After Signing a Marking Agreement with the Abstinent Omega - Chapter 5

Last night’s meeting had been too shocking, so Xie Queyou did not sleep well. All night, her dreams were strange and chaotic.

She kept dreaming that Yun Wangqing and Xie Rong’an had tied her up and sent her to prison.

She woke up five times in eight hours.

When the first pale light of dawn appeared in the sky, she sprang up from bed like a carp flipping upright.

After changing into quick-dry clothes, she ran a lap around the villa early in the morning. Only after a thin layer of sweat covered her whole body did her panicked mood gradually ease.

On the road, she happened to run into a servant returning from the main building. Taking advantage of the chance to greet her, she asked casually, without showing any trace of intention,

“Is Miss Yun still here?”

The servant was holding clean clothes meant to be changed in the guest room. Her expression looked slightly regretful.

“No. I just came back from the guest room. Miss Yun left long ago. I don’t know when she left.”

The servant was a fan of Yun Wangqing. She did not work in the main building and had not gotten the chance to see her idol. Today, she had specifically switched duties with a friend from the main building just to come over.

Unexpectedly, she still had not managed to see her idol.

Xie Queyou tugged at the corner of her lips. Yun Wangqing’s habit of leaving without saying goodbye really had not changed.

After returning last night, she had searched Yun Wangqing’s information online. When she typed the name into the browser, a huge pile of photos of Yun Wangqing appeared, making her regret it so much that she slapped her own head.

How had she not thought to look her up earlier?

Yun Wangqing was the daughter of Yun Jewelry. She had graduated from the art department of Jiangcheng University. Her main career was acting. She had filmed many movies, most of which had earned her numerous Best Actress awards. She also had her own paintings.

She had worked diligently in the entertainment industry for more than ten years and had gained nearly a hundred million fans. She had never had a scandal. She could be said to be an all-around hexagonal warrior.

Xie Queyou remembered that among the various news reports, one of them had described Yun Wangqing as a “workaholic.” Thinking of this, she replied,

“Maybe she went to work.”

She had originally wondered whether she might coincidentally see her again and give her a more formal apology. Now that Yun Wangqing had left, there was no need for her to keep wandering around.

Xie Queyou returned to her room and changed clothes.

Today, she had to go to the company and take a look.

Xie Queyou was also very surprised that a playgirl like the original owner actually had a job.

However, the original owner did not work at the Xie company. Perhaps she herself knew she did not have much ability, or perhaps Xie Rong’an or Xie Wanyue had found the job for her.

She was only the deputy general manager of a small subsidiary under the Xie Film and Television Group. The position was basically an idle post. The original owner only went there once or twice a week.

Xie Queyou thought that if she wanted to live here long-term, she definitely could not just rely on the family. She had to have a stable salary, so she drove to the subsidiary far away.

When she arrived at the company, it was already working hours. The company was small, and there were not many employees. Xie Queyou walked in and greeted a few employees near the entrance. Those employees looked as if they had seen something strange. They all froze in place and only responded after a long while.

Xie Queyou was a little confused and scratched her head. But this kind of situation was not uncommon. Along the way, she met several employees, and each of them looked at her with nervous eyes.

Only after she entered the office and saw the company’s general manager did she get the answer.

She pushed open the door and waved at the woman inside, who was currently on the phone.

“Cousin.”

The woman she called Cousin swept her gaze over her, then froze. In the next second, a stack of documents flew straight toward her face.

Xie Queyou was startled and hurriedly dodged. Immediately after, another stack of documents came flying.

“Xie Queyou! You still dare to come back!” Wan Yanyu roared at her, no longer caring who she was on the phone with. She rushed over, looking as if she wanted to hit her.

Xie Queyou quickly dodged while trying to comfort her. “Calm down. What happened?”

“You still have the nerve to ask!” Wan Yanyu leaned against the desk angrily. “You don’t know what good deed you did?”

Three question marks appeared in Xie Queyou’s mind.

The more Wan Yanyu looked at her, the angrier she became. “Let me ask you. That low-budget web drama you invested in two months ago went completely down the drain. Why am I only finding out now?”

Xie Queyou froze. As Wan Yanyu spoke, a stretch of unfamiliar memories suddenly formed in her mind.

Two months ago, a team had come to the original owner asking for investment. They said their script was incredibly good and that once it was made into a drama, it would definitely explode in popularity. They kept whispering persuasive words into the original owner’s ear. Without doing any research, the original owner really gave them money to produce it.

After she invested one sum of money, the team said they needed more. She gave it, and they asked again. She gave it again, and they asked again.

In the end, when the team finished production, they delivered a shoddy drama with shoddy styling and makeup. The final result was not even as good as a college student’s assignment.

And after sending the finished product to the original owner, the culprit team ran off. To this day, there had been no word from them.

Xie Queyou swallowed.

Uh-oh.

No wonder Wan Yanyu was so angry.

Xie Queyou stopped moving, not knowing how to explain. She allowed Wan Yanyu to grab her collar and shake her while roaring at her.

After the yelling ended, Wan Yanyu barely managed to calm down. Suddenly, she smelled something else. Her nose twitched, and she carefully sniffed again before saying in shock,

“How did you become an Alpha? Don’t tell me you underwent a second differentiation?”

Xie Queyou asked, “How could you tell?”

Wan Yanyu revealed a very complicated expression. “I could smell the pheromones on you, okay?”

Xie Queyou: “…”

Wan Yanyu had noticed that she had undergone a second differentiation the very first time they met. Yet after being around Xie Rong’an and Xie Wanyue for so long these past few days, neither of them had discovered it.

Xie Queyou tugged at the corner of her lips. Even though she knew the original owner had been lost for twenty years before being found, so it was only natural that her relationship with her family was distant…

She still could not help feeling chilled.

She pulled back her thoughts and asked, “Are people who undergo second differentiation among Betas very rare?”

Wan Yanyu said, “Of course. There are hundreds of millions of Betas in the country now, but the probability of second differentiation is probably one in a million. This is the first time I’ve ever encountered a Beta who underwent second differentiation. Let me study you properly.”

“That rare?” Xie Queyou was a little surprised. “I thought it was common.”

Wan Yanyu was an Alpha. She had heard of second differentiation since she was young, but had never seen one. Now that she had finally encountered a rare second differentiation, she unexpectedly developed the urge to give a little science lesson.

“Normal people differentiate around adolescence. The first differentiation is basically complete differentiation. Only an extremely small number of Betas, perhaps because of innate genes or congenital gland underdevelopment, undergo a second differentiation later. The probability is extremely low.”

Xie Queyou said, “Then I’m quite lucky.”

Wan Yanyu said, “Half lucky, half unlucky, I suppose. But you’d better go to the hospital later for a comprehensive examination. Who knows whether there are any side effects after second differentiation? It’s best to get checked.”

Xie Queyou kept it firmly in mind. “I understand.”

Wan Yanyu narrowed her eyes, smiling without quite smiling. “Since you understand, then think carefully about how you’re going to make up for the company’s losses.”

“You really are something. You don’t touch business for half a year, and the one time you do, you ruin half a year’s performance.”

Xie Queyou pressed her lips together. “Can you let me see the script and the filmed results again?”

Wan Yanyu was shocked. She spread her arms and covered herself. “What else are you trying to do? Keep giving them money?”

Xie Queyou felt helpless inside. “I want to see if there’s still any way to salvage it.”

“I wasn’t thinking clearly before. I deserved to be cheated. But after being cheated, I… finally woke up. So from now on, no matter what I do, I’ll discuss it with you, General Manager. Trust me this once.”

Wan Yanyu narrowed her eyes and looked at her uncertainly. “You?”

Xie Queyou sighed. It seemed that changing the stereotype the original owner had left behind could not be rushed.

—

With Wan Yanyu’s words in mind, Xie Queyou drove to the hospital after getting off work and had a comprehensive examination done on her gland.

The hospital results came out very quickly. There was nothing seriously wrong with her gland, and all her indicators were within the standard range.

The doctor said there was not much information about second differentiation in the database, so she suggested that Xie Queyou go to the Gland Research Institute for a more comprehensive examination and have her information entered into the system while she was there.

As it happened, the hospital was not far from the Gland Research Institute. It only took her a few minutes to drive there.

After registering and completing the examination, Xie Queyou raised her hand and knocked on the medical office door.

“Hello, Dr. Lin. The examination is done. Please take a look,” she said.

Lin Wumo, who was sitting in a chair typing on a keyboard, took the report and looked it over, then nodded.

“Please sit.”

“I see on this report that you underwent second differentiation three days ago.”

Xie Queyou nodded and handed over the examination report. “Is there something wrong?”

Lin Wumo was glad she was wearing a mask. Otherwise, the arc of her grin would have made the person in front of her think she was sick.

She cleared her throat in an attempt to cover it up, not letting her excitement show. “Nothing major.”

“The report shows that shortly after your gland differentiated, you marked an Omega. At that stage, your gland development had not fully matured yet.”

Lin Wumo put away the report and pushed up her glasses. “In your daily life recently, have you felt anything different about your gland?”

Xie Queyou thought carefully. “Every time I touch my gland, I suddenly think of that Omega. Does that count?”

Lin Wumo understood. “It counts. At that time, you had just differentiated, and your gland was on the edge of maturity. It’s possible that this Omega’s pheromones fused with your original pheromones inside your gland.”

“So when you touch your gland, that familiar pheromone scent triggers your memories. But it’s nothing serious. After some time, the pheromones will dissipate.”

Xie Queyou blinked in confusion.

Yun Wangqing’s pheromones were inside her gland now?

What a… suggestive way to put it.

The delicate patch of skin at the back of her neck faintly grew hot. She swallowed uncomfortably.

“How long will it take to dissipate?”

Yun Wangqing was her soon-to-be sister-in-law. She could not possibly face her sister-in-law’s pheromones and…

Lin Wumo did not answer. Instead, she changed the topic. “Do you have a girlfriend?”

Xie Queyou froze, not knowing why she had suddenly asked that. She answered honestly, “No. I’m single.”

Lin Wumo raised a brow. “If you had a girlfriend, you could try letting your girlfriend’s pheromones cover the original pheromones. But if you don’t, then you’ll have to wait for the pheromones to dissipate on their own.”

Lin Wumo tapped the tip of her pen against the notebook beside her, thinking, Great. But her face remained expressionless.

“Don’t worry too much. The gland can also repair itself automatically. But after all, your situation is special. You can prepare more suppressants and suppressant patches just in case.”

Xie Queyou listened seriously. Then she asked the doctor to prescribe some suppressant patches and had a portion of her pheromones extracted and recorded in the system before finally leaving.

Lin Wumo stood by the second-floor window of the institute, watching Xie Queyou’s car gradually drive away. At last, she could no longer hide the excitement in her eyes.

Last time, Yun Wangqing had refused to tell her who the Alpha who marked her was. Lin Wumo had thought she would have to search for quite a while. Unexpectedly, that Alpha had actually come to her on her own initiative.

She turned and returned to the testing equipment, looking at Xie Queyou’s pheromone data on the monitor. In the middle of a large field of lime pheromones, a few wisps of cedar were mixed in.

The cedar pheromones were very faint. Wrapped in lime, not only did they not show any rejection reaction, they seemed more like the cedar was actively approaching the lime.

This showed that the cedar pheromones liked that Alpha’s pheromones very much. Lin Wumo only felt that she had found the anchor point for a breakthrough.

She picked up her phone and rapidly typed.

Lin Wumo: [The Alpha who marked you came to me for an examination.]

[I also tested how much your pheromones reject hers. Your pheromones like her very much.]

[I asked her. She doesn’t have a girlfriend right now. Since your pheromones don’t reject her, I think you can try getting in contact with her.]

Yun Wangqing replied very slowly. Lin Wumo only received a response after work.

Yun Wangqing: [I know.]

Lin Wumo was completely baffled. [What does “I know” mean? Can you give me an answer a mortal can understand?]

Yun Wangqing: [I’ll contact her.]

Lin Wumo: [That’s good. Your gland really can’t be delayed any longer.]

Lin Wumo: [The sooner, the better.]

—

Over the next few days, Xie Queyou found the detailed project proposal from the original owner’s chats with the previous team. The original owner had truly been scammed hard by that group.

Xie Queyou first reported it to the police. But too much time had passed, and the team had already run away. The possibility of recovering the money was extremely slim.

At present, all she had on hand was the completed television drama result that was impossible to look at even once, as well as the script that had been purchased.

Xie Queyou looked through it briefly, then looked through the company’s current business. In the end, she still could not bear to throw it away. She felt that if it were filmed as a drama, there was still a possibility of making money.

So she prepared to start over from scratch and had been looking for a reliable team these past few days.

Fortunately, before transmigrating into the book, Xie Queyou’s main job had also been related to film and television. Although doing these things now was somewhat difficult, things were steadily moving forward.

That evening, after finishing work, she returned to the Xie family’s old residence.

Neither Xie Rong’an nor Xie Wanyue was there. It was rare for her to have some peace. She leisurely wandered around the back garden of the old residence, thinking about work as she walked.

The moonlight was hazy. Bright moonlight passed through the clouds and scattered over the earth. The summer night wind carried the fragrance of flowers, refreshing the heart.

Faintly, Xie Queyou saw a figure standing ahead.

A pure white long dress reflected the moonlight. Her hair lifted gently with the wind, and from behind, she looked somewhat lonely.

Xie Queyou stopped, afraid of disturbing that person’s thoughts, and turned to leave.

Before she could react, the person ahead seemed to sense her presence and turned around.

A gust of wind suddenly rose from the flat ground, pushing away the clouds. Watery moonlight shone on the two of them, allowing Xie Queyou to see that person’s appearance, as well as the incredibly familiar cedar fragrance carried over by the wind.

“Yun Wangqing?”

She was startled. How had she run into her?

Thinking of what the doctor had said, Xie Queyou unnaturally twisted her neck, wanting to leave as quickly as possible.

The woman in front of her was still looking at her, saying nothing.

After thinking it over, Xie Queyou still walked over and greeted her politely.

“Miss Yun, why are you here?”

Yun Wangqing quietly looked at her. Her voice was as lonely as moonlight.

“To admire the flowers.”

Xie Queyou let out an “oh” and replied awkwardly, “There are indeed quite a lot of flowers here. They’re pretty beautiful.”

“Are you here to see Xie Rong’an? She’s not here. She probably went to the company.”

Xie Queyou took a step back, feeling somewhat uncomfortable and wanting to leave. “Then I won’t disturb your flower-viewing mood. I’ll go first.”

The moment she lifted her foot, the woman’s cold voice entered her ears from behind.

“I came to see you.”

Xie Queyou’s footsteps petrified. The woman walked from behind her to stand in front of her, slightly raising her head. A pair of extremely cold eyes looked at her.

“About the mark. I want to talk to you.”

“This isn’t a good place to talk. Let’s go somewhere quiet.”