A Vicious Female Rival Omega is Sweet and Soft - Chapter 9

As the dinner appointment time approached, Ye Yixi drove downstairs to Shen Qingran’s home.

Originally, Shen Qingran had wanted to drive there herself, but Ye Yixi insisted on picking her up and dropping her off. Having no choice, Shen Qingran went along with her wishes.

“007, I feel like you’ve been getting friendlier lately…” Ye Yixi’s words carried a deeper meaning. She was very confused by the system’s inexplicable tolerance. For example, that morning, she had acted spoiled toward Shen Qingran and then even made dinner plans with her. Yet 007 had not jumped out to deduct her points. This made her somewhat uneasy.

“Host, the way you’re acting isn’t too different from how the original owner used to flirt with girls and show excessive attentiveness, so it doesn’t count as OOC.”

“…”

Ye Yixi suddenly choked.

What did that mean?

Was it comparing her to that scumbag Alpha?

She was not that ridiculous!

Besides, flirting with girls was even more impossible. She absolutely did not mean anything like that toward Shen Qingran!

Ye Yixi frantically denied it inwardly, but she also faintly felt that she had been behaving especially strangely recently. It seemed she really was paying a little too much attention to Shen Qingran.

Perhaps it was because, through spending time with her, Ye Yixi had realized Shen Qingran’s true nature was not bad at all. The plot later on should not have developed that way… After feeling some sympathy, Ye Yixi always wanted to change something.

Amid these messy thoughts, before she knew it, Ye Yixi’s car had already arrived at the entrance of Shen Qingran’s villa.

She could only stop behind the fence. There was a small pavilion here, with two security guards stationed outside. It was also equipped with a facial recognition lock.

In her memories, the original owner had never come to Shen Qingran’s house before either. After transmigrating into the book, it seemed Ye Yixi had created quite a few firsts with Shen Qingran…

Ye Yixi leaned forward and looked inside. This plot of land contained only one enormous villa. It looked magnificent and luxurious, even more imposing than her own home!

Shen Qingran was quite punctual. Ye Yixi had just sent her an “I’m here” emoji, and within a few minutes, Shen Qingran came downstairs. She was still dressed the same as she had been in the afternoon, except she had changed into a slightly thicker outer layer.

Ye Yixi lowered her head and looked at her own outfit: a V-neck shirt that showed off her figure extremely well, paired with a Chanel-style jacket. She suddenly wondered if it was a little too exaggerated…

“We’ll be there soon. I reserved a steak restaurant. I don’t know whether it suits Miss Shen’s taste.”

Ye Yixi wanted to find a topic to talk about, so she occasionally glanced at Shen Qingran through the rearview mirror. But Shen Qingran kept staring out the window, leaving Ye Yixi only a side profile.

“In any case, I’m the one treating Miss Ye to dinner. As long as you like it, that’s fine.”

Shen Qingran’s tone was light, sounding as if she were being forced to complete some kind of task.

But that was indeed the truth. Usually, Shen Qingran would never have agreed to a request from Ye Yixi to have dinner together. But since she herself had been the one to mention it first, she naturally would not go back on her word.

Besides, what Shen Qingran hated most was owing someone a favor!

If she did not settle this matter, she would probably remember it for the rest of her life.

But after hearing this, Ye Yixi lost interest. For a moment, everything felt tasteless.

…

They finally arrived at the destination. A foreign waiter dressed in a suit led the two of them to a private VIP room. Candles to enhance the atmosphere had already been placed on the table, and Ye Yixi and Shen Qingran sat facing each other.

“Miss Ye, I sincerely thank you for the help you’ve given me recently. Here, a toast to you.”

Shen Qingran raised her glass. Although the liquid inside was also red, it was not wine, but freshly squeezed fruit juice.

This was because Ye Yixi had taken into consideration how poorly Shen Qingran could hold her liquor. After all, the image of her collapsing after half a glass last time was still fresh in Ye Yixi’s memory. And because Ye Yixi remembered that she still had to drive later, the drink in her glass was also fruit juice.

“Miss Shen is too polite. But I don’t dare expect to gain a favor from Miss Shen. I only hope that the misunderstandings from before can be cleared up… or written off. Then I’ll be relieved.”

Tsk. She really had to bring up the worst possible subject.

After hearing this, Shen Qingran clearly frowned. Ye Yixi’s past actions had always been a thorn in her heart. There was no Omega who would not care about being offended by an Alpha’s pheromones.

Shen Qingran looked again at Ye Yixi in front of her. Seeing Ye Yixi’s sincere face, she kept feeling that there was a sense of disconnection between this person and the Ye Yixi from before. This was also what had been confusing Shen Qingran lately. Something felt wrong, but not completely wrong.

“I’m not such a petty person. Of course I also want to get along normally with Miss Ye in the future…”

Shen Qingran lowered her eyes and gently swirled the bright red fruit juice in her glass. Today, her lipstick was rather light. After taking a sip of fruit juice, her pink lips were stained with a bit of color, making them look delicate and alluring.

There was already a hint of a smile in Shen Qingran’s eyes, but it somehow made her seem dangerous.

“But quite a lot has happened between the two of us. I wonder which matter Miss Ye wants to write off first?”

The corners of Shen Qingran’s lips lifted slightly, and her tone was airy. The warm orange light fell over her head, outlining her delicate profile, while the other half of her face was hidden in shadow, making her emotions unreadable.

The beautiful melody of a violin lingered around their ears, but Ye Yixi began to feel awkward. She subconsciously swallowed, feeling as if she were inside a demoness’s cave, and in the next second, her heart would be dug out and her stomach cut open.

She said she was not petty, but wasn’t she talking about both the forced kiss from before and the recent scandal…?

The two of them had boldly come out for dinner together. They would not be photographed by paparazzi again, right?

Ye Yixi muttered inwardly. Then she tugged at her clothes and straightened her back. These small actions were all to cover up her embarrassment. Her gaze drifted around, and she picked up her glass to take a small sip of fruit juice.

“There’s… there’s no need to be too specific, haha. As long as Miss Shen doesn’t hold the past against me, that’s enough.”

This awkward conversation finally came to an abrupt stop when the fragrant steak was served.

Ye Yixi quickly cut a few pieces and stuffed them into her mouth. This food had truly arrived just in time!

Shen Qingran, however, did not seem to mind. She ate in small bites with her knife and fork, occasionally brushing her hair behind her ear. Her movements were extremely elegant.

Ye Yixi kept being unable to resist raising her head to look at her, but she accidentally met Shen Qingran’s eyes. In a panic, she turned her gaze away and lowered her head again.

This meal truly exhausted Ye Yixi. By the end, she felt restless and uneasy, always feeling that Shen Qingran’s aura tonight was especially strong.

Of course, it might also be because Ye Yixi herself felt guilty. Whenever that stupid thing the original owner had done was mentioned, she could not act confidently anymore.

On the way home, Shen Qingran still sat quietly in the back seat of Ye Yixi’s car.

After a while, she lowered the window halfway. The wind instantly blew her hair into disarray. The sky was already dark, but outside, the lights still shone brightly. Through the rearview mirror, Ye Yixi saw Shen Qingran lean her face slightly closer to the window. She did not know what Shen Qingran was thinking.

Shen Qingran’s life was actually much simpler than Ye Yixi had imagined.

Ye Yixi had originally thought that Miss Shen would have the sharp and mean side of a rich family’s precious daughter. After all, in the Mary Sue world of the original book, Shen Qingran had been given the role of the vicious character.

But Ye Yixi discovered that this was not the case.

Shen Qingran could not drink, she kept small animals, and her usual clothing style was also rather casual. She spoke appropriately to everyone. At most, she was only slightly spoiled and willful in front of Ye Yixi… Of course, this could also be blamed on the original owner.

Putting all these aspects together, Ye Yixi’s overall impression of Shen Qingran had somehow become: a cute, tsundere little girl with the face of a mature beauty?

“Miss Shen, the wind is a little cold at night. Your body hasn’t fully recovered yet. Why don’t you close the window?”

“Mm, alright. Thank you for your concern, Miss Ye.”

Ye Yixi had only casually found a topic, but she really had thought of Shen Qingran’s health.

After Shen Qingran closed the car window, Ye Yixi turned on some music. A soothing melody immediately flowed out, circling in the small space inside the car and making people feel relaxed.

Shen Qingran no longer seemed awkward about thanking Ye Yixi. It could even be said that she did it with ease now.

Ye Yixi did not know whether it was because the melody and lyrics were too lingering and ambiguous, but her mind slowly began to grow hazy.

She had not drunk any alcohol at all tonight. At this moment, she only thought that perhaps she was a little tired.

Driving while tired was absolutely not allowed. Ye Yixi had no choice but to bite down hard on her lower lip. The taste of blood and the pain immediately stimulated her into becoming completely alert.

This method really worked.

Ye Yixi became awake, but she kept feeling that there was a faint, sweet fragrance in the car. She had not placed any aromatherapy in the car, nor had she stored any food inside. But she did not think too much of it. She only felt that the more she smelled this fragrance, the more her cheeks seemed to heat up…

During the drive, Ye Yixi’s ears and neck gradually began to sweat and redden.

She finally felt that something was wrong.

Although the real her had never experienced this before, as an Alpha in this world, she already understood that this was a physiological reaction. More precisely, it was a typical reaction caused by being affected by pheromones.

Damn it!

Ye Yixi thought of something and immediately looked back at Shen Qingran in the back seat.

At some point, Shen Qingran had already leaned her entire body against the rear seat. Her head was lowered, and she was hugging herself. Ye Yixi could not see her expression at all.

“Miss Shen, what’s wrong? Can you still hold on?”

Ye Yixi’s tone was very anxious.

That fragrance was now continuously spreading from Shen Qingran’s body. Pheromone leakage meant that an Omega had entered heat early. Generally speaking, rich people like them would inject expensive and powerful suppressants to delay the onset of heat. Logically speaking, Shen Qingran should not possibly be going into heat right now.

What exactly was going on…?

“Hot… so hot…”

Shen Qingran murmured softly, her voice sounding very uncomfortable.

Ye Yixi’s mind was a complete mess. Since she was driving, she could not keep turning around. She could only hurry to find a parking spot nearby and stop the car first.

After circling around several times and failing to find a parking spot, Ye Yixi gritted her teeth and casually stopped near a small hotel. Even if she got a ticket, she could not care less anymore.

For an unmarked Omega, this kind of situation was especially dangerous. They needed to find suppressants immediately to relieve it, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

She unfastened her seat belt. After getting out of the car, she immediately rushed to Shen Qingran in the back seat, wanting to check on her condition.

Shen Qingran was already so weak that her forehead was covered in sweat. Her face was deathly pale, and only her lips had been bitten until blood seeped out.

The moment an Alpha’s pheromones approached, Shen Qingran could not help pressing her entire body against Ye Yixi.

With that movement, the rear car door accidentally closed. Her discomfort was instantly relieved a little. That heat desperately needed to be soothed by an Alpha.

Ye Yixi became completely flustered.

The sweet, cloying fragrance on Shen Qingran’s body overwhelmed her until her mind grew dizzy. She truly had not expected that this person’s pheromones would smell like a piece of strawberry cream cake.

An Alpha’s instinct to possess an Omega was gradually being awakened.

The car was tightly sealed, and the scent of pheromones grew stronger and stronger. In a daze, Ye Yixi saw Shen Qingran’s red lips part slightly, revealing that damp, pink little tongue.

At this moment, Ye Yixi suddenly remembered that in this world’s setting, an Alpha and Omega’s glands were located at the tips of their tongues…