Jiang Yao remained as silent as before. He shifted his gaze away.

Yin Che stepped forward and grabbed him by the collar. "I told you already, there's no need to play around with me. I believe you. You deceiving me like this wouldn't interest you."

Jiang Yao took a slow, deep breath. He turned his head and looked right at him, "I didn't lie to you."

"You still don't admit it?"

"It's true, I really didn't lie to you. I did go to use the suppressant."

"Then how could your body have......"

Yin Che suddenly froze and blinked in shock.

'Your pheromones are really gone forever?'

'Not gone, just concealed. As long as I don't have sex with an omega, causing a pheromone explosion, it will never lose effectiveness. My partner is a beta, so it's equivalent to being effective forever.'

......

"The suppressant has lost effectiveness," Jiang Yao whispered, "I'm sorry."

Yin Che released his grip. He took a step back and stared at him blankly.

For nearly a minute, his mind was blank, and then, suddenly, many scenes flashed by.

Each and every scene featured a Jiang Yao.

The Jiang Yao who he kicked down the first time they met.

The Jiang Yao who stroked his hair under the street light to comfort him.

The Jiang Yao who carried him to the infirmary during the sports meet.

The Jiang Yao who confessed to him as New Year's fireworks exploded in the sky.

The Jiang Yao who drove over from Dong Cheng on New Year's Eve to hug him.

The Jiang Yao who threw chocolate at him to make up during the spring field trip.

The Jiang Yao who held his hand under the desk.

......

After the last, he snapped out of it and returned to the present moment, to the Jiang Yao standing in front of him saying "I'm sorry."

"......Ge," his voice trembled on the single tone twice. "You lied to me?"

"I'm sorry." Jiang Yao bowed his head, "I know I made a huge mistake......but I swear I won't do it again. Please forgive me this one time, okay?"

This scene was like deja vu. After the basketball game, Jiang Yao had also sworn to him like this.

In an instant, Yin Che figured it all out.

"It was Bai YuWei?"

Jiang Yao didn't reply.

"......so it really was her."

He should've guessed it long ago.

Zhang Ke had mentioned the figure he saw in the little grove that night. Jiang Yao had returned beaded with sweat and said he'd gone for a run. Bai YuWei had been extremely sensitive to Jiang Yao's pheromone.

He had been like a blind man, obsessively and blindly trusting Jiang Yao, not seeing what was clearly happening right in front of him.

Just because he couldn't scent pheromones.

If Jiang Yao wanted to lie to him, it really was no effort at all.

Yin Che dropped his arms, the bouquet facing the ground. A few petals fell gently and were quickly swept away by the wind. Who knew which patch of dirt they'd land on to wither.

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