A Fishing-Type Omega Always Wants to Possess Me - Chapter 11

Jiang Yingqiu seemed to have reached the limits of her anger. Her face darkened completely.

“Since you refuse to do this and refuse to do that, go kneel in the isolation room right now!”

“Gladly.”

Jiang Zhi even smiled.

After speaking, she pushed back her chair, stood, and walked straight toward the small white building next door.

Judging by her manner, she did not look as though she was going to be punished. She seemed more like someone returning to her own bedroom.

After Jiang Zhi left, Jiang Yingqiu turned her attention toward Yu Mianzhou. Her tone became considerably gentler.

“Mianzhou, why don’t I ask the butler to attend on your behalf tomorrow?”

Sometimes, Yu Mianzhou found Jiang Yingqiu extremely strange.

She treated her biological daughter with a severity that bordered on perversion, yet she was willing to address an unrelated guest like Yu Mianzhou in an almost gentle voice.

“There’s no need.”

Yu Mianzhou lowered her eyes.

“I’ve already received early admission. It doesn’t matter if no one attends the parent-teacher meeting.”

Jiang Yingqiu nodded and said nothing further.

The dinner ended on an unhappy note.

An hour later, Yu Shu knocked on Yu Mianzhou’s bedroom door.

She looked somewhat cautious and carried a tray in her hands.

“I asked someone to prepare some food and drinks. Take them to… to your Sister Jiang Zhi. I already begged your Aunt Jiang, and she agreed to let Zhizhi return to her room.”

She sighed, then abruptly turned the blame toward Yu Mianzhou.

“This is all our fault. And you too—if that parent-teacher meeting wasn’t absolutely necessary, why did you mention it to me? Then I wouldn’t have gone to your Aunt Jiang, and your Sister Jiang Zhi wouldn’t have been punished. I only hope Zhizhi won’t resent me because of what happened tonight…”

Yu Mianzhou remembered that she had not even been given the opportunity to say a second sentence at the time.

But she had long since stopped trying to correct her mother’s way of thinking.

She silently accepted the tray.

“I’ll take it to her.”

Only then did Yu Shu reveal a slightly gratified smile.

“When you go, remember to apologize properly to your sister.”

Carrying the tray, Yu Mianzhou left the main building and entered the small white building next door.

The door to the isolation room had been left slightly ajar. She freed one hand and pushed it open.

This was the first time she had ever come here.

The instant the door opened, a dense darkness untouched by daylight rushed toward her. It resembled some dormant beast opening a vast mouth filled with fangs.

Yu Mianzhou reached out and pressed the switch on the wall.

With a click, ghastly white light instantly illuminated the entire room.

She saw Jiang Zhi kneeling with her back toward the doorway, her body perfectly upright upon the cold, hard floor.

Yet a soft kneeling cushion had clearly been placed nearby.

Jiang Zhi remained kneeling where she was, her eyes lowered as though she had fallen asleep.

Only after hearing movement did she lift her eyelids and look over.

When she saw Yu Mianzhou, she tugged at the corner of her mouth. Her voice was weak and thin as a sheet of paper.

“What are you doing here?”

After forcing out those words, she seemed to exhaust the last of her strength.

Her body could no longer support itself, and she fell straight backward.

Yu Mianzhou’s mind went blank.

She instinctively put down the tray and rushed forward in several quick steps, barely managing to catch Jiang Zhi’s swaying body.

Only at such close range did Yu Mianzhou notice that beneath the light, Jiang Zhi had no fewer than seven piercings crowded along her right ear alone.

Across the cartilage and the lobe.

Two or three of them were still new, their edges slightly swollen and red, as though they had been repeatedly rubbed and pinched, giving them a decadent, painful beauty.

Yu Mianzhou’s eyelashes trembled faintly.

Jiang Zhi raised a hand and tried to push her away, but Yu Mianzhou caught her palm instead.

Her grip was powerful and tight.

Jiang Zhi froze and looked at this so-called younger sister she had never considered worth noticing, surprise appearing in her eyes.

Perhaps it was because of the lighting, but Yu Mianzhou’s face had been divided into light and shadow, making her seem colder and paler than usual.

There was a sharp sense of control about her.

Jiang Zhi felt those cold hands as Yu Mianzhou’s fingertips lightly touched her burning earlobe.

The next moment, those full red lips moved.

“Don’t become addicted to pain.”

Yu Mianzhou’s voice was low, yet it entered her ears with perfect clarity.

“There are many things better than pain.”

Jiang Zhi’s pupils abruptly contracted.

For the first time, she examined this nominal younger sister with genuine seriousness.

…

Several days later, the college entrance examinations ended, and Yu Mianzhou’s school held a fireworks festival that every student was required to attend.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Zhi not only came home that day but also voluntarily offered to drive Yu Mianzhou to school when she was leaving.

Yu Mianzhou did not know what Jiang Zhi was thinking, but she did not refuse.

The car stopped outside the finest private high school in Songcheng.

Jiang Zhi had graduated from the same school.

With practiced familiarity, she led Yu Mianzhou away from the enormous crowd of students on the athletic field and toward a relatively deserted rooftop.

Quite a few people had already gathered there, but it was still far better than the area below.

“The view is good here.”

Jiang Zhi found a broad horizontal beam and sat down, her posture relaxed.

“We’ll watch from here.”

Yu Mianzhou studied her profile for two seconds before sitting beside her.

At seven in the evening, the fireworks festival began precisely on time.

Whoosh—bang!

The first firework exploded across the night sky, illuminating the vast summer landscape.

Then came the second, the third…

Fireworks filled the sky in a riot of dazzling light, like golden flowers embroidered across a vast piece of blue silk.

Yu Mianzhou tilted back her head and became somewhat entranced.

Suddenly, a shadow fell over her.

In the next instant, a pair of cold, soft lips pressed against hers without warning.

It was as though someone had muted the entire world. Every sound and color became nothing more than decoration.

Yu Mianzhou’s nose was filled with the sweet lychee fragrance clinging to the woman before her, mixed with the hot summer evening breeze and the faint scent of gunpowder.

Like the most addictive poppy, it bound every part of her body.

She could not move.

The woman kissed her urgently and ruthlessly, as though determined to squeeze the final trace of air from Yu Mianzhou’s lungs.

No one knew how long passed before Jiang Zhi finally released her.

The fireworks continued blazing overhead.

Everyone had their heads tilted back, and no one noticed the small corner where they sat.

Jiang Zhi stared with evident satisfaction at Yu Mianzhou’s swollen lower lip, which she had bitten until it bled, as though sighing in appreciation.

Beneath the magnificent waves of light, red and white intertwined and blended together.

She curved her own lips, equally vivid after the kiss, and suddenly smiled.

“You were right.”

Her voice was slightly hoarse with triumph.

“There really are many things more exciting than pain.”

…

Yu Mianzhou was awakened by the rapid vibration of her phone.

She was lying on the sofa inside the company lounge. After taking several seconds to recover, she reached around for the phone that would not stop buzzing.

Squinting, she finally made out the name on the screen—

Gu Wanlan.

“Hello?”

“Mianzhou, are you free tonight?”

Gu Wanlan’s smiling voice came through the receiver.

“Today is Zhizhi’s and my pre-wedding bachelor and bachelorette party. Would you like to come and have some fun with us?”

Yu Mianzhou checked the time.

It was already four thirty in the afternoon.

She had actually slept for that long.

Rubbing her aching temples, she began:

“I’m still rather busy here, so I probably won’t be able to—”

Before she could finish, a new message appeared.

It was from Yu Shu.

【Mianzhou, tonight is Zhizhi and Wanlan’s bachelor and bachelorette party. Remember to bring your girlfriend with you. You must attend!】

Staring at the final exclamation mark, Yu Mianzhou closed her eyes and silently sighed.

She spoke into the phone.

“Send me the address. I’ll be there shortly.”

After ending the call, she left the lounge and called Joyce over.

Since it was merely a pre-wedding party, the guests would all be close friends of the couple, and there was no need to dress too formally.

Therefore, Yu Mianzhou did not take Joyce anywhere to have her styling done. She did not even change her clothes before they left.

When Joyce learned that she would get to see Jiang Zhi again, she became so excited she could hardly remain seated.

But after the first rush of excitement passed, she suddenly remembered something and glanced painfully toward Yu Mianzhou, who was driving.

“Elowen, according to what you told me, your relationship with Jiang Zhi is so awkward, and she doesn’t like you… Does that mean she won’t like me either?”

Yu Mianzhou smoothly overtook another car.

“Possibly.”

Joyce’s face immediately collapsed, and all her energy drained away.

“But she treated me quite well when we ate together last time. Could it be… that she was only pretending? My God, our Jiang Zhi can’t possibly be that frightening, can she? I may be your friend, but I’m also her fan!”

Yu Mianzhou was rendered speechless.

“We’ve known each other for so many years. Do I still mean less to you than Jiang Zhi?”

Joyce looked ready to cry.

“That isn’t the same thing at all. Let me say it again—that’s Jiang Zhi…”

…

Gu Wanlan had reserved the entire second floor of Moon Above, the most exclusive private club in Songcheng.

There were only two private rooms on the second floor, directly opposite each other. One was prepared for Jiang Zhi’s friends and the other for Gu Wanlan’s.

Since their families were equally prominent and both stood at the very peak of Songcheng society, many people attended, most of them young.

The moment Yu Mianzhou stepped out of the elevator, she saw two rows of bodyguards in black suits standing along both sides of the corridor.

Several of them were familiar faces.

Her steps paused.

She turned and caught Joyce by the wrist.

Their mutual understanding required no explanation.

Joyce immediately understood, smiled, linked her arm through Yu Mianzhou’s, and affectionately rested her head against her shoulder.

“Darling, you must hold me tightly. There are so many people here. I’m afraid I’ll get lost.”

Yu Mianzhou slid an arm around her waist instead, curving her lips with a slightly dissolute air.

“Don’t worry.”

With Joyce in her arms, she walked through the corridor lined with bodyguards and reached the fork between the two private rooms.

Jiang Zhi’s was on the left.

The door had not been fully closed, leaving behind a narrow gap.

Yu Mianzhou only glanced inside once before seeing Jiang Zhi in a striking red dress, surrounded by a crowd.

Her lips were curved. Whatever she had heard made her smile brightly and seductively, without the slightest trace of the sickly weakness she had shown during her fever.

Yu Mianzhou withdrew her gaze and walked directly toward the private room on the right.

Gu Wanlan’s room was equally lively, though not quite as extravagant as the one opposite.

She was surrounded by friends. The moment she spotted Yu Mianzhou, she immediately smiled, said something to the people beside her, and rose to welcome them.

“Mianzhou, Joyce, you’re here. Come inside and sit down. Relax and enjoy yourselves. There’s no need to be polite.”

Yu Mianzhou nodded.

She could tell that Gu Wanlan wanted to speak to her privately, and she also knew that Joyce was incapable of sitting still for long.

She told Joyce:

“Go and have fun if you want. You don’t need to stay with me.”

Joyce had also glimpsed Jiang Zhi inside the room opposite and was still immersed in the sorrowful possibility that her idol might dislike her.

She had already decided to transform her grief and indignation into alcohol tolerance.

Hearing Yu Mianzhou’s words, she immediately nodded.

“Then you two can talk. I’ll go look around over there!”

She was naturally outgoing and exceptionally beautiful. Her flamboyant red waves were impossible to overlook.

Before long, someone invited her to join a card game nearby, and she swiftly blended into the group.

Only after Joyce walked away did Gu Wanlan sit beside Yu Mianzhou and ask softly:

“Mianzhou, has the owner of the company you just joined returned to the country? Have they appeared at the office recently?”