The Abstinent Stepdad Stumbles Into a Shura Field

Alpha Shen Xiangling has an pheromone disorder. Without suppressants, he loses control from time to time and goes into heat. He hates himself when he loses control, so he usually lives an exceptionally celibate life. Fortunately, his arranged-marriage partner is just as abstinent and taciturn, practically like an ascetic monk. In three years of marriage, they have only met once, and his partner already has two adopted Alpha sons. Shen Xiangling is content with this tranquil, uneventful life. But at some point, it seems the people around him all started wanting to see him lose control. His two adopted Alpha sons keep finding chances to ply him with alcohol. "Don't worry, Dad. We were raised by you, so you don't have to hold back around us." The boys are popular at school, and Shen Xiangling is often cornered by their admirers, all tall male Alphas who release their pheromones maliciously in an attempt to make him lose control. "Uncle, we heard you won't let him date. Why don't you handle that problem for him?" Shen Xiangling replies with an impassive face, "If you want a beating, come and get one." Even after he turns them down, they keep pestering him. Beating them and cursing them out does nothing; it only makes the rebellious boys even more eager to torment him, forcing Shen Xiangling to increase his suppressant dosage. Eventually, he even finds himself followed by Alphas every time he goes out... When will this ever end? * The day his Alpha husband returns to the country, Shen Xiangling gets drunk and spends one uninhibited night with him at home. For the next three months, he doesn't lose control once. Hoping to cure his condition, he wants to try again with his husband, but the man flatly denies anything happened. But that night, he was with many men: his husband, his two Alpha stepsons and their group of Alpha admirers, a Beta student, and one of his Omega friends. If it wasn't his husband, who was he with that night? Or could it have been anyone? If he could spend another drunken night of uninhibited pleasure in exchange for three months of normal pheromones and no heat, who should he choose... * Gu Fanyan doesn't dare tell his aloof, untouchable wife, Shen Xiangling, that he is actually an Enigma. Enigmas have stronger desires than ordinary Alphas. Their destructive urges are deeply embedded in their genes, making them exceptionally violent and prone to losing control and falling into mental instability. He is constantly holding himself back. After years of treatment without a cure, he wants to return and be with Shen Xiangling before his pheromones become completely disordered and turn him into a madman... But Shen Xiangling actually asks him for a divorce? Just because he hasn't satisfied him?? Outside a bar, Gu Fanyan wears a sinister expression as he snatches the drunk Shen Xiangling away from a group of men. Gripping his wrist, he pins him against the car. The pheromones released by the enraged Enigma make Shen Xiangling's legs go weak with ease. "You blame me for not satisfying you? Do I have to mark your glands until they're thoroughly ruined?" "Then don't run away when I kiss you from head to toe." * Reader's Guide: 1. The love interest is an aloof, abstinent older man, an uncle-type, and a total heartthrob. 2. All the pursuers are virgins; there's a rivals-in-love free-for-all. 3. A younger puppy-like pursuer who talks tough but falls hard / a gloomy, possessive stalker / a pursuer who pretends to be a gentleman but is really a wolf in sheep's clothing Screenshot taken on 2025.5.31 Theme: Relationships need to be nurtured