After Signing a Marking Agreement with the Abstinent Omega - Chapter 22

Xie Queyou’s whole body stiffened. She instinctively looked left and right, then guiltily looked back at the screen like a thief.

There were no extra words. It was only a room number.

Why did Yun Wangqing send me her room number? Is this a response to what happened in the elevator just now?

Xie Queyou looked again at the message on the screen, her mind full of the way Yun Wangqing had looked in the elevator earlier—cold and distant, yet secretly releasing pheromones.

What exactly did Yun Wangqing mean?

Her eyes stared at the phone screen, but her mind uncontrollably wandered. Her freshly showered body began to heat up, and the skin at the back of her neck started throbbing.

That faint, almost nonexistent cedar fragrance in the air began invading her breathing again. Even though she had already showered, it still followed her like a shadow, as if carved deep into her body.

Her instincts as an Alpha wanted to get close to the Omega who belonged to her, but reason told her she could not go.

She did not even know why Yun Wangqing was looking for her. If she went just like that, she really would be treating herself as medicine that came when called and left when dismissed.

Xie Queyou subconsciously swallowed and looked at the message in her hand for the fifth time.

She pressed her lips together and typed on her phone.

[Do you need to replenish pheromones?]

…She deleted it.

If it was to replenish pheromones, then why had Yun Wangqing released pheromones at her in the elevator? Besides, the cedar Xie Queyou had sensed in the elevator had held no pain or disgust.

It had been very lively pheromones. Yun Wangqing had not been ill.

Wasn’t it supposed to be only an agreement relationship based on money? Then why, after releasing pheromones in the elevator, did she send Xie Queyou a message telling her to come find her in her room?

Although Xie Queyou also kept hinting to herself that she was Yun Wangqing’s medicine and only needed to carry out the tasks according to the agreement, while all other emotions were extra factors, she was also a living, breathing person.

After that money had been transferred over, she had told herself to act according to the agreement and put away those unnecessary dependencies brought on by rut. But today, Yun Wangqing had openly used pheromones to provoke her in broad daylight.

Using money to buy markings and sever boundaries, then teasing her and sending her the room number—Xie Queyou found it hard not to connect everything that had happened over these days and feel that Yun Wangqing was playing with her.

Being treated like this, a little dissatisfaction would always rise in her heart. More than that, there was a grievance she herself did not recognize.

Xie Queyou’s eyes gradually reddened at the corners, and it felt as if tides were surging in her chest.

She gritted her teeth, simply turned off her phone, and placed it face down. Out of sight, out of mind.

What did sending only a room number mean? I’m not going.

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Hotel, seventeenth floor, outside room 1708.

Xie Queyou stood at the door and paced for nearly five minutes. Her one-meter-seventy-five figure cast a long shadow in the corridor.

Her brows were tightly furrowed, and her palms were sweating from nervousness.

Yun Wangqing had not sent any further messages after the room number. But what if she really was ill?

If Xie Queyou did not go, and Yun Wangqing’s message really was asking her to replenish pheromones, then she would not be a qualified partner.

Besides, she had a stomach full of questions she wanted to ask Yun Wangqing.

Thinking this, Xie Queyou secretly finished building up her courage, raised her hand, and knocked on the door.

The crisp knocking sound echoed through the corridor, just like her vigorously beating heart.

Not long after, the door opened, and what rushed toward her was a wave of warm steam.

“You came.” A soft voice mixed with moisture fell into her ears. Xie Queyou’s heart began its habitual twitching, and she nodded.

Yun Wangqing seemed to have just finished showering. Her whole body still carried faint moisture, and her hair was wet. Water droplets dripped along the strands. Several places on her plain long dress were damp, clinging tightly to her skin.

Her skin had always been delicate. Before, after Xie Queyou kissed her a few times, her collarbone had become shockingly red.

Now, after being touched by hot water, her fair skin was tinged with a faint pink, like an overly ripe honey peach.

Her bare face made her whole person look much softer, completely different from the person in the elevator just now.

Seeing that Xie Queyou was still standing at the door, Yun Wangqing took the initiative to speak.

“Come in first.”

After changing into slippers at the entryway, Xie Queyou walked toward the living room. Yun Wangqing had already sat on the sofa. She held a hair dryer and looked at Xie Queyou.

“Can I trouble you to help me dry my hair?”

From the moment Xie Queyou stepped into the room, her head had felt a little dizzy. All the eloquent arguments she had prepared were impossible to remember now.

Even the grievance and confusion she had carried while taking the elevator up scattered along with them.

She stared blankly at Yun Wangqing’s ink-dark, surging eyes and nodded. When she spoke, her voice was terribly hoarse.

“Okay.”

She took the hair dryer from Yun Wangqing’s hand. Her palm brushed against Yun Wangqing’s fingertips, and the slightly hot fingertips carried an electric current. Numbness sparked from the place of contact and traveled all the way to her heart.

The humming sound of the machine fell into the quiet living room. Xie Queyou’s five fingers moved through Yun Wangqing’s damp hair. Yun Wangqing sat on the sofa, while she stood behind Yun Wangqing, patiently drying her hair.

They were very close. If she lowered her head, she could almost see Yun Wangqing’s fair, tender neck, and that spot where no suppressant patch had been applied.

At the tip of her nose, she could faintly smell clear cedar, moistening everything silently.

Threads of lime slipped out from her gland, mischievously drifting back and forth in the air.

Xie Queyou, didn’t you come to reason with Yun Wangqing? How did you suddenly end up drying her hair?

You really do come when called and leave when dismissed.

Xie Queyou bit the tip of her tongue. After drying Yun Wangqing’s hair, she turned off the hair dryer and set it aside, then stepped back several paces, proactively putting distance between herself and Yun Wangqing.

She looked every bit like an upright and proper Alpha.

The lime lingering around Yun Wangqing suddenly moved away. Yun Wangqing’s body paused slightly, and a dark current flashed through her eyes.

Xie Queyou moved to the sofa opposite her and sat down.

“Did you ask me here to replenish pheromones, or to fulfill a marking?”

Her tone was businesslike, without the slightest trace of emotion.

Yun Wangqing tidied her hair, which had been blown a little messy, and smiled at her.

“Can’t I look for you when there’s nothing wrong?”

Xie Queyou had not expected her to answer like that. A stunned expression appeared on her serious face, and Yun Wangqing saw it perfectly.

So dazed.

Yun Wangqing lowered her head and laughed softly.

Xie Queyou quickly recovered her unsmiling demeanor and spoke coldly.

“Miss Yun, I don’t think there is that much for us to talk about. Besides, you still haven’t explained what happened in the elevator just now.”

“There were so many people in the elevator, and you have pheromone rejection disorder. If someone had noticed and caused pheromone disorder, what would happen to your illness?”

The more Xie Queyou thought about it, the angrier she became. Her tone could not help carrying a little anger, mixed with a grievance she herself did not realize.

Yun Wangqing had still teased her like that, even under those circumstances. She had not taken her own safety seriously at all.

After she finished speaking, Xie Queyou still maintained that cold appearance, but her clasped hands were tightly clenched together, making her look like she was about to die of nervousness.

Yun Wangqing hid the obvious, much more relaxed smile in her eyes. “About what happened in the elevator just now—it was because I lost control.”

“After marking, Alphas and Omegas become extremely sensitive to each other’s pheromones. Even if only a little pheromone clings to the other person, in their perception, it is magnified more than tenfold.”

“So in the elevator just now, I actually did not release very much. Don’t worry.”

Thinking of the situation in the elevator, Yun Wangqing’s face also could not help reddening a little. She turned her face away and did not look at Xie Queyou.

Xie Queyou suddenly remembered the Xie family banquet from before, when Xie Rong’an had deliberately released pheromones to provoke Yun Wangqing, and she had also released pheromones to help Yun Wangqing ease her condition. At that time, Xie Rong’an and Xie Wanyue had not noticed anything.

So it was because of this.

Most of the anger in Xie Queyou’s heart instantly dissolved, but she still kept up her cold appearance.

If she calmed down right after Yun Wangqing explained, wouldn’t that make her seem very spineless?

Xie Queyou thought this and continued, “Then why exactly did you ask me here—”

Knock, knock, knock.

A sudden knock came from the door, and both of them froze.

“Teacher Yun, I’m an actor from the crew. May I ask you a few questions about acting?”

Xie Queyou and Yun Wangqing looked at each other. Xie Queyou hurriedly stood, red alarm lights flashing through her mind.

She could not let them know she was in Yun Wangqing’s room. Otherwise, it would definitely reach Xie Rong’an’s ears, and the plot would be over.

She quickly got up. “Should I find somewhere to hide?”

The moment the words left her mouth, why did it feel like the two of them were having an affair? Xie Queyou’s face burned like fire.

A faint displeasure flashed across Yun Wangqing’s expression, but she did not say anything. She looked around, stood, took Xie Queyou’s hand, and walked to the bedroom door.

“Go into the bedroom first.”

As she spoke, she pushed open the door and let Xie Queyou enter. Then she herself also entered the bedroom and took a trench coat from the wardrobe.

After that, she lifted her foot, turned her head to glance at Xie Queyou, and left.

She put on the trench coat to cover the somewhat revealing sleepwear underneath, fixed her hairstyle, then opened the door.

It was Shen Lisheng from the same crew, a girl who was very serious about acting. Usually during filming, Yun Wangqing would occasionally explain acting to her too.

She nodded and smiled at the other woman. “Hello. What is it?”

Shen Lisheng held a curled script in her hand and said very sincerely, “Sorry, Teacher Yun, for disturbing you. Tomorrow, I have to film a very important scene, and I don’t have many ideas right now. Could I ask you a few questions?”

“It won’t take long. Just a few minutes.” Afraid that Yun Wangqing would refuse, Shen Lisheng added quickly.

When it came to acting, Yun Wangqing was always much more tolerant. Her gaze drifted toward the bedroom, then she nodded.

“All right. Come in.”

“Thank you, Teacher Yun!”

Shen Lisheng hurriedly followed her inside. The living room was warm, and she felt a little hot wearing her coat.

Shen Lisheng’s gaze fell on Yun Wangqing ahead of her, and she could not help feeling puzzled. In her own room, why was Teacher Yun still wearing such a heavy trench coat, and why had she buttoned it all the way to the top?

Also, when she had just walked in, she seemed to smell a tiny bit of Alpha pheromone. It was very faint.

But when she tried to distinguish it carefully again, that fragrance quickly disappeared.

Yun Wangqing was recognized by the entertainment industry as a cold, aloof artist—an Omega without worldly desires. If she were to date, she would definitely spend her life with her acting career.

Shen Lisheng simply could not imagine what her idol would look like in love. How could Yun Wangqing possibly date? Even if Shen Lisheng herself dated, Yun Wangqing could not possibly date!

Shen Lisheng scratched her head, becoming even more certain that the faint impression just now had been her imagination.

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The sound of conversation gradually rose outside the room. Xie Queyou’s ear, which had been pressed to the door panel, slowly moved away, and her lifted heart finally settled.

Fortunately, she had not been discovered.

She could not help taking a deep breath as if surviving a disaster. Her chest was instantly filled with the cold fragrance of cedar. Then she suddenly realized that she was in Yun Wangqing’s bedroom.

This was the bedroom where Yun Wangqing had slept, stayed, and left behind the scent of her pheromones.

Everywhere was a scent she liked!

Without Yun Wangqing’s gaze on her, Xie Queyou completely threw off her cold disguise and happily sank into the cold fragrance, unable to free herself.

Although Yun Wangqing herself was quite impossible to understand, Xie Queyou really did like the pheromones on her body.

Xie Queyou could not help rubbing here and there. She grabbed a corner of the quilt and buried her head in it, taking a deep breath, letting herself become completely covered in the cedar fragrance she liked.

After not touching the Omega’s pheromones for many days, her pheromones became passionate, rejoicing in the room together with their owner.

After rubbing around for a while, Xie Queyou sniffed the scent on herself and was extremely satisfied.

Looking at the corner of the quilt she had made wrinkled, her heart jumped in alarm. She hurriedly went over and smoothed the quilt out.

As she walked over, she suddenly caught sight of a neatly folded piece of clothing on the bedside table, and her gaze froze.

As if possessed, she walked over and picked up the clothing.

It was her coat.