YPSSS Chapter 08

The news that Xia Shiruan suddenly presented as an Omega dropped like a bombshell on the Xia family.

Although the Xia family was well-off, they had been Betas for generations. Decades ago, one of their elders had married an Omega, but it hadn’t brought any improvements to the Xia family’s Beta genes.

Everyone knew that only the union between an Alpha and an Omega had a higher chance of producing superior offspring, which led to power and wealth becoming increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few.

The probability of Beta couples having an Alpha or Omega child was once described by a scholar as “a jackpot rarer than winning the billion-dollar lottery.”

Gao Qiuyun was even more excited than her lottery-winning son. The way she looked at him became different now, as if he were some precious, fragile treasure.

After that day, Xia Shiruan didn’t leave the hospital immediately. Instead, he stayed an extra day, and was subjected to a series of detailed examinations including hormone levels and gland development tests.

When they received the test results showing all indicators were normal, Gao Qiuyun finally stopped trembling.

However, the attending physician quickly returned to inform them of two more important matters.

The first was excellent news: Xia Shiruan’s pheromone concentration was very high, exceeding 90% of other Omegas. This meant his Omega physical functions were exceptional, making him an ideal candidate for bearing children.

Unlike Alphas, whose pheromone concentration was higher the earlier they presented, Omega pheromone levels typically increased with later presentation age.

This was one reason why Alphas often appeared more mature than Omegas of the same age.

The second piece of news wasn’t so great: due to his late presentation and high pheromone concentration, Xia Shiruan’s glands were highly sensitive to external stimuli, most notably affecting his sense of smell.

“Mr. Xia has already noticed this himself,” the doctor said. “If suddenly stimulated or in crowded places, he might experience dizziness, nausea, and other symptoms…”

Gao Qiuyun, who had been cheerful all day, now subdued her smile and asked anxiously, “What should we do about this?”

“Don’t worry,” the doctor replied. “There are solutions, which I’ll explain in detail later.”

Xia Shiruan had been quietly listening the whole time without commenting, but now he couldn’t help asking, “Doctor, even though my sense of smell has awakened, shouldn’t everyone be using scent blockers? Why can I still smell their scents?”

This question had bothered him for two days.

At the exhibition hall, other Omegas showed no discomfort, which proved everyone’s blockers were working, yet he alone felt terrible.

“Ah, about that.” The doctor adjusted his glasses, as if considering his words. “Scent blockers only temporarily absorb and collect pheromone molecules, they can’t eliminate them completely. Currently available scent blockers have a filtration precision of 0.5%, which is more than adequate for most Alphas and Omegas, let alone Betas who lack scent glands. However…”

Xia Shiruan understood. “However, it’s not enough for me.”

“Well, you could say that.”

Xia Shiruan’s face remained expressionless. “Then the researchers need to work harder.”

The doctor: “…”

Gao Qiuyun looked helpless as she gave Xia Shiruan a light tap.

Ignoring these details, the doctor responsibly introduced two methods for dealing with this situation.

The first was to purchase medical suppressants. Besides managing heat cycles, these suppressants could temporarily reduce an Omega’s sensory perception, allowing them to live normally during special periods.

These suppressants were originally meant for Omegas with irregular heat cycles and no fixed partners. They had few side effects, with the only drawback being their high cost. Omegas who could afford them usually weren’t short on money and likely had no plans to marry, which led some people online to jokingly call these suppressants the “Omega Rights Essential Helper.”

Xia Shiruan mostly used the internet for research and rarely browsed social media, so he didn’t know much about Omega rights and had never heard of medical suppressants. He just silently memorized everything the doctor said.

“You can buy them at our hospital pharmacy. Eight thousand per box, but it’s not covered by insurance…” the doctor hadn’t finished speaking when Gao Qiuyun interrupted, “What’s the second method?”

It wasn’t that Gao Qiuyun couldn’t afford it, but as a mother, she held some traditional views. She believed all medicine carried some poison. Even if the medical suppressants had few side effects, it didn’t mean they had none.

“The second method is marking. A compatible Alpha’s pheromones act as a natural barrier for Omegas. Given your special constitution, you should be able to determine suitable Alpha compatibility yourself.”

After speaking, the doctor and Gao Qiuyun turned to look at Xia Shiruan in perfect sync.

“…” Xia Shiruan asked, “Why are you looking at me?”

The doctor then asked, “Do you have a partner, Mr. Xia?” to which he received a negative response.

“Well…”

Before Gao Qiuyun could speak, Xia Shiruan said directly, “I’ll buy the medical suppressants.”

The doctor paused briefly before saying, “Okay.”

Gao Qiuyun didn’t say anything more.

She sighed and stroked Xia Shiruan’s hair. She smiled at the doctor, and stood up saying, “I’ll go with you to get the medicine.”

Soon, the hospital room was empty except for Xia Shiruan.

Perhaps it was psychological, but he always felt tired easily now. Despite getting enough sleep last night, he felt drowsy again although it was only afternoon.

Gao Qiuyun brought Xia Shiruan his charger, and his phone was finally charging.

After a small yawn, he leaned back in bed and grabbed his phone. As soon as he turned it on, messages flooded in.

Most were from Yi Junya, frantically asking why he’d left without a word that day and hadn’t replied to messages, saying he was worried and urging him to reply quickly.

Some were mentions in the lab group chat, asking why he’d registered for Sunday’s online lecture but did not show up, wasting a spot, and mentioning that Professor Lu had specifically asked about this.

Xia Shiruan scrolled through them one by one.

He first posted an “apologize” in the lab group, explaining he had an emergency and would explain to Professor Lu later.

Ignoring passive-aggressive replied like “Who do you think you are? Just because Professor Lu gave you a book doesn’t mean he remembers you,” Xia Shiruan opened his contacts, scrolled to the bottom, and pulled up a contact he hadn’t used in years. He transferred one thousand yuan, and noted “hospital fees.”

Xia Shiruan had wondered if Xie Ji still used that account, but soon heard the payment received sound. Although the payment was accepted, no message came in response.

Xia Shiruan didn’t mind. He closed the chat with Xie Ji, and opened Yi Junya’s messages.

In less than twenty-four hours since yesterday afternoon, Yi Junya had already performed a one-person drama in their chat history.

[Yi Junya: Xiao Ruan, are you done yet? My legs are going numb from squatting outside the Beta bathroom!]

[Yi Junya: So many people are staring at me… What are you looking at, never seen a beautiful Omega before?!]

[Yi Junya: Xiao Ruan, if you don’t come out, I’m barging in!!]

[Yi Junya: There’s no one in the bathroom… QAQ Don’t scare me, where are you!!!]

…

The messages had escalated to him planning a full-scale search for him. If he didn’t reply soon, Yi Junya might actually call the police.

Xia Shiruan smiled helplessly. His fingers hovered over the screen for a while as he typed out a few words, then thought about how to explain his current situation. After some time, he sent a message.

“Junya, didn’t you attend the school’s Omega sex education program in high school? There was a booklet, right? Do you still have it? I’d like to take a look.”

Yi Junya’s reply came at light speed, making him wonder if he stared at his phone screen more than twenty-four hours a day.

[Yi Junya: ????????????????????????????????]

The question marks filled up the entire screen.

As Xia Shiruan struggled to scroll through the wall of question marks, he couldn’t help but sigh at an Omega’s unparalleled ability to jump to conclusions.

[Yi Junya: Xia Shiruan, is this really Xia Shiruan??]

[Yi Junya: Account not hacked??]

[Yi Junya: ???]

[Xia Shiruan: .]

For the next ten minutes, Xia Shiruan struggled to convince Yi Junya that he was indeed himself, that his account hadn’t been hacked, he hadn’t been abducted by aliens, and he definitely wasn’t studying Omega knowledge to pursue some Omega.

Yi Junya typed at an incredible speed, messages popping up one after another until Xia Shiruan’s eyes hurt. Finally, worn down by his persistence, he condensed everything into one message.

[Xia Shiruan: I presented as an Omega.]

After sending this, Yi Junya’s usual rapid-fire responses suddenly stopped, as if he’d gone offline.

The silence lasted a full five minutes.

After those five minutes, Xia Shiruan’s phone started vibrating frantically again, even more intensely than before.

[Yi Junya: !]

[Yi Junya: !!]

[Yi Junya: !!! I told you we were destined to be sisters!! But you wouldn’t believe me!!]

Xia Shiruan: “…”