Chapter 23 Chapter 23

"Xiao Liang..."

Lu Zhizhao whispered Su Liang's name, because only in this way can he forget the fear that one nightmare after another brought him.

However, the boy in the Snake Cave knew nothing about Lu Zhizhao's nostalgia. He also smiled and tried to appease his sister, and there was no lack of closeness to the snake cave and the "poisonous snakes" in his words.

"Yeah, they are really nice people. I don't think Snake Lord is as scary as everyone says..."

From the other end of the screen came the clear voice of the young man.

A few words made Lu Zhizhao's face contort instantly.

"Don't believe them, Xiao Liang, you have been deceived, how could there be good people in the snake cave. They are just a bunch of lunatics, a bunch of butchers!"

Knowing that Su Liang could never hear his voice, Lu Zhizhao still growled hoarsely.

Whether it was the influence of the dream, or the constant reminders from his father to him over the years - at this moment, Lu Zhizhao just thought of Lu Taipan, and an uncontrollable sense of malice would arise in his heart.

It didn't take long for Su Liang's communication to end.

The confinement room fell silent and dead, only Lu Zhizhao's heavy breathing was particularly clear.

And just a few hours later, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the confinement room where no one should have appeared. Lu Zhizhao's eyes lit up, however, with a complex password confirmation and identity confirmation mechanical sound, Lu Zhizhao quickly recognized the person.

It was Ning Jiayi.

Maybe Lu Zhengen felt that letting an Alpha like Lu Zhizhao stay with his Omega for a while would help him "get lost". After so many days of house arrest, Lu Zhizhao finally attracted visitors, and the only one The visitor was Ning Jiayi.

The beautiful and sweet Omega walked into the room. After seeing Lu Zhizhao, he stood at the door for a while, and then a little bit of a distressed expression appeared on his face.

"Azhao, how did you become like this?"

Ning Jiayi said sadly.

It is true that Lu Zhizhao looks very down and out now, just by looking at him, he can hardly see the suave, unrestrained appearance of the old young master of the Lu family.

"How did you come?"

After confirming that the person who came was Ning Jiayi, Lu Zhizhao could not hide a trace of disappointment in his eyes, but he still restrained his mood and tried to cheer up to say hello to his childhood sweetheart friend.

"Did my dad ask you to persuade me?"

He said again, as if he could guess what Lu Zhengen said to Ning Jiayi, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"He's probably saying something else that's better for me to break up with Su Liang early... It's really boring. For the sake of your friends, you'd better not repeat a word to me."

Ning Jiayi had come to his bed at this time, and glanced at Lu Zhizhao's wrist and the shackles on his ankle without a trace, and then he sat down beside Lu Zhizhao.

"Of course I'm not talking about this, I know better than anyone how much you like Brother Su Liang." Ning Jiayi's tone was distressed, "But if Brother Su Liang is here, I know that you have changed for him. He will definitely be sad if he is like this. In fact, you really don't have to fight Uncle Lu for him. He will be sad and I will be sad too. Besides, didn't Brother Su Liang say so? He has always been very sad. Worshiping Lord Snake, you just wait for him for half a year..."

As soon as Ning Jiayi mentioned Lu Taipan, Lu Zhizhao felt that his temples seemed to be beating non-stop.

"Shut up, what do you know?! You don't even know what Su Liang thinks! He will always only wrong himself, always take care of other people's thoughts and forget that he is also the one who should be taken care of. His friend has never heard of him admiring that monster for so long! He must have thought about me..." Lu Zhizhao's voice lowered a little, his expression seemed to be a smile instead of a smile, a cry instead of a cry, "Yes, that must be the case. , he was implicated by me, so he was sent to a place like the snake cave, but he was afraid that I would cause trouble for him, and he was still worried about me, so he did not dare to show his unwillingness."

"Ah? But, I think brother Su Liang he..."

If Ning Jiayi was not there at the time, he might have believed Lu Zhizhao's words.

He turned his head and looked at Lu Zhizhao, who was trying to convince himself, and a flash of boredom flashed in his heart.

If he had a choice, Ning Jiayi really wanted to turn his head and leave.

However, the words that Ning Tangsheng brought to him not long ago seemed to ring in his ears again.

[“The two people we bought with great difficulty lost our hands.”]

[“At present, we can’t find out whether the monster has been traced to us, but the situation is still very dangerous.”]

["Ning Jiayi, you'd better quickly establish a relationship with Lu Zhizhao and stabilize the relationship between the Ning family and the Lu family. Otherwise, once the Ning family is over, you will die without a place to be buried. You should be very happy. Know this."]

Ning Jiayi shook his lips and resisted the urge to fight coldly.

How can you miss it?

Ning Jiayi felt helpless and hopeless.

Didn't you say everything was planned? The monster in the Lu family is a lunatic and will kill everyone who comes close to him. Su Liang should have been killed easily, right?

But now Ning Tangsheng told him that the plan failed.

Before the worst result comes, his only hope is to tie himself and Lu Zhizhao to death, because only in this way can he rely on the relationship between the Lu family and the Ning family when Lu Taipan is liquidating what they have done. The marriage relationship between them controlled the situation.

To do this, relying on his still-undifferentiated Omega body and the so-called "fiancee" title is not enough.

He must act...and make some sacrifices.

"Actually, I have an idea that might help you."

Ning Jiayi took a deep breath, and then there was a shy and shy smile on his face.

"Azhao, why don't you release some pheromones on me?"

"What are you babbling about?!"

Sure enough, Lu Zhizhao immediately refused. He looked at Ning Jiayi suspiciously: "Didn't we talk about it before? I really don't feel that way about you."

The exchange of pheromones between AOs represents too much, and it is the most intimate and private behavior.

Lu Zhizhao had always regarded Ning Jiayi as his best friend, so he had told him before that no matter how the parents got together, he still couldn't form that kind of relationship with Ning Jiayi.

"I know, I've always wanted to be your good friend. But you're still trapped here. If you don't take any special measures, I don't think Uncle Lu will let you out at all." Ning Jiayi covered the darkness in his eyes. , put on a brisk voice and replied, "My Omega glands are not yet fully mature, but I have entered the pre-differentiation stage, Ah Zhao, do you remember that method - release a small amount of Alpha to the Omega that has not yet fully differentiated Pheromone can make this Omega's pheromone mature in advance."

"I know, but what does this have to do with me going out?" Lu Zhizhao looked confused, "Didn't you take your physiology class seriously? It's very dangerous to use this method to ripen and differentiate in advance, and it will cause sequelae—"

"Specific Alpha Pheromone Addiction."

Ning Jiayi suddenly held Lu Zhizhao's hand, he looked straight at him, and then said a word that almost only appeared in physiology textbooks.

Certain alpha pheromone addiction was a major cause of social unrest and high rates of self-harm in Omegas hundreds of years ago.

Since ancient times, Alphas have been much more numerous than Omegas, so hundreds of years ago, there was a bad habit in society: as Ning Jiayi said before, before Omegas were completely differentiated, an Alpha would be forcibly imprisoned The other party is free, and then a small amount of pheromone is released.

At this time, the pheromone glands of the Omega that are not fully mature have not yet constructed the gland barrier, and the Omega that has been catalyzed in advance in this way will have a morbid thirst and extreme dependence on the alpha that releases the pheromone.

This is pheromone addiction.

Omegas will be unable to control their minds and bodies, they will greedily entangle each other, and they will always desire to absorb more pheromones from Alpha. Once there is no way to regularly ingest the alpha's pheromone, Omega will have withdrawal reactions: fever, fainting, extreme weight loss, and panic.

This intense addiction continued until they were completely differentiated.

Of course, the physical symptoms of addiction will gradually fade with the full maturity of the Omega gonads, but generally speaking, there have been many irreversible tragedies and consequences between AO at this time.

Therefore, after entering a civilized society, in order to protect the rights and interests of Omega, this kind of behavior has been completely banned, at least on the surface.

...

"As long as I don't admit it, no one will find out."

Ning Jiayi persuaded word by word.

"My body is like that anyway. Anything can happen. There is a precedent for atypical pheromone addiction during pre-differentiation because of a high fit. When I react, they'll let you out anyway. Stay with me to stabilize my physical condition. After all, my family and your family are all counting on me to pass the differentiation period, and then I will be yours..."

Ning Jiayi vaguely skipped the word "partner".

"Anyway, it's easier to handle in the hospital than in the confinement room. I'll cover you up then, and you can go to Brother Su Liang."

Lu Zhizhao, who had originally planned to reject Ning Jiayi in his heart, was relieved when he heard Ning Jiayi's last words.

Go to Su Liang.

It was so tempting to him that it made him even start to shake.

"Pheromone addiction is very dangerous and difficult for Omegas. Your body is not good. It's too risky to do this."

he said hesitantly.

Ning Jiayi was silent for a moment, and after a while he smiled thoughtfully and gently: "It's just for a while, it's not a big problem, anyway, there are mature withdrawal drugs that can temporarily suppress that kind of morbid dependence. Besides, the worst In the worst case, I believe you won't leave me alone, right, Ah Zhao."

He could clearly see that with his persuasion, the shaky expression on Lu Zhizhao's face became more and more intense.

And Ning Jiayi's heart became more and more bitter.

There are so-called withdrawal drugs, of course, but that is only useful for AOs with ordinary matching. For someone like him who has reached 90 with Lu Zhizhao, once he develops an addiction, his reaction will be extremely strong.

Not to mention his information glands...

Ning Jiayi couldn't help but gently touched his information gland.

"No, or you can pretend to be a pheromone addiction! But it's still too strange to release pheromones to you."

Lu Zhizhao was still refusing.

"There is no way to fake physical data."

Ning Jiayi lowered his eyes, covered the fear in his eyes, and said bitterly.

In fact, he didn't want to let himself fall into that situation at all.

However……

Thinking of Ning Tangsheng's words, the huge panic still forced him to use this method to tie Lu Zhizhao.

As he said, once he became addicted to pheromone, Lu Zhizhao would not be able to ignore him.

And at that time, even if he wanted to be Ning Jiayi's "good friend", some people would try to make him unable to be.

Lu Zhizhao was destined to be Ning Jiayi's exclusive Alpha.

Everyone in the know knows that Lu Taipan, the monster of the Lu family, will not live for long. In the end, the only one who can take charge of the Lu family is Lu Zhizhao. The only thing he needs to do is to endure until that time.

Thinking of this, Ning Jiayi ignored Lu Zhizhao's weak resistance.

The slender Omega suddenly pressed against Lu Zhizhao, then he unbuttoned his collar, revealing the back of his neck to the man.

"Azhao, you just need to lighten up a bit."

A soft, pitiful voice.

Sweet, with a strong alluring pheromone scent.

And... Su Liang.

After he goes out, he can go to find Su Liang.

He can explain everything to Su Liang.

He could even elope with Su Liang like in a dream?

Lu Zhizhao is very sure that he will never let those things in the nightmare happen to Su Liang, he will protect Su Liang, he will love Su Liang, and the two of them will grow old together forever and never be separated.

Lu Zhizhao was breathing rapidly, his cheeks flushed slightly.

"I'm sorry for you, Aning. Thank you very much."

He said in a low voice.

Then, he lowered his head and bit the boy in his arms forcefully.

I'm sorry, Xiao Liang.

At the same time, Lu Zhizhao kept whispering in his heart.

This is not betrayal.

he thinks.

It's just... to be able to see Xiao Liang as soon as possible.

This is for a longer and happier future.

...

The inner courtyard of the "Snake Cave" at the same moment.

"Well……"

Su Liang hung up the phone and suddenly shivered inexplicably.

"Master Su Liang, is there any discomfort?"

It was only a slight tremor, but the androids around him immediately noticed it.

The housekeeper asked Su Liang's physical condition with concern, making Su Liang a little embarrassed.

"I'm fine, maybe someone is scolding me." He said, then he thought about it, and couldn't help but muttered with a bitter face, "I just hope that the person who scolded me wasn't my sister-I thought she was in the communication. Be gentle with me, but in the end you taught me a lesson."

On the surface, Su Liang was complaining about Su Nuan's nagging, but anyone could see that his eyes were full of love for Su Nuan.

"I'm glad to see you so happy. Just like I've deduced before, contact with loved ones can effectively relieve the tension and fear of being attacked, and help to relax your spirit," the housekeeper said, positive It was it that brought Su Liang to contact Su Nuan, "And a relaxed state of mind is good for your injury."

Injury...

Thinking of the attack a few days ago, Su Liang couldn't help rubbing the back of his neck.

"Please don't touch your wound, it will irritate your information glands."

The butler immediately reminded him when he saw his action.

"Alpha's pheromone is slightly toxic, which is a behavior similar to marking, and it is precisely because of this that the wound caused by the initial release takes time to heal." "By the way, I will conduct a medical examination on you later to determine your physical condition today."

"Okay, okay, sorry to bother you."

Listening to the butler casually talking about "information glands", "marking" and "release", even Su Liang, who is a Beta, has a little heat on his face.

Of course he still remembered the attack he was in the "snake cave", and he knew very well that he had been injected with some kind of medicine.

Then, under the influence of the potion, he produced some...well, changes that are not very easy to describe.

His pheromones were as swollen as an Omega, and his body could even emit artificial pheromones like an Omega.

The worst thing is that the only way to relieve this symptom that only appears in xxoo novels is to ingest an alpha pheromone? !

Su Liang was very fortunate that he was in a state of unconsciousness at the time.

otherwise……

Well, he couldn't even imagine the "otherwise" scene.

All in all, shameful.

very shameful.

After waking up from a coma and being told everything by the housekeeper, Su Liang lay on the bed for a long time, unable to calm down.

In addition to being embarrassed in the conventional sense, the more secret reason is... Following the housekeeper's explanation, some images that made his ears smoke after thinking about it dimly appeared in his mind.

He could vaguely remember what happened before, although he had no memory of what happened next. But he knew that he must have been rescued by someone, and Su Liang could still remember that absurd, strong, and indescribable feeling in words.

For example, now, he and the housekeeper just chatted that night.

Su Liang's rationality has convinced himself: this is normal, everything is just a pure therapeutic behavior.

But his body didn't obey him at all - as if there was an electric current running through his back, his heart beat faster, and the skin on the back of his neck began to tighten.

It was as if someone was still pressing their teeth against the area on the back of his neck.

In the vague memory, a cold, sharp, strong aura like an ice storm that could destroy everything lingered around him. The chaotic consciousness could not give the figure a specific form, but his soul firmly remembered the other party. Pheromone brought him the feeling.

He felt like a poor prey being entangled in a damp python and slowly devouring it.

But at the same time, it was like some kind of precious treasure that was trapped under the body by a cold-blooded and brutal dragon.

Under the raging icy storm, something had a damp and obscure fragrance, like the whispers of a demon, constantly tempting him to stick to that person.

...

"I I think I should say thank you to that alpha. I'm really grateful he saved me at that time..."

Su Liang forced herself to return to reality from her memories.

He took a deep breath, then fought back his shyness and said the words that had been haunting his mind these days.

Regardless of the cause and effect, the Alpha who saved him did sacrifice.

Su Liang knew very well that things like releasing pheromones meant intimacy for Alpha, but he was not an Omega at all, but a Beta.

Unless it is a special sexual orientation, no Alpha would be willing to accept this kind of thing.

He was very shy and very sorry at the same time.

After the housekeeper heard Su Liang's words, his electronic eyes flickered slightly.

After Su Liang woke up, he followed Lu Taipan's instructions and did not tell the other party the complete truth of the matter.

Well, in Lu Taipan's words, it's...

["There's no need for him to be so frightened."]

Therefore, the housekeeper just told Su Liang lightly that it was a kind-hearted Alpha who contributed his own pheromone to neutralize his drug reaction.

"Ah, I think it's alright, Master Su Liang, you don't have to feel guilty about this. The Alpha who saved you has a very lofty ambition and a particularly righteous character. I can use my database to assure you that, He's glad his pheromone can help you."

The android said very hard.

Su Liang blinked and relaxed a little because of the housekeeper's words.

Then he thought for a while, and suddenly couldn't help but chuckle.

"what are you laughing at?"

the butler asked.

Su Liang was startled for a moment, only to realize that he actually laughed out loud: "I laughed because, before I came here, I actually heard a lot of terrible rumors. If it was me at that time, I heard someone say snakes. The people in the cave have lofty aspirations and integrity, and they will definitely feel like a fantasy."

"However, after I came, I found out that everyone here is actually very good."

The stinky young man who saved himself many years ago.

In the automatic communication system, a kind inspector who actively checks information for himself and responds to questions.

There is also the kind Alpha who has an honest character and sacrificed himself to release pheromones to help him neutralize the toxicity of drugs.

"I'm very happy to meet them."

Hearing Su Liang's whispers, the housekeeper fell into a strange silence.

After a while, it started to change the subject.

"Ah, yes, medical examination!"

It improves the sound.

"All of your indicators have returned to normal, but the wound on the neck has not been checked for the swelling of the information glands. It should be able to be carefully explored today. Generally speaking, as long as your information glands are swollen, it means that That disgusting medicine has been completely metabolized, you can be considered completely back to normal..."

While chattering about the inspection rules, the butler controlled the medical machine to reach the back of Su Liang's neck.

At first, everything seemed smooth and stable, until the examination map of the information glands on the back of Su Liang's neck appeared in the housekeeper's database.

Things got a little tricky.

the butler thought.

As a patient with dysplasia of information glands, at this moment Su Liang, his information glands are not showing swelling caused by drugs.

It's more like...

development?