Chapter 20020 Falling into a Trap
The train's speed on this mountaintop route isn't too fast, offering passengers the best possible sightseeing experience. As the train passes the peak, the golden morning sun streams directly into the carriage, casting a pair of cuddling shadows on the wall.
Liang Qing buried his head, his gaze darting around the ground in confusion. Lan Xi pinched his knuckles until they were all red. She would occasionally press her fingertips into the sensitive sides of his fingers, holding them tightly when he couldn't help but curl them, preventing him from escaping.
It's really hard to deal with alphas during their susceptible period.
"Why do you keep hiding?"
Lan Xi moved closer to him, her breath brushing against his ear. Liang Qing shuddered and obediently relaxed his fingers to let her clasp them.
Perhaps because it was so early, there was no one else in this carriage besides them, but there would surely be people boarding at the next stops along the way. Liang Qing hadn't brought any suppressants or other pheromone protection. Although he couldn't smell pheromones, he could guess that Lan Xi's pheromones were permeating the entire carriage.
He rummaged through his bag with his free hand and pulled out a scarf. He used it to cover the back of his neck, trying to block as much as possible.
But how do I put it on Lan Xi...
Lan Xi was always paying attention to his actions: "What are you doing with the scarf?"
"This is for you," Liang Qing handed it over. "Put it on if you're cold."
The air conditioning in the car was perfectly warm. Lan Xi assumed he was feeling a bit awkward and wanted to do something to break the tension. She released her grip on Liang Qing's hand and said, "Okay, you put it on for me."
Unexpectedly, Lan Xi agreed so quickly. Liang Qing quickly raised his hand to help her wrap it around her and carefully tied a knot.
After doing this, he sniffed hard, trying to detect changes in the alpha level in the air. The train arrived, and someone boarded, calmly settling into their seat. It seemed to be working.
In fact, pheromones are not blocked by clothing at all, and the pheromones in the air at this time are negligible. Lan Xi always restrains her pheromones in public.
If she knew the real purpose of Liang Qing making her wear the scarf, she would probably laugh out loud.
"How do you feel?" He asked Lan Xi in a low voice, "Are you dizzy or have a fever?"
"I don't catch colds that easily."
Liang Qing, uneasy, tested her forehead with the back of his hand, confirming it wasn't hot. Only then did he feel slightly relieved. He knew too little about alphas' sensitive periods, and lacked practical experience. According to physiological knowledge, alphas can be irritable and possessive of omegas, some even uncontrollably engaging in violent sexual acts against them.
Lan Xi behaved normally, showing no symptoms, but she was a little unusual towards him. Liang Qing thought that if he were an omega, he could use pheromones to soothe her—that was what Lan Xi really needed.
Suddenly her head was turned to look forward, and Lan Xi said excitedly: "Look!"
The train slithered into the woods like a snake, the tracks hidden in the green leaves. The dazzling morning sun overhead was blocked, and the golden halo cast on the interior of the carriage also disappeared.
Then, endless green water poured into the carriage like a lake, flowing continuously as the train moved forward. The attention of all the passengers in the train was attracted to it, and there was a moment of extreme silence.
Light and shadow passed across Lan Xi's face, and Liang Qing recalled last night, when she had kissed him intently, her eyes half-closed. A warm yellow light hung in the corner, its soft glow casting such a beautiful light on her face. Lan Xi's lower lip was slightly thicker than her upper lip, but similarly, their petals were very full. When she separated from him, her lips were stained with a lustrous water color, the texture of some pure ice.
"The last time I took this line was spring," Lan Xi pointed out the window. "Flowers were blooming all along the way, and they looked even more beautiful than they do now."
Liang Qing looked out the window and saw Lan Xi beside him through the window glass. She had sat in this car before, but who was she with?
"You... are peeking at me."
Lan Xi placed her chin on his shoulder, a gesture so intimate that their cheeks almost touched. She felt Liang Qing's stiffness and began to doubt whether there was any magic in the world, and that Liang Qing's shoulder was his death knell.
"No, I was looking out the window." Liang Qing's tone contained an uncontrollable sense of guilt.
She pressed on, "Really? You didn't even look at it?"
Liang Qing mumbled a response. He felt Lan Xi's movements becoming more and more unscrupulous, almost rubbing against his shoulder. Only then did he admit, "I was looking at you."
The scarf covered her neck, and the temperature was getting higher and higher. Lan Xi couldn't help but untie the scarf and fan her face: "It's a bit hot, I won't wear it anymore."
As she spoke, she pulled off her scarf and returned it to Liang Qing. Unexpectedly, he reacted so strongly, grabbing the scarf and trying to put it back around her neck, as if she was taking off a respirator.
"Why do you insist on me wearing this?" She held Liang Qing's hand, as if she wouldn't let go until he answered. "You have bad intentions, don't you?"
"..." Liang Qing recalled what he'd told her last night about her sensitive period, and how Lan Xi had repeatedly denied it, relying on the fact that he couldn't smell pheromones. She hadn't noticed anything unusual about herself—how could she have possibly crossed the line with him under normal circumstances? Besides, he was a bland beta, only better than nothing when she was sensitive and there were no omegas around.
Her passion for him was totally abnormal.
But Lan Xi herself did not realize it.
"Can you control your pheromones?" Liang Qing asked her cautiously, placing his hopes on Lan Xi.
"I've been controlling my pheromones well," Lan Xi said, not understanding why the topic suddenly shifted from scarves to pheromones. "I don't release pheromones in public."
Throughout the return trip, Liang Qing looked nervous, as if he were followed by a wanted criminal, afraid of being recognized. Even Lan Xi, though slow-witted, could guess his concerns.
He had mentioned her susceptible period last night, but her susceptible period wasn't due for at least a week, and unless she was stimulated by external factors like omega-3s or by extreme mood swings, her condition wouldn't flare up now.
Lan Xi felt that her pheromones were indeed a little bit floating, but it was within the normal range. It was probably because she was too excited after figuring out her true feelings.
After returning home, she turned on her phone. She'd set it to "Do Not Disturb" when she entered the mountains, but as soon as she turned it off, she was bombarded with over a dozen missed call notifications. From last night until this morning, her father had called her repeatedly, urging her to remember to attend Qin Xing's exhibition.
"I'm not going. I won't go on any blind dates you arrange in the future. I have my own choices." Lan Xi typed these two sentences in one go in the input box and clicked send.
What she got in return was a 60-second voice message in which Lan's father angrily recounted all her past sins of standing up dates in order to have fun. Then, his tone suddenly softened, and he talked about how important it was to find an omega partner. Finally, he advised her to listen to the advice of the elderly.
Lan Xi curled her lips and said, "I have someone I like."
Lan's father immediately asked, "Who is it?"
Thinking of Liang Qing's timid attitude, Lan Xi didn't plan to tell her father immediately, so she replied with one word: "Guess."
After a minute, Lan's father said, "You're making this up out of nothing. Are you trying to trick me?"
The temperature inside the house was a bit hot, so Lan Xi opened the balcony door to let in some cool air, continuing to maintain her enigmatic look: "If you don't believe me, forget it!"
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After a day of walking with the main group in the mountains, Liang Qing woke up feeling sore. His legs trembled as he walked up and down the stairs, and his muscles ached so much that he could clearly feel their shape. He stretched his legs in his bedroom, following online tutorials for stretching and massaging.
Exercise is really a very tiring thing.
Liang Qing grinned and massaged his legs, then checked the time and pushed the door open to find Lan Xi. When he got home, he reminded her to take the inhibitor quickly and even found the inhibitor and placed it in front of her, but Lan Xi's attitude was ambiguous.
Lan Xi's bedroom door was ajar, and the room was pitch black, so Liang Qing couldn't see clearly what was going on. An excessive amount of vanilla-scented alpha-synthetic essence was leaking out from the crack of the door, but he was completely unaware of it and pushed the door open and walked in.
The balcony door was open, and a cold wind rushed in, causing the translucent curtains to flutter. Liang Qing went forward to close the balcony door, but was stopped by a hoarse voice: "Don't close it."
"It's easy to catch a cold this way."
"But it's very hot," Lan Xi said, lying on the bed, facing the air conditioner vent, "Let's turn it on."
The young man on the balcony was silent for a few seconds, then slowly walked over to observe her: "You are not taking inhibitors."
The tone is affirmative.
He scanned the room but couldn't find the inhibitor. He guessed Lan Xi had put it away. He became nervous and hurried out the door, "I'll go get it for you."
The moment he grasped the door handle with his right hand, a burning sensation spread across his back, and the door slammed shut. Before Liang Qing could react, he was pressed against the door panel by his lower back.
"I don't want to take inhibitors," Lan Xi said with a pitiful tone, "It's very uncomfortable. Liang Qing, don't go out and get it."
She had no intention of injecting the inhibitor, and had been waiting here for Liang Qing to come to her. Alphas usually experience a sudden fever and glandular pain when they enter their susceptible period. During this period, alphas can stay awake. However, after Lan Xi opened the balcony and took a nap in the cool breeze, she skipped the awakening stage.
Her alpha nature took over, and she immediately identified her prey, patiently waiting for him to fall into her trap.
His body pressed against the door, the cold seeping through his clothes, Liang Qing shivered. Lan Xi held him down with all her strength, and he couldn't break free on his own.
"Lan Xi..." Just as he finished speaking, the female alpha behind him leaned over and pressed close to the back of his neck, carefully searching for omeg hormones and glands that could be absorbed.
"I'm a beta. I don't have pheromones. Let me go and I'll give you an inhibitor... This is the only solution."
Even at this point, Liang Qing was still trying to convince her. He knew too little about alphas and trusted Lan Xi too much, always believing that she was rational, but just acting a little too aggressively.
The glands on the back of his neck were atrophied, and if you didn't feel carefully, you couldn't find them. But Lan Xi found them. She pressed her lips against them and kissed them two or three times, as if forewarning her of the offense that would come later.
Liang Qing felt like he was being nailed to a bull's eye. Every time she kissed him, he shuddered, not knowing when this soft touch would be replaced by pain. The unknown was always frightening.
In a silent shudder, sharp canine teeth pierced his skin, and the faint smell of blood mixed with the overwhelming vanilla pheromones. The pain was not as severe as he had imagined. Unable to find the pheromones he desperately needed, Lan Xi retracted her fangs and let him go.
"So..." Liang Qing's voice trembled as he bitterly explained the facts to Lan Xi, "I'm of no use to you. You'd better take the inhibitor."
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