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Lin Xiangqi rarely described himself as fleeing in panic. After all, in his mind, he always believed he was pretending to be mature and composed in front of Lu Cong.

A mature person should not let their emotions show on their face. A mature person should remain calm and unflustered in any sudden situation. Even if they witnessed the entire process of an AO lifelong marking, they wouldn’t need to blush.

When he heard Lu Cong teasing him, he could have calmly replied, “I think these poses are ordinary, we can come up with something creative later.”

If he said that, then who would be embarrassed?

Of course, Lin Xiangqi knew how to pretend to be calm, but he really couldn’t—ahhhh!

He didn’t dare to answer Lu Cong’s question. Instead, he awkwardly made an excuse that he was sleepy and wanted to go to bed, then abruptly broke free from Lu Cong’s embrace and fled as fast as he could.

When running, he didn’t forget to put on his slippers, though he wore them all messy, not even the right way round.

Lu Cong could have stopped him but didn’t.

Seeing Lin Xiangqi’s flustered and clumsy retreat back to his room, Lu Cong seemed to have expected it, remaining calm and unhurried, following behind while bending down to pick up the slippers Lin Xiangqi had dropped.

Just as Lin Xiangqi reached the door and was about to go in, bang — the door was shut.

Lu Cong stood still for a moment, neither knocking nor speaking, smiled lightly, and gently placed the slippers at the door before leaving.

At that moment, Lin Xiangqi pressed against the door, listening carefully.

After confirming that Lu Cong had no intention of forcing the door open, he quietly exhaled, tiptoed into the bathroom, and washed his face with cold water.

However, when he looked up, the wet face in the mirror still bore the lingering blush of embarrassment. He simply couldn’t calm down.

Lin Xiangqi crouched down, covering his face, wanting to scream loudly to release his inner embarrassment but finally bit his hand hard to hold back.

Whether Lu Cong showed him those videos for educational purposes or just to tease him,

the ultimate conclusion was that Lu Cong’s image in his heart had shifted from “the best friend in the world” to “an Alpha who would inevitably mark him permanently.”

It seemed like Lin Xiangqi could no longer face Lu Cong so carefree and open-heartedly as before.

“So have you thought about how to explain your behavior today?”

“There’s nothing to explain.”

“Alright then, you can keep being mysterious and let them guess. Maybe in the end, they’ll come up with a reasonable story to comfort themselves—like General Shao suddenly leaving the alliance summit meeting where twenty-three presidents waited, because unknown aliens were attacking our planet and you saved the world single-handedly—that way, they can forgive your sudden disappearance and inexplicable return to your residence.”

“Report it like that then.” Lu Cong calmly looked at the man in the live hologram, and smirked, “Your Ministry of Foreign Affairs is quite good at storytelling.”

The other party’s mouth twitched. “Please tell me you know I’m just sarcastic. The civil war just ended not long ago. If it weren’t for the military strength of several small alliance countries not yet enough to challenge us, they might have already tried to challenge the alliance military department… General Lu, do you realize your actions today might upset those countries?”

Lu Cong said: “Who’s upset?”

In fact, the current peace in the alliance was mostly thanks to Lu Cong and his First Legion, so nobody would dare openly express dissatisfaction.

But to give him some pressure, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs tried to list a few alliance countries that once held grudges against Lu Cong.

Before they could speak, Lu Cong leisurely interrupted: “If anyone is unhappy, have them come talk to me directly.”

That calm but deadly tone was not something just anyone could imitate.

It was clearly saying: Anyone who isn’t convinced, I’ll fight until you are.

After a few seconds of silence, the other party changed tone: “I’m just giving an example.”

Lu Cong: “Oh? That’s a pity then.”

The other party: “…”

Lu Cong: “Any other questions?”

The other party: “There should be no issues needing violent solutions for now.”

Lu Cong: “Then there are no problems.”

After the call ended, Lu Cong turned off all communications except the military emergency notifications, rubbed his brow, and glanced at the time.

Ten o’clock, not early, not late.

Usually at this time, Lin Xiangqi would be lying by Lu Cong’s side, asking him to talk about what had happened in the world over the past ten years.

Some things could be looked up online, but Lin Xiangqi didn’t want to check before because he was afraid to face the information.

But when Lu Cong told him personally, he wasn’t afraid anymore.

It was like Ren Bian had also become his own memory.

Lin Xiangqi might still be locked in his room,

worried or maybe already asleep.

A robot came by to ask if he needed anything done. Lu Cong lowered his eyes briefly, waved it away, and turned off the office’s other smart systems.

The doors and windows were locked tight, the lighting dim; the office looked like a prison custom-made for Lu Cong.

No one knew what was trapping the most ferocious and powerful Alpha in the world.

Lu Cong opened his terminal with the highest clearance and projected the live image from upstairs.

Suddenly, in the dim room, appeared the figure of Lin Xiangqi.

The small Omega curled up on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.

He suddenly burrowed into the blanket, as if practicing a set of punches inside, restless, then poked his head out to breathe, exhausted.

Lu Cong shed all the cold killing aura, slowly relaxed, crossed his legs, propped his elbows on his knees, and fixed his gaze on the person in the projection.

When he saw Lin Xiangqi accidentally fall off the bed because he rolled too hard, his body straightened slightly, frowning, hesitating whether to go over.

Almost immediately, Lin Xiangqi stubbornly got up, rubbed his butt, and crawled back under the blanket.

Lu Cong slowed his breathing and sat back down.

This happened about twice more.

Once, Lin Xiangqi suddenly sat up for no reason and inexplicably banged his head against the wall—only once, but it hurt enough that he held his head and stopped.

Another time, Lin Xiangqi ran to the bathroom to wash with cold water—but because it was too cold, he quickly pulled back.

Whenever Lu Cong saw Lin Xiangqi act abnormally, he would unconsciously stand up.

Even though he knew Lin Xiangqi was in his residence, under his eyes, safe, and didn’t need his care,

he still couldn’t control himself—he had to appear first whenever Lin Xiangqi might need him.

Couldn’t sleep.

Simply couldn’t sleep.

Lin Xiangqi endured on the bed for three hours, then gave up.

Not only because as soon as he closed his eyes, he recalled the videos Lu Cong showed him.

But also because his glandular heat condition was becoming more frequent and severe.

Before, he only felt thirsty, and after drinking water and resting, his body temperature would drop.

But now, besides physical discomfort, he felt a kind of spiritual emptiness.

Lin Xiangqi had to admit, he craved Lu Cong’s pheromones.

Lu Cong was right—his glandular development was better than doctors expected, and the pheromones injected by the temporary mark were almost used up.

He needed more of the mark, or something else.

Lin Xiangqi sat up and glanced at the time.

Although it was late… Lu Cong probably wasn’t asleep yet?

He got out of bed and quietly opened his door.

Seeing the pair of slippers at the door made his heart feel ticklish, like being teased by a feather.

Lin Xiangqi had to admit, his performance today was poor.

He only thought Lu Cong wanted to tease him, so he shut Lu Cong outside.

But thinking calmly now, Lu Cong didn’t really tease him.

Lu Cong only knew Lin Xiangqi didn’t know much about this side, so he carefully prepared some physiology videos. The content was plain and straightforward; Lin Xiangqi just had an overactive imagination, which made his reaction big.

Even more, Lu Cong let him choose the positions himself… how considerate and gentlemanly.

In contrast, Lin Xiangqi behaved like a kid, making a big fuss over nothing.

The more Lin Xiangqi thought, the more he agreed with this logic.

He opened the door and went to Lu Cong’s room next door.

Standing there, he took a deep breath, mentally prepared himself, and even rehearsed how to speak to Lu Cong.

Just as he raised his hand to knock, someone suddenly came up behind him.

The person pressed close to his back and grabbed both his hands tightly against the door.

Lin Xiangqi was startled and panicked: “Who’s there?”

But quickly, he realized the embrace was familiar.

The voice from behind confirmed it.

“Why so nervous?” Lu Cong’s lips brushed against Lin Xiangqi’s neck gland, as if deliberately rubbing, “Are you scared even of me?”

Lin Xiangqi felt wronged: “I didn’t know it was you. You didn’t make any sound or release pheromones on the way…”

Lu Cong punished him: “So, without pheromones, you can’t recognize me?”

Lin Xiangqi: “?”

He laughed in disbelief: “Stop making trouble.”

Lu Cong said nothing, but Lin Xiangqi felt a tickling in his glands.

It was the sensation of the Alpha’s sharp canine lightly scraping his skin.

Lin Xiangqi shivered slightly, heartbeat suddenly faster.

His body instinctively wanted Lu Cong to bite him right away, but he was embarrassed to show it, so he subconsciously said, “…It’s itchy, don’t do that.”

He immediately regretted it.

—What are you pretending for?!

You just want Lu Cong’s mark, that’s why you came looking for him!

Pretend all you want, I won’t believe it.

Lin Xiangqi scolded himself inwardly.

“Really don’t want it?” Lu Cong’s breath was warm and moist, brushing the most sensitive spot on Lin Xiangqi’s gland repeatedly, “Only bad kids lie. Yanyan, you have to be good.”

Lin Xiangqi went weak all over; he didn’t know why even without Lu Cong releasing pheromones, he was already close to losing control, so he couldn’t pretend anymore and almost uncontrollably said, “I want…”

“What do you want?” Lu Cong asked.

At this moment, both good and bad kids could only behave.

Lin Xiangqi slid softly into Lu Cong’s embrace and said:

“…I want your pheromones, I want you to mark me.”