Shi Nian put his little hand on the door handle. Before pressing it, he thought about all the things the teacher taught him about what Omegas need to pay attention to during the fever period. After he was ready, he was about to push open the door when Yu Chen called him.
"Wait? Wait!" Yu Chen looked at his pocket. "Leave Colais and Daniel outside. Don't bring them in."
Shi Nian had no choice but to hand Coles and Daniel to him, and slowly opened the door again. A cold air overflowed from the gap between the opened doors.
Shi Nian shivered with cold, slammed the door shut, and ran back to Yu Chen, rubbing her cold hands. "It's so cold, is the heater in my room broken?"
It's several degrees colder than outside.
Yu Chen went to his room and fetched a thick coat for Shi Nian, putting it on him. "Your brother's pheromones are like the first snow. During the fever period, pheromones are leaking out, so it's inevitable that you'll be a little cold. Wear more clothes before going."
Shi Nian wrapped herself tightly in her thick coat, looking like a furry ball. She curled up her head and looked at him with her big, distinct black and white eyes. "Didn't you feel cold staying in my room just now?"
"My pheromones are like the scorching sun; they won't freeze me." Yu Chen filled a hot water bottle and stuffed it into his arms. He half-knelt in front of Shi Nian and carefully instructed, "Tell me if anything happens."
Shi Nian glanced at the kitchen and asked, "Can't I tell Dad?"
"Don't do that." Yu Chen couldn't explain his feelings. He felt uncomfortable the moment he thought about Shi Yiyu knowing that he had brought Yuan Yunqing home. "Anyway, don't tell Dad or Father. This is our secret."
Shi Nian pursed her lips, nodded after Yu Chen's repeated requests, and agreed to help him.
After being fully armed, Shi Nian returned to the room with the inhibitor again. The curtains in the room were tightly drawn and the room was dim. Apart from the extremely low temperature, there was nothing unusual.
Yuan Yunqing was lying on his bed, covered with a thick quilt, his eyes closed, his brows furrowed, his porcelain-white face slightly flushed, and his hair wet with sweat.
Shi Nian breathed softly and gently nudged him, "Brother Yuan?"
Yuan Yunqing didn't respond at all, but just buried himself in the quilt, shivering as if he was very cold, his whole body shaking uncontrollably.
"Brother Yuan, can you hear me?" Shi Nian frowned a little and pushed Yuan Yunqing again, but the other party still did not give any response.
This situation doesn't seem right. There was some doubt in Shi Nian's eyes. He remembered that Omega would be half-conscious at most during the fever period... Is it normal for them to be completely unconscious?
Shi Nian had no experience and rubbed the inhibitor in a daze. After thinking it over, he decided to give the inhibitor to Yuan Yunqing first, which should be effective.
"Brother Yuan, don't move."
Shi Nian sat on the edge of the bed, gently lifted Yuan Yunqing's head and placed it on her legs, wiped the sweat off his face with a tissue, brushed the back of his neck and hair, but her hands trembled a little when she was about to inject the inhibitor.
Shi Nian took a deep breath, tried to steady his elbow, and slowly injected the inhibitor. In his nervous state, he became more talkative, "It may hurt a little, Brother Yuan, don't be afraid, I'll blow on you later, it's okay, it's okay..."
But even after the entire tube of inhibitor was used up, Yuan Yunqing did not wake up. Instead, a white ball struggled to crawl out from under the quilt and shook its messy fur.
"Patchi?!"
Shi Nian looked at the white ball in surprise. Although she didn't know why Pai Qi was there, she picked it up and put it on the ground. "Someone needs to rest here, Pai Qi, don't make trouble."
At this moment, Yuan Yunqing began to struggle restlessly, scratching the back of his neck with his fingers. He used a lot of strength, and Shi Nian was only stunned for a few seconds and failed to stop him, and the glands on the back of his neck were covered with blood.
Shi Nian was anxious, "Hey, hey, hey! It's bleeding!"
He quickly reached out to grab Yuan Yunqing's hand, but with his weak strength, he was no match for him and couldn't stop him at all.
Shi Nian was at a loss, and in panic, he hurriedly opened his drawer, which was full of all his previous medicines. Even though he was well again, Shi Yiyu was still worried and would replace him with a new batch of medicines every once in a while.
Shi Nian hurriedly took out a sedative from a pile of medicines, ran to Yuan Yunqing, and forcibly pulled his hand for intravenous injection.
Only then did Yuan Yunqing stop hurting himself and calm down, but there was still blood on his fingernails.
Shi Nian was a clean child, so he immediately wiped him clean with a wet towel.
After doing all this, Shi Nian felt hot, so she simply took off her thick coat and hung it on the back of the chair. She also sat on the chair backwards, resting her arms on the back, staring at Yuan Yunqing on the bed in a daze.
Paiqi felt that the room was too cold and kept scratching the door, but she couldn't open it. She had to come for help and said, "Meow~"
Shi Nian stood up and let it go, then returned to sit on the chair and stared at Yuan Yunqing.
No, this is totally wrong.
Although Shi Nian didn't know much about Omegas in fever, based on his existing knowledge, Yuan Yunqing's reactions were definitely abnormal.
Shi Nian glanced at Yuan Yunqing for a few times and decided to go out to talk to Yu Chen about this matter. As soon as he stepped down the stairs, Shi Yiyu poked his head out from the kitchen and said, "It's time to prepare dinner."
Shi Nian felt guilty for a moment and tried to postpone the time, "But... Father hasn't come back yet. Let's wait for him."
Yu Luhan, wearing an apron, walked out of the kitchen carrying the dishes and glanced at him. "I came back a long time ago. What were you doing upstairs just now? I called you several times but you didn't respond."
"I'm doing my homework."
The first time is strange, the second time is familiar. Shi Nian felt a little ashamed of his skillful lying. He looked around but couldn't find Yu Chen. "Where's my brother? Where did he go?"
Yu Luhan: "He said your pajamas are too small and he went to the mall to buy you new ones. Didn't you know?"
Shi Nian choked up, "I, I know."
Shi Yiyu frowned and recalled, "I remember buying you a lot of pajamas, but they were all too small?"
Shi Nian groaned bitterly under the suspicious gazes of the two men, and could only bite the bullet and admit, "Well, it's a bit shorter. I've grown a lot taller this year..."
Shi Yiyu raised an eyebrow, looking at his height which had hardly changed, "Really?"
"Yeah, I've grown taller." Shi Nian nodded her little head, lowered her eyes, and subconsciously fiddled with the small spiritual power ball on her wrist, making a crisp sound. "Um... Dad, let's eat. I'm so hungry."
Shi Yiyu glanced at his little action and asked, "Not waiting for your brother?"
Shi Nian paused, "We have to wait."
He sat down on the sofa silently, turned on the TV and randomly picked a TV series to start watching, but his mind was completely focused on Yuan Yunqing on the second floor, and he looked absent-minded.
Shi Yiyu and Yu Luhan looked at his state, looked at each other, and whispered in each other's ears.
Shi Yiyu: "Adolescence?"
Yu Luhan shook his head: "Not really. Nothing happened at school, right?"
"I asked Xiao Bai and the others, and they didn't find anything unusual." Shi Yiyu guessed, "Could it be that Xu Lin bullied him?"
A few minutes later, Yu Chen came back carrying a lot of bags. When Shi Nian heard the noise, she immediately stood up and walked towards him, hugging his wrist, "Brother!"
Yu Chen smiled at his father, turned sideways, and quickly whispered to him, "How is it?"
Shi Nian's expression was solemn, and her small mouth was tightly pursed. "It's not good. Are you sure it's just a fever?"
"He told me himself? Ah."
At that time, Yu Chen and Yuan Yunqing were doing finishing work in the office. Suddenly, Yuan Yunqing fell to the ground. Yu Chen went to help him and asked him what happened. Yuan Yunqing said that he had a fever and asked Yu Chen to take him home. After that, he fainted.
But Yuan Yunqing didn't give him the room card at all, and the spare room card was lost by Yu Chen. There was really no way, so Yu Chen took the person back home in a fit of impulsiveness.
Hearing Shi Nian say this, Yu Chen was unsure and frowned, "How is he now?"
Shi Nian's heartbeat quickened, and she spoke quickly, "I gave Brother Yuan an inhibitor. He calmed down for a while, and stopped sweating. But within a few minutes, he started scratching his glands with his hands, and his hands were covered in blood..."
Yu Chen's heart skipped a beat and he raised his voice, "What?!"
Shi Yiyu and Yu Luhan looked over. Shi Yiyu looked at them puzzledly, "What's wrong?"
"No, nothing." Yu Chen forced a smile, but the panic in his eyes was particularly obvious, and it was obvious that he was hiding something in his heart. "Let's eat first, Nian Nian is hungry too."
Shi Nian was indeed hungry. He sat down at the table and began to eat, but his heart was still concerned about Yuan Yunqing, whose condition was unknown. He looked up at Shi Yiyu and said hesitantly, "Dad, I have a brother..."
Shi Yiyu glanced at Yu Chen and said, "I know. I gave birth to him."
Shi Nian: "..."
"It's not this brother, it's another brother." Shi Nian explained awkwardly, "That brother fainted during his fever period. After using the inhibitor, he even scratched his glands with his hands. Dad, do you know why?"
Shi Yiyu listened with a serious look in his eyes, "Does he have any history of allergies?"
Shi Nian looked at Yu Chen and saw him shake his head slightly before saying no.
"This condition could be a sequelae of medication, either from previous use of stimulant drugs or long-term use of inferior suppressants, which has caused gland damage."
Shi Yiyu touched Shi Nian's head and said earnestly, "That's why I told you not to buy inferior inhibitors from private pharmacies outside. They're too dangerous."
Shi Nian was puzzled. "Why can such a dangerous inhibitor be bought and sold?"
"You should at least let people have their downfalls." Shi Yiyu tapped his little head. "Inferior inhibitors are only one-tenth the price of regular inhibitors. As long as they're not used often, there's no problem."
In fact, there are a large number of public welfare inhibitors on the market, all of which are donated by major forces, but these are generally privately kept by pharmacy owners and cannot be stopped despite repeated bans.
Yu Chen's hand holding the chopsticks kept shaking. He suddenly stood up and grabbed Shi Yiyu's hand, asking anxiously, "Dad, is this disease serious? Is it life-threatening?"
Yu Luhan was very dissatisfied with his rude behavior, "Yu Chen, let go of your father."
"It's okay." Shi Yiyu comforted his Alpha and patiently said to Yu Chen, "I don't know what you two have been hiding from us, but no matter who has this disease, it's best to send them to the hospital as soon as possible. It's very dangerous."
When Yu Chen heard this, he hurried upstairs and refused to respond no matter how Shi Nian called him.
The remaining three people looked at each other, and Shi Yiyu and Yu Luhan both turned their eyes to Shi Nian.
Shi Nian was under great pressure. He swallowed hard, lowered his head silently, and pretended that he was trying hard to eat.
Shi Nian thought that Yu Chen would take Yuan Yunqing directly to the hospital, and was prepared to be questioned by the fathers, but he never expected that Yu Chen would directly carry Yuan Yunqing to Shi Yiyu.
Shi Nian was choked and started coughing.
Shi Yiyu and Yu Luhan were extremely surprised to see him carrying a living person. When they found out that the person he was holding was Yuan Yunqing, they were completely shocked and speechless.
Shi Yiyu turned his head to look at Shi Nian, "You're so confused? Why do you need the inhibitor because of him?"
Shi Nian lowered her head and poked the rice in the bowl. The truth spoke for itself.
Yu Luhan rubbed Shi Nian's head, raised his eyes to glance at Yuan Yunqing and Yu Chen, and muttered: "No wonder I didn't see him in the military building all day today. It turns out that you took him home..."
The work left by Yuan Yunqing was still divided between him and Garnett.
Shi Yiyu pushed him, told him to shut up, and stood up to see how Yuan Yunqing was doing.
Yu Chen asked nervously, "How is it?"
Shi Yiyu examined him for a few seconds before his expression became serious. He turned around and said to Shi Nian, "Little Rose, call your doctor uncle. Let's go to him now."
Shi Nian nodded repeatedly and hurriedly sent a message to the doctor, catching up with her family and talking to the doctor at the same time. "Hello uncle, my brother is sick, very seriously..."
Shi Yiyu added, "It's an overactive glandular medication combined with a fever. Please prepare the necessary supplies. We'll be there in about fifteen minutes."
Kuderian: "...Okay."
But how did he remember how to pronounce it? His brother is an Alpha?
When they arrived at the door of the doctor's laboratory, Kuderian saw Yuan Yunqing was surprised for a few seconds, but he quickly restrained his expression and regained his composure.
Kuderian instructed Yu Chen to place Yuan Yunqing on the hospital bed and check his current condition. "It is indeed a drug overdose. It should be that too many inferior drugs were used when the gland was just developing, causing irreversible damage to the gland..."
Yu Chen's anxious mood was completely ignited by this sentence. He paced back and forth in the ward, "Can't you be nicer to yourself?! Is it so difficult to buy a common inhibitor?!"
Shi Yiyu lowered his voice and warned, "Achen!"
Yu Chen squatted in the corner impatiently, vividly interpreting what an autistic mushroom looked like.
Kuderian continued, "When it strikes, the glands feel like they're being pricked and burned, but it's also itchy... Hmm? Who gave him a sedative?"
Shi Nian raised her hand and asked in a panic, "I, it's me, is there something wrong?"
"No problem, you acted just in time." Kuderian said with satisfaction, "If you let him continue scratching, the gland will be damaged even more."
Shi Nian finally breathed a sigh of relief and sat on the small bench he used to sit on, holding his chin and watching Kuderian calmly treat Yuan Yunqing.
Yu Chen leaned against the wall with his head lowered, his hair covering his forehead, hiding the red circles under his eyes.
Why hadn't he thought that something was wrong with Yuan Yunqing's body? He had foolishly thought it was normal, but in the end, it was the little guy Shi Nian who discovered the abnormality.
Yu Chen didn't dare to think about what would happen if Shi Nian didn't go home today.
Seeing Yu Chen so distraught, Shi Yiyu and Yu Luhan didn't say anything much and just waited with him in silence.
"Nian Nian~"
Shi Nian held his chin with his hands, his eyes blank, when he suddenly heard someone calling his name. He turned around and saw Wayne squatting at the door and waving at him.
Shi Nian followed Wayne into the corridor with light steps. Wayne was still looking unkempt, his clothes were tattered, and his reddish-brown hair was messy and sticking up.
Wayne looked at the doctor curiously, "Who's sick?"
Shi Nian knew that Wayne was Yuan Yunqing's teacher, so she didn't hide it from him, "Brother Yuan Yunqing."
"Huh?" Wayne was stunned, a look of panic flashed across his face. He lowered his head and shook the dust off his clothes. "Him, what happened to him?"
"The doctor said he used inferior hormone suppressants before, and the glandular medication was too strong, so his condition is not good." Shi Nian frowned and complained, "Didn't Brother Yuan's father tell him not to use hormone suppressants from private pharmacies?"
Wayne lowered his eyes, his throat was dry, "He, he doesn't have a father."
Shi Nian was caught off guard, his eyes wide open, "How could it be..."
"Yuan Yunqing... he's an orphan." Wayne leaned against the wall and recounted the past. "I didn't know at first. When I saw him using inferior inhibitors, I was very angry. I also felt that his parents were so irresponsible for not even teaching their child this common sense."
"Later, when I went to visit his home, I discovered there was only an old man at home. I thought it was his grandfather, but the old man told me that he and Yuan Yunqing were roommates living together."
"When Yuan Yunqing was abandoned by his family, he had a bank card in his arms. Perhaps out of guilt, his family left him a few thousand star coins. The orphanage raised him until he was ten, then kicked him out. Yuan Yunqing used that money to live with this old man."
Wayne scoffed at this point. "How could a single old Alpha teach a young Omega these common sense lessons? Later, when I became his teacher, I replaced all his inferior inhibitors."
Shi Nian was puzzled. "Then why don't you continue to be Brother Yuan's teacher?"
Wayne's lips moved, hesitating for a moment, and finally covered his face in shame, squatting on the ground dejectedly. "No, I'm afraid of him. I'll have nightmares whenever I see him."
Shi Nian was puzzled and asked, "Why?"
"He killed someone!" Wayne remembered the horrific past, his eyes filled with fear, and he slashed his neck with his hand. "One cut, and he killed one. The blood splattered all over me!"
Shi Nian thought that Yuan Yunqing was not the kind of person who would kill innocent people indiscriminately. "Did he kill a good person?"
"That's not the case. He's a traitor to the Empire."
“…”
Perhaps the silence in Shi Nian's eyes was too obvious, so Wayne coughed twice to ease the awkwardness. "Actually, it's because I'm afraid of blood. That time, I fainted and fell to the ground, and I got a big bump on my head."
"I was so scared that I ran back to Apsu overnight to find the boss. Yuan Yunqing probably thought I didn't want him anymore, so he applied to change professors. And that's how we parted ways."
After this conversation, Shi Nian's understanding of Wayne was refreshed. Looking at this 1.89-meter-tall Alpha, he really couldn't connect Wayne with someone who fainted at blood and went home to cry to his teacher when he was scared.
It completely subverts the imagination of the time.
Shi Nian was extremely surprised about the blood phobia. "You are a weapons researcher, how could you be blood phobia?"
"I'm just making weapons, not bombing people, so it's normal to faint when I'm bleeding." Wayne looked aggrieved. "Besides, I just liked playing with gunpowder and making fireworks. I didn't plan to become a researcher..."
As he spoke, Wayne, as always, cast his gaze on Shi Nian's wrist, his eyes eager. "Can you let me study your little mental power ball today? I want to know what it's made of and what materials it's made of."
Shi Nian was not in the mood to follow Wei En. "I want to wait for Brother Yuan to wake up."
Wayne sighed in disappointment, "Okay then."
Shortly after Wayne and Shi Nian separated, Yu Chen walked out from the corner. There was a hint of water in his blue eyes, and there were tears on his thick eyelashes.
Yu Chen wiped it casually with his sleeve, but stopped halfway when he remembered his previous remarks accusing Yuan Yunqing. Without thinking, he slapped himself.
When Shi Nian returned to the doctor's laboratory, she didn't see Yu Chen. Shi Yiyu was also talking on the phone with Shi Yichu. He was using the speakerphone, but Shi Nian could hear them clearly.
The cold wind howled over Shi Yichu's side, and his voice was almost blown away by the strong wind, making it extremely difficult to hear. "Brother, let's go back to the old house early."
Shi Yiyu: "Didn't we agree to go back next week?"
Shi Yichu glanced at the ruins behind him and spoke in a shout, "My house was burned down by Nobi. We have nowhere to stay. All the hotels are closed."
"It's so windy outside, brother, I'm so cold!"
Shi Yiyu: "..."
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