The next day.

A light rain began to fall outside, and the sky was dark.

Xia Shizhao lay on the massage chair, listening to the rhythmic patter of raindrops hitting the ground outside.

I've won the competition prize, and now I don't have to go to school or worry about anything. It's so great!

It's so relaxing to stay home on a rainy day, have some tea and snacks, listen to your favorite music, or watch a movie.

Outside, lightning flashed and thunder roared, and the personal computer suddenly rang.

An unknown number dialed her personal computer.

"Xia Shizhao, I am General Ye's personal physician! Is she at the villa right now?"

Fu Ziran sounded somewhat anxious.

"I don't know."

Xia Shizhao said, bewildered.

"It's good that it's not happening anymore, if it were..."

Knock knock.

"Hey! Where is he?! If General Ye is looking for you, whatever you do, don't open the door!"

"Hey?! Where are they?!"

"Xia Shizhao!!! General Ye's immune period isn't over yet! Don't open the door! She's very aggressive!!!"

"Hello!"

After receiving no reply, Fu Ziran hung up the phone and kicked the trembling person kneeling beside her. "You opened the door without even looking at the data! Are you out of your mind?! If anything happens to anyone, you'd better go and become a mercenary and risk your life for me!"

There was a knock on the door. Xia Shizhao subconsciously put down his personal terminal and got up to look. Ye Qiuling, soaking wet, was standing outside the door, holding a small white tiger in her arms.

She looked at Xia Shizhao with a blank expression and very calm: "Xiaohu misses you a lot. He's been wrecking the house and has run away again. Can you open the door and let us in?"

Xia Shizhao was still somewhat wary, but seeing that Ye Qiuling's expression was normal and the little white tiger was howling, he let her in.

"Can't you bring an umbrella? Or you can open the shield."

His tone was somewhat accusatory as he took out a clean towel and handed it to Ye Qiuling.

Ye Qiuling pointed at the white tiger cub shaking its fur: "As soon as I opened the door, it ran out with its legs flailing, and I chased after it."

Finding a pet dryer, Xia Shizhao picked up the struggling white tiger cub and tossed it inside.

He glanced at Ye Qiuling again. "The little white tiger is with me. Why don't you go back and take a bath?"

"Can I wash here? I'm scared because of the thunder outside..."

"You're already a general, what are you afraid of?" Xia Shizhao's lips twitched. Then he suddenly remembered that Ye Qiuling seemed to be afraid of thunder. Her adoptive mother, whom she had taken in from the slums, died during a thunderstorm. It seemed that she was struck by lightning in front of her. According to her description, she was probably carbonized.

Slightly annoyed, she rubbed her temples. "Fine, you can use it. Give me your clothes and I'll put them in the dryer."

Hearing this, Ye Qiuling's ears turned red, but she decisively began to take off her clothes.

Xia Shizhao's eyes widened in shock, and he took a step back: "W-what are you doing?!"

Ye Qiuling looked completely bewildered: "Didn't you want clothes?"

Did I tell you to take your clothes off here?

Xia Shizhao was dumbfounded, wondering if Ye Qiuling's brain had been damaged by the heavy rain, or if she had been struck by lightning on her way here.

"Um...no."

Ye Qiuling shook her head honestly, then went to the bathroom to take a shower.

Her behavior was a bit strange. Xia Shizhao sighed and rubbed his forehead. "Forget it, there aren't any new clothes that are a bit bigger. Let her make do with these for now."

Xia Shizhao looked for a nightgown; it was loose and oversized, and new. She knocked on the door and said, "I brought a clean dress; you can make do with this."

After finishing everything, she returned to her room, remembered the personal computer she had just left aside, and dialed back again.

"Hey? What just happened?"

"Don't open the door for the general, she's still in her vulnerable period and could easily hurt someone."

"Vulnerable period?" Xia Shizhao froze, turning her head to look at the door. Ye Qiuling, wearing her panda tail dress, was standing silently at her door.

He swallowed hard and placed the computer face down on the bed.

Ye Qiuling's eyes were red at the corners, and she looked exceptionally innocent as she stood obediently at the door: "Zhaozhao, who are you talking to?"

Upon hearing the sound, Fu Ziran let out a sharp crack and then quickly hung up the phone.

Xia Shizhao:......

Damn it, give me a solution before you hang up!

"Nobody."

Xia Shizhao sat up and looked at her warily. "Are you alright?"

She tilted her head: "What is it?"

She lifted her leg and walked towards Xia Shizhao, the little bear's tail swaying as she walked.

Her face, as cold and elegant as the moon, was now filled with a dreamy look, with a hint of bewitching red at the corners of her eyes, like a bewitching ghost in a magical forest.

Xia Shizhao was about to hit her when Ye Qiuling obediently squatted down at her feet, her dark eyes glistening with tears, like an adorable little kitten.

"..."

Xia Shizhao, as if he had seen a ghost, pulled his feet back onto the bed, his voice trembling: "You... what do you want to do?"

"Master~"

Holy crap!!!

Xia Shizhao's entire pupils were filled with shock.

This is too exciting. I wonder if Ye Qiuling will kill herself when she wakes up.

The rain outside was getting heavier and heavier, and the thunder was getting louder and louder. Xia Shizhao felt increasingly uneasy staying at home.

He felt as if he had been struck by lightning.

He looked completely petrified.

Beside her was Ye Qiuling, who was hugging a doll and silently shedding tears because she hadn't been able to kiss him.

On the bed was Xia Shizhao, who looked completely bewildered.

She glanced at Ye Qiuling, then at her call log with Fu Ziran.

Susceptible period?

Highly aggressive?

She was definitely in her vulnerable period, but she was very aggressive...

I glanced at it again, unsure, and it didn't seem much better.

However, just in case, Xia Shizhao still put an electric shock bracelet on her.

Ye Qiuling huddled in the corner, hugging a dolphin doll and crying her heart out. She would steal glances at Xia Shizhao every now and then, and when she was sure that Xia Shizhao was ignoring her, she cried even harder.

The little white tiger was leisurely acting cute next to Xia Shizhao.

Alphas in their most vulnerable period are prone to losing their rationality and will only behave themselves when their omega partner is around.

Xia Shizhao looked at the message Fu Ziran sent him, and then at the video she posted of Ye Qiuling tearing down the house a few days ago.

"?"

When did she become Ye Qiuling's spouse?

How could she not know?

She wasn't marked.

Xia Shizhao scratched his head and looked at Ye Qiuling, who had just made a surprising statement.

How could someone say that? I can't stand it.

Xia Shizhao decided to send the person back; it wouldn't be good for an alpha in his vulnerable period to be in front of her.

Although I don't react much to pheromones.

But the fragrance of the roses, like birds dancing a courtship dance, kept wafting towards her nose.

She couldn't take it anymore.

He stood up and pulled her, saying, "You should go back to your home."

"don't want……"

Sitting on the ground, Ye Qiuling looked at Xia Shizhao with teary eyes.

Xia Shizhao:…………

You're insane!

Do you think looking at her like that will soften her heart?!

The ruthless Xia Shizhao dragged her outside. Ye Qiuling clutched the doll that smelled of Xia Shizhao tightly with one hand and held onto the door frame with the other. "...I can sleep on the floor. Don't kick me out. I'm afraid of thunder."

Its voice was whimpering and trembling, looking pitiful like a stray dog.

Xia Shizhao stood blankly by the door, looking at the shameless Ye Qiuling: "Have you no shame at all?"

"Nobody taught me what a face is."

Ye Qiuling was determined to stay at Xia Shizhao's house, her face full of innocence: "You know, I didn't go to school much."

Xia Shizhao: ...This is outrageous, sis.

After a long stalemate, the situation finally ended when Ye Qiuling went to sleep in the guest room, and Xia Shizhao fell asleep holding the cleaned white tiger cub.

late at night.

Xia Shizhao patted the furry things that were messing around on his body.

"Little Tiger, stop fooling around... I want to sleep."

In a daze, I reached out and touched the fluffy ears.

Xia Shizhao turned over and fell asleep again.