A Fishing-Type Omega Always Wants to Possess Me - Chapter 6

When Yu Mianzhou woke up the next day, she felt that the headache caused by her pheromone disorder had not completely faded.

The lychee scent Jiang Zhi had left behind last night was like an invisible ghost, lingering in her room for the entire night.

Fortunately, the special medicine had taken effect, so she had not lost her reason.

When she went downstairs, only Yu Shu was left in the dining room.

Yu Shu was on the phone with a boutique sales associate, arranging a time for them to deliver the latest seasonal clothes to the house. Seeing Yu Mianzhou come down, she immediately forced out a smile.

“Mianzhou, hurry and come have breakfast.”

Yu Mianzhou pulled out a chair and sat down. After taking a sip of milk, she said directly, “Mom, I’m planning to move out.”

The smile on Yu Shu’s face froze.

She stared at Yu Mianzhou, her eyes flickering, as if quickly weighing something.

After a few seconds, that stiffness turned into an almost pleading softness.

“Mianzhou, you only just came back… Can’t you spend a little more time with Mom?”

“At least,” seeing that Yu Mianzhou remained unmoved, she lowered her attitude, “at least stay until after your Sister Jiang Zhi’s wedding, all right? Otherwise, if you don’t leave earlier or later but just happen to move out before the wedding, Mom is afraid they’ll…”

Yu Mianzhou understood.

She was afraid the Jiang family would misunderstand and think Yu Mianzhou still had not let go of Jiang Zhi.

She said nothing and quietly cut the fried egg on her plate.

There were no servants around, so Yu Shu finally dared to say the words she had been holding back for several days. Her voice carried suppressed grievance.

“Mianzhou, Mom has been thinking all this time. Was it because I didn’t care enough about you while you were growing up that you… did something like that?”

“Do you blame Mom? Who doesn’t make mistakes when they’re young? Mom was doing it for your own good too. I couldn’t just watch you walk down the wrong path. Besides, with your identities—”

Yu Mianzhou raised her eyes. Her gaze passed over Yu Shu and landed on a corner of the ceiling diagonally above her head.

Yu Shu followed her gaze and looked over.

An inconspicuous black surveillance camera was embedded in the corner, its red light faintly flashing.

Cold sweat instantly soaked her back.

How had she forgotten? Even without servants, there were still cameras. After what happened three years ago, everything in this house concerning Yu Mianzhou and Jiang Zhi had become a taboo that could not be mentioned.

Fortunately…

Fortunately, Mianzhou had reminded her.

Still shaken, Yu Shu hurriedly changed the subject. Even her tone became a little dry.

“What plans do you have after coming back? What kind of job are you planning to find? Do you want… Mom to talk to your Aunt Jiang and let you enter Jiang Group?”

When mentioning the upper circles of Hua Country, the words “Jiang family” had long surpassed a simple symbol of wealth. They had become synonymous with a top-tier aristocratic family spanning politics, business, academia, and research, possessing both power and prestige.

In Yu Shu’s view, if Mianzhou could enter Jiang Group, that would be soaring to the heavens in a single step. For such a small matter, if she begged Jiang Yingqiu, she should still be able to arrange it.

“No need.” Yu Mianzhou shook her head and wiped the corner of her mouth with a napkin. “I’ll find work myself.”

Yu Shu still wanted to persuade her, but looking at her daughter’s cold face, she swallowed her words again.

In her heart, she thought that they had been separated for three years after all. If she wanted to get close to her, they would still need more time.

Once Mianzhou suffered enough hardship outside, she would naturally know that her mother’s words were right.

After breakfast, Yu Mianzhou drove straight out of Shen Garden.

The oppressive air was left behind her. As the street scenery outside the window rapidly receded, her taut nerves finally relaxed.

Three years.

Perhaps because of those few words from Yu Shu, or perhaps because her pheromone disorder had not completely calmed down yet, she once again began uncontrollably recalling the scenes from three years ago, when she and Jiang Zhi had secretly held hands, kissed, and slept together behind everyone’s backs.

How astonishing.

As an outsider, a nameless and statusless stepdaughter, she had once been so bold as to fool around with Jiang Zhi, the eldest daughter of the Jiang family.

As for why it was “fooled around with” and not “loved.”

Yu Mianzhou thought it was probably because that hidden experience, to her, had been rain from the heavens, a dream come true.

But to Jiang Zhi, it had merely been an insignificant diversion in her still, lifeless days, like casually teasing a little cat or dog.

When they had been discovered and she had been driven away, the grief and pain had clearly been so immense.

So immense that it had been like a bitter winter, almost covering most of her past life.

But Jiang Zhi was still the same Jiang Zhi.

Why?

Yu Mianzhou gripped the steering wheel tightly with both hands.

Why was this thorn, soaked in sweetness and honey yet wrapped in resentment and hatred, piercing only her?

The car finally stopped beneath an extremely modern office building.

Tianji Technology.

The company had been established less than a year ago, but with its unique AI technology, Lingxi, it had already begun to make a name for itself in the industry.

Yu Mianzhou walked into the office. In the open workspace, the sound of keyboards rose and fell, filled with youthful energy.

“Elowen! Long time no see!”

A woman wearing a plaid long skirt and black-rimmed glasses saw her and immediately rushed over with a smile, giving her a strong hug.

Lunn was one of the company’s technical department heads, and also Yu Mianzhou’s university classmate.

Yu Mianzhou patted her back and smiled faintly as well.

“It’s only been two months.”

“Two months still counts as a long time.” Lunn let go of her, her expression somewhat excited. “While you were gone, quite a few companies came to us to discuss cooperation. Their sincerity was pretty good. I sent the list to your email. Take a look.”

“Okay.” Yu Mianzhou nodded. Before entering her office, she said to Lunn, “Joyce will also come report in later. Remember to take her through onboarding.”

“Leave it to me.” Lunn winked at her, a hint of ambiguity showing. “Being able to invite Joyce over really was because of your face, wasn’t it?”

Yu Mianzhou knew Lunn had always misunderstood her relationship with Joyce, but she did not say much. She turned and walked toward her desk.

She turned on her computer and opened that email. The names of dozens of companies were listed inside. Her fingertips moved over the mouse, her eyes sweeping past one familiar or unfamiliar logo after another.

Suddenly, her movement stopped.

On the screen, a gilded character, “Gu,” slammed into her eyes.

Gu Group.

She stared at that name for two seconds, then expressionlessly closed the document.

At noon, to celebrate Joyce officially joining the company, several of the company’s core founders gathered for a meal.

“Cheers! Welcome our great beauty, Joyce!” Lunn raised her glass.

The founders present were all Yu Mianzhou’s classmates or from the same academic circle. Because of Yu Mianzhou, they had already known Joyce for a long time, and their relationship was quite good.

“Thank you, everyone!” Joyce smiled brightly and charmingly. “From now on, I’m one of you! Everyone, please take good care of me!”

Joyce had been appointed director of the newly established Industry Solutions Department. She had excellent taste and was extremely skilled at business negotiations and uncovering client needs. The position was practically tailor-made for her.

Her only flaw was probably her accent. Hua language was now the common language, and Joyce had learned it too. She just could not quite grasp the tone of every word.

But no one minded. Instead, they found it very interesting.

At the table, everyone spoke freely, chatting about recent technological breakthroughs and industry trends. The atmosphere was lively.

Yu Mianzhou leaned against the back of her chair and listened to her companions’ conversation, relaxing in a rare moment.

Halfway through the meal, while the atmosphere was at its peak, Yu Mianzhou’s phone on the table suddenly vibrated, and the screen lit up.

Several new messages popped up one after another.

The vibration was clearly insignificant, yet everyone tacitly stopped talking and turned in unison to look at Yu Mianzhou’s phone.

Lunn, who was closest, glanced at it and exchanged looks with a few colleagues beside her. They all revealed expressions that said, “Sure enough, here it comes again.”

“Is it still that stalker?” Lunn asked.

[Today’s shirt suits you very well. It’s such a waste for you to wear it for others to see. I really want to put a little dog tag on you, so you’ll only show yourself to me and only listen to me.]

[I just bought a box of gummies. Mint-flavored. When I bite down, they taste just like you.]

[My hands shake when I miss you. Water dripped into my palm. When will you come help me lick it clean?]

The explicit and sick words were displayed plainly on the screen.

Yu Mianzhou picked up the phone. Her finger slid across the screen, skillfully deleting the messages, then she nodded.

“My God, it’s been two years and this person still hasn’t given up?” another founder, Ling Yuetao, exclaimed. “I’m almost starting to admire her. That’s really persistent.”

Joyce had been the first to discover this matter.

One day, she had seen Yu Mianzhou frowning at her phone. She leaned closer to look and was instantly enraged by those filthy harassment messages.

She immediately called over Lunn and the rest of the technical people, declaring that they would dig out the pervert hiding behind the internet.

A group of top computer experts—wouldn’t finding someone like that be as easy as reaching into a bag?

But no one had expected the other party’s technical skills to be absurdly high. They constantly changed IPs and virtual numbers, playing everyone in circles. Even reporting it to the police went nowhere because they could not locate the person, making it impossible to file a case.

They were so angry they nearly jumped in place and were about to escalate their technical methods, but Yu Mianzhou, the victim of the harassment, suddenly told them to stop.

She said there was no need to pursue it anymore. They should not waste everyone’s time and energy.

They could not find the person, and the person involved was so indifferent about it, so everyone gradually got used to it.

After all, aside from occasionally sending harassment messages and making a few filthy remarks, the other party had not caused any actual harm.

Joyce curled her lip. “With that kind of persistence, couldn’t this person do something better? Why do they have to keep clinging to our Elowen?”

“All I can say is, our Elowen’s luck is truly bad. She only attracts these perverts.” Lunn sighed. “It was like that when we were abroad too. Once, Mianzhou and I went out to have fun, and someone snatched my bag. We were just about to report it to the police when, not long after, the bag was thrown back. Nothing was missing except one ID photo of Elowen. Tell me, isn’t that strange?”

After Lunn finished speaking, Ling Yuetao beside her could not hold back either.

“So you encountered something like that too? Let me tell you all, during the month I went out for an internship in the winter break of junior year, someone put drinks on Elowen’s workstation every morning. A different one every day, never repeated. There were no cameras in the office, and none of the colleagues admitted to it. No one saw anything either.”

She could not help praising, “Only Elowen has a heart this big. She actually dared to drink them. If it were me, I’d wish I could throw them as far away as possible…”

At this point, Joyce teased, “Elowen, with your kind of physique, if this were a movie, you’d definitely be the main character.”

Yu Mianzhou only raised her water glass and took a sip, calmly putting her phone away.

“What kind of movie? A romance or a thriller?” She smiled and added with some indifference, “My luck is a little bad.”

“It’s not just that your luck is bad. Your temper is unbelievably good too.” Lunn was exasperated at her failure to improve. “You’ve been pestered by this message-sending pervert for two years, yet you really haven’t lost your temper even once.”

After lunch, the afternoon was busy again.

Near the end of the workday, Yu Mianzhou walked out of the company entrance.

Not far away, Gu Wanlan was wearing a sharp professional outfit, her long hair pinned up, as if waiting for someone.

Seeing Yu Mianzhou, Gu Wanlan was first stunned, then a polite smile appeared on her face.

“Sister Mianzhou? What a coincidence.”

Her gaze landed on the four large characters behind Yu Mianzhou—Tianji Technology. As if thinking of something, she asked, “Are you here for an interview at this company? Or…”

Yu Mianzhou’s steps paused.

“I just finished the interview. I start tomorrow.”

Gu Wanlan’s eyes lit up.

“That’s wonderful. To be honest, I’m here on behalf of Gu Group. I want to discuss cooperation with the person in charge of Tianji Technology, but I haven’t been able to get an appointment.”

She had already had people staking out this place for nearly a month, yet they had not even seen the shadow of the person in charge.

It was only because a rumor said that this mysterious person in charge might be returning to the country recently that she had come to try her luck.

She had not expected to run into Yu Mianzhou.

Although Yu Mianzhou was only a newly hired employee, she was at least an insider. In any case, it was still an opportunity.

She looked at Yu Mianzhou, her final tone rising slightly, sounding somewhat intimate.

“Sister Mianzhou, could you… help me pay attention to when your company’s person in charge comes to the office?”

Yu Mianzhou thought of the four gilded words “Gu Group” on that cooperation list and was not very surprised by Gu Wanlan’s appearance.

She only said, “I’ll try.”

“Thank you so much.” Gu Wanlan smiled and extended an invitation. “To show my thanks, let me treat you to dinner. Right now.”

Right now?

Yu Mianzhou fell silent. She did not think she and Gu Wanlan were close enough to eat together.

Rarely enough, Gu Wanlan, who had grown up spoiled and occupied a high position, was still able to keenly catch this bit of hesitation from Yu Mianzhou.

When she spoke again, her tone was even gentler.

“If you feel it would be awkward with only the two of us, I also have some friends who will come eat with us.”

In other words, if Yu Mianzhou wanted to eat with just the two of them, that was fine. If she wanted to eat with a group, Gu Wanlan could call people over too.

This gentleness, however, made Yu Mianzhou lose focus for an instant.

She thought that perhaps this was the reason Jiang Zhi had chosen Gu Wanlan from among all her pursuers as her future partner.

Very suddenly, Yu Mianzhou wanted to see just how far Gu Wanlan’s decency could hold.

“Sure. Sorry to trouble you, Miss Gu.”

She got into Gu Wanlan’s car.

The restaurant had already been reserved in advance, and quite a few people were already seated in the private room.

They were all well-dressed rich young masters and ladies. From the looks of it, they were Gu Wanlan’s friends.

When Gu Wanlan pushed open the door and walked in with Yu Mianzhou, the originally lively laughter and conversation in the private room came to an abrupt stop.

Everyone’s gazes turned toward them in unison.

The instant they saw Yu Mianzhou, their expressions became shocked and stiff.

At the dining table, the atmosphere was strange.

The people on the other side chatted and laughed merrily, yet no one said a word to Yu Mianzhou. They were even too lazy to give her a single glance.

Yu Mianzhou did not mind. She ate by herself, as if everything around her had nothing to do with her.

Gu Wanlan noticed her friends’ deliberate exclusion and looked somewhat embarrassed.

This was a method these young masters and ladies often used. She had not expected everyone’s reaction to be this strong.

A wave of guilt rose in her heart. She was just about to say something to Yu Mianzhou to ease the atmosphere when the friend beside her suddenly tugged hard at her sleeve.

That person lowered her voice and leaned close to Gu Wanlan’s ear.

“Wanlan, why did you bring her here?”

Her friend’s brows were tightly furrowed.

“Do you know who she is?”