Chapter 4
With a splitting headache, Feng Ran opened his heavy eyes, feeling unfamiliar with his surroundings. The unfamiliar room was simply and coldly decorated, with a somewhat dull black and gray tone. There was a faint scent of woody perfume in the air, and it was quiet and spacious.
Her memory was stuck on the time when she and Basil hugged and comforted each other. She didn't really remember what they said, and she felt like she hadn't heard it clearly because she was out of control.
Feng Ran touched the communicator behind her ear, just about to ask Xing Tong what happened after she fainted, when the room door was pushed open and the man who entered was tall and handsome with an indifferent expression. He was none other than her current fiancé, Shen Shiqian.
The minimalist, understated style of the room immediately made it clear who the owner was, but why was she here? Shouldn't Basil have taken her home? At the very least, it was Basil's house.
It's really a headache. Even though he already had a general idea in his mind, Feng Ran still didn't want to accept it, and he couldn't help but feel even more disgusted with this person.
But she couldn't show her disgust. She got out of bed with a blank expression, threw back the covers, and obediently nodded to Shen Shiqian: "Sir, why am I here?"
Once someone tries to steal another's prize, it's bound to happen again. Feng Ran just didn't expect Shen Shiqian to actually follow him to the school. It's truly speechless. Luo Le must be feeling incredibly frustrated.
However, she wasn't really interested in hearing Shen Shiqian's explanation. Before he could speak, she blinked and said, "Thank you for your help, but I should go home now."
Shen Shiqian stared at her intently, then said, "Did Sleika do anything to you? You fainted, and your body is full of Alpha pheromones. I can't take you to the hospital, so I can only bring you back to rest first. I've made an appointment for a private doctor to come and check on you. How are you feeling? Are you alright?"
Feng Ran: "He didn't do anything. The pheromones were probably just an accident. He's fine physically. Thank you for your concern."
She pursed her lips and continued, "Have you contacted my parents? I usually have my own private doctor come for my physical examination. I know my own health condition, so there's no need to worry too much."
Feng Ran sighed. She was well aware of her own body, but her endurance and control were another matter. The scent of basil's pheromones had almost dissipated to the point of being undetectable. It was more like someone had sprayed her with a blocking spray. The drug's intervention was somewhat irritating, and her sense of smell had become somewhat dulled.
Rather than a headache, it was a more chaotic, slight dizziness, completely within Feng Ran's tolerance range, even negligible. However, in addition, there was some chest tightness, a dull pain as if someone was gripping her heart.
She looked up and saw Shen Shiqian standing not far from her. The hem of his gray combat uniform was tucked into his trousers, revealing his strong waistline. He raised his hand and pinched the brim of his military cap, while the gun in his other hand twirled in his hand before being put away, as if he were about to say something.
"Wind Ignites!"
Feng Ran snapped back to reality and found Shen Shiqian's face was right next to hers, and he was holding her hand. She was exhausted from being stunned and couldn't break free.
She could only blink and feign ignorance: "What's wrong, sir?"
"What happened to you just now? You didn't respond when I talked to you."
Feng Ran tilted her head slightly. The military uniform was white, but Shen Shiqian wasn't wearing a coat; she was wearing a black shirt underneath. She said absentmindedly, "Sorry, I was a little distracted."
Shen Shiqian released her hand and said to her in an unquestionable tone, "I will contact your family and tell them to have dinner here before going back. Before dinner, you should have a doctor's check-up."
Feng Ran lowered her head and stopped looking at Shen Shiqian. She couldn't guarantee that her expression was still appropriate. Her current emotions were more accurately described as anger, annoyance, or fear. She couldn't detect a trace of reason in her.
So dull that he couldn't react at all.
My head is about to explode, I'm so annoyed.
Her nose was still a little numb, but she still tried hard to smell a very sweet scent, a very cool and refreshing scent, so familiar that she almost didn't notice it at all—the scent of her pheromones.
Although its effects are not quite the same as basil's, the pheromones of wind also have a slight calming effect. Because they are very cold, although she herself only feels cool, it is enough to clear her mind.
However, it seems that the scent others smell is different from the scent she smells. Moreover, because her pheromone level is too high, Feng Linye and Qin Xin both appear to be in great pain at home, so they do not allow her to release it.
There's a theory that Alphas unconsciously release their emotions when they fluctuate too much or lose control, but this is the first time Feng Ran has been unable to control herself. She calmed down and tried to take it back, but before that, she looked up to see Shen Shiqian's reaction.
Alphas are supposed to be mutually repulsive. Depending on the difference in their pheromone levels, they should either feel disgusted and uncomfortable when they are evenly matched, or they should feel a terrifying pressure when one of them is overwhelmingly dominant. But Shen Shiqian's reaction was very strange.
He rested one hand on the desk, his face flushed uncontrollably, his whole body visibly radiating heat, his chest heaving as if he were panting.
Like an Omega who has been lured into heat.
Feng Ran felt a slight tingling in her eyes. She blinked unnaturally and instantly withdrew her pheromones.
However, Shen Shiqian did not seem to be relieved by this, and remained in a relatively awkward state with her. Feng Ran glanced at the controller on the bedside table and silently turned on the air purifier in the room.
She remained remarkably calm, maintaining a distance from Shen Shiqian at all times. "Sir, are you in your most vulnerable period? Is there any inhibitor in the room?"
Shen Shiqian stood with his back against the desk in a strange and subtle posture. His body was very tense, and any slight movement became noticeable. He exuded a rich and sticky chocolate aroma.
"It's in the cabinet under the bar in the living room. Could you get it for me?"
"OK."
Shen Shiqian's home, or rather his apartment where he lives alone, is a large single-level building with one unit per floor. The living room and open-plan dining room are connected, making it look exceptionally spacious.
The cabinet under the bar has many drawers. As Feng Ran opened them one by one to check, the elevator door in the entrance hall opened and a young man in a white coat walked in.
"Huh? Where's Marshal Shen?"
Feng Ran took out an Alpha injectable inhibitor from the bottom drawer, looked at him with a friendly smile: "You must be the doctor, right? Thank you for coming all this way. The Marshal is in his room, but it seems he's in his most vulnerable period. Could you please bring the inhibitor to him for me?"
Xisen's expression tightened, and he said with a headache, "Really? That guy, why so suddenly? He called me over even though it's his vulnerable period."
"I'm not really sure either."
Xisen reached out and took the inhibitor from Fengran's hand. He dawdled and came to the door of Shen Shiqian's room, peeking inside through the crack in the door. Fengran stood not far behind him, watching him shudder.
He poked half his head through the door: "Marshal Shen, if you're in your vulnerable period, just take your medicine and take suppressants properly. What did you call me here for? I'm not a pheromone doctor. You're not a young man anymore, how come you can't even take care of yourself?"
Shen Shiqian had moved from his desk to sit on the bed. He had unbuttoned a few buttons on his shirt and covered his legs with the blanket. His vision was blurred by the heat, but he could still recognize Sisson Kalisch's annoying voice.
Xisen pinched his nose, slightly annoyed, and slowly walked in, bearing the oppressive aura of the entire room. "Can you inject yourself with inhibitors? Turn on the air purifier in the room, your pheromones are choking me, ugh, I can't stand it."
"Just throw it to me."
Shen Shiqian's voice was hoarse. He took the inhibitor that Xisen threw to him and skillfully injected himself with it. However, the heat deep in his body was not relieved. Instead, it rose to the top of his head at an even faster speed through his spinal cord and blood, as if it was going to melt away his reason.
Before Xisen could even leave the room, he was forced to his knees by the suddenly intensified pheromones. The strong, sharp, and bitter taste made him almost vomit. He mustered his mental strength to resist, and just as he was about to curse Shen Shiqian, he saw him raise his hand to give him a second injection.
"Hey, hey, hey, Shen Shiqian, what the hell are you doing? Stop if you don't want to be crippled!"
Xisen and his pheromone addict were kneeling on the ground, unable to move. They couldn't stop him in time. Just as this stubborn mule was about to overdose on the drug and cripple himself, a figure flashed up beside him and stopped him.
Feng Ran grabbed Shen Shiqian's hand and took the inhibitor away. Although she didn't like Shen Shiqian much, she couldn't let the Star of the Empire become half-crippled because of such a trivial matter.
Shen Shiqian was dazed and confused due to the fever during her susceptible period. Even after her inhibitor was taken away, she didn't react much. Instead, she grabbed Feng Ran's hand and pressed it against hers. Feng Ran glanced at it but didn't rush to pull away. She looked at Xisen.
"Doctor, what should we do now?"
Sissen stared at him in disbelief, his focus clearly shifting: "Why do you look completely unharmed? You're an Alpha too, right?"
Feng Ran: "My pheromone level is relatively high."
Xisen muttered to himself, "This is difficult. He's in his vulnerable period, but inhibitors don't work. We can only rely on Omega pheromones to soothe him, but he doesn't have a partner. Or we could try some prescription-grade inhibitors, but those can only be injected eight hours later. I hope he won't get brain damage during that time."
Shen Shiqian's black hair was damp with sweat and lay limply on his forehead. When the man closed his eyes, one couldn't help but notice how unusually long his eyelashes were.
He treated Fengran like a human-shaped ice block to cool him down, clinging to it with a deep sense of attachment. The room was filled with the strong smell of dark chocolate, which the air purifier could not completely remove.
With one hand held by Shen Shiqian, Feng Ran could only awkwardly touch his gland with her other hand. When she pressed on the red and hot skin, the person next to her shuddered violently. Her fingers were a little itchy, but the speed at which the gland released pheromones slowed down.
"Doctor, could you please get the first-aid kit from the bottom drawer of the bar counter in the living room? I need to give him some emergency treatment."
Okay.
When Xisen entered Shen Shiqian's room again, the concentration of pheromones in the room had decreased significantly, but he still felt that his white coat had been soaked in bile and was wrinkled, and he wanted to throw it away as soon as he left the room.
Shen Shiqian had lost consciousness and fallen into a coma. Feng Ran pressed him down on the bed. Xi Sen placed the medicine box on the bedside table and saw Feng Ran withdraw the hand that was covering his gland and casually wave it in the air.
She rummaged through the medicine box and found sedatives and inhibitors. The only pheromone interference product was a spray, but it would do. She readily diluted and mixed the three drugs, and then Feng Ran chose a spot near the gland to give Shen Shiqian an intravenous injection.
He has an extremely accurate and precise understanding of drug dilution and preparation ratios. He also studied pharmacy at Xisen University with a double degree, and he can judge the effects of combining several drugs.
Diluted inhibitors do not create a drug load, but when used in combination with sedatives and interferon, their inhibitory effect can be maximized, perhaps even more potent than that of specific inhibitors. Specific inhibitors also contain the main volatile components of these three drugs, but since they are prescription drugs, they still have some unavoidable side effects due to their strong properties.
Watching Feng Ran's actions, Xi Sen couldn't help but ask curiously, "Won't there be any side effects?"
The drug injection had a clear effect; the rampant pheromones were forcefully suppressed, and Shen Shiqian's body temperature also dropped, although there was no sign of him waking up yet.
Feng Ran threw the used syringe and ampoule into the trash can, then slowly wiped his hands with a tissue.
"If the proportion of drug components is controlled, it won't be a problem. Interferon can enhance the efficacy of antihistamines and also catalyze the decomposition of sedatives. Of course, only sedatives with specific components can decompose inhibitors. The overall effect also depends on the content of interferon components."
"However, most interferon is a topical volatile drug. If you try to regulate it internally, too much of it would probably cause excruciating pain."
Nishimura: "You seem to know a lot about this. Are you interested in pharmacy?"
Feng Ran calmly responded with a gentle and polite smile: "No, because I am also an Alpha, and understanding these things is only beneficial to me."
"Marshal, thank you for taking care of me, Doctor. It's getting late, I need to go home."
Without giving him a chance to stay, Feng Ran got up and left after speaking. Unable to bear the scent of Shen Shiqian's pheromones on her body, she released her own pheromones to drive away the clingy smell. The cold, chilled rum scent quickly invaded her body, but was soon quietly withdrawn by her owner.
Xisen felt the overwhelming frost and ice, and almost thought he was going to be frozen to the point of cracking. He didn't even have time to think about trying to stop her. Only after Feng Ran left completely did the terrifying cold dissipate.
Xisen sighed, hugging himself. He glanced at Shen Shiqian lying on the bed, then at the direction Feng Ran had left in. One by one, it was really scary.
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