Chapter 11

Chapter 11

The next morning.

Dr. Zhao looked at the thermometer, shocked: "That's not right, why is your temperature even higher?"

Lu Xingwen smiled and said nothing. Last night he hadn't taken a cold shower, but because his fire was burning too hot, he'd gone out to cool off in the wind for a while.

Su Xingze wasn't awake yet, rolling over to face the other direction, seemingly annoyed at being disturbed.

Dr. Zhao tested several more times, but the results were all the same.

A top-tier Alpha's self-healing ability was formidable—it was just a fever, how could it not have gone down overnight?

"I'll order a blood test in a moment. If medication isn't working, we'll go straight to IV drip." Dr. Zhao operated on his tablet, and the medical order was quickly in place.

Lu Xingwen mused: "IV drip works faster?"

"Definitely faster than medication." Dr. Zhao explained: "Medication has to go through the digestive system for absorption, while IV goes directly into the bloodstream—absorption efficiency is several times higher. With your constitution, you'll be fine in two days."

Two days. By then Su Xingze would already be discharged, and he'd have no excuse to keep sharing a room with him.

Lu Xingwen made a snap decision: "Dr. Zhao, I'll just take the med—"

"Get the injection!" Su Xingze rubbed his eyes, yawning continuously, and demanded: "Doctor, you have to give him the injection. You don't know, he's resistant to medication and doesn't take it properly. At this rate, when will he ever get better!"

Lu Xingwen immediately changed his tune: "Injection."

Dr. Zhao: "?"

So what were you about to say—eat? Surely not eat the needle?

Dr. Zhao felt that between Mr. Lu and Mr. Su, there might be some information gap causing them to constantly not be on the same page.

Especially Mr. Lu, who was clearly hiding something.

After checking vital signs, Dr. Zhao instructed: "A nurse will come by to draw blood shortly. Don't eat anything before that. They might also insert an IV catheter. If there's nothing else, I'll go attend to other matters."

"Okay." Su Xingze shook off his drowsiness and advised earnestly: "You can't secretly throw away your medication like yesterday anymore."

Lu Xingwen, who had taken his medication but then gotten blown by the wind, dared not speak. He nodded.

He leaned weakly against Su Xingze's shoulder: "What do you want for breakfast? I'll have my assistant buy it?"

"Puffy wonton soup and five-spice flaky pastries." Su Xingze said, then remembering Lu Xingwen couldn't eat, a scheme came to him. He gave a sly smile and added: "Also some jade shrimp and light and fragrant mushroom chicken."

The assistant moved quickly, and when the food arrived, Su Xingze went to the door to pick it up.

Just then, the nurse went in to draw blood.

Su Xingze opened all the food containers in front of the disobedient Alpha, fanning the aroma with his hand, savoring it: "So fragrant."

Lu Xingwen watched him with a smile, holding back, veins popping on his forehead.

This dense Omega. Did he have any idea how tempting his expression and movements were?

Su Xingze thought it was working. While the nurse was inserting the needle, he deliberately picked up a piece of food and held it in front of Lu Xingwen, teasing: "Will you take your medication properly from now on?"

"I will." Lu Xingwen swallowed hard.

Su Xingze: "Really?"

Lu Xingwen nodded: "Really."

"You're owning up to it well enough. I'll take your word for it." Su Xingze was in a good mood, eating and feeding Lu Xingwen at the same time.

The nurse finished drawing blood, secured the IV catheter, and quickly retreated from the room full of lovey-dovey vibes. If she stayed any longer, she wouldn't even need to eat lunch.

*

These past few days, Lu Xingwen had been ill, and somehow, he didn't get better until the day before Su Xingze was discharged.

Dr. Zhao had tried everything and was beginning to question his own medical ability.

Because the two had been sharing a room, Su Xingze's gland was much better. But after changing the medication and examining him, Dr. Zhao said it was best to discharge him soon. Dr. Zhao came and led the two to the scent-proof room to give final gland care instructions.

The isolation room was beautifully decorated, with pink walls and a macaron-yellow sofa. Directly ahead was a large glass panel, and Dr. Zhao stood outside it, using a communication device to instruct the two inside.

"You two, don't be nervous—haven't you ever marked before?" Dr. Zhao said, then looked at Su Xingze's helpless and scared look and understood—they really had never marked before.

"Alpha, release a little pheromone first so the Omega can get used to it. Omega, really feel the pheromone in your gland, and let the Alpha's pheromone in."

"Once your pheromones have mixed together, the Alpha can choose a comfortable position for both and do a temporary marking." Dr. Zhao said: "That's all. You learned this in health class too. I'll step out now—come out and find me when you're done."

Su Xingze had never attended Omega health class; he really didn't have a clue. He could only hope Lu Xingwen would make the first move.

Although Lu Xingwen had a ton of book knowledge, his hands-on experience was zero too.

He released some pheromone for the Omega to adapt to. Su Xingze didn't smell anything and reminded him: "I can't feel your pheromone."

The Alpha's expression was dark and hard to read as he looked at the Omega, who was both hopeful and scared. He turned and headed into the bathroom.

Su Xingze sat on the sofa waiting for him. It was normal to be shy and scared about their first time marking.

Lu Xingwen leaned on the sink with both hands, the images in his head way too R-rated. Lately, with Su Xingze sleeping in the same room, his threshold had gone up a lot—at least he could handle everyday life.

But if he were to hold Su Xingze and mark him, he couldn't control himself. A top-tier Alpha's pheromone would overwhelm his senses in an instant, making him lose all reason and roughly take the Omega in front of him as his own.

It was everything he dreamed of. But he feared Su Xingze would never speak to him again.

Lu Xingwen pulled a potent suppressant from his pocket and injected it below his neck.

Three minutes later. He walked out of the bathroom and sensed the intertwined pheromones.

The isolation room was filled with the cloying sweetness of cream. Su Xingze was sniffing around the sofa, curiously waving at Lu Xingwen: "Come smell this—am I cream-scented?"

Amazing.

Health class had covered the different ABO body structures, pheromone scents, and their uses. But this was the first time he'd actually smelled one, and he was still stunned by the concretized scent.

So sweet. Lu Xingwen took a deep breath, letting his own pheromone tangle with the sugary scent in the air.

Su Xingze sniffed for a while, then looked a little disappointed: "I still can't feel your pheromone."

Between AOs with extremely low compatibility, it was hard to sense each other's pheromones, and marking would be very difficult in such cases.

Lu Xingwen knew their compatibility wasn't low at all. Because even with the potent suppressant, he could still smell the sickeningly sweet scent filling the air.

"What about now?" He released a bit more.

Su Xingze focused and was surprised, saying, "Ah! What's that smell? Something smells so good! Is that roasted seeds?"

Lu Xingwen approached the jumpy Omega and said, "Your pheromone is buttery sunflower."

Su Xingze said, "It smells like buttery roasted sunflower seeds to me."

"That's the scent of our pheromones combined." Lu Xingwen pulled open his collar, revealing his gland, and said, "My pheromone is Li Fire."

"Li Fire?" With that mention, he could sense it: "Isn't it everywhere, warm, making your mouth dry, and magically roasts the buttery sunflower into buttery roasted seeds?"

"Yeah." Seeing his chance, Lu Xingwen embraced the Omega from behind and whispered, "Chen Chen, are you scared?"

Su Xingze openly pulled down his collar, exposing his gland, and said, "We've been brothers for over a decade, why say all that? You're helping me fix my gland, I should be thanking you."

Brothers...?

Even marriage couldn't shake the position of being brothers?

Lu Xingwen bared his fangs and bit down with dissatisfaction.

==========Author's Note:==========

Little Xingze, you're so innocent, you'll be flipped over and roasted later.