After the first class, Jiang She trapped Chu Tao in the small abandoned room.

The small classroom was still dirty, with broken tables stacked with broken chairs, and the air was filled with a lingering dustiness.

The window was half-open, and the noise from the playground sounded so close it felt like it was right next to them.

The corridor wasn’t much better, separated by a glass door with wallpaper, allowing the wind to blow through the gaps. The noise from outside easily penetrated, and sounds from inside were just as easily heard.

However, in general, no one would want to squeeze into this place, so it remained unnoticed.

Chu Tao swallowed, lifted his eyes to look at Jiang She, and lowered his voice, saying, “What do you want to do again? If there’s nothing, I’m going to do my homework.”

Jiang She, with his long arms and legs, easily blocked Chu Tao inside.

He wore a conflicted expression, looking somewhat helpless and impatient.

Jiang She bit his lip, and lightly touched his nose with his index finger. “There’s nothing going on between me and Su Jingtong, I admit. I was more carefree before, and my boundaries were pretty low. Too many people threw themselves at me, and I couldn’t turn them all down. Su Jingtong is good at games, drinks a lot, so I let him stick around.”

Chu Tao didn’t show much expression on his face, and calmly said, “Oh, I see.”

Jiang She hesitated for a moment, then carefully asked, “Are you mad?”

Chu Tao tilted his head, looking puzzled, and asked back, “Why would I be mad?”

Jiang She half-embraced Chu Tao, and as he slid his hand down Chu Tao’s sleeve, he tried to take his hand. “I was wrong, okay?”

Chu Tao quickly pulled his hand away and frowned. “Jiang She, can you be quieter?!”

If someone passed by outside and overheard their conversation, it would be hard to explain.

Chu Tao had a thin skin, and Jiang She knew exactly how to deal with him. So, he leaned in closely and said, “If I had known I would meet you at Huainan No. 1 High, if I had known I would like you so much, I should’ve distanced myself from everyone back then, built my own chastity wall, and just waited for you in Class 3.”

“Of course, I shouldn’t have wasted those past few years. I should’ve done more research on how two Alphas could enjoy themselves properly, because this thing…”

Before Jiang She could finish, Chu Tao, both embarrassed and anxious, pressed his palm over his mouth.

Jiang She was shameless and without boundaries. Debating with him was like asking for trouble.

Chu Tao’s face turned red, and the pale, sickly complexion finally had some color.

He coughed lightly twice, then hoarsely said, “Shut up!”

Jiang She lowered his gaze, his eyes landing on Chu Tao’s delicate fingers, and couldn’t resist sticking out his tongue to lightly lick the palm of Chu Tao’s hand.

Chu Tao shuddered and quickly pulled his hand back, glaring at Jiang She.

The soft, wet tip of his tongue, warm and light, gently traced the lines of his palm.

It felt ticklish, and inside, Chu Tao’s heart fluttered.

Jiang She hadn’t been using his suppressants much lately, and his pheromone smelled fresh and slightly sweet. Being so close, it slowly diffused, and Chu Tao found himself drawn to it.

He was also an Alpha, and his self-control wasn’t something he had great confidence in.

Alphas were mostly driven by their instincts, and with the attraction Jiang She now had for him, sooner or later, one of them wouldn’t be able to hold back.

Chu Tao took a couple of greedy breaths, feeling momentarily clear-headed.

Jiang She pulled him into his arms, his gaze greedily lingering on the skin on the back of Chu Tao’s neck.

Jiang She muttered, “If an Alpha bites here, it wouldn’t do any harm, right?”

The small soft bone on the back of the neck of Alphas and Omegas is where a gland forms after differentiation. Omega’s gland is sensitive and fully developed. After being bitten by an Alpha, the pheromones stay on the skin’s surface for a long time, marking the Omega. Other Alphas will avoid approaching an Omega that’s already marked.

Of course, the mark lasts about a month, slowly fading, and then the Omega can be marked again by someone else.

However, for Alphas, the area is underdeveloped and won’t get marked. If an Alpha bites it, it will cause redness and swelling due to exposure to another Alpha’s pheromones, and it will take about a week to subside.

This characteristic has also become a way for many Alphas to humiliate their peers.

The area around the neck is difficult to conceal. Once another Alpha bites it, the person will be mocked and looked down upon. Malicious marking often occurs in many cases of school violence.

However, for a small group of AA couples, this kind of marking can also be considered a form of fetish.

Especially during intimate moments, when pheromones are repellent to each other, it is already uncomfortable, but they still love each other deeply, unable to control their emotions. The one who gains the upper hand will inevitably bite down on the underdeveloped Alpha’s gland. The bitten Alpha’s neck will become particularly sensitive, causing them to tremble at even the slightest touch of wind.

Chu Tao was afraid Jiang She would bite him, so he quickly pushed him away. Unfortunately, he inhaled some dust and couldn’t help but cough violently.

Jiang She didn’t dare joke with him, quickly patting his back, frowning. “Are you sick?”

Chu Tao hunched over, covering his mouth and nose, mumbling, “It seems like it.”

He truly didn’t feel well, the cough was intense, and even his temples began to ache faintly.

Jiang She supported him. “Let’s go to the infirmary.”

Chu Tao shook his head. “No need, class is about to start.”

He wasn’t that fragile, and he didn’t have the habit of going to the hospital every time he was sick. He knew that with another day’s rest and medicine, he’d be fine.

“Next class is Chinese, the subject you’re best at, what are you worried about?” Jiang She insisted on taking him to the infirmary.

Chu Tao pressed his lips together and looked into Jiang She’s eyes. “It’s not your best subject.”

Jiang She froze for a moment.

Chu Tao could feel that, recently, Jiang She had been putting more effort into his studies.

He still didn’t pay attention in class, wanting to sleep, but he forced himself to keep his eyes open. If he couldn’t focus, he’d do practice papers, and if he didn’t understand something, he’d copy Chu Tao’s answers.

Actually, after copying the answers, he would think them over again. If he still didn’t get it, he’d ask Chu Tao.

He really wanted to understand the questions on the paper, but the knowledge he had missed out on before was too much, and catching up now was taking a lot of effort.

But as long as he was determined to study, there was always room for improvement. Chu Tao noticed this and quietly started helping Jiang She.

He gave Jiang She the reference book of mistakes he had kept, and copied a set of exam key points for him. He repeatedly practiced with him.

For this Chinese class, it wouldn’t really matter if Chu Tao didn’t attend. Sometimes, he would even do homework for other subjects during Chinese class.

But for this class, Jiang She absolutely had to attend.

Chinese and English are subjects that require accumulation, immersion, and continuous exposure, unlike the sciences, where effort can yield quick results.

Jiang She’s English was actually quite good. After all, he came from a wealthy family, and his father, Jiang Qifeng, had many foreign friends. Growing up with this exposure, he could speak fluently. His language intuition was fine; the only issue was his grammar.

But Chinese was Jiang She’s absolute weakness. In a multiple-choice test with nine questions, his score when he tried hard was lower than when he randomly guessed. His essays were even worse, his thoughts only going as far as Einstein, Edison, Zhang Haidi, and Lu Xun.

So, before the college entrance exam, Chu Tao didn’t want Jiang She to miss a single class.

Jiang She sighed. “I’ll take you there, and then I’ll come back to class, okay?”

Chu Tao’s eyelids fluttered slightly, and he finally relented.

He felt there wasn’t much wrong with him, but this time the medicine didn’t seem as effective as before. He had already taken it for a day, but still felt uncomfortable all over.

Maybe the infirmary could give him a new prescription, and it would be fast.

Jiang She pushed open the small room’s door and pulled Chu Tao out.

Dai Wenjian had just come back from the bathroom, hopping back toward the classroom, but froze when he saw Jiang She and Chu Tao coming out of the small room.

Chu Tao still had his head lowered, coughing lightly, letting Jiang She hold his sleeve.

Chu Tao was slightly shorter than Jiang She, a bit slimmer, and looked more delicate than Jiang She.

Chu Xingning’s younger brother—how could his looks be bad? Against the sunlight, Chu Tao’s neck skin was so smooth it almost glowed.

Dai Wenjian vaguely felt that Chu Tao had a different kind of beauty. Walking with Jiang She, they almost looked like a couple.

But soon, Dai Wenjian slapped his own head.

He was definitely going crazy. Chu Tao was an Alpha, and an incredibly powerful one, a hidden boss who could knock out the Third Class’s Pang Cai with a punch and kick the school bullies from the vocational school.

Jiang She wasn’t someone you could easily ignore either. The leader of the twelve top schools in Huai City wasn’t a title given lightly.

If their pheromones clashed, they’d probably blow up the whole school.

Moreover, Jiang She should like someone like Su Jingtong—delicate and soft Omega.

Dai Wenjian buried the vague suspicion in his heart and grumbled as he went into the classroom.

The class bell rang, but neither Chu Tao nor Jiang She returned.

They were in the infirmary.

Chu Tao was holding a number, waiting for the school doctor to call him. He tried to push Jiang She back to class, but Jiang She wasn’t leaving.

Finally, when it was his turn, he had no choice but to bring Jiang She in.

The school nurse raised an eyebrow when she saw Jiang She. “Oh, I usually see female students accompanying others to the infirmary, but this is the first time I’ve seen a male student.”

Chu Tao silently bit his lower lip, feeling embarrassed.

Jiang She, without any sense of shame, chuckled. “What’s the big deal? We even sleep together.”

Chu Tao gritted his teeth and said, “Get lost!”

The school nurse didn’t think much of it. At this age, boys liked to joke around with each other and take advantage of each other.

She examined Chu Tao and asked about his medication.

“This won’t work. You have a cold from the wind, but the medicine you’re using is for a viral cold, not the same type. I’ll prescribe something else for you.”

Chu Tao politely said, “Thank you, teacher.”

The school nurse tilted her head, glancing at Jiang She. “The one who sleeps with him—go get the medicine for him, and bring back the prescription. I’ll take his blood pressure.”