MFIMM Chapter 9

Catnip

Catnip

After this outdoor shoot, Lin Xi fell asleep directly in the car and was driven back to the company.

He rubbed his sore neck as he got out of the car, intending to go home and catch up on sleep. However, Qi Yile immediately grabbed him, “I’ve arranged for you to show your face in Brother Li’s live stream this afternoon, you can’t leave.”

“Brother Li?” Lin Xi was instantly awake at the mention of this name. Brother Li was the company’s top-selling anchor, and his live stream attracted millions of viewers daily.

Qi Yile patted him on the shoulder, “It’s just lucky. The small-time anchor beside Brother Li took leave today, and he took a fancy to you, saying you’re his junior.”

Lin Xi then remembered that Brother Li was from the same school as him and both were from the School of Media. So he was indeed his junior.

His drowsiness instantly turned into fighting spirit.

“Then, Brother Qi, what do I need to do later?”

“Just be a pretty face. When he’s live streaming beauty products, you come out and try on makeup. Remember to be sweet.”

Lin Xi gave an “OK” gesture. A massive wave of traffic was coming, and he had to seize it.

Because of Qi Yile’s words, Lin Xi didn’t dare sleep even though his eyes were heavy with sleepiness. He could only order an iced Americano and idly play with his phone in the company.

Under Qi Yile’s guidance, he registered accounts on various platforms. Then, Qi Yile used the company’s account to post the photos of Lin Xi taken that morning, tagging Lin Xi.

Lin Xi also posted his photos on his own account.

He took out his computer, edited the vlog he had filmed that morning, and then posted it.

To ensure his face wouldn’t be swollen for the afternoon’s filming, he didn’t dare eat much for lunch, only having a bit of salad.

He anxiously waited for Brother Li to start the live stream, intermittently watching the feedback on the videos he had posted. Because of the official tag from Jiashang Media, so many people flooded into Lin Xi’s account for the first time.

There were also many different voices in the comments section.

He scrolled through the comments one by one, whether they praised him or criticized him, and finally felt like he had both feet on the ground.

Qi Yile took him to the live stream room in advance, where he greeted the various staff members, and finally waited for the tardy Brother Li.

He looked at Lin Xi. Although it was their first meeting, Brother Li was very familiar, grabbing Lin Xi’s hand from his side and giving it a brief shake.

“You must be my junior. You’re much prettier than in the photos. Thank you for coming to save the day for today’s live stream.”

Brother Li was an alpha, with a faint scent of red wine, which was a bit fishy. Especially when Brother Li touched him, Lin Xi subconsciously became alert.

But at this moment, he still smiled and said, “I should thank Brother Li for choosing me.”

Without saying anything more, the two sat down in the live stream room. It was a small space, filled with cameras and huge fill lights. The lights were a bit dazzling. There was only one table in the middle, with today’s products on it.

They both sat down. The space here was not spacious. In the cramped space, the red wine scent of pheromones lingered in his nose, making him a little irritable.

Lin Xi bit the flesh inside his cheek, using the taste of blood in his mouth to dilute the smell of pheromones.

“Hello everyone in the live stream! Welcome to my live stream. Today, we have a new partner to be my little assistant, Lin Xi. Say hello to the audience in front of the screen.”

Lin Xi waved his hand, showing a standard eight-toothed smile, slightly stiff, but it didn’t hinder his beauty.

“This is the new anchor our company signed, and also my direct junior. But my junior just graduated this year, and I’m an old hand who graduated many years ago. I really miss my school days.”

As he spoke, Brother Li put his arm around Lin Xi’s shoulders. The smile on his face stiffened for a moment. The pheromones of an unfamiliar alpha almost made him want to vomit, but facing the camera, he tried his best to maintain his professional state.

At the beginning, the live stream was normal. Lin Xi only needed to echo Brother Li’s words and be a mascot. But as the beauty live stream started, Brother Li needed to try makeup on his face, and the contact between the two suddenly increased.

The red wine pheromones stimulated his glands. His glands continued to ache, and his stomach was churning.

But the live stream still had a long time to go. Lin Xi pinched the flesh on the inside of his thigh with his hand, barely managing to keep himself from actually throwing up.

If something like this happened in his first live stream with a senior, he didn’t dare imagine how his days would be in the future.

Qi Yile smiled and stared at the scene inside the glass window, watching the audience in the live stream praise Lin Xi’s beauty, his face almost cracking from smiling.

Lifting his head, he saw that familiar figure. The large teeth he was showing immediately retracted, and he looked at Assistant Song behind Pei Jiashu with his eyes.

Qi Yile: Why did the boss suddenly come?

Assistant Song waved his hand and looked at the glass window with his eyes. Qi Yile suddenly remembered that when he was doing career planning for Lin Xi that day, Pei Jiashu, who never participated in the operation of his anchors, actually personally analyzed it.

Combining that with Assistant Song sending him to manage Lin Xi, there must be some relationship between Pei Jiashu and Lin Xi.

As soon as Pei Jiashu arrived, all the staff looked at him curiously.

He coughed lightly, covering his mouth, “I’m just here to take a look, do as you please.”

Inside the glass window, Li Mingcheng was sideways, holding a lip gloss in his hand. Lin Xi was facing him, slightly raising his face, like a delicate doll being manipulated.

Pei Jiashu’s gentle eyebrows furrowed slightly. Assistant Song leaned in and whispered, “Mr. Lin and Brother Li are from the same school, and this live stream was specially requested by Brother Li for Mr. Lin.”

Pei Jiashu’s eyebrows furrowed even deeper, and he looked at Lin Xi with a searching gaze. If that was the case, why did Lin Xi hate Li Mingcheng?

Unknowingly, he had been standing here for almost half an hour.

The makeup testing segment finally ended, and Lin Xi excused himself to remove his makeup and walked out of the live stream room, only to meet Pei Jiashu’s eyes.

Coming out of the crowded live stream room, Lin Xi finally breathed in some fresh air. Especially the faint mint scent on Pei Jiashu’s body, mixed with other scents, floated into his neck, instantly calming his somewhat feverish body.

He couldn’t help but take a few more glances at Pei Jiashu, forcefully breathing in small amounts, trying to suppress the restlessness in his body with that thin pheromone.

But the staff were urging him from behind.

He could only hurry to the restroom to remove his makeup. The gland patch on the back of his neck was almost bulging. He tore off the gland patch, and the area around the gland was swollen. He reattached a patch and sprayed pheromone isolation spray all over from head to toe.

When he came out, he saw Pei Jiashu leaning against the door frame.

He was so frightened that he took a step back and looked at the restroom sign above. It was indeed the omega restroom.

“You… you pervert, what are you doing here?” Lin Xi asked Pei Jiashu, crossing his arms.

When Pei Jiashu was alone with Lin Xi, he couldn’t even bother to pretend. He walked up to Lin Xi in two steps, his height almost reaching the door frame, making him feel very oppressive.

Especially those peach blossom eyes, which didn’t have a trace of emotion, like a beautiful gemstone, cold and unattainable.

Lin Xi couldn’t help but take a step back, only to see the coldness in Pei Jiashu’s eyes deepen.

He grabbed Lin Xi’s hand and led him to the fire escape. His hand was held in Pei Jiashu’s palm, and as expected, Pei Jiashu didn’t see the plain ring in the same spot.

“Lin Xi, don’t make me remind you. Although it’s a hidden marriage, it’s also written in the contract that you can’t have close relationships with anyone during the contract period. I don’t want to hear any scandals about you, and you don’t want to pay the fine to the Civil Affairs Bureau, do you?”

Lin Xi should have pulled his hand away when Pei Jiashu grabbed it, but this kind of physical contact was different from when Li Mingcheng touched him. The hand being held started to burn from the fingertips.

The scent of pheromones was stronger than before. Even though he had just sprayed the blocking agent, he could still smell the faint mint scent.

But hearing Pei Jiashu’s words, his heart suddenly turned cold, and then the physical and mental pain instantly ignited his anger.

He yanked Pei Jiashu’s hand away, glaring at Pei Jiashu, “I know that naturally. You don’t need to maliciously speculate about me.”

“Brother Li is still waiting for me. I’ll go back first.”

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Back in the live stream room, perhaps the blocking agent worked, and he finally couldn’t smell Li Mingcheng’s pheromones. The subsequent live stream became much simpler.

As soon as it ended, he collapsed on the stool, his tense spirit finally relaxing.

Li Mingcheng wanted to invite him to dinner together, but Lin Xi immediately refused. He only wanted to go back and get a good night’s sleep now.

He went home and lay on the sofa, not wanting to move at all.

But his body began to feel inexplicably hot again. The pheromones belonging to Pei Jiashu that remained in the air were like a small hook, tempting him in his heart again and again.

As long as he smelled that pheromone, the fever all over his body would ease.

He squinted his eyes. There was too little pheromone to smell in the living room. Lin Xi’s eyes looked upstairs, to the territory he had never set foot in.

It was also Pei Jiashu’s personal territory, usually the place with the strongest alpha pheromones.

A voice in his head kept stimulating him. Pei Jiashu’s words in the afternoon still echoed in his mind.

If it weren’t for Pei Jiashu, he wouldn’t have contracted this inexplicable pheromone disorder, nor would he have married him inexplicably.

After marrying Pei Jiashu, he couldn’t go for alpha desensitization treatment anymore.

It’s all Pei Jiashu’s fault…

So it shouldn’t be a problem for him to quietly go to Pei Jiashu’s room and smell his pheromones.

Lin Xi didn’t notice that his state was already very dangerous at this time. His steps were a little unsteady when he got up. He stealthily opened Pei Jiashu’s bedroom door.

Then, he quickly drilled in with a guilty conscience and closed the door.

The pheromones here were indeed much stronger than in the living room. The mint scent enveloped his tense nerves. Lin Xi went to Pei Jiashu’s bed, where the scent was strongest.

Like a kitten, he hugged Pei Jiashu’s quilt and rolled around, wrapping himself inside. Smelling Pei Jiashu’s pheromones, his eyelids became heavier and heavier until he lost consciousness and fell asleep.