Huo Yuheng opened his eyes and was immediately met with a pair of fluffy rabbit ears. Wen Yun’an was tossing and turning in his sleep, letting out faint, drowsy sounds, continuously murmuring that he was hot while his clothes had become a chaotic mess.
Huo Yuheng paused for a moment before pinching the rabbit ears and gently moving them aside.
The sensation of those ears was so incredibly soft that it made him want to knead and squeeze them relentlessly.
“Baby, wake up,” Huo Yuheng said as he sat up and pulled the boy into his arms, calling him softly. “Are you not feeling well?”
Wen Yun’an revealed a large patch of fair, smooth skin at his collar, and he kept rubbing himself against Huo Yuheng’s chest, his soft rabbit ears brushing back and forth against Huo Yuheng’s Adam’s apple. “I am hot.”
He was so light that Huo Yuheng could lift him into his arms without any effort.
Huo Yuheng dialed the doctor while holding him and coaxing him. “The doctor will be here soon. Be good, just hold on a little longer.”
The sun had barely risen when Huo Yuheng’s personal physician, Jiang Mingchuan, arrived immediately.
Jiang Mingchuan was an expert in pheromones. Ever since Huo Yuheng’s pheromones began showing abnormal symptoms, he had been hired as the private physician.
After all the examinations were completed, Wen Yun’an had not yet woken up. The two men left him to rest and stepped out into the hallway to talk.
Jiang Mingchuan said, “Mr. Huo, I have a general understanding of his condition. There is nothing serious. It is just because of delayed presentation; he presented only recently, and having been stimulated by your pheromones, it is normal for his ears to pop out.”
“However, my advice is to stop using medication. Just wait for him to gradually learn how to control his pheromones. Before that, just take good care of him.”
Huo Yuheng’s anxious heart finally settled. “What about those rabbit ears? He probably has not learned how to retract them yet.”
“This can only be solved through patient soothing. Kissing, hugging, things like that will all help. If you want to speed it up, you can use a temporary mark. Besides, he is your spouse, so even if he cannot control his ears, no one would dare to say anything, would they?”
“Of course, the best solution is to fully mark him,” Jiang Mingchuan said, packing up his equipment to leave. “He is your omega; if he loves you, he will certainly accept it.”
Huo Yuheng knew all of this. But the higher an Alpha’s pheromone level was, the easier it was to harm their omega during their susceptible period.
And only Huo Yuheng himself knew that he was like a different person during his susceptible periods. In the past, he had always relied on multiple injections of high-strength inhibitors to get through them alone.
Now, although he was married to Wen Yun’an, Wen Yun’an’s body was very delicate, and he could not let him endure such brutality.
He had been like this for many years, and he did not care how many more years he would have to continue in this state.
Huo Yuheng then remembered another question. “What about the fact that he kept saying he was hot?”
Jiang Mingchuan sighed. “Mr. Huo, is there a possibility that you two were holding each other too tightly while sleeping? Your compatibility is so high, and you are not temporarily marking him, so of course he is hot.”
Huo Yuheng remained silent.
That was because his little omega needed him, and he had simply embraced him back. What was the problem with that?
“May I ask another intrusive question? Did you not say you hated being around people, Mr. Huo?”
Huo Yuheng remained silent.
Jiang Mingchuan saw through everything but chose not to point it out. He took a few steps, then turned back and asked, “So, Mr. Huo, can you smell omega pheromones now?”
“Yes, but only his,” Huo Yuheng replied, feeling quite good. “It smells very nice.”
It was just as he had guessed. Between two 3S-level individuals, it was a one-on-one, mutual choice.
Jiang Mingchuan smiled without a word, gave a slight nod, and left.
When Wen Yun’an woke up, he discovered that his rabbit ears had popped out again.
In this society, the ears and tails that appeared after AO presentation were very private matters that should not be seen by others. People who could not retract them would be laughed at or even looked down upon.
Wen Yun’an had known for a long time that his rabbit ears and tail would not listen to him. He had never actually suffered from any discrimination, but he subconsciously wanted to hide them so no one else could see.
Even if it were Huo Yuheng, well, he would at least have to make his ears look beautiful before letting him see!
Since no one was around and he had not seen his ears for several days, Wen Yun’an prepared to get up, quickly groom himself, and hide them away.
But just then, Huo Yuheng pushed the door open.
Since his presentation, his hearing had become very sharp. Before his feet could even touch the floor, he heard Huo Yuheng’s footsteps and quickly rolled himself back into the quilt.
The result was that when Huo Yuheng reached the bedside, he saw a tightly wrapped bundle, but a soft, fluffy rabbit ear was sticking out from the edge.
He looked like a rabbit-shaped marshmallow that was leaking its filling.
Huo Yuheng found him truly adorable and could not resist teasing him. “Are you not hot?”
He was hot! Of course he was hot! But he wanted to wait for Huo Yuheng to leave before coming out, so he had to pretend to be asleep.
The mattress beside him dipped. Huo Yuheng did not leave; instead, he sat down.
Wen Yun’an still did not make a sound, and suddenly Huo Yuheng said, “Hmm? Baby, what is spilling out here?”
What filling?
Following that, the rabbit ear sticking out of the quilt was gently pinched by Huo Yuheng’s hand. Then, his fingers began to lightly rub against it.
The slightly rough, warm fingertips rubbed against his ear, making Wen Yun’an shiver all over. How could Huo Yuheng just touch his ears like that!
Little Rabbit Wen rose in protest, snatching his ear back from Huo Yuheng’s hand.
Huo Yuheng looked at him with a half-smile, his deep voice filled with amusement. “Awake?”
Wen Yun’an’s face turned bright red. He cupped that sensitive ear in his palm and indignantly accused Huo Yuheng, “Mr. Huo, how could you touch my ears behind my back!”
“Why should I not?”
Why should he not? That was a good question, and he found himself stumped.
“Besides, I was not touching them behind your back. Did you not leave them out yourself, baby?”
He had not! He had just forgotten.
His cheeks puffed up. “You are still not allowed to touch them.”
“Why?”
He turned his back to Huo Yuheng and pulled his long rabbit ears over his eyes. “I will not let you see them.”
Covering one’s ears to steal a bell was the perfect way to describe Wen Yun’an. Not only did he fail to cover his ears, but he also successfully displayed his rabbit tail behind him.
His tail was four or five centimeters long, curled into a ball right at his tailbone, pushing up the edge of his home wear top slightly. It looked like a tiny, fluffy white cotton ball.
Huo Yuheng took in the sight, thinking that his little rabbit baby was the cutest rabbit in the world.
His little tail was wickedly pinched by Huo Yuheng’s fingers, and he could not help letting out a soft “Eee.” Huo Yuheng seemed very satisfied with the sound and gently rubbed the little tail open again.
Wen Yun’an could not take it anymore. How could Huo Yuheng play with both his ears and his tail!
He released his ears, covered his tail, and hopped twenty centimeters away on the soft bed.
“Hmm? Are you angry?” Huo Yuheng was dying from how cute he was.
“I am not angry!” He was not a person with a bad temper, nor was he a rabbit with a bad temper.
After last night’s conversation, he felt much more comfortable in front of Huo Yuheng. After thinking for a moment, he turned back to look at Huo Yuheng and spoke seriously. “Mr. Huo, how could you just play with them like that?”