A Disguised Scum Alpha Marked Her Aloof Ex-Wife - Chapter 41

How did the lesson begin?

The distance between them grew closer and closer, Bai Shuzhou’s cool voice, her lifted fingertips… When Zhu Yu consciously released her pheromones, the temperature in the enormous room subtly rose.

They were only holding each other’s hands, but their veins already seemed to connect into one continuous line, lush with branches and leaves. As they brushed together, the quilt rustled softly, and their elongated shadows cast before the floor-to-ceiling window swayed soundlessly.

Zhu Yu offered an open, upright kiss on her own initiative, no longer afraid of hidden danger.

If there truly was a pair of dark, spying eyes hidden behind some lens, she hoped to declare sovereignty, to announce it to the world and tell that person:

Our love is open and honest. The despicable one is you, the person who only dares hide behind the scenes and scheme.

I will protect Bai Shuzhou. I’m not afraid of you!

The young woman bluffed, acting extremely calm and forceful, like a small animal raising its paws to prop itself taller, making itself look bigger in order to guard its territory.

Even her slow-to-warm feelings were being urged by her speeding heartbeat to take the initiative and ask for more.

Their noses slowly touched, then came soft lips.

Amid their entangled breaths, pheromones overflowed uncontrollably. Omegas were naturally more sensitive to scents, and Bai Shuzhou’s mental power was as high as SSS+. The world invaded her senses at every moment, in every tiny detail.

And Zhu Yu’s existence was especially intense.

Clearly, this morning, just being pinched once had made Zhu Yu run away with red ears. Now she was pressing her lips together and taking the initiative to approach.

Warm woody fragrance wove itself into countless fine threads, forming a dense net, carrying the young woman’s warm body temperature as it devoutly held up the cold jade carving before her.

Bai Shuzhou’s thin lips were lightly dyed with a bit of red that belonged uniquely to Zhu Yu, then carved into an incomparably beautiful shape, forced open slightly. The faint breath she exhaled was long and soft.

“Mm…”

Faced with Zhu Yu’s pheromones suddenly surging out, the woman’s long, narrow eyes narrowed slightly. Her curled lashes could no longer hide the light at the bottom of her eyes, yet she abruptly pulled herself out of that haze and kept a trace of calm from beginning to end.

She pinched the sensitive gland at the back of Zhu Yu’s neck with neither too much nor too little force. Her magnetic voice bit at the tip of her tongue.

“Wrong.”

“I didn’t teach you like this.”

The sudden interruption proved that Bai Shuzhou was undoubtedly very strict.

Zhu Yu blinked and met those icy pale blue eyes. Knowing this was punishment for poor learning, she bit her lip again and worked hard to slowly rein in her pheromones, like picking up candies dampened by rose dew one by one and putting them back into a transparent glass jar.

The young woman, who had just been advancing with unstoppable force, now had reddened eyes. She pretended to stay calm, and in the process, accidentally swallowed down a tiny bit of Bai Shuzhou’s pheromones too.

At first, it tasted cold, like walking beside a moonlit lake at night, like the taste of a breeze.

But with only a faint tremble of her throat, it suddenly turned sweet on her tongue, sweeter than a sugar cube. It made Zhu Yu unable to stop a small whimper. The glass jar was knocked over, and colorful candies rolled all over the floor.

The woody scent she had struggled to gather back intensified instead.

Bai Shuzhou was extremely sensitive to Zhu Yu’s scent, so of course she knew how violently the young woman’s emotions were churning right now.

Every wisp of warm fragrance was speaking of love.

The young woman’s black-and-white eyes were slightly round. She bit her lip. Even without saying a word, just looking at Bai Shuzhou with such focus made it feel like she was acting spoiled.

Gentle, deeply affectionate, without the slightest aggression—completely different from the traditional idea of an Alpha.

But Bai Shuzhou should not indulge her, should not let her squander herself so recklessly, exposing her pheromones and sincerity in front of others without the slightest concealment.

…It was dangerous, in every sense.

The woman turned her gaze away slightly, her cool voice fading. “An Alpha who can’t even control her pheromones—how is that different from a wild beast?”

There was no other punishment. Bai Shuzhou only let go, and Zhu Yu panicked.

What she feared most was Bai Shuzhou’s coldness and disappointment, especially when that lingering scent was still wrapped around her fingertips, not yet faded, continuously teasing Zhu Yu’s already not very firm willpower.

She was the one who had acted spoiled and asked Bai Shuzhou to teach her. She was also the one who wanted to become stronger. Bai Shuzhou had already explained everything in great detail, yet she still found it hard to control…

Her earlier learning had been too smooth. Bai Shuzhou was a genius. If she had not lost her memory, several years of accumulation would have made her gentler and more at peace with herself, and she would surely have had a better way to guide Zhu Yu. What more when Zhu Yu was completely blank in this area and had never received any foundational education.

But the Bai Shuzhou of this moment was still fixed at the stage of elite education she had received as the crown heir. As long as the goal was achieved, the process did not matter.

Since childhood, what had been instilled in her was Darwinism, survival of the fittest. Standing at the top of the food chain, she should never be willing to fall into the category of “disabled” or “weak.”

But she had still differentiated into an Omega. She had failed to develop further, and her legs had been injured, leaving her unable to move freely… This hidden anxiety was unconsciously projected onto Zhu Yu.

Please. Don’t be disappointed in me.

Zhu Yu could only pinch her own wrist hard, using pain to keep herself awake as she forcibly restrained the pheromones spilling out.

Her skin was pinched red. Toward herself, Zhu Yu showed no mercy.

She hid that hand behind her back. From inexperienced and slow, she became hurried, snuffing out the newly sprouted tender shoots. The warm woody fragrance vanished without a trace as she passively endured the test of that enticing scent.

Sensing Zhu Yu’s progress, Bai Shuzhou lifted her chin with satisfaction, kissed the corner of her lips, and laughed softly.

“So obedient.”

From cold indifference to a sweet kiss, that light voice brushed Zhu Yu’s ear, and Zhu Yu’s heart followed, becoming light and floating. The roots of her ears burned, and she was completely led by Bai Shuzhou.

Zhu Yu liked being praised by Bai Shuzhou like this. It was as if her whole heart had been filled with happiness, sour and swollen, softening with just one poke.

The kiss on her cheek paused lightly. Zhu Yu still had not noticed that the initiative she had worked so hard to win had already been silently taken into Bai Shuzhou’s fingertips, along with all her joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness.

Bai Shuzhou’s gaze was not focused. Instead, it shifted toward the door. Zhu Yu was fully absorbed in feeling that kiss and did not notice the door opening. A girl dressed entirely in white stood there, timidly watching the two of them lean very close together.

“You’re here?” Bai Shuzhou asked.

Zhu Yu instinctively pressed her lips together, trying to preserve the remaining sensation. Although her mind still echoed with thoughts of declaring sovereignty and not fearing any spying gaze, when she followed Bai Shuzhou’s line of sight and turned over, White Bird’s eyes were blank and curious, like a clean sheet of white paper.

“Ah, you’re here…”

Being watched made Zhu Yu very embarrassed. She used both hands and feet to bounce down, coughed twice, and pretended to be very busy.

Then, belatedly, she thought: why was she feeling guilty?

They were wives! So what if they were seen!

Also, why was Bai Shuzhou’s tone so calm? It was as if she was already used to White Bird’s presence, and had a different kind of patience for her.

Bai Shuzhou was someone with a very strong sense of boundaries and territory. She rarely tacitly allowed anything to rashly intrude into her world.

But White Bird only stood there, dazed, and Bai Shuzhou took the initiative to lift her hand and call softly, “Come here.”

—This was something Zhu Yu had only heard Bai Shuzhou say to her before, and it had left a deep impression.

Very intimate. A natural tone.

Come here. I permit you to approach.

White Bird’s steps were very light, tap, tap, tap. She almost trotted closer. She trusted Bai Shuzhou very much.

Zhu Yu watched White Bird sit down in the spot she had just occupied. The soft quilt was pressed into a small dent by her, like a sunken bird’s nest, still carrying Zhu Yu’s warmth.

Actually, it still fell within a normal social range, but…

Too close, too close!

The sweetness at the tip of her heart scattered, leaving only sour jealousy.

Zhu Yu had never known she was such a petty person. Clearly, she had always been good at sharing. Even when she was starving and had only one pastry, she could still divide half of it away.

But feelings alone, even when only a tiny bit was shared, made her highly sensitive and extremely concerned.

Yet White Bird had been separated from society for too long and noticed nothing. She was also like an innocent child. Perhaps she had only seen that there happened to be a “nest” here, a nest Zhu Yu had left behind and voluntarily given up, so she happily moved closer and sat between them.

White Bird used two fingers as little people, gesturing back and forth. When she saw the twin-fish jade pendant in front of Bai Shuzhou, she suddenly paused. The little people stopped in midair too.

“Do you like it?” Bai Shuzhou lowered her eyes and passed the jade pendant between the little people, her tone very gentle. “I’ll give it to you.”

That priceless soft-jade twin-fish token was casually regifted by her just like that.

White Bird looked at the twin-fish jade pendant, then turned her head and looked at Zhu Yu.

Zhu Yu’s gaze had just been firmly drawn to Bai Shuzhou, so she had not noticed this little thing by her hand. Since a great noble like Goloriel had specially brought it as an apology gift, it was undoubtedly very beautiful. When Zhu Yu looked over, that pair of fish seemed to come alive, forming a smooth, luminous circle. White light flickered faintly as they slowly swam.

Any collector with even the slightest eye would be able to see the value of this pair of jade pendants. They looked very similar to a pair of national treasures from the royal family several years ago. It was only that those national treasures had been lost for a long time, and no one could say clearly whether this pair was an imitation or the original.

Unfortunately, Zhu Yu did not know goods.

She only saw that these two pretty little fish combined into one, tied in the middle with a red tassel. They looked very much like…

A couple’s set.

It was a pair!

Zhu Yu did not lower her head. She only unconsciously rubbed the blood-crystal ring Bai Shuzhou had given her on her fingertip. This was a single unique piece, impossible to match.

“You want one too?” Bai Shuzhou noticed Zhu Yu’s little emotions, rising and falling like waves making turns. She frowned slightly and said casually, “In the afternoon, I’ll have Melno take you to choose materials and customize some.”

Too.

Very subtly, Zhu Yu felt as though a wooden thorn had pierced her palm.

Even though she knew White Bird and Bai Shuzhou were childhood friends who had already known each other for many years, Bai Shuzhou’s attempt at fairness in this moment still made Zhu Yu invisibly feel that, in Bai Shuzhou’s heart, White Bird’s priority seemed to be a little higher than hers.

“No, no, there’s no need.”

Zhu Yu waved her hand gloomily. She did not want jade.

She only wanted a little special favor.

If what you give me is the same as what you give others, then I don’t want it.

Lowering her eyes, Zhu Yu pinched her wrist, beating down the waves splashing inside her heart and suppressing her useless emotions. Suddenly, a little fish was offered before her.

White Bird had broken off one piece and smiled at Zhu Yu. Her eyes were bright, just like when Zhu Yu had split a pastry with her back then.

An obedient, friendly, harmless smile.

Zhu Yu’s heart tightened. She could not hate her. She could only dip her sour vinegar in some imaginary dumplings and chew, chew, chew.

She also felt a little ashamed of her own pettiness.

It was normal for Bai Shuzhou to have her own social relationships. She also had not done anything inappropriate. She had only casually given out a gift. Zhu Yu’s turbulent inner journey seemed a little like making a mountain out of a molehill.

Do you want it?

Zhu Yu secretly asked herself this question again. It was a very pretty little fish. Ashamed, she nodded in her heart. Under White Bird’s sincere gaze, she finally pretended to be calm and gathered the courage to reach out.

Only by fighting would one win!

But just as she lifted her hand, Bai Shuzhou had already taken back the half piece White Bird had offered and recombined it with the one in her palm, forming a circle again.

A twin-fish jade pendant was only complete when joined together.

Bai Shuzhou said to White Bird, “No need. I’ll give her a new one.”

Zhu Yu’s hand awkwardly emptied for a moment. She immediately raised it to scratch her head and patched over it.

“Ahahaha, right, you keep it. No need to give it to me. I’m a rough person anyway. I don’t really like jade and don’t usually have many chances to wear it.”

She was very brave and also very timid. Once pricked, she quickly shrank back into her shell, pretending nothing had happened, using a dense stream of words to cover her guilt.

Sure enough, it had not been meant for her in the first place. Why did she have to reach out to take it? How embarrassing!

She did not want it anymore. She would never want it again.

“Whether you like it or don’t like it is normal. Don’t call yourself a rough person.”

Bai Shuzhou frowned lightly, somewhat displeased by Zhu Yu’s instinctive self-deprecation. Liking or disliking something did not require a reason.

Zhu Yu was stubborn. “I know. I only said it casually… I won’t next time.”

She pressed her low-spirited pheromones tightly down. Her entire body was tense, yet she still had to pretend not to care, standing there with one hand casually in her pocket, eyes darting everywhere. Merely standing here already made her seem very busy.

Bai Shuzhou’s frown deepened.

“Zhu Yu?”

“Zhou…”

Zhu Yu swallowed the syllable messily and called her, “Your Highness.”

When the young woman lowered her eyes, her black pupils grew very deep. Her disguise was so good that, rarely, it was hard to read anything from her face.

But like the difference between living water and dead water, there were no ripples. Bai Shuzhou suddenly felt a little regret. Just now, perhaps she should not have pushed her so hard.

White Bird was watching from the side.

Zhu Yu awkwardly picked back up all the spoiled affection she had spilled out, even though her candies had long since turned sticky and would spoil if kept sealed in the jar.

Bai Shuzhou: “…”

The rose scent silently climbed up Zhu Yu’s hair and lightly poked her.

Zhu Yu had just sniffed and was holding her breath, imagining herself as a cold, ruthless, iron-blooded warrior.

In the oppressive atmosphere, White Bird suddenly spat out a little fireball and nervously looked at the two of them.

“Are you uncomfortable?”

Bai Shuzhou immediately checked on her, pulling White Bird closer, pinching her chin, and saying softly, “Open your mouth.”

But White Bird gently turned toward Zhu Yu and spat out another little fireball.

Her eyes were pitiful, carrying a hint of trying to please.

Bai Shuzhou froze slightly. Her fingertips trembled almost imperceptibly, then clenched into a fist. She gently held White Bird, a cold chill flashing in her eyes.

“Don’t be afraid. Staying here is very safe. I swear, I will never let anyone hurt you again.”

Zhu Yu felt at a loss. She really wanted to spit a bubble too, then swim away on the spot. In a scene like this, perhaps she should not be here.

But when she met White Bird’s eyes, briefly lit by the fireball, Zhu Yu hesitated and suddenly asked, “When you spit fireballs, is it because you want to make us happy?”

White Bird’s lashes curved, and she nodded like a chick pecking rice.

Abilities were very precious and rare.

If she showed this kind of ability, others would be happy.

I hope you’re happy.

Don’t frown, don’t argue, don’t be angry… I’ll spit fireballs for you to see.

Zhu Yu had a very strong ability to empathize. Her nose, already sour, could no longer hold back. She pounced over like a great roc spreading its wings and hugged the pale, slender Bai Shuzhou and White Bird together, shouting loudly:

“I’ll protect you both!!!”

A warm embrace linked the three of them tightly together.

Too close. Half of Bai Shuzhou’s face was forced to press against White Bird’s hair. A brief blankness appeared on her icy expression. Her restless emotions returned to calm, and then, very slightly, she bit her lip.

“Zhu Yu…”

“Eh.”

The young woman’s voice was soft and glutinous. She even deliberately cleared her throat before speaking, forcing back the somewhat embarrassing ending sound and saying very reliably, “I’m here!”

“She’s about to be strangled to death.”

“Ah, sorry…!”

Zhu Yu hurriedly let go.

Then she felt something cool touch her face. Bai Shuzhou’s slender fingers fell, gently rubbing as she wiped away the tear Zhu Yu had not managed to hide at the corner of her eye.

It was as if she had touched the grievance Zhu Yu had never spoken aloud.

It was only a tiny drop. Zhu Yu really had not been able to hold it back just now. Her black-and-white eyes turned away, and the incredibly easy-to-coax Zhu Yu refused to admit it. With a stern face, she muttered softly:

“So strange. I don’t know who cried on my face.”

Bai Shuzhou quietly looked at her and softly echoed, “Yes. So strange. It dripped onto my neck too.”

Author’s Note:

Zhu Yu: I’ll protect you both!! [Pitiful]

Bai Shuzhou: In half-dragon form, she opens her wings, and the shadow can cover Zhu Yu completely. [Hug]

White Bird: Fully beast-shifted, huge, spreads her wings, and the sky goes dark. What I spit out is the sun! [Angry]

Bird bones are usually lighter. In human form, she looks more slender and small, but in reality, she can flap someone a few times and fly away at light speed. Please refer to evil seagulls stealing food. [Let me see] [Food]