Beta Chapter 66: Mark

Chapter 66: Mark

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Karai

Luo Songran considered himself someone who didn’t easily panic. But when he encountered Duan Yizhou’s accident, his mind went blank. For a brief ten seconds, all he could do was call out to Duan Yizhou. Only when Duan Yizhou didn’t respond did he start to calm down slightly.

“Yes, call…” Luo Songran stood up to get his phone, but his legs felt weak, and he stumbled back to the ground. He took a few deep breaths to calm himself before standing up again and quickly walking out of the bathroom to get his phone.

As soon as he got his phone, he dialed 120 and hurried back to Duan Yizhou’s side. When 120 connected, he calmly and accurately reported the address and Duan Yizhou’s condition. After the call ended, he dialed another number.

“Hello? RanRan?” When Luo Songran heard his cousin’s voice, he couldn’t hold back his tears. “Wuwuwu, Bro, what should I do? Duan Yizhou suddenly passed out. It seems like he’s in his estrus period…”

There was a sound of pushing chairs from the other end of the phone.

Yan Nanchen was in a meeting when he received his cousin’s call. Hearing his crying voice, he frowned, gestured to pause the meeting, and got up to leave the conference room, “Duan Yizhou’s estrus period? What’s his condition now? Did he touch you? Where are you guys now?” 

“No, he didn’t touch me. It seems like he suffocated himself. Wuwuwuwu…” Luo Songran touched Duan Yizhou’s cold face and reached out to check his breath, his fingers trembling, fearing he had stopped breathing. “He has passed out and lost consciousness. I’ve called 120, and the hospital near Langqing Bay should be coming.”

He was no longer the calm person who had dialed 120 just now; he was completely different now, crying with red eyes.

Yan Nanchen walked to the parking lot, taking out his car keys to unlock the car nearby. He listened to him crying on the phone, his brows furrowing even tighter. “You did the right thing by calling 120. I’m coming over now. In the meantime, perform first aid on him. Don’t press on his philtrum. Instead, try to find the glands on the back of his neck with your fingers and massage them upwards with your thumb until the doctor arrives.”

Luo Songran put his phone aside and knelt beside Duan Yizhou, lifting his head slightly as instructed by his cousin. He followed his instructions to massage, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t find the glands. He sobbed in frustration, “Wuwuwu, Bro, help me! I still can’t find them. Am I too stupid…”

Yan Nanchen couldn’t bear to hear him cry like this. Since childhood, whenever he heard Luo Songran cry like this, he couldn’t help but feel agitated. Of course, it wasn’t that he was annoyed by his crying, but he didn’t know how to handle it. Including now.

It would take at least twenty minutes to drive from the company to Langqing Bay. He wouldn’t arrive before the ambulance did. Should he go to the rooftop and take the helicopter to get there faster? Just as he was about to ask someone to start the engine of his helicopter, he heard the sound of the ambulance from the other end of the phone.

“Bro, the ambulance is here!” Luo Songran heard the doorbell and gently laid Duan Yizhou back in place before quickly standing up and rushing out. Perhaps he was in a hurry, and he accidentally bumped his shoulder against the bathroom door frame, unable to hold back a cry of pain. But he didn’t have time to worry about that. He quickly rubbed his shoulder and hurried to open the door.

The commotion was heard clearly by Yan Nanchen on the other end of the phone, who was now even more anxious, especially considering Luo Songran’s pregnancy and Duan Yizhou’s formidable stature. Driving would take too long. So, he hung up the phone and called his assistant.

“Go to the rooftop and start the helicopter engine for me. I’ll be up there in a minute. Notify Hui Xin Hospital that I’ll be landing the helicopter on the rooftop helipad. Also, tell Director Luo to inform the emergency department of Galaxy Hospital to send doctors to Hui Xin Hospital. Just say that Duan Yizhou, the general manager of Neptune Technology Group, is experiencing a sudden estrus period.”

“Understood, Mr. Yan.”

In the ambulance, nurses were conducting a basic examination on Duan Yizhou. Out of the corner of her eye, one of the nurses saw the handsome young man sitting quietly beside them, silently shedding tears. She couldn’t help but console him softly, “Don’t worry too much. Mr. Duan’s vital signs are normal now. He passed out mainly because he has been injecting sedatives for a long time. He fell into a coma due to the sudden onset of his estrus period, as his body’s functions were not properly managed for safety reasons.”

Luo Songran sat in front of Duan Yizhou, holding his cold hand tightly, his eyes red with tears. “…So, does that mean only marking him can help?”

But he was just a beta and couldn’t be marked. Moreover, he happened to be pregnant, and Duan Yizhou didn’t allow him to use pheromones. 

“You’re a beta, right? You can use pheromones. A pseudo-marking can also alleviate Mr. Duan’s estrus period. It’s okay, just go and register for some pheromones.”

At this, Luo Songran became even more distressed. Tears fell uncontrollably as he bent over and pressed his forehead against Duan Yizhou’s hand, choking with emotion. “…But I’m pregnant, and he doesn’t let me use pheromones.”

The nurses were shocked. When did Mr. Duan have a child?? No, when did Mr. Duan have a partner?? Is this a secret marriage?? No, no, there’s a more serious problem now.

If an alpha has a sudden estrus period and cannot engage in marking behavior within a short period, it can be delayed by medication. If the mate is pregnant and an omega, marking can still be done through the glands. But if the beta has no glands with marking function, except for injecting pheromones to induce false omega pheromones to allow the alpha to mark, there is no other way. The problem is, if the beta is pregnant, this situation absolutely cannot engage in marking behavior, because once marked, it will definitely last longer than three days. 

A marking lasting more than three days is something a pregnant partner cannot bear. However, apart from marking, there doesn’t seem to be any better way to alleviate the already occurring estrus period. The signs before the estrus period can be relieved by sedatives, but once it occurs, medication doesn’t work well.

“If that’s the case, it is indeed a bit tricky.” The nurse glanced at her colleague beside her. In this case, they could only ask for help from a cooperating hospital.

Luo Songran held Duan Yizhou’s slightly cold hand, feeling extremely tormented. He had always been sad about being a beta, wondering why he couldn’t be an alpha like his Papas. Later, his Papas comforted him, saying that gender didn’t determine anything and couldn’t be decided.  But now, gender determines whether the other party will suffer during special times. If he were an omega, Duan Yizhou could bite him on the glands, but he was a beta. 

Never had he hated being a beta so much. He couldn’t help his beloved partner through the most painful estrus period and had to watch him suffer helplessly. This was the saddest moment for him, even sadder than when he found out he had differentiated into a beta. Because he couldn’t do anything, the feeling of powerlessness and frustration deeply struck him.

He felt so sad.

Luo Songran’s eyes were moist as he looked at the unconscious Duan Yizhou. The man lay in front of him, so tall and reassuring as an alpha, but now he seemed so fragile. He bit his lip tightly, suppressing his emotions, self-blame overflowing from his lips, tears falling with it. “…I’m sorry.”

…What should he do? Duan Yizhou couldn’t mark him.

The ambulance soon arrived at the hospital.

Luo Songran watched as the medical staff pushed Duan Yizhou out of the car. He followed closely behind, but as he got out of the car, his legs went weak, and he felt himself about to fall.

At that moment, a strong hand immediately grasped his arm and then supported his back, allowing him to lean back.

“What’s wrong with your arm? Did you hit it?”  A cool voice came from above, and Luo Songran looked up in astonishment, seeing his cousin’s face, stunned for a moment. It was a feeling of overwhelming safety to suddenly see a family member when he was at a loss. He couldn’t help but burst into tears.

“Wuwuwu, Brother… What should I do about Duan Yizhou?”

Yan Nanchen furrowed his brows and moved his gaze from his bruised arm to his face. Seeing that his expression didn’t look too good, he softened a bit. His large hand covered his head. “What are you afraid of? He won’t die.”

Luo Songran’s crying abruptly stopped as he stared at his brother wide-eyed, enraged to the point of swearing, “Yan Nanchen!!! Who comforts people like this?!” 

He was about to shake off his brother’s hand and run inside. He was so angry that he regretted calling Yan Nanchen in the first place!!

Yan Nanchen quickly grabbed him, his expression stern. “Where are you running off to? You’re pregnant. Can you afford to run like this? Will Duan Yizhou wake up faster if you run faster?”

“But you can’t say things like that!” Luo Songran naturally didn’t have his brother’s strength. He couldn’t break free even if he struggled. But he was worried about Duan Yizhou and wanted to go see him. “Let go, I want to go see Duan Yizhou!”

“I’ve already arranged for doctors from Galaxy Hospital to come over. Your Dad will be here soon too. Just relax,” Yan Nanchen said, knowing that he was agitated and couldn’t be easily persuaded. His tone softened slightly.

Luo Songran stopped in his tracks, and his eyebrows gradually relaxed when he heard his brother say that. His eyes brightened, “So there is a way!”

Yan Nanchen, fearing that his brother would try to run again, grabbed the back of his shirt and raised an eyebrow. “It’s hard to say. Duan Yizhou may have to find another omega to mark.”

Luo Songran’s expression froze, and then his thin lips trembled slightly in disbelief as he looked at his brother. Tears began to well up in his eyes, ready to fall at any moment. “…No, it can’t be.”

Before Yan Nanchen could say “Of course not,” he saw his cousin burst into tears again, collapsing to the ground and sobbing loudly.

The sound of crying echoed at the busiest entrance of the hospital, attracting the curiosity of many people.

Yan Nanchen immediately regretted what he had said. He quickly pulled his cousin up, “No, I was joking. He won’t go mark other omegas.”

“How can you joke at a time like this?!” Luo Songran, now lifted up, glared at him with tears in his eyes. He was crying so much that his voice was hoarse, but he managed to calm down a bit. He angrily tried to kick him.

Yan Nanchen agilely dodged the kick.

In that moment of evasion, he saw he was about to burst into tears again, so he silently stood back in place.

Luo Songran gritted his teeth and kicked him again, then felt unsatisfied and stomped on his expensive shoes. “How dare you lie to me? You deserve it!”

A clear and distinct footprint immediately appeared on Yan Nanchen’s expensive suit pants and shoes.

After saying this, Luo Songran turned and walked into the hospital. Knowing that his Dad was coming made him feel much better. It meant that Duan Yizhou would definitely be okay and that there would be a solution.

Behind him, Yan Nanchen was speechless.  His big mouth, really.

 

 

 

 

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