Chapter 10: Disturbance

Chapter 10: Stirring Up Trouble

Cai Gu looked conflicted, his thick eyebrows furrowed, as if he couldn't make sense of Jiang Yu's order.

Cai Gu pursed his lips and thought for a moment before cautiously asking, "You don't have a mom?"

The unexpected question made the whole shop go quiet. The shop assistant quietly took a few steps back, leaving room for the "mother and son" duo.

Sitting in his wheelchair, Jiang Yu's face looked genuinely bewildered for once. After a long pause, he asked, like he hadn't caught that, "What did you say?"

Judging by his reaction, Cai Gu could already guess the answer. Back when he used to go to church every weekend to get extra eggs, he already knew all about the Jingzhai Festival—a day to pray to the gods, during which believers had to keep their bodies clean, free of any stains to be purified.

"N-nothing." Faced with this kid who'd lost his mom, Cai Gu couldn't bring himself to refuse. He gritted his teeth and said, "Then can we get a longer skirt? This one's too short."

Jiang Yu muttered under his breath, "Such a hassle."

He gave the shop assistant a pointed look. "Go grab a long one, wrap it up, and take him to the fitting room."

As Cai Gu followed the shop assistant back into the fitting room, Jiang Yu rolled his wheelchair over and started browsing.

The skirts hanging here came in various styles and colors, the clothes carrying a faint perfume scent.

After smelling them for a while, Jiang Yu concluded that none smelled as good as Cai Gu's scent. He'd always wondered why a Beta would smell so strong, and he didn't mind it at all.

As Jiang Yu pondered, that subtle yet intoxicating fragrance drifted over. Sensing something, he turned his wheelchair and looked behind him.

Cai Gu walked over slowly in the form-fitting long white dress. Although his frame was large, the dress covered it well, so it didn't stand out too much. The side-swept hair reached his collarbone, and the long dress made his gentle vibe even stronger. At first glance, you'd mistake him for a "housewife."

Jiang Yu raised his head triumphantly. "I made the right choice."

He eagerly checked out the other skirts, like he wanted to see Cai Gu in every single one.

Cai Gu's eyelid twitched. He quickly put a stop to that. "No need, I'll wear this one. Be good."

The moment he said that, a sudden commotion broke out in the shop. A tense, restless energy filled the air. Cai Gu frowned, about to peek over, but Jiang Yu grabbed his wrist. The kid's body was burning hot, like it could scorch his skin.

Jiang Yu's eyes were bloodshot, clearly out of it. "Take me to the car. An Omega just went into heat."

Cai Gu's expression froze. Although he was a Beta, he'd learned about this in biology. He knew that when an Omega entered heat, they'd release strong pheromones that attracted Alphas and made them possessive.

But Jiang Yu looked like he was in a lot of pain.

"But what about the skirt..."

Jiang Yu quickly interrupted him. "Forget it, it'll be charged to the card."

"Okay." Cai Gu didn't hesitate. He put on a serious expression, sprinted forward, his long legs pumping as he pushed the wheelchair. Several times, Jiang Yu almost fell out of the wheelchair.

Luckily, Cai Gu was fast and shoved him back in.

Cai Gu looked around and finally spotted the car. He tapped lightly on the window and quickly said to the waiting driver, "An Omega went into heat in the shop. Jiang Yu's been hit by it."

The driver was stunned at first by Cai Gu in the dress. He swallowed hard, his gaze dazed, until Cai Gu said it again, then he noticed Jiang Yu, pale-faced in the wheelchair.

The driver quickly helped Cai Gu get Jiang Yu into the car. He pulled out an inhibitor from inside. "The young master must be going into his rut. With his high-level pheromones, he's actually repelled by ordinary Omega pheromones... *cough cough*... Please inject this inhibitor into the young master's gland... *cough cough*..."

The driver, himself an Alpha, was trembling from the pressure in front of an S-level Alpha.

After Cai Gu took the inhibitor, the driver quickly raised the partition and opened the ventilation to let the pheromones in the car dissipate quickly.

Cai Gu held the inhibitor, at a loss. He'd never used one before. Recalling the driver's words about injecting it into the gland, he started feeling around the back of the young man's neck.

He parted Jiang Yu's fluffy, fine short hair until his fingertips touched a raised spot. He immediately plunged the inhibitor in.

Cai Gu wiped the sweat off his forehead, thinking it would be fine now, but unaware that the blood-tinged pheromones in the car had reached such a concentration that it could almost condense into droplets in the air.

Jiang Yu, lying on the seat, stared intently at Cai Gu, watching his every move.

Like a lurking wolf waiting for its prey to show weakness, ready to bare its fangs and bite, tearing into its prey's nape.

Seeing Jiang Yu staring at him, Cai Gu tilted his head, his hair sliding down to the side.

He bent down, naively exposing his weakness. Just as Jiang Yu was about to bite down,

Cai Gu pulled Jiang Yu into an embrace, stroking his back and whispering comfort, "It doesn't hurt anymore. It doesn't hurt anymore..."

Jiang Yu's movement halted, his sharp teeth resting on the skin of Cai Gu's neck, not biting down.

Cai Gu had no idea how dangerous his situation had been. A few seconds later and he'd have been pinned down by the Alpha, his shriveled gland would've been chewed to pieces. Because the partition was raised, no one would have heard him scream.

Jiang Yu pulled away a little. Cai Gu's reflection shone in his eyes. The Beta in the white dress was no longer young, but he smelled so good.

Jiang Yu gently pressed his face against him, murmuring two words Cai Gu didn't catch. But the Jiang Yu in his arms had quieted down, nestling close with his eyes closed.

Sensing the pheromones in the car fading, the driver, though scared, forced himself to speak. "Sir, should I take you home first? Where do you live?"

Cai Gu thought for a moment. "Drop me off at Yasa Academy. I gotta wait for my husband to get out of work."

Cai Gu made up a weak excuse. No way he was giving out his home address.

The driver glanced at Jiang Yu lying in Cai Gu's arms, and when he heard that Cai Gu had a husband, his expression got complicated. Not daring to think too much, he mumbled an assent and started the car toward Yasa Academy.

Cai Gu looked down at Jiang Yu, using his finger to brush away the stray hair from his forehead. He sighed softly. Once the young man's legs healed, he probably wouldn't cling to him anymore, right?

Ever since learning that Jiang Yu had lost his mother, Cai Gu had become more tolerant of his bad temper.

Poor kid.

When the car stopped, Cai Gu breathed a sigh of relief in his mind. He wanted to get out, but Jiang Yu was holding him too tightly, his face buried in Cai Gu's chest, still not fully awake.

Cai Gu looked helplessly at the driver, hoping for help. Although the driver envied the young master for being able to lie in the arms of such a beautiful person, and even wanted to take his place, as an employee, he really didn't dare to get involved.

He averted his gaze, pretending not to have received Cai Gu's signal.

Jiang Yu's arms tightly wrapped around Cai Gu's slender waist, as if trying to merge with him.

Cai Gu flexed his arm muscles and forcefully pried Jiang Yu off. In the process, Jiang Yu's head hit the car with a loud thud.

Cai Gu shrank his shoulders, afraid that the young man would wake up and throw a tantrum. Seeing that he still had his eyes closed, he finally relaxed. He straightened the folds of his skirt and got out of the car.

Dusk was approaching, the sky covered with a layer of orange-yellow gauze. Comforting Jiang Yu had taken a lot out of him. Now his waist and back ached, and wearing the skirt, he didn't dare enter through the main gate. He could only take a small path to the east gate.

Thinking about having to wear the skirt during the Jingzhai Festival and pretend to be Jiang Yu's mother, Cai Gu felt extremely conflicted. He rubbed his temples, hoping that day would never come.

As he walked along the path, Cai Gu suddenly heard footsteps behind him.

The memory of having his gland bitten through by a thug that night still lingered. Without hesitation, Cai Gu started running forward. The person behind him also began to run.

Cai Gu lifted the hem of his skirt, his long legs faintly visible beneath it. When he saw the iron gate ahead, he quickly slipped through and pulled it shut.

"Bang!"

The thug who caught up pressed against the iron gate, his hands clutching the bars, eyes bloodshot, hair disheveled, as he glared viciously at Cai Gu.

"Who were you just out with?"

"Did you sleep with him?!"

Author's note:

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I feel like seven tops aren't enough for me to work with.