[Esports] Pheromones say we're a match made in heaven.

"No need, just go to the address I sent you." Chi Feifan leaned against the window with his eyes tightly closed. His eyes were dark and red, as if he had a fever.

For some reason, the pheromones on Qin Yi's team uniform seemed to have no effect on him anymore; he had become immune to them.

Last night, he simply put on Qin Yi's team uniform, thinking that this would effectively relieve the discomfort.

Unexpectedly, he tossed and turned all night, unable to sleep, and finally managed to doze off in the latter half of the night.

Chi Feifan had planned to release some pheromones to Qin Yi when he got up in the morning, but the Hawks, who usually didn't get up until after 10 a.m., were nowhere to be seen this morning. Fortunately, even the cleaning lady at the base knew where they went.

The glands at the back of his neck started hurting, and the back of his head ached as well. Chi Feifan couldn't wait for them to return.

Who knows how long they'll be filming?

He covered his neck with one hand and took out his phone with the other to find Qin Yi's WeChat.

*

A visual arts studio in Shanghai.

Hawk and his friends took several sets of photos. First, they took a group photo in their team uniforms, and then they changed into the classic armed camouflage uniforms from the Survivor game that they had prepared in advance, and took photos of promotional posters with scaled-down gun models.

During a break from touching up her makeup at halftime, Chen Yangyang held up her phone and recorded the team's vlog whenever she could.

"Smile, don't keep a long face like someone owes you money."

When the camera turned to Qin Yi, he was nestled on the sofa in the dressing room, resting with his eyes closed.

His face was expressionless, but when he sensed Chen Yangyang almost shoving the phone in his face, his eyes showed deep displeasure as he looked up.

Qin Yi's morning grumpiness lasts a really long time.

Actually, you can't blame him. He was the fastest to finish in the whole team. The makeup artist spent a long time working on his face, and in the end, she just touched up his skin with some water and did a little styling of his hair. It only took about ten minutes in total. The rest of the time was spent waiting for others.

Unlike Wang Kang and the others, who were woken up by the makeup artist patting them with powder.

Wang Kang turned his head and gave a peace sign to the camera. Chen Yangyang was about to ask him to interact with the camera more, but he quickly turned his head back and said to the makeup artist, "Could you please cover up these pimples for me? Thank you."

The dressing room was noisy and chaotic. Qin Yi gradually lost his sleepiness from all the commotion. He casually picked up a small AKM model and played with it in his hand. Suddenly, his phone vibrated in his pocket.

It's highly likely that his former Hawk teammate Fox just woke up at this hour and, bored out of his mind, came to bother him.

Those who are close to Fox will call him Xiao Li directly. When Xiao Li was around, Hawk was invincible in various competitions, and even Wang Kang could only be considered Qin Yi's backup.

Later, the club's management made some questionable moves, which angered Fox and drove him away. Now, he's thriving at Wonder and has become Wonder's cash cow.

Qin Yi narrowed his eyes and coldly took out his phone.

A few seconds later, the gloomy atmosphere around Qin Yi dissipated, and he threw the model in his hand aside and stood up.

Chen Yangyang: "Wait, the photographer just came over and said he wanted to give you a few more solo close-up shots."

Qin Yi tore open the black tactical gloves that were getting in the way: "Don't bother with the single-person ones, this is enough. I have something to do outside."

Chen Yangyang: "Where are we going?"

Qin Yi: "Don't follow me."

"I'm not going over there," Chen Yangyang said, like a worried old mother hen, urging from behind, "Don't go too far, it's not over yet!"

Qin Yi nodded: "I know."

The visual studio and dressing room were air-conditioned, creating a stark contrast with the empty, cold stairwell.

Fortunately, Qin Yi is an S-class Alpha with excellent physical fitness and is particularly resistant to cold.

He went to the outside corridor as instructed in Chi Feifan's WeChat message. As soon as he gently pushed open the door to the stairwell, he saw a thin figure curled up on the cold steps of the stairs.

Chi Feifan's face was completely covered by his hat, with a few tufts of soft yellow hair scattered at the back of his neck. His head was bowed low, and his legs were slightly apart. Because he had rushed out, he was only wearing a pair of trousers, with a small section of his slender ankle exposed outside the empty trouser leg, which was now somewhat numb from the cold wind in the stairwell.

Hearing the door open, Chi Feifan looked up alertly, like a startled cat.

Seeing that it was Qin Yi who had come, his tense nerves relaxed a little, and he slowly stood up from the steps.

As soon as Qin Yi opened the door, he smelled a familiar scent.

Chi Feifan's pheromones were leaking out, very faintly, as if they had been diluted eight hundred times, but Qin Yi still caught them immediately. They were sweet with a hint of bitterness, exactly the same as the ones he smelled in the KTV that day.

Before Qin Yi could speak, a pair of hands suddenly reached out and grabbed the black armor vest hanging on his chest.

Qin Yi couldn't resist his quick wit: "So eager?"

His hat fell to the ground, and Chi Feifan's messy hair fell across his forehead. He exhaled a heavy breath: "Don't talk."

This was the first time Chi Feifan had taken the initiative to approach someone.

He was so tormented by the needle-like pain in his glands that he couldn't think straight anymore. The pain squeezed out everything in his mind. He was like a drowning person who was holding his breath. If he didn't get help, the last bit of life in his chest would be exhausted.

Chi Feifan frowned and awkwardly pressed the tip of his nose close to Qin Yi's neck.

But a long time passed, so long that Chi Feifan's forehead was almost sweating slightly with anxiety, and his fingertips, which were gripping his clothes tightly, began to tremble. The discomfort in the back of his neck did not lessen much.

Qin Yi glanced at Chi Feifan's reddened eyes and dark circles under his eyes, and sighed.

He had just sprayed the barrier spray that morning, which effectively suppressed pheromone leakage.

"This is completely useless." Qin Yi casually closed the door to the stairwell.

Chi Feifan's rapid, heavy breathing was clearly audible in the quiet, empty hallway, but his voice was muffled and nasal: "What should we do?"

Qin Yi let him hold him, slowly breaking free of the restraints and releasing pheromones.

"How about this?" Qin Yi asked.

Chi Feifan shook his head.

Not enough, not nearly enough.

Chi Feifan was a little annoyed: "Didn't you say it was a 100% match? Why is it not working?"

Qin Yi understood something and said in a low voice, "Perhaps the dosage is not enough and we should try a different method. If you are very resistant, just push it away."

Before Chi Feifan could understand what Qin Yi meant, a hand suddenly wrapped around his shoulder from behind.

A force pulled him along, causing his feet to involuntarily scramble forward a step.

His cheek pressed directly against Qin Yi's shirt, and his whole body was suddenly enveloped by the heat emanating from Qin Yi.

Qin Yi... he just pulled him into his arms?!

Chi Feifan's breathing quickened, and his whole body trembled as if he had been electrocuted. He clenched his fists, about to reflexively punch anyone who touched him without any regard for family ties.

The fragrance of flowers wafted in like a tide, and hyacinths instantly filled the entire stairwell.

Chi Feifan's stiffly raised fist paused.

Then, a hand stroked the ends of his hair, down his cervical spine, and onto his thin back.

The unfamiliar touch sent a chill down Chi Feifan's spine, making him feel tense from head to toe like a string that could snap at any moment, yet he didn't move.

The fragrance of hyacinths was like a gentle breeze, soothing his restless heart. The feverish glands at the back of his neck gradually subsided, and his mind became much clearer than before.

The weight on my body was lifted, and the uncomfortable feeling was completely dispelled by the powerful pheromones.

Chi Feifan had never been treated like this before.

No one had ever dared to treat him like this before, and no one had ever done anything like this.

His breathing gradually became steady, and his hand, which had been raised in mid-air, and his eyelashes drooped down at the same time.

This hug didn't seem so hard to accept.

It felt like I couldn't breathe after being hugged.

A long time passed.

"I'm all set," Chi Feifan reminded him in a muffled voice.

They seemed to have been hugging for quite some time, and even Chi Feifan's originally cold and chilly body warmed up a bit.

Qin Yi released his grip in time.

Just as he created some distance, he suddenly noticed something through the slightly loose collar of Chi Feifan's coat, and let out a questioning sound through his nose: "Hmm?"