“What’s going on?” Hu Fei asked urgently.
“Who was the alpha from that night? Get him over here now.” The doctor briefly explained what had just happened to Hu Fei.
Then he added, “That alpha won’t have it easy either. When mate-seeking syndrome flares up, it’s no joke.”
“Mate-seeking syndrome? They’ve only been in contact once.”
What kind of terrifying compatibility would it take for them to develop mate-seeking syndrome after a single meeting?
Mate-seeking syndrome is a mental illness unique to alphas. When it flares, if the alpha can’t get an omega’s pheromones, he can act out in extreme ways.
“Sounds absurd, doesn’t it?” The doctor’s eyes gleamed. “Honestly, when the test results first came out, even I didn’t believe it. But that’s the fact with these two.”
The doctor rubbed his hands. “If only I could get their pheromones. I’d really love to study their glands…”
“Are you sure it’s not a misdiagnosis? That man from that night was an alpha. He can’t mark Brother Pei.”
“There’s no mistake. If you don’t believe me, bring him to the hospital for a full examination.”
Hu Fei was half convinced, but no one dared go in and disturb Pei Fan just then.
Hu Fei decided to toss this problem to Qi Yue.
Xia Feng stood in front of Qi Yue. “Hu Fei wants you to go over. Pei Fan is looking for you.”
Qi Yue’s expression was tense. Only when he heard Xia Feng’s voice did he pull his eyes away from the wildly carefree figure on the screen.
Qi Yue raised an eyebrow. “He wouldn’t look for me. This is Hu Fei’s arrangement, isn’t it?”
“Yes. He even bought your high-speed rail ticket.” Xia Feng was puzzled. “What’s wrong with Pei Fan?”
Qi Yue thought of Pei Fan that night and smiled. “He misses me. What else could it be?”
“Bullshit. How could that eldest young master miss you? He probably wants to kill you.”
“I’m off. Gotta catch the train.” Qi Yue left without a care, leaving Xia Feng alone, utterly bewildered.
The room was a mess. Pei Fan’s three large suitcases had been rummaged through and left in disarray. He was hugging a hamster plush toy.
“Qi Yue…” Pei Fan murmured. “Your pheromones are so faint. Where the hell did you go? Why haven’t you come to find me…”
Qi Yue stood outside the station with one hand in his pocket. Hu Fei picked him up and brought him to the hotel.
“The hotel has no vacancies. Brother Pei is in a king room. Stay with him for the night.”
Qi Yue didn’t call out Hu Fei’s clumsy lie.
No rooms at the hotel? Not even a ghost would believe that.
“Here’s the key card. I won’t go in.” Hu Fei had long been adept at handling such matters. “Just coax Brother Pei properly. He won’t treat you badly. Brother Pei is famous for being generous.”
Qi Yue curved his lips. “All right.”
He swiped the card and opened the door, then released his pheromones and waited for his prey.
Pei Fan’s head was lowered, his face pressed against the hamster plush. Suddenly he raised a hand and casually tossed the toy aside.
Pei Fan threw himself into Qi Yue’s arms. Neither said a word. The fresh scent in the room took on a damp edge.
Qi Yue held down Pei Fan’s hand. “Baby, do you know who I am?”
At the sound of that long-missed voice, Pei Fan’s eyes reddened. He had long since lost his reason; his gland was screaming madly for pheromones.
That cold, hazy mist finally cleared, and he saw the man himself.
“Pervert.”
“Hmm?” Qi Yue smiled wickedly. “You’re right. I am a pervert. Baby, tell me, what were you just doing?”
Pei Fan reached out and grabbed Qi Yue’s clothes. “Pheromones… Qi Yue, are you useless? Where are your pheromones? Is your gland broken? Why aren’t you releasing pheromones?”
“Give me the answer I want, and I’ll give you the pheromones you want.”
Pei Fan mumbled, “Qi Yue, what did you do to me? Why am I different from before?”
He jerked his head up and stared at Qi Yue’s lips.
Pei Fan bit down on Qi Yue’s lips. Qi Yue felt the sting but didn’t push him away.
“If you don’t give it to me, I’ll bite you to death!”
Qi Yue wiped the blood from his lips, then smeared it across Pei Fan’s lips with the back of his hand.
“Baby, is that how you beg?”
The taste of blood spread between their lips. Pei Fan caught the cold scent he had been longing for and rubbed against Qi Yue’s neck in satisfaction.
“Qi Yue, I want your pheromones.”
Holding his phone in one hand, Qi Yue coaxed, “Baby, say it again.”
“Qi Yue, your pheromones smell so good. I want them.”
“What do you want me to do?”
“Want…” Pei Fan froze for a moment.
Qi Yue prompted, “I’ve watched all the videos you sent me. They’re your collection, aren’t they?”
Pei Fan nodded. “Mm.”
“I’ve learned it. Be good and lie down. I’ll give you everything you want.”
Qi Yue leaned close to Pei Fan’s ear. “Baby, just in case you try to deny it tomorrow, let your husband record this, okay?”
“Okay…” Pei Fan’s voice was syrupy, lost in the tender haze of Qi Yue’s cold pheromones. “I won’t deny it.”
“How do you feel now?”
“Mmm… feels good.”
…
Qi Yue cleaned Pei Fan up briefly. He opened the phone recording, locked it, and put it in a private folder.
Qi Yue leaned against the headboard and asked the System, “How long will his symptoms last?”
『Host, Pei Fan’s dependence on you is only temporary. He’s only this obedient during a flare-up~』
Qi Yue took a gulp of red wine. “I guessed as much.”
When Pei Fan had a flare-up, Qi Yue’s mate-seeking syndrome flared with it.
At times like this, letting him touch Pei Fan made the perverted urges in his body stir.
Forcing down mate-seeking syndrome was not pleasant. He had marked Pei Fan. From the look of it, Pei Fan was too proud to get examined, so he still didn’t know he had been marked.
An enigma’s mark was extremely domineering. Qi Yue deliberately hid the mark’s information. Unless Pei Fan went for a test, even Pei Fan himself wouldn’t know he had been marked.
『Does the host have any more questions? Little System is always at your service~』
“Will he remember tonight?”
『For now, no. The target has a severe rejection response to the host. His brain automatically deletes facts he doesn’t want to accept.』
『But as long as you can make the target fall in love with you, this bug will automatically disappear~』
Qi Yue opened the recording.
No memory?
That was fine. He could help Pei Fan remember.
Wrapping an arm around Pei Fan’s lean waist from behind, Qi Yue stared at his neck and quietly added another mark.
How did marking someone get so addictive so fast?