After Ditching Four Powerful Alphas, I Differentiated into an Omega - Chapter 22

“She insisted I was following her, so she grabbed me.”

If it weren’t for Lu Shangyi and Song Wanying’s serious expressions, Qiao Yu wouldn’t have even noticed the marks on her wrist.

She let out a soft hiss.

“I didn’t expect a delicate Omega like her to be so strong…”

Suddenly remembering the time Tang Shu almost pushed her, Qiao Yu shut her mouth, feeling humiliated.

Song Wanying had done some research on Tang Shu because of the endorsement deal.

Although it was Qiao Yu’s favor that helped her, Song Wanying never liked to owe anyone, so she specifically asked her manager to find out about Tang Shu’s preferences.

If she had known beforehand that Tang Shu was willing to help her because she had feelings for Qiao Yu, she would never have agreed.

Song Wanying’s face showed an unreadable expression.

Qiao Yu curled her toes and nervously placed the 500 dollars on the table.

“But I didn’t let her touch me for free.”

Her fair fingertips tapped the money without much force.

“She touched me, so I made her pay me 500 dollars.”

Qiao Yu added, “Think of it as… a medical fee?”

Lu Shangyi’s calm eyes flickered slightly.

“Five hundred dollars for one touch?”

Qiao Yu blinked her dense eyelashes and instinctively nodded her little head.

Lu Shangyi’s deep eyes gazed at her, and a husky voice quietly came from her throat.

“One hundred thousand dollars.”

She paused, and Qiao Yu was trying to figure out what the 100,000 dollars meant, when Lu Shangyi spoke again.

“I’ll touch every single inch of you until your skin is worn out.”

Qiao Yu’s face couldn’t help but blush.

Her eyes darted around, avoiding Lu Shangyi’s gaze, and finally landed on Lu Shangyi’s long and elegant hands.

This was truly outrageous!

Qiao Yu silently and stiffly protested with her eyes.

Don’t pity me just because I’m a delicate flower!

Her eyes were bright, and perhaps because of the makeup, the corners of her eyes were tinged with a faint red, giving her a pitiful charm.

Lu Shangyi’s fingertips twitched uncontrollably.

She moved her eyes away, her expression unchanged.

“Sit still, and don’t look around.”

The space Qiao Yu had to move was already small.

As soon as she straightened her back, the scents of Lu Shangyi and Song Wanying suddenly and unexpectedly rushed into her nose.

Qiao Yu’s mind felt a little dizzy.

“Sister Song, did your pheromones leak out? I think I smell an Alpha’s scent.”

Song Wanying gave her a strained smile.

“Besides Tang Shu, did you just provoke some other shady person out there?”

She was being wronged!

However, Qiao Yu didn’t dare to beat her chest with righteous indignation.

Her tone was cautious and even more cautious.

“No?”

She lowered her head and carefully sniffed her own scent.

“I must have accidentally brushed against someone when I walked by.”

She was the first to criticize the innocent bystander, using Song Wanying’s own words against her.

“These Alphas are so immoral! They spend all day provoking delicate flowers and plants like me. Aren’t they afraid of being punished by their wives and forced to kneel on a washboard when they get home?”

Song Wanying squinted her eyes.

Qiao Yu bravely endured her stare.

Just when she was about to give up, Song Wanying finally and slowly sat back down in her seat.

Because it wasn’t Ye Yunjian’s doing, the two of them didn’t make things difficult for Qiao Yu, and they were kind enough not to confiscate the 500 dollars she had earned by selling her beauty.

With her eyes shining greedily, she carefully put the money in her pocket, and the heart-pounding meal finally came to an end.

Song Wanying had reserved a spot for afternoon tea.

The original plan was to go shopping first, and then go, but her fame was too high.

Wherever she went, there were fans, and since a paparazzi had just exposed her private schedule, it was not a good time to be too public.

So, the afternoon tea plan had to be canceled.

After dropping Qiao Yu off at home, Song Wanying leaned slightly on the half-lowered car window and looked inside.

Lu Shangyi seemed to know what she was going to say.

A hint of a smile appeared in her cool eyes as she reached out and opened the car door.

Song Wanying asked her warily, “What are you doing?”

“I’m weak.”

Lu Shangyi’s tone was gentle, and even though she was smiling, there was a subtle hint of provocation.

“If I don’t have a car, I’ll have to stay at the child’s house for a couple more days.”

She slightly tilted her face up.

“What do you think?”

Song Wanying stared at her, then closed the car door with a cold laugh.

“I don’t think anything of it.”

The car started again.

Lu Shangyi crossed her hands on her knees and closed her eyes to rest.

After a long period of suffocating silence, Lu Shangyi’s unreadable voice filled the air.

“Is your match result her?”

Song Wanying glanced at her through the rear-view mirror, a pair of sunglasses on her face, and didn’t say anything.

Since she didn’t speak, Lu Shangyi didn’t have the audacity to press for an answer.

She quietly lowered her lashes, which fluttered twice, and no one could tell what she was thinking.

After returning home, Qiao Yu messaged Meng E and Jiang Mei separately.

She clipped the signed photo for Meng E in her textbook, and planned to give it to her on Monday.

Qiao Yu turned to Jiang Mei with her phone.

“I have an extra signed photo of Sister Song. Do you want it? If you do, I’ll bring it to you on Sunday.”

The phone vibrated twice.

Jiang Mei wiped the water off her hands and took off her apron.

Qiao Yu seemed very enthusiastic about giving her things related to Song Wanying.

Jiang Mei didn’t know why she had misunderstood that she liked Song Wanying, but seeing Qiao Yu’s bright, puppy-like eyes when she gave her things, she didn’t refuse.

“Okay.”

Her work for the day was done.

Jiang Mei said goodbye to her colleagues, put on her bag, and walked into a nearby import store.

A colleague had just told her about a new type of nutrient solution.

Jiang Mei looked at the price and didn’t hesitate to buy it.

As she was paying, she heard a familiar voice from outside the door.

Jiang Mei’s back stiffened.

She deliberately turned her back to the door.

But the voice came closer and closer until the glass door was pushed open, and the voice entered the store.

Her light-colored lips were tightly pressed into a straight line.

Jiang Mei’s palm, holding the nutrient solution, was damp.

Duan Zixuan had a new girlfriend who was still a minor.

Her differentiation was imminent, and she complained all the time about feeling dizzy and weak, and wanting to drink nutrient solutions.

She wasn’t satisfied with regular brands and insisted on foreign imports.

Duan Zixuan had just started dating her and hadn’t gotten what he wanted yet, so he didn’t want to give up and promised to buy it for her today.

He didn’t know anyone who drank such luxurious imported products.

He had to ask around for a long time to find this store.

He even brought several of his friends to show off his wealth and how good he was to his girlfriend.

However, as soon as he entered the door, he saw a familiar back at the checkout counter.

He couldn’t help but walk over quickly, wanting to see her face, but it was as if she had eyes in the back of her head.

She always managed to subtly turn away from his gaze.

It wasn’t until her profile was clearly reflected on the glass of the beverage display cabinet next to the counter that he saw who she was.

Because he was so surprised, Duan Zixuan’s voice was loud.

“Jiang Mei?!”

Jiang Mei’s back was tense.

She felt a mix of complex emotions, not knowing if she was nervous from being discovered or relieved.

Duan Zixuan rushed to her side.

“What are you doing here?”

His eyes suddenly landed on the expensive nutrient solution in her hand.

Duan Zixuan was furious and felt betrayed by Jiang Mei’s deceit.

“Didn’t you say you didn’t have any money? And you can afford to buy this?”

It was no wonder he reacted so strongly.

Jiang Jinfeng had gone to Jiang Mei for money several times and failed.

Recently, Jiang Mei had even disappeared and couldn’t be reached at all.

At the time, Duan Zixuan hadn’t paid much attention to it, but who would have thought that Jiang Mei was secretly squandering the money on her own?

Duan Zixuan’s friends heard the commotion and surrounded them, their eyes full of contempt as they looked at Jiang Mei, who was still looking down.

“Is this your useless and ungrateful cousin?”

Hearing the disdain in his friends’ voices, Duan Zixuan couldn’t hold his head up.

He was a very vain person.

He looked at the item in Jiang Mei’s hand with envy.

The packaging looked expensive.

If he gave it to his girlfriend, maybe they could go all the way tonight.

As he was thinking of good things, Duan Zixuan’s hand unconsciously reached out to Jiang Mei.

“Give me that.”

He tried to grab it, but didn’t succeed.

For the first time in her life, Jiang Mei dodged him.

His friends were whispering behind his back and pointing at them.

Duan Zixuan’s face immediately darkened.

He took an angry step forward and said with a fierce tone, “Didn’t you hear me? Give me that!

You’ve been eating and using my family’s things since you were a child.

Everything you have belongs to me.

You’ll never be able to repay the favor my family has shown you in your entire life!”

Jiang Mei didn’t say a word when she heard this.

She just slowly clenched her hand.

The second time Duan Zixuan reached for her, Jiang Mei’s dominant pheromones finally suppressed him.

Duan Zixuan’s legs immediately went weak, and he fell to his knees on the floor.

Jiang Mei tightly hugged the nutrient solution to her chest.

“This is Yu Yu’s stuff. No one can take it.”

All the pheromones on her body were released without reservation.

Duan Zixuan was completely helpless.

In an instant, his forehead was covered in sweat, and he was in so much pain that he couldn’t even say a complete sentence.

Jiang Mei turned her eyes away.

Duan Zixuan’s friends looked terrified and backed away from her.

How could the useless cousin Duan Zixuan always talked about be an Alpha with such a strong scent?

The school bully’s pheromones weren’t even half as strong as hers!

Ignoring Duan Zixuan, who couldn’t get up from the ground for a long time, Jiang Mei held the items and walked out of the store into the sunlight.

A slow smile spread across her fair face.

She felt like she could do it.

Qiao Yu was bored at home.

She had no choice but to take out her textbooks and read them over and over again.

Dropping to second place in her grade was a big blow to her self-esteem.

Even Mrs. Qiao, who had rarely disciplined her, condescended to walk over.

“What’s wrong with your test score this time?”

Mrs. Qiao crossed her legs and leaned against the sofa, her brows furrowed in confusion as she looked at the transcript.

“Why did your ranking drop so much?”

In her opinion, first place and second place were a world apart.

People only remember the ultimate winner and never see the others who are overshadowed by the glory of first place, even if that person is only slightly worse than them.

Mrs. Qiao tapped the transcript and placed it back on the coffee table.

“I told you to consider your options before you differentiate so you could study the other person, not so you could immediately go on a date and fall in love with them.”

Qiao Yu felt guilty.

She couldn’t help but shake the book in her hand.

“Mom, it’s not that your daughter is a disappointment, it’s that her opponent is too strong.”

She said with conviction, “First place is a top-tier Alpha who has already finished her differentiation!”

Qiao Yu scratched her cheek.

“And it’s okay if my first place was taken.”

Seeing her mother’s displeased frown, Qiao Yu gave a silly smile.

“She’s one of the people on my list anyway.

Her score surpassing mine only proves that my match candidates are getting better and better, and that my genes are good, right?”

Mrs. Qiao didn’t say anything.

She stared at her for a long time, then suddenly asked, “Are you itching for a beating?”

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Qiao Yu quietly moved back two steps.

“I know, I know.”

“And,” Mrs. Qiao spoke again, her tone full of helplessness, “I told you to choose the most suitable one from the three people on the match list, not to play the field and get tangled up with all of them.”

Hearing these familiar words, Qiao Yu’s small ears couldn’t help but move.

“I feel like I’ve heard this somewhere before.”

The system popped up in her mind.

“I said it.”

Mrs. Qiao propped her cheek with her hand and looked a little troubled.

The air around them was silent.

Qiao Yu twirled the pen in her hand until it dropped to the floor with a clatter.

Mrs. Qiao’s unreadable gaze swept over her.

“You’re going to be an adult in two months, right?”

Qiao Yu’s eyes widened in alarm.

She leaned closer with her ear.

“Mom, are you going to get me engaged?”

Mrs. Qiao didn’t answer.

She just laughed softly, a laugh that made Qiao Yu feel uneasy.

She didn’t know what her mother was up to.

Qiao Yu quickly got up and moved away from her.

“Mom, you were the one who told me to choose my own partner.

You can’t go back on your word now.”

“Why would I go back on my word?”

Mrs. Qiao got up, and the look in her eyes as she looked at her daughter was a little like she was watching a good show.

You’ll be the one to regret it later.

Mrs. Qiao came and went in a hurry.

As Qiao Yu was at a loss, she saw the sports committee member announce in the group chat that they would have practice next Monday.

Qiao Yu’s physical fitness had always been good, and her sports scores were the best in the entire school.

Thinking she might be able to win back her dignity in PE class, Qiao Yu quickly went upstairs and prepared her sportswear, waiting for Monday with anticipation.

PE class was scheduled for the first period in the afternoon.

The differentiation of the third-year students was a little different, but it didn’t affect anything.

The school focused on the physical training of its students, so the PE class on Monday had become a free fitness guide for the students, and they were all happy to take the opportunity to relax.

As soon as Qiao Yu entered the classroom on Monday, a hand behind her, holding a nutrient solution, handed it to her.

“I just bought a new one.

Try it and see if you like it.”

Qiao Yu lowered her head.

She didn’t take the item.

Instead, her eyes fell on the wound on Jiang Mei’s finger.

“How did you get hurt here?”

She took the nutrient solution and threw it to the side.

Qiao Yu held her hand.

“It wasn’t here when we left school last Friday.”

Jiang Mei’s lips, which had been suppressing a smile, curled up slightly.

“I accidentally cut it on the box when I was holding something.”

She moved her hand in Qiao Yu’s palm.

“It has already healed.”

Even though she said that, Qiao Yu still tore off a small square bandage and put it on her finger, admonishing her, “Be careful in the future.”

Meng E hadn’t eaten breakfast today, but she felt very full now.

Her eyes moved to the nutrient solution Qiao Yu had thrown aside.

Oh my god.

She had just seen this brand on Weibo.

It was a new nutrient solution from a research institute under the Lu family’s foreign subsidiary.

She heard it had double the effect and nutrients, and could beat any other product on the market, including some of the Lu family’s own products.

Of course, the price was also prohibitively expensive.

Besides a few rich people, Meng E hadn’t seen any ordinary person post about buying it.

Meng E’s surprised gaze returned to Jiang Mei.

After Qiao Yu finished taking care of Jiang Mei’s wound, she also noticed the item, which was different from her usual things.

“What is this?”

“It’s a new product,” Jiang Mei said.

“I heard the effect is very good.”

Qiao Yu’s face hadn’t been very rosy lately.

Although she was drinking more and more nutrient solutions, she looked weaker every day.

Jiang Mei thought for a moment and then gave her another one.

“Two a day. I’ll watch you drink them from now on.”

Qiao Yu’s face immediately turned green.

The nutrient solution tasted fine, but she was the kind of person who got bored of things quickly.

After two days, she wouldn’t be interested anymore.

Plus, she thought she was in great health and didn’t need to be so delicate, but seeing Jiang Mei’s firm attitude, Qiao Yu had no choice but to compromise.

Jiang Mei was satisfied and looked away.

Qiao Yu looked at the nutrient solution in her hand and felt a pang of sadness.

“When will I differentiate already! My conscience feels guilty for spending the female lead’s money.”

The system carefully examined her for a while.

“It seems like it’s soon.”

“But your physical fitness is indeed a little worse than before.

The nutrient solution only treats the symptoms, not the root cause.

You need to be more careful during this period and don’t play around so much.”

The system said with a desperate tone, “It’s easy to get into trouble.”

Qiao Yu let the system’s words go in one ear and out the other.

However, perhaps it was just as the system had said, because she was close to differentiating, her nose could occasionally smell one or two subtle scents of pheromones in the classroom today.

They weren’t obvious, but Qiao Yu was excited.

She could finally find out what Sister Lu’s Omega scent was!

Strawberry?

Milky?

Or the unique scent of a wild rose?

She was eager to try it out.

With no outlet for her energy, she decided to show off in PE class.

However, as soon as she finished her two routine laps, Qiao Yu felt her vision go black and her head spin.

Meng E held her and looked at the faint sweat on her face with concern.

“Yu Yu, are you not feeling well?”

Qiao Yu didn’t have the energy to pretend anymore.

She nodded weakly.

“Maybe I got cold from kicking off my blanket last night.”

After a while of forced training, Qiao Yu caught a glimpse of Jiang Mei’s serious and panicked face running toward her out of the corner of her eye before she lost consciousness.

She felt herself fall into a very safe embrace, and the next second, she couldn’t remember anything.

When she woke up, Qiao Yu recognized the infirmary.

She moved her hand and saw an IV drip next to her.

She heard Meng E talking to someone outside.

Qiao Yu called out in a hoarse voice.

Meng E rushed in, followed by the school doctor.

“Yu Yu, how are you feeling?”

“You suddenly fainted, which scared all of us. If Jiang Mei hadn’t caught you in time, your beautiful face would have hit the stairs and been disfigured.”

Qiao Yu twisted her neck.

Her throat was very dry.

“Where is she now?”

“She’s in class,” Meng E said.

“I asked Old Wang for a leave of absence to stay with you, in case you needed anything when you woke up.”

Qiao Yu lifted her legs and tried to wrap the blanket tighter.

“Why did I faint for no reason?”

Meng E looked at the school doctor, who explained, “It’s a normal occurrence.

Alpha differentiation can be unpredictable.

Some people will show extraordinary physical abilities during this period, while others will be unremarkable, but their physical fitness will double and soar to the sky once they finish differentiating.”

The school doctor paused.

“You’re the latter.”

“As weak as you are now, you’ll be just as strong after you differentiate.”

Qiao Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Her focus, however, was on something else.

“Will I go bald if I get too strong in the future?”

Wasn’t there a saying: I’ve become stronger, but I’ve also gone bald.

The school doctor was speechless.

After a long pause, he said, “Logically, baldness is hereditary.

You can go home and observe the hair growth of your parents.”

Meng E’s eye twitched.

She asked with a clear mind, “Will it help if she drinks nutrient solutions every day now?”

The school doctor nodded.

“She should try to drink them with her three meals a day.”

He looked confused for a moment.

“However, I’ve never seen an Alpha so weak before their differentiation.

Your case could be written in the Alpha Differentiation Case Book.”

Qiao Yu wasn’t nervous.

Instead, she felt at ease.

Was the title of “the Fiercest Alpha in the Capital” a joke?

Once she got through these two or three months, she would be the queen of the area.

But for now, Qiao Yu looked at her hand with the IV drip with a pitiful expression.

“E-E, I’m so cold.”

Meng E had no choice but to get her another blanket.

Mrs. Qiao heard that her daughter had fainted at school and immediately sent someone to pick her up.

She was busy with work and couldn’t go back for the time being, so she instructed the nanny to take good care of her.

Qiao Yu’s mind was groggy after the IV drip.

When she closed her eyes and opened them again, it was almost dark.

She had just taken off the blanket to get some water when the nanny stood outside the door and said softly, “Yu Yu, are you awake?

Your classmate is here to see you.”

Qiao Yu got out of bed, put on her slippers, and spoke with a nasal sound.

“I’m awake. I’ll be right there.”

Jiang Mei and Meng E had rushed over to visit her during dinner.

Qiao Yu was still very weak and looked listless, with an unshakeable frailty on her fair skin.

Meng E was afraid she would fall, so she quickly ran forward and helped her up.

“The school doctor said you should drink more nutrient solutions, so Jiang Mei and I went to buy some for you.”

There were four boxes on the coffee table.

The packaging was exquisite and looked expensive.

Qiao Yu was so touched that her eyes watered.

“You two are the best to me.”

As soon as she finished speaking, the nanny who had just left walked in again.

“Yu Yu, Yu Yu, someone else is here to see you again!”

She said happily, “They brought a little gift too.”

Qiao Yu craned her neck and saw Lu Shangyi with two people behind her.

One person was carrying three big boxes, and on the outside of the boxes, the words “Nutrient Solution” were clearly written.

Qiao Yu felt her vision go black.

Lu Shangyi walked in with her people.

Her gaze swept over Jiang Mei, who had arrived first, and she slightly raised her eyebrow.

“I heard you fainted.”

“No, no.”

Qiao Yu quickly explained.

“It’s nothing serious.

The doctor said it’s a normal differentiation phenomenon.”

She directed the employees behind her to put the nutrient solutions on the ground next to the coffee table.

Lu Shangyi was still as unreachable as ever, with an elegant and dignified demeanor.

“I brought you some nutrient solutions to help you recover.”

Qiao Yu silently looked at the boxes of nutrient solutions.

Was this just a “little”?

She probably wouldn’t be able to finish them even after she had finished differentiating!

However, she was still very sweet with her words.

“Thank you, Sister.

You shouldn’t have.”

Since Lu Shangyi, Jiang Mei, and Meng E had traveled a long way, Qiao Yu dragged her weak body to make them tea and prepare some snacks.

After finally taking care of the guests who had traveled so far, she hadn’t even had a chance to sit down when the nanny rushed in again.

“Yu Yu, Yu Yu, someone else has brought a gift to see you again!”

Qiao Yu’s eyes began to glaze over.

In her state of panic, Song Wanying’s graceful figure and beautiful face naturally came into view.

Song Wanying looked around the room.

The smile on her lips was unreadable.

“Looks like I’m a little late.”

Qiao Yu was like a dying patient who had sat up in a panic.

“No, no, you’re not late.

Sister Lu just got here too.”

She quickly patted the sofa.

Qiao Yu forced a smile.

“Sister Song, please have a seat here.”

With light and slow steps, Song Wanying sat down in a charming manner.

Her captivating smile was still on her face as she looked at Qiao Yu.

“It’s very lively here.”

Qiao Yu heard the hidden meaning in Song Wanying’s words and was miserable.

She gave two awkward laughs and didn’t have the courage to talk back.

After pouring Song Wanying a cup of tea, Song Wanying elegantly held the teacup, and then said the three words Qiao Yu least wanted to hear at the moment.

“I brought you a few boxes of nutrient solutions.”

Song Wanying lowered her eyes and looked at the four boxes on the coffee table and the six on the floor.

Her smile was brilliant.

“But now it looks like you don’t really need my things anymore.”

“How could that be?”

Qiao Yu quickly said.

“You can never have too many gifts, especially when they’re a kind gesture from you, Sister Song.”

“As long as it’s from you, Sister, I’ll love it.”

Meng E looked from left to right, vaguely smelling the tense atmosphere of two bigshots preparing to slice a cake.

Song Wanying nodded in satisfaction.

“Then…”

She lazily propped her chin on her hand, and her dark eyes looked at Qiao Yu with a smile.

“Start choosing.”

Qiao Yu was shocked.

“Huh???”

“You haven’t had any yet tonight, have you? We’ll watch you drink it.”

Qiao Yu was stunned for a moment.

Realizing that she couldn’t escape tonight, she couldn’t help but reach for the boxes Jiang Mei and Meng E had brought.

But as soon as she moved, Song Wanying and Lu Shangyi narrowed their eyes, and their poised aura took on a hint of danger.

Qiao Yu quickly pulled her hand back and let out a silent sigh of relief.

After a lot of thought, Qiao Yu reached for Lu Shangyi’s boxes.

Jiang Mei’s face was expressionless, but her slightly pursed red lips showed a hint of restraint.

Song Wanying was still smiling, but her smile was a little creepy.

Qiao Yu almost died on the spot.

She had no choice but to tentatively reach for Song Wanying’s gift.

As expected, Lu Shangyi and Jiang Mei’s eyes fell on her fingertips at the same time, looking as if they were about to chop her hand off.

Qiao Yu quickly put her hand back in her lap.

Her heart was beating non-stop.

She remained motionless.

Lu Shangyi looked at her with a calm expression, her light eyes smiling.

Her tone was gentle.

“Why don’t you choose?”

Song Wanying chimed in, “But it’s just a little bit of stuff. Is it really that hard for you to decide?”

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Author’s Note:

Sister Qiao: You might as well just burn it for me.