Chapter 75: You’re Awake, We Can Begin

Chapter 75: You're Awake, We Can Begin

"Anyway, he's unconscious now, what difference does one more or one less tube make? Or are you feeling bad for him?"

"Cut the crap."

"Ha, I wish that were bullshit."

Done with this conversation, Wen Qi ended it.

He leaned down to carefully place Bai Siyan on a chair, then walked over to the medical kit on the table and pulled out the blood-draw tools.

After disinfecting, Wen Qi crouched in front of Bai Siyan and slid the needle into his vein.

Blood flowed through the needle and into the tube.

Wen Qi watched the clear tube gradually darken, his heavy eyelids lifting slightly to steal a glance at Bai Siyan's face.

The fever flush on Bai Siyan's face hadn't fully faded—his cheeks and neck were still flushed pink. With his eyes closed, his features looked soft and gentle, a lot cuter than when he'd glare with those sharp, fierce eyes.

Once both tubes were full, Wen Qi withdrew the needle and pressed a cotton ball over the puncture.

Once it stopped bleeding, he carried the tubes to the table and put the blood in the storage container in the medical kit.

Wen Qi handed the medical kit to the guy in the white coat waiting at the door.

But when the guy took it, Wen Qi didn't let go.

"Huh?"

"You still haven't answered me—why two tubes?"

"You never let things go."

The guy ran his fingers through his hair, pushing it back. "The Bai family's bio-lock needs the DNA or RNA sequence in a Bai family member's serum to match up perfectly to open. Extraction's not perfect—this is just me being prepared."

Only then did Wen Qi let go of the medical kit, but he still added a warning: "Aside from that, don't use Siyan's blood for anything else. If I find out, even if the teacher gets involved, I won't go easy on you."

"Yeah, yeah, got it."

The guy shrugged it off. As soon as he got the kit, he eagerly opened it to check the blood. Seeing the two tubes sitting there nice and steady, he grinned and leaned in to look. "Finally got it. So can you leave Bai Siyan now and move on to the next phase?"

Wen Qi pursed his lips. "Let's wait until the lock's opened first."

"Right, right, you're always the careful one. Shouldn't take long—I'll let you know then. But..."

The guy's words trailed off mid-sentence. He held the tube of blood up to his nose and sniffed. "Why do I smell an Omega's scent? Is Jiang Nanchu going into heat on your show?"

"You're imagining things."

Wen Qi's voice was ice-cold, and as he spoke, a wave of snakeberry pheromones rolled off him.

"Ugh—"

The stench made the guy in the white coat gag, cold sweat breaking out.

Damn. He used to be strong too, but after his gland was removed, his body and abilities went to shit. Not only could he barely survive two moves against Wen Qi, but he couldn't even withstand the guy's pheromones.

The guy in the white coat had no clue what was up with Wen Qi or why he'd suddenly gotten pissed. But he knew getting the hell out now was the smartest move.

So he quickly backed up a few big steps. "Small world, my friend. No need to see me out—later."

With that, he grabbed the medical kit and scurried off.

Wen Qi waited until the guy was long gone before looking away and latching the wooden door.

He walked over to Bai Siyan, looking at the arm that had just been drawn from, the sleeve still rolled up. His pupils flickered.

Bai Siyan's skin was pale, so the spot where the needle went in was red, the mark clearly visible.

By tomorrow, that red would turn into a bruise.

This was exactly why Wen Qi had never done this before.

If he drew blood carelessly and Bai Siyan found the needle mark, he'd be the first one suspected. And before he could get his hands on that file, leaving Bai Siyan would make getting close to the rest of the Bai family even harder than climbing to the sky.

Now, to cover up the evidence, he'd have to layer something over the needle mark.

With that in mind, Wen Qi stepped outside, picked up a rough stone, and came back. He carefully controlled the pressure as he scraped it across the spot where the needle had gone in.

—

When Bai Siyan came to, it wasn't evening yet.

He didn't know where he was, but a fire was crackling in the fireplace, so it was warm.

Light filtered in through the window, and outside, snow was still falling.

"Hiss..."

Bai Siyan turned his head and felt a dull ache in the back of his neck.

Immediately, the memories of him passing out came flooding back.

He remembered falling from the paraglider with Wen Qi, then getting knocked on the back of the neck when they landed.

Hit by something—or someone.

But before that thought could go any further, Bai Siyan was jolted by [deleted] under the blanket.

The feeling in his body was even stronger than his thoughts. Bai Siyan threw off the blanket, and the first thing he saw was Wen Qi's fox-like eyes, upper lids raised, looking up at him.

They were narrow, seductive eyes, but the look in them was pure, innocent, and dumb.

The contrast was striking—and even more alluring because of it.

At least, the sight of him right now had Bai Siyan hooked.

Bai Siyan didn't know if he was more embarrassed or pissed off.

He hadn't even known when he'd blacked out, and now he woke up to the guy who fell with him doing this to him...

Now that was one hell of a scene.

Bai Siyan bent his leg, planted his foot on Wen Qi's shoulder, and shoved him back. "Get the hell off!"

"No."

Wen Qi, who was usually obedient, refused his request.

His face, flushed with a rosy hue, rubbed against something, his fingers tracing circles.

"Just now, Siyan was unconscious, so I've been holding back. Now that you're awake, we can begin."

As he spoke, Wen Qi, using Bai Siyan's foot pressing against his shoulder as leverage, stroked his ankle.

He climbed up along with the motion, his face leaning close to Bai Siyan, and called him by a term he hadn't used in ages:

"Patron, if we don't take care of your heat, how are we supposed to get back to the villa quickly to continue our show?"

He still hadn't figured out what happened earlier—how could he be in the mood to relieve himself now?

Bai Siyan rolled his eyes. All he wanted was to figure out whether Wen Qi had knocked him out earlier; he didn't want to have sex with him.

And if it was him, he'd twist Wen Qi's head off and kick it like a ball!

But logic was logic, and physical reactions were physical reactions.

The two just didn't mix.

Bai Siyan had still underestimated the intensity of his heat.

The moment Wen Qi's body pressed against him, all his earlier rationality vanished, leaving only X-rated thoughts.

All the heat in his body pooled in one spot, and having been teased like that by Wen Qi before he woke up, Bai Siyan was now ready to explode at the slightest touch, wanting only to get close and take.

His body was slick with sweat. Bai Siyan pressed his face into the blanket, his sidelong gaze drifting to the fireplace burning in the room.

The fire blazed fiercely, and the pine-resin-soaked logs crackled as they burned.

Bai Siyan felt like he was starting to hear things.

He could no longer tell if it was the sound of resin popping or something else.