Bo Jinghuai had been holding back his patience until now, and he was already feeling disgusted and aggrieved to death.
The atmospheric pressure in the entire private booth dropped sharply as the pheromones belonging to an Enigma were silently released.
It was a top-tier sense of oppression.
Those Omegas turned pale, their legs going weak.
Lu Mohan immediately waved them away. "Everyone, get out!"
The waiter hurriedly stepped forward and led out the weak-legged Omegas.
The booth door closed, and it suddenly became quiet.
Yan Sichen sighed and leaned back. "Jinghuai, can you actually do it or not?"
Bo Jinghuai shot him a glance.
That look was arrogant, noble, and carried a hint of disdain.
"Pull it out and it'll scare you to death," he said in a flat voice.
Yan Sichen raised his hands in surrender. "Fine, fine, fine, you're the great one."
Pei Zixian pushed up his glasses and spoke. "Jinghuai, we brothers didn't bring people here just for you to play with."
"Your rut is becoming harder and harder to endure. If you don't find an Omega to ease it, what will happen if something goes wrong?"
Bo Jinghuai picked up the wine glass on the table and took a sip.
"Do you think I want to endure it?"
"Not a single Omega in the Gene Bank has a compatibility rate over 60%."
"The ones just now, let alone 60, didn't even reach 50."
His lips twitched. "Sleep with them? Who knows if I'm sleeping with them, or if they're getting a free ride with my body."
Yan Sichen burst out laughing.
Lu Mohan also shook his head. "Your pickiness is truly unparalleled."
Bo Jinghuai didn't respond; he leaned back against the sofa and closed his eyes.
The booth was quiet for a few seconds.
Pei Zixian added, "Your old man is pressing you hard. If nothing else works, why not try finding a highly compatible Alpha?"
Bo Jinghuai opened his eyes.
"An Alpha?" There was a hint of mockery in his voice. "They smell even worse."
Yan Sichen was amused. "Then what? Are you just going to keep enduring it like this?"
"If your rut explodes one day, Pheromone Disorder is no joke."
Bo Jinghuai didn't speak, his fingers lightly tapping on the sofa's armrest.
Lu Mohan poured another glass of wine and pushed it in front of Bo Jinghuai.
"Jinghuai," he said, "how about calling Shen Qingyue over to accompany you?"
Bo Jinghuai looked up but remained silent.
Lu Mohan continued, "She has always liked you."
"The Gene Bank tested it, her compatibility with you is 59%."
"She's also the only Omega who can get close to you without you immediately telling her to get lost."
Yan Sichen chimed in, "Exactly. You're childhood friends who grew up together, and the Shen Family has always intended for a marriage alliance."
Bo Jinghuai picked up the wine glass and took a sip.
"No feeling of heartbeat," he set the glass down, his voice flat. "I don't want to marry her."
Pei Zixian pushed his glasses. "A 59% compatibility rate isn't low for top-tier genes like yours. At least it can alleviate your rut symptoms."
Bo Jinghuai leaned back, crossing his long legs.
"Alleviate?" His lips curled. "Then what's the difference from taking medicine?"
"What I want is a heartbeat, a perfect fit, not settling."
Lu Mohan sighed. "Your standards are too high."
Yan Sichen swirled his glass. "If you ask me, you just haven't tasted meat yet and don't know how good Omegas are. Once you've tried it—"
Bo Jinghuai shot him a look. "Taste what? Taste those pheromones that make me lose my appetite just by smelling them?"
Yan Sichen shut his mouth.
The booth fell silent again.
Pei Zixian suddenly thought of something and said, "By the way, Jinghuai, during those few months when you were obsessed with racing and your old man suppressed your pheromones, disguised you as a Beta, and kicked you out of the house..."
He paused and looked at Bo Jinghuai. "Didn't you have a girlfriend then?"
Bo Jinghuai's movements stiffened.
Lu Mohan and Yan Sichen both looked over.
Pei Zixian continued, "I heard that she was the one who dumped you?"
Bo Jinghuai set down his wine glass; the bottom of the glass hit the coffee table with a crisp clink.
He looked at Pei Zixian with an expression as if he were looking at a fool.
"What do you mean, she dumped me?" Bo Jinghuai's voice turned cold.
"She was just a gold-digger who looked down on the poor and favored the rich, and a Beta at that."
He sneered. "Normally, I wouldn't even spare her a glance."
Yan Sichen became interested. "Then how did you end up dating her?"
Bo Jinghuai frowned, seemingly unwilling to reminisce.
"At that time, my pheromones were suppressed and my identity was hidden. The old man wanted me to suffer a bit."
"That woman was a member of a school bullying clique. She led the way in bullying commoners, including me at the time. She was incredibly arrogant and overbearing."
Lu Mohan raised an eyebrow. "So you...?"
Bo Jinghuai said, "Although I didn't like her, she happened to provoke me, so I just used her for my own convenience."
"In that clique, the Su Family's status was quite high. After that, my life became much quieter."
"As for dating? It was actually just for fun. I didn't even hold her hand."
Pei Zixian: "Then why did she dump you?"
Bo Jinghuai's eyes grew even colder. "The Su Family got connected with a powerful figure in the Capital City and wanted a marriage alliance, so she couldn't wait to run over and break things off with me."
Yan Sichen laughed out loud. "So you were dumped because you were treated like a poor kid?"
Bo Jinghuai shot him a look.
That look caused Yan Sichen's laughter to get stuck in his throat.
"Not settling scores with her afterward is already considered generous of me," Bo Jinghuai's voice was calm, yet it carried a high-and-mighty arrogance.
"I don't lower myself to the level of ordinary people."
Lu Mohan shook his head. "You really are something."
Bo Jinghuai picked up the wine glass again.
"A Beta," he sipped the wine, his voice faint.
"She didn't even have pheromones."
"Thinking about it now, I was truly forced by the old man into a corner, deigning to lower myself."
Just as Bo Jinghuai finished speaking...
The booth door was suddenly slammed open.
A slender figure stumbled inside.
The waiter followed behind her in a panic. "Miss, you can't go in there."
The girl had already entered.
She stood up straight, panting slightly.
Under the light, her small face was excessively exquisite.
Her skin was fair and translucent, her eyes were large with slightly upturned corners, and her lips were a natural tender red. She looked delicate and endearing.
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