Damn it, I'm surrounded by insane Alphas!

Meanwhile, in the bedroom of the villa, Gu Chen silenced Shi Ran's phone and placed it face down on the table.

The world is quiet now.

Gu Chen turned around, his gaze falling heavily back onto the bed.

Shi Ran curled up in the messy bedding, unable to find relief from the medication, and was clearly in extreme pain.

The sweet pheromones that filled the air almost solidified.

Gu Chen had only one thought in his mind.

Possess him.

Mark him.

Let his scent forever remain only yours.

But reason poured over him like ice water.

The marks remaining in Shi Ran's glands haven't been washed off yet, so forcibly marking them now would likely have a very low success rate.

It's ridiculous.

He was so arrogant in front of Lu Lin just now, but actually he has no way of getting what he wants.

What's the difference between him and Lu Lin?

With a heavy atmosphere, Gu Chen walked a few steps to the cabinet and took out a spare potent inhibitor.

"Just bear with it, it'll be over soon."

Gu Chen's voice was low and hoarse as he tried to bring the inhibitor closer to the back of Shi Ran's neck.

Unexpectedly, after seeing what was in his hand, Shi Ran suddenly turned her head away.

He was so overwhelmed by the drugs and his instincts that his consciousness was blurred, and he could only feel the cold aura emanating from the inhibitor that he found repulsive.

He doesn't want inhibitors... Inhibitors just forcibly suppress the drug's effect, which would be very painful.

He waved his hands wildly, his burning body shrinking even tighter into Gu Chen's arms, "No...don't do that."

Gu Chen was taken aback, and explained in a hoarse voice, "This is not my pheromone, it's an inhibitor."

But to his surprise, Shi Ran shook her head even more forcefully, "No suppressants, it hurts."

Gu Chen's voice trembled, "Then what do you want?"

Suddenly, she looked up, her moist eyes filled with instinctive confusion and dependence, "You."

Gu Chen's hand holding the inhibitor froze in mid-air as he looked at Shi Ran, who was burning hot and rubbing against him.

He wanted to mark it so badly he was going crazy, and even Shi Ran invited him to do so, but he couldn't mark it.

Fu Yanshen...it's all that damned Fu Yanshen!

Gu Chen took a deep breath, suppressing his surging urges, and said in a deep voice, "Don't move...be good."

It's unclear whether this statement was an order or a warning to himself.

But to his surprise, Shi Ran suddenly grabbed his hand and softly asked, "Why...?"

"Aren't you my Alpha?"

These words broke through Gu Chen's last line of defense.

At that moment, all his reason vanished, and only one thought remained in his mind.

Satisfying the occasion.

Even if the mark might fail, even if from today onwards, it might truly become his Achilles' heel for life, it doesn't matter.

"Yes."

He heard his own hoarse voice fall, carrying a resolute determination to burn his bridges.

Gu Chen threw away the inhibitor, and the glass tube rolled to the ground.

He leaned down, completely enveloping the person beneath him.

The moment the canine pierced the skin, this ever-calm and composed Alpha felt a soul-shaking tremor he had never experienced before.

The sweet scent of Shi Ran mixed with his cold pheromones surged in, entangled, and imprinted upon him.

It was as if a long-missing puzzle piece had finally been perfectly filled in.

He could clearly feel how his pheromones forcefully dispelled the unfamiliar scents that he found repulsive.

How to intensely collide and entangle with the pheromones of time.

Ultimately, they miraculously merged together, forming a completely new temporary marked domain that belonged only to them.

Even someone as powerful as Gu Chen couldn't help but let out a suppressed, satisfied sigh. His knuckles trembled slightly as he braced himself on the bedsheets, overwhelmed by the ultimate experience.

As a top-tier Alpha, this is the first time he has marked his own Omega.

This deep connection, almost a soul-binding bond, brought him immense pleasure far beyond anything he could have imagined.

He couldn't imagine what kind of pleasure it would be if the mark were permanent and formed inside him.

And Shi Ran in his arms, after the initial sting, was completely soothed by the powerful and familiar pheromones.

The churning heat and pain within my body receded like the tide, replaced by an overwhelming sense of security.

His tense body completely relaxed, and he slumped into Gu Chen's arms, making a soft, nasal sound like a kitten.

Temporary marker successfully applied.

Although the pheromones in Shi Ran's glands were not theoretically clean yet, Gu Chen's overly powerful and stable top-tier pheromones forcibly covered everything in an almost savage way, completing this binding.

In the air, the sweet fragrance of flowers and fruits blends seamlessly with the cool scent of cedar.

Although temporary markers only last for about a week

between.

A week later, the pheromones belonging to Gu Chen in Shi Ran's glands will dissipate on their own, but his physiological dependence on Gu Chen cannot be easily erased.

Gu Chen looked at Shi Ran sleeping peacefully in his arms, and he reached out and gently brushed his fingertips across Shi Ran's sweaty forehead.

He knew that some boundaries, once crossed, could never be crossed back.

From that moment on, he had a fatal weakness.

But he admitted it.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the city.

In the apartment late at night, only the computer screen emitted a faint glow.

Wen Yiheng was awakened by a series of urgent alarm sounds.

He frowned, his sleepy mind not quite processing what was happening.

The next second, he sprang up from the bed and practically lunged at the computer.

On the screen, the pheromone interface he had set to monitor with the highest priority was flashing a glaring red.

A line of cold text came into view:

[Alert: The monitored subject's glands are being invaded by high-intensity pheromones... Status assessment: Temporary marking in progress...]

Wen Yiheng's pupils suddenly contracted as he watched the line of text refresh, transforming into an even more cruel sentence:

[Status Update: Temporary tagging completed.]

[Preliminary analysis of the pheromone source: Attribute - Alpha, Characteristic scent - Cedarwood, Intensity level - Extremely high.]

Wen Yiheng slumped back into her chair.

The scent of cedar is Gu Chen.

Gu Chen marked him.

He recalled how Shi Ran had resisted desperately when he tried to mark her that day, even at the cost of hurting herself to escape him.

But now?

Oh.

Wen Yiheng clenched her fist tightly, the veins on the back of her hand bulging.

"Good heavens... I've been by your side for a year and three months... and he's only been here for a few months? Why? Why?!"

He suddenly raised his hand, as if he wanted to smash the screen in front of him, but he forced himself to stop.

His arm hung stiffly in mid-air, and finally, it just slowly fell down.

He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and when he opened them again, all his rage was forcibly suppressed, settling into a more obsessive coldness.

"It's okay..."

He stared at the empty room, as if hypnotizing himself, "It's just a temporary marker."

"As long as he doesn't permanently mark you, you're still mine."

"Good boy/girl."

(Persimmons really limited my creativity, haha, I can only drive the school bus now.)