After Differentiation, I Marked My Arch-nemesis - Chapter 34

The autumn wind swept across the land, weaving through streets and alleys. Sunlight filtered through lush branches and leaves, casting a mottled pattern on the ground. A faint, elegant orchid scent filled the air.

Jiang Youli and her three friends were walking toward the nurse’s office. The office was a single-story building near the science lab. The scenery here was quite nice.

As the four of them walked past the lab, they suddenly heard an argument coming from around the corner of a wall next to a sycamore tree. It sounded like one girl was yelling at another, and their attention was immediately drawn.

Jiang Youli stopped and looked in the direction of the sound. The other three followed suit. The next second, more girls’ angry voices joined in. They were all using incredibly foul language—dirty words like “slut” and “bitch” were thrown around, and they were even insulting family members. It was truly vile to listen to.

Although they couldn’t see what was happening around the corner, hearing those disgusting curses and insults, Jiang Youli immediately knew what was going on. She began walking toward the source of the noise, and her friends followed.

When Jiang Youli got there, she saw several girls pushing and cursing a small, weak-looking girl whose hair had been torn into a chaotic mess. Since her differentiation, she could tell the difference between Omegas and Alphas with a glance. The bullied girl was an Omega. The girls doing the bullying included both Omegas and Alphas.

She watched as one of the Omegas raised her hand, ready to hit the bullied Omega’s head. Jiang Youli instinctively shouted, “Hey, what are you doing?”

The girls immediately turned around when they heard the voice. They saw Jiang Youli, known to everyone at Jiangcheng No. 1 High School, and her friends standing under the sycamore tree, giving them a cold stare. As soon as they saw Jiang Youli, their arrogant and unruly demeanor vanished, and they became as meek as obedient rabbits.

Jiang Youli gave them a cold look. “What grade are you all in?”

No one dared to speak.

Jiang Youli was speechless. Why was everyone who didn’t know her so afraid of her? So afraid they couldn’t even speak? She wasn’t a monster who ate people, so why were they so scared of her?

She frowned, a bit impatient. “Speak up.”

One of the girls lowered her head and stammered, “Third year…”

Jiang Youli’s eyes fell on the girl in the corner, who was crying with her head down, her face hidden by her hair. She narrowed her eyes slightly and asked, “What about her?”

“She’s a first-year…”

First-year?

“You third-year seniors are here bullying a first-year student?” Jiang Youli scoffed at them. “You’re so tough, but you only pick on the easy targets. I’m a first-year, too. How come you haven’t come to find trouble with me?”

As soon as she said that, Cen Zijing chimed in, “I’m a first-year, too. If you don’t want to find A-You, you can find me.”

The seniors kept their heads down and didn’t utter a word. They usually bullied younger students, especially pretty Omegas that a lot of people liked. They never expected to run into Jiang Youli, and they definitely didn’t expect her to get involved. Didn’t Jiang Youli also get into fights and bully others? Why was she getting involved in their business?

They were annoyed, but they didn’t dare to speak the truth.

“Since none of you are talking, I’ll assume that you don’t dare to come find me. A harmonious campus environment requires everyone’s effort,” Jiang Youli’s calm voice was emotionless. “Don’t let me see you bullying anyone again.”

The girls nodded, lowered their heads, and quickly walked in the other direction.

Jiang Youli looked at the Omega girl huddled in the corner. She intentionally spoke loudly so the seniors who had been caught bullying would hear her. “If they dare to bully you again, just come find me. I’m Jiang Youli from Class 1, Grade 1.” She wasn’t actually going to get involved, but she wanted to give those seniors a warning.

The seniors heard her and ran away as if their lives depended on it. While they couldn’t afford to mess with Jiang Youli, they could at least avoid her.

Seeing that everything was settled, Jiang Youli and her friends turned around and left. The four of them continued on their way to the nurse’s office.

The breeze blew Cen Zijing’s dark hair around her shoulders. She put her hand on Jiang Youli’s shoulder and wrapped her arm around her, laughing teasingly. “A-You, how many years has it been? How come you still haven’t gotten rid of this habit of getting involved in other people’s business?”

“This isn’t getting involved in other people’s business,” Jiang Youli said, giving Cen Zijing a sideways glance. “This is stopping campus bullying, okay? If someone like me, who walks around the school with a reputation, doesn’t get involved in things like this, who would have the courage to?” She then shrugged indifferently. “It’s just a small thing.”

Chen Huaian smiled happily when he heard that. “Boss really hasn’t changed at all.”

Jiang Youli had said the same words to him before. He remembered clearly that the first time he met Jiang Youli was on the first day of his first year of junior high. On that day, a few older students were bullying him, and Jiang Youli was the one who helped him. Jiang Youli was the only person who stood up for him. At the time, he didn’t know Jiang Youli, but he was surprised to find out that she was in the same class as him. From then on, he recognized Jiang Youli as his “boss.”

At the time, he thought Jiang Youli was the kind of school bully that everyone feared and disliked. But after spending more time with her, he realized that she only targeted people who wanted to step on her and bully her. Whenever she saw or heard about campus bullying, she would step in to stop it, whether she knew the person or not. Jiang Youli had never actively bullied anyone. She always told him, “If people don’t offend me, I won’t offend them.” He remembered all of that. Although Jiang Youli had a bit of a temper, he really admired her for being a righteous and kind girl. He also really liked Jiang Youli.

Cen Zijing patted Jiang Youli’s head with a bit of sympathy. “Don’t you already have a reputation for campus bullying? There are probably a lot of people at school talking behind your back, mostly people you’ve beaten up.”

Jiang Youli didn’t really care about those things. “It doesn’t matter. As long as they don’t point at my nose and curse me to my face.”

“Let’s go.”

As the four of them walked into the nurse’s office, they saw a few people sitting on the benches outside the lounge, playing video games. If she wasn’t mistaken, these people were skipping class. After all, many students would pretend to be sick on a Friday before a long weekend to skip class and go to the nurse’s office. The school nurse couldn’t do anything about them because they always had various excuses to stick around. Some people would even climb the wall to get out of school. Jiang Youli used to be one of those people who would climb the wall and leave school before it was even over. She had been quite well-behaved lately.

Jiang Youli first greeted the school nurse, then walked to the pheromone test machine. The whole country used pheromone test machines to determine the Alpha or Omega with the highest pheromone compatibility. As long as her pheromones had been entered into the national pheromone database after her differentiation, the machine would definitely be able to find the person with the highest compatibility.

The pheromone test method was very simple. All she had to do was enter her ID number into the machine, and the machine would automatically perform the test. After the test was finished, the machine would automatically print out the pheromone test results, and she would know who the Alpha or Omega with the highest compatibility was.

Jiang Youli entered her ID number into the machine, and the pheromone test began. Since it was her first time taking the test, the machine had to match and screen through the entire national pheromone database, so it would take about twenty minutes.

Since Jiang Youli was bored, she and her three friends sat down and started playing a game. Ten minutes passed without them realizing it, and the test still wasn’t over. So they started a new game.

Jiang Youli’s character landed on the ground after parachuting but was unfortunately ambushed from behind by an enemy, which ended her game prematurely. Just then, two people walked past her. She seemed to smell a familiar scent, so she looked up. She saw Lu Yaoyi slowly walking past, supporting Jin Rubing, who looked very uncomfortable, holding her stomach.

Jiang Youli was speechless. She calmly looked away and continued to watch the game.

A moment later, the school nurse’s voice suddenly came. “Jiang Youli.”

As soon as Jiang Youli looked up, she saw Lu Yaoyi and Jin Rubing sitting on the bench across from them, leaning on each other and resting. She quickly looked away and looked at the nurse.

“Your pheromone test report is out,” the nurse said, pointing at the pheromone test machine. “You can go get it now.”

The pheromone test report could only be retrieved by entering the ID number. Although Jiang Youli was very curious to know who the Omega with the highest pheromone compatibility with her was, she was also a little afraid to know. What if it wasn’t the type of Omega she liked? Although she could accept both female and male Omegas, she felt that she preferred female Omegas.

She thought for a moment, then patted Chen Huaian’s shoulder. “Huaian, go get the test report for me. Don’t tell me the Omega’s name yet, just tell me if they’re a male or female.”

Chen Huaian handed his phone to Jiang Youli. “Okay, I’ll go get it.”

Jiang Youli looked at the game on Chen Huaian’s phone. She no longer had the mind to play. Her heart was completely set on the pheromone test report. She was really looking forward to seeing who the Omega with the highest pheromone compatibility with her was. That was the most perfect Omega for her in the entire world…

Chen Huaian walked to the machine and entered Jiang Youli’s ID number. The test report slowly came out of the printer. He picked up the report, looked at it for a few seconds, and his eyes suddenly widened. He was so shocked that he was instantly wide awake. The Omega with the highest compatibility with Jiang Youli was…

Jiang Youli saw Chen Huaian standing in front of the machine, staring at the test report, and not moving. So she said, “Huaian, what are you standing there for? Come here and tell me who it is.”

Chen Huaian held the test report, turned around, and walked toward Jiang Youli. Jiang Youli saw that his expression was not right, and she thought the test result was not good. She suddenly became so scared that she didn’t want to know the result anymore.

It’s not a male Omega, is it? Please no, she was hoping the Omega was a girl…

Chen Huaian knew very well what would happen once Jiang Youli found out the test result. He suddenly looked at Lu Yaoyi, who was resting nearby, then walked to Jiang Youli and didn’t dare to hand her the test report. He held the report in his hands, hesitating, and said, “Boss, you must not get…”

Before he could finish, Cen Zijing suddenly snatched the test report from Chen Huaian’s hands. She couldn’t stand how slow Chen Huaian was. It was just a test report. What was the big deal? She took the report and took a good look at it. She was instantly stunned.

“…”

“What’s wrong?” Shen Yichuan leaned over. “Let me see.”

“…”

They all looked at Jiang Youli’s test report and didn’t say anything. Or rather, they didn’t dare to say anything. This pheromone test report could potentially cause Jiang Youli to lose her mind and break down. After confirming that the test report belonged to Jiang Youli, they slowly looked at her with a worried heart.

Jiang Youli was completely confused by them. Why were they all looking at her with such strange expressions? She couldn’t help but ask, “What in the world is going on?”

Cen Zijing handed the test report to Jiang Youli. “See for yourself.”

Jiang Youli took the test report with a confused look and looked down at it. She saw that the name of the Omega with the highest pheromone compatibility with her was Lu Yaoyi. Her heart suddenly sank. She thought it was just someone with the same name, but the photo on the report was of the Lu Yaoyi she knew.

The contact information on the test report was also… Lu Yaoyi’s phone number.

And… her pheromone compatibility with Lu Yaoyi was an astonishing 99%. The final result of the pheromone test was a 99% perfect match.

Jiang Youli looked at the test report in disbelief. Every single word on the report kept reminding her that the Omega who was her perfect match was Lu Yaoyi.

Why was it Lu Yaoyi…? Why…?

She and that annoying girl Lu Yaoyi were a 99% perfect match? No… she couldn’t accept this result…

Her three friends looked at Jiang Youli. They were really worried that she would go crazy because of this. After all, Jiang Youli and Lu Yaoyi were like fire and water. How could two people who couldn’t stand each other have a 99% perfect pheromone compatibility?

This was simply…

Cen Zijing spoke up worriedly, “A-You… are you okay…?”

The next second, Jiang Youli looked at the test report and furiously slammed her hand on the table. “Bullshit! How can Lu Yaoyi and I be a perfect match? What kind of garbage test is this? It must be fake!”

The others in the nurse’s office were startled by Jiang Youli’s roar. Lu Yaoyi looked at Jiang Youli, a little surprised. She had just heard Jiang Youli say… that she and Jiang Youli… were a perfect match?