After Differentiation, I Marked My Arch-nemesis - Chapter 52

The moment Jiang Youli closed the door, she regretted it. Lu Yaoyi didn’t know what kind of dream she’d had, and now she had suddenly acted so strangely.

Lu Yaoyi was bound to ask her why she had closed the door out of nowhere.

How was she supposed to explain it?

But… she really didn’t know how to face Lu Yaoyi right now.

Lu Yaoyi looked at the closed door in confusion, not understanding why Jiang Youli had suddenly shut it. With a head full of questions, she reached out and grabbed the doorknob, trying to open the door. However, as soon as a small crack opened, someone from the outside forcefully pulled it shut.

“…”

Then, Jiang Youli’s voice came from outside the door.

“Wait, Lu Yaoyi… don’t open the door yet…”

Hearing this, Lu Yaoyi froze, her hand still on the doorknob.

She then asked, “What’s wrong?”

Jiang Youli didn’t say anything.

She hadn’t figured out how to explain it to Lu Yaoyi. Her mind was frantically searching for all sorts of reasons, but it was a blank slate.

After a moment of silence, Lu Yaoyi still hadn’t heard Jiang Youli’s voice.

She knocked on the door and said in a slightly louder tone, “Jiang Youli.”

“If you don’t say anything, I’m going to open the door.”

Jiang Youli instinctively held the door tighter. “Just wait a little longer.”

Lu Yaoyi didn’t know what kind of mystery Jiang Youli was trying to create, so she gave in. “Fine, I’ll wait a little longer, but you better be quick.”

Standing at the door like this wasn’t going to work.

Jiang Youli desperately tried to erase the erotic memories that were running through her mind. She wanted to forget that absurd and ridiculous dream, but every scene from the dream was deeply etched into her mind like a brand.

She frowned, massaged her temples, and gritted her teeth in regret.

Forget it, she gave up the struggle.

It was just a dirty dream. What was the big deal? It wasn’t like it had actually happened. She couldn’t just avoid Lu Yaoyi forever, could she? After accepting reality, she felt a little more at ease.

She then took a deep breath and forced a smile that was uglier than a cry.

She prepared herself mentally.

She slowly opened the door, pretending as if nothing had happened.

Lu Yaoyi’s beautiful face once again came into view. Her fragile psychological defense suddenly wavered, but she managed to regain her composure in time.

She looked at Lu Yaoyi, trying to act calm, and didn’t say anything.

Lu Yaoyi asked in confusion, “What’s wrong? Why did you suddenly close the door?”

Jiang Youli awkwardly looked away and made up a reason. “It’s because I just showered in my room, and I was afraid that my pheromones would affect you. That’s why I suddenly closed the door to make sure there were no lingering pheromones on me.”

She paused, pursed her lips, and continued.

“There are no lingering pheromones on me, so you can relax.”

She didn’t know if she was trying to reassure Lu Yaoyi or herself.

Upon hearing this, Lu Yaoyi subconsciously sniffed the air.

It was the fresh scent of Jiang Youli’s body wash.

There were no pheromones.

She looked at Jiang Youli and said softly, “Okay, I feel at ease.”

The words had just left her mouth.

She suddenly noticed that Jiang Youli seemed a little off.

Because Jiang Youli’s eyes were constantly looking elsewhere, as if she was afraid to look at her. She then asked, “What’s wrong? Why aren’t you looking at me?”

Hearing this, Jiang Youli awkwardly rubbed the tip of her nose. “I’m not…”

Lu Yaoyi carefully observed Jiang Youli’s expression. “Aren’t you?”

Based on her understanding of Jiang Youli from growing up together, she didn’t quite believe what Jiang Youli had just said. “Jiang Youli, are you hiding something from me?”

Jiang Youli: “…”

She looked at Lu Yaoyi with a guilty conscience and defended herself. “How could I be hiding something from you? Did your fever make you dizzy? What are you talking about?”

Her tone was fierce, without a hint of the gentleness she’d had last night.

Lu Yaoyi: “If you’re not, then why are you reacting so strongly?”

With that, she looked at Jiang Youli a little hurt.

Seeing Lu Yaoyi’s wronged expression, Jiang Youli reined in her guilty arrogance. She then awkwardly tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and softened her voice as she slowly asked, “How are you feeling? Do you still have a fever?”

Lu Yaoyi: “My head feels a little dizzy.”

Jiang Youli: “Dizzy?”

Lu Yaoyi: “Mhm, but I can’t tell if I still have a fever.”

Jiang Youli: “…”

Her gaze toward Lu Yaoyi suddenly became a little complex, with a hint of speechlessness. “You can’t tell if you still have a fever?”

Lu Yaoyi nodded sincerely. “Mhm.”

Jiang Youli: “…”

She thought that Lu Yaoyi might have really burned her brain out last night.

Just then,

Lu Yaoyi suddenly took a step forward and reached out her hand to gently touch Jiang Youli’s. “Why don’t you touch my forehead and help me check if I still have a fever?”

Jiang Youli’s whole body instantly stiffened.

The touch from her finger was like a cat’s paw scratching at her heart.

It was tingling and ticklish.

In that dream, Lu Yaoyi had also hooked her hand like this.

She had held on to her tightly and wouldn’t let go.

Lu Yaoyi gently squeezed Jiang Youli’s finger, then took Jiang Youli’s hand and slowly raised it to her face. She gazed into Jiang Youli’s clear and transparent eyes, which were filled with a profound and intriguing glimmer.

She moved her lips and asked Jiang Youli in a captivating and soft voice,

“Jiang Youli… do you think… I still have a fever?”

Jiang Youli’s heart trembled at Lu Yaoyi’s voice. She seemed to hear Lu Yaoyi’s moans from the dream, and the siren-like voice was even softer and more alluring. Her body stiffened as she stared at Lu Yaoyi, unable to say a word.

Her palm was pressed against Lu Yaoyi’s cheek.

She felt the warmth and smooth, delicate touch from her palm.

In an instant, those erotic scenes flashed before her eyes.

The touch was as real as a dream.

She clearly remembered that in the dream, she had touched every part of Lu Yaoyi’s body, which was as flawless as a lotus flower. Every inch of her fair, jade-like skin was marked with her love bites, and even her insides were filled with her pheromones and essence.

As she thought about it, her entire face instantly turned red.

It was only a dream.

Why… why did it feel so real?

Lu Yaoyi looked at Jiang Youli’s visibly red face and asked, “What’s wrong? Why is your face suddenly so red?”

Jiang Youli didn’t respond.

Lu Yaoyi: “You…”

She blinked. “Are you… embarrassed because you touched my face?”

Jiang Youli suddenly snapped out of her daze.

She realized she was recalling scenes from her dream and felt so ashamed that she wanted to find a hole to crawl into and bury herself. She quickly pulled her hand away from Lu Yaoyi. “Embarrassed about what? I just suddenly felt a little hot.”

Lu Yaoyi: “…”

A little hot?

That excuse was a bit far-fetched.

“Can you be a little less narcissistic?” Jiang Youli said, pretending to be calm as she walked past Lu Yaoyi toward the bedside table. “I’ll just use the thermometer to check your temperature again.”

As she walked past Lu Yaoyi, she regretted her words and her face fell.

Someone, please save her.

She couldn’t take it anymore.

Lu Yaoyi knew Jiang Youli’s personality, so she didn’t press for more information.

She turned and quietly followed behind Jiang Youli.

Jiang Youli walked to the bedside table, took out the thermometer from the medicine cabinet, and placed it on Lu Yaoyi’s forehead to check her temperature. She saw that Lu Yaoyi’s temperature had returned to normal.

After checking her temperature, she put the thermometer back in the medicine cabinet.

She then said to Lu Yaoyi,

“Okay, your temperature is back to normal.”

Lu Yaoyi: “Mhm.”

Jiang Youli: “Besides feeling dizzy, do you feel uncomfortable anywhere else?”

Lu Yaoyi: “No.”

Jiang Youli: “That’s good.”

She looked away and picked up her blanket from Lu Yaoyi’s bed. The scent of hyacinths that was on the blanket immediately filled her nose. She remembered the romantic and beautiful sea of flowers from her dream and had to admit that she really liked that sea of flowers.

She also liked the scent of hyacinths.

Of course, she knew it was Lu Yaoyi’s scent.

She felt like she urgently needed to get to a place where Lu Yaoyi wasn’t so she could breathe properly. She shook off her chaotic thoughts and walked toward the door.

“I’m going out to get breakfast.”

“Make yourself at home.”

Lu Yaoyi looked at Jiang Youli’s back, a smile spreading across her face.

“Okay.”

After Jiang Youli took the blanket back to her room, she left Lu Yaoyi’s house.

About half an hour later,

Jiang Youli came back with breakfast and saw Lu Yaoyi sitting on the sofa in the living room, hugging Lucky and watching TV. She walked over with the breakfast and placed it on the coffee table. “I bought you your favorite xiaolongbao, porridge, and a cup of soy milk.”

“Jiang Youli,” Lu Yaoyi’s heart warmed. “Thank you.”

Her childhood sweetheart really remembered what she liked to eat and drink.

“Since you don’t have anything to do, I’m going out to have fun,” Jiang Youli said to Lu Yaoyi. “If you need anything, call my little dad. He’s at home today.”

Lu Yaoyi: “Can’t I call you?”

Jiang Youli: “No. I have my own things to do and don’t have time to deal with you.”

Every time she saw Lu Yaoyi, she couldn’t help but remember that dream.

She felt both ashamed and guilty, which made her reluctant to be with Lu Yaoyi right now. She needed to find a way to forget that unbearable memory.

So she wanted to go out and get her mind off of it.

Lu Yaoyi couldn’t help but ask, “When will you be back?”

“I don’t know, but I’ll try to come back early,” Jiang Youli said with a blank expression, looking down at Lu Yaoyi. “I already told my little dad to cook something good for you to nourish your body. Anyway, you and Lucky just stay home and relax.”

Lu Yaoyi didn’t say anything.

Jiang Youli: “I’m leaving.”

Lu Yaoyi: “Mhm.”

After giving her instructions, Jiang Youli fled Lu Yaoyi’s house without looking back.

Lu Yaoyi looked at the breakfast on the coffee table, her mood a little complicated.

She then began to enjoy the breakfast Jiang Youli had bought for her.

Jiang Youli spent the entire day trying to forget that embarrassing dream.

Unfortunately, she failed.

In the end, she completely gave up the struggle and accepted reality.

She was worried that if she came back too late, Lu Yaoyi would lie on the sofa and catch a cold and get a fever again, so she returned to Lu Yaoyi’s house before 9:30 p.m.

She walked into the living room and, as expected, saw Lu Yaoyi sitting on the sofa.

Lu Yaoyi: “You’re back.”

Jiang Youli: “Mhm.”

She walked over without changing her expression. “I’m going back to my room to sleep.”

Lu Yaoyi looked at Jiang Youli, wanting to say something, but she swallowed the words and nodded indifferently. “Mhm, go to sleep.”

Jiang Youli: “You should go to bed early too.”

With that, she left the living room.

Lu Yaoyi sighed in disappointment as she watched Jiang Youli’s retreating back.

She really wanted Jiang Youli to stay with her.

Even for just a minute.

Late at night,

Jiang Youli burrowed into her blanket and smelled a faint scent of hyacinths.

She thought the blanket must have lingering pheromones from Lu Yaoyi’s bed that hadn’t dissipated yet.

She tossed and turned in bed all night, thinking. To prevent the dirty dream from affecting her again, she decided to try staying in the same space as Lu Yaoyi. Just when she thought she could wake up and calmly face Lu Yaoyi according to her plan,

She was woken up by another dirty dream.

This time, unlike the last time, she had successfully marked Lu Yaoyi for life.

She had left her scent all over Lu Yaoyi’s body, inside and out.

She had made Lu Yaoyi’s blood and bones bear her mark. She had broken through the final barrier and made Lu Yaoyi an Omega who belonged only to her.

She didn’t know why she was having these dreams.

And two of them.

After she woke up, she locked herself in the bathroom for a long time.

She suspected that she…

Had an uncontrollable and even terrifying desire for Lu Yaoyi.