Chapter 5

After all that fuss, it was quite late when Feng Ran got home. She picked out a nutritional supplement from the freezer, chewed it, and went upstairs. Qin Xin had gone out to a party with other wealthy women. Feng Linye was out fooling around with his cronies and probably wouldn't be back today. Feng Xiqiao was away on a business trip as usual, leaving her all alone in the huge villa.

Spitting the plastic bag into the room's trash can, Feng Ran took off her school uniform and went into the bathroom. Standing under the showerhead, she scratched her hair and numbly thought, "What a bizarre and awful day."

Hopefully, Shen Shiqian will behave himself during his vulnerable period and stop causing her trouble. But to be honest, is that really his vulnerable period? Feng Ran still has some doubts about it.

After taking a shower, Feng Ran sat at his desk, his long hair dripping water down the back of the chair, seeping into the carpet without making a sound.

Her long-lost pheromones went out of control, and her instinctive memory was of the inhibitor ratio, which was quite annoying. Although she also helped Shen Shiqian out of the way, the root cause of this whole thing was that Shen Shiqian insisted on giving her a physical examination, and he deserved to suffer the pain.

The pain was only temporary after the inhibitor was balanced and adjusted. For Alphas with SSS-level physiques like them, they could just grit their teeth and bear it. Only she knew that direct injection of interferon would cause that suffocating and desperate pain.

When she first differentiated into an Alpha, she was completely unable to control her pheromones. Moreover, she was still in "lockdown" at that time, and the pheromone storm caused by her emotional breakdown was even worse than during her vulnerable period. The beta doctor had to give her injections from time to time and treat her with various drugs until she was able to control her emotions and pheromones.

Feng Ran didn't think she was afraid of seeing a doctor, since she had learned to give herself injections after the doctor stopped coming. However, when Shen Shiqian brought it up, she inexplicably disliked the feeling, though she couldn't quite put her finger on what it was.

She didn't want anyone to know that she was partially disabled due to nerve damage, even though her engagement to Shen Shiqian was almost a done deal, and he would find out sooner or later. However, the dark memory of being imprisoned by Feng Xiqiao for two years because of this still stung her, and subconsciously she felt that this was a secret that could not be revealed.

However, Alpha's fertile period is a bit tricky. She herself is not sensitive to pheromones and has a strong ability to control them, so the fertile period does not play a big role for her. But if she is destined to marry Shen Shiqian, then she can't possibly rely on drugs to deal with Shen Shiqian's fertile period every time.

Although Feng Ran didn't understand A-types, she did know that they would mark each other during their fertile periods, but that would be very painful, the invasive sensation felt like it was tearing flesh apart.

Feng Ran felt her consciousness becoming a bit confused again. She slapped her face hard. How could she know such things when she hadn't been marked by an Alpha?

She felt like she was having hallucinations all day. Although it's not surprising for someone with such severe neurological damage to occasionally experience hallucinations, they are too troublesome and inconvenient. So she is currently using medication to keep the symptoms under control.

But today's hallucinations felt different from any of the past; they were too real, like a personal experience, and the content was also very strange.

Feng Ran opened the drawer, moved his extensive medicine collection to the table, and began picking through the medicines according to their ingredients.

"Tong, do you think amitriptyline can be used with nutritional supplements? If it's just a small amount, the blockage shouldn't be too strong, right? Or would it be better to use a sedative with safer ingredients?"

The computer screen on the table lit up instantly, and the application icons on the blank background were packed and squeezed into the corner. The original yellow pixelated figures were transformed into pixelated anime figures with smoother lines.

"If it's still about effective neurological drugs for treating hallucination symptoms, I think carbamazepine is more suitable, and it's also more effective when combined with nutritional supplements."

"But Master, are the synthetic drugs we used before no longer effective? I think the combination of nutritional drugs, protective drugs and expanders is the most perfect and healthiest solution."

The image of Shen Shiqian urgently grabbing her hand flashed through Feng Ran's mind. She closed her eyes and pressed her throbbing temples: "It seems like it's not quite enough."

The pixelated figure dressed itself in a white lab coat and round glasses, and quickly took notes with a report board in hand.

"I understand, Master. If we want to reconstitute the medication with carbamazepine, the safe limit for humans is below 200mg of complete purity. However, Master's drug resistance is higher than that of normal people, so the maximum is 300mg. Other auxiliary ingredients should be about one-third. I don't have the data on the optimal combination and ratio in my data. I will use the core code to simulate and calculate it again later."

"But before administering any medication, we still need to use protective drugs and dilators, but the ratio of these two drugs also needs to be readjusted. The current medications are unlikely to meet the treatment needs of the owner's condition. Xiaotong, should I research this area?"

As Feng Ran crushed the pills into powder and weighed them into a small amount, adding them to the solvent, she replied to the talkative and rambling AI: "But your research can only achieve model simulation and prediction, and there is still a bias in the actual confidence."

"Ah, well, there's nothing I can do about it. I also want real test data, and I really want an intelligent mechanical laboratory. But it's okay, Master, I can steal experimental data from the Academy of Sciences for you!"

It acted immediately, taking a leisurely stroll through the data system of the Chinese Academy of Sciences via the cloud, and then listlessly remarked, "Tch, their lab is studying the interaction between pheromones and biobases again."

As the forefront of the Empire's technological level, the Imperial Academy of Sciences holds absolute authority in the academic world. Its laboratory configuration is the most advanced intelligent integrated mechanical laboratory that Xing Tong has been longing for. However, the research on pheromone-biobase interaction is, to put it bluntly, a pheromone matching degree test.

Compatibility and destiny: When secondary sexual characteristics first appeared in humans, ABO couples did indeed instinctively rely on pheromone compatibility to successfully mate, and related theories and studies were widely circulated. However, as ABO has evolved to the point where high freedom has broken down traditional views on love, various A and O lesbian couples can directly get married, and there are not as many people who care about compatibility anymore.

The Chinese Academy of Sciences is quite old-fashioned in this regard, diligently calculating and studying the matching degree in the pheromone database from time to time. The reason why it is studied from time to time is that the pheromone database is updated at any time, and their algorithm for calculating the matching degree is not uniform, and they can even improve and optimize it from time to time to develop new algorithms.

Xing Tong then followed the network cable everywhere, treating Shen Shiqian's encrypted private communications as her own home, coming and going without leaving a trace. "Master, the doctor today was Xisen Kalisch, the youngest chief surgeon at the Capital Medical University Affiliated Hospital, who also serves as a professor of pathology at the medical university. The Kalisch family is considered a family of doctors. I really didn't expect Shen Shiqian to invite him. However, the two seem to be friends."

The Kalisch and Sleica families are two major families that have almost monopolized the cutting-edge technologies in the Empire's science and medical field. Their related industries are also among the top leaders in the industry, even more influential and authoritative than the Empire's public hospitals.

So what if they're friends? Feng Ran doesn't care about that. After all, Xing Tong has already figured out the strength levels of both families. They're evenly matched, but neither has any particularly outstanding achievements or research that can attract Feng Ran's attention.

Regardless of the type of medication, Fengran prefers to make it into injectable form, as it's convenient, versatile, and has a direct effect without causing nausea or vomiting. She intuitively chose a relatively safe ratio to mix the medication, injected it into a specially designed ampoule connector, and assembled it with the injector. This needle-free injection eliminates the need to specifically target veins or arteries, leaving no needle marks on the skin.

After she finished, she closed her eyes and felt the sensation for a moment, then slowly began to tidy up the table.

What is the current number on the medication record?

"Nervous system drugs, category four, special sedative preparation No. 01 with carbamazepine as the positive result, total number K3-1, the formula ratio has been recorded, master, how are you feeling?"

"I feel a bit nauseous. The pain relief from the nerve pain is almost nonexistent. I feel a bit cold, but otherwise I don't feel anything else. My cognition is quite clear, and I feel it has a positive effect on my mental strength."

Feng Ran twirled her hair, feeling it was almost dry. Exhausted, she climbed into bed and lay down. The medication made her exceptionally calm, and she even had the energy to read the long, rambling message that Basil had sent her after they broke up.

It was mostly accusations against Shen Shiqian, interspersed with expressions of concern for her health.

Fengran: It's okay, see you at school tomorrow.

She exhaled a breath of stale air, closed her eyes, and felt that she shouldn't have insomnia tonight.

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When Shen Shiqian woke up, he still felt a dull ache in his body. As soon as he sat up, the nanny robot guarding the bedside noticed him immediately. Its screen lit up instantly and asked him in an electronic voice, "Sir, it is 11:21 p.m. Your physical condition is stabilizing. Would you like to have dinner now? Or should I call Mr. Kalishu in for you first?"

It took him a moment to realize that he seemed to have suddenly entered a vulnerable period, and even suppressants couldn't control it. Just then, Xisen arrived, and he must have given him a sedative or something similar.

"Where is Feng Ran?"

"Miss Fengran left around eight o'clock."

Shen Shiqian got up and got out of bed. Only when he stood up did he realize that a certain place was a little damp. Any traces were particularly obvious on the white fabric, and he could even distinguish the dried water stains of different concentrations of liquid.

What a useless tranquilizer! It's completely ineffective!

The glands on the side of his neck stung a little. Shen Shiqian touched them carefully. Fortunately, there were no marks. However, the sticky feeling between his legs still made his head spin. He went straight into the bathroom.

The pheromone scent of wind-blown gas, tsk.

He knew that Feng Ran was a rare double SSS-level Alpha, just like himself. He had anticipated that their pheromones might repel each other and fight, but he never expected to be attracted to him, or even be lured into the susceptible period.

The oppressive Alpha pheromones carried a chilling aura, while the sweet and mellow rum scent seemed to numb and intoxicate, causing him to uncontrollably feel feverish all over.

But he couldn't think about it too much. Halfway through his shower, Shen Shiqian turned the cold water valve in a different direction, thus putting the idea of ​​the wind-burning pheromones out of his mind.

When Shen Shiqian came out, he saw Xisen lying casually on the living room sofa, grading his students' homework on a terminal. Without even looking up, he started to complain: "What's wrong with you? Why did you mysteriously call me over to watch you during your sensitive period?"

"I originally wanted you to give that child a physical examination, the girl you saw when you came."

Xisen put the terminal aside and sat up abruptly: "Shen Shiqian, what do you take a surgeon for? Do you need someone to teach you how to do a physical exam by going to the hospital yourself?"

Shen Shiqian sat on the other sofa, drying his hair with a towel. "The situation was quite special at that time."

He narrowed his eyes. He couldn't say that, but if he took Feng Ran to the hospital, Young Master Sleika would have to come along. When he saw him carrying Feng Ran out of the school gate, his first reaction was not worry but annoyance.

But Shen Shiqian didn't want to explain, and instead accused him: "What kind of lousy sedative did you give me? My neck still hurts."

Xisen denied the blame: "Oh, that was the injection your kid gave you. Strong inhibitors will hurt for a bit, right? You can't even handle that, Marshal Shen?"

"She can prepare her own medicine, so why would I need to do a physical exam for her? Her pheromone suppression is so strong, it feels like she could kill three of me. Whose child is she? I don't know you have any close relatives."

Shen Shiqian paused for a moment before saying, "Feng Ran, my fiancée."

Xisen scrutinized his expression, which didn't seem fake. Then, recalling the little girl in her high school uniform who had run away as fast as she could after getting her shot, he said with genuine emotion, "You're such a beast."

"But I just wanted to test the potency of the medicine she made, so I drew a vial of your blood for testing, and guess what?"

"The pheromone levels in your body have completely stabilized. You can feel it yourself now, right? Rather than being in a fertile period, it's more like pseudo-estrus. Maybe your pheromone compatibility with your fiancée is quite high."

False heat is a temporary period of heightened sensitivity or fever caused by the pheromones of a highly compatible partner. The prerequisite is that the pheromone compatibility between the two people must be at least 90%. However, pheromones between Alphas are mutually repulsive, and the highest and most balanced compatibility value is only 35. Shen Shiqian felt that this matter was becoming somewhat tricky.

He asked with a headache, "What happens if the match is high?"

Xisen: "How would I know? I don't do gay sex. But pheromone-induced pseudoestrus might still happen. Pseudoestrus usually doesn't work with inhibitors. But you two are a couple now, so just have her mark you."

Shen Shiqian didn't say anything, his head was starting to hurt even more.