Can an Alpha Be Marked?

Qin Xiujin is a Beta with no pheromones. He has a mountain of degrees, an utterly ordinary job, and is a born wage slave.

One night, he runs into an upperclassman he met only once back in the day: Chu Fei, an elite Alpha, wildly successful and used to looking down on everyone. Chu Fei offers to buy him a drink.

One drink leads to another, and before long they're in bed.

Qin Xiujin looks at Chu Fei, who clearly has ulterior motives, and smiles.

So you want to sleep with me? Then you can deal with the consequences.

The next morning, Chu Fei presses a hand to his swollen, aching gland and asks Qin Xiujin why he got marked.

Qin Xiujin sits nearby, flicks ash from his cigarette, and says nothing.

*Lots of personal worldbuilding. At heart, it's a pure-love, melodramatic, emotionally tangled, bittersweet and brainless story.

? Next book: Reincarnated in Another World with a Gacha System

Chai Yu has reincarnated.

The bad news: After spending his whole life wanting to die, he reincarnated in another world.

The even worse news: He awakened a System, but it's an Infinite Gacha System.

Looking at his System, now embodied as a slime, Chai Yu wants to die.

Is it too late to kill myself?

Then the status screen gives him an answer: Your suicidal ideation is too high. We've activated Suicide Prevention Mode for you. Please learn to love life! ^-^

Now he wants to die even more.

With no other choice, Chai Yu keeps trying to die while opening gacha capsules until his hands cramp.

The animals are so grateful that they offer Chai Yu their names, helping him ascend to godhood.

Until one day, a badly injured divine beast lands in his courtyard, and Chai Yu picks it up.

Bonus Scene

One day, the little divine beast goes into heat for the first time and insists on sleeping in the same bed as Chai Yu.

Unable to refuse, Chai Yu leans against the pillows, reading a book while patting the little divine beast's lower back and butt.

As he pats, suddenly someone looms over him.

Chai Yu looks up and meets a pair of beautiful, peach-blossom eyes.

The divine beast, now in human form, raises his hips and rubs against Chai Yu's hand. He presses his lips together and asks, "Aren't you going to keep going?"

‖ Male lead is the pursuer, male lead is the pursuer, male lead is the pursuer. Focused on raising a young couple. Control freaks, stay away.

‖ The pursuer is beloved by all animals and genuinely wants to die. He has a mental illness. The love interest appears much later. Overall, it's an unconventional farming story set in another world.

‖ Inspired by a dream I had on the afternoon of November 22, 2024. Any similarities are purely coincidental.

Theme: Even if you're ordinary, keep your eyes on the stars.