Chapter 23

Ye Su was both shocked and doubtful. Her eyes kept glancing toward Yu Yunlan’s neck. She truly could not imagine what this person, with such an unworldly face, would look like after being marked.

—Although right now, the other girl was wearing a hat and mask, so her appearance could not be seen at all.

Compared to her reaction, the doctor’s attitude was clearly much calmer.

“No wonder your pheromone values have stabilized.” She nodded and said.

Before Yu Yunlan came, someone had already informed her of Yu Yunlan’s situation, so naturally, she also knew about the matter of the G13 drug.

G13’s conversion of pheromones and suppression of one’s original pheromones were limited, especially for a high-level Omega like Yu Yunlan. It was very easy for pheromone instability to occur.

The doctor projected the examination report onto a small electronic screen at the side and said, “But from what we can see for now, your condition is still fairly normal. Most of the examination data is also relatively stable. It seems that Alpha’s pheromones are very compatible with yours.”

On the electronic screen, many rows of data were listed. The green parts were all within the normal range.

However…

The doctor pointed to a few areas marked in red and said, “These values are still a little abnormal. It should be due to the effects of G13.”

Fortunately, the difference was not too large, and it was not considered especially serious. This could be regarded as a minor side effect brought by G13.

The doctor said, “With G13, you need to consider the frequency and dosage of use. According to the information I received, you’ve been using [bailiantales.com]it too frequently. Logically speaking, even if you are a high-level Omega, some side effects should have appeared.”

“But from what we can see for now, G13’s effect on you is still within a controllable range. It’s also possible there are still areas we haven’t discovered. If the issue isn’t physical, then it may be related to pheromones. But none of this is certain. As for whether there will be any serious side effects, we’ll still need to observe it later.”

Yu Yunlan nodded and thanked her. “Thank you, Doctor.”

“It’s nothing, it’s nothing.” The doctor waved her hand. Her impression of Yu Yunlan was still quite good. After she finished explaining everything, she added one more reminder. “If you feel any discomfort, you can contact me at any time.”

Ye Su had been listening quietly the whole time and had not said much. Only after the two of them came out of the examination place did she finally fail to control her curiosity and ask, “Holy crap, holy crap. Someone actually marked you!”

She was truly too curious. The impression Yu Yunlan had always given her was distant, cold, and otherworldly. Yu Yunlan also disliked being too close to others. Ye Su simply could not connect the other girl with the word “mark.”

Ye Su’s volume was somewhat loud. Fortunately, this place was rather remote, and no one heard.

Yu Yunlan’s footsteps stopped. Her chin lifted slightly, revealing a pair of eyes with little emotion as she glanced at the person beside her.

Then she said in a cold voice, “It was a temporary mark.”

There was still a difference between a mark and a temporary mark. A mark was something done between partners. It represented a closer, more intimate connection. Pheromones were injected into the body like a brand left on each other, and one would need to inject a mark-removal drug to erase that brand.

A temporary mark only required a simple bite to the gland and the injection of one’s pheromones into it. That bit of pheromones would gradually dissipate on its own. It was mainly used to stabilize an Omega’s heat or an Alpha’s susceptible period.

Ye Su corrected herself too. “All right, all right. It was a temporary mark.”

Then she asked, “So who exactly was that person?”

Yu Yunlan glanced at her, not knowing whether she should tell Ye Su that the person was the “little lunatic” Ye Su had mentioned not long ago.

In the end, she only said coldly, “Someone very detestable.”

Ye Su had no idea about this. She only became even more curious. It was not easy to hear the evaluation “very detestable” from Yu Yunlan’s mouth.

After all, Yu Yunlan did not show her emotions much. Even if she disliked someone, she would not directly hang the word “dislike” on her lips. Instead, she would choose to ignore them, and when necessary, she would directly take action.

But the “detestable” Yu Yunlan said now had a very poor tone. Rather than disgust, it sounded more like some other emotion.

In any case, Ye Su felt it was strange.

After a while, she suddenly blurted out, “Why do I feel like what you just said sounds like flirting?”

“…” Yu Yunlan’s breathing grew heavier for an instant. “What nonsense are you talking about?”

Ye Su smiled sheepishly. After coming back to herself, she also felt that the word “flirting” really did not fit Yu Yunlan at all. So she pressed her thumb and index finger together and made a zipper motion over her mouth, indicating that she would shut up.

The two of them walked together through the alley for a while. After a moment, Ye Su thought of something else and asked, “Then what are you going to do after this? Are you going to find that Alpha for another temporary mark?”

“No.” Yu Yunlan said it with a certain fierce, decisive tone.

She would never again go looking for that detestable, flirtatious, un-Alpha-like Alpha.

The two of them had already reached the mouth of the alley. There were two different roads, and Yu Yunlan was about to leave.

So she gave a slight gesture and said, “Goodbye. Thank you for this time.”

Ye Su was actually still curious, but seeing that Yu Yunlan did not seem to want to talk about it, she did not force her and said, “It’s nothing, it’s nothing. Goodbye.”

Watching the other girl’s clean and decisive departing figure, Ye Su crossed her arms in front of her chest and rested a finger of her other hand against her chin.

But in a while, she would be going near Elite Academy. She could just go see for herself, right?

Ye Su’s curiosity burned brightly, but she did not continue lingering at the alley entrance and walked in the opposite direction.

…

Two days had passed since the temporary mark. Fang Zhijin discovered that Yu Yunlan’s attitude toward her had become even colder, even carrying a faint anger.

Fang Zhijin guessed that perhaps it was because Yu Yunlan had come back to herself and realized she had been temporarily marked. After all, in the dream, Yu Yunlan especially hated physical contact. But Fang Zhijin had happened to help her, so even if Yu Yunlan felt repulsed, she could only sulk silently.

Their chat page was strangely quiet, aside from the message Fang Zhijin had sent that day, which had received no reply.

In today’s class, Chen Nanqi, who had disappeared for two days, suddenly reappeared in the classroom.

Because of the deputy grade chief election, the moment [stolen content]he appeared in the classroom, several gazes landed on him, sizing him up either openly or subtly.

In the past, this was exactly what he had yearned for. But the moment he thought of the reason for it now, Chen Nanqi’s expression became not especially pleasant.

Rarely, he chose a seat closer to the corner, where there were fewer people. Coincidentally, it was in Yu Yunlan’s direction.

When he passed by Yu Yunlan, Chen Nanqi paused for two seconds. Then he lowered his voice and said, “Don’t get too pleased with yourself. I’m not done with you over the election.”

Yu Yunlan should not think she could just let this matter pass. She was only a lowly person from Domain D. She had made him lose so much face. She should not think he would let her off.

Yu Yunlan still had that indifferent appearance, which made Chen Nanqi grit his teeth even harder.

He was just about to continue saying something when a sound came from the other side of the classroom.

Chen Nanqi subconsciously raised his eyes and crashed into a pair of bottomless black eyes.

It was Fang Zhijin looking at him.

That refined and handsome face carried a faint smile, looking extremely gentle and easy to get along with. But those eyes stared at him quietly, without any emotion inside. When they landed on him, it was as if she were sizing up something with no signs of life.

Chen Nanqi’s scalp tightened. He shivered subconsciously, did not dare look again, and casually found a seat to sit down.

On the other side, Fang Zhijin looked in Chen Nanqi’s direction. She was thinking: why was he still appearing at school?

Logically speaking, he should have been expelled.

The communicator on her wrist vibrated once. It was a message from the school. Although the wording was sincere, it rejected her proposal to have Chen Nanqi expelled.

At the same time, another person immediately sent her a message.

There were only four cold words.

Mother: Come back once.

Fang Zhijin stared at the communicator screen. She stuck out the tip of her tongue and licked her slightly dry lower lip, almost instantly figuring out what had happened.

Her pupils contracted slightly, and her fingertips trembled a little, carrying a kind of pathological excitement.

So her mother had intervened.

…

On the other side, Yu Yunlan did not take Chen Nanqi’s threat to heart at all. She pressed her lips together and reached toward the back of her neck.

Her physical condition today was not especially good.

The Alpha pheromones had gradually dissipated. Now, only a small wisp remained. The Omega pheromones inside her body were like a dragon that had lost some precious treasure. Sensing that the white birch pheromones had nearly disappeared, they became restless.

The Omega pheromones fluctuated inside her body, and Yu Yunlan’s fingertips tightened slightly.

There was only one final dose of G13 left. She did not know whether it would still be effective, but no matter what, she would not let that frivolous Alpha temporarily mark her again.