After Differentiation, I Marked My Arch-nemesis - Chapter 37

Hearing that, Jiang Youli’s pupils trembled slightly, and she looked at Lu Yaoyi speechlessly. Besides a certain unspeakable area, the scent gland was the most sensitive and private part of an Alpha and an Omega. If an Alpha wanted to smell an Omega’s scent gland, it meant that they were interested in or liked that Omega. Was Lu Yaoyi implying that she liked her?

“…”

Lu Yaoyi was indeed a bigger narcissist than she was.

She didn’t know why, but if it had been any other Omega, she would have immediately said no. But since the Omega in front of her was Lu Yaoyi, it was different. She suddenly wanted to see Lu Yaoyi’s embarrassed and awkward face. After all, why did that annoying girl Lu Yaoyi always go against her?

Slowly, her gaze on Lu Yaoyi suddenly became meaningful. She then asked with a half-smile, “Lu Yaoyi, you don’t like me, do you?”

Lu Yaoyi was suddenly exposed. Her heart skipped a beat, and her chest felt hot, but she quickly regained her composure. She looked at Jiang Youli with a straight face and didn’t say a word. She wanted to hear what else Jiang Youli would say.

“Don’t have any crazy ideas about me,” Jiang Youli said, putting on a haughty look and scoffing. “I will never like you.”

Lu Yaoyi’s expression remained unchanged. After a few seconds of silence, she looked at Jiang Youli and said coldly, “Jiang Youli, why are you so narcissistic? Why do you think I would have crazy ideas about you?”

“I just wanted to know what your pheromones smelled like. First, you asked if I wanted to smell your pheromones, and then you asked if I wanted to smell your scent gland,” Jiang Youli said, staring into Lu Yaoyi’s eyes with a meaningful look. “You actually wanted me to smell your scent gland, so you deliberately asked me that, didn’t you?”

Lu Yaoyi’s voice was flat. “You think I want you to smell my scent gland?”

“Isn’t that the case?” Jiang Youli asked.

“Then do you want to smell my scent gland?” Lu Yaoyi asked.

Jiang Youli was speechless. Wasn’t that just a bunch of nonsense? She didn’t like Lu Yaoyi, so of course, she didn’t want to smell Lu Yaoyi’s scent gland. But her body had gone into a heat twice because of the scent on Lu Yaoyi, yet she still didn’t know what Lu Yaoyi’s pheromones smelled like. She felt that this was too unfair to her. After all, that useless thing had made her lose face in front of Lu Yaoyi.

The scent glands of both Alphas and Omegas contained pheromones. She could find out what Lu Yaoyi’s pheromones smelled like by smelling her scent gland. Since Lu Yaoyi was the one who asked, there was no harm in smelling it. So she leaned against the balcony railing and pretended to be very reluctant. “Actually, I didn’t want to smell your scent gland, but since you insisted, I’ll reluctantly smell it.”

She didn’t forget to add smugly, “Just know that I don’t like you and that I’m not interested in you.”

Lu Yaoyi had heard this from Jiang Youli countless times. She had also said similar things to Jiang Youli many times. She looked at the little Alpha without getting angry. Her dark eyes were as calm as the deep sea. “Jiang Youli, do you really think I want you to smell my scent gland?”

“Yeah,” Jiang Youli said. “You’ve already asked me once, so why are you asking me again?”

“Since you think I want you to smell my scent gland,” Lu Yaoyi’s eyes darkened, “then do you know what it means for an Omega to ask an Alpha to smell their scent gland?”

Jiang Youli frowned. She clearly remembered the physiology teacher saying that an Alpha should not smell an Omega’s scent gland casually, and an Omega should not let an Alpha smell their scent gland casually. If they did, it meant that they liked each other. So she said indifferently, “What else could it mean? Doesn’t it just mean that the Omega likes the Alpha, which is why they’re letting the Alpha smell their scent gland?” She looked down at Lu Yaoyi condescendingly. “You should give up on having any improper thoughts about me.”

As long as she insisted that Lu Yaoyi was interested in her, even if she wanted to know what Lu Yaoyi’s pheromones smelled like by smelling her scent gland, Lu Yaoyi wouldn’t be able to see through her intentions.

Lu Yaoyi ignored Jiang Youli’s words and asked, “Then do you know what it means for an Alpha to agree to an Omega smelling their scent gland?”

Jiang Youli frowned. “Don’t ask me these questions. Let’s go back to the first question. Didn’t I just ask you what your pheromones smell like? Just tell me what your pheromones smell like.”

Lu Yaoyi looked at the naive Jiang Youli. After confirming that Jiang Youli really didn’t know what those two questions meant, she suddenly put on a serious face. “Jiang Youli.”

“What?” Jiang Youli asked.

“You should first figure out what those two questions I asked you meant,” Lu Yaoyi said, “and then come back and ask me what my pheromones smell like.”

Jiang Youli was speechless. “Also, I don’t have any improper thoughts about you, and you shouldn’t just casually ask an Omega what their pheromones smell like,” Lu Yaoyi said to Jiang Youli with a cold, expressionless face. “And don’t just casually smell an Omega’s scent gland.”

Jiang Youli was speechless.

Lu Yaoyi suddenly got a little angry as she thought about it. This kind of thinking was too dangerous. That damned Jiang Youli didn’t even know what it meant. What if Jiang Youli had asked another Omega instead of her? What if that Omega thought Jiang Youli wanted to sleep with her? That idiot, Jiang Youli.

Then she suddenly said to Jiang Youli, “You pervert.” She then turned and walked toward the bedroom door without looking back.

Jiang Youli was in shock. How was she a pervert? She shouted at Lu Yaoyi’s retreating back with a face full of questions, “Explain yourself! How am I a pervert?”

Lu Yaoyi didn’t answer and left Jiang Youli’s room. The door closed tightly. The bedroom became unusually silent.

Jiang Youli stared at the closed door for a minute, then looked at the bright moon in the night sky with a confused expression. She hadn’t talked about any forbidden or shameful topics with Lu Yaoyi just now, and she hadn’t even bumped into her again. So how was she a pervert? That annoying girl, Lu Yaoyi, was just being strange.

“…”

She was speechless.

Late at night, Jiang Youli came out of the bathroom, using a towel to dry her soft, half-dry hair. She sat down on the bed to continue drying her hair and inadvertently saw the three exquisite gift boxes on her desk. They were the birthday gifts from Lu Yaoyi and the two aunts. She stared at the three gift boxes for a while but didn’t open them. It wasn’t too late to open them on her actual sixteenth birthday.

Half an hour later, Jiang Youli waited for her hair to dry naturally, then turned off the light and lay on her bed. The dark bedroom was so quiet that she could even hear herself breathing. The late-night breeze outside the window rustled through the branches and leaves, and the moonlight shone through the window, illuminating the room with a faint light. Jiang Youli lay on her side, lost in thought.

After some time, Jiang Youli suddenly picked up her phone and sent a few messages to Chen Huaian.

—Huaian.

—I have a question for you.

Chen Huaian quickly replied.

—Boss, go ahead and ask.

Jiang Youli replied.

—What does it mean for an Omega to ask an Alpha to smell their scent gland?

Chen Huaian replied.

—Boss…

—An Omega didn’t ask you to smell their scent gland, did they?

Jiang Youli thought for a moment and typed a reply.

—Of course not.

—Just tell me what it means.

Chen Huaian replied.

—Boss, I’ll be honest.

—Don’t think what I’m about to say is too rude.

Jiang Youli replied.

—Just say it.

Chen Huaian replied.

—Boss, if an Omega asks an Alpha to smell their scent gland, it means that the Omega is asking to have… sex.

Jiang Youli’s eyes widened. Asking to have… sex? What the heck? She typed a reply in disbelief.

—Asking to have sex?

—Are you messing with me?

Chen Huaian replied.

—Boss, trust me, I’m not.

—An Omega asking an Alpha to smell their scent gland is asking to have sex.

Jiang Youli was speechless.

Chen Huai’an quickly sent another message.

—Boss, an Omega’s scent gland shouldn’t be smelled by just any Alpha.

—And an Alpha shouldn’t just smell an Omega’s scent gland.

Jiang Youli knew that much. So she typed a reply.

—Then what does it mean for an Alpha to agree to an Omega smelling their scent gland?

Chen Huaian replied.

—Of course, it means the Alpha agrees to the Omega’s request.

—The next thing that happens is… unspeakable.

—Boss, you get what I mean, right?

Jiang Youli was speechless.

Chen Huaian sent another message.

—Boss, you didn’t know?

Jiang Youli only knew that an Alpha smelling an Omega’s scent gland or an Omega asking an Alpha to smell their scent gland was based on liking each other. She didn’t know that there was also a more shameful meaning. So she typed a reply.

—I didn’t.

Chen Huaian replied.

—Boss, then remember this.

—If an Omega asks you to smell their scent gland, you must not smell it.

—Otherwise, you’re in trouble.

Jiang Youli typed a reply with a complicated mood.

—I know.

Chen Huaian replied.

—Boss, do you have any more questions?

Jiang Youli replied.

—No.

—Goodnight.

After sending the message, she turned off her phone and pulled the covers over her head.

No wonder Lu Yaoyi had asked her twice if she really thought she wanted her to smell her scent gland, and she had answered “yes” both times. In Lu Yaoyi’s eyes, didn’t that mean that she thought Lu Yaoyi was asking to have sex? And… she had even agreed to smell Lu Yaoyi’s scent gland. No wonder Lu Yaoyi called her a pervert. It all made sense now.

“…”

This was just…

She buried her face in her pillow in shame, tossing and turning in bed. No, that wasn’t what she meant. She didn’t think Lu Yaoyi was asking to have sex. This was a huge misunderstanding.

She thought for a long time under the covers and still sent a message to Lu Yaoyi.

—I figured out what those two questions you asked me meant.

—I didn’t mean that, and I didn’t have that in mind.

—Don’t misunderstand, I didn’t know before.

She didn’t expect Lu Yaoyi to reply almost instantly.

—Too late.

—Pervert.

Jiang Youli was speechless.

Lu Yaoyi quickly sent another message.

—Did you remember what I told you about not casually smelling an Omega’s scent gland?

Jiang Youli replied instinctively.

—I did.

Lu Yaoyi replied.

—Good.

—Be a good girl.

Jiang Youli saw the word “good girl” and her rebellious nature, which only surfaced when she was dealing with Lu Yaoyi, immediately flared up. She typed a reply angrily.

—Lu Yaoyi, I’m warning you, don’t push your luck.

Lu Yaoyi replied.

—Oh.

Jiang Youli was speechless.