Chapter 66: Awakening

The room was dimly lit. Lu Shi had only turned on the light at the entrance.

The suite was spacious. The deeper it went, the darker it got, and the stronger the mint scent became.

By the faint light coming through the gap in the curtains, Shen Zheming could make out the situation on the bed.

On the bed, the shirt was clinging to the person’s body, hair wet and dripping, the blanket barely covering their waist.

Shen Zheming reached out and touched. The clothes and hands were cold, but the face and breath were burning hot.

“Did you take a cold shower?”

As soon as he spoke, the person on the bed, as if finding something cool, lowered their head and pressed their face against his hand.

The alpha pheromones gradually spread through the room, soothing the restless mint.

Shen Zheming pulled the blanket and wrapped the person up, then reached to turn on the air conditioner by the bed.

Lu Shi struggled in dissatisfaction. “No, it’s too hot…”

Seeing that there was no serious injury, Shen Zheming’s tone finally softened, but his words were firm and uncompromising.

“Stop moving, or I won’t let you smell my pheromones.”

“…”

Lu Shi had no choice but to let Shen Zheming turn up the air conditioner.

The scent of camellia in the air was fragrant and refreshing.

Lu Shi stared at Shen Zheming’s lips so close. His barely-there sanity was like a tight rope, ready to snap at the slightest touch.

“Shen Ge.” Lu Shi leaned his head back on the soft cushion of the headboard, smiled weakly, and said softly, “Do you know that in my current state, you coming in here looks like you’re seducing me?”

Shen Zheming lowered his eyes, his long eyelashes casting a shadow. He gazed deeply at the mist in Lu Shi’s eyes and the blush on his ears.

Staring at someone else’s mouth like that, who was seducing whom?

On a whim, Shen Zheming raised his hand to cover Lu Shi’s eyes and leaned in close.

When the cool lips, carrying the scent of camellia, covered his, Lu Shi’s eyelashes trembled against Shen Zheming’s palm.

His brain went blank for a long time. The remaining rationality told him this didn’t seem right; he hadn’t even asked Shen Zheming to help him yet.

But instinct made him squint his eyes, and soon he was lost in this sudden, gentle kiss.

Shen Zheming’s hand pressed slightly harder on Lu Shi’s eyes. Lu Shi’s head tilted back, and his chin lifted naturally.

Their breaths intertwined, lips lightly touching, with restrained pressure, slowly rubbing as if to seal the other’s mouth shut.

Lu Shi felt the alpha pheromones richer than in the air, coming from Shen Zheming’s breath and mouth, filling the space around him step by step.

It was strange. He didn’t resist any of Shen Zheming’s movements, each approach, each second of the kiss.

Shen Zheming moved his hand away, wiping his fingertip across the corner of the other’s eye.

Even his calm voice carried a hint of hoarseness: “Do you want me to help you?”

Lu Shi’s heart was racing. “Mm.”

“How?” Shen Zheming stroked the back of Lu Shi’s neck. “Tell me. I’ll do as you say.”

An alpha’s saliva contains a high concentration of pheromones. Lu Shi wanted more.

His Adam’s apple moved. He felt like he was crazy, completely going with the flow. “Kiss me again.”

“Anything else?”

Lu Shi had long suspected that Shen Zheming had noticed the situation under the blanket.

Now that Shen Zheming asked, it confirmed his guess.

Lu Shi simply threw caution to the wind and mumbled, “Down there. Help me.”

No sooner had he said it than he turned his head and saw that Shen Zheming’s phone on the bedside table had been recording for over ten seconds.

“Why are you recording?”

“In case you don’t remember when you wake up.”

His rationality was still holding on, but his instinct was already restless.

Lu Shi gave a helpless smile. “Are you worried I’ll blame you? I promise I’ll keep my mouth shut, just like I did with your temporary mark.”

Shen Zheming didn’t confirm or deny. All emotions were hidden in silence. He saved the recording and put the phone away.

Looking at Lu Shi again, seeing that he was accepting it well, even a bit careless, Shen Zheming closed the distance.

“You’re speaking so boldly. Have you thought about the consequences?”

Of course, he had. An alpha and an omega alone in a room late at night, one of them induced, what would happen next was obvious.

“I thought about it when I told you the password. We’re both adults, Shen Ge. If you don’t want to, forget it.”

Shen Zheming leaned in, tilting his head.

This kiss was no longer tentative. Teeth parted the seam, air was plundered, swallowing all the softness and vulnerability of the person before him.

Shen Zheming bit lightly on a lip. “I don’t not want to.”

The suddenly deepened kiss made it hard for Lu Shi to breathe. He closed his eyes, his body trembling slightly.

The rationality that had been stubbornly resisting desire completely shut down.

The surrounding alpha pheromones wrapped around him like a tide, making him feel like he was drowning in Shen Zheming’s scent.

Lu Shi didn’t remember the rest.

When he woke again, his body was clean and dry, lying on a strange large bed.

He stared at the ceiling for a few seconds, not knowing where he was.

After a long while, he realized he was at Shen Zheming’s place. This seemed to be Shen Zheming’s room.

The electronic clock on the bedside showed 1:40 pm.

How did Shen Zheming get him back?

He had drunk a lot last night, and his stomach, empty for a long time, felt uncomfortable. Lu Shi raised his arm, instinctively trying to sit up.

A sharp pain shot through his waist, and he fell back into the pillow in an instant.

A lingering, fine pain spread from between his legs, his waist and hips, and the back of his neck.

Lu Shi lifted his hand in a daze. What came into view was a red mark on the inside of his arm.

He reached for his phone, which had been thoughtfully charged, and opened the camera to look.

“……”

On his neck and collarbone, there were clearly five or six red marks and bite marks.

So that’s why his skin felt numb and tingling, and it hurt when touched by the blanket.

Just then, the bedroom door opened. Shen Zheming came in carrying a tray with pumpkin porridge, a cup of medicine, and a few oranges.

They looked at each other, a moment of awkwardness.

Shen Zheming kicked a chair over. “Eat something first.”

When he swallowed, Lu Shi felt his throat burning, like it was smoking.

He finished the porridge in a few gulps, and his nearly collapsing stomach came back to life.

Lu Shi leaned against the headboard, his hair carrying the fresh scent of Shen Zheming’s shampoo.

He silently pondered: so he and Shen Zheming had done it last night, right?

His body ached all over, his thighs hurt…

But because the medicine hit so hard, he didn’t remember what happened afterward. He only knew it felt good, and the burning inside was relieved.

Shen Zheming placed two soft pillows behind him and picked up the cup. “Drink the medicine. You have a bit of a fever.”

Lu Shi took the cup and took a slow sip.

He smacked his lips. Bitter.

Shen Zheming picked up an orange from the tray. As soon as he peeled it, the citrus scent filled the air.

The medicine was hard to swallow in one go. Lu Shi sipped it while scrolling on his phone to avoid feeling too awkward.

Seeing the comments about him on the forum, Lu Shi felt no stir in his heart.

But a few of them made some sense when he thought about it.

He had just registered his company, and many people didn’t know.

In outsiders’ eyes, he was just someone with a bit of talent in math, otherwise idle and wandering. Now, after rejecting the SC club, he was being called a hot-tempered prodigal.

It seemed like whoever associated with him would have their reputation ruined.

Lu Shi wanted to break the awkward silence. He wanted to touch Shen Zheming.

But Shen Zheming was sitting a bit far away, and his arm couldn’t reach. When he tried to move, his waist and abdomen ached so much he couldn’t.

He thought for a moment, then stretched one foot out from under the blanket and gently nudged the person peeling the orange.

“Hey, Shen Zheming.”

Out of nervousness, Lu Shi stiffly called his name directly.

“Thanks for last night. Don’t worry, you don’t have to take responsibility.”

The person peeling the orange didn’t stop his movements. He lowered his eyes calmly. “Taking responsibility is also fine.”

This left Lu Shi dumbfounded for a moment.

After a long silence, he gave a dry laugh. “Really, no need. You don’t have to bind yourself with those rigid moral standards.”

For some reason, Lu Shi felt like he sounded like a jerk.

But last night was mutual consent between adults, a last resort. The word ‘responsibility’ was too heavy for him and Shen Zheming. He never thought of using it to blackmail Shen Zheming.

Shen Zheming finished peeling an orange, broke off a segment, and stuffed it into Lu Shi’s mouth.

His finger touched Lu Shi’s lips, and fragments of their kiss replayed in his mind.

Lu Shi froze, his ears reddening.

He remembered the kissing part.

The sweet and sourness of the orange melted in his mouth, washing away the bitterness of the medicine.

Lu Shi didn’t like sweets, didn’t like candy, but fruit was okay.

So that’s what the orange was for.

From the few words they exchanged, Shen Zheming gradually confirmed one thing.

He seemed to be the only one who still remembered what happened later last night.

They kissed, he helped Lu Shi with his hand, but they didn’t go all the way.

Because he couldn’t bring himself to do it.

Lu Shi didn’t take the drug willingly, and him asking for help and rolling around with him wasn’t entirely voluntary.

But he was so aroused with nowhere to vent, so he closed Lu Shi’s legs together…

Then held him and slept through the night.

As for why Lu Shi’s waist was so sore, it was because his waist was already weak.

And last night, he used his legs for a long time, his waist lifted for too long, plus the hotel bed was soft, so that’s how it turned out.

It was true they didn’t go all the way, and it was also true that he wanted to take responsibility.

Shen Zheming had just naturally continued the conversation, not expecting Lu Shi to not want him to take last night seriously.

“Actually, nothing happened.”

Shen Zheming’s peeling motion was a bit rougher than before, with a hint of disappointment.

Lu Shi’s ears burned, but he pretended to be calm. “So these marks on me are from mosquito bites?”

That was hardly convincing.

Shen Zheming tossed the peeled orange onto the plate.

It wasn’t his fault. Last night, pheromones were running wild in the person in his arms, their body hot and soft, and his teeth itched, he couldn’t help biting.

After finishing the medicine, Lu Shi sat up and carefully felt his body.

Except for the soreness in his waist and back, and the ache in his legs, his rear didn’t hurt at all.

But online, they said S-class alphas have astonishing parts, and after being with an S-class alpha, you might not even be able to get up the next day.

Why was it different from what the internet said?

Either the internet was exaggerating, or…

Shen Zheming was no good.

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