It's obviously too late.

Zhao Yesi brought Tao Qiaosheng to the laboratory. While comforting him, he also had to try hard not to laugh too much, which was very hard.

"Don't worry, we won't let you be the number one," Zhao Yesi said. "We're doing a serious experiment, not pimping. Just think of that omega as a classmate you used to do group activities with in college."

Tao Qiaosheng was truly in trouble this time, his carefully styled hair completely drooping. "College group activities?" He retched. "That's much more disgusting than this experiment. At least this one pays. Oh, you're so good at comforting me now."

Zhao Yexi hadn't meant that at all, but he had already been comforted, and the method didn't matter. He said in his newly acquired northern accent, "It's necessary."

The elevator reached the floor where the laboratory was located. When the two men walked out, they met a man wearing a mask.

He was a man, but he looked more like a grown man. He was wearing a short, light blue cotton jacket with a large, fluffy hat on the back. His legs were long and straight. When Zhao Yesi brushed past him, he noticed his drooping eyelashes were long and pretty, like a girl's.

Tao Qiaosheng stopped and turned to look at the elevator door that had closed again. He said, "Xizi, do you smell anything?"

Zhao Yesi sniffed and said, "No."

"Of course it does! It seems to taste like cherry blossoms...very similar to the zero-sugar, zero-fat cherry blossom-flavored soda I drank before."

Zhao Yexi was amazed: "You can smell that? Do all of you alphas have dog noses? I see, he must be the omega in your group."

"Fuck! Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Tao Qiaosheng was stunned. "I didn't even see him clearly just now!"

"Forget it, they're wearing masks, what can you see clearly?"

"I quite like the scent of cherry blossoms," Tao Qiaosheng said sadly, "This is a blessing in disguise."

In the lab, Xiong Chumo and the male researcher put aside everything they were doing and greeted the new volunteers with the utmost gentleness and care, striving to make them feel at home. When they saw Tao Qiaosheng, who looked like he was unworthy of this world, Xiong Chumo asked Zhao Yesi, "Mr. Zhao, are you sure your friend came here voluntarily and wasn't forced?"

Zhao Yesi nudged Tao Qiaosheng with his elbow and let him speak for himself.

Tao Qiaosheng submitted his volunteer application and completed all necessary tests. Although he wasn't as noble as Zhao Yexi, who didn't want a reward, he certainly wouldn't waste national resources.

Tao Qiaosheng said with an unwavering willingness, "I volunteered."

"Then..." Xiong Chumo cast a confused look at Zhao Yesi, hoping for an explanation. Zhao Yesi didn't know how to explain, so he simply pointed to his head.

Xiong Chumo understood. She pulled out a stack of documents, adjusted her glasses, and said, "Mr. Tao, on behalf of the entire institute, I thank you for your dedication. Here are the possible outcomes of the experiment, the expected risks, and the subsequent compensation. Please take a look at it first. If you have any questions, please ask me."

"I'll look at this later." Tao Qiaosheng said, "I just want to know what experiments you are going to do on me and that omega."

Xiong Chumo said, "It's very simple. You just need to temporarily mark him without knowing his identity. Of course, he won't know your identity either."

"I'm asking you to bite his gland," Zhao Yesi said, "You can bite people, right?"

The simpler things are, the more skill they require. Tao Qiaosheng asked nervously, "I don't know how to do it. Is there anyone who can teach me?"

Zhao Yexi asked, "Do you know where the gland is?"

Tao Qiaosheng nodded.

"Before biting, you can lick his glands first to get him used to your pheromones. When biting, be careful with the strength and be gentle so as not to hurt him. By the way, his legs may be weak, so it's better to mark him while sitting or lying down."

After Zhao Yesi finished speaking, both men and women fell silent.

Lu Huangzhi's voice of sudden enlightenment came from the door: "So senior likes gentleness."

Zhao Yexi: "...Fuck."

He was giving Tao Qiaosheng a scientific education, which was such a serious matter. Why did something seem wrong when Lu Huang arrived?

Zhao Yesi asked nonchalantly, "Why are you here?"

Lu Huangzhi said: "Shall we have dinner together?"

The three of them had dinner together, and Zhao Yexi took Tao Qiaosheng to experience the institute's staff restaurant.

"Are these all free to choose from? No wonder your dad has gained so much weight."

"He's overworked."

Dad Zhao often appears in public to tell everyone the latest progress in abo research. Occasionally, he will be criticized by some troublemakers who say that in such a serious situation, the director of the abo institute is getting fatter and fatter. It can be imagined that everyone in the abo institute is obsessed with eating and not doing practical work.

During the meal, Tao Qiaosheng repeatedly asked Lu Huangzhi for the details of temporarily marking an omega. Zhao Yexi sneered, "An alpha with an experience value of 2 is teaching an alpha with an experience value of 0 how to temporarily mark an omega. How dare one teach, the other learn."

"That's right." Lu Huangzhi smiled. "I don't have enough experience. I'll teach you when I have more experience."

Zhao Yesi: “…” Where did Lu Huangzhi get his experience from? It was all learned from him.

"Don't worry, Principal Lu. Although your experience points are only 2, you're already number one in the server, so you're more than capable of teaching me." Tao Qiaosheng said, "Where were we just talking about? After the marking is completed, the alpha might subconsciously regard the omega as his mate?"

Zhao Yesi was playing with his phone and didn't hear this. "Huh?"

Lu Huangzhi peeled a mantis shrimp and placed it in Zhao Yesi's bowl. "It's just a temporary animal instinct. It will be gone in a week."

"That's okay." Zhao Yesi lowered his head and continued to play with his mobile phone, but he couldn't concentrate on it anymore.

So, had Lu Huangzhi been treating him like a spouse, intentionally or not? No wonder he was so kind to him, even buying him Zhizhi peaches, making him feel embarrassed to hold a grudge. After this week, Lu Huangzhi's true colors would be revealed, and he had to be vigilant.

Zhao Yexi opened Weibo and saw that the top trending search was #Tang Fei announces second gender test results#. He immediately told Tao Qiaosheng, "Xiao Qiao, your idol is trending."

Tang Fei is currently a top-tier idol star, incredibly popular. Tao Qiaosheng has been a die-hard fan since his debut through a talent show. Since the emergence of alternate genders, many public figures have taken the initiative to disclose their alternate genders. The probability of differentiation is low, and most people who disclose are betas, with alphas being a minority and omegas even rarer.

"Huh?" Tao Qiaosheng quickly took out his phone, "Let me see who is shamelessly using my idol to get traffic again."

Zhao Yexi said: "No, he just announced his second gender - he is beta."

"Oh..." Tao Qiaosheng's expression was indescribably complicated, three parts nervousness, three parts entanglement, and four parts relief.

Lu Huangzhi asked with interest: "As a fan, do you hope that he will split?"

Tao Qiaosheng sighed, "I don't know either. On the one hand, I think it's better for him to be an ordinary person, without so many troubles. On the other hand, I hope to be in the same group with him so that I can be closer to him."

Zhao Yexi asked curiously, "Will fans stop following their idol because their idol's second gender is different from what they expected?"

Tao Qiaosheng was very disdainful: "Those who quit being fans are all fake fans. No matter whether Feifei is A, B or O, I will love him forever."

The next day, Zhao Yesi left on time and went to the airport with Lu Huangzhi. He checked the weather in Tancheng and found it was over 10 degrees below zero, which he had never experienced before. He also put on a calf-length down jacket over his coat. Fortunately, he was relatively thin, so he didn't look bloated.

Lu Huangzhi was also wearing a black down jacket, but it only reached his knees, and he only had a thin V-neck sweater underneath.

Zhao Yesi glared at him: "That's all you're wearing? You really want to look cool over your life."

Lu Huangzhi took the suitcase from Zhao Yesi and said, "Let me show you some handsome stuff first, and then you can put it on after we get off the plane."

"I'm tired of you, why would you care about these few glances?" Zhao Yesi said, waiting for Lu Huangzhi to retort, and then for Lu Huangzhi to swear and tell him to get out. Based on his rich experience, this is how the script should play out. But he waited for a long time, and Lu Huangzhi didn't say anything, just a thoughtful expression.

Zhao Yesi couldn't help but ask, "Why don't you speak?"

"I'm trying to think of a solution," Lu Huangzhi said half-seriously, "I'm tired of being looked at. What should I do? This is the only face of mine that can catch the senior's eye."

Zhao Yexi's words "I'm tired of seeing it" were pure nonsense. Lu Huangzhi was the type of person who was stunning at first sight, and the more he looked at him, the more beautiful he became. He sat across from him and watched him every day, and he still hadn't gotten tired of it.

"You know you only have your face to look at, so why don't you build up some more strengths?"

Lu Huangzhi said: "For example?"

Zhao Yesi unconsciously sped up his speech: "For example, when you argue with me, can you give in to me a little? You always win."

Zhao Yesi regretted it the moment he finished speaking, luckily Lu Huangzhi didn't hear it clearly.

"What?"

Zhao Yesi buried his face in his turtleneck sweater and muttered, "Nothing."

For some reason, Lu Huangzhi felt like he had missed out on 100 million.

Lu Huangzhi arranged for his family driver to take them to the airport. Bu Chunzhai set out from his home and met them at the airport.

In the car, Zhao Yexi found himself pulled into a group called [Breath of the Wilderness] by Bu Chunzhai, which also included Lu Huangzhi.

[No: From now on, this will be our small group of three. If you have anything to say, just talk in the group. (Happy)]

[It's a tough guy: What the hell is this group name? ]

[It doesn't exist: It's a group of three of us! ]

[It's a tough guy: What about you? ]

【Non-existence: I don’t exist! 】

[He's a tough guy: It makes sense, I can't refute it.]

This was Zhao Yexi's first time at the airport after the emergence of the second gender. As soon as he got off the bus, he saw a prominent sign: "Alpha and omega passengers, please use odor blockers. Thank you for your cooperation."

It takes more than four hours to fly from the coastal south to the north, which is enough to catch up with the Southeast Asia trip. Fortunately, they were first class, so the few hours were not too unbearable.

Bu Chunzhai sat next to Zhao Yesi and said, "In the past, everyone in the department was reimbursed for economy class tickets when they went on business trips. Is it because you are the director's son and the boss's apprentice that we are actually traveling first class?"

"You're overthinking it. My dad is incredibly stingy, and Master isn't one to discriminate against his subordinates." Zhao Yesi glanced at Lu Huangzhi, who was sitting behind them and was being spoken to by a flight attendant. "Lu Huangzhi must have been the one who helped us upgrade."

Bu Chunzhai also turned around to look. "Mr. Lu is really handsome. Did you see the watch he's wearing? I checked the price last time. Guess how much it is?"

"Fifty cents, no more."

"Move the decimal point one place to the right and add six zeros—he's not wearing a watch, he's wearing a house!" Bu Chunzhai said with a tut. "What can he do with our salary? What does he want in the institute? To experience life?"

The stewardess was still talking to Lu Huangzhi, with a generous and appropriate smile on her face, more than enough to participate in the challenge of not being moved by straight men. Zhao Yexi retracted his gaze, "For the six insurances and one fund, for two days off, and for the beautiful receptionist."

The plane took off thirty minutes later than scheduled. The flight attendant apologized to the first-class passengers and explained the reason. An omega passenger in economy class, knowing he was susceptible to sensitization, boarded the plane without telling them. The odor barrier inside the cabin couldn't block his chive-scented pheromones, and the scent quickly spread, nearly sending two alphas into a frenzy.

The crew had to forcibly take the leek-smelling omega off the plane, and spent some time dispelling the smell of pheromones. It took them half an hour before they could take off.

Zhao Yexi felt uncomfortable after hearing this. Although major airlines hadn't yet explicitly banned susceptible omegas from boarding, the reality was that a single susceptible omega could delay the travel of hundreds of people.

Before the plane took off, Zhao Yesi sent a WeChat message to Xiong Chumo: [Teacher Xiong and Professor Nan, come on! Will I be able to see the inhibitor research succeed this year?]

Xiong Chumo seemed very busy, and Zhao Yesi didn't get her reply until he got off the plane: [Yes.]

A light snow fell in Tancheng, and it was already completely dark before six o'clock. Lu Huangzhi added a sweater and scarf, while Bu Chunzhai wrapped himself tightly, leaving only a pair of small eyes exposed. He had no presence to begin with, and his down jacket was white, so Zhao Yesi always confused him with a wall.

Tancheng No. 1 Middle School sent a teacher named Di Zhonghai to receive them. As soon as Zhao Yesi left the airport, he saw a middle-aged man with impressive hair holding a sign with their three names on it.

Zhao Yesi walked over and asked, "Is this Teacher Di?"

"It's me." Di Zhonghai looked at Lu Huangzhi, then at Zhao Yesi, "Who are you...?"

Zhao Yesi pointed to his name on the sign and said with a smile, "This is me."

"It's really you!" Di Zhonghai said cheerfully, "I thought you were students from some film academy. Oh, right, aren't there three of you? Where's the other one?"

Bu Chunzhai raised his hand: "Here it is."

Di Zhonghai drove the three of them downtown and was very welcoming along the way. "We've already booked a hotel for you. It's right near the school."

"No need," Lu Huangzhi said, "I have a property in Tancheng, you can just take us there."

Zhao Yesi was surprised and asked, "When did you get it?"

“After I knew I was going on a business trip.”

Zhao Yexi: "..."

Bu Chunzhai: “…”

Lu Huangzhi explained, "Housing prices in Tancheng aren't expensive, and there's no need for a quota." Even the most expensive residential complex wasn't as expensive as his watch. If it was just a three-day business trip, staying in a hotel wouldn't be a problem. Three months was a bit long, so he preferred to live in his own house.

"Do you think you explained it well?" Zhao Yesi said expressionlessly, "How about buying another car and getting a Tancheng license plate?"

Lu Huangzhi seemed to think this was a good idea. "Do you have a car you want?"

Di Zhonghai, sitting in the driver's seat, was deeply suspicious. "Well, you guys are really from the ABO Research Institute, right? Did I pick up the right person?"

The house Lu Huangzhi bought was very new, a two-story duplex with five bedrooms. The balcony was particularly large and could be turned into a small garden. Zhao Yexi checked the price and found it was indeed not expensive. For the same price, one could only buy an old, dilapidated house in the suburbs of Guangzhou.

Zhao Yexi asked, "Speaking of which, why did you choose a high school in a third- or fourth-tier city as the testing site? Is there something special about it?"

"No," Lu Huangzhi said, "Professor Liang threw a dart at the map and hit it."

"……oh."

The house was heated in advance, and Zhao Yesi sighed comfortably as he entered. "Is this... heaven?"

Lu Huangzhi saw Zhao Yesi looking around and asked, "Senior, what are you looking for?"

“That one!”

"Which one?"

"That's it." Suddenly, Zhao Yesi's eyes lit up. Without even putting down his luggage, he rushed to the wall. "Fuck Lu Huangzhi, look, it's the radiator, the legendary radiator! Ah, Daddy really wants to take you home..."

Lu Huangzhi looked at the senior who was kneeling in front of the radiator with a backpack on his back, his cheeks flushed, and his hands stretched out to warm them.

Hmm... a little cuter than yesterday.