Chapter 96: Ensnaring 27

Only when they actually sat down at the dining table did Gu Rong finally confirm that Ling Xiao had confessed everything to his parents.

For a moment, he even showed a puzzled expression, as if he didn't understand why Ling Xiao's parents accepted him so easily.

What you hear is not as good as what you see.

But when it was really confirmed, it seemed not quite true for Gu Rong.

Ling Xiao saw it all.

He found it a little funny, which was probably beyond Gu Rong's cognition.

But Ling Xiao didn't expect that Gu Rong was really willing to stay for dinner.

Just like when Gu Rong suddenly changed her mind and asked to try it out with him, she always did things that were beyond his expectations. Sometimes she was unpredictable and difficult to catch.

Even now, Gu Rong was sitting at the same dining table with his parents, and Ling Xiao was worried that Gu Rong would retract his claws reaching out to him at any time.

When it comes to interests, Gu Rong can calculate clearly and move forward, but when it comes to emotions, he seems to be inherently lacking in the standard of measurement, so he is always hesitant and wavering.

Conversation is inevitable at the dinner table, especially when there are only a few of us.

As a "new member" who unexpectedly joined tonight, he naturally attracted attention. The topic turned around and finally came to Gu Rong.

Ling Xiao's father is a man of few words and quite reserved, but Ling Xiao's mother has long been curious about Gu Rong. Unfortunately, Ling Xiao doesn't want to talk to them too much, so that until now Ling's mother still doesn't know how Gu Rong fell in love with her son. She only knows that Ling Xiao and Gu Rong are classmates and deskmates.

"this......"

Gu Rong hesitated for a moment, but still spoke up and told them about his pheromone disorder.

"Pheromone disorder?"

Ling's mother was surprised for a moment: "As far as I know, in addition to developing a dedicated inhibitor, only an alpha or omega with a 100% pheromone match can soothe each other—"

"Wait, so your pheromone match with Ling Xiao is 100%?!"

Although it is not uncommon for pheromone to match 100% correctly, it is definitely uncommon, and can even be said to be rare, so even Ling's father and Ling Sizhe were a little surprised at this moment.

Gu Rong paused holding the chopsticks and hummed.

Then Ling's mother sighed, "No wonder."

"The pheromone match is 100%. You and Ling Xiao are destined to be together. The match between me and Ling Xiao's father is only 80%."

Father Ling couldn't help but interject, "That's pretty high too."

Ling's mother: "But my son found an omega that is a 100% match."

Father Ling: “…”

Okay, that's incomparable.

Ling Xiao couldn't help but get a glare, speechless. He turned around to look for Gu Rong to signal, but found that Gu Rong lowered his eyes and clenched the chopsticks tightly in his hand.

After dinner, Ling Xiao sent Gu Rong home.

These days he would send Gu Rong back, and then he would go upstairs to sit for a while. They would hug each other and kiss, their pheromones entwined, just like Ling Xiao would hug Gu Rong tightly every time. Although he had to restrain himself and stop in the end, Ling Xiao really liked this state of holding someone in his arms.

He felt that Gu Rong must like it very much too, because he could feel Gu Rong's pheromones jumping with joy.

It seems that Gu Rong's pheromone disorder has improved a lot.

Maybe he should go for a follow-up check-up. He will probably be back in shape soon, and then he won't have to look at those annoying inhibitors anymore.

Ordinary inhibitors are fine, but only one of those specially made inhibitors can survive with him.

Unfortunately, Gu Rong felt that since he had already spent money to buy these inhibitors, he couldn't waste them. So until now, Ling Xiao has not been able to leave a long-term pheromone mark on Gu Rong. For an alpha, facing his beloved omega, this is indeed an unbearable thing, but Ling Xiao knows that he must have this patience.

But at this moment, Ling Xiao couldn't help it, he stopped Gu Rong downstairs.

"What's wrong, unhappy?"

Ling Xiao thought that after Gu Rong personally confirmed that his parents really had no grudges and even happily accepted the fact that the two of them were together, they would at least be more willing to take a step forward.

But why couldn't he feel it, and even felt that Gu Rong was starting to drift away again?

"It seems like you've been feeling off ever since my mother mentioned our pheromone compatibility."

There was a flash of surprise in Gu Rong's eyes, as if he was surprised by Ling Xiao's sharpness.

"How did you..."

Hearing Gu Rong say this, Ling Xiao suddenly laughed at himself. He said, "How did I observe so carefully? Or how did I discover it?"

"If I hadn't kept a closer eye on you, would you have never told me what bothered you? And then silently let our relationship drift towards separation? Gu Rong, how could anyone be so untrustworthy as you in a relationship? You're thinking about when it'll end right from the start. How untrustworthy am I?"

Ling Xiao took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, his voice low: "Or tell me, what else can I do to make you trust me more?"

"Isn't our pheromone compatibility 100%? Do you know what 100% pheromone compatibility means? There's probably no one in this world more—"

"So, what if the pheromones between us aren't 100%?"

"What?"

Ling Xiao frowned, as if he didn't understand.

Gu Rong raised her head and met Ling Xiao's gaze. "How did we get involved? Isn't it because of our 100% pheromone matching? If it weren't for that, you wouldn't be the one using pheromones to soothe me. Then, the person I'm with now probably wouldn't be you either."

Ling Xiao's expression suddenly changed: "How can you judge by this-"

"But isn't that the truth?"

Gu Rong's voice was calm, yet also indifferent. "Think about what your mother said. She said it was no wonder. It seemed as if as long as there was a 100% pheromone match between us, we were meant to be together, destined to be together. Even you believed that if our 100% pheromone match was permanently marked, we would never be able to separate again."

"But if we don't have a 100% pheromone match, if pheromone disorder doesn't require a 100% pheromone match to be soothed, and above a certain point, anyone can do it, if in this situation I still seek your help, even if you agree, will you still have feelings for me?"

Ling Xiao's tone was difficult: "So, you think that my obsession with you is because of a 100% pheromone match? And that person happens to be you?"

"No, why are you so obsessed with this, Gu Rong?"

Ling Xiao seemed to be still puzzled. "That's not the case, Gu Rong. I admit that it was the 100% pheromone matching that tied us together, but the reason I liked you and loved you wasn't because of that. It was because of you as a person. The 100% pheromone matching was just the icing on the cake. Why do you mind this?"

"Isn't it good that our pheromones are so compatible?"

"So that's why you don't trust me?"

Ling Xiao's voice became increasingly urgent. He reached out and pressed Gu Rong's shoulder. "What about you? You said to me—you agreed to give it a try with me. Why? So you're saying that if someone else had a 100% pheromone match with you, you would also agree to give it a try with them?"

"I just assumed—"

"Okay! Hypothetically."

Ling Xiao was really pissed: "Then let me tell you, even if someone else and I have a 100% pheromone match, the person I'll fall in love with will definitely be you!"

"If there's a 100% pheromone match, then we're meant to be together, right? Then I should have pursued you the moment I knew about it, right? What about you? If you thought so, why didn't you get together with me the first time? Aren't we meant to be together? Why have you been resisting until now?"

Gu Rong didn't speak for a long time, and looked at Ling Xiao.

After a while, he looked away and said softly, "Will we separate then?"

"What?"

Ling Xiao was a little slow to react and didn't know how the topic turned to this again.

"We have such a high pheromone compatibility, will we ever separate?"

Ling Xiao spoke subconsciously: "Of course not——"

"So you see, even if your feelings for me weren't 100% pheromone compatible, you still think that because we're 100% compatible, we won't be apart after we're together, right? Ling Xiao, don't you think that's ridiculous?"

"Can you say that at the beginning, you really didn't feel the attraction of 100% pheromone matching between us?"

"But does it matter?"

Ling Xiao really couldn't understand.

Why in the "precognitive dream", Gu Rong could use 100% pheromone matching to trap him, but in reality, Gu Rong was so concerned about the 100% pheromone matching between them?

Even if he was attracted to Gu Rong in the beginning because of the 100% pheromone matching, and the temporary mark he gave to Gu Rong inevitably fluctuated due to the entanglement of pheromones, it did not mean that his feelings for Gu Rong were caused by the 100% pheromone matching. He was not a beast that acted solely on instinct.

"Yeah, no."

Gu Rong whispered, "So our relationship didn't start because of 100% pheromones, and naturally it won't last forever because of 100% pheromone matching. So, no matter what kind of relationship it is, there will always be unstable factors, and there will be a variety of possibilities and outcomes."

"So, if there's a 100% pheromone match, why not create a strong bond from the start?"

Gu Rong murmured, "Maybe there won't be so many worries."

"In fact, being 100% dominated by pheromones would actually mean there would be no risk at all."

Ling Xiao opened his mouth, a little stunned.

"Gu Rong, you..."

In the darkness of the night, even with streetlights on, even though they were standing so close to each other, there were still shadows in each other's sight.

After saying this, Gu Rong moved a little closer to Ling Xiao, as if to get a clearer view. Her pupils were dark and heavy as she raised her gaze, as if she had finally revealed everything to Ling Xiao. She whispered, "I'll tell you why. What does it matter? Because this 100% pheromone match makes me even more uncomfortable."

"What use is it, anyway? It's neither good nor bad. It's rare enough to be admired, but it's not really an unbreakable bond that can bind two people together."

"What's the point of this kind of thing that matches the top but is useless and actually completely useless?"

Gu Rong tilted his head and denied it: "No, it is useful for pheromone disorders, but it is not the only one."

“So I’m really bothered by it.”

"You know, my mother, Gu Zelan, and Chen Fangzhao actually have a 100% pheromone match, but what's the use? Gu Zelan still ran away."

"Look, I've known this for a long time, so I'm really annoyed by it. I really don't understand what the point of this thing is. It stands between us, but it can't bind us together. There are even too many ways to break free. It's not safe at all, but it can continue to attract each other..."

Gu Rong seemed to be thinking about something: "So Gu Zelan abandoned me and never showed up again. Maybe she was afraid that Chen Fangzhao would use this to suppress her again? After all, it was not easy to escape, and it would not be easy to wash away the mark again. I can't fall into the quagmire again because of a 100% pheromone match."

"It's really tasteless to eat, but a pity to throw it away."

Gu Rong reached out and touched Ling Xiao's face, sighing: "So, you say, should I hate it?"

"So Ling Xiao,"

"I'm with you even though I want to break up, but I'm actually protecting you."

"Otherwise, I will cling to this relationship until I die."

"The results of my studies are reflected in my grades. I want the best grades, and I want the best feelings too."

"So if I really decide to accept you, that will be the beginning of your misfortune. At that time, I will not allow this relationship to deviate in the slightest. I will want you to have eyes only for me. I will become more and more greedy and crazy, wanting more and more, demanding more and more. I will constantly confirm and pester you, until I can no longer tolerate being alone, until death—no, probably even death I will not let go. No matter how extreme it is, I will not let go even if everything is distorted beyond recognition."

"But it's horrible, isn't it."