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

Although Li Zhi felt that he didn't have any major problems, after arriving at the hospital's pheromone department, he and Xie Jichuan were still pushed into the AO clinic by the two kind-hearted pharmacy doctors in white coats.

Xie Jichuan was taken over by two professional doctors and quickly moved into the isolation room.

Li Zhize and the remaining doctor looked at each other in bewilderment.

The consultation room was quiet, with a row of charts on the wall that he didn't quite understand, and a faint smell of disinfectant in the air.

Li Zhi sat in the chair, scratched his head, and felt that there was nothing wrong with him.

"Doctor, I feel perfectly fine," he said sincerely. "Why don't you go and check on the person in the isolation room? He's in more serious condition."

The doctor glanced at him, his eyes filled with helplessness.

He sighed, didn't reply, but turned and walked into the examination room, leaving behind the words, "Come with me."

Li Zhi followed him to another isolation room.

The doctor pointed to the bed against the wall: "Sit down, and then take off the neck ring."

Li Zhi obediently walked over and sat down. After hesitating for a second, she reached out and unlocked the clasp.

The moment the neck collar popped open, the pheromone alarm on the wall suddenly lit up.

The red light flashed intermittently, accompanied by a faint buzzing sound, which was particularly jarring in the quiet isolation room.

The doctor adjusted his glasses: "Do you still feel alright?"

Li Zhi stared blankly at the machine that was sounding an alarm due to excessively high pheromone levels, trying hard to recall the knowledge from her physiology textbook.

I finally realized that I seemed to be acting strangely.

Under normal circumstances, even if an Omega removes their neck ring, they will only release some pheromones when they are emotionally excited or exercising vigorously. The concentration is not high and the duration is not long.

There's only one possibility for such an uncontrollable, widespread outbreak to trigger the alarm.

He's in heat.

Only then did Li Zhi belatedly realize that the glands on the back of her neck were swollen and hot, and her ears and cheeks were also burning.

He turned his head and looked at the mirror on the wall.

The person in the mirror had an unnatural flush on their cheeks, a thin layer of red at the corners of their eyes, and a hazy, misty look in their eyes.

She looked almost exactly the same as Xie Jichuan when he was in the car, as if she had been drugged.

No wonder the two doctors in white coats at the pharmacy were so flustered when they saw them.

They were probably afraid that the two of them would sleep under the open sky.

Li Zhi's lips twitched. After thinking for two seconds, she looked at the doctor in confusion: "But... my heat hasn't started yet, how could this be?"

The doctor, without even looking up, was reviewing past medical records on the hospital's medical system and replied:

"It's false estrus. Didn't you notice that besides the glands getting hot, you don't have any other symptoms?"

It took Li Zhi three seconds to realize what the doctor meant by "other parts".

His expression went blank for a moment, then he silently reached up and touched the back of his pants.

It is dry.

It's definitely different from the disheveled state of having your pants soaked during a true heat cycle.

He withdrew his hand and continued, somewhat awkwardly, "Then why would I suddenly experience false heat?"

The doctor reviewed his medical records, scrolled to the bottom of the page, and frowned. "Did you come into contact with any highly compatible pheromones today?"

Li Zhi shook her head.

The bracelet Xie Jichuan was wearing today seemed to be a newly developed product; he had never seen it on the market before.

Its ability to suppress pheromones is exceptionally good; he hasn't smelled a single trace of peppermint liqueur since he got on the bus.

The doctor frowned and tapped his fingers lightly on the table twice: "Something's not right..."

His expression was conflicted, with a hint of disbelief, as if he had been forced to a conclusion that even he found absurd after eliminating all other possibilities.

He pondered for a moment, then looked up at Li Zhi: "Have you and that Alpha who was just delivered done a pheromone compatibility test?"

Li Zhi shook her head again.

He only knew that the two were highly compatible, but he hadn't had a chance to test the exact number yet.

The doctor looked at him, remained silent for two seconds, and then spoke:

"You two might be destined for each other with your pheromones, would you like to take a test now?"

Li Zhi was dumbfounded. "Fate...the destined one?"

He had heard of this term when he was still a Beta.

The phrase "destined one" always carries a mysterious and romantic aura, like a scene specially prepared for novels and movies, something that is desirable but unattainable.

The medical definition is much drier: AO partners with a pheromone compatibility of 99.5% or higher are called soulmates.

Such a match is extremely rare, occurring in approximately 0.01% of the total population.

When destined people meet, their pheromones resonate strongly, establishing a deep connection in a very short time.

A more romantic way to put it is that when your pheromones finally meet the perfect match, your body will recognize him before your brain does.

"Even for those destined to be together, it is rare for them to experience false heat without the influence of pheromones."

As the doctor spoke, he gave Li Zhi a mocking look.

"There have only been three such cases reported globally so far, and all of them involved very loving couples."

"They are so compatible that they can excite their nerves without pheromones, which then stimulates false estrus."

Li Zhi listened blankly, her toes digging into the ground more and more as she listened, wishing she could shove herself into a crack in the ground.

What does it mean to become so excited that you go into heat without using pheromones?

In other words, Li Zhi felt so excited that he went into a false heat simply by being with Xie Jichuan, seeing his face, hearing his voice, and feeling his body temperature, without even smelling any of Xie Jichuan's pheromones.

Does that mean he's so infatuated with Xie Jichuan that he can go into heat without needing pheromones?

Li Zhi's toes have diligently carved out a shoe shaped like the Forbidden City.

Is that correct?

Is he really that spineless?