After Making a Marking Pact with a Green Tea A [School AB]

[Fake underachiever beta: timid on the surface, but actually doesn't take anyone seriously seme & genuine underachiever, lemon-scented alpha: a crafty, arrogant archery prodigy uke]

[High school campus / ABO / both a sudden arrival and childhood friends / happy ending]

1. Shen Zhun did poorly on the college entrance exam and enrolled at a lousy university. To his surprise, on the first day of school, he returned to his second year of high school with his memories intact.

The good news was that he had second-differentiated from an omega into a beta.

The bad news was that his gland had been damaged and needed high-level alpha pheromones to soothe it.

The new alpha transfer student in his class was an archery prodigy who rarely showed up in the classroom. Remembering that they hadn't said even ten words to each other by the end of the college entrance exams, Shen Zhun thought it would suit them to keep things that way.

When the seats were rearranged, Shen Zhun asked him to be his deskmate, claiming it would help him study. After class, he dragged him into the restroom, pulled down his collar, and demanded, "Bite me."

His alpha deskmate hesitated. "My pheromones don't smell good, and the scent is pretty strong. But I don't think I can smell yours."

Shen Zhun waved a hand, unconcerned. "It's fine. I'm a beta, so I can't smell yours either."

2. With the help of high-level pheromones, Shen Zhun's gland recovered quickly. He just hadn't expected to inexplicably travel back again.

When he returned, everything was back to square one.

Shen Zhun couldn't help complaining, "Are your pheromones any good or not?"

Lu Suiyi smiled, the corner of his mouth lifting. "Then I'll give you more from now on."

In Shen Zhun's eyes, Lu Suiyi was just a little pheromone bottle.

Lu Suiyi knew it too. His friends urged him, "I beg you, stop going out of your way to help him! He doesn't even like you. He's just using you!"

But Lu Suiyi wouldn't listen to a word. "I know. Leave me alone. I have my own pace."

His friends rolled their eyes. Keep lying to yourself.

3. Everyone in class knew Shen Zhun as a timid, weak, indecisive omega, but lately he always carried a faint scent of lemon.

Then one day, a video of him stepping on an alpha's head and taunting him arrogantly spread everywhere. His classmates were stunned.

Was this... really the Shen Zhun from their class?

The underachiever who fought, skipped school, and cut class behind the scenes, yet seemed like such a quiet omega. Who would believe that he could win a fight?

Back in class, Shen Zhun had no idea that his secret had been exposed. He cautiously asked his deskmate to lend him a small knife.

The others panicked. "Why do you need a small knife? Stop pretending!"

Shen Zhun: "???"

Bonus scene:

In a narrow alley late at night, Shen Zhun was held in Lu Suiyi's arms, his eyes unfocused, his limbs hanging limp as Lu Suiyi infused him with pheromones.

Someone caught sight of them. They could smell Lu Suiyi's pheromones from far away and exclaimed, "Shen Zhun sure knows how to have fun."

The person beside them quietly added, "He really does everything in private..."

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[The bow is the wings of your growth; I am the indispensable rib you need.]

[Pheromones take after their owner: green tea scent.]

Reading and content warning guide:

1. Shen Zhun is a beta in the main story. Before transmigrating, he was an omega with a gland. After transmigrating and becoming a beta, the gland doesn't vanish instantly, so he needs pheromone marking to soothe it while it's damaged. Once it has fully recovered, the gland will gradually disappear over time, leaving him as a beta who cannot be marked. (Since this is ABO with many personal worldbuilding choices, please don't read further if you can't accept this, okay?)

2. Shen Zhun is a grade-grubber who will show his true abilities in his final year of high school. He will also study seriously and get into a good university.

3. The secondary couple is AO, but has a bittersweet ending: omega Yun Li and alpha Zhou Can.

4. He will transmigrate many times. It's a story of mutual salvation, with a happy ending at last.

[Inspired by: 2022.9.11]

Theme: Study hard and make progress every day.