After the permanent marking, Ye Ci’s fever periods became stable and regular.

There would be a milk case on a fixed date every month, which would basically not affect daily life.

Once night, Huo Tinglan got stuck in an impromptu meeting and couldn’t go home for a while.

“……I understand, Huo-shushu.” Ye Ci was talking on the phone, his voice extraordinarily soft due to the fever. “I’m okay, not, not particularly uncomfortable……one hour is no problem……don’t, don’t worry.”

After cutting off the call, he curled up under the blanket that contained Huo Tinglan’s lingering pheromones.

Beneath the blanket, a number of Huo Tinglan’s personal belongings had been piled up.

Needless to say, there were clothes picked up from the dirty clothes basket, a few watches that Huo Tinglan wore frequently, a commonly used fountain pen, and a few shiny and expensive cufflinks……he was like a little male bird building a nest, finding many shiny things for himself.

In addition, there was a necktie. Huo Tinglan had fastened it yesterday.

Made of navy blue silk, the delicate fabric had a lion pattern embroidered with silver thread. It was wrapped around Ye Ci’s left hand, and a line of smooth luster rolled along the pattern’s angles.

A short section in the middle of the tie had clung to the glands at the nape throughout the day, soaking in the scent of tequila.

Ye Ci flattened the tie and pressed the tip of his nose against it, his eyes half closed, and a shallow layer of water gathered in his eyes.

He didn’t intentionally restrain his desire, and there was no one around, so he was engrossed with each inhale, unconsciously letting out soft nasal sounds, humming and sighing.

In this way, he didn’t know how much time had passed.

During the fever period, the mind was somewhat chaotic.

Thus, when Huo Tinglan ended the meeting early and rushed back to the Huo residence, what he saw was this scene –

The light from the wall lamp was dim, and the bedding was wrinkled and messy. The bulging quilt was covered in mounds and arches, and a few soft and muffled calls came out from time to time.

“Huo-shushu, Huo-shushu……”

Ye Ci in a normal state would never speak in such a tone.

So this seemed extraordinarily……seductive.

Perhaps the quilt blocked the sound, or he was too focused and had relaxed his vigilance, but this time Ye Ci failed to hear Huo Tinglan’s footsteps.

A luxurious, overripe aroma hit his face warmly.

Huo Tinglan closed the door behind him, locking the potent Omegas pheromones in the room. His Adam’s apple rolled slowly.

This scene was very familiar.

Before the two of them got together, Ye Ci had snuck into Huo Tinglan’s bedroom once during the fever period, sniffed the bedding he slept on, and “built a nest” with the blanket. In the end, he caught him in that state of excitement and the other was so frightened that he cried, while Huo Tinglan tried his best to coax him.

It almost left a psychological shadow on poor Huo-shushu……

Huo Tinglan smiled and behaved in a well-behaved manner when he received this bargain, standing at the door and watching quietly. After a full minute, he had seen enough and coughed heavily.

The little blanket shook, and a disheveled head popped  out.

“Huo-shushu –”

Naturally, Ye Ci didn’t turn pale with fright like last time. Instead, he blushed and opened his arms towards Huo Tinglan, begging for a hug. Those staggeringly expensive diamond jewelry and watches and high-end clothes were in disarray, lying under the hot and humid blanket. Like a kitten that had eventually been spoiled, it grinded its tender claws into the furniture when no one was around.

Huo Tinglan glanced down at the pile of wrinkled clothes and smiled softly: “Missed me so much?”

Ye Ci nodded lightly and plunged happily into his arms, undoing the tie against his chest as if looking for something to eat. He pressed the tip of his nose against his shimmering shirt and inhaled, eagerly sucking in the fresh Alpha pheromones.

Huo Tinglan keenly grasped his left hand wrapped in the tie.

He had worn this one yesterday.

Because Ye Ci had wrapped it around his hand and pressed his nose against it, the fine fabric stip had absorbed the sweat from his palms and the heat from his mouth and nose, making it damp.

Huo Tinglan touched the moisture on the tie and said: “Did you lick it?”

“No, I didn’t.” Ye Ci still retained some sanity, and hurriedly denied, “I just sniffed it for a while.”

Huo Tinglan knew that Ye Ci would not, but he mischievously pinched the delicate cartilage at the tip of his nose, pretending not to believe it, and said in a low voice: “Can sniffing it make it wet?”

“I really just……smelled it. This isn’t saliva but, but the sweat on my hands.”

“Little liar.”

“……”

The two entangled for a while, and Ye Ci saw that Huo Tinglan was teasing him, so he didn’t insist on explaining and just sniffed and rubbed.

“Give me five minutes, baby.” Huo Tinglan kissed those two red lips, fed some pheromones to Ye Ci, and walked towards the bathroom.

“Huo-shushu, where are you going?” Ye Ci wasn’t having it, and hugged his sharp waist under the suit. He raised his head and pressed his soft cheek on Huo Tinglan’s shoulder. His temperament was turned upside down by the fever period, and he became clingy, but his voice was still youthful and clear. “I’m uncomfortable……”

“I’m going to take a shower.” Huo Tinglan tilted his head to brush against that dear cheek, coaxing softly, “Baby, be obedient.”

“Don’t, don’t wash.” Ye Ci’s eyes were bright.

“Together then?” Huo Tinglan thought this was what he meant.

Ye Ci shook his head. His voice gradually became as quiet as a mosquito, and his eyes wandered: “Just don’t, don’t wash……”

He had smelled it just now.

The Alpha’s rich pheromones mixed with a slight amount of light, not unpleasant masculine sweat……it seemed wild and strong.

The burning hormonal reaction made Ye Ci’s throat go dry.

If it changed to the aroma of shower gel, he would suddenly feel that something was missing.

Huo Tinglan raised his eyebrows slightly in astonishment, and smiled implicitly: “I’ve been out all day……”

Ye Ci lowered his eyes in embarrassment, but refused to release his grip. He said nothing, but his meaning was very clear.

“Baby,” Huo Tinglan grasped his chin and took one bite at a time, pressing hard against him. “Why didn’t I realize you were so……”

The words that could make Ye Ci explode in shame were swallowed up in a thin murmur.

… …

“Like my tie?” Huo Tinglan asked.

Ye Ci kept clutching the navy blue and silver embroidered tie with his left hand, and Huo Tinglan wondered if he had discovered some little hobbies that he didn’t have in his previous life.

“En.”

An affirmative answer.

“Huo-shushu will teach you how to tie a tie……be good.”

Huo Tinglan picked up another slate gray tie that was tossed aside half an hour ago, slowly tied Ye Ci’s wrists with it, and said: “This one is for the hands.”

He immediately pulled out the navy blue one embroidered with silver. “Do you know what this one is for?”

… …

When the fever period ended, Huo Tinglan and Ye Ci simply changed rooms to rest.

The mattress might have to be replaced, and it would take too much time to sort it out. Huo Tinglan didn’t like outsiders touching things that were soaked in a lot of Omega pheromones, and he had a full work schedule the next day, so he had to rest first.

Everything in the guest room was prepared, and the bedding was replaced regularly to avoid dust even if no guests had used it, so they could go directly to sleep.

The two of them took a shower, put on clean clothes, and left the original room, but Huo Tinglan had something extra in his hand.

“What, what is that in your hand?” Ye Ci intuited that something was off.

The corners of Huo Tinglan’s lips curled up. He shook out the navy blue cloth and said: “A tie.”

It was so wrinkled that it couldn’t even be ironed and looked like it had been pulled out of the water, heavy and wet.

The male lion embroidered with silver thread had become mottled.

It seemed like a waste.

“You still took it? For what?!” Ye Ci could hardly look at it, and grabbed it with his hands. “It’s dirty.”

That tie was no good!

Huo Tinglan raised his hand and held it high. The height difference of nearly ten centimeters was no exaggeration, and Ye Ci couldn’t reach it no matter what. He was lying up against Huo Tinglan’s chest, and it looked as if he was throwing himself into his arms.

“If something is dirty, it must be washed quickly.” Huo Tinglan had a gentle appearance as he taught him diligently, “Otherwise it won’t wash out, and this is a good tie. Have you forgotten the Huo family motto? ‘Tranquility cultivates morality, and frugality fosters character.’ I taught you last time……”

He had the nerve to mention last time.

“Don’t deceive me, I asked mother later and, and there is no such thing as the Huo family motto!” Ye Ci absolutely didn’t buy it, and jumped up and down to snatch the tie.

The mother in question was naturally Lin Yao.

Huo Tinglan’s heart burned, and he was even more unwilling to give it over. This scoundrel even imprisoned Ye Ci, kissing him again and again: “It’s the newly created family motto, how about it?”

Ye Ci’s fever period had just passed, and his body was weak. In addition, it was the middle of the night and he was exhausted, unable to move anymore. After being suppressed by Huo Tinglan a few times, he wilted and had to give up on regaining the tie, then fell into a deep sleep.

Seeing that he was sleeping, Huo Tinglan pressed the tie against the tip of his nose and sniffed it for a while, then stuck it to his lips.

At this moment, the concentration of Omega pheromones on it was the highest.

……He was a bit reluctant to wash it.

Truly perverted.

Huo Tinglan laughed at himself.

The next day was Sunday.

Ye Ci didn’t have to go to school, so after tossing and turning until the early morning last night, he naturally had to stay in bed. However, Huo Tinglan, who had a full schedule, had already gotten ready. With a touch of the fragrance of citrus aftershave, he leaned over and kissed Ye Ci’s forehead.

“Wu……”

Ye Ci’s eyes were half-opened. Sleepy but obedient, he just barely lifted his head and touched Huo Tinglan’s cheek. Before losing consciousness, something flashed in front of Ye Ci’s eyes for a moment, but he was too sleepy. He had no time to think, and fell asleep again like slipping into a coma.

It was already ten o’clock in the morning when he woke up again. In order to make up for lost time, Ye Ci didn’t leave the study all day except for meals and trips to the toilet. Now and then, he thought of something important that he had overlooked that morning, but couldn’t remember what it was.

However, when he saw Huo Tinglan again at the dining table that evening, the “important matter” that Ye Ci had been pondering this morning in a half-asleep state suddenly broke through.

– Huo Tinglan, who had just come home after a busy day at the company, was wearing that navy blue and silver embroidered tie around his neck!

That one! ! !

Ye Ci was stunned at first, as if his soul was being sucked out by that tie through the top of his head. After a few seconds, everything from his ears to his collarbones boiled with heat. Seeing that there was no one else around, he opened his mouth: “Why did you put, put it on……”

“This?” Huo Tinglan glanced down at the tie with raised eyebrows. He looked at Ye Ci innocently and asked softly, “I didn’t sleep most of the night, so I washed and dried it and rubbed it clean……why can’t I wear it out, baby?”

“……”

Ye Ci’s fists tightened when he heard this, and he almost broke his chopsticks.

Washing ties without sleeping in the middle of the night was very problematic in and of itself, ah!

Was he afraid that washing it too late would destroy evidence of his crime?

“Today,” Ye Ci swallowed, muttering, “What, what did you do while wearing this tie?”

Huo Tinglan smiled slightly, sat up straight, and reported the itinerary to the little gentleman: “At nine o’clock this morning, I attended a board meeting, and at ten o’clock in the morning……”

To put it simply, there was no time that he was idle.

If that was all……

He also took the time to accept an exclusive interview with a famous financial magazine, and cooperated with the other party to shoot the cover of the next issue of the magazine.

The revolving lantern of life flashed before Ye Ci’s eyes.

Yes, outsiders didn’t know the significance of that tie.

But Ye Ci did, ah!

He was dead! ! !

After a while, Ye Ci hooked back his soul in a fugue state and looked at Huo Tinglan with red, accusing eyes.

“You are too, too bad.”

Huo Tinglan nodded, wiped the corners of his lips with a napkin, and sighed. “Who says otherwise?”

Ye Ci: “……”

What a shameless answer.

Ye Ci put down his chopsticks, stopped eating, and sat on Huo Tinglan’s lap with a red face, forcibly untying the tie.

“You, you give me this tie……I’m, I’m confiscating it.”

“Are you going to throw it away, baby?”

“It’s none of your business if, if I throw it away or not.”

“How can this be? The Huo family motto, frugality……”

“Why, why doesn’t the Huo family add the motto, ‘One should have self-esteem and live life with dignity? Are, are you afraid that you will take the lead in, in violating the family motto every day?

That little stutter was getting worse and worse.

Huo Tinglan laughed and walked toward the second floor with Ye Ci kicking his arms and legs: “Not eating? Since you won’t eat, we’ll go upstairs.”

The tie was going to be confiscated anyway.

And then used one more time.

【End of The Necktie】

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