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

"This is the Alpha neck ring."

Li Zhi was even more bewildered upon hearing this.

He held the ring up, turning it over and over, his face full of confusion: "Alphas have neck rings? Don't you guys usually just use suppression bracelets?"

After all, Alphas are not as easily induced to go into heat as Omegas. Their fertile periods are fixed and they are usually locked up at home, so a fitness tracker is perfectly sufficient.

Xie Jichuan hummed in agreement and explained, "This is a neck ring with special functions."

As he spoke, he fumbled around on the side of the neck ring, found a button that wasn't hidden, and pressed it gently.

Immediately afterwards, Kurichi sensed the change.

The hard protrusions he had just touched suddenly became even more prominent, and the inner diameter of the entire neck ring shrank by nearly one centimeter due to the popping of these protrusions.

It's important to know that neck rings are generally custom-made according to the circumference of an individual's neck, and they will fit snugly against the skin.

Once the inner diameter narrows, it feels like someone is choking you, and the suffocating sensation is overwhelming. Just imagining it makes you feel breathless.

Li Zhi stood there stunned, not having time to react, when Xie Jichuan found the button again and pressed it once more.

This time, the protrusions did not move, but two thin, long needles suddenly popped out from the back half of the neck ring, gleaming with a cold metallic luster.

To better suppress pheromones, neck rings are usually divided into front and back sections.

The anterior ring serves an aesthetic purpose, while the posterior ring covers the gland and controls release.

Li Zhi stared at the two needles clearly aimed at the glands, her pupils contracting sharply, her voice filled with disbelief:

"Isn't this something that only Alpha criminals with special markings wear?"

Upon seeing the two thorns, Li Zhi instantly understood what they were.

Under a sound Omega protection law, any Alpha with a history of committing crimes against Omegas will be monitored by the police 24 hours a day, even after serving their sentence and being released from prison, and will wear this specially made Alpha collar for life.

Every Omega is taught from a young age not to approach an Alpha who wears this kind of neck ring.

They also know that the fatal weakness of this Alpha lies in the button on the neckband, making it easy for the little O to retaliate.

These are things I saw in ABO textbooks after the differentiation of Kurichi.

He never imagined that one day he would be able to meet the real person.

Li Zhi looked up at Xie Jichuan, her eyes filled with confusion, shock, and a vague sense of unease.

"Xie Jichuan, why did you buy this?"

Xie Jichuan didn't speak, but took the neck ring from Li Zhi's hand. His slender fingers gently pressed on the clasps, restoring all the protrusions and needles to their original state.

Then he slowly and deliberately put it around his neck.

The sound of the metal clasp clicking was crisp and short, like it had been locked.

By the time Li Zhi realized what was happening, it was too late. He instinctively raised his hand to stop it, but before his fingertips could even touch the edge of the neck ring, Xie Jichuan grabbed his hand.

At the same time, a small, cold object was placed into my palm.

Li Zhi looked down and saw a very small key, silver in color, gleaming slightly under the light.

Xie Jichuan smiled at him, his voice gentle: "This kind of collar requires a key to remove, and this is the only one available."

Li Zhi gripped the key tightly in her hand, the sharp metal edges digging painfully into her palm.

He could roughly guess the reason, and his voice was somewhat hoarse:

"Xie Jichuan, you won't hurt me... Don't do this to yourself."

Xie Jichuan was still smiling, the curve of his lips unchanged, but his eyes held a hint of helplessness and seriousness.

"Zhizhi, never trust an Alpha who is controlled by pheromones."

He stated a cruel fact: "Your pheromones had such a strong effect on me, otherwise I would have fainted..."

Xie Jichuan paused for a moment, then looked at Li Zhi with a deep gaze. "You're probably still in bed, unable to get up."

Li Zhi's back stiffened slightly.

Alpha's tone carried a hint of deliberate intimidation:

"By then, my mark and my scent will be all over your body."

"An Alpha's possessiveness is terrifying. As long as you have my pheromones, I won't let you step out of the room or out of my territory."

Xie Jichuan's gaze was fixed firmly on Li Zhi's face:

"You can't get out of bed, so you'll just have to wait for me to come home every day, and you might even have to give birth to a bunch of kids for me..."

A warm sensation suddenly covered my lips.

Li Zhi's face turned bright red, and she covered Xie Jichuan's mouth tightly with her hand, her voice both urgent and annoyed:

"Okay, okay, I understand! Don't say things like that again!"

Xie Jichuan's eyelashes trembled, and the dark light in his eyes seemed to melt away a little.

Seeing that Li Zhi truly understood the seriousness of the matter, he gave a soft "hmm".

However, she didn't remove Li Zhi's hand from his mouth. After taking a light sniff, a muffled sound came from her palm:

"I'll wear this for every pheromone treatment from now on, and you can turn it off afterward. If I try to force you to do anything during the treatment, just press the button."

The scalding heat sprayed onto Li Zhi's palms, making them feel both hot and itchy.

Li Zhi hurriedly moved her hand away, her mind in turmoil: "...I understand."

He himself agreed to cooperate with the pheromone treatment and could have benefited from it, so why did Xie Jichuan end up wearing this thing?

Li Zhi felt inexplicably sad, as if something was gently pressing on her chest, leaving a dull, indescribable feeling.

However, before he could even begin to wallow in self-pity, Xie Jichuan proactively changed the subject:

"Since you're already wearing it, why don't you start the treatment now?"

Li Zhi looked up.

The tall, handsome Alpha stood before him, with broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and long legs, almost casting his entire body in shadow.

But a shackle controlled by him now clung to Xie Jichuan's neck, adding a vulnerability that shouldn't belong to him.

Like a ferocious beast with a collar on, it retracted its claws and lowered its head.

For some reason, this contrast made Li Zhi find Xie Jichuan even more attractive.

His ears turned red, and he rubbed his nose sheepishly, a hint of awkwardness in his expression.

"it is good."

Perhaps because of the neck ring, or perhaps because Kurichi controlled the release of pheromones, this pheromone treatment went surprisingly smoothly.

There was no loss of control, no fainting, and no embarrassing overstepping of boundaries.

The aromas of lychee and mint liqueur slowly intertwined in the air, blending together gently.

Xie Jichuan sat there quietly the whole time, his eyes were a little more unfocused than usual, but he was completely alert.

She even knew to gently press on Li Zhi's shoulder when he released too much force, silently reminding him to slow down.

They also cooperated tacitly, emitting soothing pheromones.

The crisp aroma of alcohol enveloped the glands on the back of Li Zhi's neck, like an invisible hand gently soothing the restless skin.

With her eyes closed, Li Zhi felt her glands relax inch by inch under the influence of the peppermint liqueur, every pore sighing comfortably.

An unprecedented peace.