When Zhao Yesi returned from his examination, Xiong Chumo and the unnamed male researcher glanced at him simultaneously, their gazes subtle, making him feel a little shaky as he stepped in. "Is there something wrong with my test results?"

Xiong Chumo smiled. "No, all your indicators are normal. I forgot to ask you a question—did you experience any psychological changes during the time that Lu marked you? For example, did you feel a desire to rely on others, or to be protected and cared for?"

Zhao Yesi said: "Not at all."

Lu Huangzhi: “…”

The male researcher said, "But Mr. Lu said you've become clingy."

Zhao Yesi's face flushed and he blurted out: "He farted!"

Lu Huangzhi said calmly, "Senior's conclusion is too subjective and not very useful. I suggest you find someone else to conduct the experiment."

Zhao Yesi said coldly: "I feel offended."

The male researcher smiled and said, "We will."

When leaving the laboratory, Lu Huangzhi deliberately fell behind and said to Xiong Chumo, "Don't tell Zhao Yesi what I just said for now."

Xiong Chumo asked: "Why?"

"He seems to be a straight man," Lu Huangzhi said, "I'm afraid of scaring him."

There is another thing. He wants to find out first whether his sudden affection for Zhao Yesi is due to pheromones.

After returning home, Zhao Yesi opened the grudge book for the first time in a long time and recorded: Lu Huangzhi said that I was clingy and that I was not objective.

He thought about it for a moment, then decided it wasn't a big deal, not worth recording. But he hadn't held a grudge in a long time, and if he didn't record two more, he'd think Lu Huangzhi was a good person. So he added another half sentence at the end: "In front of other people."

With the recent cold front and the sharp drop in temperature in southern China, Zhao Yexi has been waking up later and later. When the alarm goes off, he curls up in bed with his eyes closed, deciding to take a sick day.

But winter is still a long way off. What will I do tomorrow if I take a day off today? It’s better to take a long vacation.

Forget it, I might as well quit.

Ten minutes later, Zhao Yexi got up like his grandson and went to work.

It was definitely too late to go to the restaurant for breakfast, so Zhao Yesi picked up a bottle of milk and a glutinous rice chicken at the convenience store. While waiting in line to pay, he received a WeChat message from Lu Huangzhi.

[Huang: Good morning, senior. I got up late today and I'm going to be late.]

[He's a tough guy: Hahahahahaha]

【shortage:……】

The good mood of the day started with Lu Huangzhi's bad luck. Zhao Yesi left the team and went to the shelf to pick up a bottle of canned coffee and a Japanese rice ball.

Zhao Yesi, carrying two breakfasts, stepped out of the elevator on time. Bu Chunzhai, who was stopped outside by the sensor door, greeted him: "Good morning, Xiao Zhao."

"Good morning." Zhao Yesi's face was half wrapped in his down jacket. "I'm not cold at all today, but I feel like my ears are about to freeze off."

Bu Chunzhai asked: "Do you feel cold when you sleep at night?"

"It's okay. I've never straightened my legs."

Bu Chunzhai chuckled and said, "I'm not cold because I have my wife to hold me."

Zhao Yexi's expression instantly fell, "Oh." Can we still chat today?

Lu Huangzhi's workstation was indeed empty. Zhao Yesi put the extra breakfast next to his computer, and turned around to find Gong Juren looking at him.

"What's up?"

Gong Juren smiled slightly: "It's getting cold, keep warm."

Zhao Yesi saw a search interface on Gong Juren’s computer screen. The search keyword was [Tancheng No. 1 Middle School], which was the high school where Lu Huangzhi’s plan was about to be piloted.

Tancheng is in the north, and the current temperature can reach more than ten degrees below zero, which is the most suitable place for people like Zhao Yesi who have cold hands and feet in winter to spend the winter.

Gong Juren noticed Zhao Yesi's gaze and said, "I just wanted to get some information beforehand. I don't mean anything else."

Zhao Yesi shrugged, "I didn't say anything, why are you explaining?"

The smile in Gong Juren's eyes faded a little.

Lu Huangzhi was ten minutes late. Seeing the breakfast on his workstation, he looked towards Zhao Yesi.

Zhao Yesi typed calmly on the keyboard, as if nothing had happened.

Obviously, the alpha pheromones in the elementary school student's body have been metabolized to be less than yesterday, but he seems to be even cuter than yesterday.

Lu Huangzhi's low mood from having to get up was swept away. He opened his coffee and just took a sip when Guan Chengji called him into the office.

Zhao Yexi was a little surprised. Normally, Guan Chengji wouldn't look for Lu Huangzhi alone. Was he going to scold him for being late? Such a good thing?

A few minutes later, Lu Huangzhi came out of Guan Chengji's office. Before Zhao Yesi had time to ask him for gossip, it was time for the monthly meeting.

At the regular meeting, Liang Qinghuan briefly talked about the work arrangements for the next month, and finally mentioned the list of personnel to be sent to Tancheng.

"There are three colleagues going to Tancheng this time."

Zhao Yesi began to get nervous. Sitting a few colleagues away from him, Gong Juren straightened his chest slightly.

"Lu Huangzhi, Bu Chunzhai, and... Zhao Yexi."

Zhao Yesi said "nice" softly in a voice that only he could hear.

Gong Juren's usually dignified face froze for a moment, but he quickly regained his smile. "These three people are indeed suitable candidates. It's just that Zhao is an omega, and he took a day off last week because he was susceptible to the flu. Short-term trips are fine, but would a long-term trip be inconvenient?"

"Mr. Zhao seems to have found a way to deal with his susceptible period," Liang Qinghuan looked at Zhao Yesi, "Is that so?"

Zhao Yesi, bathed in the light of righteousness, said, "Yes, so Mr. Gong doesn't have to worry about me."

Gong Juren remained calm and said with a smile, "That's good."

After the meeting, Zhao Yesi approached Lu Huangzhi, cupped his hands to his mouth, and asked quietly, "What did Professor Guan say to you just now?"

"Nothing," the two of them were quite close, and Lu Huangzhi's hand slipped under the hood of Zhao Yesi's down jacket, "Just let me take good care of you."

Zhao Yesi was moved and said, "Master..."

"Think about what to bring. Three months is a long time." Lu Huangzhi said nonchalantly, "Tancheng is very cold, so I need to wear a lot of clothes."

"Look at you, you don't even have to wear it."

Lu Huangzhi said: "If you wear too much, you won't look handsome anymore."

"Don't worry, I look handsome in anything I wear."

"I'm talking about myself." This was the first time since Lu Huangzhi was a child that he worried that he was not handsome enough.

Zhao Yexi: ???

What the hell, is Lu Huangzhi playing some kind of Versailles literature?

Feeling Zhao Yesi's strange gaze, Lu Huangzhi asked, "What's wrong?"

Zhao Yesi put on the hood of his down jacket and said, "I'm bothering you. I won't keep you warm anymore."

After learning that Zhao Yexi was going on a business trip for three months, Tao Qiaosheng ran to his apartment and severely criticized Zhao Yexi. Valentine's Day was coming soon. In the past, they had always spent Valentine's Day together, but this year, Zhao Yexi was actually abandoning him and going to the snowy north with Lu Huangzhi.

Zhao Yexi struggled to stuff a turtleneck sweater into his overflowing suitcase. "First, we didn't call it Valentine's Day before; we called it just spending time together. Second, there were three of us on a business trip, and Bu Chunzhai was one of us."

"If they all cease to exist, then it's just like the two of you."

Zhao Yesi thought about it and said, "That's true." After all, they couldn't see Bu Chunzhai normally.

Tao Qiaosheng was worried: "Three whole months. How can I survive without you?"

Zhao Yesi sat on the box and pressed down. "If you're worried about being idle, you can do something very meaningful."

"Can you help me press the boxes?"

"You knew that and why didn't you come to help?!"

The two of them worked together to zip up the box. Zhao Yesi smelled the nutty aroma of macadamia nuts and said, "Put away the pheromones."

"Oh... Xizi, do you think my pheromones smell good?"

Zhao Yexi said: "I don't feel anything."

"How can I not feel anything? Aren't omegas said to be very sensitive to alpha's pheromones?"

"Sorry, I'm not sensitive to you." After Tao Qiaosheng said this, Zhao Yesi realized that since being marked by Lu Huangzhi, the pheromones of other alphas seemed to have no effect on him.

"That's not right." Tao Qiaosheng moved closer to Zhao Yesi and sniffed. "Strange, why does your pheromone smell different from last time? It seems to smell a bit like grapefruit."

Zhao Yexi pushed Tao Qiaosheng's head away: "Maybe it's because a grapefruit-flavored alpha marked me."

"'mark'?"

Zhao Yexi signed a confidentiality agreement before becoming a volunteer, prohibiting him from disclosing any details about the experiment to anyone outside of his circle. He only told Tao Qiaosheng that he was collaborating with the institute on a clinical trial. "If you're interested, you can sign up. The lab is hiring, and there are huge rewards for participating alphas and omegas."

Tao Qiaosheng became interested: "How big is it?"

"Then I don't know. I'm a noble man and didn't ask for money."

"Do they give you weird medications and injections?"

"No, they only gave me an alpha."

Tao Qiaosheng said excitedly: "Then I want to go!"

Zhao Yesi thought Tao Qiaosheng was just saying it casually, but he didn't expect this idiot to actually sign up. He was startled when he saw Tao Qiaosheng's name on Xiong Chumo's volunteer list, and he was startled again when he saw the name next to Tao Qiaosheng.

He pointed at the name of the second jump and asked Xiong Chumo: "Who is this?"

"An omega who was in the same experimental group as Tao Qiaosheng."

“Why is his name censored?”

Xiong Chumo said, "Because he doesn't want to reveal his name."

Zhao Yesi and Lu Huangzhi looked at the male researcher at the same time.

The male researcher explained with a smile: "It's not me, I'm not differentiated."

Xiong Chumo said, "It's a beautiful omega that smells like cherry blossoms. Your friend will like it."

Zhao Yexi shook his head: "It's hard to say. My friend is already pretty enough, and he likes tall and strong ones, like me."

"Senior," Lu Huangzhi said slowly, "I advise you to be careful with your words and actions."

The day before Zhao Yexi left for his business trip, Tao Qiaosheng was about to come to the institute to meet with Xiong Chumo to sign an agreement. Zhao Yexi took Tao Qiaosheng upstairs and punched him, "I never thought you were that kind of person!"

Tao Qiaosheng wore a stylish trench coat, and his peach blossom eyes were particularly captivating. He looked exquisitely handsome from head to toe, but his words were a bit silly: "The state assigned me an alpha for Valentine's Day and even provided me with dating funds. I'm an idiot and I won't accept it."

Zhao Yexi was so surprised that he said in Japanese: "Hashidou Madai, why is it alpha?"

"Didn't you tell me that?" Tao Qiaosheng asked confusedly, "You said no injections, no medication, just an alpha."

Zhao Yesi started laughing: "You must have misunderstood something. I'm an omega, so I was assigned to be an alpha. You are an alpha, so you can only be assigned to be an omega!"

After a long silence, Tao Qiaosheng burst out: "Is it too late for me to quit now?"