[Esports] Pheromones say we're a match made in heaven.

With a bang, Chi Feifan's mind exploded.

I'm watching this! It's all this lousy video's fault!

He abruptly looked away, his eyes darting around the room, unsure where to focus.

Qin Yi glanced at Chi Feifan's drowsy hair: "Let me help you pack. Are you coming with us for this competition? We're staying in a hotel and won't be coming back."

Chi Feifan replied dryly, "Oh."

A faint scent of plum whiskey wafted through the air, mingling with the fragrance of shower gel in the bathroom.

Chi Feifan can now smell his own pheromones and control their release, but he still can't really notice scents that are particularly faint.

Qin Yi is different. An S-class Alpha's nose is naturally very sensitive and can distinguish many scents at the same time. Moreover, Chi Feifan's pheromones are 100% compatible with his, so he can smell even the slightest bit of them.

Qin Yi carefully examined the information conveyed by the pheromones.

The emotions mixed in with the pheromones seem a bit complicated, mostly nervousness and panic, and a little guilty.

What is Chi Feifan feeling guilty about?

Qin Yi casually picked up Chi Feifan's most frequently worn coat hanging on the chair and suddenly noticed that the coat pockets were heavy, as if there was something inside.

Qin Yi reached out to take the contents out, but before he could even put his hand inside, Chi Feifan snatched the coat away.

Chi Feifan coughed lightly: "I'm not wearing this dress this time, so there's no need to take it away."

Qin Yi raised an eyebrow, looking at Chi Feifan's somewhat unusual profile, but said nothing.

The competition was only three days long, so they didn't have much to bring, and the two of them packed up in no time.

Qin Yi came out of Chi Feifan's room, slowly closed the door, and thoughtfully put his hands into his pockets.

*

The next day, Chi Feifan, Qi Song, and Chen Yangyang sat in the backstage dressing room watching the game.

He had a thick barrier patch on the back of his neck, and his face looked somewhat haggard.

This morning, before Hawk left, he sent Qin Yi a message, asking Qin Yi to come to his room to add a temporary marker.

Qin Yi arrived less than a minute after the message was sent.

This time, the Survivors organizers were finally generous, providing the official hotel for the competition as an international five-star hotel, with all players staying in luxury suites.

"Feeling uncomfortable again?" Qin Yi's warm fingertips brushed against the gland, causing a momentary shiver to run through his body.

Chi Feifan's face was a little pale. He couldn't sleep because of a sudden pain and fever in the back of his neck in the early morning. He was listless and the dark circles under his eyes were very obvious.

Chi Feifan glanced at the time and couldn't help but urge Qin Yi, "Stop nagging and hurry up, isn't today the competition?"

As he wished, Qin Yi bit down on the back of the neck without warning.

"relax……"

Qin Yi meant to relax the body, but Chi Feifan had other things on his mind and misunderstood for a moment.

Qin Yi noticed that Chi Feifan was unusually tense and sensitive this time, so he bit down a little lighter, but still left a clear mark.

"This competition finally went smoothly without any major mishaps." Qi Song sipped his goji berry tea from his thermos and nodded as he looked at the rankings on the screen.

Chi Feifan's thoughts were pulled back. He rubbed his eyes, picked up the coffee on the table, and took a couple of sips.

Hawk has been making great strides, and perhaps the return of Lao Jiang has given them even more motivation; today, everyone is in top form.

Chi Feifan breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Inside the camp, Wang Kang drove his teammates to relocate. In each place they arrived at, the four of them ransacked the village like bandits.

"Once we pull ahead in points, we can let Lao Jiang come up and play a couple of rounds. He must be itching to play right now down there," Wang Kang shouted. "Don't try to take it from me then, I've been bleeding and sweating all game, I need to go down and rest."

Shen Shu sprayed two streams of water, one of which was spraying his face, and said coolly, "What are you resting for? Shouldn't the captain be resting since his hand is injured?"

The day after Chi Feifan bought Hawk, Qin Yi confessed the condition of his hand to them.

Wang Kang suddenly remembered: "Oh, right, right, Shu'er is more careful."

In the lounge, Chi Feifan moved his neck and reached up to cover the back of his neck.

I just added temporary markers this morning, but I don't know if it was because I was in too much of a rush, because I feel like the effect isn't very obvious this time.

In the past, the discomfort would disappear immediately, but now my neck is still very uncomfortable, and my whole body feels sore and weak, like I have a fever.

Chi Feifan lifted his collar and flipped it up a couple of times, then looked at the numbers on his bracelet.

My pheromones are quite unstable, sometimes high and sometimes low. I don't know if it's a problem with the bracelet or what.

"I'm a little tired, I'm going back to the hotel first."

Chi Feifan didn't plan to watch the remaining two games. Anyway, Hawk had already widened the score gap. He greeted the other two people in the training room, then smoothed his hair, put on his hat, wrapped his scarf around his neck, and left the venue through the staff passage.

During halftime, Qi Song naturally asked Lao Jiang to replace Qin Yi.

Qin Yi returned to the lounge, unscrewed his own mug, and took a sip: "Where's Chi Feifan?"

If Qin Yi doesn't play, Hawk has to change its strategy. Wang Kang takes over as commander, and Qi Song is busy adjusting their next strategy to secure points and doesn't have time to answer.

Chen Yangyang said, "He went back to the hotel first. Did he not sleep well last night? He seemed a bit listless today, so I called the driver to pick him up."

Qin Yi sank into the sofa, took out his phone, and sent a message to Chi Feifan.

Y: What happened? Are you feeling unwell?

The hotel is very close to the competition venue, only a ten-minute drive away.

At this moment, the blackout curtains, which hadn't been drawn in the morning, were completely blocking out the light from outside.

In the pitch-black room, a cell phone screen on the floor near the bed lit up briefly.

Qin Yi waited for a long time but received no response.

The competition is not over yet, and all participants are not allowed to leave the venue without permission.

Chen Yangyang saw Qin Yi stand up: "Where are you going?"

Qin Yi: "Make a phone call."

In the bathroom, the sound of the showerhead drowned out the sound of a cell phone vibrating outside.

Chi Feifan stood in the bathtub, his whole body soaked in cold water, the room filled with the scent of Omega pheromones.

He tried to control his pheromones, but the chaotic pheromones wouldn't listen to him at all.

How could this happen?

Chi Feifan's somewhat unfocused gaze focused on the bracelet, and he discovered that the value on it had reached the red alert line.

Could it be the fq period?

Last time, Qin Yi managed to suppress it with a temporary mark during the fq period, so why didn't it work this time?

Fortunately, he left early and managed to stay in his room until the end.

With a "thud," Chi Feifan's legs went weak, and he could no longer support himself and knelt in the bathtub.

In a daze, he recalled what the doctor had said. Could it be because the secondary differentiation was blocked...?

The temperature in the room seemed to be rising rapidly. Chi Feifan felt like he was in a steamer, unable to do anything but gasp for fresh air.

Until the sound of a card being swiped came from outside the bathroom.

As soon as the competition ended, Hawk and his friends happily went out for a meal, while Qin Yi returned to the hotel alone.

Everyone's room had two cards, and Chi Feifan and Qin Yi swapped one.

As soon as the door opened, the overwhelming scent of plum whiskey swept over Qin Yi.

Qin Yi's eyes sharpened, and his pupils contracted slightly: "Chi Feifan?"

He quickly closed the door to prevent the smell from escaping.

No one answered him in the room. Because the scent of pheromones was everywhere, he couldn't even immediately pinpoint where Chi Feifan was.

When the bathroom door was suddenly pushed open, Chi Feifan's fingers were tightly gripping the edge of the white bathtub.

His hair was wet, whether from water or cold sweat, it was hard to tell.

Chi Feifan's mind was in complete chaos. His Omega instincts made him want to grab the familiar Alpha pheromones at all costs.

Unfortunately, he couldn't stand up; he could only raise his eyes, which were covered by a thin mist.

"Qin Yi..."