After Differentiation, I Marked My Arch-nemesis - Chapter 2

Jiang Youli’s house was very close to Jiangcheng No. 1 High School. It usually took about ten minutes to get there by bike, but this time, it took her nearly forty minutes to arrive.

She was pushing her bike, strolling and playing along the way. How could she not take forever?

For her, it didn’t matter if she was late or not.

A moment later, the gatekeeper, Li Xianrong, stood at the entrance, watching the girl slowly push her bike through the school gate. He smiled and said, “Xiao Jiang, are you late on the first day of school?”

“Grandpa Li.”

Jiang Youli sighed, feigning regret. “I didn’t want to be late.”

She kicked the back wheel of her bike. “The tire is flat. Nothing I could do.”

Li Xianrong looked down at the back tire. It was indeed flat. “Hurry on in. The first class has been on for a while.”

Jiang Youli nodded earnestly. “Mhm.”

Then, she continued to slowly push her bike into the school.

Li Xianrong watched the girl’s carefree, clean back as she walked away, seeing that she had no sense of urgency about being late. He shook his head with a helpless but doting smile.

This child…

Jiang Youli was famous at Jiangcheng No. 1 High School.

And she was famous outside of school, too.

Why was she famous? For being wild, lawless, and undisciplined.

Since her first year of middle school, Jiang Youli had been late, left early, skipped class, and done all sorts of other messy things. She had even gotten into fights with students from higher grades. Li Xianrong always heard Jiang Youli giving public apologies over the school broadcast. It was said that the reason Jiangcheng No. 1 High School tolerated such a troublemaker was because Jiang Youli’s grandfather was powerful.

Otherwise, Jiang Youli would have been expelled long ago.

After three years of middle school, he naturally came to know Jiang Youli.

Although the child was a bit rebellious, she hadn’t done anything truly bad.

Li Xianrong knew Jiang Youli wasn’t malicious, and even before differentiating, she was more beautiful than many Omegas. He was quite fond of the girl.

Jiang Youli had told him that her physical exam report showed a 99% chance of differentiating into an Omega.

He thought she would be even prettier after she differentiated.

The first class on the first day of the new semester was a homeroom meeting. After the homeroom teachers finished their meetings, it was self-study. The entire school building was very quiet right now.

Jiang Youli walked unhurriedly down the hallway.

Many students in the classrooms were drawn to the girl walking by. Even though Jiang Youli was an undifferentiated Beta, she was more beautiful than Omegas, and many Alphas, Omegas, and Betas at the school had a secret crush on her. Especially after hearing she would differentiate into an Omega, many Alphas’ imaginations ran wild.

However, no one ever dared to confess to Jiang Youli.

Unless they had a death wish.

Jiang Youli heard her homeroom teacher, Tan Yushan, from a long way off. Other classes had already finished their homeroom meetings and were in self-study. She didn’t expect their Class 1 of the first-year high school to still be in a meeting. Anyway, she was used to Tan Yushan’s nagging after three years of middle school.

Tan Yushan wouldn’t stop until the bell for class change.

She had already planned her excuse for being late.

She wasn’t worried.

She walked to the back door of Class 1-1, stopped, and pushed it open.

“Reporting.”

Her voice was exceptionally loud.

Tan Yushan’s words were interrupted by the girl who walked in through the back door.

The whole class turned their heads in unison.

A beautiful, striking girl with long hair down to her waist appeared in their sight.

A boy sitting in the last row by the window hid his hand under his desk and gave Jiang Youli a thumbs-up, mouthing the words, “Boss, you’re the best.”

Jiang Youli stood at the back door, waiting for Tan Yushan’s judgment.

Tan Yushan was annoyed at being interrupted, and Jiang Youli being late on the first day made him even more upset. He looked at Jiang Youli at the back door, frowned, and said angrily, “Jiang Youli, how long has class been on? Why are you late on the first day of school?”

“Teacher Tan,” Jiang Youli said.

She glanced at Lu Yaoyi, who was the only one not looking back at her, and then answered calmly, “You’ll have to ask our class’s favorite student, Classmate Lu.”

Classmate Lu?

There was only one person named Lu in Class 1-1.

Lu Yaoyi?

The eyes of the entire class immediately fell on Lu Yaoyi.

Lu Yaoyi showed no expression.

Jiang Youli put on an innocent face and accused Lu Yaoyi. “Teacher Tan, this is what happened. I was riding my bike on the way here, and a nail punctured my tire. Classmate Lu happened to pass by me. I wanted her to give me a ride to school, but she refused no matter what. Since my tire was flat, I couldn’t ride it, so I had no choice but to push my bike to school. That’s why I’m late.”

Hearing this, Tan Yushan looked at Lu Yaoyi.

Jiang Youli continued to fan the flames. “Teacher Tan, you’ve always stressed that classmates should help each other, but Classmate Lu really hurt my feelings. You have no idea how cold and heartless she was when she rejected me.”

“Sigh…”

She finished with a sigh, putting on a very convincing act.

Tan Yushan had been Jiang Youli and Lu Yaoyi’s teacher for three years in middle school and would continue to be so in high school. He had long heard that Jiang Youli and Lu Yaoyi didn’t get along, but when comparing a good student with excellent grades to a troublemaker, he, as the homeroom teacher, naturally preferred the good student, Lu Yaoyi, and would unconditionally believe her.

However, he still had to keep up appearances in front of the whole class.

At the very least, he had to ask what happened.

So, he looked at Lu Yaoyi and asked, “Lu Yaoyi, what’s going on?”

Lu Yaoyi suddenly stood up from her seat. She maintained her frosty, unapproachable demeanor and said calmly, “She harassed me.”

Wh-what?!

Harassment?!

Jiang Youli was dumbfounded. “???”

Tan Yushan was dumbfounded. “???”

The entire class was shocked, and some people started laughing and jeering.

“Ooh~”

“Harassment~~”

Lu Yaoyi maintained her cold, unapproachable expression and was not at all affected by the teasing around her. She continued to speak unhurriedly, “So I didn’t give her a ride.”

Jiang Youli wanted to fight her?

Then she would play along and give Jiang Youli a good fight.

Jiang Youli was furious just thinking about what happened with Lu Yaoyi on the road earlier. She felt that Lu Yaoyi accusing her of sexual harassment was an insult. She didn’t even like Lu Yaoyi, so how could she sexually harass her? In a fit of anger, she blurted out, “Lu Yaoyi! I clearly didn’t sexually harass you…”

She immediately shut her mouth before she could finish her sentence.

She had just realized what she said.

Shit, what did I just say?!

The class erupted in an uproar.

What?! Jiang Youli sexually harassed Lu Yaoyi?!

Everyone at Jiangcheng No. 1 High School knew that Jiang Youli and Lu Yaoyi were sworn enemies who couldn’t stand each other. Was it because Lu Yaoyi had differentiated into an S-class Omega that Jiang Youli had fallen for her? No wonder Jiang Youli had just said that Lu Yaoyi was cold and heartless for rejecting her. It turns out she was sexually harassing Lu Yaoyi?

But Jiang Youli was a Beta… A Beta can’t smell pheromones and has no pheromones to influence an Omega. Could it be that Jiang Youli had used force on Lu Yaoyi?

A deafening chorus of gasps and cheers suddenly filled the classroom.

“Whoa~~”

Jiang Youli was speechless.

Tan Yushan almost fainted from anger when he heard Jiang Youli’s words. Even if Jiang Youli was an undifferentiated Beta, Beta sexual harassment of an Omega was still a very serious matter. He slammed the podium in a fit of rage. “Everyone, be quiet!”

The class immediately fell silent.

“Teacher Tan,” Lu Yaoyi said without changing her expression, “you heard it yourself.”

Jiang Youli was bewildered. “Heard what? That’s not what happened at all!”

She didn’t sexually harass her!

Tan Yushan felt that Jiang Youli was simply out of line. It was bad enough that she caused trouble and was undisciplined, but to sexually harass an S-class Omega in the same class?

He had to teach Jiang Youli a good lesson. “How did she…”

He paused. It was not appropriate to discuss this topic in front of students in the classroom. He waved his hand, motioning for Lu Yaoyi to sit down. “You can sit down for now.”

Lu Yaoyi sat down.

Jiang Youli was confused.

What was Lu Yaoyi doing? She just sat down?

She looked at the back of Lu Yaoyi’s head and said testily, “Lu Yaoyi, I clearly didn’t sexually harass you. Why don’t you explain what happened?!”

Lu Yaoyi ignored her.

Jiang Youli was speechless.

That’s it.

She couldn’t clear her name even if she jumped into the Yellow River.

“Jiang Youli,” Tan Yushan roared, “get out into the hallway and stand there as punishment.”

Jiang Youli was speechless. “I really didn’t sexually harass her…”

Tan Yushan said, “Late for class is a punishment. Now go!”

Jiang Youli was speechless.

She had no choice but to turn and go into the hallway to stand as punishment.

With such an explosive incident having just occurred in Class 1-1, the news quickly spread through the school and class group chats. In no time at all, the entire school knew that Jiang Youli had sexually harassed Lu Yaoyi.

Some news spreads from one to ten and from ten to a hundred, and as it spread, the story changed.

What?! Jiang Youli forced herself on Lu Yaoyi?!

A little while later, the first class ended.

The homeroom teachers of each class at Jiangcheng No. 1 High School had a private office. Tan Yushan took both Jiang Youli and Lu Yaoyi to his office, wanting to get to the bottom of the harassment accusation. On the way, many students were talking and gossiping.

The entire school had gone into a frenzy.

Lu Yaoyi was very popular even before she differentiated, and after differentiating, she became the most popular Omega at Jiangcheng No. 1 High School. Just as they were all envious of the lucky Alpha who would one day get an S-class Omega like Lu Yaoyi, they found out that Lu Yaoyi had actually been forced by the undifferentiated Jiang Youli?

That was insane.

In the eyes of the students at Jiangcheng No. 1 High School, Jiang Youli was arrogant and undisciplined and was not a good student. It was also well known that she hated Lu Yaoyi. It wasn’t impossible for Jiang Youli to force herself on Lu Yaoyi. Fortunately, Jiang Youli was a Beta, so she had no pheromones and couldn’t mark an Omega.

Otherwise…

Only Jiang Youli would be able to soothe Lu Yaoyi’s estrus for the rest of her life.

A moment later, the office door shut with a heavy sound.

Tan Yushan looked at the two beautiful girls standing in front of him.

His mood was very complicated.

After a moment, he looked at Lu Yaoyi and said, “Lu Yaoyi, you speak first.”

Jiang Youli was upset. “Teacher Tan, why does she get to speak first? She can already slander me and say I sexually harassed her. She’s not going to say anything decent.”

Tan Yushan suddenly blurted out, “Are you feeling guilty?”

Jiang Youli was speechless.

She didn’t sexually harass Lu Yaoyi, so what was there to feel guilty about?

She knew without a doubt that Tan Yushan would side with Lu Yaoyi. She was too lazy to waste her breath on Tan Yushan and waved her hand nonchalantly. “Fine, she can speak first.”

“Tell me,” Tan Yushan said, looking at Lu Yaoyi, “how did she sexually harass you?”

Lu Yaoyi spoke indifferently. “It wasn’t very serious.”

“Not very serious?” Tan Yushan asked. “What does that mean?”

Lu Yaoyi said, “It wasn’t as serious as Teacher Tan might be imagining.”

Jiang Youli was speechless.

By saying this, was Lu Yaoyi confirming that she had sexually harassed her?

Fine, she’d endure it.

Tan Yushan was slightly stunned, then fell into deep thought.

In this world, besides physical sexual harassment, an Alpha attacking or invading an Omega with pheromones is also considered harassment. Since Jiang Youli was a Beta, pheromone-based harassment could be ruled out, leaving only physical harassment.

He had just been thinking that Jiang Youli had physically harassed Lu Yaoyi.

Now Lu Yaoyi said it wasn’t as serious as he had imagined.

Then… he had a bold guess. “Did she pester you on the road, saying she liked you and was forcing you to be with her, and then you rejected her?”

Jiang Youli was bewildered. “???”

She looked at Tan Yushan and complained in her mind: Teacher Tan has such a rich imagination. If I liked Lu Yaoyi, piglets would be climbing trees.

Tan Yushan asked Lu Yaoyi again, “Is that how it was?”

Lu Yaoyi hadn’t thought of how to explain the harassment accusation yet, but Tan Yushan’s words gave her an idea. She also wanted to know what Jiang Youli’s reaction would be, so she went with Tan Yushan’s guess. “Yes.”

Jiang Youli was completely shocked. “???”

She looked at Lu Yaoyi in disbelief. “Lu Yaoyi, when did I…”

“Jiang Youli,” Tan Yushan interrupted coldly, “let Lu Yaoyi finish first.”

It would be a cold day in hell before Jiang Youli let Lu Yaoyi finish. She pointed at Lu Yaoyi and said excitedly, “Lu Yaoyi is slandering me. How can I let her finish? Teacher Tan, do I look like the kind of person who would like her?!”

Tan Yushan believed Lu Yaoyi. “You know in your heart whether you like her or not.”

Jiang Youli was speechless.

Damn it!

“I really don’t like her,” Jiang Youli said, raising her right hand with three fingers up as she swore, “I really don’t like her at all. I swear that if I ever like her, I will stop causing trouble, being late, leaving early, and skipping class. Teacher Tan, I’m making such a big ‘oath,’ surely you believe me?”

Hearing this, Lu Yaoyi’s face instantly became icy cold.

“How many ‘oaths’ have you made? Tan Yushan knew Jiang Youli inside and out. “Your ‘oaths’ are like farts. They just disappear into thin air.”

Jiang Youli was speechless.

“This time is different from before. Lu Yaoyi is slandering me and saying I like her,” Jiang Youli said excitedly, as if she couldn’t wait for the whole world to know she didn’t like Lu Yaoyi. “Teacher Tan, heaven and earth can testify to what I’m saying. I really don’t like…”

Just then, Lu Yaoyi suddenly called out, “Jiang Youli.”

Jiang Youli swallowed her words and looked at Lu Yaoyi.

Lu Yaoyi turned around and met Jiang Youli’s gaze. Her cold and resentful eyes were filled with disappointment. “I don’t like you, and you shouldn’t like me anymore either.”

Jiang Youli was furious. “Who cares if you like me? I clearly…”

Lu Yaoyi said, “Teacher Tan, I’ve said everything I needed to.”

Jiang Youli was speechless.

Lu Yaoyi looked at Tan Yushan and said, “If there’s nothing else, I’ll go back now.”

Tan Yushan nodded. “You can go back to the classroom.”

Lu Yaoyi turned and left the office.

“Teacher Tan,” Jiang Youli said, pointing to herself, “what about me?”

“You stay right there and don’t move,” Tan Yushan said, looking at Jiang Youli with an expression of deep disappointment. “It’s one thing that you mess around at school, but don’t go and provoke Lu Yaoyi. Lu Yaoyi is not your kind of person, and you two are not a good match.”

Jiang Youli was speechless.

Great, Tan Yushan believed everything Lu Yaoyi said.

She had nothing left to say.

“Jiang Youli, you need to understand that Lu Yaoyi is an S-class Omega. An Omega’s estrus must be suppressed with suppressants, and an S-class Omega needs a large amount of them,” Tan Yushan said to Jiang Youli with a serious tone. “Also, as an S-class Omega gets older, suppressants gradually become less effective. Therefore, only an Alpha can soothe an S-class Omega’s estrus.”

“An S-class Omega’s estrus can even last for more than seven days.”

Jiang Youli was speechless.

She had learned what Tan Yushan was talking about in her physiology class. She didn’t know why Tan Yushan was telling her this, but it did make her remember something. The estrus of some special S-class Omegas with a higher pheromone concentration could last up to half a month.

That meant the S-class Omega would have to stay in a room with an Alpha for half a month.

A half-month-long soothing session…

These special S-class Omegas would completely drain an Alpha…

It was simply terrifying.

She felt a pang of sympathy for them.

She couldn’t help but secretly feel lucky that she would differentiate into an Omega.

“Your physical exam report shows a 99% chance of you differentiating into an Omega, so you will likely be an Omega. Therefore, you can’t help Lu Yaoyi physiologically at all. Lu Yaoyi can only safely get through her estrus with an Alpha,” Tan Yushan continued to lecture Jiang Youli. “Jiang Youli, you should give up on the idea of liking Lu Yaoyi. You and Lu Yaoyi are physiologically incompatible, and it’s impossible for you two to be together.”

Jiang Youli sighed.

She had a headache.

Time passed by, second by second.

Tan Yushan was still using physiological knowledge about Alphas and Omegas to earnestly lecture Jiang Youli to cut her losses. But Jiang Youli wasn’t listening to a single word.