Beta Chapter 17: Hold Me

Chapter 17: Hold Me

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Karai

This kiss surged passionately, like a fish accidentally washed ashore by the waves, crazily absorbing water to nourish itself the moment it was brought back to the sea by the rising tide. It wasn’t until the doorbell rang that it ended.

Luo Songran gasped for breath, tears welling up at the corners of his eyes. He pushed Duan Yizhou away. “Go answer the door.”

He was almost out of breath.

“Okay.” Duan Yizhou looked at the child who had been kissed to tears by him and rubbed his head before getting up to answer the door.

Luo Songran calmed his breathing. He sat cross-legged on the edge of the bed, hands supporting his head, watching Duan Yizhou go to get some food. He thought about what would happen later. Although he didn’t know to what extent it would go, it was his first time, but he was prepared. He needed to eat something now, or he wouldn’t have the energy later.

“Did you order a lot of food?” Duan Yizhou pushed the cart in, and all three layers of the food cart were filled. There was also a bottle of well-aged red wine and wine glasses. He pushed the cart to the table.

“I was hungry.” Luo Songran remained seated, staring at Duan Yizhou as he placed the items on the table.

Duan Yizhou put all the food on the table. “Come and eat.”

“Carry me over.” Luo Songran didn’t feel like moving. He reached out his hands towards Duan Yizhou.

Duan Yizhou sighed helplessly. He had to walk back to the bed and lift Luo Songran up. “You’re really lazy.”

Luo Songran wrapped his legs around Duan Yizhou’s waist and proudly raised his mouth. “I’m Duan Yizhou’s little lazy bug.”

Duan Yizhou was undoubtedly pleased with this.

At the table, the two were sticky like a couple in love. Luo Songran sat on Duan Yizhou’s lap and ate dinner.

“I came to find you without telling anyone, and I even skipped the last class for fear of missing the plane.” Luo Songran wolfed down his food, speaking vaguely with his mouth full. He didn’t even notice the cream sauce on his lips. Or maybe he did it on purpose.

But to a certain old man, it was incredibly adorable.

Duan Yizhou had finished his dinner and naturally kept an eye on the person in his arms. He held a tissue in his hand to wipe Luo Songran’s mouth. Seeing Luo Songran eating so eagerly, he said, “Slow down, no one is rushing you.”

“But I’m in a hurry.” Luo Songran stopped his fork, swallowed the last bite in his mouth, took the wine glass, and drank the red wine in one gulp. After putting down the glass, he raised his chin towards Duan Yizhou. “It’s your turn.”

Seeing him drink so quickly, Duan Yizhou frowned. “Don’t drink like that; you’ll get drunk easily.”

“I don’t get drunk easily even when I drink whiskey, let alone red wine.” Luo Songran’s words had just fallen when he met Duan Yizhou’s puzzled gaze. Suddenly, he remembered that when he first met Duan Yizhou, he had said he couldn’t drink. “I guess I won’t get drunk…”

Knowing this guy inside out, Duan Yizhou smiled, picked up the wine glass, and drank the red wine in one gulp. “I’ve had it.”

Luo Songran’s eyes lit up. He pushed Duan Yizhou. “Now let’s take a shower. Come on, come on.”

Saying that, he jumped off and pulled Duan Yizhou towards the bathroom.

Duan Yizhou was puzzled by his sudden movement. He grabbed him and stopped, asking, “Together?”

“Yes.”

“Why?”

Luo Songran jumped onto Duan Yizhou’s body, hugged him tightly, held his face in his hands, and looked at him seriously. “Because I want to do it with you.”

It took Duan Yizhou almost three seconds to react to what Luo Songran was saying. He sternly said, “RanRan!”

“Don’t be shy, let go of yourself, open up yourself.” Luo Songran felt emboldened by the wine, feeling feverish all over. He stared at the man in front of him, wanting to devour him alive. He held Duan Yizhou’s face and kissed him passionately.

Each kiss was so loud. Duan Yizhou felt his heartbeat in his chest was louder than the sound of this kiss. He hadn’t fully figured out why this suddenness, what’s wrong with this kid, why is he suddenly saying this to him, isn’t this too rushed? As a thirty-two-year-old adult man, should he stop this kid, guide him, and advise him to calm down?

“Uncle Duan, didn’t you already start to like me a little?” Luo Songran hung on Duan Yizhou, looking up at him with a pitiful look. “So why make me cry now? Then you’ll like me even more, okay?”

Luo Songran’s words instantly sobered Duan Yizhou up. His expression immediately became serious. He pulled Luo Songran off and placed him on the bed, then squatted down in front of him and said seriously:

“RanRan, love shouldn’t be like this. You need to learn to love yourself first, and then others will love you, right? You shouldn’t try to gain someone’s affection this way.”

Luo Songran completely ignored what Duan Yizhou was saying. He couldn’t describe how he was feeling right now—dizzy, feverish, and even parched. He pursed his lips, reaching for his own neck, loosening his collar in an attempt to alleviate the heat. 

At that moment, the air was filled with citrusy rose pheromones, as if a perfume bottle had been uncapped. The innocent and playful citrus top notes were like a gentle trap, initially confusing but gradually giving way to the rich scent of roses. It was no longer just a pleasant fragrance but rather an omega’s heat scent, with the sweet citrus mingling with the rich rose, stimulating the mature alpha’s senses like a wave of heat.

Duan Yizhou’s gaze changed. Beneath the golden-rimmed glasses, his once gentle and refined eyes instantly sank into profound depths. In the reflection of his eyes, there was a beautiful young man in his arms, tugging at his collar, cheeks and arms flushed with a blush, the veins on his neck faintly visible due to tension.

“Mnn.” Luo Songran leaned uncomfortably against Duan Yizhou’s shoulder, his eyes reddening. “It hurts a bit.”

The aphrodisiac finally kicked in. Painful. Hot and painful. Soon, the helpless omega pheromones in the air were captured by a mature and dominant alpha pheromone. The scent of rum, incense, and amber pheromones, with their woody stability, surged toward the omega pheromones like an embrace. But this was just the beginning.

Luo Songran felt uncomfortable all over, the pain unbearable. He couldn’t help but cry out, even reaching out to grab Duan Yizhou’s hand, tears pooling in his eyes as he pleaded, “…Hold me, please.”

“What did you do?” Duan Yizhou looked down at the pale hand trembling as it held his finger, feeling the heat emanating from it. He endured the heat, clearly sensing that the inhibitor in his body had been broken by this omega stimulus, rendering the inhibitor ineffective. This was a signal of omega’s estrus, attracting him.

“…Don’t you feel it?” Luo Songran tried to sit up, but ended up falling back onto the bed.

Quick as lightning, Duan Yizhou caught him before he could fall completely. This gave Luo Songran a perfect opportunity. He pounced directly onto Duan Yizhou and initiated the attack. Duan Yizhou dared not underestimate an omega in estrus. But the problem was, Luo Songran was a beta. Why was he emitting omega pheromones and showing estrus symptoms?

The only explanation was that Luo Songran had used omega sex pheromones on himself. Just to make him like him.

On the big bed at this moment, the old man was evading while the little wolf continued to approach.

“Duan Yizhou, are you even a man?!! I’m like this, and you still can’t touch me?!”

“I am, but I can’t just touch you without understanding what’s happening.”

“How is it not understandable? I like you…”

“I know, but if I touch you without thinking it through, it’s irresponsible to you, you know?”

“Then think now, love me now!”

“…” Two seconds passed, and Duan Yizhou saw Luo Songran, who was propped up on his chest, crying again. The corners of his eyes were red as he looked at him. Tears dripped down his face, cool to the touch, salty on his lips, as if tasting the bittersweetness of love he couldn’t have.

“Duan Yizhou, I’ve never encountered such an annoying alpha like you. Why can you be so likeable and irresistible…I’ve already said that I liked you when I saw you, and I’ve been so proactive. Do you even know who I am? I’m the young master of the Luo family. No one in this world dares to make me cry. My grandfather, father, brother, and sister all refuse to see me cry. You’re the first person to make me cry.” The pretty young man on his body cried breathlessly, seeming to be truly suffering. His eyes were misty, his body extremely hot, and the omega pheromones became even stronger. At close range, even his tears seemed to carry the scent of citrusy rose.

But even in such distress, he didn’t forget to scold, both fierce and coquettish.

Duan Yizhou felt his reason and emotion being pulled and torn apart by Luo Songran’s tears. His reason told him that this kid was only twenty years old and he couldn’t do this. But his emotions told him that if he didn’t accept Luo Songran now, he would be failing a passionate love.

Suddenly, Duan Yizhou’s hand was grabbed by Luo Songran, his expression freezing. This kid was too much.

“Do you feel it?” Half of Luo Songran’s body pressed against Duan Yizhou’s, his rationality already dominated by the sex pheromones. “I’m already done for, what should I do?”

“RanRan, did you really use sex pheromones on me?” Duan Yizhou couldn’t discern the deepening tone of his voice, but Luo Songran couldn’t hear it amidst his own turmoil. All he knew was that he couldn’t go on like this and needed to take the next step.

He embraced Duan Yizhou, using a crying tone to act coquettishly, “Yes, I did, I’m serious, I like you, I want you. Darling, give yourself to m…”

Before he could even retract the last syllable, Duan Yizhou flung his glasses aside and his alpha pheromones, dominated by rum, incense, and amber, overwhelmed everything. There was no room for regrets anymore.

The author has something to say:

Friendly reminder:

In RanRan’s eyes, this move is like a king being lured into a trap, because he doesn’t know that Duan, Boss Duan, is serious about him. In Boss Duan’s eyes, if he didn’t like RanRan, he absolutely wouldn’t have touched RanRan just because of pheromones; it’s because he likes him that he can’t resist. So, this is a mutual consent, definitely not coercion. (PS: I think I still need to explain a bit to avoid being reported again.)

[So who exactly reported me, accusing me of non-con? Ah, it’s infuriating! Avoiding the comment section full of red envelopes, keeping the scoundrels away from me!]

– Today’s sweet little snippet –

Ever since Boss Duan started dating Luo Songran, he understood how to handle this little troublemaker. He just goes along with everything he says, even when he’s throwing a tantrum, and sometimes he needs to give an even bigger reaction than he does.

One evening, when Songran came home, he kicked off his shoes and walked straight into the living room. Seeing Boss Duan sitting on the couch, he didn’t say a word, just plopped down on his lap, blocking his view of the tablet.

Boss Duan raised an eyebrow, looking at the pouting Songran, “Did I make you angry?”

“No, today I encountered something disgusting. Wasn’t I going to practice the piano? Guess what happened.”

Boss Duan listened attentively, “Hmm, what happened?”

“An alpha actually sneaked into my piano room. He startled me when I went in!” Songran fumed at the thought.

Boss Duan’s face darkened suddenly, “And then, how did you handle it?”

“Of course, I beat him up,” Songran said fiercely.

“Just beat him up?”

Songran looked at Duan Yizhou, preparing to get angry, and nodded, “Yes, just beat him up.”

Then he was picked up by Duan Yizhou and prepared to leave. He quickly hugged him, “Hey, where are you going?”

“Such people deserve more than just a beating. I’m going to finish him off,” Duan Yizhou said coldly, with the aura of a big shot in society.

Songran was dumbfounded, holding onto Duan Yizhou tightly, afraid that he would really do that, “No, no, you’re too impulsive. Beating someone up is already too much, killing someone is illegal.”

Duan Yizhou turned around, looking down at his little troublemaker who was stopping him, his expression serious, “I can’t tolerate this kind of person. Only someone with your good temper can tolerate it. Baby, you’re really too kind. Let me handle this. I won’t easily let go of someone who frightened you.”

“Pfft.” Seeing him so serious, Songran couldn’t help but laugh, “I’ve already dealt with it. The school administration has also helped me report it to the police. Don’t be angry anymore.”

Boss Duan saw Songran still touching his chest, afraid that he’d get upset, a smile appeared in his eyes, but he quickly covered it up. He pulled him into his arms, sitting back on the couch, “Then don’t get angry over such a person.”

“Okay, you don’t get angry either,” Songran coaxed his man, completely devoid of the anger he had just had.

“Yeah, I’m not angry. Give me a kiss.”

“Hehe, a kiss~”

Love responds to everything and supports without hesitation.

 

 

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