After Signing a Marking Agreement with the Abstinent Omega - Chapter 14

Yun Wangqing frowned deeply, staring at this uninvited guest.

“Why are you here?”

Xie Rong’an slowly brushed the smell of incense ash off her body. “The Yun family’s young lady comes to the temple once a month to burn incense. That seems to be something everyone in Jiangcheng’s upper circles knows.”

“You refused to attend my appointment, so I had no choice but to come pick you up myself.”

As she spoke, she raised her eyes and looked at the wary woman across from her. “I mean, there’s no need to be this guarded against me, right? After all, we may very well enter a marriage alliance.”

Yun Wangqing said, “If you came here to talk about that, then there is nothing for us to discuss.”

Xie Rong’an’s movements paused slightly. She lifted her foot and took a step toward her. Along with her came the ambiguous scent of unfamiliar Omega pheromones mixed with Alpha pheromones clinging to her body.

Unfamiliar scents, all kinds of Omega scents, mixed with the repulsive sandalwood. Even the slightest touch was torture.

Yun Wangqing unconsciously frowned and took a step back. A dense, fine pain spread across the back of her neck.

At such an inappropriate moment, she suddenly missed that refreshing lime scent.

Xie Rong’an also noticed that something was wrong with her, but she did not avoid it at all. Instead, she took the initiative to speak, her tone even carrying a faint trace of helplessness.

“Be a little understanding. It’s not like you don’t know what your body is like. After we get married, there will be many more things like this. You have to get used to it.”

Yun Wangqing looked at her coldly. “Xie Rong’an, our current relationship cannot even be considered friendship.”

Xie Rong’an said, “Isn’t the marriage alliance only waiting for the two families to meet? What are you still resisting? Other than the Xie family, who else can help your Yun family?”

She took a step forward, her voice carrying a hidden threat. “Who else can help you, Yun Wangqing?”

Yun Wangqing looked at her, pity appearing in her eyes without even realizing it. “I will not enter a marriage alliance with you. Not now, and even less so in the future.”

Xie Rong’an’s movements paused slightly, as if she had heard some enormous joke. A crack appeared in her poised expression, revealing a bit of arrogance and disdain.

“You won’t enter the marriage alliance?”

The laughter stopped. Her face suddenly turned gloomy. She lifted her foot and approached step by step, along with that detestable scent on her body.

“What? The two families just signed the cooperation agreement, and now the Yun family is already starting to go back on its word?”

Yun Wangqing’s gaze was cold and indifferent, her tone unhurried. “The cooperation between the two families was decided many years ago.”

It was not as if Lin Yanyuan had never mentioned the marriage alliance before. At that time, Lin Wumo had told her that she might only have two years left to live. What could two years do?

Perhaps she would not even be able to wait for a newly developed special medicine.

She had lost all desire to survive. Whatever she wanted to do, she had to take her body into consideration, leaving her unable to do anything.

But then that Alpha named Xie Queyou had appeared. Hope for a cure had arrived, and it had also ignited Yun Wangqing’s ash-like heart.

The corner of Xie Rong’an’s mouth twitched. Cracks appeared in that face that had always seemed so proud.

“Yun Wangqing.” She gnashed her teeth. “Other than me, who else would want an Omega who can’t even be marked?”

After she finished speaking, she pressed her lips together.

In the next instant, a thick sandalwood scent overflowed from her gland. She walked step by step toward Yun Wangqing, who was clearly trapped in discomfort.

“With that body of yours that can only rely on medication to remain stable, you can’t even choose your own career. Yet you still think you have the right to refuse a marriage alliance? Yun Wangqing, you truly make me see you in a new light.”

Yun Wangqing’s breathing quickened. A dull pain rose at the back of her neck, like a blunt blade cutting deeply into her gland.

She wanted to turn and leave, but someone grabbed her wrist.

“Stop. I’d like to see what you look like when this illness of yours flares up.”

She suddenly leaned close to Yun Wangqing and once again drove her gland to release even more sandalwood.

The rich Alpha pheromones pounced over the two of them like a great net, carrying the anger of someone who had been offended, utterly merciless.

Just as they were about to touch Yun Wangqing’s gland, a strange, extremely faint Alpha pheromone surged out from Yun Wangqing’s body.

It fused into the sandalwood, then broke it apart.

Xie Rong’an’s confident expression abruptly froze, turning into shock.

“Why do you have Alpha pheromones on you?”

The concentration of that pheromone was very low. Xie Rong’an could not even smell what scent it was, but the instinctive rejection of one’s own kind that came from being an Alpha could not be faked.

That was Alpha pheromone.

Her gaze swept over Yun Wangqing from top to bottom. Her expression, furious from being offended, was forcibly suppressed because of the elitism she maintained, making her face appear even more twisted.

“Aren’t you unable to even touch Alpha pheromones?”

“How is that possible… Did that old man lie to me?”

Yun Wangqing coldly knocked her hand away. “What I’m like has nothing to do with you.”

Perhaps the trace of Xie Queyou’s pheromone clinging to her was too fierce, because Xie Rong’an was actually pushed away easily by her and staggered several steps back.

She stood in place, somewhat stunned.

Yun Wangqing glanced at her one last time and left behind one sentence.

“Xie Rong’an, the matter of the marriage alliance has always been something you inferred on your own.”

Then she turned and left.

Xie Rong’an stared tightly at the Omega’s departing back, her face so gloomy it seemed about to drip water.

She lowered her head, took out her phone, and spoke through gritted teeth.

“Look into which Alphas Yun Wangqing has been in contact with recently.”

—

At the foot of the mountain, Yun Wangqing nearly stumbled into the car.

The dull, numbing pain and heat coming from the back of her neck had made her legs go weak several times on the way down the mountain.

Suppressing the sense of weakness, Yun Wangqing told the driver to start the car.

To ensure that Yun Wangqing would not be threatened by any pheromones, all the employees she hired were mainly Betas.

The driver could not smell anything abnormal on her body. She only saw the cold sweat seeping from Yun Wangqing’s forehead and realized that her illness might have flared up.

She asked worriedly, “Miss, I’ll take you to the hospital.”

“No need.” Yun Wangqing bit her lip, even the breath she exhaled carrying a chill. “Back to Song’an.”

The driver did not dare delay. She stepped on the accelerator, and the car quickly started.

Yun Wangqing lay weakly in the back seat. Her gland felt as if it had been soaked in icy water and flames at the same time. With a pale face, she used all her strength to press a button beside the car door.

“Click.”

A partition fell from the roof of the car, blocking off all view of the back seat.

Only then could she no longer restrain herself. She exhaled a painful breath, and her pheromones instantly broke through the restraint of the suppressant patch, filling the entire car.

They were uneasy, boiling, resentful that their owner was so harsh on them and refused to let them absorb Alpha pheromones.

The suppressant patch on her neck that had been stained with Alpha pheromones had already disappeared during the confrontation earlier.

The suppressant patch Yun Wangqing had previously said contained too much pheromone now, when she truly needed it, had left no trace at all.

Pheromones rapidly churned in the narrow car. Yun Wangqing could not control herself, and her cheeks were soaked in red.

At this moment, in this instant before her consciousness was about to sink, only one person appeared in her mind.

Carrying the scent of lime, always youthful and fervent, just like that person herself.

Yun Wangqing tremblingly picked up her phone. Several times, her fingers were so weak that she could not even tap into WeChat.

She opened Xie Queyou’s chat box. Just as her fingertip was about to tap the call button—

A fierce heat erupted from her gland. Her hand suddenly slipped, and the phone fell under the seat.

Yun Wangqing could no longer endure it. She let out a muffled groan and fainted from the pain.

—

Jiangcheng, evening, at a luxury perfume store.

Xie Queyou picked up a bottle of perfume, sprayed it into the air, lightly smelled it, then put it down.

Not this scent.

She picked up another bottle beside it. Not this one either.

Her eyes drooped. “Aside from these cedar scents, is there nothing else?”

The sales associate looked at the row of perfumes placed on the table, her expression somewhat helpless. “The store’s cedar perfumes are basically all here. Miss, what kind of cedar scent are you looking for?”

Xie Queyou could not explain clearly either. “The kind that feels like a little snow has fallen. Slightly cool, with a refreshing cold fragrance.”

After saying it, she also felt that what she had said was nonsense. Irritably, she scratched her head. The skin at the back of her neck, wrapped tightly beneath the suppressant patch, began to burn faintly.

The suppressant injection she had taken at noon had only temporarily numbed her pheromones. Once the medicine wore off, what ignited was an even stronger restlessness than before.

She wanted…

It was not Wednesday yet, and she did not dare disturb Yun Wangqing. So as soon as she got off work, she headed straight for the perfume store, thinking that if she could find something similar to ease herself, she could endure the night.

Otherwise, Yun Wangqing would realize how impatient she was.

Thinking of the woman trembling that night, Xie Queyou sighed dejectedly.

The sales associate looked at her slightly furrowed brows, and a thought suddenly lit up in her mind.

“What you’re describing is the scent of Omega pheromones, right?”

Xie Queyou froze, then answered without changing her expression. “Something like that.”

The sales associate smiled. “Perfume has no way of truly simulating pheromones one-to-one. Looking at your current state, your rut period has probably arrived.”

“Your girlfriend isn’t by your side?”

Xie Queyou pressed her lips together and answered vaguely, “…She isn’t.”

The sales associate revealed an understanding expression and took out a new perfume from the counter.

“Although Omega pheromones cannot be simulated one-to-one, for rut periods, we have developed a perfume that can temporarily relieve stress. Would you like to try it?”

Xie Queyou took it and sprayed it on her wrist, then brought it close to her nose.

Mm. It was indeed a very refreshing scent, and she felt much better.

But the longing circling in her heart still could not be relieved.

After thinking for a moment, she asked the sales associate to wrap up the perfume first, then continued smelling the others.

Fortunately, Xie Queyou had told the sales associate about her nose beforehand, so the perfumes the associate brought over were all relatively gentle. They were also all cedar scents, so smelling them was not too much of a burden.

The phone in her pocket suddenly rang. She took it out. It was Lin Wumo.

She answered the call.

“Xie Queyou, where are you?” Lin Wumo’s voice was urgent.

Xie Queyou picked up a bottle of perfume and leaned closer to smell it. “Outside. What’s wrong?”

This bottle would not do. The scent was too strong. She covered the speaker and sneezed. Lin Wumo’s shouting voice made her palm tingle.

“Hurry to Song’an. Yun Wangqing came into contact with high-level Alpha pheromones not long ago, and now her illness has flared up. Hurry over!”