After Differentiation, I Marked My Arch-nemesis - Chapter 81

“You want me to confess to Pei Jingning in front of the whole school?” Jiang Youli looked at Cen Ziqin with surprise and speechlessness. “Isn’t this dare a bit too much?”

Cen Ziqin: “A-You, you just said yourself that you would accept the consequences of losing.”

Jiang Youli: “…”

She was speechless and couldn’t find any reason to object.

“Besides confessing to the beautiful girl from our class in front of the whole school,” Cen Ziqin said, pouring a glass of wine for Jiang Youli and then tilting her head to smile at her slyly. “You also have to say that if Pei Jingning says yes, you’ll mark her immediately.”

Jiang Youli: “???”

Her eyebrows suddenly furrowed. “I also have to say I’ll mark her?”

Cen Ziqin nodded: “That’s right.”

“You all know what it means for an Alpha to say they’ll mark an Omega,” Jiang Youli turned her head and refused without hesitation. “You can make me confess to Pei Jingning in front of the whole school, but I’m not going to say I’ll mark her.”

“A-You,” Cen Ziqin said, “Since we’re playing a game, let’s make it exciting.”

“This isn’t about the game being exciting or not, okay?” Jiang Youli couldn’t accept this dare. “What if Pei Jingning misunderstands that I really like her?”

“It’s just a game, it’s not real. You can explain it to Pei Jingning afterward,” Cen Ziqin reached out and patted Jiang Youli’s back gently to comfort her. “A-You, you said you would accept the consequences of losing, so you can’t go back on your word.”

Jiang Youli was speechless.

Cen Ziqin: “You promised us just now, so you can’t break your promise.”

Jiang Youli was the kind of person who kept her promises, and she was a sucker for this kind of talk. She slightly narrowed her eyes and gave the culprit, Chen Huaian, a side-eye. Chen Huaian had been deliberately trying to set her up with Pei Jingning lately. She knew without a doubt that this dare was his idea.

Chen Huaian immediately received a warning signal from Jiang Youli.

He smiled awkwardly. “Boss…”

In the end, Jiang Youli chose to keep her promise and accept the dare.

“Fine, I promise you.”

The next day,

The sky was a clear blue with pure white, fluffy cirrus clouds. The warm and bright sunlight shone through the clouds and spread across the earth. The air was filled with the early spring scent of all things coming back to life.

The weather was excellent today.

Today was Friday, the last day of the Jiangcheng No. 1 High School spring sports meet. The school-wide broadcast was continuously reporting on the various events and broadcasting cheers and anonymous confessions from each class. The field was crowded with people, and laughter filled the air.

It was very lively.

The school broadcast room on the field was only ten meters away from Jiang Youli.

Jiang Youli stood on the bleachers, looking at the broadcast room with a very complicated feeling. She would be completing the dare in the broadcast room in a moment.

Cen Ziqin patted Jiang Youli’s shoulder. “A-You, go.”

Shen Yichuan: “I can already imagine what the scene will be like later.”

Chen Huaian: “Me too.”

Jiang Youli couldn’t help but turn around and roll her eyes at them.

A dare to confess to Pei Jingning in front of the whole school was truly an evil one.

And very immoral.

She swore she would never play dare again.

It was like shooting herself in the foot.

However, she was thick-skinned and wasn’t afraid of what others might say. Few people in the school dared to gossip about her anyway. Fortunately, the dare was a common one, like a public confession, so others would just watch the show and gossip about it. She turned her head and looked at the field and bleachers, which were filled with people, then took a step toward the broadcast room as if she were heading to a battlefield.

Her friends quickly followed her.

The breeze blew gently.

Lu Yaoyi and Jin Rubing just came out of the store after buying milk tea.

“Yaoyi.”

Jin Rubing affectionately hooked her arm around Lu Yaoyi’s and said, “Axun and A-Shu are waiting for us on the field to watch the relay race. Let’s go watch it together.”

Lu Yaoyi: “Okay.”

She took a few steps and then suddenly looked at Jin Rubing. “Rubing.”

Jin Rubing: “Huh?”

Lu Yaoyi: “There’s something I want to tell you.”

Jin Rubing: “What is it? Tell me.”

“You know I’ve never liked being around Alphas,” Lu Yaoyi said, looking at Jin Rubing with a gentle gaze. “Can you tell He Suixun and Luo Jiashu to stop trying to befriend me? I don’t like it at all, and I won’t accept Luo Jiashu’s attempts.”

She really couldn’t stand Luo Jiashu’s attempts anymore.

But she was also worried that her own reasons would affect Jin Rubing’s dating life.

So she could only bring it up herself.

Jin Rubing agreed without a second thought. “Okay, Yaoyi, don’t worry. After the sports meet is over, I’ll tell Axun to tell A-Shu to stop trying to befriend you.”

Lu Yaoyi: “Mhm.”

Jin Rubing curved her lips. “Then let’s go to the field to watch the relay race.”

Lu Yaoyi: “Okay.”

The two of them walked hand in hand toward the field.

As Jin Rubing walked, she observed Lu Yaoyi beside her. She had been feeling that Lu Yaoyi wasn’t quite right lately. She thought about it and then asked softly, “Yaoyi… are you not in a good mood lately?”

Lu Yaoyi: “No.”

Jin Rubing: “But I feel like you haven’t been very happy lately.”

Lu Yaoyi’s eyes flickered. “Is that so?”

Jin Rubing: “Mhm, did something happen?”

In all the time she had known Jin Rubing, Lu Yaoyi had never told her that she had liked Jiang Youli for so many years. Those feelings had always been hidden deep in her heart, not a single bit of it ever revealed, because she felt that liking Jiang Youli was her own business.

The reason a crush is a crush is that it’s a secret.

All the good and bad emotions were absorbed and digested by herself.

Lu Yaoyi curved her lips and said in a relaxed manner, “No.”

Jin Rubing: “Are you sure?”

Lu Yaoyi: “Mhm.”

Jin Rubing: “Then you have to tell me if something is on your mind, okay?”

Lu Yaoyi moved her lips, but before she could answer, she heard a sharp, piercing noise from the broadcast, followed by Jiang Youli’s clear and pleasant voice.

“Hello, hello, can you hear me?”

“Hello, everyone, I’m Jiang Youli from Class 1, Grade 1.”

Lu Yaoyi stopped in her tracks subconsciously when she heard Jiang Youli’s voice.

Jin Rubing blinked and muttered softly, “Is Jiang Youli…”

The next second, Jiang Youli’s voice continued on the broadcast.

“There’s something I’ve been hiding in my heart for a long time, and today I want to take this opportunity to say it in front of everyone. I want to confess to someone.”

When Lu Yaoyi heard this, a wave of shock rippled through her heart.

A confession…

Jiang Youli was going to confess to someone…

“Pei Jingning from Class 2, are you listening right now?” Jiang Youli’s voice resonated throughout the whole school, reaching every corner. Every word she said was heard clearly. “I like you. Would you be my girlfriend and my Omega? As long as you say yes and be my girlfriend, I’ll mark you immediately.”

“Pei Jingning.”

“Would you give me a chance to be your Alpha?”

After she finished, there was no more sound from the broadcast.

Woah…

Jiang Youli’s sudden confession immediately caused a sensation.

Screams were everywhere.

Jin Rubing was a little startled by the screams around her.

She looked around and saw people cheering because of Jiang Youli’s confession. Then she looked back at Lu Yaoyi, who had a very low vibe beside her. “Oh my god, is Jiang Youli too reckless? She actually dared to confess to Pei Jingning in front of the whole school?”

As soon as she finished speaking,

She suddenly realized that something was wrong with Lu Yaoyi.

Lu Yaoyi was looking down.

Her long black hair on the side of her face covered her beautiful and captivating face.

Jin Rubing had to tilt her head slightly to see Lu Yaoyi’s face, but she saw that Lu Yaoyi was frowning and looked like she was about to cry. Her eyes widened, and she was so shocked that she almost couldn’t speak. This was the first time she had seen Lu Yaoyi with red eyes and tears.

She asked in a dazed, hushed voice, “Yaoyi… what… what’s wrong with you…”

Lu Yaoyi’s nose felt sour, and her vision was blurred by the surging tears.

She clenched her hands into fists, tightly gripping them with all her strength.

The words Jiang Youli just said on the broadcast were like sharp blades that fiercely cut open her heart, twisting her flesh and blood. The pain made her heart twitch, and she found it hard to breathe. She finally heard the answer from Jiang Youli herself.

But she never thought that…

Jiang Youli would confess to Pei Jingning in such a public way.

Now everyone knew that the person Jiang Youli liked was—

Pei Jingning.

Just as the tears were about to burst from her eyes, Lu Yaoyi didn’t want others to see her in such a vulnerable state. So she wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and turned to run toward the teaching building, but the sadness and grief made the tears uncontrollably pour out of her eyes.

When Jin Rubing saw this, she quickly chased after her.

“Yaoyi!”

Because Jiang Youli used the broadcast to confess to Pei Jingning in front of the whole school, she was invited to the office by Tan Yushan and the head of the first-grade department for a talk. She was in the office for about an hour before she was let out. Anyway, she let whatever Tan Yushan and the head of the department said go in one ear and out the other.

She was also too lazy to defend herself.

As soon as she came out of the office, she ran into Pei Jingning, who had been waiting outside for a long time.

Pei Jingning stood awkwardly in front of Jiang Youli.

“Jiang Youli… I have something to say to you.”

“I know why you’re here,” Jiang Youli looked at Pei Jingning in front of her with a calm expression. “Pei Jingning, just tell me what you have to say.”

“I heard everything you said on the broadcast before,” Pei Jingning was so embarrassed that she didn’t dare to look into Jiang Youli’s eyes. “I want to say that… did you misunderstand because I treated you to a meal last time? I really did it because I felt very guilty for hitting your head with the volleyball twice. I definitely have no other intentions for you, so I…”

Jiang Youli: “So you’re going to reject me?”

Pei Jingning nodded: “Mhm…”

“It’s okay, if you want to reject me, just do it. You don’t have to feel bad about it,” Jiang Youli looked at Pei Jingning seriously. “Actually, the confession on the broadcast today was a punishment for a game I lost with my friends last night. The punishment was to confess to you in front of the whole school, so you don’t have to take it to heart.”

Pei Jingning was slightly stunned. “You lost a game?”

Jiang Youli: “Mhm.”

Pei Jingning suddenly realized and relaxed. “So that’s what happened…”

Jiang Youli: “Mhm, I’m sorry for causing you trouble.”

Pei Jingning breathed a sigh of relief.

The words Jiang Youli said on the broadcast had startled her. It was a good thing that Jiang Youli didn’t really like her, otherwise, she wouldn’t know how to face Jiang Youli in the future.

She couldn’t help but ask, “Aren’t you afraid that others will misunderstand that you really like me?”

Jiang Youli: “It doesn’t matter. They wouldn’t dare to say too much anyway.”

Pei Jingning: “That’s true…”

“If anyone asks what you think, just tell them that you don’t like me and rejected me or…” Jiang Youli shrugged indifferently. “You can say whatever you want. I don’t care what others think of me, so just do whatever makes you happy.”

Pei Jingning didn’t say anything.

“The culprits who came up with this punishment are over there. Don’t worry, I’ll teach them a good lesson,” Jiang Youli said, pointing to the three people hiding at the end of the hallway. “You three, hurry up and come over here to apologize to Pei Jingning.”

Pei Jingning followed Jiang Youli’s finger and looked back.

She saw Chen Huaian, Cen Ziqin, and Shen Yichuan hiding at the end of the hallway, with only their heads sticking out. They smiled and waved at Pei Jingning.

“…”

Pei Jingning looked at them and sighed helplessly.

In the evening,

Jiang Youli was leisurely lying on the sofa in the living room, watching TV and waiting for dinner.

After an unknown amount of time,

The doorbell rang at the entrance.

“Dingding.”

Li Henian’s voice came from the kitchen. “Go see who’s at the door.”

Jiang Youli answered, “Okay.”

She got up from the sofa and walked toward the entrance.