[Esports] Team Leader Xie, your mid laner is causing trouble again.

During the Qingming Festival, everyone at the base, from athletes to logistics staff, was given two days off.

Li Zhi secretly bought a DIY voucher for a dessert shop on Meituan, pulled her baseball cap down low, and sneaked out of the base like a thief.

Chi Lie told him that Xie Jichuan was not short of money, and instead of spending a lot of money to buy luxury goods to send over and let them gather dust, it would be better to send some meaningful handmade gifts.

Li Zhi found it very reasonable and quickly adopted it.

She also demonstrated exceptional execution skills by searching online for pictures of small cookies, choosing the cutest design, and preparing to make them by hand and deliver them over.

Li Zhi is very hands-on. After changing into an apron at the dessert shop, she quickly got started kneading dough.

He was kneading vigorously, but something just felt off.

Besides the sweet aroma of cream, there seemed to be some other scent mixed in with the air.

The crispness of peppermint liqueur and the sweetness of lychee intertwine, their aromas drifting in from near and far.

Moreover, when he looks up, he always meets the hesitant gazes of passersby.

Li Zhi didn't pay much attention. She kneaded the dough, pressed the cookie dough into various cute shapes, and carefully put them into the oven.

But he soon found out why.

"Patient Li Zhi, late-stage differentiation, identified as Omega, pheromone number 067, 'Fragrant Lychee'..."

Li Zhi lay on the hospital bed, her mind in a daze, staring at the white ceiling above her head, completely bewildered.

He had just walked out of the dessert shop with that bag of cookies in his hand, how did he end up in the hospital?

When the doctor saw the little boy lying there all alone, staring blankly at the ceiling with his beautiful eyes, he couldn't help but feel a little soft-hearted.

"Someone found you collapsed on the roadside, and an ambulance brought you to the hospital."

The doctor walked to the bedside, carefully considered his words, and asked:

"Little friend, may I ask you a question? Have you recently had any intense or high-concentration exposure to Alpha pheromones?"

Li Zhi shook his head blankly.

"Your case is rather special; it's a rare case of late-age differentiation induced by highly matched Alpha pheromones."

The doctor in the white coat pushed up his glasses, and a hint of surprise still appeared on his face, which was used to seeing life and death.

"Logically speaking, you should have completed differentiation by now at your age, but because you have always been in a low pheromone environment, coupled with your special physical condition, it has been suppressed."

"Until recently," he paused, giving Li Zhi a meaningful look, "he was frequently exposed to a certain Alpha pheromone with a very high compatibility, which is why he was 'forced to mature'."

"You'll need long-term pheromone treatment," the doctor said, handing him the medical records. "Go home and inform your family, then make a decision."

"Whether to use medical pheromones or receive treatment from Alpha volunteers. Of course, we will conduct strict screening and matching of volunteers to ensure information security and personal consent."

Li Zhi held the thin diagnosis report, and remained in a daze for a long time.

He has no family.

As for the decision... his mind was a complete mess right now, and he couldn't think clearly about anything.

The doctor handed him a bag of barrier patches, showed him how to apply them to the back of his neck, and gave him a long list of precautions.

Li Zhiyi agreed, and before leaving, she didn't forget to pick up the bag of cookies that was placed next to the hospital bed.

My phone died completely after I paid for the taxi fare.

One by one, the streetlights outside the car window lit up, their orange glow sliding across his face again and again.

Li Zhi leaned against the window, the barrier patch on the back of her neck feeling uncomfortable, with a vague sense of something foreign in it.

He reached out and touched the small patch, his fingertips brushing against a thin layer of cotton material.

Below are glands that are still faintly hot.

He differentiated into an Omega.

This fact has only now slowly seeped into his consciousness.

By the time we got back to base, it was completely dark.

A dim yellow light shone from the base gate, and Xie Jichuan stood in the light.

Upon seeing him, Li Zhi's anxiety suddenly subsided.

My steps quickened unconsciously, and I jogged to meet him.

She held the bag of cookies up to him: "Guess what this is? Cookies I made myself! They turned out a little burnt, but Chi Lie was right, it's better to make them yourself than to buy them..."

He suddenly found himself unable to continue speaking.

For some reason, the moment I stood in front of Xie Jichuan, a strange tremor suddenly surged up from under the pad on the back of my neck.

It was a feeling I had never experienced before, like an invisible thread growing out of my glands and swaying as it reached out to the person opposite me.

I want to get closer, I want to touch, I want to tear off that patch, I want to be more intimate.

Li Zhi's face flushed red.

He lowered his eyes, his fingers unconsciously pinching a corner of the back of his neck barrier. After hesitating for a moment, he still lifted it up a tiny bit.

It revealed the slightly swollen, light pink skin underneath.

The sweet aroma of lychee wafted out from that corner, spreading between the two people.

"The doctor said I differentiated into an Omega at an advanced age."

Li Zhi lowered her head, her ears were so red they looked like they were about to bleed, and her voice grew softer and softer until it was almost blown away by the night wind.

"I need highly compatible pheromone treatment... I think, rather than spending money to buy medical pheromones, or getting bitten by some unknown volunteer..."

He bit his lip, mustered his courage, and raised his head. "Why don't you do it..."

Before he could finish speaking, the bag of cookies was violently knocked to the ground.

The paper bag fell to the ground with a dull thud, and the cookies inside rolled all over the floor, breaking into crumbs of all sizes.

Kuriyu stared blankly at the cookies scattered all over the floor.

Her mind went blank for a moment, then she slowly raised her head and looked at Xie Jichuan.

Xie Jichuan's condition is very strange.

He stood there, his chest heaving violently, his breathing rapid and heavy, as if he were trying his best to endure something extremely painful; his body was even trembling.

"Xie Jichuan?" Li Zhi panicked and took a step forward. "What's wrong with you?"

"Don't come any closer."

Xie Jichuan suddenly looked up, his usually indifferent eyes now bloodshot.

He took a step back, increasing the distance between himself and Li Zhi.

His lips moved several times before he managed to squeeze out two words from deep in his throat:

"You...go..."

Li Zhi froze on the spot, but he subconsciously took two steps forward, wanting to support Xie Jichuan.

Before the hand could even touch the other person, it was violently pushed away.

The force was surprisingly strong, and Li Zhi staggered two steps before regaining her balance. The spot on the back of her hand that had been slapped was burning hot.

"You...go..."

Xie Jichuan is still those two words.

The difference was that, with the help of the streetlights, Li Zhi could clearly see the suppressed emotions in Xie Jichuan's eyes.

Undisguised rejection and disgust.

So, I... made Xie Jichuan feel disgusted?

Li Zhi felt lost and helpless, as if she were walking on clouds, but the stabbing pain in her heart felt so real.

The night wind blew by, scattering the crumbs of biscuits all over the ground, and also cooling the heart in his chest that had just been burning with warmth.