The Worst I Could End Up Is a Beta, Right?

Sorry, I've been playing games for too long and my train of thought has gotten a bit jumbled. I'm putting this aside for now and will come back to it later.

Take a look at my next book, Cyberpunk Slacker, Turning My Life Around Online. It starts at the end of April.

Ten years ago, Guan Yi entered the prestigious An family with his mother, carrying a small backpack.

At eighteen, he was classified as an ordinary Beta, but he still stubbornly wanted to attend military school.

As a Beta at military school, he was bound to face ridicule from the many Alphas, especially An Shenqing.

An Shenqing was his stepbrother. Ever since Guan Yi had taken their father's affection away from him, he had loved pinching Guan Yi's cheeks and bullying him until his eyes welled with tears.

To Guan Yi's surprise, An Shenqing was remarkably easygoing after all those years apart, and even smiled at him.

Guan Yi did his best to act like a dutiful younger brother, as if none of their past estrangement had ever happened.

After all, they had both grown up.

Until one day, his belated differentiation overwhelmed every last bit of his politeness and reserve.

At a loss, he went to knock on An Shenqing's door.

The usually reserved and courteous Guan Yi clung to his brother's waist, refusing to let go, and tried to curl himself into his embrace.

Omega pheromones filled the room. He seemed like an ice crystal on the verge of melting in the sunlight, fragile yet dazzling.

As Guan Yi went through differentiation, he unfurled like a delicate rose, his floral pheromones spilling out without end and challenging An Shenqing's self-control again and again.

The hand holding the suppressants trembled slightly. At last, he flung them far away.

-

A few students walked past the mecha training grounds, chatting:

"Did you hear? An Shenqing, the strongest Alpha at military school, is dating that new mecha department prodigy!"

"Wait, haven't you heard? They're actually brothers, and they grew up together!"

"No way! The looks they're giving each other could make a whole plate of candied sweet potatoes!"

"Hold on, are they into incest?!"

Inside the mecha cockpit, An Shenqing grabbed Guan Yi by the collar and clamped a large hand over his mouth.

Once the others had left, Guan Yi finally managed to pry his hand away and hissed, "Why didn't you clear up that we're stepbrothers?!"

An Shenqing pulled him back into his arms and gave his earlobe a gentle bite. "You never changed your surname, so how are we stepbrothers?"

*The two leads aren't registered in the same household.

Theme: A family that loves one another