After Differentiation, I Marked My Arch-nemesis - Chapter 42

The next day.

It was a beautiful Saturday. The bright sun shone down through layers of soft, wispy cirrus clouds, leaving no trace of the previous day’s storm.

Li Henian wasn’t home.

Jiang Youli ordered breakfast from a delivery service, and after she ate, she went straight to Lu Yaoyi’s house to see Lucky. Before this, she never went to Lu Yaoyi’s house unless she had a good reason, and now she had found a perfectly legitimate one—Lucky.

A short while later, Jiang Youli arrived at Lu Yaoyi’s house and rang the doorbell.

Lu Yaoyi opened the door quickly.

Jiang Youli stood at the door and looked at Lu Yaoyi. Lu Yaoyi’s cheeks were flushed, and she seemed uncomfortable. Jiang Youli could smell a faint scent of pheromones coming from Lu Yaoyi. “What’s wrong? Why is your face so red?”

Lu Yaoyi parted her lips slightly. “My heat is starting.”

Jiang Youli: “…”

Lu Yaoyi was fine just yesterday. How could her heat come so suddenly?

Jiang Youli knew how dangerous it was for an Alpha to be with an Omega during their heat, so she decided to leave. “Then I should go back…”

Lu Yaoyi looked at Jiang Youli with a half-smile. “Are you afraid I’ll seduce you?”

Jiang Youli: “…”

During their heat, Omegas would fall into an unbearable state of desire, unable to help but want to mate with an Alpha. Omegas also needed an Alpha’s pheromones to comfort them and desperately wanted to bond with an Alpha.

Omegas without a partner could only use suppressants to suppress their heat.

If an Omega couldn’t control themselves during their heat, they might unintentionally provoke an Alpha’s rut, causing the Alpha to lose control and take them.

Lu Yaoyi continued, “Jiang Youli, do you think I would seduce you?”

Jiang Youli wasn’t afraid that Lu Yaoyi would seduce her. She was afraid that her own body would react to Lu Yaoyi’s pheromones, as Omegas’ pheromones during their heat contained a very strong courtship signal.

If the Alpha also had the urge to mate with the Omega,

Then the rest was predictable.

Jiang Youli knew how uncooperative her body could be, so she didn’t want to do anything she wasn’t confident about, but she didn’t want to admit that she was afraid of her body’s lack of control.

So she said without changing her expression.

“Don’t talk nonsense. I don’t think you want to seduce me. To prevent anything unexpected from happening, I’ll come back to visit Lucky after your heat is over.”

Lu Yaoyi looked at Jiang Youli without saying anything.

Jiang Youli: “I’m leaving. You should get some rest.”

With that, she turned and walked away.

Lu Yaoyi stood there, watching Jiang Youli’s back as she walked farther and farther away. Her heart was filled with a mix of emotions. It was indeed very dangerous for an Alpha to be with an Omega during their heat, but an Alpha’s pheromones could comfort an Omega and make their heat less unbearable. If the Omega didn’t intentionally provoke the Alpha’s rut, it was fine for an Alpha and Omega to be together.

But… she felt that Jiang Youli probably didn’t want to help her get through her heat.

So she didn’t say anything.

She thought that one day she would get what she wanted.

Time flew by, and soon it was Friday again.

Jiang Youli woke up feeling a little unwell and very sleepy. She was also inexplicably irritable, but she didn’t pay much attention to it. She thought it was probably because she had stayed up too late playing games with Chen Huaian and the others.

That was probably why she felt this way.

When she got to school in the morning, Jiang Youli dragged her tired body into the classroom.

She then slowly walked to her seat and sat down.

As soon as Jiang Youli sat down, she found the same red, anonymous love letter she had received last Friday in her desk drawer. She took it out, but this time, she didn’t even look at it before throwing it into the trash.

After throwing away the letter, she was so tired that she just lay down on her desk and fell asleep.

This state of drowsiness lasted until lunch.

Jiang Youli was still sleeping.

Chen Huaian had seen that Jiang Youli was sleeping soundly and peacefully all morning, so he didn’t have the heart to wake her. Now that the four morning classes were over and Jiang Youli was still sleeping, he walked over and gently nudged her.

“Boss, wake up. It’s time for lunch.”

He called her name a few times, and Jiang Youli finally stirred.

Jiang Youli didn’t look up. She just lay on her desk and said in a weak voice, “I don’t want to eat. You and the others go eat. Don’t wake me.”

Chen Huaian: “Should I bring some food back for you later?”

Jiang Youli: “No need. I’m not hungry.”

Chen Huaian: “Okay, then I’ll get going.”

Jiang Youli was silent again.

They had a two-hour lunch break.

The classroom was very quiet.

Jiang Youli had been resting on her desk from morning until noon. She felt like she was in a state between sleeping and being awake. Her mind was blank. She was so tired and drowsy she didn’t want to move.

Slowly, her body began to heat up until she started to sweat.

She finally woke up from the heat.

She slowly lifted her head and opened her blurry eyes to look at the quiet classroom.

Everyone was sleeping at their desks.

A gentle autumn breeze blew in through the window and caressed Jiang Youli’s cheeks. She could clearly feel her body heating up, and even her face and head felt hot. She sat up straight and leaned against her chair, lifting her hands to touch her cheeks.

They were hot.

They felt as hot as if she had a fever.

But she knew she didn’t have a fever. She hadn’t even caught a cold after getting soaked in the rain last Friday, so why would she suddenly get a fever now?

She didn’t know what was happening to her.

She could only lift her weak hands and slowly unzip her school jacket.

She then hung her jacket on the chair.

Her gaze fell upon the sleeping Lu Yaoyi.

Lu Yaoyi was facing her, lying on her desk with her eyes closed. Her thick, long eyelashes were curled slightly like feathers. Her facial features were delicate, like a clear, bubbling spring, exuding a pure and gentle aura. She was truly a gentle and beautiful girl.

Jiang Youli stared at Lu Yaoyi, and time seemed to stand still.

Slowly.

As she smelled the faint, sweet scent and Omega aura coming from Lu Yaoyi, something inside her began to stir. This feeling of restlessness was very similar to what she had felt toward Lu Yaoyi at the hospital.

Many questions popped into her head.

Didn’t Lu Yaoyi’s body no longer have her pheromones in it?

Didn’t the mark disappear?

Why was she feeling this strange restlessness?

For some reason, Lu Yaoyi suddenly looked like a sweet and delicious pastry in her eyes. It made her want to hold Lu Yaoyi and devour her.

She thought Lu Yaoyi would be very delicious if she were a pastry.

She couldn’t tear her eyes away from Lu Yaoyi. Lu Yaoyi’s scent was constantly attracting her senses, making her suddenly want to smell Lu Yaoyi’s scent gland.

“…”

She was shocked by her own thoughts.

Why would she suddenly want to smell Lu Yaoyi’s scent gland?

She knew she shouldn’t be thinking this, but with her head feeling so hot, she unconsciously looked at Lu Yaoyi’s neck. Lu Yaoyi’s black hair, which was draped over her back, hid her scent gland, and the suppressant patch was faintly visible through her hair.

She remembered Lu Yaoyi’s words that she shouldn’t smell an Omega’s scent gland without their permission.

However… she couldn’t help but lean closer to Lu Yaoyi.

She quietly moved her chair and sat next to Lu Yaoyi. She then slowly leaned over toward Lu Yaoyi. The sweet scent coming from Lu Yaoyi wafted into her nose. She didn’t know what was happening, but she suddenly had a strong desire to hug Lu Yaoyi.

She knew she shouldn’t do that.

But… she still carefully lifted Lu Yaoyi’s black hair.

She saw the suppressant patch on Lu Yaoyi’s neck.

She was like a person possessed. She leaned over and sniffed Lu Yaoyi’s neck. Since Lu Yaoyi’s scent gland was covered by the suppressant patch, she could only get a small whiff of Lu Yaoyi’s pheromones and couldn’t tell what they smelled like.

She felt that wasn’t enough.

She… actually wanted to tear off Lu Yaoyi’s suppressant patch.

She was completely shocked by her thoughts.

This was wrong. This was an invasion of an Omega’s privacy. She finally found her senses and slowly sat up, putting some distance between herself and Lu Yaoyi. She then saw that Lu Yaoyi was lying on her desk with her eyes open, looking at her.

The moment their eyes met.

Jiang Youli’s heart skipped a beat.

She was almost scared to death. She wasn’t embarrassed about being caught by Lu Yaoyi, but the fact that Lu Yaoyi was awake scared her so much that she got goosebumps all over her body. A bone-chilling coldness shot up from her feet and instantly spread throughout her body.

Just then, Lu Yaoyi suddenly reached out and touched Jiang Youli’s face.

Jiang Youli froze.

The heat coming from Jiang Youli’s face and the high temperature of her cheeks made Lu Yaoyi realize that Jiang Youli must be in her rut. An Alpha’s rut was the same as an Omega’s heat. She looked up at Jiang Youli’s eyes and asked softly.

“Did you take your suppressant?”

Jiang Youli looked at Lu Yaoyi in confusion. “Why would I take a suppressant?”

Lu Yaoyi: “Don’t you know you’re in your rut?”

Jiang Youli was slightly taken aback. “I… I don’t…”

Hearing this, Lu Yaoyi looked at her school bag hanging on her chair.

Her bag had a suppressant in it.

But… driven by her selfish desires, she grabbed Jiang Youli’s hand.

Then she got up and pulled Jiang Youli out of the classroom.

Jiang Youli then realized that besides feeling hot, tired, and sleepy, her legs were so weak that she could barely walk. She stumbled along behind Lu Yaoyi and asked softly, “Lu Yaoyi, where are you taking me?”

Lu Yaoyi walked down the hallway, pulling Jiang Youli along. “Just follow me.”

Jiang Youli was confused. “Why should I follow you?”

She wanted to shake off Lu Yaoyi’s hand, but she had no strength. Her body was hot and dizzy, and she really wanted to sleep, so she obediently followed Lu Yaoyi.

The two arrived at the bathroom at the end of the hallway.

Lu Yaoyi: “Don’t go anywhere. Wait for me here.”

Jiang Youli: “…”

Lu Yaoyi walked into the female Omega bathroom. After making sure there were no other Omegas inside, she came out and, without thinking, pulled Jiang Youli into the female Omega bathroom.

Jiang Youli stared at the back of Lu Yaoyi’s head, completely bewildered.

What was she doing?

She stopped and tried to break free from Lu Yaoyi. “Lu Yaoyi, what are you doing? Why are you taking me into the female Omega bathroom?”

Lu Yaoyi: “Just listen to me.”

Jiang Youli frowned slightly. “Why should I listen to you?”

“You’re already showing symptoms of your rut, which means you’re about to go into a full rut,” Lu Yaoyi said seriously. “If you don’t want to go into a full rut and disrupt the entire building, then you’ll listen to me and come into the bathroom.”

Jiang Youli was stunned.

Wh… what… she was in her rut?

No wonder she had been feeling so weak, tired, and sleepy today. She had also been irritable, and her body was hot. It was because she was in an Alpha’s rut.

And… she was about to go into a full rut?

Lu Yaoyi saw that Jiang Youli was silent, so she pulled Jiang Youli’s hand and walked into the female Omega bathroom. She turned on the air purifier in the bathroom and then pulled Jiang Youli into a stall, locking the door. “Jiang Youli, you’re already in your rut. My pheromones can calm you down. If you want to get back to normal as soon as possible,”

She looked at Jiang Youli, a deep light shimmering in her eyes.

Then she moved her lips and said softly, “Then hold me tight.”

Jiang Youli: “…”

Before she could say anything, Lu Yaoyi hugged her.

She froze and didn’t move. She could just use a suppressant for her rut, right?

Why did she have to hug Lu Yaoyi?

She wanted to push Lu Yaoyi away, but her body didn’t listen. She had wanted to hug Lu Yaoyi in the classroom, and now that Lu Yaoyi was here, she clung to her. She was too uncomfortable to think or have the energy to think. So she just rested her head on Lu Yaoyi’s shoulder and let Lu Yaoyi hold her. She thought Lu Yaoyi smelled so good.

Lu Yaoyi truly deserved to be a top S-class Omega…

She really smelled so good…

Lu Yaoyi tightly wrapped her arms around Jiang Youli’s waist and leaned into Jiang Youli’s warm, soft embrace. “Don’t worry, Jiang Youli. I’ll make sure you’re okay.”

Jiang Youli smelled Lu Yaoyi’s scent and said, “Why are you helping me…”

Lu Yaoyi: “Because I’m afraid you’ll go into a rut and cause a public disturbance.”

Jiang Youli: “…”

That was a very reasonable excuse.

But… why did it feel like something was off?

Lu Yaoyi lifted a hand, ran it through her hair, and placed it on the suppressant patch on her neck. “Jiang Youli, I’m going to release my pheromones. Are you ready?”

Jiang Youli: “???”

Was Lu Yaoyi really going to release her pheromones to calm her rut?

She asked in disbelief, “Aren’t you afraid that we’ll…”

“As long as I release my pheromones to calm your rut and not to intentionally provoke your rut, we’ll be fine,” Lu Yaoyi said softly, her head against Jiang Youli’s chest. “Or… do you think I would intentionally provoke your rut?”

Jiang Youli: “…”

Lu Yaoyi: “Or are you going to intentionally release your pheromones and force me into a heat?”

Jiang Youli immediately denied it. “I would never do that.”

Lu Yaoyi: “Then what are you afraid of?”

Jiang Youli: “…”

She wasn’t afraid of anything.

She just felt that she and Lu Yaoyi were like they were having a secret affair in a public bathroom.

Since Lu Yaoyi didn’t mind and even offered to help her, why would she refuse such a good thing? Not to mention, Lu Yaoyi was an S-class Omega. It was a rare and precious opportunity for an Alpha to be comforted by an S-class Omega during their rut. So she contentedly hugged Lu Yaoyi.

Lu Yaoyi tore off the suppressant patch on her scent gland.

She then tightly wrapped her arms around Jiang Youli’s slender waist and released her pheromones to envelop Jiang Youli. Although she couldn’t yet consciously control her pheromones, it didn’t matter much because her heat had already passed.

And she had also turned on the air purifier in the bathroom.

As long as Jiang Youli didn’t intentionally release her pheromones and force her into a heat,

She and Jiang Youli would be fine.

The scent of hyacinths instantly filled the small stall.

This time, Jiang Youli finally knew what Lu Yaoyi’s pheromones smelled like. However, the moment she smelled Lu Yaoyi’s pheromones, her legs suddenly felt weak, and she started to sink. If Lu Yaoyi hadn’t held her tightly by the waist,

She would have fallen.

Lu Yaoyi held the swaying Jiang Youli. “What’s wrong?”

Jiang Youli said awkwardly, “My… my legs are weak…”

Hearing this, Lu Yaoyi leaned against the wall and held Jiang Youli even tighter.

“Is that better?”

Jiang Youli’s whole body was hot, and her legs were very weak. “No…”

Lu Yaoyi had no choice but to say, “There’s nothing else we can do. You’ll just have to lean on me.”

Jiang Youli was so tired she just wanted to sleep. Her weak legs caused her to push Lu Yaoyi into the corner, and she leaned her whole body on the much smaller Lu Yaoyi.

The Omega’s pheromones continued to attract her instincts.

She slowly lifted her hands, held Lu Yaoyi tightly, and buried her head in Lu Yaoyi’s neck.

“Lu Yaoyi… you smell so good…”

Her hot breath sprayed onto Lu Yaoyi’s fair, porcelain-like neck.

Lu Yaoyi grabbed Jiang Youli’s clothes, and her face turned crimson.

She was too shy to speak.

Under the soothing effect of the Omega’s pheromones.

Slowly, Jiang Youli could feel herself getting an erection.

“…”

And it was pressed against Lu Yaoyi again.

She was extremely embarrassed and flustered.

She didn’t want this to happen, and she didn’t want to be this intimate with Lu Yaoyi…

However, driven by her instincts, she unconsciously held Lu Yaoyi even tighter.

Lu Yaoyi also felt the change in Jiang Youli’s body.

The next second, she heard Jiang Youli say, “I… I didn’t do that on purpose…”

“I’m sorry… I… I can’t control myself…”

Lu Yaoyi’s cheeks were as red as a ripe peach. She held Jiang Youli’s waist, buried her head in Jiang Youli’s chest, and bit her lip out of shyness. “It’s okay…”

“Anyway…”