A Disguised Scum Alpha Marked Her Aloof Ex-Wife - Chapter 42

Zhu Yu followed Bai Shuzhou’s words and looked over. Sure enough, she saw a tear on Bai Shuzhou’s slender neck, glittering brightly.

Ah, ah! This was too embarrassing. Shouting about protection while crying at the same time… Zhu Yu touched the tip of her nose. She realized that whenever she got close to Bai Shuzhou, her emotions seemed to fluctuate more intensely. Clearly, she had not been this prone to tears before.

Once tears were seen, emotions would be magnified, and one would begin to expect a response.

When Zhu Yu cried as a child, no one paid attention to her. Later, she stopped crying. Her older sister had said tears served no purpose; she should first think about how to solve the problem.

But now, someone would wipe away her tears, even if they were only a few drops that had fallen silently. Thinking back on it, even Zhu Yu herself felt it was a little sentimental.

White Bird sat at the edge of the bed, swinging her pair of nimble, fair little legs. She also copied Bai Shuzhou, leaning over with her fluffy head and poking Zhu Yu’s face.

Zhu Yu said, “You can’t.”

White Bird tilted her head in confusion.

“You’re a child, so you can’t poke Sister’s face.” Zhu Yu said it with perfect confidence. When she was not crying, she did carry a bit of presence, and sure enough, White Bird was fooled.

Right. A child. White Bird did not understand anything.

Once she accepted this thought, Zhu Yu immediately felt the world open wide. White Bird was not here to break them apart. She was here to join this family!

With the tip of her nose still red, Zhu Yu settled herself, sank into thought, and her brows and eyes grew slightly solemn. Her whole body gave off a reassuring woody fragrance.

Right now, there were three of them. Bai Shuzhou was sickly, White Bird was frail, and Zhu Yu could no longer remain a weak person. Facing those unknown dangers, she had to work hard to hold up this family!

Zhu Yu thickened her face and said to White Bird, “Call me Sister once, and I’ll protect you for the rest of your life.”

This was called striking first to gain the advantage. She did not want to share the title “Sister” or that special position connected to Bai Shuzhou. If she first made White Bird recognize her as an older sister, then Bai Shuzhou would become a sister-wife, or a sister-in-law?

Such hidden, winding thoughts were probably something only Zhu Yu could come up with. She secretly sighed that she was a genius, yet did not dare look too proud, afraid others would notice, so she could only laugh quietly to herself.

White Bird looked at Zhu Yu and blinked.

Then she spat out another little fireball.

Zhu Yu’s words made Bai Shuzhou’s lowered hand suddenly stiffen. Broken memories flashed through her mind. Years ago, she had once said the exact same words to White Bird, not a single word different…

Why would Zhu Yu know?

No. It should be a coincidence, right?

She had promised, but failed to do it.

Once, she had made many mistakes and failed many people’s expectations, which had led to the current situation…

Not ruthless enough, unable to make decisive choices, and her ability unable to match her ambition. This kind of pain tormented the will far more than physical illness.

Her nerves began to ache faintly again. Bai Shuzhou quietly bit her lip, adding a little color to her pale cheeks.

From the corner of her eye, she calmly observed Zhu Yu. The young woman’s brows and eyes were curved, clear and clean, without any trace of artificial calculation or conspiracy.

Her clenched hand loosened again. Bai Shuzhou silently breathed a sigh of relief.

Perhaps she was too sensitive. She should not use the standards of the palace to judge everyone. Zhu Yu was not quite like the others.

After a moment of silence, Bai Shuzhou spoke for White Bird and explained, “She can’t speak. Her ability damaged her vocal cords.”

As one of the earliest volunteer experimental subjects, AH-003 had originally shown excellent data and carried high hopes, yet she had been the last to awaken.

Flight, time, prophecy… The researchers had made many bold guesses. Unwilling to give up, they had tried all kinds of cruel and bloody methods, yet still gained nothing.

Their past was far too heavy, even when only mentioned in a few words.

Just that one sentence made the young woman’s pupils tremble. Very embarrassed, Zhu Yu pressed her palms together. “I’m sorry…!!”

Even though White Bird could not speak, she would still spit little fireballs in the hope of making them happy. What a good child. Did her throat hurt?

Zhu Yu felt even more guilty, completely forgetting that in the auction house that day, it had also been this frail White Bird who had burned through the chains and blasted a huge hole in front of the ventilation duct.

“No need to apologize. This has nothing to do with you.” Bai Shuzhou answered, watching the guilt flickering in Zhu Yu’s eyes. Her gaze darkened slightly. She was not certain whether what she was about to do was right, but perhaps this was the only chance to make up for her mistakes.

Bai Shuzhou asked in a low voice, “Are you willing to help her?”

Zhu Yu said, “Of course!”

Bai Shuzhou firmly pressed the back of her hand down, not allowing Zhu Yu to agree so quickly. She warned her word by word, “Abilities are double-edged swords.”

In this unknown field, people had to be careful, and then even more careful, to avoid stepping into an abyss from which there was no return.

“Abilities and mental power are closely connected. Overusing them is very dangerous.”

She deliberately emphasized the word dangerous, wanting Zhu Yu to think clearly. As long as Zhu Yu showed even a tiny bit of retreat or fear, she would cancel this decision.

But the young woman suddenly understood in the wrong direction. “You care about me!”

“Don’t worry. I know. Actually, I’m very powerful too—”

Bai Shuzhou had said something like this to her before. After losing her memory, she was now seriously warning her again. So cute.

The point was completely wrong. Bai Shuzhou lightly pressed her lips together, skipped over this sentence, and said solemnly, “Then prioritize treating her. The clauses in the agreement remain. I will give you even more generous compensation.”

Zhu Yu asked, “Hm? Prioritize?”

“In the short term, only treat her. After she recovers to a normal state, if you still have remaining strength…”

Bai Shuzhou’s tone was faint. She was actually willing to place White Bird’s safety above her own.

Zhu Yu felt as if her heart had been squeezed by a hand, sour and astringent, but this time, it was not because of jealousy. It was heartache.

Whenever Bai Shuzhou spoke of White Bird, a melancholy smoke always seemed to linger between her brows, misty, and coldly hidden behind anger, like a frozen lake.

Such a proud Bai Shuzhou should long for recovery more than anyone else, yet she was willing to give someone else the first chance to be healed.

Zhu Yu did not know Bai Shuzhou’s worries or past. She only regretted that blank stretch of time when she had not been able to stay by her side.

“Remaining strength, huh—”

Yu’s remaining strength was Xiao Yu’s strength!

Zhu Yu took off the blood-crystal ring from her finger. One hand pulled Bai Shuzhou, and the other pulled White Bird. She placed her own hand in the middle, stacking them together. At first glance, it looked very much like a hand-flipping game children played.

This was something she had trained from massaging Bai Shuzhou before. She could use both hands to finely control her mental power. Although it was not strong or flexible enough, its advantage lay in precision.

Between their overlapping skin, the cleanest, purest golden light slowly flowed along the lines of their palms. The woody fragrance, mixed with threads of rose scent, slowly spread through the air.

It was like a small stream that would never run dry, with lively tender shoots swaying along its banks, waves rising endlessly.

Bai Shuzhou froze slightly. In the past, Zhu Yu’s mental power had been very pale, close to translucent gold. Now, however, it was rich. If gathered even more finely, perhaps it could condense into physical form like Bai Shuzhou’s vines.

This kind of consumption was undoubtedly enormous. Bai Shuzhou’s body could not bear overloaded mental power, which was why she squandered hers that way. And even after Zhu Yu had removed the blood-crystal ore that absorbed and suppressed energy, judging from the strength of her current aura, she still should not be this… enduring.

Zhu Yu was a little surprised too. She had originally only wanted to show a little skill so Bai Shuzhou could feel at ease. She could absolutely treat both of them at the same time. At worst, she could just eat more meat to replenish herself.

But after learning to control pheromones, these warm plants took root in her pheromones and then fed back into her. While she was outputting energy, they were also continuously repairing her.

She could not help forming a bold thought. “My mental power can be catalyzed by pheromones…”

This situation did exist.

But.

Most of the time, it appeared during a sensitive period. An Alpha would be drawn by their partner’s pheromones, their mental power would surge, and that would trigger many kinds of loss of control.

Mom, I’ve become a perpetual motion machine!

Zhu Yu stared at her own hand in disbelief.

She had already grown used to Bai Shuzhou’s scent, so she had not realized that when she had compressed and restrained her pheromones just now, a small mouthful of rose scent had been swallowed down along with them, pressed deep into her sea of consciousness. Her gland was faintly heating.

Omegas were even more sensitive to pheromone scents. Bai Shuzhou’s eyes darkened slightly. Tentatively, she wrapped Zhu Yu in rose fragrance, but there was no effect.

It wasn’t because of her pheromones…?

Or was it connected to Zhu Yu’s special ability?

At this moment, Bai Shuzhou was only one tiny step away from the truth. But having an Alpha actively swallow and absorb an Omega’s pheromones was truly unprecedented. There was no experience to refer to.

For a long time, people had already accepted the default idea that Alphas were powerful and Omegas were weak. “Marking” was considered an act of possession, of declaring sovereignty.

But in reality, within a deep bond, an Alpha needed an Omega to help guide their disordered mental power. At the same time, the Omega would inhale and exhale part of the processed, purest and cleanest energy to “feed” their partner.

They needed each other.

The field of mental power research was too narrow, so narrow that people had actually overlooked one piece of data: Omegas with poorer constitutions generally had perception and mental power higher than Alphas and Betas.

Perhaps someone had discovered this, but had only treated it as an optional bedroom amusement.

Fragile, sensitive Omegas would remain clear-headed amid the most extreme sensations…

While Alphas, who thought themselves dominant, were gradually becoming slaves to desire.

For the first time, obvious surprise appeared on Bai Shuzhou’s cold and indifferent face. She lightly bit her thin lip, and the way she looked at Zhu Yu flickered softly.

Zhu Yu was made light-headed by those pale blue eyes. Standing on an award stage before tens of thousands of eyes would be nothing more than this. A lover’s gaze was a magnifying glass; all kinds of sneaky little emotions would be caught.

Her pheromones unconsciously spread out, then quickly drew back, afraid Bai Shuzhou would dislike it.

Praise me. Praise me with, “Good girl, you did very well.”

Zhu Yu liked when Bai Shuzhou praised her like that, just as dragons were born liking glittering treasures.

Caught off guard, rose fragrance swept onto her tongue again. It could almost compare to when Bai Shuzhou had actively left her scent on Zhu Yu before, and was even deeper—

Zhu Yu had only just learned control. Suddenly tasting so much of her lover’s pheromones was like gulping down rose wine. She felt a little dizzy, and the golden stream flowing through her palm suddenly turned into a roaring river.

That porcelain-white wrist suddenly flipped over and tightly clasped Zhu Yu’s pulse, cutting off this river that was about to lose control.

Bai Shuzhou’s magnetic voice was hoarse. “That’s enough, Zhu Yu.”

The “remaining strength” she had displayed was a little too much.

With only their palms touching, that instant of Zhu Yu’s intoxication had already fed back into the healing ability, tingling as it rushed through Bai Shuzhou’s fingertips. Yet this person herself was still completely unaware.

Were Alphas made of wood, or was she doing it on purpose?

Bai Shuzhou frowned, both pleased by Zhu Yu’s special ability and unable to stop hesitating. Had the version of herself before losing her memories known about this, and that was why she had chosen Zhu Yu…?

Were they really bed partners?

The woman’s proud expression froze for a very brief moment.

Mutual benefit. She would earn steadily without losing anything.

It was only that this treatment method was far too dangerous. Before they understood the principle, it would be best for them to maintain a certain safe distance, lest the situation become uncontrollable.

A sensitive period was already deadly enough. It usually lasted three to seven days. She could not imagine how long this special situation would continue.

Bai Shuzhou had no intention of having children, so it was impossible for her to accept Zhu Yu’s mark. Their compatibility was too high, and they could very easily fall into a deep bond.

But if she agreed to be marked, did that not also mean Zhu Yu would continuously provide her with the purest healing ability?

……

A perfect, flawless tool.

Her ears burned, but Bai Shuzhou remained expressionless, rationally categorizing this entire system process as—

A positive feedback loop.

Before this, Bai Shuzhou had never thought that her genetic illness might truly be cured one day.

After all, it was cold at the top. Her mental power was far too vast. To repair it bit by bit would require an equally immense supply, and her mental power was as high as SSS. This was almost impossible.

Zhu Yu’s daily soothing treatments were already extremely rare.

She should not ask for too much.

In the contract, she had only hoped Zhu Yu could heal her legs sooner. As for the rest…

Bai Shuzhou lifted her eyes and looked at Zhu Yu with a very complicated expression.

The young woman still had not pulled herself out of the state of being drunk on rose wine. Dazed, she gave Bai Shuzhou a proud smile.