Don't Want to See You In The Next Life (Volume 2)

Chapter 21

Xia Liang sat on the sofa for a while. He heard hurried footsteps from upstairs and saw Zhou Shuo enter the bedroom for a while then run into the small kitchen on the second floor. He fiddled with something for a while and ran back to his room.

Xia Liang didn't know what Zhou Shou was doing. After sitting for a while, he walked upstairs slowly. Seeing Zhou Shuo's door was tightly closed, he raised his hand to knock on the door. 

After thinking about it, he just gave up and walked away. He glanced at the small kitchen and found that the lower cabinet of the refrigerator was not closed tightly and a seam was missing.

He walked over and opened the door of the lower cabinet to check and found that the box of frozen ice cubes was gone.

He stared at the empty cabinet for a moment and suddenly something flashed in his mind. He immediately turned around and strode back to Zhou Shuo's bedroom, knocked hard on the door, and said, "Zhou Shuo, open the door!"

There is no sound inside. 

Xia Liang said again, "Don't pretend that you didn't hear me. Open the door quickly, otherwise, I will kick the door."

After a while, the door of the room was opened and Zhou Shuo only had a bathrobe on. Water dripped from the tips of his hair. His face was pale and his body was slightly trembling.

"You..." Xia Liang reached out to touch his face but Zhou Shuo stepped back and avoided his touch. 

Xia Liang opened the door and stepped in, pressing his hand on Zhou Shou's neck while he was not prepared, feeling cold to the touch.

Xia Liang squinted his eyes, "Did you pour ice cold water on yourself just now?"

Zhou Shuo didn't speak but couldn't restrain his body from shivering. He just poured it over himself once and didn't think it was enough so he gritted his teeth and poured it all over him three times. After some time, he realized that it was hard to bathe with iced water in this weather.

Xia Liang looked at him angrily, "Aren't you afraid of getting sick?"

Zhou Shuo shivered and said, "I...I am in good health..." 

"If you are in good health, you won't mess around like this. Is doing this useful?"

"This is...useful...already...going down. "

He didn't say anything anymore. Xia Liang looked at Zhou Shou's lower body with a knowing heart and then both of them became embarrassed afterward. 

"Ah," Xia Liang looked away unnaturally, "Anyway, you shouldn't do this in the future, okay?"

Zhou Shuo feels aggrieved. What else can he do if you won't help solve the problem?

Zhou Shou thought that Xia Liang would not care about him but in fact, Xia Liang called Du Lanze immediately when he returned to his room and asked about what he should do in a situation like Zhou Shuo.

Du Lanze pondered for a while and said, "Actually, Zhou Shuo's situation is normal for an Alpha who has just made a mark."

"?" Xia Liang was confused. 

Du Lanze continued, "Actually, the abnormal person is you." 

"Why?"

"As far as I know, during the first estrus, Omegas will last for several days intermittently so you can't get out of bed at all. But you are different. After just one time, you were refreshed and needless. I'm wondering if your genetic mutations are not thorough enough."

(Estrus: reproductive cycle)

Xia Liang was speechless for a moment then said, "Then I'm really thankful."

Du Lanze ignored Xia Liang's sarcasm and continued, "But Zhou Shuo has mutated very thoroughly. He is more sensitive to Omega pheromones than you and the frequency and intensity of his symptoms are more severe than yours. There is not much demand in this regard and we should try our best to take care of Zhou Shuo's feelings."

Xia Liang rubbed his forehead, a little frustrated, "How do you want me to take care of him? Wash myself clean and send me to his bed?"

Du Lanze chuckled, "If you really have this kind of consciousness..."

"I'm sorry, I don't!" 

Xia Liang couldn't help raising his voice. He then subconsciously glanced at the closed door, clutched his phone, and lowered his tone. 

"I'm not gay. I have done it once with a man and that's enough for me. You still want me to take the initiative to give myself to him again?"

Du Lanze said helplessly, "In our concept, apart from AA and OO, other pairings are not considered homosexuals."

"Sorry, I still can't agree with your gender outlook."

Du Lanze thought for a while and curiously said, "Honestly, when you did it with him, did you really feel no pleasure at all?" 

Xia Liang recalled the shameful scene at the time and fell silent.

"In fact, men's sex and love are more independent than women. Some men's love is only a physical need and it may not necessarily rise to the emotional level so you should not have too much mental burden."

Du Lanze paused and asked, "Have you ever helped someone shoot a pistol before?" 

Xia Liang thought that he had only shot himself a pistol and the number of times is not too many. From this point of view, he seemed to be a bit cold by nature.

Du Lanze took his silence as acquiescence and continued, "You and Zhou Shuo should be helping each other. Isn't that normal?"

After Xia Liang hung up the phone, he heard the sound of Zhou Shou's footsteps coming from outside. He opened the door and just happened to bump into Zhou Shuo who is planning to get a bucket of ice from the freezer in the kitchen downstairs. 

Zhou Shuo looked awkward and subconsciously covered the small tent under his bathrobe.

Xia Liang asked incredulously, "What's the matter with you, didn't we just talk about it?" 

"Yes... now..." 

Zhou Shuo hesitated, his face flushed red.

Xia Liang sighed, remembering that Du Lanze had said that this was a very normal phenomenon. He couldn't help but sympathize with Zhou Shuo and feel helpless. 

He immediately thought that since he and Zhou Shuo are both victims of gene mapping, they naturally have to share their weal and woe. 

(in weal and woe: in times of happiness and success and in times of sadness and difficulty)

After thinking about this, he pursed his lips and said, "Don't pour ice water on yourself. It won't work no matter how many times you try."

"Brother Liang, don't worry about me, I can hold it..." 

Before he finished speaking, Xia Liang suddenly took the ice bucket from his hand.

Xia Liang propped the ice bucket on the floor and involuntarily dragged Zhou Shuo into his room.