After Differentiation, I Marked My Arch-nemesis - Chapter 50

Hearing this, Lu Yaoyi’s heart was suddenly filled with warmth.

Jiang Youli said she would watch over her…

She held Jiang Youli’s hand tightly, lacing their fingers together. Her eyes became as soft as a spring breeze. She was willing to watch over Jiang Youli for a lifetime. How wonderful would it be if Jiang Youli was also willing to watch over her for a lifetime?

She pursed her lips and made a silent vow in her heart.

She had to find a way into Jiang Youli’s heart.

Jiang Youli saw that Lu Yaoyi was still looking at her and had no intention of sleeping.

And… her gaze was so full of affection…

A strange feeling suddenly rose in her heart. Why was Lu Yaoyi looking at her with such a misleading gaze? If Lu Yaoyi didn’t always bicker with her, she would have suspected that Lu Yaoyi liked her…

This thought lasted only a moment.

The next second, she dismissed this unrealistic idea.

She had always been so mean to Lu Yaoyi.

She knew without a doubt that Lu Yaoyi would never like her.

She thought that Lu Yaoyi must be feeling grateful for her taking care of her tonight, just like she was grateful to Lu Yaoyi for taking in Lucky.

She couldn’t help but urge,

“Go to sleep. It’s already very late.”

Lu Yaoyi had finally found a good reason to hold Jiang Youli’s hand.

And she had the chance to have Jiang Youli stay by her side and watch over her.

She didn’t want to fall asleep.

She moved her lips and answered softly, “I can’t sleep…”

“You have to,” Jiang Youli said. “You have to go to sleep right now.”

Lu Yaoyi slightly frowned, putting on a pitiful expression.

Then she shook her head.

Jiang Youli: “…”

Was Lu Yaoyi pretending to be pitiful to get her sympathy so she didn’t have to sleep?

Hmph, she wasn’t falling for it.

She put on a serious face, as if she had seen through Lu Yaoyi’s plan. “When I tell you to sleep, you have to sleep. You’re holding my hand, and I promised to stay and watch over you. Now that you’re sick with a fever, can you please just listen to me?”

Even though she said that,

Her tone was still gentle and not at all fierce.

Lu Yaoyi stared blankly at Jiang Youli, who seemed to be coaxing her to sleep.

Her heart fluttered.

She raised her hand, pressed the back of Jiang Youli’s hand against her face, and gently rubbed it like a small kitten. “Okay… I’ll listen to you…”

Jiang Youli was very satisfied with Lu Yaoyi’s response. “That’s more like it.”

She tucked the blanket around Lu Yaoyi. “Go to sleep.”

Lu Yaoyi looked at Jiang Youli, who was sitting by the bed with only her head and chest visible, and asked seriously, “Are you really going to sit here and watch over me all night?”

Jiang Youli: “Mhm, I keep my word.”

Her tone was firm, and her expression was serious.

Lu Yaoyi turned her head to look at the tree branches swaying in the wind outside the window.

She selfishly wanted Jiang Youli to stay by her side, but she suddenly didn’t want Jiang Youli to watch over her all night. The temperature was very low at night. What if Jiang Youli also caught a cold or got a fever? Besides, sitting on the floor all night was tiring…

She couldn’t be that selfish.

Thinking this, she let go of Jiang Youli’s hand without hesitation.

“Jiang Youli… you should go back to your room and sleep…”

Jiang Youli’s eyes fell on her left palm, which still had the lingering warmth of Lu Yaoyi’s hand. She looked up in confusion and met Lu Yaoyi’s gaze. “What’s wrong?”

Lu Yaoyi: “What if you catch a cold or get a fever too?”

Jiang Youli didn’t say anything.

Lu Yaoyi looked at Jiang Youli with reluctance. “Besides…”

Before she could finish,

Jiang Youli suddenly stood up. “That’s an easy fix.”

Lu Yaoyi: “…”

An easy fix?

Jiang Youli slightly raised her head and looked around Lu Yaoyi’s room, not seeing what she wanted. She then said to Lu Yaoyi, “I’ll be right back.”

With that, she turned and left.

Lu Yaoyi watched Jiang Youli’s retreating back, not knowing what she was going to do.

Soon, Jiang Youli came back to Lu Yaoyi’s room with a blanket in her arms.

Only then did Lu Yaoyi realize what Jiang Youli had in mind…

Jiang Youli gently closed the door.

She walked to the bed with the blanket and looked down at Lu Yaoyi. “I’ll wrap myself in the blanket, so I won’t catch a cold. Lu Yaoyi, are you at ease now?”

Lu Yaoyi looked at Jiang Youli with the blanket, speechless.

She thought Jiang Youli would agree to go back to her room to sleep, but she didn’t expect Jiang Youli would rather wrap herself in a blanket and sit on the floor all night just to stay and watch over her.

She couldn’t help but ask Jiang Youli.

“Jiang Youli… why don’t you just go back to your room and sleep?”

Jiang Youli sat on the carpet with her legs crossed and the blanket in her arms. She answered unhurriedly, “Your fever hasn’t completely gone down yet. What if your temperature suddenly rises in the middle of the night? What if you feel unwell and want to drink water or something and it’s not convenient? If I’m here with you, you can at least boss me around and have me help you.”

“Besides, didn’t you say you were scared?

“With me here, you can sleep soundly, right?”

Lu Yaoyi was incredibly touched by Jiang Youli’s words.

Jiang Youli suddenly felt that what she had just said wasn’t quite right, so she continued, “Don’t you dare be narcissistic. I’m only doing this because I promised Aunt Lu that I would take good care of you. That’s why I’m running around and staying up for you…”

She immediately added,

“And this is only for today. You can boss me around today only.”

“Once you’re better, I won’t care about you anymore.”

Upon hearing this, a layer of mist quietly welled up in Lu Yaoyi’s eyes. She calmly looked at Jiang Youli and said softly, “Mhm, I know. I’m not narcissistic.”

Jiang Youli raised her eyebrows. “That’s more like it. You’re teachable.”

With that, she opened the blanket, draped it over her back, and completely wrapped herself in it, making sure no air could get in. After wrapping herself up, she looked up at Lu Yaoyi on the bed and asked awkwardly, “Do you… still need my hand?”

Hearing this, Lu Yaoyi’s heart warmed.

She reached out her right hand. “Yes…”

Jiang Youli sighed helplessly, extended her left hand from the blanket, and placed it in Lu Yaoyi’s palm. She couldn’t help but complain, “How old are you? Why do you need to hold hands to sleep like a child? And here you were calling me childish.”

Lu Yaoyi didn’t answer.

She held Jiang Youli’s hand tightly, lacing their fingers together.

“All right, go to sleep,” Jiang Youli said. “I’m going to sleep too.”

With that, she leaned over the bed and closed her eyes.

She was so sleepy that she decided to empty her mind and fall asleep.

The scent of hyacinths from the bed constantly filled her nose. She couldn’t help but think that an S-class Omega’s pheromones were indeed pleasant. It made her feel happy, and she suddenly thought that sleeping by Lu Yaoyi’s bed was quite nice.

It made her feel secure.

Lu Yaoyi looked at Jiang Youli’s sleeping face and called softly, “Jiang Youli…”

Jiang Youli was too lazy to move from the bed. “Mhm?”

Lu Yaoyi: “Won’t it be tiring for you to sleep on the floor all night?”

Jiang Youli: “I’m fine.”

Lu Yaoyi: “Jiang Youli… don’t sleep on the floor.”

Jiang Youli was so sleepy that she answered groggily, “What’s wrong now…”

Lu Yaoyi squeezed Jiang Youli’s hand.

Then she said tentatively, “Why don’t you… come up and sleep with me…”

Besides not wanting Jiang Youli to catch a cold from sleeping on the floor, she also didn’t want Jiang Youli to sit on the floor all night. But Jiang Youli hadn’t waited for her to finish speaking and had gone to her room to get a blanket. She could have asked Jiang Youli to sleep on the sofa in the room.

But her selfish heart wouldn’t allow her to do that.

She wanted to sleep with Jiang Youli.

Jiang Youli: “???”

She had been on the verge of sleep, but Lu Yaoyi’s words completely shocked her awake. She suddenly opened her eyes and looked at Lu Yaoyi in disbelief. Lu Yaoyi had just asked her to go up and sleep with her?

She thought she must have been too sleepy and had imagined it.

So she asked, “What… what did you say?”

Lu Yaoyi’s thin lips parted. “I said… why don’t you come up and sleep with me?”

Jiang Youli subconsciously pulled her left hand out of Lu Yaoyi’s palm. She then sat up and refused without hesitation. “No way! How can I sleep with you? Lu Yaoyi, did you burn your brain out with that fever?”

Did Lu Yaoyi not know what she was saying?

How could an Alpha sleep with an Omega?

It was very dangerous, and something bad could happen!

Lu Yaoyi curled her fingers. “Why are you reacting so strongly…”

Jiang Youli: “…”

“You said you’re staying and taking care of me because of my mom. I’m also willing to let you sleep in my bed because you’re taking care of me,” Lu Yaoyi said calmly, hiding her selfish desires. “I’m not asking you to lie in the same blanket as me. I’m just lending you half of my bed to sleep on.”

Jiang Youli didn’t quite understand what Lu Yaoyi meant. “What do you mean?”

Lu Yaoyi reached out and gently patted her blanket. “You can sleep on top of my blanket, and then cover yourself with your own blanket. We’ll have a blanket between us, so we’ll only be sleeping on the same bed, not together. If you sleep on the bed, you won’t have to sit on the floor all night to keep me company, right?”

She paused and continued, “Or do you think I want to sleep with you…”

Jiang Youli: “…”

What Lu Yaoyi said seemed to make a lot of sense…

“If you weren’t working so hard to take care of me and deliberately staying up to watch over me,” Lu Yaoyi said, “I wouldn’t let you sleep in my bed…”

Jiang Youli: “…”

“You want me to listen to you, so can you also listen to me? I just don’t want you to have to sit on the floor all night just to take care of me,” Lu Yaoyi said, repeatedly attacking Jiang Youli’s psychological defenses to make her surrender. “Or do you have some kind of ulterior motive… which is why you’re afraid…”

Jiang Youli immediately retorted before Lu Yaoyi could finish. “Absolutely not!”

Lu Yaoyi moved over in the bed. “Then come up.”

Jiang Youli froze.

She stared at the space Lu Yaoyi had made for her, hesitating.

Did she really have to get into Lu Yaoyi’s bed to sleep?

“When I used to get sick, my mom would take care of me. My mom would always hold me and sleep with me, so I was never scared. Now my mom isn’t here, and I only have you. You promised my mom you would take good care of me…” Lu Yaoyi looked at Jiang Youli innocently and with a hint of grievance. “Jiang Youli, I’m not asking you to hold me while I sleep. I’m just asking you to lie on the bed. What are you worried about? What are you hesitating for?”

“Jiang Youli… I’m so tired and uncomfortable…”

“Can you please listen to me…”

Jiang Youli: “Fine, stop talking. I’ll do it.”

She was truly defeated by Lu Yaoyi.

Why was this Omega so much trouble?

If she slept in Lu Yaoyi’s bed using the method Lu Yaoyi had suggested, it wasn’t a terrible idea. At least she wouldn’t be in the same blanket as Lu Yaoyi.

She would agree, just for Lu Yaoyi’s sake.

Who told her she had promised Lu Meishan with such confidence that she would take good care of Lu Yaoyi?

She said seriously, “Let’s be clear. It’s not me who wants to get in your bed. It’s you who wants me to get in your bed. I’m just sleeping on your bed. I have no feelings for you whatsoever and no other intentions. Don’t be so narcissistic.”

“Otherwise, I’ll never trust you again.”

A faint smile gradually appeared in Lu Yaoyi’s eyes. “Okay.”

Only then did Jiang Youli feel at ease to stand up.

She spread her blanket on top of Lu Yaoyi’s bed. She then took off her slippers and quietly climbed into Lu Yaoyi’s bed, sleeping between the two layers of blankets.

In an instant, she was surrounded by a rich scent of hyacinths.

The heat in her body stirred and celebrated.

She instinctively covered her lower body as she smelled the hyacinths.

She waited for a few seconds.

After making sure her body wouldn’t go into an erratic rut because of Lu Yaoyi’s pheromones, she completely relaxed. She was only separated from Lu Yaoyi by one layer of blanket. The close proximity was indeed a little awkward, but the feeling of being surrounded by Lu Yaoyi’s pheromones was really comfortable. She actually enjoyed the feeling of being surrounded by the pheromones.

She suppressed the urges that were stirring within her due to her instincts.

She then closed her eyes, ready to sleep.

Just then, Lu Yaoyi’s soft voice came.

“Jiang Youli…”

Jiang Youli’s heart trembled. “What’s wrong?”

Lu Yaoyi: “My hand.”

Jiang Youli: “I’m already lying next to you. Do you still need to hold my hand to sleep?”

Lu Yaoyi: “Yes.”

Jiang Youli: “…”

She sighed helplessly and raised her left hand to the side of her head.

There was really no getting through to Lu Yaoyi.

Soon, her palm was touching Lu Yaoyi’s, and their fingers were laced together.

She kept her fingers still. “All right, can you sleep now?”

Lu Yaoyi: “Mhm.”

The two of them stopped talking.

The large room fell into a deathly silence.

Lu Yaoyi stared at Jiang Youli’s perfect profile, which looked as if it had been carved by a god. A smile of a successful scheme lingered on her lips.

She suddenly felt a great sense of peace.

This was probably the sense of security Jiang Youli brought her.

Slowly.

She closed her eyes in satisfaction and fell into a deep sleep.

She didn’t know how much time had passed.

Jiang Youli, who hadn’t fallen asleep, suddenly opened her eyes and looked at the ceiling. Lu Yaoyi’s pheromones were making her feel restless, and she couldn’t fall asleep. She listened to the steady breathing coming from her left and slowly turned her head to look in that direction.

What came into her view was a beautiful face that was incredibly close.

She was almost scared.

Because Lu Yaoyi was really close to her.

The pheromones constantly emanating from Lu Yaoyi were attracting her. Her gaze was fixed on Lu Yaoyi’s face and couldn’t be moved away. Lu Yaoyi was sleeping peacefully and serenely, as beautiful as spring. Those beautiful, soft hands were still holding hers tightly.

She stared at Lu Yaoyi.

The warmth from Lu Yaoyi’s palm traveled along her blood and spread throughout her body.

She could clearly feel her heart beating erratically.

So beautiful…

Time seemed to stand still for a few seconds.

She suddenly realized she was being foolish and quickly looked away. She pulled the blanket over her head and closed her eyes, forcing herself to sleep and stop overthinking.

This was going to be the death of her.

In the future… she had to stay away from Lu Yaoyi.

The next day.

Sunlight shone through the gaps in the curtains, reflecting onto the clean, smooth floor.

When Lu Yaoyi woke up, she saw Jiang Youli sleeping soundly.

She and Jiang Youli were very close.

If it weren’t for the layer of blanket between her and Jiang Youli, which was a barrier, she would have successfully been in Jiang Youli’s arms. Her gaze wandered over Jiang Youli’s flawless features and finally settled on Jiang Youli’s naturally red lips.

She had wanted to kiss Jiang Youli for many years.

Her desire was at play.

She carefully moved closer to Jiang Youli.

Slowly, she got in front of Jiang Youli, smelling the scent that belonged only to Jiang Youli.