Chapter 5 SJC

This is insane.

Shen Jinnian felt like he must be going crazy to have any kind of reaction to Gu Yan's pheromones.

He wasn't an omega!

Gu Yan was annoying, and his pheromones were annoying too.

Shen Jinnian shook his head, trying to clear the chaotic thoughts from his mind. After finishing his shower, he hastily threw on Gu Yan's robe and fled the bathroom with a red face.

But in his haste, he wasn't paying attention, and as soon as he stepped out, he collided head-on with Gu Yan, who happened to be passing by.

Shen Jinnian's vision went dark as he crashed hard into Gu Yan's chest.

"Ugh..." The poor tip of his nose hurt.

"Are you okay?" Gu Yan steadied Shen Jinnian by the shoulders.

The little Alpha was a head shorter than him. He was dizzy when he fell into his arms, and his cheeks were still pink, which made him look delicate and tender.

Shen Jinnian covered his sore nose with tears in his eyes.

He quickly dodged Gu Yan's touch.

Gu Yan immediately withdrew his hands, and lowered his head slightly to look at the crown of Shen Jinnian's head.

Once the pain subsided, Shen Jinnian took a few deep breaths and looked up at Gu Yan accusingly. "Your bathroom is filled with pheromones."

He was wrapped tightly in the cedar smell and almost suffocated.

"Sorry," Gu Yan's eyes dodged, as if someone had discovered his secret. "The weather's bad today, so I didn't air it out."

Shen Jinnian wasn't entirely unreasonable. He pressed a hand to his chest, trying to calm his discomfort.

"Where am I sleeping tonight?"

Gu Yan tilted his body slightly and pointed to the room behind him. "That's the bedroom. You can take the bed, and I'll sleep on the couch."

Shen Jinnian was surprised. If Gu Yan wasn't so bad at heart, he might actually be a decent guy.

He was offering his archenemy the bed!

Shen Jinnian felt that he wasn't the type to be pampered either. Since Gu Yan took good care of him, he followed suit and became open-minded: "No, it's fine. I'll take the couch."

Gu Yan glanced Shen Jinnian up and down. The robe he was wearing was too big and loose, and with even the slightest movement, the collar gaped open, revealing a glimpse of his pale chest. Not to mention, Shen Jinnian wasn't wearing anything under it.

He hesitated before asking, "Are you sure about that?"

Shen Jinnian had planned to sleep, but Gu Yan’s look made him uncomfortable.

He changed his mind. “No, I’ll sleep on the bed.”

His sleeping posture was bad, and the couch didn’t feel secure.

Gu Yan said, “I changed the sheets and covers for you. If you’re tired, you can rest now.”

“Thanks, I’ll transfer the lodging fee later.”

Shen Jinnian stretched lazily and walked straight into Gu Yan’s bedroom.

The moment he opened the door, he was stunned.

He knew Gu Yan’s financial situation wasn’t great. Studying while working part-time just to scrape by wasn’t easy.

But he hadn’t expected the room to be this bare.

Aside from a bed and a wardrobe, there was nothing else.

Shen Jinnian threw himself onto the mattress, only to be met with a hard surface that made his back ache.

Was Gu Yan training to be a soldier or something?

He grumbled under his breath, deciding to lower tonight’s lodging fee to fifty yuan.

Just as he was thinking that, he realized he had left his phone outside.

He sighed and got up. On his way back to the desk, he passed through the living room and happened to glance toward the bathroom.

Gu Yan was inside, about to take a shower.

Shen Jinnian’s gaze lingered for a second longer than necessary.

Then, suddenly—

A faint low and sexy male panting sound reached his ears.

It was Gu Yan’s voice.

Shen Jinnian stood frozen in place.

Oh.

Oh.

So that’s why the bathroom smelled so strongly of pheromones!

Shen Jinnian's face flushed instantly, and he crouched down from the living room back to the bedroom.

Then he covered himself with the quilt.

AHHHHH!

Gu Yan… How dare he?!

Shen Jinnian had just showered in that bathroom. His own pheromones were still lingering in the air.

And Gu Yan wasn’t even bothered by it?!

The more he thought about it, the more horrified he felt.

While chanting Amitabha, he forced himself to close his eyes and empty his mind.

But no matter how hard he tried, Gu Yan’s image only became clearer.

A soaked dress shirt clung to his skin, the thin fabric turned transparent by water and clung tightly to his skin revealing his strong, curvy abs.

Then—

Gu Yan's hot palm suddenly grabbed his wrist, and his voice was hoarse, “Like what you see? Want to touch?”

Shen Jinnian wanted to pull away. But his body refused to listen.

Gu Yan guided his hand forward, pressing his palm against his abs.

Shen Jinnian flushed with shame.

Gu Yan pressed his lips to his ear, breathing warm air as he bewitched him with a low, magnetic voice: "Do you like it, Nian Nian?"

Like it?

Of course, he liked it.

Two years of training, and he still hadn’t managed to carve out abs like these. Meanwhile, his sworn enemy had them perfectly sculpted.

One touch wasn’t enough. After the first touch, he wanted to touch them again.

But then—

But he hadn’t expected Gu Yan’s skin to grow hotter, his voice to turn hoarser, his gaze to darken, and his desire to become even more obvious!

Shen Jinnian panicked. He tried to pull back.

Too late.

He didn't expect the man to be faster than him as he quickly grabbed his wrist and forced him to his side.

“If you like them so much, I can teach you how to train,” Gu Yan murmured. “Tonight. Just the two of us.”

"No way!" Shen Jinnian knew that the current plot was not going well, and struggled violently in Gu Yan's arms, trying to escape the man's control.

But Gu Yan was much stronger than he expected.

“Gu Yan, let me go!”

Just when Gu Yan's impeccable face gradually enlarged to less than 1 cm in front of him, Shen Jinnian suddenly screamed and woke up from his dream!

—

Shen Jinnian was drenched in cold sweat. He sat frozen on the bed, clutching his chest as he took a few deep breaths.

But his head felt dizzy, the stuffiness in his chest didn’t ease, and his whole body grew increasingly sore and hot.

Shen Jinnian turned onto his side, lying on the bed.

Hugging the quilt Gu Yan had given him, he could still catch the lingering scent of cedar.

The heat in his body calmed down for a moment, as if he had accidentally found a handful of the coldest snow in the midst of a raging fire.

But it wasn’t enough.

Soon he felt very hot again, a thousand times more intense than before. Even if he opened his collar to let in the cool air, it was useless. He was too hot to think, and his whole body seemed to be out of control.

Shen Jinnian stood up and shouted with all his strength: "Gu Yan!"

The seconds crawled by.

Two full rotations of the clock’s second hand before the door finally opened.

Gu Yan walked in—

And immediately stopped in his tracks.

Shen Jinnian had already stripped himself to pieces.

The arrogance he once had was gone, replaced by tear-filled grievances in his beautiful almond eyes. His voice was soft and sticky as he murmured, “Your house is so hot…”

Gu Yan frowned and glanced toward the kitchen. “I turned off the heater a long time ago.”

“It’s still hot.”

“It’s still too hot.” Shen Jinnian touched his flushed face, then lay back on the bed as he aggrievedly begged, “Turn on the air conditioner for me…”

Gu Yan felt something was wrong.

How could it be hot on a rainy day?

Gu Yan strode into the room, frowning. “Besides the heat, do you feel anything else?”

Shen Jinnian mumbled, “No strength…”

Gu Yan pressed further. “Anything else?”

Shen Jinnian clutched the quilt tightly with both hands and feet and took a deep breath to inhale the faint scent of pheromones. His eyes were filled with tears like a delicate omega.

His body trembled slightly.

His mind felt muddled, everything hazy.

“What else…”

His lips parted slightly..

“…I feel a little…”

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