With his body covered in stamps from head to toe, the fake young master is forced to hide out for a week. Once the ink finally starts to fade, his rut kicks in right on time, so he has to stay home for another three days.
When his rut is over, his friends tease him for his drunk declaration of abstinence. They also poke fun at his sudden disappearance asking if he was going through his “heat”?
After all, an alpha’s rut only lasts three days, and for some alphas the symptoms are pretty mild, so their rut is no different from usual, they can do whatever they need to do. Only omegas need to stay home during their heat.
Unwilling to put up with more teasing, the fake young master stays home for a few more days. Wei Xiu doesn’t step foot outside for half a month, he stays tucked in his chambers like a young maiden.
–
Xu Yunchun had little time for rest during this half month. Although he has already reincarnated and has no more pressure to do missions, to give his young master a proper welcome he is working nonstop to understand all the rules and relations of this world.
He also thought ‘why not have the fake young master go through all the necessary surgeries and procedures before the young master arrives? Let him bear the pain instead of his young master.’
However, the system does have somewhat of a conscience, those who reincarnate are granted a healthy body, there’s no need for any treatments.
Cosmetic alterations like braces, plastic surgery and lasik eye surgery are even more unnecessary: his young master is perfect in his natural state, there’s no need for any changes.
Xu Yunchun sighs in admiration over and over again at Wei Xiu’s perfection. That is until he witnesses an alpha rut with his own eyes.
–
The typical symptoms of an alpha rut are irritability, high body temperatures, strong desires, feeling unwell, reduced sense of safety, heightened possessiveness, and inability to control the density of pheromones secretion… Alphas will typically experience a few of these symptoms, but the fake young master is an S-Rank alpha and is naturally more sensitive, so he goes through every single one.
He locks himself in his room, out of which smashing and roaring can be heard. None of the Wei family servants dare to enter, Xu Yunchun musters up the courage to go in and take care of him. Mr. and Mrs. Xu both gave their son a nod, their expressions showing silent praise for his bravery.
In the original novel, just like ‘Xu Yunchun’, Mr. and Mrs. Xu work at the Wei residence and act as villain canon fodder in the story. They wholeheartedly wish for their beta son to climb the ranks, yet understand that there’s no way for him to become a lover to the Wei young master. Thus they are fully pushing for their son to earn a place serving the master in his chambers.
Mr. Xu says to Xu Yunchun: “Serve the young master well, my son. Do whatever he wants. Just bear it for three days.
Xu Yunchun: “Ok.”
Xu Yunchun enters the room and sees Fake Wei Xiu, eyes red from lack of sleep, looking like a beast. He resorts to his usual method, rope already in hand, ready to tie the young man up.
He soon has the alpha nicely tied up, “Just bear it for three days. Don’t struggle, or you’ll hurt my young master’s hands.”
–
But an S-Rank alpha is stronger than Xu Yunchun imagined. To his surprise, the fake young master escapes the bindings and the two start fistfighting.
In the novel, “Wei Xiu” is written to be an all-rounder. Though he has no martial arts skills, his fight techniques and S-Rank alpha strength prove to be enough for him to be a relative match for Xu Yunchun.
Yet, with his absolute determination not to lose, Xu Yunchun keeps the advantage, not letting Fake Wei Xiu even get a punch in. However, when Fake Wei Xiu launched a punch at the mirror behind him, Xu Yunchun gave in and let the punch land on his body.
Of course, after receiving a full-power strike from an S-Rank alpha, Xu Yunchun coughs up blood. Despite this, he grabs the man’s arm as if he had felt no pain at all, hatred burning from his gaze: “You nearly made a gash in the young master’s hand, how would you have compensated for that?”
The fake young master is stunned.
To think that a pheromoneless beta could terrify him through pure hatred alone.
–
In the end, Xu Yunchun manages to fully subdue Fake Wei Xiu and give him some medicine. He had already searched for various kinds of sedatives and inhibitors that could knock someone out for a little while.
Seeing the other so well behaved, Xu Yunchun couldn’t help the sigh of relief he let out. An alpha in its rut was nothing but an animal.
Maybe he should just remove the fake young master’s scent glands while he was at it…
Unacceptable. The young master must be able to go through stable ruts. He mustn’t let the actions of a fake push him to hurt the young master’s body.
Forget it, he’ll simply adapt as he goes. The young master must be coming soon, he must be.
–
When sleeping, Fake Wei Xiu is no different from Wei Xiu himself. He is sulking away, ignoring the other man as he sleeps, a scene akin to the aftermath of any typical quarrel.
Xu Yunchun is sitting at his bedside as he observes him for a bit. He brought the sleeping man’s hand to his face, lightly rubbing against it.
“Young master, someone hit me. It hurts.” He whispers. “I’m being bullied, hurry over, will you. I’ll be sure not to provoke you anymore.”
