Chapter 112 Bonus Chapter 4 (2)

"Are you willing to cooperate with our experiment?" Lin Langyi's eyes lit up with surprise as she looked at the Alpha who had returned.

"Yes."

The man standing before her smiled slightly, his eyes gentle. In just over two hours, he had shed his sharp and imposing combat uniform and changed into more casual and approachable civilian clothes. Coupled with his strikingly handsome face revealed after removing his riot helmet, he transformed in an instant from a stern and aloof commander into a gentle man with no aggression. Lin Langyi was stunned for a long time before she recognized him.

When Yuan Chuyu smiled, the corners of his eyes would slant upwards, and his eyelids would fold into a thin, sharp crease. His smile was truly impeccable, so even ordinary compliments, spoken by someone with such a handsome face, always made people feel even more elated.

He said sincerely, "Yingshanhu has become famous in recent years, especially your name and the professor's name are well-known. Although I have been serving on the border, I often see you in influential publications on my days off, so I admire you very much."

“I am also very interested in the experiment you just mentioned. Fortunately, I have been granted a long vacation this time, and I have plenty of time, so I can stay at Yingshan Lake to participate in the experiment.”

He opened his slightly narrow and beautiful eyes, which seemed to shimmer with light, and said earnestly, "I am very interested in scientific research, and I hope you can consider me."

A person with a very strong sense of conviction!

Having been immersed in scientific research for so long, Lin Langyi was completely taken aback when she suddenly saw such a proactive and enthusiastic experimental subject.

Newcomers who haven't experienced hardship and setbacks can utter such idealistic words, while seasoned veterans like them have already learned how to strategize and maneuver with their mentors.

But passion and original intentions can always be touched by certain opportunities. Lin Langyi and Yuan Chuyu gazed into each other's gentle eyes for a long time, and her rare conscience stirred for a moment.

She tactfully suggested, "Thank you for your support. Well... the experiment wasn't without its challenges. There were many monitoring procedures that went against humanitarian principles, which might be uncomfortable for some. Also—"

"It's just an inevitable step in scientific research."

A simple yet powerful sentence awakened Lin Langyi's long-dormant conscience.

She turned around completely and sat up straight, facing Yuan Chuyu, and said sincerely, "Thank you so much. I haven't met an alpha as enthusiastic and selfless as you in a long time. Actually, the 'synchronicity during the vulnerable period' was just a spur-of-the-moment hypothesis. The primary goal is, of course, to help the beast-like alphas return to normal. I originally thought that since everyone needs to stay for observation and treatment, I could take advantage of the situation to do more tests and proceed on two fronts... But your sincerity makes me feel a little embarrassed. After careful consideration, I decided not to waste your rare vacation. Thank you—"

"I have also experienced alienation."

Lin Langyi was stunned for a second.

After Yuan Chuyu introduced himself, she could easily figure out why Xu Xiaoshan had kept quiet about the identities of the alphas behind her. It was simply to conceal the information and, ideally, to have the drug purchased by a middleman and given to the young noblemen after the drug was officially developed. The outside world had no idea that Yingyuan's heir was actually a monster who could not control his beast-like transformation.

Yuan Chuyu had no intention of hiding anything from her. He put a finger to his lips, smiled slightly, and said in a soft voice, "In exchange, can I address you as 'you' without being so formal?"

It's so touching. In this day and age, there are still people who are so dedicated to scientific research, revealing all their secrets just to participate in experiments.

Lin Langyi looked at him as if he were a bacterium that he had painstakingly cultivated in a petri dish, so of course he agreed to whatever she said and nodded solemnly: "Okay, then I'll call you Number Nine?"

Yuan Chuyu seemed to choke for a moment.

Lin Langyi was truly moved. Her eyebrows furrowed slightly, and the rounded under-eye bags bulged as she gazed deeply into his eyes: "Commander, you've also been affected and have experienced the beast-like mutation? Oh my god, that's such a pity. Ying Shanhu will do his best to help you. I wonder what your symptoms are?"

Before Yuan Chuyu could speak, Lin Langyi flattered him, saying, "Someone as gentle and considerate as you must be some kind of docile and affectionate animal, right? Is it furry?"

The gentle smile on his face froze for a moment.

The blue light emitted by the instrument on the left wall, like the deep, boundless sea, cast a faint glow on Yuan Chuyu's profile, divided by his high, straight nose like the line between dawn and dusk, as if he were wearing a mysterious and eerie half-mask.

He said slowly, "You like furry little animals?"

Lin Langyi spread her hands and retorted, "Who wouldn't like it?"

The upward curve of Yuan Chuyu's lips drooped almost imperceptibly, and when he lifted them again, his gaze, which had been fixed on her face the entire time, turned away.

His face remained expressionless as he calmly stated, "I haven't shown any outward symptoms yet, so I don't know what kind of animal it is."

*

Yuan Chuyu was assigned to room number nine by Lin Langyi. Although he returned to find her only two hours later, that was enough time for an alpha serving in the military to quickly pack his luggage.

Lin Langyi was initially worried that the bare isolation room would not treat this alpha who had volunteered to dedicate himself to science poorly, but he did not complain at all. Instead, he meticulously tidied up his belongings, as if he was about to stay here for a long time.

Lin Langyi put a real-time monitoring bracelet on him, which contained various indicators from his first physical examination.

All the data were stable, and the instrument didn't detect anything inhuman, except for the heart rate, which was indeed high, and it was the same every time I measured it.

The last time, it was the assistant researcher who called her. Lin Langyi left for a while and then came back. Yuan Chuyu's report was normal then.

By all accounts, he looks like a healthy, normal person.

Lin Langyi was much more lenient with him: "You can eat in the cafeteria when you're not in your most vulnerable period."

Yuan Chuyu nodded and asked, "Is your staff cafeteria there too?"

"right."

...

In the evening, Lin Langyi was still busy in the laboratory, working day and night. It was always like this. Once she was immersed in her work, she would become like an immortal, forgetting to eat or drink. Only when the last set of data finally showed significant results did she finally show a relaxed smile.

Knowing that her meals were irregular, the cafeteria kitchen staff would usually save her a meal. Lin Langyi took off her gloves and white coat and walked out. The automatic door opened, and there was an unexpected guest sitting at the door.

Yuan Chuyu sat upright with a thermos on his lap and his hands casually cradling it at his sides. He smiled happily as soon as he saw her come out, behaving like a devoted husband who had delivered a lovingly prepared lunchbox.

"You've been working so hard, it's already this late... I haven't had dinner yet either, how about we eat together?"

Seeing that Lin Langyi was still a little slow to react, he thoughtfully offered an answer: "We can talk about the tests we need to do next while we eat, saving time and doing both at the same time."

As he spoke, he used his long, slender fingers to open the lid of the lunchbox. The stacked boxes contained a variety of dishes, all of excellent quality and emitting an irresistible aroma.

It doesn't look like it was made in a large pot.

Lin Langyi was forcibly restrained for a few seconds, and then sat down in a daze. She took the chopsticks he handed her, tasted a couple of bites, and immediately felt much better.

“I brought some small appliances with me, and I just went to the kitchen and cooked a little something…” Yuan Chuyu didn’t eat himself, but his gaze fell on her slightly puffed-out cheeks as she chewed, and he asked in a gentle voice, “In the border region, we’ve been eating fast food all the time. It’s been a long time since I’ve cooked a proper meal. I wonder if my cooking skills have deteriorated too much.”

Lin Langyi was busy chewing, her mouth was full, and she couldn't find a gap to talk to him. She could only look at him with piercing eyes and keep giving him a thumbs up.

Yuan Chuyu seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. He slightly tightened his chin and lowered his head, subtly moving a little closer to her. After a moment, he slowly raised his eyes as if in slow motion, giving her a shimmering glance with a smile.

A person as beautiful as a jade tree or a precious tree.

The captivatingly handsome face displaying such a pitying expression was simply irresistible. Lin Langyi was dazzled by that smile, and swallowed the food stuck in her throat.

The notification sound suddenly rang urgently, and she snapped back to reality, not missing his fleeting frown of annoyance.

Lin Langyi turned her gaze to his bracelet, and Yuan Chuyu immediately covered the bracelet screen with his right hand as if it were too late to do something about it.

This is a sign of pheromone overload.

Furthermore, the fact that it triggers an alarm on the wristband suggests that the concentration of pheromones must be quite high.

Although Lin Langyi, as a beta, could not sense pheromones, she was very familiar with all the different prompts emitted by the instrument.

Perhaps because her first impression of Yuan Chuyu was too good, she made a completely wrong response in this situation.

Lin Langyi, still holding chopsticks, tilted her head and sniffed around in the small gap between the two of them, which was about a fist's width apart.

Yuan Chuyu's shoulders tensed instantly, his neck felt like it was welded shut with molten iron, completely out of his control. He watched helplessly as the girl in front of him sniffed around his body, feeling a burning heat emanating from his ears.

Does she know how private and ambiguous it is to take the initiative to smell someone else's pheromones?

He didn't consider that this was caused by his own broken self-control. Even if it was because his fertile period was approaching, he couldn't act like an unruly stray dog, constantly emitting seductive pheromones to attract her and hoping to win her favor.

He's really out of his mind, acting like an idiot. He doesn't even consider that she can't smell pheromones at all.

His wishful thinking and futile efforts are as ridiculous as expecting a flower to bloom in the desert.

Lin Langyi sniffed around, then looked up, her expression somewhat bewildered.

When Beta took physiology classes, she wasn't in the same class as Alphas and Omegas. After starting work, she was often relieved of her shyness by the saying, "Doctors don't see patients by gender; they're all the same piece of flesh." She was completely unaware that her current responses had seriously exceeded normal social distance, and she was still "observing, listening, asking, and feeling" with an absolutely responsible attitude.

This commander has repeatedly lost control of his pheromones; he must be in poor health. We need to get him checked out.

Lin Langyi worked very hard and diligently to analyze... She could smell a trace of ancient and elegant scent, which was rare. Top-tier Alphas were indeed different from others.

But no matter how skilled she was, she could only catch such a tiny bit of scent, which was not as potent as the aroma emanating from the dishes spread out on her lap.

Lin Langyi's expression was somewhat hesitant, like someone who would answer "crisp" after being asked "right" or "wrong" by a teacher.

Under the expectant gaze of the man opposite her, she felt like an unlucky guy who had drawn a blank card in a "Who is the Spy" game and began to try to get closer to the correct answer: "Isn't the taste a subjective thing? I think it's a cool tone of aloofness with a gentle desire, rich in layers, mid-tone, and stable. It's the richness of esters in a chemistry lab accompanied by a cool and ascetic atmosphere, which is very contrasting."

Well, it's all ambiguous, it's all just rambling nonsense in his own style, so it's perfectly fine if you can't understand it.

When he looked up, the blush on Yuan Chuyu's face spread all the way down to his neck. He pursed his lips and gripped the bracelet on his left wrist with his well-defined knuckles. But the continuous notification sound grew louder and louder, as if it was ringing even more frequently than before.

"Is that right?" Lin Langyi poked her head out to ask for the correct answer... What happened? Did she guess right?

Yuan Chuyu didn't answer, but lowered his eyes and asked softly, "Does it smell good?... You'll like it, no, you won't dislike it, will you?"

She knew better than to say someone's pheromones smelled bad; she was a good social person. Lin Langyi firmly shook her head: "It smells good, it smells good!"

Yuan Chuyu turned his head away, completely turning his back.

Even so, his shoulder lines remained smooth and beautiful, his upright shoulders and back resembling a tree standing tall in the spring night.

After a long silence, he explained in a low voice, "It's ylang-ylang."

"Oh, oh!" Lin Langyi lied without batting an eye, "You guessed pretty much right."

"You can smell it?" His voice held a hint of uncertain excitement.

Isn't that because your pheromones are so powerful?

Lin Langyi remained unmoved: "Generally speaking, it's not possible. Perhaps it's because your pheromones are different from others, and I can smell a very faint trace of them."

Her words were meant as a compliment, but Yuan Chuyu's fingers, which were tightly gripping the bracelet, twitched and spasmed. A bulging blue vein on the knuckle of his index finger bulged out, like the tail of a small snake.

He kept turning his face away from her, his features hidden in the shadows, indistinct and blurry.

After a long while, his voice became slightly hoarse, and he gave a brief "hmm".

*

Lin Langyi enjoyed a satisfying meal there, but left before she could even exchange a few pleasantries or express her thoughts, because Xi Zhiyue in isolation room number six needed her to check on him.

In fact, she didn't need to do all this herself, but in her eyes, these beast-like alphas were no different from rare and precious specimens, and Lin Langyi had boundless tolerance for them.

In this respect, she perfectly inherited the professor's mantle.

Previously, when trying to cultivate a certain bacterial group, the experiment failed repeatedly. Lin Langyi almost had to bathe and burn incense to pray devoutly every day before stepping into the laboratory. But hard work pays off. An aunt in the countryside had a large patch of colorful lemon-flavored bacteria growing in her fermented water for watering flowers.

Lin Langyi immediately called her aunt and, after much persuasion, spent 12,000 yuan to buy the pot of watering can.

To prevent others from snatching it away, the professor personally supervised the process, vowing to win it at all costs, even if it meant auctioning it off.

The two didn't dare wait even for the mailing time, fearing that things might go wrong if they delayed, so they floored the gas pedal overnight and traveled a long distance to pick up the goods.

"This is just like the admissions office scheming and fighting for the top scorer."

The professor's earnest teachings still resonate deeply today.

Lin Langyi walked to Gate No. 6, swiped her card and entered her password. Xi Zhiyue lay lazily in the cocoon-shaped energy chamber, colorful light sweeping across his body as if he were sunbathing.

That's right.

Hearing the noise, Xi Zhiyue reached out and precisely touched the switch to turn off the energy chamber. Then, he quickly took off his sunglasses and sat up with a smile: "Lin—"

Before he could finish speaking, his usually mild-mannered and good-natured smile suddenly changed, and his brows furrowed deeply.

Despite his best efforts to conceal it, the subconscious backward leaning motion was still too obvious.

He seemed to have a headache, raised his hand to cover his nose, his fingers hooking the temples of his glasses, which dangled in front of his neck, and asked, "The scent on you... is it your boyfriend?"

Lin Langyi paused as she tapped on the daily monitoring data, then exclaimed in confusion, "Huh?"

Xi Zhiyue, with her keen and perceptive mind, saw that she knew nothing, so she immediately put down her hand, changed her expression, and smiled innocently: "It's nothing, maybe it's because I've been in the lab for too long, there's a smell of medicine... By the way, did you run into anyone?"

Lin Langyi walked up to him, placed one hand on the cocoon-shaped energy chamber to check the data, and only after finishing the check did she lower her head to look at his good-natured face:

"Who did I run into? Just a few assistants in the lab. Did I smell?"

Xi Zhiyue, usually a mild-mannered and easygoing gentleman, could actually utter such sharp words: "Hmm, it smells a bit pungent."

?

Lin Langyi raised her hand, turned her face away, and smelled her arm, but couldn't smell anything.

"Stop smelling it." Xi Zhiyue tugged at her sleeve and pulled her arm away. "It's not a smell worth having."

Lin Langyi knew that alphas all had a keen sense of smell, and that alphas disliked each other's pheromones. A thought struck her, and she asked, "Oh, and Yuan Chuyu, are you talking about pheromones?"

Xi Zhiyue's eyes flickered subtly, but his smile remained unchanged.

But he quickly shook his head and denied it.

"How could it be the captain? We've worked together for so long, and he's never released pheromones in public. Ying Yuan values ​​manners and upbringing; he would never do something so rude."

Lin Langyi suspected, "His glands seem to have some problems; he can't control his pheromones."

Xi Zhiyue: ?

How come he's never heard of it before?

It's not good to talk about someone's illness behind their back. This violates the professional ethics of Researcher Lin, who came from studying mice to studying living people. Lin Langyi changed the subject and didn't want to continue: "We should be tolerant of patients. I'll just go back and take a shower."

"Mmm." Xi Zhiyue's eyes narrowed into slits when she smiled, as if she was very happy to hear that she had decided to handle it this way.

He then steered the conversation toward himself: "I just spent half an hour sunbathing in the energy chamber on sunbathing mode, and I feel a bit better now."

He unbuttoned his shirt for her, revealing a fluffy patch of fine, snow-white down on his chest below his collarbone. He was an Arctic hare, like a mochi, who had already transformed into a rabbit with rabbit ears and a tail before even meeting her.

However, the treatment that worked for Xiao Pucheng was blocked in his case. Not only was his beast form not cured, but Xi Zhiyue also developed symptoms of a false pregnancy after being treated by her.

It's terrifying. He's already a married man, but lately he's been either fussing over something or constantly frowning and complaining to her about chest pain, saying that his chest feels wet and there's some liquid seeping out.

Lin Langyi had never seen anything like this before! She, who had temporarily switched to treating humans, suddenly found herself on a higher level, needing to master veterinary knowledge to treat rabbits, facing new challenges every day.

"Is that so?" Lin Langyi did not easily reach out to stroke Xi Zhiyue's chest, even though the hair there was as soft as the freshest and finest snow on a snow-capped mountain peak.

"Um, do you want... no, can you touch me?" Xi Zhiyue clutched his chest. "I've been lying in the energy tank for a long time. Didn't you praise me last time, saying that after being exposed to the second-level energy, I smelled as fragrant as cotton wool that had been dried in the sun?"

Lin Langyi looked at him hesitantly.

It wasn't a question of whether she wanted to or not; it was that Xi Zhiyue's treatment methods were gradually heading in a bizarre direction.

He was like a chick that had just hatched; the first person he saw when he opened his wet eyes was her, and he treated her like his closest relative, with an extraordinary attachment to her.

Lin Langyi inexplicably became the person he needed most when he was "vulnerable," and his unstable physical and emotional states would only calm down when he saw her.

Psychology says that touching and companionship are a form of therapy, but Lin Langyi is not a professional doctor.

She thought she was a mother hen until Xi Zhiyue showed symptoms of a rabbit's false pregnancy.

Huh? So they're a couple?

No, when did these feelings develop?

While she was mentally preparing herself, Xi Zhiyue looked carefree and opened his arms to her like a male bodhisattva. The Alpha's strong and powerful arms were held in the air by him as if he were really weak and powerless: "The short fur on my chest is all fluffy from the sun, it's easy to bury your face in it, you can come closer and rub your face against it."

He paused briefly, then added shyly, "It won't leak milk."

Help!

Lin Langyi's initial wavering was immediately dispelled. She strode forward, covered Xi Zhiyue's mouth, and pushed his head back.

She lowered her voice and warned, "Keep your voice down, you're just a male rabbit!"

He was roughly covered in the mouth by her, and he raised his face and blinked slowly and obediently, his eyes full of smiles, as if he was very happy to have skin-to-skin contact with her again.

Her breath touched his palm, and Xi Zhiyue pulled her arm and pressed her against his chest. Lin Langyi's palm was still pressed against his soft lips, but her arm touched the fluffy and fuzzy fur that had been tanned by the sun.

As you get closer, the scent becomes clearer—it's the smell of a sun-dried blanket, warm and cozy, like the early morning sun in early summer.

A drop in willpower can happen in just a second.

While repeatedly chanting "This is just for treating an illness," Lin Langyi reached out and unceremoniously stroked the soft rabbit fur on his chest, messing up the neatly combed rabbit fur.

She heard a suppressed gasp, very soft.

Xi Zhiyue's eyes quickly reddened. He remained seated in the energy chamber, his legs spread wide on the ground. He pulled her forward with a half-hearted tug at her sleeve, until she stood between his legs, her knees encircling him, before letting go. He looked up at her, panting heavily.

Within ten seconds, tears welled up in his eyes, and the reddened corners of his eyes made him look even more like a rabbit.

"I feel a little bloated..." he murmured.

"Swelling?" Lin Langyi's eyelids twitched violently, almost missing the word.

"Mmm." He shamelessly covered the back of her hand, leading her hand to stroke his chest, and as he moved, he deliberately pressed on his pectoral muscles, "Here."

"No, you're a male rabbit!!"

You won't experience breast engorgement!

Xi Zhiyue stared at her with misty, moist eyes. The pheromone meter in the room kept beeping, but the two of them didn't have time to pay attention to it.

"I'm a male rabbit." He seemed to be reminded of something, looking down at his crotch. "Ah, no wonder I feel a little swollen..."

Lin Langyi: ...

It seemed like she was taking care of a vulnerable person who was still in the hospital recovering from childbirth.

Xi Zhiyue was really suffering. His period of high fertility and his false pregnancy came at the same time. According to him, this hellish situation was all thanks to her.

"Stay with me for a while, Xiaoyi," he said, unconsciously tugging at the rabbit fur on his chest, his brow furrowed. "I really need you right now."

"What can I do?" Yuexia Limuge

"I only faked my pregnancy because of you."

"I didn't do anything!"

Xi Zhiyue lowered his head. He had always been a good person with a mild temper, like a flower without thorns. It was rare to see him so dejected.

He said sadly, "I only entered my vulnerable period after meeting you."

None of these alphas seem like alphas at all!

Lin Langyi had no idea that the thornless, sunflower-like man in front of her was overwhelming her with his pheromones, just like a wild dog marking its territory when an alpha is with an omega it desires.

Pheromones cannot be easily washed away by taking a shower; they will only gradually dissipate over time. Therefore, the best way to remove someone else's pheromones is to forcefully cover them with your own pheromones.

Xi Zhiyue thought to herself, she is a beta, she doesn't understand, she can't smell, that's understandable.

It was just those restless stray dogs around her getting all worked up; she treated him differently.

Xi Zhiyue, who was "pregnant," was unusually sensitive and fragile. Because he did not want the people in the military region to know that he had not only not improved but had also ridiculously developed false pregnancy symptoms, Lin Langyi very considerately declined Chairman Xu's visit this morning.

He hadn't seen her for a day, and he felt both sweetness from her understanding and protectiveness, and also missed her. After all, pregnant rabbits are always quite clingy, which is understandable.

Before she arrived, he was so anxious that he plucked a lot of fur off his body. Rabbits that are falsely pregnant will choose the finest and softest fur on their bodies to build a nest, which is a physiological instinct. When he came to his senses and looked closely, he realized that he had unconsciously pulled off a lot of fur and collected it to the side, trying to make a cozy nest for their future.

Only after she replied that she was coming right away did Xi Zhiyue hurriedly lock himself in the energy chamber and quickly comb his hair. After grooming, he looked like a piece of high-quality silk with a glossy finish. This was the result of his daily secret supplementation with fish oil after Ying Shan Lake and his use of essential oils after taking a bath.

He hoped he wouldn't look too disheveled during his "pregnancy," as that could easily annoy his partner.

These petty thoughts shouldn't have been on his mind. Before coming to Ying Shan Lake, he was just a pitiful person with rabbit ears and a tail. Although the Arctic hare is a rabbit, it can eat meat, has long legs, and is very intimidating when it stands up. It is not a soft and cute rabbit that can be squeezed and flattened by anyone.

But things changed after meeting Lin Langyi.

He felt like he had really turned into a fluffy rabbit. When he saw her, his heart melted, and he desperately wanted her to touch him so that he could turn into a rabbit pancake.

All these physiological and psychological changes were telling him that he was clearly in love, even though he was a male rabbit, he could smell his own arousal.

Beta has a poor sense of smell, so she knows nothing about it.

"Alright, you really should rest now." Lin Langyi comforted Xi Zhiyue, touching him from his ear to his chest, her fingers gently combing through his rabbit fur.

Only when her hands were covered in rabbit fur did she finally push him away with a little force.

Seeing that he was in a low mood, Lin Langyi rubbed her fingers together in front of Xi Zhiyue to tease him. The white hairs, which were finer than hair, drifted down and floated in the air like mayflies.

"Are you leaving?" This was the only thing Xi Zhiyue cared about.

She didn't want her to leave. Who doesn't have their loved one by their side when they need companionship during pregnancy? It's so pitiful.

But reason tells him that he is having a false pregnancy, just like how a woman's brain is controlled by certain hormones after giving birth, causing her to love her child infinitely. He is now just a result of hormones controlling his brain, and there is nothing inside his body.

The long rabbit ears drooped down. Lin Langyi touched his head, and the ears pressed back like scissors.

It is said that when rabbits are angry, they will spread their ears down like scissors.

Lin Langyi: "Get some rest. You're not in the right condition to stay up late, okay?"

She softened her voice and tried to coax him in every way possible. There was no other way. He was perfectly fine when he was sent to her, but after only two days, he pretended to be pregnant. He even treated her as his partner. If word got out, she would have no way to defend herself.

She dares not tell anyone about this now. She is handling all the information and treatment process related to Xi Zhiyue by herself, doing everything herself, and begging and pleading with everyone she can to resolve this issue as soon as possible.

But the more frequently she appeared by his side for research and treatment, the more clingy he became, creating a vicious cycle.

Xi Zhiyue would often gaze at her with the same tender look she gave him after returning from hunting to support the family, and even said things like, "Don't work too hard, I'm willing. These reactions are normal. Every rabbit...everyone goes through this process." These words sounded harmless at first, but upon closer inspection, they were quite problematic.

Lin Langyi went along with him, trying to comfort and accompany him through this special period while speeding up the search for a solution.

She sighed inwardly, realizing she had truly returned to the time when she drove all night to her aunt's to buy bacteria. Looking at Xi Zhiyue now was no different from looking at those bacterial strains.

She made great efforts to win that strain of bacteria, and her hard work paid off, with the final research results bringing her joy.

This time will certainly be the same; she has so many beast-like alpha test subjects, which is a unique advantage.

In the past, one could light a cigarette and pray over the bacteria in a petri dish; now, of course, one can also pretend to be a couple to temporarily get through a special period.

Lin Langyi patiently moved a chair to Xi Zhiyue's side and helped him put away the rabbit fur that he had secretly packed in a silk bag and hidden under his pillow. The fur was the whitest and most flawless, like snow on a mountain peak. He wanted to use it to make a nest, but it was just a drop in the ocean.

They weren't two rabbits, after all; the cardboard box couldn't hold them all.

“How about we make a mini charm out of these rabbit fur?” Lin Langyi invited him with a smile. “We can hang it on our bags, and the little rabbit will follow me wherever I go.”

Xi Zhiyue's ear twitched slightly, and the delicate blood vessels in her light pink auricle were faintly visible.

Lin Langyi's gaze followed his ear, and she said with a smile, "I have scissors, glue, needle and thread, and water-soluble pen. I'll order the milk cotton pads later and they'll arrive tomorrow... Oh, and I also have a box of blush that's about to expire, which I can use to color my ears."

"Okay," Xi Zhiyue murmured after a long pause.

"Okay!" Lin Langyi was a woman of action, and she got right to work. After listing the materials, she got up to leave, saying, "Wait for me for ten minutes, I'll go get them."

She had just stood up when the man suddenly grabbed her arm and leaned forward abruptly.

Lin Langyi was pulled forward slightly, and he wrapped his arms around her tightly.

"What...what's wrong?"

"It doesn't taste anymore," Xi Zhiyue mumbled, his head buried in her stomach.

"Huh? What?"

He looked up and smiled again: "Yeah, now all I smell is the scent of sun-dried blankets."

"It didn't smell to begin with." Lin Langyi turned her head and sniffed her shoulder. "Let go, let me go get my things first."

"I want to go with you."

"no."

"Xiao Yi..."

"I'm just going back to my own office. Don't you hate it when people look at your ears strangely?"

"But I want to be with you... Is that okay? I haven't left my room all day. Aren't pregnant women supposed to take walks regularly?"

Lin Langyi grabbed his two long ears, but not with much force: "So, I told you, you're a male rabbit!"

Xi Zhiyue's ear lost its grip and lay limply in her palm.

Lin Langyi stared at his soft, expressionless face for a few seconds, and finally sighed and gave in.

There's just no way to deal with him.

“I have a hat, come here.”

*

Half an hour later, Xi Zhiyue, wearing a somewhat worn black men's hat, strolled slowly around Yingshan Lake with Lin Langyi.

He was also carrying a large bag of craft materials, and his free right hand would occasionally adjust the brim of his hat, which looked a little small on his head because of the long ears that were stuffed inside.

With a gentle evening breeze and a bright, clear moon, Ying Shan Lake, far removed from the hustle and bustle of the city, appears even more tranquil under the night sky, making it a perfect spot for couples to peacefully enjoy their time alone.

Xi Zhiyue's mood was as free and easy as a rabbit's fur floating in the air. All his thoughts were emptied, making him feel incredibly relieved and comfortable.

The only thing that felt uncomfortable was the slightly small men's hat on my head.

Not only did the hat squeeze his ears a little uncomfortable, but the ethereal, distant, and unfamiliar aura emanating from it felt like a rough pebble under his feet—it didn't affect his walking, but it was always irritating.

It wasn't Lin Langyi's scent, nor that of anyone around her. Having stayed at Ying Shan Lake for so long, he had never smelled this scent before. It smelled like some kind of Chinese medicinal herb, pungent and bitter, without any turbidity, and very pure.

But what's strange is that he was able to describe this pheromone in such detail.

Have you smelled it before?

Xi Zhiyue found it unbelievable. Before he became a Arctic hare, he had never been to Yingshan Lake, nor had he ever met Lin Langyi. It was impossible for him to have any interaction with the people around her.

He could only explain it by saying that his sensitivity to smells increased dramatically during the false pregnancy.

He tried his best to ignore the fact that Lin Langyi had rummaged through her closet and found the men's baseball cap.

What kind of hat is worth keeping so carefully in the deepest part of her wardrobe?

Lin Langyi strolled along the lakeside, humming a tuneless little tune. After a busy day, taking a walk in the refreshing air and digesting her food was a really good decision... Hmm, she touched her stomach. Yuan Chuyu's cooking was really good, just to her liking.

She had no idea that Xi Zhiyue, who was standing beside her, was having an internal struggle. The way he looked at her was as if he were looking at an unreliable lover who had come home drunk during his partner's pregnancy, wearing a shirt with lipstick stains, and then collapsed into bed.

After a long while, her hand was gently taken.

Lin Langyi turned her head, and Xi Zhiyue still had that "good guy" expression. He took her hand and put it into his coat pocket.

The pocket lining is lined with fluffy short fleece; when you slip inside, it feels like you're being embraced by clouds—it's incredibly comfortable.

"Like your rabbit fur." ​​Lin Langyi laughed. "Yes, yours is a bit softer."

Xi Zhiyue then laughed along, his eyebrows and eyes shining brightly in the moonlight, as fresh as snow.

That's all in the past, it doesn't matter anymore.

He shook off his jealousy and nestled together with her, their fingers intertwined, in the soft pocket. It was as if their clasped hands had truly become a pair of little rabbits, snuggling together for warmth in the nest he had carefully built.

"Zhuzhu?"

A sudden sound broke the silence.

Lin Langyi suddenly stopped in her tracks. Xi Zhiyue, who was half a step behind her, was still lost in thought and did not stop in time, almost bumping into her.

Looking up, Bian Shu was standing under a locust tree not far away. As he stepped out of the shadows, the dappled shadows of the leaves rustled across his face, like a flock of startled birds.

Xi Zhiyue recognized the person with the firm and resolute posture. Then, a ray of light appeared in his mind, and the pheromones that he had vaguely smelled somewhere were finally revealed.

Bian Shu stood in front of the two, his gaze slowly moving up from the bulging pockets of Xi Zhiyue's coat, pressing his weight firmly over Xi's face, and finally settling on the hat.

He asked, "Zhuzhu, why is he wearing my hat?"

[Author's Note]

I'm late, I'm so sorry, babies! [crying emoji]