Let Me Mark You

[Pre-release on my profile: Can an Honest Straight Man End Up in a Love Rivalry? Please add it to your collection~ Blurb at the bottom~] Jian Chi'an, the school bully at Xuanyang High, had the prettiest face, the sweetest pheromones, and the quietest name, yet he picked the fiercest fights. Almost everyone in Xuanyang knew their school bully was an eccentric omega who cared for nothing and treated alpha pheromones like air. Seeing him blush, his heart racing and his eyes damp, was practically a pipe dream! Jian Chi'an: Hmph. Those weakling alphas think their pheromones can mark me? I'll never let anyone mark me, not in this lifetime! Ask anyone on the streets from the south end to the north end: who's the boss? Then one day, the students in Class 3 were horrified to see their school bully with both arms around the transfer student's neck, his sweet, soft pheromones spilling out as he whined and acted cute. The new alpha wrapped him up tightly in his school uniform and picked him up, soothing him as he walked: "Be good. You can bite me when we get back." The students all learned a profound lesson: some flags really shouldn't be planted. Jian Chi'an's pheromones smell like milk candy. Shen Yu's pheromones smell like strong liquor. A dark, sweet little story about healing and redemption. Shen Yu x Jian Chi'an, a crazed pursuer x a sunny recipient. Reading Guide: 1. The pursuer really is crazy, with a mix of restraint, madness, and a touch of dissociative personality. 2. Early on, the omega marks the alpha. Can an Honest Straight Man End Up in a Love Rivalry? Recently, Shi Qiu has felt that something strange is going on. His belongings keep disappearing. Sometimes it's an ordinary ballpoint pen, sometimes a T-shirt, and sometimes something much more private. His usually peaceful life has also changed dramatically. It all started when three outstanding suitors suddenly appeared around his beloved younger brother, and Shi Qiu became their only way to learn what the younger man liked. The warm, sunny campus heartthrob especially likes hearing Shi Qiu talk about his younger brother. Then he takes Shi Qiu's hand and asks whether doing this would offend him. The outstanding, aloof upperclassman also approaches Shi Qiu and talks to him because he wants to learn more about his younger brother. Every time they part, he gives Shi Qiu a polite hug. The difference in their strength is so great that Shi Qiu feels a little suffocated. Then there's the gloomy, unsociable boss at his internship. To better ingratiate himself with Shi Qiu's brother, he gets Shi Qiu, whose build is similar to the younger man's, to let him take his measurements and tailor clothes for him. But why does he have to measure every last bit of fabric? Thinking carefully, it seems those things started going missing around the time these people appeared. They all have perfectly reasonable excuses for hanging around Shi Qiu, but for some reason, he can't shake the feeling that something is off. So he tells his younger brother about everything that's happened. His brother listens, smiling brightly, then wraps his arms around Shi Qiu's waist and rubs his chin against his shoulder. "Big brother, they want to pursue me, so learning what I like, knowing my measurements, and making sure I'm comfortable are the bare minimum. Otherwise, what would they have to offer me?" His brother goes on: "Big brother, they're practicing on you so they can treat me better later. You're all I have, so of course you want me to be happy. That means you'll personally pick out the person who's best for me, right?" His brother says again: "Big brother, it's okay that you're straight. Just help me check them out, so I don't foolishly let them take advantage of me." Shi Qiu still feels that something is off, but he wants his brother to be happy. So even though it's a little uncomfortable, he continues to cooperate. But After waking up in the dorm, he finds faint red marks on his body. After drinking the milk his upperclassman gives him, he feels terribly sleepy. The intimate apparel his boss bought for him always feels a little damp, and he doesn't know why. When his rivals meet, they fight over his cup and covet the half-eaten popsicle left in his mouth. Their looks at one another are so vicious they seem ready to tear each other apart, radiating uncontrollable malice. Even though he's straight, these changes make it clear that something is very wrong. He tells his younger brother in alarm, but his brother hands him a cup of milk, and he falls into a surreal, fantastical nightmare. In the dream, his younger brother is no longer pure and innocent. Something strange seems to twist behind him as he grits his teeth and curses the three familiar figures beside him: "Idiots! Big brother almost figured it out!" Shi Qiu sees four pairs of identical eyes, cold and brutal, yet filled with intense obsession and desire when they look at him. The next day, he wakes up in his school dorm. His younger brother says he didn't come home last night, but Shi Qiu finds proof in his room that he did. Now even his younger brother is acting strangely. Shi Qiu stumbles away in a panic and accidentally falls into the arms of Lu Jingbai, the newly appointed head of the Lu family. The man is refined, elegant, and reliable, and gently soothes Shi Qiu. The four figures haunt him like nightmares, and only by Lu Jingbai's side can Shi Qiu feel safe. Until one day, he accidentally sees the four familiar figures twisted together in the man's shadow as he showers. Theme: Keep running toward your dreams and never stop striving!