Chapter 114 Bonus Chapter 4 (4)
"He keeps insisting on seeing you."
Lin Langyi came out of her room with an unnatural expression and closed the door tightly behind her.
She had just returned to her rest room that morning. Bian Shu was fast asleep, hugging her pillow, when the doorknob was touched, he woke up and wouldn't let go. He kept saying nonsense like she had strange pheromones. It wasn't until Du Jing knocked on the door for the third time that Lin Langyi hurriedly got out.
Fortunately, Du Jing is also a beta, so she couldn't smell that an alpha was hiding in her room.
Lin Langyi straightened her collar, looking like she was trying to hide something, and walked out, saying, "Who are you saying has been looking for me?"
Du Jing: "He's the one who came with Chairman Xu yesterday, the one who looks like he can fight."
Lin Langyi tilted her head back and thought for a second before quickly locking onto the question: "Cheng Yanjin?"
"Yes, yes, that's him."
Lin Langyi was even more confused: "What does he want with me?"
"He asked you for people."
Lin Langyi's heart skipped a beat, and she felt inexplicably guilty. She stubbornly asked, "Need people? What kind of people?"
"I want my brother."
Before they even turned the corner, Cheng Yanjin couldn't wait to follow the sound and come to greet them. Although he wasn't wearing his full uniform today, the riot helmet on his head seemed to be welded to it and he refused to take it off.
Lin Langyi looked at his dark glasses several times: "Your brother?"
Cheng Yanjin, suppressing his anger, said indignantly, "Yesterday, one or two of them said they couldn't come to Yingshan Lake, huh? I only had time to eat dinner, and those few people ran off faster than dogs!"
Lin Langyi maintained a poker face, and before she could even speak, the man pounced on her like a dog, swung open her goggles, and then circled around her, sniffing her as he said, "That kid Bian Shu is quite self-righteous. After going through the approval process with Chairman Xu, he ran off without stopping. Look how anxious he is... Why do you smell like him all over you!"
"Watch your words." Lin Langyi stubbornly denied it, "I came here yesterday only because he also showed signs of bestiality and sought medical help."
Cheng Yanjin bent down slightly and sniffed her shoulder and head, refusing to leave. He stayed close to her and muttered, "Heh, so eager to get his pheromones when seeking medical help? Anyone who didn't know better would think he was deliberately trying to get sick."
Lin Langyi frowned, and without hesitation, slapped the helmet with one hand and pushed it back. Cheng Yanjin's head tilted back, and the open visor made his exposed nose bridge appear exceptionally high.
He wasn't annoyed by being rudely pushed away, but instead chased after her like a roly-poly toy, hurriedly saying, "Wait, wait, you still have the scent of other pheromones on you. Brother Yu left without saying goodbye. Did he come looking for you too? Don't I know him? The way he looked at you was weird!"
Lin Langyi denied it with unusual calmness. She remembered that Xi Zhiyue had casually mentioned that Yuan Chuyu had never released pheromones in front of everyone, so even if she had really slept with someone and was covered in pheromones, she could lie without blushing and saying that she had never seen Yuan Chuyu.
Besides, there was nothing between her and Yuan Chuyu at all.
Lin Langyi's expression was too calm, her body language too normal, and after she casually said "not familiar," Cheng Yanjin's arrogance indeed subsided by more than half.
Although he didn't know Lin Langyi well enough, he knew Yuan Chuyu, whom he had grown up with, intimately. Last night, before he went to sleep, his mind replayed her every smile and gesture like a video recorder, even magnifying the tiny fuzzy strands of sweater clinging to her neck as she bent over to take her business card. He was as if he had become one of those bulky monitoring instruments hanging on the wall, clearly and accurately taking in every little thing that happened around her.
Therefore, Yuan Chuyu's slightly stunned look did not escape his notice.
That's why he was so annoyed when he woke up this morning to find that all his good buddies who had sworn they would never come to Ying Shan Lake had vanished, especially Yuan Chuyu who had initially told him not to trust anyone and not to reveal his cards too quickly! He ran away faster than anyone else!
Cheng Yanjin stared at Lin Langyi suspiciously for a long time, then pressed on and moved closer to her, wanting to smell her again.
Lin Langyi tried to block him, he retreated, she withdrew her hand, and he advanced.
After several exchanges, Lin Langyi felt like she was trying to stop a dog that had gone mad. She tried to stop Cheng Yanjin, who was determined to get closer to her, but she couldn't hold him down. Finally, she was too exhausted and gave up and let go.
He was playfully teasing her when Lin Langyi suddenly let go of his hand, and his head immediately came close to hers.
Last night, when I couldn't sleep and tossed and turned, the single downy hair, like a dandelion feather, that clung to that smooth, white neck seemed to reappear before my eyes.
Cheng Yanjin held his breath. How could she possibly be a beta? She smelled incredibly good; she clearly possessed the most exquisite and refined pheromones in the world.
He forgot to even blink, just staring blankly at her with his head down, his gaze sliding heavily down her eyebrows and then quickly turning back to stare into her eyes for a long time.
If Yuan Chuyu isn't here with her, where else could he be? ...No, he no longer cares where Yuan Chuyu is.
Lin Langyi met Cheng Yanjin's gaze calmly and steadily.
For some reason, as Cheng Yanjin watched, his gaze suddenly changed. His wide eyes abruptly shifted to the side, darting around aimlessly in the air like a headless fly. After a few seconds, he looked back down at the ground. He could look anywhere, but he dared not look into her eyes again.
Lin Langyi twisted her neck slightly, somewhat puzzled.
Cheng Yanjin did turn his gaze away, but his peripheral vision kept lingering on her, and he accurately and promptly caught any slight movement from her.
She had barely turned her head when he quickly glanced at her, their eyes meeting. Suddenly, he felt awkward and nervous, his flustered gaze darting around as if he'd been burned. Finally, his eyes landed on her lips, and he froze, as if under a spell.
His gaze lingered on his lips for a long time until Lin Langyi called out "Hey!" He seemed startled by the slightly parted lips and hurriedly turned his face away.
Lin Langyi: ?
What's even more baffling is what happened next. Cheng Yanjin, who had been sticking to her like glue, suddenly started to back away as if he'd been electrocuted, clutching his lower back with his hands behind his back as he retreated.
Lin Langyi had only uttered half a sentence, "What's wrong—", when Cheng Yanjin's taut shirt suddenly shifted. His expression changed drastically, and he abruptly pulled back one hand to forcefully press down on the slightly loosened belt of his military trousers.
As you walk along both sides of your waist, this sturdy, tightly bound belt seems like roots slowly growing deep in the earth, as if it has come to life and begins to move.
...?
I've never seen Cheng Yanjin so flustered. He chased after the undulating belt like he was playing whack-a-mole, wishing he could grow eight hands to hold the unruly belt in place.
He wanted to leave, but didn't dare turn around. He walked backwards, facing her, as if he were sick.
Lin Langyi had a sudden flash of inspiration and felt as if she understood something.
"Come here." She beckoned, a kind and charming smile on her face. "Didn't you ask me why I have Bian Shu's pheromones on me?"
Cheng Yanjin awkwardly raised his head. His helmet was squeezing his ears uncomfortably, especially when he heard her call him. His usually limp ears, which wouldn't stand up no matter what, suddenly perked up like they'd been injected with adrenaline. His belt also began to move more violently, like a ribbon being whipped around in the wind. He knew perfectly well what embarrassing thing would emerge from the seam of his waistband if he let go.
He could tolerate being mocked by others, but in front of her, please... no, he didn't want to feel ashamed in front of her.
"It's alright." Lin Langyi's voice became even softer, and when it entered his ears, it was like a fine downy hair on the back of his neck finally drifting in, making him itch.
She took the initiative to approach him, easily closing the distance between them that had been awkwardly retreating.
The delicate and pleasant fragrance, like graceful and charming water snakes, wafted into his nose. In fact, he knew perfectly well that he didn't need to get so close to smell the so-called "other people's pheromones" on her. An alpha's nose is sensitive enough that he can smell the different scents of each person even through the door. Just like when she arrived late, he had already identified her before she even crossed the corridor. He couldn't wait even a second and rushed towards her.
He was so close to her not to smell which stinky dogs were bothering her. Alphas hate each other's pheromones, and he was trying to avoid them, so why would he torture himself by sniffing them like that?
He might not have come to demand an explanation from her, or genuinely to find his "missing" brothers; it was simply because... simply because...
Cheng Yanjin's mind was a complete mess. He felt like he had a fever too. The damn helmet was so small and sealed, making him feel stuffy and hot. His ears, which were like weeds growing from cracks in rocks with a "tenacious" spirit, were being squeezed and were throbbing painfully. The feeling of poor blood flow gradually subsided, replaced by a tingling numbness. He really couldn't breathe.
"Are you alright?" Lin Langyi stood in front of him, slightly raised her head, her eyebrows furrowed, and looked at him with concern.
Cheng Yanjin was completely captivated by her gentle and tender tone. He looked down at her, feeling dizzy, and thought that her small face looked even more delicate and beautiful when she looked up at him, and her expression of concern for him was so touching... How could there be someone in the world who was so compatible with him...
He absolutely cannot lose face in front of her.
His fingers, bulging with veins, gripped the belt even tighter. A layer of sweat had already formed on his back, but his body temperature seemed to be rising steadily... Hold on!
Cool fingers landed on his burning hand like raindrops in a long drought. Cheng Yanjin vaguely heard her say with concern, "I will save you." It was too unfair. He felt like his helmet was about to burst. As soon as she finished speaking, he grabbed her fingers without thinking.
Slender, with distinct knuckles, just like the defiant look she gave him when she put her hands in her white coat pockets and gave him a cool, indifferent glance. There was a slight chill in her skin, but it didn't matter. He held her hand and felt warm quickly. He had a high body temperature all year round, and he wouldn't let her have cold hands and feet anymore...
Just like he couldn't control his ears and tail, Cheng Yanjin couldn't control his wildly wandering thoughts. In his hazy state, only one thought remained firmly in his mind—it felt so good to hold hands...
With a "ripping" sound, it was the sound of cloth being torn.
Even cooler than her fingers was the wind generated by her tail, which was shaking wildly like a propeller from her lower back.
*
"It's nothing, it's not the first time I've seen this kind of situation." Lin Langyi leaned back comfortably in the chair, crossing her legs.
A tablet rested on her lap; she quickly flipped through the report with her electronic pen, her gaze settling on the large, bold words "German Shepherd," before she kicked her toe forward—
Cheng Yanjin, lying crookedly on the bed, pulled his legs inward in a wronged manner, buried his face deeper into the pillow to cover it, and grabbed the two corners of the pillow with both hands to pull it over his head, trying to hide his uncooperative ears.
Even if you can hide your ears, you can't hide your happy, wagging tail. Even if you wrap yourself up in the blankets, you can still see your frolicking tail through the bulging blankets.
Why can't the tail be controlled by the brain?!
Lin Langyi gave his shin a light kick. Cheng Yanjin thought his legs were too long and were blocking the researcher's way, so he retreated in a wronged manner. His shoes hit the bed board with a "thud" and he realized that he had nowhere left to retreat.
What are you doing?!
He didn't dare to look up, mumbling a low groan into the pillow to express his dissatisfaction.
"Get up." Lin Langyi put down the tablet, stood up, and walked to the bedside to pull him up. "I'm telling you about your situation, are you listening?"
"I'm listening."
"Sit up."
"..."
"1, 2..."
Cheng Yanjin sat up abruptly, still clutching the pillow in his arms.
Lin Langyi smiled. What a good dog! Its eyes cleared up as soon as it was given a command.
The blankets wrapped around Cheng Yanjin fell softly off as he sat up, and a thick, long, furry tail excitedly emerged, wagging enthusiastically at him.
Lin Langyi looked at his grief-stricken face, then at the overjoyed tail, then at his increasingly dejected expression, then at the universally jubilant tail...
Cheng Yanjin felt so annoyed by her gaze that he wanted to crawl into a hole. In a fit of anger, he grabbed the tail that wouldn't obey him, roughly pulled it in front of him, and violently pressed it down with a pillow.
"Are you still in the ear-erecting stage?" Lin Langyi asked the first question that struck straight to the soul.
Cheng Yanjin was practically bursting with rage. This was truly a taboo subject for him; anyone who said that would get a scolding from him. He glared angrily at Lin Langyi, intending to give her a good beating—
What came out of his mouth was: "Who said that? I'm a little tired right now and don't want it to stand up."
Wow, what a perfect version of the stubborn "I'm not in good shape today, but I'll make sure you have a blast next time" line.
Lin Langyi checked the monitoring values: "That's strange, but you're already in puberty, so why aren't your ears standing up?"
Cheng Yanjin, enraged and embarrassed, retorted: "I told you I'm not a brat! I'm an adult, of course I can have feelings—"
He quickly swallowed the rest of his sentence, turned his eyes away angrily, and emphasized clearly, "I'm an adult, an adult, you know that?! I, I can do anything now."
"Can do anything?" Lin Langyi said maliciously. "Then stand your ears up."
Cheng Yanjin took a deep breath and glared at her angrily.
He said, "Why should I listen to you?"
Cheng Yanjin had served in the military region for so long, spending his days in the midst of gunfire and bloodshed, and possessed a highly intimidating and violent physique. Even though he had a cheerful and sunny appearance, his glaring eyes still made people's hearts pound.
Lin Langyi was used to dealing with people like Xi Zhiyue and Bian Shu, who were easy to manipulate and adapt to. In comparison, among this elite team, Cheng Yanjin was the only one who was so uncooperative.
She snapped the pen back onto the tablet with a "click," and the tablet lid automatically locked the screen.
Cheng Yanjin, seemingly imposing but actually tense, widened his eyes even more, holding his breath and daring not to move.
Lin Langyi saw this and felt that he was giving her a hard time.
Since the stray dog needs to be trained, then let's train it.
She turned and left: "Fine, seeing that you don't really want to stay at Ying Shan Lake for treatment, I'll let you out now."
Cheng Yanjin subconsciously wanted to say no, but the fact that his ears couldn't stand up was a kind of "psychological trauma" for him. He had always been stubborn and walked away without looking back. He held back and managed to squeeze out a dry sentence: "Who said that? You, why would I leave if you didn't cure me? Is that all you've got?"
If anyone were around him, they would be surprised that this person was speaking so softly and weakly today. But the problem is that Lin Langyi doesn't know him and doesn't know that this kind of talk and tone is considered to be coquettish to Cheng Yanjin.
She walked straight out the door without stopping, not seeing Cheng Yanjin, who, in a moment of panic, threw off the covers and stood up to try to stop her.
His tail, which he couldn't stop no matter how hard he tried, finally stopped wagging and stood there blankly in the air until the steel door completely blocked her view. Then, his tail suddenly fell down, as if his soul had been suddenly taken away, and he lay on the ground, half-dead.
...
Lin Langyi wasn't actually angry at all. Anyone who does experiments for a long time can become a Bodhisattva who is free from worldly desires. It's good enough if you can keep your breath up; there's no room for anger.
Besides, she had already prepared and gave him an injection.
Just now, when it was Cheng Yanjin's turn to have a physical examination, he was hesitant and reluctant. When it was asked to lie down in the treatment pod, he refused to let go of the hands covering his ears. He was unwilling to do this or that, and he dragged his feet and refused to cooperate with anything. So, Lin Langyi, who was getting impatient, directly gave him an injection.
He absolutely refused to cooperate when I examined his ears and tail, but he readily agreed to get a shot. He didn't even ask what the injection was, and as soon as he rolled up his sleeve, he brought his arm over.
The drug being administered is a new version modified from the one used on mice. Cheng Yanjin, who has already shown symptoms of being susceptible, will likely soon be unable to tolerate it and will demand an inhibitor.
You can train it then. It's a dog; feed it at fixed times and places, and take it away if it doesn't eat.
*
Lin Langyi originally estimated that Cheng Yanjin, who was so "unyielding", should be able to hold out for two days before begging for mercy. After all, he looked like the kind of rebellious troublemaker who would be harder to get to back down than climbing to heaven.
No sooner had Lin Langyi finished lunch than she thought she would visit the zoo on the second basement floor to aid digestion. Just as she stepped into the corridor, the door to Cheng Yanjin's isolation observation room was slammed shut with a deafening thud.
The squeaky wheel gets the grease. Lin Langyi turned and headed towards him, only to see Cheng Yanjin quickly return to the viewing area to confront her after hearing her arrive.
He pressed his entire body against the transparent glass, his hands raised and placed on either side in a gesture of surrender. His body temperature was high, like a steaming furnace, so a layer of mist seeped onto the glass along the lines of his palms.
Hey, where did that "thump thump thump" sound come from when both hands are pressed against the glass?
Lin Langyi looked at Cheng Yanjin's obviously flushed face and tried to walk towards the door. With each step she took closer, the sound of gongs and drums became more intense and frequent. When she put her hand on the doorknob, the sound was even more urgent.
Turning her head, she saw that his hair was pressed against the glass and messed up. Cheng Yanjin pressed his face against the glass and stared nervously at her as she opened the door. His ears, hidden in his thick black hair, trembled uncontrollably and stood up with difficulty.
Lin Langyi adjusted her angle and indeed caught a glimpse of the propeller's tail swaying behind him. She suddenly found his appearance quite amusing, so she deliberately withdrew her hand from the door.
The next second, Cheng Yanjin's useless ears fell off instantly, limply sinking into his hair.
The "thump thump thump" sound also disappeared without a trace.
Instead, he began to frantically claw at the glass, as if trying to drag her into the room through the air. His anxious expression was overwhelming, and his already moist eyes became even more watery, as if he had suffered a great injustice that had caused them to become veiled with moisture.
Lin Langyi stood just outside the wall, leisurely watching him with her arms crossed as he looked frantic yet utterly helpless.
Cheng Yanjin initially held a sliver of hope that she might come in, but apart from the initial gesture of opening the door and swiping her card, she didn't show any intention of coming in to see him after waiting for a long time.
He couldn't wait any longer, so he ran to the steel door to enter the password. He had been paying attention to every detail of her last time, and without even realizing it, he had memorized the password as well.
The input is correct, but the next step requires iris scanning for identity verification, which he does not have permission to perform.
Cheng Yanjin froze for two seconds, then rushed back to the transparent glass and pounded on the door, but Lin Langyi only glanced at him before turning and leaving.
...
Lin Langyi kept Cheng Yanjin locked up for three whole days. Apart from the small wall-mounted freight elevator in the room that delivered meals at set times, Cheng Yanjin had absolutely no contact with the outside world.
The second basement level was built to the specifications of a solitary confinement cell.
Cheng Yanjin didn't even have any inhibitors and just barely survived the first three days of the susceptible period.
Generally speaking, any alpha would go crazy in this situation. When choosing accommodations, Lin Langyi deliberately selected a room for Cheng Yanjin with very few facilities and equipment, especially no expensive instruments, just to prevent him from destroying things after being locked up and depressed.
But unexpectedly, Cheng Yanjin did not destroy the house at all.
He was very quiet. If Lin Langyi hadn't seen his painful state as he rolled off the bed onto the floor through the surveillance equipment, she would have even doubted that Cheng Yanjin had actually entered his susceptible period.
The monitoring watch, firmly attached to his wrist, clearly recorded his physical signs and hormonal changes throughout the process. The time spent in bestial state was reduced by more than 60%. Lin Langyi could predict that if the inhibitors were injected normally, this number should be able to go even higher.
Because of his good performance, Lin Langyi sent Cheng Yanjin the inhibitor through the freight elevator in the wall pipe. In order to prevent him from being driven crazy, Lin Langyi also played special white noise in the room to calm his emotions.
The medicine was delivered, and the freight elevator door opened—
Cheng Yanjin remained curled up on the floor, still wrapped in the blanket, motionless. The alpha, who should have been sharp-eyed and alert, seemed to have his five senses shut down. A special forces soldier who should be extremely sensitive to the environment should not have reacted so sluggishly.
The freight elevator door on the wall had been open for a long time, and even after it started to beep, he remained unresponsive, as if he were dead.
Lin Langyi repeated the mechanical announcement "Please check the supplies" three or four times over the loudspeaker, but he remained unmoved until she turned down the white noise, at which point his left leg twitched slightly.
"Cheng Yanjin, the inhibitor is by the window. Go get it and inject it into the gland... Can you hear me?"
The moment she uttered those words, Cheng Yanjin was jolted awake as if from a nightmare. Before Lin Langyi could even reflect on whether she had really gone too far, the next second, he abruptly sat up, tilted his head back, quickly scanned the ceiling, and then stared straight at her through the monitor screen.
Feeling a chill run down her spine, as if she were being hunted and targeted, Lin Langyi hesitated for a moment. Cheng Yanjin finally spoke, his voice hoarse as if burned by fire after a long silence: "Call me again."
Lin Langyi paused for a second, and saw him suddenly droop his head as if he had lost his weight. After five or six seconds, he shook his head haphazardly. In the blink of an eye, his two ears reappeared.
"You should take the inhibitor first," she said slowly. "Be good, Cheng Yanjin."
Never before had he been so cooperative. Cheng Yanjin got up from the ground without a word, but perhaps due to numbness in his legs caused by poor blood circulation, he swayed and fell forward the moment he stood up. After she raised her voice and called out "Cheng Yanjin," he braced himself against the ground with his five fingers and barely managed to steady himself. Only then did he straighten up and stagger toward the built-in freight elevator.
"Great." Lin Langyi spoke softly and gently, as if she were coaxing a puppy. "Why aren't you throwing things or fighting? You're so well-behaved?"
“No.” Cheng Yanjin was unusually firm, his two soft ears twitching as he shook his head. “You’ll get angry, and if you’re angry, you won’t come to see me.”
Lin Langyi leaned back and sat in her chair without saying a word.
"I'll listen to you." Even without the suppressant, his condition was still not right. It was like a calm sea surface with a turbulent ocean depths. Cheng Yanjin could barely support his body and stand up. He could only lean to the side, bend his elbow against the wall, and laboriously lift his wrist. Then, he twisted the protective cap off the needle with two fingertips and inserted it into the gland.
The medicine was gone in seconds. He casually pulled out the needle, put the instruments back in the tray, and then his legs gave way, causing him to slide down the wall and sit down.
As he fell, his neck remained stiff and tilted upwards. He stubbornly stared at the monitor, his eyelids drooping heavily before he struggled to lift them again.
He called her name vaguely, looking very uncomfortable.
Raising a dog requires a clear system of rewards and punishments.
Lin Langyi got up without much hesitation and headed towards him, leaving behind a "I'm here" as a greeting.
Back in front of the transparent glass, Cheng Yanjin was indeed waiting there. He was still the same pitiful figure, pressing his head against the glass and waiting anxiously. However, this time his physical condition was even worse, so his reddened eyes, messy hair, and unconsciously parted lips made him look like someone who had been trampled and humiliated after falling into enemy hands.
Lin Langyi glanced at it a few more times, her hand resting on the doorknob, hesitant to move.
He called her name, his voice very low, so low that nothing could be heard through the impenetrable glass. But when he opened his mouth, his breath created a white mist, like a small shadow speaking.
The mist spread and then dissipated, and he sadly pressed his cheek against it, like a puppy lying on the ground throwing a tantrum.
Lin Langyi took a few steps back and walked up to him. His round eyes stared intently at her, her image faintly reflected in his light brown pupils.
Very well-behaved, extremely well-behaved, very good.
Lin Langyi teased him by placing her hand on the dissipating mist, and he looked up from the glass, staring intently at her palm as if trying to bore a hole through it.
She casually waved her hand, intending to tell him to stop clinging to the glass like a gecko, but he raised his chin and pressed it against the glass, his wet eyes slightly narrowed, making the pink under-eye bags appear even more pronounced.
He didn't move, but all his attention was focused on her waving hand. When she finally stopped, he actually tilted his head to follow the direction of her hand, and then slowly and heavily licked her palm from bottom to top through the glass.
Lin Langyi was startled, her eyes widening suddenly. She saw his Adam's apple bob restlessly a few times, as if he were swallowing repeatedly.
She stood rooted to the spot, her hand frozen in mid-air on the glass, refusing to come down.
Cheng Yanjin didn't dare look at her; his handsome face was flushed crimson, but that didn't stop him from swallowing hard.
He really missed her; her scent, her voice. He didn't even dare to touch her, because he had disobeyed her and angered her. It was normal for her to discipline and punish him, but the world is very forgiving of puppies. If he knew he was wrong and corrected his mistake, she would definitely give him another chance.
For example, her taking the initiative to come to him and bring him medicine, or the fact that she touched his face through the glass even though she didn't go inside—these are definitely a silent reward.
He didn't know how to express his joy... and he couldn't help himself, so he licked her... He hoped she wouldn't be angry...
Lin Langyi remained motionless for a long time. She watched as Cheng Yanjin lowered his head further and further down. He probably knew that what he had just done was very strange!
Cheng Yanjin glanced at her out of the corner of his eye, then turned his face away even more forcefully, like a stupid dog caught doing something wrong by its owner.
Lin Langyi: ...Huh? So he was just observing my expressions and didn't realize he was doing anything wrong?
She pointed at him with one finger, and this time she swiped her card, entered her PIN, and scanned her face in one smooth motion, walking straight into his room.
The door had barely opened a crack when a shadow flashed past and pounced in front of her. Lin Langyi felt like her IQ had been lowered as well. For some reason, her first reaction was to bend her knees and brace them to the side, as if she was really afraid that the overly enthusiastic dog would rush out of the house.
Being locked up for three days would drive any dog crazy, let alone a dog that clearly gets a lot of exercise.
It doesn't need to be walked and doesn't bark at night, so it's already a dog with extremely high moral character.
She had a jumble of thoughts, and when the door was fully opened and shadows loomed over her, Cheng Yanjin gave her a tight hug.
He hugged her like a ball wrapped around the blanket, his arms encircling her back and pressing her against his body, his warm head buried in the crook of her neck. Her hair wasn't tied up properly, and he probably felt a little itchy, so he rubbed his head against her long hair that fell over her shoulders, shaking it and using the tip of his nose to brush away the ticklish strands. Then he crawled forward a couple of steps with his chin, pressing his head even deeper into the side of her neck and humming softly.
This was completely unexpected; Lin Langyi was utterly dumbfounded. She pushed away the furry head perched on her shoulder while trying to rouse him from his reverie.
"Are you kidding me? Look who I am!"
"I'm not an Omega. Did you have poor eyesight during your sensitive period?"
"It's not the tail! The tail! How come your tail is showing again! Didn't you just get an injection of suppressants?"
Cheng Yanjin held her tightly, refusing to let go. The door behind them closed automatically, and his tail wagged even more enthusiastically. Because the two of them were squeezed into a corner, Lin Langyi no longer had the soundproof glass to block the sound, and the sound of his tail hitting the wall was even louder.
A solid tail.
“Don’t dislike the tail…” Cheng Yanjin said this with great grievance, “It likes you.”
"What do you like—"
"And its ears, they like you too. They'll stand up. Give them a little more time... Don't dislike them..."
"Didn't you hear me? What are you saying about liking or disliking? Are you delirious? Look who I am!"
As Cheng Yanjin spoke, his breath fell in fine, scattered droplets onto her neck, as if a layer of mist was rising from her skin, making her feel itchy. His voice was deep and husky, as if it had been scorched by fireworks, and he said in a sticky, slurred voice, "I know her, it's Zhuzhu."
Lin Langyi laboriously turned her neck to glare at him, only to see his flushed profile. He seemed to know that his face was burning hot, and turned his face away as if to avoid her, leaving only the back of his head visible.
She reached out and tugged at his ear, threatening, "What did you call me?"
His ears twitched uncontrollably amidst his thick, fluffy hair. He snorted through his nose and whispered, "What's wrong? Can't I bark? Bian Shu can bark, so why can't I?"
"Bian Shu is my ex-boyfriend, so what are you?"
Its tail suddenly pressed down and tightened.
His breath was heavy and hot against her skin. He seemed furious but didn't know how to retort. Finally, he squeezed out a fierce remark: "He's an ex from eight hundred years ago who calls you by your nickname. I'm your future alpha, so I'll call you that too!"
"What nonsense are you spouting!"
"I'm not lying! I was perfectly fine, and I felt even better after taking the medicine, but as soon as I saw you, my ears and tail popped out! And it happened three times!"
After his forceful accusation, he then lowered his head and hummed softly, "I must have found someone I like to be like this. During this sensitive period... I've been thinking about you the whole time."
Lin Langyi's mind was about to crash. She never expected that this matter could be blamed on her. Bian Shu had repeatedly emphasized that it was because of her that day, and she thought it was understandable because Bian Shu still had feelings for her. But when she thought about it carefully, Xi Zhiyue had also repeatedly "cried" that he faked his pregnancy because of her. She had reluctantly cooperated for a while, hoping to get through the "pregnancy period" first... Well, now Cheng Yanjin has come along.
After thinking it over, only Xiao Pucheng is a normal person! And Yuan Chuyu too!
Lin Langyi shoved Cheng Yanjin, trying to get this big guy to stand up straight and stop talking to her while he was encircling her: "So you mean the root cause of your recurring illness is me?"
He sensed the unfriendly tone in her voice, and his alarm bells rang. He immediately felt wronged, so he softened his tone even more, trying to get his voice, which was unusually hoarse during his hormonal period, back to its usual youthful tone. His throat was practically burning: "How could I blame you... I'm just a little embarrassed. Of course I'm happy that I reacted so strongly to you, which means... that's why I said I'm your alpha."
"Huh? Because your appearance of bestial symptoms is a divine decree bestowed upon you?"
"Hmm..." He hummed this sound with a thousand turns and twists.
Lin Langyi stopped wasting words, she deftly pried his hands open, twisted his arm around, and directly extracted the values from his monitoring bracelet.
She had waited so long outside the room just a wall away, precisely to allow the inhibitors to take effect. Under normal circumstances, all hormone levels should show a sustained decrease and stabilize—
The numerical values are now displayed as a chart, which is much more intuitive, and a large "U" shape appears right in front of you.
It was like a bolt from the blue. Lin Langyi stared wide-eyed, speechless for a long time, and really didn't know how to explain it.
The ingredients of the drug she developed were indeed very similar to those of the inhibitor. This was because she discovered in the monitoring reports that the hormonal changes in the bestial state were remarkably similar to the susceptibility period. In other words, the special period of a normal alpha was the ordinary susceptibility period, while this elite team would exhibit more overt symptoms.
To put it simply, while normal alphas act like beasts during their vulnerable period, these guys are truly beasts during their vulnerable period.
Moreover, their susceptible periods were so irregular that she wished they could go see a doctor and take some medicine to regulate their condition.
However, if we follow the logic of the susceptible period, the drug she developed was originally much more potent than ordinary inhibitors. These people should have recovered quickly after the injection, similar to receiving an antipyretic injection, and should not have suddenly rebounded for no reason.
One is one thing, but there are three already!
If what Cheng Yanjin said is true, then her appearance in front of them is actually an obstacle to the treatment.
But what does this have to do with her?!
Cheng Yanjin had no idea of Lin Langyi's incredibly complicated feelings at that moment. He didn't cry out in pain when she twisted his wrist. On the contrary, he hoped that she would treat him more forcefully and roughly. The three-day forced cooling-off period had put his five senses into a painful state of nearing the end of a long-distance run. Any further would be a period of numb blankness. He desperately needed to get various stimuli from her, and only she could truly awaken his senses.
For example, the sharp, scraping sensation as she grabbed his wrist, the small indentations left on his arm by her fingers as she exerted force, the feeling of being squeezed and the surging blood flow being forcibly slowed down by her restraint—every sense reminded him: she was the one standing in front of him now.
Cheng Yanjin offered his arm more proactively, obediently helping her to better control herself, just like a well-trained dog that would instinctively stick its head into a collar when it saw one. When the leash was put on, it would rush forward with great enthusiasm, only to be suddenly restrained by the leash, the implicit warning and subtle feeling of suffocation constantly reminding him: he was a domesticated dog, not a stray dog unwanted by the outside world.
Being strangled by your owner with a collar is nothing compared to being thrown away like trash by your owner – that's real suffering!
So, be even harsher on him... Please, control him, don't ignore him, don't avoid him...
Cheng Yanjin felt his throat go dry. The sensation of her scratching and grabbing him made his head spin with pleasure. He was so hot that he was delirious and wished he could open his mouth and gasp for breath... No, he still really wanted to lick her.
It looks like someone is grabbing his tail... No dog likes having its tail touched, at least he's the kind of dog who doesn't like having his tail stroked.
It was a completely autonomous reaction; yes, he couldn't control his ears and tail, and it was his tail that slipped away from her palm on its own.
"Don't touch its tail." He murmured these five words, a refusal, but this time his voice was barely audible. If she said "no" once, he would give up.
“Raise your tail.”
Of course he refused, but it was more enjoyable than he had imagined.
Cheng Yanjin swallowed again, his Adam's apple making a noticeable mark on his neck. He heard her calm voice, a commanding tone that brooked no argument, and he could even imagine the silent observation in her eyes as she coldly uttered the order.
Just like when he first met her, she also used the same scrutinizing gaze to carefully scan his body from top to bottom and then from bottom to top, making him feel hot all over.
The tail doesn't listen to him, but it does listen to her.
He was so embarrassed that he didn't dare to look up at her, and tremblingly offered his tail to her.
She lightly grabbed a handful, combing through the hair between her fingers. There were slight knots. The feeling of being pulled, like being pricked by tiny needles, shot up his tailbone to the back of his head. He couldn't tell if it was the tingling sensation of an electric current running through his body, and he involuntarily shivered.
It felt a little awkward, but mostly it was great.
"Ears perk up." That was the second instruction.
Cheng Yanjin felt he should be angry. Ears, ears, why is it always ears! So what if his ears can't stand up? It's not like he can't stand up for anything else!
Although he was stubborn, his body was even more rigid during his sensitive period! He had never felt so aroused before! But even at this moment, he didn't dare to be impolite enough to rub against her. Please, he wasn't a real dog in the throes of passion who would shamelessly circle around someone's legs and do something shameless.
He quietly took two steps back to avoid being too close to her, while leaning his upper body even closer, holding her tightly and refusing to let go.
He strained his ears for a long time, his whole body tensed up, and he secretly exerted his strength, wishing he could inflate his ears like balloons. After holding his breath for a long time, he finally proved himself in front of her.
Lin Langyi patted his ear approvingly, and the ear, which could only last for two minutes before, stubbornly held on for a little longer.
The texture of the ear was truly unique. The outside was as smooth as silk, while the inside had a certain resilience. Because there were no bones, the ear tips could be bent in both directions. Lin Langyi was very playful and touched the ear for a while.
Until something hot and wet licked my neck.
Don't lick me!
When the third command came down, Cheng Yanjin's eyelids twitched. He didn't really know what he was doing anymore. He struggled to open his eyes wide and try to focus his blurry vision in front of him, only to see him burying his head in the ground like an ostrich, licking her neck incessantly.
"Did you know my sweater is shedding? You're licking it so happily, how about I squeeze some hairball remedy on you tonight?"
"Um……"
They agreed quite quickly.
Lin Langyi choked for a moment, seemingly speechless.
She didn't say anything, so he climbed onto the roof and started removing the tiles, assuming that she had tacitly approved of his act of licking her.
Cheng Yanjin's nose twitched as he smelled and kissed her, feeling that she smelled even more wonderful when he was so close to her, and even the strands of her hair smelled so good that he was losing his senses.
The first time he saw her, she was walking alongside Chairman Xu in front of him, her long, loose hair swaying slightly in the air with each step. At that moment, he wanted to touch the ends of her hair, but he didn't dare.
But now you should be able to touch them. It's normal for alphas in their sensitive period to be a little childish and demanding.
"Touch..." No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get his usual voice out, so he embarrassedly only managed to say one word before stopping.
His original intention was simply to get Lin Langyi to allow him to touch the tips of her hair, just like she touched the tips of his ears, a give-and-take exchange.
But Lin Langyi seemed to have misunderstood.
She touched him.
The string in Cheng Yanjin's mind snapped with a "snap".
...
Lin Langyi didn't leave the isolation observation room for another two hours. She first went to the laboratory to process the bodily fluid sample and send it into the instrument, and then took a shower.
She dared not return to her own lounge, where Bian Shu was still lying. These dogs could smell from miles away who she had met today, not to mention that she had just returned from the energetic Cheng Yanjin in a rather ambiguous situation.
Once a person crosses their bottom line, things become much easier afterward.
For example, she could pretend to be husband and wife with Xi Zhiyue, who was faking a pregnancy; she could rekindle her romance with Bian Shu; and... well, she could also... well... with Cheng Yanjin.
But a person's energy is finite. Lin Langyi, like the kind of overworked office worker who stays up all night playing on their phone and can't get up the next day, reflects on themselves and vows never to do it again and sets goals for themselves.
That's it, those are the three, no more! I'm retiring from this life!
Moreover, it's not good for three people to live under one roof. Take Bian Shu, for example, who is the easiest to control. It's not right for him to stay in her room for a long time. Today, Cheng Yanjin came over suspiciously to ask for her. If he weren't currently in a sensitive period and too dizzy to investigate further, he would have found some clues once the sensitive period was over and his IQ returned to his brain.
It's a testament to her skill in managing the household that the three alphas don't fight each other. Lin Langyi feels she's not up to the task, so she plans to dismiss them.
After thinking for a moment, she opened her personal terminal and sent a message to Bian Shu. She first asked how he was doing, then said that she missed him very much, followed by a message saying that she was just too busy, and then immediately added that she knew he was the most considerate person. Finally, she advised him to go back first, saying that they would have a long future together.
She had mastered the process perfectly, and as she continued explaining for a long time, "The other party is typing," a scream suddenly came from outside.
"Snake! Snake! A huge one! Help! It's terrifying!"
Lin Langyi recognized Du Jing's voice and rushed outside. In her haste, she looked across Du Jing's outstretched arm and only caught a glimpse of a pure black tail flashing by.
When they chased after it, the black snake had already disappeared. Lin Langyi squatted down and carefully examined the traces, discovering that there was also a shallow layer of water on the ground.
“It might be a water snake.” She stood up and looked out the window. “Yingshan Lake is surrounded by water, and snakes are not uncommon. If you see one, don’t touch it. It might be poisonous. Just chase it away.”
Du Jing hid far away and refused to come over no matter what. She shook her head like a rattle drum: "Hands? I can't even run away in time, let alone handle it? No normal person likes to touch a snake."
Lin Langyi followed the watermarks all the way forward, finally disappearing into the bathroom she had just used.
It probably ran down the drainpipe.
She went back out of the bathroom, turned off the light, and reassured them, "It's okay, if it happens again, just call the fire department."
[Author's Note]
Meibao: Three is enough, no more!
Original Snake: Honey, look at me QAQ
Wishing all the babies a prosperous Year of the Snake! May everything go smoothly and all your wishes come true in the Year of the Snake!
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