After Differentiation, I Marked My Arch-nemesis - Chapter 13

The event happened so suddenly that Jiang Youli was completely stunned.

The fresh scent filled her nose and went straight to her heart.

She smells so good.

Lu Yaoyi buried her head in Jiang Youli’s neck.

She had known Jiang Youli for so many years and had never hugged her like this before. Now that she finally had a reason to gather the courage to do it, she had to cherish this hard-won opportunity. It was the first time she had been this close to Jiang Youli.

She had been waiting for this day for so long.

Lu Yaoyi’s warm breath fell on Jiang Youli’s fair and smooth skin, creating a tingling sensation.

She clung to Jiang Youli’s embrace, carefully taking in her scent. Jiang Youli smells so good even before differentiating. She’ll probably smell even better once she becomes an Omega. She tightened her arms and whispered, “Dingding…”

Jiang Youli was stunned for a few seconds. A tingling sensation came from her neck.

She suddenly realized that Lu Yaoyi was hugging her. She pushed her away without hesitation and exploded. “Lu Yaoyi, why are you hugging me?!”

Lu Yaoyi just hugged me. That’s ridiculous.

Lu Yaoyi, caught off guard, stumbled two steps backward.

She looked at Jiang Youli, a little at a loss, and saw that she was frowning and looking at her with a look of disgust. From her expression and tone, she could tell how much Jiang Youli hated being hugged by her. Her joyful mood instantly plummeted.

At that moment, she suddenly remembered what Guan Luyu and Lu Meishan had told her at the hospital.

Her gaze shifted to Jiang Youli’s left cheek and lips.

She saw that Jiang Youli’s left cheek was perfectly fine, and there was only a small bruise left on the corner of her lips. Her heart ached, and she subconsciously reached out her hand toward Jiang Youli. “Does it hurt…?”

But before she could touch her, Jiang Youli blocked her hand.

Jiang Youli’s attitude was extremely hostile. “Don’t touch me.”

She felt that Lu Yaoyi was acting a little strange tonight.

Lu Yaoyi normally didn’t act like this. It was already a mistake that she had let Lu Yaoyi hug her just now. And now Lu Yaoyi was trying to touch her face?

In your dreams.

She would never let Lu Yaoyi touch a single hair on her head again.

Lu Yaoyi was a little dazed. Jiang Youli’s reaction just now made her very sad.

She looked at Jiang Youli, her tone filled with unspoken resentment.

“Jiang Youli, do you really hate me that much?”

“You’re asking me the obvious, aren’t you?” Jiang Youli blurted out. “You know I hate you, so why are you asking me this question?”

She paused, then suddenly realized that Lu Yaoyi’s random hug might have been because she had saved her. She frowned and said fiercely, “Don’t think you can be touchy-feely with me just because I saved you. We’re not that close, and don’t you dare think we ever will be.”

Lu Yaoyi’s heart was filled with extreme grief and sadness.

But she didn’t show a single bit of it.

Instead, she was a little angry.

She was angry that Jiang Youli was always so mean to her.

It was clear that she couldn’t be gentle with this tsundere, Jiang Youli.

Otherwise, Jiang Youli would just take advantage of her.

Her mood quickly calmed down. She hid the affection she almost poured out to Jiang Youli and put on a cold expression. “Narcissist, who wants to be close enough to be touchy-feely with you?”

Jiang Youli was speechless.

Wow, how can this Omega turn on me so fast after hugging me?

Was I just hugged by a ghost?

How is she any different from a woman who sleeps with someone and then leaves?

She was really annoyed. “Then why did you hug me?”

“I hugged you to politely thank you for saving me last time,” Lu Yaoyi said, her expression calm and composed. “I didn’t know you were such a narcissist.”

Jiang Youli was speechless.

She was so angry she wanted to roll her eyes and pinch her nose. “Then why did you try to touch me just now?”

Lu Yaoyi was speechless.

Touch…

Why did Jiang Youli make it sound so suggestive?

That’s dangerous.

She replied to Jiang Youli without changing her expression. “My mom said you were hurt protecting me. I just wanted to touch your face to see your injuries.”

Hearing this, Jiang Youli suddenly remembered going to the hospital yesterday.

She immediately felt uncomfortable.

She put away her aggressive demeanor and said, “Anyway, you’re not allowed to touch me.”

“Narcissist,” Lu Yaoyi said. “I don’t want to touch you.”

She looked straight into Jiang Youli’s clear eyes.

“I won’t touch you even if you beg me.”

Her tone was calm and devoid of any warmth.

“What?!” Jiang Youli said.

She was immediately infuriated. “I would never beg you to touch me, okay?”

“Are you serious?”

“You better not beg me to touch you,” Lu Yaoyi said.

Jiang Youli was speechless.

What’s with this “better not”?

Is Lu Yaoyi implying that I’m going to beg her?

Fine, I get it now.

If she was a narcissist, this arrogant S-class Omega, Lu Yaoyi, was even more so.

She was tired and didn’t want to talk to Lu Yaoyi anymore. She wanted her to leave. “I don’t want to play word games with you. You said you hugged me to thank me. I won’t hold it against you. You can see I’m perfectly fine now. So, let’s just go our separate ways. You go home to your mom, and I’ll go inside to my dad, okay?”

She went to close the door. “Goodbye, and good riddance.”

Lu Yaoyi quickly said, “Wait a minute.”

Jiang Youli stopped and looked at her impatiently. “What do you want now?”

“I want to know why you hate me so much,” Lu Yaoyi said.

“Do I need a reason to hate you?” Jiang Youli asked.

“Did I do something wrong?” Lu Yaoyi asked.

Jiang Youli was suddenly stumped by Lu Yaoyi’s question.

She couldn’t find a single reason to answer her. Although Lu Yaoyi showed no emotion, Jiang Youli thought she saw… sadness in her eyes. Lu Yaoyi hadn’t done anything wrong, but she wouldn’t admit that she was the one making up the reason for hating her. “You didn’t do anything wrong. I just hate you, that’s all.”

Hearing this, Lu Yaoyi was no longer sad or angry at Jiang Youli. Jiang Youli might say she hated her, but she still secretly went to the hospital, didn’t she?

She looked at Jiang Youli. “Since you hate me so much…”

“Then why did you go to the hospital?”

A chill ran down Jiang Youli’s spine.

What… what?

How did Lu Yaoyi know I went to the hospital?

Did Auntie Guan Luyu…?

She scoffed, trying to cover up her guilt and embarrassment. She would absolutely not admit that she had been to the No. 1 People’s Hospital yesterday. She pretended to be calm. “Why are you making things up? When did I go to the hospital?”

Lu Yaoyi had already guessed that Jiang Youli wouldn’t admit it. “Don’t try to deny it.”

“I’m not denying anything, okay?” Jiang Youli said, her face sullen with guilt.

“My mom saw you at the hospital yesterday,” Lu Yaoyi said.

“I was out with some friends yesterday afternoon, okay? How could Auntie Guan have seen me at the hospital?” Jiang Youli was completely oblivious to the holes in her story. “Lu Yaoyi, can you stop making up rumors about me?”

Once Lu Yaoyi had an opening, she wouldn’t let go. Her calm voice was filled with a devastating sharpness. “Jiang Youli, I didn’t say my mom saw you. How did you know it was my mom and not my other mom? And I didn’t say my mom saw you in the afternoon. How did you know it was the afternoon?”

Jiang Youli was speechless.

“Hmm?” Lu Yaoyi hummed.

Jiang Youli had no words.

Lu Yaoyi pressed on. “You hate me so much, but you still secretly went to the hospital. Stop lying to yourself. You care about me.”

Jiang Youli’s fair and flawless face turned a deep red with embarrassment.

Do I… care about Lu Yaoyi?

No way!

Lu Yaoyi was just using this opportunity to make things up and talk nonsense.

She was exposed and didn’t bother to pretend anymore.

She said angrily, “Fine, I did go to the hospital yesterday afternoon, and Auntie Guan saw me. I went to see if you were dead. Are you happy now?”

This, of course, wasn’t what she truly meant.

She was just saying it to provoke Lu Yaoyi.

Lu Yaoyi was speechless.

This childish and difficult tsundere, Jiang Youli, is finally angry.

She said unhurriedly, “You want me to die so badly.”

“Then why did you protect me?”

“I couldn’t just stand by and watch you die, could I?” Jiang Youli was completely overwhelmed by the embarrassment of being exposed. “Besides, I protected you because I’m a kind, good-hearted, and helpful student, okay? Even if it wasn’t you in danger, I would have rushed in to protect that person, okay?”

“Would you have risked your life to protect that person?” Lu Yaoyi asked.

Even at the cost of your life?

Jiang Youli seemed to understand what Lu Yaoyi was implying.

She looked at Lu Yaoyi with disdain. “What, do you think you’re the most special person in my heart? Lu Yaoyi, I never noticed you were such a narcissist.”

Hearing this, the light in Lu Yaoyi’s eyes instantly faded.

She had always known.

She was never special to Jiang Youli.

“Lu Yaoyi,” Jiang Youli said. “Don’t flatter yourself.”

Lu Yaoyi was slightly stunned.

Don’t flatter myself… Jiang Youli said I was flattering myself…

She lowered her eyes and bit her lip.

This hateful Jiang Youli. Why does she never understand my heart and why is she so mean to me?

“Don’t think that just because I protected and saved you, you can see me as some lifesaver you have to repay. I really don’t need you to do that, and I don’t need your gratitude,” Jiang Youli said, completely unaware of the dangerous atmosphere in the air. “Even if it was a stray cat or a stray dog on the street, I would have saved it. So, I saved you just like I would save a stray cat or dog. Do you understand?”

Her tone at the end was like she was coaxing a child.

Lu Yaoyi was speechless.

This hateful Jiang Youli even compared me to a stray cat or dog. She suddenly looked up at Jiang Youli and kicked her hard in the shin.

“You’re an asshole, Jiang Youli.”

With that, she turned and walked away without looking back.

Jiang Youli winced from the pain in her left leg.

Her face was twisted in agony.

She bent down, holding her leg, and yelled at Lu Yaoyi’s retreating figure.

“Why did you kick me? You’re the asshole, okay?”

Lu Yaoyi’s figure quickly disappeared into the night.

Jiang Youli was so angry she wanted to cry. Lu Yaoyi had inexplicably stepped on her foot in the classroom last time, and now she had inexplicably kicked her. What’s with this terrible habit?

“You’re crazy!”

A lingering scent of Lu Yaoyi’s perfume still lingered in the air.

Jiang Youli couldn’t help but sniff the scent.

Lu Yaoyi really is an S-class Omega. She smells so good. Now she couldn’t even tell if she was smelling Lu Yaoyi’s natural scent or her pheromones.

But, she thought she might be…

Differentiating soon.