Be Good and Hide Your Pheromones (GL , ABO) - Chapter 3
“Fight! There’s a fight!”
“Liang Feiyu got beaten up.”
“Stop it! Stop fighting! Someone get the teacher!”
Amidst the clamor of classmates trying to intervene, Zong Qing and Liang Feiyu were forcibly separated.
The two had been locked in an intense brawl, both bearing injuries of varying severity.
“You just wait!”
Panting heavily as classmates restrained her arms, Liang Feiyu was fuming with rage, her face twisted in fury.
Others might not understand,
but the culprit standing before her knew exactly what had happened.
During the fight, she’d employed every dirty trick in the book.
Targeting her abdomen, then her chest, then her jaw—
Each strike ruthless, each blow terrifyingly powerful.
Clearly an experienced fighter.
“Are you fucking insane?!”
With her jaw and solar plexus throbbing in pain, Liang Feiyu had to admit she might actually be outmatched by Zong Qing.
It was bizarre, just an ordinary Beta,
yet her fighting skills and terrifying strength surpassed even an Alpha’s brutality.
“…..”
A silent smirk curled Zong Qing’s lips as she stared daggers at Liang Feiyu, scoffing, “You’re nothing special.”
“Alphas are nothing special,” she added.
“You!”
As a natural-born superior, how could she tolerate such humiliation?
Liang Feiyu felt the last shred of her rationality vanish in that instant.
Her eyes burned crimson, the fury radiating from them nearly scorching those nearby.
And reality mirrored it perfectly.
Her Alpha pheromones erupted in that moment.
A suffocating, acrid scent of charred coal, perfectly matching her temper.
But releasing pheromones was like tossing water into boiling oil.
The entire class erupted.
“Liang Feiyu, have you lost your mind?! There are Omegas here!”
“Reel in your pheromones now!!”
“Don’t you remember school rules forbid pheromone release?! You’ll get expelled!”
The panicked shouts grew even louder than the earlier pleas to stop the fight.
Between pulling and shoving, screams and chaos, the classroom descended into bedlam.
And then—
Amidst the uproar, an abrupt silence fell.
Then, the crowd that had been pushing and shoving spontaneously parted to make way.
It was under these circumstances that Zong Qing saw Xi Huan again.
Her long silver-white hair made her the most striking presence in the crowd.
Dressed in Tengyang High School’s uniform skirt, she walked unhurriedly, as if stepping on clouds.
“What’s going on here?”
With a faint smile gracing her beautiful face, Xi Huan slightly lifted her chin and asked in a soft voice, “Why are you even releasing pheromones?”
Her gentle tone seemed unassuming, yet carried an undeniable authority.
Instantly, the classroom, which had only just quieted down, erupted into chaos again.
“P-President…”
“Hiss… President Xi…”
“We’re saved…”
Witnessing the scene as if a savior had descended, Zong Qing tugged at the corner of her lips, finding it somewhat amusing.
“S-Sorry…”
The moment Liang Feiyu saw Xi Huan, no matter how much rage she had, it was instantly extinguished.
The oppressive aura of a top-tier Alpha surged toward her from all directions.
Like being doused with cold water, her face paled as she hastily withdrew her pheromones.
No one dared to flaunt their pheromones in front of Xi Huan.
This was a consensus among all Alphas at Tengyang High.
The overwhelming sense of being completely outmatched left Liang Feiyu with no room for defiance—even though her Alpha rating wasn’t low.
“That’s more like it.”
Noticing the classroom’s atmosphere returning to normal, Xi Huan narrowed her eyes and said softly, “Can’t we talk things out properly?”
“Look at how scared you’ve made the Omegas in class.”
Liang Feiyu’s reckless release of pheromones hadn’t been without consequences.
A few particularly sensitive Omegas had already fled, clutching their necks.
This was also why Xi Huan had come.
As the student council president of Tengyang High, she was responsible for maintaining ABO safety.
Especially since school regulations strictly prohibited such disruptions to order.
“You two, come with me.”
After saying this, Xi Huan turned and calmly instructed those nearby, “They’ve committed a serious violation. I’ll take them away first.”
Perhaps because class was about to start, she added before leaving,
“If the teacher asks, just say they’re at the student council.”
Her demeanor couldn’t have been more reliable.
Tengyang High’s student council was different from those of other schools.
Clearly, its authority wasn’t insignificant.
At the very least, this was the first time in all her years of schooling that Zong Qing had seen a student council with its own dedicated building…
Staring at the three-story building to the right of the teaching block, Zong Qing blinked, momentarily speechless.
“Come in.”
The student council president’s office was located on the first floor, near the lobby.
It was visible as soon as one entered.
Taking out a key to unlock the door, Xi Huan stood at the entrance and beckoned them with a curl of her finger.
The moment they stepped into the president’s office,
Liang Feiyu’s reaction was the most obvious.
She looked like a thoroughly tamed dog, utterly docile.
“President Xi, I’m sorry!” Licking her dry lips, she immediately admitted her mistake: “I shouldn’t have fought with the transfer student, nor should I have casually released pheromones.”
An alpha’s pheromones can easily trigger stress reactions in nearby Omegas.
In severe cases, it might even induce heat.
The same goes the other way around.
Alphas and Omegas do influence each other.
This is precisely why the school prohibits the casual release of pheromones.
“Did you lose the fight?”
Across the desk, Xi Huan cut straight to the point: “You used pheromones to suppress others because you lost the fight.”
“I…”
Since it wasn’t exactly a glorious matter, Liang Feiyu clenched her fists, her face red and neck thick as she lowered her head.
Seeing this, Zong Qing, standing nearby, spoke bluntly without hesitation.
“She provoked me first by dirtying my new book.”
She was referring to the earlier incident where the other party kicked the desk, causing her books to fall to the ground.
But clearly, Liang Feiyu didn’t see it that way.
“What did you say?! I provoked you first?!”
Her eyes widened in disbelief, utterly stunned by the other’s blatant lies.
“Get your facts straight, who started this?!”
The barely cooled anger flared up uncontrollably again.
Liang Feiyu, now worked up, pressed aggressively: “Wasn’t it you who sat next to me in the first place?”
“Didn’t I warn you to leave?”
“And…”
Her nose still filled with that pungent perfume, she said with disgust: “You, a Beta, actually spray perfume to impersonate an Omega.”
“How vain.”
“What did you say? Say that again?!”
Having her most sensitive issue repeatedly brought up, Zong Qing, already short on patience, immediately grabbed Liang Feiyu by the collar.
It was her fighting habit, preferring to close the distance first.
This time, however, Liang Feiyu, who had been anticipating this move, dodged just in time.
Left with no choice, Zong Qing had to switch tactics to land a hit.
And so, right in front of Xi Huan, the two began exchanging blows.
“….”
Watching the two gradually escalate into a fight, Xi Huan, as the third-party witness, felt her smile freeze on her face.
This was the first time in years she’d encountered such blatant disregard for her authority.
For a moment, it felt fresh.
“…”
But this was truly bizarre.
An alpha with a value of 75 was actually being overpowered by a Beta.
Who exactly was this Beta?
Wait.
Her nose twitched slightly as Xi Huan suddenly sensed something amiss.
“Stop.”
Setting aside her initial amusement, she strode quickly between the two combatants.
Xi Huan halted their relentless fight.
“Do you remember where we are?”
With one hand gripping each woman’s arm, Xi Huan smiled faintly while casting an inconspicuous glance at Zong Qing.
“Liang Feiyu, you’re dismissed.”
She released Liang Feiyu first, issuing a blunt command: “Go reflect on this and submit a 10,000-word self-criticism.”
“But I—”
Liang Feiyu was fuming.
This was completely unjust.
“Yes…”
Shooting a venomous look at Zong Qing, she reluctantly withdrew under pressure.
In an instant, the office contained only two people.
Feeling her wrist being painfully squeezed, Zong Qing tried to pull free but couldn’t.
“Why is the president still holding me?”
She lifted her eyes woodenly to meet Xi Huan’s gaze.
That glance sent chills down Zong Qing’s spine.
Xi Huan’s dark, fathomless pupils narrowed slightly as if discovering something fascinating. “Are you really a Beta?” she murmured.
What did she mean by that?
Alarm bells rang instantly in Zong Qing’s mind.
Before she could react.
Xi Huan’s next move.
Provoked her outright.
“…”
Slender fingers shifted from gripping her wrist to clutching her collar.
Just as Zong Qing had dominated Liang Feiyu earlier,
Xi Huan now pulled the unsuspecting woman close in the same manner.
At this proximity.
The faint citrus scent hidden beneath heavy perfume wafted brazenly into Xi Huan’s nostrils.
Recognized instantly.
“You’re an Omega…”
Reaching this conclusion rapidly, Xi Huan deftly brushed aside Zong Qing’s hair to reveal the already reddening gland at her nape.
Like an enchanted monarch, Xi Huan sighed and narrowed her eyes.
Leaning in, she inhaled deeply.
“Orange-scented,” she declared.
Her tone dripped with obsession.