[Esports] Team Leader Xie, your mid laner is causing trouble again.

Li Zhi decided to give up, figuring he still had his underwear and his dignity was intact.

He simply closed his eyes and muttered under his breath, "I think you did this on purpose. You planned this all along, which is why you tied my hands up."

Xie Jichuan did not deny it. His slender fingers touched the buttons on his pants, and he quickly and neatly unbuckled his belt in a few strokes.

Instead of making a move, he raised his head, looked at Li Zhi with a meaningful gaze, and asked a thought-provoking question:

"Should I take both pieces off at once, or one layer at a time?"

Li Zhi was stunned for a moment, then realized that the man was asking about underwear, and suddenly opened her eyes and glared at him:

"Of course, I'll take off one layer first! You filthy scoundrel!"

Xie Jichuan had assumed Li Zhi wouldn't even take off a single layer, but upon hearing this, his throat went even drier, his Adam's apple bobbed, and he responded in a hoarse voice:

"it is good."

His fair and tender skin was completely exposed to the eye.

Although the last layer of fabric was left on, it unexpectedly created an alluring sense of half-concealed beauty.

In the misty air, warm yellow light fell on delicate skin, giving it a soft glow.

Xie Jichuan's gaze began at the Omega's cramped toes and slowly swept upwards along his slender calves.

The more he looked, the drier his throat became, and his whole body felt hot. The Alpha's instincts were screaming deep within him a desire for an Omega.

He raised his hand, his fingertips resting on the clasp of the choker at the back of Li Zhi's neck, his voice so hoarse it was almost unlike his own:

"The neck ring...can I take it off? Let me smell your scent."

Li Zhi nodded obediently, lowered her head slightly, and fully exposed the back of her neck.

Xie Jichuan raised his hand and unfastened the clasp. The moment the metal buckle popped open, the sweet aroma of lychee exploded out.

Rich and pure, it filled the entire bathroom.

Alpha's voice was tense: "Did...someone else smell it just now?"

Li Zhi shook her head: "No."

A hint of pleasure flashed in Xie Jichuan's eyes. His fingertips gently traced the white nape of her neck, and his tone finally softened:

"Yes, very well-behaved."

Just as his suppressed emotions were beginning to ease, Xie Jichuan's gaze fell upon a clearly visible needle mark on Li Zhi's gland.

The small, faint red mark stood out starkly against her fair skin.

His slightly upturned lips straightened again, and he gently rubbed his fingertip against the puncture site, his voice becoming dangerously deep:

"What is this?"

Li Zhi was oblivious, and even began to feel somewhat smug, his tone carrying a hint of self-satisfaction:

"I told you I made preparations beforehand. I took an injection of suppressant. Unless that person's pheromones are highly compatible with yours, they pose no threat to me at all."

After speaking, I waited two seconds, but the praise I expected did not come.

Li Zhi raised her head in confusion and met the Alpha's eyes, which were now filled with renewed anger.

Li Zhi: "......"

hmmmm?

Didn't you calm down? Why are you angry again?

Seeing his blank expression, Xie Jichuan became even more furious.

"What did the doctor say? The glands aren't fully developed, so we can only soothe them slowly with pheromone therapy. We shouldn't inject any more inhibitors into the glands." You didn't listen to a word of it.

Li Zhi retorted softly, "I took that to heart, but since it happened so suddenly, injecting it into the gland would be the most effective."

Xie Jichuan pressed down hard on the puncture site with his fingers, his fingertip rubbing against the reddish mark.

Li Zhi winced in pain and shrank her neck, saying, "Ah...it hurts a little."

Xie Jichuan didn't stop; instead, he sneered, "You only remember when it hurts. There's always something even more painful to come."

After saying that, Alpha lowered his head, opened his mouth, and bit down on that small piece of flesh.

The moment the sharp fangs pierced her skin, Li Zhi let out a muffled groan, followed by the strong and forceful aroma of mint liquor that assaulted her senses.

The previously strong lychee flavor was instantly overwhelmed and replaced by the aroma of mint liqueur.

With a clear sense of punishment, Xie Jichuan bit down hard this time.

Li Zhi felt that the chill almost seeped into his flesh and blood.

The feeling of being marked instilled a sense of fear in him instinctively; his body trembled involuntarily, and his voice even trembled with a hint of tears.

"Thank you... Thank you, Jichuan, that's enough... That's enough... I don't want any more..."

But Alpha remained motionless, his head buried in his neck, his jaw clenched, his breath heavy and hot.

After a long few minutes, Li Zhi was completely exhausted. Her legs were weak, and she leaned limply against Xie Jichuan's chest.

His eyes were red-rimmed, and the tip of his nose was also red, like a little animal that had been bullied badly.

Xie Jichuan slowly opened his mouth, glanced down at the fresh and deep tooth mark, gently licked away the oozing blood, his voice hoarse:

"Got it? If you wander off again next time, it won't be as simple as just a temporary marker."

Taking advantage of the Omega's momentary lapse in concentration, his gaze unfocused as he leaned against him, Xie Jichuan leaned close to his ear and spoke wickedly, threatening him:

"There are so many bad people in the world, do they know about lifelong stigma?"

His fingertips slowly slid down Li Zhi's back, stopping at his lower abdomen and pressing gently:

"Leaving my mark here, your whole being permeated with my scent, will make other Alphas instantly recognize you as theirs and keep their distance."

Li Zhi listened in a daze, her previously unfocused pupils suddenly contracting.

She should have resisted, but her whole body was soaked in the pheromones of the peppermint wine, and even her fingertips were too weak to lift.

Once marked, an Omega carries an instinct to submit to an Alpha.

Furthermore, Li Zhiben had little resistance to Xie Jichuan, so she snuggled closer to the Alpha, her voice soft and hoarse:

"...I understand."

Xie Jichuan chuckled softly, pulling the other closer, his nose brushing against the Omega's warm earlobe:

"Good to know. If you're scared, then protect yourself and don't give me that chance."

Li Zhi nestled in Xie Jichuan's arms. After being marked, the originally gloomy mint pheromones in the air seemed to come alive.

It wrapped itself around him in wisps, cool to the touch, yet so thin that it instinctively left him unsatisfied.

He lowered his eyes and saw the suppression bracelet that the Alpha was wearing properly on his wrist, and suddenly found it particularly irritating.

Almost subconsciously, he raised his hand and "clicked" off the bracelet, then casually tossed it onto the edge of the bathtub.

Xie Jichuan was busy soothing the teeth marks that had just been left and didn't even have time to react.

The next second, the peppermint pheromones exploded in the small bathroom, becoming so strong they almost drowned people.

Xie Jichuan's pupils contracted slightly, and he quickly bent down to pick up the bracelet and put it back on.

The doctor said last time that after Li Zhi's glands were marked by him for the first time, they were no longer underdeveloped as before, which means that the influence of his Alpha pheromones on Li Zhi will increase dramatically.

He didn't want to use pheromones to suppress or induce Li Zhi, but his action of picking up the bracelet was stopped.

Omega's cheeks were flushed, her eyes glistening with moisture. Her fingertips hooked the edge of the last piece of fabric covering him, and she tugged at it gently, her tone both innocent and alluring:

"Brother, didn't you say you'd help me take a bath?"