After Attending School A, I Differentiated into an Omega - Chapter 12
Qin Fengyue turned the faucet to the maximum, bracing both hands on the edge of the sink, catching handfuls of water and splashing them repeatedly onto her face.
The phone vibrated. Qin Fengyue pulled it out and took a look.
jiang: 【?】
A single question mark.
Qin Fengyue used her hand to stir and break the stream of water.
The phone buzzed again. It was still jiang.
Qin Fengyue grabbed the phone. Without even drying her wet hands, she typed: 【What!】
jiang: 【What are you doing with the door closed?】
Qin Fengyue took two steps to the door and yanked the restroom door open.
Jiang Zhao met her gaze instantly.
Qin Fengyue’s nerves tightened as she stepped aside to clear the entrance. “The door wasn’t locked.”
Jiang Zhao pushed open a stall door to go in. “I was just afraid it was inconvenient for you.”
Qin Fengyue let out a cold sneer. “We’re both Alphas, what’s ‘inconvenient’?”
People filtered into the restroom, chatting and laughing, but upon seeing Qin Fengyue, the laughter of several Alphas immediately died down.
Qin Fengyue pulled out two tissues, clutching them in her hand as she prepared to leave.
“Qin Fengyue, you played well today.”
Qin Fengyue froze. “Ah—”
A female Alpha stood by the sink. She had short hair. “Let’s play together sometime when you’re free.”
Qin Fengyue smiled. “Maybe when the weather gets cooler. I’m afraid of sweating.”
After exchanging a few words with the Alphas, Qin Fengyue left.
As soon as she was gone, the remaining group started gossiping.
“Hey—why did you invite her to play?”
“Qin Fengyue is actually quite good at basketball.”
“So what if she’s good? She’s just a ‘Scum A’.”
“She looks so soft… if only she were an Omega.”
“Want to play with her? She’s an undifferentiated Alpha; it wouldn’t hurt to try.”
“I heard she and Jiang Zhao are a couple. You dare touch her?” One Alpha’s gaze turned toward a neutral-looking female Alpha nearby.
Chen Linyu smiled, adjusting her ear-length short hair in the mirror. “They’re a couple? Says who?”
Just as that female Alpha was about to speak, a long-haired female Alpha in casual wear stepped out of a stall.
The group held their breath instantly.
Jiang Zhao walked to the sink, squeezed out some soap, and meticulously scrubbed her hands.
Chen Linyu took the initiative to chat. “Are you and Qin Fengyue a couple?”
Jiang Zhao looked up. In the mirror, the Alpha’s gaze was as dark as the deep sea.
Chen Linyu was slightly startled and took two steps back. “I guess not.”
Jiang Zhao grabbed two tissues to dry her hands. “Do you want to pursue her?”
Chen Linyu shrugged. “She hasn’t differentiated yet. What’s wrong with ‘playing’ a bit? If she’s your person, I won’t touch her.”
Chen Linyu added: “With looks like that, it’s a blessing she’s an Alpha, don’t you think?”
Jiang Zhao threw away the paper towel. “Suit yourself.”
Leaving the restroom, Jiang Zhao stood in the corridor. A gentle breeze blew. Below, Qin Fengyue was being crowded by a group of people as they walked toward the school gate.
The undifferentiated Alpha had a foul look on her face. Even when an Omega pinched her cheek, she didn’t resist, just lowered her head and sulked with a red mark on her face.
She looked like a puppy pouting because it didn’t get a snack.
Jiang Zhao looked down at her phone. Yao Ting had shared a new post.
Public Forum
#I’d Like to Call This a World-Famous Painting#
Frontline Breaking News: Did anyone see the basketball match at Alpha High today? Freshly baked waist-wrap hug!
【Side view photo】
【Front view photo】
【Close-up photo】
【Back view ‘killer’ shot】
Did: “Wra-wrapped waist hug…”
Basketball is Awesome: “This basketball match is so unprofessional (in a suggestive way)!”
Snow White: “Is this… losing the court but winning at love?”
Uninformed Onlooker: “Who are they! Both have such high visual levels! Are they filming a campus drama?”
“Replying to the person above: I was there. It was basically a wedding scene!!!”
“I’m shipping this so hard!!”
“It’s so aesthetically pleasing that even the patrolling teacher looked like they were shipping it.”
Autumn Wind and Rain: “Discussing AA romance again? Have you forgotten that Alphas naturally repel each other’s pheromones? They can’t mark each other, and they easily lose their minds and go into heat when stimulated by other Omegas.”
“It’s just for fun, why is the person above so serious?”
“Someone from their class here: these two are nemeses. Being together is impossible. Everyone, ‘ship’ rationally. I’ll finish this bowl of ‘food’ (content) first!”
The Solitary One: “Maybe we’ve been lonely in this Alpha school for too long, but am I the only one who thinks they look like they’re about to hit the sheets in the next second?”
“Jiang-Top’s gaze is so dangerous~~~”
“Sister, why are you using tildes?”
“The ‘thirst’ from the person above is overflowing the screen~~~”
A person claiming to be on the scene gave a verbal account of the aftermath:
“Qin Fengyue and Jiang Zhao both looked like they had turned into stone on the spot. Then Teacher Qian from the Discipline Office (A-High’s wind-and-discipline teacher) suddenly ran out, pointed at them, and barked: ‘Have you hugged enough?!’
Little Beauty Qin’s face was pitch black. Jiang-Top lowered her hat brim so we couldn’t see her expression, but someone said they saw her smiling…”
Finally, the hardworking netizens organized a new thread:
#Shocking Major Plot Twist#
#Strong Top Becomes Weak Bottom#
#Top for a Moment, Bottom for a Lifetime#
Qin Fengyue was eating at home. When she reached this part, she almost slammed her phone in rage. “What kind of trash titles are these!”
Qin Dong: “Stop playing on your phone while eating!”
Fang Yi was bringing out the last bowl of soup from the kitchen. “Who provoked you now?”
Once Fang Yi sat down, the family began to eat. Qin Fengyue had no appetite, but since the meal was handmade by Fang Yi, she didn’t want to waste it. “School stuff.”
“Did you fight?” Qin Dong asked.
Qin Fengyue gave a “skin-deep” smile. “Heh.”
Qin Dong smacked the back of her head. “Who are you ‘hehing’ at!”
Qin Fengyue: “…Mom, it wasn’t at you.”
Fang Yi glared at Qin Dong. “Eat quickly. You have to go back to school after this.”
Qin Fengyue almost dropped her bowl. “What kind of trash school only gives one day off!”
Qin Fengyue shoveled down a bowl of white rice, shouted a “Thank you, Mom!”, and stomped up the stairs back to her room.
She threw herself onto her bed, switching back and forth between the Alpha High public forum and the United Middle School forum. The hot topics on both forums tonight were highly synchronized.
One post in particular, with the “Trending” tag next to it, was exceptionally eye-catching. Qin Fengyue clicked in; it was a poll on who was the “Top” and who was the “Bottom” between her and Jiang Zhao.
Uninformed Onlooker: “Judging the dynamic by height, is there a problem?”
“No problem. ‘Qin-Bottom’ (Qin Shou) just looks like a Bottom!”
Qin Fengyue: “??”
“The bigger one is the Top, no problem there, right?”
“I suspect you’re ‘driving’ (being suggestive), and I have proof!”
“Plus one to the above.”
“Plus the process of converting binary to decimal.”
“It’s ‘Qin-Bottom’ for sure. Has anyone not seen that neck?”
“I want to mark her. If only she were an Omega (not really).”
“How is Qin-Bottom’s neck more tender than an Omega’s? Mine used to look bad until I applied a certain brand of gland maintenance lotion…”
Qin Fengyue clicked into that comment, only to find it had been deleted for “involving advertising.”
Qin Fengyue: “…”
The forum was still arguing. Omega necks, Alpha sizes… as expected… a bunch of people were frantically asking about Jiang Zhao’s “size.”
Somehow, the thread turned into a display ground for Alphas to compare their “packages.” It took the original poster a long time to persuade everyone to stop, fearing the thread would be banned for pornography, before the topic shifted.
The number of people supporting “Qin-Top/Jiang-Bottom” was decreasing at a geometric rate.
The little monitor sent Qin Fengyue a few screenshots from the Fan Support Group.
“Sister is so cool, I want a waist-wrap hug too.”
“Sister is so cool, I’m wet.”
“Sister is so cool, it’s a flood.”
Qin Fengyue: “…”
【Little Monitor withdrew an image.】
Little Monitor: 【Sorry, sent the wrong one. Moon, do you have any photos? Of Jiang Zhao? Just to satisfy the support group’s curiosity?】
Qin Fengyue tapped her phone frantically: 【Do you think just because you withdrew it, I didn’t see how thirsty you guys are? You want me to send a photo so you can all ‘climb the wall’ (switch biases) in public?!!!】
After typing it, she calmly deleted it word by word.
Qin Fengyue slowly sent a question mark.
【I’m not close to her. Monitor, you guys stay steady. (Laugh-cry emoji)】
Having done that, she went to message Chu Yang.
【Why didn’t you tell me you knew Dog Jiang was an Alpha!!】
Chu Yang seemed to breathe a sigh of relief: 【It finally came.】
Roaring Gale (Qin): 【Dammit!】
Sheep-Sheep-Sheep: 【I just didn’t expect you to misidentify her. Besides, while you didn’t know Jiang Zhao was an Alpha, she definitely knew about you.】
Roaring Gale: 【What do you mean?】
Chu Yang recounted the conversation from the farewell dinner night to Qin Fengyue. 【I told her I had an Alpha friend who took an Omega to the hospital. She knew it was you.】
Roaring Gale: 【She played me?】
Sheep-Sheep-Sheep: 【Probably not… Jiang Zhao is usually very easy to talk to.】
Roaring Gale: 【She even helped me several times.】
Sheep-Sheep-Sheep: 【She’s a good person.】
Roaring Gale: 【She just doesn’t do “good” things. I totally lost face today!】
Qin Fengyue flipped out of bed. “I almost got fooled by the enemy’s sugar-coated bullets!”
Roaring Gale: 【You have to help me.】
Sheep-Sheep-Sheep: 【…】
By early evening, the votes supporting “Qin-Top/Jiang-Bottom” in the forum started to grow in an orderly fashion.
Someone noticed the trend: “Did someone hire a ‘water army’ (paid posters)?”
Qin Dong urged Qin Fengyue to hurry downstairs so he could drive her back to school. Qin Fengyue opened her bedroom window and stuck her neck out: “Wait a sec, I’m ‘dropping a bomb’ (doing something big).”
Qin Dong: “…”
Fang Yi said worriedly: “How does she have zero ‘idol baggage’ left once she gets home?”
Qin Fengyue crept into Qin Dong’s study. Qin Dong was a businessman with a huge enterprise; many business people are superstitious, and Qin Dong was the type to bow at every temple. There was a statue of the God of Wealth enshrined in the study.
Qin Fengyue lit three incense sticks and bowed three times to the altar.
“God of Wealth protect me. May I differentiate soon, grow tall and big, and trample Jiang Zhao ruthlessly under my feet!”
After inserting the incense, Qin Fengyue stared at the God of Wealth for a long time. After a moment, she pressed her hand to her forehead and let out a faint snort of a laugh.
“Pfft, that was so stupid.”
Evening Self-Study
Yao Ting was pushing up her glasses while doing an exam paper. Her phone vibrated. she secretly clicked it to look.
It was a message from Jiang Zhao.
An online voting link.
Yao Ting: 【?】
jiang: 【Cast a vote for Jiang-Top. Support Jiang-Top. Thanks, bro.】
Yao Ting: ……………………