Chapter 22: An Aggressive Kiss
Zhu Zhixi suddenly froze, forgetting to struggle.
The pain had not completely faded, and tears were still spilling out uncontrollably. Yet in his hazy vision, Fu Rangyi’s brows and eyes were exceptionally clear.
Between hurried breaths, the hot air blowing against his face made him abruptly come back to himself.
He reached out, trying once again to break free, but the more he pushed and resisted, the more lingering and tight the kiss became. The possessiveness hidden within SA genes erupted completely. The unbridgeable physiological gap gradually robbed him of the ability to resist, leaving him with no choice but to endure it.
Bastard!
My first kiss…
In just one instant of slackening, his teeth were forcibly pried open by the tip of Fu Rangyi’s tongue. Zhu Zhixi let out a muffled whimper, anxiously writhing about. The image of Fu Rangyi pushing the capsule out with his tongue surfaced in his mind. Startled, he desperately slapped the shoulder pressing down on him, but it had the opposite effect.
His hand was seized. In the struggle, the beaded bracelet on his wrist snapped. Ice-blue beads scattered with a clatter, bouncing and rolling all over the floor.
And his twisting waist was also gripped hard.
The tip of Fu Rangyi’s tongue licked and stirred roughly, like a scalding little snake burrowing deeper and deeper. It was itchy and choking. His sharp canines knocked against Zhu Zhixi’s teeth, making them ache. Gradually, tears streamed down Zhu Zhixi’s face. He wanted to cough but could not, and a bright, crystalline liquid even trickled from the corner of his mouth.
No.
Zhu Zhixi tried hard to keep himself clear-headed. Suddenly, he discovered that the hand gripping his waist was loosening little by little.
When he no longer had the strength to struggle, Fu Rangyi instead became less forceful. The invasive kiss softened a great deal too. Amid the wet, smacking sounds, that damp, soft tongue slipped out, lightly teasing his upper palate and the tips of his teeth. Strangely, it even deliberately rubbed against his front teeth.
“Mm…” Zhu Zhixi trembled all over and almost bit down.
But he held back, afraid that if he really bit him, it would instead provoke Fu Rangyi.
What was chastity? What was Beta virtue? A little more initiative in stepping into the grave of love could extend his life, but too much initiative would only make him step into an actual grave and end his little life early.
While his thoughts were running wild, the out-of-control Alpha suddenly withdrew, a glistening thread of saliva stretching between their lips.
He seemed unable to breathe as well. After taking a deep breath, he leaned closer again. This time, however, he did not press against Zhu Zhixi’s lips. Instead, he moved a little higher, his soft lips touching Zhu Zhixi’s cheek.
“Glutinous rice ball…” he murmured against him, his voice low and sticky. Then he opened his mouth and bit him, neither lightly nor heavily.
“It hurts…”
Before Zhu Zhixi could react, Fu Rangyi kissed him again, blocking off the rest of his complaints. Zhu Zhixi’s furrowed brows relaxed, then furrowed again. He closed his eyes.
He really wanted to keep his mind clear, but…
Fu Rangyi was far too good at kissing.
For some reason, Zhu Zhixi was not in a particularly good mood. He unconsciously let out a hum, and his hand also grabbed Fu Rangyi’s lower back.
Soon, he discovered that Fu Rangyi’s movements had suddenly become lighter again. He was no longer pressing down as tightly either, leaving Zhu Zhixi quite a bit of space to breathe. He merely kept Zhu Zhixi’s tongue in his mouth and refused to let go.
Could it be that if he gave a little response, Fu Rangyi would relax?
So Zhu Zhixi tried raising his left hand, carefully wrapping it around Fu Rangyi’s neck. His fingers stroked upward and stopped at the back of his neck. While extending just the tiniest bit of his tongue, as if licking candy, to hook against Fu Rangyi’s tongue and the tips of his teeth, he very, very lightly rubbed the area of his gland.
Fu Rangyi’s breathing suddenly became very heavy and urgent. His brows knitted together, and low, hoarse groans came from his nose.
Hearing that sound, Zhu Zhixi felt as if something was not right with him either.
But his will to survive overpowered all desire.
He forced himself awake, secretly opened his eyes, and while Fu Rangyi was completely immersed in it, quietly reached his other hand into the pocket of his hoodie. He pulled something out, flipped open the transparent cap with his thumb, and swiftly raised it.
The syringe plunged hard into Fu Rangyi’s upper arm. Fu Rangyi opened his eyes, slowly turned his head, and stared at the sedative being injected. As if in disbelief, he then turned his face back and stared at Zhu Zhixi, blinking once very slowly.
Before long, he collapsed, losing consciousness. But his hand seemed not to have gone limp yet. He was still firmly gripping the hand Zhu Zhixi had used to rub his gland.
“Fu Rangyi, you… you’ve really gone insane…”
Zhu Zhixi was panting, his face flushed bright red. He wanted to pull his hand free, but he could not do it at all. He could only use his right hand to pry open Fu Rangyi’s fingers one by one, pulling out his left hand like yanking up a radish.
Too terrifying.
Anyone who could withstand a honey trap was a saint. Zhu Zhixi admired himself like never before. What kind of mind was this? What kind of willpower!
Great Saint Zhu shook out his hand, and the glowing countdown was flicked into something like a shooting star.
He was already dizzy and dazed to begin with. This one glance made him even more dazzled, and he hurriedly stopped.
But when he looked again, he was dumbfounded.
47 days, 01 hours, 42 minutes, 05 seconds.
47 days, 01 hours, 42 minutes, 06 seconds.
07, 08, 09…
47 days, 01 hours, 42 minutes, 10 seconds.
His eyes widened.
The countdown was actually counting backward! It had been counting backward the whole time, without stopping.
How was this kissing? This was clearly artificial respiration!
This undoubtedly gave the utterly exhausted Zhu Zhixi a shot of adrenaline. He was so excited that he rolled over and tumbled about, accidentally pressing down on some little thing.
Quack—
So noisy.
Hearing that sound, Fu Rangyi suddenly woke up. His head hurt like it was splitting open. Something round and hard was digging beneath his waist, and before his eyes was a blurry mass of black. After several seconds, he finally realized that he had been blindfolded.
He shifted, and pressed against it again.
Quack, quack—
Confirmed. It was the little yellow duck nurse bell.
He wanted to remove the blindfold, and he also wanted to move the duck away, but he could not do it at all. Because his hands had been twisted behind him and tied at his back.
Moving his fingers, he could touch the wooden panel behind him. The pattern was very familiar, as if it was the headboard. Lower down was a soft pillow.
“Stop struggling.”
In the darkness, he heard footsteps. They came closer and closer, finally arriving in front of him.
“This is a handcuff knot, tied with outdoor rope. The more you pull, the tighter it gets.”
Zhu Zhixi’s voice.
Unable to see or touch, only able to hear a voice—this plunged him into an extremely agitated state. He could not listen at all. He only wanted to use brute force to break free of the restraints. As he struggled, his body lost balance and toppled sideways, sinking into softness.
He heard a long sigh. Soon, the right side of the bed also sank down slightly.
“I kindly stayed behind to take care of you. And what happened? You lied to me and even bit me.”
When did I…
Fu Rangyi’s head hurt terribly.
What nonsense was he talking about?
Zhu Zhixi’s tone was fiercer than usual, and he spoke very quickly. After saying everything in one breath, he sniffed and cursed softly, “Bad thing. Resorting to any means necessary.”
Who was bad?
Was there anyone worse than you?
He was helped upright. A warm hand pressed against his chest, pushing him back into a sitting position against the headboard.
“Open your mouth.”
His consciousness was still unclear, his mind chaotic. Before he could react, a straw was pressed to his lips.
“Suck.”
Another sigh.
“It’s nutrition fluid. It isn’t poisoned. Didn’t you just say you wanted to drink it? Or did you actually eat already and deliberately lie to trick me into leaving?”
His tone became a little faster, his breathing hurried, as if he was angry. “Fu Rangyi, how can you be such a bastard? I really thought you had sobered up, and I was even stupidly happy about it. Luckily, I’m smart and kept a backup plan…”
Lied?
“Forget it if you won’t drink.”
His memories were foggy, all jumbled together in his mind. He did not remember, nor did he understand what Zhu Zhixi was talking about. He only felt hot, very hot, and down below it felt as if he was about to explode.
“Untie me.” Fu Rangyi tilted his head back, the back of his head hitting the wall behind the bed again and again. The lock of the bite guard knocked against the tile with a faint sound.
“Impossible. Don’t even think about it. I will never trust you again.”
Why?
Hearing this, Fu Rangyi suddenly felt somewhat wronged.
But in the next second, he was tugged. He felt himself come a little closer to that person, close enough to sense his body heat. Before long, the other person let go and pressed him back into place. Only this time, there was now an extra pillow behind his head.
“Don’t move around. If you keep doing this, I’ll really get angry. When I’m angry, I hit people.”
Hit…
It was too hard to endure. His whole body felt as though it were crawling with ants, watching them burrow into the gaps between his bones.
He gasped heavily a few times. “Blindfold…”
“Don’t even think about the blindfold either. I won’t give—”
A long vibration sounded. Zhu Zhixi’s voice also suddenly stopped. Before long, the person he was talking to changed.
A nameless irritation surged up.
His canines ached and itched. Fu Rangyi ground them hard.
“You finally have time to call me back?” Zhu Zhixi did not turn on speakerphone. His tone was sarcastic, but falling into Fu Rangyi’s ears, it somehow sounded rather intimate. “No, are you playing some prank game with me? I almost…”
He suddenly fell silent for no reason.
Fu Rangyi took a deep breath, trying to control the ringing in his ears so he could hear more clearly. He heard the bedroom door open, footsteps sound, then the door close. After that, everything became extremely blurry.
Who was it?
His aggression had nowhere to hide, and he ground his teeth loudly.
After closing the door, Zhu Zhixi glanced back to confirm, then came into the hallway.
“…I almost got bitten to death by him!” he lowered his voice to complain. “I’m not exaggerating at all. I even saw little angels coming to take me back to my hometown!”
Li Qiao’s voice sounded extremely surprised. “Impossible. Wasn’t he wearing the bite guard? Did you take it off? Didn’t I remind you over and over not to—”
“How can you turn around and blame me?” Zhu Zhixi was so angry he nearly wanted to pinch his own philtrum. His neck hurt the moment it was tugged.
“Brother, is the password on this bite guard of yours just for decoration? It’s completely useless! I just went out to get something, and when I came back, his mouth had been released on acquittal!”
“Absolutely impossible,” Li Qiao said with certainty. “I swear on my medical ethics, without the password and operation access, it absolutely cannot be opened.”
You have something called medical ethics?
Zhu Zhixi narrowed his eyes. “Then you opened it remotely for him. It must have been you.”
“May heaven and earth bear witness! I was in meetings all afternoon and only just got my phone back. Whoever lies to you is a dog!”
“You Alphas are dogs to begin with!”
“Wait, let me check your earlier messages. Why did you send so many?” Li Qiao paused for a moment. “So… you injected him with the inhibitor first, then gave him the oral solution that restores thinking ability, right?”
“Yes.” Speaking of this, Zhu Zhixi’s confidence immediately dropped by half.
“No wonder. That explains it.”
Li Qiao was hiding somewhere; his voice was also pressed very low. “The correct order of medication is to use the capsule first to reduce sexual desire, then use the oral solution to restore thinking ability. Once the pheromone level enters a calmer phase, then you give the injection. That gives the best effect and the fewest side effects.”
“The higher-level the Alpha, the stronger the reproductive drive during the susceptible period. It’s written into their DNA. You gave him the injection directly during the outbreak phase, so his physiological instincts felt threatened and his self-defense mechanism was awakened. Of course there would be retaliatory rebound. This is something every SA—”
Zhu Zhixi clutched his neck and interrupted him. “You never said that! Is this my fault, brother?”
“I—I was in a hurry to catch a flight, wasn’t I?” Li Qiao then said, “And you even gave him the oral solution, letting him regain the ability to think. Good grief, isn’t that basically installing a doctoral student’s brain into a wolf in heat that only wants to go at it? For the sake of mating, he’ll resort to any means necessary! Of course he’d trick you. He’d trick you until not even your underwear was left…”
Zhu Zhixi: “…”
My underwear is perfectly fine.
“Then are you okay? Nothing happened, right?”
Zhu Zhixi gave two dry laughs. “If something really happened, the two of us would have turned into a mortise-and-tenon structure by now. Would I still be here chatting with you?”
Li Qiao froze for a second, then burst out laughing. He quickly covered his mouth and lowered his voice. “Do you usually talk to Fu Rangyi like this? You haven’t angered him to death?”
“I’m planning to use even nastier words against him in the future!”
Zhu Zhixi was so angry his head hurt.
“Thank goodness I kept my guard up. I kept feeling that there was no way Fu Rangyi could recover his reason so easily. When I went to heat the nutrition fluid, I conveniently took a sedative and stuffed it into my pocket. Otherwise, this tiny little Beta would have lost his chastity by now!”
“Then how is he now? Is his condition all right?”
Zhu Zhixi opened a crack in the master bedroom door and looked inside. With just one glance, he was startled.
How could that thing even fit in?
Wouldn’t someone die?
As a person close to death himself, Zhu Zhixi’s brain naturally imagined this way of dying.
No. Too undignified.
“…Still a wolfdog. Temporarily not changed back into a doctor yet.”
After saying this, Zhu Zhixi asked again, “Are those lousy capsules of yours really useful? Why do I feel like they haven’t suppressed anything at all?”
“It’s a new drug, and you didn’t follow the doctor’s instructions… Why don’t you just lock him up and leave him alone? Let it be. It’s not his first time. He won’t die.”
Zhu Zhixi frowned when he heard this. “Why are you so heartless? And you call yourself his good friend!”
“No, didn’t he almost force himself on you? Marital rape is still rape. I don’t want to be an accomplice to a criminal.”
He whispered in rebuttal, “How is it marital rape? At most, it was marital forced…”
Kiss.
The last word got stuck in his throat.
Seeing Fu Rangyi like this, he really could not feel at ease. Seeing him suffer made Zhu Zhixi feel stuffy and uncomfortable too.
Although Fu Rangyi had indeed forcibly kissed him, that kiss also counted as… a blessing in disguise for him.
Even if it was to repay the favor, he should stay.
And besides, everything he had done earlier had also made Fu Rangyi suffer quite a bit…
“If you really can’t get over it, then tie him up. Don’t open the bite guard. Make it so he can’t attack you. Check on him every once in a while and physically cool him down. To put it plainly, Alphas are just big cats and big dogs. During the susceptible period, they’re clingier, more anxious, and more emotional. Just handle him the way you’d soothe a pet.”
Soothe a pet?
Zhu Zhixi blinked and was just about to ask a couple more questions when he suddenly heard a loud bang from the master bedroom.
“What happened?” He immediately pushed the door open and went inside, only to find Dog Doctor collapsed in front of the bedside table. The table lamp had been knocked over by him and smashed onto the floor.
He was blindfolded, his hands tied, yet he was still struggling to turn himself over, his side facing Zhu Zhixi. His voice was very hoarse, and his tone was even fiercer than before.
“Who are you talking to…”
“Me?” Zhu Zhixi was somewhat baffled. “That friend of yours from medical school. The one you said I should go be his—”
Fu Rangyi suddenly grew even more manic, like a bound beast, struggling desperately.
“No, what now?”
Afraid he would fall off the bed, Zhu Zhixi quickly hung up the phone and ran over. He wrapped his arms around Fu Rangyi’s shoulders, helped him up, arranged him like a large body pillow, and even patted him twice in passing.
Magically, he felt the person in his arms calm down quite a bit.
You remembered who was on the other end of the call, right? Zhu Zhixi guessed.
But in the next second, his shoulder sank.
Fu Rangyi suddenly leaned against him very obediently, pressing in very close—so close that Zhu Zhixi could feel that powerful heartbeat thudding against his own chest, beat by beat.
The metal bars pressed against the skin at the side of his neck, so cold that Zhu Zhixi shrank back slightly. Then hurried breathing fell against him, very hot.
“Don’t move around… It tickles.”
Through the bite guard, the blindfolded Fu Rangyi worked hard to sniff for his scent, using it to distinguish his position. But this seemed extremely difficult for him, so he tried for a long time.
After stopping, he rubbed against the side of Zhu Zhixi’s neck, then lowered his head, trying very hard to bury his face into the hollow of his shoulder.
“Hug. More.”
The person who hated hugs the most was now actually asking him for one?
Zhu Zhixi’s worldview collapsed a little.
Could the susceptible period really turn an Alpha into another person? Then how had he gotten through it before he got married? Who had soothed him?
He suddenly thought of Fu Rangyi’s family, thought of him locking himself away, curled up inside the tent.
Most likely, there had never been such a person.
Once again, he remembered that “thank you” in the darkness. Every word was like a fine crack on white porcelain, pressed close together and on the verge of collapse.
“All right.”
Zhu Zhixi pressed down the sting at the tip of his nose and deceived himself with a disclaimer. “You’re the one asking for a hug. Don’t come looking for trouble with me once you wake up.”
After saying that, he moved a little closer on the bed. His propped-up legs parted, and he opened his arms, pulling the bound Fu Rangyi into his embrace.
There was a considerable difference in their builds. Fu Rangyi was taller and bigger than him, his shoulders much broader too. Holding him like this, Zhu Zhixi instead felt more like the one being leaned on.
Fu Rangyi’s face was very hot, and his breath was scalding. That overly high temperature branded Zhu Zhixi’s shoulder hollow and the side of his neck, the airflow spreading continuously. Beside his ear came Fu Rangyi’s suppressed, somewhat pained low pants… All of this left him at a loss.
Li Qiao’s words echoed again.
Alphas are just big cats and big dogs. During the susceptible period, they’re clingier, more anxious, and more emotional. Just handle him the way you’d soothe a pet.
A way to soothe a pet?
Zhu Zhixi closed his eyes. His hand moved, gently stroking Fu Rangyi’s back a few times.
This seemed to please him. Fu Rangyi rubbed against him, his breathing becoming hurried. He leaned even harder into Zhu Zhixi’s arms. Even the hands tied behind his back lifted slightly, as if wanting to reach Zhu Zhixi’s hand.
But he still could not touch it.
The moment Zhu Zhixi’s hand stopped, he heard Fu Rangyi say, “More.”
Fu Rangyi’s voice was still cold in timbre, but his tone was completely different from usual. He was panting, his breath unsteady, carrying an indescribable eroticism.
Zhu Zhixi deliberately pretended not to hear, pausing for a long while.
When he did not receive more stroking, the blindfolded Alpha suddenly raised his head, leaned beside Zhu Zhixi’s ear, and rubbed against him.
“Touch more.” The cold bite guard brushed over his ear, making every pore tremble.
Zhu Zhixi felt a little uncomfortable from the rubbing, but he still forced himself to remain calm. He hummed twice and said, “Still daring to make demands… Send you to work at a cat cafe and you’ll behave.”
He worked hard to make himself look righteous as he stroked Fu Rangyi’s back, then patted his shoulder, touched his neck and gland, and rubbed the short stubble of his hair like petting a cat.
“Like this… does it feel a little better?”
There was no reply.
Fu Rangyi seemed completely unable to process human speech. His breathing only grew heavier, and he rubbed his face against the side of Zhu Zhixi’s face even more emotionally.
“Hey, don’t move…” Zhu Zhixi wanted to dodge, but could not. As soon as his hand stopped moving, Fu Rangyi would bump and nuzzle him with his shoulder. Zhu Zhixi was made a little unsteady and had to use one hand to brace himself against the bed, half-closing his eyes, while the remaining hand wandered over Fu Rangyi’s body without much order.
Until he touched the injuries on Fu Rangyi’s arm.
Those did not seem like wounds. They were like countless upright thorns, thin and sharp razor blades. The instant he touched them, Zhu Zhixi actually felt pain.
But he did not pull his hand away.
Once Fu Rangyi truly sobered up and returned to his usual self, he would absolutely never reveal these scars again. Zhu Zhixi stroked them very slowly, inch by inch, line by line. The long, thin, densely packed scars rose slightly, like circles of frozen ripples. But they would never melt again.
Taking a deep breath, he wrapped his palm around that section of forearm.
“Fu Rangyi.”
There was no response.
He was not sure whether his words could be heard, but he still said them, one word at a time, afraid Fu Rangyi would not take them in.
“You’re an Alpha. During your susceptible period, you’ll change, and you’ll have physiological impulses. That’s all very normal. This isn’t something you chose, so it isn’t your fault either.”
His voice grew lower and lower, yet the embrace tightened more and more.
“Don’t hurt yourself, okay?”
Fu Rangyi still did not answer, but his breathing grew heavier. Zhu Zhixi’s grip on his arm tightened more than before. As he stroked downward along the way, what he felt was a living pulse, beating powerfully.
After quite a while, he finally heard a response.
“I want… to see you.”
“No.” Zhu Zhixi firmly refused to remove his blindfold.
“Want to see…”
“No. We have to listen to the doctor.”
A lie. Li Qiao had never said that.
It was only that, when Zhu Zhixi was tying Fu Rangyi’s hands earlier, he had glimpsed the tears sliding from the corners of his eyes.
He was a little afraid. If this person woke up and continued looking at him with those wet eyes, he would definitely go soft-hearted, untie the handcuff knot, and get bullied again.
Fu Rangyi did not continue asking. He only pushed his wrist into Zhu Zhixi’s hand until Zhu Zhixi once again stroked and wrapped his wrist. Only then did he seem to let out a breath of relief. His breathing trembled, and his voice was unsteady too, still sounding very fragile.
“You’re very good. I need you…”
Zhu Zhixi froze for a second.
Why did he speak so nicely during his susceptible period…
He had always been sharp-tongued and quick-witted, yet at this moment, he suddenly did not know how to respond.
After a while, he asked somewhat affectedly, “Do you know who I am? And you’re already saying you need me.”
After asking, he felt a little regretful, because he actually began to feel nervous. But he could not control himself from waiting for the answer.
Fu Rangyi pressed harder against him, almost bending his waist backward. Suddenly, he lifted his head from where it had been buried against Zhu Zhixi’s neck. Although he was blindfolded, he still accurately found Zhu Zhixi’s face. The bite guard pressed against the tip of his nose, wanting to move forward.
“What are you doing? You’re pressing on my nose.” Zhu Zhixi dodged back a little.
Fu Rangyi pursued him relentlessly, tilting his head. The bite guard accidentally touched Zhu Zhixi’s still-swollen lips.
He suddenly spoke.
“Wife.”
Author’s Note:
The messy susceptible-period tug-of-war between Nurse Bunny and Dog Doctor has one chapter left!
Just to clarify, Professor Fu’s condition is not equivalent to sex addiction, so don’t equate the two. It’s caused by long-term inhibitor dependence and has many different symptoms. Sometimes it manifests as depression and anxiety, and sometimes as insomnia, headaches, and nausea. Each cycle can be different. This time is relatively special: malignant syndrome plus being induced, causing an early outbreak. And after Little Zhu appeared, he’s no longer as “desireless” as he used to be.
