and mist, once again bumping into his purity and greenness.

A massive contradiction was displayed on this man.

But this contradictory trait, the other was willing to bare honestly in front of him.

Unique, singular, irreplaceable.

It wasn’t just because of their 100% pheromone compatibility, but even more so because…

He was Lin Zhu. He was himself.

Thus, heat unknowingly dyed Lin Zhu’s heart.

He couldn’t help but blink his eyes. Unexpectedly, with a slight slackening, that loneliness accumulated over the years broke out of its cage, jumping, bouncing, smashing, and throwing things around in the chambers of his heart, desperately expressing its grievances and urgency.

In a split second.

Many bad thoughts, beyond the control of their owner, surged out all at once.

They couldn’t be chopped off or cut away.

Putting a timely stop to the large pile of chaotic thoughts in his head, Lin Zhu took several deep breaths back and forth, striving to calm himself down, unwilling to let primal desires control his brain.

After a few breaths.

He issued a low warning in advance, to soothe the man’s nervous emotions.

“Ge, don’t be afraid.”

At this time, Yan Ruoyun’s forehead was pressed against his own crossed wrists, the upper half of his face sunk into the soft pillow.

As the distance between the two shortened, nervousness jumped out, screaming and yelling, but anticipation immediately tackled it down, covered its mouth and nose, and joyfully welcomed the pleasure of the next second.

However, what arrived one step ahead of the pleasure was—

“…Wu.”

The air solidified.

Lin Zhu felt he had fallen into a dilemma where he could neither advance nor retreat. On one side was the fiercely raging possessiveness that couldn’t be ignored as an Alpha, and on the other side was his instinctive cherishing and treasuring of his lover.

“Ge, don’t be nervous, don’t be afraid.”

He bent down, whispering hoarsely, stating his predicament, “If you’re like this, I have no way…”

The man replied with a muffled voice:

“…Isn’t it already fine?”

Hearing this, Lin Zhu fell into a momentary silence.

He really didn’t know how to describe the current awkward situation, so he could only take the man’s hand…

“Not yet,” he said softly.

The man’s center of gravity wasn’t stable, and he lost his balance for a moment. But he could no longer care about his currently disheveled appearance. Instead, after instinctively sucking in a breath of cold air, he issued a questioning sound in disbelief,

“Little dog Lin, what exactly is going on with you?!”

Lin Zhu was questioned into silence.

He didn’t know how he compared among his peers. Initially, it was only after the system mentioned it in his ear several times that Lin Zhu gained a vague understanding of it.

Later, it was Yan Ruoyun hinting at it softly in front of him, speaking until Lin Zhu couldn’t suppress the shy flush on his face, yet a subtle feeling of floating quietly rose from the bottom of his heart.

But this invisible floating had transformed in this space and this time, turning into an objectively existing obstacle, making him feel exceptionally troubled.

Fortunately, Lin Zhu was diligent and eager to learn. In class, he diligently did test papers for all subjects, and in his spare time, he sought knowledge.

To this day, he was already…

An Omega who qualified himself.

So, Lin Zhu flipped his wrist,

He pulled the man up, skillfully pecking and kissing the slightly heating gland on the back of his neck…

His other hand wasn’t idle either.

Lin Zhu interrupted the man’s habitual action of biting his fingers with a forceful stance, using his own knuckles as a replacement, preventing the other from dealing with the situation at hand by hurting himself.

The man’s lips and tongue were sealed thusly, rendering him completely unable to speak. However, there were even more indistinct sounds surging from his throat, disturbing the quiet air in the room.

The sea breeze drilled in, bringing the sweetness of mint candy.

The blond youth’s name echoed in the room, very muffled.

Lin Zhu. Lin Zhu.

Being called like this, Lin Zhu’s heart couldn’t stop softening, but the situation in another aspect was completely the opposite.

The extreme conflict of the two poles was irreconcilable, running in opposite directions.

As his gland heated up, Yan Ruoyun’s brain also began to heat up along with it. He felt dizzy all over, somewhat like a severe cold, and his consciousness became extremely unclear.

The man stared at the pure white wall above his head, his vision slightly unfocused.

In the center of the ceiling.

An exquisitely designed crystal chandelier refracted dazzling light.

It was unknown how much time had passed.

It might have been two or three seconds, or it could have been several minutes.

Time had completely lost its meaning in this space.

Lin Zhu gazed at this gland, which he was already exceptionally familiar with. Breathing heavily, he opened his mouth, revealing that pair of excessively sharp canine teeth… Just like a Northern European vampire, the tips of the teeth sank into the skin, injecting lethal toxin into the prey’s body.

Almost at the exact same moment.

Yan Ruoyun’s expression became dazed and blank.

The chandelier above his head seemed to overload its circuit, suddenly exploding. The dazzling light shattered all over the floor, and the deeply hidden grayish-green in the man’s eyes was also shattered along with it. Scalding hot tears then surged out all at once.

Yan Ruoyun heard the sound of his own crying.

Lin Zhu, however, heard his lover call his name.

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The sky was faintly bright.

The sun was still hiding below the horizon, unwilling to come out.

The pitch-black surface of the sea was reflected into a grayish-blue color by the faint light in the east. The stars in the sky were gone, having fallen into the sea, sparsely floating on the water’s surface, pushed by the damp, cold wind, emitting a dripping halo of light.

No one scooped them up.

Some were swept onto the sandy shore by the waves, and some were smashed against the reefs, flying into mid-air, miserably calling for help… but they could only peek at the tightly drawn curtains on the second floor of the nearby villa.

Not a single ray of light could penetrate.

The curtains blocked all lines of sight from the outside world.

The master bedroom was a mess.

The bedsheets, crumpled and creased, had half-fallen onto the floor—wet in some spots, dry in others. One pillow had vanished without a trace; you had to look very carefully to find it lying on the sofa, the pillowcase stained with an inconspicuous clump of traces from tears.

The trash can was very empty, containing only a few torn pieces of plastic.

“Splash… splash…”

In the bathroom.

The sound of water droplets smashing against the tiled floor could be heard from time to time.

The pure white bathtub was lined with a layer of transparent waterproofing film. Inside, it was filled with warm water, so full it was about to overflow.

Lin Zhu leaned against the bathtub wall, holding the exhausted-looking man in front of him. Using his palm to scoop up clear water, he carefully washed the man’s face.

It was dirty.

Yan Ruoyun had inadvertently dirtied his face. By his own self.

Besides the sound of water, the bathroom was very quiet.

Right at this moment.

The man suddenly spoke. His throat seemed to have been injured from crying, terribly hoarse, making Lin Zhu’s heart quail wave after wave as he listened.

He said,

“Little dog Lin, I hurt so much.”

Lin Zhu’s expression instantly turned nervous, and he hurriedly asked: “…Where exactly does it hurt? Is it very serious? Do we need to find a doctor to look at it?”

After speaking, he couldn’t help but feel another wave of remorse.

He hadn’t experienced this kind of thing before.

Thinking all the time that he needed to control himself, yet in the end, he had still lost control.

He had lost control, plundering everything of Yan Ruoyun’s.

A long moment passed.

The man complained:

“It feels like my jaw is about to dislocate.”

Lin Zhu lowered his eyes and glanced at his own knuckles, which were branded with bite marks.

Yan Ruoyun had bitten them.

Because he had kept tugging at the tip of his tongue.

In a daze, Lin Zhu recalled that he seemed to have gone red-eyed at the end, his actions very excessive. Thinking of this, he couldn’t help rubbing his fingertips together. Feeling somewhat in the wrong, he lowered his head, not daring to make a sound.

Yan Ruoyun continued:

“Also, those dog teeth you grew… just don’t always act like a little kid who hasn’t grown up.”

He paused for two seconds and emphasized:

“It hurts to death.”

Hearing this, Lin Zhu’s head drooped even lower.

“My waist hurts too.”

“Look for yourself, so many bruises… if we really got a doctor to look, they might think I got beat up by someone.” He turned his head slightly, his complexion looking a little better now. “Why did you pinch so hard? It’s not like I’d run away.”

Hearing this, Lin Zhu hesitated again and again, but still retorted, though lacking confidence and boldness: “Ge, actually… um, you did try to run, which is why I…”

A short while later.

Yan Ruoyun: “Hmph.”

This sound was very light.

Lin Zhu suddenly felt that the man’s tone sounded like he was complaining, yet it sounded even more like he was…

Acting coquettishly?

And the way they were acting right now, did this count as couples bickering?

Lin Zhu thought with a sense of novelty.

He pursed his lips, suddenly caught sight of the slight curve at the corner of the man’s mouth, and couldn’t help but smile slightly as well. At the same time, he asked: “Then is there anywhere else you feel uncomfortable?”

After another period of silence.

The man suddenly cursed hoarsely,

“My stomach hurts.”

Lin Zhu: “…”

As one of the firsthand experiencers.

Lin Zhu naturally wouldn’t misunderstand that the ‘stomach’ Yan Ruoyun mentioned at this time simply referred to the human waist and abdomen area.

In reality, the place the man spoke of was hidden amidst layers of flesh and organs, tightly protected, unreachable without ease, and would only respond to the outside world if it sensed the voluntary willingness of the body’s owner.

In biology textbooks, its scientific name was called—

[The Reproductive Cavity]

“…”

Lin Zhu had been just a tiny bit away from permanently marking Yan Ruoyun.

Just that tiny bit.