After Differentiation, I Marked My Arch-nemesis - Chapter 65

“You two look very compatible. I thought you were a couple,” the taxi driver said, turning the steering wheel as he followed the traffic to the left. “But there are a lot of young people like you who are in love. It’s great for young people to fall in love.”

Jiang Youli remained silent.

Compatible?

Were she and Lu Yaoyi compatible?

“I envy your age right now,” the driver said to Jiang Youli as he drove. “Being young is great. How wonderful it would be if I could go back in time.”

Jiang Youli: “You have a story, sir?”

“There’s no story, I just didn’t cherish an Omega who always liked me when I was your age. I completely lost her later,” the driver sighed. “She’s the regret of my life.”

Jiang Youli: “Why didn’t you try to get that Omega back, sir?”

“Because when I realized my mistake, she already had another Alpha,” the driver smiled helplessly. “Some things and some people, once you miss them, you can never go back. I also didn’t have the face to go back and ask her to be with me.”

Jiang Youli listened to the driver without saying a word.

“Little girl, you’re still young and haven’t experienced it, so you might not understand what it feels like to miss out on something,” the driver looked up and glanced at Jiang Youli in the rearview mirror. “When you have someone you like in the future, you must cherish that person.”

“Otherwise, you’ll only regret it.”

“Don’t be like me and have a regret that you can never fix.”

Jiang Youli hadn’t experienced it, so she didn’t quite understand what it felt like to miss out on something. But she would definitely cherish the person she liked, and she would absolutely not let something like that happen to her. So she pursed her lips and answered the driver,

“Mhm.”

“I will.”

The two of them stopped talking, and the taxi fell into silence once again.

Jiang Youli lowered her head and looked at Lu Yaoyi, who was sleeping soundly on her shoulder. Lu Yaoyi was as gentle and charming as ever when she was asleep. Looking at Lu Yaoyi like this made her feel good for some reason. She then looked away and stared at the street view outside the car window.

Her mind was filled with a million thoughts.

About half an hour later, the taxi arrived at Lu Yaoyi’s house.

Jiang Youli went straight upstairs to her room after she got home.

She went to the walk-in closet to get a change of clothes and then went to the bathroom. By the time she came out of the bathroom after her shower, it was already 8:30 p.m. She blew her hair dry and lay on the sofa in her room to play games. Not long after, someone suddenly knocked on her door.

Knock, knock, knock—

Jiang Youli heard the sound and looked toward the door.

“…”

Was Lu Yaoyi going to come and sleep with her tonight again?

She definitely wouldn’t let Lu Yaoyi come and sleep with her and take advantage of her when she wasn’t in her heat. So she put down her phone and slowly walked over to open the door.

The door opened.

Jiang Youli looked down at Lu Yaoyi and said out of the blue, “Go back. Your heat is over. I’m not going to let you hug me while we sleep tonight.”

Lu Yaoyi retorted faintly, “You’re a narcissist.”

Jiang Youli: “…”

She asked, confused, “How am I a narcissist?”

Lu Yaoyi wasn’t here to sleep with Jiang Youli. She knew when to stop and also knew to give the other person some space to keep things fresh. This way, she might be able to get along with Jiang Youli for a little longer.

She didn’t answer. Instead, she walked past Jiang Youli and into the room.

Jiang Youli turned around and looked at Lu Yaoyi. “You…”

Lu Yaoyi walked to the bed, picked up her pillow, and then turned around to face Jiang Youli. “I didn’t come to sleep with you. I came to get my pillow.”

“…”

Jiang Youli was speechless.

Lu Yaoyi walked past Jiang Youli and suddenly stopped outside the door.

She suddenly felt like something was missing.

So she turned around and looked at Jiang Youli with a deep gaze. “Jiang Youli, as my Alpha, shouldn’t you fulfill your Alpha duties?”

Jiang Youli: “…”

She knew that when Lu Yaoyi said something like this, it was never a good thing. “What do you want to do?”

Hearing this, Lu Yaoyi took a step forward and hooked one arm around Jiang Youli’s neck.

Her entire body was pressed against Jiang Youli. “What do you think?”

The Omega’s sweet scent instantly rushed to her nose. Jiang Youli tensed up in an instant, but her hands, which were hanging at her sides, didn’t push Lu Yaoyi away. “You… I’m warning you, don’t you dare touch me…”

Before she could finish her sentence, Lu Yaoyi sealed her lips.

“…”

A hot breath sprayed on her face. Jiang Youli’s eyes widened as she stared at Lu Yaoyi, who was so close. The softness from her lips shocked her.

It was only for a moment.

Lu Yaoyi didn’t stay long and immediately moved away from Jiang Youli’s lips.

She looked at Jiang Youli without changing her expression.

There was a hint of a smile deep in her eyes.

“Jiang Youli, this is your duty.”

Jiang Youli was instantly furious. “We clearly didn’t…”

Lu Yaoyi interrupted Jiang Youli. “Our partnership agreement only says we can’t cross the line and sleep together. It doesn’t say we can’t kiss each other. Since you’re my Alpha, is there anything wrong with me asking you to fulfill your duties?”

Jiang Youli: “???”

This was Lu Yaoyi’s reason for kissing her without permission? She suddenly felt like she had been tricked by the partnership agreement that Lu Yaoyi had written. So she said with a stern and fierce expression, “If you kiss me again, I won’t be nice to you.”

Hearing this, Lu Yaoyi raised her chin and kissed Jiang Youli’s lips again.

“What are you going to do to me?”

Jiang Youli: “You—”

Lu Yaoyi didn’t wait for Jiang Youli to finish and kissed her again.

This time, the kiss was a little longer.

She dropped the pillow, raised her hands, and hugged Jiang Youli’s neck tightly. She then gently sucked on Jiang Youli’s lips, not caring about what Jiang Youli had just said. It was as if she wasn’t worried at all about what Jiang Youli would do to her.

Jiang Youli clearly wanted to push Lu Yaoyi away.

But the moment Lu Yaoyi came closer, she inexplicably gave up resisting.

She tensed up, feeling the light kisses on her lips. Her rapidly beating heart gradually fell out of rhythm. She then slowly closed her eyes and kissed Lu Yaoyi back.

Their breaths intertwined.

Just as Jiang Youli wanted to use her tongue to pry open Lu Yaoyi’s teeth and further invade her territory to get some of her sweet scent, Lu Yaoyi suddenly pushed her away, preventing her from successfully conquering her territory.

“…”

Jiang Youli stared blankly at Lu Yaoyi, whose face was slightly flushed, and couldn’t react.

She was a little dazed.

A meaningful smile flashed in Lu Yaoyi’s eyes.

She affectionately put her hands on Jiang Youli’s shoulders and stared at Jiang Youli’s eyes with a look full of love, as if she was trying to charm her soul away.

“I’ve had enough kisses. I’m going back to sleep.”

She smiled slightly. “Goodnight.”

With that, she bent down, picked up the pillow on the floor, turned around, and left without looking back.

“…”

Jiang Youli stared at Lu Yaoyi’s retreating back blankly.

She unconsciously raised her hand and touched her lips. She actually felt like she hadn’t had enough kisses and wanted more. She suspected that Lu Yaoyi was deliberately teasing her and taking advantage of her.

Damn it!

She had fallen for it!

Grrr!

Friday.

As soon as Jiang Youli arrived at school in the morning, she saw Chen Huaian waiting for her at the school gate.

Chen Huaian waved at Jiang Youli.

“Boss.”

Jiang Youli rode her bicycle over and stopped in front of Chen Huaian. “Why aren’t you in the classroom? How long have you been waiting for me here?”

Chen Huaian: “I just got here. I haven’t been waiting long.”

Jiang Youli: “Then let’s go in.”

Chen Huaian: “Mhm.”

The two of them rode their bicycles into the school gate together.

Chen Huaian suddenly called out, “Boss.”

Jiang Youli: “What’s wrong?”

“Jiang Hao from No. 3 High School next door asked us to go to a party on Saturday,” Chen Huaian said while riding his bicycle. “He also invited Sister Xun. Are you going, Boss?”

Jiang Youli’s eyes darkened slightly. “Why would Jiang Hao invite us to a party?”

Chen Huaian: “He said he wants to apologize to you.”

Jiang Youli didn’t say anything.

Chen Huaian: “Boss, why does Jiang Hao need to apologize to you?”

Jiang Youli thought it was probably because of the Lu Yaoyi incident. “This Monday, he sent a few people to get Lu Yaoyi’s contact info. Lu Yaoyi ignored them, but they kept pestering her. I ran into them and helped Lu Yaoyi out.”

She paused and continued, “It’s probably because of that.”

Chen Huaian: “Oh… so that’s what it is…”

Jiang Youli: “Since he asked to see me, of course I’ll go.”

Chen Huaian: “Boss, I’ll tell them now.”

Jiang Youli: “Mhm.”

Saturday.

Jiang Youli woke up early in the morning feeling weak and very uncomfortable. She also felt a very irritable feeling in her heart. She immediately knew that she was in her rut. The moment she realized this, she thought of Lu Yaoyi.

Lu Yaoyi…

Lu Yaoyi was her Omega, her inhibitor, now.

She hesitated whether to tell Lu Yaoyi.

After a moment of thought,

Although she and Lu Yaoyi had made a deal to be each other’s inhibitors, she hadn’t fully processed it yet and felt awkward. She decided to inject herself with an inhibitor first and not tell Lu Yaoyi. So she injected herself with an inhibitor and went back to sleep.

At noon,

Jiang Youli found a random excuse not to eat with Lu Yaoyi.

She was worried that she would accidentally expose that she was in her rut.

However, while Lu Yaoyi was at her house for dinner, she ran downstairs to get some snacks and fruits and went back to her room. She then sat on the sofa and messaged Chen Huaian.

—Huaian, I suddenly feel unwell.

—I won’t be going to the party today.

Chen Huaian quickly replied.

—Boss, what’s wrong?

—Why do you feel unwell?

Jiang Youli replied.

—I’m in my rut.

—It’s better not to run around everywhere during my rut.

Chen Huaian replied.

—Okay.

—Then I’ll let Jiang Hao and the others know.

Jiang Youli replied.

—Mhm.

After she sent the message, she lay weakly on the sofa and waited for Chen Huaian’s reply.

Not long after,

Chen Huaian’s message came.

—Boss.

—Jiang Hao and the others said they’ll make plans to meet you next week.

Jiang Youli replied.

—Okay.

She wanted to see what Jiang Hao was so persistent about meeting her for.

Time flew by, and it was already evening.

Jiang Youli was feeling very uncomfortable, so she found another excuse not to go to dinner.

After Lu Yaoyi finished eating and tidied up the kitchen for Li Henian, she went home. The first thing she did when she got home was go straight upstairs to find Jiang Youli. She stood at the door to Jiang Youli’s room for a few seconds and then raised her hand to knock on the door.

“What do you want?”

Jiang Youli’s hoarse voice came from inside the room.

Lu Yaoyi: “Jiang Youli, you haven’t come out to eat all day.”

Jiang Youli: “Didn’t I tell you I have no appetite?”

Lu Yaoyi: “Is something wrong with you?”

Jiang Youli: “Nothing’s wrong with me. I just have no appetite.”

Lu Yaoyi felt that something was a little off with Jiang Youli. Even if she had no appetite, she shouldn’t not leave her room for an entire day, right? Jiang Youli hadn’t been home for days before to avoid her, so it was hard for her not to overthink when Jiang Youli hadn’t left her room all day today.

She was very worried about Jiang Youli.

From what she knew about Jiang Youli, Jiang Youli would definitely not let her in.

So she just pushed the door open.

She happened to see Jiang Youli sitting on the edge of the bed with an inhibitor in her hand.

When Jiang Youli saw that Lu Yaoyi had opened the door, she frantically hid the inhibitor behind her back. “Lu Yaoyi, why did you come in without my permission?”

Lu Yaoyi didn’t answer.

Instead, she walked over and took the inhibitor from behind Jiang Youli.

She looked at the opened inhibitor in her hand, and then with a complicated expression, she looked up at Jiang Youli. “Why didn’t you tell me you were in your rut?”

Jiang Youli was so uncomfortable that she didn’t answer Lu Yaoyi’s question.

She didn’t know how to answer.

Lu Yaoyi: “Why did you hide it from me and inject yourself with an inhibitor?”

Jiang Youli didn’t say anything.

Lu Yaoyi angrily put the inhibitor on the nightstand. She then bent down, cupped Jiang Youli’s slightly red and hot face, and looked at her. “Jiang Youli, I am your Omega. I’m asking you very seriously right now, are you going to choose the inhibitor,”

“or me?”

When Jiang Youli smelled the Omega’s sweet scent, she couldn’t care about anything else.

She pulled Lu Yaoyi into her arms and fell onto the bed.

“You.”