Chapter 28: This Damn Medical Room Shame Syndrome

Ji Laili carefully treated Shen Yu’s wrist wound. Once the healing injection was administered, the wound no longer looked as terrifying.

His head was lowered as Shen Yu glanced down, noticing the small curls of chestnut-colored hair.

The Alpha was focused on treating his injury, moving with precise and restrained motions, ensuring minimal contact.

The more careful he was, the more unsatisfied Shen Yu felt.

The fleeting touches, there one moment and gone the next, felt like an unbearable itch that couldn’t be scratched. His mind was entirely consumed by this Alpha, his thoughts winding tightly around him.

At some point, a cold and sweet pheromone scent filled the dormitory, the faint fragrance lingering in the air. The pale face of the refined, aloof young man flushed with a stunning, sunset-like hue.

His dark eyes, sickly yet cold, watched the Alpha intently, damp with an unreadable emotion.

Along with his pheromones, the feeling of attachment and obsession wrapped around Ji Laili.

Ji Laili’s hand, mid-wrap with the bandage, paused for a moment before he silently sped up.

His chestnut curls bounced slightly with his movements, yet they looked somewhat lifeless. Though the Alpha showed no particular emotion, Shen Yu could sense something.

“Unhappy?”

Ji Laili hadn’t expected Shen Yu to ask that. He hesitated for a brief moment before giving up and admitting, “A little, I guess.”

Shen Yu lowered his gaze to his wrist.

The wound, which had once been deep enough to expose bone, now appeared less frightening.

His damp eyes landed on the little dejected puppy before him.

“Did I scare you?”

“Cough, cough.” Ji Laili was so startled by his words that he nearly choked. His crescent-shaped eyes widened slightly, his head of curls bouncing as he stared in disbelief. “You actually think you scared me this time?”

He let out a small laugh. “Senior Shen, what could you possibly do to scare me?”

Wait, no—that wasn’t entirely true.

So Ji Laili revised his words. “You think I was scared by the sight of your wrist?”

He smiled, his eyes curving as if the dejected little puppy from before had never existed. “I was just thinking, do all you Alphas have some sort of ‘medical room shame syndrome’?”

Shen Yu, who was suddenly grouped into you Alphas: “?”

“What is medical room shame syndrome?”

Senior Shen’s cold gaze was tinged with confusion, his eyes slightly wet as he looked at him.

Officer Ji suddenly straightened up, as if he had been given an important duty, and loudly condemned, “Yes! You Alphas all have a damn medical room shame syndrome!”

Senior Shen remained confused. But after a moment, he simply chose to stay quiet and listen obediently.

Officer Ji, now full of righteous indignation, cleared his throat and solemnly explained, “Medical room shame syndrome is when you Alphas refuse to go to the medical room even when you’re sick or injured!”

“This is a waste of medical resources!”

He delivered his verdict—this behavior was absolutely unacceptable!

Using medicine recklessly was one kind of waste, but in a different way, wasn’t refusing to use any medical resources also a waste?

There was a solution readily available, yet they stubbornly chose to endure the pain.

Ji Laili ground his small canine teeth in frustration. “So stupid!”

“And you—why do you have this kind of illness?”

The aloof beauty looked at him with confusion. “I’m not sick.”

“You are!” Ji Laili huffed. “Tell me—when you were in pain, did you refuse to take medicine and just bite down on your own wrist to endure it?”

“Anesthetics, painkillers, pheromone suppressants…” He listed them off one by one. “There are so many options!”

“Not to mention everyday medications and medical supplies—the shelves in the medical room are practically gathering dust because no Alpha ever buys anything. What, is the medical room only for Betas? It’s not like you guys don’t need it!”

Ji Laili glanced at Shen Yu’s wound, the corners of his mouth lowering as he stared at him sternly.

His expression seemed to say: See? You clearly need it, but you just won’t go. You’re such an idiot.

“Senior Shen, have you ever gone to the medical room for an injury?”

Shen Yu: “……”

He calmly thought for a moment before nodding.

Unless the building exploded right in front of him, Shen Yu wouldn’t even spare it a glance.

In a way, Ji Laili wasn’t wrong.

“And you never use any medication either, right? Hmm…” Ji Laili precisely added, “Except for inhibitors.”

Shen Yu nodded again.

“Do you think Alphas who frequently go to the medical room are weak?”

Isn’t that obvious? Shen Yu gave him a calm, questioning look.

“I go all the time. Do you think I’m weak?” Ji Laili asked, using himself as an example.

The answer was obvious.

In every aspect, Ji Laili was an outstanding Alpha. Shen Yu shook his head, his dark eyes fixed on him. “You’re exceptional.”

“Thank you, Senior. I think so too.” Ji Laili’s eyes curved as he shamelessly accepted the compliment before clearing his throat. “Well then, bad news—Senior, you’ve been diagnosed with mild medical room shame syndrome. Severe. Very severe!”

His clear eyes swept over Shen Yu’s wound as if he had found definitive evidence. “This is the consequence!”

“This can’t go on.”

Officer Ji lectured him earnestly, like an adult scolding a disobedient child. “Young Alphas, your body belongs to you. If you don’t take care of it now, you’ll suffer when you’re old!”

“Do you understand your mistake?”

Shen Yu silently watched him, his jet-black eyes reflecting Ji Laili’s exaggeratedly serious expression.

He suddenly understood where that faint trace of dejection had come from earlier.

He calmed down, feeling the concern hidden beneath Ji Laili’s lecture. In his eyes, the Alpha’s stern attitude masked his deep worry.

Ji Laili’s presence was more effective than any medicine.

The destructive thoughts that had been circling in his mind faded away, and whatever had been on his mind when he opened the door just now no longer mattered.

The part of him that had been on the verge of losing control quietly retreated.

Or perhaps, it willingly walked back into the cage that imprisoned it.

Shen Yu said, “The susceptibility period hurts. I didn’t want to go out.”

…Huh?

Oh, right. He was in his susceptibility period.

Though it sounded odd for an Alpha to say that—wait! That kind of thinking was exactly the problem!

After reprimanding Shen Yu, Ji Laili obediently reflected on himself and nodded decisively. “Okay, this isn’t your fault.”

It was the susceptibility period’s fault!

A faint trace of amusement flashed in Shen Yu’s eyes. Suddenly, he had the urge to ruffle those chestnut curls.

By the time he realized what he was doing, his hand had already touched the soft waves.

His fingers tensed slightly, and his gaze turned cold.

He became aware of a fact—this was an Alpha.

He had wanted to touch an Alpha.

Even if Ji Laili was a great person—warm, charming, handsome, and completely unlike an Alpha—there was one unchangeable truth: Ji Laili was still an Alpha.

Had he stopped hating Alphas?

Shen Yu felt a moment of confusion. He briefly imagined replacing Ji Laili’s face with someone like Instructor Aige’s…

The confusion vanished, replaced by killing intent.

No, Alphas were still disgusting.