I Was Scammed By A Snow Leopard cub - Chapter 16

Making up for last week by double updates

Chapter 16 – Tobacco Scented Pheromones

What did Xie Yingcheng mean by transferring money to him?

Was it to reward him for buying clothes and toys for Tuantuan? Or was it to hint that he should take the money and shut up, and not meddle in things that shouldn’t be his business?

Luo Yu tossed and turned for most of the night but couldn’t figure it out, so he finally gave up. However, the next morning, he found another thing that was beyond his comprehension.

The chessboard that was put away by Xie Yingcheng the day before reappeared in its original position, and the positions of the chess pieces were also restored, including the black chess piece moved by Luo Yu.

It is not difficult to guess who placed it there, but the situation on the chessboard had changed slightly: the white piece took a step sideways, gave up pursuing the victory, and retreated to a conservative position.

Was his move really too deliberate to lure the enemy in too deep… Luo Yu unknowingly fell into the chess game again, and subconsciously began to think about the next move of the black pieces.

He thought about it again and again, and finally moved an unimportant chess piece to another position.

Keep your troops in place and wait for your opponent to launch the first attack.

Luo Yu was very curious about how Xie Yingcheng would respond. He was thinking about the chess game the whole time, and when he came to his senses, he found that he had prepared an extra breakfast.

Never mind……

He could just consider it as payment for playing chess.

The next step was to wake Tuantuan up. Luo Yu pushed open the door of the cub’s room, and the silver-haired little boy from last night had reverted into a furry little snow leopard, burying his head in the belly of the giant rabbit, with a weak, pitiful and helpless lamb doll under the chubby black pad.

Although the cub changed back, Luo Yu was not discouraged. It was a process that needed to be adapted, so he just had to take it slowly.

“Tuantuan? It’s time to get up.”

Hearing his voice, the cub’s little ears hidden in the rabbit’s body moved. His body was still lying in the same place, but his tail began to swing left and right unconsciously.

The cub, completely unaware that he had been betrayed by his tail, continued to hold the rabbit and pretend to sleep.

Luo Yu felt amused and raised his voice slightly: “You haven’t woken up yet? Then let the admiral wake you.”

The little kid who stayed in bed late jumped up like a cannonball and used his hands and feet to run and jump into the bathroom. When he got out of bed, he rolled twice on the carpet because he didn’t stand firmly.

He had to say that Xie Yingcheng is still very useful at certain times, but Luo Yu was a little worried again.

The relationship between this father and son needs to be closer.

The little cub keeps calling “Father” and “Father”, isn’t it a bit too unfamiliar?

He set the table and waited for the father and son to take their seats. Strangely, Xie Yingcheng showed up at this time yesterday, but did not show up until the end of breakfast today.

Did he leave early? Or was he waking up late?

After sending the well-fed cub to the study to take online classes, Luo Yu sent a message to Xie Yingcheng to ask.

[Admiral, have you left yet? ]

He didn’t receive a reply for a long time.

Luo Yu decided to confirm it himself, so he put the extra breakfast into the insulated box and went up the stairs to the second floor of the castle.

Luo Yu and the cub’s room, as well as the cub’s study room, are all on the first floor. Luo Yu only came to the second floor for a while yesterday at noon to bask in the sun.

As soon as he came up, Luo Yu smelled a smell that was not there yesterday. The long corridor was filled with the smell of tobacco and leather, as if someone had burned a cigarette here for a long time not long ago.

Luo Yu didn’t know whether Xie Yingcheng smoked or not.

But since there are cubs at home… shouldn’t smoke in the house, right?

He could go to the terrace or turn left.

With some dissatisfaction, Luo Yu continued to move forward.

There were many rooms on the second floor, and he didn’t know which room belonged to Xie Yingcheng. But after taking two steps, Luo Yu saw a door that was not completely closed from afar.

He walked over subconsciously, and the originally faint smell of tobacco gradually became stronger. Luo Yu frowned, covered his mouth and nose slightly, and knocked lightly on the door that was not closed tightly.

“Admiral? Are you in there…?”

No one responded, there should be no one in the room.

Luo Yu was just about to close the door and leave when a series of loud noises suddenly came from inside.

It was like the sound of glass breaking, mixed with a painful groan.

His heart skipped a beat, and without thinking, he opened the door and ran in: “Admiral!!”

Not far behind the door, Xie Yingcheng was supporting himself on the edge of the bed in pain, with broken pieces of wine glass scattered all over the floor.

Seeing Luo Yu, Xie Yingcheng’s face instantly darkened and he shouted sternly, “Get out!”

The faint scent of irises drifted into the nose along with the intruding figure of a human being. The pheromones that were already churning rose again, teetering on the edge of going out of control.

Luo Yu finally understood the source of the pungent smell of tobacco.

That is Xie Yingcheng’s pheromone.

A wave of heat rushed to his head. Luo Yu hurriedly left the room, holding his breath and running to the first floor before he stopped.

Affected by the noise, the cub poked his little head out of the study and called out in confusion.

“Meow…?”

Luo Luo’s face had turned red.

Did something happen that Tuantuan didn’t know about?

Luo Yu propped himself up on his knees, panting and waving his hands: “No, it’s okay! Tuantuan, you can continue studying.”

The cub hesitated and retracted its head.

His heart was pounding in his chest, the skin on his face and neck was burning, and he wanted to turn on the faucet and soak himself from head to toe.

What did he just do?!

Barging into an alpha’s room recklessly!

At this time, the glands reacted belatedly, and the fragrance of the flowers spread out in waves.

Luo Yu regretted it very much and quickly ran back to his room, took a quick shower, changed clothes, and sprayed himself with a whole bottle of barrier agent.

Fearing the embarrassment of reconciling with Yingcheng, Luo Yu stayed in his room obediently for the whole morning. At noon, a message popped up on his personal terminal:

【Going to the hospital, will be back later】

The coward Luo Yu then slowly came out of the room.

When Wen Qiu came to teach Tuantuan in the afternoon, Luo Yu had already ventilated the castle up and down for a long time, but there was still a faint smell left.

Wen Qiu was quick to notice something was wrong and asked about it during the break. Luo Yu felt awkward and just said a few words about what happened that morning.

Wen Qiu is also an alpha, and as Xie Yingcheng’s teacher, he is very familiar with the smell of Xie Yingcheng’s pheromones.

“It should be a sudden susceptibility phenomenon. It’s no big deal. It will get better after a while.” Thinking that Luo Yu was an omega, he asked again: “Xiao Luo is an omega, right? Have you been affected in any way?”

Sudden susceptibility refers to the abnormal fluctuation and dissipation of pheromones in omega or alpha during the non-susceptible period or during the hot period of bonding. At a certain distance, alpha and omega can smell the pheromone, and unmarked alpha or omega are easily affected by the pheromones of others, producing abnormal symptoms such as fever and dizziness.

Generally speaking, the higher the pheromone match, the greater the impact.

However, AOs like Wen Qiu who have a partner and have been marked can smell the odor but will not be affected.

Speaking of this, Luo Yu found it difficult to speak.

The degree of compatibility between him and Xie Yingcheng… is one hundred percent.

Everything had been going peacefully before, but no one knew why an accident suddenly happened today, which forced Luo Yu to take this matter seriously.

Seeing the complicated expression on Luo Yu’s face, Wen Qiu probably guessed the answer in his heart and changed the subject considerately: “Speaking of which, when Ying Cheng first adopted Tuantuan, Tuantuan wouldn’t let him hold him because of the pheromones.”

Adoption?

But this father and son are exactly the same, from their silver hair to their features.

How could he be adopted?

Luo Yu couldn’t believe his ears: “Adopted? Isn’t Tuantuan his biological child?”

Seeing the stunned expression on his face, Wen Qiu was also surprised: “Yes, Ying Cheng didn’t tell you?”

Luo Yu shook his head.

So Wen Qiu explained to him: “Tuantuan is the child of Ying Cheng’s sister. Three years ago, due to some accidents, both parents passed away. At that time, Ying Cheng was stationed in the border star for a long time to command the war, and he didn’t know about this until some time later.”

“Ying Cheng hadn’t met Tuantuan at the time, and Tuantuan’s father’s relatives were refusing to let him go. He gave up his promotion application and transferred back to the main planet, and it took him a lot of effort to adopt Tuantuan.”

“At the time, he had a lot of military duties and often had to jump between planets. I asked him to let me help take care of the cub, but he refused and insisted on raising him himself. He took Tuantuan with him wherever he went. But he was a single alpha, so how could he know how to take care of a child? His pheromones were the smell of tobacco, so Tuantuan would cry whenever Ying Cheng would get close to him. Every time he was fed, he would ask someone to help feed him.”

“As time went by, Ying Cheng gradually stopped taking the initiative to get close to the cub. Plus, Tuantuan never transformed, and the father and son lacked communication, so things gradually evolved into what you see now.”

“Although they look a little strange and don’t seem like a normal father and son, Ying Cheng has actually done a lot for this little guy.”

Luo Yu thought of his groundless accusations against Xie Yingcheng yesterday and suddenly felt ashamed.

He actually asked Xie Yingcheng to pay more attention to the cubs.

If Xie Yingcheng really didn’t care about the cubs, he would never have adopted Tuantuan from the beginning.

How much pressure and criticism would a junior officer have to endure when he went on a mission with a cub that couldn’t transform? Luo Yu couldn’t imagine Xie Yingcheng begging for help, and he couldn’t imagine that a seemingly indifferent man would silently sacrifice so much for the cub.

His stereotype of Xie Yingcheng was totally inappropriate.

After seeing Wen Qiu off in the evening, Luo Yu still couldn’t calm down.

He felt very sorry for misunderstanding Xie Yingcheng and wanted to help the father and son ease their relationship, but he didn’t know where to start.

Everything is fine with Tuantuan, except for Xie Yingcheng…

Combined with what happened in the morning, Luo Yu was even more confused about what to do.

Perhaps the confusion and distress on his face were too obvious, even Tuantuan noticed it.

The little cub jumped onto his knees, tilted his head to rub his arm, and offered its paw pads to Luo Yu to press and knead.

Touching the cub’s soft and smooth fur, Luo Yu’s mood improved slightly and he cheered up again.

No matter what, the key is to communicate well with Xie Yingcheng.

He decided to put his previous concerns aside for the time being – he still had to ask the questions he had to ask. The worst-case scenario was that he would be fired early. If he didn’t even try, it would be a fantasy to expect the relationship between the father and son to become closer automatically.

In order to facilitate the formulation of subsequent plans, Luo Yu’s first step is to deepen his understanding of the cubs.

He planned to start by understanding the abnormality of the cub yesterday.