Wen Yun’an looked at Huo Yuheng, who was hesitating to speak. His mind went blank for a moment before he realized, with a sudden shock, that Huo Yuheng was the first person to say he could smell his pheromones.
His Alpha could smell his pheromones.
He did not yet understand how dangerous it was for an Alpha to enter a rut because of an Omega’s pheromones; it was a situation he could not handle right now. But Huo Yuheng knew.
Realizing that things might get out of hand, Huo Yuheng stood up quickly: “Stay here and be good. Wait for me to come back.”
“Hmm? Okay, I understand.”
Huo Yuheng nodded without another word and walked toward the door. Wen Yun’an was so much younger than him, and he could not let his pheromones influence him to the point of hurting the boy.
He did not know why Huo Yuheng had left so suddenly. Was it because he had not worn his gland patch? But it was not on purpose.
Before he had time to overthink, the bedroom door was pushed open again. Huo Yuheng had been to the medical room, injected himself with an Alpha suppressant, and returned with a new gland patch.
“This is your gland patch. Put the necklace away and put this on now.” Huo Yuheng’s tone was steady, devoid of any emotion.
“I did not mean not to wear it.”
Did Huo Yuheng really dislike him like this?
Before he could finish his explanation, he was interrupted by Huo Yuheng. He looked at Huo Yuheng with aggrieved, teary eyes, as if he were about to cry.
Huo Yuheng rubbed his temples and explained patiently: “Baby, I am not blaming you for not wearing the patch. But you are an Omega. Regardless of which Alpha you face, you must protect yourself, do you understand?”
“I did not know.” He felt incredibly wronged. Although he had always been independent, before marriage, his parents or brothers had always reminded him of these things.
He had only just differentiated after so long, and there was so much new information to absorb while living under a new identity. How could he remember everything?
“It is not too late to know now. Do not be anxious.” Huo Yuheng knew he had been raised under the protection of the Wen family elders, sheltered from the world. He had never been exposed to the harsher realities, so not knowing was not his fault.
“Am I very stupid? I keep forgetting things after differentiating.” The little rabbit was so distressed that he started rambling. Was he going to cry on his wedding night?
“Not stupid. Who said you were stupid?” Huo Yuheng did not know how to comfort people; he had no experience in this area. After thinking for a long time, he could only say, “If you are stupid, how could you be a student at Rhodes Academy?”
His attention was successfully diverted, and he finally calmed down. He sniffled, looked at Huo Yuheng, and answered earnestly: “Because my parents are very, very rich.”
Huo Yuheng: “…” That was not wrong.
“Yes, so you are not stupid. Come, let us apply the gland patch, okay? Shall I help you, or will you do it yourself?”
“I will.”
Forget it, this delicate person who felt tired just from raising his arms, could he do this well? Huo Yuheng changed his mind: “I will help you. Turn around.”
Just as the patch was applied, Wen Yun’an’s phone lit up. He took it and saw a message from Wen Qirui:
【Big Brother: Xiao An, are you two busy? Let Huo Yuheng read this message too.】
He held the phone between the two of them: “Sir, Brother says you should read this message too.”
“Hmm, give me the phone. I will hold it.” Huo Yuheng took his phone.
Wen Yun’an tilted his head slightly, his fuzzy hair swaying in front of Huo Yuheng, as if he were about to bury himself in Huo Yuheng’s arms.
Wen Qirui’s second message arrived. Huo Yuheng read it out loud, word by word: “Brother says, Xiao An, I have been thinking, and I have decided to remind you both. You are still young, so tell Huo Yuheng to wear his contraceptive. Ah! My phone! Sir, what is wrong?”
Before the last word was read, Huo Yuheng’s breath hitched. With sharp reflexes, he moved the phone away and turned the screen face down.
What kind of night was this?
“Sir! I have not finished reading what my brother said! Let me see!” He reached for the phone. Huo Yuheng raised his arm high, holding the phone out of reach. He stood up to grab it, but Huo Yuheng stood up too, holding the phone even higher.
The two stood close together. He felt like he was hanging off Huo Yuheng, unable to reach the phone. Huo Yuheng even managed to use his free hand to hold Wen Yun’an’s waist to ensure he would not fall.
He was one meter seventy-five, not short, but Huo Yuheng was one meter ninety-five. The twenty-centimeter height difference was an absolute advantage, and he could not snatch the phone away.
Huo Yuheng looked down at him, thinking he looked like a wide-eyed little rabbit, constantly jumping up and bumping into his face. It was actually quite cute.
However, some things were not for this little Omega to see right now. The message meant more or less the same thing: to protect himself.
Once he stopped jumping, exhausted, Huo Yuheng finally lowered the phone, quickly typed “Don’t worry” back to the sender, deleted the intrusive message, and began to lie without changing his expression: “Your brother wants me to make sure you sleep early.”
“Really? Let me see!”
“Look tomorrow morning. Scientific research shows that looking at a phone before bed makes your eyes bulge and look very ugly,” Huo Yuheng bluffed, “like a little frog.”
“Does baby want to become a little frog?”
This trick would definitely not work on anyone else, but it was perfect for this vain little Omega.
Sure enough, he froze.
A little frog? That did not sound pretty. No, he could not have that! He loved everything beautiful, including himself.
“I do not want to! You look at it, Sir. I am not a little frog, I am a lop-eared rabbit,” the little rabbit pouted and turned away with a sullen face, “I am going to sleep.”
Huo Yuheng: “…” Why was he so easy to scare?
Huo Yuheng glanced at the bed. Luckily, it was big enough. Not to mention two people, the little rabbit could dance on the bed and it would not be a problem.
In order to maintain his image as a beautiful baby, Wen Yun’an did not even care about his phone anymore. He rushed to the side of the bed and burrowed into the quilt that had been folded at the corners.
He pulled the edge of the quilt down and poked his eyes out as Huo Yuheng walked toward him.
He had slept alone since he could remember. Outside his room, there were housekeepers and nannies watching. Sometimes when his parents were away, his brothers would take turns slipping in to tell him bedtime stories. Later, at Rhodes Academy, he occasionally lived in an apartment where he and his friends lived on the same floor, but that was all.
Being about to share a bed with someone else, like this, was a first in his life.