A Fishing-Type Omega Always Wants to Possess Me - Chapter 3

As soon as those words fell, it seemed no one reacted to what Yu Mianzhou had said.

The entire living room once again fell into absolute silence.

Gu Wanlan once again felt that suffocating atmosphere.

Ever since this girl named Yu Mianzhou had returned, in just one short day, the atmosphere of the Jiang family had changed again and again.

Why?

Was she really just an ordinary stepdaughter?

Gu Wanlan subconsciously wanted to ask Jiang Zhi beside her, but then she realized that the door to the study was wide open. Jiang Zhi was sitting at the desk, peeling an orange.

Her movements were ridiculously slow. The sharp, cold blade flashed with a chill as it suddenly pierced straight into the fruit. Bright orange juice splashed all over her hand.

But she kept her head lowered, her expression shrouded in shadow and impossible to see clearly.

Gu Wanlan’s heart suddenly skipped.

The words that had reached her lips could not be asked at all.

Downstairs, Yu Shu opened her mouth, but for a long time, she could not make a single sound.

Once she reacted, she grabbed Yu Mianzhou’s hand, her voice trembling.

“Really… really?”

“Really.” Yu Mianzhou calmly met her gaze. “If you don’t believe me, I’ll bring her back tomorrow for you all to see.”

Her composure truly made Yu Shu let out a breath of relief. She nodded repeatedly.

“Good, good…”

Yu Mianzhou stood up again and looked toward Jiang Yingqiu on the second floor. Meeting her gaze, she took the initiative to speak.

“Is that all right, Aunt Jiang?”

Jiang Yingqiu lowered her eyes and studied her for a few seconds before faintly uttering one word.

“Fine.”

Yu Mianzhou smiled and stuffed the stack of documents back into Yu Shu’s hands, then turned to leave.

“I’m going upstairs first.”

Yu Shu did not stop her again.

Yu Mianzhou returned to the third floor. Her gaze once again swept over the tightly shut door of the music room across the corridor.

Then she pushed open her own door and entered her room.

The next day, when Yu Mianzhou went downstairs, Gu Wanlan had just come to pick up Jiang Zhi so they could continue choosing wedding dresses.

Only Yu Mianzhou and Yu Shu were left at home.

After breakfast, Yu Shu could not wait to ask, “Mianzhou, when will your girlfriend arrive? When are you going to pick her up?”

She was truly far too eager.

These past few years, Yu Shu’s life in the Jiang family had not been pleasant.

Jiang Yingqiu had never married her. Jiang Zhi’s maternal family did not allow Jiang Yingqiu to remarry and had never once shown Yu Shu a kind expression.

It could be said that aside from Jiang Yingqiu, not a single person in the entire Jiang family agreed to let her marry into the family.

And so she lived awkwardly in Shen Garden, dependent on others’ favor. Fortunately, she was an Omega without any aggressiveness, and for so many years, she had kept her head low and acted humble. Only because of that had she been able to stay.

That was why she longed so much for her daughter to undergo secondary differentiation and become an Alpha, so that she could add a little weight to her position in this family.

Yu Mianzhou understood her mother’s situation very clearly.

But a few years ago, Yu Shu had refused to listen to her and leave the Jiang family.

Now, there was even less need to mention it.

“I’ll go in a bit.” She unhurriedly swallowed her breakfast.

“Then hurry up!” Yu Shu smiled. “Remember to bring her back tonight for us to see. You finally have a girlfriend. Mom is so happy for you.”

The relief in her tone could not be hidden at all.

Yu Mianzhou nodded.

“Okay.”

“Oh, right.” As if Yu Shu had remembered something, she took a card out of her bag and handed it to her. “Since Miss Gu personally invited you to the wedding, don’t be too stingy. Go buy a proper wedding gift. Be a little generous. Don’t let others look down on you.”

Yu Mianzhou had already decided what wedding gift she wanted to give and had no use for Yu Shu’s card.

But when she thought of how, if she said that, it would only lead to endless questioning, she simply accepted the card and got up to leave the dining room.

She asked the butler for a car and drove to the airport.

People came and went through the airport. Yu Mianzhou had not stood at the exit for long before she saw an extremely eye-catching figure.

The woman had flamboyant red waves, wore sunglasses, and had striking red lips. Her sexy short dress was paired with a thigh garter, making her completely out of place among the hurried travelers around her.

She pushed her suitcase straight up to Yu Mianzhou, took off her sunglasses, and revealed a bright, gorgeous face.

It was Joyce.

“Hey, Halloween. Been waiting long?” Joyce smiled coquettishly and opened her arms, giving Yu Mianzhou a big hug. “You hid it from me and hurried back to the country. I still haven’t settled that account with you.”

Yu Mianzhou patted her back and smiled.

“There will be plenty of chances later. Let’s go.”

After getting into the car, Joyce sat in the passenger seat and took a small box out of her carry-on bag, handing it over.

“Here. The things you asked me to bring. The newest version. Better effects, fewer side effects. The doctor told me to pass this on to you: there’s only half a year’s supply here. This kind of medicine can’t be used often. You’d better hurry up and find an Omega…”

Inside the box were several packets of pills and a stack of inhibitor patches.

Yu Mianzhou glanced at it and started the car.

“Thanks.”

She had differentiated far too late, and because her rank was too high, her pheromones were extremely unstable, often hovering on the edge of losing control.

The best doctor in Country Y had advised her that she either needed to find a compatible Omega and mark them regularly, using the most primitive method to soothe herself, or she could only rely on this specially made medication.

Joyce was curiously taking in their surroundings.

“Seriously, with an Alpha of your rank, what kind of Omega couldn’t you get with a crook of your finger? Yet you insist on suffering every month and using those awful-smelling inhibitor patches?”

She leaned closer, her slender fingertips teasingly hooking Yu Mianzhou’s chin, carrying a hint of spoiled charm.

“Are you really not going to reconsider me?”

They happened to stop at a red light.

Yu Mianzhou rested one wrist on the steering wheel, her other hand propped by the window. She tapped her temple and curved her lips.

“Sorry. I’m not interested in eating old grass.”

Three years ago, Yu Mianzhou had finished class in the afternoon when her whole body suddenly became burning hot.

On her way home, she could no longer hold herself up. Her hands and feet went weak, and she collapsed into the bushes by the roadside.

It was only when the back of her neck burned so hot that it scorched her nerves, and the sharp scent of mint flooded the tip of her nose, that she finally realized she had undergone secondary differentiation.

But by the time she realized it, it was already too late. Not far away, two Omegas had already begun showing faint signs of losing control under the influence of her chaotic pheromones.

The laws in Country Y were very strict. If an Alpha failed to control their pheromones and caused an Omega to go into heat against their will, the Alpha would face a massive fine. In serious cases, they could even be imprisoned.

This heat wave had come fast and violently. The mint scent spread thicker and deeper, becoming more and more intense.

If this continued, she would cause no small disturbance…

Yu Mianzhou used all her strength to try to cover the back of her neck, but it was useless.

Just when she was anxious yet powerless, Joyce’s face entered her vision.

“Need help?”

“The hospital…” After saying those words, Yu Mianzhou could not hold on any longer and fainted in the bushes.

When she woke up in the hospital the next day, Joyce was still there. The first thing she said when she saw Yu Mianzhou wake was:

“I saved you. I also helped you settle what happened with your pheromones going out of control last night. As payment, you have to marry me.”

Yu Mianzhou: “…”

At the time, she thought she had run into a lunatic.

Later, when Joyce’s lawyer arrived, she learned that Joyce’s family was a prominent local clan. Joyce had a seriously ill grandmother, several uncles and cousins eyeing the family fortune, and a three-year-old daughter.

Before her grandmother passed away, Joyce had to get married, giving herself a legal spouse and giving her daughter another mother. Only then would the mother and daughter be able to receive a substantial inheritance.

Joyce was three years older than Yu Mianzhou, but her eyes were round, and from her appearance, she looked like a pretty, pitiful young girl.

Sitting beside the hospital bed, she had her lawyer hand over a very generous contract.

“Don’t worry. As soon as I get the inheritance, we’ll divorce immediately. I can give you ten percent of my inheritance.”

Yu Mianzhou only hesitated for a few seconds before signing the contract, though she refused the share of the inheritance Joyce offered her.

It was not that she had never doubted whether Joyce was telling the truth.

But her life was already rotten enough.

If it was fake, it would not get any worse.

If it was true, then it could count as her repayment.

Just like that, the two of them had a flash marriage and a flash divorce, and they had known each other until now.

In Joyce’s eyes, her relationship with Yu Mianzhou had long surpassed friendship. They could be considered half family.

Seeing Yu Mianzhou reject her, she did not get angry. She sat up straight and laughed coquettishly.

“Don’t tell me that after all these years, you’re still thinking about that white moonlight in your heart? I have to say, Halloween, that’s a cliché you only find in novels. Tell me, did you see her this time after coming back?”

After all these years, Yu Mianzhou had hidden it very deeply. Even Joyce did not know what Yu Mianzhou’s white moonlight looked like.

Yu Mianzhou did not answer. Instead, she asked, “Where’s Lina? She didn’t come back with you?”

Joyce knew she would change the subject.

At the mention of her daughter, her expression softened.

“She still needs some time. There are some procedures to handle in Country Y.”

Lina was the daughter Joyce had with her first love.

That Alpha had disappeared without a trace after Joyce became pregnant, abandoning her after starting everything, leaving Lina without another mother from a young age.

Fortunately, Yu Mianzhou had been there.

“Since I’m here, I’m here to work like a horse for you. If the salary at that new company of yours is too low, this young lady won’t be pleased.” Joyce quickly perked up again.

While abroad, Yu Mianzhou had majored in computer science and artificial intelligence. By the time she graduated, she had already received offers from the world’s top companies. Even her mentor personally tried to persuade her to stay, but she still rejected every olive branch and chose to start her own tech company, focusing on AI research and development.

At present, it had already begun to take shape domestically and had attracted quite a number of investments.

“Don’t worry. Lunn and the others have already prepared everything. You won’t starve,” Yu Mianzhou said.

The car passed through a bustling commercial district. At the intersection, a huge electronic screen was playing a promotional video.

“Stop, stop, stop!” Joyce suddenly grabbed Yu Mianzhou’s wrist, her eyes shining. “Jiang Zhi! It’s Jiang Zhi!”

The moment that name came out, Yu Mianzhou pressed down hard with her foot.

Even a Bentley with excellent performance could not withstand such a sudden stop. The tires scraped against the road, letting out a sharp, piercing screech.

Her head hit the headrest, and she could not help frowning.

“You know her?”

Joyce’s eyes sparkled as she pointed at the woman on the large screen outside the car window.

“Of course I know her! That’s Jiang Zhi! Isn’t she the principal cellist of your Hua Country’s Qingye Orchestra?”

“She started learning the cello at five, performed a suite independently at eight, was admitted into a top university at twelve, became principal at eighteen, won so many awards her hands must have gone soft, and fans call her the ‘Lonely Moon Immortal’ who walked out of classical music…”

Amid Joyce’s detailed recounting, Yu Mianzhou finally reacted and looked out the window.

The woman on the large screen wore a performance gown and sat in front of a cello. Her fingertips danced over the strings. Her cold temperament and focused expression were like the first snow of Jiangnan arriving as promised.

It made it impossible to look away.

Only when the light turned green again did Yu Mianzhou calmly withdraw her gaze.

“How come I didn’t know you usually paid attention to this kind of thing?”

“Isn’t it because Lina has been learning an instrument recently? I started learning along with her, and then once I came across Jiang Zhi’s performance, I fell deeply in love with this woman!”

Joyce was extremely excited.

“Oh my God, I actually saw Jiang Zhi here. This mall has such good taste. Darling, I’m hungry. Let’s go in and eat!”

Previously, when Jiang Zhi had gone to Country Y to hold a solo concert, Joyce had used all the power of money at her disposal and still failed to get a ticket. It had almost become an obsession for her.

Yu Mianzhou remembered that the logo she had just seen on the top floor of the mall belonged to a Jiang family business.

She frowned slightly.

“Can we go somewhere else?”

“No. This one!”

Joyce’s eyes reddened on command. She bit her lower lip, looking very much like she would throw herself on the ground and make a scene if Yu Mianzhou refused.

“I want to go, I want to go. If you don’t go, I’ll immediately order ten hamburgers and stuff myself to death!”

“Don’t think I can’t tell that you just want to secretly reward yourself.” Yu Mianzhou was somewhat helpless. “You’re already the mother of a six-year-old child. Aren’t you being childish?”

“I’m happy to.”

In the end, Yu Mianzhou still could not win against her and drove into the underground parking lot.

The two of them took the elevator to the first floor. To make it easier for Joyce to admire Jiang Zhi’s beauty up close on the giant screen inside the mall, they switched to the escalator.

They had just reached the second floor when they saw quite a few female bodyguards in black standing outside a haute couture bridal shop not far away.

Catching sight of a familiar figure, Yu Mianzhou’s steps paused.

Through the huge glass display window, she immediately saw Jiang Zhi standing in front of a mirror.

She was wearing a simple pure-white wedding dress. There was no complicated lace or diamonds, only the finest satin outlining her slender waist.

The long veil fell to the ground, as though it had plated her with a soft edge, making her whole body seem to glow.

Like the descent of a goddess.

Yu Mianzhou’s memories easily and without warning drifted back to the summer night of their high school graduation.

The air had been sweltering. Jiang Zhi, soaked through, had lain in her arms, panting, sticking close to her ear as she murmured,

“If I ever marry someone I like in the future, I must wear a pure-white wedding dress.”

Now, everything was indeed as she wished.

Yu Mianzhou withdrew her gaze and turned to leave.

“Isn’t that… Jiang Zhi?!”

Before she could even take a step, Joyce beside her had already brightened with excitement and let out a delighted cry.

Yu Mianzhou’s heart jumped. She had no time to stop her.

Joyce had already rushed excitedly toward the bridal shop.