Levi was somewhat surprised, but at the same time, he learned more about Qin Chu's background.
No wonder Qin Chu, the son of a general, ended up on a garbage planet; there must be some other issues involved.
The two ate something in the military academy canteen and then whiled away some time at the surrounding stalls. Qin Chu even went to the training field to spar with Levi and warm up his limbs.
However, Qin Chu was very cautious, controlling his physical strength so that he wouldn't wash away the masking agent on the back of his neck due to sweating.
As darkness fell, the stage on the playground was already set up.
The visitors took their seats in front of the stage, but Levi and Qin Chu slipped out unnoticed.
The buildings behind the military academy were all sealed off. Qin Chu glanced at them and mentally planned his route in.
Levi then waved his personal terminal at him: "We've notified the base. We told them we won't be going back tonight. Let them leave after the school anniversary celebration."
Qin Chu glanced at him but did not refute him.
But... I still have to go back tonight, since tomorrow is his heat period.
Time passed slowly, and Qin Chu and Levi silently hid in the shadows, staring at the closed building across the street.
Qin and Chu concealed themselves well, but not as well as Levy.
He glanced at the corner of the wall and found that this person was like a creature of darkness, crouching down in the shadows and blending into them completely.
The sound from the stage outside subsided, followed by a cacophony of voices, which then gradually faded away.
The handover guards entered the building and exchanged brief information with the original guards.
Taking advantage of the opening, Qin Chu and Levi climbed up through the window at the back of the building.
There were some safety devices on the windows, but these were clearly not a problem for the two of them.
With light, silent footsteps landing simultaneously, Qin Chu gestured to Levi: "This way."
The building's corridors were filled with scanning rays, leaving only one blind spot to hide in.
This blind spot is very narrow. It's fine for Qin Chu to stand alone, but it's a bit cramped for two grown men to sit together.
The two of them were pressed close together.
You look at me, I look at you.
After watching for a while, Levy couldn't hold back any longer.
He lowered his head and sniffed, then whispered, "No, your pheromones are showing."
Qin Chu was taken aback, only then realizing that the traces one could leave in this world, besides the usual ones, also included body odor...
“And your smell…” Levi coughed lightly and turned his head away, then whispered, “If you didn’t look fine, I would have thought you were in heat.”
Qin Chu's heart skipped a beat, but he quickly calmed down. He didn't feel any special changes in his body.
“How about I go?” Levy said.
“No.” Qin Chu glanced at the archives room not far away. “This place looks too much like the First Military Academy from the outside. I must personally check the key parts. If the interior is also similar, it means there is a risk of information leakage within the military.”
Levi looked at him: "Actually, if we're just comparing... I should be able to do it too."
"Do you know what it's like inside?" Qin Chu raised an eyebrow.
Levi said embarrassedly, "Well, when I was studying at the military academy, I went to the archives out of boredom and took a look."
Qin Chu cursed inwardly, yet felt a sense of entitlement.
After all, someone doesn't look very honest.
“Don’t look at me,” Levy whispered. “I was just too bored back then…”
“That won’t work either,” Qin Chu said. “The files you’re looking for are too complicated. If you go in, it’ll probably take you forever to find them.”
“Alright then.” Levi sighed and reached into his pocket, rummaging around for a moment.
The two were now pressed close together. Although his hands were in his pockets, his movements were nothing short of indiscriminate attacks.
Qin Chu's expression soon turned sour as he glared at Levi: "What are you looking for?"
"Hold on and don't kick me. If you kick me out now, I'm really done for." Levi's expression was also a little uncomfortable, after all, his nose was filled with Qin Chu's pheromones.
After fumbling around for a while, he took out a portable concealer about the size of a thumb.
However, because this thing is so portable, it's not a spray bottle, but a roll-on.
And it can't be sprayed directly on clothes; it has to be applied directly to the skin.
The two of them started staring at the thing in a daze again.
“This is all I have.” Levy unscrewed the cap, then hesitated. “Hmm… should I apply it myself or will you do it yourself?”
"How am I supposed to apply it myself with this posture?" Qin Chu was very irritable.
“Well, well…” Levi pointed to Qin Chu’s uniform zipper.
Qin Chu shifted his gaze to the side, pinched his fingers twice, and opened the zipper clasp.
He was facing an alpha who had "ulterior motives" towards him, and the two were forced to stand close together.
In this bizarre situation, he reached out and unzipped his turtleneck, revealing the Omega's vulnerable nape.
The glands on the back of his neck were exposed. Qin Chu turned his head and stared at the empty corridor, feeling that the two of them were doing something bad.
Well... although they are indeed doing something bad by sneaking into the archives.
But not that kind of bad thing, but rather that kind of...
Levi never expected that he would see Qin Chu's nape exposed again under such circumstances.
His memory of the last time in the base restaurant's restroom was hazy; he couldn't recall most of the details, only the pent-up desire in his chest remained.
But this time, he watched very clearly as Qin Chu's slender fingers zipped up the turtleneck jacket, and as he turned his head, his neck curving gracefully to reveal the back of his neck.
"Uh, I applied it?" Levi's Adam's apple bobbed.
"Hurry up," Qin Chu urged, his tone harsh, though his ears were bright red.
Levi glanced at him and reached out to pull his collar out further.
The collar of the Omega uniform jacket was very high, almost reaching his chin, so his fingertips would accidentally touch Qin Chu's neck skin when he moved his fingers.
Qin Chu couldn't help but tilt his head again.
This scene inevitably stirred up other thoughts in Levi, but when he leaned closer to see the condition of Qin Chu's nape, he immediately frowned.
"Why is your face so red? And it looks a little swollen?"
As he spoke, he reached out and gently pressed it with his fingertips.
Qin Chu was caught off guard and made a move. He grunted and instinctively shrank back.
“If you’re going to apply it, then apply it. Why are you using your hands?” He looked at Levi.
"No... don't glare at me, don't look at me." Levi shifted his gaze away from Qin Chu's equally red eyes.
He pointed vaguely at the back of Qin Chu's neck: "What's wrong with the back of your neck?"
Qin Chu took a deep breath and continued to make up a story: "It's pressed down, it'll be fine in a bit."
"Oh," Levi responded, wondering if he was making a fuss over nothing.
He reached out and applied the rollerball concealer. Although the man said it was fine, Levi still subconsciously used less force.
It turned so red after just one squeeze; if he had used more force, it would have swelled up like a steamed bun.
The rollerball feels cool and soothing when applied to the hot skin on the back of my neck.
Levy didn't press for the cause of the redness and swelling on the back of his neck, which reassured Qin Chu.
Fortunately, the concealer is universal, and fortunately, Levy carried it with him, otherwise it would have been quite difficult.
After letting his thoughts wander for a while, Qin Chu secretly glanced at Levi out of the corner of his eye.
She had just casually brushed it off, but Qin Chuxin kept worrying, afraid that this person would suddenly blurt out, "How can it be this crowded? Are you probably in heat?"
Or: "Pretending? Still pretending? Your heat starts tomorrow and you're still hiding it from me?"
After all, this guy has a long criminal record.
But to Qin Chu's surprise.
The man frowned and looked very serious, not like he was applying a concealer to an Omega, but more like he was defusing a bomb.
It seems she was genuinely fooled by his casual, fabricated statement.
While breathing a sigh of relief, a strange sense of smugness quietly welled up in Qin Chu's heart.
Aren't you quite good at it?
Don't you know everything?
Isn't this mocking him for not understanding physiology?
Right now, aren't they clueless and easily fooled by him?
After applying the concealer, Qin Chu quickly zipped up the zipper.
Levy breathed a sigh of relief.
Qin Chu stared down the corridor, waiting for the next gap in the scanning schedule.
"Oh, right, you need a key to enter the archives. After you get there, wait until I hack the network here before entering the password," Levy reminded him.
"No need," Qin Chu refused. "You forgot, I have artificial intelligence."
Levi paused, then stared at him without saying a word.
"...What's wrong?" Qin Chu asked.
Although he didn't know the reason, he could clearly sense that Levi was very unhappy.
As the scanning gap approached and Qin Chu was about to leave through the blind spot, Levi whispered through gritted teeth in his ear, "We'll drag it out and throw it away sooner or later."
Noah, who was mentioned, trembled.
Qin Chu climbed over the wall without thinking much about it.
He quickly walked down the corridor to the door of the archives room, about to notify Noah to decipher the code, when he suddenly understood the meaning of Levy's words and the reason for his displeasure.
Qin Chu couldn't help but want to laugh.