After Differentiation, I Marked My Arch-nemesis - Chapter 25

In a state of breakdown, Jiang Youli cried while taking care of her physiological needs.

About an hour later, the entire bathroom was filled with the fresh, cool scent of fir, along with the very pungent smell of gorse.

Jiang Youli’s hot body finally found release. Her eyes were blurry with tears as she looked at the mess of used tissues on the floor and the sinful traces on her body, feeling humiliated. She never imagined she would ever do something so shameful.

She really hated that she differentiated into an Alpha and grew that ugly thing.

And that she couldn’t control her urges.

After a moment of silence, she sat on the toilet, wiping away the tears from her face, feeling wronged. She then got up and turned on the air purifier in the bathroom.

After cleaning up the tissues on the floor, she took off her clothes and went into the shower. The hot water from the shower head instantly drenched her body. She washed her body three times, especially that embarrassing thing that got her so worked up.

She thought there was no escaping this reality now.

So, she unwillingly accepted it.

After a while, the pitter-patter of the water in the bathroom finally stopped.

Jiang Youli came out of the bathroom with her hair halfway dry.

Li Henian was sitting on the sofa, working on his laptop. He heard the sound from the bathroom and looked up at Jiang Youli. “Dingding, is your stomach feeling better?”

Jiang Youli nodded and walked toward the hospital bed without a word.

“The doctor said you can be discharged tomorrow afternoon,” Li Henian said, his gaze following Jiang Youli. “Do you want to be discharged tomorrow afternoon?”

“Okay,” Jiang Youli said.

She then lifted the blanket, took off her slippers, and lay down on the bed, tightly wrapped in the blanket. She closed her eyes tiredly. “Little Dad, I want to sleep.”

Li Henian got up and turned off the lights in the room. “Okay, you can sleep.”

Late at night, the corners of Jiang Youli’s eyes were red, showing traces of her crying.

She was tossing and turning in bed, unable to sleep. All she could think about was her body having a reaction to Lu Yaoyi, the messy state she left behind, and the sinful acts she committed. In the end, she had to accept the fact that she had differentiated into an Alpha.

She also accepted the ugly thing that was uncontrollably having a reaction to Lu Yaoyi.

She silently vowed to herself that she would control herself in the future and not go into a heat for any Omega. She didn’t want to become an Alpha who only thought with her lower body.

It was so annoying.

The only Omega she would go into a heat for would be the one she loved, not that annoying girl Lu Yaoyi.

Hmph.

The next day, Jiang Youli woke up in a much better mood. At least she wasn’t as upset as she was last night. After having lunch, she was discharged from the hospital and went home.

The doctor told her that she must wear a scent-blocking patch and carry an inhibitor whenever she went out.

As a newly differentiated Alpha, Jiang Youli still had a hard time controlling her pheromones. If an Omega who was interested in a newly differentiated S-class Alpha like her tried to seduce her, it would be very easy for her to fall for it. After all, instincts can make you do things you can’t control.

Although cases of Omegas intentionally releasing pheromones to seduce Alphas and force them into a lifelong mark are rare, some Omegas still commit this crime.

So, she had to be careful when she went out.

Jiang Youli agreed.

After returning home, Jiang Youli was in the walk-in closet in her room, organizing her clothes.

After a while, there was a knock on the door. “Dingding,” Li Henian’s voice said.

When Jiang Youli heard him, she shouted, “Come in, Little Dad.”

Li Henian walked in with a few bags.

Jiang Youli looked at the bags in his hand and asked curiously, “Little Dad, what are these?”

Li Henian handed her one of the bags. “Now that you’ve differentiated into an Alpha, you can’t wear your old underwear anymore. Your dad went to buy you some new pairs today. Try them on to see if they fit.”

Jiang Youli almost choked.

It was so embarrassing. She looked at the bag in her hand and couldn’t say a word.

“Just try them on,” Li Henian said. “If they don’t fit, we’ll go buy some new ones.”

Jiang Youli awkwardly looked up at Li Henian. She saw the gentle and caring look on his face and suddenly wasn’t so embarrassed anymore. Although she was a little shy talking about this topic with him, now that she had differentiated into an Alpha, she really couldn’t wear her old underwear.

And Li Henian and Jiang Xiyuan really cared about their precious daughter.

So she openly accepted the new underwear Jiang Xiyuan bought for her. “Okay, I’ll try them on later.”

Li Henian handed the other bags to her. “These bags have new pants and skirts. Try them on later to see if they fit.”

Jiang Youli nodded obediently. “Okay.”

“Alright,” Li Henian said. “I’ll head out now if there’s nothing else.”

“Okay,” Jiang Youli said.

Li Henian turned and left the closet.

Jiang Youli looked at the bags in her hands with a complicated feeling and sighed.

What a tragedy.

In the afternoon, since it was Monday, her friends were all at school. Jiang Youli stayed at home playing games on her phone. She suddenly remembered that Lu Yaoyi hadn’t had a chance to tell her what happened on the day she differentiated. But she didn’t know how to face Lu Yaoyi.

After all, her body had reacted to Lu Yaoyi.

And she still hadn’t accepted the fact that her body reacted to her.

Just thinking about it made her want to cut off the thing that caused her to have a reaction.

But she was afraid of pain.

However, she also remembered that Li Henian had told her at the hospital that Qiao Yixun had taken her there, so Qiao Yixun must know what happened.

She immediately opened WeChat and sent a message to Qiao Yixun.

—Sister Xun.

—I have a question for you.

Qiao Yixun replied quickly.

—What is it?

Jiang Youli asked without thinking.

—Sister Xun, can you tell me what happened on the day I differentiated? Why did you take me to the hospital?

Qiao Yixun replied.

—A-You, you should ask Yaoyao. She knows what happened.

Jiang Youli was speechless.

Why did everyone want her to ask Lu Yaoyi what happened?

She knew Qiao Yixun well. Since she said that, she wouldn’t tell her.

She could only reply helplessly.

—Okay.

—I’ll ask her.

However, she was so conflicted that she didn’t send a message to Lu Yaoyi all night.

That evening, after dinner, Jiang Youli was slumped on the sofa watching TV, looking very down.

After a while, her phone buzzed.

Jiang Youli rolled over and picked up her phone from the coffee table. She saw that it was a message from Lu Yaoyi. From what she knew about Lu Yaoyi, she must have a reason for contacting her. Otherwise, she wouldn’t message her.

She opened the message.

—Are you free now? Let’s meet.

Lu Yaoyi did have a reason.

Jiang Youli replied.

—Why?

Lu Yaoyi replied.

—Don’t you want to know what happened the day you differentiated?

Jiang Youli replied.

—Then just tell me now.

Lu Yaoyi replied.

—Jiang Youli, some things are better explained in person. So let’s meet.

Jiang Youli was still bothered by the heat she had last night.

She couldn’t guarantee that her body wouldn’t uncontrollably react to that annoying girl, Lu Yaoyi, again. So, she didn’t dare to meet her.

What if she went into a heat again? Wouldn’t that be a total loss of face?

So, she immediately rejected Lu Yaoyi’s request.

—You’re just telling me what happened that day. It’s only a few sentences. There’s no need to go out and meet.

Lu Yaoyi replied.

—If you don’t want to meet, fine. Goodbye.

Jiang Youli was bewildered.

Wow, why is that annoying girl Lu Yaoyi so temperamental?

She was starting to wonder if something really big and dramatic happened on the day she differentiated. Why was everyone being so secretive? But the more they didn’t tell her, the more she wanted to know.

She reluctantly replied.

—In ten minutes.

—Meet me at your house entrance.

After sending the message, she got up from the sofa and quickly went back to her room upstairs. She put on a new scent-blocking patch on her gland and sprayed a lot of peach-scented Alpha pheromone blocker and Omega-specific scent blocker all over her body.

To make sure that thing wouldn’t react uncontrollably again, she had to be extra cautious.

A few minutes later, she was ready and left the house.

The night sky was as dark as a vast, bottomless ocean. The moonlight shone through the clouds, blanketing the ground in a silvery veil. The air was filled with the scent of the night, and the evening breeze rustled the leaves on the trees.

As soon as Jiang Youli walked out of her yard, she saw Lu Yaoyi standing at her house entrance. The moonlight fell on Lu Yaoyi, creating a soft halo around her, making her look especially beautiful.

The evening breeze blew Lu Yaoyi’s hair that was scattered on her shoulders. Her clear eyes were as bright as two stars in the night sky.

Jiang Youli looked at Lu Yaoyi’s graceful figure and was momentarily dazed.

She then walked toward Lu Yaoyi without a change in her expression.

The two of them looked at each other.

Jiang Youli stopped walking when she was about five meters away from her.

“Why are you standing so far away?” Lu Yaoyi asked.

Jiang Youli made up an excuse to put Lu Yaoyi off. “The doctor said that since I just differentiated, I shouldn’t get too close to an Omega. I could be easily influenced by an Omega’s pheromones. To be safe, I think our current distance is perfect.”

She was really afraid that her body would uncontrollably react to Lu Yaoyi again.

That would be so embarrassing.

Lu Yaoyi suddenly wanted to laugh. It wasn’t that Jiang Youli could be easily influenced by an Omega’s pheromones, but that she could be influenced by her pheromones because she had already marked her.

Only…

Jiang Youli didn’t remember.

“It’s just a few sentences anyway. I’ll leave after we’re done,” Jiang Youli said, walking over and leaning lazily against the wall. “I’m already out here. Can you tell me now?”

Lu Yaoyi then told her everything that happened, bit by bit.

Only…

She started making things up halfway through to deceive Jiang Youli. “Qiao Yixun and I saw you kneeling on the ground. I ran over to help you up, but you hugged me and wouldn’t let go. You also said you liked me and that you would never leave me.”

Jiang Youli was speechless.

Did she really say such outrageous things to Lu Yaoyi on the day she differentiated? She didn’t like Lu Yaoyi, so how could she have said those things? She frowned and said fiercely, “Lu Yaoyi, stop talking nonsense. There’s no way I would say something like that to you. You’re just trying to trick me since I don’t remember, aren’t you?”

She didn’t believe her.

Lu Yaoyi said without changing her expression, “If you don’t believe me, you can ask Qiao Yixun.”

Jiang Youli was speechless.

When she heard her say “ask Qiao Yixun,” she suddenly lost her nerve.

Did she really say it?

Lu Yaoyi saw that Jiang Youli’s expression had become a little stiff and seized the opportunity to strike. “Jiang Youli, do you know why you went into a heat last night?”

Jiang Youli looked at her blankly and didn’t say anything.

Lu Yaoyi looked straight into Jiang Youli’s eyes. “Because you marked me. You marked me on the day you differentiated, which is why you went into a heat last night because of me.”

There was no way Jiang Youli would have gone into a heat for no reason last night.

So, she was sure that Jiang Youli went into a heat because of her.

Jiang Youli was stunned.

She…

She marked Lu Yaoyi that day?

Lu Yaoyi’s thin lips parted. The girl’s gentle and pleasant voice was like music, slowly entering Jiang Youli’s ears.

“Jiang Youli, you marked me. Your mark still flows in my blood.”

“Do you know what it means that you marked me?”

“It means you are my Alpha.”

“And I… am your Omega.”