Chapter 5 Rut Period

Chapter 5: Rut

Shi Ciyan returned to the dormitory and took a shower first. As he came out of the bathroom, his phone rang. Glancing at the caller ID, he paused his hand wiping his hair upon seeing the name Chen Lv on the screen. Holding the phone, he slid open the balcony glass door, stepped out, leaned back against the railing, and answered the call.

Without any pleasantries, the person on the other end got straight to the point.

“The pheromone compatibility test results are out.” Chen Lv sighed. “How long have you known him?”

Shi Ciyan was silent for two seconds. “Half a day. Does that have anything to do with compatibility?”

Chen Lv let out a sigh of relief, his tone brightening significantly. “Half a day—that’s fine. Your compatibility with this Omega is only 56%, not even passing. As your attending physician, I suggest you find another partner, someone with higher compatibility.”

Shi Ciyan tuned out the rest of what he said and asked instead, “Are you sure it’s only 56%?”

“Yes. I monitored the entire process—no mistakes. A 56% match is too low. Given your condition, being with an Omega with such low compatibility is bad for both of you.”

“Alright, I understand.”

Just as Shi Ciyan was about to hang up, Chen Lv hurriedly stopped him. “Don’t hang up yet. Your rut is coming up, isn’t it? How are you feeling? Any symptoms?”

“No symptoms. No reaction.” Shi Ciyan answered honestly. If he had to mention anything, it was only that his gland had felt hot around noon in the bathroom, but there had been no other changes.

“If you notice even the slightest change, tell me. And even if you don’t need suppressants during your rut, at least keep two or three on hand just in case.”

To stop him from nagging, Shi Ciyan replied, “I’ll buy some tomorrow.”

After hanging up, he stayed outside for a few minutes. The autumn wind was gentle, brushing softly against his skin. During the call, his half-dried hair had already been blown dry by the wind.

At eleven o'clock, the lights went out on time.

As the best university in the city, Nanjing University had extremely high demands on its students. After lights out, the dormitory supervisors patrolled the floors.

Shi Ciyan climbed into bed in the dark. A faint smell of banana lingered around his nose. By the time he got under the covers, the scent was even stronger.

His blanket had absorbed the Omega's pheromones.

While talking to Chen Lv, he had felt like he was forgetting something. Now he remembered—he had forgotten to ask Yu Wei what his pheromone smelled like.

He wondered if it was also a fruit scent like his.

Shi Ciyan closed his eyes, pondering the sweet yet not cloying scent, and gradually drifted off.

When he opened his eyes again, it was daytime. He was standing in the middle of his dormitory, and Yu Wei was carefully climbing down from the bed, his back to him.

He should have slipped and missed his footing, needing to be caught, but he landed steadily—no misstep occurred. Yet Shi Ciyan found himself uncontrollably stepping forward, wrapping his arms around the slender waist, lowering his head slightly, and rubbing his nose against the fair nape. “Your pheromones are leaking.”

Yu Wei turned his head, speaking softly, his tone seductive. “Does it smell good?”

“Mmm, it does.”

“That’s not fair. You can smell mine, but I can’t smell yours. I don’t like you.” The person in his arms pouted, his beautiful eyes wide. He tried to pull the hands away from his waist and break free.

Shi Ciyan’s eyes darkened. He held on even tighter, rubbing his nose against Yu Wei’s gland through the pheromone patch. “I’ll let you smell mine too, okay?”

In an instant, the concentration of Alpha pheromones in the air skyrocketed. The ripe banana sweetness mingled with a fresh apple scent. Yu Wei in his arms went limp against Shi Ciyan’s chest, his eyes glazing over as he panted, staring into space.

Shi Ciyan leaned in close to his ear, his voice hoarse. “Like it?”

Yu Wei trembled, turning around in his arms to wrap his hands around Shi Ciyan’s neck. His eyes were seductive, his voice honey-sweet. “I like it. More.”

The next moment, the scene changed. Yu Wei was sitting on the cold, white washbasin, his clothes disheveled, looking at the bathroom door with red-rimmed eyes, radiating charm that made one’s blood rush.

“A Yan, why aren’t you coming over? You’re standing so far away; I can’t smell your pheromones.”

Yu Wei hooked his finger at the door. Shi Ciyan’s feet moved uncontrollably forward until he was in front of Yu Wei. Yu Wei gently wrapped his legs around him, and Shi Ciyan slipped between them, bracing his hands on either side, lowering his head slightly to expose his own gland. “Can you smell it now?”

“I can, but it’s still not enough.” Like a greedy little cat, Yu Wei kept demanding more.

Shi Ciyan embraced the disheveled Yu Wei, pressing his forehead against the smooth, pale shoulder, his breathing growing heavier. To satisfy the person in his arms, pheromones poured out from his gland without end. The person in his arms let out increasingly loud, enticing moans.

Thump, thump, thump—

Suddenly, an abrupt knock on the door rang out. Yu Wei flinched and burrowed into Shi Ciyan’s arms. “Someone’s outside.”

“He’s a Beta—he can’t smell pheromones. Don’t be afraid.” Shi Ciyan’s broad hand moved down along the spine. Yu Wei’s shirt had already been pulled halfway off, and as Shi Ciyan caressed his bare skin, his body trembled. He leaned weakly against Shi Ciyan’s chest, letting out melodious whimpers.

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Thump, thump, thump—

“Shi Ciyan, get up and take a suppressant, now!”

Lin Yuchi, enduring discomfort, climbed down from his bed and stood below Shi Ciyan’s bunk, slapping the edge of the bed repeatedly, trying to wake him.

“Get up—you’re suffocating me. Get up—”

Shi Ciyan clutched his blanket tightly, not even frowning. Lin Yuchi pinched his nose with one hand and yanked the blanket away with the other. In the moonlight, he clearly saw Shi Ciyan’s eyes snap open the moment the blanket was pulled off—there was no grogginess of someone just woken.

“You were pretending to sleep, you bastard! Deliberately releasing pheromones in the middle of the night to pick a fight, huh?”

Lin Yuchi already had trouble sleeping, and the new environment made it worse. He had tossed and turned for almost an hour and a half, and just as he was about to fall asleep, Alpha pheromones drifted through the air.

During the day, he hadn’t smelled any pheromones on Shi Ciyan, so he had assumed all three roommates were Betas.

At first, he only caught a faint trace, thinking it was his imagination, and tried to go back to sleep. But after just half an hour, the Alpha pheromones had become so strong he couldn’t breathe.

“If you’re awake, come down, take a suppressant, and go back to sleep.” Lin Yuchi tossed the blanket onto a chair, yawned, and headed toward his own bed.

It was three in the morning, and he was tired too.

Just as he touched the ladder, he heard movement behind him. Lin Yuchi turned around just in time to meet Shi Ciyan’s fist.

He gasped, his nose stinging, and felt a sticky liquid flow out.

“Are you guys done? You two love fighting so much, huh?”

Lin Yuchi had been beaten by Yu Song during the day and was still holding a grudge. But since he couldn’t beat Yu Song, he had to swallow his anger. Now, unable to sleep in the middle of the night, on top of being punched by Shi Ciyan, Lin Yuchi instantly exploded.

He couldn’t beat Yu Song, but could he beat Shi Ciyan?

As it turned out, he couldn’t.

Shi Ciyan struck hard and accurately. Lin Yuchi failed to dodge several blows. The commotion finally woke the two Betas, who had been sleeping like logs.

“What are you two doing in the middle of the night? Fighting cocks?” Yu Song, irritable from being woken, squinted sleepily. “If you want to fight, take it outside. Don’t disturb my sleep.”

The first thing Qiu Lei did upon getting up was to fumble for his glasses and put them on. He surveyed the situation and asked weakly, “Should I turn on the lights?”

"Let go!" Lin Yuchi could barely speak after being beaten, but he managed to push Shi Ciyan away with all his strength and retreated to a corner of the dormitory to catch his breath.

"He's acting crazy on his very first day. Yu Song, aren't you good at fighting? Get down here and restrain him."

"It's not me he's hitting, what does it have to do with me?" Yu Song was lying on the edge of his bed, watching the show with amusement. He hadn't had enough fighting during the day, so now that Shi Ciyan was beating Lin Yuchi, he naturally wasn't going to help.

Lin Yuchi wiped the blood gushing from his nose, about to retort when he suddenly paused. He frowned and brought his blood-stained hand to his nose to sniff.

The scent of Omega pheromones. Very faint, but amidst the unpleasant metallic and salty smell of blood, that one special note of sweetness stood out conspicuously.

When did he pick that up?

"I've seen people protective of their food, but never of their blanket." Yu Song cupped his chin in his hands and teased.

Blanket.

Lin Yuchi immediately looked at the chair where he had placed his blanket, then at Shi Ciyan who was carefully clutching the blanket to his chest. Understanding dawned on him. He gave a slight smile and picked up on Yu Song's line.

"Do you know what's wrong with him?"

Yu Song, seeing that both of them had quieted down and stopped fighting, found it boring. He lay down and said casually, "Just sleepwalking."

Lin Yuchi teased, "Do you smell anything?"

"I smell apples, like green apples."

"What green apples? It's clearly a poisoned apple." Lin Yuchi said, "He's entered his rut."

Yu Song: "Rut? Isn't that only something Alphas get?" In his family, except for Yu Wei, everyone was a Beta, so he had never seen an Alpha in rut before.

Lin Yuchi said, "He is an Alpha."

Yu Song sat up abruptly, surprised. "Isn't he a Beta?"

"Who told you he was a Beta? Do you see the blanket in his arms? That blanket has your brother's pheromones on it. Look, he's been driven crazy by your brother's pheromones, going into rut on the first day like this."

Lin Yuchi saw that Yu Song's expression was getting worse, so he continued to fan the flames. "Maybe he smelled your brother's pheromones and had a wet dream, fantasizing about your brother."

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, Yu Song jumped off the bed and snatched the blanket from Shi Ciyan's arms. This action seemed to trigger Shi Ciyan into combat mode, and within seconds the two were fighting fiercely.

"What are you guys doing not sleeping in the middle of the night? Open the door."

They heard his voice before they saw him.

Lin Yuchi watched the show while opening the door for the dorm supervisor, standing behind the supervisor to continue watching the show, but at the same time shot an admiring look at Yu Song.

He could go toe-to-toe with a rutting Alpha and even have the upper hand!

And honestly, Yu Song really knew how to fight. Even the dorm supervisor could barely separate them.

"Tie him up first."

Shi Ciyan had lost all reason, only obsessed with the blanket. After Yu Song tied his hands and feet, he couldn't resist kicking him twice.

"Stop fighting. You're always involved in every fight." The dorm supervisor glared at Yu Song, then turned to glance at Lin Yuchi's black-and-blue face and shook his head in exasperation.

One dorm room, three little devils.

He looked sympathetically at the honest guy who just served as background. Qiu Lei held his phone in his hand, and his big eyes behind his black-framed glasses blinked gently.

Author's note:

1. Weiwei's husband's scent is fruity~

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2. There are three little devils and one honest man in a dorm of four. Guess if the dorm supervisor is right~ (Qiu Lei confirms his disguise is working!)