After Mistakenly Provoking The Soft, Unhinged Princess O - Chapter 2

Yan Lingshu’s expression was timid, her posture soft and fragile. When she looked at Yu Qingci, it was as if her whole heart and eyes were filled with only her.

The gland at the back of Yu Qingci’s neck throbbed twice in a very useless manner. She dug her nails hard into her palm, forcing herself back to her senses.

“I also just woke up. If Your Highness is still tired, you can keep sleeping.” As Yu Qingci spoke, she moved her hand away from Yan Lingshu’s waist, grabbed the quilt between the two of them, and pressed it down firmly, covering all the sights she should not be looking at.

Thank goodness Yan Lingshu had put on that act. Otherwise, she really would not have reacted in time—

She and Yan Lingshu had only been married for one day, and behind Yu Qingci stood the Linyuan Marquis Estate as her backing. Even if Yan Lingshu truly hated her to the point of gritting her teeth over what happened last night, she could not possibly kill her right now.

Heaven never barred every path. She still had a chance to salvage this!

Yu Qingci kept encouraging herself in her heart, and the expression on her face grew even more sincere. “If Your Highness needs anything, you may order me to do it. From now on, if Your Highness says east, I will absolutely not go west. In all things, I will obey Your Highness’s instructions.”

If she had not been completely naked, Yu Qingci would have wanted to point at the heavens and swear an oath, letting Yan Lingshu see the full sincerity of her heart.

Yan Lingshu’s gaze stirred slightly.

She had not interacted much with Yu Qingci, but in those few meetings, Yu Qingci had never once addressed her as “Your Highness” so respectfully. The arrogance in that person’s eyes from her memories, as if she looked down on everything, and the ferocious expression from last night were truly hard to overlap with the person before her.

It was clearly the same pair of phoenix eyes, yet now those eyes seemed much cleaner and clearer.

“You need not be like this.” Yan Lingshu lowered her lashes, her expression showing a trace of loneliness. “I know Qingci’s heart is not here. Our marriage was an accident. Do not worry. I will not force you…”

“That was me before last night!” Yu Qingci interrupted firmly.

Yan Lingshu lifted her eyes slightly and looked at her in confusion.

Yu Qingci stared straight into her eyes. With a heart full of unease, she began lying through her teeth. “I won’t deny it. Before last night, there was indeed someone else in my heart. I placed all my sincerity on someone who could never respond to me, and even hurt Your Highness because of it. If Your Highness resents me or hates me, you may use the same methods to take revenge. I will absolutely not resist.”

If she shrank back carefully and avoided mentioning what happened last night, it would only bury the conflict beneath the surface. It would be better to open the window and speak plainly.

If Yan Lingshu could act, so could she.

No matter what, she first had to find an excuse for her future changes.

“But after last night, I finally understood. That so-called liking from before was only chasing after a pretty face. And last night…” Yu Qingci deliberately slowed her words. She lowered her eyes, and as she recalled everything from last night, a blush truly rose on her face. “Although last night was an accident, it was also the first time I experienced that kind of liking where body and heart resonate together…”

The words were so embarrassing they practically burned her mouth, but since they had already left her lips, there was no turning back.

Yu Qingci gathered her courage in one breath and lifted her head to look at Yan Lingshu. “I know these words are abrupt, and Your Highness may not believe them, but I am certain of one thing. My scent pheromones recognize only Your Highness, and from now on, I will only like Your Highness alone.”

Yu Qingci spoke of liking with a face full of sincerity, paired with the flush across her cheeks. It was impossible to see even the slightest hint that she was acting.

Yan Lingshu watched her quietly for a while, then suddenly leaned forward, close enough that the tips of their noses were almost touching. Her soft voice carried a little delight. “Is everything Qingci said true?”

“Of course!” Yu Qingci nodded decisively.

Yan Lingshu was too close. So close that the green plum wine fragrance on her body, which had already become faint, suddenly grew vivid again. Yu Qingci felt the tip of her nose itch, and the gland at the back of her neck seemed to grow scorching hot as well.

The whole thing about her “scent pheromones recognizing someone” had originally been nonsense she made up, but now it seemed as if her lie had become true. Her body really did seem to be craving Yan Lingshu’s scent pheromones.

Yu Qingci bit the tip of her tongue to stay clear-headed, yet her ears could not withstand it and began to redden.

Too close. She had never been this close to any girl before.

And neither of them had a single piece of clothing on. With Yan Lingshu leaning in like this, all that softness was pressed against her arm, almost burning that patch of skin to melting.

The Qianyuan’s earlobes were bright red. She held her breath and did not dare move, looking especially flustered.

Yan Lingshu moved even closer. She brushed past the tip of the Qianyuan’s nose, lowered her chin slightly, and let her faint breath fall against the side of Yu Qingci’s face.

The skin near her earlobe was smooth, without the slightest trace of disguise.

And after the way they had tossed and turned over and over last night, even the best disguise mask could not possibly have stayed unchanged.

If she really was Yu Qingci, then what was the purpose of this performance today?

Yu Qingci had chased after Yan Lingchu for so many years. Even though Yan Lingchu was also a Qianyuan, she had refused to give up and had made her feelings known to the entire capital. How could she change her mind because of a single night of pleasure?

“Your Highness, you…” Yu Qingci pulled back slightly.

The woman’s warm breath had lingered beside her ear for too long. Her ears were already so hot they could not become any hotter.

But she had just confessed. She could not behave too resistantly.

Yan Lingshu lifted her chin a little, the tip of her nose brushing past Yu Qingci’s cheek. Smelling the Qianyuan scent pheromones that seemed to be everywhere, the ends of her brows curved faintly. “Qingci, your scent pheromones smell very nice too.”

Compared with the intense rosemary scent in her memories, the fresh fragrance of jasmine was indeed much more pleasant.

But a Qianyuan’s scent pheromones would not suddenly change overnight. Or could it be that the previous rosemary scent had been a false impression Yu Qingci created?

“I’m glad Your Highness likes it.” After saying that, Yu Qingci got up decisively. “I’ll get up first.”

The wedding robes from last night were scattered all over the floor. Fortunately, there were two sets of sleeping clothes hanging on the clothes rack near the bed. Yu Qingci tried hard to ignore the gaze behind her and hurriedly put on the sleeping clothes.

If she kept pressing close to Yan Lingshu like that, she was afraid she would “lose her humanity” and become a beast.

After all, according to this world’s setting, there was a natural attraction between Qianyuan and Kunze. Last night, she had also truly experienced what it felt like to have her brain controlled by scent pheromones—

That trembling feeling when her canine teeth pierced the Kunze’s gland and scent pheromones flooded between her teeth was truly hard to forget.

Not to mention, the other person’s scent pheromones were her favorite green plum wine fragrance.

It was simply a double challenge to both her mind and body.

Yu Qingci casually placed the other set of sleeping clothes at the head of the bed for Yan Lingshu to change into, then walked around the screen and went to the wardrobe.

Before the wedding, the Linyuan Marquis Estate had already sent over some of Yu Qingci’s clothes. Now the wardrobe was filled with both of their garments and accessories. Yu Qingci chose a light blue outfit from inside and changed into it.

By the time she finished changing and walked out from behind the screen, Yan Lingshu was already sitting before the bronze mirror in a crimson sleeping robe, holding a jade comb as she slowly combed through her long hair.

Hearing footsteps, she turned slightly to look at Yu Qingci. Her dark brows, like distant mountains, curved softly downward, and the corner of her lips lifted in just the right arc. “Qingci.”

Yu Qingci’s steps paused, and she stared somewhat dazedly at her smile.

From last night until now, this was the first time Yan Lingshu had shown her a smile. Even knowing that the smile was an act, Yu Qingci still could not stop her heartbeat from quickening.

Her gaze shifted to the woman’s opening and closing red lips, and certain memories surfaced at an extremely inappropriate time.

Last night had been her first time kissing someone, so she had been especially clumsy. At first, all she knew was to repeatedly rub and lightly bite at the curve of the other person’s lips, until the tips of their tongues accidentally touched… Perhaps because they had kissed too many times, even without any rouge staining them, Yan Lingshu’s lips appeared far too red, soft, and full.

The more she looked, the more she wanted to kiss them again.

Yu Qingci took a step forward, then suddenly snapped back to her senses.

No. What was she thinking? How did she dare think about kissing Yan Lingshu again?

Yu Qingci really wanted to slap herself across the face to make herself wake up. Something was wrong with her. Very wrong.

“Qingci, what is it?” Yan Lingshu looked at her with slight confusion.

Yu Qingci stepped forward naturally and lifted her hand to point at her own neck. “I was thinking, Your Highness, should we apply some medicine here?”

The marks choked onto Yan Lingshu’s neck had turned bruised and purple after a night, looking rather frightening.

Yu Qingci remembered the force with which she had been choking someone when she first transmigrated over. The original owner naturally would not have dared to strangle the Fifth Imperial Princess to death on their wedding night. She had done that merely to humiliate Yan Lingshu.

To humiliate a weak woman who, in her eyes, had no ability to resist, and to find an outlet for the resentment filling her heart.

Even though she knew that both she and Yan Lingshu had been schemed against, she still placed all the blame on Yan Lingshu.

Yan Lingshu turned and looked at herself in the bronze mirror. She raised a hand to touch the marks on her neck, her brows and eyes lowering so that no one could see the expression in her gaze.

Yu Qingci stood in place a little awkwardly.

Even if she had not been the one who did it, this matter would still be counted on her head.

Now, by openly bringing up applying medicine as though she had no scruples, the more one looked at her, the more she seemed like a scumbag woman.

Yan Lingshu lifted her eyes and happened to see Yu Qingci’s embarrassed expression through the bronze mirror. She lowered her hand and pointed to a cabinet against the wall. “The drawer on the third level contains the medicines I usually use. The blue-green bottle is for activating blood circulation and dispersing bruises.”

“All right.” Yu Qingci agreed decisively. She opened the drawer, took out the blue-green bottle of ointment, then brought over a stool and sat down directly in front of Yan Lingshu.

Before opening the medicine bottle, she suddenly remembered that Yan Lingshu did not like Qianyuan coming near her. Yu Qingci tried handing the medicine bottle over. “Does Your Highness want to apply it yourself, or should I help?”

Yan Lingshu looked into her bright, clear eyes. Her gaze was clean and translucent, without any strange or scheming thoughts visible.

It was as if she sincerely wanted to apply medicine for her.

“You do it.” Yan Lingshu closed her eyes and raised her neck slightly.

Seeing this, Yu Qingci opened the bottle, scooped out some ointment, and carefully applied it to Yan Lingshu’s neck.

The injuries on her neck were truly severe. Yu Qingci felt pain just looking at them. She focused carefully on applying ointment to every single mark, making the pressure of her fingertips as light as possible.

There were also some finger marks on the back of Yan Lingshu’s neck. While applying the medicine, Yu Qingci noticed the gland at the back of the Kunze’s neck.

The gland was located at the lower back of her neck. Compared with the snow-white skin around it, that patch of skin was red and slightly swollen. One could even see the bite marks left behind where the Qianyuan’s canine teeth had pierced through.

The more Yu Qingci looked, the more awkward she felt. The finger marks on Yan Lingshu’s neck could still be said to have nothing to do with her, but the wound at the back of her neck had truly been bitten by her.

She really had bitten too hard last night.

Looking at it now, it probably needed medicine too, right?

As Yu Qingci’s attention wandered, her movements in applying the ointment inevitably slowed.

Yan Lingshu’s originally closed eyes slowly opened, coldness sharp and chilling in her gaze.

Perhaps she had placed too much weight on Yu Qingci’s feelings for Yan Lingchu. Or perhaps Yu Qingci was simply that kind of person to begin with—even while holding someone else in her heart, she could still feel desire for another Kunze.

The Qianyuan of this world were, after all, no different from one another.