He is not my Alpha! - Chapter 23
The result of their loose talk was that the two were “happily” signed up.
When Ji Yifei got the list, he suddenly understood why Li Jiang ran away immediately after posting the list on the class bulletin board.
Was this list meant to offend everyone in the class thoroughly?
“Every single person in the class has an event. This guy Li Jiang definitely learned from the person in the neighboring class who lists names one by one!”
“Holy sh*t, didn’t I sign up for the relay? Why did he also write me down for the Caterpillar Race!!!”
“Holy sh*t, I’m also in the Caterpillar Race, and… and also the Big Rope Skipping, ahhhhh!”
The students were all gathered around the list, angrily cursing. Ji Yifei was certain that if Li Jiang were in the class right now, only a pile of remains would be left.
“Ahhhhhhh!” A scream came from the very front of the list, attracting the attention of the whole class. Everyone looked over in unison.
“Li Jiang, you f*cker, get out of the boys’ restroom right now! Who told you to sign me up for the 800m! I’m going to beat you to death!!!” Xu Yue said, squeezing out of the crowd. If she hadn’t been held back by a few people nearby, she might have actually intended to fish the guy out of the restroom and give him a severe beating.
Han Dongjun also mysteriously walked up to Ji Yifei, patted Ji Yifei’s shoulder, and said, “Brother, my condolences. You are about to participate in the ‘Three-Legged Race’ with the handsome and rich Alpha next to you. Do you agree?”
Ji Yifei “heh-heh’d” twice and replied, “Yes, I do.”
Han Dongjun got a satisfactory answer, pushed Ji Yifei aside, and still held his hand-formed microphone to ask the “other protagonist”: “May I ask this handsome and rich Alpha, are you willing to participate with the equally handsome and rich O… student…” Han Dongjun paused on the title. He remembered Ji Yifei didn’t like being called an Omega, so he retracted the words that were about to come out.
Fortunately, Shang Yan picked up the conversation: “I am willing to participate with this rich and handsome guy.” He didn’t forget to nod afterward.
Ji Yifei also nodded in cooperation, which left Han Dongjun speechless.
The three laughed a few times. Han Dongjun scanned the back rows, leaned forward, and whispered to Ji Yifei and Shang Yan, “But there are two other pairs of lucky men suffering with you two. Do you know who they are?”
Ji Yifei shook his head. He hadn’t had time to look at the remaining people. Shang Yan hadn’t left his seat from beginning to end, so he could only shake his head too.
Just as Han Dongjun was about to speak, the warning bell rang. The long break abruptly ended, and the students quickly returned to their seats. The homeroom teacher also followed them in.
Left with no choice, Ji Yifei and Shang Yan had to sit properly, but Ji Yifei didn’t forget to give a middle finger to the “mute” person.
When the class bell officially rang, the “universally reviled” Li Jiang shamefully crawled back to his seat.
The moment the teacher dismissed the class, a group of people rushed to the list again. This time, Li Jiang couldn’t escape.
Ji Yifei reached out and stopped Li Jiang, who was trying to run out. This pull brought even more people swarming toward him.
“Homeroom teacher! Teacher He! Save me, ahhhhh!” Li Jiang could only scream, hoping the person truly responsible for the list and the crime of listing would save him.
Unfortunately, Teacher He only smiled, tidied up his books, and said to Li Jiang, “The teacher won’t get involved during break time,” and quickly left.
Ji Yifei watched the crowd surround Li Jiang and let go of his hand. He said, “I’ve caught the person for you. The rest of you, feel free to proceed.” Then he lowered his head and started writing his homework.
Screams and accusations continuously came from Li Jiang’s side, but Ji Yifei ignored them. Shang Yan looked toward the screaming area but was attracted by something else.
He didn’t look away again.
After a while, he got up to look at the list. When he returned, he asked, “Do you want to know who the other two pairs are?”
Ji Yifei didn’t stop writing the problem. He replied, “Hmm? Who are they?”
Shang Yan’s gaze darkened slightly. He replied, “Li Jiang and Zhou Tian, and the other pair is Wei Zhiheng and Wen Xinxin.”
This made Ji Yifei finally put down his pen, turn his head to the back row, and see Wen Xinxin with his head down, doing God knows what, and Wei Zhiheng sleeping with his head on the desk.
The two didn’t join the condemnation at all.
“Do you think they don’t know they’ve been selected as lucky participants to be on stage?” Ji Yifei whispered.
Shang Yan shook his head and asked, “Are you willing to be the enthusiastic citizen who tells them?”
Ji Yifei shook his head, turned back to his work, and said, “They’ll find out eventually anyway,” and ended the conversation.
Shang Yan “hmm’d” in response, also turned around, picked up his pen, but didn’t move it.
It wasn’t until evening self-study that everyone stopped condemning Li Jiang. During the break of every class, Li Jiang couldn’t escape the classroom, and even his dinner was brought back by Zhou Tian.
But no matter how much they resisted, it was useless. Once the list was posted, everything was final. Unless they broke a bone, they would have to show up, even if they were crying.
During evening self-study, everyone had to start training. Wei Zhiheng and Wen Xinxin confirmed Ji Yifei’s “They’ll find out eventually.” But they didn’t say much and just nodded in agreement.
The lights near the sports field came on in the evening. Spring had just begun to sprout. Everyone wore heavy coats to go downstairs for training.
The focus today was on the fun events. When Ji Yifei saw Li Jiang walking over with a rope, he started regretting his previous actions.
Was I stupid to sign up for this event?
Shang Yan crouched down to tie their ankles together. He looked up and saw the person being tied was staring straight ahead.
He smiled, stood up, and said, “I’ll count in a moment. One is the left foot, and two is the right foot, okay?”
The person beside him nodded in understanding.
It turns out there’s a reason why the three-legged race has been preserved for so long.
The two didn’t step incorrectly, but because their stride lengths were different, the gap between them grew wider and wider.
“Hahahaha, Ji Yifei, Shang Yan, you two idiots! What are you doing, hahahahaha.” Li Jiang stood by, watching them train, looking at Ji Yifei and Shang Yan, who seemed to be “strangers to each other.”
Ji Yifei pulled Shang Yan to a stop and said to Li Jiang, who was watching the show, “Don’t talk as if you’re not affected. You try it with Zhou Tian first before you comment.”
Li Jiang raised his index finger and wagged it twice in front of Ji Yifei’s face. He said, “School Bully Ji, although you’re cool, coordination is something that requires two people to have.”
He called Zhou Tian over. The two quickly tied the rope, put their arms over each other’s shoulders, and started walking in sync.
Ji Yifei stood with his hands on his hips, watching the two walk from the starting line to the finish line. Their steps were uniform, counting “one-two-one” in unison. They reached the finish line in a few seconds.
Ji Yifei: … Shang Yan: .
Ji Yifei’s competitive spirit was completely ignited. He glanced at the gloating Li Jiang at the finish line and silently made up his mind.
Li Jiang took Zhou Tian to supervise the other groups. As he passed Ji Yifei, he said, “Good luck!” and then pulled Zhou Tian away with a mischievous look.
Shang Yan watched Ji Yifei standing still next to him, and he didn’t move either. The two stood there, letting the not-at-all-warm “spring wind” blow on them for a while.
Ji Yifei was the first to turn around, put his hand on Shang Yan’s shoulder, and said, “I’ll count with you.”
“Hmm,” Shang Yan replied. The two readjusted. When they started walking again, they paid attention to each other’s steps and were much better than the first attempt.
Ji Yifei remained quiet, only counting “one-two-one” in his mouth. In his serious focus, he didn’t notice that the gaze of the person beside him had long shifted from his feet to somewhere else.
The two practiced this event for the entire evening self-study period. If Li Jiang hadn’t reminded them about “homework,” Ji Yifei would have definitely dragged Shang Yan to practice downstairs for the whole day.
Back in the classroom, Ji Yifei took off his coat but couldn’t settle down to work. Perhaps it was because of the sweat from the exercise, but the mint-scented pheromones seemed to crawl up his spine.
He felt his scent gland starting to swell. It was his estrus period recently.
He got up to ask for leave to return to the dormitory. On the way to the office, he ran into Wu Yiheng.
He thought this person had disappeared from the face of the earth.
Wu Yiheng saw him and boldly approached. Ji Yifei quickened his pace, pretending not to see him, but was still “cornered.”
Wu Yiheng blocked his path. Ji Yifei was too lazy to even roll his eyes. He said, “Move.”
Wu Yiheng smiled even more brazenly, which was disgusting in Ji Yifei’s eyes.
He spoke again, “Good dogs don’t block the road.” This time, Wu Yiheng still didn’t move aside. Instead, he took a step forward.
Ji Yifei guessed that he wanted to create a scene where the two met eyes, with sparks flying. Unfortunately, as soon as he spoke, Ji Yifei covered his mouth, stepped back, and said, “How many days has it been since you brushed your teeth…”
This sentence immediately flustered Wu Yiheng. Being told he had bad breath by the Omega he liked was a humiliation that crushed his dignity.
Ji Yifei realized this trick worked. He covered his mouth and ran past him. By the time he reached the office door, he vowed to pay close attention whenever Jiang Jie shared these internet jokes in the dormitory in the future.
Ji Yifei got his leave slip and walked out of the office. After a few steps, he saw Shang Yan.
“What’s wrong with you?” he asked the Alpha.
“I came to see what’s going on with you,” Shang Yan replied.
Ji Yifei waved the leave slip in his hand. “Special period has arrived. Going back to the dormitory to cultivate immortality.”
Shang Yan was stunned at first, then realized what “special period” referred to. His ears turned red first.
Ji Yifei also realized. He noticed that the place where they were standing was right next to the stairwell where they had “done bad things” before, and his ears also unconsciously turned red.
Since Ji Yifei’s inexplicable “distancing,” the two had tacitly avoided the topic. Ji Yifei’s pheromone disorder was almost cured. This incident seemed to be covered with an invisibility cloak by both of them, hiding in a corner of their minds.
Finally, Shang Yan spoke first, “Do you need me to help…” Before he could finish, Ji Yifei waved his hand to refuse.
“No need. I have to adapt sooner or later. I’ll adapt on my own.” Then he awkwardly said goodbye and left.
Ji Yifei ran all the way back to the dorm. He felt that things between him and Shang Yan were getting stranger and stranger. Shang Yan’s words, “I believe in you,” echoed in his ears.
He lay back down on the dorm bed, staring blankly at the ceiling. He felt the scent gland on his back becoming scorching hot. He reached back and touched it.
It seemed swollen, like a ‘rich man’s hump’.
He gave himself an inhibitor shot. The drowsiness caused by the inhibitor made him fall into a deep sleep.
Shang Yan looked at the empty seat next to him.
Only the last half of the evening self-study remained. Due to the training and the earlier trip to find Ji Yifei, he had hardly written any of his homework.
But now, he couldn’t write anything either. A feeling of fullness surged in his heart, wanting to rush out.
He had seen Wu Yiheng blocking Ji Yifei earlier. He wanted to go up and help, but he understood that Ji Yifei could handle it himself.
Ji Yifei was very strong. He could solve anything by himself.
The image of the “black caterpillar” holding the medical report in the taxi on the opening day resurfaced in front of his eyes.
And then that night, Ji Yifei called him. The person on the other end of the phone kept calling his name. When he rushed there, Ji Yifei hugged him, carrying the Omega’s scent.
He replayed the scenes of his interactions with Ji Yifei during this period in his mind again and again. Ji Yifei’s light brown, deep eyes constantly reappeared in his mind.
Shang Yan knew this was because Ji Yifei’s estrus period was affecting his thoughts as his highly matched Alpha.
He wanted to hold “his” Omega now.
Ji Yifei was woken up by Chen Ken. Chen Ken had just come in from outside. His hand was a bit cold as he gently touched Ji Yifei’s forehead.
“Ji Yifei, how are you feeling now?”
Ji Yifei was woken up, but his consciousness was still a bit blurry: “I’m fine, Class Monitor… just a bit sleepy. I’ll be fine in a moment.” His voice was hoarse because his body was scorching hot.
Chen Ken replied with “Oh, oh, oh.” Then the dorm became quiet. Ji Yifei felt his bed curtain being drawn down. He closed his eyes, about to continue sleeping, but suddenly felt the heat surge up on his body.
He felt like he was on fire. He felt like fire could erupt from his throat at any moment.
But he had clearly taken the inhibitor shot. This shouldn’t be the effect…
Unless, the inhibitor didn’t work.
Shang Yan returned to the dorm with a large pile of homework. He sat down at his desk but didn’t start writing homework immediately. Instead, he took out his phone and constantly refreshed it.
No news.
The uncomfortable feeling in Shang Yan’s heart grew more severe. He seriously suspected that Ji Yifei’s inhibitor was ineffective. If the Omega’s condition was stabilized, he wouldn’t be affected so severely.
But Ji Yifei hadn’t made any noise.
He opened his contacts, found “Chen Ken,” and planned to ask about Ji Yifei’s situation.
But after clicking on the chat interface, he paused again.
He was an Alpha. What was his intention in asking another Omega about the situation of his estrus period?
It would clearly raise suspicion.
He thought for a moment and saw Li Jiang emerging from the bathroom.
Omega Dormitory
Chen Ken had just finished reviewing the day’s knowledge. He picked up his phone and saw a message from Li Jiang.
Li Jiang: Are you there, Class Monitor? Chen Ken: What’s wrong? Li Jiang: I think that as Ji Yifei’s good friend, I have a responsibility to care. How is he now?
Chen Ken was stunned. Why was Li Jiang, an Alpha, concerned about Ji Yifei?
Chen Ken thought he might believe Ji Yifei had a fever, so he continued typing:
Chen Ken: He’s sleeping. Nothing serious.
Li Jiang: Kneeling thanks.jpg
Li Jiang handed the phone to Shang Yan next to him and said, “What an actor. Why didn’t you just ask yourself?”
Shang Yan flipped through the chat history and replied, “It was inconvenient.”
Li Jiang chuckled twice, snatched the phone back, and went to find Zhou Tian.
Shang Yan sat at his seat, but still felt something was wrong. He still wasn’t reassured.