Chapter 8: I have no obligation to share with idiots; even the strongest pheromones are useless against me…

Fang Songxia, because Alphas have more tests to do, came out later than Wen Han. He angrily stepped forward and pushed the purple-haired man away, about to fight him, but Wen Han grabbed his arm tightly: "Forget it."

"Hey, is this your lover?" The purple-haired guy pointed at Wen Han with interest. "You wouldn't have gone to him because you couldn't find an Omega, would you?"

The thug next to him grinned lewdly: "Anyway, he looks like an Omega. Betas are much easier to play with than Omegas, and you don't have to worry about being marked."

"Won't this make money even easier than Omega in the future?"

Fang Songxia's face turned red with anger, and Wen Han frowned as she smelled the increasingly strong pheromones in the air: "Control your pheromones."

Students gather here for inspections; if this causes pheromone imbalance, they could face severe punishment.

Alphas and Omegas with weaker self-control have already shown signs of discomfort and have run out to get some fresh air via the other side of the stairs.

"Jin Mingxuan," Gu Cheng said with a grim face, "what are you all doing?"

The old man had warned him this morning, and even spoke with the principal, telling him that the police should deal with Gu Cheng's "bastards" as they saw fit. Even Gu Cheng's SIM card had been suspended. After finishing his checkup, he was thinking about Zhang Yongqi's family situation and what to do about the phone compensation he'd had to pay, when he saw Wen Ruan had also finished her checkup. He went over to talk to her, but was interrupted again by the commotion in the stairwell.

Wen Ruan looked at Wen Han with concern. Gu Cheng had never considered Wen Han a competitor because she was a Beta. But seeing Wen Ruan's worry for Wen Han still annoyed him, so when Jin Mingxuan caused trouble for Wen Han, he just held Wen Ruan tightly and watched.

Unable to break free, Wen Ruan gasped when he saw Jin Mingxuan slap Wen Han. Seeing him resemble a frightened rabbit, Gu Cheng leaned close to Wen Ruan's ear and chuckled, "Isn't he treating you badly? Why are you still worried about him?"

Wen Ruan shook his arm: "Tell them to stop doing this, they'll cause trouble."

"Who are you worried about?" Gu Cheng said in a low voice. "Beg me, and I'll make them let Wen Han go."

Wen Ruan pursed her lips, her face suddenly turning pale. Gu Cheng noticed that the pheromones in the air were somewhat excessive. He quickly reprimanded Jin Mingxuan, and when Jin Mingxuan and the others saw Gu Cheng arrive, they all withdrew their pheromones.

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Seeing Gu Cheng lead Wen Ruan to the group of thugs, Wen Han inappropriately recalled the "powerful" scene in the drama where Gu Cheng made his underlings call Wen Ruan "sister-in-law" in unison.

Gu Cheng still acted like a big shot, glancing at Wen Han arrogantly and saying, "You are Wen Ruan's brother, so I won't hold it against you. Let's just let this matter go, and they won't make things difficult for you again."

Wen Han couldn't believe her ears. What did she mean by "not arguing with him"? It seemed like she was the victim.

He burst out laughing, feeling utterly bewildered: "So I should thank you?"

Gu Cheng asked coldly, "So what do you want? To fight back?"

Jing Yu stood above them in the hallway, watching. His deskmate clearly hated Gu Cheng and his group. Wen Han had quite a temper, and Jing Yu thought he would fight back on the spot, but unexpectedly, he held back.

Wen Han sneered: "If I fight back, wouldn't that turn into a brawl?"

Jin Mingxuan's expression changed instantly. Wen Han hadn't fought back at all, not even pushed him.

Wen Han actually had to thank Jin Mingxuan, that big idiot, for rushing up at him reminded him that this was the guy with the yellowish-brown hair who had told Gu Cheng about the problem with that piece of land. Wen Han looked at his still-purple hair: "I remember you. You kicked Wen Ruo quite a few of the injuries on her body. You seem to be over eighteen already."

"My dad doesn't want you to be detained. The principal was even planning to have him mediate with the parents of the student who caused the trouble. But you just slapped me, do you think he'll still mediate with you properly?"

Needless to say, even if Wen Qingke wanted to let it go, Wen Han would definitely make a fuss about it.

Jin Mingxuan still tried to hold on: "But I slapped you, the police won't care."

"Really? I heard that if you don't forgive them, you'll be locked up for a few days?" Wen Han immediately became arrogant after gaining the upper hand. "You can wait and say those things to the police!"

Making the thug lose face was undoubtedly worse than killing him. Jin Mingxuan had a nonchalant attitude: "What, is your family just desperate for money and trying to make exorbitant demands? My family can afford it!"

"Money? I'd accept money from others to beg for forgiveness, but you won't have that chance no matter how much money you offer." Wen Han coldly looked at the thugs behind him. "Those who want to be loyal can join him."

Gu Cheng knew that the old man would never care about the lives of his brothers, and now was not the time to argue. He could only clench his fist and say, "Jin Mingxuan, apologize quickly."

Jin Mingxuan stared wide-eyed in disbelief. Gu Cheng said in a deep voice, "Apologize now. Do you really want to be detained?"

Jin Mingxuan said anxiously, "Brother Cheng, why are you afraid of him? There are no cameras here anyway. Just deny it to the death."

Wen Han looked up upon hearing this: "Jing Yu?"

Jing Yu innocently waved her phone: "Classmate, I happened to capture you hitting him when I was filming."

Jin Mingxuan gritted his teeth: "What exactly do you want?"

“I don’t know either.” Wen Han raised an eyebrow. “Money? I’m afraid not. I don’t care about money right now. I’d rather see you in jail.”

Looking at the other person's flustered and angry appearance, he smiled and said, "How do you think you should apologize? Kneel down, or what?"

These were the very words Jin Mingxuan had just said to Wen Han. He had been incredibly arrogant then, but now the tables had turned. Jin Mingxuan's eyes reddened, and he actually knelt down. Wen Ruan felt a pang of pity: "Wen Han, let it go!"

Some of his classmates advised him, "Yeah, don't be so unreasonable. If you don't want to reconcile, then don't. Why do you have to deliberately humiliate people like this?"

Wen Han leaned against the wall, his eyes downcast, appearing indifferent.

Seeing that Jin Mingxuan's knees were about to touch the ground, Wen Han suddenly said, "Never mind."

Jingyu sighed inwardly, wondering why he was being so soft-hearted now.

Wen Han gently shook her head: "I just thought about it, kneeling won't work either. Just think of it as going in to adjust your sleep schedule."

Who told you to remind Gu Cheng later? You're definitely going to be jailed now.

Wen Ruan asked anxiously, "Since you have no intention of forgiving him at all, why did you do that just now?"

Wen Han looked at him with disdain, making no attempt to hide her contempt: "Of course I'd be happy to see him humiliated. Besides, why would I give a chance to a thug? I'd love for them all to be in jail."

Wen Han's behavior was both arrogant and reckless, making him appear like a smug, petty person who had gotten away with something. They all wanted nothing more than to pounce on him and beat him to death. Jing Yu smiled, finding the way Wen Han spoke with his furrowed brows both cute and charming.

Gu Cheng's face was clouded with gloom; this was the first time he had been so blatantly humiliated. Wen Han suddenly smelled an extremely strong tobacco scent. The surrounding Alphas couldn't withstand the pressure of such pheromones and struggled to stay upright.

This is where the advantages of being a Beta come in. Aside from being overwhelmed by the tobacco smell, Wen Han felt nothing, and could even lend a hand to Fang Songxia. Gu Cheng, after all, was the protagonist's dominant partner, and his pheromones exuded a strong aura of pressure and power. The system anxiously warned, "Host, the protagonist's attack intent has reached 65%. You'd better run!"

Although there was a 100% chance that Gu Cheng would cause a major disaster if he continued to lose control, there was also a 100% chance that he would end up in the ICU. Wen Han was not prepared to take the risk. He glanced at Wen Ruan, who was so affected by the pheromones that she could barely stand: "Your pheromones are affecting others."

Gu Cheng's lackey immediately mocked, "What, you weakling, you can't help but want to kneel down?"

Wen Han was speechless: "Idiot, even if the pheromones are strong, it won't affect me at all. Have you ever been to school?" He pointed at Wen Ruan, "I forgot there's an Omega here. If you're not afraid of inducing estrus, you can make the pheromones even stronger."

Wen Ruan gripped the handrail and slowly crouched down, her delicate beauty like a fragile glass swan. Gu Cheng quickly suppressed his pheromones to check on her. Wen Han noticed that although Gu Cheng had tried his best to suppress his pheromones, they were still occasionally escaping, indicating that his heat cycle was approaching.

Someone as arrogant as Gu Cheng would never carry suppressants with him, and he frequently experiences hyperandrogenic episodes, releasing pheromones to exert pressure. It would be strange if he didn't cause problems.

Wen Han pondered for a moment, but decided not to remind him.

It would be fine if Gu Chengzhen caused a big disaster; as for what kind of disaster he caused, it wouldn't concern me.

Thinking of this, he quickly pulled Fang Songxia away.

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Wen Han sat in his seat, lost in thought, his cheeks still burning. The system whispered, "Host, it seems the protagonist's heat has come early."

"Yes, I can smell it."

"Shouldn't we do something?"

"do what?"

"Stop his heat cycle or call the police? You can just tell him directly."

"He and I seem to be enemies, aren't you afraid he'll punch me to death?"

"Then tell Wenruan?"

Wen Han said coldly, "I have no obligation to share."

The system worriedly said, "But we can't just ignore it. Alphas in heat are very dangerous. What if a lone Omega happens to pass by and gets forcibly marked? Wouldn't that be too innocent?"

Wen Han remained silent. The system also kept quiet; it dared not ask.

Wen Han knew why it didn't dare to ask: did it not care at all, or even worse, did it want this to happen?

They worried that he wouldn't sympathize with some unknown, innocent Omega who was going to suffer, but would rather Gu Cheng be in big trouble.

"Don't worry, no innocent Omega you don't know will be harmed by Gu Cheng."

Wen Han felt she had used up all her long-lost patience to protect the system's kind and fragile little heart: "Since he's the main character, Wen Ruan must have gone into heat when she met him."

This little guy should be relieved now.

"But," the system gave Wen Han a big surprise, "that won't work either."

Wen Han: "?"

A note from the author:

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Wen Han: Kneel down [fear] or apologize [splitting]?

Household registration [shrug] or apology [let me see]?

Just kidding [upright-eared rabbit head].