MHV CH 05

Chapter – 05

Heat  Cycle

Shi Ciyan returned to the dorm first and took a shower. When he came out, his phone happened to ring. He glanced at the caller ID—Chen Lun—and his hand paused while drying his hair.

He took the phone, went out to the balcony, and leaned against the railing before answering.

The other side got straight to the point.

“The pheromone compatibility report you wanted is out,” Chen Lun sighed. “How long have you known him?”

Shi Ciyan fell silent for two seconds.

“Half a day. Does that matter for compatibility?”

Chen Lun let out a relieved breath, his tone brightening.

“Half a day? That’s fine then. Your compatibility with that Omega is only 56%. Not even passing. As your doctor, I suggest you find another partner—preferably an Omega with higher compatibility.”

Shi Ciyan barely listened to the rest.

“Are you sure it’s 56%?”

“Yes. I supervised the whole process. No mistake. 56% is too low. With your condition, pairing with such a low-match Omega isn’t good for either of you.”

“Got it.”

Shi Ciyan was about to hang up when Chen Lun hurriedly stopped him.

“Wait. Your rut period is coming soon, right? How do you feel? Any symptoms?”

“No symptoms,” Shi Ciyan replied calmly. “If anything, I just felt my gland heat up in the bathroom at noon. Nothing else.”

“Even minor changes, report them to me. And even if you don’t need suppressants during your rut, keep two or three on hand just in case.”

“Tomorrow I’ll go buy them.”

He hung up.

He stood outside for a few minutes. The autumn wind brushed gently against his skin, drying his half-damp hair.

At 11 p.m., the dorm lights went out on schedule.

As Shi Ciyan lay down, a faint banana scent lingered at his nose.

When he pulled the blanket over himself, the scent grew stronger.

His blanket had been contaminated with Omega pheromones.

While talking to Chen Lun, he felt like he had forgotten something.

Now he remembered—he forgot to ask what Yu Wei’s pheromone scent was.

Maybe it was also a fruit scent.

Shi Ciyan closed his eyes, slowly thinking about that sweet, not-cloying smell, and drifted off.

When he opened his eyes again, it was daytime.

He was standing in the dorm.

Yu Wei was in front of him, carefully stepping down from the ladder.

He should have slipped—but he didn’t. Everything was stable.

Yet his body still moved forward uncontrollably, arms wrapping around that slender waist.

He lowered his head, brushing his nose against the pale back of Yu Wei’s neck.

“Your pheromones are leaking.”

Yu Wei turned back, speaking softly, his tone almost seductive.

“Does it smell good?”

“Mm. It smells good.”

“Unfair,” Yu Wei pouted. “You can smell mine, but I can’t smell yours. I don’t like you.”

He pulled away, trying to escape.

Shi Ciyan’s gaze darkened. He held him tighter, pressing his nose against the inhibitor patch on Yu Wei’s gland.

“I’ll let you smell mine too.”

In an instant, Alpha pheromones flooded the air.

Ripe banana sweetness mixed with fresh apple fragrance, intertwining in the room.

Yu Wei softened completely in his arms, eyes unfocused.

“Do you like it?”

Yu Wei trembled, turned in his arms, clinging to his neck.

“I like it… I want more.”

The scene shifted.

Yu Wei was sitting on a cold sink counter, clothes disheveled, looking toward the bathroom door. His eyes were red at the corners, gaze intoxicating.

“Ah Yan, why aren’t you coming? I can’t smell your pheromones from here.”

He beckoned him with a finger.

Shi Ciyan walked forward uncontrollably.

Yu Wei hooked his legs around him, pulling him closer.

“Now can you smell it?”

“Yes. But it’s still not enough.”

More pheromones surged out, filling the room.

Breathing grew heavier.

Just then—

Knock knock knock.

“Shi Ciyan, get up and take suppressants!”

Lin Yuchi stood outside, banging the bed frame.

“Get up! I’m suffocating!”

Shi Ciyan did not move.

Lin Yuchi tore the blanket away.

Moonlight fell in.

Shi Ciyan suddenly opened his eyes—clear and awake.

“You were pretending to sleep?!”

Lin Yuchi was furious.

He had already been beaten during the day and was now woken again by Alpha pheromones.

“Get up and take suppressants!”

He reached for him—

Fist swung.

Blood sprayed.

Chaos erupted.

“Three idiots in one dorm,” Lin Yuchi muttered, holding his nose.

Then he froze.

A faint scent in the blood.

Omega pheromones.

Sweet. Almost hidden under metallic blood smell.

He looked at the blanket.

Then at Shi Ciyan holding it tightly.

“Oh…” he smirked. “I see.”

“He’s in his rut.”

Yu Song frowned. “Rut? That’s Alpha’s thing, right?”

“He is an Alpha.”

Yu Song shot up. “He’s a Beta!”

“Who told you that?”

“He’s been holding your brother’s pheromone-contaminated blanket like it’s his life.”

Lin Yuchi’s smile deepened.

“Maybe he got so obsessed with your brother’s scent… he even dreamed about him.”

That was the trigger.

“Enough.”

The dorm supervisor arrived.

“Stop fighting!”

But the chaos had already escalated.

“Tie him up.”

Shi Ciyan had lost rationality. Only obsession remained.

Yu Song tied him up and kicked him twice.

“Every time there’s trouble, it’s you!”

The supervisor sighed, looking at the mess.

“One dorm… three troublemakers.”

He turned to Qiu Lei, the only calm one.

Qiu Lei blinked behind his glasses, still holding his phone.