Grow with the Wind

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Jiang Chong woke up in a new world. He struggled to lift his eyelids and stirred his still-groggy brain. Oh, transmigrated again.

This world was all right. The only downside was that he'd become a miserable high school student.

Worse still, the class monitor was way too responsible, working hard every day to make sure he studied and didn't break any rules.

Until one day, they finally confessed their feelings.

Jiang Chong was astonished. “What? Were you trying to woo me this whole time?”

Wei Yu had been determined since childhood to become the most handsome man in the world. He lived by the motto “understated luxury and substance,” and had been the “other people's kid” for over a decade.

Then he presented on the day of his academic assessment, his high school application fell through, and he turned out to be a Beta. Everyone who heard about it said what a shame.

Wei Yu scoffed. “What's wrong with being a Beta? I'm still handsome! Besides, as long as I'm more handsome than every Alpha, Beta, and Omega, I'll still be the most handsome man in the world.”

But one day, a classmate who'd been on leave for a long time came back to school.

Wei Yu: Why is he such a show-off?!

Later

Wei Yu: ...Well, he does pull off the show-off act pretty handsomely.

Years later, a friend asked curiously, “Which of you fell for the other first?”

Wei Yu answered without hesitation, “Obviously, I did.”

Jiang Chong said, “You can't just make things up and fool people who don't know the truth. I was the one who fell in love at first sight and kept hanging around you.”

Wei Yu: “Bullshit! You even deliberately avoided me. If anything, I was the one who fell in love at first sight.”

Jiang Chong: “You were just attracted by my looks. That's shallow. It doesn't count.”

A big-mouthed, outwardly warm but inwardly aloof Alpha x a seemingly cool, inwardly smug, hardworking Beta boy

Jiang Chong x Wei Yu

Stories about love, friendship, and growing up

My take on ABO:

1. Alphas and Omegas are drawn to the pheromones of the opposite sex, but won't necessarily go into heat involuntarily. If they do, it's because the pheromones contained deliberate temptation.

2. An Alpha's pheromones can exert mental pressure. The effect varies from person to person. It's a crowd-control skill, not a direct attack.

3. Betas can smell pheromones but can't sense the emotions in them. To Betas, Alpha and Omega pheromones are like extra-strong perfume. Betas can sense mental pressure.

Also: Jiang Chong has empty-heart syndrome and is working hard to heal.

“Empty-heart syndrome” is a psychological disorder characterized by a lack of values that provide a sense of meaning and existence, along with intense loneliness and a feeling that life is meaningless.

Theme: When the wind rises, you can either travel against it or ride it upward