After Differentiation, I Marked My Arch-nemesis - Chapter 26

In that instant, Jiang Youli felt as if she had been struck by lightning. Every word Lu Yaoyi said was like a curse, crashing into her heart and trapping her in a cage she couldn’t break free from. She looked at Lu Yaoyi in disbelief, unable to utter a single word, wondering if she had heard her wrong.

She marked Lu Yaoyi on the day she differentiated?

She was Lu Yaoyi’s Alpha? Lu Yaoyi was her Omega?

How… how could this be…

Lu Yaoyi had no intention of letting Jiang Youli off the hook. Even if she knew that Jiang Youli wouldn’t accept her as her Omega, she still had to let her know that she had marked her and that their relationship had completely changed.

“Jiang Youli, you marked me.”

“I am your Omega.”

“That’s why you went into a heat last night when you smelled my pheromones.”

She said these words unhurriedly. She wanted to constantly remind Jiang Youli so that she would form a subconscious thought that whenever she thought of her, she would think, “she is Jiang Youli’s Omega.”

Jiang Youli was speechless.

She went into a heat because Lu Yaoyi was her Omega?

No way? How could Lu Yaoyi be her Omega? She didn’t like Lu Yaoyi, so how could she have marked her? And she had no memory of marking Lu Yaoyi at all. She didn’t believe a word of what Lu Yaoyi was saying.

She scoffed and refuted her with a stern face. “Impossible.”

Lu Yaoyi knew she would say that. “Why is it impossible?”

Jiang Youli frowned and put on a look that was more outrageous than a crab peeling its own shell. “Lu Yaoyi, how could I have marked you?”

“Why couldn’t you have marked me?” Lu Yaoyi asked.

“How could I have marked…”

Lu Yaoyi didn’t want to play a game of tongue twisters with Jiang Youli, so she interrupted her directly. “Jiang Youli, you marked me. That’s a fact.”

Jiang Youli was speechless.

She swore she had never met a person as narcissistic as Lu Yaoyi.

Excluding criminal acts, if an Alpha marks an Omega, it means that the Alpha must like that Omega, and the mark is completed with the Omega’s consent. Otherwise, an Alpha would not easily mark an Omega.

This is because once an Alpha and an Omega are marked, they will gradually become dependent on each other. If they mark each other multiple times, they may even become inseparable. This is more likely to happen between top-tier Alphas and Omegas. Of course, it is also possible for a temporary mark to be made in an emergency.

Given her relationship with Lu Yaoyi…

Was Lu Yaoyi indirectly saying that she liked her?

“Lu Yaoyi, you really are a narcissistic maniac. Don’t think you can lie to me just because I don’t remember,” Jiang Youli said, crossing her arms and leaning against the wall, looking at Lu Yaoyi. “I would rather mark a random Omega on the street than mark you, okay?”

Lu Yaoyi was speechless.

Was she not even as good as a random Omega on the street?

That’s so mean, Jiang Youli.

She had to teach this little troublemaker who always bullied her a lesson today. So, she hid her mischievous thoughts and said without changing her expression, “Then why did you go into a heat last night? And why are you so far away from me now, afraid to get close? Jiang Youli, your body has a reaction to me, doesn’t it?”

She slowed down when she said the last sentence. Every word seemed to have a hidden meaning.

When Jiang Youli heard that, she suddenly felt guilty and embarrassed, as if her thoughts had been exposed. She instantly felt that her ugly body was unforgivably evil.

Her body did indeed react to Lu Yaoyi’s pheromones.

But what did that have to do with marking Lu Yaoyi?

“That’s because my pheromones aren’t stable since I just differentiated, okay? You know you’re an S-class Omega, and an S-class Omega’s pheromones are more likely to cause an Alpha to go into a heat than a regular Omega’s. Of course, I’d go into a heat when I smell your pheromones. If it weren’t for an Alpha’s instincts making me uncontrollably go into a heat…”

“Then…”

She awkwardly looked at Lu Yaoyi. “I wouldn’t have had a reaction to you.”

And she wouldn’t have done that shameful thing to herself in the bathroom.

It was simply…

“Jiang Youli,” Lu Yaoyi said in a calm and indifferent voice. “Then have you ever wondered why you only went into a heat for me? But not for any other Omega?”

Jiang Youli didn’t say anything.

She had met many Omegas at the hospital, and she had indeed not gone into a heat because of their pheromones. Could it be… that she really marked Lu Yaoyi?

The next second, she immediately dismissed the thought. She was still convinced that she went into a heat because she smelled an S-class Omega’s pheromones. After all, no Alpha could resist an S-class Omega’s pheromones. The Omegas she met at the hospital were probably just regular Omegas.

She stood up straight and said calmly, “The Omegas I met weren’t as high-level as you. Of course, I wouldn’t be easily influenced by their pheromones.”

“Jiang Youli,” Lu Yaoyi said. She looked seriously and firmly into Jiang Youli’s eyes. “I have proof.”

Jiang Youli was slightly stunned.

Pro… proof?

Lu Yaoyi had already guessed that Jiang Youli wouldn’t believe or admit it. She had already prepared her words. “It’s okay if you don’t believe me. The pheromones you left in my body are proof that you marked me on the day you differentiated.”

Jiang Youli was speechless.

What does she mean by “the pheromones she left in her body”?

That sentence sounds a little strange.

“Jiang Youli, you can feel it, can’t you?” Lu Yaoyi asked.

Jiang Youli was speechless.

“You can feel that you marked me, can’t you?” Lu Yaoyi said. Just like she could feel that Jiang Youli marked her and was her Alpha. She paused, then said sincerely, “I am your Omega.”

“Jiang Youli, your body’s instincts can feel it, can’t they?”

“Can’t they?”

Jiang Youli stared at Lu Yaoyi, unable to help but recall the strange feeling she had when she saw her last night. No wonder she had an urge to possess Lu Yaoyi, and a desire to get closer to her and mark her.

Isn’t that the feeling an Alpha gets after marking an Omega?

And… Lu Yaoyi didn’t seem to be lying. Otherwise, she wouldn’t be so confident.

She couldn’t help but start to waver in her belief that she hadn’t marked Lu Yaoyi.

Did she really mark her?

Just then, Lu Yaoyi took two steps toward Jiang Youli.

“I don’t mind letting you smell it.”

Jiang Youli instinctively took half a step back and immediately refused. “Don’t come any closer!” She was afraid that smelling Lu Yaoyi’s pheromones would make her uncontrollably go into a heat.

That would be so embarrassing.

“You’re the Alpha who left your mark in my body. If you don’t believe me, I can only let you smell my pheromones,” Lu Yaoyi said, stopping. “It’s a good thing you woke up early. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be any proof in a few more days.”

Jiang Youli was speechless.

When an Omega lets an Alpha smell their gland or pheromones, they are inviting the Alpha to have sex. Lu Yaoyi must know this. Did Lu Yaoyi really see herself as her Omega, so she was being so fearless?

She now believed that Lu Yaoyi was telling the truth, that she had marked her on the day she differentiated.

Damn it! She actually marked Lu Yaoyi?

She felt as if she had been hit by a huge blow, and her face instantly turned ashen. She couldn’t accept the fact that she had marked Lu Yaoyi.

She was done for.

Lu Yaoyi looked at Jiang Youli’s ashen face and suddenly felt a little amused and a little sad. Jiang Youli really couldn’t accept her as her Omega…

But it was okay. She had plenty of time.

She looked at Jiang Youli without a change in her expression. “So, do you believe me now?”

Jiang Youli was speechless.

“You don’t?” Lu Yaoyi took another step forward.

“You… you stop right there! Don’t come any closer!” Jiang Youli reflexively took a step back, then reluctantly replied, “Yes, I believe you, okay?”

“Then don’t you have anything to say to me?” Lu Yaoyi asked.

“What do you want me to say?” Jiang Youli asked.

“You marked me,” Lu Yaoyi said.

Jiang Youli was speechless. She blinked and asked, “Are… are you going to ask me to be responsible?”

Lu Yaoyi looked at her and didn’t say anything. Although she did want Jiang Youli to be responsible, the Alpha in front of her didn’t seem to have any intention of doing so.

Jiang Youli was speechless.

No way? Lu Yaoyi wasn’t really going to ask her to be responsible, was she?

She awkwardly looked away, not daring to look at Lu Yaoyi. “You know I don’t remember anything. I don’t remember marking you at all, so I must have marked you while I was unconscious. Since I was unconscious, it doesn’t count. Besides, I didn’t give you a lifelong mark…”

She added, “If I knew that Omega was you, Lu Yaoyi, I would never have marked you.”

She didn’t want to mark Lu Yaoyi.

Many Alphas and Omegas who were in love with each other would mark each other. As long as it wasn’t a lifelong mark, it would disappear with their body’s metabolism. So, a temporary mark could just be a way to help an Omega get through their heat. An Alpha isn’t usually required to be responsible for a temporary mark, unless it’s a permanent, lifelong mark.

A lifelong mark is for life.

Lu Yaoyi was a little sad, even though she knew Jiang Youli wouldn’t be responsible for her. She looked at the little Alpha who was always so mean to her, a person she loved and hated, and said bluntly, “Jiang Youli, you’re such a player.”

Jiang Youli was speechless.

“You’re such a player Alpha,” Lu Yaoyi added.

Jiang Youli looked up at Lu Yaoyi. “Me… What do you mean I’m a player?”

“You marked me. I am now your Omega, and you are my Alpha,” Lu Yaoyi said, unable to help but accuse her. “But you’re saying something so irresponsible to your Omega. Aren’t you a player?”

“Then what do you want me to do? Do you really want me to be responsible for you?” Jiang Youli asked.

Lu Yaoyi didn’t say anything.

“No, look, I don’t like you, and you don’t like me,” Jiang Youli said seriously, looking at Lu Yaoyi. “And it’s just a temporary mark. It’ll disappear in a few days. Besides, I marked you while I was unconscious. That can’t be a reason for me to be responsible for you, can it? If it was a lifelong mark, I would…”

She felt that being responsible for a temporary mark should be based on mutual affection. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be fair to either of them. If it was a lifelong mark, she would definitely be responsible.

The key was that it wasn’t a lifelong mark.

Hmph, she wouldn’t give Lu Yaoyi a lifelong mark in a million years.

Lu Yaoyi still didn’t say anything.

They looked at each other.

Jiang Youli seemed to see a hint of sadness in Lu Yaoyi’s eyes. She suddenly thought of something. “You don’t really want me to be responsible for you, do you? Lu Yaoyi, do you… like me?”

When Lu Yaoyi’s thoughts were exposed, her ears flushed. She skillfully hid her affection and said coldly, “Maniac, I don’t like you.”

She wasn’t telling Jiang Youli all this just to make her be responsible. She just wanted to use this to make Jiang Youli have the subconscious thought that she was her Omega. But from the looks of it, it didn’t seem to be working.

“Then why are you acting like you want me to be responsible?” Jiang Youli asked.

“I’m not asking you to be responsible. I just think that even if I don’t like you and you don’t like me, the fact that you marked me is still there. I can’t just let you get away with it, can I?” Lu Yaoyi retorted. “You bit my gland until it was bleeding. Don’t you know how much it hurts when an Omega’s gland is first bitten by an Alpha’s fangs? And yet you’re still being so mean to me.”

She then walked toward Jiang Youli. “You’re bullying me. I’m going to tell Uncle Li and Uncle Jiang.”

Jiang Youli instinctively stepped forward to block Lu Yaoyi, even forgetting her fear of getting too close to her and having a reaction. She looked down at Lu Yaoyi and softened her voice, her arrogant demeanor gone. “I… Can’t I just apologize? I’m sorry…”

The peach-scented pheromone blocker and scent blocker rushed at her.

Lu Yaoyi stopped. She looked at Jiang Youli, who was blocking her. “Aren’t you afraid of going into a heat now?”

Jiang Youli was speechless.

She smelled the sweet scent coming from Lu Yaoyi and, after confirming that she wouldn’t go into a heat again, was completely relieved. She thought for a moment and said, “How about this, Lu Yaoyi?”

“How about what?” Lu Yaoyi asked.

Jiang Youli stood up straight and rubbed the back of her head. “Look, I protected you and saved you last time, and haven’t I been walking you home recently? Don’t these two things cancel out the fact that I marked you?”

Lu Yaoyi didn’t say anything.

The way Lu Yaoyi looked at her made Jiang Youli feel uncomfortable. So she said, “Then how about this? You bite me back?”

Since she accidentally marked Lu Yaoyi, it wasn’t a big deal for Lu Yaoyi to bite her back. After all, an Omega can’t mark an Alpha.

After a moment of silence, Lu Yaoyi looked into Jiang Youli’s eyes. “You said that?”

“Yes, I said that,” Jiang Youli nodded with certainty. “You can bite me back the same way I bit you. No matter how hard you bite, I can take it.”

“You said that. The same way you bit me,” Lu Yaoyi said.

“Yes, I said that,” Jiang Youli confirmed.

“Then stand still and don’t move,” Lu Yaoyi said.

Jiang Youli immediately stood still.

The evening breeze blew the girl’s dark hair scattered on her shoulders. The moonlight fell on them, creating a halo around them. Lu Yaoyi’s gentle gaze lingered on Jiang Youli’s perfectly sculpted and flawless face.

After a moment of silence, Lu Yaoyi suddenly reached out and grabbed the collar of Jiang Youli’s shirt. She then forcefully pulled Jiang Youli toward her.

The Alpha and Omega scents instantly mixed in the air.

The sweet Omega scent rushed at her. Jiang Youli bent down and looked at Lu Yaoyi, who was so close to her. She could feel a fire igniting in her abdomen.

“…”

Neither of them said anything.

Then, Lu Yaoyi raised her hands and wrapped them tightly around Jiang Youli’s neck. She pressed her entire body against Jiang Youli’s chest.

Jiang Youli had no choice but to lean on Lu Yaoyi. Her two hands were in midair, not returning the hug. She wanted to push Lu Yaoyi away.

But she didn’t.

Soon, Lu Yaoyi ripped off the scent-blocking patch on Jiang Youli’s gland.

The faint Alpha pheromones rushed into her nose. Under the influence of her instincts, her body had a subtle reaction. The person she was holding was her Alpha…

She stared at the pink gland, then bit down just like Jiang Youli had bit her. The pain from her gland made Jiang Youli instantly frown.

She gritted her teeth and sucked in a cold breath. “Hiss—”

It hurt so much.

The Omega’s scent was getting stronger and more alluring, driving the Alpha’s instincts crazy.

The next second, she could clearly feel herself getting hard.

And it was now pressing against Lu Yaoyi, who was hugging her.