A Tsundere Beauty Omega is Stubborn but Sweet - Chapter 24

The next day, after finishing her exam, Zhou Muxian did not dare go home. She thought she might as well take her ID card and check into a nearby hotel.

But before she had even left the classroom, her classmates enthusiastically surrounded her, insisting that she attend the gathering that night to celebrate finishing another semester.

Zhou Muxian waved her hands again and again in refusal. She really had no interest in class gatherings, and she was also worried that since she was currently in her susceptible period, attending such a party might cause some bad accident.

“Don’t be like that. How long has it been since you last joined our little group gatherings? And now you won’t even go to a class activity?”

The class monitor, Jin Feifei, crossed her arms in feigned anger, her words firing at Zhou Muxian like cannonballs. “What’s been going on with you lately? Every time we ask you out, you never say yes. After class, you barely talk either. It’s like you’ve become a different person. Are we still sisters or not?”

Jin Feifei’s little follower, Ye Yingying, also came over and added fuel to the fire. “Exactly! Did you make a bunch of new friends and start looking down on ordinary old friends like us? We’ve all been remembering what you asked us to do and kept thinking of ways to help you.”

“What did I ask you to do?” Zhou Muxian caught the key point and asked. She had never asked them to do anything.

“A while ago, after you found out you were the real Yu family heiress, you said you wanted to think of a way to drive that fake heiress who was clinging to your house out. We all said we’d help you come up with ideas! What, now you don’t need our help anymore?”

Jin Feifei and Ye Yingying stared at Zhou Muxian with resentful eyes, as if she were the most heartless scumbag woman in the world.

Zhou Muxian felt rather helpless. She really had never entrusted them with anything like that. It had all been done by the Zhou Muxian in the original book.

“Mm, I really don’t need it now.”

As soon as Zhou Muxian opened her mouth, the two of them widened their eyes. Their scolding words were practically already at their lips. Unexpectedly, Zhou Muxian changed direction and smiled as she said, “Sister and I are getting along peacefully now. We’re very happy. There’s no need to drive her out of the house.”

Before the words had even landed, Ye Yingying’s eyes widened even more. She took an incredulous step forward. “Zhou Muxian, are you stupid? She’s an impostor, a fake heiress! She stole your parents’ love for so many years. How can you still get along peacefully with her? Won’t she end up taking half the family assets?”

Hearing this, Zhou Muxian still had a faint smile on her lips. “None of that matters. I can’t spend that much family property all by myself anyway. If she wants it, of course she can have it.”

Jin Feifei narrowed her eyes, sensing something off. “That sister of yours is especially pretty, isn’t she?”

Zhou Muxian pressed her lips together, lowered her head, and smiled without answering.

Jin Feifei clicked her tongue repeatedly in amazement. “So you’ve been blinded by beauty. Zhou Muxian, this won’t do. You have to stay rational in front of money. Maybe that sister of yours is afraid you’ll sweep her out the door and is deliberately seducing you.”

Ye Yingying had not thought of this at first, but once she heard it, she immediately became nervous. “That’s right! Maybe she’s scheming and vicious, trying to cheat you of your body and your money, then heartlessly abandon you! The real-and-fake-heiress novel I stayed up reading last night was written exactly like that! It can’t be wrong!”

At this moment, Zhou Muxian only wanted to hold her forehead. None of this counted as anything. How could it compare to her transmigrating into a novel?

Knock, knock, knock—

A knock suddenly came from behind them without warning. Zhou Muxian turned back and saw Yu You.

She was standing at the classroom’s front door in a white sweater, looking soft and fluffy, making one unable to help wanting to hug her tightly.

And after hugging her, squeeze her a little, just like squeezing a stress-relief toy.

Realizing this absurd thought, Zhou Muxian hurriedly turned her gaze away, but from the corner of her eye, she could still clearly see Yu You walking toward her.

“Is your exam still not over? Why aren’t you out yet? I’ve been waiting for you at the school gate for half an hour!”

After saying this, Yu You hurriedly changed her words in a panic. “I wasn’t waiting for you for half an hour on purpose. I misread the time when I went out and accidentally came so early. If I’d known you were this slow and dawdling, I wouldn’t have come to pick you up.”

Today, there was no faint daisy fragrance. Zhou Muxian lowered her guard and turned to look at the person standing in front of her. She saw that something was stuck over the gland at the back of Yu You’s neck.

Perhaps it was medicine for the injury, or perhaps it was a blocking patch.

But the moment Zhou Muxian thought of what had happened in the room yesterday, her heart could not stop spasming. It was like a dying person being repeatedly rescued, dying, being rescued, dying again.

Yu You’s bright eyes suddenly flickered. Then she raised her hand toward Zhou Muxian’s forehead. Zhou Muxian was so frightened that she retreated and avoided the hand reaching toward her.

Yu You’s outstretched hand froze awkwardly in midair. The concern in her eyes instantly changed, giving rise to a bit of anger.

She immediately snorted coldly and said through gritted teeth, “Hmph. There are still mosquitoes in the middle of winter. What a pity. Why didn’t I manage to slap it dead?”

After saying this, Yu You abruptly turned and walked toward the classroom’s front door.

Zhou Muxian instantly breathed a sigh of relief, only to see Yu You suddenly stop. She scolded irritably, “Aren’t you going home?”

She was standing with her back to Zhou Muxian, but even from behind, that fluffy white sweater made Zhou Muxian unable to suppress the impulse in her heart.

She wanted to—

During her susceptible period, she really could not go home!

She gritted her teeth and turned to look at Jin Feifei and Ye Yingying. “I have to go to the class gathering.”

Yu You showed no particular reaction and simply walked away. She was probably a little angry.

Zhou Muxian was anxious, but she did not dare chase after her, afraid her pheromones would lose control again. Moreover, this was at school. If something happened here, not only would it be humiliating, it would also cause serious harm to both of them.

Once Yu You left, the two people beside Zhou Muxian immediately leaned closer with gossiping faces. “I knew it. She really is pretty. Looks like you really have been bewitched by her beauty.”

“I don’t think she cares about you that much. Why does she talk like she’s training a dog? Zhou Muxian, you have to keep your head clear. You absolutely can’t let a pretty little vixen steal your mind. That’s a huge pile of money we’re talking about! Wake up!”

Zhou Muxian smiled awkwardly and nodded at them. “I won’t go to tonight’s class gathering after all. I’m not feeling very well, and I made an appointment with an old Chinese medicine doctor for acupuncture. Sorry.”

Hearing this, Jin Feifei and Ye Yingying could not say anything else. They could only pout and let her go.

Zhou Muxian had originally planned to book a hotel near the Yu residence, but now that she thought about it, that was not very good either. What if she bumped into Yu You while wandering around outside? Wouldn’t she be stimulated again?

It would be safer to find a hotel as far from home as possible.

After thinking it over, Zhou Muxian decided to simply go to the mountains in the neighboring city of Nanshi for a few days. That very night, she took a taxi straight to Nanshi.

A little after nine in the evening, Yu You sent her a message.

[Yu You: What time does the class gathering end?]

[Yu You: cat spreading hands emoji]

[Yu You: I’m not asking because I want to, okay? Mom and Dad came home from their business trip and told me to ask you.]

Without thinking, Zhou Muxian sent her current moving location.

[Zhou Muxian: Sister, I’m going to the mountains for a few days.]

[Zhou Muxian: puppy turning and running emoji]

Three minutes later, Mother Yu called.

“Xian’er, your sister said you ran away from home! Where are you going? If Dad and Mom have neglected you in any way, tell us. We’ll definitely change. Give us a chance to adjust to each other. Don’t throw a tantrum, okay? It’s very dangerous to go out so late at night! No matter where you are now, tell Mom. Mom will come pick you up, all right?”

Mother Yu was crying over the phone, sobbing so hard she could barely breathe.

Zhou Muxian was momentarily speechless. She had not expected Yu You to play such a sinister move on her. This was simply using family affection as moral blackmail.

“Mom, don’t cry first. I didn’t run away from home. I just wanted to go to the mountains in Nanshi for a few days. I heard there’s a very effective temple there. Didn’t I just finish school? I wanted to relax a little.”

Unexpectedly, Mother Yu cried even harder over the phone. “Your sister really wasn’t wrong. You’re going to the mountains to become a nun! You can’t do this to Mom, Xian’er. Xian’er, come home quickly. No matter how late it is, Mom will wait for you.”

Become a nun?

Hearing this, Zhou Muxian simply did not know whether to laugh or cry. When Yu You decided to mess with people, she really was unpredictable.

“All right. I’ll go home.”

“Driver, please turn around.”

Zhou Muxian had no other choice and could only compromise. If she did not agree, perhaps in two days Father Yu and Mother Yu would chase her all the way into the mountains of Nanshi.

By the time she returned to the Yu residence, it was already midnight.

Mother Yu, Father Yu, and Yu You really had not slept. The three of them were sitting quietly on the living room sofa, waiting in silence for Zhou Muxian to come back.

Zhou Muxian looked at the culprit. Seeing that Yu You was still wearing the white sweater from the daytime, the corners of her mouth carrying a victorious smile, she really looked like a mischievous, proud ragdoll cat. Zhou Muxian wanted so badly to give her a fierce rub.

Father Yu coughed lightly. “Well, Xian’er, Dad and Mom are both here today. If you have any dissatisfaction with this family, you can say it. It’s all right. We can discuss everything.”

Mother Yu avoided Zhou Muxian’s gaze and looked somewhat awkwardly at the tea table, echoing Father Yu’s words. “That’s right. You can say whatever thoughts you have. Even if you and your sister have some conflict, you can say it. We’re a family. Any misunderstandings or conflicts should be explained.”

“I don’t have any dissatisfaction with the family, and there aren’t any conflicts or misunderstandings. Sister has been so good to me and so considerate these past few days. I’m very happy.”

Zhou Muxian looked at Yu You in confusion, not knowing what kind of embellished little story this young lady had told behind her back.

Hearing this, Father Yu and Mother Yu also looked at Yu You. But Yu You’s lips lifted as she said carelessly, “How is there no conflict? Didn’t I slap you? You got so angry that you pinched me with your hands, and my neck is covered in the marks you pinched.”

“…”

Zhou Muxian glanced at the strawberry-red marks on Yu You’s neck. Oh, at this moment, they could no longer be called red marks. They had become bluish-purple marks.

When Yu You had come to school in the afternoon, her neck had been clean and showed no marks. She had probably used foundation to cover them. Now she was deliberately exposing them in front of Father Yu and Mother Yu.

Father Yu coughed lightly again, picked up his teacup, took a sip of water, and said earnestly, “You two are good sisters. You’re Mom’s and my treasures. You can’t fight. Slapping is too much, and pinching the neck isn’t allowed either. That’s also too much.”

Thinking of what had happened that day, Zhou Muxian’s face flushed red with a swish.

Seeing this, Yu You stood up gracefully, smiling brightly as she walked toward Zhou Muxian. “Actually, I was wrong that day too. I’m not angry anymore. I forgive you. Let’s hug and consider it a reconciliation.”

At home, Zhou Muxian had always been playing the role of a considerate green-tea schemer. Under these circumstances, she had no reason to refuse at all.

But she really wanted to refuse. This damned susceptible period simply made her endlessly anxious.

While Zhou Muxian was still thinking of some way to refuse, Yu You had already hugged her. It was the familiar scent of sandalwood body wash and shampoo. It was not strong, only faint, just like her daisy fragrance, present yet not.

But it was exactly this faint, almost-there scent that most tugged at the heartstrings, seized the soul, and made one unable to stop.

“Little fool. I told you not to disobey me. Try playing games with me and I’ll anger you to death.” Yu You clung to her ear and spoke in a voice just loud enough for the two of them to hear.

Zhou Muxian’s heart trembled uncontrollably. Instinctively, she reached out and wrapped her arms around Yu You’s back. As expected, it was soft. As expected, it was warm. As expected, it was as addictive as a squeeze toy.

“I’m going back to my room to shower first.” While she was still clear-headed, Zhou Muxian hurriedly pushed Yu You away and rushed upstairs.

Yu You followed closely behind. When Zhou Muxian was about to open her bedroom door, Yu You looked down at her from above with the posture of a victor. Her long curls brushed across the back of Zhou Muxian’s neck.

“Running so fast—are you afraid I’ll complain to Mom and Dad that you secretly pinched my waist just now?”

Zhou Muxian’s hand on the door paused. She quickly explained, “I didn’t.”

“Is that so?”

Yu You lifted one corner of her mouth, placing her hand on the hem of her white sweater. “Do you need me to lift it up and show you the evidence?”

Zhou Muxian’s mind exploded with a boom. She no longer wanted to say even half a word more to Yu You. Spending even one more second with her was torment.

Immediately, she opened the door in a sorry state, fled into the room, locked the door tightly, and, with trembling hands, injected herself with an Alpha suppressant.