After Attending School A, I Differentiated into an Omega - Chapter 3

The Next Day

Qin Fengyue slept until the sun was high in the sky. The calendar hanging by her bed showed that the summer countdown had officially begun.

She picked up her phone from the floor and opened the Penguin (QQ) group; the class chat history showed thousands of new messages.

Qin Fengyue: “?”

She opened her private chat with Chu Yang. There were over thirty messages. With sleep-deprived eyes, she scanned them roughly, then focused her mind to re-read them properly from bottom to top.

“…”

Qin Fengyue: “When did I become a scum Alpha who abandons Omegas after leading them on?”

As Qin Fengyue was sitting on the edge of her bed recording a voice note, Fang Yi pushed the door open. “Yueyue?”

“Wait a sec—let me make a phone call first—” Qin Fengyue held up a palm.

“Get your butt down here right now!” Qin Dong’s roar echoed from downstairs.

Qin Fengyue: “…”

On the way to the hospital, Qin Fengyue endured a literal sea of spit and verbal abuse from Qin Dong. She was sprayed into a daze; when she got out of the car, she almost couldn’t stand straight.

The group headed straight for the city hospital. Seeing the familiar gates, Qin Fengyue suddenly remembered something and opened WeChat.

The messages were still stuck on the record she sent yesterday.

This Omega is so tsundere! Qin Fengyue poked and tapped at her phone.

【Good morning~】

Jiang Zhao had just finished paying the last of the hospitalization fees and went to the window to collect An Su’s medicine. She hadn’t brought her phone, leaving it casually on the bedside table in the ward.

When the phone vibrated, An Su was tidying up the nightstand.

Jiang Zhao never set a password on her phone. As the message popped up, An Su caught a glimpse of it.

【Good morning~ I’m the one who exchanged cash with you yesterday.】 【What’s your name?】

If it were anyone else, they would definitely find this phrasing affected and pretentious.

But to An Su, it seemed the person on the other end was a very cute Omega. She smiled, glanced at the door, and couldn’t resist tapping into the phone.

【Jiang Zhao.】

The other side: 【I’m at the hospital again, but I brought enough money today. Thanks for yesterday!】

An Su tried her best to mimic Jiang Zhao’s tone to reply, typing a ward number in a flat manner.

Replied directly with the room number?

Qin Fengyue was delighted. This Omega had suddenly become very “smooth”!

Thud. Qin Fengyue walked straight into Qin Dong’s back.

“Dad?”

The isolation room area was quiet. Several doctors in white coats and masks were standing outside the door.

Qin Fengyue froze. “Isolation room?”

At that moment, Chu Yang—who had finally woken up after a night of “eating melons” (scrolling through gossip)—sent a message.

【Liu Mei is in heat.】 【Her mom said in the class group last night that Liu Mei is in such bad shape because you didn’t give her suppressants that she was hauled away by an ambulance.】 【Since you didn’t speak up, I watched helplessly as Liu Mei’s mom nearly derailed the narrative all by herself!】 【Luckily, your fan club was powerful enough to break her defense. Finally, she contacted the homeroom teacher, and Old Zhang notified your parents.】

Qin Fengyue: “…”

The isolation room door opened. Mother Liu was supporting Liu Mei as they walked out. Liu Mei’s eyes lit up when she saw Qin Fengyue.

“Fengyue!”

Mother Liu glared. “Is this your attitude? Only showing up after the isolation period is over.”

Qin Dong: “I think the timing is just right. Coming earlier would have led to misunderstandings.”

Mother Liu froze. “Parent Qin, what do you mean by that?”

Qin Dong stepped aside to reveal Qin Fengyue behind him. “Explain it clearly yourself.”

Qin Fengyue narrowed her long eyes. She looked at the Omega in front of her who looked like she was about to cry, and said, “Auntie Liu, I came here because I want you to clarify the things you said in the class group last night.”

“…” Liu Mei twisted her fingers tightly.

Mother Liu: “What do you mean!”

Qin Fengyue: “What I mean is, I have no relationship with Liu Mei. To pin such a huge label as ‘hospitalized during heat because of me’ on my head… isn’t that a bit too despicable?”

The undifferentiated Alpha let a sliver of a smile touch her lips—cold and heartless, as if watching a joke.

Liu Mei’s mother originally thought Qin Fengyue had come to apologize and offer compensation. She didn’t expect that this kid looked more like she was here to demand accountability!

A nurse interjected: “Little one, is that true? This student was calling your name all night long!”

Qin Fengyue: “Liu Mei and I are just classmates.”

Liu Mei’s body went limp as she sobbed, “Fengyue, I… I really, like you—”

Liu Mei and Qin Fengyue were classmates. She had pursued Qin Fengyue during their sophomore year, but her first two confessions had been tactfully deflected.

Qin Fengyue never imagined that besides pestering her relentlessly, Liu Mei also liked to fabricate their “love history” everywhere; there were many rumors inside and outside school.

Half the reason her reputation was so “stinky” was thanks to Liu Mei.

Although Qin Fengyue loved to flirt, she had a bottom line.

Even a rabbit doesn’t eat the grass near its own burrow!

The Omega brawl yesterday was also provoked by Liu Mei.

Qin Fengyue was generous toward Omegas, but that didn’t mean an Omega could treat her like a soft persimmon. “Liu Mei, if you’ve forgotten, then I’ll formally reject you one more time right now.”

Liu Mei’s face changed, and she looked ready to start crying again.

Qin Fengyue: “I’ve said my piece, and I’ve offered my apology. Now go into the group and explain this matter to the students and teachers.”

Liu Mei: “…Say what?”

Qin Fengyue looked at her, brow slightly furrowed, then waved her hand helplessly. She tilted her head and smiled: “Naturally, to clear my name. Clarify that we are not in a relationship.”

“Xiao Zhao?” “What are you looking at?”

Jiang Zhao was standing at the end of the corridor. Dr. Lin, with a medical file under her arm, leaned over from behind Jiang Zhao to peek. “Oh… it’s Qin Fengyue.”

“You know her?” Jiang Zhao asked.

Dr. Lin smiled. “Didn’t you look at her questionnaire yesterday?”

Jiang Zhao raised an eyebrow slightly. “That’s the Alpha?”

Dr. Lin: “Quite ‘O’ (Omega-like), isn’t she?”

Jiang Zhao felt amused but didn’t say much.

The isolation rooms and An Su’s inpatient ward were on the same floor. The isolation zone was for isolating Omegas in heat and Alphas in their rut; those differentiating into Alphas or Omegas also came here. Legend had it that this was a place rich in disputes and gossip.

“Qin Fengyue! What do you mean by this!” It was likely the mother of the Omega who just went through her heat, currently screeching at Qin Fengyue.

Jiang Zhao withdrew her gaze. “Dr. Lin, I’m going downstairs to get the medicine.”

Dr. Lin nodded. “Go ahead. By the way, after you get the meds, have your mother stop by the third floor before you leave.”

“Okay.”

Just as Jiang Zhao left, Qin Fengyue called out to Dr. Lin.

“Morning, Dr. Lin,” Qin Fengyue said, a phone pressed to her ear. She asked casually, “Why are you here?”

Dr. Lin pointed to the other side of the corridor. “Doing rounds. Is that Omega your girlfriend?”

Qin Fengyue shook her head in denial, then spoke into the phone: “…Yes, please deliver it to Room 601… Yeah, for a girl named Jiang. Tall, slender, hot figure, beautiful face.”

The more Dr. Lin listened, the more it sounded off. Room 601, surname Jiang?

Qin Fengyue hung up. Dr. Lin struck up a conversation. “Who were you calling?”

The little Alpha said, “Ordered a bouquet of flowers.”

“What kind of person are you sending flowers to?”

Qin Fengyue just smiled and didn’t speak.

Dr. Lin: “‘Hot figure, beautiful face.’ You’re quite the wordsmith.”

Qin Fengyue gave a hum and a smile. “You know her?”

There really was such a person; she was one of the rarest beauties Dr. Lin had seen in her career.

Dr. Lin looked at Qin Fengyue. Assuming her habit of flirting with everyone was acting up again, Dr. Lin thought to herself: Forget the fact that Jiang Zhao is an Alpha—even if she were an Omega, there’s no way she’d give Qin Fengyue a second look.

“Give it a rest.”

Qin Fengyue didn’t know what she meant. Behind her, Qin Dong was urging her to leave, so she said, “And about that questionnaire yesterday, what on earth did you talk to my dad about?”

Dr. Lin watched Qin Fengyue’s retreating back. “Oh, I just used a bit of ‘exaggerated rhetorical flourish’.”

Qin Fengyue: “…”

By the time Jiang Zhao finished handling all the paperwork, half an hour had passed. An Su had packed her luggage and was chatting with a fellow patient. A bunch of bright roses lay by the head of the bed, the petals glistening with dew.

“Whose flowers are these?” Jiang Zhao asked.

An Su smiled. “Check your phone.”

Jiang Zhao finally picked up her phone. After looking at it, she frowned. “Mom…”

An Su laughed heartily. “This little ‘O’ is quite interesting.”

Jiang Zhao corrected her: “That’s an Alpha.”

An Su: “…” A moment later, a wave of awkwardness washed over her.

Jiang Zhao: “What’s more interesting is, she even sent roses.”

An Su simply passed the buck. “You were in such a good mood yesterday, Mom thought you’d had a romantic encounter. I was just trying to maintain your meager ‘peach blossoms’ (romantic prospects).”

Jiang Zhao: “That’s an Alpha. I am also an Alpha. Or are you saying you like sixteen or seventeen-year-olds?”

An Su was an Omega. It took her two seconds to process Jiang Zhao’s words before she said irritably, “What nonsense! You even dare to tease your own mother.”

Jiang Zhao estimated the cost of the flowers and transferred the money to the other side. “Let’s go.”

An Su: “Then these flowers…”

Jiang Zhao slung her backpack over her shoulder, reached out with her long arm to scoop up the roses, and took the elevator down with An Su. She walked straight to the trash can at the hospital entrance.

An Su: “Xiao Zhao!”

Jiang Zhao stood as straight as a pine, a bouquet of roses in the crook of her arm. She lowered her eyes, her long lashes flickering as the roses slipped from her hand and fell directly into the trash.

An Su sighed. “My daughter’s first time receiving flowers in her life.”

Jiang Zhao added casually, “And they were sent by an Alpha.”

An Su: “…”

Qin Fengyue was playing with her phone. Chu Yang had sent her a link to a “Check-in Thread” of the Omegas she had supposedly flirted with at United Middle School.

Real or fake, gossip-seekers and onlookers were all leaving their “footprints” in the thread. Because of the Liu Mei incident, the thread had been bumped to the top again, reaching nearly two thousand posts.

Qin Fengyue: “…”

Qin Dong, sitting in the driver’s seat, glanced at her. “I’ve discussed it with your mother.”

Qin Fengyue looked up. “Hmm?”

Qin Dong: “You’re in your senior year; studies are the priority. I’ve contacted the principal of the Independent All-Alpha School. We’re going there tomorrow to handle the transfer procedures.”

“Why didn’t you consult me!” Qin Fengyue’s scalp felt like it was exploding. Independent Alpha School! The city’s most famous monk temple!

Qin Dong: “There’s no room for discussion. What were you doing in the inpatient department just now? That whole building is for Omegas. Who were you there to see?”

Qin Fengyue mumbled: “…Nothing to see. They’ve already been discharged.”

“I really underestimated you. Even a trip to the hospital gives you a chance to flirt in the gaps.”

She argued the whole way back—crying, making a scene, and threatening to hang herself—but Qin Dong remained unmoved. He was dead set on sending her to that “monk temple”!

Qin Fengyue grit her teeth. She had finally met an Omega who suited her tastes in every way (except height), just fallen in love, and now she was heading into a long-distance relationship?

She opened her phone. A new transfer record had been added to the WeChat chat history.

What a cute, unpretentious little Omega, she wouldn’t even accept my flowers for free.

Exhausted, Qin Fengyue wanted to chat with her.

【Are the flowers pretty?】 【Message sent, but rejected by the recipient.】

Qin Fengyue: “?”

【Hi?】 【Jiang has enabled friend verification…】

It wasn’t a long-distance relationship. Qin Fengyue had just experienced heartbreak at the speed of light.